BUREAU OF INFORMA T/ON BUL L E TIN APRIL NUMBER 313. REARADMIRALRANDALLJACOBS, USN The Chief of Naval Personnel

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3 BUREAU OF INFORMA T/ON BUL L E TIN APRIL NUMBER 313 REARADMIRALRANDALLJACOBS, USN The Chief of Nvl Personnel REAR ADMIRAL L. E. DENPELD, USN The Assistnt Chief of Nvl Personnel Tble of Contents Pge The Nvy s Growth in Fiscl Excerpts of SecNv Fiscl 1942 Report One Sub s Wr Aginst the Jps The U. S. S. Oregon is Scrpped Gurding the Nvy s Eyes Solomons. Bttles Get Nmes Action in the South Pcific V-Mil Gets Through-Alwys! Eighty-Three Dys on Life Rft Combt Phos Unit Set Up The Wr Around the World Legisltive Mtters New Nvy, Cost Gurd Equipment.. : The Nvy s Short-Wve Progrms Qurters nd Fmily Allownces Scrp From the Bttle Fronts....: 31 The Destroyer Escort Csulty Figures Medls, Decortions, nd Awrds BuPers Bulletin Bord This mgzine is published monthly in Wshington, D. C., by the Public Reltions Division of the Bureu of Nvl Personnel for the informtion nd interest of the Nvl Service s whole. Becuse copies cnnot be furnished ll personnel individully t present, it isrequested tht echcopybegivenswide circultionspossible. It issuggested tht reders pss long their copieswhenthey re finished. To further publicize the contents, ship nd sttion ppers my desire to reprint pertinent mteril from the Bulletin. All ctivities should keep the Bureu informed ofhowmnycopis rerequired.while the Bulletin is published for the guidnceof the Service, the uthority for ll informtioncontined herein is the prticulr order or directive on which the informtion is bsed. Articles of generl interest my be forwrded to the Editor vi officil chnnels.

4 IN FISCAL 1942, Secretry Knox reported, nerly $7,000,000,000 ws pproprited for vitiom while the Nuy superwised lz 8-billion lend-lese progrm, hlf of which ws for ships... The Nvy s Growth in Fiscl 1942 HE Nvy s seven-se fighting T force will be in ctive service before the end of 1945, fully 2 yers hed of schedule, Secretry of the Nvy Frnk Knox reveled in Mrch in his nnul report to the President. Previously it hd been expected tht t lest some of the new wrships might not be redy for combt until 1946 or Under the impct of unprecedented wr, the Secretry of the Nvy sid, fiscl 1942 (period of time covered by the report) dissipted ll previously conceived beliefs tht two-ocen Nvy would be enough. Now it is relized tht no Nvy will be sufficient which permits less thn the most ships nd plnes equipped with the hrdest hitting wepons nd mnned by the best trined officers nd men, in ny re throughout the world where enemy forces my be met. Secretry Knox stted tht the wr hd justified the,combt methods upon which the long-rnge plnning of United Sttes nvl vition for yers hd been bsed. He continued tht vst progrm for the construction nd conversion of Pge 2 Secretry Knox s Annul Report Revels Fleet will Be Permnently Enlrged new ircrft crriers gve promise of the reliztion of these plns-the on order, nd $812,728,915 worth delivered nd pid for. chievement of the strongest striking About 3,000 contrcts nd suppleforce in the history of nvl wrfre. The Sttistics mentry greements were wrded for shore construction, mounting to $1,871,724,000. An dditionl $752,- The Nvy, during the fiscl yer 431,000 ws vilble for prospective ending June 30, 1942, spent or com- contrcts t the close of the yer nd mitted itself to spend $31,890,136,780, legisltion to provide $794,634,000 ws Nvy ordnnce lone spending more thn $2,000,000, percent increse over the previous yer, the report stted. Privte yrds building Nvy ships incresed from 108 to 293; the upending in Congress. The Led-Lese Progrm Under Nvy supervision, n $8, ,000 lend-lese progrm, including $3,900,000,000 shipbuilding progrm, thorized quot for plnes ws jumpedfrom 15,000 to 27,500, nd the number of pilots went from 4,525 to 11,240. The report showed tht 235,378 more civilins were hired, mking totl of 462,388 civilin workers, including industril workers in plnts nd shipyrds. In generl terms, nerly $8,700,- 000,000 ws Approved for ships during the yer nd lso for defense instlltions, while nerly $7,000,000,000 went for nvl vition. The vition progrm ws nlyzed s follows: $6,989,444,100 in uthoriztions: $3,- 941,522,399 for ircrft nd fcilities most of which ws well under wy before the yer ended, ws crried out, the Secretry reported. The Nvy procurement brnch, Mr. Knox sid, on receiving uthority in Mrch, 1942, from the Wr Production Bord to cler contrcts, hd reviewed in the ensuing four months 3,222 con- trcts totling $8,887,090,000. The procurement brnch ws ble to expnd sources of supply, effect svings in costs nd sve criticl mterils by revising specifictions. Bttleship building included lunching of the 35,000-ton Msschusetts nd Indin nd commissioning of

5 ... nd two more 35,000-ton bttleships of the clss of the North Crolin (photo) were lunched... the Msschusetts, Indin, nd South Dkot, with the Albm rpidly nering completion. The Secretry of the Nvy noted tht the 1942 fiscl yer hd mrked the end of the first six months of wr, bitter months in the chgrin over Perl Hrbor s disster on December 7, He went on to relte how the Nvy hd won the victories of the Corl Se nd Midwy Islnd nd how the Jpnese hd lost their big chnce to estblish themselves closer to continentl United Sttes t the bttle of Midwy. The enemy s losses, including four ircrft crriers, were crippling, he stted. It would not be possible to overemphsize the vlue nd the vlor of nvl vition s contribution to these first six months of the wr, Mr. Knox continued. Yers of plnning nd trining in nvl vition pid dividends when they were most needed s our fliers nd their Mrine Corps comrdes smshed the Jp s bid to csh in on his Perl Hrbor success by estblishing himself mencingly closer to continentl United Sttes. The Submrine Wr Mr. Knox reviewed the stremlining of the centrl nvl commnd fter Perl Hrbor, when the Commnder in Chief of the United Sttes Fleet ws put in supreme commnd of ll operting forces of ll the fleets. Swept into submrine wrfre of unprecedented viciousness, Secretry Knox sid, the Se Frontier forces fought with every vilble wepon nd lid the foundtion in new building nd new methods for the time when enemy submrines would be forced fr out to se nd our costwise trffic lnes would be lmost immune from ttck. Looking towrd the post-wr er, Mr. Knox stted tht the Nvy did not pln to shrink bck to pre-wr dimensions. He sid ththe civilin force would be reduced to level comprble with the needs of the deprtment in the exercise?f its norml functions, but this is not to infer tht we shll be ble to return to the old low levels of The deprtment must be guided in its plns for post-wr retrenchment by the requirements of permnently enlrged fleet, the Nvy secretry sid. All the Nvy s efforts, Mr. &ox sid, hve been concentrted on producing tht totl dequcy to fight nd win wht he clled the fourdimensionl wr of our enemy s choosing-lnd, se, ir, nd the blending of them ll into the mphibious. In the lst two yers, he noted, the construction of 5,675,000 tons of nvl crft hs been uthorized, in ddition to some smll increses p-... s the Nuy s efforts were concentrted on fighting n mphibious wr. Photo: Gudlcnl. proved by Congress soon fter the Europen wr begn. The over-ll ship production progrm ws scheduled for completion in 1947, he continued, but speeded up construction hs broken ll previous records, nd it is now expected tht, except for some lrge units upon which work hs been suspended due to mteril shortges nd the length of time required to build, the entire uthorized tonnge will hve been commissioned nd put into ctive service before the close of In the erly months of the wr in the Atlntic, Mr. Knox stted, the Nvy s bility to escort convoys ws txed to the utmost nd tht sitution provided the opportunity for Axis submrines to inflict serious losses on costwise shipping in Americn wters. These high merchnt vessel losses were sustined up to the end of the fiscl yer, by which time, however, the rush-production of ntisubmrine vessels-both id nd surfcebegn to produce results. New-Model Plnes Declring tht nvl vition becme of ge s this ntion ws suddenly plunged into globl wr tht hs proved for ll time the importnce of ir power in modern combt, Mr. Knox reported tht new nd improved models of ll types of plnes (Continued on pge 34) Pge 3

6 Excerpts from SecNv Fiscl 1942 Report The following re direct quottions from Secretry Knox's report: The verge ge of new recruits for the Regulr,Nvy ws yers. The verge ge of enlisted men ccepted for the Nvl Reserve ws yers. An dequte supply of pilots for the growing ir force ws supplied by the estblishment of vition preflight schools t four colleges, nd the opertion of 15 nvl reserve ir bses providing primry flight trining, two intermedite flight trining sttions, nd 14 opertionl trining centers. Sixty-five million words were sent or received during the fiscl yer by Nvy rdio, Wshington, 22 percent of which ws for other Government deprtments. In view of the criticl. mterils needed in the telephone industry, every effort hs been mde to economize on the number of newly lesed telephone nd teletype lines which wr conditions hve necessitted. During the yer rrngements were mde with other Government deprtments nd gencies to provide instruction in converstionl Spnish to Nvy officers. During the coming' cdemic yer study of the Russin nd Jpnese lnguges will be dded to the curriculum of the Nvl Acdemy. The outstnding work of the nvl rdio sttion t Corregidor should not go unnoticed. Until cptured by the enemy it provided continuous communictions between tht plce, the United Sttes, nd fleet units. The wr hs thrown upon the Hydrogrphic Office such demnd for ir nd nvigtion chrts tht output for one month now exceeds tht for ny two former yers in the history of the Nvy. The Office printed more thn 13,000,000 chrts nd miscellneous publictions during the fiscl yer. The commissioning of officers from civilin life hs been speeded up by chnging the method by which pplictions re hndled. The procurement progrm ws removed from the supervision of the commndnts in the nvl districts nd plced directly under the supervision of the Bureu of Nvl Personnel. Nvl officer.procurement offices were estblished in ech nvl district in ccessible loctions in the centers of popultion. The progrm hs resulted in grtifying surplus of pplicnts for Reserve commissions. There hs been no difficulty in obtining sufficient number of specilists such s medicl, dentl, supply, civil engineer, nd chplin corps personnel, nd of officers for line duty. The issunce of ocen pilot chrts to lifebots ws begun t the strt of the wr by the Hydrogrphic Office to improve chnces of rescue of survivors of torpedoings nd other shipwrecks. One of these chrts is now, by lw, kept in every lifebot of merchnt nd nvl vessels. Although the Nvy is operting in ll prts of the world, in ll climtes, nd under the stresses of wr, the helth of the Nvy in generl hs been exceptionlly good. This is due in prt, no doubt, to the creful physicl selection of the officers nd men of the Nvy, nd to constnt efforts in the field of preventive medicine. The venerel disese rte is the lowest in the history of the Nvy. (Comtinued om pge 34)

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8 CARRYING the flg tht bers replics of Jpnese flgs for ech enemy ship suk by his sub, Lt. Comdr. Lucius H. Chppell grins upon reching home port. Commnder Chppell retired to his cbin nd went to bed. Erly in the morning, while it ws yet very drk, the bluejcket on wtch cme down to the officer of the deck s sttion nd hnded tht officer disptch. The bluejcket sid, Excuse me, sir-you d better red this immeditely. His voice ws queer. The officer of the, deck took the disptch nd red it. Jpnese ttcked Perl Hrbor this dte. Exe- cute The execution, s Lieutennt Commnder Chppell described it lter, ws msterpiece of simplicity. We got to hell nd gone out of there. orders * * *.,The Shdow Moved Lieutennt Commnder Chppell won t dmit it for minute, but those first weeks must hve been fierce. Beyond the bre knowledge tht the wr ws on, nd the bsic instructions necessry to crry out his mission, he knew nothing whtever of wht ws going on. The exigencies of the sitution mde silence imper- tive, nd the only news source his submrine could tp ws Rdio Tokio, which, he suspected correctly, occsionlly stryed from the unvrnished truth. When the subrhrine hd sunk the impressive totl of 10 Jp crgo ships nd three wrships, Lieutennt Commnder Chppell looked bck t those erly months nd flicked them side s quiet duty-relly no fun t ll. At the time, though, it didn t seem so quiet. There ws tht first contct. Lt. Corwin G. Mendenhll, USN, 26, of Beumont, Tex., hd the deck, nd they were surfced, gliding through the night, in Jp wters. Presently there ws deepening of the blckness,in one direction. As Mendenhll wtched it, it moved * * *. He let out yellyou could her ll over the ship! Lieutennt Commnder Chppell relted. He sid he hd ship-nd he did! As the submrine s qptin pologeticlly put it they were young nd foolish then, nd unschooled in the wys of combt. They got two torpedoes into the ship, but the Jp mneuvered round, nd mnged to get wy.. He Just Dropped His Nose The submrine continued into port -nd there they herd, for the first time, the fct of Perl Hrbor, nd the wy the wr hd been going those first couple of months. They left port in blck mood. They found the next Jpnese ship t 10 o clock one morning. At first we thought we d tke shot t him right wy, Lieutennt Commnder Chppell sid. But we couldn t get in position. He ws on regulr ptrol. We simply went to the spot where we figured he d be t 5 o clock, nd wited till 5 o clock. Sure enough, there he ws. We kept our bow on him until the rnge ws right, nd put slvo of torpedoes into him. He just dropped his nose quietly under nd snk. We dug down deep nd got out. But they didn t go fr. They believed there were big things cooking inside the by, becuse the Jps were mintining strict vigil. Next dy Lieutennt Commnder Chppell, his eye glued to the periscope nd the periscope glued to the hrbor entrnce, ws elted to see big trnsport come steming out. The trnsport ws fst, however, nd the submrine couldn t get in position for solid shot. The torpedoes were lunched, but missed. The Jps sent out hlf dozen bots fter us, but we gve em the slip, Lieutennt Commnder Chppel1 sid. It ws ded certin, now, tht if the force inside the by could disptch fleet of destroyers to stlk single submrine, there were things still in there worth witing for. Pge 6

9 The A few nights lter, procession of three ships cm e out under the wtchful submrine periscope. An ircrft crrier, with the cruisers gurding her flnks. The submrine closed in for the ttck. But the crrier, like the trnsport of few dys before, ws churning the se with ll the might of her huge engines, nd before the submrine could move into position she ws sfely by.. But one of the cruisers swept by in esy rnge, nd Lieutennt Commnder Chppell put his bow towrd her nd lunched his fish. The explosions shivered the submrine s two of the torpedoes connected. The cruiser didn t go down, but she ws clerly in deep trouble s she mde off. rras Hound Poimts Phesmt hd to go in there nd work on tht live circuit. The mn who volun- Lieutennt Commnder Chppell, teered ws my chief electricin s wtching through the periscope, nomte, John Joseph Pepersck, 42 of ticed tht the three big ships, insted Bltimore, Md. Without the lest of tking fter him, scttered nd fled hesittion he hopped into tht pnin different directions, clerly nxious el-went right into it bodily. I ws ~ to get on their wy. This, to nvl officer, ws significnt. It ment n opertion ws under wy of such mgnitude tht lone submrine could be written off s reltively of no importnce. The submrine s skipper nosed his bot bck towrd the hrbor entrnce. He didn t hve long to wit. A detroyer soon cme speeding out of the hrbor, then nother, nd nother. There were six of them, ll in row. Lieutennt Commnder Chppell then committed wht he considers grve strtegicl error. Heclosed in for n ttck on the destroyers, nd thereby missed chnce of the kind submrine men drem bout. He ws getting redy to pick off one of the destroyers when it spotted him. The destroyer pointed him s hound points phesnt, nd the whole pck of destroyers bore down on him. The submrine submerged. And then, sid Lieutennt Commnder Chppell, I hd probbly the bitterest disppointment of my life. For s they ly there, inert nd brely buoynt, with their presence known nd six destroyers witing for the first sign of her on the surfce, they herd the throb of propellors much hevier thn ny destroyerlouder nd louder until they must hve been directly overhed, then dying in the distnce. Agin they cme, nd gin nd gin. An entire Jp bttle force pssed by them s they ly there nd couldn t move muscle! When they got to the surfce, the fleet ws gone, nd the by ws empty. though every time he d touch nything blue rc of current would The submrine moved on to n- snp out. Why he wsn t electroother position, surfcing by night, skulking bout by dy with just the tip of the periscope out of the wter, wtching nd witing nd hoping. They sw n occsionl smll crft, cuted, I ll never know. But he got it fixed up, nd quick. For tht piece of work, he ws promoted from chief petty officer to wrrnt officer. There followed session in which nothing worth squndering torpedoes nothing exciting hppened for long on. time. They got down to their lst One dy power line went ded- torpedo, nd went into port to re- snpped in two by vibrtion. The stock, cme out gin, nd fell in with trouble ws locted in live-wire convoy of three ships. They snk control pnel. There were two ends one nd left nother in highly critiof live wire dngling loose, redy to cl condition. spit 240 volts of jolting current on. Lookouts All Over the Ship contct. But emergency repirs hd to be A few dys lter the submrine ws mde immeditely, Lieutennt Com- in the South Chin Se. The wether mnder Chppell sid. Somebody ws clm nd beutiful nd convoy of three ships ws plowing long under the midfternoon sky. The underses crft got her nose round nd,put couple of torpedoes into the led ship. They ripped big hole in her side but didn t stor, her engines. submrine wtched by, wtching ll the time. It looked s (Comtimued om pge 35) BEARDS were worn fter submrine s long voyge by C. W. Thompson, TM2c, Tcom, Wsh., left; G. H. BOOS, TMlc, Golcond, Ill., right. MORE OF THE CREW: Left to right, J. W. Donldson, TMI c, 28, Youngstowm, Neu.; L. P. Lrsom, TM3c, 21, New Brightom, Mimm.; Hemry Vm- Beest, S2c, 22, Fuld, Mimm.; R. L. DeMomge, TM2c, 21, Fyetteville, Ohio; R. 0. Wytt, GMSc, 23, Los Angeles, Clif.; Philip Doltz, TM~c, King s Prk, Long Islnd, N. Y. Pge 7

10 Bck to the wrs: The U. S. S. rroregon/ fmed 10,000- "Press Assocition. ton bttlship of the Spnish-Americn Wr, s she Oreg., to Klm, Wsh., where she is being disws towed by two stern-wheelers from Portlnd, mntled for scrp. Below, mst is removed.

11 G OOD vision i.s bsolutely essentil to the efficiency of nvl personnel. Whether it be wtch duty, gunnery, computtion, instrument redfng, mchine work, or study in preprtion for ny of these or other nvl duties, bility to see quickly nd ccurtely nd without undue strin to the visul pprtus is n lmost continuous requirement. Cndidtes for the Nvy re therefore crefully selected with visul efficiency plying n importnt prt in the selective process. To relize the extent of this selection one need only visulize group of 200,000 mle industril workers who re desirous of enlisting in the United Sttes Nvy. Upon exmintion of tht group it is very likely tht over 40 percent would hve to be rejected becuse of diminished vision lone. Nvl personnel must then consider themselves selected group, endowed by nture with much better thn verge eyesight, nd engzed in type of work. which, though very demnding upon the eyes, nevertheless provides well-blnced combintion of close eye work lternting with periods of q'istnt vision which should mke the qlintennce of nor ( ABOARD SHIP: Good eyes men sfety. Gurding the Nvy's Eyes Above, nd On-Even Under-the Se, 20/20 Vision Is Priceless Asset The virus tht cuses kertoconjunctivitis, the virus tht cuses trchom, the gonococcus which cuses gonorrhe, nd host of other gents ssocited with colds, boils, grippe, nd pneumoni my under vriety of conditions contminte our hnds. Trnsfer of these infections to the eyes through the process of rubbing the eyes with the hnds is definite nd preventble hzrd. Itching of the eyelids nd eyeblls is very common eye strin symptom nd to rub the eyes when they itch nd burn "officil U. S. Nvy Photogrphs. often seems to give temporry relief. This rticle ws prepred es- The secondry result of such rubbing pecilly for the INFORMATION is, however, very pt to be incresed BULLETIN by the Bureu of congestion, infection of the conjunc- Medicine nd Surgery. tive with virus or bcteri, or infection of the lid borders with stphylococci which produce pustules or ml vision perfectly possible quite lte generlized infection ll long the into life. The obvious duty of the edges of the.lids. Rubbing of the individul is to protect nd sfegurd in every wy possible the eyesight with which he ws so fortuntely endowed, nd for which the Nvy hs such urgent need. eyes with unwshed hnds should be definitely voided. If, however, the burning nd itching re such s to demnd ction the use of boric cid eyewsh in n eye cup or the use of clen cold wter pplied with clen Sfegurding Aginst Inf ections nd Intoxictions hnds to the closed lids will often give relief without ny ccompnying dnger from infection. The relief from styes nd other lid infections which so frequently follows the fitting of the eyes to pir of glsses is very likely the result not only of reducing the eye strin nd therefore the itching nd the tendency to rub the eyes but lso it is the result of hving over the eyes in the form of the new glsses something tht cts s continuous deterrent to the eye-rubbing hbit. Not ll infections of the eye re the result, however, of trnsmission by hnds. Viruses nd bcteri re ofttimes present in the moisture droplets Pge 9 1

12 CLOSE WORK should be voided whem eyes re tired. FOR NIGHT VZSZON, et crrots, spimch, fish, milk. DARK GLASSES cut glre of the se. r coughed nd sneezed into the tmosphere. At one time we ssumed tht ll such moisture droplets would quite promptly sink to the ground or floor nd be no longer dngerous. Recent studies hve shown, however, tht those droplets less thn 0.1 millimeter in dimeter, under ordinry tmospheric conditions, will often evporte off their moisture before flling the height of mn. The remining droplet nuclei my contin mny thousnd bcteri.or viruses nd yet be light enough to flot in the ir for severl hours or even dys. Lighting upon the conjunctive of the eye or the mucous membrne of nose nd throt such droplet nuclei with their contined infectious gents will be met, it is true, by ters nd mucus which re ntiseptic in their ction, but the possibility of infection is undoubtedly rel one nd points to the necessity for generl observnce of the hygienic rule to ctch. ll coughs nd sneezes in one s hndkerchief. When infections occur in the eye in spite of precutions ginst them visit to the medicl officer should be promptly mde nd n ccurte dignosis estblished if possible. While mny of these infections re comprtively benign nd short-lived ll of them cll for certin temporry limit- tions in the use of the eyes while they re congested, mny of them cn be definitely hurried in their cure by the use of specific metllic slts, some (such s pneumococcus nd gonococ- cus infections) tend to produce perforting ulcers in the corne followed by permnent scrring, nd t lest one (trchom) tends to cloud the corne nd form bothersome grnultions unless promptly nd properly treted. Vrious drugs re known to hve selective nd specific toxic effect upon the retin of the eye. Though the list Pge IO of such drugs is long one including chlorl, iodoform, crbon disulphide, wood lcohol, cnnbis indic, nd others, the two tht re of gretest importnce re ethyl lcohol nd nicotine. These two tken over period of yers in the form of lcoholic beverges nd tobcco chewed or smoked, hve been found to ct together in certin persons over 35 yers of ge to cuse first dimness of vision, nd then loss of the red-green color vision nd eventully even more severe hndicpping of vision. In view of the fct tht the lcohol nd tobcco tend to produce their first toxic effects upon tht prt of ech retin which is the set of highest visul ctivity, it is obvious tht nvl personnel, prticulrly on se duty, cnnot fford to use either lcohol or tobcco in lrge quntities or to experiment to find their limits of tolernce. Sfegurdimg Agimst Imdustril Eye Hzrds If we define blindness s the inbility to count fingers held three feet wy from the eyes, it hs been esti- mted tht there re pproximtely 100,000 blind persons in the United Sttes. Of these 100,000 blind, pproximtely 15 percent re blinded s the result of industril ccidents. The gretest hzrd by fr is tht of flying prticles striking in the eye nd lodging on or imbedding in the corne. Chips from emery wheels re pt to be red hot nd therefore sterile when they strike. The chief dnger of such chips then is tht in their ttempted removl by fellow worker who hs dirty hnds nd perhps only tooth pick or the corner of fr-from-sterile hndkerchief to work with, infection is introduced which will led to ulcertion, perfortion, inflmmtion of the eyebll, nd even totl loss of the eye. Such foreign bodies should be removed only with sterile instruments nd under septic precutions. Chips. from the hed of cold chisel or from ny smll hnd tool tht mushrooms re more dngerous thn chips from emery wheels, first becuse they re not sterile when they strike, second becuse oxidtion of either steel or brss prticles results in the formtion of products tht re irritting nd tend towrd ulder formtion. Chips of stone or splinters ofwood re very pt to crry infection with them nd they lso offer the disdvntge of not being removble by the use of the electromgnet. Glss prticles tend to be difficult to see, but they exert surprisingly little irrittive ction. Splshing liquids such s cids, lklies, nd molten metls re hzrdous to the eyes. Prticulrly to be gurded ginst re the lklies which tend to penetrte nd spred out in the corne, thus cusing in turn lrge dense scrs in the heling process nd permnent interference with vision. Rdint energy in the form of het rys or infrred rys is bsorbed by the queous nd vitreous humor nd does not rech the retin of the eye. It does, however, penetrte both the corne nd lens. Over exposure of the eyes to such rdint energy from hot glss or metls if continued my result in the formtion of permnent opcities or ctrcts in the corne or lens. The shorter rys such s the roentgen rys, or the ultrviolet rys produced by the electric rc or qurtzmercury lmps tend to set up n cute conjunctivitis which in most instnces subsides without permnent dmge. Such is not lwys the cse, however. The prevention of these industril eye hzrds consists in plcing suitble screening device between the hzrd nd the eye. Where possible, the screen should be plced on the m-

