Completion of post set for February 15
Construction at Sheppard Field is to be fully completed by February 15 barring delays. Most post buildings are finished including hospital wards and mess halls. the Air Corps Replacement Training Center will occupy the south area with the Technical School in the north.
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Sheppard Field
U. S. Engineers’ Office
Air Corps Replacement Training Center
Leo H. Dawson
Air Corps Technical School
Post Chapel Opens Sunday With Air Base Dedication Broadcast
Sheppard Field to dedicate its new chapel Sunday at 3 p m Col E C Black will accept on behalf of the government from Capt Erland E Tillman and present to Post Chaplain John R Kittenger for field religious services The dedication will be broadcast on KWFT from 3 to 3 30 p m The program includes Pvt E Phillip MacGregor a baritone soloist and part of the Sheppard Field symphony orchestra The chapel features a towering spire a 400 downstairs seating capacity a 40 seat balcony Hammond organ and a movable altar for pastoral and cultural activities Protestant Catholic and Jewish services will be held with chaplains offices available}
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Sheppard Field
E. C. Black
Erland E. Tillman
Black
John R. Kittenger
Pvt
Phillip MacGregor
Sheppard Field Symphony Orchestra
George eJnsen
Chaplian Kittenger
Wing and Prop Chevrons Not Authorized at Post
War Department disallows non commissioned officers at Sheppard Field from wearing wing and propeller insignia. Post provost marshal 1st Lt. Wilson D. Van Alen says no time limit for removal. likely bought from civilian store, not sold at the post exchange.
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Sheppard Field
War Department
Wilson D. van Alen
Post Exchange
van Alen
Official Sheppard Field paper begins its career
Colonel Black announces TEXACTS the camp newspaper for Sheppard Field members. He praises the Air Corps Public Relations Department and emphasizes the publication will be exclusively for the station’s personnel to improve morale and disseminate information.
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Sheppard Field
War Department
Texacts
Air Corps
Col
FE. C. Black
Texacts Will Debut as Sheppard Field Newspaper
Field publication written and edited by enlisted men of the Public Relations Office at Sheppard Field. Lt. W L Young oversees, with Sgt. Walt Bradbury as post editor. weekly Friday distribution to all personnel, funded by advertising under War Department regu lations.
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Texacts
Sheppard Field
Uviie
Wings Publishing Company
War Department
A and B
W. Kk. Young
Walter B. Brooks
Walt Bradbury
Bill Hoyt
Bill Beckmann
Frank Godsoe
Duane Wright
Jeff Farr
Alex Martin
Pfc
Ed Hamlyn
Irving Neuwirth
Normar P. Spicer
John R. Douglas
Gerald J. Skibbins
Lawrence H. Beeck
Jack McClellan
Corp
Jack Brown
Texas Air Corps Technical School
Air Course Opens to High School Grads in Navigation Bombardier Field
The War Department allows high school graduates ages 20 to 26 to enter the navigation bombardier school with the same pay and status as aviation cadets. They must pass general classification, general mechanical aptitude, and physics tests, along with three recommendations and transcripts, to qualify for a second lieutenant rating and a seven month course leading to aircraft observer in the Air Reserve.
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War Department
Air Reserve
Air Force
Lt Colonel Jewett Assumes Duties at Sheppard Field
Lt Col Alfred L Jewett arrives from Lowry Field to become executive officer at Sheppard Field on November 20 bringing 23 years in the Air Corps. Born March 8 1890 in Waltham Massachusetts he studied at Harvard Grammar School Stromfield Academy and Valparaiso University. He enlisted in the Aviation Section Signal Corps September 6 1917 and was commissioned June 5 1918.
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Sheppard Field
Alfred L. Jewett
Lowry Field
Jewett
Air Corps
Waltham
Mass
Harvard Grammar School
Stromfield Academy
Valparaiso University
Signal Corps
Air Service
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