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UPON GRADUATION FROM PUBLIC LATIN SCHOOL IN 1939, HE ATTENDED MASSACHU- I SETTS INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY FOR ONE YEAR BEFORE BEING APPOINTED TO THE U.S. NAVAL ACADEMY. A GRADUATE OF THE CLASS OF 1944, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN'S FIRST DUTIES WERE ABOARD THE DESTROYER CALDWELL, OPERATING WITH THE PACIFIC FLEET. DURING HIS 31 MONTHS ON I Q THE CALDWELL, IN WHICH HE ADVANCED FROM ENSIGN TO LIEUTENANT, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN PARTICIPATED IN CAMPAIGNS IN THE GILBERTS,MARSHALLS AND THE PHILIPPINES, WAS AWARDED THE PURPLE HEART AND EARNED THE AMERICAN DEFENSE, AMERICAN THEATER, ASIATIC-PA- CIFIC THEATER, OCCUPATION,VICTORY AND PHILIPPINES LIBERATION CAMPAIGN MEDALS. AFTER COMMISSIONING THE CHARLES H. ROAN AS GUNNERY OFFICER, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN'S NEXT MAJOR DUTY WAS AS FLAG LIEUTENANT AND AIDE TO COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION EIGHT. AFTER A TOUR AS MAIN BATTERY ASSISTANT IN THE CRUISER ROCHESTER, HE MARRIED THE FORMER SHIRLEY FLORENCE JOHNSON OF MEDFORD, MASSACHUSETTS, AND REPORTED TO THE U.S. NAVY POSTGRADUATE SCHOOL AT ANNAPOLIS FOR A COURSE IN APPLIED NAVA GI L EN NEER- ING. UPON GRADUATION HE WAS ASSIGNED TO THE BATTLESHIP MISSOURI AS MAIN PROPULSION ASSISTANT. IN A 7 MONTH DEPLOYMENT TO KOREA, IN WHICH THE MISSOURI WAS FLAGSHIP FOR COMMANDER SEVENTH FLEET, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN EARN KOREAN PRESIDENTIAL UNIT CITATION BADGE. HIS NEXT DUTY WAS AS SYSTEMS PROJECT OFFICER WITH THE SURFACE AN TISUB DEVELOPMENT DETACHMENT IN KEY WEST. HIS SON, BARET JR., WAS BORN IN KEY WEST, MAY 1954. IN 1956, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER AJEMIAN WAS ASSIGNED AS EXECUTIVE OFFI CER OF THE DE- STROYER TURN ER, HOMEPORTED IN NEWPORT. IN 1957 HE ASSUMED COMMAND OF THE DESTROYER ESCORT wAG NER. AFTER HIS PROMOTION TO COMMANDER, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN REPORTED TO THE U.S. MILITARY ACADEMY, WEST POINT WHERE HE WAS AN INSTRUCTOR I ED THE KOREANQSERVICE MEDAL AND THE I N THE DEPARTMENT OF MECHANICS UNTIL 1960. HE THEN ATTENDED THE COURSE IN NAVAL WARFARE AT THE NAVAL wAR COLLEGE FOLLOWED BY A TwO YEAR TOUR AS COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE DESTROYER HARLAN R. DICKSON. HIS DAUGHTER MARIA wAS BORN IN AUGUST 1962. PRIOR TO REPORTING AS COMMANDER DEST A ROYER DIVISION 242, CAPTAIN AJEMIAN WAS AS- , SIGNED TO THE OFFICE OF NAVAL RESEARCH IN WASHINGTON, D.C. I I. glll'6'W6ff 611,11 aiu Quarfzw CAPTAIN THOMAS JOSEPH QUARTON, U.S.N. CAPTAIN THOMAS JOSEPH QUARTON WAS BORN IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA. HE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY FULLERTON JUNIOR COLLEGE, FULLERTON, CALIFORNIA, AND CENTRAL COLLEGE, FAYETTE, MISSOURI. HE ATTENDED THE UNITED STATES NAVAL RESERVE MIDSHIPMAN SCHOOL, NOTRE DAME, AND WAS COMMISSIONED AN ENSIGN IN OCTOBER OF 1944. CAPTAIN QUARTON SERVED ON THE USS POLARIS IAF-111 IN THE AMERICAN AND PACIFIC THE- ATERS IN WORLD WAR II, AND LATER ON THE USS EVERGLADESIAD-241 AND USS TOMBIGEE1AGC-11I. SUBSEQUENTLY, BILLETS WERE HELD BY CAPTAIN OUARTON ON THE USS ADIRONDACK IAGC-151, USS RICHARD E. KRAUSE IDD-849I AND USS NEWMAN K. PERRY IDDR-8831. FROM 1951 TO 1953 CAPTAIN QUARTON WAS OFFICER-IN-CHARGE, CLASS ' 'A RADARMEN SCHOOL AT TREASURE ISLAND, CALIFORNIA, AND ATTENDED THE GENERAL LINE SCHOOL AT MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA. THE FOLLOWING FIVE YEARS WERE SERVED ON THE STAFF OF COMMANDER CRUISER DIVISION TWO AND WITH THE MILITARY ASSIST ADVISORY GROUP TO SPAIN. SUBSEQUENT BILLETS WERE ON THE USS BUCKLEY IDDR-808I AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND ON USS HOOPER IDE-10261 AS COMMANDING OFFICER. HE WAS ORDERED TO NEWPORT IN 1961 TO SERVE AS HEAD OF THE ENGINEERING DEPARTMENT AT THE U.S. NAVAL DESTROYER SCHOOL. HE TOOK COMMAND OF THE VESOLE IN JULY 1964 AND WAS RELIEVED ON 4 FEBRUARY 1966 BY COMMANDER CLARENCE E. BOGER. CAPTAIN OUARTON WAS THEN PROMOTED TO HIS PRESENT RANK AND IS NOW THE CHIEF STAFF OFFICER FOR COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON TWO. E......- L ...-............ .. ,LLL........,,.n.--.......,....-....,.....................,...-..... .....-....A Hail ap fain Hager COMMANDER CLARENCE EARL BOGER, U.S.N. CLARENCE EARL BOGER WAS BORN IN ZIHLMAN, MARYLAND, ON DECEMBER 12, 1924, SON OF IRA AND MARY 1BROWNI BOGER. IN 1927, THE FAMILY MOVED TO AKRON, OHIO. HE ENLISTED IN THE NAVY ON MAY 18, 1943. IN NOVEMBER 1944, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE V-12 PROGRAM AND ATTENDED PENNSYLVANIA STATE COLLEGE. UPON COMPLETION OF V-12 TRAINING, HE WAS SELECTED FOR THE NROTC PRO- GRAM AND ATTENDED DUKE UNIVERSITY, GRADUATING IN JUNE OF 1946. HE WAS COMMISSIONED ENSIGN ON JUNE 4, 1946 AND WAS ORDERED TO THE USS PC-618 AND SERVED AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. FROM THERE HE REPORTED TO THE USS JEFFERS1DMS-271. SUBSEQUENT ASSIGNMENTS TOOK HIM TO THE USS SAUFLEY 1DDE-4651 AS THE ASW OFFICER AND TO THE ARMED FORCES SPECIAL WEAPONS PROJECT WHERE HE SERVED ON THE USS CORAL SEA 1CVA-431. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WERE FOLLOWED BY A TOUR AT THE GENERAL LINE SCHOOL IN MONTEREY, CALIFORNIA, AND THEN TO THE USS AVENGE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER. HE NEXT HAD COMMAND OF THE USS SAGACITY UNTIL JANUARY OF 1958 WHEN HE REPORTED TO THE USS O'HARE AS EXECUTIVE OFFICER AND SUBSEQUENTLY THE COMMANDING OFFICER OF THE USS EARLE B. HALL. IN JULY OF 1963 COMMANDER BOGER WAS ORDERED TO THE STAFF COMMANDER CRUISER-DE- STROYER FORCE, U.S. ATLANTIC FLEET, WHERE HE SERVED AS ASSISTANT READINESS AND TRAIN- ING OFFICER FOR NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. IN FEBRUARY OF 1966 HE REPORTED TO HIS PRESENT ASSIGNMENT AS COMMANDING OFFICER, USS VESOLE IDD-8781. COMMANDER BOGER IS MARRIED TO THE FORMER MISS ELAINE EVERSOLE OF AKRON, OHIO. THEY HAVE THREE CHILDREN, RANDY, 18g BARBARA, 143 AND BONNIE, 3, Ewcufizfc 0 ficcr LCDR A. W. PATTEE LIEUTENANT COMMANDER ARTHUR WILLIAM PATTEE WAS BORN IN SALEM, MASSACHUSETTS, WHERE HE ATTENDED LOCAL SCHOOLS FOLLOWED BY THE MASSACHUSETTS MARITIME ACADEMY AT BUZZARDS BAY, MASS. HE WAS COMMISSIONED AS ENSIGN, USNR UPON GRADUATION IN 1952. LCDR PATTEE WAS EMPLOYED BY THE UNITED STATES LINES COMPANY UNTIL 1954 WHEN HE ENTERED ACTIVE SERVICE AND WAS ASSIGNED TO THE MILITARY SEA TRANSPORTATION SERVICE OFFICE, PUSAN, KOREA. SUBSEOUENT BILLETS WERE WITH MSTS IN MOJI, JAPAN, AS FIRST LIEU- TENANT ON THE USS WRANGELL IAE-1213 AND AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE USS CONY IDDE-5081. THESE ASSIGNMENTS WERE FOLLOWED BY TOURS AS OPERATIONS OFFICER ON THE STAFF OF COM- MANDER DESTROYER SQUADRON THIRTY-SIX, AND THEN TO NEWPORT TO THE STAFF, COMMANDER DESTROYER DEVELOPMENT GROUP TWO. IN 1964, LIEUTENANT COMMANDER PATTEE AT- TENDED THE COMMAND AND STAFF COURSE AT THE NAVAL WAR COLLEGE WHERE HE ALSO PARTIC- IPATED IN THE GEORGE WASHINGTON UNIVERSITY EXTENSION PROGRAM AND RECEIVED HIS MASTERS DEGREE IN INTERNATIONAL AFFAIRS. IN JULY 1965, HE BECAME THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER ON THE USS VESOLE IDD-8781. IN ADDITION TO THIS BILLET, HE SERVES AS STANDBY HAM RADIO OP- ERATOR WICHQ. Department fr' ads LT P. A. MURRAY OPERATIONS OFFICER LT J. S. WOODARD ENGINEERING OFFICER WEAPONS OFFICER LTJG W. H. MOTT SUPPLY OFFICER I' LT F.P. D'ASCENSIO Z? strayer Dizfi ian 242 Staff R I: M I W I . 