(Continued from DOLPHINS,  page 3)

the bastard a beer and have the barmaid take his wallet… Total the monetary contents which should be a short heavie toss to zero… Make a note on a bar tab for you to give his topside watch… Poke his I.D. and liberty card in his jumper pocket… Pour him in a cab when it arrives (mark cab license on note for his Topside Watch)… Pay and tip the driver and tell him to haul him to Pier 22 and get the Topside Watch to get him assistance to his rack. Why do you do this? It was called 'Bluejacket drunk insurance'. Idiots taking care of their fellow idiots. The non-rated man's 'Law of the Sea'.
Sailors have always taken care of sailors. When you get down to the lowest common denominator in sea service and what you have are guys who only have each other and nowhere is that more in evidence than with the men who ride submarines.
Take onboard illness at sea. Submarines don't carry doctors…They carry the most outstanding and highly qualified independent paramedics found anywhere. An independent duty corpsman is as good a doctor and follow-up practitioner as you will find anywhere you go. And, they were some of the most dedicated rascals on the planet. No man, in the submarine biz was doing it for what little extra they got paid… And Corpsman sure as hell weren't. What idiot in his right mind would lance butt boils in a state five sea for an extra five bucks a day? And an obligation that came with Dolphins required you to help doc with your sick mates so he can get the rest he needs to take care of what tomorrow may hand him.
"Hey Jack… Jack… Wake up you goldbrickin' bastard."
"Yeah, whatcha need?"
"Doc said to wake you up at twenty-three hundred and getcha' to swallow this gahdam horse pill."
"Okay… Hand it to me."
"Not so fast… I gotta see you swallow the sonuvabitch. Doc made me promise… Said if I let you pull an eye-woolie on me, the Goddess of the Dry Stores Room would piss in my Post toasties."
"Got water?"
"Naw… Cup of orange juice."

(Continued DOLPHINS on page 6)

BACKGROUND:  As those who use the Internet know, Chopper Association had a very active photo site at PHOTOPOINT.com, with around 1,000 photos posted, broken into decades (40', 50's & 60s.  In early December, 2001 Photopoint abruptly went 'off line' without notice or explanation.  It seems they ran out of money and closed up shop. 

The management of PHOTOPOINT made a short time offer to provide all the site photos on a CD (for a price, of course.) and now our precious photo collection of Chopper related pictures are available on CD PHOTO ALBUMS to all who might wish to have a copy the CHOPPER PHOTOPOINT collection.  Please note: These photos are viewable on a Computer only, but may be printed from the CD as well.

Contact Pat Householder at householderp@attbi.com to order or mail your request to same at 25003 SE 146th St.  Issaquah, WA  98027.  The cost per Photo CD is $ 10.00, including mailing.