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Bluejackets aboard an attack George Peri, MM3c, may only be
transport enroute to Pearl Harbor
21 but for a lad that has yet to see
got a surprise when a contingent of
his twenty-second summer, a Jap
Waves from Treasure Island and hunting life in the Pacific has cer-
other naval bases camEl, aboard to
tainly been more than just a south
be transported to Honolulu, accord-
sea isle adventure.
ing to a delayed Navy dispatch. Six major invasions inc!uding the
It was strange enough for this
AP A, newly out" of drydock after Marshalls, Saipan, Leyte, Iwo Jima
and Okinawa have been crammed
the ravages of seven invasions had into an 18 month period. The Okin-
been repaired, to carry womerf
awa landing halted his "beach par-
troops. But to cap the climax, the
ties" for the good practical reason
Navy women offered to help the that his DD was blown from under
Navy men with their work.
him.
Needless to say, their offer was
George can't exactly remember
cheerfully accepted.
how he felt at the
It was a project of mutual bene-
fit. The women were eager to do time of the disaster
because shells were
some work and learn as much as
falling so often and
possible of shipboard procedure.
so close that think-
The men were swamped with the
ing would have been
IT WAS A solemn ceremony in commemoration of sonnel of this station did not take the end of the war extra reports and changes in rec-
V-E Day which was held on Treasure Island last in Europe as a holiday, but returned to their duty ords made necessary by the recent very unhealthy. Af-
week. Pictured above is a part of the large number stations to continue their work so as t,o hasten the overhauling and addition of new ~ ter all, he had gone
of personnel attending the observance. Realizing that day ·of final victory. The principal address for the oc- equipment. So yeomen, store- through this on six
the hardest part -of the conf(ict is ahead the per- casion was deliver,ed by Commodore R. W. Cary. other occasions so why start
keepers and pharmacist's mates of
worrying now.
the Waves pitched in, working
Waves Honor "Mickey" Cochrane Says half-day shifts. "At least we were well fed when
Men Overseas Still The storekeepers worked on pay- we hit the water," states Peri.
Captain and rolls, brought the disbursing man- Chow had just been finished when
Interested in Baseball ual up to date and entered all the the under water explosion occurred.
Mrs. Blackburn Continued from Page 1- changes made since last September. "Things wouldn't have been so bad
thing except the job at han·d when Yeomen worked in the personnel if the damage hadn't reached our
Wave officers and enlisted wom- two forward magazines, the con-
they are close to combat zones. But, office, cutting stencils, typing
en entertained Captain and Mrs. * cussion literally ripping the hull in
the further from the fighting fronts watch bills, requests and letters.
Paul P . Blackburn at a buffet BANKING F ACILITlES The pharmacist's mates not only half."
the more baseball- this seems to
luncheon, held at Hostess House, WESTERN UNION helped care for their seasick mates, Gun boats came to the scene,
be the formula, according to Coch-
Wednesday, May 16. but assisted in the sick bay. rescuing 160 sea-drenched sailors.
rane. He has seen the game played PosT OFFICE
Luncheon tables were centered Those women whose volunteer Over half the crew had perished.
in places where it was never even
with yellow iris bouquets, and the w AR B_oND OFFICE labors included using a typewriter Twenty-two officers out of a 24
heard of before the war. Baseball,
yellow and white color scheme was AJ,l 4 services located in Bldg. learned one trick for which they man personnel were killed.
he says, is still the national game
carried out by use of colored can- of America, even among Americans 2;8, Ave. H, near 4th St. hadn't bargained. They were all All survivors of the destroyer
dles and napkins. trained to type at a nice, steady were treated for wounds and shock
thousands of miles from home.
Western Sea Frontier Waves r * desk, but the water under this ship and transported to the states as
Sometimes the weather out in the SMALL STORES
took this opportunity to say an in- was in a most uncooperative mood. soon as possible.
Pacific gets a lot more unbearable Bldg. 2r;, roth St., between Peri clings happily to his leave
formal goodbye fu Captain and Mrs. Aves. M and N . As one yeoman reported it, "We
Blackburn, and to express their than in the Shibe Park bleachers, had to type furiously when the ship papers that give him 38 days of
appreciation to their retiring com- and even the most rabid baseball * rolled to port and only shift the happiness in Niagara Falls, N. Y.-
fan among the youngsters in the TRAVELERS' Arn
manding officer, who has been de- carriage when she'd roll to _star- his second time home in three
Navy finds the humidity just a
tached and ordered to inactive RAILWAY EXPRESS board. Otherwise · there . was so years.
