A Collection of Poems, Quotations and Little Hairy Literary Things
Quotations of the famous and not-as-famous
Destroyermen– Admiral Arleigh A. Burke
Destroyers– John Steinbeck
Poems, recitations and ramblings
1943 Dispatch entitled “A Destroyer”– John Steinbeck
Forever in our Hearts– Anne M. Eacret
“The Snipe’s Lament” or “The Stoker’s Lament “Ode to a Snipe” or “The Men who Sail Below” (take your pick)– Anonymous
What’s it Like to be in the Navy?– Jack Summers, OI Div 1970
Geezers– Anonymous
Blue Water Navy Truism– from an old carrier sailor
The watch– anonymous
Until We Meet Again– ©2016 George Mansford, reprinted by permission
Recollections
An old Hancock Sailor still hears calls over the old familiar Bitch Box…– Anonymous
What Do You Say to a Naked Waiter– from Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Friday Jan 5, 1973
