Walke (DD 723) - Naval Cruise Book

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Ol DIVISICN Lt Fortenberry, Anderson, Denkowicz, Johnsen, Foster, Staples, Meyer, Wollman, Lt Cjgl Fulk, Davis, Ens Fuchs, Vaughn, Williams, Walter, Jaye, Petty, Courtney. Ol Division-Operations and Intelligence-includes the radarmen and the electronics technicians, commonly known as HET's.,, The radarmen, standing watches in combat in- formation center, take part in just about every exercise or function of which the ship is a part. By coordinating the tactical situation as seen on their radar scopes with the story as received on as many as five voice radio circuits, the radarmen hold down a vital job and are justly proud of their rate. The ET's are the technicians, servicing the gear which radar- men and radiomen utilize in their functions. A handful of ET's must maintain several radar repeaters, radars, radio transmitters, and receivers, and they are on call at any time to search through countless Wires, fuses, and tuhes to locate the troubles which inevitably ap- pear. They, too, are justly proud. .,:g,. .:. ' g ww ' 5,:.',fgw, , , 3' - ,A . I v If ' -9. , it 1:05, -Vg nj? ' Z' ' ' -J:-JE' ' W p -2 T'?'fTy7,'5.f - y'g r' ' ms.-..f.r f ,. . 'f ' f?f QC-APS! fa'--3.r'vf' th e- 1 l ,s-twill tal -ffuw 95 - H :lm 'i f f

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OC DIVISICN Lt Fortenberry, Richardson, Howard, McCormack, Wyatt, Cook, Bahorich, Fraser, Lt Cjgl Adoff, Londean, Ens Thompson, Ditrneyer, Castro, Russell, Moore, Heller, Bass, Lindberg, Richard, Mendez, Mark. Radiomen, signalmen, administrative personnel, personnelmen, and yeomen. What a com- posite! The signalman, tanned and wind-whipped, constantly scanning the surrounding ships for any signal to change course, take station, or just 'ctalkn with flashing lights . . . The radio- man, pale, looking off into space as a string of dots and dashes sounds in his earphones, mak- ing sense to no one but himself . . . Then the pencil-pushersf' handling the man from cradle to the grave as far as his naval career is concerned . . . This is the montage of the OC Division. Our radiomen have reason to-walk proudly. More complimentary remarks to them this trip than to any other radio gang in the division. Around the clock, they held contact with our sister ships, keeping us informed of what they were doing and they of us. They brought us our news, and even our music. Out at sea, the world had a radius to the horizon of about fifteen miles on a clear day, but the radiomenis invisible Wires reached over thousands of miles to keep us up with the outside World. The signalmen were just as important, though in a more local sense, teaching our new watch officers what each flag signal meant so that we might keep our proper station, and sending out and receiving the local messages. lt sounds routine, but it wasn't. Theirs is a job that has to be done in all kinds of weather. , ,, .. .V ,- ' '--- 5,-.5 W, if i.,r- . . - 1 v , 3.-gm-,-L, - ff f ' f 'f is ,fziifuifi 5135 '5 5ft1t7i '? '??i 'e , M' r txfi,. .. ft fi '1 r ffN f- 't ' - ..f14't'1 ' l E v i ..-.-.,..,,,,