Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 50, Ed. 1 Saturday, October 14, 1944 Page: 3 of 7
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hy Pecos Pete _______
All the interest of last Saturday afternoon and night
wasn’t centered in the actual stage performance of Larry
Crosby and his show. Observers up on the line got a hunk
of tight throat when they saw their first of those big ladies
starting down the stairs with only one leg showing. A biscuit
gun flashed, and around she went again and got both of
those so lovely things in an exposed position. Whew!
Speaking of lovelies, Dolores of
the sexy singer of the show, has
charms that appeal even to the
Heinies. Playing in Monte Carlo
before U. S. got into the deal,
Dolores was visited by a kraut and
told to pack up, she was going to
Berlin to show for der fuehrer.
Dolores packed alright, but took
the 2.22 for Switzerland and got
the hellen out of Gobbels’ clutch.
Let the GI who got kissed remem-
ber that!
There was one terrific item
about the Crosby show that money
couldn’t buy. Those folks came
out to Pecos because they wanted
to . . . many of them have
brothers, yeh, and husbands in
the Service, and could be that as
they w’orked they w’ere wishing
their boys were out in front with
us. Take for instance the Mor-
rell’s, who did the skating act. The
Morrell boy is out in the South
Pacific, so Mom, Pop and Sis are
working for a chance to go over
seas and hoping, just hoping, that
one of the spots they hit might
find Brother among the assembled
GI’s.
★ ★ ★
Col. Thomas Boles, superinten-
dent of Carlsbad Caverns Nation-
al Park was on the field Wednes-
day to expedite the visits of
PAAF GIs to the Caverns. Col.
Boles has the goodwill of service
girls and boys close to his heart.
His brother and nephew both are
*n the Army and the Colonel’s
■conversation was liberally
sprinkled wtih fond remarks of
both. For instance, he showed a
letter telling how the nephew
John K. Boles, Jr., a Lt. Col. in
the Armored Forces, won the
Silver Star for gallantry in action
in France.
This engagement was between
armored vehicles. Something went
jvrong, and Lt. Col. Boles, who
was afoot, assumed command of
rear elements and successfully
led an attack through enemy
positions.
On the same day he received the
Silver Star, Lt. Col. Boles also re-
ceived the Soldiers’ Medal for the
rescue of casualties from a burn-
ing gasoline truck then climbed
into the cab of a flaming half-
track loaded with ammunition and
drove it to an area where the ex-
ploding ammo wouldn’t endanger
other personnel or set other
vehicles afire. Plenty of action,
say we, and plenty of nephew for
Colonel Tom Biles of Carlsbad to
be proud of.
★ ★ ★
Comes a letter from Frank
Talarico, of the old 744th, who now
is stationed in China. Writes he
just received his July editions of
Flying Time and hopes to be re-
Former PAAF
Sales Officer
At Hobbs
Capt. James K. Howser, former-
ly PAAF’s Sales Officer, has beer
assigned as Quartermaster Sunpb
Officer at Hobbs Army Air Field.
Capt. Howser enlisted in the Air
Corps August 17, 1926 in Dallas
Texas after attending the Sunset
High School in Dallas. His first
assignment was at Kelly Field
where he reached the grade of
S/Sgt. in supply.
His next assignment came ir
1937 at Fort Sherman in the Pana-
ma Canal Zone where he was with
the Coast Artillery as principal
clerk of the Utilities Section.
While at Moffett Field, Calif.,
fr6m 1939 to 1942, he reached the
grade of master sergeant and then
became a warrant officer and as-
sistant post QM. He was commis-
sioned a first lieutenant Sept. 16,
1942 while at Santa Ana.
membered to all the gang. Seems
to me we should have some kind
of a clearing house for the PAAF
Alumni Society, and when a GI
receives a letter from one of the
old boys let this column know
about it. Hard to believe some-
times, but many of the gang have
written back that Pecos isn’t so
bad at all compared with their
present addresses.
★ ★ ★
Also word from Major Fred H.
Strayer, now taking a course at
dear old Harvard for several
weeks before branching out into
other activities. He requests a line
from friends: H-42, Dunster
House, Cambridge 38, Mass.
★ ★ ★
Pvt. Zlotnik was in to say his
twin girls born six weeks ago are
doing fine ... in fact have gained
two and a quarter pounds. Mrs.
Zlotnik is in the pink, too, and the
two parents are having a lot of
‘‘un caring for the little packages.
★ ★ ★
Oh Hughie dear
Why can’t you hear
The Burro’s gentle bray ?
“Get up, get up,”
He seems to moan.
“Get up out of my hay!”
. . . and reform.
—Pacos Pete
SECTION C-3 WINS PENNANT
Lt. Robert F. Puckett is shown holding the E-Pennant awarded to Section C-3 by Colonel Henry
B. Fisher, for outstanding on the line maintenance of repair and efficiency, for the month of September.
Lieutenant Colonel William S. Savage looks on.
FIGHTING DAUGHTER of radio
newscaster Art Baker is his pretty
daughter. WAC Pvt. Barbara, who
recently appeared on her dad’s
NBC program in Hollywood.
Football Season Is
Hazard to GIs
In proof of the fact that “it
could happen to you,” there were
14 accident cases entered at
PAAF’s hospital during Septem-
ber. These are accidents of the
slipping and tripping variety.
Now that the basketball and
football season have entered the
scene of activities, careless sports-
men are turning ankles and
wrenching shoulders at an increas-
ing rate. Barracks steps are a fa-
vorite twisting-place. Would-be
short-cuts often prove disastrous
:n the form of sprained ankles.
