Fresno (LST 1182) - Naval Cruise Book

Page 11 text:

CDR STEPHE E. D0 LO At last the long mid watch is over, The weary soul. is fast asleep. The only sound Comes from the blower, As. the ship rolls gently across the deep. When thru the haze of ethreal dreams, The horrible words cut out with ease. Straight from the depth's of Hell, it. seems, Looky Here!! I'Ve found some Dust Bunnysf' And there before my blurry eyes, Triumphant in Augustumajesty so., With a smile as radiant as sunlit skies, p He stands, - Our Intrepid, and Lively XO. RM1 A. D. CAbe1 Dogy Johnson 1 y Ifound some -Himalayan bred, mountain climbing, acrobatic dust bunnies in here!

Page 10 text:

-An Z-A 2- I I i I I 6 CAPT IOHN c. M KI LEY Captain Mtliinley intently observes some close steaining rnaneuvers. welcoming Commodore Higgins QCOMPHIBRON SEVENJ onboard the V Ta The Man In The Arena It is not the critic who counts, not the man who points out how strong the strong man stumbles or where the doer of deeds Could have done them better4 The .credit belongs tothe man who actuallyvin the arenag whose face .is rriarred by dust and sweat and bloody who strives valiantlyp who efrs and Comes short again and again, who knows the great enthusiasrns, the great devo- tions, and spends hirnselfsin a worthy causep who, at the best, knows the triumph sofuhigh achievernentg and who, at the worst,.if he fails, at least fails while daring greatly, so that his plate shall never be with those coldnand timid souls wht-5 know neither victory nor defeats Theodore Roosevelt FRESNOA One of his favorite jobs, reenlisting a crewmember.

Page 12 text:

QMC Parmley QM2 Cuoco QM2 Crozer QMSN Fry QMSN Eller YN1 Sudmeyer YN2 Kreider PN1 Gwinner PNSN Isaac HMC Dwyer HN Grahm SN Strickler The Chief Petty Officer of the Command, Quartermaster, Yeo- men, Personnelmen, Hospital Corpsmen, Command Career Counselor, Postal Clerk and Mas- ter-At-Arms all combine to form the Navigationflixecutive Divx- NCI Burton 1 PC3 Romero BM2 Bolen sion, the most diverse division on- board FRESNO. A Multitude of tasks are performed by NXX including: Navigating the ship, keeping the crew healthy, maintain- ing good order and discipline, providing information on education, advancement and career opportunities, main- taining Sn updating all of the crews service records, han- dling the ship's correspondence and directives, giving legal assistance and providing a wide range of postal services. 8 HM2 Abear MA1 Hadenfeldt r r 1 ,,, , ka-fff ' K ' x 5 Qx S X X it Q Q55 X ff, Q ,N ' ,f ,,ff f i - 5, si .X Q 5. X MSX at asf! XSXQ Sf NN xii Vyyrrr -Egg J, - ix , - gg in -I Vx , C.- t .X E' his