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CAPT. DOUGHERTY
The 4466th Air Force Dispensary
at Seymour Johnson Air Force
Base is under the command of
Captain Malvin J. Dougherty, base
surgeon. A native of New York, he
came to SejTnour Johnson after a
tour of duty at the 6607th Air
Force Hospital at Thule AFB,
Greenland.
He received his B. S. Degree
from St. Joseph’s College in Phila
delphia, Pa. in 1950-and his M. D.
Degree from Jefferson Medical
College in Philadelphia in 1954. He
received advanced medical train
ing at the School of Aviation Medi
cine at Randolph AFB, San An
tonio, Texas.
Captain Dougherty is a member
of the Catholic Church and the
American Medical Association.
The idea for the insignia was
submitted by Lt. Clinton L. Clark
of the 83rd Field Maintenance
Squadron. It was drawn by Air
man Third Class Richardo Sando,
of the 83rd Supply Squadron. He is
a graduate of the Havana (Cuba)
University of Arts.
Zeno Spence, Jr., staff artist >f
the Goldsboro News-Argus, assist
ed in putting on finishing touches
prior to the insignia’s being sent
to Air Force Headquarters in
Washington.
The airmen were awarded a to
tal of $25.00 in cash and a $10.00
gift certificate from Belk - Tyler
Department Store in Goldsboro.
The judges for the contest were
Colonel Robert C. Richardson HI,
Wing commander and members of
his staff. They spent many hours
Doring over the more than one
hundred entries before selecting
the best and most significant in
signia submitted by Lt. Clark and
Airman Sanda.
Significance of the Insignia: The
falcon, representing the fighter-day
mission, is symbolic of aggressive
ness in the air. His head Is poised
upwards as a sign of being alert
for defense and seeking out the
enemy. His black color is for
steadiness, determination, and con
stant strength.
The green, red, and blue be
neath the falcon represent the 83d
Wind’s colors of their three squad-
Insignla of 83rd Fighter Wing
rons. These form the roost for the
falcon in his defense and search
for enemy aircraft while the jag
ged castle - wall line represents
the defensive elements of Tactical
Air Command.
The white color throughout the
emblem symbolizes purity of pur
pose. Th^ red, within the three
squadron colors, also portrays the
solid line.of fire TAC aircraft can
deliver.
The blue background represents
the sky, the falcon’s and Air
Force’s domain, while the yellow,
pyramid design represents the Air
Force’s strength and knowledge in
its purpose.
More than half of USAF’s dis
ability separations since 1950 have
been caused by conditions that ex
isted prior to the man’s enlist
ment, the surgeon general’s office
has disclosed.
The figures are contained in the
current issue of Medical Service
DIGEST, devoted almost exclu
sively this month to a survey of
disability separations. In seven
years since 1950, rbpords show, dis
ability separations have totaled 36,-
^6, with 21,221 existing prior to
service (EFTS). This is 57 per
cent of the total.
Nearly 80 percent of the ETPS
cases, the surgeon general pointed
out, fall into the younger group of
airmen with, two to three months
service. These men largely are
found unfit for service because of
psychological instability in one
form or another, and are diS'
charged under chapter 9 of AFM
35-4.
Rocky Mount
Man Heads
Radio Service
General Edward F. Griffin, State
Civil Defense Director has appoint
ed Pur^ice Warron. Jr. outstand
ing Radio Amateur Operator of
Rbcky Mount, as Chief Radio Of
ficer for Area “B” in the State
RACES Plan,' and Assistant to
North Carolina Civil Defense Radio
Officer, Colonel W. H. Jacobs, of
Raleigh. Area “B” includes the
counties of Halifax, Warren, Vance,
Granville. Person. Frankin, Nash,
Edgecombe, Wilson, ' Durham,
Wayne, Wake and Johnston.
“RACES' stands for Radio
Amateur Civil Emergency Service.
The RACES Plan, approved by
Federal Civil Defense Administra
tion and Federal Communications
Commission, call for the organiza
tion of licensed radio amateur
inf'-v a Civil Defence
Network - which is a basic part
of the State Civil Defense Com
munications Plan.
■^‘There are more than 1500
licensed radio amateurs in North
Pa'Di'n ’". (i'-ift’n “Manv of
them have rendered great patriotic
and humaniterian ser\’ice to the
State In natural disasters.. . ,
Kenneth Royall, Goldsboro
Native, Backed ^Airlift*
Kenneth Royall, the man whose
decision set in operation the
Berlin Airlift, is a Goldsboro
native.
Royall commanded both t'he
Army and the Navy as secretary
of War before the Department of
Defense was formed. He then be
came the First Secretary of the
Army.
The military career of Royall
began in Woyfd War I, when he
served as a lt:'st lieutenant of field
artillery.
His career resumed again
military - wise when he was com
missioned a colonel in the army
and named chief of the legal sec
tion of the fiscal division in the
headquarters of the army service
forces.
In May, 1943, he was made dep
uty fiscal director of the army
service forces and was promoted
to brigadier general. He served
overseas in 1944, and in 1945 be
came successively assistant to the
secretary of war and undersecre
tary of war..
On July 18, 1946, he was appoint
ed secretary of war by President
Truman and continued as secre
tary of the army when the National
Security Act became operative
that year.
Royall won wide - spread fame
for his decision to back General
Lucius Clay, U. S. Military com
pander in Germany, when Clay,
defied the soviet blockage of Berlin
KENNETH ROYALL
and vset up the air lift to supply
the Allied zones of the city.
. Although he now lives in New
York and is senior member of a
well - known law firm, Royall has
lived for most of his life in Golds
boro. lie was born here in 1894, and
was graduated in 1914 from the
University of North Carolina, and
later attended Harvard Law
School.
After receiving his law degree,
he returned to Goldsboro to begin
practic*. _
THIS PERCENTAGE Is reflect
ed in the 21,221 ETPS separations
since 1950. More than 17,000 of
them were through Chapter 9,
while only 4000 were separated by
physical evaluation. boards.
An Air Force survey also show
ed that disability separations have
shown a tendency to level off since
a two - year “bulge” (1952-53)
caused by the fightbig In Korea.
Seven years since 1950 show these
separations through evaluation
boards: 1950 — 1843; 1951—2226;
1952— 3628; 1953—3328; 1954—
2796; 1955 —2366; and 195—2831.
.Medical authorities said they ex
pect the totals to remain regular.
A second trend considered sif*
nlfioant is the rising percentage
of men and officers placed on
the temporarily disabled retired
list as opposed to those perma
nently retired. Percentages of the
total considered by PEBs climb-
•ed from 8 per cent In 1950 to
38 per cent last year.
This rise became significant In
1955 when almost one half of all
cases evaluated were reconsidera
tions from the temporary list. In
1956, as an example. 5205 cases
were considered, and two thou
sand and seventy - eight were re
examinations.
THE NUMBER of young air
men discharged for EFTS causes
also was reflected among the lead
ing reasons for disability separa
tions. Schizophrenia, under which
all psychoses were grouped, led
the causes for which the total 5205
cases, were, considered. Of 1227
schizophrenics evaluated, 171 were
permanently retired, and 464 were
placed on the temporary list.
Onl.v tuberculosis topped schezo-
nhrehia in sending personnel be
fore examination boards, and fig
ure?^ here indicate the progress
that has been made in combatting
the disease. One thousand and five
tuberculosis cases were evaluated,
of whi-h only .38 were deemed per-
manenlly disabled. Seven hundred
and 48 ‘vere placed on the tempor
ary Iist\with a good chance that
they will be reclaimed for useful
military service, officials said.
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