Vol. 1 No. 43 Armw Air Forces Gunnery School, Tyndall Field, Fla., Nov. 21, 1942 GENERAL ROYCE INSPECTS TYNDALL f GALA. "TURKEY DAY" DANCE FOR TYNDALL CO~ND'G GEN'L OF SEAAFTC ARRIVES W!TH MEN TO BE GIVEN BY LOCAL U.S.O. CLUB GEIJERAL WELSH ON FIRST OFFICIAL VISIT Determined to make this the most Just before noon today, Major General successful affair in their short his­ Ralph Royce stepped out of his plane tory, officials of the Panama City onto the landing at Tyndall Field u.s.o. Club have completed final ar­ and was greeted by Warren A· rangements for their Thanksgiving DEw Maxwell, his Starr and the Field Band. Dance. Accompanying the veteran airman was 411 Tyndall men are invited to be at Brigadier General w. w. Welsh, Chief of the Harrison Avenue Club House at 7a30 Staff of the Southeast Ar~ Air Forces P.M. on Thursday evening. The eve­ Training Command. ning's activities will begin at that Before making his first of three time with Bingo and Bridge parties. scheduled addresses at Tyndall, General At 8i30 P.M. , dancing will begin, with Royoe went into a short conference with music by the Tyndall Field Dance Band. Brigadier General Walter Kraus, Chief A floor show, presented by amateur en­ of Staff of the AA.FFTC, who arrived here tertainers from Panama City and from yesterday. Tyndall Field, will be staged at about At 12s45 P.M. the Commanding General 9a30 P.M. Refreshments will be . serv­ addressed the Field's Officers and Ser­ ed during the course of the evening. geant Pilots. Later, at 2:30 P.M., he Miss Ouida Lee, the Club's Secretary, spoke to the permanent enlisted person­ -- has announced that 15 young matrons nel who were assembled at the Boxing of Panama City have volunteered to act ning Area. At 3s30 P.M., General Royce ~s hostesses, and that over 400 invi­ made his final address of the day to tations have been mailed to the local the Student Personnel at the Student "Victorettes". Athletic Area.

,I .·I This evening, the Officers and their PANAMA CITY PILOT CLUB TO SPONSOR ladies will hold a formal recaption for ARMORY DANCE FOR BENEFIT OF A.E.R. General Royce and General Welsh, at the On Friday night, November 27th, the Officers • Club. · Pilot Club will sponsor a dance at the Previous to his assignment as Command­ local Armory. All proceeds of the af­ ing General of the SEAAFTC, General , f~ir will go to the Army Emergency Royce was Commanding Officer of the Relief Fund. Northeast Air Area in - the The dance will begin at 9a00 P.M. forward zone of · operations where Jap and will continue until 1 tOO A.M. Mu­ and Allied planes slug it out daily. sic will be furnished by the Tyndall He recently was awarded The Distin - Field Dance Band. Tickets are priced guished Flying Cross for leading 13 Fly­ at $2.00 per couple for civilians, and ing Fortresses in a 4000 mile bombing $1.00 per couple for Servicemen. raid from Australia to the Tickets will be sold through organi­ and back, without the loss of a single zation orderly rooms and at the PX. ship. A L.ETT TO JACK - - ON MARRIAGE Dear Jack, When you suggest the thought of marriage while in the Army, you are touching something serious. To the question, "Should a man in the Army marry?" there ca:n be no blanket "yes" or "no" answer; rather the answer depends on many circum­ stances--not the least of which are the social and economic.

However, Jack, this point above all you must considers marriage is a sacred contract. It is sacred because so established by God. It is a contract because it regards an agreement between a man and a woman, excluding every other person · from the rights and fruits of partnership, and bringing with it serious respon­ sibilities.

Consider the contracts "I, Jack Soldier, take thee, Ellen Amabilis, for my lawful wife, to have and to hold, from this day forward, for better for worse, ~ for richer or poorer, in siclmess and in health--until death do us part." W

In business, men seriously consider the qualiti~s and capabilities of a prospective partner and balance them against the needs of the business. Yet this partnership can be easily dissolved. In marriage, you 3hould thoughtfully weigh the qualities and capabilities of the girl you wish· to marry, keeping in mind the purpose of marriages children, a home, and a wife whom you will revere throughout your whole life.

There is a little rhyme, Shakespearian, not in construction, but in wisdom, which I want you to memorize,

He fell in love with a dimple and a curl And foolishly married the entire girl.

