I. .., , .· . . , : ·C HE.CKIN c ··_·l N "• . . . t~ ... _. ·. . ' . . .. ' . ·\ - ' ,. ·II ....,.. - \- . .· ', --r· .. rse -plenty ficiated at the double ring cere mony in which Lt. Green was weld 600 rans at the gym Saturday Men with depmden ts to eat - lots of fun and such - and plenty of work. " • • • • While ed to Miss Ruth Buresh, or Cedar night etched him into Tyndall's have incurred the on the subject of letters, MaJor Rapids, Iowa •••• Lt. ·W1ll1am B. hall or fame with an accolade or greater finmci al Silva recm tly received a V-mail Pratt, rormer GI or the Public applause and cheers. hardships while in from Lt. Jay Evans who writes Relations orrice who went orr to * * * the service and frQM a N.Y. APO number: "Have bcs and then returned here as the Cpl. Max Senkinc of the Medics coMeqUI!h tl.y they been intending to write you a PRO, received his traveling orders observed his 6th birthday last should be given line ever since I left Tyndall. last week •• hopes to wind up in Tuesday. He's one of tb:>se le~ year babies who doesn't have to prefermce when it oomes to hand To Slo/ the least I 1111
PUBLISHED ON SATURDAYS BY THE SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICE FOR PERSONNEL OF THE ARMY AIR FORCES FLEXIBLE GUNNERY SCHOOL, TYNDALL FIELD, PANAMA CITY, FLORIDA. Copy Prepared Under Supervision of Public Relations officer. Printing & Photography by Base Photograph ic & Reproduction Section. Art work by Dept. of Training Drafting Department. The Tyndall Target receives aaterial s upplied by Ca11p Newspaper Ser vice, liar Dept. , 2015 R. 42nd St., New York City. Credit·ed aaterial aay not be republished without prior peraission froa CNS. "An army moves on its stom ~f::"~:liiipH :, $'e:f: ~i f ~ l' : f: ~ ~ ach"; the stomach not only of its men, but on the stomach of PROTEST ANT Sunday A FRESH START its equipme~t as well. Tanks, Sunday School, Post Chapel. 9 A.M. planes, guns need constantly Worship, Colored Rec Hall..9 A.M. Now that the Reconstruction ness experience, have some to be fed. Oil, ammunition, Worship, Post Chapel ••.••• 10 A.M. Worship, Skunk Ho 11 ow ••••• 10 A.M. Finance Corporation has ex money of his own" and there repairs must keep coming from Worship, Post Chapel ..•• 7:30 P.M. tmded its snall business loan must be a "sound econanic need supply bases in the rear. Tuesday program to include those for the rosiness." It is clear that the primary Fellows hip Meeting .••.•• 7:30 P.M. mustered out of service, all Well, those are things to strategy of the war is to cut Wednesday Choir Rehearsal. •••••••• 7:30 P.M. the enemy's supply lines. It the soldier has to ~rry about p ray fb r, unless the RFC ac CATHOLIC is getting back. cepts the present war as quali is also clear that, in equip Sunday fied "Previous business ex ping His SOULdiers, this ra Mass, Post Chapel •••••• • ••• 8 A.M. The plan is designed to Mass, Post Theater•••••••• 10 A.M. assist servicemm returning to. perience" and considers the tioning problem was of first Mass, Post Chapel •••.•• 11: 15 A.M. importance to our Lord's Di private life in reestablishing mustering out pay the service Daily man will receive a-s "some vine Plan for making prayer Mo<>S •••••••••••••••.•••• 5:30 A.M. their former business oper Saturday money of his own." the "supply line" by which ations. Confessions ••••.••••••••••• 7 P.M. To our way of thinking, Christian SOULdiers are rein (and any time chaplain is in his Thus the soldier who sold there's always room for an forced, that no Christian need office.) his restaurant, pet shop, or ever be cut off from his base JEWISH other rest au rant that will Friday grocery store, would be in serve gpod coffee and fresh of supply. All this is neces Worship Service .•••••••• 7:30 P.M. sary to keep the prayer line 1 ine to obtain RFC f\mds to apple pie. However, measured open is willingness to ~eceive fo o d nourishes n ot merely an acquire his old business or by Reconstruction Finance this reinforcement. arm, a leg, a toe, but our set himself up around the Corp. stmdards, one really Suppose that a blockade of whole body. Our prayers, then, comer in a new location. begins to wonder whether pie prayer, o r indifference, can be a vital supply base for Wisely perhaps, there is a and coffee is after all ac should cut off this sp iritual those me mbers of the same small but weighty anchor at ceptable evidence that a "sound supply line. The Christian Christ Body. A cut-off army, tached to the plan. An appli ecommic need for the business" army would be weakened. "This yet we can still reinforce cant !Jllst show "previous busi- exists. daily bread should be taken as them through the base of sup as a remedy against our daily ply of prayer, for, says St. infirmities," declares St. Am Augustine, "The influence of THE IDES OF MARCH brose. prayer is felt ar o und the Every prayer reinforces not world. 11 "More things are Coming when Hitler' s star read aright tile invasion sigp.s. only the one praying, but all wro ught b y prayer than this is on the wane the season of The Czechs say it was a wam- the army, just as our daily world dreams of. 11 prophecies and omens recalls ing voice on the edge of the~~;::======:; the ancimt soothsayer inter crowds that wept openly in cepting Caesar on the steps the streets of Prague oo "Pro of the Senate to wam him to tector's Day," March 14, 1939, ONE MAN'S OPINION "beware the ides of March." that Hitler is now remember Unfortunately the noblest ing. It could have been a What's Yours? Roman of them all did not visit made late at night by share the old one's sense of the shade of a distinguished Editor, weathe~ They sometimes appeared foreboding and went on to be member of the college of Tyndall Target in 11 SUiliiler" attire in the middle assassinated. augurs. · Your "iri!Jliring photographer" of winter. The weather is that No mean visionary himself • • Now the ides of March didn't come to me when he asked way here. and quite at hane with a power are with us md while the end various soldiers if they thought The Anny may have its reasons the states or the federal g:>vem for prescribing clothing for its telescope, Hitler has his own of the prophecy is not in ment should handle the voting for soldiers. It has a reason for reasons fbr viewing March as sight, there is in the ruins men in service, but I'd like to every other thing. But what I a DJ)nth of distrust. of the great Gennan cities, a put my word in. would -like explained is why a Some say the "believer" has grave portent of their futllre. I think it should be left up btmch of poor guys and gals who to the states, just like it is can sun bathe on the beach on now. (i)f course this would mean Stm.day in bathing suits llllSt wear that very few of the men overseas woolen clothes 1IDtil the next Sn would get a chance to vote, but I rlay? think that the 1 ack of news It should, Sir, be a rather papers, magazines and radio interesting explanation. broadcasts over there prevents -Cpl. B. W. P. men overseas from being well enough in funned on current topics Invasion Army Gets to be able to vote intelligently. -Sgt. A. K. H. Swimming InstruCtion London (CNS)-Every Ameri Dear Ed: can soldier in the Allied armies Recently I read an editorial which will