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OSH, Send 10-SHUN Home to the Folks The folks at home are very proud of you. And they're eager to read about you and your post. Alter finishing with this copy, of 10-Shun, roll it up and put an envelope around it. Address properly, making sure that you include .a return address, and place a ONE AND A HALF CENT STAMP on the envelope. The post newspaper CANNOT be sent home under the free franking privilege. Vol.2, No. 16. Greensboro, N. C, Friday, November 19, 1943. FREE DISTRIBUTION ^Suggestions Win Passes For 8 EM The Suggestion Box pays! Eight of 16 enlisted men -who submitted ideas that ranged from: "Hospital visiting hours should be posted on all bulletin boards" to "A ramp should be built from the road outside of T-l to the drill field," won rewards at a recent meeting of the Suggestion Box Board. Each of the eight was granted a three-day pass. A ninth—Pvt. S. C. Rue, formerly of the 1180th—hit the jack-pot, but wasn't here to collect. He departed before he could cash in on the equivalent of a nine-day pass. Pvt. Rue's three suggestions were adopted and each won for him a three-day pass. All Adopted. He proposed construction of the ramp on .the T-l road; the reconstruction of mess tables so they can be GI'd more easily and that trainees be issued field rations while in the bivouac area. All three proposals have been adopted. Lt. H. E. Varian, assistant mess officer, was granted a three-day leave for suggesting that a two-hour lecture course on the conduct and discipline in mess halls be included in the basic training schedule. • Other suggestions approved were: Posting of instructions regarding the use of fuses for electric light systems in barracks; wearing of insignias on robes worn by hospitalized officers and the use of special file boxes for dispensary forms. The seven enlisted men to be granted three-day passes, in addition to Pvt. Rue, are: Pvts. Ralph Becker, 1189th; Jack Fern, 1177th, and H. I. Silver, 1183rd; Pfcs. Jack S. Causey, Det. Finance Dept., and Dan Stallings, medical detachment; Cpl. John Fonda, 1186th; T/3 J. XJ. Rodgin, medical detachment, and S/Sgt. Henry Cotugno, 1184th. Letters of Appreciation. Letters of appreciation were also awarded by the board to seven other enlisted men whose suggestions were approved and recommended for adoption. The seven are: Pvts. Clayton H. Bowles, Hq. and' H(j. Sq: John T. Tucker, 1186th; George F. Ockers-hausen, 1187th; S. C. Conti, 1175th; and Frank L. Hailstock, 303rd Wing* Cpl. Albert R. Grenier, Hq. and Hq. Sq., and Sgt. Richard J. Welsh, 1186th. ' Civilians, too, will be rewarded tor suggestions accepted by the board. Cash awards ranging from $5 to $250 wili be made to civilian personnel on the Post whose ideas are put into effect. A Baby Is Baptized At Post Chapel CHAPEL CEREMONY—In a service unique in wartime, little Jean Frances Giltmier, three months old, was baptized Sunday at Chapel No. 2. Seen with her during the ceremony are her father and mother, S/Sgt. and Mrs. Richard Giltmier, and Assistant Post Chap- Iain Wilson W. Harvey. S/Sgt. Giltmier, a railroad clerk in civilian life, is a drill Instructor attached to the 1181st training group, and his wife lives in nearby Randleman, N. C. The baby was born Aug. 9 in Chicago, where S/Sgt. and Mrs, Giltmier lived before he entered the army June 15, 1942. Jones Family S i x t e e n In Same 1189th B a r r a c k s K e e p ' Em All Guessing. an "I'm one of the Jones boys." It may be a gag to some people, but up in barracks 436 of the 1189th Its no idle jest. For into that one barracks Fate in the shape of the letter "J" has brought together 16—-count 'em—Jones'l Aware that anything can happen l a the army, Sgt. Ralph Cerbone, Jr., of the 1189th plans and training office, has been tearing his hair, figuratively speaking, ever since the-16 Jones', all privates, showed up on his records one morning a few weeks" ago. The situation sometimes produces unexpected results. "When a Pvt. Jones appears on •fee list for guard duty, 16 Jones' are apt to show up," says Sgt. Cerbone, explaining that the boys prefer guard duty to mess attendant duty. "But when the name pears on a KP list, we may find rselves looking for 'the other ties.'" Just how the Privates Jones man-jage the situation among themselves lis difficult to imagine, especially with three Williams and two Johns out of the 16 given names. Just plain "Jonesy" is out for the duration. Sgt. Cerbone is still looking for an all-out solution. In the meantime, for the record and the benefit of the other fellows in No. 463, the names of those 16 men are Alphonso, Bobby, Booker T, Eliga, to, Howard C, John C, John W, L Z., Nathan, Purnell, Royal A., Bank C Sylvester, William D., William E, and William H.