SSmODR J0KI6OH PIEU>« N.C.
AIR-O-MEGH
Hit 1, 1943 P*Q« 2
A GOOD SAL
lCarln«a In tha^aniilit—atTa P«^
iflo ar« aoMtlMa* ihmafulljr out-
traded bgr Um natiiraa* young an
tarpriaing marina, houairar, carved a
fee ourllooea on a H pipe he had
bought at a oomer diu^ora bade bo
me, went to eee the dilef, and attar
aome dickering eoUeeted I75*
A fan daya later the marina «aa
aomeehat aurprlaed to aae hla ocom-
anding otTleer ^rtlng the pipe*
”What*ll you tike for It?" aaked the
young marine, eautioualy* "I eould
imt aell it for a fortune," replied
the officer* "If a a tribal trophy
aevend hundred yeara old and I had
a aliale of a tJme perauading ona of
the bead men to aell it to me for
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BUY STAMPS
Thoae tv« Latin vrords oeneath a golden um in which repoaoa three
pluDBB are the literal motto of the ARLT AIR FORCSS TEX:HNICAL TRAINING
CCM'ANO. >.'any an Air Force enlisted man cannot translate Latin,but hla
heart translates the meaning—
"I SUSTAIN TIE WINGS"
"I am the Air Force Technician who makes it possible for Ayers
to be heroes and heroes to be Ayers* I drill and work and fight.1 work
that others may Ay and fight* I fight that I may work to keep them Ay
ing* I am the neehanic, the radio man, the armorer, the weather obaar
Ter, the gunner, the instruawnt man. I'm a technician but I fight like
a eoBoando*
" I am one of thoae three plumes signifying an unbeataKLa trio—
the Plane, the Air Crew, the Ground Crei^—each indiapenaable to the o-
ther two* >7ithout me the plane would be a ootionleaa maohine, the pi>
lot a helpless gladiator*
* V/hen I trained, I chafed at the constant atraam of r^ititiom,
of routine, but now I realize I was learning to act on instinct*! gri
ped at scrubbing and shining and cleaning, but now I realize naatneaa
means a clean Job of every task* An unbuttoned pocket seemed trivial,
but now I know a forgotten button might be a forgottan cottar key and
that forgotten key might mean a plane destroyed and a crew killed*B^
cause of strict training I am good, and I know I'm good*
"The fblks at home may never knew how important i am; the public
may never see my naise in print* I on the plo^ling lineman of modem
football* I make long runs possible for ALL"A1ERICA>S* I am the bl
ocker that never carries the ball*
"But the pAot there knows me* Ha knows ahem ha climbs aboard,
she aits ready* He knows those anginea are perfect, the radio, his
ears, the instrumenta, hia ayes* That bombardier knowe hla hits are
going to be perfect * And whan they come back there is something in
their handshake no new^aper could deaeribe, no medal could equal* It
ia the grip of men whose lives depend on me*"
"I SUSTAIN THS ..'INGSV
StETIISO ALAS I
^'rorA the Jefferson Barracks 'HUB'
FVt. ii’lLliam J* Lanteer
Military courtesy has for oanturlaa bean the privilege of flatting
mac all ovar tha world. I uaa tha wrd FRIVILEGB, baoamaa I oonaidvit
a privllaga to randar to ay auparior offloara tha courtaaiaa that ara
due thm^ And 1 would say to you, look vpon this as a saerad right a
right that was grantad you idian you domed tha uniform of your eo\iiitry
Osa that right and guard it, bsoauaa it ia Just as much a part of you
aa tha unifom that you waar*
Tha smia ia trua of military disci pi ina* Olaclpllna maana inatant,
and willing obadianea to orders* Nhare diaeipllns ie good, tha euatoma
of military oourtaay are usually observed, mid man iho ara oourtamoa,
ara usually wall schooled in principles of good discipline*
Tb a mao we should be proud of our imifona, and the country that it
rv ^eants* Washington and hia man at fallay Forge had U.ttla to ba
pr ■ - of in the way of unlfozma* They wars ragged and X^en, and they
warm without shoes, but they wars proud to ba Aghting for ^ drill t and
prlnntplaa that they knew would live foravor* And they will live ior»
aver, baoauaa you ara the man behind tbava iddala in tha praaant war*
(From an addraaa by Gan. Du{^ean to tha man of hia oommand)
Tna question la often raised*
"Is nan aver juatlfled in being iUfCL
The answer* obviously* is loj
Thar# nay be times idien It aeana to
a aoldler that he needs to have
leave.but the fact that he walks a-
way from hla duties and responaibll-
Itiea as a aoldler and aa a maJt
without reapoot for Military law*la
Inexcusable. So Consandlng Offiev
oqn ever be as proud of a man in hla
unit who thus shirks his duties aa
he ia of the man idio la faithful
under all olreuaatanoea to hia res-
ponslbllltiaa as a soldier.
■ The nan who absenoea himself
without leave can not present ar
good a eervlea raoord to whoae who
night have cause to eee it as tha
man who ia not marked up AWOL.
