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Jap Prisoner Returns CROSS-WORD
~ One of the first acts of "Pop" 2- Lilylike African
,~~ Marshall, CTM, upon his return ACROSS plant
~ from the Bilibid Prison Camp in 2 3 4 5 7 8 9 lO IU 112 1-Deadly 3- Tip
6-Observed
Wat ching Manila, when'l he spent over three l.3 13- Fruit used as relish 4- Ward off
5- Injury
years as a Japanese prisoner, was 14-Copy
Carrier 15- Assumed parts 6- Baseball team
to be t he guest speaker for Lt. 15 7~ Foretoken
L an di ngs (jg) .H . V. Friedle in the American 16-Snare 8- Snicker
18 17-Light brown 9- Neuter pronoun
Tough on Red Cross Drive. "Pop's" narra- 18-Damages 10-Mouse catcher
tions on the atrocities that the Japs 21-Foot digit 11- Greek letter
Nerves 22- Comforted
inflicted upon American citizens 12- Lair
26-Crow cry
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 were unbelievable and it was from 19- J oins
29-N ot ever again 20- Identical
BY ERN IE PYLE his own conclusive evidence t hat 32-Egg-shaped 23- Inflamed
the audience suddenly realized the 34--Join firmly
In the Western Pacific- (De- 24- Ireland
importance of helping to support 35-P enn. city 25- Act
layed)-,-The first time you see a 36- Those acting oppo- 26- F eminine name
plane land on a carrier you almost the American Red Cross in the tre- sitely 27- Affirm
die. At the end of the first day my .nendous task that they have un- 39- Purpose 28- Flutter
muscles were sore just from being jertaken. 40- Sphere of action 30-Contend
all tensed up while watching the Due to his efforts on behalf of 41- F rozen water 31- Uncanny
33- Make a loan
planes come in. ' the American R ed Cross, the Deck 43- Discriminating 37- Dried grape
49-Chop
It is all so fast, timing is so 3chool netted a total of $517.75. 52-Respectful title 38- Fragments
split-second, space is so small- Ei'rom "Pop's" many friends and 53-Short for Adeline 42- Enrich
well, somebody said that carrier 1hipmates came a hearty "Welcome 54- H ermit 44- Location
·10me!" and the wishes of a speedy 45-Algonquin Indian
pilots were t he best in t he world, 56- Casts one's vote 46- Unemployed
and they must be or there wouldn't ~ecovery from his terrible ordeal. 57- Afternoon theatrical 47- Egyptian river
be any of them· left alive. Courtesy Harle Publications, Inc. performance 48- Adventure
58- Not sour
Planes don't approach a carrier "I want an 'E' string for my (Solution on Page 8) 49- Border
as they would on land- from way violin," said the G.I. in a London DOWN 50-Epoch
51- Damp
back and in a long glide. Instead, music store. 1-River crossing 55- Musical tone
they almost seem to be sneaking up The ~irl ducked behind the
as if to surprise it. They're in such ~ounter and came back with all of
an awkward position and flying at the violin strings in the shop. EX ''MAN ABOARD" at Wave · Barracks
such a crazy angle you don't see "Pick it hout yerself," she POTENTIA
how they can ever land on any- .::rowed, "I carn't tell the blinkin'
thing. 'ees from the she's.'I
But it's been worked out by years
of experience, and it's the best way. backs. Sometimes they bounce all
Everything is straightened out in 1round and hit the "island.'' Some-
the last few seconds of flying. That times they bounce 50 feet in t he air I
is-if it works. 1nd still get down all right. Some- I
Anything can happen in those times they catch fire.
last few seconds. Once in a great
During the Tokyo strike, one of fff51:W'T -+WI; \
while the plane loses its speed and the big carriers r unning near us RADIO MATERIEL SCHOOL
spins into the water just behind the 1
lost three planes in 10 m inutes.
ship. And planes have been known
One was shot up and had to "ditch" Red Cross Ca mpai gn
to ram right into the stern of the in the water alongside the ship. The contributions continue to
ship.
