·~· United* States* Naval Amphibious Ti'aining Base
VOL. 4 N O. 20 FORT PIERCE, FLORIDA * * 18 MAY, 1945 STORK CLUB SCANDALS "Miss No. Carolina" First Services Sunday 1 FLOTILLA 76 GRADUATES HERE SATURDAY NIGHT At New Base Chape~ AT SATURDAY CEREMONY
Linton de Wolfe's streamlined The new Base Chapel, formerly At 1000 Saturday morning vaudeville revue, Stork Club Scan the Camp One Mess Hall, will be graduation ·exercises, featuring a dals, featuring five headline acts, used for the first time at Sunday review and dress inspection, will · will be presented at two showings church services. be held on the drill field west of Saturday night. The first perform The same schedule of services •Gulbr anson Hall for the officers ance will be at Gulbranson Hall formerly held .at Gulbranson Hall and men of F lotilla 76, the present at 1800 and the second at Jaycee will be held, Lt. Comdr. K. D. Per senior flotilla in the Attack Boat Field at 2000, to which all service kins, USN, B'ase Senior Chaplain, Training program. men, their families and the public said. Heading a group of Base offi are invited. 'Ihese include Catholic mass at cials will be Capt. C. Gulbranson, Heading an all star cast will be 0700 and 1045, and Protestant USN, Comman_ding Officer, who Hilda Taylor, Miss North Carolina services at 0845 (Communion) will award cash prizes to the three and 0930. of 1943, who comes here direct top crews of the flotilla, based on from a singing engagement at The converted chapel was deco selections made by Lts. C. P. J. some of New York's better night rated by R. W. Mattern, Ptr3c, of Riordan, J. T. Godfrey, G. S. Red clubs. After winning the coveted the Public Works. R. •:• U S N A T B .;. line and W . Seidel. beauty title at Atlantic City, Miss Fir st prize of $25 will go to Taylor was besieged with offers Enlisted Wives Club F. S. Boucher, Slc, C. W. King, from theatrical agents to appear Beautiful Hild(!, Taylor, cl'owned V. Bateman, both s2·c, and W. W. in various theatres and clubs Miss N orth Carolina at th
V -E Day, and end of the war with Ger·many, was just another photo pictures Ensign Helen Zak reading the good tidings to J. P. day of duty 1wncl training for prosecution of the wwr against Japan Wise, Slc; G. E. Kiefer, S2c; F . M. Mahar, HAlc; C. E. Cahill, at USNATB, bi1t the men pause just long encugh to read news- SM Sc ; and L. Schoen, HAlc. At right, Boat Repair crews with 1Japer headlines telling of the siirrender. In the left photo, G. tools in hand, gather airoundi George M. Peterson, CCM, to get a Wo1:µchek, GM8c, shows the good n&Ws to pupils of hiA gunne1-y glimpse of the sensational news from the local Fort Pierce News c~ss, who are nie1nbers of LCM, Group 8, Division 2. Center Tribune at the M &R ywrds. PAGE TWO THE MOCK-UP 18 fy!AY, 1945 CHAPLAIN'S CORNER Red Cross Keeps Busy THE MOCK-UP United States Naval Amphibious By Chaplain A. J. Schutz, Jr. Doing Big War Job Training Base, Fort Pierce, Fla. One of the most precious gifts "American Red Cross services of God to man is the gift of pray to the armed forces will continue VOL. 4-NO. 20 18 MAY, 1945 er. The knowledge that at all on a large scale in Europe and times the greatest power known at home, and on a larger scale to man is no further from us than COMMANDING 0FFfCER CAPT. C. GULBRANSON, U. ::_., N ... uy than ever in the Pacific, now the thoughts of our 'hearts is one EXECUTIVE OFFICER COMDR. PERRY M. FENTON, U.S.N.R. that hostilities in Germany haye EDITOR - • • • • - - LT. C. HERSCHEL SCHOOLEY, U.S.N.R. of the most comforting thoughts. NEWS EDITOR - ENS. ROBERT L. EBERT ceased," Vaughn Snoderly, Red Most of us do not appreciate the Cross field director at the PHOTO EDITOR LT. (JG) E. J. FINLEY, U.S.N.R. real meaning of prayer. Many Art Editor: R. D. Force, Slc Sports Editor: F. X. McPhillips, Slc USNATB, said today. Photographers: Don .Cummings, PhoMlc; R. L. Lane, PhoMlc; feel that they have no right to "In Europe Red Cross work R. J. Jonas, PhoM3c; Sam Schipps, PhoM3c pray - that they are not worthy ers will remain with American of asking 'God for anything. troops as long as they are need THE MOCK-UP is published each Prayer is far more than asking Friday for all Base personnel. It ed. More eagerly than ever will is reviewed for security, and is dis God for something - making of they continue their job of offer tributed without charge. Contribu God a type of celestial Santa ing Red Cross services to men tions and criticisms invited. All Claus. To be sure it is good to and women far from home. pictures are Navy Photos. (Male know that God does answer all "In the Pacific our task will Call and The Wolf from Camp prayer - perhaps not just as we Newspaper &ervice.) become more complex and in expect - but he does answer. But finitely greater as the fighting prayer is more- than that. increases in intensity," Mr. Prayer is the uniting of the Snoderly declared. "Red Cross HALF-TIME soul with God for refreshing and field directors with combat The sensati9nal news of Germany's capitulation this revitalizing. Prayer is telling God units, trained Red Cross work the thoughts of our hearts, the ers in the hospitals and expe month ]las already been overshadowed by sobering events hopes and dreams we cherish, it is rienced Red Cross personnel in from several corners-a renewed J ap effort to strike at our giving him thanks for the bless our clubs will remain on the job fleet and ground forces; disturbing news about so-called ings he 'has showered upon us. until final victory is won." Above all, prayer is not to be con •!