Macomb (DD 458 DMS 23) - Naval Cruise Book

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Williams, signalman extraordinary, of it was said that he was brought into the world by a nose specialist. Thgre are many others-Bobby Broggiotti, since graduated to brass, who was a smooth op- erator on the beach or on the ship. We wonder if Claude lBalls't Marshall, ever found his cattle, or if Berry, the Superyeoman. ever ceased to believe that a pun was the highest form of humor. Plank-owners will remember Faust, CMM, who was a constant winner at that certain game. and Willie North, the lVIacomb's gift to the brew- eries, who could and would drink the mostest of the bestest. This list would not be complete without the name of Morris Cephus Speed, who spoke a language all his own. Who doesnit remember the time this carpenteris mate, in company with Farnham, Nl lfc, made a name for themselves as the taxicab pirates of Brooklyn. No more colorful character exists than the one and only Vilho Skarp, golfer, debater. and hater of women. llow about George V. tfor victoryt Bayer. thc man who would rather be right than chief? 'lihcre were many among our ollit-ers who lt-ft a lasting impression on us. Mr. Brom-k. our way- ward chief engineer and executive ollieer. made famous in this book: Mr. O'Brien. a swell guyg .lo tgive the bum a hundred hours extry dutyl Behan. our exec.: Mr. tfoodlessl O'Dell, whose IUOUO WHS Let them eat taken: SHUI Karnof- Sky. of the oiled tongue. liuli Kegerreis of the unfailing sense uf humor and ready wit. and a host of others. 'lillf' original torpedo gang contained a bunch of lUlUS--Nlilgfootii jultllsult. Pupil ihlarra, Muscles Xlorrow twhen the projectors refused to work he heaved the ashrans on-r himselft. Needle Craw ford. the lou-r: a great hunch of guy s. Hack llauynski It-lt his mark aboard tht- Nlacomb. chit-tty because he had a short circuit between his brain and his list. and while we url' ll th sUl'l 1'l of llI't'l'tIIlll'lilIllt'Il. tluttil ful'- get Pinky Nlilligan. tht- lt'lltlt'l't'Sl t-hit-t a-wr to serie' aboard tht- Xlar. and llalph lh'at'on lJtNt'Il. Nlltl slLlI'la'4l lllnsl t'uttU'I'silliutlS Nlllt. Nuts if you'll stand by lot' nn- and Laugh- ing limi' Ht'IlIlt'S. a good man lu tt-ll a joke' to. ,Ns our nn-morn-s fra-slwn. nann-s and laces 1-onn' crowding into our minds-. hut nlll' space' is limited. and we must 1-lose with tht- assnramw- that this is only a small portion of tht- many colorful cliarae-te-rs who st-ru-tl on tht- Nlighty Mac. PORTS 0 I IIA I,l, Bath, Maine Boston, Massachusetts Newport. Rhode Island Portland. Maine Port of Spain. Trinidad Argentia, Newfoundland Halifax, Nova Scotia Crenork, Scotland Scapa Flow, Orkney lslands Reykyavik. Iceland Brooklyn, New York Norfolk, Virginia Hamilton, Bermuda Portsmouth, Virginia Casa Blanca, French Morocco Christobal, Panama Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Akureyri, Iceland Quonset, Rhode Island Rockland. Nlaine Fayal. Azores Freetow n. Sierra l.:-one Dakar. French West .lf Nlelville. Rhode lsland Oran. Algeria Nlers El Kabir. Algeria Gibraltar Bizerte. Tunisia Algiers. Algeria .-Xrzu. Algeria Naples, Italy Salerno, Italy Palermo, Sicily tfastellemare. ltaly Xlalta Taranto, Italy St. Tropez, France ljgltvin, l inf-lvit Toulon. l'ifElllt'!' liar-ville. l'if3llt'f' rim tfharle--ton, South llarolina San l,lf',t1ll.liiHllllPl'fll3 Seattle. Washington Port ,Xngf-lf--, mia-lllngllvtt P+-arl Harbor. llawaii liniwf-tok. Mar-hall Island- tTlithi.f1arolinf-Islands Ke-rama Re-tto. Rynkyn Island- Hagnshi Bay. Ukinana Saipan. Nlarianas lslanfls llncknf-r Bay. Okinawa Tnkyn Bay. llonshn. Japan Sasvbo. Kynshi. .lapan Yakn Shima. Ryukyu lelahflff Tsnshima. Ryukyu lslands 63

