Philippine Sea (CVS 47) - Naval Cruise Book

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Messages coming in...messages going out...the fellow who ran that errand for Garcia had noth- ing on these fellows...and every time we hit port the postal clerks spent two or three straight days trying to sort-out and deliver all the mail that had come aboard... they kept hoping that the next mail call would bring them some extra help in the post oyiice and sure enough, when they opened a bag one day p

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OW 1 J G Garcla D B Doss R E Frerner D E Frlcke R H Fromme ENS R E Paschke R M Frser C L Ham: on R E Herzog H G Jones B J Kearns J E McDermott R E Griffin OW 2 R J Miller C L Baxley L J Redmond C J Rrce C W Rrgby S M Smlfh J M Stoner J R Thompson J F Welby C E Williams W O Wilson R D Yecny L A Anderson ROW 3 N S Mrlano R L Page J D Belk B W Buchanan J G Castaneda E B Coffee R R Crozier D L Plarn J Popochock G A Porter M G Barlow dwtman 0 R D1v1s1on s pr1mary responsibility 1S to serve the Flag and all departments of the ship by rapid handling of all external communrca trons Ma1nta1n1ng a h1gh state of morale could be considered another major responsibility of the Rad1omen, because they help to assure that all hands on board promptly receive mail from home, telegrams while at sea and receive the daily news through the ship s paper, copied by Radio Central. Additionally, when available, music is piped throughout the ship by Radio personnel.

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Row 2 From the looks on their faces doorman The Sk1VV16 Wavers of the Ph1l Sea stand alert v1sual Watches on the Slgnal Br1dge for twenty four hours of every day, 1nc1ud1ng hol1day routrne Th1S gang acts as the sh1p s eyes, ears and mouth Cnorseless Varretyl and the slgnal men are able to handle W1th great dextenty all types of v1sual com munrcatlons except, perhaps, smo ke slgnals In port, the S1gnal Br1dge always keeps the Offlcer of the Deck mformed of both usual actlv 1t16S golng on 1n the Water around the Shlp partlcularly the approach of Admlrals barges, and also a Weather eye on SOPA 1n order to synchronlze events such colors Row l W F Wlllloms F J Grlmord J A Welton LTJG J M Dovls JE Glover C E Keller W S Word G B Dolley M R Morowey W K Bell C P McMullen J D Germg G A Peters A J McCowen D R Emerson R E Sobln B G Herring W E Hoyt G W Crumb J C Adamson legs WW X xr