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Show ' jurne PUBLISHED FOR HILL AIR Number 7 FORCE BASE, OGDEN, UTAH, FRIDAY, MAY 28, 1948 ML fflECiTT LEMHI (IImIS ill vet I f Ci orronaeo - Post Open Veterans attention of Hill Air Base of World War II to - Ogden Area Commander Transferred -- To Sacramento Air Materiel Area; Brig. Gen. Morgan to Take Command vet-n- s con-j- e their associations with men who served in the bed forces through membership (the Ogden Amvet Post No. 1 Invited this week by Harry D. tscovitz, post commander, hie Ogden post was organized 1945 and has functioned since that time. Its major arts have been centered m sec- hg protection I benefits provided under the Bctive training and service acts 1940, and other rights provided subsequent legislation. prime duty of any veterans' pie ranization is to work for the bd of the man and inan, particularly for those who re disabled through service. To that end the len ' Amvets have spent many rs of volunteer time aiding in solution of local problems in lich returned vets were involved. fiThiX .Amvats take the position it all veteran organizations are pd and are carrying out in vari-- i ways a program to bolster the jeresis ui iue men turn wuuicii o served their country in time peril, they invite particular at- ktion to the fact that member- p is restricted to honorably veterans of World War n. VMVETS, short title for Ameri-- a Veterans of World War II, is Continued on Page 6, Column 4) Colonel Frank D. Hackett will give up his command at Hill Air Force Base on June 1, 1948, when his transfer to McClellan AFB, Sacramento, California, becomes effective. His successor at Hill AFB will be Brig. Gen. William M. I women con-iious- Morgan. Colonel Hackett, who has over 30 years' service with the Army and Air Force, has commanded the Ogden Air Materiel Area since August 27, 1947. Prior to that, he was commanding general of Spokane, Washington, Air Materiel Area, and during World War II headed the Bengal air depot at Calcutta, India. For his work in the China-Bu- r theater, Col. Hackett, then a brigadier general, was' awarded gold wings by Generalissimo Chiang He has also received a similar award from the Yugoslavia ly ex-servi- ce war-con-et- ed dls-krg- ed j IN A SEA OF GRASS, Lue Scott of the salvage section tries her Special Services section of Hill AFB received three of these paddles. 7 -- man life rafts from Lue's section just in time for G. I. "Isaak Waltons" to take to the streams and lakes. This summer, they can pursue their favorite pastime in style. The boats are for use by military personnel when they want to go government. Decorations awarded him by his fishin'. Special Service has them for the askln' . . . also fishin' tackle. So load the family in the car and take off for a week end of fishin', own country include the Legion of Merit with palm, World War II viccampin' and boatin'. tory medal, Army commendation ribbon, American Defense ribbon, B-- 29 Asiatic-Pacifi- c theater' ribbon with 4 battle stars, and the American theater ribbon. Air Force Secretary W. Stuart Col. Hackett first entered the for has approved plans With a July 1st deadline for Symington service in 1917, graduated 150 military establishing an "air West Point" three approximately from school in 1919 and reat Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, maintenance division flying employees the Air Force recently announced. are working 10 hours per day 6 ceived a commission as second lieutenant in the year 1921. He has The school, which will be comdays per week to complete thes been on active duty since that time. on schedule. The Super-fortparable to West Point and Annaporepairs lis, will graduate 500 officers anare being "fixed up" for the His duty assignment at Sacra mento is unknown at this time. nually from a total of 2,500 cadets, Strategic Air Command. The three planes have all been according to present plans. Col. Hackett's successor, General In service, being returned to Morgan, is the former chief of en- overma-Ind- ia Kai-che- k. Project Nears Deadline Air West Point B-29- 's, jfety in Numbers Theme of ew Security Bond Drive it's paid for. There's no place like home especially when there's no home like your own bought with Security Bonds ough the Payroll savings plan. condi- "Security", as defined by Webster, is "the quality or or not n of being secure; the condition or Deing protectea Dosed to danger." A minted form issued by the United States toernment giving its citizens the right to possess these qualities called a "Bond." d Put them together and they spell ety financial safety for tne unseeable future. That old bro- e, "There's safety in numbers", usually been confined to the meets eirl department. But not ere the family bankroll is con ned. nd, believe it or not, Uncle Sam ery much interested in that long en stuff vnn have hidden away that cookie jar and for a very mite reason. This nation-wia- e u4 oaica vauiaigu vwvvvwu Til and 30 June, identified as the curity Loan, will have a dual emphasized Lt. Col. C. N. Anton, Savings Officer. fit wil strengthen national security through individual yings and relieve current infla-Inar- y pressure," Lt. Col. Stanton Wed. "Moreover," he continued, he purchase of series-- E bonds is fessed, particularly through pay vervation and allotment plans. pur-B- e, eco-jm- ic government employees ana Imbers of the armed forces are pe again asked to spearhead the ive. individuals in the military t&bliixhmant nnf nfaaatiHv rtarHM.