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

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1 1 f f lr 1' f x X n' -1.1 , KS,-f' ,-' 'Y 5 ,fax ,, If rf ,A tv ff' R K -1' 1 ,if --- N,-A 3-7 f ll 1' K, ,A 'ufiisqilared hat, prayed for a safe CL landingffand disappeared in a swirl of bocligs V,., down the aft l ladder. ' yr 'Yr , F QIQXXIQZNEON-V WAQQH f it .41- at, M0390-1200' 'dX B2 0800-Zoom-1-100 secand. E -wffw 'r3Airocobra? A-20? B-26? iBogue? New Jersey? Let's try it againz, x boys-ready-now. Zoom! Airocobra? A-20? 'fl if -f fr - 0936-Red buoy-ntfr?7Q83'1y. ,Looks like a if channel. What the -lligyllfafgever bewin San Fran- ' cisco anyway. There's -some talk about landing gzgfix barges going around-I wonder? it iii nl f....,' H. 0940-Navigator's what? No, d'on'tii.believe it. Black too Sighed, leaned back and lit at-,weed . . . f ll, -3.2 ' . ' , Q , . xfafmwhati am I doing incorrect now folks? .,.,, DOG WATCH 1600-2000 1649- Feet apart, hands on hips. Ready- V beeeee-gin. ' . . . Same thing once moref' . . . Alright, there are some loafers in the crowd falways r werej, letis have it 'A again. , 1701-Carried off east drill field by two ' - ' not so gentle pharma- r cist's'n'1ates. Guess it f .1 3 7 f 5 ff 3' , ,e, , i r iff. K 5 I 'X 445' ,Q .air F5 . tff' 'D' EI 1 A I ,gg VP' ta Ur fl vw 'fry J IP ,ln li- un l'fu'ffH' I I was the typhoid that morning or maybe I I Iylfllllll i u the unusual occasion of a good meal. 1730-Special liberty having been declared man- aged to convince doctor I was now well. 1735-Left note on door. Will be at usual place and booth. 2017-Arrived at usual place after many stops en- route. Found usual booth occupied. Occupied an- other. w ENQYS li 'L 'A' --ifii , -1 1 -MLP, .- 7' ' 1' '-T' --:U s 19123-- fr 1 , Xia if la f. iif2.,lOf5-Lulled by the gentle clickinggofgtelegraph 2027-Sparkling amber, 'E I Xkeeysfrdreamed of Coral , 4 A a shaded light with smoke X, 31Es,,,,,,,,5iS1eg- H, .V lazily curling about it, a , , gf? 73 , beautiful but hazy picture' of Anne, or Mary, or , 3135-N0 Incentive Q .,,, . Ruth, hazy, hazier, haziest. -lri ferr lunch-Anne '-, ig? . . 'L didn,t Write Even if fxag.. f s ,-1, 23,5 2100-Metacentric height . , f 1. 11- M d . . QT she had, stew is still ,II gf 96579 ICS' low' gfhddledatfneli fstew. No don't tell . i i? 5 . a- e Coume perm 0 ro if imc we clidn't have 1 'iff' ii 'A with Stop Watch. 2.2 s X2 5,9 .Ai ' -zggjgf' f' 2148 - L ft 1 1 i h d u , . ,, ,',,' , ,wig e usua p ace. , t at ay - H 5 Blonde at left and brunette to tx ,,'i AFTERNOON WAIIQLIJ 1200:E160O if N f right. Take a'p1ng'1n the . ., fl! sr .4 . I5 gulf! Swab the decks-H QQ. 2:31300-Statlcal Thls was MQW 9 dently somebody put No. 5 ly sl ' evidtfritlypot the answer. a ship weigh ' ten pounds? 2 WXV, MID WATCH 0000-0400 140Q++H,e5e's that trunnion gear again. 0049-N ' O ' T - - D - EYCS not IOC V xgesidgs, Offhewwggj good, must be an S. However, 1t,S the only bus . I ' gear. Maiy5e,QDQ5o,Q,Yin .,,. l..'r 3 nd F X' around. H Driver, doesh thlsh bush go to Notruh his Ape theagaargsgffall the Daaame? rage,,..,..vIf I another 0059.5-Mid'n. Gish, sir. Yesh, shir, Midin y ,...tree'iaI'llu,:bu5?-that loin cloth Gish. Room 304. Noshir, really, I'm not. fin tF1e Sears-Roebuck cata- gg 0100-Hit Sack. ' 1510-Did a right shoul- lbguej der arms in three counts and v 5 o wk., 5,4 r :I-'I Yi' ' rf ..: 'Id ' Ju, , ffl? . f i bl lin , is 55: started down concrete high- . T way again. L249jl Yes, they were all the same and all very provok- ing. But each night as I fell exhausted into my bunk 10 off the deck, 'mid flashing lighthouses and booming guns, through angles and vector dia- grams comes that girl-Anne, or Mary, or Ruth. -iv' 255 . I 5 it if v fi-xii 'i 'il air r M51-3