•U SNATB+ "coddling" of war criminals; and an apparent inability of the sidered as merely a last resort in World Security Conference at San Francisco to reach definite time of extreme trouble. TENTH STREET USO conclusions on knotty world problems. The ideal is to- be found in the A dance sponsored by the Bell These events cannot dim the brilliance and lustre of our writings of St. Paul where he says Telephone Community Service was victory over Nazi Germany; only a false peace could make a I"pray without ceasing." Many of held at the club last Thursday mockery of the recent Allied triumph. But the lessons of us feel this to be an utter impos night for servicemen and their the last two weeks make the fact clear that the job of win- sibility. Let's look at it this way friends. Telephone equipment was ning world peace is nowhere near over; even after V-J day is Is it not possible to make our en used as part of the decorations. proclaimed, the tremendous task will not be near completion. tire life an offering unto God Figures of telephones - the new a prayer to him? If we do every- and old type - with colored lines Despite outspoken optimism on the part of many Allied thing for His honor and glory, reaching from these to various peoples that "we can end the Pacific war in six months or we are following Paul's injunc parts of the large room made it less," the Japs show no apparent signs of sudden disintegra- tion. seem like a busy telephone office. tion. True, suicide plane attacks and savage land counter- Another thought along the same Grand prize winner of the $25 blows may be evidence of last desperate defense measuI"es; line is this. It is very possible to War Bond was Mrs. Ed Oliver. their rfal worth is still in doubt. A greater development of engage oneself in a little spontan Miss Mabel Roberts and Miss Bet Pacific war strategy may open the way, however, to Japan's eous prayer in the midst of what ty McCall received special prizes defeat in 1945. ever we are doing. For the most for issuing the most coupons for part these will be silent prayers, the major prize. A jitterbug con Meanwhile, with the news from San Francisco now heart- small shafts of light cutting thru test was held with William Fa ening, now disturbing, the United States can only hope ·that the haze of our confused living. cooche, Slc, and his wife as the the Allied genius for waging successful, revengeful warfare Shafts that cut straight through winners. They received five dollars can be matched by Allied :wisdom and foresight at the peace to God and reveal His plan and in defense stamps. The runner-ups, tables. will to us. It might be a prayer Eloise DeSanto and George Salem for forgiveness if we slip into and Mable Roberts and Don De some sin - perhaps it might be rosa received two dollars in war a prayer for 'help in time of temp stamps each. During the evening INDIAN RIVER USO lJ invited to come in and enjoy a free breakfast every Sunday morning tation - it might be a word of Ruth Gahn entertained with vocal Highlight of the week's activi- between the hours of 0930 and thanks for .some special blessing solos. Mrs. Claude Harris, senior ties at the club was the special 1100. . . The Bingo Games con we have been granted. volunteer of the club, assisted the Mother's Day program, sponsored tinue to get bigger and better Certainly each day should begin decorating committee made up of by the auxiliary of the American every week. The Carpenters' Union with us turning our thoughts to Lucille ·Melzer, Della Mae Banks, Legion. Hu";dreds of letters were sponsored games last Friday night God and each day should end the Marjorie Raulerson, Ida Hardin. written to the homes of the boys, and had the likable Johnny Mich same way. We tell ourselves we Mary Catherine Smith and Doris with an appropriate 'Mother's Day aels, of Welfare and Recreation, are too tired to pray each night. Albritton. . . For Mother's Day greeting. The ease with which the as their jovial master of ceremon How foolish we are. The oppo~ five telephone calls home were boys got away with the home- ies. - The Servicemen's Wives are tunity to review the blessings of given away instead of the usual made cakes, cookies, and other now selecting .and buying the our day and thank God for them, one. Servicemen drew cards from delicacies provided by the auxili- prizes for this popular Friday pas the chance to clean our souls of a large box placed right inside the ary showed that the boys were time. The winners of the games of the sins we have committed and entrance and the ones drawing the quite at home at the club, even last week included: Mrs. Ann Hib lay them before God and receive lucky numbers were