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Wlrtz, W. 5 Feb. ” 7 ’ 
hav e n^^Tntereot in the chip, quickly winging 
cries behind chem, even though albatross and Jaegers may be sitting 
astern picking up garbage. 
By evening I was feeling pretty poor and did not try to eat * 
supper. All of u. s are feeling rather seasick now, and no one feels 
like locking lor birds all night so SJ guess we‘11 turn in. 
5 Febru*£y 1963 1 
Yftien I awoke this morning the ship seemed to be rocking a lot and 
I did not ne&r her engines. I soon found out that the main bearing on the 
shaft had burned out 
past 
trying 
bearing jury-rigged 
thday 
bock to Pearl so that the ship is not pitching much and I am feeling 
better. ~ 
be have discovered that the rear of thw hip always hha a layer of 
diesel fumes from the water line exhaust, and these make me feel worse 
tnan the movement of the ship. The temperature is about 100 degrees 
in the aft hold where we are supposed to do our work, and the fumes are 
thick in bhere also. So I am afraid this ship businees will not be too 
enjoyable. We have discovered that it is better to stay up on the flying 
bridge as the fumes are not so bad, and the cool wind blowing on one 
seems to help the nausea. I hate to go below as I always feel worse. It 
>0 and stuffy, and.one cannot escape the fumes anywhere. It weems 
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to help to lie in bed and try to sleep, but we'll never get any work 
done this way. We got into Pearl Harbor about 2000 today. 
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