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PAGE 6 THE MASTHEAD, SATURDAY, SEPT. 22, 1945

A Sea-Borne Dischargee Goes Through T. I. RecShip

THIS IS THE first step
While most men heading for onto U. S. soil in several rc;n··
discharge at Camp Shoemaker are years for most of the~e
through here, the Tadcen assistant sailors, who compose a 73
man d raft that landed at
personnl officer, Lt. H. C. Durkee, Treasu re Island at 1400 on E
stated that those men of Tadcen September 12. Some are
who lived within this district headed for discharg,e while ' "/-/IS FORM
others w i ll g-o on leave
would be transferred directly to and new duty. The picture If ~Lj,<;f Ble TO FIii 1)//T llf/S
Shoemaker for discharge upon au- in the c,enter shows them THIS IS PHILIP H. Sands, WTlc,
of San Francisco. A typical sailor
thorization from headquarters of packing their gear from of this · draft, he enlisted in the
pier to Building 218, three
the 12th Naval District, without Navy early in 1941-has been at
blocks away.
being processed through RecShip. sea fifty-four months during
which time he has been home a to-
This is a picture-story of Philip tal of five weeks and last time
Sands, WTlc, of San Francisco, was over year and a half ago. He
Calif. His ·story personifies the has never seen his daughter Phy- '-.../
routine every man follows while lis.
going through the processing at
the T.I. Receiving Ship. Staffed
with a personnel of nearly 600
men, headed by Lt. Commander
H. C. Davisson, who is in charge
of Buildings 221 and 218, the Rec-
Ship processes about 60,000 men
per month or 2,000 men per day.
LEAVING HIS GEAR at 218,
Sands follows draft to Build-
ing 221 for processing. He
takes point fo r m because his
are in sixties, but as yet he
knows ve ry little about dis-
charge system - doesn't ex-
pect -one. Former shipmat es '-.../
J. E. Sequin, FC3c, and J. C.
Stewart, Cox, stand behind
him. Timepi,ece on bulkhead
indicates 1430.

DISCHARGE DAT A
By Ships' Editorial Association
First lowering. of points r.e·-
quired for discharge was an-
nounced in ALNA V 213-45 when
the discharge score for naval
aviators or the naval reserve was
set at 44 poi_nts. Point score for
PROCESSING AT 221 calls for Dog Tags, "ID" card, and quick medi- all other officers remains at 49.
cal ex.am., which determines if Sands is bringing back any tr,opical di-
seases. Everything alright except Sands has no "ID" card, so tem-
porary one is issued. Meantime picture is taken for new one. Waves were assigned critical
scores lower than those· for Navy TOPSIDE OF 218 Sands undergoes barrage -of interviewer's ques-
tions. Here forms ar,e made ,out, and Sands records are fil-ed. De-
men because only a small num-
pendents? Liberty or bunk? Age ? Time ove :·seas? Date of en -
ber can claim dependency credit listment? . .. Sands prefers liberty because family are in San Fran-
-:tnd the vVomen's Reserv,e has not cisco.
been active long enough to permit
large point accumulation for
length of service, the Navy De-
" partment has announced. The
29 score was established to re-
lease women at the· same relative
rate as men.
The 15 naval officer Separa-
tio,n Centers n,ow in operation are
located in Boston, New York
City, Philadelphia, Norfolk, Va., -..,I
Los Ang,eles, Seattle, Washing-
ton, D. C., Charleston, Jackso,n-
ville, Fla., New Orleans, Memphis,
Camp Wallace, Tex., Great Lakes,
111., and Camp Shoemaker, San
Francisco, Calif.
Dischargees won't get liberty
during their 72 hours of process-
ing at Separation Centers. Busy
five hours a day with medical
exams, pay accounts, insui;~H , PROCESSING AND CHECKING-IN are completed. It is now deter-
rights and benefits, t)!e tim~ ~~­ mined that Sands will get discharge ,on points. Meantime, he rates
BACK TO 218 gear is checked in, but Sands keeps ditty bag with maining will be occupi'ed ", fth:'a liberty but is inspected by Rec.Ship duty -officer for r,egulati-on uni-
dress blues. Men can check ge·ar at l,ower side of 218 for up to .form. Liberty here starts every hour on the hour, and pass is issued
. sixty days. complete recreational program. at building _221, where OOD is .