Merrill (DD 976) - Naval Cruise Book

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Birthday Meal The monthly MERRILL Birthday Meal was always a special event for the crew. Not only were the cake and ice cream worth waiting for, but the crab legs, lobster, and shrimp wex-e the coup de gi-ace. rhe crew can ' t wait to eat all that cake (Above). Celebrating birthdays in the Arabian Gulf bove). CDR Arnold and DCFN Clausen cut the cake (Above I. AV AW) White checks out his hand (Above). FCl Porter and HTl James take on the CO XO (above). Birthdays and Cards 29

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International PIZZA NIGHT TTT Every Saturday night while under- way was Interna- tional Pizza Night on board MER- RILL. All hands were invited to design and cook tasty pizzas for their shipmates. GMG3 Coffey bakes the perfect crust (Above). f ' |)|{ Arnold and MSC(SW) Nally supervise the pi za crew (Above) FN Escudero adds the secret ingredient (Above). 28 Pizza NiKhl

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•M y h . IL — , i9» 11 L@ ] i ' .n-% ! Let ' s Play Ball! Despite soaring temperatures and a slightly less than green field, nothing could stop the MERRILL boys of summer from playing some Softball in the Middle East. GSE2 Grunz puts one over the plate (Above Left). EWClSW Thomas rounds second and heads for third (Above). DC ' 3 Holtz lunges for the bag (Above). KM3 Fucntes makeij an attempt to beat the throw home (Below). OSliSW) N ' erkiri i.s on ;i ini.-iMoii l(j .stoic, but I ' ett Olfuci Ballard won ' t give an inch (Above).