Forster (DER 334) - Naval Cruise Book

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Epilogue MANY A STORY OF THE SEA HAS BEEN TOLD ABOUT SAILORS WHO WERE DARING, BRAVE, AND BOLD BUT HERE IS A STORY OF FORSTER AT SEA AND WHAT HER MEN DO FOR THEIR COUNTRY AS FORSTER STEAMS FROM HER PORT AND HOME THERE IS SADNESS AT LEAVING SWEETHEARTS ALONE MEN REALIZE OF COURSE, THERE'S A TIME FOR FUN BUT NOW ON THE FORSTER THERE,S A JOB TO BE DONE MARKET TIME APPROACHES AND LONG PATROLS BEGIN MEN PREPARE FOR WORK-FILLED DAYS, END UPON END THERE ARE G.Q. S, UNREPS AND CASUALTIES UNKNOWN THEY HOPE EACH DAY THEIR EFFORTS ARE SHOWN FREQUENTLY, AS FORSTER STEAMS THROUGH THE NIGHT MONOTONY PREVAILS, THERE IS NOTHING IN SIGHT BUT THE JUNKS AT THEIR MOORINGS QUIETLY LIE AND ARE QUICKLY PICKED UP BY F ORSTER'S ELECTRONIC EYE THE SLEEPING BOARDING PARTY IS CALLED AWAY FAST EACH MAN WONDERS, SHOW LONG WILL IT LAST? TOO OFTEN IT EXTENDS THE WHOLE NIGHT THROUGH THEN AT ZERO EIGHT HUNDRED, ALL HANDS? TURN TO YET, THERE IS RECREATION WHICH VARIES TO ALL SORTS AND PLENTY OF GOOD TIMES IN MANY STRANGE PORTS OLONGAPO, HONG KONG, AND SASEBO, JAPAN ARE A WELCOME RELIEF FROM THE TOIL OF VIETNAM