St Louis (LKA 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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XDI I IO This smiling and congenial staff of incompetents are here to serve you at all times. From these bright UD, capable 171 fellas you can acquire an immediate honorable discharge, orders to an island of wine, women and song and the women outnumber the men nine to one, have your mast cases mysteriously vanish, become divorced and clear of all dependents and the little woman for free, anyfall of these and more if the price is right. Or if you leave it up to them, they may screw it up in good time themselves at no cost to you. Ens Newman is the latest in a long line of Personnel Officers who have wrestled with these problems, as well as other irate shipmates, who have gotten some of these previously mentioned fringe benefits by mistake and find it is harder to unchange than it is to change. When speaking to PNC Croft, tell him what you need and then listen closely, guy, cuz if you miss it the first time, that's too damn bad. PN3 Salmon and his wonderdog PNSN Duncan handle the enlisted men's records while YN2 Smith, YN3 Morrow, YN3 I-Iovey, YNSN Tyson, YNSN Parr, and SN Shields feel around in the dark with the officers' records. These are the fearless breed who laugh at crisis, chuckle at catastrophe and sneer at danger. This is a good thing because crisis after catastrophe after dangerous situation continuously threatened ship's office as deadlines, due dates, etc. were sweated out and nearly, but not quite, missed by Mr. Newman and the pen pushers. P NG 4',, 1 3 u Di F i f ' 1 V Q 'Uh-ssh 'sx :7 D I.. r LTJG RODRIGUEZ YN3 HOVEY, YN3 SMITH, YN2 OVIEDO, PNC CROFT, PN3 SALMON, YN1 LILLY, YNSN TYSON, PN2 GORDON, NC1 CURRY

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