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Show 15 WAC Lieutenants Visit UdfJC4P0CB 2 Headquarters, Tour Ogden Air Depot InstallatUJ gol Flc Wednesday Be July 14. 1943 n 4 Gen. Arnold Accepts AAF, Safety Award t w ulor level iWartime Record r 4 Of Air Forces Is Recognized "f v' s. .,j..j...h)....j m Eighth Transport Squadron in Campaign From Start to Finish Hill Field military and civilian units active in setting high standards in safety were, along with icther components of the Air Service Command and the entire Air Forces, given recognition recently rwhen Gen. Henry H. Arnold, general of the AAF, accepted presentation of the National Safety , Council's special wartime award for "distinguished eervice to safety." V Special commendation was made ly the National Safety Council of the aviation cadet training program which has brought 95 out iof every 100 student pilots through Without injury of any kind. . The awarding ceremony took it was place in New York, whereHour of broadcast over the Army the National Broadcasting l ml ftKtli In .clear. He is now. flying, with the ' squadron, again. : He was very lucky. Coleman and his crew were buried at a cemetery in Algiers. "Vaughn was buzzing, the ground and didn't clear some trees and his plane, too, burned up. These accidents make us all a good deal more careful. They probably con tributed a good deal to our low accident rate over here. Supi Gen . com-dnandi- ng t - r Lfc v &. ' "Also I have flown a good I 0gd OA. eftii Ksl fee T ti num- ber of hospital patients (battle casIt ualties) from the front- to hospitals further removed from the front Have flown a great number of personnel privates, scads bt I of colonels, I X, several generals, and thi LT. SHERWOOD HOIDALE . . . a couple of admirals. Flew General Spaatz and Gen m Writes vivid letter. Field had its first preview of what's eoinc eral Patton on several flights and PREVIEW . . . Hill 15 tlo WAC called officers here afternoot when General shortly Saturday happen others. So it goes. All of this In accepting the award, (Continued from Page One) thi were the dviliu of OASC, visiting simply headquarters is to give you an idea of what Although they tag ttere I was sent to General we have been doing. It would not dormitory and inspecting the planes and shops of the Ogden JUr. "In the midst of our sudden and Doolittle who they sue the forerunners of approw hiTil vast expansion, aircraft accidents mJUmrtM aid the enemy to know any or Depot, totwothose who sawof them WACs is requisitioned for this base by uc mately companies this now that the campaign Air Service Command. Attractive and neat in their new unifonw, km! We had campaigns to wry of the field, what planes were there, over. bi the new officers answered many inquiries on the part of Hill . . . on in every corner of the globe, , wo Dropped French Paratroops the workers' feminine in about their organization. success opportunities dependcampaigns whose a stationed 20 miles south of there n On detached service in French group visiting here were enthusiastic For most of them it was or All of the first the till year. T !..! ti i i visit to an army air base, Morocco we flew night formation, first tha time the crews slePfc in tne5r drops, etc.; day drops, night celesAir Force "The problem was complex and P18- - Theresas a lot of rain tial navigation, training flights, etc. Also went to Fez, French ndT we attacked it accordingly. We saw i UV f'11' ...tnmnnf i It 1. Morocco, to drop French paratroop ers. tanks rations' Had a good trip to Cairo via in lab- - bombs. fihter be"y ields checked, tested and near the Tripoli, Marble Arch, El Alamein, im- an set field. W and up oratory Generally we would stop at and so forth. Saw great numbers mense network otweathei 'observ- , Hillfielders witnessed a preview T to do with the various j&. t get two or three fight- - of destroyed tanks and ' planes. Also w of radio teletype and telephone erK lanes or a for. many fox holes, trenches, an of people to come when they formed by the WACs, ths1 tank ' flying just one ship, traps, and thousands of tank and glanced up from their work as 15 ine program, what the cwn :officera to