Beatty (DD 756) - Naval Cruise Book

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Certain persons in our society are always trying to climb... .in spite of all obstacles. Others like it where they are. Mr. Katz! Mr. Katz! Can you see the target yet? Believe it or not, he never did see the mother. Ed, type these job orders. ..Ed? ...ED!!!! The beautiful thing about sea- sickness is that it keeps certain people off our backs. It is a well known fact that man is descended from the apes. We put holes in 482 arms today 57

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After Valencia, we started off on the long voyage home. The narrative breaks at this point to introduce a miscellaneous collection of Beatty scenes known as BE A TTY-JEEBIES Whadya mean, how do you tie a square knot? !$X (a) You know there might have been soap in that water. Occasionally a normal human being arrives on board to visit us... .joins in some of our games. 56

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I , ■ ' Hey boy! You can ' t take that much. ' Who me? XT ' ' -4 V ;j i I J Now this is my latest anti-squirrel device. ' Anybody else ready to take me on? Even he can ' t find enough to eat on the mess decks. I resent that! Our foreign policy can be justified... As soon as I ' ve got my divi- sion ' s mail you ' ll get your chance. ' What mail? 58 But sir, half the division ' s got open gangway. Why not me?