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Show Lives There "W 1l jf 1912th AAF Base KEEP EUFLYHG" . nlrn nr idle is a swell place to spend your ... evenings uunug closed for this unit. Sauadron Private Henry L. Taylor got a three-da- y pass to get married. When a man is a child, his mother tells him what to do. When he gets married his wife tells him what to do. When he gets old his children tells him what to do. So what is a dAoth Aviation Unit (Aviation Squadron) Better than any "barber shop" quartet is the "Supply Room trio," led by Pfc. Hasten L. Woodlen, who, prior to the start of his army career, was quite well known in the east, having had singing parts in such productions as "Porgy man to do. and and Bess" "Sweet River." Hp was also vo calist with Teddy Hill's orchestra. JJ. -- Service club is Dances are held each Thursday, and you may either go by yourself, or bring your wife. or girl friend. You are always welcome, and there is always something doing. By way of a good hint, they are having a formal Valentine dance Thursday, February 15. Tec5 Bruce A. Cook, n Reporter. Pfc. Lee O. Roy and Pvts. Harry , Shepheard don Glen also 4135th AAF w VlO irn ro and Wil- Proud owners of an additional chevron are Sgt. A. Guidi, John and cpls. Francis C. Huebner, and William H. Der- cook endor. Now Mrs. A flier at OATSC who new fur coat. first airplane ride almost before he Guidi can have that to walk, is Capt. Douglass learned T.iont Mario A. Maffeo conducted f T.nnisvillf Kv.. aSSlSt- it .si officer in flight another interesting and educational k, inoriiinn.! keynoted by exooerations branch. He gained his meeting Friday,the armed forces plaining why of the unitea oiaies are apiwu over so large a portion of the globe. It s as simple as supply. l- jt I- - - 4 Sergeant Petrich as morning re port clerk has the distinction of turning out perfect reports. Pfc. "Tommy" Thomas in charge of furloughs, sick book, etc., has always been most genial, rarely has this reporter seen him without a smile or a kind word for all. In short am indeed extremely sorry to leave as fine a group of men as ive ever met in the service or as a civilian. The 24th Street USO in Ogden Capt. Douglass Hamilton flvlne exnerience when he was six years old. riding with the Aircrau, test pilots oi me waco Co. at Troy, Ohio, his home town at that time. When he was twelve' years old, the nilots of the plant frequently allowed young Hamilton to take over the controls after they were in the air. and in this way he learned to fly. Much later he took advantage ofan this early mtraining the L. instructor and became P. T. flying program. After attending Ohio State uni versity for one year, during which he played freshnan football, he joined the National Guard Air Corps in January, 1941, in New Orleans, La., and took additional training there and at the Randolph and Lubbock Army flying schools in Texas. He was stationed for a time at Sebring, Fla., where he e was given training in flying. Captain Hamilton flew to the Aleutian islands with a bombing squadron in August, 1942. He was stationed there for six months and flew 18 bombing missions against the Japs on Kiska and Attu. Durthis time he also flew a numing of ber "weather missions" wjli,ch he f,ew beyond the two Jap-hel-d Islands to make weather observations. At that time was the only way in which this the weather could be forecasted. Japs Damage Plane On February 25, 1943, Captain four-engin- so-call- Hamilton's bomber was so badly damaged by flak over Kiska that ne was barely able to make an un inhabited island 60 miles away, where he made a crash landing. His bombardier was killed by flak over Kiska, and he and two of the gunners were injured. He received further injuries during the crash landing. After spending two days and nights on the barren island, a navy PBY flew there and rescued the captain and the surviving members of his crew. The mishap occurred when his bomber unexpectedly burst out of the overcast directly over Kiska harbor and only 1900 feet in the air. The Japanese gunners around the harbor were quick u iane advantage of their oppor tunity. and the caDtain