Randolph (CV 15) - Naval Cruise Book

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Fox, R. L. Frazier, G. J. Gard, M. W. GiH'erman, E. J. Guynn, W. H. Hall, C. C. Hall, F. E. Hanley, N. J. Hanfsclwel, J. J. Haskin, P. H., Jr. Haynes, G. C., Jr. Hickey, C. E. Holmes, W. N. Howard, D. G., Hunfsman, J. B. Jasper, F. L. Kemperl, P. B. Kirby, H. L. Lange, W. H. Larson, F. M. Lavine, C. S. Laws, G. C. Lega+os, S. Levis, L. Magee, R. G . Mahoney, W. E. Marlin, D. L. Mason, W. L. McAdams, W. T., Ill McConnel, W. N. McCris+y, B. K. McDermoH', H. McPherson, J. H. Merslnon, M. W. Miller, F. B. Milnor, C. E. Molino, V. J. Nielson, R. W. Nolary, J. E. Qdum, H. B. Palialas, C. S. Pierson, N. E. Porupsky, E. G. Pucilowski, L. K. Raymond, R. J. Richards, J. D. Rieger, R. E. Robinson, H. T. OPI Rogers, W. R. Rolwlfing, R. F. Ruiz, C. J. Sandler, N. W. Sawers, C. Seaman, B. P., Jr Segro, J. F. Smi+l1, H. H. Smilh, R. A. Slarrelf, R. P. Sfewarf, R. F. Sfofley, P. J. Tillery, D. O. Toliver, J. E. Trapp, W. R. Vallor, C. V. Weiler, P. E. Welly, R. L. Whiiaker, L. A. Whiie, C. L. Whi'rman, W. F. Williams, C. T. Wood, J. J. Woods, L. O. Zern, R. N. Zwillinger, M. H HOSE MEN OF THE RANDOLPH WHO FOUGHT AND DIED ON THE RAMPARTS OF JAPAN FOR A BETTER WORLD AND FOR THE SAKE OF A JOB WEll DONE , X M'- H I ,LHAE ,,, ., -...,f.-.,d.f.,.fif.---- -f -.... .--H Q- . . Y ' eu..-Q... ' ' ' ' ' ,g 4-41. Y i v Y g ,V Wy, ,, ,,,,.. ,, ,.. . . 4.. Q... .... ua .'.. ., v r wr- ......-.-,..-.- vu?-.tn-may inner: A f' lv- ' - - , , '- 4 .e 1 s, ' i f mm 'l I 1 ., I , ,ui 5 K Q , 1. .e ' - iitibmll ., .........., u. 'ef -iff L11----11-H 'P PEYTON RANDOLPH The man who has been honored by having Two fighling ships, a colonial frigale and a World War ll aircrall carrier, bear his name is Peylon Randolph, dislinguished Revolulionary War palriol of Virginia. Born in l72l, he graclualecl from William and Mary College and laler wenl' lo England 'lo sludy law al' l'he Temple. He was appoinled King's AH'orney of Virginia in l748, and framed 'lhe remon- sfrance fo the King againsl' passage of 'lhe Slamp Ao+. Chosen Presidenl' of 'l'he Firsfl Con+inen'ral Congress, which mel' al Philadelphia, Seplember 5, I774, and again elecled when if reassembled May l0, l775, +he same year of his dealh. A long-lime friend of George Washing+on, he served his counlry wi'l'h dislinclion and l'lOnOl . -. , ,,. ..... - . -va ......p 4- ,- A-t.ha1--Ln,1.ll'w:-.M -5 5-1- , . . - X '-!.,.f ISTORY OF THE FIRST RANDOLP Our aircraff carrier is fhe second combafanf U. S. naval vessel fo bear fhe name of Randolph. The firsf Randolph was a 32-gun frigafe which carried a crew of 350. Named for Virginia's Revolufionary War pafriof, Peyfon Randolph, fhis ship was one of fhirfeen of her class, builf for fhe Confinenfal Navy in I776 on fhe hisforic Delaware River, near Philadelphia. Her capfain was Philadelphia's gallanf officer, Nicholas Biddle. Sailing from fhaf cify in I777, she scoured Aflanfic coasfal and Caribbean wafers for enemy Brifish bloclraders. Among fhe prizes which she capfured was fhe 20-gun warship, Brifon. In March, I778, she encounfered fhe Brifish ship-of-fhe-line, Yarmou'l'h, a 64-gun frigafe. Early in fhe fighf Capfain Biddle was injured. Esfablishing a Randolph fradifion, he refused fo go below, and insfead direcfed operafions from a chair on deck. The baffle was shorf buf furious. Alfhough Randolph was desfroyed by a shof info her magazine, she firsf gave a good accounf of herself, smashing fha fopmasfs and bowsprif of her more powerful foe. Modern-day successor fo fhis fighfing Revolufionary War ship, Randolph CV-IS, has carried ouf fhe frigafe's never-say-die fradifions. And by launching planes which sank 87,000 fons of Japanese ships, nof fo menfion fhe ofher damage done, she has added new.lusfre fo fhe record of Randolph againsf fhe enemy. i.-.1 l Q , X X ty., . , k. 1 gn' c ,M 1 4 ' if - .,. -J..4.... - ,LM . . M- CAPTAIN FELIX BAKER, USN Served as Commanding Officer from commissioning uniil 26 July l945. A graduaie of U. S. Naval Academy Class of i920 and a Naval Aviaior since l924, lie was our slcipper for The Firsi Raids on Tolcyo and during +l1e arduous Okinawa campaign. is ,ia 113' A: ' A , .. ' as 4 s+,,..,..Mg ur ' fl: a , ,. 4.3-i, uf -fi , dr -fl,?,,5ggjQ:fgf5ihwfg'..! Q I , 2, I 2 235' 12+ ' ,R-i rV,n!'3'Q,,,+ any f-,s-s3f- , 1, 4 ' ' ww- fy Q' ff , - .gy A ,', ' . J ' M' -A Q 2' f?5 'f '?' A 2 I CAPTAIN JACKSON R. TATE, USN Assumed command 26 July l945, when 'Hue ship was opera+ing of-F The coasl' of Japan. Enlis+ing in I9l7, he was com- missioned 'the same year and became a Naval Avia+or in l922. He was a veieran of early Pacific campaigns and a member of fhe Naval Milifary Mission fo Russia. T KWH we R L., -- .Q 2 'Y' vvfhaivd H- il w-' ,K '- - nv k, 2 e. i ' V 'Q K -, ,Q X . A , . f QA: , ' ' in if ,Biff i ' if , 2 lk 4' 4' .. ' f Y, rf -,Q V 4, 4? - ' if 2' M. ' if a-Q ,gc f V Q X J' ,, Q, we ,' ,w 2 2-.,, ii Q. A S 5b. .f'g' l E 1.6, ff' it at E X Y' 5 as 'F , ...uw 'X s Q-5 if ...xc x 58 sr' ik' A+ J X .... X .... g'9- sk.. F Ne 1. in -tug---, lg' , . x - ar US COMMANDER T. B. NEBLETT, USN Now Caplain, served as Execulive Oilicer from 9 Oclober l944 'lo 23 June l945. Graduaiing from 'rlwe U. S. Naval Acad- emy Class of l927, he was designaled a Naval Avialor in l93O. COMMANDER L. C. SIMPLER, USN Landed firsl plane aboard l2 November I944, while serving as Air Ofiicer. A graduale of U. S. Naval Academy and a Naval Avia'l'or since l929, he served as Execulive Officer during +l1e final War Cruise. I FICERS COMMANDER PAUL P. BLACKBURN, JR., USN Now Execufive Officer, he formerly served as fraining officer, Naviga+or and Air Ogicer. He comes from a navy family , and has had varied and responsible du+ies since graduafing from fhe U. S. Naval Academy in I930. if -Y i gl 6. ,V .., 1 PJ A HISTORY OF U. S. S Whaf a year! If lasfed from Ocfober 9, I944, when Randolph was commissioned af Norfolk Navy Yard. unfil Ocfober Zl, l945, when fhe war was over and fhe ship refurned fo Norfolk, en roufe fo Balfimore for Navy Day. For mosf of us if was fhe rnosf evenfful year we ever had, and perhaps ever will have. Whaf hap- pened in fhose fwelve monfhs? I.ef's go back and fake a look. Our sfory really begins on May IO, l943, when Randolph's keel was laid af Newporf News Shipbuild- ing and Drydock Company, Newporf News, Virginia. Our sfory, of course is fhe sfory of a ship. Thaf year we didnf belong fo home or wife or mofher We belonged fo a ship. Randolph was launched on June 28 I944 If wasnf long before a few officers and men were assigned fo fhe shipyard fechniclans mosfly fo help fif her ouf Mosf of us fhough wenl' fo Newporf Rhode Island fhaf sum mer and early fall sweahng if ouf as fhe Pre Commls sionmg Defall af fhe Naval Training Sfafion We dldnf fhlnk much abouf war We fhoughf abouf hafing fo RANDOLPH CV-I5 gef up for Happy Hour, abouf fhe dusf on fhe drill Held. and fhe beer and babes of Newporf. Then came fhe frain ride from Newporf fo Newp0l'I News. Was if long and firing! We 'Ihoughf we'd never gef fhere. The frain fook us righf info fhe shipbuilding yards, arriving fhe morning of Ocfober 8. Thaf day we boarded fhe ship. Mosf of us had never even been on one before. We were fhal' green. If was excifing. and also confusing, fo go around fhaf big, complex sl1IP for fhe firsf fime, fo see her fhere, new and powerful and, like us, unfried. The nexf morning, Ocfober 9. WIII1 our officers on fhe bridge buf wifh fhe shipbuiIder's men sflll in charge we fook fhe ship over fo Norfolk Navy Yard af Porfsmoufh In fhe affernoon in fhe bflghl aufumn sunllghf we sfood in mass formahon on 'Ihe IIIQH deck Visnfors were fhere including 'Ihe wives and families of some of us On a raised plafform lnboard of fhe island Capfaln Felix Baker USN accepfed 'I'Il9 sl-up for naval service Af Iasf we were in commission The ship was ours He said so himself He also SBICI fhaf as quickly as possible he hoped fo ge? 'I'Ile sI1lP mio .M- ...-.-.. ....s.......4 ' . . n - v . - - Q Q 4 . 1 - - . - . , . . . - . l Q . Q ' - I I . . ' . . n 1 1 n o 0 . ' 4 . 1 , Q . 4 u I . a e 1 ' - o 0 - ' ' a 4 o l., . V.. ' W n n ysj , . . 0 l- . leaf. . combat None of us was exac+Iy cheered over +his pros- pect Bu+ we lafer learned +here were urgen+ reasons why we should lose no +ime in geHing fo 'I'he Pacific. We didn I' lose any. Everyone furned +o, and from commissioning unfil Oc+ober 30 we were busy loading sfores, 'raking on fuel, and fesiing l'he ship's brand-new equipment There were many adiuslmenis io be made. The Gunnery Deparimenl' and ordnance personnel from fhe Air Depar+men'l' helped speed up our deparlure by loading 'lhe magazines wifh bombs and shells in +wo days, clipping several days off 'I'he 'time formerly required. There was an urgency, a feeling of hurry-hurry in lhe air. The lznowledge 'rhal' a greaf sea batlle was being fough+ in +he Philippines, in which we losl' a carrier, made us realize fhaf fhe sialces in fhis race were high. On Ocfober 30, Randolph , new and shiny, pro- ceeded fo fhe Deperming Sfafion af Lamberf Point Virginia. The nexi day we moved 'fo Pier Five al Nor- follr's Naval Operafing Base, and on November 5 fhe ship gol' underway for fhe Chesapealre Bay phase of shalredown. Exaclly a weelr lafer, November l2, fhe firsf plane landed aboard, piIo+ed by fhe Air Officer, Com- mander Leroy C. Simpler, USN, who lafer became our Execufive Officer. Tha? was fhe firsf of many fhousand planes fo land aboard. From Then on our ears were filled wifh fheir sound. Because lhe operling area in Chesapeake Bay was small, il' fool: a lor of lime fo accomplish a fraining exer- cise. So, in order lo lose no lime, we cuf shorl fha? phase where slorm Many of shalredown and cruised off fhe Virginia Capes +he big ship could lel' herself go. Remember l'he we had off fhe Capes? How could we forgef! of us go? jusf abou? as seasicl: as we could and sfill keep our sfomachs inside us. T . .arnsq A ...t S flame flfmw THIS POSSIBLF in , i K . L 1 -12 X, Qi 5-v ?? i' ' ITF' Q w .. W if The ship refurned fo NOB, Norfolk, on November I9 fwo days lafer. If was conducfed by Commander Fleef Air, Norfolk, and his sfaff. He gave us an okay. The nexf affernoon, November 22, we hauled anchor and headed for fhe Wesf Indies for shakedown. If had been easy fo fell everybody goodbye because we expecfed fo refurn in a few weeks. See you Chrisfmas, we had eifher said or wriffen 'fo our families. Liffle did we fhink fhaf almosf a year would go by and we would sail IO0,000 miles before seeing Norfolk again. The frip soufh was pleasanf, as soon as fhe weafher warmed up a liffle. We dropped fhe hook November 27 in fhe U.S. Naval Anchorage off Porf of Spain, Trinidad Brifish Wesf Indies. Excepf for fhose who dislike any kind of hof weafher, if wasn'f bad fhere in fhe Gulf of Paria wifh fhe blue wafer and fhe clouds and across 'Ihe Gulf fhe green mounfains of Soufh America. Some nighfs we looked up af a big yellow moon and wafched fhe Iighfs 'rwinkling along fhe shores of fhe island, and wished for fhe girls af home. We had some good beer parfies af a Trinidad beach. Many of us saw palm frees and coconufs for fhe firsf fime. We had Calypso singers on board. Buf if was no pleasure cruise. All day we Everybody scrubbed up for fhe on-reporfing inspecfion frainedz pushing planes, loading fhem wifh bombs, sfand- ing wafches on fhe bridge, in engine rooms, comm office, working on fhe forecasfle, in sick bay, in offices, sweep- ing fhe decks, cleaning brighfwork, firing fhe guns. The pace was infensive. We knew we were geffing ready for somefhing big in fhe war-for iusf whaf, we didn'f know. There was no reason fo gel' excifed ye'l'- We'd be back on fhe Easf Coasf soon and home for Chrisfmas. There was scuH'Iebu'H, however, 'Io 'rhe con- frary. Buf nobody believes scufflebuff. Oh, no? Repre- senfafives of ComFair, Norfolk, flew down and in- specfed us. Af fhaf fime we didn I' know fhey judged us ready for fhe Pacific. So we were full of quesfions Oh December I7 when we gof underway. Where fo? Aboul' mid-morning came fhe announcemenf over fhe P-A- sysfem. We were headed for fhe Panama Canal. Nafurally we were disappoinfed. Af one of his infor- mal falks fo us before movies on fhe hangar deck, CHP' fain Baker explained fhaf fhe Pacific Fleef needed car- riers and needed fhem in a hurry. Thaf's why we weren f going home. So we swallowed our feelings. Lafer, when we were able 'ro sfrike a blow againsf fhe enemy, we were glad we had ioined fhe fleef when if mosf needed U5- We were glad we had been fhe firsf big carrier nof TQ refurn fo fhe home yard for adiusfmenfs affer shake- down. 1 O 'Q +I 1 'M . L f Y 5 x'f'ZX,'!vQ'3', Q r ' -I 3 34 I' 1 1 ' 1 -4 1 ' 6 4 f .. 'I Q -I XY, ' iv lg' ' 15 - .f ww .. -' , ,I 2 . si...ii.- iffy y iq - T I v N . A. V, , 1 V' 'D 5 .V tj' X 2 5L:i,:s M . 3 '---ja L. . - :WTS . g. - QA, Q . 1 -, my , u ,V 1 5, - i 1 I ml I , 1 fl! 'kk r I Ely .1 A . gl T' 'Q -kg 13 asf! .. '57 K Q Q lv f --fx s XX Xi X f V W . ini!! Av ' . U ' 'N ' . 3' Q ,HH .-, 5-43' ..,:'5'!KXs --u.,,sz,, imc., Affer hurriedly loading sfores and ammunifion we go? underway on January 20. Remember how fhe Golden Gare loolred as we sailed under if on rhe way our? High up on fhe soaring span of sfeel were a couple of girls waving handlrerchiefs. Afrer fhe coasfline faded we lurned our heads fo fhe Far Easf. There for belief or worse, lay our fufure. On January 26 we moored af Ford lsland, Pearl Har- bor, Terrifory of Hawaii, where The Japs had once paid our Navy a baclrdoor visif. Par+s of a sunlzen baflleship were slill visible. We slopped fhere only long enough Yo faire on addifional supplies, including +wen+y mail saclls of war plans and infelligence malerial. Those who gol' ashore in Honolulu found rhe sidewallrs rolled up afler darlz. We lefl on January 29. Now where were we going? ln general we lrnew. We knew our deslinafion was somewhere in fhe combaf zone. The old Saraloga was in company wifh us. We sailed across lhe lnfernafional Dale Line on February I, and Wesi became Easr. Each day we drilled, and each day fhe drills became more infensivez baH'le and damage confrol problems l Fif+een minures problem lime. Bomb hit, gallery declr, frame 89, porl' side. l, fire drill, and abandon ship drill. We all wore our full baHle gear. The fension began +o grow. We were s+ill, for baHle pur- poses, a company of green men. On February 7 we pulled in+o lhe naval anchorage al' Uliihi, in fhe Wesrern Caroline Islands. Few of us had ever heard of fhe place before. I+ was nofhing bu? a ring of flai liH'le coral islands, covered wifh palms. Bur inside was ihe mos+ powerful flee? ever assembled. We counfed af leasf eighl' Essex-class carriers. There were new baffleships, cruisers, deslroyers, noi' fo menrion fanlrers, supply and repair ships, and scores of landing assi? , al' 'il sal craft Whai was going 'lo happen? We could only guess. We lefl Ulifhi 'rhree days laier, on February IO, as a unil in famed Task Force 58. Our Task Group was 58.4. Al+hough we didn'l' lhink of ii al fhe lime, we laier found a record had been sei. Randolph was going info baffle only four mon+hs and one day affer commis- sioning! No olher big carrier had ever moved so swiffly +hrough her fraining period. Caplain Baker's infenfion of making us baHle-ready in +he shoriesl possible lime had been fulfilled. Now 'Phe 'feeling really began fo ge? lense. We were moving ou+ lor combat No more bool' camp roufine, no more +raining s+a+ion prac+ice, no more Shakedown rehearsal-'rhis was +he real fhing. A ba'Hle was com- ing up. On 'lhe nigh? of February I5 Capfain Baker spoke To us on fhe hangar deck. He 'fold us our desfi- nafion-'rhe homeland of Japan! We would sirike in 'rhe 4' 4' Q morning. Some of us sTayed awake a while Thai' nighT Thinking abouT whaT would happen on This, our Tirsl' assignmenT, as we Tried To smash The Jap on his home grounds. Who could say how we would sTand up in combaT7 The nexT morning we were aT our baT'Tle sTaTions before dawn, in gloves, eye-shields and helmeTs. Some of us had smeared The blue anTi-flash cream on The exposed parTs of our Taces. Roaring planes Took oTiT The deck in The cloudy, weT sky, heading Tor enemy airTields in The Tokyo area. Below decks we waiTed nervously. All day we sfayed aT General QuarTers, aT any momenT expecT- ing an aH'ack Trom enemy planes. We were less Than a hundred miles from Tokyo! The aTTack never came. We had caughf The Japs by surprise, and whaT planes They did manage To send up were knocked down by piloTs of The force, including our own. NexT day, February I7, our piloTs made a daring sTrike againsT The Tachikawa Engine PlanT wesT oT Tokyo. This aTTack was brillianTly led by Commander Charles L. Crommelin, USN, Air Group commander, who was laTer killed over Ckinawa. AT The ship we sTill waiTed nervously Tor The Japs To aTTack us. 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If we go? off lighily in fhe firsl' Tolryo raids, we gol' our fill before fhe Olcinawa campaign was finished. lf was long and fough. Rarely did a day pass wiihouf gen- eral quariers or 'torpedo defense being sounded because of fhe approach of enemy aircraft Several days will be long remembered. One was April I4 when, ai' I9l5, fwo enemy aircraf+ were repor'l'ed. One of ihese closed fo aboul' six miles and showed a red lighl' which remained burning un+il a siring of almosi' a dozen closely-bunched V ' r it , YA,. 