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Show i 1 : JE Volume 3 PUBLISHED FOR THE HILL AIR FORCE BASE, FRIDAY, MARCH Armed Forces Day Is Proclaimed; Will Stress Armed Unification Local Armed Forces Day Is Planned WASHINGTON (AFPS) Presi dent Truman has proclaimed Saturday, May 20, as the country's first Armed Forces Day and requested state governors to issue similar proclamations. , The president called the nation- wide celebration "to honor the Armed Forces of the United States and the millions of veterans who have returned to civilian pursuits." Armed Forces Day replaces the individual days previously set Plans for Armed Forces day in this vicinity are well under way, according to Colonel James S. Sutton, Hill AFB commanding officer. 'Colonel Sutton was appointed state director of all Armed Forces day activities in Utah by Major General John E. Upston, commanding general, Fourth Air Force, coordinator of Armed Forces day activities in the Sixth army area. At a meeting held March 7 at this base, representatives of military and naval installations, veterans organizations and reserve officers met to discuss plans for state-wid- e observance ,V Increased r The personnel strength at Hill Air Force Base has been increased 160 employees, according to Colonel Clarence M. Sartain, Hill AFB comptroller. This will raise the total number of people authorized for the base from 3546 to 3706. of One hundred and forty-eigthis additional allotment was "increased manpower allocations required to absorb additional work loads," according to word received by Colonel Sartain fom headquarters Air Materiel Command at Dayton, Ohio. As yet, details have not been received from higher headquarters as to just what the additional workload at Hill AFB will be, Colonel Sartain added. The other 12 increase in personnel was a distribution of additional regular allotments provided by headquarters United States Air Force during the month of February. , Most of the 160 vacant positions will be filled by recalling to duty employees who have been separated from the base during the recent reduction in force, Colonel Sartain over-subscrib- SGT. BRESKE POW Chosen Contributors to Gen. 1 Arnold Fund Thanked Brig. Gen. William M. Morgan, former Hill commanding general, received a. letter from Brig. rprp-itl- v Gen. A. E. Jones, AF Aid Society Secretary, in which he expressed his thanks to the Officers' Club, Of ficers' Wives' Club ana tne Officers' Club of Hill for the contributions made in memory of General H. H. Arnold. The ' contributions will be added to thf Educational Fund so that many children of Air Force personnel who otherwise could not secufe a collefre education may be assisted, especially the .children of deceased personnel who lost their lives during the war period. General Morgan also expressed his thanks to those who 4 Breske was for silver a presented TSgt. Theodore named "Airman-of-the-Mont- T. Suits Developed To h" Protect Airmen January and identification bracelet by Colonel James S. Sutton, Hill AFB commanding officer, in ceremonies held in the Colonel's office last Mon Meet Your Times Reporters day. Sgt. Breske, a prisoner of war in years, Japan for three and one-ha- lf was given this honor for outstanding behavior during the month and special attention to neatness, military bearing, response to command and general knowledge of military functions. The new who is a mess steward of the air man's consolidated mess at Hill AFB, has been at this base since 1946. He enlisted in the Army in . airman-of-the-mont- h, DAY STANTON 1940 and was stationed in the Phil- ippine Islands until the outbreak of the war. Sgt. Breske was later attached to the Fourth Marine Division on Corregidor and assigned with two ma other men to a chine gun. During a bombing raid, three men in a foxhole near him were "smothered-in- " by a near miss. Breske and one other man went to their rescue and saved their lives. Sgt. Breske received shrapnel wounds in the ankle and face while doing this, and a short time later, was knocked uncon scious for three days, regaining consciousness only a short time before he was captured by the Japs, As a Japanese prisoner he was sent to Manila where he worked for two and one-ha- lf years unloading Jap food and ammunition ships. Later he spent a year in Japan working in a nickel mine under very severe conditions and with very little food. Sgt. Breske and his wife, Deloris, a telephone operator at Hill AFB, reside at 0-- 4 Verdeland Park, Lay-towith their son, Tommy, 9. Sgt. Breske's decorations include the purple heart with oak leaf cluster, three presidential citations, American defense ribbon, Pacific Harbor ribbon, and fifty-calib- I. ; ed - of their missions." t Employees of Hill Air Force Base have pushed their organization over the top in the Red Cross fund raising campaign by contributing a total of $3177.31 to date, according to Colonel James S. Sutton, commanding officer. The quota set for the field by Red Cross officials of the Weber County chapter was just $2660.00 or 75 cents per civilian employee. Almost all of the divisions and sections on the base their quotas early in the drive. Maintenance division, the largest division on the base employing almost 2,000 workers, has still not reached its quota but is expected to before the-fdrive officially