allowed to call though far away from their loved bard, William T. Hall, John Hib His forgivenes.s, and .so be able to their mothers free of charge. The mothers. . . Dr. Velte ihas been bard, William Kowalski, B. R. sleep without the deep burden of winners included: John A. Ditt with us again for a few days. His Merrifield and James Fields. remorse. This is what we reject mer. CMM; Walter C. Brewer, "pistol packing" address at the The weekly dance is held every when we neglect our evening RM3c; James L. Taylor, GMlc; Java Club Sunday morning was Tuesday night at 2030 and all are prayers. H. M'. Anderson. GM2c, and G. M. deeply appreciated. All hands are urged to attend for a gay time. Petri, MoMM3c. 18 MAY, 1945 THE MOCK-UP PAGE THREE AROUND THE BASE Gunnery Gives Farewell Alfair For. OinC AT THE MOVIES Thirteen USNATB ship's com pany officers are departing for GULBRANSON HALL other duty this week, most of them Friday headed toward the Pacific. Seven AFFAIRS OF SUSAN lieutenants leaving are Richard L. Saturday Cullen, 12th Beach Battalion; Ray_ PICTURE OF DORIAN GRAY mond L. Schaffer, Assistant Sup Sunday and Monday ply Officer; Altha B. Nabors, As VALLEY OF DECISION sistant Dental Officer; James T. .. Tuesday Young, 0-in-C, Military Leader MURDER HE SAYS ship School; M. Jordan Nath.ason, Wednesday 0-in-C, N a v a l Indoctrination \. I • BALL OF FIRE School; David L. Ealy, Dispensary. Thursday and Friday Also detached are Lts. (jg) John CONFLICT C. Dixon, Assistant Shore Patrol Officer, and Arnold L. Miller, Fa SUNRISE THEATRE ber Cove, former 0-in-C of Camp Friday and Saturday One. SUDAN Five ensigns leaving for new as Sunday and Monday signments are Cecil M. Fleener, THIN MAN GOES HOME Base Training Office; Robert F . Tuesday and )Vednesday Beck, Educational Officer; J. P. HAYING A WONDERFUL Touhey, Executive Office and for CRIME mer Assistant Welfare and Recre Thursday ation Officer; J ames L. Bomar, Le BRING ON THE GIRLS gal Office; and Robert L. Ebert, · ; RITZ .THEATRE Assistant Public Relations Offi- 1 Friday and Saturday cer and News Editor of the Mock RIDE RANGER, RIDE Up. Sunday and Monday Newcomers include Comdr. Sam- j LEAVE IT TO BLONDIE uel A. Isquith, Dispensary, who is Tuesday back for his second tour of duty; ROUGH. 'l'OUGH AND READY Lt. Comdr. Howard T. Walden, Wednesday and Thursday Assistant Base Training Officer; The G11nner11 Department held a recent farewell and going MAIN STREET AFTER DARK Lt. Comdrs. John K. DeBold and away affair for Comdr. T. Blanchard, USNR, its Officer-in Julius F. Jordan, Underwater De TENTH STREET. USO Charge, who lw.s been trans!erred to other duty. Up71er 71hoto, Friday molition; Lt. Comdr. Willard W. l to r, Lt. R . C. Shenk, who succeeded Comdr. Blanchm·d · Mrs. Ayres, Attack Boat Training Ad · Shenk, Capt. C. Gulbranson, USN, Base Co; Mrs. Blancha;·d and THE BUCCANEER visor; and Lt. Robert H. Laws, Comdr. Blanchard. Below, couples on the dance floor, foreground, Sunday Supply. left to right: Ens. and Mrs. J. O. Killian, Lt. (jg) and Mrs. Tom EVE OF ST. MARK •:• U S N AT B •!• Roberts, Lt. (jg) and lltfrs. R. W. Collins, Lt. 'amd Mrs. W . L. INDIAN RIVER USO , Allain, Lt. and Mrs. G. H. Putman. I Year Ago This Week Saturday and Sunday HOLY MATRIMONY . Base personnel selected three Wednesday songs for the Fred Waring coast n.., I/ TIN PAN ALLEY to-coast salute to the USNATB ~.~~!~~~~~.BOX s~.~~~!~ ~~~~.~e~~ . . . The new Junior Officers You can imagine the homecom- j d h . · FORT PIERCE B 0 Q ing atmosphere to have Herrick woo ' w ere she is to start work Club was scheduled to open in Monday-2000 two weeks... USNATB Band (Lt. jg of Scouts and Raiders), August 1. Gormsen (Lt. jg of the Opera- Other featured acts in Stork RAGE OF PARIS was given a dinner party on the Wednesday-2000 tion~ Office), McFall (former 0- Club Scandals are June Carr and patio of the Tenth Street USO. . . AERIAL GUNNER Duane H. Gettinger, MoM;M2c of in-C at Camp Two), Healy of Ron Ormond, internationally fa Mock-Up fame and LaFortune the mous comedians and lately of Earl Friday-2000 Camp One, was awarded a $1,000 PARDON MY SARONG war bond in a General Mlotors con former Communicator, all to~eth- Can-oil's "Vanities"; the Three test for time-saving suggestions. er at one table here. After look-· Latlip Sisters, famous acrobatic OFFICER CLUB His suggestion was the design for ing into the local officer's club, t~io; Betty Lou, the dancing sensa Tuesday-2030 a tool which saved time in the I feel that your club is certainly a tion of Hollywood; Brother "Slim" RAGE OF PARIS fabrication of an airplane blade. grand place to remember, and it Williams, known throughout the C P 0 CLUB . Will Osborne's Orchestra is still our ex-members first love. country as "that darktown dea presented in Gulbranson Hall dedi_ N o need to tell you that this is an con"; and Bill Stintett and his Or Thursday-2000 ideal climate, like Florida, but chestra. AERIAL GUNNER cation ceremonies. . . Tryouts -t•USNATB-14 for the Base swimming team be without mosquitos and sand flies. Following the Jaycee Field per gan. . . Baseball team defeated F. H. Pearson, Lt. Comdr. USNR