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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 17, 1944
Page
1
The War Department announced a new four dollar 10-year bond named the G 7 Bond. It will be sold only to military personnel under the Allotment plan and replaces the 6.25, 12.50, and 25 monthly allotments. Existing allotments will end with June July or August bond anniversaries. Capt Murray B Nuell, post War Bond Officer, notes the changes.
Special Service sponsors a test to choose a distinctive insignia for Sheppard Field One. Maj. W. L. Pooley, post Special Service user, reminded today as deadlines approach. He reports a high inquiry rate and many suggestions have been forwarded to the review board with action expected next week.
Roger Runft of Jobbs New Mexico will report to Shep Field July 1 to succeed Dean Suttle as Red Cross field director. Suttle will report for duty as an ensign in the Navy in Hollywood Florida.
Major F. J. Smelzer, former chaplain at this post, participated in burial rites for American D-Day dead at Brookwood American Military Cemetery England. He read Protestant prayers alongside Catholic and Jewish chaplains as flagged caskets were lowered into British soil. Smelzer, once chaplain of the 19th Aviation Squadron, had left for overseas duty about a year earlier.
A directive announces an immediate cap of 25 pieces per laundry bundle. Bundles exceeding the limit will be sent back unprocessed. Bundles showing khaki indicating pooling by two or more men will be investigated and corrective action promised if pooling occurred.
Mrs. Nini Naas a junior hostess at Service Club No 2 received notice from the War Department that her husband Lt. Vernon Norman Naas is missing in action. He serves as a bombardier with the 19th Bombardment Group in England and has been overseas for two months. He recently earned the Air Medal for five missions. his home is Minneapolis Minnesota.
Soldiers at the bivouac receive mail for two days only if their unit delivers letters to the Bivouac Office in Building 241. Delivery depends on section participation and arrival schedule.
Salted water from Burkburnett is being trucked to Sheppard Field and treated with chlorine to assure salt intake and combat heat prostration. The plan, ordered by the Surgeon General and supervised by the post medical department, replaces salt tablets. Water from Wichita Falls requires no extra salt. The salt ratio is one pound per 100 gallons. Soldiers and civilian staff boost Fifth War Loan Drive with the Loan Stars caravan aiding Vernon, Texas pledges and bond sales.
Western Technical Training Command Headquarters in Denver issued a directive urging complete and correct applications to the Office of Dependency Benefits. All documents for family allowances must include the soldier's name rank and Army serial number and the Office of Dependency Benefits form. The office holds about 6,000,000 accounts with 300,000 status changes monthly. 50,000 checks are returned monthly due to dependents moving.
Seven Army Air Forces personnel returned from European and Middle East theatres were flown to San Francisco aboard a C-47 from Mitchell Field New York. The group included Sgt Paul R DePriest and T4 Kenneth Rumford with European service and Middle East experience. Staff Sgt John J Trujillo earned the Air Medal with three clusters after 24 missions and later broke a leg before a 25th, while Cpl Lester Sanders suffered food poisoning in England. A separate C-54 airlift carried Cpl Sanders from England to New York via Iceland and Newfoundland in 24 hours.
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