I stopped to visit my family after leaving the
Philadelphia Naval Base, on my way to check in at the Brooklyn Army Terminal
for duty aboard USNS Bowditch. My girlfriend dropped me at Kennedy
International Airport for my flight to Belfast, after Bowditch's home port
figured out when and where the ship was docking. As it turned out they
didn't get it quite right!
I arrived in Belfast with $1.47 to my name only to find
no ship waiting for me and no one who knew when she would dock. I
asked John Dunstan, the owner of a local Pub in Belfast, for short term job
in order to survive until the Bowditch arrived. John wouldn't hear of
it! He treated me like family until the Michelson arrived.
Bowditch did not arrive for two weeks. I laughed out loud!
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