Belleau Wood (CVL 24) - Naval Cruise Book

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'. - . J. . k i -, L, C, E -1, R, J, R f' -h, R. C. I fl 1. O. E. Bruno -n, J. O. Vkfilson, R. HV. Gentry, I.. Smith, P. E.Lagerstedt, TOP ROW' iii iii.lciici1i.ssc0ck, fi.lJ.Mi11e.-,o.il.L5.ParriS0nfdAiE. Regan, .1.i1.E11is, D. ww-sl 15. R. Hay.-k, M. sclark, F.J.s.-ma, K.R. Bolen, J. E. Carr. L. F. Holden. - 1 ' . . M : .l , G. R ', M. R. K kj l' ll. H. VV. Sh - 'ill, K. W. Sult, I-I. Kaplan, M. D. Stanton. J. D. Stephany, J. W. Don- THIRD Rowaldgdhigiiibiifsffiitxli. Hfislciiywatsorifxg. E. Lee, JLiyL.UCi'dw, E. R. Kodlil, W. C. Parks, C. I.. Tyler. J. E. Bc.-acom, H. A.I-lansen, D. D. Stem- bach. SECOND ROW: K. J. T ' 'k, R. W. Wh'tt' g'h'll, R. H. Cole, J. E. Ochsenhirt. J. A. Flack, .l. E. Hamliy. VV.tH. Lockhard, C. E. Bloir, R. Zettler, R. J. SDe?1setim'TI.vA. Murphy, Lip. R.lStevens, Gun. R. L. Garrison, Mach. K. R. Rickard. A. E. Curtis, E. L. barter, F. A. Jowers, .G. L. Munstedt, P. Golino, L. M.Kral, A. G. Fernandez, B. Mamuzich, O. D. Burns, E. H. Tommo. BOTTOM ROW: H. A. Murphy, H. A. Sheely, W. M. Eckhart, D. Boone, R. H. Hissam, O. A. Culp, J. M. Egan, A. F. Giorla, R. C. Wendzicki, L. R. Gauvin, R. P. Bryant, T. R. Craig, J. Cummings, J. D. Ramey, F. E. DeDonato. J. E. Stillman, H. G. Johnson. R. L. Dixon, W. G. Allen, O. E. McNally, E. Norris. A strike is due to go off just before dawn. Reveille for the Air Department will sound in a quarter of an hour, but already there is activity on the flight deck. Lookouts and gun watches on duty see men hauling big bluntfnosed objects from the elevator back to the planes spotted aft. They smell highfoctane gasoline and hear the swishing of thepumps which bring it up from below. It is the beginning of a long day, and it will be late in the evening before these men hit the rack again. Bombs of all sizes are loaded on the planes, and rockets are slung under the wings. Both are checked and ref checked to be sure that there are no duds. The first strike goes off-then a patrol. There's a few minutes' rest before' loading the next group of planes. Another flight goes off and the first returns. More rockets, more bombs, more fuel. The bombs and rockets have to be hauled up from below and rigged and loaded for the next hop. It is already noon, hardly time for chow, for there's more ammunition for the guns. They decide to use bigger bombs on the next hop, since there is an enemy ship in the harbor. Unload those on the planes and bring Gassing operations com' Baird up the big ones. Bomb drill! The gasoline gang are busy all this time fueling planes on the flight and hangar deck. After the Hrst flight leaves, duds are brought below, the second group of plaI16SiS fueled, and the pumps are reversed to defgas those re' maining on the hangar deck. An enemy hit would be dis' astrous if fuel were left in those planes. Far below the flight deck the pump men work steadily to keep things going. Fueling is complete for a short while until the first flight returns. The planes return and land, refueling begins again, and as it is completed, degassing follows OH those planes sent to the hangar deck for checks and re' pair. In the pump room below it seems like a continuOUS operation. J Thus the days go by and the two sections of the serv' icing division work along with the rest of ship'S COIUPHHY carrying out their highly important job of loading and fueling the real guns of the modern Carrier Task Force. Navy fighters, bombers, and torpedo planes, in order YO deliver death blows to the enemy, require skilled, hard' working men to handle their bombs, rockets, torpedo6S, I e ammo requires hours' Ordnance Officer CPLCCSS 'mence as a launch zmpends loading for seconds' shooting thc B,XV.'s Calling Car S

