The Slipstream was published weekly “in the interests of the personnel of Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base” — it was printed by The Hamlet News Co., a civilian enterprise based in Hamlet, N.C.

Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base was a U.S. Army Air Forces installation in Scotland County, North Carolina, active during World War II. It served primarily as a glider training base — home to troop carrier and glider pilot training operations, including personnel who would go on to fly in airborne operations like the Normandy invasion.

Rather than a formal editorial masthead, the paper relied on squadron correspondents contributing bylined columns — in this issue that includes:

• M/Sgt. Gerald M. Tuttle (“392nd Tid Bits”)
• Corp. James Gorey (“1107th Hot Shots”)
• Corp. Wilton M. Garrison (“On the Ball” sports column)
• Corp. William Baker (“470th Repair-Tee”)
• T/Sgt. Maurice A. O’Keefe Jr. (“Med Echoes”)
• Ch. Robert W. Tindall (chaplain’s column)