SEmOOR JOHNSON FIELD, N.C.
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799^" *W4DW'»
Sgt. Don Sutherland
The equedroffi said ”eo long and
good luck* laat eeek to Sgta.Selbjj
Coffeen and Bee* The popular Non-
Coos are all froa the original e*
adre which came here from Chanute ?•
ield and they have transferred to
anothei station.
799'• baseball team opened the
season suecessfiillj by cooing from
behind to nip the 80th Avn* nine by
fr-4. Lefty Harry Arahovites was in
excellent fora and with more effec
tive support would have had an eas
ier win. Joe Rsepka led the batting
attack with a single, double and
triple, but the pay-off smash of
the battle was supplied by Herman
Scott who stej^d up in the last
inning in a pinch-hit role and tri
pled across the winriing counters.
Chevron-sewing was in l\ill sw
ing last week as several of the
boys tacked on their newlywwon str
ipes. Promotions included that of
Dave VJUlians to T/Sgt. and Al Cayo
Holand Scalcucci and Newton Tal'oert
to S/Sgt*;Ed Anthony, Tony Aquilino,
Henry Arning, Tim Callahan, Charlie
Call end Dick James to Sgt;and Dave
Chernow, Ouy Clegg, Jim Collins,ki
ke Lsgerakli Bob Uamerow, Uike Uam-
erow. Hike liarottl, William kohan,
Russ Sinnott and Uike Walsh to Co
rporals.
The disturbances which have no
doubt shaken local seismographs in
the past few nights are merely the
result of thw Clsgg-Csarneckl feud
and it's strictly no holds barred
and let the chips fall idiere theyiS’
B02
Some of the gals from the Post
NAAC detachment paid a visit to the
802 Squadron Day room last week and
^>ent an enjoyable afternoon list
ening to songs and music by local
talent.Inspired by tWs social suc
cess, the } ost Band has beer sched
uled to play each Wednesday in the
day room and the welcome niat is out
bs everybody. Song sheets have been
passes out and will help to keep
the music rolling along.
r.reen but willing, the squadr
ons leather-slingers will represent
tbe home boys in the coming boxing
toumaswnt. The men haven't had much
experier.es,bt)t they're working hard
and intend to put up a terrific bat
tle. At the present, I fcs Brayne Re
ed, 'INirrer, Webber, V/illard (no re
lation to Jess) and Zielke are sl^
ted to do or die for the honor of
RQ2.
Cpl Brake has whipped up a top
notch baseball nine and ^eem.^ ulea-
sed as punch with it. Practising e-
very day, the hoys have worked off
most of their winter klnks.Barradcs
603 has been coming alcmg well in
Male Call
SQ. SWEETHEART
We wish you could see Pvt
Arthur J. Dennis* gal 1*^ full
color. He handed in a techni
color Job for "bur Squadron's
Sweetheart" contest but see if
you can't get the idea evenjn
black and white. Pvt Dennis 1b
a student In the 799th TSS.
I the softball department.They havsnT
lost a game and are sniffing around
for more competition.
S/Sgt Varad Varadian left last
we^ for OCS school at Ft. Ban
ning, Gs. Varadian was non-com in
charge of flight Hsad-.^uarters.
An invention which lessens the
"blackout" a pilot e:q>erienco3 when
puUing out of a steep dive has be
en developed by a student at Sey
mour Johnson field, Ffc David Ffaff
of the 802d TSS. Ffaff submitted
his idea to the Air Surgeon's Of
fice a few weeks ago.Invented while
at the field, Ffaff*a dovdee utili
zes a hydraulic shock absorber in
the seat of the cockpit•
Said Major James K. Hammond,
assistant Chief, P.esearch Division,-
of the Air Surgeon's office in the
capital; "Please congratulate I fc
Ffaff on a nice piece of reasoning
He is entirely correct In prineij ie"
Vlajor Haanond went on to say that a
device similar to Ffaff's had been
used with sxiccess on the ] -/.7 Thurw*
derbolt.
T/Sgt. Oersmer i*o recently rw-
turn^ l^om Ihrlou^ has yet to
make public everything that took pl
ace idiile on hid trip to Decatur, I-
11. The underground whispers that
Georgs took i4>on himself a wife. Do
you deny it, George?
Speaking of wives, it has also
come to our ears that FFC Lev Stufl^
and Pvt Nick Antolini are also thi
nking about making some girl happy
in the near future. Best of luck to
you boys*
Pvt, Edward Travers decided to
MAY 15, 1943
FAQS 7
desert the bachelor ranks Just this
week. From the looks of things, Cu
pid must be an extra busy fellow
these days. If it keeps up a single
fellow will be a rarity in this Sq^
uadron.
We are looking for the champ
ion "ehow-hpund" of the squadron
and from report# of our "Secret Se
rvice" the chaoplcm will be among
cme of these mentioned chaps: Sgt.
