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This Newspaper is brought to you for free and open access by the WAVES on Campus at UNI ScholarWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The IOWAVE [newspaper] by an authorized administrator of UNI ScholarWorks. For more information, please contact [email protected]. WAVE Dedicated to All IOWAVES in Traini11 ;1 ::ud A{ i:IJ VOLUME Ill, NO. 19 U. S. Nr.AVAL TRAINING SCHOOL, CEDAH. ¥iLLS. IOW A WORLD N~WS Three WR Officers Decommissioning and Fin a-I Receive Promotions SecNav's Message On Commander E. E. Pettee has an Graduation To Be 2 8 A p ri I Death of President nounced the promotion of three Official confirmation of the women officers from the rank of New Billets Claim Captain McAf ee \V/ ill death of President Franklin ensign to lieutenant (junior grade.) Address 31st Class D. Roosevelt was received yes Lt. (jg) Eleanor "B" Brown has Five More Of Staff terday in the form of a dis come up through the ranks and And Inspect Reg irr.ent patch to the Navy from Sec before . Five more officers of the staff retary of the Navy James coming to Cedar Falls was have Forrestal. He stated: a torekeeper at Norfolk Nary been detached within the past Captain Mildred McAfee will ar rive Saturday morning, Yard. While there, she was hos week for new duty in various parts 28 April, in "THE WORLD HAS LOST time to of the United States. inspect the regiment at the A CHAl\IPION OF DEMO- pitalized by an explosion of am usual Saturday morning's inspec RA.CY WHO CAN ILL BE munition which went off unex Lt. (jg) Louise Miller, head of tion. Miss McAfee will have lunch PARED BY OUR COUN pectedly. Soon thereafter, she en the physical training department with the trainees in the Commons TRY AND THE ALLIED tered Officer's Tmining School and Company II commander, has and in the evening will be the guest CAUSE. TH E NAVY W HICH of honor at a dinner given jointly and w as commissioned an ensign been assigned to duty at the Naval HE SO DEARLY LOVE D by the Navy and the Iowa State Air Training Base, Pensacola, CAN PAY NO BETTER on 1 December 1943. She came to Fla. Teachers College. TR1BUTE Lt. (jg) ). lice Gcodenow-, TO HIS MEM Cedar Falls from New Orleans on Compal' At 1400 !he ;,ill audr1iss t he ORY THAN TO CARRY 31 January 1944. Miss Brown is III commander and instructor in the ll irty-first !traduating claS's at ex-1 ON IN THE TRADITION a graduate of Susquehanna Uni physical training department, left ercises to be held in the auditorium. OF WHICH HE WAS SO versity and holds a B. S. degree for NAS San Diego, California. Her talk will be broadcast over sta PROUD." in commerce. She had several h on Ensign Kay Holem, instructor in tion KXEL, 1540 on t h _qial. he o in tennis ·ingles and double., will be int-roduced by Coµim ~nder played basketball and hockey and the shorthand and typewriting de E. E. ettee. The WESTERN F RONT invocation wi'll be is a meml)er of Kappa Delta Phi. partment, ass;stant income tax of by Chaplain Herb rt S. :Brown ·arid Spearheaded by the American Before joining the • 'avy, she was Lieutenant Elizabeth N1nth Army, Allied forces took ficer, and Welfare Fund treasurer, H a:ll will pre a teacher of commercial subjects sent the hono~ ,grad_uates and t he 'Stlch vital industrial cities in the reported for duty in the office of in the Jeannette High School in certificates to ~he Ruhr as Essen and Hanover then the Inspector of Naval Material, .o.ut-going sea Pennsylvania. men. pushed on to the banks of t he Elbe, l\Iinneapolis, Minnesota. fast big river before Berlin. · Lt. (jg) Walta Mae Woodlee of Miss McAfee is on a tom'.·· of the Lieut. Margie Wolcott, Chief EASTER FRO T the avy Nurses Camps, comes Ninth Naval District and ~1·0Jn here Nurse, has been assigned to duty Russian armies this week from :\k~inneville, Tennessee. will go to Ottumwa, Iowa. com at the Naval Hospital, Oakland, pleted the capture She formerly did nursing in St. The public is invited of Vienna. While California. to t hese ex_ Malinovsky's Second Ukranian Thomas Hospital and came to Ce crcises, and it is hoped that' many Lt. (jg) Margaret Carver in Army carried on mop-up operations, dar Fans ~n 2 August 1944. Miss civi ian f1iends may· be 'guests. stn,:-tor in records and forms and Tobrukin's forces moved nor1hwest Wood1ee has a brother in the ser W1i •ten invitations will admit-them corres;i onden::e department and toward the Austrian and Bava1;an vice, Prinite James M. Woodlee, to the auditorium. recreational movies officer, Naval A1ps reputed Nazi last-ditch who is a radio mechanic in the de officer ]·as been transferred to the fense zone. ground crew in the Army Air 1aYal Air Transport Service, In the north, Koenigsberg, Corps. at capital Patuxent, l\Iaryland. Greer Receives of East Prussia, was captured, re Lt. (jg) Alice Goodenow, who lea g Red troops for a direct left this week for Washington, Pro:notion -to PhM2c drive on Berlin, or a juncture with was also promoted from the r ank Lieut. F. J. O'Grady outhern units of the Red Army. of ensign, to lieutenant (junior Returns For V isit Hargaret M. Gr er ,dental tech ITALIAN F R01 T grade.) r.i .. ian, rec ived a promotion on 1 Liautenant F. J. O'Grady, form April from Pharmacist's • Mate German might in Italy was be er dental officer on this tation ing whittled third class to Pharmacist's Mate down before it could Four Officers Learn was Yisiting here with his wife fall back into the homeland for