When you consider marriage, discount external trifles and estimate frankly the qualities of the girl you want to be your wife and the mother ofyour children. e Faithfully, THE PADRE

P.s. Since you expect the ideal from your girl, wouldn't it be rotten to offer her less from yourself? I thaptl St~uietil WllmAI IImSDAI 8:00 A. M. --Mass ... Cbaplain Finnerty 5:00 P.M ...... Mass · 9:00 A. M. --Prote&'tian,t 811nday School 6:30 P.M .•...... •.. Instruction Class .10:00 A. M. --Morning Worship .... 7:00P.M...••...... Fellowship Club Chatt~ain Wester ~SllAI 11:15 A. M. --Mass ••• Ch,aplain Finnerty 6:30 P.M ...... Evening Devotions 7:30 P.K•..•.•...... Bible Study Hour IHDBSDAI . ~AX mHING 6:.30 P.M·•••...... Instruction Class 8:00 P. M. --Eveniag Worship ••• WDAI Chap·lain Wester 6:30· P.M •.•... . •• . •.•• J·ewish Services Quoting the Greenville, Miss's "POST", The w.c.T.U. r eceived another booster "···Although Lt. Gable i s reported to be thi s week, when Cpl. "Sparky" Morrell, headed for the West Coast on a secret one of the "Blue Bird'a" die- hards, took mission, it is thought he may be taking the vow after discovering that he was a gunnery course in Florida.• • • • Bmmnnn •• ~not alone" in a pool game --just as he • • If what we~ve heard is so, that was a was about to make a double-bank shot, a rather rash . wager. made by Tyndallette chance glance to the r i ght revealed a Janet Mann. ·'We ·wander if the odds have small goat complacently watching the changed? •• •Arid, · according to Lt. Col onel game . (This just goes to show yo~ that Hyndman, Major Hunter ($oesn '~ need a things are NOT going t o the dogs\) •••• It telephone f ·or any calls this side of may never become a "Book of the Month Atlanta. His is the sort of voi ce that . club" choice, but we recommend the manu­ carries •• •For the edification of all con­ scr ipt now being penned by a D. of T. cerned, we would suggest that Lt. Zemo , Instructor entitled, "Silly Student-Say­ newly appointed Special Service Officer, ings." One incident will include the should request pilots with his planes in sad tale of the aeronautical genius who, the future •••From Camp Lee, Va., we hear upon bein.g told that the wings would be that former Tyndall Sergeants, Ed Pod­ waggled as a signal to begin firing. ask­ sen and Charles Widlitz, have recently ed, ~ich wing?" (He ' ll probably have received their gold bars •• •The Misses to learn the hard way) • ••And, believe i~ Riley, Miller and Monk, of the Signal or not, a nickel accidentally sent to . Office, entertained on Wednesday night. the prison laundry in the of It must have been the "Body by Fisher " one of the "Mustangs", was returned in (Buick) that turned the trick ~ •• •The re­ an envelope. Our guess ia, they don't porter from the Medical Detachment fail­ have "coke" machines in Tallahassee ••• ed to notify us, but we found out any­ Fur lough fervor reached its peak when how, and we take a great deal of pleasure Pfo. M. Diaz of' the "Guardians" got so in announcing that former Lt. Frank excited upon receiving his "traveling" Gaston was promoted to .the ..r .ank of ­ papers, that he caught the wrong bus and tain ••••we hear that the "line" had its went to . instead of Tampa ••• The "ups" and "downs" last Thursday, and we hub-bub at Post Hq. on Wednesday was understand that several planes that were caused by the return of "Beau Brommel", awaiting spar e parts are being put back sometimes known as "Hard-Rock", Stone into servi oe mueh sooner than anyone from one of his many furloughs . He im­ expeeted • • • •Our reporters on the " line", mediately annmmee.d that his intentions (they haven't reported anything i n the were honorable.·amdthat he was in a state last three weeks) are going on leave •• • • of "engagement"•• ••"Oookie" Lou Getlin, ••we don't know how true it is, but 'tis {"69er"), tells us that his kid sister reported that the Chaplain had a long Elaa, would "give anything in the world" "conference" with t he Inspector General to have her name mentioned in t he "TAR­ last Wednesday ••• • Major Fl eming and Cap­ GET" ••• Think nothin' of it, El sa, it was tain Hinchman r et urned this week. Inci­ a pleasure • • • • Judging from the news on dent ally, Hinchman, after sug­ t he "APALA ·C~TTER " page, all the "buck" gesting plans t1J several officers for a privates and corporals must have gone six-ear parlay to a,_ve gas 1md tt·res, ';rrov.er 'the hill" at the new Sub.;Base • .At · casual ly menticJned "of course my oar arl;Y r.a.te that' s how it c.ppeara to us , is being repair•sd at.. .tho moment, Bm'--n. ;aince· Statt Sergeant MUrphy has men­ • • ••Th e girl s at t he Px lunch counter ~i oned only men of the first three gra- , blossomed out wf,'t!h nl!tW $· tlds des ••••F or a.:aiJI.e "Wlknown" reason, a bevy week . There is some confusion as to of mustaches have appeared on t he upper what the str·ipes on the sleeves .stand­ ~ips of the Field's enlisted personnel. for , but it's a cinch they' re not "ser­ Pfc. Holt, of Orders Section, had the vice• st ripes ••••And, on behalf of the beginnings of a "handlebar" but an un­ entire Post ·we extend the warmest of