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New Ratings For Forty Five Pecos EM
Guide Book
To Give Full
AAF Picture
The Official Guide to the Army
Air Forces, an authentic account
of the AAF and its operations, has
been prepared at the direction of
General H. H. Arnold, U. S. Army,
Commanding General of the Army
Air Forces, and is being made
available to military personnel
and to. the general public through
regular commercial book channels,
the War Department has an-
nounced.
A special Army Air Forces edi-
tion will be distributed through of-
ficial channels to AAF units in
this country and overseas for use
in connection with orientation, in-
doctrination and training pro-
grams.
Foreword By Arnold
In a foreword to the book, Gen-
eral Arnold states:
“AAF is more than an abbrevi-
ated term for the Army Air
Forces. It is a symbol of massed
American striking power. Funda-
mentally, the AAF is a people’s
air force, and its bombs dropping
on the enemy represent the work
of millions of Americans in and
out of uniform.
“In a democracy it is fitting
that the people should have the
opportunity to obtain a thorough
understanding of their military air
organiaztion. This book furnishes
that opportunity. It co-ordinates
the many aspects of our activity
and provides an integrated picture
of the AAF as it is today.
Royalties to Aid Society
The Official Guide to the Army
Air Forces will be published in a
paper-bound, pocket-size edition
and in a larger cloth-bound edi-
tion. Royalties from both books
will go t othe Army Air Forces
Aid Society.
Subtitled a directory, almanac
and chronicle of achievement. The
Official Guide to the Army Air
Forces contains 388 pages, includ-
ing 64 pages of rotogravure se-
lected from among more than $5,-
000 official photographs and more
than 175 diagrams, maps and
drawings.
Among subpects covered are:
The functions and responsibili-
ties of individual emmbers of air-
crews and ground crews; how men
and planes are organized into
flights, squadrons, groups, divi-
sions and commands; AAF’s com-
bat doctrine and its plan for air
war; AAF’s personnel problems
and training programs; jet pro-
pulsion, electronics, helicopters,
gliders, turrets, aerial cannon;
operations, military objectives, or-
combat air forces, their areas of
operations, military objectives, or-
ganizations and accomplishments;
selection and classification of
bombing targets; performance
characteristics and designations of
AAF planes in operations today;
supply requirements of a 1,000-
plane bombing mission; how fight-
er plane operations are controlled
from the ground; Air WACs,
Wasps, flight nurses and women
volunteers; battlefields of the air
and its natural hazards.
The guide also contains what is
believed to be the most nearly
complete chronological record of
military aviation ever published,
beginning in 1861 and including an
AAF war calendar from December
7, 1941, to the spring of 1944.
Spend Your Vacation
In Lovely Saipan
SAIPAN (CNS)—Here are some
of the things the Marines are bat-
tling on Saipan, besides Japs.
In the surf, they must beware
of sharks, barracuda, sea snakes,
razor-edge coral, polluted waters,
poison fish, and giant clams capa-
ble of snapping on a man’s leg
like a bear trap.
Ashore, the men must watch out
for laprpsy, typhus, dysentery,
■kin and eye infectiona, and a
wide variety of insect*, enakea and
fiant ltaards.
Bill Cruwford—N. V. Evening /Veto*
LET’S ALL PULL TOGETHER
SOLDIER WINS $5000.00
AS TYPICAL
Here he is—that all-American,
“typical GI Joe,” NBC Comedian
Eddie Cantor has been looking for
since March 1. Meet Charles Wil-
liam Peers, Jr., of Louisville, Ky.,
buck private on overseas duty in
the European theatre.
Cantor made the announcement
on his “Time to Smile” program
as he presented a $5,000 check to
Mrs. Charles William Peers, Jr.,
who wrote the top-ranking letter.
With her in New York was GI
Joe’s only child, whom he has
never seen, nine-months-old Tana
Iris.
Peers was born and brought up
in Louisville, where he attended
high school and worked in his
father’s poultry business while
studying to be a machinist. He
played on his high school football
team, loves fishing and hunting.
He’s 22, weighs 170 pounds, is five
feet, nine inches tall, has gray
eyes and light brown hair. He has
five brothers, one a Naval Ensign,
and two sisters. His mother died
when he was 19.
Peers was working at the West-
inghouse Naval Ordnance Plant in
Louisville and had recently mar-
ried Iris Biggs when he was draft-
ed Nov. 17, 1942. iHis bride lived
with other Army wives in near-
by towns while he was in training
at Fort Bliss, Texas, and Camp
Carson, Colorado Springs.
He didn’t even know that he was
a candidate for the “GI Joe" title.
“GI JOE”
His wife heard the Cantor an-
nouncement on “Time to Smile"
last March and promptly decided
no American could be fore typi-
cal than her own soldier or more
worthy of Cantor’s endowment for
post-war use. She awoke in the
night with the same thought and,
seizing a pamphlet which had
some handy white space at the end
sat up in bed and penciled a simply
written, deeply sincere tribute to
her husband. Except for compul-
sory high school compositions,
this was her first literary effort.
Mrs. Peers, dark, pretty, modest,
never won anything before in her
life, nor did her husband. She says
simply, ‘‘It must have been God’s
will.”
Seven Germans Die
For ’Mocking' Hitler
FRANCE (CNS)—Seven offi-
cers of the German Army have
been executed for “slandeiing,
mocking and insulting” Hitler, ac-
cording to a captured German
High Command document.
