to this day, nobody knows what b.h. stands for as far as his given name, but he was such a big, brawny character because it was said that b.h. stood for bulkhead because he was as big as a wall. [laughter] now, bulk head beams' primary job was master at arms and, basically, that's the chief of police. he's in charge of the security and the shore patrol. and on one occasion in 1944, he walked into the captain's office which is up in the island, the captain was gone, and there were some miscree i can'ts with a balloon -- miscreants with a blanket spread on the deck shooting craps. [laughter] and as you might imagine, craps and poker -- which they were also doing at the same time -- was not only illegal, but hell, no, it's illegal. so bulkhead was immediately faced with a dilemma. he could bust them, and some of them were his buddies. they had been on liberty together, and he really didn't want to haul them in. but on the other hand, they saw him, and e saw them, and everybody knew that everybody knew that everybody knew w