Glacier (WAGB 4) - Naval Cruise Book

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• 3 A POEM RM1 I.M. Loony AH CODE - SO MISUNDERSTOOD AND ABUSED. THE FASTER IT COMES, THE MORE WE ' RE CONFUSED BEFUDDLED AND BAFFLED AND WEAK IN THE KNEES, WE STARE INTO SPACE AS WE PECK AT THE KEYS. AND THEN - IS IT TRUE? DID I JUST HEAR A P? A ZERO, A FIVE, A ONE AND A THREE? A TWO AND A FOUR AND AN F AND AN M? NUTS! WHATS THE SIG FOR LET ME HEAR THAT AGAIN ? THE COMMSTA SAYS THEY HAVE EIGHT MORE TO SEND. I CAN TAKE ONE - MAYBE TWO . . . BUT I TELL YOU MY FRIEND, ,, EIGHT I CANT HANDLE, SO I ' M GOING TO RUN - TO FIND PLESSET, OR SKINNER - WHO THINK THIS IS • ' FUN. i ' .inr HBH ni u m m ,V . l fe Teasing, tinkering, tuning, typ- ing and tapping; all in a day ' s work for a radioman. Here on GLACIER their work fits tfiem to aT. 37

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RM2 Skinner, RM1 Ross, RM3 Roper, RM2 Moore, RMC Gray, RM3 Plesset, RM3 Gilbert, RM2 Bradger, RMS Nel- son. RM ' s - Radio earned an outstanding during REFTRA despite the fact no one knew what was going on. A bunch of unique personalities that managed to work well together. LTjg Kendrick RADIO FREQS 36

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Without the QMS the bridge Is without flair. If you want a question answered ask a QM. they ' re never short of words LT Dahmen QM1 Fleming, QMCM Nitzsche.QMI Crampton.QM Chilly Willie, SN Nyari, QM3 Miller, QM3 Schuler, QM3 Cole Despite vicious rumors that 5 out of 7 Qtvis are blind, we got you to L.B. Water, water everywhere So shoot the sun and we are there. QMs. besides navigation, are also in charge of all visual communica- tions: flag hoist, semaphore, and flashing light The same kids that used to tangle kites In telephone wires continue their career In the Coast Guard QM C.W., our Antarctic specialist, sits In on all policy meetings I know It ' s out there, somewhere 38