War Time Gossip From The General Mess Office
1945 teased with staff notes and social updates from the General Mess Office at an air base. Mentions Lt Col Roscoe Gravit and Lt Neva Greeson, Col Alfred Jewett, Hap Arnold, and Gen Spaatz. Includes Army personnel moves, birthdays, public appearances, and a sixties-style club scene with MPs and harmonica player Heizmann.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Phil Collette
Roscoe R. Gravit
Homer L. Morgan
AAF
Morgan
General Spaatz
Spaatz
H. H
Hap) Arnold
Alfred L. Jewett
Th Station
Jewetts
Frank C. McClendon
Frank McClendon
Willy
Arthur H. Bernstone
Safety Office Has Best Idea at Sheppard Field
Sheppard Field Ground Safety Department won a car ton of cigarettes for the month of November for a safety promotion idea. Lt. Guy Lewis led a program pairing safety guidance with departments reporting high October accidents, cutting military accidents from 57 in October to 33 in November and the rate from 11.22 to 6.38, placing sixth in cumulative rates and fifth in November for the Western Technical Training Command. The field also reduced training accidents from 14 in October to one in November.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
Aafwtc
Denver
Colo
Guy Lewis
Aafwttc
Western Technical Training Command
Group Discussions Feature Of 78th Orientation Program
The 78th AAF Bare Unit introduces Information Education meetings supervised by the personnel services office. Lt. Col. Samuel N. Lapsley will speak to Sec tion A Receiving while groups of 50 men gather for four discussion groups daily. Spe cial staff will provide Japan Germany Russia and GI rights briefings. Films on combat action are shown before discussions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
H. D. Colson
78Th Aaf
Personnel Services Office
78Th Aafbu
Samuel N. Lapsley
Lapsley
Pfe
Donovan Pratt
Japan
Germany
Russia
Edward Litman
Orient
Don Eastvold
Robert Longpre
America
Pratt
Raymond St. Onge
Entertainer Pvt Don Grey Leads 78th Band Efforts
Pvt Don Grey, a busy GI entertainer with the 78th AAFBU, scouts local musicians to form an all 78th orchestra. A veteran of the RKO circuit with Lina Basquette and Paramount NYC, he recently conducted the Capitol Theater orchestra and led WNBF Radio in Binghamton. He invites musicians to Room 19, Building 982, 78th HQ.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
Don Grey
AAFBU
Don
RKO
Lina Basquette
Paramount
New York City
Grey
Capitol Theater
WNBF
Binghamton
N. C
78Th
Sarnand I
This Is The Army Reaches Seven Million in Receipts
General George C. Marshall received the 7,000,000th dollar bill raised by the Warner Brothers film This Is The Army. The film drew paid admissions totaling about 65,000,000 nationwide.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Washington
Cns
George C. Marshall
U. S. Army
Harry M. Warner
Warner Brothers Ictures
Musicians Sought For 78th Orchestra Formation
Pvt Don Grey calls for skilled players to join the 78th orchestra. Drums Sousa clarinet and other instruments welcomed. instruments furnished. All musicians urged to register at Personnel Services, room 19, Building 982, 78th headquarters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
78Th
Pvt
Don Grey
78Th Headquarters
Chief Clerk Office Buzzes At 78th AAFBU HQ
The 78th AAFBU chief clerk’s office in Building 982 room 5 operates around the clock as the communications heart of the AACS squadron at Sheppard Field. M Love and Sgt Rummler manage incoming and outgoing orders, TWX messages, letters, and reports, coordinating with Lt Col Lapsley and Adjutant Templeton. The staff includes Jim Doherty, Charles Kelley, Blaine Engle, Bruce Frampton, S T Calamaria, Elizabeth J. Cogleton, and Privates Kahler, Kimber, Gibson, Narog, Colin son, and others.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
78Th Aafbu
AACS
Sheppard Field
M. Set
Bertram Love
Samuel N. Lapsley
Asheville
Love
Richard Rummler
78Th Headquarters
CWO
Charles E. Templeton
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OTHE
S.sgt
Harry Friedman
Texacts
Gravit
Bennett Hartman
John O. Burke
Neva Greeson
W. R. Young
Davis- Monthan Field
Tucson
Ariz
2Nd Air Force
Jack Dempsey
Army Police
Bob Heizmann
Dempsey
Heizmann
Coconut Grove
Guadalcanal
John Rice
BTC
George Harris
TSS
Harris
India
Opal Hutchins
George Schwabe
PJA
House of Representatives
George
Oklahoma
Max
Missouri
Congress
Bobbie Wash
Eighth St. Uso
Ki’l
New Yawk
Bobbie
Wolve-Ermen
Larry Levin
Santa Claus
Sheppard “Field
Service Club
Safety Office
Rasen MA Kon
Eyiveusue
Army
Communications’ Heart
NCOIC
Set
Jim Doherty
Charles E. Kelley
G. I
M. Kerless
Angeline Orr
NBC
Chicago
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