All Hands Naval Bulletin - Apr 1942

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BUREAU F NAVIGATIONBULLETIN

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NAVAL PERSONNEL

APRIL 1 , 1942 NWBER 301


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"God grants l iberty only to those who- love it and are always re& to guardand defend it. ,. I1

---Danieb Webster.


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PEARL HAR.BOR, 'JIAXE IiEROES FZEVAFEIEII-, Heroisrn isFP&yed 3y of f ic e rs , rAis t ed men and iv i l i a ns n 'faceof heJapanese attacks upon ha.r-1. ilartwr arld Gake Island waso f f i c i - a l l y r e v r d e d r e c e n t l y ky President E ' rankl in li. Roosevclt ,Secre-t a r y d h e Navy Frank Knos and o t n o r S a v y o f f i c i a l s .

Sixty-two medals an d 2'72 l e t t e r s ofcommendation were issuec!i n r e c o g n i t i o n of thecourage,devotion t o d?lty, gallant conc lx t au ddis regard of perso nal sa,f ety which onevelry han d cha rac ter ize d he resist-anc e off ere d enemy fo rc es i n t h e i r o p e r a t i o n s azairlst these , t m P a c i f i coiltpos s .The Medal o f Honor was awardedbyfZresidentRoosevelt t o 14members o f the, Naval service, while Secretary Knox aut hor ize d pre sen t-a t i o n of t h e Navy Cross t o 48, one of whon i s t o r e c e i v e t h e Navy Crosswith Gold Star.Three women-the wife of a naval o f f i c e r and two telephoneop er a t o r s - a r e among those p resen tcd l e t t e r s of commendation by PrcsidentRoosevelt ,Secretary b o x , Act?iral Chester W. N i m i t z , U.S.N., ,Commander-In-Chief, Pacific Fleet , and cormanding; of fi ce rs of var ious f l s e t d i v id)Lo sandshores ta t ions .

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Fourteen of he ne'dal presen+&t,ionsmust be made posthumouslys ince they were earned by of f i ce rs an d men who d i e d f i g h t i n g t h e i r s h i p s ,incarrying outsel f - imposed miss ions hatmcant hesacr i f ice of heirl i v e s h a t s h ip m a te s m ig h t i v e , and inother demonstra t ions ofheroism.Eleven o f these won t h e Tiedal of Honor, three the Navy Cross,Among those awarded he l k d a 1 of F o m r posthumously are RearA d m i r a l Isaac C. Kidd, CaptainFr an kl in Van Valkenburqh and Captain Msrvyns. Hennion. Adnirnl Kidd and Ca pt ai n Van Valkenburgh di ed when th e f or -mer's fl ag sh ip , he USS AR I ZONA , blew up from rmgazine explosions anda d i r e c t hoI& h i t on the bridge.CaptainBennion, a f t e r being Kortal lywounded , cvidenccd apparmtconcern o n l y in i i gh t i ng an d savi.2g h i s ship ,and s tzongly protes ted agains t beir lg carried from the bri dge .Cormander Cassin Young, U.S,N., one of the t h r e e l.!eda1 ofHo n o r r c c i p i c n t s wh,o s u r v iv e d h e P-'t:wf Fiarl>or attack, IVCS Ln command

of his sh ip , moored a longs ide he E S LIi-Z3EA, vhm explosions aboardt h e l a t t e r vGssel b l e x him a v t r b o u d . He swam back, cli-mb:d the gz.ng-1Pja;v andwith utmost coolrwss and c~.Lmcss,des;)itc h i s s tunning expw-i s n c e of h a v k g b s e n blomn overboard,quf-ckly e s t k a t e d t h e s i t w f i o nandmcneuvered h i s shLp t o a point, of safety,

Lieutenant Commander Samuel G. Fuqm, U.S,H., atiother survivorawarded t h EIcdXt. of IIonor, was knocked dorm 2nd ct,+tlnncd k y m.2gazj.r;se x p lo s io n s n his ship, t.hz USS &:)LIZOXjL Braving repeat,ed encnyboabing+:7"r+ShWHH!SSfiHHHH+X

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PEARL HARSOI ; , WAKE VEXOES PE?XE.3EC( r,ont,. 1andstr.?.fing nt,t?.cks,ha r?;tdr. his -'r."-p t c the qm:*t..m3.v.ck ::nd froci %ec edirected heSight inf ; o f fir:,:s I n o r d ~ r o cht;ck thexvhi.le v:o:mded andbi:,rncd were removed. Iie mmairied a h o ~ ~ r d.nt,S-l s a t i s f i e d h q t all V ~ Ocould be had been savedand tken l 2 f t +,he AtZIZO".A *;*i.thil:.? l a s t koatload.

11-la o n ] ~ thr?r s-mvivor o f t i i t : Ja,panese ai- tack to F Ln t h e Medal' 1of lionor i s iikchl.nist D. K. 3 ,oss , -::arrant c f f i c e r o f the 1'aci.f:i.c F k e tship. \Vher! h i s s t a t i o n i:1 t he f o r x x - d d;mamo rocm L~;-CLIEC: ztl1iioSt, u l l t~e I~ab ludue t o snokt . , steam, a n d heat,, ilr? fnrcc.6 h i s men t,r, h a v e t h a t ~ t 2 ~ t i . 0 1 1and pe'rr"ormcd all d a t i e e hj.mst.lf un?,i1 li nd cd (2nd unconscious. Y&cche XQS rescuedandrcsusci-tafcd, 3,nti t.,vici; he rc:t,uxwd t o h i s S t , a t i O i l .On 9ccembsr G , on his own i n< - t i T t i r e , he estab1ishzir:d 2 bo3.t epciUir st::tior;,r e c l a i m i d and repai:-ed ab:Lndont:d boats, 3rgarlj.zc:d boat, cr.-:1:s a;:d made ami.1-able many necdsd boa t s wh.Lch othomris,: woqld have been l o s t .

T h c r e c i n i c n t of the i?J?,vy Cross 1TLt.h Gold S-:ar--an a-mrd cqui-v a l c n t o t , ~ oNavy Crxeas-- is M?ut,enrint Clarel!cs E. Bickilison, Jr. , U . S .N .JZr;tU?ni11g Tram a scout,?'_r:gmission j.ri a Nzvy p l a ~ x :du r i n g th+: P m r l Harborr a i d , h c ) i ~ ~ s?tt;lckmningharr, ndXajor Devijrewr des.>rvC Ea\,Cyosses."Thisaction," the bo:.,rd s t a t e d , rill no t ; ieopay?ize f ~ r t k rConsideration of thcs t l officers or ~ t j - ~ e y sr ivo1y .d i ; l thc ciefonsi. or ' VakcIsland v5en the official f a c t s are race ived in tile Dcpartmer:t.ltAlLce Reck lc ;~Spcmcer, tzlsphonc: su7c'rvisor a t N.nva1Air StrLt ion,Kaneohe Bay, Onhu, received' t3n;; ol~].y c:tj.,(;rc.1 com,?::nd::Lt;iorl si,cln(?dbyPrc2sidcn5 Rooscvelt, The I+csj-&>J?.t. vztl;


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PURL tI!.%r31.?, 'J!PE IiEE.OBS iE:iAE.DED( con:. )

civilians, such .x m d c i l will b.: :llrmrlor .

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PEARL HflR1302, IW'diE I-EROES REC;IAPDED( cont . )

In a d d i t i m t o the letters r ) f Prcsidcnt Roosevel t , SecretmyFaox and Admiral Nimita, thc: Navy Pard Csmandantand CornDanding O f f i c e r s:I f var ious Pac i f ic Fleet d i v i s i m s v.11 i s s u e l e t t e r s of commenda.t:i:x~ti? :narly m e n t n t h e i r cmmands ~ d ~ oe r f m m d dis t ingu ishedserv ice . Thesewere au thor ized by S?cre ta ry Krmx.

i ~ s f u r t h c r reward, n nuvber l.>f enl ls t \ :d nen are to be advancedm e grad3 i n r a t i n g .

1.dmy civi l ian employees a t thc var iaus ?Java1 e s t a b l i s h n e n t s a r etr: rece ive letters qf c.xvver,dat,i-~nrom th e Conmancifng ,;Of fice rs \ ~ fhosec l c t i v i t i i : s n r c c o g n i t i a c c ; f tha se rv ices hey per f3 rmcd n f i -gh t ing f i r c s ,maintaining supply l i n c s ,c a r i n g f.,r the n jwed ,a ndcar ry ingout . othert a sks .

Th ; Xeclal of ionor was a m r d e d t o the fnllowi.ng:Rear ;id3iri?l Isaac Cmpbel l E d d y USN (Deceased)Ca;)tainFrai lkli n Iran Valkcnbwg'n, VSN (Deceased)Captain Xervyn S . 7?enni.m, IJSSN (Deceased)C?nmn&r Cctssin Yr)un@, IJSi'lLieutenantC'mmndcr S a m x l C;.Fuqua, USNF i r s t Lieutenant Gec?rgc: E. Cannx, USKC (Deceased)EnsignFrancis C. Flaher ty , VSh3 (Deccased)Enslgn f1ie.rber.t Charpiot J - n c s , TJSfjR (&ceasedC!iief B1xtswzdn Edwin J. Hill, USN (Ikceascd)!lachinikt D-:n?.ld K. R:)ss, !JSIdl n \ ? m s J. iiecvr:s, C h i G f JZ?,di(.m.an(PA) TJSIJ (Decenscd)Ftc!%crk2. Sc,;tt,?ii;?*chinist 's Bkte F i r s t , ~ l n s s , ESN(Ucceaseci)Pct,c.:r T ~ : T ; ~ C I I ,~htef:?~tc:rTcniar (PA) USIJ( ~ c c c n s c d )J;~,:;F~s. l.f;ircty Scclr?lan F i r s t C:L,ss:;, !JSi'j ( i)ec@nsed)r-r

Th ):3-T"?7? C r m s ;'zpri G ~ l i ? t a r -:as a7;va.rd13- t,: :he f 711yxing:Lieu+,::nrint Clarence E. Fickinsvan, t Jr . , IJSX

Th.2 !kt;-r::.ss TE.S zx~rd;.c! t,o t h e fc11mri~:g:C:mmn8?cr Jsssc E. Je .~wll ,(&IC) ESNCm~:;ani-jerJ,>l.lnS . P h i l l i p s , IJSNCxr.szncim- 'L'hi'i>l!?c3tl-t Cunningham, TJSNC;3y:Ls;l&:,~ k,-mcnce JL. & c ~ y ~ r q ~ ~ i ~ : ,SI.j1,icutc:nmt C::mmnder Y f i l l i m P. E u r f m d , USNLie?.~tc?natnt, mr-rmder S.?l-:mr: S. Isqu!.+,h, US%L i e u t c m n t C:m-nmd~r Frl.ncis J , T h m m , LTSI.3mjw Jam~sr".S . jJzvGrc;;x., iTS?:CI , i < ? : ~ k ? ~ ! n t,c>:;mandc;r C t c i l D . Xisp, (!,IC) USNLi.. ,.,;t$nnnt C.x:lrllarld:;r 't'iilLj-;:n l j . 0 r;$2rbrid-o USli& 9I*

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P W L EAi%OZ, hr;J3 E2.OES RZWAXIBD" ~ ~ ~ ~ . . ~ ~-.d C -1z.~-""-"_"_

L e t t e r s o f Cornendation b y theSecre tz ry of the Xwy: (Cont.)The following n a m d civilisns werea w a r d e d l e t t e r s o f coaxend-a t i o n by theSecretarT; o f the Zay;:Sam AweBu, Civilian, GenerHl Z o S o r h'orena.n, i q ~ v yCont rac to rs ,ldil l iem J. Hoff;;lan., Civi l ixn,Shipwright .Tire followirig namcd c i v i l l a m werea w a r d e d l e t t e r s o f commend-a t i o n by the Commander i l l Ciiief, E. s'. 2 a c l f i c F l e e t .Kar in E. Chandler, wff:e o f Lieutenant Coxmande,rJohn E L l i n g r o n , C i v i l i a z , a l e c t r i c i a n .-Kenneth E. Elsea, C i 'v i l i a h ,P ip e f i t t e rDavid LsGtnerSorn ,Civ i l i an ,Z leb t r ic ianElmer F. P e r r y ,C i v i l i a n ,S l e c t r i c i a nGeorge X. Wilcox,Civiliz,n, :>-.:r,-.ral elper

W . D. Charrsler, ( 3 C ) US%

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. , lioatct.r--,inSterling O m o z , USX . ,a...G ' 31. 3:>2,d;;ri.l, Chitf TeomaJ (FA) USBX. J . C.TTzrr,l l i ,Av ia ti on OrLpncernazr F i r s t Class, US3Jose2h T. CFoyn.ovE;r,&adion:an Firgt- Clac:s, USNJ . J . Cxlq, , ChiefCaq;ent.-rls i i c t e , Zsii;S. ]vi. Gzntzer, Boc.tawain1 s lca.t,e ~ e c o z dlaa as, US^ ( aeceased )T. J. G s y , Ss~,niaz Secozd Class , CSK (3e.c'eesed)L e s t e r A. Griskam, Hvirtioi; C!?ief O r a m c e ~ a n , y b ~ iE X. Cones, i9dicn-z First Clns,s, L,WE(.T. Lrjilo:Is, B o ~. t s v a in I katt., 'SFCC::~ lass, USB (Decea.sed)Fra,n?di-nh i e L e x x ~ o n , Chief QdF,rterm;:.stusr, USXRFred k. L l m e l l y : ~ , Bndion:m Second Class, USXDale S. Lyons, j i v i 3 , t i o n k x h i z i s t ' s k a t e , F i r s t Class, U S 3H o l l i s . ZCverd P-cComick, R::iii3=lan F i r s t Class , USX

