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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 20:45:54 -0500, BAR wrote:

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On Fri, 20 Nov 2009 18:44:32 -0500, BAR wrote:

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Got any good stories from your dad?

Yes, I do. I don't know if this was when he was on the King or the
Towers. The CO of my dad's ship and the CO of a sub had a bet. The CO of
the sub stated that he couldn't be found let alone have a torpedo from a
tin can come any where near him. As it turns out the sub skipper had to
enter San Diego with a practice torpedo sticking out of its sail. The CO
of my dad's ship was getting antsy when my dad waited about 30 seconds
before he splashed the torpedo.

When my dad was the CO of a DE, USS CAMP DE-251, he ship was the only
one available to follow a Soviet flotilla into the Indian Ocean. While
on this little jaunt to gather as much intel as possible one of his
sailors developed a severe belly problem. The doc, PO3, was convinced it
was an inflamed appendix that was about ready to burst. They were
working on transferring the US sailior to the Soviet crusier, which had
a surgeon, when the US sailor got all better.

When we lived in Hawaii the return of the ships from "WestPac" looked
like Gypsy wagons with the fantail piled high with all maner of crates
and such. If they had containers they would have welded them to the deck
and stacked them two or three high.

Good enough, but I'll bet your dad tells them better.
Didn't know anybody would go that far as to hole one of our own subs.
But I guess boys will be boys (-:

I gave you the condensed versions. It is hard to tell the good stories
second hand. But, when he pulled out the pictures your eyes would get
real big and the "no ****'s" would start flying.




You remember the saying, "What's the difference between a 'war story'
and a 'fairy tale'?

A fairy tale starts, "Once upon a time..."

A 'war story' starts, "This ain't no ****, but...."

[Don't take that personal - :)
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John H