After two or three weeks at sea with constant U-boat watch, action stations, and dropping depth charges every time we got a ping on a U-Boat, I was always glad to get back to port. Of all the ports I have been in, I liked Newfie John. I liked to walk down Water Street to the wet canteen or a bar to have a glass of screech or a slug of Block & Tackle. Take a drink of Block & Tackle, walk a block, and you would tackle anything. The people of Newfie John were the greatest, and the Sally Ann, no matter where you were, was the best. Newfie John was a real busy port. We would only be there long enough to fuel up and take on supplies. Then it was off to sea again. In harbour, each ship had to supply two guys for shore patrol (naval police) to try and keep the boys out of trouble. I was on shore patrol in many ports.