US Army Air Force Technical School and Training Center - Yearbook (Gulfport Field, MS)

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TAFF UFFICERS EDWARD E. LUTWACK NCHARD, STERBA Maior . Malo' I Executive Asslsfanf io Execuhve and Commanding Officer, Ninih Academic Group AAFTTC HARRY A. JOHNSON JOSEPH G. STULB, JR. JOHN B. LUKE, JR. GEORGE H MOORE Capfain Maior Maior Lieuienanf Colonel S-I S-2 S-3 S 4 WILLIAM P. KIMBROUGH Maior Adiufani JR. QUIDO F, MARTORELLI WILLARD G. BOWEN Capfain Sgcond Lieufenanf Assisfani' Posf Adiuianf Assisfanf Posi Adiuianf U51

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selecTed, because oT special apTiTude and proTiciency, To Take advanced courses as specialisTs in some parTicular phase oT aircraTT mainTenance: or They may be senT To TacTory schools Tor addiTional specialized Training on cargo or TransporT Type airplanes. Basic Training CenTer No. II was acTivaTed aT 6ulT- porT Field on July l4, I943. The cenTer was in Tull opera- Tion by The Time iT was Tormally esTablished. Raw re- cruiTs were being received in a sTeady Tlow Trom recep- Tion cenTers. The Basic Training CenTer Takes The recruiTs, lecTures Them on miliTary cusToms and courTesy, on basic miliTary principles and rules. These men are TaughT To drill. They become soldiers. During his sTay in The Basic Training CenTer, every phase of The recruiT's civilian liTe is sTudied. His educa- Tion, his civilian background, his apTiTude Tor speciTic Types oT work-all are closely examined. His miliTary classiTicaTion is Then deTermined aTTer a sTudy oT These TacTors and in almosT every insTance The recruiT's preTer- ence coincides wiTh The scienTiTic deTerminaTion oT his abiliTies. GulTporT Field is locaTed along The coasTal plain oT The GulT oT lvlexico. Here, beneaTh The semi-Tropical sun oT one oT The naTion's mosT Tamous resorT areas, sTudenTs and permanenT parTy men alike divide Their Time wiTh duTy. recreaTion and physical Training. Men who guide The desTiny oT GulTporT Field realize ThaT soundness oT body is essenTial To an alerT, acTive liTe. Drill and calis- Thenics keep muscles Toned and provide a relireshing change from The long hours oT duTy. PermanenT ParTy men have erecTed baseball and soTT- ball diamonds and courTs Tor volley ball and oTher sporTs. There is plenTy oT room aT GulTporT Field Tor drilling and maneuvering, as The Tield sTreTches over more Than I,2OO acres oT coasTal land. There are Two obsTacle courses and oTTicers and enlisTed men are required To keep in condiTion under The direcTion oT compeTenT physical in-' sTrucTors. EsTablishmenT aT C5ulTporT Field of a Heavy Bombard- menT Processing HeadquarTers, a uniT oT The FirsT Bomber Command oT'The Second Air Force, broughT inTo Tull play The airdrome secTion oT The Tield. The heavy bombers use The Tield as a base Tor simulaTed TacTical operaTions over The GulT oT Mexico and piloTs who are now Tlying The baTTle lanes oT The world received much oT Their over- waTer navigaTional Training aT GulTporT Field. AnoTher secTion oT The Tield is uTilized by The I308Th Signal Pigeon Company lAviaTionl and carrier pigeons T171 are Trained here and TaughT To Tly Trom planes. The company also Trains The men who serve as keepers Tor These viTal messenger birds. OTTicers and men oT C5ulTporT Field have careTully land- scaped squadron areas. Keen compeTiTion exisTs To de- Termine who has The mosT aTTracTive area on The PosT. The resulT is a clean, neaT Tield. Each squadron has iTs own headquarTers building, well equipped day rooms and barracks. STandards oT miliTary discipline and saniTaTion are unusually high. A Service Club, GuesT House, TheaTers, PosT Exchange branches, barber shop, Tailor shops, library, Telegraph and signal oTTices, a sporTs arena, recreaTional building and Tive beauTiTul chapels are among The many con- veniences Tor The personnel oT The Tield. lT, is obvious ThaT much careTul planning and much hard work has made C-5ulTporT Field whaT iT is. BuT There is someThing more inTangible ThaT makes The PosT oT unusual noTe. lT is The spiriT oT cooperaTion, The deTer- minaTion on The parT of every person on GulTporT Field, To make iT The TinesT in The world. AnoTher imporTanT TacTor in liTe aT This PosT is iTs Tine STaTion HospiTal, compleTely equipped and sTaTTed wiTh compeTenT docTors, nurses and Technicians. No beTTer medical care is available anywhere, eiTher in civilian or miliTary life. All oTher deTachmenTs operaTing on This Tield work eTTicienTly and well in order To assure iTs smooTh opera- Tion. H Ground was broken on May 8, l942, Tor GulTporT Field. The Tield iTselT was noT occupied unTil SepTember oT ThaT same year, buT members oT The iniTial cadres were noT inacTive. They occupied Temporary quarTers in The Army RecreaTional Area in GulTporT and There, in TenTs ThaT served as oTTices and barracks, They worked To perTecT iTs adminisTraTive machine. When TirsT sTudenTs arrived in early SepTember, school buildings had noT been com- pIeTed, buT school oTTicers did noT delay. TenTs were erecTed in squadronareas. Airplanes were assembled beneaTh Trees. The Teaching began and moved inTo school buildings as They were compleTed. News of GulTporT Field, iTs purposes, aims and whaT iTs men are doing is reporTed by The GulTporT Field PosT, a Twelve-page Tabloid camp newspaper published each week. GraduaTes oT GulTporT Field have already Taken Their places on The baTTle TronTs oT The world. They are doing Their work in The GulTporT Field TradiTion.

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ASSISTANT STAFF DFFICERS JOHN A. O'LEARY HEZEKIAH M. LOWRANCE MAYLAND D. SWIFT FRED H. HENDON, JR, CHARLES W. CAHOON, JR. Captain Captain Captain First Lieutenant Maior Assistant S-I Assistant S-I ICivilian Assistant S-I IAssistant Civilian O-C Officers' Records Section O-C Civilian Job Analysis Personnel Officerl Personnel Officerl WILLIAM WEHRLY First Lieutenant Assistant S-2 JOHN D. QILDER GEORGE H. BRUNSON WALLACE W. TAYLOR , CHPIBIH I First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Assistant Executive Assistant S-2 Assistant S-2 and Assistant S-3 WILLIAM B. KAAS WILLIAM H. NETHERTON HARRY D. KAUFMAN CLYDE H. COLE BERNARD L. BURNHAM Captain Captain Captain Second Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Assistant S-3 Assistant S-3 Assistant S-3 Assistant S-3 Officer in Charge of Flash THOMAS L, VINCENT First Lieutenant Director of Military Training Method Aircraft Recognition MARVIN V. OAKES HENRY C. ADAMS, JR, WALTER S..DANUSER WILLIAM F. DESMOND GEORGE MacDONALD First Lieutenant Second Lieutenant Mayor Captain Captain Director of Band Training Supply Officer Assistant S-4 Assistant S-4 Assistant S-4 and Morale Singing