Eversole (DD 789) - Naval Cruise Book

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We ' ll discuss the wedding plans later; you just be sure you take good care of my truck and my motorcycle. What ' s all the fuss about, let ' s go! ' Underway Westpac April 10, 1972 With only two and one half days notice and nearly one month early, Eversole left Long Beach for her seventeenth Western Pacific deployment. This earl departure was not wholly unexpected as increased hostilities and the virtual elemination of U.S. ground forces had put the burden of the war effort on the Seventh Fleet. The following months would find Eversole participating in ever) destroyer type operation in WESTPAC. - :f ■ ■ PJoy»« ■p - ! g ■

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Clever little gadget, I wonder what it ' s for? PN3 Frankenfield does some advance scouting as Eversole enters Hong Kong harbor. Relax, this won ' t hurt . . . much. 50

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' »- «x«;: . i. MMfeilni ■■••—i-:-. : :i; ;iV ii .-;.. i v , S : RMSN Taylor takes a last lingering look at home as Eversole follows Ozboum out of the harbor. ' Yeah, I will and you write too. ' ' L.TJG Ledgerwood relays orders to the helm as the Mole slips past our starboard side. 52