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r FROM THE CLRSSROO TO THE L/NE folia* 1 Mo. 13 arao« jorneow roai), w.c. APRIL 3, 1943 PROMOTIONS OF ENLISTED MEN ARE ANNOUNCED CORPORAL lATHMSM TO ALL AM ORADS PRIOR TO SHIPMENT All AM gr*duat«s of thli aebool will b« promotod to eorporol prior to ahipMnt to other atotiOM or factory aehoola to purauo an Adrano* Course, Roadquarters announced this week. Pronotion will be aade not sooner than two deys before depart ure. To prevent proaotion of un qualified enlisted men, all Coeaand- Inc Officers of Teohnieal School croups are ordered to red-line any Craduetes, who are unsuitable mater ial for PoneComissioned Officer *a ratine because of onviction by court martial; disciplinary action under 104th Article of W, or pos sessing e character or record that does not warrant a rating as a Non- CocBiissioned Officer. It was announced in the MR-0 WGCH March 6 that all alrplan. iaeeh> anic students were promoted to ^ i- vatea First Class, effeetiv. .tireh 1. The .Tar Department had also is sued a directive at that time stat ing that only AM grads going to Specialist schools would be made corporals. Johnson Field Men **Toughen Up** A late change In the Johnson Field radio e^hedvle has been au-i nounced by the Radio Section of the Special Service Section. nie Variety Show which has been a Mednesday night feature , broadcasted from the Post Servioe Club will be switched to Monday at 1930 starting April 5. The quiz program regularly heard at that time Monday will be conduct ed Wednesday at 1930. The pro grams are broadcasted over the Tobacco Network. NEW SnMM PIMIAM PLAIMEB FOI SQUADMMS Letttr to ‘PriYite 1120550’ Dees Net Stamp Field Pest Oflist Long; ReeipieNt Feud m 20 MieHtss It's "up and over" ever-so-sprlghtly aa these caliatheniate take another hurdle on the Obstacle Course ri^.t in thair stride! Pictured here is a group of men going over a fence hurdle, one of many unique obstacles provided to help sen at this post toughen up in readiness for eosqslete preparedness when they finish training and go out to fi^t for Uncle San and Freedom. Red Cress Drive Eids $1,500 Short Of Got! The American Red Cross War Fund Drlva easm officially to a halt at ^aymour Johnson Field Wadnasday, Donations totaled 0S,SOO, which is 01,600 short of the goal sat at 010, 000 for this Field. Ur. iidmund H. Bvans, field di rector, said there ware several or ganisations who had not yet turned in their contributions. Ha estima ted the approximately 0500 might be turned in yet to bring the total donationa up to 09,000. •me "Red Cross Drive" page 3 A letter addressed to "Private 1120660,* Seymour Johnson Field, AAFT Schools. North Carolina,” did not at'nq> Captain Roy J, Brown's Postal Directory Servioe Staff long. The fact that suoh a letter had been received was run In the Dally Bulletin - to no avail - be fore the letter was pAaeed in Capt. Brown's hands. The letter was dated Uareh 2, 1949 and pos'taarked Harvard, Maas. So ^o Postal Officer had his staff search the Special Order files for February and March, ^ithin 20 min utes, the army serial maber, 1120- 660 had bean looatad and found to belong to a Pvt. Franoia lUnot, Jr», sho had been tranafarrad to an ATiv Air forces Flying Training Comsand detachment in New Toric. Pvt. Minot's letter is on Ite way to lew York. Thie le Just additional proof of the excellent postal directory aeetion Capt. Brown ,has eatabllehed at Saymour •tehnson ^ield. Since the activation of the Station Post Office ^uguat 1, 1942, there Have been no losses of insured or regis tered items, the total of whAAh runs well into the thousandc. Capt. Brown explained that three by five locator cards ara pre pared on all