Magoffin (APA 199) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE ARTIST APPRENTICE AT WORK THE ARTIST AT WORK NOW LOOK, YOU PUT THE HOLES IN THE SKIVVIES AND I ' LL STRETCH THE ELASTICS IS BLUE SIX ON THE LINE - BLUE SIX BLUE SIX WHERE ARE YOU? % wiiiiir 6 ••hi -5 .W WE HAVE ELVIS IN JAILHOUSE , . j , , p , , K - FOR ALL OF THE BOYS IN THE A REAL STEW BURNER!

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AW COME on! blow OUT THE CANDUES, COFFEE, TEA, OR MILK ' SMITY AND DEZ GIVE THE BEST HAIRCUTS IN TOWN FOR THE MONEY WEBSTER OPERATING THE BUTTON CRUSHER FIRST ROW SECOND ROW THIRD ROW FOURTH ROW ROGERS BALAGOT PLATERO CHI LORES GUTHRIE DEL ROSARIO DUNLAP MOLLETE M1NKOFF BERNABE PAMOTI FLISKO CLARK NILO DES LAURIERS BUBERL HOSTETLER BRIGHAM CHIEF RUST KNAPP OVERFELT SMITH LTJG NEWTON GATHIFF WEBBER WEBSTER CWO QUIGLEY BROWN HILBURN SEYMOUR CHIEF THOMAS FREELAND BRUNNER OGTIP CHIEF YAM BOA HUERTA O ' BRIEN LONDON REYES NATIVADE THOMPSON

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' fev ' Sr , . ■ ' lS i? : t OUR GUESTS - 2ND BTLN . 9TH MARINES u N ) % - R A MUSICAL FAREWELL WELL DONE, MR HOWARD! LIFTING THE LAST LINE - SO LONG SAN DIEGO WESTPAC On THE 19th of November 1961, at 1500 MAGOFFIN lifted her last line from the pier. We WERE on our WAY TO FOLLOW THE SUN TO LANDS LITTLE KNOWN AND NEVER SEEN BY MANY OF US AND well known and often seen by the widely traveled old salts among us. This parting had its share of sadness, for a good number of us were leaving the focal point of our lives - wife, child, sweetheart, and homeland for the greater part of a year. it is at precious MOMENTS AS THIS THAT OUR HEARTS CAN FEEL THE FULL WEIGHT OF OUR LOVE AND NEED FOR THOSE WE HOLD SO DEAR TO US. |T IS A PRECIOUS MOMENTS AS THIS THAT THE NAVY WIFE, THE GIRL BACK HOME RISES ABOVE ALL OTHER WOMEN IN SACRIFICES AND DEVOTION TO HER MAN, TO HER COUNTRY. YET, INTERMINGLED WITH THE SADNESS OF PARTING WAS THE SPIRIT OF ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY - TO SEE AND TO KNOW WHAT WAS TO BE HELD BEYOND THE FAR HORIZON IN THE WARM WISTFULL SEAS TO THE WEST. We were on our way!