5 k. flares were dropped: againsi fhese lighfs fhe ships musi have sfood ou+ clearly. Then ihe firsf plane sfaried in, noi more ihan I50 feei oi? ihe wafer. Randolph furncd, rwisfed, zigzagged fo gef ou? of The way. Below declcs we swea+ed and prayed as ihe guns began pound- ing. and ihe empiy ammuniiion ra'Hled on ihe decks over our heads. Then came fhe welcome announcemenf fha? fhe plane had been shoi down. We sighed wifh relief. li seemed ihe Jap had crossed 500 yards ahead of our ship. As ii passed over a desfroyer on our siar- board quar+er if was hii, bursf info flames and crashed info fhe darlr sea. Then we heard fhe ofher plane was closing in. Bach on 'lhe decl: we flopped, while fhe gun- ners opened up again. This Jap was likewise seni io his ancesiors. Three days lafer we underwenf anofher a'H'acl: worfh menfioning. Abouf 0520 a Jap plane was sighfed off fhe sfarboard quarfer, closing fasi. Trying fo crash our sfern, he missed and flew along fhe porfside of 'lhe ship, close aboard and abouf 50 feei above 'the wafer, his guns blazing. Under fire from our ba'H'eries he crashed info fhe water IOO feei oi? fhe ship's porl' bow. Aboui nine o'cloclz fha? morning more bogeys were sighied. Two dived a+ us 'From abou? 6000 feet As fhe leading plane came ou'l' of a cloud he was hii' by one of our five-inch shells. The plane exploded and 'ihe piloi' bailed ou1', floafing down io ihe wafer in view of all I' f I' 'I ' 9 'v 'if' ug, 15- fhose on fhe flighf deck. The second plane confinued ifs run fo a poinl' closer fo fhe ship where one of our 40mm shells knocked ifs righl' wing off, causing il' fo spin in+o fhe waier. Anofher enemy aircrafl' aH'emp'red a dive on a nearby Iighi cruiser, +he Pasadena. If was faken under fire by our sfarboard bafferies and crashed, narrowly missing ihe cruiser's sfern. During fhis morn- ing's aH'ack, in which sfill ofher Japs dived on ships in 'rhe group, our gunners accounfed for fhree enemy air- craft We had learned fo play for keeps. The nighf of April 28 a bogey approached and was fired af by several ships of fhe group, including Randolph , her guns flashing while as ihe shells whisfled info fhe sky. Somehow, fhe plane escaped. Thai nighf ihe moon was like brighf gold. Any momenl' fhe plane mighl' dive on us. Then a sirange scene developed. As fhe ships zig-zagged radically, black smoke poured from iheir funnels. The frick was effecfive. The Jap plane did nof aifack. On The I Ifh of May, +he Japs gof ihrough. Abou+ ren in fhe morning, iwo planes dove from cloud-cover and smashed Bunker Hill , fhen 2000 yards on our siarboard bow. The iniured ship fell oul' of formafion, burning fiercely. Many men were observed in fhe wafer. We fhrew life iackefs and belly fanks fo fhem, and dropped floai lighis +o assisf fhe des+royers engaged in rescue work. Six Bunker Hill planes landed aboard us fha? day. Three days lafer, in ihe wafers of Kamikaze Junc- +ion , off Kyushu, The Japs goi' fhrough again 'io our formaiion. This iime an enemy plane, diving ai' a sleep angle hif fhe forward end of fhe En+erprise Fligh+ deck, causing an explosion, fires, and heavy smoke. There was a lull for aboui an hour, fhen 'rhe aH'acks resumed. Abouf eighi' o'clock fhai morning many enemy aircrafi' sfaried coming in from all direcfions. Soon +he sky was filled wifh black smoke puffs and bursiing shells and burning planes. Four of fhem were shof down by anfi-aircraff fire in which our gunners pariicipaied. If was a wild sigh? for fhose fopside. For +hose of us below decks we could only sweaf and wonder wha? was happening unfil an announcemenf was made over ihe loudspeaker sysfem. We wanfed +o hear all fhe news we could. The nex+ day, May I5, if was announced +ha+ fhe Task Force Commander, Admiral Marc A. Mifscher, would fransfer his flag fo Randolph. We wen? around 'lhe ship wifh fingers crossed. Hope he doesn l' bring fhe Kamikazes wifh him, we said. Admiral Mifscher had been on fhe Bunker HilI. Affer she go+ hii' he frans- ferred fo fhe En+erprise, sfaying +here uniil she was likewise hi+. When he came aboard our ship fha? affer- I , noon, he crossed from a desfroyer in a boafswain's chair over fhe fanfail. Our phofographers look a picfure of his arrival fhaf lafer appeared in bofh Life and Time magazines. He was smiling. The only gear he had Ieff was a briefcase, which he carried. Maybe, despife our earlier feelings, fhe liffle Admiral broughf us good luck, because we didn'f gef hif-noi fhen, anyway. For fwo weeks we were flagship of Task Force 58. Then on May 29, affer fhe number of our Task Group had been changed from 58.2 io 58.3 fo 38.3, Admiral Mifscher was relieved as Task Force Commander, and we fook him and his sfaff fo Guam, leaving fha? day. We arrived af Guam, May 3l, mooring in Apra Harbor. Before he leff fha ship Admiral Mifscher gave us a Well done for our parf in fhe Okinawa campaign. Mosf of us goi ashore af Guam, af leasl for a few hours. Some of us gof a glimpse of Red Cross girls and inspecfed a Jap pill- box near fhe beach. lf was fhe firsf 'lime we had fouched, or even seen land for 55 days. ln fhaf fime we had fraveled mor.: fhan 27,000 miles. On June 2 we gof underway again, fhis fime for fhe Philippines. We dropped anchor June 4 in Leyfe Gulf, in San Pedro Bay anchorage. Excepf for a fraining cruise in lhe area easf of fhe Gulf, June 20-23, we sfayed af Leyfe fhroughouf June, replenishing supplies and making preparafions for fhe nexf campaign. The Gulf was hof and oily: fhere were many Sevenfh Fleer ships fhere, especially fhe older baffleships. We pulled liberfy af a recreafion beach on Samar, across fhe Gulf from Leyfe. Some of us boughf grass skirfs for fhe girls back home, and af leasf a half-dozen of us broughf back monkeys fo fhe ship, as companions for our mascol' dog, Randy. Bul' fhe Exec said monkeys mighf carry disease, and we had fo fake fhem back. The affernoon of June 7 fhe ship lay quiefly anchored in fhe Gulf. Some of us were on fhe flighf deck, lying in spaces befween fhe parked planes, sunbafhing. A P-38 was overhead, making playful runs on us. Abouf i540 if pulled a few fhousand feef and 'rhen headed down foward us. Nobody paid much affenfion fo if. We liffle suspecfed fhaf fhe pilof of fhaf plane was going fo misiudge his disfance and fhaf whaf sfarfed our as his Iiffle joke was abouf fo furn info a sickening fragedy. A+ IS44 fhe P-38 crashed fhe forward flighf deck and glanced off info fhe wafer where il' immediafely sank. If leff behind on fhe flighf deck a raging fire. Forfunafely, our planes, in keeping wifh fhe ship's policy, were nof fueled, buf fhey burned iusf fhe same. The sun-balhers in fhe area never had a chance. The fire was puf ouf by capable acfion on fhe parf of fhe men: our casualfies were I4 killed and Il iniured. We shuddered fo fhink what would have happened if fhe P-38 had landed in fhe craff which was alongside us af fhe lime, loaded wifh bombs! There would have been an abrupf end fo our sfory. This marked fhe second fime we had been hit while in a supposedly-safe anchorage. We began fo feel we were safer in baffle. Our Third War Cruise sfarfed on July I. We were again flagship for Task Group 38.3 in Admiral Halsey's Third Fleef. For a week we frained infensively. On fhe morning of July I0 we launched planes fo sfrike fhe air- fields in Ihe Tokyo area-fields wifh names like Yokosuka, Miyakawa, Mobaro, Narufo, and Yachimafa. From fhen on unfil Ihe war ended on Augusf I5 we ranged up and down fhe coasf of Japan, sfriking, moving quickly, and sfriking again. This cruise we had Air Group I6 aboard: if had replaced Air Group I2 while we were in fhe Philippines. For fhe firsf 'rime in fhe war, we affacked fhe Honshu- Hokkaido area, our planes sinking fwo of fhe vifal ferries operafing fhere. Affer several days of bad weafher we hii airfields on fhe Tokyo plains again, and also damaged fhe baH'leship Naga+o af heavily-de- fended Yolrosulra Naval Base. Ranging wesi' we aH'aci:ed norihern Kyushu and fhai' pari' of Honshu across ihe Shimonoselri Sfraifs. Our planes also bombed shipping in +he Inland Sea, helping sinlr +he baH'leship-carrier Hyuga. The ninfh of Augusi' found us again off +he coasf of noriheasi Honshu. There we launched afiaclcs on air- fields and enemy communica+ions as a prelude +o fhe expecied invasion of Japan. Thai invasion, for+una'l'ely, never had 'fo faire place. On fhe morning of Augusi I5 our planes roclreied and sfrafed Kisarazu airfield on easl' side of Tolryo Bay. A second sfrilxe was launched. Al' 0642 before fhese planes reached ihe coasi, all planes were recalled by fhe Task Force Commander. Lafer fhaf morning Cap+ain Jaclrson R. Tafe, USN, who on July 26 had replaced Capfain Balmer, announced fo us over fhe loudspeaker sys+em fha? Japan had accepied fhe Allied surrender ferms. We senl' up a cheer fhaf echoed all over fhe ship. The war was over-almosf, lhal is. Tha? affernoon, af I300, Admiral Halsey addressed 'ihe fleel' over fhe radio. While he was fallring, a Judy and a Zelre were shof down as fhey aH'emp+ed fo dive on ships of fhe Taslr Force. Bogeys were reporied for several days afferwards. Apparenily They hadn'+ gof fhe word. On fhe 25+h and Zbih of Augusf we were buflefed around by fyphoons. We managed fo avoid ihe cenfer of ihe slorms, however, and rhe ship escaped serious damage. On Augusf 30 our Marines, plus a Mainfenance Force of four of our naval officers and aboui' I5 sailors who had earlier leil' fhe ship, wenl' ashore a+ Yolnosulca Naval Base, pariicipaling in fhe hisforic lirsl landings in Japan. YQ in ails :fi Q' sf J xi K K i ,'f'n ,ii' o xg ,,4,' If - I n N A-fs ' 'uv rn-P' Aff' C' The Mainfenance Force did repair worlc ai' 'ihe Navy Yard 'rhere, while +he Marines occupied The Naval Air Sfafion. They hunfed Through 'I'he elaborafe caves in lhe hills on bolh sides of fhe airfield, localing Jap guns, planes and o+her milifary supplies. The Marines were +oo big 'ro sleep in Jap beds, which were only five and a half 'feef long. They repor+ed lhaf fhe day 'ihey arrived, 'rhe Japanese women ran from +hem. ,rf Our lasl few days of air operafions were unusual. Torpedo planes loaded wifh bags of food flew over fhe Japanese ci'ries of Osaka and Kobe, and dropped 'lhe bags on prisons where Americans were held. Sepfember 5th was an excifing day. We ihoughl we were on our way fo Tokyo Bay fo pick up our Marines and perhaps some of fhe Americans who had been war prisoners. Scufflebufi was ihaf we mighf also go 'io Okinawa. Abruplly, al Il00, fhe ship received orders fo proceed fo Pearl Harbor! We were delached from fha Task Group in company wifh a single desrroyer and headed on our way al 20 knofs. Alfhough we were sorry noi fo go info Tokyo Bay and have a look ai Japan, we were happy af lhe ihoughf of heading ioward home. ln a few days fhe news was ou? ihai we would go fo lhe Easf Coasf for Navy Day, Oclober 27. We moored al' Ford lsland, Pearl Harbor, Sepfember ll, and were There for fhe resf of fhe monfh, ge?-ring painfed, having '?' our siarboard 40mm sponsons removed, and iaking on supplies. Our food had been ge'H'ing low. We had been 73 days al' sea and in,+ha+ fime had fraveled more ihan 29,000 miles. Our ihird and final war cruise had been The longesl. Aliogefher we were proud of our war record. We had been in all +he major naval campaigns from Febru- ary un+iI war's end. Our guns had accounied for four Jap planes and helped accounl' for many more. Our air groups had desfroyed I43 Jap planes in 'lhe air and I60 on +he ground, besides sinking 87,000 'ions of Jap shipping. A+ Pearl Harbor everyone had a chance io go ashore, have a drink of fresh milk or rum, and fake anoiher look ai fhe gyp ioinfs of Honolulu. Many of us boughi' +rinke+s ro +ake home wifh us. Under The poinf sysiern, some of us would soon be civilians. Affer monihs of Pacific war, if was hard 'lo believe. We lei? Pearl early Ociober I. Cruising ai I5 knofs we had a long, and surprisingly cool, frip io 'ihe Panama Canal. We had abou+ I000 passengers on board. Many oi ihem slepi on cois befween planes on fhe affer parf of +he hangar deck. We wen? 'ihrough +he Canal on Ociober I6. Thai day we also had on board a large group of civilian sighfseers from Balboa and Chrisiobal, including females of all sizes and ages. There was a iouch of drama as fhe waier, painied by fhe colors of lhe sunsei, ran oui of 'rhe lasl of 'lhe ihree Gafun locks, lowering us again +o fhe A+lan+ic! The ship's whistle droned oul a blasi as lhe gaies opened. A+ daybreak nexi morning we leff Chrisfobal and for live days headed nor+h. Balfimore had been designafed as our Navy Day porf. On Sunday afiernoon, Ocfober 2l, we sailed up ihe coas+ and in+o 'rhe gray-green wafer of Chesapeake Bay. The year was over. We had come back from ihe war. 1-wr, . 'uw li Q Q ,J To ,- K in --4 T - i ' .. Q i . 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The Air Office, as an ouffif organized fo spread ad- minisfrafive confusion, was born in July, I944 in a li'H'le quonsef huf in Newporf, Rhode Island. No fablef af fhaf humble spof pays fribufe fo fhaf occasion, in facf, if memory serves, fhe huf was surveyed and ieffisoned. Of- ficiafing af fhe birfh was a midwife by fhe name of Sweeney, so you can see fhaf if was more fhrough good forfune fhan skill fhaf he was able fo usher in a lusfy baby, whose name, oddly enough, furned ouf fo be Papa! To Mark W. Papa, fhen Y3c, fell fhe dubious privilege of being fhe firsf yeoman in fhe Air Deparfmenf of fhe fhen land sfillll unknown carrier. And one of fhe firsf communicafions received from fhe crew af Newporf News was a leffer signed by one J. M. Cloud, CY, beginning, To avoid duplicafion of efforf . . . Thai' sef fhe fempo. There was no duplicafion. There was no efforf. The day of commissioning found a goodly number of yeoman under our colors, and a greaf deal of work fo do. Affer fhe inifial avalanche of work was squared away. namely fhe Air Deparfmenf Organizafion Book, Shake- down Reporf, seffing up of files, liberfy cards, efc., fhe office seffled down and fhe sniping befween fhe Air Operafions yeomen and fhe Air Office men commenced in earnesf. Represenfing fhe Air Op men manning Flighf Ouarfers sfafions on Primary Fly and in Air Plof was Mike Champ Papa, Red Schneider, R.P. lNosel Henry lonly man fo achieve a barrier crash wifhouf using an airplanel, Sam Geison, Louis Hammel and A. Flysheef Swofes, all of which have been discussed elsewhere. In fhe opposife corner, wearing purple fighfs and represenf- ing fhe Air Office was Chief Cloud, J. E. Bilbo, Dick Cornish, Wiley Smifhson, Red O'Connor, Cooper Kirk, Norn lThe Generali Lee, Howie Ouderkirk and Al Fiorello. As soon as fhe ship cleared San Francisco for Pearl Harbor, work in fhe Air Office seffled down fo a dull roufine, which, fhank heaven, is beyond descripfion. Com- baf condifions usually found fhe boys sacked in and barely able fo make soup call in fhe morning. Along abouf noon, fhey usually roused fhemselves sufficienfly fo play checkers and cards. Far ouf in fronf as a favorife sporf. however, was fhaf of argumenf, and almosf any hour of fhe day, fhe air would be blue wifh invecfive of fhe rnosf profane nafure. The boys really oufdid fhemselves in abuse, however, when called on fo perform any proiecf calling for efforf of any kind. Evenings under fire and alerfs usually found fhe Chief Bandmasfer holding fourfh wifh his inimifable fales of fhe China Sfafion, unfil if was fime fo sack in. On refueling days and while aT anchor, Diclx Cornish, our newspaper man, and Red O'Connor, who is sTiII suffering Trom saclt sores, gave The oTTice some semblance oT life, while Those old dependable sTandbys, Wiley SmiThson and Cooper Kirl: lcepT The office running. The Air OTTice, having Tulfilled iTs mission of spreading confusion, began To die wiTh The TransTer oT a number oT iTs personnel while sTiII in The Nansei ShoTog and The deaTh raTTles sounded as we headed Tor home. The end, which was peaceTuI, came as The ship was TransiTing The Panama Canal wiTh iTs crowd oT local sighT-seeing pas- sengers on board. One well-developed young lady, lead- ing her Troop of girl scouTs up The CapTain's Ladder paused To glance in The Air OTTice and The yeoman worlz- ing There. Comprehending aT once, she Turned To her girls, and said in a hushed Tone, OuieT, Chicks, This musT be Sicl: Bay. So be iT. IT is a TiTTing epiTaph. PRIMARY FLY STAND-BY TO START ENGINES-CHECK WHEEL CHOCKS, PROPELLOR CLEARANCES AND CON- TROL SURFACES-SECURE ALL LOOSE GEAR ABOUT THE DECK-STAND CLEAR OF PROPELLORS -START ENGINES, CUT WHEN WARM! SimulTaneously wiTh The lasT word over The bull horn , The engines roar as The plane capTains revv Them up preliminary To The evenTs To Tollow. One by one The engines Tall silenT as They become ready Tor TlighT. PiloTs sTream onTo The TlighT declc and man Their planes. The sTage is seT! All eyes are focused on one spoT in The island sTrucTure as The ship Turns inTo The wind-a green Tlag replaces The red-The Fox Tlag is Two-bloclned and a carrier springs inTo acTion. LAUNCH AIRCRAFT Primary Fly has spolmen. This small bridge in The island is The conTrol cenTer of Air OperaTions-here The Air OTTicer, popularly called The Air Boss , his assisTanT and a Tallxer run The show. IT is from This vanTage poinT com- manding a view of The TlighT decl: Tore and aTT ThaT The life of a carrier Talzes Trom during operaTions. The drama, paThos and humor oT The ship begins and ends on Primary Fly. IT was on The TwelTTh oT November, I944, ThaT The TirsT signal To begin TlighT operaTions was given To Fly One Trom a Timid and somewhaT innocenT Primary Fly. Since ThaT day iT has given The green Tlag To ThirTeen Thou- sand planes and has emerged a much wiser and Tougher conTrol cenTer. The piloTs who commiTTed DilberTs on The TIigh+ declc or in The air around The carrier will TesTiTy as To The Toughness oT The silver leaves on This bridge as more Than one was Ii+eraIIy called before The masT up There. Comdr. L. C. Simpler drew The honor oT being The TirsT Air Boss. His was The job oT malxing airdales ouT oT a conglomeraTion oT BooTs. Add To ThaT The misery oT shaking down a new Air Group ThaT iusT loved To land Their planes upside down and you have a sure pIoT Tor 1, 'I I ', 'Alf . JJ' A, , VM, if , f AY. 1, pf 4' , a f , ' I 1 s frouble. Buf fhe Comdr. managed fo weafher if all wifh fhe aid of fwo imporfanf fhings-Cassidy's ice fhaf was brewed in Flighf Deck Confrol and fhe couch in Air Plof fhaf seemed fo soofhe him so much when he as- sumed his famous horizonfal posifion. He had a hidden genius for finding ice cream and freafing all hands even during fhe sformy days af Suicide Junc'rion off Okinawa and Kyushu. Combaf will never forgef how he used fo yell info fhe squawk box, Combaf, where are Our planes? each fime a flighf was overdue. He was a familiar sighf during G.O. wifh his helmef iammed on backwards, and once even walked around wifh a helmef saying Messenger in whife leffers across fhe fronf. The falkers for Air Confrol as Primary fly was some- fimes called were Pappy and Harry. They manned fhe I JG sound powered phones in shiffs and became fhe besf of friends. Pappy iMark Papal calls fhe smokey cify of Piffsburgh his home and Harry Crow hails from fhe rice paddies of Liffle Rock, Arkansas. This was al- ways good for a secfional baffle wifh no decisions or winners declared. AIR PLOT There have been fimes, while fhe ship was underway, fhaf Air Plof was nof crowded and did nof resemble a madhouse . . . we don'f remember when. When we firsf came aboard and were assigned fo Air Plof, Cdr. Simpler and Lf.