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a third aft in the Si.ll'lWtl.ll'Ll catwalk, while two otlir-rg UC ncxt ' go the L.S.O. platform. We :irc one of tht- two largcst divisions on the ship VD being the only division with more incn than Vf1,A. ' lv. X - -1 s . ...ws i A .5 , f ., sk. ,ALJ ' K in 5 0 A , ,W--.s T l' Q' . I-2 , . I .5 5 ,Q iy A 8 K 'l F . , ,ll XY Kg i X ' f if 4 X ' l i E V ' I mf is f f .f Z' Z Tl: 4, 2-1. Q Q 1. -Qi ' f 5 T i- . av ii, ' ' time TOP ROW: I6t.grriilEMf3iMIji'P1'ickett, Lt. P. F. Greenberg, Lt. J. A. Harper, Lt, BOTTOM ROW: Lt. J. O. Birr, Lt. D. Kolb, Lt. W. F. Wujcik. The following members of the Division were detached before the group picture was taken. When these members were aboard there was a single V-l Divisiong V-1-A and V-1-B had not been separated. For this reason the list of men is divided alphabetically between V-1-A and V-1-B. OFFICERS: Ens. R. VV. Alexander, Lt. figl V. M. Burkman, Lt. ljgl W. A. Byerley, L. ljgl F. R. Childs, Lt. tjgl D. A. Innis, Lt. B. C. Kinney, Cmdr. R. F. Mahchek, Lt. G. F. Markham, Lt. F. J. Miller, Lt. G. P. Svendsen. MEN: Avery W. Abram, Calvin E. Adams, Clyde F. Adams, Berthold J. Ah- Mann, Cecil E. Alexander, Philip S. Anderson, Carl F. Anglin, Joseph D. An- tonelli, Carmine Antoniello, Eugene Arthur Ash, Joseph Austie, Frank S. Ayers. Billy M. Babin, Michael Bader, Roy Bailey, Robert B. Baker, Wilson A. Baker, Stanley S. Barcichouski, Paul R. Barker, Robert L. Barnes, Michael J. Barrows, Richard F. Bates, Harold W. Baugher, Oscar J. Beauregard, James N. Beck, Harold S. Berg, William F. Bcvin, Louis H. Biondine, Albert A. Biron, Lilliard Bishop, Grant V. Bjerke, Willie D. Blair, Alonzo J. Boulanger, Jr., Robert F. Bourque, Eugene W. Boyer. Ebbie O. Badham, Darwin W. Brainard, Elmer C. Brake, Richard Gordon Bremmer, Ernest E. Brakeman, Charles V. Breslin. Theodore A. Bryan, Louie Bucco, Preston L. Bunch, Benjamin F. Butler, Sam- uel Cardone, Albert E. Cartwright, Joseph E. Castro, James Earl Carr, Anthony J. Cetrone, Arthur E. Chapman, Robert B. Childs, Boyce H. Chunn, Paul W. Ch l J hn R. Coakle , Ralph E. Coffin, Charles L. Goggins, Gordon G. Cooke. u ow, o y Jr., Joseph P. Cropin, Frank E. Crecden, Joseph P. Curtis, John H. Dahms, Peter P. Damato, John VV. Davie. Cecil F. Davis, Walter F. Derrah, William W. ' l d C J. Evans. Douglas, Joseph William Duflield, III, James F. Edwards, Gay or . Bob F. Feryruson, William R. Fields, Anaclito G. Fernandez, Joseph T. Fournier, Joseph R. Franko, Thomas B. Finucane, Isadore C. Flaherty, Joseph T. Forman. Bill T. Foster, Raymond B. Franklin, Gerald B. Frost. Roland S. Gagne, Richard H. Gause, Charles F. George, William L. Gerhardt, Robert L. Gnau, Philip Golino, Robert K. Gordy, Alexander S. Gorski, Henry Graham. Leo B. Grass, Edgar S. Graveline, William H. Green, Jr., Dale Kennedy Greenlaw, Thomas Grum- bllflg, Jr., Eugene A. Guzy. James E. Hamby, James W. Harrington, Edward W. Ha ' L th G. Hartmon, John F. Hayes, Jr., Merrall T. Hildreth. Roy F. ITIS, U QI' H.iT1k, Ray C. Hoeiier. Floyd W. Hoffman, Carl Hughes Holden, Leroy W. Holl, Timothy C. Holland, Peter Homiak, Lawrence N. Huff, Neil A. Hunt, Phillip D. Jernigan, Harold Jochem, Hamilton L. Johnson, Paul E. Jolhnson, Cllailrk P. ' J as Jones, John S. Kalmar, Bruno Kapinos, Eugene J. Karwacins 1, osep - DQR Jr., Charles A. Kedy, Michael Keegan, Roderick O. Kimball, Warren E. Kimball, Glennon E. King, Edward R. Koehl, John A. Kopera, Nicholas Kopsky, Louis M. Kral, Jerome M. Krim, William J. Kunz, Joseph J. Labodzinski. Fred J. Lackey, Lester D. LaFont, Laurier H. Lemay, William Lenhart. Jr., Francis J- Leon, John L. Leopard, Walter H. Lockard, Edward J. Loftus, Floyd K. Lysne, Walter H. MacLean, Richard W. Maddock, Walter J. Malone, Charles E. March Bernard S. MarcinKiewicz, Charles F. Marquis, George Marres, Kenneth E. Marsland, Henry C. Martensen, Francis B. Martin, Leon Rudolph Martin, Leopold P. Marszalski, James D. Mason, Marcus W. Maxwell, Rayburn H. May. tContinued with V-1-B Divisionl Bos'n Panter Co. hold field day Amos, Hansen, Walter- VflfA's work is not always on aircraft-replen' ishments are hauled over from the supply ship Arresting gear maintenance 125 1-u.

