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No more censors says the Navy.
Hold those "Passed by Naval
Censor" stamps for 30 days and
destroy them. Believe it or not , VOL. IV - No. 33 TREASURE ISLAND, SAN FRANCISCO, CALIF. SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1945
your letters from now on are
strictly a private affair. Two Rodeo Queens Crowned for 1. I. E11ent HERE'S HOW YOU
* * *
The Army air corps can boast CAN CHANGE TO
but the Navy has some chalk
marks on their board, too. From REGULAR NAVY
December 7, 1941, until July 1,
1945, a total of 59,193 Navy and Under a recent directive, the
Marine flyers have been trained Navy has selected certain rates
and sent to carrier, patrol and from a study of expected require-
combat duty as the Navy's air ments of the post-war Navy in
* * *
arm. which USNR men can transfer
The greatest single subject cov- over to USN.
ered by newspaper editorials in
And the Bureau of Naval P er-
regard to the Navy during the last sonnel saiq that recommendations
six months is the question of a from commanding officers for en-
change in the enlisted man's uni- listments of rates not included on
form. (BuPers is currently tab- the list are not desired.
ulating a survey on what the en-
Practically all regular Navy
listed man himself thinks of the rates are included, while all spe-
uniform. ) * * * cialist ratings have been excluded ·'
Discharged veterans and those
from the post-war Navy. Spe-
to be discharged are urged to cialists are a part of the war-time
check up on insurance premiums HONORS as joint queens of Navy, issued rates for duration
and times of payment. E ighty per tt,e Treasure Island Rodeo t his week duty ,only.
cent of discharged veterans have wer,e two beautiful sirens of the West.
permitted their recently extended One-Dale Evans-was imported from But in order to afford special-
NSLI policies to lapse after dis- Hollywood for the occasion, but the ists opportunities to enlist in the
.._, charge for failure to pay regular other, our own statue of the Even ing regular Navy, "recommendations
premiums. * * * Star, was a board the island long before for changes of ratings in the same
The Seabees are hunting for oil the Navy arrived. It was a simple and pay grade from specialists ratings
pleasa nt ceremony indeed to c rown Miss to any of the ratings open to SUGh
in an area of some 35,000 square Evans, wh,o was selected by popula r enlistment may be submitted to
miles, located at the northernmost vote ea rly last wee k. the Bureau, providing the men are
tip of Alaska . If the project, clas-
sified for 20 years as an oil re- But Miss Evening Sta r presented a diffi cult prob- in the Bos'un's cha ir). Severa l yards of white line professionally qualified for that
lem in engineering f-Or Rodney Scott (Welfa re
beca me h,er lariat, and her neckerchief was fas- rate."
serve and only now actually Division ) who constructed her hat. ;, nd several tened with a length of pipe. Comment of one of a
drilled, meets expectations, an Public Works civilian crane operators. So tall does large crowd of spectators: " Gee, she looks more The Navy is taking physically
immense source of valuable pe- she stand that a 100-foot cra ne vms re:,ui ced 'n undra ped than she did before." The largest crowd and mentally qualified men from
troleum will be available to the hoist the huge "crown" on her head (that's Scott ever present at a T. I. event attended the rodeo. ages of 18 through 30. The men
Navy and probably sublet to pri- will be enlisted' for a four-year
vate enterprise for development. Veteran of Okinawa Invasion National War Fund period.
* * * If a man is qualified, he will be
The destroyer Fullam has Drive to Start on changed over and his reserve
Puts in At T. I. for Repairs
played Santa Claus for the past jacket will be closed out and a
several months to a string of tiny Treasure Island Oct. 1 new one made. He will then be
support landing crafts whose job Every gun on the 119 was firiag eligible for a 30-day re-enlistment
was to stand radar picket duty Crew Gets leave; She and the sky was full of flack. The National War Fund Drive, leav~ and re-enlistment allowance.
off Okinawa. The Fullam regular- "To our relief we saw four Cor- which officially opens throughout He will be " broken down" to,
ly pi;lled alongside between Kami.- Gets New Engine Room the nation October 1, has received his perma nent rate at t he t ime of
kaze attacks to deliver fresh ice (Pictu res on Pag,e 12) sairs coming to our aid- they the blessings of President Harry his discharge but wil l be returnecli
managed to take care of three of
cream to the small craft. One the planes but the fourth was S. Truman. immediately to t he rating he held'
morning the process was reversed, Her engine room completely de- straightening out to make a dive In a letter to Secretary of Navy at the time of his discharge from
when after an all-night job by stroyed by a Kamikaze and thirty Forrestal, the President asked for the reserve ran ks.
the bakers on the tiny LCS, every of her seventy-man crew listed as at one of the five ships in our the full cooperation of the Navy Naval reserves holding tempor-
group. The anti-aircraft fire from
man on the big destroyer had hot casualties, the LCS 119 was towed our ships was so intense and so Department in this national and ary appointments to warrant or
sweet rolls for breakfast delivered across the Pacific and is now tied accurat~ that the Jap's suicide community war funds campaign. commissioned rates are· not elig-
straight from the oven. up at Treasure Island for repairs. run ended in a flaming crash in The letter reads in part: ible for changes in enlisted status
* * * Every day her framework vi- the sea." ' "This campaign includes those while serving under such appoint-
Veterans can now purchase up brates to riveters, cutters, and agenci.es devoted to the aid and ments.
