Baltimore (CA 68) - Naval Cruise Book

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THIRD DIVISION Dear Coach, You asked us to let you know what sort of shipboard work our division does and how our spirit is. Well, here ' s a little about both. The Third Division can compare to our old football team - or any team that knows it has to work together to win. When they call on the division to rig for transferring personnel, or cargo, they have to depend on all of us to do our share to make it a success. Sav, for another example, the division has knocked off work, and everyone is getting ready to take a shower or go to chow. All at once do v l comes a petty officer and gives the order for us to lay up topside and rig for the transfer of guard mail or something else that has to do v-ith the high line. Well, you ' re likely to hear most anything then - like It won ' t be like this in ' 55, or It ' s all for the flag. But cracks like this help us keep up our morale. Like on that final night in port, when the last liberty hound has returned and we are hoisting the boats aboard, we gripe about the ungodly hours but in the same breath pitch in and make a good job of it - and we have a satisfied feeling when we hit the sack. One thing we don ' t want to forget to tell you is the great job our gunner ' s mates are doing on our turret, which is in top shape and has the firepower when we need it. Well, Coach, there ' s not much more to say except that, like you always told us, you ' ve got to have good fighting spirit and the knack to laugh things off to have a good team - and we think we have them both. We all send our best, The Fighting Third ' . B Ucpt. of Sanitation WtI fV ■ W Maloiie, Mulka, || I» fl Catron, Tate. 11 li ' v ■ Shepard, Enderle, | ■ M J H '