Charles Berry (DE 1035) - Naval Cruise Book

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M DIVISION FRONT ROW- -Tommy Noe, ENS, Norvell Crauic, L;-,-., ' .Vallcr E. Juhusou, ENl, Ray D. Gillis, ENFN, ENS William D. Cross, Lloyd L. Huntsman, FN, Jimmy L. Banning, FN, John C. Hipps, ENl. BACK ROW--Raymond E. Parrott, FN, Jerry W. Son, EN3, James E. Engel, FA, Philip R. Webb, YN3, Alvy S. Alexander, ENFA, James K. Vencill, ENFN, Fred W. Bolte, BT3, Robert L. SuUens, FN, Edwin L. Starr, ENFN, Keith V. Charleston, BTl, Donald F. AUbee, EN3, John A. Corkran, FN, Frederick R. Poole, FA, Richard W. Overby, BT2, Rodney L. Sullens, FA, Angel Carrasco, FN, William A. Keller, ENC, Clemente Ortiz, EN2, Thomas J. Thomson, FN. NOT SHOWN--Roberto A. Romano, EN2, Lugene W. Stanford, EN3, Roy E. Huntsman, FN, Alan V. Jolinston, FA. X ' ..?l . ik k 12

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TWO BLOCKS DOWN AUSTIN TO HOPPER STRF.ET, THEN LEFT TO CORNWELL AVENUE Fox Division personnel demonstrated a number of latent talents during the Westpac cruise. Some worked on corres- pondence courses, while the music lovers invested in stereo tape recorders, or even took up playing the guitar or the ukelele. The Officer of the Deck was frequently astonished to see nothing but a large pile of camera equipment heading across the quarterdeck on liberty, but a closer inspection usually disclosed a Fox Division type buried beneath. The Petty Officer of the Watch was less astonished, for he was generally from Fox himself, as were many of the Shore Patrolmen. It was Fox Division Shore Patrolmen, in fact, who solved much of the Japanese language barrier by simply re-naming all the Japanese streets and landmarks after Fox Division personnel, past and present.

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During our cruise through the exciting and interesting lands of the orient, there was always one division that had to wait until liberty call to see and appreciate any of the scenery. This happy event, moreover, was usually ingloriously referred to by topside sightseers as the Snipes coming out of their holes. The men who make the ship go, the engine- men and boilermen of M Division, voiced few complaints however, as long as the liberty was good and the money held out. Underway they could usually be found amassed on the fantail when work was done, holding an impromptu guitar jam session. Both in port and under way, they performed admirably their task of providing the ship with her basic and essential ability to meet her commitments. 13