Point Cruz (CVE 119) - Naval Cruise Book

Text from Pages 1 - 174 of the 1953 volume:

CVC-119 BLISHED BY THE I w U.S.S. POINT CRUZ ICVE-II9I CAPTAIN CLAYTON C. MARCY CAPTAIN JOHN T. HAYWARD EN LTJG LTJG LTJG LTJG DANA B LEE COMMANDING OFFICERS EDITOR HERBERT D FREED GORDON L FIGGE SHELDON L ANONSEN D M ROWE ASST EDITORS BUSINESS MANAGER s. s. point cruz hawaii guam yokosuka shimoda hokodate sasebo inchon hongkorlg 'X anti-submarine patrol electronic COLll1l'el'l116GSUl'eS largest helicopter alrllft and an unscheduled operation involving a small boy .....x. 1 Q v 1 Q 'x i i From: To: Via: Subj Encl an-Q View fa ir 'Fira I nt 'I u f lf ff W J u. s. s. PolNT cRuz CCYE-1191 QQFQQPQQ: cvE119fJ'rH:gf A-7 Serial: 1371 2 January 19511 cfo FLEET POST OFFICE SAN FRANCISCO. CALIFORNIA Commanding Officer, USS POINT CRUZ QCVE 1193 Chief of Naval Operations CATTENTION: Division of Naval Historyy Commander Carrier Division Seventeen Activities of Uss Po1NT cauz qcvs 1.193 11 Jan 1953 to 18 Dec 1953 ill USS POINT CRUZ cruise book l. The following informal record is submitted concerning the activities of the USS POINT CRUZ during the period between ll January 1953 and 18 December 1953. 2. Included in the enclosure is the basic organization of the ship, personnel and major events and activities conducted during the Far Eastern cruise, which the USS POINT CRUZ undertook during the above mentioned period. 3, Also inbluded. . . . . . yes, also included are the boiler tenders, the radarmen and the yeomen. And I know the story too, a yeoman second class . . . more than thirty months aboard . . . aboard when she was recommissioned over two years ago . . . ' 4 recommissioning . . . It was in July l95I, just after l'd come aboard, that the Point Cruz was recommis- sioned. Before that she was in mothballs in Tacoma, Washington, where she had been built in I945. The Point 'Cruz had the usual story of a ship just 'Finished after the Second Wrorld War. Captain Douglas T. Day was the first commanding officer and in the ac- tivities just after the war he took her through the usual shakedown activities and down to San Diego in November I945, where she picked up a Marine Air Group, MarCasD-8. Then it was carrier qualifications for air groups and carrier transport trips from Ala- meda and San Diego to Peal Harbor, Guam, Okinawa and Yokohama-passengers, army fighter planes, automobiles and household goods. Then back to the mothball fleet at Tacoma-I946. I95l came with the recom- missioning ceremonies and Captain David- son relieving Captain Butterfield. . . . We to-ok the ship down to Bremerton for yard work in December and it was then we became part of the Pacific Reserve Fleet. There were only 40 -officers on board at this time and 350 enlisted men. Every month or s-o 'we'd take the ship out on the sound or through the Straits of Juan de Fuca to operate off the coast-and pick up sea store cigarettes. In June of l952, they start- ed a six months conversion job - built a whole new island, strengthened the flight deck and put on new arresting gear. And during this time we got a new captain, Cap- tain C. C. Marcy. It was Captain Marcy who got the ship underway in January l953, now as part -of the active Pacific Fleet, and took us through the straits again on the first leg of a journey to the Far East. . . . Commander Carrier Division Seven- teen came aboard in April, and in May sur- rounded by his staff, the Point Cruz be- came the guide in a formation composed of eight destroyers, the aircraft carrier, and two submarines lthe latter which seldom showed themselvesl. And the Anti-subma- rine Warfare training began. First the 'oper- ation plan would appear from the staff of- fice, then in the midst of a rush of honors to be rendered, the captains of all the taslc group would arrive for the pre-sailing con- ference. And the next morning the long line of ships would move out for the begin- ning ofthe exercise. The formation -of the screen, the basic plan for the flight sched- ules, the orders to avoid torpedoes, the movements of each ship were controlled from the voice of flag plot: and the forma- tion turned, zig-zagged, darkened ship, with Rear Admiral Eckstron Commander Carrier Division ComCarDiv 'I7 . . . beep beep, beep beep beep, beep the ever present command of all the actions of all the division. the commands and orders and the endless string of new situations to deal with. Seventeen leer i Rear Admiral Goldthwaite Commander Carrier Divisio the barge along side with two stars on the bow exchange of honors and Seventeen official calls . . . ceremonies, operations and a hunter, killer, diller party at the end. - u I f i 1 2 5 4 iilHFZIftifllI,ilHi!El the commands of the OTC. Early in the week the movements were slow, sometimes mistakes were made, and every-so-often the word would be passed around that the ship was only torpedoed five times in the morning. At the end of training, subs were often seen on the surface-subs that had been ordered to surface because they were considered to be sunk. And then the ships would return and there would be more hon- ors again, and the post-sailing conference, where the mistakes were talked over and action taken to correct them. Then it would start all over again with different destroy- ers-the training, the commands, the mis- takes, the corrections. Patiently the staff worked to perfect each ship in its duty of hunting, tracking, killing any enemy subma- rines they might in the future encounter. . . . there were two captains during the Far East cruise. Captain C. C. Marcy took com- mand long before the ship left Bremerton, and it was he that brought the ship through the hurricane off the Washington coast and down to San Diego for underway training. He was the captain that built the ship from a mass of men and steel int-o a coordinated group-with the men controlling and oper- ating the steel. ln May the ship began the Anti-submarine Warfare training for which it was designed. And soon the team of men were skilled in more than simply moving a ship around. . . . ln July a new captain arrived: Captain J. T. Hayward, who concluded the ASW training. Then under his command the ship went West-to Korea, a marine squadron aboard. A new captain and a different rou- tine, for the ship n-ow patrolled the coast to prevent any infractions of the newly signed Korean truce. Then there came Operation Platform with twelve hundred helicopter landings and launches. Through his efforts the ship adopted an -orphan from Korea. And when December came with the con- fusion of deployment to the states, the ship undertook one last maneuver and conv-oyed a group of cargo ships home-in time for Christmas. Captain C. C. Marcy Commanding Officer Captain J. T. Hayward Commanding Officer the captain . . . point cruz, arriving and the command is his . . point cruz, departing and no responsibility is dropped. in charge of the regulation of a thousand lives- their safety, work and recreation each operation a new test, each evolution a new proof . . at night, advice from the end of a voice tube, in the day, letters to sign and the everpresent cognizance of the entire ship. mast in the morning, and in the evening on the bridge, the action to bring in a crippled plane. Awww '?f ii.fr: . ff'r1f,f'- Y - -v.fA-1-l-- F- -Q -in the executive officer . . xo for short, a three striper . . . second in command, the administration given to him overseer of the multitude of jobs aboard: president of the wardroom mess, personnel inspection on saturday to plan, and on friday, zone inspection, the boat schedules in port, at sea, a plan of the day, the ship's routine . . . P call the OOD, the captain is departing, on the quarterdeck when the captain returns . . . policy and approval with headaches to keep him company. Commander R. L. Friede Executive Officer Commander G. S. Bogart Executive Officer ky X E- Y V V .wise W-' 329 3 .,x , -Ww.,,.WNW w Q .V,,L1w ? nmmlwg Awiwfwmwmm, W Q 92 ,ff 0V Mm W .gsm ,, V W ..W...,,,m W MPM K I J M, Y , X, ............. -Q W ,MW M. 35.4, Www' N ,,Mw,,,,.,,,,fMW f W M 'mmm W ,U W ...M ,, , 4, 'WW'-WNW -.4 Q SWWT 1 M110 M me k ww .,,- -X ,M ,, 'wh nu- Us sv www 1-up-gm w-vw-gn.. 