-Cdr. Minfer inow Cdr.l were fhe only fwo who had a clear idea of ifs funcfion. l visualize us as fhe nerve cenfer of fhe ship, if nof fhe Fleef, said Swofes, fhe erudife yeoman, whose loffy calm has never been disfurbed lexcepf when fhe Naviga- for accused him of borrowing painfl. Nervous we were, buf hardly a nerve cenfer. lf was foo crowded fo be much excepf confused. A check of fhe personnel assigned fo Air Plof as a General Quar- fers sfafion revealed we had fhree Lf-Cdrs., Messrs. Berg, Sweeney and Sarforis, fwo Lfs., Messrs. Usher and Wilkins, one Lf. ligl, Mr. MacMannis, one Ensign, Mr. Sul- livan. ln addifion fhere was Schneider, Swofes, Papa, and Henry for Talkers, plus fwo refugees from fhe Training Room, Talberf and Crow, a radioman fname unknownl who never said anyfhing, and Fiorello, iMayor LaGuar- dia's boyl, for a messenger. This was our regular sfaff. The Air Boss, Cdr. Simpler and his assisfanf, Lf-Cdr. Minfer, were fhe fwo for whom fhe resf iusf worked. They hung ouf in Air Plof. The Execufive, Cdr. Nebleff, delighfed fo come in and heckle us abouf fhe locafion of our dial phone. And fhe C.O., Capf. Baker, found our pool room afmosphere so enferfaining he would come in and heckle us. Planes would mysferiously disappear. Whaf had been a flighf of 20 planes had only I9 when if landed. A hydraulic leak compelled one fo land af Waller Field, buf Air Plof forgof fo fell fhe Boss. When fhe schedule was changed so fhaf fhree divisions would fly CAP insfead of fwo, Air Plof forgof fo fell Mr. Madden. The Air Boss assumed his usual calm while correcfions were made. Soon we had a well-oilecl machine sef up. The pilofs never fhoughf so, fhough. Flyers seem fo regard non-flyers fhe way seagoing sailors regard shore- based sailors: fhey're human beings, alrighf, buf noi very brighf. Air-plof was expecfed fo know fhe answers fo everyfhing, and was panned confinually when if didn'+. The men in Air Plof felf a personal hurf when planes failed fo refurn: fhey came fo know fhe pilofs so well. Af Ulifhi, orders appeared for many of fhe original Air Plof crew, and when fhe smoke cleared Lf. Craw- ford, fhe windmaker, found himself doubling in brass as Operafions Officer. Assisfing were Lfs. Buchanan and Newman as Air Plof officers along wifh one member of fhe original crew, Ensign Sullivan, fhe only bald-headed ensign in fhe Navy. V-1-H HANGER DECK V-IH was formed in Newporf News, Va., a few days before fhe ship wenf in commission. These men, sfrangers fo each ofher before reporfing abroad, soon became close friends. They had fun fogefher on fheir leaves and liberfies and during fheir bull sessions fhroughouf fhe cruise. They also suffered grief fogefher when several of fheir buddies were killed and several more wounded fhrough enemy acfion. These green men fhaf wenf fo sea are now all seasoned veferans. V-IH produced fhe ship's firsf baskefball and volley- ball championship feams. Bofh fournamenfs were hofly confesfed, buf wifh such afhlefes as Mike Sobieraiski, Ed Kufley, Lou Frass, Bob Fusfin, Phil Godfrey, Johnnie Ger- des, Boafs Campbell, Johnnie Hirf, Norf Blume and playing manager Joe Emerson, fhe pushers came fhrough vicforious. Remember how L. S. King and J. Gorgoreffi gof sea- sick whenever we were in rough wafers-when Chief Gilliam, Pop Richardson, H. P. Monis and Norf Blume were sweafing ou'l ' fheir blessed evenfs-why Joe Emer- son and Walf Gardner were called fhe bogie boys . Remember D. E. Hyland and all his pracfical iokes ihow could you ever forgef 'eml-Marfy lFungusl O'Neil sfick- ing wifh Nofre Dame's 44 squad and faking all comers- Brooklyn's pride AI Habib and his million dollar voca- bulary-and fhaf midnighf reveille when Idaho Pefe Price used shaving cream fo scrub his feefh lhe was sfill asleepl-how we used fo scrub fhe hanger deck, even when we were on fhe Nips doorsfep wifh enemy planes overhead? V-1-A ARRESTING GEAR AND CATAPULT On November l2, I944, fhe firsf plane, a fighfer lF6Fl made a landing aboard. Since ours was an enfirely new l'YPe Ui afl'eSfing gear, fhis was indeed a big evenf. ll' was also fhe firsf fime fhaf fhe new crew was solely re- 5P0'1Sible fOr 'flie proper operafion of fhe gear. The gear 0Pe a+efl Pe ieC+lY and was a good omen fo us. By December 20+h when our shakedown period was com. pleTed, 2025 landings had been made. We began To Teel ThaT we were now Tully capable of handling whaTever siTuaTion mighT arise in combaT. During March The arresTing gear crew was hard aT work geH'ing The ship inTo shape aTTer The hiT by The Kamikaze. In order To replace The ruined No. I arresTing engine, No. 6 engine was moved aTT and a new plaTTorm builT upon which The engine was seT. This was The TirsT Time ThaT The locaTion oT one of These new engines was changed ouTside oT a navy yard. The repIacemenT of No. I arresTing engine made The ship Tully operable Tor land- ing aircraTT and so made unnecessary The immediaTe re- Turn of The ship To a navy yard. The TirsT plane launched from The ship was senT oTT by caTapulT on November I2, I944. This was an indicaTion of Things To come: Tor, of The I2,063 planes launched up To The end of The war, 4,897 were caTapuITed. This is probably The highesT percenTage of caTapulT launchings in The T'leeT. In June I944 The crash of a P-38 TighTer on The TIighT deck resulTed in considerable exTra work Tor The crew in replacing damaged cables on The caTapulT. Repair work was The order of The day when Randy anchored, Tor major overhauls could noT be accomplished underway. V-2 DIVISION REPAIR AND MAINTENANCE In The beginning, The aircraTT mainTenance division, V-2, was known as CASD, Carrier AircraTT Service Divi- sion. IT has iTs origin and Training aT Three separaTe Train- ing cenTers on The EasT CoasT: QuonseT PoinT, R.l., AT- lanTic CiTy and Wildwood, N. J. IT was Tinally broughT TogeTher as a compleTe uniT aT Oceana, Virginia, where iT's TirsT maior responsibiliTy-Tor The mainTenance of bombers, Torpedo, and TighTer planes which were There and later To be broughT To The ship, when she sailed. We sailed Tor Trinidad-TwisTing and piTching off Cape HaTTeras, liTTle realizing how much was To happen and how long iT'd be before we'd come by There again. As soon as we reached The Carribean, TIighT operaTions commenced and wiTh iT, our real work. For our primary duTy on The Randolph was To nursemaid and docTor a loT of sTubborn planes ThaT seemed To develop every pos- sible Trouble known, and many ThaT were unknown. There were Times when one suspecTed There were some people aboard who TelT ThaT aircraTT mainTenance could be done by The pixies and gremIins , and ThaT V-2 was a very handy coolie force To be used Tor every oTher kind of work. In spiTe oT many having To sleep on The hangar deck or any convenienT corner, working parTies, field days, long Tedious chow lines-in spiTe of all ThaT, and more, The work was done. DelicaTe insTrumenTs, heavy can- Tankerous engines, obsTinaTe radar, whole wing sTrucTures -creaTed problems. NighT check crews would sTruggle To geT a dawn hop ready, only To have iT cancelled or To Tind-a propellor had chewed up The eIevaTors oT a couple planes. Shakedown isn'T an adequaTe w-ord Tor ThaT period of Trial and sTruggle, buT iT paid off. We Tound ways of doing Things aImosT incredible. We heckled and ThreaTened and screamed and even wenT down on our knees To beg. In The end, we goT The dive bombers spoTTed so The wings could be spread Tor adiusTmenTsg we goT The plane handlers indocTrinaTed inTo The reaIizaTion ThaT eIevaTors and sTabiIizers have no known immuniTy To a whirling propeller: we managed To convince one and all ThaT Those Things hanging on The planes were fragile parTs of radar equipmenTg and ThaT TracTors COULD be driven inTo Them buT ThaT iT didn'T help The radar any. To do The iob more eFl'icienTly, we spliT The division inTo Tour separaTe uniT divisions, V2F, VZE, V2M, and V255 each oT which has a separaTe TuncTion. The plane capTains in V2F had To manage The impos- sible and do everyThing buT sleep in Their planes. They were The TirsT ones up and The lasT ones To Turn in. Dur- ing The I8 hours or so in beTween, They had To Try To Tind Time Tor chow and a smoke or Two and sTill man all planes aT all Times. No sooner would a plane capTain hop ouT of his plane To go Tor a drink Than There'd be a howl oT rage from someone on The fIigh+ deck because a plane wasn'T manned. And, more Than ThaT, iT was The Things he didn'T do ThaT he was blamed Tor, Too. IT The gassing crews were forward when They should have been aTT, iT was obviously a plane capTain aT TaulTg if The radio gang leTT a puTT-puTT in The middle oT The TlighT deck, Then The only possible culpriT was a plane capTain: if a Talker's phones wouldn'T work, if a plane wouldn'T Turn up, if anyThing wenT wrong There could be only one reason Tor L.-11585 ,.,..w-: . if-some plane capfain musf have been around. Final insulf was added fo repeafed iniury when our mascof Randy , who wasn'+ quife shipbroken yef, made a mis- 'rake on fhe flighf deck and someone yelled for a plane capfain. The job of mainfaining fhe plane's elecfronic equip- menf fell fo VZE, fhe aviafion elecfronics unif. They had fo confend wifh all sorfs of froubles. There were 'rhe planes fhemselves all iammed wifh infricafe insfrumenfs, elecfrical equipmenf, cables, dynamofers, radios, genera- fors, iuncfion boxes, radar sefs and everyfhing else ever dreamed of. The whole ouffif had fo sfruggle on a fwenfy-four hour basis during combaf fo keep fhe planes in repair. Offen delicafe radio and radar equipmenf had fo be changed in fhe dark and many fimes sha'Hered anfennas had fo be replaced wifh only seconds fo spare for pre-dawn fake-offs. The insfrumenf men were always racing againsf fime wifh gas gauges, insfrumenf panels, remofe compasses, efc. Buf plane mainfenance was fhe easy side of fhe iob. The elecfricians were always being called ouf for weak bafieries which fhey righfeously poinfed ouf was fhe faulf of eifher fhe radio gang or, mosf likely, fhe plane capfains. Their hours were long and fheir work fedious, buf fhey came fhrough. The grease monkeys of V-2 were fhe men of VZM. They called fhemselves coolies. and sweafed fhrough fhe changing of engines, wings, landing gear, propellors and almosf everyfhing else conceivable. There were fwo .V -K T is , .. J. I A sta. J' I fe i I 7 Q sx,Kn,4- -q . .Q 0 J, kinds-'rhe nighf and fhe day coolies. Nafurally each infained if had fhe heaviesf volume of work and was fhe mosf imporfanf facfor, in keeping up fhe availabilify of fhe planes. Thaf argumenf has never been group ma seffled. A The V-25 division has a whole group of rafes in if: mefalsmifhs, parachufe riggers, oxygen shop men, and painfers. They offen were considered by fhe misguided as fhe hobby shop division . In facf, a moffo of fhe division was when beffer bracelefs, wafch-bands, and picfure frames are made, we will make fhem-we also do aircraff work . On shakedown fhe mefal shop builf lock- ers, l40 of fhem, did welding for everyone from fhe mess cooks fo fhe Capfain and only incidenfally worked on aircraff. Since shakedown, fhe proporfion of job orders shiffed foward fhe aircraff side, buf fhere is sfill an irresisfable urge on fhe parf of all and sundry fo call on V-2-S fo do some odd iob or ofher. The painfers are always called on for somefhing-since PAINTING SOMETHING is an old Navy cusfom. The mefalsmifhs learned fo pafch al- mosf any kind of flak hole and could be seen af fimes, squaffing down on fhe hangar deck rivefing on a pafch. There was one iob fhaf was parficularly pleasanf-fhaf of painfing Japanese flags on fhe plane's fuselages. V-4-F Any sfory abouf fhe V4F lGassingl unif should sfarl wifh a series of confradicfory orders and a lof of con- fusion. Nof fhaf Messrs. ROUGH and KERR ran fheir ouffif fhaf way, buf iusf fo make fhe unif feel af home. Air Plo'r would say, Pu'r I0 fighfers on fhe Hangar Deck and degas fhem. Bring up five of fhose fighfers 'rhaf iusf wenf down and gas fhem. Puf gas in fhe belly fanks buf nof in fhe wing 'ianks of 'lhe bombers. There is a nighf fighfer on fhe cafapulf wifhouf any gas. And fhen, Belay fhaf lasf word. Thus when on an average sfrike day, fhe Gassing defail fakes a slick fasf moving ouffif fo keep up wifh fhe consfanfly changing facfical sifuafion and V4F has learned how fhe hard way. When 'rhe gassing defail was finally assembled many monfhs ago fhere were very few who had acfually seen a bigfime carrier operafe. The shakedown cured 'l'ha'l', and made fhem a lof of enemies besides. Thai blankefy- blank-blank sysfem had more blank-blank leaks fhan a fish ne+ , said Bowers. We would puf fhe smoking lamp ouf abouf fwenfy fimes a day while we hunfed for leaks. Hunfing leaks and holding a meefing every day in Aircraff Confrol faughf fhe lads a lof, and by fhe fime fhe shakedown was over and fhe RANDOLPH sfarfed on her way fowards fhe combaf area fhe unif knew ifS sfuff and had developed characfer and an esprif de corps' 'l'ha'l' sfill marks if. V-4 -A Half of fhe crew of ordnanceman came aboard shorfly affer fhe Commissioning Ceremonies fo augmenf fhe iwelve man Crew 'lhen aboard, forming fhe V4A division. They were capably lead by ushakedgwnn Cherry, an ex- Pefi' lon Shalledvwnsi. Then, affer a shor'l' bay cruise. came fhe big day. The Leading Chief came aboard wifh fhe resf of fhe crew. The ship shoved off on her shake down. Things looked preffy black for awhile buf fhe experf 'fechnical knowledge of Gunner Reade pulled us fhrough. Wifh long hours of hard work fhe division developed info efficienf, smoofh working feams. During fhe firsf week of April, we sfarfed a 57 day operafion, which found mosf ordnancemen working a 25 hour day . . . Wifh one day's resf ouf of five, during which, we replenished from an ammo ship . Due fo fransfers and advancemenfs, we found our- selves long on firsf class AOM's and shorf on chiefs, so Buck Rogers Branum and Jackie Liffle Napoleon La- Vine gof fhe call. The chiefs are sfill shorf. One of fhe general service chiefs, affer seeing Cufie LaVine, wav- ing his curly locks, said, This ioinf looks more like high school every day . The raids on Tokyo and Okinawa, plus a 30 day sfay in Leyfe, we survived, buf fhis peace wifh cleaningup, painfing, passengers, wafer rafioning, inspecfions . . . well, peace, if's wonderful. BOMB SUPPLY DUDS Two decks below fhe hanger deck, in fhe forward parf of fhe ship, was Chief Gunner Reade's mob, beffer known as Bomb Suply. Tom Egan, a Vermonf boy was firsf class in charge. His liflle assisfanf, who did mosf of fhe whip cracking, was Bob Ulrich from Lebanon, Pa. Also from Lebanon was Bob Hiesey known for fhe way he conserved his energy fill mail call and fhen broke all exisfing frack rec- ords. Jerry Honey Boy Janik also a mail hound, de- vofed all of his energy fo wrifinq. We're all beffing Jeanne gave plenfy fo fhe scrap paper drive. Mosf of fhe noise in Bomb Supply originafed from Jose The Voice Alvarez, buf when if came fo real qualify of fhe vocal cords, we furned fo Russell B. Kelley who is a definife fhreaf fo Rudy Vallee. Every division on every ship or sfafion of fhe U. S. Navy seems fo have af leasf one man who comes from Brooklyn and Bomb Supply is no excepfion. This man's fheme song is My Blue Heaven and his name is Paul Weenie Wiener. Our champion rockef liffer is Frank Sfrong Man Ambrose buf he excels in his hobby which is african golf . Vernon Nyby who spenf his early days in Bomb Supply looking for an armor piercing bomb has earned fhe fifle of No Favor Man . Along fhe same line is our fufure polifician, Roberf Sfub Sfubler. He has decided fo become a congressman before fhe nexf war and says, By gym, we'll draff fhe married men firsf nexf fime . He fold Mark Horizonfal Gibbon all abouf if while Gibbon was in sick bay having fhe maffress cuf off his back. We pause now for a requesf from Carl Nose Bradford. He asks fhaf fhe girls call him Brad , if sounds more romanfic. lncidenfly, fhis boy is fhe only man who can fake a shower and smoke a cigareffe af fhe same fime. From Texas we have Sidney Cookie Cook and R. W. Tex Crider. They are bofh horsemen from way 'Si '- 5 Y Epi La A D. f E 1 WY , fs l If .. 3 I, 1 , 1 e .N af' rf R . 1 l I A' , i I . i '-w xv- 'I 5, 1 I Q 1 I 5' 9' V viii-NT f'f'g ' 'H ' . , . .. . -- N... U HH-lL:Lh.1,4 I 5 1 i I r 'U .,, ' 991' V 1 , Y-. Q , 0:75, I' Uftfff .WMI ,Q . 'wx ' 31' x an W M U --A.. V if 'Z .. , M V1 fe' ,I If -iQ1.t M,2,gsW, .. Q . 1 v .,-A A .. , , ,Q ,Au x if I , :- ,,,.JIf' 2,-sv ' fn X ..f. ,-if , rl., fm f' L.: yr' ,f ,- ,r ,r I 1 ,A A U ' 1 Airy 'Hn a , rr - r I V-1 . ,V K Ml- 'V 1 'V ' Q Q'-' ' ' f'k.v?'- P . , , Y . f I . L , hw I ,rr , b Q, K 4 4, , W m 2 . 5: . ' x b f I , A r l Y 1 25 i 2 f , Q f back buf unforfunafely fhey were forced fo give up fheir six shoofers for .50 cal. machine guns.' When fhey de- cided fo refire from acfive dul'y, fhey fransferred fo Bomb Supply. If you are a lover of mounfain music, look for Eff Forresfer. His rendifions will live forever in fhe hearfs of his shipmafes. Nick Bama Boy Nichols, referred fo as fhe sweel' liffle boy on liberfy, fhinks, lf a man is old enough lo ligh+ for his counfry, he's old enough 'ro buy beer . Willie Double Ches+ed Layporl' sfill sweafs when he fhinks of 'rhe bomb he dropped down No. 2 bomb elevafor. Johnny Johnson lswede, huh7l yearns for fhe day when fhe regulars will again reign in fhe navy. Bus+er Keafon U.S.N.R. yearns for fhaf day foo. Low poinfs, Busfer? TORPEDO GANG Chief Torpedoman C. E. Mann losf liffle fime in shap- ing his Torpedo Gang . Clarence's Boys , proved 'Themselves in fhe record books, when fhey made fheir exercise shofs al' Trinidad during fhe shakedown cruise. We did have quife a few confrasfing personalifies. Our crap oul' arfisf Squirrel Yselfon and Make-mine- shrimp Kelly made a 'leam in spife of differences. Talk- afive Abe Henderson always found Middy Middle- 'ron a good lisfener. Toas'ry Lakeman and lpse Hayes always managed fo make liberfy in Toas+y's clofhes. When fhings gol' foo dull Radar Hillebrand and Don Hodge would fell of fheir Kansas Cify haunfs. Weasel Dean ran fhe dafe bureau in Norfolk wifh Chief Flem- ing's enfhusiasfic supporf. Corky Cordell's argumenfs were always hofly con- lesfed by McNelly wifh his heavy down easl' accenl '. SNAFU Longcor confinued fo mainfain a crew's lounge in fhe sfabilizer sfowage fhroughouf fhe cruise. Two lif- fle men boarded fhe Randy one refueling day and gave us cause fo lower lhe shaving mirror considerably. The new arrivals were Bendix Pierson and LiHle Alvie Debauche. Chief Mergl leff us in Frisco affer 26 years in fhe service, and Chief Ramsey leff us in fhe Philippines. lf was aboul' fhis fime fhaf Ens. Efhridge became Torpedo Officer. The gang didn'l' always work on Fish . Our rockefeer spenf many mornings arming planes for fhose raids on Tokyo and Okinawa. ll' wasn'l' all work, every- one pul' in some fime around fhe ice pol' fanning 'rhe breeze. MEET THE PHOTOGRAPHERS Everyone loves a Phofographerf' To prove fhis, iusl' wafch wha? happens when any individual poinfs a camera al' some nondescripf gizmo for pure amusemenf, or pos- sibly sfricfly business. There is always af leasf one by- sfander ready fo help oul' by adding his cherubic kisser fo fhe already unfavorable composifion. Brofher, fry and sfop 'eml The purpose of fhese pages is fo show wifhoul' fear, favor, or folderol, fhe Randolph phofographic corps af work, al' play or iusl' generally furfhering fhe cause of cumshaw. ll' isn'+ fhe purpose of 'lhis skefch fo make heroes of our lads-in frufh we're iusl' a commonplace lof of characfers fhrown fogefher by selecfive service, wifh a few holdover mainfenance men of fhe regular peace-fime Navy mixed info an ofherwise civilian enfer- prise. No greafer confingenf of green-horns ever puf fo sea o na war-cruise, or, by fhe grace of God and our gunners, came back fo bore fufure generafions wifh when we were off Kyushu . . . Since one picfure is worfh fen fhousand words, and, since fhis volume confains fhe collecfive efforfs of our phofographers, if's hardly necessary fo speak of picfures in fhese paragraphs, so lef's meef fhe Phofographers. Our Phofo Officer, Lf. Richard M. Easy Boy Hough came fo fhe Randolph from Ouonsef Poinf, Hedron 9-l, and did chores around fhe mofion picfure indusfry in Hollywood before fhe war. His famous cigar sfub and hirsufe adornmenf on a sfiff upper lip will always be re- membered. We would have been losf wifhouf The experienced guidance of our Chief Warranf Officer Oscar F. Old Folks Bowe. His sevenfeen years in fhe Navy and a cumshaw finesse aided immeasurably in geH'ing fhings done. Mr. Bowe broughf his experiences from fhe Old Lex. and fhe Bunker Hill fo fhe Randolph giving us one of fhe finesf Phofo Labs in fhe Fleef. Chief William B. Alex Alexander made fhe grade on fhe Randolph as a sea-going phofographer, buf his experience dafes fo an early sfarf in fhe war on a phofo mission fo map Greenland. His war sfory will be wriffen however, as one of fhe green kids on fhe Randolph: fhis being his firsf war cruise. George Raymond Doc Sfraley, fhe demon of fhe Housfon Machine hails from Akron, Ohio. Doc gave up movie processing affer many discouraging miles of flighf deck, and clear film, so he could give his complefe affenfion fo brushing one remaining hair fo fhe back of his