Service Club Nears Final Completion at Sheppard Field
A new Service Club at Sheppard Field near completion will host dances, concerts, a library with over 5 000 titles, a cafeteria run by civilians, and guest pianos and films. Hostesses will manage activities. a hostess house will provide lodging for visiting relatives on base. Remember Pearl Harbor.
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Nickelodeon
Post Exchange
Soldiers’ Library
Alperstein
Service Club
Morale Office
Sheppard Field
Pearl Harbor
Farr Receives Appointment To Ellington Field
Pvt. Conrad J. Farr of the 4011th School Squadron leaves Sheppard Field Public Relations to attend Ellington Field Texas on December 13. A former aviation cadet at ACTD Santa Maria California he studied at Denver University for a year and a half.
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Farr
Ellington Field
Pvt
Conrad J. Farr
Texas
Sheppard Field
Army
Air Corps
Santa Maria
Calif
Denver University
Denver
Colo
Jesters Drill Instructors Mock Foreign Talk at Pearl Harbor
A drill instructor scolds rookies of the 403d for miscounting in various languages. A private quips in German and another answers in Latin and French, prompting the instructor to admit he never learned foreign talk. The incident ends with the detail moving forward.
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Pearl Harbor
Instrument Branch Holds Yale Party Banquet and Dance
Instructors of the instrument branch at the Air Corps Technical School held a Christmas banquet and dance at the Kemp Hotel last Saturday. Col. Edward C. Black and Capt. William T. Brackenridge Jr spoke, with Lt. John McCannon and William S. Hammers Jr in attendance. The event, the branch’s first dance, featured the Sheppard Field Wings of Music and master of ceremonies Earl FEF Werner, and was organized by Arnell Eckhardt, Maurice Braginski, Carl Matula, and Peter Goyer.
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Air Corps Technical School
Kemp Hotel
Edward C. Black
William T. Brackenridge, Jr
Department of Mechanics
John McCannon
William S. Hammers, Jr
Imubert Johansen
C. O. Hobson
Sheppard Field “Wings of Music
Earl Fef. Werner
S. Sgts
Arnell L. Eckhardt
Maurice Braginski
Carl L. Matula
Peter Goyer
Instrument
Peake Nakbor
Whistling Soldier Dances After Missing Bunk Mates
Pvt Charles W Kimberlin of the 403d School Squadron supply office sang and danced in the dark after discovering his bunk mates had moved to a lower floor. He heard a rumble and woke half the snoring crew as he learned their beds were relocated. Remember Prare Harbor.
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Charles W. Kimberlin
403D
Kimberlin
Prare Harbor
Just Stock It With Books On How To Be a General
Library plan underway to stock 5 000 books for army use led by Lt Benjamin Aperstein morale officer A 3000 book list is being submitted to the Quartermaster Depot from librarian surveys At least 2000 books will be chosen with no field restrictions including psychology anthropology mathematics or romance titles
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Benjamin Aperstein
Leutenant
Perpetual Motion Sergeant Major at ACRTC
Robert E. Goggan sergeant major of the Air Corps Replacement Training Center handles a constant stream of cadets and troubles at Sheppard Field. His 21 years in the Army have built endurance, humor, and calm problem solving amid endless paperwork and transfers between Randolph Kelly March Maxwell Barksdale Lowry and Sheppard. He is a Texas resident by choice, married, with three brothers in the Air Corps, and he dreams of outside flying though he remains a base fixture laborum. Remember him at 1007 Grace Lane Wichita Falls.
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Robert E. Goggan
Air Corps
Sergeant Goggan
Grand Central Station
Jean
Sheppard Field
Sergeant Coggan
Goggin
Huey Long
Goggan
Randolph
Kelly
March
Maxwell
Barksdale
Lowry
Army
Danny Deever
Philippines
Alabama
Texas
Gracelin
Wichita Falls
Officer Named Provost Marshal at Sheppard Field
Captain John Czingili transferred from Infantry to the Air Corps and arrived December 4 to take over provost marshal duties at Sheppard Field. His staff includes 1st Lt. Wilson D. Van Alen adjutant 1st Lt. William F. Marshall traffic officer and 2nd Lt. William R. Chynoweth supply officer. Van Alen becomes commanding officer at 417th School Squadron in addition to adjutant duties. Czingili, a veteran of the last war, received his commission March 25 1938. He is a Passaic New Jersey native and a former real estate title examiner. He is married with one daughter and resides at 2123 Ave. F Wichita Falls.
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John Czingili
Sheppard Field
Infantry
Air Corps
Czingili
Air Corps Technical School
Wilson D. van Alen
William F. Marshall
William R. Chynoweth
van Alen
Czingill
417Th
Passaic
N. J
Ave. F
Wichita Falls
Entertainment plans outlined at Sheppard Field morale office
The Sheppard Field morale office led by Lt. Benjamin Alperstein maps weekly entertainments to keep personnel cheerful. A Wednesday 7:30 show features Wings of Music and Pvt. Dick Willis with other acts, plus dances, quiz programs, a planned musical comedy, an Actors Guild, and post dance bands. The office also acquires pianos, a public address system, and preserves squadron papers for cross field ideas.
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Benjamin Alperstein
Sheppard Field
Morale Offic
Dick Willis
Defense Recreational Council
Wichita Falls
Morale Office
Burkburnett
Iowa Park
Actors Guild
Wings of Music
Col
Edward & Black
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Avenue F
3Rd Street
Army Engineers
Furrin
Yale Party
ACRTC
John Douglas
Texacts
Sergeant
Earl Harbor
United Military Store
Indiana Ave
IRS
Leslie B. Finnell
Yon
United Motors
Joe Pistocs
Auto Service
Travis
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