Ian Vol. V, No. 41 U. S. Naval Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba Saturday, 2 December 1950 REAR ADMIRAL MURPHY RELIEVES DO YOU ADDRESS YOUR REAR ADMIRAL BLEDSOE TODAY MAIL CORRECTLY? The Base Commander received Change of Command Effected At Brief Ceremony; RADM a letter this week from the Chief Bledsoe Leaves Monday of Naval Operations regarding the many different and IMPROPER By Allen Collier, J03, Editor ways that personnel stationed here In a brief, but impressive ceremony conducted this morn- are having their mail sent to them. ing at Marine Site No. 2, Rear Admiral Marion Emerson Excerpts of the letter are quoted assumed command of the Naval Operating below for the information and Murphy, USN, guidance of all hands. Base, Guantanamo Bay. He reliev- ed Rear Admiral Albert MacQueen. "Information has been received Bledsoe, USN, who had been in that personnel and/or dependents command since June 3, 1950. of personnel serving at activities Rear Admiral Bledsoe will de- ' k of the U. S. Naval Operating Base, part in the USNS Pvt. William H. Guantanamo Bay have been using Thomas, on Monday, for his new a mailing address other than that post, as Commandant, Fifteenth specified in the NDB Cum.Ed. Naval District, with headquarters Jul-Dec. 1949, 49-891, Page 96. in the Canal Zone. He will be ac- Such addresses have taken the companied by Mrs. Bledsoe and form: c/o Postmaster, Jackson- their young daughter, Susan. ville; c/o Postmaster, Miami; c/o Postmaster, Key West or simply Rear Admiral and Mrs. Murphy Guantanamo Bay, Cuba. and their son John arrived in Guantanamo early Tuesday morn- "Personnel using one of the above ing via Fleet Logistics Air Wing forms . are doubtless prompted Flight from the United States. Prior by the desire to obtain faster serv- to coming here, Rear Admiral, then ice than afforded by use of the Captain Murphy, had served as As- Fleet Post Office, New York ad- sistant Chief of BuOrd, in charge of dress. While in certain cases a planning and progress. minor saving of time maybe effect- _8 The new Base Commander was ed . the effect on the Naval born in Huntingdon, Tennessee on postal system and Navy air-lift is detrimental. August 4, 1898. He attended local elementary and high schools, and "Arrangements are made by the Marion Institute, Marion, Alabama, Fleet Post Office, New York for before entering the United States the transportation via Fleet Lo- Naval Academy, Annapolis, Mary- RADM M. E. Murphy, USN gistic Air Wing (FLAW) for mail land, in 1918. He was graduated for two years at the Naval Proving to Guantanamo. No allowance is and commissioned Ensign with the Ground, Dahlgren, Virginia. From made for pick-up of mail mis- Class of 1922. and subsquently at- 1936 to 1938 he was Executive Of- addressed through Jacksonville, tained the rank of Rear Admiral fieer and Navigator of the USS Miami, or Key West. The burden on 1 December this year. Case, and followed this with a one on FLAW of trying to find space Upon his detachment from the year stint as Flag Secretary to for unscheduled mail pick-up in Naval Academy in 1922, he was ComCruDiv 7, Cruisers, Scouting Jacksonville, Miami and Key West assigned duty in the battleship Force, U. S. Fleet aboard the USS is of course to be avoided if pos- Pennsylvania, and after one year San Francisco. In 1939 he became sible . In view of the above it he was transferred to the USS Gunnery Officer on the staff of is requested that personnel be Farquhar, with Destroyer Squad- Commander Cruisers, Battle Force, again urged to use the correct rons, Battle Fleet, on the west USS Honolulu, serving eighteen mail address." coast, and served in that assign- months there. For information of Base person- ment four years, specializing in In April 1941, he was ordered to nel that address, according to the gunnery and torpedoes. In 1927 duty in the Navy Department, reference BuPers Circular Letter. he returned to the Naval Academy Washington, D. C., Bureau of Ord- 49-891 should be as indicated in for a post graduate course in nance, to assist with the develop- the examples below. Ordnance and spent two years meant and prosecution of an ord- Official Mail there and another year at various nance program for the expanding Air Station East coast *U. S. Naval ordnance activities. Navy. He served as Chief of Fire Navy No. 115 (one-one-five) In 1930 he returned to sea duty, Control Section, Research and De- Fleet Post Office, this time in the battleship New development Division until May, 1944. York. After four years he served (Continued on Page Two) New York, New York. (Continued on Page Three) Paee Two THE INDIAN Saturday. 