fortunate i ncident at the barber shop welcomes to :Major Gene.r.al Ralph Royce left him bare-faced. Tie~ and his staff," TYNDALL TA·RG ET Published every Saturday by the Special Service Section, AAFGS, Tyndall Field, Fla. SPECIAL SERVICE OFFICER COMMANDING EDITOR Lt. Nicholas N. Zemo Col. W. A. Maxwell Sgt. Arnold Milgaten ASSOCIATE EDITOR DEPARTMENT OF TRAINING COLUMNISTS Sgt. Saul Samiof REPRODUCTION STAFF The "Yardbird" M/Sgt . Woodrow W. Busby (A/C Billy Grout! NEWS EDITOR S/Sgt. Henry D. Vest and Corp. James Freeman Corp. Francis Churchill The "Taler" Sgt. John Webster PHOTOGRAPHI C OFFICER Sgt. James Montgomery Lt. Joseph A. Dickerman Corp. Roger Keough ART WORK Pfc. Price Terry S/Sgt. Oral Ledbetter PHOTOGRAPHI C STAFF e Pfc. John Marsick Pvt. Marshall Goodman S/Sgt. William Castle Pfc. Everett Tackett S/Sgt. John Mitchell Pfc. A. A. Loudis Corp. Silas Upchurch TYNDALL TOfiC S Despite the obvious omission of any Thanksgiving Day will be observed on reference whatsoever to "Armistice Day" the traditional last Thursday of this in the past two issues of the "TARGET", month. It too, will be a day of regu­ we received no comment on the fact lar duty. But no matter what conflicts from anyone on the Field. Because of may rage, no matter what theory of this, we are inclined to believe that government foreign despots may be at­ we are not alone in our thoughts. tempting to force on unwilling people, The War Department had declaredthat Thanksgiving Day will be observed by Armistice Day was to be a day of regu­ Americans-- that day IS .America. lar duty for Armlf personnel. Since It stands for every man, f or every The War Department recogn~zed that any deed, -that has changed this nation observance of that day as a "holiday" from a forest primeval to a land of was entirely out of place, we don't roaring cities and sprawling farms. see how it could have been considered Changed it to a nation, which, in the otherwise by any other government agen­ course of three centuries, has become cy, or the civilian population in gen­ the dream, ---the hope, of a world eral. oppressed. We are in the midst of fighting what ------practically amounts to the same War Tyndall men who have been here since of which that day commemorates the end. last April did not have to take the American fighting men are again daily word of the Inspector General that the making the supreme sacrifice for the " •••Field has shown a 100% improvement same principles for which that conflict over the last inspection •• " -they have was fought. been a party to that impro•vement. But The memory of the men who gave their thRy also know that there i s still lives in that War could have been hon­ room for improvement. Therflfore, every ored only by each American making an man on the Field is urged to senorll:U5 extra effort at his particular War job suggestions on changes for the better on that day. to us. Practical suggestions will be Haw an American could have accepted p.1blished in this paper, an.d steps will more than his usual pay for that day's be taken to bring the matter before work, is something we don 1 t quite under­ the proper Field authorities. Send us stand. your suggestions immediatelyl "STATIC CHASERS" "MUSTANGS" While our regular report.er rests in To .date there are two hu:1dred and the hospital at Tyndall Field with noth­ thirty-eight non-commissioned officers ing to do but twiddle his thumbs, this in .our bunch, and also a sprinkling of "G.!.", not quite as capable, will con­ good "legitimate" soldiers. tinue to peck away at the keys in order "Beer will flow, tops will blow and to get this column out. joy will reign supreme" was the way our Incidentally, thanks to the hospital squadron party was billed- and the truth staff which recently had a change of was never truer. Even the members of the heart and released two of our radio men. Post Photo Staff had a good time -and Orchids to the "Chasers" on their ef­ they're a very particular group. ficiency during the recent emergency e­ 'tvfelcome back" to Pfc. Ritchie, the vacuation. Not only were the frequencies King of the Kokes ••• Our boys as a unit on the ships changed in record time with are happy to see that Major "Hunter • s tal­ a minimum of confusion, but after the ents have been recognized via the gold ships took off, our men proved that Tyn­ leaf route ••• s/Sgt. Van Weeldon had one dall has some of the best operators in of the nicest wedding ceremonies of the the business. year at our Post Chapel . Happy Honey­ In our newly organized Radio Scho.ol the moon, Van. word has gone around that the "Blinker We see by the charges and specifica­ Code" is plenty tough. Just a little tions that the M.P.'s are cracking down advise to those who might be faint hear­ on "inebriates'' like the Allies of North ted, "Anything worth while is usually Africa ••• That turn-out by the boys for PLENTY TOUGH l " the personal inspection by Lt. Shields A good example of what can be done last Sunday looked like a review of the with initiative and desire to learn is King's own Guards. amply demonstrated by two of our best SQUADRON CELEBRITIES ' radio men, Cpl. Francis Hodges and Pfc. McClung and McDonald - Skeet Champs Cannizzaro. Neither of these men have a Paquin - The Theatre's gift to Tyndall diploma from an Army technical school, Edrozo -·West Coast Tennis Champ and yet both are considered among the Fleshman - School-boy football star. best on the Field in their line. Cpl. P.S. Newly-wed Sgt. Marshall and his Hodges is an operator and Pfc. Cannizza- bride are now in the midst of honeymoon , ro is a flight maintenance man. When "daze". -Sgt. Sam Schun they first came down on the line to work, both showed inltiative and ability and "Q.)