Harold J Ellison (DD 864) - Naval Cruise Book

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Shellbacks Ifre-pare W ff --- w l i Pollywog Day for humble pollywogs While in Subic Boy, The old Shellbocks borrowed wood ond rnoTeriols ThoT They would need To Throw o good porTy Tor The Pollywogs. They worked hord, ond seT The TonToil up Tor The huge porTy They held when we crossed The equoTor. Each division, plus The oT- Ticers ond chiefs, all had o c:ondidoTe in The Queen Pollywog c:onTesT held on Pollywog doy, The doy before we crossed The equoTor. Our dorlings poroded Ground The dosh deck Tor The conTesT, Then The Pollywogs Torced The Shellbocks To donce wiTh our heouTies. This doy The Pollywog wos king, ond The nexT doy The Pollywogs Took iT Trorn The Shell- bocks - ond boy we Took iT.

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-LN W' i 4 0 ubl. i B In order To ohflood The nurnerous specioi equiprnenT ond ouhiiconons peculior To VieTnorn duTy, os well os oniood sTores, Tuei, ond pro- visions, we spenT Tour doys oT our Novol SToTion in Subic Boy, Philippines in oreporoTion Tor our homeword journey. The bose reolly vvosn'T onyThing speoiol, buT we cerToiniy enioyed The quoinT noTive village of Oiongopo which wos iusT ouTside The goTe of The bose. AT T600 on The Q1lTh of Fehruory, we seT soil Tor our journey homeword, going vvesT. An odmiroi visiTs Hoppy Jock

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