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TABLE OF CONTENTS 
 
 Vice Admiral John Sidney McCain 3 
 
 Captain Frank T. Ward 4 
 
 Lt. Commander Frank H. Wickhorst 5 
 
 Rear Admiral Elliott Buckmaster 6 
 
 Captain Charles E. Smith 9 
 
 Aviation Cadet David F. Oyster 10 
 
 Georgia Pre-Flight School 11-15 
 
 Commander John P. Graff 16 
 
 No. Carolina Pre-Flight School 17-21 
 
 Colonel Adam E. Potts 22 
 
 Camp Davis Lineup .'. 24 
 
 No. Carolina Pre-Flight Lineup 25 
 
 Rival Coaches 28 
 
 Statistics of Camp Davis 30 
 
 Statistics of No. Carolina Squad 32 
 
 Captain George W. Steele 34 
 
 Del Monte Pre-Flight School 35-39 
 
 Captain David C. Hanrahan 40 
 
 Iowa Pre-Flight School 41-45 
 
 Commander Clyde W. King 46 
 
 St. Mary's Pre-Flight School 47.51 
 
 Referee's Signals 52 
 
 Camp Davis 
 vs. 
 
 North Carolina Pre-Flight School 
 
 Kenan Stadium 
 Saturday, October 16 
 
 This program is published by the Athletic Associations 
 of the five U. S. Navy Pre-Flight Schools and is 
 printed under the direction of the Pre-Flight Section 
 of the Aviation Training Division in the Office of the 
 Chief of Naval Operations. 
 
1 wiir 
 
 The following was found on the flyleaf of the diary of 
 an Iowa boy who fell at Chateau-Thierry in 1918: 
 
 "America must win this war. 
 Therefore / will work; / will 
 save; / will sacrifice; / will en- 
 dure; / will fight cheerfully and 
 do my utmost, as if the issue of the 
 whole struggle depended on me aloneT 
 
 as if the issue of the whole struggle depended on me alone/' 
 
 THE CORPORATION 
 
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LT. COMMANDER FRANK H. 
 WICKHORST, USNR, is Head of the 
 Pre-Flight Section of the Aviation 
 Training Division in the Office of 
 the Chief of Naval Operations: As 
 such,' in addition to his duties per- 
 taining to the Pre-FUght Schools, he 
 is responsible for making recom- 
 mendations pertaining to physical 
 training in all phases of Naval 
 Aviation. 
 
Song of Elmer . . . 
 the pilot who never gets tired 
 
 He holds no place in the Officer's Mess] 
 for he does not slec^ or eat, 
 
 He's the Quietest Birdman ever took 
 his place in a cockpit seat— 
 
 He joins no laughter, nor shoots the breeze, 
 nor whistles, nor hums, nor sings. 
 
 But he's flown more planes than any man 
 who ever wore pilot's wings . . . 
 
 . . . has Elmer! 
 
 He's an old, old hand, as old hands go 
 in a young man's game today. 
 
 For he circled the globe in 'Thirty-three 
 with Post in the Winnie Mae— 
 
 He's an Army man, he's a Navy man, 
 and he flies with the R.A.F., 
 
 And the Yankees say, and the British say 
 of pilots, he's the best . . . 
 
 ... IS Elmer! 
 
 Often when bombers have levelled off 
 for the last tense bombing runs. 
 
 And the bomb-bay doors are opened wide, 
 and the gunners man the guns. 
 
 When the flak comes up as the bombs 
 go down, and the target zone is clear. 
 
 Then who is the pUot who holds the course 
 set by the bombardier . . . ? 
 
 Ifs Elmer! 
 
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 He can hold a plane on a chosen course 
 whUe the crewmen rest or sleep. 
 
 He can level off for a landing glide, 
 
 or bank her sharp and steep- 
 He can spiral up, he can spiral down, 
 or hold her level and true— 
 
 His hydraulic muscles never tire 
 the way human muscles do . . . 
 
 . . . not Elmer's! 
 
 And so bombing, transport, and cargo 
 planes, take Elmer on every flight 
 
 To spare the pilot and rest the crew 
 for emergency, storm, or fight — 
 
 He needs no rest, for he never gets tired, 
 being only a cold machine. 
 
 Just wheels and wires and gears and cogs, 
 with brackets and stuff between . . . 
 
 ... IS Elmer! 
 
 He wears no medals, he holds no rank. 
 Why should he? He cannot feel 
 
 The courage that flares in time of need 
 for he's only alloy and steel! 
 
 So when nerve is needed, the bombardier, 
 the pUots, the gunners, too. 
 
 The navigator, and all the rest, 
 
 are the boys who pull her through . . . 
 
 . . . NOT Elmer! 
 
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 • Reprints of this poem — suitable for 
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Knox to Honor 
 Air Cadet, 18 
 
 Wash. Times -Her aid, April 26 
 1942. — Secretary of the Navy 
 Frank Knox today will administer 
 the oath to David Fairfax Oyster, 
 18, of Chevy Chase, Md., the first 
 youth in the United States to be 
 enlisted for flight training under 
 the Navy's new aviation cadet pro- 
 gram. 
 
 The plan enables young men 
 with only a high school education 
 to become commissioned aviation 
 officers in the U. S. Navy. 
 
 Oyster, the son of Dr. and Mrs. 
 F. Larmour Oyster and a nephew 
 of the late James F. Oyster, one 
 time president of the Board of 
 Commissioners of the District, will 
 take the oath at 11 a.m. in the 
 board room of the Bureau of 
 Aeronautics at the Navy Depart- 
 ment. 
 
 He is the youngest candidate to 
 be accepted by the Navy since the 
 inception of its aviation cadet 
 program in 1935. Oyster, who lives 
 in the 100 block of Inverness Road, 
 Chevy Chase, Md., attended St. 
 John's College High School and 
 was graduated from Wilson High 
 School last year. He is a freshman 
 at George Washington University. 
 
 Candidates not less than 18 
 years old or who have not attained 
 their twenty-seventh birthday, and 
 
Athens Navy Pre-Flight School Opening publicly celebrated on 18 June 1942, one week after convening of first class anc 
 two weeks after commissioning. Left to right on reviewing stand, Rear Admiral William S. Glassford, Commandant, Sixth Naval 
 District; Eugene Talmadge, former Governor of Georgia; Dr. S. V. Sanford, Chancellor, University System of Georgia; Dr. Harmon 
 W. Caldwell, President, University of Georgia; Rear Admiral John H. Towers, Chief, Bureau of Aeronautics; Captain A. W. 
 Radford, Director, Aviation Training; Lieutenant Martell H. Twitchell, Station Chaplain; and Captain Charles E. Smith, Com- 
 manding Officer. 
 
 CHIEF OF BUREAU OF AERONAUTICS AND DIRECTOR OF 
 AVIATION TRAINING ATTENDED GEORGIA COMMISSIONING 
 
 IT was on 19 March 1942 that con- 
 tracts were signed leading to the 
 establishment of the United 
 States Navy Pre-Flight School at 
 Athens in the Piedmont belt of 
 Northeast Georgia. On 4 June Cap- 
 tain C. E. Smith, U.S.N. (Ret.), 
 serving in his third war, read his 
 orders as Commanding Officer and 
 commissioned the station. This new 
 unit in Naval aviation's rapidly ex- 
 panding training unit quietly be- 
 gan operations on 11 June. Seven 
 days later high-ranking Naval of- 
 ficers, Governor Eugene Talmadge 
 of Georgia, officials of the Univer- 
 sity System of Georgia, and citizens 
 of Athens gathered at Sanford Sta- 
 dium for public dedication of the 
 infant training school. Among 
 those present were Rear Admiral 
 John H. Towers, then Chief of the 
 Bureau of Aeronautics; Rear Ad- 
 miral William Glassford, then 
 Commandant of the Sixth Naval 
 District; Captain A. W. Radford, 
 then Chief of Naval Aviation 
 Training; Lieutenant Commander 
 Thomas J. Hamilton, then Director 
 of Naval Aviation's physical train- 
 ing program; and his assistant, 
 Lieutenant Frank Wickhorst. 
 
 The school's first graduating class 
 proudly marched off on 1 Septem- 
 
 ber to begin flight training, the 
 class being divided between Naval 
 Air Stations at New Orleans, Dallas, 
 Anacostia, and Lakehurst. Among 
 them was David Fairfax Oyster of 
 Chevy Chase, Md., sworn into the 
 Navy on a nationwide broadcast 
 from Washington by Secretary of 
 the Navy Frank Knox, as the first 
 enlistee in the then-new V-5 
 Naval aviation cadet training 
 program. Honor man of this his- 
 toric group was Charles Edward 
 
 Dole, of Baltimore, Md., who had 
 enlisted on 16 March 1942, at the 
 Naval Aviation Cadet Selection 
 Board, Washington, D. C. These 
 first graduates carried with them 
 the memory of many "Godspeeds" 
 from superior officers. Captain 
 Radford wired, "May the training 
 just completed insure you of an 
 eventful trip to Tokyo." Lieuten- 
 ant Commander Hamilton said, 
 "You have set a high standard and 
 may every phase of your sub- 
 sequent training aptly deserve the 
 commendation of 'well done'." 
 
 Captain Smith, temporarily ab- 
 sent from the station, sent this mes- 
 sage from Baltimore, "I regret that 
 it is impossible for me to be with 
 you today. I am proud of you. You 
 definitely have lived up to the re- 
 quest I made of you when you first 
 entered — to work hard and study 
 hard and establish a precedent 
 which would live after you had left 
 us. You have been wonderful and 
 we shall always remember you with 
 deep affection." 
 
 Thousands of Naval aviation 
 cadets and aviation pilot trainees 
 of the Navy, Marine Corps, and 
 Coast Guard — youngsters from 
 every state in the Union and from 
 many theatres of combat operations 
 
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— have followed in the footsteps of 
 the never-to-be-forgotten first bat- 
 talion. It was a proud day at the 
 school when the first student to re- 
 port for training, Louis C. Trous- 
 dale of Athens, former University 
 of Georgia football team manager, 
 came back on a visit wearing gold 
 wings and the uniform of a second 
 lieutenant in the Marine Corps. 
 "The fine physical conditioning I 
 received here certainly helped me 
 in my flight training," said Lieu- 
 tenant Trousdale. Next day there 
 was another visitor — B. C. Trapp, 
 
 naval aviation pilot, first class, of 
 Kerrville, Tex. He was the first 
 Athens aviation pilot trainee to re- 
 turn to the school wearing gold 
 wings. 
 
 The "first birthday" party was 
 held in Sanford Stadium, with the 
 flags of all United Nations flutter- 
 ing in the Georgia breeze. Ten 
 thousand persons saw all cadets, 
 except the "boot" battalion, which 
 had just reported aboard, par- 
 ticipate in the nocturnal exhibi- 
 tion of military and physical 
 prowess. 
 
 ♦ 
 
 Batkefball develops spllf sec- 
 ond vision, a characteristic 
 that may be ot much value 
 some day to the fighting 
 flyer. A speedy game, in 
 which all participants get a 
 good workout, it is one of the 
 most popular sports in the 
 training program. 
 
 The course in "Essen- 
 
 tials of Naval Service" serves 
 to give the students a good 
 background in Naval customs 
 and traditions. It is the his- 
 tory of our Navy, presented 
 '»!■ ;i«%..,'n^ier?sting manner. 
 