(. QUIPS" speedily grasped the instruction offered A hearty ~ONE" is extended by all by qualified men. the boys to Cpl. Ray Gross, who is with At the bottom of last week's column us again after having spent several mon• some of you may have noticed the charac­ ths in the Post Hospital. 11 11 ters VY'73 • In radio code that means "One must really know his stuff to "Very best regards". 11 30" means "The play a violin", says our boy John Pitzi­ End", and "€18 11 implies "Love and ltisses". caddo Naples, who played with the Chicago So, VY73. -S/Sgt. Don MacLaren Symphony Orchestra in Pre-war days. He was demonstrating to some friends recent­ "BLUEBIRDS" ly how to play with the bow underneath We want to extend a welcome to Lt. Ph­ the striLga. He says that he .only fid­ ilip Leobowri tz, who was recently ·assign­ dles that way at "certain" times. ed to this squadron and is now on "DS" Lts. Charles Widlitz and Henry Posden at the RecJNit Detachment. have just received their gold bars at THINGS W1~ WOULD LIKE TO SEE' Garrison Camp Lee, Virginia, and we all wish tham back :Ln circulation; Double silver the best of luck. Other lieutenants to­ bars for 1Jur Lt. Lorig; Ex-Sgt. Dufrane be from our organization are, Sgt. Joe punch the ·~lock on time:~; Pte. Codoghini Dawson; Cpl. Tom Baldridge; Sgt. Eugene win a game of' poolr Pfo. Michael married Hayden; Cpl. Sam tiles; and Pvt. Sam to his "SI!\vage" in Mobile, and S/Sgt. Schenkel'. They too, have our "best". Olson eating cheese. -Pvt. Snead -Pre. Albert s. Rubin "MEDICWOES" to Sgt. Karl Boehmer, an ex-Guardian, A11 the boys in the Detachment are who has just won his "Silver Wings." wondering what will happen after they Most of our boys on furlough have re­ finish enclosing thJ open corridor lead­ turned and look none the worse for wear. ing down to the Detachment Barracks? HATBAND JOTTINGSs Pvt. (German Meas­ Latest rumor is that there will be a les) Lambert claims that he can't get special bus provided to carry the boys enough s~eep, so the boys are going to f rom the low pressure 1mi t to and from buy him a can of Ovaltine • •• After what the Mess Hall. happened the other night, Sgt. T. Mar­ Anyone who desires instruction on mak ­ shall has a decided aversion to goats. ing their bed as it should be done , see The fact t he found one in his bed Pfc . Joe Smith. They say he is giving might have something to do with it. Baa. lessons to the 'new boys. • •• They claim that Sgt. Dodd drills him­ Sgt. Terrell /sroved he was in Memphis self in his sleep to keep in practice. Tennessee, by S Sgt . Gering, who was in ''Buy Bonds and give Hades to Hei ling Hot Springs, Ark~nsas. The boys really Heels1" -Cpl. Sam Marotta dq get around these days ••• Pfc. McMur­ trie says that Atlanta, Georgia, is the "THE RED BIRDS" best city in the U.S.A. It wouldn't be T he squadron extends a rather belated that special girl friend he found there? ''Welcome" to Lt. Hutchins. He is our 'Was up at the new Post Dispensary the new Adjutant, and hails from Massachu­ other day. The boys have a ewell place setts. up there, and they tell me that they're Most of us will admit that we have kept busy night and day. Nice work, fel­ been putting off the purchase of WAR lows l BONDS. We all have good intentions, but Seen around the hospitals Sgt. Timko it seems that something always comes up looking for the Flight Surgeon; Cpl. which makes us decide to wait until "next Walker eating early chow; Cpl. Maxwell month" to buy them. Lt. Keim says that listening to the War news; Cpl. Lowers the new year may seem far off, but it lecturing on how to keep a sick book isn't. Let's make this one of our reso­ straight; ~· McAmis sleeping anytime lutions- to BUY BONDS! he can; and. M/Sgt. Cherney reading the Competition is a great thing- and we regulations. consider our Day Room to be the finest on Here's hoping Sgt. Laubly is back next the Field. All non-believers are cord­ week • -Sgt • Mullins ially invited to see for themselves. -The Orderly Room Staff "FINANCE FANFARE" from deep in the heart ·of Texas by way "ORDNOTES" of the Recruit Detachment, come five new Seventeen recruit 'J joined us this week students to the Finance School: Pvts. and for convenience's sake, we'll cali Fohner, Ferguson, McAleer, Neuman and them all "Joe." Glad to have you with Pennington. us, "Joel" Also, a "howdy" to Lt. Ward, We've now got representatives from who recently joined the company. Lt. every state in tile Union except Brooklyn • Gilmore is preparing to leave for anoth­ ••• Pvt. J.J. Berry can beat out the "St. er station, and