Massachusetts Maritime Academy - Muster Yearbook (Buzzards Bay, MA)

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With these gentlemen we have spent three years of our lives preparing for our future. To each we extend thanks for the favors done by them and wish them Godspeed to a successful future and hope that they never forget the life at Massachusetts Maritime Academy.

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Company Commander Propeller Club (Sec, Treas.) Drill Squad Newman Club Athletic Committee JOHN JOSEPH FERRERA 30 Calvary St. Waltham, Mass. John came to us from the watch city and was a deckie for a while, but he finally saw the light and became an engineer. It was not long before he was tagged with the name of Cocchi, a past four striper, because of a remarkable like- ness to him. It was not too long before Cocchi became the third in comm and of the barber shop, where he held many of us at his mercy at one time or another. When he became an Upper Job he lived up to his nickname by becoming our battalion commander. We shall be ever indebted to John not only for his leadership — but also in his little black book ! 22