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More About ENEMY SUBMARINE SINKS AMERICAN SHIP
Sea Rescue * * Masthead Splinters

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ken master of the Johnson, and
The next time an empty car
Lt. Wynn Del Yates, Navy Armed
Guard officer, were among the men passes you, and the · driver seem-
ingly fails to notice your right
on the first raft sighted.
thumb extended skyward, don't say
Lt. Stanley L. Barr, commanding
officer of the Argus, said "we took bad things about him or his an-
cestry.
those first 16 men at?oard in three For if you were standing in any
minutes flat. The men worked in of the following spots, he probably
silence and with set faces . . . ex-
would have stopped.
pecting at any minute to get' a
Opposite Main Barracks (ave-
'fish' ourselves."
nue "M" between 5th and 8th
The men were completely cov- streets); opposite Federal Galley
ered with oil but they were grate- (avenue "M" and 4th street); op-
ful for the~toily coating, it m_ade posite Naval Hospital (avenue "H"
them look like the res,Lof the debris
and 4th street); Tower of Sun Cir-
and saved many of th!lpl from di- cle (avenue "C" and 4th street)
rect hits by the sub de_c·k gunl¥. · and between Barracks "C" and
A lifeboat that bore the marks (avenue · "C" and 2nd str.eet).
of strafing and was rammed and If drivers . stop to pick up pas-
bent by the sub, was Jocated· next. sengers at any other points, they
Four miles away a motor w,ha!e- will be denied the privilege of
boat was sighted and the'!ast,of'the dri:ving on the Island.
survivors brought aboard.
.Leaving:
The Argus sank the . rafts Lt. Gregory P. Maushart, Postal
floating debris, a hazard to naviga- Officer, was detached · from Treas-
tion, and headed for port, loaded ure Island last week. Lt. Maushart
to the gunwales with grateful hu- was the first officer assigned to the
man cargo. The officers spent 30 post office, and with a shortage of
straight hours on the bridge and help and dogged determination he
general quarters were maintained built the present efficient and
24 hours a day. smooth-running post . office. .Lt.
The officers had trouble getting Maushart's successor is Lt. Lucius
to the bridge without stepping on D. Turner, IV. .
men sprawled on the deck. Every To Lt . . Maushart, The Masthead
bunk had been given to the John- staff wishes success and happiness
son men, the lifeboats and gear at his new station.
lockers turned into sleeping quar- Bay Bridge Books:
ters. One man slept in the spud Your 1944 San Francisco-Oak-
lo~ker. The men had lost every- GRAPH IC PHOTOS by U. S. Navy photographers After the sturdy little craft arrived here with her land Bay Bridge Books are good
thing and the Argus crew gave show the Treasure Island-based patr,ol vessel, the l-0ad of survivors, a "Well done, Argus" message was until February 28, the Pass Office
USS Argus, and her intrepid crew playing a_ gallant forthcoming from Captain Pa,ul P. Blackburn, com-
them clothing and .footwear. has announced. As soon as you get
role in rescuing survivors of the Liberty ship, John manding ,officer, Northern California Sector, Western
Officers of the Argus had nothing A. J-0hnson which was sunk by an enemy submarine Sea Frontier. your new plates for the ole jitney,
but praise for the merchant men between th~ Pacific Coast and the Hawaiian Islands. you are eligible to apply for your
and the Armed Guard crew. They 1945 Bridge Book.
came aboard in orderly fashion and duty from Headquarters, South Pa- believe me, it was sheer agony not Visitor:
"turned to" to assist the Argus cific, Reece's tour of duty in that knowing just how much damage "Rosey" Pellerin, BMlc, DD Pool
area has included
crew. They showed great fortitude ~~~ they were causing." Welfare and Recreation Supervisor,
and there were no complaints even service on two of the Reece and his brother were on was paid a surprise visit yesterday
from wounded men, officers related. lllnl 'll'IHI IE U'II IEW S Navy's most famous the old Yorktown when it was sunk by his son, Ens. Don Pellerin,
The Il).ost hair raising story was carriers - the York- at the battle of Midway.
USNR. "Rosey" hasn't seen his son
told by a mess attendant who was town and the Enter- Strictly a four year mah and go- for the past two years, and had to
among the men on the battered Indiana Item prise. As a "flat-top" ing into his fifth year, Reece has bat his eyes twice when he saw him
raft. Indiana is famous for good food, sailor on one or the been chief since April of 1944. Ex- in the officer's uniform. Ens. Pel-
"It kept drifting closer and I had beautiful scenery, fine horses and is other of these ves- cepting boot training of. course, his
to reach out and push the raft away the home of Wendell Willkie and sels, he was present first "hitch" in the Navy has been lerin graduated from Northwestern
from the side of the sub." Lois Koch. Lois is at present on at many of the major engagements spent aboard ship and overseas. University under the Navy's V-12
program.