4 I, 4 I Z I ' I ' 5 ,I LEFT TO RIGHT BACK ROW: LT R. L. ARDIZZONE, USNQ LTJG C. E. SCHAFER, II, USNQ LT H. M. GOETZ, CHC, USN3 LT W. E. SCOTT, MC, USN. FRONT ROW: GENDRON, G.D., YN2, USN, CARDENAS, B.V., TN, USN, WILSON, E. M. ISRI, RMI, USN. - ,I CHAPLAIN GO ETZ CONDUCTING PROTESTANT DIVINE SERVICES, FOR DESRON 24 ON BOARD VESOLE PRIOR TO OUR DEPLOYMENT. I I OUR JOLLY GREEN DOCTOR. ' 276,011 rfizfzg eufpvrf I .. If LAST MINUTE sooo-EYES COUPLED WITH SAD GOOD-BYES WAS THE ENTHUSIASM OF THINGS TO COME. SAYONARAH TAKE IN THE BROWIH Cflb' Cfrui 5 Owr OUR MIDSHIPMEN CRUISE CUT SHORT, DESRON 24 SET TO WORK FOR A MONTH IN NEWPORT PREPARING FOR WHAT WE WERE TOLD WAS TO BE AN EXTENDED DEPLOY- MENT. WE HOPE, IN THIS BOOK, ATO RELATE THE HIGHLIGHTS OF OUR DEPLOYMENT WHICH WE WILL REMEMBER AS WESTPAC 65 - 66. WE LEFT NEWPORT 'ON A SUITABLY GLOOMY DAY IN SEPTEMBER. SOME OF THE FAMILIES HAD BEEN THROUGH LONG SEPARATIONS BEFORE, FOR OTHERS IT WOULD BE THEIR FIRST, BUT FOR ALL, THE COMING MONTHS WOULD BE A SA'D TIME. COUPLED WITH REGRETS, HOWEVER, THERE WAS THE ENTHUSIASM OF THINGS AHEAD. WE HAD BEEN GIVEN THE HONOR OF BEING THE FIRST EAST COAST DESTROYER SOUADRON SELECTED TO SEE ACTION IN VIET NAM. WE KNEW WE COULD DO THE JOB! THE ATLANTIC OCEAN IS NEVER VERY ENJOYABLE IN THE WINTER AND THIS WAS TRUE OF OUR TRANSIT TO GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA, WHICH WAS OUR FIRST OF MANY FUEL STOPS. LEAVING GITMO AFTER TWO DAYS, WE STEAMED SOUTHEAST TO THE PANAMA CANAL WHERE WE TOOK DEPARTURE FROM OUR HOME WATERS. PROBABLY THE MOST MEMORABLE THING ABOUT PANAMA WAS RAIN, RAIN, RAIN! STRANGE AS IT SEEMS WE HAD TO STEAM SOUTHEAST TO GET FROM THE ATLANTIC TO THE PACIFIC, BUT FROM THERE IT WAS WEST AND ON TO SAN DIEGO. OUR PRIMARY CONCERN DURING THIS TRIP WAS TRAlNING,THERE WAS SOME RUMOR ABOUT RUNNING Za? OUT OF GAS BUT HAIL OUR ENGINEERS, WE AR- RIVED WITH JP5 TO SPARE. THERE WERE SIGNAL DRILLS, RADIO DRILLS, ENGINEERING DRILLS, CIC DRILLS, AND THOSE GOOD OLD GENERAL QUARTERS WHICH KEPT EVERYONE SMILING. ', SAN DIEGO WAS A COMBINATION OF WORK AND PLAY. HERE OUR COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER f MI , S,-,,...., TEAIvI RECEIVED TRAINING AT THE FLEET ANTI- .. ,I AIR WARFARE TRAINING CENTER, AND OUR GUN- ,-K FIRE SUPPORT TEAIvI ATTENDED SCHOOL AT THE fy , I AMPHIBIOUS BASE AT CoRoNADo. SAN CI.EMENTE I 1 -x ISLAND WAS THE SITE OF OUR ACTUAL GUNFIRE ,I ' SUPPORT TRAINING, AND IT WAS HERE THAT WE S a I- BECAME THE FIRST SHIP OF THE SQUADRON TO BE F3 06 T GG , I QUALIFIED FOR NAVAL GUNFIRE SUPPORT IN BOTH .In G: , If THE PACIFIC AND ATLANTIC FLEETS WITHIN THE I I X, I SAME YEAR. gif' II.IIl IA X ' WHERE'S WESTPAC? UP AROUND ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA THERE IS A FANTASTIC PLACE KNOWN AS DISNEYLAND, U.S.A. IT WAS HERE THAT OUR CREW SPENT MANY EN- Q, . JOYABLE HOURS DURING OUR STAY. IT WAS NOT I STRANGE TO SEE MR. MARYMONT RACING AROUND Mmm f'I Mawr, -.-W 1-it ..1!-!5-z'-?J--- -iv TO ARRANGE TRANSPORTATION AND TOURS TO 'Gigi - THIS WONDERFUL NEVER NEVER LAND WHERE r WE SPENT OUR LAST FEW DAYS IN ' ' CONUS. 1- A THE 8TH OF NOVEMBER ARRIvED AND NL ' B' , i7x:N-arg., NL., X5 7 XT' VESOLE DEPARTED.OUR BIGGEST QUESTION gy' 'gzffgf DURING THE CROSSING WAS, WHERE IS I4 THE BEAUTIFUL, CALM, PACIFIC? THE I WEATHER WAS AKIN TO A TYPICAL EAST .2 I COAST NOVEMBER AND THE RAIN SEEMED Ffi--'11, f -7 f ' TO HAVE FOLLOWED US FROM PANAMA. NOT EVEN HAWAII COULD BRING THE SUN- SHINE INTO OUR CRUISE. WE WERE GREET- ED IN PEARL HARBOR BY A FLOOD, BUT EVEN THIS DID NOT STOP THE CREW FROM TAKING TOURS AND INDIVIDUAL JAUNTS ABOUT THE ISLAND IN RENTED CARS AND PINK AND WHITE STRIPED JEEPS. SOME VISITED THE U.S.S. ARIZONA MEMORIAL WHILE OTHERS WHILED AWAY THEIR TIME AT WAKIKI. MOST OF US ENCOUNTERED A STRANGE CONCOCTION KNOWN AS A MAI TAI, BUT ALL WE CAN SAY IS THAT YOU HAVE TO TASTE IT TO BELIEVE IT. AFTER TWO AMAZINGLY SHORT DAYS WE WERE ON OUR WAY WEST AGAIN. DURING A BRIEF FUEL STOP AT MIDWAY ISLAND MANY OF US TOOK A SHOART WALK TO TEST OUR LAND LEGS AND VISIT THE INHABITANTS - - THE FAMOUS GOONY BIRDS! THEY ARE QUITE A SIGHT AND FOR THOSE FORTUNATE ENOUGH TO CATCH ONE IN A LANDING, THEY CAN TELL YOU, IT'S A PICTURE WHICH JUST CAN'T BE DESCRIBED. NOVEMBER THE NINETEENTH WAS QUITE A DAY - - WE LEFT MIDWAY, CROSSED THE INTERNATIONAL DATE LINE IWHICH MADE FRIDAY - SATURDAYI, AND WE WERE NOW IN THE DOMAIN OF THE GOLDEN DRAGON AND WOULD NOT SEE THE WESTERN HEMI- SPHERE FOR OVER FOUR MONTHS. GUAM WAS OUR LAST FUEL STOP, AND SHORTLY AFTER DEPARTING WE TRANSITED THE HISTORIC SAN BERNADINO STRAIT. ARRIVING AT MANILA BAY IN THE PHILIPPINES ON 30 NOVEMBER WE MOORED IN A NEST OF DE- STROYERS ALONGSIDE THE USS DELTA IAR-9I FOR A FEW NECESSARY VOYAGE REPAIRS. WE HAD ARRIVED? - - 63 DAYS AND 13,200 MILES FROM NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND. SO CAME THE END OF A LONG JOURNEY AND THE BEGINNING OF OPERATIONAL. COM- MITMENTS THAT WOULD SEND Us THROUGHOUT FAR EASTERN wATERS FROM JAPAN TO SOUTH vIET NAM. IT WAS THE BEGINNING OF A DEPI.OYMENT WHICH NONE OF US WILL FORGET. - ,.,-v, .,,, ..., . ,,LLL....' - f - .,........,......-....,... ,......i1LL-............ A. -f V . fugzhwriug D ,mrfmenf LT J. S. WOODARD CHIEF ENGINEER THE ENGINEERS REPORTED, READY TO ANSWER ALL BELLS TWENTY-THREE TIMES FROM THE DAY WE WENT INTO THE HOLES ON THE 29TH OF SEPTEMBER TO THE DAY WE SECURED MAIN ENGINES ON THE 8TH OF APRIL AND CAME OUT TO SEE WHAT THE WORLD LOOKED LIKE. WE ANSWERED BELLS, BLEW TUBES, STRUNG HONG KONG LIGHTS, CLEANED BOILERS, BALLASTED, FLUSHED, OILED, DEOILED, FUELED IINPORT AND UNDERWAYI, MADE WATER AND USED WATER.WE SPENT WHAT SEEMED LIKE MONTHS AT GENERAL QUARTERS, STEAMING ALL OF FOUR KNOTS. WE BURNED 2,739,889 GAL- LONS OF FUEL OIL AND TURNED THE SHAFTS 46,843,583 TIMES. WE FLAVORED THE FRESH WATER, OCCASIONALLY, BUT DID NOT SALT THE FEED. WE EVEN PULLED A FEW LIBERTIES.BUT OF ALL THE THINGS THE SNIPES DID, THE ONLY ONE THAT REALLY COUNTED WAS THAT WE GOT US IN THERE AND GOT US BACK - - WE ANSWERED ALL BELLS. f . I - f if , - , ff' WI K ,fe ,' , 1- I I A .QW 'lI.,Ij'fi? ,fg:15f'.:'- ' mbqyg ' A V:-74 ' QxII'II,, w.akI,XIifHIxfXXgsgQ5gf TB I Y Xb Iilg . I, ,,.':f ' , '- A 'IX xg-X E 'F I ,,- 5 ' N47 I X I ' -'Ln Lr -nz-. ' f . I W '- f ' ww-W N- xxx -.xx KKK N WEINQIPE H Divisizflfz FIRST ROW: MOORE, R. L., DC33 STAPLES, N. E., MM25 IULIUCCI, C., FN3 KEEVER, E. W., SF2, PAWLOSKI, S. M., FN, DUFFEY, B. E., MMI, BOURGET, N. V., MR1. SECOND ROW: LTJG M. P. MULLER3 CORBIN, W. P., ENI5 NORTON, T., EN35 GALVIN, J., FN5 WAITE, S. D., FAQ DUKES, G. J., SFI, GUMKOWSKI, R. M., SFI, PORTER, EN 3, GOODWIN, H., DC2, WHIT- AKER, J. J., FN, RICHARDSON, A. T., MMCS. R DIVISION IS COMPRISED OF FIVE RATINGS, ALL OF WHICH ARE NECESSARY TO KEEP THE SHIP IN FIGHTING TRIM. INCLUDED IN THE DIVISION ARE MACHINIST MATES, EN- GINEMEN, DAMAGE CONTROLMEN, SHIPFITTERS AND THE MACHINERY REPAIRMEN. THE GEAR WE KEEP UP IS TOO VARIED TO LIST, BUT IT CAN BE FOUND FROM STEM TO STERN AND FROM THE TOP OF THE STACKS TO THE BOTTOM OF THE BILGES. A LARGE PERCENTAGE OF THE DAMAGE CONTROL PARTIES ARE MADE UP OF R DIVISION PERSONNEL. WE TRAINED LONG AND HARD AND OUR VARIED SKILLS MADE US READY AND ABLE TO COPE WITH ANY EMERGENCY. BECAUSE OF THE WARM WATERS IN WHICH WE WERE CONTINUALLY OPERATING, AIR CONDITIONING BECAME IMPORTANT FOR THE CREW AS WELL AS FOR THE ELECTRONICS EQUIPMENT. IT WAS A CONSTANT BATTLE, BUT MAN OVERCAME THE AIR CONDITIONER IN THE END. WE HAD ONE FIRST OF WHICH WE WERE PROUD? NAMESE RIVER JUNK FROM A DESTROYER WITH DIESEL FUEL. ' ' R IS FOR BRASS ASHTRAYS . I THE FIRST OPERATIONAL REFUELING OF A VIET- A , 6 4. Divifizm Qarufard We Kam vi 0 If .5 FIRST ROW: LT H. S. KERACHSKY3 SMITH, J. R., BTC? PINKERTON, A. B., BT33 BOSICO, J. D., BT33 WILLIAMS, J. T., BT33 MILLER, R. B., BT23 ROBERTS, M. C., BTCS. SECOND ROW: TEMPLE, R. D., FAS LEONARD, D. E., BT15 SHOPE, M. E., BT2g PAULSON, F. M., BT3g FALCONE, F. J., FA. . I 'II I , I' I 2 - , I Ti QXXX R ' X xx Q .rv FJ I Q, 45 A .:.