General Arnold Urges Officers To Stay On Job
General H H Arnold commanding Army Air Forces writes to officers praising their service and urges them to remain in the Air Forces until victory over Japan, noting 300 000 skilled specialists and the ongoing crisis despite the end of the European war. He asks officers to assess their cases and avoid immediate relief to support the war effort.
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H. H. Arnold
Army Air Forces
Army Air Forces Aas
Japan
Arnold
Lt Col Wykert Commands Post Four Days
Lt Col Leland F. Wykert acted as post commanding officer for four days while Colonel Lohman was on leave. As assistant director of supply and maintenance he was the ranking officer on duty.
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Leland F. Wykert
Lohman
Wykert
Captain Carroll to Attend Provost Marshal Course
Post Headquarters announced Captain Charles E. Carroll, Assistant Provost Marshal, will depart Wednesday for Buckley Field Colorado to attend a Provost Marshal course. Learn and Live a young girl swims a secluded lake when a boy knots her clothes. She uses an old tub as shield and confronts him with a quip.
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Charles E. Carroll
Buckley Field
Colo
High Point Discharges Pinpointed by Critical MOS Needs
In the Army discharge plan officers say high point personnel in key MOS roles will stay in service until replacements arrive. Discharges now favor those under the point system and over 40, or with hospital orders, with no word on lowering age limits or releasing four children families. Decorated returnees may add post May 12 1945 awards to their adjustment scores if recorded in their service record.
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MOS
Theodore H. Heyer
Critical C-82 School Delayed at Sheppard Field
The opening of the C 82 airplane and engine mechanics school at Sheppard Field, originally set for June 25, is postponed about 60 days due to shortages of trained teachers materials and equipment. Captain Robert R. Malone says the school is the first of its kind and will begin once groundwork and syllabi are ready with plans for Hangar 4 construction.
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Sheppard Field
Post Headquarters
Robert R. Malone
AAF
Fairchild Aircraft Corporation
Hagerstown
Maryland
Malone
Texas Pete Cap Story Traced to WWII Hero Peterson
Veteran George E. Peterson of Wichita Falls, a B 24 first engineer and Norway Olympian, is linked to the Texas Pete Lucky Cap tale. A 1944 clipping notes his Red Cross room rescue in Italy, Silver Star award, and tough raids across Ploesti Belgrade Anzio Munich and more. He recalls landing under heavy traffic with 120 bombers, then recovering from wounds and a later discharge on February 24.
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L. H. Howard
George E. Peterson
Wichita Falls
Howard
New York Herald-Tribune
Robert Bruce
Wall Street
Peterson
Bruce
Ellingham Drive
Sheppard Fielder
Wichita Engineering Company
Red Cross
Italy
Martha Caperston
Sheppard Field
Lake Placid
Sun Valley
Oslo
Texas
Pete
Ploesti
Belgrade
Neustadt
Vienna
Anzio
Munich
Marseille
Cassino
Minnesota
States
15Th Air Force
Spudder Park
Armed Forces
Rome
Exiting Heat Drives Civilian Staff to Local Pools
Civilian personnel flee the heat to Cedar Park Pool and other swimming spots as many return from leaves and furloughs. Names include Merle Jones Frances Blair Ayleen Duddleston Doris Tandy Esther Biggerstaff and more. The piece notes furloughs from Iowa and the Rio Grande Valley plus recent assignments and weddings, with a closing Q question about Margades Frances.
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Cedar Park Pool
Merle Jones
New Jersey
Frances Blair
F. B
Ayleen Duddleston
Duddleston
Magic Rio Grande Valley
Texas
Post
Doris Tandy
Esther Biggerstaff
Doris
Billie Wverduin
I-O-W-A
Lois Wiley
Officers
Post Engineers
Donald Bradley
Denver
Bradley
Betty Johnson Nee Griffin
Nawth
Betty
Juanita Ross
Monterey Goins
Ned Hugentobler
San Antonio
Ruth Turner
Roger
Kalamazoo
Mich
Lake Michigan
Ruth
Abe Whitis
Fred Vivian
Henry Wineinger
Hagerstown
Mildred Stringer
Councellor
CPO
Margrades Frances
ELC
Movie Stars and Circuits Highlight 1940s Screen Talent
Hollywood news profiles Richard Erdman Mel Torme Angela Greene Joan Winfield Don McGuire Tom D Andrea Jane Harker Jack O Connor Kit Carson in upcoming films and stage versions. Notes Pfe Slottow connections and travel to Hollywood aiding a show.
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Richard Erdman
Scooper
Jane Harker
Warners Discovery
Janie
Jack O'Connor
Kit Carson
Hollywood
Pfe. Slottow
Slotton
Soupe
Sheppard Field
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General Arnold
Col. Wykert
NCO
Grady Miller
NCO Club
Max Koenig
Don Gray
Peter Geratoni
Miller
Don Luna
Pete—Bravo Soladato
Marilyn Ingel
Record
Esther Williams
Movieheim
Uncle Sammy
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