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Show I VERNAL CAP Ci\P Ci P \ MEN SAMPLE G . I I.LIFE ILIFE . . LIFE AT ARMY AIR BASE By Tenney T Johnstonltct Johnslon Johnston JohnslonRet Ret Hd ltct Irrlm iniing irrelrlg r recently rlltly ( ( retly from frorn lId lull lullF HilI'it HilIit I ' 1 F < ' III u 1 I 1 I Army Arriry Air bd base e tWI tw < V Vt Vl r rrilL rr rilL 1 il ii C LAP A P l ( adl ode adts ( t ts . , Paul Hulltn liullin HullinM Hulltnhl liullinic hl ic _ r diul dud atal ataltte t-te t te " , Steilink - , tt , Illrlh I link Colton reported n re port portul ported ul ed tt tI Ii t lr ( ir txpenences XplrltnCes xpriences l e ( as el . , A Astre strcnuois stre < ; tn nuo 1 is < , but hut lint enjoyable nJoyable t e sampkof amplt sampb sampbof < , ampltof of n r rd ( ell al ) aI ar aimy my ray life and training trammg trainingC C ( ' idet 'Ide Ide iclet ! Hullinger Hulllng'r Hulllngr Ilullinger ( ' son SOrl of Mr Mrand Mrand Mrand and Mrs Harold lIarold Hullinger Hullrnger stat stated stated stated ed thdt thelt that the one olle erre ) week tramlng trairiirlg tramlngclasses trairiirlgclasses trainingclasses classes held at liii Hill ! Field for forselected forselected forselected selected Civil Air Patrol menare men menare are the first of their kind everorganized ever everorganized everorganized organized in 10 Utah The Thl Th twoyoung two twoyoung young men represented the V Virnal er ercia irnal r nal cia ! squadron with expenses expensespaId expensespaid expensespaid paId by the Vernal Junior Chelm Ciram Chelmber Ciramber Chamher ber of CommerceThe CommerceThe Commerce CommerceThe The training traln10g penol per101 periol accordmg according accordingto accordmgto to Hullinger Hullmger included all of the themll1tary themilitary mll1tary military discipline and regimen regimentaUon regimentatlon taUon tatlon as well as actual training found iound in the life of actual sold soldiers ! ers at Hill Ihtl Field Daily inspec inspectlOns inspections inspections tlOns tions classes in military Intel IntelI1gl intelligerue mtelliginie I1gl ligerue n ( C and elnd organization dnll drill dnlland drillarid drilland and arid regular army mess right nght In Inthe inthe inthe the ranks of air force men constituted con constltuted constituted stltuted stituted the cadets life lifeOur I1f lifeOur ( ' Our regular day delY began with withrevellle withreveille withreveille revellle reveille at 5 45 ( dawn ddwn ) followed followedby followedby by bed making mak10g and arid quanng squaring squaringaway ' > squaringaway quanngaway IbY away the barracks " said "aid aid followedII cadet cadetHullinger cadetHullinger cadetHullinger II Hullinger At six o 0 clock we . , stood tood inspection then went wt'nt wtnt ' tcmess mt tOImt mess ' > ' > mlfthlng m rn irehing irching in formatln formati in rn ) tOI ( I tit III lee food femel W'I WI wis ' ' > really Swi , > swill wlil II by bythe bythe bythe the way WdY ) he ht iie santInstruction said sant saidInstruction In Instruction < , tructlOn saIdI in meteorologyL meteorologycla meteorology meteorologyclasses I classes cla . , link Imk aircraft trainer tramer < ; se engnu en enI englll englue I glll glue ( maintenance ma10tLnance inaintLnance and arid assemblylines assembly assemblylint assemblylincs lint lincs ' > at dt Hill lull Field shop'ven shopc-even shopc even shops shop --'ven 'ven ven < ; - ( ' assemblyI - even a acro across ecrosscountry I cro cross , > < ; ountry tountry ( flight fl1ght in 10 a B 24 24Army 24Army , lArmy 24lArmy Army Bomber-wLre Bomber wLre Bomber - were part of the theIprogram theprogram theprogram theprogramIhe Iprogram program programilie 1 Ihe ilie he ride nde in 10 the bomber wa wathe wac wacthe ; the th ( ' real thing thmg the boys