2 December 1950 Pae~e Two THE INDIAN Saturday, 2 December 1950 CHANGE OF COMMAND (Continued from Page One) In this duty he pioneered in fire control radar and in lead-comput- ing gun sights and gun directors. Sunday, 3 December 1050 Editorial Office, NOB Administration Bldg. He was awarded the Letter of Room 205 - Phone 254 Commendation with Ribbon by the Catholic Masses 0700-Naval Base Chapel Saturday, 2 December 1950 Secretary of the Navy and cited for "exceptional meritorious serv- 0930-Naval Base Chapel U. S. NAVAL OPERATING BASE ice in a position of great re- 1745-Naval Base Chapel Guantanamo Bay, Cuba sponsibility . ." Daily Mass - 0630 Rear Admiral M. E. Murphy, USN When detached by BuOrd, he Confessions before all Masses Commander was given command of the USS Protestant Services Allen Collier, J03------------------Editor Harris, attack transport and as- Sunday: 0930-Sunday School P. H. Teeter, LCDR- Staff Advisor sumed command in the Pacific war 1000-Adult Bible Class THE INDIAN is published weekly, fi- nanced by Station Welfare and Recreation area in May, 1944. During the next 1100-Divine Worship funds, printed on government equipment, year his ship participated in the Thursday: 1930-Choir Rehearsal for free distribution on the U. S. Naval amphibious operations successively Operating Base, Guantanamo Bay, Cuba by Chaplains at this activity order of the Base Commander. at Angaur-Peleliu; Ulithi; Leyte; CDR JOHN F. HAGEN, USN THE INDIAN is published in compliance Lingayen Gulf; San Narciso; Luzon (Protestant) with the provisions of NAVEXOS-P-35 and Okinawa. He was awarded the LT P. J. MARRON, USNR (Rev) 1945. Bronze Star Medal with combat THE INDIAN uses Armed Forces Press distinguishing "V", "For meritor- (Catholic) Service material which may be reprinted ious achievement . during oper- with the credit line: AFPS. ations against enemy Japanese RUBBER HEELS FOR SOUL forces on Leyte, Phillippine Islands, YOUR MOVIE GUIDE on October 20, 1944." Machine vibration in a factory, In May, 1945 he was transferred was so wearing and tearing on his to the staff of ComPhibPac (Ad- Dates For Naval Station system, that a young man got a miral R. K. Turner) for duty as rubber mat and stood on it while Tonight-"Broken Arrow"-An Operations and Plans Officer. When exceptionally exciting picture about he worked. Finding it a problem detached from staff duty, he was to haul it along with him he cut the war between the whites and the ordered in October 1945 to the Apaches which raged through Ari- it up and attached the pieces to Office of Chief of Naval Operations, the bottom of his shoes. His name zona in the late 1880's-and about where he helped write "Amphibious the peace that came after the war. was O'Sullivan. So, many people Warfare Instructions" for the U. S. today stand on O'Sullivan's heels Jimmy Stewart and Jeff Chandler Fleets. Assuming command of the play the two men chiefly respon- to absorb the "Shocks" that tire cruiser USS Pasadena in May them out. But the "Shock" life to- sible for that peace. Cast includes 1946, he was named Chief of Staff Debra Paget, Joyce MacKenzie and day is no less a wear and tear on to ComPhibPae in April 1947. In the soul. If you sit still a minute, Basil Ruysdale Filmed in Tech- June 1948 he was ordered to duty nicolor. or stay at home one night, some- in the Bureau of Ordnance as Di- one is sure to ask if you are sick. Sunday-"The Black Rose"-In rector of the bureau's guided mis- Home is a morgue without the Technicolor starring Tyrone Power, sile program. In April 1949 he be- radio's blare: jump here: run Orson Welles and Cecile Aubrey. came Assistant Chief of the Bureau there: little difference where we In the 13th century a young Saxon of Ordnance for Planning, his last are going, just so long as we're vows that he will never serve a position before receiving orders to on the go. Norman King. He flees England to duty as Commander, Naval Operat- The "rubber mat" for the spirit, 0 seek his fortune in the most legend- ing Base, Guantanamo Bay. for the soul, of course is our Chapel, ary countries of the Far East. His In addition to the Legion of where quiet, and meditation, and travels lead him through many Merit and Bronze Star Medal, both prayer, and peace will "cushion our lands and finally through China. with Combat V, and the Commend- spirit". Keeping yourself in peace: There he discovers a new instru- ation Ribbon, Admiral Murphy has keeping you "conscious" of God's ment known as a compass. He re- the Navy Unit Commendation Rib- presence, will keep you "uncons- turns to England where his ex- bon, the Victory Medal (World cious" of the many little upsets poits win him a knight-hood and War I); American Defense Service that tend to worry and aggravate his old family estates.