Lem Robson ©Stars and StripesYokosuka Naval Base, Japan, April, 1991: The message on the large sign posted above the deck of the USS Oldendorf would probably be seconded by every one of the crew members returning to their families and friends at Yokosuka. The destroyer was part of the USS Midway battle group, which had been on station in the Arabian Sea and the Persian Gulf during the recent Gulf War.