storm the Second in your paper entitled: "ifuy?" Front bridgeheads into Con 0 ften I've liUI.dered about that. tinental Europe is gbing to know Why oo men at this seni-tropical how to swim-just in case he has to. post have to wear OD' s until some The American Red Cross, act high offi~r at some other post ing under Army direction, is giv says we may change to more com ing courses in combat swimming, fortable clothing? water safety and life saving at Why isn't clothing for the or pools throughout England. Nearly dinary soldier optional rluring 1,000 officers and m en are learn the early Spring and Fall? ing each week such tactics as jumping into the water from a --Am eri<-a n Legion Magazine. I'm no strm,ger to this climate. I've spP-n t ali but one of my 35 height of 25 feet, fully clothed Turn on a n Pws hroadcast so w e ean find out how w e're making out. and car rying pack, rifle and hel yeal"s here mrl all my life I have met-and then swimming 35 feet seen people dress to suit the to a rubber dinghy. March 4, 1944 THE TYNDALL TARGET . , A.R.C. DIRECTOR URGES Survivor Of Troopship Sinking Tells EARLY APPLICATION FOR PRE-NATAL CARE FUNDS Story Of Disaster In Mid-Atlantic Recently arrived at Tyndall Filing of applications for free are a group of enl is terl men who pre-natal and maternity care for were fonnerly stationed on Green wives of enlisted men should not ! and. They are here to become . Q. Wh en I went into the Army be delayed until after the baby aerial gunners. Two of them, nt 1942 I had 110 need for National is born, J .M. Reeves, American Cpl. Fred Hessler and Pfc. Carlo S e1·vice L ife In surance. Now I'm nwrriecl, lwwever. ancl I'd like to Red Cross field director h·ere, DiMedio, have a particular score warned this week. t.ilke out a pol icy: I've been told to settle - the death by drown I didn't apply befor e had been that beccmse Reeves sairl there ing of close to two hrmdred of A u g. 10 , 1943 , I a m no longe1· cases in the past two days in their comrades when .their east el igible joT insura11ce . Is this true:' which applications for the free bound troopship was torpedoed A. No. You have been misin care had not been filed until in the Atlantic, February 3, formed. You may still apply for after the birth, and that these 1943. National Service Life Insurance applications had been turned Hessler is a native of Detro! t, but you will have to pass another down. Michigan, and both men are as medical examination before the The Red Cross official said Squadron D, members of insurance is approved. Aug. 10, sigr.ed to y on that while some states would ap 44-14. 1943, was merely the last da Class which a serviceman could get prove such rlel ayed applications, In relating his story on the insurance without a medical ex most of them would not. troopship disaster, Hessler amination. He said the Red Cross office stressed the point that service- here had application blanks and men overseas can't rmderstand CPL. /'RED G. RESSLER Q. L ately I have 11oticed officeTs would be glad to assist in filing strikes on the home front and away, tut felt m sucticn. I saw w eanng Good Condu ct ribbons. I and that he wants his story to a man who had tried to crawl til ou.ght this decora tion w as for them. en l.1s ted men onty. How abotlt it? Wives of all men below the be told in order to help the through a porthole and was c11..1gtlt folks at home realize what war fa..c;t halfway out go do\\11 with the A. True, the Good Conduct first three grades are entitled i\'ledal is not awarded to officers. to the free care, the federal really means. ship, screaming. Some of the men rather than But officers who won them while government and the individual "The torpedo struck amidships, had renained on board they were enlisted men may con states cooperating to furnish in the refrigerator section, re- join the struggling throng in tinue to wear them after they the necessary hospital and doctor 1 easing ammonia gas -- many 0 f the water. have been commissioned. · fees. the men who had been sleeping "Some of the men tossing on the when we were hit were overcome waves were screaning, others were Q. I u n derstan d that enlisted --Guardians-- before they could reach the deck. praying. I made my way to a raft m en in the U. S . A rmy are now WELCOMED; Ice, covering the lifeboats and and they hauled me aboard. The eli gible for appointment to cadet NEW OFFICER cables made lowering the life- craft filled with men rmtil every ships in the U.S. Coast Guard Men for whom Academy. If t his is true, what are FIELD PACKS RECEIVED; boats a difficult task and some inch was taken. the 1'e qui7·em ents? of the boats were renrlered use- there was no room on the raft FAVORITE K-9 DIES less while others fouled and clung to the edges, pleading to A. These appointments are of i i t be taken aboard, but the raft fered to men in the Army no We extend our heartiest welcome d umpe d th e r h uman cargo n o older than 22 in a nation-wide to Lt. Lawrence Thornton futter- the .:;ea. was so full every wave swept sane competitive examination. Each field, recently assigned to our "Some men jumped from the top of the men off. Those near the soldier's standing will be deter squadron. Lt. futterfield is a deck into the sea before boats edge of the raft clung to men in mined by averaging his grade in native Floridian hailing from were lowered. Their necks were the sea, l:uoyed up by the water; Mathematics and English together Stuart, Fla. . " broken when their cork life but many of these fro:re to death. witn his adaptability grade, based 1st/Sgt. P.M. O'Neil is at Fin- jackets hit the water. Each life "One man, half on the raft bit on personal interviews, educa ney General Hospital in Thomas- preserver was equipped with a with his legs still in the water, tional experience and background. ville, Ga., and writes that he light and the sea ::tround the ship shouted, "I can't stand it," and and 1·ecords submitted with his will be back with us soon. S;Sgt. application. p, Ryan is Acting 1st/Sgt. and is was soon full of bobbing ligtlts. slipped out of his life jacket The candidate also must have doing a very commendable job. It 1 ookerl like Forty-Second. and disappeared- the followin~ educational credits ()Ir training classes in Cl'lnou- Street and Broadway. The lights "After eight hours in the water in either a high school or college: n age, sanitation EB1d map reading kept glowing, whether the men a cutter pi eked us up. They two credits in Algebra, one in are still going full blast and were alive or dead. threw us ropes and hauled us on Plane Geometry, one-half in Trig the best of results is being de- "A rope network was throl'll over board- our arms were numb from onometry, three in English, one in rived. Incidentally, we received the side and those who hadn't the cold and we could not climb. Physics and one in Chemistrv. He our field pi!cks and the boys are formd places in boats that were A I hed th ail th n~ must be over five feet, six inches already selecting their ·•Tent s reac e r · ey grcu.r- tall and have an uncorrected vision Mates." chop-ped loose went down the bed at my hair tut I slipped away of 20/ 20. The examination will be One of our K-9' s, Prince, died ropes. I was