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I arrived , I believe in August of

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'88 . There was hardly

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anything here . You know , came into

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this building , uh , uh , there was , I

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was active duty enlisted . There was

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probably , I believe 4 or 5

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storekeepers here . Um ,

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bringing some of the buildings . Online

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watching uh the

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cranes be bolted in and

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unloaded and you know went through the

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first supply SMI there's

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there's somewhat of a family

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atmosphere here and it it's always

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been . In my mind , uh , family type

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situation , you know , back then . And

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8889 , much smaller .

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And then we bring in people in from

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Different shipyards as the shipyards

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got bracketed down and that all that

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knowledge that came came in . And

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you know bringing people through here

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there's been some very knowledgeable

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and and . Very good people to work with .