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Page Four CLOUDBUSTER Saturday, April 22, 1944 COVEY (Continued from page one) dation. These applications are for warded to BuPers where a board selects those they consider quali fied. Successful candidates will find their names listed in BuPers Semi-Monthly bulletins. V-7, Reserve Midshipman’s School, is open to men with two or more years of college who have had two one-semester courses in mathematics, are not over 27 years of age, and who have their Com manding Officer’s recommenda tion. V-5, Aviation Cadet training, is open to single men who have not reached their 27th birthday by July 27, 1944. If you have a high school diploma, can meet the physical standards, and want to fly, make your application in the Executive Office. These applications will be sent to CNAPrimTra, selections will be made there and successful applicants notified. V-12 is open to men who have not reached their 23rd birthday on date of application, have a high school diploma, and have passed a General Classification Test with a score of 85 or better. If they have never taken a GCT, they will be given one on the station where the applicant is on duty. V-12 openings are given in small quotas to commands and all men inter ested should leave their name in the Executive Office. When all ap plications are in, all eligible men will be interviewed, and those who appear to be the most likely to benefit from the training will be selected. The U. S. Naval Academy also selects 100 men per year from the ranks for schooling and training. Men under 21, with high school diplomas, in good physical condi tion are eligible to take the com petitive examinations for en trance. So, you see, there are a number of ways to become a commissioned officer and with the Navy commis sioning more ships each day, in creasing numbers of officers are needed. If you have the qualifica tions, and want the job, now is the time to apply. Further informa tion and help may be obtained from Chief Yeoman C. F. Byers in the Executive Officer’s office at any time. Good luck! Two Rings Lost Anyone finding two rings lost by a cadet in the pack test room on Monday, April 17, is requested to turn in these articles to the Welfare Office, Room 112, Alex ander Hall. Cadet Has Navy Duty in Puerto Rico, Cuba, Trinidad, Brazil, Casablanca, Port Lyautey, and Gibraltar is already written into the record of Cadet Bryan Eagan, 47-J-l, but right now he’s looking into the future and duty in the South Pacific. Eagan served 28 months in the regular Navy, most of the time with a PBY Squadron. He has 850 flying hours to his credit as a crew member, and 61 hours of solo flying in a Piper Cub. While flying in British West Africa, he was awarded the Navy Air Crew Wings with one star for participating in the destruction of an enemy submarine. The date was November 11, 1942, and the sub was sighted on the surface about 100 miles off the coast. “Thei*e was no exchange of gun fire,” Cadet Eagan stated, “we just sighted sub and sunk same. There were no survivors.” The following day Eagan’s ship landed in West Africa, being among the first American fliers to land there. “In fact,” Eagan said, “the airfield had been captured but two days before.” Eagan served as plane captain and gunner aboard the PBY. The Pre-Flight Trackmen Win Over Duke Following their 71.4 to 54.6 de feat of Duke at Durham on Mon day afternoon, the Pre-Flight trackmen will engage the Univer sity of North Carolina this after noon at 1330 in an informal meet on Fetzer Field. Experience provided the mar gin of victory in the Duke meet. The losers were outstanding in only four events, the discus, the 100-yard dash, broad jump, and high jump. MILITARY (Continued from page one) The battalion marks and the ac tivity checked for the preceding day will be announced daily. At the end of the first five days of competition last Thursday the 49th Battalion was in the lead with an average of 3.72, followed by the 48th with 3.7, the 45th with 3.66, and the 46th and 47th tied with 3.65. The 49th took the daily top hon ors with a 3.8 mark for inspection on Sunday, a 3.6 for infantry drill on Tuesday, and a 3,8 for room inspection on Wednesday. The Air Crew Wings Cadet Eagan sub sinking, without a doubt, is the greatest thrill he ever hopes to get, he says. After he receives his wings, he wants active duty in the South Pacific. After that he says he’ll go anyplace in the world. He likes the Navy, and after Hitler and Hirohito are blown off the face of the earth he wants to settle down and make it a career. Woman’s Club The Pre - Flight Woman’s Club will discontinue their reg ular monthly meetings during the summer months, but all members are urged to spend as much time as possible help ing the Red Cross. Each Monday afternoon from 1300 to 1600 (1-4) spe cial Navy Red Cross work is scheduled at the home of Dr. Frank P. Graham, 402 East Franklin Street. The Chapel Hill Red Cross meets at the same place on Tuesday, Wed nesday, Thursday and Friday from 9:30 to 12:30 in the morning, 2:30 to 5 in the after noon, and 7:30 to 10:00 at night. Navy wives are urged to do as much as possible to help carry on this work here. Their services will be more than wel comed at any of the above times. 48th had the best mark of 3.7 for noon formation on Monday, while the 46th and 48th tied with 4.0 for conduct in the mess hall on Thursday. SPORTSPROGRAM (Continued from page three) Cadets J. R. Anderson, T. C. Nel son and B. J. Wriston, all members of the Wildcat squadron. Ander son played varsity ball at the Uni versity of Alabama. He was also a member of the Curtis high team at Stanton, N. Y., which was un defeated for three years. Nelson was a member of the St. Johns team of last year. While not a regular, he won a varsity let ter. He attended Jamaica High at Long Island, N. Y. From Kingston, W. Va., comes Cadet Wriston, the third member of the trio. He was captain of his high school team his senior year, and won one varsity letter at VPI before coming into Naval aviation. Cadets W. G. Graney and L. S. Green are the boxing standouts. Graney went undefeated as a mem ber of the Pre-Flight varsity box ing team. After the season was completed, he joined the Mariner boxing team and by winning all his matches has contributed to the transition of this team from a los ing one to a team that has won four matches in a row. From Bing hamton, N. Y., he held a civilian pilot’s license before coming into the V-5 program. Gi’een, who hails from Char lotte, N. C., was captain of his high school team. He has had con siderable experience as a golden glover. Here, he won three fights in squadron sports. In swimming Cadets Getchell of the Buccaneers and Rothrock, of the league leading Kingfishers, are the standouts. Getchell won two varsity swim ming letters in high school and one at Georgia Tech. His specialties here are the under water swim and cross chest carry. Rothrock, or “Rock” as he is known to his teammates, handles the undex’water swimming assign ments for the Kingfishers. He hails from Pittsburgh, and started swimming at Massanutten Aca demy in Virginia. “The coaching of Ensign Hickman, and the do-or- drown attitude of the Kingfisher cadets is responsible for their be ing in first place in swimming,” Rothrock says. Soccer honors go to Cadets M. Vezzi and J. A. Bassey. Vezzi played high school soccer in Pitts burg, and has always been at tached to the game. Bessey is also a former hig^ school player. Here, he played left inside in the forward line for the Catalina squadron.
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