Picking (DD 685) - Naval Cruise Book

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Standing: Batchelder BMC, McBee MMC, Gilstrap FTC, Billing GMC, Boyle BTC. Sitting: Collins TMC, Basham HMC, Litz EMC, X J Kelly MMC. Not in picture: Ellegard MMC, Brown CSC, Flau QMC. The Chief Petty officers welcomed two new CPO's to their mess while on the cruise. Gil- strap and McBee are shown being waited on by the chief's in their traditional ceremony. Upper left Chiefs relax during our stay in Saigon. . A ,Q V' owl? 1... E .rf

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Manyfaces that started the cruise with use are no longer on board. Swaps were numerous while in the Far East for one reason or an- other. Men have been discharged, released, Or transferred. New recruits have .come aboard. The individual faces of the crew may change, butthe composite face ot the crew of a fighting ship will never change. It is in tribute to this continuing spirit of our crew that we dedicate this story ofour round-the-world cruise. t , -THE cRuusE soon communes

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I I ' A I It . I ...-.... l Pictureataking day in Sasebo was a busy one . . . mak- ing preparations for Comseventhlleet's Award . . . load- ' ing stores . . . elilecting repairs . . . The First Division I I , 1 couldn't break away long enough to take a divisional picture. We present the roster of The First Division in lieu of a picture ,we couldn't make. li l I FIRST DIVISION ROSTER I AMERMAN, Wilfred INI-SN GERROULD, Donald G.-FT3 I I BASSETT, Kenneth J.-FT2 GEPHART, Richard A.-SN , BATCHEDLER, Spencer B.-BMC GILSTRAP, Ralph K.-FTC I BAYLY, Robert W.-SN HARRINGTON, Irwin T. Ill-SA BEAVERS, William K.-SN HERMAN, Paul F.-BMSN , BENSCH, Eugene F,-SN HO-LAND, Francis P.-SN , BISHOP, Mack E.-SN HOPKINS, Fred H.-SA BOWMAN, Charles E.-FT3 KRLMMHOLTZ, James A. Jr.-FT2 CLARK, Keith D,-SN MacDONALD, Richard B.-BMI I CRAWFORD, Bobby O.-SN MATSON, William R.-BMI DAGGETT, William L.-SN NIE-SON, Joseph A.-SN DAVIS, Jess A. Jr.-FT3 PAINTER, John D.-BM3 I DETHOMAS, Kenneth F.-SN PHI-I-IPS, Robert L.-SN DOKKEN, Robert S.-SN PURVIS, William W.-SN DOUGLAS, Ernest M.-BMSN ROEFS, Ronald D.-BMSN DUNCAN, Daaala B.-FT3 RONAN, James R.-SA SALTS, Junior B.-BMSN D A Th .- DILIIJEI mm ff -'gf SA WELCH, Clarence J.-SN f ' WHALEN, Richard J.-SN FOURNIER, Joseph J.-FT3 YEL'-E, Albert M'-SN FORD, Harvey L.-SN Yoci-IMAN, John T.-SN I Y FIRST DIN ISION I . I ,, 1 The First Division, led by Ensign.vG. Reid is composed of Boat- I swain's Mates, Fire Controlmen and beamen. The deck force is re- Sponsible fOr the upkeep and preservation of the forward part of the ship. The Fire Controlmen are responsible for all director sys- I . 1 . . . tems and fire control radars. Basic training in seamanship is given the deck force from which strikers for all rates are drawn. 'I -THE CRUISE BOOK COMMITTEE I I