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Show in South tyMfic C)e Pictures Were Taken Air Service Command Leads h h... n Inventions. Siifrjvestinns ..... f. .Hi 9 ', ..... ,:: v : U l t . If i4 - 'If m 1 At a time when ingenuity and initiative are of value in shortening the war, the Air Service has saved the war effort thousands of manhours, more than any other command in the Army Air Forces, all of which have been participating in the AAF suggestion pro gram inaugurated last June. From June to December, 1943, wm All. Service Command aua hv AAF headquarters with an estimated $847,468 in sav ings of manhours ana This figure does not delude an estimated savings or one suggestion adopted, w of the counted for over 90 per cent from AAF commands, ac- savings Drive to Reduce MwAna to a reDort isaueu rwrau,. Th Command contributed more than half of the 15,395 suggestions Injuries submitted from all AAF commanas ar Successful So-Fsince the inceDtion of the pro Of the 856 suggestions gram. lost-time accident adopted, The no 607 were from the ASC. the total or 121,408.20 in awarua campaign at Hill ield swung Of ASC winners reand paid to winners, the far turn Only One Lost Time Accident Marks Drive nw.. j -- Is ;v- J&&vS - 4S ;' r- f i t, v ward bases I saw the familiar (W den label and heard unanimous praise for the ASC and its excel, .vhsfOfr 1 lent service. It was a S lost-tim- I - J v ening experience. t y- April 7th. Afflick said the campaign - commands and air forces In a letter of praise from Brig. Gen. E. E. DID THE HATES' OFFICE SEE THIS . . . Immediately after Gen. Herman's plane made a forced landing in New Guinea, scores et natives darted out and posed for the above picture, immodest? weu, it gets hot down there. HF Fire Department Sees Training Film To familiarise the department here with the more complex phases Bob Wheat Is Now Staff of operating the recently-adde- d Sergeant in England Card ox C02 airport blaze battler, Former Hill Field sheet Metal Hill Field fire department heads last week showed an informative Worker Bob B. Wheat is now sta movie to personnel concerned. Filmed in California and demonmodern techniques strating the employed in handling the machine the movie ran 20 minutes and was shown to firemen In two showings afternoon and Wednesday Thursday morning at the Post theatre. r mv jrts - ft x . no fresh meat, set they st K-rati- but ter or vegetables Mad without a whimper. - "I only wish that people hen could see some of these things. Tst sacrifices we are celled upon te make are insignificant by compaifc .!!.. AST tnotaflt sun. lui ttwiuiMc tions which sweating soldiers have mm V n. Si . hewn out of steaming. insect-rioJungles are a far cry from the conn parative comforts of home spite of rationing and shortages."af "Workingr conditions here OASC are less rigorous than eves those in the beautiful Hawaiisz M Ljs3cijiff.Tsjssir!'1jM;l"l ... Gen. Berman pins the Medal ef Merit on a de GIVE AWARD serving technical sergeant somewhere in the Sooth Pacific. Gen. Berman Is Back Home fire at these advance bases but get the Job done and show amazing resourcefulness. Lack of certain parts brings their Tankee ingenuity to the fore. At those bases they are overhauling engines, re- habUKaung planes and even manufacturing the parts they lack. Sev en days a week is routine while they often serve 24 or 96 hours at a stretch to get a job done, anything) to get the planes back is. NEED A the air. "Some of our advanced bases, ROOM? , . where hard to conceive the Above is one of vastnessit is our of operations, are only the many grass accessible by air. To establish one huts seen by only six miles from Jap road machinery, jeep General Berman lf and ' even two ton during his tour. trucks were flowand in was air. It by This one is c found impossible, however, to tiring the Island of in a large "wrecker' so the ASC Nandl, Fiji crew devised what they called a Islands. "Rube tow tniclf Goldberg" equipped with a hoist which serves very well. Troops fighting In isolated and inaccessible areas are supplied by pianes wnicn drop ammunition. food and supplies to them by para- cnoie. Anis is a precision job and calls for great skill as the material, rf inaccurately dropped, may fall into Japanese hands. If that should happen there would be great rejoicing among the Nips who are now largely cut off from any regular source of supply. "At a supply port I had an opoor-tunit- y to see LST boats disgorge material directly Into amphibious trucks and then into air transports which new the. urgently needed !? d,rect,y to forward bases 2ft? without building up .tock pile lines-bulldo- zers, one-ha- pipe-support- ed w ratio, some of ear boys are casualties out there, ney make no complaints and many of them told me that they didnt was to come home until the mess hai been cleaned up. Often they an on ft services is much great. er than at home. "While we are aecompnsluag great things and killing Japs hi T s j and left for England last November. A graduate of Otrden hlarh school, Sgt. Wheat is the sen of Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Wheat of Og-- Hut In Fiji Islands at religious t v (Continued From Fas One) tioned in England in the ground crew of the air forces as a sheet ale is high and they are doing hemetal worker. 