A Petty Officer and a Swabbie

A PETTY OFFICER AND A SWABBIE

Charles W. Paige

Chuck Paige in the U.S.S. Midway's island

A memoir of my four years on active duty in the US Navy, 1968-1972.

Copyright 1992, 1998, 2004Charles W. Paige

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Acknowledgments

Before the uniform went on

From civilian slime to military acceptability

Into the pressure cooker

Singing Swabbies

Musical RCPO Moore (pix-45K)

Choir guide-ons (pix-44K)

Choir at Preble (pix-49K)

Choir of Strangers

Service School Command

Basic Electricity/Electronics "P" School

Radioman "A" and "C" Schools

Hunter's Point Naval Shipyard and San Francisco

My very first carrier (pix-54K)

My second carrier (pix-94K)

U.S.S. Midway (CVA-41)

Some important Midway internet addresses

Ship's published statistics and capabilities

"Laurels for Midway"

A year of (s)training

Evolutions and Other Shipboard Life

Storms and crossings

Domain of the Golden Dragon

Man coming aboard or going ashore

Some ship and flight deck announcements

Using one's head

Domiciling and General Quarters

In search of Oscar

Pictures of a 1971 unrep in progress

My picture for the ship's yearbook (pix-35K)

Flight deck operations

Of Men, Morale and Morals

Hong Kong, Kowloon and the New Territories

A friendship can be covered up

The deed is done

Agnes Freeb Slings Cupid's Arrows

Goodwitch Decries Title

Charges Unfounded But Hopes High

Ethyl Trap Puts Wuf Wuf In Doghouse

Perspectives On A War

Awards

"RM3 Paige, Plank Owner, departing"

U.S.S. Midway (CV-41) decommissioning

Midway Returns to San Diego Bay

Postscript

Bibliography

LINKS TO OTHER MILITARY SITES

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