Lt. Drain has gone to Louis Blues" on the new check writer Apalachicola to join the Ordnance outfit while typing at a breakneck speed. there. Everyone is pepped up at the news in SQUADRON JOTTINGSs T/4 Huff took a 3- Africa. The Finance Yardbird can't keep day pass and returned a married man. up with events, they're moving so fast. Best of luck, Huff •••What Technician Ser­ "Bizerte", he says, "Ain't ihat something geant is getting his name mentioned in you have at the end of a dinner?" the Panama City society column? ••• T/5 If you're going by the cleaners will Ratley is back from furlough (?) as is you drop my ? -Cpl. Felix Leon T/5 Moore and Pvts. Durst and Koester ••• Sgt. Parker still bets on Alabama ••• Pfc. 11 THE GUARDIANS" Pappas was seen shooting skeet from the Q ur congratulations and best wishes go hip... -s/sgt. Kenneth Witham APALA-CHATTER VVonder wh at is so interesting at the that the ladies from the Service Club local cemeter1 as to bring lst/sgt. Car­ downtown be asked to come out to the penter and S/Sgt. Trombitas to it in the Field on :Monday nights for the purpose wee hours of the morning. Tell us fel­ of sewing any discrepancies in the fel­ lows, have you discovered hidden loot? lows' unifo~s . Of course this bee is combined with a little music via a juke Our local Medical Detachment is really box. Nothing like a little musical en~ going in for human guinea pigs; most of tertainment to make the evening more en­ the men are already complaining of an joyable. And the fact that refreshments interna.i "draft" from their perforated are served does nothing to lessen the arms . , ''Needling" honors go to Cpl. Allen evening' s f un. who super·vises all executions and hang­ s/sgt. Manning seems to have left some­ ings. thing at Tyndall Field. Every time a "Stron,g Arm" Kenda is now working for plane goes back. Sgt. Manning is always the local brush company. He found out ready to accompany it. He claims there from the Quartermaster the other day is so much that can be done on his ship that there are profits to be made, pro­ there. and yet, when the plane returns~ vided that you carry the right brands . nothing seems to have been done on itL How '' that, Sergeant, do ya' want to How come, Sgt.? tell u:3 more? Needed at once\ : An able-bodied detec­ Anyone who would like to have the f und­ tive who will stick on the job until it amentel1S of fishing taught to them may is completed. "Pop" Passwaters leaves consu:Lt with S/Sgt. Anders on. The Ser­ for town almost daily. and yet he always geant is a past master of the sport. In­ disappears without leaving a single tra­ cidentally. he "hails" from the fishiest ce as to his whereabouts. He seems to state in the Union, Wisconsin. vanish into the thin air. so uncanny is V'ffJ are very proud of the excellent re­ this man. cord made by our Line Chief, 11/Sgt. Pass­ The stork is still 11 A.w.o.L." as far wa~ce rs and his crew. Their fine work as Joe Wright is concerned. Searching ha ,s been commended by Colonel Maxwell at parties have been organized for the miss­ ~ynda ll Field. Our are off to them ing bird. He has been over-due for five f.'or their remarkable feat. These men days. are doing much to add to the strong arm Our softball diamond has been completed of Uncle Sam, who will crush the oppres­ and we send ample warning to Tyndall men. sors 'round the world. We would certainly hate to beat you 'in 'Wonder what sort of feminine plight everything. Even we have a code of eth~ i s stirring so many f aces up in Headquar­ ics. - Sgt. w. J. Murphy ters lately? Particularly, two busom buddies (NCO's), who remain inseparable . TYNDALL KEGLERS SOON TO BOWL ON FIELD AS S/Sgt. Baber has looked "under the weath­ CONSTRUCTION BEGINS ON 8 ALLEYS er" lately. especially in the A.M. , just Bowling will soon be added to means of before reporting for work. Could it be diversion available on the Post for en­ the cnttle who idle near your home, Ser­ listed and officer personnel at Tyndall geant? Field. s/sgt . Elliot walked into the movie­ Since' Uncle Sam doesn't put funds in house the other evening, and the roar the budget for such entertainment build­ from the audience was devastating- must ings, erection of the structure • a 52xl50 have been what you brought along with foot building which will house . eight you, friend. alleys. is being accomplished with 11 G.I." Friday marked the opening of our Non­ l abor and salvaged building materials. Commissioned Officers' Club. Our hats Cost of the alleys will be pro-rated are off to the officers of the Club who among the squadrons, each contributing were responsible for bringing about the from funds they now hold as a profit from opening so quickly: lst/Sgt. Carpenter ; operation of cold drink machines and S/Sgt. Elliot; and S/Sgt. Trombitas. pool tables in their day rooms. Our weekly sewing "bee" is held every The Quartermaster Corps has announced Monday night. This all came about through that due to the unusual conditions. no the suggestion made by s/sgt. Pini.on. date of completion can be approximated. YAR.OBIRD •S 0 - 30 BUCK PR IVA TE'S 30 - 60 NON-c OM ' S 60 - 90 OFF I CER ~ s 90 - 99

