Des Moines (CA 134) - Naval Cruise Book

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Preventative shots. Preparing medicine. FRONT ROW: R. W. Kutz, HM3: A. N. Glenn, HM3 .... SECOND ROW: O. R. Steen, HM2p D. D. Davison, SN7 R. E. Miller, HMC, R. L. Bryson, Lt. li.g.l7 J. L. Hud- son, HM27 C. J. Kuebler, HM2. . . . THIRD ROW: J. W. Stirling, HM17 W. J. Flaherty, HM3: G. R. Terwilliger, HN: B. J. Turner, HN: H. L. West, HN: J. S. Zarior, HN: T. J. Doran, HM3, W. A. McLeod, HM1. H D'vision DIVISION is the Medical Division of the ship. There are sixteen hospitalmen and two doctors in the division. Many of the hospitalmen are specialists in their field. There are pharmacists, laboratory work. ers, X-ray technicians, operating room technicians and medical technicians. The Medical Department is charged with and responsible for maintaining the health of the Navy through the promotion of physical fitness, the prevention and control of disease and in- juries and the treatment and care of the sick. In our department we have a sick bay with thirty- two beds to provide adequate treatment and care for the sick and injured. Closely associated with the sick bay is the laboratory and pharmacy. In the laboratory many tests are run to assist in diagnosis and treatment. The pharmacy has charge of obtaining and keeping records of all our equipment and keeping a good sup- ply of medications. Our treatment room is open twenty-four hours a day for men who need medical care. We of the Medical Department are very fortunate to have the opportunity of seeing each man at least once a year. Most fellows feel the men in H Division just love to give inoculations but instead we know what could happen if the men didnit receive the inoculations. Therefore, it is just one of our duties in practicing preventive medicine. The X-ray Department of this ship is quite small, but for treating fractures and other diseases it main- tains a high priority. The Medical Department administrative Work is done in our clerical office. Here, health records, records of immunizations and special examinations are kept up to date. On the starboard side of the ship is a room known by all, but we hope few will ever enter it as a patient. This room, of course, is the operating room. The op- erating room is equipped to do any and all kinds of surgery. There will be found in the room many sterile instruments ready for immediate emergencies. We, the men in H Division, are proud of the out- standing work performed in this division in the past year and will endeavor to continue our good record.

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Di ' ion lists of sailing publications. He knew he was a man to be reckoned with beside the Navigator, a storehouse of information on buoys and signals, tides, Weather and general Hknow how. He felt proud when the Officer-of-the-Deck called on him for assistance, and he could feel the eyes of the Captain on him as he quickly rang up the orders to the engine room, or spun the wheel on the helm. On watch, day and night, in port or out, a Quartermaster tirelessly navigating by the stars at sea . . . and in Words, through history. John Smith gripped his son's hand firmly as his mind returned to the present, and he pointed out to him the other exhibits of different types of compasses the Quartermaster used to constantly check and take his bearings by, and the many age-Worn instruments for plotting and piloting. He explained to him from what he had read how the Navigator was the actual responsible officer, but.Navigator and Quartermasters alike worked closely together in full cooperation for the final result. And he remembered his old school- teacher saying: uln those days you could tell the heart of a ship by the look of its bridge, and it was a poor Quartermaster, indeed, Who didn't give it everything he had. John Smith thought of the names in the log again: Bethany, Fitts, Van Horn, Haupt. He wondered if they had ever realized how far they would go in history. Evening star sights. Below right: A well tended helm.

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Division THE USS DES MOINES Dental Department con- sists of two Dental Officers, Dr. D. B. White and Dr. K. E. Beach. Assisting the doctors are two Dental Technicians, Francis X. Duggan and Robert A. Hansen and one Dental Striker, Roy E. Reed. The primary function of the Dental Department is that of properly maintaining the oral hygiene and dental health of per- sonnel assigned duty aboard ship. Additional duties are coordinated with those of the Medical Department in that members of the Dental Department are as- signed regular battle dressing stations for drills or combat. Commander White, Head of the Dental Department, is from Moberly, Missouri. He attended the University of Missouri and Washington University fSt. Louisj and after graduating in 1941, served an internship in Barnes Hospital, St. Louis, prior to his beginning active duty in January 1941 at the Naval Training Station, San Diego, California. His other duty assignments have been Carrier Aircraft Unit Force, Pacific, Naval Air Station, St. Louis, Missouri, and Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Lt. Beach, the HD Division Officer, is orig- inally from Jerseyville, Illinois. He attended the Uni- versity of Illinois and received his commission as Ensign in 1948. This is Dr. Beach's first tour of sea duty, before reporting aboard he was stationed at the Naval Training Center, San Diego, California, the Naval Training Center, Great Lakes, Illinois, and the Naval Medical Center, Bethesda, Maryland. Besides Dr. Beach's regularly assigned duties, he also holds Protestant Bible classes and services for the crew Francis X Duggan DTG2 USNR, reported aboard 13 July 1951 from the U S Naval Dental Clinic, Brooklyn, New York Duggan's home 1S 1n Jersey City, New Jersey where he was a student at St Peteris College at the t1me of his recall to active duty Previous duty stations were Treasure Island, California, First Marine Division, Camp Pendleton, California, and the U S Naval Dental School at San Diego, California where he served as relief instructor Robert A Hansen, DT3 USN, reported aboard 25 .Iune 1951 from the USS GRAND CANYON fAD-281 At present Bob's home 1S 1n Dallas, Texas Before mov- ing to Texas he lived in Milwaukee, Wisconsin He en- listed in the Navy in 1946 and has been stationed at Bainbridge, Maryland, Great Lakes, Illinois, Houston, Texas, Washington, D C and San Diego, California At San Diego he was instructor 1n dental X-ray pro- cedure and oral hygiene Roy E Reed SA USN 1S a newcomer to the Navy and the Dental Department Reed worked 1n c1v1l1an life in a Dental Laboratory as an apprentice and 1S v1lle Ohio where he graduated from Philo High School Upon the ship s return to Norfolk Reed will request orders to Naval Dental School National Naval Medical Center Bethesda Maryland F X Duggan DTG2 K E Beach Lt flgj DC USN R H Hansen DT3 R E Reed SA I .,,, , Proper dental care ' 1 l - l 1 . , 7 . l I I I furthering his work in the Navy. His home is in Zanes- , . . 3 ' 7 I ' 7 7 U ' . . 1 I ' 0 I . '. . , 1 - . , I - Q 1 1