-'i 2- PC9- r I I UIL I 5 SMQIQ I I :W V- 51 L- B DIVISION IS COMPOSED OF TWENTY-EIGHT MEN, ALL OF WHOM ARE GENERALLY DESCRIBED AS SNIPES. THE MEN OF THE DIVISION ARE SOME OF THE'HARDEST WORK- ING ON THE SHIP, BEING FREQUENTLY CALLED UPON TO WORK WELL INTO LIBERTY HOURS ON A ROUND-THE- CLOCK BASIS. THIS IS NECESSARY TO KEEP THE BOILERS READY FOR SEA AT ALL TIMES. NONE CAN DENY THAT THEIR JOB WAS NOT WELL DONE, FOR DURING THE ENTIRE CRUISE THERE WAS NEVER A HINT OF TROUBLE FROM THE FIREROOMS. WHILE NO ONE IN B DIVISION HAD ANYTHING TO DO WITH THE ACTUAL CLOSING OF THE FIRING KEY, IT WAS GREAT ASSURANCE TO EVERYONE THAT ALL THE REQUIRED SERVICES WERE BEING PROVIDED EFFICIENTLY. THIS WAS DONE AS A MATTER OF ROUTINE BY THE OUTSTAND- ING MEN OF B DIVISION. BIS FOR Boo -- 'I DURING THE INPORT PERIODS WHEN THEY WERE NOT WORKING ON THE BOILERS, THE SNIPES OF B DIVISION WERE USUALLY THE FIRST OFF THE SHIP. THE FINE PORTFOLIO OF PICTURES IN THE FORWARD FIRE ROOM. NOW SERVES AS A TESTIMONIAL TO THEIR PLEASANT VISITS ASHORE. ' 'HAPPINESS IS 610 POUNDS OF STEAM PRESSURE. ,After Hiro' know Q ,Macaw W V 1 It ' ,M .SSRMI . ' '72 wwf JY: 4 f QQ I M .X 0 1 .ff ' ', FIRST ROW: FINCHER, NI. D., FA: MAYS, K- T-. BT 31 SP-SS. R-I BT21 IvIOwLES, w. D., BT33 PRESTON, H., BT35 TANGUAY, R- T., FN- SHATNEY, C. F., BTI, REYNOLDS, E. J., DTI. SECOND ROW: LT H. S. KERACHSKY3 RICHARDSON, R. .I., BTC, ESTRIDGE, G. R., ET2: SPARKS, J- A-, BT3S E'-I-ISI M- W FNQ BARROW v. H., BT35 HOFFMAN, R. IvI., BT35 COLLINS, K. L., BT2, CARR, F., FN3 WILLIAMSON, E. E., FA: ROBERTS, M. C., BTCS. 1 Dizfi ian gorufard fnginv Knew FIRST ROW: JANECEK, J. V., MM35 GERVAIS, B. C., FN, REEDY, O. P., FN3 DEYOUNG, W. W., MM33 KINEBREW, P., FN3 BONE, D. W., MM25 BENNETT, C. D., MM3. SECOND ROW: WALLACE, R. G., MMC: RUIZ, A., MM13 EFIMOFF, W. T., MM33 ABSHER, J. L., MM23 ROUSSELL, L. J., FNS SHAFFER, D. S., MM3g MIKE, P. T., MM23 LT H. S. KERACHSKY. ' 'MAIN CONTROL - BRIDGE, STANDBY TO ANSWER ALL BELLS - - THE WORD WAS PASSED ALONG THE 2JV CIRCUIT TO ALL ENGINEERING SPACES. THE SHIP WAS GETTING UNDERWAY FOR AN EXTENDED CRUISE - A CRUISE WHICH WOULD BRING SURPRISES AND DISAPPOINTMENTS,NEW ADVENTURES AND WELL-WORN ROUTINES. SOME OF US HAD NEVER BEEN TO SEA BEFORE,BUT UPON COMPLETION OF THE CRUISE, AND AFTER VISITING 19 PORTS AND HAVING CROSSED THE EQUATOR, WE EARNED THE NAME SALT. IN THE ENGINEERING SPACES THE SCENERY WAS I ALWAYS THE SAME FROM COUNTRY TO COUNTRY- A PRESSURE GAUGES AND VALVE WHEELS, BUT WHEN THE ' 'SNIPE DID EMERGE FROM HIS STEAM- ING HOLE, HE WOULD ULTIMATELY HEAD FOR THE MAIN DECK AND SNEAK A PEEK AT THE OUT- SIDE WORLD . IF THE SNIPE LIKED WHAT HE SAW IAND WHO DIDN'TI HE IMMEDIATELY MADE PLANS FOR LIBERTY. MANY TOOK ADVANTAGE OF THE PRE-PLANNED TOURS, OTHERS WENT OVER WHO'S GOT THE THROTTLE. IN GROUPS AND MADE THEIR OWN TOURS. BUT ALL WAS NOT PLAY FOR THE BLACK GANG! THERE WAS WORK AND PLENTY OF IT. WATER HAD TO BE TAKEN ON AND MAINTENANCE HAD TO BE DONE. THE WORK SEEMED TO PAY OFF, HOWEVER, FOR THERE WAS NOT ONE ENGINEERING CASUALTY THE ENTIRE VOYAGE. LOOK LONG AND HARD, SAILOR, BUT YOU WON'T FIND A MORE ORGANIZED, HARDER WORKING TEAM IN THE FLEET. PARDON US IF WE BLOW OUR OWN WHISTLE, BECAUSE WE 27 WERE THERE. THREE HAMBURGERS AND TWO COKES TO GO After Engine 7300111 FIRST ROW:BERTRAND, C.W.,MM35 FRIDAY P I. FA BA'-THAZOR R. A., MM3g PRICE, R. E., MM2g I.INDRoTI-I R I-I IvIIvI3 cI.AYcoIvIE J. J., MM2. SECOND ROW: BEDNAR, G- S-, MMC? ECKERT G B FN I-ORD w w FNQ LEE, C. H., IvIIvI2g VOLLRATH I-I w MM2 KRESSER .I MM33 RICKEY, B. F., MM15 LT H-S- KERACHSKY I I I 0' ' 8 Dfw mu ,NJ A A f 1 STANDING: LTJG M.P. MULLER3 GILL, D.W., FN: KwIATOwSKI, D.A., FN: OLSON, .I.E., ICFN: SCHUCH, B.J., EM29 COSBY, C.R., EMFN3 GRAVES, H.F., EM3: RUSS, K.P., EM3g REEVERS, R.A., EM35 KUENNEKE, C.F., ICZS FRIEND- LY, .I.w., EM1. . KNEELING: MIKLE, .I.G., ICB: SPIRIDONDES, S., FN: COMEAUS, J-R., EN2 KACALA, E.S., ICFN5 FLETCHER, H.L., EN: BARNES, R.M., EMS! MALEY, R.L., EM2. THE ELECTRICIANS OF E DIVISION ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR KEEPING ALL ELECTRICAL GEAR ABOARD THE SHIP IN OPERATION, WHILE THE INTERIOR COMMUNICATIONS MEN ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR THE GYRO COMPASS AND INTERIOR TELEPHONE CIRCUITS ON THE SHIP. THIS IS A SMALL BIT WHEN WRITTEN DOWN, BUT IT ENTAILS QUITE A BIT OF WORK AT ALL HOURS OF THE DAY. WE IN E DIVISION LOVE OUR wORK, SO OF COURSE IT WAS NO HARDSHIP RIGGING THE HONG KONG LIGHTS KOR ARE THEY MED LIGHTS?I EVERY TIME WE ARRIVED IN PORT. WE KEPT MUCH IMPORTANT GEAR IN OPERATION THROUGHOUT THE CRUISE, THE LEAST OF WHICH WAS NOT THE 21 MC BETWEEN THE BRIDGE AND RADIO CENTRAL. I FAI THE IC MEN WOULD LIKE TO EXPRESS THEIR THANKS TO THE AFTER LOOKOUT FOR KEEPING THE SOUND POWERED PHONES BACK THERE IN 4 SUCH GOOD SHAPE. BY TH TRUE WIND? ,I 1 E WAY, WHAT IS THE ll I NS, 'Cs N ' 'ONE STEP CLOSER AND I'l.L DROP THE LOAD. 1? I W upon I Department THE WEAPONS DEPARTMENT IS COMPOSED OF THE DECK HANDS OF FIRST DIVISION, THE CANNON COCKERS OF SECOND DIVI- SION, THE PING JOCKEYS AND SQUARE BARRELS OF AS DIVISION,AND THE LIBERTY HOUNDS OF FOX DIVISION. THE DECK HANDS ARE FAMOUS FOR HANDLING THE BOAT CANOPY WITH THE GREATEST OF EASE, SWABBING THE FAN- TAIL AS THE ENGINEERS BLOW TUBES, OR PAINTING THE SIDES AT MIDNIGHT JUST BEFORE A SHIP COMES ALONGSIDE. THE CANNON COCKERS NORMALLY ARE NOTED FOR THEIR ABILITY TO LOAD AND FIRE THE SHIP'S 5 INCH MOUNTS. THROUGH THE EXCELLENT TRAINING PROGRAM ON THIS CRUISE, HOWEVER, THEY HAVE ACQUIRED A HIGH DEGREE OF PROFICIENCY IN BRAZING COPPER TUBING, AND DISCOVERING HOW TO GET PRETTY WHITE CLOUDS OF SMOKE FROM WHITE PHOSPHOROUS PROJECTILES. LT F. P. D'ASCENSIO WEAPONS OFFICER THE PING JOCKEYS GAVE UP THEIR SONAR FOR SOMETHING MORE EXCITING - A .30 CALIBER MACHINE GUN. THEIR ONE CLAIM TO FAME CAME WHEN THEY UNLOADED SIX ROUNDS IN RAPID SUCCESSION AT A MYSTERIOUSLY SINKING HULK, SCORING ONE HITS ON A RICOCHET JUST BEFORE THE GUN JAMMED, AND THEN FRANTICALLY FOUGHT WITH THE RAMMER LATCH AND THE WEAPONS OFFICER BEFORE THE HULK SANK SIX MINUTES LATER. FOX DIVISION BYANY OTHER NAME WOULD STILL BE JUST AS FOXY. THOUGH RARELY SEEN OUTSIDE OF GUNNERY L fx-X , PLOT, THEIR FIRE CONTROL YSTTZA EQUIPMENT WORKED WITH E QQ REMARKAEILE RELIABILITY. A , OD-j WHETHER IT WAS DUE TO I WX' TI-IEIR EFFICIENCY OR A ff , ex E?N Nf FAST TALKING MUSTACI-IE IS ,f -J V YET TO BE DETERMINED. Q Is. lil' IT WAS A BUSY AND SU CCESS- 1 I I.TSf,51.1xy,,fLl FUL CRUISE FOR THE wEA- I ' I S-CJQ, PONS DEPARTMENT IN SFITE f I ' D K DFA FEW MINOR CASUALTIES. .SVS Q NXNNQE J ' TI-IEY RETURNED A LITTLE jj 3 ' wISER AND A LITTLE PROUD- - ER FOR THE CONTRIBUTION THEY MADE. Zire! Dizfisizw I FRONT Row LEFT TO RIGHT: WILLIAMS, G. L., SN: MANEIRO. W-I SNP ORUME, R. L., SN, HUSTON, L. w., SN: HEFNER, w. L., EMS, LEES, W, D., SN, WALLACE, D. w., SN, GIARDINA, A., SNS KNIGHT, F. c., SA, EWING, D. S., EM2, FINKOSKI, J. E., SN. SECOND ROW LEFT TO RIGHT: GARROw, E. R., EMG, I-UNA. M- H.. EM2, SMITH, K. R., BM1g GREEN, J. D., SAS WESTHOEK, L. J., SN: LINC, T., SN: WALKER, G. R., SN: EVANS, T. O., SN: ARNOLD, H. R., SN, YAFFE, T. J., SN, EELISLE, R. R., SN: CEBUI-SKI. P- 5-, SN? I SALMONS, E., SA: RODRIGUEZ, R., SAQ LTJG O. F. FULFORD. BACK ROw LEFT TO RIGHT: CRAWFORD, E. E., SN: MILLER, R. K., SN, EELOO, E. E., SN, DIOKENSON, D. G., SA: LAWLOR, F. E., SN: w, E., SA3 ZILLIOX, F. M., SN, ERESNEN, G. F., SA: BECKER. M. W.. X I' I SOHAFER, F.C.,SAgWILSON, G. D., FN, CRISMAN, R. A., SA: NELSON, f .NSD ,L SA, DALE, E. J., EMS. 