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AB-O-MECH
Ring Sight Seat:
Sapinibw 2S, IMJ
Tail Ganner’s Position is
Regnlar Observation Car
712th Rolls Out
To Open Grove
Plastergnatch On The Loose:
Reggie Leams About Life, Liberty
The Pursuit of Happiness in Town
NO JAP OR NAZI will ever get this closeup view of the
tea turret ol % B-at. If be did It would be the iMt thing he'd see
Ofe because a crack marksman graduated from an AAF Training Com-
flexible gunnery school would have long since blown his ship to
Bagdoai come with the twin .50 caliber gum
kilen out of Uttle men.
> gunner baa the best >>b of “and the Japs know it sj^ don't
w^oonib^. saps lA. Rus;|llke to mix K much from bdifad
•The
•a ta
sen *‘An Ouns" Brown, decorated
veteran of IS eomhat with
the famous lOth bombard-
atent Group la the southwest Pa-
atfic.
**01 all the gm positions bt a
Pljrkig Portress, says Brown, T
Bfca Os tatt q^ot best Give me
the taU gunners Job everytime.
As his “All Ouns" Im-
pUes. Brown has fought from
avary position In the big dread*
nau^ts of the skies. In fact be
tmerated all the gtms on a Por-
trran single-handed when aU the
gunners were wounded during i
battle with Zeroes over Legimp
Bay a weOk foUowteg the Japa
nese attack on Pearl Harbor. This
foat earned him bis nickname.
When asked to explain irtiy he
Uked the tail gunner's position
boot, Brown answered, "Ask any
body vdtat they think Is the beet
place to ride on a railroad train
thesru ten you that thalr eholoe
la the observation car. That's why
I like dm tal' berth. It’s the ob-
servatiOD platform of a Flying
Portress. Nobody gets a view of
what happens like utt taU gunner.
He resUy sees the country he s fly
ing over ywd if there are land or
sea battles below he has a real
grandstand seat. Best of all is bis
view of the bombing results. When
a string of bombs are laid the
plane is way past the target before
wo bombs lan^ The taU gunner
can watch them drop and bit, and.
boy. that's a slgbtl
"All Ouns" went on to relate an
example.
'*1 was oct a mission over the
straits of Ball where we went In
to bomb a convoy. We were up
about 14,000 feet As we came onto
the target Captain Jack Adams
saw two cruisers off to one side.
We clscled and dropped twelve 500
pounders. A r""*** psssed. Ify
eyes were glued on we cruisers.
Suddenly a crtat flame shot up
from them. They were enveloped
from the bow one ship to the
stsm of the other. It was a per
fect hit and a gorgeous sight. And
I was the only one on the plane
who saw HI Only the taU gunner
gets a view Uke thatl
Lt Brown said that the reports
circulating for a while about the
tsl •dinner’s Job being suicide are
strictly false rumors. In fact, 't
Is bis opmion, bsmed on his expe
rience in 38 ^ the toughest kind
of missions against the Japs, that
if anything, the “Joe in the tall of
the ship has tte ^est spot of all.
“TouTe rea iy a kUl^r when you
crouch behind those twin fifties in
the stem of a Fortress, be said.
anymore.
help
Table Waiter: '‘sday X help you
with that 90^, soldier?"
Soldier: “W^t do you meai
me? I don’t need any help."
Table Walter: “From sound,
I thought you might want to be
dragged ashore.”
Heyll Adolpbl Don't those Rus
sians UU ya, though?
By CPL. ABTHOB-SILVBBBEBG
713 BoHa Oat The Barrcte To Open
New Grwe ,
Much thanks to ^r. Howard;
IkKhla and his detail who wK-ked;p^ w ton »
many after duty hours to complete f ? JtSS
the Grove, it was officially opened I Chitchtng his overnight pass In
Friday Sept. 17th, with a b u g e oo* hand and a thin dime in the ^ .9^..***^*" * you
squadron party. Under the capable Reginald De Ounlcey Flas- rvS* •»
supervision of Sgt. Manny aSchs tersnatch. Pvt.. USAAF, stood on
uid Kemxtii Amo,, th, jarty wmt *“, comer ud witched the hue
on without I sthgle hitch. Col. Ay- Pul' *wmy. Re bed nm two block! S?
ere. O. R. T. c commindr spoke for It ind the driver hid held lhe|5f'lLi?-*,,5i!SrS^'Jl ^ .ISf,?
to the eesembly lod brooght forth door open for him. About ten foot^H^lntuSnm to
luity cheer, from the men with St thlS-^^ to do thli eve.
