Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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The personnelmen, yeomcn. journalists. printers and pho- tographers which compose the team ol the executive oHicer's division, plus the law enforcement agency that hangs out be- hind the curtain in 'the shacki. are all a closely' knit and important combination aboard the Salem. From the squared hat, buttoned shirt, and reveille report of the MAA force, to the changing of a middle initial and correcting a dependent entry in the service recordg from the endless questions about request chits that have usomehow gone astray' to the signing of a 'cshipping overi' paperg all these things are arranged. sorted, tiled, typed, and organized by willingiand capable hands. The men who comprise this division are. as a force. equally competent men, although one or two of them have their own personal odd ways of doing things. such as mailing the pending basket to Bupers, and throwing the top of the coffee pot out with the rest of the trash. Sam Kaisen says it wasnit like this in the old Navy, and Bentkowski. our highly etlicient 20-year, regular land probably Republican! first class is often inclined to agree with him, 'Zombu Nlc5herry doesnit understand why the electric typewriter has to make so much noise the morning after, and generally takes to his rack. Silvers tried very hard to arrange the Sixth Fleet Band around his playing, but it apparently was bigger than both of them. The legal office stall' spent most of their liberty hours going from bar to bar acting like temperance workers trying to keep the trouble shooters from making more work for them. and thereby' gaining more time in li-313-L. The vari-type machine in the l'.l.0. oflice gave the cor- respondent quite a bit of trouble, lwe donit think they really' knew how to use itil, and although the mimeograph machine caused some headscratching in the print shop. the printers say this was because they didn't go to school to learn how to use it. The education ollice tried to offer what is often called musical appreciation hour, but Joni James and Perez Prado usually' won out over what one personnelman considered ufiner artf' Everyone became so enthusiastic over the sug- gestion of painting the executive ollice that more white paint got on the desks and the deck than on the overhead. ive all cheered Mr, Custall in his Palm Beach attire as he pitched our winning games. As usual the photo lab went the way' ol all flesh this Med cruise. That self-elfacing smile behind the click and flash bore the all protective stamp of the flag. He- marks about anything preceding the Spanish-.-Xmerican War have been banned due to Chief 5chneider's age. The crew's lounge still remains a place where considerable amount of nervous chatter can be heard at almost any time of the day. This division is manned by competent and eliicient men who are sure of their knowledge of the work. and who make an effort to see that the business of the crew is handled quickly' and properly. and to insure that the records and correspondence are completed correctly. 'lihey see that men. when they submit requests for change of duty. allotments and other things that are important to them. can be assured that their business will be handled as if it was the personal busi- ness of the man preparing it. Conlon Brown, PN?

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I , I . , l l I I 1 l STEADY F' 1 Z Q 1.11.-al. OPERATION NEEDLE DI ISID DI ISIDN FIRST ROW, Left to Right: Hirschfeld, William E., HM3g Finney, Robert E., I-IM3g Blanclcart, August C., HM3. SECOND ROW: Taylor, John R., HMI: Moroney, Robert M., HMC: Warrick, Eclwarcl. LT lMClg Faherty, Francis X., HMI. THIRD ROW: Bush, Jay S., SA, MacNeill, Robert L., HN: Mullis, Doyle E. SNQ Donnelly Walter R., HM3, G ' P d , , ' omg, a en C., HM27 Kresce, Grant M., HM2. FOURTH ROW: Williams, Jerome D., HM3: Obser, Robert F., HM2. 'On FRONT ROW. Left to Right: LTJG H. S. Lanier, DC, CDR W, C. Manke, DC. BACK ROW: Marclast, DT3g Lee, DT3g Hansen, DT, IL MEDICAL DEPARTMENT I guess the most frequently used phrase in this Canoe Clubw of ours is '4Hey Dociil The docs lend an ear to just about everyones tales of woe covering complaints of head- aches to signing chits for fur-lined T-shirts. We tried to organize a softball team but due to such a small division we had to withdraw our team. We pf0b3bIY will wind up with a football team since our division weight average is in the vicinity of 200 pounds. We may be feW H1 number but um-m boy, weire big! We have twelve corpsmen, two strikers and doctor lEa5Y sometimesj Warrick, Donit get too shook if some HM-2 Ed- says hold it and snaps your picture, because that's 'CSIIUI' terbugi' Kresge. Anyone wanting an autograph picture of the ucreature from black lagoon tStingerl, See Kresge- Before I forgetidonit miss the tumbling act of :Bumper Bellyw Faherty, HM1 as he steps into the liberty IaunCI1 g01Ilg back to the ship. Look Mal No hands! Ask Blanckaerf . - 7 HN to tell you about his two other seabags or is it three- Quite a wardrobe, Cusl France. alas, has never been the . I . e same since the uloversw have terrorized the natives 011 Shor P3t1'0l. Ciest Manifiquel The lovers who else but ucuddlesv Hirschfeld and uGable,' Finney fdonit muss mV hairl' Course, d0n,t miss the professional dance act of W0bbli11g Walt Donnell 1 3 Downstairs. Overheard on the beach: quote, I wuz Som 77 HHYWEW: Umluolei Big Don. Did anyone find out wht' Willy was so panicky the other night, 'Fhalis Tiny Williams our X-ray tech and y at the Colden Nugget. Fred Astair's brother- . i 9 r poppa ol an 8 month old boy, Also hes OU top man in our H IH for llcavvl division weigh-in. Well lllal IUSI about covers our division except l0f Cluel- HlVIellow Mali' lVIoron 'f il . V, 79 . C my iso known as 'bnodgrass HI Il'