GE'NERAL : ( 5 points each) S? (>11..·s , ( 5 poi nts each) 1. What f amous character in a b::>ok 1. Who is T,yndall Field's Athletic was carved f r om -w·;ood'? a.nct Recreation Officer? 2 . In what countries are 2. Stand, nock draw ~ hold, releaae, worn? ar~ posi t ions in what s port? 3. Who wera t he two leading "star.sn 3. What or ganization won the Tyndall in the picture "It Happened One Night"? Fiel d Bowling Tournament last year? 4. To whom does the nickname "Tommy 4. Nama t he three major collegiate Atkins" refer? .football t eams that are still undefeat­ ed and untied'? ARMY: (5 points each) 1. When is the status "AWOL" changed GEOGRJJPHYc ( 5 points each) ~ t o "desertion"? 1. What is an I sthmus? 2. Who is Major General Ira Eaker? 2. ~~ ere i s New South Wal es? 3. Who heads the Unjted States Army 3. Which i s nearer to the Isltmd of Air Forces in the North African cam­ Sicily, Tuni s or Tripoli? paign? 4. What is the capital of Texas?

YOUR VOCABULARY (4 points each) 1. Ingot is a 2. Itinerary i s a 3 . Iris i s a a. bar of wood. a. route of journe:;-. a. part of the e,ye • b. bar of metal. b. tramp. b . elbow bone. c. bar of candy. c. fire bomb . c. large bird.

