Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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INTRAMURALS l IST LT J. H. MacLEAN, USMC Inframural Officer The branch oT Special Services acTiviTies which Tills The need oT The crew Tor exercise while aT sea is The ship's inTramural program, supervised by ISTLT J, l-l. MacLean, USMC, AlThough many oT us parTicipaTe Through The vasT number oT'var- siTy Teams, There is sfill a larger number whose inTeresTs musT be meT by a sysT,em based on inTra- ship compeTiTion. This is where The inTramural program Tills The bill so well. BaskeTball and volleyball have been The main aTTracTions ThroughouT This cruise, buT we have also enioyed soTTball and Touch TooTball ashore in The various porTs visiTed by The ship while in The Med. ln addiTion, badminTon was oTTen played on The hang.er deck and won many new Tans. CompeTiTion, oT course, accounTs Tor much oT The Tun in a+hle+ics, and There was plenTy oT iT when The volleyball and baslceTball leagues were seT up, The inTeresT was Top noTch and so was Th.e qualiTy oT play all The way Through The league sea- sons, climaxed by a big playoTT in Marseilles and GolTe Juan over The ChrisTmas holidays. The en- Tire crew owes many Thanlcs To LT MacLean and The men in The aThleTic gear locker Tor making The inTramural program on The sixTh Med Cruise a rousing success. I06

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PUBLIC RELATIONS ONE oT The mosT enjoyable and educaTional aspecTs oT a lvledi- Terranean cruise lies in The overnighT Tours which are conducTed To such hisToric ciTies as Rome, Florence, Geneva, Venice, and Paris. Besides providing well earned resT Tor weary sailors, These Tours enrich The parTicipanT's hisTorical knowledge greaTIy. The Task oT arranging Tor These Tours is shouldered by LCDR W. T, Dierks, ICI-ICI, assisTed by LTJG J. M, Wadowicz, lCI'lCl, and a sTaTT oT hard working assisTanT who also serve as librarians. Selling Tour TickeTs and disseminaTing inTormaTion To hundreds oT eager TourisT-sailorsiisa iob which requires careTul planning, close coordinaTion, and long hours oT diTTiculT work. IT is handled, however, wiTh a maximum oT eTTiciency and a minimum oT con- Tusion by Chaplain Dierks and sTaTT. I SEI-I VEE One oT The many TaceTs oT The Special Services program designed To make our IiTe aT sea more pleasanT is The bi- weekly ship's Paper, The Sea Vee. The make up OT The paper includes shipboard and worldwide news, as well as inTeresTing TeaTures To enTerTain us. Among The more popular oT These are The crossword puzzles, The iokes, and The pin-up picTures,-and The pin-up picTures. The sTaTT is headed by ENS N. L. Creswell, who is The EdiTor-In-ChieT, and The advisor is The senior chaplain, LCDR W. T. Dierks, L. T. Chiriaco, SN, oT The Chaplains OTTice is one oT The mosT TrequenT and widely read con- TribuTors. OTher members oT The sTaTT come Trom The PIO, adminisTraTive. and arT oTTices. WTLL . To alle-viaTe The Tensions which someTimes arise among The crew members during long sTreTches aT sea, The LEYTE oTTers her crew a unique and saTisTying daily radio pro- gram, broadcasT over sTaTion WTLL, The Voice oT The Leading LEYTE. Begun during The LeyTe's TiTTh lvIediTerranean cruise, WTLL has now grown To a Tull-Tledged proTessionaI broad- casTing sTaTion. A compleTe record library is mainTained. which includes more Than 200 records oT all Types. The sTaTT oT announcers, headed by ENS Lucian L. Leape, includes such well known shipboard personaIiTies as C. lvl. Kamensky, lvl. D. lvlcl-lahon, and G. R. I-loughTaIen Trom Gunnery, N. R. Purvere Trom Medical, I-I. F. ArmsTrong Trom Supply, R. R. I-lawley Trom CIC, F. X. Welsh and W. W. STephens Trom PIO. These men keep The plaTTers spinning and The paTTer Tlowing To The clelighT oT The 3000- man LeyTe crew. I I