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CLOUDBUSTER
Saturday, October 16, 1943
CLOUDBUSTER
Vol. 2—No. 5 Sat., October 16, 1943
Published weekly at the U. S. Navy Pre-
Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C., under super
vision of the Public Relations Office. Contri
butions of news, features, and cartoons are
welcome from all hands and should be turned
in to the Public Relations Office, Navy Hall.
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War Department, 205 E. 42nd St., N.Y.C.
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CoMDR. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.)
Commanding Officer
Lieut. Comdr. James P. Raugh, USNR
Executive Officer
Lieut. P. 0. Brewer, USNR
Public Relations Officer
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Editor: Lt. (jg) Leonard Eiserer, USNR
Associate Editor: Orville Campbell, Y2c
Iditoria!,,,
Wednesday afternoon a Regimental Review
was held iji Kenan Stadium. There was no
fanfare, no publicity, for the person in whose
honor it was being presented doesn’t go in for
that sort of thing. The Review was held for
Captain 0. 0. Kessing, USN, the first Com
manding Officer at this station. Just returned
from a tour of duty with Admiral Halsey in
the South Pacific, Captain Kessing saw the
calibre of our cadets, got a glimpse of the men
who will help him clean up the likes of Tojo
before so very long.
Better known to thousands of Navy men as
Scrappy, Captain Kessing has a record of ser
vice to his country of which he must well be
proud. Only recently he was awarded the Navy
and Marine Corps Medal “for heroism follow
ing an attack by Japanese bombing planes on
Halavo, Solomon Islands, February 20, 1943.”
Many persons feel that Captain Kessing and
the Navy are synonymous. He has, they tell
you, every qualification a good officer must
have. Forever he has been loyal to the cause
he is fighting for, and the men under him seem
to grasp his spirit. (
Captain Kessing was one of the leaders in
organizing the Pre-Flight program. He helped
to select the sites where the five Pre-Flight
Schools are at present located. Along with
Comdr. John P. Graff, USN (Ret.), present
Commanding Officer who was the Executive
Officer at that time. Captain Kessing worked
without ceasing to get the program here off to
a good start.
At the Review on Wednesday one could feel
Captain Kessing’s ability as a leader of men.
It reminded us of what Comdr. Graff had said
as he assumed command of this activity: “The
policies of this station have been set by Capt.
O. 0. Kessing, USN, and the sound selection
of these policies has been exemplified by the
success already achieved at this Pre-Flight
School. The change in command will in no way
change the operation. Capt. Kessing has set
the course, and the best I can hope to do is
follow his pattern and example.”
Personnel Changes
Four enlisted men have been detached from
this station recently, while two others reported
aboard.
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John S. Phillips, PhM2c, USN, and Law
rence E. Soda, PhMlc, were transferred to
duties outside the continental United States;
Daniel J. Nealon, PhM3c, was sent to
NavMedScol, Bethesda, Md., and Benjamin J.
Travaglia, Bug Ic, to Naval Air Station, Mem
phis, Tenn.
The new arrivals are Curtis J. Landswerk,
PhM3c, from Naval Hospital, Quantico, Va.,
and Norman J. Volkman, Hale, USN, from
Post Medical Detachment, Marine Barracks,
Parris Island, S. C.
Three officers detached to other duty in
clude Lt. (jg) Horace B. Lee, USNR, who
has been under instruction here temporarily,
transferred to the U. S. Navy Pre-Flight
School, St. Mary’s, Cal.; Lt. (jg) William P.
Orrick, USNR, of the Academic Department,
to navigation school at Hollywood, Fla.; and
Lt. (jg) Philip M. Snider, USNR, of the Ath
letic Department, to Navy Department, Wash
ington, D. C.
Ens. Fielding Simmons, Jr., USNR, was at
tached for duty in the Military Department.
Pearl Harbor Day, 1943
While Pearl Harbor Day is yet seven weeks
distant, it is not too early to begin planning
now for 100% participation in the special cash
War Bond Sale to be held here on that day.
Officers, cadets, enlisted men and civilian
employees can help make Pearl Harbor Day,
1943, a date that the enemy will always re
member by going “all-out” and over the $50,-
000 goal by a substantial margin.
Crew Members Advance in Ratings
Seventeen crew members were recently ad
vanced in ratings, as follows:
Edwin C. Buffington, HAlc to PhM3c; Mar
vin M. Clark, SK3c to SK2c; Francis E. Em-
mel, HA2c to HAlc; B. C. Gardner, HA2c to
HAlc; Bruce E. Hinkle, HA2c, USN, to
HAlc, USN; I. V. Hughes, SK3c to SK2c;
Leonard S. James, SK3c to SK2c; Richard
E. Johnson, RMlc, USN, to CRM (AA),
USN; William S. Kimbro, SK3c to SK2c;
Julius T. Levey, HAlc to PhM3c; Charles M.
Miller, Jr., SMlc, USN, to CSM (AA), USN;
Daniel J. Nealon, HAlc to PhM3c; Arvol K.
Nelson, SK3c to SK2c; Joseph B. Neville,
SK3c to SK2c; Sterling A. Pitts, Jr., HAlc
to PhM3c; Omar 0. Scott, SK3c to SK2c,
and John B. Walsh, SK2c to SKlc.
Male CaD There’s A War On, DonH Be A ‘No Shaw’
by Milton Caniff, creator of “Terry and the Pirates”
—(CNS)
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