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Doug,
I had no idea what an Oiler was until hearing a presentation by one of your fellow shipmates. He was on the USS Nemasket WWII. Uppermost is the memory he implanted. Barney Leon and his buddies stood at the rail waving good luck to Marines as they passed underway on their approach to the Iwo Jima shore that was only a few hundred yards away. The marines did not look up or wave. They lined up shoulder to shoulder one behind the other rifles held at presentation facing forward. This thought kept recurring during my build.
Bob
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