My postings are obviously not in chronological order of the events. After we dropped off the marines and the armament to go to Wake, our captain, who was very inept, was maneuvering the ship in Honolulu harbor and had us headed directly broadside towards another ship. The captain of the other ship got on the bullhorn and in the hearing of both crews, read off my captain with salty sea language I had never quite heard. In my captain’s embarrassment, he swung the ship towards the dock and as it continued it became apparent to the first mate at the bow that there was going to be a collision. Without order of the captain, he dropped the anchor, but it was too late and the ship plowed several feet into the dock with splinters flying and dock hands scrambling in all directions. Understandably, our captain was replaced after that cruise.
About Me
- George Richards Cannon
- My early postings were intended to be in sequence, starting with “Why This Blog” posted on December 3, 2011. After reading this profile, you might want to start your reading with those early entries. I am a 93 year old husband, dad, grandpa and great grandpa. I've seen a lot of changes in the world. When I was young, vegetables were still delivered by horse and wagon. As a radio operator during World War II, I communicated via morse code. Now I use my voice-activated cell phone to stay in touch. My career as a university professor of computer science spanned the time when a single computer took up several rooms of in a computer center and was less powerful than today's $2 calculators to the present time where computers are an ever-present part of our daily life. I am now legally blind, but even there technology has come to the rescue. My computer monitor is a big flat screen T.V. with large print magnification. I type by touch with very limited ability to see and edit what I write, so either someone else will have to edit my writing or you will have to endure all the typos. I look forward to sharing my thoughts, perspectives, and memories on life.
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