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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. After 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 HALT CENT STAMP on the envelope. The post newspaper CANNOT be sent home under lae free franking privilege. 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. m i 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. 1 » i 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.
Object Description
Title | BTC 10-Shun [February 4, 1944] |
Date | 1944-02-04 |
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 February 4, 1944, 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_1944-02-04 |
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 | 871566430 |
Page/Item Description
Title | Page 1 |
Full text | 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. After 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 HALT CENT STAMP on the envelope. The post newspaper CANNOT be sent home under lae free franking privilege. 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. m i 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. 1 » i 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. |