Vol. 1 No. 36
SEYMOUR JOHNSON FIELD. N. C.
Aug\i8t 21,1943
Special Service Officer
Former Links Champ
Okanges la
Pass Policy
Tb% rec«ot tbaadm Id "pam pol-
Ib*** At this itAuoa taAS rtiitiniil
BADF to Mk the queetkND. how does
St 'Affect mer For the beorttt of
> ttyow who Are Dot sure. ho%- thsr;
stead we ere puhUshlnc such ports
of the memoreadum 'es oonoeni'
the persoaael.
I Ueted below ere the
sees tor the first
! gredes, men under the first
) fredee sad students-
tsDeet PertF Of Fliet Three
i \ Orsdes:
AH merrled end enlisted per*
sonnel of the first three eredes
who lire with their femUtos Is
Ooldsboro or rtctnitY- will continue
*to sidimlt letters requestlnc per«
mission to reside oft the reserve*
ttbn end rstk» seperetetjr es in
the pest.
All other enlisted persmmel of
the first three gredes, permeaent
peity. who ere not merrled or
who do not. live with their fem*
IISes In Ooldsboro or vlelntty here
Authority es In the pest to be gone
frtMD the Post durtog off duQr
hours on Field Pass, rat will M
requliwd to eet ell three meels on
the Post. These men will be given
one dey oft eeoh week end on thM
dey will not be required to eet
on the Post.'
r—lusiiiiel Perto Below Tito first
Three Oredem
' AH permenezft perty enlisted
■Jam below the first three gredes
who ere merrled had desire to
Uve with UmIp femlUes In OoMs*
boro or vldnlty mey submit e letter
to the Commending Officer through
ttieir Immediate Squadron Com*
Boender requesting permission
do 80. Orgenlsetion Oommanders
wlU verify statenientg appUcent
Thrae MiiMtiwi men who secure
tht« approve! win xneke Arrange
ments to eet eU three meels on
the Post, standing mem formation
wHh tbelr orgentettons. On toetr
dey off it wm not be neoessery to
eet on the Post.
miiiatort men of the permanent
perty below the first three gredes
who ere not married or who ere
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Few Changes In
WAV Untform
Ihe uniforms of the WACs wlH
show little obenges from those
ct the WAAOs when die wmaen'i
ecspe Is taken Into the regular
ijimy.
Streps on the Shoulders of the
WAAC taiform whkb now fees
to front and the beck win be
changed to oouform to that of
the other personnel of the Army-
facing ibe heed end out
The distlnetlve the
bead of Pelles Athene, used on the
lapels end on the eaqt, wlH be re*
tiJiied In the WAC.
For yeets Lt Borton Smith, now
a rae^ servlet otfioer at this
IMd. did autbtttg but study ttte
gams of gra. By tbs tlms bs was
SI ysers old. be bed captured some
of the leigost tournaments In the
world. On ma 31st birthday, bs won
tbs Kenoh Open at PmIs. That
seme season, ne wee runne^up in
the Oerman oi^ held in Berim.
Tbs renowned golfer hae won
more than 30 profesilonal touma*
fl^ta. ICany of his wins have been
, npbated/so^ as tbs time bs won
, ^ Augusta.. Masters in Osorgla.
Inis was played ra Bobby Jones*
oourss and he won It in IgM end
*31. Twice be won the Plnehufst;
If. O-, second oldest dtamptoosblp
In V. B. He doubled his win of tbo
8t. Paul Opm. Twloo he has been
third In the Nattcml Open;
His record Is a colorful one.
Bvery other year, when the U. 8.
Pro Byder C19 team picked a clan,
Borton dmith was on it. These
teams were sent to figland to re*
present the united States. In 1M3,
Smith appeared ra the team for
rshlbltlon only, because of tbe war.
The lanky goUer from Missouri
u played In 45 States of the
Union. Bis love for golf hse oarrtod
him abroad nany times. In Mmdoo,
Canada. Bermuda, England, ftanoo,
Oermany and other countries In the
world, the name Horton Smith
means a great golfer.
ebllTty ra tbe fairways, on
tbs grsen and. even In the traps
has bean pktod against tbs best
Be Is orasulered 'tbs wdrld*s idikt-
sat putter. Celebrlttee or oed&s, tf
Its gsM tuey WMeb, Mmton le 1»>
terested. He has played with Blag
Oroe^, the late Douglas Fslrbeaks,
Buddy Rogers, Bobe Hope end btai*
dreds of other stars.
When the call to service called,
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Changes in Processing Makes
Entrance to Cadets Easier
Eyesores To Be
Removed From
Public Eye—
But Quickly!!
