Col. Glenn C. Thompson, Depot CO, recently was presented with honorary Chinese Air Force wings by Maj. Gen. Wei Cheng Lin of the Chinese Air Force. The presentation was made at the British and American Club in Calcutta. It was awarded in recognition of distinguished service and as a mark of deep appreciation for valuable cooperation with the Chinese Air Force. Eighteen other officers of the IB command were also presented wings at the ceremony, some in absentee. Among them were Maj. Gen. T. J. Hanley, Jr. and Brig. Gen. Frank D. Hackett, former BAD CG now in the States. PROMOTION OFFICER REASSURES ALL Many parents of servicemen, according to Lt. B. K. Hutchinson, Depot Savings Promotion Officer, have written to the government to tell about a gyp artist who offers their sons 4% interest on their money. The suspicious character turns out to be Uncle Sam, but his 4% Soldiers Deposits system is no clip scheme. "I don't believe it," wrote one worried mother, "I think it's something concocted by an officer for his personal gain." A Texan oil executive suggested that when civilian banks were happy to be able to squeeze out 1½% interest rates, the Army system sounded like a get-rich-quick scheme. The Army, says Lt. Hutchinson, hastens to assure the folks back home that the savings system is on the up and up, Soldiers Deposits are also on the up and up, reaching close to two hundred millions of dollars - more than 2½ times the total of a year ago. |
General Terry inside the Depot PX where he looked into the quality and quantity of supplies available for the personnel stationed here. Left to right: S/Sgt. Louis Scott, PX manager; T/5 Charles Trzcinka, clerk; Brigadier General Thomas B. McDonald, Commanding General AAF-IBT; Brigadier General William O. Reader, Theater Supply Chief; General Terry; and Colonel Glenn C. Thompson. |
General Terry and Colonel Thompson leaving one of the installations on the Depot. |
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The 50th man to be sworn in the regular army at Benagl Depot is Pfc. James L. Rosser, 48th Dep. Rep. He is from Macon, Mississippi and has been in the army 20 months, seven of which have been spent overseas. He will go to the ETO as an aircraft mechanic after his return to the U.S. for furlough. |
"... and just when he was about to send the wings, someone had to invent a thingomojig called an Inspectoscope."
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Last week we pictured an average Pacific coast girl and this week we've selected one from the Atlantic side to show what's waiting for us lads when we finally get that white paper.
No acclaimed pin-up these, no renowned glamour girls -yet, deep down, who among us would really want to trade our Marys and Annies and Janes for the publicized and exotic hot-house beauties clamoring languorously for our attention. |
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