Forster (DER 334) - Naval Cruise Book

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OLONGAPO PROVIDES LOTS OF GOOD FUN WITH DRAFT SAN MIGUEL AND SWEET' MANILA RUM THERE ARE QUIET LITTLE BARS TO CHASE AWAY BLUES AND OFTEN YOUNG BOYS SAY, SAILOR,. .SHINE SHOES? HONG KONG, THE SCENE OF OUR COSTLIEST FLINGS JUST THINK OF THE MEMORIES NEW' TOKYO BRINGS THE LIMEYS, AND AUSSIES, AND CHINESE WE MET THE CHOPSTICKS WE TRIED SAYING, PLL PICK IT UP YET. SASEBO, JAPAN IS THE NEXT PORT OF CALL THE SHIP'S PARTY THERE, INSURES A GOOD TIME FOR ALL ALSO IN SASEBO, A CHANGE OF COMMAND IN WHICH F ORSTER ACQUIRED A BRAND, NEW OLD MAN NOW BACK T O VIETNAM FOR ONE LAST PATROL THEN ON TO HAWAII, WEIRE PLANNING TO GO THE MONTHS IN PEARL ARE QUITE LIKELY FOUR THEN OFF TO VIETNAM AND THE TOIL OF WAR IN CONCLUSION, WE SAY THERE HAVE BEEN MANY GOOD TIMES WHICH CAN'T BE INCLUDED IN THESE FEW LINES THERE ARE TWO WESTPACS BEHIND, THERE WILL BE MORE AWAITING THE MEN OF DER 334 By kfgyf-061 4

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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

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Y 6513! N Sas aki 3 X l Q A See learning can be fun now try 1x2 A A - Tvf. 25,-,. No dice, Tenney, you know the XO said no center fold pictures. Our ardent staff? SUPERVISOR EDITOR INNESS, EMS VAN METER, EN3 WALTZ, EN3 FICKEN, EN3 BRUNK, sTGs VANBEBER, RMS BALLWEG, R133 ff Lieb always comes to the point ENS HEROY LIEBERKNECHT, SN PLOG, F TG3 DAVIDSON, SM3 TENNEY, PCSN BARKLEY, SN EARL, STGSN WALKER, SN WHETSTONE, SN c f W'Xf'