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Commanding Officer Praises Small Boats' Role In • Cfhe1\1\0 c R-u p- U-..SN aval Amphibious Training Base VOL. 2 NO. 10 FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA SEPTEMBER 17, 1943 Commanding Officer Praises Small Boats' Role in War 11161h ENGINEER BAND Seabees Make a Hit in Bond Parade PAYS TRIBUTE AS BOAT TO BROADCAST SUNDAY CREWS RECEIVE AWARD Combat Group Organization Capt. Gulbranson Calls Troop With Music Luminaries, Transfer, Ship to Shore, On Air at 2 :15 "Key to Success" The 1116th Engineer Combat "The small boat crew has the Group Band, and entertainers, will most important task in amphibious do air time Sunday afternoon, and operations. The success they achi­ are scheduled to appear over Sta­ eve determints the success or fai­ tion WJMO, West Palm B'each. lure of landing operations." Station WQAM, Miami, will a lso Capt. C. Gulbransan, USN, Com­ carry the musical program, from manding Officer of the U. S. Nav­ 2:15 to 2 :45. al Amphibious Training Base here, The band consists of such lumi­ was speaking. He was presenting naries as Pfc. John Unsteth, Cpl. cash awards to members of boat Robert Heber, and Pvt. Robert crews who won ship handling and Peckman in the trumpet section. seamanship prizes in recent com­ Pvt. "$onny" Carlone and Pfc. petition among landing craft Vincent "James" Basilicato are on crews. the saxes. Pfc. Lucian "Chubby" "The success of small boat op­ Ippalito on the drums. T- 5 Albert erations is the key to successful Gallagher, piano, Pfc. Tony "Spar­ amphibious operations. Sometimes ky" Spaccarotilla, guitar, and Pvt. its importance is not recognized. Frank Damrano, "slap ba0 e." These Navy Seabees 7Jroved the hit of the day when St. Lucie Actually, it is impossible to over­ Vocalists are Pvt. Frank Dep­ County's Third War Bond Camvaign was launched with a varade state its sigmficance. arno, tenor, Pfc. Alvin W. Guth­ through downtown Fort Pierce. This 11hoto by Ens. Jack B . Foster, "Here are great convoys gather­ ridge,.. baritone, and "Chubby" Ip­ Postal Officer, shows them swinging along in dress whites ed together, after months of train­ palito, "scat" singer. ing, to carr.r out landing opera­ Jimmy Basilicato, leader, has tions. Unless the small boats suc­ been a featured performer with Commanding Officer 's Message cessfully tra:isfer the troops from Bobby Day, Louis Prima and other the transports to the shore, no fine outfits. I take this occasion to express appreciation to all operation can succeed. In fact, Pfc. Tony Spoccarotilla, guitar hands for the fine spirit, hard work and cooperation at it can not even begin. man, was an outstanding member "I urge you men to think of this Base in recent weeks. your part in the service in terms of Teddy Powell's and of Vaug·n The recent unconditional surrender of Italy was a Monroe's band, and "pit" man of highest responsibility. With­ with the Earle Theatre band in damaging blow to the Axis triumvirate, but develop­ out small boat operations, success­ Washington, D. C., as was "Base" ments of the past few days have shown we all must con­ fully carried out, the campaigns in man Frank Damrano. tinue unrelenting and all-out effort until final victory North Africa, and in Attu, could "Chubby" Ippalito, drummer, was is won. not have succeeded. The invasion a "solid sender" with Les Brown, We must work untiringly, with Berlin and Tokyo as of Sicily was successful because Boyd Raeburn, and was featured of you," the Captain continued. as our final objectives. Then, and only then, will our Captain Gulbranson addressed with a traveling USO unit of N.Y. assignments be successfully carried out. The "smooth" singer of songs, ancL complimented the winning Pvt. Frank Deparno, had his own We welcome to the training program here at the U.S. boat crew members, and shook radio program in Paterson, N. J. Naval Amphibious Training Base numerous new organ­ hands with each man iq turn, in S Sgt. Clark, at the present izations, here to be coordinated into one force, for one presenting the awards at a Tues­ time away at school, .is a featured fight, against one foe. day afternoon ceremony, held at pianist with the Group Band. These include such groups as the Second Ranger In­ the base of the flag pole in Gul­ All men who are interested in fantry Battalion, 257th Ordnance M. M. Company, branson Park, opposite the Bur­ joining the Group Band contact Lt. ston BOQ. 618th Ordance AMM Company (service platoon) , 88th Fi-rst prize awards went to Edwin B. Koonce, 1116th Special Quartermasters Railhead Company, 538th Quartermaster Service Officer, imemdiately. Crew 31B, Group