One time when I and Kevin were watching a football game at Navy Club in California an earth quake hit. I asked, "what should we do?"

Kevin replied, "lets order another round."

After a lot of laughs we left Japanese pizza place and headed back to ship.

As we walked down pier we noticed this sailor from another ship just sitting by himself. If you know anything about sailors you know that they never sit anywhere by themselves. So, of course we knew that something was wrong.

We talked to him and could clearly see that he was in a very deep state of depression.

He said, "I'm home sick and I can't handle it any more."

I don't know how, but from that moment on I knew that sailor was contemplating suicide and unless he could talk to someone from his home town he would not make it through night.

I had never experienced psychic clairvoyance before but somehow that night I read sailors mind and knew everyone that he knew in small little town where he lived.

I knew all names of his teachers, local librarian and all of his family. I knew all about his town and I knew names of all friends he grew up with. After about a half hour of talking about everyone in his town sailor shook off his depression and was laughing and in a state of elation.

As we walked away and headed back up pier to our ship Kevin said "you never mentioned that town before."

I replied "thats because I had never been to that town untill tonight."

"How did you know everyone in his town,?" Kevin asked.

I answered, "I have no idea."

So what really happened that night in Yokosuka? I guess we will never really know. But we do know that a home sick sailor from a small town would live to make it home again.

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