formance there will be the usual Size Should Be Given Ream General Hospital and Orlan AdComPhibPac Saturday Night Dance for Enlisted do Army Air Base for third and Men, their wives and lady friends Base personnel, in submitting fourth straight wins. Dear Capt. Gulbranson: at Legion Hall. requests for the files for rationed +USNATB+ Please accept our most sincere merchandise, such as films, should thanks for your aid in providing be sure to specify size, Lt. A. W. Two Years Ago for the observance of the Pass the celebration of this holiday. W. Higgins, Ship's Service Offi "Theatre Under the Stars" com over festival by Jewish service May I express to you t he ap cer, said today. Lt. Higgins also pleted in Camp Two... USNATB men in your area. preciation of the National Jewish emphasized that enough requests softball circuit scheduled to open. Your cooperation is deeply ap Welfare Board for the part you are on file to cover "expected de . . . Flotilla 3 captures the Camp preciated by the Jewish communi have played in making this cele liveries of alarm clocks and electric Two softball honors with four ties of America as well as by the bration possible. irons for an indefinite period." straight wins. -· The dispen servicemen themselves, whose con Sincerely your:s, +US NATB + "What is a lieutenant Comman sary on South Island was opened. tinued high morale is in no little Walter Rothschild, Chaii:man . New gray working uniforms measure maintained by the renew Army and Navy Committee der?" for officers announced. al of religious and home ties in National Jewish Welfare Board "A lieutenant's wife." PAGE FOUR THE MOCK-UP 18 MAY, 1945 200 18th Engineers Have 85 Or More Discharge Points ROSTERWITH SECON D To Vice Admiral The Smith Family Six Qualify to Take Newly promoted to Vice Ad Naval Academy Exams ARMY FORP ROCESSINGmiral, as Commander of an Am phibious Force, is Harry W. Hill, The War Department announce Six enlisted men attached to the USN, who visited the USNATB a USNATB, five of them in the ment of the Demobilization Plan few months ago, when in the comes as special interest to many LCM(3) Flotilla, have been recom_ States for a leave from duty with mended by a selection board to at this Base, where about 200 the P acific F leet. Admiral Hill was senior non-coms and enlisted Army take the Naval Academy Prepara guest of Capt. C. Gulbranson, tory School preliminary exams to personnel have qualified under the USN, Base CO, when here. Point System for return to civilian be given on 2 July. George W . Smith, 21-year-old If they pass this exam, together life. 18 years of age up to a limit of MoMM9c of M & R and recent According to Lt. Col. Jack Bak three children. with a rigid physical, the men will recipient of the Presidential Unit enter the Naval Academy Prepar er, Commanding Officer of the The War Department said that citation, is pictured above ( cen 18th Engineers, about 200 men of the method for releasing officers ter) with his father (right) and atory School fGr a seven-months' his command have been certified will be "tougher than the plan for brother, Burton. The photo was course of instruction. Those finish under the point valuations, and enlisted personnel primarily be taken in England last year when ing their schooling with outstand the roster has been forwarded to cause officers have received addi the three of theni niet. These three ing marks will go on to the Naval constitute part of seven members Academy next year. Second Army Headquarters for tional training, have heavier re of the S1nith family now serving processing. sponsibilities and have developed Men from the USNATB recom in the armed forces . The father, mended are Albert C. Eisenman, The men under Lt. Col. Baker specialized skills and leadership a stla.ff sergeant in the Army Air acco unted for the minimum num capacity." Forces, has been overseas since Slc, Clifford J. Hughes, Slc, Paul ber of points, set at 85; and go on The Navy has announced that June 1949. Burton, a sergeant in M. Kaiser, Slc, Robert Piotrowski, up the scale to a high of 148 certain enlisted personnel 42 years the A 1vmy Engineers, is serving in Slc, Robert E . Mcintyre, F2c, all points, during their 32 month stay old and over who voluntarily apply, Europe. Paul, a sergeant in the of the LCM(3) Flotilla, and David in the Aleutians and Alaska. and certain enlisted personnel who Infantry, was discharged recently G. Hannum, Slc, aboard the Cap after 30 1nonths in the Pacific, tain's Gig. Under the War Department set are physically fit only for limited climaxed by injuries received in up, all enlisted men with a total duty by reason of a· medical sur More than one-half the applica Saipan. Elliott, a third-class gun tions for the program came from of 85 points or over will be con vey may be discharged or released ners mate in the MfJ/Vy, has spent sidered eligible for release, unless to inactive duty. This does not in 80 months in service, 1nost of it the LCM ( 3) Flotilla, headed by military necessity requires their clude men who meet physical in action against the enemy Lt. C. J. Foshee, Jr. retention in