Oriskany (CV 34) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 180 of the 1951 volume:

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ORISKANY CV-34 V13 A DEDICATION HIS cruise hook is dedicated to the memory of Majol W'iHia1'n J. Bedford, USMC, and LTJG Janies Michael Xveaver, USNR, hy the officers and men of the United States Ship Oriskany, recognizing that they gave their lives in the effort to maintain peace throughout the world. sg. - Q U IIIIIIII 'Q tt MAJOR WILLIAM J. BEDFORD, USMC HE untimely death of Major William J. Bedford, Engineering Officer of Marine Fighter Squadron 122, came as a severe shock to his squadron mates and to his many friends. He was killed when his plane exploded and crashed into the lonian Sea on May 29, 1951. His integrity and devotion to duty, his kindness and his unusual understanding of the problems and the feelings of others won for him the respect of all who knew him. His loss is keenly felt by every- one, but particularly by the squadron pilots who recognized in him a clear thinking, cool, competent leader of outstanding ability. uPop's', ready smile and easy friendliness will never be forgotten. 1 . M- Y. L LTJG JAMES M. WEAVER, USNR TJG James Michael Weaver, USNB, son of Mr. and Mrs. A. 1. Weaver of Boise, Idaho, died Friday, September 14, 1951, in an accident aboard the U.S.S. Oriskany. Born in Boise on August 1, 1927, LTJG Weaver maintained permanent resi- dence in Crant's Pass, Oregon. Upon graduation from high school in 1945, he entered the Naval service as an Apprentice Seaman in the V-5 program at the University of Southern California. Two years later he was discharged as an Apprentice Seaman to accept appointment as a midshipman in the flight training program. As a pilot of Fighter Squadron Sixty-two, LTJG Weaver eagerly entered into the Work of the squad- ron, qualifying for the Navy UE in rockets, bomb- ing and gunnery. Chaplain Dickey of the U.S.S. Vlforcester con- ducted memorial services Sunday, September 16, aboard the U.S.S. Oriskany. Pre ace HE tradition of American warships in European waters, particu- larly in the Mediterranean Sea, dates back to early days of the Republic when full rigged merchant ships flew the United States flag on the seven seas. In 1802, the American Navy and Marine Corps helped end the depredations of Barbary pirates who preyed on defenseless ships sailing past the shores of Tripoli. Since then, units of the Navy have sailed or steamed along trade routes in the Med- iterranean. For the Sixth Fleet, the American mission in the Mediterranean expanded after World War II to include support of Allied Occupation Forces and Allied Military Government in the discharge of their responsibilities but, above all during the summer of 1951, the Fleet was intended to help maintain peace throughout the world. Vice Admiral Gardner, ComSixthFlt, and his staff of about 200 officers and men lived in Mediterranean waters while individual ships of the Fleet came and went within four months. The Oriskany anchored for the first time in the Med at Augusta, Sicily, on the afternoon of May 27. The ship weighed anchor on the morning of September 26 at Gibraltar to start its return voyage to the States. The Fleet itself consisted of Carrier Division Six, under Rear Ad- miral Gallery, and a cruiser division, a squadron of destroyers and sustaining auxiliary vessels. The Carrier Division included the Coral Sea and the Oriskany. The Oriskany, as the newest ship of its kind in the American Navy at the time, was junior to the giant Coral Sea. Occasionally, however, the Oriskany was SOPA, commanded by the Senior Officer Present Afloat. ln the eyes of the Chief of Naval Operations, Mediterranean cruises were meant to train officers and men in activities necessary for run- ning a ship successfully under war conditions. To fulfill this purpose flight operations were scheduled almost every day while the ship was at sea. Shipis company, as well as Air Squadrons attached to the ship, underwent drills of all kinds to prepare them for any emergency. Day or night, men were called away from their routine duties or out of a sound sleep for flight quarters, man overboard, fire, general quarters, air defense, atomic attack, torpedo hit, gunnery practice, gas attack, abandon ship, rescue, and repel boarders drills. On high policy levels the cruise was intended to promote good will throughout the Mediterranean area. Each ship received instructions on the subject. Before the Oriskany put into port, crew members got the word on local history, customs, and places to eat and enjoy themselves from Intelligence reports. The shipis newspaper, The Herkimer Herald, ran advance stories about what to buy and what to see. On the second day in port, the paper carried the latest scoop on restaurants, souvenirs, women and prices. All this helped both officers and men to do the town right without waste motion. The people of the area found Oriskany sailors courteous, intelligent, and eager to learn. ComSixthFlt commended the Oriskany's Shore Patrol for well-managed liberties. ln most ports, visitors were allowed aboard to look over the latest types of equipment, always taking into consideration the need to preserve secrecy in some military devices. Officeris receptions and crew's dances helped acquaint Europeans with the spirit of the Ameri- can Navy as well as with individual sailors, airmen, and Marines. Aboard ship, some of the officers and men had seen the Mediter- ranean before. Whether this was their second or third visit, the cruise was, nevertheless, considered the best sea duty for the American Navy in foreign waters. To younger men, visits to Athens, Naples, Turkey, Tripoli, Genoa, and the French Riviera were a fascinating way to acquire an education. By comparing war-torn Europe with their home States and cities, they began to appreciate the good things in America as well as the need to keep peace throughout the world. When the Oriskany first entered Augusta Bay in Sicily the ship was greeted enthusiastically by the aircraft carrier Saipan, waiting to be relieved. The Saipan's helicopter carried messages on its sides reading like riddles: Cigarette, Joe? and Go Home Americans! By the time that the Oriskany finished her cruise at Gibraltar, her sailors knew what the Saipan meant. Western Europe had been glad to see the Oriskany and her free-spending sailors. The Communists, on the other hand, had been unhappy. When the aircraft carrier Franklin D. Roosevelt relieved the Oriskany there was no obvious feeling of celebration. Men were glad to be going home, but also they had come to enjoy life in the Mediterranean. They had become an integral part of the Sixth Fleet. In the major war game of the area, Operation Beehive, the ship had played its role with efficiency and spirit. As the four months cruise ended, the Oriskany was filled with genuine regret to leave the comradeship of the Fleet. As members of the Sixth Fleet, officers and men felt they had filled a role in international relations that was leading toward reestablish- ment and maintenance of peace, not only in Europe, but also in the Orient. The Sixth Fleet itself was a subordinate operational command of the Commander-in-Chief, United States Naval Forces, Eastern Atlantic and Mediterranean, with headquarters in London, under Admiral Carney. As one of the three Commanders in Chief under the Chief of Naval Operations, Admiral Carney's jurisdiction extended from a point just east of the Azores to just beyond India, and from the North Pole to the Equator. The American Navy, the most powerful in the world, had trusted the brand-new Oriskany to do its share in maintaining United States policies, with continued peace as the ultimate goal, in the most strategic waters of any in the world. To some extent, officers and men of the ship could properly feel that they had stayed the resurgence of war in Europe and had contributed some weight to international negotiations that sought peace in Korea. This cruise book will remind them and their families of the work they did and the part they played in the contest between war and peace. The next few pages will bring back memories of the men with whom they worked under hardships and for long hours. The pictures and text near the end of the book will serve as a memento of the good times every Oriskany sailor had in the great European cities visited during the cruise. The men will also not soon forget the things they learned about our Allies, the peoples who carried the burden of Western Civilization through many centuries, through many wars and threats of war, through poverty and famine, but always with a funda- mental human courage and a faith in reason and in international cooperation. ' ii-.t...stll1sst tor of the URISKANY T GIBRALTAR, just before returning to the States from the Med, the U.S.S. Oriskany celebrated her first birthday as a warship of the United States Navy. She was born on September 25, 1950, at the New York Naval Shipyard in Brooklyn. But she was conceived many years before. Congress authorized construction of the ship as long ago as July 9, 1942. Her keel was laid in May, 1944. She slid down the ways into the East River on October 13, 1945. But where did the ship get her name? When Mrs. Clarence Cannon, wife of the Hon. Clarence E Cannon, Member of Congress from Missou- ri, broke the traditional bottle of champagne over the carrier's bow at the launching, she said, MI Christen thee, Oriskanyf' The Battle of Oris- kany, August 6, 1777, turned back a British invasion of the Mo- hawk Valley, intended to split the Colonies in two. The engagement, Capt. P. H. Lyon addressing guests at the commissioning of the U.S.S. Oriskany, September 25, 1950. often termed the ubloodiest battle of the Revolution, occurred when the Tryon Militia, led by General Nicholas Herkimer, marched into an ambush carefully laid by the Mohawk Chief Joseph Brant, and a few British regulars in a wooded ravine with steeply sloping sides. The advance guard of Americans had slogged their way through a bog at the bottom of the ravine when they were picked off by a sudden burst of musket fire. Herki- mer and many of his oflicers were among the first to fall. Hand-to-hand fighting began. Directed by the wounded Herkimer, the survivors fought on until the lndians and British retreated. The battle takes its name from the Mohawk Indian village nearby. ln the Mohawk dialect, Oriska means 'Ga place of nettlesf, The ending Hanyw indicates the pres- ence of water. Thus, Oriskany represents ua place of nettles on waterf' The late Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, USN, former Chief of Naval Operations, delivered, the principal ad- dress at the commissioning ceremony. mln her,,7 said Admiral Sherman, 'ihave been incorporated all prac- ticable improvements to facilitate the operation of the latest carrier aircraft. The Oriskany stretched 888 feet from stem to stern. She was 129 feet wide. The ship displaced 37,000 tons. Rear Admiral W. S. Delianey turned the ship over to Captain Percy H. Lyon, USN. In the presence of 1800 guests, including Admiral Sherman and Fleet Admiral Chester Nimitz, USNfRetj, members of the crew stood at attention while the first watch was set and the com- missioning pennant broken. Special guests came from the Mohawk Valley in New York State where the Battle of Oriskany was fought during the Revolutionary War. They represented many different activities and organizations. Charles Helmer, great-great-grandnephew of General Herkimer, hero of the Battle of Oriskany, and Norma Jean Yoxall pre- sented 32,000 collected by the school children of old Tryon County. Robert Barnat, president of the Sons of the Revolution of New York State, presented an oil paint- ing depicting the famous battle. From the Oriskany His- torical Society came a battle flag, a scroll, ship's ash- trays, and a painting. The New York Chapter, Order of the Eastern Star, contributed a Hammond organ, a record player for the entertainment circuit, 3200 Worth of records, 3200 worth of athletic gear, American and Christian flags for use at church services, and vestments for the Protestant Chaplain. The Touchdown Club of New York supplied more athletic equipment. After the commissioning, the ship moved down New York Bay to Bayonne, then across to Gravesend Bay off Painting of Gen. Nicholas Herkimer at the Buttle of Oriskony presented to U.S.S. Oriskuny by Sons of the American Revolution. Fort Hamilton, out to sea for operations, and finally to Quonset Point, Rhode lsland, home port ol' the ship. The first aircraft landed on the flight deck December 6, l950, piloted hy LCDR J. P. lVlcGovern ot' VA-l5. The ship made her shakedown cruise out ol' Quonset starting Christmas Day. Operations at Guantanamo Bay, Cuha, were interrupted when about half completed in order to replace screws at the New York Naval Shipyard. The ship then returned to Guantanamo Bay and linished her shakedown. The Training Command at Guantanamo gave the ship the best mark ever given any carrier for her state of battle readiness during a shakedown cruise. Men on the guns of the U.S.S. Oriskany knocked down everything sent against the ship. The most spectacular shooting knocked off pilotless drones, resembling Ger- man huzz homhs of World War ll. The officer controlling the drones from the USS. Oriskany flight deck said he had never seen such good marksmanship against the fast little red and white planes. One ohscrver wrote, wlihe director crews were on target Qin all runs. The firing of this exercise was outstanding. l recommend a mark ol' Excellentf' From Guantanamo the Oriskany proudly sailed hack to New York. While the ship was in drydock, the crew went on leaves. Wheri the men returned, the ship steamed south to participate in Air Group qualifications off Jack- sonville. After the Air Groups had qualihed for day and night operations, the Oriskany returned to New York. Then the ship headed for Quonset where the Air Groups came ahoard and the ship made ready for her Med- iterranean Cruise. 5hip's Company Stands Captain's Inspection Aboard the Oriskuny ........,..-1.-n V ws? in HEN the Oriskany steamed into the Mediterranean Sea, it joined the famous U. S. Sixth Fleet, com- manded by Vice Admiral Matthias Bennett Gardner, USN. Admiral Gardneris command was the largest American Fleet in foreign waters during peacetime. Born in Vlfashington, D. C., November 28, 1897, HMatt'7 Gardner had attended Tennessee Military Insti- tute, Sweetwater, Tennessee, and Pennsylvania State College before his appointment to the U. S. Naval Academy at Annapolis. Graduated and commissioned Ensign in June, 1918, fwith the Class of 19195 he was ordered to the usual sea and shore duty assignments of a junior officer and in 1922 was designated Naval Aviator. After 1931 he served in Fighter Squadron Six in the aircraft carrier Saratoga, on the Staff of Commander, Aircraft, Battle Force, again in the Saratoga, in the aircraft carrier Ranger, in the Oflice of the Chief of Naval Operations, and in the aircraft carrier Wright. At the outbreak of World War ll, Vice Admiral Gard- ner served as Chief of Staff to the Commander, Aircraft Scouting Forces. ln May of 1942 he became Chief of Staff, Commander, Aircraft, South Pacific, and in December, 1942, he returned to the United States as Aviation Officer, Plans Division, Headquarters, Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet. i X X On November 7, 1943, Vice Admiral Gardner took command of the 27,000-ton aircraft carrier Enterprise, which emerged from the war as one of the most dec- orated ships in the Navy. As the war drew to a close, he became Assistant Chief of Staff for Plans, Commander in Chief, U. S. Fleet. After Japan surrendered, he was designated Chief of the Strategic Plans Division, Ofiice of the Chief of Naval Operations. ln August, 1946, he assumed duty as Com- mander, Naval Air Bases, Fourteenth Naval District. In August, 1948, he was appointed Assistant Chief of Naval Operations. Two years later, he took command of Carrier Division Four. The next month, with the rank of Vice Admiral, he assumed command of the Second Fleet, relieving Admiral Robert B. Carney. From the Second Fleet Com- mand, Vice Admiral Gardner came to the Sixth Fleet. ln addition to the Wo1'ld War 1 Victory Medal, De- stroyer Class, the American Defense Service Medal, the World War II Victory Medal and the Philippine Libera- tion Ribbon, Vice Admiral Gardner wears the Distin- guished Service Medal, the Legion of Merit, with Gold Star and Combat 448,75 and the Bronze Star Medal with Combat Wfir' and the Navy Unit Commendation Ribbon. jig! lm S AN aircraft carrier serving with the Sixth Fleet, the Oriskany functioned as part of Carrier Division Six under Rear Admiral Daniel V. Gallery, USN. His flag flew above the Coral Sea, which accompanied the Oriskany in most of its Mediterranean operations. Rear Admiral Gallery was born July 10, 1901, in Chicago. He attended parochial schools and St. Ignatius High School in Chicago before his appointment to the Naval Academy from which he graduated with the Class of 1921. While at the Academy, he represented the United States in wrestling competition during the Olym- pic Games of 1920. His early career included service on destroyers, cruis- ers, and battleships. Developing an early interest in aviation, Admiral Gallery learned to fly at Pensacola. He received his wings as a Naval Aviator in 1927. Later he attended post-graduate school at Annapolis for three years, specializing in Aviation Ordnance. When World War ll began Admiral Gallery com- manded the U. S. Navy Fleet Air Base in Iceland. From there he was assigned to command the Hbaby flattopw Guadalcanal. Under his command at sea the ship cap- tured the German submarine U-505. After this historic action, the first capture at sea of an enemy naval vessel since 1815, Admiral Gallery assumed command of the U.S.S. Hancock, just in time to be in on the surrender of Japan. From 191116 to 1949 he served as Assistant Chief of Naval Operations QGuided Missilesj. Rear Admiral Gallery achieved the distinction of being the first flag oflicer to land a fighter plane on a carrier. His first appearance on the Coral Sea, the year before he became ComCarDiv Six, was as pilot of a Corsair on the carrier7s flight deck. He is the holder of a Hgreenn card, issued to specially qualified instrument pilots by the Navy. He has received the following awards and citations: Distinguished Service Medal, Bronze Star Medal, Presi- dential Unit Citation ftwicej, and Commander of the British Empire. APTAIN JOHN OSGOOD LAMBRECHT, USN, took connnand of the Oriskany at Izmir for the second half of the cruise, relieving Captain Percy H. Lyon, USN, on Thursday, july 26, 1951. Captain liambrecht came to the Oriskany from the Na- tional Wlar College in Vlfashington. Previously, he had had wide experience in highly responsible naval assignments. A member of the Annapolis Class of I925, he first served in engineering and gunnery on the battleship Pennsylvania and in the Far East. In 1930 he took flight training at San Diego and Pensacola. By 1934 he served as an instructor at Pensacola. After that, he spent more than three years as an air ollicer in Asiatic waters. Iust before Pearl Harbor he went to Corpus Christi as Operations Olhcer, leaving that assignment just after he made Captain in July, 1943. He became Chief of Staff, ComCarDiv II, Pacific Fleet. Then he was ordered to NAB Manus as Commandant. In July, 1945, he took command of the aircraft carrier Makassar Strait. The next year he was assigned to OpNav as Assistant Chief, CommitteeslAviation1, General Planning Group. In February, I943, Captain Lambrecht joined the Staff, Commander in Chief, U. S. Atlantic Fleet, staying until August 1950. He was Assistant Chief for Plans, and Assistant to the U. S. Representative to the North Atlantic Ocean Regional Group. From there, he moved to the National War College, before coming to the Oriskany. CAPT. J. 0. LAMBRECHT COMMANDING OFFICER SAYS OW that the good ship Oriskany having had its first Hbirthdayi' and its I0,000th landing, and at the same time having completed its hrst Mediterranean cruise with the Sixth Fleet, a good opportunity is provided for the skipper to sound off. I continue to be delighted and pleased with the excellent performance turned in by all hands and the fine spirit of cooperation and team work habitually exhibited in the shipis operations. This is equally true of those times when we are engaged in fleet or individual ship exercises as well as those periods when recreation is the order of the day and our athletic teams are busy hauling in the championships. Everywhere we have been, Turkey, Greece QI passed through Athens on my way to join the Oriskany and I was looked upon with envious eyes when I told people I was going to command herb, Crete, Genoa, Cannes, and other places, I have heard nothing but the finest compliments for the Oriskany and those compliments are, of course, for you. the Shipis Company, because you are the Oriskany. Furthermore. it has not been just a matter of coincidence that when people ashore wanted to visit a U. S. warship. they picked the Oriskany-llzey 'LUKIFIYCI1 Io sec fl real fglzting ship. Wliat Iim trying to say is that each one of you in the Ships Company rightfully can be very proud of your fine ship-you made her that way. For myself, I was very proud the day I took over commandgthat pride has grown by leaps and bounds and I expect it will continue to do so. As the Admirals in the Fleet have 81211311011 lo the Oriskany so many times. 'tWe11 Donef' Q mwwf X , MQW' fy , , ,nx f f 5 Q me N HIS farewell message at the formal ceremony turning V over command of the Oriskany to Captain Lambrecht, Captain Percy H. Lyon, USN, said to the ofticers and men of the ship: aNow as I leave you to take over a new command, as C0 of the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, I may express my feeling about the ship and the officers and men serving aboard it. In my twenty-six years commissioned duty. the most pleasant ten months were aboard the Oriskanyfl CAPT. P. H. LYON APTAIN PERCY H. LYON, USN, was born in Sioux City, Iowa, in 1902. He graduated from the Naval Academy at Annapolis in 1925. His first tour of duty was in the U.S.S. Pittsburgh. Later he served aboard various cruisers, destroyers and submarines. In 1933 he com- pleted Hight training and served aboard the carriers Lexington and Ranger. Captain Lyon placed in commission and commanded two other ships, the U.S.S. Osmond Ingram QAVD-95 and the U.S.S. Roi QCVE-1031. His shore stations and commands have been at Bronson Field, Pensa- cola, Kodiak, Alaska, and the Naval Air Station, Bermuda. After Ieaving the Uriskany at Izmir, he headed for new duties as Commanding Otticer, Naval, Air Station, Anacostia, near Vifashington, D. C. was I f CDR J. M. WRIGHT Executive OFFICER DB James Mahan Wright, USN, in view of his record in the Navy, seemed to he trained specifi- cally for serving in his post as Executive Oiiicer of the Oriskany. After graduating from Annapolis in 1934, he specialized in ordnance, tactics and flying. After Annapolis, he spent three years in the Pacific learning the ropes as a young officer aboard the battle- ship New York. In 1937 the Navy trained him as a pilot at Pensacola. The next two years he spent as Gunnery Officer on the aircraft carrier Ranger, in the Pacific. He took post-graduate work in Aviation Ord- nance at Annapolis from 1940 to 1942. Then he he- came Chief, Guns and Mounts, Aviation Subsection at the Bureau of Ordnance. In June, 1943, he went to the South Pacific as Gunnery and Tactics Officer with Commander, Fleet Air. While on this assignment he made the rank of Commander. In July, 1944, CDR Wright returned to San Diego as Gunnery and Tactical Oliicer on the Staff of Com- mander Fleet Air, West Coast. ln July, 1945, he was named Commander, Carrier Air Group 80. ln the summer of 1946, CVG 80 operated with Task Force 77, 7th Fleet. Late in 1946 he joined the Staff, ComCarDiv 5, where he served as Gunnery and as Operations Officer until late in 1947. Then he en- gaged, as Operations Officer, Staff, Carrier Division 3, in inter-type exercises with ships in the Pacific. CDR Wright, in January, 1948, became Head, Aviation Ordnance Branch, Fleet Maintenance Divi- sion, Bureau of Ordnance. He came directly from BuOrd to the Oriskany. As the Med cruise ended, CDR Wright called the Oriskany the hest ship of its type in the entire Navy. ln support of this estimate, he cited the excellent rec- ords made during the ship's one year of commissioned activity. EXE XA TI PM - -f, A I5 N ,JN 5 - u---lmzmm.. ..,,, -I' i-EJ-, ,, 4 x '-X : S fT?? f7f?Zi2'w im' 1 W 9 ' ,X 3 W ,X ,Q vu -r xl Q 1 Q -Q ?' X2N?uUp LEPavEf:9?2:g?7P l -J ? imp mi i . . QF! T! , if X gb W f ff N RS 0 1 Xi? Q GJ Q M 6 W K Q Q me SQLLPURE YD 1' 1 ' N 'Y , 9 JN ? ?!, X TS oP N, U4 ' f, gx Q, ,, 3, L1 7131 f Yiiiggixg N 'X ' 2 ff L ' -' I 1 - f 1 3-3 - Q N-. 3? ITEWSPRPER 6 O Y.Y .Q f 2, W7 ETQSIL boils? V fu- p, -. X Rua' , ' ' X 'NQQ1-5 5 K fi-J , 3 X , , 'Nl - K X ,N X -5 -If-,-TN- '!-1 CHHPUQN X6 1 ' . - if -i - 1 G 'J on, -N X- Xi? if NXQN' X Qi A J I E5 LS X X I' ERT3 Canis Q xx 3 ' 2, Q 2:2 'gig M xx jx YQ :Sli X I .' I x X' xkxwl X LL 6 if 5 Xxx 5 III' HI' '-1 b , lx 5 5 1 vllx P '-FN 1 9 rj-LV ,l 4' 1' Slum XX Xxx , V - l' GD Commander G. J. Barras Commander James Mahan Wright Chaplain Corps Executive Officer NDER Commander James Mahan Wright, the Executive Department handled administration of the ship. iiSherifT', Carl M. Bishop and his Master-at-Arms staff en- forced regulations, but X Division, headed by LT John L. Armstrong, as Administration Odicer, had more to do than maintain discipline. ln Personnel Office, SCLK John T. Dowling, assisted by Chief Personnelman Ervan C. Hubka, supervised records as men came and Went on ship's roster. Work on special requests, advancement in rate, transfers, annual leave, and reenlistments was done by ulfarly Riserw Wood, i4Wimpy Castelo, HTeX Day, HS.P.'7 Connelly, and uPolitician7' Hrehocik. Chief Yeoman Ronald J. Murphy had charge of Work of EX Office staff, including uLiberty Cardn Skinner and c'Mimeographer Macliiavey. LTJG Vincent J. Carr ran the Education and lnformation Oliice, Where Turkaly gave the Word on schools, C'Bible- Lieutenant J. L. Armstrong Administration Officer Readeri' Slaybaugh on USAFI, and Calderon, with assistant HGear-Lockera' Comstock in the Training Room, operated movies and training devices. ln the Legal Office, iiStan the Mann Ptak and iiHollywood7' Morton handled Courts Mar- tial records. Records of oiiicers and routing of ship's cor- respondence fell to CHSCLK Ralph E. Marcoot, assisted by Erpelding. CDR Gabriel J. Barras, the Chaplain, supervised re- ligious services, tours, and insurance problems, assisted by uBig-Dealerw Klein and Kowalskey. Sleepy Briggs ran the creW's library. The Herkimer Herald and The Patriot were edited by c'NightoWl Walke, 'iNeckties', Nightlinger, and uwheeli' Williams. They worked with the Print Shop, headed bi' Lawrence, assisted by Osnoe. The printers also put Out most of the forms used throughout the ship. FIRST ROW: A. J. Lawrence, R. J. Murphy, CHSCLK R. E. Marcoot, LT J. L. Armstrong, LTJG V. J. Carr, SCLK J. T. Dowling, E. C. Hubka, R. W. Wood .... SECOND ROW: J. F. Warunek, L. Farrant, R. D. Mac- Ravey, C. G. Williams, F. J. Turkaly, S. E. Walke, R. H. Skinner, R. L. Day, R. P. Ristau .... THIRD ROW: D. E. Dietrich, E. V. Bensinger, R. D. Anderson, C. E. Wendell, R. F. Williams, C. H. Rostron, Jr., B. D. Comstock, R. H. Nightlinger, A. M. Hrehocik. 4 Mfsv It . f D , n Q if ii. 1 31 Q : 3, X W x I 'x .Q I x ' 1 5 A we ' ' , f I . 4 F . l f X1 L' L K: FIRST ROW: W. E. Wilson, H. C. Elden C. M. Bishop, E. W. Lakeman, H. R. Dal- ton. . . . SECOND ROW: K. F. Madden R. A. Wells, 0. Hughes, J. J. Winter, K. H Crouch, D. Adams, R. Y. Scarborough. Mascot Schatzi. ...D K 59 XD, fs '34, if if , ' ' M Q., it ,f f f I If wi Mice.. C 'r V 1 .24 Xl Q Y: -f Zi FIRST ROW: A. C. Urseth, T. D. Taylor, J. B. Osnoe, G. C. Modzelewski, S. M. Ptak, R. E. Gallaway, J. W. Jenny, J. L Helgers. . . . SECOND ROW: W. Strickler, R. T. Calderon, L. B. Erpelding, W. M Gillman, H. H. Briggs, R. G. Gates, F. J Kowalskey, A. Klein .... THIRD ROW R. E. Connelly, J. K. Gabriel, H. J. Mitas L. J. Meyer, W. J. Craib, J. R. Slaybaugh S. F. Duliere, J. F. Hornick, W. J. Morton f , ,, , L 5 , J NM .Q E i v N., KQKAA E f, -nga f4ll xl an lx fi X Q x XM xx x N x X KX N e' X FL X 'Sv :F W .Wy i x 4. , fs 1 X W 4 f 1 W 2 1, 5 I 2 B 2 X if R I 0 xx ,WWW f C1551 ,ee NQEGCKLEH wal! M55 if may was ll . J 1 ny, Y 5 wx l1RllIlKlXllllllllIIlllIIlIIllIllllIlIiIlIlIIllllIlIll!iXX OPERATIO 7 N Ch.LBQP 5.o.Q.P Ixxfgmlg 'iii X -S - - K? 155 4 ' Kimi' N EP! WhEN5'T-HE ll H IIIWIWM 145 I X ' W ' ' Commander W. J. Denholm, Jr. Commander A. T. Decker Lt. Commander R. E. Kamp Air Operations Officer Operations Officer C.l.C. Officer Lt. Commander T. R. Gray lt. Commander J. A. BuChans, Jr. Communications Officer Air Intelligence Officer PERATION S Department, under CDR Decker, collected all the information necessary to run the ship on course, to follow orders on maneuvers, and for briefing pilots on Weather conditions. They also handled mail for the Post Office Department. Heading communications, post ofiice and cryptoboard, and a tactical officer on the bridge was LCDR Gray, who banged out both classical and popular piano evenings in the Ward room. ln the radio shack, Watch-standers guarded all vital fre- quencies, getting news direct from the States for The Herki- mer Herald, picking up official messages from the Pentagon, and from ComSixthFlt, and, occasionally, personal mes- sages notifying Wandering sailors that their stay-at-home wives had presented them with bouncing babies. Such mes- sages were then carried up and down ladders to the proper oflices. 