did a diffi cult job in flying his crippled island. plane to the Jap-fre-e He was hospitalized first in the islands and later at Barnes Gen eral hospital at Portland, Ore., where he underwent bone and plastic surgery. He was released in July, 1943, and sent to the Army Air Base at Colum- dus, Ohio, where he became an in structor in flying In September of that year he was trans- lerred to Wright Field at Dayton, Ohio, as a test pilot. Captain Hamilton came to Hill Field as assistant base operations Lock-bour- ne s. officer on Oct. 1, 1944. Pre-Pea- rl SO DEAD Cream of Ogden Bowling Crof Meets HF Stars Here Sundajj Two interesting bowling matches falleys , and will have the supp the home crowd to cheer the will take place at the base bowling of on. lanes this Sunday at 2:30 p. m. The Ogden Elks will come to E WAC team will Field with a team composed ( when an match their pin toppling ability some of the best bowlers in U with an Ogden feminine quintet of state. Among them will be Jt Barney, who for years was K maple smashers, and the Ogden Elks will send their strong team "Big" in Utah bowling circles; all-st- ar A against a picked Hill field military crew. The WAC will use the five high est bowlers in their league in an effort to outstrike and outspare the visitors from Ogden who will bring in an experienced and capable team of feminine keglerettes composed of Beulah Simmons, Gene Bowerbank, Betty Kosof, Edna Little and Ellen Barney. With the exception o Betty iu- sof, who is a second year bowler, the team is made up of experi enced keglers who have many sea sons of competition behind them and each have won championships in various divisions against the best competition in the state. The Hill Fielders, however, will have the ad vantage of bowling on their home Fialdini, a great left hander; Boo! Simmons, always among the hit average keglers; Dr. Les Foutz, wh is at his best in match games, u "Chick" Bowerbank, a curve W rol specialist with a penchant forHoxt ing high scores. Hill Field's of Kosof is a regular member tt Elks also, but this Sunday will re' against his civilian friends for Field. will The Hill Field comoosed of Lt. Cleon Hutchiaf Interest Growing In Nation-Wid- e G. I. Art Contest a committee of officers and eiv ians and will be on display Feb clut ruary 24 to 28 in the serviceon ft No limitation is placed number of entries by one person For further help and informaW Lt. Eylvia Kornit of personnel set ices may be consulted, Interest at OATSC in the nationwide arts contest for military personnel is growing with new urging from personnel services for all with contributions to enter the competition. Photography, painting and sculpture are just a few of the kinds of art work which may be submitted. Hundred-dollwar bonds will be awarded in each of the classes to the entry adjudged best Winning examples will be displayed in the national art gallery in Washington, ar All-Sta- rs Lt. A. Thomas, Cpl. Bill Waterm1 Paul Purpora and SSf Cpl. Kosof. J The affair promises to be a itt bowling treat for fans as well J players. Interested personnelartefve. urged to attend on Sunday noon. : Don Cossack Chorus Coming to Ogden The famous original Don Cossad P chorus and dancers will beugae inntoH in a nroeram at the tomoroj high school auditorium is announced evening at 8:30, it here. personnel services coots hV lfltO'J n i! ' . neservauuiu ested personnel may be maae Local entries will be judged by calling Ogden wti fT u D. C. r-j l Direct Officers9 Club y ' ..... !"'" It J . r 't; " j MiHMiimwiMiiiiiiiimim rnn inn " inru ' ' ju j I I'M"" o r. P Q Cf I f-i- ! I jpj '3 i' V'' yhft u '" r, 4 He has awarded the Heart and wears the Asiatic Purple theatre. Amerl can theatre and Harbor When the service war is over ribbons. he to remain as a flier with the plans Army Air Forces. Deen ... Who never has turned to look ami u' C.iriO not bad!" Taken from "Ode to a Pin-u- o for this week's beauty pictured above. She a! mighty appropriate 33. She is unmarried, resiiS Jeanne Burgess, branch 10, warehouse at uic i;i v iiiau uuius, SOUL with fmmm We have always found our C.O.. Major B. H. Anderson, to be