88gt Wheat en- roic work.' tered the service over a year ago "The are often under enemy aen. our of. fleers and enlisted men here that proper physical conditioning highly important and Imperative if they are to survive the rigoif of overseas service. This was verx apparent on numerous occasions and I can assure those who are hi physical trim? that they will come through the ordeal in good shape, "In the advanced area I met Chaplain Carl C. E. Meliberg, for merly ASC chaplain at Dayton ani had a very interesting chat wKfc him. He assured me that the spin itual and religious needs of the met overseas are amply provided foe and that interest and attendance Friday, Capt. has so far resulted in a marked Thousands of manhours have reduction in the number of minor been saved at Hill Field alone by accidents as compared to previous resourceful employes with ideas. months. The suggestion committee here urges workers with ideas to discuss them with their supervisors' for possible submission to the com mittee. very heart, "I would like to say to ? - . - Adler, commanding and general of ASCs personnel ASC training division, sent to all area command headquarters, he said: "It is with a feeling of great satisfaction for a Job well started that this report and letter of commendation to this Command is for warded . . The letter from AAF headquar ters congratulated the ASC on its performance. The suggestion program authorizes the payment of cash awards of $5.00 to $250.00 to civilian employes upon the adoption of ideas, such ideaa as will save manhours and material. Many Help Here Numbers of Hill Field employes have cashed on their ideas as a result of this widespread program. And of more importance than the cash award received is the saving in time and material that will accumulate every day until Tel.-- . THIS AINT THE CORNER GROCERY . . . In the above picture FIJI Islanders mill around the market, Gen. Morris Berman during his tour of Pacific war theatre, place located In an area visited by Brig. lease give me tnree oocvnan mm m www imu around today ceived 89,582.75. with Arnold Congratulates down stretch the headed on ASC's record e accident Commenting number one Gen. Henry H. Arnold, showing, AAF commanding general, said: leading by a nose and a num- "You are to be congratulated for ber two several lengths be- your achievement in- establishing hind but still a threat a standard worthy or tne ouier to Campaign officials, determined to make March the best safety month in OASC's history, stood on the rail and urged their nag to greater efforts, efforts calculated to bring the campaign over the March 31st finish line with only accident. one lost-tim- e Only such mishap occurred two weeks ago when a maintenance employe was struck from behind by a tow motor, receiving a broken leg. Plans are already under way, said Capt. Robert R. Afflick. OASC safety officer, for gala banquet honoring those who have helped make the drive possible. Because of seating limitations special invitations will be sent. Special guest at the affair will be LA. OoL Harry D. ImmeL ASC safety branch chief, who has already indicated that he would be here. The banquet will be held - .?J r i t . f . . or storage area. It was a highly efficient and smooth operation completed under the most difficult conditions. Packing Important "But in observing this operation It also made me most cognizant of the vital necessity of proper packing ana crating at home de pots. First, because each crate Is handled and thus subjected to if improperly possible damage crated at least ten times en route; secondly any damage result Ing from inadequate packing inside the crate will not be discovered until it reaches the advance base as no inspection .of the contents is made until then due to the urgency or keeping supplies flowing in with an speea possible. "Flying over the northern coast of New Guinea I saw many Jap barges beached and destroyed. inese small crart. secreted in In lets and otherwise hidden, were low-flterrecea out by keen-eye- d ing AAF pilots who proceeded to destroy tnem." General .Berman .met .General Douglas MacArthur and IA. Gen eral George C. Kenney In Aus tralia snortty before the recent Admiralty Islands offensive which be describes as: "One of the boldest operations ( the war. It and exeonted there never was any question as to Its outcome. 8ea, air and land operations were nerfeetfv m-a- p. dinated. In fact, Major General In-n- is Palmer Swift, commanding Kcnerat or tne landinsr forces, mck nowledged the gallant and efficient wow or the Fifth Air Fore In congratulations he sent back from tne rront. "In the Marshalls. too. the AAF. did a brilliant job. Supported by the ASC which brought in supplies and set up its maintenance almost overnight, the AAF began operating just as soon a landing strip were cjearea. ia ail of these for v. tht weu-piann- ed i : I 'i. j i islands. At the ASC depot then civilian employes work ten hows a day, seven days a ween. 'abees there Is no such thing as teeisnV they're on the job ever us day unless they're physically able to .be there.' Met OsL Mfcnty In Australia. General Berm mw tnmmr Hill Field maintenance chief, Colonel R. J. Mmty, brothel of Lt CoL C C Minty, deputy cosy mander of the'OASC. He found O Mlnty, area commander torvm m excellent heaitn ana a splendid job." They liwpertH many forward positions together, in CoL Ulntys plane. In the racuic Somewhere . ui. t cimm. Georsv ASC, AAF Kenney, C. Q. of the 5th In the South Pacific, who stoppeo . here In January "ter a wa C ton oonxerenoe - Arnold,w AAF chiefT mn President Roosevelt. In Hawaii he met with Lt M era! Robert C. Richardson Jr. a he Major Gen. Willis Hale; fomet CoL Manning E. TUlery. u for rmer chief of maintenance wwm few a here left OASC, who thes-ago for service In the Pacific H. "Hap- General Berman is In V?9u of a sword which belonged surroundea y Jap major, who. when on the north end of Momote on Los Negros ted hari-ka- ri by disembowlin h'" self rather than be taken ave. It was entrusted to him by General Iimls C WhiteheadcoiJ mandlng genera of th. echelon In New Guinea o General Berman spent aevcrai captured SnspecUng- recently positions. He Is forwarding Mrs. Whitehead in Kansas General Berman, who in d Inspection trip on the H- Walter Major General commanding general - - int up, service vmmm i'0 I nw-wa- J'jg w r6e"i report of Us otcrvt,n'tne AAF operatSma In support Pacific offenn hithe mounting |