Vol . 1 Bo . S4 ~A ir Forces Gunnerr School, !lndall Field, Fla., Sept~ 19, 1942 · • • MAJOR GENERAL ROYCE HEADS S.E.A.A.F.T.C . .· •the Jap and the German is a tough customer. Our job here 1 s to make our tuture airmen even tougher - and we - intend to do just that." With t~ia atatement ot purpose, Kajor General Ralph Royce, tresh from combat ·ooJIIIII&Dd in the Australian area, assumed co~ -.nd on 'l'uesday ot the Southeast· Train­ ing Center Whose headquarters ia at Jaxwell Field, Alabama. 'l'hree weeki ago General Royce was Commanding Officer ot the Northeast Air Area 1n Au a tra:Ua • - the forward zone ot operations where Jap and Allied planea alug it out daily. The General ::-.w. thia air show tor the Alliea, and hie effective use ot men and .achines, hia able leadership and the quality ot hia training have shown up in tbe re­ ~ulta column ot recent operatione in that hot a ector ot the. Pacific. ire re.. 'oently was awarded tbe n.s.c. tor lead­ ing lS Flying Fortresses in a 4000 mile . Major General Ralph Ro,yoe bomb~ng raid oyer the Philipp1nea. t'tro iEir 1r.lRRAft OFPICBRS roR ftlllW.L GUIIIRB GIVI RBCORD $UII OP 1119 !0 AD ~·omction to the grade ot Warrant Topping the previous high donation Of!icer was announced · this w~ek tor by al.moat double the amount, the Clau two ot Tyndall's veteran enlisted men, ot '42..S7 haa l~t a record tor other ii/Sgt. Daniel Howell and '1'/Sgt. Lloyfi cunner• to shoot at with their oo~tribu­ ;.. Taliaferro. '!'hey were sworn into tion ot $!19 .oo to the A.nss.y J!:lllergency their new ranks this morning at 9aS7 Relief Fund. So remarkable was thia A.v. by Post Adjutant, Captain Thomas generou~ gift that the men in the claaa A. Howell. were personally commended b,y f,yndall's Mr. Rowell was Post sergeant-major AER Ottioer, Lt. Col. Flo,yd Hyndman, at with a racord ot seven years ot service their graduation ceremonies. in the Ar"lq, and is a natiYe ot Virgin­ The Class ot '42-S7 were membera ot ia. Ill-. Taliaferro was sergeant-major Squadron •c• under the command ot Lt. ot the Student Detachment Personnel Aubrey· L. Stewart and Fir1t Sergeant Section and haila tram Tennea£eeo Ben lie Schultae. AMERICA They would knock out MacArthur, And wipe out his men. They'd sign peace in the White House, And they'd tell us when. They surprised at Pearl Harbor, And struck a hard blow They went to the Philippines, And put on a show. They would conquer the world·, ,. And disfigure the maps. They would replace Old Glory With the flag of the Japs . Li ke small specks of vermin, All over a hen. They were spreading like wild fire, And suddenly t hens They found th~t AMERICA, Had something to say. Ammunition and men Would be soon on the way . The hearts of our Allies became filled with glee, When our stuff began rolling •way over the sea, Guns by the ship load, airplanes and tanks, supplies by the train load--- Then came the Yanks. War Stamps and Bonds- We'r~ all on the job, Behind every soldier, marine and gob. Yes, we'll sign peace in the White House, And the time will be--- When MacArthur returns, Marching back with his menl Pfc. James s. O'Connor SUNDAY TUESDAY 8:00 A. M.- -Mass ••• Chaplain Finnerty 7:00 P.M •••••• •••••••~ellowship Club 9:00 A. M. -Protestant SUnday School 6:30 P.MM ••••••• ••• Instruction Class 10:00 A. M. --Moming Worship •••• WEDNESDAY Chaplain West er 7:30 P.M ••••• ••••••• Bibl~ Study Hour 11:15 A. 14. --Mass ••• Chaplain Finnerty THURSDAY SUNDAY EVENING 6:30 P.MM •• ••• ••••• ~truction Class 8:00 P. M. -Evening Worship • •• FRIDAY Chaplain Vlest er 6:00 P.M ••••••••••••• Jewiah Services Under the auspices of Lt. Col. Hynd­ The best story of th.e week was furni­ man and Captain Howell, a prevue of shed by a young lady from Tallahassee, wi~ter fashions for Tynda llettes was who wrote to Captain Burkhart and in­ held at the Post Theatre on Wednesday quired as to the procedure that must be noon. Unofficially, we understand that followed in order for her to become an skirts will be worn this year, and aerial gunner! Captain Burkhart re­ slips, as usual, will be kept out of plied that while the demand for gunners sight, or thereabouts. Stockinge will was very great. mattereasyet, hnd not be painted on and shirts will not be r.eached that critical ~tag e ••• The boys starched. This ensemble will be topp.ed with ths department of training who with an overcoat (Military drape) of have been transferred to the 447th (Ah the same hue, blue ••• Lt. Corbin~ recen­ Wilderness!) claim that the changing tly transferred to Ft. Myers, came ot the midnight shift at the Port st. back long enough Saturday evening to Joe Paper Kill disturbs their slumber • get an option on one of Panama City's ••• Miss Knight. personnel sergeant­ belles ••• Residenta of a certain BOQ majoress, has found that it pays to be are very much "on the ball" these days, kind, eTen to enlisted men ••• Pvt. Paul early to breakfast and early to work. Finan, Legal Eaglet, leaves tor Ord­ Those in the know say that t he whole nance OCS Oot. lst ••• one of the more barracks has gone to the "doge" -Bow cheerful men around the field that we Wow& ••• Congratulations to Capt&in Bob have noticed is Pvt. Ray Barrette, the Powell of Engineers, who traded his Colonel's •gas-buggy" driver ••• Fifty single silver tor a double set •••Also Million Frenchmen and S/Sgt. Frank High a belated salute to Major Kevan on his can't be wrong- gentlemen DO prefer comeuppanoe ••• Those who desire first blondest •••Aerial Gunners arerequested hand informatio~ on how to conserve to definitely identity planes above rubber the "hard way", contact "Rubber Y/Sgt. Jo. Young's house before tiring, Conserver" Lt. Jeffries. There isn't it mi!ht be a stork •• • sjsgt. Bobby Cos­ any storage charge either •••would be tigan of Finance has that smile of con­ Charles Atlases, Lt. Tannen and Lt. tent~t these days, now that Mrs. Shields, are pitting one muscle against Costigan has given up the banking bus­ another these mornings to build up iness ot Trenton, N.J., tor the ba~ th~ir resistance - to what, we wonder? weather of p.c ••• The beginnings of a •••At last we discovered Col. Uuwell' s real drama group seems to be getting nickname- the first words or greeting under way- those interested are reques­ by visiting dignitaries is invariably ted to get in touch with Cpl. Paquin "Hi (or 'H~llo') DudS" ... Lt.I,ynn drop­ at the UeSeO. on Wednesday nights ••• ped us e. oa!"d i"l"Cm s·t. Louis telling S/Sgt. Holman ot the "Brownies" has us that evarythingu still under con­ succumbed to the Latin-American propa­ trol there ••• captain John K. Strobel ganda and ie doing his best to cement received his orders . from washington Pan-Amerioan Relations by pursu1D5. a this week- hie many trionds here wish certain senorita from south of the. him the bast of luek t'~n hi~ n6t!T assign­ border.~~Our nomination tor Tyndall ment •••Anyru:~.e who has £IllY fairly good Field's forgotten man is Pf'o. Robert kitchen furniture and appliances that Vun Kannon of the A .A .F. Band. Bob was they desire to get rid ot, can get in originally with the Mediooes and was touch with Billeting Clerk Joe Franza one ot the first men to arrive on this at the p.:a. .. o •••we hGar that prc.f ~es ion­ field from that detachment. Atter much al je al~usy r~s r~nrsd its u~ly head maneuvering between sq~!e"!.r ons as a P'rt. down on tho line ••• That lmt: qlA:i. t e a bit he finally ended up with the band, aa ot ~~w ~h~~g that Lt. Col •. Hyndman ~ Pvt. -his ability to beat out the did at thG recent Gunnery School grad­ bars has not aa yet brought out the uation. stripesl ~ _ TVNDALLe TARGET Published every Saturday by the Public Relations Office, AAFGS, Tyndall Field, Fla PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER COMMANDING EDITOR Captain Ammon McClellan Col. W. A.• Maxwell Corp. Arnold Jlilgaten A.SsT'S TO P. R. OFFICER ASSOCIATE EDITOR Pfc. Sam D. Melson COLUUNISTS Corp. Saul Samiof Pre. William B. Pratt The Yardbird and REPRODUCTION STAFF The Taler PHOTOGRAPHIC OFFICER 11/sgt. Woodrow w. Busby Lt. Joseph A. Dickerman Pfc. Francis Churchill ART WORK Corp. John Webster S/Sgt. Oral Ledbetter PHOTOGRAPHIC STAFF Pfc. Price Terry Pvt. Marshall Goodman Sgt. William Castle Pvt. Everett Tackett Pfc. Silas G. Upchurch TYN~ALL TOPICS In case you hear the phrase "7·1~" Those responsible for the Gunnery at the hospital area, don't dig down School program here agree that the in your pocket and get ready to fade a life of the student gunner is not a "fiver", they're probably(?) only re­ very easy one, and since this is so, ferring to the opening hours of Tyn­ we wonder why a little matter of pro­ dall's new dental clinic. Recently viding cool drinking water for the men opened, the new tooth-pulling house is o~t on the ranges couldn't be taken the first of the two brown shingled care of.