Napa (APA 157) - Naval Cruise Book

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18 AUGUST 1944- 6'H division assembled as a group - began organized activity after receiving train- ing in corpsman technique. I Gpfs Q J cf l .. rp . X Gp Q S is A .A ' 5429 j h 9 Q-Q, j Q P ,g F bialidivn E, the members of the MPil1 Brigade, verify the humanitarian notion of the Red Cross. The first of our merciful acts is to stab each man on the ship with a slight dose of lead poisoning. ln this way we acquire patients. Lately, uLife, Liberty and the Pursuit of Happiness of the crew are all we can handle. It is common knowledge that if you are sick, the last place in the world you want to go is Sick Bay because you wouldn't want to force us corpsmen to sleep in our own sacks, would you? If you do turn in, a corpsman may look at you once at day, but youill go below and get your own chow. Weill give you all the shots you want and if the present policy goes through, there will be a G.I. can of A.P.C. pills available to all who report to sick call. You mustnit disturb the corpsmanis nap, his volleyball or his pinochle. Thanks be to all, there was only one operation! The memory of actual work still exhausts us. How- ever, with an injection of plasma in the left ear and a ucut-downi' shot of Scotch, we managed to get them all to Guam where they could get some medi- cal care. I In the form of diagnoses, if you have the ulVlog Mog gong gongf' the G4Chinese Rotf' or just plain 4'Spick ltchfi we have a variety of paints for you to choose from. If you are the Purple Type, or the Red-purple, or if there is a flair in you for crimson feet, we have all three colors. Then if you are the bashful type, we have a colorless variety, but donit blame us if you upeel offw up to your arm pits. We have to stand by for the fights and watch the diving contests into MP boats, but if you happen to get banged up, with luck, the Duty Corpsman may be found in an hour or so, just before you bleed to death. uPatients, stay away from our doorlw I4

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W Ibimivn FIRST ROW, left to right: Perry, J. W., CPhMg Donohue, D. M. PhM2cg Easley, M. E., HA1cg Taylor, G. D., PhM2cg Baldwin, M. Lt. fjgl, MC, Newhouse, M. L., PhM3cg Denney, D. D., PhM3eg Cook, W. W., HAICQ Simpson, G. M., CPhM. SECOND ROWV, left to right: Withe1'ow, J. L., PhM3cg Streng, W L., HA1cg Haedel, P. P., PhM3c: Blackburn, J. E., PhM1cg Buckles, K. W., PhM3c, Schattschneider, A. H., PhM2cg Davis, W. R., PhM3cg Corban, C. B., PhM2cg Webber, W. W., PhM1cg Sparr, E. C., PhM3c I5