Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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We don't know what MOMMA would have done without this department. The Executive force acted as the secretarial member of the family, and a big iob that was. Personnel records, a tedious task, were kept up to date, instructions, directives, leave and liberty and general morale all fell upon the Executive Officer and his staff as a heavy respon- sibility. Advancement in rate, aided by the Training Office and the encouragement and opportunity to obtain civilian secondary and collegiate courses gave all hands a chance to get ahead , The Legal Eagle not only drew up specifications for our courts, but aided in defense in military matters. Also from the Legal Oftice we obtained much assistance on personal problems. The MAA force kept things moving in an orderly fashion, from chow lines to movie lines. For recrea- tion, we had the Hobby Shop, Athletic Gear Locker, and Crew's Library. Our ship's basketball team was the representatives of Navy Far East when it made a clean sweep in the tournement at Atsugi. The team also promoted a great deal of good will by its exhibition games against Chinese teams in Hong Kong- AND PERSONNEL OFFICER 3 The Chaplain's Section of the Executive Department took care of our church services and religious needs as well as morale factors like the tours, shows, happy hours and publications. And directed from this office, were the Welfare and Recreational Council and Enlisted Men's Committee which entertained us with Bingo and dances and spread the spirit of Christmas with the parties aboard for needy children. , The Print Shop, besides turning out routine jobs was able by the use of non-appropriated funds to furnish us with such items as the Stinger and Shellback cards and certificates plus the holiday menus. L L We were able to wake up to music because St t'o WASP d A endless variety of programs. ai n , a isc iockey show, which started from scratch produced an Yes, this is quite a department. MOMMA sure would have had a m' d b h been steadily felt. ixe up unc of kids if its coordinating effort had not Left to Right: Front Row: A. A. SMITH, r. G. WEIR, J. R. FOLMLR Dwi Hi C l . . . BENFORD, E. L. KERINS, R. E. FREIBURGER: P- W- 5 Second Row TETSESM lk RtgZHNREE'I1FELD. B. A. YATKOWSKI, J. R. J. GERIK, c. E. Boros, c. R. GOZA: Q 1 ' - f ' L Yi T. o. BRAAFLADT, w. E DERRL . . WAYTE Jr. C. F J SPECKERT J R GROVE . ck, P. L. POLLOCK, H. c. 3 ' L ' ' i H. .l. KROPSKLQ H. H. MONTEITH- D R GOODE TL1' Cl R : . . - ' ' A ' If OW D R FRALEY, .l. D. PARKER, J. G. KENNEDY, D. CAREWi A. WEIN, R. .l. VALEK, J. REMAKIS. J. W. HARRISJ v. L. MARSILIAf R. L. TRuMBo, P. J. DOWNESA Fourth Row: J. A. TASETANO, D, R, POWELL. H. E. TURNER- B. is B - MAGRANOFF J. P. BELANGER J. E. HANEY' I - RALEY, J. F. CROWLEY, G. J. SCH

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COMMANDER H. S. BOTTOMLEY, JR. EXECUTIVE OFFICER Each evening at IBOO, attention was piped over the IMC and we heard the dulcid tones of our Executive Officer greet us with, Good Evening Everybody . Com- . mander Bottomley's good nature allowed us in one happy hour to kid the broadcast XX-gnx- X., as reminiscent of Uncle Wiggley As a matter of fact, the nightly review of our daily work plus the report on events in the Task Force or the movements of the ship with another Port-of-call, did much to keep us informed and, as a consequence, a little happier. The Exec always included the highlights of the world's news and usually signed off with some news in a light vein. A typical day during replenishment would g find Commander Bottomley on the bridge 5 .rv keeping station, then if we had a shoot and GQ he would hustle to secondary conn, and in between he would wade through K, -f the paper work which flowed across his .,,,s- I desk in a never ending stream, ending up with a session with department heads at the eight o'clock reports. Frequently, he would make a tour of the ship alter taps and night prayer to see that the family was at rest. f Our Evecutive Ofhcer hails from South Z Jersey. He was born in Merchantville on October I3, I9I5, the son of the late tvtr and Mrs Harold S. Bottomley. He began his naval career at the United States Naval Aigrrrler-ty. A 'i'r :zu w N' zr, :nrt .-.hi-rif he graduated in the class ol I937. His tirst fleet assignment as an Ensign was inthe light cruiser CONCOQD tts- liz: for wiht training at Pensacola and ruccivcd his wings on the I5th of October l94O. Commander Bottomley fthen LTJGI was ordered to Borriiiinii Siiiiqiilrori 1 in '1 'ti he wr-'ig-it dllflflfj WWII GlJOOtd IltC COHICI5 SARATOGA, YORKTOWN, fwhich was sunk at Midwayl and ENTERPRISE Hi- .wi-fifirfillv awinwed command ol the Squadron in April I7-12 .-.ri fe ztilr ri lieutenant. Ho participated in decisive engagements during the first half of the Pacific war and was awarded the Navy Cross at Midway, two DfC's and an Air Medal during the invasion of Guadalcanal, Battle of Eastern Solomons, and the Solomons Campaign. Ho also y-,ggrg the Enterprise Presidential Unit Citation. ln September I9-13, ICDR Bottomley was Ordered to shore duty at NAMC, Philadelphia. as Ofhcer in Charge of thc Q fi Ship Experimental Unit which was engaged in conducting I if arrested landing and catapult trials with the latest fftOd0lS at Navy and Air Force aircraft. In I'?44, he was awarded f ,'-NJJWH the Air Medal for successfully crash landing aircraft to savc O f a crew member who was unable to bail Out. y rg Q ,ff' 'lf' g He was promoted to Commander in July I945, and was E to QQ lf ff' awaiting assignment by ComAirPac as an Air Group Com- lgx .mu fa'-'C rnander when the Japanese surrendered. gy G7 jfaggffctggiiy U His subsequent duty assignments included: Executive I v ' ' 222521100 ,,, . ornfef, uss rxrvswiw BAY icvwoi, Royal Navy Liaison 0 0 c x A ' 0 'c 'L .,, ' QS- Ofhcer for the U.S. Naval Attache in london: C0mm0fld'n9 9o1?i?q,?j Cv X ' f, Offiger at Fighter Squadron I3I, and Commander of Carrier to 6. 9 1 X X A Air Group 6. Commander Bottomley is a graduate of the QQ s Royal Naval Staff College, Greenwich, England, Und llle x Xxx S I '77 U, S. Armed Forces Staff College. X 5 He is the husband of the former Dorothy J. Filbert of Q Reading, Pennsylvania. They have four children, two dau- ghters, Barbara and Sydney, and two sons, Richard and Harold Sydney Ill.

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