Calvert (APA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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FLAG DIVISION Rhoades supervises cleaning iob done by flag radiomen Matus and Mortier. FLAG DIVISION AT WQRK Graft YN2, watches as flag Yeoman Hammerl YNC, Foose, YN3 and Weithers YNSN work on the Operation Order for our Iast operation. Flag Racliomen man the amphibious radio circuits during our Iast operation. L to R. Rhoades, Matus, Streton, Geisinger and Supervisor Leemon RMI.

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COMPHIBRON rivE Ist Row: Crouch, Rutherford, Streton, Quinn, Navatsyk, Melrose. 2nd Row: Casimir, Weithers, Mortier, Foose, Todd, Graft, Russell. 3rd Row: Kircher, Struble, Matus, Geisinger, Clark, Bailey. 3th Row: Leemon, Summers, Morgan, Stanford, Sevilla, Stevenson, Rhoades. The flag division consists of men of various rates and iobs. I't consists mostly of yeomen, radiomen and quartermasters, but there are also store-keepers, barge crew and stewards whose iobs are equally important. Although not large, the flag has a big job, especially when operation time rolls around. The yeomen are forever working on the op-order , plans for the next amphibious operation, and the radiomen and quartermasters are combining efforts with ship's company in preparation for the on coming task of handling numerous messages. Ask any flag' man and he will tell you the flag spaces are the cleanest and most squared away ones on the ship. We are proud of our division and our ability to work together. DIVISION OFFICER ASSISTANT DIVISION OFFICER LTJG .I.P. CLARK USNR LTJG J. 5. HARKER USN .5 I I I I I I I I I I I I I 1, I 1 I I I

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TACRON 12 DET. A A Back Row, L to R: Speed RM2, Farmer RM3, Morries AT3, Luian RM3, Retzlatf ET3. Front Row, L to R: Dickow YN3, Creps RM3, Babiarz RM3, Buckner TN, Shytles RM3, Cook TN. Airdales on an APA may be a strange sight to the Web Feet but the amphibs can't go anywhere without them. The four aviators and four non-aviator officers, plus their crew of fourteen, men, had the responsibility of planning for and controlling all air support in the obiective area for the two landing exercises in which the Calvert was Flagship on this cruise. The TACRON detach- ment, functioning as CCDMPHlBRON's air staff, ran the air section of Joint Ops and proved they were first-rate sailors throughout their tour aboard. The TACRON twelve Detachment A , was the first to be so deployed on an APA for a full WESTPAC cruise. They fit in. with the crew and were really glad to have served aboard the Calvert. Front Row, L to R: CDR R.J. Clinton, LCDR J. O'Looney, LTJG P.D. Boschult. Second Row, L toR: LTJG W.E. Trump, LT R.B. Phillips, LCDR J.C. Weiss, LCDR M.C. Griffin, LTJG .l.F. Roberts.