Wallace L Lind (DDE 703) - Naval Cruise Book

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fl .lin PONTA DELGADA The next six days were fun for nobody. The shrieking 50 knot winds and pounding waves shook the WALLER about like a big dice cup. The pad was the only tolerable place for each of us 268 dice inside. We were still scraping chow off the mess deck bulkheads when the first island of the Azores , the gracefully shaped Flores , was sighted. The next morning we made a fueling stop at Ponta Delgada on the Portugese isle St. Miguel. For a few short hours of liberty we enjoyed the sparkling little town with its narrow cobblestone streets and brightly painted, red tiled houses and friendly, impoverished inhabitants. Best of all, it was solid ground. Much to the disappointment of the numerous bum boats we pulled out at 1700 the same afternoon. 'X I Y JL A yi, xg Q 5 ,xg A 1 , i..a Nb -S i vw-2-N .Ax in ' 0 bfi-f

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..s.' Nasa.-I.. ,JP - ed Bound s.fl,A., .S 1' wo- 1 F .. , fg' -'CVS ln March, as soon as we returned from a very successful refresher training period at Guantana- mo Bay, Cuba, we began preparing for a date of which we were not quite cer- tain. About the first of April we learn- ed that the date was the eleventh, less than two weeks away. During the next ten days, we underwent an Admiral's personal inspection and an administra- tive inspection with outstanding results on both. Everyone wrapped up his per- sonal business ashore. Doc created 250 sore arms with his innoculations and the spic and WALLERwas loaded with enough stores to upset all of Mr. Albert's stability curves. span DesRon 28 staff moved its mountain of gear aboard and at 0908 April ll our last moor- wa to the Mediterranean. Feelings were mixed. The spirited bachelors were happy to leave slow moving, beer drinking Norfolk. The married men hated to part with their wives and families for so long. Some men dreaded the inevitable sea sickness, others looked forward to the many money saving days at sea. No one was able to deny the twinge of excitement each of us experienced when we thought about the continental ing line was clear. We were on our y adventure s ahead. to NJ I I f' 2 . 51 r .X lib, 'I ..i' WSU' Nh' ILA A-' J T. f I ,, I If A xiii. R No ' ,

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