Marine Corps Air Station Cherry Point: The Cherry Point Windsock

MARINE CORPS AIR STATION - CHERRY POINT. N.C. Vol. 1 No. 1 ★ ★ ★ November 18. 1944 THEATRE PLANNED Plans Disclosed For Revision of 3 Squadrons Aircraft Engineering Squadron 44, until now the casual squadron on the station, will be made up of seven departments drawn from Drillhall Already Being Constructed Smith, Recreation Officer. THE WINDSOCK is the result. j Construction of a huge drillhall and field house, and It’s all yours and it's up to you to make it a good one. The Rec- j approval of plans for a new post theatre with a seating reation Department is financing the project. The editorial staff j capacity of about 2,500 persons are among major building will collect and edit the news, put it into final form, and have projects designed to further expand station recreational and It’s All Yours For many weeks, we've been hearing the constantly recurring j question: “Why doesn’t Cherry Point have a newspaper?” That plaint, voiced by Marines and sailors, officers and enlisted j personnel alike, fell upon sympathetic official ears, chiefly those j of Lt.-Col. M. A. Tyler, Chief of Personnel, and Captain M. J. j Headquarters Squadron and AES the finished product available for circulation each Saturday. 2L if^was* annmmced ^’esterda^^by ! Lfike ^1 service newspapers, THE WINDSOCK cannot publish Lieutenant Colonel M. A. Ту- certain thmgs, either for reasons of military security or pohey. lor. Officer in Charge of Person- j Other items, particularly those which the editorial staff deems nel- i offensive to good taste, will not be published. AESP43l,t1oCnthe revamped squall If that sounds arbitrary, bear in mind that we are determined ron include Aerology, Visiting to give you as good a newspaper as time, available reportorial tal- Plane line. Operations, Para- ent and good common sense will permit. Bear in mind, too, that every newspaper reserves to itself that same control over the selection of material. Get Cigarettes, Ration Stamps, On Leave Paper Station personnel going on fur¬ lough during the period from No- vembet 23 to January 12, 1945, may purchase extra cigarettes and draw food and gasoline ration stamps be¬ fore their departure, Captain L. E. Treadwell, Jr., station furlough co¬ ordinator, announced today. One-day passes for the period have been authorized for the three holidays of Thanksgiving. Christ¬ mas and New Years. Three-day passes are available for the periods One thing we will not do. We will not publish any unsigned £5 December 'зо- January ’’'t"" and will receive transfers in order to j communications, for no reputable newspaper takes cognizance of i January 5-7. All dates are inclu- make way for the > new depart-' such trash. All such letters should bear the handwritten signature sive- “Л*-*™ ЧИ» <* «Ь. «ter. Your name will be «4,- j' ^Г.^Тьег» pra. men and six women Reserves. j held at your request. Change in the make-up of the chute Loft, and Photography. Headquarters will transfer its Provost Marshal and Recrea¬ tion sections. Other squadrons will be unchanged. Captain W. R. Bogert, present commanding officer of Squadron 44, will continue in that status. Members of his staff will be Cap¬ tain Dudley P. Osborn, executive officer; First Lt. Barry B. Beach, personnel officer; and Warrant Officer Albert jutant. Casuals now in the squadron j will be moved to MWSS-9 and per-; sonnel now on an assigned basis j to other squadrons on the station I Unlike many service newspapers, THE WINDSOCK will throw open a portion of its editorial page each week to publicize the views of that portion of Cherry Point’s personnel interested enough to submit those views for public scrutiny. On the subject of these so-called “letters to the editor,” a word of warning. Legitimate comment, questions or criticism which will serve as a constructive factor in strengthening the morale of this P. Benjamin, atl-jstation will be weicome. Whenever feasible or necessary, THE WINDSOCK will endeavor to obtain and publish an official answer to such comments. liberty , will also be supplied from 1500 on ... . , , This first issue contains what we of the editorial staff have December 21 to 1100 December 26 ЯКЯД £ SSSKfM =1-0, ,n tentatively „ specie, features o, you, newspaper. If you j quarters as soon as arrangements find them inadequate, to your best interests from a news stand- furloughs will be granted during can be made for occupancy. Squad- 1 point, tell us so. All suggested additions or deletions will be given Barracks 200 and the squadron* of" 1 the most careful consideration, not on the basis of the personal fices will be located in the rear; likes or dislikes of the editorial staff, but by this simple yardstick: of the barracks. “Does the majority want it this way?” Many of you may desire to contribute material to THE WIND¬ SOCK. Unless you communicate that desire to us, we will have no other way of finding it out. Come and see us, tell us what it’s about — and if it's good “newspaper,” we’ll print it. Because of advanced deadline schedules required by printing commitments, some items which you logically may expect to j find in your newspaper will not appear. Squadron 44, commissioned three