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14 0 Solomons Bttles Get N THE MAP re shown the six min bttles of the Solomons. Besides the big shows, there were seven little ones-ll t the end of Jnury or the first week in Februry: 7, ir nd surfce, Rennell Islnds, Jnury 29-30; b7, ir nd surfce, Northern Solomons, Februry 1; c7, ir nd surfce, south of Svo Islnd, Februry 1; d7, ir, PT bot, nd surfce, Cpe Espernce, Pebrury 1; e7, ir nd surfce, Kolombngr Islnds, Februry 2; f7, ir nd surfce, south of Choiseul, Februry 4; 87, ir nd surfce, off Rendov Islnd, Februry 7. These scttered enggements preceded nd ccompnied the finl collpse of Jpnese resistnce on Gudlcnl. Wht the Solomons cmpign hs Pge 12 Results of Six Months Cmpign Are Summrized ment to us, nd wht it hs ment to the enemy, is told in the Nvy Deprtment tbultions below: Bttle of Svo Islnd, night of August 8-9,1942-United Sttes: Three cruisers sunk; Jpnese: unknown. Bttle of the Estern Solomons, August 23-25, 1942-United Sttes: None; Jpnese: dmge to one bttleship, two ircrft crriers, severl cruisers, one destroyer, one trnsport, nd four miscellneous. Bttle of Cpe Espernce, October 11-12, 1942-United Sttes: One destroyer sunk; dmge to two cruisers; Jpnese: four cruisers, four destroyers sunk; one destroyer probbly sunk; one cruiser dmged. Bttle of Snt Cruz Islnds, Octo- ber 26, 1942-United Sttes: One ircrft crrier nd one destroyer sunk. Nmes Jpnese: Dmge to one bttleship, three crriers, five cruisers. Bttle of Gudlcnl, November 13-15, United Sttes: Two cruisers nd seven destroyers sunk. Jpnese: Two bttleships, eight cruisers, six destroyers, eight trnsports, nd four crgo ships sunk; two bttleships, one cruiser, seven destroyers dmged. Bttle of Lung Point, November 30-December 1, 1942-United Sttes: One cruiser sunk; other vessels dmged. Jpnese: Two lrge destroyers, four destroyers, two troop trnsports nd one crgo ship sunk. Scttered Nvl Actions, Jnury 29-Februry 7, 1943-United Sttes: One cruiser, one destroyer, nd three (Continued &z pge 36) \

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16 I Officil U. S. Alrine Corps I l~otogrghs. Sleep-Extr Rtion: One U. S. Mrine fighter pilot on Gudlcnl ctches 40 winks while the ctchircg is good. Other irmerc ply crds while witing for reports of lp bombers pprochiwg. Science iw the Jungle: A phrmcist s mte in n improvised lbortory OH. Gudlclzl. in November nd set up positions under Jp shell fire, hs been credited with neutrlizing 20 Jp guns, with hits on three more; with demolishing six enemy mmunition nd gsoline dumps, nd with destroying or dmging number of Jp rods nd bridges. There is no wy to determine the number of enemy troops killed by the blst of the shells. Big United Sttes guns like these re prime objectives for the Millimeter Mikes (Jp rtillery), Wshing Mchine Chrleys (Jp night bombers), nd snipers. In the trdition of rtillerymen, these lds write messges on their shells. Typicl: A Red Hot Mmm for Yokohm, With Bursting Love-To Tojo, Kiss the Jps Goodby, From Mike to Mikdo. 500 Yrds, 500 Jps Sn Diego, Clif.-Pvt. Orville E. Pennington, USMC, 19, of Columbus, Ohio, is recovering t nvl hospitl here from wounds sustined on Gudlcnl. Alone in the jungle, wounded in the fce, legs, nd rms, Pennington trveled five dys to get bck to his unit fter lone compnion ws killed in n mbush. Sid Pennington: I ws wounded Pge 14 when,bunch of Jps mde for new irport the Skbees were constructing-nd let me sy right here tht those Nvy construction boys re tough cookies. We scttered45 of us-nd I found myself with buddy who crried n utomtic rifle; I hd mchine gun. Seprted from the others, we strted bck cutiously. At dusk we crwled behind big log, hugging our wepons. A group of Jps cme long the tril, stopped t the log, nd held wht sounded like n uction, right bove us. Finlly they st down on the log to continue the discussion. I hd grende in ech hnd, my fingers hooked in the pins. If they found us, I intended to let them hve one of the grendes, nd lie on the other-mrines Just don t surrender to Jps. But finlly they went wy, nd we spent sleepless night behind the log. Trveling djcent to the tril the next dy, the two of us cme to clering where we were mbushed by bout 16 Jps. My buddy ws mor7 tlly wounded. I ws hit in the elbow, but crried on. As I pssed close to them one Jp threw grende nd shrpnel lodged in my legs nd fce. Nothing more of ny consequence hppened to me, but it took five dys more trveling to get bck. In discussing erlier experiences, Pennington sid: Our second dy on the islnd found us closing with some Jps long the Tenru River, knocking out three of their mchine-gun nests, nd killing 17 without losing mn ourselves. I remember Pvt. Lenny Brnes (of Emporium, P.). He ws so sick from so much mrching he couldn t stnd up to fight when we got bck to the Tenru. So between spsms, sitting with his bck ginst tree, Lenny trded shots with snipers, nd clipped them off right nd left. We took trip up the bech pst the Mtniku River, lnded, nd mde our wy to the top of hill. We were to fill- in the gp between Mrine rider outfit nd rifie group. When we got there, we couldn t mke contct, nd found ourselves right bove n ggregtion of bout 2,000 Jps. There were 452 of us. The riders on 0-ne side nd the Mrines on the other were shelling those Jps. So ws destroyer t se. We were so ner to the Jps tht the shells from those Mrine outfits were lnding too close for comfort. Moreover, there were fers tht we would be surrounded by the Jps. One privte threw,off his pck nd I I

17 ~ ~ ~~ Officil U. S. Mrine Corps l hotoqrph. The Emd of n Epic: After mopths of fightiwg, U. S. Mrimes, relieved by the Army, leve Gudlclzl. dshed through the Jp lines, rn 500 yrds to the bech nd swm 200 yrds to the destroyer to sk its commnder to hold his fire becuse we were coming through. Mster Gunnery Sgt. Roy Fowel, Kinston, N. C., one of the best mortr men in the Corps, knocked off his destruction of the rice bgs, nd we siled into them, byonets fixed. Wht run tht ws to the bech. Five hundred yrds, nd we mde it through hlf thousnd Jps in 15 minutes. The Colonel s Dog This is tle bout Mrine sergent- vetern of 11 yers service in Chin, Cub, Pnm, the Philippines, Hwii, Icelnd, Nicrgu, Gum, nd the Solomons-nd bout mongrel nmed Zrro. The dog ws presented to the colonel on Gudlcnl. The colonel sent it to Sergent Russel Grddick with instructions to keep it nd feed him fresh met twice dy. Fresh met? Grddick sked. Yes, replied the colonel s messenger, the Colonel sid tht Zrro hd to hve fresh met twice dy. Grddick fed the dog corned beef. Eventully, the dog s bying t the moon t night got on the colonel s nerves. Do something bout ugly, the colonel told Grddick. The sergent sluted nd returned Soldiers of Nippon. to his regulr duties, considering the This is superior privte who problem of Zrro. ws tken prisoner yesterdy by He hd previous reputtion for United Sttes forces. I hve received excellent food, cigresourcefulness getting things done. He went out nd cptured rettes nd the kindest tretment Jpnese truck when no other vehicle imginble. The N i p p o n e s e ws vilble, nd he hd been orforces in this vlley re surdered to get trucklod of grvel. rounded by Americn forces. You hve no chnce of escpe. And when he hd been told tht The Americns ppel to you some tents hd to be put up nd no to surrender nd ssure you tht mnpower ws vilble, he rounded you will be given kind nd generup some Solomon Islnders nd got ous tretment. them to work for nothing, fscinting If, you wish to surrender come them so with his gesticultions tht forwrd one t time towrd the they offered him the job of villge Americn lines with your hnds chief. As for Zrro: Nobody in the regiment wnted the dog, so he shouldered it nd went to the bivouc re of neighboring regiment. He politely stopped the first junior officer wlking by, clicked to ttention, sluted nd nnounced: Sir, with the compliments of Colonel _. -. The dzed officer took the dog, nd gsped: ~~~ Did the colonel sy wht td the... the... fellow? tht Plug- One t Time up nd your plms forwrd. DO not try to enter these lines tonight but do so t ny time between dybrek nd 10 o clock tomorrow morning. Over our loudspekers set up in the wilderness of Gudlcnl these Jpnese words rng through the jungle over hlf-mile rdius. This prisoner, superior privte- corporl-hd rnk between privte first clss nd been cptured by United Sttes soldiers. Plied with do with Wrm food nd cigrettes, he soon bndoned his suspicions nd fers. Yes, sir, replied the sergent. When he volunteered the informtion tht he ws certin mny Jp Zrro is to be given fresh met twice dy. (Comtimued om pge S9) Pge 15

18 How V-Mil works: Left, stck of letters photogrphed Nvy is cocnstntly incresing num&er of V-mil mkes roll of film the size of tht it girl s hnd. sttioms. Right, V-Mil is ecnlrged upocn reching destintion. V-Mil Gets Through-Alwys! d ACILITIES for sending' V-mil to F nvl personnel scttered throughout the world re being expnded, with 20 newly ssembled V-mil sttions witing t ports of embrktion to be shipped brod. At the sme time mens of receiving such mil t remote foreign points hve been brodened with the development of smll, portble mchines, to develop nd print from V-mil negtives, tht cn be set up quickly in isolted res. The gretly incresed number of men t Nvy shore estblishments nd on ships hs complicted the problems of mil delivery. Approprite steps hve been tken by the Nvy Deprtment to see tht letters re promptly delivered nd pckges hndled with the lest mount of confusion nd dely. The use of V-mil cuts down the crrying weight bout 98 percent for overses mil nd 40 percent for mil within the country. Extensive utiliztion of V-mil will gretly id in the solution of the problem s it will men tht the flghting men will receive their personl mil brod by ir insted of witing for surfce ships. It will lso relieve the hevy mil burden Score of New SttionsIndictes New Service Hs Proven Itself crried by ships, trins, nd Plnes. To rech men overses nd on shim the V-letter is photogrphed on microfilm. A roll of film tht crries 1,800 letters is smll nd esily trnsported by ir. Once overses, the l etter is reproduced, enlrged, nd sent on its wy within few hours. Why V-Mil Should Be Used Jnury In 1943: 61,202 pounds of irmil were trnsported by stemship from the West cost to Pcific islnds; 8,149 pounds of ir mil were trnsported by stemship from the Est cost to Englnd. In Februry 1943:25,724 pounds of ir mil were trns-. ported by stemship from the West cost to Pcific islnds: 4,429 pounds of ir mil were trnsported by stemship from the Est cost to Englnd. Tht is how much ir mil is sent beyond the cpcity of plnes to crry it. Other notes on Nvy mil: Prcel-post pckges destined for men overses nd bord ship will be ccepted up to 5 pounds nd not more thn 15 inches in length nd 36 inches in length nd girth combined, only one such prcel per mn being cceptble in one week. Second- nd third-clss mtter such s dvertising circulrs will not be forwrded to men overses. Perishble prcel post is not ccepted. Improperly ddressed letters to soldiers nd silers re cusing needless confusion. Known s nixies these strying letters dely the mils nd fil to rech their destintion. All nixies end up in the. ded-letter office of the Bureu. A good ddress, which will speed mil into the hnds of.the mn who is eger to her from home should include: 1. fill nme, including middle nme. 2. Rnk or rting. 3. Seril number (enlisted men). 4. Full nme or number of ship or unit. One of the highly desirble fetures of V-mil, in ddition to its speed nd conservtion of v1ub.e spce, is tht Pge 16 f

19 the originl letters re confidentilly retined until clernce is received from the receiving sttion. If the film is not received, nother film cn be mde. Thus V-mil lwys gets through-it cnnot be lost. Another fct of importnce is tht becuse these letters re so minute nd the spce nd weight required to trnsport them is so smll tht n unlimited volume cn be hndled nd becuse of their size they receive priority over ll mil except tht designted s officil. In certin type plnes now crrying mil overses, pproximtely 60,000 letters represent norml lod. These letters weigh bout 1,300 pounds. If 1,300 pounds of microfilmed mil were disptched, it would contin over 4,000,000 letters nd only require 24 cubic feet of the plne s crgo spce. The 60,000 letters s mentioned bove would weigh only 19 pounds 6 ounces on microfilm nd occupy 0.37 cubic feet or just onethird of cubic foot of spce. It cn esily be visulized how mil trnsporttion cn become lmost negligible item if nything ner to the hope of the Wr nd Nvy Deprtments is ttined on the use of V-mil. In December, only 75 percent of ll ir mil from Sn Frncisco to Honolulu ws crried by ir due to shortge of plne crgo spce. The reminder ws trnsported by surfce crft. Hd the entire volume of ir- mil been sent vi V-mil, it would hve been less thn single plne lod s compred with 64 plne lods in the originl form. Another comprtive figure is tht mil bg filled with ordinry mil contins pproximtely 3,000 letters, while similr bg loded with film would contin in the neighborhood of 200,000 letters. Mil to the rmed forces is importnt. It is vitl to the morle of the men nd it is hoped tht V-mil will eliminte ny reson for ever hving mil become trnsporttion problem tht cnnot be esily nswered. At the present time there re pproximtely 12 V-mil sttions in op- ertion t strtegic points over the world. By summer there will be bout 50 in opertion. Some misunderstnding ppers to exist s to the rte of postge on ir mil ddressed to members of nvl. forces. When such mtter is ddressed in cre of fleet postoffice M REACH OUR LE! OVERSEAS, THE V-MIL letter IS PHOTCORAPHED ofl?.zcro-fiui. THE ROLL OF LIICRD-FILM WICH CA.9RIES THIS LETTER AND SOL% 1800 OTHERS IS VERY SK4LI. AN3 CAN EASILY BE TRAIISFURTED OyERsElls X AIR. OI!CE OVERSEAS, THE LETTER IS REPRODUCES IN THE FOm ATTACHED EFEJITH AND SENT ON ITS WAY WITHIN A FEW HOUAS. AS V-UIL HAS FIRST PRIORITY AFTER OFFICIAL IYIIL FOR OvHlSFILs DESTINATIONS, IT IS SURG TO BE FO~ARDHI BY FIRST AVAIIABLF AIR TRRMSFUitTATION. AT THE WE TDlE IT SAVES FAIL, PLQ!E, AND BOAT FACILITIES BADLY NEEDEXl TO CARXY ESSENTIAL ViAR SUPPLIES. YOU CAN HELP OUR WAR EFFORT BY HELPING TO FUFVL4RIZE V-MIL: 1. USE V-WLIL EOR W MIL To EN IN OUR AWdED FORCES OVERSEAS. 2. TELL YOUR FRIENDS ABOUT V-MAIL. I2 FOR THE COIWIENCE OF NAVX DEPARTMENT PERSONNEL, V-WIL FORUS CAN BE OBTAINED FROM THE NAVY E4IL ROOE. THE FOX5 CAN ALU) BE SECURED IKITHOUT CHARGEAT POST OFFICES, OR FOR A SWLLL CHAFGE AT STATIOnRY STORES. A V-Mil letter, ctul size. New York or Sn Frncisco, it my be. ssumed tht the ddressee is overses nd therefore, postge t the rte of six cents for ech one-hlf ounce or frction thereof is pplicble. If ir mil is ddressed to nvl personnel or others within the -continentl United Sttes it is subject to postge t the rte of six cents for ech ounce or frction thereof. First-clss letter mil sent by mem- bers of United Sttes militry or nvl forces on ctive duty willbe trnsmitted free of postge. This includes ordinry letters or post crds, but excludes irmil nd pckges or pr- cels. Letters should be inscribed s follows: Upper left-hnd corner, John Doe, S~C, TJSN, upper right corner the word free. This privilege does not pply to ny mtter sent to members of rmed forces by persons not members thereof. The United Sttes post omce on July 10, 1942, ruled tht the inscription on letters miled by members,of the rmed forces should be in the hnd- writing of the sender in order to be ccepted free of postge. Previously, number of ctivities prepred envelopes with the word free inscribed thereon. The postmster generl then issued n order on August 17, 1942, ordering tht such crds nd envelopes lredy printed with the nme of the sender, the rnk or rting, description of the service to which he belongs, nd the word free would be ccepted for miling until the supply on hnd ws exhusted, with the understnding tht therefter these inscriptions would be hnd written. In ccordnce with this ruling, members of the nvl service should remember they re entitled to the free miling privilege only when the letters re ddressed in the hndwriting of the sender. I \ I fl Pge 17

20 1. Rescue ship pproches the rft tht hs drifted imlessly ouer 1,800 miles of the South Atlmtic. Eighty-Three Dvs on Life Rft Two Dutch Semen nd Nvy Gunner Pull Through 0 THE tles of courge t se, dd this one: T On Jnury 24, United Sttes Nvy ptrol bot on duty off the Br- zilin cost sighted speck on the. horizon. Approching wrily becuse of possible trp, the United Sttes ship found n 8 x 10 foot life rft riding on two oil drums. Abord were three men, whose merchnt vessel hd been sent to the bottom by Germn submrine on November 2, 83 dys erlier. Originlly there were five men on the rft. Only three, one n Americn Nvy gunner, survived the long, hot dys under relentless sun, the cold nights, the storms, the other dngers of the se. Reduced to skin nd bones by hunger, thirst, nd exposure, the men hd existed on wht few rw fish they could ctch, 25 or 30 blckbirds which they cught with their hnds, nd rin wter. The two who died, including the commnding officer of the Nvy gun crew, first developed pins in their stomchs, then begn to go blind nd turn def. They,were buried t se. The men rn out of chocolte, hrd tck fter 16 dys. They fished for shrks, wiggled their toes for bit, cught shrk in noose. On the 20th dy they sw their first ship; on the 21st nother. They burned flres but were not sighted. On the 23d. dy they rn out of wter. Lter they cught rin in mkeshift cnvs trough. On the 42d dy they sighted nother ship, but their only remining flre ws wet. When the ship disppered over the horizon they begn to wonder how fr off deth ws. On the 67th dy, George Bezley, Hmbleton, Mo., gun crewmn, died. On the 77th dy, Lt. Jmes D. Mddox, Lfyette, Ind., gunnery officer bord the torpedoed merchnt ship, died. Plnes were sighted the 82d dy; next dy cme the rescue. After food nd rest, the men posed for the photos on the opposite Pge. \ Pge IS, I f i

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22 ~~,- Hevy Allied rids om the "Fortress of Europe'j chrcterized the month's wr mews, reviewed briefly on this Imformtiom Bulletim Chromomp. In progrm to obtin more complete photogrphic coverge of the wr, the Nvy hs estblished Combt Photogrphic Section, coopertive ctivity of the Officeof Public Reltions nd the Bureu of Aeronutics. Ten officers t present re completing specil course of trining for this work. They, will tke chrge of units consisting of three enlisted men, two motion-picture cmermen, nd one still photogrpher. These groups, clled Combt Photogrphic Units, will be ssigned throughout the world to current or potentil thetres of opertion. Their duty will be to supplement present Nvy nd civilin photogrphic co'verge of combt opertions. After the films they mke hve been studied for militry purposes by the interested bureus of the Nvy Deprtment, ll mteril comptible with security willbe relesed to the public through the Office of Public Reltions. In ddition new n'vl photo- grphic lbortory, which will house the most modern nd efficient fcilities vilble in the world tody, nd be stffed by some of this country's finest photogrphic. technicins, will begin opertion soon t the Nvl Air Combt Photo Unit Set Up Sttion, Ancosti, Wshington, D. C. To be known s the Nvl Photogrphic Science Lbortory nd constructed t the direction of the Secretry of the Nvy to hndle ll photogrphic problems for the entire Nvy, the new lbortory will fill the photogrphic requests of ll bureus nd nvl estblishments. Initilly, it will be stffed by nerly 700 nvl personnel, mde up lmost entirely of IN SEVEN BATTLES J. R. Anderson, now cdet t the United Sttes Nvy West Preflight school, St. Mry's college, Clif., hs estblished something of record for prticiption in mjor bttles during the wr. Anderson, formerly phrmcist's mte, first clss, hs seen ction in seven bttles to dte. They include: Mrshll Islnds, Wke Islnd, Mrcus Islnd, Bttle of Midwy, Tulgi- nd Gudlcnl, Bttle of Snt Cruz, nd the second Rttle of the Solomons. A. specilists. Mny of the finest experts in the field of photogrphy hve been drwn from the motion-picture industry nd from leding mnufcturers of photogrphic equipment to prticipte with trined nvl persone1 in performing the lbortory's highly specilized work. Officers Responding By Discrding Swords Responding to suggestion by Secretry of the Nvy Frnk Knox, nvl officers re turning in their swords to the scrp metl drive. The first officer to follow Secretry Knox's suggestion (INFORMATION BUL- LETIN, Dec., p. 37), ws Vice Admirl H. V. Butler, USN (Ret.), Administrtive Officer of the Nvy Deprtment. Under revised regultions governing nvl uniforms, the sword, long go outmoded s combt Wepon, but retined s prt of the uniform for forml occsions, hs been discrded. As symbol of the'fighting trdition of the Nvy, however, the sword will not be put on inctiveduty. Melted down nd remolded into wepons, it will see ction on the-fightiiig fronts of the world. Pge 20

23 The Wr Around the World: How One Nzi Sub Ws Sunk AUGHT in brrge of 5-inch mnder of destroyer division when mrine. * * * shells lid down by United the flgship of his division mde For distinguished service in the C Sttes destroyer, Germn sub- successful ttck udon Germn sub- line of his profession s commnding mrine prowling the Atlntic ws completely destroyed. The submrine ws sighted t night by the flgship of destroyer division nd the destroyer immeditely closed upon the underses crft, her mchine gun sprying the U-bot to prevent the Germn semen from mnning their deck gun. A torpedo ws fired by the submrine from stern tube in n effort to sink the destroyer, but by skillful semnship the tin fish ws voided. Fk-nticlly twisting nd turning, the submrine ttempted to escpe. The destroyer, however, bore in with 5-inch guns blzing. Its fire took effect. One shdl tore into the submrine s conning tower t the wterline. Destruction of the U-bot ws complete. Six officers nd enlisted men, including the officer commnding the destroyer division, were decorted for outstnding performnce of duty during the incident. They re: -Press.ksoc::io~~ 1 Iwio:ru)lis. 1 Cpt. Stnley Cook Norton, USN, 48, Richelieu to fight gin 32 Shermn Street, Portlnd, Mine, commnder of the destroyer division. An Allied gin; Nzi loss-the 35,000-ton Richelieu, lrgest French He received the Nvy Cross. wrship, is guided up New York s Est River for repirs nd refitting nd will gin fight ginst the Axis. But, below, the French cruiser.commnder Hmilton W. Howe, Dupleix lists towrd the clm wter of Toulon hrbor, following scut- USN, 39, 8212 Glenn Myrtle Avenue, tling to prevent cpture by the Nzis. The Dupleix my never see Norfolk, V., commnding officer of service gin. The eight 15-inch guns of the Richelieu re plinly the destroyer. He received the Nvy visible. The Queen of the French fleet lso hs 15 six-inch guns, twelve Cross. 37-mm. ntiircrft guns nd twenty-four 13-mm. ntiircrft guns. Lt. Comdr. Willim W. Vnous, USN, She ws disbled by depth chrges nd lter torpedoed hy British ir- 33, Annpolis, Md., the destroyer s crft t Dkr July 8,1940. executive officer. He ws wrded the Silver Str Medl. Lt. Kenneth M. Tebo, USN, 23, 10 Grove Street, Mrlboro, Mss. He received the Silver Str Medl. Jck Edwin Wright, chief botswin s mte, usn, 41, 22 Sn Jun Avenue, Montrose, Colo. He received the Silver Str Medl. Hrry Keymn, Coxswin, USN, 25, son of Jcob Heymn, 655 South 4th Street, Steelton, P. Heymn ws wrded the Silver Str Medl. The cittion issued with Cptin Norton s medl prised him for distinguished service in the line of his profession, his cool nd ccurte judgment nd his sound dvice s com- Pge 21

24 officer of United Sttes destroyer, red the cittion wrded with Commnder Howe s medl. With singleness of purpose, he trcked, ttcked, nd completely destroyed Germn submrine without injury to his vessel or its personnel. Lieutennt Commnder Vnous cittion commended him for courgeous ction nd for his efficient performnce of duty by tking sttion on top of the flying bridge s soon -. Air Bse Built On Islnd of Upolu The United Sttes hs built n ir bse on the islnd of Upolu in the Smon group, it ws reveled by Secretry Knox. The islnd is pproximtely hlfwy between Hwii nd New Zelnd. The runwy is so lrge, Secretry Knox sid, tht five fighter plnes cn lnd on it brest. It is more thn mile long nd 1,000 feet wide. The field ws built of crushed volcnic rock which mkes it hrder the more it rins. Its geogrphicl loctlon mkes Upolu idelly suited for protecting the Americn supply line to Austrli nd New Zelnd, prticulrly ginst ttcks originting from the Mrshll- Gilbert Islnds, bout 1,500 miles distnt. Pge 22 s the chse of the submrine ws begun, keeping the conning tower officer informed of his observtions s to the movements of the submrine, directing the trining of the serchlight nd generlly being of gret ssistnce until the destruction of the Germn U-bot ws ccomplished. Lieutennt Tebo ws officer-of-thedeck nd ws cited for courgeous ction. By his ccurte conning of the ship during most of the chse, nd by deeping the ship just cler of the submrine s wke, he undoubtedly prevented the submrine from scoring hit with torpedo tht ws fired t the destroyer, his cittion sserted. Wright ws luded for gllntry in ction nd meritorious devotion to duty in the cittion ccompnying his Silver.Str Medl. Wright s commnd of mchine gun, firing promptly nd ccurtely, thereby preventing the enemy submrine crew from mnning their deck gun, ided mterilly in the complete destruction of the Germn U-bot without loss or dmge to the United Sttes destroyer or its personnel, the cittion concluded. Heymn lso ws prised for gllntry in ction nd meritorious de- votion to duty nd his cittion sserted tht he displyed.extrordinry heroism in coolly nd quickly spotting the shots on the trget nd, by securing hit in the conning tower t the wterline, ided mterilly the finl destruction of the Germn submrine. Jpnese Sub Commnder Mkes Lst Mistke in How bringing his submrine to the surfce proved ftl to Jpnese skipper: A hevily loded Amehcn merchntmn, crrying vluble crgo, ws torpedoed in the South Pcific. Flmes, smoke, nd debris filled the ir. The vessel s screw nd 35 pssengers prepred to bndon ship. The Jpnese submrine commnder surfced nd t rnge of 200 yrds sent lrge shell cross the forwrd gun mount of the wounded merchntmn. The sub then opened fire with mchine guns. This ws the opportunity, Lt. (jg) Chrles E. Southern, USNR, Nshville, Tenn., in chrge of the Armed Gurd crew, ws witing for. He opened fire with n ft gun. Another member of the gun crew fired the forwrd gun. The Americns fired only four shells, ll they could retrieve from the mmunition boxes. Two of the shells scored hits. Then 400 rounds from mchine gun were fired into the sub. Oil nd debris covered the wter. The sub ws sunk. The crgo ship ws bndoned, but lter portion of the crew gin borded the vessel nd ided in towing her bck to port. Her crgo ws sved. Nvy Blimp Opertes From Outlying Bse One of the Nvy s nonrigid blimps hs successfully completed 3,000- mile trip to n outlying bse nd is lredy conducting extensive submrine ptrols. Nonrigid blimps hve been ptrol- ling both costs of the continentl United Sttes since erly in the wr, but this is the first notifiction since this country entered the wr of Nvy nonrigid irship operting from bse outside the continentl limits of the United Sttes. The flight ws mde s ferry pssge, with severl routine stops, nd required less thn four dys. Nonrigid irships were used extensively for ptrol work during the first World wr. Fish Scrtched Bcks On His Rft G REAT EXUMA, The Bhms (delyed).-the skill of United Sttes nvl vitor mde possible the rescue of Col. Mx F. Schneider, 47, who spent 72 hours drift on life rft without wter nd with little food. The colonel s rescuer, Lt. Murlin W. Alley, USNR, 29, of Freedom, Okl., lnded his Consolidted Ctlin flying bot longside the rft despite hevy ground swell. Colonel Schrieider, of Chevy Chse, Md., n vition officer in- the Army for 25 yers, suffered slight concussion, lip lcertions, bruises nd brsions in his forced lnding on the se. His fce nd hnds were burned severely by the sun nd wind during his exposure. Lieutennt Alley ws on routine ptrol when his rdiomn, A. J. Nick, Knss City, Mo., vition rdiomn third clss, USN, intercepted messge, telling the loction of the life rft,

