Midway (CVA 41) - Naval Cruise Book

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' ' £ 4- - 1 Mjl B Jl Ens. T. B, Ikard; Ens. D. E. Salvon ; LTjg, C. A Ens. T. B. Ginsburg. J, W. Bucalo; LTjg. J. E. Peterson; Ens. L. W. Decker; Hum . . . they said 0800 THIS morning ! (TOFi: Murphv, J. N. ; Krawetz. H. A. ; Colvin, K. A. ; Booe, W. K. ; (.MIDDLE) : Robertson, R. B. ; Bagos, J. L. ; Chastain. C. W. ; Sears, L. U. ; Notestine, J. M. ; Russo, G. ; (KNEKLINGi: Mil- ligan, R. W. ; Blankenship, R. D. ; Nelson, J. B. ; Cutright. N. R. After Acrid rebuilt tiis home and found a new woman, lie again experimented with communications. He never found the answer, but years later an American named Morse did and OR division took its place in the Navy. The men of OR man the ears of the ship — its ex- ternal communications. They man teletypes and radios, transcribing everything that concerns the Midway and routing it to its appropriate spot on the ship.

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(TOP) ■ Ferrier W. T. ; Cash. C. L. ; Correa, R. E. ; Linton, J. H. ; Hunsaker. B. C. ; Langhoff. J. N. (MIDDLE) : Toliver, T. A. ; Maddox. R. A. Ingram ' , W. L. ; ' Bales, D. M. ; Dalrymple, J. C. ; Boyd, D. L. (KNEELING) ; Parker. J. R. ; Hoffman, L. ; Lobre, P. Nelson. J. B. ; Mackin, G. Grau. D. E. ' Just another Op Immediate 168 Acrid, grandson of Krai, was the first man to sail a log out of shout- ing distance of land. This brought up problems in communications with his shore-based woman. Acrid decided that he would sail just far enough away from land to where he could not hear or see his woman clearly, and then she could try several ways to signal him. Just after he had taken his station and started peering at the shore, a large bonfire signalled out to him. Thinking his wife a genius, he quickly paddled back to shore to congratulate her. Little did he know what a genius she really was. When he arrived home he found that she was not only the first communicator in the world, but she had discovered that roast pig was better than raw, and that straw houses make the finest kindling. Lcdr. P. R. Streich Communications Officer

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LTjg. J. E. Peterson OS Division Officer The art of signalling, like the art of writing, is as old as history. Alexander used it in his con- quest of the world and Caesar added a few refine- ments and used it in his own conquests. It remained a crude system however until the last few centuries. Paul Revere, a famous early-American jockey, was the first to popularize the signalling rate in the United States. The U. S. added the Morse Code, refined the semaphore and the signalman had all the tools needed to send any message. OS Division handles all of the visual signalling for the ship. They use signal flags, shapes, flashing light, and Nancy (not to be confused with shapes) to relay both tactical and general informa- tion signals. (TOP) : Poe, J. A. ; Humphrey, L. R. ; Edenfield, J. A. ; Matlock, J. P. ; Jones, L. D. ; White, L. ; (BOTTOM) : Sterrett, J. M. ; Murphy, G. V. Mixon, C. D. ' ; Obele, J. P. 170