Hank (DD 702) - Naval Cruise Book

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MAIL .... when you're thousands of miles from home is one of the biggest assets .... on a basis of pounds of mail handled per square foot of post office space, the Hank's clothes closet branch probably outdoes some of the biggest in the world .... Lea is obviously happy .... Rohman just bought the pxost office's special--six three- cent stamps for a quarter. . . . GOING PLACES .... especially new and different places will raise morale if only to provide awelcome break from operations and exercises .... if Harris isn't exactly certain of justwhe re he is , that What -me-worry? expression doesn't show it .... question: is that Howell in the chief's cap, or the chief in Howell's specs ? The tummy doesn't lie .... it's Howell ....

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SNIFFLES AND HEADACHES .... don't go very far on the happiness kick and Doc has two stan- dard treatments .... needles and APCS , both famous throughout the navy .... the dental tech's we brought back to the states didn't have the gear they were accustomed to on bigger ships, but they soon pick- ed up some of the destroyerman's better qualities and searched for cavities with what they had .... CLEAN CLOTHES .... are something a sailor gets accustomed to from the first bucketful he scrubbed in boot camp .... the buckets are put to other uses on the Hank While the laundrymen do the washing chores in a customized Turkish bath .... Louie just dropped in to watch Williams press the wrinkles out of his knuckles .... A

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ROOMY WORKING AND LIVING SPACE .... y is a must .... science has proved that cramped, ' crowded working spaces cause mental fatigue and af lower quality of work .... notice the spacious, thoughtfully designed ship's office and, .... oh well, 'u sometimes destroyermen can be happy in spite of obstacles. . INTERESTING WORK .... if not ex- actly a fountain of joy, can at least keep a sailor too busy to be unhappy .... it -takes intense concentration to do what these radar- men are accomplishing .... tracking a horde of enemy aircraft on asurface search radar that isn't lit off ....