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5 ALFRED I.. JEWETT IIIILIINEI. Enmmanllinq Colonel Alfred L. Jeweff, Commanding Officer of Gulfporf Field, has a milifary career sfrefching back fo l9I7 when he enfered fhe armed forces as a cadef in fhe aviafion branch of fhe Signal Corps. He received his ground school fraining af Princefon Universify and did his firsf 'Flying af Love Field, Texas. Affer receiving his wings, he was commissioned a Second Lieu- fenanf and refained a+ Love Field as an insfrucfor. He was lafer a member of fhe famed Flying Border Pafrol af El Paso, Texas. ln I920 he flew in fhe governmenf air mail service. Colonel Jewefl' served in Hawaii from I922 fo I925 and from I932 fo l935 in fhe Philippines and in Panama. Following his refurn fo fhe Unifed Sfafes, he served af 'Chanufe Field, Illinois: Lowry Field, Colorado, and af Sheppard Field, Texas. He was serving as Execufive Officer af Sheppard Field when named fo acfivafe fhe Gulfporf Field Command. Colonel Jeweff 51 came fo Gulfporf Field on April l5, I942, and has remained as Commanding Officer of fhis Technical School for airplane mechanics and Basic Training Cenfer since fhaf fime. Under his command, Gulfporf Field won fhe Efficiency Banner awarded by Maior General Jacob E. Ficlrel, fhen Commanding General of fhe Third Disfricf, for fhe firsf fwo quarfers of I943, and fhe Efficiency Banner awarded by General Ficlcel for fhe A. A. F. Easfern Technical Training 'Command for fhe fhird quarfer of I943. -Colonel Jeweff was born in Bosfon and received his educafion af Bromfield Academy and Valparaiso Universify. He affended fhe Air Corps Tacfical School in I939 and holds rafings of Com- mand Pilof, Combaf Observer, Technical Observer, Aircraff Ob- server, pisfol experf, experf bomber and experf machine gunner. His chief hobbies are draffing, arf and mapping and his favorife sporfs are golfing, hunfing, skiing, snowshoeing and mounfain climbing.
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HISIUIII IIIII IIIIIIIII IIIIII C5ulTporT Field, a Technical School and Basic Training CenTer, is one oT The newesT and mosT eTTicienT posTs oT The Army Air Forces Training Command. The Technical School Trains an endless sTream oT airplane mechanics specialized in servicing Those big TransporT and cargo airplanes ThaT are licking The logisTics problem oT This war. The Basic Training CenTer TransTorms men Trom raw recruiTs inTo polished, smarTly drilled soldiers in a very Tew weeks and classiTies Them Tor specialized Training. GulTporT Field is IocaTed aT GulTporT, Mississippi, and is commanded by Colonel AlTred L. JeweTT, who acTivaTed The command on April I8, I942. This is a sTreamlined Tield, TeaTuring TheaTer-oT-operaTions Type buildings, con- sTrucTed wiTh greaT speed and designed Tor eTTiciency and economy. A primary purpose OT GuITporT Field is The producTion oT airplane mechanics. STudenTs begin school aTTer com- pleTing basic Training and, while aT school, They receive a compacT I9-weeks course OT insTrucTion in airplane mechanics. The course is divided inTo I2 phases Thaf include airplane mechanics, Tools, sTrucTures, hydraulic sysTems, engines, Tuel sysTems, elecTrical sysTems, insTru- rnenh, propehem, engine operaHon,inspecHon, engine change, and The GraduaTion Field TesT. The sTudenT becomes Tarniliar wiTh every mechanical parT oT The modern American airplane. I'le knows The nomenclaTure and working deTail and is equipped To handle TirsT and second echelon repairs. The TacT ThaT This Training is accomplished in I9 shorT weeks is possible because oT The unusually eTTecTive school seT-up. STudenTs move rapidly Trom one phase To anoTher under The direcTion oT compeTenT insTrucTors, boTh enlisTed and civilian. Their courses are presenTed concisely and well, and assimilaTion oT The knowledge They musT learn is accomplished wiThouT delay. ATTer compleTing II phases oT The school, a sTudenT is TransTerred To The Guadalcanal GraduaTion Field TesT Area where he lives Tor eighT days under simulaTed combaT condiTions. lvIosT oT The Tools which he has been TaughT To rely upon are Taken Trom him and he musT uTilize his own ingenuiTy To repair The airplanes in This area. IT is here ThaT The sTudenT learns To make Tull use oT his knowledge and To quickly reason his way To The soluTion oT problems which arise in The Tield oT combaT. GulTporT Field does noT, however, limiT The airplane l16l mechanics' Training To Technical Things. lvlen receive riTle insTrucTion on The Tiring range, build Themselves physically in The Tield physical TiTness program and learn To drill smarTly. Men graduaTed Trom GulTporT Field are primarily Technicians, buT They are Two-TisTed Tech- nicians who can lay down Their Tools, pick up a riTle and Hght Mechanics, like all men developed by The Army Air Forces Training Command, are courageous and versaTiIe. They are equipped To meeT any emergency on The TighT- ing line. The TacT ThaT They have done Their iob well is one oT The primary reasons why American war planes are Today Taking The lead in The desTrucTion oT The enemy. These men specialize in keeping cargo airplanes Tlying and no maTTer whaT The pay load mighT be-precision insTrumenTs in order ThaT Berlin mighT be bombed, air- plane engines, Tools, machinery, airplane parTs or para- chuTisTs and inTanTrymen-iT good mainTenance will geT The planes Through iT's up To GulTporT Field graduaTes To produce. SusTineo Alas - I SusTain The Wings -is The moTTo oT The Training Command in iTs Technical branches. Air- plane mechanics Trained aT GulTporT Field Truly susTain The wings oT America's air mighT. No piloT, no maTTer how daring or how capable he may be, can geT an air- plane Through ThaT is noT up To par. I'lis engines musT perTorm eTTicienTly. l'lis conTrols musT respond imme- diaTely and accuraTeIy To his every Touch. Airplane mechanics such as Those Trained aT GulTporT Field assure him oT an even break. GulTporT Field, in The TirsT year oT iTs acTual operaTion, Three consecuTive Times won The quarTerly Banner Tor ETTiciency oTTered To The mosT eTTicienT Tield in iTs disTricT oT The Command. IT has always, Trom The TirsT days oT iTs exisTence, Turned ouT airplane mechanics smooThly and rapidly. IT isn'T an elaboraTe Tield, buT iTs adequaTe physical planT oTTers everyThing necessary To a sTreamlined pro- ducTion machine. STudenTs learn by doing. School buildings are cenTrally IocaTed and are adiacenT To school hangars. School rooms are IocaTed on a single sTreeT where sTudenTs progress Trom one building To anoTher as They advance in Training. Each day a group oT sTudenTs is graduaTed and a new group begins school. They may go inTo on The line duTy, They may be
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