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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, March 6, 1943
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 1—No. 24
Sat., March 6, 1943
Published weekly at the U. S. Navy Pre-^
Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., under super
vision of the Public Relations Office. Contribu
tions of news, features, and cartoons are
welcome from all hands and should be turned in
to the editorial office, Room 218, Alexander
Hall.
CoMDR. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.)
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut, (jg) Kidd Brewer, USNR
Public Relations Officer
Editor: Ensign Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y3c
IN MEMORIAM
The Officers, Crew and Regiment of
Cadets join with family, relatives and
friends in mourning the accidental death
of Cadet Richard R. Sachsel, of Garwood,
N. J., last Wednesday.
A member of the 17th Battalion, Ca
det Sachsel was a gi-aduate of Dayton
Regional High School, Springfield, N. J.,
and attended Rutgers University for two
years before enlisting for service in
Naval Aviation.
From:
To:
Commendation
March 5, 1943.
Commanding Officer.
FOLEY, James Kieran, AvCad V-5,
USNR.
Subject: Commendation.
1. At about 1340 March 3, 1943, and
during regular class swimming drill in Bow
man Gray Pool, and when Aviation Cadet
Richard R. SACHSEL was observed to be in
trouble in the water, you dove in and rapidly
brought him to the surface and to the side of
the pool.
2. You are hereby commended for your
presence of mind and the skill and speed with
which you went about your rescue work. Your
action reflects much credit upon this Pre-
Flight School and the Naval Aviation Physical
Training Program.
3. The fact that Ciidet SACHSEL
failed to revive does not minimize the fine part
you played.
4. A copy of this letter will be at
tached to your Official Service Record.
JOHN P. GRAFF
By Lieut, Eric H. Arendt
Chajjlain Corps, USN
The unforeseen often happens in the Navy.
Yes, sometimes surprises come which com
pletely change the chain of events of one’s en
tire life. Last week, while I was writing this
column, I just knew that it was to be my last
for the CLOUDBUSTER. I am happy in one sense
that I shall be here for a few more weeks. The
chaplain who was to relieve me will not be
available for some indefinite time. When he
comes, he is going to be very happily sur
prised at the fine organization and spirit of
our School.
Next Wednesday that all-important period
of Lent commences for us Christians. It is
that period of 40 days, excluding Sundays, pre
ceding Easter Sunday. The period is deter
mined by counting back from Easter Sunday.
Easter is always the first Sunday following
the full moon which falls on or after March 21.
The earliest possible date for Easter is March
22 and the latest April 25. This year the date
of Easter is the latest possible date which will
not again happen during our life-time.
But there is a deeper significance. To us
Christians this period is when our thoughts i
turn toward the very hope of our faith. But
for this faith, we would despair; we would
lose all that makes life meaningful and glor
ious ; we would turn cowards before the pros
pect of life; and we would think of death as
meaningless and without hope. We Christians
believe that if there is hope, it is through
Christ, and Lent offers us an opportunity to
muster our thoughts and actions toward this
belief.
Let each of us meet this period with renewed
resignation and determination that the ideals
of Christ will live forever.
Bits About Cadets
Originally commissioned an ensign in Naval
Intelligence, Cadet George W. Dick, of De-‘
fiance, 0., served 10 months at Charleston, S.
C., before transferring to V-5. . . . Albert H.
Temple, Jr., of Wilmington, Del., chalked ,up
approximately 500 hours as flight engineer
aboard Navy PBM patrol planes before be
coming a cadet to learn to fly the ships him
self.
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