Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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LT. J. S. Oster OC Division Officer (TOP) : Stewart. R. D Bondzio, D. J. ; Bystro BOTTOM) Yesterday it was a man standing on a rickety platform waving two bright paddles at a bi-plane approacliing at 35 miles per hour. Today it is several men sitting in a darkened room peering at and talking to little blips ' on the radar scope in front of them. The blips each represent a jet aircraft moving in excess of 120 miles per hour. The time between yesterday and today in this in- stance is no more than 20 years, but in that time faster planes and more concentrated flight opera- tions have brought into being one of our newest divisions, OC.

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LT. E. L. Geraldson OA Division Officer ■ T| gBpMlj l lt 1 P y ■ ' g c ' ■1 ' i g i. 1 C rr.; IPP ip 1 , ,■ Krai, son of Krai, the world ' s first sailor, sailing around the lake in his log one day made an amazing discovery. By wetting his finger and holding it up in the air, he could tell from which direction the wind was blowing. By adding wind direction to the intensity of the pain in the joint of his big toe, Kra! was able to ascertain when a storm was coming and when he had to get his log to safety. Thus was born the Navy ' s weather team, a portion of which is OA Division. OA Division contains the ship ' s weather guessers. Their job is to provide pertinent and thorough meteor- ological information to the Admiral, Captain, squad- rons and to fleet weather channels. OA Division claims their predictions are lOO o ' correct . . . it ' s just that the timing may be a little off. (STANDING): Trosper, J. C. ; Engdahl, C. A. ; Zion, R. R. ; Rasmussen, R. L. ; Cross. M. K. ; Brown, A. E. ; Autery. I R ; Jones. M. 0. ; (MIDDLEi : Fryman. E.. AGC ; Meyers. P. S. ; Claffy, W. L. ; Wehan. J. E. ; Garcia, O. ; Donahue, R S • LT E. L. Geraldson ; i BOTTOM i : Mazur, F. A. ; Pelayo, D. ; Schileker. J. H. SVvVvX Vw - . .,; mTm

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The men of OC division man Air Operations and Carrier Controlled Approach. In CCA, they guide each plane right up to the edge of the flight deck, where the Landing Signal Officer (the man with the paddles) takes over and talks the approaching plane in the rest of the way (the paddles have been replaced with a microphone). Light the fires, kick the tires and ri! be back in a minute ! (TOPi : Hedreson, L.L. ; Day. F. C. ; Nelson, F.E. ; Carroll. L. A. : Hagerman. G. W : Protecter, J. F,. (MIDDLE): Wilber, R. F. Beavers, W, D. ; Porter, U. J. ; Schmldl. T. J.. ACC. ; iBOTTOM) : Carpenter. K, X ; .Manning, J. L. ; Lockart, L. H.