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COLONEL D. WADE Director Of Training

LT. R. W. McNAMARA Mess Officer

LT, W. H. NIGH Adjuta nt

MAJOR W. H. HENDRIX Squodron Commander

LT. F. R. ARGUS Supply Officer

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SGT. BARRETT

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Allen. Gerard 2654 Valentine Avenue New York. New York

Blasig, Phillip A.

Alworth , Ralph R. Box 704 Oilton, O~lahoma

Bennett, Robert W. 322 Gano Avenue Georgetown, Kentucky

6500 New G uard Avenu• Chicago, llli no is

Brandmeyer, Joseph P. 21 33 Geyer Avenue St. Louis, Missouri

Brosky, Ed"l'ard 270 West Arthington Street Chicogo, Illinois

Buekpitt, Walter 5 77 W overly Street W overly, New York

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Burkland, Edwin E. Roule 2 Bothell, W 1>shi119lon

Byers, Cloy Roule No. 2 Elizabeth ton Tennessee

Brown, John F. 45- 18 I b4 Street Flushing. Long Island. New York

Cahill, Robert T. 31 Silver Str~1;>t Waterbury , Connoclicut

Campion, Andrew H. 08 Broadwoy T aun I on, Mossochusatts

Carney. John A. Sol I Briggs Stroot Omoha, Nebraska

Caldwell, Victor Gage 1238 Bryanf Strool Rohwoy, Naw Jer-.ey

Carlee, Randolph D. L. 222 Roseland Avenue Essex Fell;. New J o.,ey

Carraway, Wilbur Carver 1235 East 48th Street Sav&nnah, Georgia

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Cheuvront, Fredric G. 255 South 27 Street Lincoln, Nebraska

ftp- -Cohen, Harold 848 Church Lane Yeadon, Pennsylvania

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Casey, William T. I 0532 86th Street Ozone Park, Long Island, New York

Clayton, Wofford G. Ehrhardt. Sou th Carolina

Conlon, John J, 2430 Webb Avenue Ne., Yor<. Ne"' York

Cou:rtney, Francis James 403 Caoo' Stree l Beverly Mossochuserts

Cowan, L. F. Rou•e No. 2 Rossv· le. Georg'•

Crawford, Edward S.rnard Clemson, South Carolina

Compton, Charles W., Jr. 3"' Sr,.,._-e - A,.,e .. ve "'-' ·-.g~... ' ew ~e~.e'

Crokor, Oovid K. I 5 Overlook T erreco Meplowood, New Jersey

Daile y, Warren D. 222 South Ash

Curtis, Byron William 216 Center Street Den Ion, T exes

Davenport, William E.

Ponce Ci ty, Oklohomo t823 South Mekesukey Avenue Wewoka. Oklohoma

Donnelly, Edward P., Jr. t 525 6th Avenue. West • Seottle. Woshinglon

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Duva, Sam J. 5853 Nev.berry Avenue Detroit, Michigan

Feucht, Charle• F. Reynoldsbu1 \!· Ohio

Eckert , Erwin H. (Eck} 61!1 Marshalldell Avenue Dallas. Texas

Flynt, Roger D. 215 \.l~irmont Avenue Decatur, Georgia

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Franklin, William C. Fayetteville. Tennessee

French, Russell A. 4 1 I Oo~ Strool Kalomowo, Michiq11n

Gallerani, Alterio 43 Mople Rood longmoodow

G11uro, Emo"on F. ?85 e,,,, M111n StrGOI

Garber, DeWitt

Gabclman, Omer Philip ?810 Wo$l9olo Drive Hou< Ion, T exo~

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German, Willis P. I 08 W est 9th Street Pawhuska, O klahoma

Greer, Robert L. 5930 North 21 st Street Philadelphia. Pennsylvonia

Griffin, George D. Ro xbury, New York

Hanafee, Robert Patrick Willow Road Riverside. Connect icut

Gibson, Robert Newell 253 5th Avenue Salt Lake City, Utah

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Lofton, William David, Jr. 1702 Soulh lJth Slroot Chick11Sho

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Marlatt, Ray G. 120 Revine Avenue

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Martin, William Winfield 806 St. John Sireet

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Mamalek, John J. 571 4 Ollie Street Pittsburgh. Pennsylvanio

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Mcintyre, 8. A. 1>25 North 5th Street Albuquerque, New Mexico

rl Nicholls, William A. 7828' Tempie Road Philadelphia, Pennslyvania

Perkins, Newell E. Swan Lake Avenue Belfast, Moine

Menbauer, John Joseph 251 -31> Gaskell Rood Little Neck. New York

I O'Brien, Eugene Robert 19 Western Avenue Albany, New York

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Reid , George L. 414 Westover Avenue Roanoke. Virgini11

