Leyte (CVA 32) - Naval Cruise Book

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PUBLIC INFORMATION DISSEIVIINATINO inTormaTion To The public via newspaper, radio, and Television is buT one oT The many Tasks perTormed by The men in The Public InTormaTion OTTice. Orphan parTies, visiTors, dis- Tinguished guesTs, varieTy shows, smokers, and The daily PRESS NEWS also receive The aTTenTion oT The PIO gang, headed by LCDR F, P. Puhr and ENS C. T. Fischer. LEYTE crewmen also r.eceive The beneTiTs oT PIO's labors Through The many press releases which are senT To Their homeTown newspapers, These serve The TwoToId purpose oT boosTing morale- everyone appreciaTes public recogniTion oT his work-and To acguainT civilian readers wiTh Navy operaTions and acTiviTies. AT one Time or anoTher, every LEYTE crew member has been The subiecT oT a PIO press release. One oT The mosT imporTanT Tasks oT PIO is The publicaTion oT The LEY-IE PRESS NEWS, which goes To press in The wee hours oT The morning when mosT salTs are saTely Tucked away in The-if bunks. ExcepT Tor Times when The CommunicaTions DeparTmenT is unable To provide wire copy Trom The radio-TeleTypes, The PRESS NEWS is an every day TuncTion. UnTangling The maze oT meaningless TeIeType copy is oTTen a perplexing Task, buT To The men oT The PIO nighT crew, iT's merely anoTher duTy in a busy and oTTen Taxing, day. l -fi

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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

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ENTERTAIN LT F. J. FOLEY Enferfainmenf Officer LT DENNIS RICHIE Movie Officer M me J. MQ WADOWICZ Assf. Tours Officer