one of them. A and dropped into the water. The held May 10 and 11 and each can several day !;; ag o and the "Dog lifeboat not yet full was near shock tha~d me out a little so didate competing must apply to Patrol" is bereaving the loss of I the ship and I got into it, but that I was able to seize another the Commandant, United States one of our better rtogs. Prince · more men kept boarding it and it rope and this time I reached the Coast Guard, through militar~· was a prince of a Gennan-Shepherd finally went under. I sw1111 back deck. channels. and was well liked by all of the to the ladder anrt found another Only rive of his group of 200 It is boys that worked w1 th him. This 1 ifeboat. It was not crowded, Physical Training area. A 1 w d' d f i were among the rescued, Hessler d th wa t c h >~1 ag le o pneumon a. but a mommt later a man jumped Said. expecte at new rmifonus Will He was in that contingent of dogs be purchased, and given to those brought over from Fort Royal, from the deck of the ship into In civilian life, the twenty- making the best showings in prac- Va., by SF!;t. E. Ace. the lifeboat. He went right four year-old aerial gunnery tice. Your correspondent has composed through into the sea and the boat student was a travel cormselor Our Glee Club, which has been another song entitled, ~I'm Not began to settle. for the Autanobile Club of Mich- presenting radio broadcasts for Making Believe," ancl it might gp "The ship went down 14 minutes igm. Just prior to arriving at the past three weeks from oor Rec places in Tin .fran Alley. (We hope.) after it had been struck. I was Tyndall, he married the former Hall will be heard at the usual Pvt. George Gr!llrly middl&-aisled in the water only about 30 feet Ruth Marion Simpson of Detroit. time tomorrow afternoon at 4:45 i t last week w1 th a hometown girl, ____.L:.=..::.:_=:.:...::..:...:_...:..:::....:.:::....:...:._::..______---f over WDIP, but from a different so here's our best wishes for --Brown Bombers-- place. A broa:dcasting studio has continuous marital bliss to the Dance Band uakes Debut, Juke Box Is Out,· been set up in the Jam Handy riveted C'Ouple. 1v1 building on the main part of the BANTER; Pvt. R. Palmer is A A pI post, and our Glee Club will talkinginhissleepaboutagirl Bigger nd Better Dances re anned broadcastitsprogrllllfromthere. called LaVerne and from the en- Our rlance band made its del::ut ing in for the next affair, it However, a radio Will be placed ra:p tu red look on his face she 1 ast Thursday night and made a will be more successful than the in the Rec Hall for anyone wish must be some gal ... The NCO's are big hit with the crowd attmding first. Every soldier contribut,-. ing to listm to the progr11u. planning a party real soon. We the bi-weekly dances. Since that ing toward the purchase of a Vtar Prospective life guards, who hope that it's not like the la..<>t time, the band has made t110 a:p- Bond will be admitted to the Will be on duty Slildey afternoons one. • • Our basketball team turned pearances at thEl USO in Panama: dance, and in addition, the com- durinigedthethsunmi einriattialouir betach, on the ~at in our last game md City, and will provide irrusic for mittee in charge will provide him rece v e r ns rue easily romped home a winner... all social activities fran now on. with a dancing partner for the tions at a meeting held Wednesday Cpl. J, Mashburn. is still calling It really is an improvement from evening. Not bad, hey fellow&' night. The duty of a life f:ard Lassie! fut she 110n 1 t come home. dancing to the trmes of a juke Signs of spring are seen all is a voluntary one, but ju ging · ••• By the way, llhich G.lardim had box, and the bi-~ekly Thursday around us, 111d one of the surest by the response to a call fur mm a shipyarrl gal so completely night dances are becoming more sigr.s blossomed forth last Wed- to do this work, 00 sh:>rtage will snowed that she didn't want to popular. nesday night- whm aspirants fur exist. Plans are also being made see her husband off for the Seven Plans are being made for an- the baseball tell!l reported in the for the erection of t110 tents at Seas. • • Cpl. carroll is still other War Bond dance to be held rtay room to Lt. Greg Greene. the beach, so visitors can dress sweating out the stork--any day sometime this month. During the Strengthened by the addition of there wittnut disturbmce.. now. 4th War Loan drive our squadron several newcomers, plus the cream -Cpl. S1111 Marotta conducted a dance of this type, of the crop left over from last llother: 'Don't you want to be the first to be held at Tyndall year, the post team is expected the kind of girl that people look Field, and it was a huge success. to be one of the best in this up to.' My insurance was for combat giving away $100 section. Actual practice ses In addition to Daughter: 'No, I waa. t to be I hod olwoys thunk, worth of bonds, $25 in cash was sions ·will begin in another two the kind of girl that people look But now I know I need it also awarded lucky persons, and weeks or so1 and will be held For my upper double bunk. jurlgl.ng by the reservations poui'- nightly on the di1111ond near the around at.' Page 6 THE TYNDALL TARGET MY FAVORITE PHOTO 11 HY BOY, SPUD 11 As I P. f. c. IT
NOW AND FOREVER Concern over Finnish-Soviet amenities is said to be respon sible ror the growing unrest in By satellite Bulgaria. The Bulgars KATE SMITH who are fighting a war that was not or their choosing are. openly skeptical or a final German Quite recently tbe "Anny Play victory, and the Cairo radio re by Play• was perfonned for tile ports that they are excited by Roosevel ts ~nd Queen Wilhelmina the prospect or Finnish-Russian at Hyde Park. Members of the rapprochement. Meantime the Ger cast were cru tioned not to shake mans have readied themselves ror the President's hand too strong!)) Finnish capitulation and DNB said since he had a great deal of in a Berlin broadcast that Nazi hand-shaking to do. After tile troops in the North Countries President met each of the boys were prepared to cope with any and had heartily shaken their emergency, includ)ng an Allied limp hands, he turned to the landing, "Only one landing, group and queried, "What's tile Adolph?" matter w1 th you boys? Doesn't the Anny feed you enough?" * * * Near down under, during the WHAT' 8 NEW: Qu t in Indian- leap month of February, Aussies apolis, Ind., a homeowner adver and Yanks kept busy blasting the tised as rollows: "I'll lease immortal daylights out of Rising You mY home, lend you mY maid, Sun installations. Off days were and lntroduce you to my butcher At a time ~hen the wand is u~d~r s~ch a te~rific st~ain, with devoted to leaping from atoll to about March 1.• ••• In Chicago; the conferences going on daily which in some way or other affect mil atoll, thereby disturbing the Natural History Museum scheduled l ions of people, it's refreshing to be able to sit ·dawn and t~ k to long, coral ringed slumber of the a "Leap Year Customs• lecture ror someone about things that matter, in a vein that doesn't matter. FOr mandate-minded Nips. It was •unattached Ladies.