Page 73 - Mastheads Jan-June 1945

THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, MARCH'. 3, 1945 PAGEl 5
New GunherySchool Novl In FuU:.·/ TH'E MAN BEHIND --THE GUN IMPROVES HIS AIM

· OperJJt.ion At Ar~ed Guard Center

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Opening of New School
Here Result of Closing
Of San Diego School

"Almost" hits don't count when
Armed Guard crewmen nte shots at
the enemy from their stations on
Strange music came _from the any.of our rapidly incre.asing num-
barracks the other night when a ber of merchant ships. An<fit is the
group of "boots" just in from job of the newly , organized NTS
Hunter were lined up in front of (Armed Guaz:d · Gunnery) u. s.
the mirrors putting on their make- Naval Armed Guard Center to train
up. They were giving out with the
familiar "Don't Make My Girl a these crewmen so. that the total of
Sailor" with plenty of soul and deep "almost" hits is almost nil.
. harmony. Seemed good to hear the This new school headed by Lt .
old songs and _more than one old B. C. Curry was .officially estab-
"salt" joined in on the chorus. lished by the Bureau of Naval Per-
Trip to Tiburon sonnel December 12, 1944.
Sixty girls set _ out last night Although always concerned with
for Tiburon to dine and dance as and engaged in training Armed
guests of the men at t~ Naval Guard gun crews, the primary
Net Depot. They had a wonderful Armed Guard training had hereto-
time and got in some · sight-seeing fore been conducted at the Armed
on the _side, for the trip and return Guard Gunnery ·school , at San
were made by water taxi. Diego. The recent disestablishment
Dan C. Bombs Bond Office of the San Diego school resulted in
A pretty Wave gave away so the formalization of the training
many beautiful smiles last week program at the Treasure Island
that one snagged a "Masthead" Center.
staff member who stopped to in- The function of the school is to
vestigate, and came home to· re- train seamen gunners, petty of-
port that Mary Wood in the Treas- ficers and officers as well as com-
ure Island bond office has said "yes" munications liaison groups for the
to a Navy lieutenant in the district merchant vessels.
and now wears a .sparkler on her Reality is simulated through in-
left hand. struction by teachers who have ex-
Wave Looks at Puerto Rico perienced the things they teach, and
The first Wave to be assigned to with equipment that has been sci- 1 '
temporary duty in San Juan, Puer- entifically prepared.
to Rico was Lt. Isabelle Wadsworth A man is taught the operation :./ ,1;'
of the office of the CominCh, U. S. and maintenance of guns and his
Fleet, who spent her stay looking function in the gun crew. He also
over naval installations in San receives instruction in first aid,
Juan. swimming, fire-fighting, safety pre-
Bowling and Basketball cautions, . hygiene and life-boat
The 12th Naval District bowl-off handling.
was held Thursday and Friday, To cope with the changing meth-
March 1 and 2, and results_- were ods of the enemy and to keep the
too late to make this edition, but men on their toes concerning the
the:;.Treasure Island Hospital Waves new guns, the school holds "refresh-
and the Nurses both entered the er" classes. These are classes in-
play-off so watch for result next ·stituted in a course for crewmen
week. and officers who are held over at
.Good news from the district bas- the Armed Guard Center between
ketball tournament gives the Treas- assignments. They include reviews
ure Island Hospital team a tie for of methods still in use, plus instruc-
top place in the wl}.ite league with tion in new methods, new ordnance
the . district quintet; .. Good luck, and new conditions.
girls, and bring us home some tro-
phies. especially for you; be sure to put a
·All-Wave Dance Coming Soon circle on your calendar for March
Two au-station dances will be I 17. ·:,
held in the month of March. One
is scheduled for March.IO and one Going over the ·accounts one eve-
for March 17. The St. Patrick's ning, the young husband said-·re- THE ABOVE SCENES we.re taken at the newly g~oup of pe~ty officers _learning to ~reak down a
Day dance will honor the waves proachfully "Look dear the bank formed gunnery school at the Armed Guard Center. 5-rnch 38 calibre gun. Pictured at lower left Is Lt.
. . . ' ' ' , The. top picture shows a gun crew drilling with a B. C. Curry, in charge of the new school established
st
smce all ho e~ses will be Navy Just retur~ed your check." ·:.'. 3-inch 50 calibre dual purpose rifle. At lower left is a by BuPers December 12, 1944. '
women and will come. from the The bnde beamed. "Isn't 'that
various activities in the 12th Naval wonderful, darling! What'll we buy land went ashore to help process Commander Leland ,was a mem-
District. This is your dance; planned with it this time?" Dungaree Softbal_l the crowds:of volunteers clamoring ber of the Naval Reserve for tel)- ·
at the doors· of the Navy Recruiting years prior to reporting for active
League to Soon Station 'in· San Francisco. For sev- duty in 1940. Since then he ha1:1
Wave's' Swimming At Recreation Pool eral months he and others on the been stationed in the Twelfth Naval
Open Season Here staff worked far into the night to District, and was for a while senioi'
Something novel is being offered keep · the station from being medical officer aboard a vessel.wit~
Treasure Island sports fans by ·Pre- swamped. our amphibious forces at Saipan.
Com. Physical Training Officer, Lt.
(jg) A: H. Mazzie. A dungaree J. .: ..
softball league will soon open play, WHAT; NO:'MEN? ...
according to a round robin· sched-
ule drawn up by Mr. Mazzie, and
D. Taylor Sp(A)3c, and J. Scannel.
Games will be played on Mondays,
Tuesdays, Wednesdays and Thurs-
days starting at 1800 with Fridays
open · for postponed contests.
Ample competition will be fur--
nished by teams from the various
ships; the D. D. Pool and the Pre-
Com. Personhel staff.

Dispensary No. 1
Now Headed . by

T. I. Pioneer
DispensaryNo.1 has a new officer
in· charge, Commander _Sherman
Leland, M. C. Although he reported
aboard in February, · the com-
mander is no newcomer to the Is-
land, for he was billeted on the
Delta Queen when this station was
still in the initial $tages of con-
COME ON GIRLS, KICK! Wave swimmers, left to right, Jane Latham, struction. IT AIN'T FUNNY MISTER say the volunteer Waves who staffed th~
Y1c, Betty Snider, Y3c, Mildred Pictor, Y3c, and Dorothy Collins, Y3c, mess line at Wave galley last week during the temporary shortage of
.obey their instructor, Bob Ray, Sp(A)1c, as they take adva·ntage of the Immediately after the Jap attack mess cooks. The two wide smiles belong to ship's cook Stone and boat1
nightly Wave swim period held from 1900 to 2000 at Gym No, 2. on Pearl Harl::lor, Commander Le- swain's mate Carpenter who probably think they could do better. ;1