Rose nthal, Abe W. Rubin, Frank 12 Woles Avenue Binghomlon, New York

2251 81 Street Brooklyn, New York

ft -Rutledge, J ames R. 209 Morgan Avenu11 Foyefeville, Te nnessee

Richman, Bernard 1217 Avenue S Broodyn New York

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Ryan, Robert C. 4 t 25 Easl I I I Street Cleveland. Ohio

Santoro, Angelo 8 Russell Street Hudson Falls. New York

Savage, James B. SOI Morlboro Road Brooklyn, New York

Salemi, Jerry C. 1229 College Street Memphis. Tennessee

Satterfield, G eorge Whitney, Jr. New Canion, Virginio

Sc:orborough, Jemos B. 501 M,,p;er Avenul) Moc.on, G6org10

Schanker, Robert F. 7 50 El!lon Street Elizllbeth, New Jenoy

Schechner, Irving JOJ 7 Ocean Parkwoy Brooklyn. New York

•• Scheiderer, Norbert C. 304 West 8th Street \Aorywi le Ohio

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Schandorff, Hayward K. 14 14 Myrtle Sioux City, Iowa

Schneider, Ben 1344A Clara Avenue St. Louis, Missouri

Schmitz, Paul Bernard 2 I 3 South First Street Decatur, lndi~na

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Schn">id er, Mark Bb I 7 C?nstance Avenue Chicago. Illinois

Schwarber, Joseph A. 294 East 150 Street Cleveland. O hio

543 Willoughby Avenue Brooklyn. Ne•1 York

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Scott, C layton P. Oovis City low11

Settle, Fred F. , Jr. 40th & O~mulgee Mu«ogee o, ahomo

Sheeter, Frederid 3723 Lyme Avenue Sea Gate New Yor}

Shamey, Abraham A.

Senechal, Victor A. Drake. North Dakota

230 East Loyalhanna Street L"gon:er Pennsylvoni11

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Sherman, Franklin C. 18 Shaver Street Jamestown, New York

Shytle, John D., Jr. Shelby. North C11rolin11

Sickmiller, Richard J. 168 B11rtley Avenue Mansfield, Ohio

Simms, Joseph Harold 404 South West Avenue El Dor11do, Ar~ansas

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Shonesky, Michael John 185 7th Street, Ext. New Kensington, Pennsylvani11

Simonson, Robert W. Wyndmere, North Dakota

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807 South Chesler Avenue Park Ridge. Illinois

Sloane, Burt A. 46 West 951h Street New York, New York

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Sorenson, William D. 2746 Sharon Drive Omaha, Nebraska

Spann, Jones 808 Drexel San Antonio. Texas

Soucek, Clarence E. 61 st & Sherman Avenue Downers Grove, Illinois

Spee1', Geor9e F. 17 H St reet, North W est Miami, Oklahoma

Spicer, Joseph Francis Roule No. 2 Pittsburg , Kansas

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Staffo, John C. 11 We$! Jefferson Street Little Falls. New York

Stern, A. Edwin, Jr.

Stanford, Lloyd A. 2058 Walton Way Augu<la Georgia

3101 Chesapoake Stroo t, N. W . W a,hinglon, 0. C.

Stevens, Joseph A. 11 89 EMt 84 th Stroot C lovoland. Ohio

Stewart, Donald Keith 7437 f., .t Wo«h1ngton $tree lndianapoli•. lndiMo

Stuart, Joe G. ~ .. : Ea,• s~e ...,.,., ~a~·c... "'d ana

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T~rkon9ton, WMrCn C. 407 North Porl AvMUO

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Thneh oy. Lo9M1 W. 01M1e>nnl, low~

Trcp•nior, ArmMJd Stu•rl 111 Chn, lnul 51fll• I 1 lnlyol•. Mn ,. hu nit

Troy, E. Fimie o5 Sou•!. Welles Street W'1es Ba-re, Per.nsylvania

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-Vestal, Alec Hardin Cyril, Oklahoma

Vessel, L. E. Keew.:>tin, Minnesota

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Tuck, Leighton B. Lynnfield Centre, Massachusetts

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Wall, James B. 71 l Gregg Avenue Florence, South Carolina

Webb, J. W.

Walshe, Marion Mitchell 1635 Stale Street New Ori ea ns, Louisiana

Watts, John W. (Johnnie) 1005 I Oth Avenue. South Birmingham, Alabama

8 16 Colu mbus Avenue 'N aco, Texas

Weinstein, Jerome 123 West 19th Street Bayonne. New Jersey

Werner, Ralph J oseph 1500 Amanda Street Pittsburgh, Pennsylvonio

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Whittle, John Thomas, Jr. 1102 Prince Street Brunswick, Georgia

Williams, James J. Route No. 3 Henderson, T ex~s

Wilkinson, C. E. Route 6, Box 74 Akron, Ohio

W h ittel', Robert L. 1020 South 6th Street McAlester, Oklahoma

W ismann, W illiam C harles 270 I Marion Avenue Bronx, New York , New York

Wo+rin9 , Richa rd Elmo 137 2 1st Street, N. W. Barberton, Ohio

Ye llowin , Sam H. 907 Linden Blvd. Brooklyn. New York

Yarbro, Joh n L.