judge u a would aneak through truck tracks out in the desert are for becoming an officer, fVio r.Aiini .Inns IMovov ran Dinauun vi . aiifiaiiv smartly uniformed WAC officers comparison between civilian where moved Montgomery's army should be cleared for flight We n from the Ninth Service Command WAC earning possibilities, whel west in pursuit of the enemy. sent our flying safety officers to the Vhore was we At flew to Egypt in Salt Lake City toured depot a civil service employe coma the time impart tneir long experience bad aU winte which made the Mareth line had not yet been offices, shops and warehouses here her job back after the war, pilots, instructors and ground ou flighta re: air ac- - broken. The highway along the last Saturday. in general what the requirement crews at every base. We resorted Uyit We flew a enemy was in charge of Lt are for joining. to deal The group good coast was endcovered an with to many of the metnoai or ine rnstnti less stream of tanks and trucks Gayle Johnson, a former Hill Field "We were quite pleased at Council itself, T.h.' Alir NaUonal Safety Aifi0 ma!. -trios civilian in Depot Supply evidence of so : veral to employe t . front the vaoawc There much interest moving ...I1. up to the Rock and to Casablanca, were actually thousands of them. and the Officers' club, who re- the WACs on the part of nooning uurwuHu. w.w. and educational literature. We inwere verv ail rhi8e fiirht Seeing such a sight, one could signed a few months ago to join eirls we talked with." commenl ,..u-v- jr uaea every On several occasions we not but help realize teresting. what a great the WACs and within a short L. Gayle Johnson, "and we hoi the to minimise known expedient fleids just after an problem long supply lines are. at time following her enlistment was some of them will join our arrivcd t..at preclude ai ,aiA n nn Possibility of mishaps commissioned a second lieutenant in the near future." of "l all the gasoline. the hazards and dangers resulting Saw bombings at night at Algiers tires, thought food consumed every and During the lunch period the Johnson explained that tbi xrom nuraan errors. Lt hundreds an1 Gran. There was lots of ack day to get the stuff up to the group visited OASC headquarters are of important '.Accidents Are Caused ack. It looked just like a great front hundreds of miles away and chatted with office girls who WAfTn are called uoon to "Accidents don't happen . . . they fireworks display. and understood why the Tunisian asked a multitude of Questions that fnrm fiha mM that the Day Of Are caused. To determine those Enemy Intelligence Not So Good seemed to be progress about the WACs. The officers, WAC campaign about & ' private is equal to me amines, pvprv iTiiiiLa.rv uiruru.iL tu: i ing so slowly. Bear in mind that awaiting assignment to various wm civilian week In transin"Once, is per every practically at this time the weather was not recruiting stations in the western tnnA- olnthftic rent ana w cident in the United States wortn Arnca in besides many favorable for air or ground opera- states,, were very obliging and Vestigated by highly trained offl- port are taken into account, Their flnHinr are earefullv DomDers ana ngniers were at a tions against the enemy. imparted much interesting infor- items to hieher gl nmmnUnn close A to that bomb "eld Algiers. traininto translated and "When in Cairo I visited the mation concerning the WAC or- i ranH riononHincr analyzed on the abilil would there anywhere Im nnd nneration nrocedures and dropped sphinx, pyramids, and the native ganization and its functions. Those work. several in have shown their destroyed planes. bazaar. In the latter we saw Egyp techniaue everywhere. The WAC officers, suu. service civil sermanent insr . "With our concentrated training Tnere was very little equipment at tians making; all kinds of beauti by Public Relations accompanied . : . . . iir Officer Lt will get their jobs bacK a hchedulea we found that we must the Algiers airport. So . . . Jerry lul and artistic goods by han- d- Banks Wanamaker, next visited mmnnnMte for lack of experience, comes over ana oomos neu out jewelry, hand - carved furniture, Hillcrest