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AUGUST 1943 0 NUMBER 317

REAR ADMIRAL RANDALL JACOBS, USN

The Chief of Naual Personnel

REAR ADMIRAL L. E. DENPELD, USN

The Assistant Chief of Naval Personnel

Table of Contents

Amphibians InvadeKey Enemy Islands nBothSides of World . . . . . . . . . 2

The Women ’s Reserve-One Year Old. . 6

The Current Tax Payment Actf 1943 . . 10

SixMonths’Production or he Navy:

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9,000 lanes, 6,000 Ships . . . . . . 12

Th e Navy’s Recreation Program.

. . . .14

How Plasma Works-and Why . . . . . 2 2

77,000V-12 Students at 212 Schools . . 16

Portuguese:Short List of Words nd

NewAidsorShipwreckedMenAre

Secretary Knox Visit s San Diego Nava l

Courage Plus Training Equals Victories . 27

The Month‘s News . . . . . . . . . . . 28

The Invasion of Sicily (photographs) . . 3 5

The Capture of Rendova (photographs) . 43

DecorationsandCitations. . . . . . . . 50

BuPersBulletinBoard . . . . . . . . . 65

Phrases . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3

Tested . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Hospital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26

New Names in th e avy. . . . . . . . . 49

InhisSection,heBureau oNavalPersonneldirectsattention

importance to the service generally.to matters particular interestand

the section may beound on page 67.A separate index to the ‘contents o

D.C.,by the Bureauof NavalPersonnel or theThis magazine is published monthlyn Washington,

information and nterest of the Naval Service as awhole. Whereeferencesmade to regulations,orders and directives,suchreference s ntendedasinformation nddoesnot omprise uthority foraction. The authority oraction s the regulation,order or directive upon which the Bulletin article isbased.Because the magazinecannotbe urnishedpersonnel ndividually, it is equested that readerspass along their copies to insure that. all hands willhaveopportunity to readeach ssue.Allactivitiesshould keep he Bureau informed f how many copiesare required. Ship and station papers are authorizedto reprintmaterial asdesired.Articlesofgeneralinterest may be forwarded via official channels.

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AMPHIBIANS INVADE KEY ENEMIY

Early n he morning of30 June,combined United States forces landedonRendova Island. The amedaymore than 110 enemy planes at-tempted toattack- anding parties.One hundred and one of these planeswere shot down. SeventeenUnited

transport McCawley was attacked andStates planeswere missing. The U. S.

disabled. In aater ttack by anenemy sub shewas sunk.

There was ittle opposition o theoccupation of the island, and 2 hours

later United States horebatteriesopened fire on the enemy airfield atMunda, 5 miles distant.

AfteroccupyingRendova,UnitedStates forces landed on New GeorgiaIsland on opposite sides of the Japa-nese airbase a t Munda, and beganclosing in.Landingswereccom-plished a t RiceAnchorage,on theKula gulf within 10 miles of Munda,and at Zanana, 6 miles east of themain enemy base in the cen tra l olo-mons. Allied tanks joined the assault.

On 6 July the first great battle ofKula Gulfwas fought. A t least9Japanese ships and possibly 11 werereported sunk, and 4 were damaged.

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The 9,700-ton U. S. Cruiser Helenawent to the ottom of th e narrow gulfduring the action, but not before shehad destroyed 4 Japanese vessels ( 2cruisers and 2 destroyers).

The second battle of Kula Gulf wasfought 13 July and cost the Japanese,attempting to reinforce their Mundagarrison, a cruiser andhree de-stroyers. The U. s.s.Gwin, a 1,630-ton destroyer which was damagednddisabled in the fight, was late r sunkby an enemy sub while beingowed to

an Allied port.In the latest of th e series of one-sidedaerialengagements,fought 17July, 200 United States planes sank 7enemy ships, including a cruiser and2 destroyers, and downed 49 Japaneseplanes in a 20-minute fight, whichcost t he United S tates 6 planes. Theaction took place in th e Buin-Faisiharbor area,north Solomons terminalof t he "TokioExpress," those astnaval ships which the Japanese try oslip in at night to aidgarrisons ndanger of falling.

Photographs om pages 43 and 44

"Press Association Photograph.

Behind the.smokescreen of a destroyer (top Zeft), the amphibs approach Rendova.

NEW GEORGIA.Rendova Taken, Allies Close in on Munda;

U. S. Forces Win Big Battles in Kula Gulf

The U. S. S. Strong, a destroyer.was torpedoed and sunk while bom-barding J ap positions on New Georgia6 5 uly.

Pounded incessantly from the seaand from We air, Japanese installa-tions at Munda appeared doomed asthe Allied campaign to drive theenemy out of the South and South-west Pacific steadilyadvanced. Al-lied troops on 19 July were within 2miles of th e enemy airfield a t Munda.

Slogging through mud and junglegrowth, the Americans advanced un-der a cover of withering naval bom-bardmentwhich enthundreds oftons of explosives into an area about2,000 yards by 3,000 yards, where theJaps had elected to make their finalstand.

In addition to he action in thecentral Solomons, Mubo,big Japanesekey pointprotectingSalamaua, 10miles to henorth of New Guinea,was taken 15 July. Gen. DouglasMacArthurnnounced 950 of th eenemy were killed in the operation.Jap installations at Tarawa, in he

Gilbert Islands, were attacked.



O N BOTH SIDES OF WORLD

SICILY. Last Stepping Stone to Italy Proper

Attacked as Battle o f Europe OpensA t 0300 Saturday 10 July, Ameri-British,ndCanadian forces

he Mediterraneanandonly re-stronghold betweenAllied-

and the Ital ianmainland.That it was the greatest combined

by President Rooseveltall history was

a “fireside” radio broadcast onnight of 28 July. Said the Com-

“The initial assault force on Sicily3,000 ships which arried

me n-Americans, British,a ndFrench-together

14,UOO vehicles, 600 tanksandguns. Thisnitialorce was

day and every nightthousands of reinforcements.”

The Navy, a few hours before th ehad evealed th at

American naval vessels ranging

landing of U. S. forces onisland. Theships were handled

a force totalling more than 40,000

Under th e immediate command ofAdm. H. K. Hewitt, USN, Com-

of U. S. Naval Forces in NorthWaters, this force “consti-

tuted by far the greatest number inthe invasion fleet,” a Navy Depart-ment statement declared.

President Roosevelt said th at th e“meticulous carewith which the oper-ation in Sicilywas planned” paiddivi-dends. “Our casualties in men, shipsandmaterial,”hesaid,“have beenlow-in fact farbelow our estimate.

“All of us are proud of the superbskill and courage of th e officers andmen who haveconducted andar econducting this operation.”

From official communiques,pressreports, and eyewitness accounts, thisis what happened;‘ Firstactualcontact was made byBritish and American paratroops andglider-borne infantry, droppednSicily in advance of th e sea-bornelandings, but as in the cases of previ-ous Allied invasions, the ini tial stagesof the operation were a naval show-the Navies of Britain and th e UnitedStates aided by navalunits of theDutch, Polish, and GreekGovern-ments-in-exile and ships of otherUnited Nations.

I t was a eterogeneous armada,

Photographs on pages 35 t o 42

these 3,000 ships. In i t was virtuallyevery type of naval craft. In he cen-ter were small andingcraft, boats,barges, lighters, and the like. Hover-ingaround hesewere argercraftsuch as tank-carrying ships and thelargernfantry-landing raft. D i s -persed mong these were the bigtransports,supply ships, cargo ves-sels.And guarding hem all with awall of steel were the big battleships,the smaller cruisers, and the speedydestroyers and escort essels of a half -dozen United Nations’navies.fleet itself. Threadingheir way

Minesweepers preceded the invasion

through the treacherous waters sur-

these vessels swept clear a pathrounding Italy’s main outer bastion,

through the enemy’s mine fields andthus facilitated carrying out the tre-mendous operation with virtually nonaval losses.

Behind them came the invasionfleets on ime-tableschedules romalmost every Port on t he North Afri-can coast and from England. Behindthe invasion craft and screening war-.ships came auxiliaries-hospital ships

for the irst wounded, repair ships f o rspeedy overhauls, ugs to pull the ,

larger sea-going invasion ships ff the

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beaches, mine layers to bottle up theconspicuously-absent Ita lian fleet andsub-chasers to deal with any U-boatsthe Axis cared to risk in attempts tothwart the operation.

Of inestimable value tohe amphib-ious operations were he first landingsof the paratroopers and glider-borneinfantry.

Because of a high windblowinginland from the Mediterranean, manyof the paratroops were carried past

their objectives and a numberwerecaptured. The majority, however,were liberated within hours after themain invasion orces landed and madecontactithhe enemy.ossesamong the para troops were describedas “negligible.”

As the fleets moved in thenight to-ward th e shores of Sicily, big guns ofthewarships opened up oncoastaldefenses and planes by the hundredsloosed their bombs in a prelude of de-struction.Bouncing over a heavy,wind-whipped swell, in rushed thefirstnvasionboats and American,British , and Canadian troops poured

ashore.Th e invasion was on-the LandBattle of Europe had been opened.

In thewords of President Roosevelt,

it was “the beginning of the end.”The heavyfighting n heMediter-ranean that PrimeMinister Churchillpromised“before the leaves of Au-tumn fall” had been opened on thesoft underbelly of the Axis.

The Allied armies whichhad chasedHitler’s and Mussolini’s legions out ofNorth Africawere on the march again,this time only 260 miles from Rome.The attack was aimed at the last of aseries of “steppingtone”slands

lying between Cap Bon, Africa, andItaly proper,hichlready wasundergoing themightiestaerial at-tacks it has suffered since the star tof the war.

Allied forces advanced deeply andswiftly into the island. Defenses th atthe Italians had spentyears in build-ing crumbled before the invaders.

In 8 days the Allies had:1. Capturedpproximately 3,300

square miles of Sicily, about one-thirdof the entire island.

2. Cleared more th an 200 miles ofcoastline.

3. Captured 35,000 prisoners in ad-

dition to nflicting losses in killed andwounded on both German and I taliandefenders.

4. Shot down nearly 200 enemy

-0fficinl V. S. d r m r A i r Forces Photograph.

MESSZNA BOMBED: Sicily’s most importamt city, Messima, at the morth-east tip of the island just across the marrow straits from he Italianmairdand, felt the fury of American air raids lomg before the imvasionbegan.Here, B-24 Liberators blast lzavalbarracks amd oil anks ilzthe strategic port. Since Allied armies invaded Sicily, Messima has beembombed repeatedly and is mow regarded as of little value, so great hasbeem the damage delivered by theAF amd USAAF.

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planes in aerialcombat and destroyedor captured even more on the ground.

5. Occupied seven airfields and aseaplane base, some of which were putinto use by the Allies almost immedi-ately.

of schedule” an d Allied leaders saidThe invasionwas moving “ahead

resultswerebetter tha n they haddared hope for.

The two veteran fighters who hadcleaned up Africa were leading their

armies toward new victories over theAxis-Lt. Gen. George S.Patton, USA,commander of a newly formed Ameri-can eventh Army, and Gen. SirBernard L. Montgomery, commandingthe famousBritishEighth Army.Directing theentireoperation wasGen.Dwight D. Eisenhower, Com-mander i n Chief of Allied Forces inthe Mediterranean theater.

As the INFORMATIONULLETIN entto press, the American Army had cutthe island in half an d captured Paler-mo,, Sicily’s ancient capital. TheAllies were n possession of some four-fifths of the otal and rea.The

Americans were moving east along thenorth coastoward the mportantnortheast tip where the hard-pressedItalian and German orces were mak-ing a last-ditch stand.

Battering at Catania, approxi-mately 65 miles south of Messina, wastheBritishEighth Army. Catania,second in population to Palermo with

to rubble by guns of Allied warshipsa first-rate harbor,was being reduced

and planes of the RAF and USAAF.Itsall would release theBritishEighth Army to push north andergewi t h the American andCanadian

of the island.

forces; virtually completing conquest

Powerful fleets of Allied planes, in-cluding every type from Flying For-tresses tohe new A-36 fighter-bombers, wereounding Italianmanufacturingenters, ports, andcommunication lines from the impor-ta nt industrial center of Turin in thenorth to Naples, th e port of Rome,and thewin ferry terminals f ReggioCalabriaandSan Giovanni, crossfrom Messina, Sicily’s first city.

Rome received its first bombing ofthe war. Allied aircraf t first droppedpamphletson theancient city ex-plaining why it was t o be bombed and

then blasted war industries and railcenters hroughwhichmany Axis’supply and troop trains pass on theirway to thenew southern front.

President Roosevelt nd Prime Min-ister Churchill in a joint message tothe Italian people 16 July demandedth at they overthrow their leaders orsuffer the consequences of total warand invasion a t home.

“Die for Mussolini and Hitler-orlive for Italy and civilization,” saidth e message. “The sole hope forItaly’s survival,” it said, “lies in hon-orable capitulation o the overwhelm-ing power of the military forces of

the. UnitedNations.”The appeal, beamed from all UnitedNations radio stations anddropped in



B y 26 July only the northeast t ip o f Sici ly (Catania and above) remained in Axis hands.

pamphlet form from Allied planes, asexpected,wasejected by Fascistleaders, who attempted o spur hepeople to greater efforts and sacrificewhile admitting that Italys, “as neverbefore, in mortal danger.”

The invasion of Sicily, covering ap-proximately 9,900 square miles, andseparated from the mainland by theMessina Straits, which at their nar-rowestpoint are only 2 milesfrom

Italy, was carried out a t three points.Landings were effected on the south

coast and at the east and west sidesof Cape Passero a t th e southeast ti pof the island.

Screening the small craft ere bat-tleships, cruisers, andestroyerswhich, as the firs thock troops pouredashore, laid down a furious barrageon the coast.

American forces landed along thesouthern coast in the area of Gelawherehe fiercest fighting of theinitial campaign took place. Gela,in hehands of two German ankregiments, was sharply defended and

twice the Americans were driven backto he beaches. But reinforcementsarrivedandunder he direction ofLieutenant General Fatton, ho wentashore in a landing barge to person-allydirectoperations, heGermanswere forced back and the town andtwo airfields were aptured.

British and Canadianorces, mean-while, merged across Cape Passeroand within a few hours captured thetown of Pachino at he ip of thecape anda hird airfield. Turningnorth, they continued their advance,capturing the town of Noto, and droveon oSyracuse, important porton

the east coast south of Augusta.Allied air forces, operating at their

maximum strength, stillwere provid-ingground forces with an impreg-nablembrella and continued topound many of the island’s principaldefenses lying before the advancingtroops. Enemy airfields andail-roads were raided; ferry systems be-tween the island and mainland werebombed and numerous upply andtroopships were sunk.

On the second day of the invasion

while Allied warships were bombard-ing dditional oastal owns,Gen.Dwight D. Eisenhower arrived aboardaBritish destroyer, landingon the

Jeep, to congratulate British andSicilian shore aboard an amphibious

American armies and to confer w i t htheir leaders on succeeding phases ofthe campaign.

Three days afterhe invasion,American forces in he southhadmopped up between 60 and 70 miles ofthe coast. They drove inland, turningnorthward in a linearallel wi th Brit-ish forces moving along the coast to-ward Augusta, north of Syracuse. A

dozen towns were taken in the first 3days including Licata, Pachino, vola,Noto, Pozzalo, Scoglitti, Ispica, andRossolini and the Allies were in pos-session of airdromesandports withwhich to land additional troops.

On 13 July, additional British troopswere landed south of Catania, Sicily’ssecond city, halfway up the coast toMessina, across the straits from theItalianmainland. Augusta,mpor-tant harbor,was captured wi th its airand seaplane bases. American forces,coming intocontactwith the crackHermannGoering division, smashedthrough the German units andoined

forces with the British and Canadianforces at Ragusa, vital railcenter,

captured by 17 United States soldiers

solid junction throughout th e south-and 2 jeeps. Thismergerformed a

taken in the first days.east. Some 8,000 prisoners had been

The two armies- the Britishpushing along the coast ndheAmericans driving nto the mountainsinland toward Caltagirone, southwest-ern gateway to the Catania plains-separated ocontinue heir parallel

drive northward.Thirteen additional towns fell dur-

ing he following 24 hoursand hedesperate defenses which thexis haderectedbefore Catania were crum-bling. Brucoli,4 miles above Augusta,fell followed by Lentine, 13 miles be-low Catania.

Catania, itself, was under heavy at-tack fro’m the sea and air. Its cap-ture would open much of th e remain-der of the island to he invadingarmies.

The Catania region, said the Na-tional GeographicSociety, is the larg-est level expanse in the mountainous

island, covering an area roughly 165square miles. To henorth is hefamous volcano, Mount Etna, highestpoint on the island, 10,741 eet.

It had been reported thatheSicilian garrison prior to the nvasiontotaled some 400,000men with someof Mussolini’s and Hitler’s first-linedivisions sta tioned there to stem theattack which the Axis had long ex-pected. Allied leaders were surprisedand elated at th e comparatively lightresistance and simpleconquest irstencountered, but warned t ha t strongerresistance and heavier fighting couldbe expected as the armies moved in-

land and northward toward Messinaknd the northeast coast.

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RESERVE-ONEYEAR OLDmen schools, one or aerographer’smates, one for aviation metalsmiths,two f o r aviationmachinist’smates,one for control tower operators,one for instructors n blind flying,one forparachute riggers, and oneforynthetic gunnery instructors(suspended for hepresent). Upon

completion o f indoctrination atNorthampton, womenfficers maycontinueheren communicationstraining or be sent on to the NavySupply Corps School, the Massachu-set ts Insti tute of Technology or theUniversity of California at Los An-geles for training inaerological engi-neering. An activity opened towomen in July 1943 is he NavyJapaneseanguagechool atBoulder, Colo.

Graduates o f all these schools ex-cept the last three are now on dutythroughouthe Unitedtates.Women are serving at naval air sta-

tions, operating bases, repair bases,shipyards,districtheadquarters,seafrontiereadquarters,nviationcadet selection boards, in the officesof inspectors of navalmaterial, in

installation.fact,at nearly every type of shore

Navy women work the same hoursas Navy men, standing both day andnightatches. Their liberty ar-rangements are he same, and heyenjoy the privileges of the U. S. 0.and all otherecreation facilitiesavailable to service men.They stayin uniform at all times except in thebarracks o r where engaged in activesports, and are called upon to meetthe same standards of neatness andgood behavior as are required of allmen in uniform.

How much thewomen have becomea pa rt of the Navy is clearly to be seenat the Nzval Air Station,Jackson-ville, Fla. There, hundreds of womenare on duty. They give plane pilotsclearance for landings and take-offs.They prepare the all-importantweather information and handle theradio communications n and out ofth e station. They work in the shopsand on the field, repairing and tun-

ing up motors.Theypack and epairparachutesor the men going out on patrol duty.

Aviators are taught instrument flyingby trained Link Trainer nstructorsand air gunners are taught to shootmore accurately by 3A-2 machine in-structors.

Inhe commissary department,theycheck ncoming food supplies.Yeomen, storekeepers, and seamenare in all the administrative offices”one is the admiral’s orderly (she re-placed a Marine), others wear side-arms, carry thepay rolls, and do spe-cial guard duty. They run their own

barracks wi t h a few staff officers andmasters at arms.Theyhave calis-

Wo me n officers replace men in desk j o b s .

“Official U. S. Navy Photographs.

Wom en are parachute riggers, too. Other j o b s they have taken ozrer areshown o n the .following ages.

thenics every. morning anddrill at Corpsmen are the Women Reservistsfrequent intervals. fighting men will meet first, if they

Women are just beginning to take are brought back to the United States

over in still another field-as mem- as casualties. Groups of them are al-bers of the Hospital Corps. Women. ready in most of th e big hospitals and

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many larger dispensaries, working in

the wards, clinics, laborat,ories, andoperating rooms.On generalwardduty, they are administering bedsidecare to personnel wounded in action.As occupational therapists and physi-otherapists, heyarehelping to re-store both thementaland physicalhealth of woundedNavy men; astechnicians, theyre working onplasmabanks,malaria control, andrpidemic diseases.lready therecre hundreds of women doctors, Hos-pital Corpsfficers, ’ Pharmacist’sMates and HospitalApprentices in

shore billets or in training at navalhospitals-and th e Bureau of Medi-cine and Surgery hopes the numberof Hospital Corpsmen alone ill reach6,000 by the end of this year.

By farhe largestggregationof Women Reservists. is in the NavyDepartment,ashington, D. C.Assigned atheat e. of nearly1,000 a month odate, 6,000 Navywomen (about 1,500 officers and4,500 enlisted women) have reportedaboard n he Nation’s capital, re-leasing gratefulmenfrom he desk

jobs and paper work that must be

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done to keep the Navy functioning.

Besides th e strictly administrativeand clerical work that one might ex-pect women to be doing, there are en-gineering, linguistic, legal, chemiczl,cbmmunications and operational bil-lets being Nled by women ineveryBureau of the Navy Department.

The Women’s Reserve is notseparate corps within the Navy. Itis merely a system of training womenand assigning them to duty as directreplacements or men. There s noover-all military et-up. Thenum-ber of officers is not dictated by the

proportion t o the number of enlistedwomen-it is dictated by the numberof men officers who can be replaced.Only avery small proportionof womenofficers a r e performing Women’s Re-

zerve staff duties.

Miss McAfee herself, as director of

the Women’s Reserve, is a special as-

sistant to the Chief of Naval Person-

nel, with a staff of five women officers

working with her. Throughout other

divisions. of the Bureau ‘of Naval Per-

sonnel, there are certa in women offi-

cers who handleuchmatterss

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Procurement, training, discipline, per-

formance,ndetailing of Navywomen, but they work within thedivisions thatar e doing hese jobsfor men as well.

This scheme s followed throughoutthe naval service ashore.Wherenumbers of enlisted women are onduty there are a few officers assignedthe job of handling the special prob-lems tha t may arise for the women.There,n tha t veryerm “specialproblems” lies the key to the Wom-en’s Reserve administration.

AsMissMcAfee has explained it,

“If women were exactly the same asmen in their habits and needs, therewouldbe nonecessity or separateplans for he women. It is he dif-ferences between men who may besent t o sea and women who will hold

shore billets for the duration that we

have to arrange for-d ifferent hous-

ing requirements, different uniforms,

different discipinary roblems, dif-

ferent training.”

These differences are kept to a.min-

imum. Inraining,ornstance,

women areput hrough he ame

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Operate Colztrol Tow er

except for the sea-going

barracksblueprintshavef anyarticular course.

modified in recognition of thecomforts needed by women

will live in them for some time.fact, in Washington,government

are beingprovided foren-none existed for

because it isfelt that they should provide housing in this

y of whom are away from homee first time, and may e assigned

indefinitely.Aside fromhese few aspects,

en have been fitted into theNavysan integralpart of the service.slip into the same spot, in theof command, as the men they, and perform the same duties.

An example from he Naval Air Sta-New Orleans, illustrateshow this

accomplished.For 6a WR ensign worked with

ently, he left for duty a t sea ande woman ensign became the com-

officer. As such, she hasdministrativeuthority

21 people assigned toher

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Tune-up Airplane Motors

office, whetherheyremen or

women, and heymust follow hminstructions as they did those of theofficerwho preceded her. Shecan-not, however, under he restrictionsset by Congress, exert military com-mand over men, so should a discipli-nary problem arise, she would referit to the proper male authority.

In such ways as this have the ex-perience and raining of thousandsofwomenbeen put to use.Andbe-cause this system giveswomen thesame status, responsibilities and re-strictions as fall upon men, most ofthe women in the service do not liketo be called by the popular name forNavy women-WAVES. Theywantto be known as the Navy radiomen,storekeepers or , ensigns that heyreally are.

Use of the word “WAVES” beganwhen the Reserve classification forwomenfficersas selected asW-V(S), meaning Woman-Volunteer(Specialist). B u P e r s regulationssaid these were women accepted forvolunteer emergency service; the ini-tial letters of that phrase, capitalized,formed “WAVES”. Buthe ormal

Storekeeper Checks Supplies

names Women’s Reserve,United

States NavalReserve, and the com-missionsranted to officers read:“. . . I do appoint him ensign in theNaval Reserve o f the United StatesNavy.”

Thenitials WR andheerm“Women’sReserve” are official andthe women themselvesprefer theseterms to the equallyofficial bu t lessformal term “WAVES”.

The women of the Navy have comefrom the same homes as the servicemen who are firing thegunsanddropping he bombs th at will de-

molish the Axis. They are workinghard to dvance in ating-many haveearned second class petty officer rat-ings and are striking for first class.Exactly 100 have lreadybeen se-lected for officer training after morethan six months service in ating.Their hopes and ambitions for heduration of the war lie with the Navyand the record their shipmates chalkup gainsthe enemy. They cameto he Navy to fight to he best oftheir abilities, that heirbrothers,husbandsand riendsmight comehome sooner.

In the L a b of a Naval Hospital Totallilzg Pay Accoumt

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The Current Tax Pavment Act,of 1943J

Summary of New Law as It Affects Members

of Armed Forces P r e p a r e d by Busanda

The Current Tax Payment Act of1943, approved June 9, 1943,makesno change in the tax rates imposedby the RevenueAct of 1942. Its

application is limited to individualsan d does not extend to estates, trusts,or corporations. This Act for thefirs t time provides for t he collectionof taxes on income as it is earned.This change infundamental policyhas necessitated a departure romthe former methods of paying taxes.As a part of the change-over to acurrent basis of collecting incometaxes, the law provides for t he with-holding of tax at the source on sala-ries, wages, and other compensationfor personal services, but such with-holding provisions do not apply tothe servicepay of members of the

armed forces on active duty.The Current Tax PaymentAct, in-

sofar as it is of primary interest tomembers of t he armed forces may bedivided into four principal parts:

1. Additionalallow ance o f $1,500.2. Cancellation of 1942 tax.3. Current paym ent o f tax.4 . Abatement o f tax in case o f

Additioml Al lowawe o f $1,500

Underprior law in effect for heyear 1942, a member of thearmedforces below thegrade of commis-sioned officer was entitled to exclude

from gross ncome so much of hisbase pay and any additional ompen-sationfor foreign orspecialserviceas did not exceed $250 if single, or$300 if married. Th e new law allowsall military personnel, irrespective ofgrade and regardless of whether sin-gle or married, to exclude from grossincome, beginning with t he year 1943,so much of base pay for activeserviceand additional compensation for lon-gevity and foreign or special service.as does not exceed $1,500. (Super-sedes information contained in para-graph 38 (a ) of Federal Income TaxInformation Pamphlet dated Decem-ber 18, 1942.) This relief rovisionis in addition to he following per-sonal exemptions and credits for de-pendents which are the same as un-der prior law:

Personal exemption of married

Personal exemption of single per-

Credit for each dependent:

death.

person or head of family_ _ _ _ _ _ $1,200

son-----__---__---_----_----- 500

Form 1040_____------------- 50Form 1040A_______________ - -85

Cancellation of 1942TaxGeneral.-Provision is made in the

new law fo r th e cancellation of some

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This information for allmembers ,o f t he armed forces,pertaining to the Current Tax

PaymentAct o f 1943 (PublicLaw 68, 78t hCongress), wasprepared by t he Bureau o f Sup-plies and Accounts and is pub-lished w i t h th e approval of t heBureau of InternalRevenue.This infomation supplementst he ureau of Supplies andAccounts Federal ncome Ta xInformation Pamphlet datedDecember 1 8 , 1942. Pamphletprintings o f this material arebeing distributed by Busanda.

I

Par t or all of th e 1942 tax. The 1943

tax willbe increased by an amountequivalent to the uncancelled portionof the 1942 tax. Where th e 1942 taxliability is greater than the 1943 taxliability, t he difference is to be addedto the 1943 tax liability, subject to aspecial rule in the case of a service-man.Technically, the 1942 tax lia-bility will be completelydischargedon September 1, 1943.Any paymentsmade on account of the tax for 1942are considered as paymentsonac-count of the tax for 1943. See para-graph 26 for guide to determinationof1943 tax.

Rule w here 1942 t ax not greaterthan 1943 tax.-Where the service-man’s 1942 tax liability as shown onhis return is not greater tha n his 1943tax liability (without addition of theunforgiven balance of the 1942 tax),his 1942 ta x will beforgiven in fullor in part as ollows:

all of the 1942 ax is forgiven.(1) f the ax for 1942 is $50 or less,

and $66.67, flat $50 is forgiven and the(2) If the ax for 1942 is between $50

balance is added to the 1943 tax.(3) f the ax for 1942 exceeds $66.67,

75% of the 1942 tax is forgiven, and thebalance of 25% is added t o the 1943 tax.

Examples where 1942 tax is not

greater than 1943 tax:

(1) 1943tax.._____________.__60 5100 $150 $150$160(2) 1942tax_.___._________.__0 60 100 0 160( 3 ) Portion of 1942 tax for-

(4) Balance of 1942 tax, (2)glven__..___.._.____.._0 50 75 0 120

(5) Revised 1943 tax , (1 ) plusminus 3 )....__._.......10 25 0 40

(4). .....__............0 110 76 150 200

Rule w here 1942 t ax greater t han1943.W here he serviceman’s 1942tax liability as shown on his returnis greater than his 1943 tax liability

(without addition of th e unforgivenbalance of the 1942 tax) , there willbe forgiven the sum of:

tax if such tax is $50 or less; or(1)An amoun t equivalent t o his 1943

(2 ) A flat $50 f his 1943 ax is between$50 and $66.67; r(3) An amount equivalent to 75% of

his 1943 tax if such tax ismore than$66.67,

Plus

between the tax as shown on his 1942An amount equivalent to the difference

return and he ax on his 1943 income,to the exte nt that such difference is at;tributable o 1942 “earned net income.

“Earned net income” is that incomeconsisting of wages, salaries, andother compensation for personal serv-ices which, after deducting expensesproperly chargeable against such in-come, does not exceed $14,000. If theindividual’s net income is not morethan $3,000, his enti re net income isconsidered to be “earnedne t income.”

How t o determine tax att ributableto “earned net income”.-The follow-ing is an example of the method usedin determining the extent to whichth e excess of th e 1942 tax over the1943 tax is attributable to “earnednet income”:

net income of $20,000 n 1942, onsistingAssume tha t an individual, single, had

of $15,000 alary and $5,000 of other in-come, such as dividends, interest, etc.His 1942 ax return showed a tax liabilityof $6,816. He entered the armed services

during 1943,and his tax on 1943 incomefalls within thedefinition of “earned ne tis $1,000. Only $14,000of hi s 1942 salary

income.”Portion-of 1942 ax attributable to1942

earned net income:

Tax for 1942__________--__--__”-6,816Tax for 1942, after excluding

Net income ($1.000 .p:us

Less personalxemption-_ 500

Surtaxnet income-_- 5,500

earned net income:

$5,000) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $6,000-o earned income creditallowable in this recom-putation _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 000-

alance subject to

normal tax _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 5,500

Normal tax--6% _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 330Sur tar -_____________-___80

1942 tax ttributable o earnednet income _ _ - _ - _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _,606

Tax shown by 1942 eturn _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6,816Less tax on 1943 income _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1,000

Excess attributableo earnedcess---___-_--_____---____ 5,816

net ncome____-_-_________--_,606

net income _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 210

-xcess not attr ibut able to earned



Examales where 1942 ta x is greaterthan 1943 tax:

1) 1942tax...__~...2) 1943tax..” ~ ...