-! VARIED ASPECTS 
 
 : OF WELL-ROUNDED 
 
 ; ★ PROGRAM * 
 
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 At Athens competition is conducted in academic and nnilitary activities as well as in athletic. Hence, when a squadron is crowned as champion, the title signi- 
 fies the fact that the members of the winning unit are leaders in all three phases of the program. Here the best squadron of the week raises its pennant as Lt. 
 Commander Douglas Woodward (former Executive Officer who is now at sea) watches the proceedings with interest. 
 
 Numbered among those training at Athens are several cadets -who have won Killing two birds with one stone is a commonplace happening in the Pre-Flight 
 
 high honors in battle and have been transferred from the fleet to take aviation program. Here, cadets in the labor engineering group dig up some electric 
 
 training. Here Aviation Cadet Gallegher (with planes in hand) shows how a railway tracks, providing valuable metal for the war effort, and helping to 
 
 fighter might attack a bomber. The cadets won't argue with their shipmate improve the streets of Athens, 
 for he has had considerable experience with the Flying Tigers. 
 
GYM AND TUMBLING 
 
 ♦ Although the day is well under way at colors, the cadets pause in the 
 day's occupation to raise the flag every day at 0800. 
 
 When the Skycrackers play football the regiment is behind them just as the 
 college student supports the varsity. Here the cadets are shown at a 
 rally before a big game. ▼ 
 
 tGym and tumbling is an important part of the program. Tumbling 
 classes are conducted outside. Cadets learn how to fall properly. 
 
 Like many other activities signalling classes are conducted outdoors. Inter- 
 ested in this phase of training, the cadets become acquainted with fhe 
 various flags in short order* ▼ 
 
 FOOTBALL RALLY 
 
 SIGNALLING CLASS 
 
tA year of achievement was celebrated at 
 Sanford Stadium as an Impressive military 
 and physical training exhibition was presented 
 by Naval aviation cadets and aviation pilot 
 trainees of Navy, Marine Corps and Coast 
 Guard. A huge crowd enjoyed the birthday 
 celebration and was impressed by the efficiency 
 with which the entire program was presented. 
 
 tB. C. Trapp, A P first class, first avia- 
 tion pilot graduate of Athens Pre-Flight 
 
 TO win Wings. 
 
 Louis C. Trousdale, wearing his newly-won 
 gold wings and uniform of second lieutenant in 
 U. S. Marine Corps, returns to visit Captain C, 
 E.Smith, Commanding Officer, . 
 
THE SKIPPER READ HIS ORDERS AND TOOK COMMAND. 
 
 THE EXECUTIVE OFFICER SET THE WATCH. 
 
 THE BOATSWAIN SOUNDED "PIPE DOWN 
 
 TRANSFORMATION TO MILITARY STATION 
 ACCOMPLISHED RAPIDLY AT CHAPEL HILL 
 
 THE selection of Chapel Hill as 
 a site for a Navy Pre-Flighl 
 School was announced officially 
 in Washington on 28 February 
 1942. The first officers arrived at 
 the station on 24 March and set up 
 temporary offices in Swain Hall on 
 the University of North Carolina 
 campus. 
 
 Since it was centrally located in 
 the area which was to be taken over 
 by the Navy, Alexander Hall was 
 designated as the administration 
 building. A vast amount of work 
 was necessary to convert this dormi- 
 tory into the well equipped admin- 
 istration building which the incom- 
 ing cadets now see. 
 
 About the middle of April the 
 Commanding Officer, Commander 
 (now Captain) O. O. Kessing, 
 
 U.S.N., arrived to inspect the work 
 program and to direct the organi- 
 zation. 
 
 It was difficult to secure proper 
 housing accommodations and some 
 
 officers found it necessary to quar- 
 ter themselves in the field house 
 where they lay awake nights writ- 
 ing regulations, working up fire 
 and air raid drills and blackout 
 plans, and figuring out ideas for 
 regimental organization and the 
 myriad other details necessary for 
 the complete organization of a new 
 station. 
 
 The first two weeks in May saw 
 many changes and developments in 
 the school, and on 23 May the sta- 
 tion was in good order for the com- 
 missioning ceremony at Kenan Sta- 
 dium. Many distinguished visitors 
 were present, both Naval and civil- 
 ian. Commander Kessing read his 
 orders and the U. S. Navy Pre- 
 Flight School became a regularly 
 commissioned station. 
 
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On 28 May the first battalion of 
 cadets arrived, 242 in number. As 
 soon as they logged in the cadets 
 marched to Manly Hall, their new 
 quarters. The civilian painters and 
 workmen walked out one door as 
 the cadets marched in the other. 
 
 The Pre-Flight School now took 
 on a new aspect. The physical work 
 was practically finished. The job 
 now was to justify the existence of 
 the school by turning out hardened 
 men who could take it in the train- 
 ing which lay ahead of them and 
 in the careers for which they were 
 being prepared. Physical fitness 
 data was compiled and carefully 
 scrutinized from one week to the 
 next. Progress was watched anx- 
 iously. It was apparent soon that 
 the cadets were proving themselves 
 in the ability to stand up under the 
 rigorous program and all officers 
 breathed more easily. 
 
 After three months of the various 
 activities included in the training 
 program, the day — 22 August — 
 dawned when the first battalion 
 was ready to graduate. Proudly 
 this group wore its new white uni- 
 forms and marched before envious 
 shipmates who had been arriving 
 every two weeks. The first gradua- 
 tion will not be forgotten by those 
 who witnessed it. 
 
 No one cadet was named the first 
 
 to report at the Hill. In the first 
 battalion there were 242 cadets 
 and all were logged in at the 
 same time. Of that group two 
 cadets were outstanding, Frank 
 Harris and Jimmy Taylor. The 
 former was the first regimental 
 commander. The latter was the 
 son of Lt. Commander James B. 
 Taylor, Navy test pilot who was 
 killed in an airplane crash. Funeral 
 services were conducted for Lt. 
 Commander Taylor on 27 May and 
 immediately after leaving his 
 father's grave Cadet Jimmy depart- 
 ed for Chapel Hill to begin his 
 training. He was commissioned a 
 few months ago at Corpus Christi. 
 He was the leader of the first high 
 school flying unit from the Third 
 Naval District, the "\ ankee Doodle 
 Dandees." 
 
 In the first year there were many 
 highlights. To list them all would 
 take more space than is available. 
 
 Commander Kessing left for 
 duty in the Southwest Pacific on 
 Thanksgiving Day of 1942. Impres- 
 sive ceremonies were conducted at 
 the time of his departure. He was 
 succeeded by Commander John P. 
 Graff who had served as Executive 
 Officer under Commander Kessing. 
 (Commander Kessing was pro- 
 moted to Captain shortly after 
 leaving the station and since that 
 time he has been cited for his work 
 in the Pacific Theater.) 
 
 During the first year of the school 
 a large number of cadets entered 
 training wearing medals earned in 
 action. As a result of their fine 
 work in the Navy and Marine 
 Corps, they qualified for flight 
 training and they have taken their 
 pre-flight work at this station. 
 
 An anniversary celebration was 
 conducted in Kenan Stadium on 
 Sunday, 22 May, 1943. Highlight 
 
 of the day was the presentation of 
 the Silver Star Medal "for gallan- 
 try and intrepidity in action" to 
 Cadet Anthony E. Kujawinski of 
 the 22nd Battalion. Presentation 
 was made by Commander John P. 
 Graff', USN (Ret.), Commanding 
 Officer of the school. It was the 
 second award received by the 
 former Marine Corporal since he 
 reported at Chapel Hill, the first 
 being the Purple Heart with which 
 he was decorated a month pre- 
 viously. He served as a member of 
 the crew of the USS Brooklyn dur- 
 ing assault and occupation of hos- 
 tile territory. 
 
 War heroes have come to Chapel 
 Hill and have spoken to the 
 cadets concerning their actual ex- 
 periences in the combat areas. Fa- 
 mous visitors from civilian life 
 have also addressed those in train- 
 ing. Several prominent radio per- 
 sonalities have entertained the 
 cadets at the smokers. All things 
 considered, the first year of the ex- 
 istence of the station has been a 
 memorable one for all concerned. 
 If there has been any one charac- 
 teristic which has permeated the 
 atmosphere at all times it has been 
 the great desire of the cadets to 
 get out into combat, and this fine 
 spirit has indicated clearly that 
 they are ready for the work at 
 hand mentally as well as physically. 
 
 This is part of the first group of cadets to log in at Chapel Hill. The picture was 
 taken a few minutes after they had arrived. A short time later they were 
 marching to all activities. 
 
 This is the same group three months later. The Skipper looked on proudly as his 
 first battalion marched on graduation day. Most of the cadets in this picture 
 are now commissioned officers, fighting flyers in the Navy and Marine Corps. 
 
This is aviation cadet Gene Aiello painting a picture designed to typify the change that is wrought in a cadet through the medium of 
 the training at a Pre-Flight School. A top man in the academic, athletic and military life at the North Carolina Pre-Flight School, 
 Cadet Aiello somehow managed to find time in his busy day to produce several excellent paintings, the best of which was an oil work 
 on canvas in four colors. It is the picture which is used on the cover of this program. The above drawing depicts him painting the 
 picture. This painting is not his only memorial at Chapel Hill, for his fine all around qualities stamped him as one of the best cadets 
 in Pre-Flight history. 
 
 A member of the lith Battalion, Cadet Eugene Victor Lewis Aiello of Brooklyn, New York, was reported missing on 26 April, 1943, 
 when the plane in which he was flying between Miami and Key West, Florida, did not return. On 24 April he had departed on a routine 
 navigation flight and when the plane did not return search was made for its occupants. After an extensive search by aircraft and sur- 
 face craft, an aviation life jacket was discovered. A navigator's watch was attached to it. Both items were issued for the flight. The 
 body was not recovered. In view of the fact that the evidence pointed to the fact, the Secretary of the Navy said that all circumstances 
 justify the conclusion that the boy is no longer alive. He was in training at the Naval Air Navigation School at Hollywood, Florida. 
 May he rest in peace. 
 
>A^No words ever have been uttered more sincerely than those 
 I spoken by Commander Thomas J. Hamilton, U.S.N, (pictured at 
 the microphone as he paid tribute to his long time friend Com- 
 mander (now Captain) O. O. Kessing when the latter was being 
 detached from his duties as Commanding Officer at the U. S. 
 Navy Pre-Flight School at Chapel Hill and going to a new billet in 
 the Southwest Pacific.) Commander Hamilton, organizer and head 
 of the Pre-Flight and Physical Training Program for Naval Aviation, 
 gave high praise to Commander Kessing not only for the outstand- 
 ing job which he had done at Chapel Hill but also for the fine 
 cooperation which he extended in helping to organize the entire 
 program, in serving on the committee which selected the sites of 
 the Pre-Flight Schools and in contributing wholeheartedly of his 
 services at all times. Commander Hamilton described the Skipper 
 at Chapel Hill as one who typified the lofty aims of the training 
 program. 
 
 When Th* Honorable Artemus L. Gates, Secretary of the 
 Navy for Air, spoke to a graduating battalion at Chapel 
 Hill, he spent considerable time in looking over all phases of the 
 training program. A former football captain at Yale, Secretary 
 Gates was particularly interested in the competitive sports activi- 
 ties and he is shown here as he watched with interest a contest 
 between two squadron teams. Captain Frank Ward, DSN, Director 
 of Aviation Training in the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations, 
 also enjoyed the various activities at Chapel Hill. Left to right In 
 this photograph are Captain Ward, Commander John P. Graff, The 
 Honorable Artemus L. Gates, and Williami Carmichael, Controller 
 of the University of North Carolina. 
 