Six bullets went through the duty at the Security office, and her in the Pacific during 1941 and 1942, His home is North Platte, Neb.,
clothing of one man and another Navy career has only reflected her including the battles of the Mar- Mascots:
and as soon as he .and the Bureau
was on a piece of floating wreckage interesting civilian --,,.--.--, shalls, Wake Island, Midway, Guad- of Personnel are agreed on another If your outfit wants a mascot,
when the sub bore down on him. background and tal- alcanal, and the second battle of leave, he plans to return and seek then the USO at 111 O'Farrell
"I jumped into the water, but on ent. She studied for the Solomons. Reece was on the the hand of his "girl back home." street, San Francisco, will be able
the wrong side ... the sub side. It two and a half years Enterprise when it carried the His all-Navy family consists of two to fill the menu. All you have to
was right next to me but it went at Ouachita College fighters for the first raid on Tokyo, seafaring brothers, both of whom do is to call GArfield 7377, Ex-
on past . . . so close I could touch in Arkadelphia, Ark., and when it received the Presiden- are on leave from duty overseas tension 17 (information desk) and
it." majoring in voice tial Unit Citation· in February of at the pr-esent time. tell who ever answers the tele-
These stories were told aboard and music. Follow- 1944. When the war ends, Chief Reece phone that you would like to have
the rescue ship and related by Lt. ing her enli.stment in a mascot. The O'Farrell USO is
"One incident· in p·articular I re- plans to have himself fired by Uncle
(jg) Edwin C. Smith, Jr., Execu- the Waves she went for the usual fully qualified as recently they re-
member quite clearly," said Chief Sam, brush up on business tech-
tive Officer, who also told about the boot training in New York City and ceived a request for a turtle, and
Reece: "In the battle of Santa Cruz niques, and later become his own after scouring the city were able
first mate, laughingly called. ''their from there to the yeoman school ·boss.
we were attacked by thirty-seven to fill the request.
Jonah" by the crew. "Abandon in Stillwater, Okla.
ship" was a familiar call • to this Oklahomans are known to be Jap planes and were hit three Of course, this agency only fur-
mate, since it marked the eighth friendly toward strangers, but Lois times- the· third blasting a large Definition of the Week: Lipstick nishes mascots of the four foot ani-
time he had heard it aboard tor- really won their hearts. Possessing .hole in the side. I was standing in -a red menace that a girl can't mal world.
pedoed ships. He was torpedoed a beautiful mezzo-soprano voice the flag shelter on the bridge, and keep on and 'a man can't get off. Gl-obal Gismos: I
three times in one day between Gi- and an excellent musical back- · Over at Frontier Base, Willis La
"--< braltar and· Malta and had spent ground, she gave generously of her INSTALL T.1.-MADE CONVEYOR BELT af LAUNDRY Vergne, QM2c, recently penned his
23 days in a lifeboat in the North talents, singing for many local or- name on that _dotted line again for
Atlantic. ganizations and churches while in some more nyvie life ... From Gal-
Built in Keil, Germany, in 1929, training at Stillwater. Finding a ley K comes the, information that
the Argus was the pleasure and few spare minutes from all this .ac- it takes 1,000 pounds of bacon for
rui·hing yacht owned by Max Fleisch- tivity she also §lerved as editor of one breakfast, and that the ro-
mann of Santa Barbara, Calif. The the station paper and graduated as tating oven has 60 pans and is
Navy bought and commissioned her one of the outstanding members· of able to cook 4,000 pounds of meat.
in 1934. She was on coast and her regiment. That's a lot of red points ... Along-
'geodetic survey duties until 1942 side· the Ship's Service Warehouse
. Soon after reporting t9 Treasure
when she was assigned to the Naval Island. as a yeoman striker she there is a small, neatly printed
Local Defense Forces, 12th Naval made her rate as Y3c, and almost sign. The sign has the legend "keep
District, as a patrol craft. On ac- .as so@n the· island discov-ered that .off the grass." The_ sign guards an
tive sea duty she has been in con- a very charming and talented Wave ankle deep mud hole.
tinuous operation since that time.
was one · of the new members of
Three hundred enlisted men and at Our observll,tion shows that the
ship's company. Since that time she
least 100 officers have received noblest of all dogs is the hot dog:
has become an important part of
training and their first taste of salt it feeds the hand that bites it.
the Wave singers and the chapel
water aboard her.
choir and has helped generously in
Two officers have served on the islapd entertainment. Using her
Argus since· they went aboard · as
leisure to study voice her future
student officers in 1942. The cap- plans include two recitals to be WATER
tain;· Lt. Barr, is a graduate of the given in San Francisco and Oak-
University of California, class of land during the coming month.
1930. A right halfback on the Cal
team for four years, he played in ·Bupers Booster . IS .POWER_
the Rose Bowl in 1929. He worked Testifying to the effectiveness· of
in Fresno, Calif., prior to his Navy the Navy's rotation program is
commissioning. Lt. Smith, also a Chief-Y'eoman T. M. Reece; a com- BOTTLENECK-SMASHER-This conv-eyor belt now carries laundry ~~~v7
graduate of the University of Cali- paratively new arrival at the Mine· from checking and · marking department to assorting-table, to be classi- -·· , .. o
fornia and a Rugby and soccer en- Force-office in the Administration fied for washing. Belt was constructed by carpenters working under G.
thusiast, made his peacetime home Building. .E. Hoffman, SSM ( L) 1c, to specifications drawn ·up by Laundry Manager .ALLJtl~
Michael Koshell, seen in right foregr-ound. He expects it to hike produc-
in Piedmont, Calif. Recently reporting for stateside tion 600-800 bundles weekly.