BTC 10-Shun [June 4, 1943]

              OStt Be A "Clip Artist"
Clip out pages 9 and 10 which feature the lyrics to mraching
songs "New Air Corps Song," "Bungalow for Two," "Yankee
Doodle Dandy," and others on your GI Hit Parade. T/Sgt. Louis
L. Barany and his men of the Mimeographiiig Dep't are working'
25 hours out of every 24. Give him a break and save those lyrics.
Thank you. That is all. Carry on!
VOL. 1, NO. 3. GREENSBORO, N. C, FRIDAY, JUNE 4, 1943 FREE DISTRIBUTION
Day Rooms
Soon To Get
Equipment
Dayrooms throughout the various
squadron areas will soon be as
well equipped as your own living
room at home. The Special Service
section announces that plans to
equip each day room with writing
tables, settees, chairs, mirrors,
smoking stands, paper racks, floor
lamps, waste baskets and library
facilities have been developed and
that the required furnishings have
been ordered. Radio-phonographs
will also be supplied if they are
found available.
Under these plans each group
will have three day rooms. They
are to be set up with the equip­ment
provided and at the discre­tion
of the respective Commanding
Officers. It has been suggested
that one dayroom be set aside as a
lounging room where soldiers may
entertain visitors and where they
may read and write in quiet at­mosphere.
The second will be set
up as a sort of "rumpus" room
where all sorts of indoor games
may be played. The third will con­tain
facilities for squadron movies
and squadron entertainment. Soft
drink machines will be available'
and a juke box will be provided
for devotees of swing music.
Pianos Also Donated.
Games and athletic equipment
have been supplied to each squad­ron
by the Special Service office,
and special representatives have
been appointed to supervise the
dayrooms and issue this equip­ment
to those who want to make
use of it. Pianos and additional
furniture have been donated by
various persons and organizations,
some of whom have also donated
books and magazines for the squad­ron
libraries.
Additional facilities, subscriptions
to magazines and the like, will be
provided out of squadron funds
at the discretion of the men.
Ban Soldier
Round Robins
Sun Helmet Ban
Lifted, OK For
PP Not In Ranks
The sun helmet, formerly worn
only by officers at ETC 10, may
now be the headgear, too, for
permanent party enlisted men.
The ban on the helmet was lifted
yesterday by order of Col. Robert
P. Glassburn, commanding of­ficer.
Enlistee? men of the permanent
party may don the helmet on or
off the post, so long as they are
not in ranks.
The sun helmet is an optional
part of the dress of officers be­tween
reveille and retreat when
not actually with troops. They
are not permitted to wear them
after retreat.
Military Police alone are re­quired
to wear the white sun
helmet.
"Round robins" or "newsletters"
written by soldiers are banned, the
War Department has announced.
"Round robins" or "newsletters"
are the names applied to those let­ters
sent from an organization, usu­ally
the soldier's former employee,
to the individual soldier, who adds
his letter and then mails it to an­other
soldier named on a list at­tached
to the original communica­tion.
Such letters, the War Dept. points
out, are going overseas and the in­formation
contained in some of
them would be of great value to
the enemy, because it would give
them, conveniently bound in one
volume, letters from men written
on a variety of subjects.
The War Dept. admits that the
letters may be of great interest to
the soldiers concerned, but that
they may cause great harm to the
war effort of the United States and
be contrary to the proper safe-guarding
of classified military in­formation.
Steps have already been taken to
discontinue the practice, the War
Dept. advises.
Military Creases
Gone For Duration
Military creases in shirts, tradi­tional
in the Army, are no longer a
part of the uniform.
The practice of ironing in special
eteases has been halted by laundries
and dry cleaning plants, acting un­der
orders of the War Department.
All military personnel are affected.
The critical lack of labor in
laundries and dry cleaning plants,
together with the slowing up of
production resulting from these
creases, was given as reason for the
ruling.
• • •
In an Overseas Guide Book for
Yanks in Egypt appears this quip
after a caution note about no passes
at Moslem women: "A date is only
something that grows on a tree."
Cent And Half Stamp
Needed For Mailing
A one-and-a-half-cent stamp is
required . to mail this copy of
10-SHUN to the folks back home.
The third-class matter can weigh
as much as two ounces. The Post
paper can NOT be sent under the
free franking privilege for first
class mail. Last week, it was in­advertently
stated that a one cent
stamp was sufficient postage. We
regret any inconvenience caused.
• •» • !
Wanted
More fighting flyers are urgent­ly
needed. See your group's Avia­tion
Cadet clerk for full details
about how to qualify for cadet
training. If you are over 18 and
under 27, chances are you will
be eligible.
