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Salty:
I don't know about "Cdr" Jones' letter. But I knew him when he was a Lt. JG in supships on the Alamo. I knew him as a Lt. Cdr on New Jersey. I knew him as a full Cdr on Missouri. I knew him as a full Captain and Commanding Officer of the Naval Base. I knew him and his favorite yeoman, John Lewis (who ALSO served aboard New Jersey and Missouri), when Jonesy was in charge of the Amphib group in Sand Diego. Lewis joined my Dreadnaught Consulting team up in Bremerton to get Missouri ready for tow to Hawaii. I was at Lewis' last re-enlistment ceremony and bought everybody dinner.
As for the broken truck window, I was the only victim this time. But it has happened before on my corner to my International, my Pinto and my Caravan. It also happened twice to my neighbor behind me (I found a Pachenko ball in his truck that was the culprit from an old fashioned slingshot). BUT, this time my truck was facing 90 degrees out from the other vandalisms and actually directly in front of my house instead of the frontage side street. The LBPD officer on patrol said he got there just in time to prevent someone from stealing the truck (wish he was there a few years ago when somebody crawled UNDER my Pinto and stole my drive shaft).
I'd move out of California but a warm island with tan topless girls dancing hulas and serving you Mai Tais doesn't exist except in imagination.
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