tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post5450082219502722305..comments2024-03-28T09:46:22.919-04:00Comments on Borepatch: Ghosts of Thanksgivings pastBorepatchhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/05029434172945099693noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-66929565576554822042014-11-28T09:49:24.369-05:002014-11-28T09:49:24.369-05:001978, I had the duty on Thanksgiving on the Willy ...1978, I had the duty on Thanksgiving on the Willy R, USS William R. Rush DD-714. The Willy R was a Reserve can based in Fort Schuyler, Bronx, New York and we were inport. As a reserve can we started with only about two thirds manning, and most everybody was gone for the holiday weekend. <br /><br />The onboard crew for Thanksgiving dinner could not have been more than fifty sailors and the cooks went all out. If you wanted to try everything on the serving line you needed to get two trays. Memorable, and one of the best meals I ever had in the military.<br />(I did not even know you could get mixed nuts in a gazillion pound can.)<br /><br />A longer Willy R story is about coming in to the pier without tugs, and why the Chief Engineer teleported to the forward engine room to say, "Drag the boilers off the line if you have too, but go astern as fast as you can."<br /><br />John in PhillyJohn in Phillyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16196033252818387245noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6322916946732811685.post-47078688959367178972014-11-27T22:12:26.311-05:002014-11-27T22:12:26.311-05:00Happy Thanksgiving!Happy Thanksgiving!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com