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* * Island publication distributed every Saturday without . cos~ to the Do you favor retention of Pacific
Official 'l'reasure
officers enlisted personnel and employees of Treasure Island. All commun1cat1ons and bases in the Navy postwar set-up?
contributions should be d°irected to The Editor, Recreation and Entertainment Divi-
sion, TrOllsure Island, San Fran cisco, California. Phone: EXbrook 3931, Extension 69.
Edwards MacKevett, SK2c, G. S.
COMMODORE R. W. CARY, USN K., Tadcen. Definitely, the Navy
Commander U. S. Na,•al Training and Distribution Center
should keep those bases for pro-
CLYDE F. BABB, Sl c, USNR tective purposes-especially those
Editor with strategic locations.
Robert E·. Johnson, Y3c - Rex N. Olsen, Y2c, Associate Editors I don't think it will be necessary
Carolyn N. Brown, Ylc, Waves Editor Robert H. Perez, BM2c, Sports to maintain all of the bases in the
(The Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service Material) · Pacific after the war is over, but
we should certainly keep enough of
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, MAY 5, 1945
them to insure our safety.
It seems difficult to determine
!/iJd- Sidi llmeJu:ca Ute Bea~ who will man the bases in the post-
war set-up, but I think military
Possibly this editorial should be entitled "On the Home personnel should be in the majority.
If civilians are employed to· help
Front" since it concerns what is going on back home, and after take care of the bases, preference
talking with many who have returned from overseas and had a for employment should be given
those men who have been dis-
leave at home, they have found home still the same wonderful
charged from service during this
place they remembered before entering the service. war.
As for personnel responsible for
As a tip to those back home we say-if you .haven't anything THE PRESIDENT LANDS A BIG ONE-a 77 pound tarpon in the
the upkeep of the bases, I think
waters off Port Aransas, Texas, in the Gulf of Mexico; Son Elliott, (dark
better to d0 today, sit down and write your sailor or soidier over- volunteers should be accepted first. shirt) now a General, helps him to haul it in. This photo was taken
seas and tell him not to worry-that home hasn't changed much From here on, it will be left up to in 1937,
Navy officials to use the men as
since he went away. At least it hasn't changed much in the things they see fit. If the men are rotated
that really matter.. in the shortest period practical, I Lt. Jean Bunnell 45 ,O0O-Ton Carrier
don't think it will be much of a
D_cep down under, he can't help thinking it must still be a problem. Becomes 2nd Ranking "Roosevelt" Hoists
Regardless of how it's done, we
pretty good place. But so many months and so many miles and should keep the bases. Certainly, I Wave Officer On T. I. Anchors For Action
so many stories sifting overseas may have made him suspicious.
wouldn't advocate giving them The gigantic USS Franklin D.
Stories of strikes, profiteers, complacency, rationing, dim- back to the Japs. ~P~Qsevelt, · power-laden, 45,000-ton
Out'>, shortages, manpower problems, female "wolves" and all * * * super carrier, was launched this
A. L. Haynes, Cox, Receiving week ip. colorful but solemn cere-
the other real and alleged war-born transformations have tended Ship. Well, I've seen a lot of those monies as American warplanes
to make him wonder just what kind of a place home is, after all. .. bases during my hitch and some of droned overhead in a cloud-
them aren't much to look at. But
specked sky.
Okay, Jackson, take it from some who have also wondered we could use them between the
Navy Secretary Forrest~! called
for a year, two years or maybe _three years-all those tales are Japs and us. for peacetime upkeep of the Na-
Some of those places may be
just the exceptions. pretty valuable after the war is tion's military power as he dedi-
cated the huge ship to the -aims of
Home is still the same ·old country, sdll doing business at over. I think we've paid a big the late commander in chief- win
enough price in blood to get them
the same old stand, and still the kind of place you left and you and now they belong to us-just as the war and kePp the peace.
Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt, dressed
want to come back to. For instance: much as any state in the union. in mourning, attended the New
Strikers annd management profiteers-remember how we * * * York Navy Yard launching and in
Vernon A. Boston, SK1c, G. S. K., a brief talk said:
used to argue way into the wee hours of morning at Eddie's Tadcen .. I haven't given the question "I pray God to_ bless this ship and
about them? Well, for every strike, you will find a thousand war any previous thought so, off hand, its personnel and to keep them
I would say they can do what they
safe and bring them back safe and
plants working full tilt. Actually most people at home are even want with them.
victorious."
