John Bole (DD 755) - Naval Cruise Book

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OFF WE GO , INTO THE WILD BLUE YONDER WAY UP HIGH INTO THE SKY AND HIGH HE WENT3 OVER 250 MILES BLASTING INTO ORBIT FROM CAPE GANAVERAL , GORDON COOPER GIRGLED THE EARTH TWENTY -THREE TIMES AND FELL INTO THE WATER FIVE MILES FROM THE USS KEARSARGE. TO THE MANY SHIPS WHO PARTIGIPATED IN THIS PROIEGTQ TO THE HUNDREDS OF GIVILIANS WHO HELPEDg TO THE SGIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS WHO MADE IT POSSIBLEQ TO THE TAXPAYERS WHO FINANGED IT , WILLINGLY OR OTHERWISE. . . THE GREYHOUNDS OF THE FLEET AND THE SHIPS THAT SUPPORTED THEM. THE MEN IN THEM, TENSE AND WAIT- ING, HOPING THAT THEY WOULD BE THE ONES. THE EVERSEARCHING EYES THAT SEE IN THE DARK, DEEP IN COM- BAT INFORMATION CENTER, WATCHING AND LISTENING

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GORDON COOPER MERCURY ASTRONAUT 9 THE ONE THAT GOT AWAY AND THE SHIP THAT HELPED HIM THE Uss KEARSARGE QCVS-333

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