3 ) Excess of 1942 taxover 1943 tax, (1)minus(2) -......

Plus

5) Extento whichexcess, tem (3 )

utable to 19+2above, is attrib-

come” (see par.“earned net in-

6 ) Total orgiveness,8)””” .”” ~~

Revised 1943 tax,(4) plus ( 5 ) . -.

plus (2) .........(1) minus (6),

A B C D

64001,ooo100601 0I00

6

_ _ _ - _ _ -

0

30000000oo

1”00000

0 7550000

100

37550000000

30000000

0 12550000

is in excess of $20,000 for eitherSpecial rules where surtax net in-

or 1943.-There are two specialules affecting thosendividualshose surtaxnet incomewasmore

$20,000 for either of the years1942 or 1943.(A) Rule where 1942 ta x i s not

1943 tax: If the surtaxcome for the base year ,(seeub-

(C ) for definition of “base$20,000 i s less than the

ax net income for 1942, he tax

of the 1942 tax and (2) he ex-r 1943 shall be increased by (1)

ess of 75% of the 1942 tax over a1942 computed as

f an amountequivalent to the um ofsur tax net income for he base

ear plus $20,000, constitutedbothesurtaxand henormal-taxnet

1942. ’

Example: Assume th at an individual’s

n 1943 income is $20,000. Also assume1942 was $18,336 and tha t his tax

his surta x net income for 1942 wasand th at his surtax net income

r his selected base year was $5,000 (1939surtaxnet n-

in 1939 was greater than his surtaxt income in any of th e years 1937, 1938,

nd 1940). He will add $20,000 to henet income of $5,000,

$25,000 of sur-x ne t income andnormal-taxnet n-

ome at 1942 rates, anddetermine he

( 1) 75% of taxon 1942 income(18,336)_____-----------------13,752

(2) Surtaxon $25,000 at1942 rates _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $8,500

(3) Normal tax on $25,000a t 1942 rates _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 1,500

(4) Total tentative tax _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10,000

(5 ) Excess of (1) over (4) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 3,752

evised 1943 tax:

”-___

Original tax o n 1943

Plus-25% of actual

Plus- pecial ad-

income_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ $20,000

1942 tax ($18,336) - 4,584

justment ( 5 ) _ _ _ _ 3,152

R e v i s e d 1943tax _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ -8,336

han the 1943 tax: If the surtax net(B) Rule where 1942 ta x is greater

income for the base year plus $20,000is less than the surtax netncome for1943, the ax or 1943 shall be in-creased by (1) 25% o l the 1943 tax,(2) he excess of the 1942 ax over the

attributable to 1942 “earned net n-1943 tax (less portion of such excess

come”), and (3) he excess of 75% ofthe 1943 tax over a tentative tax at1943 rates computed as i f an amountequivalent to the sum of the sur taxnet income for he baseyear plus$20,000, constitutedboth thesurtaxnet income and the normal-tax netincome for 1943. .

Example: Assume th at an individual’stax for 1942 was $30,000 and t ha t his taxon 1943 income is $15,000. Assume thathis 1942 tax recomputed without includ-ing the “earned net income”, amounts to

$10,000, omputed at 1943 tax rates,on$25,000. Also, assume a tentativ e ax of

his base year surt ax et income plus$20,000. Although his 1942 tax will be dis-

follows:charged, his 1943 tax will be increased as

(1) Originally computed 1943tax__-------_--”-------------- $15,000

(2) Plus-Excess of recomputed ’

1942 tax over original 1943

(3) Plus-25%f original 1943

tax__--------_--------------- 10,000

tax_-----_--------_---------_ 3,750

Total before special adjust-ment____-_____-- - - - - - - 8,750

Plus-special adjustment:7 5% of original

1943 ta x _ _ _ _ _ _ $11.250. .~~~Less te ntat ive tax

for base year-“ 10,000 .- ,250

Revised 1943 tax_--_--_- 0,000

(A ) and (B) f this paragraph can be(C ) The “base year” referred to in

cny one of the taxable years 937,1938,

dividual. The yearwith the highest1939, or 1940, as selected by the in-

surtax net ncome should be selected.Payment of tax added under Special

Rules.-The increase in the 1943 ta xcaused by application of either of th etwo special rules set out in paragraph10 is payable on or before March 15,1944,or upon election of the individ-

equal annual installments beginningual, such increase may e paid in four

March 15, 1945, ith interest at the

to the datef payment of each install-rate of 4% a year from March5,1944,

ment.Joint Returns.-If a member of the

armed forces files a joint tax returnwith husband or wife, for either the

taxable year 1942 or 1943, he taxes Ofthe spouses for the taxable year inwhich a joint tax return is not filedshall be combined in order to deter-mine whether or not the 1942 tax isgreater than the taxon 1943 income.Similarly, th e taxes of the two spousesmust be combined for th e purpose ofapplying the special rules se t forth inparagraph 10.

If a joint tax ,return was filed forthe taxable year1942 and separate taxreturns are filed for the taxable year .1943, the liability of husband andwife shall be joint and several withrespect to any additions to the tax n

over of the unforgiven portion of the1943 incomes resulting from a carry-

1942 ax or from applying the specialrules set forth in paragraph0.

Attention is directed to he com-ments in paragraph 18 pertaining tothe amount of the specific exemptionallowable on a joint ictory tax return.

Current Payment o f Tax

Active service pay notsubject towithholding.-As heretofore sta ted,the active service pay of a member ofthe armed forces is not subject to thewithholding of tax at the source. At-

tention is directed to the fac t, how-ever, that anycompensation romsources other than military or navalmay be subject to the withholding atsource of an amountequivalent o20% of t,he excessover the familysta tus withholding exemption, or 3%of the excessover.he victory taxwithholding exemption, whichever isgreater. Detailed informationwithrespect to withholding of t ax has al-ready been given wide distribution byth e Bureau of Internal Revenue.

Declaration of estimated tax.-Eventhough tax is not withheld f rom he ’

active service pay of members of th e

armed forces, they may be requiredofile declarations of estimated tax onincome from all sources for the cur-rent year and will start paying quar-terly installments of tax based uponsuch estimates. For the calendar ear1943 he declaration will be filed on orbeforeSeptember 15, 1943, and ncomputing the installmentspayableSeptember 15,1943, nd December 15,1943, the individual will take creditagainst the estimated 1943 ax for anytax paymentsmadeduring 1943 onhis 1942 ax liability, and also for anyincome or victory taxeswhichmayhave been withheld by his employerin respect to salary, wages, or other

For the calendar~year944an d subse-compensation received during 1943.

quent years,. the declaration willbefiled not later than March15 of suchtaxable year and the quarterly pay-ments will st ar t at th atime.

Who must file declaration of esti-mated tax.-A declaration is requiredto be filed by any individual:

(a ) Single, or married but not liv-ing with spouse at the da terescribedfor he making of the declaration,whether or not head of a family, if hehad for the taxable year1942,or canreasonably beexpected to have for thetaxable year 1943,

(1) grossncome of morehan$2.700 from wages subject to with-holding; or

(2 ) gross income of more than $100from sources other thanwages subjectto withholding, and gross income of$500 or more from all sources.

(21) Married and living with spouseat the dateprescribed for the makingof the declaration, if he had for thetaxable year 1942 or can reasonablybe expected to have for the taxableyear 1943,

(1) gross ncome from wages sub-jact to withholding which, when added

(Continued on Page62 )

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SIX MONTHS' PRODUCTION 'FO

Seven ty percen t of th e Navy planes pzoduced in Ju ne we re combat types: f ighters or bombers. T h e num-ber of combat planes produced in June w as tw o-and-a -ha l f times t he total f o r January 1943 an d more thant r i p l e t he t o ta l f o r June1942. Sh ow n above are P B M ' s ulzder construction.

"Official U . S. N : ~ v y ho~togrwplls.

Nearly our imes as many orpedo bombers wereproduced in J u n e 1943 as in J u n e 1942. Diee bomberproduct ionw asmult ipl ied s ix and one-half t imes.Planes pictured re GrummanAuenpers.

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the Navy during the first ha!fof 1943. This is as manySubstantially more tha n 9,000planes were produced for

planes as were accepted by the Navy in all of 1942, andtwo-and-a-half times the 1941Navy production.

duction moved up t o a new higil record, showing especiallyEach month this year, xcept January, Navy plane pro-

sharp advances during the second quarter. But produc-tion has merely kept pace with the demands of the war.Navy ship construction this year, as Secretary of the NavyFrank Knox has said, will be distinguished by its emphasison aircraft carriers, and airplane production must keep

and land-based planes.in step with the Navy's increasing need for carrier-based

The more than 9,000 planesproduced n the irst 6months of the year do not represent a net increase in the

includes trainersandutility planes. Moreover,some ofNavy's combat airstrength of that amount.The 9,000

the Navy's new combatplanes were transferred to th eArmy or lend-leased to foreign governments, and a partof the new productionwas offset by battle losses and

obsolence. In spite of these offsets, for every dozen com-bat planes n the Navy's air arm on 31 December 1942there now are more tha n a score.



E NAVY: 9,000 PLANES, 6,000 SHIPS

"Official U. S. Sa~-yhotog~aph .

Newly comp le ted combatant sh ips accounted for the largest share o f t h e t o t a l n e w t o w a g e in t h e first G

m o n t h s of 1943. He re th e Izz trepid, one of t h e Nauy's n e w carriers, floats out of th e g r a u in g d o c k a t Ne wp o r tNe ws , Va ., w here she was built. She wa s christened on 26 April 1.943.

struction of more than 6,000 navalcraft of all classesNavy yardsandprivateshipbuilderscompletedcon-

during the fir st half of 1943.This total is an increase 'of250 percent over the num-

ber of vessels completed in the same period of 1942. Thevessels had an aggregate cost of approximately $2,500,-000,000. Their combined tonnage exceeded 1,000,000standard displacement tons.

Although the newly completed combatant ships-bat-tleships, aircraft carriers , cruisers, destroyers, destroyerescorts, and submarines-d id not make up a large partof the 6 months' numerical total, they accounted for thelargest share of the total new tonnage. The number ofnew combatant vessels completed in the first6 months of1943 was almost three and one-half times the total forthe same period of 1942, etting a new all-time record forNavy construction. For every three warships in the fleeton 1 January 1943, the Navy completed one additionalfighting ship during the first half of the year.

The first half of 1943 saw the completion of the firstvessels of a new combatant type, the destroyer escort.

-Official U. S. on s t Guard rhotograph.

Largest group of vessels mumerically among the Jan-uary-Jzcne completions were landing craft (exclusive frubber boats), which accounted for substantially moretha% half o f th e to tal .

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“Official U. S. Nar y Photograph.

Fleet Recreation Ceeter-oee spot in the war-boulzd South Pacific that is truly pacific.

The Navy’s Recreation

Recognizing that recreationndmorale-building activities are neces-sary for the general well-being of itsmen, the Navy now has more than 500recreation of fic ere men with not lessthan five full years’ experience in th ?field of community recreation orlliedfields-serving wi th its forces.

Officers,known as DistrictRecre-ation Officers, are assigned to eachnavaldistrictfor the administration ’

and conduct of the recreation pro-gram.

Recreation officers are still needed.Many of those already n service havebeen and will continue to be orderedto overseas duty where th e Navy feels

th e greatest need for recreation andmorale-building activities exists.The recreation program calls forhe

500 Officers With ForcesDirect Far-Flung Activities

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provision of recreation structures,in-cluding auditoriums, gymnasiums, or

“Recreation in the Navy doesplay a vital part in mainta iningand strengthening the characterqualities th at develop the n-dividual and yet encourages andstimulates him to take his as-signed place on the team wi thpride and honor. The results ofthis policy are proving that theBluejacket of today’s Navy . . .is better able to meet his firstobligation-to be ready to serveand defend his country.”

-RANDALLACOBS.

Rear Admiral, USN,The Chief of Naval Personnel.

Program

combination of both;game rooms,bowling alleys, library rooms, andother facilities. Provided too are out-door recreation areas, with construc-tion of a temporary type onases out-side the United States.

The enthusiasm on the part of th emen of the naval forces for the recre-ation program, th e increasing demandfor facilities and the increased callsfor recreationequipment peak orthemselves. Facilitiesave beenplanned with expertness and pro-grams have been built around recre-ation activities n which the men mostcare to participate.US0 Camp Shows, Inc., in cooper-

ation with theNavy, is providing pro-fessional theatrical performances onall naval activities both in and out-



side the continent. The argest he-atrical troops visit the largeractivitieswhile the smaller roops cover themany minor activities. Performancesare given as often as racticable.

Another activity which is tradi-tionalwith he Navy is the NavySmoker. A t these popular affairs am-ateur talent among the men is given

an opportunity. These affairs usuallyfeature boxing and wrestling matches.

For the most part, sports are con-ductedon an ntramural basis. Oc-casionally, interstation schedules inbaseball, basketball, boxing, wrestling,swimming, track, and the full calen-da r of traditional American competi-tive sports are conducted. The policy

of “participation for alp is followedin the planning of the station’s ath-letic events.

The Navy Motion Picture Exchangecontracts with he motion picture in-dustry orhe best entertainmentfilms it can produce. hre ry ship andshorestation,whenoperationsper-mit, is provided wi th moving pictureprograms.

V o l l e y b a l k sceme repea ted m am y t im e s aday

aroumd t he wo rld . At the Fleet Recreation Center imthe So ut h acific, th e mem furnished he brawlz t o b d dthese courts.

A m overhanging tree a l lows swimmers o imdulge ilz

acrobatics alolzg with the ir aquatics at this swimm in’ho le at th e leet Recreatiom Center on am island in t h eSout h Pacific.

Af loa t or ashore , me n o f th e N avy hav e th e ir ecre -atiom. Here, om the dec k ofam airc raft carrier,blue-jackets line up on t h e “island” catwalks as we ll as t h ef l ig h t d e c k , to wa tc h th e20-yard dash.

“Official U.S. Navy P h o t o g r a p h s .

Ma tchin g their wits at chess are am Americam and abearded Australiam i m a match aboard a United Stateswarship i m th e Pacific.

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77,000 V-12 -Studentsat 212 SchoolsProgram, Off to Good Start, WillProvideFuture Officers forNavy , ’

Navy V-12 students eported foractive duty on 1 July a t 131 collegesand universities and 81 medical anddental schools. The operation, which

was the largest of its kind in thehistory of American education, pro-ceeded according to plan. The num-ber of students actuallyeportingdeviated by less than 2 percent fromthe number estimated, and the dis-tribution amongUnitswas lmostprecisely in accord with previouslydetermineduotas. Approximately77,000 students in appropriate NavalorMarine Corps uniforms are nowattendingregular classes under theprogram prescribed,by t he Bureau ofNaval Personnel.

Officers of a l l Navy V-12 Units on 10Dispatch reports from Commanding

July ndicated no serious difficultiesinarranging atisfactory academicprogramsor V-12 students. Co-operation of college and universityfaculties and administrative officershavebeen uniformly xcellent andenthusiastic; andbecause the Bureaumade a special effort to have tran-scripts of academicecords trans-mitted well in advance of registration,college directors of admissions, regis-tra rs, and aculty committees were ngeneral able to arrange satisfactoryschedules for all tudents.

Since the possibility of a relativelysmallnumber of misfits had been

foreseen,ommanding OfficersfNavy V-12 Units were given tempo-rary authori ty to effect transfers ofstudentswithout eferringcases tothe Bureau.Reports to heBureauindicate that nearly all essential stu-dent transfers were completed before15 July, so that the students nvolvedlost no more time from their studiesthan is normally lostby many civilianstudentsach year throughateregistration.

Successful inauguration f the V-12Program emphasizes again the ordialand effective relationships xistingbetween t he Navy and American edu-

cational nstitutions. Only completeand intelligentcooperation canac-count for the smoothness with whichthe oDerationasompleted onschedule.

Institutions where V-12 units ar enow established are listed below.

(N=NROTC, E=Engineering, P=Pre-Med, B=Basic.Name in italicsindicates th at Marine Corps Person-nel lso will e ssigned there.)

FIRST NAVAL DISTRICT

. COLLEGE A N D LOCATIOrr

Maine:

Bates College, P. B.Lewiston, Maine.

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Massachusetts: New Jersey :College of the Holy Cross, N, P, B. Drew University, B.Worcester, Mass. Madison, N. J.

Harvard University, N, P, B. Princeton University, P, B.

Cambridge, Mass. Princeton, N. J.

Massachusetts Institute of Tech- Hoboken, N. J.tevens Institute of Technology, E.

nolow. E. P.Cambridge, Mass.

1 ” 1 I

New York:

Tufts College, N, E, P, B.Medford, Mass.

Williams College, P, B.Williamstown, Mass.

Worcester Polytechnic Institute, E.Worcester, Mass.

New Hampshire:Dartmouth College, E, P+’.

Hanover, N. H.

Brown University, N, E, P, B.Providence, R .

Middlebury College, P, B.Middlebury, Vt.

Rhode Island:

Vermont :

THIRD NAVAL DISTRICT

Connecticut:Trinity College, P, B.Hartford, Conn.

Wesleyan University,P, B.Middletown, Conn.

Yale University,N, ,P, .New Haven.

“Quite a recoil, ai& it?”

Colgate University,P. B.Hamilton, N. Y.

Columbia University,E, P.New York, N.Y.

Cornell University,E, , B.Ithaca; N. Y.

Hobart & Wm. Smith Colleges, P, B.Geneva, N Y. -

Rensselaerolytechnicnstitute,

Troy, N. Y.

St. Lawrence University, P,B.Canton, N. Y.

Union College, E, P, B.Schenectady, N.Y.

University of Rochester, E, P, B.Rochester, N. Y.

Webb Inst itute of Naval Architec-

New York, N.Y.

N, E.

ture, E.

FOURTH NAVAL DISTRICT

Pennsylvania:Bloomsburg State TeachersCollege,

Bloomsburg, Pa.

Bucknell University,E, ,B.Lewisburg, Pa.

Franklin & Marshall College, P, B.Lancaster, Pa.

Muhlenberg College,P, B.Allentown, Pa.

Pknnsylvania State College, B.State College, Pa.

Swarthmore College, E, P, B.Swarthmore, Pa.

University of Pennsylvania, N, B.Philadelphia, Pa.

Ursinus College, P, B.Collegeville, Pa.

Villanova College,E, P, B.Villanova, Pa.

B.

l?IFTH NAVAL DISTRICT

Maryland:Mount St. Mary’s College, B.Emmitsburg, Md.

Emory and Henry College,P, B.Emory, Va.

Virginia :





Central Missouri StateTeachers

Warrensburg, Mo.

Missouri Valley College, B.Marshall, Mo.

Northwest Missouri State TeachersCollege, B.

Marysville, Mo.

Park College, B.Parksville, Mo.

Southeast Missouri Sta te Teachers

College, P, B.Cape Girardeau,Mo.

Westminister College, P, B.Fulton, Mo.

Doane College, B.Crete, Nebr.

Peru State Teachers College, B.Peru, Nebr.

North Dakota:St at e Teachers’ College, B.Dickenson, N. Dak.

State Teachers’ College, B.Minot, N. Dak.

State Teachers’ College, B.Valley City, N. Dak.

Baldwin-Wallace College, P, B.Berea, Ohio.

Bowling GreentateUniversity,

Bowling Green, Ohio.

Case School of Applied Science, E.Cleveland, Ohio.

Denison University, P, B.Granville, Ohio.

John Carroll University, P, B.

Cleveland, Ohio.Miami University, P, B.Oxford, Ohio.

College, B.

Nebraska:

Ohio:

P, B.

“Now, mow, dear-im just a fewmilzutes we’ll see Daddy.”

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Obe rlin College, P, B.Oberlin. Ohio.

Ohio Wesleyan University, P, B.Delaware, Ohio.

Lawrence College, B.Appleton, Wis.

Marquette, University, N, E, P.Milwaukee,Wis.

University of Wisconsin, E;Madison, Wis.

Wisconsin :

ELEVENTH NAVAL DISTRICT

Arizona :Arizona State Teachers College, B.Flagstaff, Ariz.

California Inst itute of Technology,

Pasadena, Calif.

Occidental College, P,B.Los Angeles, Calif.

University of California,N, , B.Los Angeles, Calif.

University of Redladds, B.Redlands, Calif.

University of Southern California,

Los Angeles, Calif.

University of New Mexico, N,E, P, B.Albuquerque, N. Mex.

California:

E.

N, E, , B.

New Mexico:

TWELFTH NAVAL DISTRICT

California:College o f th e acific,P, B.Stockton, Calif.

University o f California,N, , , B.Berkeley, Calif.

Colorado College, P, B.Colorado Springs, Colo.

University of Colorado,N, E, P.Boulder, Colo.

THIRTEENTH NAVAL DISTRICT

Colorado:

Montana:Carroll College, P, B.Helena, Mont.

Montana School of Mines, E, B.Butte, Mont.

Oregon:Willamette University,P, B.Salem, Oreg.

Gonzaga University, P, B,Spokane, Wash.

University of Washington, N, E, P, BSeattle, Wash.

Whitman College, P, B.Walla Walla, Wash.

University of Idaho,outhern

Branch, P , B.Pocatello, Idaho.

Washington:

Idaho:

“War on the Seas”Film

Now Being Distributed

“War on the Seas,” produced at th e

request of the Bureau of Naval Per-sonnel by theMarch of Time and

dealink with actionat sea in both theAtlantic nd Pacific theaters incePearlHarbor,ncluding a graphic

summary of basic Axis strategy, is

now being distributed to naval activ-ities. It can be requested fromTraining Aid, Libraries a t any NavalDistrictheadquarters.

MedicalNotes

A summary of work recentlycompleted on the sterilization of

drinking water by iodinecom-pounds in he NavalMedicalResearch Institute,ndicatesthat commonly available tinc-ture of iodine is a safe and re-liableethod of sterilizingdrinkingwater (BuMed NewsLetter, 23 July 1943).

Water may be consideredpotable in 15 minutes followingthe introduction of two or threedrops of full strength 7 percenttincture of iodine in a canteenof water.

*The Naval Medical ResearchInst,itute is currentlyconduct-ing a number of investigationswhich give romise of muchpractical value tohe avalservice. Among these is the de-velopment of ointments for pro-tectiongainstlashurns.Experiments have shown that adegree of protectionreaterthan afforded by a regulationNavy undershirtan beb-tained by certainpreparations

suitable for skin application.

aThe Institute has also under-

taken a study o ncrease theduration of effectiveness ofinsect repellents as an adjunctto th e problem of malaria con-trol. Several materialsavebeenevelopedwhichffordprotection in the laboratoryex-perimentswith caged fever-bearing mosquitoes for 60 to 72hours. Field trials willbe con-ducted in the near future.







In the Tropics: Marine Pilots Paint More Jap ,Flags

These marine fighter pilots, as their score board shows, W. J. Shocker, USMC. (The Japanese bombers cameshot down 12 Japanese planes in the7 April air batt le over escorted by 48 Zero fighters to attack United States ship-Guadalcanal.Thirty-nine of 50 enemybombers were ping in the Guadalcanal area, andere successful in sink-

losses were 6 Wildcats, an Airacobra, a destroyer, a cor- a small fuel boat. Referring o the same attack, Tokyodestroyed during their attack on Allied shipping. Allied ing a destroyer, a corvette and a tanker, and indamaging

vette, a tanker. Talking over the victory were Lt. Arthur claimed that 1 cruiser, 1 destroyer, and 10 transports wereT. Wood,USMC, Lt. Frank B. Baldwin, USMC, and Lt. sunk and 37 planes downed at a loss o f 6 Ja p aircraft.)

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How Plasma Works-And Why ,

Itsimplerocesses

Reduce Bad Reactions

This article was written b y Lt.Comdr. Charles M . Thompson, (MC)USNR.

Blood may be divided into the solidportions which are he corpuscles,platelets, and other lements, and intoplasma. Plasma is the medium inwhich the solid particles circulate, ndcontains in solution most of the ma-terials ormaintaining body nutri -tion. The most important of these inplasma are the proteins, and of thesealbumin and globulin are outstand-ing. Themain purpose of red cor-puscles is to carry oxygen to the tis-sues; of the white corpuscles, to mo-bilize in case of germ invasion.Plasma, besides being the stream in

which theseelements ravel,carriesfood and water to the iving cell.Plasma hasnothermportant

quality which in our consideration ofshock isundamental. Due totsviscosity, or thickness, it has theabil-ity to act like a sponge. The result isa force within the capillaries thattends to prevent leakage oross to thetissues outside. Shock causes damageto capillaries which-dilate andecomemore permeable, fluid is lost outsideof the circulating ystem, and he

pump, or heart , eventually fails dueto loss of volume and pressure in th atsystem.

In shock, nature 's perfections failand the plasma in the body, which issupposed to keep in balance the fluidwithin the circulating system and thatout in the tissues; is not adequate tothe job. Plasma itself is lost throughthe damaged capillaries. The esultis a fall in th e circulating volume ofthe blood and gradual loss of th issponge-likeoldingorce againstfurther loss.

Therefore, in sliock we are nter-ested ingiting plasma.Wedo notusually need ed blood cells, unlessthere is anemia, caused by severehemorrhage, for th e body needs onlyto replace plasma.

It is fortunate hatnaturehassimplified our needs in treatingshockso that we can use only the plasmaportion of the blood. Plasma can bestored ndefinitely in dry, powderedform. There is no need for typing, asin whole-blood transfusions. The bulkof plasma nfusion is muchsmallerth an th at of whole blood transfusion.The bad reactions from plasma arevery infrequent.Finally, in givingplasma, we are fixing on our argetwith a telescopic sight andanac-curate rangefinder. We are scoringa perfect hit!

Throughout the nation blood is be-ing taken rom donors.Before this

"Official Uni t ed States Navy Photograph.

1n sick' bay o f a United States warship an Americad sailor i s given ablood transfusion with plasma.

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blood clots it is put in machines calledcentrifuges and spun around at greatspeed. The heavy solid elements sinkto th e bottom of containers and theplasma is all at theop. This is drawnoff and further treated by heat andcold until it is a dry, ight-browncrystalline substance ike brown sugar.This is measured and put into sterile

bottles and sent ll over th e world. ,~

Just before using dry plasma, it ismixed wi th sterilewater. This mix-ture, when omplete, is called oneplasmanit. It is givenlowlythrough sterile and carefully packedtubing, through a medium sized,sterile needle into a vein in the arm.More than one unit, usually three orfour, are given in severeshock.

During the last war, lives were lostwithout this knowledge. Today, ustas many lives will be saved throughits use.

<his Extra Equipment

Will Aid in Combat

Seldom thought of items of per-sonal equipment may mean the dif-ference between being a real help oranother casualty during combat withthe fleet, the Bureau of Supplies andAccounts points out.

Three items f particular value are :

1. Short leather gloves.2. A jackknife.2. Felt-soled shoes, or slip-on fel t

soles.

Bomb and shell hits invariablybring wreckage and fires. Themanwho attempts o fight fires or clearwreckage with barehands exposeshimself unnecessarily. It is desirablethat shor t leather gloves such as areavailable in most ship's stores berolled up lengthwise and stowed underth e flap of pistol holsters before batt lestations are taken,o that theywill bereadily accessible.

It is recommended that every mancarry an ordinary ackknife a t alltimes, referably on aanyard. Ajackknife is indispensable in cases ofemergency.

Wet or oily decks furnish a n addi-tional hazard in battle. Particularlywhen the sNps listing, slipperydecksmake it almost impossible to maintainfooting in ordinary shoes. It is ur-gently advised that al l men-and es-pecially those in damage-control par-ties-be furnishedwithslip-on eltshoes. If suchshoes are not issued,each man should do the job. himself,getting a piece of thick felt from the

supply department a nd having a cob-bler do the rest.



I Portuguese: Short List of Words andPhrases IThe following list, fourth in series settingorth phrases

in languages common to areas inwhich the Navy is operat-ing, is designed for Naval personnel interested in acquiringa limited knowledge of certain phrases. It was preparedby the Language Unit of the Educational Services Sectionof the Training Division. In May th e INFORMATIONULLE-TIN published a Japanese Phrase List; in June, Spanish;in July, French. After exhausting the possibilities of this

Programmay familiarize themselves with the article,phrase list, personnel interested in he NavyLanguage

“Language Program Expanded,” in the 15 March issue ofthe TraDiv Letter, page 35. 1

Useful Words and Ph rases

Thank you

Don’t mention it

Muito obrigado

{N&o [Obrig%otrde que

NEto seja por isso

Understand me? Me compreende?

YesNo

I wantcigarettes

accommodationscigars

to eatto sleepto bathe

What is?

thatthis

Spanish

Come outEnglish

ow many men

Do you speak?

with you?

SimNBo

Eu querocigarroscharutnspens60comerdormir

Que e?banhar-me

esteisso

espanholingles

Fala o senhor?

SaeQuantos homens

com o senhor?

Mween‘-to o-bree-

0-bree-gah’-doNown-ah-day-kay

N o m say‘-zhah por

May com pray-en‘-

gah’-do

eel-so

seengnown

Ay’-00 kay’-rosee-gar’-ros

pane-sown’Shah-roo‘-tos

co-mare’dor-meer’bahn-yar‘-may

ee’-soay -stay

Een-glays’ay-spahn-yol’

day?

Kay ,&Y?

Fah’-lah o sane-yor’?

Sah‘-ayKwahn’-tos 0 ’ - ,

manes com o sane-vor’?

I have TenhoI have not N&o enho

Tanel-yo

How do yousay

in Como diz-se em por- Cop-modees-say eng

Nown tam’-yo

Portuguese? tugues? por-too-gays‘I am hungry Tenho fome

am thirstyTane’-yo foh-may

I do understand CompreendoTenho sede Tanel-yo seh-day

Com-pray-en’-doI don’t understand N % o compreendo Nown com-pray-en’-

n (mis ter) Senhor Sane-yor’

MissI need

Sane-yor-ee‘-tah

dum fatodum cobertor

doong fah’to

lease Faqa o favordoong co-bare-tor’

HereFah’-sah o fah-voP

EnoughAh-kee‘

HOW re you? Como vai?Bahs-tahn’-tay

Very Muito bemCo’-mo vy?

thank you obrigadoMween’-to beng

o-bree-gah’-do

d evening (after- Boas tardesand you? e o senhor? ee o sane-yor’?

Bo‘-ahs tahr’-daysnoon)

ello (Good day) Bom DiaGood night Boa noiteo’-ahoif-tay

Bong dee‘-ahello (telephone) A16y name is Chamo-mehat s your name? 0 senhor, c o m o se 0 sane-vm’. co’-mo

Shah‘-mo may

do

Muito Mween’-toSenhoritaEu precis0 Ay’-oo pray-see’-zo

a suita blanket

AquiBastante

Ah-lo’

ntil later

tars

is hotun

is coldind

here?

which,

elp !ecause

chama?Ate logo

EstrelasChuva

Faz calorSol

Faz frioVento

Que?Quem?

Onde?-Porque?

Quantos?

PorqueSocorro!

that? Que?

