WHAT IS A SAILOR? A SAILOR IS AN UNCERTAIN QUANTITY IN BLUE WHO DE- FIES DEFINITION. TO MOM, HE IS A PAIR OF BELL-BOT- TOM TROUSERS WITH A SMUDGE ON HIS CHEEK. TO DAD, HE IS A CHIP OFF THE OLD BLOCK. TO HIS SWEETHEART, HE IS THE MOST WONDERFUL GUY IN ALL THE WORLD. TO THE KID NEXT DOOR, HE IS A HERO. A SAILOR IS A LAD WITH PAINT IN HIS HAIR, OIL ON HIS CLOTHES AND ADVENTURE IN HIS HEART. HE IS A YOUNG MAN WHO LIVES IN THE CONFINES OF A FLOATING, STEEL CASTLE AND HE FINDS IN THIS HOME ASSURED SECURITY FROM THE SLIGHTLY SUSPECT BREED CALLED CIVILIANS. HE DAMNS HIS LOT TO OTHER SAILORS BUT PERMITS, HOWEVER, NO OUTSIDER TO SHARE THESE VIEWS OR TO SPEAK OTHER THAN PRAISE OF HIS SERVICE. E A SAILOR WALKS LIKE A COWBOY, TALKS IN A MANNER ALL HIS OWN, AND FEELS LIKE A PRINCE OF ROYAL BLOOD. HE CAN SLEEP AT ANY HOUR, AT ANY PLACE AND IN A VARIETY OF POSITIONS. EXPERIENCE SHOWS THAT HE SLEEPS BEST IN RADAR ROOMS, IN PEACOAT LOCKERS, ON STEEL DECKS, AND ON SEA BAGS. WHILE AT SEA, A SAILOR WRITES TO HIS GIRL EVERYDAY. IN PORT, HE WRITES ONLY WHEN HE HAS THE DUTY. HE WRITES TO HIS MOM ON HER BIRTHDAY, ON MOTHER'S DAY, AND AT CHRISTMAS. A SAILOR REQUESTS PERMISSION TO GO ASHORE PRIOR TO THE LAST NOTE OF LIBERTY CALL. HE ROLLS UP HIS CUFFS AT THE FOOT OF THE GANGWAY AND DOES NOT UNROLL THEM UNTIL HE PASSES A GATE SENTRY, SEES THE SHORE PATROL, OR RETURNS ONBOARD. OUTSIDE THE GATE, HE KNOWS HIS GENTLEMANLY CHARM IS UN- SURPASSABLE. A SAILOR LIKES LIBERTY, PAY, CHOW QIF IT IS NOT SERVED ON THE MESS DECKSJ, MAIL, PIN-UPS, AND GIRLS WITH CARS. HE DISLIKES DUTY, STANDING IN LINE, OF- FICERS OF THE DECK, CIVILIANS OF THE MALE SPECIES, MARINES, FIELD DAYS, MASTERS-AT-ARMS, AND BAR- TENDERS WHO ASK HIM HIS AGE. HE COUNTS THE DAYS, EVEN THE HOURS, UNTIL HE IS FREE OF HIS DUTIES, YET ALWAYS STANDS A LITTLE PROUDER WHEN HE HEARS ANCHORS AWEIGHU. YES, A SAILOR IS AN UNCERTAIN QUANTITY IN BLUE. HE HAS COMPLAINED OF HIS LIFE DURING EVERY WAKEFUL HOUR SINCE FIRST RAISING HIS HAND TO SEAL THE OATH. YET THE STRENGTH OF HIS CHARACTER IN SERVING THE COUNTRY HE LOVES CANNOT BE QUESTIONED. FOR IT IS THIS SAME UNCERTAIN QUANTITY WHICH WILL FIND HIM DEFENDING A TATTERED PIECE OF CLOTH FLYING ON THE WIND, WITH ALL HIS ENERGY AND DEVOTION AND, IF NECESSARY, EVEN HIS LIFE. 4 ii.- ,... -,,,,,g,5,,,, , V, 1-. ,. ., 'Z 1, :Y
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