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

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-v Mid August brought home the Eagle and with it the salty First and Third Classes. As the green re- cruits looked on they wondered how much of tl1e summer's indoc they could remember. They had been told that, once aboard, it would fall into place. Nonetheless q Zyaudevl if they could tell one line from another or make it up over the crosstrees. To add to their uncertain- ties, hurricane MCarol, was racing towards tl1e East Coast and lay directly across their path. The ancient mystery of the sea created a need for guidance Anticipation, born of anxiety and excitement, filled them all e 4 f 'Sly 7 W f ' 'ff 4+ ,ff 1 , if , f , ff, wif' 4 X tf f ,, his , M -ff ,tg 5' 1 ff an s A ,,,ftfW f' K J , X 4 , X ' f ,sfxf Z w f X 2 -S if W ' Q y Z X 9 ,35 Q t X ,-,UU X f i Lic, ' N fs B if 14 - gala. nswi Nhkw 'I x QW fswis 1' ww.: W ig- U'-Q...

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Those Welcome days in Bermuda gave them their first taste of liberty and tl1e opportunity to Wear the C. G. khaki. Any mode of transportation proved fair game as all tried to see everything of their vw? cvzecgn au' All too soon tl1e days of fun and frolic ended and they upped anchor and were once again on their Way . . . this time towards home with their first sea stories under their belts. They all hoped these tales would find many Welcome listeners among the folks at home and classmates at the Academy. Their first strange sights were seen in tropical style Amit: 16 'flffkf ' I ,A y jing, I 'fr' Y f? 4-,Z 2 . ,,, WW, ,,f, 'HW 4 vfi, 'K 1 5' 4 vt-124 ,427 : e 'Pg My M wb Q uf is ' a am- rryr X ag! The more hardy preferred to blaze trails of their ozrn On the Way home the work hadn't changed much but we found that we had become accustomed to it. Learning to relax became a practiced art, and even a short five minutes was always well spent.