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commaqnding officefs forward: From: Commanding Officer To: Officers and Crew, U.S.S. Lincoln County CLST 898D Subi: Your ship As my tour of duty as your Commanding Officer nears its end, lam especially glad to have the opportunity to write a letter of this type. This is the best iob that l have ever had. To have command of the finest ship in the world's best Navy is indeed an honor. The fact the Lincoln County is such a fine ship is not lust an accident, however: there is a reason for it. The reason is you, her officers and crew. The crew of the Lincoln County is different in many ways from the others that l have known, but I think that the maior difference is in FQ-e in their ship. You are proud of her food, her cleanliness, her fresh paint, and the way she operates. Furthermore, you are more than happy to tell other people about her. This ,pride has welded IOO individual men into a crew, all of whom are working together. It has helped you when the working hours were hard and long, and rest was very little. It has helped you when you met other people ashore who didn't know that ours is the Navyls best ship. We are near the end of our current Westpac tour. We are a part of the last squadron of LSTls to be rotated to this duty. Your ship is the only LST still in commission which participated in the lnchon invasion. She is the only one who flies the Navy Unit Commendation. During this tour she has again proven that she is the best in the fleet! 1 Many of you, like myself, will soon be leaving for other ships or stations. Take with you your pride in your ship or unit, and you will help make it better, too. For those of you who will remain aboard l leave this thought ---- as long as you are proud of your ship she will continue to improve. My best wishes for continued success to the Lincoln County and every man of her splendid crew. J. W. BOWEN
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editors forward: THIS CRUISE BOOK IS DEDICATED, NOT TO TI-IE CREW AS MOST CRUISE EFT BEHIND, THE WIFES, SWEETI-IEARTS, BOOKS ARE, BUT TO THE ONES L CHILDREN, PARENTS, FRIENDS. IT IS HOPED THAT THEY, WHXILE BROWSING ET A BETTER' UNDERSTANDING, NOT OF THE THROUGH THIS BOOK, WILL G NAVY AND HER IRON SHIPS, BUT OF THE MEN THAT MAN THEM. It is this Editors opinion that, to accurately portray a six months tour ol: a Navy ship and the lite led by her crew, it would talce boolcs similiar in thickness' to the Los Angeles Telephone Boolc, Websters Dictionary and Boatswains Mate Third combined. We didn't have the budget, time and talent to do this. This editor has served on three ships and talcen short cruises on dozens ol: others. I have lived and worked on the Lincoln, I have listened to the gripes and praises ol: many men that have lived and worlced on the Lincoln, I have seen the product ol: thousands of man hours ol: worlc manifested in the ships Food, her quarterdeclc, her main declc, her guns, her engines, her signal bridge, her, compartments, her Officers Country, her Ships Office, her Sick Bay, on and on and on. Because of these experiences l sincerely believe that the Lincoln is the BEST ship in the fleet. For this reason l consider it,an honor and a privdlege to have been allowed an attempt to portray the Lincoln and l'ler men in the humble confines of this boolc. THE EDITORS
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