Boxer (CV 21) - Naval Cruise Book

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LTJG J. B. CASKE. VF-194 LTJG H, GRAEFE, VE-195 LTJG M. J. TURNER. VF

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ENS. A. T. BARR DT2 D. J. CARD MU2 A. T. BENTON AFAN R. A. WILLIAMS ENS. R. E. WHITESIDE HM3 A. A. HINSON FCI R.E.PIERCE SN E.J. BANKE SKSN V. E. SMITH LEFT TO RIGHT Staff Air Group Representative Assistant Editor; Correspondence Manager Layouts and Staff Artist Staff Photographer Editor-in-Chief Feature Writer Managing Editor Feature Writer Feature Writer

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LEST WE FORGET FRIENDSHIPS ON Carriers draw together enlisted men and officers of every depart- ment; the family is small even among so many men. Each success of an individual helps buoy the spirits of all; each accident is deplored by everyone. The message and mean- ing of the Easter Season of 1950 will be remembered because of the sharp pain of separation from shipmates; silent and audible prayer was offered remembering the bereaved ones at home. Three trained and experienced pilots, believers in the Triune God, met their Maker doing that which they most loved to do in Navy life — flying aircraft. They were repre- sentatives of American homes; two were husbands; all were graduates of the Naval Academy. They were friends in life; they laid down life ' s work in a short period of time. All hands of the USS BOXER unite to respect their memory and pray every blessing for their loved ones.