The simple cat-walk is fraught
with danger if you don’t watch
where you’re going.
The number of man-hours lost
as a result of military personnel
carelessness adds up to a stagger-
ing total of 156 days! That is al-
most the length of the North Af-
rican campaign!
First Aid cases ranked high—
142 individual cases that required
first-aid attention and temporarv
inability to work. These were all
preventable by forethought; the
GI translation would be “staying
on the beam”.
You are not a “Sissy” because
you take care of a scratch or a
cut; you are wise. Good house-
Strictly NG!
Personnel who use official en-
velopes and stationery for their
personal correspondence are
likely to find themselves in hot
water, officials at Base Head-
quarters have admonished.
Numerous reports have been
received of official envelopes
and stationery being used for
this purpose. Hereafter, it was
stated, the mail will be returned
to the senders, who will be sub-
ject to disciplinary action.
keeping in barracks and shop is
not being “eager”; it is being prac-
tical.
“A word to the wise is suffi-
cient.” The ground safety commit-
tee advises PAAF-ites to “play
safe”—most accidents are prevent-
able.
U. S. Army Sets Up
Chinese Officers' School
China (CNS).—The lT. S. Army
in China has established a special
General Staff School here for of-
ficers of the Chinese Expedition-
ary Force. The school is staffed
by American officers whose lec-
tures >n English arc translated in
the classroom into Chinese.
Former Colin Kelly Crew Member
'Sweats Out7 Wings at PAAF
Political Speeches
To Be Broadcast to
Overseas Troops
Washington—A plan for the re-
broadcast of political speeches by
shortwave to troops overseas was
made at a conference of representa-
tives of the five political parties
with representatives of the War
Department this week.
The arrangement provides for
five series of shortwave rebroad-
■asts over the facilities and time
allotted to the Armed Forces Ra-
dio service, with each party using
equal time in each series. The
order of daily assignments within
each five-day series is to be ro-
tated so that each party has the
first broadcast period in one of the
series.
In addition to the shortwave
schedule, recordings of the speeches
in the first two series are to be
hipped overseas for rebroadcast-
mg from Army Expeditionary sta-
tions, of which 116 are now in
operation in all overseas theaters.
To have flown wdth Colin Kelly
as a crew member for almost a
year should have been excitement
enough for A/S John Paige. How-
ever, in the succeeding two years
as a combat gunner and flight en-
gineer in a B-17 he survived three
ill-fated crews and completed
twenty-four bombing missions. He
wears the Air Medal nad a cluster;
the Asiatic-Pacific Theater Rib-
bon wdth three stars representing
Pearl Harbor, Midway; and the
Solomon Islands and the American
Theater Ribbon with one star. He
also holds a Presidential Citation
awarded the 11th Bombardment
Group of which he was a member.
Although running into enemy
opposition on every one of his com-
bat missions, for A/S Paige two
missions, one against Shortland
Harbor at the tip of Bougainville
and a bombing run on Munda, will
always be the most exciting and
perhaps the luckiest.
On a mission to attack enemy
shipping in Shortland Harbor, the
formation of B-17’s in which his
plane was flying the lead position
was jumped by Japanese Zeros.
After making their original run
on the 17s the Zeros turned, re-
grouped themselves, and started
their second run on the Fortresses,
hut this time they came In high
attempt by the Japanese to use
aerial bombs. Completing the at-
tack on the shipping concentra-
tions, they were under heavy at-
tack by Zeros most of the way
home. A cluster of 18 machine
gunner bullets had torn a section
of the plane to shreds not more
than six inches from where Paige
was operating the rear gun.
At a later date in an attack on
Munda, Paige added a cluster to
his air medal. While returning from
the first official American bomb-
ing mission on that Japanese
stronghold, his Fortress doubled
back to fight off 16 Zeros that^it-
tempted to strafe the crew of
a B-17 which had been forced
down. His ship, later joined by
others, held off the Japs until a
PT boat rescued the airmen float-
ing in the water.
Three times Paige escaped death.
Twice relieved from duty for Den-
gue fever he left his crew to re-
port to a hospital only to find out
that shortly after he had left they
were shot down. His third narrow
escape came when after he had
completed his 24th mission and
; was on his way to Australia for
over the formation and let loose a a rest he learned that on the very
shower of bombs that exploded like next time out the crew nnd ship
huge white umbrellas over the 17a. with which he flew was blown out
Paige believes that was the first ■ of the sky over Bougainville.
A/S John G. Paige, one-time com-
bat gunner who flew with Colin
Kelly. Pearl Harbor, Midway,
Bougainville are stars on his cam-
paign ribbon.
Post Library
Has Best Sellers
Tlie post library has recently
received a new shipment of books
ncluding, “Leave Her To Heaven”
>y Ben Ames Williams, “Woodrow
Wilson and The Lost Peace,” by
Thomas Rady. A clear revealing
md honestly critical account of the
peace negotiations following World
War I.
Books as Gone Fowlers, “Good-
nite Sweet Prince” and Margery
Sharps “Cluny Brown” continue
in popularity and are on the re-
serve list.
Also in the library you will find
current issues of magazines and
newspapers. The Seattle Post In-
telligencer, New York Times, Los
Angeles Examiner and several
others are available.
There is a constant demand for
specific books on many subjects,
some are over due. Please co-
operate with the library staff and
have such books re-newed if you
haven’t finished.
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