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(ABOVE) A flip o f a switch starts the refueling process, but work with high-grade aviation fuels requires exacting safety procedures. For example, the pilot samples the fuel to verify its purity. (RIGHT) Getting into the job of checking out the boat engines. Being a member of the boat crew is often a dirty job but it makes for a lot of fun if you ' re the first man to go ashore in a new port. (BELOW) Fine tuning an engine in the shop. (BELOW RIGHT) You ' ve got to crouch to see into an air conditioning unit. Shipboard vibration often cause leaks that A-gang has to repair. 31
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(BACK ROW, left to right) FN Kenneth Miller, EN3 Ricardo Dimaano, ENFN David Smith, FN Bruce Mazur, MMC Lawrence May, MM2 Willis Basset, FN Philip Sholly, MM 1 Johnnie Bellington. (FRONT ROW) EN1 Roberto Gutierrez, EN3 Herman Baker, ENFA Michael Fink, ENS Rockne Krill, EN3 Paul Aragon, EN3 Gordon Hultgren. Pictured here against the powerful backdrop of the anchor windlass. U A r Division The men of A Gang are responsible for all diesel motors, auxiliary generators and air-conditioning systems aboard FLINT. The job calls for the Engineman to be skilled in different kinds of machinery repair and operation throughout the ship, earning them the nickname fresh air snipes. In the event the ship loses fire in the boilers, it ' s up to the engineman to light off the stand-by generators. Or when Flint is an- chored out, running liberty boats ashore, enginemen serve as boat engineers. Under- way, they stand watch on the bridge, operating the Engine Order Telegraph, which relays speed changes to the engine room. And on a hot day, you have to thank enginemen when there ' s plenty of ice cubes on the Mess Decks. Paying out the refueling hose before flight ops. 30
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The Sea Her great expanse runs to the rim of your vision, Wave caresses sand, sun slithers into darkness, Her scent is heavy with salt And the musk of mens imaginnings. But her price can be read in the rusted hulks Of ships and weather-lined faces of her lovers. 32
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