The rotator [September 14, 1945]

              ARMY MR FORCES OVERSEAS REPLACEMENT DEPOT AAF REDISTRIBUTION STATION NUMBER FIVE
VOL. 5. NO 1060th AAF BU, Greensboro, N. C, Friday, September 14,1945. FREE DISTRIBUTION
More Twins Hit News
New Separation Plans Adopted On Post
Point, Age Discharge
Systems Are Revised
To Release Men Of 35; Point Score
Lowered To 80 Under New Regulation
The War Department's revised age and point dis­charge
system, cutting discharge scores from 85 to 80,
points and lowering the age for discharge eligibility from'
38 to 35 years, will be put into effect at this post imme<,
[diately.
I Eagerly awaited by GIs ever sinca
It's Showtime, Again!
'Hot Lips9 Page
To Play Big Top
Tuesday Evening
Army Crafts
Competitions
For All GIs
Post Entries Must
Be In By Nov. 1
A n a t i o n - w i d e Army
Crafts contest, open to all
military personnel through
the respective service com­mands,
has been announced
by headquarters of Fourth
Service Command, Atlanta,
Ga.
Similar to the recently-conducted
Army Arts contest, the Crafts com­petition
will be operated at three
levels—installation, service com­mand
and national competitions.
The final exhibition will be held
from February 15 to March 14, 1946,
at Rockefeller Center, New York
city;
Classes of entries are announced
as follows:
Class I—Originality of Design.
Class II — Best craft Technique
and Materials.
Class III—Inventive Use of Im­provised
(odd and discarded) Ma­terials.
Class IV—Functional Value (utili­tarian
and decorative.)
All' posts, camps and stations
within the Foupfh Service Com­mand
will sponsor installation con­tests,
the closing date for entries
at the individual contests held at
post levels being November 1, 1945.
Upon completion of the Army
Crafts contest at the individual
posts, each post has been asked to
forward the winning entries, includ­ing
the winners and three rurmers-up
entries "in each-of 4J>e four clas­sifications,
to Fourth Service Com­mand
headquarters. Winning entries
must reach Fcirt McPherson, Ga.,
not later than November 20.
Under these rules, it will be pos­sible
for a total of sixteen entrants
from this post to have their craft
entries submitted to the service
command contest. - %j*
The nation-wide competition is
being conducted, the announcement
declared, "to encourage the crea­tive
talent of the American soldier'
and to acknowledge manual crafts
as one of the important recrea­tional
activities in the Army.
Complete details of the contest
to be held at this post have not as
yet been outlined.
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Five Earn Awards
For Suggestions
Suggestions made by five soldiers
and civilian employes of the post
have been adopted and put into
effect, the post Suggestion Box
committee announced this week.
Awards of 3-day passes and letters
of commendation or appreciation
wefe granted to the quick-think­ing
contributors.
Mrs. Hilda H. Howell, civilian
employe, received a letter of appre-ciiiion
for suggesfcig that announce­ments
be made over the loud speak­er
at noon the day before the clos­ing
of the PX for inventory.
A three-day pass went to Cpl.
Edgar Hess of Squadron E for his
suggestion that Post Bus drivers
call all important stops, such as
post- theaters, PX, warehouse,
squadrons, service clubs, etc.
The suggestion that a sign be
' placed over the Central Files door,
reading "Centrals-Files," earned a
letter of appreciation for Betty R.
Allred, civilian employe of the Ad­jutant's
office.
Cpl. Samuel Moskow, of Squad­ron
E, received a three-day pass
award for his idea, that a sign read­ing
"Dispensary B" be removed
from the building on Fourth- street,
and be replaced with a sign read­ing
"Post Pressing Shop."
Capt. G. F. Bradburn was sent a
letter of commendation for sug­gestion
that *the Wac who pastes
ration stamps in the Commissary
be furnished a sponge sealer.
SECOND SET of flying twins to turn up on the post within two
weeks belongs to the Kicinski family. They're former Fifth Air Force
gunners with identical records, same rank and decorations, and
equal number. of missions. Now they're working: on the post to­gether
in the Branch 4 mail room. S/Sgt. Joseph R. is at the left, and
S/Sgt. John S. is the one on the right.
Deuces Wild
Twins Fly As Gunners
In Same Bomber Group
By CPL. C. BENEDICT
There's no shortage of flying twins at this post. As the
Lieutenants Briley, identical fighter pilots whose careers
were reviewed by the Rotator last week, took off for sep­aration
at Fort Bragg, Staff Sergeants John S. and Joseph
R. Kicinski, who work in the Branch 4 mail room at
Squadron V, stepped up to take their places. -
Also former combat airmen, the
Kocinskis are well qualified to take
the places of the Brileys as a vet­eran
double threat combination.
Overseas 13 months, each flew the
tail gun position on B-25s of the
game 5th Air Force squadron in the
southwest Pacific. Each brother
wears the Air Medal with one clus­ter,
the Philippine Liberation Rib­bon
with two stars, the Asiatic-
Pacffic theater ribbon with seven
stars, and the Distinguished Unit
Citation.
Although they usually flew in
separate planes—each in the lead
plane of an element—the Kocinskis
flew a few missions in the same
bomber, one at the tail guns and
one in the upper turret.
