Badoeng Strait (CVE 116) - Naval Cruise Book

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' j ' t: a W - - . . 29} a. fl ad s t R a T o LCDR J. D. Kees, Supply Officer Eifert, Hunter and Chief Strouse grind out the routine paper work in the Supply Office. You speak price- nei ? Jensen and Post examine their merchandise in the Oriental Trading Post. Chief Delaundis, ENS Singer and Kelly hand out Ze filthy ucre to a willing :rew. The Supply Department does the procuring, receiving, stowing, issuing, shipping, transferring, selling, accounting and while in custody, the maintenance of all stores and spare equipment of the ship.

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Now where is that prop wash ? Says Holmes as Jackson, Brown and Moncrief catalog and account for aviation storeroom material. Though often cussed and scorned S-l Division batiks as hard as the men on the gun mounts in their efforts to keep the right kind and the right number of supplies on board. Whether it be an aircraft part, a left-handed monkey wrench or red tail light grease that you need, these are the men that get it if they don ' t have it. Not only does S-l order all the Bing Ding ' s supplies, they also have to receive them, record them, store them, issue them and use them. They wage a constant fight with red tape and paperwork. But one thing is certain and that is the S-l men furnish the cohesion that holds the ship and its aircraft together and in shape to fulfill their mission. Neff, Huffman and Palmer check in some gizmos for the whatcha-call its in GSK. From Row : CT. Holmes, W. H. Moncrief, ENS E. M. Neal, L. R. Scrouse H. A. Vincent, C. E. Larson Second Row : A. Bernardino, G. P. Morgareidge, L. D. Huffman, A. G. Yarbrough A.J. Baca, N. L. Brown, W. H. Hunter Third Row: C. Palmer, A.J. Eifert, R. A. Bulleit. J. P. Celano, B. W. Jackson I. W. Neff