Vol. 3—No. 19
U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, CHAPEL HILL, N. C.
Friday, January 26, 1945
Rear Admiral Hardison Inspects School
Rear Admiral O. B. Hardison, USN, Chief of Naval Air Primary
Training with headquarters at the Naval Air Station, Glenview,
111., is shown on the left above with Lt. Comdr. James P. Raugh,
USNR, Commanding Officer here, just prior to departure of the in
spection party last Tuesday.
Dance For Infantile Paralysis
Fund to be Held In Gym Feb. 3
Cmdr. McCampbell,
Top Fighter Ace,
Is Due Here Feb. 2
The regiment of cadets will see
^nd hear the Navy’s top-scoring
fighter pilot when Comdr. David
^cCampbell, USN, comes to
Chapel Hill next week.
Scheduled to appear here on
Friday, Feb. 2, the 35-year-old
is currently visiting naval
aviation training activities while
leave following a tour of duty
the Pacific which saw his Air
^roup 15, based aboard the USS
%sex, break virtually every car
rier record in the books.
During his appearance here, a
Navy documentary-combat
film, “The Fighting Lady,” will
“e shown.
It was during his command of
the “Fabled Fifteen” last year
|hat Comdr. McCampbell became
the Navy’s top ace with a total
34 airborne enemy planes de
stroyed—the greatest nurnber
®yer shot down by an American
^^lot during a single tour of
He also is credited with
destroying 20 planes on the
S^'ound.
Air Group Record
p, Under his leadership. Air
r^oup 15 ranged from the Cen-
^^91 to the Far Western Pacific:
Participated in the attack on
'^arcus Island in May, 1944; in
first strike over Saipan on
,^he 11, 1944, and seven days
^ter, as part of the famous Task
^9^ce 58, under command of
Admiral Marc A. Mitscher,
took part in the opening
j^nd of the First Battle of the
'^ilippine Sea, continuing the
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^avy Nurses May Wed
^^ashington (CNS)—Members
the Navy Nurse Corps now
j. permitted to marry without
^ Signing from the service under
Modification of regulations an-
jy^^nced by Vice Adm. Ross T.
^ntire, Surgeon General.
accepting married
rses remains, however. The
sjuf^iage rule had been respon-
for 80 per cent of all sep-
]yjptions from the Corps, Adm.
pi Entire’s announcement de-
The local President’s Birthday
Ball to raise funds for the na
tionwide fight against infantile
paralysis will be held in Woollen
gym on Saturday, Feb. 3.
Dancing is scheduled to begin
at 2100 and end at 2400. For the
occasion the regiment of cadets
will be granted an extension of
liberty to 0030, with lights out
coming at 0045.
In cooperation with the Orange
County Infantile Paralysis Com-
Smith is chairman, the Navy
Pre- Flight School will furnish
the dance band for the Ball.
Also, tickets priced at $1.00 per
person, tax included, will be
placed on sale today in the Wel
fare Office, Alexander Hall, and
in the Public Relations Office
Navy Hall. ’
Officers, cadets, enlisted per
sonnel, &nd civilian employees
are urged to join with university
and townspeople in making the
Chief Of NAPT
And Staff Officers
Rear Admiral O. B. Hardison,
USN, Chief of Naval Air Pri
mary Training, came aboard last
Monday with members of his
staff to inspect this unit of his
command.
The Admiral toured the station
accompanied by Lt. Comdr.
James P. Raugh, USNR, Com
manding Officer, while members
of his staff inspected the various
departments of this activity. The
inspection party departed from
Chapel Hill by plane Tuesday
morning.
Admiral Hardison, who was
the heroic Commanding Officer
of the aircraft carrier, USS En
terprise, during the battle of the
Santa Cruz Islands in October,
1942, is a native of North Caro
lina and attended the University
here at Chapel Hill before en
tering the Naval Academy in
1912.
He was Commanding Officer
of the Enterprise from October
1942, to April 7, 1943. He served
aboard the USS Texas in the
first World War, became a Naval
Aviator in 1923, and served
aboard the USS Lexington, USS
Saratoga, USS Langley, and USS
Ranger before becoming Skipper
of the Enterprise.
Members of Staff
Staff members in the inspec
tion party included Capt. T. D.
Boaz, (MC), USN, staff medical
officer; Lt. Comdr. Hansen, USN,
assistant aviation training offi
cer; Lt. Comdr. A. D. Lewis,
USNR, public works; Lt. Comdr!
C. B. Cranford, USNR, welfare
and recreation; Lt. Comdr. W. F.
Wyeth, USNR, staff ground
school; Lt. Comdr. B. Moore, Jr.,
USNR, Ship’s Service; Lt.
Corndr. T. A. Rogers, USNR,
military and physical training;
Lt. Comdr. R. J. White, USNR,
aviation training; Lt. Comdr. J.
F. Benedict, USNR, personnel;
Lt. Comdr. M. B. Alexander,
USNR, public relations; Lieut. J.
R. Snelus, USNR, personnel;
Lieut. D. Church, USNR
WAVES; Lieut. J. E. McDougall’
USNR, mess officer; Lieut. C. W.
Mills, USNR, communications of
ficer; Lieut. H. E. Johnson,
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