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"Just looked at the faded Kodak pictures I took of our stay in Ambon. It was an experience to behold. Remember the typhoon we went through on out way down there. As for the crossing the line, my knees still twinge everytime I think of crawling from…"
"Is this OSHA approved ? GMG3 Mike Hester 1974"
"I'm not going to blow smoke up your stern. Not all was good about our lives in the Navy. But that's life. Doesn't make it right, but learning to stick up for yourself and your buddies, and figuring out how to move on with your life and taking your…"
"Jeff was also known as "Toad". It's his decision to disclose or not the source of the nickname . . . That day we pollywogs crawled on our knees together from the bow to the stern. BM 1 Davis & others made sure the raw egg-in-shell we had in our…"
"I crossed the line on board the John s McCain DDG-36 in 1971 and onboard the Berkeley DDG-15 in 1974"
"I had a cousin onboard the Whipple at that time. His name is Arthur F. Makes he was a BT"
"The first time I crossed the line was in March 1977 onboard the USS White Plains AFS-4"
"did it so many times i lost count."
"dont mean shit anymore."
"I was a OSSN then OS3 the Whipple from 74-75 Crossed the line on a great westpac deployment. Met alot of good guys and loved the ship I then got transferred to the USS Enterprise and honorably discharged as an OS2 in 77. I liked the smaller ship…"
Enroute to Ambon Indonesia aboard the USS Whipple DE 1062 on Oct.30th1974 I was an OSSN we crossed at 126 degrees and 27 min. East. The ceremony and fun was exciting untill I was muzzled with ajock strap and leashed like a dog to dog fight another…
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