Harwood (DD 861) - Naval Cruise Book

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Who Wil I Doc Willey and his raspberry flavored malaria pills . . . fAre they really Ex-Lax in dis- guise ?J . . . MM3 Russ Beede volunteering to change his rate to Gunner,s Mate to add a little class to the Weapons Department. . , .BMC Akins when he first spotted the body floating in Manzanillo harbor while anchoring ...LTJG Denton wanting to cover Da Nang Harbor with fuel oil and firing Willie Peter into it the night we ' 'T were illuminated by a U.S. Swift boat .... Commander GUTHRIE threatening to feed K , the pieces of the flare found on his open bridge LET S GET THEM RASC-ALS to the spotters during the same incident . . . FN Robert Bateman in Hong Kong shopping for a pair of orange socks to go with his green continental suit and yellow shoes .... The great WiBLiC shoot off North Vietnam . . . and GQ five times a day .... The Supply Depart- ment winning the Squadron E for its excellent performance .... The muddy streets of Olon- gapo .... The ice machine finally fetting fixed .... - Vietnam while STG2 Robert Beegle was talking to the porpoises over Gertrude P lcclflalfier lEotes.X lelaorlfigoiih after being ribbedi logg anld hard about his grey hair, being found with a bottle of Clairol yRM2pMark Staples getting so excite a out is planned urchases at A33, Yokos ' I ' '- Kaohsiung upink Slipsn and what the? represented R . uka that he couldn s sleep the night before .... The s i a . . . earming at a rate of 94 tons per hour when ever one was hungry and the replenishment detail was set just befo e h . . . FN H y ' Dawson, to name a few, with their big amplifiers and speafkecfxsv. . . arold Cubby, SM2 Don Sorensen' ENS Jim The BERKELEY Sonarmen re orti b AM I PEDALING FAST ENOUGH .,g,:::,n: wfff-M ff D f--fp.. fmp.,....1mmi,,- V fff, w-u -.-.L ,

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. HEY! WE ARE SAFER IN WESTPACF' Shaking the bulkheads so hard the paint peeled oil' .... The infamous Snoopy cartoons in the midships passageway .... The tons of paperwork to bring this floating warehouse back into the States through customs .... PC3 Bob Gebhard and his denim work jacket complete with 30 patches, insignias and crests-a Yoko special .... The beautiful girls wandering around in International Market Place, Waikiki. . . Q STG3 Raymond Benninger and STGSN Gary May sweating profusely on liberty as they strained under .the weight of camera bags bulging with exotic accessories .... Doon Snyder having to pull his shoes out of the autoclave to sterilize his instruments .... Lights falling in the OC compartment during gunfire. . . . The Captain's going away party in Yoko- good thing the next day was Sunday .... Gralit- ti on the shells that were sent to Victor Char- lie .,.. The great cattle drive . .SN Ray Cooley and his tall Texan yarns .... BMSN Gene Rea heaving the lead as we navigated the shallow waters of the Me- kong Delta in IV CTZ .... QMl Larry Satteriield and his fold-away bed in the charthouse everyone kept stumbling over . . . the QM's life size pinup in the charthouse . . . Smokey the Bearv running the forward fireroom with an iron hand and his able counterpart back aft, our contribution to the Grand Ole Opry, Swinging Country, Spence .... Ens. Jim,Dawson sleeping in his llak jcket and helmet after Cap Lay .... The great run on razor blades at the ship's store when the order to shave came out in Yokosuka .... The confusion in the 'finternationall' poker games with the various types of funny money ..., QM2 Richard Wissler getting his orders to a Swift boat in Vietnam CHope he does not try to shoot at us the next time we are therej .... The Red Cross girls at Nha Trang on the mess decks when the lights went out .... SFI Joseph Noha and SF1 Richard Lowe holding the ship together withtheir incredible patch jobs that really worked .... And most important, the arrival in Mayport and the welcome home. MGEEDUNKS IN YOUR BEARD P fafgef. . .