Hopewell (DD 681) - Naval Cruise Book

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X I said, ' 'Give the boss the bird. When you make first, you're gonna hafta trade those phones for a coffee cup! 1' :RZ

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...W X, ,, ff Today Sasebo, tomorrow Cuba! We MM's of HOPEWELL are without a doubt the opportunists of the crew. We steam at sea and in port, the latter being much perferred of the two. 4 As we left San Diego morale was high, and so was most of the division-that's no lie! All hands were anxious about what lay ahead. Spegal and others to the bilges forward, while back aft feed pumps were being courted. In the heat of it all one thing was good, Koser and Norwood made second as they should. Oh Subic Bay, we remember you dear. A party in Sasebo marked standard operations for each MM Snipe, but the MPA and Pork Chop had a hell of a nite. fQuarters?j Some were happy and some were blue, for it was Australia and an extra week or two. Now San Diego, we MM's are back, after giving WestPac a hell of a flap.

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