Noa (DD 841) - Naval Cruise Book

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iiZnd ea. ss? f g'l'A,s QV Schoolcrafl, Rogers, Lopez lsiTTing and Thinkingl and New- man iusT waTching The sea go by. Now The Second Division lay oul' on The clock and . . . Here we are!! The Hscrappin' second . . , The grunT and groan boys . . .The sweepers and sweaTers . . . The heave and haul gang , . . The chippers and scrapers . . . The painTers and someTimes even The drinkers. We boasT Newman and Rogers Tor comedy . . . Foley and Emmolo Tor sporTs . . , Campbell and Rhoades Tor real hillbilly noise , We goT Neighbors and Blaisdell doing The yelling and chief BurT is behind iT all. You say you goT Troubles? WanT some work done? Need some drinkin' buddies? The second is ready and willing, lsf Row I To r: Guay, Rogers, Campbell, Bryce, Lasher, Mr. Grasberg, Brochu, Druan, Ruclel. Danao. 2nd Row: Ryan, lnfranco, Schoolcraf'r, Newman, Foley, Brock, Hepsoe, Neighbors, Wixfed, Caron, Smifh. 3rd Row: Popofchulr, Carpenhar Rowner, Piccoli, Travers, Moncrief, Emmelo, Wells, ' Gilmore. Perchel, WDr

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Mighfy Rugged Couniryside U. S. Minis+er +o Iceland IIIYKJAIIIK, IIIHA Il Ailer six days of 'rwisling rhroughan angry Norlh Arlanlic gale we finally sighr Iceland. I+'s a cold and barren looking place bur land iusr 'rhe same so we pile ashore +o look around. Have you ever seen so many bIondes,bu'r lhere are olher Ihings Io see,Ihey say. Tours 'rake us around rhe island buf always seem Io end up ar The Borg. This akvavir is some drink! We lake a Irip around lhe norihern parlr of Iceland and across Ihe Arric Circle. Mr. Black lay up 'ro lhe bridge . . . provide. Care For A Shower? A NOA Crossing The Arfic Circle

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Smugglers Inn D NOA's Irish Home IIINIIIINIIIIIIII, IIIIIAII 1 This is one of our fwo-fime porfs. We make fhis our firsf sfop in Norfhern Europe and whaf a wel- come sighf fhaf famous green counfryside is fo our sform weary eyes. We find ourselves among friends and if's a delighfful Serenade our liffle red faced friends gives us . . . a human luke box-fhaf's whaf he is. One of our firsf venfures is a frip across fhe border info fhe Irish Free Sfafe fo visif Buncrana. Ireland lives up fo all advance billing . . .We have a few lrishmen aboard you know. We liven fhings up af fhe Capifal and Corinfhian, renf all fhe bi- cycles in fown, loosen up our baseball arms, visif fhe Gianfs Causeway , fry ouf fhe golf courses. and meef lvlr, Bushmill. Our second sfay finds ,mosf of us affending fhe Brifish ASW School for fwo weeks. During com- bined operafions fhe NOA gefs fhe only submarine kill of fhe exercise. We. have fwo ships parfies . . . nuff said. We visif Belfasf and many ofher nearby cifies filling our lockers wifh linen goods. The of- ficers fhrow a cockfail parfy for fhe ASW school When Does Liberfy Begin Where else could This be buf Ireland? and ifs goodbye Mr. Bushmill and Anne, . . Downfown7