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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 22, 1944
Page
3
A speaker cites Henry Drummond's The Greatest Thing In the World to argue love endures while wealth and fame fade. In military life hate often dominates and many seek temporary pleasures. lasting character is formed by love that accepts responsibility and sacrifices for a great cause.
Sheppard Field personnel are warned to surrender extra gas ration stamps if they stop using their cars or sell the vehicle before ration expiration. The post rationing office at Building 960 issues supplemental rations quarterly. Failure to surrender coupons will be recorded and forwarded to the next ration board, potentially denying future rations.
Lt Col Leland F. Wykert commends the Provost Marshal office for the military police at Sheppard Field. He praises gate guards for uniform courtesy and cordiality, noting their fine appearance and demeanor uplift impressions of even the most jaded observers. The praise calls for broader recognition of their exemplary performance.
A service bar has been authored to mark each six month period of Army service. The design recalls a similar decoration used in World War I. The bar complements ribbons that designate service across individual themes.
Soldiers at Sheppard Field build a growing Army Air Forces archive detailing policies, events, and personnel. Captain John S. McLaughlin leads the history section with staff expanding from a lone enlisted man to a larger team documenting installations, directives, and innovations for posterity.
Pvt Bill Griffin, a Douglas Aircraft bar racks chief, recounts his Africa Near East service in 1942. He recalls Eritrea Cairo and Iran experiences, meeting Italian POW Di Capra, Cairo's royal parade, ration-free gas in Iran, Port Elizabeth factories, and Bombay's stark city contrasts. He praises return to Sheppard Field and recalls Iran temperatures near 180.
Major E A LaSalle director of technical training at Sheppard Field landed a plane at Kelly Field last week. An usher in a black white jeep signaled “Follow Me” but his signal misled him as LaSalle’s plane was a glider. The incident became an embarrassing moment for the usher.
Ex World War II Army Air Forces trainees in the War Training Service may receive honorable discharges. Discharges would release men from the Army and allow return to draft boards if services are needed. Fort Worth base and Sheppard Field oversee processing with careful records review before action.
Orders invite qualified ordnance men to apply for officer training in this service branch. Lt. Leonard Sauble, recorder for the Sheppard Field OCS Board, notes qualifications follow U S Army Regulations 625-5 and obtainable at any section orderly room. One appointment will be made immediately from this field. others kept for future consideration. Learn and Live.
Newspapers nationwide receive V mail form messages from American troops in the D day invasion to liberate France. The messages help identify men in the first assault and reassure families of their safety. The forms document participants in the initial offensive.
Col. R. B. Hatch staff finance officer of the Western Technical Training Command in Denver visited Sheppard Field on Monday and Tuesday. He conducted an official visit to the post finance office and departed for Denver Tuesday evening.
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