Hawes (FFG 53) - Naval Cruise Book

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C roo( -(U L f ' vci vic ' i -yy. .. J s we stc ' dDi tuwards the Cooper River bridge o)ie List tn)u realizing this is the end of an era, we take this time and opportunity to say, Thank- you Charleston a) id our Charlestonian friends for the warm hospitaUty you provided to the IJAW ' HS and the U.S. Navy for all these years of teamwork. Let there be no doubt, Charleston will be missed by the HA WESmen and families. By: HNS Derrick Jackson

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• • . J e ) cvvCtA ' VC ' C tKvX 1 he (lay had fuuilly co)ne when HAWESiHoi iiiul ftDtiilii ' s would become separated. The momnig sky was partly cloudy, and the wind was brisk. As the II AWES departed Charleston, South Carolina one List time, we waved our last goodbyes. It wo u If I be si.x )nontl?s before we would see those waves a ain, but then they would be leaves of welcome. Stub is the lift ' of a Siiilor and it is the call of the sea and duty that leads us on our nautical ourney. By: I:NS Derrick L Jackson, USN