'h+1....M..,,,,mM Ay V W... mn, 'XNWW 2f' ,WW vw 111 14 mf Q My the ship gunnery . . . that first day, I suppose I was a little eager, but then . . . Wrell, I was fresh out of boot camp, bright two stripes on my sleeve, salt spray in my crew cut from the ferry ride across Puget Sound, and a basic navy vocabu- lary of 700 four letter words on the tip of my tongue. Ten days of leave just over, the ship and the brow in front -of me, and bolstered up with the sea stories I told the folks at home, I clambered up the side of the ship, saluted the fo'c's'Ie, ignored the Officer of the Deck and handed my orders to the Air Officer who was standing at the quarterdeck waiting for a jeep. Then I got lost- Iost in the growls of officers, introductions to people I forgot, lost in a maze of passageways, decks, bunks, lad- ders, people, and when I rediscovered myself, I was quietly chipping paint on the fantail. I was in the Gun- nery Department. . . . . . there was a lot of painting to do: the ship's sides, compartments, passageways, the fantail, and the fo'- c's'Ie, and it seemed like that was all we did until we got underway a bit. Then it was different, for everytime we anchored or tied up to the dock, we were out handling lines and operating the winches. The first time we fueled a can was a lot of work, jerry-rigging the equipment so we could pump some oil across the trough of water that seemed almost to wash the spons-ons out from under us. The first time we dropped the boats in the water I man- aged to get the job of bow hook. That wasn't much of a job, so I began working as coxswain-and ended up a stern hook . . . The watchers weren't too bad either-sit- ting around as side-boy or walking around checking se- curity between cups of coffee . . . wonder just how many cups of coffee are drunk by the navy during a year . . . I guess I wanted most of all to get a bo's'n's pipe and try a little reveille piping myself after the first week or so of hearing it every morning, but that was Ieft up to the rated men who stood that watch. But then, there was always the painting to do again or watch the gunner's mates in the division work on their mounts after the Iast firing practice . . . tear them apart and put them back together again . . . paint a little and watch the firecon- trolmen test out the director controls of the radar mounts . . . until finally the inevitable pipe would sound, The following departments send the following number of men to the quarterdeck for a working party: Air, four men: Gunnery, six men . . . Hey, you, com'on, they've g-ot some supplies to bring aboard. Report t-o the quarter- deck to Gedunk, SK2-you heard me, MOVE! . . . LT C. T. Niedzielski LTJG J. M. House Gunnery Officer Firsl' Lieutenant l first division . . . two ten ton bower anchors, aweigh . . . buoy 21-Sasebo . . . the boatswain's locker: line, tackle, blocks and the weekly cleaning gear . . water over the forecastle, scrape paint work tomorrow away gig away, that crazy blue boat . . . the wash of water across the stem-the porpoises in formation diving under. Front Row fLeft To Rightlz Tumey, B. B., Marquedfson M L Roberts J Beltz W R H rsf R A Falrbalrn A R Protho C A Leazler D E lchen, E. L., Marble, F. R., Valenzuela, E. F., C fel G Ja bs B J Thomas C Mldde R w Blderback J JD V ndefga lf E Curms SF gH L ridge, A. W., Clatterbuck, M., Hurst, L. N., Rancher C W I uc on es ou a ross ea K D., Moore, E. H., Swibaker, J. A., Manley, D am: on s a O er ec ese R Swln Thompson, F. C. 4 2, 9 second division . . . four sponsons and amidship sides to paint-garbage mary will do that in hongkong . . . a vice admiral comes aboard . . s-ideboys and boatswain's mates . . man overboard, away Fil motor whaleboat . . . now the incinerator will be lighted off at 'l000 for all confidential . . the after fueling station- a broken hose . . . and in the evenings on the hot sea, the sponsons were cool. l I. . I i l mm w w, 545, , , ' L Front Row CLeft to Rightlz Morrell, N. F., San Marco, J. J., Truiillo, J. O., Fullen, B. J., Byerley, S. C., Frick, H. C., Kempe, J. C., Hinshow, D. A., Montoney F. A., Duncan, W. E. Second Row: Fellows, C. V., Foster, T. W., Henson, G., Buntjer, W. H., Ward, T. F., T-orrence, R. L., Little, W. C., Auxter, A. Milroy, D. D., Dolan, J. D., Barbour, E. L. Third Row: Keating, R. J., Rowland, D. R., Benner, O. B., Hewitt, E. P., Howard, M. D., Skelley, H. E Mosley, M. E., Sink, K. C., Moore, V. K., Boredain, J., Sears, C. L. Fourth Row: Vidmar, L. R., Faruharson, G. F., Casey, D. L., Willis, J., Chadbourne C. L., Holmes, R. D., Rice, E. A., Savik, T. I., Stuber, O., Driskell, T. R. 1 44' 5 A 4 . , A J 45 W 19 -J z g g 4 ' i , l ii 'Q S third division . . , I lines five and six, in foxer gear and q rowing the ensign and the Q day it went up- Y upside down. ' me high lane- take her up . . ,gi the launch out of commission-no liberty. sleeping on the fontail, and in the morning4 the albatross were sri!!! soaring without motiqmf their wing tips in these F Nr T su 'ing spar. y. il . ll there, ln, dipping J sea. Front Row fLeff To Rightl. Orchard, R. D., Ray, K, R., Svendson, F. A., Peralta, Y. C wer E S m M Nrch J M Llvl s Ton, F. A., Combs, E. W., Singhose, W. A., Pricheff, J. B., Clark L, E. Second Ro 0 D mson ve M rr G Thompson, L. E., Hoover, W. E., Quercia, J., Hall, T. H., Begley, R. D., Peterson I eon e ss Ly on Third Row: G. L. Figge, Read, W. R., McCollough, R. E., Cotton, S. R., Jackson, E. W rbe A eek J Bo T WI lam C Gates W. D., Herrin, P. G., Hill, E, R., He l SlT,1Z ' x f i i i W 1 i , N n W 1 l 1 1 w 1 Q Y 1 , i f I 1 E i K . i y ,L l v , I 9 ,V Y u Q L 7 ,.,, F u ww Ms1.w,, f i,: ' I ' W N L 1 I E 2 E wdwworx-www . .., ,MMXMA , A Wg, '4w,,4f y Dotson, A. l, Second Row: Frerichs, A, C., Williams, L. G., Hyde, P. W., Hensley, J, A., Mullin, R. D., Reed, R, L., Pratt, W. H., Christenson W. L., Anonsen, S. L. Third Row: Wolfrum, A H., Richeson, E, M., Bridges, W. F., Pierson, J. L., Royston, C. L., Bottier, C. R., McLeod, M., leigh, J. G. if ,J ront Row: lLeft to Rightjz Holston, R. C., Harclc, H. P., Bridges, B. J., Karnes, B, H., Riley, J. R., Thompson, S. G., Benjamin, E. L., Worsham, S. R. fox division . . . ordnance and repair, maintenance of the 51's and the endless magazines. group O flooded by the changing weather 10 gallons of white paint for group O . . . ml checkouts on the tantail before hongkong. the target on radar-gaited . . . the fog lookout on the forecastle with the grey dampness all around and only the intermittent whistle to keep him company. Far- WM Q, 4, M5 XMW' if J AW? supPlY . . . the Quarterdeck was busy, but I found Gedunk, or rather, he found me and set me straight. The Supply Department was the hardest working and the most put-upon de- partment aboard the ship, he said, and be- cause they were so busy, we were elected, Isince we had so little else to dol to learn -a little about supply and how much they did for us. I was willing t-o learn as long as I could stand still and simply listen. So Ge- dunk placed me on a truck where I could stand and listen to him-while I lifted down the hundred pound sacks of flour they were unloading. Move , he said, or that friend of mine in the disbursing office might lose your pay record - we pay you too, you know. And I st-ood still and moved-fifteen sacks of flour from the truck to the pier be- low. Gedunk seemed to feel we weren't do- ing our part to keep the ship running- though chipping decks for him to walk on seemed like quite a bit to me. But since his department fed us, supplied us with clothes, toothpaste, milkshakes, chipping hammers, and paint, mended our shoes, cut our hair, served our food, and did our laundry, the least we could do, he felt, was work at get- ting all his supplies on board. I remember- ed the last haircut I'd been given aboard, and assuming that he was in charge of the department, asked him if he could do any- thing to improve the quality of the haircuts. Evidently this was a sore point to him-as I would have known, if I'd looked at the rag- ged crew cut he was sporting-he spouted, Move , again. And I did-but this time up and over the brow with a sack of flour over my shoulder. I decided to give up working parties after this, and that afternoon I put in a transfer to the engineering department. I figured that I had a pretty good chance, considering that my mechanical ability with the chipping hammers had improved a cou- ple of hundred percent since I'd been in gunnery . . . ,V n-,-:-.f.1g::Ammf-.-.g,g-4w5-.s--- .--. - fi M-Af 57 5 . 5. ll l gl il Ul ll dl ll1 ll .fl M :ill ll Front Row: Fuller, J. J., Goodhall, R, C., Mims, J. S., Sfoffs, T. N., Reinhart, B. D., Webb, C. R., Kirby, B. J., Busfamanfe, M., Busta- 5' mante, D., Craven, J. L., Beth, E. J., Archer, F. J, Second Row: Tucker, C. W., Bledsoe, R. E., King, R., Doelker, D, R., Adams, 2 D. A., Ash, A. A., Baird, R. E., Serridge, J. T., Chapman, B. I., Third Row: Criswell, C. L., Hassler, B. J., Spencer, C. D., Bergeson, li C. M., Bledsoe, R. E., Blair, J. T., Christiansen, C. L., Rahder, D. J. 1 LCDR R. T. Clemmer, SC Supply Officer lx i l 41 xl l i l s-I division . the general stores catalogue 307 forms, and the busanda manual --1 ,ff1 ' original and fifteen copies if in stock-twenty copies if on ' order . . . gsk-towel dispensers W to wardroom tables. aeronautical supplies-a spare tbm wing the supply office will be open after 1600 the stewards in white mess jackets midnight snacks in the officers galley and in the compartment under the fantanl soft voices singing to a phonograph of an evening on the yellow sea Front Row: Fuller, J. J., Delrosario, B., White L Jenkins E J Axban J Paulina L N Coe J. S. Second Row: Swain, A. C., Boykins, ac ms Jones M Third Row: Simmons, W. W., Wallace, R., Martin W J McJunk1ns C L Kitchens W L 2 ls..