a econd class. G1eer's home ·is in Of New Assignments and baby. Lieut. O'Grady was Boston ,Massachusetts. Befo1·e corn last tand. Allied air forces sup the first dental officer on this sta Officers receiving orders for ing to Cedar Falls she received ported fighting in the vicinity of tion, having come here two weeks transfer within the training at St. Albans, New York, :Massa and the Po River valley. next few after tr.e commissioning weeks are: of the and Great Lakes. · · PACIFIC USS BARTLETT. He has return Lt. (jg) Gladys Goodding, who fighting on Okinawa, where ed to Chicago where he will report for further duty at will visit Lieut. Marquis and Americans had landed with so little his family before Indianhead, Maryland. returning to the A ssistant Return , . , opposition last week, was the scene we t coast where his ship is in Ensign Elinor Levett ,vill dry To Great Lakes ' -..:j this week of fierce hand-to-hand go to dock. Washington, D. C. combat reminiscent o f l wo J ima. Lieut Donald T. Marquis, DC, and Lt. (jg) Ulane Zeeck has been P rogress toward the capital city of Clarence B. Inman HAlc logged assigned to the Bureau of Medi Naha was slow, as Japs remained Commandant of Ninth ND cut 9 April after a brief stay at cine, Washington, D. C. entrenched in a net work of pillboxes tl:e USS BARTLETT. Prior t o his Lieut. W. N . McCown, head Receives Promotion in Rank and caves. of a ssignment at Great Lakes and the instruction department, will However, good news came from Rear Admiral A. S. Carpende1·, .ater Cedar Falls, Lieutenant Mar proceed from here to t empo the Philippines where organized rar y Commandant of the Ninth Naval quis spent twenty months over duty in Washington, D C. for resistance on Luzon had officially in District, has received a p r omotion seas. He is a 1939 graduate of t he ceased. struction in Educational Services. to the rank of Vice.. Admiral. l'r:ivcrsity of Iowa. PAGE 2 THE IOWAVE 14 APRIL 1945 On that day Captain Mildred McAfee will be here to speak, thus putting, a final flourish on the ol•osing paragraph of our Tl-IE IOWAVE history, and proving for all time how higMy the Navy values Cedar Falls! So as the· ciu1rtain goes dow'.n on our activity, the IOWA VE does not want to be the last to join in the applause. As trainees, we can express a real appreciation of the ~ prime feature of ou:r ·program-its toughness. We soon Published Every Friday found 01ut there are a million different requirements, and dy the Seamen of Bartlett Hall to meet them all you have to be more clever than you ever U . S. Naval Training School were before. We get tired of this hard-to-take regime, but Cedar Falls, Iowa there are times when its values become clear to us. Per Cornmandi,ng Officer haps we are at the Saturday morning movies, or perhaps Commander E. E. Pettee we have just been through the mail line. At such times, for a little while, we are wlith our men ,overseas. We ,g.et Oificer-i n-Charge of Seamen some idea of the immensity of the obstacles they face. Yet Lit>ut. Elizabeth Hall they go ahead, even when it means suffering and death. If Editor Georgianna Benja min, S2c we can ease this unequal burden at all, we will be glad to meet lesser requirements. And1 to the extent that we can Staff Members: V. Anderson, E . Gutman, L. McQueen, R. Mar tin, M. May, L . Withers. cairry out orders with some of their jauntiness and tough ness, we will know the secret of their vitality. Officer-in-charge Lt. {ig) Helen E. Fechter Assistant - Nellie Smith, Y2c Of course this pride in the ability to tackle hard as signments must be linked with a mastery of skills and an ------: understanding of efficiency. Both our military training and 6ur yeoman training have made us ready to do our work accurately and efficiently. Through these months of at EDITORI AL tention to uniforms, bunks, sounding off, saluting, and' all the other things which seem to make life difficult, we have' been setting our sights on that snap and precision which.is the best part of the military tradition. CARRY.ON! However, we will be the first to say that military life is not all austerity and efficiency. We have made new Captain Mildred H. McAfee, Admiral William D. friends here, and there has been time for fun at Bartlett. Leahy, Admiral H. G. Taylor, Admiral John Downs, Gov We have welcomed the social functions and the church ser €rnor Burke B. Hickenlooper, Wiren Lieutenant Nancy vices. We have enjoyed the friendliness of civilian Iowans Pyper and- scores of other Military and civilian dignitaries at the college, and in Waterloo and Cedar Falls. And have honored this station by their v:isits here during the above all, our officers and instructors have not permitted ·past two an-di a half years. Each of them has b:r'ought a us to forget the meaning of charm and k!iindlness. message--some of the urgency of the job to be done--some Neither does our program precLude fanciful excursions of praise for the women in service-and some with tales of into the future now and then. From this tranquil g,reen the fighting men that WAVES have replaced. Their words campus, we have heard the thunderous reverberations of and their spirit have all- helped to mold the IOWA VE tra our gains abroad, and of our pl-ans at home for peace. We dition-a tradition of hard work, of strict discipline, and have two more weeks of spring in Iowa. Let us hope that the realization of the tremendous job ahead. But equally ooir summer victory