John Bole (DD 755) - Naval Cruise Book

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57 in Above, are the men who maintained our complex Radar and Communications Systems. Struggling through hundreds of cups of coffee, thousands of smokes, thousands of dollars Worth of spare parts and Wearing out several chairs, they occasionally got something to Work. There Motto, To do better WAI-IT others do Well. Qlfrontj R.A. Boge L. I. Haddick fBackj S.L. Schwartz J. L. Burns R.A. George C, E. Birkhead R. C. Young H. W. Patterson fBeloW Ens. julian E. Minard is from And- over, Mass. He serves as our Elec- tronic Material, Electronics Warfare, and Public Information Officer. l can't make any comment as he is proof reading the book. Below, are the men who navigated our ship to the various places We were supposed to be. Although they remained lost since We left San Diego Harbor, We always managed to get where We were going. X 3 ww X 1 M f .F I i .- R. L. Allen L. L. Lauderbaugh W. N. Adams R. F. Franz D.A. Milby

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Lt. lj. g. J Robert SHADES O'Neill is from Massena New York. I-Iegserves as our CIC Officer. The shades aren't hiding a hangover. I-Ie's just bashful. Flight deck of what carrier, sir. CFrontj I. W. Murphy, R. C. Mueller, Gastineau, C.A. Julien, G. E. Turner Romans fBackJ LI. LeBlanc, R. W. M D.R. Knight, R.G. Kellison, D. E. D C.L. Denny, D. H. Larsguard Alpha Whishey, this is Novemherg Bogey 14, Minus 045, minus 021, heading 245 , indicating 350, Meaningless Words except to the men trained to interpret them. A continuous flow of information, guiding us in the dark in peace or War. To the highly proficient men who perform these tasks , this is a great job you are doing. 19 J. M. ,L.R ackey rexler

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Qlirontj E.l. Dupre, R. G. Kelnhofer, D.J. Goode, C.l-I. Phillips fBackj W. E. Duggan, W. G. Moore, C.W. jones, A. W. Baldwin, L. J. Hawkins, L. R. West 9 if rt 35 2 Lt. Qj. g. J E. Curtis Rogers is from Milwaukee, Wisconsin. I-Ie serves as our Communications and Legal Officer. lf you need legal help you better think up an awful good ex- cuse because he has heard them all. X , These are our Corpsmen, A. A. A Vanderhorst, and H. H. Tucker fl didn't have the heart to make the usual comment Docj. They perform a vital service by pro- viding us with excellent medi- cal service. 21 Above, are the men who handle the thousands of mes- sages required to operate our ship. Maintaining a twenty- four hour watch, inport or out, they perform a difficult job. Say Doc, I just got the Word that the 49,695 buttons torn off of shirts in ship's laundry are being dispensed in sick hay as APC'S. Is that right.