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[leOl. 3-—No. 13
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, December 8, 1944
it^ond Sales Hit
*'75,000 Mark As
p3rd Batt Stars
Pre-Flight at Chapel Hill co-
leiemmorated the third anni-
in^rsary of Pearl Harbor by in-
®sting approximately $75,000
, ^ extra cash War Bonds, it was
-ipj^^aled yesterday as the first
iieturns were announced by
dfeut. Comdr. W. C. Clark, War
h^ond Officer.
j Complete figures were not
,^aUable but Lieut. Comdr.
stated that already the
Loan Drive was a smash-
n‘*g success.
s - Flight cadets invested
jore than $50,000 and the vari-
departments contributed the
.j^ainder during the campaign
s nich began December 1 and
,'^o^ind up Dec. 7.
, AFTs Place Second
jw^srticular salutes were in
\ for the 63rd battalion and
’j,®. Athletic Dept., which led
respective fields in bond
The 157 cadets of the
purchased bonds to the tune
w^13,700, averaging nearly $88
Cadet.
The Athletic Dept., averaging
than $120 for its 72 mem-
invested $8,700.
inal figures and a breakdown
Ij^r. be available for pub-
until next week but first
V ,^^ns showed that among the
the AFT’s ran second,
$10,450, followed by the
eoth, with $1,'725.
with $9,875; the 64th, with
th’ JS; the 61st. with $7,450, and
eoth, with $1,725.
iVQ^^^demics purchased $5,700
io vh of bonds to be runner-up
cov^^hletics in the departmental
^^Petition.
u.
s. Has Robot Bomb
Good As Germany’s’
tu^right Field, Ohio (CNS)-
A AT71 1 J 1 J _
AAF has developed a high-
jf^^red robot bomb, a version
German V-1, “which can
^),^sed if and when we need
;g^*^cording to the Air Technical
Q, ^ice Command, the American
n is as good as the German
and the U. S. developed
ching ramp is better than
„^azis’.
)Q^e may never need the robot
5 ^0,” said Maj. Gen. Bennet
Oj.^^eyers, deputy ATSC direc-
iQi’ ‘but if we do need it, we’ve
^ good one.”
CADET W. C. LELANDE
Shot Down By Japs 3 Times,
Cadet Proves He Can Take It
Predicts Full Air
Punch Coming Soon
Our carriers will launch 1,500
or even 2,000 planes in the near
future, predicts Rear Adm. John
H. Cassady, USN, Assistant
Deputy Chief of Naval Opera
tions (Air).
In a recent speech in Washing
ton, Adm. Cassady said; “The
full punch of our carrier-based
aircraft is yet to be felt by the
Japs.
“I can foresee the day, and
not very far distant,” he con
tinued, “when we will be send
ing in strikes from our carriers
of 1,500—yes, 2,000 planes.”
No Cigars To Civilians,
GIs Get All Of Them
New York (CNS)—Civilians
will not be able to purchase
boxes of Christmas cigars this
year. The Cigar Institute of
America reveals 91,000,000 cigars
a month are now earmarked for
the armed forces. Of these, 51,-
000,000 go overseas and 32,000,-
000 to post exchanges, ships’
stores and other domestic mili
tary installations.
Two years ago Cadet W. C.
LeLande, company commander
of the 62nd battalion, probably
was thinking about that “White
Christmas” of song and story.
He was in the South Pacific,
on Guadalcanal with a bunch of
Japs, and serving as a radio
gunner on a torpedo bomber
which attacked Munda, Bougain
ville, and enemy aircraft car
riers, battle wagons and trans
ports. Three times he was shot
down, and each time he came
back for more.
And he gave more than he re
ceived. His own ship was
credited with five Jap planes,
and his torpedo unit, VMTB 131,
first in the Marine Corps, played
an important role in stopping
Jap shipping in the Solomons
area in the early stages of the
war.
Like most Marines with over
seas service LeLande doesn’t
care to talk. Many questions are
answered, but many others
aren’t, simply because he has
been told not to discuss some
phases of action.
Served As Guinea Pigs
“Members of our unit have not
done a lot of talking since re
turning to the states,” LeLande
proudly admits. “We were more
or less the guinea pigs of this
war. We did experimental
work, and we learned many
things that would aid the enemy
if they were discussed now.”
Let LeLande, in his own
words, go over the high spots.
“When we arrived at Guadal
canal we had a small air strip,
a bit of land, and a lot of Japs
to kill. There were several
other units, besides ours, doing
battle. One was VT 8, another
was VMSB No. 151, and still an
other was VMSB 132, command
ed by Major Saylor.
(Continued on Page 3)
Officer Hop, Cage
TOts Wai Mark
Busy Social Week
The first officers’ dance of the
Winter season, a pair of Pre-
Flight basketball games, an
“open house” for the 62nd bat
talion and the usual quota of
free movies for station personnel
will start a busy week ahead for
the Cloudbusters’ “social set.”
Officers and their ladies will
dance to the Cloudbusters’ swing
band tomorrow, Dec. 9, in the
Pine Room at Lenoir Hall. Mu
sic will start at 2100 and knock
off at 0100. There will be no
admission, nor table reserva
tions. Ladies’ dress is optional.
Also on tap tomorrow will be
the free movie, “Greenwich Vil
lage,” and, at Woollen Gymna
sium, a basketball game between
Pre-Flight and the Cherry Point
Marines.
On Sunday the gratis movie
will be “Take It or Leave It,”
and the 62nd battalion will
dance with the Alderman Dorm
itory dollies at an open house be
tween 1530 and 1730.
The Cloudbuster cagers swing
back into action on Wednesday,
meeting Seymour Johnson Field
while, in the other half of a
doubleheader. North Carolina
plays High Point. This cancels
the Happy Hour at Memorial
Hall, incidentally.
Naval Boards Meet
The boards now meeting to
elect officers of the Naval Re
serve, line and staff, for promo
tion from lieutenant commander
to commander, are expected to
complete their work shortly. It
is believed that the board select
ing line officers for promotion
will complete its work first and
will be followed within 10 days
by the boards considering staff
promotions.
Is We Is, Or Is TVe Ain’t Among Ten
Top Football Teams Of The Country?
To the surprise of nobody.
Army is the top football team of
the land. But that was about all
the rating experts agreed upon.
For—
Carolina Pre-Flight is 21st
among the elevens, college and
service alike, in the Associated
Press poll of 121 sports critics.
And (now here this) Duke is
rated 11th! However—
According to the Williamson
Rating, Carolina Pre-Flight is
9th, ahead of Navy, Duke, Notre
Dame, Great Lakes, et al. But—
Getting back to the AP poll,
Camp Peary didn’t even place
among the first 11 service teams
(we were No. 11), but on the
Williamson sheet Peary was 4th
and the Cloudbusters 6th. So—
There is a word for it: Snafu.