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Pollywog Ceremony (January 1944)

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Posting the Watch The Watch is posted: Enterprise CV-6 pollywog initiation, 22 January 1944. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: houstn-img-z--1400020 Source: Joseph C. Houston
Getting a Trim (Reluctantly Perhaps?) M. J. Carlson AMM 1/c grimaces while squadron-mates cut his hair: pollywog initiation, 22 Jan 1944. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: houstn-img-z--1400021 Source: Joseph C. Houston
A Clean Cut Len C. Thornton AMM 3/c gets a haircut from VT-10 squadron-mates, 22 January 1944. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: houstn-img-z--1400022 Source: Joseph C. Houston
The Chiefs Chow Pollywog chiefs wait tables and serve the shellbacks: pollywog initiation, 22 January 1944. Larger version of this image. Noumea ID: houstn-img-z--1400023 Source: Joseph C. Houston