-W af 12 j X' v Z0 MK f l Q -W1 Amzifl. Front Row: Marguson, B. L., Nelson, C. A., Espinoza, J. P., Conti, C. S., Carr, M. D., Finley, M. H., Derenzo, D. E., Cottman, C. G., Marshall, J. R., Wilt- haus, S. B., Warren, H. Second Row: Rornash, J., Kelley, D. R., Manewal, R. R., Melgaard, R. L., Harvey, J. M., Wallin, C. C., Nicholson, W., Pegoda, H. C, Third Row: Jones, H. H., Carney, T. B., Preto, R. H., Webley, M. P., McKeever, C. W., Walker, R. H. Front J. L., F. J., N. E., Row: Witthaus, S. B., Smith, E. J., Stewart, J. H., Tonole, E. E., Funderburke, M., Hicks, C. S., Gallaway, L. R., Armstrong, R. C., Allen, C. R., Smith Marguson, B. L. Second Row: Pickens, G. R., Gallardo, A. M., Olsen, D. C., Montgomery, R. A., Lang, D. D,, Clair, T. L., Wirth, M,, Boyer Capehart, C. G., Third Row: Page, W. R., Tuck, J. A., Stice, N. L., Lucas, S, A., Bothum, D. C., Phillips, J. M., Abarr, L., Sulzie, L. E., Lundell Reynolds, H. C., lAbsent From Picturel ll C . , i . s-2 division . . . fifty tons of provisions come aboard . . . then the line up for chow . . . how to get to small stores-the cobbler shop. yen in the safe with greenbacks and mpc . . . on the after mess deck, payday and the line forms before the ship's store for cigarettes . . . but in the disbursing office . . the work goes on 'til 0100 getting the pay record out- while the ship rolls and the crew sleeps. navigation . . . my transfer chit lay in the gun boss's basket for a week. Then he wrote, repIace- ment required before transfer, across the top -of it. But the time went fast, for we were out at sea, and there were no working parties. I sto-od messenger watches on the bridge most of the time, occasi-onally taking the helm during the day-under supervision Ithey hadn't forgotten my career of one day as a c-oxswainl. There was lots of spare time to kill so I watched the quartermasters and the navigator take the sun sights in the morning or shoot the stars just after the sun went down. In fact I almost changed my chit for a transfer t-o navigation until I saw the logs they kept and tried to figure out the true wind on a plastic maneuvering board. Mathematics wasn't my strong point, so I forgot about that transfer soon enough- I wasn't much good at reading the radar either, but a sec-ond class QM tried to show me-for an hour-how he to-ok a fix on the radar scope and then checked it with the Ioran. But even if I didn't get the gist of the business, the coffee they scr-ounged out -of the signal gang was good, and the charts they used for navigating weren't too hard to read. I Icept caIIing them maps even after I got c-orrected on that score. After aII, they were just big overgrown road maps on fancy paper-and they didn't tell the tourist spots to visit either. But ab-out a month Iater I made seaman: then I started to call them charts, too. It was about this time my chit went through. I was transferred to M divi- sion in engineering. On the bridge the watches had been wonderfully cooI. In the engine room it was warmer . . . n division . . . watchers of the stars and sea and of the clocks-minute by minute for accuracy- and to find out when the watch is over. biographers . . . the avoided shoals . . . the times of arrival, seldom missed. the buzz of they gyro alarm . the ping of the fathometer ever present . . . between watches sunbathing on the signal bridge, a bit of paint work to do or a daytime snooze in the admiral's chair . . . then the early morning in the fog and the ticks of the stop watch before the next blast of the whistle. 6 A fy 1 2 is 4 4 ,. 4 Wwfgfff xwisfffgmgvfigigfgiy fi f fxg!fQ?f2fM5'2 W3BM x 5' 2 21 w f Y f 5 x V .., i ZW - R TQ Kg , 3 4 f,.,, f, , ' ' 4. P Q X .v wk. , Www. ini Q .Q lyk engineering LCDR. X. Passmore Engineering Officer ,:,.,.,.-.-.,.. , -.L-. ..n. H... rf-wi f as' 'Q . I K S V X5 4 ' 40 Front Row lLeft to Rightlz Butcher, M, W., Elder, J. A., Maestas, G., Cooper, B. D Durr D D Byrd F Platt, R. J. Middle Row: Bryant, R. F., Coon, R. L., Wozniak, R. A., Arington R D Car on D D., Herbage, R. A., Stubblefield, Weir, R. D. Back Row: Schooley, F. S., Glnrich J W Cu s T B., Stewart, D, L., Scott, F. R., Viker, H. W., Lindsey, W. D. machines and engines and but the noise of the machine shop can be forgotten in the quiet air where a valve on the windlass and the ship sees, and drinks N 'Kg Front Row Kneeling lLeft to Rightlt Cliff, C. W., Parnell, W. Jr., Miller, R, L., Clark, D. E, b division . . . steam, and the ship goes . permission to light off four boilers and a coffee pot, and you'Il get 102 rpm. fueling at sea . . oil, oil . . ao-119. and out of the engine room into the fireroom is like the old proverb Dowty, P. W., Wortham, A. D., Thomas, T. R., Montgomery, L, E. Second Row: Banks, Skinner, R. A., Whitley, B. C., Daves, D. WI, Mauldin, R. N., Still, P, W., Morris, R. W., P R. B., Erwin, E, D., Hanford, R. W., Spencer, W. D., Newell, E. L., Mobley, D. C., Bro Reece, K. W., Glenn, R. P., Hatfield, W. G., Wallace, B. L V. L., Nelson, R. P., Wildgoose, L. W., Felis, T. E. rock, E. A. Maroda, J, J. Back Row: Shea, J. A., Nelson wn, C. G., Selk, O. J., Ramborger, J. K. ,Butz, H. A M My ,MW , J W V' .fm rf Q ' , , g A 2 4, '16 U N 4 5, I V T 45 f Ffa me 2 uf 'lf' Q ef Q 44? 10 W5 Front Kneeling ll.eft to Rightl: Davidson, F. W., Martin, J. E., Lawson, T. E., Andrews, B. F., Aubin, C. D., Greene, J. E., Blankenship, H. R., Sou- ter, J. N., Hayes, J. B., Knutson, J. P., Kirby, W. G., Barttles, L. P., Ellesbury, R. M., Glisson, P. N., Anderson, J. G. Second Row lLef1 to Rightjz Adams, E. F., Greeno, R. W., Waite, D. P., Baum, D. F., Gofch, G. N., Johnson, R. W., Shaw, B. J., McBurnie, J. J., Calfas, S. N., Mill l. W S d rs D A Talle W M Bolchalk T J Back Row' lLefl fo Ri hfj: Laramee, P. R., Owens, G. M., Reed, D. L., ef,..,ane,.-,,y,.., - Q Herndon, H. J., Kirby, S. N., Wennlngham, L. m division . . . the forward engine room, main control . . . throttles, temperatures, needles, gauges . . . oil, water and grease. check off lists for check oft lists, jacking over main engines, flight operations on a mill pond 19.6 knots . . . and then the end of the watch and sleep in the cool compartment- to dream of answering bells. a?QgWZw,?!W ga E 0, f Y ' 9,1 ,,k. wa: ev' 'BM 7 ' f 'I Front Row fLeft to Rightj: Small, F. G., Mowatt, Judson, Schnitzer, Carter, White, Taylor, Whitehead. ii.-iz, Middle Row: Blake, King, Hulsey, Farrel, Hooliham, Lepretre, Mitchell, Arthur. Back Row: Passmore, iw. Katzenstein, Dozier, Duckworth, Narracci, Casserly, Clark, Weed, Perkins, Brown, Laster, Savage, Prewett, N 51.2, l ef i l e division . high volts and sparks . . . insulation Q and perspiration. , a wiring diagram and a dead battle lantern danger signs on the coffee mess pardon me, captain, i thought i dialed the ' bo's'n's locker . . . light oft the gyros o day early . . . the ship will i i gerleraite her own power t0l110 o lj -i P- r division . . . damage control and fire fighting parties . . tick-tack-toe markings on every door and hatch . lrepair, job orders, work l requests, urgent, routine, deferred . . the ship fitter's shop lwill do it-later . . . lin dc central the ' inclinometer reads 30 starboard list- the entering home port h list. Front Row lLefl lo Righflc Howell, L. M., Towne, E. J., Castillo, J., Sing hose, G. E., Baughn, J. C., Bouse, R. L., Wheeler, R., McCammon, L Thanas, V. V., Funderburk, J, W., Osferhoudt, R. G., Glass, J. H., Neuberf, C. V., Reeder, W. F. Second Row: lLefT to Rlghflz Boggs, Al Burcheft, C. G., Bunch, A. T., Kuxhausen, N, E., Bobango, C. J., Hance, L. B., Dorsey, M, D., Berry, G. W., Wegdahl, L., Sirmetf, C. M. Steiger, K. M., Grosso, L. T. Back Row lLefT fo Rightj: Munn, M. R., Lessig, F. J., Bunker, D. E., Pace, H. E., Lankford, B, D., Floyd, W. R 2 1 ff i 'l E W , W. tk. er division . . electrons and vacuum tubes, and the green sweep of the ppi scope . . . stand clear of all masts and radar antenna. at sea fix the radar, in port there's the ofticer's and cpo's television sets . . . and the clean curve of the a scope has a fascination. irst Row lLeft to Rightlz Alviso, G. D., Curry, E. M., Cuhon, R. J., Klu Q, R. A., Soper, P. A., Polach, C. M., Eckstein, R. J. Second Row Bowman, H- J--1 Bowman, H- G-I I-HKSVBQG, M. J., Skinner, K. L., Lio nberger, J. L., Opelt, J. W., Adams, J. T., Clot, W. A., Benson, F. W 1145! 3 nn W , , ,.A,,g,,,,W W 98 fm 'hwy li li .., , . .ww ' Auf, W MW' kj H wwf' ,4-gy fw' M Mfg? f Vwgfgfiia' My N W fn M-ww ,ff mm MJ, U W ww W vi K ww 'f-W , Yew W, V W fi My 'MQW I A M WWW' ,Q ' f X ,.,, f Umm f f X , . 