The sane might be applied to
the spiritiial side of our lives.
That our Government recognises
the importance of Spiritual train
ing as well as physical tralning»i8
seen in its endeavor to fumiah the
place and opportxmlty for men to
POETS CORNER
DOWN TO TNB SKA
By Sgt* Aleac Karanikas
Return with ne irtiere the ancient
shore
Hurls back the youthful waves
One thousand leases or more*
nhera all the crevassea ara graves
Beneath ^e ocean floor.
Cone dance while bells ring merrily
To greet the aun of dawn
Ten miles below the sea*
While submarines in depths forlorn
Look sharp for you and lae.
Run in and out of the fosslllad stsB
Where gems and pearly bones
Gleam bright at every turn.
Where shadows alinber on their thrsn
ea
And lanterns never burn.
\
Never so fierce were the cannibal
that
Of noi-sters In the deep
AS human enterpriae*
Makes war on all the thinga
weep
With bomba and guns and lies.
Yet follow aie down, idiere ou the
shore*
The lips of a world in pain
New blood has foamed and more*
Where free men's volees in rafrain
Sound clear above tha roar.
OOH HEART, AMBllCA
97
PIC Dagtrand L* Hill
Ow baart it poaoda within aa
iiihaa wa'ra eaUad to fymadom'a
flgHt
Our atraagth it doss wask miraelaa,
Ka work w|gi^ all ov
Oar haart it awalXa with gladoaaa
tha baating af tbs band,
*Im trm^ta evy of frwadma
To tha ceroaro of ear land*
Cbr heart it primaa aar Maclat,
^ ahazpaaa 19 oar mlada,
^kaa oortainty of rlatagy,
^ drva away tha blimda*
heart it ia our Imif*'***''*
Maligioa, apaoch aM m
For tbaaa wa'd 1
Our heart la la i
To protoet wo ralao aba ammrd.
Our haaK IT S AmZA
In tha aametity of iba lard*
worship. Tha tragedy ia that too
many men fail to avail themselves of
that opportunity*
We are not only soldiers in the
same# of our Country* but soldlera
in tha anty of God. Many man in wd
form have had responsible plaees of
service in that army. The great
Comaander has ordered Hla men that
that they ahall aasemble themselves
in worship. To be continually ab
sent from that place of worahip la
to be AWOL in the ariqr of Ood.
Men who would not, under any
oiroioiatanoes* have AWOL written a-
fter their records ia the Aimy,
have a string of them wrltan after
their name ea God's role.
The fact that a man has bad a
busy week and Sunday la hla one day
off doee not give him any nor# right
to be absent fr«a worahip aervioea
than to be abaent from hla post of
luty in the Army. Mmiy of tbs ax-
eusas used to Justify abaenoe from
Church would be hotted at If iaued
to justify abaenoe from military for
■aatiena. The differenoe oomes in
our failure to recognise the import
anoe of God and Hla word in our
lives as meb and aoldiars.
Wo man can be as proul of hia
spiritual record if it ia continual
I7 being marked with AWOL from tha
house of God as he might otherwise
be.
Rsmember friend* when Ood oalls
the rolls in his places of servieo
next Sunday and Re finde that you
are net there* Be will mark you down
with thoae who are AWOL.
nmATIDN
Mo amttor wbmt your raea, rm-
Uglom or eimdb, if you wmar ObbIs
Stm'a Miform, yom will find m efanr^
eh 1b OoUsbm that will waleoma
you thia dumtey* Bwary mtoiator has
lasuad aa lnwltailoB ta aaldlara af
Saymov JMnaon Fiald to attoiiA*lao-
raatloB boura ara alao plannad.
DUG \ c f 5
PR0TB8TA1T SBRVICBS
Chapel Wo. S
Llturgioal Roly Ccamunioa 0800
General Sertlee 0900
General Service 1050
General Servlee 1400
General Service 1950
Midweek Services
UturglMl ^^y COsmunion Wad.0600
Liturgical Roly Comaunion Tbr.lSSO
(Chaplaim Orean and Quiek)
Chapel Vo. 2
Oeneral Servioe
General Servioe
General Sarviea
General Servlee
Ifldwek Service
WSKiaeaday
(Chaplains Olson and Davis)
0900
'1080
1400
1950
1950
CATBOUe BBSneSB
Chapel Wo. 1
Haases 0750
Masses 0900
IbtBsas 1000
Hsasea 1100
Haases 1515
Masaaa 1900
Daily Maae 0750 and 1850
'(Chaplains MoOuira and Tainter)
JBWI8H SttnCBS
3hapal Re. Z
Sabbath Sarvloea Sat. 0980, 1050
Sabbath Services Sat. 1550
Sabbath Servieaa Sun. 1050
Daily. Uoa. - Fri. 1000, 1980
(Chaplain oaidbarg)
HOBPItAL SMtFICM
Rad Cross Auditorium
Protestaot 0900
^wish (Annez) 0900
Catholic 1000