Miss Williams Crowned Sheppard Field Beauty Queen
Petite blue eyed Sue Williams won Miss Sheppard Field of 945 at the Victory Stage Airtorum in the annual Post bathing beauty contest. Ten thousand STs cheered as she bested seventeen North Texas beauties amid close judging. Lorraine Roy and Helen Denney shared runners up honors. Williams, 20, unmarried, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. John A. Williams, received the gold crown and the title, with the field’s favorite nickname Spin Up Girl.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Harrison Colson
Sue Wiliams
Sheppard
Airtorum
North Texas
Williams
Bennett Hartman
Allen T. Johnston
Lorraine Roy
Signal Office
Helen Denney
Supply Ad Maintenance
Willliams
Miss Williams
Sheppard Field
Sue
Queen
John A. Williams
Elizabeth Street
Wichita Falls
Betsy
May
David
Jost Battalion
Levin
Larry Levin
Seventeen Ladies of
Pulchritude
Ex SF Instructor Earns Bronze Star for Heroism
Cpl. Elmer R. Hicks, a Sheppard Field instructor, received the Bronze Star for exemplary heroism near Nittenau Germany on April 24. He volunteered for reconnaissance with the 328th Infantry Division under Gen. Patton, helped collect 42 German prisoners, and escaped a German attack with no losses to his unit. He previously taught at Sheppard Field for two and a half years and went overseas in March 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl
Elmer R. Hicks
Sheppard
Nitteneau
Germany
328 Infantry Division
George Patton
Nicks
Regen
Sheppard Field
Cigaret Rationing Reported By TEXACTS GIs
TEXACTS roving reporter surveys Sheppard Field GIs on three week old rationing. Pvt Harry D Jones says rationing worsens poker game losses. S. Randall Swann mulls switching to a pipe. Pvt Harry Kirchenbuer notes start of six packs weekly. Cpl Herrmann Drenkmann contemplates a corn Victory Garden behind the bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Texacts
Sheppard Field
Harry D. Jones
Cpl. Herrmann Drenkmann
Sydn. L
Civilians And Soldier Praised For Waste-Saving Ideas
Five civilian employees and one soldier from Sheppard Field were commended by Col. E. A. Lohman for prize winning suggestions to cut waste in field operations. Awards ranged from 10 to 50 dollars for innovations in drill work, surface tape trimming, high pressure fog nozzle control, carbon paper salvaging, dishwasher pump coupling, and a filing system for Army publications.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
E. A. Lohman
John R. Morrison
D. M. Biggs
Morrison
Biggs
T. J. Hurdt
John Bean Mfg. Co
WTTC
Lillian Burker
Pfc
Elwood J. McCart
78Th Aaf BU
Lohman
Army
New Designation for Sheppard Field Effective June 1 1945
Higher headquarters directives rename Sheppard Field to 3706th AAF Base Unit Basic Training Center and Pilot Schools Helicopter and Liaison Wichita Falls Texas. The new designation applies to all official correspondence from the base starting June 1 1945.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
AAF
Wichita Falls
Texas
Also Mentioned on This Page
Yount
Aaftrc
Barton K. Yount
Army Air Forces Training Command
Fort Worth
Post Headquarters
Alvin B. Tillett
B. F. Witsell
Howard P. Olsen
William W. Beasley
Albee
Hazel
Helen
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