Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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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

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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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From the 'NLUNGA POINT!-1R : Lyon, Cox, lst Division. walking into the Re- cruitirg Station in Raleigh and saying: Gimme that ol' sales talk again, l'm gettin discouraged. Cochran, Blu-lee, MAA Forte How about an transfer to the States? l have combat fatigue, Sir. A v Offieerew- What gave you tliatf? Cochran-w The Foist Looeytenant. ' One of our Stewatds Mates. Cox. SIM le. be- came very sea siek after leaving ai port in which we had been for a few days. One of his bud- dies was kidding him by saying. You is just an landlubberf' Dey is no arguinent dere. replied Cox. Airs jist finding out how inueh Ah lubs it. Toward the end of one of the basketball games between VC-85 pilots and airerewinen. the play became rougher than usual. Finally, the referee, an enlisted man, blew his whistle. fared one of the players and barked. just try one more trick like that, and l'm going to throw you right out of the game Pssei' Sir l Chief Boatswaiifs Mate B. Oliver is always commenting on the General Mess food and the CPO food. He ought to be able to discuss it intelligentlyg he eats at both places. Baker, ACM-'SI-low can I save this half of my fingernail? Kramer, CPhMe- Pull it out and mount itfa Bailey, CEM?- Do you know that whiskey has killed more men than bulletsiw Gllles, Elec.- Quite true, but we'd rather be full of whiskey any day, wouldn't we?7, Callicoatte, PhMIe- Wash your hands? Creekmore, Sic- Both of them?,, Callicoatte- No, just one of them, I want to see how you do it. JUFY, ABMQC, picked up a handkerchief dropped by a Wave Lieutenant at North Island and said, You dropped this, I believe, Toots sir. I Southern, CM3e, was running the obstacle course in a Navy Boot Camp, and, after run- ning as long as he could, he stumbled and fell down. The instructor immediately barked, Hers get upg whatis wrong with you? 9 5' . . . ,, . i . , W., Y., 5 .....- T , ..-, .i v ,, ,