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

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I 111 xs.ilU l)U.itlu tin lilc ol llu- c.iilcl. cclui in;; wiili his ii iinnplis .tiid l)is (lis.ippoiiitiiunts. I 111- (lock liuiliiiis unlolditl IkIoic us iIk- ii ( hiiiqiiis and skills ol scinoiii ; mtn. W ' l- sailed III I ti lliiiij ' Ikiiii un iool dinghies lo ilit- ' .•() lool s(|iiaic rij;j;c(l Ka ll•. W i lovviil loi miles (il passing waicr. gallons ol swiai and tons ol ( .illoiisis. Kxcniually uc Itarntd. W ' c Ifll a pull iiij; l»oal answer llic swccj) oar and under our orders saw arious small ships slide siiioollily III llie dock. Ilamilloii II. ill siood sedaleh o ei all. It s m lioli ed llu ,i(immisiralion s wauhlulness over our e erv movement. Main ol us came face lo I. lie willi the Academic Hoard. ' e worked, we siiu}4j;le(l and we erred: and alwa s ihe spirit (il I I.iniilion I lall watched. ■ „■ ilmh 11,1(1 Ihr hiuhrl

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SoiiihI bodies wcTf llu ' pnidiui ol liillaid I lall. known lo us .is ilu ' uNni. I lu if wi ' spcnl iiian in)() al)l(. ' hours on llu- l)askcil)all (ouris. on ihr nials in llic wifsllini; room, in ihr s(|uasli court, and in tlic pool. 77 c Amcinhcs were also a (lcri ali c of a iranslornicd alniosplicrc as (IcToralions and sulxliail lij liting alon; with crv danccablc music 1)V ihc Academy orclitsn a conxeried llic main deck inlo a l)ailroom loi lormal dances. .Sallcricc 11. dl. the l)i.iin laiior), was s.u isdcd .u llic end ol our c.idet eduealion ihal we were well i ioii inled ni lite . leiires. Here ' c absorbed the theorelical i)ack ;i()uiid lli.il was lo |)ie|)are us lor the luiure. .Many lell belore ils iron list. The inside ol Ciiase Hall is as familiar to each member oi our class as the back ol his hand. Here we studied, slept, spend days of re striction, stood at attention for htnidreds of in- spections, answered and later ga ' e myriads ol swab calls, and marked the number of days un- til maduation. The Observatory Chase Hall

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Tl}e whole xvorks ,i At the periphery o£ our daily life stood the structures that were ofE the beaten path. The Hill, aloof and dignified, stood apart and rep- resented another life to come. ' Sick-bay looked after our physical well being. Shantyto sn stood htunbly below the hill. Over the reserva- tion stood the skeleton of shal soon became the Memorial Chapel. The details of this setting which are familiar to tis now ■ill fade away, but the atmospheres and personalities that haunt tliem w ' li c in our memories. 23