5 r I U- Commander P- T- J0l'9el1Sel1 Lt. Commander R.Werrenrath,Jr. Aefolosy Officer Assistant c.l.c. Officer . Cryptograph messages were decoded in a super-secret cubicle where only the most trusted might enter. Among them were LT George A. Aubert, Radio Officer, and his assistant, LTJG Richard J. Denissen. Junior officers in Com included LTJG F ox, Whose Venice tour may someday provide material for a novel matching Hemingwayis Across the River and Into the Treesf and Ensigns Healy, Arst, and Wassell, the latter two of whom were ,known to ride in the Captainis gig on occasion. Old Chief Sycks ran the shack itself, often tuning his ear to the ether to pick up signals that younger sailors twiddled past on the dials. Chief Hutchins, assistant in Charge Of registered publications, developed a radio CM for results of Stateside ball games, championship fights, and early season football. M09 POPUIHI' SP0t at mail-call, run by HPD. Allen, turned out batches of envelopes, magazines and newspapers .-3' . f ,.. m i . it and packages from home. Johnny Postman Piston added know-how from civilian life in the Syracuse, N. Y., post office. Running up flags, blinking lights, and flapping sema- phore fell under OS Division, in charge of LTJC Williftiii C. Sawyer, assisted by ENS E. Stephen Crask. Chief Quar- termaster Nloneyliun, according to scuttlebutt, once Mtalked in a night Hyer in distress by blinking O-R-l-S-K-A-N-YM on a 12-inch search light. Chief uBeans,' Riordan, on an- other occasion, spotted another night flyer with a 24-inch Search light after the pilot made a water landing. It was said the Hyer was later treated for sunburn. During off-hours, nearly every signalman played pi- nochle except HTurk Topolski who crocheted. But uTurk,7, who won his name for his mustache, never matched the flaming red growth raised by Horay, who started on his own project at the same time. OI Division, centered in an air-conditioned lounge fur- nished with leather sofas, kept watch over shipis radars, reporting and tracking all contacts as soon as detected. ln charge was lfl' Donald W. Taylor, assisted by LTs Gehr- mann and Turnbull. Chief Simmons ran the radar staff. ln charge of all Air Operations was CDR Denholm, as- sisted by LCDR Hangs. CLCDH Kamp was CIC Officer, LCDH BuChans ran Air Intelligence, and LCDR Werren- rath assisted in CIC and Public lnformation. ln Aerology, LCDR Jorgensen published daily weather bulletins based on shipboard observations and radioed statistics. His ofhce sent balloons as high as 54,000 feet to get data on flying conditions. Balloons were followed by the naked eye up to 25,000 feet, and by radar into the haze above. Weatlier from the Urals to the Atlantic was charted by an aerology staff under Chief McFarland. Most of the photographic work in the Cruise Book was shot by men in the photo lab under Photographer DuHaime. Top-man in the Lab was Graham. Among the men who traveled over Europe and Africa snapping shutters were Gruber, Kouch, Augustine, Dougherty, Siegler, Nelson, and Sheehan. Official Navy pictures were also taken by the Lab staff. I i i I OI Division FIRST ROW: R. R. Wallace, W. G. Gilchrist, C. I. Houser, Jr., P. E. Young, E. R Bradtke, A. A. Laroche, F. D. Pierce, J Eitelbuss .... SECOND ROW: M. A Pettit, J. B. Flynn, A. L. Thevenin, Jr LTJG H. F. Turnbull, LT D. W. Taylor W. S. McFarland, T. F. Burke, D. F. Cer- mak. . . . THIRD ROW: B. R. Provencher, C. F. Dunbar, W. H. Polete, L. A. Mann, J. W. Allen, R. L. Watson, A. Blair, T. R Purtell, E. J. Lawless .... FOURTH ROW: J. E. Boyce, J. V. Domenico, T. M. Gam- brell, T. M. Campbell, P. C. Lutz, L. D Schabel, D. E. Fuller, Z. S. Buseck, R. N Lawler, W. Bustos, Jr. 'S . v L Q 34, Q 1 FIRST ROW: R. E. Collier, G. M. Chase, Jr., R. H. Greenlee, J. E. Ferguson, O. H. Sheppard, W. G. Gosset .... SECOND ROW: D. E. Lyons, J. F. McTigue, T. L. McGraw, LT C. P. Gehrmann, R. P. Sim- mons, P. Rathbone, R. E. Seagle, N. Cha- conis .... THIRD ROW: A. F. Barr, G. T. Keim, J. C. Coon, J. J. Moretti, J. J. Mac- Namara, J. C. Stockley, C. A. Hymbel, N. W. Aron, J. J. Mason, S. P. Magnuson. . . . FOURTH ROW: R. P. Myneder, J. W. Gibbs, D. R. Malat, V. R. Donaldson, C. E. Moss, L. C. Perry, J. Yager, H. L. Edwards, J. F. Bucholtz, E. H. MacMannis. 3 -, x iv , FIRST ROW: R. D. Lyne, H. W. Siegler, H G. Graham, T. De Mauri, G. J. Hillyer, T E. Gruber, R. D. Nelson, M. R. Kouch, R F. Grande .... SECOND ROW: R. S. Wal- lenstein, J. A. Augustine, B. F. Dougher- ty, J. T. Maloney, G. J. Curtis, L. K. How- ell, E. S. Plante, M. H. Bozik, J. R. Rup- tak, J. B. Cavanaugh. . . . THIRD ROW M. L. Shifllett, R. D. Cadigan, R. W. Lusch, J. F. Ellis, L. W. Quinlan, G. L. Schelin, D F. Sheehan, E. R. Dissell, J. G. Rodriguez, E. E. Joscelyne, P. S. Brewer. ,...,, W., -W ,--.---y ffw7'W f,,?, Q Q 3, nz:- ' N ,,,, f The weather-guessers used balloons and charts to trace how storms and just plain air moved around Europe and the Med. The balloons rose as high as most aircraft could fly. At the same time, radar traced movements of aircraft, charted on the hoard in C.l.C. Meanwhile, the old-fash- ioned method of moving mail brought lag- gard news about how things were going hack home. OS Division FIRST ROW: R. B. Topolski, E. E. Burks, H. A. Horay, W. R. Abrecht, W. J. Thomas. . . . SECOND ROW: R. S. Carrow, J. R. Trovato, H. J. Knous, C. W. Meek, A. B. Maiowski, M. W. Cash, M. J. Clement .... THIRD ROW: LTJG W. G. Sawyer, D. K. Honeycutt, H. E. Smith, H. J. Moneyhun, J. R. Riordan, E. P. Donnelly, W. D. lsaacks, ENS E. S. Grask .... FOURTH ROW: C. N. Palermo, E. L. Weiss, H. J. Gilpin, D. J. Gregorie, R. F. Gilbert, L. A. St. Germian. FRONT ROW: H. E. Wrobleski, B. E. Allen, LTJG W. Fox, Jr., LT G. A. Auberf, ENS J. W Wassel, A. C. Syckes, R. A. Masfon. . . SECOND ROW: R. Kaminski, J. B. Waters Jr., D. M. Lukachek, T. M. O'Rourke, Jr. R. B. Jack, B. C. Lami, J. H. Fillioe, G. J Vargus. . . . THIRD ROW: C. C. Humphries, P. W. Allen, D. W. Des Marais, D. E. Mc- Gilvary, R. I. Biederman, W. W. Lutz, Jr., R. C. Cowin, R. Olivares. OR Division FRONT ROW: E. W. Smith, W. 0. Forbes W. R. Hutchins, ENS R. P. Healy, LTJG R. J Denissen, ENS P. L. Arsi, J. E. Horne, J. A Piston .... SECOND ROW: M. J. Box, W. B Maslar, J. J. Desch, A. A. Lindig, T. Eba, R Traver, Jr., R. E. Lebeau, L. R. Bowen. . . THIRD ROW: B. B. Wilcox, C. G. Miller, J. F Veres, R. D. Donegan, T. M. Clark, W. R Kelly, J. S. Eifwein, C. W. Adams. 2 1 ...a f 1' 'S xhfj v' 1 M 1 ,A 2 1 A V W J Y? P 1 l T Y J l wg I FRONT ROW: LTJG W. Fox, Jr., LTJG L. V. Delling, ENS P. L. Arsf, ENS E. S. Grask, Jr., ENS R. W. Leach, Jr., ENS R. P. Healy, PHOT A. R. DuHaime .... SECOND ROW: LCDR R. Werrenruih, Jr., LCDR T. R. Gray, LCDR P. T. Jorgensen, CDR W. J. Denholm, Jr., CDR A. T. Decker, LCDR R. E. Kamp, LCDR L. L. Bangs, LCDR J. A. BuChuns, Jr .... THIRD ROW: LT G. W. Markerf, III, LT J. C. McKee, LT C. P. Gehrmunn, ENS J. B. Osbourn, LTJG W. G. Sawyer, LTJG H. F. Turnbull, LT G. A. Auberf, LT A. Shellenberg. Captain Lambrecht alone could relax in his chair but everyone tried to copy his cap and mustache. Luckily, the only shot of the Photo Lab staff in action behind closed doors turned out to be a double- exposure. .1.T...i.....T? l . i -T , - - .- ...J f A IGATIO ff 2 Z Z Z , Z Z 2 - fx C' X13 kgvaie. ofleAmN XD OUARCQ SIA! f-if Havcwe R Q b H L QR' A OCSR? x F9 X fb 1 Rffgfg X-X 3 3 E3?Fl?fg JS Fm ?7?RN aim 5 ' x lr,XJ,fx'- 'yf 'J- -xxx f, Ex Sfgf. CED P: rw. , , . . an-...u' 5 Q..,.,.a, 4 .ii CDR T. W. Hillis Navigafor AVIGATION Department knew exactly where the ship was every minute of the cruise. On the bridge, officers and quartermasters took point fixes every 30 seconds while at sea. CDR Hillis, the Navigator, matched the famous Bowditch all the way from Mayport to Izmir, and back again to the States. During the first half of the cruise, LT DeGroote served as the ship's first assistant navigator, to be succeeded by LT Tennes on the return trip. ENS Drake was first junior division oHficer, followed by ENS Barnes. Title of Saltiest Sea Dog on the bridge went to Chief Windrem, with his rakish chapeau and bifocals. On the cruise, Windy added to the knowledge of mariners by noting that the star, Denebola, could be observed during daylight, a fact unknown to man prior to this cruise. Around the coffee mess, Jimmy Fitzgerald was known as a cool man with the wheel in a rough sea, chess-playing Jimmy Spahn as a source of nautical knowledge, Texas Lt. E. Tennes Assistant Navigator Slater as the foghorn who could be heard on the foc'sle without the aid of phones when entering port, while of Bob Bowser it was said, HNext to the Captain comes Bowser. Unlike other divisions, Navigation often enjoyed staying aboard as much as going ashore while in port. As a result of two visits to the French Riviera allhands in the division now have one overly-developed eye. This came from fas- cinating hours on Long Glass Liberty. No one told us why, but Navigation also included the Shipis Band. Under the direction of Chief Musician Flip- pen, the band rendered military honors, played at cere- monies and receptions, and gave out with be-bop and swing for the crew after noon-day chow. The nineteen musicians voted their shore duty at the Merchant Seamen'S Club in Naples best in the Med. In addition, they had H combo working at the Scandinavian Club in Genoa, and many of the guys usat ini, with French musicians in clulJS all along the Riviera. 3 . . N Division THIRD ROW ileft to Rightkz G. E. Nadeau, QM3: L. F. White, QMSN: J. R. Freehan, QMSN: N. G. Woods, SN: D. W. King, SA: R. M. Bansfield, QM2: A. J. Richter, QMSN: G. A. Wingard, SA: R. A. Klein, SA: F. D. Waltz, QMSN: R. Bowser, YN3 .... SECOND ROW fleft to Rightj: D. Wilson, QM2: C. Thompson, QM3: J. F. Astley, QM2: D. H. Watson, SN: J. B. Kane, SN: S. Slater, QM2: M. w. Perkins, SA: J. D. Phelps, QMSN, P. L. Gfeller, SA: H. M. Rainwater, QMSN: R. E. Vance, QMSN .... FIRST ROW fleft to Rightj: W. E. Walls, QM2: J. E. Fitzgerald, QM1: ENS J. P. Barnes: LT E. Tennes: CDR T. W. Hillis: ENS R. F. Drake: R. W. Windrem, QMC: J. N. Spahn, QM1: J. A. Creighton, QM3 .... Missing when picture was taken: J. C. Green, QM1. S If ' JN? fY f N - Q . l V it . J R K hvS..A'55,.m..Q. - -L f , I 3 A X , The Navigation Bridge, secure from spray behind plate glass 150 feet above the water, served as home to the savviest and saltiest sailors aboard the Oriskany. There CDR Hillis read the stars, Cap- tains Lyon and Lambrecht paced a watchful way, and Chief Wirldrem cocked a snook at terra Erma. . , f , -4 .,,m,,,,, ,,,f..,' .J . ,V . 2 , ff - . ff ,,,..,y., Wwf Q , , x 5 iw . ,..,f ,f f lg 4 ga ,Wg g , f K 4 A f f ,ff U.S.S. Oriskany Band BACK ROW, Left to Right: M. A. Ring, MU17 M. B. Hawkins, MU37 F. E. Goodrick, MU37 D. E. Tasto, MUSN7 G. D. Smith, MUSN: R. A. Honrath, MUSNQ W. H Myers, MU3p L. V. Stryker, MU37 C. T. Dunnington, MU17 N. A. Flippen, MUC Bandmaster .... FRONT ROW: R. C. Tanner, MUSN7 J. G. Whitehurst, MUSN: K. G. Craig, MUSNp L. L. Bardwell, MU1: J. O. Sanderson, MU3: J. W. Greenlow, MU3f R. M. Stryker, MU37 G. J. Horan, MUSN. i ,iM,,K.,. X Z V 'X . df X, A 'J V ,,... ,. f i r if .UK Wbx NNERY T DEPARTMENT HN ww- fwfsT 'Q i., fix v gli jx, !4'A 1 fx Q .5 ITT T 6qb?- O -'T I ff - :TE Aq., X ' ' 'E if' 1 ' T NOW P E I J AJQPXCHIEFD X Z fi, ff' 1 ' . fi. Q T X N. , LQ? X K . Q X OA T 9 X JW ,,v m2!Q1' f NIL I X I Q 'A ,, OT-T307 'Par if Aqlni J V' A iv meisjih Z QT ? W gx ff 0- ' XY Q xx X b' +2- 9 k fb f fQ O T Q15 T TL X ' jj 'O T' S ., A Xxx T A fwff L X 'N T X x1xIl'Y W' I I Q Ogg Haw Qf 9,3 ,X , 5-jx-' TN uwabxffl , N - in T.. gg Q Z 5XoffY-:Tv 5 C9 THATS HOV THEY BREAK GUNNER7 RECORDS ON THE ORTSKlTNY , STARTING FROM THE BOTTOM. .l.. ff 4, 'an!wA!.wm.. . ,,,.. I . 3 I .U.C2'4Tl ',gg, '4 .. .,., f , f iuiiiiwr- r -.,,. ' .lx Long Mgr 'y ., . r L5!l.,.g-.g,,..L ,.,. W, f Sm' i.4..fg.,.i.,. ,....,,.f rwnwcif ff, ' A D .f !. . ki? 1 ? or Y 55.52. . it ', l,,. . ll l I-IEUTENAN1' In E. BENITEZ LCDR W. H. FUNSTON LCDR J. C. HALE Assistant Gunnery Officer G'-'n'1e Y omcer First lieutenant UNNERY Department, headed by LCDR Funston, didn't get a chance in the Med to show off all its uncanny accuracy in hitting targets. But the reason behind the denial was complimen- tary. The Navy had discovered at Guantanamo Bay in the winter of 1950-51 that allowing gun crews of the CV-34 to fire at targets worth several thousands apiece worked an unnecessary hardship on the nation's taxpayers. Even as the cruise ended, the divisions responsible for gunnery still disputed their comparative accuracy. Every sleeve shot down was invariably claimed by at least two batteries. Arguments began before the falling sleeve touched the water. Officers and the 44 men of 1-B Division spent their hours in port running small boats. Headed by ENS Rubenstein, the division kept boats operating from early morning until late at night. Sailors of the lst Division, led by Chief Boatswain Manson, handled deck gear, ground tackle, cleaning gear, anchoring and mooring of the ship, fueling, provisioning, arming, cleaning of the sides, and dressing ship. Chief Seacrist was Chief Boatswain Mate, assisting the Assistant Gunnery Officer, LT Benitez. The Chief was also Senior Enlisted Assistant of the First Lieutenant, LCDR Hale. Responsible for the outside appearance of the ship and for life saving equipment was Chief Molen. Cosner, BMl, was Captain of the Bosun Locker. Ratliff, BMI, had charge of the Sail Locker. Second Division, headed by LTJG Biscomb, knew they were 'GDeck Apesv and they were proud of it. They handled No. 2 fueling line, tied up barges alongside, lowered the port accommo- dation ladder and rigged boat booms. These fellows were all characters from Blackman, who thought the Navy ought to serve wine with meals, to Craft, who could fling a mighty heaving line and a line of slang to match it. Know-how in handling anchoring gear and highline was de- veloped by 3rd Division, under LT Racette. The Division anchored the ship about 65 times. Twice, they moored to buoys. At sea the high line transferred personnel, materiel, movies, and guard mail. In one instance, a stretcher case slid across the high line for treatment in the Oriskany sick bay. LTJG J Patrick Carr ran the 4th Division assisted by ENS Carlson Fourth was responsible for ammunition magazines and hoists, passageways and living compartments, most of the port quarter area and part of the starboard outboard side. The Divii sion painted many almost-inaccessible places on the ship. A painter, George Carter, SA, fell overboard while on duty with brush. There was a fast rescue, but not fast enough. The paint and brush were jettisoned before Carter was picked up. The fighting 5th Division, with its four mounts of three-inch ? rapid fire guns, expended slightly more than 46 per cent off 3-inch ammunition used on board since commissioning. Drake ran the Fifth, assisted by Chief Mims. The Division dressed up and squared away the quarterdeck, ran the Captainis gig and turned to on uHoliday Routinei' to gas ship or refuel destroyers. The Marine Detachment, under Captain Robert I. Nelson, USMC, provided a nucleus for the shipls landing force. Internal security of the ship required a 24--hour-a-day standby condition for the Detachment. They also provided guards for ceremonieS and honors. TSCT Charlie Coy was the only man in the Detach- ment rating a mustache. Corporals Clark and Mark Leitzel WSIB the tallest twins in the Corps. SSCT Fedyski, administrative NCO, helped get attractive pictures for the Cruise Book. Now the 7th Division, man the starboard boat crane, brought the boat pocket crew into action under LTJG Howe and ENS Ullman. Besides lowering and hoisting boats, they replenished ship. But on liberty in Cannes, two of the Division's men, Banta and Thomas, learned they didn't know all about boats when lllei' rented a sailboat. All was well while they sailed out of the harb0I, but trouble started on the return. They finally decided the OHIY Way to tack was to wade knee deep along the shore, Pulling the boat behind them. F Division, headed by LT Seelaus, assisted by LTJG Horan' were responsible for all fire control equipment aboard. Theiialso had charge of magazines and torpedos. In addition, HHY mlscel' laneous duties not assigned to other divisions were given tg F' They took care of optical equipment, parts for guns andrflfe ntrol devices But more memorable was endless hours ' H painting and cleaning May be they said sorne0I15 SG will do that Job next cruise . C0 .. of Chl? - . . . . ga . . a i ' H - ' an i 9 U ' . ' . . . 3, 4 E i I-B Division BOTTOM ROW, Lett to Right: F. B. Callen, SN7 T. G. Watson, SN: R. J. Harrower, SN: J. Middaugh, SA: E. Moore, BM3: K. R. Miller, ENT .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: l. Jonker, SN: D. Yovich, BM3: J. F. Byrne, A P Dezort, FA: C O Hutto SN' H SN: . u 0 ' I I 0 Parrish, SN: E. B. Burnham, SA: G. P. Carter SA. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Div. Otiicer Ensign Rubenstein: J. H. Joiner, SN: M. B. Tower, FN: E. B. Posey, SN: J. J. Krier SA: B. T. Sasser, FN: F. O. Martin, SN: L. R Jankowski, FN. . . . TOP ROW, Left to Right: W. E. Prescott, SN: R. D. Ringhofer, SN: M. B. Barharich, SN: J. H. Vonmohr, SN A. T. Stephens, SA: W. M. Turpin, SA: E. K. Burkett, EN2: J. F. McHugh, SA. I I n I I .fi f . , , .www-.. We fi 'vs I.. C, Gm? H , .. ish.. I my G dm is M XM X QI! if xi f my , I M Me, 1 , 4 I , ,J My sv' , f ,I . iw V ,T ,QW-Z wi K X -iz .gf Z, . K, 4 E l 4 a , l 3,-., lst Division BOTTOM ROW, Left to Right: Robert K. Easterling, SN: lawrence G. Cosner, BMT: Davies G. Seacrist, BMC: Robert F. Molen, BMC: Max E. Messmore, BM3: Eugene D Ratlift, BMT. . . . TOP ROW, Left to Right Harry B. Martin, BM3: Edward J. Falken- back, SN: William S. Tsantis, SN: James A Yowell, SN. TOP ROW: G. C. Blackwood, R. E. John- son, L. F. Hall, M. S. Payne, W. C. Brad- ford, H. P. Morlos, E. Estes, R. J. Webb, G. E. McCombs .... BOTTOM ROW: C. R. Beasley, F. T. Welch, E. T. Cafes, M. M. Blackman, A. J. Bovi, J. W. Bigelow, R. A. Murray, S. W. Boyd, R. B. Barber. eg r E X J NY , Y my A I X X : 1 fl SX 6 -5 E X X ggi ll WH W , 1 f , J J , f Q, f XM I f ,ff . 1,1 f 2 2' ?5y'i , f 1 , , , W ,, A , yi 2 s , f EW f 2 Y 5 Q U Y ' . SWK ,f lf- .ggfj 59 3 1 1 :W X If i W f I 1 if L. WW 1 , W V ff! a , , ,K 'Q :Q ' 1 ,,, W 2 .4. V 'Z I 335 2nd Division TOP ROW: H. J. Leverman, C. E. Kennedy, E. A. Hochmuth, W. H. Lacinak, R, 5. Williams, H. E. Cockerill, E. B. Law,- J. Tucker, Jr., M. C. Craft .... MIDDLE ROW: D L. Borfon, J. K. Browell, P, R, Galipeau, C. C. Humphreys, H. S. Arnett, J. W. Ryan, Jr., J. C. Oliver, E. J. Anni- balli, Jr., B. G. Brown .... BOTTOM ROW: W. J. Leathers, K. J. Lavine, F. E. Meisel, L. A. Dawson, LTJG L. I. Biscomb, Div. DH., ENS R. R. Boone, Jr. Div. Off.: A. Lanning, H. J. Kiefer, D. W. Menton. ence, Y YI Q Z PE RMISSION 5 .fy mu .2 6 X V 1' I , 5 1 f , ' 3, ' . 4 f . 4 . f , f- 3 9 KX Sql gg N . . :jfs TOCHKJ BOARD, Sm... V s . , W VHS Sy sa? , y 5 O I O 3rd Dlvlslon BOTTOM ROW: K. Loftin, GM1: G. R Raia, BMI: R. R. Boone, ENS: H. J. Ra- cetle, LT: H. J. Burrows, ENS: D. C. Rich- ards, GMC: E. G. McPeak, BM3: H. Gibson BM3. . . . SECOND ROW: A. G. Richard, SA: C. Godwin, GMSN: J. E. Blizzard, SA E. J. Summera, SA: W. A. Miller, SN R. S. Craven, SN: J. P. Mawyer, SN: N. C. Pray, SN: J. T. Rowe, BM2. . . . TOP ROW: F. Foresta, SA: C. L. Schappell, SN: J. B. Hayes, SN: L. Brown, SA: R. G. Summa SA: D. D. Garner, SA: E. B. Lee, SN. . I S we V J lglbx 21:1-JT 1-WYATKR K .S M -. -V Q. f Z ni .ii nw X1 A , Qi f V 2 C g C. ii ' -CV ' 5 4 f Jr Q ,fy ,,,. my z i I 1 BOTTOM ROW, Left 'Io Right: L. J. Rich- ards, SN: F. R. Baker, SN: R. L. Bosick SA: P. A. Rainville, SA: A. T. Buckum, SA, W. L. Daye, SA: T. G. Evans, SA: J. W Grady, SN .... SECOND ROW: J. D. Davis SN: D. E. Hemric, SN: J. J. Dolan, SN: J. C. Gunnels, SA: L. E. Keefer, SN: G. H Cross, SA: J. T. Curran, SA: R. G. Burbank SN: W. D. Cherry, SN .... TOP ROW K. J. Jones, SN: J. H. Mackley, SN: J. E Dimmock, GM1: E. E. Whalen, SA: G. M Sharpe, SN: R. C. Carden, SA: G. Spinelli SN: W. Burchell, SN. WSW. f X X Q. fx V 2 Af ff ...wi I fd w FRONT ROW, Left to Right: C. W. Stins- man, SN: S. J. Bushinski, GMSN: L. L. Hunger, SA: D. F. Sanchez, SA: LTJG J. P. Curr: F. J. Augsburger, BM3: A. M. Mc- Guiness, BMSN: G. W. Potter, BM2: R. E. Coble, BM3 .... CENTER ROW, Left to Right: W. J. Yunchuk, SA: C. H. Loeve, BMSN: J. A. Soucy, SN: D. R. Masters, SN: H. G. Frencik, GM3: L. L. Crompton, SA: G. D. Lederach, SN: R. R. Millett, SA: V. V. File, BMSN .... REAR ROW: C. A. Brumit, SN: G. E. Moore, SA: J. Cuccolino, SA: A. J. Sylvester, BMSN: A. L. Thurston, SA: R. R. Proffitt, SA: H. M. Gruvley, BMSN: J. E. Powell, SN: R. W. Choty, SA. 4th Division mom Row, Left to Right: w. A. wal. lace, SN: J. Blom, SA: B. M. Carter, SA: J. Mihm, SA: H. W. Whitney, SA: 0, C. Ayers, BM1: B. E. Elinoft, GM3 .... REAR ROW, Left to Right: W. E. Bell, GM2: J. C. Zanders, SN: C. L. Smith, SA: G. W, Story, SN: B. J. Bounds, SA: P. J. Valvo, SA: T. G. Appelhans, SA. Q fl if l 5th Division FRONT ROW, Left to Right: F. Collins, SN: W. A. Sims, SA: J. A. Saporito, SA: F. G. Zinsler, LTJG: L. F. Mims, GMC: J. W. Curtis, ENS: R. R. Demuth, SA: W. T. Chapman, BM3 .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: M. E. Twitchell, SA: E. Allen, SN: B. G. Williams, SN: W. G. Dunkum, SA: C. J. Guminak, GMSN: A. E. Anderson, SN: J. Budimiliia, SA: l. B. Lockhart, GMT: R. E. Ocamb, SN .... BACK ROW, Left to Right: E. L. Jamieson, BM3: C. J. Harrison, GMT: S. G. Fabina, BMT: A. J Iolocci, SN: J. D. Reeves, SA: V. Win- ningham, SN: H. E. Steele, GM2. 5 2 1' ...Waf- 'il ,, X 9 FRONT ROW, Left to Right: E. M. Vargas, SN: J. M. Wroth, SA: W. G. Dockray, SN: E. E. Chapman, SN: M. A. Colonna, SN: C. D. Turner, SA: G. L. Turner, SN: R. D. Taylor, SN .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: J. R. Mattiacia, SA: W. H. Lewis, SN: L. Atkins, SN: R. Borozdik, SA: F. R. Wiser, SN: O. C. Flynn, SN: N. J. C. Laffarlett, SN: D. B. Tomlin, SA: L. J. Trenholm, SN .... BACK ROW, Left to Ri ht' R. L. Sceurman SN: J. Duca, SA: 9 - 1 G. J. Bienvenue, SN: H. N. Kroh, SN, R. O. Jackson, SN: A. J. Bryk, SN: P. E. Doyle, SA: M. P. Toussaint, SA. it iefi V. be .XX X Q Qkw ii Xe. f M . .. shaky, vw' vest FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Sgt. Thomas J. Dempsey, Sgt. Paul J. Wider, Cpl. Richard P. Mays, 'lst Lt. Aubrey T. Jones, Cpl. Ralph A. Fabbricatore, Sgt. Adolph Schmid, Sgt. Gilbert E. Postelle .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: PFC Robert E. Peck, Cpl. Ronald W. Toth, PFC William W. Jones, Cpl. Mark E. Leitzel, PFC Willard L. Newport, PFC Harold F. Walker, Cpl. Eugene E. Engleman .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Pvt. Robert G. Ray, PFC Donald J. McCormick, Pvt. Charles I. Mo- ran, PFC Robert S. Simna, Cpl. Robert A. Summers, Pvt. Calvin L. Miller, PFC Jack R. Wall. ffm.. w 6th Division FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Cpl. Floyd L, Ingle, PFC Donald L. Carnes, Cpl. William W. Hamblin, Capt. Robert I. Nelson, Cpl, Joseph N. Boyle, Cpl. Norman C. Mercier, Cpl. Harold W. Hiott .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: PFC Robert E. Brown, Cpl, Robert C. Stanton, Cpl. Dale D. Anderson, Cpl. Clark E. Leitzel, Cpl. Edgar A. Kisten. macher, Cpl. George R. Kelly, Jr., Cpl. Danny J. Cottle .... THIRD ROW, Leh- to Right: PFC David F. Chambers, PFC William P. Daniell, Jr., Cpl. Jeremiah F. Hayes, PFC Leo G. Moses, PFC Leonard E. Brown, PFC Milton D. Platt, Pvt. George E. Harmon. A V X 4 Z flew Q -fb 1 N212 i if as :H ,sw . 'gf ff - Q .Q I 1 s, 4 he ' ! Z.j,g,, Ji ' ii ff ,M X, . wiki If xi lla' 1 X Wi M ,Mk l F iw. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Cpl. Joshua W- Davies, Jr., Sgt. John L. Wozniak, T597- Walter H. Coy, MSgt. Matthew J. Man- nion, Jr., SSgt. Stephen T. Fedyski, 559'- Charles H. Shields, Cpl. Wilbert A. Hot- tinger .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: PFC John P. Caulfield, Cpl. Floyd L. Inglef PFC Martin J. Clancy, Cpl. Franklin D- McDuff, PFC Harry J. Doering, PFC Ken- neth K. Wells, Cpl. Frank W. Stubblelield- . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Cpl. Albert J. Funston, PFC Frank Manning, PFC Louis J. Ficchi, PFC Walter F. Shute, PFC Neil V- O'ConnelI, PFC Arnold K. Greenmam Cpl, Charles D. Frederick. BACK ROW: left to Right: PFC R ssell, PFC Russell J. Bancroft FC D id E. Beckman, Sgt. William S. R ne- l. o y rc H FC leo V. r e, P Gill: ick, PFC Joseph L. Lawrence. . . F ONT ROW: Left to right: SSgt. John D Gupchik, PFC George J. Hamernik, PFC lph H. Shu C nn h W. Ilg. I g L. NX XX El M H03 6: NX 3 Xxx RXXN If N H0591 Sf! '1 ZF? gill? fs' 5 D ,fs EN U L 3? Xxx xX X N 3 Sw X X fi K 41 f Nj , 2414 1 sf S ,f yy! fm 1 XT' A . 14 , W VI W 7 1 5 I z 1 , -- ' 51351 f M of s C if .fx ' X ,-ff mom Row, Left to right: D. D. rqrlow, Ai ' 5 f SA: R. J. Casey, SN: R. E. Colvin, SA: L. G Grady, GM2: W. P. Leneave, BMI: W. E Henry, SA: R. L. Allen, SN: P. T. Finn, SN . . . SECOND ROW: R. A. King, SA: B. E Fearon, SA: M. R. Shevlin, SN: E. N. Ben- singer, SA: W. J. Shierant, SA: C. H. Ficke, SA: F. E. Gaskin, SA: N. R. Ferrero, SA: J. A. Dance, SN: B. A. Fabyunkey, SN . . . THIRD ROW: B. O. Young, SN: H. G Adkins, SA: R. E. Shemeld, SN: K. T. Bowsma, SN: J. W. Ledford, SA: J. J Krier, SA: W. V. Sanville, BM3: C. M McCariin, SA. . f W x f .ffl V 'K 2 5' 1 5 ,, 0 i' j if ? , A K ' Z 'Q 2 Q A 7th Division FRONT ROW, Leff fo Righf: E. D. Peck, SA: A. A. Guarino, SN: R. S. Leibowick, SA: LTJG Howe, Div. Officer: ENS Ullman, Jr. Div. Officer: K. P. Dvorak, SA: J. H. Joiner, SN: W. J. Chrisfoff, SN .... SEC- OND ROW: F. R. Wunner, SA: M. Haiek, SA: G. E. Dokes, SA: J. H. Cummings, SN: J. W. Kuberf, BM3: V. E. Jay, SA: D. B. Pofenza, SN: S. J. Tiius, SA .... THIRD ROW: W. R. Banta, SN: N. R. Delcher, SA: J. J. Luinas, SN: J. A. Navafowski, SA: R. B. Whaland, SN: H. S. Sifko, SA: H. A. Lyle, SA: K. L. Harbaugh, SN. K 'V fi X X!! 5- s. 'Lf' - - L . A 5 f fl : F Division BACK ROW, Left to Right: R. D. Wright, SN: C. R. Cornell, SN: N. Honen, SN: A. E. Scholes, SN: R. A. Gilbert, SN: J. Daniel, SN: L. R. Harvey, SN: J. Krysiuk, SN .... SECOND ROW: l. Walden, SN: H. R. Dukes, FC3: R. C. Osborne, FC3: C. C. Short, SN: J. Lubenow, SN: H. R. Houseman, SA: E. D. Dolezal, YN3: J. R. Hantack, SN .... THIRD ROW: J. L. Yerich, BMI: D. J. Horan, LTJG: F. L. Rapp, ENS: F. A. Seelaus, LT: D. W. Faris, ENS: W. G. Holmes, CHGUN: R. R. Schar- din, CHGUN: D. L. Whittle, FC3 .... FRONT ROW: C. C. Zuber, FCI: G. E. Clark, FT1: G. M. Browne, FCI: E. D. Wampler, FC3: J. L. Towell, SN. Y? if 4 Q . T y . sv, W I. ,JNAYX .Q .QE Xfjxl D RSM! X s ,. 4 ' A qwj .. ,J ,. 5, .X X .-.M A 61 Vi? BACK ROW, Left to Right: B. T. Jaffer, SN: R. J. Sharkey, SN: J. R. Mulligan, SA: E. Fannin, SN: J. L. Curley, SN: R. L. Goodhart, SN: E. C. Mattern, SA .... SECOND ROW: R. L. Erickson, SA: E. L. Bedard, SN: E. S. Bonham, SN: D. Wilson, SN: R. W. Lewis, SN: E. G. Bennington, SA: W. G. Laughlin, SA: R. J. Fachet, SA: R. L. Labonte, SN .... FRONT ROW: A. S. Boggs, SN: D. Terrel, FC3: C. H. Unselt, FCI: E. B. Morgan, FCC: P. Hood, FCC: G. D. Smith, FC3: R. L. Jones, FCI: R. R. Carter, FC3. 