4. Icon is a 5. I talics is a 6. I bis is a a . atom. a. style of printH ·t;ype. a. precious stone. b. image, b. old antique. t. wading bird. c. book ;.t.'"Ter .. c. .flower. c. l arge tree. e

THANKSGIVING DAY POT LUCK -- Across, Down r:---.-----,.---,--·---...,.---....--..,..,----r.=----. 1. Thanks gi vir. g day -r:-The size of "G.I." f owl. servings of turkey J 6. Nordic mas<,u:i..ina name 2. He of the Price Admin- 7. Tb.e most famous of i stration. ( 1st na:me) e.ll "Motors" -(Abbr.) 3. "Nerts1" without the "N" 9. "'B•= Prepared" is one , 4. Ceremony e.s is "Semper Fidelia" 5. Full of disdain 10. A.ll over (Abbr.) 8 . That which we have, and 11. A.nawer ( Ph.onetti cally) yet everybody is afraid 12. A. blue eagle no longer that we haven't 11 ri th ua 9. Babies cry for herl 14. Vfhere t he shortest 13. What ---- you? gunner usuall:y sits. 15. Not well 16. Well which re ceives .______.~~---'----'--...... __...... _ __.._____J dr ain and sinh: refuse I The ole Yardbird is feelin mo than sumwhut pert rite·now on account uv i is now wun kwarter thru this here schule. By the t ime yall reeds thi~ I will be i n primerry but I dont know whur i is. Whut I meens is that i aint left yet but by the time this here is printed I will be , but i aint got no idee where bouts. Kind of hope it's sooth Carrylina on account uv I is bin writin a purty littel redhaided gurl their in the lonely harts klub in the western magazeen that I wun a supscripshun to sellin pink salve. All this hear drillin, calisthenics, an inspeckshuns is most probably dun me sum gud. i imagines· it will be invalyuble at thurty thousan feet ter know hmr ter do an aboot fase an be abul ter dubble time five miles, iff'n y all nose whut i means • • I ncidentally, i is dun lernt a nuvr way uv whuppin submurines. They puts a green paint whut is jest the culur uv water on the oshun. Whin they cums to the top i t sticks onto the peeker an the man dont relize he's at the t op an keeps on risin, an whin he gits ter a altitood of aboot a thousan feet they opin up on him with anty airkraft guns. Pussynully, I dont figger its prakt ikal. Well, I reckon i'd bet ter b e a goin------The Yardbird (No . l) NfiW IS the time ror t:l/1 ~oocl men to . eome to tAe a1tt o/ tltetr eott/llry - BVY ~AR BfJNIJS TYNDALL SPORT SLANTS .ANSWERS TO ????? Until we get a direct wir e from t he GENERAL: Pinocchio; In countries of Station Hospital to the P.R. Office, Spanish and Portuguese influence; (Lt. ) we're goi ng to have to take our news Clark Gable and Claudette Colber t; To from t her e as it comes, mainly via "privates" in the British Ar~ . carrier pi geon. (Delayed enroute). SPORTS& Lt. Harbin B. Lawson; Archery; The l atest "hot" news from that sec­ The ~arte rma ster Detachment; Boston tor is that Major Cleo Miller is the College, Georgia and Ge orgia Tech . Field's un-crowned champion of the ARMY 1 When a company commander, after tennis courts. Tyndall's Chief of t horough investigation believes tHat an Surgical Services defeated Lt. Glen absentee does not intend to r eturn, • Heathers of the Psych Research Detach­ or, that he quit his organization to ment in the finals of the Offi­ avoid hazardous duty or to shirk im­ cers' net tourney. portant service. A soldier wi ll not The Ma j or 's secret of success, in his be carried AWOL f or more than 20 days, own words , is, "NY forte is chasing unless the company commander has reason after ever ything." Judging from the to believe that he has intenti ons to fact that most of his matches were de- . return; He is t he u.s. Bomber Com­ ci ded i n straight sets, the Major seems mander in Great Britain; Brig. General to have discovered quite a successful . Jinmy Doolittle. f ormula. GEOGRAPHY a 4 narrow neck of land con­ His un-orthodox style is a result of necting two larger areas of l and; In original form and a smatt ering of J.ustrailia; Tunis; Austin. book learning ( on tennis, of course). YOUR VOCABULARY 1 Bar of' metal; Route Observers claim that his sharp curving of journey; Part of the eye; Image; right-handed serve was exceptionally Style of printed type; Wading b ird. difficult to handle on the sandy court. ANSWERS TO LAST WEEK'S "X" WORD RJZZLE Dawn Apalachicola way we hear that Lt. Herman is using all hi s spare t i­ me in devising new plays for his bask­ etball team. He is determined t o win at least one game. To date, his team has battled furiously in each contest but only to end up on the tail end of the score. The boys there console him with the f act that the law of averages i s bound to catch up with his team.

