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PAGE2 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPTEMBER 9, 1944
* T~ A AD *:,'* G Notables Attend Opening Of Telephone Center
* Trea.sure Isla.nd publica.tion distributed every Saturday without cost to the
Officia.l e
officers, enlisted m81l, and employees of Treasure Island. All communications and
contributions should be directed to The Etlitor, Welfare and Recreation Department, s
Treasure Isl&nd, San Fr&ncisco, Ca.lifornia.. Phone : EXbrook 8931, Extension 59.
CAPTAIN R. W. OARY, USN
Commander U. S. Nava,! Training and Distribution Center
A FEW DAYS AGO, a group of
LT. COMMANDER R. S. KIMBELL, USNR battle-scarred, war-worn Marine
Director of Welf&re and Recr ea.tion "leathernecks" who have been en-
STANLEY SOLOMON, Y2 c, USNR gaged in combat acti,on for more
Editor than 30 months arrived at Treas-
CLYDE F. BABB, Sl c, USNR, Associate Editor ure Island, These battle-wise, war-
Robert E . J ohnson, Y3c, Managing Editor • Rex N. Olsen, Y3c, Feature Edit.or I hardened vets were among th,e
Carolyn N. Brown, Y2 c, WAVES Editor • George J . Schecter, Ya, S t aff Arti st first to storm the beachheads on
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, SEPT. 9, 1944 Gaudalcanal, Saipan, Tarawa and
Tinian in order to pave the way f.or
EDITORIAL- Allied advancement.
Yes, their jubilant exultations and
~ke MoJUH BLue;,aclzet joyful shouts echoed throughout
the Bay Area, for they were home
for the first time in more than two
In the September issue of True magazine, Admiral Mahan, years-and glad to be back on the
the father of modern naval warfare, said the greatest lesson he "g-ood earth".
Your columnist beamed with
had learned about sea power was this:
pride as he talked with these gr,eat
"Good men with poor ships are better than poor men with Americans, just plain "G. I. J.oes"
good ships." -adventurous, carefree, happy-g,o-
lucky, fun-loving, ,egotstic, swear-
No more profound statement could be made to explain what ing lads who are not too proud fo
has frequently been referred to as The Miracle of the American say "Our Father ... Thy will be
done ... "
Bluejacket. John P~ul Jones set the pattern of the Bluejacket
Many of them have departed for
TELEPHONE CENTER---Top · picture- Present at the inauguration of the new Tele-
invincibility when he sailed with a dime store Navy during our furl,oughs throughout the country phone Center in Building 263. Reading from left to right: Mary Dunn, Ylc; Lt. Wil-
Revolution and by sheer daring and brilliance tied the British and whenever you meet them, Mr. liams, Lyle M. Brown, District Manager of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph Co. ;
Mr. Todd of the Red Cross; Captain R. W. Cary, Commander U. S·. Naval Training
and Mrs. America, shar,e with them and Distribution Center; Commander G. A. Miller; Mrs. Jesse T. Horn; and Lt. Com-
Fleet into bowknots. Never once since then has America entered mander Kim bell. Bottom-Open for service : Enlisted men enjoying the facilities of
the things they have been fighting the Telephone Center at the new Welfare and Recreation Building.
a war with anything approaching a proper Navy. But never f.or, Remember, your congeniality
and hospitality will mean more to
once has the American Bluejacket failed to bring home victory.
them than all their campaign bars,
Good men with poor ships have always won for us. ribbons, citations and decorations. ~~~
We entered the war of 1812 with no capital ships at all. We Hail the r-eturning her,oes!
won it because our Navy produced such men ' as Commander *** 11111 'll'Dtl IE D'll lEW S
IT'S A BLUE WORLD for Hitler
James Lawrence, whose famed dying order was, "Tell the men to as the Allied Armies strike with After being in many important
fire faster and not to give up the ship; fight her till she sinks." lightning-like tenacity a~d t~u nd er Has Served on Eight Ships
. across the German frontier like the battles in the South and Central
The men fought the Chesapeake till she sank. "midnight express". Pacific, Edward c. Condra, CWT, Weighty Problems
We ended World War I with a respectable Navy-then we Already, German propagandists USN, i~ now Chief Master-at- Most of the girls have been
. . b . . . are sifting the truth through their A s at the u s Naval Tra'n'ng recently faced w i th a brow-
Junked most of it. Pearl Har or about completed its destruction. . . . . ' · rm · · 1 i creasing problem. How to enjoy
screen of hes by tellmg their and Distribution Center Adminis-
Y et a few months later a crew of green hands, some of them only people: tration Building on Treasure Is- the food at the new WAVES mess
hall and still keep those slim
six or eight weeks fresh from Illinois · farms and Brooklyn city "We are fightin~ fo~ bare exi st - land. He took his first training at figures they acquired while doing
. . . . ence and the choosing 1s not on our Norfolk, Va., his first sea duty
offices, sailed _a rickety collect10n of naval vessels mto the second side." being performed on the uss Okla- arduous exercises in t r a i n i n g
school. Most of them have come to
battle of Savo Sound and walloped the living daylights out of the An appeal to the Allies for peace homa. Since being on the Okla-
the conclusion that the only remedy
cream of the Jap fleet. One Bluejacket, swimming ashore to had bee~ pregnated in the ~ind of homa, he has served on seven other was exercise.
