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*ssued by the U. S. NavaI I
University of South Caro
A Unit of the Naval Air Pri
Caspar IAPPENECKIE, Lieut.
Joseph C. WIIISNA NT, Lieut..
E. Bradley CAINELL, Lieut.. 1
ficer
TEST
BegiAning with this issue, the
tory School joins hands with the c
contribute material for one page of
"Now Hear This" is primarily
life in the V-5 unit, but will ab,
Public, who will quickly realize ti
is a very natural American boy.
in the morning, and loving to eat,
the world in general.
But beneath this calloused attit
in every cadet to become the best
ever blasted a blankety blank Nip
blank Nips go. And he's going all
war over with, so he can return
morning, eating, romanticizing, a
in general.
Officer Of The
Week
c
When asked the usual pes- m
tion - "Born"? - Lieutenant "S
Caspar RAPPEN ECKER, Of
.ficer-in-Charge of the Flight
Prep Schools casually and suc- fa
cinctly answered, "Yes". mi
This answer is typical of the M
way the Skipper has been do
ing things all his life. And well ,M
it is, or lie never would have ti
survived the birth andl growing I)
pains of Flight l'rep It the 1
University. 11
I it was back in late December.
1942, that ieutenant RAP
'ENlECKEli fir.lt logged ill :at I:
1"SNI' l'S, beating 1Lieutenlan1t IIh
W1IlSN.ANT h v twenty min- cL
ites. and in le.s I, i a % week S,;1
th
the first eadets Ibegan to a:rrive.
No loks, io hItilks. no1 inot ling. R
liut the U'niversity matl the I
Navy p itchedl in.:1ucl gradlually Ic
otiert emejq,red from cbaos.
.lati. 4A-II, the last to c"Omc
nhoard. is the seventeenth to en- t{
ter the xchool whie in ) si xteen mn
In o n1 t h s lias started several I'
thousand cadets on their way
to "Wings of Gold". "
Reversinig thet usuaIl bio
gratphical approatnchi anrd going th,
backwardl, we find Lieutenant p1
R AP'PENEVCKERI at the Glen- la
view, Illinois. Naval RHeserve l
A viaitioni Base teaichiing aerol
ogy prior to being coniunis- in
sionedM Lieutena nt ini thle Na val th'
Reserve on ,July 8, 1942. And '
b,efore that lie taught geology.
ge'ographiy, antd meteorology at '
the UTniversity oif TIeninessee ;
anid at Cornell University in (
Ithaca, N. Y. He's got. a barrel at
of letters after his name, hiaiv- "
inmg received his ,A. ii. from
Cornell ini 192Y, anid hiis Phi.
inm 193t. Anid het's a member of
Pi KaLlppal Alpjhaii and Siga
Xi, hionoirry scientific frater
nuity. .(<(
As happens to thle wvariest of 11
rnales, lie fell preyv to femininie eni
wiles in the person of a sparkc- Pi
1lig blue-eyed blonide from
Sav'annahi, Georgia, suih. Hie ,.a
and Virginia SAUILS became th,
Mr. and Mrs. R., andi presented at
Master Stepheni Andrew to SO
the world as their gift to avia
t ion. Young STrEPHiEN canm
ypot a R4-D quicker thtan most g
recognition instructors.
In the couirse of his peregri- hie
nations. Lieutenant RA PPE- cli
NECKER dlevelopedi a love for &
golf and philately, and if hec's '
not digging in one of hiis nu- ha
merous sand-traps att Forest bI
Lake or other local playing zi
0fields, he's pouring over his Ii
A t a mi p~ albums and telling"
Stephen for hecav~ens' sake
to stop huffing anld puflC fing.
Born? Yes, in Philadelphia, s
dP-A, the friendly Quaker city
wher-e scrapple is king andi
baseball also. ran.