• ••• Bing cros example you can talk to Cpl. Bill. Bennett of the 69th about .the strictly a rough-house affair, by•s new name ror Bob Hope is coming invasion, or the next election, or whether FOR mad~ the r1ght and a good bit of the furniture •Flattop. • ••• washington govern move in doing this or that-and you can talk for hours, 1f you want in the Mikado's house of 'Ihe map on the back of this Neg ros should prove to be of 1 page will give you plenty to great value. think about. We know that In announcj ng the American ir little Makin ('>,~"' M k' British and American troops attack on the Admiralty Is- '~ a 1n will some day invade western 1 ands, General MacArthur de Europe -- and that that day clared that now the direction is probably not very far away. of our Pacific attacks "has But most talk of invading been changed fran the north to ~ @Marakei EUrope centers around one pos the west." . This is in accord \.ll Abaiang sible invasion point: the with Admiral Nimitz's recent {S~ . Calais area of France, 20 statement that "my objective 1 ~.;~~Tarawa miles across the Ehglish Chan is to get air andgrormd fbrces '-setio o'H are nel from Britain. in China. " 'Ihe milt tary oper {j)Maiana Field The thing that makes this ati.ons of General MacArthur Abemama~! area appear so obvious as an and Admiral Nimitz are gradu ~:) invasion point is, of course, ally fusing into one enormous Kuria '&,'QlAranuka its nearness to Britain. But attack--and the direction of -----EQUATOR ____ _ the Anglo-American forces in that attack is toward the the British Isles have control HU.lippines and China. of the sea and air around most It is :impossi.ble ·to look at Nonouti~ · of the western coast of EUrope, a map of the Pacific and not and it would probably not be be impressed by the trenenoous Tabiteue~ Beru~ ~Nukunau much more difficult for than advances mOO.e by our forces to land at other points as since the beginning of the ~Onotoa well. Indeed, . if the German year. They have raised the THE defenses ape weaker elsewhere, American flag over islands GILBERTS it might acrually prove easier. which, two short months ago, sTamana a,.Arorae 0 50 100 ·So take a look at the map on were © Not ional Geographic Society 500 miles inside the peri ' e Miie's e e Distributed by C.N.S. the back of this page. In meter of Japan's defenses. Equator-straddling atolls make up the Gilbert Islands, :cane addition to the cross-Channel And our naval task forces have of the bloody battles of Makin and Tarawa. Sprawled across the Eq•Jator route, seven other possible shelled enemy bases over 1000 nearly 5,000 miles from San Francisco, the Gilberts are a key to the invasion points are marked - miles still deeper in J epanese eastern and southern approaches to Tokyo, This map is one of the first . and evm these do not by any tp show Yank landing fields on Abemama and Tarawa, recently named terri tory, emerging w1 th hard for heroes O'Hare and Mullinnix of the Navy, and Hawkins of the Marines. means exhaust the possibili ly a scratch. Narva is an Estonian town just installations. ties. When it comes, more fut we are still a long way a few miles from the Soviet fut the "ace" rumed out to over, the invasion will prob from the Philippines and border, and at week's end it be a deuce. The Gennans got a.l:lly be launched at several China, and an even longer way- was virrually encircled. So- the tanks in motion, but soote points simultaneously. Where strategically speaking--from viet troops are now only a of them had not even left the do you think the blows will Japan itself. So it would be 1 it t1 e over 100 miles from Gennan lines ..men Allied anti fall? foolhardy to assune that Japan Tall inn, the capital of Es- tan ksshell s hit them - and will_ now be defeated either toni a. * * they blew up, making things The American offensive in quicldy or easily. As Prime In the Ukraine, Russian very messy over on the Nazi the Pacific roared on last Minister C:trurchill said of the forces fbllowed up the caprure week,, and apparent.J_y the Jap Anglo-American invasion of of .Krivoi Rog by driving down side of the battlefield. All anese were helpless to stop North Afr-ica, in November, the west bank of the Dnepr told, 14 of these "secret it. 1942: "This is not the md. River, forcing the Nazis back weapons" were knocked out - 1 It is not even the beginning General MacArtlmr s forces to the IDack Sea ports of Nik- wi. th no damage to us. landed on Los Negros in the of the md. It is, perhaps, Aside fr001 this "surprise" opal and Odessa. In 1941, Admiralty Islands, and quicldy the end of the beginning. ff that boaneranged, there was Odessa was the scene of one of seized the Japanese airstrip the earliest and bloodiest little news to report on either at Momote on Los Negros. * The * * sieges 1n the Russian war, and the beach-head or tl}.e Cassino The Red Army last week wasn 1 t Admiralty Islands are located -in more ways than one- it front 50 miles to the south showing any si gps of a letr-up in that part of the Pacific will mean a great deal to the east. The beach-head, how either. The fall of Pskov, known as the Bismarck Sea, Russians to recapture this ever, was very definitely vi tal rail hub near the Lat and are about 400 miles west historic city. still there. northwest of Rabaul, the big vl an border, was expected at Japanese base on New Britain. any. hour. Soviet troops had * * * But Los Negros is one of the forced their way into its outr 'Ihe Germans in Italy thought The air attacks on Gennany snall er islands in the Adnir skirts, and the Nazis were they had an ace up their sleeve and Gennan-occupied terri tory al ty Group, and even here 1;he fighting a losing battle for when they received a mnnber of con tin!led, but Berlin itself Japanese are reportedly coun this strategic ciLY• radio-con trolled tanks. The got a rest -- undoubtedly a terattacking, so there is Further north, where the idea was to fill then with 'INT very temporary one. German probably some stiff fighting Russians had crossed the and roll then into the Anglo industrial cities like Stuttr ahead before the Admiral ties border into Estonia over a American lines on the Rome gart were hit heavily, and the are entirely in our hands. month ago, other Red Anny un1 ts beach-head. When they reached Calais area of France was. In this connection, the air cut the last railway line run our lines, they were to be pounded w1 th more "softening strip we have captured on Los ning westward out of Narva. blom up - thus wrecking our up medicine." Page 8 THE TYNDALL TARGET There are many possible routes for the invasion of Europe. The map on this page shows eight. WESTERN FRONT:: Where do you think our forces will attack? -· EIRE Q • Hanover Leipzig• • Frankfurt • Stuttgart • .Muni~ Chateau rou x Clermont • Ferrilnd LEGEND /DO oS'O 0 • • '· '\ S P A I N . '-- • Drawn at Tyndall Field, Florida ..