'NN--v IX f w- ' 3 '- WI I. I f ' N gZ.?g'ie-'f f , I NN y I fi I K ' ' I . . I V A 4-J' 4,'0- ' 4 I'1' Y., I III x ' ' YOU SORRY HAWG! I Q L ng' AS THE UNSUNG HEROES OF OUR LONG DEPLOYMENT,THE DECK HANDS PERFORMED VARIOUS SHIPBOARD TASKS RANGING FROM MANNING THE GUNS TO LONG HOURS AT PLANE GUARD DETAIL. WE WENT ALONGSIDE OILERS, CARRIERS, SUPPLY SHIPS, JUNK5. SAMPANS, ETC., SO FREQUENTLY THAT SOME OF US BEGAN T0 WONDER HOW MUCH MORE WE COULD TAKE ON BOARD BEFORE THE SHIP STARTED TO SINK. THEN THERE WAS THAT BRIGHT SUNNY SUNDAY THAT WE FOUND A MOTOR WHALE BOAT SCUTTLED AND ADRIFT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. MANY USEFUL ITEMS WERE RECOVERED' NEVER LET IT BE SAID THAT FIRST DIVISION-ISN'T ENTERPRISING- USE MUCH PAINT? AS THE CRUISE DREW TO AN END AND NEW' PORT WAS NEAR AT HAND, WE BEGAN TO THINK THAT IF WE WERE TO RE-PAINT THE SIDES, WE WOULD PROBABLY HAVE TO USE SOME OLD GREEN STRIPPING FOUND DEEP IN THE BOSN'S LOCKER' , I .I f. : D1' Iac FI :TAIII E III' IEGII , I BEII IE FOI IIDDI-E, cOVEII L T0 I 5 I , wif Divisim FRONT ROW: WALTON, R. W., TM3: KOBBE, D. E., SN: BEST, W. W., JR., SN: SHINN, P. A., STG23 BUNNELL, J. H., GMG23 GOFFIGAN, R. W., STG25 DITSON, R. A., GMG2. STANDING: :DAVIS, C., GMGC5 PADGETT, J. R., STGSN3 SANCHEZ, J., SN, SWANTEK, G. S., SN: DOUGLAS, L. G., JR., STGZQ KNOTTS, W. F., SN, SMITH, J. M., STGSN3 ENGFER, W. A., STG35 DECANIO, J. W., JR., STG3g MELLIN, J. G., STC3 LTJG J. M. FROST. AS DIVISION IS COMPOSED OF SONARMEN, TORPEDOMEN AND ASROC GUNNERS MATES WHOSE JOB IT IS TO DETECT, TRACK AND ATTACK SUBMARINES. ALTHOUGH THEY NEVER HAD ANY SUBMARINE TO WORK WITH DURING THE CRUISE, AS DIVISION WAS NOT IDLE. THROUGHOUT THE MANY GUNFIRE SUPPORT MISSIONS, IT WAS THE SONARMEN, TORPEDOMEN AND GUNNER'S MATES OF AS DIVISION WHO MANNED THE .30-CALIBER MACHINE GUN, ACTED AS ROVING SENTRIES AND WHO GENERALLY LENDED A HAND WHEREVER NEEDED. ON THE WAY BACK, THE SQUADRON CONDUCTED AN EXTENSIVE HYDROGRAPHIC SURVEY,AND IT WAS AS DIVISION WHICH CAUGHT THE BRUNT OF THE LOAD. DAY AFTER DAY THEY HAD THE FATHOMETER RUNNING, AND DAY AFTER DAY THEY MADE THOSE DREADFUL BT DROPS IAT AN AVERAGE OF FOUR OR FIVE PER DAYI. MELLIN'S MONGRELS MAY HAVE FORGOTTEN HOW TO LOOK FOR A SUBMARINE, BUT THEY WONHI' I FORGET HOW TO MAKE A BT DROP, OR FIRE A .30-CALIBER MACHINE GUN, OR DO ANY NUMBER OF OTHER CHORES WHICH THEY WERE CALLED UPON TO DO THROUGHOUT THE CRUISE. .... IGB? 0 'ww W gum 'Il O09 P vu Z' K- MCH ALE'S NAVY. N l , --I--1--7 K I ' , .f 1 . ' Q I . ya- x Q good' I 1 - , .I s 'Ji ,. I - if can K. fi I' f: , I 1' 3 , -.A X I Sammi iff! X014 I I I I I .-5-.3 ' , ., A KNEEI.lNG:O'CONNOR,W. F., GMG23- D. K., GM:,G34IwAI.DEN: M. V., GMG3g ORVIN, R. I.., SN5 wILLI,AQMS,,,IG.' T., JR., SMG3. I STANDING: I.T.IG A. S. PAGE3 VARA-DY? Ms,-SN, WILSON, M. c., YN3f . WILLIAMS, c., GMGSI KRISCHE, R. .I.q.,QG,jvIG3g FREEMAN, T., GMG1. - I ' ' lf, T:-1 . . AI!-fri. ,A I T L ,,j .' QQ.-'. ' . - ' I fr' , ' ., , A , .L ' .' .H r -. ...I 3 , U Q-mv! ' . - ,4 121' , '4'l7 Y ' I' I , 4 , 1 vyzg , F-2:51 in . .X :- . . A . , . . . '.-VESC5LE'S WESRAC 5-DEFI.oYMENT cfHAIQIgE,NGING T'FDR THE MEN IN SECOND ANDIFOXiD:lN'ISlONS. THE M1f5TfQiO,Rgji'23g'RL1J2O'F-G,UR ON:sTATIoN 'TIMEWAS SFENT cI.oSE'To SHORE. PIRQNPIDING NGFS'FQ1R FRIETN'DI.-Y TROO.pSil2'.SL..E'EP BECAIVIE A RARE ICOMMDDITY DU,RlNG'jT1T'bI5ESE DFERATIIQNS, FOR NOTN,ONI.Y IWTEREI .MANY MHOURS SPENT ,TFIRTING AT GQ, ISUTAESO MUCH TIMIETQWAS CONTSUMED' fB'ETW.EEN.'MlSSlONS,,KEEPING THE GUNS AND FIRE COINTTRDL EQUIRMENTQ'QISEANTEDMRERAIRED,A-fND'j.QREADY 'FOR USE AT A MOMENT'S 'NoTIc,E!..fvIMA'Nv TIMES, IN5T5',jI5g2i5j,g.M.I'DDLE IQFT,,THEf1 N-IQHTTIQ' WE IwERE CALLED UPON, TO PROVIDE IMMEDIATE ILI.UM'II,N?A?ifI Q'N IN-'PR:OTEC'T'IAO'NIl -QE..FRIENDLYfTROOPS -. 5,', g.fjf,, , 'Ij,f.',gifii5-V, -I ,' , ' A'i-I.!b':tSE'f.f-,.'- 1 I I , 4 ij ' - if'f2?Q'.ff3i?.' I2,7f,UNBER ENEMY .AS pT'RED A5 ,'f?5,f2f, 311-Q3J'?iI fM'EN, ''SoME'fIf'fI5QIfI52:S?1,,wERE,,. EVERY - i.+IQ.fsf', ,TI-.,T1,fTggE.MERGENQY MISSIONSATFTQUTND., THE VE- ' 1 f -f, , A, .S,Ol.E'S GUNS FIFQTNG THAN TEN X . I - 'zi'L:g's'p - -I if ' 'I f.. g cf, 3 I f ' F :,j,'-Q35-,I - T. TMINU-TES ,AFTER. THE CAl.l.'1WAI,S RE- X, ' I Xi -1 ,wb ' ICEIVED-41, THIS,'WAS A REAI.,TRIIa LgjTTE TO , A TTY 1 THE DEDICATION AND SKIL.I. OF5 EVERY I ' I . w I' I ,, 1 I -' I f 97,4 - , ' f MEMBERS DF IT-HE GUNFIRE SUPPORT -T xg. f .-. TEAM. T . I . x I 5 I Q I ' T , .?2'g N V ' ' -' xq x, . -Q K X ' I . . PI' ' I 'QMS 415.1191 I W Oh - L- 51:11 TUAQWK7 1 ' 9,1 Q- . ' , A , : , V V . X j - fx' rg ? MA .L ., , ' I , Q,,,3 ' - 'YoU Rl-ANG? REFUELING AND REARMING EVOLUTIONS WERE FREQUENT DIVERSIONS FROM OUR PATROLS IN THE GUNFIRE SUPPORT ZONES. DURING THE DE- PLOYMENT OVER 2,000 ROUNDS OF 5 INCH AMMU- NITION WAS EXPENDED, AND MOST OF IT WAS REPLACED UNDERWAY FROM THE AE'S WHO ALWAYS SEEMED TO BE IN A RUSH TO FINISH SO THEY COULD REARM SOMEONE ELSE DOWN THE COAST. IT SAYS, FOUL BORE IN THE FIFTH RACE. THE LONG HOURS, HARD WORK, 'AND LARGE AMOUNT OF TIME UNDERWAY MADE OUR LIBERTY PORTS ESPECIALLY INVITING. INDEED, SOME FT'S AND GM'S MAY HAVE HAD LESS SLEEP IN PORT THAN THEY 'HAD UNDERWAY. BOTH THE OPERATIONS AND THE LIBERTY EXPERIENCED ON THIS CRUISE ARE LIKELY TO REMAIN VIVID MEMORIES FOR A LONG TIME. 901 Div! ian 'lf' - Y X x A 'I , fi' c A 2 i X , 4 M655 Q, if ,QQ fig mf , V, W V I 'Y I aw I W - if Lk I vi KNEELING: STRICKER, J. M., FTG35 ANDERSON, G. R., FTG23 SCHRADER, I . - .-D., FTG1. cs., FTG3, MOORE, J. w., FTGSN, DAVIS, R I S J' FTGBS SAWYER, STANDING: LTJG A.S.PAGE: HURNEY, J., FTG3, SURI-E , I L. FTG23 WOLF, A-R-, FTGBS DUFFEI-I-f RW FTG3' .x ..:,w y I 4 4 I I I IY I I I I 0 0,116 affair :W NO MATTER WHAT THE MISSION OR EVOLUTION OF THE SHIP, THE MEN OF THE OPERATIONS DE- PARTMENT WERE INVOLVED, AND THESE EFFORTS CONT RIBUTED GREATLY TO OUR SUCCESSFUL DEPLOYMENT. FROM THE SIGNAL BRIDGE TO RADIO CENTRAL, SICK BAY TO CIC, THE SHIP'S .OFFICE TO THE BRIDGE, EVERY MAN IN THE DEPARTMENT CAN TAKE PRIDE IN THE MANY WELL DONE'S RECEIVED FROM OUR OPERATIONAL COMMANDERS DURING THIS ROUND THE WORLD CRUISE. apartment LT P. A. MURRAY OPERATIONS OFFICER ' I ,ll X I . fa I ,I if xl 1 ff 4 .