Ah-tay’ 10’-go

Ay-stray‘-lahs

Faha cah-lor’Sole

Fahs free’aVane’-toKeng?Kay?Own’-day?Por-kay’?Kwahn’-tobKay?Por’-RaySo-co’-ro

saychah’-mah?- ~

Shoo’-~ah

Note on PronunciationThe column indicating how to say the Portuguese

expression is an approximation. Nevertheless, a

here should have no trouble n being understood. Inperson who pays close attent ion to theronunciation

someareas where Portuguese is spoken, the finalvowel “ o ” is pronounced by giving it a quality ap-proximating th e sound of the English “00”; nd thefinal “s” !is pronounced “sh,” softer than n heEnglish word “ship.”

IllnessesI am sickAre you sick?

Estnu doenteEst&doente?

Ay-stoh’ do-&ne’-tayAy-stah’ do-ane‘-

I have a pain here Tenho uma dor aqui Tane -yo 00’-ma dor

Lie down!I need a

tay,?

ah-kee’Day’-tay sayeite-se!

Preciso dum Prav-see’-zo doone

Give me some

ChillsGrippe ’

ColdFeverIllnessIndigestion

Medicine

PoisonSurgeon

purgative

quinine

De-me algumapurgante

quininaArfepiosGriueRes‘friadoFebreDoengaIndigestSio

Medicamento

VenenoCirurgiLo

poor-gahn’-tay -

mah gee-nee’-nah

~ ~~~

Day’-me ahl-goo“

Ahr-rape-ee’os

Race-free-ah’-doGree’-pay

Fay’-brayDoh-ain‘-sahEeen-dee-zhays-

Mav-dee-kah-mane’-town‘

Vay-nay’-noSee-oor-zhee-own’

tbh

Accidentsand WoundsAre you hurt?

My arm isbroken

I am wounded

in the headin the foot

hereCan you dress

a wound?

Aspirin

Go straight ahead

To the leftTo the right

FebruaryJanuary

MarchApril

E Z eJulyAugust

OctoberSeptember I

NovemberDecember

Est& magoado?

Esta quebradomeu brago

Estou feridono p.6na cabegaaqui

uma feridaPode voc.5 pensar

Aspirina

LocationContinde em frente

4 esquerdaA direita

MonthsJaneiroFevereiroMargo

MaioAbril

JulhoJunho

AgostoSetembroOutubroNovembroDezembro

Days of theDay DiaMonth M&sWeekSundayMonday

Tuesday Terga-feiraWednesday Quarta-feiraThursday . Quinta-feiraFridaySaturday Sabado

Semana .Doming0Segunda-feira

Sexta-feira

Ay-stah’ mah-go-

Ay-stah’ kay-brah’-ah’-do?

brah’-sohdoh may’-oo

Ay-stoh’ fay-ree’-dono Paynah cah-bay’-sah

Po-day vo-say’ah-kee’

pane-sar oo‘mafay-ree’-dah

Ah-spee-ree’-nah

Con-teen-00’-ayeng frayn’-tay

Ah es-kare’-dahAh dee-ray‘-tah

Zhah-nay‘-ro

Mahr’-soFay-vay-ray‘-ro

Ah-breel’

Zhoonl-yoZhoo1’-yo

Say-tern’-broOh-too’-broNo-vem’-broDay-zem’-bro

My’-Oh

Ah-gos,-to

Week

MehsDee’-ah

Say-mah‘-nahDon-meen’-goSay-goon’-dah fay‘-

Tair’-sah fay‘-rahKwar’-tah fay’-rah

Sase’-tah fay’-rahKeen’-tah fay’-rah

Sah’-bah-do

rah

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NauticalSailor Marujo orah-ru"zho

Ofacer OficialDock Molhe

0-fee-see-ahl'

OceanMole'-yay

ChainOceanoAmarra

0-say-ah'-noAh-mah'-rah

Depart SairPort

Sah-eer'P6rto Por'-toh

ShipUniform Uniforme

Navioah-vee'-oOo-nee-for'-may

Marinheiro M.ah-reen-yare'-O

Human BodyArm Braqo Brah"so

Back CostasBody Cot-stahsCorpoEar

Dor'-poOrelha Oh-ra1e'-yah

Finger DedoFoot PB

Day'-do

Hair Cabelo %i-bay'-loHand MA0 Mown (rhyme with

Head

Mouth BocaPare'-nah

NeckBo'-cah

Pescopoace-co'-soNoseTeeth

Nariz Nah-reez'Dentes . Dayn'-tays

Eye Olho Ohl"y0

town)

Leg PernaCah-bay'-Saa

Food, drink, tobaccoKnifeFork

SpoonA cupof coffee

A glassof tea

of beerBeansBreadButter

2MeatMilkPotatoes

DrinkingRice

water

Food

TomatoesMatches

Oranges

TobaccoPipe

GarfoFaca Fah'-cah

ColherUmadhLvenaOo-'mahehah'-vay-

Kohl-yare' [nah

Gar'-foh

de cafede chB

day kah-fay'

Um cop0omoh'-pohday shah'

FeijBesde cerveja dayare-vay'-zhah

PBOFay-zhoyns'Pown

p n t e i g a Mahn-tay'-gahovosPeixe

0 "VOS

Pay' shehCarne Kahr' neh

BatatasLeite Lay' teh

ArrozBah-tah'-tahsAh-rose'

ksforos Fohs'-fbr-ohsTomates To-mah'-taysLaranjas Lah-rahn'-zhahs

TabacoCachimbo Cah-sheem'-bo

Tah-bah'-co

1 ooP.M. Uma hora da tarde

1:103:00

5:OO8:151o:oo

~

As oito e quinze

7:40 As sete e quarenta

9:25 As nove e vinte e

Uma e desAs Tr&s

'

As cincoAs de&

cinco

11 30 As onze e meia

Day after tomorrow Depois de amanhB

Day before yesterday Ante-ontemEvening (afternoon)TardeNight NoiteYearNow

A n0

MinuteAgora

MomentMinutoMomento .

TodayTomorrow HojeYesterday

AmanhL

When does the ship Quando parte 0Gntem

sail? navio?

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RmmunitionBomb3annonHalt ! Who's

Parachutethere?

PlaneRifleWar

12325678910

1211

1314

1615

1817

20

19

21

3032

4050

70EO

9080

165100

1000

Dollar

MilitaryMunipBoBomba

Alto! QuemCanhBo

Para-quem

AviloFuzilGuerra

vai ai?

Moo-nee-sown'Borne'-bahCahn-yown'AhY-toh! Keng

Pah'-rah-kay"vy ah-ee'?

Ah-vee-yown'dahs

Foo-zeel'Gay'-rah

NumbersOne half Urn meio Oong may'-o

Um or Umaong Od-mahDois or Duas Doo'-ahsTreS TraysQuatro KWah'-trOCinco Seenk'-oSeisSete

NoveOito

W Z

DozeOnZe

TrezeCatorzeQuinzeDemsseisDezasseteDez6itoDezanove

VinteVinte e umTrinta

QuarentaTrinta e dois

CinquentaSessentaSetentaOitenta

Cem (orcento)Noventa

Cento e sessen-ta e cinco

Mil

SaysSay'-tay

Nad-vayDes0Wn"my

Oy"t0h

Doh'-mYTrayl-myKah-tor'-zayKeen'-myDayz-ahs-says'Dayz-ahs-say'-tayDayz-oy'-tohDayz-ah-naw'-vay

Veen'-tayVeen'-tay ee oong

Treen'-tah ee doysTreen'-tah

Kwah-rane'-tahSeen-kwane'-tahSays-sane'-tah '

Say-tam'-tah

Naw-vane'-tahOy-tane'-tah

Seng (Sane'-toh)Sane'-toh ee says-

ko ,

sane'-tah ee seen'-

Meel

Money

{Escudo (Portugalj

Ay-sko0"do

Cruzeiro (Brazil) Croo-zav'-rocent 'centavo50 centsCinquenta centavos Seen-kwane'-tah

' sane-ta2-vo

How much?uanto? Kwahn'-toh?san-tab'-vos

TimeWhat time is it? Que horas SLO? K a y 0'-rasown?Is there time? Ha tempo? Ah tame'-po?It is noon k meio dia

Midnight Meia noiteAymay'-ohdee'-ah

1:00A. M.May'-ahnoy'-tay

Uma hora damanhl Oo'mah 0'-rah dahmahn-yahn'

Oo'mah 0'-rah dah

00'-mah ee des

A h s seen'-koh [zay

Ahs trays

Ahs oy'to ee keen'-Ahs desAhs say'tay ee kwah-

ran&-tahAhsaw'-vay ee

veen-tay ee seen'-

Ah6 ohn'-zay eeko

Day-poys day ah-may'-ah

Ahn'-tay ohn'-tengmahn-yahn'

Tahr'-dayNoy'tay

Ah-go'-rahAh'-no

Mee-noo'toMo-men'-to

0'-zhayAh-mahn-yahn'0hn'-tengKwahn'-do pabr'-tay

tahr'day

o nah-vee'-o

Distances

Kilom- Quilbme- Kee-lo'-met-

Inch Polegada Po-lay-gab"

Foot PC5 PayMile Milha Meel'-ya;

eters tros ros

dah

ChurchCity or townMarketPost Oface

StationStreetTelephoneVillageBakerBarberGive me a haircut

Dance hall

DoctorDrug store

GarageMovie

RestaurantShoe storeTailor

PrepositionsFromeay[n emtnside dentro dayn'-tro

a g

O fDn

de day

ro66-bre so'-braya

Wi thah

com kohngWithout sem seng

ConjunctionsAnd e eeAs como co'-mo

But mas mahsIf se sayDr ou oh

Adjectives

Curto Coor'-tohLongo Lohn'-go

Red VermelhoVare-male'-

Blue Anrl Ah-zool'Green Verde Vare'-dayYellow Amarelo Ah-mah-ray'

Black Negroay'-gro

Y O h

l O h

orh e t o Pray'-tOh

Whiteranco Brahn'co

Bad Mau Mow (toGood Bom Bohn

rhvme with

Small

WellSick

LowHigh

ColdHotWet

Dry

PequenoDoenteBemAltoBaixoFrio

MolhadoQuente

seco

COW)

Pay-kay'-noDo-an&-tagBengAhl"t0By'-shoFree'-ohKane'-tayMole-vah"

doSay'-co

Pronouns

Shehers

They

Me

MY

WeYourOurTheirThese

YO U

He kle Ay'-lay

Voc6oh-say'

His. her,eu Say'-oo

I E U AY'-OO

Places to GoIgrejaCidadeMercadoEstapLo de mrreio

EstapLoRua

PovoapLoTelefone

BarbeiroPadeiro

Corte-me o cabelo

SalLo de baile

WdicoFarmLcia

GaragemCinemaRestauranteSapateriaAlfaiate

Ee-gray'-zhahSee-dah'-dayMare-cah'-doAy-stah-sown'

Ay-stah-sown'Roo'-ahTay-lay-fohn'

Pah-day'-roPo-vo-ah-sown'

Bar-taay'-roCor'-tay may

Sah-lown' dayo cah-bay'-lo

May'-dee-coby'-lay

Far-mah'-see-ahSee-nay'-mahGah-rah'-zhengRays-tow-rahn'-taySah-pah-tay-ref?'-ahAhl-fy-yah'-tay

day co-ray'-o





Secretary Knox Visits San D iego Naval Hospital

“ Ge t a la a g h o u tof life,” Mr. K n o xtold the patients .

A Silver Star Medal was presented t o H u g h Poole Su ther land , PhMlc ,

U SN R , o f Ha nford , Cali f. , a t ceremonies dur ing the Secretary’s visit on29 June. Sutherland was cited for heroismn adminis ter ing f irs taid underheavy fire at Guadalcanal. Na val officers, Left to ri gh t, re: Kear Ad mi ralD.W . B ag le y, V S N , c o m m a n d a n t o f t h e E l ev e n t h N a v a l D i s t ri c t ; C a p .L y m a n S. Perry , U SN , a ide to th e Secretary , and Capt. M or t on D. Will-cutts (MC) USN , h ospital executive off icer . ecretary K n o x inspected longrow s of be ds in th e hospital, formerly San Diego exposition buildings inBalboaPark. H e praised Nava lmedical officers for th e i rw o r k ,a n d .chatted with patients and those assigned t o du ty th ere .

“Official G. S. Kavy Photographs.

Some bed-r idden, some n crMches, some in wh e e l ch airs, Na v y me n a n d Ma r iw s r owd ed the open-air patio t o

Listen.

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”Official U.8. Sary Photoginph.

The j b g s and stripes t o the left of the bottom row of flags imdicate. the lzumber of Japanese fighters alzdbombers L t. Stamley W . Vejtasa, USN, as accoumted for ilz his Grummam Wildcat .

Courage + Training = Victories

The Navy’s air commander in theSouth Pacific, inadispatch o heNavy Department, gives basic creditto Naval Aviation’s systemof trainingcarrier pilots and aircrewmen for thecontinuing series of Naval a ir victorieswhich began within wo months afterPearl Harbor and has been featuredby triumphs won in the Coral Sea, a tMidway, Guadalcanal, and during thecurrent offensive.

The training program, rounded ona combination of years of scientificresearchand of combat knowledgeimparted by battle-wise flyers broughtback tonstruct Naval Aviationcadets, drew this cabled tribute fromVice Admiral Aubrey W. Fitch, USN,

CommanderAircraft, South PacificForce :

“Operational-trained Navy andMarine Corpspilots arriving this areaaredemonstrating a highorder ofability as combat pilots.”

Admiral F’itch had been asked byRear Admiral John S. McCain, USN,

Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics,[now Vice Admiral McCain, DeputyChief of Naval Operations (Air) 1, toreport on th e quality of pilots he is

What’s Back of Navy’s RecentA i rT r i u m p h s i n Pacific

receiving under the Navy’s system ofcombat pilot training. Under thissystem thefirst“generation”fights,returns and teaches the next “genera-tion,”which hen goes to he field,returning to train theollowing “gen-eration,’’ etc. The present“genera-tion” in the field was trained by thecombataces of 1941 and 1942-menlike Lt. Comdr. John S. (Jimmy)Thach, us&’-and is now fighting fromcarrier. decks and land bases in thepresent SouthPacific push.

Representative Melvin J. Maas, ofMinnesota, ranking Republican mem-ber of the House Naval Affairs Com-mittee, and a colonel in the MarineCorps Reserve, recently completedaninspection tourndtudy of allphases of Navy aviation training. Inhisirsttatementoncerning histour, RepresentativeMaas, a WorldWar Flyer, reported to the Chief ofBuAer:

“After having made complete sur-vey of the ent ire Naval and .MarineCorps aviation training program,amconvinced our Naval and Marinepilots

now being turned out are the finest-trained in the world.

“I attribute much credit for this to

and theuse of training devices knownour operational, or combat, raining

in theNavy as synthetic.“The operational training is highly

specialized and really trains the pilotfor actual combat. The extensive useof synthetic devices saves time,money,and lives, and adds tremendously t othe efficiency of the pilot.”

Naval aviatorsecentlyeturnedfrom heaters of operations, wherethey have distinguished themselves n

Admiral Fitch’s dispatch and Repre-combat, supply amplification of Vice

sentative Maas’ statement .Going into he Pacific with VF42

when war was declared,Lt.Comdr.Charles R. Fenton, USN, of Willi-mantic, Conn., commanded FightingSquadron 42 through four big Pacificbattles. Fighting 42 had an out-standing record, shooting down 54enemy planes, and accounting for 23probables.

“This squadron was one of the fin-est of its day, was well trained underPeacetime standards and the general

(Comtimued om Page 64)

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ONTH’S NEWS: U.S.ForcesNearMundaPoint;

Biggest Invasion Hi t s Sicily;

{Period o June 21 ThmfighJuly 20)Russians Counzer-Attack Near Orel

T he War

One of the most significant monthsof the war, July saw the United Na-tions open offensives on three fronts.This was the w a r picture on 20 July:1.Allied troops in thegreatest com-

bined military operation of all imehad invaded and were pushing deepinto the strategic sland of Sicily (seep. 3).2. A Paciflc offensive opened with

an invasion by American forces of th eNew Georgiagroup in the SolomonIslands. The Yanks tooknewbasesfor new attacks on the Japanese, in-

fleet and were drawing close to theflicting crippling blows to heJa p

important Nipponese base of Munda(see p. 2) .3. Russia turned what appeared to

be a new Nazi summer offensive intoa German defeat, driving from 26 to50 miles deep into German lines andinflicting heavy casualties to the en-emy in men, tanks and planes.

On 5 July, th e Germans launcheda series of powerful attacks againstthe Russian line on front extending12 miles south of Orel and 37 milesnorth of Belgorod, hurling hundredsof the huge Tiger tanks and an esti-mated 450,000men at the Red Army,

making several breaks and advancesinto the Soviet main line.In less than a week, however, th e

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Nazi drive had peteredut andStalin’s armies organized a counter-

attack.TheGermans were pushedback. By 20 July the Russians were12 miles from Orel.

Soviet communiques saidn 2weeks’fighting the Germans had lost 2,005planes, 3,500 tanks and had sufferedmore tha n 50,000 asualties.

Still another ictory was scored overthe Axis-a bloodless one in theWest-ern Hemisphere. The islands ofMartinique and near-by Guadeloupe,question marks in t he Caribbean f o r

Allies after their Vichy governor,the past 3 years, came over to he

Admiral Georges Robert, relinquishedhis authority t o HenriHoppenot of

theFrench Committee of NationalLiberation. Interned at Martiniquewere the aircraft carrier Bearn, twocruisers and 140,000 tons of merchantshipping. The shif t followed confer-ences etween PTesidentRooseveltand Gen. Henri Giraud, co-leader ofthe French Committee.

Allied air forces continued ’theircrushing aerial offensive against theAxis, pulverizing vital war industries,

throughout Germany and otherpartsports,nd otherndustrial areas

of northern Europe and opened whatwasbelieved to be a softening up proc-ess on Italy,possibly preceding an in-vasion of the mainland as oon as theSicilian campaign is moppedp.

Rome received ts first raid f the waron 19 July. Railyards ndother

military targets were bombed.The BritishAir Ministry announced

early in July that5,000 ons of bombswere dropped on Europe during une,10,000 ons of which found targets inGermany’s Ruhr Valley. ThismadeJune the top month in the aerialar.

A t sea, too, the Allies carried thewar to he enemy.Americannavalforces in he South Paciiic sank 13Japanese cruisers and destroyers andpossibly anotherfour n twonavalengagements in the Kula Gulf. An-other ten roop and supply shipswerereportedsunk by Americansubma-rinesperatinggainstapanese

shipping lanes. On 6 July, a n Ameri-can naval orce bombarded Kiska, hefirst sea attack against the last Japstronghold in the Aleutians since lastAugust. Threeother eabombard-ments followed within ten days.

Attacks on enemy submarines con-tinuedwithavorableesults ndGermanclaims of Allied shippinglosses during June were the lowestof the war.

One of the most amazingecords inthe submarine warfarewas made re-cently by an escortcarrier whichscored ten probable sinkings out of11 attacks onenemyU-boats.

Twosubs were definitely sunk,said heNavy, four others very probably were





T he Navy

“Official Red Cross Photograph

This photograph shows the contents o f the stad ar d 11-pound Ameri-can Red Cross food package, sent t o prisoners of war. From 1 January1941 to 30 April 1943, the value of all relief supplies for United Nationsprisoners of war amounted t o $13,761,130. Supplies shipped a d distrib-uted to 30 April included 2,303,290 food packages, 20,000 of which wentto United States prisoners im the FarEast and2,283,290 to Europeanprison camps. Government policy, through the Red Cross, i s to furnishone food package weekly to every American prisoner of war in Europe.Shipmelzt of supplies to the Far East i s much more difficult. Other Alliedprisoners also benefit under the program. Also provided are bulk foods,

medicines, obacco, cigarettes, clothing am? comfort a d oilet articles.The growing lzumber of United States civiliuns held by the Axis are like-wise provided for.

Henry L.Stimson, U. S. Secretary

series of conferences with the Brit ishof War, was in Great Britain for a

Highommand, R ime MinisterChurchill, and other British leaders.He declined to comment on a Euro-pean invasion.

aGeneral Henri-Honor6 G i r a u d,

commander of French forces n North

Africa, peaking before West Pointcadets on the ve of Bastille Day, de-clared the French army would fightside by side with the Allies to finalvictory in the Pacific.

5”3.

German authorities denied a reportthat Field MarshalErwinRommelhad been shot down by Allied fighterpilots while en route o Siciliy in atransport plane.

k

Gen. Wladyslaw Sikorski, premierof the Polish Government-in-exile

and commander of its armed forces,died in a plane crash off Gibraltar.The crash also took th e lives of 14

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others,ncluding Sikorski’s onlydaughter.

Army pilots during the 6 monthsending 30 June, destroyed 3,515enemyplanes, probablyestroyed 1,127others and damaged an additional1,280w’ith a loss of only 846 aircraft,Gen. Henry H. Arnold, Chief of theArmy Air Forces announced. The pi-lots participated n 89,691combat sor-ties on all fronts, he said, sank 121enemy ships, probably sank 74 othersEnd sccred hits on an additional 315.

In one year ending4 uly, the U. S.Army Eighth Air Force destroyed ordamaged 102 industrial targets, navalbases and war plants in Germany andGerman-held territory with 11,423tons of bombs, the War Departmentannounced. U. S. FlyingFortressesand Liberators in 68 daylight aidsshot down a total of 1,199 enemyplanes, probablydestroyed another525 and damaged 501. Enemy planes

shot down 276 American ombers.All operations were carried out fromairfields in England.

4

2($

A new Naval Air Transport Squad-ron (No. ) has been established toprovide rapid shipment of additionalpersonnel and war materials o theAlaskan area.rrangementslsohave been made wi th two interna-tional airlines (Pan American, Ameri-can Export) tosupplement the NavalAir Transport Service to supply othernaval establishmentsand fleet units.

‘ $ 7

Arrangements have een made withthe Postoffice Department or han-dling Christmas mail for members ofthe Navy, Marine Corps, and CoastGuard which should be posted duringthe period 15 September through31 October. Senders are requested tomark packages“Christmas parcel.”Underpostal egulations, Christmasparcels shall not exceed 5 pounds inweight, or 15 inches in length, or 36inches in length and girth combined.Parcels should not include ny weap-ons, perishables, intoxicants, poisons,

or inflammable articles such asmatches or lighter fluid. In general,the public is urged not to end food orclothing.

*New-typeooden hangars,he

largest clear spanwooden buildings nthe world, are being constructed atseveral points along he east andwestcoasts to house Navy blimps engagedin antisubmarine patrol. The hang-ar sare 171 feet (17 stories) high,

300 feet wide.more than 1,000 feet long and almost

aPresident Roosevelt has com-mended civilian employes of the RavyDepartment or heirpurchases ofWar Bonds. Since th e advent of th epay-rollsavings plan, th e personnel

total of $196,761,621 f War Bonds.of t he Navy has purchased a grand

*The United States submarine R 1 2

(normal complement: 28),engaged intraining exercises off the East Coast,was lost recently, apparent ly due toaccident. A number of officers andmen were unable to escape from thevessel. Salvage operationswere aban-donedbecause of thedepth o f thewater in which the R 1 2 ank.

7 2

m c e r s and enlistedmen of theMarine AmphibiousCorps, PacificFleet, are authorized to wear on theirleft sleeve near he shoulder a newamphibiousnsignia composedfthree whit.e stars above a gold alliga-tor head on a scarlet shield.

aProf. Albert Einstein, enowned sci-

entist, hasbeen employed as a civilian

by the Bureau of Ordnance, NavyDepartment, to conduct special re-search on explosives.



"Official U. S. Xavy Photograph.

POST: Vice Ad-McCain, USN,

of theBureau of Aero-

cs, bas been appointed to thet of Deputy Chief o f Naval O p-atioms (A ir) , created whenhe

mt approved a change in thef Naval Opera-

"Official U. S. Nary Photograph.

NEWBUAER CHIEF:Rear Ad-miral D. C. Ramsey, USN, formercommading officer of the U . S. S.

Saratoga a d now Task Force Com-m a d e r in the South Pacific, soon

wil l take over the duties of Chiefof the Bureau of Aeronautics, suc-ceedimg Rear Admiral John S . Mc-Cain, US N.

A Plastic shipbottom paint whichof naval

savings ofdeveloped by the

y afte r years of research. The

s in he str ain on machineryhas educed demandsfor docking

z?s

The 8,658-tonNavy cargohip,struck twice by Japanese tor-

area

dhas reached an Americanporther own ower for repairs.

at Guadalcanal.

72The Navy's program f o r the con-

f rubber and the conver-fromcrude to synthetic rubber

be virtually completed this fall.

n a report to theubber Director, thevy said that many gas masks arebeing made of synthetic rubber

d it also is being used extensivelyrubber-jacketed cables, submarine

battery arsand o t h e r

Students in the V-12 Program at-medical colleges are author-

ed to wear the regularmidshipmen's

f the oak leaf and acorn insignia ofsuperimposedona 45" angle. Simi-

dental students shall wear the

Approximately 100,000 a v i a t i o ntechnicians necessary f o r the main-tenanceandadministration of theexpanding Naval air force willbetrained- his year and even greaternumbers in succeeding years.

' aWork on theNavy's shore-based air

facilities-a programamounting tomore than $1,300,000,000-was 90percent-completedon 1 July. Morethan 200 naval air stations, most ofthem inheontinental UnitedStates, are included.

z?s

The Arst groupromotion ofwomen officers in the Naval Reservewas made 1 July. Thirty-two ensignswho had been on active dutysince1 September 1942 were promoted tothe rank of lieutenant, junior grade.

aA new type utility building, 40 feet

wide by 100 feet long, looking like a

big brother of the Quonset hut, hasbeen devised by the Navy and hun-dreds are being erected at numerousadvance bases. They are being usedfo r such purposes as recreation halls,storehouses, machinendepairshops. They can be set up in about300 man hours, exclusive of laying aconcrete floor.

z?s

A limitednumber of pretheologi-

cal and theological students are to eincluded in the V-12 program to in-sure a sufficient number of chaplainsfor .the expanding Navy.Upon suc-cessful completion of allprescribedtraining the studentswill be commis-sioned for active duty in the ChaplainCorps.

$3

A new training tation orheWomen's Reserve of the Coast GuardReserve at PalmBeach, Pla., wasformally commissioned 7 July. Morethan 1,000 women are quartered atthe new station where classes started

14 June.. I *_

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SpecialSalvage and ReclamationUnits composed of highly trainedmen are being set up t advance basesto expedite the hipment of scrapmaterials from battle zones tomeri-can ndustryand osalvageusableparts.

\72

Navy, MarineCorps, and CoastGuardpersonnel who served aboard -

vessels operating in actual or potential

belligerent contact with Axis forces intheAtlanticprior oPearlHarborwere authorized to wear a bronze "A"in lieu of a bronze star upon theAmerican DefenseMedal.

aWar dogs guarding the shores of

South Pacific bases have more th anproven their efficiency, reportsMa-mineCorpsCombatCorrespondentSgt. John F. Reilly, and cites as oneexample a German Shepherd whicharoused Marine guards by his insist-en t barking at the sea. Hours later ,

a Japanese fish float, used by the Japsto support their nets,washed ashore.The dog spotted it longbefore itwashed up on land.

CASUALTY FIGURES

since 7 December, 1941:Casualties amongnavalpersonnel through 20 July totaled 27,203. The totals

Dead Wounded M i s s i n g * Prisoners * TotalU. S.Navy_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 6,447 2,271U.S. Marineorps - _ _ _ _ _ 1,769,447,337,9069,961U.S. Coastuard _ - _ _ _ _ _ 82 . 2228

1,935 ' 6,8791 38 258- - - -

,398 4,7400,223,8427,203* A number of personnelnow carried in missing statusare undoubtedly

-"-prisoners o f wax not-yet officially reported as such.

I I

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“official U.S. Army Photograph.

This i s the mew airplame imsigniaadoptedbyhe U. . Navy andArmy aftermuch experimemtimg.The old imsignia, colzsisting of awhite star i m a circular field o f blue,and also the red dot of Japam andthe black cross of Germany, werefound to resolve into inuisibility atthe same distamce from the eye. As

they came closer, all appearedi m

the form of a dot . The new mark-ing comsists of the whitestar in thefield of blue, wi th theadditiom of awhite rectamgle attached horizom-tally at the right am? leftf the cir-cle, plus a red border emclosimg theemtire device. A t a greater distamcethe lzew markiltg will maimtain theshape of a lomg, marrow bar, makimgcomfusion withhe ememyesslikely. Navy amd Army plames oyerthe world will switch immediately.

United States destroyers, in a dar-

the Japanese fleet t o ,rescue 161 sur-ing mission, risked attack by units of

vivors of the U. . S. Helena (see pic-ture on p. 29), sunk during a navalengagement n heKula Gulf. Themen were picked upwithHigginsboats put over by the destroyers.

aRear Admiral Howard L.Vickery,

vice chairman of the Maritime Com-mission, revealed that fast, new-typeLibertyships are beingconstructedwhich will carry theirown helicopters

forntisubmarine work. Experi-ments were to be made lastmonth(July) with 40 by 40 flight decks onseveral of the vessels.

aHome Front

Congress recessed 8 Julyuntil 14September, its longest rest since1938,1 year prior to the opening of WorldWar II. During its closing hours, th etwohousespassed andsent o theWhite House appropriation bills thatmade th e 1943 fiscal year the costliest

year in all history. Treasury sti-mates showed that the fi rst esslon ofthe 78th Congress approved 18 appro-

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priation bills totalling approximately$110,396,000,000, bout 90 percent ofit f o r prosecution of th e war.

aThe first balloon barrage (30 bal-

loons) in theNew York metropolitanarea was raised la te in June over an“important objective” near he bigcity. Headquarters of thebarrageunit, operated by the Army, were es-tablished in a clubhouse nearby.

72An all-time record goal of 380,000,-

00 0 crop acres for 1944was demandedof American farmers by the War oodAdministration, an increase of 16,-000,000 acres over 1943.

Quotes of the Month

Admiral Nimitz: “Oursubmarinescontinue their destruction of enemyshipping-shipping Japan can ill af-ford t o lose-much of it within gunrange of important Japanese bases.”

aSecretaryKnox: “We have now

seized th e initiative. But ha t doesnot mean that the war has been wonor that victory is justaround hecorner.”

aBritishForeignSecretaryEden:

“There is n our heartsa fixed resolveto teac h Japa n that co-prosperity isnot achieved by cruelty and oppres-sion and that hewho draws th e swordshall perishby the sword.”

kWPB Chairman Nelson: “In 1942

th e United Nations outproduced theAxis almost two to one. I n 1944 itmay well benearly four timess great.That is the trend; let thenemy takenote of it.”

a

commentator:“The battle he aer-Admiral Luetzow, German aval

man U-boats have to wage has be-come, very, very hard.”

U.S. N A V Y LOSSESAs of I July

O v e r - De-

a n dodu e strayed

pre- w e -surne& v e n t To-

Battleships - 1 0 0 1Sunk lostcapture t a l

C,arriers_ _ 4 0 0 4Aircraft

HeavyCruisers” 6 1 0 6

LightCruisers" 2 0 0 2

Bstrovers-- 23 4 1 28Submai-ines- 2 6 1 9Miscella-

neous”” 40 4 7 51

Total- 77 15 9 101-- ”

“Official U. S. Navy Photograph.

