Garden City Army Airfield - Planesman Yearbook (Garden City, KS)

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, . .-,..q.J.,,.cv-:1,,., .. :,4.,..-.4,-.,.. - N MID CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY MID-CONTINENT PUBLIC LIBRARY Midwest Genealogy Center f:1f,f,e,'f,fm,11e MGC lll !lIll!'l! 'lllfllflllwfllllll' DEDICATIQN Every book musf have a dedicafion, and fo conform fo convenfion fhis volume will be no differenf. To break away from cusfom, how- ever, fhe Planesman of Class 43-J will nof be dedicafed fo a single person or a group, insfead, fhis book is devofed fo any and'all who have helped us on fhe way fo silver wings . . , To 'lhe insfrucfors, firsf of all, for wifhouf 'lheir pafience and confidence we could never have made if. . . To The planes we fly. True enough, fhere have been anxious momenfs, buffhe old Vulfee Vibra'lors pulled us fhrough . . . To fhe ground school officers for 'lheir work in helping fo break fhe Iighf fhrough fhe cypress free S. . . . To fhe folks back home for fheir inferesf, courage and boosfing . . . To fhe facfical officers. They fried hard enough fo keep us on fhe ball . . . To fhe mechanics over on The flighf line who kepf us flying . . . To fhe P.T. boys whogwanfed fo add muscles fo our muscles. . . To fellow-cadefs who fell by fhe wayside as fhe weeks rolled by . And, lasfly, we will be a liffle selfish and dedicafe fhis also fo ourselves. We've done our share of griping abouf fhings in general, buf ouf of fhe nine weeks af GCAAB has arisen a keen kindredship and esprif de' corps. This book may nof seem like much now, buf fime will enhance ifs value wifh memories of our basic fraining. l A r.. 'Hxmn-cuxmuem P-uauc LIBRARY aeee, 1 I I I I I I . 9 I i I I I 4 .i I

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l I ., H , 1, - -- J .A ,, 13:14 x' - - . . , neu.-Q5 19,3 -.........f f MAJOR C HAMMERLE Jr AIR INSPECTOR LT. COL. P. R. HAWES COMMANDER 49TH B.F.T. GROUP MAJOR L. D. VAN MULLEM ASS'T. GROUP COMMANDER I i I 1 3 I F 5 I i l E --.. -.. I 1 1 i l Q ? il F 4 1ff.:-.- 1: -Awe:-w,k1-.-L :f -' - 'lf