- -I---1- ISI 'i A I if -12 . E 1' NOW WHO IN BLAZES IS HANOI HARRY? ww., OJ Dilfisim STANDING LEFT TO RIGHT: LTJG J. E. BROMWELL3 STRAWSER, P. E., RDI! CHESHIRE, J. T., RD3g KOTALIK, R. J., RDSN3 KEESLER, D. L., RD23 GILBERT, R. E., SN3 SEEBECK, C., RDSN: LEPPO, A. H., RDSN3 OUTLAW, B., RD23 ADDLEMAN, D. L., RDC. KNEELING, LEFT TO RIGHT: COSSETT, J. C., SN: KOTALIK, R.E., RDSN5 COX, G. L., RDSN3 SMITH, C. K., RDSN5 FAUCHER, D., RDSN5 WICHKERSHAM, G. D., RDSN. OI STANDS FOR OPERATIONAL INTELLIGENCE - RADAR- MEN MAKE UP OI DIVISION - RADARMEN ARE OPERATION- ALLY INTELLIGENT! OI DIVISION'S DUTIES RANGE FROM PAINTING THE OI DECK TO CLEANING THE FORWARD HEAD. IN BETWEEN THESE IMPORTANT THINGS THEY STAND PORT AND STAR- BOARD WATCHES AND COMPRISE IMPORTANT COMPONENTS OF OUR ANTI-AIR WARFARE TEAM, ANTI-SUBMARINE WAR- FARE TEAM, ELECTRONIC WARFARE TEAM, AND GUNFIRE SUPPORT TEAM. GUNFIRE SUPPORT wAS OUR MOST IMPORTANT JOE OF THE CRUISE AND MANY RADARMEN CAME TO FEEL LIKE PERSONAL FRIENDS OF GOOD OLD 26 CHARLIE. COMBAT INFORMATION CENTER wAS OUR DIRECT COMMUNICATIONS LINK WITH BOTH AIR AND GROUND SPOTTERS AND IT WAS HERE THAT THE COMMAND SHOOT WAS RELAYED PROM OUR TROOPS ON THE BEACH TO VESOLE'S GUNS. MTE,-L THE BWDGE WE NEED DESPITE THESE ROUTINE JOBS SOME OF OUR MORE IMAGINATIVE PEOPLE HAD TIME TO WRITE CHRISTMA-S 42 KNOTS TO GET TO STATION POEMS, ARTISTICALLY REPRODUCE HARBOR CHARTS OF THE AZORES, AND WE EVEN HAD A BUDDING TACTICIAN WHO DESIGNED NEw MANEUVERS FOR TANKS. CIC IS THE NERVE CENTER OF EVERY NAVY SHIP AND YOU NEED A GOOD RADAR GANG TO DO A GOOD JOE. VESOLE DID A GREAT ONE! Z. 6 Diff! im FIRST ROW: EMORY, T. H., SM13 MEEHAN, T. J., SM35 KRESSLEY, J. T., YN33 HARTMAN, C. J., RM2S GROVES, W. H., RM23 EVANS, R. C., RM35 GRIFFEN, W. C., RM1. SECOND ROW: ENS J. A. MARYMONT? MC CLINTOCK, T. L., HMC? SKINNER, A. G., SNL DANIELS, J. R., PCSN3 SGROE, J. J., RM3S MEININGER, P. P., RMS, KINTZER, E. N., SN: MURPHY, R. B., RM23 HABDAS, J., RM3. LAST ROW: COGAN, F. E., RMI-35 DAVIS, H. E., SM33 TURNER, R. M., SN, HARRIS, J. G., SM3: GAILUS, C., YN23 PARENTEAU, M. G., RM23 HOUSEWORTH, W. B., SAS SPEAKE, C. D., PNIZ JAKEMER, M. F., RM35 LTJG R. G. WILSON: COOPER, K. C., RMC. OC DIVISION IS MADE UP OF THE COMMUNICATORS: ANYTHING FROM RADIO TELETYPE TO FLASHING LIGHT TO SPEEDLETTERS TO NEEDLES IIF THAT ISN'T COMMUNICATING IN VINTAGE FORM, WHAT IS?I - - IT'S ALL IN OUR PROVINCE. REMEMBER ALL THOSE SORE ARMS? WE ARE ALSO RESPONSIBLE FOR THAT, ALONG WITH THE SHIP'S HEALTH THANKS TO THE HOSPITAL CORPSMEN. IN OUR SPARE TIME WE ALSO PAINTED, SCRAPED, ACTED AS SUPPLYMEN AND WERE GREAT LIBERTY HOUNDS. ' ALL IN ALL, IT WAS A PRETTY ACTIVE CRUISE: EVEN THOUGH IT INCLUDED THOSE DREADED BURN RUNS AT EVERY PORT. MR. WILSON AND MR. MARYMONT BURNED SOME 800 BAGS WHICH CON SISTED OF COKE CANS, WATER- MELON RINDS, TELETYPE PARTS AND LAST BUT NOT LEAST, OF COURSE, REFUSE PAPER. THE ICHIBON RADIO GANG USED 80 PRC-10 BAT- TERIES, 62 CANS OF DITTO FLUID, 9,000 WRITE-UP MATS, 200 TELETYPE RIBBONS, 368,000 FEET OF TELETYPE PAPER, 149,000 SHEETS OF GREEN AND 129,000 SHEETS OF WHITE PAPER. SIGNALS USED 3,000 MESSAGE BLANKS AND 15 ENSIGNS, AND THE SHIP'S OFFICE USED UP ALL THEIR HAIR. SICK BAY RAN OUT OF PATIENCE AFTER USING UP 1,900 NEEDLES AND 3,000 APC'S. 1 I ' ' WHAT'S THE HAPS? JV Dizfisivfz .aur- - iii- Q KNEELING: GAINEY, J. C., QM1: MUSSELMAN, W. J., ETR23 GULESSERIAN, C., ETRSN5 DRECHSLER, J. C., ETR33 BUCHANAN, W. J., SNS CROSBY, D. L., QM2g THRIFT, T. D., SN, PAULHAMUS, A. L., QMSN. STANDING: PICKARSKI, B., ETR33 ROBERTS, D. C., ETR33 CULP, R. C., ETR3: SMITH, L. L., ETRSN5 ENS B. M. BRADY, DORSCHNER, M. G., ETR33 CONNOR, T. E., OM3, HERR, C. W., ETN33 BOLIVAR, N. E., ETN3, KING, L. E., ETR3. N DIVISION IS COMPOSED OF ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS AND QUARTERMASTERS. 'A THE ELECTRONICS TECHNICIANS WITH THEIR TUBES AND TRANSISTORS AND FUNNY LOOKING BADGE NOT ONLY SPENT MANY LONG HOURS SCROUNGING SPARE PARTS AND REPAIR- ING DOWN EQUIPMENT, BUT PERFORMED NEAR MIRACLES CHASING THE WILEY ELECTRON. THE VESOLE ET'S ARE PRO- FESSIONALS, AND THE SUCCESS OF THIS CRUISE PROVES IT. THE QUARTERMASTERS PERFORMED NEAR PERFECTLY ON THIS CRUISE. OPERATING IN UNFAMILIAR SEAS, IN SHALLOW . xi 4 N :qi 'Q I WATERS AND OFTEN CLOSE TO THE SHORE, THE QM'S KEPT US ON TRACK AND ON THE WATER. ACCURACY IS THE WATCH WORD WITH GAINEY'S BOYS AND ACCURATE THEY WERE. FOR THIS REASON OUR CRUISE WENT MUCH SMOOTHER. N DIVISION, THE MAVERICK DIVISION , VESOLE IS PROUD , 0 F 1 Q ET FIX! OF YOU. ufwly I apartment LTJG w. H. MOTT I f SUPPLY OFFICER 5 Qhsf . i f I .---v 'fb - ' ...LL .L--.-..-:- kk fg-,J . E 1, QF If. ' - ff- 'X . fn KI I - pif- A VM.-3, L , 22 ,e-4 ss? J Rap 'IIQLANUTI L, . 2: f -We me Q.: .4 H-fif'G ' f--W ' -PM I -L? Elks- WIJIIIIEILV' ,.-- ., 4 2:7 TTT T Ndmwe- 1, ' . .ur L- W Ll-.-,941-L I WELL AT LEAST IT'S NOT ROAST BEEF. THE FRIENDLY SUPPLY DEPARTMENT IS COMPRISED OF COMMISSARY, DISBURSING, SHIPSERVICE, STEWARD AND STOREKEEPER RATINGS. BETWEEN US, WE HAVE PROVIDED THE MEALS, CLEAN CLOTHES, HAIRCUTS IREGULATION NAVY TYPEI, GEE-DUNK, PAYDAY CASH, REPAIR PART SUPPORT AND MATERIAL PROCUREMENT REQUIRED BY OUR SHIP THROUGHOUT THE WESTPAC DEPLOYMENT. IN LINE WITH OUR TOTAL SERVICE CONCEPT,WE HAVE EVEN BEEN KNOWN TO PROVIDE SOMETHING TO GRIPE ABOUT. DURING THE CRUISE WE REPLENISHED UNDERWAY FOUR TIMES, OVERPAID THE COMMODORE ONCE IAND ONCE WAS ENOUGHI, AND SENT REQUISITIONS TO THE FOUR CORNERS OF THE WORLD. WE SERVED COUNTLESS POUNDS OF ROAST BEEF INOURISHING STANDARD NAVY TYPEI, A FEW WEEVILS ISUBIC BAY TYPEI AND SUCH EPICURIAN DELIGHTS AS AZORIAN ICE CREAM, HAWAIIAN PAPAYAS, PINEAPPLES AND MANGOES, AND A FEW NAMELESS CONCOCTIONS INON-STANDARD, COOKS' ERROR TYPEI. THE LAUNDRY LOST THE CAPTAIN'S SHIRTS AND BEGAN TO CARRY FIN- ISHED LAUNDRY BACK TO THE COMPARTMENTS INOT NECESSARILY IN THAT ORDERI. COLLATERAL DUTIES INCLUDED STOWAGE OF THE PERSONAL PURCHASES AND PROCUREMENT OF THE LIQUOR. IN ADDITION TO OUR SUPPLY TYPE FUNCTIONS, WE PROVIDED MEN FOR THE GUNFIRE SUPPORT TEAM IINCLUDING THE ONE WHO PULLED THE TRIGGERI. WE PROVIDED HALF THE CHOIR, SOME OF THE TALENT? FOR THE VESOLE VARIETY SHOWS AND STILL HAD ENOUGH LEFT OVER TO VALIANTLY STAND FOCSLE, FANTAIL AND WATER WATCH SENTRY DUTIES. WHAT'S MORE, WE PRO- VIDED THE BABY THAT SOMEONE DEEMED WAS A NECESSITY TO MAKE US ALL SHELLBACKS. 'ICEI .III IQR! IENI. HING TIRE IRLUI I FEI AIIIII I FIN' EFI? II- IOSI Oi D EI II PRI C, IV NI WE ARE THIRTY-TWO STRONG, AND WERE ABLY R' ASSISTED BY TI-IE TwELvE ROTATINO MESS OOOKS MI- fi LN v- C1 f- TI-IAT ARE SUPPLIED BY EACH DEPARTMENT. WE I, ' WW? ,iff WERE READY FOR SEA WHEN WE LEFT NEWPORT I I IN SEPTEMBER, READY FOR LIBERTY IN THE xi ,X-,6 X LIBERTY PORTS AND REMAIN READY ALWAYS TO 'ff mi: SERVE OUR SI-IIP'S NEEDS. JI l X 1 N Il L L I-IAIROLIT, NAVY, STANDARD, ONE EAOI-I. FIRST ROW: RITZBERG, W. E., SKI: TOUCHETTE, H. J., SN: SHELL, R. W., CS15TERPENING, C. F., SNL STANLEY, N. A., SHI, LABORETE, R. M., TN: MC FARLAND, W. L., CS25 SANTIAGO, F., SN3 FOUCHEK, S. D., SK35 DEJESUS, R., SN: STEARNS, E. D., CS33 LEAR, D. H., SK23 COCHRAN, W., SA: PERILLO, R. P., TN: TOWNSEND, G. V., SD1. SECOND ROW: LTJG W. H. MOTT5 CUSACK, W. J., SH3Q BROCK, D. R., SN, PELUSO, P. J., CS35 WYATT, R. N., TNQ SIMPSON, M. L., SN5 KNAUB, B. D., SN: PALMER, J. E., SH33 DUNMIRE, L. D., SN: MATRI- CCIANI, J. U., CS33 GOLLOTT, G. T., SK35 SINGLETARY, J. F., SK35 HENRY, H. A., CS23 GREENMAN, R. L., SN3 COPELAND, R. C., SNS DESJARDINS, R. J., SK3g TIMBERLAKE, H. E., SKI, WALLER, F., TN. fx- . I I .QI 11.-.I I I I .,! .1 I ,. , I I I ff ., I I SAW IM S? f'?'S2' mu... SH lP'S O FFICE GANG. SMILIN' STAN'S STORE. ' 'I WISH THEY'D BUY SOME NEW CLOTHES. THERE wAS NO SUCH THING AS A TYPICAL DAY DURING THIS DE- RI.OYIvIENT. IF WE WERE NOT RE- FUELING AT osoo, THEN RERHARS WE wERE PROVIDING GUNFIRE SUR- PORT UNTIL THE wEE SMALL HOURS. EACH DAY BROUGHT WITH IT A NEw CHALLENGE TO THE MEN OF THE VESOLE. SOME ROUTINE CHORES, HOWEVER, WHICH CONTINUED DAY AFTER DAY ARE SHOWN ON THESE PAGES. ' 'CAT GOT YOUR TONGUE? IT S LOPSIDED! DOUBLE DOUBLE, TOIL AND TROU BLE. IT NEEDS A THREE PRONG PLUG. ' ' PAYDAY AT LAST! ' ' ALL AHEAD FLANK. ' 'WEAK AND GARBLED. ' ' HOl.lDAY ROOTY-TOOT. 