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IifiBt [■lamM rhM. W. C. OcMm X. IMl Ring Sight Seat: The Automatic Computing Sight Eliminates The Need of Tracers Change faces In The 794th By 8^. BaL BFENCEB Plastersnatch And Gladys: Reggie's Miserable T^ Week and Because His Gal's Here to See Him Ttey've Uken the ’‘nreworks'‘|deell)r— long or ebort busta? The look of amaxement on the out of the flexible gunnery train- ‘ Ring Sight Seat'* taM queried facea^of the men of equadron —o ~ tog acbools. Every day used to be many a gmmer returned from baa been caused by the permanent Party barracks Ukc ran to the bos depot. No soap Uke the Fourth of July for the combat durtng the past many new P«maMt^ty|gJ ^^Jne at the other "Probably 7:S0 tonight/' he Hie clerk In the orderly room and dressing to reach the Mation. was very exUted. Re ran through She was nowhere to be seen. He arrival iiv* van tA th* hiM civnnt Nn maD used to fUl the air on the ground and sky firing ranges with vivid, lacey. patterns of fire — have faded from the scene. Thla move. Uke most changes In training method* wee dictated by two reasons. One Is that more and more power turrets on U. 8. bomb ers are equipped with the automa ta computing sigh' eliminating the need f^ tracers. The other la that even when the opUc sight Is used tracers are not accurate beyond M) yards. In fact experience B oves that tracer aiming of any Ml le apt to be inaccurate. Tra- rcrs bum out. Often they bum out before reaching the target When this happens the gunner may think he's on the target when ac tually his projectilea are gpkig wrlde or falling short Thus, au emphasis is now placed on the use of sights. Ounnery studenU must iMm toe “hard way," without trwoers. E«rk ol tlM ,mc »re rtlll there. The ehort buret enthuele^ - hei meny new tecee wortog tnl^ “ " ““ So le the meU of powder. But the gunner, who bellwe In burita|it. » meny thel el flr« you ™ “«>f ™ n„t mlsteke. His the real ••fireworks" —the hrU- of from 18 ^ 90 rounds and never.thought you were ^ work inert figure lying on,second was failing asleep again llant. comet-llke tracer bullets that longer than 78 rounds.In *!»« ^ "I®"* offlM. We am {t*^2f^itefuiineas. and not waking up till 9:W THAT fL ^rv*S“PlasSsnatch." he yelled fran-'NroOT. **'*^?^«??5***?^21happy to have the new 'wrake npl You got a tele- shining down on him through the nr?mt« vtm^re gram over in the orderly foomi ' wtodow, whlcb had wakened him. i2« Reginald De Quincey Plaster- He got up slowly and looked around Si5nnw7y.”?hS'b.llErinr!mSS ss tswg Or Sheri Brnete A pet subjeet for argument be tween gunnery students and also « — . • ^ between gunners tn eombst is the con^bat Indicate that there s question of which are the most place for both styles. the target and opening op again when you get back on. The long bnrst supporters be lieve that a steadier, longer ball of lead will keep the enemy away and keep Aim off balance. They are opposed to the short' burst teidinkiue on the grounds that Just abou the time yon cut off the stream of proJecUlM the attacker m^ lunge right Into the ranM. The coneensus seems lo be, how ever. that both techniques are ef fective ami It’s pret^ much up to the gunner himself. The veteimns tell us that each gunner develops hla own tec^mlque and has bis own pecuUarltiet. When you're pKnAting for keeps you for^ the a^uments and do irtuit you think will save your ship and de- atroy the enemy. Reports from Two Bundles? Twins For The Topkick And One For The Private By S«OT. ADAM BENDEB8KI Coo^stulatlonB are in order for 1st 8gt John T. Lynam who proud ly announces (with only one siln- kin stoogle) the recent arrival of twin daughters. Mrs. Lynam and the babies are doing fine. As for the topkick be Is doing as well as can be expected, and wants b i a gals to bs WAC8. TTie reason for Pvt. Herman "No lan’s excitement ^en departing on furlough Is now explained by an announcement over radio station S-T-O-R-K that Peggy Darle e Norlan. 8 1-S lbs., has been As signed to the Noland bMisebold as head of the morale section, every body Is happy. ^le -opnck of this organisation, Bouadron Bunnlv Is managed by M-egt. John T. ^ S-^t. Robert Murphy with the thing under his ftagertlpe a^^ assistance of Opls. to clean them oftener than a AjJuecht. Black. Sawchuk and Ja Board fortune teUer.^e way xaggart. “Merf’s Place" Is p a t- be BhufOes the papers around into ,^^1 after GlnsburR’s Army some tw»ly comi»rtinento *rou^ gast Side If you bis de^ ^ ^ have ever been that low to doUm sf.