Hamilton High School - Hamiltonian Yearbook (South Hamilton, MA)

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The ground officers must have at least two, and sometimes more years of college training behind them. The physical test is not as hrrd as ' It is for: ' the flying officers, ahd pay upon commission is 4 $183 instead of $245 per month. There are five classes of ground officers. The armament officers care for armament, machine guns, bomb racks, flares, etc. The communications officers have charge of radio, telegraph, teletype, etc. The engineers keep the planes in condition while they are on the ground. The meteorological of- ficers have the exacting and interesting Job of weather fbrecastlng. This training period is 30 weeks, compared with variations of 12-19 weeks for other ground officers. The final ground officers are the photographiQ officer; who have charge of the photographic labora tories. Thus, we see that the Air Corps is ever advancing in quality and quantity, making itself far superior to any other air force in Robert Martin ‘42 SENIORS BID FAREWELL Now goodby to our school days In dear old Hamilton High, ‘11 remember each happy hour As the years go fleeting by. To our classmates and cur teachers V ho were all so kind and true, And dear old Alma Mater We bid you a fond adieu. Farewell to cur contests And the good old green and white We have fought into the finish And have always come out right. We will do so in the future That we hope will bring us bliss. Keeping cherished in our memory Our days of H. H. S. Rita Pooler ‘42 the world.

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The effectiveness and importance of our air force is constant- ly increasing. In this a5.r force we find many different types of planes, including: bombers, fighters.,, dive bombers, interceptors, trainers, night fjghtcrs.and photographers e Other types also exist, each type having 3ts ovm characteristics, which make it useful for the job for which it is madeo The bombers long type of wing, for instance, would be quite a hinderance in maneuverability to the fighter; and can yon iniogine a nan learning to fi’.y In a heavy bomb- er, or fighter, ei tho;‘‘ of which has jfbvj complicated controls, com.- pared with those of trainer? All of those different i pes are joined together y-lzYi bJ.ghly trained ground units 1:0 raahe an air force of the greatest efficiency for our nation. Let us now take a look at some of these different types of planes, their purpose, and equipmentc The pursuit ships are the first to meet consideratioiir They must bo able to turn back enemy bombers, on ships of arq orher type, and keep the air in tlioir con- trol, In order to do this, the pursuit shirs must have a large and powerful motor to give then great speed and power; whereas a snail ship is Setter suited for easy maneuverability. The bnited States pursuit ships all can do 40C ra pyh. or better, but rapid consump- tion of gas allov s rhera to stay up only a short while • Light and heavy machine guns give them deadly fire, but these guns can fire steadily for only about 15 seconds. This may seem, to m.ake the ship comparatively weak, but when we consider that this firing is being done at 400 raapoh© or more, we realize that there is hardly time for oven this amount of gunnery. Pilots for such ships must be able to fire in a split second at a target which is liable to be diving and turning at possibly the sane speed as the attacker. Most of those pursuit ships aro small single motor ships, ' al- though the P-3v3 Ts a bi-motor plane v hich has a speed of more than 500 n«p,h«, and a 57 mom, cannon to increase its deadlines. These shins generally hove self scaling gas tanks, liquid cooled motors of 1000 h,p. or more, slight armor plato, and other such improve- ments to increase speed and efficiency. Now improvements are con- tinually being added to these important nonbers of our air force.

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WOMEN IN DEFENSE WORK War cpnnot be on v. ' ithout the belt) of In this second ' World V ar, women are beinf called uoon as never before for r)ro«b,LO- tion of war material, for substitute labor in factories and on farms, for guard and emerfrency du.ty of al] kind s in thrpavened areas, and for manaa:ement of eyroua.tions . They will have serve as nurses and n rses ' aides. ' hey must mah.e, -oack, and dist7’ib’ite Red Cross suoolies. They must work, - ' ith men in .the resea-rch. la.bor- atories, and even in the mcichin‘= shoos. War today does not soare women from effort or danger. In Elkton, Iharyland, a fu$ and oyrotechnic manufacturing olant emoloys over a thousand wQ vors, of ‘hom B5 oer cent are women. These women learn on the Job to load detonators, orc.k loaded fuses, and make small oarachutes for flares. Courses for oarachute ma-king have bep-n included in thp national defense training orogram in Brldgeoort, Connecticut. Parachutes arr oart of the eauioment need- ed for the thousands of Army and N ' vy airolanes, and women have a special aptitude for the delicate ooerati.ons involvd in their manu- facture. In aircraft and munitions factories along both coasts, women, by the increa.sing thousands, are at v ork. In Buffalo, B-ochester, and even in little cities like Bristol, Connec t icut , vro- m.en are making the myriad t)- rts of d fense wr-anons, assembling the machines and instruments, and 1 nsmect ng the shells and guns. grateful to wora ' n ' s organiaat ■ oas end clubs because they have laid, the ground’ ork in oatriotisn, in .haVyits o? oublic order, in desire for oublic imorovement s so th t it is easy for the government to find women v ho are resoonsive and, .know ’’ hat is haooening and w pt is to be done. The ’’ omen ' s duke hr ' ' ve f lso sustained a high moral- ity in this country. Under orof essional ’-omen organizations come the National Federation of Business and Professional Women, and the Associ ' tion of Vv omen in Public Hr a 1th; under ooliticl organizations come, Vv’omen ' s Reoublican -■ nd Democra.tic Clubs, and the League of V-omen Voters. Patriotic societies include the Daughters of the fimerican Revolution and American Legion Auxill ' ry. ynong religious and reform grouos, come Young V omen ' s Christian Association, and National Council of Church Women. Among educational organizations are the National Education Association, a.nd Parent-Teacher ' s Asso- ciation. ■‘’he first ambitious organization to spring out of the needs of the oresent time is the Amf rican Women ' s Voluntary Service.