Fresno (LST 1182) - Naval Cruise Book

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-An Z-A 2- I I i I I 6 CAPT IOHN c. M KI LEY Captain Mtliinley intently observes some close steaining rnaneuvers. welcoming Commodore Higgins QCOMPHIBRON SEVENJ onboard the V Ta The Man In The Arena It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how strong the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds Could have done them better4 The .credit belongs tothe man who actuallyvin the arenag whose face .is rriarred by dust and sweat and bloody who strives valiantlyp who efrs and Comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasrns, the great devo- tions, and spends hirnselfsin a worthy causep who, at the best, knows the triumph sofuhigh achievernentg and who, at the worst,.if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his plate shall never be with those coldnand timid souls wht-5 know neither victory nor defeats Theodore Roosevelt FRESNOA One of his favorite jobs, reenlisting a crewmember.

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HERIT GE LAUNCHINC1 . THE LAUNCHING CEREMONY - 28 SEPTEMBER 1968 UNDER CONSTRUCTION AT NASSCO SHIP YARDS

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CDR STEPHE E. D0 LO At last the long mid watch is over, The weary soul. is fast asleep. The only sound Comes from the blower, As. the ship rolls gently across the deep. When thru the haze of ethreal dreams, The horrible words cut out with ease. Straight from the depth's of Hell, it. seems, Looky Here!! I'Ve found some Dust Bunnysf' And there before my blurry eyes, Triumphant in Augustumajesty so., With a smile as radiant as sunlit skies, p He stands, - Our Intrepid, and Lively XO. RM1 A. D. CAbe1 Dogy Johnson 1 y Ifound some -Himalayan bred, mountain climbing, acrobatic dust bunnies in here!