Norton Sound (AVM 1) - Naval Cruise Book

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Front Leonard, F. E., DTI, Timberlake, R. W., LCDR, Dentist, Rozan, G. H., LT Doctor Veach, C. W., HMC. Second: Ramich, A. C., DT2g Cozzens, J. A., HM3 Gardner R. A., HM2. Back: Dewitt, D. W., HN, Marks, H. D., HM3. There are two reasons why these divisions exist. One is prevention, the other patching. It is rightly felt that prevention is the more important, since if preven- tion were 1007-, thorough, patching would not be neces- sary. This is not, however, attainable, so we haventhe patchers: Drs. Timberlake and Rozan, and the several Dental Technicians and Hospital Corpsmen. A cruise to or through tropical climate requires extra vigilance and extra protection. Thus we were all ad- ministered booster shots of various types early in the cruise. Pills for ills might be the motto of H Divi- sion for, indeed, most ailments common to sickbay can be cured or prevented with them. Of considerable importance to a person's general disposition and welfare are his teeth. Thus our D Division repairs and fills the teeth we have, or, if need be, makes us new ones.

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LCDR Robert W TIMBERLAKE D.D.S. Emory UHiV6FS1ty LT Gerald H ROZAN M.D., Temple University DENTAL MEDICAL FWF'

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i NAVIGATION There are two rates in the Navigation Department - Quartermaster and Signalman. The Navigator, LT Steve RALPH, Jr., is Department Head as Well as Division Officer, since there is only one Division - N Divi- sion - in the Department. That one division, however, is highly important. The Quartermasters plot our courses and theoretically know our position at all times. They are the ones who say that our estimated time of arrival CETAJ at some point is to be a certain hour, and they have not put out bum dope yet. We usually arrive at our point anywhere from one to several hours ahead of schedule. The Signalmen come into their own only when we are steaming in formation, or when we are in a port with other ships. ,Their job is to transmit messages over visual distances by signal flags or blinker lights and to handle the signal pennants, the colorful flags that mean so much. The Navigator is, however, the man responsible for the ship's position. LT RALPH is, as he once said, The only man on the ship who can tell the Captain where to head in.