Greensboro Army Air Forces Technical Training Center #10: The Rotator

AAF OVERSEAS REPLACEMENT DEPOT A STRATEGIC AIR COMMAND BASE VOL. 5, NO. 34. ORD Placed Under New Air Unit HQ To Be Moved To Andrews Field Command of the Over¬ seas Replacement D e,p о t was changed for the second time within a month, when it was transferred Monday from the First Air Force, Continental Air Forces, to the Strategic Air Command, with headquarters at Boll¬ ing "Field, Washington, D. C. Formal announcement was made Tuesday. The change will not effect the present mission of ORD as “we are likely to need the ORD for some time yet," V. P. Wilber, SAC public relations official, said. The com¬ mand's PRO also announced 26 ac¬ tive bases were functioning at pres¬ ent under the strategic command, including the other AAF ORD in Kearns, Utah. General George C. Kenney, former commander of the Fifth Air Force in the southwest Pacific and later chief of the Far East Air Force, heads the command. His deputy commander is Maj. Gen. St. Clair Street^ who is in temporary com- cand while Gen. Kenney is a mili-i tary delegate to the United Nations' Conference. The commanding gen-| eral will return to his post in two months. An intermediate subordinate com- 1 mand of SAC as announced Tues-. day is the wartime Fifteenth Airi Force which succeeded the former Second Air Force with headquar¬ ters at Colorado Springs, Colorado. | Other units of the command include j the 311 Reconnaisance Wing, Buck- ley Field, Colo.; Bolling Field, An-| drews Field, Md., and the two. ORDs. Headquarters of SAC will move to Andrews Field about July 1. Some offices of the command are located there now. The Greensboro ORD was di-| rected by the Personnel Distribu¬ tion Command. Louisville, Ky., for more than a years and a half untill th First Air Force took over Feb¬ ruary 28. No shoulder patch has been au¬ thorized for ORD personnel as yet. ORD Tolled 50 Accidents Physical training accounted for more of ORD's accidents during the month of March ‘than did any other cause. Twelve accidents, requiring medical care, were sustained during P. T., and following a close second were nine where vehicles were in¬ volved. ■Total accidents, tabulated. by the Sost Ground Safety office, showed ) military and four civilian with fatalities, as compared with Febru¬ ary's thirty-nine accidents and four fatalities. Other causes and the numbers are; unknown assail¬ ants, 1; falls, 7; horseplay, 4; struck by falling objects, 5; foreign bodies, 1; fights, 8; contact with a hot sub¬ stance. 1; striking against an ob¬ ject, 1; and not elsewhere classi¬ fied. 1. 106th AAFBU, Greensboro, N. C., Friday, April 5, 1946. FREE DISTRIBUTION Takes Ten ORD Men To Parade Saturday In "46 Army Day Celebration On Other Pages Sports: "Hawks Play Patriots” on Greensboro diamond Saturday — by CpI. Bob Schumm. Page 8. Features: "Col. Mooney To Speak on ‘Skyway Revue’ ” in observ¬ ance of Army Day. Page 3. “Coal” — by Sgt. Jack Hatch. Page 7. Editorial: “We're Patch-Happy” — by Pfc. Wm. H. Bradfield. Page 2. Pictures: Sgt. Chuck Feiler's photograph of the ORD Hawk line. Pages 1-5. S/SGT. BOB GRUENEWALD . . . prize winner ‘Ordie' Wins Name Contest From a sky-high list of sugges¬ tions, the name, "Pvt. Ordie," has been selected for the ROTATOR'S new comic, created by Pfc. Paul MacAlester. Suggestion winner for “Ordie" is (now) S/Sgt. Bob Gruenewald, Sq. ‘A’, who wins a crisp ten-dollar bill for giving our mischevious little caricature a handle. Several others submitted . the same name, but Bob's arrived at the office, two days after the contest opened. The final selection of “Ordie” was no easy matter. As you know we postponed the contest two weeks, hoping many more sugges¬ tions would be submitted. How¬ ever, many excellent monickers were offered — some with subtle satire, a few Dick Tracy would fear and some laughable ones which were 'hardly printable.' (Ya' know what we mean.) Follow “Ordie" in the ROTA¬ TOR weekly, as he scurries across page 6, tasting the bitter dregs of army