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Gill, Douglas
1964
8
Paul and Pete had sandwiches, but then Paul and I went down to the Bently Restaurant (where we ate breakfast yesterday) for a big breakfast.
I went to sleep the rest of the morning instead of working forms. We had a lunch of beans and sardins at 1:30 when I got up. My head still ached. We sicussed evolution while eating. For most of the afternoon I filled out banding forms. I went out for a walk at five to exercise to my sore neck and legs. I bought a few things then relaxed until 7. At that time five of us went over to St. Andrews Episcopal Church for an organ recital by Swanson, organist at Riverside. It was good with a great deal of modern material. We then had dinner. I had Mahi mahi, a good fish of this area. On the way bask we listened to Mozart. Fred breifed the members d' our expedition on rules and regulations of our trip. The thing is highly involved in security and tight lip is the word. I finally hit the sack at 12:45.
June 1--Fred roused me at 7 a.m. and told me to pack my stuff. I was moving pretty slow but got most of it packed. After checking out, Fred, Pete, and I drove out to Pearl Harbor. We got our gate passes then went to our ship. We spent the rest of the morning (until 11 a.m.) packing stuff in our ammo boxes: personal gear, banding equipment, cooking equipment, etc. We also sanded some shelves so that the draweres would fit. It was hard hot work on an empty stomach. I was soon dehydrated. Finally we quit at 11 and drove over to a shopping center to eat. We all had a huge lunch of a combination Chinese food platter, lots to drink until we were bloated. We then dice last minute shopping of clothes and letters, etc. Then drove back to the motel to pick up my stuff. We then drove out to the airport to pick up mail and mail letters, then out to the ship. We helped load some of the big