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PAGE2        THE MASTHEAD,  SATURDAY,  SEPTEMBER 9,  1944

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      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
                                                                             ***
      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.
                                                                                                                                         * * *
      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.
                                                    ·  ,
                 '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 $,,£~     1   '"""-."";;;         Britain.                      every opportunity.  One of the most  correspondent is  confined to  travel
                                                                    Perhaps  the  spirit  of  the  men  interesting  personalities  on  Treas- by  the foot  method.  Apologies  are
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        11~\_~SliiiJ ~: ~~~~ ( .,..~)                             was more  glorious  than the battle.  ure  Island,  Chief Condra  has  won  therefore  offered.
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                                                                  When  asked  if  the  Texas  was  the  hearts  of  his  shipmates  and
               v$#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!
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