Vol. 1—No. 42
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U. s. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, July 10, 1943
New Sky-Pilot Takes Over
PREPARING TO take over chaplain duties at this station is Lt. (jg)
George J. Grewenow, USNR, (left), who reported aboard during the
past week to relieve Lt. Comdr, Eric H. Arendt, USN, who is being
detached for duty afloat. Chaplain Arendt was promoted to the rank
of lieutenant commander by AlNav 131 issued last week.
Celestial Navigation Enters
Academic Curriculum Here
War Summary
By Ens. W. 0. Shanahan, USNR
Academic Department
It is too early to conclude that
the battle in the North Atlantic
against the enemy’s submarines
has been won, yet the amazing drop
in shipping losses during the past
month is in itself cause for re
joicing.
By the German High Com
mand’s own admission their sub
marines in June sank less than
150,000 tons of shipping. Extrava
gant claims of damage to mer
chantmen were made by the Ger
mans but the actual sinkings
claimed were the smallest since
the days of the “phony war” in
the winter of 1939-40.
Frank credit for this failure of
German arms was extended to the
Allies’ “improved defences against
the submarine,” and especially to
their use of aircraft. Whether
Admirals Doenitz and Raeder, the
German submarine experts, have
any remaining tricks remains to
be seen, but at this critical junc
ture of the war we are definitely
winning the battle of supply lines
to Great Britain and Russia.
Not until surplus cargo ships
had accumulated over and above
the needs of any regular supply
route could the Allied Chiefs of
Staff venture an invasion any
where. As long as ship launchings
were balanced by ship sinkings,
any extraordinary toll of mer-
chantcraft taken by the enemy
would imperil not only the supply
of our garrisons overseas but the
supply line of Britain itself.
The submarine was Hitler’s
“ace” in maintaining this pre
carious balance. With this weapon
he hoped to prevent the great ship
building nations, England and the
United States, from assembling
enough additional cargo space to
move an invasion army against
Germany.
Throughout 1942 the German
wolf packs in the North and South
Atlantic, in the Caribbean, and
See WAR SUMMARY, paflre ^
Celestial navigation entered
the academic curriculum here last
week as it replaced mathematics
in the classroom program for
cadets in J-2 and J-3 of the 29th
Battalion.
Heading up the new course is
Lt. Comdr. H. D. Crockford,
USNR, while teaching the sub
ject at present are Lieut. Thomas
M. Funk, USNR, Lt. (jg) Els-
wood S. Hill, USNR, Lt. (jg)
Harold L. Shirey, USNR, and
Ens. Jonathan Gillingham, USNR.
Celestial navigation will even
tually replace mathematics in the
curriculum when all cadets pass
through War Training Schools be
fore arriving here, and are thus
prepared for more advanced class
room work.
J-2 and J-3 cadets will also be
the first to receive instruction in
Climatology or advanced aerology,
to which they will be introduced in
their third week of academic work
here. The Climatology course will
be headed by Lieut. Alexander B.
Cloud, USNR, assisted by Lt. (jg)
John W. Morris, USNR, and civi
lian instructor, George Webb.
Climatology will be taught by
members of the academic staff
during time taken from the mili
tary phase of Pre-Flight training.
During the past week offices of
the ENS and N&R staffs, and that
of Lt. Comdr. Howard L. Hamil
ton,. USNR, Academic Coordina
tor, were moved from Caldwell to
Murphey Hall. The offices of Lt.
Comdr. Crockford and staff re
main in Caldwell.
Until You Drop Bombs—
Buy Bonds
Cadets to Dance
Outdoors Next
Saturday Night
The first outdoor dance for the
regiment of cadets will be held
here Saturday, July 17, on the
cement tennis courts back of Navy
Hall.
Dancing under the stars,
weather permitting, will be to the
music of the popular Pre-Flight
swing band.
The tennis court shuffle will
start at 2030, and end at 2315,
with taps coming at 2400. Free
refreshments will be served.
Changes in Officers’
Uniforms Announced
Naval officers may wear either
gray or white shirts with blue ser
vice uniforms after Oct. 1, 1943,
under changes in naval uniform
regulations announced by the
Navy Department last week.
The use of plain visored caps
for officers of the rank of com
mander or above, and black braid
chin straps for all officers will also
be optional with service uniforms
after Oct. 1.
Visits Station
Ens. Edward Logan, USNR,
who has just completed V-7 School,
visited David Coverston, Ylc, at
this station during the past week.
Ens. Logan was formerly station
ed here as a Y2c, and has been on
leave preparatory to going over
seas with the amphibious forces.
Movie Schedule
July 10—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Something to Shout
About” with Don Ameche and
Janet Blair. Feature starts at
1555, 1940 and 2120. Complete
show 1 hour, 40 minutes.
July 11—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Casablanca” with Hum
phrey Bogart and Ingrid Berg
man. Feature starts at 1310 and
1504. Complete show 1 hour, 52
minutes.