Like a good many other combat
men of the 5th, the twins made
the trek with their outfit from
New Guinea through the Nether­lands
East Indies to the Philip­pines—
fighting ail the way. They
"lost count," they say, on the num­ber
of ground and water targets
blasted by their bombs or raked
by fire from their guns. A quick
reckoning, however, shows that
their two crews together are
credited with the confirmed de
struction of a Jap destroyer _gs-cort,
a sub chaser, a transport and
at least four barges. In addition.
the twins' squadron successfully hit
plenty of ground support targets,
radar stations and gun positions.
Started Together
It was"ho change of habit when
the Kocinskis began their Army
life side by side in April, 1943.
They had both attended high school
in Buffalo, N. Y., and had gone
to work together, first as ma­chinists
in the same department at
the Chevrolet Motors plant and
then as mechanics with a Stude-baker
service in Buffalo. Together
they played on and managed a
basketball team in the Boys Club of
America League, both before and
after they left high school.
Moreover, it looks like a joint
exit from the Army before long
for Staff Sergeants John and Joe
They bave 81 points apiece with­out
the new adjustment.
The Kocinskis Returned to the
United States in July, were pro­cessed
at Squadron O -on this post
and then assigned to the mail room
1 at Squadron V. •, i
Auto Admitted
To Post Without
Car Insurance
Automobile insurance require­ments
for post automobile stickers
were discontinued this week.
Henceforth, prior to issuance of
automobile stickers, applicants' ve­hicles
will be inspected to ascertain
if vehicles are mechanically safe
and equipped with appropriate safe­ty
devices.
The new rules apply to both miH
tary and civilian personnel.
- LOSS OF INSURANCE
Eighty per cent of discharged
veterans have permitted their GI
insurance policies to lapse, with a
loss of "billions of dollars of pro­tection
to them," the Institute of1 write his own ad, of no more than
Life Insurance reports. 25 words
Another big-time entertainment
program features Showtime at the
Big Top next Tuesday night when
Oran "Hot Lips" Page and his
Orchestra play at 7:30.
Recognized as one of the nation's
foremost trumpeters, "Hot Lips,"
also presents Romanine Jackson and
"Horsecollar" Williams, well-known
swingologists.
A native of Dallas, Texas, Page
started his career young and has
appeared with many top-notch mu­sicians,
including Andy Kirk, Count
Basie, Pete Johnson and others.
When he played with Artie Shaw,-
"Lips" made the headlines of jazz,
swing and dance magazines through­out
the country.
"Hot Lips" and the late Fats
Waller gave swing sessions in Car­negie
Hall, and he has also played
in leading hotels and clubs in addi­tion
to appearing on the radio.
Two other top-notch entertain­ment
shows preceded Page and his
Orchestra at the Big Top within a
week's period. Zero Mostel, zany
comedian, kept the crowd in an
uproar with a show last Friday
night, and Joe Guy and his orches­tra,
featuring singer Billie Holliday,
played Tuesday night.
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FREE WANT AD8
New York.—(CNS)—Helping vets,
find the right postwar job is the
concern of two local publications,
which are publishing free want ads
for ex-GIs.
The Billboard, show business
weekly (1564' Broadway), will carry
ads from men and women with
prewar experience in the amuse­ment
industry. Applicants must
give certain required information
to the publication, which thereupon
writes the ad.
The New York daily, PM, (164
Duane street), has the applicant
V-J Day, the revised "discharge
plan was announced several days
ago in Washington.
It was not officially confirmed
here, however, until yesterday,
when telegraphic orders were re­ceived
from higher headquarters
instructing immediate adoption of
the new system.
The new plan provides that en*
listed men and women 35 years of
age or over would now become
eligible for discharge—but those
who have not yet reached their 38th
birthday must have completed two
years' honorable service to be
eligible.
The orders also provide for tha
crediting of points earned between
May 12 and September 2, but until
this recomputation is completed
scores as of May 12 will remain in
effect.
For Wacs, under the new system,
the point discharge score is cut
from 44 to 41.
Take It Easy!
The post personnel office is mov«
ing as swiftly as possible in screen­ing
eligible personnel. While the
anxiety of high-point eligibles is
fully appreciated, personnel officers
have requested these men refrain
from calling at the office for in­dividual
attention, since such visits |
only hamper"the work of the de­partment
and delay completion of
the necessary pre-discharge details.
According to an Army Times
story, the cut in discharge scores
and age was. followed two days
later with a new screening policy
which will insure that no enlisted
man with 45 or more points under
the May 12 computation or who
will be eligible for age discharge
within a year will be sent overseas
unless he volunteers. No more
Wacs will be sent overseas.
The Army estimated that approx­imately
1,100,000 enlisted personnel
would become eligible for discharge
under the new system. _ The cut
in age, Army officials said, makes
an additional 300,000 men and wom­en
eligible for discharge—in addi­tion
to the 160,000 38-year- and 39-
year-olds already entitled to dis­cbarge.
The recomputation of
points and lowering of discharge
scores would affect about 800,000
(Continued On Page Seven)
It Didn't Say 'Positively9
TOP-NOTCH entertainment came to the Big Top
last Friday when Zero Mostel, zany comedian, went
through his repertoire consisting of gags, imitations,
and songs. In Ignoring the "No Smoking" sign at ,,
the theater, he demonstrated how he disregarded
the standard form of comedy to become one of the
most successful gagsters in the business. j.