head. Well, maybe if was fwo hairs. John B. Jack Taylor wifh or wifhouf picfures is Ufah's chief boosfer. Jack will give eloquenfly on any subiecf af fhe drop of anyone's haf, especially on fhe pofenfial uses of fhe cafapulf. Raymond F. Mike Carmicheal was a crewman af hearfg when nof phofographically occupied, he haunfed ready-rooms of fhe squadron. Nasfy Norris D. Konheim is anyfhing buf a frowsy fellow as The monicker mighf indicafe. Konny was on a music publisher's payroll before geffing greefings , and while fhe voice is sfricfly deep sixg he rafes 4.0 for efforf. The rogues gallery wouldn'f be complefe wifhouf menfioning our Bos'n George Tovarich Cholfye. If was George's job fo gef us ouf of fhe sack in fhe wee hours, buf genfly. lf isn'f frue whaf fhey say abouf bo- suns --George is nice people . C. I. C. RADAR We wonder if all fhe amusing fhings fhaf happened will one day be reflecfed in fhe scopes fo fufure opera- fors, as figures in an open fire. Whaf will fheir reacfions be as fo our reminiscing one day in our spacious racks when our +hough+s go back Po Phose acPiviPies oP Phe boys Prom way down under lPhe radar boys of C.l.C.l Many hecPic waPches were sPood down Phere on Phe sevenPh deck, Pracking our CAP and ASP: noP Po men- Pion Phe many bogeys PhaP were encounPered on our screen. IP seems like a dream now, buP remember Phe announcemenPs over Phe P.A. sysPem, Bogeys on Phe screen, all hands man your baP'Ple sPaPions. All Phis ad- vance inPo, a large PacPor in gePPing Phe boys Po Pheir guns and damage con+rol sPaPions well in advance oP any aPPack was broughP abouP by Phe radar boys. Much praise is due our oPPicers in CombaP who conProlled our planes and direcPed Phem ouP Po Phe area where Phe bogeys were winging in. Remember LPs. Nick Hammond and Tim Mara giving a Hello Red One, Phis is Red base, vec'Por one-eighP- zero liner Over, and old Pop Gnade or Sam Eannace a'P Pheir GQ sPaPion keeping all Phe red hoP daPa righP up Phere on Pheir sPaPus board. lP's a good Phing Pop and Sam did wear radio phones 'cause me Phinks LP. Tex GranP had a Pin ear aP Pimes 'cause he always used Po yell, WhaP Phe hell did he say? and Phe boys were righP Phere wiPh, Tallyho, Pwo Zekes angels low. Bud Maher, Barry, Ford and Nobby and Ken Shugar had Pheir rugged momenPs when in Phe middle of an inPercepP iob, LP. Bob ScoPP or ScoP'Py would call Por a check on PargeP so and so, and iusP as one of Phe aforesaid would comply wifh ScoPPy's requesf, LP. Tim Mara would boom ouP wiPh, KEEP THAT ANTENNA ROTATlNG. lWoe is Phe life of a radar operaPor.l Same goes Por Blackie Bargardo, L. T. Jones, Glen Laney and Honus Wagner our sharp operaPors who while Pracking a Zeke or a BePPy aP high alPiPude would suddenly gel' a call from Big Dealer Tom Di Nucci or Oinie Rosenbaum in Flag PloP Por a quick range and bearing on Task Force 38.l, or Phe Bridge demanding an immediaie range and bearing on Phe guide, inspired no doubP by our boy T. D. Jones. Remember Phe Pive parPy line on Phe JS CircuiPg Mickey Maib aP CombaP aPP calling Flag Por Phe PleeP disposiPion, Charlie Joy aP CombaP Porward sending up a Pix on PP. Bolo, SPud Daly or Mike Ouirk calling Prom Bridge abouP how many planes we have in raid Pour. Plus Ad- miral Jerry Bogan's righP-hand man PuPPy wanPing Po know if we had senP ouP inPercepP planes. GreaP iob Phis was Prying Po keep one's equilibrium sPable when wiPh all Phis going on, some guy like Ed SporP Reed would Phrow in a liPPle oP his laPesP scoop. V-I-D DIVISION V-I-D Division is Phe Randolph's code name Por Phe fiighP deck handling crews, or as organizaPion book has iP: The physical handling oP all aircraPP on Phe PlighP deck. The words physical handling doesn'P Pell Phe whole sPory, iP should say, Phe physical and menPal handling, Por Phe process of gePPing Phe righP plane in Phe righP place, aP Phe righP Pime is as complex as a game oP chess, and requires Phe uPmosP in organizaPion skill and planning. - ,2:1-f-f- if, 96 -- 34139, ,,,-QS' We offen wondered if our crews approached This poinf of perfecfion. They did, and even befler. Admiral Bogan, our TG commander's commenf on wafching fhem launch aircraff was: Slow down 'lhaf launch. When asked if fhere was anyfhing wrong, his reply was: No, i'l s iusl' foo damn fast Which is abouf as nice a complimenf as 'lhe Navy gives. Along wifh work, fhere were many hours of play and V-l-D was no excepfion. There is Airdale A.A. Slfc who combines play wifh work or makes all work play even while pulling checks on a big launch: if's fhe spirif 'lhaf goes a long way foward winning a war. The headquarfers of our eighf hundred odd feef of Randolph Field is lisfed officially as Fligh+ Deck Con- frol, and is presided over by L+. Madden, fhe flighf deck officer-unofficially if is known as Madden's Casino, and 'rhe presiding officer should have been Hoffoof Madden, if he had sfuck fo 'rhe feef, buf siffing on a lighfed cigareffe-buff changes your viewpoinf as well as fhe posifion. Q' 1 K. .NL -v ' kg V-I-D had ifs fun and characfers, buf il' delivered fhe goods: 'rheir iob can be likened fo +he 'rackle who opens 'lhe holes for fhe quarferback in a foofball game. lf was in fhe nasfy days of 'lhe firsf Tokyo raids: 'lhe deck was wef and slick making foofing very uncerfaing fhe whirling props of scores of fiighl'-ready parked planes added 'lo fhe hazards: vef fhe deck crews soaked and freezing sfruggled wilh 'lhe elemenfs and confinued fheir fasks among 'lhe planes. Frequen-Hy a man would gef blasfed by 'lhe slip-sfream, lose his foofing and go rolling beneafh fhe planes. There were many close shaves fhal' day, buf every man picked himself up and refurned 'lo finish his iob of geffing fhe planes away. A navy pilof noi' scheduled fo fly fhaf hop was wafch- ing from fhe shelfer of fIigh+ deck confrol. He shook his head and remarked fo one of fhe men, There are none bravery I wouldn'l' gef ouf on 'lhaf fligh+ deck for all fhe money in 'lhe world. When fhe quarferback admils fhe fackle is good . . . well! .xq BJ .iv , ', xv. G U-fe f ,Q ' 1 R 5 Q51 ,, l -5 ?T.'tR 3-7' .... ' -'14 ,513 hx I iv. ., 1 I R U 1- Gb ,W-wil 3-In Q wr X 'S V 45 COMMUNICATIONS DEPARTMENT The day arrived for +he commissioning of our ship when +he Boo+s 'From Newpor+ me+ +he Sal+s from Newpor+ News. Oc+ober 9, I944 was a big day in our lives. The men wen+ up +he gangway +o se+ +oo+ on +he deck of +heir +irs+ ship in many ins+ances, +o be ably welcomed and shown around by +hose who had seen i+ grow in i+s las+ s+ages. I+ was a crys+alized depar+- men+. L+. Commander Gallery was +he communica+ions oF+icer wi+h L+. Cohen as his assis+an+. L+. Hann wi+h Ensign S+evens had charge o+ K-l, +he radio gang. L+. Campbell and Ensign Krumm had charge of K-2, +he signal gang. The Yeoman, Mailmen, and Prin+ers were under L+. Reynolds and Ensign S+. Lawrence. L+. Beam and Ensign Gonzalez had charge of +he Pub Locker . Ensign Summers was assis+an+ censor. I+ was an organiza+ion wi+h bu+ 'few of i+s complemen+ familiar wi+h Carrier Communica+ions. The Communica+ions Depar+men+ +unc+ioned well from i+s incep+ion as +he men had been +rained in A+lan+ic procedure and opera+ion. Before +he ship le++ on i+s Chesapeake Bay +rial runs, mos+ 0+ +he men had an ample oppor+uni+y +o become acquain+ed wi+h +he com- par+men+s of ber+hing and messing and opera+ing. I+ may have been a green crew +ha+ s+ood ou+ in+o +he Chesapeake Bay area, bu+ wha+ +hey lacked in ex- perience +hey more +han made up in diligence and zeal and +he weeks spen+ +herein proved +he +ellows had wha+ i+ +akes . Adap+a+ions from previous +ype ships and shore class rooms +o carrier requiremen+s were credi+ably made. Vi i True fhere were obsfacles and difficulfies, buf by fhe fime fhe ship was ready for ifs shakedown cruise, Fox Broadcasfs were no longer feared by fhe newesf novice, nor were fhe flag hoisfs and flashing lighf fheir nemesis. The Posf Office was doing a land office busi- ness as any censor will affesf. The prinf shop was finally emerging from under ifs deluge of prinfers lice and priorify orders. The Yeoman really felf fhe cuf of fhe swafh, for fhey were placed in various deparfmenfs of fhe ship and bid our deparfmenf adieu . Having puf fhe frial run under fheir belfs, fhe men sef ouf for fheir shakedown cruise wifh a greaf degree of eagerness. The gear had been fesfed, fhe men drilled in fheir dufies, and fhe whole deparfmenf looked forward fo seeing fhe air group come aboard. All hands fook a glance af Norfolk before if slid from view, liffle knowing fhaf if would be beffer fhan a year before fhey would see if again. Many fellows began fo dream of fhe girls waifing for fhem fo refurn as fhey lay fhere under fhe balmy sfarlif heaven af Trinidad. Nafurally fhe posf office worked overfime carrying fhose romanfic fhoughfs home. Presenfs were boughf for Chrisfmas and a couple of beer parfies were held. A fesfive mood reigned befween operafions. Then came fhe blow. Feverish acfivify began. Transfer of personnel fook place. Sfores were loaded: fuel faken on. Communicafors became fhe mosf soughf affer group aboard fhe ship. Silence reigned supreme. The crew saw fhe Tokyo-express liff anchor and sail. Soon we were under way. Scuffle ran fhe gamuf. All ears were funed fo fhe familiar announcemenf, This is k '. ,L ., f ,la W r. ,QQ A .,.. fs ., mo- w in 3-,, fhe Capfain speaking. Finally if came, We are on our way fo fhe Panama Canal. No words could have been worse. Hopes of leave were crushed. lf was a mighfy low-feeling group. , Buf communicafions musf go on. Overnighf all Aflan- fic procedures and pracfices had fo be scrapped, for we ' 1 11 Wh i s-if enlered lhe Pacihc. Here lhey played ball lor keeps. New procedures had lo be adopled. Radio operalors benl lo lheir lasks lor lhe increased speed required more concenlralion. Finally il was learned lhe Randy was going lo l'lunler's Poinl, where lhe men were given six days leave. Parlies were held al lhe Palace Holel in lf af, if 'x chi!- va ly San Francisco. Bul Chrislmas had been spenl al sea and lhe holiday season couldn'l be reaclivaled by spirils lrumenlif' Somelhing grim lay ahead. ...,. . .. The Golden Gale laded lrom view and lhe vasl Pacific loomed in lronl. By lhis lime all hands knew lhe busi- ness lor which lhe crew had been lrained was soon lo be enlered. Each day lound lhe going lougher. Trallic became heavier and lhe men had lo keep on lheir loes. Copying became more dillicull wilh lhe increased speed and slalic. GQ began lo lake on meaning. This waS nol praclice, lhis was il. By lhe lime Pearl Harbor was reached, lhe signal gang was in good shape due lo lhe experienced hand ol Mr. Campbell. Messrs. Camp- bell, Hann and Slevens were lhe only ollicers aboard wilh Pacific experience, so lhey look lhe coding board in hand. Aller a shorl slay al Pearl, lhe Randy moved oul +0 keep a rendezvous wilh lhe lamous Task Force 58. ll W65 lo receive a momenlous inilialion inlo lhe big league' The ollicers were galhered logelher in lhe coding Nom by Mr. Gallery who inlormed lhem lhal lhe ship would 'fake parl in lhe lirsl carrier raid on Tokyo! Jusl lour monlhs and seven days lrom lhe day ol commissionin9' lhe ship was lo lake an aclive parl in lhe waf- The morning ol lhe allack came. All hands were Bi Their baTTle sTaTions. Gas masks, baTTle gear and helmeTs were handy. The aTTack was made. The 'righf feeling around The ThroaT leTT, buT The Tenseness of nerves re- mained. The long hours caused The men To curl up and grab a few winks in The oddesT places. India rubber men could never duplicaTe such conTours. Ask Sack Faulks how he did iT. The operaTion of The firsT and second Tokyo raids and Iwo Jima found The members of The communicaTions deparTmenT willing and able To meeT any exigency. March Tound The Randy back in UliThi, preparing For The nexT operaTion. BuT here Tragedy sTruck when a Jap Kamikaze hiT us. Doucharme and Whipple were wounded and received The Purple HearT. The deparTmenT suffered greaT maTerial damage. Radio lll and V were compleTely desTroyed and one of our Two remaining masTs was Torn off. The eTTiciency of The equipmenT was impaired by 40 O 0 per cenT. The Technicians under Messrs. Hann, STevens, and HursT came Through wiTh flying colors. OperaTions were Taken parT in and mainTained in spiTe of The I T oss o equipmenT. This same period saw Admiral Began and his sTaTT coming aboard To use The Ran- dolph as The Tiag ship. This addiTional load on com- municaTions was Taken in sTride wiThouT undue sTrain in spiTe of The TacT ThaT only 60 per cenT of our equipmenT remained. The Okinawa campaign Tound The deparTmenT sorely pressed. The long hours aT GQ , The TacT The men sTood a waTch in Three and a gun waTch in addifion TogeTher wiTh The depleTed condiTion oT The equipmenT caused The deparTmenT much concern. The men sTood up under These hardships remarkably well. BuT The com- ing aboard of Admiral MiTscher placed an unprece- denTed load of 300 per cenT upon The ship's radio Trans- miTTers which had been reduced To 60 per cenT of The normal allowance. Over 20,000 groups of code were broken daily and as high as l83 visual dispaTches senT and received. IT was only by judicious use and exercise of ingenuiTy and Technical skills, personnel and remain- ing equipmenT ThaT This load was able To be absorbed and assimilaTed. AT no Time did The services of The com- municaTion deparTmenT Tail The Two flags. Truly, The inexperienced green crew of The Chesapeake Bay had come a long way. The deparTmenT had proved iTs righT To The well dones besTow by The flags. AT LeyTe The men seTTled down To a well deserved resT. BuT here again Tragedy sTalked. The sTaTemenT TasTened To The signal bridge bulkhead pressed home The TruTh. A P-38 hiT The ship. Two of our shipmaTes, Vallor and Trappe, losT Their lives, and Segro was TaTally 3 if ,. -we s s burned. Syzmanslci and Keene were seriously burned, This was a horrible blow. Again fhe ship sef ou'l'. This proved fo be our lag warfime cruise. Sevenfy-six days af sea under warfime condifions off fhe coasf of Japan never once found fhe members of fhe deparfmenf napping. ln spife of a de. plefed crew, sorely overfaxed equipmenf, and long hours on dufy, fhe deparfmenf afforded consfanf and con. finuous communicafions. The men had been excellenf and devofed in fheir worlcg fhey were qualified in every respecf. The officers had been fhoroughly frained and qualified. ln facf fhe deparfmenf had shown ifs worfh. lfs warfime record sfands as a glowing credif. There were ofher services rendered by fhe deparf- menf fhaf are worfhy of credif. The Dawn Aler+ , lafer named fhe Sea-V News , was published daily even fhough in warfime condifions. The fremendous volume of money order business done by fhe posf office under Lf. Kinney and posfal clerln Ryan and his cohorfs, is fhe envy of fhe fleef. Hense's space saving mail rack is being copied by fhe fleef. The prinf shop produced a picforial series of papers fhaf give a record of our cruises and will be lcepf as memenfos. Our deparf- menf has confribufed much fo fhe welfare and morale of fhe ship: Marfine fafhered fhe carfoon Randy and ofhers fool: an acfive parf in fhe acfivifies of fhe ship, an example of which is fhe facf fhaf K-I won fhe bond selling confesf. When fhe men refurn fo civilian life fhey can be proud of fheir warfime record. Cerfain memories and anecdofes may sfand ouf, such as: Gerolsfein's musical accompanimenfs in fhe prinf shop: Lilly Dache's haf sfyles as worn by Tessagliag fhe fales of Marner, Wyllis and Tumosa abouf Japan: Panzer's cigars: and fhe re- sourcefulness of Boofhe af finding food and painf. To fhe men of fhe communicafions deparfmenf, you have deserved a well done. ', W, ,if ' 1 l '-:E D -1'-' iiglhi , 3 ' ' -in I-. ir- if 'ii I 1, 1 T in 1 an-In XS. 5 of 'ERS X X Y v s ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT The Engineering DeparTmenT commenced iTs organiza- Tion and Training aT The precommissioning cenTer in New- porT, Rhode Island, and laTer aT The shipbuilding yard in NewporT News, Virginia. Several weelcs in advance of The remainder of ships company, The engineering personnel were senT To The NewporT News shipbuilding yard where The Randolph was being fiTTed ouT, To allow The officers and men an opporTuniTy To become familiar wiTh The inTricaTe engi- neering planT, and To seT up The necessary organizaTion for running iT. The engineering compIemenT aT commissioning was approximafely five hundred men, of These abouT 80 per cenT were green and inexperienced. IT was only Through numerous insTrucTion periods and Tours of The pIanT headed by The old Timers, and hard worlc and sTudy by The new hands ThaT The deparTmenT was able To Take over wiTh no sTrain. Long hours were spenT by all hands in sfudying The planf, delving inTo machinery prinTs and insTrucTion books, and worlcing on deparf- menTal organizafions. The officer organizaTion on board for commissioning was: Engineering Officer, E. W. Wolfenberger, Com mander, USNRg AssisTanT Engineering Officer, J. M. I-lill, - i , L V K ol Lt 'li .x 0 . fl A far, f. J. O 'PS l U. Q I Q X- 4 9 .96 u 4- . '?5 BE' ,fy E 22? 1 V .-.. ,RM - Q I 1 . 5 --. 'iv X X 2'-li gg! Y . CAF.. X, 1- 45 N 7. - 5, 4 t an 'X .. 'v X W MA X K v Sl f x . .'v . ' 5 . ' ' ,,.r' ',v' M . . sx '.!'9 A . u . I. I X 1 f I , H Nita 3 Q QQ. Lil ' 1 X f . V, A 2 ,f it Ns.. u I .N 4 . ' ? .., , hiv Q. .rv .J I K Q 1 , .Te x , 'wx .H N l H u 1 4 i w 4 I 5 x , 3 E Y w I F , 1 A My ,-- Q ...vi fr nbggiil ,K fx S' J g gl Affer lhe shalcedown +he ship was given a brief navy yard period af Hun+er's Poinl in San Francisco. During fhis period fhe Engineering Deparimeni' caughi up on i+s machinery upkeep and overhaul worlc. Prior fo leaving San Francisco, Comdr. Wolienberger was relieved as Engineering Ofiliicer by Comdr. F. M. Larson, who had previously served on 'lhe ba'l'+leship Iowa as Assis+an+ Engineering Officer. As relaled in more de+ail in fhe ship's hislory, fhe Randolph wenl c.lirec+ fo 'rhe war zone from San Fran- cisco, wilh bul' a for'l'y-eighl' hour slop al Pearl Harbor. Throughoul +he ensuing operaiions fhe Engineering De- parfmenl operaled eFFicien+ly and el'iec+ively. A+ no 'lime were ihey unable +o give lhe speed and power called for by l'he Taslc Force Commander or fhe Com- manding Officer. Alihough on occasions I+ was necessary 'ro secure a boiler for minor repairs The B division was able fo lceep up lhe required sfeam pressure and ,., ?1tun.gs ' gl. sup 1' ' uv- 'ho---iz.- 231, --+ Q -fb., -Q .--., sax, .