service until qualified standards for induction as special aboard the USS Philadelphia. The selection board was com replacements can be obtained, and Warren, a seaman in the Coast posed of Lt. Comdr. J. W. Baker, assignment personnel. Guard, has spent nearly three will start moving soon to separa Discharge or release to inac First Lieutenant; Lt. N. T. Barnes, years. at Ke11 West. Fo1·est, in the Operations Officer; and Lt. J . S. tion centers. tive duty will be affected by Com Merchant M/cvrine, is now training However, in order to be eligible manding Officers without prior for en,gineering duties. Carter, Education Officer. for release under the "85 or reference to the Navy Department, Back home in Jamestown, N. Y., •:•U S N AT B + above" plan, all point values must on application, for enlisted per three younger Smith children are Jewish Chaplain Here have been earned prior to May sonnel 42 years old and older in waiting for their father and 12, 1945. Only total service and brothers to come home. Meantime, the following categories. Inducted Mrs. Smith proud/;y displays a For May 25 Services overseas service between Septem personnel (USN-I ) and members service flag with seven stars in Chaplain L. J. Stillpass of Jack ber 16, 1940 and that date will of the Naval Reserve and Fleet her front window. sonville Naval Air Station will count; combat awards also must Reserve. Exceptions will be Regu •!• U S N A T B {• visit Base Jewish personnel on have been earned prior to May 12 lar Navy and men undergoing Friday, 25 May. During the day ·he and children born before that date. hospitalization or in a disciplinary NCDU OFFICER WEDS will be at the Camp Two Chap The point values are as follows: status. Ensign Theodore C. Worley of SERVICE CREDIT: One point lains Office for consultations, and Capt. C. Gulbranson, USN, Base Logan, Utah and Miss Geraldine in the evening will conduct the for each month of Army service Commanding Officer, has an- E . Stevens of San Jose, Califor since Sept. Hi, 1940. (More than weekly: Jewish services at the nounced that no official word has nia, were married last F~day Methodist Church Annex. fifteen days >vill be counted a full been received as yet; and until Inight at St. Andrew's Episcopal month.) same arrives he will not act on the church by Chaplain Kenneth D. .;.u s NAT B + OVERSEAS CREDIT: One inactive duty plan. Perkins. Ensign Worley is attached FOUND: 'Ihe fountain pen be point for each month served over + us NAT B + to a Naval Combat Demolition longing to a USNATB man, left seas since Sept. 16, 1940. Recruit: "What time do we go Unit here on the base. in the St. Lucie County Bank, and COMBAT CREDIT: Five points to work in the morning?" + U S N A T B + . inquired for Saturday by its own for each award for combat deco Chief: "Listen, matey, in the The? there wa~ the. sai~or who er, has been found and may be rations. Navy you don't even 'go to work.' rode m a ca~ with his girl. She had on proper identification. Own PARENTHOOD CR E DI T : You wake up surrounded b it!" was so. beautiful he could hardly er see Edwin Colean or Robert Twelve points for each child under Y keep his eyes on the meter. Terry at Bank.
. Male Call by Milton Caniff. creator of "Terry and the Pirates' cSlAO YOU'RE ~URE WHY- rrl; A GARTER •• • MAO£ GOIN' OUT WITH US OF UTTLE: SIGNAL FLN:>S.' 10NIGHT, MISS LAC E: ! 006:$ IT SPEU. OUTSO\ETI4111G? THEM ?1oGFACES cur INON US WHEN WE'RE AT 5EiA ... 18 MAY, 1945 THE MOCK-UP PAGE FIVE JANET PERSONNEL HOLDS INSPECTION AT PARADE GROUNDS ALONGSIDE USS BURSTO
Regular inspection of the versonnel of the JANET Bowrd is held JANET, 111,aking the iri,s71ection, followed by Lt. (jg) George S. each Saturday morning on the pa'rade ground, adjoining the 0'Hara and CCM Oliver S. Brown. Below is a shot of the enlisted Burston Hotel, whel'e the JANET Board is quartered. Upper versonnel attached to the Board. photo shows Commander Robert L. Morris, newly assigned here to Citations and Awards Three Babies Arrive ADMIRAL HEWITT GETS Admiral King Aide To 17 at Base Ceremony At Navy Hospital PEARL HARBOR CASE Pays Visit to Base Capt. Howard E. Orem, USN, Three births were recorded at personal aide on the staff of Fleet Sixteen Presidential Unit Cita Admiral H. K. Hewitt, USN, a the Navy Outpatient Hospital dur Admir:al Ernest J. King, Com tions, a Bronze Star and a Purple former commander of the Atlantic ing the past week. On 10 May mander-in-Chief U. S. Fleet and Heart Award were presented to Fleet Amphibious Training Com To Bkrlc Ewell and Alice Hinson, Chief of Naval Operations, visited USNATB men by Capt. C. Gul Vero Beach NAS, a son, 7 pounds mand, and until recently Comman der of the Eighth Fleet and Naval the USNATB Monday. branson, USN, Commanding Offi 15 ounces. On 13 May - To Flc Capt. Orem was guest of Capt. cer at graduation ceremonies Sat Charles and Frances Reina, USN Forces in Northwest African wa ters, has been given a new assign C. Gulbranson, USN, Commanding urday for Flotilla 75. ATB M&R, a son, 6 pounds 8 Officer, and visited numerous The Presidential Unit Citations ment, to conduct the continuing ounces, and to RM3c Raymond and Base activities. Likewise, he en were presented to members of a Navy investigation of the Pearl Hilda Thomas, USNATB Faber joyed a meeting with Comdr. P. NCDU team for outstanding work Harbor attack. Cove, a daughter, 7 pounds 2 M. Fenton, Executive Officer, as on Omaha Beach during the Nor ounces. Secretary of the Navy Forrestal, who named Admiral Hewitt to the the two officers were classmates mandy invasion, June 6, 1944. The •l- U S N A T B -!