'l.ET'S HAVE ROAST BEEF FOR A CHANGE. i Y HPOSTMASTER G EN ERA'-- FEARl.Ess FI REcoNTRol.MAN. ' ' ON DECK STEAMING SECTION - - - M-Ywfr I '. -Q , a WA ONLY SIX MONTHS LEFT. ' 'SUPPER FOR THE CREW . SWEET DREAMS. ' 'ALL HANDS HEAVE OUT AND TRICE UP. fx. I , K ., we' fl? gg ff, 426, 5 E51 5: 'E Zi EE ,K ,, ,, 4: j 15 5' 2 X E, , A , , 31 E5 F1 A JZ' Z Si 5M Wx. Peay to Zfevpl SEVENTY FIVE MEN FROM USS VESOLE PARTICIPATED IN SEVEN PEOPLE TO PEOPLE WORK PROJECTS DURING THE 'AROUND THE WORLD' DEPLOYIVIENT- PROJECTS TOOK THE MEN INTO A JUNGLE SETTLEMENT IN CENTRAL AMERICA, AN ORPHANAGE AND NEGRITO VILLAGE IN THE PHILIPPINES, A SAN- ITARIUM AND CHILDREN S SCHOOL IN HONG KONG AND A HOME FOR DELIN- QUENT GIRLS IN YOKOHAMA. THE CON- CEPT OF 'WORKING WITH' PEOPLE LESS FORTUNATE WHO NEED PROFESSIONAL ASSISTANCE WAS THE MOTIVATING FORCE BEHIND THESE ACTIVITIES. IN ADDITION TO THE WORK ASPECT, TOKEN GIFTS THROUGH 'OPERATION HAND- CLASP' WERE DISTRIBUTED. ON THE FACING PAGE IS ONE OF THE MANY Kuff I WONDERFUL LETTERS RECEIVED FROM OUR NEW MADE FRIENDS. I I Q5 QE If QI ',.V II . If If? IE I5 ,, Z. II I6 V I I I b In gs psi we 1 I E-Q 451 'Ia 4' 3' may fra' I 'I iw- 'f1giQ9'-'lil If 9' I V3 Z Z J , y , XFMW lg X74,s XR V Zfggwff ,ff ,wg 54157 0 gfff 55, , Q, J ff, K WM QM XXZXQS6 fw?fjjfff ffjigfyf X fS,!f!ff5 Xffyfrf Qjx 3,11 Xzijx gf? Q ' X 'f!,g,1gNS gs Q ,gi jw' is yy! 'SQ jgfgj .gf fgnfgfl 'jf-x fX,?jigQ f jjzywfdf , Aff ' ,N fy g ,X KY Q V! M Q Q :ki ff, ,,g gf ,M ,f , , UMR 5 Xfgfeffffg bf J X yffygfgjffi 2 f XQXZYW Y f I 2 lf! f ffff f , X i X Kfff X f If , l , fff! XXXXX f ffv, A aff-gfy Lf ,I If fffgflf CX222? X X .1 1 .L Vezflc 5165 6' 115 '11 PART OF THE' SHIP'S PEOPLE-TO-PEOPLE PROGRAM WAS THE VESOLE GLEE CLUB, A GROUP OF APPROXIMATELY 15 MEN WHICH WAS FORMED LAST SUMMER. THE IDEA AT FIRST WAS TO FORM A CLUB WHOSE PURPOSE WAS TO SIMPLY GET TOGETHER PERIOD- ICALLY AND SING: BUT AS THE CRUISE PROGRESSED, THEY FOUND. THEMSELVES BE- COMING AN INTEGRAL PART OF THE SUNDAY WORSHIP SERVICES. CLAIMING TO BE THE ONLY IAND THEREFORE THE BESTI DESTROYER GLEE CLUB, THE VESOLE GROUP BECAME QUITE BOLD AND DECIDED TO LET OTHERS LISTEN TO THEIR MUSICAL OFFERINGS. BY THE END OF THE CRUISE THEY HAD SUNG AT THE COCO SOLA CHAPEL AND THE MARGARITE UNION CHURCH IN THE PANAMA CANAL ZONE, AT THE NAVAL BASE CHAPEL IN SUBIC BAY, AT THE TOKYO UNION CHURCH IN JAPAN, AND, OF COURSE, AT THE VESOLE VARIETY SHOWS. ' 'DO LORD, DO LORD, DO REMEMBER ME. 96766 SF6I66 BECAME A WATCH WORD DURING THE CRUISE. YOU WERE LIABLE TO FIND IT ANYWHERE AND EVERYWHERE. THE PHOTOS ON THIS PAGE SHOULD GIVE YOU A CLUE TO ITS MEANING. IF YOU CAN'T FIGURE IT OUT, ASK THE XO. W ,wld 29 SEPT 65 DEPARTED NEWPORT 2-4 OCT 65 GUANTANAMO BAY, CUBA 6-16 OCT 65 CRISTOBOL COLON, PANAMA 23 OCT-8 NOV 65 SAN DIEGO, CALIFORNIA 14-16 NOV 65 PEARL HARBOR, HAWAII 19 NOV 65 MIDWAY ISLAND 26 NOV 65 APRA, GUAM 30 NOV-4 DEC 65 MANILA, PHILIPPINES 1-6 .JAN 66 SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES 17-22 JUAN 66 VICTORIA, HONG KONG 28 JAN-6 FEB 66 YOKOSUKA, JAPAN 21-24 FEB 66 SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES 28 FEB-1MAR 66 PORT DICKSON, MALAYSIA 6-7 MAR 66 COCHIN, INDIA 12 MAR 66 ADEN, SUEZ, CANAL 20-23 MAR 66 NAPLES, ITALY 24-27 MAR 66 BARCELONA, SPAIN 29 MAR 66 GIBRALTAR 1 APR 66 PONTE DELGADA, AZORES 7 APR 66 RETURNED NEWPORT, RHODE ISLAND UNITED STATES OF AMERICA F. vrld , a I u Q ff' .S Z f , f ' . SZXSVSM f ZwZ.SfZSWX-WA? .- X y, S, a wx 7, f, , IL 1 X X Qi wi. ff , A f ff fsc' E untff' N STATION THE REFUELING DETAIL: STATION THE MANEUVERING WATCH ON THE BRIDGE AND AFTER STEERING. THESE ARE THE SOUNDS OF UNDERWAY REPLENISH- MENT: THE SOUNDS WE KNOW ONLY TOO WELL. THERE ARE TWO INGREDIENTS NECES- SARY TO MAINTAIN A NAVAL DESTROYER ON STATION: BLACK OIL AND BULLETS. THIS IS THE JOB OF THE SERVICE FLEET WHICH VESOLE CAME TO KNOW, OFF THE COAST OF VIETNAM. ff ,A N:-?-'EL' 'SQL K HANDLE WITH CARE. I x: A gf f C I 1 I ya y? A 8 II I! SEVENTEEN TIMES VESOLE MADE HER APPROACHES ON OILERS5 SIX TIMES WE WENT ALONGSIDE AMMUNITION SHIPS: AND THREE TIMES WE REPLENISHED. REARMING IS AN EVOLUTION RARELY DONE IN THE ATLANTIC OCEAN, BUT WE DID IT ENOUGH TIMES IN THE PACIFIC TO DO IT IN OUR SLEEP IWHICH, COME TO THINK OF IT, IS WHAT WE MAY HAVE DONEI. BUT THE MOST SIGNIFICANT PART OF ANY UNREP WAS THE MIDSHIPS HIGH-LINE STATION WHERE WE RECEIVED OUR MAIL AND MOVIES - THE MOST IMPORTANT ITEMS NEEDED TO KEEP A SHIP GOING. I-IGN' -I., CISII IJUIIQI5 Q55 Igxgyuogfg I 5 X L I Ve ale Variefic ' 'I WANT TO BE IN PICTURES. IT IS INDEED RARE FOR A DESTROYER TO BE I ENDOWED WITH THE ABUNDANCE OF MUSICAL TALENT WHICH, TO OUR SURPRISE, IS FOUND SHOO-BEE-DOO ABOARD TI-IE VESOLE. LIKE ALL GREAT ENTER- TAINERS, THE VESOLE MUSICIANS WERE MORE THAN WILLING TO SHARE THEIR TALENTS WITH THE REST OF THE CREW, AND SO THE IDEA OF A VESOLE VARIETY SHOW WAS BORN.WE HAD TWO SUCH SHOWS.THE FIRST WAS HELD ON THANKSGIVING, AND WAS SUCH A SUCCESS THAT ANOTHER WAS SCHEDULED DURING THE RED SEA TRANSIT. OUR THANKS TO MR. MARYMONT FOR HIS FINE JOB OF ORGANIZING AND DIRECTING. I I I ' 'SHATNEYS' BOYS IN WORKING CLOTHES ' ' THE STARFIRES. 'x.V wg 1 fs....,,L X if BXIJ A XAQ.-if If NN5NyqMxN N , -? . , SSS- x oSQ.,' . 4 -7744, AONQIZGONG 1 Am X.J VQQSUKA F5 :Mn PZ-' 1409.0 0 koue NAPU' -ff '55 2-YD 5-Q EYEBVPNO Le ' fu-sg'-------' :pf eh AT ibcrfy all CPO'S IN PORT DICKSON ESSO PARTY FOR THE VESOLE. ' ' WHAT'S GOING ON HERE? THEY'RE SURE BIGGER THAN OURS. ' 'MAKE SURE YOU'RE GROUNDED MAIN STREET FANTASYLAN D FRONTIERLAND Disneyland THE HIGH POINT OF OUR STAY IN SAN DIEGO WAS DISNEYLAND - A WONDER- FUL WORLD OF FANTASY, ADVENTURE ANDA TOUCH OF AMERICA'NA.VESOLERS COULD BE SEEN FROM THE TOP OF THE MATTERHORN TO THE BOTTOM OF THE SEA, AND ON A TRIP TO THE MOON OR ON A JUNGLE CRUISE. SOME EVEN FELL IN LOVE WITH ALICE IN WONDER- LAND. SKYRIDE TO THE MATTERHORN STEAMBOAT MARK TWAIN. Hawaii OUR STAY IN THE LAND OF EVER-PRESENT SUN- SHINE AND PINEAFPLES WAS SHORT BUT WELL ENJOYED BY ALL. THE SUN WASN'T SO EVER- PRESENT WHEN WE ARRIVED, BUT IN THE BEST OF VESOLE TRADITION, WE WENT SIGHTSEEING IN SF'ITE OF THE RAIN. THE INTERNATIONAL MARKET PLACE, THE EXTRAVAGANT HAWAIIAN HILTON HOTEL AND THE LESSER EXTRAVAGANT ESTAB- LISHMENTS ON HOTEL STREET WERE FAVORITE STOMPING 'GROUNDS FOR THE MEN OF THE VESOLE. Philippine .7 land fa - 'f 'T 'I Z ii WE VISITED THE PHILIPPINE ISLANDS THREE TIMES, MUCH TO THE SATISFACTION OF THE SHIP'S STEWARDS. THE FIRST STOP WAS MANILA, THE CAPITAL AND LARGEST CITY OF THE ISLANDS. IT WAS THERE THAT WE FIRST TASTED SAN MIGUEL BEER - A UNIQUE CONCOCTION WHICH NONE WILL FORGET. MANY OF US VISITED THE SIGHTS OF MANILA, AMONG WHICH WAS THE AMERICAN MEM- ORIAL CEMETARY TO THOSE WHO GAVE THEIR LIVES DURING WORLD WAR II. WE VISITED SUBIC BAY TWICE, ONCE IN JANUARY AND AGAI-N IN FEBRUARY. THE NAVAL BASE IN SUBIC IS ADJACENT TO OLONGAPO - THE SCENE OF MANY LIBERTY HOURS. VESOLERS BECAME WELL KNOWN AT SUCH SPOTS AS PEEWEE'S TAVERN, THE CLUB ORO, PAULINE'S, THE ZANZIBAR, ETC., ETC. SUBIC BAY WAS ALSO THE SITE OF LAST MINUTE PREPARATIONS AND REPLENISHING PRIOR TO OUR RETURN TRIP. Hang Kang TO MANY, THE HIGH POINT OF THE CRUISE WAS ,OUR VISIT TO THIS FABULOUS CITY - A VERITABLE LAND OF MILK AND MONEY. THE CHINA FLEET CLUB DID A BOOMING BUSINESS. WE BOUGHT CAMERAS, SWEATERS, WATCHES, JEWELRY AND IVORY. EACH MEMBER OF THE CREW NOW CLAIMS THAT HE HAS A SUIT MADE BY HIS PERSONAL TAILOR IN HONG KONG-WHEN WE WEREN'TSHOPPING WE RODE TO THE TOP OF VICTORIA PEAK ON A CABLE CAR, CLIMBED AROUND THE TIGER BALM GARDENS, ATE LUNCH AT THE FLOATING RESTAURANTS OF ABERDEEN, AND MARVELED AT THE VIEW OF REPULSE BAY. WAITING FOR THE WALLA WALLA BOAT. Q I UL 1 L E. I , , lf' 5 I 5 b. I I' I PEAK THE I 'IHE BEEN. IIILSE r THOSE WITH ENOUGH STAMINA TO LAST THROUGH THE SHOPPER'S DAY SPENT THEIR NOCTURNAL MOMENTS IN THE WAN- CHAI DISTRICT OF VICTORIA OR IN KOWLOON ON THE CHINA MAINLAND. -1 fffl I xu ,e 1'Qg,j!, ,W ' 'JSI Iv 1- . 