Greensboro Army Air Forces Technical Training Center #10: 10-Shun

Send 10-SHUN Home to the Folks The folks at home are very proud of you. And they're eager to read about you and your post. After finishing with this copy of 10-Shun, roll it up and put an envelope around it. Address properly, making sure that you include a return address, and place a ONE AND A HALF CENT STAMP on the envelope. The post newspaper CANNOT be sent home under the free franking privilege. VOL. 2. NO. 27. Greensboro, N. C., Friday, February 4, 1944. FREE DISTRIBUTION Taking The Gas Off A Shell Of A Plane mm РАС Prep School Is Started On Post Voluntary Attendance By Night May Lead Student to Day School A preparatory school for pre-aviation cadets, the first of its kind for all PACs on the post, was started last Tues¬ day night at 7 o’clock in T-76, with classes in mathe¬ matics, physics and theory of flight. ' Attendance to the school is volun¬ tary, ~ Stop Sabotage! Intelligence Office Asks Aid Of EM Similar classes had been, established last November by tht 302nd wing. Those PACs who have completed basic training, and who show se¬ rious interest in the night classes, wm be eligible for transfer to the day school after a brief qualify¬ ing period. Assignment to the day school will be their daily duty. The sub¬ jects taught will include mathe- , , , . matics, physics, meteorology, navi- A new program has been mau- gation, theory of flight and en« gurated in the AAF that will make;gines. of the Military Intelligence section the Army's counterpart of the F. В. I. and enlist the assistance of all military personnel and civilian em ’ NOT A GROUP OF MEN FROM MARS, these masked figures are Gas N. C. O.’s taking the course given by the Chemical Warfare section. They are shown here learning how to decontaminate an A-20 plane. Lt. William Van Slyke, in upper right, di¬ rects the operation. The men on the ground carry three-gallon decontamination tanks while those atop the plane are using one and a half quart containers. This is part of the course now being given Unit Gas officers. AAF Training Command Develops 61,730 Pilots In 11 Months Of A3 Wife Of British Field Marshal Visits BTC 10 Lady Nancy Dill, wife of Field Marshal Sir John Dill, chief British representative on the combined Chiefs of Staff in Washington, D. C., visited BTC 10 and its Red Cross facilities yesterday. In her capacity as a Staff Commandant in the British Red Cross, she inspected the post's Red Cross offices and the recre¬ ational facilities at the post hos¬ pital yesterday afternoon. As a guest of Col. V. R. Wood¬ ruff, commanding officer, sne was scheduled to review -the sol¬ diers of this AAF basic training center at yesterday afternoons weekly garrison parade. The AAF Training Command, demonstrating the| speed-up and extension of air combat and ground crew! training, has announced that of the more than 100,000 pilots graduated in the past five years 61,730 were graduated during the first 11 months of 1943. Just as spectacular has been the* - increase in the production of air and ground crew technicians. A total of 555,891 were graduated in the 59 months from January 1, 1939, to November 30, 1943; while only 34,803 were trained in the 20 years from 1921 to 1941. Development of the training com¬ mand is shown in a report which makes public figures that have been heretofore withheld as confidential. The figures show that 100.799 pilots; 107.218 flexible aerial gun¬ ners, 20,086 bombardiers, 18,805 navigators and 555,891 ground and air combat crew technicians were traduated in the Jan. 1939 to Nov. 943 period. The Command trains all AAF pilots, bombardiers, navigators, gun¬ ners and 65 different categories of technicians. Approximately 29,000 training planes of all types are used by the Command. Low Fatality Rate. “In 1930, only 696 pilots were graduated from two schools," the Command report states. "In the first eleven months of 1943, the Command graduated 61,730 pilots of all types from 135 schools engaged in flying training. The increase in the production of technicians is no less spectacular when you consider that only 14.803 were trained in the two decades from 1921 to 1941. “To achieve this record," the re- Eort adds, "the Training Command as developed the world's greatest educational system. From the standpoint of territory covered, per¬ sonnel employed, administered and trained, equipment operated and facilities owned, it overshadows the •largest of all the world’s great busi¬ ness corporations." During the eleven months from January 1. 1943 to November 30 of the same year, students of the Com¬ mand flew an average of 25,600 hours per fatal accident With the exception of 3,491 glider pilots, 2,348 liaison pilots, and 444 women pilots, most of the 100,799 pilots are qualified fighter or bomber flyers, the report statics. The figures of 555,891 technicians represents only the number gradu¬ ated from basic courses and does not show the total number of tech¬ nicians produced, nor does it give a full picture of the extensive tech¬ nical training given. Because most gunners on heavy and medium bombers double as technicians, many graduates of the flexible gunnery courses have also' completed the basic technical courses in mechanics, radio or arma¬ ment. Colleges Going Baek To Mufti, AAF Deelares Seventy colleges utilized in the college training program and 14 civilian contract schools used in pilot training will be returned for civilian use, the AAF has an¬ nounced. Students now training in these in¬ stitutions will complete their courses, it was pointed out, but no new AAF students will be accepted in the future at these schools. The move conforms to the recent announcement of Gen. H. H. Ar¬ nold. commanding general of the AAF, who said, "As the war con¬ tinues, emphasis will naturally shift from training of vast num¬ bers of new men to the training of replacements.” Among schools to be returned for civilian use is Elon College, N. C. Three Men Selected For OCS Training- A warrant officer and two enlist¬ ed men on the Post have been se¬ lected for OCS training at Miami Beach. They are WOJG William B. - - — - . IS?,11?8*1, of special duty with the this week to refrain from bringing |301st Wing and T/Sgt. Edmond J. candy, ice cream and the like into Donohue, Jr., and