LST (511) - Naval Cruise Book

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emember? The ship's dance in Falmouth . Iwo limo . . . Orr, report to the wheel- houseg we're lost . . . Hazel . . . the time Ernie Young went in the drink with an armful of beer bottles-full ones . . . the Pig Pen . . . post mike one . . . when Steffen made a mistake and wore his own shirt . . . 2 o'clock . . . Horse and g Groom . . . the time Daffy Duck tried to swim the Seine . . . How come f you know? . . . the new movies on the tank deck . . . Truro . . . the time V we swapped LeBas for a movie with the 292 . . . DeRosa . . . all back full . . . A VVamback's honor of being the first man overboard . . . two and six . . . Scram, itys Yac! . . . The Spook . . . the time Junior?' jumped from the 2nd deck to the 3rd deck and landed in the bilge control room . . . Chief Saki . . . Pop 1 Stahl and the galloping dominoes . . . Calshot . . . the Anvil Chorus as Dellinger made reveille . . . Rainbow Corner. Gallagher at Portland Terrace . . . famous duets flj Dooley 85 Ross and C25 Brayton 86 Wagner . . . Shoeless, Joe . crap games on the starboard 'side . . . Duffle Bag . . . Netley . . . the Lonely Hearts Club: Willey, Wamback, O'Neill, Sowers, Foley, Wolhar, open membership . . . take a sounding . . . .... , feed 'em rice! . . . the cognac kids, Pappy and Ski in Le Havre . . . basketball on the tank deck . . . Major Hoople . . . Chief Stanly-Ashtrays, Inc. . . . Meatball . . . Young: Let's do some constructive thinking . . . rolling ,across the channel . . . Wiater--the three minute baker . . . how many times Smitty and Anson oiled the main deck . . . Nab tower . . . Downey-scarcasm deluxe . . . the one man anti-aircraft gun-Chuck and his 30 . . . the Six Dials . . those nights, lights, and fights in the French quarter . . . Tamar Quay . . . our wandering boy-the Green Hornet VVilley . . . football at St. Michael . . . the double shuffle . . . Shirley . Yohannan sleeping in a phone booth . . . Lodi and his neon hash mark . security inspections madeg conditions normal . . . Glebe. Luisi and Galgon leading the gang in baseball . . . Contrary Foley . . . swimming at Omaha' and Utah . . . Waterloo . . . Troop 511-Triple A, Scout- master . . . Piccadilly Circus . . . the bow line trio-Doyle, Dufoe, and Souza . . . the Porthole . . . Fenn and his rubber welsh rarebit . . . How far out are we P . . . Norfolk's Gold Coast . . . -Lindy when he opened that door in Rouen .. . mild and bitters . . . Ambrose light . . . the five days leave in London-- scotch, scotch, and more scotch . . . Prince of Wales Pier . . . orange ice cream ala Look . . . sugar three west . . . all hands, load supplies . . . Drammensfjord . . . keep at sharp lookout for submarines . . . torpedo juice and terrific hang- overs . . . High Street . . . compass check . . . two longs and two shorts to the engine room . . . That'll cost you a few D . . . gyro juice . . . You cawn't miss it . . . E-boats . . . who's who at the White Hart . . . we'll be home for Christmas-of '49 . . .passed by naval censor . . . Yac-Mac-Jac . . . This is the American Forces Network . . . Fleet Post Office . . . the Staff . . . , Uncle Bob . . . the time Lodi gave Schultz an aspirin for his infected arm . . . z the General . . . Smitty's 71 when he took 4 dogging pipes with him to New York . . . the auxiliary galley . . . Fiehl and Sundre-the boiler room twins . . the Owl left owing everybody ...' conn to radar . . . let go. x 1 i ,

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0900 0930 1000 1030 1045 1100 1200 1230 1300 1430 1530 1600 1625 1630 1700 uv rw 1 800 1 900 .J nn, 20041 ff 0100 NoTE It Cami! Happen Here PLAN OF TOMORROW Reveille. Sleep longer if you wish. Breakfast. Sunnyside eggs served in your sack by the Stores Officer. llfluster in sacks. Absentees will be granted 71s. Civilian workers aboard to clean ship and do any other necessary work. Pay day. Draw as much as you wish. Free beer on tank deck supplied by the Daughters of the 511. Lunch in the new dining room. Choice of steaks, seafood, or chops. Liberty for all hands. Stay as long as you wish. Siesta. U.S.O. shogfon tank deck, starring Hedy Lemarr and Lana Turner. Swimming in the bow pool. Tennis match on the main deck. DeRenzy vs. Yerke. Sick call. Free Alka Seltzer. Cocktail hour. Supper on the starlight roof. Table service by your favorite waitress. Underway for moonlight cruise up the North River, Watches will be stood by Hooligans. Movies. VVorld premier. Continuous showing until 2400. Dance in the ballroom. lvlusic by Harry James and Charlie Spivak. Taps. Sack up if you wish. : All men are advanced one rate effective today. Requests for 30-day leaves must be turned in by 1800. ,, ,,i.f-,..,..,.. -24 -

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Tfzqy Staci ft Out From Seneca to Norfolk - the long way around . . , via Canada, VVales, England, France, Norway . . 34,000 miles, in all. Seventy-one men began the tripgeand many have come and gone in its 23 months duration. But these, these nineteen, have stayed FROM BEGINNING TO END Francis C. Allen Charles Brubaker Gerald F. Foley John F. Fulks Donald B. Look Alfred P. lN'lcCracken Earl VV. lVIinard Edward J. Smith joseph C. Thonus Donald C. Tome VVilliam E. Tothefow Louis R. Wamback Eugene S. Wa1'chocki Robert R. Wise Dominick F. Wisk Howard E. Wolhar John D. Wood Clarence A. Wright Daniel D. Young