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UNCLASSIFIED 2420057 OCT 88 PSN 286736N32 FM COMDESRON FOURTEEN USS DAHLGREN INFO COMCARGRU SIX COMCRUDESGRU EIGHT COMDESRON TWO BT UNCLAS NO5720 SUBJ: WELL DONE 1. AS YOU COMPLETE IO MED LANT 2-88, I WANT TO TAKE THIS OCCASION TO EXPRESS MY SINCERE APPRECIATION FOR THE EXCEPTIONAL PERFORMANCE OF DAHLGREN THROUGHOUT THE DEPLOYMENT. 2. YOUR CONSISTENTLY SUPERB ACCOMPLISHMENT OF ALL YOUR ASSIGNED DUTIES, WHETHER IT WAS ESCORTING USS FORRESTAL, OPERATIONS WITH SIXTH FLEET, PRO- TECTION OF THE AMPHIBIOUS TASK FORCE IN TEAMWORK 88 OR YOUR ROLE AS FORCE AAWC DURING BALTOPS 88, SHOULD BE A SOURCE OF SUPREME SATISFACTION. YOU HAVE WELL EARNED YOUR REPUTATION FOR OUTSTANDING SHIPHANDLING, PROFES- SIONALISM IN YOUR AAW PRIMARY MISSION AND THE EXTREME RELIABILITY OF YOUR MAIN PROPULSION EQUIPMENT AS PROVEN BY YOUR VERY SUCCESSFUL OUTCHOP OPPE. I AM PROUD TO HAVE SERVED WITH YOU. 3. MY WARMEST REGARDS, COMMODORE JOHN P. COLLINS, JR. BT 07035 NNNN UNCLASSIFIED 2412457 OCT 88 ZYB PSN 285188N32 FM COMDESGEN TWO USS DAHLGREN INFO COMCRUDESGRU EIGHT BT UNCLAS NO3000 SUBJ: WELCOME HOME 1. FROM THE NORTHERN ARABIAN SEA TO THE MEDITERRANEAN SEA AND THE NORTH ATLANTIC, YOUR PERFORMANCE DURING A PARTICULARLY DEMANDING DEPLOYMENT HAS BEEN SUPERB. ALL COMMITMENTS MET ON TIME, ALL SYSTEMS UP AND READY WHEN NEEDED. ALL OPERATIONAL OBJECTIVES ACCOMPLISHED. YOUR PERFORMANCE AS OVERSEAS AMBASSADORS HAS BEEN EQUALLY IMPRESSIVE DURING PORT VISITS. MY COMPLIMENTS TO YOUR OFFICERS, CHIEF PETTY OFFICERS AND CREW FOR A JOB EX- TREMELY WELL DONE. 2. PIER 21 AND A RICHLY DESERVED REUNION WITH FAMILIES AND LOVED ONES AWAITS. HAVE A GREAT DAY AND RESTFUL POST DEPLOYMENT STAND DOWN PERIOD — YOU HAVE EARNED IT. WELCOME HOME. IT ' S GREAT TO HAVE DAHLGREN BACK. COMMO- DORE SENDS. BT 06998 NNNN 151
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REASONS MANY THINGS HAVE HAPPENED WHILE I ' M AT SEA FORGOTTEN BY ALL BUT FOR ME PETTY THINGS THEY COMPARED TO TIME BUT AS I RECALL THEY ' RE STILL MINE MEMORIES OF TOIL AND OF STRIFE THE THINGS THAT ARE A SAILORS LIFE LOVE LOST OR FORGOTTEN FOR AWHILE MISPLACED AMONGST ALL THE HOURS THE PAIN THAT ONLY SEPERATION BRINGS BALANCED UPON THE SMALLEST STRINGS THE JOY AND LONGING FOR ONE MAIL CALL WITH WORDS OF LOVE THAT REINSTALL THE REASONS THAT SOME STILL BELIEVE A SAILORS LIFE BELONGS AT SEA TO PROTECT THOSE THINGS FOR WHICH HE LIVES THE REASONS FOR WHICH A SAILOR GIVES THE DAYS, THE WEEKS, THE MONTHS AT SEA SO FAMILY AND FRIENDS CAN SAY THEY ' RE FREE. written by R. M. BECKETT Editor ENS K. Hempstead Publishing Representative Barry Brown 152
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