Dortch (DD 670) - Naval Cruise Book

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... on our way to engage an enemy half way around the world. Back to Asia, where the rumbling had scarcely died away from the last great war. Back to show the Com- munists that America ' s borders reach to any land where there is conflict for the rights of man . . .

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tlCJJ S DIVISION If you can possibly imagine just how many potatoes, chickens, loaves of bread and candy bars it takes to feed a crew of three hundred and twelve hungry men for a period of eight months, you will realize that Supply had its hands full circumnavigating the globe. And spare parts, too . . . everything from a Dixie cup to a Coke machine. Here are just a few of the figures: 43,269 pounds of meat, 57,625 pounds of potatoes and 38,832 candy bars!!! It wasn ' t an easy job to get that chow out during some of those periods of rough weather we hit, either. Those thirty-five degree rolls certainly did raise havoc in the galley. And it was always an ordeal to locate stort when we pulled into some of those foreign ports. One storekeeper reported having to pick our own pears from an orchard in Sasebo, Ja- pan. Everyone seemed to change into Dress Blues when the stores came aboard, too. The Medical Department had it ' s job to do, too. In the hot climates of Panama and Japan it was Athlete ' s Foot and heat rash and in the cool weather of France and Portugal it ' was running noses and sore throats. The combined efforts of the Medical Department and the APC tablet kept the crew in healthy shape. Bow One: D. E. Sheets, R. R. Drew, A. R. Porter, S. B. Wallace, O. R Hammond, J. A. Mello. . . . Row Two: D. V. Peterson, H. F. Kramer R. L. Olds, ENS J. B. Weidler, V. L. Hofstener, J. R. Parker, A. M Yeaton. . . . Row Three: V. Hoskins, I. M. Durham, T. L. Beaudreau G. E. Morgan, J. M. Sch Row Four: F. R. Radcliffe, Kuster, C. D. Carlson, R. R. W. Topolskl, R. . E. Loehr, W. E. Bertz, E. Longo.

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