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Friday, March 16, 1945
N. C.
u. S. NAVY PRE-
Vol. 3—No. 26
20 Yards Away
Station Nearly 4.0
Backing Red Cross
In War Fund Drive
Upward of 90 per cent of sta
tion personnel, including civilian,
Will have participated in the
1945 Red Cross War Fund drive,
it was indicated yesterday as
Chaplain Cummins, chairman,
snd his assistants prepared to
Count returns.
“The response has been won
derful,” said Lt. Cummins, "peo
ple appreciate what the Red
Cross does and the drive has re
quired the least effort on my
Part.”
Although final returns are not
totaled at least two battalions,
67 and 68, have participated 100
Per cent in the drive. One of
these batts, the 67th, has sub
scribed 100 per cent with each
Cadet holding a $1 membership
card. _
Civil Service Girl
At Navy Hall Wins
N. C. Song Contest
. Miss Vivian Wood, civil serv
ice employe attached to the Pub-
jic Relations office of Carolina
fre-Flight, was feminine winner
the student
•Musician con
test held last
''^eek at Mere-
^iih College
'^nder the spon
sorship of the
National Fed
eration of Mu
sic Clubs.
Miss Wood,
^1, and a mez-
^o-s o p r a n o,
competing for the first time
'^hen she won the right to repre
sent the State of North Carolina
?t Jacksonville, Fla., April 14
the South Atlantic District
^ontest. Miss Wood, a native fo
'Washington, D. C., has been em-
^ioyed by Public Relations here
^i^ce last September.
The winner of the Jacksonville
"Contest, in which representatives
10 states will participate, will
pOmpete in the national contest
^fials in May at New York.
^ow Much In ‘A’ Coupons?
. The gasoline consumed in
“gaining one American military
^ilot would last the average
^^tomobile driver 25 years.
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Navy War Bond Cartoon Service
“War bonds are green. Green is for Saint Patrick. Tomorrow is
March 17. Get it?”
Hop For 63rd, 65th
Batts On Tomorrow
Cadets of the 63rd and 65th
Batts will dance tomorrow in
the Pine Room. Lenoir Hall, to
the strains of the Cloudbuster
swingsters.
The hop will get under way
at 2100 and wind up at 2400. An
extension of liberty for these
battalions has been approved,
liberty ending at 0030 with
lights out at 0045. ,
Uniform for the dance will be
service dress blue. Girls may
dress formally or informally. Re
freshments will be served.
EAT PLENTY
But Don’t Waste Food
A single one-ounce bite of food
per man wasted here at every
meal would amount to approxi
mately 41/4 tons each month. In
two months, the food thus wasted
would fill a pile of No. 2 cans
over a mile high.
Carr Girls Entertain
An “open house,” sponsored
by the UNC girls of Carr Dormi
tory will be held Sunday in
Navy Hall for cadets of the 67th
Batt, 11-R-A and 4-R-A. Time
will be 1400 to 1745.
65% Of Downed
Pilots Rescued
Sixty-five per cent of all
Navy and Marine flyers forced
down are rescued.
Rear Admiral DeWitt C.
Ramsey, USN, Chief of BuAer,
tells why; “The rescue of
Navy flyers forced down at
sea in combat with the enemy
or from other causes is a mat
ter which always has been
given prime consideration by
the Bureau of Aeronautics . . .
“Every flyer is provided
with the latest and best equip
ment available, such as life
rafts, emergency rafts, and
water-making devices to help
him survive if he is forced
down at sea. He is also pro
vided with the latest and best
signaling device to aid his res
cuers in locating him. Fur
ther, special squadrons have
been organized and specially
equipped whose sole purpose
is to locate and rescue flyers
who fail to return from their
missions when expected. . . .
Train 18 Miles Long
The total prisoner of war
packages shipped and packed by
Red Cross volunteers in this war
would fill a train 18 miles long,
or about 36 average trains.
\But Ex-Cadet
Escapes Japs
In Philippines
A stirring story of escape—
first from death in a flaming
fighter plane and then from
hotly pursuing Japs—is told
about Ens. William Foye, who
completed Pre-Flight training
here with the 12th Batt two
years ago.
The incident is related in a
Navy Department release on the
war record of Air Group 20,
which has just returned to the
United States after a rampaging
five months of action in the
Pacific, where it participated in
the sinking of nearly a million
tons of Japanese warships and
shipping, referred in its record
as “Air Group 20’s Japanese
Fleet.”
In addition to 287 ships total
ing 937,000 tons sunk either
alone or with the aid of other
carrier groups, Air Group 20
shot down 158 Jap planes and
destroyed or damaged hundreds
on the ground.
1,155 Sorties Without Loss
Attached to an Essex-class
carrier, Navy fighter pilots of
the group, which included Ens.
Foye, escorted bombers with
such perfect combat precision
that they did not lose one dive-
bomber or torpedo-bomber to
enemy aircraft in 1,155 sorties
on the tour of duty which began
last Aug. 31 and included raids
on the Bonin Islands, Palau Is
lands, Formosa, Manila, Luzon,
the Leyte landing, and the Sec
ond Battle of the Philippines.
The action involving Ens.
Foye occurred near Manila on
last Oct. 18. Squadron mates
' last saw the former Cloudbuster
from Lowell, Mass., going down
with a smoking engine over
Clark Field near the Philippine
capital. His fighter had been
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$30,000,000 Saved
The Navy’s civilian employees
saved the Navy an estimated
$30,000,000 during 1944 through
beneficial suggestions showing
how battle-needed material can
be produced faster, cheaper and
better, it has been announced by
the Navy Department.
The estimated savings stem
from a total of 8,420 ideas
adopted out of a total of 48,460
submitted. Suggestions by civil
ians increased by 103% during
1944.