HIGH SCHOOL GROUP TO PERFORM ON FIELD On Monday evening, November 23, the •· men at Tyndall will be treated to an unusual musical program at t he "Reo" Hall. The program wi ll be offered by members of the Music Department of the Bay County High School, under t he s u­ NOTIC.EJ NOTICEl pervision of Miss Esther McQuagge. Popular instrumental and vocal num­ The,re will be a meet :i.ng of the bers wil l be featured by the girls and A.. & R. Repr esentativen of all all personnel are cordially i nvited t o organizations at the "Rec" Hall attend. Lt. N.N. Zemo, Special Servi­ on Mon,day night, Novembe1:- 23rd, at ces Officer, has announced that the 7:00 P .• M. program will begin ~t 7 s30 P.M. .;- f • -~ ..-. , ,,~ )£S r ,., . , ·a . a .. ~.~ ·'"- ,.._ :J o \(I " • r .'#,

He made a pass at her, She made a pass at him; Vfuen the smoke of battle cleared His eye-sight had grown dimt

A Master of Ceremonies, having "laid an egg" came back quickly with: "You'll have to laugh much faster- I'm in 1-A l"

Sgt., '1 They say petting is her weak­ date with her 11 1 11 1 ness. Didn't you hava a MA~ FUNCTION SAYS, 1M THE DROOP WHO KNEW IT ALL 11 night?" MY HEAD IN THE LOWER BALL last A ND CAUGHT Yardbird: "Yes, and take it from me, Three things sha's not weakt" Eternal- which we can't Very well discard "The War news is so good Are Heaven, Yardbird: that the "duration" must be Hell, this week serving the "six And Interior Guardt over and we are now months!" (Cpl. S. Marotta) CAPTAIN MCCLELLAN SENDS LETTER OF "YANK", ARMY WEEKLY, TO. FEATURE AIR THANKS TO FRIENDS AT TYNDALL FIELD FORCES IN SPECIAL ISSUE ON DEC. 2ND Word was received last week that In an all out aerial blitz, "YANK", Captain Ammon McClellan will be con­ The Army Weekly will publish a special fined to his hospital bed at Maxwell Air Forces Issue on December 2. Field for a longer period than origi­ The issue will include a smashing nally expected. Tyndall's P.R.O. was cover picture of a war plane in action injured in a landing accident at the and will be filled with articles, Marianna Field several weeks ago. stories, gags, cartoons and histo~ of The Captain recently wrote a letter and about the Army Air Forces. to his staff expressing deep appreci­ Special Air Force posters will be ation for the manner in which they have sent out by "YANK" for display in all carried on their work here in the Pub­ exchanges, where soldiers will be able lic Relations Office in his absence. · to buy copies for a nickel per. Feat­ He also expressed sincere thanks for ure article of the issue will be a the package he received from his fri­ thorough, illustrated summary of air .. end~ at Tyndall. "No one could have developments and achievements of the . any more loyal friends than you have Air Forces in the present War. • proven to be in these distressing and Prospective entrants to "YANK'S" t' painful hours ••• The effort and kindness "Nuts to the Axis" contest are reminded you have shown ••• makes me feel deeply that the deadline is December lOth. grateful ••• " SEND YOURS, NOW J

SATl$DAY, November 21 TUESDAY, November 24 "Cairo" "The !.loon and Sixl""'fCe" Jeanette MacDonald Robert Young Georbe Sanders atrbert Marshall

SUNDAY, MOtiDAY, November 22-23 'f.iED!IESDAY, November 25 "The Navy Comes Through" "Bostun Blackie Goes Hollywood" Pat O'Brien George Murphy Chester Morris Constance Viorth THURSDAY, FRIDAY, November 26-27 "The Glass Key" Brian Donlevy VelbQlca ~ke RITZ PANAMA

SUNDAY , MONDAY, November 22-23 SU NDAY, MONDAY, November 22 -23 "Road to Morocco" "Just Off Broadway" Crosby-Hope and L~mour Lloyd Nolan Marjorie \Veaver

TUESDAY, i7EDNESDAY, November 24-25 TUESDAY, November 24 "War Against Mrs. Hadley" "Girl From Alaska" Fay Bainter Edward Arnold Jean Parker Ray Midd leton

THl$SDAY, FRI DAY, November 26-27 WEDNESDAY, November 25 "The Glass Key" "Unholy Partners" Brian Donlevy Veronica Lake Edward G. Robinson Laraine Day

SATURDAY, November 28 THURSDAY, November 26 "Call of the Canyon" ''H.M. Pulham, Esq." Gene Autry Smiley Burnette Hedy Lamarr Robert Young

LAT E SHOVi SATURDAY NIGHT FRIDAY, SATURDAY , November 27-28 "Now Voyager" "Arizona Terror" ~ette Davis Paul Henreid Don (Red) Barry Lynn Merrick