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CLOUDBUSTEB
Saturday, August 26, 1944
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 2—No. 50 Sat., August 26, 1944
Published weekly under the supervision of
the Public Relations Office at the U. S. Navy
Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., a unit
of the Naval Air Primary Training Command.
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Lieut. Comdr. Howard L. Hamilton, USNR
Executive Officer
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Editor: Lieut. Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y2c
On The Lighter Side...
Chief Electrician’s Mate: “Hey, put your
hand on one of these wires. Feel anything?"
Striker: “No, sir.”
Chief: “Good. I wasn’t sure which was
which. Don’t touch the other one or you’ll
drop dead.”
* » * * *
Many a sailor has called a spade a spade—
until he fell over one.
!)e * * *
Overheard at a movie the other night: “You
know, it’s wonderful how the movies have ad
vanced in the past few years.”
“Yes, first there were silent pictures, then
talkies, and now this one smells.”
*****
Recruit: “How far is it to camp?”
Two-Striper: “About ten miles as the crow
flies.”
Recruit: “How far is it if the crow had to
walk and carry a pack and a rifle?”
^ ^ ^ ^
A Navy haircut is a patch of hair with white
sidewalls.
*****
Sweet Mama; “I wonder if you love me?”
Gob; “Sure! Why should I make an excep
tion of you?”
*****
Dolores says; After going out with a few,
she can’t understand how these aviators rate
wings.
*****
Remember, no one is entirely useless. Even
the worst of us can serve as horrible examples.
*****
Today’s Sermonette
It may be hard to get meat, butter, shoes,
etc., but it’s a lot harder to learn Japanese.
*****
LOST: One lead pencil. By blonde; blue
eyes; height five feet; weight 112; age 20;
good dancer. Reward if returned. Dial 45893.
... Ufotes On
Twenty-five months in the Marine Corps, 18
of which were spent in the South Pacific with
Carlson’s Raiders, is credited to the record of
Cadet Buell St. John, G-3. . . . Hopes to fly
with the Marine Corps if and when he gets
his wings.... Wants to make flying for Uncle
Sam his career.
He :|e 9)e
Only 24 years old. Cadet Hubert Grow, G-3,
has 6Y2 years of service in the Marine Corps
to his credit. . . . Among other things, he was
drill instructor and gunnery instructor. . . .
He has sea duty with the Asiatic Fleet, and
served with the exp^itionary force from 1937
to 1940. . .. Also he was a member of the All-
Star Marine baseball team in China.
*****
We won't use his name, but a cadet in H~1
had this to say on his questionnaire. Asked to
give any additional information which might
be used in preparing publicity stories he
stated: “Don't smoke or drink. Have very
little to do with women. Like good food very
much, especially apple pie and cold milk. En-^
joy all types of athletics, but would much
rather participate in them than watch."
*****
Cadet Roy Nyden, H-2, was second class
Bos’n Mate on Subchaser for 18 months. . . .
Transferred to V-5 because he felt safer fly
ing over water than on water. . . . Hails from
Beatrice, Nebraska.
“I’ll bet you think twice before leaving that
wife of yours alone for an evening,”
“I’ll say. First I have to think up an excuse
for going out, and then a reason why she can’t
come.”
H; ^
We can’t help but have a great deal of ad
miration for the little red hen who wanted her
coop placed in the middle of the highway so
she could lay ’em on the line.
*****
Just after Pearl Harbor an American busi
nessman in San Francisco became somewhat
worried, since his household servants were all
Japanese. He was reasonably sure of their
integrity, but he decided to summon his Jap
valet and question him.
“Cato,” he said, “if the Japanese were to
invade San Francisco, you wouldn’t stab me
in the back would you?”
“Oh, no,” replied the valet, “that’s the gar
dener’s job. Me set house on fire.”
* * * * *
Mother: Now, Junior, be a good boy and
study hard, so you will have a chance to be
Vice President some day.
4b 4: %
“Vot is ethics? Veil, I will show you. Sup
pose a lady comes into the store, buys a lot
of goods and pays me ten dollars too much
when she goes out. Then ethics comes in.
Should I or should I not tell my partner?”
ife 9|t
Then there was the little lady who was so
dumb that she thought a goblet was a sailor's
child.
The 58 th,,,
In the regular Navy for five years. Cadet
David Pike, H-1, served two and one-half years
aboard ship and two years on foreign shore
duty., . . His home is in Littleton, N. H., and
while attending high school there he won two
letters in football and basketball, one in base
ball, and three in skiing.
*****
For outstanding performance of duty in the
Battle of Coral Sea, Cadet James Tisdale, H-1,
received a special citation from Rear Admiral
F. C. Sherman, USN. . . . While aboard the
USS Lexington, Cadet Tisdale also partici
pated in the Battle of Salamaua and Lae, and
the Battle of Bougainville. . . . He has been in
the Navy since January 19^1, and for a short
spell was aboard the USS Card. . .. He plans
to make Naval aviation his career. . . . His
home is in Mayesville, South Carolina.
*****
Seven years in the regular Navy, most of
which was spent on the sea, makes Cadet
Claude Pearce, H-3, an old salt. . . . When he
transferred to V-5, he held the rank of Chief
Electrician’s Mate. . . . Wants to go back to
the fleet for carrier duty after winning his
wings.
*****
Leader of his high school dance band and
winner of the Ohio State Championship in Na
tional Clarinet Solo Contests in 1940 is credit
ed to Cadet John Holkko, H-3.... He has been
in the Navy since May of 1941, and was at
the Naval Academy from June, 1943, to Janu
ary, 1944.
*****
Cadet Webster Gross, whose father is a
Commander in the Navy, was present at Pearl
Harbor when the Japs mnde their sneak at
tack on December 7th, 19U1. . . . Only 18 now
he's looking forward to duty with the Pacific
Fleet in the future.
*****
Four years in the Marines—At Quantico,
San Diego, New Caledonia, Guadalcanal, and
New Hebrides... . The name is Cadet Gordon
Fleming, G-2, and his father is a Lieut. Comdr.
in the Coast Guard.... Young Fleming served
with VMF-112, “Wolfpack,” which was third
ranking Marine squadron in planes downed
on Guadalcanal.... He also was an instructor
in horizontal bombing at first all Marine bom-
bardment-navigation school.
* * 4t * *
When Cadet Argus Byrd transferred to V-5,
he had six years and eight months of Naval
service in his record His last duty was that
of Chief Radioman on the USS Kennebec, an
Atlantic Fleet Tanker.... He participated in
the invasion of Africa and helped deliver avia
tion gas to all Atlantic Theaters since the start
of the war. .. . Decided he would like to burn
some of that gasoline himself in the future, so
he moved over to V-5.
*****
Cadet Clarence Heider, H-2, engaged in the
Battle of the Solomons, Attu and Casablanca.
... Since enlisting in the Navy in 1940, he has
kept a scrapbook on his travels around the
world. ... He hails from Long Beach, Cali
fornia.