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Best Friends Joe Molnar Bart Taylor Henry Rawlings Gus Motz Miles DeRussy
Best Moment Stopping in Hawaii 4PM until midnight. Going ashore with Joe Molnar, eating a steak and drinking a chocolate milk shake, getting back aboard ship on time and starting home. Arriving in San Francisco November 22, 1945 Thanksgiving Day and a good Thanksgiving meal. Best meal I had for 33 months.
Worst Moment Paying a taxi in Hawaii to go to Waikiki Beach, he charged us TOO MUCH and there was nothing there. We turned around and came back to the ship.
Chain of Command Commanding Officer: Gildo Codispoti
Other Memories Cooking with the Navy cooks aboard ship, cold storage eggs about two months old, making salad dressing from scratch with eggs and salad oil. Frying Lamb Chops while the ship rocked side to side and up and down, with metal trays sliding off the shelves. Pots and pans sliding one side of the Galley to the other side.
