Lexington (CVA 16) - Naval Cruise Book

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K 4? X, 'XX ww-. L BLINDFOLD test in reassemhling. 45 gives cigar chomper chance for practical ioke. BELTING AMMO for machinegun is fed into machine in armory by sailor. LINE GUN is checked before firing nylon line to ship alongside for trans- fer M A C H I N E G U N bore is inspected and l sights alligned. l Top row: D.L. Flint, D.H. Baewea, C.N. Chambers, LM. Chapko, B. Emery, W.A. Thaashea, AJ. Trahan, C.H. Watkins, D.E. Dick Second row: J.T. Foss. P. Galicia, F. Gomez, M.E. Hammond, B.L. Heathco, R.E. Seawyight, J.A. Walker, E. Washingyon, D.D. Ditter Third row: L.H. Jone, D.W. Kenney, G.R. Meraz, G.A. Page, K.A. Pratt, C.L. Roberts, D.L. Russell, C.E. Strange, C. Wright.

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MENACING POSE IS STRUCK BY SAILOR WITH NEWLY CLEANED SUB-MACHINEGUN, ONE OF ARMORY'S HUNDREDS OF SMALL ARMS THEY SIT ON THE POWDER KEG The general who once shouted Q' Keep your powder dry! would have run out of breath if he were instructing todayls armory men of the Sixth Division. Besides powder he'd have to add bombs, shells, projectiles, and rockets to his list because thatis wh ENS. R. ROGERS at the LEX keeps in her magazines, and the men of the Sixth carry the keys. Safety-conscious Cand who can blame them?j gunners wouldnit allow our photographer into the magazines for fear a flash bulb would set off a bigger Hash than was desired, however, the ship,s ms weapons are stored provided armory where all the small ar a good background to catch the men of the Sixth at work in their arsenal. Their powder is always dry, unless something sets off the automatic sprinkling system in the PISTOL PATTERNS magazines, something that general wouldnit have thought of. SMALL ARMS

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PROBABLY A MISTAKE, but back a fevv pages it looks like it took four Whitehats to do the same thing this Marine is doing here. Oh, yes: hels cleaning the bore on a 3-inch. CAPT .G.M. REITZ ...0R CN It is secretly believed in some quarters that the Captainls Orderly, a Marine, is the real power behind the throne, fOr Whenever something of moment occurs on board, the Word is immediately passed for him. The quarters in which this fallacy is secretly believed, is, oddly enough, the marine berthing compartment. This extreme amount of pride in his detachment makes the marine stand out as an individual on the LEX. And he is indeed an individual to be reckoned With. He is the keeper of the brig, he is the aforementioned STRETCHING THEIR LEGS ON A YOKOSUKA DOCK,