Vol. 1 No. 39
SEYMOUR JOHNSON HELD, N. C.
September 11, 1943
Bring Air
Cadets Here
For School
Ibe avlAtloo cmdet pre-technle&l
■ctwol Itt which futuiw Army Air
Forces technlcsl otUcers receive
bulo treliUnc hu been moved
from Boca Batoo Fla., and la now
part 0^ Seymour Johnson Field.
The school Is made up of selected
enlisted and qualified men drawn
directly from clvUtan life, and hi*
•truetton covers a ia*week period.
Upon completion of their course
here, the cadets will be assigned
to Yaie University for technical
training In armament, engineering,
communications, ^Mtography
related subjects. Upon graduation
from the Yale school they are com*
missioned as second lieutenants.
Commanding Officer of the
eadeta *is Lt. Col. John S. Wise,
one of the first officers to arrive
tor duty at Seymour Johnson
rield. and one of the oHIcers who
assisted In the tnstallatioo of the
a* TierHarir*? school nsre.
Be was the founder of the non*
flying aviation cadet basic train* I
ing school at Boca Raton, which
ls«oow the school at Sevmour John*
son Field.
Although not identical with Of*
fleer Candidate School, aviation I
cadet training covers most of the
subjects Included m Officer Can-
dldate Schools,g>lus a concentrated^
course In specialized subjects^
Here at Seymour Johnstm Field,
the cadets will study admlnlstra*
tion. military law. IdentlUeaUoo of
aircraft, camouflage, guard duty
supply, maintenance, ceremonka. ^
““l.rstreats, mUitary oooii^ and
^miliar topics ss ^ven in sQ Of-
floor Candidate Schools.
Bond Drive Sweeps Past
Halfway Spot in 2nd Week
Two Seta Of Twina
Make Sure It
Gets There
For the beneftt of the men and
^men of Seymour Johnson FldW’
who have friends and relatives i
overseas the SUttoo Poet office
offers the following Instrudions. '
parcels going overseas, for,
Christmas must be plainly marked
XMAS parceIj and mailed be
tween September Uth am^ Octo*
ber 15th. The parcels must not
exceed 6 pounds In weight or U
Inches in length. Only «pe parcel ^
may be mailed in any one week to
the same person.
. .PUrriNG COURSE
The nine-hole putting course
between the Sports Arena and
the Quest House is now complet
ed and putters may begin to putt.
Ihere Is no charge and clubs
and balls may be obtained In the
office of the Sports Arena.
Rules are posted and It Is re
quested that all men who make
use Of the course abide by them.
Wacs Get Same
Benefits As
Service Men
Quotas Made by 8 Outfits,'
Civilians at $10M0 Mark'
Like an ovolonche, gaming momentum with eoch in*
creasing hour, Seymour Johnson Field's share of the Third
War Loon Drive swept on past the midway point in the
drive for a $100,000 quota this week, os bond soles totaled
over $52.0p0 by the week’s end.
With four organizations making their assigned quotas
olready, and an equal number more thdn doubling their
limit, the drive snowballed into its second and final phase
urged on by generous individual purchases and a concerted
effort by all to make the drive a smashing success.
Most spectacular purchase to dote wos that of Pfc. Dol*
las Palmer, an AM student in the 793rd T. S. S. Polmer dug
deep in his khaki pockets and bought the astounding amount
of $2,000 in war bonds. Jumping the gun by ten days, the
field began selling on August 31st. Since then, bond sales
have averaged $5,000 a day through this week when the
rest of the nation began its drive.
Top oigsnisationB on the fleld^ \ L'".'
were those that, with a scant two**npleB htoh hope was held that
weeks of the drive gone by. badieU organizations would not merely
doubled their quotas. They were: set limits, but would
7«th Trsininq Wing. SlOth WAC De- ibt celling to make
aehment SSSth Signal CmiM De- fhe field's quota swell its bounds
tachment and the BOStti Quarteiv' Soaring above a^ beyond their
master DeUchment With such ez- ^ P" ^mt psy deduction
. .for bppdA the oMUan employees
OB the field reached the $0,775
mark m their race towards s gosi
lof $15,000 • '
Blgnpalnters readied themselves
to flu In eight stars on the blue
field of our Post War Bond Flag
j situated in front of Post Headquar
ters — eight stars that dgi^led
! eight organizations making their
Rome, the capital city of Italy capitulated to German forces led ouotas.
by Field Marshal Von Kesserllng Friday aftomoon. I What promised to be a long-re*
The fears of armed forces in Italy that the Germans would attempt meniber^ evral^ was the mam*
to seize Italy and eetabllah a pupp^ Fascist regime were reaUz^. 'Jiwth Bond Rally to bo
Secretary of War Henry L. Stimsoo's prediction of heavy fighting be. nert Batur^ night at the
fore the Germans are driven out of Italy were upheld. It wse reported I gy**io^“nj in
that Field Marshal Shwln Romel had taken command of Nad troops Ooldsboro. Open te enlisted
in North Italy. (Continued on Page Three
Ihe capital cl^ capitulated after heavy .hombartoent and sbeU-
Ing waa reported midday PViday.
