Duncan (DDR 874) - Naval Cruise Book

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WHO TOLD YOU WE WERE LOST ? IT ONLY HURTS WHEN I STRAIGHTEN UP A TEXAN AT HEART. MONDAY MORNING. THE QUARTERMASTERS LESS ONE NO WONDER WE MISSED MIDWAY. AND I WANTED TO BE A QM? 29

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A LAST TIME I DID THIS IT BROKE. WHAT HE SAY9 WHAT HE SAY9 I'LL NEVER VOLUNTEER AGAIN. NO, I'M NOT THE RED BARON. HURRY SPLICE THAT HALYARD . . . BEFORE HE SEES IT! PA HEY WARD, IT MOVES. GES UNDER FLAGS. 1