Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 23, Ed. 1 Saturday, April 7, 1945 Page: 3 of 8
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Seventh War Loan Drive Starts Monday
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Squadron "C/f Gets Latest Poop in Own War Room
Full Details
Posted Daily
On War Maps
W/O Turk It
In Charge
Of Info Center
Rapid aggression of the Allied
Armies has prompted Lt. Earl M.
Bescher, Jr., Commanding Officer
of Squadron C to install a Squad-
ron War Information Room in the
rear room of the Squadron Mail
Building for the purpose of keep-
ing his personnel posted on the
day-to-day developments of the
present frontal situations.
Full details of the European anc
Pacific Theater advances are post
ed daily on the new 6x8 foot fu
scale mapB. Daily news clippings
and current events are posted on
the Bulletin Board, and informa
tion as to the actual number of
miles the Western, Southern, anc
Western Fronts are from Berlin
is also available.
Warrant Officer R. A. Turk,
who is in charge of posting, is
the man to ask what, why, which
when, where, etc., about what’s
cooking. He knows, no kidding, anc
if you ask him, he’ll tell you just
about when this war will end. (Un
officially, of course).
The opportunity to keep up on
each round, each bout in the
world’s greatest battle, is afford
ed each man at Pecos Army Air
Field at the War Information Cen-
ter, and to the men of Squadron C
in their own Mail Room, so make
it your duty to know the real low-
down on what goes on over there
and where we stand from day to
day. We’re all in this thing to-
gether, so let’B be War Wise.
A War Information Room in
each Squadron is very strongly
encouraged by the Information anc
Educational Officer.
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Glider Pilots
Set Great
Combat Record
Stout Field, Ind.—Glider pilots
of the Troop Carrier Command,
with the sensational glider opera-
tions of Burma, Normandy and
southern France and Holland be-
hind them, have set a great combat
record.
With the importance and out-
standing work of the glider pilot
in combat now firmly established,
only rated two-engine power pilots,
graduates from AAF Training
Command advanced flying schools,
will be accepted for future “whis-
per ship” training at Laurenburg-
Maxton Army Air Base, Maxton,
N. C.
Dramatic details of the combat
record of glider pilots and a de-
scription of the newly revised
glider training program are re-
vealed in a feature article. "The
G Stands for Guts,” by Maj. Luther
Davis in the March issue of Air
Force Magazine.
Major Davis’ story includes a
series of interviews with glider
pilots who have returned from com-
bat, which may be counted among
the most exciting and thrilling ad-
ventures of the war.
Air Force also devotes its March
cover to glider pilots with a
portrait of Flight Officer William
Preus, Verona, N. J., in full combat
outfit beside his glider.
Preus has just returned from
duty with the 1st Allied Airborne
Army and is now assigned to the
I Troop Carrier Command.
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$90,000 Quota
Set for Pecos
Personnel
With Pecos Army Air Field lead-
ing the command in War Bond
sales, successful completion of a
$90,000 quota for the Seventh War
Loan Drive seems almost certain.
The new drive starts Apr! 9
with a campaign for payroll de-
ductions and allotments. Cam-
paigning for individual cash pur-
chases will not begin until May 14.
The Seventh War Loan Drive
closes June 30.
At Pecos Army Air Field, ci-
vilian personnel have been assign-
ed a quota of 18 per cent of the
total payroll—including allotments
and cash purchases.
It is hoped that military per-
sonnel will reach a quota which
called for 100 per cent participa-
tion by officers in the Class B al-
lotment plan and 90 per cent par-
ticipation for enlisted men.
Remember, the quota—$90,000.
Keep PAAF at the top of the
command.
Can you help me select a gift
for a wealthy old aunt who is
awfully weak and can hardly
LATEST WAR INFORMATION for members of Squadron C is available in their own war room. Under the walk
supervision of W/O R. R. Turk, the room contains the latest news flashes displayed on war maps. How about some floor wax ?
(Hed Class
What does the serviceman who
gets a C.D.D. do next?
Where should he present his
claim for compensation ?
How does he present it?
“Red Cross assistance, always
available to the serviceman here
at Pecos AAF and to his family
at the Red Cross chapter nearest
his home, does not end when a man
gets a disability discharge,”
Wayne E. Clark, Field Director,
said in answer to inquiries concern-
ing veterans’ claims.
“The American Red Cross is
prepared to assist in the process-
ing of claims,” Clark explained.
“Men and women familiar with the
regulations for obtaining compen-
sation or pensions now can be con-
sulted in any army camp or navy
station field director’s office, in
station hospitals, or at regional
and area Veterans Administration
offices. In addition, home service
workers in Red Cross chapters
throughout the country stand
ready to aid the serviceman and
his dependents in applying for
government benefits.
