Brooklyn Technical High School - Blueprint Yearbook (Brooklyn, NY)

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A f VG, lyff f x,. turn him into some semblance of a sailor in the time allotted, before assigning him to duty. It is very interesting work and one in which I feel that my abilities are being put to their best uses to aid this war effort of ours. Sincerely, Warfin gernLafA November ll, Manhattan Beach, New York. PILOT GROUNDED BY EAR TROUBLE Dear Mrs. Smith: Just received your letter way out here, Santa Ana, California. It's the Air Force Replacement Training Center. I've had another scrap about my ears, with some doctors being timid about letting me by with perforations. It took the observations by the top man and a pressure chamber test which had me up in the air 28,000 feet to convince them. But I'm still in this outfit feeling confident I'll go through the training. It's wonderful being with these men. Here everyone is enthusiastic, eager, and does everything vigorously. They represent the highest type of American youth--each one smart and above average physically. I'm flattered being among them! It's also interesting to watch the battery of psychologists and doctors at work grading the men. Everything here is orderly and scientific. It's been a short while--about two hours since this ear testing in the pressure chamber was finished--with its stimulating conclusion. I'm full of laughter, satisfied with this victory. A group of officers disqualified me as a safe precaution for the Army. I out-argued them, and made friends of them all! 'Fine 22

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lr? vyv anyone a commission, we are all grateful for the opportunity advanced us even to attend this school. Here, you'll find men from all walks of life and from all strata of society. It is really remarkable! It is things like this, and not words, that influence your thoughts and reflections. When you see men rubbing elbows with each other fronlall parts of this nation, peacefully and in a friendly manner, it makes you wonder why the same thing couldn't be done with the rest of the world. All of us would like to help this old world of ours become that way. That's why we're here. I hope I've been of some help to you. If I've failed, I failed because of lack of material--not willingness to help. If I can help you again in any way, just let me know. Sincerely, .sialney Egger November 9, 1942, Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. TECH BOY TRAINS RAW RECRUITS Dear George, Since I joined the Coast Guard I have been transferred a great deal. I was taken from nBoot Camp,W and placed in platoon leader's school. Then after a period of training I was what in baseball is called Wfarmed out' to various training companies for experience. Now I have been permanently assigned here in Company 19 for the past six weeks. Although I was not assigned to active duty, I feel that my present job, training the new men that come into the service, is an important one. I take a raw recruit, a Ucinibo,n and try to 21 X.:

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1 in 'I I 5 V Hin? a 2 'I . o's':::Q...:'. 2 5 ' ' it ' ', ',:f.::4.f,'-J - I, - Q 7 s Y, gsifa-'Q I i aid persistence,' said the Major when it was all over. 'Now that's the spirit we want around here. But I think you're crazy wanting to fly with those ears. But you're in, manl' We all laughed, I shook his hand being grateful for his changed decision, and rushed back to my quarters--really feeling victorious. In the examining office I'm only a number, but to me flying is the most important thing in the world. I told that to him, and he was pleased with the remark. You'd never think that a pair of ears would tie up a staff of doctors for a couple of hours, but they did. There are a few more interviews I 'll have to take to complete the classification study. I'm hopeful and confident. English, Mathematics Important in Tests There's a written exam which is flunking out over fifty percent of the men who want to fly. They fail not because of lack of knowledge but because of inability to recall what they have learned in high school. A short period of coaching in vocabulary and general mathematics ought to help them. A few hours at prefixes, suffixes and stems ought to be helpful to figure out the words that are not immediately recognized. The Veterans of Foreign Wars, a social organization in New York, is working on the coaching idea at home. We've managed to set up some centers in Louis- ville before I left. Teachers can be valuable to prepare our recruits to qualify for cadets. Tech graduates are fine men to interest in the Air Corps. Opportunities appear to be plentiful and the work is alive, interesting and worth-while. Sincerely, .Juarofg mifcA11c'cA May 20, Santa Ana, California. 23 v musnw g --Q 9 lllnnlr P V r .SEB 0' 'ii 5 ff -,,,, -- ,V V1-. N i r x - -..- , 5 ., 1 f ,f-,.. . 1-. 1- .--.. 3 gs- , - 5 9' Ifg L19- -,,q . i -lr :ii ' ' ' 'si 5 . J ,1 'xv X, - '33, 4 A H . , . , I .M , fiseiu' ' A wg.. 4. 4 e Q iii? ' 5. 4, -l, W- x I-I .,g:.Kyg5x 1 . 5 l . T.-li 7 ' i-l ....... Sgizg S - l. .-.fx -gEEEEi3?::::::::::