______.:,______:______~- -- -· ·· · ·· - · -- · - ·" • March 4 1944 THE TYNDALL TARGET P e 9 --Medics-- DIRT PlLES DISAPPEAR; --Apolo - chotter-- BOYS CATCH LUKE AND KELTNER IN "CURVITIS;" SKILLETS HERE AGAIN; HI GH 11 SPIRITS" CAST-OFFS UT ILIZED --Bluebirds-- HOOP TEAM VICTORIOUS; NEW PATIO LOOKS GOOD Last week the squadron cagers added another win to their record whf!l they downed the Redbirds, 28-22. High scorers for our squad were Sgt. LeRoy Ross with 12 points and Don Lawton with 6 markers. The gane was highlight ed by great teanwork by our boY,s, with Sgts. Carl · Hansen, Bob Thurman, Sam Bryant an d Fred Schneller all having a hand in the victory. The boys are looking forward to the completion of the new patio adj acen t to the Rec Hall. With the addition of the patio the Rec Hall can no longer be called a "white elephant"· and the boys are looking forward to spe1d ing whatever leisure time they have at that spot. .We wonder why a certain S/Sgt. in Tech Supply and a little cor poral make regular and frequent trips to New Orleans? Is it the GUNNERS OF THE WEEK city, or its inhabitants of the gentler sex? ••• Then there is that In p l ac e of the "Gunn ers of flight chief who always insists the week" section on ou r back on tossirig to see who will pay RATIONING VICTIM page, begi nning ne xt week the the bill - and he invariably Targe t wi ll carry a pict ure of gets stuck. Th e he i ght of something o r the Gun ne r of the Class and The men in Group ;II welcome other was the qu es tion asked o f stat i stics and reco rds of the Capt. Olive Owen and Capt. Wil star t l ed Lt . Lowell E. Green, preceding gun nery cl ass, giv ing liam Taylor as ad jutant their new C. o. and of Squ ad r on E, at an the gunne r s st ill in schoo l engineering officer, respectively. eq uipme nt inspect i on of A maiden who walked on the the new Corso somethin g to shoot at , and af In sigping off, let's give our cl ass of r ook i e ae rial gunners. Displayed overmuch of h e r torso. fo rding the pe rman ent p·arty men . bas ke tb all team S(Jlle moral sup A meek private approached the A crowd soon collected , a bette r opp ort unity to follow port -- with a little cheering adjutant and asked: But no one objected; from the sidelines the muebi " Sir, may I pl ease get th e pro gress of · the g unners rds l eathe r And some were in favor of more could probably hold their own - hee l s put or these shoes? I 'rn they a r e graduat ing. see you there at the next gane. not - used to r ubb e r ones." so. Pa e 10 THE TYNDALL TARGET In Cadence Sing Or Let --Cadets-- Us Raise Our Voices, "E" FLAG COMES "HOME;" We Won't Get Any GRADUATION PARTY PLANS In Sa I a ry IN TENTATIVE STAGE By PFC. GAWDHElPUS The main topic of conversation On account of several mounds of at the Cadet Detactment this week dirt in front· of the home area, is the return of the "E" flag to I took a pilgrimage down to the the front lawn of cadet head dear old W. Trainer to see how quarters. Its return caused Lt. the other half on "A" shi:ft was H. H. Fraser, adjutant, ro end of doing. A very pi easan t and in embarrassment, for just prior to structive afternoon was spent being notified 1'1ho was the winner greeting old :friends and making of the weekly inspection, he had new enemies. I r111 across a cer spent considerable time explain t ain M1 ss Naga. e, a tasty dish, ing to his men what a horrible, wmm I took for Shea trying to smwing they had made. He has make sane extra overtime. I also hopes ·of making the flag a per met a lass nsned Dtmcan mo sang manent fixture .of the detachnent. an old Swedish mardrigal called Orchid of the week goes to 44- "Hands Up and Observe Property 14 member Nick Slscillo, who dis Ri~ts." tinguished himself at the recent I tracked down a vicious rumor graduation party of 44-8. Nick and chatted with Major Wolk who gives with a one man show that clutched the lapels and sm t me brings doll!l the house. To te? 1 the lowdown. "It's that Jose' of his routines now would ruin Etelstein," he Dllttered, "He says them for future sh:lwings. he croons, and better than I, The class of 44-8 had no more Crosby2 phooey! Sinatra, double than cleared the railroad station pmoeyl Etelstein, bah! · I chal when 44--11 began plsns for 1 ts lenge him to meet me at any time, graduation party. Tentative oom that Pebble Voiced Egg Techni mi tteemen and officers have ten cian!" I write the challenge tative plans :for a tentative just as I heard it but all the location in Panama City.l on a smart money is on Jose'. His date not yet determined. J:lUt the rendition of 8 My Baby's Shoes" machinery is 'I'D rking, through will send you, 111d his "Prisoner ch111ne-l s. of War" number is out of this However, the present set-up 110rld. allows for beer, if obtainable, "Develop Good Habits!- Practice on Jam Handy!" Bull Wiemer reports that for girls by the thousands, if they the first time in his long and are available, and a great time honorable Almy career he saw his for all in any event. Rumors ------4 frimds doing the work they were have it that if all else fails, a best fit ted for - swinging shov- beach party is forthcoming. --Jam Handy-- els. Zizzi closed his eyes and The class of 44-14 has been in in Which Credit Is Given To The Inventor dre&ned of bygone days of doubl itiated into the royal order of ing back (j1 the tipple while he gunner! tis, snd has thus far suf And Odd Characters Wa I k Across The Stage played his banjo and the other :fered no more than broken arches technicians recalled days on the and vericose veins :from standing farm or city sewers and finished INTroDUCTION: Things have been · remained propped on a shovel so the job in short order. A shift over the Cal. 50 tables. rather quiet around the shacks ' long that the fellows finally had had reached the promised land and Calf shank of the week goes to which constitute the scme of the to build around him. Hayutin and the Good Earth. the lad who went to sleep stand intmded crimes. There have, of Harrington, the J sn Hmdy twins, Every Anny has its undesirable ing up at a gunnery class table. course, been the usual meetings are taking lessons from the Sgt. elements and this conmand is no A slight buckling of the knees and basketball gsnes with a slight Aveyard sat in Mess Hall #2, exoeptioo. and like my fellow col indication, but the formal was the first chan.e;e of the squadron dejected, drinking from a big mnist Winchell 1 will nsne nsnes, cadet's proposed siesta was nip getr-together from Fridays to ~n cup ••• Wass h~ened to drop into d.isclose their undercover act!vi days; this leaves more free time ped in the bud by an observant the joint 111d stopped to inq..d re, ties and let the chips fall 1'1here sergeant. for that snticipated G. 1. brawl "~at are you drinking, coffee or they may. First are two rmegade on Friday evenings. Grant rrom Albany, a th,e tea?" Witmut looking~ Nonnsn Californisns; GOO Goo Be'* snd Strangler As the curtain is drawn, had a tough hard, violent character, Sprack spotlight plays over various muttered, "I don't know, they Preacher B.