Foote (DD 511) - Naval Cruise Book

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f47h56aafane,, l-IIS book is abouT The UniTed STaTes Ship FooTe lDD 5I ll, The men ThaT wenT To sea wiTh her and The iob They did TogeTher. In This collecTion oT Taces Trom every corner oT The naTion and oT such snapshoTs as may be Taken oT an operaTing warship, perhaps may be discerned some oT The personaliTy oT The FooTe, some oT The elemenTs ThaT, combined, made oT her The characTer ThaT she was. Among These Taces are Those oT The men ThaT raised The com- mission To her Truck in I942g ThaT shared her TirsT anger -- againsT a U-boaT in The ATlanTicp ThaT TelT her near-morTal wound oTT Bougain- ville: ThaT exulTed in her vicTory over Kamikaze aircraTT in The Philip- pines: ThaT one unbelievable nigh+ olll l-lagushi Beach aT Okinawa when The TirsT hinT oT peace was aired, knew Tor an insTanT some- Thing oT The paradox oT her deadly mighT. For, Though we didn'T oTTen admiT iT ouT loud, The l:ooTe was all oT us, and all oT us made up The FooTe. We shook her down, we Took her ouT, we ToughT her all around The world, and we broughT her back home. We had her boilers on The line and her guns sTanding ready and when she was needed we gave all she had. The FooTe's iob is well done, we're proud oT her and glad ThaT iT is The men who knew her ThaT are going To puT her away up The river in abeyance Tor World War Ill. Our TondesT hope is ThaT she is never used again.