his wit. Mijor Schoentgen snd Lt. I” i pu^ imf linded on ^
Donlin also sddreoKd the group "Iriver, being s nest “ ™
snd were of the uninfmous opinion,thereupon aiut the door SKJ- ...SS2 ^ „„
that the par., was the heat ever "^IPrlven sway. in^fSlScSi arf SwSw
held by the 5u. and bigger and he waa heard to aay.i“2Jr “ItoJ
better one, were on the •way. LlIm he shifted geari. "Theee eol- * on how to play
Donalan explained We Glove wasidl^ are Just too sloppy.” But L •
created as a place for the men tof
relax after duty hours and to bold
such get-togethers as the one held
last Friday. Kotfausiasm held sway
throughout the evenings festlviUes,
which included some very fine en
tertainment. A trio of negro sol
diert formerly of Sheppard Fl^
now with the lOtb Aviation squad
ron. kept the men In high sprits
with their fine rendlttoDs of the
blues. Sgt. 2MUc aafiatbers and
Pfc. Victor Plola took tcm honors
in an amateur show in whi^ Cpl.
SUverberg acted aa M. O. Oenerout
portions of fried chicken, s a nil-
wlcbes, were JseU received by *11
those nresflot. After the eveidng’s
JSe® iS°^LVofwl back on the cor.
and were very grateful to £e men ‘
^ we
A squadron dance was held **'crowded** to the v^do^ Ban
the Service Club Ttiesday night SSSS with Spee^SS wS
Sept. Slat. A bevy o* charming boa- ^rtbtrds. and WjSS with PX glris
tessu from surrounding towns kept ^ unsightly of
the men of 713 CD tte hem aU humSl^tato bJSSS
only O. 1.8 who did strode Reginald. Be handed
short subject on bow to play
golf.” Be paused. "I Just was sort
of kind ox. .
”Ah. can We coo. kid." Lurk
boomed. "I got Just We wtng for a
swift liul like you. I mean toe old
stufferoo.” Lurk winked broadly
and nudged RegHe in ^ ribs.
Reggie’s eyes opened wide. That
Indescribable loek on Lurk's face
Little realising, be nodded eagerly
and feU In step wlW the Corporal.
“Dig this, Jackoa.” Lurk said.
Be leaned back agaWst We corner
drugstore and watched two young
girls approadi. As they drew
cloeer, be leaned fiwward and
whistled Wsoogfe Us teeth.
“U-year-eMsI” Lurk said db>
gustedly. "Throw 'em back."
rateen minutes later, two fair
ly young women walked by. Lurk
They walked by.
Old esomm to bo my mother.**
evening. We , _
not dance were those busy with
dutlea or bUsters.
His Final Gig:
Hq. Hq. Scribe Departs
In Blaze of Glory
Syt. Botora aquadron's famous sign painter,
THAT starry-eyed recipient of Q)L "Benny Tattl. This gentleman.
ah the baeksi^pihg and oongrats
In 305 (once morel) is Pvt Johnny
Bronge, Asst Chief Clerk of the
^racial Bervloe Otfloe. Be just
came back from furlou^ and imfie
at home in Rochester. N. T., was
presented with a seven azrd a half
pouiul bundle from Heaven by his
wife Louise. TTie second arrival in
the Brongo household will be tagged
Johnny Jr. A nicer thing couldn’t
have happened to a nicer guy.
lAst we^ we wrote about We
barracks chief of 307. This week
we tell of We new BC of the 305
"glop House.” It seems that this
wooden building Is condemnsd to
an ill fate. As long as this writer
hsa been wlW We squadron (al
most a year) H never had a real
all around guy as Land Lord. But
the guys long for ths "goad old
days" now. Since Sgt MacDonald
has left Sgt Tim Lehane has bem
made guardian of the “Joint”
Many of the Ix^a are already put
ting tneir personal belongings to
gether to move to bettor UvtDg ocm-
dltions.
From the same den comes We
fellas. Is the painter of the mural,
as you eater We door of theatre 1.
You know. We one with the danc-
mees strode Reginald. Be handed
We dime to the driver, dropped H,
and crawled ten feet over as va
ried an assortment of shoes and
pantlegs as you could hope to find,
to retrieve the coin. Then, bis fare
paid, be settled back to rdax on
the outer step of We bus.
