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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 02, 1944
Page
4
News available for general release through the Public Relations Office at Building 843 Sheppard Field Texas. Contributions for TEXACTS due by noon Wednesday for general release and 5 p m Monday for Squadron Squibs. Replication of CNS material prohibited without permission.
In Sheppard Field notes a cigarette shortage puzzling the nation. pipes gain popularity in clubs and at PXs. The column also marks John Victor Jr.’s Chicago arrival, Lt. John V. Popp’s promotion to pop, and farewell to Cpl. Dean Davis and Goldie Brick, highlighting Doc Davis’s cartoons and TEX ACTS tribute.
A cheeky assemblage of soldier banter pokes fun at gear and gaffes in wartime life. Sketches include a supply sergeant lamenting worn blouses and a private joking about threadbare attire, amid a sharp quip about GI airouts and spurred humor from soldiers.
A poem honors a WW II GI known as The Kid who charged with courage at Aachen and Norman landings. He threw a grenade bought by war bonds, was mortally wounded, crawled through mud, and died on the battlefield while enemies advanced. The piece laments no half measures in war.
Reports from Sheppard Field include the 402nd TSS personnel buying bonds. Dorothy Stateville hailed as Sweetheart of the Basic Training Center. SF aviation mechanic students to receive Christmas holiday. USC Camp Shows to stage Junior Miss at Sheppard. Post touch football looms Dec 13 between 404th and Wirth Tech. A life saved when a corporal’s infant received care after a throat injury. Milton Caniff sent a birthday drawing for TEXACTS and the Gang at Sheppard Field. First good conduct ribbon awarded to a Wacon SF airman. National convention of B-25 B-26 glider officials to meet at Sheppard Dec 13-15. Over 70 Christmas trees placed by Special Service.
Sgt S helps resolve a weighty problem after a Bondadiers show leaves an upright piano on a truck. The piano nearly rolls off en route and volunteers fail to appear until Sgt S and eight men arrange for its safe transfer to the motor pool. The note urges keeping pianos at ground level or removing them on Army property.
On May 14 1940 the Luftwaffe devastated Rotterdam signaling blitz tactics and Nazi suppression. Robert Ley declared to the world that Hitler’s mission would bring happiness, presenting a stark propaganda claim amid wartime aggression.
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