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Show Page 2 THE SEAGULL Saturday, January 22, 1944 £ The Seagull \4 Former Depot e e SATURDAY, JANUARY 22, 1944 Published every other Saturday for the personnel of the . Naval Supply Depot at Clearfield, Utah. EDITOR GWEN HUNSAKER Extension 69 PHOTOGRAPHERS Kenneth Woodruff Jimmie Cagle Sp (P) 2/c EDITORIAL SUPERVISOR, Lieutenant Harry J. Jordan Address all communications to Office of Public Relations, Naval Supply Depot, Clearfield, Utah. It is requested that any of the material herein be reprinted only with the express permission of the Navy Department. All photographs, unless otherwise credited, are official Navy pictures. Go Ahead — Laugh People are funny. Life is funny. And laughter is swell! Nowall the old sourpusses will draw down the cor- ners of their mouths and howl ‘‘Sacriligeous! War is tragic, the world is in a mess! How can anyone laugh now?”’ Fiddlesticks! If it weren’t for the American sense of humor, goodness knows what kind of a deep dark muddy puddle of gloom the nation would be sunk in today. : Because we can laugh at someof the ridiculous situations caused by the war, we can keep going. Because we ean gripe and poke fun at-rationing, tire shortages, and no gas, we can give up what we were used to. Because we can make jokes about the dangerous things our boys are doing overseas and the hardships they are undergoing, we can. try to forget how worried and scared we are about them. Maybe that’s just a piece of our ‘Yankee ingenuity.”’ Instead of going about with long, mournful faces and wailing that this is a dreadful war, we cover up our fears with our laughter and go right on working. And don’t let anyone tell you that we’re taking this war as a joke. What seems to be a lighthearted acceptance of e e The following letter was received from an officer formerly connected with this depot who was present at the unloading of an Advance Base Unit, and is published, in part, as it contains many comments — some complimentary, some critical, which should aid in future shipments: “We landed in the rain and unloaded in the rain and there were no warehouses here either. We hauled our matertal about seven miles. The mud was a foot deep. We got cocoanut logs and tried to stack our stuff on. In the process, we found we didn’t have a tenth enough tarpaulins to cover it, so we loaned one of our generators for a hundred and fifty more. I was working 18 hours out of 24 trying to save what I could, along with everyone else. We were a week unloading, we had material strung out for a mile and I was just sick to see all that nice stuff getting wet. But the rain stopped and we got it pretty well covered and it looks like we have saved at least 90 per cent of it, if it doesn’t rust and mildew. “You asked for suggestions on your part. Here they are. For God’s sake water proof everything except galvanized mater- ial; contrary to talk it does not rust out. But any other article that is liable to be ruined by cain, not by floating it in to the beach as we thought they might do. “You can’t make cases too strong, because the unloading equipment isn’t too good. Our laundries all have holes in them. Again Clearfield is on top with their box making. _ “Cases should be as light as tragedy is really a Hallowe’en mask that covers up our possible, no package should be real feelings. over 200 pounds, as weare trying This is our way of saying to the world that we can to move mostof it by hand. take whatever they dish out to us because we can laugh “All in all Clearfield is by far at them. We draw cartoons of Hitler and his pals, we ahead of any other depot in marking and packing.” ‘ erack corny jokes about them because we are not afraid of them and want to prove it to ourselves as well as to Here’s More About them. We must never forget howto laugh. When our men Jarrell Citation (Continued from Page 1) come home, they’Il need lots of good deep laughs to help vessels-and shot down a total them forget the things they’ve had to do andsee. of 185 Japanese aircraft. Submitted by C. F. E. of Train Control Former Earl Carroll Girl Officer Lists Shipping Hints e “Her aggressive fighting spirit and superb combatefficiency are fitting tribute to the officers and men whoso gallantly established her as a solid bulwark in defense of the American nation.’’ The citation is signed by Frank Knox secretary of the Navy for the President. A former Earl Carroll girl takes the spotlight as this week’s NSD Pin-Up girl. She’s Mary Capell of San Francisco who came to the depot six months ago as a storekeeper in E-10. A professional dancer since she was five years old, Maryhas appeared at the Utah Theaterin Salt Lake City numerous times in special shows and programs. She has studied under Matti King, dance director for the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios. Also Mary has done professional modeling for photographers and artists. Navy Promotes Five Officers at NSD Promotions of four NSD officers from lieutenants (jg) to lieutenants senior grade and one ensign to lieutenant (jg) were announced recently by Supply Officer in Command Captain C. B. Kitchen. Those promoted are as follows: Lieut. Merrill B. Anderson, accounting officer; Lieut. Grant L. Christiansen, stock control officer in Advance Base; Lieut. J. Louis Caldwell, assistant to Supply Officer in Command and liason officer, Lieut. Thomas P. Wilcox, security officer, and Lt. (jg) Charles E. Rcss, communications officer. Appendicitis Attack Mrs. Esther Wahlberg of the Purchase division who was suddenly seized by an acute attack Here’s More About Mahan Medal (Continued from Page 1) positions, killing the occupants and capturing or destroying arms and ammunition. He voluntarily engaged in these activities fully aware that once he entered hostile territory the supporting fire of his comrades could no lénger cover his actions. Private Mahan’s daring courage and valiant devotion to duty under extremely hazardous conditions were in keeping with the highest traditons of the United States Naval Service.’’ Knox Signs The citation is signed for the president by Frank Knox, secretary of the Navy. Pfe Mahan also received a letter of congratulations from Lt. General A. A. Vandergrift, commandant of the U. S. Marine Corps. In addition to the Silver Star of appendicitis last Friday, is recuperating at the St. Mark’s medal and citation, Private Mahospital of Salt Lake City from han has received a unit citation for service in the Guadalcanal the emergency operation. area. A native of Nevada, Missouri, Subtle — Huh? Private Mahan joined the Marine Corps June 27, 1941, shortly afIn Major Battles ter graduating from high school. A native of New Castle, DelaSix months later he was shipped ware, Yeoman Jarrell has been overseas going first to Samoa, in the Navy eight and one-half years, five of which he spent on the Enterprise. He was at Pearl then on to Guadalcanal in November of 1942. Mahan Comments Pvt. Mahan was reluctant to talk about his experiences in the Guadalcanal area, especially those leading to his decoration. However, he did comment that “the Japs did a lot of yelling to keep the Marines awake at night.’’ Harbor at the outbreak of war and as a crew member of the Dear Editor: A series of talent shows and dances are being organized for war workers. The-only way I knew about the program was by being asked to perform. Personally I think it a grand idea. We workers need someoff hour recreation that’s really high class. I know that a lot of the workers at the depot, along with enlisted personnel would wel- know aboutit. The first show was on Wednesday, January 19, at 8 p. m. in the 24th street USO. There will be a program each week thereafter. Other government installations are pushing the show 100 per cent. How about it Navy. lLet’s give ’em the works. Dancing and fun forall. —I Wanna Public come an invitation to just- this Dear Editor: stenographer’s school then on to Whyisn’t there some ventila- Clearfield in November. His tion in the ‘‘Ad’’ building? Peo- wife and three-year-old son reple can’t work their best in a side with him at the Anchorage. stuffy atmosphere. —A. E. Individualist: ‘I’m a self-made man.” type of thing. I’d like the Seagull to get behind this program and push it along. Here is something being done for us and we don’t Enterprise has participated in the following major battles: Gilbert and Marshall islands raid, Wake island raid, Marcus island raid, Battle of Midway, Occupation of Guadalcanal, Battle of Stewart island, Battle of Santa Cruz islands; and Battle of Solomon islands. Detached from the Enterprise in June 1943, Yeoman Jarrell was sent to San After Francisco to REMEMBER TWO WEEKS FROM TODAYIS THE Listener: ‘‘You’re lucky. I’m BIG DRAWING. DON’T BE ABSENT—DON’T BE LATE the revised work of a wife and —WIN A BOND. three daughters.”’ Guadalcanal, Pvt. Ma- han was sent to New Zealand then back to the states in June of 1943. In November he came to the Clearfield Naval Supply Depot where he now serves as a guard. Prize package of the week came when your Seagull editor was making the round of the Seagull boxes and found the above cartoon in an envelope addressed to the editor. Subtle isn’t it? But now we know ‘who dunnit’’ and we’re just biding our time. Employes Contemplate Organizing Ensemble Depot personnel who would be interested in playing in an NSD string ensemble may contact. Van Nance of Purchase division or Jerry Joseph of Posting. |