Archived posting to the Leica Users Group, 2003/12/31
[Author Prev] [Author Next] [Thread Prev] [Thread Next] [Author Index] [Topic Index] [Home] [Search]Bill wrote: "Oliver, Interesting, about 10 years later in '63 I also traveled from NY to Bremerhaven on the USNS Patch. Although I was traveling as a 'brat' so shared a cabin with 3 other teenage boys. Our cabin was at sea level so we could open the hatch and gather sea water which seemed like a nifty thing at the time. It was a very long trip for me. Bill" I was about as far away from a cabin as one can get, in a space crammed with bunks stacked 4 high in the bow section of the ship (which of course accentuates the vessel's pitching motion). After the first life boat drill I considered myself very fortunate to make this trip in peacetime. I also learned how to chip, scrape, and wirebrush some of the ship's paint. Oliver - -- To unsubscribe, see http://mejac.palo-alto.ca.us/leica-users/unsub.html