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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Aug 26, 1944
Page
4
News and contributions for TEXACTS must be released through the Public Relations Office at Building 843 Sheppard Field Texas with a noon Wednesday deadline. The Squadron Squibs deadline is 5 p m Monday. CNS material is used and credited material requires permission for republication.
A wartime column warns against over optimism about Nazi defeat. It notes German internal strain and potential long delays, urges continued force and diligence, recalls innovations like poison gas and the robot bomb, and stresses won battles in France and Red Army valor while tempering hopes for a rapid end to the war.
Wichita Falls editorial lauds post baseball games at Spudder Park as vital summer entertainment. It urges closer cooperation between the field and city authorities and even military leadership to boost morale and civilian-military projects. War bonds are urged as part of wartime morale building.
A wartime narrator travels from Barstow California to Fresno detailing harsh desert heat long train waits and high prices in Barstow. He contrasts Camp Irwin and Sheppard Field with Fresno offering affordable meals and courtesy to GIs while noting limited post amenities and transport.
A serviceman recounts his first ride in an Army six by truck from Fort MacArthur to Sheppard Field. The piece chronicles the eager steps to drive, the scramble aboard, the 30 mile per hour thrill, and the dramatic arrival as the convoy reaches Wichita Falls and then Sheppard Field.
One year ago hundreds of enlisted soldiers endured the first official RAF physical fitness tests. Lt Col Nelson C Voshel returned to Shepard Field as post adjutant after a stint at Amari Army Air Field. Four guard dogs were assigned to the 927th Guard Squadron a Dalmatian Doberman Airedale and a Bull Terrier. Two years ago Maj T A Gavin former Oklahoma attorney was appointed post judge advocate replacing Mandel. Lt Col Phillip H Pease became commanding officer of the post hospital succeeding Lt Col Richard E Elvin transferred.
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