life, and forever, bucking for that elusive Pfc stripe; instead gets into trouble. Thanks go to Pfc. Thomas D. Wallbridge, Pvt. Gene L. Stroud and Pfc. Lemay H. Barger also submitted “Ordie," but unfortu¬ nately were late. Sq. 6L’ Returns To ORD As New Processing Unit A skeleton crew is remaining on duty at Seymour Johnson Field, Goldsboro, N. C., to prepare for movement of the ORD overflow de¬ tachment. Squadron L. back to this base. The casual detachment at Sey- mour-Johnson Field was organized to facilitate the assignment of over¬ flow troops from Greensboro, and to rehouse such troops until the 106th AAFBU was ready to receive them for final overseas processing. , The outfit was activated on Jan¬ uary 15, 1946 under the command of Lt. Col. Leo G. May, present com¬ manding officer of Squadron O. On Februvy 9, 1946, Lt. Col. Chauncey W. Webster assumed leadership of the detachment. In the middle of February orders came through activating the casual outfit as Squadron L. Lt. Col. Webster remained as CO. Major Edgar R. Sitler became Executive Officer. Capt. John W. Braun, Ad¬ jutant, F/Sgt. Orville E. Olson, First Sergeant, and S/Sgt. Nichols G. Assaley, Sergeant Major. Other personnel were obtained from ORD men temporarily sta¬ tioned at Goldsboro. During March, strength of ORD men decreased. On March 26 the last processing unit of 26,000 men handled by the squadron were shipped back to the Greensboro base. Present plans call for the move¬ ment of the organization to Greens¬ boro and place it in the old Squad¬ ron L block. No exact date for complete movement has been set, but it will be accomplished within the next few weeks. Gripe Board Hears Famed GI Cartoonist Testimony from generals and ex¬ sergeants has been heard during the last week by Lt. Gen. James H. Doolittle and his “gripe” board probing the Army caste system. Among those invited to testify have been Gen. Dwight Eisenhower, Army chief of staff, Gen. Carl Spaatz, AAF commander, and other generals of lesser rank. GI cartoonist Bill Mauldin told the board last weekend that the Army must “get rid of the theory that an officer breathes special air and is a gentleman while the en¬ listed man is not.” The 24-year-old ex-sergeant said that the present Army system vfes set up "centuries ago" in other countries, and now is outdated and outmoded. ' Meetings of the board set up by the War Department to study offi¬ cer and enlisted men relationships were closed to reporters but Mauldin explained his stand later to newsmen. He said service newspapers should be run “for the soldiers and not for the War Department,” and that in this way soldiers could let off steam and consequently im¬ prove their own morale as well as the efficiency of the service. Mauldin said that Generals Eisen¬ hower and Bradley had proved that a war could be fought in which the newspapers were allowed to function without any interference from higher-ups. On the other hand, he said, newspapers under General Mac- Arthur's command were not as free to print what they please. "Consequently soldiers who (Continued On Page Three) Colonel Mo,oney, Mayor Vanstory To Review Troops At 11 o’Clock Martial jnusic and the footsteps of marching men will resound through the streets of downtown Greensboro to¬ morrow, as twelve hundred ORD men parade in an Army; Day showing the Air Force’s peacetime might. Army Day Program ON THE BASE Processing Line derhonstra- tion (Warehouse 19). 9-12 a. m. Display of Motor Pool equip¬ ment, 9-12 a. m. Mess Hall No. 2 (Sq. H. area), 10-11 a. m. Parade. 10 a. m.-l p. m. All-GI show at the Big Top. 8-9:15 p. m. AT THE AIRPORT Display of C-47, C-45, AT-6, AT-7 and L-5 aircraft, 10 a. m.- 4 p. m. AT GREENSBORO STADIUM Baseball game. ORD Hawks vs. Greensboro Patriots. 