Gaynor, Sgt. Kinman, Sgt. Dougherty
and Cpl. Knoblich. AH these fellas
never miss a chance to eat. In fa
ct they are always eating. A dark-
horse in the race is Pvt Strickland
of the Ord rly Room. He has a wife
in town but mat love food better
as he rarely .idases a meal at eanp,
sometimes r^ven coming in on his day
off.
This squadron wlshss to con
gratulate the AOth Mess Squadron
for winning the "Excellence Banner?
^t. a word of warning, we are go
ing to take that away from you-Just
wait and see.
As he does not smoke, Cpl. Jo
hnny Grant, Hq. Sq. took his
prize in l/ar Stamps .for having
dated the first '.?AAC.
?lhen asked for a cenment Jo(in
said, "They could not resist"
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S/Sgt. Sob.1
A hearty weloome to our new 00
Captain Roland T. Ssabury, idio has
taken o\er the reins from Major Ha
gan.
We wish
them both the best of luck in their
respective undertakings, .
What, kind of story is Brooksh
ire trying U> spread about kangar
oos idio can ti-avel 75 M.P.H.Tt'tonder
if he's atterajtlrg to spread prop
aganda so u-.at we'll all want to go
to Australia. ar:d prove or disprove
his statement. Beteha if .cangaroos
had tires and ration books to worry
about they Tould cut out that speed
ing soon enough. Isn't that right
Brook?
V’e am oofly sorry about Sgt
Beryrxzren walking into those stov
es in the barrtcks upon his return
from his ni(^tly excursion into to
wn. Perhaps we can arrange to have
them lit up (also) to insure his s;
fe Journey to nis bunk.
•diat li/'Sgt. whose initials are
Richard Tait, is the spirit behind
t-he Air^-lietSi, Vi'hoiw would the pap
er be without "Tiger Tait" and con
versely where wouM Dick be without
the psper? No offense.
This idea of singing in ranks
is to my mind a rather s/azzy idea,
what? liCt's see -if we can really
give next time.
The way Syoannki waters the
vegetation in the area some of us
have been seriously thinking of don
ning our bathing tnirdcs vid .coing
wading. That boy certainly wields a
mean hose.
40^ 5QM4DU0W
Cpl Nat Kantcr
With the advent of the wars
weather, many of the osn »dto spent
the winter hibermting are now vie-
iting the surrounding towne more
fre«iuentli*. They are trying to make
for lost time auid take in eveiy*
thing the thriving cttlee of Gold^
boro and Wilson have to offer. Now
that our sisters-in-arms have arri
ved, many of the Casanovas will li
mit their social activities to the
Field, Ladies, forewamsd is fore -
armed. Our men are beginning to sp
arkle due to the results of addit
ional shaves and shoe shines.
Pvt Avery I^yda has a new tech
nique for letter wriUng. He wrlUs
than in advance and then mails than
in direct preportion to the answers
ho gets. The man is a genius. Any
one with an imagination like that
must be.
But 1^0 is the S/Sgt who now is
paged every little while by sc« e’
anonymous young lady? I won't ment
ion any names but his laat initial
is Scandale, Don't keep her under
cover. Kick. We all want to take a
look at her soon.
And now we come to Sgt Perley
Caste, He's a hard working guy with
q heart of gold. Cooperation is his
middle name. That, no doubt, is the
reason he bought so many war stanqss
last payday.
Our vote for the best looking,
yet most bashful man in the mess out
fit is Cpl William S. t/alker.He is
personality, personified and could
make the women in this neck of the
woods gloriously happy. Come on,BlJL
loosen up and give those chicks a
break, Jean will never know.
Another potential lady killer
is Cpl Lowell D. Spivey. The only
fly in the ointment is that he never
can sumuon up the energy to leave
the barracks after hard day's work.
iBt's get on the beam, boy, because
those gals won't wait forever.
That music in the ness halls la
Just what, the doctor ordered. Men otv
me in, get absorbed in the latest
hit tunes, and finish their food au
tomatically. That's what I call get
ting into the swing of things.
Sgt, Irving TVspper has an avid
desire to fly. Vfe're all pluggli^
for him, but in the event that He
does not make the grade, he can
still get up into the air by flap
ping his ears. Don't worry, Teppy
look at Gable.
Some of the pictures that the
men took for their new I.D, cards
are corkers. Ripley wo«ild be very a-
pjreciative. I'm sure, to get his
hands on ^ few. As a matter of fact,
he *xuildn't even believe it.
Last but not least is Pvt Alfred
A. Manoechlo. This man is in a claae
by himself. Vftwit the women of Salth-
field do in his absence is at the pi^
esent undetennined. He haa the town
sewed up to such an extent that sol
diers no longer go there. How about
it, Al? You can't take them with you,
you know.
by Milton CaniH, Creator ol ‘Terfy and the Pirates'
^viewing Party: Arms Stacked