Cotten (DD 669) - Naval Cruise Book

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Take a small dance hall in Cannes, France, a couple of musicians, 94 cases of beer, some chow, a few girls, the COTTEN crew, mix well and you've got a ship's party. Actually you have two parties - one for each duty section fseveral faces were seen both Our nightsl. The dancing contest was a huge success. We found several shipmates with educated feet and some French girls with hydraulic hips. special dancing girl was pretty good. She displayed her talents and left us with the feeling that we wanted more for less - depends on how you look at itl. For the second party night we had no dancer so we devised our own entertainment. SHlP'S PART

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