W righl·, Douglas Haig 2144 Boldt Street Dearborn, Michigon

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Albert J. Bodner 79 West Main Street little Falls. Now York

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Yurlowsly, Michael I 183 Duane Street Akron, Ohio

239 E. Thompson Street Philadelphia, Pennsylvania

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LT. J. L. PATERSON Chapl~i n

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THE INSTRUCTORS LAMENT

The Cadet is ny shepherd; I shall not wont. He moketh me range fires in dry postures and leodeth me off course. He destroyeth my confidenc~: H_e leodeth me into th_e

paths of oncoming planes for is C. E.'s soke.-Yea as I ride in the shodow of occ~­dentol releases. I feel no safety: for he is with me; His doub1e release and hos

salvo they confuse me. Surely confu~ion ond bubble trouble shall follow me all the days of my life and I shall dwell on the realm of the mod forever - - - -

EXCERPTS FRO M AN INSTRUCTOR'S DI ARY:

Dec. 17:-Well. here I am! All set lo start on the Merry·Go·Round oga n. Met .

. or should I say. sow the new doss this A . M. Did you see the gruesome trio I hod sic·d on me? How in Hodes did that crew escape the hangman? Dec. I 8th:-Brought the three "Angels" lo the hangar, ond showed 'em the sight. Jackson, he's the guy who smells like o brewery, took one look and-it wos lucky the guard tripped him up of the door ! ! Jones, he's the mopey looking one, I wonder where he come from? Shawkowsly, the Pole from the Boy Ridge Section. hod an expression on his pon es if lo soy 'where do you put the nidles in?' Dec. 26th:-Oid you ever see such a moss of mole turpitude before! Strange that most of the boys with bloodshot eyes and splitting heads claim they spent the holiday in church. singing carols-They voiced the opinion that ii mu•f hove boon caused by singing too lustily. Wonder how they account for those shakes? Jon. 2nd:-There's no more Holidays! The hongor today was a melee of colliding trainers, toking wrong bugs and lopped off by Slowkousky (Ah!I mistaking the Flight Commorder for o bug and chasing him half woy across the floor before discovering his mistake! ! ! But it was comical lo see the F. C. hopping around on one foot because the plumb barb caught his foot a couple times ! ! ! J on. 20th:-Went up with my boys lodoy to see how they ore doing. Jones drops o bomb that come very close to the shock. Only it was the wrong kind of shock. Right owoy Jones claims o malfunction! ! Yeoh, there's o malfunction alright! In his heod-Mor. Jrd:-Ah! Just another weel lo go! I keep telling myself to toke 0 hold on my shattered nerves, _just one _more week. just one more week! ! But every night I dream of the some thong, slertong ell over and t woke up screaming! ! I experience 0 cold sweo t and nousee-Mor. IOth:-Tomorrow's The Doy! ! Grodu ation day et lost. Oh Hoppy Doy Strange lh~I I should feel a bit of regret in :ooing tho thr..., leave ! ! As much es I hollered ond screamed they weren' t o bod bunch Hod to k~ep 'em on the bell someway. Boy! Whet 0 package of headaches they spell for the Am- - -Tomorrow I'll meet the ned closs Wonder who! kind of Dodos :·11 get? I never sow it lo foil. I'll get the Raunchiest. Dumb~sl, e•c. 0h Dem!

OUR HOT BOMBARDIER

Gather down closely and you shall hear The story of one, a Hot Bombardier His name is renown from far and from wide For Rope was his specialty but not lo be lied.

C. E. meant nothing to this young squirt For on his record he would <:Jamble hi s shir t A one twenty five was his perma nent fixture For who could disprove it with never a picture?

His missions were many. his pictures were few His rope it was long as al l of us knew But how could we prove it and what could we do When his pictures were bad and very damn few?

I could continue my story for days and for days But I would only bore you with one sad phrase Pictures, no pictures, it is the same old story Rope, and more rope. but all for the Glory.

Such is the story of the Hot Bombardier And it is for him we shed one glad tear For without the rope, and with pictures too Ma ny of us would have c11use to be blue.

A/C CHARLES W . COMPTO N. JR. CLASS 43.4

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Tho plane winged along thru the morning ••y. And away down below the target come nigh. The Bombardier perched for up in the nose, Knew o good hit depended on the action he chose!

