Dear Senor Best

     I heer you are looking for reunion site. I wood be plees to invite you to Havana. I no yu hab  visit heer bifor an we wan yu to com bak. We wil hab un gran recepson for yu an cru of you ship. Many muchachas heer look for sum evil sailors from thees ship 148, (they use number becas they say nobuddy on sheep can pronounce name.) We wan yu to sale in tu Havana Harbor like in past, then we gonna giv yu sum fire werk. Also thees rum facry guys say they gonna make evil gringos sum speshal cocktale, they call eet "Adios Yankee" yu like?  Spesal treet will be free cigar also, we now make wit spesial filler call"TNT" we wate yu reply an am anxus to geev yu big "blast" yu cum to bootiful Havana an time of yu life! (rotten gringo!)  Remember the Maine!!!

Sine, yu fren

Fidel, Presidente,General of Army an Gran Admiral of all Oceans.

John Replies...

     Have written to "The Bearded One" on that island south of us....So I forgot the "Hatuey" ...the one-eye Indian Beer....Remember, the one eye? That's what it was supposed to do to you if you drank enough of it! Other comments I got were about various items. He asked if we could bring some guy named Leyba along, something to do with the sinking of one of the finest ships in his "Harbor Patrol Fleet" sometimes derogatorily called by the **%&$##* Gringos "Bum Boats" seems as though they have recovered the "missile" that was responsible for the "Yanqui Aggressor" action, and have made a special medal from it that they want to present to Bernie, to be hung around his neck, then take him swimming. It is called the "Order of the Anvil" Had other comments about rum n'coke, conga lines, hot Latin babes, casinos and such....that all you guys think about....FUN!!!???

Watch out .....more coming!

Shipmates

John

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