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Show to QASC'.Ope Tital Branch' SMppimg iiililllillillliiplll Equipment Is Dispatched n Over Wbrld; W.VAW.y.y,v. AAF Supplies Are Handled for U. S. and Overseas T. o j or r' " 1 ' if ' mm Dy Pvt. Elizabeth Depew One of the most vital and till .J '""w" 1 i - t ' - t. y ? s s - - ' ' - , ?" , MM ' ft yy f thv ft interesting centers of operation here at OASC is at the shipping branch of supply division located in warehouse 43. here where all finishing It is are on AAF equipment touches put in each of that has been packed made ready the 11 branches and or overseas for either domestic shipment. d task of seeing The that shipment is madeof within 24 shipment hours upon receipt the shipping branch; that Sithin crates and boxes are marked, loaded and a properlymade of each transaction record . . . all of these things are under the capable supervision of Second Lt. Mary K: Thweatt, WAC, who on August 4 was appointed chief of this branch.' Often seen on Sundays donned In fatigues, Lt. Thweatt works In oralong with civilian workers lost in the fulder that no time be so desperately fillment of orders needed by the air corps both here and abroad. The intricate method of distribution is hard to realize unless one has had the opportunity to see the actual "processing system In action. To make the story a little more clear . . . let's begin at the very, beginning. The operation really originates In each offor the 11 special branches where orders packed and equipment are filled, made ready for shipment-Tapeto Central Shipping Huge trucks stop at each branch equipment that daily and load allthere. It is then has been packed 43, which is taken to warehouse room. the central shipping Upon its arrival there, it is unloaded and sorted into two specific classifications . . . either for domestic or overseas shipment. Equipment specified as "domestic" serves installations within the continental limits of the United States while overseas shipments are made to the Pacific area, the East Indies, Canada, Britain. Italy and practically every theater of operation.has After the sorting process been completed, each box and crate (painted in blue signifying that the material Is the property of the air corps) is stenciled in waterproof ink. Each letter used is a specified size. On the top surface, an ordinary 'observer would not be able to tell the contents nor destination ' of this packed material. AjJ masking of this nature are done in code. It is here where the traffic section determines the method of shipment, whether it be by air. express or commercial truck. Much equipment is snipped oy air alter it has been proven to be urgently needed. After proper shipping tickets are made out, these crates are carefully loaded into planes, freight cars or trucks, whichever the case may be. where they are "blocked." Each crate is fit snuganother and wooden ly against are nailed tightly against trips crates to support them and these Insure absolute protection against or damage of any kind. breakage An Involved Process ' I man-size- , , CAPT. A. A. DULAKEY . . . Chief of branch III left September .9 on detached service to Denver, Colo. h) At r This is truly an Involved and detailed process, but it is run so smoothly that one would think it very simple matter. All the headaches or discrepancies which may arise are adjusted by Lt. Thweatt, who has worked in this branch of supply since Oct. 23, 1943. She first entered the division as assistant, then was promoted to assistant chief and in July was namea acting cnief. At the present time she has full reign of this particular division. Lt. Thweatt received her basic training at Ft Des Moines, Iowa. Upon completion of her training there she was assigned to Syracuse. N. Y., and later to Buffalo, where she worked in the aircraft warning service of the signal corps. She then returned to Port Des Moines, where she took her OCS training. After being commison sioned a second lieutenant rust 13, IMS, she was sent to Fort Oglethorpe, Ga., and then to Patterson Field for a brief orientation course. Zc'M:')- . m rl i 'I- & ' - . , . . . li's golnr to in warehouse 43,' the shipthe air. Pown in these planes help keep as of final a is "beehive" of branch activity preparations supply ping BUT YOU CAN BET YOUR BOTTOM DOLLAR f are made for both domestic and overseas shipments. Miss Geraldine McEwan (upper left) drives a "fork lift" from the ramp of the warehouse into the rear of a truck which has just arrived after picking up packed material from each of the 11 supply branches. au material has been properly "preeesseav xar. james Mrs. Lam K is shown as he prepares to load a freight car. out from her stencilling job to eesftf takes time right) (lower w Mo- -. r Thnuti AC Ktf a? h fthlnnlnr branch, n center is a "shipping" ticket which records all informatioa repnt date of shipment, destination ana content. Nylon Stockings Army Adopts New Procedure At Model