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Show Hill Field, Utah Wednesday, April "j 19, EDITORIAL SUPERVISION uapuua a. b. wuuuukei laformstlon Officer gpeelal Fublle BetoUoos Of fleer, Lieutenant Benno For Special Service Major uari a. wut C. Levr For "lMkA . aa Cpl, Sylveiter Adessa Bet Thomas a. BorlgM. . Larry 0. Bvans Pvt. Teresa E. Noe Sgt. O. I Kinney, Bag. The HUliielder is published weeny in in Interests ot the muita oersonnel ot the Air Base, ogaen Air uepot ana Ogden Air Service Commit r2,EPi Ogden, Utah, and M distributed free each Wednesday, it is printed I and through the cooperation of The Ogden Standard-Examine- r. OptaionTiSf1" in this paper are those ot the Individual wrlUn and member of do not necessarily reflect the atutud ot the army or of the conmMdlnVnXLfl Is requested that article! appearing In its columns be not or without the express consent ot the Public Relations Office at Hill Field sS fielder receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Bervioe, War DmJZJS? 205 Bast 42nd Street. N. If. O. Credited material may not be republished .mt2l wvm permission frm Camp Newspaper Service. Maaaslos Editor Reporter Reporter Reporter Photography ... .!?. iSJ Looking Around With S -- B 7 . LJ I Chambers Avails "A GI wolf? Why ly never paid any them, though they do times." As office manager J no, I've real attention to amuse me at of the air craft training unit at the post Though the official billing lktl schools, Muriel Taylor, lately of Joel McCrea as star in BumH Battle Mountain, Nevada, really Bill, it's old Mother Nature HEJ self who steals the show and wtlb has no time with all the scenes. Thiilj D..-...- !. Tt.ni.rrV. oho til away hot so much a reflection on Joels' ue reeieciea um iNovemoer, sne acting as a reminder that thon who come to see this film had belt for-wolve- people may have an idea that "ordnance" -that,Many ninu oi city or county regulation. Either or something stored at the Ogden Arsenal. Actually, you might say that ordnance can be used to enforce city and county regulations and be pretty close to the general idea. The ordnance section of the supply division is concerned with the issue and storage of ordnance supplies including small arms for tactical machine guns and cannon for aircraft,, and units, all spare parts required for . repair; also, ammunition for Mme. '. .. . . . t ASC By Sgt. W. D. Anderson Air Service' Command Abie's Thrasher was a Liberator bomber which had reaped her last harvest in the Japanese skies over Burma. She was limping home from a raid, nursing serious flak wounds, when some Jap Zeros ganged up en her. They riddled her tail, causing fire in the rear section. The . Thrasher finally eluded 'her pursuers in a cloud bank. A few minutes later: she made an emergency landing on an advanced allied air field. Her crew piled out and surveyed the smoking damage. From the waist gun back to the tail turret there was only blackened shell left "Its the junk heap for one this of the mechanics. baby," said The rest agreed. The Thrasher had reaped her last harvest. Ten Air Service Command doughboy-mechani'were summoned to strip the Thrasher down, remove the parts that could be used to keep other flying. The day they began work, cs B-2- .' 4's that another they heard a rumor Liberator had cracked up and smashed its nose at another field. a distance of some 100 jungled miles away. Tm going to check this one down." said the crew chief. "Maybe we won't . have to tear the Thrasher apart after all." . The rumor turned out to be true. A known as the Were- . B-2- f 4, fwlsb Call w vv ,T' 12 "s 18 life-raf- ts ill beauty, Utah. Buffalo Bill does annear in tfu picture; only to mar the travel ogue. S. L. A. with apologies stored here; also all training ammunition: The Smooth flow of vital nnlnoniu siinnlia. ln AAF repair and supply units at the battlefronts is aepenaent on tne efficiency of storage units jargeiy like this one at Hill Field Th nft ftOve Arllief Ail men and civilians manning ounniv'a AnoM.. DUU" whjijj J viuuaiau tion deserve considerable credit for the' manner in which iney ve Handled one of the most important of jobs the war effort. f- '..V 2t5EEZ Sesana be prepared for a travelogue. Truth to tell, the scenes of at iavome section. - Nin of rh 12 Miiin osi. "the vast landscape! j Marearet author. Stern. ture, ian supervisor is Florin S. Adams; office supervisor Muriel, whose extension is 468 water, land and sky, the music ot is ueanne Anderson; cner clerk is Ruth J. O'Meara. and who. has two brothers in the a rushing stream, the slow, moviBj Soldier chief is SSet. Healv ballet of floatiner clouds and W All tVDeS of siernal flares fnr lirrraft an stnkai. dark wonder of night" are, after including those used in emergency and fashion, exciting. Those who ha those dropped by heavy bombers to illuminate the fflmi been laded bv . Mirgei areas. will of troT be shots refreshed by Some ammunition fnr Hia fnhnl Alia Viavrtnka miM I scenic taken in southen rseas - to Paul Errol Flvnn and - - i Commissions Open To EM Now Overseas Non-Comb- V non-nmh- at non-comb- u-- At well-round- ed I . "hx, SHOKtr.' (ttruetz ie - 1 1 r' pest J II y . X V, VTA h. - ere- - L'Acsi . X.... . - V ?Z J I s , linear? indi-yldu- al, Mind you, there aren't the retk thrills of the movie chase air say, in an early Hitchcock ipT epic, or the psychological