Securely wrapped,properlyad-dressed Christmas packageso r menouerseas shouldbeplaced in the

mails between 15 September and31October. All letters and parcelsdispatched during that period areexpected to reachNauy,MarineCorps, and Coast Guard persommelom ouerseas duty before Christmas.The photograph vividly illustrateswhat happems to poorlywrappedparcels.

President Roosevelt, in a mote toPope pius: “There is no need for meto re afbm that respect for religious

beliefs and fo r the ree exercise of re-ligious worship is fundamental toourideas. Churches and religious insti-tutions will, to the extent th at it iswithin our power, be spared the de-vastations of war during th e struggleahead. Throughout the period of op-erations the neutral statusf VaticanCity as well as of the papal domainsthroughout Italywill be respected.”

aGen. H.H.Arnold,Chief of the

United States Army Air Forces: “Whyis it (the Luftwaffe) notnearly sostrong today? Well, take any numberand divide it again and again, to carefor all your increasing combat fronts,and you have decreasing air power o nany one front. It’s mathematics.”

aHouse MajorityLeader John W.

McCormack (D.-Mass.) : “WhetherIta ly makes peace terms or not, everyindicationpoints to he act hatItaly’s days of active participation inthiswar willbeover in henearfuture. . . . With taly withdraw-

ing . . . i t will mean 20 to 25 divisionsof I tal ian soldiers withdrawing fromth e conquered Balkan states . . .”



Generalissimo Chiang Kai-shek, onth e sixth anniversary of China’s warwith Japan: “On land, the Japaneseinvaderhas beenmireddown . . .with o hope of extricating im-self . . . hisnavalandair force isweak and losses to his warcraft andtransportsrearticularly heavy. . . Over his 8,000-mile front there sno place which is not feeling the in-creased pressure of the Allied offen-sive. . .Henceforth the aggressor hasno alternative but to await his doom

. . . the time limit of his utter defeatcannot exceed 2 years . . .”

a“Just plain inefficiency.”-United

shot downonly15 of 16 JapaneseStatesairmenexplaining why they

planes inanairbattlenear HongKong. *

Lt. Col. E. H. Burba, McAllister,Okla., just back from North Africa:“We anticipated the probable route of

ready to putdown heavy artillery fireevery enemy counterattack and were

before we made an advance on anyobjective. We had to be ready. TheGermans never allow you time to getset, and that is the secret of some oftheir successes in battle.They e-treat,henounterattack immedi-ately.” *

Chaplain (Maj.) Alvie L. McKnight,Cleveland, Miss., back from 5 months’duty on Guadalcanal: “Oc,caaiona!!y,especially on moonlightnights, Japbombers would come over the island.The men immediately jump to theirposts and into their foxholes. Whentheanticraft firegets close to he

bombers, cheers rise fromhe foxholes.Voices urge the gunners on. Whenthey score a hit, the noise is deafen-ing.’’

,

Two Short LettersThe following is reprinted

from Iowings, station paper a tU. S. Naval Air Station,Ot-tumwa, Iowa, without com-ment :

Somewhere in theSouth Pacific

9 May 1923D E A ~OLKS:Arrived 0.K. I don’t ike it

here. No shows,,girls, no placeto spend money. But hey dohave Japs.

Love,JOE.

Still Somewhere in the

9 July 1943South Parific,

DEAROLKS

Japs anymore,. .Love,

I like it better. We don’t have

JOE.

LIKE ALL GOOD SAILORS, be’s taking his medicine likeaman.scuttlebutt^ adopted by the crewof a minesweeper, had a good record

umtil he took off after a cat. His woeful expression i s explaimed by the15 days restriction he received f or being AWOL. I t doesn’t pay, heconfided to members o f the ship’s galley, his favorite hangout.

“Official U. S. Savy Photogra~)h.

Premier Mussolini of Italy:“Thiswar was not to be avoided lest Italy becompelled to commit suicide and re-nounce its rank asa historically greatpower.’’

9.7

“For a 12-day stretch, the infantry(American iiil’antrymen in Tunis-ian campaign) was outon a rock,with no cover, and under fire all thetime. They had little food, gettingsupplies only a t night. Within 3 daysandafter a long march, heywentintonotherattleor 14 days.They were in foxholes, eating coldcanned ations, i f any. Often heyhad no food orwaterfor 24 hoursa t a time. There were no bands play-ing. Their fighting spirit and loyalty

ford LeRoy Irwin and Brig. Gen. Ed-kept hem going.”-Maj.Gen. Staf-

win H. Randleon heir eturn toArmy Ground Forces headquartersafter service wi t h th e Ninth Division.

aBritish Foreign Secretary Eden: “It

would be in the nterests of humanity

i f SignorMussoliniwere to realizetha t the best thing he can do for hiscountry is to accept the unconditionalsurrender offered to him.”

A

President RoosevelCDrime Minis-ter Churchill: “Thesole hope of Italy’ssurvival lies in honorablecapitula-tion o the overwhelmingpower ofthe military forces of the United Na-tions.”

aPrimeMinisterChurchill: “mery

the King’s service tha t can be moved

man, every ship, and every airplane in

to the Pacific will be sent there.”

MiscellanyBirthday: Navy Research Labora- ’

tory, responsible for the developmentof such inventions as smoke screens,poison gas and self-sealing gas tanks;20 years old 2 July.

Saved: The death sentence of MaxStephan, convicted of treason for aid-ing an escapedNazi flier, wascom-muted to life mprisonment by thePresidcnt.

Still Lucky: Because his plane de-

veloper?. engine rouble, Lt. Col. Ed-ward V. Rickenbacker was forced toreturn to Moscow on th e first leg ofhis return flight to the United States.

Adopted:Legislation making th eWomen’s Army Auxiliary Corpsa partof the Army was signed by the Pres-ident.

He Forgot AboutSeasickness!

An incoming recruit walkedinto theReceiving Unit office a tthe U. S. Naval Training Sta- .tion, San Diego and asked togo back home.

“Can I, maybe, get a few dayscff?” he asked.

“But, you’ve gotta have threereasons-andgoodones!” saidth e office yeoman.

“I’vegot em.” -After accommodating him

with th e necessary forms forrecruit leave, the yeoman readthe lad’s reasons:

“1. My mother’s sick.”“2. My sister’s sick.”“3. I’m homesick.”

’ -The Hoist, NTS, San Diego.

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THE 1 W A S I O N . O F SICILY

I N AN AFRICAN PORT, ssault troops march aboard X I ' S that soon will head for Sicily. More than 3,000 shipscarried the British and American troops across the Mediterranean to the island. Warships supported the trans-ports. Swarms of Allied planesmeanwhilesoftened u p island.

"Official Signal Corps Radio-Telephotos.

LOADED troop-carrying ships prepare to sail for Sicily. New Amehcan 7th Army and famed Brit ish 8thspearheaded invasion.

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Paratrooger,s Go Ahead of Fleet

“Your destination is the Italian island of Sicily and youwill be the firstAmerican tr,oops o land,” the lieutenantcolonel tells United Statesparatroops. t is between

carrying he troops is somewhere over the Mediter-2230 and 2320, Friday, 9 July. The ranspor tplane

ranean.

Thegreen light for “Jump”has gone on. Led by thecolonel, United Sta tes paratroops leave the plane overSicily. They yell “Geronimo!” as hey disappear ntothe darkness. Photographers, medical units, chaplainsparachute down with the troops. Elsewhere, Britishglider troops land.

Next morning, after clearing up enemy defenses, paratroops seek to join the main invasion forces, which reachedSicily 3 to 4 hoursafter he airborne soldiers. Paratroops suffered “negligible losses”; operations were called“remarkably successful.”Meanwhile-



Gela, Sicily, Hits Back at Invaders

Yanks Unroll Roads as They Land

PREPARING FOR MOBILE EQUIPMENT: American troops after effecting beach heads laid down mats to affordbetter traction for .mobile equipment . . .

"Official Signal Corps Radio-Telephotos.

. . and nailed down the beach highways with heavy mallets.

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First Invaders Bring Equipment Ashore

THE LANDING: Allied forces soon got vehicles an d artillery ashore. Men at work here are under fire.

BESIDES JEEPS top photograph), mules went ashore for mountain supply trains.

“official signal Corps Radio-Telephotos.

SOON members of antitank mine platoons were clearing minefields fo r Allied advance to interior.

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AlliesAdvance Fast, Take Many Prisoners

FIRSTUnited States barragewas by 81-mm. mortar crews. United Sta tes riflemen soon reached hills, hunted snipers.

--Official S i m a l Corps R a d i o - T ~ ~ l ~ ~ j ~ l i o

NAZI prisoners turned from camera, Italians posed without persuasion.

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I U. S. Bombers Softened S icily Like T his

WHAT HAPPENED TO A SICILIAN AIRFIELD: Locatedat Milo, Sicily, this airfield was ombed during a“softening up” mission prior t o the invasion of Sicily.

Left: As the attack began, 122 Axis a ircraft rested onthe field. Right: After the attack, the field is useless.Many Axis planes have been destroyed.

“ O f f i c i a l S i g n a r Corps Radio-Telephotos.

AN ENEMYCASUALTY: This ig nemyank was were destroyed by Allied. ground forces. Much moreknocked out by advancing United States troops. Hun- was blasted by the great waves of Allied planes thatdreds of tanks, rucks, planes, andother equipment swept over the island (see photographs above).

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Gela After Battle W as eap of Rubble

RUINS OF'THE TOWN OF GELA: In one of the mostsavage battles of the invasion, American forces drovetheGermansfrom he mportant town of Gelaand

I captured two nearby airfields. T w o German tank regi-

mentsdefended the town and twice droveAmericanforces back to thebeaches only to be hurled back them-selves by reinforced United States troops under Lt. Gen.George S. Patton.

BY 20 JULY THE AMERICAN F'LAG was flying in manya Sicilian port (it's here aboard an LST) . . .

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. . . as Ital ian prisoners left the island aboard many of"Otficial U. S. A r m y Signal Corps Radio-Telenl~otos.

the same vessels th at brought their conquerors there.



T H E GAPTU E OF RENDOVA

Com bined United States forces landed at dawn 30 the landing barges drawclose to shore . T h e smal lJ u n e on Relzdoua Island in th e Central Solomons , 135 Japanese garrison o n Rend oua that furnished the op-mi les nor thwest of Guadalcanal. T h i s was th e scene: pos i t i on was qu ick l y w iped ou t . By 2 J u l y I Z O Japa-Filled with troops alzd bristling with machine guns , lzese we re l e f t up on thesland.

Mea nwh ile Japs at Mu nda Poilzt- the Yanks’ imm edia te obje ctive -on Ne w Georgia-wereattacked by

U . S. plan es, The se Marilzes are off f o r Munda .

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In batt le dress , Yan ks c l imb down the s ide of th eTralzsport McCa wley olz cargo nets for the i r landinguponRendoua .Af t e r heMcC aw ley hadunloadedher men and equ i pmen t , t he same day t h i s pho tographwas taken, she was damaged by Japanese planes andsunk by a Japa nese ubmarilze torpedo. The McCawley

was the former Grace liner Santa Barbara, 7,712 tons.

Ulzited tates oldiers auledLightield piece

thr ou gh the wa ter and olzto th e beach at Rendova asthe Am erican of fensive against th e Central Solomonsg o t under way . . .

A 10-wheeled army truck, oaded with equipment , i slowered oyer the sid eof a transportof f Rendova intoawait ing l ighter. Ilz background another l ighter peedstoward the i s land. Af ter Uni ted States landings werecompleted, waves o f Japanese planes attacked. At least101 we re sho t do wn gainst 17 All ied aircraft , &ut h e y

go t t he McC aw l ey .

"Press Association Photographs.

. . .A n d to shell Munda, f iue mi les nor th of thenortherm t i p of 15-mile- lolzg Rendova, the Am erica nsbrought up heavy guns l i ke th i s .

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(Grumman F4F) fighters strafedaJapanese barge southeast f VangunuIslamd, New Georgia Group.

2. On 25 June,during heafter-noon fourapanese twin-engine

United States light surface unit in thebombers unsuccessfully attacked a

Solomon Islands.

North Pacific:

3. On 24 June,. during he after-

noon,Army Liberator Consolidatedl3-24) heavy bombers, Mitchell (NorthAmerican -25) andVentura (VegaB-34) mediumbomberscarriedoutthreeattacksagainst apanese n-

ibility results of the attack could notstallations at Kiska. Due to poor vis-

be observed.4. United States Army patrols have

killed 15 moreJapanese soldiers onAttu Island.

Memorandum appended to Communique:

The following information as been

On 25 June:

(a ) During the early morning anunknown number of enemy bombersbombed ou r positions on the RussellIslands. A few of the United Statespersonnel suffered light wounds andsome damage was caused t o UnitedStates supply installations.

( b ) During heearly morningformation of Army Liberators bombedKahili, Buin Area. A number of fireswere started. A t about the same time,other Army Liberators attacked BukaIsland and started fires.

( c ) Later n he morning, NavyDauntless dive bombers andAvengers,

escorted by Navy Wildcats, attackedLabeti Plantation , Munda Area, NewGeorgia. No Unitedtates losseswere sustained.

released in the SouthPacific:

N o . 424: 27 June 1943

SouthPacific DatesEastLongitude):

1. On 26 June:(a ) During he early morning a

formation of Army Liberator Con-solidated B-24) heavy bombers at-tacked Japanese positions on BallaleIsland,hortlandslandrea. Anumber of fires were started.

( b ) At about the sameime anotherformation of Army Liberators at-tackedJapanese positions on Popo-rang southShortland sland). Re-sults of this attack were unobserved.

Navy Dauntless (DouglasSBD) dive( c ) Later o n the samemorning,

bombers and Avenger (GrummanTBF) torpedo bombers escorted byWildcat (Grumman F4F) fighters at-tacked Munda,New Georgia IslandintheCentral Solomons. At th e sametime anotherormation of NavyDauntless dive bombers and Avenger

fighters attacked Vila, Kolombangaratorpedo bombers escorted by Wildcat

Island.2. Inhe above operations, no

United States planes were lost.

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North Pccific:

3. On 25 June,during heafter-

can -25) and Ventura (Vega B-34)noon, Army Mitchell(North Ameri-

medium bombers escorted by Light-ning (Lockheed P-38) fightersmadesix attacks against Miska. Hits werescored in hemain camp areaandamong the enemy antiaircraft posi-tions.

N o . 425:.28 June 1943

Sout h Pacific (Dates East Longitude) :

1. On 27 June:(a ) During the early morning

Army Liberator (Consolidated B-24)heavy bombers bombed Kahili, BuinArea, and Munda, New Georgia, whileNavy Liberator (Consolidated P B 4 Y )bombers carried out attacks againstBallale Island,Shortland Area. Re-sults of these attacks were nob-served.

(Grumman TBF) torpedo ombers(b) Prior o dawn, NavyAvenger

bombed Rekata Bay, Santa IsabelIsland.

(c)Duringhe morning, NavyDauntless (Douglas SBD)dive bomb-ers nd Avenger torpedo ombersattacked .Munda, New Georgia. Hitswere scored on he runway and revet-ment area.

( d ) A t about th e same time NavyDauntless dive bombers and Avengertorpedoombersttacked Vila,Kolombangarasland.its werescored on the unway and in theamparea.

North Pacific:

2. On 26 June Army Liberatorheavy bombers, Mitchell (North

American B-25) andVentura (VegaE-34) mediumbombersescorted byLightning (Lockheed P-38) and War-hawk (Curtiss P-40) fighters bombedand strafed Kiska seven times. Hitswere scored among antiaircraft em-placements and on the runway andeight fires started in the camp area.

N o . 426: 28 Juee 1943

Pacific and Far East:

1. United Statessubmarineshavereportedhe following results ofoperations against the enemy in thewaters of these areas:

( a ) 1 Minelayer sunk.(b ) 1 Destroyersunk.( c ) 1 Large ransport sunk.(dl 3 Medium-sized cargo vessels

(e ) 1Small cargo vessel sunk.(f) 1 Small schooner sunk.( g ) 1 Large transport damaged..(h)1 Medium-sized cargo vessels

damaged.2.These actions have not been an-

nounced inany previous NavyDe-partment Communique.

NO. 27: 29 June 1943

sunk.

South Pacific (Dates East Longttude) :

1. On 28 June: (a) Early n heeveningormation of Dauntless(Douglas SBD)ive bombers and

Avenger (Grumman TBF)orpedobombers, escorted by Wildcat (Grum-man F4F) ighters, attacked Japanesepositions a t Rekata Bay, Santa IsabelIsland. The bombing created SO muchsmoke and dust that observation Of

the results of the at tack was difficult.( b ) During the evening, a forma-

tion of Dauntless dive bombers and

Wildcat fighters, attackedMunda,Avenger torpedo bombers, escorted y

New Georgia sland. A number of

fires were started n he defensiveposition area, in ammunition dumpsand in the amp section.

( c ) During the night,United Statesplanes bombed a smallapanesenaval disposition in the Central Solo-monsArea. Results were not ob-served.

( d ) Al l United States planes e-turned from heseattacks. ’

North Pa&fic:

Ventura (Vega PV) medium bombers,Army MitchellNorthmericanE-25) medium bombers and Liberator

(Consolidated B-24) heavybomberscarried out six attacks against Japa-nese installations a t Kiska. Hits werescored on the main camp and at th eNorthHeadarea. All United Sta tesplanes returned.

3 . On 28 June, Army Mitchellmedium bombers and Navy Venturamedium bombers attackedJapanesepositions at Kiska andLitteKiska.Because of weather conditions, com-plete observation of the results of theattacks was not possible, buthitswere reported n houses at LittleKiska. All United States planes e-turned.

No. 428: 30 Juee 1943

2. On 27 June, during the day, Navy

South Pacific (Dates East Longitude) :

1. On 30 June,during the earlymorning combined United Statesforces landed on Rendova Island, ewGeorgia Group. No details have beenreceived.

N o . 429: 1 July 1943

South Pacific (Dates East Longitude) :

1. On the night of 29-30 JuneAvenger (GrummanTBF)orpedobombers andDauntlessDouglas)divebombers attacked he airfield,

the stores andcamparezs ‘a t Vila,Kolombangara Island.2. On 30 June: tu) A formation of

Mitchell NorthAmerican)mediumbombers, Dauntless dive bombers andAvenger torpedo ombers attackedJapanese defensiveposition and camparea at Munda, New Georgia Island.A large fire was started.

0 ) Commencing in the early fore-noon and continuing until late after-noon, an estimated total of110 Jap-

Mitsubishimedium bombers,Aichianese planes comprising ero fighters,

dive bombers and various other typesattacked at intervalsUnitedStates

Naval forces during the landing a tRendova Island, New Georgia Group.United States surface units and air



for?es destroyed 65f the enemyplanes according to an ncomplete re-port. Seventeen United States planesare reported missing.

( c ) The ransport McCawley wasattackedand disabled by Japanesetorpedo planesaf te r anding troops onRendova.ubsequently th e vesselwas attacked and sunk by a Japanesesubmarine. Reports indicate that allpersonnel were emoved before th evessel sank and that thereas no loss

of life.3. On 1 July, Viru Harbor, on New

United States forces.Georgia sland,was taken by joint

N o . 430: 2 July 1943South Pacific (Dates East Longituale) :

1. On 1 July: ( a ) Earlynheafternoon,Dauntless Douglas) divebombers attacked Japanese defensivepositions at Lambetilantation,Munda, New Georgia sland.Fireswere started.

( b ) During the same afternoon, aformation of Avenger (GrummanTBF) orpedobombers and Daunt-

less dive bombers attacked Japanesedefensive positions, andcamp sec-tions a t Vila, Kolombangara Island.

2. Seven pilots of t he 17 UnitedStates planes previously reported asmissing in Navy Department Com-munique No. 429 have been rescued.

Memorandum appended t o Communique:

ai rattack. onUnited States forces(a ) Late reports on he Japanese

during the landingt Rendova Island,New Georgia Group, on un e 30th, in-dicate that the number of Japaneseplanes was substantially larger thanthe otal of 110 planes nitiallyre-ported in Navy Department Commu-nique No. 429. It is also reported tha tUnited States surface and air forcesdestroyed 101 Japanese planes in theaction.

N o . 431: 3 July 1943South Pacific (DatesEastLongttude):

1. On 2 July, in the afternoon,

fighters, attacked United States posi-Japanese bombers, escorted byZero

tions onRendovasland.Damagewas negligible.

2. On 3 July,during th e night,aJapanese surface force consisting of

ers attempted to shell United Sta testhree light cruisers and four destroy-

positions on Rendova Island. UnitedStatessurfacecraft replied to hebombardment and he enemy shipsretiredn hort order. No fur therdetails have been received.

3 . In Navy Department Communi-que No.429 i t was reported that noloss of life was sustained in the sink-ing of the ransport McCaw ley. Alater report now reveals th at severalof the crew were killed in the init ialtorpedo attack made by th e Japaneseplanes. The next of kinhave beennotified.

Memorandum appended t o COmmUniqUe:

The following information has beenannounced in he Sou th and SouthwestPacific :

( a ) On 1 July , in an enemy air attacka t Rendova Island, New Georgia Group, 22

8 United Sta tes planes lost in the engage-Japanese planes were shot down. Of the

ment, 5 of the pilots have been rescued.No d a m e occurred on the island.

American B-25) medium bomber escorted(b) On-2 July: Army Mitchell (North

by Navy Corsair (Vought F4U) fighters

Bairoko Anchorage, Kula Gulf, Newbombed and strafed a Japanese vessel in

Georgia Island. The vessel caughtireand sank.

No. 432: 4 Jz~ly 943SouthPacific Dates East Longitude):

1. On 28 June at dawnLiberator(Consolidated)eavy bomber at-tacked Japanesenstallations atNaurusland.ourteenefendingZero fighters were in the air, but nlyfour Zeros appeared willing to presshome an attack. Tw o Zerosweredamaged. Results of the at tack wereunobserved. All United States planesreturned.

2. On 3 July: (a ) Mitchell(NorthAmerican) medium bombers, escortedby Lightning (Lockheed P-38) fight-ers, attacked apanese ntiaircraft

positions a t Munda, New GeorgiaIsland.

(b) Later,nhefternoon,Avenger (Grumman TBF) torpedobombers and DauntlessDouglas)dive bombers attacked the Japanesecamp sector a t Munda, New GeorgiaIsland.

N o r t h Pacific:

Mitchellmedium bombers and Lib-3 . On 2 July, Ventura(Vega)and

erator heavy bombers carried outeightattackson Japanese nstalla-tions at Kiska.Hits wereobservedon antiaircraft positions in Gertrude

Cove, the camp area , andorth Headsections. One direct hitwas made ona house.

4. On 3 July, Liberatoreavybombers attacked the central bivouacarea at Kiska.Weather onditionsprevented observation of the results.

Memorandum appended t o Communique:

The following information hasbeenannounced in the South and South-west Pacific:

(a) On 2 July, in the arly evening,just ast of Rendovasland, NewGeorgia Group, seven United StatesCorsair fighters intercepted and en-gaged one formation of th irty Zeros

and immediately following attackedanother ormation of twenty Zeros.Six Zerosere destroyed. ThreeCorsairs were lost, but one pilot wasrescued.

( b) On 3 July, hortlybefore 3P. M., Lighting ightersattacked aformation of about fifty JapaneseZerosver Rendovasland, NewGeorgia Group. FiveZeroswere de-stroyed. Three United States planeswere lost.

N o . 433: 5 July 1943South Pacific (Dates E a s t Longitude):

1. On 4-5 July, during the night, a

number of United States surface unitsbombarded. Japanese installations at

Vila, Kolombangara Island,ndBairoko nKula Gulf, New GeorgiaIsland. A number of fires werestarted.

mation of Army Hudson (Lockheed2. On 5 July, in the morning, a for-

A-29) light bombers attacked RekataBay, Santa Isabel Island.

Memorandum ppended to Communique: '

The following information has beenannounced in the South and South-west Pacific:

(a) On 3 July, it is reported th atVura Village onVangunu Island nthe WickhamAnchorage area wascaptured by United States forces.

( b ) On 4 July, in the early after-noon,United States lanesnter-cepted and attackedan enemy forma-tion of 18 bombers and 20 Zero fight-ers over Rendova Island, New GeorgiaGroup. Five enemy bombers and fourZeroswere shot down. No UnitedStates losses were sustained.

N o . 434: 5 J d y 1943SouthPacific:

1. Brief reportsrom the SouthPacific indicate that a navalbattleis in Dromess in Kula Gulf, nor th ofNew Georgia Island.

2. No details of the action haveeenreceived.

N o . 435: G July 1943South Pacific (Dates East Longitude) :

1. On thenight of 6 5 July heUnited States destroyer Strong wastorpedoed and sunk while engaged inth e bombardment of Japanese posi-tionson New Georgia sland. Thenext of kin of the casualties aboardthe Strong will be notified as soon as

possible.2. On the evening of 5 July ArmyLiberator Consolidated B-24) heavybombers attacked Japanese installa-tions n Ballale Island,ShortlandIsland area. Five fires were started .About 1 2 Zero fighters attempted t ointercept ut were driven off. NoUnited States losses were sustained.

3 . On 6 July, in the early morning,United States surface task force en-

Gulf offNew Georgia Island (previ-gaged Japanese surface units n pu la

ously reported in Navy DepartmentCommuniqu6 No. 34). Sufficient de-tails have not beenreceived to give

the results of this engagement, but itis believed that , while some damagewas suffered by the United States

flicted on the enemy.force,considerable damage was in-

No. 436: 7 July 1943So uth Pacific (Dates E a s t Longitude) :

1. On 4 July a formation of ArmyFlying Fortresses(Boeing B-17) heavybombers bombed the Bairoko HarborArea, west coast ofNew GeorgiaIsland.

2. On th e early afternoon of 5 July,16Army WarhawkCurtiss P-40)fighters nterceptedabout 40 enemy

Zero fighters over Rendova sland.Two Zeros were destroyed. One War-

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hawk was lost but the pilot was$*rescued.

3. During th e early morning urfaceengagement of 6 July, when six Jap-anese ships were probably sunk andseveral damaged, th e light ruiserUSS Helena wassunk. The next ofkin of the casualties aboard the Hel-ena will benotified as soon as possible.

4. During the evening of 6July:( a ) A formation of Army Liberator(Consolidated B-24) heavybombers

attackedKahiliandstarted severalfires.

(b) During he ame evening, aformation of Army Liberators bombedBuka sland. A number of fires asa result of the bombing were ob-served.

NorthPacific:

5. On th e evening of 6 July UnitedStates surface task force bombardedKiska. Enemy shore batteries did notreturn the fie.

Memorandam appended to Comm uniq ue:

The following information has beenannounced in the Southwest Pacific:

( a ) On the morning of 6July, aNavy Liberator (Consolidated PB4Y)heavy bomber was attacked by fiveZero fighters northeast of Kolomban-gara Island,New Georgia Group. TwoZeros were shot down andanotherwas probably destroyed.

( b ) On the afternoon of 6 uly,Army Mitchell (North American-25)medium bombers bombed a beachedJapanese destroyer in Bambari Har-bor (Southeastcoast of Kolomban-gara Island). Three hits were scoredan d a number of fires accompanied byviolent explosions were observed.

( c ) During the evening of 6 July,

Army Flying Fortress heavy bombersattacked Ballale Island, New GeorgiaGroup, and started large fires.

N o . 437: 8 JuZy 1943Pacificand Far E as t : t .

1. United Statessubmarineshavereported the following results of op-erationsagainst the enemy in hewaters of these areas:

( a ) 1 Large transport sunk.( b ) 1Medium-sized transport sunk.(c) 2 Medium-sized cargo vessels

(d) 1 Large tanker sunk.( e ) 1 Medium-sized tanker sunk.

(f) 1 Large cargo vessel sunk.( g ) 1 Medium-sized passenger-

(h) 1 Small cargo vessel sunk.( i ) 1 Small schooner sunk.Cj) 4 Medium-sized cargo vessels

damaged.2. These actions. have not been an-

nounced inany previousNavyDe-partment Communiques.

N o . 438: 10 July 1943N&h Pacific:

1. On 9 July, during the early morn-ing, a United States light surface unitbombarded theGertrude Cove Area

in Kiska for several hours. The Jap-anese shore batteries returnedhe firebut caused no damage.

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sunk.

cargo vessel sunk.

N o . 439: 12 July 1943

North Pacific:

1.On 10July, Army Liberator (Con-solidated B-24) heavybombers andMitchell (North American -25) me-dium bombers with Navy Catalina(ConsolidatedPBY) patrol bombersattacked our apanesecargo ves-sels 280 miles southwestof Holtz Bay,Attu Island. One vessel was sunk, an-other was left in a sinking condition

and the remainingwo were damaged.2.On 11 July, a United States lightsurface unitbombarded Japanese PO-.

'sitions at Gertrude Cove, Kiska, andLittle Kiska Island during the morn-ing. The enemy did not eturn hefire.

3. On 11 July, an additional fourJapanese soldiers were capturedonAttu Island.

N o . 440: 13 JuZy 1943

North Pacific:

1. On 12 July, Army Liberator(Consolidated B-24) heavy bombersand Mitchell (North American B-25)medium bombers, escorted by Ven-tura (VegaB-34) mediumbombers,carried out three attacks on Japaneseinstallations at North Head and themainamp areas %tKiska. Poorweatherconditionsprecludedobser-vation of the results of the bombing.

N ~ .41: 15 July 1943

North Pacific:

1. On 14 July,during heearlymorning, a United States light sur-face unit bombarded Japanese posi-tions in Gertrude Cove on Kiska. En-emy guns did not reply.

N o . 442: 16 July 1943

North PaciN:

1. On 15 July,during the earlymorning, a United States light surfaceuni t bombarded Japanese positions inGertrude Cove on Kiska. The enemydid not return the ire.

Memorandum appended to Communique:

The following information has eenannounced in the Southwest Pacific:

( a ) The uss GWIN, 1,630.-tonde-stroyed, which was damaged in thesecond battle of t he Kula Gulf earlyin the morning of 13 July, sank later

while being towed to an Allied base.( b ) During the fternoon of 15

July, 27 Mitsubishi bombers, escortedby about 40 or 50 Zeros andotherfighters, were intercepted over Ren-dovay 44 United Statesighterplanes. Fifteenapanese bombersand hirty Zeros were shot down.Three United States pilots did not re-turn to their ase.

N o . 443: 17 JuZy 1943

North Pacific:

1. On 15 July a force of Army Lib-erator (Consolidated B-24) heavy

bombers,Mitchell (North AmericanB-25) medium bombers and Light-ning (Lockheed P-38) fighters, car-

ried out ourattacksagainst Jap-anese installations a t Kiska. Severalfires were observed in the vicinity ofthe enemy antiaircraft batteries.Memorandum appended to Comm uniqu e:

The following information has beenannounced in the Southwest Pacific:

On 15 July:(a ) During the morning a forma-

tion of Army Mitchell medium bomb-ers, escorted by Navy Corsair (VoughtF4U) fighters, bombed and ank a

West tip of Gaga Island (West of Vellasmall Japanese cargo vessel off the

Lavella).Lateron the same morn-ing another small enemy cargo vesselwas attacked by the sameplanes andl e f t burning ona reef at th e orth tipof Baga Island. On theireturnflight the Mitchell bombers strafedenemy positions on Vori Point (North-west point of Ganongga Island).