. . I. L. Millx", Cnisf Gcc;lnL-:-I s lkizte, USXXenton X ~ s h ,Yeonm r ' l r s t C,ass, USiIWillia 2 . Meundorf, J r . , Sexman F i r s tC l a s s , USE (Deceased)Cis.yton if. e r r y , Radiom;:.n T i r s t Class, USE

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PEARL HA F:BOR, : 'ME 'rlGF;O%S R!ZiARDED(Cont. )L e t t e r s 3f Comncnktizn by t heS G c r .2 tx y of the k~vy, C o n t . ) :

J , G, R ? i n ~ s , bBi:xrm,n S&c-mclClass, USNE. T. R.:i7.rler, Coxsvain, I.?SN (Deceased)i;.S?lr;r, Bmts:wain's date F i r s t Class, USEJ (Decsns?i!)E. L. :k nt zl af f , Lv in ti on Crdxncermn, S\:c.mtl Class, USNThe f . ) l l . m i n ghave: received l e t t e r s of cmmendnf,i:m frm t h e~-!mmandcr n Chicf, U. S . Pac i f ic F i m t :Captain C . E. Reorclan, iJSNCmman:!cr ColinCmpbel l , TJSNLicutL;nnrltCnxmnJcr Jcscph X. l~dams, Jr. , US3Licutunnnt Cnmn(?i :r i d . I). Chm:ilcr, (CEC) GSJL5i,uti:nant C,mmnc&r ,J. S. Ik rpc r , USNk j z r i d n l p h Zuhcr, USMCLiquten?.nt : b g r d t w F. icn: j ld, ( ; i -C ) , 'IJSN3LLzutc,nant h s h L. Cnrlon, (IlC), IJSNLicu tcnan t I;L.:c?r I,. Cavmy, (:X) USNLicutt:n,211t. II. i>. LFrly, US


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PEARL .HAREOH, TfKlE IIER3F;S FJ??.TAIZDED .PCarit. ]Commendatj-ons f ro in the ~ o r ~ m n d e rr i Cllief, 5. 5. Pacif ic Fleet: (con%.)


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PE?IZL HARBOR, 'JAKE I-XROES ?JXiAft.EZ:D( C o n t i 1-~",C . m e n d . l t i m 5 fram trle C C Y ~ ~ - & + Ln CM~ . ; ~ ,u . .s. Paci.fic Plzr: ta (Czoffl~,. .

The Navy Cross was n:varded t ? -I;& f= l lm in ; ; e n l i s t e d rien in the U, S,1.lsri.m Corps: , . . .C, E. D.juglas, Gunwry S cy ean t , I;!jI.!C3 8 \# ,? \,d'I % I . I d ) v-v \LIL$' ,r '$ \ ~ \ y n \CT \7H iT \ AT>rn , K A \

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T m S T j ~ ~ d ~ ~ I ~ : ~c)lL.$TjJEfS, ;.:"iC& Oj "E1 ZEE"I""",I-.-_-I" "_"" - .__"" --.""_I "-.."ACSIV1y: I-&qPL-asLieutenant Co1nrLanc?crChaster C . Srdtii , U.S.B., va.s awardedtkeequivalent o f a second ~ a v y wss on hiarch 1 6 , 1942 on ti?.. b a s i sof 'bat t le elnortscredzt i i ighissu 'marinewith i ;esinking o f e i g h tenezy vessels .Sinui taneous iy he Navy Cross was awczrded t o two other su.3-marine comc!agders, Li en te na nt Commznders Lu ci us H. Chqr?i-;llandTheodore C . Bzlward, U.S.X., and t o Lieutenant Cornmnder C.i.i. i i z s se l l ,i kd ica l Corps , U. S. Xava,l Reserve.Lieutenant Coxninnder Snith was aw2.rdt.d the G o l d S t a , r i n lieuo f a. second 3avy Cross f o r "outs tanding and c0ntinv;ed successfulac t ionsag n. in st he enemy.'l Ee Lad beenpresented he Xavy Cross o nFebruary27th f o r e x l i e r s ucc esses.The N'a.vy Cross wz s given t o LiPutmant Coxna-dersChsppellandAylward for le sp eci el i ,y i iltritoTio!LS co rdx t uu rin g act ion s wi ththe enemy. '1Lieutenent Comn3,ilder Wassell vrzs c i t e d f c r "courzgeouszct ionanddevotion t o Zuty ii: thesuccessfulevncaat io c of WounLed under n i scharge romJzvaunderextrexcly hezn r dous and t ryingconcii t ions."

FLqd lAS IST s rh,iATxJJlv7AL$ca 1;; ; & & ~ ~ ~ ~;J ~ O i . L - A E ~ 3 ~p@A(-iTIGiq I >&SC'LiE OF css ;&bT.s z&i;LiS ap"vvjas'- -... ." - ....- ".. -.". . ." " _.- .""_I_. ."_. "__ _-... ."._. -".. """" " - -TV 1

For ' Iespccisll; , rmeritoriousconduct i r nctionlf ncor ,nect ionw i t h rescue o f tlie s u v i v a r s o f the C. S.S. X3U3ZK JrA'3S a f t e r tr-atde st ro ye r wds toryedcedi am3 suck dur i2g seEight of October 30-31,1941, n heXor tk L t l ax t i c , Xy e r IicLrturin Dodd., P ha rm ac is t' s h t e ,F i r s t C l a s s , U.S. ;Cavy, has been comrr.erid..edand advanced in r a t i n g t oChiefPharna,cist 's izte, U.S. il;,?.vy.The comner.dation -9 tb.e Conixmclia~Gi'ficer o f tnevesse l t owhich Dod3 W R S s t t a c h e e ~ , O l i O ~ ~ ~ S :ltYou quick1:r a::& correc t lydiagnose? the type and ex-t e r t o f h j a r y i n earn C : ~ S E ~-?xa r c d i a s e l y i n s t i t u t e dthe groaer t reatment . YOG fv,rtr;er 3rgznized ar,dsupervised t kose who rer re a s s i s t i z g s o t k x t e x h r r , mrece ived pronp t tre:.,tnent a.nG ?t t h z sc.ne t ine you keptthose wno were se r ious ly q ju rzd 'unu er ;.our o:m ca reandobserva.tion.

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"The G o m m d i n q Off ice r i s o f theopinion t h a ttilri;u& y o u r e?~er?$, l ~ ~ ~ o t r l ? Q s ,' ; i l lfy, goodjudgmentand lea,dPr'e?ir: ' t33 1Ives of tw o seriol!.s-ly i n j u r e 6 ::lea wsre ~;~,.vsci.n6 s c r i o u s i l l n e s s o fo the rsu rv ivor s 02 tilr! ZLiZ.33X 2&4XS u30 preverAteii.I-:e t akes t h i s occnc inr~tc Cm!.wnd- yo11 e2a pLb?.isht i l i s l e t t k r e t q;;.rters."

&EI,ISTvJ &p*s2;"&Z;I\FJ 137. ,V,;ssir tzc? twer '~6 other n~;s~e.~,yclrs.nc" menbers o f t h ecrew o f 3 paLroi b o ~ b a r z t i ~ n n i ~ gp ~ ~ . c l x t s sr.2 cle:;,rtEg zclx shi?,which hzd l o s t batin ai:-crons i n a. f1ii;k.t f 'rw Sz.s Zuari, P u o r t o Eico,t o Trinidad, X.V. I.

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Ensiq Esrbe r t Cordie Wenrt, U.S. ETavzl ?.eserve, second p i l o to f the plane, recs:lt ly w a n a,varr?.e:-4the D4.-';i::gl1lsnsd. Flyin.; Cross f o rbringi2g i le c h i ? down t o a E a f i L : l x d i n g o n t h e oceen after t h e o t he rt h i r t e e n octcxpants had parzchut%d.Ci-eider, who :ms p l m e czptail=,WRS ne.xt t o Irjst t o le::,ve the.: sh i p , ai:$. eft s a l y when ordered b ; ~?-iscoinrnaniiing 0f i ' i c t . r .

The l e t t a r o f conscndat iorA ec i tes ha t"There werc? fourteenpersons on bocrd, eigi;t nmbt2rs of tss crew, 2 3 ~ .ix pessengers. T4;ep la n s , f lyin .b:; at g,i;OO f e e t height be;;;a.r?_ o i s s e nlt i tc .de at; tile r?+teo f 1 , g W f e e t pi?r n i c z t e , znci b o t h c?,i ieronsw r e t o rn o f f . 3ue t othe v i o l e a t dov_-,waro- c t . i m , t . h e r e m s rrrueh confus ion ns ide thr-;?lane.The p a t r o l plan5 csnrr::tzn?.zr or6erc.d 211 h::r:ds t o stond by t o j m p . Eyyourcoolness alii! i?'earl.sssnzss, y o u were icstric:!ental i n c s s i s t i n gmembers o f th e crew en6 g?.sser-gsrs i n cionniqzg p x z c n u t e s end c l ~ a r i n gthe 1;1axe ii: a n orderly nznns r . 1

The p l a n e l s t e r p iclr ett 119 CrPider , wno asadz energency r e p a i r sand a s s i s t e d i n s e x r ci c2,era t iarx f c r til6 ot5era w h o hd, arachutsd.Two c i v i l i a m and m e e n i i s t e d :x;n 1.erisheb.* * * * e * * * * * * * * * * * *

LPYihTG I S S I W L E - JUST TFi C&&XL:ESS GJLL3CTIOK 03'F W W ' i l S Or' TACTS-1b


17/82

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ISIECLD F. DIXOX G X K : , VAVY CBOSS""III".".. "-. .. .- ..An-.enlistE-dnan X ~ O R C ?e ra i sm ss.ved the crew o f a t o n e d ?binibe,r a f t e r i t ma6e 9, forcf:& l a n r ? i n , z i g t h e S o u t h Pacif i .c dur ingoyeratione agnirst the er-emy w:s presen ted with th e - I g a ~ ~ yross r e c e n t l y .-.Iie i s &rol.CF. Z)ixc,n, kl ,-y~nr-oldA y r f a t i o n Chief h c h i n i s t+ e , whc, rccelvec? he awrj . 2nd c i f a . t l o c f a r " s x t r a c r d in a r y heroisn"from Ad.m.i:ral Chester FI, X+..tz.,. C?m,;!c?.r;d~r-ix;,-Chisf, Y'nited Stn.tssP.Gi f - ic F lee t ,9ixon a,nd tw o o t h c r cn l i s t sc t Eon w e x In,a % T r y ? l a z e withthe former in cornlnn? whGn n forn,oc ' h n c i h g ' 7.e.s a r d e a t s e a 0 5 Ja.nup,ry16th.. The thrae- men t o s k t o an b n c r ~ e z q - $ubcr b o a t andvere a f loa t321 days b o f o r e reaching the ~;,.tfe.ty f a distr7.3.: i s lami , Dixondoing henavi-:atirig and ks;tping irg, t k e s p i r i t s of his sh iTnatcF.Late r the m e r , were ,*scl;ed on& c a r r l e d t o Fear1 Harbor, T.B.

TV 9 J*yJ;J,TC"S cQ;%!yxLigFg-Two a v i a t o r s ~ b o$&ed bec?t,h i n th e (Larkwss o f a blackouta t Nzval A i r .S t z t i o n , S : m B i e g o , , t o ren?.er If l ive" bonbs inopera t iveand. rearm them w i t h safs f u s e s so four p lanes con ld carry out scheduledp a t r o l s were comnndcd recent lg .by Sc:crs tary o f i h e i':a-ry Fmn k &ox.They gr@ .&ie.u$onnntCcnmndcr :-:-?cs 11. .&?ax, U.S.Ti., a.nd-. .Congra,ve C . C a L l s w ~ ~ ,p i a t i o n Chief Crrkawermn, U.S.S.

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I t w.as o n D c c m b e r 10, ;$4l t h p t thk fqur p l a n e s , lcmded with500-pound b o ~ b o , c tu r n n c f r c m 2. p s t r o l ??',ti., t k ~ i rom"os i n a n armedc o n d i t i o n , t h e s r n in g wi-rcs 2 = n a i ~ f


18/82

COWENDATIONS' " ( T m , ~ -__c

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19/82

C@b'~:~:.'l)~'i'~~~s(cbnt.PILOT TRO 'SIl7HTSD $53, SRTJK SAME ' COI.i!"EXI?Q&;?, k3Tj;,;:CE7,>IT1 ,?;,,2;;?:2*"-_ L-.- "F7-; ""-o t r ,

tu-rned,dove t o .?, low altihtude;, azd dropp?c? v o cicp+.h.hoaks vhi.chstradcil.;ci the neriscopa. :"he conr:i.ng tcwer :,f' j: c silbin%rlnc r s s z c l ea rof the wats r f o r P shoi.% pp.rio::s{ E ; J ~ J , ~ ~ Q?rq ~iy.i)p~-s::- -

Secrztary 03 +,hc % ~ v p .,'i;k :;pox rL:ce;ltl;r a iy roved the m crdof the ?iz.~,:r S m s s t .3 I& o l t i c t x s T'IO diEtinguish;:d th t . . ns~ lvcsr, E1.ctioI-ia p i m t t h e emmy i n t:?:;- ~j-.i?~l.j-~>ix;:e s .In x i d i t i o n , S::crctrry Knox itr;snt;d lc:tt*.rsof comcnckt ion tothr.2e civi.li;.ns rh o T:,y.r," I ,, \ \ .c\\a,I \L,I \ I\ ,n.-,;sr,hh.,h \-7\-7\ ,t"STk,IcTL:f 722T:jxE:z TIS., - 1 1 - 3pzi 1T KI:] y@cR,SELF

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20/82

cOnisL~.D~~L L Sq.,-?- ,r-TITc ~ . T ~17 0 ~ ~ I C ~ ~ ; S-$g ~I~~ILiIj::s~ ~ ~ J U l S DOR. IEBOISllI( r 2 : . !The cix?i,1iyls .oh9 : $ p : . to rocaive letters of cornmend?,.tion from

S e c r e t a r y Knox ?.re as folloms:Xi. I,. Lord,F. T. G:xLtt.zrd,G a o r g s C ~ l l e y .

d$T!n.rds t o the, 17 offi,eeye 2nd c i v i 1 l .m 7 ; ~ e ~ ed a on t h s besisof rccom-n.endc.tions m d e by f > . o a r 1.dTj.ryl Francis i * , E._ochvell, 5. s. I$.,GOrlr.,?bnd.y, of t h e Six teen t? $:zv;11T>i-rJ;rict,. Thg P f 3 ~ ; Depz.1-tm.??t 5ae3 0 % y e t be,-n in for.;-id o? t,)y;, -ictEi.ls of f,h:: i.r,cidents an - .~k l ch 'iie ; r . r d sT k Z C ".sed.

