Garcia (FF 1040) - Naval Cruise Book

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What a team — what a team! I ' m the baddest the best dressed. the meanest and also one of A moment we ' ll all cherish and remember.

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SUPPLY DEPARTMENT INTRODUCTION Supply Department made a tremendous showing during the cruise, going to great trouble to obtain badly needed parts and supporting the ship with occasional fog lookouts, laundry facilities, three squares a day, and the Ship ' s Store came through with canned soda water and the infamous GARCIA white shorts and shirts. The Storekeepers pulled through with an amazing 70% plus for filling the ship ' s requisitions. Not to be outdone, the Cooks provided the crew with numerous fantail-cookouts and buffet luncheons for visiting dignitaries. A myriad of funny-money from rials, shillings, francs, dinars, and rupees back to good old American money was provided by Disbursing. The Ship ' s Servicemen ran the spectrum from washing and pressing whites to regulation haircuts to all of the necessities from the Ship ' s Store. BMC Slee finally has removed the tatoo he received Free of Charge from the Mombasa sunbathing mats sold by the Ship ' s Store.

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v. « Sure he can smile — I ' m the one that unloaded these boxes. The mighty, mighty WEED (jacks back, jacks back).