United States Coast Guard Academy - Tide Rips Yearbook (New London, CT)

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SciAoi Occtf killflII (lircclioii ol llic mcoikI class. Two lioiii later iho thirty year men were easily di iin- }:uislial)le from the thirty day men. We learned that day the dan-ier of overdoing the System. Winter melted in a (hirrv of exams, hoxinc inatehes. and informal dances. Soon the routine pre-hundredth day was upon us. A week before Der Tag we went on l;i minute reports by sec- tions, flew the corridors by day. and rotation storms by night. It was fun because our Dav was coming; and when it came, at the y note of reveille, the blood did flow. W asson. Schweinsberg, and Northcott were the men in greatest demand; with sadistic glee we made u[) for a year of suffering. Spring leave and drill came and went. We were coming of age, anticipating the stripe ahead. It had been a good year and appeared better in retrospect. Time hasn ' t changed that outlook, and we still stick our chests out and exclaim proudly, Now when we were Swabs, Liberty party on di-ch, ■ fflTr. ' i ■ L ' ; ' 4 0 8 Hundrvdth Day Still; nilli il mister. ■, 7T— » K C 21

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Dce (ioine Septeniher. wt- (liiiii])(- l our MiiiirtK r texts into a coriicr aiul went to mm — well, to Long Island Sonnd. at l( ' a l. Ww call of ad- venture in foreifin ports look us lo lJridjj;e|)orl. tlity IshuuK yes, even Greeiipoit. We saw llieni all — from the erosstrees and llie locsle head, ours was only soogee, hoist, and holystone. We pulled on the lines handed us. and dropped lo the deck in e ery spare minute for rest, rest, rest. Lulled hy the swish of the cutwater and the plunk of (Jhappys mandolin, we collapsed until stirred to action hy Roemer ' s hoot or 01sen s ' Hoe Deee. Haunted hy Danish liherty from dawn till dark. Leighton took to the royals and others played hide-and-seek with the braid in the sail locker. The routine was dis- turbed briefly by battening down for the hurri- cane, which found us in City Island with hearts in mouth and lifebelts in hand, and also hy running back for Captain Hansen ' s scottie, which had jumped ship in Oyster Bay. Oh lucky dog! Wi ' rry sti ini mid run aii ii fJOBOOy HERE BUT U5 BlLCe RflTJ SIR The forecastle favnrili ' spot for flahiii : out. M