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December 14, 1943 Vol. 1 No. 2 20 Pages
Cover: B-24
Articles inside this issue:
Bloody Tarawa Battle (Photo Page)
Flying Nurses Evacuate Wounded By Air
(Lt. Frances Morgan, Col. Andrew Smith, Major A. D. Henderson, Lt. Madeline Harris, Lt. Agnes Flaherty, Lt. Mary Esther Pratt, Lt. Eleanor Hoppock, Lt. Lynn Doherty, Lt. Emma Raspet and Technician Carl Soukup)
Pacific Veterans
The B-24s “Flying Falcon” and the “Pacific Tramp”
(T/Sgt. Robert K. Busby, Cpl. J. Udah Herr, Col. Clarence F. Hegy, Ray Coll Jr., T/Sgt. John H. Cooper, T/Sgt. Jack M. Woodruff, T/Sgt. James C. Phillips, S/Sgt. James H. Webb, Lt. Col. Jay D. Rutledge, Maj.
Roy R. Bright, Maj. John McIlvaine, Capt. Oliver R. Franklin, S/Sgt. Thomas Shaffer, S/Sgt. Ralph S. Callaway, Cpl. Frank Ryall, T/Sgt. G. Marckmann, Sgt. Edward Herbert, Brig. Gen Truman H. Landon, Col. William J. Holzapfel, Lt. Col. J. D. Rutledge, Jr., Major Herbert N. Henckell)
Former RAF Wing Commander is a Private
(Pvt. Thomas H. Roberts)
There are Hula Gals and Grass Shacks in Hawaii
This Week’s War News in Brief
(Lt. Gen. A. A. Vander grift)
We Have New Gun (120mm AA Gun)
(Maj. Gen L. H. Campbell)
New Jap Plane Appears
On the Home Front
(Pfc Rudolph Kropaczek, Mrs. Jerry Benedict, Mrs. Evelyn Fellows, Leon D. Slappey, Morry Schooler, James L. Quinby, Joe Hannan, Pat Starling)
And How’s Your Hawaiian?
By Cpl. J. P. Ropollo
Jungle Lore for Castaways
By Kenneth Emory
Stephen in Sleepycamp
Chapter I and II
Worries, Inc.
(Pvt. Martin Dunston)
Army Gobs Make Thrilling Rescues at Sea
(Cpl. Thomas E. Higgins, Sgt. Wylie Ingram, Sgt. Gary Tutt, Sgt. Albert Ovgard and Cpl. James McDevitt Cpl. Sterling Vaughn, Major John Gresh, 1st Sgt. Joe Bannan, Capt. Walter Kahler and WO Clyde Hardy)
Personnelities
(Sgt. Alvin Barnetzke, Sgt. Fred A. Lee, Sgt. Raymond Riojas, Sgt. Jack Smith and Cpl. Lloyd Kallner, S/Sgt. Arthur Clement, Lt. Col. Beckwith)
Trail Blazers Get New Insignia
Designed by Lt. A. O. Williams
Java Jive Club
(Miss Charlotte Linne, Sgt. Jack Stafford, Cpl. Joe Daly, Jr., Sgt. Duff McConnell, Pfc Vernon Simmons)
BRIEF Clicks ‘Em (Photo Pages)
(Pvt. Thomas Levesque, Minerva Langasi, Sgt. Raymond Ayres (Rochelle, Tex.), Pvt. Nicholas S. Sprintz, Pvt. M. J. Crosby, Cpl. Floyd Marrott, Pvt. Frank Schuk, Pfc Thomas A. Hensly, Sgt. Robert J. Starrett, Jr., S/Sgt. Leslie A. Weaver, S/Sgt. Carl W. Shrader, S/Sgt. Anthony A. Orticelle, S/Sgt. Carmelo Tasca, Cpl. Willis E. Bond, S/Sgt. Homer R. Boatright, Sgt. Robert K. Wilson, S/Sgt. Eugene J. Ronowski, Sgt. Wallace Carter, Sgt. Lawrence Thress, Sgt. John L. Davis, Pfc Robert W. Busse, Capt. George H. Mellin, Mabel Ramsay, M/Sgt. John Morgan, Sgt. Frank Mitchusson, Cpl. Donald M. Hill, Cpl. John Fromm, Cpl. Graham Loftis, Cpl. James Hill, Sgt. Walter R. Smith, Pfc L. B. Bearden, Cpl. Joseph Witherow, T/Sgt. John Reks, Pilot Harry Rowell, Charles Leannonth, Earl Jacobs, Jane Wyman, Rosalie Ross)
Male Call
Some Stuffing!
By Milton Caniff
Sports
Who, What and Where
National Sports …
Fliers Prepare to Meet Kaalas Dec. 18
Eagles Whip Blue Devils; Championship in Offing
Bowl Games…
Tennis…
A.A.F. Basketeers Hold High Hopes for Season
In U.P. All American Vote
Entertainment
(Pvt. Charles Hohman)
Hollywood Chatter
Nertz
(Billy Lynn)
Fun with Ink (Cartoons)
Petticoat Army
“Chow Is Ready“
By William Hooper
This Week’s BRIEF Girl – Carole Landis