Andrew L Foreman (DE 633) - Naval Cruise Book

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-- - U - --n--:- nz- For months, men are being getharod tg. gamer from throughout the on 9 ment- from ships of the Fl8GfSygfrgm train, ing centers, from shore tatiorgg some ver fresh-from civilian life, ma55 fore hash marks and service ribbons, most were buxfmap cently grcduztcd from ubootV comps, yet they were 11 forming vhnt IS soon to e the crew of tra Destroyer cert 633, ond all ere Uointlrp to the dey che as to be placed into C0mI1SSiOn From idesyrc 6 corners they ore ssem- bled at two p1aces5 Norfolk, Viiginia, and Miami, Florida. A few vetermg Q5QCiH1iSt8 formed a nucleus' U at the Ehilding yard at Son Francisco oThey were gregpring, each and everyone, for their task? gjpard their neu ship, than ho fould fin 11y5iiEo ber place T87 the already mighty and fasiagrqg ng Pacific Fleet of the United States,Fgqjgo , oAs thc d.ysof Octobor'i9igQbcgnn, plans were nuickencd and the two bodigp of men were moved to the great North barfackg of Hare c IslandoHavy'YarH in Ve11cJo3 Cfiiforhia,othorc .i A . -,. . 1: -,., .',?.f.,,:' H.-m2r '--'9 jY' -' -fF'112-wr. , ' ' fn ' , , . - T -.Y

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' cmd 'lhiiir C 0 ai lifter days of bay trials in the rc:-t 1 l1,11ooofS1oen Francisco h. roor,' and 1o.o,d1ng of'o a2'1m1z1i-Q r -,.k . - ' L Q ' V A L3 my To ., Mon atooooothe Lore Is1gJ1d1fe.rd, the Foreman .c-Q the d up Q08-big 1 Ons: P0cess,g i 'QI retersf of her lien .wht ovvrhgaq 'virg 1tS na . f1OA mf!! ,ro twum- i rrahbzng, udp- n .. 10 ,ay Hy yctlvi obru -11 C fro o CCrCmny, th f 'Jesse 0 of Z2 he Unlted Q, X. Ifscori 6 o c0r2Sff1'UCt x rch ef, riwbom , Smrk ,Q nada, bor fir t venture into the Paoafac, a d t,l'ro'J.Q the co Stal waters of the cgtvrn ,U motatco, walled her way to another great levy aiiionorepc, Em Dlego harbor. As had so :many other proud levy chips, sho rode Her archer Cnr? out toe x otors of that harbor thru 5 nooks of r1'.Lei'01 r1 fmc' traim np. Following Admit' 1' in wpCCt10n by the form ndcr, Opor ta on 1 Tnmzmjnr Cozamond, U S P clfic llc ct, ,no as cicclvred rcadyofor the hjdutlcsj of for close, anc tg no :Ln o g'b3tt1CS-oOlA,VfEI' P8.C'!f1C water.,-, cvea thcr ro-o -30113631118- io the olory OI tno U S -x Q olloi pant gveat battles of Coral Scag: o of o oG11at3.a1e1ng1, gndttho Sosngri L 1 c-rrvcr .fbrngke to ,.ins'I3,To1f3,fo were A h1fftory5 fnd. 1? cr move ff:.fea1nstotbeoo ,J.zp ,enomy :cs vncroas-mg',offIt has o ,UWOA -I'if?ht,'h14TT16o for the b11'-th of -'B-f c.Y1C obo? lghtmg 9'i'l15, to ado :its ,.'bre,ngth fill--11 o 4. After a br-iof tx-'o-.weekopost.s?1akedo1m a.va11'abi1ity, land final fittlng-out, DP3633,f31G ,, -.. . .1 , -.l ,-,fr:ff,', ,mv ., , , -...---1,....,.... om sfillr' QM! '