Texans Urged to Respect Sheppard Field Lawns and War Effort
Chaplain Jerome Major urges service members to stay off post lawns at Sheppard Field to save grass dust from Oklahoma and keep streets safe. The TEXACTS feature highlights civilians and GI volunteers aiding the war, praising all-out effort. The piece notes over 85 000 dollars in war bond sales at the All-Star game and salutes sponsors. It closes with Ike Eisenhower returning to the U.S. and stressing that the war continues.
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Harry H. Friedman
Texacts
Jerome Major
Sheppard Field
Texas
Oklahoma
Spudder Park
Lanhis
Hal Yeager
Bill Huff
Everett McCullough
Harry White
Washington
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Sardine Parables and Troop Tales From a Wartime City
Groggy vignettes mix travel plans from Wichita Falls to Lake Kemp with a Red Cross report of a tropical beri beri case on a Pacific island. A witty exchange notes soldiers and bus rides, while a GI searches for a hotel room and a mother jokes about a suitor’s character and a scratched horse.
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Wichita River
Lake Kemp
Wichita Falls
Red Cross
Pacific
Army Command
Tropics
Dusting Off The Files From SF Field History
One year ago GF officials secured field water to protect personnel from heat prostration. The new G I War Bond with $10 maturity value was announced. Seven patients including a WAC were flown to the regional hospital at SF from foreign theaters.
How and Why of Army Mess Food at Sheppard Field
Soldiers are urged to know the how and why of Army life and to follow the mess procedures. The War Department Master Menu guides nutrition with the Sheppard Field Board adjusting for perishables, and instructions emphasize fair portions, signing meal tickets, preserving silverware, strict mess hours, eating in assigned halls, cleaning tables, and avoiding waste due to rationed items.
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War Department
Quartermaster General
Surgeon General
Sheppard Field Menu Planning Board
Sheppard Field
Continental
United States
Don’t Let ’Em Roam Keep ’Em Home
A wartime appeal urges service members to leave families at home to ease housing shortages at the U S O Travelers Aid Service. The piece notes 119 housing applicants in 48 hours with 93 turned away and argues keeping families at home supports those permanently stationed.
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U. S. O. Travelers’ Aid Service
Thut
Man’s soul guides justice between body and heaven
Chaplain Joseph E. Raley teaches that humans are made in God’s image with immortal souls guiding will and learning. He contrasts intelligent humanity with instinctive animals, urges living by God's will, and warns that true joy comes from fulfilling divine purpose and eternal happiness in heaven.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Joseph E. Raley
God Himsel
Learn and Live- Munitions Course Departure
First Lt. Frank J. Kasik leaves Sheppard Field on June 26 to attend a twelve day RAF Chemics Munitions and Material Course at Buckley Field Colorado.
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Munitions Cours
Frank J. Kasik
Sheppard Field
Buckley Field
Colorado
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42Nd St
CNS
Barton K. Yount
Aaftrc
Albert L. Sneed
Aafwac
Denver
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Col
E. A. Lohman
POST
PFC
Leo P. Bennett
Robert B. Lee
Betsy A. Ross
Ira J. Beers
Merville McGills
Lou Erickson
Gimesters
WF Bank
Cpl
Corp
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