( b ) During the afternoon, a strongformation of Navy Dauntless (DouglasSBD)iveombers and Avenger(Grumman TBF) torpedolanesbombedVila, Kolombangara sland.Fires were still burning one and ne-half hours after the attack.

( c ) During the same afternoon an-other ormation of Navy Dauntlessdive bombers bombed and tra fedBairoko, New Georgia Island.

( d ) Late r n he afternoonArmyMitchellmedium bombers, escortedby Lightning and Warhawk (CurtissP-40) fighters, strafed and probablysankwo apanesebargeson theNortheast coast of Ganongga Island.

No. 444: 18 July 1943South Pacific (Dates East L o n g i t u d e ) :

1. During the night of 16 July, NavyCatalina (ConsolidatedPBY) patrol

bombers bombed enemy positions onNauru sland.Numerous fires werestarted. All United States planes,r eturned from thismission undamaged.2. During the nightof 16-17 July, a

number of enemybombersdroppedbombs on Guadalcanal Island, causingsome casualties to ersonnel and lightdamage to installations, Bombs alsowere dropped on Savo sland, with nodamage.

North Pacific:

1. On 18 July, during he afternoon,a formation of Army Liberator (Con-

solidated B-24)'

heavyombers,Mitchell (North American E-25) andVentura (Vega B-34) medium bomb-ers attacked the Japanese main camareaandGertrude Cove onKiska.Due to overcast, results were unob-served.2. On 19 July, during t he morning,

a formation of Army Liberator heavybombers attacked Paramushiru, KurilIslands. A number of fires wereob-served. In addition,Japaneseshipsin Paramushiru Straits were bombed,and a number of near hits observed.South Pacific (Dates East Longitude)

3. On 18 July, several Japanese

Planesarmlessly bombed CantonIsland. No personnel casualties ormaterial damage was sustained.

N o . 445: 20 July 1943



I N E W N A M E S in the NAVY

rushing Japanese torpedo plane until

sky in a flaming dive and crashed intothe hostile craf t plunged out of the

their station.,

~~ ~~~

ceptionally meritorious s e r v i c e.”During the winter of 1941-42 he di-rectedNorthAtlanticescortopera-tions formore than 60 convoys, total-ing more than 2,400 ships, with buteight of t he vessels lost.

WhitingField, Auxiliary Air Sta-tion, Milton, Fla., in honor of the lateCapt. KennethWhiting, USN (R. ) ,

who qualified as naval aviator num-ber 16 after being t aught to pilot aplane by Orville Wright in 1914.

Webster Field, a test field a t PriestPoint, Md., i n honor of t he late Capt.Walter N. Webster, USN. CaptainWebster’s naval career was closely as-

sociated with the technicalside ofnaval aviation He was killed in an

March 1943.airplane crash near Chester, Pa.,16

Brown Field, a n Auxiliary Air Sta-tion at Otay Mesa, Calif., in honor ofthe late Commander Melville StuartBrown, USN. He was aide and flagsecretary on he staff of Rear AdmiralC. I?.Plunkett, Commander DestroyerSquadron 3 , Atlantic Fleet, on 7 Feb-ruary 1919, guarding the, first Navytrans-Atlantic flight of N-C flyingboats.

The U. S.S. Halsey Powell, in honorof the late Capt. Halsey Powell, USN.

Th e U.S. S. Lovelace, in honor ofthe la te Lt. Comdr. Donald A. Love-lace, USN, winner of the DistinguishedFlying Cross, and commander ofFightingquadron 2 aboard theU. S.S. Yorktown. He was killed2 June 1942.

kU. S. S. Spangenberg, in honor of

Kenneth Jerome Spangenberg, GM3c,USN, of Allentown, Pa., who posthu-mounsly received the Navy Cross forremaining at his battle station untilthe batt le ended, although mortallywounded and in intense pain, while

serving as a gunner aboard he U. S. S.Sun Francisco in the Solomon Islandsarea.

k

Olga Slater, S2c. USNR, of DeKalbU.S. S. Slater, in honor of Frank

County, Ala.: U. S. S. Cates, in honorof William Finne Cates, S ~ C ,SNR, ofMemphis, Tenn.; U. S. S. FuZgout, in

USNR, of Raceland, La.; U. S. S.Gandy,honor of George Irvin Falgout, S2c.

Jr., S ~ C ,SM ,of Chattanooga, Tenn.;in honor of Andrew Jackson Gandy,

U. S. S. George, in honor of EugeneFrank George, S ~ C ,SN, of Grand

Rapids, Mich.; U.S.

S. Lowe,in

honorof Harry James Lowe, Jr., GM3c, USN,

ofPaducah, Ky.; U. S.8, OY,n honor

“Official U. S. Savy Photograph.

Lt. Joy Bright Hancock, USNR,of Falls Church, Va., is the firstrzaual officer to be desigmated by theSecretary of the Navy as spomsor ofaombatamt-type Umited Statesnaual uessel. Lieutenant Hamcock,attached t o the Bureau o f Aeromau-tics, will sponsor theestroyerU . S. S. “Lewis Hamcock,” named,inhomor of her husband, the late Lt.Comdr. Lewis Hamcock, Jr., USN,who was killed in the crash o f theairship “Shemamdoah”iml935. Lieu-temantHamcock wears the Victoryribbom of the f i rst World War im

which she sewed as Yeomamette,First Class, amd Chief Yeomam. Shei s am author on maval aviation. Herhusbamd, in the submarime servicein World War I , once attempted

divimg a submarime at a submergedememy submarine to ram it .

Andrew Lee Foreman, USNR, of Berke-U.S. S. Foreman, in honor of Ens.

ley, Calif., who received the Navycross posthumously for remaining a tthe central station aboard U. S.war-ship in action off Savo Island a assistin th e control of damageuntil hefinally died of an asphyxiating ga swhich had been generated by an ex-plosion.

aU. S. S. Fowler, in honor of Lt. (jg)

Katonah, N. Y. , awarded the NavyRobert Ludlow Fowler 111, usm, of

Crossposthumously for courageousaction while torpedo officer aboard theU. S. S. Duncan during action againstenemy forces, firing his first torpedoand scoring an initialhit on a hostilecruiser, before being fatally woundedby an enemy shell.

*ard Roy Harmon, StMlc, USN, ofU. . S. Harmon, in honor of Leon-

Cuero,Tex.,who wasawarded theNavy Cross posthumously for givinginvaluable assistance n caring for thewounded and evacuating the m to adressing sta tion, and xposing himselfto hostile gunfire in order to protecta shipmate during action against theJapanese in the Solomon Islands area.

U. S. S. Maloy, in honor of Tho&Joel Maloy, CWT, USN, of Milwaukie,

Cross posthumously for ordering hisOreg., whowasawarded the Navy

when the U. S. S. Atlanta was struck

crew to abandon a flooding fireroom

by a torpedo during action gainst theJapanese in the Solomon Islands area,and remaining behind to investigateconditions in the fireroom, then pro-

where he was killed.ceeding to the forward engine room

a

*

Roy McAnn, GMlc, USNR, of Roches-U.S.S.McAnn, in honor of Donald

ter , N. Y . ,who posthumouslywas pre-sented the Navy Cross for taking hisstatiosn in an exposed position in the

member of a photographicetailforwardport gun mount .while a

in the vicinity of Sa nt a C’ruz Islands,aboard a, U. S.warship during action

and obtainingvaluablephotographsand rendering valuable service in re-lieving members of the gun’s crew be-fore he was fatally wounded by abomb fragment.

*U. S. S. Olsen, in honor of Lt.

Comdr. Earl Kenneth Olsen, USN, ofHonolulu, T. H., who.eceived theNavyCross posthumously for effi-cientlydirecting the evacuation ofsurviving personnel nd attempting tocarry the body of another officer to aplace of safetywhileerving as

ship during action against the enemyengineering officer aboard a U. S. war-

off Guadalcanal.

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DECORATIONS and CITATIONS

Lt. Comdr.C. C. Kirkpatrick

First Submarine Officer

To W in 3 Navy Crosses

Lt. Comdr. Charles C. Kirkpatrick,USN, FlagieutenantoAdmiralErnest J. King, USN, COMINCH, is thefirst submarine officer to be awardedthree NavyCrosses.He also has re-ceived the Army’s Distinguished Serv-ice Cross for “extraordinary heroism”in the Facific.

Credited with sinking a total ofeleven enemy warshipsnd merchant-men, Lt. Comdr. Kirkpatrick formerlywas in command of the u.s. s . TRITON,

which has ust been announced asoverdue and presumed lost, the ten thU. S. submarine announced lost sincethe sta rt of the war.

Lt. Comdr. Kirkpatrickreceived hisfirst Navy Cross for “aggressivepatrolaction” nearenemy-controlled watersduring April, May, andJune, 1942,during which he sank total of 22,593tons of enemy merchant shippingan dan enemy submarine.

He received a gold star in ieu o f asecond Navy Cross after completing asecond patrol, when his vessel sanka destroyer leader and a destroyer.

Afterompleting another atrolwhen he sank one medium freighter-tanker and wo medium cargo essels,damaged and probably sank another

“Official U. S. Kavy Photograph.

Lt. Comdr. C. C.Kirkpatrick

medium cargo ship and damaged a10,200-ton tanker he received th e sec-

“ P r e s s Association Photograph.

“TAKE HER DOWN.” Presidemt Roosevek awarded the fiedalo f Homorposthumously to Lt. Comdr. Howard W , Gilmore, U S N , who, mortallywounded, stood om the bridge o f his submarime and ordered his mem to

“take her down” to avoid destruction from am ememy gunboat. Here,his widow hamgs the decoration aroumd the meckof her som, Howard“Sk ipp yy as her daughter, Vermon Jeamme, and Rear Admiral AmdrewC . Bemmett, U§N, Commandamt of the Eighth Naval District, look om.

Lieutemamt Commander Gilmore i s the omly Umited States submarineofficer t o be givem his award.

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ond gold star in lieu of a third NavyCross.

A l l of the vessels publicly creditedto he TRITON were unk while Lt.Comdr. Kirkpatrick was in command.

During his fourwarpatrols,saidcitationsaccompanying theawards,he “delivered deliberate anddecisivelyexecuted” attacks and completed hismissions “without injury to his meno r damage to his ship.”

“The superb seamanship and skillevidenced by Lt. Comdr. Kirkpatrick,”said thecitation accompanying th esecond gold star, “are a continuationo f his illustrious combat record, sus-taining and enhancing the inest tra -ditions of the U. S. Naval Service.”

A native of S an Angelo,Tex., heentered he Naval Academy in 1927and upon graduation in the class o f1931 was assigned duty in the u. s. s.

Commander in Chief of the U. S.Fleet.

His ubmarinecareerbegan woyears later when he was ordered tothe Submarine chool at New London,Conn., for a seven-month course ofinstruction.fterompleting thecourse, Lt. Comdr.Kirkpatrick wasordered to theu.s. s. CUTTLEFISH, henbeing fitted out, remaining with he rfor three years. From the CUTTLEFISH

he went t o the u. s. s. S-42, based atthe CanalZone, where hequalified forcommand of submarines.

Returning to the United States, heserved a tour of duty at the NavalAcademy, transferring n December1939, to thePacific Fleet as Flag ieu-tenanto CommanderDestroyersunder Rear Admiral M. F. Praemel,USN. He was present a t Pearl Harborwhen Japan made her sneak attack7 December 1941.

A short time after the outbreak o fwar he was placed in command of th eTRITON and soon was operating offJapan, China, the Aleutians, and theSolomon Islands. Hisfficial scorefor four war patrols over a one-yearperiod was one destroyer leader, one

destroyer, one submarine, eight mer-chant ships, and several smaller craft.

Upon being relieved of commandof the TRITON, Lt. Comdr. Kirkpatrickpaid high tribute to themen who hadserved with im board the ub-marine,describing themas “a finebunch of officers and men. Theywere perfect. Theirmain ideawas‘Let us a t them.”’

LastFebruary,when till in thePacific he received the Army’s Dis-tinguishedServiceCross at head-quarters of the Southwest PacificCommand. The accompanying cita-

tion noted “extraordinary heroism inthe South Pacific area.”

PENNSYLVANIA, then Flagship Of the



cAVY CRO S S

Commanderdward N. Parker,USN,Bellefonte, Pa., (a gold star inieuof a third Navy Cross) : The force towhich he was attached as command-ing officer of t he U. s. s. Cushingengaged at close quarters and de-feated a superior enemy force. Com-mander Parker’s daring and determi-nation contributed materially to thevictorywhich prevented the enemyfromccomplishingispurpose(night of 12-13 November 1942).

aLt. Comdr. William H.’ rockman,

USN, Groton, Conn. (gold star in lieuof third Navy Cross):As commandingofficer of a United States submarine,he sank one destroyer, probably sankone transport and one cargo ship, nddamaged a heavy cruiser and one 10,-000-ton tanker.

aLt. Comdr. John Eldridge, Jr.,. USN,

Buckingham, Va. (a gold star inieu ofa second Navy Cross, posthumously) :As commanding officerof a scoutingsquadron, Lieutenant Commander l-dridge ed an earlymorning fiightagainst a Japanese seaplane base a tRekata Bay, Santa Isabel Island, andinflicted considerable damage. Re-turning t o Guadalcanalafter beingrescued from a forced landing,he ledseveral daring scout-bombing attacksagainst enemy ships, andn oneknown instance, sank a Japanese de-

stroyer. aCommander Hunter Wood, Jr.,

USN, Hopkinsville, Ky.: When a

th e forecastle of his ship, its torpedoflaming Japaneseplanecrashed on

exploding, Commander Wood, despitedetermined aerial attacks, aging firesand exploding ammunition,handledhis ship, he U.S. S. Smith, with suchskill tha t he was able to maintain hisposition in acarrier’s creen.Gal-lantly ightingwith whatbatterieswere still effective, he minimized thedamage to our own forces and dealtcontinued heavy blows to the enemy(26October 1942,nor th of Santa CruzIslands).

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Commander Winfield S. Cunning-ham, USN, Annapolis, Md. (prisoner ofwar) : Fordistinguished and heroicconduct in the efense of Wake Island(7-22 December 1941).

aCommander’Edmund B. Taylor,

USN, Wardour, Md.: Although his shiphad sustained serious damage, Com-mander Taylor,commanding officer

of the U.S.

S. Duncan, skilfully ma-neuvered into position and success-

“Acme Photograph.

For Service On Guadalcanal: Maj.Ode1 M . Conoley, USMC,of Amarillo,Tex., holder of the Navy Cross, studies the Congressional Medal of Honorawarded to Second Lt. MitchelPaige,USMC, ight,Dravosburg,Pa.Lieutenant Paige manned a series of machine guns after all his men werekilled or wounded, and led a bayonet charge to smash a lap break-throughi m October 1942. Major Conoley also won his decoration f o r outstandingaction on he Southwest Pacific island.

fully launched torpedoes which con-tributed to the destruction f a Japa-

neseruiser. He maintainedheguns of his vessel in effective firethroughout the battle and when hisship was finally put out of action em-ployed all possible means oextin-guish raging fires and control seriousdamage (11 October 1942, off SavoIsland).

aLt. Comdr. Robert A.Theobald, Jr.,

USN, New Castle, N. H.: When a flam-ingJapanese planecrashed on heforecastle of his ship, it s torpedo ex-ploding, he gallantly led a fire partyto the scene despite fierce aerial at-

tacks, finally extinguishing the blaze,thereby enabling his ship, he U. . S.Smith, to maintain her station in acarrier’screen (26 October 1942,north of Santa Cruz Islands) .

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Lt. Comdr. Harold C. Pound, ‘USN,Alhambra, Calif. (missing) : Duringa night engagementwith Japanesenaval forces with his ship illuminatedby an overwhelming force of enemydestroyers and cruisers, LieutenantCommander Pound, commanding ffi-cer of the U.S. S. Pillsbury, skillfully

maneuvered his ship to counter theenemy’s cross-fire wi th the most ef-

fective use of his own batteries. Hisdaring and ourageous tactics in’mov-

ing to heassistance of a n accom-panying vessel were ins trumental insaving tha t ship and contributed ma-terially to the serious damage on theenemy by our forces. By his expertseamanship and loyal devotion todutyhe was able to retirewithoutdamage or oss to his ship or her er-sonnel (19-20 February, 1942; Straitof Lombok, Netherlands E8ast Indies).

*Lt. Comdr. Stephen N. Tackney,

USN,Coronado, Calif.: While escortingships supplying newly seized bases inthe Solomon Islands Area, Lieutenant

CommanderTackney,ommandingofficer of aUnited Sta tes warship,skillfully located an enemy submarineand for a period of 4 hours made per-sistentndeterminedttacksagainst the Japanese craft until oiland wreckage on the urface gaveevidence of th e submarine’s destruc-tion.

aLt. Comdr. John C. Waldron, USN,

Fort Pierre, S. Dak. (missing in ac-tion) :Grimly aware of th e hazardousconsequences of flying without fighterprotection and with insufficient fuel

toreturn o his carrier,LieutenantCommander Waldron delivered a suc-

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U. . Nauy Captaim Receives the DSO: CaptaimOrem R. Benmehofl,USN, eft, poses with Admiral Sir Andrew B . Cummimgham of the RoyalNauy, admiral of the fleet am? commander in chief of the Mediterramean,OS the deck of a U. . warship. Captaim Benmehoff was decorated by theBritish Gouernment for brimgimg a disabled Naval uessel to i t s position 7Nouember 1942, at the opelzilzg of the Africam inuasiom.

cessful torpedo attack against Japa-nese forces in th e face of murderousassaults by enemy aircraftandan

June, 1942, during the Air Battle ofalmost solid antiaircraftbarrage (4

Midway). aLt. Comdr. Arnold I?.Schade, USN,

San Diego, Calif.: On a morning aftera surface engagement with a Japanesegunboat during which the command-ing officer of his submarine was killed,he assumed commandof the damagedship, directed emergency repairs, andfinally brought he vessel and crewsafely to port. He served as executiveofficer of th e vessel during her firstfour war patrol s and endered skillfuland ableassistance o his captainduringmonths of maneuvering inareas menaced by enemy'air and sur-face craft.

aLt. Comdr. Edward P. McLarney,

Medical Corps, usN,washington,. C.:When his aid station became unten-able because of enemy attacks, Lieu-tenant CommanderMcLarney, bat-talion surgeon of theFirstMarineRaider Battalion on Guadalcanal,di-rected its transfer to the rear. Beforeit could be accomplished, however, hewas orced to ender reatment osome 200 Marine casualties, workingfrom midnight until morning undercontinual fire and withonly a few

hospital corpsmen o assist him (13-14September 1942).

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Lt. George T. McDaniel, Jr., USN,

Lynchburg, Va. :When a flaming Jap-anese plane crashed onhe forecastleof his hip, ts torpedo xploding,Lieutenant McDaniel gallantly led a

fire party o he scene, and despitefierce aerial attacks, inally succeededin extinguishing it, thereby enablinghis ship, theU.S. S. Smi th , to main-tain her position in a carrier's screen( 2 6 October 1942,north of S an ta CruzIslands . *

Lt. Edward H. Allen, USN, Massa-pequa, Long Island, N. Y . (missing maction) : As pilot of Scouting Squad-ron Two during an attack on his car-rier by Japanese aircraft, LieutenantAllen, by his expert airmanship, en-abled his rear seat gunner o shootdown a apanese bomber with oneburst from his machine gun ( 2 0 Feb-ruary 1942).

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Lt. Phillip H. Teeter, USNR, Minne-apolis, Minn.: When a flaming Japa-nese plane crashed on th e forecastleof h i s ship, he U. S. S. Smi t h , itstorpedo exploding, Lieutenant Teeterled a lire party t o the scene. Despitedetermined erial attacks, he SUC-

ceeded in extinguishing the flames

( 2 6 October 1942,north of Santa CruzIdlands).

Lt. Mark W. Starkweather, USNR,

Cleveland, Ohio: Assigned to the ex-tremely dangerous task of cutting anenemy obstruction in order th at theU. S. S. Dallas could proceed up theSebou River in FrenchMorocco, Lieu-tenant Starkweather, in charge of ademolition party, succeeded incut-ting cables at th e mouth of th e riveras guns from the French fort penedfire. By hisoutstanding ability anddevotion to duty he contributed ma-terially o he successful landing ofraiders near Port Lyautey.

aLt. (jg) Johnulius Bell USNR,

Houston, Tex.: As officer i n charge ofascoutboatduring th e assaultonSafi, French Morocco, Lieutenant Bellskillfully maneuvered his boat fromthe transport area in complete dark-ness to a position near the main jettyof the harbor. Despite enemy fire, hemaintained his station and continuedto signal directions to the U. S. S.Bernadou and theU. S. S. Cole, guid-

ing them to the harbor entrance andnearby beaches. *Lt. (jg) Jeff D.Woodson, WN, Val-

lejo, Calif. (missing in action) :Grimly aware of th e hazardous con-sequences of flying without fighterprotection and with insufficient fueltoreturn ohiscarrier,LieutenantWoodson delivered an effective attackagainst Japanese aircraft and againan almost solid antiaircraft barrage.The fulfilment of his mission was adetermining factor n he defeat ofthe enemyforces (4 June 1942, theAi r B'attle of Midway).

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Lt. ( j g ) Robert D. Gibson, USNR,

Unionville, Mo.: Contactinga argeforce of enemy cruisers and destroy-ers, he scored direct hits on a cruiserand transport, destroying the trans-Port th e followine; day. Although hisPlane was badly damaged,he broughtit through the engagement (1445November 1942; Solomon Islandsarea).

&Ensign Ralph M. Rich, USNR,Min-

neapolis, Miss. (posthumously): Asleader of a section of fighters in anescortgroupcovering th e approachof an attack group toward the mainJapanese invasion fleet during heBatt le of Midway, he maintainedcon-tinuous flight over enemy naval unitsfor 1 hour, assuring United States dibombers an unmolestedpproach.Later the same day as amember of acombat patrol he shot down in flamesa Japanese torpedo plane approach-

ing the U.S. S. Yorktown ( Q - 6 June1942).



“Official U. S. N avy Photograph.

EIVES NAVY CROSS: Rear

Admiral Charles E. Rosendahl,

USN, now Chief of Naval AirshipTraining, receiveda Navy Cross

om Secretary Knox for“extraordi-

nary heroism” whi le com wnding

oficer of the U . S. S . Minneapolis.

e “contributed in large measure to

he destruction of all enemy surface.vessels withim gun range” during an

engagement in the Solomon Islands

Area, said anaccompanyingcita-

tion.The RearAdmirals nowChief of Naval Airship Training.

Ensign John A. O’Toole, USNR,Dor-Chester, Mass. (posthumously) : Dur-ing t he assault on and occupation ofFrench Morocco, Ensign O’Toole skill-fully organized and led a boat wavefrom the . S. S. Joseph Hewes towardthe beach in the face of devastatingart illery fire of hostile forces whichthreatened annihilation of troops be-forehey could debark.With nothought of his own danger , he thenstood at th ewheel of his boat calmlydirecting the unloading of both per-sonnel and equipment and thesavingof asmany Navy cr af t as possible.

After directing a squad of machinegunners to safety through a barrage,Ensign O’Toole attempted o with-draw from th e beach but was killedby enemy fire.

23.

EnsignDale W. Peterson, USNR,

Kansas City,.Mo. (missing in action) :As pilot of Fighting Squadron Threeduring an attack onhiscarrier byJapanese forces, Ensign Peterson in-tercepted a formation of nine enemyaircraftand succeeded in shootingdown one bomber and aided in shoot-ingown another (20 February

1942.)

Chief Boatswain Howard H. Bran-Yon, USN, Spartanburg, s. C.:Underdifficult and dangerous conditions,Chief BoatswainBranyon, in com-mand of small auxiliary naval craft,transported troops and supplies be-tween Tulagi and Guadalcanal, aver-aging at least one trip a day, defyinga gant let of Are from Japanese war-ships, horebatteries,andaircraft(1 September-2 November 1942).

23.

James D. March, ACOM (AA),USN, Alexandria, La.: Whileservingaboard th e U. S. S.Hornet when shewas under aerial attack, March en-tered a blazing compartment to se-cure an unexploded 500-pound bomband remained to assist in extinguish-ing th e fires th at raged in th e icinityof the dormant explosive (26October1942,near the SantaCruz Islands) .

23.

Robert B. Miles, APlc, USN, Silver

Bow, Mont. (missing as of 4 June1942):Grimly awareof th e hazardousconsequences of flying without fighter’protection and with insufficient fuelto return to hisarrier, Miles, a pilotof TorpedoSquadronEightduringthe Air Battle of Midway, deliveredan effective torpedo attackdespiteviolent assaults of Japanese airc raftan d an almost solid barrage of anti -aircraf t fire. Th e fulfilment of hismission was a determining factor inth e defeat of th e enemy forces.

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Lyle M. Skinner, W T l c , Detroit,Mich.: When the U.S. S. Hornet wasbeinghaken by bursting bombs,Skinner, although orderedo abandonship,gallantlyentered an oil-filledelevator pit and rescued a trappedshipmate who mighthaveperished(26 October 1942, near heSantaCruz Islands).

aWalter E. Flebbe,RTlc,USNR,North

Platte, Nebr.: Withheorecastleablaze and Japanese aircraft attack-ing his damaged ship, Flebbe entereda burningcompartmentand etti-soned powderwhich threatened oexplode (26 October 1942, north ofthe San ta Cruz Islands).

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Wilbur L. Marsh,hMlc, USN,

Painsville, Ohio: While serving withth eFirst MarineRaiderBattalionduring an engagement with Japaneseforces, Marsh, when his company wasvirtuallysurrounded by the enemyand under attack from alldirections,constantly exposed himself to enemyfireo are or nd vacuate hewounded (13-14 September 1942;

Guadalcanal) .

“Official U. S. Coast Guard Photograph.

“Campbell” Commander is Win-Her ofNavy Cross: Hisship, heCoast GuardutterCampbell,”

rammed and sank a German sub iratheAtlantic fter ngaging fiueother U-boats during the preceding24 hours. For thiseat,om-mander JamesA . Hirshfield, USCG,received theNavy Cross.Preui-ouslyhe had been warded thePurple Heart for njuries sufleredin the same action. The rrCamp-bell,” crippled and powerless, wassafely towed to an eastern port forrepairs.

William Pinckney,Ck3c, USN, Beau-fort, s.C.:When a heavy bomb ex-ploded near Pinckney, on duty in theammunitionhandling oom of th eU. S. S. Enterprise he wasknockedunconscious and four of his five com-panions killed. Regaining conscious-ness, he groped is way throughburning wreckage to a hangar hatch,butashe was about o escape hefound a . hipmate struggling to getthrough.nmindful of his own

ney lifted the man through efore hewounds or the smoke or fumes, Pinck-

himself battledhis way out of th ecompartment.

*Russell J. Bradley, ARM~c,USN,

Heavener, Okla.: As radiomanandtunnel gunner in Torpedo SquadronEight, Bradley crashed t sea with hepilot and crew of a plane, the pilotand air bomber being injured. Brad-ley volunteered to swim ashore andfor 8 hours battled strong currents nshark-infested waters before reachinghisdestination (6 October 1942, inthe Solomon Islands area),

*Lloyd E. Acree, AOM3c, USN,Beggs.

Okla. (posthumously): During theheight of a battlewith apanese

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"Official U. S. Coast Guard Pllotofraph.

Young Coast Guardsmam is Cited:

Raymond J. Euans, C S M , USCG,Bryn Mawr, Wash.,2, i s the wearer

of a Navy Cross. He was decoratedfor his heroism im the evacuation by

Coast Guardsmen of a Marine Bat-talion trapped by the Japs at Gua-dalcanal. Rear Admiral Edward D.Jones, USCG, pilzmed the medal onhim ateremolzies at the CoastGuard's station, Alameda, Calif.

forces Acree was holding a shell forloading when he was struck by enemyshell ragmentsand hrown o hedeck. Although suffering acutely, herealized tha t releasing the shell might

prove fatal to his omrades and ham-per the effectiveness of th e batteryand clung to the shell, protecting thebase andprimerwithhishand. Hewas given first aid during a lull, butdied shortly hereafter (11-12 Octo-ber 1942, in the Southaciflc).

*VernardEugene Bivin, Slc, USN,

Greenville, Ky. (posthumously) : Al-though mortally wounded, Bivin con-tinued at hispost as raineron abroadside gunof a United States war-ship, performing his duties so well

that other members of his gun crewdid .no t know he had been injureduntile collapsed (11-12 October

South Pacific).1942, against Japanese forces in the

DISTINGUISHED

SERVICEMEDAL

Lt. Gen. Delos c.hmmons, USA: AScommanding general of the HawaiianDepartment from 17 December 1941,

to June 1943, he erected strong de-fenses for the Hawaiian area, there-

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by releasing the United States PacificFleetorarly aggressive actionagainst the . enemy. He reparedtroops with thoroughness for combatin the Southacific and administeredwith wisdom, firmness, and act B

territory containing enemy, alien, ndAmerican peoples.

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Rear Admiral Jesse B. Oldendorf,USN: As commander all forces, Aruba-

Curacao Area, 2 March-2 July 1942,and as commanderTrinidadsector,Caribbean earontier, and com-mandant of the Naval Operating Base,Trinidad, rom 2 July-19, April, hecontributed materially tohe effectiveoperations of naval surface units andArmy-Navy aircraft assigned to hiscommand in antisubmarine warfare.Responsible for the protection of con-voys and other vital war shipping, hecontributednotably o the develop-ment of tactics used to combat th emenace to supplyines, and waslargely responsible for the elimina-tion of enemy submarines in this area.

LEGION

OF MERIT

Rear AdmiralManley H. Simons,USN, Ret., St. Helena, Calif.: As com-mander,hesapeakeaskGroup,Eastern Sea Frontier, Rear AdmiralSimons devised sound and compre-hensive measures in combatting theenemy in that area, destroying threeenemy submarines and destroying or

damaging many others resulting in amarked reduction in attacks on ourships (7 December 1941, to 31May1943). *

Capt.Ralph W . Hungerford, USN,Langhorne,Pa.: As commander ofescort units with North Atlantic con-voys, Captain Hungerford succeededin out-manuevering and eluding ene-my submarines which were in favor-able position to concentratendattack. *

Capt. Paul R. Heineman, usx, SanFrancisco, Calif.: By th e skillful con-duct of his convoys and escorts, Cap-tain Heineman, commander of escortunitswithNorthAtlantic convoys,was able to detect the presence ofsubmarines before they could concen-trate orattack.He hwarted ur-ther attempts to launch an attack andcompleted his mission without dam-age to his convoy.

