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;J~ OAST Of' CI-IAR...ACTERS al "PA R SLE .Y . CAPC.P #4All the pictures inthis issue ore informal. They wacu taken for eove:.rnmentqU8stioDluure. Non was posed. TheY're not flattering, but they Ul."9natural andthe-y br lng WI to you and to ouraakvea as weare, without r"llls or poses.

Ityou could spand a eek or more atour baae , the one thing that would im-press 'you .ora ~ anythin else wouldbe he fact th1.t there 1s a g nuinspirit of friendliness amongst the per-sonnel. It 10extremely unusWll. that80 l a r g a g r o u p o f p e r s o n s c a n e l i a -long so we Usuallf there arencl:1quol!lftor "groups" and 1Uces andd.1a ea tba benefit one and burtThi friendlines8 alone ~ aocount rora goodl portion o tho 1IIlIDY accoap h-lIumts which haVe made our bane one ofthe 1n at 111 C A P coaatal patrol. DiB-son ions and bickerings, petty JOa1.-ousies and gr..l 8 are unJmown. ElB6-lIhare in t.his issue WO k1d. Pardee about

hia griping. }fe is 8.8 loyal and as hardworJd.ng ae ImY. Be offers many construc-tive critioiSms which .9 teasingly COD-S rUt) aa griping. W e h fiv Q ino lot ofmen and " o . l l l n ,Yet, a l o t o f the or Itfor this fe ling m t go 0 commanderBurnham who, a our 1e der, sets finxample with. bis own fi'iendliness andkindness. In th:l.s spirit, most or theIIlJllbe 8 oI thJ.a base h6,ve expressed thodesire to bav pictures of one a n o t h e rand this is thor f oro d e v o t e d~o t~ t o t b a t purpoa9. A p p r o p r i a t e l y ,1 18 also the Ohristmaa number. Poaceon Earth - Good Will to en - Someday,p rhaps. Tben itwill b 0. .fine w o r L i .

At the upper left 8 I r e n e P. Hill'mn.She mows what everybody' .knows and Lhunshe knows verything that n o b o d y knows,Next be ow is A r a y M . R e w , the Boss'Boer tary. Keeler f o r b d s u s l o y u y athing about her. sut see f o r yOlJrse.l.f.Lower lert 19 Cecil Holt, a be e f"t'olllL Y n c h b u r g , Va. Next to h r 1s IlIlog nB l a d e s o f Radio a n d t h e l o v ~ l y d i s p o s I -tion and next to her is Nancy Tay orwho 10 like that with Dau Br ene , uP-per right is Dorott\y Reed. be'8BillIlea '8 BETTER half. Next be~01f 18 Dan-nie aa Hi 1 d who calla "Tex. Hil-iard hubby. Lower right 1s Grace P.p a r k e s w h o cannot b e fluster


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O.N. (Off ' t"ce-r f the _ . l I t q l d )('rbe opening parugrl1pb8 of this story are prllct cally ord for word thoactual oonver tion tbat took place betwoen MacKeoz!e And e Editor anthey startod Y FAltQr on the way to wr tinS th18 story.)

"Nowlisten," at M c, "this t hing' s 10a d with r e a l b u l l e t s , s o u ~'t g o toolinga.r und with it.""0. ."holster. 5 ,and took th!) 45 out o.f the"Has it got a safety?" guess so. !guess it..s that lit.tle din ...I N s < : 1 V e rt b e r e o n thp. 1 . t.""Don.t you bow? You Inaal'l YOU've been cur-rylng it. around a.ll day and don't Jm01lJ?Wbat's t.his OVQ.L" OOre?"" L o o k , keep ~he damn thing in the holsterand it don't bobhar me. Whydon rt yOU dot h e s a m e ? ""Well ac, I liko to k n o w what makes it tickand f they expect. ~Q to carry it aroundthey ought to give me 19860D #1 at loast.Isn't there an b~ here to show me?"-No, everybody r8 gone and toot includes me,so longl"Whew, So there I was, o.~. unconsciously Ipunned, nOb nuts". I picked up the gun andtur d 1t ov r and var, ways being careW.that. t he b a rr el . p o i n t ed way. I debated whe-ther to tinker or not to tinker. I decidedit wasn't w rth th chance and r turned t t oth holster. Now that I was sure I c o u l d n ' tuse it1strapped it ar-ound lilYwaist. "If 1h a v e t o , I ' 1 f i n d o u t h o w , " T s u i t o ~ ~ o l t .It kind of weigbed me down on the r ght s de.

