Page Six
CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, November 21, 1942 ^
FLYING ACE
(Continued from first page)
cocoanut palms, I ran into a Jap hedge
hopping along the shore in front of
me. It was not even a fight. I just
came up behind him, pushed the but
ton, and my bullets hit him in a vital
spot. He crashed into the sea as the
last bullets left my gun.”
Island jungles, while not recommend
ed for hiking or similar sports, are not
as rough as they are generally pic
tured, Maj. Smith revealed. “They are
not particularly bad,” he said. “There
are just a lot of flies and mosquitos,
and then there are lizards—millions of
them—and, of course, there’s the Japs.
But we shrug them off, too.”
Commenting on the terrific battle be
ing waged between the Marines and
the Japs on Guadalcanal, Col. Man-
grum explained that the Marines ac
tually hold only a six-mile beach head
on the island.
“The Marines are in the center of a
fairly limited area on Guadalcanal,
which is a fairly large island,” Col.
Mangrum said. “The center of this
beach head, which is about six miles
long, is Henderson Field. This air
port, which was named after Marine
Major John Henderson, who was kill
ed in the Battle of Midway, is the only
thing on the island that is of any
value and to dominate the island one
would have to have complete control
of the field.”
The colonel asserted his belief that
the general war effort is now accele
rated to such an extent that, with a
continuous flow of supplies (both men
and materials to the battle zones), the
engagement in the Solomons may de
velop into a full scale Pacific war, and
one which may decide the issue of vic
tory or defeat for the Allies.
The vigorous physical conditioning
program here was praised by the three
officers. In his talk, Maj. Smith told
the cadets that quick reaction is of ut
most importance. “Trained muscles,”
he said, “do not tire as easily, and this
naturally makes the reaction quicker.”
“The difference between life and
death,” he continued, “may depend on
who is able to react the fastest.”
Capt. Carl, a member of Maj. Smith’s
Fighter Squadron who has 15 planes to
his credit, related many interesting
and exciting experiences which he en
countered during his stay on Guadal
canal.
Following their visit here Maj.
Smith, Col. Mangrum, and Capt. Carl,
accompanied by Capt. Thomas F.
Hicks, of the Headquarters of the
Marine Detachment Division in Wash
ington, left for the Pre-Flight School
at the University of Georgia in
Athens.
CROWLEY
(Continued from page five)
cess of the Cloudbuster team. “He’s
,a great coach, and he really gets us
pepped up before a ball game,” says
20-year old Martin.
This Cloudbuster team hasn’t done
so badly. It was picked at the start of
the season as the weak sister of the
four Pre-Flight Schools. Prior to this
afternoon’s game with William and
Mary it has lost only one game, and
that to Boston College, 7 to 6. Last
week Boston defeated Fordham, 50 to
6, ,and in the Associated Press poll this
week the Eagles ranked second in col
legiate circles in the nation.
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event go toward the salary of a full
time nurse in the Chapel Hill Negro
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is 30c including tax.
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acting appointment as Chief Yeoman.
Although he has spent many a moon
in the service. Bill hasn’t let civilians
get ahead of him in anything. During
his high school days he vras a star ath
lete in football, baseball and basket
ball, and can more than hold his own
in any of these today. His handball
playing is excellent, he’s better than
average as a bowler, a wizard at the
dart board, has read enough books to
fill a library, and is an accomplished
public speaker, dramatist, and satirical
poet.
During his spare moments, when he
has some, the Chief does a neat job of
carpentry, and if you’d like to see some
real artistry, view some of the belts
he makes using square knots entirely.
Mel has served aboard the follow
ing ships in addition to the Nitro: the
USS J. Fred Talbot, USS Arctic, USS
Raleigh, USS Henderson, USS Roch
ester, USS Israel, USS Monocacy, USS
AUGUSTA, USS Chaumont, USS
Cormora/nt, USS Philadelphia, and the
ill fated USS Houston. Shore stations
he has served on include Receiving
Station, Norfolk, Va.; .Receiving Sta
tion, San Francisco, Cal.; Navy Yard,
Charleston, S. C., and here at Chapel
Hill.
During his hitches with our first line
of offense, the chief has visited the
major part of four continents, and was
in Shanghai, China, during the Man-
chukuo affair which took place in the
Sino-Jap War of 1932.
Melvin married a very charming and
lovely lady from Oregon in 1937, and
they now reside in Chapel Hill with
their daughter, Norma.
Looking years younger than his
records show, more active than many
men his junior. Chief Yeoman Bill
Melvin is one of the best liked men on
the station, and knows his job from A
to N and then through Z. An excellent
leader, a hard worker, arid a regular
fellow, he certainly deserves the high
est of Navy marks, 4.0.
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