years ago as a casual unit, has handled the thousands of avia¬ tion personnel transferred to this station for training in combat units organized and sent out from Cherry Point. Its new status marks an advanced stage in the stabilization of the station's in Marine aviation. • role Navy Flier Down 9 laps In 95 Minutes Therefore, your cooperation in reporting promptly to us your onT Ь^сГгаП Ип^ between ‘cheS activities and the activities of your organization mil be of im- | ry Point and New York City, measurable value to the staff in its efforts to provide you with fresh readable news, contained in a newspaper which you can athletic facilities, it was disclosed today. Preliminary work on the new drill hall already has begun, and it is expected to be ready for use early In Jaunary. No tentative opening date for the proposed theatre was immediately obtainable, but it was understood that it probably would be completed by early summer. Public works officials also dis¬ closed that new combination rec¬ reation halls and past exchanges were planned for Oak Grove. Bo- gue, Kinston and Atlantic Fields, with preliminary construction al¬ ready under way. Erection of the new structures is part of a long-range building program for which $82,000,000 al¬ ready has been spent or autho¬ rized for the development of the main station, its outlying fields and auxiliary air facilities. New Synthetics 3uilding Construction of a new building to house the station's vast synthe¬ tic training program alsy has been approved by Navy Secretary James Forrestal, according to an announcement by Representative Graham A. Barden of New Bern. The proposed plant, costing $443, 500 will replace the frame structure which was destroyed by fire sev¬ eral months ago. The drill hall, with foundations already laid in the rear if the present recreation building, will be 304 feet long by 141 'feet in width with a height of 44 feet from its wooden floor to the top of its arch¬ ed roof and will accommodate 4000 persons with the use of demount¬ able seats. Of standard design approved by the Navy Bureau of Yards and Docks, the new drill hall will be similar to the large halls at such big naval stations as Great Lakes and Boston. Constructed of wood frame and cement asbestos siding, it .will accommodate several varieties of indoor sports on its spacious floor and will contain dressing and lock- the periods of December 14-28 or from December 28 to January 11. Sales of cigarettes, on the basis of two packages for each day of leave, liberty or furlough, will be made at the Station’s Main Ex¬ change or its branches at Atlantic, Bogue, Kinston, Oak Grove and Congree. Leave papers must be presented to the clerk at time of purchase. Captain Treadwell emphasized that no extra rail equipment would be sought for, personnel planning to travel moPe than 150 miles on ; Jap fleet, Com- McCampbell, of| Philippines (CNS) — In one hour and 35 minutes of aerial combat; during the early stages of the battle with the mander David Los Angeles shot down 9 enemy planes, plus lwo“probables.” The remarkable record raised Commander McCampbell’s indi¬ vidual total to 30 enemy planes, and placed him among America’s top-ranking aces. The 32-j'ear-old flier leads an air group whose Hell¬ cat squadron already is credited With shooting down 273 planes. acknowdedge with pride. It’s ALL yours! — SGT. BRAD BOYLE jpercent would involve travel far [beyond the normal 150-mile limit. . The coordinator also said that (Continued on Page Ten) Ex-4F, Hero In Italy, Gets Medal of Honor Fort Meade, Fla. (CNS)— Once, Pvt. James H. Mills was classi¬ fied 4-F by his draft board. To¬ day, he wears the Congressional Medal of Honor for heroism in fighting the Germans in Italy. Dispatches from Rome said lie was awarded the nation’s highest military honor for knocking out 2 German machine-gun nests, killing! 4 Germans, capturing 7 more and [STARTING ELEVEN which will face the Chatham Field Blockbusters today. Line (left Platoon surr°oyundaJd and captured riSht) SollaY- Richter, Vranka, Davis, Croushore. Hardy. MitchelL Backfield lleU 22 Nazis witnout’ a casualty. [right) ReeSe, Marcolini, Clavin and Abeam. | an armory, and two long galleries in the two story lean-tos running along each side of the building. Decision as to athletic installa¬ tions will be made by the Rec¬ reation department at the build¬ ing’s completion, but those cer¬ tainly to be included are basket¬ ball, handball, and indoor baseball. Three basketball courts can eas¬ ily be laid out on the large floor. The popular station dances, in¬ cluding those to the music of the various big-time bands scheduled for appearances here, can also be accommodated in the hall. The roof of the building will be supported by laminated arches, (Continued on Page Ten) Colonel Pugh Named Wing Training Head Designation of Colonel E. L, Pugh, USMC, as Director of Avia- Lon Training for the Ninth Marine Aircraft Wmg, was announced this week by Brigadier General Lewis G. Merritt, commanding general. Colonel Pugh’s duties will in- elude supervision of tactical train¬ ing of all units, coordination of all tactical exercises, and the maintenance of necessary records and statistics on all pilots and •.влиоштаа