Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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The guided missileman has come into his own with advanced techniques of modern warfare. Planes doubling the speed of sound now carry weapons that mean instantaneous death to the enemy, and it is the duty of LT Molnar ' s crew to assemble and ready the missile for its flight under silvery wings. Most of their work is done behind closed doors, but the sight of the sharp-nosed needle- like weapons is a constant re- minder that MIDWAY stands ready as the most formidable fighting machine yet seen in Pacific waters.

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FRONT ROW: Robertson, F.G., Arwine, R.H., Esrey, T.H., Mathews, R.L., Tilton, CD., Kyle, R.C., Heath, S.R., Kelsey, R.C., Lt J.J. Molnar, WOl Tether, Lumpkin, N.M., Conner, H.F., Padilla, S.D., Goodrich, J.R., Buckalew, W.C., Herbert, E.T. SECOND ROW: Brown, R.J., Hicks, K.D., Williams, K.R., Walls, G.A., Ellingson, B.R., Van Allen, D.L., Burgess, J., Eggleston, D.J., Cooke, G.R., Hulett, H.R., Schnepf, J.E.

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r - ' . - : 4 «• ' « «fi 404 . — . r rt a - » ■ jH . J S - J t «4 E. F rcf K J ts % JvijAsi Di £ 1 . A FRONT ROW: Padua, M., Wilson, L., Bond, F., Scarlett, R., McNall, D., Endriss, D., Puruis, H., Mull, T., Almeida, B., Desmare, G., Koehnke, E. Northup, H., Harrington, J., Wainwright, K. SECOND ROW: Boggie, E., Harrison, G., Lawerence, D„ Golimoski, R., McDaniel, B., Rose, W. Gorball, O., CWO Paul Jones, Lt Bob Ennis, Ltjg Serge Kalinowsky, Chamis, J., Johnson, R., Waltemire, D., Bulot, F., Cramer, J., Anderson, B. Hopkins, W. THIRD ROW: Keightly, J., Kaiser, D., Krantz, P., Donaldson, B., Witherspoon, G., Bertalotto, J., Huffman, P., Schauble, R. Martin, R., Daniels, P., Heath, B., Goad, D., Kennedy, T., Whitney, C. Fifty-four won ' t train send a man on the double . Sky Three won ' t lock on check it out. Three three won ' t go into automatic --get hot! Complaints similar to these are old stuff to Lt. Bob Ennis and his Fox Division men. Charged with ensuring top notch performance of all the fire-control equipment, long hours are spent iron- ing out the bugs and idiosyncrasies inherent in such complicated electronic gear. Aerology, in their job of gathering wind information for shoots and Air Ops draws an assist from Fox. Balloons are tracked and data recorded daily to supply the latest information available. The Fox Division gang works long and hard, but there ' s always the Gunnery E in their sights, and should it be won, they can stand for a deep bow. 92