25 bout 150 miles from here. The rdio cll which led to the rescue, Colonel Schneider believed, cme from militry trnsport plne which spotted the rft, fiew low Over it but could not ttempt rescue becuse it ws lnd plne. He sid he ws unble to get the plne s number, dding: But I m certinly grteful to the pilot. He dropped something in Me West (life preserver). I hd tried to indicte tht I ws without wter so I presume the prcel contined wter. It snk before I could rech it. I hd red of persons dying of thirst nd I confess I didn t relish the ide. Colonel Schneider, 6-footer with grying brown hir, sid he ws pretty woozy from blow on the hed fter his plne ws forced down. I hd difficulty in getting bord my life rft, he sid. I presume I ws more groggy thn I suspected. I hd to throw wy my pistol.nd twist out of my prchute pck to lighten the burden enough to get bord. IS ingenuity In securing his lit- H tle rft nd mking use of his scnty equipment enbled him to wether his experience in excellent shpe nd to conserve his strength so tht he probbly could hve existed for severl more dys. I hted to lose my prchute pck becuse it contined n emergency kit which would hve provided me some very useful equipment, the colonel sid. I knew I needed se nchor to mke my rft seworthy. I tried bucket first, but when the line prted nd I lost the bucket I mnufctured mkeshift nchor from my shoes, my crtridge belt, nd my pistol holster. Colonel Schneider used his iron rtions, consisting mostly of fortified chocolte, for sustennce nd to mrk his nme nd rnk on the life rft in cse I didn t mke it nd they found my empty :ft. He lso used his cndy cryon to record the number of plnes which pssed him by unseeing in his lonely vigil. No plnes were sighted Mondy, when Colonel Schneider s plne crshed; four were seen on Tuesdy, five on Wednesdy, nd four were seen tody, including the trnsport nd rescue plne. The colonel tried to improve his lot by fishing but hd no luck. Some fish used the bottom of my Wht opertions successfully completed mens in Nvy communique Smoke pours up from bombed Jpnese positions om Kolombngr Islnd im the New Georgi group of the Solomoms fter U. S. bomr brdment. About this rid, Nvy commumique, stted: Opertioms were successfully completed nd fires from explosioms of fuel nd mmumitiom dumps imdicted tht the ememy-held re ws completely burned out. U. S. repetedly hs rided Kolombmgr s Southwest Pcific eril ttcks on Jps continued dily. rft to scrtch their bcks, but I ws unble to ctch them, he explined. I fshioned hook from my fishlight spring nd bited it with piece of cotton. The cotton lured fish for me once in Pnm but I guess the fish round here don t like medicted bit. Got Stew? No Thnks! Fresh got stew, ntive style, ws too much for crew members of torpedoed Americn merchnt ship who lnded on the west cost of Afric. Their vessel, Liberty ship on its miden voyge, ws struck by torpedoes three times before going down. We mde our wy to lnd in lifebots, John Crey of Brintree, Mss., nd Lyle Griswold of Lnsing, Mich., Nvy gun crewmen sid. The ntives were very friendly nd shred their food with us. After bout 8.dys no rescue hd come. Then the ntives brought got to us, slughtered it nd cut it up, hide nd ll, nd threw it into pot to mke stew. Tht ws too much. We got bck in our lifebots nd siled on. Jp Antisubmrine Vessel Sunk in Pcific Duel A smll Jpnese ntisubmrine ptrol vessel, rked with fire from the deck gun of United Sttes submrine, ws sent to the bottom in 37- minute duel in mid-pcific wters. The ptrol crft, smshed by slvo fter slvo from the submrine s lone gun, finlly slid beneth the surfce (Comtimued om pge 42) Pge 23

26 , R ESTORATION of the rnk of commodore hs been requested-. by the Nvy s temporry for the durtion nd legisltion to crry out the proposl hs been introduced in both the House of Representtives nd the Sente. The bill to restore the grde of commodore ws reported by the Sente Nvl Affirs Committee without extended debte, but with n mendment which would insure tht commodores be subject to Sente confir- Legisl fiue Mutters of Interest to the Service Rnk of Commodore Asked bv Nvv mtion. The comprble r n k- brigdier generl in the Army-is COMMODORE FLAGS The top-rnking commodore in squdron flies blue brod pennnt with white str upon it; the second-rnkilzg commodore in squdron, red pennlzt with str; the third-rnkilzg commodore nd other commodores pres-, ent, white pennnt with white str. There re no commodores on ctive duty t present. Pge 24 Bill Is Reported by Sente Nvl Affirs Committee subject to Sente confirmtion. Commodores, under the bill, would receive py nd llownce of n officer of the sixth py period. Another objective of the bill is to clrify the sttus of the Cost Gurd under the Nvy s temporry promo- tion rnk. Although no question hs been rised s to the leglity of ppliction of the ct to the Cost Gurd it is felt desirble tht ll possibilities of such question being rised be set t rest. Secretry of Nvy Knox, in letter to Congress urging cretion of the new rnk, wrote: The wr is being prosecuted in such wy s to involve gret mny smll commnd groups, some of which re on detched nd some on semi-detched duty. These commnds re not of sufficient mgnitude to wrrnt their being commnded by rer dmirl, yet they should be commnded by flg officer. Rer dmirls re often unvilble for such commnds. When n officer is performing duty normlly ssigned to n officer of flg rnk, he should be given not only the uthority but lso the rnk commensurte with the responsibility. When joint Army nd Nvy opertions re being undertken there is definite need for nvl officers corresponding in rnk to brigdier generl. Further dvntges include (1) the trining in flg rnk, ttendnt upon succession to this type of commnd while comprtively young; (2) the vilbility of cptins out of rnge of selection for ssignment to group commnd duties; nd (3) the incresed uthority such would hve in their delings with other ntvies. Rentl Allownce For Officers officers Public LwNo. 5-Seventy-eighth Congresslpproved Mrch 6, 1943, d mends section 6 of the Py Redjustment Actof 1942 to red s follows: No rent1 llownce shll ccrue to n officer hving no dependents while he is on field duty unless his commnding officer certifies tht he ws necessrily required to procure qurters t his own expense, or while on se duty, except for temporry periods of se duty not exceeding 3 months, nor shll ny rentl llownce ccrue to n officer with or without dependents who is ssigned qurters t his permnent sttion unless Competent superior uthority of the service concerned certifies tht such qurters re not occupied becuse of being indequte for the occupncy of the officer nd his dependents, if ny, nd such certifictions shll be conclusive: Provided, Tht n officer lthough furnished with qurters shll be entitled to rentl llownce s uthorized in this section if by reson of orders of competent uthority his dependents re prevented from occupying such qurters. This informtion ws promulgted in Alnv No. 47, which is quoted s follows: Alnv cnceled. Act Mrch 6,1943, provides tht rentl llownce shll not ccrue to officer without dependents while on field duty unless his commnding officer certifies he ws necessrily required to procure qurters t his own expense. All duty with troops considered field duty. Effective Mrch 1, 1943, for officers without dependents sttement will be dded to certificte of nonssignment of qurters on S. nd A. Form 201, Mrine Corps Form 729, nd Cost Gurd Form 2662 s follows: nd tht he ws necessrily required to -procure qurters t his own expense or on S. nd A. Form 201B s follows: nd tht officers without dependents listed hereon were necessrily required to procure J (Continued on pge 59)

27 HEAPED-UP brges nd smll bots bring in food nd mnzunition for Americs fighters t Mriwe bse ilz South Pcific. Boxes sometimes get rough hndling. New Continers Solve Shipping M ODERN wrfre in fr- wy plces nd the continued submrine mence is leding to drstic chnge in methods of prepring,.hndling, nd shipping of wr mterils to Americn troops nd their llies. So intense hs become the problem of logistics tht the Nvy hs estblished specil orgniztion to develop new continers nd pckging methods to fcilitte the delivery of the gretest volume of goods in usble condition in the shortest possible time. Icelnd, the Solomon Islnds, nd North Afric, with their shrply contrsted conditions of climte, temperture, topogrphy, nd dock fcilites, were lbortories from which hve come new nd novel methods of trnsporttion nd pckging of supplies for the rmed forces. One group of mrines on Gudlcnl complined becuse it ws forced to et cnned corn for five successive dys; previous immersion in the surf during lnding opertions hd wshed the pper lbels from the cns. Smller Pckges Mkefor More Convenient Hndling This problem wssolved by the embossing or printing of the identity of the contents directly on the cn. The bsence of docking fcilities in ll theters of wr nd the usul need for extremely hsty unloding, usully t night, hs necessitted the throwing of boxes of supplies overbord nd either floting or crrying them shore. Ordinry wooden nd crdbord crtons could not withstnd flls from top decks nd soon disintegrted. Other types of continers either would not flot or could not withstnd the effects of slt wter. To cope with this sitution, Nvy specilists, in coopertion with privte mnufcturers, &eveloped wht is known s V-bord, from which it is possible to construct boxes tht resist rough nd unusul hndling to remrkble extent. At the sme time the size nd weight of vrious pckges hve been reduced to convenient proportions tht cn be hndled even by women. This not only fcilittes hndling in production plnts nd foreign unloding obiems points, where the workers re likely to be predomintely femle, but provides hndy pckges for mrines or soldiers to hndle in floting or crrying shore. Another mens which the Nvy s Bureu of Supplies nd Accounts hs dopted in order to mke 1 pound of shipping do the work of 2, is through the use of dul-purpose products. Gsoline continers hve been developed tht lter cn be used s wter continers. Another recently developed use for empty gsoline cns is for the construction of sheds, dugouts, nd other structures. The cns re filled with snd nd used in much the sme mnner s building blocks. Wlls of snd-filled cns re sid to provide unusul protection ginst the elements nd bomb splinters. The wooden pllets, or pltforms, which re used in the unloding of pckged supplies, now re designed for the dditionl duty of serving s floors nd wlls for temporry shelters for both personnel nd supplies t d- (Corntined orn pge 43) Pge 25

28 "Officil U. S. Nvy Photogrphs. Nvy Gets Hydroplne Glider... Seplne glider: Commnder Rlph S. Brnby, USN, Fctory t Phildelphi with flying colors. The glider, the Nvy's first glider pilot, is shown stnding in the which cn crry troops or crgo, is being mnufctured cockpit of the Nvy's seplne glider, the XLRQ-1, s by the Bristol Aeronuticl Co. of New Hven, Conn. it cme through its initil tests t the Nvl Aircrft Lter models of the plne will be mphibin nd ' Fishing Kit for Life Bots Pge 26

29 New Wether Suit-Tested by Cost Gurd Hrris nd Ewing Photogrphs. Life rft: Being tested on the Potomc.Rjver t Wshington, D. C., is the newly pproved Cost Gurd life rft. Note the sil, tiller, nd other equipment which the rfts crry. New wether suit : Vice Admirl Russell R..Wesche, commndnt of the U. S. Cost Gurd, fstens one of the new wether suits the Cost Gurd hs pproved for merchnt mrine members for use in the event of long periods of time spent on life rfts. The suit hs been thoroughly tested nd pproved. It keeps out wether elements nd protects users from severe wetting by the ses. Pge 27

30 The Nvy s Short-Wve Progrms HE Officeof Wr Informtion, T Overses Forces Division, working in coopertion with. the Nvy Office of Public Reltions (Rdio Section), hs developedtwo short-wve progrms of interest to nvl, mrine corps, nd cost gurd personnel overses. Ech fulfills specil need- need best nswered through the medium of short-wve rdio. Becuse it ws felt to be importnt tht men t se nd t shore bses overses receive news regulrly, nd hve the opportunity of lerning bouc developments t home nd in Pge 28 News Is Their Bckbone but They Hve Entertinment Too other theters of wr, the first of these two Nvy rdio progrms is minly Nvy news progrm. It is entitled Clling the Nvy nd is brodcst 6 dys week, three times dy. Clling the Nvy contins unclssified news of the Nvy t home; news from home trining bses; news from the Nvy Deprtment; news of developments in the shipbuilding yrds, t the recruiting centers; news of chnges in uniforms, chnges in py, nd everything else of personl interest to the men in blue. Officil U. S. Nvy Photogrph. Rdio during chow bord ship. Through the mens of spot recordings the progrm lso contins, from time to time, ringside reports of prize fights, bsebll scores, nd recordings of the populr tunes of the moment; lso eye-witness ccounts by Nvy men of their personl experiences in the Pcific, in the Atlntic, nd in every theter where the Nvy is in ction. In short, the producers of Clling the Nvy ech dy shke out the Lucky Bg nd report everything of interest to Nvy men t se nd t shore bses overses. When Cpt. Eddie Rickenbcker cme bck in one piece, he immeditely went on Clling the Nvy nd thnked the Nvy t lrge for sving him nd his compnions. After Cptin Cone, of Pn-Americn Airwys, flew the President to Afric nd bck, he told the men t se of the detils of the trip. When the new Yorktown slid down the wys t Newport.News, recording ws mde of Rer Admirl Buckmster s speech, climxing with the ctul sound of the chmpgne being broken on the crrier s bow by Mrs. Roosevelt. The sme dy it ws tilored into Clling the Nvy nd ws herd by silors ll over the globe..the closing 4 minutes of ech progrm is mde up of world news-news from Tunisi, from Russi, from Chin nd from home-nd this is chnged three times dy, so tht the men t se cn hve the very ltest news vilble. The second rdio progrm developed for men t wr is clled Tell It to the Mrines. This lso is produced by the Of ice of Wr Informtion in coopertion with the Nvy Deprtment nd the United Sttes Mrine Corps. The progrm represents new development in shortwve rdio since it-is tilor-mde to fill specil need of limited group of men-the Mrines sttioned in one re, the South Pcific. These men receive their mil irregulrly nd, until the inception of this progrm, did not receive news from home s often s men sttioned in mny other prts of the world. Tlks with men returning from this re estblished the fct tht 7 p. m. South Pcific time is the best time for listening nd would insure mximum

31 ((CALLING THE NAVY BROADCAST TIMES 1 I I Sttion wcw.... Kilocycles udiences. This time ws, therefore, clered nd Tell It to the Mrines is brodcst five times week by KGEI, Sn Frncisco, t 0100 P. W. T. on 7250 kc. (1900 South Pcific Zone time). Actully, the first 5 minutes of this 15-minute period re devoted to world news nd Tell It to the Mrines runs for the following nine minutes, The progrm fetures Mrine Corps news, entertinment nd messges from the folks t home. Mrine Corps news embrces ll phses of the Corps ctivity t home nd in other prts of the world, nd keeps the men posted on promotions, commendtions, new devolpments t Quntico, Sn Diego, Cmp Lejeune, nd other estblishments. The entertinment portion of the progrm fetures the country s top nmes in this field. In lmost every instnce personl element is injected into the progrm with view to mking the Mrines feel this progrm is relly for them, nd them only. This is ccomplished by hving the entertiners record specil greetings directed solely to the Mrines in the South Pcific. Messges from the folks t home re relly the core of the progrm nd every effort is mde to hve these messges come from ll prts of the country nd cover wide vriety of topics. For exmple, here re few typicl messges tken t rndom from recent progrms: Your fther hs sent you your best hunting knife. And since you hve open seson ll yer round down there, he is mking nother knife for you from n old byonet. Your fther is now in London with the Americn Red Cross. Your mother nd your sister hve received the snpshot of you nd the Generl. Cptin Smith went to Spring- Meters i;: Are South Pcific nd Austrli. Fndi nd Scndinvi ]North Atlntic nd Gret Britin South Atlntic, Indin Ocen. 32 Greenlnd, Icelnd. field to deliver your Nvy Cross to your mother * * * just before Christms. Corporl Jones sys tht he will collect tht $14 from you.however, if you cre to settle in nother mnner, it s 0. k. with him. Fourteen Jps will turn the trick. Son born 3 p. m. Februry 7. All of the. grndprents present. Wife nd bby doing. fine. The Office of Wr Informtion hs set up, through its regionl offices throughout the country, fcilities for receiving these messges. The nmes of ll recipients of messges re clered by the Nvy Deprtment nd checked ginst the most recent csulty lists prior to brodcst. The progrm is purposely kept extremely flexible, nd specil spekers inserted whenever it is felt they will be of vlue to the progrm. These spekers - re usully Mrines, exmrines or men recently returned from the South Pcific re. Another feture of Tell It to the Mrines is specil shows. Jck Benny nd Fred Allen did one of these progrms; AI Jolson nd Crol Bruce nother. It is plnned to expnd the use of these specil shows in the future. A few months go Cpt. Lelnd P. Lovette, USN, Director, Office of Public Reltions, Nvy Deprtment, sid, Tody, the United Sttes Nvy is one of the biggest news stories on erth. It is interesting to see how quickly rdio is bringing tht story to the men t se nd t shore bses overses-to the men who re relly writing the story for ll time. Current TrDiv Letter The current issue of TrDiv the Lexter, distributed Mrch 15, opens with n rticle on the Locl Defense School t Boston. The story plces ccent on the use t the school of model ships with detiled designtions of prts nd fittings-one model bering s mny s 52 lbels. Audiovisul ids covering vriety of subjects from gunnery to semnship re lso used t the school with mrked success. Photogrphs illustrting the story re prt of TrDiv s rticle on Bulkheds for Visul Eduction, the story of. Gret Lkes employment Of bulkheds for visibly bringing home, dy fter dy, fetures nd fcts of trining s complement to orl instruction. The TrDiv Letter lso crries two rticles on clssifiction-one, Lbels for Lethernecks detiling the new use of clssifiction systems by the mrines, nd the other, Specilists (C) Tke Over, relting the trining nd future ctivities of the Nvy snew selection specilists who hve just completed trining nd re getting to work s clssifiction interviewers. The new use of metl-bcked plywood, nd model flotills with mgnets within their wooden hulls, for tcticl demonstrtions, s well s crdbord sky punched with holes nd bcked by light to tech plnets nd constelltions to nvigtors, re subjects of specil rticles. -. The officers indoctrintion schools t Hrvrd nd Drtmouth re reviewed, s well s the Cooks nd Bkers School t the Chrleston Nvy Yrd. A story on the new WAVES school t Hunter College, Bronx, N. Y., includes photogrph of the sidegirls ushering Admirl Rndll T. Jcobs on bord. Any office or officer, shore or flot, who cn mke use of the type of informtion being covered in TrDiv Letter, will be forwrded copy, or copies, upon writing to the Bureu of Nvl Personnel, Wshington, D. (3. Pge. 29

32 I Qurters nd An Explntion of - the Two Progrms. HE lw governing pyment of T qurters llownces to enlisted men of the upper three py grdes is much more rigid thn the lw providing fmily llownces for dependents of enlisted men in the lower four py grdes. The differences between the Progrms re not lwys understood, becuse they occsionlly led to unusul nd illogicl distinctions. Both progrms re dministered by the Csulties nd Allotments Section of the Welfre Division in the Bureu of Nvl Personnel, in collbortion with the Bureu of Supplies nd Accounts. Both lws were encted in June 1942, the Servicemen s Dependents Al-. lownce Act on June 23 nd the Py Redjustment Act on June 16. However, the fmily llownce lw is purely wrtime progrm, wheres the qurters llownce provisions were originlly encted in 1940 s continuing system. In effect the fmily llownce lw is more generl nd more liberl thn the provisions for money llownces in lieu of qurters. The fmily llownce lw covers broder rnge of reltives, including wives, children, prents, brothers nd sisters, grndchildren, nd former divorced wives. Qurters llownces pply only to wives, children, nd prents. On whole, too, the finncil provisions for the fmilies of men in the lower py grdes re more generous thn the provisions for qurters llownces. Only one qurters llownce cn be pid on ccount of the service of one enlisted mn, wheres vriouli reltives my receive fmily llownces. The ggregte mounts pyble to the reltives of mn in the lower grdes is often more thn double the mount tht is pid s qurters llownce, which is limited to $37.50 month. Wives nd children of men in service re eligible for either llownce without proof of finncil support: their dependency is presumed, Prents re eligible for fmily llownces if they re dependent upon the mn in service for substntil portion of their support. A mn my receive qurters llownce on ccount of his Pge 30, FAMILY ALLOWANCE Y QUARTERS ALLOWANCE Elzlisted mem ~ K Z the lower four py grdes get fmily llowmes; emlisted men ilz the upper three py grdes get qurters llowmes. There is rel dividing line betweelz the two. prents, however, only if they re in fct dependent upon him for their chief support. Courts hve interpreted chief support to men over 50 percent. Becuse of these differences, in certin lrge fmilies mn nd his dependents my receive more if he is in the fourth py grde thn if he is promoted to the third py grde. This unusul circumstnce occsionlly leds men who re promoted to second clss petty officer to file incorrect pplictions for money llownces in lieu of qurters, on the ssumption tht the progrm is s brod s the fmily llownce provisions. Other men fil to pply promptly for qurters l- lownce, under the flse impression tht fmily llownces will continue or tht qurters llownce will be substituted for fmily llownces utomticlly. Another importnt distinction between the progrms is more mtter of form thn of substnce. Wheres fmily llownces re pyble directly to the dependent reltive, qurters llownces re credited to the enlisted mn s own ccount. Qurters llownces for dependent prents re uthorized, however, only so long s the mn continues to hve n llotment in effect, pyble to the dependent reltive, in n mount which is equl to or greter thn the mount of the llownce. The Csulties nd Allotments Section wrns tht the sttements mde in connection with pplictions for both progrms re crefully checked to determine their ccurcy, nd. informtion is lso obtined from the reltives concerned to estblish their eligibility. Misrepresenttion gives rise to disciplinry ction, which is entered in the mn s record. Plque Offered to Outstnding SC Bot The plque below, etched in silver nd hndsomely mounted on wood bse, hs been presented by H. Liggett Gry of Riverside, Conn., shipmte of the officers nd men lost in the sinking of the SC 209 on August 27, 1918, to be wrded with suitble inscription to the first vessel of the Ilo-foot PC or similr clss which distinguishes itself by outstnding ction ginst the enemy. Recommendtions for the wrd should be mde vi the commndersin-chief of the fleets or the commndnts of ll nvl districts to the Chief of Nvl Personnel, who will mke the wrd on the bsis of the recommendtions. Determintion of the first outstnding ction will be on the bsis of the dte of ction. Only those ctions should be submitted which re, by reson of spe- cil skill, inititive or heroism, outstnding from stndpoint of nvl trdition. Contribution to such performnces my be mde individully or by the combined efforts of ll. The Plque

33 I Officil U. S. Nvy Photogrphs. SCRAP FROM PEARL HARBOR: Left, metl ~drslm from the bttleship Arizon; right, diver prepres go down to the Arizob to seek more slvge. NITED STATES ships, returning U from the wr zones, re bringing bck bttle scrp t the rte of pproximtely 3,000 tons month to be turned into new wepons. Scrp from Perl Hrbor, including much of the metl reclimed from ships, irplnes, nd shore instlltions dmged December 7, 1941, hs been mjor item in the homewrd flowof scrp metl. Dmged plnes nd other bulky mterils hve been melted down in furnces in the Hwiin Islnds to mke solid pigs of metl to be shipped s bllst in Nvy ships home-bound from the bttle res. The most vitl type of scrp coming bck from the fighting zones is crtridge cses. The Bureu of Ordnnce rsenls rework nd relod such csings severl times. When too bdly dmged for reloding the csings re remelted. Second in importnce is rubber of ll kinds, such s cn be stripped from cble or slvged from the fuel tnks of wrecked plnes. Tires nd tubes from dmged vehicles re brought home for reprocessing. Hevy steel from dmged wrships, or from the conversion of merchnt ships to nvl...* Scrp From the Bttle Fronts Under Enemy s..nose,,n-v,l,.supply Officers Gther _. Mteribf&r, Armments hnd. Wste lumber, under the present The debris of bttle is systemti- slvge policy, is given to welfre CllY gthered UP by SUPPlY officers gencies or needy fmilies if it cnon the scene of opertions. Ships not be used by the Nvy. Typewriter returning from the Southwest nd ribbon spools nd photogrphic South Pcific often bring home rough spools re sved. Electric light bulbs ore in their holds, if they do not crry yield brss; insulted wire nd cble scrp. With either type of crgo, the gives up cppper, rubber, nd plstic; decisive fctor in loding is the optin cns go to detinning plnts nd portunity to do so without endngersteel mills; fts nd greses re Sent ing the ship. Some bttle slvge to the renderers; grbge is sold to from the South Pcific is piggeries; empty cble reels re used shipped to Austrli under the sme gin nd gin; nd scrp cordge conditions which govern shipments to the United Sttes. is reprocessed into tough fiber pper Offshore scrp co!lection sttions.which serves s substitute for silk hve been set up t Argenti;,,Few- in Sfflll Bf-chytes such s those foundlnd, Bermud, Cub;,,: nd used for dropping Plne flres. to Pge 31

