Bon Homme Richard (CVA 31) - Naval Cruise Book

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Launch the helo . A greenie for 20 . . . And wc thought of the long, hard nio itlis ahead . . . and those zve would leave behind . . . hut we had to prepare ourselves . . . so we praetieed and praetieed u itil men and maehines tare a preeision unit ■ I team-work and a well trained crew mean success . . .

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The steel-grey shadows of an F8 poised against a quiet sky Up ... up ... the long delirious, burning blue 23

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DB7 ' nder where they ' ll put all this stuff hid wluit u ' l ' luid practiced wc polished . . . Wc talked of leaving .. .and xvluit must he done before ivc left All that cabbage goes We loaded food . . . supplies and ssentials We thought of goodbyes . . . Atid tried to forget them . . . We zvatchcd the days of January dxviiuUe .