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not to be found. Then one day the search came to an abrupt end-in the Waves' barracks. There in the middle of the room on a table stood our rugged, tough, salty sea dog, his coat glistening from washing and brushing, bedecked in a rib- bon and smelling of some exotic perfume. Need- less to say, he was immediately rescued from this horrible fate. Shortly after this incident, his belligerent naval disposition almost proved his undoing, when he came out second best in an argument with a truck. He emerged from the hospital eight days later, good as new. but a much wiser dog. The ship's welfare fund was some hundred dollars poorer, but everyone considered it money well spent. Meek has taken part in several engagements. notably the invasion of Southern lfranee. the sinking of a tit-rinan sulnnarine. and the fllilll 1 . - 'st lnaseots awa t.zuupzugn. lle was one ul tht fn to enter 'tokyo liay. We are sad lu relate that Nlek s penehant for wine. women. and sulltl was at last his nndoin i ll . F, lor he failed lu make the ship when we left lilllllllllil on the wax home. .incl ilu- ship sailed without him. Nu doubt he is eompletelx happy now amid fiulnlt-s dusky bt-Iles and flowing bowls. for he was a true sailor in this respeet llut the Nlueomb is a lonesome ship lol' lu . . 5 ubsenee. and it is with real regret that we sax goodbye to Xlek. a real sea do-r Q 1-.- 1 -A -ze ,X .ZCLQX Eg ASP? mffff , A014 llllll '- . 3'-f W :ig 1 is lt- -2:31 X kv l?1'F2:'. ' 21, 5 Qfigg-ft 'I ,. , x, ug, 03,57 fff ' ' K ctw If ,. fig.. Q ' 0 ff, ' sk, X i kikw , X 1 1 kj 62 MEKL9 HEAD MEMORABLE PERSONALITIES Due to the brevity of this publication, and to the hazy memories of the few old Macgmbites left aboard to publish it, a great many charge. ters who tigured prominently in the Macomlfs history are barely mentioned. So in passing we would like to recall some of those who left an indelible impression on our minds. For instance, who could forget Big John taliag Knobby, alias Bones, alias Buttonsit Walsh, that marathon eonversationalist and future mayor of Rochester .... Or Sweeney. that Cargantuan quartermaster. better known as Wllhe Hairy Apef' who never put anything together the way it came apart if he could help it. Old timers will remember Babb. CTM. the Macomlfs Zazu Pitts. who wet-nursed his tin fish for several years before weaning them lo all-oliol .... And. of course. there was always Chief un- mentionable head' Melott. Cl-IM. whose round- robin debates with Alois 112 years a seamant favis. the man who always brought home the baeon. and llncle Adam lsubas. the seourge ol the seamen. kept the chielis quarters in a eon- stant simmer ol excitement. Perhaps no odder eonglomeration of person- alities ever existed than the C S It gang. coul- posed of Walter Berkowitch, the ex-hairdresser from Brooklyn, Pop Austin lsee Austiifs leap to lamet. Paddle-foot Young, and Moron Saltersfs-never a dull moment in those days! Uur Asiatic contingent included Chief 'alittle Foo Angel. who ran Mr. Brock a close second in lots of thingsg Leonard Carside, author of that famous excuse of being overleave, HM! sister got me drunkwg Whang-poo, who paid the rent at Izzy Ort's. Then there was David lFoo-Foot Tflfileff lirooklynis gift to Cafe Society .... Bertram tHallucinationst Lord left us ga-SP' ing many a time by sighting periscopes behind every piece of seaweed. We had two Williams-Willie the coxswain, better known as the Embezzler-at-Large, and it 45 uf ,

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U.S.S. MACOMB QDMS-23l Care of Fleet Post OHice, San Francisco, California, 10 August 1945. THE WACKY WACS Present 'ZTHE DIPSY DOODLE REVIEW OF 1945'i Staged and produced by J. B. BRUNSON and R. YV. MICHELSON. Program Speech . . Lieutenant J. N. BEHAN, Jr.. U. S. Navy Record ....... .......... J uke Box Special Song -- uCheer Si Sin ....... Okinawa Troubaclours Boxing Bout ..... . . Frenchie Garneau vs Shorty Stella Referee - 'ijungle jim Sullivan. Song - HYou Are My Sunshine . . Okinawa Troubadours - Tex', Blevins Rebel jones and Sateliel'i Garrett Beer Drinking lfonlest . . . . 'liuinkletoes Young vs Bop Austin Songs .... . . . Peoria Kid Jones, Swoony Shannon and Ping Boyii Karol. Pie lfating lifontest . Sinatra Show . . . Frankie by '4Swoony Shannon. Girls. . . . as Yoo Hoo Cummins. Flutey Mercer, Micro Condino. lVlcCinty', Mclntyre, 'iStar liiyesw joseph. and Wcasel' Wiese. Boxing . ..... Bucky Reeder vs 'zStinky Kenner Rt'f'0Nl ----- .... A nother .luke Box Special ,np News Bromlvnst .......... Song as - Sum You Nlude 'lille Pants Tun l,f Pantomime . ......... . .. rr I F' . . Slant Eyes Brunson . . Becky King Meatless'i Weinacht IYTEBMISSIOY Ni'fUfl?!l' llnlllu - - . Charleston Refugee vs Scollay Square Outcast' Steel Guitar Rag . . . ,litterbug Navy Style . Boxing ....... Piek lfp . Monologue ...... ....... Recording .......... Boxing on FINI5 . . . . . . . . . Okinawa Troubadours . . . 'iFlutey Mercer and Cass, Kastrinos Belly-Robberi' Robinson vs 3'Cooky,' Stewart - - Rabbit Peterson as Miss Pick Up and 'iFeet Moody as uSalty?' McGuire. . . Lieutenant tjgl Bobby Sox Kegerreis Commercial Bellx Digimas is Butch Meland l 1 4 4 i g it n ' ' ' ' ' ' ' - - - - - . . . . . . . . . - - 1 1 , S 92 ,Gr 37 , ' fs 1 I M -' f' -fa: sljj , l gg - Ti ' . gi' : ' .1 3 .- i f r .52 ii? '