Tarawa (CV 40) - Naval Cruise Book

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J,,le.z5L v I gl 1 l l x Q i A it t l l l l .Q it l 't it l 5 l t ll! elf. EQ 1 l .Q E if l 2 l 1 1 t l ! -t t t Ql' all ll it tt z'l,H f 's l O lt . is t t'- tl 4-' ' A'-I 6' sv L Dental Department - Tu rawct A . . Lefz to Right A l - t I ' I FIRST ROW: R. C. Wid0w5,ki,' C. B. Priceg N. K. Nunn: R. D. Nc'c'ly,' R. P. Keller, 1 R SECOND ROW: Comdr. K. K. Bricigey Comdr. R. Wf. Langeq Lt. 1. ll . Ogden. I5 l . l The biggest little department aboard the ship, con- The ollicsers were kc-pt jumping to trx' to keep the R sistecl of 3 officers and 5 enlisted tecihnictizms. It took KNTIIYIIYVLI 'l'eeth in Qctocl enonvlt tqttiti lot' the world U ll a bit ol doing at the last minute in San Diego to t fill the complement. lfour of the six tnemlmers ol' our department came ahoztrcl on 30 September. Actually, t 'i .Q y' only a matter ol' hours prior to sailing. By the time we 1 had reacliczd Pearl Harbor we were 21 closely lcnit l y group standing on our own feet. Pride was our tltetne Qi l throughout the cruise. We recieivecl 21 sturcly 4.0 on all ci. lj! ty :rsonnel inspections and the Zone inspc-cgtions lelt little to lie desired. lf Y 1 , . . 'l he rrnsston ol our clc-pnrtment was rc-nclertng clenf if R l i tzil trc::itrnc:nt to all personnel almozircl tltc- 'lktruwzt ztncl it the two ziccoropstnying clestroyers. One tc-cltnicittn wus t 1 ' qi . lcccpt liusy tlnouyltout tllc- cruise llldlillllly aivznlztlmle in Oral Propltylsixls to all lmncls desiring szune. ll x l l l I l l t .N , cruise. XVe neeclecl no .tclxc'tttsetnent lot our set't'tc'eS is sick cull eatclt morning loolcecl like Pav Ugly . ll' pt-ztcsticc' llotntsltecl. gtowtttg lw lcutps .tncl liountlS ts the ctuisc' went on. No tngtttet ltow ltcutx x' tltew01'll loztcl lac-c'znne, it wats out poltcx' to ctlwitvs greet Cilfll patient with zt cltc-tw tgtxcttl ntottnntg .tncl lCIlilC1' .tny serx'icte out lnnltecl l.tc nltttcw .tllowc'cl. At times thc- sittmtion sec-tttecl igtun Uut eqllllmlcm wats in nec-cl ol tepttn. lint lu cltnploxtttgg Xl1l1'.llUm ingenuity we tetngttnecl nt lllv lcmtm slmpc' up nnltl me vcty c-ncl. lt lcmlc .1 lciw -.tmtttls .tl lmlttttg tvnc' .utcl 11 lew pic-cc-s ol stttnv l-ot tt ltcltl to-wtltet tncl we. H1 L c . 1 yt I clc'p.tttntent constclet thc' cllltst' stmgttlnlx' intel'- 4?-llllg. 5-lltLt'S'tllIl ttncl t'cluc.tttctn.tl

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'1 in 8 A, Left ff? Rigbf H Division THIRD ROW: L. McFadden, Lt. fj.g.l 'K. E. North, Cmdr. H. I. Rickard, Lt. fj.g.l H. K. Wieman,' L. E. Morgan. SECOND ROW: j. R. Aflalemang W. L. Connery T. O. jordmzg B. D. Arrmtrong. FIRST Row: H. V. Toney' C. E. Ammomg E. TlJib0deaux,' C. E. Goodrumg L. M. Cbonmzy. The Medical Department on leaving San Diego had three Medical Olhcers, one of which belonged to the Air Group, and one Medical Service Corps Officer. Enlisted personnel consisted of fourteen men, two of which were Air Group personnel. Two of these men were involved in an auto accident the night prior to departure, corisefpicfiitly were llfl2llJlC to make the cruise. On arriving at Pearl Harbor one Hospital Corpsinan was liJtllHlt'llt'll to the hospital and two were reteivf cl. lit lou lun ing Tsingtao, China, another Hospital t.o1psm:1n uns lrznisltrrsrr-tl leaving twelve men lor lllf' nrtior pzul ol the rriiise against an au- T 111 it -lour This shortage tllfnlftfrl tllllllmltllltlll ol lt 1 1 . ,Y ol pvrsornurl has 11. tion, but flut In lmitl uoilt In the ltllillllllliig perf somlfl .HI :irl11111.1lil1 lub uzis clone 1 ulf lol 41 S4lIllt'XXlllll tlilhttlll s1t11.1- The routine work load has been enormous consist- ing of large sick calls and usual care of the ill and in- jured. In addition to the personnel on the ship, the accompanying destroyer also depended on this depart- ment for care of their more seriously ill and injured, as well as for supplies, technical advice and aid. There were three emergency operations performed during the cruise, one epidemiological type of food infection, and one of the personnel from the U.S.S. CHEMUNG Q.-XO-305 , who died was brought aboard. embalmed, encased, and was later buried at sea from the U.S.S. TARAXVA with a military ceremony. This has been a close functioning and cooperative department with each individual deserving a praise- worthy XVell Done .

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