July 18, 1927. Aboard USS Nitro.
Almost got rained on last night. Good sleep too. Broke out Blaz’s fruit from the chill room. The bananas are green but they’ll ripen. The alligator pears are ripe, and very good. We brought up a small bunch of bananas, a coconut and a pear. Jerry is still in bed and it is ten. Dick and I were up at six. Sure miss Guam. Good show tonight. My foot feels fine.
July 19, 1927. Aboard USS Nitro.
At six this morning we came below so the gobs could wash down the deck and as I had a headache I turned in down below. Dick was the “middie” for the day (we have the title now). And he did not wake Jerry or me for chow so we slept until eleven. Now, every day, we have had the room ready for inspection and not a soul has looked us over, but today at ten it seems the captain came poking around and found the room in terrible shape so he reported us to the exec who sent for Dick (who had been up since six).... Then Dick came back and routed us out as the exec had ordered us to appear before him as soon as possible. He sure seemed mad. Jerry and I were respectful but he sure bawled us out. Then we came back and fixed the room to the guards. Sure did shine but he wouldn’t even look at it. My foot feels great. I can walk without limping, but it is still sore on top. Played my sax but got no complaint. It is working nicely. (The sax) The place sure looks nice now.... It turned a little chilly but not cool enough for blues. I’ve been up on the bridge several times. Jerry has atrocious manners and the Warrants don’t like him. He’s sloppy and so is his dunnage.... Awful movie tonight. Both Dick and Jerry are homesick, etc., but they can be cheered up, which is something as neither is far from weeping. The Warrants have been kidding us that we stop at Wake Island so we’d better write. Ha. To bed because of what the exec told us. I’m sleeping under a 5-inch gun tonight.
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