This is "Rap", a genial, hard
working, and darn good Naval I
afficnr. ti'
"
light Preparatory School
lina, Columbia, S. C.
wary Training Command
USNII, Officer-in-Charge
USN't, Executive Officer
JSNR, Publie Relations Of
RUN
U. S. Naval Flight Prepara
Uditors of "The Gamecock" to
the paper.
intended to tell the story of
o be of interest to John Q.
at the average aviation cadet
hating to study and get up
rotnaticize, and grouse about
ide, there is a burning desire
blankety blank aviator that
into the land where blankety
out to get this business of the
to a life of sleeping in the
1(1 grousing abouit the world
PLATOON 1
By A/C J. L. ARNOLD, Jr.
Vcll, well today found the senior
att." sweating the first of their
eck-outs, aA just beginning to
ister the intricacies of their newly
ned plotting boards, and our
oots" of 4A becoming accustomed
the vigors of their new life.
We have had the son of a very
mnous World War I Ace in our
idst. The lad is Johnny CASTLE
AN; his dad participated in nu
rrous battles in every part of
ance, where his marksmanship
d bravery brought him many cita
m., atmtong these the coveted
.C. Johnny himself flew for
tic Ridge Air Lines before enter
. this program.
Here and There--D. L. A R N ES
tier known as "the Dapper'
eills to have fallen hard for one
reclyn. Did you haplten to set
at gay t(ursote sailing on the
:ar waters of Lake Mlrray last
hbbatIi? They were none other
a 'ete (il ESN EIY aid Mesieur
1,I2(: I., our.,beloved Flight prol
rl their dates. "The Appomattox
aii" Red C\ l.IJ\ EI.L., Seems tc
im a perpetua* daz i ceiv.
4 tlte photo of his one and unly
. L. ANDRkI\\'S, "God's gift it
c residentts of Sitmns and Wadc
atpton," has been caught givin&
nth of hi. attentitin to a prett)
nie-e\ed lass, Jane by name.
An abtutttlndance of items and epi
des wvill remain deeply entrenched
ou miemlorles as we depart for
'..S.. WVho~ of us will ever forget
e infamous obstacle course (tIe
tee where a straight line is the
ohiibited distance between two
'ints.) Those ringing wordls "B3ig
yv, that will cost you tena and
o :' Or those gala eveninigs o.
iniakitig and laughter such as
e 'Captaini's Ball" andi oulr Batt,
nee that is to colme.
Beginning to glide now and re
emnberinig that cardinal r i e,
ever streak at glide" we will come
for landing. thankitig everyone
specially those four damsels
ross the way) who have in any
iy miatde outr stay so p)leatsant.
PLATOON 2
By A/C R. CUNIBERTI
P latoonis I atid '3 were unexpect
y~ awakened at midntight on the
th when a hurried call for blood]
noes was sent ouit by Providene
aolpital. Four volunteers were se.
red after pleading assulratnces by
te CHI ES N lY that it wasn't
,t a gag. "Red" D)ALY swvears
it lie dlitdn't hiear it thiing, butt your
iorter distinictly saw hiit sit on
L' edge of his brink anid thien start
ipping it as if reveille hiad
uinded.
A remarkable itncrease in attend
ee at extra-code classes has been
p)ortd in the past few weeks. Trhe
is softball games are at 1900 also.
Two unidentified catdets seem to
ve had a little trouble with their
ecks at the Wade Hamipton Cof
Shop. It seems that all their
cunliary assets were in the form
pay checks which the hotel re
sed to cash. To add to the emn
irrassmecilt they had tdates and
ey only hiadt ten miniut es of their
ety left. A fter teni frantic mnl
es of futile tdashes in and out of
ttaurants, drug stores, Pawn shops
e., (new records for broken field
uing are claimied) they- werc
ved by the, timely a rrivail of a
agnianimoufls rtotm-mlate.
The Casaniovas of roim 345 re
>rt poor results fromi their April
ols' letters---no aiiswers as yet.