~rns. They scenes: Waller Trainers, Sight forgot to say." job getting drafted nobody wanted elsen and Jonicello, a pair of ing Dept., and Aircraft Rec. One day last week the carpen- to go on record as being their Bronx cliff dwellers - paid as Finally it comes to rest on two ters 'llho are working in these friends and neighbors. lbey were sassins and the latter a woman within the parts parked their cars 111d went sent here by. clerical error while beater_ Kurshan a run-runner and slate gray buildings; Point. walls of these Jam Handy struc to work ••• when they returned bound for a relocation camp with li~por smuggler from Green tures, gunners are made. they discovered that they had other undesirable aliens. Hot- The leader is :from Ohio, Kleir is a alias Stinker wm is all the mor that been relieved of two kegs of zell, the Iowa Sod Buster, 1 When Uncle S8111lly decided nails. No nsnes are being men- fugitive :from a mental hospital; some method of giving gunners tioned but it is to be noted now there is nothing wrong with him dangerous becBllse of his warpea experience which brings them as t couldn • t brain. I hate to do this but it's possible to actual combat that the carpenters park the that a psychill.tris near as far :from this Depar1Inent cure. my duty and I am strictly G. I. conditions, Mr. Jamson Handy vehicles answered the call with his 3A-2 Trainer. Using a narrow be&n of thanand walk take !pi a techance. a distsnce The rather Post r-INieiw~Y~o~r~k~s~e~n~d~s~i~t~s~~qu~o~t;a:.=1iwiheinil~iaminojt~S.::E~.~~~iii- place of live 8111111uni Engineers could have warned them light in what to expect. tion, a synthetic @ill instead of real equiJillen t, 111d films in lieu The men who make it their busi of atmost>here, planes and space, ness to see that the 3A-2 Trainer a valuable means of conserving runs smoo tbl y and gives the gun materials such as gasoline, am ners the kind of training they munition, guns and the we ar and need are prepared to take on an tear of planes was deruced. additional task, namely, that of Little did Mr. Handy dresn the defeating the volley ball tean of effect his masterpiece would have the Aircraft Rec Dept. and any on the f\iture of his country or other brave group. If the fel the lives of some of his country lows who claim to recognize ll'ly men. It is of these countrymen thing in the air would like to that we st>eak hera tangle with the marksmsnship of ACT I: Scenes: Taken at Handom. the Jam Handy instructors, they That rosy glow which is so need only let the fact be known. noticeable on the countmance of The results S'r:>uld prove interestr S/Sg t. Brsnblett is not a new sm ing... Is there snother 11ho 110uld tan. He is still blushing b~ care to take up the challenge? cause the Target refused to use one of his cartoons on the grounds Merry Christmas! that it was too suggestive. Brother, when the Target turns Italy THE POST INTELLIGENCE .OFFICE SGT . GI LBERT 'f . McCRARY is the CPL . GIRARD J. LONG of Broc kton , NCOIC of the Intd Ligence Office. Mass ., is in charge of t he mail A member of the Georgia bar, he and record s ection of the I ntel received his LLB from Atlanta Law Li gence Office . A graduate of SchooL . He was assist ant supervi Nass a c huset~ State Teachers, he sor in FL ori da fo r the Johnson received his mas t er' s degree from Wax Comp any before en t ering the Bos t on u., and t aught in high Army . schooL prior to entering the Army . CAPT . CH ARLES B. RAWSON , Pos t Inte LL igence Offi cer , is the second oLdest i ntdLigence ojji. cer in t he EF'fC in r egard to Length of service . He received his BA degree from Pr incet on in 193 2. He was managing editor of commercia L pubLications in civiL ian Life. Until recently you· have not heard much about the activities of the Military lntell igence De partment located in the northwest wing of Post Headquarters. The chances are you will not hear much about the way It works In the future, but you will see letters and posters calling for your full cooperation. ' The Intel! igence Department has various duties which include the safeguard b'ng of confidential in formation; the operation of two War Rooms, one in the Post Oper ations Building, the other in the LT. W. A. BEHL , A ssistan t Pos t Department of Training Building; ' In t eL Ligence Offi ce r , o btai ns and the supervision of the writing and evaLuates information. He r e of the station history. ceived his BA f rom the Universit y However, the principal duty of S . Da of S/SG'f . JOHN W. BOSWORTH of West ko ta, h i s NA f r om Mi chi the Intel! igence Department is the Vi rginia hand Les investigations gan, and his Ph D from Northwest of civiLian personne L. Ajte r r e ern. In ci viLi an Li f e , Lt. Be hL prevention of subversive activi cei ving a BA from Davi s EL kins was a professor of s pe ech. tIes and sabotage. It Is not the CoLLege and his MA jn"TL Wes t Vir primary purpose of this department ginia U. , he s t udied Law f or to apprehend saboteurs and sub three years at varwus coLLeges versive individuals but to prevent and at the Unive rsity of Pa r is , subversive activities and sabotage. France . ALso served jour years in the West Virginia LegisLature . This, of course, can not be done without the loyal cooperation of all military and civilian person nel on the posL If you hear any thing unpatriotic or un-American or see anything that seems to in dicate sabotage, report the facts to the Intel! igence Officer or his assistants. Some of the facts may seem insignificant, but they may be important to the welfare of the nation. The Intel! igence Department is a military counterpart ofthe Federal Bureau of Investigation and has full juri sdiction over military and civilian personnel working for the various agencies of the War MRS. IVA NA Y HERRING of Por t St. Department. Joe , FLa. , i s the ci vi Lian secre tary to the Pos t I n teLLi gence Officer. ~p a"e....:..::...... :.._ 12 ______THF TYNDALL__ _ TARGET FIRST BOXING CARD IN GYM DRAWS RECORD CROWD TORNADOES CLOSE SEASON BASKETBALL AGAINST MARIANNA OF 700; EXHIBITION BOUTS PLEASE FANS; RESULTS and STANDINGS HERE TUESDAY Thrnush Wednesday DEL MONRO WINS T/F WELTER CROWN Packing up their bat-tleships and cruisers, the Pensacola Naval INTER-S(il.4D. B.4SKETBALL LEAGUE Station court squad ste1111ed BYiay STANDINGS Bormcing out of the dressing room to the b.me of "full Out last Sunday leaving a trail of Won Lost 25th ...... 7 0 the Barrel," Dominick Chianci, 344th clown and Tyndall's wreckage behind them. Their 69th ...... 6 0 heavy guns twice battered the 40th ...... II 2 own 3-ring circus, got the field's first boxing show of 3110th ••••••••• ; • 4 2 fighting Tyndall Tornadoes into Ordnance ...... 4 2 the season off to a frolicking start last Tuesday night submission, first by a 49-37 348th ...... 3 2 9 32nd ...... 4 3 when he stepped on to the canvas to trade blows with "Battling score and then . by a convincing 349th •••••••••••• 3 4 55-38 shellacking. Medics ...... 3 4 Pollack" J aresewski in the evening's initial bout. The Fin an ce.. • • • • • • • • 2 3 Firing from the flagship of the Instructors ...... 2 4 match was strictly an ex Navy task force, Jim Birr's bar 344th ...... 1 II Quartermaster •••• 0 6 stopped the match and gave him rage was the heaviest of the en hibition and the two pseudo the win via the T. K.. 0. route. 446th •••••••••••• 0 7 gagenent, registering a total of fighters set a fast pace which Rocko DeSimone, another 344th 932nd (43) · REBUkJJ!IcS (27) 30 hits in the two encounters. Kooy ...... 21 Jackrel ...... II was followed by seven other well pugilist, donned the gloves with Finis Snowden who spurred the Southard ..... 2 Tarr ...... 6 fought bouts to giv~ the 700 Stan Duch, student gunner from Wright ...... 6 Keltner ...... 11 Tyndall attack with .il -roints re Mitchell ••••• 9 Zelenick ••••• 0 fans who packed the gym more the ~ixth New Bedford, Conn., in ceived a direct hit in the bow Lake ...... 