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To: elpadre

Well, back in ‘69 (you know, back in the last century) I spent the night in the Naval Hospital there after getting sick underway and having to transferred to a tug outside the harbor at night. Strapped in a stokes stretcher going over the rail. YIKES!


33 posted on 04/10/2018 12:12:32 PM PDT by rktman (Enlisted in the Navy in '67 to protect folks rights to strip my rights. WTH?)
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To: rktman

spooky experience - but on the bright side; had you fallen, it would be into warm water.

we enjoyed PR. Living in a small town outside of San Juan, we were probably the only gringos and we were incorporated into community life even though our knowledge of Spanish was limited. Good folks.


35 posted on 04/10/2018 12:24:39 PM PDT by elpadre (AfganistaMr Obama said theoal was to "disrupt, dismantle and defeat al-hereQaeda" and its allies.)
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