He signalled the pilot O.K. and on course Thru the earphones there came the sound o' a ~orse The quacking of ducks, and succulent ;nores Meaning Pilot to Bombardier-op<in your doo.-.;.

The target draws closer the' moment is near, So listen my buddies lo the poor Bombardier. He's g runting ond sweating os he pushes ond fights. Buttons and handles on his sight of sights.

At lost there's o clid and the cry, "Bombs Away! The Bombardier closes his eyes os he prays. Meanwhile behind him with both hands, hes groo'rg For his new braided la riat made specially for roo· og

Bock in the plane sits the louse of ol' louses With o comero in hond. olreody he crouches. Prepa red if need be to hong by his heels. To g ive every hit a couple of reels.

The Bombardiers straining his eyes on the ground When from in the bad comes o peculiar sound. Cross tho face of the Bombardier comes a look of relief The camera is lolling and passing beneath.

The Bombord;er snickers and laughs a• the sign• For this is one miss thar will ne er come to ligl>· Then he poles and twitches, and fells in his back As both camera and bomb foll ;nto the shac<.

DeWITT GARBER 43 4 FLIGHT C

Col. Ellis Ta lks To "Wrong Way" C orrig&n O f The Ferry Command

Lt. Hank Greenberg Is Responsible

For O ur At hle tic Program

D>:-"' n through the centuries, have come many lomou1 phrases uttered by the brilliant master minds oi our civilizeo world. Presented herewith is o choice collection of those rendered by the unci,ilized.

WHEN DO WE GET PAID?-John C. (31/~ x31/~) Stoffo

THAT'S A SCATTERBOLT " 38" , SARGE.-1 THINK!-Burt A. Sloane

WONDER WHAT BROADWAY AND 42ND STREET LOOK LIKE?-Fred Shector

. NOW IN STRUTTGART-WE SAY - - - " -Chorles E. Swindler

HEY RUBE, " SACK TIME!"-Joseph A. Schworber

DON T TELL ME YOUR TROUBLES ! !-Joseph J. Sorenson

IT S A GREAT LIFE"-Jomes B. Savo9e

I M THE TENNESSEEAN-James (clonk·clonk) Rutledge

SHES NOT ONLY MY GIRL-SHE'S MY 'TARGET FOR TONIGHT'-Som Yellowitz

TO MOTHER. SISTER. BROTHER. GIRL FRIENDS ,.,ND FIFINELLAS-THE SWEET THINGS!- J. W. Webb

PHOOEY ON THE YANKEES, TEXAS IS STILL A GREAT STATE-Jomes J. Willioms

SIGHTED SACK-HIT SAME"-Jerome Weinstein

WHERE'S THE CHAPLAIN?-Ridord Elmo Wotrin9

FATHER IS RIGHT- EXPERIENCE IS A WONDERFUL TEACHER!-H. Linford Young. Jr.

A. A. F. B. S.'is._ WAS A GOOD PLACE-J. T. Whittle. Jr.

THERE'S NO PLACE LIKE TEXAS. THANK GOD! ! ! -Joe W. "Terrible" Touhy

" MEN OF TROY ARISE!" - Fimie E. Troy

"GET OFF MY BACK! !" -Joe G. Stuort

ITS THOSE DAMNED GREMLINS. SIR!-A. E. Stern, Jr.

l'M FLUSHING'S GIFT TO BOMBARDIERING-John F. Brown

ONE GOOD THING ABOUT THIS STATE-THE YANKEES IN IT.-Williom E. (Ookie) Dovenporl

THE CURTAIN FALLS ON ONE. RISES ON ANOTHER-Fronk Rubin

HERE'S AN "'EX"-TEXAS SCHOOL TEACHER WHO HOPES TO TEACH HITLER A THING OR TWO-Byron W . Curtis

"A SHAD SHACK OF A BOMBARDIER"-Milton Schwarh.

WE'LL BE HOME SOON-BUT OUR SIGHTS MUST SEE TOKYO FIRST!-Edward Brosky

WONDER WHERE ABE IS?-Mrs. Gremlin

" IS THIS PLANE SAFE?"-Harry E. Scorborough

" BAZOOM"-Eugene R. O'Brien

WE SHA?ED UP AGAIN"- Mork " The Monk" Schneider

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"MISSION COMPLETED"

J. G. Stuart Associate Editor

C. E. W ilkinson Feoture W riter

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P. A. Blosic Destructive Critic

F. Shec1er

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E. P. Donnelly

Photographers

Stern Guoro

H. l. Young Editor

A. E. Stern E. F. Guara

Cartoonists

J. F. Spicer

Blaszig. The Critic

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M\ Sgt. Robert Fairlee ... B. S. Maintainance "At Ease, Pleezt-! Clean with CCL4 and linen. Two drips equal a drop. Apply a light coat of heavy oil, and I'll show you how it works tomorrow."

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