E"'TL3 F>;;r.2riT.s !:;-+!% TT:xEs. i"," - 3 --l-i$).e:''' ?,I.: x ; ? - ~ I ,~!.nd",:Q + pilots FErt i c i i>n ted j - w l t,h< ~ < ~ f e n s ~f 'i&~.,n.:ycs :ww,rc.t e 93% inc'!.udt;d in the r e p ~ r t , ,badly& ~ y a ; ; & y.na:,,h:;' s k i ? 9 l;;!-~j-c:: -p . z si::? t,,? 3.; tr:~:-lj-i-:gr;sks ?.e j - t left thcaL;; of op;:-~~tLons ALll;n;r.:t;*..er. t,hi- kr'~1-x -i,lot,s dropped 20 bo::li;s ar,df.ir.er1 2 t 9 t r . l 2j' 2c, : ! < - X l 5+p:-l,1il-arc m ch:i.1.~-;:1.m zmmni.tion :llto t h e &p-cile>scshi;=ls. . - . .

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22/82

COI;3ZNDATIONS-Sl?n.t ,mAl?XED FOR C+4pT?"P,EOF SERlfiAN SHIP

( CQ-;t +Thosecormended by Yice Admiral Ingersoll and Rear AdmlralJacobs m e t (Cont.)L e s l i e J. Shoemnker, Chdef Macll ixis t ls Mate, U,S,N.Senry CharLes Coyonado, Ch, i9 f ii',ter Tcnder, U.S.N.SiCdnqT Earrrest Mori*is3n, 3 $N.Rndl-etr JJ?E im x x h , U;Ic:chfnist,~s date, 1 s t Class, U.S.N,Robert E'lq~irnnnor,, 1, lachinist ts?late , 1 s t Class, U , S , N eThose who re ce iv ed :-i.r?varjcerr;ents i n ra t i n g s a re%George Beker Herr, I302.ts;vaints :,!ate, 1 s t Class, U.S.N., ad-Chnrlie Reed Joiles, Siqmlmen, 1 s t Clzsa, U.S.N., advancedElner Hwold 'Wilson, Xa cMn ist ts Mate, 1st Class, advancedDele Wilson Vance, !kclninistts ifate, 1st Class, advanced toFrank !Jbert dhesbi rc , Xet~.lsn.ith, s t Clxs? , U,S.N., ad-Charles Robert %-om, Jr,, aviation Ordnancemn, 1 s t Class,L:xrence Y J i l h F Kensley, ?or;.+,sv.rc:intsLate, 2d Clz .s$ , U,S.N,,Ckzrles t I emw ~ l s o n ,9c;ttsw.in'e j.jste, 2d C ~ B S S , U.S.N., ad-Ll f red Schram!, Szanm, let Clws, U.S .X,, advanced t o Cox-George Vzs!lingtan lJ~md, Senman, 2d Cl3ss, U.S.N., advance2 to

vanced t o ChiefRoatswaintL? 3kte.t o Chief Signnlmn.t o Chief Machi:lis t s M,?t,e,Chief Mzchinist, 1s f:~..ts,vanced t o Chief PIet::Isml.th.U,S .X. , dvnnced t o i',vint,ion C k i e f 0rdn:;ncennn.advanced t o Boc.tsxTinls l&.%c,1 s t C1,ws.vanced t o :jof2tswT3.in's Iktti, 1st; CI-RSS,swain.Sezmn, 1 s t C12ss.

Wih t h e exception of Captain Chmdler, a l l o f those commndedand promot,ec? were mvbers of the bowding party. Before t h e i rb o a tr e c h e d thd :;icLe of t , hc nc rchuhxn t h e CYW; of t h e l a t t e r began abandon-ixg sh ip . k t t h c SLFE t h e I: si.


23/82

(:I.Y)I')IDATIONS-Cent. )REXJAIiDED FOR CAPTUFS OF GE3;AM SHIP""~CoIlt.-)--~-

. S e c r e t a r y Knoxfs e t t e r t o C a p t a i n C h an dl er d ec la re d t hei d e n t i f i c a k i o n of t he DDENMLD as a .dis guis ed- ship and her . .snbsequentsalvage by Captain Chandl erts boardin g party !!bespeaks of the ef f ic ie ntpla ns made fo r su ch an emergency,and made po ssi bl e he sa vin g of t h i sship under the a t tendant hazardous condi t ions .ffThe Se cr eta ry nfo rme d Li eu te na nt Commander Carmichael t h a tin going aboard a ho st i l e sh ip be in g abandolled in th e open sea a f t e rbombs hadbeen set off t o s c u t t l e h e r , . and i n assuming comand of t h evesse l . , a f f ec t ing r epa i r s and ak ingher opo rt under. he r own power,he demonstrated! ' leadership,foresightanddeterxinat ion. '*

YEOkLAN kD'I*ANCED I N RATIZ'5 FOR. ERITOI?IOUS A C T I O NEugene 'ialworth, Yeoman, Thirc? Class, U .S . fJavJ, who per-formed many d ut ie s o u t of E: yeoman's l i n e T & i l c ? s e r v i n g aboamd. t h eminesweeper, U2.S. O G L A U which -tfas.lost i n t h e Japanese r a id on 'Pearl Harbor December 7, 1941, hes beer!advanced i n r a t i n g t o Yeoian,Second Class, f o r m e r i t o r i o u s a c t i o n , h e Nzvy Departmentannouncedrecen t iy . . . . . .The commendationwhichhe received reads, rlT'ial?vorth knewwhat mas expected o f him andperformed h i s du t i e s e f f i c i en t l y and- showed very good ini t iat ive. kt no timed u r i n g h ea t t a c kd i d h i smsn seek cove.r, but exer ted eve ry ef fo r t to be as h e l p f u l o n as 'many

occ.asions a.s was necessary. ; 'czlvbrthfs calmness and presence ofmind - i s noteworthy and deserv ing o f high praise.". . CO!\S.ENDED FOR GTTE?!PT TO RESCTJE SEIIPI?;IITE ?ROIVIDROYNING . . , .

James Ir v in g Thompsoh, Ch ie f Ra ts wa in ts Ekte, U.S. Navy,and Carrnin Denello,Fireman, 2d C ~ F L S S , U.S. f.Jav2.l Reserve,hzvebeencomended f o r "coolness 2nd Sravery of the hig he st de gre ef1 n he ira t t em pt o r e scue a s h i p r c t k from drovming at, the ;Java1 I . I i m !'JarfareSchool, Yorktovm, Vi rg in ie , on til enight of July 31, 194.1, the %ivyDepartmentannounced ecently.

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Robert ohn Nurphy, X ac hi ni st ls Eiate, 13%- lass, U.S. flavy,f e l l overbozrd hroughan o p n h ~ . t c h n t h e ; : h e Yxfare Schoo i p i a r .He appa rent ly s t ru ck h is hcadon tir;hers o r f i t t in :gs an3 :ms renderedunconscious. A s t r o n g ebb t i d ec r r r i e c lhis body do-ml Zi2d i n u nd erp ie rp i l i n g , Thompson and DeBello dived rcpeat,edly ir:m a t t am qt t o rescue~ : - ; : ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ : - ~ ~ ; ~ - ; ; ~ : * ; : ~ ~ - ~ : ~ ' ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~ ~

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: . . . , . , ...I , . . .him, d e s p i t e . t h e - t ide-. 'mc? he fac t tha t . darkn ess obscure d ,p i l ings and "o t h k r ' o b s t a e le s . i n t h e Iatel-.. , "The. . fac t tha t . rescue bas not e f fec tedd e t r a c t s n o t h i n g f r o m the i . . r e fcor ts , " %he 30arrl 31- Invest igat ion bund.

. . . .TTJC) OFFICE~S OPXET\DEDBY SECFBTARY KHOX

. . . ., .Secre ta ry of t he Xavy Frank F31ox:recent ly i ssued le t te rs ofcomiendatian t o two youmg oZficerS, one or the rescue of a seaman .,fror: a merchantvehse; an< t,%e o t h e r f o r tlhe at.terr.pte& res cu e o f . adrdwning shipn%te. ' , .BoLh. fZicers, who Smre s e m i n g a3oard des troy ers ' .on NorthA t l a n t i c C ~ n ~ y - ~ & ~ t , yt,- h e t i & ' f ";'p, ;


25/82

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, . . ,PR(?:U&XI FOFt SEROISI?. . ' '.. ,. . ..(Cont .'"

r e c e n t l y f o r "cxtmordinzry couragfc, pro@ and e f f i c i en t ac t i o n , . anddisreg,ard of his sm safety" durim; the Japanese a t tack Up6n PearlHarbor.

Aimva&,hJ i'gnorins severe cnemy bombing and s t r a f i n g , racedt o a burning Navy plane pmktxi a t Naval A i r St a t i on , Pearl Harbor, andc?.gnsolinc ank.

.. saved it, by & A n g u i s h i n g a fir; spreading across t h e plane's Kj-ng ' t oF I Z R W ,OF !AVY SUH&XIZNE I?ONOH?Jl AT PEARL HARBOR . .


26/82

NAVAL DZCOI;ATIONS""The Navy has four av&ds i t i s au thor ized -to p r e s e n t t o NavalandMarine Corps p e r s o n r ld i n r e c o g x i t i o n of h e r o i c a c t i o n s o r d i s -ti ng u is hed er vi ce . T.?~e.,niost c;ve'c,ed i s t h e Bdzdal 01' Honor whichby.la?v i s presont,ed i n h e name of -Cor,gress, T h i s w i s f i r s t authorizeciby' a n Act sigr,ed.bypre sid. ent Abraham Lin co lnQn December 21, 1861. The

award" of t h i s . &mor W ~ S e s ' t l t c k e ? t o e n l i s t e d p e r s o n n e l u n t i l & a r c h 3 ,1915, when 1egislat:bri mrzts' m a ted r:hich atlthoi-i.-;ec! .the .presentation of', h i s . .ncdal to o f f i ce r s of t h e Xaxy, :;larine Corps o r Coast Guard.', '- * ... . . .. . . ...

. , . . ' A f ~ e r - . t h e ' , A ~ i ~ t ; i C e.t,eps were taken t,o p r o v id eu i t a b l e a-wards.: f o r ,dist&gul,s,hec?. &id. h e r o i c se;:vice perfokaec?. d u r in g t h e YiorldWar, and on F e b r u a e .It,.1919 res ident !'loo-d,row Wls o n s i g n e d t h e ActI*,-hichprovided for the avard of a new Kecial o f .Honor, th e Di s t in @- sh edSemite' Medal and:.the Navy Cross t o p e r s o m i n h e . se rv ic e . On Ju ly 2,

" ... .___,~ . 1926 t h e : ' o u r i3 ~ ' c hs s . af. a.wards m s au thor ized , thc Dis t ingu ishe d Fly-.: i n w : .I CSOS.S ~ d - ~ i ~ has..provided f o r - . yicco- r , t . $b of 5cts of heroism or of" e k t r a o F c 5 n a ~ yachievement during a:; azr in l . f l igh t ,.-._ "" -...." .__

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he ccstoril of ?resen ta t lo r . of rac&ls y.0 re iognj-ze par t icularr~ccomplishments f o u r a.rmed fDrces ; r i c?~ estat.li::heC ehrl;? i n th e Revo-- . ' .n t i o n when the Continenta l, Congress on ? k r c k 25 , 1776 ' au t ,hor iaed thop r e s e n t a t i o n of ci gold medal t o Gencr2. S-aj:ge 1;&shin@ou a f t e r t h ec a p t h e of 3 o ston . . Following i s ' h e r e s o lu t i o n g r c s c r t e d on ha t oc-cas : . ,

" That ,h? t k n k s of t h i s Congress, in h; ir own nnme,. a n d i n. .the nwze. of ';he 13' ITnit,c:-d Co!.onics, whom t,hc:y - & p x s e n t , be presen tedt o h i s Excellency and s3ldiax-s under. h i s comi\and, for t h e i r wise ands p i r i t e d c o n d u c t i n the, s i e g : and acq+,;lisitiorlof 3ost,on; 2nd ths t c^,medal of gold be s t r u c k in commcmoration of th i s g rea t , even t ,and pre-s e n t e d o h i s E x c e l i e n c y; a d h s t a comnit tce cf thrt-?e. eappointedt o p r e p a x a l e t t e r ' cf t k a r k s , nnd 2, propcr dsv ice fo r the medal,