Your reporter has been cajohed itn
publishinig the fantastic news
at a cadet actually approached
It. CARNELL and pleaded to be
put on restriction--now we've heard
everything.
PLATOON 3
By A/C T. C. LAWLER, Jr.
Ah, yes, Spring is in full swing
and you know the old saying, "In
the springtime a young man's fancy
turns to love." Believe me, platoon
three of Battalion 2-A-44 is really
sticking to this tradition. Every
time some breezy little babe crosses
their path, it seems as if the right
guide, Jeep JONES, runs into a
strong headwind and their actual
ground speed reduces to zero. Girls,
be on the lookout for this exquisite
platoon filled with manliness and
military bearing.
Seriously, tho, we do wish to ex
tend our thanks to Capt. N FED
HAM for the top ranking Navy
dance given on April toth at the
city auditorium. "Why don't we do
this more often ?'' was the cry of
everyone in our platoon, but the
Navy says, "All play and no work
makes johnny a playboy." This
would never mix with Navigation
and 1t. i.\ IFFEO'S Recognition
classes. The morning following the
dance, we drifted dreamily into the
later and took our seats. When the
I.t. came in, lie looked as fresh as
the morning dew and was stariled
to see that half our class was asleep.
Naturally we received one of our
instructors famous speeches oi
"I-ow a Navy man should be able
to mix night life with regular duty
and still carry on as if nothing had
happened." I'll have to admit, I
don't see how lie does it. Perhaps
he is just more salty than we.
We were kinda tired that morn
ing I lowever, I would like for all
the girls to know that when the
Battalion dance for 2-A-44 rolls
around, we will be right there on
deck and waiting, for the best Batt.
dance ever held at Colhnbia Prep
Flight. So put oi your dancing
shoes, and let's dance away our
V--> Blues.
PLATOON 4
By A/C J. L. MOORE
After a blistering day of exawws.
a wea'ry but determined majority of
"tlh' fightin' fou-t1" staggered off
to a mnuch deserved week-end
liberty.
- Since the arrival of "terrible ,2-A"
to dear ole' U.S.C. the fourth pla
toon has been easily recognizcd as
it stumbled by in neat ranks, vary
ing each day fromt th ree to four. It's
b ief recognition feature is the im -
pressive figure who continuously
tnopes along, aloof from tle mIass.
mttuttering a sranwge barbaric sound
called cadence. The citizen is big
Bob RICE, pride of l'ennslyvania
and all ahletic instructors. R ICE'S
job is nio easy one. On his head
falls the burden of keeping such
spirited cadets as Ilerb PECK, Pat
P'ARKlES. Jeff RICHIARD)SON,
younig MIT'lCHIIEL,., and ole' Bu wck
RICKS oni the ball.
Th'lis week brought rays oIf hopwe
to the frolicsome fourthw. T1he Co
eds' of U.S.C. no longer run for
protectioni wen the mass of gleanm
wng eyes anid dlrooling jaws ap
proachw. Sinice they've dliscoveredI
Georgetown's "Red" Ted POR
TER is p)art of the fiewndish congre
gation they simply stawnd awnd gaze
in admirationi. .
Anidy ROM ANCZYK was unani
mously voted the happiest cadet of
the weck. Reason-a visit to Column
bia by Mrs. ROMANCZYK for
the wveek-end. 11er son always re
ferred to "the greatest little guy I
kwnw" bv all.
D. J. PROCTOR spent a restiul
week-end iwi the peace anid quiet of
Preston. A. regular "homne boy" at
heasrt, lie cla ims the iiite life in
Colum wbia is rtuinin g his hwealIthI.
We all hope for a speedy recovery
of Biuck RICKS, and his slight case
of asthmwia. Buick's sneezinig creates
quit e a sensation ini thle ranwks
Thwat abouwt sums uwp the activities
of Amiorica's secret weaponi. Thei
boys extenid thweir' conigrattulationis to
the Carniival Quwee n, MIiss, Muigginis
S W EENEY .