£,‘•*“«« out of his bunk. Sgt. Waldron sleeps In an upper bunk, but when his feet hh the floor that morn ing, he gave one yell and did a staging Jump that carried him rWit up to bis bunk again. Be must bave broke sbme record for bleh Jump from a standing po- sUloD. We are willing to pew good mmey to see that done agam. The are being formed now for the Squadron Dance, whlcb wm be b^ at the Post Service Club CO October the ISth. Any mon wishing to be on the commit tee can get right on by contacting Lt. Oox, or myself at Squadron Headquarters. Now K can be told, two men found Ooldbrlcktog off the Ob> Stacie Course were caught by Sgt. Stan Pesotski the Keeper of the Recorda We don't want to give them away, but the first one was Sgt. 'Ben Bogdan the old K. P. Boy hlnseU. What K. Ps will think of you Sgt Bogdan. The sec- -...a ■- ^ ~ ■ MAtmA blinked sleepily at hU tormentor. “Telegram’' he muttered thickly. “I don't know anybody that sends telegrams." “Hurry up, for Gosh sakes," the e'erk said impatiently. "Get over to the orderly room and -pick tt ^ up. It may be Important." And Mid^la°a ^W.**who*^8MlIa bi name | with that he left for the day-rtom, thej llgurtog th.t «>• '»»• “ have been aaslEoedto shine Sgulgood as another to get away from Tdm Breq^by’s shoes for one week, [his desk, n couldn't be done and they didi Reginald “t op to b^a^ It That Is the record of the base- bed his eyes. It had been to dav .—___ ^ h*ii team of the TMth squadron, off and he bad been pounding the the wreckage of a btu, Regme & lato start which landed us sack with a vigor which brought stumbled blindly Into the Service eeiisr the men came back!envy to the eyes of to barrsekv Club. Before be realised where he ^ths ftoht that found them to mates. Be wondered vrtiy the clerk was going he blundered oDlo the fSSth iHS? to the league at the had been to such a bi^. Thedance floor. Nuretox bis sorrow Mdof*^ regular season. Now, reason, of course, was that the gen^. be backed into a comer Si team hMto^ttle R out to telegram had been lyto on the and i^ked miserably at the torde ^ ^M^fs. and we know th e clerk's desk elnce the ^ of etolere and ^Is. flinging them- crive a good account of the day before and he had Just scKes about with meery abandon. ih^c^Mi^voix te^^lone a ftoe remem^ed to tell Reggie about, m Gladys, Reggie thought to £h^?^ Sn^ lo£^e en£e'tt. But. of course. Reggie had no hl^. I ler^u down. Oh, iS^^S,5^t£^i2nandlng ldea of all this. joudys. be ^Iterated, 1^. coM wich. 'Where is everybodyl'' Reggie asked. It’s Friday night, Jett, d i d J a folgh the daaance at me Sotvlss Club, haht'' The dogtag polisher was a bitter character who longed for the pure air of Brooklyn. "Mtey night dance...ser vice cluot" Reggie was agnast. "Wb-what time Is H, anjrwsy?'* be asked to a nervous sqosal. "81 hundred, Jolk. Caaan't y u b ten the tine no more??" nnrerlahly converting the time Into &wUsh, Reggie raced for the latrine, comb to one band, and soapdlki to the other. Gladys, he thought to himself, Gladys, will you ever forgive me. He was al most crying. She wsm’t at the depot. She wasn't at the MP post at the gate. She Just wasn't arotiMl, Reggie found oat after a hectic chase ticross most of the field. Be re-resd the te’egram for toe thousandth time. Breiythtog was to order- She had meant today, alright. And she had said 7:80. Plcturtog poor Oladya dead and mangled ^ some lonely stretch ot railroad t^k, or pinned beneath last private are proud oi you. Flash Scoop Tab MB The Carpenter Shop is the aupervtslon ol Sgt. Claris aisted by the followtog: CpL Free, Ctd. Walden and Pfc. Note who paint, repair and Install and plan plying tor priority on a conveyor system. T-B^. Arthur wwvi I3 the fellow who bolds the purse strings of this outfit. While away on troop train asslgnmat, the boys nipped bole to to sock snd beto a even disposition Is always a source U wonder to to buddws. He ex- ptotos that Pvt. Deners evening , lullabies sooth to nerves. ' Where’s the C. Q? Pfc. Devells . ^ land CpL Shawyer at your service ^tia^D party. Will banker Kish “ more than eight te snrpris^n I hours at a time 8-6et Jack Cross hss been re- The Bdesssge Center Is under Ueved of bis Sick Book by CpL.the able direction of "Prof^r' Dancisto and devotes to time to Caasmore who has arranged the bis numerous other duties. See j bulletin board so that you can see l.jO Itoday what you rtxmld see before Set, Barry Schipper finally ad- tomorrow. The Professor's walk- mlto that the standard fUe 1S. tog Information desk cemsiste of beats the Dewey Decimal andjCpl. and Wc. Norris toe envelope system as It seldom lore ^fldally designated as Tbin- chsngss snd the rarely requested j ncm.' material can be found Just as Mess Cpl. Ernest Stash Is easily. He Is completing s text emniertog problem children, like book m s revolutfcxiary system B-SgL Cress, who are getting sen- entitled. “Frankenstein Fraction' slUve to Army chow. If present nie." fdescriptioos of delicious meals be- Montog Report clerk. 