Greenwich Bay (AVP 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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Norfolk Homecoming Land ho! Weathe r- men may remember De- Wx-M9 V- 1.' F . .. 5 . q 3 ' dember Sth, 1908, as just 1 ,N-A-' 2 ' 1 I i'e'1f:. .ff . 'f -' , , 4- , another cold, gray day - gg ,j+ Ygy' A ,, JJ 3-f+q.y in 1. 1, xx but to nearly 200 aboard pn. , i:i:...QEi gif' s, f . - 'J' ZH Ink' 535 A ' 1 ' 'M 1 -st A , the Green Witch it was a ' t ' 55:34. R Q day filled withwarmth and 1 K , cheer...after 6-1X2 months, we were home at last! As the Galloping Ghost ap- proached Pier 4, Norfolk Virginia, a waving throng 1, g .4 if of wives, children, parents and friends displayed a Welcome GREENWICH - BAY sign.. .a Navy band braved the cold to whoop it up as we came alongside the pier...and 12 of the longest days imaginable between -.,'.-.,- Q '- . L. wail . iq , . ,., , A sight for very sore eyes. we Gibraltar and Norfolk now seemed the best spent days of the entire cruise. Immediately after the gangway was rig- ged, the dependents streamed aboard and the happy confusion of long-awaited reunions took place. Thus the last chapter in the 1958 wake of the Green Witch was written. . .now its all over but the memories. Almost there! I 'lil al? Even the little ones braved the cold to see Daddy come 1101110-

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