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Show 'Extended Action Bill' Goes Into Effect Meal hours. Instead of being at 12 and 6 o'clock sharp, were changed to run from 11 till 1, and from 4-30 to 6:30, so that men on watch could trade off and. dash In for a bite. The captain never left the bridge, either to eat or sleep. When you came into your cabin, you found your bunk had been made up with a "flash sheet" around it. That is a black rubberized sheet, to i protect you from bomb burns which may fall on board ship. Everybody was issued "flash gear." That consists of several items a thin gray hood that cov- 1 ers your head and hangs down over ! your shoulders; a white cloth on an j elastic band to cover your nose and i mouth; isinglass goggles for youi eyes; and long gray cloth gloves 1 with a high gauntlet. j |