US Naval Air Training Center - Yearbook (Corpus Christi, TX)

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200 who Officers. 'e of The mpT was ir Train- 0 group . Baxter, Jstofson, ompiling Victory, d forces, ;, cadets D. Jones, an of This through 1e Alhed oup pIC' TO ALL OF THOSE INDIVIDUALS AND ORGANIZATIONS, WHO 80 WILLINGLY DE- VOTED THEIR TIME AND EFFORT INTO HELPING COMPILE THIS PUBLICATIONWE EXPRESS OUR SINCERE THANKS AND APPRECIATION . . . THE STAFF ..-; - -4 Afw LT.J.A.MASONH...., .,..V............. ..V. OfficerinChorge MRS.RUBYEB.MARTIN...... .V.... .,.......V...,,,...Secrefory LT.K.F.PERKINS...4.........,.,......... ,... ..........AdvisOr MCL.A.MERRITT,JR.H...... ....,.. ......Ednorio1Assistant AK: 8. A. LINDSEY............,...4....... ...Edi'rori0l AssisTonT AK:D.N.SHARP,JR....... . ..4 ..4. ....EditorialAssisTonT i SVC C. J. Collohon.... . .,.. ............PhoTogrophic AssisTomT 3 SUC R. L. WILLIAMS..,....,.....,.., .....PhoTogrophic Assis'rom ,1; Rap H y; g. e 5 Lieutenant Mason and Secretary Martin in Slipsireom oHice Ax mW 'rwwm

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i i i 54Maw Caz Z29 The SlipsTream, Yearbook of The AviaTiorI CadeT RegimenT, Naval Air Training Bases, Corpus ChrisTi, Texas, was founded in The Tall of 1941. The idea was presenTed for approval To Commander Erl C. B . Gould, USNR, Officer in Charge of The CadeT RegimenT by The CadeTs ThaT a record and piCTorial review T should be kepT of The cadeT life and Training aT The World 5 LargesT Naval Air Training Base, The Uni- ' versiTy of The Air ATTer consulTaTion wiTh Mr. R B. Faerber, represenTing The PrinTing and Engraving Companies, Commander Gould found ThaT such a book was possible and whole hearTedly gave his ap- provai. ConTracTs were awarded and The publicaTion received iTs sTarT. An office was seT up in The RegimenTaI HeadquarTers and sTafT members consisTed of an officer in charge of The publicaTion and a group of cadeTs who furnished TirsT hand informaTion concerning life and Training acTiviTies during Their Training period. The TirsT EdiTion of The SlipsTream, Mark I, wiTh LT. Tigi D. C. Knock, USNR, as officer in charge, and ably assisTed by aviaTion cadeTs J. W. Logan, D. R. Coe as EdiTors; J. A. Murch, B. L. Bingham, as Business Managers, endeavored To show by word and picTure The developmenT of The Naval Air STaTion from wasTe lands, sand dunes and mesquiTe Trees inTo iTs presenT modern form. PicTured in The Mark I are cadeTs in Classes 3A- 41CiC1 To 98- 41CTCJ inclusive, more Than 1200 who passed Through regimenTal life To Their designaTion as Naval AviaTors and commissioned Naval Officers. The Second EdiTion of The SlipsTream, Mark II, presenTs as accuraTely as possible, a picTure of The lives and acTiviTies of cadeTs during The period from OcTober 1941 Through June 1942. Every aTTempT was made To picTure Them aT work and aT play, and To show The Task of The World s LargesT Naval Air Train- ing CenTer, molding These cadeTs for Their war Time role as a parT of our UniTed STaTes Navy. Under The able leadership of Ensign Y. G. Holbrook, Officer in Charge of The publicaTion, a group of aviaTion cadeTs consisTing of J. A. SmiTh, R. W. Alexander, J. R. Morris, AssociaTe EdiTors; T. L. BaxTer, R. N. Herr, B. 0. Williams, Co-adverTising Managers,- W. E. McCrary, Business Manager; J. O. GusTafson, CircuiaTion Manager and S. P. Ingram, ArT EdiTor, willingly devoTed Their Time and efforT inTo compiling This book. The Third EdiTion of The SlipsTream, Mark 111, emphasized a special Theme Navy Wings for VicTory, Ashore, AfloaT and AloTT in picTures Each phase of The comde Training showing how The ground forces, 1 The air force and The fleeT were molded inTo The largesT and mighTiesT TighTing force in The world. LT. iigi R D FiTch as Officer in Charge of The publicaTion had a sTaff composed of officers, cadeTs and enlisTed personnel. Ensign E. H. Wenberg, ASsisTanT EdiTor; AviaTion CadeTs O.'T. GasTon, E. 0. Jones, AdverTising Managers; J. S. Cavanaugh, CarToonisT ahd many oThers who assisTed In The preparaTion of This book. Mark III was released by The prinTers in January 1944, and included Classes from July 1942 Through February 1943. The FourTh EoliTion of The SlipsTream, Mark IV, was especially dedicaTed To The members of The Allied V NaTions who are TighTing so gallanle and courageously in an unTiring eTTorT To end The war. Our Training program had expanded Tremendously and iT was found necessary To Take group pic- 7 Tures of cadeTs so ThaT all cadeTs could be shown in The SlipsTream. Popular approval of This book was shown in The facT ThaT H was necessary To order 6200 copies. EnsingJ. F. McDaniel, Officer in Charge of publicaTion, received capable assisTance from LT. R. D. FiTch, LT iigi J. A. Mason; AviaTion CadeTs C Alean, R. H. Johnson, R. D. Erickson, B. E. Jaroslaw and ' C. J. Callahan, 82k, were responsible for The compleTion of This book. ., WiTh This, The Mark V EdiTion, We TrusT ThaT The SlipsTream in iTs aTTempT To show as closely as possible 5 gm The aviaTion cadeTs lives TogeTher, Through Their hopes and disappoinTmenTs, Their recreaTion anal rouTine, how They became an inTegral parT of The greaT organizaTion, The U 5 Navy. IT is cerTain ThaT The picTures and porTraiTs displayed herein will serve for many years To come as pleasanT reminders of old friends and shipmaTes who cruised TogeTher Through The UniversiTy of The Air. Page 358

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