Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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Third Reinforced Rifle Platoon C Company— Lt. P. J. Garm, Commanding Nails I . Garm and his lads came to us about half-way through the voyage, and from then on the J. O. Bunk Room heard little else than destroyer duty and vehement and oft-repeated eries of I ' ll tine ya. Communication Platoon— H S Company Lt. F. P. Stivers, Commanding WITH a combination ol good nature ami a lew well-placed salt) phrases, Frank Sthers made his Platoon as model ai t(it as we have on hoard. It s a real pleasure to work with men like these and most ol US couldn ' t ask for finer shipmates.

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Second Reinforced Rifle Platoon A Company— Lt. G. J. Kleess, Commanding TO SAY THAT George Kleess and that hard-charging second John on his left, Bugs Foor, kept things under control would be quite an understatement. Evidence of this is shown by the way Bugs kept himself informed of the whereabouts of that gentleman in the third rack from the bottom, etc. Third Reinforced Rifle Platoon A Company— Lt. J. P. O ' Connell, Commanding WITH Chuck Quinn and Sgt. Mason ever at his beck and call, Seams O ' Connell kept his lads pretty well in tow. With the coming of the new organization, the 3rd Platoon will be broken up and not a few of us will be more than sorry to see it happen.

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Supply Section— H S Company and Second Combat Service Group Detachment W.O. U. T. Garrison, Commanding WITH his ever-present good nature and sharp eye, Mr. Garrison saw to it that things ran as smoothly as could be desired and then, too, who could ever ask for an improvement on the rooms he assigned us to.