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• r % r E ?l: Sunsets Of The World At sunset, the day is done. There were many sunsets in USS Missouri ' s first year: San Francisco ' s Golden Gate Bridge, an open Indian Ocean, a gray Mediterranean Sea, a golden view over the Atlantic Ocean.
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BT1 Stewart A. Hall September 28, 1937 -November 28, 1986 Three days ago, a very dear and close friend of mine passed away in the early morning quietness onboard Mis- souri. While most of us slept, BT1 Stewart Hall left us forever. When someone close to you dies, it makes you wonder: ' Where are they now? ' I do not know for sure where Petty Officer Hall was in his relationship with God, but there are only two roads to travel ... we all know that. In Psalms 62 it says, ' One thing I ' ve heard, that you oh God are loving, and you will reward each person according to what he has done. ' If anyone de- serves such a reward, it was Stewart Hall. For those of you who never had the chance to meet Stewart, he was a person who never bowed down to anyone, but looked at you as an equal to himself. He was an honest person who would not slander the rights of anyone. I look up now at the forward stack and can still see Stew standing watch in 2 Fireroom, in front of 3 Boiler with his hand on the force draft blower throttle, and his other hand on a soda can for his tobacco. We all grew to love Stew for his black smoke during sea de- tails. The Flag, I know, will surely miss him. One of his favorite sayings on watch to his watchstanders was, Maintain. And that, they did. Petty Officer Hall gave his total de- votion to the Navy and to his shipmates and he never asked for anything in re- turn. The night before his death, he spent eight hours on watch. Instead of hitting his rack like most normal people would do, he went out on a tour of Lis- bon with his shipmates. He had a great time from what I was told. Stewart was number of people all rolled up in one. As LPO of 2 Fire- room, he was tasked with being a leader and a teacher. Five years ago myself, I walked onboard USS New Jersey, never once before seeing a boiler. I know what it is like for the new personnel to walk onboard this ship, but Stewart took the leadership role, and led his men. Right now, 2 Fireroom is the best fireroom aboard Missouri because of him. One of the nicknames we gave Stew was ' Old Gray Harry. ' Why? Well I guess because of his age, but to come down to it . . . Stew wasn ' t that old, he was actually just a little older than my own father. That was his greatest qual- ity of all, his fatherly image he bes- towed upon all of us. I remember the night I brought my wife and newborn baby daughter home from the hospital. The look on Stewart ' s face was that of a grandfather seeing his granddaughter for the first time. He loved all children, not just mine, but everyone ' s. Stewart had a certain ability to him that made you laugh. I can ' t remember a time in the 15 months I ' ve been here, when I ' ve seen Stewart in anger, and I ' m sure others will agree with me. If you ever had a question for him, he would always give you an answer. He would never turn you away, and through all the mistakes we made (and I know 2 Fireroom, we made a lot), he kept right on teaching. He always over- looked our mistakes and persisted to teach us and he never became frus- trated. Finally, our fears have been overcome, we have learned greatly from Stewart. For those of you who didn ' t know Stewart, look around you. Look at those with the service stripes down their sleeves. Some people say these men are old and belong out to pasture, but not me. Stewart spent 31 years in the Navy. Sure you get older, but your wisdom will never change ... it will only get stronger. Stewart had that wisdom, and he gave it to all of us. In closing, I would like to say one thing: Stew, somewhere I know you are out there listening, and during our next weeks with OPPE, I know you will be next to each and everyone of us. Be- cause, that ' s what you would have wanted. Stewart, we all love you. And until we meet again, we will miss you. Written by BT2 Andrew J. Wrobel
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