dre thought nothing of it for Bobbyal-ways headed Bast. SUdenly I heard our op-er tor ca.l.J.1Dg us , "" wI from 6, GO Ab&ad"1 r p a, ~ only th best ot &11 oba rY9rs

""" " 6 from W w w , your 8 star sb po s t y o u , your ~isL~r s h i p bas lost you,your sister ship has 08L you". A,pd ana s i d e s h e seemed to s a y , " a n d m a y b e y o u w o n ' tea tob 1t when you got back; maybe you won'touLcb. it I"I pulled off the earphones, ooked w d y a-I' Wid and said: "Gee Bobby, the operator Baysthe sk ppur' has loat U S . ""That.s a.llr1ght, II saad 130bby very C8~mly,"you thought this was 0 . dream but that provesit isn't. 1be skipper alw~ys oeas me. Now11 ten," and his eyes gleamed, his jaw snuckout, nLhis LimJ tl8're head ng East and "9 'r8not e coppdng , WeIre going 0 get that b-Hit~er, you and me)"A n d , t~y Ching, 1knewwe could do it. Ifolt Just like I do when 1 play Gin with Gordon or Bre ne or Minton. I remombera the gtook t out of t he b ol st er ."Boy, will I plug him,n said.n. ure," said Bobby, "you can't mia. Thetroub. e isn.obody over raa.lly went -aftl}r that~ . N O W , 1'1 g t you there and you sboot."And i t seemed jtU:lt that iml e."There '.. no d ., II I said and before T r- n shsaying it fie were over poris and we landedI couldn't bel eve the p ace could be so qui t. rJght on the ChampJi 1!llysees. T 0 beautif

Exc pt for the te etype and the occasional Fr ncb g i r l s wtb r~al s1k utockiugu, r par-gnawing sound of ruta I could hear nothing but ticularly Doted the at-oc ings, r-ushed to methe coffee perco at g downs airs. And then rand .k.i.Sf)E;:Q me on the cheeks, tenl.at vel},.f e l asleep on the c o t w h i c h sags in t h e mid- ~~n t l o y ! o ~ d o u t 1 11 ed it (en did)dle J.ike a hemmockand I had. a dream.......... iboj r y p. Lchcd me (1mB antostlc woo.twas 11.15 4. m. and Bobby sllverman andwere on patrol and the ak.ipp r as rollowingin 81 with Mannas 0 serv~r. Th p on s

hurt my ears and the sun toro right through myRay-BanS tor e war a.d1ng 900 En10 in rr:/

0 " ' , T don' II r mem r sssin thifj plainly,ut the impression was w th lie all. the time;it see.ad that ~bby had forty or r t y 1& a8110tv/o gir S wort) 1tting on each one. Al-though they made q te B to-do over him


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ho just Bat th.ere, she pisb.l:y, wIth a grint h a t nigbt denote a m b a r r a s e m e n ~t whichI k n ew w a sn 't , B8 w o anyone else whohAs s e e n o b q r to P o c o m o k e o n a Saturdaynight. nd then it se m 8 that we l e r n't10 Paris at all but 10 Rom and the gir cw re jabboring 1n ItaliHll.TTllAa eos{ be 0,II B id one; 6. tall, dark-ey ed b ea ut y 1r called that al Bobby'sgirls w re tal and 8 s o m e ."Wh~Jt did he BllY, II Bobhy asked mu."Sle.snid youlre handsome," 1 r e 11 d.II Oh, 13oY," be ye ed and Ull'1t d to gra.h e r . ~t n e v e r ot th(!re. M u . o n g o t .bhnre first. f!o stlumed Lo come fr 10 no-wllere. Jle was dr 8 ed in the regulationbl!lc}rshirt r th~ Fa ol~t,fl. Tifty ot.h rt9.!icJ. t s w o r l 3 " , 'U. him and th "i grnbhect13 0 ty and me.liTho skJ.pper 'Ina A good guy, II SIl cl"ao blew up his MBe \'.'est and dumin toe t ant e. Ididn It havet 1d.ll hiDI. Rut you two mn < t dloyou tva Com to 1d m y Fuehrer, IlfYand can't forg v t h a t . "