1 aff wf W f -ny, f . ,,, , ,L f, - ww if .1 My' A , ,H M N A aw A xr Agxww, Ga dical an dental . . . I skipped quarters and turned in to sick bay a week or so after I got into engineer- ing. I decided the trouble would be a tooth. This could obviously be ample excuse to get out of a day's typing. I wasn't too familiar with sick bay, but there was a Iine there so I stood in it. Everything went through pretty automatic and very efficiently. They took my temperature, blood pressure, tied up my index finger, which had a hangnail on it, and gave me a d-ozen APC tablets. I was very impressed, particularly with all the equip- ment they had-all sorts of tweezers, scis- sors, cotton pads, heat Iamps, and gadgets, but I felt something was wrong so I asked if all this fuss was necessary for just an aching to-oth. The corpsman got pretty upset over this, and while muttering something about wasted time, jerked off the bandage on my thumb, grabbed the APC's away from me and pulled the thermometer out -of my mouth. I didn't want to cause any more fuss so I went back out in the passageway and tried a different Iine. This time I did all right. . . . The dentist was efficient too. He checked my teeth over in almost no time at all, told me I had a small cavity that should be filled and gave me an appointment card dated for tw-o months ahead. I guess I looked rather bewildered so 'he told me that he was pretty well filled up, but that the cavity wasn't bad at all and could wait. He also added that he didn't think I'd have much trouble doing my work all right. So I went back to the machinery history cards and the typewriter . . . h division . . . stretchers at flight quarters , crash landing and the doctor rides the high line . . a downed pilot recovers from a sprained back apc's at sick call . . . surgery assistants and food inspectors . . . the daily medical report, first aid lectures and talks on food handling. and a baby and a nursery to take care of for a week. LT. W. H. Tooley, MC Medical Officer d division . . . spotless white. the lights over the dental chair . . . the sound of the x-ray . . . a filling with a bit of novocaine to help . teeth, teeth . . . extracted sometimes . . . pliers and drills . . . and the soft voice of the dentist persuading-begging-that it wasn't too bad . . . and the gurgle of the water in the dental stand. l lj: 1 il 'x by li 1 53 I 1 I. 14 LT. D. W. Dike, MC Dental Officer ,MPMWK Z aww ,....,..,.m,,. . - A.. ,.- , E sag 'X ff 'f 124 li . . . l used to go up on the flight deck sometimes and watch the airdales push their planes around. They had quite a system worked out. The problem was obvious: the hangar deck wasn't big enough for all the planes. So when the planes in the air were to be landed,ithe ones on the flight deck were pushd all the way forward and when they were catapulting the planes off, all the extra planes were aft be- ing warmed up. Actually it was a lot of fun chiding the flyboys. When the planes weren't flying, the plane pushers spent most of their time down in their compartment racked out. Still l secretly didn't envy them much when we were doing day and night flying. Down in my rack l'd hear the thump of a landing plane and the exhaust of air from the arresting gear machines, feel half sorry for them, and turn over and go back to sleep again. l guess the night landings weren't much fun for anyone: the pilots, the crews, or the .plane handlers. A couple of times I sneaked up on the back of the bridge to watch the night landings. At the after end of the flight deck I could see the LSO's lights: then the wing lights 'ot the plane would come in view and the ex- haust came closer, closer, until they seemed almost to strike the island. Then the LSO's lights would come down and the plane would drop. Number two wire, s-omeone said in Pri-fly, Not bad! The air department was every- where during night hops. Down in the catapult rooms and the elevator machinery ro-oms they'd be adjusting the equipment. In the machine shop and the electronics shop they'd be drinking cottee. And in the Island they'd be plan- ning the next spotting or logging the planes otf and -on. They were everywhere: in green sweaters, red sweaters, blue, yellow, brown, up and down the catwalks, yanking out hoses or pushing arresting gear levers. Down on the hangar deck were the down planes, with men trying to .put them back together again. And all I could think of doing was yawning and hitting the sack again. Reveille was at 0630. . . Commander C. A. Leonard, Jr Air Officer we ' E41 ,nm I f ' I I... W V. zfzp 3 ,' air i ' 'H --H --f-- vsp: -,.s.:s.- f- - A.k,,.,- .- ' fT..T,.,s.,ig.... .s.4,.1,..., .4 ,as .s...... s-- --..,, ' 1 . 1 'Y as 32 xfa. ... I ' R E Ross T F Williams W W Vanclecar D L Williams R D Fetzer W E Russell J J Lane J H., I' Rront Row fLeft to Rightl: Collins, C., Poirer, .4 ., , . ., , , . ., A , , ., , . ., , '. ., , I. ., , . I Colgate, J. D., Rodriquez, J. E., Heckey, B. B., Dismuke, J. S., Sullivan, J. L., Featheringham, R. D., Jackson, T. H., Rankin, D. R., White, R. S. Second Row: Houston, W. M., Mann, J. C., Morgan, S. C., Wilson, C. P., Wood, W. V., Bradley, A. C., Lee, D. C., Manderschied, E. R., Lontz, D. V., De- beer, D. D., Thomas, J. H., Campbell, G. M., Wilson, R. M., Smailes, B. E., Volluz, R. F., Starrett, W. B. Third Row: Standing: Huffstutler, C. R., Chap- man W. D., Thomas, J. B., Bartch, C, D., Myers, G. K., Nieder, P. J., Dickinson,P F.L L., Templeton, M. R., Zenor, A. H., Smith, E. L., Pierce, J. K., Williams, B. L., Pteffen, R., Myers, J. L., Shayler, R. D., Werline, R. L., Marler, v-l division . . . blue shirts and helmets pushing planes . . . hoses out with the push ot the panic button-and a little man in a big asbestos suit. an aviation boom to lower or raise almost anything. and a forty knot wind is good flying, but cold in november on the yellow se , i l i Q. .MA JWWNJWMMMMM 'A L.W,.M..,..,A.... F . .x.WfMAW....,.,..wf,.Wm,w,...m..,,-a.,-V. A . was ,EMR 'M 112,-mmf,-.....,-in-G,.-ee-1-.L A v R., Front Row: Long, W. E., Loeffler, J. L., Vandersteen, L. F., Ribisl, J. E., McKee, L. T., O'Hara, J. J., Fields, R. C., Kelly, J. H., Kneisle Garretson, T. F. Second Row: Shaw, D. T., Campbell, R. L., Bryd, R. D., Cain, G. C., Brown, I. E., Beal, C. N., Thompason, G, R., umners M. M. Third Row Standing: Wolverton, R, L., McGowan, T., Smith, B. W., Matthews, J. T., Workman, G. A., Bjortvedlt, L. H., Bjortvedlt, L. L., Erickson, V. A., Smith, W. H. e gk v-2 division . . first the turnup . . . then officer points forward . . the grinding snap of the catapult and the plane is off. when it returns, number six wire-barrier landing, and the crash alarm. when beside the pier, the arresting wires will be limp like eight metal snakes lying still in the evening sun. Y, B. 5 6 v-3 division . . . the hangar deck gang, advocates of stainless steel decks . . . spotting down planes or driving yellow mules, fork lifts. pointing and polishing, too . the five inch cases at the quarterdeck . . . a sharp whistle from the chief will stop the plane before it goes in the elevator pit. Front Row: Sadd, S, D., Reaves, T. M., George, R., Swanner, G. C., Humphreys, R. R., Mitchell, G. W., Brewer, A. E., Arnold, W. F. Second Row: Chapman, W. A., Wheeler, R, A., Neftlefon, B. E., Ames, B. G., Vines, R. E., Vigil, J. R., Mored, G. D., Young, F. E., Powers, W. J. Third Row Standing: Anderson, H. G., Radabaugh, D. L., Couffs, G. W., Brundage, D. W., Dittus, T. R., Newmark, T. L., Vassar, H. R., Wenzel, W. B., Julian, L. A., Dunagan, B. R. 1 ,PQ , 6 I I 1 l 1 in i , l v-4 division . . aviation electronics and ham radio . . . the switch from vhf to uhf . . solderin repairing, replacing. and a pilot hears the voice of the Iso urging him aboard in a tossing sea. gl Front Row: Wood, D. N., Maguire, T. P., Reynolds, I. E., Lizana, R., Pakradounion, J., Curtif, F. W., Donnelly J P Weese W C Thompson W J H If D. C. Tol' W. L. W H. C. WIT T. L. T W. R. S d Ro: Christransen A C K J F Woods A J u man, , ln, , oerner, , as on, , urner, econ w Q Stober, G. D., Kaiser, H. L., Stiles, R. Q., Hammock, R. H., McGinnis, V. A., Hanen, R. K., Wilson, H A Bylngton K F Yourshaw S Hug es W. D., Reed, J. T., Grouse, C. A., Campbell, G. LW . v-6 division . . . rockets for a dawn patrol, nopalm bombs to be handled carefully. in the forward mess hall belting ammunition for target practice . aerial ordnance of every description. a five hundred pounder makes something to sit on until its turn. F nt Row Sarks W T Surles G Haggstrom R O Sp 0, J. J. R J R W'lI' R K n Row Bradfnelcl J D smlrh ohnson L S25-2, D. S, iiri3'7l'J.'C.f'RodeJal:S'R.,' Kehyrdlrisalgr ED Stltf ii the flight deck . . blue skies . . . low visibility and then barricades to break the spray of heavy seas . . -ws,-V .1-..:1.-n.f...+L,. 