Menifee (APA 202) - Naval Cruise Book

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.1--1 V any- -- ,mans-ro-. DI ISIID ,. F 5, f ' ' ' X- .k.. - if kr I 49SZ9 I . 3 5? fi 'ff gf I .. ,...-k f of f ' A I' sw 3 Q 5 -E I 2 2 . s iw 3 Front row, left to right-Henley, C. L., Hawkins, I. H., Kopischke, I. H., Ricker, E. S., Lalraire, E., Gehrinqer, K. H., Freeman, R. W Second row-Lanqston, K., Luce, R. H., Kunkel, I. H., Kirk, I. W., Ranqatore, T, H., Pedersen, E. F. Third row-Chilenski, M. I., Rose, S. V., Schmidt, E. H., Pierce, N. C., Shelton, S., Schasteen, R. G., Roberts, E. R. Top row-Bergen, Fl. I., Robert, K. D., McCauley, L. Pl., Waqgner, W. I, Durham, G. I., Puletz, H. I., Blankenburq, E. D. 5 66 ,

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The job of Division, the Medical Depart- ment, is to keep ship's personnel physically fit. Plnd our hospital corpsmen seem to believe in taking their own medicine, because you'll usu- ally find a flock of them aft straining at the barbells and limbering up. The Menifee's corpsmen include some highly trained technicians specializing in laboratory techniques, dental work, X-ray, surgery and other skills. Part of Division are the beach party hos- pital corpsmen, specialists in 'Hmphibious Med- icine , that hazardous phase of medical warfare to come out of World War ll. The Medical Department was prepared for the terrific job of handling casualties at Okin- awa, but was immensely relieved when the unopposed landing did not produce the ex- pected casualties. Few in Division com- plained that they didn't have a chance to em- ploy their skills. The lineup of Division characters runs as follows: Caccording to one of themi Kasler, currently sweating out CPhM and a discharge. Frank Tische, popular and beloved Clipper Harlan lunior Hill- Take me back to Sacramento. Mike Kelly, a politician if there ever was one- Oh, yes, l'll have a cigar. Tom Veach, muscle-man a-plenty- Hny chow left over? Pinky Goodall, very capable S.P.- Cripes! With 24 points l'll never get out! Tex Ervin- Work? Y' got rocks in your head? I, Z. Britton, our roly-poly gentleman from Hn- dover, Ohio- l wanna go home! lohnny Link, dietician and crime doctor-- l'll clamp down around here! Warren Stinky Gleason- Y' can't drink that stuff, Olsen, it's poison! Ike lsaackson- Who the hell stole my Cop- enhagen? Ted Glowacki, our genial host of the ward- Boy, did we catch hell at Okinawa! Harv Weldon, old horizontal himself- Harvard was never like this. George Kennedy, no strain, you get the pain- l'll get by. Howard Durick- '!Stop staring, you idiot, those are my legs! Swede Erickson, maintenance and care of the interior- Yumpin' yimminy! Lenny Lene- weaver, she loves me, she loves me not- My heart belongs to Pat.

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V-fm-naar: -my :Hair l 'li t 5 Every man in this division a budding engineer is the claim of the H Division. Their respective duties too numerous to mention, yet each individual under the supervision of Ens. W'estman, maintain and operate all auxiliary machinery not directly connected with the main engine. This includes one of the 300 kw turbo- generatorsg two 20,000 gallon per day evaporatorsp four ice machines with a 35 ton per day capacityp several smaller refrigerator unitsg one 00 kw emergency diesel generator, and two diesel oil pumping systems. ln charge of the evaporators which supply that much needed fresh water is Kopischke, Mlvflc. Hllowing for the fact that the evaporators add to the discomfort of D compartment, they nevertheless are of vital im- portance to the welfare and cleanliness of the crew. Shelton, MMRBC, bears most of the burden and responsi- bility of the ship's refrigerator systems and the care and operation of the scuttlebutts. Plttached to H Division are the landing craft engi- neers. These men have thirty 225 h.p. diesel engines to service for the twenty-six landing craft aboard. Besides their duties as grease monkeys , they are responsible for the fueling of all craft and the manning of all fuel stations. Q more congenial crew cannot be found any- where than the boat shop headed by Chief White. 67 ,JV if my Q- v 4