ann ,d himh e a r t

"I told you ha. guy WBS B NB~, do It yBaia Bobby to me in an underton. "Hocould he be anytbing else l'itb that n 8 J l l e ? 1 1nT..is1..n, Mann," s d , Ic:nockin down twob18ckshirts who werf.iho ding I I 1 ; Y acm~, III tmO. N. and I've got the gun bat bas thtlo UlkuB f a sar ty. I'll p thesl:li' ty and if 1 ahoof you'll die. VTould-o t t y u r t h u r l i v e a n y Du m r voand CAt nt t fir bouse and be O. N.yourse some day?" Now, T know thi all.,ound silly tuld I.lme that he kne ut,1 .as p a r r ' n g t o r t i m e .MaW' I laughGd out oud. Right DIy ace.Tn u mado me m ad r than he Quick s a.flash r e t l th , touched the dfnkus ,ulled th t r i g g e r and there lay M a n n ,dead as 4. door-no.il. l 'hy it Be moo kI bad used bat gun al lilYli.fe. illHart nev r did any better.I don't kno what killed t h e other 5 0 f a s -cists but there we y;ere1 Bobby and I,jumpin over tho . d' ad bodies end racingfor H \'i ch was aJ ready to o , BeforeT could OOWl t. ten BObby s id, "say, L Dm't that he Brenn r Pas..1"

2.looked. "Sur," I said "and that IS MUB-D O l i n i i s private c a r " ."And there 's Hitler IS toO," said Bobtu.D r m went number 6 'a nose. I knew Bobbyh a d f ~gott t h e c b u r e t o r heat but Ididn't caro. Down w w nt, down, do ,down, down an then we craahe through tber o o f of Hitler's car in th~ fine t er-II)8D s1.yle and thare T WAS, o1nt.in t h eg u n at both Hitle and MUsso ni who w e r etanding t o g e t h e r v e r y u r i g h t a n d v e r ylIluch inaul ted."Himm1er, Go ring, Ooe be a, here are you?"yelled Hitler.I r y ; Y kill eo , r aafd MU8011ni meekly, "I'monly a atooge . ~t1 d t . u e Lrig o r orlt:ej .~U5"'0 0 s l u m p e dto t.he floor.1 pulled tne t r g g e r a g a i n - ~itler s u~pedt t h e r l o o r .1 emelllb r I nJting "Cue wlt z, th y don rbdie any differently tbaD t t n y o n e e se.""Vl'el , Lha 18 1-ha.t,l1 sa Bohby. "1w e ought 0 go h a c k . " 0, ~ e jumpedt w d away w e went, I n a j i f f y therof parramore l a n d ."I e M ' t fin f{i2 buoy," a d BO by 811 i tought; to be hero."Yo," I sllid, "It ought to be h er e ,liT} re 11. is," sa d Bobby and bo " o o p e d dowBUt, it wasn't #12. It was the skipper. Pd i d 1 0 k a l i t t l e l i k e 8. buoy. Y o u w o n . t bI I v it b u t w e p l u n k e d r . g b t do 0 thosewave and Twas li.rtin tho skip or into theshjp when he started pull e m e down V I th hioete , down w t h hjm d r . n w h himADd then I 'Wokeup. Th~l'e WllS the skip eTje~king D t Y arm t . wake 1I1eup.Itfter got up and rub d th sleep out o feyes, snid," 8.y, U JOT, do you know hohis gun works 1"

I T.J.sten T 1 he s d , "You keep that damnthing in t h e holster."


