Vol. 2—No. 9
U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C.
Saturday, November 13, 1943
$50,000 Bond Goal for Pearl Harbor Drive
Home Nursing Courses
For Navy Wives
Members of the Pre-Flight
Woman's Club are urged to en
roll now for home nursing
courses to be started in the near
future.
With the present great scar
city of trained and practical
nurses, and with emergencies
apt to arise at any time, it
would be to the benefit of all
naval officers’ wives to attend
these home nursing courses at
one time or another.
Enrollments for the courses
should be made with Mrs, Jesse
G. Wright, phone 6756, or Mrs.
Gordon Clark, phone 4476. Ad
ditional information may be
obtained from the same sources.
Del Monte Pre-Flight
School to Close Soon
The U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
School at Del Monte, Cal., last of
the Pre-Flight units to be placed
in operation, will be decommission
ed on or about next Feb. 15, it was
announced in a recent issue of The
^o-vyator, station newspaper
there. The last group of cadets
8 re scheduled to depart with grad-
'lation of the 19th Battalian on
Jan. 8.
The school was commissioned
on Feb. 13, 1943.
2nd Edition of Picture
booklet Being Distributed
The second edition of the 32-
Page pictorial booklet on Pre-
flight activities here, published by
^erin-Baliban Studios of Phila
delphia, is now available for dis
tribution. Officers and enlisted men
•^ay obtain a free copy of the book
let at the Public Relations Office
in Navy Hall.
Entire Regiment of Cadets Hear Address
By Americans Number Two Flying Ace
First Lieut. Kenneth A. Walsh,
America's No. 2 flying ace of this
war, spoke before the regiment of
cadets last Thursday night in Me
morial Hall.
Second only to Major Joe Foss,
Marine ace credited with 26 Jap
anese planes in the Pacific war
zone, Lieut. Walsh shot down 20
Jap planes between February and
September of this year, including
16 Zeros, one float plane and three
dive bombers. His probables run
to half a dozen more, and his rec
ord also includes a Japanese sup
ply ship which he strafed and sanlc
in enemy waters. He holds the
Distinguished Flying Cross and
has been recommended for other
awards.
Twice his own plane has been
virtually shot to pieces. A third
time he was forced to crash his
ship in the sea, far from his home
base, but was rescued to continue
his aerial assaults.
Speaking to the Cadets, Lieut.
Walsh told of his experiences in
the Pacific war zone.
Lieut. Walsh happened to run
into Major Foss when the latter
was returning home after shooting
First Lieut. Kenneth A. Walsh
down 26 Jap planes in the early
dogfights over the Solomon Is
lands. “I asked Joe how to go
about getting some Zeros,” casual
ly commented Walsh. “He told
me, ‘You won’t get any unless you
go after them.’ So those are the
tactics I have used ever since.”
Wednesday Evening Show
The four films scheduled for
showing in Memorial Hall next
Wednesday evening for cadets, of
ficers and enlisted men are In
vasion of Novth AfTtca (March of
Time), People of Russia, Coal
Black and Seven Dwarfs (Merrie
Melody), and a Community Sing.
As usual, the program will open
with music by the swing section
of the Pre-Flight band starting at
1920.
Movie Schedule
Nov. 13—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Hers to Hold” with
Deanna Durbin and Joseph Gotten.
Feature starts at 1930 and 2114.
Complete show one hour, 44 min
utes.
Nov. 14—Free movie at Village
Theatre, “Reveille with Beverly”
with Ann Miller and Frank Si
natra. Feature starts at 1320 and
1450. Complete show one hour, 28
minutes.
All Hands Urged
To Make Extra
Cash Purchase
A goal of $50,000 has been set
for this Command, as part of the
Navy Department’s second annual
Pearl Harbor Day Cash War
Bond sale.
The Navy’s objective is $15,-
000,000, compared with last year's
sales of approximately $7,500,000,
and concerted effort will be made
at all naval activities to put the
drive over the top.
Secretary of Navy Frank Knox
has established an individual goal
for the occasion of “at least one
bond purchase by every person
(uniformed and civilian) on duty
with the Navy.”
In announcing this station’s
plans for a special cash War Bond
sale with a goal of $50,000, Comdr.
John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), Com
manding Officer, urged all hands—
officers, cadets, enlisted personnel
and Civil Service employees—to
so administer their personal af
fairs that they may be in a posi
tion to do their part in the sta
tion’s drive.
“By purchasing War Bonds,”
Comdr. Graff said, “Americans are
buying shares in Liberty and Free-
aom, and it is the SACRED DUTY
of all hands to cooperate with this
Command, the Naval Air Primary
Training Command, the Navy De
partment, and the United States
of America, in making Pearl Har
bor Day a date that OUR
ENEMIES WILL NEVER FOR
GET.”
The campaign at this station,
which will be directed by Lieut.
William C. Clark, USNR, aide to
the executive officer, will be con
ducted as follows:
Dec. 1 for all officers, enlisted
See WAR BONDS, page U