After pick^ up 33 other pas
sengers. the bus reached the gate, '
wm duly passed through by We asrled. He turned to where
^a. ^ .S.*® aStTilli bSS
m”™ —M*”*- was (m. A tisU « mud In) Irom
“** t> Oduaj tt Old) mamre. Itey nm miwtng how
Reggie got off and stood motion- to nlav eolf Wat
.. .O, . mtoutoi M th,, mto camp wa.
less for
hi a'^: SK'°‘*V.?..SS ” hlm’c.i;s.4. ni.^Su.S;.rSSdlSS;
Sd^oMargumenSrSouttlito'SjSSny^^^
mural. For the details of this story. h?2Sr^*K/^i’vd»iAfLa* *»*▼**>« gotten to town, ofUn
see M-Bgt Karl, who doaStffi ^ *ho »ld to main
it a hit w« AM not * osy tune and gucb WWa as bedcheek or to gar-
eiWer ape of Wese guyi?%t*wi^JjS55if fleettag hours of sleep,
less it is settled soro — Were to v22’ ***
fear that Hq-Hq will be We scenei^f^vS” ■ Mwk wee Reggie. There was
of bloodshed. ^ oyster. And did he love a larstway gleam In his eyes and
^e JOS I, alrenly h. tb. .pot-r^ST to hhmU, Bej„p. would ^
light this week, there Is one more probably have gravUatW to We mraon^ We drl^ and putT
character that we Jtwi can’t pass * marie show. But Reggie, As tt pulled away from We
up. » is CPU BOd Bennett. Al- !:5!! ^
most every night, be sits at tte
piano and beats out hot ticks from
the works of such Boogie masters
as Bach, Llsst, BMtboven.
Now Wat MUler has .to-
turned from SouW DatoU where
be has been on D8, Sgt Tommy
Hawks Is once again happy. These
boys are bosom pals (whose bos
om?) and they often travel to
neighboring towns togeWer where
they do away wtW their emottois.
The furtoer a guy gets from the
water well. We thirstier be gets.
And that W the feeling of jrours
truly as he writes his last column
for this respective squadron. Way
back In We good old days when
We squadron stood Immaculate
and unblemished from “General
Order Kids,” things rolled merrily
along,...and wlW It rolled We old
men of this squadron. Now after
almost a year wlW the outfit and
wlW a tub full of mixed feelings.
I'll bother no one after this column
wiW We “blUng” words that make
a squadron column... It’s off to
Aviation Cadet TraWtog 1 go. boys.
And I know you’ll weep your eyes
out But that’s life. And there'll be
another hatebetman In this space
next week.
Male Call
—a htoi*. .1 ^.curb, who should nm up but CpL
own initiaUve. For down, the noraW Lark Be was late was
street, approaching him faee-to- Florlan, and hk hair was mussed,
face, was CpL Floriao Lurk, TTxe He was panting but happy. He
Man Who Always Scored. We Tehnchnteolor was glorious.
“Whaeba know, Snatchle, kid?” hadn’t Uked We golf feature but
Lurk was what Is commonly known. .fib be ceniaMed)
Cavanaugh, Trent Fa(» Tough Foes
Wednesday's array of OX mlU-|8lKh Av. W Weir trt-ecened Joust
stars at the regular .twice-a-monW Trent ^ btanself In solid wiw the
boxing show held at We Spor ta fans by way of hk fights wiW rug-
Arena promises to be one at the ged MP Htury Weinstein recently,
beet of all. With some of the lat-jWhite scored a 1310 W hts debut
eat favorites of We crowd alated on We last gbo».
to do battle against stiff opposi- Headhut suonortlne «»*■♦ b
tion and wlW a solid backing of i Xut^SoJWlano a We UNh Acad
prelim. We card has aroused com- agafaet Joe Yanobunk. Tfgrd. The
....... chunky Solano has been comIng
CAVANAUGH VS. HII.LRB 'along very we'.^ ta bk last oounls
Busy puncher Al Cavsasugh, of sersps.
^queror of Jimmy Jsekson. k| The opening boot wlU go on at
^ against'3000 sharp. Ploity seats for esrly
nUddlewelgbt chsmp. Henry Mill-
er, now. wlW the 712W Tkg. Gp.l -
Cavanaugh, pride erf the 700W. has —. ^
estabUshed himself as a knowix«
mauler and will put the Tng. On. y®?'
lad to the acid ^ Ooeh. I'm afraid to teO
MIDDLEWEIGHT MELEE |yuu ‘'
Johnny Trent, of We, She: “Go ahead, you sap; wbiii>
7^d, figures to scale the same, do you Wink I brought up Wk wish-
155 as his opponent Irvin White, !lng bustneas for?”
by Mfltoo Caniff, awstor pf Twrry and PiraVga
Magnetic Azimuth