"madder" about strikes, profiteers and complacency than you are. However, if we must have some Mrs. Roosevelt and other digni-
of the bases, I think that Saipan,
Take rationing for instance-well, you have to break that Guam and Okinawa should be in- Lt. Jean Bunnell taries, including Admiral Ernest J.
down into several categories. As far as gasoline and tires are con- cluded. King, commander in chief of the
U. S. Fleet, inspected the ship after
I think that when the war is over Lt. Jean Bunnell, daughter of
cerned, there still seems to be a traffic jam on every street corner it was christened.
men should be accepted on a vol- Charles E. Bunnell, president of the
As the· carrier was floated in a
where there used to be a traffic jam. And while taxis are a lot untary basis to control the bases. University of Alaska, became the building dock, cheers went up from
harder to get than they once were, not one of our acquaintances The Navy should give the men second-ranking Wave officer at this thousands · of Navy Yard workers
some pay incentive to man them. naval base when she was· recently
is going to object seriously to, let's say, a five-minute wait for I think it would be a good idea promoted to her present rank from and American and British sailors
a cab. to let a man serve a certain length Lieutenant (junior grade). and ships in the harbor .sounded
their whistles.
of time and then credit him with · Th R
If you have a leave coming up, don't expect your wife or A graduate of Stanford Univer- · e oosev~lt wall to have been
double time in his pension pay. sity, Lt. Bunnell was assigned to named the USS Coral Sea but was
mother to serve steak every day, but fried chicken isn't rationed, * * * Treasure Island shortly after re- renamed by the Navy with the ap-
and if you are lousy with leave or furlough dough you usually J. P. Ehnat, CM2c, Radio Materi- ceiving her commission in Decem- proval of President Truman. She
el School Carpenter Shop. I'm in ber, 1943. She has been attached is a sister ship to the USS Midway
can find a restaurant with a steak. And they all have eggs-the th
favor of keeping the bases after e to the Naval Training School _as and second in the class of the
old-fashioned kind, we mean. war is over. They should be kept training aids, educational and world's largest, strongest and fast-
for defense and training purposes. -school administrative officer. est carriers.
Sure there is a cigaret shortage. Still is. You can't buy them We've spent large sums of mon-
by the carton and you seldom get your favorite brand and most ey to build them up and we· should
keep them in operation.
times you have to stand in line a couple of places before you can Should the Navy have compul- New Wing Insignia Navy Clerical
get two packages. This isn't so much different than it is right here sory trainees-and I think they Jobs Open In 12ND
on Treasure Island-why expect it to be different at home? should- the Pacific bases would of- Given Okeh By Navy
fer a large outlet for the men in
Tc:rrible, isn't it? But there is plenty of tobacco and you can al- training. At the same time, such a Wing insignia for Naval air nav- Job opportunities are ·available
ways buy a pipe or roll your own. Bet you did that before enter- policy would keep them moving igators--'designated "Naval Avia- for clerks, typists, stenographers,
telephone and teletype operators,
around to various bases rather than tion Observer (Navigation)"-has
ing the service-just for the fun of it. confine them to duty in the states been approved by the Navy Depart- calculating machine operators, and
You can eat hamburgers till the Oflions come out your ears and aboard ship. This type of train- ment. mail, file and record clerks in the
12th Naval District Staff Head-
ing would be practical and also First presentation of the gold
and drink milk until your eyes turn white. There may be a dim- quarters.
giv them a Juetter outlook on world wings with a silver compass rose Treasure Island sailors are urged
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out, but even so, yo_~m Be blinded by what looks to you like bright views. set on crossed anchors was made to have friends or relatives not
lights. You can spend hours just being stupefied at all the things * * * to two Navy lieutenant.ci. already engaged in essential war,
Cly.de Vandiver, S1c, Receiving
you could buy if you wanted to. Ship. We should keep everything Eligible to receiye the wings are work contact the United States
618 Naval officers, including six Civil Service <Commission, 630
And for all things where there are shortages-taxis, steaks, we fight for. It's pretty tough duty Sansome street, San Francisco.
out on some of those bases but now Waves, who have graduated from
gorJd cigarets, good whiskey, and so on-they give the service- previous Naval Air Navigation
that we've won them we should
man the break,.and especially the guy with overseas bars on his keep them. schools.
chest. I haven't thought of how to No Charge For Upkeep
maintain them, but I think that
Contrary to reports we used to get, you do not see · many things will work out so that no one RECREATION CENTER Of Liberated Prisoners
healthy guys of fighting age out of uniform-and those you do will have to stay over there too
long before coming back to the Aboard Navy Vessels
see usually either have been mustered out, or are waiting to go CLOSES FOR REPAIRS
states. Liberated prisoners of war do
in, or have fo~ty-eleven dependents and a job which must be To permit necessary repairs, the not have to meet any financial
done. And the women. Oh, yes, the women. Well take them fe- For Victory lower deck of the Recreation Cen- obligations to return home from
male for female, on the hoof, those gals overseas don't stack up IT TAKES BOTH ter will be closed beginning Thurs- the Philippines.·
day, May 3, at 1930. The re-open- · Army and Navy officials are in
anywhere half as beautiful as they do in Maine ... or Texas .. . t 1. Taxes ing date is yet to be announced. In accord and there are now no
or Rockford. And they speak the language, too. None of this I. Wat Bonds the meantime, the excellent facili- charges for fares or · subsistence on
"dove stuff." It's still America the beautiful. PLUS MORE WAR BONDS ties of the Ii brary located on the any vessel, whether Army, Navy
upper deck are available.
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