1 V -- -. , Front Row: Spore, H. G., Gallegos, E. G Cr pe J D Chandler N M Stoman L L Zimmerman C R M ur J D r thro, J. F. Second Row Standing: Blosser E E St ne D J Montgomery J W Hensley R D Lynch H Simmons D. E., Shelton, T. C., McEarhern, N. B., Uravlsh F X v-7 division . . . the smoking lamp is ou throughout the ship . . hoses stretched out to th swabs to mop up spilled gasoline . . . in heavy weather, defueling all aircraft. in port a constant watch checking the system hourly. underway in squadrons . . . We had a lot of transient p a s s e n g e r s aboard. They'd come aboard tor three or tour months at a time, take a trip to Hong Kong with us and then leave tor another duty station. These were the squadrons. There was the navy squadron, VS-23. It did anti-submarine Patrol and attack work, flying both day and night in the exercises we went through. ln the daytime HS-2, a helicopter squadron worked too. They investigated any sub contacts with their dip- ping sonar, and kept track of it until the destroyers could kill the sub. Then about midway in our cruise we lost VS-23 and HS-2 and the marines landed- to the accompaniment of the crash alarm. They flew corsairs -the last squadron of corsairs in the fleet-in patrol work off the west coast of Korea. But in a Iot of ways, I guess they were real welcome aboard because they stood a lot of sentry and guard duty. This went over great with the gunnery depart- ment, for they were the ones that usually got stuck with these watches. There was one squad- ron that stayed aboard during the entire Far East cruise: HU- Ig two navy pilots and a hand- ful of men operating the angel -the rescue helicopter. Every daytime flight was accompan- ied by first launching the helo- guard. And when they weren't flying plane guard, they acted as a general taxi and messenger service, carrying men and mail between the various ships in the task unit. I never knew whether I'd find the squadrons in their compartment or not if I went back there. One day they'd be aboard, the next on TAD to the beach. And when I finally got to know some of the men, they were transferred off the ship. . . ., f ,:.v..:,q,::.:L ffng YJ.. '-:- fs .....x........,- vs-23 . . . guppies and turkeys . . . twelve up and six down. on the hangar deck, two have broken backs. the thousandth landing and the wardroom celebrates. tbm's just fit on the elevators. day landings on a match box night landings on a pinhead. and each pilot tears that he will jinx the squadron's perfect record. E 1 1 if 1 L4 Y 1 l l 4. l l :ry l 'r I I l w -'ew ' J 6 1, li I 1 N. L., Van Arsdale, J. H., 0 , . ., , . ., , , ,, e, , ,V I , ,I . I, I V I Q Second ROW3 A'WdVU5 Ai R-1 O'l'l5fB, B. A., Furfaro, A. V., Jones, B. B., Bishop, J. D., Bishop, J. A., Thomas, W. C., Esmay, M. S., Reichert,IG. S., Kirksey, First Row iLeft to Rightl: Daniels, A. L., Tremayne, J. W., Cullefer, A. W., McNay, G. E., Moore, F. A., White, G. P., Ezzell, D. E., Heath, H. S., Thomas Burr us W H Collins R L Ladner W E Moor W E Levine L L Barnett T W Harmon J P Smith R B. E., Dimmit, R. G., Witte, L. H. Third Row: Lima, R. F., Thompson, R. L., Jeppesen, A. P., Seal, J. E., Buco, R. L., Colllns, C. E., Halbrook, J. T. Q Fullerton, H. A., Nylen, W. E., Wieting, J. Front Row: Hiller, R. W., Kane, L. D., Spears, W. D., Vincent, H. G., Meek, J. S., Tyndall, J. C., Marshall, F. C., H., Lockwood, R. K., Monsey, B. R., Holmes, S. W., Kilpatrick, D. P., Bradley, O. E. Middle Row: Cluff, L. W., Daggett, L. W., Hoth, R. E., Rusinak, J., Sawyer N. O., Georgen, G. G., Clements, R. M., Sartain, E. D., Jay, B. HE Robewson, R. L., Nelson, P. J., Curtis, J. W. Rear Row: Cross, T. Q., Boyce, A D ' . E. 1 Kerr, R, H., Terrel, T. D., Kelly, C. M., Seger, R. J., Hughes, . ., ewls, J. C., .,.,. ,,..,,,.,,.,,, y B h r H J Baldwin J C Garrison P J Nystedt P E Walther L Ahl- Front Rowi J-ones, H. M., Bonanno, P. J., Lundberg, R. G., Fudge, M. R., rieg ne, . ., , . ., , . -., , . ,, , ., strom, J. W., Kolhman, L. T., Krahnke, M. R. Second Row: Robertson, J. C., Anderson, J. A., Metcalf, D. E., Cronin, W. A., Best, G. S., Beville, R. l., Bills, L. N. Back Row: lLeft to Rightl: Crocket, J. T., Megas, L. A., Simon, A. R., McGuire, F., Arent, C. R., Larson, H. L. Front Row: Gunnels, Donald Lawrence, Stine, David Lloyd, Coombs, Kenneth Carl, Peck, John Wallace. Back Row: don, Jack William, Berry, Thomas Davis. lmthurn, William Henry, Fox, Raymond George, Shaw, Wesley Raymond, Adams, Leo I-larry Front Row lLeft to Rightjt Vugrin, John F., Bradbury, A, E., Moss, David Front Row CLett to Rightb: Cleveland, D. D., Ellwood, H. S., Brown, F. P., N., James, William B., Fallandy, M. A., Bramble, Jacob C., Engwall, Rob- Hesketh, J. J., Hooker, S. J., Fernando, J. M. Second Row: Lowry, E. C., ert A. Back Row: Garcia, Ray P., Carpenter, Leroy G., Kasper, Robert J. Luecht, W. J., Duke, F. L., Messer, W. E., Scholz, P. A., Renaud, J. F. Third Row: Doring, J, P., Usry, C. L., Genz, Holt, H., Rathbone, D. J., Drake, D. J. Stine, George William, Schultz, Thomas Paul, Baas, John Edward, Kidd, William Scott, Lang- in ..,,M..n,,m-,.u..-ag-f the fifth of june flags . . . for a thousandth landing off okinawa . . . Ir. dutting receives the cake 3.1.1-,IL ., N- LTCOL. Berteling Squadron Commander, VMA 332 vma-332 . . . a fighter squadron of corsairs . . . pilots that have seen combat. a marine flag flies from the yardarm . . . the captain becomes an honorary colonel, usn . . . plane in the drink, the pilot rescued . . . the two thousandth landing, the marine birthday, celebrations, belebrations. the last of the corsairs oft loaded in yokosuka, and the squadron scatters. -in zooofh landing K Kneeling, left to right, R, L, Scudder, B. A. Tidwell, L. L, Truatler, E. J. Ho rn, C. A. Hunt, H. J. Ermish, E. L. Monn, R. J. Jones, R. O. Legler W J M K tin, M. P. Abrignani, C. L. Keith, J. Crosbey, R. B. Heard, T. E. Miller, H. Allen. First row, standing, R. L. Moore, J. P. Polak R. L. Jones L IT 'MiQChg6 J- L. E. Dennis, R. W. Price, P. R. Miller, F. P. Conrad, A. R. Cusick, J. J, Kiernan, I. G. Goldstein, W. J. Beasley, D. A. King, C. R. Lord C Chancel i M Second row, standing, R. H. Price, C. H. Pitts, W. Mann, L. Crady, P. E. L. Lasinskas, W. T. Aliff, H. A. Mathias, R. V. Houck, J. C, Thornton, Rf S Hatchcei. C J. R. Farel, T. N. Mauk, E. J. Rich. K First row left to ri ' , , ght, Reed, N., J., K , R, , Q Smith, M., Shields, N., Parker, B. T., rMcCi:il9gb A, Second row, left to right, McDade, W., Burbank, R, 51 w., Oliver, J. J., Charles, E. A. c., Jr., Hunt, J. L., Brown, C. F. IDQJ Kneeling, left to right, B. J. Wo k , D, L, B I r s I aiey. R. E. Geidner, W. E. Cooper, J. W. Hereford, J. F. Volcak G. W. Olsen, J, A. Moran. First row Giddensl sanje. aak. Second row standing' M Granata L W Ritter W A ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' ' Hank M- F Zaeav' J D Dense' J' ' ' ' A ' It ' ' ' - .i . , L. Sullivan, W, E, Roblngqn, J. F. W ohn, G. A. Y , G, B, M oung ainous, R. E. Fortier, E. R. Butland, M. L. Long, D. L. Holcomb T C Lamere R O Berg W, P. Amsler, D Har, af, ff W 4 power failure , 7 wa-an Q Q. W, Q 'Ms Qmmyl QS? f . VI- pf. ,QQ First row, left to right, Jones, C. H., Evanko, L., Hume, E. E., Allen, G. L., Simmon, E. B., Landworthy D. L., Overmyer, G. D., Lawson, D. G., Brown, J. R., Jr. Second row, left to right: Beasley, A. G. O'Neill, J. J, Bearlund, H. J., Clark, W. H., Foreman, N. J., Jr., Molsberry, D. M., McLenon, F. G. Lovelace, R. E. Front row, left to right: Veach, H. C., Slee, D. J., Hallet, J. G., Jr., Berteling, J. B., Carey, J., Getz R. E., Livingston, N. B., Whitesides, H. M., Moss, J. G. Second row, left to right: Lipetzky, V. A. Ward, D. L., Hewlett, R. M., Jr., Stocum, L P., Nelson, G. B., Jr., Peterson, R. M., Haidt, F. R., Cleve- land, W. L., Jr. Last of the polka dots -Q Front row llefl' To righfj' Klopprnsleen D L Gray C R., Vache, C. L., Holman F. l.., Weeks, P. E., Goff, J. W., Roof, K., Hixon, J. F. W r - -r second rowi Hurr R. Schafer, F. G.,'serm6lr, J. 'B.,' Parchinsky, G., Afkmsrm, H. A., Murdock, J. H., Ponce, A. s., Dolrrrsefrr, R. L., Burleigh, L. W., Boyle, J. J. Third lrowl Payson, G., Jewell, F. J., Bierhorsf, C. W., Holefelder, J. R., Baker, R., Stone, N. S., Kennedy, C. L., Brower, R. C, I .-grim - hs-2 . . . vector chink . . . contact cold-return. in standby condition, pilots in 'copters . . . another contact and the blades whirl to send the helicopter to hear the sub and guide the killers nn. hu-'l . . . in the air with every launch . . . up for every landing. guard mail and passengers air taxi of the fleet. plane in the water, angel to the rescue . . angel in distress- sinks . . . rescue for all wet hands. our angel . . . i-r WW . . . About the middle of the cruise there was a shakeup of all the yeomen aboard. I was rated now, but that gave me little priority. I was pulled out of engineering and loaned to operations for a couple of months before I was fi- nally settled as Captain's Yeoman in the ship's office. Feeling some- thing like an old library book, I resigned myself to learning new records, histories, and logs and the Operations Department routine. The operations office was ideally locate-d in the after part -of the Commander L. R. Hardy, Jr. Operations Officer LCDR. R. F. Craig Air Intelligence Officer I I I I ship. Here it was away from everything- from everything concerned with operations: the compartment, CIC, main comm, the signal bridge, the Operations IOfficer's stateroom were all up forward-a half of a city block forward. In a way this was nice, since it afforded me some good coffee breaks every time I had to go find someone or deliver a message up forward. Air intelligence was nice: it was won- derfully air conditioned against the hot weather, but a lot of brass hung around there so I usually wandered through the door to CIC and watched the radarmen reading the scopes, charting the contacts they picked up on their status boards, and pass- ing the information and recommendations for courses and speeds up to the OOD on the bridge. All around were speakers that blabbed out encoded messages, and there always seemed someone to take each one and interpret it and pass up the word: col- lection evaluation and dissemination they called it, so I looked intelligent and headed for main communications. It was as bad there as in CIC, except it was warmer. All