Johnny, 16,
Going Home
Johnny Is going back to Tennes­see,
to the family's general store
where as a boy he would sit so
quietly and listen in awe to. a fel­low
Tennessean who used to drop
in for a chat with his father. '
For Johnny, although 16, is a
boy no longer. He is a soldier who
wanted an opportunity to try and
do the things his father's friend,
Sgt. Alvin York, did so heroically
in the First-World War. He will
have to wait two years, however,
because he was discharged from
the Army this week as under-age.
John C. Carlton, born March 15,
1927, in Unionville, Tenn., was but
one of several youngsters sent home
this week because they gave their
wrong age in order to get into the
army. His case is typical, although
one boy was a year younger thei
others older. All were under, the1
prescribed age of 18, of course.
Became Restless,
Six months ago, Johnny became I
restless and left his home for
Florida. He had a-nice home with
good parents who owned a large
farm and a general store. Then, he
took the step. Up to the draft board
went tall, husky Johnny and reg­istered
as 18 years old on March
16, a day after he became 16. He
was inducted as a volunteer and
went from Ft. Oglethorpe to BTC 10.
Johnny was thrilled with the
army, the drilling and the pals he
made. They thought he was young,
naturally, but were surprised to
find he was so young. His mother
wrote him, advising the youngster
to tell the chaplain his right age
or she would. Johnny, a restieiss but
a good boy, did what his mother
told' him and in a short while he
was on his way home.
Army life did him a lot of good,
Johnny says.
Knows His Planes.
"I want in the air corps. That's
all I ever wanted in. I wanted
around planes. I built lots of models
and can tell any plane from an­other,"
Johnny says with the big
smile that so characterized him in
his brief army career.
"Fine, just fine," he says of al­most
everything about the army.
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Groups Compete
For Guidon Prizes
Singspiration
At USO Sunday
Cutting of recorded letters to the
folks back home will feature the
USO's program for servicemen over
the week-end. Other features in­clude
the Sunday afternoon, re
corded symphony program at 4
o'clock, and the "singspiration"
hour in the lobby at the same time.
The symphony will be followed
by an all-request program pre­sented
by Woman's College music
majors, and madte up of number's
selected during the week by in
terested soldiers.
Thursday night will find another
bingo game in progress, with sand
wiches and drinks from the snack
bar as prizes. The snack bar is
open daily from 9 a. m. to 11 p. m
Wednesday and Saturday nights
are dance nights, but no effort is
made to compete with the regularly
scheduled hotel and YWCA parties.
Soldiers are urged to attend the
latter named affairs, while the USO
facilities will be used to care for
the overflow crowds.
SGT. WILLIAM McKENZIE.
Sgt. McKenzie,
Now 54, Back
Again In Army
When Sgt. William McKenzie, of
the 1175th, volunteered for service
in June of last year, he had two
very good reasons. One of them,
he says, was to help his son get this
war over as soon as possible. The
other?—Well, the sergeant never
likes to do things half way, and
he feels that he should finish what
he started 26 years ago.
For the sergeant, you see, is 54
years old, and when last mustered
out of the Army in 1921 already had
10% years of military service to
his credit. He fought in many ma­jor
battles during World War I and
emerged as first sergeant.
For 20 years he was a civilian
and during this time married and
reared a son who is also with the
Air Forces somewhere in India.
S&t. McKenzie is in charge of
1175th's ordnance room.
Going On Leave?
Get Ration Cards
Going home on furlough, or even
for a brief leave? You need no
longer wonder how you are going
to avoid taking precious food
points away from the folks at
home. Apply at the Ration Board,
Bldg. 170, between 8:30 and 11:45
a. m. and from 1 to 3 p. m. for
a ration certificate to take with you
Soldiers on leave for 72 hours
or longer are issued a "furlough
ration unit" based on the amount
of food that would be consumed
in nine meals. Eight points will
be allowed for processed foods
eight points for meats and fats,
one-quarter pound of coffee and
one-quarter pound of sugar.
Each unit is intended to cover
nine meals or a fraction thereof.
A serviceman on leave for four
days can apply for a 12-meal al­lowance
which will give him two
units, or enough for 18 meals.
Twice Axis Cap tive, Polish Vet In '84th
Pvt. Frank Krupa, of the 1184th,
has already been a prisoner of war
twice during the current conflict,
and is now in training here for a
third try at the enemy.
His military career began in Po­land
where he was a member of
that nation's Air Corps. His first
taste of prison came when the de­feated
Polish military forces were
forced by the advancing Germans
into Rumania. There he was in­terned,
ostensibly for the duration.
But Pvt. Krupa had other ideas.
When he learned through under­ground
channels of the formation
of a Polish Legion in France, Or­ganized
to fight the Nazis under
the flag of Poland, he and a small
party of friends decided to at­tempt
escape in order to join forces
with their compatriots.
Camouflage Helps.
