Oral History Interview with Jack Matthews, August 3, 2009 Page: 8

                                
ship, and they put me on a train for Brisbane, to the
north, and we came back on a Liberty ship that had been
involved in a wreck with a Navy ship. The term used is
down by the bow. Most ships, the bow being the front of
the ship, most ships, the bow is up when they're under way,
in the ocean, and the stern is down. We had a load of
concrete in the bow. That's the only way they could fix
it, and we were down by the bow, and we made a record
crossing of 21-something days from Brisbane to San
Francisco. At any rate, the story goes on. I got out,
graduated from Kings Point, got my Navy commission,
maritime commission, and my license as a third Marine
engineer and went on to sail for a couple of years in the
Merchant Marines. So thank you very much for this
opportunity.
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