No Beer?

Well that somewhat true, however while in Deigo Garcia in 1980 during
the Iran Hostage time, we had a cargo ship tie next to us. They had a
busted cargo boom, so we had to offload her across the boat deck of the
gompers. luckly the ship had all the booze for the island for 3 mo.
Needless to say some of the cargo was lost and damaged while
transferring it. So much so we filled a 40 ft utility boat to the
gunnels. It was a 3 week drunk. Every crane and boat, the Bos'n locker,
the paint locker, tool room all had bars.

Even so you could go on to atoll and get a 5th of Jack for 3.50..No
taxes.

I'll always have good memories of Deigo Garcia. Mike who is a Merchant
Marine and sailor just sent me some post cards showing how developed
the island is now. It was nearly pristine in the early 80's.

Joe