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kThe cormiissioning ceremony on June 30, 1)44 hlich added the U.S.S.
Sh-irmnish to the Navyt.s roster of major war vesse as probably little
different from the thousands which had precded it, but for the men
who stood at attention on her dckn it wa s a day to remember--the Coast
Guard band, the National Anthem, the new comacdssion pennant flying at
the mainast, and that overall sense of prie and possession. It Is
doubtful that there lives a imanI 'ho doe:s iot rebdmmber his first ;Air of
long pants a nd hi f rs i So is it wi i s first sahi.
The tri f romi Seatti to Sn Pedro g ave those men on their initial
sac duty the. imp ression that seasickness wa s a state of mind to which
they were im'une1rL1j and thit tie Pacific was a lyrs calm; but not long
after tiha.t tCe were eat,ting their wors" and, incidentally, very little
else. Some el--m tha at irst, Bolliner and Jewell weO seen mare
often at tne rail thnc the were in the mess hass(although of course
they deny it); Archie Knox swore it wasn't a result of ba, chow. Then
there was the tio that Harry Garrett succumfb-ed to "mal de mur't while
on watch and lost his teeth in thne bialges. After this episode buckets
ware ore strategically spotd in the engyine rooms.
Early in September, rignit after the fBattle of Santa Barbara",
the 1S irmish sailed for HCLawaii, and nature put forth her best for the
rp-wnand eaut-fu, slit nighnts. The Paradiso
sle, uif fortunately, was a real disa ppontment and a icr cry from tao
enchanted world as thown in movies and travel f elders. honolulu wasmaw
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Anderson, Richard Alan. [Anderson Scrapbook 1], book, [1942..1945]; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1662121/m1/50/?q=%221937%2F1945%22: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting National Museum of the Pacific War/Admiral Nimitz Foundation.