"The I i r s t rcco:pi%ion of a 1;aval v i c t o r y was by Congress onOctober 16, 1787 w'r1t;n i t x a s resolved IlThnnt ;i m!-:d31 of gold b e s t r u c kand prc.s;.nted to hcChevs1i.m Jobq P a u l Jones i n comwgrl-oration of t h eva lour 2nd. b r i l l i a n t , se rv ic es of th2, t Officer in ' t h e doJjman6, of asquadron of 3"rnch 2nd k x r i c x l s h i p s undcr ths f k g of he Uni tedS t a t e s o f f the coast, of 'Sreat, Z P i t a i n i n t h e l zke m r ; And t h a t t h eHonorzblc Mr.. Jeffcrsop, IJ ints ter ?lcnipots nti?ry of tht? United S-tzteSat %Pi3+Court nf Versa i l l e s , hzve .the same exe.ccl:Lt,ed v;it,h t h s proper de-vic(Is.,I? -

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. .. -. .r* '.' - " - ., .Thomas Jc ff dr so n. hr d f,h ies:m ~d b in P ' a r i s b y t h s F r e n c hmeda l i s t , h:.~s. mprc, 2nd a. nurn5,Lr"of r n e & d s were s t ruck f rom t h e m .Th.3 d ie s r a n a in e d " h . F r 8 n c e .jx..,,$heXUSCUT o f thc French Id in t un t i l 1939,when by a c t i o n of'%hz. r c l ~ ~ ~ . . , ~ ~ v c r n m e n t t h e ywe r e tu r n e d t o t h e U n i t e d

the of f ice rs , scancn and ..marin;.s who k c l served with Commodore Edmrd-Pre5le'sSquadron, ThG Act of Earch 3, 1805 provided hat ho:

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Stat,es , After the:Tr ; lpa . l i t ;n Car of lSO4, Congress provided zwards t o

.)/A% )'-\+L" \e , I \I \C'. \ -,. \. I\ K?n ,h\?r-irn\AJAPS IifiVE k- DISLIKE !WOE1 !J,fEXICiLNS - DON 1T TXLK

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. N.AVAL Dmxwnor~s--~;;y-~"*J-" IIUIn 1?ii,the mmrd of t h e 1led.a.l of floqor was authorized ' B P "officers Of tile l&y, hlerine Cor;x ?-Ed t h e caas2 Guard. The f i r s t a-IEU'dS Wc?e under t h i s l&w ';are for service a t Vera Cruz i nApr i l , 1914.In Febrnaq, 1919, Presiden+, Xoodrov Wilson signed lrAnAct topro-ride f o r t h e a~alvis .f J?e:dals of Eonor, D is t i n g u i s h e d - S e r v im m e d a l s ,anc! Navy C ~ O S S e S , an$. fop o th e r purposes.'fA S p c b l : Board of bm.~dswas appointed by SecretarJr Of t h eI a V Y Gosephus ~an ie7-s3n Mar5h 5 , 192.9 3 recorrmend those deemed worthyof th e 2ai-d of 5Iedal.s of Honor, D i s t i n ~ ~ i s ~ e ~ - S e r - ~ f i c eedalsand NaVYcmsses a.s provided for . i l l the. Ac.6 of y & n ~ y4 , %919.-- rolioJlsingthe rccmmendations of 4 ; h t Bear?. a1.d subseqxent gc t ion by Secret,arYk i e l s , awwd s for ~ T G ~ Cc';j.ons ana d i s t i n g v i s h e d service dxlri-np th eWorld War were preserited in 1yashipgton 2nd 2 t v : p t m s Neval statj.o:ls on

A m s t i c e Dag, 1 9 % ~ ~. 3 s: ~ ~ - g elKxbc:r p f xay- ax& ~~1-5.1~ec r p s f f i c e r sand aen, and a l s o t o rr,enjars of t,he n i l 5 k x - y services of the. cllies.

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' The Xedal: of Ronor pessn tec! g t thts t k . e was desi&? DYTiffany and C o n p r ; y of ~ ; E . ~ Vo:.k. It,vzs of gc3-d i n t h e forin of 2CPCISS Superimpxwj xpon a. m*sa+uh f l e a v e s , %e c m t s of the Crossbears t h e arxx of t h e Z n i t e i . s ta te s frar:ed by the inscription UX l " Z 3STATES l4A.'cRT3 LwL7-19iS and 62c;kI a;.m cf t'i;e CrCss cont,sins an aP.cflur*l'hi.s nedal, l i k e the f i r s t &.t;il f jicnc;r f is -cv,,rrLL+ ",e neck 2s apexdar,t, but in c o n t r a s 5 t o t,:le olde r medsj. whf.ch i s stj::Fellded d i r e c tfrom t h e riJ&Dl-l b ~ y jvci-n aro-dp.6 $:,::a nsc;].:, the rit;"r"lm e 3 C is susF?:id.edfrom t h e barid by means of it.3 r ibbon, T'.;e service ri.k>on worn Tn l.iellOf e i the r I4edal of Honer is l i g h t blue and bear s a c' iuster Of white stars-

Tvelve FlIedzls of Honor of t h i s t y pe were presen tea t o t h e N a VPersor,nel and. seven +aZnem'mrs of t h e Marine Ccrps,After those awards were presen ted , the bestowal of t h e older

%;rP.Eof Medal of Eanor wAs es.med, These inclxcied he r ecogn i t ion Ofseveral ~ c t sf heroism FerfCorc:;ed pr i o r t o t he a ~ t t " o r i a a t i o n f t h eaward to of f i ce r s in 19~~5. sm


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NAVAL DEC09kTIOhTS.(Cont. ) --Apri l , 1917, hasd.ist in,vixhed. llimsel? byexcep t iona l lymer i to r iousse rv ic e o he zovernment i n 8 duty of great errpor:i;ibility.Thismedal i s 3f gold., Srcnze ar;d cnari;el. The obverse has tl.ie f i g u r e of a nAmericane&e,surrounded b y a bUle enameled Sandbearing t h e in-s c r i p t i o n ltUNITED STATES 011 hPiEFIIC.4 AND IdAVYll. T'r;e reverse i s 21 t r i -d e n t e n c i r c l e d by olivebranchesarouildwhich i s a ban?. o f b lu e e n m e 1on which is i l l scr ibed IIFO;', DIPTIN2jIS;Zi) SE:?l!ICI;:.tl It as designed.byE4r. Paul ;t.%.nr,hip. Thisdecorat ion i s worn on t h e leCt b r e a s t , sxs-pended Yron a blue ribiborl vri t l .1 a c e n t e rs t r i p 0: gold. 349 a-mrds o ft h i s decorat ionhavebeen rr:ade t o rrern3ers of t h e PTaval Se rv ic e. A d m i r a lErnest J. Kin[;, U.S. Navy, Comr;Ilnrld~r-in-r,l.liF?f, UnitedSta tesFleet , i sone of thefe l l persons tvho received t h e second a.ward o f th i s decora t ionand he received a gold s t a r I;o be worn witJ-1 t h e medal Vlih!-Chwag pre-s e n t e d o him i n i e u of a secondmedal. 3G D5stlnguished-ServiceEledalshavebeen awa.rded t o rnemhers of t h e E y i x e Corps.

The f i r s t Dist inguished-Ser3ice&dal was awardedposthumouslyon March 13, 1919 (> .bou tf ive wceits after the a u t h o r i z a t i o n of t h i sdecora t ion) t o BrigadierGeneral Cher ies A . Doyen, GS!TC, who was c r e d i t e dwith having I tbui l t t t he Four th Brigade of ) lasines which acquit ted ' i t-self s o va lo ro us ly in th e Cha.teau Thie r ry Sec to r in Franc e andsubsequentb a t t l e s .The Navy Cross xilay beawarded t o any person who, while i n t h eNavalService of the United. Stntes,hasdis t inguish.ed h imse l fbyextra-ordinary heroism o r d i s t i n g u i a h e d s e r v i c e i n t h c l i n e of h i s p r o f e s s io n ,suchhtroism or s e r v i c e n o t b s i n g s u f f i c i e n t o _imti,"y %he award oft h e 1J"l'dal of Iionor or a D i s t i n ~ u i s h t d - S e r v i c e &dal.'JThe Navy Cross i s t h e only dec ora tio n vinich has heen bestowedon !vomer. o f th e Naval Servi ce. Four nomen 7:rem awarded t h i s decwa-t i o n . (T!"rce wer" posthumous amrds). A l l m r e rnarnbers of t h c NavyNursE Corps Txhose ser-,ric? vas recognized n this manni;r. Th.c Crosswas prw:ent,ed t o ?,ks, ,enz.h Sutcl i f feHig te3 , h.n'., and. -Lo th.e rela-t i v e s (ifX i z s E n i e LouiseHidel l , R,.:J., Miss Li l l - i an 1'2. Furphy, R.N. ,an.d 1';iss Edna E. P l x e ,Lr?. lighce, th e sccondscper intendent of t h e Xavy k r s e Corps,

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?o &t.e t h e 3is:inguished Flying Cross has 3een awPrded totl,i.rt:; off icers 3 .nd me11 o f t:le Brval Serv i ce , and t o t w e n t y o f f i c e r sarid fi:Te enl.ist,ed men of the hiarin2 C o r p s .

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NAVAL DECO?d.TIOKS-IC3:lt. )"

On October 14, 1927 h e Permnment Doard of Am;ards vas estab-l i s h e d by t h e S e c r e t a r y o f the H z v y t o consiclerrecomxmdations for 2-war& of Na.val decorat ions .This board co:Isicier's and makns awards t oboth Mayy andMarine Corps per son ne l. I t has n o s p e c i f i c re,Warsessions,butconvenes from -time t o t i n e e.s may be n e c e s s a r y t o e x m i n ec a s e s e f e r r e d t o i t by t;he S e c r e t a r y f o r recol;lr,endatl.on. This 5oardis composed of two Rear Adnira ls of t h e L in e o f the ?hvy and a R r ig a d i e rGeneralof he 7V:arineCorps. A Lieui;ellant Comxancler o f t h e Line o ft h e Navy se rves as Recorder.

The Secretary of tl;e r k w y on J&cel;lber 25, 19.41 au thor ized a l lflay o f f i c e r s t o a h a w e e n l i s t e d men i n r a t i n g up t o amd i n c lu d in gc h i d p n t t y off icer . ,-zc t ing ap?oi?i;ment, in recogni t ion o f especin l l j rmer i tor ious conduct i n cctiop.. ' ~ h i 5;utIwr-ity prov ides ha t -these ad-vancemnts may be c ~ . ? . exi?;hout; regard t o vacancies o r t h e noraal s e r v i c erequirements.The C o ~ ~ a n d e r s - i n - C ~ ~ ~ ~f t h e 1T.8. I;?eet, t h e A s k t i c F le e t ,t h e A t l a n t i c Fleet, and t h e Pac.i:'ic Fleet,, have b w n m % h o r iz e d t oam%rd 2nd present i n the na.nie of Lh.e P r e s i d m t , thc > J ~ v y ross t o anyp e r s o n i n t h e nava l se rv ice l ~ h ~s r uho ahal.1 :.iri.sf,in~xish hims elfby ex t raord inary hceroizm.Al l - CoCL~~~nders-in-Chiefl a -~ebeen dirt-?c.tpd t:, submit by

despatch such recomenda5ions f o r t ,mporary adv;,~cener:t of o f f i c e r sunder the i r cornand here spctcinl.l;v meritorious conduct in a c t i o n maybe considsreci 2s Imrrnn.tipg c&,ry.ncemant.Prepared by:Reference D iv i s io n o f theO f f i c e o f F-ublic Ktlations.

