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More US Navy Larks in Shanghai

Posted: February 26th, 2016 | No Comments »

The other day I posted some American sailors leading an impromptu band down the Bubbling Well Road. There was, of course, a grand tradition of sailors enjoying Shanghai. Here then in 1928 some “gobs” (then slang for American sailors) try their hands punting sampans of the Whangpoo (Huangpu) River.

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