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AW-O-MECR
Mr 17. IM3
Tech School Graduates ‘Keep ’Em Flying
And Firing At Gunnery Trainning Schools
Skilled Craftsmen
Found In 70Snd
.B7 sgt. kdwin bosenfblo
Sermotir jobaaon pleld has
broi^t to li^t Ulents vhlch
the past ton months have lain
dormant. Amoocst our Anted
craftsmen, some of the meat promi
nent are;
Set. Brwln Rand—A No. 1 laandry
man. Sgt. Vic Welnswelg'-Cham
Dion stripe sewer onner. B-Sgt. Bill
Od(laoe~.Best graM transplanter m
camp, even If he does come from
Mln-nesotah! M-Sgt. Peter Kelly
—Most versatile'snorer In the TSUi
Training Wing. Ooiam equa^ as
well while Vtng on Imefc or
stomach. Sgt. BUI Pretind—Best
drill tnstnictor la the office. There
are no snappier chow formathms
than the ones he commands.
The 702Dd Tmlning Orotq> Is set
ting a fine record for Itself, m tt*s
first complete month at this p^,
n has won the “K' for Bxcenence
^ner Keep ap the good work,
boys'
New Stripes
Congratulations to the fUlowtng
men who have had stripes added
m the past month;
Promoted to Tech Sergeant: Set
George B. Collier.
Promoted to Staff Sergeant:
Pranklin J. Undsten, Andy w.
Bapak. Raphael Buts. Hui^ s.
FrOey. Floyd K. Padgett.
Promoted to Sergeant: Charles
M. PUlmore, Walter J. O’Ooonor,
Vioeent J. Sanaooe, Ralph S. Ibr-
tin. Peter A. Orlimdo. John W.
McClanaban, Oliver P. Kr^
James R. plAer. William 8. Tob.
Ralph R. Palladlno. Vfetor Weka-
well. Roman J. Piskor, Barold V.
Shefta, Alhtn T. Polka. Saamel P.
Oarstens. Preston R. Sktnoer.
Csrperal
Promoted to Cciporal: George
Aussant, Oerald L.
Zsman J. Uojrd, Franck J. Deko
Francis O. liurjiiy. James O'Bara^
Oeorge J. SevlOe, Jesse T. Orteve,
Rolsnd M. IFAdarto, Albert
Chaine, Norman M.
Byron L. Bhnes, WQllain
Bsoott, Chartea L. MuDer. Arthur
& Jcnea, AkiianSm Xt. nnnrhifitti
Dnnald K Sloart, Mra O.
Pfe.
to Pfc.: Lumkr J.
P.
Xt wU be news to moat tech*
nlcal school students todmow that
even U th^’re not physically
quaUficd for flexible gunnery train
ing, there’s a chazu^ tb^ might
be aa»igned to one of the six I^>
Ing Training Command gunnery
schools. This Is parliculsrly true
of armament, airplane mechanics,
and radio students. ThoM that got
these assignments go as perma
nent party maintenance and re
pair men —not as gunnery stu
dents.
SkUied attentlca to sircraft, air
craft armament and aircraft com
munications equipment la lust
^tnentlsl to the gunnery lining
program as It is to ths succestfiu
operstlon of combat units in
tive theaters.
The gunnery schools st Ft. My
ers and Panama City Florida-
Barllngen and Laredo. Texas;
Klynian. Aiisona; and ve.
Nevada, operate fleets of AT-
single en^e, two-plsce ad
vance trainers, and AT-lSs, twin
oiglne, Lotkbeed Hudson trsnsi-
tloo trainers. These ships are used
for the alr-to-air firing, missions
each gunnery student gets durlni
to, last two weeka of training. AL
ships are quipped with two-way
radio, and cal. .30 free firing ma
chine guns. The twin engine train-
era have a pair of cal. .sOs mount
ed In a BGirtln electrically pow
ered top turret.
All this equiiMnent must be kept
In perfect condition, “llyto
of a gunnery scbocd is - -
line”
Oeete.
Ubur or.
DeVito, Prink R. Xngler. oiilDe D
Oroohow, WsMer B. Xm. tesward.
LkMcMIa. Jamas McOsim. Baymsod
L. MerrtCt. Jehn W. Moore, loula
S. Parry. RvWn PoWO,
Sdiwara, Boy O. Stan, Let.. . _
Xa Venieax, DavU H. Wallaee.
XiSDoard J. Weber, Jamee W. Totmg.
