Chenango (CVE 28) - Naval Cruise Book

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r r:HENANG0 HIGHLIGHTS fzrgnrniuea e i ifikitittiiffiiift . A -. ' .Qifiitifiittttfiitiiitiiitttfiftikkiifififkiiifiiiitiifiiiiffffiiffif Jtzsr uusnyc :continued from page 36, .. he and everybody else around wish that he could really play .... The moon beaming sympathetically around silver, , tipped clouds upon hundreds of star-dreamers. Everyone of them has the same thoughts as he sees the moonlight re- flected on'the waters as from-the shattered pieces of million broken mirrors . . . night-owls and idlers who promenade the flight deck at night, chatting about the latest scuttle- butt, a,nd the newest straight dope on 'when we're going home.' . . . The .shadowy figures in the passageways oil the catwalks . . . gun. crews catching quick smoke, trying to shorten the long night-watches .... The four guys on one of the condition:3 gun crews whose voices you stop and listen to as they softly harmonize on some of the old songs. . . Q The Boatswain's call: Turn in your bunks and keep silence about the decks. '. . .Silence . . . Not quite . . . faith whispering .... Heavy lids close on tired eyes. Weary brains vaguely trying to remember ls it GQ at 0500 or 051S? ,. . . The answer never comes, it is stealthily replaced by sleep . . . sweet sleep and dreams . . . even sweeter dreams . . . of the States . . . bright lights . . . gayety . . . laughter . . . all the things we have left and loved and the most of all-of HOME-home-borne. These are the things we'll remember. ifiiititiiifitititftiittiiffiiitfitkfiifii caiysoasme' MEMORANDUM The biggest thing in thc life of the CHENANCO in two years of wartime operations as a CVE was the air battle over. this formation. on October 20. For most of us it is the one and only sight of an enemy and in years to come will be the basis of many plain and fancy' tales of harrowing expe- riences that we will tell our grandchildren. For the dead hand, of censorship to throttle the story we all wantto A write home about would be a crime and a sacrilege. Censorship is equal ,to the occasion and subject to they following limitations the story may be told. Make your narrative as lurid and as bloody as you want but do not mention that our ship suflered any damage or casualties. Call the enemy craft Zeros if you will hut remember there were only three of them. Do -not mention the names of other ships in the formation but you may say that there were others present. You may say that one enemy pilot was rescued one of our escort vessels. Do not indicate that we were surprised or caught flat-footed.-i Do not mention that' we are engaged in the Philippine o'peration. Il any one is interested in writing the unvarnished truth about this battle here it is. Three Zeros dove out of the sun on one of the ships in our company and dropped small bombs all of which missed the target. The Zeros then re- tired low and fast to a point some distance from theiorma- tion where two of them turned around to make 'another attack' The third was shot down bv one of our covering planes at this time. The two that made a second 'attack came in low and attempted to strafe one of the other ships after which they turnedfaway. One of these two passed between us and another ship and both of us took the Zero under fire and shot him down: an escort vessel rescued this enemy pilot from the water. The remaining Zero was pursuedfqr about fifty miles a CNENANCO fighter pilot who got his man. Aside from a few nervous characters who tried to dig fox holes-'in the flight deck our 'calm under enemy fire was exceeded only by our determination. ' ' 'i AN Evocn ENDS ' A ' of FFWHET THE CILLETTE - .. y ,By J. J. ADRIANCE, arze From the Plan of the Day, l November, l945g note num- ber 4: Beards:-Although the Navy Regs. states that beards may be worn, it also states that they must be neatly trimmed to -the satisfaction of the Commanding Officer. There are several on board which do not come under the neatly trimmed category. Now that the war is over, all hands are urged to eliminate beards. If you have one' you are proud of and want a record of it see the Photo Oflicer who will accommodate you. ' sooo lst character: I hate to see the beards go. They were a mark of the seasoned campaigner. You didn't have to see a man's glory bars to know he had been around, if he had a big beard. 1 4 2nd characterg - You probably' couldnot see his glory bars anyway, unless he wore 'em on his pants. Those beards covered everything. Remember when ole Guzzlehead adver- tised for his dog tags, pen, wrist watch and two blankets? He found 'em all last week under his beard. . lst c.: Aw thirdseed t.. l'm serious. There weie a lot of guys who looked better with a beard-more mature. 2nd c.: Boy, I don't want to step on your toes but for every man l saw that looked better, there were two that looked like bogey men. Let fem start up Market Street and the women would flee in every direction. . , lst c.: 'ls that all you think about? -. 2nd ci.: Beards are unsanitary. Mice and cockroaches hide in-'em and besides, they're a fire hazard. ' lst-c.: l'll admit some birds let their beards go mighty frowzy. Said they were saving time byinot shaving. But your first class beard-grower didn't save tifjne. He trimmed his Qbeard, and washed it, and trained it-why, it was a hobby-like growing flowers 'or a garden. A fine beard gave a man a sense of pride. lt was an accomplishment. And that fire hazard business .... A Why, l claim a good beard would protect a man from flashbumf' 3 2nd c.: '.'Mehbeso. but what about the danger of getting it wrapped in' the anchor chain or a prop? An' if you claim beards are so swell, what about the guys who shaved 'em ofl' because of the cruel? , - ' lst c.: A beardiis the mark of a he-man. SissiesVcan't raise a real beard. ' . ' ' 2nd c.: Aw. gnats. That has nothing to do with it. The only 'reason some guys grew beards was to. be bull-headed 'They thought somebody wouldn't 'want 'em to. Did you notice how manv fellows grew beards and then shaved 'em 'off because no 'one gave a hoot? You andyour tblank hlankl arguments. ' ' . ' -h lst' c.: Cettin' personal, huh? One more crack and you're comin' outta your sack and it won't be your beard you land on, either. - ' Page 41