Saipan (LHA 2) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ag AW, +1 gi:- V-3 DIVISICN V-3 Division runs SAIPAN'S oircroff honger boy. While oT seo, we ore up before down preboring for The doy's lounch. We work Through The doy moving helicobTers up ond down ond sToy up inTo The nighT unTil The losT bird hos londed i ts V F .ui ond is sofely choined To The deck. ln The honger boy you heor, llBreok 'er Down , 'Pump 'er Up , 'Chocks ond Choins , os blue ond yellow shirfed oirmen sworm The decki Soffey men blow Their whisfles ond check for sofe cleor- A . LT Budweg ' LTJG Willioms ABH4 GillenwoTer ABT-ll MorTln ABH3 Dioz ABH3 Moson ABH3 MonTgomery ABH3 Nunes ABHAN Brown AN Compbell ABHAN Cholsy AN Chombers once, The division officer chews his whisTle ond frowns, The LPO bellows ouT orders ond sighs wiTh relief os onofher bird is sofely choined To The deck. IT's on overoge doy for on AB in The honger boy. Y A UP f f, -QMS an jg

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V-4 DIVISICDN f J i 0 4, I ' 'X li ' v s x 3, Q yi D, do-' fm k,lQ ' ..-.- ,.,, ...,..-.. r ,, , .,-,W W A LT Scott ABFC Willioms ABF4 Fiscus ABF2 Long ABF3 Antell ABF3 Federovich ABF3 Hoyes ABF3 Hutcherson ABF3 Short ABF3 Thomos V-A hdndles fuel. When o helicopter idnds on Soipdn, the purple shirted men of V-A run out ond pump her full of JP-5. We weor purple jerseys ond they coll us grdpes, but we hondie fuel. We receive it, store it, purify it, test it ond then we deliver it right to the helicopter while it is still turning on the flight deck. We move fost ond work hord, dnd when we ore not keeping the helos flying, we ore pusy mdintdining dll the pumps, purifiers, filters ond volves thot we use to complete our mission. There is no self service on Sdipon ivloru, V-A hdndles the fuel, ond we don't do the windows.