One, Flotilla 2: •:• U S N A T B •:• Service Battalion, 31st Reconnaissance Troop, Company C. D. Frazier, G. H. Fulbright and Captain Pays Visit to C of Lhe 61sL Engineers, and others. J. M. Hilde!:Jrand, seaman second Admiral Kidd's Mother Personnel trained at this Command already have class, and R. L. Scott, F3I c. Capt. C. Gulbranson , Base Com­ been in direct contact with, and are carrying the fight Second place, Group 3, Crew manding Officer, paid a visit Wed­ to the enemy. Other hard tasks lie ahead. Together, 92B: D . .G. Saunders, J. T.. Carey nesday at Stuart to the mother and E. J. Gra,tz, Jr., seaman we train for them. second class, and W . L. Boutelle, of Admiral Kidd, who lost his life Let us take pride in the growing tradition of t he am­ at Peral Harbor. He took with MoMM2/c. him best wishes and a remem­ phibious command. To the newcomers, Welcome. To Third place, Crew 57B, Group brance from Officers' Wardroom those who leave for other assignments, God speed, and 2: 0. C. Owens, J. E. Oglesly, and to Mrs. Kidd, who is 84 and quite may we again be shipmates. H. B. Nichols, seaman second class, ill at the home of a daughter. C. GULBRANSON Continued on Page 5 PAGE TWO THE MOCK-UP SEPTEMBER 17, '1943 United States Naval Am1Jhibiousll THE MOCK - Up Training Base, Fort Pierce, Fla. VOL. 2 SEPTEMBER 17, 1943 NO. 10 :._________________________THEAMPHIBS __; The Amphibs are at work by day and by night, THE MOCK-UP, the publication of the U. S. Naval Amphibious Men of the Army and Navy c·ombined. Training Base, Fort Pierce, Florida, is published Friday of each week They earnestly strive with all their might, and is distributed without ,charge to the personnel of all actiVities. And give of their best, both body and mind. COMMANDING OFFICER CAPT. c. GULBRANSON, u. s. Navy They come from the North, South, East andWest, EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMDR. JOHN G. FARNSWORTH, U.S.N.R. EDITORIAL ADVISOR LT. C. HERSCHEL SCHOOLEY, U.S.N.R. When Uncle Sam sent fo~th the call. EDITOR LT. (JG) WALTER F. HEALY, U.S.N.R. "!'heir coming is far from idle jest, ARTIST _ ROLF HOLM, PhM.2/c l't heralds approach of the Axis fall. CORRESPONDENTS--PFC Christopher A. Heil, US•A., 1116th Eng. Combat Gr.; Ensign J.B. Francis, USNR, Naval Combat Demolition Unit; En­ They train ·for a job they know must be done, sign James L. Farrell, U SNR, Boat Camp 2; Ben Pope, CSp, Mainten­ No matter how hard the doiflg might be. ance and Re-pair; J. E. Jackson, CSp, Beach Party School; Howard L. iMcVitty, Cox., Ship's Co.; PFC Richard F~ Mahoney, USA, Army They ·challenge the Jap and als{) the Hun, Detachment. In their effort to enslave the land of the free. All pictures are official U.S. Navy Photos unless otherwise designated. They met the foe on the African coast, The MOCK-UP receives Camp Newspaper Service material. All corres­ And on Egypt's desert sand they fought. pondence, contributions and matters concerning this publication should Of Sicily they now can boast, be addressed to the MOCK-UP, Public Relations Office ,USNATB, Fort As well as the havoc in Italy wrought. Pierce, Florida. This paper is printed in the interest of the personnel and. will welcome all contributions and criticisms from members of B~se. Thus it will be till the war shall end, United States Naval Amphibious Trainiµg Base, Fort Pierce, Florida \Ve'll hear of the de~ds of our own Amphibs. The right of liberty they ever shall defend, ATIP TO S·ERVICEMEN The boys we all know as the fighting .Amphibs. When the last enemy beach has been taken, ­ (From Collier's Weekly) When the last slave is forever set free, Here is a tip which servicemen can profit by: Amphibs' will march home with faith unshaken, A good deal of talk goes around to the effoct that the That's the boys from the U.S.N.A.T.B. returned wairriors ·after this war are going to run the country PFC. Thomas H. !Gibson, pretty much to suit their own ideas of how it should be run. USNATB Army Deta~hment Probably that's true. It happened after the Revolution and after the Civil War, and to a considerable extent after the "junior war," as a friend of ours calls World War I. ~U_S_O_N_O_T_ES---"l ~I~B_O_O_K_S~~ This doesn 't mean, though, that every vieteran will The United Service Organiza­ "THE PURPLE LAND"-W. H. tion held "open house" W ednes­ Hudson. This is an enlightening come home and slide automatically into a well-paid life day afternoon for the wives of ser­ tenure job, political or private, with all his worries ended. story relating facts about the land vice men stationed here. Mrs. Lou­ that England lost.
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