Squad drama and furloughs at the squadron base
A noisy week in Squadron A features missing a wig mystery, new assistant Pvt. Frederick F E Hu k, Capt. Fritz Selin's departure to Kearns Field, Utah, and Thanksgiving dinner in the mess hall. WACS, furloughs, and bunks reshaped by staff sergeants and a glamorous brigade of personnel paint a lively portrait of base life.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Bob Harold
Frederick FE
Huk
Camp Vie
Texas
Fritz Selin
Kearns Field
Utah
Philip Leo
James Payne
Leo
Battle For Crown Derailed By Early Morning Alarm
The headline notes a humorous crime of being too bright and awake at dawn. It frames the excitement surrounding a morning battle for a crown as thwarted by an alarm clock, with a lighthearted tone about early hours.
Medics Navy Spotlight and Squadron News
This week the camera focuses on Cpl Richard H Slader of Minneapolis a steady medic who keeps 30 000 men on the move covering crashes emergencies and patrols across Electra Petrolia and Grandfield His 10 000 miles weekly on the road highlights his rise from ambulance driver to NCOIC Ambulance Service Also Pfe Arthur S Lawton welcomes a baby girl Jacqueline Anne Lawton and Pvt Gladys Murrel is toasted as a valued medical technician at SF The column notes team wins 2 0 and a hoped 3 0 and shares humorous quotes from various service members about life at the base The article also admires a new decentralized training program in Squadron K and bids farewell to S Sat Richard C Elliott and others while congratulating Lt W F Landers and Cpl I M Marshall and Cpl Paul Westbury on new duties
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Electra
Petrolia
Grandfield
NCOIC
Cpl
Richard H. Slader
Minneapolis
Minn
S. Sat
Richard C. Elliott
Indiana
Sheppard Field
Reginald Corley
W. F. Landers
I. M. Marshall
I. M. Marshall. Tis A Good Job You're Doing, Fellows. Congratulations. Cpl
Paul Westbury
Latrine Lawyers Warn Of The Saddest Day In The Army
PVT Jim Young reports on a dental clinic myth harming GIs. A feared rite of passage begins with endless warnings and ends with a simple extraction. Soldiers endure anxious wait and a relieved exit with postcare instructions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Jim Young
Texacts
U. S
Mem 3
Iamner
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Tony Ly Carter Jr
C. 0 .Y Pvt
Lloyd G. Gibbs
Art Nyman
Jim Gleason
Mortimettd
Rob- Fox
Fell
Joe
The
Orient
Gus Vignolle
California
Kil
Army
Kilroy
Bks
Pologies
Sadie FE. Fritts
Marguerite Cook
C.O
R. Beam
C. O
Fritts
Maj. Bennett J. Hartman
Vera Condor
Checker
Ronnie
Martha Kekich
Maggie Duffy
Ozzie Pellerin
Betty Johnston
Sally Reese
Anna Francisco
Wac
Hilda Horsney
Lorraine Novara
Arlene Brown Rogers
SF Wac
Betsy Ross
Bugs” Rowell
Flint
Michigan
Luella Tucker
Thelma Kidd
China
Winifred Oberer
Mary Onanin
Margaret Hayes
SF Seven
Scott Gridders
Keesler Field
Miss
Dolph Walter
Otis Moore
Harold Robinson
Ben Hairston
Bill Bailey
Joe Neff
Bill Kingsley
James E. Ewing Jr
Donald G. Abramowitz
Pfe
Arthur S. Lawton
Jacqueline Anne Lawton
Idaho
Sgt. Elrod
Becker
Linville
Set. Bryant
Sgt
Carderette
Ross Weir
Buckmaster
Pfc
Minnesota
Floyd W. Taylor
Pvt. R. Hill
Inquisition
War Skorska
Falls
Dakota
America
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