The document said that the of-
ficicers had been found guilty of
“Communist activities, premedi-
tated subversive utterances, under-
mining the nation’s military
strength and breach of their oath
of allegiance to the Fuehrer by
slandering, mocking and insulting
his person.”
IT ITS MM-
MANY NfiWSWOR.THy' E-YErNf^
OCCUPY IN YOO'R d&partm&nt
EACH WEEK,. LfcT
TtLL THEM TO THEr m&VT
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Cigars In Abundance As
Thaw Hits Chevron Supply
Gilbert Islands—It’s okay for
GIs stationed here to watch the
native girls while they bathe
nude in lagoons. But the soldiers
are warned not to laugh. “That
embarrasses the girls,” a native
chief explained.
Officers
Promoted
Twelve Pecos Army Air
Field officers received news of
their promotions this week as
one Major and eleven First
Lieutenants were made.
Major John G. Rizzo, super-
visor of maintenance, received
the lone gold maple leaf.
Three nurses were included
in the promotion lists. They
MAJOR RIZZO . . . for him a
gold leaf.
were First Lieutenants An-
toinette M. Brokus, Regina C.
DeVasto, and Mary J. Tschap-
pat.
Remaining recipients of sil-
ver bars were Richard V.
Caulfied, Norman R. Echord,
Arthur R. Meidt, Donald R.
Jackson, Marvin R. Patton,
Jr., Warren A. Stephens, Clar-
enefe F. Vanderpoel and Rob-
ert W. Hutton.
Blame it on the sun if you like,
but something thawed out ratings
for enlisted men as forty-five GIs
passed out cigars the first of the
month in celebration of acquiring
new stripes.
Highest rating was in the grade
of Technical Sergeant which went
to Henry V. Jacckle of Section C.
Fourteen buck sergeants added
“rockers” to boost them up among
the first three grades. They in-
cluded Ward G'. Reese, Robert J.
Oliver, Bernard C. Herrick, Alva
D. Nelson, Harold L. Brannan,
Harry I). Nickerson, Joseph M.
Scott, Henry W. Dornseif, John T.
Morgan, Fred Roope, Sammie J.
Ferraro, Vernon G. Horne, and
James Y. Gibbs.
Upped to sergeant were 28 cor-
porals. The new buck sergeants
are Bradford L. Bartlett, Biford
W. Potter, Albert B. Gates, Robert
I). Scofield, Russell L. Dunnington,
Stanley Brown, Leo J. Reisfield,
Franz M. Tethereau, Lionel J.
Bophage, Adolph P. Gebala, Glenn
H. Morrison, Dale V. Shipman,
Woodrow F. Uttke, William L.
Kay, George Chappell, Joseph M.
Dalbo, Jack C. Klein, W. E. Bar-
ringer, Harold C. Hurley, James
M. Doriot, Elton R. Martin, Har-
old J. Wolfer, Bev H. Shuster, Vir-
gil W. Sheppard, Augustus Pender,
Jr., Walter E. Baker, Kempton L.
Jackson and James F. M. Bow-
man, Jr.
Only I’fc. losing fear of sweat-
ing out the KP list was John H.
Schultz who was promoted to cor-
poral.
Cecil J. Flaherty picked up an
extra stripe and four dollars a
month to become a Private First
Class.
FELLAS—I just want to remind
you that today is your last chance
to enter your favorite girl in FLY-
ING TIMF/w “(over Girl” contest.
Remember, you get a free long
distance telephone call to that
heartbeat and she gets a $25 War
Bond. It’s a good deal. Don’t for-
get.—Esther Williams.
DISCHARGED SOLDIERS
RECEIVE ADVICE
A new Army pamphlet is beinf
issued to soldiers who are honor-
ably discharged from the service
or returned to inactive status. The
booklet contains one section en-
titled “Getting a Job,” which in-
cludes plenty of information on
how a soldier must go about ob-
taining employment.
The booklet advises the service-
man that if he cares to have his
former job hack he will have to
make application for reemploy-
ment within 40 days after the date
that he was discharged from the
Army.
These words are plainly stated
in the pamphlet: “Your former
employer is required to give you
your old job back—or its equiva-
lent—if he possibly can, at the
same rate of pay and with the
same seniority and privileges you
previously had.”
It also tells the soldier about to
be discharged that one of the first
things he must do after release
from the armed forces ia to rsport
tha fact to hia local draft board.
His discharge papers must also
be recorded at the county court-
house, the booklet explains:
Although all answers arc not
contained in this booklet to ques-
tions that may arise, it does in-
form the soldier where he can find
til the real answers to his prob-
lem.
Bombed Jap Ship’s Log
Blown Into U. S. Plane
NEW GUINEA (CNS)—The pi-
lot of an Army A-20 attack plane
dropped his load of eggs on a
Japanese ship, blowing it up. When
he returned to his base he discov-
ered that the blast had blown the
ship’s log, papers and curgo list-
ing and the names of the convoy-
personnel into the air intuke rtf his
plane’s cooling system.
Don’t throw that candy wrapper
on tha ground . . • YOU may havs
to pick it up!
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Melton, Clyde, Jr. Flying Time (Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Tex.), Vol. 3, No. 36, Ed. 1 Saturday, July 8, 1944, newspaper, July 8, 1944; Pecos Army Air Field, Pecos, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth1115698/m1/3/: accessed June 23, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; .