1. il BACK ROW, Left to Right: J. J. Rogers X' of J. H. Smith, GM2: c. N. Lavender, SN X ff V J. J. smhly, TM2: w. Mufucci, SN: J. M burger, TM2: H. L. Harmon, TM2: M. L Conser, GMC: R. R. Schardin, CHGUN: P. D Duval, TMC: D. L. Brown, TMC: B. J Catalano, TM2: C. W. Koch, TM3. Ti C 'RQ SN: R. E. Hurt, SN: J. H. Gilman, SN, J . . . SECOND ROW: J. C. Ferguson, SN, G. J. Anatriello, SN: R. E. Jones, SN, Monti, SN .... THIRD ROW: R. B. Shellen- - Ai J F r E GI EERI G fi.,-, , .,1 ff, f ff- fAv: .Q A My nf? f ff! f Y , jQQ7,x W X Wa ff ,Q Lf M X Q 'K '55 253234, is X Q XX . X,-, my TNQ' A XX, ,XJ Zh ,f fclf, -V 7 , 'f f ff I f, V, f , 717.111, XGQQ X X X , , ,-' ' Q if X Ny, X ,gQjf f f WCRASH 'BAQK LCDR L. L. LINDSTROM Main Propulsion Assistant Far below flight deck, but ab- solutely essential, the Engineer- 1 ing Department, under CDR Kermode, kept the ship operating LCDR J. M. CAMPBELL . efficiently, even when no flight Damage Control Assistant operations were scheduled. Offi- cers and men of the Department worked longer hours and were called on almost as many emer- gencies as anyone aboard. Standard gag in the lower levels ran like this: a man would say he was going topside to get a little sunshine. Official response was, i'Sunlight? Whatis that? While the ship functioned smoothly it was easy to forget the work-horses below. But when lights failed, or the motion picture show fluttered, or water- hours were imposed, the Black Gangii was blamed. In addition to CDR Kermode, responsibility fell to LCDR Campbell, LCDR Heider, LCDR Mitchell, LCDR Lindstrom, and LTS Hommel, Keller, and Becker. If a scuttlebutt ran hot or dry, A Division got the call. They also kept the three gigantic airplane elevators in repair, saw to it that compressed air was available throughout the ship, that pilots' ready rooms stayed comfort- able, that the main refrigeration plant preserved tons of food, and that ice cream units kept sailors supplied with frosted goodies. LTJG Moore, Jr. had charge of A Division. He was assisted by LTJG Mathis and CHMACH Chabot. Chief Cundiff supervised the furnishing of compressed air for guns, catapults, pneumatic tools, and airplane tires. Chief Huff watched over air conditioning and refrigeration. Chief Oelkers ran airplane elevator machinery, anchor windlass, and steering gear. Laundry and galleys got their heat through Chief Gerstman. Small boat engines were kept humming by Chief lmbert's enginemen. In the machine shop Chief Kaukas supervised the making of new parts for any machine or equipment on the ship. B Division, under LTJC Merritt, assisted by ENS Frizzell and CHMACH Bateman, furnished superheated steam to drive the ship at full power. Two big sets of evaporators produced 80,000 gallons of water to slake the thirst of men and machines. Most of the men of B Division operated boilers in charge of Chiefs Norman, Perry, Krieter, Dundore. Chief Rouse supervised the evaporator gang. Oil King, responsible for handling both oil and fresh water, was Sherrod, BT1. CDR H. D. KERMODE Engineer Officer P LCDR W. B. MITCHELL Electrical Officer LT Keller ran Electrical Divi- sion. Under him, from Chief Electrician Goodwin on down, the division maintained all the shipis LT. W. F. WADEWITZ electrical circuits, standing u . Electronics Repair Otlicer watches on distribution switch- board, IC switchboards and gyro compasses. Sometimes, special men had to be called in to work in limited spaces. The divisionis mascot, iilsittleii Tittle, was known as the only man in the Navy who could stand upright in a horizontal wireway, tieing a Western Union splice while eating a gedunk. Thanks to Engineering Department PR men, who occasionally got top- side, the rest of the crew learned that the Oriskany was powered not by jet propulsion, but with steam turbines. M Divisionis Machinistis Mates and Firemen ran the main engines, generators, and related auxiliary machinery. The men had to keep joe pots steaming all the time during their round- the-clock watches. Headed by LT Hommel, M Division operated this machinery under the watchful eye of CHMACH Myers. He himself was a past master at the use of baling wire and an exponent of the Get a bigger hammerii school. Chief Arch had charge of after engine tanks and Chief Bennett of the forward engine Siberian Salt Mineii room. One of the boys, Don Struble WHS ofiicially designated as shipis watch repairman. The Carpenter St10P, metal Sh0p, repair units, and fire fighting equipment fell under R Division. Its men worked under direction of LT Becker, HS- sisted by ENS Ricker and CHCARP Engle. Raucous laughter heard from Siem to Stern WHS HIWHYS traceable to R Division where Alaways carried on his operations. The Primal? duty of ER Division was repair and maintenance of radi0, radar, sonar, and electronic aids to navigation, Sometimes 3 nlember of this division had i0 be 3 Steeptejack to service antennas as much as 180 feet above the water line. LT Wfadewitz ran the show as Electronics Repair Ottilief, while LTJG Barley was Division Officer and ENS Abraham, his -i'O' CHRELE Bernot, who Painted with oils, and fiddled, was Division Station Officer. Outstanding personalities included Red Beene, Who liked motorcyclesg Bill O'Quinn, a softball playerg and Husome, wll0 built remote-control boats.. A Division BACK ROW: chuboudy, FN: Edwards, FN: Murray, FN: Scott, FA: Chalfa, FN: Cain, FN: McCorkle, FN .... SECOND ROW: Normington, FN: Wagner, FN: Stewart, FN: Holt, FN: Wells, FN: Hazen, FN: Black, MM2: . . . SEATED: McGovern, MM'l: Halstead, MM'l: Chabot, CHMACH: Campbell, LCDR: Wiggins, MM1: Dreon, MM1: Murphey, s FN: Ferguson, - ,., X ,X 5541 i f l ' A f , Q f X X , 5 , F ' Mi - y ' - 1,71 , 5 .x I 3 ,J , , if, 1 ff, as . X ,Qian rj JH : 3 fp A C X ' ' sq, X X X ,F ff' ! A ' f -, Q f. 9 Pfankuch, FA. Moore, LTJG: MM1 . u 41 . Xfsfd iQ-1 45? I A ...e-....,.e...,k i A , Q 4 Ls N ,f Q ,Q X ,W f 'Q KS MQQQQ I swf, 6 Zskwws' fi ' Sz X2 XX 4X NXZSWW X-v www-X' f 'F WN? 4 f XV AA Z 6 fs aw ,N A vfw-s m SD A - 51 1, 1 ,, i V fy A 1 ,xl I 'W X X mf 1, Xe 3-N Q fx 4454 vt, 1? , , ,fs-, 4 J' X f X Y 23 .N A V 5 ,YN . Q4 .. 15 fa- X -g,,R,,,,, X ,Xa x 5 s n N I K 'ff ,, 5:73 ' lk K 'If .- 4 s' 55,12 f gwff Q , , , If Mi' ' Q' fnhf 1 7 , WMO QA' .. MX, Q X Z Ni. ' , M, SS asm X05 ff , 4 , NMXQX, 5, X X XXXX mx, X! 7 1 ,QC f iii 5 X M, X 'MX sa f 1 f Sys-QQSZSQ2 X: f Y 4 X f M Q sv f X X X f 4 f f X l 'S 1 -f s , ww Q' X X., -f 5372.4 x 1 - 6,16 X N: X7 1 f ' A , , X 4' K ', W f f V BACK ROW: Floro, FN: Duncan, MM2: Barwick, FN: Robertson, FN: Blake, EN3: Hixson, MM2: Lutz, FA: Acuff, MM3 .... SECOND ROW: Cuddie, FN: Hurme, FN: Peters, MM3: Cinqmars, MM3: Norwood, FN: Gannon, FN: Koval, MM2: Serra, FN. . . . SEATED: Bowron, EN1: Townsend, MM1: Oelkers, MMC: Kaukas, MMC: Cunditf, MMC: Petty, MMC: Gerstman, MRC: Paul, MM1. B Division BACK ROW, Left to Right: C. L. Smith, BT2: D. F. Cooper, FN: W. Schuppler, FN: A. Savola, BT3: G. E. Romine, MM3: C. R. Terrell, FN: V. lachini, MM3: G. W. Hoff- man, FN .... n-ms: BACK, Left to Right: R. W. Scott, BT1: J. H. Thomas, MM3: T. E. Kelly, FA: R. G. Sasse, MM1: J. Regan, FN: R. W. Erft, FN: W. R. Melcher, BT1: R. Laughlin, FN .... TWO BACK, Left to Right: R. Weidinger, BT3: R. C. Wood, FN: R. E. Crossley, BT3: K. R. Jack- son, FA: J. Hunt, FN: N. L. Levasseur, FN: G. E. Haskett, FN: H. Henderson, MM1. . . . FIRST ROW, Left to Right: W. E. Bragassa, FN: W. C. Fisher, FN: R. Kan- dalec, FA: A. R. Valliere, FN. 1 , 427 a? fm , , ,W yi: My M VW 1 1 if Zi, 4 ,W Q, , 9 ,f ,, V, H-'X 5 ,, XM X, ,4 4 if 7 v 5 4 -a Z , f. 'f :gy if BACK ROW, Left to Right: M. C. Krippner, FN: M. R. Lovly, BTI: J. R. Burch, FN: R. R. Dechene, FN: A. U. Deschamp, FA: R. L. Dixon, FN: M. C. Silva, FN: M. R. Williams, BT'l .... THREE BACK, Left to Right: H. W. Dundore, BTC: T. B. Rushing, FN: D. G. Quigel, BT3: P. E. Batson, BT3: J. A. Havey, BT2: R. E. Frantum, BT2: S. B. Harned, FN: C. R. Grown, FN: F. R. Losee, BT3: L. P. Norman, BTC .... TWO BACK, Left to Right: G. E. Snyder, BT2: A. F. Master, FN: W. P. Delany, BT3: J. A. Platt, BT2: J. Trahey, BT1: D. P. Gardner, FN: S. P. Duda, BT2: C. F. Outlaw, BT2. . . . FIRST ROW, Left to Right: G. Vander- leest, FA: E. C. Stoner, BT3: G. E. Haskett, FN: G. E. Hull, FA: A. S. Butler, BT2: B. Bounds, FN: L. S. Williams, FN: A. R. Valliere, FN. A: M6 Q X Q BACK ROW, Left to Right: G. D. Collins, FA: G. Armstrong, FN: J. Grittis, FN: J. T. Abbott, BT2: R. Weathersby, FN: A. Hin- ninger, FN: M. O. Vosberg, FN: L. R. Pouliot, FN .... THREE BACK, Left to Right: D. E. DeGrasse, BT2: G. A. Haller, FN: C. P. Dietrich, FN: W. Rauen, FN: R. F. Voitik, FN: A. Ballestrini, FN: B. Burnett, BT2: D. Gatchell, BT3 .... TWO BACK, Left to Right: M. D. Graves, BT2: F. Devencent, FN: S. A. Riggs, FN: J. J. Parker, BTC: G. C. Perry, BTC: L. P. Bideli, FN: E. E. Boocher, FN: E. H. Cooper, FN. . . . FIRST ROW, Left to right: L. J. Fal- coner, BT2: A. Swallow, FN: F. J. Gurney, BT3: G. E. Haskett, FN: R. F. McKenzie, FN: G. Byington, FN: F. O. Greenwood, FN: L. E. Barber, FN. Q ff--. Auf, fr... ? , V I sassmisifq 'ff ., 5: .S BACK ROW, Left to Right: J. Butkus, BT3: R. Beck, FA: J. H. Mesecke, FN: E. W. Walker, FN: C. Rodrequez, FN: T. W. Nye, FN: L. C. Dorer, FN: R. 0. Duggin, FN .... THREE BACK, Left to Right: N. Banker, FN: R. L. Quarrey, FA: R. L. Minchew, FN: F. Peluso, FN: G. C. Perry, BTC: C. Felker, FN: M. Yantos, FN: J. Foley, FN: H. Glowicki, BT3 .... TWO BACK, Left to Right: H. W. Dundore, BTC: J. T. Parker, BTC: G. E. Bateman, CHMACH: G. Y. Merritt, LTJG: L. L. Lind- strom, LCDR: E. E. Frizzell, ENS: D. W. Krieter, BTC: L. P. Norman, BTC .... FIRST ROW, Left to Right: J. M. Besante, FN: P. G. Dennis, FN: M. T. Hansen, BT3: V. J. Beauleau, BT3: F. Holder, Jr., BT3: R. J. Deming, BT1: D. Van Gorder, FN: D. K. Heinen, FN. fp ' ,, H1 sim TO HAV I'r'l TAKING M7 QQQGQQIQQIHE PILLS AND PLAY IN CAN I E ' THE TANKZ77 DUMPTH'S9 - Q l ijt Q xv f , 4, - , ,, I Wm .Av T? - , I f M lilbf Q filal . JUNE - ill I 1,13 gHLTg.' GQRBRGEE X Z.: tw-:.......-.--.2 N cm Q-X, Q ,O i Q E f v xx lsux Q Z-5: S 0 ve.. XXX' we lv :gum i: ,REFRESH wma ima Q 1 B 3 1 1 1 , - C U . .- ESH ,WATERS EFRESH WATER? Soiiiilifa U 0ill'?3g Ee WHEH :SAQLT 'A WG -fW.mj QTHEB v W Vw Wim ees . XIX .ff , W- I9 3 L ' r -'21, 3 me 5 if af yy N141 Q WMS FIRST ROW, Left to Right: James P. Peake, IC2: Richard C. Sines, IC17 William O. E Division FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Dexter A. Rob inson, EMI: Richard W. Wilson, EM1 Raymond R. Erbe, EMC, Harry M. Keller LT, William v. Mitchell, LCDR7 n..y,,,,,,,,j J. Goodwin, CHELECT: Jessie L. Odey EMC, Orville L. Workman, EMI , nuymomf J. Dennonville, EM1 .... SECOND ROW Julius J. Maladinich, EM17 Sql vatore Rosina, EMFN: Edwin L. Kakarakas, EMFN, Harold L. Tysinger, EMFN, Virgil McClelland, FN: Raymond C. Haiden EMFN: William E. Fisher, EMFN, Vernoli R. Peterson, EMFN, Thomas J. Roslack FN, Donald H. Koski, EM1 .... THIRD ROW: George E. Myers, EMFN, Donald F. Jeffrey, EMFN: L. D. Turner, EM3p Hugh R. Weir, EM27 Herbert E. Williams, EMI, William Heggerty, EMFN, Theodore W, Rakiewicz, EM37 Robert L. Whitehead, EMFN: Earl Mosher, Jr., EMFN, Joseph E. Goulet, EMFN. 5 , f I xg , . . ig -Y . , i l-lull, Elvll, William E. oerwin, ICC: Her- I A bert Jelteries, EMC, Charles W. Kuhn ICI, Emery A. Pierce, ICI: Richard L. vyrffwi f' Lohman, IC2 .... SECOND ROW: Neal D X Q 3 Rosenberg, EM3: Ralph T. Quay, IC3p Y. 3 William F. Speiss, ICI-Ip Raymond E. Wa- Q YZ 5 ters, lCFNp Raymond G. Driver, ICFA7 F Bobbie F. Gilbert, ICFN7 Arthur Mederios, , f V , fu' i ICFNp Rennald E. Goyelfe, lcFN .... , ' . THIRD ROW: William roster, ICFN: Archie Y J. Ruszula, FA, John J. Malecki, lC3, Ernest H. Pappas, lC3: Cellas J. Anderson FN, James J. Casteel, IC3: Warren C. Lang, FN: William T. Knight, lC3. we ' We , f X es- L s me -- Q A we w f,.mf4S.fxXs.Q xxkxgxiiss I fi A X Exe NXQ1 X N ess . . ,, sf- f- -x M s .-me xww X we X Q Q 5 S95 se ewes. ,. X sg.. X- .. , Q xx. X.. 1- r -, x it bb. 5 iw gains ,i . .QY X N X X R N Q . X f 5 Wg. X Q 4 X el 'A' ..f. is 5 . i E 3 I 3 X .4 'N V' N S ,, . iigxgr X X i H? .I tr e k 1 wr . QA I 'fi S4 Y f 9 . Q X C x FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Efford Hyatt, EM2p Thomas J. Parsons, EMI, Glenn J. Cantrell, EMI: Carl F. Dohm, EMC? Al' berinto F. Petti, EMC, John J. Braun, ENl'li Ernest D. Morgan, EM2: Charles E. Hur- desty, EM2 .... SECOND ROW: Stewart M. Goodhile, EMFN: Robert H. Gre90l'Y1 sms, Ronald A. Lagussi, EMFN? Hd' Brewer, EMFN: Elmer C. Schrantz, EM2i Robert L. Edwards, EMFN: Jay Mondred, EMFN, Arthur D. Albin, EMFN: John W- Tittle EMFN THIRD ROW John F McWhorter EMFN Charles T Beechum, EMFN Robert C Leonhauser, EM2 Wll llam F Hudson EMFN Mllton S 0N9'lf EMFN Alfred J Rogers EMFN Ge0f9e D Dewhurst EM3 Robert L McKlnneY EMFN Lee R Naef, EM3 1 I I -Shaq K in -.ku i . I llhgl ww-.Q . MN. -...Ni ...MQ A Ji x if X ,.. in .o B.. .K -17' . ' .. H: ,ffm f ll ll lv I S C 'W' y .JA- Qi oo ff. C i 5 A,-4' ' w X S 4 f -FJ . Wwkfx Q WS , Aff if L 'ffl so Lg J JYYXQF .Moog ER Division BACK ROW, Leff fo Righf: R. D. Welch, P. J. Snyder, W. R. 0'Quinn, J. F. McCole, T. J. 0'Donnell, J. F. Desiardins, D. E. Taylor, G. T. Robinson, F. E. Hood .... CENTER ROW: Nl. C. Bullis, T. E. VunDylCef G. D. Creswell, J. J. Connelly, H. Beene, J. F. Gurdosik, D. H. Levisuy, J. F. Waples, A. M. Schneider, D. J. Meefz .... FRONT ROW: J. D. Mills, C. D. Bentley, W. L. Keller, C. E. Burley, W. F. Wadewitz, J. Abraham, T. Bernof, R. G. Husome, W. C. Websfer. W af Z!! 1 M MW 5x M Division FIRST ROW: H. R. Wolfe, MML1: T. M. Egan, MML2: L. J. Sabluckis, FN: J. C. Johns, FN: U. Andreolli, FN: R. W. Grim, MML1: H. S. Myers, MM1 .... SECOND ROW: H. W. Gay, MM2: B. M. Lamb, FN: J. L. Marshall, FN: D. L. Keyser, MML2: R. J. Bennett, MMC: K. C. Halbert, FN: N. S. Paulson, FN: R. H. Heald, FN: G. J. Solomon, MM1 .... THIRD ROW: A. J. Danila, MML1: T. J. Keady, MML1: H. F. Williams, MM3: W. L. MacFarlane, FN: W. B. Turner, MM1: C. F. Davis, FA: H. J. King, MML2: M. L. Wray, FN .... FOURTH ROW: N. R. Jones, FN: W. J. Dzurick, FN: J. S. Foster, FN: R. L. Glosson, FN: H. L. Beale, MML2: A. H. Rosson, MML3: R. A. Jacobsen, FN: H. E. Baker, FN: D. M. Struble, FN. ff, na 5'-. J . FIRST ROW: R. C. Harris, FN: W. L. Kirk MM2: T. J. Lester, FN: K. W. Coley, FN: T. N. Herndon, MM2: F. A. Goodell, FA: K. R. Tanner, FN .... SECOND ROW H. J. Gaillardetz, MML2: M. B. Arch MMC: T. J. Dixon, ENS: J. G. Hommel LT USNR: L. L. Lindstrom, LCDR: D. J n 0 I I 4 Myers, CHMACH: S. W. Merrell, ENS: H. A. White, MMI .... THIRD ROW: L. J. Desrochers, MML2: R. G. Thibeault, FA: J. A. Didomenico, FN: F. E. McDer- mott, FN: G. G. Beach, FN: F. K. Schulz, MMI: R. R. Barton, MML3: B. C. Akins, MM1: J. W. Stapleton, MM3: R. M. Smith, FN: J. E. Sanders, FA .... FOURTH ROW: R. C. Young, FN: F. E. Cox, FN: E. H. Carter, MML1: J. D. James, MM3: J. L. Modugno, FA: R. D. Herd, FN: J. H. Blake, FN: J. J. Badalich, FN: I. Grimm, FN: R. B. Carroll, FN: J. K. O'Donnell, MML3. . on K We Q.. X i ' mom now. E. P. Donahue, ocP2, Mass., ' fy c. E. cuning, ME1, Ga.: D. w. Glover, P ME1, N. C., A. J. Deraczunas, MEC, Ohio f , f W. C. Vaught, FPC, R. I.: H. E. Solomon f' f f FPl, Mo., J. E. Stevens, ME2, Mass.: R. C White, YNT2, Tenn.: E. C. Springs, DC2 Ala .... CENTER ROW: F. G. Yakaski ME3, Penn.: R. L. Kubeskie, FN, Texas: W. A. Brown, N. Y.: M. C. McMullen FN, N. Y., R. R. Aigner, FN, Mich., A Tyler, FN, Fla.: E. J. Beckley, MEW3, Mo.: D. L. Blakney, SN, Mass.: F. A. Schluter, FN, Minn., R. D. Sisk, FN, Tenn .... BACK M ROW: R. F. Mutsch, FN, Wash., J. A. LaFond, MEFN, N. Y.: J. W. Holm, EN3, Mo.: E. R. Murray, FN, Ind.: A. R. Ala- wuys, SN, Wash.: G. C. Morrow, FN, N. C., J. A. Guy, FN, Mass.: J. P. Masterson, FN, Mass.: W. K. Martis, FN, Mich.: W. E. York, FN, Tenn.: A. O. Allard, FN, Conn. x K X 3 7, Bw R Division FRONT ROW: G. H. Morgan, DC1, N. Y., W. N. George, DCC, Ala., L. G. Engle, CHCARP, Maine: P. R. Becker, LT, N. Y., J. M. Campbell, LCDR, Penn., A. C. Szafran, LT, Ohio, S. S. Ricker, ENS, Wash. D. C.: H. F. Seaberg, DCC, Fla., W. H. Swofford, ME1, S. C .... CENTER ROW: P. Diaz, FN, Penn.: J. C. Altman, FN, Penn.: R. E. Hoffman, FN, Wisc.: L. A. Rosier, FN, Mass., K. K. Kanipe, FN, N. C., H. E. Sims, DCW3, Penn., D. T. Hogan, DCFN, N. Y., D. A. Peterson, DCFN, Conn., J. Wright, FN, Ind.: E. E. Valliere, FN, Maine .... BACK ROW: M. R. Petit, FN, Ill., C. T. Highfill, FN, Ind., L. G. Edwards, DC3, La., C. W. Miller, FN, Ala., T. F Prince, FN, S. C., J. T. Locuson, FA, N. J., H. P. Jones, FN, Tenn.: M. G. Ernst, FN Wise., H. T. Creech, FN, Va.: W. A Cribbs, FN, Ga. WK 1 V DN X: 'I We ,..J--1 .g-J .-?i'?,.fS.JS.Z J v,.J- 4 1 Y YNY, mai' -g,,4V -.tw AIR fv I W N ,.,... :lx M 9- I xry X 5 x h-1 if Cys f f 9 N -. 0 'xii H' mahbfp Qu: f 0 o uuxuxxnnll 'g I: X 1 X lin 1 QQ 4 ' R D QS X XX, X . ,, A . X S J AW. ,MA X -gf'-1' 2 N:-X' 'A i If if X I fff w if ' f - f X 'MXN NN Q 14 f X , x R af iQ 764 f I, . W' I 'I 'W ' HQ NX 'X. X X N , f If H K X f l' Nw ,I 9 X 5kh Xx Af K H I AX Q 'N 'N 0 A0 8 hu '1 X x ' N awe N JI. , n .-...-nv nn' 5 1 X . KW! Q? N xxx Q N X E , af M Q53 -J 'X 5 011 an Nruul f .. ! Ax LM X 1 Jo KX.-QM XX K WF ' X - V H mf x X N. Y-'Q- :-SV Q J X :k x 17 X ' n ,1' W Q, A jf! I www no ., X NNN' K X X Q2 CVM, ff wk 4 u iw jj xahgi X J V6 XJ, ' W 5 X iffy! X J wflj vox, Xxx xx X xgrx 5-jxkg.-.FJ f 42 V1 Q' , R Y 3 5 25 x ff Lf 4 1 Q? X 1, j j Qliiu Ax - MN XX! XX? N XX N, SN N Jw J ff, hx N-439 X Q3 ,J , 34. V -- 3 'NN 9 ' M -X - M ' fw xaf v'Xi,,w,XJ4'f -A-nb- ,f- ' A SE? , ?L55Q15?bf5fji f I-f 7+ A fi-3l ffff5lJ ' f Rf? + N 1 1 .- fL'Lj,'f L-42 K W1 .. D. 7iQ1, fl3f' . N21 '-x Z 'SNIXST +f x:s.XX Y Q -.-L., COMMANDER G. MACRI Air Ofiicer LMOST every officer and man in the 0riskany's Air Department looked like an athlete, particu- larly during flight operations. They had to be. ln respotting, they pushed many tons of airplanes around both hangar and flight decks. They carried 100-pound bombs and rockets around as if they were handling cartons of cigarettes. Catapult and arresting gear men ran like J im Thorpe while planes roared off or landed. Gasoline crews swung up and around wings and fuse- lages as if in gymnasiums. Maintenance and repair men could have substituted for weight lifters and contortionists. Under CDR Maori as Air Officer, assisted by LCDR Bowen, the Department earned many HWell donesf' More than 10,000 aircraft were launched and landed during the first year after commissioning of the ship September 25, 1950. V-1 Division, headed by LCDR Imholte, handled respotting and securing aircraft on flight deck in the heat of Mediterranean suns. Every man in the division picked up a tanned face. They also worked nights, as did other Air divisions, while many a time there were sound sleepers in compartments assigned to other departments. The duties of V-2 Division, directed by LT. Mc- Cullough, called for maintenance and repair of air- craft. Emergency calls often had them expertly buzz- LT. COMMANDER J. R. BOWEN Assistant Air Officer ing around engines and frames at all hours day and night. Before any plane could fly, V-3 Division, led by LT Chapter, had to pull out hose and gas up. The call, uSmoking lamp is out throughout the ship while gassing aircraftfi became a serious problem to CVGIY' one who felt the need of a cigarette. It seemed the smoking lamp was out more than it was lit. Under LT Packard, assisted by LTJG Trapp, V-4 Division, which launched and retrieved aircraft dur- ing flight operations, worked with experimental equip- ment. Some men in other departments went through the entire cruise without ever learning just what the new equipment was. The Catapult Crew was espe- cially proud of their equipment because it was the first of its type to be installed and used aboard carriers. At first, equipment failed repeatedly. But hard work paid off eventually as bugs were worked out. The Arresting Gear Crew was equally proud Of their record of more than 10,000 arrested landingS in less than one year. A Smallest division in the Air Department, handling spotting and securing of planes on the Hangar Deck, was V-5. Led by LT Forcier and his assistant, LT Dee, it helped the Department to earn many 'dwell QQUCSY all the way from the Air Boss to ComCarDiV ix. , W .... V-l Division , FRONT ROW, Lett to Right: W. E. Meador, T. C. Goolsby, O. C. Anderson, R. A. Ja- cobson, Ch. Bosn. McCormick, LCDR K. F. lmholte, T. Wilson, R. Schopf, T. Kubik, E. Nolan .... SECOND ROW: W. H. Menzel, A. W. Spade, W. Ketchum, J. Eagle, D. Woodrum, J. Dobis, D. Knudsen, R. H. Smith, A. Good, R. Carroll .... TOP ROW: B. E. Bisholt, C. F. Munns, R. Mc- Gonagle, J. W. Martin, D. E. Sagan, P. D. Hoppkins, G. Ackray, K. Caldwell, F. E. Rick, R. Clem. V if 'f- F . , f i f 5 133 viii . V f , , FRONT ROW, Lett to Right: F. L. Williams, M. J. Kliener, J. P. Kaltenback, E. T. lannotti, H. C. Smith, J. J. Zmetra, J. C. Piriano, J. E. Brown, R. S. Phelps, D. O. Enslen .... SECOND ROW: J. F. Greeves, W. I.. Tooher, D. H. Stansbury, W. J. Roemelen, R. R. Boldt, E. G. Davis, J. A Larkin, L. J. Broccoli, I. G. Beitz, R. E Wright .... TOP ROW: J. E. Paquette, C. M. Green, W. R. Freeman, J. A. Delue, N. H. Friend, G. H. Hammontree, B. L. Simms, S. I. Gerber, H. M. Traver, P. M. Evans. S f FRONT ROW, Left to Right: R. Conrad, A. R. Crandall, R. Bromley, H. L. Souther- land, A. W. Chesna, W. B. Starrett, J. B. Cronin, J. Sheppard, F. E. Roth, R. Trego. . . . SECOND ROW: D. Teresinski, R. Cahill, J. Barkley, M. H. Schmitz, J. Mc- Cooey, D. G. Whittall, G. Dosemagen, R. Fleckinger, C. Sullenberger, R. P. Golder- man .... TOP ROW: D. Swain, G. Bar- douche, E. Owisany, E. O. Enslen, L. E. Sodemann, J. Blackburn, E. Van Der Brocke, J. Ullrich, G. D. Sanders, E. E. Rickord. R1 .N ilu WWW T HM 64 fipgfx P 'X 'Q ,W: W 1 'K :'f fs 'W vs , 7w'rQ .-'agvggwv' ' 1 ,wma fy I A f, f , fy ff 4, ,ff,o',,j,f VW I f f f ffm Z 2WMfW f ff ff! f f ff ,ffff f 1 ,M HW, X 'Y AMA V,-g. X X 1 !9 K - Q, xc 5 A Aa.. x 1--2 1, ,,-e, A 5 Nc. Q Ne. ., xi 1. 49. A f, V-2 Division FIRST ROW, Left to Right: M. M. Ander- son, H. T. Merz, J. G. Gary, W. G. Crews, Lt. F. B. McCullough, Ens. R. D. Hartell, N. A. Seaver, W. G. Starkey, R. W. 0'Neal .... SECOND ROW: R. G. Aiken, A. G. Edwards, B. J. Lee, E. J. Cote, Jr., G. W. Salisbury, N. L. Behrendt, G. G. Schwass, C. D. Oathoudt, E. W. Gohlke. . . . THIRD ROW: W. H. Clark, C. F. Janes, W. J. Barbour, W. P. Stahlin, J. P. John- son, R. L. Moore, L. E. Davis, Jr., N. J. Tassler, B. A. Stewart. , E I ,gf 1 xg .Q 1 -7 S Gai ' 4 'Z 5 I ..R,s H FIRST ROW, Left to Right: R. S. Hummer, B. L. Barber, G. D. Lawson, J. C. Baggett, C. J. Lloyd, W. E. O'ConneIl, A. R. Hensel, R. E. Garner, E. D. Myers .... SECOND ROW: H. Tiffany, W. J. Deckert, F. M. Smart, G. J. Munch, J. H. Aupke, R. D Mueller, R. J. Granda, P. A. Lundahl D. J. Reed .... THIRD ROW: W. R. Florig Jr., R. M. Ries, T. W. Logan, C. Welborne, R. O. Kelso, R. V. Bartrem, W. H. Dunn, H. F. Bryant, W. R. Sumpter. 71 V, Q., im sf' N x4 E ii W I f Qian Q 4 1 Q of , . fy' Q FIRST ROW, Left to Right: F. W. Fitzwater, H. C. Cantrell, J. A. Smith, F. D. Swartz, W. D. McNeal, D. Walsh, J. R. Spicer, R. C. Belisle, H. S. Cunningham .... SEC- OND ROW: J. B. Stewart, L. D. Kernan P. W. Wight, R. M. Paul, D. J. Medley J. F. Stien, F. W. Fry, J. L. Foye, S. J Campanaro .... THIRD ROW: R. M. Low- rie, J. Million, P. A. Isaia, S. D. Schnell R. E. Bell, L. Thomas, Jr., L. E. Rambo R. W. Heyer, G. J. Sullivan. 7 . QE... X. 51 5 V . fy ,, 1 N , it X S 2 i 4 Y vw Q Y .. V ' 1, 5, r Q Q Q, Q . , . 'S ' ix I f 4 f 5 A Y W M MQ, 4 si 3. 4 -L. xx V ,N W . 'MMKGM K ' wg 1 V . m S. .7 X v , QL JFNL- ' N-KN I ' ,i Hzw,,,m, 'N W 9525, F5 V ' ' 'Z Q Q . - X :- ' gli?-- K ., - L 'AI' 1 v EN--'Qu x fu -1- i . , 1-L. X W AX , ,X K 1'1A H - ' f jk P' 'j - g,.:2.' W -H L if .Q Q ggi? ' N J QxAcc mm 'V' xs- 'W Y! TWO MORE T0 G0 HND X wk 'W X wsu HAVE X XX REST OF TH?SSg'lgF1I1gEIg ' V-3 Division rmsr now, Left to Right: M. s. owen., A011 G. L. Tracy, A0'l7 S. N. Hiott, AOC7 C. M. Bergluncl, CHGUN7 A. J. Chapter, l.T7 R. W. Greene, AOC7 P. P. Day, AOC7 C. C. Wells, A01 .... SECOND ROW: C Liebsly AOAN' H H Meadows J. . 1 1 - - , AA7 C. M. Connor, AA7 B. D. Swofforcl, AA7 C. H. Dooley, A037 R. C. Hill, AAI D. K. Goodhew, A027 E. J. Andes, AA7 R. N. Skelly, A03 .... THIRD ROW: W. C Reany, AOAN7 R. W. Crowe, AA7 R. W Lake, AOAN7 K. D. Parker, A032 M. D Motz, AOAN7 L. J. Puglia, A037 S. Klein AOAN7 B. J. Kuhns, AOANI R. J. Muschock, 49' y z A01. 4 , Q g 7 4 . 1: , 'Z 42 Q yf X ff ' fl I 4, I 0-is FIRST ROW, Left to Right: J. P. Taylor, AM37 E. K. Journey, AM3f M. M. Wag- aner, AD37 F. R. Many, A827 G. D. Deal, AD37 W. L. Graves, AD37 C. P. Vulgamore, AM37 P. E. Barnicle, AB3i R. D. Lyons, AD37 A. E. Hiner, AD3 .... SECOND ROW: McKee, AN7 R. R. Thompson, ABAN7 L. E. A. L. Hynes, AA7 H. E. Bunch, AN7 W. J. Bloemer, AN7 L. Yesinsky, AN7 R. W. Lancio, AN7 R. L. Culver, AN7 H. A. Hib- bard, ADAN7 A. F. Korkoski, AN. . . THIRD ROW: L. F. Phillips, AN7 C. G. Smith, AM37 J. W. Kennedy, AN7 S. Mam- churs, AA7 D. F. McGrath, ABAN7 J. H S ora AN F Flynn AN' D W. Sanders, P 1 7 - , , - ANI E. R. Pearce, AN7 J. W. Whittaker AN7 N. D. Lantry, AA. x no .J Xa I 6 L .Q FIRST ROW, Left to Right: T. G. 0'Conner, AD3: J. W. Jacobs, AD37 A. L. Bellizia, AD37 J. A. Pescatello, A821 A. H. Larsen, ADC7 R. W. Styers, CHMACH7 C. Wingate, ADC7 J. A. Kraft, AB17 E. P. Spencer, AB37 B. R. Clifton, AD3 .... SECOND ROW: B. D. Schutz, AN7 J. Sturtevant, AN7 C. E. Olson, AMAN7 D. P. Shaw, ANI C. M. McGonagle, AN7 J. D. Adamson, AN7 M. E. Jackson, AN7 L. F. Bedard, AA7 G. T. Ciuffo, AN7 W. F. Curry, AN .... THIRD ROW: R. N. Johnson, AN7 H. Wahl, AN7 A. F. Dicaro, AN7 E. E. Kuhn, AD37 D. E. Smith, AN7 R. M. Cusharcl, AN7 G. S. Christensen, AN7 E. J. Smith, AN7 J. Crespo, AN7 W. F. Putney, AN7 H. G. Grabb, AN. A W K i n X V x :Q Q L' Y . - ' 2 .X 7 wg, ? f L x XS :e 1 . , -Q so Q3 X . Al., 1. , 2 7 S' I X4 f ,f 1 uf 'J' Q ro .X ii FIRST ROW, Left to Right: D. Vulgamore, AM37 T. D. Higgins, A037 P. S. DeFazio, A037 J. Hmura, ADZJ L. C. Martin, AD2i E. C. Smith, AOC7 R. E. Nowicki, AM3f W. R. Zicafoose, AB37 E. J. Covacevich, A037 N. H. Blanchard, A03 .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: R. E. Benjamin, AN7 R. A. Miller, AA7 J. T. Glanton, AN7 H. C. Sivesind, AN7 E. E. Guertin, AN7 R. E. Costello, AN7 J. W. Moore, AA7 R. F. Lee, AD3f R. B. Osborne, ANI R. X. LaPell, AN .... THIRD ROW, Leff fo Right: R. L. Panos, AN7 J. Barlow, AD37 T. E. Dwyer, AN7 A. L. Stanislav, AN7 R. P. Riviere, AN7 R. Spurgeon, AN7 C. T. Bodnar, AN7 L. A. Seroka, A032 C. J. Billeck, AN7 R. J. Slocketf, A03. A mi V-4 Division FRONT ROW, left to Right: T. E. Taylor, A537 B. A. Crandall, AB37 W. S. Loomer, ABI: D. E. Packard, LT7 G. F. Sullivan, ABC7 A. K. Reed, AB27 A. A. Salvitti, A837 H. L. Steiniger, AB3 .... MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: G. D. Wilkinson, AN7 R. C. Klein, AN7 A. W. Cudo, A827 H. L. Thug- gard, AN7 J. E. Caton, AN7 R. E. Tinkle, AN7 C. T. Finigan, AN7 D. E. Murphy, AB37 J. D. Eades, AB3 .... TOP ROW, Left to Right: E. Schmidt, AN7 W. E. Bradley, AN7 R. E. Hunter, AN7 R. T. Wielebinski, AN7 L. A. Dennis, AN7 J. Machuzik, AN7 B. C. Bourland, AN7 W. S. Cook, AN7 E. W. Sullivan, AN. Y 2 ll f , si 3. 1f'!l e?'5l' BSR' K 1 E 5- Q X :fl .31 I 7.711 fqi-X Y fy R F Q, 53:3 as . li R251 PM 7 ...A Y S' K .Q 'ill Hy? 3.7. F5 ...1 ig! vgi ie' . VE x A 5 ,Sf efdw 'l?Xl' H ' I ' l -.WW my g 'un . 7 Q X -' Ll 1 1 K 2 Q A F I N P il ff. Y yf FIRST ROW, Lett to Right: John Fernan- des, AB37 Cecil W. Price, AB37 Leroy B. Matlock, AB27 B. C. Trapp, LTJG7 Hubert J. Reece, ABC7 John Geveke, AB37 Wil- liam A. Rose, AB3 .... SECOND ROW: Lett to Right: Robert W. Rescigno, AN7 Thomas R. Flynn, AN7 Carlyle Cash, AN7 James Carr, AN7 Joseph J. Zecco, Jr., AN7 William G. Sully, AN7 Richard T. Bell, AN .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Lawrence J. Flynn, Jr., AB37 Melvin R. Turpin, AN7 Richard H. Gullage, AN7 Joseph F. Rowan, AN7 Billy J. Scott, AN7 Duane R. Dupre, AN7 Dave W. Thomas, AN7 Cecil E. Boyd, AN. V-5 Division TOP ROW, Left to Right: J. A. Barker, AA R. N. Parks, AN: K. G. Fothergill, AA S. C. Long, AN: A. W. Holle, AN: R. N Milburn, AN: R. W. D'Angelo, ADAN: R W. Dodge, AN: R. J. Connolly, AA. . . SECOND ROW: N. v. Muir, AA: R. E Kuhns, AN: R. C. Benson, AA: R. H. Shade AMAN: A. Bartholomew, AN: D. A. Lee, AN: J. B. Armocida, AN: R. H. Brown, AN M. C. Crater, AN. . . . FRONT ROW: F. A. Saurwald, AN: R. W. Kraemer, AD3: B. J Gill, AB3: E. E. Watling, AB1: E. A. Forcier LT: J. P Currie, AB3: A. L. Gingras AD3: J. J. 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'-, Y ,,. ---- ---- ---- - - ---- -- ' -4'-' '-'I wsxnu-:,,,,-Mm -- i 27 , I WISH THOSE CORPSMEN oT wouwm-T BREAK THESE am ...ii- ,ill -1.,1l1- NEEDLES OFF SODEEPQ ....,-.-. 1 T OTE r T.5 1.1.1-1- li- l,..i-l- .1..?-,,.,1ls-- iii-i-1-1 -,-.,1..i-11-1 iiiii iii-i ,ii-1-1 --1-i ,111-1-i -li--nr ,-f-11 ii:- 11-1-1- ...Li- ii- ,iii ,i..1.-- .ili- iii- ii-l ,iii ..i1- .ill .l..-if ,,.i..-1-- .lil .l.-.11 ,1-..i-- ., -2 ,i.iL1.L1- -iiii-i-1 1i.1 --- -,,i,--- -iii? ,iiiil -l-L l Medical Department VERYBODY on the ship personally visited the Medical De- partment's working areas at least once during the cruise. Nor was it the first time in any case. In preparation for Mediterranean duty, H Division immunized all hands against diseases known to be prevalent in Southern Europe, Asia Minor, North Africa, and the islands between. Corpsmen administered 8,520 shots dur- ing the month of May, 1951. The Departmentfs preventive treatment proved successful against the threat of diphtheria, typhus, typhoid fever, and small-pox. Not one case of any of these diseases occurred during the cruise, although every one of them was present in the Mediterranean area. ln addition to inoculations, food and water were checked daily, to prevent disease carried from outside the ship. On liberty, however, some of the men picked up a few bugs in the 'iGenoa Woods. By the time they returned to the States, such problems were effectively treated, cured, or under control. Medical Department was headed by CDR Watson B. Larkin, MC, USN, assisted by LT Frank F. Allen, MC, USN, and LTJG Fenton J. Lane, MC, USNB. Flight Surgeon aboard ship during the cruise was LT Peter B. Siegel, MC, USNB. F Outside strictly medical care, H Division was administered by LT David H. Baker, MSC, USN, until he was relieved by ENS W. S. Duffey, MSC, USN, as Division Officer on September 10, 1951. Leading petty oflicers around Sick Bay's many compart- ments were Chief Hospital Corpsman Lauer, and Wyeth, Stands, and Brockenbrough, all HM1s. H Division handled exclusively medical work. lt operated and manned the ward, the sick-call room, pharmacy, laboratory, op- erating room, physical examining room, Eye, Ear, Nose, and Throat treatment room, X-ray laboratory, and the medical clerical and supply oflice. In the early days of the Navy, Hospital Corpsmen were called 'iLoblolly Boys, 'iApothecaries, and Pharmacists Mates. But aboard the Oriskany, as on other ships of the Navy, they were known unofficially as i'Doc. Hypodermic needles were often called Hthe corkscrewf' ufishhookv and the umbrella, but no . ..