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36 Growth (Comtinued from pge 3) re tking to the ir swrms in to join the fleet. Mentioning the quot increse from 15,000 to 27,500 plnes, he sid tht the Nvy hd been diligent in inugurting experimentl projects nd in cpitlizing on combt experience from ll sources. In ddition to the increse of more thn 6,700 pilots in nvl vition, the number of enlisted men with eronuticl rtings hd risen from 12,432 to 31,106. Preflight trining centers hd been estblished t four universities, with ttendnce t ech center scheduled t 1,900 students, totl of 7,600 t ll times in Asserting tht the Nvy Bureu of Ordnnce hd proved during the yer tht it cn nd will provide the guns to bethe Axis, Mr. Knox stted tht the seven-ocen fleet will get the wepons it needs, while ordnnce now in use will not only be kept firing but will be modernized. From our rsenls were coming wepons cpble of shooting frther, higher,. hrder nd fster thn ny yet designed, s the production of ordnnce kept pce with the output of ships nd plnes, he dded. Nvl personnel pproched the million-mrk t the end of June. The Mrine Corps lso hd more thn doubled its strength. Cost Gurd strength hd grown to 58,632 with n dditionl 11,500 volunteer ycht nd bot owners supplying 400 flotills of 9,500 bots. Excerpts (Comtimued from pge 4) The deth rte, except for the bttle csulties, hs lso been exceptionlly low. An importnt dvnce ws the cretion of nvy mobile hospitls which hve proved exceedingly useful. Additionl hospitl ships hve lso been necessry. TIRING the 1942 flscl yer the D U. S. S. Msschusetts, U. S. S. Indin, nd U. S. S. Albm, the lst three 35,000-ton bttleships under construction, were lunched. The TA.S. S. North Crolin nd U. S. S. Wshington hd been commis- Pge 34 Lemme see-wht did I do yesterdy? sioned during the spring of 1941, nd the U. S. S. South Dkot hd been lunched in June By the end of the fiscl yer the U. S. S. South Dkot, U. S. S. Msschusetts, nd U. S. S. Indin were ll in commission, pd the U. S. S. Albm ws rpidly nering its completion dte. The experimentl development of lrge multi-engined seplnes ws fetured by the lunching nd flight tcsting of the 140,000-pound Mrs. Tests to dte on this model hve dem: onstrted its soundness of design nd ptitude for long-rnge ptrol or trnsport missions. In ddition to powered ircrft developments, n ccelerted glider progrm ws undertken. Included re types for mphibious tcticl use by the United Sttes Mrines. Lighter-thn-ir ctivities were intensified by legisltion incresing the uthorized strength from 48 to 200 irships nd by the opertionl requirements of the ntisubmrine cmpign. Procurement ws ccelerted to equip the squdrons forming on both costs. Fbur ntisubmrine squdrons were commissioned during the yer. Techniclly trined personnel ttched to the erology nd photogrphy divisions incresed gretly s wrtime needs for such informtion expnded. The Nvl School of Photogrphy t Penscol expnded its trining progrm, nd new Photogrphic School of Interprettion ws formed t Ancosti to provide specilists for ssignment to combt. res. The Air Combt Intelligence School provides vition specilists trined to collect, correlte, nd disseminte informtion from the Fleet s n id towrd evluting nvl vition equipment nd the tcticl ppliction of the trining syllbi. Without dely, ccordingly, the recorded experience of our nvl vitors in ction constntly is being trnslted into improvement of combt equipment nd tcticl doctrine. Severl glider trining sttions re being built for the Mrine Corps. Incresed prices of cotton, wool, nd lether hve rised the vlue of the prescribed outfit issued to men on their first enlistment from $ for the fiscl yer 1942 to $ for the fiscl yer By the end of the yer the enrollment of the Cost Gurd Auxiliry, voluntry nonmilitry orgniztion of ycht nd motorbot owners, ggregted pproximtely 11,500. The orgniztion hd 9,500 bots in bout 400 flotills. Nvy industries during the yer produced wr goods t rte pproching billion dollrs per yer. The production of these industries is vried. One of the yrds is gun fctory. Among the nvl ir sttions is nvl ircrft fctory which is primrily engged in developing new plnes, rther thn.in mss production. At nvl ir sttions equipment is developed for,ssembly nd mintennce of ircrft. Employment t the nine nvy yrds in the continentl United Sttes totled 350,000. Nvy yrds repir nd build ships s well s produce rmment. They re operted by nvl officers, nd re mnned by supervisors, civil service nd civilin employees. In the cse of the ir sttions, some of the ctul operting forces re colnposed of enlisted men nd petty officers of the Nvy, who thus gin vluble experience fltting them for work they my perform t dvnce ir bses or on ircrft crriers. All of the industril nvl estblishments specilize in the repir of Nvy ships or plnes. The nvy yrds, especilly in wrtime, devote 50 percent of their ctivity to shipbuilding.

37 Sub s Trek (Continued from pge 7) then turned her ttention to the next vessel, big tnker. But the tnker proved wrier foe. They hd lookouts swrming ll over the ship, Lieutennt Commnder Chppell sid. They didn t hve ny trouble spotting us, nd they turned nd fired t us. We went down nd cme bck up fter drk. We dogged them ll night.,finlly we cme up with the first one we d hit. But he ws pretty jittery, nd spotted us before we could get set, nd chsed us wy. Then we found the tnker gin, nd this time it ws our turn. We got one or two torpedoes into her, I don t remember which, but he ws the dmnedest looking mess you ever sw. He burned so beutifully I let the boys come up on the bridge nd wtch him. The boys swore we d broken him in two. All I know is tht he mde fine fire. The next morning one ship ws gone entirely, the second ws listing so bdly she seemed bout to turn over, the third ws still in good shpe, so the cptin of the submrine decided to hve try t her. But he got tngled up in cross-fire from both ships nd hd to give it up. You Sink Ships With Bow Shots At this point the submrine ws not especilly nxious for violent ction, hving only one fish left in her forwrd section. There were plenty of torpedoes ft, but the bow shots re the one you sink ships with s generl rule. Then goodsized Jp crgo ship ws spotted just off the entrnce to the by. The submrine got in s close s it could, nd lunched its lone bow torpedo. It ws good shot, ctching the freighter squrely. Lieutennt Commnder Chppell promptly squred off for chse, nticipting, tht the Jp would either mke for the by or try to bech his ship. To his surprise, the Jp skipper did neither. Insted, the crew begn pouring overbord nd swimming wy. We soon lerned the reson, the cptin relted. After very few minutes tht ship blew up with the dmnedest explosion I ever sw. I -Ofticid U. S. K~y Photogmplr. One of Those Underses Appendectomies A story in the Mrch issue of THE ZNFORMATZON BULI,ETZN (p. 13) told how Chief Phrmcist s Mte Thoms A. Moore of Chino Vlley, Ariz., performed n emergency ppendectomy on Firemn George W. Pltter of Bufilo, N. Y., when the ltter ws stricken bord the submrine Silversides in enemy wters in the Pcific. Here is photogrph of the underses opertion. Moore, left, is cutting the ppendix wy from the colon. Chief Moore never hd performed n ppendectomy before but felt confident he could do the opertion. The bdly inflmed ppendix ws removed fter 5 hours work. Pltter ws bck on light duty fter 8 dys. guess he ws loded with mmuni- destroyer nd they bore down on their tion. qurry with boundless glee. But the Completely out of bow torpedoes, destroyer picked them up nd moved Lieutennt Commnder C h p p e 11 in for fight. They hd to submerge strted his submrine bck towrd nd escpe. refueling bse. The trip home ws Night work is submrine s specompletely without incidentexcept cilty, nd in the cse of this undertht one night they rn into convoy ses crft, s with most submrines, of freighter, tnker, nd de- mny of her conquests were fter-drk stroyer, nd by sheer good luck escpdes. picked off the tnker with the stern There ws the time the submrine torpedoes. Burned beutifully, he picked up good-sized convoy in the reclled. Tnkers lwys do. He ded of night. A ft tnker ws the lwys feels elted when he picks off rermost crgo. ship nd destroyer tnker, becuse you know they ws bringing up the rer, ptrolling cn t run their fleet without oil. bck nd forth like dog tending When they got bck to port they sheep. lerned the Gudlcnl show ws We hung round out there, 4,000 opening up, nd tht events in generl yrds from the tnker, wtching the were breking better for the home destroyer, the submrine s cptin tem. sid. The destroyer cme out until They strted the next trip with high he ws lmost directly stern of us, spirits. One morning their periscope nd then heded bck. As soon s he picked up tnker with n escorting got on the opposite side, we closed Pge 35,

38 rnge nd got two torpedoes into the tnker. Mke Jps Fire om Ech Other The destroyer herd the commotion nd turned round nd cut cross the column hed of the tnker, looking for us. Menwhile, the other destroyers which hd been protecting the hed.of the column cme roring bck to see wht the trouble ws. They knew the direction the torpedoes hd come from, but when they looked out there, ll they sw ws the silhouette of destroyer. So they opened fire on her. We scooted out of there s fst s we could, but the first destroyer herd us, nd strted fter us. We were bout to dive, but I kind of hted to. We were in mood for rce, so we styed on the surfce nd rn for it. He kept misjudging our position, nd his shots were lwys well stern of us. He kept it up for long time, but finlly gve it up in disgust. Tht chse ws the most fun of the whole prty. A little lter, the submrine ws ordered to return home gin. Lieutennt Commnder Chppell ws willing, being down to his lst four torpedoes. On the wy he mde contct with smll cruiser nd couldn t resist the tempttion. He tossed single torpedo, which he thinks must hve scred the Jps hlf to deth. It missed the ship by 10 feet but it ws so close tht the wsh from the propeller exploded it, nd the blst hoisted the stern out of the wter nd let it drop with splsh. h l d i in The Hoist Does honorble dmirl wish report slight dmge? ing in with 5-inch-guns ginst guy with 8-inch guns. Tht would terrify me, honestly. Down here, we re The Jpnese rn round, scnning sfe. Depth chrges? Nothing to the ir for plnes. Seconds lter, they worry bout t ll. Did you ever lerned the direction of the dnger. try to hit fish with rock? Sme A second torpedo struck them mid- thing. ships. to succession of hir-bredth escpes interspersed with weeks of inctivity, suits the submrine mn to T, so much so tht he s intimidted t the mere suggestion of other duty. Depth Chrges? No WorYy?. If they ever wnt to scre me to d e t h, Lieutennt Commnder Chppell sys, they just hve to put me on one of those surfce ships. Up there, you often find yourself go- As for the enlisted mn on the But the Jps still hd fight left in ship, his ttitude is firly exemplified them. We thought they were gon- by the mn on the submrine who, ers, sid Lieutennt Commnder t moment when destroyer ws Chppell, but tht scoundrel got his prowling bout in serch of the uncnnons working nd cme right fter derses crft, pproched Lieutennt us, shooting to bet the bnd. He ws Commnder Chppell with blnd lso trying to rm us, but misjudged countennce nd sid, Sir, we wnt us, nd I gve him nother torpedo before going down. When we got bck permission to dedicte theme song up he ws sitting there, one big blob of to tht destroyer up there. smoke. Lieutennt Commnder Chppell There s something in the mkeup gve permission, wondering wht of submrine mn tht s different ws up. Presently he herd sweet from the usul Nvy mn, some inde- hrmonies rising from the recordfinble qulity tht sets him prt. ing mchine in the crew s qurters, The life, which to n ordinry in- s tem blended their voices in dividul would be nerve-rcking Men to Me. Bttle Nmes (Comtimued from pge 12) motor torpedo bots sunk. Jpnese: Two destroyers sunk; four destroyers probbly sunk; eight destroyers, two crgo ships nd one ship of miscellneous clssifiction dmged. Totl United Sttes Losses in the Solomons Owrdue Dend stroyed pre- topre- Dm-sumed vent Sunk ged lost cpture Totl Bttleship._ Aircrft crrier Hevy cruiser Lightcruiser Destroyer Submrine Miscellneous Totls Totl Jpnese Losses COMBATANT SHIPS in Solomons Prob- Sunk bly ::$- Totls sunk Bttleships Aircrft crriprs Cruisers Destroyers !. ~ 26 ~ 9 ~ 42 ~.,i Tenders Others... ~~~.~ Totls NONCOMBATANT SHIPS Fleet tnkers Trnsports... ~ Crgo nd supply Miscellneous Totls.... ~ Totl ships of ll types Tis Smll World I m jy-jy-jy-jy-jyhwk up t Lwrence on the Kw, sng Lt. Albert Huber, on ptrol duty over wters ner Centrl Americ, just like he did when student t the University of Knss. He hd filed to disconnect his rdio, nd not fr wy nother Nvy ptrolmn, Ensign Robert L. Tlmdge, picked up the song. A converstion strted. The two officers found they live but few blocks prt bck in Knss City, Mo. But they hd never met nd they re sttioned fr enough prththey hven t met since. Pge 36

39 ~~ ~~ ~ ~~ -0ffici:ll I-, S. X~y photogvph. NAVY GETS A REST CENTER IN BERMUDA: Mde vilble for $1 Q yer by Mrs. Aglzes Pyme McLelz, dughter-in-lw of Mrs. Evlyn Wlsh McLen of Wshington, D. C., this Bermud home is prt of relxtiolz center for mul personlzel. Nvy's Eyes (Continued from pge 1 1 ) 100 footcndles my be found necessry. Under ll circumstnces the direct illumintion should be directed from bove nd in bck of the worker. Under no circumstnces should bright sources of direct or reflected light be permitted in the field of vision. Mrked contrst between the intensity of the generl illumintion in the comprtment nd the directed illumintion on the work is to be voided nd where high intensities re necessry on the work there should be corresponding increses in the generl illumintion. The use of desk or bench lmps is definitely unhygienic in tht no mtter where you put such lmp on the deck or bench it is still in front of the eyes nd is therefore bound to direct its light t such n ngle s to strike the book or bench nd reflect directly into the eyes thus producing eye strin. Floor stnd or hnging lmps which cn be plced in bck of the worker re much to be preferred where their use is possible. Glre When one is directly exposed to very bright or tropicl sunshine, excessive light my enter the eyes either directly from the sun or by direct reflection from snow, snd, bright pvements, or wter. The immedite result is pt to be excessive production of ters, spsm of the lids, nd mrked irrittion of the conjunctive nd styes, For protection ginst the direct rys of the sun the wering of brod-brimmed ht or helmet or of visor or visored cp is often dequte. For protection ginst excessive light reflected from wter, snd, snow, or pvement sun glsses re essentil. The lenses of these glsses should not only be suited to their purpose of bsorbing unwnted rdition but they should lso be free of irregulrities nd opticl defects which my be, cuse of eye strin if the sunglsses re worn for long periods. It should be remembered tht sunlight contins in ddition to its visible rys, mny wvelengths of het nd infrred rys, nd fewwvelengths of ctinic (ultrviolet) rys. The vitreous humor of the eye bsorbs ll solr ultrviolet rys under the wvelength of 270 millionths of millimeter; the tmospheric enve- lope surrounding the erth bsorbs ll solr ultrviolet rys under the wvelength of 292 millionths of millimeter; the corne bsorbs ll solr ultrviolet rys under the wvelength of 295 millionths of millimeter; the lens bsorbs ll solr ultrviolet rys under the wvelength of 350 millionths of millimeter. At the other end of the spectrum the cqueous nd vitreous humors bsorb ll infrred nd het rys longer thn 1,100 millionth of millimeter. Consequently the retin is exposed only () to the visible rys (390 to Pge 37

40 770 millionths of milleter in length) ; (b) to the infrred rys of wvelengths between 1,100 nd 770 millionths of millimeter; (c) to the ultrviolet rys between 350 nd 390. millionths of millimeter. But the bsorption of excessive mounts of rdint energy even in this nrrow bnd my give rise to permnent dmge of the retin s if by burn. Viewing of n eclipse or welder s torch for n extended period without goggles or smoked glss my give rise to this type of retinl dmge nd eclipse blindness. Night Visioe When one goes directly from brightly lighted comprtment to dimly lighted comprtment or to the drk outdoors t night one cn see little or nothing t first. After bout 10 minutes of dpttion to the drk the norml eye begins to see very much more clerly nd progressive improvement in function my be noted with prolongtion of the sty in the drk up to mximum of 40 minutes. Plying n importnt prt in this dpttion is the pigment in the retin known s visul purple. This visul purple is composed prtly of vitmin A nd when the diet is deficient in vitmin A for n extended period drk dpttion is both slow nd incomplete. Since rpid dpt- tion to drkness nd keen night vision re so essentil to nvl personnel on wtch duty nd similr duties, the prevention of vitmin A deficiency becomes of extreme importnce. Vitmin A is found in lrge mounts in the ft of milk (whole milk, crem, butter, nd ice crem), in colored vegetbles such s crrots, spinch, nd tomtoes, nd in eggs, liver, kidney, nd fish. It is very bundnt in fish liver oils. If for ny reson the diet cnnot be mde to provide bout 4,000 Interntionl Units of vitmin A dy the medicl officer my supplement the diet with vitmin cpsules ech contining pproximtely 2,500 Interntionl Units of vitmin A long with other essentil vitmins. Another device tht is helpful in obtining the mximum cuity of night vision when on lookout is to utilize the fct tht the peripherl portions of the retin outside the centrl res re more sensitive to light oflow intensity thn re those centrl res. If, in looking for dimly lighted vessels on the horizon, Pge 38 one will direct his line of vision somewht bove the horizon, ny dim light will fll upon the peripherl retin nd be noted even when nothing cn be definitely visulized upon directing the gze stright to the suspected spot nd thus plcing the imge on the centrl re of the retin. Ftigue d Visul Reserve In viewof the fct tht in doing ll close eye work the ciliry muscles of the eye must be in lmost continuous ctivity, it is evident tht excessive ftigue of these muscles must be very common.- To reduce the wer nd ter on these muscles nd increse their reserves, the following suggestions will be found helpful: () obtin s fr s possible n de- qute mount of sleep; (b) do not expect your eyes to hve their norml visul reserve when you re physiclly overtired or hve been forced to reduce mrkedly your hours of sleep; (c) in doing close eye work rrnge for proper illumintion (dequte in intensity nd directed from behind) nd rest your eyes by looking up from the closework nd looking wy t distnce, if possible, t frequent intervls; (d) be moderte in the reding of newspper print or other dimcult print t night when you re lredy tired. Nvl Trnsport Nmed Lejeune Secretry of the Nvy Frnk Knox hs pproved the nming of trnsport the U. S. S. Lejeune in honor of the lte Lt. Gen. John Archer Lejeune, World Wr generl, who served s Commndnt of the Mrine Corps from 1920 to The Lejeune ws formerly nmed the U. S. S. Windhuk, vessel cquired from Brzil. She is being refitted t n est cost nvy yrd. Crrier Essex Honored Americ s new ircrft crrier, the Essex, will crry with her into bttle replic of Englnd s fmous Essex Regiment egle crest presented to the crrier by the officers nd men of the Essex Regiment s token of friendship, good hunting nd good luck. The crrier ws nmed in honor of Essex County, Mss. The Essex Regiment, n historicl fighting force for more thn century, hils from Essex County, Englnd. REPAIR FORCE Stccto ring of steel on steel, The flsh of flme, the whir of. wheel, Where stlwrt crews in denim cld, Do swet nd strin like demons md. While drk nd silent lie the subs -~ And ginst the dock the tender rubs, The tender crew in lbors skilled, Will through the night the bots rebuild. Bot crews relx, ptrol t end, Repirmen work-the bots to mend. The shops re lighted through the night As men turn-to until dwn s light. The roring forge mkes metl glow The blcksmith shpes itblow by blow, Bright molten metl glows like gold As founders pour it to the mold. While on the bot mechnics test The Diesel engines to their best; Lectricins check the monster s nerves Instlling wires in crzy curves; Prismtic eyes nd crystl ers Are crefully tuned s siling ners. To overhul submrine Most every crft is on the scene. Theirs not the glory of the kill, The tle to which the people thrill, Theirs but the pride in work well done \ And pece of mind when wr is won. c Their motto Do the job in hnd, Forget the fnfre nd the bnd. In shop nd ship with forthright skill These men gird subs to mke the kill. All hil! these men in dungrees Whose skill cretes our victories. -Lt. Comdr. R. R. BURLEY, USN, repir officer.

41 Action (Corztirzued from pge 15) soldiers wnted to surrender, but were frid to do so becuse of their officers, n officer sked him whether he would brodcst n ppel to his comrdes. He greed. The next dy the loudspekers were plced on ridge t the front. In the rvine below Jp snipers nd mchine guns peppered wy s soldiers set up the pprtus. The shooting stopped the instnt the prisoner strted speking. Not bullet ws fired s he spoke. Stnding by the microphone ws Mrine officer who knew Jpnese. He ws redy to shut off the mike the moment the prisoner showed ny sign of trechery. But the prisoner spoke fithfully. The debtes mong the Jp soldiers in the rvine cn only be guessed t. Not shot ws fired tht fternoon. In the morning, s dy ws breking over Gudlcnl, eight Jps, their hnds.up nd the Plms forwrd, wlked up to our lines. Within the hour Americn soldiers cptured nother eight who put UP no resistnce. Sitting on Log Thinking he ws going to the rer of his own lines, Pvtlc Bernrd Linquist, USMC, 20, of Albert Le, Minn., wndered nerly mile nd hlf into enemy territory. Linquist ws working with nother- compny, nd when its objective ws reched, he left to report to his own section. It s esy to get lost in the jungles of Gudlcnl. So Linquist did not know he ws heding in the wrong direction until he cme upon Jp leisurely sitting on log. I tbld him to surrender in the only Jp words I knew, Linquist sid. Insted, >he strted pulling grende on me. I figured I couldn t tke him prisoner then, so I shot him through the hed, before he hd chnce to pull out the sfety pin. Suspicion begn to gnw t Linquist s he climbed ridge fter ridge without seeing mrines. Finlly he sw river which he knew ws still held by the Jps. The reliztion hit him hrd-he ws, bout 2,500 yrds in front of our front lines. I ws scred, he dmitted. I hd no compss with me nd I hd filed to tke ny wter long. I didn t even hve ny grendes. All I hd ws my rifle. I strted bck cutiously. I herd some Jp voices nd ducked behind tree, holding my breth for fer they d her me. It ws prty of Jps crrying mchine guns. I decided to ly low till they pssed. I couldn t knock off mny with my rifle nd if I tried, I d never get bck. Linquist returned to his section exhusted. He hd been in Jp territory for 5% hours. The bttlion intelligence officer told him: Good work, Linquist, but don t get lost gin. Porky & Co. Bck home the Hospitl Corpsmen, who re ttched to every Mrine compny, re clled swb jockeys by the Lethernecks. On Gudlcnl they re known s DOC. The usully hrd-shelled Mrines mke no ttempt to concel their dmirtion of the men. Here re stories of some of the corpsmen : Hospitl Apprentice First Clss Richrd H. Pinter, 18, of Detroit, Mich., ws with ptrol pinned down by Jp mchine gun fire. When mn ws seriously wounded, Pinter rn through the hil of bullets to stop the flow of blood nd pply bndges. The corpsmn.ws shot in the leg. Without tending himself, he crried F- Wtch Kitty got hitched-but here s coupl phone numbers her husbnd gve me. the Mrine to sfety nd then, sying tht stretchers were needed for others, hobbled bck to the first-id sttion. In night fighting three corpsmen rn through fire to rvine where big Jp shell hd fllen on com- pny of Mrines, seriously wounding six. In drkness, while mortr shells exploded bout them nd the Jps shouted nd bnged knives ginst shell cses to lure the Mrines into firing nd thus disclose their loction, the corpsmen rendered first id. They gve the wounded cigrettes nd used their helmets to cover the glowhelmets necessry for their own pro- tection when shrpnel fell. The corpsmen were Phrmcist s Mte Third Clss Richrd Severs, 17, of Detroit, Mich.; Hospitl Apprentice Rrst Clss J. Roy Spence, 18, of Chowchill, Clif., nd Henry H. Sickler, 18, Mossyrock, Wsh. On nother sector, Phrmcist s Mte Third Clss Mrion E. Porcupile, 18, of Seminole, Okl., left his foxhole to tret three wounded men, one of whom hd severely lcerted rm. For 45 minutes Porky, s he is known to the men, worked deftly in the midst of flling shells. This morning the bttlion surgeon told him his speed hd sved the life of the boy with the wounded rm. Porky ws entitled to rest fter tht, but, s he explins it, some mortr shells fell next door nd wounded three guys, nd I went over to see wht I could do. On nother occsion, hil of snipers bullets felled two men in compny which hd just moved up to the front. A cll for corpsmn went. down the line, nd, oblivious to the bullets, he rn to the wounded, tossing his helmet wy becuse it slowed him down. Menwhile the men of the compny fnned out into ction. They blzed wy with rifles nd utomtic wepons until the rvine hed ws cler of Jps. I cn t hold those kids bck, their commnding officer sid. They her sniper nd off they go. They ve got guts. The two wounded men hd received superficil though pinful injuries. They ly silently, puffing on cigrettes their buddies plced between their lips, s the corpsmen dressed their wounds. I crry morphine to deden the pin, the corpsmn sid, but I hven t given it to nyone yet. None of them will, dmit they re in pin. Pge 39

