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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, May 22, 1943
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 1—No. 35 Sat., May 22, 1943
Published weekly at the U. 'S. Navy Pre-^
Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., under super
vision of the Public Relations Office. Contribu
tions of news, features, and cartoons are
welcome from all hands and should be turned in
to the jPublic Relations Office, Navy Hall.
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CoMDR. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.)
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut. P. 0. Brewer, USNR
Public Relations Officer
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Editor: Lt. (jg) Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y3c
By Lieut. Eric H. Arendt
Chaplain Corps, USN
The celebration for the first anniversary of
the commissioning of our station is upon us.
There is one bit of Scripture taken from Paul’s
letter to the Philippians which better than
anything else sets a keynote for the thought
and action which this day can mean: “ . . .
forgetting those things which are behind, and
reaching forth unto those things which are
before.”
It is difficult to realize that there was a time
when there was but one battalion here—that
twenty-six have made their appearance at our
station. It is difficult to realize, too, that many
of our former cadets are now wearing the
coveted gold wings of a Naval aviator. To
those of us who were here from the start, the
anniversary is very meaningful only because
it is a stepping stone to what lies ahead . . .
not for ourselves, but for those with whom it
has been, and will be, our privilege to come
into contact. The year past could produce in
our thoughts a great amount of deserved senti
mentalism, but as General MacArthur has
said:' *‘Let’s get on with the war.”
In that spirit we “forget the things which
are behind” and we think about the job that
must and will be done, directly or indirectly,
through our efforts. We think about the things
for which we are fighting. We think about the
World of Tomorrow which will have once again
regained the loss of freedom and injusticie
which has been so prevalent throughout the
World. It will be a World compatible with the
religious idealism which each of us has in
his heart.
Yes, this first anniversary is meaningful,
but only as the impetus for “reaching forth
unto those things which are before.”
New Cadet Regimental Officers
Selected-from 21st Battalion
With the departure of 20th Battalion cadets
during the past week for primary flight train
ing, four members of the 21st Battalion have
been selected to serve as cadet regimental of
ficers.
They are: James W. Robinson, of Knox
ville, Tenn., regimental commander; Raymond
C. Smith, Jr., of Pelham, N. Y., regimental
sub-commander; Robert I. Bergmann, of Great
Neck, L. I., regimental adjutant; and Chester
M. Lupushansky, of Cleveland, 0., regimental
petty officer.
All four of the new cadet regimental officers
had previous military or naval experience be
fore entering naval aviation.
To four years of ROTC work at Knox High
School, Knoxville, Tenn., Robinson added 27
months of experience as an enlisted man in
the Navy before becoming a cadet. Smith at
tended Alfred University for three years, and
has 13 months of service in the Marine Corps
on his record. '
Bergmann and Lupushansky are also for
mer Leathernecks, training to get back into
the fight as flying Marines. The former served
in the Marine Corps for thirteen months,
while Lupushansky, who is now also cadet
manager of the baseball team, traveled more
than 40,000 miles as a first class gun trainer
aboard one of t'le newer type battleships. His
— Bits—
Cadet Howard N. Hunter, of the 24th Bat
talion, resigned a commission of ensign to en
ter the V-5 program and work for his Navy
Wings. He was formerly in instrument devel
oping work, testing various naval aircraft de
vices. To his theoretical knowledge of air
craft, he soon will add plenty of flying ex-
pei’ience. . . . All-Conference basketball player
for two years while at the University of North
Dakota was Cadet William McCosh, of Val
ley City, N. D.
An audition before the noted singer, Rich
ard Crooks, was granted to Herach H. Der
Hovsepian, from W. Medford, Mass., before
he became a naval aviation cadet. Hovsepian,
a professional singer, is also an expert with
percussion instruments. . . .
A 12-letter man in four sports is Cadet
George C. Pompen, of North Grosvenordale,
Conn. While in high school, he won four let
ters in baseball, three each in basketball and
soccer, and two in football. ...
ship accounted for 32 Jap planes during
battle with a Jap task force at Santa Cruz
last October. He also participated in the great
sea and air battle off Guadalcanal last mid-
November.
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