• assignment, said that though the in the U. S. Naval Academy grad men included George L. Logan, The Stethoscope, a naval hospi Navy's formal court of inquiry, uating class of 1922. CB'M; Abben C. Maguire, M-Mi1c; tal newspaper, offered a prize to on 1 December 1944, had developed Clarence L. Seibert, GMlc; Mil anyone who could identify Betty no evidence to warrant trial of which the USNATB was commis ton W. Bard, BMlc; James L. Bar Grable's leg in a layout of gam-art anyone in the_naval service, that sioned on 26 January 1943. ker, SFle; Charles E. Bledsoe, pictures. The Chaplain won. MMlc; James J. Dwyer, BMlc; the investigation would continue "I have been much interested Lester H. Baumann, M2c; Jack A. ceived the award for his work on "to the point of exhaustion of all in the activities and developments Caldwell, GMG2c; Jack W. Chof the USS Bogue, recently cited for possible evidence." at Fort Pierce, and congratulate fin, GM2c; Edward W. Cicercone1 outstanding work in sub warfare Admiral Hewitt, then a Rear you on the fine work you have done Slc; Richard H. Coombs, Slc; in the North Atlantic. Hobart M. Admiral, was in command of am there," Admiral Hewitt wrote Matthew D. Conti, Slc and Dean Davis, Jr., Slc, received the phibious tTaining, Atlantic Fleet, Capt. Gulbranson recently, on his J. Redeye, Slc, and Jasper G. Ross. Bronze Star and the Purple Heart and gave to Capt. C. Gulbranson, return to Washington from the Darius D. Edrington, GM2c, re- Award. Base CO, original orders under Mediterranean theatre. PAGE SIX THE MOCK.UP 18 MAY, 1945 Basehallers Win Two From Vero Beach NAS; Swimmers to Meet Amphibs Annex Pair ISports ~~after About Alhlefes From Here and There I Amphib Swimmers at Decisively, 13-6, 23-2 By FRANK X. McPHILLIPS, Slc team is leading the local indus Lake Worth Sunday DIAMOND DUST .. . Lt. Carl trial league there. . . The Am phibs received a jolt in last week's The Amphib Swimming team The heavy hitting Amphibs Stahl, Officer in Charge of Trans game with Vero Marines when will compete in the second annual chalked up two one-sided victories portation, has offered $5 to any South Florida Service Mens man on the Amphib baseball team Bev Moss, Amphib first string over a neighboring Vero Beach who can hit the ball out of Jaycee catcher, broke a finger on his Swimming and Diving Champion NAS nine in two ball games played Field for a home run. Lt. Stahl right 'hand in two places. . . Joe ship at Lake Worth on Sunday this week. The first game Sunday has made the offer in an effort to Reedy, member of the Base Red afternoon at 1400. The event, found the Amphibs taking a ..13-6 have the sluggers open up in their Cross headquarters, has been do sponsored by the Service Men's decision; while on Wednesday coming games ... Word has come ing a fine job of officiating be Center, will be held under AAU night the sailors handed the Ma from Whitie Platt that the former hind the plate in the Amp'hib rules. rines a 23-2 shellacking behind the Amphib player-coach is now on home games at Jaycee Field. The team includes: Lt. D. Scha three-hit pitching of Marshall the high seas headed for an ad Reedy, who hails from Philadel per, Lt. (jg) S. Kennedy, and En Wardrop. vanced base in the Pacific. Ten p'hia, is a member of the Brom signs J. V. Underhill, T. F. Jack In the Wednesday night encoun other former major leaguers are ley Umpire Association, which son, H. C. Kenmitz, and D. W. ter, Wardrop. had a no-hitter for along on the trip with Mizell. The handles Class D ball games. The Decker. Also Donald A. Zemlock, the first seven innings, facing a ex-Chicago Cub player writes that Red Cross man was instructed by CSp(A), Dan W. Fleetham, CSAD, minimum of 21 batters over the Stan Musial, former St. Louis John Bromley, former Interna Robert L. Haines, Sp (A) le, Eu stretch. The Marines caught onto Card hitting star, Bob Shiffing, tional League official; and Jack gene E. Sullivan, Sp (A), Vincent Wardrop in the eighth inning and former Chi Cub ~ayer, Ned Har Quinn and Bill McGowan of the Butler, Sp(X)lc, Neville S. Moise, Allen, the Marine catcher, tagged ris of Detroit and Bob Weiland of American League. He has been Slc, Robert T. Smith, Slc, and the sturdy righthander for a double the Chi White Sox are among the working in the association for Robert S. Patton, Slc. to center, just out of center field group headed for the Islands . . . four years including the 1942 sea The mermen are the defending er Goolsby's reach. McKinney and While at Shoemaker, Whitie looked son. Before taking up the chores champions of the meet and placed McColgan followed with singles to over the base team and claims of