Wedderburn (DD 684) - Naval Cruise Book

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oeio o X1 iw J- 3.,.i 1 2 E 'TT 'l E 01' Our Visitors S, B171 TIICT QUY On our 1'I?C'0lll Wrerspaxc' 4-ruise, WIEDDERBURN :ui-tml :is :i training Ship for the South Yll'lllJllllI,'Sl' Navy. During the eight weekperiod ol 23 l-'i-lirxmry io l7.'Xp1'il, two recent grad- unh-s of thi- Nawul Acuclemy at Nhatrimg, Smiili Vin-1 Nom. p:1rtic'ip:itecl in on llne min-1-:i1ioiis with the officers of the RRI-2lJlJl-Ll2HI'HN, l-Insigfn Ngo Thong Hung and linsigii lam Tire-1 rguy soon Jlffqlmiiitecl them- sr-l'w:- wilh the vornplflfxilim'-S of Ueslroycr liff-, During lhis pf-riofl, op:-rzitions were f'!Ulf?Hf'f fl in ihf- proximity of their home- l:-nfi. lmring ilu-sw rnissionfs. lheir Command of Ifngjliwh :mfl X'if'txi:irnusr: proved invaluable. lloih line. llimg :mrl lins. Quy hold the Brown will in liqlmaf-, :mfs both men volunteered their own extra time to give lessons in the art of Karate. line.. Hung and Iins. Quy have he-fin IlSSlg TlCfl to Yicftnamese coastal patrol vessf-ls, Vw- hope their experiences on the KR'liIJle1l-ZIil3l'RN will :iid them in their new assignments. :mfl perhaps we will one day mere-1 again as comrades at sea. ENS. NGO THONG HUNG

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Mellmer, SPC M Lane, GMGS Giles, MMCS Gould. EMC Trego. MMC Lisenby, BMC Carlisle, RDC Katzman, YNC Not Present Hunt, BTC Adje, RMC wright, csc '3M'l0 , T e.eee A-Q 5 1 Q C' T as 4. ,, 'Q ' ' 'K Sorm'wlu-re lie-tvs.w-Q-ri the sztlts of the- First Claissquurters :intl the grill! hrziltl ul' til't'it-ers Country. there exists at lm-Q-tl of me-n unique-, l-Inlistt-tl men st-ltlom see them outslclf- of tlllLll'lf'I s, Quill linsigns ft-:ir them. Uutwurclly, they girl- .1 llLll'ill, '-lltll'1J Quill point'-ally spoken men, with :in innumerllilf- numht-r ul' auiswt-rs to :my question pt-rtztining to their rgite, their Navy, :intl especially their liln-rty, l'hf-re is only one waxy to mzike Chief Petty tiffim-r .intl th.tt's from the bottom up. After :ill the yvgirs ml' work, tho- te:-its, :tml thc' qtl:lliflC:ltlOllS l't'flllll't,'fl to make gixula-s li-T, li-Fi, :incl li-9 it ls little wonder xvhv they suv that it is the Chiefs who run the Nzivy, Ho it shoultl he, for their experience. zihility, and devotion make- the-se me-nthe rf-nl h:ieklione:mrl prime movers of the Nnvul St-rviev. Un our Steaming Gun the greatest numlwr of hillt-ts go to the Chlefsln Engineering. ln short they mln either effeet miracles, Or talk sweet words to keep Ole .1XI'leigh steaming the vvuv she times. We have at Chief Gunner to see that our guns fire straight and true. :incl a Chief Boatswuin to keep Werltl looking top notch. lt takes Z1 lot of know- how :mtl experience to keep communications up. For this we have 11 Chief Rarlioman to keep the circuits tuned, and a Chief Rzifiarman to see with his scope when our eyes can not. To keep all the vital records the Chief Yeomnn is forever turning the page in the Ships Office. And just to make sure all these Ole Salts eat well, we have Fl Chief Commissaryman. Quite a group of men whose total years of service exceeds nine times the nine lives of any cat. ll X ..-..

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