OCS Quotas Quiet as Army Officer Schools Lack Openings
Lt. Leonard R. Sauble reports Army officer candidate quotas across all branches are at a low ebb with only two one man quotas in recent weeks. Many candidates have left for the AAF Administrative School in Miami Beach but no new quotas are in sight and the board has no place to send applicants. The latest two quotas came from transportation and ordnance officer candidate schools.
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Leonard R. Sauble
OCS Board
AAF
Miami Beach
Fla
Sauble
OCS Prospects Dim Amid Army Quota Tightening
Yank Weekly reports gloom for officer candidate access as Army quotas fill and several OCS programs scale back or close. Medical Administrative Schools at Carlisle Barracks paused. Army Administrative Schools at Fargo Grinnell and Gainesville to end with current classes. Ft. Washington censorship course dropped. Trend expected to continue until more inductees raise officer demand.
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Yank Weekly
Yank
Army and Navy Journal
Army
Carlisle Barracks
Fargo
North Dakota
Grinnell
Iowa
Gainesville
Fla
Adjutant General
Ft. Washington
Army officers candidate schools extended to four months
The Army officer candidate schools have been lengthened from three months to four months to provide longer courses of instruction and additional training. The change was announced Wednesday by the Eighth Service Command Headquarters in Dallas.
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Army
Eighth Service Command
Dallas
Psalms and songs born of oppression and war
A Chaplain cites lit erature born from suffering including Old Testament Psalms and Negro spirituals as expressions of trust. He highlights a soldier’s view with a poem thanking God for faith, family, country, and Christ who provides amid danger and death.
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Israel
Aircraft Recognition Course Teaches GIs to ID Planes
In Army training at Sheppard Field and BTC air crews and anti air units study rapid recognition of enemy aircraft using slide cards and flash techniques. The course aims to prevent friendly fire and improve targeting by teaching pilots gunners and support crews to distinguish U S and Allied planes from Japanese Zeros and German aircraft under combat pressure.
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Texacts
Ernin
Forst
BTC
Pal Joey
Nazzieland
Sheppard Field
Gowan
Shaddup
Joey
Army
Navy
Solomons
Mickey
RAF
Mike
Rafer
Lissen
RAF School of Ee
Housing facilities in Wichita Falls taxed to limit
Mrs Rob S Bailey director of USO Travellers Aid Service says housing facilities in Wichita Falls remain taxed to the utmost as wives relatives and friends of soldiers at Sheppard Field swell the demand for rooms. She notes that many visit without advance reservations complicating the situation.
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Wichita Falls
Rob 5 S. Bailey
USO Travellers’ Aid Service
Sheppard Field
Warrant Officers Change Insignia This Week
Warrant officers begin wearing branch signia on coat collars and lapels after a War Department uniform update. The regulation insignia features an eagle rising with wings over a bundle of arrows within a wreath, worn on the service cap. Air Corps warrants now use standard wings on collar and lapel like other officers.
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War Department
Air Corps
Army
Post Streets Get 31000 Repairs
Resurfacing of all asphalt streets within the post began this week. Maj. Frank A. Maguire, post engineer, warned motorists to avoid barricaded streets. The project will employ 30 men for 45 days at a total cost of 310,000.
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Frank A. Maguire
Shabaoth Party For Jewish Soldiers At Boys Club
Jewish servicemen at Sheppard Field are invited to a Shabaoth party at 2 30 p m Sunday at the Boys Club on Sixth and Broad. It is the first Sunday off duty under the new post plan and the House of Jacob expects to entertain several hundred soldiers.
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Sheppard Field
House of Jacob
Chapel Services Schedule Listing Multiple Congregations
A dense list outlines daily and weekly worship times across buildings 546 540 549 244 345 672 212 192 1241 and other venues. It covers Mass devotionals Holy Communion Bible study and choir services for Christian Science Latter Day Saints Lutheran Christian Church and broadcast chapel programs with various weekday weekend and holiday slots.
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Christian Science
Latter Day Saints
Army slang and camp life from Mark Sullivan’s Our Times
The excerpt compares World War One slang with modern terms. It lists soldier terms like Buddy Buck Private and Fall Out and explains camp life routines such as training activities and entertainment programs that kept soldiers content. It notes how definitions evolved and echoes past Army life.
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Sullivan
Pyett
Mark Sullivan
Our Times
America
New zinc coated Victory pennies spark cash confusion
Maj. Phillip EF. Lawwill warned cash register operators at post PXs to not confuse the new zinc coated pennies with dimes. The new Victory penny wears light green color after wear, aiding recognition once circulated.
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Post PX
Phillip EF. Lawwill
Soldiers' Tips Needed In New Talent Search
The Special Services office seeks local talent around Wichita Falls and southern Oklahoma for Sheppard Field shows. Interested entertainers should submit information in Room 12, Building 844. The call covers any type of stage entertainment units.
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Special Services
Sheppard
Wichita Falls
Oklahoma
WAACs Host Dance for Convalescents at Red Cross
WAACs held a dance for hospital convalescents at the Red Cross auditorium starting last Thursday night. Observers note budding romances growing as visiting WAACs increase this week.
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WAACS
Red Cross
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