Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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1. ,I .cfs 5 l t -Q-ve., ,.,....-0, Kai wlfvn.. , Lett to Right Standing JLJDIlH,J H,LCDi1', EGMtJr.3s .u '. -3:Q's v- ri it MCQLQNDQNV W R LCDR Second Row LIPHAM, C L, CDR, sttiisw Q3 M ' l . r , I Cl lm- Jlifw' i tri ina-,t lirilliant is thc Operations s Deriurtmiiriir the K! If Fife cticinnel. ' i -, .with crrnriisclent capacity. ii f 4: The OA cli,..w t :sf ri tirfc-z ashore, afloat, and in tho air C If Dl0'f'flsf this chip-1 1,1 - M i : : 'Z' gnrtigrrix which establish his irrclulalnlc I memory ot tacts lo 1 4 ': . , ' ' the family photo album. This clever rrnti , ' :su Qlefmel Ol l'llClllilCnf9 W9 '-M r ' ,, 'Vi on any zubiect which may interest thorn, X! This division also provides the ., H hi ,weather qazerz and analyzers who endow the f' child wonder with an eiabawte fs' 2 sefze to forecast the capricez ol Mother Nature, ll the Chlld plays 'vltl' bafposs 'sis' ze C'hEF3TJC'l that they are always wc-other balloons, M The innate brilliance of the ch ld is 'wmtestea' if the coffihined ettorts ol the O-R and I X O-S divisions -.-,ho with the f rado, te 9Cl'3'9, teletype and telc-graphg their tlaghoist and L. llU5lT'll9 lights communcate the the 'ads 133' accfmlated tnonledqc to the rest ol the if '41 ...J ,I ., ff , ,, lgmllv and Fellow ae'-reefs ot his social word. lt is rumored that the boy has a secret f X , . - - Q55 love in this social '.-v0ri5f.3wQ 13p at mystery fmage movements are always cloaked in the mantle ot night, t-ter name is sad 20 be Nancy Hants . ff The culmination at the child's gerps 's emaodied in the ooerahon ot CIC by the personnel on ff of the O.l division lNrth rgdgrr radio te'gg-,hone and elaborate display: Set within thc c , T - , , , , 0 Q depths or his bodv, this diflslon in ssadited rights and organized chaos directs POPPAS o . . r i , . J: aircraft in tnesr missions and returns them to MOMMA 3 areast. The far reaching radar detect Friend and toe alike in the air or on the surface of the sea. This nerve cell of ll 'xx-J s...J the child also provides the child with his Jnerring ability to help MOMMA in deciding her course through water and - fA.' eather, both while POPPA is on a business trip and at home. The household gadgets and tools used by the brain child in his daily chores are main- tained in excellent condition by the electronic genius ot the O-E division which is the repository ot the mechanical proclivities ofthe boy's nature. The alert and brilliant manner in which the family pride conducts himself, is in no small way a result of the physical care he receives at the hands of the industrious ET'S . Brilliant faculties ot themselves are ol no purpose in strength without an essential unity, The Operations office is the maior cell of this child's brain. And it is here that all the sources of the child's ability and talent-the five divisions are controlled by decision, iudgement and authority.