23
Dec
Ports O' Call
Each year the Navy required active vessels to undergo "at sea" training. During my 3 years on the
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Santa Claus
22
Dec
Shore Leave
While we were tied up to the pier, while not on watch, we could go ashore. There was a beer
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21
Dec
Santa Gets Arrested
When we got back from our first cruise to PR, I had some extra money from card dealing, so I
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21
Dec
Our "Office" On the Ship
Let me describe our work area a bit. Our workshop was about the whole width of the ship. Probably about
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19
Dec
Publicity Tour
One of the enlisted men on the Fulton handled PR functions. A couple of weeks after the “arrest" I
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18
Dec
Visiting Long Island
One of the guys on the ship with me was Bob Urso. I don’t think he was in the
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17
Dec
Meeting Mrs. Claus
During one of these visits Bob introduced me to Sal Cappiello and Eileen Santorufo, who were dating at the time
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16
Dec
Joyce and Santa Get Married
We got married in Westbury N.Y. on 12/12/70. We were married in The Church of the Advent
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15
Dec
Johnny Calls
A couple of days after our honeymoon, we got a call from one of the producers of the Tonight show
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14
Dec
The Girls Come Along
I guess Joyce and I got pretty good at the Honey Moon thing, cause the girls started showing up 2
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