Just days before Christmas in 1987, a passenger ferry named the Doña Paz set sail from Leyte Island in the Philippines enroute to Manila, the capital. The Japanese-built ship could …
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The Risks of Pulling Rank
In WWII, the gedunk bar, slang for ice cream bar, was one of the most popular places to be. The Navy allowed men to have as much ice cream as …
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An old sea story tells of a ship’s captain who inspected his sailors, and afterward, told the first mate that his men smelled terrible. The captain suggested the sailors change …