dedared de declared dedared clared dared We took tookoff off from HillField Hill HillIFleld HillField IFleld Field in a fullygunned fully gunned B24 B24wearing B 24 24Iwear10g 24wearing wearing parachutes in companywith companywith company Iwear10g with 10 other CAP C A P members pilot flew us in a great C1r cir C1rIcle circle circle Icle cle over part of Great Salt Lake LakeOgden LakeOgden LakeOgdcn , Ogden and Salt Lake City at araltitude an anlaltitude analtitude laltitude altitude of 12000 feet Thcadets The Thecadets Thecadets ( cadets completefreedom completefrLedom completefrcedom were allowed complete frLedom frcedom within the bomber and andprowled andprowled andprowled prowled about in 10 the craft 10 in inspecting inspooling pectll1g specting , > the guns sighting de devices devices devices vices and bomb bay racks In InstructlOn Instruction Instruction structlOn struction wa was , > given over th the theship theships ( ' ship s a interphone communications communi corilmnuni communications corilmnunications cations system they said saidWe saidWe We got ground Instruction Instructionenough instructionenough instructionenough enough to fill a book mcluding including mcludingdemonstratIOns includingdemonstrations includingdemonstrations demonstratIOns in aerial photo photography photography photography graphy said Cadet ColtonThe Col Colton ColtonThe ton tonThe The army can take pictures picturesfrom picturesfrom picturesfrom from 12000 feet that will willreveal revealthe reveal revealthe revealthe the difference in irr inches mches betweenguages between betweenguage betweengriages guage griages , > on nilroad r'lilroad rlilroad r-iilroad r iilroad ' - tracks hesaid hel he hesand ' "aid aid sand " pointing pOll1tll1g out the thl ttclIllquL bchriiquec technique"in techniquein bchriiquecill ! " III ill . , strategic treltqJ1C , rceonn retonn reoriri l1 iis'irrceA iis-mco iis mco iis'irrce iisirrce ' > 1I1Ce 1I1CeA ' - ' A AttinI ( tU'l1 tUl1 toil ' testing test1l1g and arid operatIOn operationof operationCf of ( Cf i 1 B 24 engine engllw were Wlrc witnessedby witnessedly witnessed by ly ) tlw the men at the aircraft shops I tht thl develops2500 develcpc2'lOO thy y s < , said ud dld < This engine engme devel develcpc p " 2)00 200 2'lOO 2lOO ' ) ' horsepower and is aWnght a aWnght aWright Wnght Wright radial double bank pow powrplant powirplant ' l rplelnt rplant that compares well wdl with witha a freight locomotive in pull pullthey pullthey , they saidColton , > said ald I Colton CoHon and Hullinger were wereenthusiastic wereenthusiastic lenthusla werejlenthusla enthusiastic < ; tlc about the value werej oftheir of ofIthelr oftheir Ithelr their official training Planningto Planning PlanningIto Ito to conduct local instruction instrudion inthe in inIthe Inthe Ithe the Vernal Civil Air Patrol the theitwo thetwo thetwo itwo two men stated that we belive beliveVernal beliveVernal beliveVernal , Vernal will directly benefit by byIthe bythe bythe Ithe the experience expenence and training that thatIwe thatwe thatwe Iwe we have been pnveledged priveledged to re reIcelvL receive receive IcelvL ceive IcelvLI IcelvLVernal ceiveVernal I Vernal Vernals s progressive attitudewas atbtude attitude atbtude'was attitudewas 'was was ' was shown in this instance bythe by bythe bythe the fact that no other represent representatives representatives representatives atives from Utah-68 Utah 68 Utah - - 68 other othercadets othercadets othercadets cadets in m all-had all had all - had their expenses expensespaid expensespaid expensespaid paid for them they saidSterl1l1g saidSterling said Sterling Sterl1l1g Colton Coiton is the son of ofColonel ofColonel ofColonel I Colonel ton and Mrs Hugh W Col Colton Colton . - _ . . - |