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MM3 Drew A. Nieminem
5001 West 66th Ave
Arvada, CO 80003-6333
Tel. 303 426-4876

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281 Palmer Road -
Pleasanton, TX 78064
Tel. 830-393-2398

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RD3 A. B. Anzaldua
U. S. Embassy Bridgetown,
CMR 1014,
APO AA 34055

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EM1/CWO4 Bobby Simpson
17676 SE 93rd Hawthorne Ave.
The Villages, FL 32162
352-259-9007

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SO3 L J Zimmers
1282 SW Borland RD
West Linn, OR 97068
Tel. 503-638-0149

RD2 R E Dorholt
702 Friar Tuck Lane
Macon, GA 31220-2719

CROSSED THE BAR

USCGC ANDROSCOGGIN
27 June 1973

RADM W. H. Stewart
30 November 2007

OLD SAILORS
(Author unknown)

OLD SAILORS SIT AND CHEW THE FAT
ABOUT THINGS THAT USED TO BE
 OF THE THINGS THEY'VE SEEN
THE PLACES THEY'VE BEEN
WHEN THEY VENTURED OUT TO SEA.

THEY REMEMBERED FRIENDS FROM LONG AGO
THE TIMES THEY HAD BACK THEN
THE MONEY THEY SPENT
THE BEER THEY DRANK.

THEIR LIVES ARE LIVED IN DAYS GONE BY
WITH THOUGHTS THAT FOREVER LAST
OF BELL BOTTOM BLUES
WINGED WHITE HATS
AND GOOD TIMES IN THEIR PAST.

THEY RECALL LONG NIGHTS WITH A MOON SO BRIGHT
FAR OUT ON A LONELY SEA
THE THOUGHTS THEY HAD
AS  YOUTHFUL LADS
WHEN THEIR LIVES WERE WILD AND FREE.

THEY KNEW SO WELL HOW THEIR HEARTS WOULD SWELL
WHEN OLD GLORY FLUTTERED PROUD AND FREE
THE UNDERWAY PENNANT
SUCH A BEAUTIFUL SIGHT
AS THEY PLOWED THROUGH AN ANGRY SEA.

THEY TALKED OF THE CHOW OL' COOKIE WOULD MAKE
AND THE SHRILL OF THE BOSUN'S PIPE
HOW SALT SPRAY WOULD FALL
LIKE SPARKS FROM HELL
WHEN A STORM STRUCK IN THE NIGHT.

THEY REMEMBER OLD SHIPMATES ALREADY GONE
WHO FOREVER HOLD A SPOT IN THEIR HEART
WHEN SAILORS WERE BOLD
AND FRIENDSHIPS WOULD HOLD
UNTIL DEATH RIPPED THEM APART.

THEIR SAILING DAYS ARE GONE AWAY
NEVER AGAIN WILL THEY CROSS THE BROW
THEY HAVE NO REGRETS
THEY KNOW THEY ARE BLESSED
FOR HONORING A SACRED VOW.

AS THE FINAL MUSTER BEGINS
THERE'S NOTHING TO LOSE
ALL HAVE PAID THEIR DUES
AND THEY'LL SAIL WITH SHIPMATES AGAIN.

I'VE HEARD THEM SAY BEFORE GETTING UNDERWAY
THAT THERE'S STILL SOME SAILING TO DO
THEY'LL SAY WITH A GRIN
THAT THEIR SHIP HAS COME IN
AND THE LORD IS COMMANDING THE CREW.

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