Clark (FFG 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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LIBERTY COMPOUND? 62 IF YOU VALUE YOUR KNEES, SAVE ME A DRINK mm

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A FEW SHOTS OF KRIS K. WITH OFFICERS AND CREW ITS CHRISTMAS TIME IN LEBANON THE WORLD HAS KEENED ITS EARS IT LONGS TO HEAR THE SHELLING STOP THATS FALLEN THROUGH THE YEARS. THE MARINES SIT IN THEIR SHELTERS THEIR M-16 ' S IN HAND THE ROCKETS PRIMED, THE MORTARS TRAINED THEY CAREFULLY WATCH THE LAND THE ISRAELIS SHOOT THE SYRIANS THE PLO KILLS THE JEWS THE LEBANEESE DON ' T KNOW WHO TO FIGHT AND EVERYONE FEARS THE DRUSE. THE MULTINATIONAL PEACE KEEPING FORCE IS THERE TO SHOW THE WAY. SO THE ENEMIES FIRE THEIR GUNS BY NIGHT AND TALK CEASE FIRE DURING THE DAY. IT SEEMS THAT THERE ' S NO END IN SIGHT THAT DREAMS OF PEACE MUST DIE BUT BACK AT HOME A KNEELING CHILD LIFTS HIS FACE UP TO THE SKY. -DEAR GOD, I KNOW YOU ' RE BUSY AND THE WORLD HAS MADE YOU MAD. I KNOW THEY SHOULD STOP FIGHTING AND THAT KILLING PEOPLE IS BAD. YOU SEE, MY PAPA ' S OVER THERE, HE DIDN ' T GO TO FIGHT. HE WENT TO HELP THEM MAKE PEACE. TO MAKE THEM DO WHAT ' S RIGHT. THEY JUST DON ' T WANT TO LISTEN THEY JUST DON ' T WANT TO STOP. SO I ' M ASKING YOU TO HELP ME. DON ' T LET THEM HURT MY POP. IF YOU COULD PLEASE JUST TAKE THE TIME TO MAKE THEM SEE THE LIGHT. THEY ' D LEARN TO LOVE THEIR FELLOW MAN, THEY ' D LEARN THAT IT IS WRONG TO FIGHT. CHRISTMAS IS YOUR BIRTHDA Y AND ALL PEOPLE GIVE GIFTS. I ' M ASKING YOU TO GIVE ME ONE, MY PAPA ' S CHRISTMAS KISS. I THANK YOU GOD FOR LISTENING. I KNOW I ' M NOT A MAN. BUT THE GROWNUPS JUST CAN ' T HANDLE THIS AND I KNOW YOU CAN. AMEN. IF THE LORD WOULD HEAR THAT SMALL CHILDS PRAYER AND SPREAD HIS SHINING LIGHT, THEN PEACE CAN COME TO LEBANON AND MEN WILL CEASE TO FIGHT. 61

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CHRISTMAS WHAT A FEAST GSMl LUFF