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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1943
Page
10
Fragmentary OCR notes mention Hanley with a temporary major role in 1915 and references to Colona. Details are unclear but indicate a year span and personnel from the era.
The 42d Single Engine Flight Training Squadron unveils a new baby in their outfit with War Bond Officers and men on line. Clifton Benoit of Fila receives a 5800 Bond certificate from War Aid. A colored foreman Bill Govan helps promote War Bonds as Napier Field workers and staff pledge support and stamps follow.
Telly Springs, the attractive recreation grounds for Napier Field and friends, is a playground of pools, runs and shaded nooks. Officials feared a cite from the field as April miscues led to the area being wrestled into taxpayers’ use. The resort features a large swimming pool.
Major Harwan L. Harris serves as Post Executive Officer at Napier Field Alabama, organizing command functions and transmitting orders. Born August 2, 1914 in Clanton, Alabama, he is a graduate of Alabama Polytechnic Institute with a BS and a Reserve Commission. He joined Napier Field in 1941, rising from Administrative Inspector to Post Adjutant and then Major in August 1942, and has been Post Executive Officer since February this year. His wife, Mrs Harris, is a former Tallassee girl, and they have a daughter Julie Frances. The base features a springs recreation area with a dance pavilion, bath houses, a post exchange, picnicking grounds, and scenic bridges across a stream, accessible via old scrap material from field construction. The springs occupy ten acres and are leased from Mr and Mrs B R Kelly of Headland, located six miles from Dothan and two miles from Napier Field.
A cadet recalls her first day in the Women’s Army Corps. She leaves home for training, boards a truck with fellow recruits, undergoes medical checks, is sorted into platoons, receives gear and bedclothes, and endures strict drills and a tight schedule. Meals are plentiful, and the day ends with lights out and reveille.
The Gruffie mascot from Tha necator weekly amuses Air Force personnel at Napier Field. Revived from a legendary EFTC Griffin, Gruffie appears in Ladies Page strips and Officers Page promos, gracing pamphlets and bookends. He shifts between drill, floors, and dances, with a cheeky, confident persona and a circulation of booster pride.
Cadets at Napier endure a full daily routine of drills, lectures, and flying missions. From 0600 to 2230 they perform bed making, inspections, formations, morning flights, link trainer sessions, intelligence briefings, armament and ground school lectures, with limited in-air time and strict schedule overseen by instructors and student officers.
AP reports that night raids on the Dyersburg Army Air base mess hall Icebox led officers to uncover a scheme using ground horsemeat to feed the squadron’s four guard dogs. Hamburger parties were staged by several personnel before the truth emerged.
Aviation cadets at Napier Field celebrate a redesigned Cadet Recreation Hall, featuring a stage room 100 by 35 feet with red white and blue decor and a semi enclosed bar. Designed by Col James L. Daniel the remodeling cost less than a new paint job, improving acoustics for broadcasts and cadet activities. A new room for visitors and cadet families enhances Graduation Day headquarters, with cadets praising the facility as the finest they have.
Visitors to Napier Field note a blue and gold insignia on uniforms with a blue sky motif. The emblem features a clenched jet, seven lightning bolts from a stream, and a griffin crest symbolizing the pilots training to defend and roam the skies.
Colonel James L Daniel Jr. commands Nagder Field overseeing rapid expansion including runways and buildings. A 19 year Air Corps veteran and former Executive Officer at Hendricks Field, he trained at Kelly, Scott, Brooks and the University of Missouri. A 1920s era crash near Scott’s Bluff left him with serious injuries but he recovered to continue flying.
Youths of America who save and chase the Army Air Forces as their duty have reached final stages of pilot training entering Neptan. Cadets from varied backgrounds, averaging 149 pounds and five feet seven, share four years of high school study and athletic involvement. Twenty five cadets interviewed show careers from farmer to machinist, driver, carpenter, designer, musician, and more, all trained by the finest teachers to form a fighting machine in history.
The text states Daniel was born in Ruthersville Missouri on March 4 1908. It mentions his release from hospital and healing at the stick of a plane Colonel. He is married to Mia Daniel formerly Anita Louise Licardis of Ham An tonio and they have two daughters Jean and Mary Etea.
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