C@%rSERVATIONOF PRINTED FOIUBThe a t t en t ion of t h e s e r v i c e i s a g ~ i nn v i t e d t o the h p o r t a n c eof oonservinr;pri.nted T o m s ir,order t o save paper and avoid waste.Extra copies o f Forms M.iJav. 52&, which serve no usefulpurposs ,cont inuet o b e Torwarded t o t.hc: Bureau when advsncements i n rating a r e recomnendedo r reported. Only r e p o r t s of xan1inat;ion on Forn; N.Nav. 52 4 f o r ad-v a n c e x m ts t o r a t i n g s of pay grzde four and above ~ h o u l d e fsrvmrded t o

t h e Bureau, and i n h e s e cases only tile o r i g i n a l s ho ul d be f o r m r d e dexcept, i n t h e cases of Hospital Co zp ~n en , &en one copyshould be pro-vlcled f o r t h e Px e a u of Uedicine 3rd S c r g q r y ,3HHSHIS;-3t:HSSHSHSC

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ACCXEDITED COLLEGE 'RGGRUbi (V-1)"_ ""__..._~___.."."_ ". --- -" ."B ~ 1 7 g G . . ~ . A ~ $ & ~R$C$XrnD -The Bureau of Navigation i s i n recei -o t o f thefo l lowing l e t t e ra n d r e s o l u t i m frnm t h e P r e s id e n t 7f Yale Vnivers i ty :"Rear Admiral Randall S a c q b s , U.S.W.,C h ie f , Bureau o f fJaviga,tion,Xavy Deuartmeot , Washington, D .C .I4y deax A d - m i r a l Jzcobs:

"1 beg t n emloge h e r w i t h a copy of ther e s ~ l u t i o n p a s s e d y tha-Com!>ra?tion3.t t h e i r neet-ing l a s t Saturday. This conveys f n r m l l y what Iam very anxious tr! sen& y ov irform1.I.y -- w r dee?a n z r e c i e t i q n of theguidance 2nd. th e h e l p which youand your cqlleaguyms i n h e &xe:$*u of Nnvi@ti:?nhaveSrougt't t o . m az;d I t h i n 4 t i : , a , l b the un ivers i -t i e s n h e cqunt ry . We ca+r go farward now w i t h .t h a t h e y will serve thenn t icaa . lwe l fe re ..I our ?la.ns e n t h u s i a s t i c a l l y and w i th t > h e confid.ence

"Bel ieve me, ,wi. t h m n s ta n t e x g r e s s io n s ofh ig hresnec t .Faithful1.y y o u r s ,/ S/ CgA,ELES SEVMOUII. I'

_ ~ ~ ~ . ~ . _ t . h ~ . R e c o r d s.o fTh:ePrgsidgnt a.n& Fcl.1ows _~f_Ya.le- n&vers i ty" V o t e d , t g infornl t h e Navy Denartrnent o fth e d e s i r a o f thePresiittir,t and Fel lows t o devotetheresources End energ iescf Yn3.e h i v a r s i t y t o t h outmoqt f o r th9 nuroqse o f deve!o*Ji.ng thee d u c a t i o n a lnrogram i n w hich h e Navy Deoartrnent ha,s asked hec o l l e g e s t o t cke n,a.rt;and t? exnrese t o theDepar t -ment and t o t h e o f f i c e r s of the3u re au of 1bvig:a.t i o n

th eC o r 7 0 r n tm io n ' saprec in t io r , o f t h e i r n s i g h ti n to h ev n lu e of m,inta . i n ing l iSPr a1 ec?ucat iqn ntime o f war and. of t h e i r r e t i o n i:? l e a v in g h e c o l l e g e sf r e e t o c a r r you t tlq.is work of connera t i .nn n het i e s . It" I i k h t nf t h o l r i v n . t r a d tt i o h 5 , a c u l t i a w , nnd fnci1.i-

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EECEXTLY EAISED_I .Navy-tminnd p i l o t s now f l y i n g under Chinese d i r e c t i o n i nt h e Bmna area vere p a i s c l recent,ly b y Secre t i ry o f the Navy, Fx n kKnox, and Rear P.dxira1 Jo!-a EX . Towers, G,S. Navy, C?-Lef o f ' t he Sureauo f Aeronautics . Report:: from t , k battle me;?, 5hough u n o l f i c t a l , haveindica. ted t h s t the::e laem, f l y i n g 6s vo lun tee r s f o r the Chinese Govern-

Rent,have had ziarkaci mccess aga5.ns.t the enemy.l-lhar ly l a s t S p ~ i n g? c a l l -.vas made by C e c e r d Chiang Kai-Shekfor Anerica:; pcrso~ne l .Suo n . c t a.8 i n s t , ruc to r s ' and p i l o t s fo r tile P-49txx nrirpl.a:ies v:h:ich hac! been Furchaeed in t h i s count ry b~ t h e ChineseGoverxmmt. I t had beell found t h t Chinese pilot , s w e x n o t tzainec!su: . 'f ' ici~nt; l~yo p5lof th i s ;~dvmc=ec!,;;ne r' cra.f t , and American assist-m c e r?:::,.s r ~ m i m 6 nt i l h e Chinese n i l o z s czzlr?. tic pro*perly t r a i x d .ThroUKh rcprcsent,zt;k~:es of t h e Chimse Governunent i n thi.s-,countr;r,s11Ccessi"ul e f f o r t s ~;~?z-e-2de io onro13. p i l o t s t ra ined by -the rmec!forcns o f %:E U r i k d St a t e s .Six:ty-l;wo qrLa.l.i.iXe,:dr:avzll pi'LoC,s indica+,ed their des i re t operform t h i s TFqrk, azld +;!re Xayy- !Ic':px-tr,lcnt i n t c r p o s d nc o 'c jec t i on torel.e;me of ,tkose m-sons m-!~ esiroi! t:, ss1"ve v;it,h t,kie Chirlesc forces.. t h . ~ . i rre:;'l..yiat.ion:; i ' r . 0 ~ h e naval sdrvicc vre:re acc~ptp ,d , 11d trans-p o r t a t i o n , pay, and all o t h w mattsrs cor:n:;cted -;,5t:1their c o n t r a c t s

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I h o f f i c i a l r e 2 o r t s r e a c h i n g the Mavy Department ndicatet h z t t h 5 pc~;*fom~Lnce5 t.hs f o r m r neval avia+,ors and nava lnv ia t ionp i l o b s , S o t : Navy and !Jarine Corps, have bzen o u 5 s t a n d i n g l y s a t i s f a c t o r y ,The f k y r i s proud of t h e i r w o r k , p a r t i c u l a r l y i n v i m o f thefa.ct, .hnt. tke nen so e n ~ a ~ z dp r e s e n t t: f a i r c r w s s e c t i o n o f the typcof 1?1enin thhlcf,can he oS%&inedfrom th:.: U.S. N~"S'RInz$i tu te , Annzpolis, Lk.ryla.nd, 2 . t $1.75 p e r copy,O~Cficitzl-o1-dci-S ; t x s~;S;iect, o r~ r'lizcou:lt of Len per- c ~ n t n s i n g l e ~copy l o t e sx?. .i'ift,?m pcx cent, in 1~:;sof t c n or r o r c cc?,ies, s e n t'posC,pe.id,

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PmL,ICATI@NFOR ?EXrI COEQiXS3IOKEDNAi,'AL J;ESETIVC O??YICES"-

The pub l i ca t ion en t i t l ed , "The Naval Reserve of theUnitedS ta t e s t1 , f o r the informcitkonandguidance of newlycommissioned NavalReserve0ff icei . s is availajle 701- purchaze f r o m t,he Superintenderh ofD9cments, Government PrintingOffice, VJasbington, D.C2, a t f i f t e e ncentspercopy,

A914IRAL ERKCST J. KINGOn l k r c h 9, 1942 t he Secret,arg of t h e Navy, Frank Knox,announcer?. t h a t Admiral Harold R. Stark,Chiefof Maval Operationssince August 2, 1939, has bsen re l ie -Jed of thr;t pas% t o be des ignatedConmantier, U.S. Naval Forces operat.il1.g i n Europezn Jaters.AdmiralErnest J. King,C.~l.~-ander-in-Chief,UnitedStatesF lee t , will absorb thedvt iesofChiefof Naval Operat icns, hus con-

sol ida t , ing he two du ti es under one o f f i c e r .Admiral S t m k v j i l l =a t o London ::s r e l i e f o f Vice Admir?dRobert L. Ghornle;., whc i s a t pmsenr s e r i o r .U.S. Naval Officix- i nGrcat E r i t a i n .Ahiml Ghornley si11! go t o sec? z f t e r . a per iod ol" temporaryduty i n ?Jashinqton.BcTore Froceeding t o London, Admiral Sterk will t a k e leaveu n t i l a t e n h!arc;h, He i s expec ted o assumc his new dut ies aboutA p r i l 15 th .Adrr,irzl E.;ini:ls d u t i e s 2:; Chief of Naval Operations will beadninist::recl by 2. striff c,f of f i ce r s under Rear Admirzl F. J. Hornn,

U.S.N. Admiral3ormheclmeF.ssistar!t t o th e Chief of Nava.1 Operationson December 27, 19d8.1.R e z r J d n i r a l Russcll Tiillson, K.S.N., i s Chief of Staff t ot h e Co~~n~~nder - in -Chie f ,,S . Flee t .

K X D YOIJR 2 '2JL"""The 3 w m u of NavTgr-ltiorl i s c o r l t i m a l l y b e i n g r e q u e s t e d t o

f u r n i s hc e r t i f i c i d c c ~ p i a f npgointmmts and temporary commissions as~d.1~ S (;ceptn:iceS :::rid o?+t,':is of a f f i c a . These r e q u e s t se n t a i l 2 con-sider?.,bln loclc! on o f t i c c r s m.d c lc rks t o perform e x t x n e o u s work causedby ca re l c s sness of of>.'ict.rs conc:?rned. All officers ?. re squest5d oread thoroughly m c J , cxre fu l l y m.il a.dc?rzsscd t o them and t o cerry o u ts u c h n s t r u c t i o n s 2.s , ? r ~onta ined here in .

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FAVAL fi%smlEOFFICERSINFORXATION %:LATIVE TO CORPESPOmWCE COURSESPROCEDURE FOEI. E l~ !OU~,E?JT

An of f ic er de s i r in g t o e n r o l l i n one of the correspondencecourses should write an of f i c i a l le t t e r to h i s I ) i s . t r i c t Commandant,specifyingwhichcourse he de si res . I n t h i sconnec t ion a l l BranchEydropaph lc Of f i ces are supplied form l e t t e r s f o r a p p l i c a t i o n f o renrollment, which nay be had xpon request by all Naval Reserve of f icers ,b c t vhich a r e e s p e c i a l l y intended f o r use i n f a c i l i t a t i n g t h e e n r o l l -nextof %krchant Xar ine Reserve o f f i c e r s , The Cornmmdant w i l l t hene n r o l l t h e o f f i c e r in the Educat ional Center ass igned o conductc o u r s e s n h eDi s t r i c t n which theo f f i c e r resides. F o r Merchant .Kar ine Of f i ce r s h i s i s t h e D i s t r i c t i n which his records are kept.The XavalReserveEducationalCenters are l o c a t e d a t New York, N.Y.;& eat Lakes, I l l i n o i s ; !irerv Orleans,Louisinrla:andSanFraccisco,.C a l i f o m i s . A t lgast one ssignment, a nonth should he submittedf o r a l l courses exceptNavigation, f o r which cnc assignmentevery twoweeks s h o u l d be submitked. These a . s s igmen t s are corrected, markedtand etunzedprompt ly o the s txden t . Upoh sa t i s f z . c to ryconp le t ionof a subJect , the hrel._ l; of Navipzt,Ir>n writes t he o f f i ce r conce rneda l e t t e r of conplet ion, a. copy of -;,?Ac?l is f i l e d w i t h . h i s o f f i c i 8 1record. Books, ;t r m cos t , are furnishad by t h e Educational- Centersf o r t he fo l lowing courses.

Navy R.egulztions and Custom GunneryScamsnship MI tary LTWCormmications Navzl I n t e l l i g e n c ePubl ic Rela t ionsThe P u ~ E : ~ uf Nzvigation conducts the following correspondencecourses 3

NAVY XIEGT.J.;LATIOIS k3.U CT.1TISTO;S ( R ) , .A cmrs s ~f o c r t e s n ( l i t ) zssigmcntscoveringnavalcustoms,

r e g u l a t i o r s , at.c. T h i s COU.Y.-EE should b e compl.ated by all of f i ce r s .Fmok r a c p i r e d : Wavy ncgulat ions 1920*l including change #21.SEA;SIIA!


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w m r , F~EsY:~=~?~J'ECPFICERS. . .. -poj* -.." - .. -INFOW!ATI01\; 3.EUTTVE ' ? l r ' ! . . C r ? ~ ~ : S P O r ~ ~ ~ ~ C ~OURSES. . . . .

A .-"c a t i n g e n g in e n s t a l l a t i o n , . u r b in e d r i v e n e t a ] . l a t i o n , a n 6 e l e c t r i cd r i v e n s t a l l a t i o n .T h i s C O U Y S ~ -ism c o m e n c e dp a r t i c u l a r l y o r a l le n g in e e r f f i c e r s . 3 o o k s requ i red :Chapte r s 2, 4, 5, 6 , "7, 8 , 9 , 10,11, 1.2,13, 14, 1 5 , .16,17, 18, 19, 20, 23, 21+, 27, 28 , and 38 of theManual ofEngineer ing ns t ruct ions .These hapters an be p r c h s s e dfrorl theSuper in tenden t o f Dmumerlts, Government P r in t i n gO f f i c e , Mash-ington, D.C, k l imi tednu&sr of t h z s ep u b l i c a t i o n s a r e a v a i l a b l ea ttheEducat ionalCenter ,

An a d d i t i o n a l c o u r s e i n DIESEL ENGINEERIIJG i s being prepared.CO?:?.?.JNICATIONS C )

A course of twelve ( 1 2 ) ass ignmentscover ing a1.l mathods ofcommunication sed board ship. This ourse i s d e s i g n e dp r i n c i p a l l yfor oi ' f i ce r s of theCornunica t ion R,eserve, but i s recormended f o r a l ldeck o f f i c e r s . Books requirodr *lCorn,unicationnstructi.ons, 1??9";C]h,?pi;er30, Wanualof E n g i n e e r i n y I r s t m c . l ; l o m ~ ~ ; " E x t r a c t sfrom U.S.Navy Regulations, l'r)20"; c.ind rz spcj.~.3. t lXa.fom~tionPanpNetf t .GVNNERY ( C )

A course o f t h i r t e e n (13) Z s s iq n m n tFx h ic hg iv e s h es tu d e n tan exc e l l en t p ra c t i ca l knowledge o f t hc fundamental problems i n gunneryaboard sh ip . The cgu rse i s reconmendod f o r all deck o f f ice r s . Booksrequ i red : "Gunnery In s t ru c t im s f l? rU.S. Naval Reserve, 1935; In -s t r u c t i o n s lor Use i n P r e p a r a t i o n nf the Ra.ting of Firecontrolman, ThirdClass; F i r e Control Notes - 19L,.O - YSIIR; S h i p and Gun Drills, 1927 ( o u tof p r i n t ) ; LmdinF:Force Manual V.S. iiav: l93P.?lQLI'TARYLP .W ( ?:i)

A c o u m eo f e ig h t ( 8 ) assikpmcntswhichgives he student v e r yCoinplete nfo,mAtionconcsrning t h e procedure of n2vsJ cour ts- rna- t iz land o t her l eg a l phases of naval law. m y . ~ ~ . l rcocrsc? i s recomiendod f o ro f f i c e r so f all classn,s. Book rcquimd: "Naval Courts a n d Board:11.fJ.hVAL INTELLIGENCE ( I )

The old T?I?VAL INTELLIGENCE correspondencecourse has beensu.perseded by t h e f o l l o w in g courses -r.rhici-1a r c nox av-zilnbla a t t h e IkvalW s c ~ ~ educatj-onnl Cmters :* GZXEFALNTELLIGENCE PLAW PROTECTION

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p&i?.!i~XSEri'iiE O p I C E i i SINFOmJATION RELAT.'IVX Tc) COJ'II?ESPOlJ'IIENCE C C T T S E s

(Cont , )IAVAL YlAR COLLEGE COI?RESPONISEXCE CCIT!ESES . .-. . Correspondenceourses int I n t e r n a t i o m l Lad' and t lS t ra tegyandTactics",which are available t o lJaval Reserve o f f i c e r s of a l lbrc?nches, are conducted by the :Java1 War College, Yewport, R. I . Of-f i c i a l requests s h o u l d be m d e v i a t h e Di st r i ct Carnlandent t o t h eNr: al Ykr College f o r enrollment.

