Rupertus (DD 851) - Naval Cruise Book

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Egg The Gun Gang X ! lHIIIIII11.UliIII'.JIlIHII GAN better known as WG division, made up of Gunner's Mates and Fire I Control Technicians, maintains and operates the main battery ' of the ship. Leading this elite organization in the past and present have been several alert and intelligent officers. These men, with ' talents so vast and varied, have been none other than: Dino the Greek Challes, Droopy Dave Rawling and last but certainly not least Crew-cutl' Palmer. Guiding the division under these famous ofhcers was Tee-totaler' Sandoval, who after his retirement was replaced by the 'cBig E Eisner from Chief's quarters. With Insomnia Booher heading the Sharp Shootersf f'Boxcar Easterly supervising the Cannon Cockersl' and Rapid-Firev Robert setting the examples, how could any division do anything but excel? With such conscientous leaders as the aforementioned, it's hard not to produce such outstanding workers like Switch,' Parkinson, Lucky', Gentry, Spendthrift Clark, 'lunch-gut VVilkens, Poker VValker, Chief Gordon, Eaglebeak Dunn, Fat Nickyn Nickeson, Super-hawk llauke, lAlighpockets Silverthorn, Mouse llosking, W'haletail Brock, Wacky Willie Wilson, G.A. the Masked Granman Graebing, Happy Mendenhall, Shrimp Schemph, Oop Knoop, Cowboy Kay, Hliiller Joe Krout, and Skate Pierce. WG was the key division contributing to the high degree of success the ship experienced on its gunfire support missions off the coast of Viet Nam. XYith men of such high caliber and training as these, what other ship could ComSeventhI ll, call the 'Al'UXSTliS'l' GUN IN Tllli NYliST but the Rupertus.

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Back row: left to right: Donald Easterly, GMGQ Thomas Eisner, FTGCg Donald Gentry, GMG3g John Mendenhall, FTGSNQ Thomas Brock. GMG3: Arthur Silverthorn, FTG3g Leonard Hauke, FTGSNg David Gordon, SNQ LTJG Richard Palmer Xliddle row I Terry XYilson, FTGSN g Harry Knoop, GMGSNQ David Dunn, GMG3g Dennis Clark, FTGZQ Richand Schemph, SN 1 Anthony Pierce. FTGSN Front row 1 George Graehling, SNg John Parkinson, FTG2g Don Booher, FTG2g David I-losking. SNg Thomas Nickeson, FTG3: Robert VVilkens, FTG3 H EW -'X ff' -, me Yzffff s A W , v f A MW My-v,,Jln7 M W' ,,,, A 5' -'f r, 2 V ff X HW Wf 1 f yi ff I , , 'f'f W V, ,f , f f ,V ' 'QW f W W Www '4 WA ff! 0 if f I f 1 , ,V Wg' fg, K ,y ,V D A IW Lf , ,ff I' f ' e fe f Xfllld Iflswifie ifTcic's , J .'xl,.r 1 1 .l J , I r., 1,-my-jfrr-, filffwr l,c-ruling C limi PCD