Cascade (AD 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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ALL WIVES, MOTHERS, SWEETHEARTS, FRIENDS — WHOSOE ' ER YE BE WHO IVRITE US LETTERS , . . ; I iU ' ST LIEUT .ICHAI D L h mT ■ STATION 12 PW ATC PM APO 952 iCiSCO, CALIF. A -: 2 VIA AIR MAIL ARK PLEEHART r f- .. -- :a,. ' :a; |S iiJai ' toM ifi| C O FLEET POSTOFFICE 3AN F!iANCIS?(j , OF ALL EXPEDITIONS ,.,ADE OVER A SHIP ' S SIDE, NONE ARE MRE MOMENTOUS THAN THOSE THE l lAIL-aERK MAI Eo. GO IMG, HE TAKES ASHORE THE OUTPOURED HEARTS OF A THOUSAND K.EN. RETURNING - IF THE PLANES HAVE FLO ' VN THAT DAY - HE BRINGS MISSIVES THAT CAN .AKE THEIR READERS GLOiV AT SUPPER L I KE VEtt I TABLE ' FJREFLY CAGES. THE .TORD3 ARE COI.iMONPLACE ENOUGH. DE. ' RE3T JOHN: NOW THAT THE . 1ILDREN ARE IN BED I TAKE UP MY PEN TO rRITE TO YOU... THE ' :VINTER 13 MILD IhIS YEAR... THE CHILDREN ARE ' flELL... WE ALL MI3S YOU SO... HO V VERVv COI.:i ON PLACE THE ' ORDS. , , ' AND YET HC.V l AniCALLY FOR EACH MAN D(5 ir LON WAY. HOV CHANGED THE HEAVING WORLD OF SKY NO .LONGER DO ' ,VE SLIDE FORLORNLY DO V! ! THE HILLS OF TUl ' .BLED WATER. NO LONGER 13 THE HORIZON DARK OR THE FUTURE FORBIDDING. ON TWO THIN SHEETS OF PAfER. STRANGELY. 13 SOMETHING AS SATISFYING A3 BREAD ' ICN ONE 13 HUNGRY NOT YET HAVE I SEEN THE CELESTIAL CURI BUT, IF THEY GIVE TO f.E THE CHOOSING, THE BANK NOT HEAVEN WILL BE THESE LETTERS FROi; HOME! BE GAREFUl, hi. JCKS. THAT BAG YOU CARRY - GUARD IT WELL., ' IT IS NOT GREY CANVAS ONLY AS YOU IMAGINE. IF YOU CARRIED UP THE GANGWAY SAC OF GOLD, YOU WOULD NOT BE BRINGING GREATER TREASURE. THIS IS WHAT I SAY: IF I V EKE THE GENERAL AN ARV.Y OR A CAPTAIN OF A SHIP, ON THE (..ORNING OF THE i WE ENGAGED THE ENEMY THERE WOULD BE HAJ.. AND EGGS FOR BREAKFAST. AND ON EACH TRAY OR BY EACH PLATE I ' D PU ' A LETTER. AND ON THAT DAY - YOU li ' .AY WRITE IT L ' I WOULD BE THE VICTORY... f. -.r.N. K .: V- -MAIL 4 N N ir-is : ili o K