42 He Wlked Bck The words of Mj. Ewrt S. Lue, Settle, Wsh., tell the story of the heroism of Pvt. Lewis F. Frnklin, Beumont, Tex., ginst Jpnese forces on Gudlcnl: When the other members of the crew were hit nd out of ction, the kid mnned the mchine gun singlehnded. From his position, it ws impossible to work trversing field of fire, so he picked up the gun, blnced it on his thigh, nd spryed led. When the order cme to fll bck to new line, he ws still fighting md nd hd to be forcibly restrined. Corp. Oliver G. Cruickshnk, of Ber Vlley, Mripos County, Clif., told of some other phses of the fighting. His squd ws in riding prty which ws to knock out eight Jp field pieces. Cught in pocket of fire, only Corp. Cruickshnk nd two others of his squd weren t hit, but those who could fought on. The number three gunner of my squd, sid Cruickshnk, ws hit twice in the chest, but he helped other wounded out of the wy, then set up his gun nd, cool s cucumber, Ared wy until he used up twoboxes of mmunition. I know he knocked out one gun, mybe more. He s Pvtlc Donld Crlson, of Minnepolis. He -wlked ll the wy bck to the hospitl without help. Chop Down Treed Jps A Mrine regimentl commnder commended his tnk-destroyer pltoon for ction s ssult rtillery in three-dy opertion west of the Mtniku River. The tnk destroyers, mobile hlf trcs or trucks with regulr front wheels nd trctor treds for rer wheels, mount hevy gun nd mchine gun. In the opertion, the hlf trcs were not opposed to Jpnese tnks but they fired preprtory brrge nd helped smsh stubborn Jpnese defenses, driving on the second dy into enemy territory to cler out three unyielding pockets nd wipe out six mchine gun nests. On the third dy, the hlf trcs Press Assocition. A bttle-scrred Jpnese fiot-type Zero, shot down in the Pcific wr zone, is unloded t Almed, Clif. clered the wy with brrge, nd,ccounted for two more mchinegun emplcements nd 40-millimeter gun. The brrge ws so effective tht the regiment suffered only two csulties in its dvnce. Jp snipers despertely sought to kill the tnk-destroyer crews, but the Americns solved this problem by hurling their highly ccurte, highly explosive projectiles t trees sheltering the snipers, mowing down trees nd occupnts. Front-Line Tiny Thoms S. Montgomery, 28, of Yum, Ariz., n Americn Red Cross field director, ws on one of his frequent trips to the Gudlcnl front lines distributing cigrettes n d mtches when he went frther thn he intended. Wndering bout in the jungle, 6- foot-l%-inch Tiny, s he is known to the regiment, met group of Mrines nd offered them smokes. Sy, fellows, he sked, ren t we pretty close to the front lines now? They looked t him with stonishment. One Mrine sid: Front lines, hell. They re hlf mile behind us. This is ptrol. The Mrines got Tiny home sfely. He Hd P Busy Hour Corp. Chrles A. West, USMC, of Greenwood, S. C., volunteered to go forwrd nd throw hnd grendes into the enemy pillboxes while his Pge 40

43 squd covered him. In little more thn n hour he wiped out 25 of the enemy positions. West is lso credited with killing five enemy snipers. Honolulu Thoughts of Perl Hrbor must hve led him to shout Honolulu s the squd he ws in killed two Jpnese, sys Sergent Russell Stnley,. of Mynrd, Iow, nd so Honolulu becme Mrine wr cry. Second Lt. John Priestly, of Pontic, Mich., ws in chrge of the ptrol, nd with its bttle yell of Honolulu it ws credited with killing t lest 12 Jpnese, cpturing five mchine guns, nd s mny 47-millimeter nd 77-millimeter guns during 45-minute opertion. Cook s Tour PFC Lelnd B. Simpson, 22, of Winnetk, Ill., decided tht he couldn t fight this wr from glley ll the time. Without word, he lid side his ldles fter serving morning chow, picked up his rifle, bndolier of mmunition, nd three hnd grendes, nd slipped off towrd the front. I ws going long the side of cliff in the jungle, he sid, when I noticed movement in the bushes. I crwled up quietly to within 20 feet of the plce nd yelled: Get the hell outt there. A Jp stuck his hed up. He still. hd look of surprise when I shot him ded. Simpson shouted gin: Any more there? Hering no reply, he pulled the pin from grende, counted up to.four so tht no Jp could possibly toss it bck t him, nd threw it into cve behind the bush. Inside the cve Simpson sid he found the mngled bodies of two Jps-one mjor. Upon his return to cmp, the bttlion commnder smilingly reprimnded him for free lncing. The mess sergent gve me hell for slipping off but promised me he wouldn t hve me locked up, he dded. Simpson couldn t sleep lst night. The excitement of killing his first Jp ws too much for him. This morning he ws bck t his job of prepring nd ldling. out chow. But he wore smile of deep stisfction. He ws one of the boys now. WAVES Will Wer Turbns The WAVES will wer turbns with their vition coverlls. The turbn will be protection to keep stry, fly- ing locks in plce. It will be worn when working round motors in plnts or fctories. Mrrige Regultions For WAVES Chnged Chnges in regultions will llow women reservists in the Nvy, Mrine Corps, nd Cost Gurd to mrry men in their own brnches of the service t ny time except during indoctrintion nd trining courses. Under the former ruling, women reservists hd to resign upon mrrying men in their own brnch of the service. The mrrige regultions still br women mrried to Nvy, Mrine Corps, nd Cost Gurd personnel from entering the sme brnch of the service s their husbnds. NOMENCLATURE If you would be silor s wife, His speech you must not spurn. Becuse to led the Nvy life, You ve simply got to lern: Tht bred is punk, nd coffee mud, nd wter ngel wine. Tht floors re decks, billet bunk, nd hwser is line. Tht oqcers re gold ll brids nd ny lnd s the bech; Tht shoot the breeze describes the thing civilins cll speech Tht mrried silors re lshed up9 if squred wy or not; Tht if your romnce hs fouled out, it s trouble tht you ve got. But there s this consoltion for New wives of Gold nd Blue, The Nvy hs no other words For Drling, I Love You! -The Bowline. Press Assocition. The omce-proud Jpnese limer Kilzucw Mru? prt of the invsiom fleet which ws routed by Americs wrships im the Bttle of Gudlcnl, lies with her mose im the ir md stern deep im the wter ofl Gudlcnl. A gum is brely visible om the bow of the ship. Pge 41

44 World (Corntirnued from pge 23) with the depth chrges on her stern exploding s she snk. Sighting the enemy ptrol ship erly one morning, the submrine opened fire t distnce of 2 miles. The sub ws not mterilly dmged in the ensuing bttle. The ttck cost the life of one of the crew members, Herbert Andrew Clcterr, MMMlc, USN, Stoneyford, Clif. Clcterr ws wrded the Silver Str medl posthumously for his prt in the enggement. Five of his shipmtes lso received the Silver Str medl for conspicuous gllntry nd intrepidity in the encounter. They re Dniel Jmes Schultz, CGM, USN, Wsec, Minn., Chester Phipps, M lc, USN, Berdsley, Kns., Lloyd F. Hern, GM2c, Brownville, Nebr., Robert F. Cse, TM2c, Tenino, Wsh., nd Joseph Mtthew Petrovsky, EMlc, USN, Johnson City N. Y. Shooters-Not Tooters Blbo, Cnl Zone.-Sixty yers old-too old to flght, he sys he ws told by the Mrines-Cpt. Horce Tlbot, USMC (retired), hs gone to se s n ordinry Merchnt Mrine semn. His object: To Get couple of Jps, knock them cold, nd bring bck necklce of teeth. Cptin Tlbot, whose home is in Boston, served over 30 yers with the Mrine Corps, including more thn 10 yers s bndmster t Sn Diego, Clif. He sys he is finding excitement in the Merchnt Mrine. For instnce, lst August the smll bot on which he ws stnding while rigging stern nchor on disbled ship ws sunk from under him. He spent 15 hours in the open se before being rescued. He should know something bout excitement. He sys he ws with The first Mrines to go over nd the lst to come out, in the first World Wr. His decortions included: Three Purple Herts, n Army decortion wrded men wounded in ction; the Silver Str, lso n Army wrd; nd the Croix de Guerre, the French decortion, for gllntry beyond the cll of duty. Lst April Cptin Tlbot s request for combt duty ws refused. He joined the Merchnt Mrine, leving Pge 42 his bndmster s post, becuse, s he expressed it: Music ws fine in pecetime, but in wrtime, shooters re needed more thn tooters. My intention when I signed up with the Merchnt Mrine, sid Cptin Tlbot, ws to mke couple of trips, see some ction, nd then come bck nd retire on my pension. But, I wouldn t quit now for ll the money in the world. I m in this wr now nd I m going to stick it through to the end, becuse they cn t keep good Mrine down. Axis Bomb Helps-Us The story of how enemy bombers ctully ided invsion forces in North Afric is told by Chief Botswin s Mte Lloyd M. Morris of Vllejo, Clif., who ws wrded the Purple Hert for wounds received. Two supply bots, used in the lnding opertions, hd been unloded nd were high nd dry on bech ner Csblnc. It wschief Morris problem, to get them flot. Enemy bombers ppered pverhed nd bomb lnded directly between the two hevy bots. A lrge crter ws blsted in the snd nd quickly filled with wter, gently floting the bots. The enemy plnes hd sved bout seven hours work. A Plne is Torpedoed. The usul sitution ws reversed nd n enemy ircrft ws torpedoed by British submrine for unique victory somewhere in the Mediterrnen. Submerged while on ptrol duty, the commnder of the British sub sighted n enemy supply ship escorted by three low-flying plnes. A torpedo ws fired. The result ws mgnificent column of ornge nd white smoke rising 1,000 feet high. The submrine commnder then noted with stonishment tht only two enemy plnes were in sight. The third hd pprently been cught by the explosion from the supply vessel nd hd been destroyed. New Aide to Secretry Cpt. Lymn Spencer Perry, USN, hs ssumed duty s ide to the Secretry of the Nvy. He replces Cpt. Frnk Edmund Betty, USN, who hs been given commnd t se. Cptin Perry, of Jefferson, Ohio, hs been sttioned t the Nvl Acdemy, Annpolis, Md., since July 1940, first, s executive officer, nd lter s hed of the deprtment of physicl trining. Cptin Betty, of Corondo, Clif., hs been ide to the Secretry since April Ship Is Awrded Plque Survivors of torpedoed tnker, the Esso Bolivr, who were rescued by Nvy minesweeper yer go, hve expressed their grtitude by presenting silver plque to the rescue ship, the U. S. S. Endurnce. The Esso Bolivr ws ttcked by n enemy submrine nd its survivors lnded t United Sttes port by the Endurnce. 4.0 Botswin W. J. Sullivn, USNR, of El Pso, Tex., who is ttched to the Norfolk Field Office, ccomplished n unusul fet on Jnury 22, 1943, while shooting the qulifiction course for.45 cliber pistols t the Antiircrft Trining Center t Dm Neck, V. He shot perfect score.

45 Infntry Journl Publictions The Infntry Journl, which is owned by the nonprofit United Sttes Infntry Assocition, produces number of books tht re believed to be of interesto nvl personnel, mong them: Cents Wht To Do Abord the Trnsport_------_~ Infntry Drill Regultions The Fight t Perl Hrbor-_ How the Jp Army Fights Others vilble in the ner future re: Psychology for the Fighting Mn Militry nd Nvl History of the United Sttes By Fletcher Prtt 25 How to Shoot the U. S. Army Rifle The list of publictions vilble from or through the Infntry Journl comprises severl hundred volumes, nd it is suggested tht interested Prisoner of Wr Prisonnier de Guerre Ship s Service Officers communicte with the Infntry Journl, 1115 Seventeenth Street NW., Wshington, D. C., requesting Weir offering list nd such other informtion s is desired concerning discounts, etc. I CASUALTY FIGURES Csulties of the U. S. Nvl Forces (Nvy, Mrine Corps, nd Cost Gurd) from December 7, 1941 to Mrch 20, 1943, inclusive, totl 24,522, including ded, wounded, nd missing. During the period from Mrch 2 to Mrch 20, inclusive, csulties reported to next of kin totlled 686, including 79 ded, 118 wounded, nd 489 missing. A brek-down of the csulties by service nd clssifiction follows: Ded Wounded issing Totl Nvy 5,340 2,189 10,766 18,295 Mrines 1,522 2,431 2,027 5,980 Cost Gurd Postge Free Frnc du. Port Prisoner s rnk, full nme, nd brnch of service (U. S. Army, U. S. N., or U. S. M. C.) Interned by Jpn in the Philippine Islnds c/o Jpnese Red Cross, Tokyo Vi New York, N. Y. -The Americn Red Cross. How to ddress letter to prisoner in the Philippines. Leve spce on the front of the envelope for forwrding ddress to be dded by the Jpnese Red Cross. For ciuiln internee write for the second line of the ddress: Americn Civilin Internee held by Jpn in the Philippines. Whenever definite prison or internment cmp ddress is received, substitute it for rrc/o Jpnese Red Cross, Tokyo. The nme nd ddress of the sender must be clerly indicted on the bck of the envelope.. Letters should be brief, purely personl, with no mention of wr, politics, shipping, wr production, or defelzse, nd should be typewritten or printed in block cpitls to void dely in foreign censorship offices. The Jpnese Government hs told the Interntionl Red Cross Committee tht it distributed 230,000 letters to Americn mi United Ntiom prisoners of wr during 1942, mi is now distributing the bulk of mil received for prisoners from brod. I Pckging (Continued from pge 25) vnced bses fter they hve served their.originl purpose. Menwhile, considerble progress hs been mde in the conservtion of vluble crgo spce. Toilet tissues, usully bulky rticle, now occupies from 30 to 35 percent less spce thn formerly s result of crushing the spool on which the pper is wound. The new wterproof V-bord, in ddition to providing strong continer, is thinner thn ordinry wooden boxes of the sme cpcity nd consequently occupies less spce. A recent exmple of spce sving ws ccomplished by the shipment of 25,000,000 pounds of sop. Spce occupied ws 19 percent less thn tht previously tken for such shipment. One of the most importnt instnces of spce sving hs been the introduction of dehydrted foods. These re being cquired by the Nvy in constntly incres-. ing quntities, lthough the supply of these products is still insufficient. In the yer ending June 30, 1943, the Bureu of Supplies nd Accounts is expected to purchse pproximtely 18,- 000,000 pounds, of dehydrted soups; 7,000,000 pounds of pottoes; 2,000,000 pounds of pplies; 1,000,000 pounds ech of onions nd cbbges; 600,000 pounds of crnberries, nd 500,000 pounds ech of crrots nd turnips. To develop further these improvements in hndling, pckging, nd preprtion of vrious supply mterils, the Bureu of Supplies nd Accounts hs estblished Continers nd Mteril Hndling Section nd is sponsoring Nvy Pckging School. e school is locted t the Forest Products Lbortory, operted by the Forestry Division of the Deprtment of Agriculture t the University of Wisconsin, Mdison. It will provide scientific trining for nvl.personnel in the field of pckging nd pcking of wr mterhls destined. for the rmed services nd lendlese recipients. Pge 43

46 DECORATIONS nd CITATIONS M Nvy Cross Brig. Gen. Lverne George Sun- ders, USA, of Wshington, D.C., for leding his group of bombers in dring dylight rid on enemy shipping in the fce of severe ntiircrft nd enemy fighter opposition in the Buin-Tonolei re of the Solomon Islnds, November 18, At lest two 1,000-pound bomb hits were scored on enemy vessels nd 12 enemy ircrft were destroyed. After his own irplne ws bdly dmged nd it becme necessry to lnd his plne in enemy territory, he skillfully ccom- plished wter lnding ner shore thereby permitting the remining members of his crew to rech sfety. Cpt. Cssin Young, USN, of Corondo, Clif., who ws killed in ction.nd who hd previously been wrded the Congressionl Medl of Honor; Commnder Thoms M. Stokes, usn,. of Meridin, Miss., nd Lt. Comdr, Jck W. Wintle, USN, of Shreveport, L., who ws killed in ction, for extrordinry heroism in the line of their profession during ction with enemy forces. The forces to which they were ttched engged t close qurters nd defeted superior enemy force, nd.their dring nd determintion contributed mterilly to the victory which prevented the enemy from ccomplishing its I purposes. "Press Assocition. Put. Albert A. Schmid, USMC, receives Nvy Cross from Col. A. E. Rm-

47 in three dys while mking repeted trips into the hzrdous re in order to deliver much needed supplies. On one occsion, with full knowledge tht powerful enemy surfce forces were in the vicinity, he returned to Gudlcnl unescorted, with crgo of supplies urgently needed shore. Commnder Henry C. Bruton, USN, of Little Rock, Ark., whb received Gold Str in lieu of second Nvy Cross, for ccounting for 56,000 tons of merchnt shipping nd torpedoing converted ircrft crrier during two wr ptrols of his submrine. Commnder Peter M. Money, USN, of Cochrn, G., for his ction s commnding officer of wrship which ws ttcked nd dmged, in order- ing ll hnds to bttle sttions the instnt he observed the ttck ws imminent, thereby preventing numerous csulties. He lso mneuvered cler of the formtion, t the sme time cpbly directing dmged control orgniztion in correcting list nd trim. By his thoroughness of preprtion, skill, nd ledership, he ws ble to bndon the re of the ttck nd bring his ship sfely into port. Commnder Crol B. Jones, usn, of Devils Lke, N. Dk., for leding his ptrol squdron in repeted bombing nd strfing ttcks on Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor, despite dverse wether conditions nd fire from ntiircrft nd shore btteries. With his own plne pierced by shrpnel nd lighter cliber projectiles from enemy fire, he ws forced to fly blind pull-outs, voiding the perilous cloud-obscured mountins. Their submrines credited with sinking 54,277 tons of enemy merchnt shipping nd wrship, without csulty to personnel nd with only minor mteril dmge to one of the underses crft, the following: Commnder Creed C. Burlingme, USN, of Georgetown, Ky., credited with sinking 24,227 tons nd the wrship. Commnder Edwrd S. Hutchinson, USN, of Pris, Tex., 20,000 tons. Commnder D o n 1 d McGregor, USN, of Corondo, Clif., 10,050 tons. Lt. Comdr. Creed C. Burlingme, USN, of Georgetown, Ky., Gold Str in lieu of second Nvy Cross, for sinking 15,250 tons of enemy shipping nd seriously dmging n dditionl 5,750 tons, while commnding officer of submrine. His first Nvy Cross ws wrded for sinking 24,227 tons of merchnt shipping nd wrship. Lt. Comdr. Willis M. Thoms, USN, of Fresno, Clif., commnding officer of submrine, for sinking destroyer, 9OO-ton ptrol vessel, nd 6,900 tons of merchnt shipping. Lt. Comdr. Leroy Cord Simpler, USN, of Hrbeson, Del., for leding his fighter squdron ginst overwhelming formtions of enemy Jpnese ircrft in the Solomon Islnds re, thereby contributing to the destruction of 17 Jpnese plnes, nd Personlly shooting down one Zero-type fighter. *His squdron ccounted for totl of 35 enemy plnes during service in the re from. September 11 to October 6, (See lso Distinguished Flying Cross.) $7 Lt. Comdr. Willford M. Hymn, USN, of Sn Pedro, Clif., who ws commnding officer of the U. S. S'. Sims, destroyer lost in the Bttle of the Corl Se, for skillfully wrding off the first rid of hostile ircrft ttck on his vessel nd the ship which it ws escorting, nd,. in the second rid, when the Sims ly ded nd crippled in the wter, for keeping her guns blzing wy until the lst Zpnese plne hd disppered, then coolly directing slvge nd.repir opertions until the bridge of the sinking vessel ws completely wsh nd he went down into the se. He is listed s missing in ction. A Lt. Comdr. Thoms ' B. Klkring, USN, of Annpolis, Md., whose subm- rine snk n 8,215-ton Jpnese uxiliry wrship, totl of 42,840 tons of Jpnese merchnt shipping, nd dmged 7,000-ton Jpnese freighter.. Mj. John Archibld Thompson, USA, of Tcom, Wsh., foc leding his fighter squdron in determined bombing nd ground strfing ttcks on enemy troops n surfce forces, thereby contributing mterilly to the defense of Henderson Field despite the hndicp of primitive oper- ting conditions nd shortge of equipment during the period August 27 to September 25, In prticulr, on September 8, with units of his squdron, he covered the withdrwl of our riding forces to their bots in remrkbly successful nd complete evcution opertions. Lt. Comdr. Arthur H. Tylor, USN, of Nrberth, P., for sinking three lrge Jpnese merchnt ships totl-. ing 21,136 tons during ptrol of his submrine. $7 Lt. Comdr. Courtney Shnds, USN, of Kirkwood, Mo., for leding his fighter squdron in the initil ir ssult on Jpnese positions on the Solomon Islnds. His flight destroyed seven enemy fighters nd 15 ptrol plnes. This victory eliminted ll locl ir opposition in the re, thus gretly contributing to the successful,occuption of the islnds by Americn ground forces. Lieutennt Commnder Shnds personlly shot down four Jpnese fighters nd two ptrol plnes. Lt. Comdr. Ernest M. Snowden, USN, of Beufort, N. C., for leding his. scouting squdron in 'three divebombing ttcks ginst hostile positions on the Solomon Islnds on August 7-8, 1942, nd silencing the fire of n enemy bttery opposing the pproch of our lnding bots, thereby contributing gretly to the seizure of the islnds. Lter, while engged in single combt, he successfully outmneuvered nd shot down Jpnese seplne fighter. Lt. Pul A. Holmberg, USN, of Brunswick, Mo., Gold Str in lieu of second Nvy Cross, for lunching n ttck, while piloting bombing plne, ginst n enemy Jpnese ircrft crrier in the Solomon Islnds re, contributing effectively to the probble destruction of tht vessel. $ 7 ' Lt. Turner F. Cldwell, Jr., USN, of Sn Diego,.Clif., Gold Str in lieu of second Nvy Cross, for the ction of the bombing squdron under his commnd in mking dily scouting flights without the loss of single Pge 45

48 officer or mn while flying from the prtilly completed Gudlcnl irfield, frequently under extremely dverse wether conditions; for contributing to the repulse of Jpnese ssults by mking successful rids upon enemy shipping nd troop concentrtions. A lrge trnsport ws sunk by their bombs, nd they prticipted in ttcks which sunk three destroyers ndemolished lrge concentrtion of lnding brges loded with enemy troops ttempting to rech Gudlcnl. * Lt. Willim B. Mcficken, II, (MC) usm, of Berkeley, Clif., senior medicl officer of the lnding forces of the Mrine Rider Expedition ginst Jpnese-held Mkin Islnd, for personlly crrying m n Y of the wounded positions to of greter sfety, thereby,enbling himself to dminister erly nd effective id, following the first enemy ir ttck. When his bot overturned, endngering the life of seriously wounded enlisted mn during the first ttempt t evcution, he risked his own life by holding the helpless.mn's hed bove wter nd swimming shore with him. After returning to his ship, Lieutennt McCrcken performed six mjor opertions under most difficult circumstnces nd, s result of his skillful nd tireless efforts, he suc- ceeded in- bringing ll of his cses bck to bse in excellent condition. 513 Lt. (jg) Robert H. Benson, USNR, Of Sn Frncisco, Clif., nd Lt. (jg) Philip W. Cobb, USNR, of Sginw, Mich., received Gold Strs in lieu of second Nvy Crosses for lunching ttcks ginst n enemy ircrft crrier, contributing effectively to its probble destruction, despite ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition. The ction occurred during opertions ginst Jpnese nvl tsk force in the Solomon Islnds re. * Lt. (jg) Willim T. Sorensen, usm, of. Bountiful, Uth (previously presented the Air Medl for ction in the Aleutin Islnds cmpign), for dr- ing dive-bombing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships nd four-motored ptrol plnes in Kisk Hrbor, which he crried out in the fce of ntiircrft fire which, on one occsion, left his plne riddled with more thn 100 shrpnel holes. Lt. (jg) Kenneth M. Willett, USM, score one certin hit nd two estiof Scrmento, Clif., commnding mted hits on n enemy ircrft officer of n Armed Gurd crew crrier. bord merchnt ship which ws t- -7% tcked by enemy riders in the South Atlntic, who is listed s missing in Lt. (jg) Willim A. Smith, urn, of ction, for mnning his sttion s the Snt Pul, Clif., for volunteering first shell struck, nd opening fire on to scertin nd rectify dmge the most hevily rmed of the two cused by enemy fire during ction riders. Although seriously wounded ginst Jpnese forces. He ws lmost immeditely, he kept up sustwice rendered unconscious while tined nd rpid fire t close rnge, hitting his trget long the wter line with most of the 35 shells fired. He mintined the defense of his ship until forced by the explosion of mgzine to cese Aring. He went down upon the deck nd ws lst seen helping to cst loose life rfts in desperte effort to sve the lives of others. Before his ship plunged into the se, her guns hd inflicted serious dmge on both enemy riders nd cused the probble destruction of one of them. 7k Lt. (jg) Jck P. Brnum, USNR, of Polnd, Ohio, nd Lt. (jg) Eddy L. Fyle, usm, of Jersey City, N. J., for contributing to the scoring of direct hit on n enemy cruiser while prticipting, s pilots of plnes in n eril torpedo rid ginst Jpnese tsk force in the Solomon Islnds cm- 'pign nd pressing home their ttck through bursting hil of fire from hostile ntiircrft btteries. * Lt. (jg) Aron Ktz, USNR, of Clevelnd, Ohio, pilot of torpedo plne during n ttck on Jpnese tsk force in the Solomon Islnds cmpign, for contributing to the relentless fighting spirit nd ggressive courge which enbled his group to Bulldozer mking his wy through the intense het nd overpowering smoke in comprtments below deck. At gret risk of life, he persisted in his creful investigtion of ll mchinery nd took steps towrd its repir. * Ensign Bunyn R. Cooner, USNR, of Wshington, D. C., posthumously, for prticipting in persistent nd vigorous ttcks ginst the Jpnese invsion fieet in the Bttle of Midwy, defying ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition to do so. Ensign Victor A. Lewis, usm, of Rndolph, Mss., who is listed s missing in ction, for pressing home his torpedo-plne ttck in the fce of withering ntiircrft fire in the first ttck ginst n enemy crrier of the Jpnese forces in the Bttle of Midwy, thereby contributing to the success of our forces. $? Ensign Thoms W. Rmsy, USNR, of Perkinston, Miss., for pressing home ttcks ginst the Jpnese invsion fleet in the Bttle of Midwy during the initil dive-bombing ttck.of our forces, lthough he ws flying t distnce from his own forces which rendered return unlikely becuse of probble fuel exhustion. * Ensign Roger C. Crow, usm, of Clevelnd, Ohio, for contributing to the serious dmging of Jpnese ircrft crrier during dive-bombing ttck in the Solomon Islnd cmpign. Aggressively ttcking hostile ircrft during the return trip to his own crrier, he shot down three nd effectively dmged two. Ensign Peronneu B. Wingo, USNR, of Richmond, V., who is reported missing in ction, for directing the fire of his ntiircrft bttery nd prticipting in opertions of strtegic importnce in the Mnil By re involving hzrdous missions, while Pge 46

