High Pitch, Volume 1, Number 3, Class 42-H Page: 5
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1942
Through A Cadet's Eyes
Plans for a big celebration and a big ceremony!
To us, the members of Class 42-H, it meant primari-
ly that we must give up one of our Sunday after-
noons of freedom to be back to the post to arrange
to march in a parade down-town and to receive a
flag to be presented by the Enid Junior Chamber of
Commerce. That was our reaction at 1630 of that
warm Sunday afternoon. The program went off on
schedule. We rode to town in trucks, formed our
Regiment, and marched down in front of the Court-
house to stand at attention while the flag was pre-
sented and to hold "formal" retreat ceremony.
Our attitude changed as, standing at attention,
we saw a large number of people who had gathered
to honor the flag in this simplest and most impres-
sive of ceremonies. The Junior Chamber of Com-
merce representatives presented the Color Guard
with a beautiful flag for the Aviation Cadet Regi-
ment. We began to feel very pleased and grateful to
this local chapter of the Junior Chamber of Com-
merce. Then began the simple notes of "To the
Colors," and the hush that fell over the large num-
ber of people present and the feeling of awe that
pervaded the crowd gradually pervaded us. At the
strains of the Star Spangled Banner, with the lower-
ing of the flag, most of us realized anew that that
simple piece of silk represented all that we hold dear.
From the Civilian's Viewpoint
While the Enid Army Flying School Band played
"The Star Spangled Banner," the American Flag
slowly descended the pole north of the county court-
house Sunday evening. The cadet regiment stood
at attention, the officers saluted, and a thrill tingleda huge crowd of onlookers. The flag dropped into
the hands of the soldiers as the band played the final
notes of the anthem.
The Retreat ceremony, closing Flag Week, was
the first appearance of the cadet regiment off the
field as a group. The cadets occupied the block be-
tween Independence and Grand.
Marching smartly four abreast to their positions
on the north side of the square, they were applauded
by the onlookers. At the close they marched east
into Grand, where the large green trucks lined up
for them.
Prior to the Retreat the Enid Junior Chamber of
Commerce presented the National Colors to the
Regiment.
The committee in charge of this part of the pro-
gram was A. L. Settle, president; Gus Reimer, first
vice-president; Dale Dage, second vice-president;
A. B. Mellick, past president. Mayor Charles L.
Walker represented the city.
The Cadet Drum and Bugle Corps lent additional
color to the affair, intended to give residents of this
community an insight into another of the interesting
phases of the cadets' daily life.
Retreat ceremonies for the officers and enlisted
men were at the school at 6:15, but were not open
to the pub]ic.-(From the Enid Shopper.)
Visitor: "I'm looking for Private Smith. Where
can I find him?"
Sergeant: "You'll find him in one of the pup
tents nursing his 'DOGS'."
First Spud: "These electric peelers may be all
right but they lack the personal touch."
Second Spud: "Well anyway, they don't get into
your eyes."-Khaki Wacky.Class 42-H
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Enid Army Air Field (Okla.). High Pitch, Volume 1, Number 3, Class 42-H, periodical, 1942; Enid, Oklahoma. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth379961/m1/7/?q=+date%3A1941-1945: accessed July 16, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Arlington Historical Society’s Fielder House Museum.