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.t'Al..il!l o TH.I:!; MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, DECEMBER 9, 1944 -
EX High Tribute Paid Whole Blood Goes to the Battlefront

POTINTIA Naval Hospital
Personnel at Oakland

U. S. Naval Hospital, Oakland,
Calif.-Glancing around at othe1
patients in the ward where he i:;
convalescing from wounds suffered
at Guam, a Marine paid tribute to-
\ day to the skill, tirelessness and
RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL considerate manner of Navy hos- If you happened to . be a round
pital corpsmen, nurses and doctors. '.)perational Training School last
This is the story of the oldest "If it weren't for them," he said. Saturday and noticed a man in a
man on active duty in the United "most of these Marines would be ~hief yeoman's uniform who looked
States Navy. The story begins way buried somewhere in the Pacific. A \ike he was being hanged by the
back in 1882, when George "Sandy" corpsman saved my life at Guam, neck and knew not where to put
Sanderson enlisted in the U. S. and the nurses and doctors aboard his hands, you were looking upon
Navy at San Francisco, Calif., the hospital ship which brought me Douglas Hardesty, who had just
aboard the USS Iroquois. "Sandy" back were the most thoughtful made Chief Yeoman. Congratula-
was born in York, England, in people I've ever met. They worked tions, Doug- you've done a grand
1862, and came to this country at around the clock, treating our job for Operational Training School
an early age. From 1882 until 1922, wounds- gently- and doing every- md · we are all mighty proud of
when "Sandy" retired, his life was thing possible for our comfort. you. Along with Chief Hardesty,
Some of us were pretty tough to our congratulations go to the fol-
handle, but not once did I see a lowing men promoted to the follow-
medical attendant lose patience." ing rates : Peter Kostyk, GMlc ; W.
The speaker was Private First ,w. Schmies, Cox; H. L. Wiece, Cox;
Class Matthew L. Gibson, 23, son J. F . Methven, MoMMlc ; W. A.
of Mr. and Mrs. M. L. Gib.son, of Kearney, RdM3c; J . W. Hutchison,
Pittsburgh, Pa. Y3c ; L. E. Crouch, · Slc ; E. E .
He was blasted by a land mine or Cruikshank, Slc; and W. T . Bett-
mortar shell- he doesn't know cher, Slc.
which-during the tenth day of the HenryWilless, MM2c, has just re-
battle to recapture Guam, receiving turned from leave that was a bit
shrapnel wounds to his jaw. A radio premature. Willes.s went home in
operator with the Third Marine order to be notified in person that
Division, he had been through two he was a father. Two days after he
and a half months' combat at returned to duty he was notified he
Bougainville, ~d was- stationed had become the father of a nine-
also at Guadalcanal and New pound baby boy. Congratulations,
Zealand. Willess, and a speedy recovery to
you, Mrs. Willess. We might add,
those cigar.s you are passing out
Jap Defeat Seen are the be.st. Fl RST FLIGHT of whole blood from San Francisco to the Pacific-Here
Back from leave is Dorothy the Douglas Sky-Master is being loaded with the portable refrigerating
"Sandy" Year After Germany Goodrich, SK3c. Dorothy joined in units each holding 16 one-pint bottles of type "0" whole blood which will
be flown to Pearl Harbor and then on to island bases close to the fighting
a family reunion with her brother, fronts. The new Navy Lab installed to take care of the new whole blood
filled with more incident, adven- China (CNS)- M. Gen. Albert c. a Lt. (jg) in the Amphibious program is shown here in detail. On the right is the large sterilizer and
ture, color, drama and thrill than Wedemeyer, newly appointed com- Forces, who was also home on leave on the left the Centrifuge machine in which the ty.pe of whole blood
most first-rate movie thrillers. He mander of American force.s in this after many months of fighting in (Type "0" which is the only type that can be given to all cascualties re-
gardless of their bl,o-0d groups) is rechecked'. Above are the Navy men
served throughout the Spanish- theater and chief of staff to Gen- the European Theatre of war. It who staff the new lab.
American war and the first World eralissimo Chiang Kai-shek, ex- had been fifteen months since they'd
war, and when the shocking news pects Japan's defeat within about seen each other, so you can imagine F. Hagenmeister and Lt. (jg) H.
came through on December 7, a year from the time the struggle their happiness in . being home to- P. Serwin. These officers were in- Armed Guard
"Sandy" gave up his job as deputy in Europe ends. gether. gestigating the effectiveness of Bu-
bailiff with the District Court in "But," he adds, "everyone Also our congratulations to How- Pers training program, and their Boasts of Finding '""
San Francisco, and donned his uni- thought the war in Europe would ard M. Reschert, S2c, and Mrs. findings will be sent to all Class 1,