S/Sgt. Joseph the poet’s War Department theatres Ljl"d °f ,Hq' and Hq' Sq- by S/Sgt. Nelson McCollom. NCO!r “,Г’ “™an,“ appointed a war- assistant to the posts Theater Officered’ Uie C UTcarTag^ cer. lFeb„ 1942. nployees. Hereafter, any member of the post personnel who obtains infor¬ mation or knowledge of subversive activity on this Post is requested to report directly to the S-2 officer at Bldg. T-4 or by calling Ext. 22 and The information may be given to Major R. V. Waters, S-2 Officer on the Post or, in his absence, to other officers in the S-2 section, in¬ cluding Lt. Paul Brown, executive officer, Lt. Peter P. Kelly, Jr., Lt. George W. Kopp and CWO Paul J. Joos. A charge of quarters is main¬ tained 24 hours a day in the S-2 Section, Bldg. T04, and there should be no hesitation in calling that of¬ fice to make a report at any hour of the day or night, whether or not the matter appears to be urgent. PITT THE MEN ON DETAIL. Enlisted men were asked again ‘Parade Rest Radio Show , Comes Back To Post Tuesday “Parade Rest,” a twenty-five minute radio show by the men of BTC 10, will be revived over ' WGBG next Tuesday night from the stage of Post Theater 3 at 6:30 to 6:55 p. m. This weekly broadcast, under the direction of Sgt. Ian Martin, will be a domesticated version of the Thursday night show. The stress is on camp life and the laughs that go with it. It will feature a 15-piece orchestra under the direction of Cpl. Daryl Campbell. The first show will feature an interview with M/Sgt. Joe Sher of General Mess, a comedy spot, “Dear Snooky,” by Sgt. Jack O'Keefe, the singing unit of the week, of the 1176th, giving out with, "Gee, Mom, I want to go home,” and vocals by Pvt. Bob Davis. The interview and singing group and comedy spot will be regular spots of the show. And Sgt. O’Keefe promises to send this new letter to .“Snooky" over the air waves, apart from the . written piece that appears in these issues each week on the editorial page. “Parade Rest,” had been a radio feature last spring and summer under Sgt. Lou Terkel before Lou was given an honorable dis¬ charge. For a Head Start. The school, initiated by enlisted men, follows the model set by flight and ground schools which PACs will attend later. And the experience of the 302nd Wing school shows that it gives candi¬ dates a substantial head start in the aviation subjects essential to pilot, navigator and bombardier training. Attempts will be made to keep the classes small, thus providing more individual attention for the students. A staff of instructors, trained in the subjects they are to teach, is being assembled, and students will be required to take notes and pass tests after each two hours of instruction. The curriculum calls for 24 hours of instruction in each of the six subjects. One hour of instruc¬ tion in each subject will be given daily and the academic routine will treason, disloyalty, disaffection, and ?Mll!lru : w,ho helped violations of regulators dealing tl}£ 302nd school, will ad- with the safeguarding of military ‘he en arged pr - information. ^ PACs who complete the fuU It is in such subversive matters that the S-2 Section is interested and in these that the post person¬ nel is asked to be more observant. Matters of a disciplinary nature, that are the province of Group and Wing Commanders, should not be reported; and the personnel are asked to be careful in distinguish¬ ing the difference. Jet Plane Secret Was Well Kept For Over 2 Years The period of secrecy cloaking the jet-propulsion plane lasted two and a half years before the War Department gave the word which permitted the enemy to learn a few of its features. During this time the secret was shared by many military personnel, executives and workers in several areas where construction and testing were car¬ ried out. The jet plane was constructed at a secret plant on one seaboard, transported across the country, and tested on the other side. Since the new plane has no propeller, it was given a dummy while being transported from one testing site to another. In later months, even after the plane had been flown several times and its existence more widely known, its secret was never vio¬ lated by those entrusted with its development. satisfactorily will be tificates. However, PACs"' course :iven cer- --- - , - - will un¬ dergo no change in status because of the record they may make in the school. It has been set up as a training aid only. Bond Office Stops $3.75 Allotments No more Class В allotments fo the purchase of war savings bond under Plan 1, which is the deduc tion of $3.75 per month, are bein accepted by the post War Bon Office under provisions of a Wa Department circular just issued. Such allotments already in effec will be automatically discontinue and payroll reductions will b stopped as soon as full bonds ar completed. For instance, if the final deduc tion for the purchase of a wa bond is made in the month of Marc and March is the anniversary dat for the issuance of an $18.75 wa bond under Plan 1, such allotmer will be automatically discontinue as of the end of that month. Post Complaint Hour To Be Held Sunday All military and civilian person¬ nel on the post with a problem or a complaint may bring it to the attention of the Air Inspector on Sunday, between 10 and 11 a. m., without obtaining permission from their immediate superior. The complaint hour will be held in the Air Inspector's office, post headquarters. LOST AND FOUND. A GI dog, complete with dog tag, was lost by the 1181st Training Group and Pvt. Paul McMahon has made an appeal for help in return¬ ing him. Two days later Pvt. Mc¬ Mahon was all smiles. The dog was! discovered behind a GI can. John Kieran Discusses Case Of Post T rainee John Kieran, syndicated columnist and erudite wit of “Information Please," perused the contents of a recent issue of 10-SHUN, and made it the sub¬ ject for one of his daily features. Calling 10-SHUN a "sprightly Army publication,” Kieran dis¬ cussed the problem of Pvt. Wil¬ liam Ming, who, while a trainee at BTC 10, was called up before the Supreme Court in Washing¬ ton to defend a case that he had started to handle as a lawyer in Chicago. Ming needed civilian attire, and borrowed a pin-stripe suit. Army papers, Kieran conclud¬ ed, are much superior to those of World War I.