Monday, August 1, 2022
On The Flag Bag
"September, 1983 -- "What a contrast there is between my work aboard the Blue Ridge and my sleep when I'm off work. My time on the bridge, the signal deck, high above the ocean itself, the weather whatever it might be, the whiffs of sea air, the sea creatures following the ship, ocean birds swooping...
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Saturday, July 30, 2022
As If I Never Left
"August 30, 1983 -- "Leave at home was really great. I'm now back aboard the USS Blue Ridge and getting into the swing of things. Nothing has changed. In fact now that I'm back in Japan, it seems as if I never left. "Our goofy Senior Chief is finally leaving the Blue Ridge. He got a set of orders to...
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Friday, July 29, 2022
Advice to Brothers
The summer of 1983 Mom, Dad and David went on vacation to the Colorado Mountains and to a beautiful mountain area in Wyoming leaving Son #2 and Son #3 at home because they had jobs and girls and didn't want to go. So, Mark wrote a letter of advice to them, since he had stayed at home for a different...
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Wednesday, July 27, 2022
Mama San
"June 11, 1983 -- "I haven't had any mail come in for me for a whole week. I'm waiting eagerly for some to come. Mail call goes down in a little while so maybe I will get some today. (I hope!) "There are four ships from San Diego here in port at Yokosuka. They were on operations with us down in...
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Tuesday, July 26, 2022
It's Like The Only Life I Know (Ribcage Nostalgia)
"June 11, 1983 -- "Today is our last day of operations down here by Okinawa. We have been gone for a month now and it will be good to get back "home" again (home port Yokosuka). When we are there in home port, we work regular eight-hour days and then we are off until the next day. We can go ashore...
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