is not far off. important and for any fighting team-be it football or Navy-a tradition of comradeship, of working together for Miss Fechter Guides TOAST TO THE {URL OF a common cause and of pride in the Navy, in the part that IOWAVE Since 1943 THE USN women are playing and the pride of being an IOWA VE. We'll sing our song to the finest As the final issue of the IO girl, • Throughout the continental United tates and_ H.awai" WAVE goes to press, personnel Who wears the Nav,y blue. there are today so,me 12,000 IOWA VES, more than one of the Naval Training School at She proudly holds the ensign tenth of the entire WAVE organization, proudly carrying Cedar Falls pay tribute to Lt. (jg) high on with the traditions of indoctrination and training re Helen Fechter, officer-in-charge of Sre's Navy t hrough and through. receive'd at Cedar Falls. Theirs and ours is the job of carry the IOWAVE newspaper, for her She serves with those who firm- ing on in true IOWA VE fashion the spirit of the Cedar splendid work in producing a pa ly stand Falls Naval Training School. per which has been a source of Together-fight to win. news of school activities and en Here·s luck to every Navy WAVE On 28 April when the stars and stripes are lowered terta inment, not only for those To the girl of the USN. over Bartlett for the last time and :retreat is sounded it stationed in Cedar Falls but for wiU mean not the end, but the opening before us of broad many former IOWAYES serving BRIGHT TOMORROW in various parts of the country. Today is keyed to urgency and interesting opportunities with a fob to do and t9e spirit The IOWAVE newspaper began To fi ll a nation's need. to see it through. as a daily 7 September 1943 and At all t imes of such exigency Carry on the IOWA VE tradition. continued as such for 2 weeks re We live by fact and deed. sulting in practically a twenty-four But when tomorrow's dawn is hour a day job for Miss Fechter. brig ht It was then converted to a weekly I have a cherished scheme Another Chapter Ends! and through her ceaseless efforts To clam1ber to some woodland site a good paper has been faithfully Be ide a mountain stream .O~ 28 April the last IOWA VES will go out to join the dist ributed once a week to hund There sit upon a sunwarmed r ock 12,000 others who have released men for overseas duty. r eds of readers. - a nd dream. 14 APRIL 1945 THE IOWAVE PAGE 3 ...... • • WA VE Officer Lieut. Rex B. Foster LOG.GING OUT Dress Right, i Dressq Will Attend United Relates Experience COMPANY IV Section 41 Nation's Conference On USS SOLACE D. Brennan; C. Bulger; H. Coog WA YES of the USNTS Hunter Lieut. Rex B. Foster, Dental of an; J. Culhane; R. Delworth; E. Ellis; W. Ev.ans; D. Gifford; R. CoJJege passed in review Saturday, ficer, spoke to the company at 1930 Monday, 9 April, in the au Hicks; A. Johnson. E. Leech; D. 7 April, before Miss Virginia Gild ditorium. He was introduced by Lewis; E. Linn; 0. McGauley; C. ersleeve, Dean of Barnard College, Ensign Elizabeth Hodges, who told Middleton; B. Mikels; C. Mooney; Chairman of the Advisory Council of his receiving a special citation M. Morrison; M. O'Connor; M. for the Womens' Reserve, and a from Admiral Nimitz, and also Pembroke; I. Pfeifer; N. Pren ~ember of the eight-man delega the Navy commendation ribbon for tice; E. Proctor. L. Robinson; V. tion to the United Nations Con Distinguished Serwce. Ross ; M . Ryan; E. Schock; B. ference in San Francisco. Dr. Foster served aboard the Shamowitz; E. Torres; B. Warner; J. Webb; M. Willis; D. Wilson· Miss Gildersleeve was the third hospital ship, the USS SOLACE, D. Wright; H. Zangerle; civilian ever to have a Regimental where, as a specialist in facial G. Zi~er. Review presented in her honor at surgery, he worked with casual Section 42 Garrison Cap Insignia Hunter. Mme. Chiang Kaishek and ties from such engagements as V. Anderson. C. Angelone; A. Babcock An insignia consisting of a foul Mrs. Eleanor Roosevelt are her Tarawa and Saipan. Dr. Foster said ; C. Baker; S. Barnes; D . Boyle; R. Brown; ed anchor superimposed on a Na predecessors. t hat even the most experienced H. Buckman; I. Euttito; B. val propeller will soon be worn by Following their own review, the doctors wer e s hocked by the type Cheever; E. Costello; J , Crouse; M. enlisted women on their garrison 1,000 WAVES on parade for Miss of casualties they saw on the Dooley; M. Duncan; N. Earp caps. The insignia may be worn Gildersleeve left for downtown New SOLACE. evertheless, he said, . C. Ellorette; A. F aulk; E. Gartman; when it is available in the stores York to participate in the Army the most remarkable courage was B. Gorg; C. Hartman ; B. Henderson ; B. Hill; sometime in April and will be re Day Parade. shown by the men who sustaind M. Holmes ; H. lobst; H. L quired on the garrison cap begin A t a luncheon following the re these injuries. Dr. Foster describ yons ; R. Mart in; M , l\Ia ning 1 June. view, Miss Gil c! ersleeve announced ed life aboard the ship, and told y ; L. McQueen; H. Millett; E. Minard, J . Park; The metal insignia is patterned that Lt. Comdr. Elizabeth Reynard, several stories of fighting men in B. Patter son; M. Presto -after the collar deviee now worn Commandant of Seaman, would ac the Pacific. n; 1\1. Schantz; F. by all members of the Women·s company her to the United Nation Schmitt; R. Smith; C. Sten berg; R. S tevens ; F Reserve. The propeJler will be of Conference in the capacity of con . Supper; J. Lieut. M. L. Levin Thompson. ·sterling silver goldplated. This in sultant. Lieutenant Commander D. Timpone; D. Wiese; Visits Station J . WiJlett; S. Young. 