PLATOON 5
By A/C C. RUNNELLS, Jr.
Our ninthw week of classes anid
quizzes has p)assed, and( niow we are
on the threshold of thle finial anid
miost imlportarnt two wveeks. The
"word" at this point is W.T.S.
or Bainibridge. Th'le mienition of
I3ainibridgp is the mwost horrible
word that comnes to a cadets cars.
Platooni 5 has somne very interest
inig characters. Ouwr platooni leader
has quwite a repuwtationm for hianself,
by datinwg three or fouwr girls every
Saturday night . We wonider if hwe
is a "'jigil'.'" MIauirie andw fill RO(B-I
ERTS has e been seeni withI a
newv gir'l lately. R umior hiathw it, her
namne is "Gertie". I.cfty SCI ITT
has been seeni wvith ani awfuwlly long
face lately. The reasoni, lie has to
go all the way to Caniada to see
his family when and if lie ever
gets a leave. We wonder who the
cadet is surrounded by all those
beautftul girls. Sonme say his name
0
9
is "Skinny F.NNIS." We knowv
him as IH. J. SIIEPI1 ERD.
Other interesting characters are
"Crab" SHA\V from the bleak
wilderness of New Hlampshire; "the
pride of the delta", SII E F1:1 E1).
from old Mississippi, and "Chuck"
SCIIUMACHEF.R who is always
singing, "Take Inc back to \West
Virginia."
KADOODLER DOINGS
By A/C S. L. VAN PETTEN
Platoon six has just adopted for
its niotto "A chain is no stronger
than its weakest link". Our platoon
leader, "Jim" T' A 1 1O X. is carr! ing
out his part to the letter. "I.ink''
WIL,SON our former platoon lead
er, has Ieen promoted to the r:ai
of Battalion Commander.
I'latoon siX. "The ()n tle I";all.
Platoot,." consists of the following
cadets: TAR I )X, J. S., our worthy
platoon leader, is from l:redortia,
N. V. lie peefers blondes. .nongIi
said? 'll O .\ A S . . . Ir..
"Iloner' is from 1)avton. \'a. liis
motto is "Ite P'repared". and lie aIso
prefers blondes. 'l'IIO\IAS, \\'., is
from Cairo, 1II. HIis motto is "Don't
eat too much". A nice looking brm
nette who is a good (lancer is his
preference. T IIL I..., If. M. "Till
ett Ioy'' is frot Charlotte, N. C.
lie prefers blondes and his motto
is "1!urray for ne to-with von.'
W I ITi, M. J., Jr. "Mat'.s" hoine
town is Elizabeth City N. C. IIis
mnotto is, "A chicken ain't nothing
but a bird". 'I'RAlTON. W "Iiill"
hails fromn Jackson, MIiss. lIe doesn't
trust blondes and his mIotto is ''.at
and be merry". WILSON. R. N.
"Link", our gift to liattalion :2-\-44
as Battalion C'onmandcr, is fron
Thonason, G"a. 'I,ink" helieves ill
the saying. "I.ive and let live". IIe
prefers tall dark brunettes. W.\ R l-.
1'. M. "'. -\I." is from .n\l phis.
Cadets Of nhe
Week
Batt. 2-A-44
A/C TI'lOMSO()N, .Rllber1 (i..
,1Ir.. Of PlIatoon G. witIh an a Ver
age of :".75 in six evxmnina(ion..
for the ninth weel. ('adet
TI'IOMISON iY from11 Plainfiel.
New .)versey. and t"mnet from
high 'hIotol dlirectli into \'-;).
Ili, wVas a Y I.\ t. ;tmttp I' n
."elor for IhItreev vear..
Batt. 3-A-44
.\/' MILLEi. I atrrv S..,
.lr.. of latnoon 12. withl an
avera ge o f :,.: i n fo' exatu i
nitiions It fr the fiift week.
