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Lehner P.
1964
25
Aug. 6 - continued
we went to NCO club to get
the fifth ½ to replace the one used
at our last party - Dave wants his
allotted five when he leaves (he got
40 oz. of Seagrams Gin for $1.20); went to
Weather Bureau and got tide charts;
checked shoreline for unusual species (especially
our missing laughing Gull) - nothing; returned
to Navy Boat Dock to catch 4:00 Mike Boat;
returned in time for chow; after chow
got haircut from Wilke (an Asheville, N.C.
fellow with whom I've discussed the city
many a time); went to other end to
check plots; found a dead frigate (dead
too long to skin - appeared to have hit
a wire?); 4:00 P.M. talked to Wirtz at
Kure over Side Man Radio at Signal Bldg.
- Pond was great help in this respect - talked
20 min.; when ready to leave Signal Bldg.
and band Sutcliff roared up in jeep
screaming for a set of two-way radios -
they were off to answer distress flares from
the reef - looking toward the reef I could
see a red flare go up every now and then -
I had plenty of time to watch as they
tried to fix the radios - wouldn't work -
(the Coast Guard is always ready) - the story