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Capt. John B. Heffernan, USN,

Washington, Ind.: Having detected

Captain Heffernan, commander of a

th e pqesence of enemy submarines,

task unit escorting a convoy, initiated

counter measures before a hostile at-tack could be launched and drove offand eluded an enemy concentrationestimated to include a t leas t hreesubmarines. *

Capt. Henry R. Oster, USN,Wash-ington, D.C.:As material officer onthe staff, successively, of CommanderAircraft Battle Force, Pacific Fleet;Cormmander Carriers, Pacific meet,and Commanderircraft, PacificFleet, he achieved highly successfulresults in he overhaul, epair, andprocurement of ai rcr aft and aircra ftmaterial ontributing essentially tothe operations of aircraft units of t hePacific Flee&.

aCommander Don S. Knowlton, Med-

ical Corps, DSNR, Washington, D. C.:As executive officer of the Fi rs tMedi-cal Battalion during the seizure andoccupation of Guadalcanal, he devel-oped a high sta te of efficiency in med-

meld Hospital,unctioning as theical units,particularly the Division

principal evacuation and medical sup-ply center of th e division. Under ex-tremely difficult and dangerous con-ditions he contributedbrilliantly toth e excellent training of subordinatepersonnel. *

Lt. Roy D. Gilbert (CEO, R AI-buquerque, N. Mex. (prisoner of war) :Working tirelessly wi th the primitive

-0ITicial U. S. Coast Guard Photograph.

HisBravery Wins Decoration,Promotiom: Daniel J. Ta w, USCG,

of Chincoteague Islam!, Va., i s nowa chief boatswain's mate and wearsthe Silver Star Medal, presemted tohim by Admiral hester W .Nimitz,USN. Chief Tarr was coxswaim ofa landingbarge at Tulagi.Afterlad img a Marine contingent with-out a loss in the face o f hot enemy

fire, he made several mprerips withammzknitiom.

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constructionquipment available,Lieutenant Gilbert ucceeded in build-ing up the section base a t Marivelesand keeping in operation installationsin the rear areas espite repeated de-struction by the enemy ( 5 November1941, o 11 March 1942, n the defenseof Bataan) .

aLt. William T. Cogley, Jr., USNR,

Brooklyn, N. Y.: Serving as a navalgunfire liaison officer during the as-

sault on French Morocco, LieutenantCogley contributed largely to the uc-cess of shore bombardment and land-ing operations.

aLt. Frederick P. Gehring (ChC),

USNR,Philadelphia,Pa.:Voluntarilymaking three hazardousexpeditionsthroughnemy-occupied territory,ChaplainGehring,aided by nativescouts, e v a cu a t e d missionariestrapped onGuadalcanal.Here-quently visited the front ines and wasa constant source of encouragementto Marine and Army units underon-

tinualattack by the enemy (from26 September 1942).

aLt. (jg) Ann A. Bernatitus, Nurse

Corps, USN,Exeter, Pa.: As a memberof SurgicalUnit No. 5 during heJapanese attack on he Philippines,Nurseernatitusmaintainederposition in he ro nt lines of theManila-Bataan rea rendering effi-cient and devoted service during theprolongediege (December 1941through April 1942).IILVER STAR

Lt. Comdr. Edward C. Stephan, USN,Westgate, Md. (gold star in lieu of asecond Silver Sta r) : Availing himselfof every favorable attack opportunityLieutenantommandertephan,commanding officer of a United Statessubmarine, ank womedium ap-anese transports , probably sank onelargesubmarine,onemediumcargoship, and four troop-landing barges,and probablydamageda large, un-identified enemy ship.

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James J. Brewer,CSF (PA), USN,Macon, Ga. (gold star in lieu of a sec-ond Silver Star) : While his carrier,the U. . S. Enterprise,was still underheavy erialbombardment, Brewerfought his way through smoke-filledcompartmentso isolate ruptureddamaged control and fire main risersto provide pressure for gasoline pumpsbeing used to refuel aircraft ( 2 6 Oc-tober 1942, nearhe anta CruzIslands).

aCommander W. E.A. Mullan, urn,

Baltimore, Md.: As executive officerof a cruiser badly damaged by Jap-

“Offiriai U. . Coast Guard Photographs.

Navy Father Receives Medal on Behalf of Son: Dallas R. McKinney, 45,Y l c , USCG, receives the Purple Heart from Rear Admiral Robert Dono-hue, Coast Guard personnel ch ie f. The medal was awarded posthumouslyto McKinney’s son, John Edward, 19, extreme right, F ~ c , ho l o s t his lifewhen thecutter “Alexander Hamilton” went downoff the coast of Icelandin January 1942. Yeoman McKinney, who served in the U. . Army inWorld War , oined the Coast Guard to carry on for his son. McKinneyi s f rom Riverdale, Md.

anese craft, Commander Mullan, al-though severely wounded, had him-self placed on deck inboard of a 5-inch gun shield, and from this stationcontinued to directfire-fighting oper-ations untilall hope of saving the ves-sel was abandoned (9August 1942,offBavo Island).

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Commander NormanW. Sears, USN,

Beverly,Mass.: After his ship, th eU. S. S. Atlanta, was seriously dam-aged during the course of an engage-ment, CommanderSears,when n-formed that theplotting room wasflooding, rushed below to ascertain theextent of danger. Although seriouslywoundedwhen emerging rom th ehatch, he neverthelessattempted tocontinue supervising repairs (13No-vember 1942,in the Solomon Islandsarea).

aLt. Comdr. ThomasH.Moorer, USN,

Eufaula , Ala.: Althoughhe and hiscopilot were wounded during an at -tack by Japanese aircraft, LieutenantCommander Moorerucceeded inlanding his blazing patrol plane. Hiscourageand eadership ateraidedmaterially n eturning survivors ofan attacked rescue ship t o the Aus-tralian mainland (19 February 1942,in thevicinity of Cape Memen).

aLt. Comdr. James H. Howard, us^,

Charleston, S. C.: After his ship hadbeen damaged by an explosion, Lieu-tenant CommanderHoward, w i t h

utter disregard or his own safety,entered gas-filled and flooding com-

partmentsand worked tirelessly tosave his ship ( 3 0 November 1942, inthe Solomon Islands area).

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Lt. Comdr. Donald J. MacDonald,USN, New York, N. Y . : Although hisship was underremendous erialbombardmentandengagedwith anoutnumbering force of Japanese war-ships,LieutenantCommander Mac-Donald maintainedhis position in thebattleinend, espitemminentdanger ofollision withisabledships, continued to lead our columninto the face of superior enemy fireat extremely close range. By skillfulmaneuvering, he directed the fire ofhis warship into a Japanese battle-ship, inflicting considerabledamagewith his guns and torpedoes (12-13November 1942, n the Guadalcanal-Tulagi Area).

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Lt. Comdr. Robert D. McGinnis,

USN, Tiffin,Ohio:During anattackagainst a Japanese submarine whileservingaboardaUnited States de-stroyer, he forced the enemy essel totheurface with depthhargeswhere shewas sunkby the destroyer’sguns (August 1942).

aLt. CharlesF. Esmiol,USNR,Chicago,

Ill.: When a torpedo from a Japanesesubmarine struck is cargo ship,Lieu-tenant Esmiol, engineering officer,despite the danger of a major explo-sion, assisted in bringing fires undercontrol and maintaining he engineer-

ing plantand providing emporarypower leads tomachinery endered

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i’noperative by the fire. After a sec-ond attack resulted inlooding the en-gine room, he worked incessantly for3 days to prevent complete destruc-tion of his ship.

*Lt. Herbert S. Damon, USNR, Tam-

worth, N. H.:Whenmembers of agun crew were forced temporarily toabandonheirtation,ieutenantDamon, in spite of smoke and flames

from a crashed enemy plane, Per-sonally manned the gunandkepthis battery firing throughout the n-gagement (26 October 1942,north ofSan ta Cruz Islands, aboardheU.S. S.S m i t h ) . *

Lt. Robert H. McIlwaine, USNR,

New York, N. Y . : When h i s ship, amerchantman, was attacked withoutwarning by a number of enemy tor-pedo planes, LieutenantMcIlwainedirectedhis crew of Armed Guardgunners to open fire onhe hostile ai r-craft swarming ver a convoy. He and

his gunners sentt least two and pos-sibly three enemyplanes crashinginto he sea. With heir hree-inchgunilenced and a gasoline-filledhold pierced by n enemy bomb, Lieu-

mained a t their stations until the lasttenant McIlwaine andhis crew re-

enemy planehad etreated in heMediterranean).

aLt. Carl F. Pfeifer, USN,Springfield,

Ohio: Although his warship was un-der tremendous aerial bombardmentand engaged at close quarters with anoutnumberingnumber of Japanesewarships,LieutenantPfeifermain-tained effective control of t he ves-sel’s engineering plantnder ex-tremelydverse conditions. whet^light and powerwere cut off by anunderwaterhock,e quickly re-gained control of his plant enablingthe ship to continue her ission withundiminished fighting efficiency (12-13 November 1942, Guadalcanal-Tu-lagi area).

aLt. Mlton A. Zimmerman, USNR,

Brooklyn, N. Y . : When an enemy

planecrashedon the forecastle ofhis ship, the U. S. S. S m i t h ) , its tor-pedo exploding, Lieutenant Zimmer-man, forced o abandon his station on

mainidg active guns nd directed theira gundirector,hastened to the re-

fire for th e remainder of the attack(26October 1942,north of Santa CruzIslands).

aLt. Herman Miller, USN, Tacoma,

Wash.: As officer of th e watch aboarda United Sta tes warship damaged byJapanese surface forces, he aided inkeepingdamage ontrol quipment

reach a place of safety ( 3 0 Novemberfunctioning,permitting the ship to

1942 off Guadalcanal) .Page 5 6

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IdenticalCitations to Navy Twins: ChiefMachinists’ Mates Johlz R.Cordell, center, and-Rolla J. Cordell, right, Durham, Okla. , receive com-mendations from Cap. R.W . Wuest, USN Ret.), commadingofficer oftheReceiving Barracks, N avy Yar d, New Yor k. As machinists’ matesfirst class they performed heroic actiolz aboard the U. . S. “Lexington” inthe Coral Sea batt le.

Lt. James C. Shaw, USN, Dawson,

Minn.: Suffering froma broken hand,he helped move wounded men fromthe damaged U. S. S. Atlanta to rescueboats alongside (1August 1942 off theSolomons).

a ’Lt. Jesse A. Davis, Jr., USNR,Balti-

more,Md.: Whileservingaboard aUnited States submarine, LieutenantDavis led a party ashore on enemy-occupied territoryand succeeded inlocating ix urvivors of a UnitedStates Army bomber and bringingthem safely aboard his ship.

a .Lt. Charles G. Robinson, Jr.. Med-

icalCorps, USNR, Memphis,Tenn.:While erving asbattalion surgeon

with th e Second Marine Raider Bat-

Robinson repeatedly exposed himselftalion nGuadalcanal,Lieutenant

to enemy fire rendering firstid to thewounded. Dur ing he atterpart ofoperations in one area he became illfrom the igors of the jungle, but con-tinued o accompany the battalion(4November-4 December 1942).

z”3Lt. Randall T. Boyd, USN, South

Weymouth, Mass.: As gunnery officeraboard the U. S. S. Dallas during theassault on and occupation of FrenchMorocco, hecontrolled and directedthefire of hisship while she pro-ceeded up the treacherousebou River

with uch good ffect that hostileshorebatterieswere silenced beforethey could inflict damage to the Dal-



Zas. His performance of duty contrib-uted to he success of the Dallas’mission in landingArmy raider troopswho captured an airfield (8-11 Novem-ber 1942,Lyautey airfield).

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7 2Lt. Douglas H. ugh, USN, Douglas,

Ariz.:As first ieutenantaboard aUnited States submarine he contrib-uted materially to th e success of pa-trols nJapanese-controlled waters.On a morning after his submarine hadrammed and probably sunk an enemygunboat, he fought fires and reducedleaks, thereby maintaining vital ma-chinery and enabling his ship to re-turn safely to port.

72Lt. Landon L. Davis, USN, Waynes-

boro,Va.: While erving as divingofficer aboardaUnitedStatessub-marine he contributed materially t othe success of patrols against enemyshipping n Japanese-controlled wa-ters. On a morning afterhis sub-marinehad rammed and probablysunk an enemy gunboat ustainingdangerous leaks and other damage hecalmly maintained depth control en-abling his ship subsequently to sur-face, effect emergency epairs, andreturn safely t o port.

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Lt. William W. Hargrave, USNR,

Newburgh, Ind.: After landinghis se-riously damaged plane without njuryto its occupants, he led survivors andothers picked up enroute through 600miles of enemy-occupiederritory,eventuallyeaching th e Australianmainland, where his men returned tobheir stations f o r further duty (5 Feb-ruary 1942, n vicinity of Netherlands

East Indies).72

Lt. Aloysius J. Havlik, MedicalCorps, USNR, Tama,Iowa:With heforecastle ablaze and enemy aircraftattacking his rippled ship, he U. S. S.Smith, Lieutenant Havlik,wi th no re-gard for his own safety, sought outand cared for the wounded (26 Octo-ber 1942, north of S anta CrusIslands).

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Lt. James R. Grey, USN, Belleville,N. J.: After his ship had been severelydamaged during a n engagement with

Japanese forces, Lieutenant Grey en-tered gas-filled and flooding com-partmentsand worked tirelessly tosave the vessel (30November 1942, nSolomon Islands area).

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Lt. ( j g ) Allen W. Bain, USN, Fisher,When enemy torpedoire

a blaze in what remained inanchor windlass roomand flooded

magazines of aUnitedwarship, Lieutenant Bain im-

the flames (30 November 1942, off

directed ighting and extinguishing

.

Ensign KendallH. ram, USNR, NewOrleans, La. (missing) : As officer incharge of a Navy armed guard aboarda merchant vessel stricken by an en-emy torpedo attack, Ensign Cram re-mained at histation persistentlyalert for sight of the enemy. Disre-garding his own danger and the rder“abandon ship,” he remained aboarduntil two of his injured Navy gun-ners were safely away on a life raft.

*Chief Photographer RonaldJ. Pen-

nick, usm, Manhattan Beach, Calif.:.In additiono renderingaluableservice by successful photographicmissions in North Africa, Chief Pho-tographer Pennick risked is life dur-ingevere nemy bombing andstrafing attack to aid Army machinegunners even taking charge, of rear-guard action during an evacuation ofwounded. His courage and judgmentcontributed to the uccess of our oper-ations.

*Joseph.J. Forrest, CSF (PA), USN,

Camden, N. J.: While his carrier, theU. S. S. Enterprise, was beingattackedby Japanese aircraft, Forrest foughthis way through ruptured electricalleads to extinguish fires and risked hislife to prevent an explosion around a ,gasolinepump,contributing to th erescue of men trapped in a compart-ment (26October 1941, ear the SantaCrus Islands).

*Herman C. Coon, CPhM (PA), USN,

Brocton, Ill.: Painfully wounded byshell fire while at his battle station,Coon repeatedly exposedhimself to

additionaldangers in rescuing in-jured personnel fromhe signal bridgeand other .parts of his ship (13 No-vember 1942, n the Solomon Islands,aboard the U. . S.Atlanta).

*Samuel Lee Jones, CWT, USN, Fort

White, Fla. : When enemy torpedo firecaused .flooding aboard his warship,Jones continued at his post and keptthe boilers in operation despite dan-gerromeaking steam lines andflooding (30November 1942,off Guad-alcanal).

*John W. Fechter, CPhM (PA) USN,

Lima, Ohio: O n duty with the FirstMarineRaiderBattalionduring anengagementwith Japanese forces,Fechter constantly exposed himself to

ing wounded (13-14 September 1942;enemy fire in caring for andvacuat-

Guadalcanal) . *Bruner W.Flowers,CPhM (AA),

USN, Angier, N. C.: Having adminis-tered first aid to wounded personnelboth during and after a battle wi ththe Japanese, Flowers spent 10 hoursin the water after his damaged ship,the U. S. S. Duncan, was abandoned.

Picked up by a rescue ship, he un-hesitatinglyesumedisirst-aidefforts, working f o r a period of 36hours without rest (11 October 1942,off Savo Island) .

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James Mann, CBM, USN, Center-view, N. C.: Injured at his battle sta-tion shortly after the eginning of anengagementwith Japanese forces,Mann, in the face of acute pain and

waning strength, continued to directfire-fighting parties and other dam-agecontrol activities (13 November1942, in he Solomon Islandsarea).

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Frederick 0. lrich, CMoMM (AA) ,USNR, Michigan City, Ind.: When atorpedo from a Japanese submarinestruck his cargo ship, Ulrich workedto bring fires under control. Duringa second attack, he went t o th e aidof a shipmate caught by a submergedobstruction and succeeded in extri-cating him, saving is life.

72Daniel J. Godsoe, CQM, USN, Hono-

lulu, T.H.: After ecuring ecordsand publications scattered by a Jap-anese torpedo attack on his warship,Godsoe voluntereed his services asidefrom his regular duties and through-

ing effect on enlisted personnel on theou t the ngagement exerciseda calm-

bridge ( 3 0 November 1942, off Gua-dalcanal).

aErnest Williamohnson, EMlc,

USN, Elizabeth, CityCounty, Va.:When his ship, th e U.S. S. Gushing,

was badly damaged by enemy bom-bardment, Johnson, after abandoningship, returned to th e vessel aboard alife raf t and assisted inevacuatingother personnel.Heoarded theburning vessel and rendered furtheraid to his shipmates until compelled

life (12-13 November 1942, off Savoto again abandon ship to save hiswn

Island).

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WilliamRobertAnderson, M M l c ,USN, Elizabeth City County, Va.:During apaneseorpedo attackwhich seriously damaged the forward

engineroom, Anderson, twice orced

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back by insufferable heat, succeededi n entering th e engineroom and clos-ing valve throughwhich uper-heated steamwas thought tobe escap-ing (30November 1942, off Guadal-canal). *

Claud Hardy, PhMac, USNR, Miami,Qkla.: During an attack on his vesselby Japanese forces, Hardyaided inrescuing a man from No. 2 Areroomtrunkand ater worked throughout

the night assisting the medical officerat the after-battle ressing stat ion be-lowecks30November942,ffGuadalcanal) . *

PaulJust, BM2c, USN, Cleveland,Qhio (missing) : Aboard the U.S. S.Barton, screening a carrier, Just, byhis accurate fire against Japanese ir-craf t, shot down one plane and droveoff a second (2 6 October 1942, near theSan ta Cruz Islands).

aWilllam D. Upshaw,GM2c, m,

Pickens, Miss.: Despite the shock of

being hurled overboard into t he oil-

able to save imself by a line over th ecovered, burning ea,Upshaw was

,side andafter being hauledaboardhis warship reassembled his gun crew

vember 1942, off Guadalcanal) .o its former combat efficiency (1No-

h

Clyde G. Storey, BM2c, USN, Niles,Qhio: When a direct hit from Jap -anese forces put his gun out of action,Storey rounded up wounded membersof his crew, administered first aid an ddirected their transfer to rafts whenthe ship, the U.S. S. M o n s s e n , was

abandoned.Later, wi th twovolun-teers, he returned o the stricken ves-sel while it was still burning, dis-covered eight injured shipmates stillalive, rendered first aid andevacuatedthem on his raft (13 November 1942,off Guadalcanal) .

aPeter Ropos, Jr., MoMM~c,usN,

Cleveland,Ohio: Thrownoverboardby t he force of an explosion, Ropos,without a life acket,swamamonga group of struggling survivors, offer-ing encouragement and rendering as-sistance. Discovering an injured man,

he remained with him until theywereboth picked up everalhours later(12-13 November 1942, off Guadal-canal, aboard the U. S. S. Bur ton) .*

Cecil L. Carpenter,PhMac, USN,

Cambridge, Ohio: I n th e ace of dev-a,statingapanese fire,. Carpenterbravely administered first aid to hiswoundedcomrades, many of whomwere killed as he tended them (Sep-tember 1942, Guadalcanal) .

aEdward H. Happel, Cox, USNR, Lou-

isville, Ky.: When a orpedo from aJapanese vessel caused serious dam-age to his cargo ship, Happel fought

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V s this what they call a ‘dimerdate’?’’

fires and helped bring hemundercontrol. Latermmunition inhe

and he made hisway below decks andforward readyboxes began to explode,

assisted three shipmates in throwingoverboard all unexploded shells,

aW. C-Valentine,Jr., Slc, USN, Kemp,

Tex.: Menaced by heat and bursting;ammunitionfter his ship, theU. . S. Northampton, had been dam-aged by a torpedo hit, Valentineclimbed atophe flame-envelopedstructure of the mainmast todminis-ter first aid to a severely injured ship-mate (30 November 1942, off SavoIsland).

aNorman H. Thompson, PFC, USA: As

a member of a patrol dispatched intoenemy te rritory to establish contactwith a unit on our right lank, Thomp-son, upon uccessful fulfillment ofthe mission,was ambushed by Jap-anese firing machine guns. After th epatrol leader was killed and most ofthe remainingmembers seriouslywounded, Thompson and one otherman risked their lives to withdraw thewounded personnel (10ovember

1942, in the Solomon Islands).

DISTINGUISHEDFLYING CROSS

Lt. Robert T. Lampshire, USNR,

Brighton, Colo.: After fighting off anenemy patrol bomber, LieutenantLampshire, commandinga PBY planeon a searchmission, tracked two largeenemy forces, obtainingand rans-mitting valuable information despite

By his judgment and skill he was ableinterference by carrier-based planes.

to return safely to his station (25Oc-

tober 1942, in Japanese-controlledwaters.

aLt. Richard S. Bull, Jr., USN, Long

Beach, Calif. (missing in action) :Withnoregardfor his own safety,Lieutenant Bull, pilot of a ighterplane,ealouslyngaged Japaneseaircraft, ontributingmaterially tothe defense of our forces (7-8 May1942, during the Battle of t he CoralSea).

*Lt. Walter E. Clarke, USNR, May-wood, 111.: While operating wi th hissquadron from an airfield on Guadal-canal, Lieutenant Clarke, with no re-gard for his own safety, engaged Jap -anese aircraftand hot down twoplanes (13-14 September, during Sol-omon Islands campaign).

aLt. ( jg) Warren B. Matthew, USNR,

Humboldt, Minn.: Contacting a largeJapanese naval force, he closed uponthe enemy and obtained vital infor-

speed of the hostile units.Attacked

mation as o he size, course, and

by three seaplanes, he maneuveredwi th such skill th at he successfullyshot down one of the enemy planes,eluded the others and returned to hisbase, landing his entire crew withoutinjury (25 October 1942, inSouthPacific).

aLt. ( jg) William S. Robinson, USN,

Cristobal, C. Z . (missing in action) :Whileengaged in hazardous recon-naissancepatrols in he Makassarstraits, Robinson, by his skillful air-manship, ontributedmaterially tothe accomplishment of avital anddangerous mission25 February1942);

aLt. (jg) Ralph H. Goddard, USNR,

Bemidji, Minn. (posthumously) : Al-though strongly opposed by antiair-craft fire and Zeros, Lieutenant God-dard led his division of bombers inanattackonan enemy transportforce,damaging two of the vessels.The following dayhe succeeded inlocating a . targetnd destroyingquantities of enemy ammunition, fuel,andsupplies (14-15 November1942,off Guadalcanal) .

aLt. ( jg) Howard F. Clark, urn, Sal-

isbury, Md.missing in action) :Pressingome vigorous attacksagainst Japanese aircraft, LieutenanClark, with the help of his teammate,destroyed one of a formation of heavybombers (2 0 February 1942) .

aLt. ( jg) Clark F. Rinehart, USN,

Pensacola, Fla. (missing) :As pilot ofa fighter plane during the Battle ofthe CoralSea,Lieutenant Rinehartengaged Japanese aircraft and by his

expert airmanship contributed ma-terially to the defense of our forces(7-8 May 1942).



" A c m e Photograph.

M E M B ER S O F T H E A R M E D G U A R D H O h TO R ED : Melz who serve 0.n

curgo ships, trunsports, a n d tulzkers receive medals, citutiolzs and letters

o f commendutiolz ut muss ceremolzies ut the Li.S. Nuvy Armed Guurd

Center receivingtatiolz ilz Brooklylz, N . Y .

Lt. ( jg) Roy 0 .Hale, USN, Monroe,La. (missing) : As pilot of a scoutingplane during th e Battle of th e CoralSea, Lieutenant Hale boldly engagedattacking Japanese aircraft in spiteof fierce fighter opposition (7-8 May

1942). aEns. Newton H. Mason,USNR,Scars-

dale, N. Y . (missing) : As pilot of afighter plane during the Battleof theCoralSea,Ensign Mason ealouslyengaged Japanese ircraft ,herebycontributing materially o the defenseof our forces (7-8 May 1942) .

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Horace F.Dobbs, C R M , USN, LongBeach, Calif. (missing as of 4 June1942) : Grimly aware of the hazardousconsequences of flying without fightersupport and with insufficient fuel toreturn to his carrier, Dobbs, a radio-man nd reemachinegunnernTorpedoquadron Eight, pressedhome his attacksagainst apaneseforces during the Air Battle of Mid-way, contributingmaterially o hefulfilment of a vastly importantmission.

aBernerd P. Phelps, ARM2c, USN,

Lovington, Ill. (missing) : As radio-man and free machinegunner of aplane of Torpedo Squadron Eight dur-ing the Battle of Midway, he pressedhome his attack with utter disregardfor his own safety contributing t o the

success of United S tates forces(4 June 1942).

Ronald J. Fisher, ARJN2c. USN,

Denver, Colo. (missing as of 4 June1942) :Grimly awareof th e hazardousconsequences of flying without fighterprotection and with insufficient fuelto eturn o his czirrier, Fisher as

radioman and free machine gunnerin a plane of Torpedo SquadronEightpressed home his attack against Jap-anese forces during the Air Battle ofMidway, contributingmaterially othe fulfilment of a vastly importantmission.

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Ross E. Bibb, Jr., ARM~c,USNR.Warrior, Ala. (missing as of 4 June1942):Grimly awareof t he hazardousconsequences of flying without fighterescortandwith nsuffcient fuel toreturn to his carrier , Bibb, a memberof TorpedoSquadronEight, pressedhomehis attacksagainst apanese

forces during the Air Battle of Mid-way, contributingmaterially o hefulfilment of a vastly importantmission.

72Max A. Calkins, ARM3c, OSN, Wy-

more, Mebr. (missing ,as of 4 une1942) :Grimly awareof the hazardousconsequencesof flying without fighterescort and with insufficient fuel to re-turn to his carrier, alkins, a memberof TorpedoSquadron Eight, pressedhomehis attacksagainst apaneseforces during th e Air Battle of Mid-way, contributingmaterially o the

fulfilment of a vastly importantmission.

N A V Y A N D MARINECORPS MEDAL

Lt. Comdr. Henry S. Monroe, USN,

Bellerica, Mass.: Although sufferingfrom injuries received on th e bridgeof his submarine,Lieutenant Com-mander Monroe directed th e control

of an electrical fire on board his ves-sel and succeeded in returning to portwithout the loss of a man.

aLt. Keith G. Nichols, USNR, Covina,

Calif.: By skillful performance f dutyas assistant approach officer aboard aUnited States submarine, he contrib-uted to th e successful completion offour war patrols resulting inhe sink-ing of61,677 tons of enemy shfppingand he damaging of an additional30,210 tons. Despitepoor visibility,he sighted an enemy submarine andconned his vessel into position from

which a damaging attack was made(Japanese-controlled waters) .

*Lt. John E. Kirk, USN, Holdenville,

Okla.: As officer in charge of a powerboat engaged in rescuingpersonnelfrom a stranded United States war-ship, Lieutenant Kirk, despite roughwater and jagged rocks, pulled theboat alongsideand succeeded in evac-uating personnel from hestrickenship and the sea.

23.Lt. William V. Gough, r., USNR,

Baltimore, Md.: As second pilot of apatrol Plane attacking Japanese navalunits he was shot down and forced toswim 30 hours t o reach shore.Throughisssistanceurvivorswere able to make a 15-day journeyto heir command to renewoffen-sive patrolsagainst he enemy 27December 1941, in the vicinity of thePhilippines). *

Lt. (jg) Donald E. Finch, OSN, Ev-erett, Wash.: As electrical officeraboard a United States submarine hecontributed largely t o the successful

completion of three highly successful

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war patrols and the safe returnf hisshipoortJapanese-controlledwaters).

aEnsign Nathan S. Ayer, USN, North

Stonington, Conn.: By skilful and de-termined efforts to maintain the mainmotors of a United Sta tes submarine,he contributed largely to the successhis ship achieved in sinking and se-verely d a m a g i n g a considerableamount of enemy shipping (four Pa-trols in Japanese-controlled waters).

BoatswainJoseph F. Young, USN,

Kingston, N. Y.: In utter disregard

motor whaleboat from United Statesfor his own safety, he set out in a

warship to rescue 12 members of thecrew of a merchantman, brokenonthe rocks and being pounded y moun-tainous seas. During a second at-tempt to rescue additionalrew mem-bers his boatwas swampedand Youngwi t h 17 others disappeared into hesea (31 December1942).

a

aJohn D. Coggin, CEM, USN, Mari-

ette, Ga.: During an engagement witha Japanese gunboat, Coggin’s subma-rine rammed th e enemy vessel and itcountered wi t h a blast from a heavymachinegun, inflicting greatdam-age. Skillfully maintaining vital elec-trical equipment as long as possibleand ater makinghasty epairs, heenabled his ship to e kept under con-trol and reach port safely.*

WilliamWagner, CQM, USN, NewYork, N. Y.: During an engagementwithapanese gunboaturing

which several officers and men of hissubmarine were killed and wounded.Wagnerclimbed to he bridge andassisted in removing wo of t he in-jured men to the conning tower. As.the submarine submerged, he workedtoprevent flooding of the conningtower and enabled his crippled shipto make port safely.

AWilliam A. Ward, MoMMlc, USN,

Texarkana, Ark.: As diving plane op-erator of a United States submarineduring our successivewar patrolsagainst the enemy, Ward by his fear-

less performance of duty contributedmaterially to he success of actionagainst he enemy.

aLeo F. Spurgeon, GM2c, USN, Bos-

ton, Mass.: After his ship, the U. s. s.Monssen, had been damaged by Jap-anese fire and abandoned, Spurgeon,alongwith two others , eturned otheurning vessel the followingmorning and assisted in locating andevacuating eight wounded shipmatesstill alive (13 November 1942,ffGuadalcanal) .

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Clyde J. Killebrew, QM2c, USNR,Massie, Ga.: While on gangway watch,Killebrew, hearing a man crying for

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help, shed his outer clothingnd divedoverboard swimming to the ssistanceof a man caught ina strong current.When about10 yards from he drown-ingman,he realized th athe wassinking for the third time and doveto reach him underwater, supportinghimuntil hearrival of th e ship’sboat (23 January 1943, in the MiamiRiver).

aJames A. Benfield, Cox, Catawba

County, N. C.: Seeing a shipmate fa llaccidentally between his ship and thedock, Benfielddived overboard intothe icy river and held th e head of t heunconscious man above the water un-til a line was securedaroundhim(20April 1942; East Boston, Mass.).

aJoe G. Hughes, Flc, USN, Houston,

Tex.: After his ship , theU. S. S. Mons-sen, had been damaged by Japanesefire nd bandoned,Hughes, along

with two others, returned tohe burn-ing vessel the following morning andassisted in the location and evacua-

tion of eight wounded shipmates stil lalive (13 November 1942, off Guadal-canal). *

Gregory A. Teixeira, SIC, USNR,

Elmhurst, Calif. (posthumously):While serving as the first loader forone of the guns of a .40-mm quadmount, Teixeira was about to oad hisgun when an explosion ook place,

knocking himoff balance. Despite se-rious injuries, he kept the clip of am-

fallingon the platform, knowing itmunition from striking the gun or

mightprove fat al o his comrades,then climbed off themountndhanded the projectiles to another rewmember. Starting away, he staggeredand collapsed and, althoughgiven im-mediate treatment , died of his n-juries.

aLeo F. Peterschmidt, S ~ C ,SN, Kan-

sas City, Mo. (deceased) : Tying aheavy rope around his waist, Feter-

Schmidt swam through &foot break-ers to the aid of four soldiers washedoverboard during landing operations.



