Sumter (LST 1181) - Naval Cruise Book

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MEDICAL HM1 CASTILLO The Medical department is staffed by 4 Corpsman, HM1 Castillo, HM5 Douds, HM5 Mackenzie, HMZ5 Hayes and l'lM2 Desarden temporarily assigned as Medical Regulator. Sickbay has a four bed capacity and is supplemented by a fonvard and aft battle dressing station for emergency use. Medi- cal capabilities include basic laboratory and minor surgical procedures, evaluation and treatment of routine medical prob- lems, short term management and moni- toring of trauma, management of emergen- cy dental problems and providing for civi- lians in case of emergency evacuation. RT E I I I I li 5 I E 2 I READY FOR ANY EMERGENCY .fi .X Q HM5 Mackenzie, HM2 Desarden I-IM5 Hayes, HM5 Douds I IL L I Q Q The ten most asked questions of PCSN COMER 1 1. WHEN'S THE NEXT MAIL CALL? 2. HOW MUCH FOR A BOOK OF STAMPS? 3. WHEN ARE YOU SELLING MONEY ORDERS AGAIN? 4. HOW COME I DlDN'T GET ANY MAIL TO- DAY? 5. HOW COME MY GIRLFRIEND MAILED A PACKAGE IN OCT AND I STILL HAVEN'T GOT- TEN IT? 6. WHEN'S THE POST OFFICE OPEN? 7. CAN YOU MAKE CHANGE FOR THE SODA MACHINE. 8. WHEN WILL MAIL CLOSE OUT? 9. WHAT'S THE SHIPS ADDRESS AGAIN? 10. I KNOW MAIL CLOSED OUT AN HOUR AGO AND THE HELP IS INBOUND BUT DO YOU HAVE ROOM FOR ONE MORE LETTER? sn HALLS, PCSN comm GIL

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PER P PER DM , EVER ERE .sf-,I m, -1 E 9 5 ,I Ig s.' ENS JENNE ADMIN OFFICER YNC MARTIN LEADING CHIEF PUT IT ONE THE FILE . . . The ship's oflice went all out to keep up with administration and personnel matters ahead ofthe ballgame, despite the busy oper- ational schedule. Yeomen and Personnelmen left their typewriters behind to man their sta- tions during Amphibious evolutions, vertreps and unreps. Staying on top of the paperwork and helping out during operations didn't dampen their spirits, though, as seen in the photo to the right fL-RJ YNC MARTIN, PNSN BIRCHENOUGH, SA FLUKER, YN2 KEHOH thi- dinsl, SA KNIGHTEN, AND SA LEWIS laugh it up. NC1 BURNS, CAREER COUNSELOR PNSN BIRCHENOUGH 'Mft-A YOU WANT IT WI'lEN?! Iii

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SUPPLY DEP RT ME LT 0. A. scnmlm SUPPLY OFFICER Disbursing Clerk KDKD EX-SUPPLY OFFICER LT D. B. WICICIS I l Mess we Management F FF F Specialist QMS? 4 SKC R.J.ToNC1 P SUPPLY LCPO ENS B. L. HACKER DISBURSING OFFICER srorekeeper gsm MIM msc qswp M. onovss usmm RETIRES AFTER 26 + YRS MIS SED BY THE ENTIRE CREW 71