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CLOUDBUSTER
Friday, February 9, 1945|
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 3—No. 21 Friday, February 9, 1945
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. Contributions are welcome from all hands.
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Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. Howard L. Hamilton, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut. Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Public Relations Officer
Lieut, (jg) Francis Stann, USNR
Editor
R. D. Jackson, PhoMIc Harold Hanson, Sp(P)2c
Photographers
The Lighter Side...
Medical Officer: “Now really, seaman, in
civilian life would you come to me with a
trivi?’ complaint like this?”
Sick Seaman; “No, Sir. I’d send for you.”
^
Sergeant: “Stop worrying, Mesenjouski-
witzhurgerhofer, there’s no bullet with
your name on it.”
^ ❖
Admiral Sir Andrew Cunningham was
aboard his flagship in a Mediterranean port
when a cruiser made a sloppy job of tying
up to her berth.
The cruiser’s captain, dreading the mes
sage he knew would come from his com
mander in chief, was relieved, if puzzled,
when it was delivered. It consisted of the
one word, “Good.”
Fifteen minutes later, the captain was in
terrupted in his bath with a supplement,
reading, “To previous message please add
the word, ‘God’.”
“So you were out golfing with that sailor.
How does he use the woods?”
“I don’t know. We played golf all the
time.”
* * !(:
An ambitious young fellow entered the
Navy and after three months was made a
seaman 1st class. Writing home to his wife,
he said; “I have had my first promotion,
but speak to the neighbors as usual and
don’t move into a larger house yet.”
Jit * *
There was an aged bos’n’s mate who died,
and at his funeral the minister delivered a
beautiful address, praising the departed in
the most glowing manner, extolling his
splendid qualities as a fine type of man, a
good husband and kind parent. About this
time the widow, who was seated up in
front, spoke to her little daughter by her
side, and said, “My dear, go look in the
coffin and see if it’s your father.”
For the first time since entering the Naval
Air Transport Service, the Martin Mars has
shed her coat of dusty-blue paint. The coat
weighed 628 pounds. Thus, for each trip
between California and Hawaii, the “Old
Lady” saves 580 pounds of fuel previously
needed to carry the paint. And, overall,
she saves some 1,200 pounds for additional
payload. Besides all this, Glenn L. Martin
engineers estimate an increase of 4.3 mph.
in cruising speed, even with the additional
payload, by losing the air drag of the paint.
Air Lunch Gives Lift
Army flyers are receiving a decided “lift”
through use of a four-ounce package of
fudge, gum, chocolate drops, and chocolate-
coated peanuts. All men on missions of
three hours or more now receive the new
“air crew lunch,” which supplies a quick
release of energy. The package can be
opened with one heavily mittened hand.
The new ration will keep “for years” with
out deteriorating, can withstand temper
atures of 160 degrees above and 66 degrees
below, and up to 90% humidity.
Rotary-Winged Tugs
Use of rotary-winged aircraft as glider
tugs is a possibility now under study. Main
advantage is the aimost negligible takeoff
run needed for an autogiro, while the heli
copter can ascend without any run.
Since even a heavily loaded glider be
comes airborne before its conventional tug-
plane leaves the ground, the new develop
ment might mean that gliders could be
lifted out of very small fields. There is
serious question, however, whether the tow
ing efficiency of either a ’giro or ’copter
will prove sufficient to justify its use for
such operations. First tow of a glider by an
autogiro was reported last October in New
foundland.
A BM2c was standing in line at the Ship’s
Service counter to buy some perfume for
his wife, who is a Navy nurse. A woman
pushed in ahead of him.
“Excuse me, I was here first,” said the
sailor.
“My husband is an officer,” said the
woman.
“What’s his rank?” asked the sailor.
“He’s an ensign,” she answered.
“Too bad,” said the sailor, “my wife’s a
jg.”
Japan’s Strength
By Lt. (jg) W. O. Shanahan !
The fall of Manila marks the collapse of
Japan’s outer defense ring; the war can;
now be pressed home on the sources of
Japanese power. It is always risky to proph
esy the course of military operations but itl
is safe to conclude that the real fighting in
the Pacific has just begun. Japan’s casual
ties thus far, perhaps 600,000 men, are less
than the number of youths who have
achieved military age since Pearl Harbor.
Not more than 25 divisions have been used
to garrison outlying Japanese bases. Within
the “core” of their empire are at least 75
divisions which have never tasted defeat
and are spoiling for a fight.
Despite the American victories the mo
rale of the Japanese people appears to be
unshaken. Reports from travelers (citizens
of Portugal, Spain, Switzerland, etc., still
reside in Japan) indicate that the man in
the street is taking a very calm view d
things. He believes that divine aid and the
new Japanese secret weapon of “projecting
indomitable spirits” at the enemy will bring
victory. More sophisticated Japanese take
comfort from the fact that the allies have
not been able to conquer Germany despite
a terrible air battering and the pressure of
almost 300 divisions.
It is dangerous to be misled by the ap
parent weakness of the Japs on Luzon. In
deed, it is not uncommon to hear that the
conquest of the Philippines has been “easy.”
It should not be forgotten that before the
landings the U. S. Navy fought fleet en
gagements which dwarf the Midway and
Coral Sea battles and compare favorably
with the grandeur of Jutland.
On land about 10 divisions have been
used, the largest force to be assembled for
a Pacific campaign. Legends to the “easi'
ness” of battle develop with surprising
speed. Most Americans think that the land
ings in Normandy were relatively unop'
posed. Actually the fighting on “Omaha
Beach” compared with the bloodiest battles
in American military annals. So it has been
in the Pacific: the victories have lured uS
into thinking that the war is over.
Japan intends to exploit this sentiment bS
well as the war weariness that will over
take Americans when Germany falls.
must always be borne in mind that Japai^
is not fighting for an outright military vic
tory but for a military stalemate that will
lead to a negotiated peace. Japan would
probably make peace now if we would
recognize their “rights” in China. War
weariness and the tough core of Japan’s
military empire may make such a “deal”
attractive to some Americans. To saf^'
guard ourselves against this lure it is well
to resolve now to fight the war in Asia to
a finish.
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