Disguising themselves with white
sheets to blend with the snow-cov­ered
ground, they crept forth into
the night and eventually made their
way to Bucharest. There, the
American and French consular au­thorities
arranged transportation to
Constanta, on the Black Sea. The
American consul's mterest stemmed
from the fact that Frank was born
in this country, in East Chicago,
Ind., to be exact.
From Constanta, the Polish pa­triots
were provided with trans­portation
via the Dardanelles, Bey­routh,
the Island of Cyprus, Alex­andria
and Oran to Marseilles,
France. They arrived just in time
to hurl themselves into the breach
as the Nazis marched through Bel­gium
and into France. When the
French army capitulated, Pvt. Kru­pa
was once more a prisoner of
#ar, but this time of the Germans
themselves;
The nine months spent in in­ternment
near Angers, France, is
described by Pvt. Krupa as the _
worst experience of his life. Three the Nazi heel..
attempts at escape were futile but
the fourth succeeded, and he was
able to make his way to unoccu­pied
France. In Marseilles, the
American consular authorities once
more came to his rescue and, with
the aid of the American Red Cross,
obtained passage for him to the
United States.
Pvt. Krupa's parents, a sister and
five brothers, are still in Europe
and, if alive, are slaves of Hitler's
New Order. Frank says he did
find out through the Red Cross
that his five brothers were sent by
the Nazis to a labor concentration
camp in the Sudetenland.
As for Frank himself, he is train­ing
hard and quietly biding his
time. Some day, he knows, he
will once again come to grips with
the hated enemy, and will have
his share in the liberation of not
only his own loved ones, but all
people of all nations who have felt
Half Holiday On
Saturdays Bonus
A system of banner awards for
highest ranking groups in monthly
contests with half-holidays on Sat­urday
as additional prizes was an­nounced
this week.
The contest will be conducted to
give public recognition to deserving
effort on the part of officers, non­commissioned
officers and trainees
in the various wings, groups, de­tachments
and the general mess.
To the group in each wing receiv-ing
the highest combined rating for
any month, a banner will be
awarded." A banner will be pre­sented
also to the wing whose
combined group ratings give it the
highest mark among wings. Special
units will be grouped as a wing
and will compete among them­selves,
but the Special Units Wing
will not compete for the Wing Ban­ner.
The Medical Detachment,
Quartermaster, Megs, etc., will com-*
prise the Special Units Wing.
Ceremony of Presentation.
A ceremony of presentation of
awards will be held on the Friday
following the announcement of the
award on the first day of eacl|
month.
The percentage system to be used
and the final standing will be de­termined
as follows:
a. Administrative (40 p. c.) based
on:
1. Keeping of all group records
(correctness, neatness, complete­ness,
etc.
2. Discipline in group area
3. Sanitation and police
b. Training (60 p. o.) based on:
1. Military training
2. Physical training
3. Singing
4. Range firing
Inspections will be made by the
Administrative Inspector, Medical
Inspector, S-3, Physical Training
Department, Singing Unit and the
(Continued On Page Five)
• • • —V
Variety Show
Wows Crowds
"Goldbrickers of 1943," first
Post musical show, was unveiled
Saturday night for an enthusiastic
audience of Woman's Colege stu­dents,
officers, guests, and EMs
in the Sports Arena. Profession­ally
paced, timed and presented,
"Goldbrickers" in the opinion of
all was a smash from the opening'
overture by the 45-piece Band to
the closing chorus of. the "Air
Corps Song" in which the entire
audience "gave out."
The "1189th Mule Skinners" were
hauled back by applause until they
had no more routines left. Sgts.
Dan Scholl and Carmen Gagliardi
and Pvt. Paul Chapman, big time
pros in the singing department
had the girls shouting for more—
and still more. Pvt. Edgar Bauer,
magician, scraped the bottom of
his bag of tricks before bowing out.
The 1184th came to the aid of the
party with "The Three Jeeps" as
the gals oohed and ahhed "Aren't
they cute!"
The Glee Club and Band under
the direction of Mr. Max Sitten-feld,
Warrant Officer, were plenty
smooth and velvety in singing
Over "Tie Sea" in the Fred War­ing
Chorus manner. Pvt. Louis
Botto, -accordianist played Gersh­win's
"Rhapsody In Blue" which
scored heavily. Pvts. Frank Cavello
and Leonard Gray, tap dancers,
had the high heels clicking along
with them in the aisles. Pvts.
(Continued On Page Eight)
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Drive On Speeding.
Underway In Post
Speeders within Post limits are
warned by the Provost Marshal
that they face prosecution. The
speed limit is 15 miles an hour.
The directive in the drive to curb
speeding states that "stickers per­mitting
the cars to operate in camp
will be removed in the event of a
second offense by civilian person­nel,
while court martial proceedings
will be brought against army
sonneL"