San Marcos (LSD 25) - Naval Cruise Book

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They Padre LCDR Paul S. Sanders LCDR SANDERS, CC, USNR, is the Chaplain for the 3rd Bn 6th Marines. The Padre I spent several weeks aboard holding Divine Services and counseling men who had per- sonal problems. The Padre is from Alabama but makes his home in New York where he is attending the graduate school of Union Theological Seminary. f, .nf fi-'jiffies V mrari' If nw 1.-. .ln X VN... v y axifn .-,, T I 13

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E 2 s The Marine Officers Plus The Seabee Officer W, C.'Keith W. Burl E. I. Gaffney W. E. Loclrridge I- T- dQl1int31 1st Lt. WilliamC. KEITH, USMC, is the executive officer of Fox Battery, Zrll Bn. 10th lvgrines. The vociferous Mr. Keith, better know'n'as. The Noise hails from Lafayette, California and is a grad. of the U. of South Carolina. Mr. Keith is unique in that he has a great fear of peace and quiet, however be assured that when he is present, the other two are NOT. ' Capt. Charles 'W. BERI. Ir. , USMCR, is the C. O. of Troops and C. O. of Fox Battery as well as C. O. Sacktime, Sixth Fleet.. Capt. BERL is from Wilmington, Delaware and is a graduate of Princeton. He was attending law school at the Univ. of Virginia when recalledfto active duty, this is his fifth year on active duty. a Ensign Edward J. GAFFNEY, CEC, USNR, better known as the Seabee comes from Haughton, Michigan, Qthats upper Michigan, Surrl and is a graduate of Michigan Teck fnever heard of that onel. Seabee ' is the Beach Salvage Officer. Capt. William E. LOCKRIDGE Ir., USMCR, is from Plain Dealing, La. Qthat must really be in the country! and is a graduate of Louisiana State U. Variously known as Bull , Tank or Bayou , he is C. O. of the Tank detachment and Troop Executive Officer. He has six years. active duty. ' ' Zn-gl Lt. I. Thomas,QUlNTAL, USMCR, is from Nethuen,l Mass. and is a graduate of Boston College lwe always thought B,C. was a headache powdery, nYoung -I-omn is Fire Direction Center Officer and Battery Support Officer. T 12

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The Chiefs l 1 1 l i .g..v----.......,- ,. ,. Back row: RMC Balhorn, MMC Aging HMC Egnoski, ENC Troupe, QMC Nemith and BTC Smith. Front row: GMC Thomas, BMC Floyd, SKC Sells, FPC English, CSC Hoskinson and BMC Terry. Missing: BTC Dorathy and EMC' Prolow. THE CHIEFS! ! What and Where are the Chiefs? That is a question that often confronts many on board the LSD 25. The answer to the what part of the question is probably the hardest, so we shall make an honest effort to answer it first. What is a Chief?? You can look far and wide in every dictionary without getting results. You will probably go away with the impression that our Chiefs are Indians from some lost 11-ibe. They may be the lost tribe, but they definately are not Indians. Somewhere you may get a hold of a rumor that Chiefs are remotely connected with the U. S. Navy. You are about to discard this as strictly a rumor, but you decided anything is worth a try. Much to your surprise, you find that 'the Navy has Chiefs of all sorts and classifications. You immediately rush to Washington, D, C. to find out exactly what a Chief is. The first discovery, you gather, is that the Chiefs are the backbone of the Navy. You quickly jump to the COD' clusion that the Chiefs do all the work that has to be done. The answer is a resounding NO! ! They make all the import- ant decisions? Again - NO! ! !. What then are Chiefs you inquire impatiently??? The 'same answer, the backbone of the Navy. You depart as bewildered as before you came to Washington. The final answer you deduce is this, Chiefs are like Naval 'Traditions and Customs, here to stay as long as we have a Navy, . 14 .