Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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THE SMOKING LAMP IS LIGHTED! 209

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EX CATHEDRA 14 MAY. 1944 (It does add up to 25 years, doesn ' t it?) 208 J

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First of all. on behalf of all hands, vvc would like lo express our appreciation to Chaplain Washburn for his enthusiastic endorsement of this project, his sympathetic understanding of the obstacles that confronted us, and his gen- uine appreciation of our efforts. He was quick to appreciate what this book would mean to his men in years to come and unhesitatingly set aside suilicient funds lo insure a copy to all hands. His backing was an inspiration to us at all times and his attitude made our job just a little bit easier and a little bit plcasantcr. VVc cannot speak too highly of our Photo Gang. The quality of their work is displayed throughout this book, since all of the pictures herein were made by them with the exception of those taken at the Kai.scr Shipyards and those of San Francisco, Seattle, Long Beach, Honolulu and San Diego, the Chambers of Commerce of these cities having so kindly furnished us with their pictures as did the del C oronado Hotel, C oronado, Calif. Also, the picture of the Kamikaze exploding astern of us in the Sulu Sea was taken from our Flag .Ship, the U.S.S. Maklii Island (C ' E 93). This book clearly shows the volume of work done by our Photographer ' s Mates, and we can honestly say that they always did every job assigned them willingly and cheerfully. Their contri- bution to the success of this book cannot, there- fore, be over-emphasized. Our deepest ap- preciation to Pentecost, PhoMic, Muenster. PhoMic, Tango. PhoM c. Robcy. PhoM3c and Sinex, Sic. We feel that all hands will agree that the cartoons herein add much humor and interest to our book. While all of our cartoonists in- sist they are amateurs, we feel that they are anything but amateurish. An) vay, many thanks to James. B.Mic-, Lynch, AMMic, (ihighi. ABM2(. jury, ABM2C, Webb, EM c and Sandoval, Fic. This entire book was written while in the combat area, and it was a very slow and tedious process, what with the pitch and roll of the ship, an occasional typhoon, and also an occa- sional Devine Wind interrupting our hunt and peck system of typing. Therefore, when the time came to make .sufficient copies of the manuscript for submission to the publishers, we could not have gotten along with tnir hunt and peck system, and we relied solely on the Yeomen in the E. ecuti e Officer ' s Office to make the c opies. It was no easy ta.sk, but they went about their work cheerfully and with much greater speed and accuracy than vvc could have po.ssibly achieved. Our deepest appreciation, therefore, to Partin, Yic, Chcle- medos, Y2c, Doely, Y3C, and Waer, Y3C. We would also like to express our appre- ciation to our Advisory Committee for their many helpful suggestions and their constructive criticisms. Many thanks to the C ommittee, which is composed of Lieut. C omdr. .Sands, Lieut. C omdr. Hagstrom. Lieut, lippeti. Lieut. Corkran. Lieut. Garrett and Lieut. Homans. Last but not least, we want to thank the en- tire Ship ' s C ' ompany of the Lunga Point. Had we not sincerely felt that you were the finest crew in the L nited States Fleet we would never have volunteered to do this job for you. It has not been an easy job. but being .Shipmates with you has made it a pleasant and genuinely satis- fying one. Many thanks I .S. Linton Smith, Lieut., USNR.