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-- THE ISLAND-TROTTER ••.•
SHEll/Nfi -STOPS; NIPS HAVE --HAD ENOIJfiH
What are your first thoughts
_about-the war ending? ' .
Clarence Burgess, Slc, Welfare.
It's ·great n_ews .....:. something we
have been waiting months for. /
Now, when everything settles down
in Japan, and ·they are -once again
in their flower gardens, we should
fly over in about six months and
bomb hell out of 'em-for Pearl
Har.bor!
Edward H. Smith, Slc, Anderson
Detail. Where does · the disch'arge
line form? I'll play follow the
leader with me as leader. fuci-
dentally, who was the slant-eyed
jerk who wanted to dictate _peace
in Washington? .I'll bet -he is spin-
ning in his grave so fast that the
friction has turned his cemetery
into· a "scorched earth."
Robert Barger, Flc, Baxter' De-
tail. I want to read all about the
capitulation terms, reactions and
so forth before gettfng carried
away, I can only think of questions
at the pres~nt. Such as, when do
we go home? Will I go back to
sea? Must we occupy Japan? But,
to answer one question, we should
SHOOTING SUBSIDES-There won't be ·any more need of shelling call it quits. Above picture shows some of the Naval might which tear the country and its traditions
the Jap mainland. '.fhe Nips, in exactly 3 months and 6 days after the added greatly in the capitulation of the Japanese. These same vessels
surrender of their partner-in-crime Nazi Germany, have also decided to will no -doubt anchor in Tokyo Bay for a sight-seeing expedition. to smitherens.
Peter Buscemi, RT3c, RMS. Its
doesn't last much longer than 'the hope that poor Hirohito gets to stay great news and I have hopes of
J:HE Q;UESTION IS, "WHAT DO duratlon'." on his gilded throne (no mention of soon leaving the service and re-
his horse) and to hope that the suming college in a technical
* * *
' Coca-cola distri-bution man, "This fighting stops today.· "They ought school. But Japan might try to con-
YOU THINK ABOUT V-J DAY?" ending of the war will mean we can to take away his power, but I tinue to make war or go into a
get sugar again, maybe. Looks like really think they will be better off revolution unless we let them keep
The r!l,dios blared the news from on hooks." · · I'll be busy." to hang on to the old boy. He's their emperor. 1
Wasp.ington, G.I.'s in China, Oki- * * * going to be useful to us. I don't John Smith, SMlc, .RecShip. The
nawa and the Philippines were al- Biggest question was what to * * * really care what they do just· as news makes me think of a "tot of
Treasure Island chaplain specu- .long as I get to go home, and soon. things much nicer than war or its ,
ready cel~~fating what was yet an do with Hirohito. A Wave store- * * *
unannounced ending to our war keeper said that someone had sug- lating on the eventual discharge of ' aftermath with the loser. For in-
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Waves said, "They will feel badly
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with Japan; and The Masthead went gested that if we had · to choose . . , F or th e mos pa ,· reasure stance, maybe I can now marry
st
out to see what the -people on T.I. between Hirohito or his horse, it if th ey c~ t have new Ea er bon- Island took the whole affair with: my girl, Dorothy, in Yakima, Wash.
thought of : the whole thing. The_ :would be the nag, we could least do nets,• but _if they ~II have new hats , out too much excitement.· The gen~ Rogene Colgrove, Y2c, ·RecShi_p.
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first reaction we heard on the news without. "Anyway," he adde.d, "He b! at time ey be lucky, espe~ eral trend of opinion waa to "wait I am proud of the way the war has
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cially tile yeomen and
occur:red:as an RMS platoon mus- already belongs to 'Bull' Halsey." ers." orekeep- and see", but the big question with, come to ~ end. I have been in the
tered for,noon ·chow. The boys were * * * every sailor and every Wave in service throughout its duration and .
excited and the bos'n had a hard - The savfog in lives was the con- * * * uniform was, "When do I get tq it is hard' to realize the shooting
time g·etting them in line, finally cern of one of -the island's com- A Shore Patrol took time out to go home?" is over.
he growled, "Fall in you guys and ,manding . officers. "If the w1;tr
shut up, the . war isn't over yet." stopped this minute, think how
"That's what you think," was .the many lives would be saved in the TARGET- HIT-1/Nlll AIR llOWI WHICH l.ED TO IIJRRENDER
reply. _ "Better be nice to us 'boats'., next.few hours. i don't want to see
You may be asking us fr:>r a job in this . thing last · a single second
a half hour.'' longer than n~~essary, ·but we've·
* *' * .,, got , to finjsh the job before we
We _ interr1lpted ·a carpenter at quit.''
the laundry who was. busy building · . * * *'
some shelves. "What do I say? I'm Happiest of birthday presents
not saying anything because · I was .the hoped-for announcement as
don't _know anything. If I start far -as one chief commissary stew-
thinking for myself now anything ard was concerned. He completed
can happen. If you don'.t Ip.incl, I'll twez:ity~seven years in service yes-
just finish these shelves and let terday a.pd .. the , only bitthday gift
som~body else finish the . war. Oh! he wanted was the ehance -to get
sure, I'll take a discharge . .' hon}e, .It ·1ooked ·as if he might get
any time they get _one J:\l.Y sizEl." lfis wish.
. * * * · ,·
Two telephone operators at the Mail cierks at the Post Office
telephone· center when asked what had a gloomy outlook on the mat-
they thought, replied, "What does· ter. Their optimistic estimate was
a gi;-1 think about when ·she knows that it would take at'·least forty-_
that her husband .may · be home five years· for all the mail to get
soon?". There wasn't any answer to its proper owners-once men anci
to that so w.e asked what sh·e women started the trek ho·rrie from
thought the news would do to the the South Pacific: "We don't have
telephone business. "It means we'll much choice. Looks lik"e the Navy
be busy. Any time something hap- ·might be our· career.'''
pens people always begin calling up * *" * '
their families and the long-distance Recently returned Marine, "I just
lines really get a work-out.'' took off a ca,mouflage outfit for the
* * * first time in Sixteen months, btit
It was our turn ,to be surprised_ believe me; · I'll put those spotted
when a fellow stopped us and pants right back' on again if they
asked, "S_ay you're on The Mast~ let that guy Hirohito run the outfit.
head, aren't' you? ·wen, · I wanta We started t0 get rid of him, let's
run an ad. You can say, 'Wanted, finufu the job.''
One suitcase in exchange for a sea- ' *· * · *
bag.' From now on I quit rolling Wave hospital apprentice hope-
my clothes and start hanging them fully, -"Gee, I hope the 'emergency'

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Rex N. Olf!en, Y2c, Associate Editor r · ,.....,
Carolyn N. Brown, Ylc, Waves Editor Robert H. Perez, BM2c, Sports NAVY HELL-CATS CALLED OFF- Part of the from the double dose of the atomic bomb 'and Ftu'ssla''s
Bruce A. Werlhof, _PhM3c - Edward L, Levitt, SK2c - Howard Skidmore, Y3c mighty Navy air arm which riddled Jap Installations entry into the war, the Japs were forced into a ·quick
Reporters
so thoroughly is seen dropping their KO punches. surrender. With the· advent· of V-J ·· Day, the · ma-
Groggy and reeling from such blows, and suffering chinery of insuring world peace Is now in motion.