Muster eight sideboys. Rig the bosun's chair. Pipe him away. Put on some real uniforms and keep the damn laundresses below !
I knew a guy once who became the Supt. at Annapolis. Always with the big smile. Slimey bastard. Can't imagine he did the Middy's any good. This guy was a better one and no doubt a better sailor, though before my time. Made the transition to Nukes at the beginning, probably pretty sharp. This guy graduated Summer of '42, then went to sub school. That took a little while. Then he went to subs as an Ensign. Three years later he's XO, probably a Lieutenant or LCDR. No ticket punching for him. Nice way to jump start a career. David Farragut was in the Navy for forty years before he made Captain. S'way the hardtack crumbles. Or doesn't.
Says he he got an appointment to the Academy after two years at another college and still graduated at 22. I didn't think you could do that. Maybe because it was wartime. Anybody want to comment?
Not many of the WWII guys left, especially O gangers. Sorry to see him go. Sorry to see any of them go.
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I believe that the course of instruction at the Academies were shortened to three years during the war.
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