torturee of "Les Miserables" and "CruM and Punishment" Not at all Debonair Flynn is freed fwBf the guillotine by a German boms a Carlo air ral1 oepftflM S jluvlnor A MM. be caught by dapper Lukas, tbet taiKS nimseii into masquerauing an HiMlMwvAiifijI aahnfour JM that S hundred hostages can be set fr ' m A ' l.n tA k,,1t AtlAA - ClIIIII'Ow nf .Tsa'. aii 4U1. va UAAAf AAA MfijCoy Z . Dwrr ..n:iii i- n.vti. A AA nm.. Th fmtt T both pictures have that uncertam glory in common, being mma stories of escaped murderers mm in time, turn on heroics full wm tor Free France. m! Paul Lukas easily steals the fW AWAAA .taa 1.1. AAA ... mnA ii ll find MS ...narhm.' :'M Jean Sullim newcomer called K provides Brrol's libido interest, not ours, tnanK neavena. . - Pfc. Howara - Mny ... ac xxi" " ic' laaf six weeks at Camp a , uacK a. t V1aaI1 Lee, 4r . -g- rafter vpj w ginia. Quartermasterof School, quarterasfJLt Jesse Gropper, J. ter here. San Francisco; Ashvine, S. V and Battle Mountain. H mm jror recreation PW" and her high school days a--r little tennis in the summer. she is keenly Interested in wi" . balU even likes to play. sne has a genuem she """ttkM the ski troops to whom periodically. Uv 1 1 1 called self-sacrifi- ce I ( coin' 10 twc T.ukss nisir tale el tain Gloryv at boogie-woog- S. H. h, in a timelv dubious till wolf, had wrecked the structure lurwara oi tne waist gun during a landing and also was going to A recent War Department clearbe torn down for salvage. rwo of America's mightiest ance now makes it possible for bombers were destined for th theatre commanders overseas to as second lieutenants, enscrap heap because the nose of appoint one and the tail of the other were listed men and warrant officers of Muriel Taylor exceptional technical or .profesruined. But why not salvage sional who are in skill armed forces. Is simnlv erasv fta complete plane out of the two learn and hopes wrecks? That's what the ASC me- assignments. Prior to this announcement, only ardently that the author chanics thought. But nearly 100 men of this actual in combat work could little work will teach her. If be miles of the roughest country in receive such automatic anooint. won't she threatens to take the world separated the remains up ability and smoking. of the Thrasher from the Were- ments. Leadership, value to prospective the service wolf. Miss Taylor, who has played In of the hirhr The crew talked over the nrnh. because tennis tournaments and loves to in be amused, lem with their commanding offioar given particularof consideration is quite fond of the at appointments per Hillfielder. He left it entirely up to them. sonnel. she discovRecently, If they could get the tail section ered a new use for it; namely, from the Werewolf back across time and again hit the road. reading it "Why," she said gratethat country and join it to the Thirty-fiv- e fully, "I haven't suffered from inthe days after idea nose of the Thrasher, go right of somnia for weeks now." the two wrecks One of her two hrnthr in h ahead, he said. But the CO. point- born,joining new Abie's Thrasher stood a ed out that they were not a heavy on the armed forces is in the amphibian runway. repair group, that they had no Today the Thrush with engineers; tne other is a cryptog- . equipment for such major opera- Werewolf's tail, is doine- mmk. jaiiucr in cngiana. tions. "It's a long shot," he said, duty, which is She started at Hill vim t. without wholly "but I'll leave the decision up to precedent in the rare 1942, as a junior clerk stenographer paapi wtun in you." two damaeed nlanoa hangar number one. She has The men made their choice in joined together. been associated with maintenance are They usually favor of the gamble. They set out used only for liaison ever since. or transport training the next day, following mountain work. as ror clothes. Miss Taylor Is Abie's Thrasher Is again But trails whenever possible, cutting out fond of surrey hats reaping a Jap harvest And Inordinately with on meir way tnrougn jungle the rest the fringe 10 in lads who . nvo4 h.. 1IVIII Esquire, and top, anything . MW of the time. It was a tedious, but tne smart-aJeck- s. detests scrap have heap received a uneventful journey. Arrival at their She likes dancing and from their destination posed their second special commendation the theatre, officer in addition good books. besides reading commanding major hurdle removing the tail to the even more knowlgratifying section of the Werewolf without edge that Muriel is a through the skill and aamagmg the delicate parts. This ineenuitv having lived in Stanley, thev they accomplished in two day's, heavy bomber j back onrut. uue more I Idaho; Salt Lake City; San Die. heavy duty. go; Long Beach; Los Angeles; : - by Milton Canift, creator of "Terry and the Pirates" tt "I". "wVL,e y( I1T aTprty is . TV m , , 1 v; v " o7fice;. enlisted men in the V." ; and supply units which u AyAJr.Pofce left this field, repair in the past, destined for the world s battle areas, were supplied with ammunition and weapons by the ordnance trucks, section of . supply.. Around 6000 different parts "are handled in the section; everything from tiny springs that would fit In a watch to ten-to- n trucks. Tools for the repair of these general vehicles are also stocked in the section.. .. - I; XT T i ri - .u who also serves There are 12 civilians and s. -- if 1 |