BTC 10-Shun [February 4, 1944]

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VOL. 2. NO. 27. Greensboro, N. C, Friday, February 4, 1944. FREE DISTRIBUTION
Taking The Gas Off A Shell Of A Plane PAC Prep School
Is Started On Post
Voluntary Attendance By Night
May Lead Student to Day School
A preparatory school for pre-aviation cadets, the first
of its kind for all PACs on the post, was started last Tues­day
night at 7 o'clock in T-76, with classes in mathe­matics,
physics and theory of flight.
' Attendance to the school is volun­tary,
Similar
Stop Sabotage!
Intelligence
Office Asks
AidOfVM
NOT A GROUP OF MEN FROM MARS, these rects flie operation. The men on the ground carry
• masked figures are Gas N. C. O.'s taking the course three-gallon decontamination tanks while those atop
given by the Chemical Warfare section. They are the plane are using one and a half quart Gontainers.
• Shown here learning how to decontaminate an A-20 This is part of the course now being given Unit
plane. Lt. William Van Slyke, in upper right, di- Gas officers. •
AAF Training Command Develops
61.730 Pilots In 11 Months Of '43
The AAF Training Command, demonstrating the
speed-up and extension of air combat and ground crew
training, has announced that of the more than 100,000
pilots graduated in the past five years 61,730 were
graduated during the first 11 months of 1943. -
Just as spectacular has been the*
Increase in the production of air
Wife Of British
Field Marshal
Visits ETC 10
lady Nancy Dill, wife of Field
Marshal Sir John Dill, chief
British representative oh the
combined Chiefs of Staff in
Washington, D. C, visited BTC
10 and its Red Cross facilities
yesterday.
In her capacity as a Staff
Commandant in the British Red
Cross, she inspected the post's
Red Cross offices and the recre­ational
facilities at the post hos­pital
yesterday afternoon.
As a guest of Col. V. R. Wood­ruff,
commanding officer, sne
was scheduled to review the sol­diers
of this AAF basic training
center at yesterday afternoon's
weekly garrison parade.
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and ground crew technicians. A
total of 555,891 were graduated in
the 59 months from January 1, 1939,
to November 30, 1943; while only
14,803 were trained in the 20 years
ifrom 1921 to 1941.
Development of the training com­mand
is shown in a report which
makejs public figures that have been
heretofore withheld as confidential.
The figures show that 100,799
pilots; 107.218 flexible aerial gun­ners,
20,086 bombardiers, 18,805
navigators and 555,891 ground and
air combat crew technicians were
igraduated in the Jan. 1939 to Nov.
1943 period.
The Command trains all AAF
pilots, bombardiers, navigators, gun­ners
and 65 different categories of
technicians. Approximately 29,000
training planes of all Jypes are used
by the Command.
Low Fatality Rate.
"In 1939, only 696 pilots were
igraduated from two schools," the
Command report states. "In the
first eleven months of 1943, the
Command graduated-61,730 pilots of
all types from 135 schools engaged
in flying training. The increase in
the production of technicians is no
less spectacular when you consider
that only 14,803 were trained in the
two deeades from 1921 to 1941.
"To achieve this record," the re­port
adds, "the Training Command
lhas developed the world's greatest
educational system. From the
standpoint of territory covered, per­sonnel
employed, administered and
trained, equipment operated and
facilities owned, it overshadows the
largest of all. the world's great busi­ness
corporations."
During the eleven months from
January 1, 1943 to November 30 of
the same year, students of the Com­mand
flew an average of 25,600
hours per fatal accident.
With the exception of 3,491 glider
fclots, 2,348 liaison pilots, and 444
omen pilots, most of the 100,799
pilots are qualified fighter or
bomber flyers, the report states.
The figures of 555,891 technicians
represents only the number gradu­ated
from basic courses and does not
show the total number of tech­nicians
produced, nor does it give
a'full picture of the extensive tech­nical
training given.