little too high to go cavorting
duty. Both located in Bldg. 22r, rrth much force that the carriage
Ens. Geraldine Albert, -Marcia around a sun-baked diamond with wouldn't move at all and the let-
Levin, Ylc, Jean O'Keefe, Y2c, palm trees along the first-~ase line. St., between Aves. G and H . · ters would pile on top of each Many New Books
Esther Ross, Sp(X)3c and Virginia Lt. Commander Cochrane said * other. We soon learned to throw
Durkee, Ylc cooperated with Mrs. he occasionally meets some former SHIP's SERVICE No. 1 the carriage with the roll of the Are Added to Armed
Virginia Nielson, hostess at Host- major leaguer on duty in the Bldg. IJ2, 9th St. and Ave. C. ship and then it was just like
ess House, on decorations and Pacific· and it is, then that the "hot- typing to music." Guard library Weekly
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luncheon plans. stove" league meets overtime. Ted SHIP's SERVICE No. 2
Lyons of the Marines and formerly The Armed Guard librarian, Mrs.
Bldg. 8, ;th St., between Aves. Marjorie Arend, tells us that the
of the Chicago White Sox is the Lt. (ig) J. C. Magill
Reueation Center- big leaguer he has met most re- Mand N. 2500 volumes in the Armed Guard
cently out there, he says. Is Assigned New Post library are constantly changing
Art News · and Views - Pri01_·. to his service overseas, with the addition of at least ten
1
"Mickey" was attached to the ath- War Writers Board Lt. (jg) J.C. Magill has been de- new titles added to the shelves each
Chief McConnell will offer in- letic department at the Great tached from Training and Distri- week. The following list are all new
struction in all art media at the Lakes Naval Training Station, near Navy Show Contest bution Center and ordered to the and readers are invited to take
Recreation building each W ednes- Chicago. He helped develop the Twelfth Naval District as assistant them out and look them over. Jen-
day and Friday evening. Those in- nationally - known Great Lakes Open to All Personnel public relations officer. He will act nifer's House, Govan; Black Boy,
terested in leather craft will find an team, whose lineup was studded as public relations officer for Tad- Wright; Cannery Row, Steinbeck;
instructor in the hobby shop some- with former major and minor Something new in contests has cen in the place of Lt. Command.er Solution in Asia, Lattimore; Wings
time each afternoon and_ evening. league stars in 1942. Since then the· been announced for all personnel- W. A. Martin. of Fear, Eberhardt; Report on the
The exhibition of the Hamilton Navy's policy has been altered and the War Writers' Board Navy Lt. (jg) Magill's office will re- R_ussians, W. L. White; Case of the
Wolf sketches has oeen postponed all-star teams are discouraged in Show contest, with a total of 41 main at Ship's Service No. 1 and Gold Digger's Purse, Gardner;
till May 29. Remember free prizes favor of the kind of· baseball Lt. prizes being awarded for the best he may be reached by telephone at Damned ·to Glory, Scott; Stallion
at the weekly Friday night Bingo Commander Cochrane described in works submitted. DOuglas 6922, or on Ship's Service Road, Songstreet; The Gentlemen
games! the Pacific. The War Writers' Board is a tieline. Talk of Peace, Ziff.
group of outstanding professional
The Wolf by Sansone men who are donating their serv-
Copyri1ht 194S by Leonard Sansone. distributed bf C..mp Newspape, SerYi<e ices, .time and talent toward spon-
soring a Navy Show contest for
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·members of the Navy, Marine
1 Corps and Coast Guard. Some out-
~ , i;i:?r-$::t. standing members are Fredric
r-' . (,,,: March, star of stage and screen ;
~ :~:::. Paul Gallico, former sports writer
·-- and author; George S. Kaufman,
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director of many top Broadway
shows, and Oscar Hamilton and
Max Gordon, producers of noted
Broadway stage plays.
Types of material eligible include
sketches, skits, songs, and may be
serious or imaginary in character
and may be written for stage pro:
auction for a presentation over the
air. To make a try at one of the 41
prizes contact your Welfare of-
ficer.
Rushing into an S. F. ea ting em-
(j porium the sailor swung himself •
onto a stool and faced the counter CONFERENCE GUARD OF. HONOR. Admiral Chen Shao-Kwan -of the
girl. . Chinese Navy (th ird from right) and his aide, Captain Ying Tsung
Chow (second from right), with Navy Lt. Commander Robert St. Clair
"Boy, I'm so hungry I could eat (right) inspect the American armed forces guard of honor for the United
a horse!" he· exclaimed. Nations Conference for International Organization being held in San
"Well," replied the waitress, "you Francisco. The Guard of Honor included (front row left to right) Kath-
"He's tryin· to forget a woman-me!"
couldn't have come to a better leen Fox, Y1c; T-5 Margaret Nace; Elsie McKeen, Y3c; (back row left
to right) William H. Albright, BM1c; Master Sgt. R-obert Mulvey· and
place!"
Carroll Davis, QM1c, '