BERN, Bwttierhind-GP) *— The
Swtas Telegraphic Agnnr in a
dkqiatcb tron Rome aald VMday
that Yatloan drelaa wore mate-
tstetng a strict aOence eooeerateg
mlttt^ oparatleos under way In
Btelly.
n Oaeervatore Ronhno. It waa
aakt. Is Umitteg ttaelT ta pwWlia-
ttoa eC only tte most Impoftant
news developments Mid is
frateteg from any
active as any advance combat alr-
^me. All day long, every day.
the training ships roar away from
tbe^e-ofta. circle the field, opeed
to the aerial firing range, andra-
tana for another load of sUidexa
gunners. The guns, the ships the
radio equipment, all get constant
and hard use.
Behind each airplane and each
toM of equipm^ stand well-
trained teciailrlsns. moat of whom
- ,•**5* graduated from a TTC
school. Throughout the day and far
teto the night these speeislkts
tihack and re-check the englnea
the eoBtrols, the tnstrumeSi tee
gm, ^ tarreta. and the radios,
quick to detect tee allabtest sten
of strain or stress.
Thus, ca^ morning, tee student
g“ ttNfr dally
*fljtag Itee' confldmt teat the
nisn “who sostatn tee wines” have
dons teslr Jobs aite teat tee ntenm
they tide, the guns they shoot, and
2Si '‘yr opMr»l» ttit daj
fQ be In poefoei nutltinn '
Chmoery students, teen, will do
to taka a « £
maebanio on tee 'Tqteg Una”.
^ ongteear beside vS pilot, ai
Cte armorer who stands by to yto
dw a Jammed gun, st tea tar-
^octaUata who correct a faal-
W switch. He «M«g*«» be an old class
BW^from tteppard. Kaealar or
^^*1 or any ol the adtools
ta tee T^s vast nstewids net
work which are now fundahiiw so
ginmcty sdxNds pennanMtt
party man as wan as studaDts.
Thm .there vrsa the actor on tour
who hM to tee town teres
to reeom hia lauBdry.
Mess Ball Team
Challenges Medics
By SGT. NAT KANTOB
The Uth Mess Group Basebsil
Teem will attempt to contlaue Its
wteolog ways tomorrow when it
plays the Medics. If Clifford Hold
continues belting the pill the way
be has, and Herman Kiel chucks
them as only be can. then the
outcome Is a foregone conclu
sion. Lei’s go out and plug for
our torers. men. With plenty of
support they will even outdo them
selves.
T-^t. Dcmald W Holmes, went
to church with a thud last Sun
day. That White Mule certainly har
some kick, hasn’t It?
New York, here 1 am rlAt back
where I started from. C}^ James
B. O’Cemnor left tn no uncertain
manner to see to wife in Lmg
Island. 'What has she got that our
beloved GtJdsboro Oals haven’t?
■UmiNG
I CONCEALMENT
THE BATTLE DRESS Is used Inner tube, or a pi^e of strong
for Concealment, Deception, Blend |cord will hold them. They can be
Ing and Disguising. placed In the mesh erf a net
.. iCoverlng Of s cloth helmet cover
, Sgt -8„u, ««gbj.irrg„o., wi.. or
SSe toSeSt toe. w42‘.SS 'r”™ mtoleodlngj Trh*.
and now getting him to smile Is "toi as to your position, strength, > Even after the outlines have
like pulling teeth. Well, Solomon, and Intention: confusing htan so;^° blurred, the enemy observer
ottlcee sUU oper.te, that be wastes his blows si«l lallsISSi.”''?' *" “-tl famUlsr
So lets get OQ the beam. .....k.. w ; soldier-shapes, like that of the ri-
Pvt. Anthony Stabingls Is t h e ambush. fle. Such a shape can often be cut
nearest thing to Ned Sparks that' CAMOUFLAGE IS A WAY OF^ ^to smaller sections by cruss-
Johnson Field can boast. Hla sense; fiohttnO! — TT is a mode ow contrasting lines. Phr
of humor is absolutely nil. Wouldl instance.-stripe of liSt wSS or of
you be a carefree young man u ATTACK I! The Indians, thorough ^d color cloth ednta wtTdd^ St
you resembled a walking mummy?;students of nature, used this knowl- Irregular Intervals arouihi £* h
AAA —....a .a. at - a flA ytlawAW....* |||
That’S the $64 question. |sdge to great and deadly advant-
k® »«tonst tee brighUy clad and
married this coming week. T b e
marriage culminates a one year^^SS' camera****
whirlwind courtship. That’s won- hSy 0?FPM™o^tSS
KibS’* “•“•
Pfe. Edward A. Asselta who has
Ob a new oounterfait |]S UIL
unlHen waan a puaM leak.