- ting in pay reservation or allot- nt plans are urged to consider Aii (Continued Page 6, Col. 1) l,rt- -" IT Hill AFB for complete haul. Some will receive new engines, others will merely be tuned up, while all the planes will undergo special Day Off! ( Continued Page 3, CoL 1) '.'..IACoL Frank - D. Hackett Medical Air Evacuation Hospital Ships Prove Worth as Flying Angels of Mercy Medical Air Evacuation squadrons daily prove their worth as angels Monday, May 31st, is an offiorganization quietly boasts a cial Civil Service holiday. With of mercy. This unheralded, patients safely transported by air to hospitals during four the exception of .necessary skel- years of operation. eton crews, both military and One of their planes loaded with 13 living hospital "case histories" civilian personnel will be on an stopped at Hill Air Force Base recently on its way to Lowry AFB from off-dut- y Hamilton AFB. It was a routine flight for the plane's crew, but not status. for the live cargo. It was something very special. These men, sick of mind and body," were on the last leg of a long trip Weddle and Sgt. Philip Dietrich. home from overseas stations in the Flying the plane was First Lt. Lest Orient, a trip that started aboard Joseph D. Kennedy. His Again comes the day our nation has set aside to honor the was First Lt. Charles F. Miller and the hospital ship, "Vance." valiant men and women who made the supreme sacrifice for of sick and injured bo crew chief was SSgt. Richard L. In spite their country and the ideals it stands for. dies, men aboard Air Evac planes Beard. Memorial Day May 81, 1948. This crew makes up a very close- talk easily with their nurse, stop Past us now written into history in cold print and engraved to out now look knit, the and conscientious, then ping in the hearts of many millions in searing memories are the is always that way. There unit. It for window familiar landscapes. terrible bloody horrors of the latest upheaval. The names of its no is friction or indiffer place For one man, a captain, going ence in a forcrew victims have been added to the lists compiled in other wars. Anflying sick or He held home little expectation. other year has passed, and these lists are buried deeper under men to wounded in the hospitals in and children had left his wife the mantle of time . . . but never forgotten. interior. reason: The Kobe, Japan. Bizerte and Sicily, Anzio and Guadalcanal, Kawajalein and Mt. The pilot knows the condition of Casino, Leyte and Bastogne are now combined in thought with his patients, their limitations, and 7 were 7 litter Aboard the Antietam and Vicksburg, Chikamauga and Gettysburg, San Juan He learns this from peculiarities. cases and 6 ambulatory patients. his HU1 and Chateau Thierry, Belleau Woods and the Argonne. nurse. flight Five of the soldiers were like the An individual Round the world stand thousands of mute reminders stole wood and marble crosses constantly blaring in their own silent captain. They had active pulmo- twice as easily whenhemorrhages aloft. The war. rest Beneath them and of nary tuberculosis. One lad had a lesser air pressure on the body bitterness, hate, way the folly mere Two rallied others under fractured wrist. the remains of the gallant who through the years does it. mental cases schizophrenics who our flag, and died that we today might still hold our heads high' the planes carry breathhad to be securely strapped to their ingAlthough in peace and freedom. to use in an emergency, oxygen inlitters to prevent them from The day set aside to honor these men Memorial Day, or the flies at high altitudes pilot Decoration Day originated in the Southern States. It was custojuring themselves. when only necessary. absolutely were in "Schizophrenics hear things and Most of the time the hospital marily observed in thetoSpringtime whenof the flowersof soldiers the devoted was the see re graves decorating bloom, and flies just high enough to things that aren't there," who died in the War Between the States. Several of the Northern lated First Lt. Stella Pizorka, flight plane pass over mountain ranges. safely nurse aboard the craft. "We have States later copied the custom. Whenever possible, the Air Logan, at that time to watch these patients very care Evacuation units Then, on May 5, 1868, General John A. fly only in Commander in Chief of the Grand Army of the Republic, issued because it is much easier for weather. For emergencies its good diffully them to hurt themselves while in ferent. Then they will fly at bare a general order to the members of the G. A. R., appointing May comrades. fallen of their the air than it is when in a hos minimum in visibility. 30th as the day for decorating the graves Memorial Day Is now observed in 42 states. This year, the And emergencies are not repital," she said. 80th anniversary of that first appointed day, its observance will to military cases alone. to Lt. stricted watch Pizorka Helping take place on May 31, since the preceding day falls on Sunday. after the precious cargo, were two This mercy group will answer the medical technicians, Sgt. James (Continued Page 8, Col. 3) little-heard-- half-milli- of, on We Forget co-pil- well-organiz- C-4- ed ot |