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dkJtonr & /a)AIL,a.nd aMAY DAYob nton, our 6' 3 i" colossus, who, an oc-asions goes out as ebserver , jwnpod into #Mann, not neg ecting to take a regula-two-gallon IDO a.l pai. Had be gone 1n

6 star ship (Cessna) om d and oparaty Ruby Keeler, i t would have been necessaryLeave Mnt.on behind if the pall "ar tal< nboth Ke ler and th pa if Minton "ereT~9 ra reRSon necessltatin the tg of th pail is a deep, ark 8 eret sharedby Minton himself and erybody at thease includ g OUlnbo. It 1.e a matter of rec-that wh n Rob put on. his Mli West and wasto ave Tnte11ig ce, ttOe z, I nevers uoh lu ck , etc." Gordon Be , ho measuresp to Bob MintoD as Jack did to the b e a n . t a l k ,(if you want to call it that) 0 '9

band an gave vent to the very subtlemark nI hope you .oj oy t, it lII8.y be yourye edito~ "as in Keeler's ahip 9 0orver, probably because no ana bigger cou.lde eard . i11ed in, and 10 therefore ua1.i!1 to

a.ll tb facts appertaining to this inter-sting, amusing and v ry exciting episode.Cessna W4a lead ahip and 1 1 5 follow un-il our radio's pri.ma.donniahness made it ad-

s a b l e .for / 1 5 t ad , Tba wind wns 3 m p b

from Pi.g. and w encounbered muchball, raiDand gustiness. 'rbs visibility WllSn It bad.T ~ wbito-eraated w a V H 8 mude u s g l a d we werefly g an not in one of thos llttle C. c.Boats tbat got kicke ar-ound like bobbingeorka, An th D, ab ut 20 miloa rOID shorew saw / 1 3 div ; a good, ong, steep d1ve. 1romambEtrsaying "What the heck's down there"an craning my neck, 1 / 5 pulled out of thedive at about 300 or 400 eet, waggled itswlngs and haded tor home. ,.a our rece vel'was "out" we didn It know that an air-lock badcauaed tb engine on #5 to quit, that Ytmnbad d'v th p e, dona ev rything s. goodpilot could do, sent a May Day end everythingcame out O. K.. ann say-s that tbe grandestmoment of his I ~ was when the eng1no caughtagain. As to Bob Minton, when Keeler and rlande few minutes later and I asked aboutthe pall, the III chan es showed 1t to me standng Dear th hangar. I"ent ovor to inspectit. It looked like it had Just been lratiliedout A 1 L t l e l a t e r 1 s a w B o b ton,sUghtly pa~8, dickering ith 8011e of theboys. Be got pratty good prices for his co_put r, protractor 1grid-boord aod otber 1telll8assential to .flying 00 CAPatrols.

OUR ROSTE OF V IToruCOLONEL SP'LREN, cODImliOder,infantry d -tachment, wast v r,MA JOR MERR IL L, Fort. P ix, 52, U I r Com -mand. MllJor, we regrot th accadent, toyoW" an e and hope ithas baalod wC A PT A IN .T EF l" N ~!w BOLD, C A P Lia30n Off' cereYour cheery sunny smile brightened thodays you had to spend w th us on accountof bad weather. pl use 1 -n t.o p ay Gin.MA J R F h RR, C .O ., C A P Atlantic Cl~, andC A PT A IN MA !lO NE Y, ason or r cer, Antl-eubmo.r1ne Command."e hope you rill al come g 1n. Thew lcom m o . t always be ou f r youP . Also Lts. Burnett and OePaduo whotook our 812. Best of luck with 1t.

THERErLL BE A GREAT BIG PARTYO N C H R I S T M A S B V ~SODUl of us be ~ucky and be able to gohome for ChristlJll:lB, but th Bst of us w11.lbe lucky too, for w Ire going to h ~e a.bang-up cbr 3tmae Eve Part)'. tt can It beanything e s for.1 tis going to be tbrownby he Skipper, Bob Minton and Ruby J(eeler.All you hovu 1 . . 0 bring 11$a heaJ.thy body,an unquenchable t st and the des re tobave a good t 1116. Go nh ad f ller ; ~njoyyourselves. The Sub-$niper hos no snoopingdepartment.

paul LoWt "as a e to start a stesoa fordawn patrol after e 170ne else had triadud tallod. Congratulation Mrs. Loux.

Jim Core can build crooked cbi.ameys thatdraw. Tho ClUBt on is, w~ it stand Up?

