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                          COMMODORE  R. W.  CARY,  USN
                  Commander U.  S.  Naval Training and  Distribution  Center   In  four  of  the  bloodiest  South
                      LT.  OOMMANDER  R.  S.  KIMBELL,  USNR        Pacific  campaigns -  Guadalcanal,
                         D!rector  of  Welfare  and  Recreation     Tarawa,  Tinian  and  Saipan-we
                         STANLEY  SOLOMON,  Y2c,  USNR              have read about the daring feats ,of
                                   Editor                           the  Marine  "leathernecks"  who
                      CLYDE F. BABB,  Slc,  USNR,  Associate Edit~r   st<>rmed  the  beachheads  and  were
        Robert E. Johnson,  Y8c,  Managing Editor   Rex N.  Olsen,  Y3c,  Feature Editor  the  first  to  dispatch  the  report,
        Carolyn N.  Brown,  Y2c, WAVES  Editor   George J.  Schechter, Y3c,  Staff Artist
                                                                    "The Marines have landed and have
          TREASURE  ISLAND, S.  F.,  CALIF., SATURDAY,  SEPT. 23,  1944   the situation well  in  hand."
                                                                      Y<>u  can  imagine the  surprise  of
                                                                    the  leatherneck assault waves  who
        EDITORIAL-                                                  were  greeted  by  a  sign  that  read
                                                                    "Welcome  Marines"  during  their
                                                                    storming of a  Guam  beach.
        No ,,(/ ,un;,d;,ce A,Pi .ike                                  This  time  it  was  the  Navy  who
                                                                    landed  first  and  the  sign  was
                                                                    planted  in  the  sands  by  a  Navy
        Ju,u;Ju oJ  New.  Quut,ea                                   gunner's  mate.  A  Navy  lieutenant   THE GOAL  IS BERLIN.  War Bond Officer  Ens.  M.  A.  Pa.bia.n  shows  Chief  Yeoman
                                                                    said  that  premature  landing  of the  Putnam  how  his  bonds  a.re  helping  to  buy guns  and  tanks  for  tile  boys  to  reach  their
                                                                                                  goal,  as Mary Wood SK2c hands him  $750.00  in bonds.
                                                                    gunner's  mate  was  n<>t  exactly
             From the  trend of  recent events in the European theatre of  r-egulation  and  said  the  bluejacket
        war it appears to be a logical assumption that within the not too   had  been  "disciplined".   Chief Yeoman  Putnam  Buys
                                                                              *  *  *
        distant  future  this  phase  of  the  global  conflict  will  be  brought   Apparently,  the  Balkans  will   $750.00 Worth  of War Bonds
        to a successful conclusion.                                 soon be sealed off from Hitler's de-
                                                                    fensive system leaving him to make   "I'm saving to build a house when this war is over. War
             Unquestionably, the day the peace is signed will be a momen- a  futile  attempt  to  keep  his  back  Bonds are my best investment." So  says  Chief  Putnam.  His
        tous one. Many communities throughout the nation are planning  door closed by staging a  successful  twenty months in the South West Pacific have convinced him
        V-Day  celebrations.  Our  civilian  workers,  iri  ammunition  fac-  defense  against  Austria,  Hungary  more than ever. "Out there amongst the swamps and jungles  1
                                                                    and  Czechoslovakia.          close  to  no  mans  land,  everyone  has  an  allotment  in  War
        tories,  in airplane plants  and in shipyards,  have  done a magnifi-  The  life-or-death  battles  waged
                                                                    on the wide Balkan fronts threaten  Bonds.  There  is no  trouble  convincing  the  boys  about  the
        cent  job,  and to  them particularly,  European V-Day will  be the
                                                                    to  cut  off  many  Nazis  from  the  best  investment in the  world."
        signal for nation-wide rejoicing.                           Reich.  With the new combined  Al-  It  was  hard  to  stop  the  Chief  --------------
                                                                                                                                  The  answer  to  Berlin  and  Tokio
             However, there is  an  aspect  to  the situation which  is  cause   lied  offensives  on  the  ground  and  with  that  air of  Texas  still  about   nd
                                                                    the  air  aimed  at  the  key  German  him  after  sixteen  years  in  the  may not be sou  ed here on Treas-
        for considerable alarm to our.military and war production leaders.  industrial  center,  it  seems  as  Navy,  once  he  got  started  on  the  ure Island, but it is being thundered
        There appears to be a growing belief on the part of the nation's   though  the yoke of  victory is grad- subject  of  War  Bonds,  at  the  by  our  fighting  men  around  the
                                                                    ually tightening around the neck of  Treasure  Island  War  Bond  Office.  world.  There would not be much of
        workers  to  consider  the  war  as  "good  as  won."  The result  has   the  "Holy  soil"  ot  Germany.  Per-  So  it  goes  every  day  when  the  an  answer  without  your  co'ntribu-
        been ·a migration away from  war plants back to  enterprises of a  haps  Hitler's  only  hope  is  to  yell  men in the service drop  over to see  tion  to  the  best  investment  in  the
        strictly civilian and peacetime character.                  "sanctuary"-although it is  doubt- Ens.  M.  A.  Fabian and her charm- world-A UNITED STATES WAR
                                                                    ful as to whether or not the Yanks  ing assistant Mary Wood,  SK2c,  to  BOND.
