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Friday, March 30, 1945 CLOUDBUSTER Page Three ^Buster Trainee, Wearing DFC, Is At Home In Pacific Skies When Student Aviation Pilot Sidney E, Bailey completes his training at Carolina Pre-Flight and takes to the air he should feel singularly at home. At 23, the High Point, N. C., youth al ready has the Distinguished Fly ing Cross and a working kn9wl- edge of action in Pacific skies. A Navy man since he was 18, Bailey went through here with the 54th battalion in Septem ber, 1944, but he was not called into primary training. Now back for a refresher course, he hopes to be able this time to pin wings of gold above that DFC. Before there were enough radioman-gunners to fill the needs, aviation machinist mates ■'"uch as Bailey did their share of flying in the Pacific war. It was in such a role that he won his fnedal on May 8, 1942. Also In Atlantic May 8 is a momentous date in Navy history. It was the day that the old Lexington, to which Bailey was attached, was sunk. But before the gallant old lady Went under, her crew made the Japs pay and Bailey, whose plane put one of five torpedoes into an enemy carrier and as sisted in driving off 14 fighters attacking a Lex squadron, played his part in the battle. Approximately 15 minutes after his plane returned to the Lexington—with so little gaso line that a wave-off would have ^neant plunging into the drink— the American carrier was hit. Later came the order to abandon ship. The young veteran not only Served in the Pacific but after his Return to the States and a sur- ''ivor’s leave, he went aboard the Card, the CVE which later Won distinction in the Atlantic, ^board the Card he did not fly out acted as plane captain. Joined Navy in ’39 Bailey joined the Navy in 1939 as an apprentice seaman and from March, 1940, until her sinking he was attached to the Lex. In January, 1942, flying ^ith an enlisted pilot as seaman bombardier, his plane was one '^hich attacked a Japanese sub- *^iarine, bracketing her amidships '^ith two depth charges. It was 'Considered a “probable” kill. Now an AMMlc, Bailey en- j^red the V-5 program in Decem- 1943, attending flight prep Middletown, Conn., and WTS Hickory, N. C., before report- aboard here the first time in "June, 1944. -Military Review- (Continued from Page 1) ^oiTne with Rear Admiral Nomy to Chapel Hill for the occasion. The citation accompanying the 9\vard indicates that Ermine, as AMM2c, was twice wounded, ^^^ce during an attack against an ^^lerny convoy and again during attack resulting in the burn- of his unit’s station by the ^ftemy. In the latter action, with Sidney E. Bailey Navy Bond Drive Still Is Increasing Navy War Bond purchases in February totaled $34,289,536, an increase of 11.3% over the $30,- 302,419 total of a year ago. The cumulative total since the begin ning of the Navy War Bond pro gram in October 1941 has reach ed $1,056,419,924. The combined January and February total of $73,826,919 showed an increase of 22.3% over the $60,372,994 figure for the corresponding period in 1944. Payroll savings plan purchases by civilian personnel of $17,568,- 134 and allotment purchases by uniformed personnel of $13,487,- 269 represented the major por tion of last month’s total. Cash purchases were $3,234,133. The Navy Yards led the bond program in February with 94% of their civilian personnel in vesting 11.1% of gross pay in bonds, followed by the Naval Air Stations, with 95.2% invest ing 10.7%. For the entire Naval establishment 93.2% of the civil ian personnel invested 10.6% of pay in bonds during February. utter disregard for his own safety and despite heavy grenade rifle fire he threw himself into the middle of the conflagration to rescue endangered comrades. He was seriously burned and wounded in this action. The War Bond Pennant will be presented by an officer from the Sixth Naval District Head quarters, on behalf