-9 a 'xg femperalure. The efficienl worlc of 'rhe fuel oil and feed wafer delails prevenfed any reducfion in power due fo f .af iff! xi loss of fuel oil or feed wafer sucfion. The M division ran fhe main engines wifhouf serious mishap, alfhough af ' f' uousl for fiffy, sixfy fimes fhe ship was underway con in y days or more. The E division did excellenl' work in mainfaining ship's lighf and power, felephone sysfem. d all elecfrical ' ferior communicafive equipmenf, an in apparafus. The A division also worked many hard hours in operafing and keeping up ifs auxiliary machin- k ll fhe hich include' The evaporafors fhal' ma e a ery w . wafer used aboard ship, fhe ice machines, sfeering gear, elevafor machinery, emergency Diesel generafors, ma- O I I I d chine shop equipmen deck machinery. During s'rrike days, fhe engin if ouf below deck, due nof only fo fhe hof engineering buf also fo fhe suspense of waifing and nof know- spaces, ing iusf whaf was happening fopside. More fhan once fhe word would go ouf over fhe P.A. sysfem, Bogies al' fwenfy miles. A few minufes lafer if would be, Bogies h f fen miles Then for one reason or anofher l' e an- a . nouncer would be called away from fhe speaker and no come in concerning fhe ap- f, air condihomng machinery, an eers liferally sweafed more informafion would proach Bogies. Affer minufes of waifing anyone on fhe engineering felephone circuif was likely fo hear a fense ' mark Well where in h - - - are fhe bogies now? voice re , Credif should be given fo Smokie , fhe smoke weigh who, from his sfafion fopsi fs of vifal concern such as reporfing de, could keep fhe men below informed of even enemy planes, making crash landings, or ofher even-tg fhaf we never gof fo see. On VJ Day fhe engine . Since commissioning dafe fen mam-hs ers could really fake pride on a job well done ' fhe ship had been propelled over approxi- previous, mafely 90,000 naufical miles, almosf equal fo 4 fimeg around fhe world! lf is wifh deep regre b ded wifh a nofe of sadness. On fhe refurn frip fo e en 'fhe Unifed Sfafes from fhe war zone, Comdr. Fred M. Officer, was faken ill wifh pneu. 1' fhaf fhis brief narrafive musf Larson, fhe Engineering monia. On Ocfober I3, l945, fhe enfire ship was shocked and saddened fo learn fhaf he had passed on. Comdr. Larson was a loyal and inspiring Naval officer. For his meriforious service as Engineer Officer, he was awarded fhe Bronze Sfar Medal. His family and friends ' ' ' ' f his can indeed remember wlfh pride his loyal service or Navy and his counfry. 'AX T513- 'Y-4. i 54-v . x ' l 3 L .PHE 1 E- 1 -,, , 1-', . 2' fd- 1 fir Y lub I ik L 1955. 0 -f ,iw S f' fs GUNNERY DEPARTMENT Everybody was unhappy a+ Newporl, harrassed by an endless rouline of processing , drills, muslers, happy hours , classes, chils, divisional reassignmenls, saluling, and a+'l'emp+s 'ro find somefhing inleresling 'lo do on liber+y. Bur in every one of Those bolhersome ifems we were learning 'ro be sailors. Ou'r of 'l'he bewildering mass of brand-new bools, survivors, and ve'l'erans of a hundred kinds of duly, moslly on shore, 'lhere emerged 'Phe ouflines of deparimenls and divisions. One faint, skelch in parlicular began 'lo look like The embryo of an anfi-aircrafl ballery. Loading drill for lhe 5 38 men, ma'l'hema'lics for fireconlrolmen, shooling a+ Price's Neck for auiomafic weapon crews, and seamanship, from square knofs fo paravane rigging for everyone-all fhis we endured, siudied, and more or less absorbed. On Sepfember lb, 'rhere shoved off, in a hurry +ha+ was nol' as snafu as il looked, a parfy of l3O men under BM lfc Cogburn lwho always lhoughl a liberly was worlh a ra'l'e any dayl and 8 olilicers, for a 3 weeks' cruise on 'lhe USS Wyom- ing's Floaling 5 school. Aboul lhe same 'lime fhe direclor-compulor leams began 'lhe firecon+rolman's never ending elilori 'ro know as much 'rrigonomelry as 'lheir machines do. Down a+ +he ship +here were fhe people who knew ihe score bes+. Ll. Cdr. Lasall had come from being Fire Con+rol Oliicer of lhe Essex's firsf and 'lhe old York- +own's lasl cruises. Wi+h Chief Bolling and Ens. Sechrisf, bo+h old York+own fireconfrolmen, and wilh Gunners 'LI' Green and Winburg, and some 50 o+her fechnicians, he had spenl' 'lhe summer direcling +he inslallalion of +he --Rand0lPh'5 weapons. Jusl' before commissioning The depar+men+ go+ +o- geiher for fhe firsl' fime. Cap+. Barry, once of +he Guadalcanal Firsi Division, broughi his seagoing Marines aboard. L+. Cdr. Jordan lformerly Ordnance Officer a+ NAS, and now Gunnery Officer of lhe USS Essex l, broughi ihe Wyoming deiail aboard and look over as Assisfani Gunboss and conscience of ihe depar+- ment Few of 'lhe men of fhis defail had ever heard gun- fire when 'ihey boarded The Chesapeake Raider g aboard her +hey learned +heir +rade and gol' +heir firs+ drone and sleeve. They were now +he Firsi, Second, and Third Divisions. Enihusiasm among ihe Newporl' lasi' difchers was low afier Their nighi in +he aisles on The way down, bu'I' L+. Rosen a+ leasi' fell' ihai' his Hrs? view of 'I'he Randy was wor'rh il. Called P T by us for his Mediferranean service, and FlaH'op by his old mos- quifo flee? ma+es, he had shared ihe honor of being our firsl' casually wifh Breauf, 2 I,'c, when a 20mm shell lxx in-Q exploded in a hoT barrel aT Price's Neclc. Two of The Dragon's children, LT. ligls Howe and Messmer, Trom The USS SaraToga, broughT down The 40mm people and The looicouTs llcidnapped by Air DeparTmenT in November and recapTured by Gunnery on January 4l. LT. Herod, ciTed Tor earlier anTi-sub work in The ATlanTic, broughT F Division To Their TirsT Taslc of aligning The baTTery. The TirsT record The Randolph crew broke was on OcTober 3l, when The Gunnery DeparTmenT lwiTh a liTTle aviaTion ordnance helpi, lowered The normal 4 day am- muniTion loading period To 36 hours and puT aboard 1400 Tons oT ammuniTion. Cn November 8, The crew of MounT 8, 5 f38 single, MounT CapTain FiTzgerald. GM 3 c, won a Navy E wiTh iTs TirsT Tiring during shori range pracTice. These evenTs illusTraTe The spiriT and The abiliTy of our gunners even before shalcedown. Bay Trials. November 5-I9, included sTrucTural Tiring, sleeve prac- Tices wiTh all weapons, loTs oT Tracking and drills of all sorTs, and seamanship exercises oT all sorTs. F Division had The mosT imporTanT job-calibraTing The baTTeries day and nighT wiTh incessanT bore sighTing, direcTor checking, Tramming, cam cuH'ing, and all The oTher Tiniclcy deTails oT adiusTing Their equipmenT To The mosT perfecl' level of coordinaTion. The proof oT Their pu'l'Ting Olll' was in The shooTing down. Trinidad on The Spanish Main was The TirsT foreign waTer Tor mosT oT us. STill landlubbers mosTly, we lefl' The Virginia Capes, as blue waTer sailors we plowed OUI' TirsT rough seas oTT HaTTeras and dropped The hooll inside The TeeTh of The Dragon in The Gulf oT Paria- There, Three and a half cenTuries ago, Columbus Tirsf saw The American conTinenT and called iT The Garden of Eden. We noTiced a Tew changes Trom ThaT Time. The Firsf and Second Divisions gol' plenfy of anchor- ing pracfice +here-ai leasi +he Second did affer il' had 90+ ifs porl' anchor in fhe habii' of running. Boa+s, booms, and gangways were shipped and rigged 'Fre- quenfly by 'Phe Fourih and Fifih in fhe Chesapeake and af Pod O'Spain. We were se'H'ling down 'lo our divi- sional deck duiies now. A+ Newporf, R. l., 'lhe ship's organizalion book had forehandedly been wri'H'en far away from acfual chocks and lines, hence every evolu- iion during our firsi' mon'fh underway was a hand-+o- mouih aFiair of assigning differenf divisions 'I'o duiies iusl' before or during lhe job, +rying +o gel' a workable dis- lribuiion. A plan drawn up originally by Reddick, BM of lhe working Second lnow CBMQ, was adopled al' Trini- dad and wilh minor changes has safisfied all hands ever since. Our chief job on shakedown was shooiing, of course. We fired nearly a 'fhousand rounds of 5 inch, nearly eleven ihousand rounds of 40mm, and over 35 lhousand rounds of 2Omm. Much of lhis shooling was al' bursls -sr--S--1 ' Ljf. at A r-V and sleds, so fhe sleeve score is noi significant Bul' lhere were some. Remember December 9? Three sleeves. On lhe 29'rh, il was four sleeves. Allhough fhe Shangri- La beal us all hollow on bond-selling and leave-ge++ing, we did be+'l'er shooling and we never hil' a 'row plane inslead of i+s sleeve. There were a few brighf spois away from work, like ihe Rum and Coca-Cola song and Judd, Cox, iilier- bugging wi+h fhe Calypso beauiy. Up al' Macqueripe in -ul wif' L ' ' l ,.'-f . ' NA ,r ,- . ,4 11301 .M ,,,...nud ,,fP' . he -n If-, A , f wwf' ,t , 'R x .,i A 4 I Z 1 Wir' .kg , Q f Y , Wiif' , x,-M -V--fm: 3 , f ' 1 'Sq N Q, ffl. 'V xxx, ' -5wfji3w -gif? 1 ,f,,,.,y. Q , J xxx i. ' rg A X X ' X. V lj sw .YQ X Xxx .x' I -mf? A I. X ll haw fhe Kimona boys liked fo approach fheir fargefs. To gee fhe gesficulafing hands on a gun deck you mighf have fhoughf our gunners were a bunch of fighfer pilofs ghowing how fhaf nexf Jap was going fo be shof down. Ulifhi, fhe firsf fime, was a speck of green affer fhousands of miles of Pacific blue, a swim on blazing coral beaches, fhen a quick shove off fo fhe Firsf Car- rier Raid on Tokyo. We were ready. We were now a fully frained and prepared anfi-aircraff baffery, eager for combaf. Buf nofhing happened fo us. We were gunners, and we sfayed af our guns all day on Febru- ary I6, and fhe nexf day, and fhe nexf and so on, wafch- ing and fracking our own planes as fhey fook off and landed affer sfriking fhe enemy. The roufine is familiar now: we have spenf hundreds of days like fhaf. Af nighf fhe wafch mighf gef a liffle news from Combaf-per- haps fhe disfance from enemy coasfs-buf if offen seemed as if we were spare gear. On fhe nighf of fhe Zlsf, we did shoof af a bogey, and we puf up some preffy fireworks. Perhaps we damaged him, and af any rafe we drove him away, buf fhaf was all. Ofherwise we sfood our I6 hour wafch per day af G.Q., plus our one-in-four nighfly condifion wafch. Affer a week of fhis, we had a break-or was if merely a change? Fueling and replenishing af sea! In fhe middle of Dawn G.Q., fhe word came over fhe 5JP Send rigging defails fo all fueling sfa+ions. Reddick fook some hands fo forward fueling, Sfevens fo affer fueling. Swinharf gof his fowline ready on fhe focsle. Womble collecfed a few from Mfs. 6 and 8 40mm for : but sf' -. -j K L X fhe whip af Frame 70. Evenfually, long affer fhe rigging was done, as a rule, fhe I JV phones gof manned and fhe anxious Bridge was able fo relax. For fhe resf of fhe ship Secure from General Quarfers meanf an hour of sack before breakfasf: for fhe Gunnery Deparfmenf if meanf seffing fhe wafch, geffing a quic bafches, and manning fhe fueling sfafions, all af once. The hearfbreaking parf was fhaf fhe fanker or can fre- ur or fwo affer k breakfasf in small quenfly was nof alongside for an ho breakfasf, fhaf hour when ofhers afe and snoozed and we sfood by. Back af Ulithi, we were proud of fhe sfrikes our pilofs had made. The Randolph had delivered ifs firsf blow af fhe enemy. His refaliafion came soon. March ll, fhere was a boafswain's mafe gang in fhe Fiffh Division Gear Locker. Warren, MacDonald, Swinharf and ofhers were whooping if up wifh fheir joe pof when all hell broke loose pracfically on fop of fhem. Nof more fhan 25 feef away fhe Jap hif, with his plane, gasoline, and bombs all exploding fogefher. The boafswain's mafes were fough and lucky, and fhey all gof away unhurf. Ofhers did nof. Chief Gunner's Mafe Laws of fhe 5 inch singles, compefenf, fespecfed, and beloved, mef fhe concussion and flame face on af fhe fop of fhe ladder fo Chief's Quarfers and was insfanfly killed. Three men from fhe Fiffh and one in L Division, handling sfores af fhe affer Crane, were also killed. ln fhe fire from sprayed gasoline, all fhe ammunifion in fanfail shields cooked off, making if impossible fo work fhere and very dangerous even af some disfance. Twenfy fhousand rounds of ZOMM wenf off in Group I2 clipping room. The fires in 'rhe Aviafion issue room heafed fhrough fo fhe ready ammunifion for fhe affer 5 inch singles. raising fhem fo a dangerous poinf. Fiffh F and Second Div. men risked fheir lives fo ieffison i board fwo hundred proiecfiles and powder cases while 'che hof ammunifion burned fheir hands and fhe Paini smoked on 'rhe bulkheads. Lfs. Rollins an Chief MacDonald, and I3 Gunnery Depf. men received cifafions for fhis work and for fighfing fhe fires. nd fhe Viv f, fhrowing over- d Brazzell. Throughouf fhe bloody Okinawa campaign a fory Cruise againsf fhe Japanese homeland, fhe GUHFWVY Deparfmenf was on The iob. Our gunners shof f0Uf enemy planes info 'rhe sea and assisfed in manY more GCHOHS. and are hearfily deserving of credif for fhe Pm fhey played in fhe war. ,1..,,1.7nV . 3 I Alvwkx Nffi ,M O D ff if BX -J 'iii N5 1? Y W . 15,4 45 .-v. f 1 p. I N 3 I 'l Q -Q S mx 'Q ,i I- r il I i' X 2-If ur--f ' ,wr x ...,,.iu ,,---anti W: R X i I HULL DEPARTMENT GENERAL QUARTERS, GENERAL QUARTERS, ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS, and Three minuTes IaTer, SET CONDITION ZEBRA THROUGH- OUT THE SHIP! These were The words ThaT all hands heard very early each morning ThaT The Randy was in combaT waTers, buT Tew oT The crew really knew whaT a iob Iay ahead Tor The numerous repair parTies when These words were passed, The quick acTion ThaT Tollowed-closing all Z haTches, opening This TiTTing, closing ThaT valve, manning various conTroI sTaTions and diTTerenT repair uniTs were The pro- ducT oT consTanT pracTices, drills and never ending work oT The Hull DeparTmenT. This deparTmenT's prime pur- pose in baTTIe condiTions was To keep This powerTul ship aTloaT and TighTing. AT The Time commissioning of The USS Randolph, The Hull deparTmenT consisTed of ThirTeen oTTicers and ap- proximaTely nineTy men. The problems and responsi- biliTies oT This small group were many. Training a new crew in damage conTroI meThods and pracTices while aT The same Time accomplishing many urgenT aITeraTions and changes Tor oTher deparTmenTsg organizaTion of The boaT- swains group, supervision of The general messing TaciliTiesg checking, sTowing, and insTalIing many arTicles of The de- parTmenTsg preparing The ship Tor baTTIeg These and many oTher deTaiIs were The TirsT duTies To be discharged by The Hull DeparTmenT. When The TirsT members oT This organizaTion came aboard, They Tound already hard aT work LieuTenanT Commander Smedley, who was The FirsT LieuTenanT and Damage ConTrol OTTicer. To serve under him were Lieu- TenanT Commander Clark, IaTer To become head oT The deparTmenT and LieuTenanT Commander Gaffney. WiTh each oT These assisTanTs in charge, The work was divided inTo Two divisions-damage conTroI and mainTenance. ATTer a Teverish period oT yard work and loading of sTores and provisions, The Randolph embarked on her TirsT TesTs-The shakedown cruise. The urgenT obiecT oT This cruise was preparing boTh ship and crew Tor baH'le. Yes, a large iob considering The shorT period oT Time available and The newness of The crew, buT we were will- ing Tor There was a daTe To be kepT. Training of The crew in Tire-TighTing and general damage conTroI meas- ures was necessary if The ship was To survive damage. especially Trom Tire. Accordingly a ship-wide program was sTarTed. Training Tilms were shown beTore The regular movieS- Divisional insTrucTion in damage conTroI and TirsT aid were insTiTuTed. Ship-wide baTTIe problems involving mulfiple hiTs were held whenever pracTicabIe. DeTaiIs oT damage. The TrequenT use oT smoke bombs and simuIaTed casual- Ties, The seTTing oT maTeriaI condiTions were all included as parT oT The Training. AT The same Time, The depefi' menT was working hard To prepare The ship as well as TI19 crew. Such problems as check-oTiT lisTs, Tire main Se9f99a' fion, checking of valves and liHings, organiza'I'ion of rhe- damage con+rol parries, communica+ions plans, dis+ribu- Hon of personal equipmenl' such as gas masks, gloves and flash clofhing and many ofher problems arose. Every new ship has cer+ain problems, and faulis no+ eviden? al' commissioning. The Randolph was no excep- tion. Valves were insialled backwards. The fire main pressure was +oo low: some diagrams and blueprinis were incorrecfg hydraulic confrols were faulfy in places, and +he damage con'l'rol books and char+s did noi' arrive un+il lafe. In addilion fo Damage Confrol fraining, oiher work had fo be accomplished. Liferafrs and nefs had fo be rigged and provisioned. The deck divisions had ro be 'rrained in such imporlani' irems as fueling al' sea, frans- ierring of passengers and gear, sfreaming of paravanes, and ouffiffing of 'rhe boafswains locker. The shipfiffer and carpen+er shops had fo be organized and frained even while working. The climax fo 'I'he shakedown period came wirh fhe damage con+rol inspecfion and pracfice given by The USS Shangri-La. Affer a hecfic day of bomb hifs, for- pedo hils, smoke bombs, wri'Hen 1'es'rs and equipmenf in- specfions, lhe Randolph was declared Fil' fo join rhe fleef. During +he firsl' combai' cruise, much valuable experi- ence was gained. Fueling al' sea became parl' of fhe daily rourine. Daily drills and problems al' morning gen- eral quariers were ins+i+u+ed. A roufine of daily maferial inspecfions was sfaried, and damage con'rrol pafrols learned more and more abou? +he ship wi+h each wafch. The 'rime for seH'ing condi+ion Zebra was improved. All hands had goTTen To know and use The Tire TighTing equip, menT. The TirsT acid TesT oT all The Training and working came on I I March, l945, when The Randolph was hiT aT anchor by a kamikaze aircraTT which crashed inTo The aTTer Tlighr deck. ReacTion was quick and eTTiicienT. Fire hose were broken ouT immediaTely and led To The scene oT The Tire on boTh hangar and TlighT decks, and The hangar deck sprinklers were puT inTo operaTion. AbouT Two and one half hours aTTer being hiT, The Tires were ouT excepT for smouldering in The damaged area. The Damage ConTrol Training pracTiced had paid off aT The righT Time! Damage while severe was repaired by The USS Jason and The help Trom our own ship's company, in The Torward area. ATTer Three weeks work, The Randolph was again TiT Tor sea and rejoined The FiTTh FleeT Tor The Okinawa campaign wiTh liTTle losT Time. Damage ConTrol eTTiciency was again demonsTraTed when The ship was hiT by a P-38 while in anchorage in LeyTe. The Tire was puT ouT in minuTes wiTh no spreading oT damage: our Hangar Deck was laden wiTh bombs be- ing broughT Trom a TransporT longside. Again Training in Damage ConTrol paid QTT. While on our Third war cruise, hosTiliTies ended. As parT of The Third FleeT, we prepared landing Torces To occupy The enemy homeland. The Hull DeparTmenT was again busy making machine gun Tripods, gear boxes, ancl oTher equipmenT noT readily available in The Torward area. As iT can be seen, The Hull DeparTmenT's iob on The ship has been a never-ending series of evenTs, and by working long and TaiThTully, The men have conTribuTed a greaT deal To The success oT The USS Randolph as a TighTing ship . . . They did keep her aTloaT. lb-ff '1 Q 42,2 l ARK '12,-..