helpful, tolerant, oft times "leaning over backwards" to give his men break. This reporter did learn a great deal serving under him. Lt. Reznik, our adjutant, has always been most friendly and usually went out of his way to lend a We often wonder how it is that helping hand to all that requested the navv is so lucky in capturing same. the hearts of the nicest gins ngm out from under the collective nose To the EM of the 4135th, I say of the army. It must be the uniform "it's been my privilege and pleasthough sailors have a way about ure to have known all of you. You them. are a fine group of men. Goodbye gang, good luck and may God SSgt. Robert Cole, Cpl. Carlos Diess you ail. Mills, and Pvt. Frank R. Baughman are in the station hospital recover P. S. Less I forffpt Avon fllA ing from recent illnesses. Come on "chow" was the best this reporter out soon, the weather s fine. ever enjoyed in the past two years. Welcome to Tec5 George W, Thanks "Moe" making it posLlewellyn, Pfc. James A. Smith, sible for me to for retain my "girlish and Pvts. Lewis L. Hall, Everett H. Laymon, and Nicholas F. Eu ugure. Henry H. Levick, frate, who recently joined the or Reporter, ganization. A V iZ.ni As reporter for the 4135th this writer wishes to thank one and all for contributing bits of interest ing news without which these columns could not have been written. To the orderly room personnel I can truthfully and wholeheartedly say. that they are the "swellest" bunch of men it has ever been my good fortune to be associated with. Our first sergeant, Carmen J. Iadonisi, in spite of the fact that he isn't the "hotest" pool player, is without a doubt "tops" in any man's book. Takes to Air Early in Life took his VI i; . OATSC Pilot M TSgts. J. J. Brown, Fredley, Cpl. D. B. Sheridan, Pfcs. E. L. Jennings, T. DiPietro, I. W. Neil and this reporter who are leaving this &W i post for another station, I wish to bid a fond adieu to Hill field and the. many wac- e quaintances had the pleasure to associate with. We did enjoy our stay here, found the officers as Levich well as EM to be most cooperative and friendly. H. K. Hindrew oar-rac- Iff Base Unit Section 'B On behalf of liams joined Col. Har- the "Do Association " Alexander ry L. Macer and Pfc. Robert Wrieht had been Cpl. Booker T. Smith, baritone and heart of bass. trying to get close to the a certain young lady. The chance Hold your hats, here we go came, and what happened toallhim of to a dog shouldn't with his clotheshappen were in the cleaners. Nicknames are so popular some of the men that sometimesa Not being outdone, as asked some of the barracks lovers for the loan we have a tendency to forget of their uniform. The time came man's real name. Here are some day: Pvt. for the old army slogan, thery're that can be heard every Pfc. Ern- either took Amos Odell. "Air Mail"; bog or too small. Tok EuCpl. "Hightop"; a long story short, the est L. Morse, make wasn't such a bad place to gene Eller, "Tonk"; SSgt James E. Harris, "Count"; Cpl. Cue O. spend a cold evening. TSgt. Raymond D Taborn? "Tabe"; Cpl. Will am Commendation should be given Cpl. Walter Cpl. George Leflore: He did a H. Hunter, "Tom"; O. Hales, "Cherokee"; Sgt. Eugene brave this missed a meal. How Hoskins, "Stinky"; Pfc Kenneth it came about no one will ever tried you T. Mars, "Sniper" (have know. He has been awarded the RobPfc. to get cigarets lately?); chow hound medal of honor. U ert G. Ainch, "Shorty." took second place.) Cpl. Quentin Hindrew, has who Lt Earle L. Ingalls, Reporter some been our adjutant for quit He time, has another assignment.mili- Service Command Unit 1935 is now chief, enlisted branch, been added The squadron to Something newof has tary personnel. Pfc. James E. the success in family him wish joins me in a baby girl. form of the in Daley his new job. We hear it is a Jr., Sgt. Sidney H. Alexander, pretty baby, Reporter very and favors Mrs. Daley. Congratulations from all of us. ,.,Un a Man MAOf GOVERNORS s Bedwel, MJr T. . . 7 FoTofflcerV elab'waT elected last week. Pictured 'J?, MJ B. Bruno, First Lt. Margaret L. Moore, Gordon, Major O. V. Clarke and Lt. Col. V. O. HaUlday. I |