- I CDR LARKIN Medical Oflicer one was ever hospitalized as a result of shock caused by the inoculation. ' . When, after accidents or other trouble, patients walked or were carried to Sick Bay, a case of shock often looked forward to a little treatment out of special bottles usually kept under lock and key. LT Baker always kept that key with him. A , Medical officers handle 115 operations during the Mediterranean cruise. They ranged from the removal of warts and ingrown toe-nails, and circumcisions, to adenoidal surgery and other more specialized operations. , Because all Hospital Ships were needed in dangerous areas such as Korea, no floating hospital operated with 6th Fleet. In the ab- sence of regular Hospital Ships, the Oriskany serveddas asubsti- tute. The Medical Department was called on to treat special cases from other ships of the Fleet. There were 41 such cases. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Donald R. Stands, Edmund R. Lauer, Jr., David H- Bdker, Watson B. Larkin, Frank F. Allen, Fenton J. lane, William N. Wyeth, Wil- W Iiam R. Moore .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Thaddeus F. Levandowski, ROY M. Shoe, John R. Davis, Emil Novak, Winton W. Willhide, Anthony A. Gia- quinto, Richard T. Hall, Beniamin Brock- enlarough, Charles E. Nichols, John T- Berriault .... THIRD ROW, left to Rigllh George W. Jarrett, Donald H. King, R05- ert A. Hain, Andrew A. Foggs, George A- Biegner, Charles E. Matheny, Albert C- Johnson, Bruce C. Parkinson, Donald l-- Bowden, Raleigh J. Harrison .... Absent from photo are: William M. Bartlett, Eugene P. Heaton. l 1 Z... ff., !,,.. ,,, g X, 2 X D DEPARTMENT . CHUQML QTYQE Q- Dental Department HE Dental Clinic on the Oriskany proved so elhcient during the Med cruise that CDR Walter B. Lett, DC, USN, Dental Officer, predicted it might serve as model for clinics aboard similar carriers in the future. A large compartment aft was divided into three operating rooms, each equipped with a reclining chair, the most modern devices and X-ray facilities. A clerical office also fitted into the layout. CDR Lett, LT Gage Colby, DC, and LTJG Robert Morstad, DC, with their assistants, handled about two hundred patients each month. That meant between 700 and 900 sittings. Records of the depart- ment showed the staff filled more than 5,000 cavities in the first six months of 1951. The two Assistant Dental Officers had received training as V-12 students. LT Colby earned his B.A. and D.D.S. from the Univer- sity of Minnesota by 1911-6. LTJG Morstad received his D.D.S. from the same school in 1949. Dr. Lett graduated from the School of Dentistry, Medical College of Virginia, at Richmond, with the Class of '33, RIGHT: D. G. Rickert, DN, P. D. Marquis, DN7 H. D. Du Bois, DT2p G. Colby, LT: W. B. Left, CDR, R. J. Morsiad, LTJG. CDR W. B. I.ETT Dental Officer WOHC Charles E. McKay handled clerical administration of the Division until August 25, when he was transferred to duty with the Marine Corps. Enlisted assistants were DuBois, who took technician training at Bethesda, Md., Marquis and Rickert, who attended Dental Technician School at Great Lakes, and Bongiorno, who studied at Great Lakes during the summer. 5 s s f fri . ..... QS PPLY 'A ff ff W f ff f ,ff N fwiwff QXWX X f J i. Q,Nxm gxsw mg A mg xTQ'?gx5xi'1iQS'iIQ X w xgx x kv M 1 X ANT! ONE Rmnrnnnd y n 5 ' A mf rf I R ifx X ,J f. .,-! E 2 J-fl ' '-ii 4 ., I I I ql L, f H RUN THAT duw cmqcen Tunoue- THE soup aeam - IT 5 TODWEAK . Cgbj N CDR C. S. OSBORNE, JR. Supply Officer ANY Oriskany sailors met up with the Supply Department only when getting paid, or wanting to draw a typewriter eraser, buy a gedunk, or pick up semi-monthly quotas of cig- arettes. A few men carried supplies aboard when the ship re- plenished. Full work of the Department was known to only one man, CDR Osborne. On the cruise, he dug up high quality gloves, perfumes, Bikini suits, binoculars, cameras, cameos, watches, leather goods, and pipes for sale in ship's stores. Assisted by LCDR Bickart, he supervised both general and avia- tion supplies, and receipt and disbursing of money for goods and salaries. LT Skirvin, as Stores Ollicer, made out loading schedules for stores required on the Mediterranean cruise. If anyone should be thanked for the top-notch chow during the summer, he was the man. An expert in finance and statistics, he made out at Monte Carlo. On one visit to the roulette tables, he calculated chances with absolute precision, won a pocket full of thousand-franc notes, and walked out the cynosure of all eyes. CHPCLK Cooper handled food purchases for general mess, get- ting steak and chicken, fresh vegetables and fruit, unmatched on other ships in the Med. He was head of S-2 Division, which in- cluded cooks, bakers, and butchers. Chiefs Nagy, Bradly, and Prescott worked in S-2. Aviation stores was managed by LT Marshall, relieved late in the cruise by LT Capko Chief McCoy supervised the flow of these .l LCDR R. W. BICKART Asst. Supply Officer stores. The efficiency of his staff helped set various squadron rec- ords during operations. Chief Van Brooklin headed S-3. This included the cobbler shop under Overcashg the laundry under Platt, Haynie, and Traversg the barber shop under Taylor, and the officers' tonsorial parlor under Graham. The tailor shop sewed on hundreds of new rating badges and the cobbler shop nailed 3,600 soles on shoes during the cruise. In one week, the crew's barber shop turned out 1,578 haircuts before an inspection. CHPCLK Hiatt, ship's stores and C8155 Officer, dealt with many foreign salesmen to obtain gift and souvenir items for ship's stores. CHPCLK Pyron, assistant stores and GSK group ollicer, had charge of loading and storing supplies. Monthly sales in ship's stores and soda fountains averaged about 340,000 ln August 46,190 cups of ice cream, 29,938 glasses Of coke and root beer, and 10,000 hot-dogs were sold. The first order of French perfume, 36,000 worth, went in two hours. AS pay-master, LTJG Dwyer managed to keep all hands supplied with money, whether dollars, francs, drachmas, liras, or kuruS, in time for liberty. It was calculated that at certain times and in certain ports the Oriskany crew poured as much money into local economies as the Marshall Plan. S-4 Division, headed by LTJG Dwyer, prepared meals f0f the r room and had charge of staterooms in oflicers country C i Neely Huff and Burroughs led the division Wa d L . , , hiefs . 9 , . . . 0 9 1 2 '-fi' S-1 Division FIRST ROW, Lett to Right: J. L. Jacobs, L. C. Stewart, J. B. Powell, C. L. Super- sfgin, S. Cali, W. Barrowclough, R. L. Clark, R. A. Stevens .... SECOND ROW, Lett to Right: S. Lewandowski, L. J. Eckhardt, J. T. Townsend, J. D. Kennedy, B. J. Block, C. W. Boulware, E. L. Jones, J. G. Pschirer, E. C. Fredericks .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: W. D. Fortune, T. Morris, H. Wilderman, W. H. Fitzgerald, W. G. Wilcox, L. F. House, B. E. Lang, G. D. Kelly, P. V. 0'Callaghan .... FOURTH ROW, Left to Right: L. E. Ochsner, F. J. Napfel, P. S. Starr, J. T. Sturgill, R. D. Smiley, W. J. Coyne, R. T. Shatter, B J. Brooker, D. M. McKinnon. X? gl , 4 4, Q 4 17' g , Z' FRONT ROW, Left to Right: J. Powell, N. Benoit, W. B. Dwyer, R. C. Appling, L. C. Stuart .... BACK ROW, Lett to Right: A. D. Bowen, R. A. Stevens, M. Kester, L. Eckhardt, J. T. Townsend, P. A. Dodson, P. Starr, F. Haferl, W. G. Wilcox. M .. Q.. Q X I 1, w FIRST ROW, Left to Right: C. M. Frost, B. J. Robertson, R. C. McGee, G. C. Ear- hart, B. Sears, L. W. Cross, C. J. Altmiller, H. L. Manley, C. J. Farquhar, R. Krause. . . . SECOND ROW, Left to Right: A. E. Eaton, J. R. Campbell, R. W. Vann, C. L. Smith, J. McCoy, J. T. Pyron, R. C. Ap- pling, R. C. Fort, D. L. Lyons, N. W. Tarr. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: J. V. Lorenzo, A. O. Jones, A. R. Noiseux, J. A. Milella, G. H. Glasco, H. G. Murphy, O. L. Baumgartner, G. B. Gibbs, L. P. Richard, L. R. Perreault .... FOURTH ROW, Left to Right: R. L. Estes, R. T. DeAngelis, H. Kristiansen, W. L. Cote, C. R. Harrison, J. R. Shively, R. W. Greene, J. J. Oberrick, M. Z. Perez, W. Moseley. r- '- Ice cream powder, new helmets pineapple iuice, aircraft engines cigars, typewriter erasers and a thou- sand other things came aboard in nets r' ,.,, I , S-2 Division FIRST ROW, Left to Right: J. R. Jarboe, C537 W. R. Quast, C527 R. Fabricatore, CPL7 H. P. Bradley, CSC7 CHPCLK Cooper, Div' 0fliger7 W. L. Prescott, CSC7 D. T. Bread, C517 R. 5. Beck, C517 G. M. Woods, CSI ,... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: J. R. Polillo, C537 J. L. Potter, CSSN7 J. F. CSSN7 M. D. Parrott, CSSN7 R Slevin, Neal, C537 G. D. Brooks, CSSN7 R. H Smith, CSSAI R. D. Paiva, C537 E. Ham- mond, C537 G. J. Kolebas, CSSN. . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: J. T. Ventura C537 G. M. Smith, CSSN7 E. N. Krutchen C537 J. C. Gunnels, CSSAI R. D. Davis, C537 C. T. Hevner, C527 B. E. Pianko, C537 D. E. Clifford, CSSN7 L. G. Green, C53 H. J. Voercling, CSSN. I L s 1' '9 . ,f ., - , ff? 5 , n I f ks., In N , . A v L 1 71 5 I ,sw Y V li gi 5 iii V in Mi fe ffl: A 1 7 1 1 if . A K ff 1 -V 7 if 7 s wv . .5 Q -xg ,y-EE.. F. V FIRST ROW, Left to Right: J. E. Frigon, C537 R. E. P Echterling, C537 J. P. McGill, C527 J. J. Sleddens, - C517 A. Nagy, CSC7 L. F. Gerow, CS17 O. C. Taylor, Q sf C527 J. R. Hillard, C53 .... SECOND ROW, Lefl' to Q' X Right: Milo Rex Garrett, C537 R. K. Sowle, CSSA7 L. I 4 E. Renardson, CSSN7 H. J. Renardson, CSSN7 J. M. A 7 Irwin, CSSN7 P. J. Saukaitis, CSSAI M. Lopez, CSSN7 3 fi 4 7 S. Weisman, CSSN .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: 35 Q My ii P. J. Hammelman, CPL7 T. F. Frey, CPL7 W. F. Pear- f W f son, CS37 S. R. Schmidt, C537 J. H. Woodham, C537 Y 7 5. 5. Kwiatkowski, CSSN7 J. C. Gunnels, CSSAI 1 5 f C. L. Swanson, CSSN7 J. A. Guilbault, CSSN. 275 Za .ASQ ' , ,, . ,.X, . Q M., 1 I . I.: ,. , Y. 'I v BACK ROW, Left to Right: C. R. Harris, SN: F. M. Schiafone, SN: G. M. Hiro, SN: C. R. Crutcher, SN: S. E. Zippay, SN: W. E. Walker, SN: D. Kimbrel, SN: D. E. Mize, SH3: J. Bubenchik, SN: L. E. Stewart, SN. . . . MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: J. H. Faucher, SN: C. A. Bennett, SN: J. L. Hurst, SN: R. L. Stevenson, SN: E. T. Pat- terson, SHSN: H. E. Jones, SH3: T. M. Hobbs, SN: R. L. Johnson, SN: J. H. Rush- ing, Sgt. USMC: W. F. Kennedy, SN .... mom Row, Left to Right: R. I.. Shipman, SH3: K. E. Kughn, SH3: R. D. Frazier, SH2: F. Strickland, SH2: J. P. Overcash, SH1: G. D. Oliver, SHI: R. G. Graham, SH2: F. J. Napfel, SK2: F. E. Eickhoff, SH3: R. E. Atkinson, SH3. fa.-fs- ' ,Q xwzywgwjw, g,V,,... W S-3 Division BACK Row, Left to Right: E. A.,..:,, R. W. Dube, SN: E. P. Garcia, SN: 5, 1 SN: Cut- ler, SHSN: J. Williams, SH3: C. R. Kra ler, SN: J. E. Williams, SN: M, Adki SN: R. Medina, SN .... MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: M. E. Becce, SH3: C, H. Morrow, SH3: C. R. Tew, SN: E. J. Vitek, SHSN: w. R. cole, SH3: R. P. dnrien, SH3: J. P. Cason, SN: R. L. Padgett, SN, C. R. Dority, SN .... FRONT ROW, Leif to Right: V. D. Haynie, SH2: R. I. Taylor, SH2: R. L. Platt, SHI: D. A. Hiatt, CHPCLK: E. 0. Van Brocklin, SHC: E. W. SH2: V. L. Dutcher, SH3: E. Green, SH3: R. N. Barlow, EM3. Ill- IIS, Travers, ww f Z K f gf M 'ffm X ,M ffyfw WMWWW S if 92.5. X .2 ,f 7 km 1 - 3, 'Sm W f f , ,WM :Wim f' :.'4'--W. , f ' - uf we w 2 'fffmgfy 1? H.. ,' Nf f sf ' , 1 f fi A X, , ' ' M W 'nw Qwv - fff , 4 f f -vxsfy. , V 1 'f .9 fm . -, 7 .1 ' ., gf 1 f g . , , , 'eff ' 'f ' ' f ' F 1 . s . Y , . is .' , , .. ff ., 1 ,f,..f, W- Zi f I5 , v - 2 SU 'PW '57 f . ufif Q, f .5 2 - ' Q., . J W Q, ' fffv. f fi 'fs 7. ' . f . L : ' ' mf! W ' tc... - , f fi 9. Q V 4 ' - . f . ' Q ff. f ,g 1 - 4. 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TOP ROW Left to right: T. May, TN, J. U. Brown, SD3, A. Ferrer, TN, J Northcross, TN: C. P. Carter, TN, A. W. Ragland, TN. There were many special creations for dessert in Oflicers' Mess-put up by the experts of 5-4. ,af me 7 IR GRO P CARRIER AIR GROUP EMBARKED 7 RH-r-TAT.. IT..'lYJ.f.. .,'.J-iiZ.. '.'Z:'3.. X N f TRT- I'M -J-----f:....-.m..,..frHffR RN BCE- -:?'l-f4 ' f5,'j 50,-Q-, -Ei- X-ixij -YV U up X ,, X - v ,fx GETTI'N our hifi Of MMO - ik! -iyx-2' L, -,L 5,2 L , .gif FI R ,Ji- f Q. .-2 -E .2 X-J S JI7' lw ' YQ -ae. ,f - X Z -Y S i- Y 5 Qf X 'IV 1 SSI -553 CDR S. E. CLARK Commander Currier Air Group Four ARRIER Air Group Four, under CDR Sam E. Clark, USN, served as father to all the squadrons and com- posite squadron detachments, except the helicopter unit, on the cruise with the Oriskany. CVG-4 enlisted men were assigned to keep each unit up to date on records and materiel. CDR Clarkls own responsibilities extended even outside the ship. During the summer, he was called to London to participate in conferences on defense of the West. I On September 1, 1950, the Air Group was commis- sioned at NAS Jacksonville, later moving to Cecil Field. Of the Group's five squadrons, three flew aboard the Oriskany where they were joined by a Marine Fighter Squadron, VMF-122. VF-43 flew Corsair FKLU-5sg VF -62, Banshee F ZH-Zsg VA-45, Sky Raider AD-25, and VMF- 122, Banshee F21-1-2s. Four composite squadron detach- ments, VC-4, VC-12, VC-33 and VC-62, used night fight- ers, radar planes and other specialized Craft. Serving under CDR Clark with CVG-4 were LCDR Richard lVl. Deavitt as administrative and operations of- ficer and LT Peter V. Siegel as flight surgeon. Percy L. Dominy, of Georgia, was maintenance and materiel chief, and James E. Sparks, from Iowa, was administration chief. Enlisted men of the group hailed from all over the States. Willie Crabb, of Alabama and uF1orida Bounds lived only a stump-jump from Cecil Field but Tom Need- ham, who loved the sack, came all the Way from Ohio and 'cOne-Wayi' Esposito from the hills of Pennsylvania. 1--i, Y!,.ln..,,..f' COMMANDER AIR GROUP STAFF ADMINISTRATIVE DEPT. Lett to Right: W. O. Crabb, T. E. Needham, J. E. Sparks, LT W. J. Hooks, and LCDR R. M. Deavitt, Administrative Officer. COMMANDER AIR GROUP STAFF L.S.O.s AND FRIEND Left to Right: LT P. J. 0'Keefe, LT J. J. Goodens, and friend Capt. Rocky Gillis. .il Q F , 'Q if I I QWWW Wffwwn , fm' ff ' , 5 4.0 f ff ., W Q M M, Left to Right: N. J. Benoit, M. J. Kester, P. S T. E. Needham, J. E. Mittner. . . . FIRST ROW Dominy. E wg Ollicers, CVG4. 6 TOP ROW, Left to Right: J. E. Tilton, C. Fultz, W. S. Sigmon, C. DiFiIippo, Jr., W. E. Weathers, W. O. Crabb, P. A. Esposito. . . . SECOND ROW, Starr, D. Sizemore, D. R. Bounds, M. J. Fogos, Left to Right: J. E. Sparks, LTJG H. H. Wendell, LT J. J. Goodens, LT P. J. O'Keefe, CDR Sam E. Clark, LT P. V. Siegel, LT W. J. Hooks, P. L. Moore, HM1. J. E. Mittner, HMC: LT P. V. Siegel: W. R. COMMANDER AIR GROUP STAFF-MAINTENANCE DEPT. Left to Right: P. L. Dominy, Leading Chief Air Group: LTJG H. H. Wendell, Maintenance and Material Otticer: P. A. Esposito, Staff Storekeeper: D. R. Bounds, Status Boardkeeper. 71.71 Clvlllan Technicians Making the Mediterranean Cruise as observers for their companies were two civilians: Carl E. Bud,' Wright, repre- senting McDonnell Aircraft Corp., and William Lawrence Wolfe, of Westinghouse Electric Corp. They lived and worked aboard, and hurried ashore like everyone else at liberty ports. As basis for a report to his company, Bud Wright took notes on operation of the Banshee, a McDonnell jet-powered aircraft. For Westinghouse, an analysis was made by Bill Wolfe covering the equipment manufactured by the giant electrical equipment corporation and used aboard the Oris- kany, much of it for the first time under simulated battle conditions at sea. ARL E. '4Budv Wright, Field Representative for McDonnell Aircraft Corporation, brought aboard an impressive ci- vilian background in aeronautical engineering. Born November 12, 1914, at Albion, N. Y., he studied aeronautical engineering and aerodynamics at the University of Buffalo. Before his class graduated, he began work for Curtiss-Wright at Buffalo. By 1937, be became supervisor in charge of the Customer Contact Department. He went up the ranks at Curtiss-Wright, from the Service Department into Field Service, to administration. Early in 1945, he enlisted in the United States Naval Reserve, went to boot camp at Sampson, N. Y., to service school and to various stations, and then was discharged in the summer of 1946. After discharge, Mr. Wright worked for TWA in Kansas City and St. Louis. Breaking away from aviation, he joined the White-Rodgers Electric Company in St. Louis and, later, the Texo Corp., selling chemicals. In early 1949, McDonnell Air- craft hired him as a Field Representative. In that capacity, he spent 16 months at the Naval Air Test Center, Patuxent River, and at NAMC, Philadelphia, Pa. He then was assigned to work with VF-62 at Oceana, Va., and came aboard the Oriskany with the squadron. Bud Wright and Bill Wolfe ILLIAM Lawrence Wolfe, Field Service Engineer for Westinghouse Electric Corporation, had a long record of experience in civilian aviation before he embarked on the Oriskany as an observer for his company. I He had been gainfully employed in aviation since 1933- Among his many responsible jobs were those of operator Of a private airport, flight supervisor, maintenance supervisor and chief pilot. He also ran a G.l. aviation school. Born in Norwalk, Conn., on July 21, 1915, Mr. Wolfe Ob- tained his Aircraft and Engine Pilot's License in 1938. At the time of the cruise he held the Commercial Pilot Examiner? De5ign3tiOI1, AS and ME, land and sea, and all ground instruc- tofis ratings, as well as A8zE. His log Showed 6,000 lwufs in all types of aircraft. He had been with Westinghouse Since December 1, 1950. I.CDR J. Jones Attack Squadron Q X! X X XX , x Q is 4Q X s 2 1 lm . C Sv ox Y MMM. u'NPK'M 'mi5 Right: CDR G. O. Wood, Commanding Oflicer, VA-45 .... Left: LCDR Lf. F. U. Smith Lt. A. Curry Lf. C. .l. Connor W :xfff w Lf-I, ff ,V ,,W f f f fff 1 R. E. Cheney, Executive Officer, VA-45. TTACK Squadron 45 began its existence September 1, 1950, as the fifth squadron, as- signed to attack operations, of Carrier Air Group Four. They trained in Douglas AD-2 Sky Raiders. On April 23, 1951, VA-41.5 fiew aboard the Oriskany at Mayport, near the Squadron's base at Jacksonville, Fla. During the next two days, all pilots qualified in day and night carrier landings. For the Mediterranean Cruise, VA-4.5 embarked under command of CDR George O. Wood, USN, with LCDR Ralph E. Cheney, USN, as Executive Officer. , Directed by LCDR ,lack B. Jones, USN, the maintenance de- A partment produced excellent aircraft availability to meet op- erational requirements during the cruise. A special HWell donew was extended to the chiefs of the Squadron and the entire maintenance crew for their efforts in maintaining Squadron aircraft. Bossing the Squadronis Flight Deck crew was a rugged job. lt took 30 pounds off the Waistline of Chief John E. Livingstone. But it was Worth it for the Squadron ranked consistently high in achieving the goals of the Air Group and of the Oriskany. Enthusiasm for Work boiled over into time off for liberty. Both officers and men brought back many mementos from foreign ports: fezzes from Africa and Turkey, photographs of the Parthenon, and healthy tans from the beaches along the French Riviera. In memory, all these shores were successfully invaded. 4 f A xiii' .J Q IJ. G. H. Gardner, Jr. Lt. J. K. Mealy, Jr. LTJG R. K. Morrow LTJG W. D. Lambert ,. dem, - , , . .. y fp ?i7v.F'f4F'?F'f .4 -24 twat LTJG H. C. White LTJG G. E. R. Kinncar, II LTJG R. A. Gibson LTJG N. A. DaRodda :mp-1'--if-1' l . ,. gif SWS' wk hl'.x12', ff A Q7 f ff X X XSX e X fa? 0434. ,f ff, 2' ,se ff'.,3,f'e if . wr! f f 1- far. ',' 1: ,f ,, 2 9, .fe 'ff ., , L 52 ,ws , 1' ff 1 ' , ,ffm f,f:?,.?:. af, :V - lv ,, , 1 i, l ' Jr, X f Q f X X , Y .- Q,e.5'w4XwN wx ff eh gff.:!:.f,g:'f ef x. eve, w ,.s'.,. - F . Sill? 1 ,1f,,,4f,f,f 3357, ,., , ,SR A .. xx liwfw sq, , , ' 'H' , X 4, -, , ff- f e. ij X779 2 J 4 I J K A ff , W Q,-A 5 id- ',, , Xe, ,Sig ff, .,,,-1 X A .wi ,, ,, f . , : if v - fy gf? 2 I 24 f fy! X if K Z? f f K if , x fu s 4 ' f 1 A f f f 1 4' R f 0 f l f Q 7 f ,,'f, 'f .,, .7 LTJG J. R. Hawvermdle ini fxxs 5, - V 1 , 4.' K A ,V me-i V, , X: fx 'f N . f NP . A 4' Q 5 I 9 ii i 1 i l 1 f i KE.. f J LTJG D. D. Casson . E . R. R. Ens. L. E. Brumbach Ens- J- E- 5Pe'5e ns wonhese I' BACK ROW, Left to Right- Dale L Renwick ADAN F k . . , 7 ran Washburn, TN: Evans Tyson, SD37 Donald G- Peesley, AMAN: George R. Price, AN: Jerry F. Lee, ADEAN: William N. cash, Jr., ADI: Richard E- ld- Croix, AD3: Everette H. Toombs, ATAN7 Richard Krawiec, AMI: Leslie D. woodell, AMN James E' Nestler, AKAN .... THIRD ROW: John H. Smith, AO2: Robert G. Feeney, AN, Robert W. Reheurfl, ADE3y Richard F. Klinko, AA: William E. Bush, AT2: Joseph H. Briscoe, AOU3p Gerald F. Gallagher, AD3: Norbert Panet, PNSNp Richard L. Newvahner, SA: James 0. Horst, AEM3p Aime A. Arsenaull, AE37 Elliott J. Fenwick, AOANp Herbert W. Rutherford, AA: William E. Barthel, AD3 .... SECOND ROW: John E. Silvius, AMAN7 Clifford W. Smart, AN: Aldo V. Ramondelli, AN, Robert L. Perkins, A027 Charles Mulcahy, AOAN7 Reuben S. Rice, AMS3p Waldo V. Dittmar, AOU3p Landon McPeekS, -ll'-1 MI David A. Portnoy, AN: Leo Belobrow, ADAN. . . . FRONT ROW: Mose E. Moore, YN3i 5fePhe F' Burke, AN: William W. W ll - e s, AOI, James Sharpe, TN: Clerence T. Payne, AMAN: l-Cwfellce H' Ketchie, AM37 Gordon Turner, BM2: M ario J. Carbonaro, CSGSN7 George Zheltonoga, AMH3- -i X l BACI Jack E. C1 5- N :uck ugl Slev W. I ll. ll Arth Goof Nlerl BAC! ADA Sins C. 2 Alb. Will AN: Wil: 5Yli AOA mel Whi Twi ere SDS Dom Bill' Rid Oli: 'aa-if i jjintbf Q - s.. of , .xkx a ' ,, . A -V la ,Q-f ll 1 , I C . 5 A A v N5 .V '. X' x V S W. Sonneman ENS S. J. Ledogar 'mf Q la Q, 5 EN A , , ,ff-X-V, ,..f-4?--X f J 'Ns wx, i 5 BACK ROW: John L. Dunfee, AMC: Henry M. Fomby, ATC: James E. Liv- ingston, ADC: John H. lmboden, ADC: Ackert Beck, ADC .... FRONT ROW: Bob J. Agriesti, AOC: Clayton G. Leh- mann, ADC: Abraham Pikelny, AEIC: Lester E. Gunter, AMC: Eldrid A. Bar- bour, AOC: Forrest C. Newman, ADC. iff A ,a s ' E sf' Vw tx Y ,y ff f 4 W . ff wmv' X 7 +0 sy fiW Zo ,-is 1 if S A f.. .4 ,Af ' 9 gyf I I wwf I BACK ROW, Left to Right: Billy C. Long, PR3: Jack J. Tylock, AM3: Mark T. Pircher, AN: Jay E' CPSSEYI AK3: Green D. Irwin, AD1: William - Nolan, AN: John E. Brittain, ATAN, lvlahvillo Pvrkefl, Ana. . . . sscono ROW: Walter s. C 9l0f AD27 Robert H. Bortz, AN: William W. sielfenif ADE3: Edward R. Simpson, AD'l: Joseph W- Henry, AD1: John la. Morris ADI' William 4 H- Moore. Hlvll, nooglas c. eooasoh, ADAN: . 4, Arthur R. Einolf, AD2: Ronald G. Maxwell, AN. , , . . . FRONT ROW: Steve V. Oros, AN: Worth W. I V Goodwin, AOU2: Waldo J. Dittmar, AOU3: fi , s , X i Merle A. Nordberg, AL2: George E. Tullis, AO3: ii V ' , , x V ' 1 Ralph s. Eddy, ADAN. y E if BACK ROW, Left to Right: Robert W. Snyder, . 1 V g - ' 4 APANi William c. Mackie, AN: Robert l.. Hag- V, R, A, V 9 '51 AK3: Arthur R. Yarmak, ADAN: Eugene , g X' ' A ,f C. Szymkiewicz, AM2: Bobby O. Smith, AD3: ' 'V f 2 4 f Albert W. Allen, AN: John E. Perkins, AN: ' ' ' UWT ,Z Wlllle J. Gissendaner, AD2: John Carl Wilson, ' f ,Q X is iq AN? Edward R. Simpson, AD1 .... MIDDLE ROW: . . , V A. 2 ' Wllson A. Moton, AN: Roscoe C. Kieth, AD3: , VV Z A , ' Sylvester J. Nunleyf AN: Edward J. Sowa, A 'Y' If - ' is X. AUANI George L. Purnell, A037 John 0. Gam- mell, AEM3: Phillip J. Karns, AO1: James H. wlflfei AD2: Jack C. Deal, AT3: Harley A. Tw'9951 ADEAN: William E. Smith, ADE3: Rob- ert T. Harper, AMAN: Eugene C. Washington, 5037 FRONT ROW: Peter W. Zeeveld, YNSN: Dfllild G. Wing, AD1: Jesse W. House, AD3: BfllY D. Statham, AE3: George L. Naill, ADI: llldldrd E. Krasky, ADI: James Fronek, PR37 Olin D. Riggs, AD3: Norman H. Mitcheltree, AEM3: Charlet G. Mitchell, PNl3. ...............,.- G -YL 'Ki ,KW , X 4 Fghter V Squadron I I ,-L - - .V . ' w .ff W N f,'f ,f ' Q F 5 ,A V 2 I if if I CDR LCDR C. W. Gunnels, Jr. L. Barker LCDR E. J. Becker 1 XX X K v xx 1 52 .X E W' ,... 5 5 ff '- .Til f ' Q 5 X 5 07, .V 5 x X 'X Y X7 X ,4 gg H, s , - Xysffie- ff, 1 .W M, Lf. Q., ' .1 ff' CVSQQ l.T H. E. Mitchell ly, . 'L .7 f W . , 5, Q. sf ' A' . 'If , ,ff 'tr r 'Q gif ff f 13.4 W. G. Horton I-1' LT l.'l'.lG H. F. Donnelly, Jr. H. M. Hudspefh .. ll . . fijfff' V , ' si l.T.lG R. L. Scott 1 ,,.. ,,.,, j . 2 1 7 iwlf Z Y 4, x E, 4 Wy' X ,,,,., i.7if2fC .J' . . . ENS 'I'. E. Haddock IN OUR MEMORIES: Farewells at Mayport April 29th- Scotty and 310 at L33-56N, ll-OLLE-boar hunt in Turkey by the H4333 sharpshooters-ccWillie B77 screaming for an acey- cleucey-Moon Mullins fantasy with the Communists-Alligator Alley and the Alligator Cab Co.-,lake Young and Mason drink- ing beer- poker parties with Stretch presiding-Basketball with Cameron Highlanders-Branihan's bird dinner in the Ad- niiral's qtrs.-Parisian visions or the Navel Review of Pigalle -Pete Siegel carving Wood and Warts-the Corsair-busting ele- vator or Benoit gets his flight time-Where is the Exec-on a tour-Night attacks with flares-the blue Water of the Med and D. L. McGraw C M 2'-lg on Stromboli smoking-Hightower and the bubbling champagne lT-:G - ' n e 5 . . . P. E. ucas -night taxi pilots man your planes-Cadle, Hayes, and Had- dock on another baseball tour-Who is saving a tail hook in 75 ...fx ' ,f ,' pu-Huw-N if ..,. 5' ENS ENS EN? ENS ENS ENS H. F. Longsfrefh J. C. Peterson W. A. Rlchard C. B. R't h ' I C BY H. G. Slmmerman J. W. Smith LT W. R. Austin me c. :. KinsSbUfY 1 A --N I 1... X .1 .QM K, - hx? :Qu 2 E . X . . Cr w X. tb ,t ,xxx s' ENS R. J. Ceremiuk ENS A. D. Tlbbeifl K 'fmff ...gs ' A 2 T 1 , FRONT ROW, Left to Right: R. E. Larsen, J. F. Mullen, E. F. Grigas, R. A. Bolick, Jr., J. H. Dixon, , F. Smith, J. C. Lordan, Allerdice, Jr .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: J. R. Ericson, A. Backus, A. Kosack, C. F. Stemple, G. J. Ken- nedy, jr., P. H. Knier, A. B. Jetfery, Jr., J. J. Biestek, Jr .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: A. D. A. W. Foster, M. T. Florio, R. T. Hampton, Jr., R Hussin, J, F. McConaghy, C. W. McDonald, J. C. Wheeler, J. L. Ruschel, M. D. Conwell, J. H. Paul, G. C. Mizell. Af .. lx' X 6 i 5 . A , f 1 . , V. V gg, V X vp xx MEMORIES . . . Continued two pieces-oil pump, carburetor, and white smoke at 20,000-8000th landing by Jerry Smith-hey, Lordan, got a light-Operation Beehive, live loads, Vampires and pre-dawn h0ps-tales of the Genoa Woods-fellow members of the Captainis Club-the Skipperls Confederate flag-Venables, stop Watch and Charts-Hunter hunting birds in the Cretan Vineyards-16 scheduled, 16 flying, lVlason's dream come true-girl Caddies at Antibes- Twidgett Jones, barrier crash with the Put-put -Tracy leaving Grasse 6LWell, smell mewf Westward bound from Gib- ,gsf ' ,Ss 1 , ssfe I A 6 , 'W 4 4 I X X K. an , X . i 1 .. . s I f A 3 . I i l l l fy iz .9 5 YV . ' ,I 2. 5 ,, M, f V L . Evil FIRST ROW, Left to Right: G. L. Pettit, W. E. Pabor, M. W. Baker, C. B. Starczewski, J. T. Denson, Jr., J. A. Uber, V. W. Apple, F. J. Boardman .... SECOND ROW, Left to right: R. E. Benoit, L. W. Jerger, C. R. Helms, L. H. Harrier, L. E. Stewart, W. L. Flynn, R. E. Gazzaway .... THIRD ROW, Lett to Right: R. J. DeJoy, J. M. DeJoy, C. S. Young, E. C. Duke, R. L. Talmodge, W. E. Coombe. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: J. G. Jones, Jr., J. M. Young, G. S. Mason, Jr., R. E. Bond, W. E. Tull, A. S. Boyd, R. L. Barfield, B. L. Smith .... SECOND ROW: A. L. Goodin, L. F. Lonergan, S. P. Terry, R. A. Midling, C. J. Dennis, Jr., J. A. Bystrowski, D. H. Tracy, M. T. Hilman, R. L. Deitrick, R. R. Chylik, R. P. Eustace, F. R. Craig .... THIRD ROW: J. Lara, R. E. Jones, I. C. Venables, W. A. Hardy, Jr., S. W. Harrell, Z. L. Lamar, D. L. Edwards, M. R. Sierens, Jr., E. W. Johnson, J. O. Butler, W. G. Scheiderer. VF-43 ACTlvmES ur 376 awww A M5M'mX'H f'ffW'fS2f3f sa'rw , f V r- A ns V1 I 1 X , K , rr. h.,. is ...av- 5 ,NW S ix A Lt. J. F. McGarvey LTJG l.. K. P omemy the squadron Hew the Banshee day and l.I.G.C.Benoif F-62 LCDR H. A. Kelley Commanding Omcer LCDR J. D. Mitchell LCDR R. S. Adams LCDR J. R. Dierker Executive Officer IJ. R. I.. Murphy HEN Fighter Squadron 62 fiew aboard the Oriskany last April they had an im- p y p y c X posing record to maintain. ln August 1950, VF-62 had won the Navy MIT, battle effi- ciency pennant. Then the Squadron ex- changed its Grumman FSF Bearcats for sleek, new McDonnell FQH Banshees, and transferred from NAAS Oceana, Va., to NAAS Cecil Field, Fla. As a unit of the newly-organized Carrier Air Group Four, night, thoroughly familiarizing both pilots and crew with the speedy new jet. In March, 1951, VF-62 received orders to prepare for an extended cruise. ln April they completed qual- ifying for day and night carrier operations before departing for the Mediterranean. Aboard the Oriskany, the Squa ron smoo y p Its 0 p month cruise to the Mediterranean, the Squadron has an even more rugged reputation to live up to. me D. E. Cummings LTJG J. c. Keys LTJG w. E. endow LUG n. B. Hall LTJG R. w. Brown d thl ada ted itself to the pattern of life on an aircraft carrier. fiicers and men are roud of their record as safest jet squadron in the Atlantic Fleet. Now, after a five- LTJG G. Wilkes, III Q V 'J ag? I f , . . A 1 e 4.4 LTJG J. M. Nickell TOP ROW, Lett to Right: J. M. Sprayberry, E. E. Sims, A. V. Conklin, R. F. Lavarnway, E. G. Robinson, K. W. Rose, R. L. Platt, F. C. Fetters, L. C. Orff, C. L. Fletcher, L. C. LeClerc. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: G. L. Dawson, C. G. Cummings, R. C. Schoppaul, E. Gundersen, R. M. Tucker, A. L. Hopkins, E. R. Bechtold, E. E. Hopkins, S. C. Hale, J. L. Hart, C. Toth. . . . SECOND ROW, Left to Right: M. L. Dent, J. W. Rawley, A. J. Marrin, S. W. Campbell, J. R. Wallace, B. I. Gibbons, F. J. Safrank, W. Ascrott .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: T. E. Cheek, R. I. Dean, W. J. Dean, F. W. Galante, M. J. Sims, W. C. Haynes, E. M. Lyons, R. L. Watson. LTJG C. E. Hopper 1 N1 Q j . . w N, ,D 5 , 9 9.7 Xi' LTJG K. R. Bare TOP ROW, Left to Right: J. W. Hayes, M. D. DeLorenzo, D. Owenby, J. J. Gerchak, W. J. Proctor, W. W. Lynn, P. V. Polesnak, C. J. Strickland, L. R. Kemp, G. R. Taylor .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: R. K. LeGare, C. D. Turner, S. W. Champion, A. E. Goff, G. C. Sydenham. E- C- Riddling. R. L. Perrin, o. w. Niemi .... SECOND Row, Left to Right: v. R. Rauch, 0. Golden, D. L. Williams, W. W. Morris, K. G. McGovern, J. F. Turnbull, A. E. Lawson, R. L. Jones. . . . FRONT ROW, Left to Right: C. S. Goss, O. Young, D. J. Mitman, R. L. St. Laurent, A. S. Silvia, J. P. Falbo, E. L. DeCoursey. LTJG F. C. Marshall LTJG J. M. Weaver LTJG R. P. Johnson Eng. C, In pufnam Ens. H, W, Kiker f IGP 1 Irovll moikl L. D. Payn' ROW R. 0, II. G Hee: diih ROI J. I Md R. FRI 61 G4 Q E I .4 'Q Q' n mnww Qwffvf' f TOP ROW, Left to Right: K. R. Beron, H. T. Scott, W. L. Lowe, W. W. Cook, W. Gannott, J. M. Fobes .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: J. H Arnold, C. W. Hensarling, L. M. Garner, C. O McFall, J. A. Davis, J. T. Manasco, J. P. Knight V. W. Gelinas. TOP ROW, Left to Right: J. H. Brownfield, R. J. Earl, A. J. Nie- motka, H. C. Jones, I. C. Thomas, L. D. Beery, N. A. Smith, R. C. Pgyne, D. E. Ramsey .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: C. W. Cox, R. O. Funderburk, R. G. Bahret, G. H. Gumpper, R. H. Dunkle, G. L. Heesch, C. A. Austin, O. R. Mere- dith, W. M. Whitman .... SECOND ROW, Lett to Right: G. R. Shafer, J. Martinetz, R. P. McNally, J. L. McCarthy, J. R. Harrington, F. Gill, R. L. Gentry, S. H. Anderson .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: J. E. 2 1 - 1 is , .... Q .3 ,, Z: wgg-Q , Q ,Ev Q , ' 1 , fig EQ ' 2 i Q J 5 J, 54 if 1 P QQ, L I X Z, 4 W Gutling, T. E. Bartenstein, R. J. George, F. E. Cook, J. O. Sims, C. A. Beers, R. J. Pavelko. ,fee - I -1 Fighter Squadron V,., a f lt. Col. D. E. Marshall Maior R. F. Jones, USAF commanding omcer Maior E. E. Pegau V sk V Executive Oflicer fa 'A i mba' . .s . . Q rar r, Maior W. G. Wethe V V L V V Marine Fighter Squadron 122, under command of Lt. Col. Dave VVnn Marshall, calls Marine Corps Air Station, Cherry Point, N. C., home. The Squadron was attached to Car- . rier Air Group Four in March, Maior J. m. wauay 1951. VMF-122 is the first Marine ,let Squadron to participate in a Med- iterranean Cruise, and the first Marine Squadron to qualify for both day and night carrier landings in jet type aircraft. Original day caPi'M'c'Ha9an qualifications were completed aboard the USS Coral Sea. Re- fresher landings and night qualifications were conducted aboard the Oriskany while the squadron was based at NAAS, Cecil Field, Jacksonville, Fla. Major Ernest E. Pegau is the squadron Executive Oliicer. Master Sergeant George Britt is leading Chief. Captain B. A. Nelson Capt. C. E. Merchant Capt. A. .I. Gillis Capt. R. Sabot Q: - , J- H- Baer, CPL, D. H. Adams, CPL, J. R. Atwood, CPL: P- N- Svfemvsf 9 f ...Q I svn? YWKXA- C x - W5 Qi . E X x. . is . ...nur - i A '-' 'fP i- Jiri . ,JH L- t . w ff , X29 ' R. E. A C ' . ' l c. . fAW48ov'7n4x1jM cap' gnew apt Z O Humphreys caPf- W- l-- Wdlker 'Ist Lt. J. B. Shaffer in 1 ,A ,x A.. ZA. In Ist Lt. R. G. Scribner 151 Lf, A, N, owen 2nd H. R' L Severson C' 2nd Lt. R. A. cameron 2nd Lt. M. A. Caldwell A .WN 1 1 WL A I BOTTOM ROW, Left to Right: G. A. Gofton, SSGT, F. L. Moore, SSGT, R. E. Branch, SSGT, A. M. l l s v X Kirkendahl, SSGT, W. E. Hyatt, SSGT, J. W. Stock, SSGT, H. R. Helms, SSGT, R. Kovar, SSGT, C. W. Offutt, SSGT. . . . SECOND ROW, Left to Right: E. K. Updike, SGT, A. F. Clynes, SSGT, f Q . 1-. .,,. .. ,. 1-Q -V ww... 2 W, Q i N 4. ? d 0 .0 'T ,. LAI 9 4 514 nfs .1 ' . ' McCarty, MSGT, G. L. Shouse, TSGT, E. M. 0'Toole, TSGT, E. F. Bailey, TSGT, W. T. Harvey, SGT. d . . . THIRD ROW: M. H. Kuhl, CPL, R. H. Turner, CPL, H. Ryan, SGT, A. W. Dudley, CPL, R. P. D0I11bek, CPL, R. W. Adams, CPL, J. G. Biornstad, CPL, J. D. Lee, CPL, A. F. Kandrot, CPL, J. L. Afff ff-' - -- Ballou, CPL .... FOURTH ROW: M. Vasquez, CPL, R. W. Lane, SGT, J. S. Flanley, CPL, J. F. Egan, 2nd H. J. In sudowski cpl-7 A. A. Hill, SGT, E. Ossowski, SGT, E. A. Clocksin, CPL, D. A. Palmer, PFC, J. A. Williams, SGT, D. A. Smith, SGT, M. J. Wirhouski, SGT. D U , 2nd Lt. L. C. Pulsipher HRST ROW, Left to Right: L. Bohanan, CPL, R. O. Sallean, CPL, R. F. W 'hf CPL: K. L. Anson, Msorf c. L. Dillard, rserf D. M. Hannah, CPL ---SECOND Row, Left To Right: R. F. Kanehl, CPL, A. 1. rdrrdr, SSQT: CPU L. J. Gunther SGT- S R Hubbard PFC .... THIRD ROW: P. Ber I nord, SGT, R. L. Nelson, SSGT, W. J. Alpers, CPL, J. V. Berthelot, CPL, MW59'- D- K- WGS? M 597- 3- H- GHDSOII D- J. 0'ConnoII, Prc, J. n. Berthelot, PFC, A. L. Kindred, sscn c. H. Schroodor, CPL, NI. J. Greenblatt, PFC. il C. L. Dilbone, TSGT, L. D. Buckner, TSGT, J. D. Hand, TSGT, R. L. Diepenbrock, MSGT, T. R. X Continued FIRST ROW, Left to Right: L. I. Todd SSGT: P. E. Arnold, CPL: H. A. Hobbs CPL: A. C. Ebey, CPL: C. H. Crossman, CPL: R. E. Utecht, SGT: P. E. Brown, SGT: H. Nauka, CPL: R. S. Hartsell, SGT. . . . SECOND ROW, Left to Right: R. D. Bedford, SGT: G. T. Kane, SGT: W. L. Plymale, TSGT: B. H. Gibson, MSGT: L. E. Monroe, MSGT: R. T. Kaminski, TSGT: W. F. Fisher, TSGT: A. Cyrus, SSGT: A. D. Martinez, SSGT: G. W Kissel SSGT R R Miller S GT . , : . . , S THIRD ROW, Left to Right: L. F. Halell, CPL: R. B. Swanson, SGT: R. A. Pica- rillo, CPL: R. B. Studdard, SSGT: W. Menah, SGT: B. L. Hyatt, SGT: L. Maxey, SGT: P. H. Dillon, CPL: E. Hosmer, CPL: J. E. Scott, CPL. . . FOURTH ROW, Left to Right: C. Massie, SGT: R. Hoshko, SGT: R. Werner, SGT: J. W. Smith, CPL: S. Washko, SGT: E. J. Skutnik, PFC: R. Albertini, CPL: C. L. Boyd, SGT: G. A Ewing, SGT: C. A. Russell, SGT. 2nd Lt. R. F. Skinner 2nd Lf. w. J. Ryan FIRST ROW, Left to Right: R. A. Stick- ney, sen J. r. spake, sscrf J- A- Behl, son J. A. Spingmeyer, CPL: T- F. Frey, CPL: R. L. Neumann, SSGT: A- J. Bixler, SGT: A. J. Meier, SGT? J' F' Lynch, ser .... SECOND ROW, lei' to Right: J. Vlcek, TSGT: C. E. Over- street, TSGT: A. B. Maggardl TSGT7 C: L. Parkman, SSGT: J. F. BuckleY: 1,5611 G. w. Brin, wiser: A. A. Bube, TSGTI O. V. Beatty, TSGT: G. S. McCuIIey, ssen M. w. Stockton, 'rsctz J- W' Cooney, Tscr .... THIRD Row, I-'if' to Right: J. W. McGee, CPL: J. N. Ellis, cm, w. Day, sssn J. comer, CPU s. Payne, ser: s. Meandiia, CPD T- ' Maloney, SGT: E. L. Lawrence, CPI-7 A' Squeeze, CPL: R. L. Lange, PFC? J' E' Wills, SGT: M. J. Nytk0, SGT. - 'J' rounm now, Lett to Righii F' C' Torres, SGT: D. C. Esch, SGT: G' ' Davidson, CPL: E. McCarty, SGT? D' Pringle, ser: D. Chitty, SGT: R- G- cnllaer, ser, c. R. King, CPL: E- T3 Colwell, CPL: R. E. Campbell, 556 ' J. E. Clohossey, SGT- ,.-! 'Q' -Jn v 1f,W Wm , f ,f l fzvaff, ,X M VC- 4 FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Sam Craw- ford, AM27 Willard R. McDonald, A035 Richard E. Johnson, AN: Robert E. Nealous, AEAN7 Roger R. Boucher, A037 William T. Magaurn, AN: Claude E. Jacobs, AN: Merlyn F. Raph, AT3 .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Eugene H. Bakke, AD17 Ira W. Dil- Iyn, AEI: Edwin F. Ward, ALS: Arden L. Kohse, AN: Jack W. Weidner, PNSNQ Billy L. Brown, AT2: Donald F. Patterson, AM3: Leroy W. Kleckner, AN: Daniel Vandenbos, Jr., AL2p Don- ald H. lartholomew, PH3 .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Wallace F. Kar- sten, AD1p Eugene A. Pelton, LTJG: Homer D. Bailey, LTJGQ Walter A Scott, LT: James S. Dearth, LCDRQ Ed ward L. Kennedy, LT: Louis H. Deane, ADC: Robert S. Speicher, ADI. . . FOURTH ROW, Left to Right: Louis J. Duchene, AN: Leroy Porter, TA: Leon- ard E. Schallawitz, ADAN7 John V. Kuiawa, AD37 Douglas W. White. AD3. l i 1 e 5 i Tail high. During night operations photographers open the shutter to catch this landing in moonlight. Q Y -Z7 'lU 4W9 .1 U1 4 ' Y 2 HE motto of Composite Squadron Four: Nox Mea Auxiliatrix Est- meaning '4Night ls Our Allyn tells the story. VC-4 Detachment Eight, as a carrier-borne night Hghter unit, provided round-the-clock, all- weather protection to the Oriskany and its supporting ships on the Mediter- ranean cruise. To prepare for such duty, VC-4 had been organized in September, 1943, based at NAS Atlantic City, and commanded by Captain C. T. Booth, USN. Training in night fighter operations began at F AWTULANT, Key West, Fla-1 and ended with the cruise. Stress was placed on instrument work, including night rocket and bombing, ground control intercept, ground control approacll and carrier control approach. LCDR Dearth and his Detachment had met the Oriskany on shakedgwll twice before Corning aboard with four F 4U-5Ns enroute to the Mad. neg experience, however, came before dawn one dav when a catapult failed all LTJG Bailey7s aircraft was forced to crash-land on the water. Mid-August, VC-4 took part in Operation Beehive, a joint An1erican-BritrSl1- FI'CI1Cl1-ltaliall CX6I'CIlSC. gave the unit its Hrgt Chance to keep ,em Hymg night after night under simulated combat conditions. Each VCA' Pilot got Credit for Shooting dOW11 6461161115777 Planes. Aboard ship, meanwhillii the DFI' tachment recognized Crawford and Patterson as the best two rin-bendefs ni, the Navyf' for their success in keeping VC-LL craft in repair. On liberty. all hands voted the French Riviera tops. Boucher, who French 1 ' ' ' , actualy received a tricolor from the hands of Presl General De Gaulle, and an Admiral of the French Navy. C-12 Cgmposite Squadron 9 , Q 7 1' 4s E X is Q l 'Qs 1 X 1 X QX g i Q X J sa ss.-be 3' 3 5 v .v .R r cg, X N sl ,X ,fm TOP ROW, Left to Right: E. M. Prus, AD3: R. G. Patterson, AN: W. Bowling, AD3: F. H. Hall, AN: F. C. Eardley, AD3: J. A. Lowans, AN: A. G. Grappe, ADAN: G. G. Bennett, AN. . . . THIRD ROW, Left to Right: C. W. Donahue, AT3: H. D. Miller, AN: Lawrence, TN: R. F. Madsen, AN: E. H. Hagel, AE3: V. D. Nocera, AN: A. S. Higbee, AE3: J. B. Jennings, AT3. . . . SECOND ROW, J J R bb AD1 C W Edens ALC' D D Norton ADC' I L Left to Right: D. R. Roller, AT2: . . o , : . . , , . . , , , , Newberry, ALC: A. J. Ferranti, AD1: R. E. Gleerup, AT2: J. L. Gleerup, AT2. . . . FRONT ROW, ht: J. R. Rundle, AM3: J. V. Williams, SN: R. W. Feix, ATAN: E. K. Harmon, ALAN: Left to Rig E. G. Miller, AN. HE t s uadron of VC-12, based at Quonset Point, R. I., supplied specially-equipped all-weather paren q radar teams for almost every carrier leaving the East Coast. Detachment Eight, aboard the Oriskany, cl of seven ilots and one electronics officer, three chiefs and 27 enlisted men. Under was ma e up p LCDR Buckowski they provided extended aircraft early-warning coverage for the Fleet in the Med. They flew four ,AD4-W Guppies, the plane with the big-belly radar dome. One of the assistant plane lled 4cGuppy.7' Another EM kept his plane uFlying ,lewel.'7 captains, Lowans, resembled his ship so closely he was Ca so well wire-brushed and shining that he earned the name f the officers added a half stripe during the cruise gg M Four o - . They became LCDR Buckowski, and Lieutenants Baber, Lehman and 4'Hopalong Hannigan. uHopalong', won his special distinction when he was thrown by a bucking horse on Crete. To make the detachment function smoothly, among the plane captains, a storekeeper, electronic maintenance men and operators, a steward and others were: Chiefs Norton, Edens and Newbury, and 'iKissin' Jima' Rundle, 4'Dad,' Robb, aWant-Out Hagel, '4Baldy Higbee, i'Rackets Wil- liams, Can You Top Thisu Bowling, 4'Ear Bangerw Ferranti, Ready Room Roller and Grappe, the c'Don Juan of Genoa. ills LTJG J. A. Deganahl LTJG N, p, fqmqsiq Lt. E. R. Wiseman Lt. C. A. Balmer ' Education Officer Electronics Officer 0Pe 9n5 omfef A 3 gi, i wg: Xi i Q LCDR G. A. Buckowski Oflicer in Charge 6: Lt. R. P. Meyers Maintenance Officer Lt. J. P. Hannigan Personnel Otlicer g . . Lt. B. A. Lehman Material Officer tl s F il P 1 3 A E l V w 7 E si 2 I 5 . L. ? E E i Composite Squadron ETACHMENT Eight of Composite Squadron 33 has sailed with the Oris- kany so long, starting with the first shakedown in Janu- ary, that they consider them- selves uhalf-plank ownersff They Hy under the slogan uWhenever an East Coast Flat-top Sails, a VC-33 De- tachment Always Prevailsf, Skippered by CDR R. lVl. Lindsey, the officers and men of the unit moved into the swing of shipboard activities. Henecke pitched for the Oriskany baseball team and 4'Bum Dopef' Catalano played for the softball nine. The detachment sports held a beach party at Khandia, Crete, with the athletes winding up at the bar of the CPO Club at Suda Bay. And there was the time LT uPlane Ditchern Schumacher dropped his Sky Raider AD into the drink. While men crowded the Oriskany catwalks and hatches to watch, one of the crewmen in the plane, uBuddha Sigmon, calmly stepped out on the wing, glanced to see if LT Schumacher had gotten out, tested the cold sea with his big toe, bowed to the on-lookers and jack-knifed in. He backstroked to a nearby DD. Both LT Schumacher and the other crew- man, Hinrichs, got away before the plane went down. Officer in charge of Detachment Eight was LT Henderson, with LT Schumacher as exec. iff! X VC-33 Two of the men, lVlumbles,, Derifield and 6'SquaWl-ter Youshaw have real Air Medals tucked away in lockers, following AD combat duty in Korea. All the others, from LTJG ul-ioosterj' Erk, LTJG 4'Srniley,, Speckman, LTJQ '4Pee Wveen Hancock, ENS Hjiggern Kowalsky, through to Pencil Face Peloquin, uLunch Hooksf' Franks, 'cljlate Class Charliea' Granger, HTenderfoot', Russell and Curr ner Dineen are ready for the chance to get pinned. Quoting from the Henderson book of VC-33 sayings, There will be Air Medals in the morning. Bottom Row, I-eff N Ri9 ' ' J. C. Dineen, W. H. Hinrichsf M- W. Suvuge, J. S. Youn91 D' w' Youshuw, R. D. Nault, R. E. Curl- son, R. C. Sutton, R- W- Lama' ter, F. V. Cutalano, D- P' Bu' chanun, T. R. Barker .... SEC- oNn now Len to RISM A P Wilson N A Dixon LTJGAI- Speckmun ENS B D KowllSkY ne: 1 ark u E C 'W macher Lt R R I-lendersvll Luc B N Hancock .I HW chuk A E Peloqum THIRD now Len to Right R 0'C ' n .I S Slgmon R 5 H Derltield .I M Walls R Fenty R .I Donohue W E :agen rounm now bf' to Right C I. Toul .I I. lui? R K Franks I E Heneeknf Snyder C A Grtlltleri ik' L f la , N 6 ' : - - . if i h 1 - ' b I x gi I N . I . . - I . . l t ll g v if . 'fl .1 . , . . ' Ei if fi 54 ' ' i T. 5 2 I , nfieg. t s g o H .n .. . ---5' l, 5: H, . , . . - .' 9 ji 1 1 . .l f -' - ' ' ' 7 's S I- T - w 1 rg . - - ' ' ' ' i ,I 1 . 3 , I . : . - 5 21? V Hi I lf'f .. J 4 -' r, ' eu: ' 0 I ' ' . 11 f' 2 '9 . if ff ' - i . , . II F.R- g ,' , .X e 1 4 h 5' F. P. Millar, w. H. Russe 1 A I 5 f is , ' F n I . . 1 u 1 N :.:'. v A' -' ' 'l,l,.g.1 t 1 r - r . - - ' ' 'Y ' S . . . . V Q: s , . il. ,334 I W ' 2 n I I ' 'V' 1.8.9, ' 'L ' ig iff 'I' - I :- - -,,-..l-i I., VC-62 Composite Squadron s 3 HOTOGRAPHS of the islands bombed and the reconnoitered by pilots off the Oriskany shores came through cameras aboard aircraft of Detachment 8-51 of Composite Squadron 62. They took enough to fill a gallery and tire out the Hyers who saw the photos posted in ready rooms each morning after bombing and diving on the same bleak island the day before. it Although primarily photo reconnaissance, VC-62 has also taken part as a fighter division in rockets, gunnery, combat air patrol and air group strikes. The Detachment, with four FSF-2Ps, was one of many sent out by its parent squadron as photo teams on various aircraft carriers. YC-62. based at Cecil Field, was the Navys Atlantic Fleet Photographic Squadron. lts pilots got their training in a variety of aircraft, including the Banshee. The team on the Oriskany included LTJC Turley, officer-in-chargeg LTJCs Morgan and Bliesener, and Ensigns Farrell and Workinger, and 16 enlisted men. The detachment's aircraft availability was outstanding-through the work of the maintenance crew under Chief Kelly. Ordnance work was super- vised by Chief Carpenter. ln August, LTJC Turley was transferred to Photo interpretation School at Washington, D. C., leaving LTJC Morgan as O-inaC. ENS Palmer came to the Detachment from the Coral Sea to take over the duties in aviation equipment and survival. FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Omer E. Kelly, ADC7 ENS Thomas G. Workingerp LTJG Arthur B. Bliesenerp LTJG Miles D. J. Turley: LTJG Robert L. Morgan: ENS John R. Farrell and Dale E. Carpenter, AOC .... SECOND ROW, Left to Right: Peter Torkeo, AD37 Robert E. Cyran, AN: Carl V. Talbert, Jr., AT37 Vincent C. Johnson, AN7 Frank E. Sturges, AF37 Raymond A. Nolette, AE3g Alfred H. Young, AO3 .... THIRD ROW, Left to Right: Donald J. Allain, AN, Conard A. Phillips, AD37 Walter L. Stanley, AF37 William H. Ryan, AN7 Melvin Lynch, Jr., AN7 Frank W. Shults, Jr., AM27 and Eugene F. Wright, AD1. The two aviation photographers of VC-62 Detachment 8-51 preparing to make an installation in an F8F-2P. The AF3s are Frank E. Sturges lleftl and Walter L. Stanley Krightl. 1 ' ' Helicopter Unlf H U I LYING a helicopter always looked so simple that few sailors topside watched the acro- batics of the Oriskany's eggbeater, or appreci- ated the skill and experimentation of its pilots. 'During air operations, oliicers and men would climb to the 07 level as Banshees, Corsairs, and Sky Raiders shot in one after another for per- fect landings. Meanwhile, the blades ofthe heli- copter flapped incessantly standing by as guard in case any conventional plane dropped into the water. Unobserved, the helicopter would stand motionless, rise or fall vertically, or adapt itself precisely to movement of the ship. And finally when it landed, gently as a pigeon settling on a cornice, interested ob- servers had gone below. Detachment Eight of Helicopter Squadron Two was manned by LT Estes, Senior Naval Aviator of the Detachment, Leroy Barton, ACIQAPJ, second pilot, and five other enlisted men. The Detach- ment was manned only when the ship was at sea, although De- tachment Eight was permanently assigned to the Oriskany. Both aircraft and personnel were sent aboard from the home squadron, HU-2, at NAS, Lakehurst, N. J. The Suipan's Helicopter warned us about Europe. I I T BACK ROW, left to Ri ht: R. G. St ' ADI g urgls, 5 Lt. I.. E. Estes: L. L. Barton, ACI KAPJ7 I R Liasse, AD2. . . . FRONT ROW, Left to Right: J. R. Ballogg, ADANQ I... M. Hewitt, Al73i J. Kemski, ADAN. During the cruise, HU-2, rescued four pilots of downed aircraft, and one sailor from ship's company, who had fallen over the side. Barton and Lewis M. Hewitt, AD3, were officially commended by Captain Lyon for their part in one difiicult rescue successfully accomplished. Most of the work, however, turned out to be routine, delivering guard mail at sea to other ships, taking photographs, taxiing Chaplains from ship to ship on Sunday, and transferring person- nel and materiel to and from the Oriskany. Visitors from North Africa found no shade under the eggbeater. ip...--r -.4-'N Weap well, J. R. Murphy, D. C. Cruse 'ACK ROW, Lett to Right: R. J. Rhmgn, J. Gayle, R. F. Gerber, J. W, Morrison, H. B. Crider, C, F. Farrell, D. E. Savio, B. R. Winstead, R. R. Coggin, N. T. Wim., L. J. sfo-fi .... MIDDLE Row, Left to Right: W. L. Hyde, R, B. Wilmer, H. W. Wieboldt, 1, 0. Humphrey, G. F. Wesner, p, J. Koch, C. C. Farrell, D. G. Freeman, L. A. Monroe, J. J. pm., s. c. Alec .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: R. G. Mich- aels, W. M. Jones, J. V. Der- nedde, B. A. Costilow, R. C. Ty- Ier, A. J. Leger, D. C. Schuessler, F. F. Donovin, A. J. Benedict, R. J. Gardner. BACK ROW, Left to Right: J. A. Krieger, E. T. Jones, J. N. Sci- animanico, R. G. Hansen, L. R. Daniels, E. S. Fleschner, S. W. Hamaker, J. D. Lehan, V. Ogro- dowski, R. D. Hillyard .... MID- DLE ROW, Left to Right: E. M. Thompson, G. F. Dugan, H. J. Boudreau, J. W. Swartout, R. C. Johnson, W. A. Waring, J. E. Handley, J. F. Morrison, P. F. Keating .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: W. D. Moore, B. R. Kooken, J. Spelich, R. L. Larson, W. E. Yowell, C. A. Demasi, H. l.. Johnson, K. M. Wood, C. E. Bennett. on Co., lt Battalion, th arine BACK ROW, Left to Right: L. Le- vato, R. D. Mehrhoff, E. W. Teel, J. F. Kennedy, E. R. Thomas, J. F. Robinson, D. J. Carr, C. N. Beardsley, R. P. Stefanski, L. R. Poulin, R. J. McKinnon .... MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: E. Zurek, R. P. Hein, J. A. Bran- dreth, R. F. Miller, J. R. Rum- ford, R. A. Fahey, H. B. Wall, H. H. Nissen, R. A. Shaul, V. G. Merritt, A. J. Boudreau. . . FRONT ROW, Left to Right: T. J Siemer, E. J. Whitcomb, J. M Weiss, F. K. Bebout, H. A. Shot- . L. Gilham, C. R. Hoeg, F. J. Sprague. BACK ROW, Left to Right: R. V. E. Robitsek, R. F. Ward, R. D. Hillis, J. D. Thompson, R. A. White, A. B. Stewart, P. T. Shive, W. E. Hamilton, E. B. Kelson. . . . MIDDLE ROW, Left to Right: A. J. Ventura, W. J. Cullen, T. A. Gable, F. S. Easton, E. L. Dal- ton, D. B. Bowen, B. B. Broyles, J. Palmieri, M. W. Trocio .... FRONT ROW, Left to Right: W R. Otto, R. C. Benfatti, H. W Robbins, R. L. Larson, C. J. Zien D. J. Mann, A. J. Molnar, W. W Knopf. istor of the mise HE crew still wore Blues the day the Oriskany cast off lines and steamed away from the dock at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. The sun stood high. It was 1400, May 15. Along the shores of Narragansett Bay small leaves were bursting into sun- light on the trees. Seen from midstream, the hills gave promise of a beautiful New England summer to come. Within a few minutes, four powerful screws pushed the ship between the islands past Newport, and out into the Atlantic. By May 21, the ship passed south of the Azores. The Strait of Gibral- tar went by the afternoon of May 241. On Sunday, May 27, anchor dropped at Augusta, Sicily. All hands went topside to look for the ship the Oriskany was relieving. A small boat was lowered to allow officers to exchange courtesy calls. In the harbor the aircraft carrier Saipan lay ready to sail for home. The Saipan's helicopter flew over, clicking its blades and carrying greetings of welcome. Shortly thereafter, the Saipan raised anchor, quietly steamed out of the harbor and disappeared. Two days later the Oriskany also steamed away, heading east- ward through the Ionian Sea. Then the ship turned north, setting its course through the red clay islands of the Aegean Sea. On Fri- day, ,Iune 1, the flotilla found berths in Phaleron Bay, off Athens- Piraeus, in Greece. Through the long glass on the signal bridge, sailors could see the Parthenon shining white on the Acropolis, three miles inland. This was the first major port of the cruise. Even old Mediterranean hands made sure they got ashore. On Monday, June 11-, the ship hoisted anchor, following a line of destroyers out of the broad bay. Next afternoon, in rough seas, the Oriskany anchored off shore from Iraklion. Strong wind and rough seas continued through to the next day, forcing the Navigator to shift berths. Un Friday, June 8, the ship finally left the harbor and sailed out into the Ionian Sea for air operations lasting several days. On Thursday, ,lune 111-, the Oriskany pulled up to Tripoli, capital of Libya, in North Africa. All three sections took liberty before the ship steamed away on Monday, June 18. This time, the Fleet steamed northward several days, passing Sicily, Mt. Etna and the Strait of Messina. On Friday, June 22, Mt. Vesuvius was sighted, capped by clouds. The ship entered the beautiful Gulf of Naples. To starboard stood the Isle of Capri and to port was Ischia. The ship dropped anchor inside the mole early Friday, June 22. From Naples, steamers took parties to Capri, careening busses speeded them to Sorrento, and fast trains shot them to Rome. Almost one week later, Friday, June 29, the ship up-anchored and headed north again. In the attractive harbor of La Spezia, on the Italian Riviera, the ship moored to a buoy Monday, ,luly 2. Some sailors took bus tours to Genoa and to Pisa and Florence. For those who stayed behind, the ship celebrated the Fourth of July with turkey and trimmings. On the fifth the Oriskany departed. Next port, by almost unanimous consent, was considered the best in the Med. The ship dropped anchor at Cannes Saturday, July 7. It moved around the cape to Golfe Juan on Tuesday, the 10th. Next day the Oriskany ran out to sea for fueling, returning to Cannes late in the afternoon. From the Riviera one pany made a Eve-day tour L0 l.,m.jS, and another took a long bus ride through the Lake Country of Switzerland. Every day, officers and men visited cities and towns along the shore as far east as Monte Carlo' Nice, the lifth largest town in France, was the favorite. On the way to lzmir, air squadrons and detachments opgrated daily while the ship steamed a zig-zag course. At last, on Monday, July 23, the Oriskany hove to and anchored in Izmir harbor. There was boar hunting in the hills beyond the city. Tours took sailors to the ruins of Ephesus. On Saturday, July 28, the ship started westward again, ending the hrst half of the cruise. Most of the next two weeks were spent around Crete. First the ship anchored at Suda Bay on Thursday, August 2. Monday, August 6, she moved to sea, steaming into Iraklion, some 50 miles down the coast on Thursday, August 9. Early Saturday, August 11, the ship pulled out on a search for two downed fliers from the Coral Sea. They were found on a raft after an extensive search by ships and aircraft of many nations. The ship reanchored at Iraklion the same afternoon. Next morning, Sunday, August 12, the Oriskany left Crete for good. Almost one week later, Saturday, August 18, the ship pulled into Genoa, home of Christopher Columbus. A small party took a bus to Milan and, with some persuasion of the guide, made a flying dash to the Swiss border. After an houris delay, the Oriskany group was permitted to walk across, just so they could say: We were there? On Thursday, August 23, the ship hoisted anchor again. For the second time, the Oriskany headed for the French Riviera. Anchor was dropped in Golfe Juan Saturday morning, August 25. Another tour left for Paris. On Monday, the 27th, the ship shifted anchorage to Cannes, and on Saturday, September 1, the Oriskany was under way again. She steamed up and down the coast on operations for almost a week, heading into Genoa on Saturday, September 8. Tours were arranged to visit Rome and Venice. Late in the afternoon of Wednesday, September 12, the ship got up steam again and headed slowly for Gibraltar. The next ten days at sea were filled with operations. On the way, the Coral Sea joined the Oriskany and they met their relief, the Franklin D. Roosevelt, and the Leyte. The united fled sailed past Gibraltar wrapped in mist. In the Atlantic, all the ships combined in air operations. Finally, Saturday morning, September 22, the Oriskany, the Leyte, and the carrier escort Siboney, with accompanying cruisers and destroyers, steamed single file into Gibraltar Bay. For the last time, officers and men set foot on the soil of Europe, filling out their collection of souvenirs and giff5 before heading west. Wednesday, September 26, the Oriskany sailed proudly from under the shadow of the Rock. In the Atlantic on Thursday, She Passed Out of the jurisdiction of the Sixth Fleet. Eight days later she steamed past Breton Reef light ship, past the haughty city of Newport, and E1HChOl'Cd Off Quonset Point October 4. Next morn- ing the 0fiSk3UY moored alongside dock, at last returning t0 the exact spot from which the cruise began. RISKANY sailors first met European civilization in Sicily. Newcomers to the Mediterranean were puzzled by what they saw. The island itself, mountainous and green, looked ideally suited for a pleasant life of hunting, fishing and swim- ming. But the people dressed in patches, lived in shells of houses and enjoyed watching the fantastic Americanos. At the Fleet Landing in Augusta, itinerant merchants and peddlers did such a rush business that several of them tramped back home a couple of times during the day to replenish their stocks. After buying scarves and dolls, sailors noticed the i'Made in Moroccoil tags. This was chalked up to experience. The men promised themselves they wouldn't buy imported souvenirs next time. lt was a new experience, too, dealing in foreign currencies. Coins seldom changed hands. Practically all denominations of Italian lira came in paper money. Metal, it seemed, had too many more valuable uses. Five lire notes corresponded in size to cigarette coupons back in the States. The 10,000 lire bills were almost large enough to wrap a carton of cigarettes. To peddlers and shop keepers, it made no difference whether they were offered lira or American dollars. For easy figuring. f 600 lire to the dollar. haracters on lesson to a gave a fast then looked prices were translated at the rate o Sometimes higher rates were offered by furtive c street corners. One such deal, however, taught a whole busload of sailors. The curbstone broker count. 