Navy DepartmentGeneral Order No, 133 limits Naval War Goll.egec m r s e s ac follows:P a r t I - Stra tegyandTact ics - L t . (jF;)m d zbovePart I1 - S t r n t e g y m d Tnc t i c s - Lt,, End. aboveThe fo l lowing zb le i s des iened o show thecorrespondencecourseswhich 32'8 considered by the %rem: t.0 Le o f t he &os% vA.ue f o r- t h e r a i n i n g of t h ev a r i o u s classes of the Nn.v..;l Reserve. The symboll e t t e r s refer t o t h e i d e n t i f i c a t i o n l e h t e r s shovm i n p a r e n t h e s i s onthepreceding p g e s fol lowing the mnes of coursets availab1.e.CL4.SS COF~SPOLDEYGE COUIISES

Merchmt hckrine Deck Officer I?, s c G 13 L wReserve Eng. Off ice r E? G ? v r LL i n ef f i c e r s , Deck Ofi'icer R S C G kl L I\JOrga:;ized 2ndVolunteer Reserve E r g . O f f i c e r R E !i!L

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Tolun t . - e rn te l l i gcnc~ I R ?.I. LReserVE( s p e c i a l i s t s ) All ot,hcrs 1 16 L, X X ~ he co11rscs con-'c',uc+,c:? b:r their :;p..cir;l carp82s T V 2 l l . "-

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CIJAPLAIBrS SCT!oOL ESTRJ%ISED ..._I-The Bureal;. o f 2Javigatl.on i s - es.tabL?ishing a school a t %valOperating Rase, Norfolk ,Xrgini .a , f o r the t r a i n k g of elerrpeen- vhohave been appointed as f i ap la ins i n t ,he I?. .. a . v & lReserve,- he NavyDepartment annomced recently.As fa r as prac t icab le , a l l Navy Chapxains,upon their a?-pointment, wil-lbe ordered. Lo r e p o r t t o this 6ChOd for act ive dut y ,and Chaplains a l re a@ on ac t ive du ty will be sen t t o the sc hoo l whenthe needs of t h e service will permit , It i s th e f i r s t school of i t skindever operat,cd by t he Navy. Its curriculum i s des igned o crowdi n t o t,vm months. h e i n d o c t r b a t i o n t h a t . B chaplain would ordinnrikya c q u i r e only through long service..Chaplain CA. Noyman, on duty a t theNavalOperating Zase,. Norfolk,Virginia, w i l l be t h e o f f i c e r i n c h a r g e of t h e school andwill hczve, as a d d i t i o n a l f a c u l t y nenbers, Chaplain Stcaton W. Sal isbury

andChaplain Jobs. F. Robinson, It. s a n t i c i p n t e d that t h e r e wil~ eanaverage of 30 %aplai.:ls in th,e s c h ~ o 1 d u r 5 . q t h e n e x t s ix months,v h i l e t h e p r o c u r e m n t p x g r m f o r the Chaplain Corps i s be5.nG preparedt o m w t the 1:eeds of he entire Nawl Serv ice .Wesen t laws author izeone ci.laplain f o r every 1,250 ofice:rs and m n .A p p l i c a n t sfor cem.rrissions i n th;: C m p k in C o r p s must hzvenot ezchod ?-heir 4thSi r thdzy . rip t o the age of 38 t h , y arc3 corn-nlissionedLieutenants ( J u n i o r C;r:~dc), and hotwwn 3G rind 4.!&%hey c?recomiss ionedLieutenants. Xone i s o r i g i m l l j rc o m ~ i s s i o n c d above ther axk ofLieutencfit , rega,rdlsss of his p?cmi.ncncs i n c i v i l - i f u . A l lmust m t e r h e s e r v i c e th roqyh thc Mavd, Fksmvo. Cav.ptr:i-n R o h z r t ?I:

Workrmn, Chaplain Corps, U. S. Na~q,5s hcnd o f t h e Chnglaies* Divis ion,Blureau of Navigation, Navy Depar tmnt .IJHLRCH EQUll?:!EKI FOR N . A T (RAPLA-E c c l c s i a s t i c a l equipment far use by Navy Chaplqins 4 ltar s e t s,crosses ,cand les t i cks ,vases ; 2nd communion cups m d gL&s::s - will hence-f o r t h be supp l ied by t.he N.vy D e p n r tw n t o i t s s h i p s end shore s t z t i o n s .This i s th e f i r s t t i x i n t h c h i s t o r y oi thc k v ; r D c p r tm c n t t h s t , i t hasmade th i sp rov is ion , he&?,p la inshere to forehnving bc,u:$lt .t!?e iit?ceSsaTfch mc h se rv ic e equj.p:nent o u t of t h e i r oxn pocketbooks o r r t e c e iw d i t asa g i f t f r o m sh i p o r church org:mizat,ion. ?he f i r s t a l t m se ts have j u s t.been rece ived frm themnuf2c;rm f o r dist.ributS.o:l t o forct


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CHURCH EQUIEaI JT.("-7 FO? ?!ATE-I"-2jiPLAIWS__-I.. >C?; .

The r l e w o f f i c i a l U. S . ? j a y 7 a l t a r s e t was designed by G9ptainn . D. Tlorlman h e a d of Chapla;-nIs Di-vision, ~ : r o : J v u of Nnviqation,andCmdr . u. !. Fkf fe r ty , .in&hc off ic e of ';he Chief of Chnplrtins. ToSZvi? space a5oar5 s:;ip tila bi-,?"ssc j ~ o ~ ss rcversiblt:, one face des-igncdf o r Zonan C at ho li c er vi ce sand tht: reverse f o r ProtGst,ant;. The o f f i -cia5ingc!nplai;.l c3n ' Y ~ P O V B thc? s i lver h r p u s o r +AIL; I 1 S o n tha oppo-site s i d e o c o n f o r n . v b 5 t ~ ~ ~ h ecrvict . he 5.s c ~ n d u c t i n g .

Two cand les t i cks , a l s o of b r x s , .:Lrld two .flovrer V L ? S ~ S ozple tethg! a l t a r set . ~ l lf tht;piccoshave broad sq1,mre bascs, wcigh-txd t oavoid t i p p i n g on a . o 1 l i . q ; sh ip , and are mrksd I t V . S . X a v y l ' . Tine designh i s received m o s t fav.ora'oiti corrmcnt.The Navy commmion service is 03 t,hrsc tjl;?c;s. OEZ is a si.1wrp la t ed cup which i s dividcd for wine and vmfers and a paton for bread.The secondcons is t s of per fo ra t zd trap aacb h.oldin.g 4L, glasses, a stnck-

in g base nnd coverandbrdad p h i - e , Ip?c t h i r d typo, f o r us,.: in ?da-alh o s p i t a l s , has a f lagon, s ix glaesus, (2nd p l a t e o r p n t c n , 311 cnciosedi n a por table , carrier for t,ht2 chaplain t,o ':,ab dnouf; ' t h e hospital i':ar'dS.Th? p ieces are marked "U. S . . !davp ar,d 31-2 s-i.lvl;r plc7.ttsd.

DECOFZATIOii 33' G U V E STha follo.vving l e t t e r was reccntl;rZddmssed tc! a l l Ships zndS t a t i o n s:

."I. .The Chaplains ::t, or t Xyer, Viq$ni.a, and ths P r e s i d i oof San Francisco ,Cal i fornin , will. . s e rve he p m s o n n c l cf t!;eArmy, N ~ v y , ndkbrint. h r p s - :md tk CoastGmrd by decora t ingt.he g r a m s o f slLch of t hc i r d t t cm sed rc la t5yes a d r ' i m d s r jsare i n t d r r id, r;;srJc:ctivfi,l;r, i n A r l i n g t m N? tion al Ct.mcteyy andi n ' the P r c s i d i o of Ssn Francisco 5ational Ccnietery, on I. 'iemrial

, D Z ~ , m > - 30, 19~:." 2 . I t i s b;:lir;vt.d t h a t mdo133t;dl:y m r ; y o f f i c c r s and e n l i s t e dnxn, acr? t h e i r E.?milits, -;rho cannct p-rson;xlly a t t c n d to it, willd e s i r e tn ?*mi1: !mseivcs cf this opport,unity tr: have tlhc; gr2vesof t h c i r loved 3n:;'s cared f o r 3n this occc?sion.113. Thr; pian i s t o provide n s t m d a r d f lom.1 emblm i n t h efcom of a wreath c,?rrying ; large bunch of f l o w r s f o r th.:: sum of$2.00. T o f a c i l i t z t e the. hand1i:lg o f f i n d s and bhe order ing ~i'f1or.A. p ieces i t i s d e s i r e d h a t h e s t a n d a r d e ~ b l e m e uzed 8 : )far as it will 'ut: Zcceptable. Ho'mvcr, i f sone wish t L j spendl a r g e - S'ris on flowers, s p e c i a l floral enblons of p r o p x t i m a t e l ylnrge~ i z ea n d value w i l l bepurchased. Such decora t ions asare s e n t d i r c c t t o either Ckapl.nin, x r h i c h r e dt-liver;:d t : 2him by f l o r i s t s , will be placed : . p m the designated g m v a a ssoon as received.

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Qi$CORATION OF GRAVES(ccJri5*" 4 . All cor respondenceand emi t tancesper ta in ing o hedecornt ion of grclvas shouldbeaddrcssed ts:

The Chaplain, Fort Kyer, Virg in ia (fw g l i n g t o n )o r to: The Cn,zplnin, P r e s id i o of S;:n Fra nc is co ,Chl i fo rn ia ,andsho-dd be i n h i s handsby IJq: 2 5 , 1.942. I t will no t bep o s s i b l e o f i l l orders c..fter t h x t da te . IZequccts should i n d i -cate , he I\T,J!E, RILNK, and CEG&.JIL~TIOif OF THL DGCBiSEG, , J iD I FPOSSIBLE, THE GR:,VX o r U T N:3,;2LIi l'LITli SECTION i n which thedeceased i s buriad.tr

SLCTJRITY OF II~TO?l 'L~TIO?JfL rec en t newspaper c o l w n by Ern ie Pyle h a s b m z g h t f o r t han ex ce ll en t example of 1~lazsa-talkI~andflt igkltwmutll1~and i s quLlted

below f c)r i n f o r m t i o n :! 'There a r e a coupie o f c u t e s t o r i e s i n Snn Frnncisc:,abou t s a i l m s giv ing away inf:rmnticm. One i s n1 l o o s e - t a l F s tory , th i : o t h t r a f ' t igh t -~~o! l th l to ry .Tie loose-trill one h,zppenc:d t : 2 ,)e a c l o s e f r i m d ofmine.He m s r i d in g :In a s t r e c t car. i4 s a i l o r s a t d m nbesidehimand ht iystarted C,zl!he name of th : l i h ipover ha re? ' 11 don' t kn m y m'm, 1 the s a i h rs a i dp n l i t e l y . 1;u-d :;'l(lc?th i p ::re you i'rm?'the ad y nskcd.That one, 1 t h e s a i l o r s a i d , ~ ~Theabo-:o i s a n e x t r a c t fr\m a TJ. S , P a c i f i c Fleet l ? t t x ,

t h e ( m t . o f A m , r i c a f zi g r G s ta t t l z s h i p s )

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REDISTRIBU!l!IO?J OF IfiUITIME FUrJCTIOrJSExecutive O r d e r No. 9 0@ , Issrled Februzry 28, 1942, iu'nichtransferred certain i?hrL-k.imefu;:cE om , r?ircct.ed t h e t m n s f e r of thosefuncti-ons of t!le Tk i t e d E';xte;.J I ~ ' . ~ x - L + ; i ~ so m , i s z i o n pcr tz i r i lng toestabl ishin; , r',evclopj-n;: and o?crc:tini: OS t h e ihitsrl S tn t e s XaritimeSei-t-ice, the Cadet am: &diet, 3fi ' icer trclin;LPg p r q ; r G mm ? o t he r r m t t e r srela.ted "kereta,. i nc lud ing supcrv i s i cn of %he S t n t r : IiaritiEle itcadexies

from th.e I k L t k e Comiisslon t o t k e Cnr?r:-cmdnnC 0.: tlzt-: 'u'nited StakesCmst Cus.rd, 'GO be axercisnd hy hir!under t.h3 dh-cction and slzpervisicno f t i l o 3 e c r c t a r y Jf,the 1;la.v.The o f f i c e r s of the Na-qr and 1Javn.l Reserve a s s il p e d t o t h eMaritime Com iss ion hcadomies and S k t e k x r i t h e Acxlernics nil1 becmt inued on a c t i v e dlity i n t h e l r p ~ ~ ~ e e , ! tss l~ r l?zimt , : : . The Ckdst.s,&rcila.nt Mwine Zeserve, at t'luco ~c,~ .! .c tm~es ,i1i conticw t o receivethe prescrihed co-.rse i:: fh.va1 S c i e n x ax:J xi11 be el-I ,~$bb f o rcxr;n;issims as Ensiqns i n %i!c K - ~ . J ; J .r,-sc:rvc3 unon gr ; l dm t i on if t heyhave com;slet.etf the !$awl Scjnncc C O U T S ~and have o b k i n e d w*limi tedocean l i censes 2s deck o r er:Zincer officers,

