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Vol. 1—No. 41
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, July 3, 1943
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By Cadet Harold E. Raveche, Jr.
‘Though Times Ha<ve Changed The Spirit Will Always Remain.”
Station Personnel Participates
In Special War Bond Campaign
.. Air Power..
By Ens. W. 0. Shanahan, USNR
Academic Department
Dramatic proof of the power of
air armadas striking from the
‘‘edge of the circle” has been given
by the crumbling of Axis positions
in Africa beneath Allied air blows.
It is once again apparent that air
power, like sea power, can de
velop its greatest strength only
When it holds a position on the cir
cumference of a great circle drawn
around the enemy. In land war
fare it is precisely the other way
around. A nation such as Ger-
fiiany lying in the central position
has internal lines of communica
tion. German armies are free to
ttiove along the radii of action, but
their opponents must detour their
forces, slowly and tediously,
around the far longer portions of
the circumference. During the
first year of the war the Germans
vvere able to strike out at Poland,
Norway, France, Jugoslavia, and
Greece from the center of the Eu
ropean continent.
The weary British had to run a
foot race around the edge of the
European arena to counter the
German moves. Britain’s effort to
meet the enemy everywhere on the
circumference, from Narvik to the
Middle East, led to a dangerous
thinning of the Imperial forces
and they were beaten in detail by
powerful thrusts made from the
Center of the German lair. For
land conquest the Germans had
every advantage, yet the short
comings of their geographical
position became apparent after the
failure of the aij Blitz over Eng
land.
This hapless land, so the Ger-
Hians thought, lay in an arc of air
bases stretching from Norway to
Southern France. Bombers from
these bases should reduce English
Resistance in short order. But the
^azis did not realize that there
Was only an arc and not a circle
around the British Isles. Britain
Was not blockaded and British
See AIR POWER, page h
“For future Independence Days
celebrate the Fourth with War
Bonds.”
With this as their theme. Naval
stations throughout the country
are conducting special Independ
ence Day cash War Bond drives,
similar to that held last Pearl Har
bor Day.
The Independence Day War
Bond drive which has been under
way among officers, cadets, enlist
ed men, and civilian employees at
this station since last Wednesday
will come to a close today. While
results are not _ available at
Cloudbuster deadline, it is hoped
that the total volume of purchases
will surpass the station’s high
mark of $38,811 pledged on Pearl
Harbor Day last year.
There is no time better than now
to invest available cash in War
Bonds as a concrete demonstration
against the enemy on Independ
ence Day. The special 4th of July
War Bond campaign gives uni
formed and civilian personnel,
alike, another opportunity to let
their dollars fight with them and
for them. Remember, “A country
worth fighting for is worth invest
ing in!”
Independence Day War Bonds
may be purchased today at the
Pre-Flight post office in Navy Hall.
Victory Garden
Begins Producing
For Cadets Here
Cadets during the past week be
gan reaping the results of toil in
the Pre-Flight Victory Garden
which has been under cultivation
by labor engineering crews for
several months.
At this writing cadet-grown
vegetables amounting to more
than $200 and including 30 bushels
of beets, 15 bushels of cucumbers,
400 pounds of kale and 350 pounds
of Swiss chard have been sold to
Lenoir Dining Hall and fed back
to the cadets with their regular
meals.
Among the variety of other
crops on the way, according to
Lieut, (jg) Warren H. Chivers,
USNR, officer in charge of labor
engineering, are tomatoes, pota
toes, both Irish and sweets, car
rots, lettuce, watermelon, cante-
loupe, peanuts, egg plant, peppers,
brussel sprouts, cabbage and
squash.
Regimental Review
Tomorrow in Kenan
Independence Day will be ob
served here tomorrow with a Regi
mental Review in Kenan Stadium
starting at 1400, it was announced
during the past week by Comdr.
John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), Com
manding Officer.
Music for the occasion will be
furnished by the Pre-Flight band.
The public is invited to attend.
Movie Schedule
July 3—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Air Force” with John
Garfield. Feature starts at 1553,
1930, and 2142*. Complete show
2 hours, 12 minutes.
*The last show will end at 2348.
No movies are scheduled for
Sunday; Regimental Parade.