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How many Gitmo (Guantanamo Bay, Cuba) shipmates remember Hatuey beer ?
Got any sea stories about this beer?
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View Photo of "Hatuey", the One Eyed Indian From: Lloyd Hoffmeister
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Gitmo beer.
My memory just kicked in again. I believe that we used to say that "We wrestled
with the One Eyed Indian last night and he won again".
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From: Lloyd Hoffmeister <lghoff88@frontiernet.net>
"Hatuey", the One Eyed Indian? USS Bears DD-654, 1954 and 55 Fleet Training
Group. A Tincan out of Norfolk, Va. It was the last year of Liberty Parties
enjoying the City of Havana. If I remember correctly we had to travel by boat to
get to and from Havana. Going was a piece of cake, but, coming back with a boat
load of intoxicated Swabbies was a different scenario. What a sight to behold.
Some times I was the drunk and other times I was the Duty Boat Engineer bringing
them to and from. Great memories. We were young and had "no fear". Lloyd
Hoffmeister MMCM, US Navy Retired. 1954 to 1975.
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From: BUCK <buck@kerrlake.com>
THE ONLY BEER I CAN THINK OF OUT OF GITMO WAS CALLED HOTTUEY BEER THAT HAD A ONE
EYE INDIAN ON THE LABLE.............. I DRANK MY SHARE OF THEM...........
BUCK SHELL
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hautey the gitmo beer
1959 I WENT TO GITMO ON A SKAKEDOWN CRUISE ABOARD THE USS VULCAN AR-5. WE LEFT
PORTSMOUTH NAVAL SHIPYARD IN AUG.1959 AND WAS THERE UNTIL NOV.1959 SO WAS ABLE
TO GO TO GUANTANAMO NAVAL BASE FOR SOME LIBERTY AND GOT TO TRY THIS INFAMOUS
BEER.I REMEMBER THAT ONE NITE YOU COULD DRINK SEVERAL BEERS AND NOT EVEN GET A
BUZZ THEN THE VERY NEXT NITE DRINK ONE ARE TWO AND REALLY GET DRUNK. WE FOUND
OUT THAT THERE WAS NO CONTROL ON THE ALCOHOL CONTENT. FRANK P. FICAROTTO MM2 USN
1957-1960
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From: Jerry Presley <jerrypresley@sbcglobal.net>
Hatuey Beer
Hatuey had a picture of an Indian profile showing one side, and one eye. If you
drank enough of it they say the Indian would look at you with both eyes. That
meant you had better sit down on the open-sided "Cattle Car" vehicle they used
to haul drunk sailors back to the piers from the EM clubs.
In 1956 there were three EM clubs on the base and mixed drinks cost 20 cents
each. Anytime a "Tin-Can" sailor or a "Bubble-Head" went for drinks we would buy
$1's worth at a time. Smart sailors left the EM clubs about 1 hour before
closing time. The Navy had semi-trailer rigs which were open sided and low to
the ground so one could step on and off while it was still moving. These rigs
drove all around the base slow enough so people could board as it moved.
At closing time of the clubs all the cattle cars were packed and fights always
broke out on one end of the trailer and worked themselves to the other end. If
you didn't get knocked off, or out, you probably got trampled in the melee. Next
morning the Sea Detail would be set at 0700 and we would be out of the harbor
and on station by 0800 to practice our anti-submarine warfare tactics. Whew!
Some days it just wasn't very much fun until about
1600. Then we would go back "Over" and do it all over again.
Viva la Gitmo! (And the "One-Eyed Indian")
Jerry Presley QM1, USS Courtney DE-1021
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From: Mike Purcell <mike.purcell@navystandard.com>
I am an active duty CPO stationed at Great Lakes. My son entered Navy boot camp
a few days ago. I am compiling a list of bullet like "pearls of wisdom" from all
Chief Petty Officers, to pass on to him. Your retired CPO community's
wisdom/input would be a much welcomed additionto my project. Click the below
link for more info. Additionally a dialogue has been opened up with a "Navy"
publisher, who is assisting me ingrooming the project for possible publication
in the future.
http://www.navystandard.com/pow
If nothing else please enjoy the CPO only graphics that are linked from that
page. Thanks for your time and consideration, have a great rest of your week.
V/R ITC(SW) Mike Purcell Great Lakes IL
PS - Also please visit
www.navystandard.com to view a handful of my Navy Cartoons, and most
importantly the complete set of US Navy Rank/Rate Images I created for my
shipmates.
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kenneth a lampi harleytish@msn.com
I WOULD LIKE TO LOCATE SHIPMATES FOR MY FATHER I AM HIS
DAUGTHER HE IS 100 PERCENT DIS. VET FROM NAVY I KNOW HE SERVED ON A SUB BY CAN
GET VERY LITTLE INFO. APPROX YEARS 1953 TO UNKNOW. PLEASE HELP. PATRICIA
ANDERSON 480-994-5385 city: Scottsdale, az 84251
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From: "louise lear" <llear@hotmail.com>
PLEASE HELP to stop this horrible horrible insult to OUR veterans. In about 15
days the Officers Row of the Brooklyn Navy Yard, N.Y. will be gone
forever.---Yes, the buildings are in bad shape, but some can be saved.----------
Please contact my neighbor Gary Hattem, gary.hattem@db.com
The Greatest Generation and those who served before them, ( Brooklyn Navy Yard,N.Y. opened 1801) deserve to be honored!!!--------------
Please rally the troops! With a most sincere THANK YOU,
Louise Lear Greene
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This e-mail is going to friends and relatives in my email address book....... Well it happened last Friday afternoon, July 22, 2005... Had to be taken to St. Lucie Medical Center in Port St. Lucie reference my pacemaker/defibrillator fired off 5 times.... I was admitted and underwent many tests......
Some of you might know what I'm talking about.........
Doctor at first said it was a mild heart attack, but changed his mind a couple of days later....
He said the cause that fired off the defibrillator was because of very fast heart beat possibly caused by stress, excessive excercise, among many other reasons.....
I would guess it was stress......
I came out of the hospital this evening, Wednesday, July 27........
I want to apologize to all who sent me emails during the time I was hospitalized.........
My computer was full of emails and a few were bounced back to some of you.....Hence I have deleted all the email that I had..........
If there was something that I really need to know, please resend it.......
Ya'll take care,
Ole Duke (Emilio)
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