1 Lflzangv af wmmaud OUR VISIT TO JAPAN WAS HIGHLIGHTED BY THE VESOLE'S FIRST CHANGE OF COMMAND SINCE LEAVING THE PHILADELPHIA NAVAL SHIPYARD IN OCTOBER OF 1964. COMMANDER THOMAS J. QUARTON, WHO SPENT 19 MONTHS AS OUR CAPTAIN, WAS RELIEVED BY COMMANDER CLARENCE E. BOGER ON THE 14TH OF FEBRUARY 1966. OUR STAY IN YOKOSUKA WAS MARKED BY FIELD DAYS, INSPECTIONS, MORE INSPECTIONS AND, OF COURSE, THE CHANGE OF COMMAND CEREMONY ITSELF. WE WERE HONORED WITH THE PRESENCE OF REAR ADMIRAL JOHNSON, COMMANDER NAVAL FORCES JAPAN. COMMANDER QUARTON LEFT US TO BECOME CHIEF STAFF OFFICER FOR COMMANDER SERVICE SQUADRON TWO IN NEWPORT. COMMANDER BOGER CAME TO US FROM COMMANDER CRUISER-DESTROY- ER FORCES, ATLANTIC FLEET WHERE HE SERVED AS THE ASSISTANT READINESS AND TRAINING OFFICER FOR NUCLEAR AND CONVENTIONAL WEAPONS. PERSON NEL INSPECTION. ,.Q.,.. . , Ja.,-. VESOLE HONOR GUARD IN HONOR OF THE OCCASION THE SHIP HELD A PARTY AT THE CLUB ALLIANCE, THE LOCAL SERVICEMEN'S CLUB. IT WAS QUITE AN AFFAIR, COMPLETE WITH DINNER AND FLOOR SHOWS. EN- TERTAINMENT WAS ALSO PROVIDED BY THE VE- SOLE'S BANDS - SHATNEY'S GREEN MOUNTAIN BOYS AND THE STARFIRES. INSPECTION ARMS. V? WELCOME CAPTAIN BOGERH. ' 'SMOOTH SAILING, CAPTAIN QUARTON. I I japan I 74' ff OUR VISIT TO YOKOSUKA, JAPAN, WAS THE LONGEST AT ANY WEST PAC PORT, AND YET TO MANY, IT WAS MUCH TOO SHORT. THERE'S SOMETHING ABOUT JAPAN WHICH NONE OF US WILL FORGET. YOKOSUKA WAS LITTLE GIRLS IN KIMONOSZ IT WAS MOUNT FUJIYAMA: IT WAS 360 YEN TO A DOLLAR3 IT WAS A SHIP'S PARTY5 AND IT WAS ' ' THIEVES' ALLEY , THE BROADWAY OF YOKO. MOST OF ALL, IT WAS THE NAVY EXCHANGE BUILDING, A-33. STEREOS AND TAPE RECORDERS POURED INTO THE SHIP'S OFFICES, STORE- ROOMS, STATEROOMS AND SHOPS LIKE THE PLAGUE. ENOUGH CHINAWARE WAS PURCHASED TO FEED A CREW FIVE TIMES THE SIZE OF OURS AND ENOUGH COFFEE CUPS AND EMBROIDERED PATCHES WERE BOUGHT TO OUTFIT THE ENTIRE SQUADRON. f : , H 3 ' 3 Q3 49: V V I' i THE LENGTH OF OUR STAY IN JAPAN APFORDED AN OPPORTUNITY FOR MANY TO TAKE TOURS TO THE NEARBY PLACES OF INTEREST. SOME WENT TO SEE THE GREAT BUDDHA AT KAMAKURA, WHILE OTHERS WENT TO THE CAPITAL CITY OF TOKYO TO SEE ITS GIANT TOWER AND ITS GINZA SECTIONJNDEEDJAPAN ISA WONDER- FUL COUNTRY AND WILL LONG REMAIN IN OUR MEMORIES. U16 M14 ediferzwzmu TO MANY VESOLERS, THE MEDITERRANEAN WAS A FAMILIAR SIGHT, WHILE TO OTHERS, IT WAS A NEW EXPERIENCE. IN EITHER CASE, ' THE MEDITERRANEAN OFFERED GOOD LIBERTY AND BEAUTIFUL SCENERY. OUR FIRST STOP WAS NAPLES, ITALY, AND ALTHOUGH MANY OF US WERE INVOLVED IN THE ADMINISTRATIVE INSPECTION, OTHERS WERE ABLE TO PARTICIPATE IN THE TOURS TO ROME. THE CITY OF LIGHT, WITH ITS COLOSSEUM AND FORUM OFFERED A HISTORICAL SETTING WHICH QUITE DIFFERED FROM THE BUDDHAS AND PAGO- DAS WHICH WE WERE USED TO SEEING. LIKEWISE, THE ANCIENT CITY OF POMPEII WAS A SOURCE OF INTEREST TO MANY VESOLE SAILORS. OUR NEXT STOP WAS BARCELONA, THE CITY OF FLAMENCO GUITARS AND CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS. ONCE AGAIN THE VESOLE CONTRIBUTED TO THE GOLD OUTFLOW. 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VESOLE SPENT TWENTY-EIGHT STRAIGHT DAYS ON STATION OFF THE COAST DURING WHICH TIME WE PROVIDED SHORE BOMBARDMENT OF EVERY TYPE TO FRIEND- LY FORCES ASHORE. FOR TWENTY OF THESE DAYS COMDESDIV 242 WAS THE GFS UNIT COMMANDER, WHICH ADDED TO THE ALREADY ARDUOUS TASKS OF OUR OPERATIONS DEPARTMENT. ' I L A T , iw lv In S A I E I I ' Q Ig? 13 I I KEEP THE HOIST FULL THE CREWSPENT MANY LONG HOURS AT GENERAL QUARTERS AND STILL MORE IN ANTICIPATION WAITING FOR THE CALL TO COME FROM THE BEACH. AFTER A SHORT BREATHER IN SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINES, WE AGAIN RETURNED TO THE FIRING LINE FOR ANOTHER FIVE DAYS. AGAIN IN FEBRU- ARY, VESOLE'S GUNS WERE HEARD BY THE VIET CONG IN THE MEKONG DELTA AREA WHILE WE WERE ATTACHED TO AN ATTACK CARRIER TASK GROUP. IN ALL, WE FIRED TWENTY-SIX GUNFIRE SUPPORT MISSIONS, TAKING ONE HUNDRED AND TWENTY-THREE DIFFERENT ENEMY POSITIONS UNDER FIRE. OVER EIGHTEEN HUNDRED ROUNDS OF FIVE INCH AMMUNITION WERE EXPENDED AND SOME TWO HUNDRED AND FORTY-TWO STRUCTURES THE MAN BEHIND THE GUNS. WERE DESTROYED, DAMAGED OR LEFT BURNING. MOUNT 51 CREW MOUNT 52 CREW ALL HANDS MAN YOUR BATTLE STATIONS ROUNDS ON THE WAY. ' Q f my 7 f ,fy in in if + X7 KP Z! Z! 5675 IQ? IIII 52 4105564 uf UWM PLANE GUARD STATION FOR THE HANCOCK. IN FEBRUARY VESOLE LEFT YOKOSUKA, JAPAN AS PART OF THE USS HANCOCK'S ATTACK AIRCRAFT CARRIER TASK GROUP. WE STEAMED SOUTH PAST OKINAWA AND TAIWAN UNTIL REACHING, ONCE AGAIN, THE SOUTH CHINA SEA. WE SPENT APPROXI- MATELY A WEEK WITH THE HANCOCK OFF THE COAST OF SOUTH VIETNAM FULFILLING DUTIES AS A SCREEN SHIP AND RESCUE DESTROYER DURING HER FLIGHT OPERATIONS. THE CARRIER TASK GROUP IS THE BIG PUNCH OF THE NAVY IN THE VIETNAM WAR. AS A PART OF THIS TASK GROUP VESOLE TOOK PART IN MANY MISSIONS WHICH THE HANCOCK'S AIR GROUP FLEW IN SUPPORT OF OUR TROOPS IN VARIOUS AREAS FROM ' Y Y If ,Q Q'kffr2ff-if? ii3f5ffT'Eg 32?elfiiiivgiiff'ifY:fFf zfT?7ff!i7:7 ' ' I , - wp: affflm-HQ fffffxfw. Q- wwxf-f fix 1 Q13 5 If' I iff: 7 5 2742,aflYfiyxgp-:'i'5 5f if je, 615 fjfmlf-,Qif.Vf , - X f f- . rf... 'Q.'af,ff:i9ff ' q fL:fW fl 'ry fwnfxfm-rfef'f,f1'.' f f' ' 'It ?7Z.'':iZW'f+i, :1',7:11.75' iii .f5lc7'l'm9fC.f7!51iwl5p War- ,, I' iffjfrfxf-'Xf,'?5-f:I.,,',,1'f'Q' ' , , f ' fijf .z ff. -'1i.2',g54lwZ fj zfviixfjfffa? f T'-' f.f.'q'I' . I S' fi' f- 1 ' ' ,Q If 'fur M112 Q fg'5j.jk,jQI Qfzg 32142 If' iz, L431j.5V',k:3g, , V, jg g I f ' ' Ti 'ff wivfQ5'f:'i3l5Z4!x:?'x: f7'f!!w1-bil JW f'f' ' 1ff?'i'i ' J, ' -' as-fr. 'q! .5qf:ff? '.?' K: ' ' 1 I 'Q,mi5.5-1,f,f, gf,f:'-ff :' ,ff ff Y , -,fxVf,.u.6 2'f,l:,f,yjfi,Qp1' f , . 'N ' ' ffZ'i:'1ff4: ,- ,L ., ,W , ,, fw: '10 ruff - I-Q,wpQQw' 12 MMQWNAJY ,,w++.: , , - 5 MFDWPM ' I , f,ffl-,ij,f- fyfg:g,g'VfL!: I ff. , ' ' , V11-'ffff v , , 41 -I, L ff,lf'f,i? 5f2i'Q7'f ' HERE COMES THE MAIL. LAUNCHING AN A4D. CRUSADER JETS READY TO GO. THE SEA COAST TO THE CAMBODIAN BOR- DER. DURING OUR TOUR WITH THESE FINE SHIPS,DAILY FLIGHT OPERATIONS USUALLY RAN FROM 0800 TO 2000 I8:00AM TO 8:00PM FOR ALL YOU CIVILIANSI, SO OUR MEN AGAIN PUT IN LONG HARD HOURS ON STATION. FROM THE PERSONNEL OF THE PLANE GUARD DETAIL TO THE ENGINEERS OUR MEN CARRIED OUT THEIR JOBS IN STANDARD VESOLE FASHION. 878 LEADS THE WAY. ff yfffpfv ,f234Wmfs4+,'1y,gvzf QjpM,Q,SWmf+z,'.'Q, 0595 Q .X w ,.f f-0 f + 1' ' W f Jwf S,I'Y7'7?fQ,r C gfgwg:'ggfZi'5iW aw yixiwff?-'?1gvQ3,f.V.f ,., f . 'jfiggffl f vf f Sw,-w 4' -VW vzzffrmfrffi 5 -xo'-vw' 4 ' . wh, Y ' - ,W.I.,,.b , f XX:-asm! II.. 'N , I qw. fmfgg .wg-2334.-f::iY .V 'P 4.32 wi iw 43 , f f-,cz o+f':,,-V H ff.w4xvQf,A.. , My.. . ,W ,. . ..,,,x,. .,..,.,f. , X... f f, yn ,. 