operatrons round was the sound of morse code and back In a lIttle closet the watch offlcer smoked a crgarette whIle he encrypted a message to be sent out There were so many spaces that seemed busy the aerographers out on the forward elevator fIllIng up bal loons to carry up Instruments to check the weather or back In aerology they would be drawrng long lmes across the charts the postal clerks down In the post offIce sorting out the latest mall brought over by helrcop ter or the slgnal brIdge The slgnal brldge was nIce the perennlal coffee pot and fresh aIr The slgnalmen were up there too but they were a qulet sort Hour after hour theyd stand up there and talk to them selves In semaphore n between runnrnq up flag slgnals sent up from the brIdge below Sooner or later l d grve up the one way con versatIon and go back to the offrce and the Inevrtable operatron plans to mrmeograph would stIll be waItIng X w vt if V ' Qsikifilsf - . . ' 3 X . K ,E . flaw 5 . . wr I My . . - . . . . . , . - I . I Q . . . ! , . . Front row Cleft to righti: Thompson, D. C., Helsel, W. E., Magee, W. W., Smith, F. G., Davis, J. E., Eckhardt, J. L., Guzewich, R. G., Radke, W. L., Dianni, J. J. Second row: Hopkins, D. E., Nowak, E. F., Patterson, R. C. l3elair,LD. L., Bellamy, R. K., Hoffman, D. C., Ames, R, K., Zielenski, J. E., Urbanc, J. C., Portteus, J. N., Bo- ine, .P. oa division . . weather charts and balloons, sometimes they break sometimes they get away without instruments . . typhoon Lola and the track on the myriad maps . . symbols . . . tomorrow's flying conditions . gunnery practice tomorrow, and without charts the predict is rain. oi division combat intelligence . . tv watchers in port and at sea the ppi scope . plotting boards and dead reckoners . . . contact bearing 260 degrees, 24000 yards . . . cpa . . . course and speed . . . navigation in fog when no watch can see, but the green scope tells the way. Back row lleft to rightl: Lizette, W. E., Gibbs, J. D., Logan, E. A., Du nn, J. J., Newcomb, H. J., Knight, C. W., Sellers, D. R., Bradstreet, W. R. Brien, P. O., Sorenson, H, L, Hostetter, A B., Miller, P. l.., Jacobs, H. J. Second row: McGahee, B. F., Homola, J. G., Hull, G. E., Olson, W. E. Moffitt, R. H., Bigson, C. T., Zaccaro, S. A. Front row: Sinclair, V. R. Jr., Bonner, C. H., Loesch, R. H., Freeby, W. J., McBride, P. R., Simmons D., Lane, D. K., Van Dore, R. W. Top row, left to right: Martin, W. K., Naus, E. P., Batchman, B. O., Wade, C., Johnson, C. W., Kofahl, W. H., Conners, D. H., Wade, H. E., Fields, J. H., MacKenzie, D. C., Miller, E. F., Ausherman, B., West, R. Second row, left to right: Cosens, N. L., Hopkins, J. J., Farnsworth, B. L., Deford, K. E., Latrace, L. R., Merchon, P. B., Campbell, E. R., Hornbeck, J. E., Heina, M. E. Third row, left to right: Child, C, E., Wilson, P. M., Mitchell, F., Haskins, K. H., Shannon, J. A., Fernandez, D, R., Brua, D. T., Bradford, R. E., Harris, H. F. or division . . . voice of the ship . . . rows of earphones and glowing electron tubes . . the message board and the long wait while the day's dispatches are read . decode and encode, decrypt, encrypt . . . a telegram from the states, A baby girl was born . . . routed with an open hand to cigars. I' if il 2 3 Q 32 Yfwr Wk ., 6435 . - ,gwff K J' Ag? f'44,?2Zf'5f .1 , ,mv .,,,,.., ,., V , ,f W P6 Q . .A M , , S . 'M ., . kmm W , f 1 'W Q Mummy '- ' w.4..w was mf -' ,W s 222 4 ' 3 6' Q5 y J 4, fy X . xa S ' f KEN V if y 5? .LQ 6? sb A z , f Q , my 1 W, f 6 E 7 Q f fa Top row, left to right: Kingery, E. V., Reedy, P. L., Moss, L. D., Bent! , D. E., St t, D. A. D R. T. K I - C., Todd, J. v., Uribe, F. R., Nickel, D. C., Magma, H. R., Cook, J. R., Egfig, P. C. Frihlfrrowz Englishiyli., om, R.e5fyi3Llihsl?'R?el.?nflegrfQ'l1a,L?-xmon Cole, J. L., Smithson, J. A. os -division . signal flags snapped on the halyards . . most secure, the ship's silent voice . . . the colored lights blinking from one ship to another . the midnight challenge, but no answer . . . fishing boat . . . suntan lotion in the summer, foul weather gear after october . . . the skivie- wavers talk to the refueling can alongside-no wires attached x division . . . tiles and records for a thousand men- more or less . . . to get another medal means an entry and the mimeograph machine . . up forward the maa's holding reveille . . . back aft the crew's asleep again masts are unpleasant . . . still those extra five minutes in the pad- well worth it. -4 J aw , .J First row llett to rnghtl Maletta Sandy Norton Jr Carper Russell Eugene Jones Dale Eugene Mai Eugene Weldon Molstad Robert Lee Second row Wright Peter Eugene Christie Walter Armstrong Christie Ronald Arthur Meyer Paul Theodore Black George ONeil JE Third row Sparkman Houston Ray Manclnho John McConkey Robert Leroy Lee Joseph Lloyd Looney Richard Joseph Anderson Donald F Fells George Peter clministration i . . . And in the end I 'Finally made I it to the ship's ottice. This was the best. I made second class, too, just in time to wear the new crow back to the states. And now, l've got my transter orders ott the ship . . . and right back on again with the statt ot Com- mander Carrier Division I7. But, that's the Navy . . . at least l'Il Q know every-one aboard. . . . But not all was work, for no matter what the ship was doing or where it was, there was some good deal going on aboard. This spare time ac- tivity came under the chaplain's department-it lone could call one otticer and three men a department. Actually it just went under the heading of administration-kind ot a catch-all tor any odd jobs. About halt the time Father Riley spent conducting the religious services and talking t-o the men either about their problems or just about themselves and the ship: the other halt he spent thinking up some new gimik-some- thing to keep the men out of their sacks during their oft hours. This didn't Q 4- the ship . . . twelve hundred men away from the soap operas, advertisements, disc- jockeys, and music . . . but aboard, the recorded music from the states, or the live music from the ship's band . . . and on the after mess deck hillbilly music . . . o ship's party . . beer for the crew and food. in the gym an unscheduled smoker and on the ball field . . . the old mon hits a homer . . seem quite fair, but no one seemed to mind .... The chaplain thought up some jewels: we had smokers, a couple of bands, bingo games, beach parties, USO entertainment, guided tours, and disc-jockey programs among other things. But I suppose the real inspiration came the day he got sott hearted -over all the married men who weren't able to be home with their wives when their babies were born .... the Padre went out and found an orphan baby, Georgie Ascom, and brought it aboard so the brown baggers wouldn't get home and not lcnow how to handle their OWI1. . . . . . . and overseas the far east network on the ship's radio . . or a japan station- in japanese . . . in korea a stage show on the forward elevator . in hongkong the jugglers in sasebo, tea in the ready room . . . and a few japanese customs to learn . Q on the ship a letter to write . . . on the beach the great buddha and a cum shaw artist . . gifts for the folks at home . . . i 4 and the off hours . . haircuts with agony . J F I O N w games and sack-time . . the beach and a dime to a beggar-age 7 . ,fa 1 'Zia 9' F 8 5 w 3 F, i r w gp ,ix ip 2' 2 fu ? sw . . . on a quiet sunday, divine services are now being held . . . the sacred signs, the entoning of the mass . . the organ and the hymns calling upon the congregation to come . . . and the hangar deck is forgotten with prayer . . a quiet day and the holiday ensign flys . . . after church, perhaps coffee in the wardroom . . . last month's funny papers . . and the radio turned low. at noon, sunday dinner fried chicken maybe or baked ham . . . the baseball game broadcast in the afternoon . and a good night's sleep. Q , 15 4 5 if ' F323 1 E .Q 5 I 52 mf, fa EI as, , A Z M ? DMZ: W W . 4,65 ,zz 21 , K i z sf,- Q 2 1 F3281 i 3 .ff ' 1.5 LQ, ., MZ M i ., V' , I ' fy , eww - 1,33 ' J i M y 4 W 'N E X M X f Q 5 MQ . , ww? E the far east cruise i w L, ! I a white temple, a crowded hongkong street, a junk against a far east evening sky each an oriental mystery unfolded shining yielded to the foreign eye without the fear of understanding all the knowledge lald wlthln and under the temple the street the far east evening sky bremerton . . . Actually the cruise began on the fifth of January, and with the order, Cast off all lines, the ship headed out into Puget Sound on her way to San Diego. But first we stopped off at Bangor to load up with ammunition to take over with us-and second we ran into a storm. We didn't look much like a fighting ship. Topside, the hang- ar deck and flight deck were cov- ered with the crew's automobiles. the cars These along with a cargo of teak- wood and navy supplies made us an ungainly looking floating ware- house. And the Pacific treated us with the respect due our ugliness. Half of us had never been to sea, we were an untried ship with a green crew, and after a half a day in the hurricane we hit off the Washington coast our complex- ions verified it. For three days we were tossed up, down, and side- ways by the wind and the sea. A few of us managed in moments of desperation to drag our way up out of the compartment or vomit alIey as the chaplain dubbed it, to gaze with glazed eyes at the sea for a moment before tumbling back below to the rack. The green water broke over the flight deck as we plunged into the waves, the bulkheads lunged at us as we stum- bled around the passageways, and a couple of tables in the mess hall were all they needed to serve the crew chow. We got our sea legs in a hurry, if somewhat rudely, and on the twelfth we steamed past Point Loma, waved at the Bairoko as she set out for Japan, and Ja- pan, and tied up at pier king. AI- most everyone ate dinner that evening-ashore . . . and the storm x .