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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, April 29, 1944
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 2—No. 33
Sat., April 29, 1944
Published weekly at the V. S. Navy Pre-
Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., under super
vision of the Public Relations Office. Contri
butions of news, features, and cartoons are
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War Department, 205 E. 42nd St., N.Y.C.
Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. Howard L. Hamilton, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut. P. 0. Brewer, USNR
Public Relations Officer
Editor: Lt. (jg) Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y2c
On The Lighter Side... .
A youngster* was leading a donkey past a
group of soldiers when one of the khaki-clad
boys decided to have some fun.
“Why are you holding on to your brother
so tight?” the soldier asked.
“To keep him from joining the army,” re
plied the boy. ‘
The American Service paper, STARS AND
STRIPES, quotes this official announcement
which appeared, duly signed by an Admiral
on the bulletin board at a Naval office:
“All officers wishing to take advantage of
the stenographers in the pool will go to Room
801 and show evidence of their need.”
* * * * *
After a lengthy sermon to his congregation
on the subject of free salvation, a colored
preacher asked Brother Smith to take up the
collection. One of the parishioners got to his
feet and protested. “Parson, I thought you
said salvation was free—free as the water we
drink.”
“Salvation IS free, Brother,” answered the
minister. “It’s free and water is free, but when
we pipes it to you, you have to pay for the
piping!”
—Coronet
* * * * *
Junior: “Mama, did Papa sell some of our
chickens ? ”
Navy Wife: “No, dear, why?”
Junior: “Because I heard Mr. Brown say that
he had seen papa several times lately with a
couple of chicken^ on the way to town.”
Sunday Divine Services
Protestant 1000 Memorial Hall
Roman Catholic 0616 Gerrard Hall
1000 Hill Music Hall
Jewish 1000 Graham Memorial
* • •
Chaplain’s Office Hours: Daily, 0880-1700;
Monday and Wednesday, 0830-1800.
Father Sullivan will in Chaplain's Office on
Tuesdays, 1846-1930.
Confessions: Saturdays in Gerrard HaU, 1900-
2016.
Crwsmg With Covey ,
By David Y, Coverston, Ylc, USNR
Man, what a difference a few calibers make!
Going into'the second and final week of our
instruction on the range, Warrant Officer Wir-
kus and his Marine sidekicks initiated us into
the order of the revolver shooters, caliber .38,
and to me it’s still a mystery as to how anyone
can kill anyone other than himself with one
of the things.
There we were on the Monday^ following our
first week, eyes all sparkling, hopes high, and
confidence oozing from our pores. We’d had
a week on those .22’s, and they were beginning
to be our friends part of the time, occasionally
putting a hole in the bullseye. Then, out came
those .38’s ,the contrariest weapon I’ve ever
seen.
We started firing the “hawg laigs” as they’re
called in western circles at the same distances
we had been using with the .22, but for some
reason or other, our scores fell off. Naturally
we felt this was due to the newness of the
weapon, and laughed it off.
Well, on Wednesday we fired our first quali
fying rounds. On that day, most of us man
aged to make the minimum grade, and if we’d
used good judgment, we’d have kept our scores,
but the urge to do better was strong in our
breasts, so we all turned down those marks,
and ventured out again on Thursday, Blue
Monday was never as dark as that Thursday.
Fourteen of us assumed our positions, and
banged away. When the smoke had cleared
away and final scores computed, only eight
had qualified. The other six, including yours
truly, glanced furtively toward Warrant Of
ficer Wirkus and winced under his scornful
words, “Worst class I’ve ever had.”
Only two men attained the rank of expert,
J. W. Kunkel, SMlc and F. E. Stroud,
CSp(M) gathered in all the honors. Kunkel
headed the list with a 214 out of a possible 240,
and Stroud, the chief stamp paster, followed
closely with a 213. Three sharpshooters
emerged, Lieut. W. R. Fisher with an even 200,
C. F. Looney, SM2c, and E. M. Wren Y2c, with
identical 195’s making up the charmed circle.
Likewise, three marksman scores were amass
ed. Lt. (jg) J. G. Wall with a 192, R. P. Ross,
Ylc with a 178, and W. F. Gass, Y2c, with a
177.
Those of us who failed to make the grade
have decided that our failure was due to one
of three things or all combined. One, the
minimum score is too high; two, the targets
are too far away from the firing line, or, three,
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