If you were to be stoived on tbe
street In Oc^dsboro one of thono~
days by an MP, chancm are that
It wouldn’t be Just that the Military
poBeeman wanted to compliment
you on the homenilatonem of your
drem or tbe cknaness of y
■have. Rope, Chum, it would
Just the opposite of that for srl*
diets wlU ne acoosted for dls*
orspandes fat drem or somq
inegularl^ in conduct and have
temporary mUltary police peases Is
sued to thorn which wlU have to be
brou^t Into eemp within a spisel*
fled time.
7116 Issuance of a pam does stot
oean that the imprt^^ly cut h***
or that unsteady stride warrents'
arrest. It to mamly done so ss ro
get the offending 01 out of the
puMlc view and back to oanm
within the prescribed time. Bfii
Held peas wUl be token by tbe MP
and tamed in to tbe Provost Mar
shal where dtecka wQl be made to
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Any sddlsr aov servtog hi any
branch or stettonod • kt any • or*
lentoatkn cn a post is now eligi
ble for entrance to the Air Faroes
if be la able to meet the genani
requirements.
.ersMcme an SKiUesnt who
had fatted twlos to pass tbs pr»-
Itmlnary nuntal exam for avlattan
cadet ''WstT' batrsd ~ from- trytar
again.,; Undet .ttie nsw-'ast^.'
these men. may rctaks. ttm agam
mbvldlng 3b days have alapaed-
lines the da\e_^of'the- loot atoesapt.*
. • Tbs new exam' bbndsta cf ewi ‘
parts. The flnt soetton. presents.
150 qumttras, with a credit of.
two pdnts fra eaittt 'correct an
swer; 130 of Old totia Fro vmd-
ttons must he correctly 'snswemd
to make e passing grade. In tbe
relate to aeronantteal simjeeta,
simple math, current history end-
general qumttons that preclude
a high school education or its
its equivalent.
'The former genraal require^
ments wlU stand. An appIttwM
must be between the eges of It
and 36. must have 30-30 vlslan In
both eyee. dttoenetatp or he at
least to years natotoumd or na^
ties born.
. ®fiaOy ^ pew pneednre la aa'
ft an appftM to ato^
Maisr General Jaoeb B. FlttM, new Cemmanding Oeweral ef
On Army Air Fraem Bastora Techalcal Training Ctoeexa-
bere, paid hto first efltolal vtott to Seymour Johnson Field this past
wedL The General Is Aown In the above photo m he Inspectod the
Oaard ef Honor immediately after hto arrival. IIMto here, the Gen
eral had an eppertnafty to sfiaiii the werk ef alriiM meohanlo sln-
dsnto meny of whem wBI go in to aerial gsnneiV^nhssl. B to In
teresting to note, that Osusral PlokM was ane of the first araial
gennsri In the pioneer days sf the avtadton arm.’
Two Pioneer Officers of
Johnson Field Promoted
Major E. G. Prohoaka and
Mojhr Clydo Houtrr, two of
Soymour Johnson nald'a pio-
•r offleera wnro promoted
to tho grado of Lt. Colonol
this post waok.
Oolooet Prohaska, a native
of Oedar Riqdds. Zonw, has had a
great deal to do with tho bringing
tm of two Tsetmlcal Sdtooto. He
came to Chanuto Field while It was
stIU In Us Infancy, as the adjutant
of tho Recnitt Detachment, at tbe
beginning of ttw expatMloo. As It
grew-he was appointed Personnsl
Officer of rae of tbe Sdmol Squad-
rooB and a little latey became As-
etotent B-1 Offleer of the Post.
Transferred to tbe Seymour
Johnson FUd while It was ttiH la
tha paper stages, Ooionel Prohaska
aasumed duties of 8*1 Officer and
has handled the thousend and one
personnel problema of the fleU
since It was a cadre of a mere 35
en.
Ooionel Boultry, in addition to
having been la on the ground flora
of two technical schools, has the
dlsttocUra of being on more boerds
than any officer on tbe field. "
A senior member of the 008 and
Warrant Officer Boerd, nun^mr of
the JPost Bxchange OcAmeU and In
numerable other courts and boards
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brlnga to an Aviation 
a letter from his Organtsatton
Cocunaader evidencing that be has
gone through the requlalte mao-
neli. ff ha to a rucrult from ttto
BO he appUee during or direct^
after proraeslng. An aroUcunt
should have bis Orth certificate
and three letters of reoomineDda-
tlon.
If he psasm the mental exam
he la given a regular Army phy
sical. followed by anoOra j^iyal*
cal by a tUgbt soigeon. Then he
goes before tha Avtottoa Cadet
Board and is ■**ma*d as to ha
moral background.