 Highlight of the first anniversary pro- 
 gram was the presentation of the Silver 
 Star to Cadet Anthony J. Kujawinskl. 
 Commanding Officer, Commander John 
 P. Graff, pinned the medal on cadet 
 Kujawinskl. 
 
 No ordinary moving picture gear could get the fast moving action of the 
 Pre-Flight program in its various angles. Thus, in order to show how the 
 world looked to a cadet when in an upside down position, a photographer 
 for the Grantland Rice Films secured his camera to a plank which was 
 stretched midway across an aero-wheel. 
 
 The first cadet to return to Chapel Hill 
 following his commissioning was Ensign 
 Ray Jones, USNR. He spoke well of the 
 training which he had received at the 
 Hill and said that it had been of much 
 benefit t(> him \n subsequent work. 
 
The swimming pools, in addition to the ordinary equipment, have various types 
 of life saving gear on hand at all times. The accent is on techniques which can 
 be used in battle and the cadets not only realize its value but also greatly en[oy 
 
 the training. 
 
 Two cadet champions got an added thrill when they squared off in a squadron 
 title bout, for the referee was none other than the former world's title holder. 
 Lieutenant Commander William Harrison (Jack) Dempsey, who is now in charge 
 of physical training for the U. S. Coast Guard. 
 
 Marching Men 
 
 Military life does not cease when a cadet takes off his khaki uniform. Even when 
 in athletic gear, the cadets march to all activities, and it is an Impressive sight 
 to see hundreds of young men in colorful athletic equipment marching in perfect 
 
 military formation. 
 
 The Pre-Flight cadets were never happier than when Kate Smith came to Chapel 
 Hill and presented her show over a Coast to Coast hookup. Here some of the 
 cadets gather with affable Kate and she seems to enjoy their presence as much 
 
 as they enjoy hers. 
 
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 AGE OF 
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 a new and plentiful "stepper- upper." 
 . . . Achievements that have resuhfl in 
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CAMP DAVIS 
 
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 Bisceglia 
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 SQUAD LIST 
 
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 Provenzano, Angelo 
 
 back 
 
 43 
 
 Ostergren, Fred 
 
 back 
 
 21 
 
 Waugh, Frank 
 
 back 
 
 44 
 
 Thornton, Bob 
 
 tackle 
 
 22 
 
 Gower, Robert 
 
 guard 
 
 45 
 
 Vannoy, Frank 
 
 center 
 
 23 
 
 Mooney, Edgar B. 
 
 back 
 
 46 
 
 Hupka, Walter 
 
 tackle 
 
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 Poletti, Roy 
 
 back 
 
 47 
 
 Baranoski, Ted 
 
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 Glass, Tom 
 
 back 
 
 48 
 
 Yoder, Stanley 
 
 back 
 
 26 
 
 Santone, Victor J. 
 
 back 
 
 49 
 
 Chuiffi, Anthony 
 
 tackle 
 
 27 
 
 Primavera, Ralph 
 
 guard 
 
 50 
 
 Bisceglia, Jerome 
 
 back 
 
 28 
 
 Southward, Thomas 
 
 tackle 
 
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 Crocker, Wallace 
 
 center 
 
 29 
 
 Baltz, Russell 
 
 end 
 
 52 
 
 Krumtinger, James 
 
 end 
 
 30 
 
 Yost, Leslie 
 
 back 
 
 53 
 
 Solomon, Dan 
 
 tackle 
 
 31 
 
 Palmer, Ralph 
 
 end 
 
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 Goldberg, Allie 
 
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 Bucci, Nicholas 
 
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 Dudak, John 
 
 back 
 
 57 
 
 Bezemes, John 
 
 back 
 
 37 
 39 
 
 Fay, Edward 
 Nebelecki, Alfred 
 
 guard 
 
 back 
 
 58 
 60 
 61 
 
 Melius, John 
 Nessing, Joe 
 Schmidt, Donald 
 
 tackle 
 end 
 tackle 
 
 40 
 
 Aldsworth, Henry 
 
 guard 
 
 62 
 
 Robinson, Marion 
 
 tackle 
 
 42 
 
 Hemstock, Ernest 
 
 center 
 
 63 
 
 Kohte, Donald E. 
 
 center 
 
 OFFICIALS 
 
 Referee R. R. Sermon (Springfield) 
 
 Umpire J. H. Stallings (Duke) 
 
 24 
 
NORTH CAROLINA PRE-FLIGHT 
 
 SQUAD LIST 
 
 10 
 
 Howard, Robert 
 
 back 
 
 11 
 
 Beattie, Charles 
 
 back 
 
 13 
 
 Wolfinbarger, Carl A. 
 
 back 
 
 14 
 
 Wilkinson, Clyde E. 
 
 back 
 
 15 
 
 Muir, Wm. H. 
 
 back 
 
 16 
 
 Hare, Cecil 
 
 back 
 
 18 
 
 Gale, George 
 
 back 
 
 20 
 
 Dye, William H. H. 
 
 back 
 
 21 
 
 Purvis, C. G. 
 
 back 
 
 22 
 
 Krywicki, Bill S. 
 
 back 
 
 23 
 
 Hino, Stanley A. 
 
 back 
 
 24 
 
 Hart, Paul 
 
 back 
 
 25 
 
 Russell, John F. 
 
 back 
 
 29 
 
 Miller, John T. 
 
 back 
 
 30 
 
 Elser, Don 
 
 back 
 
 32 
 
 Norris, Albert 
 
 back 
 
 33 
 
 Cleri, Victor 
 
 back 
 
 38 
 
 Annis, Robert E. 
 
 back 
 
 39 
 
 Moriarta, Webster 
 
 back 
 
 40 
 
 Kellogg, Robert F. 
 
 back 
 
 il 
 
 Wear, Wendell W. 
 
 back 
 
 42 
 
 Sweeney, Pau F. 
 
 back 
 
 43 
 
 Bennett, Vernon 
 
 back 
 
 50 
 
 Stehlin, R. W. 
 
 center 
 
 51 
 
 Kent, Charles J. 
 
 center 
 
 53 
 
 Hamilton, Hugh 
 
 center 
 
 55 
 
 Wermuth, Charles 
 
 center 
 
 60 
 
 Learned, William C. 
 
 guard 
 
 62 
 
 Young, Louis A. 
 
 guard 
 
 63 
 
 Zera, Anthony F. 
 
 guard 
 
 65 
 
 Jones, Donald 
 
 guard 
 
 66 
 
 Morgan, ClifTord B. 
 
 guard 
 
 67 
 
 Callahan, Robert 
 
 back 
 
 68 
 
 Long, William R. 
 
 guard 
 
 69 
 
 Heflin, William 
 
 guard 
 
 72 
 
 Suydam, William E. 
 
 tackle 
 
 73 
 
 Calo, Vincent J. 
 
 tackle 
 
 74 
 
 Mabee, William F. 
 
 tackle 
 
 75 
 
 Douglas, James 
 
 tackle 
 
 77 
 
 Kuzman, John 
 
 tackle 
 
 79 
 
 Evangelista, P. 
 
 tackle 
 
 80 
 
 Lowans, Warren 
 
 tackle 
 
 81 
 
 Ramin, Robert F. 
 
 end 
 
 82 
 
 Kleiber, A. G. 
 
 end 
 
 83 
 
 Gattuso, J. B. 
 
 end 
 
 84 
 
 Mais, Raymond 
 
 end 
 
 85 
 
 Norman, Raymond E. 
 
 end 
 
 OFFICIALS 
 
 Linesman George P. Compton (Randolph Macon) 
 
 Field Judge George S. Proctor (Richmond) 
 
 25 
 
BUY 
 WAR 
 BONDS 
 
 RCA AVIATION 
 
 Efficiency and stamina proved by severe and exhaustive 
 tests at every step of design and production 
 
 ALTITUDE: 40,000 FEET 
 
 In this RCA plastic "altitude" chamber RCA 
 AviATio\ Radio equipment is tested at low 
 atmospheric pressures— checked for high alti- 
 tude flashovers and leaks— scanned for tuning 
 shifts and "breathing"— inspected for evidence 
 of every kind having any possible bearing on 
 its ability to give dependable service at any 
 altitude. 
 
 SHAKE-DOWN TEST 
 
 Just as a naval vessel undergoes a shake-down 
 cruise, RCA Aviation Radio equipment gets 
 its "shake-down" cruise, right in the RCA 
 laboratory. On the machine shown above, it 
 is subjected to vibration up to 3,000 cycles 
 a second. Vibration duplicating that of the 
 smallest plane to the largest bomber— accel- 
 erations equivalent to ten gravities! 
 
 26 
 
ARCTIC REHEARSAL 
 
 It's cold at high altitudes— but aircraft 
 radio must function despite frigid tem- 
 peratures. That is why RCA Aviation 
 Radio equipment is subjected to intense 
 cold in RCA laboratory refrigeration 
 chambers — cold well below the lowest 
 stratospheric temperatures — as low as 
 
 RCA "SWEAT ROOM" 
 
 In steaming jungle landing-fields and dis- 
 persal areas RCA Aviation Radio equip- 
 ment must serve without failure or faltering 
 —regardless of heat and humidity. The 
 ability of RCA aircraft radio units to meet 
 extreme requirements is assured by exposure 
 to steam-saturated atmosphere at 140°F. 
 and 95% humidity! 
 
 RCA VICTOR DIVISION 
 
 RADIO CORPORATION OF AMERICA 
 
 /CAMDEN, NEW JERSEY 
 
 27 
 
AEROQUIP HOSE 
 
 IN ALL SIZES UP TO 21/2" 
 
 N E S 
 
 HOSE 
 
 UNAFFECTED 
 BY MINERAL 
 OIL, GAS, 
 WATER, FREON 
 AND OTHER 
 
 LIGHT DETACHABLE 
 FITTINGS FOR BETTER 
 PERFORMANCE, SERVICE 
 AND MAINTENANCE 
 
 f EASY ASSEMBLY 
 YOUR OWN SHOPi 
 NSKILLED LABOR 
 
 Manufacturers of 
 Aircraft and 
 Automotive Parts 
 
 <IhQmpsoti 
 Products 
 
 Continental Powered Boeing Trainers 
 
 PERU 
 
 GREAT BRITAIN 
 CHINA 
 U. S. NAVY 
 U.S, AIR CORPS 
 
 O Q U I P 
 
 JACKSON. 
 
 c o 
 
 MICH 
 
 O R A T 
 
 I , U . Si A . 
 
 HERE AT . . . 
 
 ... we are doing 
 our utmost to cram every hour with 
 sixty minutes' work. 
 
 While Naval Aviation flys for 
 freedom, we will do our part to 
 furnish the tools so essential to 
 final Victory. 
 
 THE KELSEY-HAYES 
 WHEEL COMPANY 
 
 Detroit, Michigan 
 
 rontinental Motors Har p oraf ion 
 
 A ircraft Fnt jine [Jivisjojj 
 MUSKEGON. MICHIGAN 
 
 29 
 
STATISTICS 
 
 n r OKI 
 
 OF C A 1 
 
 11 n n H If 1 p 
 
 MP DAVIS 
 
 FOOTBALL 
 
 SQUAD 
 
 i\o. lyame 
 
 Position 
 
 tlome 1 own- 
 
 IT* 
 
 tit. 
 
 JVt. 
 
