^.-THE ROVING' >f
RE PORJ&R- ^
QUESTION: If you have your choice of
duty.;,5-bat ions after Adak, " -where'would
ygu^iiKe to go and'- yby? ,
INMAN. William T**FN. Chaplains Yeoman
•Shis .question is a rough one.to answer*
After, spending nearly a year on Adak,
(whi^hi'^ld^dn11. mind in the least), I
can only go inac}c .to the reason 1 join
ed-., the Nayy, < to, see , the world* The
South Pacific is^one. part .of the world
I want to see, and so I chese a des
troyer from any place south of^rj-'^cp.
^ the last (two f trips * The islands liofd. '*
a ' special ■'.fascination forme,- and
”seeing is believing” so’ they say*
Above all, I would like to visit our
newesttstate, 5aya|i? t . . * . •
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WILLIAMS. Elvin R*.BU3 MM/ADMIN DEPT.
because that is. where they said
to gO.'n . * ...
BARTONt Robert: YN3 OPERATIONS DEPT...' ,
"I- ;/would very much like duty in the
San Diego, California area,, a squadron
such as reconnaisance squadrons.I like
this area because of the -weather. ;• I \
have been there most of my career.**
boWBING. -David M.> SKSN. SPBCSERVICES
first choice would be Newport,R.X.
or tl^ereabouts, so I can ^ catch the
Jazz-Festivals, and also to be ;}ust a
bit .closer to a certain little Nurse
in good ’ole New Hampshire. 2nd choice.. .
ANYWHERE STATESIDE. * . *
BROWN. Roger N.. 6>A. AFRTS/ADMIN/.....
I would,like .to be stationed in, Yqko-*
suka, Japan because -.of my interest in',
Buddhism and the Japanese way of life,
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DIDi^OU -KNOW THAT in May' there were
vehicle accidents oq -Adak which result-*
ed ^ii£ a cost to the government of $787.
How « would you, like to have to pay a
bill like that? Uncle Sam doesn’t like/
bills either.,...Let’s watch our driving
THE LIFE YOU TOUR OWN,
You. know, joe,those guys on Adak donrt
have, to brave Adak weather .to go to
the polls this November-all ,'they have
to do is go see their *yoting officer
LTJG GRUNAWALT, for an.application for
an absentee ballot NOW WHILE ITS WARM!
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LONG;. .BEACH7Calif (NAVNEWS<;)-^-The bo,w
of the destroyer COLLETT/recently.dam*
aged in a collision with "the destroyer
AMMEN will be replaced at. • ^his naval
shipyard /with .the bow of the/'destroyer.
SEAMAN. \ •/ •/.■/' 'v;
Both time and the interest ,pf econ
omy will be served since the-construct*
ion of a new bow for , the' C OLLETT would
be $100,000 mope and have required two
months additional time. -'I pv* : /*.•
Construction pf the,. SEAMAN was sus
pended at tlie end. c& WW. H and the ship
placed in reserve, at Puget>Sound Naval
Shipyard.^ Bremerton,- Wash** The Navy
tugboat ABAC HE will tow the SEAMAN ifcto
Washington to Long Beaqh.', A
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WITH. 'THE U.S. SIXTH. FkEET.. (-NAVNEWS)—
Operation Midshipman .<;■ Exchange, took '
place in July in Mediterranean-.waters
as 350 midshipmen cruising, with this
fleet changed places wi'th 350 others ■„
arriving by air froi^ :the - U.;S. ‘ •
Twenty four ships were, involved,
scattered from Golfe -Juan, France, and
Leghorn and Naples,,‘Italy. 20.1 but 63
of the midshipmen'returned to the U. S*
in the same planes .that .brought their
replacements. The 63 are taking part or
all‘of their .annual summer leaves in
Europe.- , .
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