Christmas Bets Stir GIs At Shepp Field NCO Club
The 78th AACS post on Shepp Field reports a lively Christmas week with a 5¢ beer special and other attractions approved by the club's board. A lively column notes barracks mischief, weddings, and round-table activities, including new group names and a bingo winner.
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Joe E
Nco’s
Againville
Shepfield
Ile
Dan George
Wal- Levanah
Leslie Ames
The
Beavers
William Buch
Jerry Gardner
Donald Ha
Hydrych Welsh
Cpl
Jerryner
Jerry
Ohnny Cheshire
Rob Subanks
Ben Bialkow
Rodger Olderoy
Pappy
Ceejjians
Estra
Frances le
Frances
Bob Ryan
Bob
Billy Sams
Ost
P. S
Scort
Orville Bucker
Alex Dacko
Sylvan Sprinti
Jack Toivenne
Ardeane
Cpls
Roman Becker
Leon Pion
Francis Grogan
Tom
Willard Lynn
Ross Weirbral Waes
Rred Arnett
Jean Creve
Mary Gerald
Marie Solana
Res
Navy
Ingo
Ry C. Wheeler Jr
Harry
Sheppard Field
Doolittle Signals Retirement From Army Roles
Lt Gen Jimmy Doolittle at Wright Field Ohio says he plans retirement very soon after leading the Shangri La Tokyo raid and directing the Eighth Air Force and Air Materiel Command. He hints no postwar job but notes Pearl Harbor investigations may resume for the task. China comments that with the war ending it should move on.
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Wright Field
Ohio
CNS
Jimmy Doolittle
Army
Tokyo
Mmander
Eighth Air Ree
Airchniral Service Command
Troit
Rhine Bound GIs Enroll in German Language Class
About 60 Sheppard Field soldiers joined a new German language class as part of the fifth off duty series run by the post Information and Education department. The class aims to prepare soldiers for potential occupation duty in Germany, with two sections formed due to high enrollment. A total of over 400 students enrolled in 18 courses this series, including business law, shorthand, and college algebra. A sixth series will add more courses and coordinate with other bases so soldiers can continue studying if reassigned.
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Uset Lupe Eau Ice Rine
Post Information and Education Department
Milt Barnett
Education Department
Germany
Barnett
Sergeant Barnett
Sheppard
Authorization for Sale of Military Ammunition to Personnel
The Chief of Ordnance authorized sale of .45 caliber ball cartridges and 12 and 16 gauge shotgun shells to uniformed armed forces. Orders must go through ordnance depots, with purchaser identity and personal use statement. Prices in ASF Catalog ORD 5-3-6 with added shipping, handling, and 11 percent tax. no sales at RAF stations.
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Chief of Ordnance
Armed Forces
Air Technical Command
ASF
Raf
Crosby Eyes Pirates Purchase Amid Del Mar Exit
Reports say crooner Bing Crosby remains interested in buying the Pittsburgh Pirates. He reportedly has disposed of interests in the Del Mar racetrack, clearing the way for a major league club purchase. Crosby has not commented.
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Bing Crosby
Pittsburgh Pirates
Sporting News
der Bingle
del Mar
Crosby
Relax Awhile At Baptist Service Center In Wichita Falls
The Baptist Service Center at 607 Ninth, operated by the Baptists of Wichita Falls, offers a chill space to unwind from 4 to 11 each Friday Saturday and Sunday evenings.
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Sheppard Field
Baptist Service Center
Ninth
The
Baptists of
Wichita Falls
Army Coach Blaik Objects To Huge Football Point Spread
West Point coach Blaik rejects sportscasters odds predicting Army will win by 31 to 40 points calling such margin ridiculous. He says two touchdowns is acceptable. a loss would be an upset. Separately Molotov offers to share atomic bomb secrets with America in exchange for the US giving Russia the borscht recipe.
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Farl Blaik
West Point
Army
Blaik
M. Molotov
America
Russia
United States
Army Favored In Annual Navy Grid Classic
Army is favored to beat Navy in the traditional Army Navy clash at Franklin Field Philadelphia. The Army backs Davis and Blanchard headline a strong offense while Navy relies on Hoernschemeyer and Scott. Both teams are undefeated this season.
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Army
Mighty Eleven
Franklin Field
Philadelphia
Davis
Blanchard
Navy
Hoernschemeyer
Scott
Navy Reverses Policy on Nesei Enlistment Accepts Orders
The Navy ends its wartime ban on Nesei service allowing Americans of Japanese ancestry to enlist or be commissioned if qualified per Rear Adm. W M Fletcher, assistant chief of naval personnel.
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Washington
CNS
Navy
W. M. Fletcher
Admiral Halsey Named Grand Marshal for Rose Bowl Parade
Adm. William Bull Halsey accepts invitation to lead the Rose Bowl parade in Pasadena on New Year’s Day. He declines a horse offered for the parade and plans to watch the game from an open car. The admiral once wished to ride Emperor Hirohito’s white horse.
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Adm
William “Bull” Halsey
Pasadena
Calif
Admiral Halsey
Emperor Hirohito
Plane Pilot Returns To Heaving Football
Chunky Ernie Case, former UCLA student, returns to football after serving as a B 29 pilot. He left in 1942 to join military service and flew with Jimmy Doolittle's group. Case earned the Purple Heart and the Air Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster during his service.
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Chunky
Ernie Case
UCEA
UCLA
Jimmy Doolittle
FUGO Chosen as New Soldier Vocabulary Running Mate
FIUGO SNAFU introduces FUGO as the new term meaning Forget it, I’m getting out, expanding the literary world’s soldier vocabulary with a concise wartime shorthand.
Seattle Soldier Rigas Survived Greece War Odyssey
Private Harry Rigas, 24, of Squadron O, recalls 11 years in Greece. He survived a four day Nazi bombing of Patris, fled with guerrillas, trekked to Athens, and witnessed ELAS and British clashes. After returning to Seattle in 1945 he aims for Army Cooks School in Denver.
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Harry Rigas
Squadron O
Greece
Patris
Gestapo
ELAS
Harry
Seattle
Wash
University of Athens
Parris
Athens
Acropolis
Gripsholm
Rigas
Army Cooks School
Denver
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Kideka Tojo
Hari-Kari
Eneral Doolittle Laws
Pearl Harbor
China
Sheppard Field Gls
Rhineland
Pirates
Vera Ellen
Danny Kaye
Brooklyn
Dodger
Deanna Durbin
Universal Star
Nesei
Admiral
Buck Private
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