John Bole (DD 755) - Naval Cruise Book

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I hi A 2 V, , 4 , Q 4 NNNQW d SB mr TO THE OFFICERS AND MEN OF THE PLANES If xx ' ' xx V, :iff S .I v I .Z Q WHO MADE THE SUPREME SAGRIFICE. UNDER THE WIDE AND STARRY SKY , DIG ME A GRAVE AND LET ME LIE. GLADLY I LIVE AND GLADLY I DIE , AND I LAY ME DOWN WITH A WILL. 5 THIS BE THE VERSE YOU GRAVE FOR ME , HERE HE LIES WHERE HE LONGED TO BE. HOME IS THE SAILOR , HOME FROM THE SEA , AND THE HUNTER HOME FROM THE HILL. i ANONYMOUS '- 50 F nw , I

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The ten per cent that didn't get the Word. QFFODTIH L.C. Fayard, R. D. Shipley, R. L. Crawford, R. R. Jock, S.E. Mills, LH. Kelton, QBackl A. Berry, M. M. Sonnabend, l.l-l. Evans, EJ. Beardsley, R. E. Robertson, R. H. Neil. The staff would like to congratulate Mr. Goll, who has just made Lt. Cmdr. On the cruise: - We drank 9,600 gallons of milk or 153,000 glasses - We ate 30,000 pounds of potatoes - We bought 85,000 cokes from the coke machine While it collected money for 150,000. - We ate 15,000 candy bars. - We ate more than 90,000 eggs or approximately S'p3,750. 00 Worth. - We consumed more than 15 tons of coffee Capprosimately 62 of the weight of the shipi. - There Were 53,794 packages of cigarettes sold. This is 1,075,880 smokes. - The supply officer tells me We ate 16,600 lbs. of beef but I have my doubts about this. I think it would come nearer being 50 ,000 lbs. To the hard Working Seaman who carried all of these supplies aboard, Well done. 1 49

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NO MAN IS AN ISLAND ENTIRE OF ITSELFH The ability to refuel and replenish at sea allows us to maintain mobility of the gleet. This is what makes us the greatest seapower in the world. You know it is time to refuel when the ship passes HOLIDAY ROUTINE . There must be an easier way to borrow a cup of sugar. 51