'Signia will be worn on the cap by Reynard will be on temporary ·aJJ enlisted personnel except chief leave from the Navy and will at Lieut. M. L. Levin, SC-V (G) Section 43 petty officers. tend the conference as a civilian. USNR, Asst. to OinC Material, Re M. Campbell; M. Cobry; R. Cov The enlisted cap device will be During her absence Liet1tenant distribution and Disposal Offices, ert; L. Crouch; E. Daley; B. Ed placd on the left side of the gar Helen Hull Jacobs will act as Com-. Navy, Chicago, Illinois, visited this monson; B. Faletti; G. Faulkner; rison cap with the shank of the mandant of Seamen. station on Saturday, 7 April 1945 . D. Fisher; C. Flynn; J. Green; E. .anchor perpendicular to the bottom Hallen. P. Harris; L. Haywood· edge of the cap. The center of the C. Hislop; M. Hunt; A. Kanois; M: device should be approgimately Kennedy; M. McEachern; L. Met -two inches from front edge and calf; M. Naylor; M. Nickerson; <>ne and one-fourth inches from M. E. Nickerson; P. Nordeen; f. t he bottom of the cap. Parent; E. Prall; M. Richey. E. Other rev,isions in the uniform Roane; L. Settlemyer; J . Shields; :regulations for the Women's Re C. Staus; A. Tabor; J. Tortorella; ·serve were issued 15 March, cov J. Walter; R. Whalen; M. Wil ering a change in the regulation moth. concerning the wearing of special Section 44 ty marks as distinguishing marks J . Adams; M. Anable; M. Ballen by enlisted women. These may now AND ger. C. Bell; G. Benjamin; G. Ben be worn only by hospital apprentic nett; A. Bryant; H. Buck; R. Cre es and by non-rated personnel who ger; D. Dawson; S. Dodson; M. have completed the full course of Fahey; D. Fencil; R. Festa; P. instruction at a regularly estab Fischer. C. Forsythe; C. Gaffny; lished Class "A" service school. '\ RAINCORTS K. Gensch; H. Gilday; P. Gillen; D. Grace; C. Gratto; I. Gunning; New Assistant Chief L. Harvey; E. Hawkins; H. Henry; BuPers Is Appointed M . Hughes. M . Iasiello; M. Krohn; A . .McAndrews; A. Morrissey; A. Rear Admiral Louis E Denfield, Olson; H Ormsbee; E. Outerson; USN, was relieved as Assistant C. Puskaric; J. Rogers; J. Sar Chief of Naval Personnel on 29 gent; T. Sa,·gent; B. Small; G. Mar ch and assigned a command Sprague; J. Stenling; J. Stringer; 3 t sea in the Pacific area. He was G. Walsh; G. Wieneke; F. Wilber- 1·elieved by Rear Admiral William H. Williams; L. Withers. ' M. Fechteler, USN. Rear Admiral Fechteler previous CPO: "What were you in private ly served in the Bureau of Naval life?" Personnel as Director of Personnel Recruit: "I wuz a concrete work from March, 1942 to July, 1943. er." Upon leaving BuPers at that time CPO : "Good, we·ll put you in the he was assigned command of the the galley making biscuits." 1:SS INDIANA. He was annointe,l -Conning Tower t o flag rank 18 January 1944. His most recent duty in the combat WAVE: "I like the Navy. ar ea wa Travel s as Commander of an broadens one." Amphibious Group. S2c : "I thought i t was the chow." PAGE 4 THE IOWAVE 14 APRIL 1945 , Ten Of Staff Given HEADLINE HISTORY OF NTS Four of Ship:s ,co. Special Sendof f Now In Hawaii To the strains of "Anchors Glowing reports have been re Aweigh" and many other favorites, Picking at random a few of the 8 June 1944-"Admiral Leahy ceived from the first four mem two officers and eight members of headlines as they appeared in the Pays Station Brief Visit." bers of ship's company who are ship's company boarded the Rock station newspaper will givie better 30 June 1944-"20th Class First now on duty in the Hawaiian Is et, Wednesday, 8 April, bound for than anything else a word picture of to Graduate Out of Doors." lands. Rhoda Swanson, SKDlc, the history of the WAVES at Ce the West Coast. 14 July 1944-"Navy SponsoN who pioneered the group from here dar Falls. Lieut. W. N. McCown gave his Exhibition Tennis Match." has since been joined by Nadeen 15 January 1943-"First Indoc generous assistance by making sev 28 July 1944-"Admiral Tey°ior Miller, Ylc; Thelma Smith, Sp (S) eral ti·ips to the station with pas trination Class of !OWAVES Grad .c; and Lillian Clark, SK2c. uates." Stresses Fine Record of WR" sengers and baggage. Lieut. Eliza also- "WAVES Observe Second Storekeeper Swanson, of Hib beth Hall was also on hand to bid July 1943-"WAVES Celebrate Anniversary." bing, Minnesota, and Storekeeper them Bon Voyage, along with their First Birthday." 11 August 1944-"Women's Re Clark, of Moose Lake, Minnesota. remaining shipmates, members of 14 September 1943-"Joint serve to Attend Gov.ernor's Day both joined ship's company at Ce ship's company, who turned out en WAVE-Cadet Review Today." Celebration." dar Fa-lls, 18 July 1943. masse. 8 October 1943-"USNTS Boasts 1 September 1944-"Lt. Comdr. Yeoman Miiller of Marshalltown, Outgoing officers were Ensign Elinor G. Rigby Visits Cedar Falls Iowa, who was the yeoman in the Mary Bergquist and Lieut. Margie New All-WAVE Band" and "Sum mer .Seersuckers Replace WAVE on Tour." Public Relations Office, became a F. Wolcott. Ship's company mem 29 September 1944-"Overseas part of ship's company 1 May 1943. bers included Christine Tucker, Cotton Uniform." 