Separation Center More than 1,300,000 men have been discharged from the army since there is an immediate problem of classifying the men being currently discharged and returning - to civilian life. Anticipating the need of prospective employers and training insti 1. Hear an orientation talk emtutions for precise information on the changes which have the training,- - education and quali- phasizing: his fications of discharged soldiers, the taken place in a soldier during which army experience, of a changes has created army procedure occurred in the home and separation classification and has es- have from which he came, a tablished separation center at community Fort Dix, forerunner of others to the need for a period of personal readjustment for both the veteran follow. The new separation procedure, and his immediate associates at now less than .a year old, will en- home, the need for making occuand educational plans now, able army conselors and interview- pational facilities of separation classers to study the man's occupational the available to the soldier. history, including his special train- ification 2. Review and check all the soing in the army, appraise his vocational possibilities, and furnish him ldier's personal records which are with a form (WD AGO No. 100) to available and pertinent to separabe presented to prospective em- tion classification. 3. Interview and determine his ployers, schools, or other civilian agencies. occupational and eduForm 100, somewhat similar to cational history, and training. the soldier's form 20, a classifica4. Provide him with information tion card listing civilian experi- on civilian requiring ences, hobbies, score of army tests, skills similaroccupations to those he used in etc., is the key to the new separa the army. tion procedure. This form will ' 8. Summarize the significant ineducation and expelist rience together with army experi- formation on Form No. 100. 6. Inform him of his opportuence and education, and the occufor individual counseling. pational possibilities now open to nity 7. Provide counseling. him, or to her. These possibilities 8. Provide library of occupaare listed under- the heading of tional information. "civilian conversions." Make Trade Tests List New Skills 9. Provide Whatever newly acquired skills for him and education a veteran may have, to take selectedopportunity trade and aptitude the army wants him to be able to tests to facilitate his occupational use those new vocational assets. decision and educational plans. 10. Provide him with a The adjutant generals' office has record established this procedure and has of the interview and counseling for created a separation classification his own use. 11. Inform him of thna school at Fort Dix. Counselors, iuiu.. who are carefully selected enlisted agencies which are best equipped men and officers, review counsel- to carry on the counseling proceding techniques at the school, ac- ures Initiated by the army. Explain quaint themselves with military the kind of service that is avail- records, learn how to use tests, and aoie xo returning soldiers at the inform themselves on all proced- United States Veteran's Adminisures and tools of their Job. tration, the Selective Service R4 At tne separation center, which Cross, United States Employment Is the last army station through Service, State Vocational Rehabili-tatlo- n which the veteran passes, he will Service and other civilian go through these procedures: agencies. in the Raw w 1940, so . pre-servi- pre-servi- ce ce - -- 9 ,i K " " ' ' ' ,','',-- '" - .,',, ,::,;;,";, ;., - i OS'S"'?''', tA,;,-,- ' ' ' ' THERE IT IS, GIRLS . . . It's all nylon and a yard wide, W, 2nt: stuff. Isn't It? Especially when yen cant get It. parachute worker, left, and Ben larkln, parachuteto branea "feel the quality." The branch Is preparing It '"fVjELi used for parachutes. It is also used to make women remained popular until snperseaea ny Service Women's Benefits Same as Men Under New Ar women who havefernment in the evem WACS, WAVM,to secure a loan k 1rm r " - th marines, spars, army or navy mens nurse corps for a period of 90 days up to guarnc fMOO. -lr or more will be eligible for the first loan i jsl sT a If same benefits bonus mm iiia from getting a bonus, thev mv Full amount of a also take advaniava a kMllit loans, nay. hospitaliza tion and lob huntln ti1n all rst which are outlined in the-G- I Bill vi mgnis. Should the unemployment situa- 120 women vrteran tion become too grave within two IS. 1944 years of the war's end or of her nurses, five discharge, whichever Is later, and Those who .11- this lob huntino h.1 overseas wm w hf, V?tcra ot 90 days service cational rehabllitationP P w unemploy-me- nt which ta.-am "J pay for as weekly as she spent disabled In line of many in service up to 52. Trawu. Jobs. sunnortlng hw been In pension. .yn.who be backed by the gqv- - and tsa month if All servedI In the ex-servi- ce I to" W 1 .- out-of-J- ob J hSati (IW, iL f |