Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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r Y f 4 r' ' '- --4' ' - In all the corners too. a..M,,,.......4a-nfl + Now if I push this Field day on the whirly bird. ji 3 V Division, composed of the Airdales who took care of the Salem's helicopter on her '53 Med cruise, may have been small, but its men accumulated lots to remember none the less: -their top liberty hound, Matthews, whom they could never find after working hours, and - -their least liberty hound, Stoddard, whom they could rarely find after working hours. -the way Keaney found a home away from home in the Med and showed no wish to leave. - Snyder, so tired from eating all those geedunks he just had to sack out for a while! -the terrific undertaking of filling up Matthews and Keaney's hollow legs. -Ringstad's odd purchases: imagine bringing all those white negligees and dolls , aboard a ship! ...the heartfelt and constant griping from Knox, no doubt he was only kidding! g A' -those charming scenes along the shore at Ville, those secluded beaches were fas- , cinating! Q l -the pleasant flights from ship to ship at, say, four-thirty in the morning. s - the haunting strains of flight quarters wafting away into a peaceful evening. M -the way the other half lived, at the American Bar, for instance. r -the only whirly-bird in the fleet with a gorgeous witch on its tail! Easy there. .M s tx Q. X X 1 QNW s E x .u.,,,NxNN ' 'L' E Ens. Grafton 5 t 1- Q Ace Tramcaru and friends.

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