Hank (DD 702) - Naval Cruise Book

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CHOW ...... Someone said an army travels on its stomach, so does the navy, but farthern.. a trained Hank- boat sailor's nose can tell frorn, a whiff of the galley ex- haust vent what's on the menu for the next meal and how good for badj it will be .... and,.when you're cooking for over ZOO men, it takes a man as big as Ski to stir the soup .... that sadistic grin of McMahon's plus pork chops in the pan adds up to just one thing--rough Weather. . . .

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SNIFFLES AND HEADACHES .... don't go very far on the happiness kick and Doc has two stan- dard treatments .... needles and APCS , both famous throughout the navy .... the dental tech's we brought back to the states didn't have the gear they were accustomed to on bigger ships, but they soon pick- ed up some of the destroyerman's better qualities and searched for cavities with what they had .... CLEAN CLOTHES .... are something a sailor gets accustomed to from the first bucketful he scrubbed in boot camp .... the buckets are put to other uses on the Hank While the laundrymen do the washing chores in a customized Turkish bath .... Louie just dropped in to watch Williams press the wrinkles out of his knuckles .... A