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Dick, my Dad ran the coppersmith's section inside the pipe shop and when sailors came in looking for things, my Dad tried to help them out as much as possible because my Dad retired from the Navy and he knew what it was like to have to sometimes scrounge extra parts during an overhaul. He could also point them in the right direction to get other goods from other shops. There was always a retired Navy person working as a supervisor in one shop or another wiling to help out sailors. He and Cdr Jones became good friends and Jones would do nice things like giving us a Jersey cruise book, invitations to the Jersey and Missouri recommissioning and various things. When the Jersey was off the coast of Lebanon, Jones sent my Dad a letter. He probably wrote to a lot of people to kill time, I don't know.
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