The next one slammed into the pour in toward the objective of
Air Currents Bad "island," and was so wrecked they $2,000 for this command in the Red
· The air currents are always bad. •just heaved the wreckage over the Cross War Fund drive. As we go
The ship's "island" distorts the cur- side. The next one to come in to press total contributions have
rents, and makes the air rough. :rashed the "barrier" and burned reached the $1,900 mark and it is
Even the wake of the ship- the up. a safe assumption that our goal
waters churned up by the propellers And on the other hand, you'll will be surpassed by a considerable
- has an effect on Ute air through amount. At the St. Patrick's Day
land planes for weeks without a
which the planes must pass. Smoker held in the small RMS Gym
bad crackup. We wrecked three
If half a dozen planes come in a certified che'Ck for $1,400 was
planes our first t hree days out in
successively without one getting a presented to William Collier, Red
: rashes-and not a single one after
"wave off" from the signalman, Cross Field Director, by Lt. Com-
that.
you're doing pretty well. For land- mander W. H. Keplinger, chairman
A Little Rusty
ing on the deck of a small carrier of the campaign for this command,'
The first time I watched our boys
in a rough sea is just about like and which represented a substan-
land, they were pretty bad. They "VISITS TO TREASURE ISLAND," popular weekly fifteen minute
landing on half a block of Main St. tial down payment against our
hadn't flown for about two weeks, radio show invades the Wave barracks for the next program, Sunday at
while a combined hurricane and quota. 1115, station KGO. Above, Ernie Smith, master of ceremonies, rehearses
and were a little rusty.
earthquake is going on. Fleet Refreshe r School a bit of repa rtee w ith Lt. Irene Will iamson, as Patrici a Vorhis, Sp (G)3c,
You would call it a perfect land- It's a lways t hat way after a ship In recent weeks a special school and Theresa Perry, Sp (G)3c, await their t urn to be interviewed.
ing if a plane came in and hit on has been in port for a while. Every- for fleet men has been organized
both wheels at the same time, in body dreads the first two or three with the objective of acquainting The regimental ping pong tour- The tournament was organized and
the center of the deck headed days, until they get their hand in technicians who have been on sea nament which has just drawn to a supervised by Sps(A) Barnett and
straight forward, and caught about again. or advanced base assignments with successful close · drew total entries Carey and they are to be congratu-
the third one of the cables stretched As I was watching the first flight the latest information in the field of 250 students with 48 men in the lated on their good work.
across the deck. coming in one by one, my room- of radio and radar gear. Lt. (jg) final playoff. The tournament was Sha des of Spring
But very few of them are perfect. mate, Lt. Commander Al Masters, Ragsdale has been in charge of the organized and supervised by Sps (A) There is every indication that
They come in a thousand different came up behind m e and said "Well, special courses with Lt. (jg) Mc- Harkins and Regan who are due spring is in the air judging from
ways. If their approach is too bad, I see you've got the carrier stance Neil as his assistant. Only men who much credit for their skillful hand- the affairs of Cupid that have taken
the signalman waves them around already. I noticed you leaning way are graduates of radio materiel ling of all the many details that go place recently. Latest to take the
again. over to help pull them around into schools and who have been on ac- into a successful tournament. J. M. leap is Louise Trimpe, Y3c, of the
They'll sometimes come in too position." tive duty at sea or foreign stations Sudarsky, Slc(RT) , of Company Instruction Office who, on March
fast and hit the deck so hard a tire When all the planes were back, I are eligible to attend. Many gradu- 68B, earned the title of regimental 22 in San Francisco, became the
blows. They'll come in half-side- walked over to Commander Al ates of RMS are returning for the champion by defeating J . M. Stone, bride of Loren A. Herbison, MMlc.
ways, and the cable will jerk them Gurney, the air officer, and said "If course and we will soon be able to Slc, (RT), of Company 66B in the Attendants were Mr. and Mrs. Dean
around in a tire-screeching circle. I'm going to watch this for the organize an alumni club. It is our finals. Bubar who only the week before
Varied Approaches whole trip, you'll have to provide plan in the future to present in this In the free throw tournament were bride and groom themselves.
They'll come in too close to the me with some heart-failure medi- column some of the experiences which has been in progress for t he On March 25, Bill Taylor, Yl c, Per-
edge of the deck, and sometimes go cine." of our graduates on the various past 30 days the winner has been sonnel Office, married Miss J une
right on over the catwalk. They'H But as the trip wore on t he boys battle fronts. determined after an elimination Pimley of San Francisco. The
come in so high t hey'll miss all the improved and my own nerves hard-. In the Sports Arena contest which saw total entries of couple were married in Oakdale,
arresting gear and slam into the ened, and between us we managed The RMS basketball team 75 men. The winner is J . J . Lucas, California, with Miss Louise Bush
high cables stretched across mid- to get all our planes down for the clinched t he runner-up spot in the RT3c, Company 55B, with a record attending the bride and Dave Seret-
decks, called "the barrier.'' rest of the t rip without a single Treasure Island League by defeat- in the final round of 41 out of 50 sky, Y2c, best man. Our best wishes
Sometimes they do a somersault casualty either to them or to me. ing the DD Pool in the final game throws. Runner-up is J . R. Lof- to these happy couples for a long
over the barrier, and land on their (Courtesy San Francisco News) of the season 41 to 25. strom, Slc(RT), Company 66B. and happy married cruise.
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