Great Lakes Naval Training Station Great Lakes Bulletin. [Vol. 18 no. 47 (November 19, 1943)]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09611.158 Author/Creator: Great Lakes Naval Training Station Place Written: Great Lakes, Illinois Type: Newspaper Date: 19 November 1943 Pagination: 8 p. : envelope ; 43.2 x 29 cm. Order a Copy
One newspaper entitled "Great Lakes Bulletin" dated November 19, 1943. The newspaper covers events at the Great Lakes Naval Training Station, comics, ads, and information on insurance. On the first page there is a menu for a Thanksgiving meal that will be served; a list of educational classes being offered free of charge for the recruits; a report on the sit-up championship; and a picture of Company 1364 and Company 1388. Both companies are in the "Hall of Fame" for having received the "Rooster Award" multiple times. Company 1364 received the award 3 times, and Company 1388 received it five times. There is also an article that concerns a new cream used to prevent flash burns.
Flash burns occurred when the heat and light of an explosion was intense enough to burn exposed skin. The anti-flash burn cream was applied to skin to mimic a layer of clothing and protect from the flash burn.
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Thanksgiving Day 25th NOV. 1943
Menu
Tomato Bouillon
Soda Crackers
Roast Tom Turkey Oyster Dressing
Giblet Gravy
Candied Sweet Potatoes Cranberry Sauce
Buttered Fresh Peas
Pickles Ripe Olives Celery Sticks
Whole Wheat Rolls Butter
Pumpkin Pie Ice Cream
Coffee
Candy Nuts
"GIMME A DRUMSTICK, MATIE!"- That request will probably be heard most of the afternoon Thanksgiving Day as chow halls on the Station will remain open from 1130 on as long as the turkey lasts. The postcard menu souvenir reproduced above is being distributed to all recruits this week, and may be mailed to relatives and friends at home if desired. A package of cigarets will be given with each meal.
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November 19, 1943 "Worship, Big Spread on Tap For Turkey Day:
Station Sailors to Attend Thanksgiving Services; May Eat All Afternoon"
Great Lakes sailors will observe Thanksgiving this year in the same way the Pilgrim Fathers did it the day Thanksgiving started: They'll eat and pray.
Mess halls will be open at 1130 and Navy cooks will dish out turkey and all the trimmings until dark Thursday while every Bluejacket on the Station will have a chance to attend special church services. Twelve of the Great Lakes drill halls will serve as chapels and at 0900 the 15-minute services will begin in each.
The menu reads like something out of Henrici (5): Tomato bouillon, soda crackers, roast tom turkey, oyster dressing, giblet gravy, candied sweet potatoes, cranberry sauce, buttered fresh peas, pickles, ripe olives, celery Sticks, Whole Wheat Rolls, Butter Pumpkin Pie, Ice Cream, Coffee, Candy, and nuts.
And here's the beauty of it: A sailor may stay in the chow house and eat as long as he wants to. As soon as he gets filled up, he may leave, walk around the block, and return for another helping. A pack of cigarets, bought by the Welfare Fund, will go to each man who passes down the gravy line.
'No Regular Supper'
There will be no official evening meal. When the turkey dish is emptied for the last time, that's all there'll be until breakfast Friday morning. This will be the case in every mess hall on the Station.
Church goers at the 15-minute Thanksgiving services will stand during the period of worship. Drill halls throughout the Station are designated for different groups of Naval and civilian personnel.
Officers and families, civilians quartered here, Ship's Company and OGU will attend services in Bldg. 4. Available men in the Receiving Unit will go to Bldg. X, and available Service School students will use Bldg. 500.
Recruits and personnel across the tracks will attend services in drill halls listed: Porter, Bldg. 800; Perry Bldg. 1000; Dewey, Bldg. 1200; Moffet, Bldg. 1400; Lawrence and McIntire, Bldg. 1400; Lawrence Bldg. 1800, Dahlgren and Decatur, Bldg. 2200; Hull and MacDonough, Bldg. 2600 and Maury and Mahen, Mldg. 3000.
All enlisted men attending services will march to and from the services.
'Regular Work Day'
Thanksgiving will not be a holiday. Station and district offices will be open as usual. As in the past, the training program will not be ignored, and recruits can look forward toward a stiff morning on the drill field, in the classroom or at the rifle range.
Like Bluejackets here the folks at home will go into their second war-time Thanksgiving, but spreads like the turkey-and-cranberry feast on tap Great Lakes will be few and far between on the home front. Gobblers are hard to find this year, the Army and Navy providing by far the most extensive purchasers.
Finishing touch to Thanksgiving festivities at Great Lakes will be a concert in Ross Auditorium featuring Paul Draper, dancer, and Larry Adler, harmonica stylist.
Men with liberty can take full advantage of the holiday parties at local and Chicago USO centers.
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