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IS, IS44 AIB-O^CH g€|«oin toluu— rfald. W. C. Tfais oewspAper ts publlstied weeUy tj and tor Itoe peroomel ol Seymour Jotuuoo Plel^ M C.. ODder ttie dlrecOoo at Uw Special Service Officer. FuD coverage ol Uie Camp Newapaper 5«i7«e la received. All material la passed by ibe Public Relailoos Office. pbotograpba. ualeaa rtberwiae credited, are Army Air Forces grapbs. News appearmg In tbla paper Is for general release provided proper credit la glvuL BRIO. OEN. FRANCIS M. BRAOY MAJOR J. B MURR. Special Service Oflloer BOROUAL Pfo. Trf** Waller M/8gt Richard B. Taft Pfo. Jaaaea Beane UNASSIONCD STAFF: Pvt. Pau 1 Osvaghan, Pvt. Charles RcUdn It'sno jdce... A situation that hos long aziated ot Sarmour Johnson Field and has olfactad the actions and outlook of almost averyona of the personnel, is the propagondizing of new recruits. Isn’t it true thot whan you first stumbled off the train, weary after a hard sleepless ride and staggering under a pyramid of borrocks bags, thot the first thing you heard was •‘You’ll be sorryl” Then all the wisecracks and latrine mongers ganged up on you and before you knew it you were disgusted with the place, cynical over poor meals you'd never eaten, shivering at the thought of cold bar racks vnn'd never yet lived in, wary of your officers and noncoms and on all-round sad sack when you finally got into the swing of things. It was true in the case of many men. Just as soon as a squadron number is given to a group, a mob of G. I. spectators almost collapse on the field, bemoaning their plight and publicly praying that they live through it. Then they walked down to the mess hall and before they even dirtied the forks or spoons, general opinion had told them that the chow won lousy and scanty and all that sort of thing. Well, matters continue for a couple of days like this and what with rumors, latrinograms, hot tips and or derly room rope, they are discouraged and fronkly unhoppy. It's this regular campaign of discouraging all newcom ers that’s responsible for the poor starts many a lad gets ot Seymour Johnson Field. If it’s a game, its o pretty rotten one. It isn't .the chow or the schedule or the officers thot get the newcomer jeeps down. It’s the attitude of the dopes who are already here thot effects them. As a matter of fact, you can rarely get o bonofide oom- ploint from the regulars concerning chow here. Besides, the schools ond st^ ore excellent, being highly rated oIV ever the nation. What’s so bod about that? Think it over... We're at the half-way mark between payrolls now, ond the lads who were popping for cokes last week ore now tainly true that when you’ve got the dough, you spend it. looki^ lor somebody to do their own popping. It s cer- The only thing wrong is thot after you spend it, you haven t **** Ho, that's wrong. You CAN have your cake and eat It, too. You can spend your long green, and get it bock oiler you’ve spent it. People have been doing it for years on Wall Street, only every once in a while, they go to Ijh and lii^ out they’ve got less money than they put But this way we’ve got in mind for you, you don't in get less for your dougl.. You get more. That’s right. It's War Savings Bonds, Just like the kind the rest of the country is buying as fast a they can. , , , . War Soving Bonds. Soxinds pretty good. It is, too. It's the sofest way to sock your money away for that d^ BO one knows how for off. when you’ll be marching back with those dis^c/ge papers in your pocket, nestling along side that mustering-out pay. , So. next payday, why not have your cake and eat it, toa Why not help make the Fourth War Loon Drive now in progress all over the nation and here on the field. A personal punch in the snoot lor the ugly jokers who started lliia wor . . . and a personal promise that when it's over, you'll have the wherewithal to start life anew in the way you've always woRted. GIVE HIM A CHRNCe operation it machinery, into cs>a room and found a young iPf'Tt reading a book ehlls tbo ma chinery was running. Tlw oener of the factory immediately walked to the foreman and said, “Fire that man. I will not tolerate any young TTian irorklng for me and reading a book and Ignoring my machinery.” The fareaoaa repBed, **Tkat yeong mm B the beat help 1 have. Be geca ta slftak aeheoL Ihla la the aaly apiiilwlt/ he has «a steiy Ms IraaeM Ba la taklag heller earc M the machinery tm» N leaks. Be la really staewe Cold, wasn't it... Boy, it's roally been cold out lately, hasn't it? Last week, we thought they'd forgotten all about North Carolina and were letting it stand out on the doorstep to freeze . . . like a bottle of milk. We heard all kinds of weird reports drculoting around the field. Down in one of the hangors, for instance, we heard Sbey hfri a novel wey of oatclring the field mice that scam per about, getting into flap-grease and losing themselves in hydraulic glands, etc. etc. etc. They set pieces of cheese under the thermometers at night, and when the mouse goes ior the bait, the mercury comes down, bops him on the head, *14knocks him cold. But cold. ^ Then there was the unfounded rumor that for three running, o whole barracks hod been absent from all lormations. Checking on it, so we heard, the 1st Sergeant iound that the boys had piled sandbags over the doors and windows, and settled down to hibernate for the duraUon plus si*. Good excuse, anyway. Axe you guys softies? Aren't you the guys they wro^ ft# song obout? "Nothing can slop the Army Air Corpsr ^rhot’s a little thing like a cold snap? And before you an swer, what the he^ boppeasd to thot muffler we laid down Nibs a MlffvniT csie2 ww " Tha laakei iw tela the ewear’s teaa aed mii, *nease dMrt fire me, mMer. My pay aba** to all aay awtbw aad X have la Bva am 1 yceeitor eever la hriiw aeelbar haak tola Ikto faalary If yoe Jeat waa'i fire eae.