Vol 1 No. 47
SEYMOUR JOHNSON HELD, N. C.
Octobei 6, 1943
Brig. Gen. Brady Is New C. O!
Veteran of Pacific, Far Eastern,
European Theatre Commands S JF
Osf New Cenunanding Officer greets our outgoing one
Brigadier General Fremcis M. Brady, (left) is welcomed to
Seymour Johnson Field by Colone iDonald B. Smith
Civilians Will
Get Decorations
Assuming command of Seymour Johnson Field this past week. Brigadier General
Francis M. Brady, veteran of service in the Philippines, Europe, and the Far Eastern Thea
tre of Operations, relieved Colonhl Donald B. Smith, Commanding Officer of the post since
March 13. 1943. ■
A command pilot. General Brady has seen service in many of the hot-spots of this
war, and returned recently to the United States from England, where he was Command
ing General of the American Medium Bomber Force in the European Theatre of Operations.
He comes to Seymour Johnson from Greensboro, N. C., where he commanded Basic
Training Center No. 10. A veteran of the last war and this. General Brady has been
awarded man^ decorations for service, and brings to the field on understanding of the
war and the American soldier.
e-
Hls military history reads like
a story ol this war. from Pearl
I Harbor to the present. Stationed in
the Philippines as Chief of Staff
to Vajor General Lewis Brere-
lUm. General Brady leo American
flyers against the Japanese for
18 days lollowiDg the attack on Ha
waii. Then, on Christmas Eve. he
and General BrereUm were order-
led out of the Islands by General
Douglar Mac Arthur and proceed
ed imder orders to Java.
I From Java, they went to India
.via Burma, after organizing the
T - - -
Officers Given
High Air Awards
In Presentation
Service awards for faithful,
meiitorioua service and slgmlicaut
contributions to the war effort wiU
be given to civilian employees of
the War Department, It was an
nounced this week by Secretary
ef War Hetuy L. Stimson. '
Send Your
Xmas Mail
EARLY!
In view the unavoidable han
dicaps of war, there can be no
assurance that gifts and cards
mailed In the weeks immediately
preceding Christmas will be de
livered on time. Such matter must
and will not Impede the movement
of war materials, personnel and
military mail.-
TronsportatiOD facilities are
heavily burdened. Railway cars
and airplanes are not available to
transport and.deliver as heretofore
the Xmas mall in the last three
weeks before Christmas.
More than 30.000 experienced
postal employees are in the armed
forces. In the past more than 200,-
000 helped with the Holiday mail,
helped with the EEoIlday mall. This
his year many of them will not
be avaUable.
The Christmas mail will t-e In
addition to the already heavily bur-
d ' racUlUes of delivering a rec-
O' raking volume of mail. Last
'X public started mailing
ea: ..ut the volume was smrll.
Tberu was a deluge of later mail
ings. Many who did not mail their
K reels within the time specified
the Post Office Department
leamea to their regret that their
friends did not receive the cards
and gifts until after Christinas. i
The only way. therefore. In
which deliveries can be made on
time Is by mailing earlier this
-year. Postal delivery gone num
bers on mall addressed to cities
having that system will expedite
the delivery of such' mail greatly.
Decoratluns are being estauliab-
ed accordmg to Secretary Stlm-
son's order, "in lui iherance of the
Departments policy and the high
est individual effort, and to en
courage the recognition of those
civilians who have served faith-
’ . meriroriously, and exception- :
ally
Authorised by an act of the 78th
Congress, the awarding authority
has been delegated, in certain In
stances, to Commanding Ofllcers
of Army installaUons. Suitable cere
monies will accompany the presen-
uuon. and here oii the field a board
of revue has already been set up.
Three different classes jf
I awards have been designated. Sec-
retaiy Stimson declared. They will
jbe-'-'j) i'-e ioro ot lapel rlobons
suitable for wear on dress or coat
and will bear the emblem. In color*
3 un t tfsuing the citation. The
basic pattern for all three awards
Is blue and silver, with strands of
braid at each end to mark the
grade of the award.
The three decorations are:
1) Emblem For Civilian Ser
vice. the basic ribbon for all three
citations. It will be conferred on
all employees serving six consecu
tive months M satisfactory service.
(3> Emblem For Meritorious 8er -
vice which will be granted auto
matically to all War Department
emr'oyes who have C'^m^'leied
ten years of faithful and satisfac
tory service. Others eligible are
men and women who have sug
gested or .:c' eloped new methods
and procedure* shown Initiative
' in developing skil s. or have contrib
uted to morale-bulIdlng activities.