'Une thousand, two thousand, he said and both ways for the police. Four thousand, five, fifty-five hundredg sixty-five hundred, seven thousand, he Hnished off. The currency changed hands. W IC 6 the broker disappeared. So had so h'l th sailor recounted, me of the 7,000 lire. Most experiences on Sicily educated Oriksany sailors in more le may be happy cilian males smoked carved satisfying ways. The men learned that peop with few material possessions. Si First liberty in the med . pipes full of contentment. The brown-eyed young girls enjoyed dancing and simple pleasures. Traffic cops in Catania per- formed as dramatically as a major league pitcher winding up. History was real on the island. ln an open field on the road to Catania from Augusta, a monument recalled a bloody battle of the recent war. Where the wind now bent the growing wheat, German soldiers once retreated and died before power- ful American forces. Among the broken pillars and tumbled walls of ancient Syracuse, the glory that was Greece still haunted the ruins. Citizens of the Creek city of Corinth 2,800 years before had built a colonial outpost on the site. Centuries later-but still thousands of years ago, the Romans had imposed their more militarized civilization upon the colony. More centuries and more conquerors: dark-skinned Arabs, blue-eyed Normans, in- quisitive Spaniards, had left their mark on the island and its people, and then gone into history. Despite the centuries and tides of culture, the island re- mained physically little changed, except, perhaps, for the decrease in water supplies in wells and springs and river bot- toms. The high ridges, a reappearance of the Apennine spine of the ltalian boot just 20 miles away, were dominated by Mount Etna, 10,741 feet, the highest and most active volcano in Europe. Fairly regularly every six years, Etna sent its hot lava rolling down the steep slopes toward the fields and homes around its base. During the intervals, houses and fields crept back up again. To the people of Catania on the lower slopes of the volcano, the sleeping giant was more to be loved than feared, but mostly it was forgotten. Oriskany sailors felt differently. They passed and repassed Etna several times. To them it was a landmark, a natural aid to navigation, and always there for the wandering seaman to take his bearings from the strait or in memory. 'ff --Av 4 .1-sf' ww . ,. , ., ,. . . Fresh from the States, Oriskany sailors learn there have been many wars in Sicily. - -- - -eq--W , -W-sf I A 1 ,M5.,.. .,.X,, 4 X, , fs., - amy q 1 ' ,ap-af--1 W S , , .eng F 1 'm f 1 1, 4 4? . ' 5 5 ' swf 4: w 2 X M WV? , , 1 , Wx K N' W., NWN wx ng f , 5 kfxxfy, A ,Wm ,,,, A ,ggv.,,,,vKS,Z.,:7,,,,-,,,. Z M , 6 -o??wzf'w f f XM w f- I i szwas fx. 'V : M f - fx N Ride in that museum piece? It took the men only a minute decide once they found there were no automobiles. Corinthians from ancient Greece left monuments of their throughout the Mediterranean, but especially in Sicily. Y .1 - , 7 L' 8315 '4 vi' . ? H as . -W.. L ,, 4 K f -f ....Qat.L.1.itL-f the glory that was Greece . . . REECE compared so favorably to the previous landfall at Sicily that many Oriskany sailors still think of Athens as the best liberty port in the Mediterranean. It didn't take so long to drop the hook at Piraeus. The people were better dressed, especially the women. Restaurants looked cleaner and menus offered greater variety. Bars sold American beer, although they charged steep prices. English words and United States accents fell on ears sharpened to recognize compatriots. The Creeks seemed to like Americans and had rolled out the carpet to welcome Oriskany officers and men. We were Allies. We were accepted. No one stared at us in the streets. Athenians had seen our uniforms and our Sport jackets before. They knew what we wanted, dinner and cocktails Hi the King George Hotel, Budweiser and a ham sandwich at the American Bar, music and dancing, Coca-Cola and coffee at the Navy Canteen, a hike through the world-famous ruins on the Acropolis and at Corinth, a swim in the Aegean Sea, and some quiet entertainment in the evening on the side streets. After Sicily we did not expect too much of Europe. But Athens restored S0me of our American regard for the Old World. In hotels and attractive restaurants, we tried steaks prepared in a way we had almost forgotten. And 9354115 the bill in tens of thousands of Greek drachmas, though equal to only' a few dollars in United States currency, made us feel like traveling millionaires, Because there had been thousands of American sailors in Athens before US and many more would come after, a recreation center off the beaten track was ready with dance floor and volunteer hostesses, sandwiches and dough- nuts and iced soft drinks. The Oriskany band alternated with musicians f1'0m other ships to keep Navy jitterbugs busy. Outside the high wire fences, young Greek fellows and girls solemnly watched the sailors eat and dance. In Shop windows of main squares and fashionable streets, some of the Enest pr0dllCtS of all Europe were on display. Economy-sized CMS looked like midgets at first. But the multi-gadgeted cameras, the p recious stones in jewelers' windows, the fine Swiss timepieces, the excellent fabrics of shirts and bathing trunks and suits and sheer negligees, perfumes in crystal, magnums of champagne and pinch bottles of whisky, matched the best New York could offer. Sailors parted with many beloved dollars in return for these even more desired luxuries. More than anything else, however, Greece will be rememberd for the Acropolis and other sites of ancient ruins. There was the Parthenon. Weather and adversity had softened the sharp lines cut by Periclean sculptors some 2,500 years ago. The marble columns felt sandy under fingertips. Still the great energy and unbounded imagination involved in its conception could be recognized whether up close or at a distance. A 130-mile bus ride took several parties to ruins outside Athens. The tour seemed to take as much walking as riding. The ancient Greeks had built acres of finely-chiseled structures in out-of-the-way places. All the walk- ing was taken in easy stride by the guides who moved from fallen capital to broken pillar like mountain goats. At Corinth, the abandoned marble city and its classic temples lay toppled on a plain sloping to the blue Aegean. Atop a sheer cliff behind the city was the Acro-Corinth, a fortified place of refuge for a people and a culture that has otherwise disappeared from the earth. Almost no free mementos were available. At Eleusis, sacred to forgotten mysteries, the guides pointed out a hollow rock once used to store the cups of ancient rites. Next to the rock was a smaller stone used as a cap to shut the safe. Both were obviously too big to fit into the busses. The precious relics were gone. Blocks of carved marble were scattered and symbols around, the smallest weighing at least ten pounds. Swimming at Kineta Beach, midway between Corinth and Athens, was ged over the centuries. There were no bathhouses but plenty of low unchan shrubbery and tideworn rock to make into dressing rooms. The clear water was ice-cold to the foot but good to exercise in. The bottom was stony and hard on the tender feet of modern sailors. 'L A T H E Continued ,wr af if A e l . A A Ds. .5 -funn-. .4 I., Jaw... ,,',.Y,v, JF- ranks 4, ' 1 This was Corinth and we were there! Upper- Water down there below the pediment, the guide said in his broken English. Right-Romans built the arched wall to stand a thousand years: Greeks the temple to be remembered always. --QW 'F we ' f i ' The Sacred Spring, now full of leaves, was barred to the curious. 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About 3,500 years ago western civilization moved in the other direction, taking hun. dl-eds of years to cover the distance. when the ship sailed into the water oil' lraklion, the major city on Crete the P0mp and power of the islund's ancient kings had for mil- 7 leniums been gone to dust. .-X few bricks and stones. tile water drains and red-painted columns were all that remained. By comparison, the city of lraklion will probably not recall in some future, thousands of years from now, any such ghosts of dead glory. lrakli0n's buildings were unimposing and hardly meant for kings and queens and courtiers. There were no traces of ancient designs in lraklion architecture. Cultural influences of other kinds were evident. The city's life displayed Venetian, Turkish, Greek, German, and American modifications. Harbor fortifications were built when Venice ruled Crete several hundred years ago. The clothes of hillsmen reflected Turkish design. Lettering of signs over stores and restaurants was Creek. The most popular second lan- guage seemed to be Germanfin part a result of wartime occupation by Nazi troops. And American tastes came out in appeals of young boys around town who asked Oriskany sailors for cigarettes. People of Iraklion passed the time in simple pleasures. Evenings, they sat outside restaurants drinking coffee and eating ice cream. In the two or three restaurants recommended by Cretans themselves, meals were ala carte-courses being chosen on a visit to the kitchen. Six flights up, atop the tallest building in lraklion, local bigwigs dined in a roof garden. For sailors, swimming and bicycling ran neck and neck in popularity. But two-thirds of the crew just walked. Others visited the ruins of Knossus, capital of King Minos 5,000 years ago. Most impressive were the plumbing, the paintings and the Minoan column. Water was carried to the palace through a five-inch clay pipe, To keep cool in lr-:'f::mw, er'-1-gfrfrefg ' Grid the ciczrk of bmrroomz, V' w f'1 1 , l the Q d days looked better on Crete direct from the mountains. Waste moved down underground ducts toward the river. A filter system for drinking water consisted of channels and precipita- tion tanks. Several clay bathtubs, in almost perfect condition, had been scrubbed clean since last used. One of them, for the Queen alone, stood in a private room from which the bather could watch entertainers sing and dance. According to the guide, the Queen was entertained by ladies- in-waiting. ln paintings, the ladies were bare of foot and breast. Modern women in lraklion were much more modest. They wore shoes from Greece and ltaly, and dresses ordered by mail from America. Five thousand years ago, ladies hur- ried down the steps, glancing at the green hills beyond. Sir Arthur Evans, the archeologist, began the diggings at Knossus some 50 years ago. What he found Ted to revision of Greek history. King Minos ordered the construction of this palace long before the peo- ple of Greece quit living in mud huts. But some Athenians and Corinthians saw the Minoan marvels-the tall building, with its graceful columns and capitals, the waterworks, the labyrinth, the earthenware and the painting and sculpture. Many Cretan ideas were copied, improved and refined. When, finally, civilization moved on from Crete, a great culture was forming in Greece. But the debt remained-and was evident to Oriskany sailors who visited King Minos' palace. l A li l I Continued . , S4-P .ff Rn tyywi rf f f X ll ' I Both ancient Greeks and Oriskany sailors felt the sul!!! 9 1 1' Kn OSSUS-anyone could get lost in its male of PGSSUUV' TRIPOLI . where east . meets west RIPOLI greeted the llrislsarry with lorrnality. Xt recepe tions ashore. ollicers glerrrncd nirh colorlrrl curnpaigrr ribbons on dress whites. Srrhscquently. in lcrzcs and black Suits, the N lPs of nersly-independent l.ihytr xisited the Ship Members of the crew xserc invited to ll0t'l' parties. There was Open house at XY heelrrs Xir' lforce llzrsc. X llritish Highland regimental hand. complete with kilts. skirled their bagpipes for or outside Fleet Landing as Oriskany launches unloaded hun- rr heuelit. Cronds of qlrahs nailed in awe dreds of sailors. As Senior Officer Present ,-Xtloat. Captain l.yon was in- vited with other ollicers to the ollicial reception given hy the American Consul General. the Honorahle ,Xndrew ll. Lynch. arthe Uaddan Club the first day in port. june 14. The next day, His Excellency the Prime Xlinister' Nlah- moud Bey hluntasser paid a formal visit to the ship. He was accompanied hy his Nlinister of Defense. Umar Hey Schennih. Later in the day. Captain Lyon gave a reception on board, returning the hospitality that had heen shown to the ship's officers. There was much cenrenting of international friendship, particularly between British and .Xnrerir-ans. The British were ashore in their old role of Policeman Xrnong the Natives, a duty they were scheduled to gixe up as liihya became completely self-governing under lnited Nations sanction. i ..- ,,, W 1, n -. s -Q '- 4 -Q sys Q ag Q - ...4i,s.s X t 4 ,lil WHEN Q Q1 . ln th- hip l'rrirrdr'x. ntrslrirrg rrrzrrlrrrrcs ulrirred and rln- Ilia pre-ssr-r's hissed ' no vixilifirtiorrs. the Nlcstcrrr World arrrd the ttlth t. rm our stzrrclrerl nlrrt:-s. l in lr World were out to rrrerrsrrrr- :rrrd rrrrprcss s-zrrlr other. Xru ' , t E if , f , ,, I - ffm, ,. , fflw 'swf' if if ,W f if 5 W , t t . , l ff is .' 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In lclfcs and :- more errtt-rpr'isrrr'r Xrrrlvs lr-lt their rrrrrrrm itllt'Ns to peddle scnrxcs l Xnnrir-rrns rrrorrnd the neu r-rtx. 'lihe nntixes not out all their taxis. , cicrrl t'tllil'ltlQ11'N. rtrlled gglttrr'r'ir-s. were r'elrrr'hislred, Shops l rncrrrs in ,- ol t-olorlrrl strrll ont ol mrrelrorrs--s. 'lilre restrrrrrtrrrts and hrrrs starved lltt' ru inn-rr stzrxr-d rrrdoors rrlter srrrrsct, ll1ll'0l,l Continued 4 fl 2 , a I I fi . 47 , 4 ,, , 1 'ff , f-. ty o - ,. M -, E R 1 i t s. L, W-D I 5594 1412 Above-Scottish Highlanders in kilts, British soldiers in berets, some Air Force sergeants and a few civilians from North Africa kept the men busy answering questions. Upper right-Ladies invited aboard from Tripoli couIdn't match the Highland band for costumes- ' bearskin caps, leopard skins, lion heads, fox tails, gay plaids and white puttees. Lower right-Arab merchants felt pleased with their day's work after scrounging together half a cart of junk. Below-Gharries were polished and horses curried in anticipation of sailors from the Oriskany. 5, Tripoli's Minister of Defense takes a salute. X . R Q X rj ' 1 , .i1'ffvf2g,'1 P, 'fy A 3 f Q 5 . f i ,.,,..,W,p. f, 'A' 1 N- -f-H 11, W Q 5 if vii, K ' 1 5 M' ff- ,ys fi ' 1 A A 'f . i s 4, ' 31351 . 4.-fax x S Everyone, excep? Iiiiie boys, knocks off ca siesia when ihe sun is high. D5p!omc1i'5: and fT1iHI'DZ':' courtesy prevcsiied. Cc1pYuin Lvon cmd Hue 5:'Wi'D'S oFficevs were inviied fro ihe Uszddcsn 1 I Ciub unc e Qming and They reifurnecl iime hospifcxliiy -,with zz re:eg3'1'ioz1 czlnourml The Gris!-:any The mend' nighi. 04 7 V 4 . E E 3 J s 1 4 5 i 5 5 3 , xg? 'H 'f 7' U Yf'la'.?'ff- 1v :,,34 'gr if X-:, ff' in xg -,g I' , ,gt if 3 ' ' .J-Lin' sis. .fa-P ,.,'.fz 14 , -, 5i..1i1Qf3l'QQafU,g5:',n rd , ff ' af -I ,ss-j ,, My , .VW rr. ,Q ,,. ,,v, f , ,J M, 4 1 if ,fi ,ff 'J .xx '1 .5 V, I Annum! A British corporal dropped his ale on a handy shelf and slapped out an Auld Lang Syne for the visiting troops. Right-Looking over the galley and the Marines in full dress, visitors got the impression that everyone aboard had all he wanted to eat. MERICAN Navy seamen and Marine Corps corporals cemented interna- tional alliances with the British over a few glasses of ale, beer and stout. Who says the British are reserved? Their eye- glasses were paid for by their government and they had a few shillings left for enter- tainment. With some singing, they forgot that they represented an Empire. bWWAm,L,vw , ,1nqwU'5ik5i,1,zv 43' 6 TR I P 0 L I Continued ORE than 100 years ago. lin' .Mncrican sailors were drowned in the lmrbor ol Tripoli. 'l'hcy had just left a United States nnin-oi-war lying offshore. In the rough waters ol the primitixc port, their boat capsized. When the bodies is ere recovered, they were buried with honors on the edge ol the clill' overlooking the blue Mediterranean. Libya was then almost an unfriendly country, sus- picious of Americans who had a few short years before forced an end to the depredations of Barbary pirates. Farther east, other Arabs had traditionally levied toll on camel carayans crossing the desert from India. Kid- naping, ransom and piracy on the open sea had been just as practical. But in 1951 the coasts of North Africa were friendly to the United States. Captain Lyon came ashore to honor, in a formal ceremony, the memory of the bye who had died in 1840. The small American cemetery shone greenly on the sandy cliff. Tops of palm trees rustled above the white walls. A single entrance faced the blue sea. To mark the graves of the sailors, a simple stone and a bronze plaque had been erected close to the entrance. Inside the cool white-and-green cemetery, the Ma- rines stood stiflly at attention. Outside a bugler sounded taps. Captain Lyon laid a wreath upon the tombstone. Three volleys were fired by the guard. Every one pres- ent saluted, facing the graves. Copfoin Lyon and the American Consul, Andrew G. Lynch, stand during taps. ii xygyifhvf 1 iihrfr F- 4 1 -'4 1, I ix, 1 ' 1i' i bak Q ' x-. '- j . .IZ ., X 3 . TV .Q W. y A Q . x, .sf-ag 4 fps ...MX Q I 12. f. t e Q55 t ifihti' 1 . . ' 1 X x'72iffliii A i?q,Qig.r1 x T f .1 2455 , 1 ' 1f.1asi Nat .F 1 L4 Kilo' Q ip . 1 1 .,, .. .- f it in an African cemetery, an impressive ceremony I 2204, 4543 fx, lk , PLE 9 cf View of the city from the Oriskuny. O question about it, the Gulf of Naples ranks as the most beautiful harbor in the Mediterranean. The Oriskany sailed in past the magical Isle of Capri and the fashionable island of Ischia toward the cloud-capped peak of Vesuvius. By day, sky and sea were two shades of light blue. The first night, ,Iune 22, the bills behind the city and the shores around the gulf sparkled like a diadem. Still, there's only a grain of truth in the local Chamber of Com- merce's 4'See Napoli and dieli' From the harbor, such an idea was almost believable. Inside the city, Americans preferred life aboard ship. And yet, it was in Naples that U. S. Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, Chief of Naval Operations, died one month after the Oriskany visited the port. Ashore, Oriskany sailors found a beehive of activity. On the main street, Via Roma, almost every officer tried on a Borsalino hat. Self-appointed guides tried to steer innocent Americans toward other merchandise, on which the Helpful Une then made sure he took his cut. Peddlers cried 'cBuy a cameo, Joel, from Fleet Landing clear out to Vesuvius. The best buys, with Widest variety and most as- surance of value, were made in factories, particularly those recom- mended by the Italian tourist agency, CIT. On side streets, the devastation of War and the poverty of defeat appeared clearly in the homes of the people. To them, United States sailors were rich, riding in taxis and carriages for fares of 500 to 1,000 lire. Busses and trolleys cost only 20. Cleanest place in Naples for enlisted personnel was the United Seamenls Service Club, near Fleet Landing. The club provided all orchestra and an unusually good-looking group of Italian hostesses for dancing. Near the end of the Oriskany visit, a CreW's Recep- tion was held aboard to repay their hospitality. Italian painters seemed to make Naples their headquarters. From a simple photograph, they could Work up a surprisingly recogniz- able portrait in oils in a few days. Unself-conscious, the painters often worked aboard ship with sailors looking critically over eaCh brushstroke u could buy flowers from donkey carts climb the lullslde for Cl VI Vesuvius or look over displays In cameo factories and ulwClY9 Naples light hearted Yo - I . s u 'ew of ' ' ' - intl 1 . Q f MQ city of pleasure. . . ,at M -Af i I , 1. 'ws . - . yr. K YA .,.,, ..x.,, , rw' V T if fi E35 . JL g k. 4 Q g-fr' A, s of .52 . 'e L I 'M' if fffiv' td V - . ,vfiwrzmf .0v :2,3'g,'gf,332 .g,XyI:fiAg1Q,H.- Clouds over Vesuvius never brought wel . I 1 . - . gy , fy-s.,t wif.-afplg Hifti I ' I l K 3,135 - :View weather while the Ornskuny wus In port. 'lf l 8 . i 1 3 Q X .f X, 4 , gy, u't.:ii' X 'i .--..q.1,?..,.,....,..,,,,,,. D yuh, 5 1- . . ,W e5:'L,,,1Q.5- , M., r ff -- .:-an 'a:..x1avax':mvf.aua-Im ' gn MQ ' ' A , of .rf ,L J Q, 1 ,,,' L4 The salesgirls spoke very convincing English. Fountains cndcled sparkle to the big Naples was also headquarters for the Evil Eye. The horses in the streets wore brass studs as charms, a cus- tom since spread even to America, perhaps without the superstition. What's more, poor tippers in restaurants often left with the sign of the horn waving them fare- thee-not-so-well. Despite such drawbacks, Oriskany sailors regretted leaving Naples, not for its harbor or view but for its liveliness and good-looking women. It was only later in photographs that sailors recalled the threatening vol- CHIIO of Vesuvius in the sky nearby. FOV once, the Oriskuny could drop anchor inside the break- Wufel' and small boots make the Fleet Landing in mir1UN':S plazos of Naples. The Vatican had its own police and the world-famous Swiss Guard. to power in the city of Rome in the spectator. Above is the Victor and below the Arch of Constantine. The Eternal City . . . W .-4 The foundation of Rome is veiled in the myths of ancient time. HE feet of pilgrims and tourists over the centuries have helped level off the original seven hills of Rome. During the summer, parties of Oriskany oflicers and men joined the throngs oi visitors on four occasions, twice from Naples and twice from Genoa. Some of the sailors made the trip two or three times. Since the days 3,000 years ago, when Rome was founded, the city has expanded to cover two more hills. Une of the ad- ditions, Vatican Hill, aroused the curiosity of every sailor. Unlike most other cities in the Mediterranean area, Home pulled at the spirit as well as the mind and body. The golden dome of St. Peter's dominated the hills although it stood in Vatican City, an independent state governed by the Pope. Pope Pius XII personally welcomed Oriskany sailors at audiences on two of the tours. Swiss guards, in uniforms of blue, red and yellow designed by Michelangelo, escorted His Holiness. A Pontilical Palace of 1,000 rooms, within the Vatican'S 109 acres, contained some of the worldis greatest works of aff- ln the Sistine Chapel, exclusively for the Pope's use, the Wi1llS and ceilings were covered by works of Michelangelo, Botticellif and other famous painters. The library was a scholaris delight, with its ancient manuscripts and books in many languages The first Oriskany party to Rome saw a double canonization ceremony at St. Peteris. The Basilica sparkled with lights. The Pope olliciated at both the ceremony and the later lVlass. Saint- hood was bestowed on two nuns, one from France and the other from northern Italy. In the meadows outside the city, sailors visited the Catacombs oi San Callisto, one of the burial places of early Christians. According to guides, Catacombs were also used by the folloW6f5 of other religions. Within the walls of Rome, magnificent churches stood at almost every square. The Pantheon, earliest used to worship all the Roman gods long before the birth of Christ, was shut down as a pagan temple in 390 A.D. Later, in 609 A.D., it was consecrated as a Christian church. Today it symbolizes the religious life of Rome in its change from paganism to Chris- tianity. Most impressive of the old Roman buildings was the Colos- seum, an arena seating 40,000 to 50,000 persons when it was finished in the year 80 A.D. Its shows and circuses often lasted 100 days. Traditionally, many Christian martyrs died there. The Roman Forum stood between the Palatine and Capitoline hills. Columns, pediment and masonry were all that were left. Oriskany sailors also saw the Baths of Caracalla, the walls and gates of the ancient city, the Trajan column and the Arch of Constantine. Meanwhile modern Rome tried to match the monuments ofthe past. The Memorial to Victor Emmanuel rose in marble and gilt in front of the Forum. Clean lines of the new railroad station displayed a utilitarian beauty. There was, however, no hypnosis by the past. Life moved swiftly and with laughter in commerce and entertainment. Restaurants glittered and night clubs were subdued for Roman in- timacy. Sailors, trying to sat- isfy the urge for knowing the Eternal City within three days, seldom slept before dawn. alleries Michelangelo designed the magnificent dome of St. Peter's ' 0 Roman copy ot a Greek statue Upper-The tour party appreciated fresh air after the dank atmosphere below in the Vatican G - - Lower-Early Christians buried their dead in these underground crypt: The Collosseum. From these stands, now stripped gf their original marble, the Roman pop- ulace once watched the games gf fhe gladiators. R 0 E Continued Sailors en route to the Eternal City found that all railroads lead to Rome. Once within the City of the Seven Hills the tour party found home-like comfort and recreation at the U.S.O. Chaplain Barras and the boys enjoyed coffee and English conversation with a lady at the club. Venturing forth into the city, sailors saw it as a mixture of the old and the new . . . a place of cobhlestones and churches, tiny cars, modern motorbikes, friendly merchants and pretty girls. i Umbrellas shade a 0orist's stand on the steps before a Spanish-style church, Cf-IPRI A Capri miss develops poise. xcursion launches iam Marina Grande harbor. A COM! of paper will hold your purchase. Waterfront buildings house entrance of thi: Funicular. Q X rf' HE Isle of Capri in the Gulf of Naples captivates Europeans the way IVlartha's fi Vineyard does New Englanders and Catalina the Southern Californian. It's rugged but the edges of precipices and mountain slopes have been softened by years of Weather and civilization. Late in June, daily tours from the ship took the two-hour trip by excursion boat to Marina Grande, the fishing port of the island. In the first few minutes, sailors bought musical cigarette boxes from the mainland, silk kerchiefs from the north of Italy and some tourist ash trays. Then they rode the funicular to the town of Capri high in the saddle between the two peaks. On the main square summer people sipped cool drinks at sidewalk cafes. OH the the square, the streets were so narrow a pedestrian could stretch out his arms and A touch buildings on both sides at once. Shop f windows displayed Paris fashions and hand made sandals. It was a place straight out f of the children's story-books. E y Despite the miniature quality of the town, interiors of houses were spacious. The sharp slope allowed people on almost any fioor to step out into their gardens. ig The gardens, of course, were terraced. A road wound around ledges of cliffs to the mountain-top town of Anacapri, a more open collection of villas and churches. In the church of San Michele, the floor was laid with earthenware tiles depicting Adam and Eve in Paradise. But sailors will longest remember the Blue Grotto, down the shore from Marina Grande. Wheii the water Iay calm, rowboats easily negotiated the low and narrow entrance. Inside, a strange blue light Filled the dome overhead. It was the morning sun reflected upward from the bottom of the water. ,f r. ..... on the road I 4 I I I TALIANS sing or whistle while they work. But an aria from a Verdi opera just isn't appreciated by sailors when it comes from a bus driver skidding around turns, passing cars ahead on narrow roads along the edge of cliffs. That's what the drive from Naples to Sorrento was like. The views were amazing and enchanting. Each turn of the road opened new vistas of blue water and jagged rock below. Clusters of toy houses miles ahead hung over sheer stone. The driver enjoyed the view as he hummed. The sailors kept foot on brake and eye on road. Sorrento itself was worth the trip. lt's the place that gallant Italians bring their brides on wedding trips. Then for years they will have an excuse to return many times. Brilliant color fills the main square. Subtropical flowers grow to huge sizes and fantastic shades of red. White buildings form a quiet background and knarled trees seem aged. To reach the beaches, workmen years ago cut tunnels and stairways into the face of the cliffs. At the bottom, golden sand contrasted with the black rock towering above. And the Water was clear and cool and blue. Despite all these attractions, the people of Sorrento did not depend on the tourist trade. Outside the town, they cultivated the olive, oranges and lemons. ln town they produced a world- famous white wine. Craftsmen worked carefully on inlaid wood for export as tables, desks, and other furnishings. Some small pieces were brought back to the ship by visiting sailors. Hfsh Pofllfs on the surrounding mountains present breathtakllw views of black volcanic beaches, toriuous roads and Pink me roofs in Sorrento. P0 PEII... amid poetic ruins A temple rises from the ashes of 2,000 years. CIENCE iiction tells about time machines to carry people back into the past. In real life, the past has been brought up to the present in the most intimate details of living through exca- vations at Pompeii, at the loot of Vesuvius. Because Oriskany parties at Pompeii were all-male, many locked doors were opened. Youngest residents ofthe city had been dead for about 2,000 years but they had had their secret lives. Nobodyis reputation suffered for no modern families traced descent through the leading houses of Pompeii. This Hexhibishi' showed that people in the Naples ,,., area hadnit changed much in the years since the Roman Empire. They cheated in love and in business but they enjoyed fast driving, luxuries, household pets, and private parties. A wineselleris shop stood over a hidden Well from which the merchandise could be watered. The stone streets showed ruts down which young blades drove their blooded horses. At intersections, traffic signals warned of their approach. III many homes, mosaics covered the floors. Statuary served as fountains for private courtyards. One merchant kept an erotically decorated spare room just for traveling salesmen. The city itself was almost perfectly preserved since it was her- metically sealed under the fall of hot ash from Vesuvius in the first century before Christ. The bodies of some people who had refused to run from the ash and lava were on display in a nearby museum. Saved for posterity also was a dog with a broken leg. Oriskany oflicers inspect some of the 'l10US0I'ldS of ancient utensils and ornaments in the museum at Pompeii. A Roman playground in the shadow of Vesuvius. Chariot tracks and stepping stones . . . rem nants of an ancient way of life. A sculptured faun is captured by Oriskany Marine. From the ancient castle at left to the tall, narrow buildings and pot-bellied fishing boats, La Spezia breathed Old- World charm. Curiosity, doubt, and finally pleasure showed in the faces of these orphan boys when Oriskany sailors arrived with a truckload of food and gifts. Happy, grateful kids with sparkling eyes and chocolate on their faces pose with Padre Barras at the La Spezia orphanage. In a sun-flecked garden the gang en- ioys a cool one after the unloading detail at the orphanage. its beauty . . . and its orphans act 1? fit., if wi? f s ,A , ,gy , egg? 