3 llcDermott .... 0 than their money's worth even his man into the lloulard ...... 2 Davis ...... • 0 and kept driving 1 ate in the game from the bobbing if they had paid $4.40 and up. Richard ...... 0 Ellis ...... 6 ropes from the start. Duch re starboard shoulder of one of PEn The evening's entertainment was tal iated several times but De 69th (II II) 344th (20) absolutely free, staged under sacola's bigger ships, Dan Yabro. Ravenscroft .. 7 Coon ...... 6 Simone gave more than he received Dan' s shoulder caugp t Sn:>wden on Ca.rr ...... 1 Brown •••••••• II the auspices of the Special in a match that was slow compared Sills ...... · 11 Knebel ••••••• 0 Service Office, with Lt. John his left cheek as Dan bounced Galasso •••••• 10 Russell. ••••• 3 to the five which preceded it. away from the basket after scor Bla.ck ...... 12 Rhodes ••••••• 3 Gueder and Sgt. Mel Al tis hanrl Both men passed up several op Altenborg .... 4 Higginbotto•. 0 ling arrang6Jien ts and details. ing. Snowden suffered a cut lip Beznoska ..... 6 Ready ••••• • •• 0 portuni ties to 1 and haymakers as and the loosening of several teeth Fritz ...... 4 Cleaents ••••• 3 The feature bout of the eve Loudis ...... 6 DeSimone 110n by decision. to add in.1ury to injury re.ce:L.ved ning, number eight on the car~ Two heavyweights, Tony Lopez the previous week in the Eglin 3 49th ( 30) 907th (21) was a match tD decide the field's and Roy Butler, squared off in Hansen ...... 8 Harris ...... 0 welterweight champion, with Del Field game. (Just to make sure Ross ...... 2 Andrews •••••• 4 the ring tbr the evening's seventh that he would be on the injured Puskas ...... 0 Moffit. •••••• 10 Monro (446th) of Twining. Mich., fight. Lopez took the ·advantage Thurman ...... 6 Knight ...... 0 and charles Blankenship (Ord ·list, Snowden played with his Schneller .... 2 Stitt ...... 2 in this exhibition match, with Instructors' quintet on Monday Lawton ...... 11 Saith •••••••• 1 nance) of Ricllnond, Va., as the Butler taking quite a bit of Bryan ...... 0 Jones, ...... 2 con tenders. Monro 110n the three night:ln the inter-squadron league Bryant ...... 1 Naples ...... 2 punishment but g1111e to the end. and was forced to leave the game, round fight by decision after Lopez landed several hard blows 0 RDN ANCE (311) 350th (34) connecting with several hard after he had scored 13 points, Knepper,D •••• 16 McBride •••••• II but Butler managed to ke~ his with a broken toe. ) Hughs •••••••• 1 Hunter ...... 3 rights which had Blankenship on feet and even connect for a few Knepper,S .... 6 Bu.rgess •••••• 6 the defensive almost throughout. On Tuesday, the Tomadoes met Snoagrass •••• 3 Crouch ••••••• 0 of his own; however, Butler's the Marianna Flyers in a closely Stevens ...... 2 Douglas ...... 0 All eight bouts were three apparent inexperience gave Lopez Rudolph •••••• 2 Stalker •••• • • 0 First Ser contested game that went into an Capriello .... 0 Brenner •••••• 17 rormd affairs, with more of an edge than he needed. II anderson •••• 6 Walker ••••••• 3 geants Bill NewSOOJ ar.d Al Barbier extra period and saw the Marianna men eke out a 4&-45 win. Tyndall INSTRUCTORS (39) 40th (53) alternating as referee. Major Graha11 ••••••• 3 Morales ...... 6 Harrison Johnston, executive GROUP I KEEPS KEGLING held a 4 point lead with 40 Saith ...... 2 Boswell ...... 14 seconds to go in the fourth q..Ial' Howell ••••••• 3 Friedman ••••• 16 officer of the Department of LEAD; MOQ'S SET HIGH Dufrane •••••• 8 llorat ...... II Training and fo nne r golfer of ter but Marianna intercepted a Snowden •••••• 13 Williaas ••••• 12 SCORING RECORDS couple of passes and cp.rl.ckly COI'l-' Penna . . · ..•... 1 Ha.yes •••••••• 0 nat ion al fame was the senior Edwards ...... 8 judge. Cpl. Guido Conte of the Group I' s bowling squad opened verted then to tie up tm game as Quick,...... 1 the whistle blew. Johnson and p, T. staff was the other arbi tor. up the 1 ast rormd of the Thursday llEDi:CS (46) 344th (31) The second bout, also an ex night Officer' s League in im Friecinan paced the offensive for Zelenick ..... 4 Coon ••••••••• 18 Tyndall with 15 and 13 points, Lites...... 6 Ready •••••••• 0 hibition, saw the 350th's Pete pressive style as they walloped Jackrel •••••• 14 Cleaents ..... 6 Grossman and the 349th' s Leo Group II, two gBilles to one, and while Chew and Doar did the sm1e Keltner ...... 14 Russell ...... 4 in the on to their for Marianna, also with 15 and 13 T arr., ••••••• II Knebel ••••••• 0 Malachowsky trade blows continued to hang ll cDer•o tt •••• 0 Higginbo tto11. 1 1 igh twe igh t cl ass. Both boys seven game lead for the loop markers, respect! vely. II a.to.na.k. • • • • • 3 Brown •••••••• 2 were fairly fast and each landed championship. The TOrnadoes close their ab breviated season here on Tuesrlay 25th (47) 932nd (31) hard punches. Grossman seemed KJQ, the leagues' potential rot Kooy ••••••••• 17 to have the edge in the third shots, finally tmwound and blast night with the Marianna team. ~h~~~i:~::::: ~ Wright ...... 3 The game will start at 8 P.M. Schreiner .... 0 lli tchell..... 4 rormd but Mal achowsky connected ed out three big g1111es tn hang up Stevens •••••• 14 Lake ••••••••• 1 The Medics will oppose the 349th solidi y just as the final bell a 2615 total, the highest handi Bl akeaan ••••• 6 lloulard •••••• 6 quintet in a regular 1 eague g1111e Kendall ...... 6 Southard ••••• 0 rang. cap series of the year. The Hastings ••••• 13 as a preliminary to the T/F-Mari In the third bout, Phila Snafus sneaked by the first one, anna contest. 40th (47) 446th (29) delphia's George Rhodes (344th) before heavy firing started, to VanCo-tt • • •••• 12 lleyers •••• , •• 0 1 Hill benefit game carried Tynd6ll s oolors into the keep from being whitewashed. In the "Dub" Williams ••••• 15 Gershen •••••• 10 1 ast Wednesday, the Toma.does re llorol es ...... 3 1 ring against the Coast Guard's MOQ' s middle effort of 91D was Hayes ...... 0 ~~!~~H~::::: 1 turned to their winning ways when Brown •••••••• 9 CatAlano ••••• 4 Billy Pendleron of Pampas, Texas. also high team single, and Lt. through . to a 52-39 C acherio .... . 4 Coveleski. ••• 3 The pair were in the middleweight Johnson of the Bell Ringers came they breezed Boswell ...... 3 Gleason ....•• 0 rli vis ion, tipping the seal es at through with a 579 to clinch victory over the UOO League All U:orat ••••• ••• 1 156 aro 157 respectively. Pen ell e individual high for the night. Stars. Bill D.lfrane, Tornado ton appeared to be the master in The standings. W L new-comer led the scoring for STUDENT LEAGUE the first rotn~ hitting hard and Group I 33 12 Tyndall with 15 points, with STANDINGS Won Lost fast. The second round founrl Bell Rin~ers 26 19 Friedman, Lawton 81d Johnson close Squadron B •••••••••••• 3 0 Pendletnn tiring as fU10des took Gremlins 24 21 behind tallying 13, 13 and 11 Squadron E •••••••••••• 3 2 Snafus 24 21 Squadron A ••• ,,, •••••• 2 2 oorrnnan rl of the situation although points. Pete Collodi, Tomado Squadron c ...... 2 3 h e mi sse rl b adly s e ve raJ time s. Sluggers 22 23 coach, played the entire g1111e at Squad ron D ...... 0 4 Group II 21 24 Ho weve r, in the thi rrl can tD Rhorles A-10? 