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Vol. V, No. 16 U. S. Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, 28 July 1951 ADMIRAL SHERMAN USS PUTNAM RESCUES GERMAN COUPLE PASSES ADRIFT 15 MILES FROM GTMO. Flags flew at half mast on Mon- A middle-aged German couple, day, following the untimely death adrift in a 28 foot sailboat, the of Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, BASE LEGAL OFFICER Thalia, were rescued at sea last Friday by the U.S.S. Putnam (DD- With many department heads 757) under the command of CDR now being transferred there are, J. M. Hill. The small craft was of course, new arrivals to the Base spotted floundering helplessly in calm water about fifteen miles southeast of here flying an inter- national distress signal. The Put- nam put the Thalia under tow and brought her into NOB. On board the sailboat was the owner and his wife, Mr. and Mrs. Bruno E. Paul of Karlsruhe, Ger- many, who had departed from the Canary Islands about 60 days back with Miami, Florida as their des- tination. Their voyage actually started in August of 1949 from Karlsruhe after relatives of Mr. Paul in the United States located him after a forty-five year search. Before the Second World War began Mr. Paul had made contact with an aunt, Mrs. Thalia Peterson of Boulder, Colorado, but with the start of the war he found himself in the center of the great conflict. He worked as Admiral Forrest P. Sherman, USN a mechanic in a locomotive plant Chief of Naval Operations, in until September of '42 when British Naples, Italy on Sunday, the 22nd, bombers destroyed the plant and from a heart attack. practically obliterated Karlsruhe, The Admiral took oath as CNO a city of 190,000. Mr. Paul related and was promoted to the rank of CUl William 1i. matney that in the years following the Admiral on November, the 2nd, and one of the latest is our new war he was compelled to work in 1949. He was born in Merrimack, Base Legal and Intelligence Officer, many different cities and at many New Hampshire on October 30, 1896 Commander William B. Matney, jobs. One of his proudest posses- and was appointed to the Naval who relieved Commander Hugh sions is a letter written by LT Academy in 1914 while attending Miller. Harold C. Shackleton, formerly of the Massachusetts Institute of CDR Matney, a native of Fort the 365th Bomber Group USAF, Technology. He graduated in 1917 Smith, Arkansas, began his legal whom he rescued from the German and was second in his class of 199 career following his graduation Army when Shackleton was shot graduates. In 1921 he was promoted from the University of Oklahoma in down while participating in a raid to Lieutenant and commanding June of 1931 with an LLB Degree. over Calw, Germany in 1944. officer of the USS Barry. Following While practicing private law he With the aid of friends, the Pauls this command he was assigned to was also a member of the Arkansas acquired their boat and set sail the U.S. Naval Air Station, at Pen- Supreme Court Bar and in 1947 he for the Canary Islands in 1949 with sacola where he received his wings. was a member of the Bar of the only a meager ration of potatoes He was in command of the carrier United States Supreme Court. for food. Reaching Spain after an USS Wasp when she was sunk Previous to joining the Naval serv- extremely rough voyage through during the Pacific phase of World ice in 1941 he served the Federal the English Channel they were able War II and he received the Navy government as an attorney for the to supplement the potato diet with Cross for acts of heroism. During U. S. Department of Justice and fresh foods which they obtained 1942-'43 he was Chief of Staff to was a Special Agent for the Federal in return for hours of back break- Commander Air Force, Pacific Fleet Bureau of Investigation. ing labor. After continuously being and was then assigned to Admiral Entering the Naval Service in held up by Spanish authorities on Nimitz's staff as Deputy Chief of '41, CDR Matney, then lieutenant red tape matters they finally man- Staff and later to Commander in (Continued on Page Five) (Continued on Page Six) (Continued on Page Five) Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 21 July 1951 .Page Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 21July 1951 HOSPITAL NOTES Heirport News: David Harold Shaddeau born 18 July to LTJG and Mrs. C. H. Shaddeau. ~iIUkaII Sunday, 29 July 1951 Editorial Office, NOB Administration Bldg., CDR E. L. Freitas and family Room 209 - Phone 254 departed on the Gibbons on