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Letter from a nuke, 1967

Started by DLGN25, Apr 20, 2010, 10:18

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DLGN25

While going through some of my stuff from long ago, I came across this letter from Willie,



Surely oak and three-fold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to a merciless ocean.  Horace

Marlin

   Interesting read but I like your signature line better. A few of our retired members in our SubVets chapter are members of local Yacht clubs and one lives 365 days a year on his house boat (yes even through the winter here in Tennessee). The older you get the more nostalgic you get, I know it has been so for me.

DLGN25

Nostalgia, yes.

But the reason I posted the letter is Willie was complaining about 3 section in port duty and the push through qualifications to get operators all the while the trainees recognizing the level of knowledge required was significantly less the prototype.  I have read several comments from today's nukes about this concern.  Here is evidence it was happening a long time ago.

That quotation from Horace was on a plaque a long ago girl friend gave me (she'll be 60 in Nov.).  I liked it then and still do.
Surely oak and three-fold brass surrounded his heart who first trusted a frail vessel to a merciless ocean.  Horace


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