On other battlefields In Italy, r^rts are chat British sod Ameri*
esn troops sre msUng saltsfactory gains snd taking many Nazi pris
oners.
Germans Occupy Rome!
Report Rommel Heading
^mbers of the Wac become
e Iglble for many benefits avail-
Tb^ peckagee undergo much able to men In (he servlco as
undllng in such distances and it soon as they take the oath of al
ls absolutely necemsiy that ar* leglasce
^es be packed In wood, fiber- Every member of the Wac WUl
board or double 'corrugated card- be eligible for the National Ser-
board • boxes. Cardboard boxes vice life available to I Americans FlgU
must be securely wrsn>ed with service men to the free mail priv- American Fifth Army under Lt. Gen. Mark W. Clark had
strong paper' and twine. Parcels Uege and other benefits smashed five German counter attacks ak Naples and bad established
are subject to censorship end other Army personnel Wac strong bridgeheads, Allied headquarters said.
^uld be wrapped to permit ready members may take out Govern-! American and British troops then pushed inland, it was announced,
tnspecUoB of ttie contents This ment Insurance after entering on encountering strmig German forces in the Immediate vicinity of Saler-
vluMve much time. active duty. App Icatlon for the I no, 30 miles south of Naples on the gulf of Salerno. They Identified their
Perishable matter will not be Insurance may be made as soon oppenents ae the 10tb German Armored Dlvlslan.
accepted. Do not ■a^p& food or; as they have taken the oath I Ventotene Island. 25 miles outside the Bay -of Naple^ and only
clothing or very fragile articles. ( As in the dase of other mem- 70 miles south of Rome also had been seized. The Italldh
intoxleants, Inflamable material, ibers of the Army the pay of Wacs' surrendered, a headquarters communique said,
material liable to dam* {who die wWle in service Is pay- lU. 8. Navy la Actieo
(Continued on Page Three) able to dependents. Under the guns of an Allied Fleet commanded by Vice-Admiral
-—♦Henry K. Hewitt of the United
StatM Navy the ABlieS poured a
great additional force Into the
beachheads with the objective of
lopping off all Southern Italy.
Frmn Allied headquarters in North Africa Is the report that Naples,
Italy's second greatest port and the heart of her southern communl*
cations system, iqppeared almost In the grasp of Gen. Dwight D. Elsoi*
bower Friday as Allied forces struck resounding blows bv land, air
and sea with the aim M ridding the peninsula of the last living Ger
man.
> garrison
Church Hour” Set Aside to Give
Gl’s Chance To Attend Services
Sepante hours have been deslg* good men with floe associations able the solace teachlne of
Dated for the convenlehce of per- drilcate tlea of a fine home; with- the church. •
The out God in .our Uves we cannot The new project U aleo Intended, AI|Atinih||tC
^t stATts at (BOO on Sunday and assure ourselves that we will re- to solldUv religious feeling be-i illlVilllvIlM
(he second for those who cannot turn home good men >-havtns won tween field r,»rmmn»x mrsA cArHM -
attend the firrt beg^ at U15. a good victory we return eon- with it the hearty ladorsemenToliback from' vaMtlS'“**it*^iif*f^ i IS* ** **** riranda of bis Army
Gorreaponding times have been quered ourselves.” all Squadron Commanders The liSSw ^7 ^***2 “*•
establsh on Saturday for the ab Pick.up boz Pick up box boure for zervteM^SSbTheiid^ld to convalescing
Congress May
Increase Gl
Fred Woli Retoms
To Civilian Life
Seymour Johnson Field's see
88 man. Sgi. Freddie Wolf. leavea
this week for dvl Ian life. And
with him memories (rf g lot cd
fine entertainment Freddie, a
pianist with name bands like Char
lie Barnet, returns to Chicago to
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tendance of persons of the Jewish Hitherto
Faith. Post Obapeb win be uU- the field
Used for the majority of the ser-,fOr all m
vices, but Theatre No. 3 will (services, wany men nave gone w is aoout to begin- a a^» • ww
bouw Catholic ceremonies. church however In the face of Chaplain TiSter in a con-*
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