Vol. 2—No. 5
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, October 16, 1943
Regimental Review Held in Honor of Capt. Kessing
THE REGIMENT PASSES IN REVIEW during special ceremonies held in Kenan Stadium last Wednes
day afternoon in honor of Capt. 0. 0. Kessing, USN, first Commanding Officer of this station. Shown on
the left reviewing the Regiment are (left to right); Capt. O. O. Kessing, USN; Capt. W. S. Popham,
USN, Commanding Officer, Navy V-12 Unit, University of North Carolina; and Comdr. John P. Graff,
USN (Ret.), Commanding Officer of the Pre-Flight School,
T^e Battle
Of Submarines
By Ens. W. 0. Shanahan, USNR
Academic Department
Recent news stories have em
phasized the renewal of the battle
against the German submarine
fleet. The sinking of a Coast Guard
cutter off the coast of North Caro
lina by an “underwater explo
sion” gave evidence of the danger
lurking even in coastal waters.
This return to action of great num
bers of U-Boats came as some
thing of a surprise after their
heavy losses during the summer.
The destruction of 90 submarines
in as many days seemed to imply
that the anti-submarine forces had
Won the upper hand.
Yet within the past month Ger
man U-Boats have been encoun
tered at sea in great strength. And
these craft are equipped with a
formidable anti-aircraft arma
ment. This addition was a tribute
to the effectiveness of allied planes
in driving the U-Boats to cover.
Instead of diving when hostile air
craft appear, U-Boat captains now
elect to stay on the surface and
shoot it out. These tactics have
Won some successes. Our news re
leases tell of a Liberator shot down
by a submarine’s gunfire. A blimp
had previously been destroyed in
the same manner.
The sub’s arm'anent imparts
new risks to patrolling and bomb-
iiig aircraft yet it affords dubious
protection. One or two machine
guns and cannon are not enough
to deter an energetic and resource
ful attack from the air. And sub-
fl^arines still remain very fragile
craft with little reserve buoyancy.
Any bomb damage, or even air
craft cannon fire, will seriously
interfere with the sub’s ability to
Submerge.
Among the new German sub-
naarine weapons is an acoustic
torpedo. It is not clear whether
the torpedo is guided magnetically
See BATTLE, page U
National War Fund
Drive Held Here
In a memorandum stating that
“the success of the National War
Fund Campaign is an essential
part of our war effort,” Comdr.
John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), Com
manding Officer, during the past
week asked full cooperation of sta
tion personnel in bringing success
to the local drive. Since the cam
paign drive for this naval activ
ity was set for yesterday, results
were not available for this issue of
the Cloudbuster,
Purpose of the National War
Fund Campaign is to secure ade
quate funds to serve needs on three
fronts—the Military, the United
Nations, and the American Home.
The Military front covers ser
vices for the Armed Forces and
their Auxiliaries, largely through
the USO, the United Seaman’s
Service, and War Prisoners’ Aid.
The United Nations front covers
aid to war prisoners, relief where
Redskin-Bear Films
To Be Shown Monday
Football pictures of the cham
pionship football game last year
between the Washington Redskins
and the Chicago Bears will be the
featured film at the weekly “foot
ball clinic” for Pre-Flight officers
being conducted each Monday
evening in Room 304, Woollen
gymnasium.
Also to be shown on the same
program are pictures of the foot
ball game played last season be
tween the Pittsburg Steelers and
the Redskins.
The program will start prompt
ly at 1900 and end at 2000.
possible for occupied countries, as
sistance to unoccupied areas, and
aid to refugees. The American
Home front provides for those es
sential services, such as family
and child welfare, health and hos
pitals, and recreation generally
supported by Community Chests.
Movie Schedule
Oct. 16—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “DuBarry Was a Lady”
with Lucille Ball and Red Skelton.
Feature at 1930 and 2120. Com
plete show one hour, 49 minutes.
Oct. 17—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “A Stranger in Town”
with Frank Morgan and Jean Rog
ers. Feature starts at 1300, 1415
and 1530. Complete show one hour,
17 minutes.
Cash Sales Tuesdays
At Small Stores
Officers and members of the
crew may make cash purchases at
the Clothing and Small Stores on
Tuesday of each week, excepting
the weeks in which the first day of
the month falls, when Clothing
and Small Stores will be closed for
inventory.
Cash purchases will be restricted
to this schedule except for “Health
and Comfort Issues,”