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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