Squadron Squibs Progress In Promotions And Training
The 318th announces expansions in first sergeant ranks with S. Sgt. Dysinger and five others promoted per the War Department list, bringing seven Tech Sergeants total. Pvt. Oliver Silva enters aviation cadet pilot training at Kelly Field after leaving ACTS hydraulics. Gas masks issued to permanent party. squadron basketball forfeit win vs 419th School Squadron noted.
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War Department
Corliss E. Dysinger
James E. Brown, Jr
Paul D. Palmer
Robert M. Frittier
Lee W. Loving
Marshall E. Woolever
John J. Call
Frittier
Brown
Pvt
Oliver Silva
Silva
ACTS
Kelly Field
San Antonio
Furloughs End as 418th MPs Return to Duty
From across the country, 418th Military Police men come back to duty after brief furloughs. Lt R M Jackson leaves as commander. Capt Tony L Carter arrives from the 419th School Squadron, with a transfer from Old Hickory Tennessee to Fort Jackson and Sheppard Field. Pvt Harvey Gering redeployed to Carlisle Barracks as lint type operator. Staff Sergeant Trevathan and Corporal Jeffery wed during leave. Private Kothe plans marriage in Wichita Falls. A local duck dinner at Green Hut Inn involved a staff sergeant of the 418th and a technical sergeant of the 315th.
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Riley
Tate
Playboy
Yeargan
Kid Brothers
Pfe
John E. Hicks
Pearl Harbor
418Th
R. M. Jackson
Stockade
Tony L.carter
Lieutenant Jackson
Carter
419Th
Old Hickory
Tenn
Fort Jackson
S. C
30Th Infantry Division
Sheppard Field
Trevathan
Jeffery
Kothe
Wichita Falls
Indianapolis
Ind
Green Hut Inn
419th School Sq Airmen Weigh Future Roles In Reorg
The 419th Squadron contemplates a full reorganization while sharing hopes of serving anywhere. New officer 2nd Lt. Clifford N. Bernstein arrives as supply officer and adjutant from the 29th Infantry. Pvt. Garringer builds a P-40 model. a Philco cabinet radio arrives for the day room. First Sgt. Bert R. Sayers is promoted. Sgt. Marvin A. Steele acts as first sergeant.
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419Th
Cunningham
Honolulu
Manila
Clifford N. Bernstein
Bernstein
29Th Infantry
Fort Meads
Garringer
Philco
Furlough Tales and Army Life Near End of Year
The Baltimore Sun item covers Pvt. McGlon Holloway and Pvt. Ormond Aebi in furlough quirks, including a trip back home and a canceled plan. It notes awaiting steel cots for the HQ squad and a radio course for troops at Scott Field Illinois. Corporal Anthony White reappears from a Parachute Battalion film and meets Nancy Kelly. Pvt. Michael Bensko departs as others joke about revised song lyrics.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
McGlon Holloway
Baltimore Sun
Mac
Ormond Aebi
Aebi
Dallas
Ore
Harvey B. Phillips
T. G. Kronberg
James Ashton
Scott Field
Ill
Anthony White
501St Para
Corporal White
Fort Benning
Nancy Kelly
Harvey Matte
Walter Niemkolowicz
Seven Dwarfs
Walt Disney
Tokyo
Michael Bensko
New 320th troops begin mess hall duty after drill week
After an extra week of drill the new men of the 320th move into mess hall duties. The report notes the shift in duties as training continues under unit oversight.
New Command Appointed for 422nd School Squadron
The 422nd School Squadron is placed under Capt. Thomas F. Murphy this week. The unit pledges full support for Captain Murphy just as they did for Lt. Furr and aims to remain the post’s finest organization. Money, scarce for months, begins to reappear as the men read the new orders.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
422Nd
Thomas F. Murphy
Murphy
Furr
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Oscar H. Kraft
Gene Garret
Fellows
LeLand Strong
K.P
Corp
William Storm
Grady
K.p.’S
LeLand
RK. M. Jackson
C. O
Harry Gering
Tony L. Carter
Chas. Merdician
Clyde Hendrickson
Meyer Rothenberg
Carl Anderson
Bert R. Sayers
Marvin A. Steele
Steele
Hunter Liggett Field
George Hunt
Robert Kurban
Chanute Field
Ralph Kischel
Kischel
Terra Firma
ACRTC
Frank E. Bartlett
C. D. By Corp
A. W. Achterberg
Willis H. Cavedo
Ralph Murray
A. I. Raikes
Pvt. R. G. Bailey
Ellis EK. Furr
Richard W. Carrithers
Tennessee Bowling Alley
Scott
Kemp Hotel
Percy D. Isemonger
Alfred J. Schwarts
Bruce Cabot
Geo. Sanders
Wichita Theatre
Sat
Jack Oakie
Linda Darnell
Bob Hope
Zorina
Victor Moore In
Louisiana Purchase
Interstate Scrip Books
PB. X
Phonograph Records
Victor
Columbia
Okeh
Zier
North
Texas
Maxwell & Sons, Inc
Indiana
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