—Jones. 304th Wing Leads Post In A. E. R. The 304th Wing, with $376.05, led all others in voluntary contributions by enlisted men to the Army Emergency Relief for October, Maj. L. B. Cannon, personal affairs officer, has announced.' A grand total of $1,277.31 was contributed by EMs of four Wings and two detachments on the Post. The 302nd Wing donated $358.53; the 303rd, $283.99; the 301st, $217.49; Medical Detachment, $23.85, and the 65th Mess grolip, $17.40. For the same month, civilian personnel of the Post bought war bonds totaling $13,898.75, representing participation by 89 percent of the employees who set aside an average of eight percent of their gross pay. — 1 * i New Victory Patch For Europe Theaters U. S. Army personnel at European Theater Headquarters are wearing a new victory shoulder patch. The oval-shaped patch has a dark blue background on which appear two red lightning bolts fringed in gold, forming a "V," symbolizing victory as well as the union of Allied ground and air forces. Thanksgiving Issue The next issue of your favorite newspaper, 10-Shun, will be a Thanksgiving Day special coming out a day earlier than usual. (Group correspondents—get those notes in Saturday, Please.) A feature next week will be the Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner menu. Applications For ASTP § Now Limited Applications for ASTP have been halted at BTC 10, so far as trainees and attached enlisted men are concerned,, according to a recent announcement by Lt. Ralph W. Tyler, recorder for the ASTP board. Consideration in the future, Lt Tyler said, will be given only to applicatoins already received and to applications that may come from permanent personnel of the camp. |The men who have already applied," he explained, "will be considered when quotas permit, but cannot be held at this point waiting for such quotas and will probably be transferred to the assignment recommended by classification." Trainees and attached men -who have not applied will be able to apply for ASTP after they complete technical schools, Lt. Tyler said, "or are assigned to some permanent station." Until the change of regulations was announced, the ASTP field section board of BTC 10 had received hundreds of applications per month. Shop And Mail Early For Christmas Military personnel were urged this week to do their Christmas shopping and mailing now in order to assure delivery before Christmas. Capt. Francis Leyens, exchange officer, said a varied selection of gifts and cards may be found in the show cases at the main PX and, as an added incentive to early shoppers, the PX will .wrap Christmas packages free of "charge in Christmas wrapping paper. PAC Candidates Are Classified Here On Tentative Basis Post Schedule Pushed Back Half-Hour Daily In case you haven't heard, you sleep an extra half hour each morning. First call for Reveille now is at 5:45 a. m. instead of at 5:15. It has been thus since Wednesday when the whole schedule of training hours was pushed back 30 minutes to conform to the new schedule of calls. On weekdays, roll call will be at 6:05, With assembly for drill at 8 o'clock Staff sections and civilian personnel have new office hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., daily. Maj, Light9 s Son Alive-W. D. Informs Parents Capt. Herbert M. Light, Jr., son of Maj. Herbert M. Light, CO of Headquarters and Headquarters squadron, is alive and the report that he had met death while on a bombing mission over Europe was e r r o n e o u s , his p a r e n t s were notified yesterday in a War De-p a r t m e n t telegram. This confirmed a belief previously h e ld by t h e y o u ng captain's parents. ,,, They had received from him letters written after the reported date of his death. v The message said that Capt. Light was ill and gave his address in care of the APO in New York. A telegram from the War Department on Oct. 24 notified the parents of Capt. Light he had been killed in action. A later communication set the date of his death as