15 October 1943-"Admiral Tay Bill Passed." Specialist Smith, of Oak Park, Il Sp (S) le, Mary Haskell, 2 December 1944-"Lieut. Rex linois, reported for duty here 23 Y3c, Mary Sydness, Y2c, Dorothy lor Will Review, Address Gradu ates." B. Foster Receives Commendation September 1943. Specialist Smith 'J'.aylor, Y3c, Loretta Culbertson, for Servi'ce." was an instructor in the physical Ylc, and Dorothy Weaver, Y2c. 22 October 1943-",Spotlight 9 December 1944-"Bureau An training department here and di Virginia Dale Cook, Y3c, and Band Honors School on Air." nounces Closing of "NTS". rected the Protestant choir. Mary Spies, SKDlc, left later that 26 November 1943-"Regiment 16 December 1944-"Staff Cele night on the north bound Rocket Subscribes 85.42% to Cash War brates Two Years Aboard." headed for Seattle. Bonds." 29 December 1944-"82,761 Wo A Colonel ordered a steak, rare. 10 Decembet 1943-"Cedar Falls men Now Enliuted in WR-alsc It came out rare, very rare. The of Local Mayors Guests Naval Training School Completes "Garrison Cap Myth Becomes Re ficer demanded it be taken back First Year 15 December."' ality." At Last Graduation and cooked. 11 February 1944-"Lieut. Nancy 6 January 1945-"Lt. Comdr. Dis "It's alrady cooked," the waiter The mayors of Waterloo and Ce- Pyper Inspires Listeners with an ert Returns to Address 27th Grad snapped. =------,,,-,.... Falls were the graduation uation." Account of Wren Activities." "Cooked!" retorted the Colonel,. speakers at exercises held at 1000 17 March 1944-"Lieut. Frances 24 March 1945-"Capt. McAfee on Monday, 2 April, dn the audi to be Gue'st at Final Graduation." "I've seen cows hurt worse than Rich to be Station Visitor on Fri that and they got well." torium. Mayor Ralph B. Slippy of day and Saturday." 14 April 1945-"Decomm~ssion Waterloo, and Mayor Roland F. ing and Final Graduation to be 28 Merner of Cedar Falls were intro 31 March 1944-"IOWAVES A~ril.'' Jiuced by ComJTiander E. E. Pet Contribute $1521.79 in Recent Re.-. And so another chapter in naval "What's your job, sailor?" tee. They spoke briefly of the part Cross Drive." histo1·y will be closed on 28 April "Navy locksmith, sir." the Navy has played here in com 28 April 1944-"Iowa Governor when the 31st and last class of "Then what were you doing in the munity living. The mayors inspect to Speak." yeomen graduates from the U. S. galley when the Captain raided the ed the station, and remained as. 26 May 1944-"Drum & Bugle Naval Traiining School at Cedar dice game?" guests for luncheon. Corps Boasts 14 Members." Falls. "Making a bolt for the door, sir".
' ,.. Four officers of the present staff. of the Cedar Falls Naval Training School have seen its growth and development from an indoctrination school through transition to a yeoman school to the final decommissioning on 28 April. They are from left to right: Comdr. E. E. Pettee, com- · mantling officer; Lieut. W. N. McCown, officer.in-charge of instruction; Lieut. Elizabeth Hall, officer-in-charge of seamen; and Lt. (jg) Gladys W. Hearst, public relations officer. Helen Adams, Ylc, of the personnel office, is the only member of ship's company who has been here from the early days. She reported aboard on 24 December 1942. . . ( 14 APRII,, 194 I . ' THE -IOWAVE PAGE 5
LIFE IN BARTLETT
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PLEASE Lt.--(jg) Goodding's Final Seaman Show Company IV Enjoys I hope that I shall never see Another girl who looks like me, Brother Receives To Be 27 April Social Activities For none has ever had a mug F riday, 27 April 1945 marks the Fourth Company has a full so So typically like a thug. Bronze Star Medal last Seaman Show in the history cial calendar for the -balance of A face that should be used at of the Training School at Cedar their stay in USS BARTLETT. night awful fright. Last week Lt. (jg) Gladys L. Falls. It is one of t he highlights During the past week all sections To give a child an Goodding received word that her in the closing weeks and is under have been playing volley ball and A face that one would likely find brother, Sergeant Leston E G<>od the capa ble direction of Lt. (jg) their finals were held on Friday, Peeking out some jungle blind, ding was awarded the Bronze Star Gladys Goodding. 13 Apr.ii. On 19 April, the winning Or pressed against the iron rail Medal. The Citation read as fol Plans have been made and are section will play against officers well under way for this produc and ship's company. Within t he zoo-or in a jail. lows: In fact, I'd really need a guard "The Bronze Star Medal is tion. Representatives were select A formal tea will be held in ed from each section for this the Main Deck Lounge on Sunday, If I looked like my I. D. card! awarded to Sergeant Leston E. -The Alwav Goodding, Co. C, 289th Infantry, classical event. 15 April. Trainees are permitted for meritorious service in connec Seamen Shows have- been a tra to invite guests. dition ,vith the IOW,A.VES. Weeks The BARTLETT party on Sat Song of the WAVES tion with military operations North and south and east and against the enemy from 24 Decem are spent in rehearsing and this urday, 21 ApTi! will feature for is one time when decorum is entertainment identification of west, ber 1944 to 7 March 1945 in Bel We're marching as one, gium France, and Holland. Serving thrown to the winds and inhibitions baby pictures of trainees when are let loose. they were under six. "Has the We are here to serve our country as a communications non-commis Till the war is done. sioned officer, Sergeant Goodding What will take place that night Navy wrought any change in cnly time will tell. It is rumored you?" is the question