closes. Their organ- ers in flight operations. These two ization is so large that reporting organizations colhad their their collections and turning their lected and their 100 per money cent signs contributions into the fund raising posted within a couple of. hours headquarters is proving a complex of starting the drive. job, Colonel Sutton, said. To date, Supply has contributed "Everyone who helped make the 135 per cent of their quota, Mainfund raising campaign a success tenance 65 per cent, Comptroller should take pride in knowing that 104 per cent, Base Executive 120 they have not only contributed to per cent, : Public Information and a worthy cause, but they have Command 148 per cent, Personnel helped to put their place of em- and Administration 183 per cent, ployment out front in this commun- AACS 13 per cent, Weather 56 per ity," the commanding officer said. cent, ,MATS 71 per cent, Hospital ' First sections on the field to 79 per cent, Air Inspector 103 per meet their goal of 100 , per cent cent, Hq and Hq Sq 55 per cent. participation were Stock Control Overall, the base has met its quota section of supply and the dispatch by 120 per cent. ht i , Personnel and Administration Section Highest Contributor Airman-of-the-Mon- th At Hill AF Base Forces "as a unified team, are currently performing at home and across the seas tasks vital to the security of the nation and to the establishment of a durable peace" and that it is proper to devote 'one day each year to paying tribute" to them. i "I call upon my fellow citizens," I said the president, "to display the fflag of the United States at their I homes on Armed Forces Day, to participate in exercises expressive gaj of our recognition of the skill, devo-- , llantryto and uncompromising tion duty characteristic of the , Armed Forces in the carrying out I , Elm m m crass iuqya to top vira rara e mm Personnel Strength aside to honor the Army, Navy, and the Air Force. The new policy emphasizes the unification policy of the military services. In his proclamation, President Truman said that the Armed y km of Armed said. Forces day. It was decided at this meeting, Colonel Sutton reported, that Armed Forces day would be observed ia Utah May 20 with a fully planned and coordinated program that will include every city and town in the state where any branch of the service is found. n, PILL Number 6 17, 1950 BEAUREGARD CLEMENTS Weekly contributors to the Hill Top Times , are Ann Day, Comptrollers. Ext. 493: Paul Stanton. Hydraulics branch, Ext. 739; Belva Beauregard, Statistical Services, ext. 642, and Ethel Clements, Aircraft Repair Inspection branch, ext. 602. They will gladly accept any news leads from Hillfielders. Ephrata AF Base Is Transferred To Corps of Engineers Air Force Base. EDhrata. Washington, will be transferred TCnhratA. n, from the Air Force to the Seattle District Office, Corps of Engineers, II. S. Armv effective March 19. ac cording to Lt. Colonel C. V. Hill AFB base executive Mc-Caule- officer. re y, Pre-Pca- rl The three men pictured above are not men from Mars who have just stepped out of a "flying saucer" after a quick trip from a planet, but are workers from warehouse 70 who are modeling clothing designed to protect Air Force personnel In various phases of their work. Left to right are Joe Dorley in a tree Jump suit with crash helmet; Samuel Petrofesa displays a newly developed fire fighting helmet and Frank - Donoviel models the lastest thing in arctic flying jackets. Supply Stocks Newly Designed Clothing Newly developed clothing, de- signed to protect airmen in various phases of their work, have recently arrived at Hill AFB, according to Sam Petrofesa, supervisor in warehouse 7C. The clothing will be stored in one of the huge warehouses on the base to be shipped to various parts of the world when needed. Hill AFB is the only base west of the Mississippi that' stores this type of equipment, Petrofesa said. A new outfit intended for use by parachutists when jumping over forested land to combat forest fires and for use for para-rescpersonnel is the "tree jump suit." It consists of a jacket and trousers made of very heavy canvas. The jacket has a high protective collar and hair felt padded reinforcements at vulnerable points. The trousers are provided with a reinforcement ue . descent from trees. hel The latest in mets is also in storage at Hill ready to be shipped to air bases when needed. This hood consists of a welder face mask with a clear fire-fighti- heat-resista- nt plexi-gla- ss ng window. It has a light, strong miner's type hat over which a hood is suspended and riveted to the face frame. The head and shoulders are protected by nylon asbestos ma terial. f A heavy flying jacket for use under severe weather conditions in arctic regions has also been received at Hill AFB. This single- breasted jacket is constructed of nylon material interlined with wool pile fabric and lined with nylon cloth. The sleeve bands are close-fittin- g to keep out the cold. It has a parka type hood, lined with mouton and trimmed with wolf fur. Wolf fur is especially good for this because it neither collects moisture nor mats when it gets cold strap between the legs so that the legs absorb most of the shock of the fall. This suit also has large pockets for holding about 100 feet of rope which may be used for or wet. |