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FRED WARING TO SALDTE SEYMOUR JOHNSON FIELD MAY 26
WARUM AND HIS PENNSYLVANIANS
MEIilLS AWARIED G.I.S
FOR GOOR COHRICT
According to Taric magazim, the
VJar Department has amended the re*
tnirwents for the Good ConAict Me*
dal to include the foUowli^:
"It may be awarded by the CO of
a unit for "exMq^lary behavior, ef
ficient and fidelity" to any (S
1*10 on or after Aug. 27, 1940,had
^ or shall have ecii^>leted three yeas
of active military service or who
after Dec. 7» 19UI, has or shall
3m» MEDAL pag# 3
IK MCmKIAM
There*s a note of sadness arou
nd Barracks %0 of the 793rd T.S.S.
these days — for the three little
kittens are dead.
Sgt Augast V. Sanehionl fouxd
the tiny animals one day last wedc
ehsa be beard th« moeing under Ihs
barradcs. Wewfaom, blind and not
a hit largerhardly ^than alee,
the kittend.' had been abandoned by
their mother* I
Sanehionl settle the three In
a padded box near his bed and fed
them earn alik throu^ a medicine
dropper* Soon, others were helping
The GIs In Barracks 340 were \p
aoie than one night with the tiny
babies they had adopted* One day
the kittens anored ri^t throuj^ ai
inspection*
then, this week — one by one
— sickness claimed the kittens*
"Gosh," said one GI, "it was
Just like losing throe aeabers of
the family."
mVIKG COLORS U.S.O. CAMP SHOW
SCHCDULED TO PLAY FIELD MAY 28 AMD 29
FLTINC COLdtS, the musical co
medy extravaganaa which USO-CAKP
SHCNYS presents here at Seyaour John
son Field on May 2Bth and 29th, for
a two day run, is a big show filled
with blg-tlme perforasrs* Frodueed
and staged on Groadeay, it*s an eye
filler, lavishly eostomed, with
songs, dances and socko comedy —
rtly interwoven into the "books*"
The shows will be held at ITieatre
No 1* Time will be annottne>d later*
The rubber-legged dancing and
comedy routines of Hal SheiyMn, th
at kept audiences rolling in the
aieles for three years at "Hellza-
poppln'," *111 again be on display*
Hal has been featured in the f«BO»
us ■Vuslc Box Revues" of Irving Be
rlin, and has been starred in Lond
on's ai(kilght Frolics, as well as
at the Casino Da Tarree in New Yoxk
Talented Johnny Ifooda, aoe cc^
median and im] ersonator, keepa the
tfiow running owothly at a ^et ^mce
Johnry haa appeared with such famou-
us name bends as Toorty Dorsey's, He-
nzy Busse's, Jan Savltt'a and Benny
Gootaan*s*
See U.3.0* pas* 3
REW TRRRSITIOR SCHOOL ESTABLISHEI HERE
FIEE MEMCAL CANE YO
SOLIHENS’ lEPENIENTS
Frew medical care will be ex
tended to wives and dependents of
all soldiers at Seymour Johnsca
Field in conjunction with a health
service offered by the Children's
Bureau, U.S. Department of Labor,It
was announced in Washington this
week. Practically all of the atatee
will have the plan in operation this
month. Army Timea stated.
Congress recently appropriated
Hi,200,000 for ^e currant year,end
ing June 30, to provide medical care
of expectant mothers whose husbands
are of the prescribed ratiks In the
armed serviees. The President has
asked for an additional $6,000,000.
Any enlisted man's wife in a
See MEDICAL page 3
Providing an all-inportant
"stepping stone" in the training iwn
gram of the Amy Air Forces, a Lock
heed Trsuisition School has been es
tablished here at Seymour Johnson
*i*ld and is scheduled to start op
erations Ismedlstely.
Filling a long felt need, the
newly established school will pro-
viie for pilots from advanced flyiJg
training schools a month's valuable
experience in the. hazxlling of air-
pla.ies, twin-engined and heavier
tnan those they have met heretofore.
Because of its location at a
field in th* Army Air Forces Techni
cal Training Command, the newly-es
tablished school i^ieh is a part of
the Air Forces Flying Training Com
mand, becomes unique in itself end
the first one of iU kind in the
United States.
Establishment of the school
See TRANSITION pas* 3
"VICYORY YINE” BROADCASY
YO DE DEDICATED TO FIELD
OVEI HOC
Fred Waring — msstar of radio
sweet awing — next Wednesday ni^t
will salute Seymour Johr«son Field
on the "Victoiy Tune Frogr«."
Not only will the master baton
weilder figuratively tip his hat to
the Gle of Seymour Johnson, but
will also play for then the tunes
which they have chosen as their
favorites,
A poll of soldiers was conduc
ted to deteniine the favorite nun*
bere. These Included Johnny Zero —
Teu'd Be So Nice To Love,and Swing
Lew, Sweet Chariot.
GIs who want to hear the "Vic
tory Tuns Program" should have th
eir radios tuned to the NBC critlet
See WARING page 3
STAMP DRIVE REARS
HALF WAY MARK
I'he drive to sell enough war
sta-nps and bond's to equal the price
of a P-40 pursuit plane was Juat
shy of half it's f^oal as the niddle
of the month, indicating the half -
way mark in the campaign rolled l,y.
Over $27,000 in war stamps and
bonds have been bought by eniiateH
men, officers, and civilians frewj
the AIR-O-MBCR division of the Spec
ial Service Section, sponsors cf
the drive, since the opening of uhe
eeapaign on April 30.
The drive to raise $7S,ooO,the
price of a P-40 pursuit plane w511
clnse June 1. Weekly progress of
the drive can be readily determined
by the moc-up plane outside the Al't-
O-ltrni office in Building T.30. The
amount of sales of war stamps ar.?
bonds is shown by blocving oi*f p
portion of the plane thot the salos
todate would purchase.
ONE YEAR AGO
A year ago, .'=unday, Mgy 2Z,t\w
contract to build Seymour Johnson
Field was lat. A year ago, a call
for 10,000 to 12,000 workers was
made. A year ago, the Area -ngin-
ears were already busily at work.
A year ago, an Army Air Base at
Goldsboro became a reality instead
of a rumor. A year ago t»ii ■ past
Tueartay, May 18, the first enlisted
men, a group of ton, arrived from
Chanute Field. A small group of
officers had already reoorted for
duty at this station. A year ago,
Seymour Johnson Field was In the
making.
HO PRYSIGAL HECESSAIT
FOR IISIIARCE
The Persenai Service Officer
disclosed tliat legislation had been
passed making every member of the
amy eligible for National Service
Life Insurance.
It will not be necessary to
take a physical examination in erdor
to obtain a policy, “sjor 'tecDoneld
pointed out.
S*« IaSURANCE oaee 3