Aug. 1 on the basis of information received through the Rumanian International Red Cross. This was the date of the raids on the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania. Upon re-turing to this post some days ago from his home in Long Beach, Cal, Maj. Light found a letter awaiting him from his son, written Oct. 25— a day after the War Department telegram. As further evidence, Mrs. Light has a number of newspaper clippings, dated Aug. 26 and 27, of Associated Press and United Press interviews with Capt. Light in Cairo, Egypt, where he described the Ploesti raid. Capt. Light, 22, is a veteran flier. As a bombardier, he has flown on 27 missions against the enemy since he went overseas a year ago last month. He has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and three clusters. Stepson Of Former Liberian President, Trainee Here, Wants To Be U. S. Citizen By CPL. JOE QUINN. Pvt. Frank Osborn Roberts, a trainee of the 303rd Wing, has at least .two distinctions that stand him out—first, he is the stepson of C. B. D. King, former president of Liberia, and secondly he has more -"brothers" than any other soldier on the post. , The reason for all the "brothers" is that in his native African country; all members of the same tribe are regarded as being blood brothers and consequently every member of the Vai tribe, of which he is a "member, are "brothers" of Toniea" Massaquoi—Roberts' Liberian tribal name. Pvt. Roberts was inducted Oct. 6 at Fort Devens, Mass., and has been on the post almost three weeks, long enough to know that he likes army life and life at BTC 10. In fact, he likes most everything American—so well that he is in a hurry to become a U. S. citizen. Before the war he studied at PVT. FRANK ROBERTS Hampton Institute at Hampton, Va., was graduated in 1938 with a B. S. degree in vocational education and the following year took an M. A. degree in architectural engineering and building construction. Later he did research work in architectural design for tropical countries^: All of this was in preparation for his return to Liberia where he hoped to be jpf service to his people. Glad To Be In Uniform. Then the_ United States entered the war and although an alien, he indicated a willingness to fight for this country should he be needed. Finally he was called by his draft board and he was glad to get into uniform. One of the first things he did was inquire about becoming a citizen, and now that he is on the post he has filled out the necessary forms and will be naturalized soon in the next class to be sworn in as citizens. Now that he is in the Air Forces he would like to become a photog- (ContJnuedOaPage7,Col 5) Tests Given Daily At Unit In Hospital Pre-Aviation Cadet candidates, who used to go to Nashville for classification as pilots, bombardiers and navigators will henceforth be classified tentatively or be disqualified right here at BTC 10. A new Army Air Force policy calls for establishing examination and what amounts to classification units at the basic training centers. Already, one has been set up and is in operation here. Physical and mental tests are being given to more than 100 candidates daily at the new .Medical and Psychological Examining unit established recently at Station Hospital. Classifications will be based on results of the examinations. Classifications Withheld. However, they will be unofficial because classifications will be withheld from candidates who pass their tests until they have completed academic training at colleges and have arrived at pre-flight schools. But those who fail to qualify as pilots, navigators or bombardiers will not be sent to college, it was announced. They will be notified immediately and will be subject to re-classification at BTC 10 for some other branch of the AAF. - To these extents the policy is new. Heretofore, candidates not only completed basic training here, but were sent to and completed a five-months college course before they reported for classification. The PAC examining unit here swung into full stride this monthr with the opening of the psychological section. The medical section has been operating several weeks. Lt. Col. William P. May is officer in charge of the unit and Maj. L. B. Ward, chief of the psychological section. Candidates, Maj. Ward said, are given just as thorough tests here as they would have received at Nashville. Examinations