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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Dec 31, 1941
Page
3
Cadet telegrams at Sheppard Field favor concise sober messages. A busy telegraph office receives about 300 wires daily, mostly asking about health letters or money. Capt Caldwell notes cadets seldom write overt love or emotional notes and often inform parents of activities.
Maj. Gen. Henry H. Arnold authorizes a blue five pointed star insignia for Technical School commands. The 12-13 inch shoulder badge on white with red border uses national colors and stems from the Crest of Arms. Sheppard Field cadets will receive them as permanent personnel are issued.
1st Lt. Paul D. Ewan returns to Sheppard Field after completing the adjutant's course in Arlington Washington. He formerly served as post judge advocate and studied personnel administration. He jokes he has not recruited anyone yet and will resume residence at 1816 Speedway Wichita Falls with his wife.
A Wichita Falls merchant laments an order at Sheppard Field banning white shirts for cadets. Col. FE C Black signs the directive making white shirts prohibited. Cadets consider dyeing shirts khaki or near match as a workaround.
The game room at First Methodist Church Wichita Falls on 10th Street and Travis will open Saturday and Sunday evenings instead of Thursday. Xever and Paul Martin announced the change. The venue offers shuffleboard ping pong cards dominoes and books with a light lunch on Sunday evenings for cadets and other visitors.
Pvt. Michael Locascio, formerly of the 408th School Squadron, exits the jamming Jive Bombers swing group to join the U S Army air force bombers. The change shifts personnel within the military entertainment and combat units.
The Jive Bombers guitarist Pvt. Locascio departs Sheppard Field for bombardier training. His absence will be felt by Pvt. Ben Meshkin, his guitar partner for on field entertainments at the USO in downtown and Burkburnett.
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