Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE ,DUTIES of the Marine Detachment aboard the Leyte are many and varied. One of the primary tasks is filling the Sixth Division billets in the gunnery depart- ment. As such, they man all of the after 20 mm. guns and the two quad forties on the fantail. The Detach- ment forms a compact, potent landing party, has the routine task of guard duty, and, is ready on a moment's notice to be called away to render honors to an . . Y visiting dignitary who may come aboard. Upper Left: Standing Rigidly at attenti n 2 d ' The Detachment welcomed aboard a new CO, Cap- tain Holzbauer, in Cannes, and a new executive officer, lst. LT Redfern who reported aboard in Norfolk prior to our departure. Our administrative affairs are kept in order by lst Sgt. Seidenberg who, along with TfSgt. Tymensky the gunny , stands ready to offer sage words of advice to those who wander from the straight and narrow . o in inspection arms, Cox, Douglas S., PFC, Greenfelder, VVm. P., PFC, and Murphy, j, R., PFC, come under the close scrutiny of Commander Guerry, the Chief Engineer, and Ensign Sykes, Medical Administrative Officer, during personnel inspection. ' Upper Center: The Marine Detachment was fortunzte l 1 c to iave at its disposal the services of a judo expert, S. Traux, HMC, who is shown demonstrating on Sgt. Esposito one of the techniques of self protection. Upper Right: Long hours of careful preparation are required for any successful amphibious assault. Captain Holzbauer, First Lieut. Redfern, and Master Sgt. Seidenberg are making a final evaluation of the landing beach at Suda Bay, Crete. Lower Left: Once Ashore, the task becomes a matter of taking a series of objectives in accordance with a predetermined plan. Here a squad leader is orienting his subordinate leaders as to the route of advance and the next objective. Lower Right: On November 10th of each year Marines throughout thejworld pause to celebrate their founding in 1775. Captain P. lL. D ll f fc' E' c i ' e' ' ' ' ' an uc ey was asked to cut thc first piccc of our birthday cake, and presented it to the youngest member of the detach- ment, l'fc. Burger.

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