are mental and physical, with a mixture of various co-ordination tests. Three days are required for a candidate to complete his examination. The first day is devoted to written tests; the second to apparatus co-ordination tests and part of the physical test and the third day to the remainder of the physical. Special apparatus has been installed for the various co-ordination tests. Devices range from square pegs which, when turned, test a future pilot's finger dexterity, to a rudder control apparatus that simulates a plane on the ground which the "pilot" must control with, rudder pedals only. Economy was the reason given (Continued On Page 7, Col. 5) Try Barbers In Bldg. 980 Enlisted men who have found it necessary to stand in line for ton-sorial service were reminded they might have better luck at the barber shop in Bldg. 980 across from the Service club. It has facilities to accommodate more men at one time than the other two shops on the post. Capt. Francis Leyens, exchange officer, said 20 barbers ^are employed in 980. Both 980 and the shop in the main PX are open from 11 a. m. to 6 p.m. The «T" Stands For "Temporary" It doesn't signify "trainingr,» it doesn't stand for "tent;" and it doesn't mean "technical," nor is it the T in BTC 10. If you are one who has spent many of his waking moments pondering what T in your barracks number stands for, then relax—your worries are over! From the office of the Post En? gineer this week comes the welcome disclosure that the T as in T-135 stands for "Temporaiy."
Object Description
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Title | BTC 10-Shun [November 19, 1943] |
Date | 1943-11-19 |
Editor(s) | Marmor, Milton |
Subject headings |
World War, 1939-1945 Journalism, Military Greensboro (N.C.) Basic training (Military education) |
Topics |
Troops Overseas Replacement Depot and Basic Training Center 10 World War II |
Place | Greensboro (N.C.) |
Description | The November 19, 1943, issue of BTC 10-Shun, published by the United States Army Basic Traing Center 10/Overseas Replacement Depot in Greensboro, North Carolina. |
Type | Text |
Original format | Newspapers |
Original publisher | Greensboro, N.C. : [United States Army] |
Language | en |
Contributing institution | Greensboro History Museum |
Newspaper name | BTC 10-Shun |
Rights statement | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NKC/1.0/ |
Additional rights information | NO KNOWN COPYRIGHT. This item is believed to be in the public domain but its copyright status has not been determined conclusively. |
Object ID | grmus_1943-11-19 |
Digital publisher | The University of North Carolina at Greensboro, University Libraries, PO Box 26170, Greensboro NC 27402-6170, 336.334.5304 |
Digitized by | North Carolina Digital Heritage Center (http://www.digitalnc.org) |
OCLC number | 871566545 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
Full text | OSH, Send 10-SHUN Home to the Folks The folks at home are very proud of you. And they're eager to read about you and your post. Alter finishing with this copy, of 10-Shun, roll it up and put an envelope around it. Address properly, making sure that you include .a return address, and place a ONE AND A HALF CENT STAMP on the envelope. The post newspaper CANNOT be sent home under the free franking privilege. Vol.2, No. 16. Greensboro, N. C, Friday, November 19, 1943. FREE DISTRIBUTION ^Suggestions Win Passes For 8 EM The Suggestion Box pays! Eight of 16 enlisted men -who submitted ideas that ranged from: "Hospital visiting hours should be posted on all bulletin boards" to "A ramp should be built from the road outside of T-l to the drill field," won rewards at a recent meeting of the Suggestion Box Board. Each of the eight was granted a three-day pass. A ninth—Pvt. S. C. Rue, formerly of the 1180th—hit the jack-pot, but wasn't here to collect. He departed before he could cash in on the equivalent of a nine-day pass. Pvt. Rue's three suggestions were adopted and each won for him a three-day pass. All Adopted. He proposed construction of the ramp on .the T-l road; the reconstruction of mess tables so they can be GI'd more easily and that trainees be issued field rations while in the bivouac area. All three proposals have been adopted. Lt. H. E. Varian, assistant mess officer, was granted a three-day leave for suggesting that a two-hour lecture course on the conduct and