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Cheers
By: Thomas M. McDade
USS Mullinnix (DD-944)
USS Miller (DE/FF-1091)
It was amazing
the sea could be
so angry when
it was the Chaplain
we were hi-lining
to the carrier.
A thousand men
couldn’t have kept
that line taut
and the Chief Boats
was the only man
in the world
not convinced.
We were sopping
wet and trying
to find some
rhythm in
the ship’s
crazy dance
to keep us out
of the drink
so when
the chair dipped
the Chief’s
cusses, threats
and shouts
might just as well
have been cheers.
When we pulled away
from the Randolph
“Colonel Bogie’s March”
was blaring as usual.
We got to line up at sick bay
for a shot of whisky
and who could doubt God
worked in mysterious ways
on DD944?
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