Old Sailors Poem
Old Sailors PoemOLD SAILORS SIT AND CHEW THE FATIN POORLY LITE BARS SITTING IN THE BACKTHE LIVES THEY LIVED AS THOSE DAYS DON'T LASTAND ALL THE GOOD TIMES REMEMBERED FROM THE PASTWITH THOUGHTS OF BELL BOTTOM BLUESAND THOSE LITTLE WHITE HATSAS THEY SINGLE UP LINESBOTH FORE AND AFTTHEY RECALL LONG WATCHES LATE AT NIGHTWHILE THE STARS AND MOONWHICH SHINED DOWN SO BRIGHTFAR OUT AT SEA,IN THAT SUMMER BREEZETHE THOUGHTS THEY HADWHEN THEIR LIVES WERE FREETHEY KNEW SO WELLTHEIR HEARTS WOULD SWELLWHEN…
Read more…
Comments
Merry Christmas and Happy New Year(2014) to all.
My first visit to Yoko was in 1958 lot has changed since then.
My first visit to Yoko was in 1968 and then stationed there in 1970 with BMU 1, WPD and 1971 while onboard the USS Tom Green County 1159.
Shore Patrol Headquarters Yokosuka Japan 1969
Shore Patrol Headquarters Yokosuka Japan 1969
Welcome aboard Stephen. I was in Yoko off and on from '73-'94. Probably rubbed shoulders with you a couple of times. I occasionally visited N2 to align the TSEC/KY-3. I was the Autosevocom tech working out of NCSJ. Went to Kami also a couple of times.
First visited Yokosuka in 67/68 on our Westpac cruise. Then came back to Yoko in Sep of 71 to 74 stationed at CNFJ N2, left for a brief period (18 months in Seattle) then came back to Yoko in 77 and stayed in Japan until Jun 93 (Yoko, Kami Seya, and Sasebo).
Yokosuka Sailor Anonymous New forum. Take a look.