You will enjoy the ride, Dave

Posted By: Harry Gordon, WWP14 #234, Manatee, Mountain View, CA
Date: 7/16/08 5:00p.m.

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In Response To: SF Bay - Festival of Sail (link) (Dave Kautz - P15 #1632 & O'day 192 #313)

A few years ago, my son gave me a pair of tickets, and my daughter and I took the ride on the O'Brien. We also steamed out the Gate and escorted the arriving tall ships. A beautiful sight on a beautiful day. As I recall there was food and live music too. My stepfather spent most of WWII knocking about the South Pacific (much like "Mr. Roberts") on a Navy Liberty Ship, the USS Cassiopeia, AK-75. He was a cook, so I made it a point to visit the galley on the O'Brien to imagine what his life aboard was like.

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SF Bay - Festival of Sail -- Dave Kautz - P15 #1632 & O'day 192 #313 -- 7/16/08 1:39p.m.

You will enjoy the ride, Dave -- Harry Gordon, WWP14 #234, Manatee, Mountain View, CA -- 7/16/08 5:00p.m.

I was an oiler once on the J. O. -- Eric Zilbert -- 7/17/08 1:29p.m.

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