 Age 
 
 40 Aldsworth, Henry 
 
 G 
 
 No. Attleboro, Mass. 
 
 5-11 
 
 190 
 
 24 
 
 29 Baltz, Russell 
 
 E 
 
 Millstadt, 111. 
 
 6-1 
 
 195 
 
 1 o 
 
 19 
 
 47 Baranoski, Ted 
 
 E 
 
 Scotch Plains, N. J. 
 
 6 
 
 1 on 
 
 Zi 
 
 57 Bezeines, John 
 
 B 
 
 Peabody, Mass. 
 
 5-11 
 
 175 
 
 2.6 
 
 50 Bisceglia, Jerome 
 
 B 
 
 Harrison, N. Y. 
 
 6 
 
 210 
 
 24 
 
 33 Bucci, Nicholas 
 
 B 
 
 Newburgh, N. Y. 
 
 5-7 
 
 170 
 
 25 
 
 49 Chuiffi, Anthony 
 
 T 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 5-8 
 
 19o 
 
 20 
 
 51 Crocker, Wallace 
 
 C 
 
 Corinth, Miss. 
 
 5-9 
 
 
 2 / 
 
 36 Dudak, John 
 
 B 
 
 Brattleboro, Vt. 
 
 6 
 
 195 
 
 Ol 
 
 21 
 
 37 Fay, Edward 
 
 G 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 6 
 
 190 
 
 
 25 Glass, Tom 
 
 B 
 
 New Orleans, La. 
 
 5-11 
 
 190 
 
 24 
 
 54 Goldberg, Allie 
 
 B 
 
 Brooklyn, N. Y. 
 
 6 
 
 190 
 
 22 
 
 22 Gower, Robert 
 
 G 
 
 Scranton, Pa. 
 
 5-10 
 
 IOC 
 
 185 
 
 23 
 
 46 Hupka, Walter 
 
 T 
 
 E. Chicago, 111. 
 
 5-10 
 
 zuu 
 
 9/1 
 
 42 Hemstock, Ernest 
 
 C 
 
 Binghamton, N. Y. 
 
 5-10 
 
 192 
 
 J. 7^ 
 
 30 
 
 56 Holzman, Morris 
 
 G 
 
 Milwaukee, Wise. 
 
 5-7 
 
 195 
 
 23 
 
 63 Kohte, Donald E. 
 
 C 
 
 Chicago, 111. 
 
 6-4 
 
 220 
 
 27 
 
 dZ Krumtinger, J ames 
 
 E 
 
 T7' Tl 1 
 
 Kewanee, ill. 
 
 6-7 
 
 210 
 
 19 
 
 58 Melius, John 
 
 1 
 
 W^'ll T> Tl 
 
 Wilkes-Barre, Pa. 
 
 6 
 
 210 
 
 26 
 
 Mooney, ildgar ±>., Jr. 
 
 T> 
 
 o 
 
 J/' U AT T 
 
 Keansburg, IN. J. 
 
 5-0 
 
 165 
 
 23 
 
 39 JNebelecki, Alfred 
 
 B 
 
 No. lonawanda, N. i. 
 
 c o 
 
 5-8 
 
 170 
 
 18 
 
 60 Nessing, Joe 
 
 E 
 
 Meriden, Conn. 
 
 5-11 
 
 180 
 
 23 
 
 43 Ostergren, Fred 
 
 B 
 
 WT J. 1 AT T 
 
 Westwood, N. J. 
 
 5-9 
 
 170 
 
 20 
 
 31 Palmer, Ralph 
 
 E 
 
 Pt. Pleasant, N. i. 
 
 6-2 
 
 194 
 
 25 
 
 24 Poletti, Roy 
 
 B 
 
 San Luis Ubispo, Cal. 
 
 5-8 
 
 180 
 
 23 
 
 z7 rrimavera, Ralph 
 
 G 
 
 Wilmington, Del. 
 
 5-9 
 
 190 
 
 23 
 
 20 Provenzano, Angelo 
 
 B 
 
 / \ 1 ~w~i 1 Til 
 
 Oak Park, 111. 
 
 5-6 
 
 165 
 
 20 
 
 62 Kobinson, Marion 
 
 HP 
 
 T 
 
 So. Bend, Ind. 
 
 6 
 
 215 
 
 25 
 
 26 Santone, Victor J. 
 
 B 
 
 Pittsburgh, Pa. 
 
 5-6 
 
 175 
 
 20 
 
 oi Schmidt, Donald 
 
 1 
 
 Baltimore, Md. 
 
 5-10 
 
 210 
 
 23 
 
 o5 hhubert, John L. 
 
 i 
 
 Til * Tl 
 
 Flains, fa. 
 
 O 
 
 195 
 
 20 
 
 53 holomon, Dan 
 
 T 
 
 Cleveland, Uhio 
 
 6-1 
 
 225 
 
 24 
 
 OO C a1 1 T^l 
 
 Zii southward, Ihomas 
 
 i 
 
 bwampscott, iVlass. 
 
 5-11 
 
 195 
 
 27 
 
 55 Stoeckel, Edward 
 
 B 
 
 TVT rr^ 1 TVT "^T" 
 
 No. lonawanda, iN. i. 
 
 5-10 
 
 175 
 
 24 
 
 44 Ihornton, Bob 
 
 T 
 
 So. Orange, N. J. 
 
 6 
 
 250 
 
 22 
 
 A ^ "XT XT' __1 
 
 46 V annoy, r rank 
 
 C 
 
 Sierra Ulanca, lexas 
 
 6-D 
 
 200 
 
 26 
 
 21 Waugh, Frank 
 
 B 
 
 Rockford, 111. 
 
 5-10 
 
 160 
 
 21 
 
 48 Yoder, Stanley 
 
 B 
 
 Bowling Green, Ohio 
 
 6-2 
 
 200 
 
 24 
 
 30 Yost, Leslie 
 
 B 
 
 Keyser, W. Va. 
 
 5-10 
 
 190 
 
 26 
 
 30 
 
VINf^O OPTICAL MASTER 
 V ll^Vi^Vy INSPECTION DIVID- 
 ING HEAD is an inspection instru- 
 ment used for checking spacing of 
 gear teeth, etc., with a built-in 
 accuracy of as little as 2Vi seconds 
 accumulative error in 360 degrees. 
 
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 INSTRUMENTS 
 
 PRODUCT OF 
 
 SQUARE n CDMPHNY 
 
 ELMHURST, NEW YORK 
 
 ' GLENDALE, CALIFORNIA 
 
 8855 SCHAEFER HIGHWAY, DETROIT, MICHIGAN, U.S.A. 
 
 The familiar bomber nose 
 is a PLEXIGLAS nose 
 
 "Dlexiglas, the crystal-clear acrylic 
 plastic in the familiar bomber 
 nose and other transparent parts aboard 
 every type of Navy plane, was de- 
 veloped in Rohm & Haas laboratories, 
 first brought to commercial production 
 in Rohm & Haas plants. 
 
 3 awards to Rohm t? Haas 
 Company and its associated 
 firms] The Resinous Products 
 & Chemical Company and 
 Charles Lennig & Company. 
 
 ROHM & HAAS COMPANY 
 
 Washington Square, Phila. 5, Pa. 
 
 Manufacturers of Chemicals including Plastics . . . 
 Synthetic Insecticides . . . Fungicides . . . En- 
 zymes . . . Chemicals for the Leather, Textile and 
 other Industries. 
 
 Hose in Accordance with 
 Air Corps Specification 
 No. 26569 
 
 IN ALL SIZES PROM 
 
 ^i" TO 21^" 
 
 AEROQUIP CORPORATION 
 
 JACKSON. M ICHIGAN. U. S. A. 
 
 31 
 
STATISTICS OF NORTH CAROLINA PRE-FLIGHT FOOTBALL SQUAD 
 
 No. 
 
 Name 
 
 Position 
 
 Home Town 
 
 Ht. 
 
 Wt. 
 
 Age 
 
 38 
 
 Annis, Robert E. 
 
 B 
 
 Plattsburg, N. Y. 
 
 5-10 
 
 177 
 
 19 
 
 11 
 
 Beattie, Charles 
 
 B 
 
 Watertown, N. Y. 
 
 5-11 
 
 170 
 
 20 
 
 43 
 
 Bennett, Vernon 
 
 B 
 
 Red Bank, N. J. 
 
 5-10 
 
 180 
 
 23 
 
 67 
 
 Callahan, Robert 
 
 B 
 
 Rochester, N. Y. 
 
 5-10 
 
 179 
 
 19 
 
 73 
 
 Calo, Vincent J, 
 
 T 
 
 North Arlington, N. J. 
 
 6-1 
 
 185 
 
 19 
 
 33 
 
 Cleri, Victor 
 
 B 
 
 Lockport, N. Y. 
 
 5-8 
 
 155 
 
 21 
 
 75 
 
 Douglas, James 
 
 T 
 
 Reedville, Va. 
 
 6-2 
 
 189 
 
 20 
 
 20 
 
 Dye, William H. H. 
 
 B 
 
 Pomeroy, Ohio 
 
 5-7 
 
 140 
 
 28 
 
 30 
 
 Elser, Don 
 
 B 
 
 Gary, Ind. 
 
 6-3 
 
 220 
 
 30 
 
 79 
 
 Evangelista, P, 
 
 T 
 
 Liverpool, N. Y. 
 
 5-8 
 
 191 
 
 21 
 
 18 
 
 Gale, George 
 
 B 
 
 Mishawaka, Ind. 
 
 5-10 
 
 180 
 
 25 
 
 83 
 
 Gattuso, J. B. 
 
 E 
 
 Bulsboro, N. J. 
 
 5-9 
 
 178 ' 
 
 19 
 
 53 
 
 Hamilton, Hugh 
 
 C 
 
 Mt. Lebanon, Pa. 
 
 5-11 
 
 175 
 
 23 
 
 16 
 
 Hare, Cecil 
 
 B 
 
 Spokane, Wash. 
 
 5-9 
 
 190 
 
 24 
 
 24 
 
 Hart, Paul 
 
 B 
 
 Folcroft, Pa. 
 
 5-11 
 
 180 
 
 20 
 
 69 
 
 Heflin, William 
 
 G 
 
 Fredericksburg, Va. 
 
 5-7 
 
 170 
 
 26 
 
 23 
 
 Hino, Stanley A. 
 
 B 
 
 Shenandoah, Pa. 
 
 5-7 
 
 172 
 
 31 
 
 10 
 
 Howard, Robert 
 
 B 
 
 Worcester, Mass. 
 
 5-7 
 
 170 
 
 19 
 
 65 
 
 Jones, Donald 
 
 G 
 
 Lancaster, Pa. 
 
 6 
 
 180 
 
 26 
 
 40 
 
 Kellogg, Robert F. 
 
 B 
 
 Wynne, Ark. 
 
 5-8 
 
 150 
 
 26 
 
 51 
 
 Kent, Charles J. 
 
 G 
 
 Washington, D. C. 
 
 5-11 
 
 183 
 
 20 
 
 82 
 
 Kleiber, A. G. 
 
 E 
 
 Valley Cottage, N. Y. 
 
 6-3 
 
 200 
 
 20 
 
 22 
 
 Krywicki, Bill S. 
 
 B 
 
 Wilkes Barre, Pa. 
 
 5-9 
 
 170 
 
 26 
 
 77 
 
 Kuzman, John 
 
 T 
 
 Coaldale, Pa. 
 
