Salem (CA 139) - Naval Cruise Book

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chiefis mess. P. Cf' Going-the Boston Brown Bagger also Suntan Sam tcall 2l9I. Taylor Like who is our other HM1 l..ike,', our two strikers. Bush and Mullis, who are prospec- tive 'fpill-pushersf, and last but not least NlacNeil who becomes 6'Dad for a second time this sunnner. The only one left of our clan is the columnist. yours truly. Big Bob. Big, but not the biggest. Any questions concern- ing the above mentioned characters I will glady answer. I can be found anytime of the day around sickbay counting my days as a short-timer. The above persons are purely non-ficticious and any sim- ilarity to any person living or otherwise. we offer our sym- pathy. It shouldnit happen to a dog. Bob Obser, H112 , 1 - 1 Q . 1 8, Q A 'av A VV.: V fi ' . , I ve' X4 A I ,4 f Q J I f y V . il , ff 1 if WHAT DO YOU THINK NO LAUGHING MATTEQ H X Q OPEN WIDE DENTAL DEPARTMENT livery morning aboard the USS Salem after the chow line secure. men line up outside compartment A-218-ZAL, the dental office. for sick call. Commander W. C. Manke and LTJG H. S. Lanier conduct this procedure ably assisted by li. Hansen DTI. G. J. Lee DT3, T, Mardas DT3 and A, Jor- dan. dental striker. Hourly appointments start at nine oiclock running through till four p.m. assuring each individual pa- tient of good sound dental care. The four men in MDM division is ho share the same interests during the regular working day arc quick to change when four oiclock rolls around and lib- erty call goes. Hansen. the organizer, is well known through- out the ship for his achievements in welfare and recreation for the crew. Lee can usually be found with The Salem's basketball team helping to make life miserable for the rest of the ships in the fleet. While on duty in the Mediterranean this summer. Mardas and Jordan have been nominated to spread friendly relations with our European allies and after hearing some of their tales, it isn't hard to see that they are enjoying their work tremendously. Bob Hansen DTI LETSADD SOME OF THIS MEDICAL HISTO Q7 . . Mfg!-1 XX .M n--n I

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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'

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I 1 . QE :Q V 5 E 3 . ' 4 ' I CHA PLAIN LCDR OSCAR WEBER From leading a Sunday morning prayer to Hpassing the word about an all-day tour of Athens, you'll find the Chap- lain taking a very big part in maintaining interest and mor- ale, especially spiritually. Chaplain YVeher went on most of the tours he organized in each port, and it was seldom he clidnlt have a sellout. While Chaplain Yveher and later Chap- lain Schneck conducted the Protestant worships. guest padres and the men and officers themselx cs conducted the Catl iolic and Jewish divine serxiees 5 U CHANGE OF COMMAND TO NEW CHAPLAIN Chaplain LCDR ROBERT J.sCHNE TQ sera e,ea llase as iiee xlxrr s,.t .llt r gllxwwa ,+A K, CATHOLIC MASS f