where they lunched and war. n Algiers field all night and At tKa n1 of their tOUr errors in judgment, and over-cotrinkets, oriental rues, and all sorts were shown about the dormitories. h nart of the tnHonta stroys maybe three or four planes! of ivory and mother-of-pea- rl WAC officers relaxed in the Oil inlay They then visited the maintenance must intelligence organization and worK. methods club can a lot oi money and were joined dj be spent safety By developing engine test and engine cers UBU- sot in uairo in a very short time. hangars, devices that are miracles of In- - of "T" ."e and repair buildings, operations Parity lucky that night. Meals and hotel rooms are Officers who accompanieo n genuity we were able to keep the hangar. For most of them it was v. vuiiiu nave expensive mere. Also there Isvery rate of accidents at a peacetime beenw uu Liic a. No no the first time they had been on Johnson were: Lieuts. Jessie j North Africa rationing of anything, a fact that an very lucky. level.- We are not satisfied re' Michell, Romaine Attlck, Vers air base. planes shot down and only two seemed oaa to me. JWJJ .search goes on. Bruder, Norma I Anderson, Are Many or three destroyed on the ground "Native-mad- e articles seemed to Queries E. Nelson, Katharine Jh JAlrmen on Their Own jorie The most' frequent questions Melvin Coleman flew into be very reasonable, however. Also Lois W. Williams, "But when all is said and done. a "Capt. mountain, top when his tanks perfume was cheap (the fellows asked by Hill FieM women had Saremtd, Lee G. Morse, . A. Schlotthauer, of still rests airmen those the safety to failed feed when over told me), although it seemed to t flying M. McAuliffe, Jane F. MacMilW, xo ineir own nanas. urge extent in overcast Instead of out be expensive to me. I guess it is generals from Tunisia out of a Mary E. Herring, and Beveri set Once they are in the air they have he evidently tried to bailing let down very good perfume, that can be transport. Hepburn. k one to advise them they are on through it ni mak . were dressed very flash greatly diluted. own. to know have their They got tng and thus save the ship or at "All of this brines me to th iiy,"They with medals, campaign ribbow to fly airplanes, and, as you least a major portion of It Plane last few days of the campaign. I bons, shiny shoes, and all. I was can judge by their records against exploded and burned when It hit was at Algiers one day when within eight or ten feet of them. 4' the Japs In the south PacINc and "The radio operator was in the saw General Von Arnim and the They didn't seem to mind being in Germans North the Africa, they rear of the ship and was thrown other captured Italian and German prisoners at ail." f: is unsurpassed and we take off our Ruby Englestad, a supervisor bats to no one when it comes to Inventory at Deoot Supply.If the flying capabilities of young the bride of Gerald Skidmc America. i "There is nothing inconsistent in trolman, on June 4. They .Callfoj; ins tomorrow forcame the fact that the National Safety to K Mrs. Skidmore Council makes this award to men it ML Thief Falls, River are who frqm daily endangering their - lives. former I see husband's no contradiction here. her I Of . When ouf airmen blast our enemies . voio. ieiia, . out of the sky and off the face of the earth they arc bringing the end PLAN WEDDING . SEPT. ! of the war closer eliminating the Loulac Lwimii. emDloyee 'n dangers from hostile bombs, guns, Aarvl.. QeoMnn is wearu. mines " SAHARA VILLAGE . . . Larce erewa of worbm.n promoting not only the v. ...f.i. a brand new diamond. The W safety of the Army Air Forces, is hoped that the problem ofUv for tlvo riifii fnw ttai. tnnrriasre but also the safety and welfare will be eaHL The development is Just outside the south gate and 1. paXilariy SSSSLtSlJSSL slow Nielsen, planning pi generations to come. at the field September 10. com-gmn- y. . I Wi mracuvB unicers m&wer Many Questions of Employe I 1.1.-- re-test- ed "free 7.. 1 75 1r r:"..; , . ..;V , - . 1 - I SX p..e if u-f- n- - bj n- ' de-n- - - i , A A Hill Field Couple Married on June New Housing Being Rushed to Completion 1 " ... tgZESZ i..i tel |