First B 29 flight engineer from Sheppard aided Yawata raid
1st Lt. Edward X Morris, Chicago native and Armour Tech graduate, trained at Sheppard Field as the first B 29 flight engineer. He later flew as engineer on Col Kinney’s crew during the June 15 raid on Yawata, becoming the first engineer over a Japanese industrial target.
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Yawata
Sheppard Field
Edward XX. Morris
Morris
Second Air Force
Smoky Hill Aab
Salina
Kan
George J. Alberts
Chicago
Hill
William E. Kinney
Pittsburgh
Japan
Nipponese Steel Center
20Th Air Force
China-Burma-India
China
Armour Tech
RAF
Chanute Field
Chanute
Boeing
Seattle
Wash
Alberts
Kinney
Army Sarge Finally Paid After Long Itinerary
Tech. Sgt. Robert F. Nunez, attached to the post War Information Center, traveled from Benghazi to Sheppard Field and numerous bases seeking $50.75 in per diem. After visits through Army offices and a review of regulations, Colonel Hashagen and finance officers authorized payment six days later at Sheppard Field.
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Robert F. Nunez
Army Base
Benghazi
Libya
Sheppard Field
Texas
Post War Information Center
Indiantown Gap
Suez
Egypt
Ninth Bomber Command
Nunez
Eighth Army
el Alamein
Rommell
Afrika Korps
Cairo
Khartoum
Sudan
Maidugri
Nigeria
Kano
French Equatorial Africa
Lagos
Accra
British West Africa
Ascension Island
Natal
Bra
Zil
Belem
Brazil
Trinidad
Puerto Rico
Miami
Fla
America
Keesler Field
Ouachita College
Butler University
Aloe Field
Edward P. Bowman
Robert C. Wells
Post Judge Advocate’s Office
Wells
Carter
McCartney
Albert J. Hashagen
Colonel Hashagen
CWO
Benjamin Franklin
Army
Post Finance Office
Sgt
Air Show Demonstrates Gliders and Paratroop Tactics
Historic air show highlights include PT-19 aircraft, gliders towed in flight, and airborne invasion drills. Spectators will view smoke screens from bombers, incendiaries, colored grenades, and a new glider towing method known as the pick-up technique, where a tow plane snatches a glider in midair.
Absent Mindedness Buys Sergeant Eight Dollar Windfall
Sgt. Clint Chamlee earns eight dollars after his mother found a stash of mostly one dollar bills in a fruit jar collected for salvage. She recalls guessing he hid the money ten years ago and had forgotten it. He notes, in times like these, who minds eight dollars.
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Clint Chamlee
Chamiee
Chamlee
Supply Office Moves to New Room in Building 960
The Academic Supply Office has relocated to Room 9 in Building 960. The former room was 220 in Hangar No. 2. Phone numbers remain 310 and 324.
Candlestick Salad Featured In Army Radio Visit
Mrs. J. R. Bishop from Chester, South Carolina, visited Mess Hall No. 2 with army chef S. Sgt. Alex Popov. The pair debated cooks men or women on a Public Relations Radio broadcast from Service Club No. 2. Popov described his Candlestick Salad recipe with pineapple, banana, whipped cream, and a cherry, inviting listeners to request Texacts.
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J. R. Bishop
Chester
South Carolina
Alex Popov
Mess Hall No. 2
Pvt
Sheppard Field
S. Sgt. Popov
Bishop
Sgt. Popov
New York City
Texacts
Insigne To Be Used On Car Windshields
Preparation of the distinctive Sheppard Field insigne, designed by Sgt. Joseph P. Jankowski, won first prize of a $50 War Bond in the insignia contest. The full color design will appear as a windshield sticker for automobiles and was originally slated for wear on flight jackets and uniforms before a ruling barred such insignia usage. Learn and Live.
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Sheppard Field
Joseph P. Jankowski
Al lies capture German private and a boy in Normandy
In Normandy, Allied forces report capturing a 78 year old German private and a 13 year old boy among detainees. The report notes the challenging conditions of the campaign and grim wartime realities affecting soldiers and civilians alike.
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Normandy
Cns
Inquiries Flood Finance School at Sheppard Field
Inquiries poured into the post finance office after the new finance school was announced at Sheppard Field. Many men have signed up for consideration and more seek admission. Lt. Col. Albert J. Hashagen said eligibility is limited to assigned post personnel and only exceptional cases would allow men above private grade. Fearn and Live-
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Post Finance Office
Sheppard Field
Albert J. Hashagen
Fearn
Freedman S. Sgt. Lewis Freedman Reported Safe by War Dept
Freedman, formerly with the 311th TSS at Sheppard Field, was reported safe by the War Department after being listed as missing in action. He later served as an engineer on a B 17 bomber squadron in England.
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Lewis Freedman
War Department
Freedman
311Th Tss
Sheppard Field
England
Col Davidson Named New Commanding Officer At Balboa Island
Col Davidson a combat and technical observer with Army Air Forces since 1917 has held multiple commands including March Field Perrin Field and Blackland Army Air Field His career spans the Philippine service World War II and earlyAAF aviation He and his wife and four children reside at Balboa Island Calif with golf listed as his hobby
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Davidson
AAFP
Army
Coast Artillery
Air Corps
Army Air Forces
March
Davidso
March Field
Calif
Sheppar Field
Central Flyin Training Command
Perrin Field
Texas
Blackland Army Air Field
Waco
Kelly Field
Ninetie
Philippine Islands
Philippin Air Depot
United States
Barksdale Fielda
Maxwell Field
Ala
Selfridge Field
Mich
Galveston
Ninetieth
Perrin and
Blackland 5
Eightieth
San Marcos Army Ai Field
Wines
Washington
Wif
Balbor Island
Hobby
Gol
Colonel Davidson
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Miss Lace
Milton Caniff
Terry and the Pirates
Joseph H. Frost
Tarrant Field
Fort Worth
Norman Pierson
Sarge
Col. Davidson
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