Average since etntering Flight
and taldI two SemtrS Of V 12
at ChaipeI Ilill. lie's playved ini
antd college. andi has worked
on at fatrm for t wo years. Ilec
wats bjorn inl A urora, Illiniois.
Batt. 4-A-44
A/C lBAKElH, is ur t on
Ehni~er. of laltoont 17, with
at 4.(0 oni Na vigation11 andH ;8.5
chieckouit on 31atth. C a d eC t
I(KElf gratduaited fromu htigh
receive a(li B.s. inI (Cerm1ic
Engiuneeing fromi AlIfred Uniti
ve'rsity'. lIe gave nyti a conni..~
siont as ant Entsign in thie Nitval
lieset'v~e. ats ani avia t ennu
nery1' o ffier. to) (enter Y-,'.
IBA K El played 1football and ju
wre'tl~ ed1 int colle'ge. lhltd worlked
Cadet GRAITAAM gr'aduatedl
fr'om hiigih schotol in IRacine,
Witsconsin, had1( t wo4 semtester's
of XV-1I2A att Newberry, and
T1armnae at Memphilt s. I le's an
i'ni taun athIlete. aind ha's
worked as at riveter.
Tecnn. lie has no particular mtotto,
but prefers brtunettes. WX'ISEfAN.
F-.. A., J1r. hailIs fromi \i'it'lnna, V'a.
Hie prefers blotndes. Don't we all?
We'll tell youi about the rest of
he platoon ini our nettc.
NOTES OF THE NINTH
By A/C J. D. ALMOND
T1hat throttle- -happy e'xpressiOnt
on Cadet CA RAACK'S pan is dtue
to a visit from his parenut atnd the
heartthrob last week-end ...It
is rtumored that our platoon leader
is thinkimg of cloping with the
execs secretary. It's a shatc with
help so hard to get these (lays . .
The "Iairwo(,d I lootclt yousc
guys'' (which translated mecan,
forward march) ema:nating front
Cadet CA.I couldn't he ii'
I issi,sippi Ira\ I . . . I)adtdy .lack
f3ASI IA.\ declares that track is
his favorite recreation, but the test
of uts still like rain . . .;Georgiai-bIoy
li R YA N 5' only" retark a,out rei.
ognition is "tiuh. I can't see it.'
- . . Cadet COUI.Tl'.R w:as hcarti
to say that a toilp hunk i the Am
brosia of hifc. Could that itulocent
looking Inyjl oin hi, ftorehtad have
influenced hit . . . \\ho woudti
have thought llA RK FR. C()\'E"R.
STON. andi .\l.RI:)t'I would turn
(,ut to bie 4I.n 1nen . . . he\ sI%
C(OKE. knw,s Naigatiotn to w\ell
he waits till the la,t tenl mitnutes On
a tto h uinnr <tu . befre he starts li
Ilot . . . Cacet lti\\ \uAlN is ihlt
h ead1 of an ar.ti-ninus itk er, ino\(<
ient t :lat i le l Ig t dirlpt at
har"tnonious1 organ iratio,n inl R.u n
'!On; I'rc,tunl . ('adect lt.\ I \ a
,ulidl tal,ettol un the othcr handl
dechlare, that the ar1rant;clntnl, are
:nerely clo,e . . . Cadet lt1'CK has,
definitely lil,t Isl heart to : pair"
of hobby\-,ock, at A\r,enal I fill...
PLATOON 10
By A/C H. G. HALLIBURTON
l'latoon it of llatt. :\-- is cotl
po."ed of a finc groul, (if yoting Inill
froutn nlant\ diijerent vections of the
counitry\. There aremnl repret"cct
ing such .,tat, a, North C'art,lina.