Because most gunners on heavy
and medium bombers double as
technicians, many graduates of the
flexible gunnery courses have also
completed the basic technical
courses in mechanics, radio or arma­ment.
f r r r THE MEN ON DETAIL.
Enlisted men were asked again
this week to refrain from bringing
candy, ice cream and the like into
the post's War Department theatres
by S/Sgt. Nelson McCollom, NCO
assistant to the post's Theater Offi­cer.
Colleges Going
Back To Mufti,
AAF Declares
Seventy colleges utilized in the
college training program and 14
civilian contract schools used in
pilot training will be returned for
civilian use, the AAF has an­nounced.
Students now training in these in­stitutions
will complete their
courses, it was pointed out, but no
new AAF students will be accepted
in the future at these schools.
The move conforms to the recent
announcement of Gen. H. H. Ar­nold,
commanding general of the
AAF, who said, "As the war con­tinues,
emphasis will naturally
shift from training of vast num­bers
of new men to the training of
replacements."
Among schools to be. returned for
civilian use is Elan College, N. C
A new program has been inau­gurated
in the AAF that will make
of the Military Intelligence section
the Army's counterpart of the
F. B. I. and enlist the assistance of
all military personnel and civilian
employees.
Hereafter, any member of the
post personnel who obtains infor­mation
or knowledge of subversive
activity on this Post is requested to
report directly to the S-2 officer at
Bldg. T-4 or by calling Ext. 22 and
29.
The information may be given
to Major R. V. Watersj S-2 Officer
on the Post or, in his absence, to
other officers in the S-2 section, in­cluding
Lt. Paul Brown, executive
officer, Lt. Peter P. Kelly, Jr., Lt
George W. Kopp and CWO Paul J.
Joos.
A charge of quarters is main­tained
24 hours a day in the S-2
Section, Bldg. T04, and there should
be no hesitation in calling that of
fice to make a report at any hour
of the day or night, whether or not
the matter appears to be urgent.
Military Intelligence embraces
the investigation of all possible or
suspected s a b o t a g e , espionage,
treason, disloyalty, disaffection, and
violations of regulatoins dealing
with the safeguarding of military
information.
It is in such subversive matters
that the S-2 Section is interested
and in these that the post person­nel
is asked to be more observant.
Matters of a disciplinary nature,
that are the province of Group and
Wing Commanders, should not be
reported; and the personnel are
asked to be careful in distinguish­ing
the difference.
Three Men Selected
For OCS Training
A warrant officer and two enlist
ed men on the Post have been se­lected
for OCS training at Miami
Beach. They are WOJG William B
Zolman, of special duty with the
301st Wing and T/Sgt. Edmond J.
Donohue, Jr., and S/Sgt. Joseph
Lynd orHq. and Hq. Sq.
Mr. Zolman was appointed a war­rant
officer just a year ago. He
entered the Army two years ago
Feb., 1942.
'Parade Rest,' Radio Show,
Comes Back To Post Tuesday
"Parade Rest," a twenty-five
minute radio show by the men
of BTC 10,- will be revived over
WGBG next Tuesday night from
the stage of Post Theater 3 at
6:30 to 6:§5 p. m.
This weekly broadcast, under
the direction of Sgt. Ian Martin,
will be a domesticated version
of the Thursday night show.
The stress is on camp life and
the laughs that go .with it. It
will feature a 15-piece orchestra
under the direction of Cpl. Daryl
Campbell.
The first show will feature an
interview with M/Sgt. Joe Sher
of General Mess, a comedy spot,
"Dear Snooky," by Sgt. Jack
O'Keefe, the singing unit of the
week, of the 1176th, giving out
Gee, Mom, I want to go
and vocals by Pvt. Bob
with
home,
Davis.
The
group
interview and singing
and comedy spot will be
regular spots of the show. And
Sgt. O'Keefe promises to send
this new letter to "Snooky" over
the air waves, apart from the
written piece that appears in
these issues each week on the
editorial page.
