“Shutter” was the group newspaper of the 1st Mapping Group, a U.S. Army Air Forces aerial photographic/mapping organization headquartered at Bolling Field, Washington, D.C. It was published monthly for the officers and enlisted men of the group and its subordinate units (1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th Photographic Squadrons, the 16th Photo Squadron, and Group Headquarters), keeping them informed of unit news, promotions, transfers, marriages, and events across the various squadrons and detachments scattered around the country and overseas.

Staff (per the masthead):

• Chaplain Graham S. Eubank — Group Chaplain, under whose direction the paper was published
• 2nd Lt. James A. Moody — Managing Editor
• Cpl. Howard Sizemore — Chaplain’s Assistant
• Cpl. H. L. Palen — Feature Artist
  

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Contributing Editors (by unit):

• Group Headquarters: Sgt. Howard Rhodes
• First Squadron: Pvt. 1cl Alexander Cohen
• Second Squadron Detachment: CWO J. B. Guss
• Third Squadron: Lt. P. E. Gremmler and S/Sgt. E. A. Spanke
• Fourth Squadron: Pvt. A. E. Johnson
• Fourth Squadron Detachment: Sgt. Maxwell Mays and S/Sgt. Loren Tomlin
• 16th Photo Squadron: Pvt. Harry Bassin