Florida. MIichigan. \tkana-. illi
tloi,. and \\'"ahington. \lo,t of
thes tenl ha\e had pre'iou, Navy
traittung /,f two seinlster- itn the
\ - ii rogrant at either :\ri:ansa,
A. MI. Coullege or the I*ni\"tr,ity
of North Carulina.
T1"he Inen are enjoyvilng their period
of iluty. here. andI have appreciated
the kintdne~' shtiwn titemi by the
1in,trlttors, an,l Stu tals here at
the Iniversity.
PLATOON 11
By A/C P. M. HERRON
\\ inttiflg lll, a verr\" $1, 7 'ek
w\illh all tnl 'leh rs sutc~ fll\y
clteklitig ut fi \I atileitlatics. att1d
tinIlg ti'c llkewi >tlieets iti tilcir
ete11' tIter11a1 . ece'iil'.i.t* ile ftl If
Ir'-it lel :(t- I k11it i,-tt t-t Ift
il lt\ tltc i y th il u1:1 a t r-4 1 l .
fitture lII,e-- il,,i crrr\ lug ta-e, for"
itnnunerait'liudo\. II;a\ inc finu~
nadet. e ' t 1 I l.\\\V( IR T( -
ltlt.R . I and I-t (irl\S f lclt dl l n
the lists as t;,let oillti r of I:,ltt.
.lli < ,l t, i I I' Ialat n 1iit I i t.
ba ta hi al ;sp odrtuni a t than
te it 1\ -f. t- . I: 111 t 1i ,lt ilt1ted t
P.:tr l lllii g the ill.' a t oill i 1
ligltl l' , ni itn e lltasant. C. ,pc
t"iallt, u 'i 'd t. tt. thltk the, N 1a\
\iutt r, ( ttib fir all tihE ail
evc enit they h;a t - ,t,rt,d "Ol the
nitttelitio ile Ste tgtl\el teC rtite.
eac; te a lt eir i tg titsel a n d
tir t e uigb ton,e iben
and AC. Thn al. tcaCL ELANi
versite oedio the en:ertap! mp! ip
Ittet' tile Rlv rvted 1.1latoo d1ce
callFhnn lcail.swiliginhe(ati let'a lhi
sority fcor thei iat lterst. n n
'teaionen when cadet oa 'dton
ear tere frate hmeagrn.Rd
f aet l race llA\\ents. Tat he
itng"isited ucssvl bya rigt her.
fettlw hitadet t itN a i record ine
ia lie rty c t to tvirsitc re t n se
'Sile.gN. C. Cadetl by th. .lNa-y
and LOO-FY EAnd> deciigh
ballacks gir as goead Ben paverty
Caldetiz. C.ade.tl repOrtn rom
ad loeetainedRR Sundayi aftr-)
noonbr Alovy mriss whoseketl
heg ature at I tjj4''ll dac . Ti(lt11Ild
should be a countn4u' Thel hov
of "Torrid Tw el\ve"' ;ae 'till woundrt
ing" w\hat happei.t( t") "ltomelc
.\1ec I.''RKl N. The 4 h1( "I.ie
needl, revising.
Bidh \I: EN -I., the( I.n(" nd1 only.
hla, ,et a niew% recorrd. Through the
g<ot 4 graces of .l r LCK. latt.
(ullaiIder. \Iir. .I I, CI.S , . ,
R eth( . 1iled(' up a tta,1 of 1:n d}e
niertt' In1l 11 llutur, r;ll l i lt\ 111
It-, tl;uil .tn("-i)ial ;ti lr.
'lil. "NewI r'te ai sh" ,n ilimed
it ;ill UP \n.lb the i ltin ;; (pItlta
tiln; ".ll I A.t tIt }i S I T u " .
