Franklin D Roosevelt (CVA 42) - Naval Cruise Book

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y In the squadron readyrooms and the Air Intelligence Center deep within the ship, these outstanding young men have spent hours poring over maps, charts and photographs to 'familiarizei' themselves with both the primary and secondary targets. Now the time has come to saddle-up . . . As they buckle into their tiny cockpits they are as ready as the world's most sophisticated pre-launch briefing can make them. Wg

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KSTART THE PROPSID. . . NOW START THE JETS! As the bull-horni' on the island structure bellows orders from the Air Boss, the flight deck erupts into a hurricane of high pitched sound . . . moving through a well-run madhouse of whirling propellers and screaming jets, the handlers and crewmen rush to prepare the launch . . . within seconds an appropriatebf named Fleet Angel of Helicopter Combat Squadron 2 takes its ljeguard station ojjf the starboard bow and another Air Strike is underway.