BM3 Joseph B. Carter

In 1985 , on the UNITAS cruise we pulled into a port in Africa ( I think it was Africa , and I’m not sure which port ) . There was a wall near the pier that had the names of ships that had been there stenciled on it . I think it was the Captain ( CDR Lunquist) that said we should put ours on there too . Since painting the ship was what we were good at ( lots of practice ya know ) , we decided that we would not only put the ships name on the wall , we would paint the ship on it . Since I ran the paint locker , we didn’t have to go through the usual red tape involved in getting paint and brushes . Cushing , Fitts , and me ( Klim ) , did most of it I think . It seems like Fitts was the real artist of the group , but most everybody that put their name on the wall helped in some part . I wish I had taken a better picture , without the people in the way . If any body has more info or details that I have wrong , I would like to have my memory refreshed . The names on the wall that I remember from 1st division are :

My name “KLIM” – BMSN Carter ; “JED” – SN Burnette ; “CUSH” – SN Cushing ( his is behind the guy in the blue shirt ) ; “FITTS” – SN Fitts ; “Nasty Hen ” – SN Hendricks ; and “Spencer” – SN Spencer (behind the guy leaning on the barrel ).