Morton (DD 948) - Naval Cruise Book

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the men Men have always had a fascination for the sea. Since Odysseus, men have made heroes of their brethren who went to sea, who as of another breed pitted themselves against a vast spirit which the song writers, the story- tellers and soothsayers dared not face themselves but could not escape. The men of the Morton are not heroes as Beowulf and the Old Man were, but we are sailors, and that makes us different. We know a comeraderie with our fellows, a feeling that our women can never know. And after weeks at sea, we know ourselves, if only through loneliness. And we know the sea. And she knows us. We are her men.

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the places Picture the following and you ' ll know where we ' ve been: steamj ' green hills and dusty streets are the Phil- ippines; the smell of a swarm of tiny boats is Aberdeen; a sky of sparkling jewels on black satin is a Hong Kong night; the mad rush of Ginza--New York in five-eighths time!