Lunga Point (CVE 94) - Naval Cruise Book

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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 ,, ,

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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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