 6-1 
 
 230 
 
 28 
 
 60 
 
 Learned, William C. 
 
 G 
 
 Clinton, Mass. 
 
 5-6 
 
 180 
 
 22 
 
 68 
 
 Long, William R. 
 
 G 
 
 Cumberland, Md. 
 
 6 
 
 180 
 
 20 
 
 80 
 
 Lowans, Warren 
 
 T 
 
 Columbia, Pa. 
 
 6-1 
 
 190 
 
 21 
 
 74 
 
 Mabee, William F. 
 
 T 
 
 Lynn, Mass. 
 
 5-11 
 
 188 
 
 19 
 
 84 
 
 Mais, Raymond 
 
 E 
 
 Canonsburg, Pa. 
 
 6-2 
 
 185 
 
 21 
 
 29 
 
 Miller, John T. 
 
 B 
 
 Philadelphia, Pa. 
 
 6 
 
 185 
 
 20 
 
 66 
 
 Morgan, Clifford B. 
 
 G 
 
 Salisbury, N. C. 
 
 5-9 
 
 173 
 
 27 
 
 39 
 
 Moriarta, Webster 
 
 B 
 
 West Chester, Pa. 
 
 5-10 
 
 185 
 
 20 
 
 15 
 
 Muir, Wm. H. 
 
 B 
 
 Massillon, Ohio 
 
 5-9 
 
 176 
 
 29 
 
 85 
 
 Norman, Raymond E. 
 
 E 
 
 Wheeling, W. Va. • 
 
 6-1 
 
 180 
 
 21 
 
 32 
 
 Norris, Albert 
 
 B 
 
 Kearny, N. J. 
 
 6-1 
 
 190 
 
 22 
 
 21 
 
 Purvis, C. G. 
 
 B 
 
 Mattoon, 111. 
 
 5-9 
 
 180 
 
 27 
 
 81 
 
 Ramin, Robert F. 
 
 E 
 
 Williamsport, Pa. 
 
 6-2 
 
 190 
 
 22 
 
 25 
 
 Russell, John F. 
 
 B 
 
 Altoona, Pa. 
 
 5-11 
 
 175 
 
 21 
 
 50 
 
 Stehlin, R. W. 
 
 C 
 
 Easton, Pa. 
 
 6 
 
 205 
 
 20 
 
 72 
 
 Suydam, W^illiam E. 
 
 T 
 
 Columbia, Pa. 
 
 6-1 
 
 190 
 
 21 
 
 42 
 
 Sweeney, Pau F. 
 
 B 
 
 Boston, Mass. 
 
 5-10 
 
 155 
 
 18 
 
 41 
 
 Wear, Wendell W. 
 
 B 
 
 Huntingdon, Pa, 
 
 5-9 
 
 150 
 
 27 
 
 55 
 
 Wermuth, Charles 
 
 C 
 
 Wilkes Barre, Pa. 
 
 6-2 
 
 200 
 
 28 
 
 14 
 
 Wilkinson, Clyde E. 
 
 B 
 
 Laredo, Texas 
 
 5-10 
 
 175 
 
 28 
 
 13 
 
 Wolfinbarger, Carl A. 
 
 B 
 
 Antioch, 111. 
 
 5-10 
 
 175 
 
 30 
 
 62 
 
 Young, Louis A. 
 
 G 
 
 Narberth, Pa. 
 
 5-10 
 
 175 
 
 24 
 
 63 
 
 Zera, Anthony F. 
 
 G 
 
 Glassport, Pa. 
 
 5-9 
 
 180 
 
 24 
 
 32 
 
V... 
 
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 Eureka — men, women, machines, every resource — 
 is dedicated to the most important task we've ever 
 faced . . . victory for the United Nations and the 
 triumph of right over wrong! 
 
 It will require undying devotion, complete coopera- 
 tion and important sacrifices of us all. But what 
 we're fighting for is well worth it. 
 
 We are fully conscious of our great responsibility 
 . . . shall never take it lightly. Our every facility 
 has long been diverted from peacetime pursuits to 
 the production of war products. And our reputation 
 for precision manufacture and progressive engineer- 
 ing is fast earning new stripes in this vital role. 
 
 Yes, we know our job and its importance . . . we 
 are determined to do everything within our power 
 towards making ours the finest-equipped fighting 
 force the world has ever seen. 
 
 EUREKA 
 
 VACUUM CLEANER COMPANY 
 
 DETROIT, MICHIG4N 
 
 GAR WOOD 
 INDUSTRIES, INC. 
 
 BUY WAR BONDS 
 
 Defroit, Mich. 
 
 Powered with 
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 DIESELS — 
 
 WE RISE TO SAVE 
 
 Cannon flashes from ships out on the edges of 
 the world; clouds of planes circling the earth to 
 eclipse the wrath of planets; the studied, steady 
 upbeat of rolling war drums echoing a mighty 
 purpose; a line of war trucks quickly etched 
 against a blazing sky and gone again. 
 
 For America. 
 
 For a cottage, a hill and orchard trees, a drowsy 
 liaby buggy- in the sun, a yotmg child in the door- 
 way with a smile — ^with eyes beyond and far- 
 flung down the path, and fixed delightedly upon 
 a man too tired to lift his happy eyes. 
 
 Afar, a chimney tall and red, a line of smoke, a 
 town of homes and people with its bustling streets, 
 its vision to be great, its soul, its quickening life. 
 
 This is America. 
 
 FEDERAL MOTOR TRUCK COMPANY 
 
 DETROIT, MICHIGAN 
 
 33 
 
WEATHER IDEAL FOR PRE-FLIGHT 
 PROGRAM AT DEL MONTE, CAL. 
 
 THE U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School 
 at Del Monte, California, newest 
 of the five activities set up by the 
 Bureau of Aeronautics to condition 
 Aviation Cadets for the strenuous 
 training program, was commis- 
 sioned February 13, 1943, thus join- 
 ing the Bureau's "fleet" designed 
 to produce the best flyers in the 
 world. 
 
 Ideally located on the beautiful 
 Monterey Peninsula, 130 miles 
 south of San Francisco, the Del 
 Monte school enjoys perfect weath- 
 er conditions for year 'round out- 
 door activity in the excellent phys- 
 ical fitness program that is de- 
 signed to make the cadets tougher 
 and smarter than the enemy. 
 
 December 17, 1942, the Navy De- 
 partment announced the selection 
 of the 3-million dollar Hotel Del 
 Monte, playground of the rich and 
 famous, as the site of the school 
 and the necessary alterations and 
 reconstruction to make the hotel 
 into a "ship" began immediately. 
 Named as commanding officer was 
 Captain George W. Steele, USN 
 (Ret.), who then was in command 
 of the Pre-Flight School at St. 
 Mary's College, Calif. 
 
 The hotel's large dining room 
 and kitchen, two 4-story wings, out- 
 door pool and extensive polo field 
 were found to be made-to-order for 
 a Pre-Flight School. The main 
 building, housing the administra- 
 tion, athletic, academic and mili- 
 tary offices and mess hall, in addi- 
 tion to two battalions of cadets, was 
 named the Yorktown, for the gal- 
 lant aircraft carrier. The two wings, 
 each housing two battalions, also 
 were named for carriers, the Sara- 
 toga and the Lexington. 
 
 The first officers came aboard the 
 USS Del Monte, January 1, 1943, 
 and February 4 the First Battalion 
 of cadets, 250 strong, moved into 
 quarters in the Yorktown as the 
 school began operations. February 
 13 the school was officially put into 
 commission. Rear Admiral Hugo 
 W. Osterhaus, Captain Steele, Col- 
 onel Roger S. Fitch, commandant. 
 Ford Ord; Comdr. Clyde W. King, 
 USNR, commanding officer. Navy 
 Pre-Flight School, St. Mary's Col- 
 
 lege; and Mr. S. F. B. Morse, presi- 
 dent, the Del Monte Properties 
 Company, participated. 
 
 Thus the famous hotel, known 
 throughout the world as a vacation 
 spot for the elite, officially became 
 a part of the Navy and received its 
 most honored guests. 
 
 Captain Steele's staffs includes 
 Lieut. Comdr. George D. Fitzhugh, 
 USNR, executive officer; Lieut. 
 
 Comdr. Carl J. Forsberg, USNR, 
 regimental officer; Lieut. Comdr. 
 Norman Loader, USNR, academics 
 head, and Lieut. M. J. Gary, USNR, 
 director of athletics. 
 
 February 18 saw the arrival of 
 the Second Battalion and every two 
 weeks thereafter a battalion ar- 
 rived, until the complement of 1,- 
 500 cadets, making up six bat- 
 talions, was on board. 
 
 "Keep in mind tliat your country is at war, tiiat Naval Aviateri already in service 
 ore fighting all over tlie world and tiiat they will need your help as soon as you 
 can join them." Thus spolce Captain George W. Steele. U.S.N. (Ret.) to members 
 of the 1st Battalion at the commissioning ceremony. 
 
Although a good part of their 
 Navy lives will be spent in the 
 air, the cadets of today will 
 be officers of tomorrow, and 
 whether on the ground or in 
 the sky they will have to know 
 how to handle men. Thus, the 
 military training which they 
 receive at Pre-Flight is im- 
 portant and considerable 
 stress is placed on this phase 
 of each day's occupation. 
 
 Since the practical aspects of 
 swimming are emphasized at 
 all stages of the Naval Avia- 
 tion Physical Training Program, 
 the cadets take extensive in- 
 struction in swimming under 
 battle conditions. Here cadets 
 swim while holding their rifles 
 above water. There is not 
 much recreation to swimming 
 of this nature, but the cadets 
 enjoy it as they realize its 
 worthwhileness. 
 
 The outdoors is an ideal classroom. Here 
 a cadet . tdkes instruction in signalling.. 
 
 Another milestone was reached 
 when the First Battalion was grad- 
 uated, May 1, in ceremonies involv- 
 ing the entire regiment of cadets. 
 Speakers were Captain Steele, 
 Lieut. Comdr. Fitzhugh, Lieut. 
 Comdr. Forsberg, Lieut. Comdr. 
 Loader, Lieut. Gary, Lieut. C. R. 
 Walter, USNR, commander of the 
 graduation battalion; and Lieut. 
 Comdr. Frank R. Hamilton, USN, 
 the Chaplain. 
 
 ' Three cadets shared honors as 
 the top men in the battalion — B. H. 
 
 Trout, Santa Maria, Calif.; G. M. 
 Gibble, Bell, Calif.; and M. A. 
 Yorston, Compton, Calif. Each 
 recorded a composite grade of 
 3.60. 
 
 Cadets at Del Monte, itching to 
 fly the Navy's "hot" planes in com- 
 bat, make the most of the advant- 
 ages enjoyed during their 3-month 
 program that embraces the mili- 
 tary, academic and athletic phases 
 of the training routine. With 365 
 well-kept acres on which to carry 
 out the outdoor military and ath- 
 
 letic activities, the cadets quickly 
 reach the peak of condition. From 
 February 13 to August 1, rainy 
 weather interfered with the pro- 
 gram on only four days. One of 
 those days the outdoor schedule 
 was cancelled and another of the 
 days caused the program to be 
 shortened. The other two days 
 the weather was not sufficiently bad 
 to halt outdoor operations. 
 
 36 
 
Competition, the keynote of the entire program, serves to make good swimmers even more 
 proficient. When the cadets show ability in the pool they find an outlet for their talents in 
 the rugged game of water polo. At no station is this game more popular than at Del Monte 
 where several contests take place daily. 
 
