Pine Island (AV 12) - Naval Cruise Book

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HUTTERBG ' lx UL The cllck chck of a camera around the shlp became so fam1l1ar that ID March under the sponsorshlp of the Captam and the energnes of Archxe M Broome YNT2 the Shutterbug Club was formed EHllSt1DU members was easy a note 1n the plan of the day took care of that Then they came from Operatlons A1r Supply Deck and Endmeers untzl fmally the club boasted a membershlp of over 100 Once the machlnery Was set up the Shutterbugs Went to work hundreds of rolls of fllm Were purchased hterally thousands of m1les were covered ln order to take pxctures Yards of exposed fllm were developed and reams of negatlves were prmted not to mentlon the cost mvolved accompllshments made and the hundreds of hours spent ln dark room Work The club Wlll help to preserve the lastlng memory of our CIUISC on the PINE ISLAND of the people we saw thelr customs rellglons and the scenery of the places vlslted Someday these photos wlll brmg back pleasant thoughts of the good tunes We had the good frlends we made and the USS PINE ISLAND R A Lacayo YNTSN ' 0 o as Q I ! 9 , C u K Q 1 l . X . , , . U, c u , . . A D 7 J V 1 V s 1 5 y . I V , , 1 , Q I 0 9 A ku I I 2 ' 9 , - . . A . . . o A 0 0 f 2 7 1 1 A . . . I . A- e e -- - ' I ' X 1 ... 1 . - - - ' r -

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sage' 9'52151555155zijffffi4:mfr-iffif-:':ff:2-2-ra'Z11'fif:f'.4121: -- : -,-'f 1-1'-f-1-A -------- TRAINING - The wisest thing, we suppose I That a man can do for his land .Is the work that. lies under his nose, i with the toois that me under fhis hand. RUDYARD KIPIQING' - ' p I The Training Officerlwas probably the most misunderstood man on the ship with his funny ideas that'Training Reports should be due on Friday of every week and-at the i end of the month. Everyone had his own ideas about this, so much so, itseems, that it drove the training yeoman to atour of mess cooking to 'get away from all the headaches. ' The. l the woes of little sign, assured PERSONN EL. ' On leaving the ship for his daily Office at' Iwakuni to give them-the he was usually greeted with What ' . The crew was briefed- by operating areas, with the topics with the natives, and howto how quickly the men adjusted was taken to heart -literally. ' - Intelligence was also an their eagerness at the daily shown, and discussed at lehgth. 3iSO .100- could hide away from Office where a UNAUTHORIZED . S. Air Force Intelligence help fight the war in Korea again? V - prior to arrival at all, new information on how to get along prelationsg By observation on 'at Iwakuni, this information gun mount crews as evidenced by the best in -recognitionslides was .J. Boulger, Lt.

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' li' I7 l '-' fi 1A Vb'lQ ' ' ' ' f 3:55-iff 1 sf' ,r ' t A-DAY TO BE REMEMBERED ' Q T ' Many -men still remember when Lieut., Boulger was I shore patrol officer on the first trip to Kure and he unintentionally mistook a public bath house for ua dance hall and decided to give it a, check to see' if. everything was on the up and sup. It came almostuas a great shock to him, to see that he was in a large ,room with between thirty to forty' young Japanese- women standing in the nude engaging in conversation, showering or 'bathing in the sunken bath tubs or pools. The women just looked over at him H with no concern at all' and continued with what they were doing, while 'Lieut. Boulger was busily engaged in considering how best to make a graceful retreat. When asked about the affair at a later time hereplied that he was Just collecting a little Intelligence material . ' ' ' ' n p l . V 96 on 5--3 I a - i wHATx NO TIP? I -In connection ,with the production of this cruise book inthat fabulous city of Hong Kong, Lieut. Boulger, Joe'K0stal and Bernie Steing alighted from a taxi 'in front of the American Consulate Building, and while p 6 f paying the-cab driver the amount indicated on the 7meter, tl' -they wereinformedby him that the fare should read .one I dollar more than that registered. Knowing it to be a D W I , holdup- but desiring to leave a tip, he was paidqthe extra NI-7' d0g61'-HThsVhPa?'-lcgf ciime. when he called them back 5 Q than sal - at. io, ip.', , C 5,9 'msg 9 ' J. H. Boulger, Lt. L! ' f -'r i 4 102'- Qzimnz.-..,,.-.,,,,,,:ww fmmf:--v . -W-1-rw.-vl.-mn-rw-aw.-Ifnw-fwzfss-:t-i3wfw-ii-W---ii-e---i-iw an-if mi .i im' ,,..,T?ilT iii 'mm' I I- 4