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    A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems
    A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems
    A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems
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    A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems

    By Thomas M. McDade

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    Thirty-five poems concerning my U.S. Navy days, Great Lakes Boot Camp, USS Mullinnix (DD-944) and SK "A" School, Newport, RI. Another batch is on deck covering my years at the Fleet Anti-Air Warfare Training Center, Dam Neck, Virginia Beach, VA and aboard the USS Miller (DE/FF 1091).

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherThomas M. McDade
    Release dateAug 28, 2014
    ISBN9781311342171
    A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems
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    Thomas M. McDade

    Thomas M. McDade is a seventy-seven-year-old former programmer/analyst residing in Fredericksburg, VA, previously, in CT & RI. He's married, has no kids, and no pets. McDade is a 1973 graduate of Fairfield University. He served two tours of duty in the U.S. Navy. tommmcd2000@yahoo.com

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      A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems - Thomas M. McDade

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      A Ditty Bag of Navy Poems

      By Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition

      Copyright 2014 Thomas M. McDade

      Smashwords Edition, License Notes

      This e-book is licensed for your personal enjoyment only. This e-book may not be re-sold or given away to other people. If you would like to share this book with another person, please purchase an additional copy for each recipient. If you’re reading this book and did not purchase it, or it was not purchased for your use only, then please return to Smashwords.com and purchase your own copy. Thank you for respecting the hard work of this author.

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      Acknowledgements:

      Special thanks to the following publications that have published many of these poems: Atom Mind, Bibliophilos, Bluejacket, Destroyer Escort Sailors Association Newsletter, Dufus, E Pluribus Aluminum, Hellp!, Liquid Paper Press, Neologisms, Oyster Boy, Page Seventeen, Pawtucket Times, Peripheral Vision, Pitchfork Press, Physiognomy, Short Fuse, Syncopated City, Tin Can Sailors Newsletter, USS Mullinnix Association Newsletter

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      Prologue

      Fuckin’ A Ditty Bag – A Sailor’s Rousing, YES –

      (A is for Affirmative!)

      I read that ditty was a distortion of ditto. Sailors stored two of some sorts of gear in it, toothbrush, comb, for example. Replacements were tough to find underway. The simple off-white cotton sack, 9 X 16, with a drawstring at the top might remind you of something a woman would use. Your name and service number were stenciled on a spot near the bottom on what was deemed the front. A strong laundry marker that brought on a welcome buzz did that lettering. My bag was not for storing personal items. A

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