3-5 p. m. IN DOWNTOWN GREENSBORO Parade passes Jefferson Square, 11 a. m. Display of Army weapins in Carolina Theatre lobby, 1-9 p,.m. All day: Display of Air Corps equipment in Meyer's Depart¬ ment Store show windows. Civilians To Get Pay Increase Soon An average increase, of nearly 12 cents per hour for base civilian 'employees, has been authorized by the War Department Wage Co¬ ordination Board on the basis of results obtained from a recent lor cality wage survey conducted by the Civilian Personnel Office. The increase is for ungraded em¬ ployees and will go into effect sometime in April. Part of a daylong program of activity, the parade will proceed from the base into Greensboro and return to the base. Stepping off at 10 o'clock, it will pass the re¬ viewing stand at Jefferson Square shortly after 11 o'clock. On the reviewing stand will be Colonel Henry K. Mooney and his staff. Mayor С. M. Vanstory, Jr., of Greensboro, and distinguished visitors. Gates of the ORD will open to the public at 9 a. m. for display of motor pool equipment, proces¬ sing line procedure, and mess hall operation. From 10 a. m. to 4 p. m. at the Greensboro-High Point Airport, aircraft will be on display. Major W. F. Lindenberger, post recruiting officer and officer-in¬ charge of the Army Day celebra¬ tion. has announced that AAF re¬ cruiting information will be avail¬ able throughout the day at the ORD Reception House and T-155, and at the Airport entrance. At 2 p. m., four softball games will get underway on various ORD drill fields. One hour later, at 3 o'clock, the ORD Hawks will meet the Greensboro Patriots nine in a baseball contest on the Greens¬ boro Stadium diamond. Admission will be free. GI entertainment will take over in the ORD Big Top at 8 p. m. when a continuous program of mu¬ sic and comedy for visitors to the base is planned. The Skyliners, ORD dance orchestra, will be in the spotlight. Visits Greensboro Major General Samual E. Anderson is shown as he was greeted Tuesday at the Greensboro-High Point Airport by Colonel Henry K. Mooney, ORD commander. William Beerman, Greensboro Daily News reporter, is at right. General Anderson, a native of Greensboro, spoke Tuesday night at the charter program of the new Greensboro American Legion post, and strongly urged unification pf the armed forces under a civilian secretary "to give the country the most in the way of protec¬ tion with the least expenditure of our national resources in money, ma¬ terial and manpower.” RA Personnel Eligible For School Benefits In a recent declaration by the Veterans Administration, soldiers who have been discharged and re¬ enlisted in the Regular Army, are eligible for the educational bene¬ fits of the GI Bill of Rights while still in service. The requirements are at least 90 days of active service and any discharge except dishonor¬ able. An individual must start his course not later than four years after his discharge or the official end of the war, whichever is later. The government will pay to the school you have chosen up to $500 for an ordinary school year to cov¬ er tuition, laboratory, library and similar fees. The $500 allowed per year may also be paid to a school to permit a veteran to take a short, but expensive course in a techni¬ cal school. You may go to school up to four years depending upon the numbers of months you served before receiving your discharge. If you desire to begin a course at a civilian educational institution the Post Commander's approval is required. The course must be tak¬ en in addition to your regular mil¬ itary duties and the institution should be near your post of duty. Active duty personnel will not receive any subsistence allowance because they are considered “fully employed" as members of the armed forces. A discharge given to aviation cadets and OCS graduates prior to accepting a commission cannot be used with the GI Bill of Rights. However, if an officer is released, from active duty and chooses to reenlist as a master ser- 6 cant, he is eligible for the educa- onal benefits. For further information visit the I and E Office in building T-182. “It is no longer mandatory to wear First Air Force shoulder tch. Any personnel wearing ie above shoulder patch may continue to do so until further orders from this headquarters.” — Daily Bulletin, March 3*- Z