| Show Ralph Finnegan Again Writes U. U S. S 8 S. Delaware Copenhagen Denmark June 26 1923 Record Park City Utah Well Mr have been receiving receiving re re- re- re The Record right along and enjoy every paragraph in It The old ok home paper takes me back to the days when I was was was' with the rest ol of the kids In the weekly scramble to get out first Since leaving Boston for this far faraway faraway faraway away country I have had no time to write or to do anything else but work bard hard As you see I am now In fn Den Den- mark It was a long trip for us being being be be- ing seventeen days at sea You may believe we were exceedingly glad to drop our mud hook at Copenhagen It U t Is a very pretty city and we are enjoying our std stay here U It being the first time we were this far north We were pushing our way ay t through rough huge cakes of ice along the coast of ol Holland and I asure you It wee was very cold We are now In the land of the midnight sun which is an unusual experience We get out of our bunks before six o'clock in the morning and the sun Is high in the heavens and we go to bed at 11 o'clock at night and the sun Is shill s Il away up That is the worst thing about this country you can never tell when ItIs It Itis itIs is time to go to bed Last night we were alongside of another boat and I had been talking with one of ot the seaman for perhaps an hour and a half halt when one of my mates came up and said why dont don't you turn in Dont Don't you know It Is getting late I said the idea of at going to bed when the sun Is shinning so brightly What Is the time It nearly floored me when he replied it Is 1030 and time for i lights out It was hard work forme for forme forme me to believe It was night time This country is some different from the States All countries ye yet visited by me none of ot them compare with the good Old U U U. S S. S A A. the finest country In all the world There Is talk of our next move being to Morocco Africa I Ido do no not know how far that Is away but think it Is about a twelve days steaming a at 12 knots I hope we go there as they all say Africa is a good place to go My old ship was down there Just after I was this pig iron meaning battleship The route mapped out for us us according according according ac ac- ac- ac cording to report after leaving CopI Copenhagen Cop Cop- I enhagen will be Glasglow Scotland Cadiz Spain Gibraltar Spain Morocco Morocco Morocco Mor Mor- occo Africa Will try and drop you youa a line from each of these stopping places I am looking forward with Interest to our stop ot of Cadiz Spain I am a bull fight fan and this is where you can see the real thing I have already witnessed some Rome good fights in old Mexico Panama Chili Chill Peru and Brazil With kind regards to all my Park City friends and with the hope of hearing from you yon at some of my stopping stopping stop stop- ping places Very sincerely yours RALPH D. D FINNEGAN U U. S. S S. S Delaware Care Postmaster New York City |
