Re: "Hard service, good benefits" - what do you think?
THE FIRST TWO SHIPS I SERVED ON AS AG WE USED MM CREW AS PART OF OUR 5" GUN CREW AND TO TURN CRANKS ON THE PUMPS TO COOL THE 50 CAL. GUNS. THE CHOW CAME FROM THE SAME GALLEY SO THE FOOD WAS THE SAME. THERE WAS NO BOOZE EXCEPT BOOZE THAT WAS SMUGGLED ABOARD. THE LAST SHIP I SERVED ON THE MM CREW TOOK UP A COLLECTION AND GAVE IT TO THE AG CREW WITH OUT THE AG OFFICERS PERMISSION. THE MM CREWS GOT SPECIAL PAY IF WE CARRIED AMMUNITION OR GASOLINE AND IF WE WERE ATTACKED, BUT IT DIDN'T BOTHER ME BECAUSE WORKERS AT HOME MADE GOOD WAGES. AS FOR BEING ABE TO SELECT YOUR SHIP IT WOULD NOT MAKE MUCH DIFFERENCE BECAUSE YOU HAD NO WAY TO TELL WHERE THE SHIP WAS GOING OR WHAT WOULD HAPPEN AT SEA
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