49 chirm& loo.& on. exposed to frequent horizontl nd dive-bombing ttcks by enemy Jpnese ir forces. His ctions. occurred during the period Mrch 18, 1942, to April 9, 1942, while bord United Sttes wrship. 7k Ensign Wilhelm G. Esders, uslo, Of Penscol, Fl., for his ctions while prticipting in torpedo plne ssult on Jpnese nvl units in the Bttle of Midwy. Upon observing his squdron commnder crsh, in flmes, Ensign Esders took the led of the squdron nd pressed home the ttck to point where it becme reltively certin tht the successful ccomplishment of his mission would entil gret loss of life. Nevertheless, he enbled his squdron to rech its objective nd score severl hits on enemy ircrft crriers. k -Ensign Lve11M. Bigelow, USNR, of Provo, Uth, for dive-bombing ttcks ginst Jpnese forces in Tulgi Hrbor on My 4 nd for n ttck on n enemy ircrft crrier in the Corl Se on My 8, Ensign Bigelow gretly ssisted in the sinking or dmging of the crrier nd eight other vessels despite ntiircrft fire nd ircrft opposition. Mchinist Lelnd L. Dvis, USN, of Httisburg, Miss., for flying under extremely dverse conditions nd fcing hevy ntiircrft fire from enemy ship nd shore btteries to repetedly bomb nd strfe Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor. He filed to return fter mking his usul ttck on June 11, DISTINGUISHED SERVICE MEDAL losses. Under his direction, the finl phses of elimintion of enemy resistnce on the islnd of Gudlcnl were successfully ccomplished. k Col. Gerld C. Thoms, USMC, of Greenville, N. C., who served s opertions officer of the Mrine Division the in Tulgi-Gudlcnl re. Limited s to time nd fced with the difficulty of communicting with the widely scttered elements of the lnd-, ing force, Colonel Thoms ws completely successful in prepring opertionl plns nd orders for the embrktion of the Division nd for the subsequent occuption nd defense of the seized re. k Commnder Wlter Ellsworth Linwever, USN, of Sn Pedro, Clif., for his service s Fleet Communiction Officer to the Commnder in Chief of the United Sttes Asitic Fleet. Meeting the chllenge of rpidly chnging conditions during the period prior to nd following the outbrek of hostilities, Commnder Linwever exercised profound judgment, tct, nd energy in the formulting of effective plns necessry for mintining relible communictions between the forces flot nd llied commnds, s well s with the United Sttes Army. He kept fully opertive the communiction chnnels, vitl to opertions t se nd in the ir, despite repeted nd relentless enemy ir ttcks, nd difficulties involving indequte fcilities, equipment, nd personnel. -. k Lt. Col. Chrles L. Fike, USMC, of Psden, Clif., commnding officer of the forwrd echelon of Mrine Aircrft Group t Henderson Field, Gudlcnl, Solomon Islnd, August 20-30, 1942, for orgnizing nd estblishing the ir defense of the bech-' hed held by our forces on Gudlcnl, fter hving rrived with flight of 19 fighter nd 12 scoutbomber ircrft. When he rrived there ws totl lck of ircrft servicing nd mintenncequipment, shortge of ground personnel, nd only prtilly completed field. Mj. Gen. Alexnder McCrrell Ptch, Jr., USA, who served s Commnding Generl, Gudlcnl re, during opertions ginst Jpnese lnd, nvl, nd ir forces, from De- During opertions, units under his cember 10, 1942, to Februry 9, 1943, commnd destroyed 21 enemy bombfor employing the units under his ers, 39 Zero-type flghters, two cruisercommnd with such coordintion, en- type seplnes, three destroyers, one ergy, ndetermintion tht the light cruiser, nd one trnsport, which Jpnese lnd forces remining on proved gret fctor in holding this Gudlcnl were destroyed nd Jp- strtegic bse. nese nvl nd ir forces supporting their ground positions suffered severe Mjor Dle D. Brnnon, USA, of. Pge 47

50 Sn Antonio, Tex., for his service s commnding officer fighting squdron bsed t Henderson Field, Gudlcnl, Solomon Islnds, in August Despite the hndicp of shortge of ground personnel nd operting equipment, Mjor Brnnon, immeditely upon rrivl t Gudlcnl, mde himself, his pilots, nd his ircrft vilble for defense of the bse. He developed specilized strfing nd bombing technique which proved highly successful in combt. 1 SILVER STAR- Cpt. Willim H. Hrtt, Jr., USN, of Portsmouth, V., commnder of the Minesweeping Group t the time of the originl lnding of our forces on Gudlcnl nd, lter, commnder of the Screening Force in the Gudlcnl-Tulgi re, for frequently en- tering tht re under persistent Jpnese bombing ttcks in order to escort vessels bering reinforcements nd supplies to the mrines estblished on the islnds. Lt. Comdr. Elbert C. Wilson, USNR, of Hrford, Conn., for decisively outstnding performnce of duty during n ttck by enemy plnes upon the ship to which he ws ttched. Becuse of the intensive drilling of his crew in emergency exercises, only minute nd hlf ws required fter generl qurters ws sounded for the guns to be mnned nd themergency squd, hndling fire nd bot equipment, to go into ction. A bomb mde direct hit on htch, strting blze in ll sections of the hold. Within five minutes the fire ws under control nd flming cnvs, debris, nd dunnge ws being clered from the decks. During this time, constnt mchine-gun Are ws min- tined nd the ttcking plne ws seen to drop, swerve, nd finlly ws driven off. Lt. Comdr. Crter L. Bennett, USN, of Nshville, Tenn., executive officer of submrine which sunk 29,600 tons of enemy merchnt shipping, for his ctions during the period of the sinkings. Lt. Comdr. Robert H. Tylor, USN, of Beverly Mills, Clif., for crrying Pge 48 How bout ten dys leve, Cptin? on his duties s flg lieutennt nd personl ide Rer to Admirl Thoms C. Kincid, USN, nd s his ssistnt for opertions nd tctics nd, lter, on the stff of crrier tsk force commnder, during ctions with enemy Jpnese forces in the Southwest Pcific re, from dngerously exposed bttle sttions where he ws repetedly subjected to violent enemy eril ttcks. * Lt. Chester W. Nimitz, Jr., USN, who served s torpedo nd gunnery officer nd lter s executive officer on two wr ptrols of submrine, for contributing gretly to the success in the mny ctions of his vessel, which resulted in sinking or gretly dmging much enemy shipping. During third wr ptrol his submrine ws ordered to, conduct reconnissnce nd rescue Royl Air Force personnel from smll islnd off the entrnce to Tjiliip, Jv, surrounded by wters under Jpnese control. Lieutennt Nimitz conducted the reconnissnce with two men in smll bot nd definitely determined tht the personnel were not there to be rescued. Lt. Mx Silverstein, USN, of Bltimore, Md., who ws engineer nd Section Bse SweeDiw dmge control officer of the U. S. S. Sims, destroyer lost in the Bttle of the Corl Se, for coolly resuming his duties upon recovering fter hving been rendered unconscious by concussion from the first bomb which hit the ship, directing the securing of boilers, the jettisoning of topside weights to preserve stbility nd the preprtions for repirs to sve the vessel from sinking. He is listed s missing in ction. Lt. Robert F. Sellers, USN, of Portlnd, Oreg., for boldly tking his submrine into, n enemy hrbor, mneuvering it into firing position, nd sinking 3,500-ton Jpnese minelyer which ws lying t nchor. Sixteen enlisted men who were bord the cruiser U. S. S. Sun Frncisco in its fight ginst Jpnese forces in the Bttle of Gudlcnl. Although Rer Adm. Dniel Cllghn, USN, nd Cpt. Cssin Young, USN, commnding officer of the ship, were killed in the ction nd the ship ws dmged by hevy shells from Jpnese bttleship, the Sun Frncisco continued in the bttle line nd inflicted mjor dmge ships. upon enemy

51 . The men: Albert C. McCullough, ' CBM, USN, of Sn Diego, Clif., for tking chrge when the port bttery officer ws injured nd directing the fire of the guns so skillfully tht dmging hit ws scored on Jpnese destroyer. Subsequently under hevy fire from the enemy, he tirelessly directed the crew of the bttery in fighting fires strted by hits scored by enemy ships. Edmund E. McGuire, CFC, USN, of Greenup, Ky., for joining the fire fighters in the fter prt of the ship fter his own bttle sttion hd been shot wy, nd rescuing one of his officers who hd been criticlly wounded, thereby sving his life. Willrd C. Cnndy, Jr., BMlc, USN, of Hopewell, V., who ws in chrge of the upper powder room, nd who, when shell hit ruptured the sprinkling system, deluging him, his crew, nd the powder, wiped off the powder bgs with rgs, nd dried them in order tht the mmunition could be used. Lter, when the lower powder room ws flooded, he orgnized fire-fighting nd rescue prties nd contributed gretly to the preservtion of the ship. Robert J. 'Perry, BMlc, USN, of Jckson, Wis., for his inspiring courge in tking chrge of the strbord bttery fter the officer in chrge hd been injured; rushing mmunition to the gunners under hevy shell fire; fighting fires strted by enemy hits, nd cring for the wounded. Chrles L. Kinney, Jr., Cox., USN, of Knss City, Mo., for disregrding severe wound cused by shell burst, nd the hevy enemy fire, nd per- sisting in ttempting to lod projectile he held in his irms, until forced to desist by his injuries. Rlph H. Snell, Cox., USN, of Chowchill, Clif., who ws wounded by enemy shell fire, nd hd to be crried from his gun sttion. Despite his condition, he struggled to his feet nd ssisted in cring for nd evcuting his wounded comrdes throughouthe ction. His wounds lter proved ftl. Lester K. Stricklnd, GM3c, USN, of Nichols, S. C., for mking his wy to the fter port 1.1-inch clipping room-ner rging fire nd in imminent dnger of exploding-while enemy shells were still hitting in immedite proximity, nd proceeding to flood the spce. His lert presence of mind nd heroic conduct undoubtedly sved tht portion of the vessel from dmge nd possible destruction. Temple T. Thornton, Jr., PhM3c, USN, of Fordyce, Ark., for working unided in the fce of hevy enemy shelling, despite bd sclp wound, nd orgnizing secondry dressing sttion where first id nd surgicl tretment were dministered to the wounded. John R. Nichols, Slc, USN, of Denver, Colo., posthumously, for leving his own gun to ct s replcement on five-inch gun bttery during the height of the bttle nd lter proceeding to the forwrd prt of the ship to ssist in fighting fires. Joseph P. Strk, Slc, USN, of Alhmbr, Clif., who is listed s wounded in ction, for remining t his gun nd keeping up stedy blst of fire in n effort to destroy n enemy torpedo plne which ws lredy flme nd heding towrd his sttion. Willim Gstelum, S~C, USNR, of Superior, Ariz., posthumously, for entering burning comprtment to ssist in rendering first id; in removing the wounded, nd in fighting fires. While engged in this rescue work, he ws killed by burst of shrpnel. Willim E. Gilcrese, S~C, USN, of El Cmpo, Tex., for his ction in crrsring wounded shipmtes to sfety lthough he ws seriously wounded nd in gret pin. Joseph J. Pstor, S~C, USNR, of Pn, lll., posthumously, for volunteering to led hose round gun turret which ws firing nd into hngr where fire ws rging. He lost his life in n effort to extinguish the blze. Lewis Trpley, GM~c, USN, of High Shols, G., for remining t his gun sttion nd keeping up stedy blst of fire when hostile torpedo plne, lredy flme, plunged towrd his ship in hedlong dive. Trpley showed utter disregrd for the dissr terous consequences of n impending crsh nd ws wounded in ction. Donld E. Hrsh, S~C, USNR, of Mechnicsburg, Ohio, for remining on sttion to ssist in cring for the wounded nd to fight fires, lthough he ws suffering from serious fce wounds. Crl Rymond Buer, S~C, USNR, of Amhert, Colo., for continuing to fight rging fires cused by n explosion which hd severely wounded him in the neck, until he ws forcibly re- moved from his sttion fter which he collpsed from loss of blood..s?t DISTINGUISHED FLYING CROSS Lt. Comdr. Leroy Cord Simpler. USN, of Hrbeson, Del., for leding his fighting squdron in n ttck ginst n enemy ir group heded towrd our' surfce forces during the Solomon Islnds cmpign, resulting in his squdron destroying 19 Jpnese plnes nd dmging three more. He lso received Gold Str in lieu of second Distinguished Flying Cross for leding 12 plnes of his squdron in determined nd repeted mchine-gun strfing ttcks ginst enemy lnd troops nd se instlltions, thereby ssisting in effectively silencing Jpnese opposition nd ssuring the consumtion of our lnding opertions without undue csulties on August 7,1942. (See lso Nvy Cross.) * For service s commnders of ptrol plnes in bombing rids on Jpnese shipping in Kisk Hrbor, ccom- - plishment of the rids entiling flying through clouds; dropping their bombs nd strfing their trgets from very low ltitudes under withering fire from ntiircrft btteries, nd then bringing their bttered plnes sfely to bse: Lt. Comdr. Hermn L. Ry, USN, of Pontotoc, Miss. Lt. (jg) Russell C. Gish, USNR, of Wterville, Minn. Lt. (jg) Rolf L. Hgen, USNR, of Port Chicgo, Clif. Lt. (jg) Emil B. Hnson, USNR, of Settle, Wsh. Ensign Willim J. Decker, urn, of St. Louis, Mo. (See pge 51 ) 4.l M Pge 49

52 Ensign Herbert W. George, USNR, of Missoul, Mont. r?l: Lt. Comdr. Louis J. Kirn, USN, of Milwukee, Wis., for leding his scouting squdron in vigorous nd precise dive-bombing ssult ginst Jpnese nvl tsk force in the fce of ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition, pressing home his ttck nd returning his squdron intcto its crrier fter contributing immesurbly to the severe dmging of n enemy ircrft crrier in the Solomon Islnds cmpign. 72 Lt. Clrk A. Hood, Jr., USN, of Ncon, Tex., who ws killed in ction, for voluntrily ccomplishing the first bombing ginst Jpnese vessels in Kisk Hrbor, in ddition to flying ll-night ptrols in contct with the enemy during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign. Lt. Jep. C. Jonson, USN, of Greenrille, Ky., who ws killed in ction during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign, for prticipting in bombing ttcks on Jpnese vessels in Kisk Hrbor in the fce of ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition, nd for flying llnight ptrols in contct with the enemy. Lt. Arthur L. Jcobson, USN, of Tcom, Wsh., nd Lt. Jmes A. Msterson, USN, of Berkeley, Clif., for brving extreme wether conditions to crry out ttck missions ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor whilecommnders of ptrol plnes in the Aleutin Islnds cmpign. They were forced by low ceiling to fly through the clouds, deliver their bombing nd strfing ttcks nd pull out into the cler t very low ltitude. Their plnes were pierced by shrpnel nd lighter cliber projectiles by fire from shore nd ship btteries. Lt. (jg) Jck F. Litsey, USNR, of Settle, Wsh., Gold Str in lieu of second Distinguished Flying Cross, for continuing on his objective of photogrphing lrge Jpnese vessel in Kisk Hrbor, lthough he ws ttcked by numericlly superior force of enemy fighters nd his ptrol plne ws riddled with 65 bullet holes; one engine ws completely disbled, nd two of his crew were mortlly I HumHoldt Pwl But, sir, my girl insisted. tht I bring her souvenir from Afric. wounded. His superb irmnship nd unyielding determintion enbled him to bring his crippled plne bck to its bse. Lt. (jg) Henry M. McDowell, USNR, of Aberdeen, Wsh., for prticipting in persistent bombing nd strfing ttcks ginst enemy forces in the Bttle of Midwy, while fced with tremendous ntiircrft Are. 7% Lt. (jg) Jmes C. Clrk, Jr., USNR, of North Hollywood, Clif., for brv-. ing extreme wether conditions to crry out dive-bombing nd strfing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor. He ws forced by low ceiling to fly through clouds nd, fter his ttck, pull out into the cler t very low ltitude. He ws subject to ntiircrft fire from ship nd shore btteries nd his plne ws riddled with shrpnel nd lighter cliber projectiles. In one such ttck, 350 miles from bse, his plne cptin nd second rdiomn were killed, his first rdiomn wounded, nd his port engine nd ileron completely disbled. Nevertheless, Lieutennt (jg) Clrk nd his crew returned the plne to its bse. 7% Lt. (jg) Milton R. Dhl, USNR, of Settle, Wsh., nd Lt. (jg) Richrd G. Johnston, nsh, of Fullerton, Clif., for brving extreme wether conditions to deliver dive-bombing nd strfing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor. They were forced by low ceiling to fly through clouds, deliver their ttcks, nd pull out t very low ltitudes. Their plnes were riddled by shrpnel nd lighter cliber projectiles by ntiircrft Are from ship nd shore btteries. 72 Ensign Lloyd J. Mills, USNR, of Cove, Oreg., whows killed in ction, for prticipting in bombing rids ginst the Jpnese in the Aleutin Islnds cmpign in ddition to flying llnight ptrols nd fcing tremendous ntiircrft fire. Ensign Gus G. Bebs, USNR, of Wilmette, Ill., posthumously, for piloting his bombing plne in persistent bombing nd strfing ttcks ginst fleeing enemy forces in the Bttle of Midwy, obtining dmging ner-miss on n enemy vessel in the fce of tremendous ntiircrft fire. Jy W. Jenkins, M3c, USN, of Erie, Colo., who is listed s missing in ction, for successfully defending his plne ginst fierce ssults of Jp- nese fighters by the skillful nd timely fire of his free mchine guns, thereby iding the pilot of his bombing plne to escpe, fter prticipting in the first dive-bombing ttck ginst the invsion fleet in the Bttle of Midwy. 72 The following, ll missing in ction, who served s free gunners nd rdio opertors of plnes in torpedo, squdron in the Bttle of Midwy, for returning the fire of enemy Jpnese fighters so s to enble their pilots to press home ttcks ginst concentrted ntiircrft fire nd violent fighter opposition: Pge 50

53 Chrles Tilden Grent, ACRM, USN, chievements s gunner of plne in of Cincinnti, Ohio. the Bttle of Midwy. While pr- John Hil Btes, RMZc, USN, of ticipting in three dive-bombing t- Hebron, Ind. tcks, he shot down one enemy fighter John Melville Blundell, ARM~c, nd drove off others with ccurte USN, of Ft. Wyne, Ind. nd timely Are from his free mchine Wilburn Forrest Glenn, ARM2c, guns. USN, of Austin, Tex. John Udell Lne, Rmc, USN, of Esmond, Ill. 'For rendering vluble ssistnce Hrold Frncis Littlefield, ARMZc, to their pilots while gunners of plnes USN, of Bennington, Vt. in scouting squdron during the Edwin John Mushinski, ARM2c, Bttle of Midwy, by detiling con- USN, of Tmp, Fl. tinuous Specific nd comprehensive Gregory Joseph Durw, ARM3c, informtion concerning the disposi- USN, of Milwukee, Wis. tion nd movements of enemy units, the following, ll of whom re missing : Bruno P. Gido, A"lc, USN, of Milwukee, Wis. Thurmn Rndolph S w i n d e 11, ACMlc, USN, of Engelhrd, N. C. Louis Dle Hnsen, RM2c, USN, Of Americn Flls, Idho. Dvid Bruce Crig, RM3c, USNR, Of Los Angeles, Clif. 72 For succeeding in defending their plnes ginst fierce ssults of enemy fighters by skillful nd timely fire of their free mchine guns, thereby iding their pilots to escpe, fter sfe pull-outs from dives while prticipting in the first dive-bombing ttck in the Bttle of Midwy, the following, ll of whom re reported missing in ction: Hrry Willims Nelson, Jr., ARMlc, USN, of Slt Lke City, Uth. Glen Lester Holden, k?rm2c, USN, of Muston, Wis. Smuel A. Munten, RM3c, usnr, of Sn Diego, Clif. Lee Edwrd John Keney, Slc, USN, of Sndusky, Ohio. * Wlter G. Chochlousek, ARNllc, USN, of Sn Diego, Clif., for his Frederick Chrles Jeck, USN, of Asbury Prk, N. J. 0; RM~c, Robert Boyd Brzier, ARMZc, USN, of Slt Lke City, Uth, who ws killed in ction while gunner of torpedo plne engging enemy Jpnese forces in the Bttle of Midwy. Disregrding intense ntiircrft fire, Brzier defended his plne by continuous gunfire ginst overwhelming fighter opposition until mortlly wounded. After reporting his con- dition, he courgeously performed essentil opertions which enbled the pilot to return to his own force. 72 Dvid D. Berg, ARM3c, USN, of Kingston, Wsh., nd Grnt Ulysses Dwn, ARM~c, USN, of Lenoire, Tenn., for disregrding the dnger from intense ntiircrft fire while prticipting dive-bombing ttcks ginst enemy forces in the Bttle of Midwy, nd continuing the defense of their plnes, thereby contributing mterilly to the success of our forces. Both men, who cted s gunners in bombing-squdron plnes, re missing in ction. Richrd M. Hnsen, ARM3c, USNR, of Sn Jose, Clif., for disregrding the dnger from ntiircrft fire while.prticipting s gunner of torpedo-squdron plne in n ttck ginst enemy nvl forces in the Bttle of Midwy, nd ssisting in repelling overwhelming fighter forces, thereby iding his squdron in pressing home the ttck. Lt. Edwrd A. Michel, Jr., USN, of Jmestown, N. Y., for swimming through hevy ses nd dngerous surf to the shore to rescue the wekened nd injured survivors of ptrol plne which hd crshed on n islnd. Although t the point of exhustion from cold nd exposure, he remined on the islnd directing the rescue opertion, leving only when officers nd crew of the disbled plne hd been removed. 72 Lt. Henry A. V. Post, usm, of New York, N. Y., for rescuing lborer from drowning in lower New York By on November 3, A few sec- 1 1 (See pge 53),IYI M Pge 51

54 onds fter the mn hd been struck unconscious nd thrown over the side by mrker bouy, Lieutentnt Post, lthough hmpered by hevy winter clothing, dived into the wter, rescued the injured mn before he could go down the second time nd supported him ginst strong tidl current until, with the id of line, he ws brought longside lighter. Lt. Dvid R. Bell, USN, of Wshington, D. C., for sighting 19,600-ton enemy tnker during the mid-wtch while serving s Officer-of-the-Deck on submrine, nd by expert mneuvering enbled his submrine to sink the tnker. * Lt. John B. Currie, USN, of Wshington, D. C., nd Lt. John H. Cunning- hm, Jr., USN, of Brookline, Mss., for extremely heroic nd courgeous conduct during highly successful nd ggressive submrine wr ptrol in wters occupied by enemy combtnt forces. Lt. (jg) John S. Burns, Jr., usm, of dlnds, Clif., for rescuing four men from strnded bot while serving bord wrship. When smll ptrol bot with crew of four becme lost in the drkness nd ws tossed upon n isolted corl reef, Lieutentnt (jg) Burns risked his life by swimming through the shrk-infested wters to crry lighter line from the rescue bot which, becuse of the dngerous surf, ws prevented from pproching the strnded men. Lt. (jg) Thoms P. Lwton, usm, of Newport, R. I., for rescuing Joseph C. Sumner, Slc, USNR, of Fort Myers, m., from drowning when he fell from United Sttes wrship on My 21, Not knowing thextent of Sumner s injuries nd relizing the dnger of his being sucked into the turning propeller bldes, Lieutentnt (jg) Lwton immeditely jumped into the wter nd pulled Sumner to sfety. As result of the officer s ction, Sumner suffered only minor injury where otherwise he might hve lost his life. * Mrvin J. Wlker, EM2c, USN, of Detroit, Mich., for proceeding through n extremely dngerous re bord the U. S. S. Lexington during the Bttle of the Corl Se to investigte the extent of dmge cused by n explosion which hd disrupted communictions between the bridge nd the centrl sttion.. He then mde his wy to the bridge nd.gve the cptin the first report of conditions below decks, furnishing informtion of vitl importnce in the control of dmge during most crucil period of the bttle. Commnder Dougls T. Dy, Jr., USN, of Wrrenton, V., for leding division of his squdron to the Aleutin Are, nd, immeditely upon rrivl, engging in importnt serch nd ttck missions, with but scnt dvnce notice or time for preprtion. Under his skillful ledership nd direction, the continunce of ggressive nd determined ttcks on the enemy Jpnese concentrtions in Kisk Hrbor ws mde possible. Lt. Jmes H. Dvies, USN, of Sn Diego, Clif.; Lt. (jg) Hrold E. Belew, USNR, of Fresno, Clif.; Ens. Robert F. Keller, usm, of Wichit, Kdns., reported s missing in ction; nd Mchinist Weimr E. Neuzer, USN, of Sn Diego,Clif., listed s killed in ction, for brving severe Alskn wether nd forcing their plnes to fly through the clouds to crry out ttck missions ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor. Their plnes were pierced by lighter cliber projectiles when they were forced to pull out into the tudes. cler t very low lti- Rinwldi in The Hoist Lt. Murice A. Smith, USN, of Lodi. Clif., who is listed s missing in ction, for sighting Jpnese crrier tsk force nd immeditely reporting the informtion to the bse, while commnder of ptrol plne during the Bttle of Midwy. After sighting the tsk force, Lieutennt Smith proceeded to trck it down in the fce of ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition. His ccurte nd timely reports contributed immesurbly to the intelligent nd successful direction of United Sttes forces. in their subsequent ttck. Lt. Winslow L. Pettingell, usm, of Amesbury, Mss., for lnding his ptrol plne in perilous ses to pick up severl injured men who might not hve survived further existence. He ws on routine ptrol flight nd sighted number of survivors drifting t se on life rfts. He reported their position to his bse nd signlled the survivors tht they would be rescued the following dy. Upon closer investigtion, however, he observed the criticl condition of some of the, men nd lnded his plne on the open se. He then took bord 11 of the most seriously injured nd returned his hevily loded plne to its bse. * Lt. Mrk M. Bolin, USN, of Cordele. G., for bringing 13 survivors of ship bord his ptrol plne during Pge 52

