Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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. Q i I 'Quad-fs-is.. aaam'5 5Z ' . w-.Xxx An individualist like other sons in the family, VF.l72.the foinhaired boy of the Air Group-is proud ol his blue banshees, his pilots and crewmen. Back for their second tour in Korean waters, the Blue Bolts flew their prqgrrre flights of combat air patrol, rocket and bombing, strahng, and air-to-air gunnery and worked to improve preparedness ' 7-is 0 gny of a wide range of miss: ns They were QS er to be on the flght chedule as the liber Sec .gn At sea when pilots man planes came over the ready room squawk box they were already on the flight deck in port by the time the public address system announced Liberty commences they were half way down the accomodation laddsr It was a squadron of accomplishments and personalities 5 er Jim Cain could le d a I t flght to target the twisted terrain of Korea with the kll of a James ener pilot or M C a ships happy hour with e aplomb of George Jessel Men of the squadron came to know one another far better on the WASP than they had ashore Few traits are unrevealed after months of shipboard life Days of inactivity were countered with the pace of flight operations in the task force weeks at I 3 sea broken by welcome calls at foreign ports COMMANDING OFFICER LCDR JAMES B CAIN Through all the variety of experience the fair haired boy matured This personality of l72 would never admit to being anything less than the best but the education of action proved how much its men cosld learn The many sights and sounds at sea would not soon be forgotten watching lands sometimes only vaguely heard of slide by from Norfolk to Sucz to Yokosuka the clatter o gasses ice and voices at the Sangley OClub party meetings and brictings n th rcody room hcckling the AIO th t irst look at the brown tangle of Korea from 30 OOO feet I uries of the lapanc e hot baths ir mountain R and R hot Is Each man n s back home his own impressions and the squadron is a little older c d dy for s P I Left to Right: Front Row: BAKER, RAEHN, RILEY, CRETEAU, MORELL, 1 l6u:xr A ,, - 'Y ---1.I '1'53'-Q... ,,.' , - - -,,... 'v -'..1w-.--W A ss, .. ' , , s.. . W-gg:-V- . CAIN C.O , F.C. KIDD X,O., HAMILTON, McCLOSKEY, GWIZDALA, WHILITE Second Row: R. J. WHITE, R.G. WHITE, R.D. OSBORNE, EAKLE, RACY Kipp, Norm-i, risrien, sfmsiwc, LAMB, Newcoma, HAYNswoRrH, MALLICK,