WHILE STEAMING INTO SYDNEY HARBOR EARLY IN 1947, A WELCOME BOAT LOADED WITH ULTRA-FRIENDLY AUSSIES, JOSTLED ALONGSIDE OUR SEAPLANE TENDER, THE USS CURRITUCK AV-7, JOYFULLY DISPLAYING THEIR MERCHANDISE FOR THE BENEFIT OF THE LOVE-DEPRIVED CREWMEMBERS ARRIVING FROM THE ANTARCTIC EXPEDITION OF 1946-1947.