U. s. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL;
Friday, February 2, 1945
Lt. Comdr. Bryant
Becomes New Head
Of Football Here
With detachment this week of
Lt. Comdr. W. Glenn Killinger
duty at a naval air station in
Florida, Lt. Comdr. Paul W.
Bryant, former Alabama grid
star, has been named by Lt.
Comdr. James P. Raugh, Com
manding Offi
cer, to head the
football train
ing course
'vhich is an im
portant physi-
9^1 condition
ing activity at
the Navy Pre-
^Hght School
here.
In addition to
Serving as head
of the football lt. cmdr, killinger
training course, Lt. Comdr. Kill
inger—who was a member of
Walter Camp’s All-America grid
team in 1921—coached the
Cloudbuster eleven which early
iast fall upset the heavily favor
ed Naval Academy team and
'Vent on to rank among the best
§rid teams in the country with
^ record of six wins, two losses,
and one tie. The losses were to
^ainbridge and Camp Peary, two
Service teams loaded with ex-
Professional stars.
Also Coached Baseball
Lt. Comdr. Killinger also
Coached the 1944 Cloudbuster
baseball team which compiled a
record of 24 wins against 12
’osses for the season.
Lt. Comdr. Bryant, new head
gridiron activities at Carolina
Pre - Flight,
starred at end
during collegi
ate days at Ala
bama, teaming
with Don Hut
son to hold
down the flank
positions on
Alabama’s
great Rose
Bowl team of
1934. Last fall
.fT- Cmdr. Bryant he served as
^’jne coach of the Cloudbuster
®^even.
, He was assistant coach at Ala-
P^nia and later at Vanderbilt,
^efore entering the Navy in the
^^'ing of 1942. He reported to
V^apel Hill last July, following
months of sea duty in the
Atlantic area.
Dance For Polio
Stricken Slated
T omorro wInGym
One of the largest turnouts of
the local social season is ex
pected tomorrow when the Presi
dent’s Birthday Ball to raise
funds for the nationwide fight
against infantile paralysis will be
held belatedly in Woollen gym
to wind up the fund raising pro
gram in this community.
The Pre-Flight School is co
operating with villagers and will
furnish the dance band. Tickets
are priced at $1.00 per person,
tax included, and are on sale in
the Welfare Office, Alexander
Hall, and in the Public Relations
Office, Navy Hall. Sales at these
places will continue until noon
tomorrow but tickets will be
available at the door.
Dancing is scheduled to begin
at 2100 and end at 2400. For the
occasion the regiment of cadets
wiU be granted an extension of
liberty to 0030, with lights out
coming at 0045.
Last year nearly $1,000 was
netted for the drive to stamp out
the dread disease.
E. Carrington Smith is chair
man of the Orange County In
fantile Paralysis Committee.
65th Batt Takes
Regimental Title
For Second Time
The 65th Batt won regimental
honors for the second time when
it compiled a total of 356 2/3
points during the competition
period ending last week to de
feat the runner-up 66th Batt by
a 115-point margin. The 66th
showed an aggregate of 241
2/3. while the 64th finished third
with 206 2/3. The 65th Batt won
regimental competition for the
first time a month ago when it
amassed points totalling 338.
In winning the regimental
crown, the 65th came out first in
Military, Class Athletics, and the
Sports Program, while the 66th
was tops in Academics. The 65th
garnered 75 points each in Mili
tary and Class Athletics, 50 in
Academics, and 156 2/3 in the
Sports Program.
The French Unit registered 65
points in the Sports Program,
getting 30 in soccer, 20 in gym
and tumbling, and 15 in swim
ming.
Cmdr. McCampbellf Navy’s Top
Fighter Ace, To Address Cadets
Comdr. David McCampbell
French Journalists
To Visit On Sunday
Eight French journalists, who
fought with the underground
against Nazi rule, are scheduled
to visit this station on Sunday
in connection with an extensive
tour of the country under the
auspices of the Office of War In
formation.'
The six men and two women
who are here to file dispatches to
their newspapers in France on
the war effort, have signified
special interest in this school due
to the presence of the French
Unit. _
Contributions Invited
Here For Navy Relief
Annual contributions to the
Navy Relief Society will be ac
cepted on this station during the
coming week, with details of the
program to be announced short
ly-
Purpose of the Navy Relief So
ciety is to collect funds for
emergency aid to officers and en
listed personnel of the Navy, and
their dependents. Service is’ren
dered to Navy, Marine, Corps,
and Coast Guard personnel, re
gardless of rank or rate.
Goal on this station will be the
maximum number of contribu
tions.
★ The Navy’s No. 1 fighter pilot,
Comdr. David McCampbell, USN,
is scheduled to speak to the regi
ment of cadets in Memorial Hall
next Wednesday evening during
a program that will include
showing of “The Fighting Lady”
—a feature-length Navy film of
an aircraft carrier fighting the
Japs.
Comdr. McCampbell, who as
leader of Air Group 15 based
aboard the USS Essex destroyed
34 airborne enemy planes and
20 more on the ground, has been
awarded the Congressional Med
al of Honor, the Navy Cross, the
Distinguished Flying Cross, and
the Gold Star in lieu of a second
DFC. He also wears the Amer
ican Defense Service Medal,
Fleet Clasp, the European-Mid
dle East Area Campaign Medal,
and the Asiatic-Pacific Area
Campaign Medal.
His fighting heroism was laud
ed in the citation that accom
panied his Medal of Honor, as
follows:
Fought Against Terrific Odds
“For conspicuous gallantry and
intrepidity at the risk of his life
above and beyond the call of
duty as Commander, Air Group
15, during combat against enemy
Japanese aerial forces in the
First and Second Battles of the
Philippine Sea. An inspiring
leader, fighting boldly in the face
of terrific odds, Comdr. Mc
Campbell led his fighter planes
against a force of 80 Japanese
carrier-based aircraft bearing
down on our Fleet on June 19
1944.
“Striking fiercely in valiant
defense of our surface force, he
personally destroyed seven hos
tile planes during this single en
gagement in which the outnum
bering attack force was utterly
routed and virtually annihilated.
During a major Fleet engage
ment with the enemy on Oct. 24,
Comdr. McCampbell, assisted by
but one plane, intercepted and
daringly attacked a formation of
60 land-based craft approaching
our forces. Fighting desperately
but with superb skill against
such overwhelming air power,
he shot down nine Japanese
planes and, completely disorgan
izing the enemy group, forced
the remainder to abandon the
attack before a single aircraft
could reach the Fleet. His great
personal valor and indomitable
spirit of aggression under ex
tremely perilous combat condi-
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