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o 0357-Remember almost nothing but knowwl - Q f This is an autobiography-not en- . tirely auto as I was threatened with extra duty if it weren't written-but still a biography of the best known man on the station Cno, not W.E.N.D joseph Stanilaus Gish. A if-.:.:: , - -Q I have no real reason for the dribble to follow as my mother already knows .5 What I'm to write, my girl apparently cares little, and Ogden Nash refuses to buy my production, but here goes: I :Fig ..- .. .'f-9138 ...S ,, ff,.1,Jf:pa 1Qwp51-L-.5 41 Q? I Ji ,X I I r' 1 4... Q3 rf . lit, 1 Toward the end of my junior year in College, I, S. Gish, known as Joey by some and Stan by others, felt the tentacles of Selective Service slowly entwining themselves around me. To evade same I signed on ddtted line and thus was found on the campus of one Notre Dame University, on the territory of one USNRMS. That is the preamble. This is the tale. KI. S. Gish, I assure you through no fault of his own be- came very well known. In fact there's scuttlebutt to the effect that the re- '. 1l 1 :fy ,V 7: 5.2535 ff' Q S .Xi 1 if .- :Gig xt 4, nowned Mr. Ageton has even heard of him. During V-7 he had been unlucky enough to receive serial number 000-00-00 and when he became an officer in a qualified, very qualihed, sense he was given file number 000000, but the top prize of all was when he came up with Laundry number 0000! I, J. S. Gish, spent ,113 days at USNRMS between the fateful day September 30, 1943, and the most remarkable day january 20, 1944, as did 1,400 other midshipmen. After long and deliberate consultation with my Egyptian soothsayer I picked out one day's journey for your perusal. I name a particular day, it might have been any day, they were- all alike. Listen . . . The day? Thanksgiving. The weather? Typi- cal. The time?i' 3' Mm WATCH 0000-0400 .' -.gg . 1 0130-Rolled over like all normal ie- 3295 sleepers but this time I seemed to F5535 be signing my name, middle initial :Vrj too. Queer. 0157-Staggered along the 3rd Deck muttering threats and con- templating dire schemes about sleeping midship- men and 0.0.D.'s. 0159-Slap happy and with devilment in my eye I relieved an atrophied roving watch and began the inimitable game of follow the leader. Noted it was none too warm and was darn glad I was from Boston. g . ' . 0213-Resolved-ftoilffiii 3. 152: pt write my Sand , T mth' Q thank hir1gQifor5.ur hofne's 1 geographggxlocation. My , ' sgufthern had by ffgthis time becgme quite i f-7 r-' U y,,,.5',1,9 numb, and .ligpt ,mum- 'in ,QQ bling something about 5' 2 sunis declination. 0320-Gently,sriowing-white and Christmas like. .Related tags of ice skating to petrified fellow protectorate, Wltigagg-wasfgmildly bored and practi- cally dead. njgf' ' . r couldn't raise my hand in salute. Some qigack threatened-'jfiot to relieve us and kept muttering about watch being improperly relieved. Q X rx w, MORNING WATCH 0400-0800 X X X N. X if - .M 0400.001-Hnsackii. er, Q. .. 0550-'tru 1-l' I ' Anne. Right now, '1.i 1' Z ' Q, at 'A ,ff 1 wo .lu g j'fi'u 't' QL A. of you tomorrow 2 wi N 6-X have an uncontrollableglki Q urge for calisthenicsf-43 0552.5fNever could touch my toes-but now V canlt even see them. Hope the fog at sea - - - X - - - zzzz. 0555-Flat on my back. Let me sleep, Ma, I'll get a jobifetomorrowff e 0612- The-,Beaver shaving brushj logged out to Room 3'0fSE,f?willt'iire'turn--at 0619-Drummf' 0642-Sausageitsausage, eggs and potatoes. Haa- a-a-a buns, I love9?em to death. 'No, oh no, not again? CVoice of stomachb. I ' 0709-Gently ,liftu last speck of dust off wash basin. 07?if0f tNt-.gp hear this, cleaningidetggfilt fallP out im- mediately. N'l' .. V Fel 4 5- , L 0727-Gently 'liiiftwlast if 0730- Now hear this, first period formation. .. KNO warningj Crammed .f 4 4 Hex N .. - 4 M r1'iS'Y5?' Q' 5- 'S , .M L2-481 gear under left arm, speck of dust off Lt.'s desk? e 1 , ' I S Qi Q he i .1112--'mi-A

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fnapectiona Early in Midshipman life, Joe Gish learned two ways of doing things-wrong and Navy. One of the primary channels through which he learned Navy method was Inspection. Room inspections-occurring during Joeis ab- sence--were popular with officers. He never found out what procedure was used. Scuttlebutt had it that the inspectors were armed with giant micro- scopes, wore white gloves and completely over- turned rooms in Search of dust. A varied collection of particles having been assembled by the sleuths, C.P.O.'s were detailed to make reconnaissance 'of the room and assign demerits. Sufhce it to say joe got his share. On Saturday mornings well-groomed hair, dust- less uniforms, and thirty-two point shoes were in order. The Captain and his staff spent a fractional part of a second looking at each rnan while Joeas joints slowly solidified. Remember inspections? Ensign S. Gish will. Wherever he goes he'll hear the words of a famous petty oliicer ringing in his ears, c'Youse guys is un- tidy and I'rn puttin' all of youse on repoatf, I Mail Cal! Twice each day Joe Gish waited for that letter from Mary, or Josephine, or Grace, or Louise- those letters which never seemed to show up. They had always been so attentive back in College when joe had the sport roadster. Nothing todayg' well, better luck tomorrow? All the others got letters but Joe's were always 'lost in transit-his mother was the only one who loved him. Mail Call was the meeting of happiness and pathos, Jan wrote today and Russ wore a' smile for twenty-four hours, Doris didn,t and George was grouchy as an old mule. Tomorrow the process would be reversed. But whatever the luck, all the ,section turned out for- Now hear this, Mail Call for Section 34?