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All Essay on Wadiiig Ashore On Lil)ertv at Advanced Base E Kl{ shall it f a rherished memory lo the men of the CASCADE — going: asihore on a certain South Seas atoll. lime sped bv. despite our efTorts to stay it in its flight and linger there forever. (). jovous recollection I The silvery moon spilling its beauteous firandeur across the shimmering lagoon while the beckoning palms • ' oned and subtle maiden voices put care to (light and soft maiden touch caressed away all woe of war. Ikiy! Those Bob Ho])e movies were really good. Then there were the liberties ashore. There we gaily hunted for shells and swam and hunted for shells. Iv was all that a man could ask for. How well I recall our carefree Acme beer parties. What a jolly - ' •■IK «.• made with our cargo of frozen beverage. The nice part of it was that the chill could be counted on .V. oe oH the blessed stuff when we got ashore. Where else could we have had boiled beer? Yes. it was warmish mere. But recall the dainty shower that so often gently cooled the exuberant merry-makers. How consoling it vas to know that though quickly wet you would be quickly dry — if ever that blamed substance stopped cascading down. Ah, rapturous Coconut Isles. In no other place would joy. if not pursued, pursue. If we didn ' t go after pleasure, pleasure came to us. It is to be recalled how on one occasion the entire ship ' s company was spent with w, ' of merry-making. On this day not one man liad dcparlcd fioni the ship, so surfeited were we with merri- ment. However, that was not the South Seas way. When shortly after dawn the natives saw that we rollicking fellows ' lie Cascade were not coming ashore to spend the day in song and feast and dance from sun-up to down as w..s our wont, they were disconsolate. But their disappointment was short-lived and native ingenuity found a way. They came to us. In T-boats and F-boats. in I ' -boats and X-boats they came lo us. Fore and aft, port and stai ' board, up the gangway, up the rigging, through the ports, they clambered aboard. It was a day! Dancing » d singing, singing and dancing, we were a happy throng. Sadly in the setting sun we waved goodbye as our fr ' ' « merged into the dusk, their enchanting songs floating back dreamily in farewell. rill able natives were a people apart. What dear and simple lnlk lUc were. What a nai e custom they had of b rtering their wares. Boy! Did we ever take them over. Imagine, a real shell necklace for only four d ..ven though vou could get the same thing at Woolworth ' s for fifteen cents plus tax. still this was the real !1 liin. I fimiic I | iil over the best deal of anvone. although (.lomniander Barden did seem V ' ' ,i while. Oil wont iiclieve it, but I got a genuine ofT-nf-a-bird feather fan. And all it cost .lie was Motor 1. ■ nch No. 1. Zounds! Did we take them o cr! ' - ' ibject, in writing whereof I have put pen to paper, was is Liberty. 1 do feel strongly about this: Had ,. F.Sc, been one of our stalwart crew, never never would he have given tongue to ■( .imme Liberty .;nme death. No. friend. His dilemma would ha f been completely std cd fur hiiii. TIliI ininioilal -pce li . have begun, (), death, where is thy stingy Pa e Till
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