Wisconsin (BB 64) - Naval Cruise Book

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t th Division llllIllllWl00 WIQWOWWl llllllllllllllllllll 1 1 I I i I - l LTJC J. G. FITZ GERALD Division Ofhcer 5 Battery Officer ENS R. E. PRESTON fr. Division Officer FRONT Row: J. R. The Fourth Division, sometimes known as C'Fitz7s Fueling Fools or 'gWiscy7s Best Five-lnchersf' has one of the Hnest collections of characters on the ship. At the outset of the Far Eastern Cruise the division gained two new ofiicers and some sixty new men. The first part of the rebuilding job was to find a P.P.O. This was done by drafting E. B. Waldrop from the 5th Division and from then on the job was easy. Anytime you want a chit signed or something comeshawed just drop up to Mount 52 and see Hank Kurtz-youill have no trouble. The fourth also has a great group of liars who match wits in their daily gear-locker meetings. Drop in sometime and swap RCGICY, E- F- Strader, C. S. Williams. G. Huddleston. NTIDDLE Iliiow: J.. M. Davenport, J. G. Ripley, H. W. Kurtz, J. W. Nabors, R. Storozuk, . H. Prieskorn. BACK ROW: D. C. Schau, G. Moss, A. F. Hogberg, L. Malek, D. J. Warner, E. J, Scheuplien, J, Lavine, .4 i .

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l9'R0N'l' ROW: R. VV. Smiley. J. WY. Parsley. S. W. Smith, C. ll. flllilIIllJt'I'lL1lH, Cl, S. llvnm-lt. li. lf. Stock. NIIDDLE Row: F. ll. Knoll. F. L. Ford. J. F. Nli-Gee. W. Hit-kalmugln, .L Ure-vo. Nl. A. Puzienzu. R. P. La Forest, C. K. Hornsnell. R. YY . Tonnaiser. Nl. R. llziiwlovxi. Bxmk Hou 1 J. .-X. Xlnrgizm. H. W. Stephens, C. L. Smyinois. R. Lf. Jasinski. R. K. Foley. R. ll, Schultz. li. lf. Robinson. li. O. l,11voie. 7 ' ' ich J. K. Desklns. ,l. Nl. Lol a tale or two with Cahail, Bullard. Chamberlain. Mc- Guire, and Ripley and you'll undoubtedly come out a poor second. A boxing brigade was formed under coach Jim McGee. Strict rules are kept: plenty of sleep, eating and exercise, and Jim has plenty of volunteers. ln a more serious vein the Fourth Division patrols the port side from main deck to the 02 level and bristles with 5 twin 5 f38 mounts, whose primary job is anti-aircraft defense and secondary job shore bombardment. The deck force has had many sleep- less nights dreaming about the port accommodation ladder, the motor whaleboat and the port waist boom but most of all Drake, Smith, Jula, Ripley and Grimes will remember rigging sea painters. One thing always stands out in the Fourth Division deck hand's mind, their quarterdeck has Ping An Low, Hai. Lee and anything else you desire which canit be said by too many divisions rlhe Fourth Division lays lndisputable claims to the highest morale on the ship with its slogan of More liberty more leave, more parties and more work ringing out loud and true A Wil., SL -'s W R IDS4 oo 00 'I X QW L No. i I i 4. ,7 f U Sense me slr' .1 47 'ml -.,