The rotator [November 2, 1945]

              AAF OVERSEAS
REPLACEMENT DEPOT
AAF REDISTRIBUTION
STATION NO. 5
VOL.5, NO. 12. 1060th AAF BU, Greensboro, N. C., Friday, November 2,1945. FREE DISTRIBUTION
Comets Meet Fort Pierce Here Sunday
PDC Eleven Returns
For Last Home Game
He's Ten Thousandth To Receive Discharge Here
SEPARATION machinery at this post, which has the 10,000th man to be processed for discharge here,
been grinding out new civilians at a steady pace He is T/5 Kenneth N. Rivers, shown above receiving
since the first separation ceremony September 17, a special handshake from Post Commander Col.
paused briefly Tuesday afternoon to take note of Paul R. Younts.
Discontinue
Army Ration
On Tobacco
No Limit Now At
Post Exchanges
Tobacco rationing, one
form of war-time purchase
restriction from which even
men in uniform weren't im­mune,
was scratched off the
Army's book last Monday.
Clerks at post exchanges here
reported_ a considerable rush on
the cigaret counters that day, first
day for ration-free sales, when
many GIs flocked to PXs to buy
fags by the carton without coupons.
The "run" on tobacco stocks here,
however, was short-lived. By Tues­day
purchases were said to be al­most
back to normalcy, although
the cigaret girls found one differ­ence.
In contrast to the first free buy­ing
day, when most military per­sonnel
were making carton pur­chases,
buying now is back to a
package basis* In fact, the clerks
report, GIs here are now making
single-pack ^purchases for the first
time since "the rationing program
went into effect.
Prior to Monday, buyers were
compelled to buy in three- or six-pack
lots, since ration coupons
were on a three-package basis.
Started In June
The rationing program was
placed in effect at all military in­stallations
on June 3 of this year,
since which time military person­nel,
with few exceptions, had been
restricted to buying no more than
six packs of cigarets per week.
Smoking tobacco, cigars, and other
tobacco products could be obtained
in lieu of cigarets.
Separations Pass 10,000 Mark
As Rate Shows Sharp Increase
In a week which saw sharp increases.in the number of
separations at this post, the 10,000th person to walk
across the Special discharge platform here received his
honorable discharge papers as part of the regular separa­tion
ceremonies Tuesday afternoon.
Ten thousandth in line was T/5»—
Kenneth N. Rivers, of Harrisburg,
Pa., a veteran of 26 months of
service in the European theater.
He was one of 2,228 officers and
men who received discharges or re­leasee
from active duty here in the
seven-day period ending last night.
a substantial increase over the
previous' one-week total of 1,363
men.
This week's total included 1,803
enlisted men and 425.officers.
The rate of separation here has
shown a steady increase during the
last three weeks, with 1,200 men be
ing separated the week ending
October 18, a total of 1,363 receiv­ing
separation the week ending
October 25, and 2,228 this week.
Separations this week bring the
post's all-time total to 10,862 of­ficers
and men who have been
processed since the first separation
ceremony was held September 17.
Since no separations are made on
Sundays, that figure represents an
all-time average of 270 separations
a day for the 40 days of operation.
Daily separation totals for the
week ending last night are as fol­lows:
Friday, 411; Saturday, 483;
Monday, 412; Tuesday, 319, Wednes-.
day, 279; and Thursday, 324.
Col R. J. Piatt
New Pawling CO
Col. Robert J. Piatt, formerly I
• Chief Surgeon of the AAF hospital
here, has assumed the duties of
Commanding Officer of the AAF
Convalescent Hospital, Pawling, N.
Y., another unit of the Personnel |
Distribution Command.
Prior to receiving his new as­signment,
Col. Piatt served as com­manding
officer at Fort Thomas,
Ky.. transferring there last spring.
At Pawling, he succeeds Col. Hobart
H. Todd.
Former Executive
Officer Of Post
Dies In California
Word has been received here by
Mrs. C. W. Kiser, wife of Lt. Col.
Kiser, Director of Administration
and Services, of the death in Cali­fornia
of Col. Howell J. Jenkins,
former executive officer of this
post.
Col. Jenkins, who passed away
last Saturday in California, served
here under Col. Woodruff! com­manding
officer here when the post
functioned as an AAF basic train­ing
center.
WILL RETIRE
Wright Field, Ohio (CNS) —
L/Gen. Jimmy Doolittle is on his
way out of the Army. Leader of
the Shangri-La Raid on Tokyo,
commander of the 8th Air Force,
and now head of the Air Techni­cal
Service Command at Detroit,
he said he planned to retire "very
soon. Queried on his post-war job,
he said merely "I got plans/*
ATO, Victory
Ribbons Will
Be Here Soon
Larger and more colorful portions
of Army fruit salad are in the
offing for everyone.
