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Newspaper
Sheppard Field Texacts
Location
Sheppard Field, Texas, United States of America
Date
Jun 26, 1943
Page
6
Sheppard Field AAFTTC announces Texacts news is for general release via Public Relations Office Building 844 Room 10. Submit Texacts contributions by noon Wednesday with squadron squibs due by 4 p m Monday. Commanding generals listed.
Pvt. Royce I. Baker of the 306th TG. urges troops not to go AWOL stressing that desertion endangers lives on fronts and endangers democracy. The verse calls soldiers to drill study and teamwork to build a better world and win the victory for Uncle Sam and freedom.
Soldiers at Sheppard Field are urged to treat the PX as their business. Cooperation is needed to keep the exchange clean, using provided receptacles and preventing litter. A cleaner PX means better facilities and lower prices from exchange officers and more merchandise for all.
An unknown woman called the Public Relations Office seeking details of a courts martial. Her soldier-husband faced trial for AWOL six days, prompting claims AWOL punishment is severe and often harsher than relatives realize.
The WAACs at Sheppard Field show how they free enlisted men for combat by handling duties at the base. Lt. Florence Buerger urges recruiting more women, noting Americans must join the effort for total war and urging letters to home to spread the message.
Readers discuss mail flow and salute uniformed men for letters. A humorous note shows how to expand brief statements using tax style punctuation to fill an envelope with a sample letter asking if the family still expects a letter.
The War Department permits sending pictures of children under one year old or born after the father left the United States in V mail overseas. The photo may include the mother or a person holding the child and must be pasted in the upper left corner. The image cannot exceed one third of the page and no commercial photos are allowed.
Lt. George W. Koski was named assistant post S-3 officer with duties as director of post band training. He succeeds Lt. Winston F. Taylor who becomes an assistant in the post S-1 personnel office.
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