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Carrier's Mess Hall Stacked With Bombs Aboard the Midway
Lt Cmdr Jerry Lemmon, supply officer of the carrier Midway, keeps the ship stocked with goods from towels to 2000 pound bombs. Bombs fill mess halls and deck holds as four squadrons drop about 50 tons daily on Viet Nam targets. Lemmon rearranges space to store ordnance and oversees a nonstop cycle of war prep and repair. Crew sleep briefly between shifts, and Lemmon also runs the tailor shop and snack bar amid the ordnance grind.
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