. the Nazi leader and gave birth as ships in the Central and Southern This is what the ambitious are
Guadalcanal after his ship had been sunk, greeted the Marines a threat to loose upon them another Pacific in the past 16 years. For
who met him thus: "secret weapon more terrible th an the last nine months, he has been doing. WAVES at the hospital have
a regular exercise class daily after
" . . , anything the world has ever Chief Master-at-Arms at the large
Say, somebody out there JUSt told me you am t supposed to known ,, This threat is not sur- Ad • • t t· B •ia· which they go swimming. Armed
. · mmis ra 10n m mg.
fight battleships with tin cans! Do you think there's any truth to prising, for the biggest talk is Guard girls have a drill team, a
that?" always done during the darkest bowling .and a baseball unit. Tennis,
hour. badmintoi;i., swimming, bowling and
But the American farm hands and office workers have done a drill team are now parts of the
*** new program initiated for T. I.
just tha!-done it with success. Admiral Mahan had been proved ENCOURAGING AND GRATI- WAVES.
FYING facts were given by Vice
correct again and, perhaps incidentally, Australia had been saved. If you are interested and have a
Admiral Ross T. McIntire, Surgeon
The American Bluejacket is a very sentimental, God- General of the Navy, when he dis- fair measure of self-control, here
is your chance to look better and
£ earing, rugged, bullheaded fighting man who becomes very closed that Navy, Marine Corps feel better w i t h an exercise
and Coast Guard casualties on D-
impatient with people who interfere with his plowing back home. Day in France were 63 per cent program calculated to fit every
pocket book.
He's a good man even in a bad ship. Now, for the first time in less than expected. "Skillful Navy
doctors and hospital corpsmen, ***
history, he has the most and finest ships in . the world. Heaven Musical Notes
working tirelessly under fire, com- A new baby grand piano was the ,
have pity on his enemies. piled the remarkable record of
i n s p i r a ti o n f o r an official
A tribute by James V. Forrestal, Secretary of the Navy, in saving 98.7 per cent of their christening party held at Barracks
wounded." He added, "Throughout
True magazine follows: "The heart and brains of the Navy are the war, 97.5 per cent of the 232, Tuesday, August 29. Refresh-
the men that fight in it. Ships and planes and guns are nothing wounded treated by Navy doctors ments and a song were the features
of the affair and pajamas were
have lived."
without the fighting fury of the Americans who looked into the the uniform of the evening. A
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bright face of danger in the Coral and Java Seas, steamed in MANNED BY "MEN OF Born in the sunny South at su~rising' amount of talent came
STEEL", the Battleship Texas, Birmingham, Alabama, Chief Con- to hght, and as a musical function
magnificent contempt around besieged Truk. The cold
proud old queen of the older fleet, dra enlisted in the Navy after all agreed that it was exceptional.
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determination and searching courage of the American Bluejacket added brighter stars to her crown finishing school. He has received
is the same that inspired the men of John Paul Jones and Kerry. by performing one of the most several good conduct medals and Batting Average -of D. Cupi_d
daring feats in the· history of the pins and has an excellent record Continues to Soar!
That spirit is still what it was-the best in the war. And it will be Navy. to his credit. He has been married Wedding news for the week
sustained until victory." During a German coastal three- for the past seven years and main- shows our old friend Dan Cupid
hour duel, she received three direct tains a home in Los Angeles where · scoring one home run after another.
hits, many damaging near misses his wife resides. Latest victims to feel his arrow
and had to f i g h t two fires Chief Condra was at Pearl were Marion Davis, SKD2c who is
spreading near the main deck; but Harbor when the war broke out now Mrs. Andrew Brady; Margaret
fl, she fought back, hurling a death- and since that time has seen Holsinger, Y2c who acquired an
train of_ half-ton projectiles ·at the service in the battles of Bougain- interest in the Naval Air Corps by
enemy. She stayed in the fight ville, Salamaua, New Guinea her marriage to Lt. (jg) T. L.
'~?i·\~1 J~-
r* ~ I fq~~ ' - ' . ii ~ three hours instead of the 90 Guadalcanal - Tulagi Occupatio~ Woodmansee, and Mary Anne
~ · t., .t r/J-J~ 1~" ~ · o __ ,~~ ~ 11 minutes called for in the Com- (first Savo battle) , Eastern Solo- Clark, Y3c who became the bride
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manding Officer's orders before the mons (Stewart Island), and has of Ens .. Byron D. Box, August 26.
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'k-$1 . .'\I ~, \i'9" , ~ I· ~--....J/ Army stepped in and called her off. operated in both the Central Pa- If other hits were scored and
.. % gJ I, ),~\ .. z f \ Battered, tattered and torn, the cific and New Guinea areas. He is not note.a here, it is due to the fact
rff ~~:::Jf ' ~ f \\ 1 } gallant Texas, with her high- very fond of swimming and fishing tha~ D. Cupid was the original
spirited crew, sailed for a port in and indulges in both sports at ae:rial commando, while your
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.,,. ~ ~- 1 4 $,,£~ 1 '"""-."";;; Britain. every opportunity. One of the most correspondent is confined to travel
Perhaps the spirit of the men interesting personalities on Treas- by the foot method. Apologies are
- /(~ ---~ TSQJ!'--: ,vJJ,n/d,M,1/1.lil kfrfit
11~\_~SliiiJ ~: ~~~~ ( .,..~) was more glorious than the battle. ure Island, Chief Condra has won therefore offered.
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When asked if the Texas was the hearts of his shipmates and
v$#A, - ..::. •'WI _- -_ .. _~--=----· , licked, a bluejacket r e p 1 i e d , co-workers through his kindness The glance that over cocktails
"Licked? Hell, no. We're just and gracious ways. Seems so sweet,
Navy War Bond Cartoon Ser~ice.
beaten but we'll come back again- May be less charming over
"It must have been those War Bonds I ate last night.r,• stronger than before." Send "The Masthead" Home! Shredded Wheat!