to be ans Heads uplifted proudly rendered outstanding service in the For the Navy Blue and Gold, performance of his duties under that the last Seaman Show will wered that time. furnish an evening of entertain We cannot do the fighting, most adverse weather conditions Sunday, 22 April a party will But tradition we uphold, and highly fluid tactical situ~tions. r--. ent long to be remembered. It be held at the Lodge. is also rumored that the officers As we sw;ing along with our pur- This courageous soldier stood his On Friday night 27 April, the pose strong post at times when intense artil are planning a special surprise for traine.es will display their talent their part in the show. Bearing our ensigns high, lery and mortar fire fell danger and originality in the form of a To oppressors now our challenge ously close to his position. He Seaman Show. We have hurled, voluntarily made his way under CURVE CONTROL CLUB ·we will free our Navy's men fire to replenish machine gun am they sit Who will free the world. munition when the situation be The seamen are complaining-it's But to Watkins this is music if they came serious and a constant sup too noisy after taps get results from it! The decorated hero was relating was needed to maintain our Miss Campbell, Monday morning, Oh you may laugh and scorn them, ply his experiences for the press re position. Throughout, this soldier caught two yeoman taking if you're slender in a way. porters. "We ate our rubber displayed a most cooperative naps But like the worm who's turning, has boots, also," he said . .. "Provis In the medical department, which These gals will have their day. ·spirit that has resulted in the ac ions ran out, eh?" prompted one of numerous dif:(i- we surely can't omit Yep, they may be stiff and grnmpy complishment of the reporters. "No, but we aiding in the It is rumored Dr. Marwil has to when they're turning down the - - ---..:utt-tasks materially it might add interest to carry his own kit. grub thought co_ncerted effort against a deter our story." He entered military In disbursing they are cursing as But we'll have a slim ship's com mined foe. two lads had been with they're bumping off the lumps pany when they write "finis" As the service from Tucson, Arizona. him for quite a while the captain And at breakfast every morning to this club. of the British sailing ship thought ship's company's in the dumps. by IMA WAVE it was time one at least was pro Oh, they're groaning when they're (Published a year ago-history re moted. 13 of Ship's Co. walking, but they're sorer when peats itself.) Receive Orders So he called up the one he thought the smarter and began Thirteen members of ship's com- ,• : putqing some questions to him. pany have received orders this "Where's the mizzenmast?" he week and will weigh anchor with- asked presently. in the next few weeks. t "Dunno, sir!" was the reply~ The following will report to Nav "How long 'as it been mizzen?" al Training Center, Great Lakes for further assignment to duty: . IN THE BAG Mary Head, PhM le, Margaret Greer, PhM 2c, Gladys Sauter Sk- One thing I'd like to know, I swear. 2c and Alia Bearden, Sp (S) 3c. Before I grow much older, Beasie Pantle, Y2c, will report Is what is rin t hose bags WAVES wear to NAS, Lakehurst, New Jersey. Suspended from the shoulder. Matilda Miller, Y3c, and Ruth ,,l Do they contain I wonder, maps Oligny, Y3c, will report to the With all t he fadts essential, Philadelphia Navy Yard for furth And documents of state, perhaps, er duty. All papers confidential. As well as sterner stuffs of war, Flora Le May, Ylc, and Georgia Like arms and ammunition Ray, Y2c, will report to Com. Three. And knives and bayonets used for Nellie Smith, Y2c, and Veronica The close-up combat mission? Golewski, Ylc will be transferred Or are they filled, and filled too to Com. Thirteen. much, As once was their deportment With powder puffs and rouge 'and Sailor: Yes, that's a man o' war. such is the -~s~ inine assortment? WAVE: Indeed. And what ~ ~ V A fem little ship just in front? I do not know, and it may be Sailor: Oh, that's just a tug. I'll never probe the matter, WAVE: Yes, of course. A tug of But still I'm told or, better s-ee war. I've heard of them. I'm guessing it's' the latter.' ' 14 APRIL 1945 THE IOWAVE PAGE 7
NAVY, MARINES AND COAST GUARD ¥;; : : PRODUCE FILM OF PACIFIC WARFARE j BARTLETT BINNACLE : f Bette Lou Cheever and Norma Who is the girl in section 43 Earp, " Fury In The Pacific" Lt. ( jg) Engel Scores after a week-end in the big who looks Irish, is Scott.ish, and city of Des Moines, report that is referred to as a Swede? Depicts Music For War With Japs Film dresses are being worn shorter and -0-- The ferocity of the war against A full-length original musical hats larger. Aren't you glad you Kay Puskaric has accompiished don't have to worry about such the Japanese was brought to the score has been written for the new a great feat since she has been at motion picture screen on 22 March civilian fashion changes? Bartlett. She documentary film, FURY IN THE has now reached with the release of FURY IN THE --0- the stage where she can jump into P AGIFIC, produced by the Army, PACIFIC by Lieutenant (junior Lucy Withers has been receiv the pool without holding her nose. Naval and Marine Corps, and dis grade) Lehman Engel, U.S.N.R., a ing letters written by her moth Keep up the good work Kay. You er on strange stationery. tributed by the War Activities Com_ well known