Another Memory of the Pickens

Fellow shipmates on the Pickens, it was in September, 1944, that the Pickens was commissioned. I remember that we traveled from Bremerton, Wash., to Astoria, Oregon, to board the ship. Some of you will have clearer memories of this time.  I had joined the crew only days earlier, having been in the hospital in
San Diego.  The train broke down and we had to wait hours for repairs or another train to continue our journey.  The people near the town where the train failed supplied us with cheese.