Cockroach Reporter Covers Sheppard Club Gossip
Archie’s grandson writes from an unofficial perspective at Sheppard Field NCO Club. He notes attendance, a birth announcement for Albert Mackey’s son, and mentions John Grace a former BTC sergeant now serving in the South Pacific. He explains his duty to report before guards intervene.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Archie
Don Marquis
Sheppard Leld
NCO Club
Cpt
Joe Kenny
M. Set
Albert Mackey
Ction C
Ng Ralston Dean Jr
Sgt. Ralston
O Club
John ‘Grace
Btcadquarters
South Pacific
Chief Patterson Receives Emblem for Civilian Service
J W Patterson Sheppard Field fire chief received the Emblem for Exceptional Civilian Service from Brig Gen Carl W Connell at a post ceremony. The award honors his courage fighting a February fire in the engine test block, where he shut off gasoline flow and brought the blaze under control.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
J. W. Patterson
Sheppard Field
Carl W. Connell
Amarillo Army Air Field
Joseph H. Davidson
Connell
Chief Patterson
Secretary of War
R. L. Thornton
Texas
Patterson
E. Chaney
Ex Sheppard Field Soldier Sent to India Theatre
Lt. Oren Neil Justice a former basic trainee from Sheppard Field received his commission and wing at Pampa Army Air Base and has been sent to India. He entered service January 1943 and is the son of Mr. and Mrs. O N Justice of Electra. Previously he worked for North American Aviation in Dallas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Oren Neil Justice
Pampa Army Air Base
India
Sheppard Field
O. N. Justice
Electra
Justice
North American Aviation Corp
Dallas
Army Air Forces
Board to Consider Flying Student Eliminations
A six member faculty board was appointed this week to consider causes for elimination of flying students. The board will sit in on all cases. Members include Lt. Col Clyde W. Swanson and Capt. Charles W. Braselton among others, all from the 2544th AAF Base Unit.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Clyde W. Swanson
2544Th Aaf Base Unit
Charles W. Braselton
3706
AAF Base Unit
BTC
Howard F. Olsen
John C .Hayes
Edgar L. Floore
Donald F. Guingrich
2544Th
Glider Student of Month Named for July Headland
Herbert N. Headland 28, aviation student, named Glider Student of the Month for July by the glider school faculty for top scholastic standing. He led with 3.9250, followed by Edward Dickinson 3.900 and Winfield Forsberg 3.850. Headland, son of Mr and Mrs Nestor Headland of Chicago, trained after War Training Service and P-38 work at Lockheed in California. He arrived at Sheppard Field April this year and is in Class 16 of the 2544th AAF Base Unit. He plans a steak dinner and show in Wichita Falls as part of his award, with his wife joining later.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Herbert N. Headland
Edward Dickinson
Winfield
Forsberg
Nestor Headland
Wellington Ave
Chicago
Ill
War Training Service Program
WTS
Lane Tech High School
Headland
Venetian Blind
Windy City
Lockheed - Vega Aircraft Corp
Burbank
Calif
Jefferson Barracks
Sheppard Field
2544Th Aaf
Wichita Falls
Marcella
Command Parade Commendations For Six Troop Masses
Col. Joseph H. Davidson announced commendations for six troop masses for excellence in marching during the Command Parade held on Saturday. The commendations recognized first masses of Sections L W M O and R and the second mass of Section P, with special praise to permanent party masses of Sections L and S for alignment during review.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph H. Davidson
Chaplain Carraway Joins Post Staff
Chaplain Burnie R. Carraway a Capt. and former pastor of Central Baptist Church in Wichita Falls has joined the post chaplain staff. He comes from Buckley Field Colorado where Chaplain T. M. Payne of Spokane Field has been transferred. Carraway, a Howard Payne College graduate, was commissioned in May 1943 after attending Harvard Chaplains School and the San Antonio Transition Training Conference. He is the son of Mr and Mrs Edward Carraway of Levelland Texas.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Burnie R. Carraway
Central Baptist Church
Wichita Falls
Buckley Field
Colo
T. M. Payne
Sheppard Field
Howard Payne College
Brownwood
Texas
Carraway
Harvard University
San Antonio (Tex
San Antonio (Tex.) Aviation Cadet Center
Chaplain Carraway
Edward Carraway
Levelland, Tex
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Colonel Davidson
Ira R. Koenig
W. L. F. Pooley
Rvice
Albert Ackey
Koenig
Claude Wright
Major Pooley
Don Gray
Peter Garatoni
Sergeant Gray
Edward W. Nelson
Eac Ra’ En
Pred Ton — Yan S of
LD E Sho
War Department Board On
Sheppard
George Munger
Cardinal
Lambert Field
A/S
H. N. Headland
Uncle Sam
Bell
SAP
Joseph Jankowski
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