Every morning when I turrn on my computer, the first thing on my desk top is the picture of a ship.  It is the USS Freestone, also known as APA 167.  It is the ship I spent 29 days on

in transit from San Franciso to Manila, P.I. and I rejoice that I am here rather than riding on that boat.  Prior to taking our outfit of rookies over, the ship had off-loaded some troops at Okinawa.  During that time two Kamikazi pilots had attempted to sink them, but miissed and went in the water.  This trip was a breeze for the ships crew.

Sometimes memories are good.