"Parade Rest," had been a radio
feature last spring and summer
under Sgt. Lou Terkel before
Lou was given an honorable dis­charge.
classes had been
established last November by the
302nd wing.
Those PACs who have completed
basic training, and who show se­rious
interest in the night classes,
will be eligible for transfer to
the day school after a brief qualify
ing period.
Assignment to the day school
will be their daily duty. The sub­jects
taught will include mathe­matics,
physics, meteorology, navi­gation,
theory of flight and en­gines.
•
For a Head Start
The school, initiated by enlisted
men, follows the model set by
flight and ground schools which
PACs will attend later. And the
experience of the 302nd Wing
school shows that it gives candi­dates
a substantial head start itt
the aviation subjects essential to
pilot, navigator and bombardier
training.
Attempts will be made to keep
the classes small, thus providing
more individual attention for the
students. A staff of instructors,
trained in the subjects they are
to teach, is being assembled, and
students will be required to take
notes and pass tests after each two
hours of instruction.
The curriculum calls for 24
hours of instruction in each of the
six subjects. One hour of instruc­tion
in each subject will be given
daily and the academic routine will
be broken by one hour of physical
training and sports each morning
and one hour each afternoon.
Cpl. Peter Berlinrut, who helped
organize the 302nd school, wiU ad­minister
the enlarged program:
PACs who complete the full course
satisfactorily will be given cer­tificates.
However, PACs will un­dergo
no change in status because
of the record they may make in
the school. It has been set up as
a training aid only.
Jet Plane Secret
Was Well Kept
For Over 2 Years
The period of secrecy cloaking
the jet-propulsion plane lasted two
and a half years before the War
Department gave the word which
permitted the enemy to learn a few
of its features. During this time
the secret was shared by many
military personnel, executives and
workers in several areas where
construction and testing were car­ried
out.
The jet plane was constructed at
a secret plant on one seaboard,
transported across the country, and
tested on the other side. Since
the new plane has no propellor, it
was given a dummy while being
transported from one testing site to
another.
In later months, even after the
plane had been flown several times
and its existence more widely
known, its secret was never vio­lated
by those entrusted with its
development.
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Post Complaint Hour
To Be Held Sunday
All military and civilian person­nel
on the post with a problem
or a complaint may bring it to the
attention of the Air Inspector on
Sunday, between 10 and 11 a. m.,
without obtaining permission from
their immediate superior.
The complaint hour will be held
in the Air Inspector's office, post
headquarters.
LOST AND FOUND.
A GI dog, complete with dog tag,
was lost by the 1181st Training
Group and Pvt. Paul McMahon has
made an appeal for help in return­ing
him. Two days later Pvt. Mc­Mahon
was all smiles. The dog was
discovered behind a GI can.
Bond Office
Stops $3.75
Allotments
No more Class B allotments for
the purchase of war savings bonds
under Plan 1, which is the deduc­tion
of $3.75 per month, are being
accepted by the post War Bona
Office under provisions of a War
Department circular just issued.
Such allotments already in effect
will be automatically discontinued
and payroll reductions will be
stopped as soon as full bonds are
completed.
For instance, if the final deduc­tion
for the purchase of a war
bond is made in the month of March
and March is the anniversary date
for the issuance of an $18.75 war
bond under Plan 1, such allotment
will be automatically discontinued
as of the end of that month.
John Kieran
Discusses Case
Of Post Trainee
John Kieran, s y n d i c a t ed
columnist and erudite wit of
"Information Please," perused
the contents of a recent issue of
10-SHUN, .and mode it the sub­ject
for one of his daily features.
Calling 10-SHUN a "sprightly
Army publication," Kieran dis­cussed
the problem of Pvt. Wil­liam
Ming, who, while' a trainee
at BTC 10, was called up before
the Supreme Court in Washing­ton
to defend a case that he had
started to handle as a lawyer in
Chicago. Ming needed civilian
attire, and borrowed a pin-stripe
suit.
Army papers, Kieran conclud­ed,
are much superior to those ef
World War I.