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Newspaper
Dothan Eagle
Location
Dothan, Alabama, United States of America
Date
Oct 31, 1943
Page
16
In a reflection on aviation training a veteran instructor emphasizes patience and guidance as essential to shaping confident pilots. He recalls early mistakes, the need for precise handling, and how teaching transforms raw potential into safe flight competence.
The NCO Club at Napier Field ranks among the best in the Hastern Training Command. Members built interior details and decor, including a lounge, dance space, and bandstand. Staff Sgt Nolan Didion crafted the bandstand design while Sgt Law‑Meiers contributed wall decorations.
Grace lines extend one end of the lounges and built in seats are upholstered in red leather around the room. Current club officers include First Sergeant Edward Brosenne as president, Staff Sergeant George Siegfried as vice president, Staff Sergeant Fredrick Lupis as secretary and treasurer, Corporal Joseph Pugits as steward, and Master Sergeant Walter A. Warren as honorary advisor of the Board of Directors.
The parachute department at Napier Field, a branch of the Air Service Command 2th Sub-Depot, is led by Clarance E. Brower trained at Patterson Field. Since its 1942 start, 19 jumps occurred with 18 men earning Catarpilar Clue pins and seven becoming RAF pilot officers. Parachutes use silk or nylon seats, packed and inspected by experts as training continues.
The parachute department has grown to 400 percent of its initial size since field activation. Its motto is We take good care of your echute when we have it. You do the same when you have it.
Two thirds of registered motor vehicles in Switzerland have been withdrawn as the country faces an about 80 percent drop in petroleum product supply. The shortage forces cars off roads and disrupts daily travel across cities and rural areas.
Napier Field to conduct its second quarterly Army Air Forces Physical Fitness Test with officers and enlisted men performing pull ups the shuttle run and the 300 yard shuttle. Corporal Robert Smith led the first set with 82 points while flying officers were led by Lt J F Rock at 64 and non flying officers by Lt Kenneth Kidd at 74. Lt Louis P Pereseny praised past test reports and hopes for further improvement.
The Post Quartermaster at Na pier Field Lt Col Oren Cain oversees procurement storage and issue of all supplies except Special or technical Army Air Forces items. The department runs quartermaster transportation moves troops and supplies provides food to messes operates sales commissaries handles baggage shipments and sales of equipment and clothing to officers.
The Link Trainer Department at Napier Field drives blind flying formation for Army Air Forces pilots. Major R. McDanisn, Lt Janey F. Rock, and Master Sergeant J. R. Bires lead a diverse staff across eighteen colleges to train instructors and expand training under Eastern Flying Training Command. Improvements over the past year include instructor training and broader staff participation.
Major Hawley son of Mr and Mrs Alexander Hawley of Cairo Olvisia is a Cairo High School graduate who attended Union University in Jackson Tennessee. He worked as a lumber inspector for Singer Manufacturing Company before enlisting in the U S Army in 1930. Stationed at Mexzell Field he rose to Master Sergeant then became a First Lieutenant in February 1942 and soon after promoted to Captain followed by Major in April 1948. His wife is mentioned as Mrs Hawley.
Major Ray M Hawley Napier Field adjutant acts like a civilian business manager for the post. He oversees administration, coordinates departments, handles post orders and records, authenticates directives, manages personnel classification and welfare matters, and interfaces with civilians seeking information or aid.
Post Headquarters at Napier Field serves as the nerve center for the Commanding Officer Col James L. Desit dir and staff. Daily streams of orders guide field operations across personnel, services, statistics, and other departments. Officers frequent the bulletin board. grounds are landscaped as drive approaches.
In Chattanooga Tennessee bald barber Sam Ivester jokes at an exclusive men’s club about why he doesn’t use his own tonic. He quips the tonic is for sale and to help customers, while admitting it’s not his own hair product.
In Pensacola, Florida a brief item mentions a girl and three children named Willig Albert, Robert Ray and Dens Alexander, highlighting local family ties and community names.
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