Suppose that a man in the hos-
pital here believes he will soon be
given a C.D.D,” Clark went on. "He
should talk to the Red Cross social
workers on the staff. She will write
for him to his home Red Cross
chapter. When the discharged man
reaches home, he should call on the
home service department of the
chapter, which will already have
some knowledge of his case.” The
Ryukyu Islands
Heavy Populated;
55 Isles in Group
Salutes 66General Hauling”
Igor Beavor Award Bestowed
On Squadron M's "Don" Wohn
By A/C WM. WINTERMOTE, II. j . . . Seems that his girl just ups
GREETINGS ... It’s yours truly and marries a sailor. Oh, well,
again with all the latest. . . . The Leister, ole man, the Navy’s a
topic of the week among youse g°°d outfit.
guys seems to be the war and how } We are going to speak to the
much longer it will take the Allies game warden about stocking this
! to polish off Germany. . . . You' part of the country with geese
know the optimist in Germany J or at least make arrangements for
says: “We are going to lose this the geese to pass over PAAF on
war,” and the pessimist says, “Yes, their way to wherever they are go-
but when?” Anyway just keep j ing. . . . Every once in a whild
! your sh’rts on, fellows . . . buy! we see Douglas “Daddy Dean” Van
lots of bonds .... keep those Pelt run out of the barracks with
rocks painted white, and one of
these fine mornings we will all
wake up and find ourselves ci-
vilians again . . . that is, if we
don’t get to Navigation School
his eyes anxiously scanning the
skies . . . and his only explana-
tion being “I thought I heard
some geese.” Hmmmm could it be.
. . . no it must be “stork” worries.
first. Both Van and Stickles have been
We bestow the Igor Beavor having nervous flustrations lately
award on a new man this week. ... both being prospective futh-
... I was walking down the street ers, they have decided to do their
w’ith A/C Wohn, you know, the shopping early, and I mean early,
wheel, the other day, and he sa-j They went to town last week-end
luted a passing truck. When I ask- : and came back loaded with “little
ed him why he saluted the truck things” including one "Little Black
driver he came back with this. ... Sambo” book, in color, apiece. My,
The Ryukyu Islands are an ar- “Don’t be so dumb, Wintermote, i my, what’s fatherhood coming to?
ripelago of 55 islands stretching That’s no truck driver, that’s Gen- j Here is a little hint for you fel-
between Kyushu, southernmost eral Hauling. Didn’t you see the lows: The stork is the bird with
island of the Japanese mainland, Bjgn?” Ah, me, these kids. the biggest bill.
By Camp Newspaper Service
and Formosa. The islands are be-
lieved to be the peaks of a sub-
merged mountain ridge, and several
are volcanic.
largest and most important
. Seems that Arthur “Wolf” Wis- More girl trouble . . . White’s
niewski has been giving devoted at- girl js jn San Frandsco. . . . What’s
tention to a certain beautiful ... , , , , , ,
y»»»* *M»« « Engineers. ^ fTm Ported‘ '
... Art is in the drafting depart- from Portland ..
island of the group is Okinawa, in ment there and doing allreet for The white flag has been raised
the approximate center of the himself. ... I should say so! and the axe buried, I hope, when
archipelago, about 400 miles south- Then there is that story with the our two hoys, Andrews and Wyn-
claimant may give power of at- west of Kyushu and 375 miles happy ending, or perhaps we koop talked it over a glass of
tomey to the American Red northeast of Formosa. Okinawa is should say a happy beginning. . . . milk in the ipess hall the other
Cross,” Clark said, to represent about 70 miles long and 10 miles You see, one Mike Zoroya has morning. . . . Thanks, fellows, you
lim before the Veterans admin- wide, with a circumference of 268 been having trouble with his girl, had us worried there for a while,
istration, or he may choose to be miles# All of the islands are heavily and after ignoring several of her Have you wondered, lately, w hat
represented by one of the several populated (577,000) and every letters requesting the return of the white thing is that streaks in
available acre of land is under her photograph, one finally came and out of the barracks of an eve-
cultivation. Okinawa contains two threatening to complain to the CO. ning? No, it isn’t. . . . It’s Arthur
veterans’ organizations also under-
taking this work.
Anyone can play poker, but It
takes a cannibal to throw up a
hand
“The Red Cross chapter worker cities, Naha and Shuri. Naha, the . . . S > Mike decided to squelch her “Faye” Jenson. . . . Seems that
forwards the veteran’s power of at- capital and principal harbor, has for all time. He borrowed all of both he and Johnson have been
torney to the field director sta- a population of 68,500.
tioned at the Veterans Administra-
tion office having jurisdiction over
the man’s place of residence. This
field director sees to it that all
pertinent data is collected, which
the pictures of girls available in having a bit of hard luck lately.
—~ -— the barracks and sent them to her] . . . Jenson is on permanent KB
Board of Veterans Appeals in in a large bundle with the fol-j (ugh), and Johnson has drawn
Washington. lowing note: “Pick your’s out. I’ve night duty. . . . Well, that’s the
"Naturally, the Red Cross makes forgotten what you look like.” way it goes fellows . . . pretty
np charge whatever for its serv-1 Speaking of love affairs . . . A/C soon we will be in Navigation
he then presents on the veteran’s ice,” Field Director Clark said Leister has been acting very funny School and you won’t have to
behalf to a three-man rating “If servicemen here desire more lately . . . knocking his head worry about your days or nights,
board. If the board’s decision is detailed information on the sub- against walls and drowning his So I leave you again with this
favorable, the matter is disposed ject, we’ll be glad to supply it, sorrows in "CACTUS JUICE” im- bit of advice: Santa Claus is the
of. If the decision is unfavorable, or it can be obtained from the ported from Pecos proper, and it only one who can run around with
an appeal can be made still Red Cross staff at the station hos wasn’t until I caught him in a a bag all night and not get talked
through the Red Cross — to the I pital.” i mood that I found out his trouble.1 about. . . . ’Bye, now.
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