             The fireman doesn't roll up the hose with the blaze half out.  will  refuse  to  commit  the  sacri- buy War Bonds  at their new lo<;a-  Drop  in  at  the  new  War  Bond
                                                                    legious  act  of  blasting  Nazidom  tion  in  the  New Post Office  Build- Office  and  make  your  stray  dol-
             By no stretch of the imagination can anyone who has intelli-
                                                                    asunder.                      ing.                          lars  FIGHTING  DOLLARS  today.
        gently  followed  the progress  of the war assume  that the war is    *  * '*
        as  "good  as  won."  Taking this  attitude  is  simply  indulging  m   Fr-om  the  N a v y  Department
                                                                    comes a  great story of heroism and                           PEIIONlll./1/EI
        wishful thinking.     ·
                                                                    quick  thinking  on  the  part  of  a
             Those  of  us -who  have  been  in  the  Pacific  theatre  of  war  rear  seat  gunner  who  used  teleg-                  In  Ille NEWS
                                                                    raphy to  warn his  pilot of  a  Navy
        know  that  we  have  a  long  way  to  go  before  we  bring  to  his
                                                                    Curtiss-Wright  Helldiver  to  elude
         knees in total defeat the most cunning, the most treacherous and  the  pursuing  enemy  during  a  raid                California  Thrush
        · deceitful foe the world has ever known.                   on a  Jap-held  island.                                       Nancy Payne is a  yeoman in the
                                                                      A  group  of  zeros  attacked  the                        Armed Guard Center Personnel Of-
             We know Japan isn't quitting.                          Helldiver  and  the  gunner,  W.  0 .   Editor's  N<>te:  Remember,  if y<>u   fice,  having  forsaken  a  chance  in
                                                                    Haynes,  Jr., Chief Aviation Radio- have  any  questions  <>r  problems,   the  bigtime  name  band  circles  for
             We know there will be no armistice  signed in the steaming
                                                                    man,  exchanged  fire  with  Japs  large  or small,  just jot them  down   a  wartime career in the Navy.  She
                                                                                                                                had her chance when the Don Kaye
         jungles  of  New Guinea; no  "cease firing"  order sounded along  until  he  was  shot  in  the  jaw  and  and send them to the Questi<>n  and
         the Hunan-Kwangsi railroad where even now our valiant Chinese   shoulder.                Answer Editor in  care of this news-  band,  then playing engagements in
                                                                      The  jaw  wound  was  so  severe   paper.  We  will  do  our  best  t<>   San Francisco hotels,  offered her a
         allies  battle for  their very  existence;  no  respite  from  bomb  and   that he  could not speak on  the in-  answer  all  questions  as  soon  as.  spot  as  soloist.
         torpedo  down  the  lonely  reaches  of  the  Philippine  sea.   tercommunications  microphone  to   possible,  so  drop  us  a  line,  won't   Not that she did not want the job,
                                                                    his  pilot,  Lt.  Commander  R.  B.   you?                  but  there  was  a  war  on  and  Yeo-
             We  know  the  flag  of  the  "Sons  of  Heaven"  still  flies  m   Wood.  However,  Haynes  devised  a            man  Payne,  a  native  of  Berkeley,
                                                                                                    Q.  Is  Treasure  Island  personnel
         hollow mockery  over our once great bastion  at Corregidor.   means of communication. When an   allowed  to  attend  movies on  Verba   thought  a  wartime
                                                                    intercommunication mike is turned                           career  in  the  Navy
                                                                                                  Buena  Island?  If so, is  it necessary
             We  know  how  well  entre~ched  the  Japs  are  on  countless  on,  it  makes  a  slight  electrical
                                                                                                  to  wear  dress  blues?       would  not  hurt  her.
         hundreds  of  islands  in  the  Pacific  and  we  know  that every  last   click  in  the  pilot's  ·earphones,        So  s h e  joined  up
                                                                    rather  like  the  sound  one  hears   A.  Yes.  If you  plan  to  go often,   fourteen months ago
         Jap has to be blasted off the very last island before we even dare  when  somebody  picks  up  a  tele-  you  can  arrange  for  an  undress   and  in  June  ar-
         think of victory.                                          phone  receiver at the  other end of   blues  pass  with  your  barracks  or   ranged  a  transfer
                                                                    the line. So,  by turning the mike on   division  officer.  Otherwise,  you'll   from  San  Pedro  to
             1?is is no time for slackening the war effort.         and  off  in  morse  code,  Haynes   have  to  wear  your  dress  blues.
