Los Angeles (CA 135) - Naval Cruise Book

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Above right : CAPT N. W. Rupp LCDR Curtis J. Vague Dental Officer 140

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o 1 o V The preservation of life is the job of those who staff the hospital, sick bay, and dental clinic. Aboard ship, where dangers abound, the need for hospitalmen is constant. Here, where health is vital for combat readiness, physical and oral well-being must be maintained. An exacting vigil is kept by the men of the caduceus, tapping, drilling, probing and peering into the mysteries of sickness and pain.

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The medical facilities on board the LOS ANGELES are efficient, complete, and fully capable of handling the aches, pains, and ill- nesses of the more than a thousand men who comprise her crew. The ship is far better off, in this respect, than any community of comparable size could hope to be. It has its doctor, dentist, pharmacist, anesthetist, surgical operating team, technicians for dental, X-ray, and laboratory work, and a staff of able corpsmen to manage the four-bed isolation ward and the sixteen-bed general ward. 1st Row . R. W. Ga: R.J. Gancer 2nd Row ; I. B. Hays, ]. Sal R.A. Ibe, W. A. Marsh, CAPT N. W. Rupp, LT A. T. Carducci, J. A. Munn, M. D. Kinzy, G. F. Danforth, D. S. Tatman, R. L. Schulenberg, E. D. Cline, I. B. Lori The efforts of this division are not confined to the activities in sick-bay. The entire ship is the object of their endless scrutiny for conditions or practices detrimental to good health. They periodi- cally spray galleys and living spaces to promote a high level of sanitation, inspecting cooks and other food handlers for personal cleanliness. They grasp for the minds of the men with sound lectures con- cerning shipboard safety measures, and, all too often, we find them at the end of the pay line with a glistening needle in their hands, prepared to inject us with something more substantial than thoughts. 141