18 27 guard and contributed 2 points to SUNDAY'S SCORES hart his 111 an on the rm1 ann pro Squadron E 28, Squadron C 19. Retreads 12 33 the victory. Squadron B 50, Squadron D 20. ceerl !' rl to win the ma t c h by rle Tonight, the Tyndall cagers ci si on. COLORED CAGERS WIN play Eglin away, and hope to OFFICERS LEAGUE Elno ry Leeson (344th) o f Fair suffer avenge their 53-52 defeat STANDINGS ul)nt, Wes t Vi rginia, stepperl into 1\lming in its best perfonnance ed here two weeks ago. Won Lost the r1 ns.; with Hu ey Morri oon (Coast P.T ...... 4 1 of the s-e ason, the post colorect NAVY (5~ TYNDALL (38) I ...•..••••..•... 4 Yarbro ...... 8 Ste vens ...... 4 Group 1 01ard) of Baron Rou ge, Louisi~r~a, basketball teruu defeated Eglin D e pt. of Trng. Sqcns ••• 4 1 Birr ...... 13 Snowden ...... 10 Dept. of Trng. Tec'ls ... 2 for the fourth match lli1rl both Brooks ...... 4 Fri e d~an ...... 3 3 Field last Mond ay night in the Admin ••• , •••••••••••••• 1 boys rlispl ayed some fancy fo'ltr K1llkull e ns •• 12 Johnson ••••.•• 6 4 Rec Hall by a 47-22 score. The Lawrenc e ..... 1 Lawton ....••.. 5 Group I I.. • • • • • • • • • • • • • 0 5 work, with Leeson f avoring the visitDrs started off at a fast Lerette •••••• 6 Topperwein •••• 5 LAST WEEK'S RESULTS w 1 ow s were Buchholtz .... 4 Lawson ...... 2 a 1 t z s tep. H a r rl b pRce, l.ut once our boys hit their Adcock ...... 3 VandP.rgriff ... 3 Group I 20, Adllinistration 13. tr a rl e rl b e tw een f1 urri e s ann nonn a l stride, it was all over Rei chert ... .. 2 p, T. 151, D e pt. of Trng. Sqdns 41. Dept. of Trng Tc chs 34, Gr.oup II22. c h11s e s with the bou t e nning in but the s houting. Jenki ns p acer! TYNDALL ( 415) MARIANNA (46) a rlraw. the winne rs with 9 points, and of Ste v e n s .••••• 14 Chew ••• • ••••• 1 5 LEADING SCORERS Dufrane ...... 0 Doar •••.••••• 13 Glass e r (Sqdns) ...... 76 Kenneth Fo wl e r, student gunner the 13 playe rs nsed by Tynrlall, Johnson ...... 111 Simpson ...... 5 John s on (Tech s ) ••••••••••••••• 63 from ~r eve sport, Louis iana, took all hu t t wo broke in to th e soo r Topperw.,1n • •• 0 Johnston ..... 9 S ay r e (P • T. ) • •••.•••••••••••••• 51 Fri e dman ••••• 13 George ...... 4 McDaniels (p, T.) ...... 50 on Ernest I.ee!"'n in ti1 e fi f th ~r~rl i ng cohnnn. Collodi ...... 1 Gibbon s . (Sqdns) ...... , .47 fro 111 th e o p e ning bell l e ft no A newcome r 011 th e te Rn~ Irving, Lawton • •••••• 2 Lawson ...... 0 rl o11ht ti1a t he knew hi s way lll'Oll1rl wa s t h e best .r e rfom. e r o f t he BASKETBA LLI th e rin ~ Lanning h11rrl lll1 d fast g wue. In Rrlrli tion t o sc-o ring T YNDALL ( 52) USO ALL-STARS (39) J o hn s on •.. •. • 11 De nny •••••••. 4 To rna does v s. ~1a r i ann a ri~t s 1111rl l e fts, Fo wl e r harl hi s l:J points , he pR ss ed s pl enrlirlly D ufr an P...... 1 5 Park e r ...... 6 nutr1 reArl y f o r th e kill l a t e in 1tnrl wa s o utsttmrling on U1 e rl e Fri e dman •••• • 13 Thooas ...... 3 TUESDAY 8 P.M. POST GYM Lawton ...... 13 Tholl li S ...... • 3 t1 1e fl r s t r mmrl wh e 1 the r ef e ree fms P, Collodi...... 2 Gr P.A n ••••••• • 2 March 4, 1944 THE TYNDALL TARGET Page 13 Fans Pleased As Fists Fly In T / F Boxing Opener Stop Me If You've Heard This Song Before Tex O'Rourke, the fa mous old promoter, tra iner, referee, beak breaker a nd long d is ta nce ta1 k ing champion. tells this one about the very fi rst fig ht h e ever had in his li fe . Tex was 17 years old at the time. He stood six feet, two · inches ta ll and weighed 200 pounds w ith a sa la mi sand\\' ich in each hand. "My opponent loo ked as big as a house," recalls Tex, who looks as. big as a barn himself. ''All I could think of was to hit h im fi rst and I inched forward on the edge of the s tool so that I could spring into instant action. The bell r ang and I was across the ring in fou r steps. H e had hardly reached h is feet when I l et go a short right w hich landed soli dly on h is jaw a nd knocked him clean out of the r ing. "The fi ght was over, but it wasn't until later on that I d is covered that the clanging o f t he bell was not the s tart of t he bout at all but m erely the signal for the announcer to come through the ropes to introduce us." Fritzie Zivic, the dish-nosed old welterweight who· fo ught most of his bouts with h is thumb in the other guy's e ye, is service-bound. This is bad news f or T ojo becauS'e to an old cauliflower c omm ando like Fritzie, jiu jitsu holds fewer terrors than mah jong. The first Jap who mixes it with Zivic w ill get the old elbow, knee and eye thumb treatment so f ast h e'll think he tackled a giant squid. Babe Ruth can still cut the old cake. Celebrating his 50th birth day at his home in New York recently, the great m an spaded a big hunk out of his b irt hday cake. Then the cake s lipped from the table and landed, frosty side down, with a squashy plop on t he Above: "I'll maider da buml" bellows Cpl. Above: George Rhodes of Philadelphia lands a floor. Dominick Chianci, popular K. P. pusher, as he makes right high on the jaw of the Coast Guard's Billy his way toward "Pollack" Jaresewski (light trunks) pendleton, native of pampas, Texas. Pendleton Marshall Tito's hard-boil ed 1 in the evening's first bout, touted as strictly took the first round by virtue of some fast foot Yugoslav Partisans a in't sport an exhibition-- it certainly work and several solid blows but tired in the fans. Informed recently that the was! Heavy blows collaborationist Croatian football were exchanged and the match set the pace for the, second and t hi rd rounds as Rhodes took command of team was em-oute to Zagreb t o seven bouts which followed in last Tuesday's card the situation and won the bout by a decision. play the Hungarian champions, at the gym. Rhodes was one of the seven boxers on the ·eve the Partisans shelled the Zagreb ning's card from the 3UUth. Belgrade railway, spreading Axis" minded football players all over Below: Rocko DeSimone of Brooklyn (1 ight shirt) the landsca pe. is caught by the photogra pher as he forces stan Below: Del Monro of Twining, Michigan, (dark Ouch of New Bedford, Conn., to the ropes. De trunks), wards off a blow from ordnance's Charles Here's the newest big league Simone kept his man in the vicinity of the ropes Blankenship and lands a left of his own in the draft boxscore: Latest major throughout the match, with ouch taking more blows feature bout of the evening. Del's hard rights leaguers classified lA- are P aul won the decision for him and also the (Dizzy) Trout, who won 20 games than he gave. In contrast to the other bouts on field's for the Detroit Tigers last year ; the card, the fighters' footwork was slow and both welterweight crown. Both men had previously re Big Bill Lee, former p itching ace men muffed several opportunities to land haymakers. presented Tyndall in the Gulf Coast Amateur tour of the Chicago Cubs; Joe Beggs, DeSimone won by decision. nament at Pensacola several weeks ago. Cincinnati relief star, a nd P ete Suder, Athletics' infielder . "Copyrighted Material Syndicated Content Available from Commercial News Providers" "Co~~t\gnted Wta\et\a\ S~nd\ca\ed Con\en\ ~'Jai\ab\e 'tom . ,, Commettia\ ~e'NS ~tO'JidetS ,, CeiLING UNLIMITED' '