Shea (DM 30) - Naval Cruise Book

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FIRST DIVISION ..if',,1,3o3 : The main duties of the First Division are the upkeep ,of the forward part of the ship.. It is made up mostly of Searnyen, the backbone of the United States Navy. Their job is to keep the decks and bulkheads in good shape. At times this gets very tiring but each one takes pride When inspection day comes and the First Division gets a 4.0. I Now'we will try to' give you some of the outstanding characteristics of the men that make up the First Division. Harold Cross-His hair-cuts were the envy of the ship at sea . . . Iames Cotton-Never seen unless he was smiling, He now is in civilian life . . . Mark Newberry-He finally learned how to cut hair-oh, well, half way, anyhow . . . Tony Andirago-The women all swooned when they saw him . . . M. T. McDowell-The smiling Irishman . , . Oscar Westerholm-The Aman whose wife calls him cigarface g he is very seldom seen without one . . . Henry Murray, the Ship- fitter-he only hurries ashore . . . Alfred Gillespie,-The kid with the strawberry curl , . . P. Cooper-The fellow who was G. Q. happy . . . Ray Thompson-The fellow who 'liked mess cooking so well that he asked for another three month . , . Fetchik-A nice guy, madly in love . . , Perkins-The fellow that never knew what was going on until after it was all over . . , C. A. Addison,-The fellow who just couldn't get over seasickness . . . Reno Leonesio-The little fellow. that was always talking until one day he got shrapnel in his throat and couldnt .He is all right at present , . . Carl Gamer-This kid who really grew up . . . I. E, Todd-The fellow wh-o likes to talk of old times , . . Clyde Harris, a redhead from South Carolina that likes his foolishness . . . Bill Brock-JTT19 QUY With high ideas ' - - Carl McDonough-- The heart-breaker for women . . . R. K. Andersonf-IUST CI swell guy all around. These are the guys who have recently come aboard and are all swell Ioe's: 1. e. Davis, pomfoy, skocich, Shilling, lame-S, Curry. I Pgpg! Thompson, Duncan, Bressel, Bruggins, Beebee. Last but not least let us pay tribute to those who paid the Supreme Sacrifice: George Mann-Happy-Go-Lucky . . . Claude B, Greene- Everybody's friend . . . Richard Craig, BM2fc-A friend to A allithe seamen . , . Nutting, BM2fc-Could get more work out of us in a nice way . . . Iack Goodall-A fighter all t-he I way. There are others who have been discharged and changed duty: William McDowell-Liked to talk about the last ship he was on . . . Peter Kaufman-Speed demon to G. Q. , . . L. R, McDonald-The guy who started the ear-rings on the ship. I almost forgot one member of the First Division and Mascot for the whole ship - Frisco. He knew where to hide at time of firing. 1 Westerholm, Cox. i t Q . At the time of commissioning, the Signal Gang conf The gang ran: thus until May 4th, 1945, with the excep- Slsted Ofi OQISSTDY, I. E., SMIXC: HCIIISSH, E. I., SMlfcp tion of advancements in rating for the lucky, Q We-tier, F. s., SM3fcg Bement, R. E., sifc, Helm, P, E., sifc, Schafer, M. s., sifc, Richards, F. s., szfc, isndfsfevens, C. W., S2fc. The gang was a confident one, since allrated men and the leading strikers were qualified Tin Can Signalrnen Ca fact which all were soon to make knownl. During the busy shakedown period, we ,came to the conclu- sion that' we had a snappy gang-a fact which finally brought fruit in our first squadron maneuvers 'in the Hawaiian Islands. ' The first man to leave the gang was .gchqfgf thin-,ugh Q Medical Transfer. This was a big loss, but he was ably replaced by what we as a gang like to regard as the only Signalling Engineer, G. H. Behnke, F2fc. Through a trick of Navy luck, Behnke remained a Signalling Engineer all the time he-.was in the gang. I i Here we pause in humble tribute to those men who 1 left us on that fateful May 4th, The tireless efforts -of Bement l and Behnke, as well as the-ir personalities and character- istics, will forever live in the memory of the gang. As a result of that day, we also lost the valuable services of Hansen and Richards. l 1 With the first replacements came Evins, a promising i striker. Our next loss was Helm, through a medical dis- Chflrge. Avery valuable addition was made when we got I E1'1Qle,.SM.lfc from the U.S.S, CLARK. The gang today con- 5 Sim Of Oglesbrf CSM: Engie, sivnfc, Weiiei-, SM2fcg sms, Slfc, and Stevens, Slfc. W . . . I. E. ogiesby, csrvr, USN.

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