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The morning of the 27th dawns with an eerie silence. lt was a bright sunny day in the South Pacific. lt started out a bit unusual, with reveille being held at 5 a.m. instead of the regular time of 6 a.m. The date: january 27, l97l. The event: the crossing of the Equator. Instead of the regular way of holding reveille, the shellbacks held it, going around to all of the compart- ments and staterooms yelling at the top of their lungs, Wake up you slimy polliwogs and prepare to meet your Maker. Breakfast is now being served. GET UP y You SLIMYI mtuwoeef ff' Xx T 'XXX 'XX For breakfast, there was the usual menu, unseasoned beans and the most hideous tasting coffee the shellbacks could brew. lt seemed as though they chose a person that has never made coffee before in his life. lt tasted like dish water fwhich it probably was.l For the ceremony, all of the polliwogs had to wear dungarees worn backwards. Tee-shirts, socks and shoes were optional. Many of the polliwogs elected not to wear shoes, and either wore tennis shoes, shower shoes, or went in their stocking feet. ' ,ZX - 4:54- 'W,:',aw-H ...,.--,Mv ni
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',-, 'V 'f At about l0 a.m. an announcement from the bridge came: We have just crossed the Equator. A few minutes later King Neptune and his royal court were piped aboard. The Captain of USS New Orleans was summoned before the royal court, and a simulated turn-over of the ship to the Royal Navigator occurred. The Captain, the senior shellback on board, was then a part-time spectator at the ceremony. The actual ceremony started at about 10:30 when the first divisions were summoned to climb three flights of stairs to the flight deck and prepare to meet the Raging Main. ,fr i King Neptune's queen sits among members of the Royal Court. The flight of the polliwog begins with a salt water shower. squirming up paddle row'
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