Show Last Day in Islands Well Packed P with Tour Ride Dinner Do you remember during th tho war what happened when a submarine sub submarine marine crew sew came into port SUb SUb-I Th Thi city was theirs they couldn couldn't spend a dime dune they they had their p pick cl I of absolutely everything and everybody everybody everybody ev ev- They were kings su su- preme And they earned every bit of it The undersea service Is the tin most moot trying probably the tho most moot dangerous of all branches of ot the service And they dont don't go ou out in a blaze of glory they glory they Just lust gc go out and dont don't co come e back Submarine Facts In spite of this fact there is awaiting a awaiting awaiting waiting list a mil mile mUe long long young fellows are are never drafted as submariners submarIners submarIners' submariners sub sub- mariners marIners marIners' they beg for the privilege Rear Admiral Roy S. S Benson Denson Commander of of the Submarine Force Foroe US U.S. Fleet led us W I through several briefing sessions session before we ye actually boarded the Swordfish one of the newest nuclear nuclear nu clear powered vessels And again we were filled with pride in these men who are maintaining peace all allover over the world plus advancing l the cause of freedom Commander John Boyes B Boyes y sale said there were were 50 60 submarines in m the Pacific and told of oC their main maln- I Commander detailed their armament and ant Commander Heidel explained th the the navigation These new submarines can gc gs around the world without comIng coming com coin ing lag up for tor air ah- The They already have in fact Their crews are ore carefully charen chosen chos char en from the long lists of volun volun- teem They must possess certain qualifications for Cor living months month on end completely cooped up One of the most moot Important is the ability to get along These kids kid must certainly get got on on each ooch others other's nerves nerve in such cuch close pr for so long Following the briefing we were wew guests at the most moot Imposing of ot al all allour our luncheons Publishers were wen interspersed evenly with commanders commanders com corn manders and captains and als I brought home the printed menu Denu F. F F P. P re Peas sT Chilled pineapple Juice beet beel Stroganoff steamed rice nee buttered green peas PP cottage cheese salad with Quartered and sliced avocado hot puff-over puff ice Ire cream and Iced tea None of ot otIS us IS knew what to make mate of if the FF after atter the green peas pea Do you And dont don't be be- guessing french french tried Or fresh fresh-fr frozen fresh I At this luncheon too we received re re- mementoes which every YeTI everyone one are of WI us win will highly prize for tor thenet the ther net r et of our lives Ures U y At each pub pub- place plue was vaa a beautiful plaque in gold mounted on highly high ly 11 polished wood with this engraved en en- graved raved message II C. C McConaughy Quest Guest of Commander Submarine Force Pearl Harbor Maluna o 0 oe no to ka men meo nul nut manawa wa pau pail neke mette Aloha 23 Feb Fab 1961 Translation of or the Hawaiian Son i S- S hn on n the back of the plaque Above below and on oat the surface rou oil are the best beat Your time with withas I as us la Is ended but you Ou carry with I you rou ou our fondest Aloha to Diving Feet Fe Df Before fore e lunch hunch we visited the e ape pe ta tank t in which every submariner roar riner la is required once ones each year to make mako his escape from front a simulated simu laUd latro wrecked and submerged vessel The water In this tank is feet deep and from the top reached by elevator one looks down through water so clear tha that thaC one could see a dollar Ion on the bottom bot bot- tom tom tom-if if there were one The water water water wa wa- ter is maintained at 02 degrees Highly skilled instructors who conduct the tests teats the year around demonstrated diving to various depths the use of bells the es es- l I cape tank and other tricks of the trade Did you you know that after the first I t 12 feet of f staking sinking you sink faster and faster And that through training and practice yo you get Iet so you can hold your breath for tor two and a half or three three min min minutes minutes utes And that coming up from feet down you learn to expel to-expel expel air from your lungs all th the way so they can withstand the charge in pressure The bubble which accompanies you to the surface Is s three feet high six feet across Sleep on Explosives Youve You've noticed of course how completely compact Is s everything in a house trailer Multiply this compact arrangement arrangement arrangement arrange arrange- ment a dozen times times and you can understand how a like the Swordfish can carry 85 men the provisions for several months their then nuclear reactor all their electrical equipment an on unspecified unspecified fied fled number of gigantic torpedoes and everything eLse and else and still have room to move around 1 Six lads we noticed were fast asleep beneath torpedoes They couldn't sit up without cracking their heads on enough explosive to blow Cuba out of the water This flits is typical of ot conservation of space ace We