personnel on the day cf arrival. Any subsaquant change of atatus is noted thereon, and the files are accurately kept up to data \fy use of special orders and morning reports. Tills enables the directory eeotioa to render prompt service on the large volume bf miscellaneous mail reoeivsd at this Station daily. See "Private U20?50" Page 3 po, re, mi,*..then aint boide, thNi's enlisted personnel trying their vocal chords thesa daya in bast (*.I* style. The Post Music Section of the Special Serviea Section tails weak inaugurated a plan by which each squadron raceivad instruction and laaderahip in song by Lt. 6. S. Bur ris and tha Post Bsnd. Piva squad rons will be visited each week until each organisation has received di- Sae "dinging Squadrons" page 3 To ‘Eariy Bird’ G. I. Air-O-Moeli OHort Priit The WAACs are coming to Saymoir Johnaon Field. Nhent The moet de- fihlte information AIR^-MBCB waa abla to gat waa "in a SMntai or ao." But they sire oaadng. In fact, the AIR-O-MBCH le so eonvineed they're on their way.that it ie offering a carton of your fa^ orita oigarattes to tha first O.I. taio has a "ligitijsate" date with a WAAC, stationed here. By "Ilgltimate" we mean the soldier jiust make the engagement be* forehand and call for a member of the ifoman'e Amy Auxiliary Cerpa at her plaea of residence and then "take her out." fsrtoMsi of 01^, 1011, Iftli School Groips, 12th MeisGroipAdvMoo Rook Seymour Johnson Field, went "Stripe Happy", taien privat*a,oorp- orala and sergeants advanced one step along the "Chevron Path*" The following promotions, eff ective March ^h, were announced by the 9th, lObh and Uth TatamiealWi ool Gre tna and by the I2tb Mess Op* ID MASTT^R rgtGSANTi T/Sgte. tugeitaC Short,J''‘'n W. Bell and Ut/Sgbe. J. J. Bel George S. Craft and Rob ert H. 11. TO TBCH?:iGAL SEROSANTi Of tha 39th Mess Sqoflufron, s/Sgte.Cox, Chicelno and Wolfaj of the 41st Mess Squad ron, S/Sgt*Jemes H. Staaq>er; of the 40th Hess Squadron, S/Sgt.Donald N* HoIass; S/S^s. Snyder and Cross of the 36th Tbch School Sq.; and S/Sgt Peter A. Dalton of the 796th Tech. Sch. Sq* TO STAFF SERtSAWT; Sgt. Mev" G. Hagadide of the 791at Tech Sch £q.; Srt* Williaa J* Tychonilvieh of t 36th Tech. Sch* Sq*; Sgt. Paul b* Sas^aoR of the Hq. 4 Hq. Det*; of the 41st Mees Squadron, Sgto. Brit ton, Everts, Keeny, Gunnin and Klt- tel; of the 40th Mees Squadron, Sgta. Duncan and Cralgpoiles; of tha 39th Mess Squadron, Sgt. Thomas Kiser; Sgt. Melvin Peterson of Hq. & Hq Det. Uth Tech. Sch. Gp.; Sgt* Roger F. Barklow, of the 801st Tech Sch Sq.; Sgt. Horry L. Beck of the 802nd Tech Sch. Sq.; Sgte. Curley, and Hall of the 797th Tech Sch. Sq* AAF; Sgt. Earl F. Hart of the 793rd Tech Sch Sq. AAF*; and Sgt. Alfired R. Tomaseetti of the 794th Tetai Sch Sq* AAF. TO SERGEANT; Of the 7>7th Tech Sch. Sq AAF, Corporals Arduino, Kisnast, Lodes, and Underwood; of Hq* & Hq Det, lOtb T.S.G*, Chorals Arthur D. Dunn and Charles E. Kennedy; of the 793rd Tech Sch Sq AAF, Corpor als Burkland, Co**rigan, Slias, Roy al, Sanehioni, mod Stewart; and Corporala Haha, Murphy, Porgorteleki and Reid of the ?94th Tech* Sch*Sq* AAF; of Hq & Hq Det Uth Tech Sch Gp*, Carp«rala Albert J* Liooureux See "Promoted " page 3 UTEn WOILD wii c NEWS 4AIMED lY INFORi *r Daily release of the "Ini ner”, a thorough-going 1,000-word e of the day's War news in briei as inaugurated here Wednesday, IL h 24th. This single aheet of news, nirne^ graphed tc peimit speedy reprodbo- tion and delivery to neWe-hungry Gle, Is a technical write-up of military news from all frontd* See "Informer" page 3 See "Early Bird" page 3 ‘ROOM SERVICE,’ ILS.0. GAMP SHOW PLAYS JOHNSON FIELD APRIL 0 AM ft AT THEATER 1.
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