Hamner (DD 718) - Naval Cruise Book

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Duty mess cooks Clofson, Dr. Spellmeyer, Mr. Chambers Good Wardroom chov served by Chiefs Camp and Harris Capt. Teeter greeis Davey Jones and reads a summons

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The morning of Saturday, 28 July 1956 dawned bright clear and very warm. It was to be an eventful and exceptionally difficult day for two-hundred and eleven pollywogs. The pollywogs were con- verted to shellbccks in production line fashion. t the bar of justice C. W. ROCKETT accepted pleas of guilty to the charges against each pollywog end a SDng to go along with it as D. W. SMITH administered shock treatments. On all fours pollywogs submitted to water hoses, paddles of all sizes and shapes, a tunnel of rather delightful garbage, a casket of polluted water, kissing the royal baby, and a bath in a pool of fresh running sea water seasoned with some three-week old garbage. Besides this, for some select few, such as R. G. WALLACE, D. KNOLL, and L. E. SCOTT, there was a special detention pen with hand cuffs and all. After the day was over and the ship was cleaned up there was not one pollywog left aboard the HAMNER. We were two-hundred and thirty-four Shellbacks strong. The air was filled with Sweet Music Garramone, Mr. Phillips, Mr. Schultz, Mr. Smithpeter Mr. Paine, Betker, Ainsworth, Smalley

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Chief Halimark, Ketteringham Young, Mr. Rockett view the shellbacks Chiefs Carrp and Harris are enjoying themselves Mr. Jones, you bad boy !