After ying the ropearound two ofthe men who were pulled ashore, hehelped the others into aoat, but sankfrom sight before he, himself, couldbe pulled aboard.

AIR MEDALI

Lt. ( jg) George M. Davidson,USNR, Keendovick, Idaho (gold sta r inlieu of second Air Medal) : Although

stantly for the past 48 hours, Lieu-hehad been onduty almost con-

tenant Davidson volunteered to assistin the search for a patrol plane lostat sea south of the Aleutian Islands.When the plane was located he flewback tohis base, refueled and e-turned to remain overnight with thelost plane under extremely hazardousweather conditions. As a result ofthis action he was in heair 24%hours out of 25. *

Ervin F. Wendt, ACOM, USN, Pot-towattamie County, Iowa gold star in

lieu of a second Air Medal) : As air

to Torpedo Squadron Eight, Wendtbomber and tunnel gunner attached

took part n 11 aerial assaults, con-tributing materially to th e success ofattack missions September-October1942, in the Solomon Islands ar ea) .

Frank R. Falk, ARM2c, USNR, SanPedro, Calif. (gold star in ieu of a sec-ond Air Medal): As radiomanand

Aleutian Islands campaign, Falk as-gunner of a patrol plane during the

sisted in dive-bombing ' and strafing

Kiska Harbor (10-20 June 1942).

attacks against Japanese shipping in

a

aLt. (jg) Clarence J. Bannowsky

USN, Menard, Tex.: When his planewas intercepted andshot downbyenemy aircraft, Lieutenant Bannow-sky, on the point of abandoning ship,realized that rapidly-diminishing al-titude would endanger the lives ofcrew members atempting to bail out.He crawled back into the cockpit anddespite the lack of lateral control,succeeded in landing thelane, savingth e lives of three other members ofthe crew (16 January 1942, on recon-

naissance duty). aLt. ( jg) Carl B. Hendricks, USNR,

Miami, Ariz.: As commander of apatrolplane engaged in reconnais-sance, he obtainedand ransmittedvital nformation resulting in dam-

return from the flight (4 February i nage to Japanese vessels. He failed to

the Makassar Straits).

aLt. ( jg) Marsh W. Miller, Jr.,

USNR, Binghamton, N. Y. posthu-mously) : Flying in a formation ofatrol bombers 10 December 1941,

Lieutenant Miller participated in anattack which inflicted severedam-

age toan enemy battleship. Againon 27 December he navigated a groupof patrolplanes which launched asuccessful attack on Japanese navalforces and shore installations in th ePhilippines.

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Ens. Leonard Robinson, USNR, Se-attle, Wash.: Attached o an airgroupof the U.. . S. Enterprise, EnsignRobinson scored a direct hi t with aheavy bomb on a Japanese transportattempting to land troops on Guad-alcanal,contributing o th e vessel'sultimate destruction. Although isplane was set afire during a secondattack,he succeeded in extinguish-ing he blaze, eluding a number ofZeros, and landed safely 14 Novem-ber 1942). *

Ens. Russell F. Chambers, USNR,,

Fullerton, Calif. (posthumously): Asbombardier of a patrol bomber, hecontributed materially to severe dam-

tleship 10 December 1941, and t o suc-age inflicted upon aJapanesebat-

cessful attacks upon Japanese naval

units and shore nstallations in thePhilippines 27 December 1941.

aEnsign Donald Gordon, USNR,Fort

Scott,Kans.:Taking off with otherfightingplanesforhisfirstcombatflight in defense of his carrier, EnsignGordon, despite attacks by a largenumber of Japanese planes, de-

and damaged a third (2 6 Octoberstroyed two enemyorpedoplanes

1942, near the San ta Cruz Islands).

$sPhotographerVernon J. DeRoco,

USN,

Seattle, Wash.: During actionagainst Japanese forces in the Aleu-tian Islands campaign, he made nu-he ro us flights n Army and Navyaircraft,btaining photographs ofgreat value in subsequent operationsagainst enemy-occupied positions(June 1942).

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John J. Dougherty, Jr. , CAP (AA),USN, Philadelphia, Pa.: Whenisplane was securing and transmittinginformation after contacting a largeJapanese naval force, Dougherty wasattacked by three enemy planes.Shooting down one and possibly dam-

aging a second, the remaining planesretired and his plane was able to re-turn safely (25 October 1942, in theSouth Pacific area).

aDelbert R.-Bolman,CAP (AA) ,USN,

Newhall,alif.:While his planebraved evereweather and a lowceiling to attack Kiska Harbor, Bol-man's handling of his guns, contrib-utedmaterially t o the accomplish-ment of a dangerous and importantmission.

a

Gordon C. Gardner, ACRM, USN,San Diego,Calif.: After taking part

in an attack against Japanese cruis-ers, Gardnerwentaloftagain naraidonenemy ransportsandshotdown a Zero. When another enemyplaneattackedone of ouraircraftwi th its guns jammed, Gardner droveoff the enemywith his guns. Laterhe strafed he deck of an enemytransport (14 November 1942, in theSolomon Islands area).

*Alexander L.Cameron, AMMlc, USN,

AlertBay, BritishColumbia post-humously):Under the most evereweather conditions and in the ace ofpersistent antiaircraft fire from shipsdnd hore tations,Cameron wi t hconscientiousdevotion todutycar-ried out the tasks assigned him dur-ingatrolmissionsnd bombingattacksgainstapanesehipsnKiska Harbor (1-15 Ju ne 1942).

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Earl E. Evans, AMMlC, USNR, BOW-

bells, N. Dak.: As a mechanic andgunner aboard a patrol plane, Evansskilfully assisted in determined at-tacks against Japanese ships in KiskaHarbor despite adverse weather con-ditions and withering fire from ship

and shore nstallations.

aHarvey Mercer, ARM~c, SNR,Oak-

land, Calif. (posthumously) : As ra-dioman and gunner aboard a patrolplane, Mercer assisted in determinedattacks against Japanese shipping inKiska Harbor despite adverse weatherconditions and withering ire fromship and shore installations.

aJohn Liska, ARM2c, USN,Van Nuys,

Calif.: During two engagements withthe enemy, Liska, adioman-gunnerof a scoutingsquadron attached othe U. S. S. 'Enterprise, skillfullymanned his gun and shot down fourJapanese fighters (including the bat-tle near he Santa CruzIslands, 26October 1942).

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JohnArthur Moore, ARM~c,USN,Houston, Tex.: Taking par t n e-peated attacks of his squadron againstmajor apanese forces, Moore, at -tached to theU. . S. Enterprise, shotdown a t least ane enemy fighter (14November 1942, battle or Solomon

Is lands) .

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T mIncome 'Lax

(Corntinuedfrom Page 111

to gross income from such wages ofhis spouse, exceeds $3,500;or

(2) gross income other han fromwages subject to withholding which,when a8dded to gross income otherthan from such wages of his spouse,exceeds, $100, and his gross income

from all sources exceeds $624 or 1943or the aggregate gross incomefrom

- to $1,2008 or more for either 1942 orall sources of both spouses amounts

1943.

tal sta tus, who were required to fde( c ) Individuals, regardless of mari-

an income tax return for the taxableyear 1942 and whose wages subject towithholding for the taxableyear 1943

tha n such wages for the taxable Yearcan reasonably be expected to be less

1942.( d ) For thepurpose of th e declara-

tionrequirementsstated n (a) and( b ) n determining whether a personis single or married,his marital statusat the time theeclaration is requiredis controlling.

(e) I f the individual was not re-quired to file a declaration but, be-cause of a change of status (marriage,divorce, death of spouse, etc.) or be-cause of a revision of his prior esti-

within the requirements, adeclarationmates of gross income, he does come

is required to be filed on or before he15thday of the astmonth of th equarter of the year in which such re-quirements are first met.

Place f or filing declaration o f esti-

filed with t he Collector of Internalmated tax.-Declarations are o be

Revenue for the district in which islocated the legal residenceorprin-cipal place of business of the personmaking th e declaration. Military ornaval personnel ordinarily reta in thesame legal residence which they hadbefore entering he service. If theyhave no legal residence or principalplace of business in the United States,they should file with the Collector ofInternal Revenue at Baltimore, Mary-land.

Computation o f tax on estimated

mated tax for the purpose of making

1 9 4 3 income.-To compute the esti-

his declaration, he individual willestimatehis probable ncome romwhich he will deduct his probable al-lowable deductions o obtain is prob-able net income. He will then deducthis personal exemptionand credit fordependents to arrive a t surtax net in-

he will deducthis arned incomecome. From the surtax net income

credit to arrive t normal-tax net in-come. He will then compute surtaxon the surtaxnet incomeand willcompute normal tax on the normal-taxnet income. The next step willbe to compute the estimated victory-tax which is at herate of 5% onprobablevictory-taxnet ncome in

excess of $624. An example follows:

INCOMEAX

(1)Estimated active service pay

(2) Less exclusion of pay (up ofor 1943_------1______-__"-3,000

$1,500) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1,5008

(4)Minus: Estimated allowable(3) Estimated gross income----- 1,500

deductions for 1943 (In-terest paid, taxes, contri-butions, etc.) _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ _00

(5) Estimated net income _ _ _ _ _ 1,300

(6)Minus: Personal exemption(Married wit h o chil-dren)__-___---_--------- 1.200

(7) Estimated surtaxetn-

( 8) Minus:Earned income credit(10% of item 3, butnotmore than 10% of item 5)" . 130

corne____-------------_- 100

(9) Estimated normal-taxetincome-____--___--_-_"- 0

VICTORYTA X

(10)Estimated victory-tax net in-come (Same as item 3 ) _ _ _ _ $1,500

Minus exemption_ _ _ _ _ _ _ - _ _ _ 624

(11) Balance subject toax---_ 876

SUNIMARY

(12) Estimated surtax (13% of

(13)Estimated normal tax (6% of

(14) Estimated victory tax

(15)Less post-war creditcurrentlyaken,limited to 40% of

par. 18) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 17.52 26.28item (14) (see

item 7)-_-"-_"""""- $13.00

i t e m 9 ) - - -_ - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 0

(5% of item 11)" $43.80

(16) Tax on estimated 1943 in-

.- -ome _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ - 39.25

Explanation o f victory tax.-Begin-ning wi th the year 1943, each indi-

vidual is subject to victory tax naddition to regular income tax.

Victory tax is at herate of 5%onvictory-tax net income n excessof specific exemption of $624. Vic-tory-tax net income includes all grossincome exclusive of capitalains(gains from sales of securities, etc.)and taxable interest received on U.S.Government obligations issued priorto March 1, 1941. Service pay up to$1,500 s, of course, also excluded fromvictory-tax net income. The deduc-tions or nterest paid, taxes, con-tributions, etc., which are allowable indetermining net income subject to the

regular income tax are not allowablein computing victory-tax net income,unless hey are directly attributableto the individual's trade or business,or are incurred inonnection with heproduction of taxable income. Thedeductions directly attributable to theindividual's trade or business, or thoseincurred in connection with the pro-

however,, available if he elects t o fileduction of taxable ncome, are not,

on the simplified return form, Form1040A.

In he case of husbandand wifemaking separate returns for the tax-able year, each is entitled to apecificexemption of $624. In he case ofhusband and wife making a joint tax

i

-The Key Outpost (NOB , Key West, Fla. )

"Damrn these ersatz things. I'llbet the bicycle won't work either."

return, if the victory-tax net income

of onespouse s less than $624, heaggregate specific exemption of bothspouses is $624 plus thevictory-taxnet income of such spouse.

A post-war credit willbeallowedagainst he victory tax liability. Inthe case of a single person, the creditwillbe equal to 25% of the victorytax,butnot more than $500. Withrespect to he head of a family, ormarried persons filing joint returns,the credit will be equal to 40% of thevictory tax, but not more than $1,000.Where married personsiving togetherfile separate returns the limitationo nthe post-war credit is $500 for eachspouse. A similar credit willbe al-lowed foreachdependentequal o2% of the victory tax, but not morethan $100. At the election of the tax-payer, the post-war credit may be usedas an offset against he current axliability (s o as to educe the amountofthecurrentpayment) to theextentof an amount equivalent to the sumof:

(1 ) Life-insurance premiums paid dur-ing thecurr ent year on life insuranceoutstanding on September 1, 1942, n hisown life or upon th e lives of his spouseand/or his dependents.

(2) The amount by which the smallest

a t any time during the period beginningamount of his indebtedness outstanding

September 1, 1942, ndendingwith th e

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close of the preceding taxab le year, ex-ceeds the amo untof his indebtedness out -sta ndi ng at the close of th e taxable year.(3)The amount by which the amoun t

of the United S tates Savings Bonds, SeriesE.F. nd G , owned by him on the lastdayof the taxable year exceeds th e greater of(A ) th emo un t of suc h obligationsownedby him on-December 31, 1942,r(B) he highest amo unt of suc h obliga-tions owned by him on th e ast day ofany preceding taxable year ending afterDecember 31, 1942.

Amended Declaration.-In case it is

found that a declared estimate shouldbe revised, an amendeddeclaration

tion shallbe filed onor before he 15thmay be filed. Such amended declar-

day of the last month of any quarterof thecurrent axable year. Wherethe original declaration is found tohave been too low, an amendment isadvisablebecauseapenalty will beimposed in any case where th e esti-mated tax plus credits for tax with-held, if any, is less tha n 80% of theactualax,s finally determined.(See par. 22.)

Joint declarations.-A joint decla-ration may be filed by a husband and

wife (provided neither is a nonresi-dent alien), but such jointeclarationdoes not bind them to file a joint taxreturn. The filing of separate decla-rations does not preclude the filing ofa joint tax return.

Income and victory tax returns.-On March15 of each year the individ-ual will file his income and victory taxreturn orhe preceding alendaryear; i. e., on March 15, 1944,e willfile his taxreturnfor hecalendaryear 1943,and on March 15, 1945,.ewillfile his return for the calendaryear 1944. At the time of filing suchreturn he individual will pay any

balance of tax remaining after pply-ing his installment payments and anycredits resulting from income andic-tory taxes which may have been with-held at th e source; or if an overpay-ment of tax has resulted, such over-payment will be refunded or creditedunder regulations to be prescribed bythe Commissioner of Internal Reve-nue. The unforgiven portion of 1942tax liability (25% of t he tax on 1942income or 1943 income, whichever islesser) will be shown on the 1943 taxreturn but may be paid in two equalinstallments, on March 15, 1944,ndon March 15, 1945.

The Current Tax Payment Act of1943 makes no change with respect orequirements for filing t ax eturnsunder existing provisions of the In -ternal Revenue Code. (See pars. 17through 21 of Federal Income Tax n-formation Pamphlet dated December18, 1942;n addition, a return of vic-tory tax must e filed by every personreceiving a gross income of $624 ormore in 1943.)

Penalties.-The new law prescribescertain additions to he ax whichare in the natureof penalties.

(a ) In the case of failure to file a

imelydeclaration of estimated ax,

the tax as finally determined shall beincreased by 10%.

( b ) In the case of failure to pay aninstallment of estimated tax whendue, there shall be added to the taxas finallydetermined, $2.50 or 2%%of such tax ,.whichever is the greater,for each late installment payment.

(c) If 80% of the tax as finally de-termined is more than the estimatedtax plus credits for tax withheld, ifany,asshownondeclarationmadeor amendedon or before December

shall be added to such finally deter-15 of the current taxable year, there

mined tax the lesser of the two fol-lowing amounts:

(1) The excess of 80% of the finallydetermined tax over the estimated taxplus c redi ts for tax withheld, if any,or

(2) 6 % of the amountby which thefinally determined ax exceeds theestimated tax plus credits for axwithheld, i f any.

Criminal penalties.-A c r i mn a 1penalty of $10,000 (maximum) and/orimprisonment €or not more than oneyear is imposed for

( a ) Willful failure t o file return o rdeclaration.

(b ) Willful failure to pay the taxrestimated ax.

Deferments.-The deferments au-thorized by Statute tomembers of th earmed forces with respect o the ilingof returns and the payment of taxesare not changed in any way by theCurrent Tax Payment Act of 1943.(See paragraphs 22 through 25 and 68through 71 of Federal ncome Ta xInformation Pamphlet dated Decem-ber 18, 1942).These deferments alsoextend to he filing of declarationsand the payment of estimated taxes.

Abatememt of Tax i m Case o f Death

In the case of any person who dieson or after December 7, 1941,whilein active service as a member of th emilitary or naval forces of the UnitedStates or anyof the other United Na-tions, and prior to the terminationofthe present War as procl-aimedby thePresident, the incomend victorytaxes shall not apply with respect tohis income for the year inwhich fallsthedate of hisdeath.The incomeandvictory axes f o r allpreceding

taxable years which emain unpaid a tthe date of his death shall not e as-sessed; but if such taxes are paid sub-sequent to the date f his death, suchPayment shall be credited or refundedas an overpayment.Such cancella-tion, credit, or refund will apply alsoto any interestr penalties which mayhave been added to the tax.

Guide t o Determinatiolz of 1943 Tax

U d e r Currew Tax Paymemt Act

o f 1943

The determination of the taxes due

for 1943 may be simplified by the use

of the following guide, except in casesinvolving credits for taxes paid at thesource on interest from tax-freecove-nant bonds. Where the term “tax”isused below it means the tax computedwithout regard to interest and addi-tions to such tax, and without regardto credits for taxes collected at thesource on wages:

Revised 1943 ax equals the sum of thefollowing amounts :

I. Regular income and victory

tax for 1943, computed with-ou t regard to the Current TaxPayment Act of 1943 _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

(1) ncrease, if any, to extentthat 1942 ax exceeds ( a ) _ _

Less amount of 1942 taxwhich was attributabletohe inclusion ‘ of

$14,000) n 1942 taxable“earned” income (up to

Excess, if any, of (b) overincome (see par. 8)”-

(c ) ””””_”“”””Either: 25% of th e lesser

of the 1942 taxor he1943 tax-___-_--_-_____

Or: The excess of t he 1942tax ,or the 1943 tax

lesser) over $50 _ _ _ _ _ _ _(whichever is the

Whichever is the smaller,

( 3 ) Antiwindfallddition, if( e ) or ( f ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

any: 75% of t he lesser of1942 tax or 1943 tax-”____

Tentative tax (at rates for

year’s tax is the lower)1942 or 1943,whichever

computed on s u m of the

income plus $20,000 (see“base year” surtaxnet

par. 10 for special rulesof computation) _ _ _ _ _ _ _

Excess of ( h) over ( i ) _ _ -

11. Add:

(2)Ordinary addition:

(I

b

C .

d

e

f

g

h

2

i-

kIII. Revised 1943 taxsum of

a , d,g, and j ) _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _

NoTE.-Amounts ( a ) an d (a) aren-cludible in th e declaration of estimated

and in the 1943 re tur n o be filed by1943 ax to be filed by September 15, 1943,

March 15, 1944.

Amount (g ) is ncludible in the 1943return to be filed by March 15, 1944,utmay be paid in twoequal installmentson -March 15, 1944, nd March 15, 1945.

Amount ( j ) is ncludible in he final1943 re tur n to be filed by March 15,1944,

installme nts on March 15 of each of thebut may be paid infourequalannual

years 1945, 1946, 1947,nd 1948,with in-terest a t 4% a year from March 15, 1944,to dat e of payment,

”The Beam (NAS, orpus Christi, Tex.)

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CHANGES OF

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Rear Admiral E. J. Marquart, USN,for the last 2 years commandant ofth e New York Navy Yard, Brooklyn,and sinceMarch 1942 also com-mandant of the Third Naval District,has been relieved of his duty a t the

Navy Yard to devote full time to thepost of districtommandant. Ad-miral Marquart’ssuccessor as com-mandant of the yard is Rear AdmiralMonroe Kelly, USN, who has been onsea duty since the outbreak of the waran d who Won the Distinguished Serv-ice Medal for his part in theoccupa-tion of French Morroco.

aRear Admiral George Barry Wilson

to chief of staff of Admiral HaroldR. Stark, commander of United Statesnaval forces in Europe.

*Brig. Gen Littleton W. T. Waller,Jr., USMC, to director of personnel ofthe Marine Corps.

PUBLICATION

CHECK LIST~

informationhichtherwisemayeDesigned t o call att ention to publish ed

missed.Activity or publisher nparen-thesisndicateswhere ublicationmay

Issuingactivitiesshould urnish istingsbe obtained;cos t, if any,as ndicated.

t o editor.

TJNICALSOficial

CastawayBaedaker to theSouthSeas (Objective Data Section, Intelli-genceCenter, Pacific OceanArea) :How to survive in the South Seas.

WartimeSafety Measures for theMerchantMarine for January 1943(Coast Guard): Regulations an d rec-ommendations.

Monthly Allowances for he De-

pendents of Men in the Navy, CoastGuard and Marine Corps (BuPers) :Ge‘neral information.

Perkins Bookstore, referred to in the MayNom.-The address of the P. D. and Ione

Japanese”should read “South Pasadena,1943 issue i n connection with “Elementary

Calif ,’I instead of “Pasadena.”

PERIODICALS

Oficial

TraDivLetteror 15 July 1943(Training Division, BuPers) : “Bu-Med With the Marine Corps”; “U. s.Maritime officers’ Training”; TheCaliber of Merchant Marine Cadets”;“Audio-visual Program at .Sampson”;“Advanced NTSch, Treasure Island”.

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PILOTSTKAINING

(Comtinued from p. 2 7)

flying experience of the pilots waswide. The squadron has an enviablerecord of victories at the time of itsdecommissioning in June 1942.

“Last fall I was ordered to report

as commanding officer of a newsquadron, then forming at San Diego.With the exception of one officer frommy old squadron, I had practically noone except new officers who had justcompleted training. It looked likeit was going to be a terrific undertak-ing to rain theseapparentlygreenfellows so that they wouldbe readyfor combat in a sho rt time.

“They’vebeen in he Pacific allthisspringand you can udge howgood they must be by the number ofJaps being shot downheise days.

The Jap pilots are good, but they arefar inferior to the pilots we are put-tingntoombat.The success ofour boys is due to thei r typical Amer-ican courage backed up by the well-rounded and complete training heyreceive.”

Lt. Comdr. Fenton fought from theU. S. S. York town throughhebattles of Tulagi,CoralSea,Sala-maua-Lae, and Midway.He wearsthe Navy Cross.

How well the present “generation”o f instructors has trained he pres-~

ent “generation” f pilots now in com-bat is vividly reflected by the smash-ing victories won in the air in theit-terSouth Pacific battling of recentweeks.

On 16 June, when a huge force ofJap bombers and fightersattackedGuadalcanal, 77 enemyplanes wereshot down by Army,Navy, Marine,and New Zealand pilots, againsta lossof 6 planes. Sixteen Zeros and 14bombers were-destroyed by 28 Navypilots. This battle followed shortly askirmish in which four Marine pilots,three of them ieutenants, broke upand drove off a formation of 40 Japbombers and fighters.

On 30 June,after United Statesforces had landed on Rendova Islandin the opening phase of the currentSouth Pacific offensive, 101 Japplanes were shot down as they trieddesperately toprevent he occupa-tion. Naval airand urface forces,and Army aviators, scored this vic-tory overZeros,Aichidivebombers,and Mitsubishi medium bombers.

In addition, Navy dive and torpedobombers haveepttrategicap

bases in hearea of the offensiveunder constant pounding.

“Official U. . N a ~ y hotograph

JAP BOMBSlGHT: Th e bullet hol

wear the cemter of the shaft was the

only damage dome to this Japanese

bombsight, captured om Attu whem

American forcesw o u d up the am-

paig.n at Chichagof Harbor. I t i s

being studied today by U. . mili-tary experts.



Assignment Chunges

Of Bureuu 0 icers

The following changes in heas-ignment of officers in he Bureau

Capt. Thomas R. Cooley, USN, toOfficer Personnel vice

M.Fechteler, USN, to

Capt. John W. Roper, USN, to As-stant Director of Officer Personnel

Capt. Edmund T. Wooldridge, USN,

Capt. J. A. Waters, USN, to Direc-f OEcerPerformance Division

B.B. Biggs, USN, to sea.

Tugs

In accordancewith an approvedo Navy Regulations, two

fication tags are mandatory forby all naval personnel n time of

or national emergency. In case

f capture or death, one tag remainse person while the other is for-ded to the Bureau. Internat ional

ention provides th at th e foreign

return one tag through the In-

Information required to e stampedetchedoneach tag (on one side

is as follows: ( a ) name; ( b )

icer’s jacket number or man’s serv-( c ) blood type; ( d ) date

f administration of tetanus toxoide. g., T-8/16/42); ( e ) appropriate

“USN,” “USNR,” etc. Theof religious preference (“P”

Protestant, “C” for Catholic, and” for Hebrew) is optional.New tags are made of 17 percent

re ovalTags now in use are o

retained as one of the two.A new braided plasticand steel-wire

a 24-inchoop andanor bothags, wille

to all personnel in the im-future. The wire is designed

withstand a temperature of 2,000’l retain a t least a 5-pound pull

en after heat hasurned the plasticn. The wire s designed to

2 1 pounds, when unburned,

preventaccidental injury to thewith afe. In addition,heumping

may beopened to facilitate detach-ment of tags.

Sources of supply for both ags andcables are Naval Supply Depot, Bay-onne, N. J. , and Naval Supply Depot,Oakland, Calif., on requisition. Of-ficial promulgation f regulations gov-erning the above is contained in R-

1083 and R-1105 of the 1 June 1943Navy Department Bulletin.

Monthly Contribution

of 20 Cents Abolished

quired ocontribute 20 centsout ofNaval personnel are no longer re-

their pay achmonthowardhenaval hospital fund.

Public law 73, passed by the 78th

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Bad Conduct Discharge, storyof a man with . . . . . . . .

BuPers officers, changes of as-

Ceiling prices, slate gray uni-signment in

Completed Staff Workforms

Family Allowance actionheldup . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

Hospital fee abolished . . . . .Identification tags . . . . . . .Library an Guadalcanal . . . .Maternity a n d infant care

National Service Life Insur-

Navy Mutual Aid

Play writing contest for serv-Officers’ per diem allowance .

Presidential Uriit Citation rib-icemen

Rensselaer T e c h, scholarshipbon

Submarine insignia for medi-for

c a l officers . . . . . . . . . . .

Uniform RegulationsTraining course matters

Yosemite Convalescent Hos-

pital . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

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Congress, abolished, effective 1 July1943, thenaval hospital und. Anyunobligated balances were turnedover t o the U. S. Treasury. In hefuture, funds for the operation andmaintenance of navalhospitals willbeprovided throughannual appro-priations rom the general und ofthe Treasury.

Publicaw 73 also abolished thefundcontaining eturns rom Navyfines andorfeitures,emainingmoney to be turned over to theTreas-

ury. Returnsrom all fines, for-feitures, etc., now go to the Treasury,and annual appropriations for “Pay,subsistence and transportation”shall be availableor ayment ofpersonal allowances of prisoners, andtransportation, gratuity, and civilianclothing of dischargednaval pris-soners;

Under the terms of the act, all for-feituresnccount of desertion,which formerly went to the credit ofthe naval hospital fund, willgo intothe Treasury, provided tha t pensionsof inmates of naval homes or hos-pitals, heretofore required by law to

be deducted from the account of thepensioner an d applied for the benefitof the fund from which suchhome orhospital is maintained,hall bedeposited in to he Treasury.

Maternity and Infunt CareFor Wives and Infants

Of Men in Military Service

An appropriation of $4,400,000 hasbeen made available o the Depart-ment of Labor for grants o States,includinglaska,awaii, Puerto

Rico, and the Districtof Columbia, tocontinue the plan established by th eChildren’s Bureau of that Depart-ment,andoutlined n Alnav 91 ofMay1943, t o providemedical, nurs-ing and hospital maternity and infantcare for wives and infants of enlistedmen in the armedorces of the UnitedStates of the fourth , fifth, sixthorseventh grades, during the fiscal year1944.

Under thisplan he wifeof anyenlisted man of t he Navy,CoastGuard or Marine Corps in the fourlowestpay grades,ncludinghose

spective of her legal residence and

deceased~ rmissing in action, rre-

financial status,and providing theState inwhich she is presently located

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has a plan approvedby the Children’sBureau of t he Department of Labor,is eligible to make application or andreceive medical and hospitalma-ternity services. The child (or chil-

dren) ,,under one year of age, of a nenlisted man in the above categoriesis likewise eligible for medical, surgi-cal and hospital care under this planprovided application is completed andsigned by the wiferuardian.These services are available, how-ever. onlv whensimilar services ar e

orrom facilites provided by orthrough officialr local healthagencies.

Application forms for this care areavailable from State and local health

and welfare agencies, AmericanRedCross chapters, prenatal clinics, andother community agencies, and fromlocal physicians participating in theprogram. Requests fornformationconcerning the program in any state

of Maternal and Child Health in careshould beaddressed to the Director

not ’otheiwise provided by the Navy of the State Health Department.

COMPLETED STAFF WORK(This article, written by the staff of the ArmyandNavyJournal, i s

reprinted by special permission from that publication)

1.The doctrineof “completed staff work” is a doctrine of this office.2. “Completed staff work” is the study of a problem, and presentation

of a solution, by a staff officer, in such form th at all tha t remains t o

is to indicate hisapproval or disapproval of the completed action. Thebe done on the part of t he head of the staff division, or the commander,

words “completed action” are emphasized because the more difficult th eproblem is, th e more the tendency is to present the problem to the chiefin piece-meal fashion. It is your duty as a staff officer to work out thedetails. You should not consult your chief in thedetermination of thosedetails, no matter howperplexing they may be. You mayandshouldconsult other staff oficers. The product, whether it involves the pro-nouncement of a new policy or affects an established one, should, whenpresented to the chief for approval or disapproval, beworked out infinished form.

3 . The impulse which often comes to the inexperienced staff officer toask the chief what to do recurs more often when the problem is difficult.

I t is accompanied by a feeling of mental frustration. It is so easy to

Resist that impulse. You will succumb to it only if youdo not knowask the chief what to do, and it appears so easy for him to answer.

your job. I t is your job to advise your chief what he ought to do, notto ask himwhat you ought to do. Heneeds answers, not questions.Your job is to study, write, restudy, and rewrite until you have evolveda single proposed action-the best one of all you have considered. Yourchief merely approves or disapproves.