stayed on the very narrow deck there deck de thero k-thero there Is barely room for two to pass until pass until we got out of the harbor then went down he hatch Openings are very narrow ladders are ore straight up and down After more briefings we split up Into three sixes and toured the sub There are two periscopes and the Captain was very busy on one of ot them We were cruising under underwater underwater underwater water with only the up and shipping chipping was very heavy eavy We took turns looking at a eye fish view through the other scope and here I h had a little ac accident Continued from hom Page PagO Three NAVY Continued From Pa Page Patre e One One climbs a three rung ladder to reach the periscope p Going up I missed my footing kicked violently to regain my balance and slammed my ankle against a rung The ankle swelled swelled swell swell- ed so badly that next nm morning I could barely get my shoe on Just plain awkward After we got Into the open olen sea the captain took er ex down to feet The decline was so gradual that we barely tardy felt It more It-more more sinkIng sinking sinking sink sink- ing than diving There is no sensation anyhow You cant can't see out Nothing Nothing within within with with- in your vision is any different I couldn't tell we were moving moving- there is no nu lurching swaying You just go on sitting there listening to an officer explaining what is happening and how n Quick Change BUT This BUT This This lack of sensation I changed change once we Ve reached reached feet The captain called for tor maneuvers ers and we went very quickly I back up to and then back down again several times This was no gradual rise and fall fal This i was eras an and a a dive and then all over again You grip the edge of the table with your hands to keep your chair from sliding down the room and then you wedge It the other I direction to keep it from sliding back If youre you're standing you'd I better be braced against some some- thing And you dont don't mind a bit when youre you're back on an even kee There are 85 men on board the Swordfish and 25 5 or a third of I Ithem I them them are on duty four hours at ata ata a 0 time I talked to several they several they I Iare are all proud of their ship their their jobs jobs their Navy I Friday Feb 2 21 t last day on Oahu was one o of our fullest days in the tho Islands It woo was go go go t from the time we finished breakfast breakfast break break- break 1 fast at 8 until we wo woke up lip the 1 next morning In San Francisco I The Marines gave us the same royal treatment we had been i receiving all aU week weck At Camp H H. H M. M Smith Lt Gen Thomas A. A A Commanding General General of the Fleet Marine Force pa Pacific Paci fic and members of his staff filled us in on the makeup or of the I Corps a a. little of Its marvelous I history and what It Is doing In Inthe Inthe the Pacific j I the Probably briefing pinpoint pinpoint- to t. fed ora MIU details delallo le wh r. W r fibus fib to us but th too the Marine Corps need od eod no gilding gliding from any AnT of bf OfIS us IS This Thia Its s another proud outfit with a ai glorious record 1 j Several high ranking high oWens officers d depleted depicted the modern armament which mak makes makra e the American Marme Mar Mar- II ine me the finest tighter lighter in the world The M-H M rifle we learned is the very latest latent late t development I with tremendous firepower light in tn weight and extremely versatile Dramatic Moment I Then came one of the m most t dramatic moments of the Ule tour The lights tights were turned out and the General announced I And now we will reveal to you the finest piece of fighting equipment in the Marine Corps Corpo l I The lights came up and there facing us In lull full battle gear bay bay- bay I I 1 I onet fixed crouched to spring was a United States Marine No person present could fall ail to thrill at the impact the knowledge know ledge letKo that the Pacific is in iu the finest hands bands in the world The Tho Marine boot best of all was a Utah boy Corporal Coon of Beaver County Interviewers found him proud of his status proud of ot his outfit proud to be a Marine Then we boarded four helicopters ers to travel to Kaneohe Marine Marino Corps Air Station We had been briefed to fly over the mountains but air all was too turbulent up there BO so we followed the coastline coastline coast coast- line around Diamond Head lead and Koko Head lead to the other side Pretty No Noisy y The service calls these all all- I purpose flying machines some times Umes choppers They will haul about 18 IS men they said but hut there were only six ot of us in each The aide ulde door is open and the noise is terrific W We Vp were given Mickey Mouse helmets which entirely muffle the ears cars but I leave one deaf as a post The passenger is also muffled into a saving life-saving vest or Mae West and given complete complain Instructions as as' to ro which tab to tD pull in case It pis ls necessary to ditch into the water i Also Just what to Jo do In case sharks show up Very edifying We flew Hew about feet high and nd it was a marvelous opportunity ity to see into the craters of tho the many extinct volcanoes which ring the island of Oahu Jn