Eldorado (AGC 11) - Naval Cruise Book

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fi: A :ff ,W Sf A A P QQ ! Q i AEROLOGISTS i 1 l . N 1 W l w 1 E . if E , COBBLER'S SHOP Q , wg f 41. N, gggwiggif 4, 'Q 5 -4 5 I I i 3 X 5 SICK BAY - h Eight l xi 3, ed over 300,000 charts and maps and over 7,000,000 pieces of copy. This Year Book was printed by the Carto- graphic Section. The Photolab has contributed its share to the success of the operations, the lab has pro- cessed over 15,000 negatives and de- livered over 130,000 prints, including stills, aerials and sonnie rolls, their battle reconnaissance photos deliver- ed by the Lab have saved many lives. The Buglers have blown reveille over 400 times Cin which function they have yet to achieve perfectionl. The Aer- ologists release their balloons and track them, then with the use of their various gismos and gadgets plot wea- ther charts and keep us posted on the coming weather. 1 'S' Division, also multi-rated, bears the main burden of maintaining the crew's morale. It is the division re- sponsible for feeding the crew, supply- ing it with cigarettes...a vital factor in morale building...handling the ship's service, small stores, disbursing, tail- oring, cobbling and laundering. Any one of these branches of GS, Division, caring for 1200 men, have a difficult jobg the most difficult of all, probably, is that of satisfying gastronomically the needs of these 1200men, each of whom uses, as a basis for his judge- ment, the memory of food that 'mother used to make'. SS' Division has done Wellg if they have consumed an inord- inate amount of aspirin, they have had sufficient reason. , Our hospital facilities are adequate- ly taken care of by 6Hy Divisiong the men comprising that division are well-trained, hard working and con- siderate. A year of treating the El- dorado's sick, with a seasoning of wounded from the invasions, have 'made them calm and ,confident veter- ans. They operate the equipment in our dental office, pharmacy, steril- izing room, dressing station, isola- tion ward, ix-ray room and diet kit- chen. They are not 'castor oil and throat spray' specialists! +-4ou-4-i-- 'Ly Division, the Eldorado's'b0at crew, is one' of the smallest and least known divisions of the ship. During the invasions they were of- ten called upon to 'make smoke' during air -raids, and to make trips to and from the beaches under enemy fire. The competency of 'L' Division gives it a proportional equality with its bigger brothers. i These are the fifteen divisions that have sailed the.Eldorado from New V York to Manila, through two invasions, through rough waters and high winds.

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