Major Edward Kemp Missing in Action Over France
Maj Edward Kemp a senior officer at Sheppard Field was reported missing in action over France since June 24 in a War Department message. He commanded Headquarters Squadron at Sheppard in 1941 and arrived with Lt O E C Black, the post’s first commanding officer, during his two year stay. He was believed to be with a bomber group in England based on the last communications.
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Edward K. Kemp
Sheppard Field
France
War Department
Major Kemp
O. E. C. Black
England
Platinum Blonde From Field Vies For Heroine Title
Private Chambers, stationed at Sheppard Field, transferred from technical training to the 105th detachment after an inspector noted her control tower skills. Enlisting in Waco on February 21, 1943, she had trained at Denton and Fort Woolthorpe and served as secretary to Major Calder.
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Sheppard Field
Wac
Feat Worth
Chambers
Technical Training Command
105Th
Tower
Denton
Waco
Texas
Fort @wlethorpe
Mej
Paul Calder
Katie
Post Insignia Vote Prolonged Amid Ballot Dispute
The contest to select a station in Signia extends to Wednesday at 10 p.m. after judges deem ballots ineligible without names and ban re voting. Ballots are collected at all three field service clubs with the four insignias shown at Service Club No. 1.
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Signia
Signal Office trio to attend teletype course in Dallas
Sgt Frances Karl Pfc Frieda Shubert and Pauline King of the post signal office left last Monday for Dallas Texas to take a three week teletype operating course. They will return to their stations here after training.
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Frances Karl
Frieda Shubert
Pauline King
Post Signal Office
Dallas
Texas
Blitz Village drills test trainees grit and nerves
At Sheppard Field basic training Lt Col Ernest Groh describes the infiltration course as the final test of fitness. Trainees endure Misery Lane, shell holes, mine blasts, and booby trapped structures in Blitz Village to simulate battlefield conditions and prove readiness for combat.
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Harry Friedman
Sheppard Field
Ernest Groh
Air Forces
Missouri
No-Man’s Land
Walter W. Bleakley
Thomas Retkovich
John Edwards
John Flanagan
Bleakley
Achilles
Tokyo
Uncle Sam
Texas Sun
Captain Bleakley
Groh
Raymond E. King
Bleakiey
Forced Landing Injures Pilot During Training Flight
Flight Officer Donald F. Macking sustained minor injuries after a light training plane suffered a motor failure seven miles south of Electra. The aircraft nosed over during an emergency landing. Macking, assigned to the 2544th Basic Glider School Unit, received treatment for a skinned nose and facial lacerations at the regional station hospital. He was on a routine training flight.
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Donald F. Macking
Electra
2544Th
McNarney predicts 5,000,000 overseas by 1944 end
Lt. Gen. Joseph T. McNarney told the Senate Appropriations Committee that the United States will field 5,000,000 overseas fighting men by the end of 1944 and that overseas movement should stay strong into 1946. He praised the army as the best mobilized, well trained and equipped, now offensive on all fronts.
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Joseph T. McNarney
Senate Appropriations Committee
America
United States
Special July 4th Dinner at Sheppard Field
Soldiers at Sheppard Field were served a holiday Fourth of July dinner with roast chicken ice cream and cake. The report notes there were no after dinner speeches as routine duties continued.
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Sheppard Field
Aviation student safely parachutes after bail out at Sheppard Field
Wylie abandoned his training plane and used a parachute packed by Mrs. Bessie Maben, who has operated in the chute shop for two years. Her packing also saved James D. Platt Jr. last December over Burkburnett. Maben credits the successful opening of Wylie’s chute to proper rigging learned from shop supervisor Mrs. Jack T. Bailey.
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Bessie B. Maben
Sheppard Field
James W. Wylie
Wylie
Bessie Maben
James D. Platt, Jr
Colonel Kelly Leaves Field for New York Port of Embarkation
Col Frederick C. Kelly post surgeon at the regional station hospital since April 1 is transferred to the New York Aerial Port of Embarkation No 18 Air Transport Command LaGuardia Field NY. Lt Col Justin J. Cordonnier becomes acting commanding surgeon until successor is named. Kelly previously served Jefferson Barracks and Goodfellow Field among other assignments.
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Frederick C. Kelly
New York
Air Transport Command
LaGuardia Field
N. Y
Justin J. Cordonnier
Kelly
Jefferson Barracks
H. H. Fisher
Medical Corps
Regular Army
Goodfellow Field
San Angelo
Texas
Kearns
Utah
Central Technical Training Command
St. Louis
Bond Drive Urges Soldiers to Boost War Bond Sales
Capt. Murray B. Samuel, post war bond officer, marshals bond-selling forces to lift lagging sales toward quota. He notes June Class B receipts and predicts Sheppard Field will gain strength in July half of the Fifth War Bond Drive. The Army campaign ends July 31, with appeal to military and civilian personnel to exceed other installations in the Eighth Service Command.
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Murray B. Samuel
Samvell
Sheppard Field
Samavell
Samuels
Eighth Service Command
Board Appointed To Conduct OCS Examinations
A board was named in a recent field special order to conduct final examinations of all applicants to determine fitness for Officer Candidate Schools. Five Sheppard Field officers were listed as initial members, with three additional WAC officers joining when WAC applicants are examined. The board includes Majors Tony L. Carter Jr Floyd W. Taylor Gordon C. White Wallace H. Steffensen and LA Leonard R. Sauble. WAC officers added for processing WAC applicants are Lts Celia Cohen Myrtle P Sperry and Aphroetite G Viastakis.
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Sheppard Field
WAC
Tony L. Carter, Jr
Floyd W. Taylor
Gordon C. White
Wallace H. Steffensen
Leonard R. Sauble
Red Cross Worker Miss Stout Promoted at Randolph Field
Miss Marvel Stout, a Red Cross social worker at the regional station hospital, was promoted to assistant field director at Randolph Field in Texas. She came here a year ago from the Social Welfare Board of Iowa and holds a social work degree from the University of Iowa. Her home is Cedar Rapids Iowa.
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Miss Marvel Stout
Red Cross
Randolph Field
Texas
Miss Stout
Social Welfare Board
State of
Iowa
University of Iowa
Cedar Rapids
Sheppard Field Nurses Study In San Antonio
Two Sheppard Field nurses arrived in San Antonio for a 30 day duty assignment to train as chief nurses. Lts. Katherine A. Hoppe and Frances C. Vetter report instruction and duties. Pfc. Jack W. Kowalski of Section M is promoted to temporary corporal rank.
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Sheppard
San Antonio
Sheppard Field
Katherine A. Hoppe
Frances C. Vetter
Jack W. Kowalski
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Edward Kemp
Platinum Blonde
Frivate Chambers
A. B. Chambers
RAF Reserve Corps
Ellrigible
Blitz Village
General McNarney
POE
Randolph
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