discipline in mess halls be included in the basic training schedule. • Other suggestions approved were: Posting of instructions regarding the use of fuses for electric light systems in barracks; wearing of insignias on robes worn by hospitalized officers and the use of special file boxes for dispensary forms. The seven enlisted men to be granted three-day passes, in addition to Pvt. Rue, are: Pvts. Ralph Becker, 1189th; Jack Fern, 1177th, and H. I. Silver, 1183rd; Pfcs. Jack S. Causey, Det. Finance Dept., and Dan Stallings, medical detachment; Cpl. John Fonda, 1186th; T/3 J. XJ. Rodgin, medical detachment, and S/Sgt. Henry Cotugno, 1184th. Letters of Appreciation. Letters of appreciation were also awarded by the board to seven other enlisted men whose suggestions were approved and recommended for adoption. The seven are: Pvts. Clayton H. Bowles, Hq. and' H(j. Sq: John T. Tucker, 1186th; George F. Ockers-hausen, 1187th; S. C. Conti, 1175th; and Frank L. Hailstock, 303rd Wing* Cpl. Albert R. Grenier, Hq. and Hq. Sq., and Sgt. Richard J. Welsh, 1186th. ' Civilians, too, will be rewarded tor suggestions accepted by the board. Cash awards ranging from $5 to $250 wili be made to civilian personnel on the Post whose ideas are put into effect. A Baby Is Baptized At Post Chapel CHAPEL CEREMONY—In a service unique in wartime, little Jean Frances Giltmier, three months old, was baptized Sunday at Chapel No. 2. Seen with her during the ceremony are her father and mother, S/Sgt. and Mrs. Richard Giltmier, and Assistant Post Chap- Iain Wilson W. Harvey. S/Sgt. Giltmier, a railroad clerk in civilian life, is a drill Instructor attached to the 1181st training group, and his wife lives in nearby Randleman, N. C. The baby was born Aug. 9 in Chicago, where S/Sgt. and Mrs, Giltmier lived before he entered the army June 15, 1942. Jones Family S i x t e e n In Same 1189th B a r r a c k s K e e p ' Em All Guessing. an "I'm one of the Jones boys." It may be a gag to some people, but up in barracks 436 of the 1189th Its no idle jest. For into that one barracks Fate in the shape of the letter "J" has brought together 16—-count 'em—Jones'l Aware that anything can happen l a the army, Sgt. Ralph Cerbone, Jr., of the 1189th plans and training office, has been tearing his hair, figuratively speaking, ever since the-16 Jones', all privates, showed up on his records one morning a few weeks" ago. The situation sometimes produces unexpected results. "When a Pvt. Jones appears on •fee list for guard duty, 16 Jones' are apt to show up," says Sgt. Cerbone, explaining that the boys prefer guard duty to mess attendant duty. "But when the name pears on a KP list, we may find rselves looking for 'the other ties.'" Just how the Privates Jones man-jage the situation among themselves lis difficult to imagine, especially with three Williams and two Johns out of the 16 given names. Just plain "Jonesy" is out for the duration. Sgt. Cerbone is still looking for an all-out solution. In the meantime, for the record and the benefit of the other fellows in No. 463, the names of those 16 men are Alphonso, Bobby, Booker T, Eliga, to, Howard C, John C, John W, L Z., Nathan, Purnell, Royal A., Bank C Sylvester, William D., William E, and William H.—Jones. 304th Wing Leads Post In A. E. R. The 304th Wing, with $376.05, led all others in voluntary contributions by enlisted men to the Army Emergency Relief for October, Maj. L. B. Cannon, personal affairs officer, has announced.' A grand total of $1,277.31 was contributed by EMs of four Wings and two detachments on the Post. The 302nd Wing donated $358.53; the 303rd, $283.99; the 301st, $217.49; Medical Detachment, $23.85, and the 65th Mess grolip, $17.40. For the same month, civilian personnel of the Post bought war bonds totaling $13,898.75, representing participation by 89 percent of the employees who set aside an average of eight percent of their gross pay. — 1 * i New Victory Patch For Europe Theaters U. S. Army personnel at European Theater Headquarters are wearing a new victory shoulder patch. The oval-shaped patch has a dark blue background on which appear two red lightning bolts fringed in gold, forming a "V," symbolizing victory as well as the union of Allied ground and air forces. Thanksgiving Issue The next issue of your favorite newspaper, 10-Shun, will be a Thanksgiving Day special coming out a day earlier than