Brinkley Bass (DD 887) - Naval Cruise Book

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HIJSPITALMEN 8 SHIPS SEHVIIIEMEN The Hospital Corpsmen and Ships Servicemen are some of the behind the scenes men, who in their own way help make this ship as comfortable as possible. We might doubt it occasionally as we stand in the sick-bay line for a shot, as we stow our shredded clothes, or as we look at our scalped images in the mirror. In fact it has been said that some people' have even voiced these opinions on occasiong however, complain as we may, we surely do appreciate them. The barber's rating goes up about 200 per cent whenever we see the signs in the town barber shops, l-laircuts-51.75 Then we begin to think our haircut wasn't bad at all, in fact it was good considering that the barber must conform to a certain few regulations and therefore can't do'a special coiffure for each one of us. Now the same could be said about the laundryman and the corpsmen. For instance most of us wouldn't think of trading an occasional shredded shirt for even a week of the good old hand laundry we did back in boot camp. We all have our own personal reasons for thanking the corps- men whether it be for 1 putting our stomachs where they should be when the sea gets rough or fixing a head on which some blooming idiot drop- ped a beer bottle last c night. Our hat's off to a fine bunch of men. i A. .. L' 'IV I f if 5-

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Back row, left to right: B, D, WILKINS, D. D. DRUMMOND, H. R, HILL Front row: L. H, DEW, A, F. HIGGINBDTHAM, J. T, MODOLA.

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