SuooessfuT In those tests, be to
sent to an Air Focom basle train
ing cantor for six wesks laato
training. Men coming from a line
outfit, or who have had basle
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Plane Crash
Kills Four
At 13;S5 Wednesday aftemooiL
Captain Ooedra L. Brandt, Squad
ron eommander and —rt ds-
rector of tbo taokhnsd Trumhioa
School and three Ueutensnts, all
students at tha sAoot, were
when thdr plane eraidisd on the
farm of T. x. Hlrmant, seven mttas
east of OolddMco.
Those kUtod In the crash were:
Oaptstn Brandt, Ann Arbor, Midi.:
Second Uouteoant Albect J. Sal-
narto, Philadelphia, Pa.: Second
Ltoutenaat Rahum B. Motssl New
Bedford. BCasa.: UsAo^
Richard J. Bing. Weutftold. Mam.
Hero of ‘Thirty Seconds Over Tokyo’ Visits Fieid
drataln Ted W. Lawson, suthra
ad the book ‘"Ihirty Oeeonds Over
Mm.” and one of tbo herom of
Oramral Dodtttte*B history
raid, vlsitod Seymour Johnoon Field
last weA.
To hear first hand the aoeouat
sf tbe raid—tbs secret prsparatlooa.
She -raid itsdX and the aknost un-
hellevable adventuree of the dr-
men that followed, glvesooe athxilt
that Just can’t be expreaeed; nor
ean tha aoooont cf tbo eraah of tbe
**Rnptared Du^” Oeptaln Law-
eon's plans, bow he and hto Injured
raeW wandered for 4 days wUbout
msdiBs! ears, and how tat a mnnm
ttisy travslad taronffb Japanooo 00-
eupisd Cbme sy rto«r boato. rl^aha
and sirstohor be ifaseribBa In three
tosMs of the AlrfF-Meeto far tom
OBt. - * • '
■ OapM Lavsen 'to . a nattve of
Odttenm, and .attaoMtod Ldb An>
aeronautical engineering during the
day and worked in tbe Douglas Air
craft plant at night Be finally had
to leave sdtool when the doum job
became too dlulcidt and devote
hlmsdf to the. pracUcel atody of
planes. A Joined tbe Anny Air
Fbreee eafty in 1300 as a flying
cadet and, by February. 1301, he
was a first pilot. Soon after Pearl
Harbor, he was one of the volun-
toen tor the "dangeroue mlaston.’'
that turned out to be the
of Tbkyo. Captain Lawaon to mar
ried and haa two chlldiun. Mrs.
Lawson was a Hbraitan at Lea An-
ties Junior Ctflege. She uxsd to
t the captoln sleep there for 10-
inafi snatches when he was try-
If 1 > mark and keep tm with
boi. ut tbo same tone.
What kind of person to bs, well
this may ten you: When asfead
—* hto experlenom hs sn-
I Ah* homseens m-
as-Bis timaa CtotnoBii
•wrrflla Irtod to teles, hto .41. “T
told htoo no but ttmt^ho eeuld have
was on tbe ^ane.’* ‘'Ts deaerlbe
this X made a mdtkmJlke a Chicago
gangster dnd wrac, Ah«h«h«ti«K>i, »
^‘He looked at me with a sneer and
Is
Or the time he was milking down
the oorrldor of tbo War dspert-
ment after his return from-the rakU
and an elderly lady atopned htan.
looked him over and sauL Tnor
whet can you 00 to tbo Army?” He
told her 1 was a Weatem umon boy
and would have to bs gobw.
HOw dom be feel uboot ft new
that It’s overr I think the first few
llnss of hto hash wlB answer tbat
(BTOKTOontbs
ApHtlg, IMS X
DoeUttto raM ef
srafttod In the Ck
^ fun. dssFM
hniltos Mettomi’ _
.woman wboBslsagnaae I'esqldst
Opaek. I wifiBed n sTSkm
tew «(r mr toft lag. am fim^T
home ka mp wBi aAmholng^
Qowii, shipped end eerrtod around
the world.
Now Tm in ttos for tbs seroneu-
ttcsl englnesrtng research Job which
I wanted In tbe first plaoa. 1
Msjhe the cards would have dealt
out that Jsh for me If I hadn't vol-
.untoersd fra the raid on TOkpo.
Maybe not. i don't-.reeUy havo anp
rsmesa now-.
But If 1 had . te make tho reU
over again X would omtatny toed
t in ttm
fee.
. For hto part j
raM. eost hha*a lag. L
was prometod from.Firm XJeiitan-.
ant to Oaptain. and rmatved the
Dtotinswtohed Ftylmr teea, the Orw
dar Of .tha Furpla Baactf and the-
MOttatp Order, of CBte. m. wm
‘ -SHnaoar-,Jalmeen te vmaisiili
M.aad IM.toft'with hto vSe