usual. (Group correspondents—get those notes in Saturday, Please.) A feature next week will be the Thanksgiving Day turkey dinner menu. Applications For ASTP § Now Limited Applications for ASTP have been halted at BTC 10, so far as trainees and attached enlisted men are concerned,, according to a recent announcement by Lt. Ralph W. Tyler, recorder for the ASTP board. Consideration in the future, Lt Tyler said, will be given only to applicatoins already received and to applications that may come from permanent personnel of the camp. |The men who have already applied," he explained, "will be considered when quotas permit, but cannot be held at this point waiting for such quotas and will probably be transferred to the assignment recommended by classification." Trainees and attached men -who have not applied will be able to apply for ASTP after they complete technical schools, Lt. Tyler said, "or are assigned to some permanent station." Until the change of regulations was announced, the ASTP field section board of BTC 10 had received hundreds of applications per month. Shop And Mail Early For Christmas Military personnel were urged this week to do their Christmas shopping and mailing now in order to assure delivery before Christmas. Capt. Francis Leyens, exchange officer, said a varied selection of gifts and cards may be found in the show cases at the main PX and, as an added incentive to early shoppers, the PX will .wrap Christmas packages free of "charge in Christmas wrapping paper. PAC Candidates Are Classified Here On Tentative Basis Post Schedule Pushed Back Half-Hour Daily In case you haven't heard, you sleep an extra half hour each morning. First call for Reveille now is at 5:45 a. m. instead of at 5:15. It has been thus since Wednesday when the whole schedule of training hours was pushed back 30 minutes to conform to the new schedule of calls. On weekdays, roll call will be at 6:05, With assembly for drill at 8 o'clock Staff sections and civilian personnel have new office hours, 8:30 a. m. to 5:30 p. m., daily. Maj, Light9 s Son Alive-W. D. Informs Parents Capt. Herbert M. Light, Jr., son of Maj. Herbert M. Light, CO of Headquarters and Headquarters squadron, is alive and the report that he had met death while on a bombing mission over Europe was e r r o n e o u s , his p a r e n t s were notified yesterday in a War De-p a r t m e n t telegram. This confirmed a belief previously h e ld by t h e y o u ng captain's parents. ,,, They had received from him letters written after the reported date of his death. v The message said that Capt. Light was ill and gave his address in care of the APO in New York. A telegram from the War Department on Oct. 24 notified the parents of Capt. Light he had been killed in action. A later communication set the date of his death as Aug. 1 on the basis of information received through the Rumanian International Red Cross. This was the date of the raids on the Ploesti oil fields in Rumania. Upon re-turing to this post some days ago from his home in Long Beach, Cal, Maj. Light found a letter awaiting him from his son, written Oct. 25— a day after the War Department telegram. As further evidence, Mrs. Light has a number of newspaper clippings, dated Aug. 26 and 27, of Associated Press and United Press interviews with Capt. Light in Cairo, Egypt, where he described the Ploesti raid. Capt. Light, 22, is a veteran flier. As a bombardier, he has flown on 27 missions against the enemy since he went overseas a year ago last month. He has been decorated with the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Air Medal, and three clusters. Stepson Of Former Liberian President, Trainee Here, Wants To Be U. S. Citizen By CPL. JOE QUINN. Pvt. Frank Osborn Roberts, a trainee of the 303rd Wing, has at least .two distinctions that stand him out—first, he is the stepson of C. B. D. King, former president of Liberia, and secondly he has more -"brothers" than any other soldier on the post. , The reason for all the "brothers" is that in his native African country; all members of the same tribe are regarded as being blood brothers and consequently every member of the Vai tribe, of which he is a "member, are "brothers" of Toniea" Massaquoi—Roberts' Liberian tribal name. Pvt. Roberts was inducted Oct. 6 at Fort Devens, Mass., and has been on the post almost three weeks, long enough to know that he likes army life