Whereas cb tba gauUDe. Alas
last area thbildDg aboat the
aspirations of becoming a para
chutist” and “Superman” are syn
onymous. If to enthusiasm doesn’t
abate, we will be pi^teg up the
pieces, bis pieces one of these days
days.
ipersion, concealment _
UoD were their weapons — THEY
MUST BE OURSI Back in' t h e
days when flint rocks were pop-'
ular. it apparenUy was coMhlered
eblvairous to present the enemy
with a fair tan^e^ The American
mdlan, who had not been sebooM
in this kind of chivalry, intro-
Sicily Invasbn
Continued from Page One
sKtona were made mote precar-
Sous as a reeult of Important na
val victories for the U. 8. In Kula
Gulf battles-
With more tean a week trana-
plrtng since tee start of tee Mate
offensive oh tee Bnsrian trent. tee
Soviets haVe, so far. Hung back
all attempta to break teroiMh and
fto. The observer, „
sUU see sections of the ‘rifle
{USE?®“ “ hM been
eectlone together Into
SL “hope. ThuB, the;
jre like disconnected pieces ol k
Jlgoaw puiale. Any U^t colored
^P* popor, burlap, osnaburg or
other M toterui ^ se^i
tf ptot is avallsble, InegiUar
3ilr1S“e„St.i!f •
Canvas
. ... . duck equipment
dneed all-out warfare on this coo- faded after
toent. Ibe biimtly dressed pele- “ “W
toes were embusM end ebotl!if*?‘'SIJhJ™«>5r sniper. Of.
doto like tone peper dueke to e "““ntto well
ehoo^ gallery. They eeldom got he nwed ee e
e gUinpee M tbeir eooceeled en- nihlcolored leggina. hey.
Begere An Bxample
Americana were never stew to
^on. Rogers and his foreat-wtee
Bangers -were soon plannlag i
boabee of teelr own. dcnevalVasb-
tegten waa bnOdlng decoy
flree and crotstegtee DelawMelo
attatec hte WMOveettag foe ta tee
came tee secret wenpeo of Ameri-
ateng tee eastern fieni, gatai^ tee
talUatlve. The Oennans sofiered
tetrihle teaeaa la life and armored
•^“t'srissrr..
weaker with each ■nrpBadtng raid;
Japanese tastaltetona ta Burma
ateo are on tee wreng end of Yan
kee bootee. The megnltode of tee
avenging at:ackB of tee Xtattod Ma-
tteos grows and tee prospectns for
'tee hoyn co tee wrong aide of the
toteraattaoal fence te mVtty d-
fray.
Medics Hone That
Fwrtough-Look
By C*-. LAPnOTA A P r C.
lf-8gt. Bugeoe (ShcHtatatt) De
lom Is pretty happy these da^
betpg tealto wife te ta towm We
have seen hla wue. and sbeh pret
ty- Bow Mie ever marrtod him te
beyond oe. “Tou are Vgkf Oene”
Now teat some new bnb anlved,
the ou ttmera of the Medical De
tachment are lo^ttag forward to
teelr tong awaited furteigte Are
you with w fellows? Fine I thought
you wouldl For a tenih, coo Mioald
see Private Kdger “Sister” Sdiii-
hert work at tee tafonnatten desk
“DEAH X>BAH” Say Lt. Ricci.
our next party? After all we are
an mldieral Or aren’t we? Pfc
^raUed “Bone Crasher”
n Surgery te walktag around
on hte beto theae days, doe to
tee fact that be expe^ a little
soldier in tee family- Lots rf tack
to yon Belt Prtv^ Jenkto of
the taformatton dMk, says: Mie-y
* Wounded office 1» a P. O. K.
stathm for tee OlvlUan Penonnel.
After tee girls are trained, they
ere shlfgied to a new department,
and are made perm-ment par^.