-L ' 'mv i , i 1 , , i. v ..., Il un ', . as-Q f -I D-.x -Q nf ,V .I x 4. -qvnffi ff! w,o-f 5 Nas. 5- K 9 i,- -f' 5. T - 't Q T 1 lsr- x MEDICAL DEPARTMENT The Randolph Medical Depl is responsible for The heallh of lhe command for 'lhe care and lrealmeni of lhe sick and wounded for lhe prevenhon of disease and is organized so as lo give 'lhe mosl' rapid and eHiglen+ assislance 'ro personnel lnlured in ballle l'l' endeavors lo conserve lhe fighhng power of lhe ship s company and refurned as soon as possible personnel lemporarlly dis abled bul' capable of furlher duhes The aforemenhoned laslcs are laken care of nof only m Sick Bay buf al various sechons lhroughoul' lhe ship which are manned during emergencies The Randolph Slclc Bay is localed on 'l'he 1'hlrd declx all and includes 'lhe following spaces which adloln each o+her A denlal ofhce wilh 'lhree modernlshc lirsl' class denial umls an X ray dark room a clinical laboralory which handles approxlmalely 60 lesls per weelc a room wnlh modern e ulpmenf for lhe lrealmenl' of venereal q diseases a clerical office wllh 'lhree deslcs a docfors of- fice a surgical dressing room where l'he daily SICR calls are held' a harmac which is fully-equipped and sloclned P Y wi+h lhe mosl modern drugs an aviahon examlnahon room which is equipped wiih all lhe mosl' modern devices for giving various physical 'lesls lo pllols a scrub room adiacenl lo a well-llghied air condlhoned operahng room 1 IS se- which houses an adiuslable operahng lable 'lha cured lasl lo 'lhe deck. The operahng room is equipped rv- yo dg all kinds of operafions, including brain surgery: a ward dief kifchen adiacenf fo fhe Sick Bay ward: an air condifioned ward confaining 48 beds: an air condifioned, 5.bed isolafion ward: an air condifioned 2-bed quief room: a linen locker and a medical supplies sforeroom. Up on fhe gallery deck, amidship, sfarboard side, is fhe emergency baffle dressing sfafion which, like eighf other such sfafions locafed sfrafegically fhroughouf fhe ship. is fully equipped, sfocked and ready for all emer- gencies independenf of all oufside aid and communica- fion. Two fully-sfocked medical supplies sforerooms on fhe fourfh deck, one forward and one aff, complefe fhe medical deparfmenf spaces. As Senior Medical Officer, Dr. W. J. James has charge of all maferial and sfores on board, under fhe cognizance of fhe Bureau of Medicine and Surgery. Lieuf. William Craig Roberfson lMCl USN, who re- ceived his wings as flighf surgeon af Pensacola, Fla., in I943, is fhe Assisfanf Medical Officer. Lieuf. Richard Talbof Williams lMCl USNR, of Balfimore, Md., is fhe ship's surgeon and Junior Medical Officer. ChPharm Joseph Trachfenberg, who has been in fhe Navy since l920, is fhe Division Officer. On 26 Sepfember, Pharm. Ralph C. Manfenio reporfed aboard for dufy and fook over fhe burden of Medical Supply Officer. Comdr. William Basil Johnson, Jr., lDCl USN, who hails from Annapolis, Md., is fhe head of fhe denfal deparfmenf. In addifion fo Dr. Johnson, fhe denfal sfaff includes Lieuf. James T. Ashwell lDCl USN, and Lieuf. Donald Kefferhagen lDCl USNRg plus fhree enlisfed men who acf as assisfanfs and are specially frained for fhis 'l'ype of work. Lieuf. Jesse E. Owens lDCl USN, was a member of fhe denfal sfaff from fhe fime of fhe ship's commission- ing unfil Sepfember, l945, when he was defached from fhe ship and replaced by Dr. Kefferhagen. Of fhe 32 corpsmen who were aboard fhe Randolph on commissioning day, a roll call reveals fhaf seven of fhaf number are missing one year lafer: Harry Ochsfein was fransferred fo a seaplane fender. Herberf Braun- sfein was fransferred fo anofher division. Dave Edblom was discharged from fhe service lasf June because of his age. Bernard Weissman was fransferred fo anofher ship. Owen Bechfel received exfensive fhird degree burns on I I March, I945, af Ulifhi, and was senf back fo fhe Unifed Sfafes for hospifalizafion. Joseph M. Seeger had his leff leg ampufafed as a resulf of fhe accidenf on fhe flight deck on 7 June, l945, and Ralph Cook losf his life in fhaf same accidenf. All fhe men were faughf how fo adminisfer blood plasma, albumin and whole blood. Everybody fook furns seffing up fhe unifs in pracfice sessions under fhe wafch- ful eyes of fhe doctors. The men were drilled consfanfly I In splmfmg fracfures freafmg burn cases freahng shock sfopplng hemorrhage rellevlng suffermg dressing wounds and In fhe freafmenf of ofher cases whlch usually come wlfh baffle Durmg spare momenfs on fhe shalcedown cruise and on fhe frnps which finally broughf us fo Ullfhl ready for baffle fhe corpsmen made fhousands of bandages puf fhem up IH packs had fhe packs sferllnzed and dlsfrubufed fhe sferlllzed bandages fo fhe various baffle dressing Approxlmafely IOOOO feef of dry plasfer of paris bandages were rolled by corpsmen and sfowed an boxes which were dlsfrlbufed fo fhe baffle dressing sfafnons On fhe nlghf of ll March l945 'fhe Meducal Depf personnel were called upon fo puf Info use all fhexr medn cal knowledge Worlung af non sfop feverxsh pace fhe Randolph Medlcal Depf wufh fhe and of medlcal men from nenghbornng shlps had fhe snfuafnon well under con frol wnfhln 24 hours despnfe fhe large casualfy lnsf which clazmed 29 dead and 105 wounded The phenomenal feafs performed fhaf mghf speak well of fhe Randolph Medical Depf and will be re membered for many years fo come Alfhough fhe Medical Depf ns one of fhe smallesf ones on fhe sh: four of nfs men received nn urles as a res P I U of fhe suucnde haf Lleuf lg Wayne C Hood and Rnchard P Swlff PhM 3!c suffered back mlurles Owen Bechfel Ph M 3 c suffered exfensnve fhard degree burns and John C Afhanasslou S I c received shrapnel wounds nn fhe forearm and chesf On 7 June when fhe Randolph was haf agaln fhe Medncal Depf had fhe enflre sxfuaflon complefely under confrol wufhnn sux hours affer fhe accldenf From fhe fume of commlsslomng fo fhe firsf bsrfhday 258 operafnons were performed by Randolphs docfors nn fhe operafmg room Of fhese operafuons 2l were appendncufus cases and 52 fonsll cases The mosf operahcns performed In one monfh was 54 fn March i945 fhe monfh we were haf by fhe Jap plane Forfy fwo operahons were performed ln Ocfober l945 and 34 In June I I O ll I U I . D . ll I I . I . . . . I I X I . . ' . . . . . . I f I . sfafions scaffered fhroughouf fhe ship. ' . X s, W A A JQT-4 'R - wsm - lg, fe-, sb-fl hug, in ,Q . .. 1- RD'-,i pf I L M 'E gr' an ,K NAVIGATION DEPARTMENT To ihe smallesi deparimenl' aboard ship 'falls a mogf responsible iask-'rhal' of ge'Hing ihe ship 'io where it mus'r go, by +he righi direciion, and ai' The righl' lime, Our firsi' problem in navigaiion originafed long before 'I'he Randolph's commissioning pennani was raised. During iraining monihs in Newpori, ii' was ofien necessary +0 keep consiani waich io insure Thai' 'rhe quariermasiers mainiained a irue course and speed when enrouie from barracks io ihe char? correciion building. Thousands of charis and publicaiions had 'io be cor- recied in preparaiion for fuiure use in guiding The ship aboul' ihe world. As if was found a sieady diei of chad correciion soon grew monoionous and ii was oiien neces- sary for Ensign Jack Prowse +o sieer fhe boys away from ship's service and back 'lo lhe charis. Our iirsf weeks aboard ihe Randolph were busy ones. Our primary iob was geiiing spaces in order for sailing. The bridge needed alieraiions, charis and insirumenis had io be pu'r away, a navigaiion office was io be organized. We were a small ieam. Commander Blackburn, now Execuiive Officer, was The navigaior, and his assisiani, L+. Magor, was our division officer. We comprised 'rwo main raiings, quariermasiers and musicians, a combinaiion of sirained iaciions. The pied pipers and ihe quariermasiers oiien iangled. The only neuiral was Builer, +he navigaiion yeoman. Our four buglers had iheir own problems. Four experienced waich officers and four compeieni junior officers formed our underway waich ieam. Two of fhg OOD's LT. John Hankey and LT. Darce C. Coyle were former shipmafes on The carrier, U.S.S. RANGER U. George Whisler had previous duTy aboard The cruiser U.5,S, TRENTON, while The fourfh member of The quar- fef, LT. Warren G. Youngren, had been aboard The U.S.S. NASSEAU. Fresh from indocTrinaTion school, En- gigns Evans, MencheTTi, Bigbie, and PaTTerson assumed The JOOW duTies. WiTh our waTch Team organized and our division seT UP' we were ready for pracfical work. This we goT in large doses during The Chesapeake Bay Trials. While enroufe To Trinidad we soon became more fam- iliar wifh our duTies. A regular waTch in four was seT and we soon seHIed down To The iob ThaT lay before us. While noT on waTch There were sTill many charts To be eorrocfed, much To be learned. We were wiThouT a chief, so Farringfon, Then firsT class, assumed Those dufies. Each secTion leader Took his waTch Team in hand and soon had Them working smoofhly. Each day The navigafor and LT. Magor kepT consTanT check on our posiTion. The sexTanT played an imporTanT parf. Each morning found Them boTh on The bridge be- fore dawn To shooT The sTars before They would be hidden by The brighT morning sun. ln The evenings as The firsT sTar popped inTo view They were on The bridge waifng. A shoT was Taken, a posiTion noTed, a course charfed. AT The wesT coasT porT we received several new mem- bers inTo The division. RecenTly graduafed from quarTer- masTer school, Madden, Reagen, Fallon, and Dubefz were added To our complemenf. Chief Gossard came aboard To join The ranks. In porT our dufies were lighTer. However, each sTop required a run To The hyrographic office in The area for new charTs, laTe publicaTions, and sailing direcfions. We headed wesf afTer a brief sTay . . . Too brief for mosT of us . . . from here on our dufies became consTanT. While enrouTe TacTical classes and daily insTrucTion was held for boTh quarTermasTers and waTch officers. Prob- lems in maneuvering, various formafions and plans were sTudied. We prepared To become a parT of a maior Task force. When we reTurned from The Tokyo raids in February we were like seasoned veferans. We had operafed wiTh a uniT of The mighfy Task Force 58. Formafions, maneu- vering, and zig-lagging had become almosT roufine. Even now you can Tell a Randolph quarTermasTer reTurning from liberfy by his zig-zag plan. While anchored aT UliThi we suffered our TirsT casual- Ties. Chief Gossard was seriously wounded when a Twin- engine Jap bomber sTruck The ship. He was Transferred To The hospifal ship The nexT day. Sfanley Dansicker, one of The buglers, suffered head and leg wounds, buf was sTill able To carry ouT his dufies. Our 23-piece band, formerly The Philadelphia Navy Yard band organized by Eugene Ormandy, aided morale during leisure hours. During The noon hours on days when wifhdrawn from The immediafe combaf area or when aT anchor, Chief STehman's ouTfiT played on The hangar deck. We were forTunaTe in having one of The besT bands in The fleef. Capable of playing for all occasions, The group of musicians audifioned and selected from 500 men aT Philadelphia, provided small ensembles, sfringed arrangemenfs, and dance music. A daily accounT of all acTiviTies was noTed in The ship's log. Each movemenf of The ship, each man received on board, each enemy aTTack was carefully noTed. A waTch To waTch accounT was wriTTen, Then smoofhly prepared by The navigafion yeoman, and recorded for hisfory. Ac- i i l i i 1 E.L'F',fQ 3. 4 companied by a desfroyer screen we deparfed Ulifhi on fhe 5+h of April fo join Task Force 58 which was sfriking fargefs af Okinawa. Rain, fog, sleef, squalls, fyphoons, and heavy winds made sfeering difiliculf. Cloudiness, hiding sfars, and a relucfanf sun made fhe power of fhe sexfanf nil. Cerfainly all navigafors musf go fo heaven because fhey're cafch- ing plenfy of hell now. By now many subsfifufions had been made in our feam. New wafch officers were frained and our former JOOW's were experienced enough fo handle fop wafches. A wafch in five was placed info efifecf. During fhe laffer parf of May, Commander Blackburn moved info 'rhe posifion of Air Officer, and Commander Fieldericame aboard while af sea fo fake over fhe helm. The Officer of fhe Deck frequenfly finds if necessary fo make splif-second decisions-somefimes he makes fhe righf guess: somefimes he misses by a mile. Lafe one nighf while anchored af Guam, fhe OOD sighfed an Admiral's Barge coming ouf of fhe darkness. Now Ad- miral Bogan had leff fhe ship, and his refurn was ex- pecfed. Alfhough if was a sfrange barge,-well, who could fell, maybe he'd borrowed one from a friendly Admiral , so- Sfaff Gangway! Sfaff Gangwayl was sounded and six bells were made. Commander Needham and Lf. Comdr. Garsfensen made a hurried appearance and all was in readiness fo welcome Admiral Jerry aboard. The barge made fhe gangway and ouf sfaggered fhe Gold Dusf Twins, Lf. Enman and Lf. Kisor, who affer a rugged nighf wifh friends ashore in Guam, had shang- haiecl a barge and a cox'n fo gef back fo Randy. The OOD was morfified, buf nof half as morfified as 1-he fwo culprifs who sneaked off fo bed affer muffering many apologies. Prior fo deparfing on our final war cruise, Lf. Hankey leff 'rhe ship. Glenn and Hawkins came aboard. During July and Augusf our cruising range covered fhe enfire lengfh of fhe Jap coasf. From a fransporf we received Farren, Ford, Edward, and Dillon who had insi- come ouf from fhe Sfafes. Lafer Hopen, Hornbosfel, Hurff and Hofmeisfer were added fo our numbers. Our firsf confacf wifh fhe Brifish Fleef came one dark nighf off fhe coasf of Japan. A surface confacf of four vessels was received. No reply. Again fhe challenge for recognifion. Again no reply. If musf be fhe enemy's ships. Suddenly over fhe TBS came, Blimey, whaf's fhis we have here?' Anofher reporf, They're big fellows aren'f fhey. There could be no misfake. Moving slowly fhrough fhe dark nighf, four small Brifish minesweepers moved quiefly passed our formafion. We were a liffle over a hundred miles off fhe coasf of Japan when fhe Japs finally surrendered. The charf house became an informafion cenfer. Whaf's our cruise? Where are we headed? Where do we go from here? On fhe morning of fhe 5+h of Sepfember, Commander Fielder and Lf. Magor benf over fhe enfrance charf fo Tokyo Bay. We were scheduled fo go in af l7O0 fhaf evening. The communicafions officer rushed in. The navigafor's face beamed as he dove info fhe desk for anofher charf. We had orders fo proceed fo Pearl Har- bor. We were going home! Buoy ZCB abeam fo s+arboard. Bufler made a nofe in fhe bearing record book and passed fhe word on fo L+. Magor. I+ was 2I Ocfober. A+ 0706 Sfanfon squinfed info fhe alidade felescope, grinning from ear fo ear called ouf, Mark, Cape Henry Lighf abeam 'l'o porf. A familiar sound: we were home. 'WW -mln-u l506u.,.. 'N.,,,,..w ii Aff ,pr- 'S Q, N :nl xxx ' SUPPLY DEPARTMENT When The Randolph was puT in commission, Chief Chrisfman was in charge of The Supply Office, assisfed by R. W. Hendricks, in charge of Commissary, Ship's STore, and Clofhing and Small STores records in The Sup. ply Office. The sTores had To be requisiTioned and al. lowances filled. During The nexT six weeks over 2,000 requisiTions were submiTTed and our sforekeepers worked I8-20 hours daily bringing maTerial and spare pai-+5 aboard. When The Kamikaze sTruck on The nighT of March ll, l945, Supply had Two sforerooms below decks severely damaged and Three sforerooms above decks damaged, besides The ofher maferial and spaces belonging To ofher deparTmenTs. Our job was Then To salvage all The ma- Terial ThaT we could and Try To replace whaT was de- sTroyed. We began To reorder maTerial from every available source. By The Time The ship was ready To go info acTion again, Supply again had done Their job afTer long hours of hard and sTrenuous work. The Commissary Secfion of The Supply Deparfmenf wiTh iTs 75 cooks and bakers did a Tremendous iob dur- ing This firsT year of operaTion aboard The Randolph . There was an ambifious loT of sTrikers assisfing The peTTy olTicers, and TogeTher They Turned ouT an average of 3,300 raTions per day. These boys deserve special credif for The way They carried on under baTTle condiTions and supplied personnel wiTh greaf quanTiTies of Thick hoT soup, coffee and sandwiches righT on Their baTTle sTaTions. On numerous occasions iT was necessary for Them To prepare more Than l0,000 sandwiches on a single day. The bake shop baked The bread ThaT wenT info Those l0,000 sandwiches To say noThing of The delicious pi9S and cake ThaT emanaTed from The RandoIph's Bake Shop. When The Randolph served pie, These boys in The Bake shop Turned ouT 500 of Them for a single meal. One of The special feafures on The Randolph is iTs cusT0m of supplying each officer and man wiTh a beaufifully decoraTed birthday cake. The man who geTs The credif for producing These cakes is J. Williams, Bkr2c, who is 6 Professional in The field and everyone agrees ThaT he is a masTer of The pasTry bag. The Bufcher Shop under The supervision of O. E. John- Son, SCBlc, is a very busy spoT. The boys on The Sl1lP eaT l400 To l800 pounds of meaT aT a single siTTin9- Tlie 9reaT Casey, SClc, from Haddonfield, N- Jw and Broccoli, SC2c, breakouf and The fresh and frozen Pro' vision breakoui crews respecfively. These boys break Qui abouf five 'ions of provisions daily fo keep ihe hungry crew of fhe Randolph fed. Mr. CroH'y, who is an old Navy man, has fhree slogans which will answer all complainfs aboui 'ihe chow-+hey follow: I. I can barely make a 'rhousand dollars a mon+h. 2. Things are so bad, l've been buying food Qui' gf my own pocket 3. This is be'H'er 'I'han you ever go'I' a+ home. The Ships Service Division of +he Supply Deparimenf renders all ihe services fo ihe 3,000 ofiicers and men on fhe Randolph 'I'ha+ one would find in a small fown of fha? populaiion. Firsl' of all, +here's ihe soda Founiain or Gedunk Sfand. Then ihere are ihe iwo ships Siores where one can buy iobacco, candy, 'roilei' ar+icles, shoe polish, and beer lio be consumed on fhe beach onlyl. These sfores do Sl0,000.00 worih of business each monih. The Ships Service operafes a barber shop, foo, where free haircuis are dispensed. Even ihough one's broke, he can sfill pass inspecfion if he iusi' +akes ihe fime +o be well groomed. Fred Swariz, SSMB2c, is in charge of ihe Crew's Shop, and he is assisfed by Callaham, SSMB2c as well as Glaze and Edwards, SSMB3c and Chaiferion and Neal Slc. The oFFicer's Barber Shop is run by Smiihson, SSMB2c, assisfed by Boudreanx Slc. Supplying haircuis for 3,000 Oiiiicers and men subieci' fo frequeni' inspec- iions is no easy job. Clofhing and Small Sfores is ihe enlisied man's haber- dashery. Here he buys all ihose iiems of clo+hes +ha1' a Navy man requires as well as raiing badges, ihread, shoe laces, efc. There was some difiiculiy in geH'ing popular size dungarees, shoes, and drawers in 'ihe forward areas. buf no one was seen going around in a barrel or bare- foofed. The siore does SI2,000.00 wor+h of business each monih. A. H. Gaghon, SSMC2c, is in charge of ihe cobbler shop. He is assisied by PiH'man, Flc, and Randis, Slc. This work is done free for 'l'he men wiih only a small charge for +he maierials required. The failor shop is a busy spoi' parficularly for a week or iwo before we come info pori. These free services are a greaf assisfance in keeping Randolph personnel looking sharp . Bill S'rabili1'o, SSMT2c, and Salalaf 5SMT3c operafe +he Tailor Shop in a very efiicienf manner. One of ihe hardesi' working ou'l'Fi+s on 'rhe Randolph is locaied in fhe Randolph's Laundry. Working undef difficuli' condiiions, fhey have done an excelleni' iob of keePin9 The ship's company clean and comf0I'l'6bl9- Under fhe able leadership of Lane, SSML2c, fhe laundry l- f' ... ' -lf'-'-'-aH- - M. has operafed on a 24 hour per day basis in order fo per- form ifs fask. The Laundry deserves a lof of credif for doing a big iob, doing if while many of us slepf, and doing if well. Pay Clerk Sears will accepf fhe services of all complainers who feel fhey would like fo confribufe 'rheir bif fo improving fhe laundry, and Lane can always use addi- fional man power fo advanfage, in laundrying his 2500 fo 3000 fons of laundry per year. Jusf as we fhoughf fhe work had seffled down fo a , we were hif af Ulifhi and our complefe sfock in A.R.l.R. was wiped ouf and we sfarfed all over again. We were sfill lucky fhough when we gof hif. Only fwo men were in Ready lssue, Baker, SKVlc and Brewer, SKV2c. They bofh gof ouf of if wifhouf a scrafch. Our Peaf, SKV2c. He was walking back from fhe movie and was knocked down by fhree pieces of shrapnel. He sfayed down +iIl fhe shrapnel sfopped fly- ing around and suffered no fafal hifs, and was up and around in a few days fo fhe relief of everyone in fhe gang. The boys all furned fo wifh a will and fhe big job of cleaning up and re-sfocking fhe Ready Issue was com- plefed by fhe fime we sfarfed fhe nexf sfrike. Since commissioning fhe Pay Office has disbursed a fofal of Four Million Eighf Hundred Thousand Dollars lS4,800,000.l, in pay and allowances fo fhe officers and men of fhis ship and has handled fhe regisfrafion of Three Million Two Hundred Ten Thousand Dollars lS3,2l0,000.l, roufine iob only casualfy was in savings and dependency allofrnenfs. Cash sale of War Bonds have fofaled Fiffy Three Thousand Five Hun- I dred Dollars lS53,500.l, and allofmenfs for fhe purchase of War Bonds have fofaled One Million Fiffy-Three Thou. sand Seven Hundred Fiffy Dollars lSl,053,750.l. During fhe war cruise of fhe Randolph fhe personnel of fhe Pay Office were also required af various baffle sfafions. Lieufenanf Huffman was baffery officer of 3 40 MM anfi-aircraff mounf. Barfh and Shaw were re- sponsible for fhe preservafion of all Pay Records and funds. Fields and Bedell were phone falkers af Air De- fense Aff, Weber and Craff were members of damage confrol parfies. Kemp and Berock were gunners on 20 MM anfi-aircraff guns. The General Sfores Secfion of fhe Supply Deparfmenf was sef up under fhe Supervision of Lf. M. M. Simmer, USN, assisfed by Chief Nichols. Affer fhousands of differenf ifems were sfowed below, fhe fremendous fask of sysfemafic sfowage began. This is fhe real fesf of a sforekeeper, and such men as, Price, SK3c, and Huie, SK3c showed fhaf fhey really qualified. Some of fhe sforekeeper sfrikers-Lewis, Leahy, Groppe, Hines, also did an excellenf job and learned a lof abouf fhe iob fhey would be doing fhe nexf year. Chief Nichols leff fhe Randolph iusf before fhe shake- down and Chief Chrisfman fook over fhe GSK. Chris had a four of dufy in fhe Navy back fhere when and really knows all fhe angles. His success in procuring supplies is one of brighfesf spofs in fhe hisfory of Supply on fhe Randolph. If has been reporfed lnof officiallyl fhaf Chris had broughf aboard fhe Randolph one of fhe finesf supplies of foilef fissue in fhe enfire Pacific Fleef. ,Jim ..