an umpire, Reedy played Class fourth in the recent iMliami Bilt push across the two Marine tallies. that they are about four runs be D ball as a shortstop and quit more contest for their only meet The Amphibs started off with an hind the Amphibs . . . This cor playing with an all time batting this year. eight run rally in the very first l ner's remarks in last week's issue average of .333 for eight seasons inning; and came back with seven regarding the Miami situation was of play. Reedy started with the more in the second. After being just in time. During the past week Red Cross on March 21, 1943 and held scoreless in the third, the sail we have been fortunate enough to was at Camp Le Jeune before ors came back with six more tallies schedule a game with the Eastern coming to USNATB... Curt in the sixth inning; and scored Airline squad that is currently Mitchell and John Michels de single runs in the seventh and sporting a thirteen game winning serve a lot of credit for the fine eighth innings. streak. It is this sqibe's opinion work they have done in keeping Ray Goolsby led the attack with that they'll still have the same the local ball park in playing two triples, a double and two sing number of wins after Monday shape. Every team that has come les in five trips to the plate. Jim night's contest with the Sailors here to play so far this season Poole helped himself to three hits from USNATB. (Or am I have claimed that the infield is in five trips to the plate· while hoping for too much) ... Geo. the best that they have seen this Paul Swoboda and wardr;p each Be.ck. ~~tch~l' on last yea~'s Am season. Curt and Johnny work on ------'.\ had three in six attempts. The en ph1b. ~me, is now handling the the field from early morning 'till ~ • Tadcen Topics (NT&DC, San Diego) / tire Navy team managed to get a rece1vmg chores for the .charles late at night putting it in good lo'.'How stupid of me , , • must h4ve loft my · --...._money ~n my ponh.''/ hit and had a total of 23 hits for ton (S.C.) Navy Yard nme. The playing condition. 40 total bases. In the Sunday game, Doswell Olson, lean lefthander, received Crow"1s Fill Bleachers When Amphibs Play Ball at Home credit for his third win, hurling five-hit ball during his five innings on the mound. Johnny Foor took over the twirling assignment in the sixth and finished up in good style. Olson was touched for three runs, five hits, two walks and fanned six Vero batsmen. Foor also allowed three runs; but held the Marines to two hits, and two walks; while fanning eight: The Amphibs worked on three Vero chuckers for 11 bases on balls and 11 hits for their 13 runs. The sailors started in the very first inning when they combined five walks and a single for four runs. They came back in the sec ond with two more runs, and countered two more on a single, a fielder's choice, a Marine error and a double, in the third. The Marines started their scor ing in the fifth when they put to gether a walk, a single, double This cro wd shot, typical of the bleacher taken as Ens. '.Pewdrop' Wardrop shutout Boca and triple for three runs. They throngs at USNATB Amphib baseball games, Raton, 6 to O, in a game abbreviated by showers. (Continued on Page 7) under the arcs or on Sunday afternoons, was Wardrop has won his first four starts. 18 MAY, 1945 THE MOCK-UP :PAGE SEVEN AMPHIBS PLAY FOUR Recognition For Amphibs In Senate Sunday GAM'ES DURING WEEK 1945 ONGRESSION AL RECORD-SENATE Worship •••I Bu1eou or Invcstlgr.uon. on April H. Bhould pawie. brlet\y though It rn::.y be. Looking forward tQ a week of 1945, Which npptnrs In ~he Appenalx J to recognize the rull lmportanre Of SUCll Schedule keen competition, the Amphibs TRIBUTE TO THE LATE PRESIDENT an organJZlitton, unknown. untried untll ROOSEVELT BY DEAN ALFANOE 3 years ago. have readied themselves for their The -e.mphJblous force. conceived prior games with the Boca Raton Bomb (Mr WAGNER asked and obtained leave to the outbreak or hostilities in the Pa Chaplaina 0 K. D. Perkins, Camp 1 ers, the Eastern Airline Pilots, the ~~0h•1~~.t~~~~~d~~t tl~.~~~~~ ; '~~:,'.,~~.~~ clfic, was not actually created until J. C. Fitzgerald, Camp 3 dellvrred by De.n Alrange on April 17 at th• March 16, 1942, at which time eight of Sarasota Army Air Field Nine and memorlal services of the Llbcrnl Party nt flcers reported aboard a transport at E. C. Helmich, Camp 2 Handricks Field Fliers. Manhattan Center. New York City, which NOB-naval operating base-in Norfolk. W. J. Walsh, Ca.mp 2 appears In the Append ix.) Va. A. J. Schutz. Camp 4 Tonight at Jaycee Field the TRIBUTE TO ERNIE PYLE Rapid as was its growth. expansive and extensive as its problems, this am BASE SUNDAY SCHEDULE Amphibs will play host to a cocky 1 1 Communion, Base Chapel ...... ••0845 Boca Raton Bomber squad that to 1~;,0 HP~;1;,~~d ~~1<~~/~!, 0~~ ::: ~~.~~;.~~ phibious organization flourished and Service, Base Chapel •...... ••..0980 entitled '"Ernie:· rrom the Wa.hington Dally eventually blossomed Into what we all Gator Club, Service •...• ...... - 0915 has an outstanding record for play News or April 19. 