Fife (DD 991) - Naval Cruise Book

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Executive Officer Lieutenant Commander Edward C. McDonough USN Commanding Officer Commander William 5. Ulrich USN

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A Lovers Question WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE ROARING SEA THAT DRAWS MY LOVED ONE AWAY FROM ME? WHAT IS IT ABOUT THE LASHING WAVES THE TREACHEROUS CURRENT, THE WATERY GRAVES? BY THE BECKONING SEA HAS LONG BEEN KNOWN AS THE CAUSE OF A HEARTACHE, AN EMPTY HOME DOWN THROUGH THE AGES, MEN HAVE BEEN LURED ' THE CALL OF THE SEA THOUGH THE SEA SPEAKS NO WORD WHAT IS IT THAT MAKES A MAN LEAVE HIS HOME TO CONQUER THE GODS OF THE RAGING FOAM WHY MUST HIS LOVED ONE, HIS SWEETHEART OR WIFE FIGHT AN ENDLESS BATTLE THE WHOLE OF HER LIFE? ' WHY? I WAS CRYING TO MY GOD, AS I LAID ALL ALONE IN MY BED, CONFUSED AND AFRAID WHY, OH MY LORD, MUST I LIE HERE LIKE THIS CRAVING HIS ARMS, THE TOUCH OF HIS KISS? GOD SAID, MY CHILD YOU KNOW I ' M NOT WRONG I MADE TWO KINDS OF MEN, THE WEAK AND THE STRONG THE WEAK ARE ASHAMED FOR THEY NEVER CAN BE AS BRAVE AND COURAGEOUS AS THE MEN OF THE SEA BE PROUD MY CHILD, HOLD YOUR HEAD UP HIGH! YOU HAVE NO REASON TO WEEP OR SIGH FOR A SEAFARING MAN IS MIGHTY AND BOLD HIS LOVE IS MORE PRECIOUS THAN SILVER OR GOLD I REFLECTED A MOMENT ON THE WORDS HE HAD SAID MY SPIRIT WAS CONTENTED, MY SOUL HAD BEEN FED NO MORE WILL I QUESTION FOR THAT NIGHT I LEARNED TO BE PATIENT AND PROUD FOR MY LOVE WILL RETURN

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HOW FAST? LISTEN UP GENTS