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Page 52 text:
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.5 - , vs. - , The DOC checks Weber over. TURNTO...TURNTO... That's all there was from 8 every morning until 4:30 every afternoon. All day, every day, sailors made like paint brushes, chipping hammers, paint scrap- pers and wire brushes. After five months of fair to middlin' weather, the sun and sunshine, 'as we headed for Midway, gave everyone a chance to get things in shape. Rook and Mr. Bunn . . . Well, we could make them chip it again Page Fifty ...I Hill throwing together some lunch. D'on't worry, your leave papers will be ready. Thank you-Chief Chew.
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One way to get a life raft stand finished in a hurry. Rebel, Stutte and Ryle breaking out plenty of haze gray. The First Division makes sure that the quarterdeck is nothing but te-eght . Thru the straits and inland sea, up the coast of Honshu past the frosted white top of Fuji Yama floating on clouds of pulled cot- ton-past the green corduroy .mountains and old Japanese forts, into the inner harbor of Yokosuka, steamed the Twin- ing, Shields and Colahan-Des- Div l72-minus the Erben. There were two days of chip- ping hammers ringing against steel, liberty, loading groceries -fueling, and then, we were on our way-Stateside bound, via Midway and Pearl Harbor. Page Forty-nine
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Bottom Picture: Surges starts thru the mill of fingerprinting and checking. Top Picture: Eichwalcl and Arnold working over the anchor windlass controls. Top Picture: The Cs and D's line up to be paid. Leaving Japan, we stopped long enough at Midway to fuel, and then cut down to Hawaii to find Pearl Harbor waiting for us with a band and grass skirted hula girls. That night, to quench the thirst of months, there were quarts of fresh milk for each man aboard, plus fresh tomatoes and lettuce. The next day, the first of 254 blood vol- unteers were driven into Hono- lulu to give their pint of blood and collect 'thier double shot of brandy. Hawaii was nice. The swimming was fine, the sun warm, the drinks cold, but none of it was half as nice as standing on deck several days later, watching Diamond Head fade into the distance. . Bottom Picture: The Gunners Mates working over a 4O . Page Fifty one
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