While this award does not provide,
a meritorious In-grade promotion,
it will be given added weight by a:
reviewing committee If the reel- j
pient Is recommended for a pro-'
motion. !
(3 Emblem For Exceptional Ser-i
vice will be conferred by- the Sec-
retaiy of War himself and wUl be
accompanied by a letter of recom
mendation with a specific citation
by the Secretary. It will be consid
ered Justificatlra for an In-grade
iT- O' on. Eligible are employees
who have developed or Improved
methods and procedures on a
broad scale which results In sub-*
stantlal improvements In economy
or efflcleDcy. Employees who have',
exhibited courage In the face ol!
I Ckmtinued » Page TTiree
High honors were awarded this
week to three Flying Officers here
at Seymour Johnson'Field. In a
special ceremony. Brigadier Gen-
eral F'rancls M. Brady, Command
ing Officer, made the presentations.
For successful missions against
Japanese forces In the Aleutian
I.slands, Captains Roy. L. Carr,
and Richard C. Roderick were cited
with the DisUngulshed Flying Cros
Both pilots of fighter planes, they
carried out missions in spite of
adverse weather which would or
dinarily ground planes and against
strong enemy opposition.
Lt. Col. Frank P. Bender (Then
Captain) received the Silver Star
with Oak Leaf Cluster for gallantry
In action over Buna, New Guinea
and New Britain in the Southwest
Pacific theatre of operations.
Arriving at Aleutian bases In
January of 1942, Captains Carr and
Roderick engaged in many attacks
against enemy Installations. Their
citation mentions that, In addition
to normal fighter plane uses, they
.successfully converted their pursuit
ships for bombing of groimd forces
and used them in that manner.
Returning to the United Stales In
May. this year, they were attach^
ito fighter groups which later trans-
ferr^ to this field. Captain Carr
is now Operatiems Officer of a
fighter Group, engaged in training
I P-47 Thunderbolt fighters heYe on
I the field.
I Asked his opinion of the post,
I after returning from combat
against the enemy. Captain Carr,
la native of Mississippi, said: “It's
' the • raost military post I've ever
been stationed at. and that's fine
' with me."
Tenth Air Force In India, the
summer of 1943 found Nazi troops
threatening to break through
Russian defenses in the Caucasus
'area at that time. General Brady
took command of the Air Defense
Commend which protected the
eastern approaches to India.
Then, early in 1943, after the
■ death of General Andrews In a
'plane crash on Iceland. General
Brady was transferred to England
and given command of our me
dium bomber force. He personally
led the first flight of American
medium ships that blasted Nazi-
held fortifications in Holland.
Orlglna'ly entering the service
a da: after the declaration of war
in April of 1917. General Bradv
fought In France with the Third
Division and near the end of the
conflict, flew with the then-young
American Air Corps.
When Armistice was signed, he
remained in German- with the
Army of Occupation and relumed
to the United States some time
later to serve at such fields as
March, Mltchel. and Langley. He
1.turned to Europe in 1925 to be
come military attachg to France.
Then, in 1936, he took over a post
as instructor at the Air Corps
Technical Reboot in Langley Field.
Virginia.
Three years later, be transferred
to the Command and General Staff
School, but in 7931 he went over
seas again as assistant military
attach- for air In Italy. There fol
lowed a year’s study at the War
Colltje In Washington, D. C. In
1936 -ne returned to Langley Field
as S-3 of th^ Secimd Wing and
0-3 of the O. H. Q. Air Force.
When, In 1939, rumblings of war
became louder. General Brady
was assigned to the Caribbean De
fense Command. In Oefober 1941
two months before the disaster at
Veteran of Pacific Tab mb
Pearl Harbor, he was ordered to
the Philippines.
General Brady wears the Dis
tinguished Service Cross, the Pur
ple Heart with an Oak Leaf dust-
Stiver Star with an Oak Leaf
Continued on Page Three
Poor Clerk, Ration
Pay Now On Payroll
The company clerk has another
headache —but the enlisted man
who Is authorized to mess separate
from his orge'nisatlon m^y cheer.
Effective this last payday, Oct. Jl.
ration payment was Included oo
the payroll.
I No limger will the rationed EM
I wait for Finance to pay him off
by check.
Coptaia loy Corr, Operotions Officer of the 402nd Fight-1 But the poor company clerk
er Group, wai awarded the Di.tinguished nying Crow for, ^ commutetloi
action against the Japs in the Aleuticm Islands ok a cere-fttiow fn^ Oct Jo Oct. ii,
li
mony here onthe field this week.
. Inclusive, at the rate of 67
'•ents per dag. .(Army Tlmes>