55 hevy squll. While on ptrol he sighted burning nd bndoned merchntmn nd begn n immedite serch for survivors. Upon locting botlod, he effected precrious lnding on choppy se. When unfvorble surfce conditions nd the squll prevented the bot from pulling longside his plne, he ws compelled to flot line nd rescue the 13 survivors one by one. After they hd been tken bord, he negotited successful tke-off -from thretening swells, despite the extr weight, nd flew bck sfely to his bse. 1 AIR MEDAL Lt. Sumner E. Atherton, Jr., USNR, of West Lebnon, N. H., for crrying out hzrdous scouting mission. Flying over enemy-occupied territory, within the rnge of Jpnese nti-, ircrft btteries, Lieutennt Atherton ws ttcked by three enemy seplne fighters. Turning on his ttckers, Lieutennt Atherton succeeded in inflicting dmge on one of the plnes; probbly cused the destruction of nother, then successfully completed his scouting mission. 7% Lt. Gordon K. Ebbe, USM, of Wupc, Wis., for his prt in ptrol nd bombing opertions, nd for his two dring rescuesof other Nvl personnel. On one occsion he locted nd sved two men who hd been strnded following the crsh of their ptrol plne. Another time he lnded his plne in exposed wters despite hevy, dngerous swells, picked up n officer from grounded vessel who ws suffering from injuries inflicted by the explosion of flre nd crried him to sfety. 7% Lt. Hmilton 0. Huck, USN, of Settle, Wsh., for volunteering to serch for ptrol plne lost t se lthough he hd been on duty lmost constntly for the preceding 48 hours s commnder of ptrol plne. Locting the lost crft on his first flight, Lieutennt Huck ws relieved by stnd-by while he flew bck to bse, refueled, nd returned to remin overnight with the lost plne. As result of this ction he ws in the ir 24% hours out of 25, nd contributed mterilly to the rescue of the ptrol plne nd its crew. Yssuh-NRAB Ancosti is thtwy! I Lt. Willie M. Dickey, USN, of Rusk, Tex., nd Ens. Benjmin J. Binghm, USNR, of Ogden, Uth, for flying under extremely hzrdous conditions on dngerous scouting missions during enemy bombing s ptrol-plne commnders nd, in ddition, prticipting in ll-night eril ptrols nd bombing ttcks on Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor in the fce of ntiircrft fire nd fighter opposition during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign. 7% The following, ll serving s second pilots of ptrol plnes in the Aleutin Islnds cmpign, for forcing their plnes to fly through clouds, despite low ceiling nd severe wether, to crry but ttck missions ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor: Lt. Willim R. Stevens, USN, of Slem, Oreg. Lt. (jg) Hobrt H. Throckmorten, usm, of Des Moines, Iow. Lt. (jg) Sherwood L. Nelson, USNR, of Pontic, Mich. Lt. (jg) Jck Arnold, USNR, of Rexford, Mont. Ensign Hrold K. Mntius, USNR, of New Cnn, Conn. Ensign Arne W. Hvu, USNR, of Pontic, Mich. Ensign Andy Glosecki, USNR, of Peori, Ill. Ansoosti ROD Tim Ensign Leonrd A. Dobler, USNR, of Rockford, Wsh. * $ Lt. Crl H. Amme, USN, of Chrles- ton, S. C., second pilot of ptrol plne in ction ginst enemy Jpnese forces during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign, for ssisting in determined dive-bombing nd strfing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor, despite low ceiling which forced him to fly his plne through clouds in order to crry *out the ttck. His plne ws pierced by shrpnel nd lighter cliber projectiles. * Lt. Peter F. Boyle, USN, of Silvi, Ill., for tking prt inumerous night ptrols in the presence of enemy units; for engging in successful com- (See pge 55) 1 Pge 53

56 bt withostile ircrft, nd for prticipting in bombing rids on Jpnese instlltions, during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign. * Lt. George C. Duncn, USN, of Arlington, V., for successfully fighting off nd dmging n enemy fighter which ttcked him while he ws engged in spotting mission during the Aleutin Islnds cmpign. $7 Lt. (jg) Dvid A. Brough, USNR, of Pueblo, Colo., posthumously, for engging in dngerous scouting missions during the enemy bombing of Dutch Hrbor nd, in ddition, for prticipting in ll-night eril ptrols nd bombing ttcks on Jp- - nese ships in Kisk Hrbor in the fce of concentrted ir nd ntiircrft opposition. $7 Lt. (jg) Julius A. Rven, USNR, of Settle, Wsh., who is reported missing in ction, for effecting rescue t se. While returning from combt mission nd flying over n enemy controlled re, Lieutennt (jg) Rven sighted survivors of grounded vessel. Disregrding the dnger to his life nd his plne, he lnded in the rough se, embrked 15 of the vessel s crew, nd took off without dmge to his plne, then returned the survivors to their bse. $7 Lt. (jg) Mrk K. Bright, USM, of Anderson, Ind., for shooting down n ttcking enemy dive bomber nd ssisting in the destruction of nother while serving s the pilot of fighter plne in the Solomon Islnds cmpign. * - Lt. (jg) Leon W. Hynes, mm, of Billings, Mont., for leding division of fighter plnes in n ttck ginst n overwhelming force of Zeros in which he shot down one Zero nd dmged nother in the Solomon Islnds cmpign. Lt. (jg) Robert K. Cmpbell, USNR, of Knss City, Mo., nd Ehsign Alden W. Hnson, usm, of Sn Diego, Clif., for n ssult ginst hostile tsk force in the fce of tremendous opposition, thereby contributing to the severe dmging of Jpnese ircrft crrier during the Solomon Islnds cmpign. * Lt. (jg) Willim E. Henry, USM, of Bkersfield, Clif., for prticipting Pge 54 Submerge little bit, Alex, redy to rime HOW! -Shipmte I m in dive-bombing ttck ginst Jpnese crrier during the Solomon Islnds cmpign in which the vessel ws severely dmged nd then, on his return flight, ttcking group of enemy plnes. He shot down three of these nd probbly destroyed the fourth. Lt. (jg) Willim T.O Dowd, vsm, of Monticello, Ind., for proceeding to 8; point 390 miles from Midwy Islnd-by skillful nvigtion nd ccurte estimtion of the drift of rubber life rft-where he locted five members of the crew of ptrol plne which hd been shot down by enemy Jpnese forces. He skillfully effected lnding of his hevily loded ircrft in the open se;. picked up the survivors, nd mnged successful tke-off, despite the hzrdous ddition of excess weight. $7 Lt. (jg) Crl F. Bgge, usm, of Wynot, Nebr., for crrying out his ttck mission s commnder of ptrol plne in the Aleutin Islnds cmpign, despite extremely dverse wether conditions. He ws subjected to withering fire from ship nd shore btteries during low-ltitude ttcks nd his plne ws pierced by shrpnel1 nd lighter cliber projectiles. 72 Lt.. (jg) Herbert W. George, usm, of Missoul, Mont., for mking hzrdous flight of 500 miles through zero wether to effect the rescue of the surviving members of grounded ves- sel, in compny with other ptrol plnes. In spite of hevy swell running, nd in constnt dnger from enemy ction, he lnded in the open hrbor nd fter embrking the 35 remining survivors, mde sfe tkeoff from rough ses with his hevily loded plne nd delivered the survivors shore. 72 For crrying out the tsks ssigned them during ptrol missions nd bombing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor in the Aleutin Islnds under most severe wether conditions nd in the fce of ntiircrft fire from enemy ship nd shore btteries, the following: Lt. (jg) Rllnd A. Bnnister, USNR, of Settle, Wsh. Lt. (jg) George M. Dvidson, USNR, of Kendrick, Idho. Lt. (jg) John T. Foster, usnr, of Chrlevoix, Mich. Lt. (jg) Willim B. Grrison, Jr., USNR, of Settle, Wsh. Lt. (jg) Robert E. Erickson, USNR, of Settle, Wsh. Lt. (jg) Crl A. Lrsen, usm, of Renton, Wsh. Lt. (jg) Frederick A. McFrlnd. usm, of Settle, Wsh. Lt. Cjg) Vernon E. Scholer, USNR, of Kennewick, Wsh. Ensign John J. Connors, Jr., USNR, of Settle, Wsh. Ensign Crl Dillon, USM, of Beumont, Tex. Ensign CecilD. Kephrt, usnr, of Stockton, Kns. Ensign Oliver Ortmn, USM, of Chicgo, Ill. Ensign Dixon B. Rice, usm, of Settle, Wsh. * For crrying out the tsks ssigned them during ptrol missions nd bombing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor, under severe wether conditions nd in the fce of ntiircrft fire from enemy ship nd shore btteries, the following: Lt. (jg) Brdley A. Reynolds, Jr., USNR, of Helen, Mont. Lt. (jg) Dewey A. Ostrom, USM, of Settle, Wsh. Lt. (jg) Louis W. Fischer, USNR, of Portlnd, Oreg. Lt. (jg) Crl E. Dvidson, urn, of Hobrt, Okl. Lt. (jg) Edwrd A. Arnold, Jr., usm, of Fkxford, Mont. Ensign George E. Thelen, USNR, of Billings, Mont.

57 Ensign Albert D. Peterson, USNR, of Moscow, Idho. Ensign Robert R. Lrson, USNR, of Beverly Hills, Clif. Ensign Roy A. Evns, USN, of Elm, Iow. Ensign Robert J. Brower, USNR, of Fullerton, Nebr. Ensign John E. Berminghm, Jr., USNR, of Fond Du Lc, Wisc. Ensign Delbert W. Hlsey, USNR, of Coeur d Alene, Idho, who is listed s missing in ction, for prticipting in the Mrshll Islnds ttck, Februry 1, 1942, s pilot of the ir ttck group. He ttcked enemy shore instlltions in the fce of hevy ntiircrft fire, mking direct hit on, nd demolishing, lrge wrehouse. Ensign Clifford R. Wlters, USNR, of Stretor, Ill., who is listed s missing in ction, for his conduct s pilot of the ir-ttck group in the Mrshll Islnds ttck on Februry 1, He ttcked enemy shore instlltions in the fce of hevy ntiircrft fire, destroying lrge hngr nd rdio sttion powerhouse. Ensign Chrles C. Lovell, USN, of Penscol, Fl., for his prt s copilot of ptrol plne during rescue opertions of survivors from torpedoed British tnker. Working in close coopertion nd coordintion with the senior pilot, Ensign Lovell skillfully hndled the engine throttles when his ptrol plne lnded in rough se nd picked up nine shipwrecked men. He gin demonstrted his superb irmnship when successful tke-off ws mde with n overloded nd overcrowded plne. A Ensign Stnley C. Elnd, USNR, of Portlnd, Oreg., for prticipting, lthough wounded when his plne ws strfed t Dutch Hrbor by Jpnese ttcker, in bombing forys mde through snow, rin, nd dense fog on Jpnese instlltions t Kisk Hrbor. * For serving s second pilots bord ptrol plnes which successfully completed bombing nd strfing ttcks on Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor despite hevy ntiircrft fire which seriously dmged their plnes: Lt. (jg) Orville A. Withee, USNR, Of Minnepolis, Minn. Section Bse Sweepings How bout something cheper? He s just been reclssified 1A. Ensign John L. Smpson, USNR, of Tcom, Wsh. Ensign Joseph P. Weibler, USNR, of Ykim, Wsh. Ensign Ernest W. Willims, UsN, of Sn Diego, Clif., Ensign Jmes C. Erwin, usm, of El Dordo, Ark., for volunteering to ssist in the serch for ptrol plne lost t se bout 250 miles off the Aleutin Islnds, despite the fct tht he hd been on duty lmost constntly for the preceding 48 hours. When the lost crft ws found on the first flight, Ensign Erwin s plne ws relieved by stndby while he flew bck to bse, refueled, nd returned to remin overnight with the lost plne under extremely hzrdous wether conditions. As result of this ction, he ws in the ir for 24% hours out of 25. Ensign Erwin lso received Gold Str in lieu of second Air Medl for crrying out tsks ssigned him during ptrol missions nd bombing ttcks ginst Jpnese ships in Kisk Hrbor under most severe wether conditions nd in the fce of ntiircrft fire from enemy ship nd shore btteries. Ensign Donld D. Duffy, USNR, of Kennewick, Wsh., for his prt in crrying to successful completion reconnissnce mission. He ws second pilot of ptrol plne disptched to obtin photogrphs of lrge Jpnese vessel in Kisk Hrbor. Severe ntiircrft fire ws encountered which riddled the plne with.65 bullet holes; disbled one engine completely, nd mortlly wounded the photogr- pher nd one of the gunners. Despite the hevy dmge, the plne completed its mission nd returned to its bse more thn 500 miles wy. I$ Ensign Benjmin F. Currier, USNR, of Reford, N. C., for following enemy dive bombers down through the ntiircrft fire from his own ships during hostile enemy ssult ginst our surfce forces, nd pressing home his ttck until he shot one into the se, in the Solomon Islnds cmpign. ipurple HEART Lloyd M. Hrris, CBM, USCG, of Vllejo, Clif., for wounds received in ction when he ws strfed with mchine gun fire from n enemy plne while he wg lnding with the ship s bech prty on November 8, 1942,. t Fedl, French Morocco, Afric. IPROMOTIONS Clir J. Fox, urn, of Centrli, Wsh., to chief yeomn, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. A Albert C. Gillespie, USN, of Rock River, Wyo., to shipfitter, first clss, for utter disregrd to his own sfety nd for outstnding performnce of his duties when his ship ws dmged. Hewswounded in ction. McNeil T. Hnkins, USN, of New York City, to officers stewrd, second clss, for the exceptionl qulities of ledership displyed in the outstnd- ing performnce of his duties under most trying nd difficult conditions, (Look mo further) Pge 55

58 nd for working incessntly for more thn 12 hours following n ction in which his ship ws dmged. Simon Derrell Hrtmn, USN, of Big Spring, Tex., to gunner s mte, first clss, for outstnding devotion to duty under most trying nd difficult conditions when his ship ws dmged. Richrd Robert Irvine, USN, of St. Pul, Minn., to gunner s mte, first clss, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. 72 Y. C. Lne, USN, of Mulberry, Ark., to mchinist s mte, first clss, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. Edwrd John Lvlette, USN, of Gret Brrington, Ms%., to mchinist s mte, second clss, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. Jmes Wesley Lucs, USN, of Altden, Clif., to mchinist s mte, second clss, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. * Jcob Edwrd Opp, USN, of Glen Ullin, N. Ikk., to chief electricin s mte, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. Dvid Hrold Prker, USN, of Nor- Wood, N. C., to gunner s mte, second clss, for outstnding performnce of duty under most trying nd difficult conditions during enemy ction nd for coolness in ction nd ledership. Henry Glenn Penrod, USN, of Long Bech, Clif., to chief mchinist s mte, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. 72 Willim Edwrd Pritchett, USN, of Tillicum, Wsh., to wter tender, sec- ond clss, for outstnding work in ssisting in repiring dmge to his ship. * Chrles Avery Rscoe, USN, of Beumont, Tex., to coxswin, for ledership, courge, nd thoughtfulness in the performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged, Hrold Robert Ryder, USN, of Brooklyn, N. Y., to wter tender, second clss, for outstnding work in ssisting in repiring dmge to his ship. Louis Clifford Shnnon, USNR, of Scrmento, Clif., to chief rdiomn, for outstnding performnce of duty during ction ginst the enemy. John Lwrence Shuberger, of Scrmento, Clif., to gunner s mte, third clss, for outstnding performnce of duty under most difficult nd trying conditions nd for volunteering numerous times for hzrdous duties. *. Owen Willrd Smith, USN, of Springfield, Ohio, to yeomn, first clss, for intelligent performnce of duty under the most trying conditions. He delivered ll orders without mistke, nticipted the need for vitl informtion, obtined it, nd kept the conning officer constntly informed. + USNR, Edwrd Leon Sowmn, USN, of Slt Lke City, Uth, to chief rdiomn, for outstnding performnce of duty during ction ginst the enemy. + George Lloyd Tylor, Jr., USN, of Oklnd, Clif., to qurtermster, second clss, for displying exceptionl lertness nd intelligence during period of more thn six hours t steering control without relief. + Jim Willims, USN, of Snger, Tex., to chief electricin s mte, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. 72 Lincoln Albert Wheeler, m, of Porterville, Clif., to mchinist s mte, second clss, for performing the duties of throttlemn for 10 consecutive hours without relief. + Andrew Edwrd Elliott Bzr, USN, of Toledo, Ohio, to gunner s mte, first clss, for outstnding performnce of duty when his ship ws dmged. He lso ws wounded in ction. 72 Howrd Orville Brdley, USNR, of Independence, Mo., to shipfitter, third clss, for risking his life bove nd beyond the cll of duty when his ship ws dmged. Oris Jck Cruthers, usm, of Shmrock, Okl., to firemn, second clss, for outstnding performnce of duty under most trying nd difficult conditions, nd for his presence of mind ih dministering rtificil respirtion to mess ttendnt for more thn 30 minutes, thereby sving the mn s life. * Jmes Smuel Woods, USN, of Scotts Vzlley; Clif., to semn, first clss, for outstnding performnce of duty nd intelligent ledership under most trying nd difficult conditions. + The following six United Sttes Cost Gurdsmen to their present rtings for, while under gunfire nd strfing ttcks, successfully operting ship s lnding bots nd dischrging troops nd equipment in French Morocco, Afric, during November 1942 : Christ F uld Thompson, of Mhnoy City, P., coxswin. Edwrd Rlph Smrkol, of Cpe My, N. J., coxswin. Elmer Leversett Russel, of Windsor, N. Y., botswin s mte, second clss. Krl Ludwig Schwrz, of New York City, botswin s mte, first clss. John Plcos, of Wshington, D. C., botswin s mte, second clss. George Brber, ofnew York City, coxswin. -+ Willim Leroy ~hl, USCG, of Arlington, Mss:, to motor mchinist s mte, first clss, for ssisting in dischrging troops nd equipment nd in the retrcting of lnding bots while under enemy gunfire nd strfing ttcks during the lnding opertions in French Morocco, Afric, in November Merrill Brrett Wood, USCG, of Woodlynne, N. J., to semn, first clss, for outstnding service in the Africn lnding opertions in November :COMMENDATIONS Lt. Thoms E. Delte, USNR, of Trenton, N. J., officer in chrge of n Armed Gurd crew bord United Sttes merchntmn which suffered ner-miss, resulting in extensive dmge to the fter prt of the ship. During the ensuing two months, the officers, merchnt crew, nd rmed Pge 56

59 gurd units stood by this vessel nd not only defended themselves ginst repeted hevy enemy ttck but ssisted mterilly in the defense of the port. In bttling the enemy, Lieutennt Delte, by his coolness under fire, inspired his men with courge nd succeeded in wrding off hevy ttcks which could hve destroyed the ship. The efficiency nd ingenuity in returning the ship to stte of complete repir erned the dmirtion of hrbor officils. 72 Lt. George R. Henry, USN, of Phildelphi, P., who, while on routine flight, observed the crsh of trining plne, nd immeditely lnded in n extremely smll re djcent to the scene of the crsh. The smllness of the,re necessitted immedite ppliction of the brkes which threw his irplne on its bck. He hstened to the crsh nd with the ssistnce of nother officer nd n enlisted mn, plced the burning ircrft under sufficient control to permit the trnsfer of the unconscious pilot from the plne nd the removl,of his burning clothing. z?t Lt. (jg) Blke Hughes, USNR, of New York City, N. Y., who ws officerin-chrge of the Armed Gurd unit bord United Sttes merchntmn, for leding his men to combt severe eril nd submrine ttcks, with the result tht the ship ws brought to port sfely. Ensign George W. Crlson, USM, of Wukegn, Ill., for orgnizing,prty of eight enlisted men, upon observing the Coconut Grove fire in Boston, Mss., nd proceeding to help in the removl of bodies. At his sug- gestion grge cross the street ws opened into which the bodies were crried, leving ll mbulnces free to tke victims who were still live. He personlly ssisted in the removl of victims from the burning building which ws filled with hevy fumes nd smoke, remining t this work s long s bodies could be found. Ensign McAlfred Cson, usm, of Atlnt, G., for leding prty of enlisted men into the building housing the Coconut Grove, in Boston, Mss., on the occsion of the fire, nd removing bodies which were literlly piled inside the door.he nd his men broke open the clokroom window nd brought out more vic- tims nd he personlly gve rtificil respirtion to two smoke-stunned victims. Eventully he worked his wy hlfwy cross the resturnt, personlly removing 15 or 16 bodies. He remined t his work until s long s bodies could be found. Ehsign George W. McCleskey, usm, of Rush Springs, Okl., for developing certin ids to be used in thelnstruction of enlisted personnel firing mchine guns nd, in ddition, for for- multing n outline nd course of instructions. Donld R. Vn Schoohoven, HAlc, USN, of Glendle, Clif., for sving, the life of mrine gunner whose plne crshed into the se in the South Pcific. Vn Schoohoven, who ws on duty on crsh bot, sprng into the se nd swm to the plne which hd begun to sink. Disregrding the dnger of being pulled to the bottom with the plne, he struggled under wter to open the cockpit nd relese the pilot nd gunner. He bndoned his.efforts nd surfced only fter the crft snk to the bot- tom. However, just s he climbed bord the bot gin, the mrine gunner floted to the surfce. In spite of his utter exhustion, Vn Schoohoven dived into the se, swm to the drowning mn, broke desperte strnglehold nd crried him bck to the bot. Although he ppered ded when lifted from the wter, the extremely skillful nd stedfst dministrtion of rtificil respirtion sved the mrine s life. * For keeping ttcking plnes well bove bombing level nd entirely wy from their ship by their expert nd dedly fire; for cusing n enemy reconnissnce plne to lter its course with three ner misses from their guns, nd hed inlnd where it eventully crshed, the following who served s members of n Armed Gurd crew bord merchnt ship during its voyge nd while in n Allied port: Eton Plesnts DeCottes, CBM, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. (Previously received the Silver Str Medl nd Commendtion for Armed Gurd service.) Pge 57

60 Willim John Kordelski, RMlc, USN, of Linden, N. J. Thoms Jckson Dixon, GM2c, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. (Previously received the Silver Str Medl nd Commendtion for Armed Gurd service. ) Joseph Mtous, SM2c, USNR, of Vernon, N. Dk. Edwin Booth Newmn, BM2c, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. (Previously received the Silver Str Medl nd Commendtion for Armed Gurd service.) Willim Powell Schberg, RM2c, USNR, Of Quincy, 111. Gustv Willim Schill, Jr. GM2c, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. (Previously received the Silver Str Medl nd Commendtion for Armed Gurd service.) Edwin Erl Hrtmn, GM3c, USN, of Reding, P. Dougls Howell,. GM3c, USNR, of Alexndri, L. Clrence Edwrd Ingrm, GM3c, USNR, of Firmont, W. V. Edwrd Joseph, Moskl, GM3c, usnr, of Bltimore, Md. Burl Avery Allen, Slc, USN, of Brookford, N. C. Robert Lee Brnhrdt, Slc, USN, of Knnpolis, N.C. Jmes Wilson Diven, Slc, USN, of Bltimore, Md. Eugene Lmrr Eson, Slc, USN, of Murrells Inlet, S. C. W. J. Hrper, Slc, USN, of West Point, G. Leonrd Hutchins, Slc, USN, of Chipley, Fl. Wendell Alfred Kelley, Slc, USNR, of Willimson, Ill. Mrvin Lillin Jones, SIC, USNR, of Dyton, Ohio. Thoms Nelson Reynolds, Slc, USNR, of Ronoke, V. Ryford Leon Rhoden, Slc, USN, of Brtow, Fl. Crl Edwrd Snodgrss, Slc, USN, of Doyle, Tenn. Hubert Leo Thomson, Slc, USN, of Ntchitoches, L. Chrles Henry Weir, Slc, USNR, of Independence, Mo. Jmes Sylvester West, Slc, USN, of Cincinnti, Ohio. Luther Struder Willims, Slc, USNR, of Fixer, Ky. Julius August Wippermn, Slc, USNR, of St. Louis, Mo. Edwrd Connor Hobn, GM2c, USNR, of Jcksonville, F 1. (Previously wrded the Silver Str Medl nd Commendtion for Armed Gurd service.)? Now tht I m here, who do I see bout girl ilz every port? For shooting down five enemy plnes nd dmging nother when the plnes mde two ttcks on convoy, the following members of the Armed Gurd crew on one of the merchnt ships in the convoy: Tommy Chrles Aiken, S~C, USNR, of Wichit Flls, Tex. The following members of ~ the John Jmes Dixon, S~C, USNR, of Armed Gurd crew of merchnt Nrberth, P. ship in convoy ttcked by numer- Robert Alexnder Donghue, S~C, ous enemy ircrft, for their expert USNR, of Phildelphi, P. nd ccurte protective fire which Edwrd Thoms Doyle, S~C, USNR, ws responsible for the convoy escpof Medi, P. 1 ing dmge in the first ttck by Psco Buddy Enfield, S~C, USNR, of high-level bombers nd torpedo Brown County, Tex. plnes nd sent one plne crshing Gilbert Willim Hrris, RM3c, USN, into the se. In second ttck their of Mexico, Mo. ship ws hit nd when the order cme Jess Lwrence Jensen, S~C, USN, of to bndon ship, ll men conducted McMilln, Wsh. themselves in highly efficient dd Jmes Joseph Jenkins, S~C, USNR, creditble mnner: of Newrk, N. J. Luke Ernest Lofro, S~C, USNR, of New York City, N. Y. Alfred Wolf, S~C, USNR, of New York City, N. Y. Robert Hrold Wolff,. GM3c, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. 7% Joseph John Chtterton, Jr., BM2c, USNR, of Lynn, Mss., for the outstnding courge nd ggressive spirit with which he performed the duties of coxswin of the Armed Gurd crew of United Sttes merchntmn, when she ws torpedoed nd sunk by Germn submrine. He prticipted in running bttle for more thn four dys ginst the viciously persistent rids of n extrordinry number of enemy submrines. In the fce of lmost continuous torpedo ssults on the convoy of which his vessel ws member, he ws the first mn to sight n ttcking submrine 500 yrds stern nd directed tremendous brrge of fire which forced it to sub- merge. Lter when his ship ws torpedoed without wrning, he bndoned ship only when the opertion of the guns becme impossible. -, Peter Pul Pelto, QM2c, USNR, of Bltimore, Md., for the efficient mnner in which. he effected the rescue of survivor of torpedoed tnker. The vessel to which Pelto ws ttched ws on ptrol in the vicinity of two torpedoings. A lookout reported mn swimming in the wter nd the ship ws brought bout nd heded towrd the mn but due to submrine dnger bot ws not lowered. As soon s it ws discovered tht the mn ws too wek to leve the spr upon which he ws supporting himself, Pelto suggested tht line be swum out to him nd immeditely volunteered for this duty. Pelto dived into the open se nd crried line to the exhusted mn who ws brought sfely on bord. Otto Bucholz, Jr., Slc, USN, of Redwood Flls, Minn. Lyle Leroy Ensign, Slc, USN, of Olympi, Wsh. Frncis Thoms Feeney, Slc, USNR, of Prkersburg, W.V. George Delroy Field,,Slc, USNR, of Reedsville, W. V. Virgil Aln Mthile, Slc, USNR, of Hrbor View, Ohio. Jmes Clvin Mttingly, Slc, USNR, of Cloverport, Ky. Hrvey McDermott, Cox, USNR, of Jersey City, N. J. Herbert Leroy McDonld, Slc, USNR, of Springfield, Ohio. Joseph Arnold Meis, GM3c, USNR, of Geddes, S. Dk.. John Thoms Mikot, Slc, USNR, of Chicgo, Ill. John Miller, SIC, USNR, of Ls Anims, Colo. Albert Robert Ritchie, Slc, USNR, of Dorchester, Mss. Lelnd Smuel Shrrock, Cox, USNR, of Ypsilnti, Mich. Pge 58

