When I was 18
He said,
The Navy let me loose in Olongapo City and told me to be off Magsaysay Dr. by midnight. I wandered around in those bright sounds and smells of Shit River, Jeepney diesel exhaust, San Miguel Beer, and meat cooking on a stick.
It was already too late by the time liberty expired for me.
I haven’t been fit for decent society since.
Tales of an Asia Sailor 
Since 1970 I have compared and rated every place I have ever visited or traveled to my experiences in Olongapo City and surrounding pleasure spots. I have friends who have left the US to enjoy a well deserved retirement in the Phillipines , and I am more than a little jealous. Maybe I’m just trying to recapture my youth.
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I can still bring back the smells and delights of that place! It’s been 30 years and I would go back tomorrow if I could!
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I be missin them ports of call too.
79-83 USS Joesephus Daniel’s CG-27
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Boy , you nailed it right on the head , bro . BT – 3 here USS Bradley DE-1041 73 – 79
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