"THE ADAK SUN"
OAPT. J. H. HORTON, Jr. CDR M. J. REED
Commanding Officer Exec. Officer
Published each Monday for all personnel
on ADAK at no covst to the Government.
Articles contained herein are not to be
construed as representing the official
opinion of the Commanding Officer or the
Navy Department, in as much as the ADAK
SUM is not an official publication.
EDITING STAFF
’’NAVY NURSE CORPS”
Tho Navy Nurse Corps celebrates its
50th anniversary May 13. From teaching
to assisting with major surgical opera
tions at sea, these hard-working women
of the Navy Nurse Corps have followed
the American Fleet wherever it has: sail
ed.
When the Japanese struck in the Pac
ific, Navy nurses were on duty at Pearl
Harbor, Kaneohe Bay, the Philippines,
Guam, and aboard the hospital ship USS
SOLACE. Some were captured and imprison
ed by the enemy. All during their im
prisonment, these courageous women cared
| for the sick and wounded under tremend
; 0U8 difficulties.
While in Europe, four Navy Nurses we
re awarded the Navy Cross for outstand
ing srrviee, three of the awards being
made posthumously.
One Navy nurse, serving with the Army
on Bataan, was awarded- the Legion of Me
rit, an honor designated by Congress for
outstanding devotion to duty. This nur
se also wears the Army's Distinguished
Unit Badge.
The Nurse Corps has now some 2275
nurses on active duty serving in hosp
itals, infirmaries, dispensaries and
hospital corps schools compared with the
total strength, in 1908,'of a superinten
dent, a chief nurse, and 18 nurses, all
assigned to the Naval Medical Sohool
5 Hospital in Washington, D. C. .*
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The temperatures for ADAK are given here
for your information:
DATE
MON 12 MAY
TUE 13
WED 14
THU 15
FRI 16
SAT 17
SUN IS
MAXIMUM
44
47
42
46
45
44
47
MINIMUM
39
3S
37
32
40
35
34
From: NAVAL WEATHER SERVICE OFFICE
U. S. NAVAL STATION ADAK.
CHAPTER and VERSE
An admiral — and the Bible — had
the last word in an interchange of poe
tic banter that began after avicstors of \
the Pacific Fleet took most of the awa
rds in the third annual Naval Air Wea
pons meet at El Centro NAAS, Calif.
The doggerel-fight began with this
radio message from the Atlantic Fleet
to. the winners:
"Your pilots at El Centro won more
than their share.
so look to your laurels and guard
them with care.
.boresight your guns and be of good
cheer,
for our teams undaunted will trounce
you next year."
Pacific Fleet aviators came up with:
, "Pacific Fleet pilots have noted your
praise,
and also your threats for some future
days.
our guns shall be ready, our pilots
at. best.
then you’ll find us before where the
laurels doth rest.”
. . The reply went for approval to Adm.
Herbert G. Hopwood, Pacific Fleet Com
mander. To his OK he appended: ’’See
Proverbs 27-1.” The. verse reads:
"Boast not thyself of tommorrow; for
thou knowest not what a day may bring
forth.".
Pearl Harbor (AFPS)