61 Winford Gordon Tomms, Slc, USNR, of Detroit, Mich. Bob Den Triplett,.S2c, usm, of Detroit, Mich.. Chrles Edwrd Underwood, Slc. USNR, of Willimsburg, Kns. Louis John Vigh, S~C, USNR, of Toledo, Ohio. Thoms Ornemore Brouhrd, Jr., Slc, USNR, of Wshington, Kns. 72 Robert Clvin Mkin, S~C, USN, of Bltimore, Md., who is listed s missing in ction, for prticipting for period of four dys in running bttle ginst the viciously persistent rids of enemy submrines while member of the Armed Gurd crew bord merchntmn, nd, when the ship ws torpedoed without wrning, for bndoning his bttle sttion only fter the opertion of the gun becme impossible. Frnk Bryn McDonld, S~C, USNR, of Pech Creek, W. V., who is listed s missing in ction. After prt icipting in running bttle ginst enemy submrines for four dys, the ship on which he ws member of the Armed Gurd crew ws torpedoed without wrning nd he only bndoned his bttle sttion when opertion of the gun ws no longer possible. Becuse he insisted upon helping to lower other men in lifebot which he ws unble to rech fter it ws on the wter, he did not hve time to obtin lifejcket for himself. Clinton Pul Frmpton, Slc, USNR, of Huntington, W. V. Jmes Allen Hollnd, Slc, USN, of St. Petersburg, Fl. Bernrd Leroy Petermn, Slc, USNR, of Snd Springs, Okl. Thoms Clrence Wtkins, Jr. Slc, USNR, of Atlnt, G. Henry Den Dvis, S~C, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. Durwrd D Bnister, SM3c, USN, of,mcdonld, Kns. * The following 10 members of n Armed Gurd crew of merchnt ship, for prticipting for period of four dys in running bttle ginst the viciously persistent rids of enemy submrines: Bernrd Byron Stmp, Cox., USNR, of Brberton, Ohio. Jerome Clement Strr, Cox., USNR, of Youngstown, Ohio. John Ptrick Mher, Slc, USNR, of Brooklyn, N. Y. Hugh Leroy McDonld, Slc, USNR, of Jcksonville, Fl. Ruben Louis Smith, Slc, USN, of Clinton, Mo. Floyd Eugene Spohn, Slc, USNR, of Burton Township, Mich. Edwrd Joseph Quinn, S~C, USNR, of Wtertown, Mss. Allen Hughley Hemley, SMSc, USNR, of El Pso, Tex. Chrles Rymond Stnsfield, S~C, USN, of Mount Crmel, Ill. Bruno Zlobik, S~C, USNR, of Slem, N. J. The vessel ws torpedoed without $r wrning nd the men bndoned ship only when opertion of the guns be- For thwrting n ttck by n en- cme impossible. They were rescued emy submrine in the North Atlntic, fter four exhusting dys in the cold, the following members of n Armed hevy ses of the North Atlntic. Gurd crew bord merchntmn: Joe Lne Alston, Jr., Slc, USNR, of For repulsing number of eril Lke Butler, Fl. ttcks nd shooting down one plne Ptsy Amelio, Slc, USNR, of Queens, during the voyge of the merchnt- N. Y. mn to which they were ttched s Wlker Besley Bruce, Slc, USNR, of Dickson, Tenn. Vernon Clrk Cse, Slc, USNR, of members of the Armed Gurd crew, the following: Thoms E. Berry, Slc, USNR, of Fort Jet, Okl.. Luderdle, Fl. Hrold Nel Cusey, Slc, USNR, of Alm, G. Jesse Junior Frnsworth, Slc, USNR, of Spelter, W. V. Hrold Thurmn Fields, Slc, USNR, of Atlnt, G. Chrles Edwrd Fischer, Slc, USNR, of Norfolk, V. Boyd Frnklin Floyd, Slc, USNR, of Firmont, N. C. Dlls Fowler, Slc, USNR, of Bridgeport, W. V. Jesse C. Brnnen, Jr., S~C, USN, of St. Petersburg, Fl. Albert R. Busbin, S~C, USNR, of Plm Bech, Fl. Robert L. Cmpbell, S~C, USN, of Jcksonville, Fl. Richrd T. Hrris, S~C, USNR, of Altoon, P. Chrles Lee Whetley, S~C, USNR, Phildelphi, P. Willim R. Lwson, W3c, USNR; of Cripple Creek, V. Rentls qurters t their own expense. Act further provides tht officers. without dependents re not entitled rentl llownce while on se duty unless the se duty is temporry duty not exceeding 3 months. Alnv modified ccordingly. Prgrph 5 of Alnv remins in effect. Officers of Women s Reserves- Nvy, Mrine Corps, nd Cost Gurd not entitled incresed rentl nd subsistence llownces for dependents. FOR THOSE IN PERIL ON THE SEA.Eternl Fther, strong to sve, Whose rm doth bind the restless wve, Who bid st the mighty ocen deep Its own ppointed limits keep; 0 her us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the se. 0 Svior whose lmighty word The winds nd wves submissive herd, Who wlkst on the foming deep, And clm mid the rge didst sleep; 0 her us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the se. 0 scred spirit who didst brood Upon the chos drk nd rude, Who bdest its ngry tumult cese, And gvest light nd life nd pece; 0 her us when we cry to Thee For those in peril on the se. 0,trinity of love nd power! Our brethren s shield in dnger s hour; From rock nd tempest, flre nd foe, Protect them wheresoe er they 90, Thus ever let there rise to Thee Gld hymns of prise from lnd nd se. -0ficil Hymn of the Nvl Acdemy. Pge 59

62 BUPERS.BULLETIN.BOARD.Expnsion of the Wves Expnsion of the WAVES hs been decided upon s result of the highly sucessful replcement of men with women which hs lredy tken plce in every bureu of the Nvy Deprtment nd every nvl district. Officils hve expressed grtitude for this excellent record nd report tht officers in chrge of every type of shore estblishment re requesting more nd more Women Reservists, both officers nd rtings. Women with only 2 yers of high school or business school eduction my now enlist. Women between 20 nd 36 yers of ge re eligible for rtings. For prospective officers, however, the ge limits re from 20 to 50 nd the eductionl requirement in generl is college degree. Two yers of college plus excellent business experience is n cceptble substitute. WAVES nd SPARS my now mrry men in ny brnch of the rmed services except their own, or be mr- ried to mn in ny brnch of the service except their own before enlisting. Trining Periods in Nvy Yrds Reduced The trining period for pprentices in mechnicl trdes in nvl shore estblishments hs been shortened to three-qurters of its pecetime length nd other revisions in the progrm mde becuse of wrtime demnd for incresed production schedules in nvy yrds. Assistnt Secretry of the Nvy Rlph Brd hs forwrded to ll nvl shore estblishments letter outlining the cuses for recently instituted chnges in the Nvy s progrm for trining of pprentices in mechnicl trdes. Deep Se Diving School There re limited number of openings remining for officer s instruction in the Deep Se Diving School t the Nvy Yrd, Wshington, D. C. Md, p. 16). The course strts the first of My 1943 nd is of 5 months durtion. Applictions should be forwrded vi officil chnnels to the Chief of Nvl Personnel nd should rech the Bureu not lter thn April 1, Applictions should ber endorsements s to physicl qulifictions for the duty. Enlisted Mrine Pilots My Obtin Commissions Mrine Corps enlisted pilots will hve n opportunity for commissioned rnk comprble to tht of vition cdets in the Nvy. Alnv No. 35, Februry 25, 1943, reds: To provide tht Mrine Corps personnel who hve completed the full prescribed courses leding to design- tion s enlisted vition pilot my hve the opportunity for commissioned rnk comprble to tht ssigned vition cdets successfully completing the present Nvy vition cdet progrm, present commnding officers re requested to submit rec- NOTICE In order to void considerbledely in thedelivery of mil it is. directed tht ll officers nd men ttched to this commnd notify their reltives nd friends to ddress ll mil to the proper miling ddress of the ship or sttion to which ttched, including the full nme, rnk, or rting ofechmn. All hnds will benefit by cooperting with this request. The Bureu suggests tht the mteril in the bove box be reproduced in ll ships m? sttions in pproprite size & posted in cornspicuous plces. (See lso story on ommendtions for temporry promotion to commissioned rnk of personnel currently ssigned to duty involving flying s pilots who formerly. held or now hold enlisted vition pilot designtion nd who re now serving in chief wrrnt or wrrnt grdes under either permnent or temporry ppointment or in the first or second py grdes. Creful considertion should be given nd full comment expressed s to the individul s qulifictions in view of the fct tht hedqurters decision is bsed primrily on the present commnding officer s recommendtions of suitble officer mteril. Service my in some instnces be considered to compenste for lck of complete high school or higher eduction. E c h recommendtion must be ccompnied by report of physicl exmintion by medicl officer who shll consult the helth record of the mn nd comply with the provisions of the Bureu of Medicine nd Surgery Mnul (rt. 1507) s modifled by the Bureu of Medicine nd Surgery Circulr Letter No, 33 if pplicble. Personnel should not be recommended unless fully qulified physiclly to perform ll duties in the field of grde or rnk for which they re recommended. Dontion of.gme Kits The Bureu of Nvl Personnel hs received from the Coc-Col Co. n offer to donte to ny ship or sttion set of indoor gmes which includes gme of drts, of Chinese checkers, of pddles, net nd blls for pingpong, nd composite box contining dominoes, cey-ducey men nd spre Chinese checkers, etc. The equipment included in these sets crries minimum of dvertising mtter nd ppers to be entirely cceptble for generl use. Any ship or sttion desiring to tke dvntge of this offer should mke ppliction to the nerest locl Coc-Col bottlers nd not to the Coc-Col Co. nor to the Bureu of Nvl Personnel. No obligtion is incurred by mking such request on the bottlers, nd there is no chrge for the supply of these sets of gmes. Pge 60

63 BUPERS BULLETIN Personl Funds -of.nvl Personnel 5. All persons, including members 1. Bureu of Nvl Personnel Cirof the rmed forces, rriving in South culr Letter No. 2443, Mrch 3, 1943, Afric, individully or in smll groups, will be required to declre the mounts published in the Nvy Deprtment Bulletin, volume 2, - No. 6, dvised of foreign currency in their possesnvl personnel of the control of imsion, nd United Sttes currency in excess of $50 in possession of persons porttion into the United Sttes of United Sttes currency in the cses not rriving direct from the United of persons entering the United Sttes Sttes or from controlled sterling re by commercil crrier from plces will be tken up by customs nd impounded by the South Africn Reserve other thn Mexico, Gret Britin, Bnk, subject to relese upon ppli- Bermud, Cnd, nd Newfoundction; provided tht the importer lnd; nd tht such personnel re estblishes tht it is free from Axis required to turn to customs uthorities ll such currency in their possestint. sion in excess of $ United Sttes currency in excess of $50 turned over to customs uthor- ities in ccordnce with the bovementioned order is impounded in Federl Reserve bnk nd my be relesed only upon uthoriztion of the Tresury Deprtment when the owner present stisfctory evidence wrrnting relese of such funds. 3. To void inconvenience due to the bove regultions, ll personnel leving the United Sttes, who expect to return by commercil crrier, re urged to provide themselves with some mens of pyment other thn United Sttes currency nd not crry with them United Sttes currency in excess of $50. Trveler s checks, drfts, or telegrphic trnsfers re the best mens of stisfying finncil needs while trveling outside of the United Sttes. 4. Subsequent to publiction of Bureu of Nvl Personnel Circulr Letter No the Deprtment hs been dvised through the Stte Deprtment tht the South Africn Government hs plced in effect control on importtion nd exchnge of United Sttes currency. The South Africn Government stted tht it is imprcticble to exmine individul members of United Sttes rmed forces rriving in convoy or in lrge numbers, nd desires tht commnding officers of such groups exercise control over the mounts of currency to be brought shore by individuls. Amounts in excess of $50 in possession of individuls should be ccompnied by certificte of convoy finnce officer s to origin. Bureu Mnul (Revised Edition) It will be noted tht the October 1942 Revised Edition of the Bureu of Nvl Personnel Mnul, which hs recently been distributed to the nvl service, does not include prts F nd G for the reson tht the Hydrogrphic Office nd the Nvl Observtory were trnsferred to the jurisdiction of the Chief of Nvl Opertions by Executive Order No of April 8, The Hydrogrphic OfEce will con- tinue to print nd issue periodiclly the Hydrogrphic Sttion Ctlog from which chrts my be requested. It is understood tht no other publiction hs been issued replcing prt F of the old Bureu of Nvl Personnel Mnul. The Bureu of Ships Mnul supersedes prt G of the old Bureu of Nvl Personnel Mnul pertining to the Nvl Observtory. The Americn Ephemeris, the Americn Nuticl Almnc, nd the Americn Air Almnc will continue to be provided by the Nvl Observtory. Allotment Checks on Time ie Nvy llotment checks to dependents nd for the pyment of insurnce premiums for Februry were miled out exctly on time despite the fct tht the Allotment Division of the Bureu of Supplies nd Accounts ws moved from Arlington, BOARD V., to Clevelnd, Ohio, beginning Februry 4. A dely in pyment ppered inevitble since full week out of the shortest month in the yer ws lost in the move. In ddition, the mchinery used in the preprtion of checks hd to be set up nd djusted fter the move: totl of 330 inexperienced clerks, hd to be brought in to replce those who did not mke the move with their divi- sion, nd the number of individul checks to be pid ws the.gretest ever hndled. Georgi Tech Alumni A new service ssocition, the Nutilins, hs been inugurted by the Nvl Reserve Trining Corps t the Georgi School of Technology. Membership will comprise grdutes of.georgi Tech who see ctive duty in this wr s commissioned officers in the Nvy-estimted s some 400 lredy-plus selected members of the unit on the cmpus. To become member on the cmpus, students m u s t demonstrte officerlike qulities by service nd conduct improving the morle nd efficiency of the unit over nd bove strict scholstic requirements of the unit, nd they must be pproved by ll officer instructors nd the mnding officer. The Nutilus, published on com- the Terminnl Tonics Occuption? Pge 61

64 1 BU PERS BULLETIN BOARD I cmpus by the students, will be the orgn of the Nutilin Assocition. The ssocition will hve no dues nd the record nd clericl work will be performed by the NROTC office on the cmpus. Eventully officers the ssocition my be elected from officers in the fleet. Whenever there re enough Georgi Tech grdutes on ships in the sme port, they will hold n ssocition meeting shore. School Nme Chnged To void confusion with the Office of Nvl Intelligence, the nme of the Nvl Air Combt Intelligence School, t the Nvl Air Sttion, Quonset Point, R. I., ws chnged in Februry to the Nvl Air Combt Informtion School., Although never officilly so designted, grdutes of this school hve frequently been referred to s ir combt intelligence officers. It is presumed tht the custom will follow the officil chnge in designtion, nd tht in the future these officers will be informlly known s ir combt informtion officers. Wve Assignments Seprte complements re not being estblished for enlisted members of the Women s Reserve. They will be included in the estblished complement for the prticulr ctivity. The lw requires tht members of the Women s Reserve relieve men for ssignment to se duty. Upon the reporting of V-10 enlisted women, n equl number of men should be mde vilble to the Bureu of Nvl Personnel for ssignment to se duty nd not ssigned to other duties shore. An overlp my be necessry in some cses where V-10 enlisted women re ssigned to replce enlisted men. When this is the cse, the Bureu will tke this into considertion in ordering the enlisted men to se duty. When ll possible replcements hve been mde, nd vcncies still exist in n uthorized complement, this Bureu will consider requests for dditionl V-10 enlisted women to fill those vcncies. Men who re relesed need not be of exctly the sme rting s the women, but should be Pge 62 of comprble rting nd equl in number. Members of the Women s Reserve re not ordered to ctivities unless there is suitble Government housing or dequte civil ccommodtions vilble. Since requests for enlisted WAVES exceed the present supply, it will be necessry. to dely the detiling of WAVES to res nd ctivities requiring smll numbers. All requests, however, re filed in the Bureu nd will be given considertion when sufficient numbers of WAVES re vilble. In this connection, it is not the intention of the Bureu to send individul WAVES or even smll groups to n ctivity. It is preferble to send not less thn 50 enlisted WAVES nd one or more officer WAVES to ccompny this number. con side red^ Since se bgs re not suitble for storing WAVE uniforms, enlisted women will rrive t their sttions with suitcses. Blnkets nd mttresses usully brought by enlisted personnel re to be furnished by the ctivity receiving enlisted women. To dte no WAVE members of the stewrds brnch hve been enlisted nd none re contemplted. Enlisted WAVES re detiled to duty by number nd rtings nd not by nme, the sme s enlisted men. However, they re llowed to request duty in the nvl district they desire or specific ctivity therein, nd f- vorble considertion is given commensurte with the needs of the service. These requests re mde t the vrious schools, when WAVES re vilble for ssignment. Individul requests for enlisted WAVES by nme re not desired. It is the Bureu s policy tht trnsfers of enlisted WAVES within nvl district be kept to minimum. Such trnsfers complicte existing nd projected housing plns, seprte enlisted WAVES from the direct supervision of WAVE officers designted for^ tht purpose, nd further interfere with the permnency of personnel. Commercil Insurnce Of vitl concern to the members of the rmed services nd their dependents ws meeting clled in New York on Februry 17 nd 18 by vrious groups of commercil insurnce representtives. Their principl purpose in rrnging the conference ws to obtin informtion on the bckground nd opertion of Public Lw 490 (Mrch 7, 1942), s recently mended by Public Lw 848 (December 24, 1942). It ws the outgrowth of common problem in reltion to pyments due becuse of deth. Before its mendment Public Lw 490, provided tht person plced in sttus of missing should -be crried in tht sttus for period of 1 yer, if there ws no prim fcie evidence of deth. If, t the end of the 12-month period, there ws no conclusive evidence of the ctul sttus, he ws to be utomticlly declred ded, nd the benefits ccruing to missing person-minly continunce of py, llotments, nd llownceswere discontinued. The 6 months deth grtuity nd Government insurnce were then to be pid. As mended by Public Lw848, creful nd detiled review of the cse of ech individul crried s missing must be mde before 12 months hve expired. If it is determined from the vilble circumstntil evidence tht there ctully exists resonble possibility of mn s being still live, the hed of the deprtment cn order him continued in the sttus of missing, until lter informtion wrrnts declrtion of deth. Similrly, fter evluting the evidence, the Secretry of the Nvy is empowered to find him to be ded; the presumed dte of deth is then set s the dy following the bsence of 12 months. These findings re of necessity the bsis of monetry pyments by the Government. This whole topic hs been of intimte concern to the insurnce compnies, since mny men in the rmed services re crrying commercil life insurnce. The concern grows out of two min fctors-the provision for continuing llotments of missing men

65 BUPERS BULLETIN BOARD for the purpose of pying insurnce premiums, nd the pyment of deth clims fter finding of deth by the Secretry of the Nvy when the missing sttus hs continued for 12 months or longer. To explin nd discuss the procedures used, the Army sent six officers; the Nvy sent four, nd the Mrine Corps three officers; nd the Cost Gurd ws represented. About 100 officers of vrious leding life insurnce compnies ttended, s well s representtives of the Interntionl Clim Assocition, the Estern Life Clim Conference, the Americn Life Convention, the Cndin Life Insurnce Officers Assocition, the Institute of Life Insurnce, the Life Office Mngement Assocition, nd the Wr Clims Liison Committee. The insurnce group ws interested nd ressured to lern of the cre with which the service deprtments were nlyzing the circumstnces surrounding the loss of the men who re in the sttus of missing or missing in ction. Ressurnce tht the findings of the heds of the deprtments concerned would not become hphzrd or routine, tht individul ttention would be given to the sitution of ech missing mn, nd tht the inquiries bout the bsic fcts would be nswered insofr s the dicttes of security will permit, ws expressed in recommendtion of the executive committee of the Interntionl Clim Assocition. In effect it ws stted tht the findincg of deth mde by the hed of the deprtment would be ccepted by the insurnce compnies to estblish both the fcts of deth nd the dte of deth. The meetings were highly successful, nd the implictions for service personnel re obviously very brod. The principl objective of the service deprtments ws ttined-to ssure tht the finding of deth in cse of missing persons should give rise to ll the contrctul benefits s well s governmentl benefits which normlly ccrue from deth. The insurnce compnies will not contest their obligtions to py insurnce upon finding of deth, even though such ; finding by the hed of the deprt- ment my not suffice to determine ll finncil nd personl reltionships under the!wsof the vrious Sttes. Our Secret Wepon-Truth Copies of the script of Our Secret Wepon-the Truth, n eductionl rdio progrm designed to show the viciousness of the enemy by the exposure of Axis lies, re now vilble for generl distribution throughout the Nvy. Copies my be obtined by writing Sue Tylor White, Freedom House, 32 Est Fifty-first Street, New York, N. Y. The lies re supplied by the shortwve rdio sttions of the Axis ntions nd nswers re given them by Rex Stout, writer nd chirmn. of the Writers Wr Bord, on progrm sponsored jointly by Freedom House nd the Philco Corportion over the Columbi Brodcsting System. The scripts lredy re being miled to six nvl trining sttions nd more thn 508 Army cmps, plus thousnds of individuls who hve requested them. New Enlisted Trining Courses 1. The Trining Division, Bureu. of Nvl Personnel, is prepring new enlisted trining course entitled Generl Trining Course for Nonrted Men, which will replce the old Apprentice Semn nd A-N mnuls. This new mnul should be redy for distribution not lter thn April 30, Mny letters re received from officers which stte tht they hve received the phrmcist s mte third clss progress, test, nd exmintion book but not the course, wheres, in relity, they hve received the course but not the progress, test, nd exmintion book. This mistke is cused by the following: () Through n error in printing, both the course nd the progress, test, nd exmintion book hve red bnd. (b) The mteril in the course book ppers somewht similr to progress, test, nd exmintion book. In order to study the course book, it is lso necessry to hve the Hndbook for the Hospitl Corps. The Bureu of Medicine nd Surgery sttes tht this book is vilble to ll phrmcist s mtes. A supply of progress, test, nd exmintion books for phrmcist s mte third clss, which. hve been out of stock for some time, re now vilble. 3. An enlisted trining course for rdio technicin third clss becme vilble from the Bureu of Nvl Personnel, Trining Division, on Mrch 15 nd is now vilble from the Director of Trining, Eleventh Nvl District, nd Director of Trining, Fourteenth Nvl District. This course ws purchsed from the Cp- itol Rdio Engineering Institute nd some enlisted men my now be tking this sme course from them t their own expense. No djustment cn be mde on ssignments lredy completed, but future ssignments my be obtined from the trining officer by strikers for rdio technicin third clss nd rdio technicins third clss t no chrge. The completed course s given by the Cpitol Rdio Engineering Institute is much longer thn the portion used by the Nvy for studying for the rting of rdio technicin third clss. The course, s given by the Nvy, will hve the ssignments grded by the trining officer rther thn by the Cpitol Rdio Engineering Institute. The course for rdio technicin second clss is under preprtion but no dte of completion cn be given t this time. To qulify for rdio technicin first clss, or chief, it is necessry to ttend specil school. 4. Insmuch s Nvy trilling schools frequently use enlisted trin- ing mnuls for study nd my or my not use the progress, test, nd exmintion books, it is suggested tht ll requests from Nvy trining schools specify s to the number of enlisted trining courses nd progress, tests, nd exmintion books they require. The norml procedure is to supply three times s mny prog- ress, test, nd exmintion courses. books s t t. 1 Pge 63

66 INDEX FOR APRIL 1943 ISSUE Pge Allownces, Qurters nd Fmdy ,, THIS MONTH S COVER Bermud, Nvy Gets Rest Center In Bupers Bulletin Bord GO, Csulty Figures Chppell, Lt. Comdr. Lucius Henry, USN Chicgo, U. S. S Chronomp Cost Gurd, tests new wether suit , 27 Commodore, rnk of, sked by Nvy Continers, new, solve shipping problems Destroyer Escort, photogrphic lyout Dpleix, French Cruiser (photo) 21 Eyes, Gurding the Nvy s Fmily nd Qurters Allownces Fishing Kits for Life Bots Flgs, Commodore (illustrtion) ,Glider, Hydroplne Gurding the Nvy s Eyes How to cre for your Eyes Hydroplne Glider Knox, Secretry Frnk, report.. 2 Life Bots, Fishing Kits for Life rft, 83 dys on Twin-mounted.50 cliber mchine guns, mnned by bluejckets bord the United Sttes Nvy s PT bots, crry devstting fire-power. The guns re mounted to swing in wide rc, will literlly spry lowflying irplnes with slugs. On the Life rft, new, Pge Cost Gurd (photo) Nvy s Growth in Fiscl 1942,, The Nzi sub, How one ws Elim- inted One Sub s Wr Aginst the Jps. 5 Oregon, U. S. S., is scrpped Pcific Action Qurters nd Fmily Allownces Rdio Progrms, Nvy s Rest Center, Nvy Gets in Ber- mud Richelie, French Wrship (Photo) Scrp (From the Bttle Fronts).. 31 Secretry of Nvy Knox, Annul report of Shipping Problems Solved by New Continers Short Wve Progrms Solomons Bttles Get Nmes.. 12 Solomons pge opposite: The church pennnt, South Pcific, Action in only emblem tht ever flies bove Submrine Sinks 13 Jp Ships. the Americn flg on United Sttes. 5 ship, ilzdictes tht divine services TrDiv Letter re being held bord s the rys of V-Mil the morning sun cut bright pth Wesche, Vice Admirl Russell the wter Of vnited sttes. R, USCG port. (All cover pictures re officil Wether Suit, New, Being United sttes Nvy photogrphs*) Tested Pge 64

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