Friday, February 16, 1945
CLOUDBUSTER
Page Three
t^oughgirl—And mighty pleasant
to look upon, too, is Alexis Smith,
Warner Bros, star who is one of
the stars of “The Doughgirls,”
Coming to the Pre-Flight Theater
ftext week. Sometimes a week
become very long.
Naval Firepower
Increases Fivefold
Supremacy upon the sea lanes
is dependent not only upon the
dumber of ships, but upon the
firepower of these ships, and the
United States Navy, now the
largest in the world, has kept
firepower increases apace with
its numerical growth.
While there has been a tripling
of the fleet, firepower is nearly
five times what it was on July
1, 1940, the Navy Department
Revealed recently.
The fleet of combatant ships,
i^icluding auxiliaries and Coast
^uard vessels, can fire nearly
2,000 tons of shells in a 15-sec-
?nd firing run, all conditions be-
normal.
66th Batt Edges
65th After Close
Regimental Battle
The 66th Batt turned the ta
bles on the 65th to take regi
mental honors in the competition
period ending last week by the
narrow margin of 349 Vz to 340 Vz.
The 65th had won first place
during the previous competitive
period, 356 2/3 to 241 2/3.
In shading the 65th, the 66th
took firsts in Military and the
Sports Program, building up its
victory margin with 174y2 points
in Sports competition against
1401/2 for the 65th.
The French Unit compiled 50
points, 30 of them in soccer, 10
in swimming and 10 in gym and
tumbling.
Four battalions—the 64th
through the 67th—are partici
pating in the current competition
period.
OPERATIONAL REPORT
ARRIVALS
Lieut. Emil H. Messikomer, S(A); Lieut.
William F. Mitchell, (A5) L; Lieut. Allan
M. Learned, S(A); Lieut. Daniel K. Wat
son, (A5)L; Lt. (jg) August M. Libera-
tori, (A5)L; Lt. (jg) Eugene A. Guadiano,
(A5)L; Lt. (jg) James N. Hosey, S(A);
Ens. Virginia M. Friddle, (NC); R. E. Hag-
ber, Jr., Rm2c; W. T. Rylee, Sklc; A. V.
Swanson, Smlc; T. J. Rambo, CCS.
DEPARTURES
Lieut. Bernard A. Delaney, DC, to NTC
Bainbridge, Md.; Lieut. Thomas A. Gorman,
(A)L, to Comdr., Fleet Air, West Coast;
Lieut. Robert R. Hoffman, DC, to Comdr.
7th Fleet; Lt. (jg) Raymond R. Renfrow
to NTC Bainbridge, Md.; Ens. Eleanor Ann
Bliss (NC) to Fleet Hospital No. 113, San
Francisco, California; J. J. Norwick, CSm
to St. Mary’s NPFS, St. Mary’s Calif.; T. B.
Bond, Sklc (T) Alameda, Calif.; A. V.
Swanson, Sic to NAS Ottumwa, Iowa; T. J.
Rambo CCS to NPFS, Iowa City, Iowa.
The Wolf
by Sansone
Copyrtjfht 1944 by Leonard Sinsene distributed bv Camp Newspaper Sef*
"He has a peculiar hold on women!
Ex-’Buster Swallowed Cigar
In Downing First Jap Plane
Ensign Huckabee
—Rejection—
(Continued from Page 1)
It is a bipartisan effort for the
well-being of the nation.”
Many Defects Correctable
It was reported that more than
half of the physical defects of
the large number of rejected
men could have been corrected
under proper supervision and
care. More than 1,000,000 men
have been released from the
armed forces for lack of physical
soundness. Rep. Weiss stated the
rate of rejections and discharges
was above the German percent
age.
COMING EVENTS
SATURDAY
MOVIES
Village: Free movies, "Bride By Mis
take,” with Laraine Day and Alan Mar
shall. Features at 1500, 1910 and
2040.
Carolina: "Here Come The Coeds,”
with Abbott and Costello.
Pick: "Mystery Man,” with William
Boyd.
BASKETBALL
Carolina Pre-Flight vs. Navy, at An
napolis.
CREW PARTY
Dinner, dance at Lenoir Hall, starting
at 1900.
SUNDAY
DIVINE SERVICES
Pre-Flight: Memorial Hall at 1000.
Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0630, Hill
Music Hall at 1000.
Jewish: Hillel House at 1000.
MOVIES
Village: Free movies, "Up In Mabel’s
Room,” with Marjorie Reynolds and
Dennis O’Keefe. Features at 1300 and
1441.
Carolina: "Since You Went Away,”
with Colbert, Temple, Woolley and Cot
ton.
Pick: "Adventures of Kitty O’Day,”
with Jean Parker.
WEDNESDAY
HAPPY HOUR
Movie shorts, swing band, at Memorial
Hall, 1900.
In the first fight in which he
shot down a Jap plane, Ensign
Thomas Huckabee of Durham, a
Pre-Flight cadet here with the
19 th Batt, flew close enough to
plainly see the enemy flier’s face.
And if the Jap was looking as
closely as Ensign Huckabee he
might well have been surprised
at the sight of an American pilot
chewing on a cigar.
“I ruined a perfectly good ci
gar,” laughed the ex-Cloudbus-
ter who recently returned on
leave, “when the ‘Tony’ I was
fighting exploded into tiny bits
just a few yards from my pro-
pellor. I was so tense I bit off
the end of my cigar and swal
lowed it.”
Ensign Huckabee, a non-
smoker, had taken to chewing a
cigar while flying patrols over
the task force to which he was
attached. “Some of those patrols
were pretty dull, flying three to
six hours without a sight of the
enemy. You get kind of sleepy
from the high altitude and that’s
why I took up cigar chewing.”
Holds DFC, Air Medal
A one-time member of the
Pre-Flight wrestling team. En
sign Huckabee has been awarded
the Distinguished Flying Cross,
and the Air Medal and has
been recommended for a second
award of the DFC. He took part
in Luzon raids, the Leyte inva
sion, the landings at Morati,
Pelau and Mindanao, and mis
sions over the Bonin Islands,
Mindoro, Guam and Eniwetok.
He saw fighting in 14 separate
Naval engagements.
The 23-year-old pilot, who left
Duke Medical School during his
second year to enter the Navy as
a flying cadet, won his DFC
when he guarded a group of
American airmen who had been
shot down and caught on a reef
off Yap by enemy machine gun
ners. “I had dropped my bombs,”
he said, “so I swooped low and
sprayed the nest with machine
gun fire. An American sub was
sent after our men and so by
harrassing the Japs I drew their
attention and the sub completed
the rescue. When I got back to
my carrier we counted 69 holes
m my plane. The C. O. was
watching and recommended me
for the DFC.”
With more than 1,000 com
bat hours and several planes to
his credit—three on one hop near
Manila—Ensign Huckabee was
anxious to return to action and
join a new squadron being
formed.
Station Crew Hop
No cadet hop is scheduled for
this week by the Welfare & Rec
reation Office but enlisted per
sonnel of the station will make
merry tomorrow in Lenoir Hall.
A free spaghetti dinner, fol
lowed by dancing, is slated, start
ing at 1900. All members of the
crew are invited.