Consolation (AH 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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eck Department 1 st Lieutenant It is often thought that an average department begins on the deck but this is a tion. For the deck hand the more colorful a begins on the bridge where the Officer of the quartermaster of the watch have plotting for two hours to find a new and way of brin lives. usually ini eille, up all After m painful raps the deck sleep shoul dogmatic I propriate Clear al work. As before half the crew has had time to stumb e and throw a ittte water in their face. But do? Expecting a bright and shiny day we stu up ladders until we make it on deck Brig Hell no' Still dark as pitch but the life of a go on After what seems like hours we turn off all Illumination lights This IS not o disagreeable words but half the time the q LTJG E. K. Arndt Ms r S . 2 .. ,I wr rfb-' s-2 1 all Br i g, I' aft LBSLA ? DECK are off and it's still dark as pitch. A few min- mes the word we have been waiting for, Pipe Hungry? Incredibly! Starved? Undoubtedly! time -you are ready for your third, fourth or coffee, you hear, Officers call - all hands pletion of a nd fiascos of lltarlstlc dis- No! The without is hand knows n back. I sweeping, bright work ning class, merous other of which are accepted but go unnoticed or and taken for granted. d supper come and go with the usual passing and with the afternoon passin in the sam as the morning before it Q 6 hear that final word Taps we know that over but that there is another tomorrow and ave only begun We know that it is with our hospital has been made available and its . . . . . . . - - - - ii ll 1 ' I I I . . . . . . . ,, . . . . . . . ' a 9 C l . .1fLQi27C-.TIT-.'. .. 'Q TY ' Q - ,'-Q-:ww-,5.,.l:. -55 ..x .,t . , . , . .

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