 Each cadet is given the physical fitness test periodically every three months throughout his 
 training. With one-third his body weight strapped to his back, he steps up and down on a 
 sixteen-inch platform for five minutes. This test, much too severe for men over thirty years of 
 age, gives a good index of ability to do strenuous exercise and the ability of the body to 
 
 recover from it. 
 
 ■K One of the most interesting stories in the Naval Avia- 
 tion training program today concerns Cadet Joseph 
 H. Ruetz. An All-America guard and excellent student 
 at the University of Notre Dame, Ruetz entered the 
 coaching profession upon completion of his college 
 career. He was employed as line coach at St. Mary's 
 College. Cal., and had completed most of his studies 
 towards a doctorate at the University of California 
 when this nation entered the war. 
 
 He wanted to be a Navy flyer, but he weighed 215 
 and that was too heavy for him to qualify. He was 
 commissioned in the Naval Aviation Physical Train- 
 ing Program and was assigned to the St. Mary's Pre- 
 Flight School, as a platoon leader and coach in the 
 sports program. A member of the 1942 varsity football 
 team., was commonly regarded as one of the greatest 
 linemen in Pacific Coast history and was chosen on 
 Grantland Rice's All-America-All-Navy team. 
 
 When the weight requirements were changed, he 
 qualified to become a Naval Aviation cadet, reported 
 to the War Training Service School at Susanville, Cali- 
 fornia, did well in his pilot training and moved on to 
 Del Monte Pre-Flight School. At Del Monte, he com- 
 piled an average of 3.87, highest in the history of that 
 school or of St. Mary's. He ranked first in ground 
 school training with a 3.85 mark, tied with two others 
 at 3.90 for officer aptitude and ranked second in 
 athletics. 
 
 In the above photograph he is shown speaking to 
 his fellow cadets on graduation day. Captain 
 Steele and Lt. Commander Norman J. Loader, 
 Head of the Academic Department, 
 are standing behind Cadet Ruetz. 
 
A T H 
 
 In Pre-Flight training the three phases of the program count 
 equally in determining the over-all average of the cadets. 
 A cadet must have a passing grade in his academic, mili- 
 tary and athletic work in order to be transferred to a prU 
 mary air station. Passing grade is 2.5. Perfect mark is 4.0. 
 
 MILITARY 
 
 Recognition is one of the most 
 important courses in academics. In this 
 photograph the cadets have all eyes 
 focused intently on a plane which they 
 are endeavoring to identify. Recogni- 
 tion is popular not only at Pre-Flight 
 Schools but throughout the entire 
 training. 
 
 Contact, a word which 
 is part of the vocabulary of 
 every aviator, has considerable 
 significance to the Pre-Flight 
 cadets. The vigorous contact 
 sports which are designed to 
 teach the cadets how to re- 
 cover from a well administered 
 body blow are excellent train- 
 ing devices. Every cadet re- 
 ceives instruction in every 
 sport. 
 
 With mixed emotions of pride (in the realization that they have set a good example to all who were to follow them) 
 and joy (in the thought that they were now about to get a chance to fly Navy planes), the members of the 1st 
 Battalion heard talks by Captain Steele and the department heads and then moved on to primary training. I 
 Similar scenes have been enacted every fortnight since I May 1943. 
 
 Cadet Paul L. Hern is one of the 
 best marksmen at Del Monte. He 
 has amazed some of his mates by 
 tht, frequency with which he has 
 perforated the bull's eye. 
 
 D' 
 
 lEL MONTE has been 
 complimented on sev- 
 eral occasions by highly 
 ranking officers for the ex- 
 cellent military bearing of 
 its personnel. An extensive 
 military program is en- 
 hanced by the daily activi- 
 ties of the cadets. They 
 march to all classes in strict 
 formation. 
 
 When the Pre-Flight train- 
 ing is completed and the 
 outgoing battalion is ready 
 to move on, the improve- 
 ment which they have made 
 gives the graduates a justi- 
 fiable feeling of pride. Re- 
 cently arrived battalions, 
 dressed in khaki, watch the 
 senior group march smartly 
 and realize that the training 
 pays dividends. 
 No matter how frequent- 
 ly an individual may see a 
 graduation he cannot fail to 
 be impressed by the thor- 
 ough-going military manner 
 in which the ceremony is 
 conducted. 
 
 39 
 
FIRST U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL 
 
 COMMISSIONED AT IOWA CITY 
 
 THE U. S. Navy Pre-Flight School 
 at the State University of Iowa, 
 Iowa City, la., was formally com- 
 missioned 15 April 1942. The first 
 Navy Pre-Flight School to be com- 
 missioned, it went into immediate 
 operation under the command of 
 Capt. David C. Hanrahan, U.S.N, 
 (ret.). Present at the commission- 
 ing ceremony were the Honorable 
 Artemus L. Gates, Secretary of the 
 Navy for Air, Rear Admiral John 
 Downes, Commandant of the 
 Ninth Naval District. Governor 
 George A. Wilson, of Iowa, and 
 President Virgil Hancher, of the 
 University of Iowa. 
 
 The first contingent of cadets — 
 242 in all — arrived in Iowa City 
 28 May to begin the three-month 
 training course at the newly-estab- 
 lished school. The first cadet to 
 report was Donald James Stewart, 
 of Indianapolis. This initial bat- 
 talion completed training 23 Au- 
 gust 1942 and went on to the 
 
 primary phase. In that graduating 
 class was Earl Baugham. On 28 
 March of this year Baugham won 
 his Navy Wings of Gold at Pensa- 
 cola and became the first of the 
 Iowa Pre-Flight alumni to be com- 
 missioned. Since that time batta- 
 lion after battalion has come abord 
 — one every fortnight — and their 
 ranks, in ever-increasing numbers, 
 have received the coveted wings 
 and are now in service with Navy 
 and Marine air arms and in lighter- 
 than-air duty. 
 
 Some half dozen officers were 
 aboard when the school was com- 
 missioned. Today that nucleus has 
 been expanded to almost 200. An 
 original ship's company of 30 also 
 has reached a strength of 200. 
 
 First anniversary of the school 
 was observed last 15 April. The 
 celebration consisted of a regi- 
 mental review, an afternoon of 
 freedom for the cadets, and a stag 
 party that evening in the Field- 
 house. 
 
 Pre-Flight New Type 
 Of Naval Station 
 
 When the Iowa Pre-Flight 
 School was launched, there was 
 presented a new type of naval base, 
 the first of its kind. The program 
 was -devised to enable the men 
 who fly for the Navy to keep pace 
 
with the tremendous mechanical 
 improvements in the machines they 
 pilot; to make them the toughest 
 fighting men in the world, just as 
 their planes are the best of their 
 type in existence. 
 
 The Iowa school has amply ful- 
 filled this purpose by its intensive 
 eleven-week triple program — ath- 
 letic, academic and military — with 
 emphasis on physical conditioning. 
 It has been accomplished by a 
 thorough regimen of training in 
 military drill, mass exercises, in- 
 struction in seven sports, intra- 
 mural completion in ten sports 
 and varsity competition in six — 
 baseball, football, gymnastics, 
 wrestling, track and cross country. 
 Many hours are spent in the class- 
 room, where cadets are taught 
 recognition of planes and ships; 
 aerial navigation; mathematics; 
 
 aerology; essentials of naval serv- 
 ice; code and naval visual signal- 
 ling, such as semaphore and 
 blinker. 
 
 Competition For All Cadets 
 
 In the course of a typical month, 
 cadets receive 44 hours of basic 
 sports instruction and approxi- 
 mately 45 hours of sports competi- 
 tion. Divided into twelve squad- 
 rons, the cadets engage in 156 
 basket ball games; 48 swimming 
 meets; 72 soccer games, and 120 
 gymnastic meets. In addition, 
 each cadet takes part in six boxing 
 and six wrestling bouts per month. 
 
 Varsity teams of the school have 
 become nationally known, particu- 
 larly the 1942 Seahawk football 
 eleven, which met and on seven of 
 ten occasions, defeated strong col- 
 legiate opposition. Its baseball 
 teams, both in 1942 and 1943, have 
 
 hvmg up impressive records. The 
 1942 cross country team won the 
 ational Servicemen's Champion- 
 ship. 
 
 Until last June, the Pre-Flight 
 athletic program in Iowa was under 
 the direction of Lt. Col. Bernie 
 Bierman, U.S.M.C.R., former grid- 
 iron coach of the University of 
 Minnesota. Upon his detachment 
 for duties elsewhere, with the 
 Marine Corps, he was succeeded 
 by Lt. Comdr. Harvey Harman, 
 who at the time of his appointment 
 was Athletic Director of the Navy's 
 Pre-Flight School at Chapel Hill, 
 N. C. Under them, the physical 
 conditioning program at Iowa Pre- 
 Flight has been carried on by a staflf 
 of officers replete with leading 
 names in many fields of sport. 
 
 Iowa Pre-Flight is fulfilling its 
 mission. 
 
MILITARY 
 ^ TRACK 
 
 Compe+iHon in the hur- 
 dles evenfs trains cadefs 
 lo move rapidly over 
 fences while travelling at 
 top speed. Cadets watch 
 the regimental champion- 
 ships with great interest. 
 
 BOXING 
 AND 
 WRESTLING 
 
 As often as possible, the 
 cadets do their compet- 
 ing outdoors. This photo- 
 graph is typical of varied 
 sports scenes at Iowa 
 City. While two cadets 
 go at it in a boxing 
 match, another pair, only 
 a few feet away, battle 
 for wrestling supremacy. 
 The cadet spectators en- 
 joy the twin bill. 
 
RECOGNITION of ships and planes Is a strong forte of Pre-Fliqht cadets. 
 The present recognition system in use throughout the Navy was inaugurated at 
 Pre-Flight Schools. It is a difficult job to fool any cadet on any ship or plane. 
 
 CONTRAST 
 
 MANUAL LABOR, facetiously dubbed "engineering" by cadets, is a part of 
 the regular program. The cadets build fields, obstacle courses and otherwise 
 improve the physical appearance of the station. Occasionally they swab the 
 decks. 
 
 THE SKIPPER enjoys the dance even as do the cadets. Recreation is provided 
 for the Pre-Flighters at Iowa City, and one of the most popular forms of en- 
 tertainment is the dance which is conducted at regular intervals. The station 
 band furnishes the music and all hands have a good time. 
 
PRE-FLIGHT DIET — 
 
 in which quanity and quality are features enable . 
 the cadets to take the rigorous training in stride. 
 
 EVEN though Iowa has excellent indoor facilities, 
 much of the training is conducted outside, for there 
 is no substitute for sunshine and fresh air. 
 
 Distinctive feature of the program is the outdoor 
 gymnasium. Completely equipped, the gym is believed 
 to be the first of its kind in America. Cadet labor and 
 discarded or second hand material made it possible to 
 construct the gymnasium at very little expense. In- 
 cluded in the apparatus are innovations which would 
 not be usable indoors, such as the "parachute jump" 
 from a raised platform into a sawdust pile, and a peg 
 walk, consisting of a series of stakes driven into the 
 ground, upon which the cadets walk to develop balance 
 and stretch. 
 
