Vol. 2—No. 24 U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School, Chapel Hill, N. C. Saturday, February 26, 1944 Distinguished Visitors at Pre-Flight School Vice admiral RANDALL Jacobs, USN, chief of Naval Personnel, (shown on extreme right, front I’ow), and Rear Admiral W. H. Allen, USN, Director of Naval Officer Procurement for the Sixth and Seventh Naval Districts, (shown on Admiral Jacobs’ right), are pictured above with other visiting and local officers. Central Pacific Offensive By Ens. W. 0, Shanahan, USNR Academic Department Spectacular victories such as the Navy’s assault on Truk are in variably interpreted by the Ameri- public as signs of an imminent armistice. While the importance of this latest blow cannot be ques tioned, nevertheless, it should be brought into proper focus. By this attack and the rapid conquest of the Gilberts and Marshalls the United States Navy has plunged through the outer defenses of Japan’s empire. It is not a ques tion of the Japanese “withdrawal” to stronger defenses: the enemy ^ould prefer to keep the fighting at great distances from his home land. This has become impossible for ^ number of reasons. First be cause the Japanese are unable to See OFFENSIVE, page U Personnel Changes Eight officers were detached during the past week, including four platoon officers transferred to NTS, Harvard University, Cambridge, Mass., as follows: Ens. Clifford D. Conrad, USNR, Ens. Stanley A. Hino, USNR, Ens. Norman Pettingill, USNR, and Ens. Harold F. Pollock, USNR. Lt. Comdr. Angus M. McDonald, USNR, medical officer, and Lieut. See PERSONNEL, page 3 Movie Schedule Sat., Feb. 26—Free movie at Village Theatre, “Dr. Gillespie’s Criminal Case” with Lionel Barry more and Van Johnson. Feature starts at 1400,1539,1930 and 2109. Complete show one hour, 39 min utes. Sun., Feb. 27—Free movie at Village Theatre, “Young Ideas” with Mary Astor and Herbert Mar shall. Feature starts at 1336 and 1500. Complete show one hour, 43 minutes. 21 February 1944 COMMANDING OFFICER’S MEMORANDUM Subj: Commanding Officer’s Trophy 1. The Commanding Officer has selected Cadet C. J. HEFELE, Jr., as the outstanding cadet of the 39th Battalion and Cadet R. J. MYERS as the outstanding cadet of the 40th Battalion. 2. The names of these two cadets will be inscribed upon the Commanding Officer’s Trophy. JOHN P. GRAFF Commander, USN (Ret.) Senior Battalion To Dance Tonight In Pine Room There will be dancing and re freshments for members of the 41st Battalion at the Senior Bat talion Dance to be held in the Pine Room of Lenoir Hall from 2100 to 2400 tonight. Liberty for the 41st has been ex tended to 0030, with taps coming at 0045. Uniform will be service blue, able. Music for the affair will be pro vided by the popular swing sec tion of the Pre-Flight band. A cadet committee consisting of Richard Rutkowski, Jervis John son, Jr., Palmer Carson, and Mor ton Lyle is in charge of arrange ments for the dance. E. B. Weathers Tops The 40th Battalion In Academics The highest academic average in the 40th Battalion was made by Cadet E. B. Weathers, 40-G-3, with a 3.77 mark. He made 3,92 in Navigation, and 3.81 in ENS. Weathers attended Deerfield Aca demy, and Amherst College for three and a half years. Second highest average was made by J. S. Palmer, 40-G-l, with 3.73. Palmer, who attended Phillips Exeter Academy and who was graduated from Princeton, was high scorer on the Cloudbus- ter basketball team during the season just ended. High points of his Pre-Flight grades were 4.0 in both Blinker and Code, 3.82 in Navigation, and 3.75 in ENS. Cadet D. W. Slingerland, 40-G-l, also a former Phillips Exeter student and a graduate of Harvard, averaged 3.67 in aca demic subjects. Slingerland made a perfect score in Navigation, in cluding both finals and all weekly averages, except for one grade of 3.96. His Navigation average of 3.995 is the highest ever made here.

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