The 119 had had her first taste
to $2,500 of government surplus hammers as workmen hasten to comfort of the men and women
of the Kamikaze and the crew
properties for business or farm fill the gaping hole that was once of our armed forces through the
knew they would be in for heavy
through the Smaller War Plants her engine room. Cranes lower USO, War Prisoners Aid, the Comtadcen Warns
\.J going from then on. Everyone be-
Corp. Surplus items released by steel beams into place and ship- United Seamen's Service, and sup-
the armed forces and federal fitters restore her blasted water came alert and serious and the ports our gallant Allies through Against Discharge
gunners began to inspect their
agencies will be sold to discharged and steam systems; electricians the United Nations Allied relief
servicemen at cost, less deprecia- will come later to install new guns more and more frequently. agencies, and maintains those Without Replacements
Shoot "Sure" Plane
tion. Not eligible are commercial wires and cables. agencies of service which are in-
enterprises which can be capital- The crew who ,survived the ac- "We shot _down our first 'sure' cluded in local welfare and com- The problems of a division ,of-
ficer increased this week. Com-
ized in excess of $50,000. Addi- tion in which the•'ship was so near plane" one ~ght on beach patrol munity chests.
tadcen asked for a survey of en-
ti:mal information can be obtained death shew~ al:>°andoned are now -~u:y, contmued Ens. Presenza. "I am confident that you will
\.J from the Surplus Property Board. '. . Lt E S h First we heard the sound of a extend the full cooperation of listed ship's company in order to
on 1 eave. Skipper . . aroc , . .
Jr., has just returned. plane flymg very low. It was p~tch your Department to this national find out how many were attached
A ril dark and we could see nothmg. and community war funds cam- to each division, how many eli-
Treasure Island Men P 1 1945 . Then suddenly our lookouts raign throughout the United gible for immediate r,elease under
'
The firs~ few days of ~e m~a- spotted it- flying at about 50 feet the point system and a breakdown
Ride In Rodeo sion ~f Okmawa were qmet, wi th and headed straight for our con- _S\ates and its territories and pos- of figures sho,wing the number re-
th sessions, for these most worthy
Figuring in almost every ev,ent very little return fire from e ning tower. Just as the plane was causes." quiring replacements and those
in the rodeo Wednesday and beaches. LCS 119 was part of a directly above us, the number two who could be discharged without
group of smaller ships assigned to Bluejackets on Treasure Island
Thursday were several men from gun fired four rounds. Two rounds necessity of relief personnel.
'-....,, th t contributed a grand total. of $10,-
Treasure Is-land, many of whom e "picket line," which consiS ed hit the engine and two knocked 000 for the National War Fund The memorandum warned divi~
t
have ranches of their own or have of LCS's a nd deS royers. 'Their the tail off. The plane virtually sion officers that enlisted per-
Drive last year.
had previous rodeo experience. duty was to shoot down enemy stopped in midair and took a nose Contributions may be made by sonnel requiring reliefs could be
Making the leap from sailor to aircraft before· it got to th e larger dive into the water." cash payment during the cam- held for a maximum of 120 days
ships.
cowboy were T ommy Th ompson, The crew gave out with a cheer paign or by pledges to be paid at after becoming eligible for dis-
MM3c, Dallas, Tex.; Gordon First Kamikaze and settled down for the evening. a later date or in quarterly or charge, and that such personnel
Davis, S2c; of Chola, Calif., (Pre- "One day juS t as th e sun was But no one went to his bunk that monthly installments through should not be made available for
Com.); Dan Serpa, SCl c, Liver- going down," recalled Ens. A. L. night- everyonJ stood lookout 1945 and 1946. immediate release until such re-
\.J more, Calif.; J ohnny F reeman, Presenza, officer aboard the ship, watches, cooks and all. placement had been trained from
EM3c, Blythe, Calif.; J oe Yule, "we received a warning that other members of ship's company
GM3c, J ena, La.; Curtis Parker, en::my aircraft were approaching. After more picket duty and an- HALSEY SCORES AGAIN ! ! ! or provided by transfer.
other incident in which the crew
PhM2c, Cheyenne, Wyo.; and Tom At first we thought they were go- do·,m ed a bomber and another Admiral Halsey scores again. The final blow was the reminder
Da vis, GM2c, Bakersfield, Calif. ing to bomb or strafe us, but we Looking over the Tokyo area this that more men and women are
fighter, LCS 119 headed back for
From Armed Guard Center came soon found we w.ere wrong. There week he remarked, "Somebody acquiring discharge status every
supplies and was immediately
N. C. Crites, Sl c, ·Clayton, N .M.,; I were four planes up there, and certainly left a hell of a mess month and division heads should
and J ack Butler, Cox, Justin, Tex. they were going to dive on us. (Continued on Page 12) here." plan accordingly.