 In the above photograph, the cadets by means of the 
 exercises, are strengthening their arms and shoulders 
 and acquiring balance. They are also learning to be at 
 home when in an upside down position, a feat which 
 has a carry-over value to flying. 
 
 n I I i| does not keep the cadets away when 
 n n I M the Seahawks play at home. The regi- 
 ment turns out en masse when the varsity foot- 
 ball, team performs at Iowa City. , 
 
REAL ESPRIT DE CORPS 
 AT ST. MARY'S PRE-FLIGHT 
 
 PREVAILS 
 SCHOOL 
 
 WHEN the Navy directed its 
 various units to stage a special 
 one-day war bond sale on July 
 4th, 1943, St. Mary's Pre-Flight set 
 a goal of $50,000 for itself. Al- 
 though they were anxious to see 
 their personnel come through 
 handsomely on this drive, Navy 
 oflficials reminded the School that 
 after all it was a comparatively 
 small institution and its personnel 
 shouldn't bite off too much. 
 
 Officers in charge of St. Mary's 
 Pre-Flight were undaunted by this 
 advice, for they knew their men. A 
 rally was staged in the huge new 
 drill hall for all officers, cadets, 
 ship's crew and civilian employees. 
 Oratory and flag-waving were 
 taboo. The assembly was simply 
 told by Executive Officer, Lt. 
 Comdr. Fred W. Pierce that the 
 purpose of the meeting was to sell 
 bonds for cash to those who could 
 buy them in addition to their 
 monthly bond allotments. A stage 
 show got under way and in nothing 
 flat the famous St. Mary's Pre- 
 Flight self generating enthusiasm 
 i&Ued the place. When the rally 
 ended an hour later, $117,200.00 
 worth of war bonds had been sold ! 
 
 This is just a sample of the spii-it 
 of St. Mary's Pre-Flight that you 
 catch after you've been there a 
 short while. You realize that here 
 is being forged that peculiarly 
 American combination of a fight- 
 ing man — a man of discipline and 
 one well schooled in team work and 
 yet always a self-reliant rugged 
 individualist. As you watch St. 
 Mary's cadets marching on the drill 
 field, studying in the classroom, 
 firing on the range, knocking each 
 other around on the athletic field, 
 sitting reverently in the chapel, 
 raising the roof at a regimental 
 boxing bout, passing in review at a 
 graduation ceremony, strolling 
 with their girl friends on a Sunday 
 afternoon liberty, greeting their of- 
 ficers with a smile and a snappy 
 salute — you get the feeling that 
 these lads are the real American 
 stuff and will soon take their place 
 among the best fighters Uncle Sam 
 has ever had. 
 
 It was just a year ago last Feb. 
 27 that Brother Austin, president 
 of St. Marys College, received a 
 telegram from the Navy Depart- 
 ment, Bureau of Personnel, inform- 
 
 Throughout the history of the Navy, 
 religion has played a prominent part 
 in the activities of its personnel. The 
 fact that chaplains are assigned to 
 duty aboard all large ships and shore 
 stations is indicative of the high place 
 of religion in the Navy. So, too, is 
 the fact that the church banner is 
 flown above ensign at time of divine 
 services and that all officers and 
 men, regardless of creed, have an op- 
 portunity to worship in the manner 
 prescribed by their religion. 
 
 Pictured herewith is the chapel at 
 St. Mary's Pre-Flight School. 
 
 ing him that his institution had 
 been selected as the site of one of 
 the Navy's new Pre-Flight Schools. 
 The first officers came aboard Apr. 
 22, and then, under the direction 
 of Captain George W. Steele, Com- 
 manding Officer, and Lt. Comdr. 
 Clyde W. King, Executive Officer, 
 began the gigantic job of changing 
 a quiet rural college into a bustling 
 
 war training school. Barracks 
 were erected hurriedly, new roads 
 built, and equipment for courses in 
 military, academic and athletic 
 subjects set up. 
 
 Early on the morning of June 9th, 
 Richard A. Mayes of Dallas, who 
 had been a student at Southern 
 Methodist University, and James 
 H. Fiser of Morrilton, Ark., from 
 Arkansas Tech, logged in to be- 
 come the first cadets to report for 
 training. Two days later approxi- 
 mately 250 cadets were aboard and 
 classes were started for the First 
 Battalion. The official commission- 
 ing of the station took place June 
 13. 
 
 By Sept. 1, the First Battalion 
 had completed its intensive aca- 
 demic, military and physical con- 
 ditioning course, and was gradu- 
 ated with impressive ceremonies in 
 Sampson Square, Top ranking stu- 
 dent in the First Batt was Paul 
 Jackson of Eugene, Ore., who 
 
 47 
 
"The war will undoubfedfy be raging by the time you pass your flight training and 
 win your wings, and you will see combat service. The battles you wiii take part in 
 wiii iast tor only a tew minutes. That is the nature of aerial warfare but the re- 
 sults of those battles will depend on your fitness. There will be iong waits and 
 months of preparation. It will be a tough life. BUT DON'T LET DOWN." 
 
 Captain George W. Steele, Commanding 
 Officer, to Members of the 1st Battalion 
 
 moved on to the Naval Air Station 
 at Pasco, Wash., to continue his 
 training. 
 
 During the station's first sum- 
 mer, a highly successful coaching 
 school was staged, with 200 men 
 from the coaching and physical 
 education departments of leading 
 western universities, junior col- 
 leges, and high schools, as well as 
 several prominent newspaper men, 
 attending. 
 
 When the Navy decided to put a 
 fifth pre-flight school in commis- 
 sion early this year and to locate 
 it at Del Monte, many of St. 
 Mary's officers were detached for 
 duty there. Captain Steele became 
 Del Monte Pre-Flight's skipper; 
 Lt. Comdr. George D. Fitzhugh, 
 
 head of the military department 
 at St. Mary's, was named Del 
 Monte's "exec," and numerous 
 other top flight officers moved on to 
 give the new school the benefit of 
 their experience. 
 
 With the detachment of Captain 
 Steele, Lt. Comdr. King became 
 Commanding Officer at St. Mary's 
 and soon was promoted to the rank 
 of commander. 
 
 St. Mary's Pre-Flight's first year 
 was one of great growth. A destroy- 
 er bridge complete in every detail 
 was built on Sampson Square and 
 dedicated to Lieut. Richard S. Bull, 
 USN. Rear Admiral ElHott Buck- 
 master, chief of the Naval Air 
 Primary Training Command, of 
 which St. Mary's Pre-Flight is a 
 unit, came aboard to inspect and 
 later sent back a special commen- 
 dation to St. Mary's cadets for 
 splendid military bearing. Wel- 
 come guests also were Captain, now 
 Rear Admiral, Arthur W. Radford, 
 chief of aviation training for the 
 Bureau of Aeronautics, Commander 
 Tom Hamilton and his right hand 
 man, Lt. Comdr. Frank H. Wick- 
 horst, who had worked so hard to 
 organize the pre-flight school pro- 
 gram under Captain Radford. 
 
 The firsf ba-f-talion marches in review at 
 graduation ceremonies held in its honor 
 on I September 1942. 
 
 A mammoth new drill hall and 
 50-meter swimming pool were 
 dedicated on anniversary day. 
 Added by the Navy during its first 
 year had been three huge barracks, 
 ten athletic fields, one of the 
 country's trickiest obstacle courses, 
 15 outdoor basketball courts, a 
 recreation building, many new 
 boxing and wrestling rings, a rifle 
 range, and many other extensive 
 improvements. 
 
 The greatest source of satis- 
 faction to St. Mary's Pre-Flight of- 
 ficers as they now move well into 
 the second year of the station's life 
 is not in physical improvements 
 but in the knowledge that there is 
 something fine and distinctive 
 about a St. Mary's Pre-Flight cadet. 
 The informal motto that all of 
 them soon adopt — "Be a tiger!" — 
 gives an inkling into the way their 
 enthusiasm and competitive spirit 
 grow at their School. There is 
 plenty of trouble ahead for the 
 enemy when these young men carry 
 this fighting spirit into battle. 
 
 Captain George W. Steele, USN (Ret.) was the first Commanding Officer at the St. 
 Mary's Pre-Flight School and his Executive Officer was Commander Clyde W. King. 
 They are pictured here. Captain Steele is now Commanding Officer at the Del Monte 
 Pre-Flight School.and Commander King is the Commanding Officer at St. Mary's. 
 
 48 
 
Signalling classes are conducted fronn the bridge of 
 the U.S.S. RICHARD BULL, which simulates a de- 
 stroyer bridge in every respect. The realistic atmos- 
 phere aids the cadets in their work. 
 
 Dick Bull Esfablished 
 
 Loffy Traditions For 
 
 Fufure Naval Airmen 
 
 Dick Bull always loved aviation. When he was 
 at the Naval Academy he spent most of his time 
 buying rides in almost any kind of a ship. He 
 was a fine end in football but had trouble in 
 practice because even when he would be running, 
 down the field under a punt he would invariably 
 look up if a plane would pass over his head. He 
 could not keep his eyes out of the sky when a 
 plane was within hearing or seeing distance. 
 
 After graduation and service in the fleet, he 
 went to Pensacola at the earliest opportunity 
 and became a full fledged Naval aviator. Fol- 
 lowing duty in fighter squadrons he went to 
 England to work with the British in helping to 
 instruct them in the use and operation of Grum- 
 man Wildcat airplanes. 
 
 He engaged in various battles of the Pacific 
 and Lieutenant Commander "Buzz" Borries is 
 authority for the fact that the last time anyone 
 saw Dick he was chasing seven Jap planes by 
 himself around a cloud. He never returned. It 
 was typical of his zeal and valor that he chased 
 the enemy. He has been awarded a posthumous 
 Navy Cross and has established lofty traditions 
 for future airmen to follow. 
 
 Cadet helmsman is at wheel. The compensating bin- 
 nacle is in front of him. The engine room annunciator 
 is on the starboard side. Even though they are due to 
 be aviators, the cadets enjoy learning about the 
 mechanism of a ship. 
 
 First cadet to return to the Pre-Flight School 
 after winning his wings was Ensign Fred G. 
 Pheifer. Shown here with Commander Clyde W. 
 King, Ensign Pheifer said that the training at 
 St. Mary's proved of inestimable value to him. 
 
 When the cadets move on to a new station they pack their gear in 
 Navy luggage especially designed for aviation cadets. Here Cadet 
 Lee A. Nordgren looks up as the photographer visits the room. 
 Other cadets in the photograph are left to right, Donald U. Sea- 
 man, Robert J. Burt and Robert Atkins. 
 
 One of the most popular extra curricular ac- 
 tivities at St. Mary's Pre-Flight is singing in the 
 Glee Club. The group often sings for the O.W.I. 
 Overseas short-wave programs. On Sunday the 
 Glee Club becomes the choir. 
 
Captain A, W. Radford 
 Conceived idea of Pre- 
 F/ighf Training 
 
 Captain Arthur W. Radford had 
 been at his desk as Head of the Navy's 
 Aviation Training Division for just 
 about one week when the Japs bombed 
 Pearl Harbor. Faced with the great 
 task of planning the training for the 
 Navy's rapidly expanding air arm, he 
 realized that the rigors of combat war- 
 fare would demand of its participants 
 a physical fitness undreamed of in 
 peacetime. Competitive sports, in 
 Captain Radford's mind, would pro- 
 vide a medium which would not only 
 build up the men physically but 
 would also develop in them qualities 
 which would be of value in the stress 
 of aerial combat. Thus, physical train- 
 ing was made an integral part of the 
 entire training program. 
 
