I used to write letters on the USS Truxtun's typewriter in CIC (Command Information
Center)when we were in the Tonkin Gulf. CIC was the ship’s brain. Radiomen, Sonarmen, and
others fed information to the officers, who used the information to strategize
and make decisions. It was restricted space. I really had no business being in CIC.
However, no one ever asked me what I was writing or why I was in there.
I had typing paper, but no eraser. Ships are in constant motion,
rocking and rolling over the swells. Therefore, when I typed, typos were common. When I did a typo on the first
letter of a word, I would stop and try to figure out what word I could use that
started with that letter. Sometimes my letters went in directions I had not
originally intended.
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