A few WOTds deecr”>big oor B^-
erage giver outer In tee ilea
Hall: “One Olass a IfUk Jacquta'
I wander irtien tee Medical Of-
fleers are gotag to play tee :
listed men a game of soft ball
agatat They were lucky the last
time that we were rained oid. I
wnnder what their nnsw te going
to be DOW? Barracks three got a
treat last week, when tee aOenl
man of Surgery. Sgt. Moody moved
ta. Pvt. Dave (OorlQa) a>rowtts
te reeetvtac_pl^ of fan mat.
theeo days. The detachment seems
;wY_qtttet these- days, bdng test
Sol nntetophaito) DrartEer te not
around moch, duo to the fact ttmt
i>ta wife te hi toWB.(Poor TWey).
wars, bote sUea fought from ccst-
eeatanent New awans of eheerv-
tag had tn be developed as eoun-
ter-measures. The ehhf or thseo to
aircraft. The balloon, and latar the
ranging oboervatton plane,
it poeslble to find a target from
**“— —could not be oh-
carto8e.pcddier ta todny’s wars
makes a target from two.ampee.;
■va at hedge-hoping a:
tee AKRIAL oimiv^
- .. ■—liiqgiito hav-
artictee are iww betas
tawed ta a dark oUve drab teS?
but much cf tee old fchAM oouIik
ment te stiU ta clrculatl5>.^t
,}«®e of Irregular ^lotMiee and
Mssto w As«
o.£S‘JS ■*> ki.to to«. Muy
^k ttM tta. prtoltto mtawmt
to frlfbtoB hi. SBW
"-itoto. tuTtoldtertoStoATii^
miMl mf ^ "WV
tS^ NtEBB
^ --ttSMte. R te teaned te va-
nous ceiora to match vnilatlaw cf
Ihe OBSKRVKR e a n --- - —7i, pwaBMOW ■
tadlvWual aoktter on
Thte eeUtary tem te.>IUle more
tenn a dot, whicb rwoemhlm the
grottad In color. Ihte Tfeonn.
aortal obeervMS ace trained to
look for eertata etnee which give
eway tee stddler’B presence. Theee
wm^tage irtrid^tee^^^rtene^
being watched frem everlwnd. seL
dom tefciM of — tracks and '
The enemy OROUMD dB-
saBRVXR sees tee soldier at eloae
range. From btan it te not aterays
possfUe to Ude. Ri mobile war
fare, a szrfdter caimot often tii
bldtag place. R e
Inoe movement te
- . he
hmr about InvlUng 'the WACW to wtddi the enenra caanot dte-
. .... - ttoguteh as a target Bis first step,
then, will be to blot out the target
lines. The shapes of teem are
tee Unm of the bMmei, the pack,
the rifle, and tee ihonldera. libm
te tigfate ara^ leafty trees, be
will smear theae Unas with leafy
twigs. In flat leafed woods, he
flat leafed materials, ta
Ik ato mtMr to aW*
y'TPy to« sUndtod tattle
It cto ta bbde Id tta ftold.
gfflyr taerlto^ IkItoM ve
petatod with teregttlar trtirrtrhfri a
dye, w any avallatae type of patat
.Btack craidtcaoe
drainings or a mixture «f bhmi andi
dVP grease will serve the |
Xf B te available a m.*
brute te reoammended for
etoU. A dellll?'!^
** A 6**^ ®taeo Irregttlartly
ta an advantage tee pattern cm
be appitod rapld^ and with Bttle
attenttoo to detail. This to tee "»At
^edve wor of dotag the Job!
the m wMta It te befng
p^t^ The leggtas, the bete^
^ Urn gw mate case con be
gl^_ tee same treatenent After
peta^, remove tee garments aita
tat them dry for Iweu^-foor honra.
To tovrovlee . tabnet coyer,
^ » drentor pleoe of atant taco-
ty tacb diameter from bmtep, ea- '
nabora. or any other cloth. Sew a ‘
.... .... iu»«>AA»Hi. w nw srooDd tee edge,
sy country, te uses tufts of gram, v^tagfa this puU a tape or draw
Amcng evergreens, evergreen. tta dote t^
changes iteen be moves ta aitoteer^?.***? Hflpiet. Ctat four or ,five
background. Much attenttoo has around tee MM to
been 'lveD to tta problem of
smearing up the helmet cuOkto.
This te the sharpest, the most ea
Bily seen of all tta target lines.
Twigs can be attached to tta bd
met by any one of several ways.
A rubber band, a slice of an oM
hold leaves and twigi for further
oonceatanent Now daub en some
mlotcbcb to match ttaee of tee
BATTLB DRESS. '
REMEMBER —^*~-ii«egr te a
meaoe of attack frocn ambueli and
a measure tor security.