Fighting Trim at Navy Overseas Freight Terminal

S. l. (San Francisco): Navy Overseas Freight Terminal, 1944. First Edition. Very good. First edition presumed, n. d. (ca 1944); 5 1/4 x 4; pp. [30]; beige, mimeographed, stapled wraps; mimeographed illustrations and text to rectos only; a small chip to upper corner of one leaf, else minor wear; in very good or better condition.An unrecorded booklet, it was distributed among the enlisted personnel at the Navy Overseas Freight Terminal in San Francisco and proudly proclaimed: "We count on every man and woman to be ON DUTY every Day. Accidents are sabotage. They wreck equipment, ruin schedules, and injure valued employees. Accidents are comfort to the enemy...this book shows you safe ways to work - to KEEP FIGHTING TRIM." And showing it did, with caricaturish illustrations, how to pay attention to signs, how to work and not horse around, how to realize a mild discomfort is turning into a big deal, and so on. The Navy Overseas Freight Terminal was responsible, among other things, for the sourcing, shipping, and accounting for the vast amount of supplies needed for the war in the Pacific.