General Chaney Dedicates New Pilot Canteen
Maj. Gen. J. E. Chaney dedicates the new canteen at Sheppard Field Hangar No. 1. The coffee bar lounge offers hot coffee and doughnuts to Army Air Forces pilots visiting the field. The project, led by Maj. Paul Calder and Sgt. Harris, features airship paintings by Sgt. Jankowski and a semi circular bar.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Red Cross
J. E. Chaney
Sheppard Field
Hanger No. 1
Army Air Forces
Chaney
Paul J. Calder
Nelson B. Harris
Blanche Powell
Post Engineers
Joseph Jankowski
Post Special Service
Sgt
Harris
Richard L. Scott
Calder
Ernest A. la Salle
E. A. Hunter
Jankowski
Dean Suttle
ARC
Howard Olsen
Clotilde Moller
Wichita Falls
Section M Forms Barracks Council To Expand Recreation
Section M sets up a Barracks Council modeled on Special Service plans inviting representatives from all organizations on the post. The council will meet weekly in Section M’s day room with chiefs selecting participants based on leadership, ability, music and entertainment knowledge, sports interest, and morale outlook. Commander Maj. Lawrence J. Fox endorses the meetings, with Clinton Chamlee conducting sessions.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Special Service
Section M
Clinton Chamlee
Maj
Lawrence J. Fox
Medals And Missions Are Not New For Three Sergeants
Three sergeants at the War Information Center on Sheppard Field report 143 combat missions and about 1,000 hours of flight time. T. Sgt. Ralph Weil in the Mediterranean theater logged 40 missions as B 26 engineer earning Air Medal and seven oak leaf clusters. T. Sgt. Arthur Darling in the China Burma India theater flew 46 missions as B 24 engineer earning Air Medal with oak leaf clusters and the Distinguished Flying Medal. S. Sgt. Eugene Paris in the Mediterranean theater flew 47 missions as B 17 tail gunner earning Air Medal and seven clusters.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
War Information Center
Sheppard Field
Ralph P. Weil
Mediterranean
Arthur J. Darling
China-Burma-India
Eugene Paris
Weil
Paris
Darling
War Information Service
Set
Sgt. Darling
Rome
First B-26 Mobile School To Aid Overseas Mechanics
A mobile B-26 flying school unit arrives at Sheppard Field Texas under Lt King Cashier Jr to train mechanics and crew chiefs in maintenance and repair. The unit includes mockups films and a library of orders and will deploy to isolated bases worldwide. The crew chiefs and specialists will work on the line to troubleshoot and transfer skills directly to flight operations.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
King Cashier, Jr
Sheppard Field
Texas
U. S
Dashier
Howard W. Franzmeier
Nellis O. Danner
Earl M. Goodrich
Lawrence M. Iverson
Harley E. Bergen
Arville H. Cole
Sheppard Field Aviation Mechanics
Yale University
Corsets or Leggings Snafu At Camp Grant
A supply rush at Camp Grant shows Pvt. Sherman Q. Stutzman Jr. of Indiana attempting to fit into 4 R leggings. The clerk corrected the mix with an 8 R pair after learning the 267 pound soldier needed larger gear.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Pvt
Sherman Q. Stutzman Jr
Camp Grant
New Basic Training Units Form At Sheppard Field
At Sheppard Field the 3706 AAF Base Unit reorganizes into eight new sections from former training groups. Maj C Day, post personnel officer, says 16 basic training sections and their orderly rooms are forming across the field with Section I led by Capt John G Wason and other sections led by Majs Sutherian Parker Fox Kent Blevins.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Sheppard Field
3706 AAF
C. Day
T Field
Wear
John G. Wason
Stion
Carl D. Sutherian
Thoms R. Parker
Lawrence J. Fox
John T. Kent
Her H. Blevins
Private Hall's Soap Model Wins Contest
Pvt. Charles V. Hall, patient in the hospital, won first prize in a hospital soap sculpturing contest held with a soap exhibit by a national manufacturer. Hall shaped a miniature thoroughbred horse. three artists from the Special Service office judged the entries.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Charles V. Hall
Soap Manufacturing Company
Hall
Ser Ice Office
Joe Jankows
Richard Penoyer
Dick Brough
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Shore
Milton Caniff
Terry and the Pirates
Miss Lace
Marine Company
General Chaney
PVT. Vern Dowdy Texacts News
Pearl Harbor
Tulsa
Okla
Mobridge, S. Dak
Bay
CBI
Burma
Indo-China
Thailand
Air Force
Set. Darling
War Information Office
Ralph Weil
Arthur Darling
301St
302Nd
Private Hall
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