Leyte (CV 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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ATHLETICS were greatly limited during our Korean cruise due to the rigorous schedule, lack of space and frigid weather. However, volley-l ball and basketball competion was held when the schedule, weather and e airplane spotting permitted. VF -32 pilots emerged volleyball champions after a slambang spikefest over B Division. B Division consoled them- selves by defeating V-1 to win the basketball tournament. In Sasebo our hoopsters dropped a very close game to the VALLEY FORGE. Volleyball tournament won by 32 pilots Leyte and Valley in a real battled I Basketball games on the way home Leyte men gave generously td charity drives V Home of The 32's News-Best in the fleet Paper Staff meets in the library I K r

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CHAPLAINS WHILE the Leyte was preparing for departure to her new assignment in the Pacific, she received two new chaplains aboard. They were LCDR. C. A. Frame, USN, Senior, and Lt. C. A. Szczesny, USN, Junior Chaplain. Prior to this time there had been only one Chaplain. Immediately, Catholic and Protestant programs were set up aboard. When the War zone was reached, conducting religious functions became a problem due to heavy operational load. Many Sundays there were six Divine Services held for the pilots and men between sorties. Prayers were said for the sick and injured, and special classes of instruction, Devotions, and Bible classes were held on week days. Most men became more in- terested in their faith through the services ren- dered by the Chaplains. Many were helped to solve their problems by their ministrations. There was considerable correspondence with families inquiring aboutgthe welfare of service- men. The Chaplains did other things for the crew. They represented the men on the Recreation Councils, they published a ship's paper, handled the Red Feather Campaign and the March of Dimes. The Library received several thousand copies of new books. Hundreds of games were distributed. Contests and tournaments were fea- tured. Orders for Christmas flowers were taken, to be telegraphed throughout the United States and Canada. There were five shows given aboard ship and five dances held on the beach in foreign waters. These and other accomplishments left nothing to be desired of the Chaplains. Chaplain Frame giving Holy Communion Chaplain Szczesny giving Holy Communion fzsmf mga any ywyfff' L1 E 1 H. it i K, l Z 1 Y

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OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT Commander Day-our genial and efficent boss Should rain tomorrow at eight OI DIVISION I THE OI division plays a vital role in flight operations and all operations of the ship. Under the supervision of ,Commander Day, the Operations Officer, C.l.C. sends a steady flow of information to the bridge, flag plot and air defense. OI provides the radar men and lookouts, who give the OOD the hot scoop on raid Baker as well as keeping a sharp search topside for mines and MIG 15s. Next we have aerologists or weathermen who predict Whether strike three will be able to blast the Sinuiju bridges. Long before Fox is dipped LT. Sanborn has decided if some Siberian warm front will prevent flying. Once the planes are airborne LCDR. Skinner and LT. Bell in air plot send them on their assigned missions. LCDR. Lumpee, LTs. Goodwin, Cullotta and Rolle-ri in C.I.C. then take over and vector out our combat air patrol to intercept any possible raid. Once the planes return Ensign Chapman s photo gang develops yards of film to see what bridges are still standing or if some pilot really toasted a camel with his Napalm bomb. Besides developing gun camera film, the photo lab also turned out those gruesome OLD. photos and most of the photos in this book. Finally we have the Intelligence Section under LT. Elefter. This team keeps track of bomb lines and any other data that our pilots require. They brief the pilots prior to take off and analyze our strike results after interrogating returning pilots. Looks like hail in North Korea Geronimo five-orbit base-Over