Inactivation of the 524th AAF Band Ends Long Service
The 524th AAF Band, formed May 20 1942 and grown to over 100 musicians, was inactivated by General Order Number 37 from Scott AFB. Members transfer to medical units at Scott and nearby bases. The band, heard on local radio and in parades across Vernon Electra and Burkburnett, ends its weekly radio shows and public performances.
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524Th Aaf
Scott
Beig
Wojg
Elmer R. Bruna
Rcal
Pwry
Chanut
Barksdale Elds
Burkburnett
Vernond
Electra
Jonathan Wainwright
Tee
Service Lab
Stus
Vernon
Texas
Law
Oklahoma
Eparade
Truman
J.g
R. Adm
Three Year Enlistment Up in Army Training Command
Regular Army enlistments in the Training Command rose in May and June with the end of June totals surpassing 35 000 enlistments and re enlistments. Three year enlistments outpaced other terms offering benefits including GI Bill full four years of education, branch and overseas theater priority, and a retirement plan. For details see the recruiting officer in Building 961 room 18.
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Training Command
Army
Surplus Sale Scheduled With Army Gear and More
Used Army clothing will be sold in small lots to the highest bidders next week beginning July 8 in Hanger No 5. Other items for sale include bench grinders meat blocks mop buckets lockers filing cabinets and scooters.
Lt Coppedge Heads Special Services at Sheppard Field
First Lt. Robert D. Coppedge named Special Services officer at Sheppard Field replacing Capt. William Cabral who departed overseas. Coppedge arrived in February and previously served as bombardier instructor at Mountain Home and Colorado Springs AABs, and at Selman Field, Louisiana.
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Lt. Coppedge
William Cabral
Coppedge
Sheppard Field
Mountain Home
Colorado Springs Army Air Bases
Sheppard
Selman Field
Ten Officers Given Permanent Grade in Regular Army
Wartime officers at Sheppard Field were notified by the War Department of their Regular Army appointments. Col. O L Rogers congratulated them as four Texans lead the list with two from Beaumont and two from San Antonio. Most are pilots with one navigator. several have combat decorations including the Silver Star and Air Medal. Captain Archer and Captain Cabral depart soon for overseas reassignment.
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Aboe
Victor E Warford
James P. Lyle
Clarence H. Gross
John H. Archer
John E. Gannon
Samuel A. Assimotos
Thomas H. Mills
Billy C. Gray
William M. Cabral
David W. Irvin
Irvin
Sheppard Field
War Department
O. L. Rogers
Texas
Lone Star State
Beaumont
Maj
Victor E. Warford
Germany
Warford
Chickawa
Okla
Springtown
San Antonio
Pensacola
Florida
Estherville
Iowa
Archer
Centa’n Cabral
Beaus
Ordnance and Munitions Tested by Atomic Bomb Blasts
Washington reports that over 100 ordnance items and ammunition were tested under atomic blasts at Bikini Atoll. Forty five materiel items were tested in operating condition on ship decks, while ninety nine kinds of ammo showed various states of preparation. Experts caution results differ from prior tests due to extreme temperatures and pressures from the explosions.
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Washington
Cns
Bikini Atoll
War Department
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Robert D. Coppedge
South Range
Wis
California
Lockport, N.Y
Burlingame
Calif
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