Was there a '65 Cochrane Cruise Book? I came aboard at near the end of the '65 cruise. There were many plankholders counting the days and departing.
Am I the only one who is once again on board or coming on board in my nightly dreams? Not every night. Hey, I still dream about the sweethearts from time to time. But the Cochrane/Navy experiences come back frequently enough to wonder how and why such dreams occur? My local pal of the past 35+ years was a clerk in the Army in Viet Nam. Nothing very exciting. But, he says he has similar dreams.
Now I have a son in the Army Airborne in Iraq. Sometimes I dream he and I are coming on board together and I am wonder what in the hell someone as old as I am, almost 65, is doing in the military?
Last night I dreamt of an OE shipmate whose name I can't even recall who probably got off the ship in late '65 or very early '66. He was no one I hung out with, feuded with or had a wild adventure with-just someone I spent a short time with on the ship. No particular distinguishing characteristics. Hadn't thought of him in 40+ years. Why did he appear now?
Somewhere I have a list of all the OE shipmates I served with. Maybe his name is there, but I still don't understand how/why he appeared. If there were a 65 Cruisebook, maybe I could get the name and see how accurately I dreamt the face.
It's not as if the Viet Nam-era Cochrane sailors had any terrible experiences as a whole such as some of the ground troops did have. I can understand their dreaming experiences.
Maybe it was my youth? Maybe it was all the chlorine Corpsman Cooper put in the water a time or two?
Anyone else have similar dreams?