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f’riday, February 23, 1945 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three New Life Jackets Big Factor In Low Battle Casualties A new knapsack-type life jack et and a modified version of the old Kapok jacket-type life pre server recently put into use by we Navy are credited as a major factor in the low relative casual ties suffered by Naval personnel in war zone disasters. . The new knapsack-type life Jacket is made so that it not only ^ill enable the man to stay afloat Out also enable him to swim. In ^napsack position, the swimmer is allowed freedom of motion jvithout the hindrance of a col lar, as in the Kapok jacket-type, I'^ith the entire jacket fitting be low the shoulder line. Snap buttons hold two wing- like sections in place when the jacket is in knapsack position. Unsnapped, the sections com- Wetely encircle the body and ^ay then be resnapped in front. While swimming, the man in the ''^ater may fold the wings back ^nd snap them into their normal Carrying position and thereby have his main buoyancy where needs it most.- The modified version of the old Kapok jacket has two leg ^^I'aps added, which make it pos sible for the wearer to jump ^ver the side of a sinking ship or a downed plane without ^®ar of suffering a broken neck, 9hoking, or the danger of the Jacket riding up over his head. 1930.33 Is Netted For Navy Relief The annual drive for funds for the Navy Relief Society netted $930.33, it was an nounced this week by Chap lain George Cummins, chair man for the Pre-Flight School. ‘It was a fine showing on the Part of our officers, cadets, enlisted personnel and civil ians,” said Chaplain Cum- niins. The drive on the station ®nded last Saturday. Marine Unit That Shoves Off ■ This rifle-stowing scene, familiar to the Marine Aviation De tachment whose members have instructed cadets in small arms since 1942, virtually is a farewell one as the Leatherneck unit will be disbanded March 1. Shown, left to right, are First Sergt. Wladislaw A. Dezak, Sergt. George H. Spanos, Sergt. John T. Buckley, Platoon Sergt. John B. Both, Sergt. Herbert Reiss and Platoon Sergt. Joseph R. Cruz. Standing to the right of the file is Warrant Officer Leslie W. Deardeuff, who has been in charge dur ing the absence of Warrant Officer Faustin E. Wirkus, currently convalescing in the Brooklyn Naval Hospital. Another missing member is Gunnery Sergt. Philip N. Boyd. (See story on page 1). OPERATIONAL REPORT ARRIVALS Lieut. George A. Mangis; C. R. Chambers, SK3c; C. W. Keenan, Ylc; K. L. Shop- meyer, CS(P); C. W. Bellinger, Sp(G)2c; W. A. Muiiis, Sp(G)3c; J. F. Stanson, Sp(G)2c. DEPARTURES ^ ^ Lieut. Herbert J. Schwartz to NAS, Ot tumwa, Iowa; J. W. Allen, Sr., Mus2c, was honorably discharged; M. A. Lovera, SK3c, to Alameda, Calif.; C. B. Baker, Ylc, to U S Naval Hospital, Portsmouth, Va.; A. L, Marek, Ylc, to ComFair, West Coast, San Diego, Calif. Bingo Party On Tonight Another bingo party is on tap tonight at the Officers’ Club, starting at 2000. It has been an nounced the Club will be closed every Monday. ^6^618 Surgical Dressings Made Here ^ince Last July By Women Volunteers , louring the period from 1 July, I to 15 February, 1945, a ^tal of 36,618 surgical dressings ^®re prepared for the medical ^^Partment of this station by ^onaen volunteers working with local Red Cross, it is report- by Capt. Deane H. Vance, W) USN (Ret), Senior Med- '^^l Officer. i Work hours given amounted 1,157Vs, with an average of l6 Workers week. There K .vv^xxvcxa per 26 ladies from the town of ^jhapel Hill, 21 University stu- and 59 Navy wives who ^nated their services to this CHUS0* In thanking the ladies for the service rendered, Capt. Vance points out that surgical dress ings are as much needed now as ever, and expresses the hope that the unselfish work will con tinue. Mrs. Earle D. Waters is actmg as general supervisor of this ac tivity. The dressing room, locat ed in the basement of the Naval Dispensary, is open Thursdays, 9 a. m. to 12:30 p. m., and from 1:30 p. m. to 4:30 p. m., for the purpose of cutting and making surgical dressings. -Admiral- (Continued from Page 1) 1912, was Commanding Officer of the Enterprise from 8 Oct., 1942, until 7 April, 1943. He was awarded the Navy Cross “for extraordinary heroism and conspicuous courage as Com manding Officer of the USS Enterprise during action against enemy Japanese forces north of Santa Cruz Islands, October 26, 1942.” After detachment from this carrier, he served as Com mander, Fleet Air, South Paci fic, and for this duty was awarded the Legion of Merit by Admiral William F. Halsey, USN. Admiral Hardison has been Chief of Naval Air Pri mary Training since 30 Jan., 1944. NAPTC, of which this Pre-Flight School is a unit, has supervision over primary train ing for all Naval, Marine, and Coast Guard aviators. Victory Gardens At Guam Guam (CNS) —V ictory gar dens have been planted by Yanks of Guam, Tinian and Sai pan, according to the Navy De partment. More than 10,000 acres have been planted on these bases since their liberation and the crop yield is expected to exceed 5,000 tons of vegetables a month. —Save Fuel—Save Paper— Navy’s Death Rate 5 Times Previous Wars More than five times as many Navy men have been killed in action during the present war as in all previous wars of the United States combined, the Navy Department reported last week. Statistics from the Office of Naval Records and Library in the Navy Department show that total Naval losses in all U. S. wars from the American Revolu tion through World War I amounted to about 4,232 killed in action. In World War II, 22,- 481 men of the Navy alone, ex cluding the Coast Guard and Marine Corps, have been killed in action, the Navy casualty re port of Feb. 12 reveals. Approximately 1,356 men were killed in action in all early Naval battles and later minor engagements of the U. S., includ ing the Revolutionary War, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Boxer Rebellion in 1900, and the Battle of Vera Cruz in 1914. During the Civil War, deaths in Naval battles reached a total of 2,177. Eighteen Navy men died in action during the Span- ish-American War, with 259 lost on the USS Maine preceding the war. Only 422 Navy officers and men were killed in action during World War I. 20-to-l In Pacific Pacific (CNS) — American planes, in aerial combat, shot down 2,472 Jap aircraft be tween June 11 and Oct. 30, ac cording to statistics released here. These figures, which do not include enemy planes shot down by anti-aircraft fire, show that Jap combat losses have been 20 to our one. -Save Fuel—Save Paper- COMING EVENTS SATURDAY MOVIES Village: Free movies, "The Dough- girls,” with Ann Sheridan, Alexis Smith and Jane Wyman. Features at 1500, 1900 and 2100. Carolina; "The Suspect,” with Ella Raines and Charles Laughton. Pick: Closed during spring holidays. WRESTLING Pre-Flight vs. Naval Academy, at An napolis. SWIMMING Pre-Flight vs. Camp Lejeune, Bowman Gray Pool, 1515. SUNDAY DIVINE SERVICES Protestant: Memorial Hall at 1000. Catholic: Gerrard Hall at 0630, Hill Music Hall at 1000. Jewish: Hillel House at 1000. MOVIES Village: Free movies, "Arsenic and Old Lace,” with Cary Grant and Pris cilla Lane. Features at 1300 and 1505. Carolina: "This Man’s Navy,” with Wallace Beery and James Gleason. WEDNESDAY HAPPY HOUR Memorial Hall, staning at 1900. Movie shorts, swing band.
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