1945, which appears In the know has been a most remarkable and Appendix successful command. Ca.mp 2 Chaplain's Office, Sunday School ...... • ...... • 1080 along the Florida East Coast. In Its recent observance of its third an ~--;,;.i------...TRIBUTE TO THE AMPHIBIOUS TRAl...,ING niversary was occasion enough, was time, North Island, DRU Service ...... • 1100 an earlier game of the season the _...,__..,._COMMAND in fact. for America and the world to Brig ...... •...... 1680 Navy men took the measure of Catholic Masses Mr TOBEY. Mr. President. I rise to say, ··well done. Amphibious, well done.". Base (,'hapel ....•...••....0700 and 1045 the Bombers by a 6-0 score. The day to pay l nbuLe to the officers and men It must therefore seem as amazing to Base Chapel ....•...... • •.••.. 0915 game lasted for six innings before of tile Amphibious Training Command, my colleagues as it does to me, and to Scouts and Raiders Casino ...... 0815 United States Atl:rntic F1eet, an organi the millions who have watched the ex Jewish Sabbath Eve Service it had to be called on account of zation which r ecently com111cmornted its plosive power of these amphibians that Fridays in Methodist Church Annex 2000 rain. third anniversary. such a huge job could possibly be done in CATHOLIC WEEK DAY SCHEDULE Ampbibious. A word \\nil a new such a shorL time.' Masses daily at 1680 in the Ca.mp Monday night the sailors will meaning, so deeply imbeddcd with.In the In 3 yeH, a force was formed, trained, Three Chaplain's Office and in the Camp invade Miami Field to cross bats hearts and minds of the \\ Orld that it ancl developed lnto a great fighting unlt Two Faber Cove Chaplain's Office. Con wll\ live forever as one of the great which O\Crcame e1·en Insurmountable fessions and Religious instructions daily_ with the undef.eated Eastern Air phases of operation of World war No. 2. and nnpos~1blc tasks, adopting as It were PROTESTANT The current song favorite, "f(i,turday Night Is the Loneliest JJOpular songs of the day in the top photo; while at lower left, Night of the Week," does not hold true here at USNATB where James H. Hewp, Musse, gives out with a scat song. Incidentally,. the enlisted men enjoy themselves at the weekly Satiirday Night Jarrf¥Js also gives a fine rendition of Harry James with that ~ am,ces sponsored by the Welfare and Recrecition Dept. The fifteen trumpet he's holding. Lower right is just a small portion of the . .;piece USNATB dance 01·chestra is giving out with one of the dancers who attend the weekly dances at. Legion Hall. 7th War Bond Drive Underway FLOTILLA 76 GR·ADUATES AT SATURDAY CER1EMONY (Continued from Page 1) in the flotilla. A graduate of Car The Seventh War Loan drive 7th War Loan Drive, for which Millsaps College. Entering the thage (Ill.) College, he entered started this week, and the Navy's the quotas by individuals are the the Navy in October 1942. Like Independence Day War B'ond cam largest ever undertaken.'' Navy in 1943, he trained at Little Creek before going to the Euro Mr. McAlilly, he served at Little paign will begin 22 June. Personnel are urged to buy war Creek, then went aboard an LST Station personnel will be given bonds for the following reasons: pean Theatre aboard an LST, where he saw action in the inva to serve in the invasions of Sicily, the opportunity to purchase extra 1. They are the world's saf Sa1'erno and Normandy. sions of Sicily, Salerno and Nor war bonds during this campaign. est investment, backed by a Present head of Flotilla 76 is mandy. He returned to the States Personnel buying war bonds now pledge of the United States Lt. D. C. Bird of Vernon, Texas, may have the credit held to apply government. They are just as late in 1944, J?eing assigned here in January of this year. Mr. Mc who guided Flotilla 71 through. toward this station's quota for the safe as United States currency. the training se'hedule here. A bi drive, said Capt. C. Gulbranson, Alilly is now serving. as engineer 2. War bonds, Series E, pay ography of Mr. Bird •was carried USN, Commanding Officer. ing aide for the Attack Boat exceptionally good interest, av in the "M'ock-Up" at that time. Secretary of the Navy James eraging 2.9 per cent a year if Headquarters. In addition to Lt. (jg) Webster, Forrestal in an AlNav communi held to maturity. Every three He was succeeded as flotilla Lts. (jg) R. Y. Full'er and Earl cation to all ships and stations dollars invested now will be re commander by Lt. E. R. Goodlow, Crowder are serving as boat group said, "The perio_d June 22nd to turned in ten years with an ex Curtisville, Pa., w'ho is now serv commanders. July 7, 1945, inclusive, is hereby tra dollar of interest. ing as the debarkation officer designated for the Navy's "extra" 3. There is no better method aboard the LST 980. +USNATB+ cash war bond sales. All Navy war of preparing for that "rainy Next was Lt. (jg) W. H. Web A chiropractor is a man who bond purchases during this period day" - the certain period of ster, a boat group commander, of gets paid for doing what other men will be credited to the Treasury's readjustment after the war. Centralia, Ill., who is still serving get slapped for.