- H 5 . M... W. - son diego . . . Our stay in San Diego went quick- ly. We got the damage done by the storm fixed up over at the destroyer base and immediately were launched into intensive training. First it was Un- derway Training with General Quarters, drills, and critiques. We simulated at- tacks, casualties and repairs: fired the guns and taught ourselves to run the ship. Then came the carrier qualifica- tions with aircraft: AFS, TBMs, helicop- ters: and finally we began to get the feeling that we were, perhaps, more a carrier than a flat topped tanker. But too so-on it was over. There were the last few days of leave to see the folks, a weekend with the wife and family, a pier full of people to see us off. April had arrived and we departed. It was a long time before the men left the flight deck. Each man had an excuse for loi- tering there-to see the last glimpse of the people on the pier, to see the last chance sight of Point Loma as it fad- ed into the horizon, the last for eight m-onths .... H mmm Mwmix 1 1 l , ' . . . And then, one morning there were sea gulls following us again, and on that morning Diamond Head, a rain- bow arching from its crest, greeted us to Hawaii, the Paradise of the Pacific. And paradise it was: we forgot our impending trip to Japan, forgot our de- sires to be home again, and spent two wonderful days basking in the sun on Waikiki beach. Some of us rented cars and took 'off for a tour of the islands. We circled Diamond Head, climbed along the rugged coast line of the wind- ward side of the island, watched the water spout through the Blow-hole, and found our way back by the Pali and the cliffs to the warm surf of the beach and a sun burn. And in the evenings there was soft music and exotic dishes, and moon enough to make us hate the 0500 revielle we knew would start us on to Guam .... hawaii, guam, okinawa islands of the pacific each to their own . . hawaii with flowers, music, american billboards, and gas stations . . guam with heat, cold stateside beer, carrier quals, vs-38 and 0400 quarters . . okinawa with dust and squalor, rycom, white beach, and buckner bay . . . destroyers and subs and our first asw games . 5 23 ,al-fi' , 3 ,. , . ..-ArM'w aww!! ft 0 . . . We knew something of Japan be- fore we saw her: the odors. Carried with the fog and mist that hid the hills from our first view came smells: wet unpainted wood, open gutters and sew- ers, a touch of incense, habatchi pot charcoal, old clothes and new, a tree in bloom, a vase of flowers on a low table-n-ot each alone, but one, faint single odor, impregnating the mist with the strange scent of the orient. Then we were there. Yokosukag with Kama- kura, Tokyo, Yokohama, close by. And we were -amazed with the hills and greenness of the land and the fantastic shaped terrain. Lots of us took trips to see the temples and old cities. Some of us to-ok trips to see Tokyo-and saw some bars. And from Yokosuka we op- erated. We went to Okinawa again, sinking our enemy subs all the way, and occasionally getting sunk ourselves -sometimes six times in a morning. And we went to Shimoda. Here we were on a diplomatic mission. We were a flag ship steaming into the little har- bor to commemorate the hundredth anniversary of Admiral Perry's first visit. We were also a flagship that dragged anchor and missed most of the cere- monies that were scheduled for the oc- casion. ln July we went to Halcodate. But most of us couldn't remember much about it but the smell-of drying squid -and how at night it filled the ship. The last day we were there we had fish for dinner, but we weren't very hungry -for fish. By August we had a new squadron aboard, the pollca-dots-Ma- rines from the millpond of the Yellow Sea. They landed with a bang and we took off for Sasebo. From Sasebo un- til the end we anchored out-never quite getting used to the long boat rides to the beach And a lot ot us didn t want to get used to Sasebo wanted to keep trying to find out more and more about it each time we took liberty there A few braver ones took the smoke burner to Nagasaki and after going through some thirty tunnels ar rived with dirty faces and dlrtler whites to 'Find the evidence of the second atomic bomb and the tremendous des- truction it had caused. But each inport period seemed too short, and we oper- ated out too much: to lnchon and the Yellw Sea and back in again, until we had good luck and took our second trip to Hongkong .... 42- , 0, V . . Q 2 .1 E 9 tx F F f 5 5 5 i Q Q 2 5 21 sasebo bt' Cldy and mght the streets merchants hawking their wares at trrple prlce a bundle of bulls for a case of chma motor rlckshaws on a bumpy road nf f sasebo the harbor and the cnty the cabarets japan beer american muslc a dance 100 yen black market alley neon un twisted shapes the landing and a long walt and a long rude tty M 3 2 F r f renl 2 , : . 0 O I . . I O O I l Q l . . . ' ' . . . P . . . Hongkong in the fall is -a beautiful city. On one side the peninsula of Kowloon stretches out white into the harbor, and on the other, Victoria rises abrupt into the city that covers the m-ountain. ln the mornings the hills are covered with white mist. But by mid- day the mist has settled to the ground and the heat begins. We took the tour of the island again to see the Tiger Balm Gardens and Repulse Bay. A-nd in the evening we ate at the Parisian Grill. Then the days were spent in buy- ing. Over a glass of beer the Canton- ese shopgirls and the Indian salesmen unfolded before us roll after roll of fine wool. And in a small shop there was jade and fine ivory carving. On board it was the same for one day. Open- house -and it was bedlam. The hang- ar deck became a Hongkong street. There was so much to take in and re- member-s-ome to be forgotten: Mary Sue, and the side cleaners: the pick- pocket signs on the ferry boats: the suit that didn't fit. And the rest and recreation period ended too soon- some of us were still getting our suits altered-and we headed back to Korea for one last trip-or two-or three to lnchon and the Yellow Sea. mf, 'Ml 'mf ,, ,,2w,, , W' '10 'J ' f ' i , A M 'M W ' , ,,,Z If , ,JZ ,f ' , ,M 1 A ,,g..:Qp,ff.f 1- ,W 1 W -f W ,w,,-1. . M 1-F' WM . , f 5 4 I Wu! f , ' Af, A A Mr? 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I Q1 ki 571 gm EM 3 i fl ' 2 , i i X sl 4 A! 32 L ga 'x Q' 1 1 5 f , .11 Q Q , . jE 1 'f i lung Y , W the yellow sea tuelmg agam and landlng and launching and helicopters the indlan troops to be transferred hellcopters the need for spare parts and the codtlsh alrlmes electronlc countermeasures and we close on the chlna coast over and over Into lnchon as a Iandmg platform l Q Q p 5 Y, Y H WY- korea . . . the anchor drops. inchon: ashore misery and the homeless . . . tin roofs of soldered beer cans cardboard shacks between stone building's empty shells . . . the endless khaki trucks- adding more dust . . . JF ,ak Fug? fx 5 f E gwmm 'QSQUCQZ inchon WH EEQPV? -jf' r fi l ..,..,., ' l i 1 1 and seoul I I 1 1 t 3. M Q wil? 'X 2 f ff 53 5 ' , Wgsgi '-'i' ,Www ' X ak, Y, .r KF., E, freedom hill . . . the welcome helicopter and the prisoner switch . . a naval aviator returns and the captain gives him new wings . . . the truce signed, the aviator returns . . but in the north there is destruction still and the snow cannot hide everything . . . operation platform an-ui ---' Q- . . . During the early part of fall we edged our way into lnchon and started the big operation of the cruise: Oper- ation Platform. The reason for it all was pretty complicated. lt seemed that with the signing of the truce in Korea the prisoner - of - war problem became insolvable. Both sides were to pull their pris-oners that didn't want to return to their own countries up t-o Panmunjon and place them there under Indian cus- tody. Then they were to hold confer- ences to urge the prisoners back to their own countries. But Syngman Rhee thought that aII the prisoners should be released and refused to let the Indians on South Korean soil. This is where the Point Cruz came in. The lndian's ar- rived in Inch-on harbor: there they were transferred to the Point Cruz: then they were flown by helicopter to Panmunj-on -without touching South Korean soil. The first of the five Indian ships arrived at lnchon on August thirty-first with I600 troops embarked. They were tak- en by boat to the Point Cruz where they proceeded up to the flight deck and the waiting aircraft. Thirty- nine Army and Marine helicopters were used, and from sun up to sun set they ran continuous shuttle runs-five In- dians per trip, over and over. And when the first I600 Indians were gone, more came. And when it was all over, more than 5,000 combat- loaded Indian troops had been flown from the deck -of the carrier. And we had a record too: the largest helicopter airlift in his- tory. And Operation Platform was ended. ? Z i ? fr operation platform . . . 