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-l-ll Ill ISIU ammunition, and fuel. Routine divisional work is accomplished in between times when operations are not so heavy or when the ship is in port. Spaces, magazines, and compartments must be properly stowed, kept clean, and painted. As a typical day of combat draws to an end and the last planes are landed and secured for the night, the Vf1fB Division starts preparing for the next day, Guns are replenished, bombs not used are struck below and secured, planes topside are ref fueled, and those below degassed again. . X N Q ' , 44 X Q 6 t r it 'fr . f s . V 2 r' 2. D W of M My 4 D L Lt. R. D. Jones, Lt. Qjgb T. R. Rinfr. ChGunner R. L. Garrison, Mach. R. E. Connel. The following members of the Division were detached before the group picture was taken: lContinued from V-1-A Divisionl Howard S. Merchant, Merle J. McClain, Darrel A. McConnell, James M. McCros- key. Randle J. McDaniel, William P. McGregor. James E. McGuf'lin, Leroy Ayer Mehan, Juan Melendez, John E. Mellon, George D. Meredith, Daniel Metz, Har- old J. Millet, Earl Minton, Felix A. Mirando, Jr., Israel McKinney, Clarence H. Moore, Leon Morris, William J. Morrison, Augustine E. Motal, Chester R. Lake, Leon A. Laramy, Norman C. Larsen. Oliver VV. LeMaster, Clyde N. NeSmith, Edward M. NeSmith, Edward Norris, John P. Nowhitney, Thomas Olszewski, Walter A. Ortego, Ralph H. Parkes, Randolph F. Parks, William C. Parks, Jay T-' Payne, Walter F. Peitrzak, Donald D. Pittman, Benjamin A. Pomiehomv- ski, Troy Fletcher Powers, Delbert E. Quin, Robert P. Quirk, John H. Ranger, Harold E. Renchan, Earl VV. Richardson, Lcgrand Richardson, Joseph F. Riley, Leo Wilfred Robidoux, William A. Robishaw, Andres T. Romas, Harry E. Rouse, H S eau Francis I Schu- JOSBDI1 P. Satery, Roscoe J. Spease, Norman . avagx , . . . machffr, John Henry Shelton, Harry C. Sinline. Joseph Sinchak, Barney G. Smart. Gewin F. Smith, Robert J. Steele, John Stevenson, Harry A. Murphy. Irvin Gerald Murray, Gail O. Morningstar, James R. Neighbors, Elmer L. Stiner, Basil O. Stone, Shannon Stone, Firman F. Summers, John A. Talmadae, Odies H- Taylor, George Waitkevitch, Jr., Ralph M. NValters. Robert S. VVaterman, Jr.. Estfon T. Webb, Edward F. VVild, Howard J. Wilkinson. Jr.,- J. Willey, James F- WilS0H. John Henry Wodzynski, Charles E. VVyatt, Joaquim Vieira, Stanley L. Yeaker. Edward Zajaczkouski, Frederick W. Zimmer. Easter eggs for Olqinawa -I strictly fresh from the ammunition ,ship alongside Ordrtanceme-ft quickly reservice wing guns in preparation for next strike IOO proof for thirsty fighters 127