Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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Dear Mama and Papa: I thccnk thces Navy she a funny wan. Von know they alatime say we go home next week or maybe thee week after that, but do we go? No we do not go. Now thees here ees what shes call scuttlebutt. And the drinking foun- tain -shes also thee scuttlebutt. Whcech you want CSS whether you weesh to drink or listen. Now when you weesh to go to thee front porch cets not thee front porch, ccts the fore- castle, but they call heem folk-sil. Now Im ask you ees thees right? Anyhow you can ' t go anyway as thees ees wat you call Officair ' s country, wheech means shes for thee Officairs only. Likewise thee back porch shes call a fan tail, but shes don look like a fan or a tail. Thees ess for thee crew only, but thees don stop tho.se Officairs. Now thees canteen usually ees something wheech ees drink out of, but here eet ees thee store where everybody wait in line, except the Officairs. When they say quarters, they don mean twenty-five cents, they mean everybody rush lak h so you can stand longer. Thees ees wan time when they are to be dressed up except I theenk the Officairs. I theenk I be wan of those Officairs ! I gccvc you some words and see do you make some sense from them. Thee wall shes a bulk- head and thee floor ees a deck. Thee ceiling Im told ees an overhead and a mop ees a swab. . lso a man sheech nobody like ees a swab too. They have a jail, but shes a brig. You don go to the front or to thee rear. Eet is either for- sard or aft. Likewise thee left side ees not thee left side, eet ees port. I always before theenk thees ees wine. Thee right side ees star board. Im so ball up by now Im don know eef I perspire or sweat. Im theenking Im going to bed — no I cant do thees. Ive got no bed. Eet is thee sack Ivc got. Eef I stay een heem too long I am thee hound. But thees ees not thee same kind of dog wheech holds thee door. O wat ever I do to geet so twist up? Im don know wheech way Im turn. Hello Im mean goodbye. Your son, N. J. .Southern, CM3C, ■R Division.

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DOL ' f; M ( Ak IIIUR ' S NA V Oh, ice ' ri the hoys on the C ' E A hull- bit shaky in ihi: knees. Our engines knock and cough and wheeze In Doug Mac Arthur ' s .Navy. ] ' e o ierale where il ' s hoi as hell More in close to ring the bell. Prime targets for a eke or .Yell In Doug .Mac. Arthurs . avy. While Jeeps are not dependable Their actions are commendable. But gosh, they are expendable In Doug Mac.Arthur ' s .Xavy. They sent us out to the Philippitu ' s Shujfled supplies behind the scenes, .And all that was left for us iras beans In Doug .Mac.Arthufs Navy. To make the Leyte show complete They let us tackle the whole Jap fleet. While the Big Shots sat in a Grandstand seal In Doug .Mac. Arthur ' s .Xavy. Next they sent us to the inland seas Screened by cruisers and old BB ' s Ciiririg cover by CAP ' s In Doug AtacArthur ' s A ' avy. For the biggest show of the whole camfiaign We entered the Sulu Sea again. .And the Jap attacks were thick as rain In Doug MacArlhur ' s Navy. U ' e survived the trip intact (.Almost) . ' ear Lingaycn look up our fiost, Our fannies ex iosed to the China coast In Doug .Mac. Arthur ' s . avy. Said Halsey to his big CVs This time we ' ll trap the Jafmnese, We ' ll bait the trap with CVKs In Doug .Mac.Arthur ' s .Xavy. Oh, we ' ll bait the trap loith CVE ' s Those ships that look like a lot of cheese, .And all that we could say was feez In Doug .Mac.Arthur ' s .Xavy. ] ' hen the war is over I ' ll tell it true ] ' e took ivhatever the enemy threw, Weathered it . . . Mac Arthur too In Doug Mac.Arthur ' s Navy. Anon.

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SiKK I r % RrsiNESS Bv PiRRV Hi ATON, Sic:, •S DIN ' ISION The office i. agog these days. With rV.Q. a the lime. And that ' s the reason why our work Is always far behind. Why the hell is r, ' .a . and why the hell Are we? ril never be anyone else. Guess ril hare to he me. . fr. Moore and all the storekeepers In our hunch. By the time we eat our dinner. It is almost lime for lunch. Running here and running there ]Vhen they sound the General Alarm, And Bozzone sleeping by his gun To be sure he ' ll come to no harm. It just ain ' t right for a normal man. To be living like we do. Pd like to go and tell those Japs .A hundred things or two. So take my word, when the war is iron .And things arc going right. ] ' hen ' T ' .Q. is forgotten And you sleep all day and night Without a care or worry And fear is out of sight When things are hack to mirmal We ' ll really he all right. But until that day does come. Guess I ' ll have to fight. . ' ine months in the Pacijic Is quite enough for me Give us wine, ivomcn and II (). 1E. And the love of liberty. Rut doing their jobs in a great big iray, giving the Japs a scrappy. Aow JOE KE.SDECIIY ha ' , a natch that he keeps on the beam. With Bl R I (). fiiirn inii; (imdenwile. he never lo e! steam. . fE. ' l)() A does the oilmg and PAII.T(). icrites the log; So when they work together, they sure put on the dog. They ' re vital to our engine room and Joe ' s the Senior P. 0.; So, irilh his careful guidance, the plant (t sure to go. ROBERTSON ' S known to all as ROBIE, and he ' s the hardest worker: He is ahrays alert and on his watch, for he is not a shirker, ' Cause MLS RASMUSSE.X oils and oils ' til all machinery purrs. With Bl ' RKE ' S and LAKE ' S assistance, the natch just fairly uhirrs. LAKE is known as SPEED) ' BO) ' : he really takes the cake. And J. A. BURKE. Ihr .MI ' SCLE . I.A. . is al- ways wide awake. They make a rare combination that i vital to our .Ship, And with these four at Ihr engine, through the water we do slip. Then there ' s SELL in charge of Imn to. with FLA.XSBl RG right hand man: They change the filters, renovator and do if hat else they can. ] ' hen something breaks, they get a call, in day or late at night; So give these boys some credit, too: they ' re helping in this fight. MAIN ENGINE C;ONTROL By Self, S. L.. MM2c, M DIVISION Xoir .MAR.SHALL ' S watch. Mmhiuist First. is full of vim and vigor. EsfH ' cially when H. BARTO.VS oilin . he works just like a nigger. And BARRY writes the log up in a style you ' ve never seen. While CECIL REED, he condensates, and keeps his station clean. These boys are all 4.0 with us; just a little bit slap happy, H.ARRIS is another boy down here in this BL.ACK G.A.XG. He hails from good ol ' Texas and lie runs things with a bang. Then there ' s our PETER CIASSE. who ' s a fnetty savvy Joe; There ' s very little to this plant that PETER doesn ' t know. We have FERGi ' SO. from Missouri, who longs or home and arm. But he knows ire have a job to do, to guard our land from harm. Then there ' s FRAXK EDWARD CHOJNACKI from out Chicago way,