.1:11 . 1 it \4 ti lt 1kl.f ( le h 11(lld
|)iit l - a ti e1 .t w l i(a new% hit ut i ;Ind
hea(; llc -. the strenglt ("I the
Na\ \' u intur(" ''Air-.\rn:'' lit zd r.
thr,ugh 4n 4te r .l'k at I i;lt
I'rt
PLATOON 13
BY A/C A. L. SMITHI
1)1 tt. I i - i ; ir :, tilu ' -'.1 1 1
(IlI I e ; t i( ;:) _ : ii t\ l .. . r 1 11 It t
blI h1t Il I't1 \.,4rkin; I h.,t 4Ind(}
" \ I tl L,' Ijo1.4 4 . ("\cr..tl c4 1 44,
114 h (4 . II lile } ('1. \ I I' : 1a
I1 "
Intii ne 1 t t I; 1 e . '. - 4 1,) c1. '1l
have g t(" the I -t t4 1 in 1 o1 1
I caldlln Iliatcrlal.
"- il hIip)' h144 alit ' imp ;
hu'' w uld s (.ttt'l iAN
FOR )D at, ltl nt.u lc ler, at decadlimec
14411ti . I wII? la, jstl anl "iltnocet
civ11i:l . uta 11irh ct('4.1 l"1 u\hn1 he
-sn(ed1 the lalrc inl .1he\ 1l1, N. C..
li-. h 11me1town. that pullh.m li t hi 1 i ur
grll ,. 11 i la,t nit litat'r e4 e r4 t'
(enter uI it I cight mollnth, u
\--i' at the I'nivetr,ity of North I
(arolin;. I i, tnaint idntere t li ift
\ce le. the n ae l0 ib "l .tt. In
,Iite of th heit howvthr.
Tom heapee tat take tit the( ,pen road
alt thle n .1 11 ' Il liletar caree t and
them hIl, t.e atiiund the \o rldl.
It i the ri t suad, irtnt corner.
directly 1behimt what right guide.
nrches a rly head cadcet with
a tuick ml an i ofthel heime i
nallm is y l;an i.. cC dtI)T-..
fo)r L.e, a fvortec:cm nthec
((i(n it the u\ .1.'( Iil: I)! I ,rb1tl. n " tlugger
t he l c I 11 0ier1 sa te. .\Iter brcezintg
through high -co : lug;.;r co)n
timled( ls eduicaion mt l en imctrmn_
at Ilurdulte I ln (1r,il\. lie spent1
1111"ae it Illlt il 1 i'a(ull., la ttor\
u%.tkingt f"'r itht .\r'I. tii hl
l"t("11i t 1. 111. itI (:w n. Im n ar I't .iy
b.I l " tl i I.() l1-,i " 11- (. t a ' i .111 .;: \ v'
11111la m I m <111 " u 1 I' a II -., i ! I.n I \
I..bI I,i:t' I t . \\ .tn r"l 1" l l: ria'l: l
In n I.(.t-\' .Ir : btih l. : :, CI 1: "en r
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MEET THE FIGHTING
FOURTEENTH
C(1llege l; lupu<, e'eryrthing, every
w herc, wt er \ errrtnl c (adets. But
Ih, hoyt. how evervnn enjoyed it;
botnh in\ader' nd inaadrs hal one
uig h tli i<n t k -en.l <f April
.\ illlle e IaIr l,l;tica \ \ il,. tenl
1110 ithr agt ;I gI lp -f "hootti Ie
ported al ar(1 their fit naval ba e
for \'- ': training at \c"betr\ Cnl
le gt". .:u bel(Irry, . C. ."\",n ,;11t:( ."a
w':ct c tJ~ur'l 1 l r( r I ll' I rrI' \
of a ha11 I,f (Iapi. ( li ,,,(1u, ' 11,
t1)11 11 - '. 1141 I ,.1 11 I;' li W t11
\vl Ill l I, t 1 . l) ('V414 F' '.
lii1 tilt - ; lea t alp ne th-':
,lper-frilendship , I1h l t..
thern1. becramet (1uitet' rr l" li' I19
w r(e bie. rien(ld1e1 a,d IIIrds . "rwe
"hb.Icl;h;lbt-i T" 'I. 1" I .r"l"'r , :(Il
. r' a traI i-er t"' > ;, I:;, .il 1'
i c 1 : 4 T li C )ll:' t at.