and life at BTC 10. In fact, he likes most everything American—so well that he is in a hurry to become a U. S. citizen. Before the war he studied at PVT. FRANK ROBERTS Hampton Institute at Hampton, Va., was graduated in 1938 with a B. S. degree in vocational education and the following year took an M. A. degree in architectural engineering and building construction. Later he did research work in architectural design for tropical countries^: All of this was in preparation for his return to Liberia where he hoped to be jpf service to his people. Glad To Be In Uniform. Then the_ United States entered the war and although an alien, he indicated a willingness to fight for this country should he be needed. Finally he was called by his draft board and he was glad to get into uniform. One of the first things he did was inquire about becoming a citizen, and now that he is on the post he has filled out the necessary forms and will be naturalized soon in the next class to be sworn in as citizens. Now that he is in the Air Forces he would like to become a photog- (ContJnuedOaPage7,Col 5) Tests Given Daily At Unit In Hospital Pre-Aviation Cadet candidates, who used to go to Nashville for classification as pilots, bombardiers and navigators will henceforth be classified tentatively or be disqualified right here at BTC 10. A new Army Air Force policy calls for establishing examination and what amounts to classification units at the basic training centers. Already, one has been set up and is in operation here. Physical and mental tests are being given to more than 100 candidates daily at the new .Medical and Psychological Examining unit established recently at Station Hospital. Classifications will be based on results of the examinations. Classifications Withheld. However, they will be unofficial because classifications will be withheld from candidates who pass their tests until they have completed academic training at colleges and have arrived at pre-flight schools. But those who fail to qualify as pilots, navigators or bombardiers will not be sent to college, it was announced. They will be notified immediately and will be subject to re-classification at BTC 10 for some other branch of the AAF. - To these extents the policy is new. Heretofore, candidates not only completed basic training here, but were sent to and completed a five-months college course before they reported for classification. The PAC examining unit here swung into full stride this monthr with the opening of the psychological section. The medical section has been operating several weeks. Lt. Col. William P. May is officer in charge of the unit and Maj. L. B. Ward, chief of the psychological section. Candidates, Maj. Ward said, are given just as thorough tests here as they would have received at Nashville. Examinations are mental and physical, with a mixture of various co-ordination tests. Three days are required for a candidate to complete his examination. The first day is devoted to written tests; the second to apparatus co-ordination tests and part of the physical test and the third day to the remainder of the physical. Special apparatus has been installed for the various co-ordination tests. Devices range from square pegs which, when turned, test a future pilot's finger dexterity, to a rudder control apparatus that simulates a plane on the ground which the "pilot" must control with, rudder pedals only. Economy was the reason given (Continued On Page 7, Col. 5) Try Barbers In Bldg. 980 Enlisted men who have found it necessary to stand in line for ton-sorial service were reminded they might have better luck at the barber shop in Bldg. 980 across from the Service club. It has facilities to accommodate more men at one time than the other two shops on the post. Capt. Francis Leyens, exchange officer, said 20 barbers ^are employed in 980. Both 980 and the shop in the main PX are open from 11 a. m. to 6 p.m. The «T" Stands For "Temporary" It doesn't signify "trainingr,» it doesn't stand for "tent;" and it doesn't mean "technical," nor is it the T in BTC 10. If you are one who has spent many of his waking moments pondering what T in your barracks number stands for, then relax—your worries are over! From the office of the Post En? gineer this week comes the welcome disclosure that the T as in T-135 stands for "Temporaiy." |
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