John Thomason (DD 760) - Naval Cruise Book

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-,wife 'T' 'Ai Three ground hogs and a ham, Love the new laundry policy. There were many memorable words spoken dur- ing our stay on the Line. Such remarks as un- load the HECVT and fill up your hoists with Willy T Peter , and send up the power without the casings fthe powder was percussion-detonatingl, and how many Willy Peter MTF do you have in your han- dling room , will long be remembered. One normally advantageous characteristic of the FT rating, namely that the officers hardly ever know what the FT's are talking about, once caused some pretty humorous confusion. IC3 Dave Chal - mers called up to FTG3 Tom KcKinney in the di- rector to see 'if the FT's had a 2K pot , which is the common abbreviation for a 2000 ohm potentio- meter. Mac was hardly prepared for the question which followed, as both the director officer and Combat immediately asked what the devil was he doing with 2 kilos of marijuana! f pw , 4 .0 ,fll T23 ,, v-5' ' ff-'x 'J-Q S, -1 W E

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