Berkshire Community College - Falconer Yearbook (Pittsfield, MA)

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e . I- Brace up, mister! were strange words to be saying, but welcome after a whole year on the receiving end. Emuinmal was in an new silencing -mgasrninn MOST of us went on leave or cruise, but one group had the run of the Regiment for four weeks. We Yea F urlauyh! The bus was crowded but 'it made little zlwerenee since 'we 'were llomewartl bound took over the main office and the striper organiza- tion, and soon realized that seniority has its re- sponsibilities. The new plebes were beginning to pour in but we were to avoid them until their initial training had been completed. That summer found us testing all our new privileges with the zeal of the initiated. Many of us who had planned to drag every weekend suddenly realized that four dollars a month per- mitted a maximum of but one social event be- tween paydays. All in all, Youngster Summer was a happy experience. The leave was long, the academics easy, and the cruise not nearly so rugged as predicted. JUNE 3-6, 194.2 '-.. ..N i' -if . , 1' ll , ,V During the 'month we had the Academy to ourselves we stood almost watch on watch. THE FLEET STRUCK BACK AT MIDWAY , 1-1, :gf . X igfqcgi M 'QiqlwT'!'l1Z 5 ' . yea, slits' T y tzfiiio . T T ' . .1,..e-pw. ,Nl-?.a ,f -.X - 13 , ,,,,-' v'-uf.. ,av wlifiwxil an- tvs ' XNL'u:..i,-.5-' Q I Al-ML ,wx 4 - -- Vu-',,.fT - M A f, f.,,1,:,-a,l--L-V N-, 1 -1.1 Q--.1. -1 - , ' up L13 -w--If wr .,4zfi.:3 . I , ai- 33!:e-1f,.iq, ' 'Lak L' - ' . . l --h. nga I L MMA JJ-if, 7 ,-Shen , ' . in Q. 'Qxl:,A.f V'g11x,.g . Q' I ., Vg ,H , , Huff' :,..Q-:v '. ,5'-A. I ' if-:Big T T ' if TSS? 5' .A lf T1 514' ,Lil mtiili. A. qfg:f,i,V.' .Til -ir?- z5'::' ::iii:-if .T M Y Y ., , .T-..Ll.f. JJ: -1- ln. 5 -lzl 'gpg J, 4 LY .LZ Y-V?,.?,-i,...,a-Y - f-5-if 1- p,w , To T T T V 'I -f'W':4.QflL.-f---- .i-:+f'?.i,: T -y , 'f T , T . .:. , ,. T -ef . mslsrw. f, , ' . . . . ag.-.,. .ff ce bk EELL.--ET .. ...ga . . , -. 4 fe T P .awww-ifw1i:f'fe2af:.e' , T . 5 e,f2'.-.!-fF'l'+,P44.1Tx:L1f-fff-ef'feT':''ftH--Tefe ,..,., c nf F-V - , ...Q ' V AQ., ' , ,J 1-1. ft T sv ,,'.i Q. il- - j,.,H :ffm 'nI?gi':iT11.-1:.fTTa-Sli 7i.L77f73: 6' 1-.f 'M -aF:?'.'.i. X . 'nga we - x- -2 Vs. ., .7 -,f,,,cq, -- ' an ' A A ,c,g?fffg,1,, - - V, T- Wfzll we ever forget that famous A if- g Ygi'-by-LH A h -,f-AL. ,jqti-3, LV -, 1 '-'ti-Irifyli-W: . .7-,fer ,1-1, YI ,,,,, f i-4 -i'?'1'Z 'i'f'5'TV, fr--,,-,,., g- . LV-:ft 1' H 'T',,Q:f:..i 4ff1f1.2'-ggi-Q -f,a:r-IF' ,,,5,.f4-:.1w 1?'f'i:1':?ffgn:-.4,fvmrvfn-7-ff, .,f,,F,,,,,.,,fN-.,, 'f Q :eff July F ourllz C077l7IICl7lll0 race? ' if-2 Uv:- T eu.. F':':T'., fm . . -1 , '--W'.,.1 ' I .Nfl ,. ' ' Q' -gl'.f'f?:.f'7 'T 1.3-4 3Cz,.::,-V471 1,T fT - JL.UTi!..,m'ti':.-:fe 'Ja -. ' T ifwffw' ' T T 'Tii-if-f 't 1' V f 1

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It vViil5lll'1 a division of new battlewagons, nor was it the broad expanses of the Atlantic or Pacific, but for most of us the Y. P. squadron provided the Hrst taste of sea-faring life. The salty Hyoungstersi' soon discovered that there was more to steering by a magnetic compass than holding a wheel. And those signal drills! Ah yes, those signal drills! Signal in the airli' 'cWho can receive semaphore? But nightfall brought ample compensation in the form of good solid sleep on good solid decks. . .if you didn't have the watch. The decks of tbe Y. P. '5 ojeren' ,Q ,vs cool sleeping :md we spent nlrmy ri night ll?Ill'l!!' the stars. U ff .tx l f 'ii-7f---5f'l,F:E ' ' ' f lffe i -in ' , F gffgfg iw. r. I 45 3 1 ' 9 .bl ,MJ Jill N 1, Cl.41,.eL+.ewgr.iflM .V- lm I lxy R+-Plfgllx xbl -.A.x -I li'5+u!l lf?' M1 L fn 'si X Il if is in j it ILM is lflsy TW N Tbe chart houses were scenes of frenzied activity as fmmtem' Nelsons mruzezzvereri to avoid collision. The chow was of our own prepa- mtionf it was wbolexome anyway. Signal drills and nmnelmers information kept us ulerl throughout the day. M W' f sv , BN-i Q-I..J 381