-A U. S. S. RANDOLPH CV-T5 ACTION REPORT I0 February through 28 February T945 FIRST WAR CRUISE TOKIO AND IWO JIMA - f Q . .W 34' 1 , ii' 1-,, CIIICIII .mm 1 27'- L,m.k.mm HAHA Jim WJ Q 365 ,S 26'- S 5 O -+- W 25'- - O N I 1 U10 J I!-U1 ' JRIB THRU ZZ FEB. l945 SUPPORT STRIKES 0 SQ S C0 scn-Ls IN MILE 35'-I - 4 0'0 0' ' 0 9 N. o'0 ..:.:'.., Q ,gt,,zz,fs05QQi 0'000 0'00 ,0, ,090 0 1 0 :' as 5' T .290 0 0 0'0': 1 fy, ' '0'0'0'0 0'0'0'0 0'0'0 0 4 0 0:81 I v v 1 Q , v ' 'Q Q ' . Q 5 Q Q' S 0 Q 5 5 159' '0 0 0 'O '99 '0 0'0 5,9 go! '0, 0 0 0 0 , ,QQ , , ,Ob5Q 30' 0 0,0 0 0,0 zz' . 0,0 tc ' 0 999' 9 04 OPERATING AREA 'QQ Q Q Q Q 0'0'0'0'0'0'0 U O F T H E 0'0'0 0'0'0'4 0000000,9 000000 ,0,0,0,0,0,0, ,0,0,0,0,04 mm' ANDOLPH ww . 00 009999 999000 0 0 . 0 0 0'0 0 0.0.0.5 19,0 0 00 !'f':'z ' '0'0'0'0 0 0 0 0 0 0'0 03' 'P' p,0,0,0'0'0'0'0'0'0 0 0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0,0 0,0-9 0 0 0 0'0'0'0'0's'4'0'0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 00'- N0000 00000000.01 ,0,0,0,0,0,020:0:010f0.0,0,0,0,0,0,0 qv Q'. . ' I4'32'I'2'2'2 v'0'0'Z'2'I'2'Z'2'I'Z+!0'f'-''' !.0.gg..,f,Q.9.QQO.Q5.0 ' X 0.905555 960, o ' ' ',0.0,0.0.0gg'Q'q N1 Q0:0I0'020?:'7 3'- TO BONIN ISLANDS go ri moo JILR 0 SCALE l: Mn-Es pigment AA J' . Sevenleen days afler passing fhrough lhe Golden Gale fhe 'ma nfhe night Randolph anchored al Ulnlhl Islands and reporled fo Ihe Com mander of fhe Fuffh Fleer for duly Only one slop had been made enrouie-Ihree days af Pearl Harbor Io fake on addnhonal supplies Leaving lhe anchorage ai Uliihu on lhe morning of Feb IOIh in company wnlh ofher ships making up Task Force 58 fhe Rawdolph sieamed norlh for her lirsf combaf operahon. This as fo be ihe les? for Ihe unlried crew alier long weeks of arduous training and Ihe air of suspense and exciiemenf was heighlened when Capfaun Baker announced Thai The ship would invade Japan s home wafers and slrike Tokyo. The firsf combai acfion commenced on February I6 and I7 when a series of aflacks were successfully launched againsi' Tokyo air-Iielcls and on Ihe Tachikawa engine planf. The 'Following day a sfrike was made on fha island of Chichi Jima. Three missions were launched on February 20 in supporf of ground forces invading Bloody Iwo Jima, and Iwo aerial sweeps were made againsf Haha The ship's gun crews had fheir Hrs? Iasfe of combaf o . of ihe 2Is'r when enemy planes made 'Iwo aHempI's fo close Ill Of' fhe formaiion buf were driven off, wifhoul' afiacking. hx f heavy barrage of AA fire. During ihe nexf 3 days anofher mission wa: launched againsl' Iwo Jima and combaf air pafrols were TIOWV' 9' mosf coniinuously. Three sweeps againsi' airfields in Area and one sweep againsi Hachiio Jima were made or ruary 25+h. By March I 'the Randolph had refurned 'IO I . uF,n. first war cruise, having parficipaied in the his+orY'mak'ng, ,I and Second Tokyo Carrier Raids and Iwo Jima SUPP . nd The new ship acquiired herself well 'lhroughoui' rho 0P9f'I n a emerged wilhoul' a scrafch. The cover pic+ure shows fhei Randolph 'I'alrin9 5 9 any the flighr deck during heavy wealher encounierecl Ofl our war cruise. fha TokY' Feb- UI Ihi from li off mission!- bi wiv' 'I' almng Anrfields nn 'Phe Tokyo Area our mann Srl S8711 1 I, 'S Sfrike on flue Tachrlxawa Englne plan? on fhe ou+ l skurfs of Tokyo I7 February Assembly plan+ upper rnghf was also haf I P M f Yu ', 'v J 4 cw, - ax . ,gg 1 15' W . , 'A , J , ' 1. 0 D - nd,- H ff 'J' i .11 ? ,,. 1 ' l -1 .3 1 Q ' WA Y' ln.. E, Ft P? L - V gf, ' 'X 'rv ' - . ,JST X 4 'Q- I' N .'x.,, '1.-. N. ' 1 1 K 'N-. i , gif. x-:ji I S' jg 'V -s f x fa .- rw rs. - . 'Q 1. , s t 'ik tiff'-if R. -lfx K 4 Qi if' Y . i x x . , , 1 .Af 'uni s 61 ' is I I ' vb ms -L I Y V . Ju '- -in -rib, . X '.i..x. xi ,r 3 ' in e ,, 1 Siriire on Chichi Jima I8 February showing Bomb hiis and damage fo Seaplane Base. Two Jakes are shown in The Harbor. 1 M rfb- cwadx. ' F - 5 .un i 1..- . - ,. if le ' ' f 4 F4 V-1' M O 'fr , '- 4 . I A ,. ' 'f .. .LA '. On February 20+ix and ihree successive dGY5+::z RanciolPi1 launched Sfrikes 'fo aid in fha CBP - Mount of Iwo Jima Here is a bomb bursf lf' Suribachi during ihe peak of baifie- K I6 Feb. 45-Tokyo Area-Fighfer Sweep-Konoike Airflnfd 4: Y . L - - JY' JIM: '-x'::a- .gr-'cf Rx-:'t'D-HynLUvQq3hd,d Aliapid vt ' 5 at 5 Q ,As W 6 1. km .- N .4 f X, r I K I ' :!Kk.1Qj7,f.. Q -' EC, I, Qs 4 ,yF' , 25 Feb. 45--Tokyo Area-Fighfer Sweep-Mifo Soufh Airfleld. Af+er several days af Iwo Jima we again sfruck fhe Tokyo Area and found +he airhelds covered wi'fh snow. These planes make a beau+ifuI sigh? burning in The snow. T .43 if' ws., ' f Wlfw' -4.16 Q :gg-bww js ,151 ' Q- 4+ ' xi' -V1 Wi?f7ZH 'Q' , 1 Y? - ..--' ' 'gA,n'Zk, .Q z5 1,, wg . . ,Q Q Kg, 8 4- ,. F .'d, u 5 E x 4 'J ., 1 ! 'Q ff' ...qv ,7 ' 'nw .1 7.51.3 M 4, -mf' ,.. I' , ,,:,f-f fig' f T9 ' 4' ' -U -'fv lg li a F Q A .r P f U 'f ji va Z .b 1 I s-0' ' -5 If an 'v .551 . 0 U -4 hr ' Q Q 1. ,, Q 4 Q B Q KI 0' V F C I U. S. S. RANDOLPH CV-I5 ACTION REPORT 5 April through 3I May T945 OKINAWA SUPPORT AND ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS .r ,I f S 3 ' e i in FTE 29 Q ,gh 5015! 32 5 fy? r r.- 28. 1- Ignung ' i .... 31- ..-. .1 . , 5 0 41 . X A SNIMA H 4 E YAKU SHIMA' I 1592-114'MAY ,.. j Q.fX'?f5 -.1 l U. Q YORON 21' Laing' OISINAWANBSTRIKES - 9' P. ASSOCIATED OPERATIONS ' FH u.s.s. RANDOLPH P+ W -5'4APRlL M314 uAY,l945 o , e 0 S SCALI IN MILES ' D: ' 1 , . U V .:5:.!5?:,: 5, ' ' ...NANA ' .1 . QSEQEZQREBAY 'HQ .AHPA Q- 26- A as . 2 E ' :Q -','- . .. . -.. . ,Ana:xi:L3.Eij,:c-.1 . l wma L The Second War Cruise for lhe Randolph began on lhe Slh of April, when lhe ship sleamed oul from Ulilhi lo sorlie wifh Task Force 58. The primary purpose ol the operaiion was lo assisl our amphi- bious forces in The occupalion of Okinawa. Therefore much air aclivify, parlicularly during lhe early half of The period, was devoled lo Slrikes in direcf supporl' of ground lroops on Soulhern Oki- nawa. Of equal and perhaps greafer imporlance, however, were lhe lighler sweeps and pafrols regularly flown over The island chain, exiending norlhward as far as Kyushu air-lields. These plus sfrikes againsl enemy airhelds, were designed lo prevenl The enemy from compleling successfully his conslanl and aggressive airborne aH'acks againsl our ships and ground forces in lhe Okinawa area. April I7 proved lo be a sample of the many busy and evenfful days fo come. Shorlly before dawn a low-flying enemy plane aflacked lhe ship and was shot down in flames close aboard. Later in fhe day four more aifacks were made, one Jap plane diving direclly af fhe Randolph buf exploded in mid-air as a resull of ship's gunfire and splashed wi+hou+ causing any damage. Meanwhile. fhree combal air palrols were flown over Task Group: N0 WPP9'i missions and four largel combal' palrols saw acfion over Okinawh- During fha early pari of May, slrikes were also made on llll Kikai-Amami area and on May I3 and I4 Kyushu airlields were bombed- lS90 mapl Jap planes again alfacked 'lhe Task Group GMI lhe Randolph gunners 'look par? in fha aclion which knocked several of 'rhem our of fhe air. On May I4+h I99 fake-oHs broke all previous flighl deck records. The USS Randolph became lhe Flagship of Task Force 59- when Vice Admiral M. A. Mifscher, USN, and sfafi 'lransfarred aboard on May l5. The supporl of 'lhe occupalion of Okinawl conlinued unlil May 20 when 'lhe ship relired from fha area Ind se? lhe course for Guam, having lraveled 25,000 miles during ill' 57 d5Y 0Peralion. Before leaving lhe ship Admiral Milscher land' ered a well done 'lo +he Randolph for her parl in 'lhe Baffl' for Okinawa. dl On the l71h of April :he Randolphh Gunners received credir for rheir firsl Jap plane. Top Leif-a direcf hi? culs off fail and one wing. Middle Left--Pilof hits fha silk. Tail assembly and falling plane can be seen in The picture. Pilof lands in wafer and is picked up by enofher ship. Lower Righf-Bomb splashes A few hundred feet from Rdndofnh' Cripple-d plane is seen an inshsni before if hils fhe wafer. Upper Righl-Kemiliue makes near miss behind fha Cruiser Pasadena x,- r ' irmffg rl - r e f ' V- ' as .JE ' , . 1 -f if ff? 4' i , r p fm i l , .. p JH .MI 'gf' ' 'Taz A 4 . A K sr i rw .Qi ' '1 f5,Tf-iipiwv if V : my fy- we This picfure of Admiral Mifscher has quife a sforY- Ii has appeared in Time, Life and Newsp6P9 5 wifh, all sorfs of +iiles. Now il' can be fold-ACL miral Milscher is shown coming aboard lhe Ran- dolph -His fhird Flagship in four days- The reasons are graphically shown on fhese, P8905- Upper Lefl'-On fhe morning of M-HY ll- No Kamilcazies hir +he Flight Decl: of lhe Bunker Hill . The nexi day Admiral Mifscher moved hii Flag 'fo 'fhe En'ierprise and we moved norih 90 Slrilre Kyushu. Lower Left-On May I4. off Kyushu, anoflwf Kamikaze crashed on fhe Enl'erprise . The l4lh of May was a big day for our Tasl: Group. JGP planes broke lhrough our Fighfer Cover and closed from all directions. Mosl' of 'lhem were shof down. Upper Right-Two Splashes sfraddll +he Essex , Lower Righl'-A would-be-Kamikaze is sho? down and crashes behind nearby D8S'lf0Y9 ' Anofher flaming Meal Ball sho? down lf' Th' action of I4 May is shown on our froni cover. ,, -4 ,,,. H - A D SL. -S ,.:: . -- .. ' ., -fi.-M -rs ,ua-L-Q , n ,.. , , t . ' Of., hh Q-5 -1, if .ia v ... - .,.,w.?1.J?, , -Y... --- M 5 9-. 3-ji-'4.,3 It ' - Q. 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RANDOLPH ICV-ISI ACTION REPORT I May through I5 August I945 VICTORY CRUISE AGAINST JAPANESE HOME ISLANDS 'T ...qw 1 1 U0 131 111 115 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 11 1 1 I N M Wd oghoiiv M1 1 xx 49+ Enix 1 1 1 K 1 is .nu v 1 1 1 1 1 ,A A we 'e ff- 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 fr - Af, , , 1 1 Q N 1 1- IO Aufwsf 95105951 1 .xv 1 1 1 ,I-Q I7 JULY 1 1 1 mx. 1 1 'To I3 AUGUST 1 -W IIJUIY Wx O H 1 ISAUGUK 1 130 Jun 1 1 'Q -413 1 1 1 1 1 mu 1 1 u.s.s. RANDOLPH ' 1 1 STRIKE OPERATIONS 1 1 JM 104JULY ffa154Au6uS'r. 1945 1 1 snowme su1P's Posmon on smmc DAYS ,- , 1 1 1 . 1 ' ' SEAL? m M-us ' '1 ' ' ' 1 1 1 1 . 1 1 ' 1 1 1 1 1 O 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1,-QL '11 I1' 111 yn Ig. 'gg B7 M, ug 145 in in 4 The lesf and Viclory War Cruise of fhe Randolph began al 0900 on I July l945. Wish Rear Admiral G. F. Bogan aboard, we sorfied from Leyie Gulf as fhe Flagship of Task Group 38.3. Afier a few days of roufine pafrols and refresher exercises, we made our Ersi sfrike I0 July in fhe Tokyo area, blasling Jap eirields af Yachimafa, Yokosuka, Miyakawa, Mobara, and Narulo. On I4 July, Air Group I6 planes concenfrafed on frain ferries and ofher shipping in HaKoda+e harbor with considerable success despiie poor visibilify. Airlields, shipping and indusfrial confers were Iargefs on oiher sfrike days, shown on rnap above. A fypical big day was 24 July. when fwo sfrikes were launched and delivered felling blows againsl 'fha l'lyU90 - JBPM3 half' baffleship, half-carrier monsfrosify. Twenfy direci' hifs and 'NNY near misses were scored on 'Ihe Hyuga which seffled I0 'IW boH'om in shallow wafer. ' Randolph planes were again in 'Phe air af fhe very hour of VICIOILY- A sfrilre had been launched againsf 'the T0kY0 'fe' when' on s morning of I5 Augusi, 46 day!-almosf fo ihe hour-bfi learn: the Philippines, oflicial word of 'Ihe Jap surrender was IGCUW' aboard and fhe planes recalled. Here is a Picforial Reporf of our VICTORY CRUISE- . -.. F-'l 'Hi l . NO -Q4 .ff d J F. I. 4 , l . l0July-Tokyo Area-Yolrosuke Airfield under affack and Q reccar-na.xs4-me :'cf..re cl vhe BB Nagam' ln nearby Yokosuka Naval Base where our flrxf landings were 'wade alfe' 'ne Japanese Surrender, 7' ,,s. . -5 ., f f'i .g,,i I .f 'lx 4 5 .- Q, 'en .V .i , .4 , ! .40 '4 af fl' ' f ' ffrf .- V , ,,,.4I' uf.-pr Vw ffat' of - 1' d ,.-AIP' Q ,,,,a. l' - . Aw- f -0 4? an ,af ' ' :pu ' -Y 44' ,, ' ' ' . l , I , ,ff J' ,., .ff bf f -k.'..-ff' ff' ' , 'i - If M. A, ,. . V ,,, Q, .2 x L .,. 'nfl' , , . ,,g-QJIQ ,wa ,. Q-Qf-'S -- , ' f -, 59 , - - , . . W l. . 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A+ fhe Ieff are shown Floaf Planes afire behind Auxiliary Vessel. a Pafrol Frigafe, Freighfer and fwo Jap if 4 Fx A, g 0 if. ij- ii W. 5 . t ' k:xg'.:4-'Aviva 'f ,, ' IB July-Tokyo Area-The Randolph joined an all-ou? afiacl: by Task Force 38 on Yokosuka Naval Base wifh ihe confer of inleresf fhe BB Nagafo . Compare ihe piciure af lhe righi 'taken before fhe affack wilh The picfures below iaken during ihe raid and several days affer. The supersfruciure of The Nagafo was severely damaged, wiih possible underwafer damage. A Deslroyer, Training Cruiser and smaller Naval Crafl were desfroyed and olhers damaged, Our Landing Force will be able lo Yell us lhe whole sfory. ' .. lf., .1 . , .1 L . . AY-ge l ,ini k A qdiig, A ' ' . 1-, rf L1 K .3 ..-,- . A ' ,af , i 1-'fi' .ff .. ,gr X gn- Z? , . intra... 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REVElLl.El Heave Ouf and Lash Up! -and a Masfer-a+-Arms makes fh - 9 rounds of berfhmg spaces fo enforce it Shorfly affer fhis rude awakening comes PlPE TO BREAKFAST! and H19 lines begin fo form in fhe passageways leading +o +he mess halls. e beginning of anoiher day in fhe life of a sailor is m of a sheer known as Morn- I KR: A 5111 I . cf? . Q , fl '1 . ,J of , . X -ir' filling - X l X X 1- , 'V' I' .ey X A x I . r Q, , R ' 0 .Y.x1Ag ' s fm I ' f v i ' , f Q l - r f g fl! 1 L 'F 'Q 1 5 ' I 4, ,. L -if Q HN X War' , V . H4 A ' ' D1 f A4 an- gf ,T r- N a, X 1' 4' x . 3, 4 .A Q ,WM -' I E X UF' , JWJ'f6 If if 2 f Q , un ,N f IW: ,, Y 4 y 7, 1 X' L 'A ff, X ' Q- ' , ' -, 4 V, , 1 . V, f H : ? I 1 ' g ,. 'W . WX gf 1 , J M, 3 V 1, , pg - , ,, l- Vg. -T If , , 1 If , .,, V I I I ' U ' W I .5 , '- f io +he incinera1'ors. There is also a Pay Call, Church Call, a Call for Movies, and every oiher ac+ivi+y fhaf fakes place aboard ship. And so if goes, fhroughoui' fhe day. A+ 0800 i+s QUARTERS FOR MUSTER! Air Deparimenl, fligh+ deck parade. All oiher deparfmenis, hangar deck pa- rade, or ii' may be TURN TO! +o s+ar+ fhe day's work. While cruising wifh desfroyers you heard 'rhe familiar call +o GO TO YOUR STATIONS ALL DESTROYER FUEL- ING DETAIL! Now 'lhe Sixih Division man ihe provi- sional whip on fhe 'fanfail +o receive desfroyer along por+ quar'l'er. ln combai' areas, every four hours, if was NOW RE- LIEVE THE WATCH! On deck 'Phe Four+h Sec'l'ion. Con- difion Two. Relieve The wheel and 'rhe lookoufs, lhe ready gun crews of The walch, and ihe wa'l'ch 'l'o mus+er! TWO imporlanl' calls Thai sen? a vibrani' 'l'ingle of exciiemenf +hrough 'Phe hear+s of our fighiing men will always be fe' membered, TORPEDO DEFENSE! Man all iorpedo de- fense s+a'rions! which was offen closely 'Followed bY- HGENERAL QUARTERS! GENERAL QUARTERS! All hands man your baHle s'l'a1'ions! Affer an exciiing day or a roufine day, The 'lime comes +o +urn in and ca+ch up on much needed resr, for on War Cruising ihe days were long and The nigl1'lS were shor'l'. The bugle sounds TAPS . . . Now 'l'urn info y0U bunks . . . Keep silence abou? fhe decks . . . fhe smOlKi09 lamp is ou+ in all berihing spaces. RANDY IS A LADY By MATT ZABITKA 11,9 only female amongsf fhousands of sea-going sail- ors aboard an aircraff carrier is fhe dire predicamenf which confronfs Randy, a young, zesfful, blossoming, bux- om bruneffe from San Francisco, California, who was shanghaied from her place of employmenf in early Janu- ary gf l945, fo go ouf fo sea wifh fhe greafesf Navy on fhis globe. Handsome Jack Salling, HAlc, of Cleveland, Ohio, who was a fraveling salesman in civilian life, selling fo- baccos and smoking pipes, was fhe brains behind fhe shanghai movemenf. Salling, from fhe very firsf momenf fhaf he laid his glgy-blue eyes on Randy in fhaf Frisco sfore, knew if was love af firsf sighf. Randy's sparkling, big brown eyes . . . her well-lined fhin lips . . . her long, dainfy fingernails . . . and fhe way she carried her body appealed fo Salling 59 much fhaf righf fhen and fhere, on fhe spof, he de- cided he would never leave fhe Sfafes minus Randy. Then he fhoughf, Whaf if fhe Navy doesn'f allow if! So whaf! This may be my lasf frip and I wanf fo gef as much fun and enioymenf ouf of life as possible while l am sfill alive. l'll fry anyfhing once! And wifh fhaf self-consolafion, Salling cunningly de- vised a plan. Due fo milifary regulafions concerning fhe movemenf of froops, ships, cargoes, efc .... we can'f reveal af fhis wrifing iusf whaf fhe plan was, or when and how if oc- curred. Anyway, Randy was soon smuggled aboard. As soon as Salling had led her pasf fhe 0.0.D. on fhe quarfer deck, under fhe veil of darkness, he quickly husfled her fo Sick Bay Counfry where he works, on fhe 3rd deck, aff parf of fhe ship. He didn'f know where fo hide his precious cargo. He fried several places . . . behind fhe sofa in fhe docfor's office . . . in fhe pharmacy . . . in fhe pea coaf locker .... Buf none of fhese places offered foo much securify for fhe only female aboard fhis man- loaded ship. Finally, Salling decided fo share his own personal sack wifh Randy. Randy obiecfed af firsf, buf finally gave in. The following day, fhe news broke ouf in Sick Bay Coun- fry fhaf a female had been smuggled aboard by Salling fhe nife before. The Corpsmen made a mad rush for Salling, who