                                                                                                                                Treasure  Island  and  thereby  near
                                                                    managed  to  tell  Lt.  Commander   Q.  In  what  year  was  fl<>gging
             Rather  it  is  a  time  for  every  man  and  woman,  no  matter                                                  her  old  stomping  grounds  in  the
                                                                    Wood  that  he  was  still  alive  and  outlawed  as  a  corrective  measure   east bay ·region.
         how small his or her contribution to the cause of victory may be,  also  to  warn  him  of  the  pursuing  for enlisted personnel of the  Navy?   Her reputation  as  a  singer  soon
                                                                    Jap  fighters.                  A.  In  1850.
         to  pledge redoubled  effort  to  speed  the day of total and lasting                                                  overtook  her.  She  has  appeared
                                                                      The  ingenuity  and  stamina  of   Q.  I bought a car recently. Where  several times with the Armed Guard
         peace.                                                     Hayn~s enabled the pilot to lose the   do  I  go  to  arrange  for  a  rati-on  Band,  to  the  delight  of  the  mem-
                                                                    enemy planes and return to its car-
             Commodore R. W. Cary, commander, U.S. Naval Training                                 book?                         bers  of that organization  and  oth-
                                                                    rier.                           A.  Rationip.g  and  ration  books  ers who frequent the Armed Guard
         and  Distribution  Center,  announced  this  week  that  "work will                      are  handled  at  the  Pass  Office,  lounge  during  the  noon  hour.
                                                                     POST WAR  LEND-LEASE
         go on  as  usual"  in activities  attached to his  command.                              which  is  located  on  the  first  deck   Nancy first made her appearance
                                                                      Look  for  an  early  stiffening  of
                                                                                                  of the  Administration  Building.   with  a· name  band  when  she  was
             The men  and  women  of  Treasure  Island,  striving  as  they  Senate opposition to postwar Lend-  Q.  After wh<>m  or what are sub-  vacationing  at  Lake  Tahoe  one
                                                                    Lease.  Influential  senators  w h o
       . have  for  victory,  have  an  excellent record.  They can  better that                  marine  tenders  named?       summer. She had been winning sev-
                                                                    have  never  criticized  the  program                       eral  amateur  contests  near  there
         record  by  doing  an  extra.good  job  on  the  day  Hitler tosses  m  in  wartime  are  definitely  opposed   A.  Pioneers  in  submarine  de-  and one  night Ansen  Weeks  asked
                                                                    to  carrying  it over into  peacetime   velopment  and  also  for  characters
         the sponge.                                                                              in mythology.                 her  to  sing  with  his  band,  and  in
                                                                    to  help  restore  ravaged  countries.                      spite of a  pair of violently shaking
             Let's go!                                              They  propose  to  demand  that   Q.  What  is  the  d_ifference  be-  legs  she  complied.
                                                                    appropriations  to  aid  the  fighting  tween  a  medical  survey  and  a   And  after  the war?  Nancy  still
                                                                    Allies  be  cut  to  a  minimum  when  medical discharge as applied to  en-
                                      call for the AEF's Stars and Stripes                         listed  perSQnnel?           has  her  sights  aimed  in  the  gen-
         The  literary  World          to  be printed in The Paris Herald's  Germany  surrenders.  One  highly                  eral  direction of the entertainment
                                       plant when it opens   Few on the·  placed  senator  has  said  privately   A.  A  medical survey is a report  field.  First off, though, she wants to
                                                       · · ·        that  there'll  be  no  postwar  Lend-
          The  New  York  Herald  Tribune   home  front  are aware  The  Satur-                   of  a  board  of  medical  survey.  A  continue  her  study  of  dramatics
         has  completed  plans  to  repub1ish   day Evening Post has  started free   Lease  for•  Britain,  and  none  for   A medical discharge is a  separation  along  with  a  radio  school  training
         its Paris edition with Eric Hawkins,   distribution to servicemen overseas   Russia,  after Germany falls,  unless   from  the  Navy by discharge  based  in  San Francisco.
                                                                    the  Soviet  joins  the  Pacific  War.
         the  former  managing  editor  who   of a  tiny booklet  (3  by 4½  inches)  He predicts  a  study of Lend-Lease   on the report. of a  board of medical
         has  been  attached  to  the  London   called Post Yarns,  containing three  operations  this  winter with a  view   survey that the  person  in  question   Commander:  Yeoman, where did
         bureau since 1941, now awaiting of-  full-length fiction or feature articles             is physically disqualified for reten- you  file  those  discharges?  They're
         ficial  word to proceed  to  Paris; in-                    to tapering off appropriations even   tion in the naval service.   not under the "d's."
                                       and cartoons from  the  regular edi- though  Germany  . continues  to
         cidentally,  present  arrangements   tion.                 fight           ,                                             Yeoman:  I  filed  them  under  "c"
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