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.-J - : Hn Three more cans of beer to go! Lt. (jg) Robert F. Brooks. of Fighting 13, enjoys one . . . Lt. Brooks was lost in October, over Leyte The plane elevator pit nuide a good volley-ball court »B5 flKflTV The striuird ' s mutes oj S-Tuo Uii ' ision could play championship basketball . . . but J ' -Five ' s team won the tourney
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Commander Henry H. Hale, Navigator 27 August ' 44-21 December ' 44, Air Officer 21 December ' 44-30 June ' 45, Commanding Officer 1 July ' 45-8 June ' 46. e-.
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by the ship ' s own crew were made by repair ships, those floating machine shops which were anchored only a few thousand yards from Big Ben. There was shore leave each afternoon when several hun- dred men from each ship were loaded on landing craft and deposited on the white coral sand of Runit Island — with their beer supply, four cans to a man. Four cans of beer under a palm tree, a smooth white beach, these were re- minders of things to be enjoyed when the war was over. And when the war ivould be over was a favorite topic of conversation during this rest at Eniwetok. Baseball, medi- cine ball tossing, volleyball, even football, within obvious limitations, took place on the flight deck. A first-rate basket- ball tournament was held on the bangar deck, with all di- visions entering a team. It was won by the V-Five Ordnance- men, who trounced the S-Two Division in the finals. Franklin became task group flagship on August 12th, 1944, when Rear Admiral Davison hoisted his two-starred flag aboard. All hands came to admire and respect this strong, sincere gentleman, who had little to say at most times, but was always on the Flag Bridge in the thick of action when the going was rough. Comdr. Henry H. Hale, U. S. N., reported aboard from the San Jacinto, where he had been Air Oflicer, to take the post of Navigator on Big Ben when Comdr. Day received his promotion to Captain and Benny Moore moved up to the Executive Officer ' s spot. The days slipped by, until August 21st. as the Franklin was preparing to shove off ' the following dawn, Arthur Rear Admiral Ralph E. Davison, U. S. N., on Franklin ' s flaghridge
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