Navarro (APA 215) - Naval Cruise Book

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Hong Kong - The Pearl of the Orient! Central district of Hong Kong as seen from The Peak? Top photo: 'The Sea Palace, floating restaurant. Bottom photo: Refugees from Red China prefer to live as Squat- ters here rather than behind the Bamboo Curtain. Many Hong Kong gals reminded us of our sisters at home.

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FRONT ROW: SUTTON SN, HERNANDEZ SN, GARDNER GRABBE SN, STAATS SN, JOHNSON FN, NORQUEST SN FN, KELLY FN, ANGELOFF SN, REVELE FN, OAKMAN BROYLES FN, CONNALLY SN, OGG BMI, LTQJGQ S.B SN. BACK ROW: LCDR R.J. TANNONE, BELSER CS2, ISOLA. MESS COUK

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FRONT ROW: HAMILTON YN3, MARTINEAU PN3, BLANKENSHIP PC3. BACK ROW: CHOATE PN2, COURTNEY YN3, DEAN PNSN, MANANQUIL YNC, ENS A. E. BECKER. I X -DI VISION Three yeomen and three personnelmen comprise the Ship's Office team. Yeomen specialize in administrative and legal work such as the routine of incoming mail to the appropriate departments concerned and maintenace of the central files. The most challenging and difficult tasks assigned to the, yeomen are investigations and courts - martial reporting. Chief MANANQUIL, 'fl-I o n c h o 'A, spends many working hours filling his position and Ship's Secretary and general supervisor of the clerical field. HAMILTON YN3, can be found hard at work with the many chores assigned to him as correspondence yeoman, Or in the office tiding up his desk. Yeoman 3rd Class COURTNEY HCALIF. FATS spends much of the days time with the many technicalities. which arise much- too-often as legal yeoman. ' The personnelmen maintain the personnel service records up-to-date. Any changes effecting their pay allowances, such as promotions to the next higher grade or rate, marriages, births in their families, etc., are appropriately recorded in their service records and the ship's diary. CHOAT E PN2, commonly referred to by his men as Pappy , has spent over twenty years of his life serving his country honor- ably. His job as leading personnelman is being filled quite adequately. Personnelman Seaman Tex DE AN, although newly assigned to the Ship's office, quickly grasped a working knowledge of the personnelman rate. He handles the issuing of I.D. Sz liberty cards, entries of completed training courses, plus other miscellaneous entries in the personnel service records. Mouse MARTINEAU PN3, who is third member of the personnelmen gang, handles the receipt and transfer of incomingfoutgoing personnel. He also computes the daily ration report and handles the ship's diary.