John Pierce (DD 753) - Naval Cruise Book

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Above, Bell, SD3, performs amaz- ing feats of strength before the Royal Court by holding up a five-inch gun barrel. Right, an unknown politician gives the Royal Baby a kiss, ends up with his face covered with grease. From Swats to Garbage-Its All compounded tht chaos by coming over tht boat deck with merciful, but, through tht experiments of Sherman, it another hose. was found that a Polywog could be hit ten times harder This action began to dwindle at tht word that tht without splitting his dungarees, initiation had commenced on the fantail. It was going After surviving the initial blows, the Polywog came to ' in tn full swing now. At first the blows were rather trial. There was little trouble in making tht decisions.

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to Shellback death mart ■ i tht ) .ill appeared will thirls, .m.l with their pants ! ., ' muster was taken i tht Shell- ' .mi. ill for a blood rally. Above, the first step through the initiation, a helping hand that leads the Polywcg to, right, the Royal Judge, Lt. Constant, who had a perfect day on the bench with ALL Guilty ver- dicts Below, the Captain performs the duties of the Royal Barber, insuring that all Polywogs have an inspection haircut proved to be quite lengthy, and ih . ranks of Poly- n i Uir. In somt unexplainable way, .1 up and pointed in tht general din S itl) frou m.l up- 0 and S ked at midships until first and second d

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Above, Shellbacks lay out the gar- bage chute, the last step in the initi- ation; right, a Polywog gets ready for a ducking in the water tank; below, a new Shellback crawls out of the gar- bage chute Part of the Fun Guilt) ' . After tht trial, tht Polywog paid honia Then, with .1 fact full 1 . treatment from tht Royal i unter with Laml Royal Bathtub for an ordeal