.\ l 1. \\ ac i , ' I . 1"1" _'lt 'i \ in - -er ( ' .1del e
1(lll i a t' I I'S . I ..f " 1 i . '
thn.ught> \v.t "nait'!1 we h:it New\t
lrr\' lt ; d sod C the
tiret end ht f libcrt\ t: nt\-o t ing
the trt.v en o( t tor he new att.
-.\-' t boarded I eI c'rt av'ailable
I:c.n, "'i :r;n-,plrt:,in.n "und heade"d
1ir;anchoice(bing beld at New\herrv'
C(,llegc. I. uddie-. girl-friends. profs,
an-.! t'\wn';p("cple welcomed thle
h t'. o were brtsledl and
III idI c t(t : dazzling degree, ;t1
thoughl the.\ uere-( long-loSt son'- and
treated thecn accordingly. Nothing
w\a'; t>o go dl for !hhem.
Yepl, they . were now\% AvCads and
Irt 1h i Iui ch attention an' fuC s,
;und (n( we"ary" boy'c remtark: uponl
returnin '.umn. It uh com1pletel,1
"tI 1 urdelr, wt i a w t eek- cn"il
PLATOON 18
BY A/C H.F. LANDRETH
Of the eleven1 ieii forming thi<
plato(In. ni(e arc fromn I llin is.
lO.R NDOF. FER is a 1o.ne repre
"tentatlve Ilf \\'i,r;Insin, and 1IA R
\'EYV a homec t.Iwtn boy of Columt
ii. 1I1'FIi)OR\ N. ,ur able plat(I,n
leader. ik frin; near Chicago.
-\ll e!e(en (t1nen were In the \'-1:3
training tIt New\berrY. South Car -
li;na f1re : m. l-h and were Tar
Ti11 . :,t .\i n1:en h N.\S a bht:t live
w\ eck.c ht f Ir c ll nin tl F li gh141t Pre -
par nt ry h rec". .....ral ofI the f(l
l(,wt enjI: .\t ! a v:'tt to Newh lerrv
(lurin6. thi r t1 !r-t libertv'. \\ bile
tl t'tr l ti\ a!ten"r.1 It liI\ 1la nc .
eI r (;!i : 'it' r t illnc ::e ltil Ito
. t t;n It - I. tt e ..li }..11( to bIl :I l
PLATOON 19
I;Y A/C I. C RYAN
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PLATOON 20
BY A'C W. J. WEIDERT
Platoon ':n ha,i: 'm i ln. ;0n
11ner it 111' ont;7n. tenl Tmen. hTo
maifke it 4een itille 1 . .a I,attalionT
C olnnan(der and( 'ub- \\ ig (Com
manderl4' were' cholsent from its ra.1115
So ttow if you .see a pllatoonIT that is
wider titan it is liog, that's liatooni
Platoon 24) cani cimt otne of the
tallest, it Tnt thec tallelst mail1 in the
whole Kavdet Regimtent. Ile is
-1-4 \ at talioni Commiandecr, J1ack
SI'TllERLAND. IIe stands a mre
six feet three andl three-quarter
inchtes, with thtat six feet 4 inch
height limit, hte doesn't think it
woutld be wise to grow any more.
Naturally each platoon has its
Romeos, but Platoon 20 is blessed
wvitt two such people. WVherever
you wilt find women, you will ftnd
Platoon leader Ven WILLIAMS
and Bill WEED. These two have
some magical powers over the op..
posite sex, or maybe just a good
line.
B3e sure to tune in next edition,
at this same spot, for some more in
formation about Platoon 20, and
also the life, loves and sorrows of
Platoon lea(er Nern .WILIAMS. .
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