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December 7, 1943          Vol. 1 No. 1           20 Pages

Cover: Hawaii Remembers

Articles inside this issue:

Commendation
     Seventh Air Force celebrates its third anniversary
     By Major General Willis H. Hale

Battle Japs Over Gilberts
     (T/Sgt. Carlyle Elrod, Pvt. Joseph F. Hungartner, Maj. Gen Willis H. Hale, Capt. Jimmie Andrews)

This Week’s War News in Brief

I Flew Over Tarawa!
     (Capt. Jesse Stay, Lt. Schroeder)
     By William H. Cunningham

Brief Comes from Sturdy Pioneer Stock
     (Brig. Gen. Wm. J. Flood, T/Sgt. Robert B. McEnery, Carl A. Bertmann, Robert B. Moir, Ken Chaffee, Paul Scott, Thomas Delbridge, Joe Gailbraith, T/Sgt. Joe McCarthy, Robert O. Bach, Richard (Puss) Neel, Henry Smith, Cpl. Thomas Woodside, James Carmichael, Franklin P. Hall, Cpl. Lyle D. Strain, Robert E. Earl and Kenneth K. Cutter)

Seventh Air Force to Have Its Own Exhibit At Honolulu Academy of Arts in December
     (Pvt. Robert B. Moir, Edgar C. Schenck)

On the Home Front
     (E. O. Butcher, Pvt. Henry McLemore, Pilot John E. Hayes, Rita Hayworth, T/Sgt. Gordon Smith, T/3 Frank Higgins)

The New Order

The Purple Heart of Sgt. Fourflushes
     By Bob Bruce

Jungle Lore for Castaways
     By Kenneth Emory

Dec. 7th – photos by 7th AAF

Photo-Sarge Snaps Wheeler Blitz Pictures
     (S/Sgt. Joe K. Harding, Pvt. Bishop, Lt. Welch )

Events of Airbase at War Recalled APO 951 Soldiers
     (Lt. Millard C. Shibley)

First Three Graders Club At APO 959 Opens Patio
     (S/Sgt. Charles R. Woody, Sgt. Stanley Oleszewski, Sgt. Paul Welch. Col. Clarence H. Thorpe, Lt. Col. James R. Nuzum Jr., Maj. Harold J. Bilton, M/Sgt. John Lauderbach, M/Sgt. A. Kimbrell, Lt. Col. J. D. Campbell)

APO 953 Fully Recovers Two Years After Blitz
     By C. A. Mallis

Brief Photo Pages
     (Pvt. Jake Gentile, Sgt. Percy Byron, Cpl. Frank Cobb, Esther Williams, U.S.S. Borie, Pat Cameron)

Trail Blazers Write From Down Under

Petticoat Army “Release a Man”
     By William Hooper

Sports:
     Coach Erb Has Boys In Shape For Battle
     (Capt. Charley Erb, Bob Hendry)
     Bing Sings For Players
     (Capt. Charley Erb, Bing Crosby)
     Many Air Force Soldiers Enter Swim Meet
     Team’s Daddy
     (Maj. Wm. G. Lopez)
     Air Force Nine Bows To Hourglass In CPA Tourney
     Select California And Washington For Rose Bowl

Entertainment – Pix to Watch – New Shows

Fun with Ink (Cartoons)

This Week’s BRIEF Girl – A Native Tropical Beauty