You know she is dying to reveal these letters from the Gridley, right?
Right?
Umm...
pics of the Gridley from 1980:
http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/gridley-cg-21.jpg
http://rescueattempt.tripod.com/sitebuildercontent/sitebuilderpictures/iran34.jpg
Race...Marines tolerated the squids, but without meaning to disrespect ANYONE who ever served in the Navy, my very limited knowledge of shipboard organization seems to recall that the deck division was the least desirable billet for oficers, and the enlisted assigned there were, as a rule, the least skilled aboard....unfair?