Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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Fox division The cruise ac:Tually sT'arTed for Fox Division in February. WiTh MSQT REFTRA BearerBurden - and iusT To show we-1sTill could, a missile shooT The day we deployed, Foxies ixvere glad To see ..,WesTPac. BUT iT all' added up - in This shorT Time we shoT more missiles Than The ship had shoT in all The previous years, and during deploymenT we shoT QPloT pulled The Trigger ,GM'sj over 9000 rounds. ' 4 ' 'f BuT The com'm.enTs ,ij-Mierheard hesT show The True spiriT of our Divisiong W 2 ax. T v - V' :, V'. .' 'cv!X ' Back Rovvg DeToresT, N. Gameron,'lVl. Wilkenson, F. RoaueT, I.. LGSUVG, D. Campodonico, D. Norwood J. l-lunTsberger, D. C,om,piTello, F, .QQSTS-llGV1O , I Middle Rovvg V. Milevifs l4Ti R Aish, V15'MarTell,l-J. Morrison, L. Siegfried, D. Cummings, D. SeTser H. Becker, W. Brec:l4h'ei'mer, B. Bishop ' , l:ronT Row: J. Collins Abrams l-l. Meadows, C. l-lozian, J. DVOHSl4y, P- PSCJGVSOVT, I3. l-lilchey, T- GUTl'i 'e 'N wi,- ? Al' J- il li '21, I I l :J 1 A96 9 oi if ' 65 ' Tfiggifi ' rs: : 3 ' r 0:5 iw T X p

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Back Row: F. Clark, R IVlcVean, A. Willa, B. Perry, L. GenTry, J. l:eyTh, D. Neuschwander, P. WaTl4ins FronT Rowg. R. Bass, R. Bingham, B. DowTy, J. I-lorne, G. Miyashiro, I-l. Guido, A. Gomez. ff l NTT 5 1?-r E. 45' v4 wx l X ' XX L ,Y ,F -M ,X ,JE W I 'T T A H -- T 233. 3 ' .fl V . ni i fx! G M nivi im The Gonner's MaTes played an imporTanT parT in The deploymenT mainTaining and operaTing boTh 5 f511 gun mounTs and The missile launcher. They Tired away Tor Two monThs off NorTh VieTnam and Two more monThs blasTing aT VieT Cong areas in The SooTh. They conTinoously oiled, adiusTed and em- p,loyed Their ,sTril4ing Tools To keep up The mounTs. CasUalTies were Tew and Tar beTween Tor ThiscombaT hardened Team, and an occasional whaT's The ETR OH MounT 5l'? never disTurbed Their cheerTul, willing aTTiTudes. ReTurn To l-lawaii-will bring Trans- Ter Tor a 'large porTion of Theldivision, buT Those who remain .will look forward To The nexT Time JOSEPH STRAUSS reporTs on' The line Tor more acTion. ' ' . ...,. ..,- .Www il ll i l i

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ATTer our visiT To s-ickbay: Whaley, why did you have To caTch hepaTiTis! , From Pusan: ' ' Don'T ieT The resT of The fieeT hear abouT This place, They'II ruin iT! TWO Br0wnbC1ggef'SiF1 Rusan: ' 'I know whaT we will do, you waTch ouT For me and I'II do The same for you. From Sasebo: ' 'Come on Telephone booTh, be prepared for a baTTIe. Same place: '.'Man, she was so ugly! From Plor: ' 'There musT be sameThing wrong wiTh The compuTer, we're hiTTing righT on TargeT! From boTh gun mounTs: ' ' Keep Those people off our backs or we will never geT This damn Thing fixed! V From CIC: ' ' Fire aT The peak of The roll. Also: Are The mounfs firing The same IoT of powder, we're geTTing dispersion! From RIOT: ' 'Anybody inTeresTed in a game of Old Maid? From Missile Radar during GQ: ' 'I-Iey, whaT's Trump? , From Piof during GQ: Z-Z-Z-Z-, hey, keep The noise down, how can a guy geT any sleep? From The JC CircuiTg ' ' Doo Dah Same CircuiT: Oink, oink From CIC: Uh, uh ........ Roger! From Missile Radar: Who meeds G0 DSOT's, we can sTiII shooT down drones. From I-long Kong: Remember There's saFeTy in numbers ..... hey, how come we wound up in separare rooms? , Rio-Bar, Subic: He sings like a duck! ' The shop: I accepT donaTions of fifTy cenTs. Also from The shop: ' ' Don'T you dare puT ThaT picTure in The cruise book! From NewcasTle Beach: ' ' BUT I have a boyfriend ..... ' ' ThaT's okay, I have a wife! From The aTTer sTack: ' ' Pollywog power forever. From every porT: I Think l'm in love, Doc, help! I.aTe enTry: Well, There's Two experTs down here now!