1 7 N,K,,.,..,L,,U.M,,5.,.M ., ,p 5 xx J 2 i mei.: ::ww'?!.ff , V 21Aflf2'f'fLf If do ww 1 V ,,,,- ,.f .V ws, 2 vw WMD 4-ffsf.:x5S5Wif 6 ' If 'few H.,-59.5 J: wa I VERTICAL REPLENISHMENT. SIGNALMEN RELAX ALONGSIDE THE HANCOCK I I NEW MESSCOOKS, AND WHAT A MEAL! MEATED THE SHIP. A GNAWING SUSPICION SLOWLY CREPT THROUGHOUT THE SHIP'S COMPANY THAT THE VESOLE REALLY WAS GOING TO CROSS THE EQUATOR AFTER' ALL. SUDDENLY IT BURST UPON THE LOWLY POLLYWOGS THAT FATEFUL DAY OF 27 FEBRUARY. DAVEY JONES APPEARED AND PROMULGATED A NEW ROUTINE. THE SLIMY POLLYWOGS WERE HERDED TOGETHER AFTER THEIR LAST MEAL,WHILE THE ROYAL EMISSARIES COMPLETED THE FINAL PREP- ARATIONS. SHORTLY AFTER 0800, THE KEEPING THE POLLYWOGS COOL. HMIZOK ON THE 24TH OF FEBRUARY, VESOLE LEFT SUBIC BAY, PHILIPPINE ISLANDS, FOR THE LONG TRIP HOME. MYSTERIOUS INCIDENTS BEGAN OCCURRING ON BOARD, AND STRANGE HAMMERING SOUNDS PER- XO TRYS TO MAKE A BREAK. ORDEAL BEGAN, AN ORDEAL SO DREAD- FUL THAT THE AUTHOR'S HAND TREMBLES AT THE REMEMBERING, AND HIS HEART GROWS FAINT. FINALLY, AFTER AN ETERNITY OF SUFFERING AND ANGUISH, KING NEPTUNE DECREED THAT ALL THE FILTHY,CLAMMY, SLIMY DREGS OF THE EARTH HAD BEEN CLEANSED OF THEIR SCUM. ALL WERE WELCOMED INTO THE SELECT FOLD, THANKING HEAVEN TO HAVE MERELY SURVIVED SUCH A HARROWING EXPER- 2 IENCE. , X Q 3 x S f C O KISS THE BABY! BAPTISM OF A SHELLBACK. THE ROYAL FAMILY PAY PLEADS THE FIFTH AMENDMENT. A SPECIAL CASE A 4 5-I fad w KIWI ff , if ff f f f ff. I , , , . , g . ,Q ,f 7 If I , W , f 1 3, Ik. I 1,50 I, I X Mp ff, X cf? PLENTY OF CHOW FOR EVERYONE. A' BRIGHT SUNDAY AFTERNOON IN THE MIDDLE OF THE RED SEA PRO- VIDED THE SETTING FOR A PICNIC ON OUR FANTAIL. THE SIGHT OF BATHING SUITS AND HOT DOGS WAS A SHARP CONTRAST TO THE MANY SUNDAY AFTERNOONS OF THE PREVIOUS MONTHS. THANKS TO THE INDUSTRY OF THE SHIPFITTERS WE HAD A HUGE BARBECUE PIT, AND THANKS TO THE COOKS WE HAD AN ABUNDANT SUPPLY OF HAMBURGERS, HOT DOGS, STEAKS AND OTHER ASSORTED GOODIES. CAPE MIA WAS NEVER LIKE THIS. ' ' MAKE MINE MEDIUM RARE . MUSCLE BEACH. W ,, W Wy W.-ww MY KINGDOM FOR A STEAK STEEL BEACH ' 5 U iq' .X -1 If PLENTY OF EUG JUICE Too 'IW' 'MVT 2? SUPPl.Y'S SPECIAL SAUCE -1 I Q! Q A gf! 1 1' K I X 121' fa A 7 ,f f A A 1 ' A 5 'I . + I Y iw' .ff f, 44, E 3 55 f ' fm E A wif A 1 f xf - E in If A A 6 'I' ' i-' 1' ,. : J, 5 ' ' 5 ' , 1 vx z M F . Q ' W U -. A Q WEA A E '.wl'1'f!?,l R' 'V I A U- an '- f ' 4 , an I A .xl ' fu 1. R xx - V Xlx .v4. My-1 P 2- ' 'WHO CLOSED THE LID? ' 0 MAIL CALL IN YOKOSUKA ' 'HOW DID YOU FIND ME? X FANTAIL MANNED AND READY. in I ,,. ,,....,,-,.,L....,.. if I fun? ONLY 7000 MILES TO NEWPORT. 0 4 I 4 Piece gm, TO PAY OR NOT TO PAY. ROUND AND ROUN D SHE GOES. E IU ww ' I LIL PUT THAT SIL.I.Y THING AWAY. ' 'WHERE DID HE COME FROM? 1 Y iw 271,11 flame' THE TRIP HOME STARTED WITH AN UNUSUAL AMOUNT OF NOISE. THE BOOMING DRUMS AND SHRIEKING ELECTRIC GUITARS OF OLONGAPO'S BANDS SERENADED GOODBYE. THIS WAS THE LAST FAREWELL TO THE ORIENT FOR VESOLE AS DESRON TWENTY- FOUR PREPARED FOR THE LONG TRIP HOME VIA THE SOUTH CHINA SEA, SINGAPORE STRAIT, STRAIT OF MALACCA, BAY OF BENGAL, INDIAN OCEAN, ARABIAN SEA, GULF OF ADEN, RED SEA, GULF OF SUEZ, GREAT BITTER LAKE, MEDITERRANEAN SEA, STRAIT OF MESSINA, TYRRHENIAN SEA, GULF DE NAPOLI, STRAIT OF BONIFACIO, GULF DE VALENCIA, STRAIT OF GIBRALTAR, ATLANTIC OCEAN AND FINALLY NARRAGANSETT BAY. DEPARTINGI? SUBIC BAY ON 24 FEBRUARY, VESOLE JOINED UP WITH THE REST OF DESRON TWENTY-FOUR: BARRY IDD-933I, SAMUEL B. ROBERTS IDD-823I, CHARLES S. SPERRY IDD-697I, INGRAHAM IDD-694I, HAWKINS IDD-873I, ELLISON IDD-864-I, AND BACHE IDD-47OI. THE NEXT BIG EVENT WAS WHEN KING NEPTUNE AND HIS ROYAL COURT, INCLUDING THE BABY, VISITED VESOLE ON 27 FEBRUARY AT THE EOUATOR AND 105 DEGREES EAST, ANDMADE SURE ALL HANDS WERE READY TO BECOME SHELLBACKS. 28 FEBRUARY FOUND VESOLE MAKING A STOP FOR FUEL AT PORT DICKSON, MALAYSIA IN THE MALACCA STRAIT. NOT A NORMAL PORT FOR SHIPPING, THIS WAS THE FIRST TIME A U.S. WAR SHIP HAD VISITED PORT DICKSON IN ITS MEMORY. THE COMMUNITY SHOWED OLD SOUTHERN HOSPITALITY WITH PICNICS, BARBECUES, SWIMMING, DANCES AND TOURS. THIS WAS THE REAL TROPICS, SOME OF THE MOST BEAUTIFUL SCENERY WAS ENCOUNTERED HERE. . THE NEXT STOP IS TERMED BY SOME, THE BEST OR RATHER, MAYBE THE MOST UN- USUAL STOP, COCHIN, INDIA. COCHIN, NOT FAMILIAR WITH THE AMERICAN SAILORS' WAYS, DID NOT PROVIDE THE USUAL DIVERSIONS, BUT WE DID SEE DIFFERENT SIGHTS: ELEPHANTS, TURBAN-HEADED WORKERS, AND AN ENTIRELY UNUSUAL WAY OF LIFE. PA I-. A LEAVING INDIA ON 7 MARCH, WE il T I HEADED FOR OUR NEXT GREAT LIBERTY PORT IFOR THE POSTMANI I I I I X-- -I ADEN, ERITISI-I CROWN CDLDNY. Q, Q FUELING EaRIEEI.Y AT ADEN, vESoI.E A A -:f i STEAMED UP TI-IE RED SEA AND W I' I Q I CONDUCTED A cooK-OUT ENROUTE. I MIL-'QI 1 ...M I ,. . E? 1 I T- fgw 2: 5 TI-IIS INDIAN OCEAN WASN'T LIKE THIS ' ' FI -- S ' 'LT . '-- . .,.. ,,-A ,. Y 16 MARCH FOUND VESOLE'S OFFICERS AND MEN BEING INITIATED INTO THE GREAT xx ORDER OF THE ANCIENT IvIARINERs OF THE g T DESERT AS WE TRANSITED THE sI.IEz CANAL. AS VESOLE ENTERED THE MEDI- 'E XS , -D , A - TERRANEAN, THE OFFICERS AND MEN I .. KNEW THEY WERE CLOSER TO HOME AS THE --H WEATHER PICKED UP. T NAPLES WAS AN OLD SIGHT FOR SOME OF -I OUR SALTS, BUT A GLAD ONE FOR ALL E HANDS. THIS WAS OUR FIRST REAL LIBERTY PORT IN OVER A MONTH. SOME VESOLERS WERE LUCKY AND WENT ON TOURS TO ' ROME, POMPEII AND DOWNTOWN NAPLES, I WHILE THE REST STAYED ABOARD AND E I PT- ..--Q 1 WENT THROUGH AN ADMIN, PERSONNEL, ---- T MESSING AND BERTHING INSPECTION. WHICH DO YOU WANT - HONG KONG SURMOUNTING THESE OBSTACLES, VESOLERS OR MED LIGHTS? HIT THE BEACH IN THE BEST FASHION. MARCH 23RD AGAIN FOUND VESOLE AT SEA AND HEADED FOR BARCELONA, SPAIN, AND WHAT SOME CONSIDERED ONE OF THE BEST PORTS OF THE ENTIRE CRUISE. TYING UP UNDER CHRISTOPHER COLUMBUS' STATUE AT THE FOOT OF MAIN STREET, WE PRO- VIDED A DIVERSION FOR THE NATIVES OUT FOR A WALK. WHO COULD EVER FORGET THE CROWDS WE ATTRACTED? SWORDS AND SHIELDS BECAME, THE ORDER OF THE DAY. WHILE SOME VISITED MONTSERRAT, OTHERS DINED AT LOS CARACULESH OR SIMPLY SAW THE SIGHTS. ' AFTER THREE GOOD DAYS IN SPAIN, WE PUT TO SEA AGAIN. 29 MARCH FOUND THE MEN OF THE VESOLE STRAINING THEIR EYES TO SEE THE PRUDENTIAL SIGN AND WALTER CRONKITE AS WE PULLED INTO GIBRALTAR FOR FUEL. THIS WAS THE LAST BIT OF REAL 'SHOPPING THAT WAS CONDUCTED AS THE SQUADRON TOOK OVER THE TOWN FOR THE AFTERNOON. THE SEA WAS SMOOTH AND CALM AS VESOLE ENTERED THE ATLANTIC AND HEADED FOR PONTE DELGADA, AZORES, FOR FUEL. THE AZORES PROVED TO BE BOTH SCENIC AND INTERESTING AS WE TOURED THE LOCAL SPOTS WITH OUR COUNTERPARTS FROM HER MAJ ESTY'S ROYAL NAVY. REGRETTABLY THE GOOD WEATHER DID NOT HOLD AND ABOUT HALFWAY ACROSS THE ATLANTIC A SMALL SQUALL CAME UP: BUT UNDAUNTED AND UNAFRAID, DESRON TWENTY-FOUR PUSHED BRAVELY ONWARD UNTIL THE 8TH OF APRIL, AND AFTER AN ABSOLUTE FIELDAY WE SIGHTED BRENTON REEF AND CASTLE HILL LIGHT. IT WAS A LITTLE COLD TO THOSE USED TO THE TROPICS BUT WE MADE IT TO QUARTERS AS VESOLE PULLED INTO THE FIRST AND LAST LIBERTY PORT. WAITING ON THE PIER WERE MANY5 INCLUDING A GOVERNOR, SENATORS, ADMIRALS, BANDS, PRESS, T.V. AND, OF COURSE, WIVES, KIDS AND GIRLFRIENDS. HENCEFORTH ON, WHAT HAD BEEN SEEN AND DONE WAS PAST,IT BELONGED TO THE HISTORY BOOKS. WE HAD BEEN THERE AND BACK AND DEEP INSIDE WE WERE PROUD. VESOLE HAD BEEN CALLED UPON AND WE HAD GIVEN OUR BEST. flaw sawing ON ACOLD APRIL DAY,THE VESOLE AND THE OTHERSHIPS OF DESTROYER SQUADRON 24 RETURNED TO A TUMULTUOUS WELCOME. ON THE PIER WERE TWO BANDS, ADMIRALS, THE GOVERNOR, SENATORS, AND OF COURSE,OUR FAMILIES AND FRIENDS. IT WAS A WELCOME SIGHT, INDEED, AFTER SIX VERY LONG MONTHS. WE HAD BEEN AROUND THE WORLD, WE HAD BEEN IN THE CONFLICT IN VIETNAM, AND WE HAD ACCOMPLISHED MUCH. BUT NO MATTER WHAT OUR PREVIOUS EXPERIENCES HAD BEEN, THIS ONE DAY WILL PROBABLY BE MOST REMEMBERED. TO ALL THOSE WHO WORKED SO HARD TO ORGANIZE THIS WONDERFUL HOMECOMING, WE SAY THANK YOU. CRUISE BOOK STAFF OO-EDITORS: I.T.IO EROIvIwEI.I. LTJG FROST PHOTOGRAPHERS: J. w. FRIENDLY, EIvI1 O. F. KUENNEKE,'IC2 LAYOUT EDITOR: .I. w. SDECANIO, JR., STG3 OARTOONIST: NI. O. 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