_c~ ~ \ ? ~ ~ ? ~ , ~ b h ~ ~ i~iL!?ITIlS, bhC@E T; DISCONTLI\JXmThe Bureau h.as been advisec! by t h e SupervS.eor o f C a d e t Tra in in f ,Divis ionof T:"al.nin~,U. S. l.Izr!Ltinc C&mirsic=n, t h2 . t ; %he S t s t e o f r e m -s:.Flavania has susper,rled the a c t i v i t i e s cf the Yerxsylvacia ?hri%imo kcnderrry.Tne t r a i n i n g sh ip *QYSTW'I;: S?!kTTj a s s i y e d tC3 thc St,rrte o f Pecnsylv~,nin,mill be assli,,:neci t .o the Stzte imri.tirne Ac~denics f Kassach-metts, NawYorL and Mrtfne t o prcTvirie. cru!-sing cxpri


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MARRIAGE (NAVY )(As i t could be .Wilt thou, Jack, htive t h i s woman a s t h y wedded wif e t o l i v etoge ther nsofara s he Bn;=eau c ~ f :evigat,ion will allow? Wilt thouloveher,comfort,hoilor and keeu hsr; ta ke he r to th e no vi es and comehome re gu la r l y to h er on th e 1650 boat?"" I w i l l . "ffWilthou,Jane, have t h i s sailor as thy wedded husband,b e a r i n g i n mind l i b e r t y h ours ,boatschedules,watches,suddenorders,uncertainmailcommunications,and all o t he r pena l t i e s o f Navy l i f e ?Viilt hou obey him, serve him, love,honor,andwait f o r him; presshisuniform,and l e t h i m smoke Navy plug i n the house?""1will.""1, Jack, ake hee,Jane, as my wedded wife, from 1640 u n t i l0730, as f a r as permi t t ed by mjr Cormanding Of fi ce r; l ib er ty ho ur s su bj ec t

t o changewithoutnotice, f o r b e t t e r , f o r worse, fo r ea r l i e r , o r l a t e r ,and I promise t o send hee a w eek l y l e t t e r while on cru i sern1'1, Jane, ake hee,Jack, as my wedded husband subject ot h e whim of t he O f f i ce r of th e Deck, cha ngin gresi den ce whenever th esh ip moves; t o haveand t o h o l d j u s t as long as my allotment comesregularly and there I give my t ro th , "

"-Flying r rAf tPSALMS OF A FLm

1, As t he e l ephoneop er at or who gi ve th wrongnumbers, i s he who ex-t e l l e t h his exp l o i t s i n t h e a i r ,2. He shall e n l i r g e upon thedanger of his adventure,but in my s l eevesh a l l be hea rd t he t i nkl i ng of s i l ve ry l augh t e r .3 . Uy son, obey the aw.and bserve rudence. S p i n thou ot lowert han 1,500 cub i t sn o rstu nt above th in e own domicile. For t h ehand of t h e law i s heavy, and re ac he th far andwide hroughoutthe l and .4 , Incurnot hewra th of thecomanderbybreaking he u les , f o rt hey who ignore t he course sha l l be cas t i n to ou te r darkness .5. Torepraiseworthy is he who can ouchhis t a i l andwheels to h eear th a t one t ime han he who lo op et h and r o l l e t h till some dm-s e l s t a r e s i n amazement a t hi s dar ing .

H w + x - H H H H C w mTALK IS CHEAP - ' I T EM IT'S NOT AM EXPEHSIVE LIABILITY

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pF,FJ,,::s' r\T: T. FT,,yiTL_I "gI .,( (-! i.,-! - ~ """6 , Fe who by?gk?th a1-1mc!er?sr;-iz~;:~~.n 3 forced l a r :d i r ,g nag i.n t,ine!.e ~~:or:;i.van!>,L ' r .~ai~a t r > x i c t ; l into ; t r ;~tl .~er12nc. s h t ~ l l ede:; ?isd ;'crevcj:,nI * F?e?w,re thi3 n ! m v d ~ ~ualrtJ;il o f f v i t . hou t , 1ooki:lg b ~ l i i n d , for there

i s !IO h r - a l - t h in lijq. V?ri.lyI say u n t o ym his ?ays ae r:u:aherr,d.E!, Cl.c.ver men t;&e t,l;o rywaofc; cjf t :~ei .r i n s t ruc t oys ia tl?e saxeY;i.?e, c)cs l"i;c,~ento EL~o~,&;I', xi':.f:wiLty- Je s t , cc;~?krr* i . r~ ; ; h ~ 9 . -C l r y 2 r e s c arld -;~:.gcrti:Lrq thcxe4~:lv::s ; ; i _ . t h k~rno-. Yet *,hey t q r

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. .LET S .GE,T $?I@ M-.OII?Z%SE( C6nt.. )"I "Time i s . prec ipus ., . ~ ~ > ? n r sa" 1j.ves. A c o n t i n u a t i o n of

namby-pamby n a t i o m l thinkin;; can c ~ m ehe var t o l a s t f o r years.We a t LliS are a w r e of the mpor tance of speed, heneedfor speed ~ n d t i l l Ii1ore speed :in turning o u t ship.ttUncle Sam, you cancount ' on 11s f o r tw m ty - f o w hoxrs ofproduc t ion e:T,iry twenty-four burs .If

--?eFrri.nt from "0:1 t h e 'ikystt,pu5lished by t ~ h eLake i'.rnsb.-ingt;on Shripyards, EiouqE:ton,Tkshinzton.BPL4NCIl EYDROGRAPHIC CHAT!T CIS'iZISI!TION OFFICES

?Yit!?in t he p as t ye ar seve ra l Eiranel; Eydrographic Chart D i s -t r i b u t i o p Offices k v e been est ,ablished to meet t h e energency denmdsof s h i p s ?or char%s 2nd publicati.o:1s. Thesebranches carry a l i m i t e dsupply and crznnt furnish t .he f1ee.t res?ul:~r?r.. . -Lel Hornever, t h e y f i l l theurgent need f o r depots near opere,t i .onsicenters vhere m t e r i a l can b eobtai .nedon 5or tnot ice . T h e s e 5ranch c i i s % r i ' s u t i o ~ffices are:Wanch HpkoF_:raphic F l e e t Chart D i s t r i b u t i o n O f f Ice ,14th XL'aval Dis%rict,,Navy Yari?, Pew:. IiLx-bor, T.H.Rrslnch Hydrographic Chart, C i s t r l b u t i o n Office,Xerchant's Exchanrge Ruildlng,San Franc isco ,Ca l i fo rn ia .Branch HydrographicDistributionOffice,Ut21 Iiricsl D!.strict,Ralboa, Cana!. Zone.3rarlch Eydrographic Office,E'ed.ern1 Ddilding,Sa:l .Tunny P.R.The 2,eaand.s ?:pori t h e Fiydrographic Off ice for chzr t r have in-

creased g r e a t l y s i n c e h e e n f , r a n c e of thoUnited Si;st.es in59 the wUr.For tunaf ,e ly , h i s ~vts inticipa.tad, 2nd adc?i.tj.orml nachinery was pur-chased a p a r ago which ;Jrzs i r .s t , - l ied r;nd in operat ic71 a nionth af -t er th aPear l Harbor a t tack.Consquen t ly ,p rod?Jc t ion has kep t pace wit': t h e%~.rc t i v i t y of thG Ravy 2nd 0th-er govcrmmi; br .x~ i ;hasto t i le extent that,char t s ?&re o l l i n g ' o f f t!lc pre~ses t t,hcmt,.:: ai' r!. n i ~ ~ o no p ~ e srnonth. It is c l e a r t,%t thL; Yavyfs pro;;rnr:l oi' !;x:,an.s:ion will m a n a con-tinucsd r i s e i n a11 c h a r t requrir~1:c3!rts.

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-.L,YI?Z C OX P S ZXPiJTIS JUinOR OFF1 iR TEE,LTNIIM'r-"'R()GRiG! TO i-;CI>,Ds ]fJJz;!tIj:D ; y ~ ! $ : jL(;E1J:"lfjLlSEU.""___"~"""(ccnt . )

E m , hsrveyer, ns r r in r ' neri nsy bt: e c c q ~ t ? : ! a r the can ir 'a tesc h s s ,p r z v i ! k i 1 h e y fulfill +,kizr qunl . i f~.cnt , i '~ns.1m.b czs ti>aF:e,men my be accepte : *rh.>zye -ver 20 rtn;! untler 26 a t t h e t i n e , I f e n l i s t -ment.

It rms also an1loTmce . L ? ,?un;aa -?f \Javi;;nt,i:m l et r, ur NATJ-ll+71-

VD W -l(lG1) of & n u r y 27, 15142, x !c?rcsszl.l t o a i l Ships an,? t a t i o n s'.:TIh e abme sub>ect,.

The f. , l lmin;: q;rst?. ti m h w h e m T'ec3ived i n a r e c e n t c x n u n i -cation from the Cr : :n i t l r iis::r::zs?r , ~ f?It: Cjunty ,E Los i q c l ~ s , n..: i s Ifi n t e r e s t t o a l l service x n $I nr+ : r;.ri ?ents .>f di:P..rnia:

'Vhe Att : ! r n q General :,fVce St,ate .If Cn1if:jrninhasrscentLy ruL.;,.! i1r.t tk~ xe~1 p3 . m r . , ,v i s i .x l ,f the C d i f w n i aVet,emn's &::e;:pti-)n ;,ct : j ~ ~ . , s:,:t ex",n,: t.; t.::->sc n,:n nxy i ns e r v i c e v;"i~,: h~&-~-t;iafj n:. ~ r ~ ~ v ~ ~ ~ 1 . ~ ~- J X ~service such 3 2 T].)rl,jWcr 1, icxcept i n t h ~ : vozt t;?;~:,uch a m n t s s er vi ce i n t h i swar has becn tcr, l inate : u;l :


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I"ALIFOIULIA VET3RAUSf EX2WTION - FISCAL YEAR 1$+2-43(Cant.)t a .x ingau thor i t i e s of t h e i r o p o r t u r i t y t o con t r ibu te t o the Yationalef fo r t by an adminis t rnt ion o f t h e i r a ; J % l i c o f f i c e w i th a h e a r t f e l t c o n -c e r n f o r h e w e l f a r e o f men i n t,Ze armed services, a.nd. thei rdependents .I n d iv id m lFro ble ns a,n? in qu ir ie s should bedirected t o the CoxmandingOff icer .

"_ -" "_ . """""OXTRIRGTICCT TO TEB i'T,?,,NY RELIXF SCJCISTYTHRCUCL SEIP ' S SEBTICE SWl?2S.-. .A suggestion by a servi,:e nap has beer.presented t o theIiureauo f Navigationand i s consic!.ered of suchmerit as t o Ceservc? a r e a l l ysgmTathetic reception by a l l .The originator o f the. idea,Chief Yeoman %arkham, i s quoted asf 011 ws ;"Each member o f the na.val se rv ice i s copizcznt o f the workof the Navy Relie f Socie ty j.n conne ction with relie f exten ded t odependents ar,d fami l ies of navalpersonnel."Demands upgn this organ fza,t ion have been g r e a t l y i n c r e a s e dandou,tsideagenciesa re now co n t r i bu t i ng fu ds t o t h i s s o c i e t y ."It i s Sel iwed hz . t hepersonne l o f the&vrcou ld , n averysimplemanner,greatlyenhance %!.:e a s s e t s o f th isorgapi-za t i on i f th e r e were ? laced aboard each sh ip of t h e k v y , h . v i n g

a s h i p ' s s t o r e , a box with a la be l he re on reco.ding "P en pi es forNavy Relief",This box could. be placede i t h e r on thecountero r under the cnunter of t h e shi-p's s e r v i c e s t o r e and as . a . r t ic lsas o l d i n t h e s t o r e a r e p r i c e d a t odd Tennies , men meking purchaseswonld undoubtedly &Tosit a m odd germy 33: t w o i n t h i s box witht h e r e s u l t t h a t a considers5le a.mQiAnt of money would 'De co l l e c t e df o r t h e Ikvy Rel ie f Society. n

The knowledge t h a t a shinmate's dependents mag temporarilybei n d i s t r e s s i s not.comforting. No &.vy man intends t o l e t s u c h a condi t ione x i s t as long as he i s ab le t o do a2ythinga.bout i t . We a r e 3 o t , however,alwags i n a p o s i t i o n t o render mmeziate and e f f e c t i v ea id .F o r tu n a t e lyth er e s an ag en cy which we can deper-d on t o do the hings that we wouldl i k e t o d o , Fromptlyandwith a. sympatheticunderstanding- the k v y. Rel ie fSoc ie ty , of course.ThisSocietydepends on you nd me f o rs u p c r t .

