Officers' Wives Club Joins National Air Forces Women Group
The Officers' Wives Club of Sheppard Field announces affiliation with the National Association of Air Forces Women. Mrs. Alfred L. Jewett calls for widespread membership and notes benefits including a distinctive NAAFW pin. The group hosts luncheon and bridge with reports on tuberculosis stamp sales, Christmas decorating efforts, and donations to the field camp and hospital council.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Officers’ Wives Club
Sheppard Field
National Association of Air Forces Women
Alfred L. Jewett
NAAFW
United States
AAF
Robert Jones
Elmer Ward
Chester Brewer
Frank McClendon
Jones
Ward
Pipers To Play For Yule Dance At Service Club No 1
The Personnel Services Pipers orchestra will provide music for dancing at Service Club No 1 on Monday evening Christmas night. Wacs, civilian women from Wichita Falls and SFGIs will attend the Yule dance with dancing to begin at 8 p.m.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Personnel Services Pipers Orchestra
Service Club No
Wacs
Wichita Falls
Sfgis
Muses and M-1 Speak of Soldiers Far From Christmas
Poem laments missing cheerful holiday scenes as soldiers endure Aachen and Leyte. The speaker contrasts festive memories at home with grim foxhole realities, urging humility for those who have not seen war’s living hell.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Aachen
Leyte
Section Squibs Highlight Army Life and Holidays
A lively war era snippet from Section A covers daily camp humor, sports prep, and furloughs. Highlights include D Onofrio admitting the nickname Tiny, mail-room crew praised for Christmas mail, and soldiers jockeying for section tournaments. Notable lines reference pin ups, California weather, and Christmas decorations in Wichita Falls.
Christmas greetings from Section A personnel
The memo introduces Section A personnel led by Lt. Thomas S. Thompson with assistants Barnston and Bowman and includes NCOIC T. Sgt. Leuben. It extends holiday wishes, notes medical and dental duties, and praises the duty NCOs while hoping soldiers stay at home over holidays. It also congratulates Pfc. Warren Levenson on his December 16 1944 marriage to Lorraine Russakoff in Wichita Falls.
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Art Arthur
C. Q
Arthur
California
Texas
Art
Salina
Kansas
New York City
Gilbert Dolling
Frank Azzinairo
Little Flower
Pfc
Spencer Thompson
Margaret
Wichita Falls
Thomas S. Thompson
C. O
Selfridge Field
P.T
Swift
Sexton
Metke
C. Sauer
Dooley
Cpl. Jones
Cpl. Dennett
Pfc. Levensen
Pvt. Rockett
Cpl. Smith
Pvt
Dannenburg
Gadilaukkas
W. W. Levenson
Lorraine Russakoff
Violent Nazi Counteroffensive Thrown At US First Army
Nazi counteroffensive drives from Molschau to north of Trier push Front lines back about 20 miles into Belgium and Luxembourg. American air support improves after early weather, while Mindoro invasion advances in the Philippines with the aim of extending air cover to China coast and Formosa. Allied forces report heavy Japanese casualties on Leyte and bomb Shanghai Nanking and Oman.
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War Information Center
Molschau
Aachen
Trier
Belgium
Luxembourg
Kassarine Pass
Siegfried Line
Mindoro
Philippines
MacArthur
China
Formosa
Japan
Philippine
Leyte
Oman
Shanghai
Nanking
Column Begins Anew As We Say Goodbye To
The weekly column opens with a reflective welcome to readers as the author bids farewell to a familiar figure or era. It frames the new week with a sense of transition and anticipation for upcoming events and insights.
Sheppard Field Credited With Perfect Automotive Record
The Inspector General report dated Nov 16 credits Sheppard Field with a perfect automotive record in the RAF Training Command. It notes no vehicles were deadlined for four days or more under Lt. Oscar W. Lock's motor pool, with Amavillo AAF also reporting none and Western Technical Training Command showing the lowest percentage of four day or longer vehicle outages.
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RAF Training Command
Sheppard Field
SF Motor Pool
Oscar W. Lock
Amavillo Army Air Field
AAFTC
Western Technical Training Command
Flight Promises Close Sing Race
Flight 410 C dominated the march singing contest winning the $25 cash prize for the second straight week. Competition included Flights 411 C 408 C from Section O and 392 X from Section M with Section K’s 200 X and 697 H also well represented.
Detachment Welcomes New Recruits and Sends Season's Greetings
The detachment lists Pvt Georgia A Baumeister and others as members and notes visits by Pvt Mary F Reynolds to New York City and Pvt Elizabeth Congleton to Gillette Wyoming. New arrivals include Pvts Jean Cohen Dolores Collison and Adeline George who finished basic at Ft Oglethorpe Ga. First Sergeant Gladys Strain visited Dallas and praised GI chow.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Georgia A. Baumeister
Laura J. Nader
June A. Pond
Hazel L. White
Helen K. Mast
Margaret L. Shaimp
Mary F. Reynolds
New York City
Elizabeth Congleton
Gillette
Wyoming
Jean Cohen
Dolores Collison
Adeline George
Ft. Oglethorpe
Gladys Strain
Dallas
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Muses
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D’onofrio
Tiny
Frank Berry
James Lynch
Joe Lynch
Leslie Whitt
Ralph Warren
Rembrandt
James M. Lehman
Ordnance
Richard Nichols
William E. Davis
Lana Turner
Frank Nagy
Front Desk
Frank
Post Theater
Clyde Holmes
T. S. Thompson
Pfe
Casmir Gadilauskas
US First Army
WAC
Pauline G. Palmer
Delight Dreese
Automotive Report
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