Siboney (CVE 112) - Naval Cruise Book

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l L-4? -x E J COMMANDER S. P. GANTZ USN Executive Officer o U.S. Naval Academy, 1939 o USS YORKTOWN o USS WASP o NAS, Lakehurst, N. J., Flight Training lLTAl o 1942-'I944 Blimp Squadrons o C.O., Guerilla Camp in China 0 C.O., Southeast China Coastal Reconnaissance Expedition 0 USS RENO, USS MANCHESTER o Post graduate training o M.S., Purdue University 1950 oC.O., USS LIOBA o C.O., USS JOHN HOOD 0 Pensacola, flight training lHTAl o CVG 8 o Air Development Squadron 3 o X.O., USS SIBONEY DECORATIONS Bronze Star Medal, SecNav Commendation Ribbon with combat V , American Defense Service Medal, American Area Campaign Medal: Asiatic- Pacific Area Campaign Medal: Victory Medal World War llp Navy Occupation Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal. , 4 l 4 i

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HURRICANE . -2 Loading l00,000 pounds of food in eight hours WHO COULD FORGET 4 October, 1955! At noon, orders were received to load as many supplies as possible, prepare to receive twelve HRS type heli- copters, and to get underway for Tam- pico, Mexico, to assist in relieving the disaster created by the passage of an extremely destructive hurricane, and the devastating floods that were its con- sequence. X - 4 '..1l'i 0 0's U WU? vo .,'f fN3:r-M4 T-X n 1000 Yellow Fever shots in two hours X' EIGHT HOURS AFTER receipt of that message, SIBONEY was underway for Tampico. In those eight hours we had loaded fifty tons of food, bales of bed- ding, a large stock of medicines and other assorted items. And we had re- ceived the 12 helicopters. 6 l060 loaves per day