form, a new one with 10 gold hash be over this year, and it may run Reschert on their new baby girl 2 and 3 schools as well as mid- An Honest Man
marks, bought a set of store teeth, into early next summer." born last Sunday. shipman schools. Instructors at Op-
and "stood by" for orders restoring ---- -e----- Distinguished visitors at the Op- -erational Training School will bene- Diogenes can now. put out his
light, for the Armed Guard Center
him to active duty. In the mean- SClc: "There's a very important erational Training School last week 5.t in the future by having students
boasts the finding of an honest
time our 80-year-old youngster was 1uestion I've been wanting to ask from the Quality Controlled Divi- with a more even knowledge and man. The man is A. J. Careccia,
not idle; he had volunteered for arid you for days and days." sion in Washington included Com- understanding.
was doing a bang-up job in the re- Wave : "Go ahead. I've had the mander F . B. Eggers, Commander Working in close cooperation Slc.
cruiting service. Finally, on July 17, answer ready for months and K. L. Nutting, Commander J . J. with the Film Department of the Several weeks ago Seaman Car-
1942, "Sandy" was ordered to ac- months." " . cc Lennox, Lt. J. W. Currinder, Lt. B. eccia found some bank checks and
Presidio of the U. S. Army, the
tive duty and he was_ once again _a ll // IS ft a 5'~ ,,,-.ks WW iz.J., .I e w,;c.. AL· Visual Aids Department last week traveler's checks in San Francisco,
O
happy man. Space will not permit ,c.. ~ ~1 • ")( ~ V'J • received about sixty-one projection The checks totaled approximately
the relating of even a fraction of Veteran of Two Wars Now ;:,erv1ng 1n tne Thud $1500. After much tracing and with
screens. These screens will soon be
the interesting, exciting things that fitted with permanent fixtures for the help of the welfare office, the
have happened tci CBM Sanderson owner, Alvin L. Larson of San
use in all class rooms. Also in ad-
during his better than 42 years of Francisco, was contacted.
dition to the close cooperation with
active service, but mention must be A substantial reward was given
the U. S. Army is the loan of the
made of at least a few. In 1882 and G. I. Movies that each duty section to Careccia by Mr. Larson, when
again in 1884, when his ship was has been enjoying nightly. These he and Ernest C. Brink, special
lying in the great harbor at Callao, movies contain such prints as Don- agent for the American Express
Peru, Yellow Fever broke out, and ald Duck, The Passing Parade, Company, called for the checks at
"Sandy" volunteered as nurse the Armed Guard Center.
Pete Smith Specialties, and Army
Several of the crew died, but the
and Navy Screen Magazines. Mr. Brink expressed his apprecia-
rest recovered, due in large part tc tion of the saving made for his
his expert administering. "Sandy" If you are wondering how the company in time and paper work
was duly commended by his com- Operational Training School did through the finding of the checks
manding officer. The saving of lives on the Navy Pearl Harbor Day
has been more or less a matter. of War Bond Drive, take a look at I by Seaman Careccia.
routine with "Sandy" who has a the very attractive sig:ii on the Op-
fine collection of life-saving medals erational Training School building. I Lyons, Sp(X)3c from the Visual
to show for his heroic efforts. Dur- Bernard "Pete" Mayville, little Aids Department, are the ones re-
ing the great fire and earthquake chips in the carpenter shop, and Ted sponsible for this novel sign.
of 1906, he was assigned patrol
duties and as usual did an out-
standing job. All who have ever met Seaman Finds $1500 in Checks : ..
or known him, have a very warm
and real affection for "Sandy". But
why shouldn't they! "Sandy" i.s one
of our great Americans, a man of
character, sincerity and genuine
patriotism. We at RMS are ex-
tremely proud to have him with us.

Old Mrs. Hope was the grande
dame of the town, but in any busi-
ness deal she always managed to
come out victor. It took a red-
headed Scotchman to cut her down
to her right size. ..-.
She had ordered Angus, the local
Scotch florist, to p~ant 500 tulip
bulbs. When he presented his bill
she said, "I'll pay you when they EIGHTY YEARS YOUNG, the oldest man on active duty for the United
come up." States Navy still carries on for Uncle Sam, after a naval career colorful
Angus started digging. "Madam," enough to fill the lives of several men. This photo also records a happy A. J, CARECCIA, S1c, of the Armed Guard Center receives a reward
reunion for Lt. Commander W. H. Keplinger (left), Welfare Officer for from Alvin L. Larson -0f Sari Francisco for the return of $1500 worth of
said he, "they're coming up pretty
RMS and Lt. Donald Starr) (right) who used t-o be football team-mates lost traveller and bank checks. American Express Company's special
d - - - quick." at Wooster College back in Ohio not so many years ago. · agent, Ernest C. Brink, beams as he watches the return of the checks,