Saturday, August 6, 2022
Guess What We Found...
"November, 1983 -- "We are finally on our way back to home port, Yokosuka, Japan. It seems like we have been gone for ages. We were about two hours outside of Hong Kong, when it was discovered that we had a stowaway on board. Somehow a middle-aged Chinese man sneaked himself on board right before we...
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Friday, August 5, 2022
Battle Week
Another letter from Ribcage: The end of October brings us to "Battle Week"--no time for anything but watch and sleep and maybe a meal or two sucked down on the run. We have had serious trouble with our #1 Bravo boiler the last two months. On our way to Thailand the boiler literally blew up. Luckily...
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Wednesday, August 3, 2022
Warning Warning Volcanic Holes
"October 1983 (continued) -- "We left Guam this morning and are now steaming toward Hong Kong. The jungles of Guam are really wild. They have wild boars and pythons out in the jungles. They also have volcanic holes out there that are overgrown with vegetation, and if you fall in one, you might as...
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Tuesday, August 2, 2022
Wild Fire-Dance
"October, 1983 "Some pretty crazy things have happened since we have been in Guam. Yesterday we found out that some nut off of the USS England (FFG-7) which is a ship from our 'Battle Week Squadron' broke into the women's barracks here on base and stabbed two girls and robbed them. One of them is...
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Monday, August 1, 2022
Ribcage Would Love This
No Letters Today. I thought you might get a kick out of Signalman Ribcage sitting in the #1 seat of the Blue Ridge--the Captain's chair. I thought you might like a visual tour of the ship, the oldest ship on active duty in 2022. Since Mark was there in 1982-3-4, it has had a complete do-over and has...
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