Joseph Strauss (DDG 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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l . Homecoming Throughout the first seventy-seven pages of this cruise book we've seen many of the events that made this WESTPAC Cruise all that it was. There were the exciting and interesting momentsg the boring and repetitious momentsg the hard-working and hard- playing momentsg and the lonely and introspective moments. But we all know that the best moment of any trip is the return to our loved ones who have had to wait for us back at home. The morning of the Seventh of December was bright and warm as the crew got its first glimpse of the Hawaiian islands in nearly seven months. The waters seemed a little bluer and the excite- ment began to build hours before we were due to pull into port. But the magic minute finally arrived and the bow was turned toward the mouth of the channel and we began the last mile of our long journey. The first sight of many of our loved ones came as STRAUSS sail- ed past Widow's Point , and a few short minutes the first heaving lines went across. The next thing we knew the brow was across and the long-awaited reunion had begun. X Y? l i , ww. , X. A, i ..., X fx Q xi X . as xg my NX NN 1... 'J' 'ftrzr f we-,, -3--7-N.. .....,..,,,. ,mv ,, 'NS-'1-351:-S-L 53, - ..-g'?-p51-f-'2..,...,':.-::-..1.'...a:.1,-f,-qyQ-,-VQ-. ..L::- ug - M.- .. -....,,, V.,y.TEfF1FeS'l'iiQ'iM'-..,.i5Le,,t-EQT..197 gf-3 'g, ' -gf...-3'..ZJ.'7 1.IQg:.:: 3-I-Ji,-.. -,,.-, - H - V . rf-1 ,lf ,Q--V -..5f.,.--..fi--e... ,.... ',-... , an , ,:,,:, mpg.. - T-i--- ik.,

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