US Naval Reserve Midshipmens School - Capstan Yearbook (Notre Dame, IN)

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A director, we always thought, was a Hollywood personage who put glamour gals and guys through their paces before the Camera, wore leather puttees and spoke with the voiee of onmipotenee. Very true, bt1t we also learned there's an infinitely more aeeomplished Director in Naval Ordnance, an almost-human and vastly complicated machine that makes hits possible before you ean say Marbitrary ballistic. Nor was it all theory that was doled out to us. YVe spent eonsiderable time at the loading machines and rangefinders. From this time on, whenever the words Hloading maehinew are spoken, we will all shiver as with the ague. YVho can ever forget those drill sessions beneath the Notre Dame Stadium, with the temperature crowding zero and the wind whipping through the passageways and P-coats? Sure. lt was eold. But it was fun, too. There we had our first glimpse at the man- ner in whieh guns are loaded and Hred The lessons learned on those nippy days may pay oil some day when we're helping' to lire real guns and real shells at the enemy. Salt-ty, safety, safety. lt was drummed into us with a relent- less determination, At drill they in- dicated how one little mistake Could wipe out the whole gun erew. Re- sponsibility was being plaeed on our shoulders and we were feeling its weight. Few things made more fascinating discussion than 'lhangfiresf' and we'd sit completely entraneed while some sea veteran would tell us how treacher- ous they eould be. Opening the breeeh during a hanghre might blow your gun erew to Kingdom Come so the proper procedure was to call the Captain and ask him what you should do. And il' the gun's services were required, he might say open it , and it was the Gunnery Ollie:-r's duty to earry out the order. t'Are there any questionsQ l the in- struetor would ask eonsiderately belore dismissing the section. Ssssir, are we going to be the lt was all quite apparent. XYe were! l51l

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