Readjustments to MOS Rules At Sheppard Field
Field officers and enlisted men at Sheppard Field face MOS changes as the Army Air Forces updates classifications effective today. Capt. Campisi announced the revision after a Denver conference with Western Technical Training Command officers. The reorganization clarifies MOS lists, reduces some job groupings, and adds new terms such as Mechanic, Repairman, Technician, and Specialist to reflect skill levels, with most statuses unchanged.
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Leppard
Army Air Forces
Leo Campisi
Campisi
Thomas L. Trio
Arthur H. Bernstone
Morris Plotkin
Denver
Western Technical Training Command Classification Officers
Sheppard
ACU
MOS
Twelve SF Officers Replaced on Active List in June and July
Twelve officers are moved to inactive status in June and July under a War Department policy to return officers over 38 to civilian life. Army Nurses Corps members are included. Names listed include Maj. T. Austin Gavin and Maj. Canton Donnell with other officers.
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Army Nurses Corps
War Department
Radio Mans Elected to Honor Council in Miami Beach
William L. Karn, formerly with the public relations office, has been elected resident of the Honor Council of ieAAFOCS in Miami Beach Florida. He serves as officer candidate and produced Jeppard Field radio shows and acted as feature editor for the OCS news port Wings Up.
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William L. Karn
Republic Relations Office
Radio -Vision
Ieaafocs
Miami Beach
Fla
Perclassman
Karn
Jeppard Field
OCS
Wings Up
Officers Mess Council Appoints New Members
Maj. Robert E. Bagby Maj. Floyd E. Elmgren and Capt. Cecil B. Morgan were appointed this week to the officers mess council.
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Robert E. Bagby
Floyd E. Elmgren
Cecil B. Morgan
Civilian Awarded 250 for Invention of Sewer Cleaning Device
Andrew J Johnston, senior plumber in the Post Engineer organization, received a $250 check from Maj. Leroy Cronkhite for a sewer pipe cleaning invention. The device aims to save about $18,000 annually by reducing labor from three men eight hours per building to cleaning 10-15 buildings in one day.
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Andrew J. Johnston
Post Engineer Organization
Leroy Cronkhite
Johnston
Memphis Twins Born Same Day at Same Hospital
Two children, a boy and a girl, were born two years apart in Memphis Tennessee. Both arrived on the same calendar date and time, in the same hospital room, attended by the same doctor and nurse, to Pat and Mrs Carpenter.
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O'Neal Carpenter
Memphis
Tenn
Pat
Burkburnett Offers To Furnish Over 30 000 Gallons Daily
Burkburnett plans to supply 30 000 to 50 000 gallons of soft water daily to Sheppard Field. Maj. Nels Fardahl expects first deliveries by Army tank trucks within three weeks. Water will be used for drinking and food prep at mess halls with 1 000 gallon tanks planned near each hall. Wichita Falls will subsidize and Burkburnett will bill the city for the water.
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Wichita Falls
Sheppard
Army Transportation System
Burkburnett
Nels Fardahl
Seven Officers Named To New Faculty Board At 2544th Unit
Seven officers were appointed to the new faculty board of the 2544th AAF Base Unit glider flight training school. They include Capt. Howard P. Olsen as commanding officer, Capt. Charles W. Braselton Jr. as flight surgeon, Lt. Donald D. Belcher directing flying training, Lt Cotton M. Branum commandant of students, Lt John C. Hayes directing ground training, and F. O. Donald F. Guingvich as secretary.
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2544Th Aaf
Howard P. Olsen
Charles W. Braselton Jr
Donald D. Belcher
2544Th
Cotton M. Branum
John C. Hayes
F. O. Donald F .Guingvich
Former Employee Receives Distinguished Flying Cross
First Lt. Charles E. vanHorne 24 formerly worked at the Sheppard Field post exchange before joining the military in 1942. He earned the Distinguished Flying Cross as a Libor ferry pilot on the Green Eyes, flying 27 missions for the Eighth Air Force. He is the brother-in-law of dental assistant Mrs. Albert P. Terhune.
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Charles E. vanHorne
Sheppard Field Post Exchange System
C. E. vanHorne
Wichita Falls
VanHorne
Eighth Air Force
Albert P. Terhune
Post Exchange
Flying Fort Gunner Awarded Air Medal with Oak Clusters
S Sgt Jack Davis formerly with Sheppard Field for almost two years and now a Flying Fortress gunner in England has earned the Air Medal with three oak leaf clusters. The first two clusters honor 15 bombing missions over Nazi occupied Europe while the third, dated April 1, recognizes downing an enemy plane. Davis entered the army in 1935 serving at Ft Sill then Panama and later the Army Air Forces.
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Coast Artillery
Panama
Army Air Forces
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Wichita Transit Corporation
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Post Motor Pool
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T. Austin Gavin
Canton Donnell
31St Mining Wing
Cornelius S.mpson
Violet D. Bauer
Ann C. Lehde
Lowell H. Ormont
Davis Howard
Henry J. Potter
Paul Sullivan
Hughlett Hollyiy Jr
Roscoe R. Hough
Arthur S. Waldron
Radio
Cpl
Sally Wasson
WAC
Didy Dittoes
Sfer
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