Bainbridge (CGN 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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xx .l' S WHEN THE LINES WERE CAST AND THE SHIP WAS MOORED, THE WELL-WISH- ERS MOVED TOWARDS THE SHIP AND UP THE PIER. WHILE A LOCAL TV STA- TION FILMED THE EVENT, WE ALL REALIZED THE 7-MONTH SEPARATION HAD FINALLY COME TO AN END.

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f AND THEN IT WAS ALL OVER. UNREPS, snow MAIL, powoEnEo lvuuc, Mlp.WATCHES, BROKEN 5cHEDul.ES, MONOTO- uous ROUTINES, AND EVERYTHING ELSE THAT COMPRISES A oEPl.ov- Mem. WE RELAXED wma THE THOUGHT or BEING HOME AND WERE VERY Mucl-I READY ro coL- LEc1 THAT HARD- EARNED STAND oown AND LEAVE. THE FARMER'S HEART WITH JOY IS FILLED WHEN HIS CROPS ARE GOOD AND SOUND, BUT WHO CAN FEEL THE WILD DELIGHT OF THE SAILOR HOMEWARD BOUND? FOR SEVEN LONG MONTHS HAVE PASSED AWAY SINCE WE LEFT FREE- DOM'S SHORE, OUR LONG- FELT WISH HAS COME AT LAST AND WE'RE HOME- WARD BOUND ONCE MORE.