Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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STRICTLY BUSINESS BY PERRY BEATON, SIC, S DIVISION The QHICE is agog these days, Hfith 6'G.Q.3' all the time, And that's the reason why our work Is always far behind. IfVhy the hell is KG.Q.',?-'and why the hell Are we? Pll never be anyone else, Guess Pll have to be me. Ad r. .Moore and all the storekeepers In our bunch, By the time we eat our dinner, It is almost timefor lunch. Running here and running there W' hen thzgi 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 won And things are going right, W'hen G.Qf' is forgotten And you sleep all day and night Without a care or worry And fear is out of sight When things are back to normal We'll realbi be all right. But until that day does come, Guess I'll have tofight. Nine months in the Pacfc Is quite enough, for me Give us wine, women and W' OIVI EN And the love cj libergi. MAIN ENGINE CONTROL BY SELF, S. L., MMQC, j 'CMH DIVISION Now MARSHALDS watch, Machini.st First, is full ry' vim and vigor, Especialbi when H. BARTON ,S 0ilin', 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 bzyis are all 4.0 with us,' just a little bit slap hafta, But doing their jobs in a great big wg, japs a scrappy. Now KYOE KENDECHT has a watch on the beam, With B I IR TON pumping condensate, he never steam. XWENDOQA does the ailing and PAUL writes the log, So when they work together, they sure put on the They're vital to our engine room and joeas the P. O.,' So, with his careful guidance, the plant is sure to ROBER TS ONHS' known to all as ROBIE, and he' the hardest worker, , He is always alert and on his watch, for he is not shirker, ,Cause NILS RASMUSSEN oils and oils 'til all machinery purrs, W' ith B URIfE'S and LAIfE'S assistance the just fairbi whirrs. LAK E is known as SPEED2' BOT: he realbi takes the cake, And A. BURKE, the MUSCLE MAN, is al- ways wide awake. They make a rare combination that is vital to our Ship, . And with these four at the engine, through the water we do slip. Then therels SELF in charge ry' turn to, with FLANSBURG right hand man, They change the xhlters, renovator and do what else they can. When something breaks, they get a call, in day or late at night, So give these boys some credit, to0,' theyhre hehbing in this fight. , HARRIS is another boy down here in this BLEIGIY GANG. He hails from good ol ' Texas and he runs things a bang. Then thereas our PETER CLASSEN wh0's a savvy joe, There's very little to this plant that PETER know. I We have FERG US ON from M issouri, who home andfarm, But he knows we have ajob to do, to guard from harm. I 1 Then therels FRANK EDWARD CHU from out Chicago way, o

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Dear Mama and Papa: I theenk thees Navy she a funny wan. You 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. Wheech you want ess whether you weesh to drink or listen. Now when you weesh to go to thee front porch eets not thee front porch, eets the fore- castle, but they call heem folk-sil. Now Im ask you ees thees right? Anyhow you canit go anyway as thees ees wat you call Ofhcairis country, wheech means shes for thee Onficairs 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 those 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 Oflicairs. When they say quarters, they don mean twenty-five cents, they mean everybody rush lak h-H so you can stand longer. Thees ees wan time when they are to be dressed up except I theenk the Oflicairs. I theenk I be wan of those Oflicairs! I gccve 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. Also a man wheech 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- ward 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 Ive 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. Helloilm mean goodbye. Your son, N. J. SOUTHERN, CM3c, R Division. Chow down.

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Who dreams cj home and beautyful girls with whom T47 e have gays in this Dioisionfrom evegf walk fy' lQ'eg he,d like to play, Boys from Maine to gooa' ol' Texas, who are helping But he turns to with the rest mf us when japs are on in the strgfeg the screen, Some from the hills rj ol' M issouri, some are College He jights his vegi heart out, so his conscience is always Exes, too, glean, So it's quite a eomhinationfghtingfor the Red, White, and Blue. K . ish' l fy s hs s lil iw iff' X il' 371 ,, X LQ g 3 , A f ts I qeggx e x V V, VX: I, , V v - -' gn W si Photo gang. 191