Navarro (APA 215) - Naval Cruise Book

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3rd Division Dawn breaks over the Happy Nav in a guiet and peaceful ocean somewhere west of Pearl. By its first light we see Pete Orlo- vich sitting on the fantail in deep thought. He is wondering if his girl is still waiting for him, now that she has met Quigley. And down in the compartment Zasada C But Captain, l only rate two ribbons J is telling Lover Melvin and Seaman Councilman how he does everything by hand. Pickin Pagan is telling anyone who will listen how, pure boy he is, he only left the ship once in the entire cruise and that was to go on Shore Patrol. He will certainly be un- happy when he finds he has the duty the first week-end in the states. Watchstander Davis is getting ready to stand the morning watch. Bock Trinidad is telling Dad Brawl all about his extra long leave in the Philippines. And over in a far corner we find Cowboy Quigley shin- ing his badge and bemourning the fact that he has lost his iron horse. lennings is al- ready up in line for sick call. Hood is read- ing a letter from Yokosuka. Allen is looking for sills. Kamantigue is asking Bos'n White how to go about getting an allotment started. IT Lamm is telling Hooiser how it is bound to cost a little more when you go first class. Cld Man Campbell has a Brown Bag- ger corner and is telling how he really runs things at his house. The vacuum cleaner, the mixmaster, the washing machine, etc. Butch Caston and Bramhall CDare Any- oneb are on their knees shooting craps. Bay is telling Booty how to pull an inex- pensive liberty. Henry Ford is telling Straub that he might as well get over his short timers attitude. And up in the Cap- tain's Cabin there is Boot Burson telling the Captain that some Chief Boatswain's Mate in the Operations Department Office told him that he would find Mr. Pavese there. Front Row, from left: BRAMI-IALL, J. E., MELVIN, M. W., ALLEN, R. L., KAMANTIGUIE, E. s., mc PAVESE, RAY, K. E., TRINIDAD, R. P., STRAUB, R. P., BuRsoN, C. w., sec- ond Row: JENNINGS, L. A. Jr., BRAWL, J. E., HAMACHER, F. J., ORLOVICH, P.lf W. A., LAMM, J. T., BOOTY, J. E. C. T., DAVIS, R. L., cAstoN, C. Is., HOOD, III, CAMPBELL, R. C., zAsADA, P. E., WHITE,

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Front Row, from left: HAWKINS, L., BROADHURST, R. D., DAVIS, G. D., MARTIN, J. E., FISK, R. W., CHARLES, R. L. Jr., Second Row, from left: ENS. RADZIEJ, NASH, J. S., MUNIZ, C. A., MYERS, R. L., MILNER, J. G., COPE, D., RAMERIZ, A., SHARP, W. L., LONG, D. T., Third Row: RHOADS, E. R., LAUGHERTY, T. C., MURPHY, R. L., CAMPBELL, S. J., BARROW, W. F., MORRIS, H. E. of the Stbd. Wellin Davits, while Eagle Eye Gaunt Watches the port ones. Baldy Brown, the gig Coxswain, controls No. l hatch and I-lard Luck Harmon, the serniprotessional M.A.A., is gen- erally found around No. 4 hatch. V. P. Minnecif' gets around, being in charge of the boats. That Old Square Knotterf' Hart- man, has jurisdiction over our living compartment. During the Cruise we were blessed with 3 Navy luniorsf' Buchanan came thru with a boy. Broadhurst and Mr. Badziej, our division officer, who passed out cigars a Week later, both had girls. A story oi the Division is incomplete without a bouquet to Quigley, now in 3rd Division and Minneci's helper, Mother F lan- agan !

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First' Row, from left: DELA CRUZ, D. lnl, SPENCE, D. R., LTJG ZEMENE, LAURENT, E. L., PICKENS, H. R., Second Row: FREDERICKSON, R. E., PERSONS, W. J., THURSTON, G. E., THOMPSON, M. D., BOLT, J. F. 4th Division REVEILLE and PICKENS is astir? Good Grief that means one of two things either he won another acey-duecy game last night, or we're entering the channel. Pappa San DELA CRUZ - the combination of over- acting at Gab Gab Beach, and getting some blood into his alcohol stream was just too much. Even though he maintains that it was a left-handed beer bout, the fact remains that it takes a four hand working party to cart him from his bunk to the coffee mess. Who is that lanky, skinny shadow pour- ing over the Ordnance Gang from the morning watch till IGSO? Why, Freddie the Eire Controlman of course. Bhudda-Belly Bodenhammer, the only surviving mess cook of the Last Supper whose disdain for odorous, noisy :berthing compartments and whose efforts towards rectifying this condition is unending, is soon to give up this glorious Canoe for his snake pit on the beach. 'T ' All that muttering on the fantail, when translated, is just Whitecalf assuring him- self that if his Grandpappy had this 5 !38, he'd have put the Paleface on Reservations. If jack Benny Person would just stop to think a little more about? this aviation electrician business, he'd soon realize that Any fool can make a rate, but only God can make a Gunner's Mate. Our truest representative of the Lone Star State, Thompson, that lost wetback , really is a cowboy. Kind and human, gives his horse plenty of rest. All that activity on the aft gun deck - could it be that Laurent has that much inter- est in his striker's instruction and well-be- ing? At any rate, Spence, baby of the division, must have paid close attention to his Sea Daddy , for he made the highest grade in the group on the E-3 exam. And what's with this refugee from the third division, Bolt? Can the deck force pro- duce a potential Educated Gunner's Mate. I-Ias Thirsty Thurston finally realized that the distilleries make the stuff faster than he can drink it? Or maybe, as he says, he's just trying to drink it all up so the rest of us will stay sguared away. ,And a warning to one and all, hither and yon, if you've got any Playboys you haven't read, I-IIDE 'EM QUICK here comes Mr. Zemene with that hungry, haunted look? Or perhaps he's just loking for his ILLUS- TRIOUS WI-IIPPING DOG. Silent Willy Willburn, one of the finest Gunner's Mates and the division's most recent Brownbagger was more interest- ed in mail call than liberty call. A