my BIL has the entire O'Brien collection. when i was undergoing my cancer treatments, he sent me care packages of 6 at a time. i have now read all of them, several twice. i will look into this book as a good read right now is lacking.
when they were moving the MO to Hawaii, they stopped off in Seattle. we happened to be walking the waterfront and i recognized the ship. the stern gangplank was set and a couple of sailors were saluting folks as they climbed on board. so what the heck, we walked on got a salute and started exploring. by the time we got to the front deck with the inlaid plaque of the signing of the surrender of Japan, a naval officer came walking along with a group of folks. he was giving a tour so we just sort of joined in. he stopped and asked us who we were and how we got onboard. we were escorted to the bow gangplank
i really enjoyed our elfresco tour, up to the bridge, the battle station on the bridge, up into a gun turret and all about the ship. SIL was second in command of a destroyer in the Pacific fleet based in Japan before he called it quits.
when they were moving the MO to Hawaii, they stopped off in Seattle. we happened to be walking the waterfront and i recognized the ship. the stern gangplank was set and a couple of sailors were saluting folks as they climbed on board. so what the heck, we walked on got a salute and started exploring. by the time we got to the front deck with the inlaid plaque of the signing of the surrender of Japan, a naval officer came walking along with a group of folks. he was giving a tour so we just sort of joined in. he stopped and asked us who we were and how we got onboard. we were escorted to the bow gangplank

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