8-8gt. tog served don't correct the sib- . Barry Kelto to a recent quls: Q. nation. Cpl. Stash plans to pe-jtlmt of sports actfvlUes and Squad- Wbat do you Uke about your tltlcm the General Mess office to. ron party, the boys give credit opened It,” was rather p^tog. thought, how...And then be stop- “DABLING.’' K read, “AM prt *bort. * .RXVIMO 7*8 TOMORMW. CAN, Because there was (^ys under HAIUM.Y WATT TO SEE YOU. She wasn't sad and owumful. AIX MY LOVE. GLADYS." Reg- She was cutting toe rug to steaming eie scratched his bead. He knew shreds out there In the centw A who Gladys was. alright, she was the fleer — she and some patent- . . - . . . «- * — -mWa E.AA# *,4119. 793rd Are Post Champs And Are They Bragging work? .... Thi. swing-shift hours — they keep me dlxzy and that takes my mtod off my work. Q. What do you miss most to your work? A- Sleep and AWOTi'a. Q. Is there any future to It? A. I don’t know —^ they have M-R to asy lums? print the menus to FTencb. Sgt. Feeney and Pfc. Walling are Uncle Sam’s postal represent atives whose popularity with the men never wanes. They know where everybody was or la —from bere 00 the latrine messengers take over and deUver toe rumors.* (Paid Advertisement.) the girl next door back home who leather-baired G1 who kept raur* STX: mo^orirvShlece^y''ac- figured that she bad a lifetime muring sweet n^te at bw as SdS^^^ttonS tools MMi MUto- lease on him since be took Uer.tbgf e*ch o^r to mWa^. qiu^ additional wois ana eq ^ Senior Prom two years age.| Reggie was shocked, of cour^ A*A That was clear. What pticsled tnit be was happy *1^ That homelike atmoapheie p^ j. whether she meant morn-,He stralghtaied his w, smoothed V.III1W In th. tSln:3». It UK* U. h-trent. ud .1..^ IhM.. B. and SUano. The wonderful collec tion of books and periodicals which form the Squadron library is still to Its Infancy. Will It ever grow up? Who said that? If you holler fire (especially If ^ ^oSlng'wSl^^^*”to”our By S-80T. BOB COEBIOAN SO* JSt ”on your Srrocka’ t^eUni By the time the masses read this to sink a tooth toio for them, board to find out what part of the effort, toe emblem of supremacy Can’t seem to get away from blaxe you are to help extinguish, 'among the contestents of the John- this basebaB chatter because bere Tbe fire guards' most brilliant idea son Field baseball league will be b an after toouiht that Just oc- to date M to 'phone exten-,flying over tbe heads of all tin curred to m. Your right. It per- akMW by each 311 sign. Ipersonnel of the 783rd 8 c b o o {'atos to tbe National Pastlmel Nev- %g..8xt. Berman Richardson con- Squadron. That and we mean aH er to the history of any spoilt did ducted Non-com School with Sgt you feUows, Is something to ^i- ^ top agpegaUfm rtw to the top PeUexrtoo aad Westerfeld calling low about. In a league where stiff with men who faded to oooperau the dw commands and S-8gt Ru- competition- and hl^ spirited ptoy Usted ea Ihelr rosters. The fact dolDh the arm swinging owrclses was encountered, the boys who that our ball ehib took tbe pen- wtoSi fan you to the summer and I carried the glory — to a small nant only proves that point because warm you up to the winter —you I way it Is glory — for the sqv^- rarely bas there been a group ol can’t I^r splendid organ^- ron had to produce to win. Win men who worked together as did -• "—-• they did too because as of today, they. Don’t need to go any ^ur- uie CHAMPS belong to usi I O t ther—don’t think we need to ask course, the largest slice of the cred- that you put a UUIe more effort It goes as it should, to tbe players irto mis cooperating burtoesB but don’t let's forget the backing Funny Sights that seem funnier if that Captain Russell Baker gave theyWiappen to you — The boys •tten-’ert every »’-■ •- ^ P«rd«n looks a tot game and reallv booted them older and wiser. Bay Pappy you liome. so-to-speak. Proving that nv forgot to pick him up on tbe Morn- 'had his heart and soul in their tog Report. I where it is due and is now over due to the above-named Sgts. Is your car on tbe blink? Pfc. Johnny Moore will fix tbe blank- ety-bluk thing to half tbe time for half tbe price with final In spection by Pfc. Paul Murphy. A4ale Call by Milton CaniH, creator ef 'Ttny and th« Pirates' Dim View
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