Wasp (CV 18) - Naval Cruise Book

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28 If A 'P lv, p L? Q 19 AN ff ll f' a A -ni - -.-,,...- -- 1' ix K l o JX MOMMA not only had a good dowry to start with, but she brought a rich uncle along. Consequently, her cupboard was never bare. We called Supply Uncle Manual , due to his constant reference to the Bureau of Supplies and Accounts Manual! He was reported to have a mattress full of money, but he kept MOMMA on a strict budget and precise allowance. like all girls MOMMA tried to hide her years. That took a lot of cosmetics, paint and lsoapl powder in tremendous quantities. And the roceries! One week, Christmas to New Years, with the holiday meals, the brood consumed l5,000 pounds of spuds, 9 3,000 pounds of turkey, 4,500 pounds of chicken-plus the trimmings. lt took 50,000 bars ol candy a month and l25,000 packages of cigarettes each month to keep the family happy. Then, sundry toilet articles and a variety of uniform clothing kept Uncle Manual on run for sources of supply. Replenishment days saw what practically amounted to an all hands evolution. You might think l am kidding, but we used over three million sheets of paper each month for olllicial business. Tools and materials ' ' f I d for repairs to POPPA's planes and MOMMA's surfaces sure strained the budget, despite her beauty she was a hull o a ga an bt we managed. Uncle Manual often wondered how we didn't go broke. But we managed, it took some doing, u

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