** The ewBcr ef Ike faalary mU. **Na. gal yaw hat. Tas meal ga. BM Ikto to wkal Tm gateg la 4a. I am tetog la peteStt ya« la ga la aebaal every day. Back Btae- day yee aaay call bare la year faremea aed gel yaw weekly pay they are, and work cn them tbougb tbouaanda of ddlara were Involved. X taitesMl to make such a good towyer that when tbe. people see me rkUng down tbe street they will poiot their finger at me and say, “There goee tbe best lawyer of that city.** Tbe dd pwh replied. That to fine, young aaan. What next?" He said, Ttt tbe meantime I Intend to find a young lady who baa the same Ideas and outlook on Ufe that I have and get married. I want to rear chUdren and have a home and I want to send these chil dren off to get tbe fineei education they ean obtain. Tbe eld man wM. ‘Towg emm that to fine. What nexir* Be aaM, «*AI1 thto havlag taken place I hope te travel cxtceatvely and Itf that ttee I wfn be peaatng ever an the dtody aide ef life." Tbe eM naw again saM. “Teong aaan, that to fine. Wtet next?" The yeeng towyer realtoed that the gaeettona being aaked by tbe eld man wwe toadhig hte te an ex- ptonatten abant the beyond and bclog pertwbed, he aaM, "1 gnew by then tbe death angd wtn eemc a^ X win have to reckon with God.” The old man oaM, *Toang BHUi, year pUaa are wondcrfal with one exeepttoo. Ton pat God at the wrong end ef the Una." There is a statement from tbe Silver Star since August I, 1913, six tbou^ and Army and Navy heroes have been awarded the natloo'e third bigbeet combat medal, the Stiver Star. Bowever. ft also Is a retroao- Uve award tnasmuch as those persmis in the aimed forces pre viously cited In tbe SpaniA-Amer- anwai rt,0 bcpulSmrheie-iilres lean war, the PhlUiplne insurrec Uoo and tbe First World War are digible for ft and have received it. On seven separate occasiona dur ing the Great War, General Dou^ las MacArthur dlaptoyed such gal- lantry and extreme heroiam that be made a record unique am''as itl American dlvtotona. was the T^ young went to sriiool and was very industrious. Be grad uated from high school with boo- ora. Bis pay envelope was always on hand every Mon^. After the conation ot bi^ adio^ tbe fore man recommended to the owner ot the plant that the pay check be con tinued to give the young man an opportunity to go through ocUege. Tlw recommendation was accepted and the young man went to eoltoge. Re studied law and became a tow yer. Having completed his college education he returned home to his mother. Several years had riapacd aloM he had left Ike factory. Tbe aww- er «i tbe faelory was befianlag la get gray aad the yswng man daelded to pay kto respects to him far hto genersaKy wUch Made It psestbif far htos to ektatn hto ed- ■eatton. He went to the elderly maa'e offtoe and nmde hknarif known. Be aaid to the owwr, ”X want to axpsiws to yon my daap- aot apprerisitow far the prtvOege, made peaatob ky yaw, to go throagh eaSege. t would Itoe mry ; ■nek atoo to axpkito to yow my ■BtInIpaHsM to Ufe. T plan on sbtng cut west and fiTvHny gnmll Uvriy town and gravSif tip with that town. Tbs' first reclptont of tbe medal. For heroic aetten during tbo greatest of an teachers which says, desperate FhllUpjilne struggle. other things (naaterial things, tem poral things) shall be added cm to you." It seems to sm if mankind would remember to put God first, last, and always, civlltoation would make more peimeful strides in the future than It has in the past. CHAPLAIN JOHN W. BRAVES “Seek ye first the Kingdom of Ood.Graml John J. Pershing also ra- and his righteousness and all these celved this citation. However, tbe Silver Star to now bestowed on any member cd tbe Army, Navy, Ma** rtnes and Coast Guard, who. alnco Dee. 6, IMl, baa dtoUngulsbed him self notably by IntrepwUQr against an aimed enemy. Ibis medsl is a raised stiver star, encircled by a laarel wreath, an on a bronze star background. Tbe rectplent’s name and “F o r Gallantry tn Action" are Inscribed on the reverse. Su^ended from a red, white and Idue moire ribbon, tbe medal atoo Included oak leaved for additional citations gained by Army men. Examples of the type of heroism required to gain thto award are numerous, although the gallantry displayed in actlM must be — HOW CHARACTE&UPbntK O P HOd! ! A lad from Bel Air, Maryland, was Boffeitog from chapped Upe. It was the weather, nodoubtedly. Be scrammed himself down to the comer drug store and feverishly bou^t wbat be thought was a stick of Up pomade from the nearsight ed clwk behind the counter. Eag erly, he smeared the stuff on hto lips. It wasn’t until later, In tbe swanky atmosidwre of a downtown restaxirant, that he noticed be was getting sn undue amount of atlen- ti^ every time be dabbed bla Upe with the staff. Inoking In mirror, be noticed that ft wasn’t Ih) pomade alter alL It was lip stick. (CN8) QI: *T want some ladtos mtin underwear." Baltt clerk; "For your wife, or would you like to see somethtng beCteif" spImouB. Generally these brave deeds are beyond the can of duty and in the toce of almost certain death. The badly wounded gum^ who ignored hto own peraonal safe* ^ in order to drag hli crew mates out ol s blastag orasbed A-30 bom ber er the doagM)oy who maerted tbe security of hto foxhole in oi^ der to carry hto ^ppted company oommaiider thrsugb s bafl of bal lets to fitooiDy medical oare. whst- ever the service men did In a^lM that showed extooae taitrepfdttjN for that be receives tbe cfaertobed Stiver Star.
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