Thurs- Catholic Masses day. Dr. Freitas has been in charge Saturday, 28 July 1951 of Radiology here for the past two 0700-Naval Base Chapel 0900-Naval Base Chapel U. S. NAVAL OPERATING BASE years and has won himself a host him Daily Mass - 0630 Cuba of friends, all of whom wish Guantanamo Bay, duties at Rear Admiral M. E. Murphy, USN the best of luck in his Confessions before all Masses Commander Naval Hospital, Philadelphia. Also Protestant Services departing on the Gibbons were Jack A. G. Jones, JOSN--------------- Editor School Wilson, HM2 for duty at Naval Sunday: 0930-Sunday J. M. Mason, LT---------- Staff Advisor Class Quantico and P. F. Crok- 1000-Adult Bible THE INDIAN is published weekly, fin- Hospital, er, HM3 for separation. 1100-Divine Worship anced by non-appropriated funds, printed Monday: 1930-Choir Rehearsal on government equipment, for free distri- LT Herman, MSC and D. L. bution on the U. S. Naval Operating Base, Chaplains at this Activity Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by order of the Barna, HM3 are spending the week Base Commander. with the Boy Scout Troop in Ja- CDR John F. Hagen, ChC, USN THE INDIAN is published in compliance maica. Wonderful things were plan- (Protestant) with the provisions of NAVEXOS-P-85 ned for this group and those who LCDR J. J. Tschantz, ChC, USNR (Rev) 1945. were fortunate enough to be in- (Catholic) THE INDIAN uses Armed Forces Press Service material which may be reprinted cluded were assured of having a with the credit line: AFPS. great time. C. J. Novak, HMC and E. H. DO YOU AGREE? S TRAVEL FASTER Taback, HN have returned from SUBS Stateside leave, H. F. Bender, HM3 It is not what happens to us WHEN SUBMERGED has departed on leave. that counts, but how we take it Know Your Doctors when it happens. By Armed Force Press Service There are two ways of getting The Navy's undersea fleet has Lieutenant, junior grade John R. Shanahan is the tall red-head who on in the world-one is to stop and increased with the addition of two think and the other is to stop of the latest-type submarines. They come here in March from the Naval Dispensary, Washington, D. C. thinking. are the USS Trigger and the USS Our real business is not to make Tang. Dr. Shanahan was born in Neb- a living but to make a life. The Tang Class boats are built raska and was educated at Geor- When some people say "Good to enable them to travel submerged getown University, Washington, Morning" a flood of light pours at a greater speed than when sur- D. C. and Duke University, Durham, over us; when others say it we faced. There are six boats of this N. C. He received his MD degree at only hear a growl. class-Wahoo, Trout, Gudgeon and Georgetown in 1948 and accepted If you are not made for happi- Harder, in addition to the two his appointment as LTJG in the ness do not let that be a reason latest. Naval Reserve the same year. After for making others unhappy-keep The Trigger was launched at serving his internship at Naval the secret to yourself. the Electric Boat Company, Groton, Hospital, Bethesda, he completed Big things show what a man Conn., and the Tang was launch- one year residency training in In- can do; little things show what a ed at the Portsmouth (N. H.) ternal Medicine there. He trans- man is. Shipyard. ferred to the Regular Navy in Unselfish women develop the best First Trigger Lost July 1949. and the worst husbands-if we Trigger's prospective command- Dr. Shanahan and Miss May E. are too good we make others good ing officer is Commander Edward Fisher of Toronto, Canada were for nothing. L. Beach, Jr., .who was executive married in Washington, D. C. June Tact is telling a person what officer of the ill-fated original Trig- 12, 1948. Last Christmas Day the S you think of him without letting ger, sunk during her 12th patrol Shanahans were presented with him know it-knocking him down during World War II. their first 'bundle from heaven'; with a feather. The original Tang made five com- named Christine Elizabeth. All men are afraid of religion. bat patrols before she met her fate Some are afraid that it is not true, in the Pacific. Her commanding of- TEEN-AGE ROUNDUP others are afraid that it is true. ficer was Commander Richard A faith fit to live with, a self fit O'Kane, who won the Medal of By Mirt McCormick to live with, a work fit to live with fHonor. He is on duty at New Lon- Wednesday afternoon Vedeana -these are the things that make ,don, Conn. Mrs. O'Kane was spon- Eagen celebrated her thirteenth life and keep us fit to live with.