Even the Stateside soldiers, those
who've stayed in the United States
during the war, may become eligi­ble
to wear a couple of newly-au
thorized 'ribbons now, to augment
their Good Conduct ribbons.
The new ribbons, the American
theater ribbon and the World War
II Victory ribbon, were authorized
in a telegram received at Post
Headquarters this week from AAF
PDC headquarters.
The American Theater ribbon is
now authorized for all military
personnel who served honorably
on active duty in the continental
United States for an accumulative
period of one year, including per­manent
and temporary duty, dur­ing
World War II, commencing De­cember
7, 1941. The terminal date
is still to be announced.
World War II Victory ribbons
may be awarded all members of
the armed forces of the U. S. and
government of Philippine Islands
who served honorably on active
duty at any time between Dec. 7,
1941 and a date to be announced.
The American theater ribbon is
the blue ribbon, and should not
be confused with the yellow Ameri­can
Defense ribbon. Victory rib­bons
of World War II consist of a
red center ribbon with narrow
white borders, flanked by narrow
double rainbows in juxtaposition,
based upon the design of the vic­tory
medal ribbon of World War I.
American theater ribbons have
already been received here, and
a supply of the Victory ribbons is
expected to arrive in a few days.
Distribution at this post is ex­pected
to be made soon to all eligi­ble
men, probably through squad­ron
supply offices.
Face Amphibs At Memorial Stadium
After Downing Troop Carriers, 26-0
Fresh from a 26 to 0 triumph over the Troop Carrier
Command eleven in Louisville, Ky., last week, the PDC
Comets return to their home gridiron Sunday to take on
the powerful Ft. Pierce Amphibious Bees, at Greenshoro
Memorial Stadium. The contest starts at 2:30 p. m.
"This will be the second and last
appearance of the Comets in
Greensboro this season. In the first
contest played last month against
the First Air Force aggregation,
the PDC boys scored their first win
of the season by taking the measure
of the Aces 7. to 0 in an AAF
League game.
Tickets for the contest can be
purchased from the individual
squadron Special Service depart­ments,
or from the Post Special
Service office. Admission for en­listed
men is 75 cents.
Ft. Pierce, strengthened .by the
addition of Johnny Lujack, suc­cessor
to all-American Angelo
Bertelli on the national champion­ship
1943 Notre Dame eleven, and
several other newcomers, defeated
Third Air Force 26-13 for its only
defeat of the season. The visitors
are regarded as the supreme test
for the Comets despite five defeats
following an all-conquering 1944
season.
The Comets, too, appear im­proved
even though losing several
key players due to injuries — some
of whom are due to return to ac­tion
this week, including Dick
Dartfehem, center from Southern..]
California; Bob Ijames, of College
of the Pacific, a tackle, and Ray
Hammett, Stanford, quarterback.
One new casualty emerged from
last Sunday's encounter—Joe Mar-gucci,
of Santa Ana Junior Col­lege,
regular right halfback, who
suffered a cracked rib.
Fourth AF Next
This will be the second con­secutive
non-conference game for
the Comets, and following this
game they will re-enter the Army
Air Forces league race against the
Fourth Air FoAce in Los Angeles
Coliseum, November 11. The
Fourth Air Force squad is cur­rently
in third place while the
Comets rest in sixth position in
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Saved By Bell
Relax, Boys,
No PF Tests
Before 1946
t i k e a last-minute pardon from
the governor, or a suspended sen-tence.
the eleventh -hour elimination
of the quarterly physical fitness
test struck joy to the hearts of all
military personnel here this/week.
GIs, and even assigned officers,
who had been_ steeling themselves
to undergo the quarterly grunt-and-
groan tests between November
1 and November 15 welcomed the
announcement—found in Monday
morning's daily bulletin — which
cancelled the PFT ordeal for this
quarter.
Pull-ups, chin-ups and shuttle
runs, of course, will be back on
the menu for all permanent party
EM and assigned officers at the
end of the next quarter, February
15.
"Pursuant to instructions from
Headquarters, AAF Personnel Dis­tribution
Command," the post com­mander's
order read, "the AAF
Physical Fitness Test will not be
taken by military personnel for the
quarter ending 15 November, 1945.
The AAF Physical Fitness Test will
be resumed with the quarter end­ing
15 February, 1946."
Even the promise of resumption
of activity on the PFT front next
February couldn't dampen the gen­eral
enthusiasm, however. Feb­ruary
seems very far distant—next
year in fact.
He Just Keeps On Growing
WHEN 2nd Lt. Carter "Tree" Taylor, White Sulphur Springs,
W. Vs., entered the Cadets in January, 1942, he measured six feet, five
inches, but hejs. grown another three inches taller since then. Be*
lieved to be thSHallest fighter pilot in the AAF, the six foot, eight inch
lieutenant, shown dwarfing one of the local Jeeps above, has one plane
to his credit end three probables.