Show Welcomes Two New Heads James D. and Gordon A. recently arrived in Salt Lake City to take over their new posts of executive officer and and navigation Hittle is replacing H. Prior to this appointment he was on the staff at the Marine Corp school in Hittle was graduated from Michigan State college in 1937 with a degree in history and political Immediately after his he enlisted in the Marine He attended the officer basic school in Philadelphia during 1937 and Marine commander In 1941 Hittle was commander of the marine detachment aboard the battleship U S. S This ship was operating as part of the British home fleet in Scapa He was ordered to the Pacific area in- 1944 as general staff officer of the Third Marine Division on where he was in charge of supply and Hittle in the Iwo Jima operations and was awarded the of the the Unit and the Unit for his achievements At the conclusion of the war Hittle was ordered to China to command Second Battalion of the Seventh Marines of the First Marine Division at the Published books Its History and published in and Art of in 1945 were two books written by The first is a history of the growth and development of general staff systems in England and the United It is being republished this fall to include the Russian general staff His second book is m an edited work of the of the Art of This is a book written by Antoine who was a great military writer and staff officer of the Napoleonic U. Sherwood is an in naval science and will instruct classes this fall in aviation and Utah graduate A native of Salt Lake Sherwood was graduated from University of Utah in From 1938 to 1939 he attended the navy aviation school at During the he commanded the 92 fighter aboard the U S S He also did carrier flying aboard the Saratoga in the Pacific I la June of 1942 Sherwood i was awarded the at I e battle of He was awarded the Flying at Guadalcanal in of the same Sherwood is an aviation He hopes to convince the public that is here to LT New executive to conduct aviation |