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The Morton
Sailed into typhoon and rode into it for three days,November 23rd off the
coast of okinawa,had thanksgiving at sea,the galley was a Mess,50 foot
swells,when ship got to top of wave the prop was out of water and you
thought that the ship would come apart,then when the ship came to
bottom off the next swell and with the crash you could almost see
the rivets jumping out of the steel plates. Over the inner-com : All
personal remain below decks,A hell of alot of sick troops aboard again
after their experience after passing the Golden Gate some days before,Went pass
the Golden Gate westward a half hour after NoonChow,they served
SPAGHETTI,,need i write anymore ?
Left Okinawa 15th Sept 1951 aboard the Anderson. The Anderson came into okinawa
straight from San Francisco loaded to the bridge with troops going to korea,by
way of Okinawa then japan, When us AirDales got aboard we had no
quarters and had to sleep top side till we reached japan the next
day,after troops disembarked we then got our bunks below. I think we
stayed in Japan for two days,some were able to go ashore for six hours if i
remember right.,I stayed aboard. After leaving Japan we sailed straight for
Hawaii,a day out of Hawaii over the intercom came this "All Air
Force Personal who are carrying there personal records can draw an allownce
from their pay records,report to finance office 3rd deck below "This was a
zip-off,In order to get some money you had to buy a five
dollar chance on a 1946 Cov Cadillac down in the hold that belong to the
Capt of the ship,Some Airman won it as we docked in San Francisco.I had to
take Bus from there to Westover AFB,Ma,Long ride but a great way to see this
country.
A LongAgo Airmans travels
Les
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