Dixon (AS 37) - Naval Cruise Book

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Church Services The spiritual needs of a ship the size of the DIXON are as varied as the members of the crew aboard. With the assistance of the Chaplain, every Sunday saw a steady flow of worshipers going in and out of the 02 level conference room. Lay leaders for the Protestant, Latter Day Saints, and Catholics helped their members worship God as they felt best. In addition to the Christian services on Sundays, there were Hebrew services, and Bible study classes were conducted throughout the week at various places on the ship by the different faiths. Just one more way the crew came together and found peace while away from home.

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KDIX Shortly before the deployment, a Ship ' s Information Training and Enter- tainment, closed circuit television system wew installed on the ship. Along with the existing facilities of the KDIX shipboard radio station, the crew was able to partake of Armed Forces Radio and Television news, sports, and music broadcasts. On the local level, a regular program of television shows and movies were presented daily. One of the most popular was the evening news broadcast on KDIX television. This feature consisted of two rotating teams of newscasters. LT. Stoeckel, PNl Adams, TMSN Pribbenow, and SN Hayes, made up the teams. Behind the scene, IC3 Mahr, J03 Terry, LTJG DuUum, PH3 Brantley and OS2 Holland compiled, wrote, and edited the news features. When not being used for movie marathons and news, the airways were utilized extensively for general training and features, such as Captain ' s Call and presentations about liberty ports, such as the Philippines and Australia.

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Swim Call The day before the ship pulled into Hawaii, we anchored off Barbers Point and enjoyed a swim call and the Super Bowl on Honolulu television. While some of us watched the Oakland Raiders defeat the Philadel- phia Eagles for the NFL champion- ship, others participated in swim call or sunbathed under the warm Hawaiian sun.