' I f Comnanding Of fi ce rsandShip 'sServiceGff icers nsure hzt he box i son t h e counte r , i s the re any. good r e a s m t o Sel ieve t k t t r n d i t i m a . 1 ITavygeneros i ty will notrespond wi th a. full r e z l i z e t i o n o f t h e F o s s i b l e c m -1 sequence of war?* * *W*O* * * * * * *Q*O*+ *

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SEABEES CIiOSEN NAI% FORCONSTR3CTION REGDEHTS." (Cent. ) I . . .It i s a n t i c i p a t e d t h a t tke Constructiol;Regimentswill.engagei n 3ffen'Siveconbat, and wi i l . be p rega re d and t r a in ed t o give a good

account of,'hemselves.''I , . 'IScIiowrzsiIPS". . .

Rensse lae rPo ly techn ic ns t i t u t e , T r o y , N. Y. The P u s t e e s ofHensse lae rPo ly techn icIns t i tu t e of fer aga in one f u l l four year t u t t i o ns c h o l a r s h i p t o sons o f o f f i c e r s , p t t y o f f i c e r s o r non-commissionedof f i ce r s on the ac t ive o r r e t i r e d l i s t s o f the IJrzq- andXarine C or ps ,as m&1s t o sons of d e c e a s e do f f i c e r s ,p e t t yo f f i c e r s o r non-comissionedo ' f f i ce r so f th e sqle ca tegor i e s . The s t u d e n ts e l e c t e d will be awarded f reetui t ion amounting t o $ l X ) O . W f o r t h e u l l o u r year course . For fu l l n -form ti . ,o n regardine - this scholarship see. Bureau o f t i av iga t ion Bu l l e t in Yo.290 of I.?arch 22, i941.

Oryontz S s _ o o l , I:b_n_tgoneryC o u n p , Pa, I n c i d e n t to t,he graduationof on,e of hepresent, inc1x:hent.s3 o : ~ :; 'ht: p a r t i a l s c h o l a r s h i p s g r a n t e db.,- he OgontzSchool wLll be ava i l ab le f o r t h e sc ho ol ye ar commencingSeptedaer , 1942. This schrab_arship i s valued a t .s",9OO.OC and representsone-half the fi xe d schoo? *ZC.P. Scho la r sh ip pp l i e s f o r two yearsi n h e j u ; i o r col lege . Only dauzhtws o f graduates o f t h e Naval Acadenyon actjiv e duty a re e l i g i b l e .App l i ca t ions s5ou ld be forwarded i n timet o reach heSupr in t , endent , V. S. idavsl Aca.demy or the Coxwandant,Eieventh ,?Java1 D i s t r i c t by une 20, 1942,AFplication shoald beac-cornpal:ied 'qr pkiotogrnph cf candidatc, r e c e n t school record , and twol e t t s s f r o m p a s t o r a- riends o f t h e fc2,';ily. Applicantshouldbepre-pared for i n t e rv iew wit11 B o a r d s appo in t id by tht. Szper in tendent of heNaval Acadcmy 0 2 t;he Cowrandant o f the E L : v e n t h 2:avzl i l lstrict. F o rfu r t h e r i n f o r z a t i o n s . 2 ~ -m-eau o f &viga,tioil illlietin No. 290 o f blarch22, w i .

. .?&-idlc,s School, i923 11 S t r e z t , N, W,, ',$ashinKton, D. C. The3urt:ai.: o f Enyi!:at.ion m g r e t s t o anr:ounce that. tht: ten s c h d a r s h i p s o f$300.00 e a c h f o r m e r l y granted i o boarding students who were en t i t l zdt o Prcs ident in lappoi .n tmnt , s o th; U. 5. ~ a v a l c a d e + q s a r e s u l to f t hc , i r f - i t he r s ' nava l se rv ice nil1 no t k)t: avai la ' s lc f x h e . schoolyo ar I9 b2Lk? .. - ~ " - -

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" C - . l i t.he nlanagbl",rl he szid. "I novsr saw anything as toll& as t h i s stenk.11"youwill, sir,tl said thc wa5.+r , r , " i f I call'fh;: managor."

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T I E CJLRI! L,F, R j X SCFIOL~%HIPS._"""_ _""".""....."- "-~-...."""-C:r ~pe rst .mn ,cai!omy FIZS bem given s ix schAarships , which areto be I c n vm as the Clark 'ihr Ti;x: Sch Aarsh ips . Tnese a r e t a beawardedon FL c m pe t i t iw: bas i s t ? p u p i l s vd~?se . :ucnti jn caroers have been in ter -ruptzc! by t he w v imec, :n. l i t i :ns in t h i sc rwnt ry . 'i'he 3 m :Jf a man

T~T I h;2s mtbr8:l hc Service x hochi1.i vrhme- paren t s 'bus iness o rpr,:fc:;slorL hcls h e n i'isl:!cat+;! by tho m r w)d.d be typ ica l CZI.S.:~.Tht candidates zust be :;utstandingbJys af g q ~ l harac te ran;' t t r a c t i v e p.i;'rs-mal.ity n t h e sevc;r,th o r e i g h t h grncle I ~ ~ c ~r eplanning t,; t e r n i t h i n the; n e x t t w - y . x r s 8 reputable. preparat- j rysch - .;l. Thcy must be b ':ys h.;will c. . ,nt , r imte t 2 thc scholarship ,S?ir i t , c2n,! generalpr . .mise .if t,hc ztuilent tw!P :)f a scho-)l .


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P~,XSENT -7 FRoG;?&i Ti ? :X ETJLA2Gi;D- " ( C m t Is i v e , c :urSe :,f nd- , c t r i nn t i ,n in t r , NCLVJ' c u s t )T.IS. Th:>se su cc es sf ull yc?mplet&g t h e s e i n < : , c t r i n a t i m periqcls:.yill then be m k r e d e i t h e rt o t h e Reskrve j,li&hipna.n Sch.-;::1 a t Nc r th\festern Universi ty, Chicag,) ,I l l i n -.is, -:r - ,%:.le &\Fa1 R(!serve Xiii!shipmnn Sch ~1 a t Cllunbia Uni-v e r s i t y , New, Yf,rk,. Th,-)sec,u::lifi.sd 3 z . x - thoengineer ing ra in ing v f i 1 19.11~y: he rJ.S.S. ~ R J R J E STJ'li. VJhile i n h c s es c h m l s h es t u d e n t syfj.n ece ive he 9 2 . ~ ~nd a11zwan&s -,f a nidshipnan, u. s. f k v d h5E;rVe.

. I n a!j+it;ion t ? t h c ab . 've V-7 c::u~ses, i t i s pbXInW! t", CTlVene2% t ~ - ~ r - ~ - ~ 1 , : n ~ n i n t e r v a l sca,urse f.?r17-7 a p p l i c z n t s f-r gqncr3.l Serviceenginkcring !juti,:s a t tb.c; 1.~. S , ?jam1 ;Lcac':erv, , a n a p : d i s , Ihryland. Iti s a n t i c i p a t e d t,hn+;the ._?. 'l!?itixlnL nnits "~f he; c y Y e n t v-7 ?eSerVej$i::shipmarl.. fi?grcm *,illall be j n f u l l ?pe r.? .t if )n by l a t e 61guSt.

~ J I ~ ~ Y S I T Yp ::(j'?.TH C A L ~ O L I N , bdJD ST. ;LLT)LY S C0LIJ.QL.-~J"FCR;&, TJQ,,ED STTJDQJT PILOT __.""i;iDlJCTIOI\r * CENTkm- ,T,hu SCcr:>tary ::+f..t& Navy ann..j:mccci i n l n t e F e b r w q the

se1i;ctic-m ? f , h e . Universi ty: ?'f IdArth Car:;lina,Chapel Hill, NorthC ar ol in a, ~ n t l t, N ~ r y t sG-)lIeg22,Calif ;.rnia,as tw,-., :)f thes tu( lentp i l o t in!3uct ,i t,ncenters i n t h e k.v;r's v a s t av ia t i nn t r: !ining pr3ZraR.- ..Thcst. sclect, iqnssupplemnt hcprcvi?usannouncement 3 f..- th G 4esj.gnnti ?n ?f he Univers i ty ;f Gc.? r r , r i n f ..thzns,Cre:)rgia, a11.Ithe Sta te Univers i ty '-)'f.IT&, IW;I cj , t ; r , 1 ~ ~ 8 ,~ 1 2 l c : t i n g h c t q t a l'o f f 2 u r i n s L i t u t i J n s vvh:-,se f a c i l i t i c s will be used, i np a r t ,u n . i e r' t h s pr z g r m .

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?TAVY BUYS BONDSNavy personnel nvested almost ~,OOO,[email protected]@ i n Defense SavirZsSecur i t i es dur in< t h e month of F'ebrmry, accwding t o returnsreceivedSg the o f f i c e of the Coord.inator or Defens9 Savings Ronds. Thesere urns , corn,?li.:te except, :or* one a c t i v i t y , show that $2,243,737.50 XIS

invest.ed in Series E Sonds, $137,348.30 i n S e r i e s F and G Bonds and$$220,570.90 i n Defense Savings Sta;;lps. Inaddition, $1,373,195*50IWS co l l ec t ed under t he b!a.vy Payroll Savings Plan, and will be credi ted'io sales ZLS saon as bonds a r e i ssued in the nonth of :":arch. FolloIvingis R tabulat , ion of sa l es by a c t i v i t i e s :

E f3OIDSPor tmouth ? h v y Sard ! ! ) l@mi?Bo,;'l.on Navy Yard 40,b62.50L v'?IS. , Yewpor t , lihode I s l a n d 4.8,787* 503 r d Navnl X s t . Nc?m York 73,187.504 t h fLT~iva.1i l i s t , PhiladeLpkia 30,S52.50Ph"l1adelphia Xavy Yard 281,006.255i;h Naval R i s t.


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NLVY CO!-~~~XSPOI~TIETJCEThe Bureau i s in r.ecc.ipt 02 a n w b e r of l e t t e r s w i t t e n byind iv iduals s i r ; i lw t o t h e m e ~ E ~ O V T :

I I V .S ,? T r a in in g , S t a t i o nXaXTh 7, 1942

ttRureau. of Navigationi"a,c.hirl,cytop, D, C . . . IGerlntlemen:

(*Im i n trairlixle icze f x torekeeper, and m u l d l i k eany bookr; o r matai.aL tx; "Wh'is 30;:) th::% 1 cnn secu.re.ltI an he re f o ~w.i:re.sr a ; ~ dw m l d s;>precic2tt? ;L promptrenly,

Yours t ru ly ,!I

Atterition i s .',nvitc?d to Article 2010, 1J.S. Nnvy Regulations.

SIC( Ed\.?iihen t k new ::;edical o:'Yicer r e m r t e d ;,.board h t ? IVcjS proudlys h o ~ ~h o u t ??;-k I C ~ < ~ I - C ! C ~~ r .cd'.'. ~ u ~ l 1 - yhe chal-ts vrtxe reached,

and t ~ eoo!:ed %he::: ovsr cqrefully o b s ~ r v i - n ; ; ;!IC ?;;stem Qi' ab5revia t ions :SF for - ; c a ~ l e tm?::., T;3 f o r tu:)e?-,culo:-i.s, 1) for dip thwia , ;md so on.All diserzse? snc?~:t?d,o [-:epretLy tve'll m d c r con.!,:-01 s:cce;3t onc indicatedby t h e s ?~d ; o l 3O.K.

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IrI obs..rve,tt s a i d tke h~?rt3 o c t a r , t1th:i.t you have ; sveepingepidemic of :XI.;3:1 ;y~ur I?zlC?s Eli,.:is :L ;y~?!m!.. ot in cocmon use inRavy ?:'er?icrJ c i r c 1 . c ~ jL1.s.i; ~ . . , ~ b ~ z tis G(74*:?tf'1 O h - t ! - . ~e n t d ofl ' icer 7bitTht?Lyop?,id,h;hen YE can! tdiagnose, G o d Cn1.y Knov~sIt

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Preb&.bly t he h n s t o f t ! ~ :m r j o k e s is th.: one sl:~7'~fuhe I r i sh -n2.n t h a t decided to go to w zr b~c: :us t : th: : k ? r m n ~xl h l o v n th;. saloonr i g h t off h i s hand, leav-ing him holt!i~x; on?L:; ?,l-;.d knob t o the outs ide door.)L\C"C)C>\ , \I \i,ul.q. I \I VAL,, I,I\ 0 I\ I\ ,\-,\7\, \ ,I \?\"O\ ,\ r"r

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PHYSICAL T t A I N I I J G SECTION'CREATED BY NAVYEstabl ishment of a Physical . Training Sect ion as a unit of t h eTrainingDivision;BureauofIbvigat ion, was approvedrecently bySec-r ? t a ry of t h e Navy, Frank Knpx.Xead o f t h eS e c t i o n will be Commnder J. J. (t'Gene") Tunney,U.S.N.R., who f o r mol-e th an a year hasserved as the N~ v J ' s , Direc to rof PhysicalEducat ion.Co mmf kr Tunney hasbeenpromoted romLieut-te n a n t Commander, t h e g r a d e n which he was commissioned when heenteredupon activedu ty .Commander Tunney I s Sect ion wt.11have cogn izanc e over he dev-elopmentandadminist,rationof a program of phys ica l f i t n ess for t heU.S. Navy, theestablishmen+, o f personnelneeds for thePhys ica lFi tn ess Prograrn an d th e in i t ia t i on of procurement, hroqyh outine-channels, of suchpersonnel; t i l e maintenance of con tac t swi th school s ,

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