There and Back: An Experience of a Lifetime
Seeing a helicopter being pushed off the side of a ship was a sight of war that the Navy crew members never expected to see. On October 18, 1974, at the age of twenty-one boatswain's mate, James Jump was departing for the second time from the Naval Station in San Diego. The USS Blue Ridge (LCC 19) a command and communication anti-war ship was once again heading towards White Beach, Okinawa, "it's home away from home," (Dooley 3). Before leaving the safe waters of the United States, the Blue Ridge stopped at Pearl Harbor for a day of re-fueling and supply runs. The men did not know as they sailed past the remains of the USS Arizona, that they would soon be in a combat type action thousands of miles to the west. Hawaii was not the only stop that the Blue Ridge made that year. The ship also stopped in many overseas ports such as Yokosuka, Keelung (Taiwan), Manilla, Hong Kong, and Subic Ba
. . .
Some common words found in the essay are:
Blue Ridge, Division Boatswain's, Jump Jump, Philippines Jump, , Jump Everyday, Subic Bay, Vietnam Easter, USS Arizona, Beach Okinawa, blue ridge, subic bay, boatswain's mate, ship maintenance, uss blue, uss blue ridge,
Approximate Word count = 601
Approximate Pages = 2 (250 words per page double spaced)
|
 |