5000 troops to be transferred helicopters in the sky and on deck . . . indians superbly disciplined periodically arriving . . . lcu's along side the pontoon . indians patiently waiting on the hangar deck . . . on the flight deck the helicopters and the flight. here and there indian officers: excellent english and strange questions . . . turbans and ostrich feathers . and finely oiled machine guns E1 P1 5 1 1 ,. 1 1 A 1 1 1 1 .1 ,I1 1 Iii W ii 1 1 1 1 I 1 i 1111 111 11 1 1 1 1 111 1 111 1. 1, 1 1 1 1 1 . 11 1 51 11 11 1 1' 1 1 1 1 1 cbs, abc-tv . . . stars and stripes u.p., i.n.s, all observe and senator knowland comes aboard . 1 Q as . . . While we were in lnchon, we had a visit from some orphan children. They were from Star ot the Sea Orphanage, where we later g-ot our own orphan, Georgie Ascom. They came aboard and the brown-baggers went wilcl. Up to the flight declr they went for a romp on the cosairs-then to the mess hall tor dinner with the crew. The sailors and the children got to know each other pretty well, and soon were jabbering orphans from inchon back and 'Forth in some fantastic sign and mumble language. Before the day was over the 'orphans entertained the men. With music sung by their own group, they performed the native danc- es they had learned at the orphanage -to the acc-ompaniment of flash bulbs and applause. A little later many of the men returned the visit. And with the children acting as the hosts, there were more pictures-and games. yn,an--nm--M-W. .4 , X M I 2 2 ,a f Q 1 awk if QS!-'QA Fx 'ahh-,, ,W baby-san the orphanage . . and a baby . . . red tape for a chaplain headaches and urging. visas and passports . . . and a waiting crew. a diaper at the yardarm babysan arriving . . . and the bad news babysan departing . . and the trip home . . 1, fi , ff f, ff , ew-' -W 4 24 wg, ff X ,ffqiify f VA':,',, 9' 1 I v ' 2'-T 5 5 , . 5. 'R J. Q M3 ,, 2 I , ,G wb X 2552 ,Q- If A Q x .E ,. f.Zkw'S Www is 'Q X NX ATIONAL AFFAIRS f PEOPLE: The Navy's Baby When the Navy's newest escort car- rier U.S.S. Point Cruz came into In- chon Harbor last September, the chap- lain, Lt. Edward O. Riley, went ashore and found a white baby among some 400 undernourished, half-alive Korean orphans. Recalling the incident last week, the Iowa priest said: I was startled when I saw this obviously Cau- casian chield in a crib surrounded by Oriental children-the only white child in the place. You find white or half- breed orphans in Japanese orphanages but this was unheard of in Korea. Now Father Riley is a man of action, no waster of time or words, and con- temptuous of red tape and procedure through channels. By sunset he was back aboard the Point Cruz in confer- ence with the skipper, Capt. T. Hay- ward, also of the rugged school. Before them was a snapshot, taken by Father Riley, of a pitiful emaciated baby boy, obviously Caucasian despite an ugly rash that covered his undernourished body. And a statement by Irish-born Sister Philomena, head of the French Catholic orphanage, who related that on July ll, at 3 o'clock in the morning, a GI orderly in the sick bay of the huge Army Service Command Post out- side Inchon kicked a bundle of news- papers on the floor and discovered, when he heard a weak cry, that a baby, about a month. old, was wrapped in- side. Rushed to Sister Philomena's tender arms as fast as GI's could trans- port him, the foundling survived in spite of everything. Captain Hayward ordered Father Riley to go back to the orphanage. Do not come back to this ship without the baby, was his command. It wasn't as easy os that. Father Riley had to return several times, empty-handed, getting Captain Hay- ward madder and madder as the weeks passed. First it was the U. S. consul at Pusan who wouldn't even think of is- suing a via for the baby's entry into the U. S. unless Father Riley first got a Korean passport. Surprising every- body, Father Riley engineered a pass- port from the Foreign Ministry of the South Korean Government Che man- aged this through Korean-speaking missionary priests he knewj, only to be told at Pusan that for some reason or other the McCarran Act made it lmpossible to get a visa until after the New Year, if ever. Chaplain or Baby: The captain, who had been conducting shipboard relig- tous services of a sort himself in his chaplain's absence, hit the ceiling and took the case straight to U. S. Ambas- sador Ellis O. Briggs. I told him held have a chaplain on his hands or I'd have the baby, said the skipper. I told him I meant what I said when I told Father Riley not to come back without the baby. About this time, Vice President Nixon showed up in Korea on tour, and Captain Hayward got the story to him and word went to the Ambassador that the Vice Presi- dent was of the opinion that some- thing ought to be done. - Something was done all right, and on Nov. 20 Father Riley got the visa. Triumphantly, he brought the baby aboard the Point Cruz, where carpen- ters had prepared a crib and play pen and where doctors and nurses were waiting to take over, including a reser- vist who was a pediatrician in private life. To complete the picture was a shipis doctor, Lt. Hugh C. Keenan of Spokane, Wash., from the hospital ship U.S.S. Consolation, who had examined the baby for visa purposes, and who wanted it for himself because it re- minded him of one of the four babies he and Mrs. Keenan had lost. The Lord's Decree: Keenan's interest delighted Father Riley, who had plan- ned to place the baby in a Des Moines orphanage. As he saw it: The Lord thus decreed that the baby was to be placed in a home with a real father and mother, instead of in another or- phanage. During ten days aboard the Point Cruz, moving to Japan, the baby flourished. He gained weight, his skin cleared, and gurgles and smiles re- placed apathy. Bulletins apprised the crew of his improving condition and daily there was a public-address an- nouncement, for example: Baby will be on the hangar deck from 1400 to 1430.9 Somewhere along the line he was christened George Ascom Keenan -George because he was called that in the orphanage and Ascom for Army Supply Command, the type of post in which his sthange life began. In due time, leaving Keenan behind, Father Riley sailed aboard the military transport General Gaffey headed for Seattle, bearing perhaps the strangest Christmas gift that ever a man on duty overseas had Sent home to his wife in the States. A letter from her husband had informed Mrs. Keenan what to expect. In Spokane, she entrusted her 9-year-old daughter, Coleen, to friends, explaining that she was off to Seattle to bring home a baby brother. A Perfect Dear: At Seattle's Port of Embarkation, all eyes were on 8- months-old George Ascom Keenan, coming down the gangplank in the arms of a navy nurse, with Father Riley bringing up the rear. Mrs. Kee- nan's arms slipped easily around her new baby, who neslted comfortably against her bosom, gurgling up at Rear Admiral Allan E. Smith, Commandant of the Thirteenth Naval District, who was extending the nationis welcome to the newcomer. Father, what a beau- tiful child! Mrs. Keenan exclaimed. The Navy nurse who had cared for George choked back a sob. He's been a perfect dear,', she said. Waiting for Father Riley aboard the Point Cruz at San Diego was an espe- cially prepared medal. It consisted of a huge brass diaper pin with the rib- boned legend: 'Tor meritorious service in Operation Lift. . . . . Reprinted from Newsweek christmas gifts . . for george, a home . . for us, home for christmas . . . after a long voyage . 1 : 2, mom 'gif MJ , t W' Wfw x Mvaww M ,,,,,,, k f, 'ffffwmw ,W hw? My f f ff? Nw V My 1 W ,h -f ,Wg ., f f f 1 ,yi f , Vffyfm, N , ' f U lffivxe ,., ,HJ fr I i X ,W ' . V '6' Mmgdj I Z f 427+ ff? M , 9 , Q Z 2.5, : home for christmas but with eight destroyers and a convoy . . . f x , 4 X Z9 V A more training and the days pass . . pearl harbor and then the endless days . . . fog, fog, fog and then Point Loma, the quay wall, and home . . 'I 1 l So, it is to those ones who went away that we sto ctecticate this Book. For it was they who stooct beside eactz man anct wtttsperect to him in a quiet way so as to ease him when confusion came or when he was alone and tired of the clay. And in the evening he would react the letters ancl they would take him Home once more. And soon he felt that he had not left home,-1 it was the folks who went awayg it would be they that would come home again to stay , , .vw ..., f ,,f ,.,, H ,ff ,..,, I ,,., W.. 5-,,. f ,. U. ,..., , .,.,- , ., ,, f A '- ' fffwm A 'Z fi f ' Printed By NEYENESCH PRINTERS, Inc. San Diego, California