composer and conduc It seems will learn to dive yet. (It says mittee of the Motion Picture Indus as how Lucy·s parents have been here). tor in New York before entering the redecorating their home, try. and each --0- Naval Service. of the letters is written on the new The film is 20 minutes packed Dotty Fensil of section 44 will FURY IN THE walli,paper from a different room with action depicting the PACIFIC, pro be getting married as soon as she intense cf the house. Up to the present s truggle necessary to wrest from duced jointly by the Army, Navy gets home. time, she has only to get one on the Japs the tiny but important Marine Corps and Coast Guard, --0- is de the dining room paper, and she lands of Peliliu and Angaur. The picts the struggle in which Ameri• A swastika captured at Bonne, will know what the whole house picture is timely, can forces were Germany :is on its way to Addie since it is of an engaged in order to looks like. -operation against a small land wrest Peleliu and Angattr from Kanios. She plans to keep it to the --<>- mass, and is somewhat similar to Japanese, a struggle similar in show to her grandchildren. the Iwo Jima operation, and, as the many ways to the present fight for Such form. Such grace. The vol -0- film's foreward states, "demon Iwo Jima. The movie was released ley ball teams have both. Don't At five minutes to twelve every s trates the effort required of a to the public on 15 March, 1945, forget, Friday is the day we play Saturday night, at the sound of typical mission in the Pacific." Iwo through the War Activities Com Ship's Co. the warning bell, Eileen Costello, Jima is approximately the same mittee of the Motion Picture Indus -o-- calls to her roommates to l'ise and -size as Peliliu but has a high try. J ean Park of section 42 has big shine or they will be late for news. After two years and eight church. She plateau and is of volcanic origin. In descri6ing his score Lieutenant has gone so far as months as a Corporal her brother to tumble Peliliu, 1,980 miles from Tokyo, (jg) Engel gives composers a Jo Crouse and Peg Doo has been promoted to a Sergeant. ley right out of their is a tiny dot of sand five miles long unique opportunity to bring to the bunks when I _don't ~now which of them is hap they refused to budge. The .and two miles wide. Six miles away public a type of music which may girls pier. Allyn is stationed at Drew ay they wouldn't is Angaur. Both islands- have ex be considered indigenous to a gen mind so . much, Field, Tampa. if it didn't always happen •cellent airstrips. eration at war, hoping for peace. just in -0- the best part of their dreams. As in the case of Iwo Jima, tons For FURY IN THE PACIFIC, he Upon examining a picture in one -0- :and tons of steel were poured explained "I divided the score into into of the N. Y. newspapers of an POEM: Peli:iu and Angaur from off-shore four themes. The first was the pre• Army nurse t ending a soldier, Anna To ~iss a Kiss is awfully simple, bombardment and from the air paration for battle, the , but theme of Johnson of section 44 discovered To Kiss a Miss is simply awful. i t took the foot soldier and marine which sought to express the cama the nurse to be her sister, who has Kissing spreads disease 'tis sta- to take the islands inch by inch. raderie of our men of the fleet. My been in France for the past ten ted, The picture shows the terrible next theme--the battle theme--was months. Kiss me Kid I'm w.ccinated divided into two parts; one express_ punishment inflicted on t he islands -o- -0-- _prior to the landing, and then de ed the motif of our troops killing While Edna Gartman and Ber. If you see a few seamen all picts the now-historic the enemy; the other, which had an battle of nie Gorg stood at attention during black and blue it's only section 42. "'Bloody Nose Ridge". undertone of sadness intermingled ? rece~t Captain's inspection, the They had their v arty at the lodge The camera crew who took the with courage and determination, of rnspectling party wondered where and really had a good time. One pictures were in the thick of the our troops being killed. Then a a certain board had come from. of the bright spots was the E aster fight from start to finish. Nine theme depicting the hate and deris "Oh, it's just a part of the bed" Egg Hunt. Of course the eggs photographers fell recording the ion directed at the enemy was de t hey explained, so if you hear a were scatter~d throughout the battle. Thro their lenses the pub veloped and this was followed by loud thump one of these nights woods -therefore, all of those lic will see close-ups of Ja.ps pick a fourth and final theme--of vic you'll know the board was a neces~ scratches. Lt. (jg) Ulane Zeeck ed off by sharp-shooting tory and hope." Marines, sary part of the bunk. Lt. (jg) Gladys Goodding, Lieut'. a nd the close-in fighting resulting Lieutenant (jg) Engel is now on --0- Elizabeth Hall and Specialist Wat from flushing out caves with flame duty in the office of the Director of kins also joined in on all the fun. throwers and grenades. Navy Photographic Services. He Found, a girl to whom short r and has come. Marie Campbell -o- The picture, which was produc previously has conducted Navy or of section 43 is the seaman. Seamen are taking advantage'~ ed jointly by the Army, Navy and chestras at t he U. S. Naval Train --0- of the wonderful Iowa weather. l\ arines shows the operation from ing Center, Great Lakes, Illinois. Shirley