Writing a memorandum to your chief does not constitutecompleted staff4. Do not worry your chief with long explanations and memoranda.

work, but writing a memorandum for your chief to send to someone else

he can make them his views simply by signing his name. In most in-does. Your views should be placed before him in finished form so that

stances, completedstaffwork results in a single document preparedfor the signature of t he chief, without accompanying comment. If the

he wants comment or explanation, heill ask for it.proper result is reached, the chief will usually recognize it a t once. If

5. The heory of completed staff workdoes not preclude a “roughdraft” but the rough draft must not be half-baked ideas. It must be

copies and need not be neat. But a rough draft must not be used a s ancomplete in every respect except th at it lacks the requisite number of

excuse for shifting to thehief the burdenof formulating theaction.

staff officer, but it results in more freedom for the chief. This is as it6. The “completed staff work” theory may result inmore work for the

should be. Further it accomplish& two things:(a ) The Chief is protected from half-baked ideas, voluminous memo-

randa, and immature oral resentations.( b ) The staff officer who has a real idea to sell is enabled more readily

to find a market.7. When you have finished our “completed staff work” the final test is

this:

prepared, and stake your professional reputation on its being right?

is not yet “completed staff work.

If you were chief would you be willing t o sign the paper you have

If the answer is in the egativ?: take it back and work it over because it

The application form is to be com-pleted and signed by the wife orguardian and by the attending phy-sician private or clinic physician)prior to receiving hospitalization and

forwarded by the physician or clinicto heState Director of Maternaland Child Healthor to a eputyauthorized by him to receive suchapplications. Fundsunder hisap-propriationcannot beused inpartpayment for more expensive hospitalaccommodations ontractedor byeither the enlisted man or his wife.

The service number of t he enlistedman(husband)must be entered onthe application. In order thatau-thorization for care under this pro-grammay be expedited,personnelwhose dependents are authorized toreceive such care should inform their

wives of their service number. Theservice numbermust be verified bythe ttending physicianrom theapplicant’s amily allowance awardnotice, which is mailed to dependentsprior to receiving their irst amilyallowance check, orfrom a letter fromher husband. In exceptional caseswhen this is not possible, the sta teagency must verify the husband’sservice number through othersources.

Applicationswillbeapproved andauthorizationorare givennlywhen the medical or hospital care isprovided by doctors of medicine andby hospitalsmeeting thestandardsestablished by the state health agen-cies.

Family Quarters Um zvailablat Yosemite Hospital

Marriedpersonnel of the UnitedStates Navy who are ordered to dutyat he United States ConvalescentHospital,Yosemite National Park,Calif., are advised not o ake heirfamilies with them, as housekeepingquarters are not available there.

N a v y Mu tu al Aid

Owing to the difficulty of ascer-taining correct addresses of personnelunder waronditions, the NavyMutual Aid Association is attemptingt o establish and maintain a member-ship address system. Members of theassociation are requested to advise theassociation’s office, Navy Department,Washington, D.C.,of theirpresentaddress. Further , they are requestedto keep t he association’s office advisedof their change of address. This ac-tion is necessary in order th at th e n-dividual members may be communi-catedwith romptly, i f necessary,concerning their membership, and to

insure their receiving any announce-ment of interest made by the associa-tion.



Announced

orSlate G r a y U n i f o r m s

Ceiling prices that will shortly be

for the new slate grayworking uniforms for officersf the United States Navy were an-

by the Office of Price Admin-The prices areforcotton-

Maximum prices for these niforms,or commissioned

arrant officers of th e Navy wills follows: At Bymanu-

retail facturersunifonn- _________ $15.38 $10.25

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 10.50 7.00

_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ 4.88 3.25

It should be noted, OPA said, thatthese goods at

will have selling priceshigher than 150 percent of the

to them.These prices will be incorporated nforthcoming amendment to Maxi-

385 (SpecifiedUniforms), OPA said. They

ceilings now in force forhe Navy summer khaki uniforms.Dyeing costs are greater for the gray

f o r the khaki. How-

f cloth requiredof the substitution of patch.

r bellows pockets. OPA pointed out

at the increased costs and the sav-approximately offset each other.(Gray uniforms for CPOs have not

en authorized, but such author-

modified in a Circular Letterfrom theRecent uniformegulationsre

Secretary of the Navy’s Office underdate of 2 July 1943. The circular let-ter cancels R1126, N.D. Bul. of 15June 1943,and paragraphs 2 and 3 ofBuPers Itr.Pers-0-AC, A2-3, of 2 Jan.1943;N.D. Bul. of 15 Jan. 1943, R-177.

The Circular Lettermodifies chap-te r 11, U. s. Navy Uniform Regula-tions, 1941, n the following respects:

(1) The wearing of gray or whiteshirts wi th blue service uniforms soptional;

( 2 ) Half lace (gold sleeve tripes ex-tending only from seam to seam) isoptionalon sleeves of blue serviceuniforms;

( 3 ) The use of plain visored capsfor officers of the rank of commander

or above and black braid chin strapsfor all officers is optional with erviceuniforms.

Service dress blue uniforms may eworn on occasions where he wearingof white uniforms is appropriate.

Gray working uniforms will be wornwhen available. As announced previ-ously, during the necessary transitionperiodofficerswillbe permitted owearkhakiuniforms, now in heirpossession or manufactured, until thesupply of these uniforms in stock isexhausted or until those inossessionare worn out.

The following chart is a modifica-tion of chapter 11,U. S. Navy UniformRegulations, 1941, and shall beusedas

aguide for naval officers in deter-

mining uniforms currently required:I Blue White 1 ~ Working4

Coat.................... Blue 2................... White-................ Gray (cloth or oldace1 shoulder marks). ’

Trousers...............

Black or ga y .hite.................lack...................ocks...................Black.hite.................lack...................hoes...................Gray...................................hite or grayhirt-” ................Gray cover.hite cover..........lue or white cover-....ap 3 . ..................

Gray.hite.................lue....................

Gloves..................

Gilt..................... Gilt................... Blusblackplasticorgiltuttons. ...............Black........................................... Black.ecktie.................Gray.................... White.................

Aiguillett,es Asrescribed.. A s prescribed..ervice.Ribbons Yes Yes Yes................ ..................... ...................

............. ......... .......! 11Where white is appropria.te, service dress,blue, B, D, 0 ,or service dress,E. may be worn.2

Half lace on sleeves is opt.ional.a Plain-vizored cam and black braid chin straps are optional except on dress occasions. Gamsou caps ofproper color are optional.

4 Gray working uniformsof the same materials now used will he worn when available. DurinS the neres-sary transition period fficerswill he permitted to wear khaki uniforms, now n their possession01manufac-tured until the supply of these uniformsn stock is exhausted or those 1upossession are worn ut.

Now $7A per diem allowance of $7 in lieu

sistence for officers travelingeriem orders, including

el by air, instead of maximum of

-The Beam (NAS, Corpus Christi, Tex.)

“All r ight-one fo r the money,wo for the show“.“

$6 heretofore allowed, isauthorizedunder the Naval Appropriation Act,

AlNav 138,dated 5 July 1943.effective 1 July 1943, according to

The AlNav follows(1 UnderNavalAppropriation

Act effective 1 July 1943 per diem of$7 in lieu of subsistence authorizedfor officers traveling under per diemorders including travel by air insteadof maximum of $6 heretofore allowed.All officers’ orders (regardlessof whenissued) authorizing $6 per diemmodi-fied t o authorize per diem of $7 after30 June. Whenclaimpaidonsuchmodified orders disbursing officer willendorse standard Form 1012 to show“ $7 per diem paidunderauthorityAlNav (insert umber) and NavalAppropriation Act 1942.”

( 2 ) No change in per diem rate forenlisted men traveling by air.

(3) $7 per diem for officers and $6per diem for enlisted men ravelingby air as authorized paragraph (1)

addition to perdiem ‘this permits

and (2 ) are in lieu of subsistence. In

reimbursement for t a x i or arfareandother ncidental ravelexpense

.as authorized under Navy travel in-structions. AlNav 7 2 , 15 April 1943, .canceled effective 1 July 1943. Navytravel nstructions willbemodifiedaccordingly. BuPersCircularLetter85-43 modified as follows:

In line 4, paragraph 5, delete thewords “mileage orother ravelal-lowances’’ andubstituteherefor“subsistence.” Allowances formid-shipmen unchanged.

-Bowlines.

”I wonder why the Captain wantsa l l hands o n deck.”

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Nuuy Legul AidProgram Broudelzed

In a move designed to expand andcoordinate existing arrangements forproviding legalassistance to navalpersonnel and the ir ependents, anewprogram has beendevelopedby theOffice of the JudgeAdvocate General,in cooperation with he American BarAssociation, whichstandardizesandincreases the facilities already avail-able.

The program, which was put intoeffect on 26 June 1943, provides forthe establishment by the Comman-da nt of each Naval District, or com-manding officer of eachnavyyard,naval station, Marine Corps base, or

other naval activity, of a legal assist-, ance office, to be staffed by one ormore officers with legal training andwho are members of t he bar of aState,Territory,or the District ofColumbia. In addition, the officer incommand O f any of the forces afloatmay establish a legal assistance officewith such modifications as conditionsmay make necessary.

Eligible to seek the counsel of legalassistance officers and civilian lawyerscooperating with them are all navalpersonnel and their dependents, and,wherenecessary,members of otherbranches of th e armed forces if th e

legal facilities of their own serviceare not accessible.The general supervision and direc-

NO ACTION ON ‘FAMILY AL-

LOWANCE INCREASESU N T IL , FALL

A step toward increasing al- the firstmonth’s dependency al-lowances tofamilies of service lowance, though after that time,men has been taken, but with a servicemanwould contributeCongress in recess, nofurther $2 2 andhe government $2 8action can be aken until fall. toward the basic amount of $50

Legislation increasing t h e allowed for wife withoutgovernment’s cashcontributions child.to dependents has beenassed The measure also providesby the Senate and is now await- that enlisted men in the uppering House action.

The measure would increase itled to family allowances, bethree pay grades, now not en-

from $62 to $68 theotal eligible to chooseetween par-monthly allowance for a wife ticipationnder the familyand one child and the allowanceallowance law,orcontinue ofor additional children from $10 receive monthly quarters allow-to $11 aonth. ance. Earlyinalction is ex-

In addition, it wouldprovidepectedwhenCongress recon-th at he government pay all of venes.

tion of Navy legal offices is assignedto the Judge Advocate General, whowill collaborate wi th the AmericanBar Association in th e establishment

local legal officers willcollaborate withof a system of legal assistance. The

the State and local bar associations

-The Hoist (NTS, an Diego, Calif.)

P a g e 68

and legal aid societies in the respec-tive districts.

The specific services whichNavylegal assistance officers are authorized

to render to naval personnel and thdependents have been so stated as toallow the maximum of counsel andassistance and at the same ime toavoid encroaching on matters prop-erly coming under the jurisdiction ofcivilian lawyers.Among other serv-ices, legal assistance officers are au-thorized to:

1. Arrange, in cooperation withlocal bar associations and legal aidsocieties, for certain members of th ecivilian bar to serve with legal assist-ance offices.

2. Interview, advise, and assistnaval personnel; and, in roper cases,

to refer such personnel to an appro-priate bar committee or legal aid or-ganizationwhen it is felt desirabletha t the case be handled by civiliancounsel.3. Arrange, i f practicable, through

local bar associations to have speci-fied civilian lawyers visit each egalassistance office at regular intervals ointerview anynaval personnel whomay. desire their counsel.

Legal assistance officers generallywill not appear in person or by plead-ings before civil courts,boards, orcommissions as attorneys for personswho are otherwiseentitled to legal

assistance in accordance with existingregulations.

Under the new program, naval per-sonnel,whether in hiscountryor



verseas, will be assured in the han-ling of their personal affairs the as-

nd counsel of capable,ally trained men n the naval serv-or, if necessary, will be referred to

ompetent civilian lawyers throughe cooperation of th e American Bariation, State and local bar asso-ns, and legal aid societies.

The Presidential Unit Citation rib-may now be worn by members of

cited unit after the initial citation,odifications to Ekecutive9050 and GeneralOrder 187.

hat the

econd unit citation.

AlNav 137, under date of 7 Julyubstitutes the following for par-

f General Order 187:4, subparagraphs (c) and (d),

(c) (1) When a unit has receivedUnit Citation all per-

el serving n that unit during the

wear the citat ion ibbonone st ar permanently, regardless

f where serving.(2 ) Personnelauthorized to wearcitation ribbon with one st ar as

shall wear an additional starf the unit

during theoc-

which theunit s cited,it be the same or another

( 3 ) Personnel who subsequentlya unit which has been cited shallthe plain citation ribbon without

r and only while attached to that

(4) Flag officers and members ofstaffs serving n a unit upon the

he Library

GuadalcanalThe following, which demonstrates

can be accomplished by interesta paraphrase of a

er recently received from an officerth e Seabees on Guadalcanal:

On 7 September 1942, letter to theof Naval Personnel was writ-

asking about a libraryor the bat-I boarded the ship I

did not know whether it was withSo every day on the way

I usuallysaid, “I hope thatis along.” When we arrived

unloaded, it was there consisting

1,600 volumes and was the biggest

The library opened on 11 January,and Iwondered how much it would beused because of the men working andbecause of the blackouts, but I soonfound that I did not need to worry.

The working hours were adjusted sotha t each man had some time duringdaylight ours in which to read.’Furthermore, it became a vital moralefactorbecausemen were usually soexhausted they could not indulge inany athletic contests, while movies inthe evening were not always a wise

thing. Because of this he ibrarywas opened 5 hours a day, which islonger than usual. The records showthat there was an average of with-drawals of about 95 books per day.

From the records kept between 11January and24 March (72 days), over7,000 books were withdrawn from thelibrary of 1,600 volumes. One of-theamazing things s the small numberofbooks lost. Men were allowed to keepbooks a week with the privilege ofrenewal. There was no reading room

Story of a Man w i t h a BCD:

“a a a no end to the punishment”

in the Bureau o f Naval Personnel:The following is excerpted from a personal letter received by an ofiicer

Dear . . ,

As you see from what I’ve written, the results of the whole businesshit me pretty hard. I have already paida terrible price for my careless-ness, but stillI see no end to the punishment. I worked out my fine andsentence, but the xperiencesI have had and the cons tant mental torturefollowing my BCD have been far more severe than the prison sentence.That is why I have written in detail, and again turn to you for adviceas I did several times while I was in th e Service.

This trouble almost broke my mother’s heart. Dad said lit tle , but hehas aged a lot, and I know i t is because of me. But they took me backas their son and treated me as if nothing had happened. They knewhow anxious I was to get back in the scrap so I could do my part andalso clear my record, and how it hurt me to be barred in my attemptsto reenlist in any branchf the Service.

Even though my BCD kept me out of the actual scrap I thought Icould get a Civil Service billet where I could help some and perhapsclear my record enough to eventually get back in uniform. I got no-where; someof the questions on he forms inned me down,and explain-ing my 4F draft classification got me turned down just as I was in myattempts to reenlist. I had the same experience with any number ofdefense plants where my Navy training and trade might have been ofvalue. I ended up driving a taxicab.

Finally I securedamenial but well-paying obwhich I still holdwith . . . This job is a help but I doubt th at I’ll ever have any peaceof mind ’til I get back in the fight where I can not only make a goodrecord, but helpavengewhat hose yellowdevils did to us at . . .and . . .

I have written sucha long letter that even to sum it up has taken a

lot of space, but I had to give the details so you could give me theadvice I now ask. I now come to the mainpoint.After I landed my present job I met THE girl. She knows my story

and something of how I have suffered. She understands and we havebeen happily married for some time, and now await our first baby. Ex-pecting the baby is what gives me the nerve to come back to you foradvice. You havehelped me in the pas t and would havehelped memore if I had listened to you. Explaining my story t o Mother and Dadand even to Dorothy was one thmg, but how can I explain it to thislittle tyke when he grows up? He is bound t o ask a lot of questions.Naturally he will want to brag about me and tell what I did to helpwin the war, just like the othe r kids will be doing. What can I say?What will I tell him? I need your help and advice as never before. Iwill follow your advice this time for I must get this cleared up onceand for all.

Sincerely,

age 69



so they took books to heir ents.Despite th at , only one book was de-stroyed in the frequent rush for thefoxholes a nd the ra ts destroyed onlyone by chewing off th e cover. Thelibrary had a concrete deck while thebookshelves were boarded in the backand only wide enough to hold the.books. This prevented th e rats from

As I said, the library was one of thegetting at them to eatoff the covers.

good morale of our outfit. Personally,foremost elements responsible for the

I believe that th e library should bethe most emphasized spare-time ac-tivity of the Seabees organization inthe field. If it is, it will show itsworthhrough its use during themen’s leisure time.

TrainingCourseMatters

The attention f all EducationalOf-ficers is directed to heBureau ofNaval Personnel Circular Letter NO.99-43, dated 18 June 1943, which wn-tains informationonRadioTech-nician 3/c training course. Educa-tional OfRcers are directed to issue thecourse only to naval personnel whoare RadioTechnicians 3/c, or bonafide strikers for that rat ing. Studentsmaking unsatisfactory progressn thecourse shall be required to re turn allassignment books to the Educational

Officer, who will forward same to thenaval warehouse from which they

Busic Fucts

Because mostommercialinsurance companies w ill no tpermit servicemen t o applyfor i fe insuranceatnormalrates,ince the y loseheirnormal “insurability” duringw a r t i m e , t h e G o v e r n m e n tha s

established Natio nal erviceLife Insurance formil i taryand naval personnel on actived u t y ;

Suchpersonnelmayapplyfor thi s insurance within 120days a f ter repor t ing for ac t iveduty . A f ter he 120-daype--r iod , theymust take a medica lexam ination , as part of th eapplicatio n, hichm a yecomple ted by any medica lffi-cer on active duty , T h i s in-

surance i s issued on h e 5-year

were btained. Th e partially used

stroyed by the Educational Officer,examination booklets are o bede-

who shall notify the naval warehousethat thishas been done.

It has been decided that a referencebook of mathematical tables s neces-sary if students are to obtain satis-factory results in studying the RadioTechnician 3/c course. Each deliveryof assignments 21-25, to all course en-rollees, will beaccompanied by onecopy of “Mathematical Tables fromthe Handbook of Chemistry andPhysics.” ?“he assignment books con-tain paged references to this set ofmathematical tables.

All copies of the A-N Manual andthe Apprentice Seaman course and

examination book are tobe destroyedwhen their present users have com-

books have been replaced by the newpleted the tudy course inceboth

manual “General TrainingCourse forNonrated Men.”

Parachute Rigger 3/c and 2/c train -ing manual, course book only, is nowreadyor istribution. A progresstest and examination pamphlet hasnot yet been prepared to accompanythis course.

The use of th e “Enrollment, Frog-ress, andxamination Record”card, BNP 671 formerly N.Nav 134,

was discontinued by directions con-tained in Bureau of Naval Personnel

Letter P2431-HH dated 23 December1942. All progress testsand exami-nation booklets, with theexception ofthat fo r the iesel Engine course, nowcontain this sheet. A supply of singlerecord sheets for he Diesel Enginecourse is now available upon request.

The Navy Training Course Certifi-cate, NavPers 672,.formerly BNP 672,has been revised to include a recordof the completion of the necessarypractical factors as required by th eBureau of Personnel Manual, pa rt D,chapter 5, D5104 (le) (3). A Bureauof Naval Personnel circular etter con-taining more detailed information onthis topic will appear in henearfuture.

In order to eliminate delayed andmisdirectedhipments of trainingcourses, all units requesting such ma-terial are asked to furnish a completedelivery address. When only an offi-

blank, it is necessary to locate hisdutycer’s signature appears on the order

station and assume th at the coursesare needed at th at location.

Materialand suggestions are nowbeing collected for the preparation ofthe Yearbook of EnlistedTraining,1944edition. Educational Officers ar einvited to submit any information orsuggestions that would be helpful in

improving th e usefulness of this pub-lication.

of Nutionul Service Life Insztrunce

level prem ium term p lan , a ta ver y low ost-at age 18 t h erate is $6.40 cc m o n t h for$10,000 insurance, which i sabout 20 cents a day. I t i s th eonly l i fe insurance tha t can bebought today wi thout a war

clause. I t can e onverted,after being in force for1year,an d within the 5 -year termperiod, to he ordinary i fe ,20-paymentife , or 30-pay-m e n ti fela n .a t io n a lService Life Insurance will begranted to any one person inany mult iple of $500, but n o tless th an $1,000 or mo r e th a n$10,000. Provision i s alsoma d e fo r th e n o n p a y me n t o fpremiums if the holders are

totally disabled for 6 consecu-

t ive month s pr ior to age 60.A very mpor tan t ea ture isthat service personnel holdersm a ycon tinue his insurancewhe m they retur la t o c iv i l ianli fe , regardless of occupatiolaor residence. AlthoughN a -

tional Service Life Insurancesn o t c o m p u l s o r y , t h e N a v y D e -par tment trongly rges l lofficer and enlisted personlzelt o a p p l y f o r t h e f u l l a m o u n t o$10,000. Over 95% o fh eme n e n te r in g th e Na v a l T r a in -ing Stations are subscribing t othis insurance. T o completeapplication, register a n allot-m e n t , or for fur ther in forma-t i o n , t h e c o m m a d i n g o ffice r,insurance officer,or disbursing

officer sh ould be comulted .

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selaer Tech

With reference to he noticeap-

ng in he March 1943 issue ofpublication egarding the fullar tuition scholarship which the

stees of Rensselaer olytechnicN. Y., offer each year

ons of officers, petty officers, ormmissioned officers on the ac-

reti red lists of the Navy andine Corps, sons of deceased per-

f the above categories, and tos of oflicers of the Naval Reserve

duty, no applications were

The trustees of Rensselaer Poly-have now notified

that this scholarship

1November 1943. For fullll be available for th e class begin-

refer to the March 1943

As this is a very valuable scholar-ll personnelnterested and

same shouldheir applications and sec-

ol records to this Bureausoon as possible and not later thanSeptember 1943. The board to

a recipient will meet on 1 Oc-1943 and the recipient selectedbe prepared to arrivea t Rens-

olytechnic Inst itute, Troy,. Y., by 1 November 1943 in order

enter the class beginning on th at

Necessary applicationorms andformsmay

obtained as heretofore by applyingthe Bureau of Naval Personnel.A similar scholarship will be avail-

during th e calendar year 1944.this scholar-

will be published a t a la ter date.

Wash (NAS, Whidbey Island,Wash.)

Submarine Medical OficerInsignia

A distinctive breast insigniaabove)for ubmarine medical fficers ha sbeen approved by the Secretary of th eNavy. BuPersCircularLetter 18-43states that (in advanceof a changetoU. S. NavyUniformRegulations,1941) officers qualified in accordancewithrticle E-1314 (new) of theBuPersManual,maywear the n-signia, described as follows:

“A gold color metal pin consistingof two dolphins facinga slightly con-vex oval crest with appropriately em-bossed rounded edge and scroll. Thecentral device to be surcharged withgoldak leaf an d silver acorn-symbol of Medical Corps. The metalpin shall be of dullfinish correctlyburnished for highlights. Dimen-sions: over-all lateral width, 3 nches;height of central oval device, three-fourths inch; lateral width of centraloval device, five-eighths inch; heightof oak leaf, three-fourths inch; widthof oak leaf, one-half inch; height ofacorn, three-eighths inch; and width

of acorn, one-fourth inch.”

Play Writing Contest

For Servicemen

The National Theatre Conference, anonprofitorganization nterested inthe promotion of th e American the-ater,hasannounced a play-writingcontest open o men and women inthe armed services.

In addition to cash prizes for thebest manuscriptssubmitted in fourclasses of competition, authors of

Promise will be recommended by thejudges forpost-war fellowships andscholarshipscontributed by leadingAmerican colleges and universities.

Awardsill beistributed asfollows:

One piize of $100 and two of $50each, fomr long plays, running time ofwhich should be 1% to 2 hours;

Four prizes of $50 each for one-actplays, running time f which should be20 to 40 minutes;

Fif ty prizes of $10 each, for shortskits and black-outs, running time ofwhich should be 1 o 10 minutes; and

One prize of $100, to bedividedamong the authors a r a musical com-

edy, running time of which should be.1 o 2 hours.

The deadlineorubmission ofmanuscripts is 1 September 1943,withan additional 30. ays allowed men

overseas. Manuscriptshould bemailed to PlaywritingContest, Na-tionalTheatre Conference, WesternReserve University, Cleveland, Ohio.

Althoughnoimitation splacedupon the subject matter, content, orform of t he plays, subjects rela ted tolife in the ervice are to bepreferred.Manuscriptsmust be originals andmust not havebeen published or pro-duced prior to 1 January 1943. Thereis no limit on the number of manu-scripts a n author may submit.

Manuscripts must be typed or writ-ten in a legible hand on only one side

of the paper. Sheets should be boundtogether, the cover or top page beingmarked clearly with the tit le of theplay, the author’s name and address.The conference will not be responsiblefor lostmanuscriptsand it is sug-gested that they be submitted in du-plicate. None will be returned unlessaccompanied by adequate postage nda specific request.Th@ author’s ights will be pro-

tected and eserved for him insofar sthey apply to publication, and tomov-ing picture, adio, and professional

stage production. Rights for the useof manuscripts for soldier and sailorentertainment will be granted withoutroyalty. The ights orallamateurcivilian production anddistributionwill be controlled by the conference,with royalties payable to the authorunder conditions approved by him.

“Will improve visios of Holzor-able sub fleet.‘’

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Page

Airplane insignia. new . . . . . 32

Air riumphs in Pacific.what’sbehind . . . . . . . . . . . 27

American Red Cross Food Pack-age . . . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Amphibians nvade Islands onBoth Sidesof World . . . . . -3

Bad Conduct Discharge. Story f

a Man With . . . . . . . . . 69

BuPers Bulletin Board . . . . . 65

signment . . . . . . . . . . 65

Casualty igures . . . . . . . . 3

forms . . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Change of command . . . . . . 64

BuPersOfficers.changes in as-. .

Ceiling prices of slate gray uni-

Christmaspackages. addressingof . . . . . . . . . . . . 30. 32

Chronomap . . . . . . . . . . 28

. by UnitedStatesub . . . . . 20

Completed st& work. . . . . . 66

“Clean sweep” broom displayed

Convalescent hospital. Yosemite 66Courage lus Training equals

Victories . . . . . . . . . . 27

Decorations and Citations . . . . 5 0

“DuckTrucks. ” for invasionforces . . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Electricmegaphone. for powerfailures . . . . . . . . . . . 2

Family allowances. no action onincreases until fall . . . . . . 68

Fishing kits. for lifeboats (photo-graph) . . . . . . . . . . . 25

Food Package. Red Crossphoto-graph) . . . . . . . . . . . 30

Gela.Americans apturerom

Gray IJniforms. CeilingPrice onGermans photographs) . 37. 42

cotton . . . . . . . . . . . 67

Guadalcanal. library on. . . . . 69

Hancock. Lt. Joy B., first navalofficer to sponsor combatant-typenavalvessel photo-graph) . . . . . . . . . . . . 49

Hospital fee abolished . . . . . 65

How plasma works-and why . . 22

Identification ags . . . . . . . 65

Income Tax Law Summary . . . 10

1nfantcare.maternity.plan

. . .65

Insignia. submarine medical of-ficer (photograph) . . . . . . 71

Insurance. National Service Life. 70

Japaneseplanes. tw o burn onwater (photograph) . . . . . 19

King. Admiral E J. congratu-lates Women’s Reservephoto-

Kirkpatrick. Lt.Comdr. CharlesC., awarded third Navy Cross . 5 0

Knox. Secretary visits San Diegonaval hospital (photograph) . . 26

Library. on Guadalcanal . . . . 69

Life Insurance. National Service. 70Liferaft. new type (photograph). 2

graph). . . . . . . . . . . . 6

INDEX FOR AUGUST 1943Pa ge

LST’s take tanks to Sicily (photo-

MarinePilots on Guadalcanalpaint Jap flags (photograph) . 21

Maternity and nfant care plan . 65

McAfee. Lt. Comdr. Mildred H.(photograph with Admiral

McCain. Vice Admiral J. S., ap-pointed fio ChieffNavalOperations (Air) . . . . . . . 31

MedicalNotes . . . . . . . . 18

Medical fficer.ubmarinen-signia for (photograph) . . . 71

Monthly contribution abolished . 65

National Service Life Insurance . 70

Navy production. six months of

New aids for shipwrecked menare tested (photographs) . . . 25

New names in the Navy . . . . 49Officers.changes in assignment

of BuPers . . . . . . . . . . 65

Officersperdiemallowance . . 67

graph) . . . . . . . . . . . 41

King) . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Munda.Allies attack . . . . . . 2

Navy MutualAid . . . . . . . 66

12-13

mhis Month’s Cover

Acting us a“testpilot” in the

wind tunnel ut theWashingtoaD. C., Navy Yard. this ensign in-

vestigates the effects of wind stress

on functiolzal designs by the use of

tiny model planes. A word on the

communicatiom system of the con-

trol room enables her to change the

angle o f the model being ested .(On page 4 i s an article bringing

up to date the story f the Women’s

Reserve and telling o f the many

tasks they have ta kes over rom

Navy mew in their first year of ex-

istence.) All cover photographs are

official U .Navy.

Page

Paratroops spearheadicilianinvasionphotographs) . . . 36

Plasma. how it works and why . 22

Play-writing contest for service-men. . . . . . . . . . . . . 71

Portuguese: short list of wordsand phrases. . . . . . . . 23-24

Presidential Unit Citationribbon 69

Prisoners. among naval person-

Prisoners. Axis from Sicilypho-ne1 31

tograph) . . . . . . . . . . 39

PublicationCheckList . . . . 64

Ramsey. Rear Admiral D C., ap-pointed Chief of BuAer . . . . 31

Recreation. Navy’s program . . 14

Regulations. uniform . . . . . . . 67Rendova.Allies nvade . . . . . 2

Rensselaer Tech. scholarship for 71

Secretary Knox visits San DiegoNaval Hospital (photographs) . 26

77. 00 V-12 studentsat 2 2

schools . . . . . . . . . . . 16Shipwrecked men. new aids for(photographs) . . . . . . . . 25

Sicily. Alliesnvade . . . . . . 3

Sixmonthsproduction for theNavy . . . . . . . . . . . 12-13

Slaterayniforms.eilingprices on . . . . . . . . . . 67

Sovietlanes raid Germans(photograph) . . . . . . . . 29

St& work. comp!eted . . . . . . 6Submarine nsignia for medical

officers (photograph) . . . . 71

Tags.dentification . . . . . . 6 5

Tax Payment Act.summaryof . 10The Capture of Rendova (photo-

graph) . . . . . . . . . . 3-44

The current Tax Payment Actof1943 . . . . . . . . . . . . 10

The invasionofSicily photo-graph) . . . . . . . . . 542

The month‘snews . . . . . . . 28

The Navy’s recreation program . 14

The Women’s Reserve-one yearold . . . . . . . . . . . . . 6

Training coursematters . . . . 70

TWO f 94 shot-down Japaneseplanes burn on the water (pho-

tograph) . . . . . . . . . . 19Uniform regulations . . . . . . 67

Uniforms.lateray. ceilingprices of. . . . . . . . . . . 67

Unitcitation.presidential. ib-bon for . . . . . . . . . . . 69

United States bombers soften upSicily . . . . . . . . . . . 40

U. S. S. H e k n a sunk in Pacific(photograph) . . . . . . . . 29

United States sub in Arctic dis-playscleanweep”room 20

V-12 students. 77. 00 at 212

schools . . . . . . . . . . . 16Yosemite Convalescent Hospital 66

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.. 5. G O V E R N M E N T P R I N T I N G O F F i C E ; 1943





Documents

All Hands Naval Bulletin - Aug 1943