'f i ,Q fl Yv V-Pg! W Y,-Y- 43 ii: IKE Naples, the little city of La Spezia in northern Italy claims title to them beautiful gulf in the Mediterranean. Important painters and poets from all over the Western World have acknowledged its merits. Shelley, Byron, George Sand, D. H. Lawrence and Dante spent parts of their lives on the shores around La Spezia. To Oriskany sailors, beaches east and west of the city compared favorably with those around Genoa, visited later on the cruise. Trains ran along the eastern shore to Lerici, four miles south, and along the west to Porto Venere, seven miles southwest. Afoot, a sailor could cross the city in about 30 minutes. The waterfront gleamed with well-kept homes, apartment houses and hotels. On the rolling hills behind the city, gardens and olive groves and villas felt the cool Riviera breezes. A small but active business center sold quality merchandiseito sailors. Not only the merchants, however, will remember the Oriskany. Probably the most pleased were the little boys and girls of the Orphanage in La Spezia, run by Roman Catholic nuns. Chaplain Barras arranged for gifts of soap, candy, toys, dolls and food from the men and the ship to be distributed to the children. Oriskany sailors volunteered to help. Although the orphans couldn't speak English, they gave more than adequate thanks with their eyes and hesitant smiles. Tours took a few sailors from La Spezia to Pisa where the tower has leaned an extra foot in the past 100 years, and to Florence, the most famous art center of the Renaissance. The Ship's baseball team, on its way to replay Wheelus Air Force Base in Tripoli, also stopped at Pisa, before catching an AF plane across the Med. J E itll, - it 'l 1' ,im 334. L K nm' has wr I 5 penn: iii 1 iii D Un IWW .u. DTEHI 1' W L. glue to th Hunt' Hott lui hm T: Cat all frm lla tba f lm Ce Fr is ie Yi ' Q K dx J, Md X 7 ' X t. 4 xx.,.'! ci gl N I iw l SL ' I K X, :D 7114 'li 0 I, f If 1 I ,f ff K, ff ' . y,,..pz.. -M ...ans French Riviera . . . land for liberty RESH out of high school an Oriskany sailor could become sophisticated, almost blase, after a couple of visits to the French Riviera. He'd see the skimpiest bathing suits in the world on the lushest figures in the world. Even if he couldn't get into the famous gambling casinos in uniform, he'd hear about Prince Aly Kahn dropping 315,000 at the Monte Carlo tables in a single evening. Names and faces of the famous of politics, stage and military would become familiar as his own skipperis. The world would become almost a playground-as it actually is from Nice to Cagnes, to Antibes to Juan les Pins to Golfe Juan to Cannes and other points east and west on the southern coast of France. If a fellow didn't get ashore-liberties were limited to one-third of total Personnel each day-'he could enjoy 'ilong glass liberty from the bridge. With the ship swinging at anchor off Golfe Juan or Cannes, the binocular view' of beaches brought sailors close up to athletic couples. Or he could admire the Riviera architecture of villas and casinos and hotels. On shore, the French made social distinctions between the beaches, but l' l ith none of them was a Coney Island. Nice, the largest town, was inet w h There the night clubs were branch stores of fashionable Paris s ops. D g3lldiCSI, the strippers the teasingest, and prices the lowest. Cannes catered to the international yachting set: the Duke and Duchess of Windsor, Barbara Htltton, the Aga Khan, Elsa Maxwell, the Princess of Hyderabad, and King Farouk. Evenings, the King kept four Cadillacs outside the Carlton ' ' ' A nd Hotel- At Juan les Pins, beaches were wide, white and private. rou Alltlbes llved an expatriate colony of artists a ' United States. nd writers chiefly from the b Oriskany olhcers at Monte CThere were no reports of any big winnings y arlo. Nor was there any skiing at Valberg in the French Alps. But many an ounce of perfume was purchased at Crasse, where the air was sweet l No. 5 to 320111 the factories. Famous international brands, from Chane 3 Gflffe, were on sale in shops at Cannes and Nice-at substantially less than United States prices. f other port for glamor, Social activity at Cannes surpassed that o any both for the ship and its personnel. The Association France-Etats-Unis at h b nefit of the gannes held a gala reception aboard the Oriskany for t e e . rench Institute for Cancer and the French 'iBlue Sickness lnstitute. Vice ' ns and furs, Admiral and Mrs. Gardner welcomed the guests. Evening gow Jewels and low necklines for the ladies, American naval uniforms and French milita-TY dress for most of the men made the evening sparkle. lewifching perfumes were on sale in the town of Grasse- Many sailors received invitations to visit the homes of residents of Cannes h h had and other French cities. ln the south of France, few of t e omes furnaces to heat the whole house. Many were not insulated. The sun, however, ' ' l d their warmed the rooms during the day. At night, householders cose shutters to keep heat in. en occurred The pleasantest days of the cruise for several officers and m d l tives visited the Riviera Although they at Cannes when their wives an re a ' . knew the ship would soon return to the States, seeing parts of Europe together helped make up for the deep longing for home. The limousine with ihe fringe on the top. This is why fhey're called Bikinis. , 1 You d be happy foo . . . warm sun, the blue Mediterranean, while Hof dogs, coke and gedunk . . . jus? like home. sand, palm trees, and girls, girls, girls! , . ,X B q A X' 1 K - -ywgg-w wie..-.....m ,A . T 5 ' fn -MF' t if ,Si G' xi-Xprxii fro-of-iii fir R3 RSF' 31' .LQ .av F .fu 1, x Xxx Y X WEE ,....-new Beach scene with Carlton Hotel in the background 5p5 - ' got it mode. Beer in o bamboo bor on the beach I N 5 x N p . u h 5'n9 French postcards-the kind you can send home. Upper right-Touring sailors but the breeze ln front of picturesque Vulberg inn. lower right-The bell tower clinging to u hillside hAls. is u common sight in the Frenc p N JS Continued YP if Q , v 3, xv -qw :X LX le? W 1.6 ' 1,,'f51 Paris and Hollywood enfertcun for the Cancer Fund ,flag V fi Q 4 X! M1jM 7. ff 1 f 4 fx 47 6f:?'ffyiZ WW, , ff f Rl -.r.t,f.-. , ..,: ARIS welcomed Oriskany sailors with open arms, magnums of champagne and sophisticated melodies. In return, sailors unfastened their money belts and spent tens of thousands of francs apiece on the transient delights of Montmartre and the boulevards. Love at first sight on both sides. On tour, American Express insisted that everyone visit the Eiffel Tower the first moming. From its top, Paris stretched for miles of white parkways, green trees and the red-roofed clusters of individual neighborhoods. The guide pointed out the Arch of Triumph, the Louvre, the Tomb of Napoleon, Notre Dame, the hills of Montparnasse and Montmartre, the Champs Elysees, the winding Seine and the parks. ln the distance on clear days were Versailles and Fontainebleau. Away from the Gallic drone of the guide, Oris any sal p and in pairs over the avenues to cafes, to night clubs open in the afternoon and into the narrow back seats of skittish taxis. A few of ot where they wanted to go. 'l bought fifths of brand-name Scotch k 'lors s read out individually the men carried phrase books. Others made signs with their hands. All of them g At the United States Embassy, smart sai ors for as little as 31.50 a bottle. But thriftiness got a sailor nowhere once he reached the midnight dazzle of the Rue Pigalle. Despite the cityis appeal to men as males, it was a cialized in perfumes and lingerie. Tailors were ready Pinched-in waists. That was all right for the woman's town. The shops spe- to make up menfs suits with gallant Frenchman but it would look fumli' in America. l 'd X ressed the true Gallic spirit: amiable, French women, Oriskany sai ors Sal , e p Subtle, and lively. Different from anywhere else. Plenty of pictures were taken. Significantly, ew o sailors around. The men, with or without cameras, s 011 the prowl, lone-wolfing through the city. If Y011 believe the photographs submitted Of Sailors on their own covered mainly cat e afternoon, and mausoleums. The following pages contain a selection of the best of them. But if you want to know the inside story you'll have to see the private collections of PiCtl1I'CS in Paris. We planned to show a few choice items from among them but everY0I1C had seen them anyway. What's more, the owners kept their negatives under lock and key. f f them showed other Oriskany eemed to have spent their time to the editors of the Cruise Book, itineraries h drals, art museums, sidewalk cafes in the Le Louvre, beside the rippling waters ofthe Seine. ' ' ' P 's. The United Nations Busldung and grounds In Of' Notre Dame cathedral, famous in history and art. 'll s Artistic hall of mirrors in the Palace of Versa! e . lk? i l ffl ik !7'fSEi5i...L rf 4 W 'QM Nledics beam from the window of their Purls-bound Wagon-LHS couch Zi :liz 1 :.::zxc:. il .li l C : Z5 K MML IIS' Trclcery of steel lace against Parisiu Eiffel Tower. - 7, 77, .,,,,...0, .,,,, , L ,,,. X fires: , .bfi 'SCX f fffix , 5, ,i Q 2,1 f , li , P3961 ff'15'f I ,My i Q4 . wa-3 '3 'lim Lgiiflqk :L :ff i 455535 ',-1:5 .125 ,-.,j 'K is 3345 ,.!i5!Snf,1':'1.'S'3Q? , ,1jfEl6Qf,fQ'Q'7f. f: 7g,Z,L53 , KJ-p g ,Qt 'fa yay ' ww arf 51',.w, cp fy j f, , ,V Q 1 I .V f' 6, Z A '. J i f' 3 ' , 3 , - , .. 1' MMM 'M 45 ', i f ,, Y 'Z7 f7.3 ,w-F' ' ' V :m,,,.,,,, V Omcers' parfy admires splendors of the Trlunon at Versailles View along the Champs Elysees foward the Arc de Triomphe The P901 Byron wrote of a legendary priivlwf vf . . . snow under summer suns -ff? an-'Lkw 'tru Q-'L e NX xx Q K we x 'XX QSQXN X? ' rr - . Q O. -N Q X KXL. X - S X- w s at aF.W.S'.swr, t . . t . s f X s www-S' X X - -XY .gas fs, Mbnasfery in the French Alps near the Switzerland border. A stop for pictures of farmland and mountains. French Alps near the border of Switzerland. Chateau of Chillon on Lake Genevd- the WITZERLAND has no Mediterranean coastline but Oriskany officers and men L visited the landlocked nation three times during the cruise. They traveled over the Alps by bus, the equivalent of American deluxe Greyhounds. The tours were the high points of the summer in each man's book, no matter whether he visited the French or the ltalian cantons. No one tried to figure it out but the distance traveled up and down on the sides of mountains probably equaled the distance between points as the crow flies. Unlike the railroads, motor highways tended to go over the shoulders of mountains rather than through them. From high altitudes, the parties could see snow-capped peaks 50 miles or more in the distance. Below in valleys, red-roofed villages and small cities looked like toys. Despite the miniature appearance, life in Switzerland moved with the precision of clockwork. Guides called ahead to make appointments for serving luncheon and dinner. At crossing points, border guards handled the parties rapidly and courteously. Just inside the lines, commercial banks posted the daily exchange rate so that tourists knew exactly what they were getting for their dollars. Moreover, shop keepers accepted dollars for merchandise Hgured to the centime for the day unlike merchants elsewhere in Europe who favored rough approximations. This striving for exactness in time and commerce made up only part of the spirit of the country. The people were also proud of the perfection of things they made. Oriskany sailors learned the famous names of watchmakers of Europe-names seldom heard in the United States: Patek-Philippe, often called the finest watch in Switzer- land, Rolex, thc self-winding watch, Omegag Tissot, Eternag Ulysse Nardin and Vacheron-Constantin. The reputation of such names added considerably to the value of a watch. Otherwise, a Swiss watch differed only in its face and its case. The inner workings were produced in factories which sold to nearly every Hbrand namen in the trade. For the picturesque rides between cities, the parties stocked up on prize-winning Swiss chocolate. Suchard and Nestle originally earned their reputations in Switzerland. Compared to the States, chocolate bars in the Alps tasted bitter and felt harder on the tongue. American style, sailors recalled, was sweet and milky soft. Guides, some of them in skirts, escorted the parties around major cities. In Geneva, they stopped at the Palace of the League of Nations, the Memorial of the Reformation and a Swiss watch factory. Another important stop on the tours out of Cannes was the Chateau of Chillon. The tour from Genoa touched Switzerland at only one point, Chiasso. As a night Spot, Geneva took the blue ribbon. ln some places, a sailor could look through huge plate glass windows and sec, day or night, the snow-capped mountains, the cold black lake and miniature villages along the valley. 4 4 SWITZERLAN C.,...,i.,,,,es G Modern lighting men find this old gun in the Chateau of Chillon an artistic weapon. iPicking out landmarks on a map of Geneva, Switzerland. 5 Oriskany men in the United Nations building in Geneva. , ,, i 1 1 t:,l.'f,9MWfs'Ne?x .,g ig, .,., L Q f qv SPL yy 5. I+ V ' .FV J We ,gf w I ,K yy f ri, ' git I if 'W 2 V It ' ,f , l C ,, 3 1 r'-W 1 1 f ,f 1 L 2315, I 'Ml ll .isa 4 F :.,,. ': , 5 A 3 f ,L L , ' f iw . I' -Q.: ms . , 4 f if .ww . F n - ..are N s GL 5 ,Y sais A ' f. ' H f ' 4 Fbzwgmf fr,:i,f+eQ ' 5 W H, Ffa , 'L Q.,:fE1X,, ',' iw ,' ' ' I 'f ' V 455: ,mffxgf fig, , 5 T, V , 1, , L :Q , ,, , J, f 7 ,' 2l4..1LGi .. 9 Everyone signs the register in the Chateau of Chillon. Q? Ghosts of armored knights linger in the walls and towers of Chillon castle. 0 Fireplace in the Barons' Hall, Chateau Chillon. hi 141, . , ,A i,,i.WW I 2 U1 ff! R32 3-1:2 situ.. A. . ,gif l N4 we NCE upon a time, Turkey was a land of romance, veiled ladies, fanatic Moslems and strange power as far west as Vienna. To Oriskany sailors, the new nation founded by the late Kemal Ataturk was part of the Western world, an ally of the United States. At Izmir late in July, officers and men could see how the Eastern way of life had given way to the Western. Along the shoreline, modern hotels and apartment houses gleamed whitely in the sun that set in the western sea. Ocean-going ships pulled up to docksides. Buicks and Stude- bakers and brand-new Fords purred along wide avenues. But an old quarter, of narrow winding lanes, bazaars and fezzed mer- chants, reminded officers and men that the curious spirit of the Arabs still lingered. Here and there, a minaret shot up cleanly to the sky. Despite mosque and fez, there was remarkable tolerance of non-be- lievers. Muezzins welcomed sailors into rug-strewn halls of prayer, guided them up interminable steps to balconies from which the call to the faith- ful was voiced several times each day. ln line with custom, sailors re- moved shoes when entering the places sacred to the people. Around mosques, outdoor cafes strangely lived up to their names, serving little cups of thick black coffee. According to Mohammedan doctrine, a believer was forbidden to touch liquor on pain of endangering his soul. Sailors noticed that many Turks were tempted to stray. But they would warn the soul first, with a loud shout before drinking, to steer clear, that brandy was on the way down. Bazaars of rug merchants opened without walls or doors directly on the little streets. Butchers and candy peddlers also displayed their wares in the open air. Plate glass a la American was reserved for tailors, hard- ware stores and bakeries. After walking the cobbled lanes, almost every sailor made his way to the Navy Canteen, located in palm lined fairgrounds. To get there, the city of Izmir hospitably permitted Americans in uniform to ride trolleys and busses without charge. Carriages drawn by narrow-Shanked horses charged a couple of hundred kurus, nearly a dollar. In the shadow of u muezzin's tower Oriskany chiefs shop for bric-u-bruc. fs -f . . . Turkey faces west The American and British colony at Izmir put themselves out to make Ill our visit pleasant. Wives of these engineers and businessmen volunteered to pour coffee, serve sandwiches and answer questions. But better than the refreshments, in the opinion of Oriskany men, was the dancing. To music by ships' orchestras, the ladies-mostly married and with young children but all good-looking--followed the steps of jitterbug and waltzer alike. Some sailors found it hardly necessary to move outside the canteen except on the way to and from Fleet Landing. A souvenir shop, an unofficial post office, and a bar offering a large cold bottle of beer or of lemon soda completed the set up. For weeks afterward the men remembered the fancy carving on meerschaum pipes at prices far below the twenty dollars charged by American tobacco shops. Tours through the back country to ancient Greek and Roman ruins at Ephesus reminded sailors that many other civilizations had passed through Asia Minor. The recent shift of Turkey from facing East to facing West thus seemed only another in a long tradition of keeping up with the world. The Srars and Stripes cmd the Turkish Crescent ily side by sicle at ifhe Fleet landing in izmir. 53' Sailor admires a Damascus blade while happy Turks mug for the Nr Cdmefdmdn. 9Turkish soldiers, policemen and a merchant pose with Oriskany men. 9 Marines enioy the hospitality at the Navy Canteen. 5 Among the colossal ruins of ancient Ephesus . . S . . . was a quiet, shady, restful corner. eo s ll,, is '5-he +R X. . N pol Z I R Continued . . . there he goes . . . got him! RISKANY sailors will tell their grandchildren about this one. ln the old days when the British Empire policed the East, whether Near, Middle or Far, Kipling and other writers started the line of tall tales about la ing in Egypt, tiger hunting in India and elephant shoots in ,Africa- o P Y . , other twenty years and some American old salts will reminisce about lxyu ' 3 1 l ,kg going out into the hills of Turkey to bring home wild boar. While the ship swung at anchor off Izmir, four hunts were organized for f Americans in the Heet. Thirty men left the ship before dawn each day or on native busses. Three hours later, four days running. They rode inland they reached the scrubby hill country where the wild porkers forage for young roots and berries. Leaving the primitive highway on foot, the men were posted at strategic spots. There they were told to wait for the animals to come to them. lf they wanted to, under the hot sun, they could smoke a quiet cigarette. The native bearers, we can almost hear the Old Salt saying in 1971, ' moved down wind two or three kilometers. They figgered to drive a dozen ritters toward us. We could hear their shouts-you or so of the mean little c know the Turks in the hills have a long-winded language different from the Frenchified school dialect introduced by old Mustapha Kemal. The home- made drums and bent washtubs sounded muflied by the hills. Then a thou- sand yards to the left, old Clete Harrison-she was just a young fellow then- shouted, iThere he isl There he goesl' i' At first, novices and eager beavers were impatient, spoiling the chance for a kill. The first few boars sighted were warned off by premature fire before anyone could see the whites of their little eyes. They ran like jack- rabbits, raising their hindquarters as they zigzagged away. Later, Oriskany gunners held their fire. Then, when the boars were driven within range, everyone let loose at once. lt sounded like the original Battle of Oriskany. Usually more than one man actually hit the animal and all claimed the game as it dropped. The Turkish farmers engaged to make the hunt successful stayed out of range of the M-1 riHes. Each of them earned 100 Turkish lire for beating the bushes to Hush game. The sailors chipped in 353.50 apiece to make this pot. lf a bushbeater were fast on his feet and lucky besides, he could make an additional 10 lire, All he had to do was crop off the tail of a boar once the Oriskany sharpshooters had done their work. The Turkish government paid a bounty of 10 lire for each boar's tail. The race to snip the tail each time was something to see. The hunts bagged about six boars a day. Ronald A. Cessna, CM2, was credited with two of the ugly little porkers. Gerald J. Soloman, MM1, shot the larffest: 300 pounds. D To protect themselves from berserk boars charging with huge tusks, the Turks carried shotguns. One barrel was loaded and the other contained a ' h blank to scare the game toward the hunters at their posts. The Turks t em- selves were excellent shots. After the hunt, they were eager to borrow an M-1 for a little Hexhibitionf, With the rifle, the Turk would sight a rock about 300 yards off. ln a couple of tries, he would get used to the sights and then start bouncing one right after the other off the rock. Back aboard, the day's kill was skinned, butchered and stowed in freezing compartments. But no one ever satisfied his taste for wild meat. The Medical De artment decided that the risk of infection was too great. The meat was P disposed of without a feast. Oriskany hunters wearing boots and carrying rifles, knives and canteens were well-prepared for u day in the arid hills of Turkey. M 'V We 3' gf' ,i .' v X ' 1 y 1 I 6 . wiv-Tek A ' -.n ,Q -3: .1 H f ,-'xii' v , . , V1 . ' A ' - . -at.-wifi mil .- H fi! s - Riirti 'rr. i 's y, he 1. 'ft , , -,i4 g f A. ',,:3,LM 4, ,I ,V I . we f .Zi if -35 jfrsfls ,, PM ,,s .t-- ,.:,:.1k!:aAvi: A , 1 If I K-.. s.. The hunters and the kill. Returning from the hunt with trophiei D909 'he FUS- Unloading the wild boars from the bus at the pier. ft '92, . if . ' 4 A: 1 .... 'Tr' r K . -5:3 N , ,V 4 - stun- Tw. -lni'P'x , ,- M ff-if . ..f 'Mr ..f V El-IE Italians, too, have their Riviera, stretching east and west from Genoa l where the Oriskany anchored late in August. In addition to good swimming, A this most active seaport in Italy provided a lively nightlife made particularly for sailors, as well as museums and palaces for daylight visiting. On foot or aboard tourist busses, Oriskany sailors spread out over the city from early in the morning until after midnight. Everyone saw the protected inner harbor, the Porto Vecchio, where transatlantic liners flew the British, French, Panamanian, Italian and American Hags alongside dock. Towering over the warehouses, silos, piers and other waterfront structures shone the Genoa lighthouse, tallest in all Europe. From Fleet Landing, it was every man for himself. Some few never got past the first few bars and restaurants on the waterfront. MI might as well have stood in Brooklyn, said one P.O., returning to the ship at the stroke of 2400. The city was simple to get around. Narrow trolley cars and modern busses crowded the 668,000 people of the city on their way to shopping, the movies, and home again for the Italian equivalent of three cents. What made Genoa easy to figure was that the farther away from the waterfront, the higher one had to climb. The city was a huge natural amphitheater. If a sailor refused to walk uphill on liberty he was confined to the first few blocks from the bay. In the old days before taxis and trolleys, even the Genoese thought twice about walking uphill. This led them to crowd the ancient walled city into a few thousand yards, with narrow winding streets, suitable for defense with lance, sword and arquebus. X I ff!!! Tours entrained from this station for Milan, the Alps, Rome and Venice. A bewhiskered newsboy sells papers and Iot- tery numbers. Everyone stops to admire u new accordion, one ol Ifuly's best buy5. In such vias and piazzas Cstreets and squaresl, some famous men were hom, worked, married and died. The house of Christopher Columbus stands, IVY' covered, in an open piazza. Another open space gives access to the birthplaQC of the patriot Giuseppe Mazzini. On a wider via, the Town Hall keeps the y10l1U of Paganini and the ashes of Columbus. As usual with relics and memories Of famous men, Genoa is not alone in claiming to possess the ashes of the great navigator. On the edges of the city, too, the city showed concern with the PHST, the illustrious and the unknown dead. Genoese call the Staglieno the most beau' tiful and artistic cemetery on earth. One of the Oriskany sailors commentcdi HA family must go into debt for life just to pay for such monuments to parents and relatives. But the city has not forgotten the living, the houses and the Commerce, for war and for peace. Reconstruction of bombed-out homes and churches is neiifll' complete. The tallest skyscraper in Europe. a grattacielo, keeps many Clerks and lawyers in modern office space. A niffht club on the roof entertains them C' ' 7 after hours. A huge electric sign over it all reminds visitors of New lofk' Qnfiglef night club, The Golden Spider, is loeatediin ithe iStock Exchange ul mg. For another war and more bombing, the city has prepared. Most first-class movle houses are UUfl9Yg1'ou11cl, easily converted to shelters. The last war an defeat have been forgotten. The insignia and monuments of Fascism have been TCITIOVCCL and only il few war ruins remain. The Arch of Victory COH1H1Cm0rates the dead of the H1915-18 War. With all its human CllHT30ll'T, Geona was rated No 1 port in the Med by many glrisgcanyl sailors.l Some of them, going along with fradition, tossed a coin into e Ollfl 21111 Ht tie Piazza de Ferrari to insure a return visit another Year' ..the sailors' city Pilots relax atop the Capurro, Genoa's highest building. Classic beauty marks the central Mausoleum of Cam- posanto, the Holy Field. COLOR! BCG Q X Ax., ..L LA FATRIA ,WX f Memorial lo Cl great navigator. Cemetery of Staglieno, one of the world's most grounds. The dust of generations gathers on heroic sculptures in the Camposanto galleries. The Borsa, stoclz market of the Ge Q.. v ' i MOOSE. .. .Wu Y K, 3' Z ' 2-V4 A ' i , V 'lim . , u if '- Y ew, -' VA ' 4 W'1f'ffyV3s 1--:2i'l1,14 'Y' 'M' 'c ' ,-if . 