Gale's first Beer,triggered what comes next. I was stationed in New Port on the USS Hawkins DD 873 as a mess cook with week end liberty. So,off to town I go to meet up with fellow mess cooks at a watering hole where someone who was 21 sneaked in a bottle of vodka, we all ordered cokes and started passing the bottle under the table the cokes just got clearer and clearer, it turned out to be a real short night. I was told the next day that I was crawling around on the floor try to look up some gals dress. The Shore Patrol showed up and I got a free ride back to the ship. I came to in my rack with nothing on but a smile. Not to mention a Huge hangover with an urge to pee. Crawled out and went up to the head. Sitting on the throne and saw this bucket with someones blues soaking in water. I reached and grabbed the blues to see whose name was on the tag, dam they was mine.
The ship pulled into Key west and over the PA system the word was passed that a softball game and cookout was being offered behind the Chiefs club. Steaks, Burgers, tons of Beer and the game was on, It should have been on tape, don't try running bases with and open beer it's like a foam explosion and you are out of beer before you get to third, if you get to third. Two more sloppy outs and it's our turn in the field. Beer in each pocket and burger in my mitt, I was on second. There's no safe places to put beer or burger and try to keep an eye on the ball.I don't remember the end of the game. But I do remember waking up in the the Motor whale Boat and the Ship was underway. OH shit!!! I then went down to the shop where I worked and in the door I went, every one turned and looked at me like I was from another planet. Where the hell have you been? We wrote you up for missing ships movement.
There are hundreds if not thousands more little stories,but the fog is a little thick. Except for this one. The USS Roark FF 1053 was in Subic and we had a ships party you know dancing girls and the whole shitteree, well things got very drunk out. The party started losing steam, so it was time to head for town. About a dozen of us jumped on a jitney headed for any open bar that would have us. There's one thing about Subic I don't think anyone has ever drank it dry, but that was our goal. After several attempts I stumbled outside and found this power pole that was falling over and I was holding it up. I don't know how long I had been there , I heard this , are you all right? I looked up and it was Phil , shit where did you come from, you look drunk, where's your ship? Come on let's get you back to your boat, You can't wander around like this, you might fall in shit river or worse. So I got him back on base, with no problems, off down the street we stumbled, looking for Phil's boat, as thing's worked out we found mine first. I guess Phil got back to his boat OK, I went to bed.
Well thanks Gale for the Beer induced memories, Royce could tell a few as well.
later
RB
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Glad to hear clarification of the meeting Phil in PI story. I truly thought there was some dancing on bar tops action, honest.
My own stories have become more and more boring over the years. Well, there was Winnemucca.......
R
ok, spill it!
Back in the dawn of predating history there was a group of girls who hung out together, one of the girls husbands was stationed in Winnemucca at the radar base. So we decided to go visit...on New Years Eve! The weather was favorable. There were five of us, youngish and dressed nicely. We got there pretty early in the day and decided to have breakfast in one of the larger downtown casinos.
As we walked into the cafe there were several airmen sitting around and we got the LOOK and a little bit of drool. The party that night at several houses eventually wound up with a drive up the mountain where the radar site was and we watched submarine races.
I didn't get really blasted because I was very young and nervous just pleasantly relaxed.
Um that's all I remember except I do remember being allowed to drive some guys car at a very high rate of speed, like 130 mph? Four on the floor GTO.
You forgot the hotdogs, with lots of mustard and onions if I recall. It became a ritual for me after that to stop at the gedunk stand just inside the gate for that Cinderella midrats.
Thank for for Google for those of us who are not military. I Googled Mid-rats and Gedunk. Interesting language. And Cinderella? R
Cinderella Liberty means back on boat by midnight.
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