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-THE BATTALION-
-SATUEDAY MORNING, MAY 29, 1943
AIRCREW TRAINING SCHOOL NEWS
RUDDER DUST
After a week’s leave while the
Battalion rested during the lapse
between semesters, the A.C.T.D.
staff is back with the news.
The Headliner of all is the loss
of Squadron Four, Sergeant Gral-
la’s pride and joy. Already word
has reached us that our boys are
at the classification center and do
ing all the good.
Jack A. Abadie, ex-Squadron
Five editor, wrote to his former
roommates, telling of seeing Tom
Dellinger, our late Editor-in-Chief.
Hope both of the boys get all that’s
coming to them.
The much heralded ’’relief” is
here at last. Squadron Five has
just completed a week of concen
trated study that was the new
schedule. It was a very streamlined
course of study with no gaps in
between subjects. What a week!
Rufus, for one, was well pleas
ed when he received his copy of
the new schedule. That was the
first time his name has ever been
spelled correctly by the staff.
Our military band is not just
a wishful dream; it is an establish
ed fact. We were proud as pea
cocks that first day we marched
to mess after retreat, to the spirit
ed beat of the band. We cheered
lustily as the detachment slowed
down to double time on approach
ing the mess hall entrance. Yes
sir, that band is the apple of the
detachments eye.
“A friend in need is a friend
indeed.”
That was quite a noble gesture
Squadron Three made for Fred W.
Bohn, whose finance passed away.
Just before^ Mr. Bohn left for
Cleveland, Ohio, Squadron Three
presented him with $100.00. That
is the true spirit of the Air Forces.
Duty, Honor,
Country
By
Alvin B. Cooter
During my absence from the
news staff the past two weeks, I
have had the pleasure of seeing
actual moving photographs of the
Japanese thrust into China. These
films were taken by a civilian who
was in the attacked territory at
the time.
There were many scenes that
impressed me greatly, but I will
only tell you of the few that
were, in my estimation, the most
impressive.
At the first of the War between
Japan and China the Japanese
bombed the Southwest Shanghai
Railroad. This act killed six thous
and women and children. Six thous
and mangled, twisted, and burned
bodies of people who were wait
ing for a train that would take
them to safety. This station had
no air protection, no anti-aircraft
to give it the required protection
it needed, and the Japanese knew
this well. Blood flowed through
the gutters like a scarlet stream^
bodies lay over each other life
less, like stacked cords of wood.
There was no need for this das
tardly slaughter, but it made no
diference to our enemy.
Another scene, crucifixion. A
Chinese man was nailed to a cross.
A spike was driven through each
hand and foot. This man hung on
the cross dying, but that was not
enough, he was then burned at
the stake—still conscious. He
knew, or was supposed to know,
something that the Japs wanted,
but he would not tell or could not
tell. This is the enemy we are at
war with!
Two hundred women and young
girls were marched into the bar
racks of Japanese. The Hell these
poor women went through could
not be put in words. This foul do
ing was for the purpose of satis
fying the desires of our barbaric
enemy.
It has been proven many times
over that the Nipponese stop at
nothing! from the murdering of
helpless people to the raping of
young girls. This is the type of
un-Godly thing that must never
come to our country. This is what
we are fighting for; fighting to
prevent, so that the dead women
are not our mothers, and the raped
girls are not our wives and sweet
hearts. After seeing this film I
realized the importance of the
work I am doing. I am sure if you
had seen it, you would have the
same determination to succeed in
your training; to avenge your
friends and countrymen that died
at the hands of the Japanese for
no reason at all but to satisfy the
blood-thirsty desires of their
dwarfed minds.
GLEANINGS
Squadron I
Tommy Simpson and Billy Cock-
burn really believe in getting home |
fast and in a military manner.
From what we hear Gulf Coast |
sent an AT-11 up here to fly them
down to Randolph. They also came |
back in the same ship in 55 min
utes flat.
Jim Welch, from Montana made
the highest grade on an English
test out of hundreds of aviation
students. It was a perfect score.
It looks like squadron one is liv
ing up to it’s co-name of “on the
ball,” at least on the basket ball
court. As we all know, squadron
three was literally liquidated by
our boys with a score of 26 to 12.
(See GLEANINGS, Page 7)
Virgil Vaughum, the quiet and
courteous type, has received more
letters in a day than many students
received in a month. Who are they
Virgil ?
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