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They stopped at the village of Serravalle Scrivia for a beer and a ham sandwichg at Pavia for a quick walk through the famous 14-th-Century Certosa, a Carthusian cathedral of black and white marbleg in Milan overnightg then to Lake Como in the ltalian Alpsg and, a feather in every man's cap, across the border into Switzerland. The village was a country crossroads, with farmers stalling their oxen in back- street barns and with two or three clean grocery stores. Centuries before, life had been the same: the main via paved with cobblestone and the side streets bare earthg doors opening directly on the highway without steps or sidewalksg children barefoot for summerg old ladies leaning out of windows and old men smoking in the sung a Padre vigorously making his parish callsg the church dominating the landscape. The two-lane highway itself fascinated sailors. Called an Autostrade and charg- ing tolls, the road first wound up and over the Apennines. Retaining walls pre- vented rock slides. Most of the walls carried rows of big black-painted squares. If the paint had been weathered, letters were visible under the black. These had been slogans of the Mussolini regime, now out of fashion. Sailors could make out some words: uDuce! Duce! and, translated, 'lYouth, Iron and Work for the Fatherlandfl Beyond the Apennines, the Autostrade straightened out in the valley of the Po River. Kilometers clipped past, much faster than miles. Then the Po itself, a shallow muddy stream unfit for navigation. At Pavia, New Englanders remembered the covered wooden bridges of Vermont and New Hampshire. Paviais covered bridge was brick and stone. The Carthusian cathedral outside Pavia had been practically taken over by the government as a national monument but religious services were still held inside. The church contained world-famous paintings on canvas and on plaster. ln a shop on the grounds, world-famous liqueurs produced by the Carthusian monks were on sale. The Arcade at Milan, roofed by a fretwork of glass and steel, houses shops and sidewalk cafes. Sailors waited two hours to cross the halo-Swiss border. At Como, sailors might have saved 200 Iire by walking up 2350 -H. My Brunafe. . ff f , . . through North Italy to the Alpine border Q TXT-T T- fili' S ' ffff X Then Milan, the biggest city in ltaly. As in the village, the cathedral dominated everything. Every pinnacle, and ll Duomo had hundreds, was a sculptors gallery. To see them all up close. tourists were permitted to climb all over the roof and EJ the towers. Not visible from the street was a Coca-Cola stand for thirsty visitors high above the ground. lnside, the church was different. Instead of white marble and blinding sunlight, there was darkness, candlelight, shots of purple and red and gold splashing the lloor from the stained-glass windows, and huge vaulted ceilings almost disappear- ing overhead. A few kilometers north, the Alps began. In the mountains, lakes filled most of the valleys. The town of Como nestled between peaks at the end of one lake. From the top of a funicular, sailors could look through the mists to Switzerland and other lakes and peaks. With permission from Swiss authorities hundreds of miles away in Berne, the capital, Oriskany sailors were passed across the border at Chiasso. There the men mailed postcards and ate Suisse chocolate and drank Schweiz beer. Strangely enough, not one man remembered to taste the cheese. An hour later, they recrossed the border, contented and world travelers. Il Duomo, the gorgeous cathedral on Milan's city square. Window ghoppers see some of the world's finest watches- Ornafe cathedral of the C0Yfl1USlU ' 00 lf5 neo' Pavin- Eyes across the border. Sailors see Switzerland from o mountaintop near Como ln the cloisfer garden of the cathedral al Puvlfi- EIE 1 1 E - V ,M , 4 gov , ,, 4 a . N THE main street of Venice early last September, an Oriskany sailor stepped off the curb to climb into a local taxi. His foot slipped and he fell into water over his head. Thatas what distinguishes Venice from every other city in the world. Taxpayers never have paid for paving their main street, the Grand Canal. A visitor could get around town in only two ways: by boat and on foot. Rails ended at the station west of the city. Automo- biles parked in a garage near the station. But still it was easy to get around. Local taxis? They were high-powered gondolas. Busses were ferry- boatsg private limousines were speedboats, and trucks open launches. Early in the morning, launches crowded around the railroad yard and truck terminal to load up with fresh vegetables and canned go0dS for grocery stores. Around ten o'clock, housewives rode ferries down- town to do daily shopping. At sunset, gondoliers bent their oars and sang Italian arias for sentimental couples, not usually going ally- where in particular but just wanting to be alone under a canopy be' neath the moon. In addition to the city,s 150 canals, there were innumerable wind- ing lanes passing over 378 little bridges. Some lanes were Wide enough to ride a bicycle without scraping the buildings on either side but walking was better. At almost every bridge, a bike rider would have to dismount and climb the steps. The Rialto, Venice's most famous bridge, rose more than 32 steps above the water. Luxury shops and restaurants lined both sides of the main walkS downtown. Store windows around the Piazza San Marco displayed Hue Venetian glass, Bronzini neckties and belts, silver and gold jewel- ry and rare gems, and handmade laces. After shopping and Sight' Seeinga OfiSkany officers and men drank aperitifs and black coffee at tables in the square. UPPGI'-From their Lido Hotel, named after Shakespoc-nre's 'fill' MOOY, Oriskuny sailors sforl on o sigh!-seeing tour. Lower-Condemned men once walked across the Bridge of sinh' from the Doges' court Oo the old prison ai rlgllf. . - Shilded canals and graceful Sohdolas make Venice a city is K s On the three-day tour, every Oriskany sailor saw the Basilica of San Marco, the outside of which seemed oriental and mosque-like. Inside, the mosaic floor was uneven and wavy as if it were laid on water instead of mud. Palaces built by merchant princes of the XVI and XVII centuries stood up from the wateris edge on the Grand Canal. The Palazzo Crassi, visitors were told, had recently undergone renovation. Its marble floors and gilded ceilings awed the Yenetians themselves. They felt civilization had declined in the last few hundred years be- cause new buildings in the city and even in America displayed no such Iavishness. But historians noted that actually it was Venice that had declined in commercial power and private wealth and that tastes in architecture had changed from ostentation to more subtle show of power. Some of the old places, like the Ducal Palace and the Danieli, had become museums and hotels. With the decline of Ve- f-7. 0 1 rm T j Ill of romance. St.YMark's and the Staircase of the Giants are seen from the compound of Right-A salesman exhibits in- laid Venetian glassware. Lower left-That blob of glass will soon be an item of beauty. Lower right-While the master molds a costly centerpiece, ap- prentice boys huff and puff to cool the rubbery glass. the Doge's Palace. ---- 'fwi,.fav Milli lsr fi -- - fi,m'x'?imuecl netian power, the whole city had be- come a museum and a resort. The beaches on the Lido, across the la- goon, attracted tourists from all over the world. Venice welcomed the American sailors hospitably. Husky gondoliers fished out the sailor who fell into the canal. A baker, making rolls for morning, gave him a change of clothes and a chance to clry off near the ovens. 2 pi if r ii fiflr Z 4 X 5f'ff f5'.Q'?a f 91s7+w.,Vxs5L and of Europe . . . GIBRALTKRA IBRALTAR didn't look like the drawings in adver- tisements for the Prudential lnsurance Company. 'als that the Rock?,' sailors repeated skeptically when the Oriskany steamed into its last port of the Mediterranean cruise late in September, 1951. The Rock shot up high enough for a reputedly im- pregnable fortress, with big guns pointing over sea and hay. The top was hidden by clouds several days. When the overcast cleared, signal stations and radio towers and other buildings stood tiny and gray against blue sky over the long uneven spine of the Rock. riiiyir A f ' At the foot of . p the slope, barracks n 14, mygx ' and houses clung to the west and south facing the afternoon sun. On the eastern shore, only one village found space in front of cliffs to provide a beach. To the north, a flat isthmus con- necting to Spain served as an air- port. lt was from Spain itself that the Rock looked as it did for Prudential. But few Oriskany sailors man- aged to pass the border. ln the town of Gibraltar, American Navy Officers and men crowded Main Street, with its bazaars and bars. The Sight of policemen in black helmets reminded visitors that the British Empire held title to the colony, con- firmed by several centuries of successful defense. Because there were no duties on imports, manufac- lured goods from all over Europe and Asia were priced almost as low as in the country of origin. Oriskany Sailors bought English razors and woolens, French per- Tlli lrlflsll ruled the Rock bu! the eager suilbfi Gnd MU l 95 wanted only liberty on terra llrma. fumes and silks, Spanish lace, ltalian leather, Indian brasses, Scotch whiskies-on a chance, and American sardines for the long voyage home. Off Main Street, lanes zigzagged up the slope, grudg- ingly giving a few square feet to houses for military per- sonnel and some civilians of Spanish and ltalian de- scent. The sharp angle, however, allowed almost every- one to view sunsets from windows looking over rooftops across the street. Sunsets over Spain shone red and gold, purple and green and blue. At Europa Point, southernmost tip of Gibraltar, a lighthouse sent out beams that could be seen in Africa, 14 miles away. Like every other structure, even this tower seemed built for permanence and defense. fix X it X1 5 ' MN. Gifts for the folks buck home and English woolens cost a few shillings, sometimes pounds, but this was the last chance to buy in Europe. Big glasses of beer, ale, and stout as well as the prospegf of Home in two weeks kept the sailors bug-eyed. f I From the slope above town, residents saw the Oriskany, the Leyfe, and the Siboney, with Spain across the buy. exe XX X X' X'XX X e X MX Mgt is ,XX S X Q, XX X 55X XXV X l SXSX eyes QXVXQX ,XX X l X i X XXNX X X Xff 4XfX X A X X S-XXX X5 X XXQX XXXXVXXLX XQXKQX XXX X XXX Q .XQXXXQXQXYXX QQXXSFXFXKX X Y .ix XXX NQX5 . X X X X X sqprv XX X XX XXXXX X X XX X XXX x Xp . ..x. XXX, XXX X 'XXXXXXXXQ X X XXX .X- XX XXX X X -S X XX X A -X Q X X N Xi 11 I X. st XXKXSKX X XXXX X XXXXX XXX XXX XX Rv XX X W. :X ii X. X N Where The VERY state-except two--sent sailors or Marines to the Oriskany. Officers and men came from big city, small town, country crossroads, and farm. All told, there were nearly three thousand men aboard the Oriskany, every one in uniform except two civilian technicians. Despite the distance between their homes, they worked together like a well-trained team. Marksmanship records and 6'Well donesn received from Fleet Commanders and observers attested to their skill and cooperation. Some men talked loudly about Home. Others seemed always happy-they laughed so loud that shipmates asked quietly, uWhere's he from? In some Departments and Squadrons, accents indicated a possibly long roster from one section or another, but this did not necessarily turn out to be true, when records were examined. Ship,s records, as analyzed for public information dur- ing the Med cruise, revealed that most Oriskany officers and men came from the Northeastern section of the United States. New York State had the highest representation with 221 oflicers and men on the roll. Pennsylvania, in second spot, sent 180. The two States provided one out of every eight men on board. New England, containing six states, was the home of 252 Oriskany officers and men. The bulk of them, 116, came from Massachusetts, the third state in order of num- ber of men. Connecticut was home to 57, and little Rhode Island sent 30. There were 26 Down-Easters from Maine, 16 White Mountain boys from New Hampshire and seven Green Mountain boys from Vermont. Fifteen Bostonians made the cruise. The largest city in the country sent 99 of its citizens, more than any State except the first four, in one of which its representation was a large part. The City of New York with 99 was exceeded only by the State of New York, by Pennsylvania, Massachusetts, and Ohio. The Borough of Brooklyn, with its variety of accents, had 35, Manhattan, 29g Queens, 17, and the Bronx, 11. Strangely, a small city in the Deep South sent the second largest number of men to the Oriskany: Jacksonville, Fla., with 43. This was more than half of the total number from the State. The explanation seemed to be that men from Jacksonville lived there mainly because they worked in Naval Aviation. No other Deep Southern state came close to Florida in the number of men, 80, aboard the Oriskany. There were 61 North Carolinians, 58 Virginians, 44 Geor- gians, and 39 Alabama stump jumpers. Despite this considerable number of Deep Southerners, they were out-numbered by Mid-Westerners. Residents of ame From states north of the Ohio River represented the second largest group on the Oriskany's rolls. To Ohio's 104, fourth largest, were added 92 from Illinois, fifth from the top, 66 from Michigan, and 45 from Indiana. The city of Chicago alone sent 24 and Detroit, 14. Other states with large representations included New Jersey, North Carolina, Virginia, Texas, California, Mary- land, Wisconsin, Missouri, and Tennessee. New Jersey ranked sixth with 88 men aboard the ship. The great State of Texas sent 38. From the Far West the ship got relatively few men. California, ranking 16th, provided 36, few of whom came from big cities. The State of Washington sent 11, only one more than the District of Columbia. A small town, Sedro Woolley, in Washington State was known to everyone aboard because of the piercing quality of the laughter of one of its residents, Andrew R. Alaways, SN. Peace be to Sedro Woolley! Oregon sent five sailors to the Oriskany. This book is dedicated to one of them. Wyoming and Idaho, in the Rockies, were the only two States not represented on ship's roster. One man came from Arizona, another from Montana, and a third from New Mexico. Two each were from Utah and Nevada, while seven were residents of Colorado. The civilized State of Maryland provided 35 names. Other Border States with considerable representation were Missouri and Tennessee, 33 each, Kentucky, 283 and West Virginia, 27. The Coastal State of South Carolina was home to 26 Oriskanv men as were Gulf States Mississippi to 21 and Louisiana to 11. In the great plains of the Mississippi Valley. Wisconsin led with 34, followed bv Minnesota with 20. Iowa with 18, Kansas with 14, and Oklahoma and Arkansas with 10 each. Only a handful of men were sent from Delaware, Ne- braska, and North and South Dakota. Two men came from Canada. It probably troubled the generous town of Oriskany. New York, for which the ship was named, just as it troubled the crew when they occasionally thought about it, that no one came from that famous Revolutionary area. Such a man might have been named to all the honors, titles and emoluments that the crew could bestow. The home towns of the two skippers of the Oriskany during the cruise were Sioux City, Iowa, for Captain Lyon, and Washington, D. C., for Captain Lambrecht. The ship herself found her home berth at Quonset Point, Rhode Island. ? -.,r,, ...,.,-,p,,,, ' x E Er Qi 3, Qi A 1 A E Q: 5 5 ii .A Putting the finishing touches on a cartoon. Upper-Many hours of patience went into the construction of those fl in models. Y 9 Lower-Skill in a trade can carry over into free time, as this cannon mod I attests. e the hobbyists Life at sea is fairly limited to maintenance and operq. tion of the ship and her planes. But in those off-hours when work is finished, many Oriskany men find they can put their leisure time to good use, and relax at the same time, by pursuing some hobby or other. These hobbies range from playing musical instruments to model-building, oil-painting and even crocheting. Materials can be obtained at the ship's Hobby Shgpl where all the bits of leather, wood, glues and pqinf, necessary to the hobbyist are sold. Models of carrier, and modern iet planes were very popular throughout the cruise. Many of the finished products found their ways to ready rooms, living compartments and ofiices where they are now prominently and proudly displayed, This 5qUCldl'0I1 insigne in solid mahogany will be the pride of the ready room. XXX From engine to caboose, each piece of rolling stock was built ln leisure hours ,X A X X Hash-marked, cigar-smoking he-men enioy the unique pastime of crocheting. Fancy stitching goes into Ieathercraft articles of highly practical nature. Left-Some collect coins, some collect stamps, and others . . . ff' Real talent turns up at impromptu entertain- ment sessions before Lights Out. 'ef Q., X 'fs X95 X ,,,.wXv7tnSsg:. W I XXX X X ,x X X X X fs-S X X-ffsizw x K X ' K Y .5 X . I X X. X if . K X X X w.. X X AN Nw - . K N xx X Ls. . ,qw- fffx 4 xx, .Hr aff? fff X 1 'og ,,. WX. ' . . . for men only 'l' llflll lo ln' il slug purly, Imlpmly rum-s mul mwullrn I'yl'S in Illf- rin . V V g it i . i. 1. Sllllil lilly, ullisliorv from u ll2lI'l'4'll s.!l'4'Ic'li nl In-in-li nn liI'l'l1', Ni, attractive woman would want lo go lllFl'0. Thv ship haul just ironic in from ai 410,000 Sllllilflf milir St'2J.l'i'll ol llllf ss-u for Iwo Coral S021 pilots who hurl run out of gas. LCDIK liZlllaU,S pri-- St'I1ll'll l'2l1'l1 pilot willl u pic'- ture of llw Oriskany. This was supposed lo lwip Illc-in finrl the ship nf-Xt lime. Left-Songs in the Jolson style brought down the house at the smoker in Suda Boy. Left-Photos of the ship for two pilots who 'got Iost.' Above-Flipping their lids on some hot bop. Above-Fast action as Walt Moseley takes a left to the shoulder during the light-heavyweight bout. . h - R'9 7 Sad fo WY, the laurels went to Coral Sea fighters, ilu- Urislxuny lmml juxxirig ll up. an umplff nl ll2il'llUll H yf,,l,.ling, ami lC'lJli liwugs 'is Nluslr-r ol lif'I'4'llI0lll1'r. 'llnv lllll'llUl rlliigggwl lmlmm I ' in ,x 2 'X W , ,,'f'ff,:w' ff0,.!W ff, W . W Z2 Wfw .. Milfs?-'Z , ' W ,f M wg, 1, f 1 X X1 A RXQSX X Xxx Q X W .. . . g. Q .. x X k 5 . .gg r r Q5 Ziffx K YN 'X X QS x . X - -OX 5 .. 'I Y N Q. N W xx X N . Nix . V'-N. X .. Q 1 X. .bg wwf -X Nu i, X 'Y X. Q V Nv' ' ' x f-5.'1X'-' .X w .. y'N'i N ww. X k X MN W N ' K x Q1 xii R x ' ww. 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NEITHER Y SHOWERS 5 NExT ,, F ,Qgn,g Q -W Q : 0 - X Q Q -7, A X , , W, S L ,aff gm ,W Q 'SSQ Spur XX Q fo awww? T X S gl XX? X iff ax . x 5 fs 1 MXMEX an ou GOT IT .ff vw X .-X 1 I Al- the French entertain for charity N C,-XNNES a gala entertainment to benefit the French Cancer and 'Blue Sickness' funds was held on board the Oriskany. Distinguished personalities in expensive gowns and brilliant uniforms attended and were entertained by French and American dancers. singers and musicians. Dolly Mitchell, Hollywood songbird, sang throaty torch songs that made the Oriskany crew lonesome for that gal back home. A French dance band gave out with le jazz hot, which they termed the right music. And to top it all off was a can-can, peppy as any act at the Folies Bergere. 401 O ' 'Civ 1XllllliUlH lllww ax puvly. ll Ihr- llfl 151 lmvxu lplmux ol lnlllliillilll, lmul slup of lhq XIUI l'l'lllNl', 0llll'l'IyIJllUlx ull Ihr- f,I'i5 dl Sli ul mu' lm' 'lffllfl llllli Sum fllurk. un ol llu' lmluwoul VV2l--lll1'Slll2il'l llmzk 0 mn llu 1 ul -lopv ul lpllll'illlill'. llll'li'l'f', in lhf q Nlllllllfll ul an '-1'lIII'llHIlll'i1l 4'H'lllIlQ, lhce fl lnrnul ull an long hzlral f'l'lllsl' Wilh happy rf .Mfr DH Clark. COII1C2:l!':hlI'G1'l1 4. 11-cfm-iwcl tho lrilmulv of his hoys in his usual 1'c,-sclwecl and plvasanl mann:-r. ln hehalf of all thc pilots. l-l. Col. xl21l'Sll21ll of VNIF l22 pn-smmlml CDH Clark with u silwr plattvr t'I1gI'2iW3Ll 10 COllll1N'Hl0I'kllt' LI.Xll's tour of duty on tlw Urislxuuy. T FIRST a bunch of guys ran around in shorts on Hangar Deck. They drippled a basketball on the steel plate, flipped the leather into a hoop, and whammed into each other like racing cars on turns. But then they began to play against teams from other ships. At Guantanamo Bay, the Oriskany five won 66 to -14. That was the first of 31 victories, no defeats. Led by Ensign Jim Osbourn, former Yale player, the team challenged every- body in the Med. But Coach LTJC Bob Howe, himself a player, never built up l w i Varsity Basketball Team, Left to Right, Front Row: Joseph R. Ruptak, SN7 Thomas S. Arnett, SA: Beniamin Elinotf, GM3p Joseph L. Foye, AEAN7 Joseph E. Hurley, AD3 .... Back Row: John W. Barlow, ADC-li LTJG Robert E. Howe: Billy G. Williams, SN: ENS James B. Osbournf Gerald M. Haas, AN: and Thaddeus F. Levandowski, HN3. any one star. It was as a team that the quintet captured ComSixtliFlt championship. Closest shave was an overtime game with the Coral Sea at Cannes. When the Hnal period ended the score was tied. ln overtime, ENS Osbourn threw the winning basket. The Salem disputed the Oriskanyas claim to the Med title until both teams met aboard the Coral Sea at La Spezia. Final score: 78 to 61. Admiral Cardner officially awarded the title to the unbeaten hve. Junior Varsity Basketball Team, Front row, Left to Right: D. E. Sagan, AB37 B. E. Pionko, CS37 L. V. Delling, LTJG: R. B. Rubenstein, ENS: Barker, PFC. . . . Back Row, Left to Right: C. N. Palermo, SAF J- Mflfhulikf ABAN7 M' -I' enemy, pre, s. P. Donnelly, sm W- R- li'-foose, AB3: B. w. Toth, CPL- Q' . I f' X L. ii .N , .. 5 f 4 ' ' 74' S - s I ' 1 , 1 , 1 ,. , ' ' ,f , 4 ..,,i.,',l1 Xe fa- . ff. X '5,,, .fu ff gff' ,, Varsity Baseball Team, Left to Right, Front Row: Chief Gunner R. K. Schardin, Jr., Manager: C. H. Bell, GM3: D. P. Sanchez, SA: R. P. Reviere, AN: W. D. Cherry, SN: AM3: W. B. Cadle, AD2: D. J. Medley, AN: A. F. Siberini, AA: and CSC A. Nagy, Assistant Manager. . . . Back Row: C. J. Billeck, AN: E. E. Henecke, AEAN: H. R. Dukes, FC3: T. R. Dwyer- AN: G. J. Hillyer, AGI: L. F. Hazell, Cpl.: W. R. Zicafoose, AD3: W. J. Proctor, AN: and P. Destefano, AN. The Oriskany baseball team ran up an impressive record of 17 victories, seven defeats, before the ship left the Med. Both coaches, Gunner Schardin and CHPCLK Nagy, claimed Sixth Fleet championship for the nine. Only one Navy team, the USS Stribling, had beaten them. Un the way to Quonset from Gibraltar, a telegram from ComSixthFlt an- nounced winners in each sport. Gunner Schardinis nine got a surprise. Gainard contests Oriskany claim to baseball championship and no opportunity presently seen for playoiff, Vice Admiral Gardner radioed. Declare Gainard and Oriskany co-champions baseball. A challenge went out. But weather conditions and the granting of leaves prevented a playoff at Quonset. Oriskany baseballers had to be content with tie for first. 'ilf we had only known earlier, they said. LCDR Bangs, who managed the team, rated his nine so high he entered them in inter-service competition. Flying as guests of the 86th Fighter Bomber Com- mand of Neubiberg Field, Munich, Germany, the nine bowed to the Neubiberg Raiders, European Air Force champs, and the Eighth Army Bullets, Army champs of Europe. They played Wheelus Air Force Base at Tripoli four times, losing all four. Wheelus then claimed the All-Europe championship. The Oriskany nine had fought hard. The July Fourth game at Tripoli, after a long flight from La Spezia in north Italy, went ten innings before the contest was decided. 4, N f , f ,Wow M K V .AW W. J. Sagehorne, l.CDR I.. l.. BANGS Athletic Officer Varsity Softball Team, Left to Right, Front Row: Kenneth W. Camden, FN: Chester A. Szot, SHSN: Herbert R. Wolfe, MMI: John A. Dietrich, AN: Eugene J. Iasiello, AN: and Paul J. Huston, ABI. . . . Back Row: William J. Morton, YN3: Samuel E. Walke, YN3: James L. Marshall, FA: Bill T. Sasser, FN: Walter J. Mazur, AB3: and Robert l.. Panos, AN. Boxing Team, left to Right, Front Row: J. H. Moseley, SN: J. Monti, SN: C. L. Rodriguez, FN: A. L. Lobo, SN: 7 r C. P. Carter, TN .... Back Row: A. A. Arsenault, AN: E. J. Sumeru, SN: Chief Boutswuin J. E. Manson, Boxing Offi- T'S a right, and a left, and another left anal he's clown, two . . . three . . . four . . . anrl he's up again, while the A-Xtlmirals and Cap- tains, Commanders and Ensigns keep poker faces, and the Chiefs and seamen shout for a kill on Hangar Deck. They got one at the smoker August 4, 1951, at Sutla Bay. .-X. I-. Labo, SN, from the Philippine lslamls. scored the only knockout of the evening. putting away a Coral Sea boxer. But when cups were awarded, the Coral Sea outpointeml the Uris- kanyls best lighters, winning five of eight matches for the ComCarDivSix championship. cer: A. F. Petri, EMC, Boxing Couch: Lubo and Perkins shadowbox for the Cruise Book photographer. . X sf Uif?f , Q... -'SB N Tlilf finest greens in France, near Antilies, six Oriskany ollieers lost a match to the Wlorcester golf team. .X week later the same sextet, with the same sticks, lu-at the same team at Iiapallo Country Clulmn in the hills 20 miles south of Genoa. On a par 70 course, CDR Decker swung 81 times: CDH llillis, 793 LT Keller, 87: 1st LT jones. til: LT Nlelnnis. a tiring 93: and LT Cooclins, 81. On one hole. LT Keller smashed the ball straight. clown the fairway to lanrl with one stroke to within inches of the cup. He was eoneerletl the hole at two strokes. COl1lSlXll1Fll awarfleri the Uriskany team the Xleml golf championship. B. Perkins, AO'l: and L. F. Phillips, AN. -i ,4 I SWEAR TLL NEVER 1. in H- WEAR WHITE some u lluw-V LZ, N P -- WITH ZDUNQHREES At sea, when mail bags were emptied and processed, the postmen caught a couple of minutes before lights out. Left to right, Claude C. Humphries, Walter W. Lutz, Jr., Byrus E. Allen, and John A. 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N change garbled wire copy into news for morning chow- In spare time, the editors lfront to rearl, Scoop Farrant, Neckties Nightlinger, Night-Owl Walke, and Wheel Williams turned out deathless prose for the ship's montlllY publication, The Patriot. When the Oriskany reached its first hirthday, September 25, 1951, no noonday chow was served in Officers' Hess. But there was turkey. cranhcrry sauce, apple pie and ice cream, and Chewy chocolate Candy in Crewis Mess. Oflicers got invitations and most of them sweatcd out the line on Hangar Deck. Hut. it was worth the wait. 4'Shipping over chow, it was called. ..,:3 wr ff fkfv ' f X0,,.X: ' X ,Q f 1, Uv .4 x O 42 2 Wife if 1 '0 f f l0,0001'h LANDING and SHIP'S Isi' BIRTHDAY For every thousandth landing Oriskany bakers became archi- tects of huge piles of goo to celebrate an achievement. When Ensign Brad Kowalsky of Composite Squadron 33 landed his AD Sky Raider for No. 10,000, the cake looked like a Venetian palace. The Oriskany was less than one year old on that day. ,,.. x fi E -X N - X, X X -X Xffgff N ' ' X A X 'ie XVNXX X X fs X, X, X X XXf . S X 2 V1 k 5 3 Af fs fe. X' Q -. X mi fi Q ' fs ,X X X 'jj' . QXWAXW X X , , 229043 X if X e X . Xb' f :ffyff-' ' X .XX X X f X ' - 3,1 X 'I LX XXXX X XXX iw , l X: X X X 5 X S X? X xg X X X Q ,. X S X X X N X . . Us X 5 X X e XX X X, K , . 'X X X X X 5 we WX x X XQ X X X Jalal 5 I X Sify, X -f .4 X X Xmas! 7 ,V 'is' ,X j - ,X f 'njgfkfaw ,S Q WX,-AX! H I A Q t W .,,,,..w, nm, X - X - 1 af Y . ..! ,V wagh Q.. F 'F'-5 a g h ftfjfffftir, n . naman ff an-nun Cruise Book Staff Editors and members of the Staff of The Oriskany Cruise Book of 1951 spent thousands of hours, day and night, aboard and ashore, putting into shape the many square yards of material that have gone into this publication. But dozens of others, un- named in the masthead, contributed to the successful completion of the work. Captain Lyon and Captain Lanibrecht, as commanding officers of the Oriskany, authorized the work to begin and to continue until it was finished. CDR James Mahan Wright, Executive Officer, set up the Staff and arranged for publication. LT William G. Sodt, Protestant Chaplain aboard before the cruise began, stimulated the initial impulse. hushed out by the committee Thanks go also to the Air Department for donation of space to do much of the work, to every member of Photo Lab staff: Graham, Gruber, Sheehan, Nelson, Bozik, Kouch, Augustine, Dougherty, Siegler, Quinlan, Grande and Howell, to Technical Sergeant Zalanka assigned to Photo Lab, to Chief Lehmann for personal photographs, to all personnel who helped with subscrip- tions, in Ship's Stores: Morris, SK3, H. E. Jones, SH3g and Sergeant Rushing of VMF-122, in Chaplainis Office: Briggs, SNg Kowalskey, SN, and Klein, YNSNg to Willie Bustos, for hours on promotion and salesg and to Bob Nightlinger, JOSN, for proof- reading and typing copy. Promotion and advertising made possible an ad- Lay-out work demanded serious and lengthy consideration of cartoons photos vance sale of over 2,000 copies of the Cruise Book. and captions. ,WNW ' ' Wiwvv 1 es. . 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