 Lt. Commander Thomas J. Hamil- 
 ton, U.S.N., then Operations Officer at 
 the Naval Air Station at Anacostia, D. 
 C, was called in to head up the pro- 
 gram. Thirteen years a flyer, a lead- 
 ing scholar-athlete in his student days 
 at the Naval Academy, and later head 
 coach of football at Annapolis, Lt. 
 Commander Hamilton was ideally suit- 
 ed for the work at hand. At the Cap- 
 tain's direction, Lt. Commander Ham- 
 ilton submitted a tentative proposed 
 plan for physical training for Naval 
 Aviation. The plan was approved and 
 adopted. 
 
 In short order four sites were 
 chosen for the Pre-Flight Schools, 
 which were to serve as basic units in 
 the physical training program. Officer 
 personnel was procured, indoctrina- 
 tion courses were conducted and the 
 program was soon under way. In the 
 year and nine months since that time, 
 thousands of cadets have taken the 
 training at the Pre-Flight Schools and 
 many of them are now in combat. A 
 well-integrated progressive physical 
 training program is being conducted 
 in the entire training course, as well 
 as in the fleet and at foreign bases. 
 (Continued in Last Column) 
 
 Captain (now Rear Admiral) Arthur W. 
 Radford, USN, speaks to cadets. In the 
 background is Commander Clyde W. King. 
 
 Former Aviation Training 
 Head Visits St. Mary's, 
 Addresses Graduates 
 
 When Captain Arthur W. Radford 
 spoke to the 23rd Battalion at St. 
 Mary's Pre-Flight School, it marked 
 the first time that he had attended a 
 Pre-Flight graduation even though he 
 had headed up the Navy's Aviation 
 Training Division for about a year 
 and a half. Officers at the graduation 
 ceremony wondered at the conclusion 
 of the Captain's speech whether the 
 cadets or the speaker derived the 
 greater pleasure out of the day's ac- 
 tivities. 
 
 The graduating battalion felt hon- 
 ored to have the opportunity of hear- 
 ing the officer who had so much to do 
 with the training program which was 
 preparing them to become Naval 
 Aviators. The Captain was inspired 
 by the sight of the cadets, trim, eager 
 and well-conditioned, both mentally 
 and physically, for the next steps of 
 their aviation training. 
 
 He observed the entire regiment at 
 one time or another in the classroom, on 
 the parade grounds and in the varied 
 physical training activities. His vision 
 of eighteen months ago had become a 
 healthy, living reality, and he could 
 not help being happy about the re- 
 sults, even as have many people in the 
 service and in civilian life who have 
 seen the work which is being done at 
 Pre-Flight Schools. 
 
 (Continued from First Column) 
 Throughout the program sports are 
 used as training devices, just as ord- 
 nance and navigation. 
 
 Lt. Commander Frank H. Wick- 
 horst. Captain and All-America tackle 
 on the undefeated 1926 Naval Acad- 
 emy football team was aide to Com- 
 mander Hamilton since the beginning 
 of the physical training unit. When 
 Commander {Hamilton went to sea last 
 June, Lt. Commander Wickhorst be- 
 came head of the program. 
 
 One of the basic tenets of the program 
 designed by Commander Hamilton under 
 the direction of Captain Radford pro- 
 vided for a calorie-filled diet for Pre- 
 Flight cadets. The diet is generally re- 
 garded as one of the best ever served 
 to a group of men and it enables them 
 to take the rigorous training without 
 suffering from too much fatigue. 
 
ROUND BALL ON A 
 WHOLESALE BASIS 
 
 Each station has one ac- 
 tivity which might be said 
 to be characteristic of that 
 particular Pre-Flight School. 
 Probably the sport which 
 would fit into this category 
 at St. Mary's is basketball, 
 called round bail by the 
 cadets. Every cadet par- 
 ticipates in every sport. 
 
 Admiral Radford, Captain Steele, Comnnander Hamilton, Commander 
 King, Lieutenant Commander Wickhorst, and everyone else connected 
 with the Training Program thrill to sights like this. The photographer 
 caught this picture from an unusual angle but this scene is enacted 
 daily as cadets improve their physical condition at Pre-Flight units. 
 
 GUADALCANAL 
 ALUMNI i. 
 MEET AGAI 
 
 When Captain (now Major] Joe Foss visited St. Mary's Pre-Flight School he 
 found some of his fighting buddies from Guadalcanal taking cadet training there. 
 Here Captain Foss talks over the Henderson Field days with former Corporal 
 Densil Cox, left, and former Second Lieutenant Clifford McSlocklin of the U. S. 
 Marines, who transferred to Navy pilot training. 
 
 NAVY LEADERS 
 HELP CELEBRATE 
 ST. MARY'S 
 ANNIVERSARY 
 
 Captain Steele returned to 
 St. Mary's, Commander 
 Thomas J. Hamilton stopped 
 there when en route to sea 
 duty, and Commander 
 Clyde King delivered an 
 inspiring talk to cadets as 
 the anniversary of the 
 commissioning was con- 
 ducted. Left to right in 
 this picture are Captain 
 Steele, Commander King, 
 Commander Hamilton, Lieu- 
 tenant Commander Fred 
 W. Pierce (Executive Offi- 
 cer at St. Mary's), and 
 Lieutenant Victor H. Mor- 
 gan, Chaplain. 
 
REFEREES' SIGNALS 
 
 Uosponsmanlike conduct. (Penalty — l5 yards.) For flagrant unsportsmanlike c 
 dticr— 15 yard penalty and disqualiftcaci 
 
 Offside and violation of kickoa 
 formation. (Penalty. 5 yards.) 
 
 Intentional grounding of forward 
 pass. (Penally — loss of down and 15 
 yard penalty from spot of preceding 
 
 Unnecessary roughness, illegal defensive 
 use of the hands, (Penalty, 15 yards.) 
 
 Military salute also used fo> clipping, 
 followed by striking the back of che knee 
 
 with hand, (Penalty. 15 yards.) 
 Signal also used for disqualification fouls 
 and for running into or roughing the 
 kicker. In che lacier case, the military 
 s&lute is followed by swinging che leg 
 . as though punting. 
 
 Interference with forward pass, pasi 
 touching ineligible player, or "screen- 
 ing" pass receiver. (If penalty on oRense. 
 15 yards and loss of down; interference 
 by defense, ball to offense on spot of foul 
 as f^rsi down.) 
 
 ■awling, pushing, or helpmg ball* 
 rrier. (Penalty for helping ball- 
 rrier, 15 yards; otherwise, 5 yards.) 
 
 lUcgjI forward pass. 
 
 Penalty refused, incomplct 
 missed field goal or conv 
 both sides offside, e« 
 
 Illegal formation or position of one 
 or more players. (Penalty— 5 yards 
 from where ball was put in play.) 
 
 Holding. (Penalty — by offense. 
 IS yards; by defense. 5 yards.) 
 
 Pelay of game or e 
 
 (Penalty. 5 yards.) 
 
 Player illegally to motion. 
 (Penalty, 5 yards. If from 
 thift or huddle. 15 yards.7 
 
 Score— touchdown, 6eld 
 goal, ot ( 
 
 Illegal touching of kicked ball inside 
 Opponent's 10-yard line — touchback. 
 
 Penalties 
 
 1. Taking more than three times out 
 
 during either half. 
 
 2. Illegal delay of game. 
 
 3. Failure of substitute to report to 
 
 umpire. 
 
 4. Violation of kick-off formation. 
 
 13. Team not ready to play at sched- 
 
 uled time. 
 
 14. Illegal return of suspended or dis- 
 
 qualified player. 
 
 15. Failure to stop at least one second 
 
 on shift play. 
 
 16. Forward pass by member of team 
 
 which did not put ball in play. 
 
 17. Forward pass touched by inelig- 
 
 ible player. 
 
 28. Striking, kneeing, or kicking op- 
 
 ponent — • half the distance to 
 the goal and disqualification of 
 offending player. 
 
 29. Foul within one yard line — half 
 
 the distance to the goal. 
 
 30. Interference by defensive team on 
 
 forward pass — first down for 
 passing team at spot of foul. 
 
 LOSS OF FIVE YARDS 
 
 5. Failure to maintain proper align- 
 
 ment of offensive team before 
 ball is snapped. Also, backfield 
 man illegally in motion. 
 
 6. Offside by either team, or en- 
 
 croachment on neutral zone. 
 
 7. Attempt to draw opponents off- 
 
 side. 
 
 LOSS OF FIFTEEN YARDS 
 
 18. Intentional grounding of forward 
 
 pass. 
 
 19. Interference by member of passing 
 
 team with defensive player eli- 
 gible for pass. 
 
 20. Interference with fair - catch or 
 
 tackling player before ball is 
 caught. 
 
 21. Illegal use of hands and arms by 
 
 offensive players. 
 
 OTHER PENALTIES 
 
 31. Flagrant roughing of kicker — dis- 
 
 qualification, plus fifteen yards. 
 
 32. Flagrant unsportsmanlike conduct 
 
 — disqualification, plus fifteen 
 yards. 
 
 33. Forward pass touched by ineligible 
 
 player on or behind line of 
 scrimmage — loss of down. 
 
 8. Taking more than two steps with 
 
 ball after signalling for fair 
 catch. 
 
 9. Illegal use of hands and arms by 
 
 defensive players. 
 
 10. Flying block or flying tackle. 
 
 11. Running into kicker. 
 
 12. Crawling by the runner. 
 
 22. Defensive player striking oppon- 
 
 ent above shoulders. 
 
 23. Roughing the kicker. 
 
 24. Piling up, hurdling, clipping. 
 
 25. Tackling player out of bounds. 
 
 26. Coaching from the sidelines. 
 
 27. Illegal interference with defense 
 
 by passing team. 
 
 34. Illegal touching of kicked ball in- 
 
 side opponent's 10 yard line — 
 touchback. 
 
 35. Refusal of either team to play 
 
 within two minutes after hav- 
 ing been ordered to do so by 
 referee — forfeiture of game. 
 
 52 
 
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 Dependable Power 
 Counts 
 
 In Pan American Airway's 
 "million mile" Clippers where 
 unfailing performance is essen- 
 tial, Auto-Lite Batteries have 
 long been standard equipment. 
 Built and backed by the world's 
 largest independent manufac- 
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 equipment, Auto-Lite Batteries 
 are also serving with our fight- 
 ing forces and in mil- 
 lions of cars, trucks, 
 
 and buses on the home ,_ _i 
 
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The winged ingot is a symbol of free- 
 dom. It is a graphic expression of Dow's 
 recovery of magnesium, lightest of the 
 light metals, from sea water to release our 
 airplanes from hampering weight. 
 
 Also, it is a symbol of things to come. 
 When peace returns the freedom of 
 
 American enterprise will permit the full 
 use of Dow's vast magnesium production 
 to speed transportation of passengers and 
 freight by air and lighten tasks in indus- 
 try, business and the home. 
 
 Millions of pounds of Dow magnesium, 
 extracted from the inexhaustible sources 
 
 THE DOW CHEMICAL COMPANY, MIDLAND, MICHIGAN 
 
 New York — St. Louis — ChicaKO — Houston — San Francisco — Los Angeles — Seattle 
 
 MAGNESIUM 
 
 PRODUCER SINCE 1916 
 
 of the sea and from Michigan brine — as 
 well as Dow facilities already established 
 for the fabrication of Dowmetal castings 
 and wrought products — will then be avail- 
 able to give this symbol of freedom — the 
 flying ingot — its fullest significance. 
 
 CHEMICALS INDISPENSABLE 
 TO INDUSTRY AND VICTORY