Barnes has received a Slacks and gym suits were seen time of the rendezvous of the Nav Prior to entering the Navy, he had half a gallon of Vermont· maple frequently on the tennis courts al forces to the occupation of the composed the scores and conducted syrup from the Mapledale Farm and bicycles this past week-end. i.3lands. It took 3,000 sorties, drop the orchestras for more than 30 Her roomies say it is delicious ov~ The Hillside Cafe had its door ping ov,er two and a half million Broadway productions. He was also er ice cream, and Shri.rley has open for the many who lingered rounds of bombs; 400 sorties by a_ctive in opera, concert, and radio a_nnounced that anyone who is par over a coke and played the juke :heavy army bombers from naval fields. tial to maple syrup is welcome to box continuously. The campus and guns off-shore, 100,000 shells from come up and get some. surrounding streets were speckl the d0 millimeters, 18,000 rockets a ll with the compliments of "Home -0- ed with the Navy blue strolling 70,000 heavy calibre rounds-and town, USA". Billet 278B has de.cided that along. 2,000 American purple hearts the The am,phibious forces were they want to be stationed at the first two days of the landing opera_ - " - ""mma ni ed by Vice Admiral T. W. Floyd Bennett Field. They claim t ion. It is amazmg what WAVES Wilkinson, USN, Commander, Third the Corsairs are the big attraction can do. New I hear they are car Ashore, it took 15 million rifle Amphibious Force, while the expe and tr.at the marines who fly them rying bunks, mattresses, and what and machine gun bullets, 90,000 ditionary troops were commanded rave nothing to do with their de not out to the waiting trucks mortar shells, 150,000 field artillery by Major General Julian C. Smith cision to make that their choice ~oul~ ~t be the spinach the Nav; sr.ells and 125,000 hand grenades- USMC. ' of a billet. OJI No. 1s g1vmg us? PAGE8 -THE IOWAVE 14 APRIL i945 • Sea bees .. Describe WA VF:. Quon sets 1n Hawa ii The following story aibout the Quonset looks like when it's meant which to relax. the administration building, and the WA VE Barracks in Hawaii was for WAVES to live in. Each hut is When she has some mending or post office. Being planned is a re written by two Seabees, Robert divided into eight compartments, ironing to do, which women being ception building where the girls can Rice, Slc, and A. M. Stewart, Y2c, in each compartment are two dou meet friends (male) from outside what they and is reprinted from the WAVES ble bunks for four WAVES. Each are, is presumed to be the camp area. News Letter. The WAVE Barracks WA VE .has a large clothes closet most of the time, the WAVE walks All plans for the camp were made will serve both as a receiving sta with drawers, shelves, a shoe rack into one of the special huts design by the Fourteenth Naval District tion and as a permanent barracks and a hanger rod. eel for this purpose. She will find Public Works Office, carrying out for more than 2400 enlisted wo At one end of each hut is a liv a battery of 17 ironing boards along suggestions and requests of WAVE men to be assigned during the ing room, complete with writing one wall and a long mending table officers who were sent here in ad comcing months to various activi desks, book shelves; a long com along the other. Down the center vance for the purpose. All construc ties in the Fourteenth Naval Dts fortable wall bench and a veranda, are clothes lines to be used, in case tion has been or is being built by trict. or lanai as us old Hawaiian hands of wet weather, to hang out all Seabees. The camp will be land Pearl Harbor -"Oh, isn't it say-outside. At the other end is a those things women are always scaped as soon as finished and the beautiful! Oh how marvelous! storage room for extra luggage and hanging out. The laundry sinks and pipe y·ises and warped two by fours "Oh, it's too grand for words!" shelves for linens. tables are outside the hut, under and -broken handles are removed '. Oh, I'm so thrilled." If one of the girls doesn't want the ever-present roof. from the scene. ·These, and similar girlish squeals to sit in the living room of her hut, When complete, the camp will Constructing the camp has been'. indicating delight, were the sounds she can step out of her front door contain facilities for approximately a rush job, and the men have been, that were heard here when the first and walk a few feet to one of the 2,400 WAVES. Every tenth hut is working hard at it-although some· 261 WAVES moved into the new re special recreation huts. (If its a recreation hut, and the number cynics claim to have observed a de,.. . ceiving barracks that a crew of Sea_ raining she won't get wet, be of service huts is in proportion. crease in efficiency now that the· bees-veterans of Tarawa-had cause a roof covers the paved side Plans call for an open air theater WAVES are here. One inspiring· built them. The camp proved some walks and areas between huts.) The with seats for 3,500 and a stage story can be told, however, of a man thing of a surprise to the girls in recreation hut is another Quonset, for camp shows. The ,Ship's Store who was more than willing to work uniform for, instead of the usual whose interior is divided into three will have stocks of cosmetics and overtime. On the day before the Jarge barracks buildings, they are large rooms, each one painted a dif other items not found in the usual first contingent arrived, a young hel