Antietam (CV 36) - Naval Cruise Book

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?o1-e od... Original planning of this book called for a large section de- voted to '6Strike Day in which the integrated workings of each department . . . the dependence of one individual upon another . . . would be accurately portrayed. However, it was soon dis- covered that the story of the Antietam was too big to handle in that manner. Therefore, each activity is treated individually -or as much so as space will permit. It should be pointed out-especially to the casual reader- that ship's company and the air group operated as one team, the objective of that team was the responsibility of each man aboard: the tailor, the cook, the aircraft mechanic and the pilot. Everyone worked together as a team-as a big chain which is no stronger than its weakest link. Everyone contributed to the smashing of rails, the cutting of enemy supply routes-to the Antietam's score against the Communist aggressors in North Korea. What follows is an earnest effort to portray, as accurately as possible, the workings of every department . . . every division . . . every individual. It is up to the reader to connect these departments in his mind: to associate the yeoman with the plane captain . . . to understand that each operation depicted in this book was as a result of something that happened before -and was to result in some future incident. Here, then, is the story of the Antietam and her 1951-52 cruise in the Sea of Japan . . . THE EDITORS

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