Joseph Kennedy (DD 850) - Naval Cruise Book

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ww Now where did I put that Iinstruction? Anchorage? You mean we're pulling into port today? THOMAS E. MC KENNA QMS RALPH E. MC MILLON RM3 ROBERT S. MERROW QMS BENNIE L. OVERTON SMI JOHN A. PAYTON JR PC3' LUTHER L. SHIRAH JR SM3 ALLEN E. SMITH SN RALPH V. THOMPSON PNI JOHN THORNSBERRY SA , T. . ' BW? 'L . 523558: . I

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But I'm a radioman, not a deck ape! RONALD D. HOFFMEYER SA GUY JACKSON RMSN GARY L. KRESIEN RM3 PHILIP C. LEIBOLD SN WILLIAM D. LUNDGREN YN3 AROBERT T. MANGUL RM2 She just pulled down the window shade

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OI Division ENSIGN CHRISTIAN Y. WYSER-PRATTE CIC Officer Fairgame, Dawn Clear, Spanex, Medtacex are just names now, but to the radarmen they were part of a nightmare litany. And if there wasn't a NATO or fleet exercise, certainly one could always sche- dule a Z-14-CM or Z-10-CC, anything to ensure that these were the only Z's the men would see. But that was underway. In port, the men played as hard as they worked at sea. When Campbell, Crump and Shorty would come marching back at 0200, it was kind of hard to tell just who was watch- ing out for whom. For the ET s, life was a lark unless the gear was down Cwhich of course it never was.J All those CASREPTS were just for EMO training. But what on earth was band nine doing down in the after fireroom? Favorite sayings around the OI spaces: '6The thermistor joint has excessive play in the clystron, causing water to form in the P.A. cavity. s'Hey guess what, Ray: you've got orders. 6sEverybody panic, we've got the screen. i s'Radio, Combat: I've lost my FIQW' transmitter. You,mister,are in hack. ww-0939 JERRY D. BARCOMB RDS BRISON N. BOGGESS SA JAMES R. COLLINS RD2 ROBERT D. CRUMP RD2 , HOWARD F. DANE SN ROBERT L. DE RUITER RD3 -h I Quit daydreaming, Ruitsg you'l1 never see her again.