In ma many y places on an the shoreline there are new housing Dousing developments but but theres there's still sUll lots of room before Oahu is solid with people I There Id ld plenty of space coming la in and out of 01 the that you need not worry about those big egg beaters up there erB knocking your your head of off u DO worry Every single one of of us crouched and ran like mad until we were out of the high wind which the propellers generate It was very polite of the Marines not to snicker More Visitors There was another nice luncheon luncheon luncheon lunch lunch- eon at Kaneohe with several added added add add- added ed observers present present Honolulu Honolulu radio and people mostly But there was WM also a Colonels Colonel's law father from Des Moines Iowa and a visiting radio man Neb A scale full beach assault was arranged for the visitors and the deadly precision the complete cooperation of various branches the rigid training impressed us greatly The guests were seated in a small grandstand for the assault We saw rubber boats come in II from the sea unloading men who followed the spearheading divers These underwater men blew up defenses lenses and the second wave established ell the beach beachhead Then came level high bombers low level bombers the over the should hould houlder er or bombers blasting away at the defenses both real and Imaginary ary before us on the beach And I finally the fighters lighters those deadly Creatures which always remind mo me of vicious snakes in a nightmare nightmare night night- mare because the they are running ahead of ot the sound Round they y make Beach nuch Secured Landing craft carrying artillery prepared the way for tor squads of ot otmen men carrying every typo of assault assault as lIB sault wea weapon On and finally the beach was secure It was truly a I I tremendous and opening eye-opening preP presentation pre pre- P of the power of every of the Marine Corps Coming back in the helicopters we got to see Bee out the tho other side tilde naturally and It was a new look Our schedule was WM very tight Light We had to prepare for our big bigI reception for nil all those who o had hadI I entertained us eo so graciously and Iwo I w had ball to bo be ready to w leave Im Immediately mediately after dinner to catch our plane for Cor the Mainland Most 1 of the men had hall a already tady packed the night before beCore but that was my evening with Bob Dob Waldron Wald Wald- Waldron ron and aull my stuff was all over the place We all had a great deal more moro stuff than we w-o came with gifts and mementoes and literature literature litera litera- ture turo and I cannot understand how ow laundry takes up so eo o much more space than clothes That Navy Again I None of ofIS us IS wanted to buy luggage lug luggage gage we didn't need Just to haul I home extra loot So that wonderful wonder wonder- ful Navy supplied Us with boxes and wrapping paper and twine and you never saw such a motley i pile of oC luggage for sophisticated sophistical ed ed world travelers j I And so I showed up a 11 little late but late but what a party This was the tho only thing we spent pent important import Import- ant money for for and and it was so beautifully well Ah so I ThIs little expression I use now I whenever possible especially in 1 I front of strangers Ah Aix so In the hope o of course that they will quickly turn and say Oh youve you've I been to The Islands So far tar i it hasn't tumbled a nibble Id I'd just justas as well say seguro Miguel which means sure Mike Ah so as If Jf you didn't know moans almost anything like that's fine or well sure aure or you bet or orwell orwell orwell well if that's the way you want It t okay by iby me I Just to 10 be worldly wise Ill I'll kt koe it In a sentence Is this I Account beginning to bore you 1 p Ah Air so 80 Ill I'll end it next nut we week k I Blonde Hawaiian I At our party we saw our only f I true Hawaiian n dancers Not two not tour four but sixteen of ot the lovelest love love- lest Host Hawaiian girls you ever saw They were not from out back however They were from front a Honolulu lion Hon dance academy maybe 16 I to o 18 IS years old and wonderful One OM ne of the girls was very blonde We Wo learned her lather father w was s pure HawaIIan her mother mother from from Mis w Wo We had ball sword dancers and fire lire dancers from Haiti We had hall little boys bOA who juggled sharp swords I like ike our kids spin batons And we weDo lad had a Do native orchestra Stra To say l' l e nothing of ot everything from chantI champagne diem chant I down to be beer only beer only r-only only because its it's customary rt And the cuisine I no na noV V wonder ond r 1 I picked ked up nine tune pounds In 12 days daye I There were after dinner after din n e r rand speeches and responses and even otie ohe unscheduled flowery oration of ot the old school and then the goodbyes goodbye complete with aloha kisses b between tween people who will never see each other ag again ln anyhow anyhow any any- how bow and then we were oft for tor home Next week A thousand laughs a 11 dozen little stories about wonderful wonderful wonderful won won- people who made mado this tho most moot marvelous experience of my life Ute |