was nonchalanfly brushing his feefh in fhe head. They demanded a peek af fhe femme. Salling, realizing if was quife impossible fo keep il' a secref much longer, wenf fo fhe medical sforeroom and caufiously emerged wifh his valuable and precious sou- venir from fhe Sfafes. Affer a few seconds of minufe observafion, fhey all made a sudden dash for fhe beaufiful creafure. Randy became so frighfened fhaf she Ief ouf a ferrifying, spine- lingling yelp and made a head-on dash for securify un- derneafh a fable. Then fall, blond-headed Richard Mickelberg, PhM3c, of Aurora, Illinois, blurfed ouf, Suppose fhe Capfain finds ouf abouf her . . . fhen whaf7 All fhe ofher Corpsmen chimed in, Yeah, how abouf if? Sailing sfroked his chin, his eyes sfared deiecfedly af fhe deck. A few days lafer, pracfically everybody aboard ship knew of Randy's presence, including fhe capfain . . . who wanfed fo know . . . HOW COME? Explaining Randy's presence aboard, Sailing sfuffered ouf somefhing which ran like fhis. Well, uh, you see, sir, she iusf came aboard fo visif me while we were sfill in porf. Then I escorfed her off of fhe ship affer a couple of hours of sighf-seeing . . . and a funny fhing happened . . . iusf as our ship was pulling ouf, she musf have climbed back on via one of fhe exfended lines . . . or somehow . . . for I discovered her near my sack affer we had al- ready leff porf and were underway. And you wouldn'f wanf me fo fhrow her over fhe side now . . . would you? Thaf would be murder. So now Randy is doing sea dufy ouf in fhe Soufh Pacific aboard a hospifable carrier. On fhe firsf leg of her iourney fowards fhe baffle zone, Randy really gof sea sick. She afe hardly anyfhing. She could barely walk. Her legs wobbled, and affer faking a few sfeps she would flop down flaf on fhe deck. Buf she never griped. She seemed defermined fo acquire sea legs if if was fhe lasf fhing she would ever do. Affer a couple of weeks of sea duly, Randy gained her sea legs, plus all fhe zip and vifalify she had losf fhe pre- vious fwo weeks. She now walks around fhe decks in frue sailor fashion, no maffer how rough fhe sea. Randy had been selecfed by fhe Hospifal Corps Divi- sion aboard fhe ship as The girl we'd mosf like fo fake home wifh us. . . . and she has been made an HA2c, wifh promises of advancemenf if she shows her abilify fo do whaf is asked of her. She does dufy in fhe dispensary, and fhe sick-call line- up is fwice as greaf now fhan if was before she came aboard. Her G.O. sfafion is on fhe 3rd deck, forward parf of ihe ship, wi+h ihe No. 2 Damage Confrol Par+y. She keeps cool and relaxed ihrough every GQ alarm. In irying 'io delve info Randy's pas? his+ory, noi' much could be dug up . . . excepi' for ihe following 'few facis. Randy had lived all her life in San Francisco, Cal., up '+il +he iime she was shanghaied . . . she doesn'+ know her moiher or 'faiher from Adam and Eve . . . and she's a cross beiween a bull dog and a 'Fox ferrier. Yep . . . Randy is a clog .... Bui' . . . Randy is a lady! She has been made an honorary member of ihe crew of ihe USS Randolph lCV-l5l, an Essex-class carrier. She has a heal'I'h record on file, a dog lag around her collar and a sick call card in ihe Sick Bay files. The following informalion is coniained in Randy's per- sonal U. S. Navy Healih Record which is in 'fhe files al' 'ihe clerical office aboard 'ihe Randolph , along wi+h +he records of fhe resl' of +he crew .... Full name: Randy Flaiiop . . . birihplacez San Francisco, Cal .... service number: lO0,000,000 . . . Ra'ring: Phar- macisi' Mascoi' . . . Daie of shanghai: Jan. I, i945 . . . nexi' of kin: Jack Neal Salling, HAlc, Cleveland, Ohio . . . naiionaliiyz Dog . . . complexion: dark . . . hair: brown . . . general appearance: good . . . head and face: normal . . . ears: large . . . eyes: brown . . . color precepiionz good . . . vision: 20f20 . . . weighi: 6 lbs., 8 oz .... pulse before exercise: 60 . . . aifer exercise: 70 . . . afier res+: 65 . . . blood pressure: sysiolic-I I0 . . . diasiolic-70 . . . urinalysis: albumen-neg .... sugar-neg .... nervous sys- fem: normal, excepl' occasionally urinaies on ihe deck .... The aioremeniioned exam resulis were 'ihe iindings of fhe Senior Medical Officer aboard ihe ship. The record of Randy's iirsi denial examinaiion, made by a Lieuienani' of 'ihe Denial Corps, s+a+es she has de- ciduous deniiiion preseni, and is denfally qualified for aviaiion and submarine duiy. Randy's blood 'iype has been classified as Type k-9. Her Kahn iesl' proved negafive, and she has already been inoculaied for rabies. JJ 1 ff bc-1. R K .vs gi--7 The following no+e is carried in Randy's Healfh Record on ihe page devoied for her medical hisforyz USS Randolph QCV-l5l . . . I4 Feb., i945 . . . EX- amined +his dale and found physically qualified and aero- nauiically adapied 'For du'I'y involving riding as a p6S' senger bui' noi' for dufy involving ihe acfual confrol of aircrafi' . . . signed by 'ihe Flighi' Surgeon. Randy herself had io aHend sick call 'I'wice 'ihus far. and bo+h iimes for sea sickness. The firsi' fime, 'l'he docf0l' advised complefe res'I' and liquid diei' . . . and The second +ime, ihe 'ireaimeni prescribed was 'io eai crackers and cheese, +ake a good shower and forgei' 'ihe ihing. X ' y 1' W iga-- up ' . 4 , ...Q I-iff 1 . 'I' 5 Sf N. - ...l Only a few days affer fhe cessafion of hosfilifies came n fhe word fhaf Marines of fhe 3rd Fleef were fo form a occupafion force and land in Japan! This prospecfive dufy was quife foreign fo fhe maiorify of us and rl6C95' sifafed some fraining in making up combaf packs and conducf of an infanfry plafoon in fhe field. ln fhe mean- fime, several plafoons of sailors were frained in landin9 parry facfics, buf only a few were ordered fo accomp6nY us when fhe fime came fo leave fhe ship. Augusf 20 found us rising in fhe wee hours of fhe morn- ' ' Affer d 'I' l ave on a momenfs nohce. ing fc be rea y o e several hours waifing, fhe word was finally passed 'l'0 fake fhe USS Ozark alongside and we were inifiafed in fransferring, while underway, via boafswain's Chair' ' ' h coasf of The nexf 'len days were spenf cruising off 'l 9 ' h'le we spenf our Japan, awaifing fhe word fo go ln, W I 444 159, , M ' as ? 'x.21Nng ' 'Y A . fa Quzf-Lxu. V 1 ' ie- ,ht .!J is nl .iq :E l X II time in long chow lines, washing cloihes, receiving final briefing and learning a few words of Japanese. Carrying full field equipmen'l', we disembarlced in'ro 30 d headed Higgins boais on 'I'he morning of Augusi' , an for Yolxosulca Naval Air S+a'l'ion, which could be seen on rhe disfani shoreline. We soon passed close by 'lhe Jap bafleship Naga'ro , which plainly showed 'l'he damage inflicied by our planes, and a few minu'l'es laier we landed on The concreie runways facing 'l'he warerfroni. We moved info fhe area assigned +o us, in baiialion forma- HOU. and if wasn'1' long un1'il we had fhe si'rua'rion well in hand. There was evidence on every side of +he ef- iecfs of recenl' bombings and ihe numerous planes on fhe 0 0 d-1 landing fields and in 'rhe hangars appeared dllapldaie H01 nearly as ominous as fhey looked in 'lhe sky. A'i+er seHin9 up BaH'alion Headquarfers in a garage adiacenf is C3151- Irv, '15 .X ug. , s, ,M M ian- s ellgsigiv, ,Z +o +he airfield, we eslablished sleeping quarlers for our ourlir, Co. C-B , in a nearby adminislralion building. Afler suffering numerous flea biles, and sharing OUI' uarlers wi'l'h olher visi+ors such as huge spiders and land q crabs, we finally gol' 'rhe building cleaned oul' and fumi- + well known card board box. marked K ralions, unlil we gol 'lo 'lhe poin'I' of seH'ing UP ' fo roduce our own galley and range, which was lafer p h 'lhe ingenuiiy of Joe galed. Chow came in 'lha some preH'y good meals 'rhroug Sfasack and Bill Hunler. h n ed The 'lhird day in Japan our guard pos+s were c a 9 n and af- and sel up in and aboul 'lhe neighboring low . forded us an oppor+uni+y +o see how 'l'he civilians lived. Mos? of The small shops were closed bul' The Pe0Ple seemed indilzlerenl' 'lo our presence and wenl' aboul' ihell' laslzs as usual. Mos? of 'lhe homes were small, flimsilY -Y builf affairs and ihe people appeared somewhaf ema- ciafed. The Air Base was surrounded by hills, all honey- combed wilh caves and l'unnels, which we explored, pick- ing up various souvenirs. Among olher poin+s of in+eres+ were hangars in which fhe suicide Balxa bombs were sforecl. Some of fhem were fully loaded wilh explosives. All l'his lime no word from lhe Randy or no sign of lhe familiar L on 'l'he rail or wing 'rip of planes passing overhead. Bul' much 'lo our surprise and joy, a plane landed one day loaded wi+h mail, chow and lbelieve I+ Or nofll beer. Some of fhe old Jap fire exfinguishers Came lo good advanlage as we used fhem +o cool 'Phe brew. Noi many days had gone by un+il we had +he area well Secured, and as fhe novelly was beginning 'io wear off, we Were ready fo go home. Everyone was wondering where fi lhe doggies were and when would fhey relieve us? The evening of Seplember 5 broughl lhe good news +ha+ we were lo leave early 'lhe nexi morning, and lhe bad news fha? all souvenirs musl' be lefi behind, wi1'h 'lhe ex- cepfion of a Jap rifle and bayonel' for each man. ll was indeed a sickening 'feeling 'lo dump lhose precious ariicles in a heap and leave lhem behind. The morning of Seplember 6 'Found us beginning our homeward journey af lasl-and if proved +o be a much longer iourney 'khan we anlicipaled, for we were noi' io see +he Randolph again unlil we reached Pearl Har- bor. Affer boarding LCT's, and fhen Transferring 'ro lhe USS Mon+erey , we discovered fha? fhe Randy had lefl 'Phe area lhe day before. On 'ihe Mon+erey we l'urned io , along wi+h lhe ship's crew, and in due 'rime arrived al Okinawa, where live hundred SeaBees ioined us on +he passenger lisl. During lhe +rip io Pearl, ihe Delachmenl' celebrafed il's firsf anniversary. Provided wilh a huge cake, ice cream, and plenly of boislerous singing, a good lime was had by all. H' was a grand and glorious feeling on 'lhe morning of Oclober 20, when we hove in'l'o view of 'lhe Randolpl'1 . moored +o +he pier a+ Ford lsland, Pearl Harbor. l'r musi' have been a mufual feeling for 'lhe ship's band was play- ing +he beloved Marine Hymn and everyone was a'l' 'Phe rail 'fo give us a hear'l'y greeiing. ln spife of some hardships, +he members of 'lhe land- ing par-ly fell' +ha'r il was a job well done and a 'rrip lonq fo be remembered. I sn Nw? .vsp . T . . fb A , snxfq vis A 5 -' ., 4 . ,-Y ' J 'A x 9 i df. , 5 sw A 1' Q f, . I , Q Q ' 1' f. - YN? If iii Q .rj 2,4151 fd 1. f ini Y. Wt x'N S 'E+ Q., . D I I i , LA ' f f ,fj . 'ZR .4f V ' . -J, -1.4 Kirk f ,' . . s A ,,..-v- Lui! ii: ' 1 , . I., I N - 4 A .4 , ., 'UQ ,W 4 , 4 J1 M ,, ,, Huiip... V , ' 5 If Q ' 1 -I X.. , i N ' Q umxny '- .ln S . S U h K I L-' i jr xxx K x K . .4 x 4 K X X !W'- X ,K W x 2. H . V - rA ,J Wherever an observer may go lhroughoul fhe fighting forces of lhese Unifed Siales, he will find Americans playing ball, boxing, games, checkers, or maybe ils iusl' fic far foe. ln Germany or Japan il would be unusual, in American forces ils noi' odd, i'rs iusl' American. The Randolph's crew was no exceplion. They fool: lo All1le+ics lille l'he Japanese fool: fo rice. Somefimes lhe condifions were difficulf, some mighl say grossly ou+ of place wilh fhe surroundings buf fhal never daunfed lhe crew. To have a game of calch whefher if was passing lhrough fhe canal or off lhe fron? porch of Japan during war never seemed lo bolher fhe parlicipanls, in facl, if usually helped relieve s+rain, relax bodies and provide enfer+ainmenl'. The Al'hle+ic program, under fhe able direclion of L+. Moe, received encouragemenl' by lhe Cap+ain and Ex- eculive Officer who incidenfally oaflen parloolc of exercise fhemselves. L+. Moe arranged inlra-mural sporls when- ever operalion condifions permi'r+ed. Firsl' of +hese were held in Trinidad, lal'er Mog Mog Island in Ulilhi Atoll became lhe Randolph's sladium. Baslce+ball was held daily on lhe hangar deck forward. lnfer-ship games were held as well as in'l'er-divisional games. The games be- lween The Shangri-La and +he Randolph was mosf nolable and will always be a highlight Whenever possi- ble a smolcer was held, boxers of all weighls from all divi- sions of 'rhe ship showed up. The No. l elevalor would be lil up, fhe ring sei in fhe cenler and +he whole area decoraied wifh flags. Loud would be 'fhe noise and huge v .1 Ni ' L W 7 E 1 2 1 ga if H ga i fi g v 1. 11 ,f Sz my H 2 1 A, v U 5255 1,3 1 11 J' , M, il 1.. , b I Q 1 U P f Q K M4911 'kt JY' I N51 mv, 4, , Q ' 1 . ,, , VV in 4 WW? ,, lryy V :A ,V fi 4' , ' 7 ' f , ' Hx I ' Q, 5 V ,,f , L. 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'X pil... plished ifs purpose of working off a liffle s'ream. The only casually was L+. Humphries lcafapulf olificerl, who was hil in fhe head wilh fhe ball while loolcing fhe ofher way. All hurl was healed wilh a grin. BASKETBALL The firsf fournamenf was held while we were cruising in and around +he gem of fhe Soufh Pacific-Ulifhi. Twenfy-eighf feams and some ihree hundred men were involved and when The dusf and grease on fhe hangar declz seffled and fhe ozone cleared, VIH emerged +he winner overcoming a smooih and s+ubborn 4+h division. The real sfars of l'he fournamenf were Phil Godfrey, Slc, Milne Sobieraislri, ABM3cg Ed Kir+ly, Sic. P.S.-On game No. I, Joe Emerson, manager, coach, +rainer-owner, um- pire haier and i'eam's proverbial swea+er-ou+er, also .a.Ei3....'..T -s.. 1 ,,, ' I 'Q Y 'J' ' J, ,,. . .4 -. 5... . -...,. 'iq 1 gs , w , . r qv--.-, - ' --f V- , M g5 'fgvr 'l1f ., ., , 1 N. ,ETA fi, ... ,M . ,,.s.e , 's.? 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They defeaied F Division in a bifferly foughi and very close game 25 io 23. Schniizer, ART3c and Harmon, ART2c, were fhe sfars for fhe winners while Swede Bach- man and Bob Driscoll played all fhe way for ihe losers. The ship's baskeiball feam, suffering from lack of prac- fice and space +o play, overcame +he suffering wifh a keen love for and eagerness fo play fhe game. ln a spasmodically played schedule and somewhai erraciic playing, 'lhey came 'through wifh eighf vicfories fo four losses againsi ofher ships and sfaiions. Our siars were Bachman, Menegheifi, forwards: Markham, Wansack and D'Zamba guards, wiih Trulson and Hockenberry dividing fhe foils of fhe cenfer posf. Teams represenied on 'rhe ship, challenged fhe ship's feam from 'rime io lime, buf wiihouf success. The ship's feam looked like officer maferial l7l as fhey frounced ihe ship's officers and various air group officers from fime fo fime. Lis. Kerr, Whisiler and S+. Lawrence of +he Ship's Company officers 'ream presenfed an array of +alen+ +ha'r would be difficulf for any feam fo overcome-buf fhe boys always managed 'ro do if. VOLLEYBALL Aside from fhe officer's volleyball on No. I elevafor, ihe enlisfed men were always enfangled in fournameni' Play on fhe hangar deck. We compleied l'wo fourna- menfs which ran simulfaneously wifh baskefball. As if wasn r as popular as baskeiball, which in no way deferred from fhe ferociiy of 'rhe play-especially as we played if-everyfhing goes! The firsf fournamenf was won by VIH and fhey also won fhe baskefball fourney. Their sfars were Quiz Kid Blume lhe's a chief now so he's losf fhe Quiz Kid sfandingl, Schoolboy Godfrey, Cry- ing Towel Emerson, Ed Gerdes, and Mike The Greek Sobieraisky. The seH'ing was Leyfe and affer garnering whaf 'Ihey were looking for for 'Iwo dolla or 'Iwo pesos, fhey seffled down fo complefing fhe fournamenf. V3c faced V4F and vice versa. V4F emerged fhe winner and new champ 'Ihus VIH losf fwo crowns af fhe same fime. The sfars? Yes, Muscles Layporf, SIC, V4F, Hy Vyver- ber, Amm2c, V4F and for 'rhe losers 'ole parson Judge, RdM3c, of V3c, and really old 'Pop' Gnade, RdM3c of V3c. lncidenfally, as fhaf Brooklyn Boid DeSibio says, foisf give us da winners, den give us da 'sfafisfics', dere whaf really counfs . Well, here fhey are-ninefeen reams enfered, some I80 men involved and games played were besf fhree ouf of Eve for each mafch. Winner V4F. Wha'I', nobody gof hoifed even? asked DeSibio. BOXING In our four boxing shows, fwo of which were infer-ship, our boys showed 'Ihey were able 'Io fake care of fhem- selves in fhe ring. PFC Joe Padalino proved fo be our real champ and a very good fighfer fo go fhrough every one of 'Ihe boufs unscafhed and unbeafen. He foughf in fhe heavyweighf class. ln 'Ihe lighfweighf brackef we had a real rough lilfle hombre in QM3c Gerry Nugenf whose only defeaf was a real close one in fhe Shangri- La smoker. Our ofher sfaunch and sfalwarf leafher slug- gers wifh only one loss are PFC Yosick, Sian Moreland, Sic, Russian Hawrylzak, Slc. ln our infer-ship fourna- menfs we won over 'rhe Big E I USS Enferpriseul five wins fo fhree, and losf 'ro fhe USS Shangri-La six 'Io one. Boxing was popular aboard ship as all eighf of our sfriking bags and fwo heavy bag areas were confinually in use. During The one hour boxing period on fhe hangar deck we were never af a loss for 'Iwo buddies fo sfep forward and pummel each ofher cnly fo walk away wifh fheir friendship more solidly cemenfed. ln our on fhe ship smokers. Joe Harris, Slc, M division, was a sfeady cusfomer and winner as was Bob Driscoll, Slc, F division, who, inci- denfally, is a real all-around afhlefe. 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V' V L ,- AIR DEPARTMENT V-2-F Pufnam, J. A.: so-ia, F. T.: L+. :mg Pap.-, A. J.. J... en... R. E. Allon, R. G.: Aiiaway, R. T.: King, B. W.: Gaines, E. A.: Jennings, L. P.: Redmon, L. P.: Lowery, E. B. SECOND ROW: Jones, P. L.: Ulary, W. L.: Guilbaulf, A. L. Woodson, S. W.: Curry, J. W.: Robinson, H.: Bushman, R. A. Fipps, W. E.: Bruhl, E. A.: Gaumilz, H. J.: Rogers, J. N.: While heacl, A. H.: Sorian, A. A.: Dunlop, R. A.: Plah, G. F.: Welge, R. T.: Branowicki, S. M.: De Will, H. F.: O'Brien, D. C.: Woods, A. Alimonfi, F. P. FRONT ROW: Davis, V. S.: Ford, W. R.: Newcomer, C. J.: Blakely, E. P.: Marshall, J. J.: Saville, J. E.: Shasfeen, G. K.: Roberfs, W. V.: ..-1 3. THIRD ROW: Siarren, B. G.: Yefiaw, D. L.: Merrill, R. R.. lUn- lrnownl: Andes, A. R.: Manzella, C. P.: Fenliman, P. R.: Bryan, J. R.: Jenny, R. J.: Samples, J. M.: Cohen, M.: Fuller, H. G., McClalchy, R. L.: Carabino, G. J.: La Poinl, A. D.: Shroyer, P. S., Puinam, W. E.: Grove, F. A.: Kimrey, B. M.: Corder, W. P.: Camara, T.: Gay, G. A., Jr.: Mouni, J. M.: King, W. A. Mushinslri, A. A.: Nichols, E. B.: Henrichs, R. E.: Caslle, W. E. Hagar, R. L.: Gallman, D. E. FIFTH ROW: Kapuscinslri, W. E.: Cuflaw, J. M.: Hamm, G.: Willis A. P.: Demers, G. M.: Daman, D. J.: Milliner, W. A., Jr.: Goulding R. D.: Ellingsen, L. M.: Rishling, H. W.: Maercky, W. R.: Ham mersley, H. B.: Blaisdell, F. T., Jr.: Wilk, E. R.: Sioui, J. P.: Ranllin A. E.: Parnell, T. C.: Boy, P. A.: Hoskins, S. E.: Brennan, J. J. Brill, P. C.: Faley, M. P.: Pelo, M. J. AIR DEPARTMENT V-2-M FIRST ROW2 K01l0WSlll. E- F-I Nealand. J- H-I W0llm0h. K- G-I THlRD ROW: Peller, C. A.: Broolu, W. J.: Heiland, J. J.: Clarke Marler, J. S.: Andrea, A. S.: Desgain, G. L.: Kershner, W. H.: C. C.: Looker, B.: Moschino, A.: Long, T., Jr.: Jehn, R. J.: Ulferls Young, W. H.: Beno, S. H.: Mason, R. L.: Marra, E. A.: Coker, F. J.: Woodrulil, J. M.: Roberls, H. T.: Odom, E. M.: Meyer, C. N. C- H-I Kldwonn, R. K.: Lellne, N. E. Poliquin, R. 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