M I A Propwash Cadet Editorial Team Roles
The Propwash is written and edited by the cadets of the 2561st A A F Base Unit under Army Air Forces Central Training Command. It lists Commanding Officer Major Phil Hughes and editors G W Gruber W R Fitzgerald FR H Fraime L H Francis A W Cummings M Grille E C Simon Jr with senior assistant editors R R Braunstein J H Giovanazzi and junior assistants.
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Army Air Forces Central Training Command
G. W. Gruber
W.R. Fitzgerald
H. Fraime
L. H. Francis
A. W. Cummings
M. Grille
E. C. Simon Jr
R. R. Braunstein
J. H. Giovanazzi
Aart
General's Staff Inspects Open Ranks at 256st AAT 11
Cadets describe stringent base inspection conducted by the inspecting general's staff from the Central Flying Training Command at Randolph Field Texas. Barracks ground school flight line and hydrant operations were reviewed with ratings announced after all schools were inspected. A parade followed and the group departed for the next base unit. Also featured is Martha Marty Martin of Santa Barbara California student at UC Berkeley joined by aviation cadet George Hap Hafer. The U S O Travelling Camp Shows performed for cadets in a sweltering recreation hall with a lively dance finale.
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Army Air Force
Central Flying Training Command
Randolph Field
Texas
George Hafer
Martha
Marty” Martin
West Coast
Santa Barbara
California
University of California At Berkeley
Marty
Miss Martin
George
Alaska
OUR FLIGHT SURGEON CAPTAIN KELEY BEGINS AT 2061st AAF UNIT
Captain Kelley becomes the Flight Surgeon for the 2061st AAF Base Unit stationed at Sikeston. He hails from Texas, trained at Baylor in Dallas, and served through Ford area postings before arriving in Sikeston on June 7, 1944. He praises cadet physical condition and piloting potential.
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Kelley
Texas
Dallas
Pampa
Baylor University School of Medicine
St. Paul Hospital
Samuel Clinic
Army
Hondo Army Air
SAACC
Sikeston
Eagle Pass
Shirt Tail Life Saving Demonstration by Knapp
Mr Knapp of the Red Cross staged a water rescue demonstration last week showing an inflated G T suit floats and a wounded person can be buoyed on three pairs of G I trousers. Civilians watched as fully clothed participants leaped in, learning to stay afloat in uniform.
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Knapp
The
Red Cross
Two Years as Hostess Anniversary at Cadet Center
This week marks the 2651st campus anniversary as Mrs. Brewer celebrates two years serving as cadet hostess. During that period she has seen many cadets pass through, several now in aerial battlefields, and she recalls helping them at Sikes Town or arranging a lift or a good time to lift their spirits.
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Mrs. Brewer
Sikeston
Kaydets Face Final Test In Primary Flight
Aviation cadets of 44-K near completion of primary flight with many preparing for Basic. Harry Gwaltney wed to Doris Murdock of Sikeston after an overnight pass. Keenan’s dead stick and Edwards lubricated whipperdill bring new max performance notes. farewell from Propwash staff.
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Harry Gwaltney
Gwaltney
Doris Murdock
Sikeston
Keenan
K. L. Edwards
Meet Lt Ghetta ranking high among five student officers
Lt George Ghetta of Cleveland Ohio is one of five first lieutenants, all commissioned, with 50 missions as a B 25 combiner navigator and eyeing pilot wings. He served two years in combat with the 12th Air Force, took part in raids on Pantelleria Sardinia Sicily Italy Greece and Axis islands, earned the Air Medal with nine Oak Leaf clusters, and after Albuquerque New Mexico commission in 1942 plans another overseas tour. Previously a reporter for the Cleveland News he pressed combat stories for American papers and hopes to end the war soon for peace.
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George Ghetta
Cleveland
Ohio
Ghetin
12Th Air Force
Rommel
North Africa
Pantelleria
Sardinia
Sicily
Italy
Greece
Mediterranean
Alburquerque
New Mexico
Ghetta
Cleveland News
Aviation Student Van Dyke Plans Saturday Leap
In a round of WI NSPORT De WI NSPORT De, aviation student Van Dyke vows to leap from the dock this Saturday if his fiancée Miss Betty Wolfe of Great Falls Montana arrives in time. The couple met in Great Falls where Van Dyke trained. vows to wed at the Presbyterian Church.
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van Dyke
Betty Wolfe
Great Falls
Montana
Van
Griffith
G. I
Also Mentioned on This Page
Phil Hughes
U.S. O
Ringsiders
Miss Marty Martin
the Bach Studio
Malone Ave
Mrs
Paul Brewes
Kaydets
Mee
LT. Ghetia
Winsport de
Europe
Revielle
N. W. Slough
H. P's
Sonny
Kentucky
Missouri
Jack Staulcup
the Cotton Club
Sikeston, Missouri
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