of the Com mandant. This Pre-Flight School qualified for the Commandant’s War Bond Pennant and certifi cate with 97% enrollment in the bond buying program. —Save Fuel—Save Paper— Navy Now Fitting Old Airplane Tires On Land Vehicles Navy airplane tires of certain sizes no longer fit for safe use on aircraft are being recapped for use on Naval automotive ve hicles, a conversion that ulti mately may reduce Navy re quirements for new tires by about 5,000 a month, • These “super-balloon” airplane tires are suitable for use on au tomotive vehicles having 16-inch diameter wheel equipment, which includes jeeps, pickup trucks, light delivery trucks, trac tors, reconnaissance cars, and certain types of buses and ambu lances. In all, an estimated 30,000 Na val vehicles in the various Naval districts can use the three sizes of airplane tires being converted. The sizes are 30x7, 32x8, and 34x9. Because of their wider diam eter many of the tires are al ready being used on jeeps that have to be driven over sand. Al together, about 1,900 airplane tires have now been converted for use on Navy ground vehicles. COMING EVENTS TONIGHT DIVINE SERVICES Protestant; Good Friday Vesper Services, Memorial Hail, 1900. Catholic: Start of three-day Mission, Hill Music Hall, 1900. SATURDAY MOVIES Village; Free movie, "Tall in the Sad dle,” with John Wayne and Ella Raines. Complete shows at 1500, 1900 and 2044. Carolina; "Winged Victory,” with Army Air Forces cast. Pick; "Beyond Last Frontier,” with Eddie Dew and Smiley Burnett. BASEBALL Carolina Pre-Flight vs. Naval Academy, Annapolis, 1400. 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 movie, "The Seventh Cross,” with Spencer Tracy and Signe Hasso. Complete shows at 1300 and 1459. Carolina; "Princess and the Pirate,” with Bob Hope and Virginia Mayo. Pick; "Winged Victory.” MONDAY BASEBALL Carolina Pre-Flight vs. North Carolina State, Raleigh, 1500. WEDNESDAY HAPPY HOUR Cloudbuster swing band, movie shorts. Memorial Hall at 1900. SWIM STYLE—What with the swimming pools soon to be thrown open, Lynn Bari of 20th Century-Fox offers a very fetch ing preview of what will be in style this Summer. By paying strict attention to the suit it will be noted it’s a two-piece print with a halter. Heroic Basilone Killed Iwo (CNS)—^The first Marine to win the Congressional Medal of Honor in this war (Guadal canal, Oct. 24-25, 1942), died on the first day of the Corps’ blood iest engagement—the battle for Iwo. Sgt. John Basilone, Rari tan, N. J., fell from Jap artillery fire. OPERATIONAL REPORT ADVANCEMENTS; Delia DuPont and Grace Leggett from PhM2c to PhMlc; Robert P. Lanier and Claire Hirshberg from HAlc to PhM3c. DEPARTURES; Lt. Comdr. Renwick E. Curry; Lt. Harley Kenneth Lyons; A. L. Sparks, RM2c; J. T. Valentinsen, SM2c; M. A. Yarbrough, EMlc. ARRIVALS; Lt. Paul Thomas Perney; Lt. Robert Eugene Horsley; L. L. Lundbore, Y2c. —Save Fuel—Save Paper— Sailor From Farm Solves Undersea Problem So Sub Crew Gets Egg A Day How the crew of a submarine in the Pacific gets an egg a day was detailed the other day in an account given by one of Uncle Sam’s sailors home on leave. While the sub was at a trop ical island where the crew was ashore on reconnaissance, grate ful natives presented the under water sailors with a live hen. The next day, with the sub at sea, the skipper had an egg for breakfast. It was the hen’s No. 1 production. Another egg was ex pected the next day and it came. minus the shell. To produce eggs, you know, a hen must con sume a required amount of gritty substance so the shell can be formed. A sailor who had come from the farm and knew about such things, rummaged through the garbage and retrieved the egg shell, pulverized it and fed it to the hen in her feed. So the next egg had a shell. The same shell, confides the sailor, is still in use satisfactorily and effectively.
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