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:J~ . REAL :J~~PARDEE'S OPERAT' ONIIJ8gin ya edi tor IS surprise UpOD raca' ving thero owing tter:

Par 1r. Va., Docamoor 10, 1942.Dear Len:This tt is addr ssod to you Q 8 fr1ndfir t an as Ed tor ot the ub-sn par too. Iunderstand th t in the next iSBU of the SUb-sniper ou are oin to' to.to flo.tly tlat. po an gripe an gr pe , Long ago 1 came tothe conolusion though I must admit it w aa a:1'0 b r-oad , that I was a d.1cbed to a conicand not; too IIl1ld OO!l o.f llpltls. I hav ta-ken oare of thnt. lleve me 1.en, no longergripe and whtis mare, I will nevar- gripe 6.-galn 119'11:, n var nev9t" 1 So, datu" Len ,please 0 not say anyt,h1.D.g about fffY griping.PLEASE . Itow ot ov~r gr' ping s l f f J ' p rsona).secret and 88 8 gentleman, 11m sure you won'tevon tbink of as g.lis E 1 V '1", sincerely your friend,

OA L PA RDEEWhat did Cal mean by "secret"? MY cur oattyw unbound d. What . could hav s toppod hlmfrom gr p ng? n ad lioknow en nothingw~s going to stop mo. For ten sleptl1ttl.e, rushed hither and yon, asked eountd.essquestlons, Oil t hun ds of dol.l.n.rs UlonT oun Lhe answ r , foun t . . n hosp talt b on ~here had that 0 .r t'OD we men-tioned at ~onth. W e thougbt w e had thefacta tit. hat time but w 91: wrong. Thatop ~8.tiOD A NOT N HI MOil Tbey won't to~ II about tho opornt1on at th& bosp!-t - profes on B.er cy they call d ~-but when! confronted Pardee with "hat knewand demo.nd d Lhat. he t.ell It al about that"n rf o p r o t on, R E , e br o k e d o w nll.ko a child. liT won't t II you ten, D 'lorw ,n he w d"but I' tUN gl"iptl e.g ,honest r w n't. In fact, I can't caus th tope~ation r y fixed IIn.Aft r , am a g otl IIIIUl and t coul n' t askany more questions. However, I wonder whatt h a t opor t on wu 1 wond r, ~o

MAN O~ THE MONTH1.ttl tJl/~1LOur captain 900" a Major. The gold lelooka tnre on the red epaulets and heone Plighty proud cOlllmllnder. Sheer mer!won the honor. Congratula~ionB Major amay cont n a s u c c ~ a 9 yours. That'swi h of every member of your ~sk [oreB.Now,mo~ tiwn aver we are proud of youYoutook e . nftying f old" that could haallo a cub to land safely, a drooping,p ana hangar, a fo" stout-hearted esn lyom-Bell and 10 and behold, Coastal. P8.Bas / 1 ' 1 ls, today a big, effie nt, saan. smooth-p forming u n i t , comp te wiadmin stratlon bu11 ing, argo hangar,1011geran "de rWlw~y8, 6. qulot roo.rolaxation, with lockers, sbowers, faciities for play, a canteen and many oththings. MAJOR, WE SALlJ'J.'EIOU.

~ ry sing OD of th 4 or 1II0r p Sjammed into the QUi tRoomon cold, rainD CIlIlOOr loth, fel.t Just as proud ot JUL, 19tch as b ould hay boon prouor b.ims wb 0 M jor Burnham inned 00his tunic tbe 11ttle triangular red r bthat denotes on act at bravery. Back iJ'un 13t.h, 1942 'IFl tell", Cl.Il.rQDcesa.a.and II ak n Schlag r "r tore d down at011. As it "88 8 hot, 91lIII1Ileryday, SaThad remov d his ll.e prGservor. "Fletch"went ba k into tb sinJd.ng plano and oad it for him. Yes, "Fletch", you honoyourse1.f and our bas lth your act orvery. Now "e are truly proud 0 you anare glad to do you honor. All Civil AiP u t r o l i s p r o u d ot you too.

GORDON B ELL: "Gee.z. I never oaw suchinal lIlY ll.f. Geo1-. What. luck. Gee

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