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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jul 29, 1944
Page
3
Lt. Garland H. Jarvis and his Liberator crew endure a harrowing return from Romania as a thunderstorm and updrafts push the bomber through extreme banks and 15 000 feet. The ship sustains wing tip curls yet remains intact with the crew surviving intact.
The Red Cross blood donor unit expands to 200 pints daily with a mobile bank in Wichita Falls through next Friday. G R McNeil chairs the committee and aims to collect 2 000 pints of food to convert into plasma for combat area hospitals. Soldiers at Sheppard Field donated or scheduled donations. eight were listed on opening day. Appointment lines and director room access in Wichita Falls remain open for volunteers from nearby areas.
Graduates of Class 14, 2544th AF Base Unit, will be transferred within days to South Plains Army Air Base Lubbock or start cargo glider training. The group completed flight training and becomes eligible for South Plains assignments. A new class from Section H will replace them in glider maintenance.
Army finance reports growing use of Army deposits by soldiers at 4 percent interest. Deposits stay with the Treasury even if a serviceman is shipped, with withdrawals allowed only on a commanding officer's approved reason. Boeing marks the 5,000th Flying Fortress completion named Five Grand.
Soldiers and chaplains at Sheppard Field celebrate 169 years of Army chaplaincy service with a noon luncheon at the Officer's Club. Maj. Jerome A. Major noted chaplains will continue their duties and religious services to strengthen morale. The post includes 17 chaplains serving the installation.
Faiths gather to honor the Army chaplaincy with sermons on its 1775 origins and 169 years of service. More than 7,000 clergy have worn khaki, providing moral support and guidance as chaplains endure training and face battle, casualties, and improvised altars in war.
Soldiers from Alabama Delaware Louisiana Mississippi and Texas cannot vote for presidential nominees due to state registration and absentee ballot rules. Posters at Sheppard Field explain requirements and Army postcard use. Illinois New Mexico and South Carolina now accept the Army form. Additional rules apply in Arizona Connecticut Georgia Montana South Carolina West Virginia Maine New Jersey North Dakota South Dakota Wisconsin.
Sheppard Field announces that Sustineo Alas pins from the Technical Training Command are not authorized in formations. They may be worn off post or during hours but must be removed for weekly inspections. The rule cites regulations banning insignia not bought with squadron funds issued to all men.
Chaplain Abraham Ruderman notes frostbound Arctic bases near the Arctic Circle where 40 below zero is common and weather stations aid 2000 Allied raids. He recalls isolation, the communal relief of multi faith services, and how regular attendance keeps soldiers connected to home, faith, and democratic values.
A portrait studio will open Monday in Bldg. 839 as a concession run by Mrs. Mae Raley. Captain Robert M. Jones Jr. says hours are noon to 9 p m daily and the studio will handle only portrait work with no kodak films developed or printed.
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