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

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The Board of Governors regarding social and welfare ocTiviTies of The CodeT RecreoTion Mess. Navy Re- lief and emergency leove requesTs are handled by The Chaplain in connecTion wiTh The Red Cross. One of his mosT inTeresTing duTies is performing marriages oTTer groduoTion. LieuTenanT W. F. Kuykendoll, ChC, has been The AvioTion CodeT RegimenT Chaplain since AugusT i0, 1944, relieving Chaplain Bruce. Evans, deToched Tor duTy overseas. Chaplain Kuykendoll, in civilian life, ToughT and coached oThleTics in o PresbyTerion School in China and has served in PresbyTerion Churches in Chicago, Illinois, Newark, New Jersey, Colorado and Albu- querque, New Mexico. Before reporTing aboard The Naval Air Training Bases, Chaplain Kuykendoll wos Senior Chaplain 0T N. A. 3., Posco, WoshingTon and N. A. 5., SiTTka, Alaska. , .lemww;W A Wave kneels of char decorated' by RoTary Club aT ChrisTmos. Admiral Mason and STfo join in song of DedicoTion of New Chapel. Divine Services held aT one of Main SfaTion Chapels

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CapTain ThornTon C. Miller, ChC, USN, began his Tour of duTy as Senior Chaplain of The Naval Air Training Bases in AugusT f 1943, afTer having reTurned from The Pacific Area where he was DisTricT Chaplain aT ; Pearl Harbor. He was sTaTioned aT Pearl Harbor on ThaT TaTeful day, December 7, 1941, when The Japs aTTacked. CapTain Miller, ordained as a minisTer aT The early age of 16, received his religious educaTion aT The Johnson Bible School and graduaTed from Drake UniversiTy. Follow- ing graduaTion, he held pasToraTes in WesT Virginia, Iowa and California, before enTer- ing The U. 8. Navy Chaplains' Corps. Since .r enTering The U. 5. Navy in 1920, CapTain Miller has had a long and disTinguished career serving The spiriTual, welfare and recreaTional needs of Naval Personnel and Their families. CapTain Miller's impressive record includes duTy boTh ashore and afloaT. He served on The Submarines Beaver ancl Camden; U.S.S. Frederick, U.S.S. WrighT, U.S.S. SalT Lake CiTy, U.S.S. ChaumonT in The China Area. , . Shore bases aT Guam, Philippines, Hawaii , ,,,,, - T V '1 . and San Diego. 1 ' '1 1' CapTain Miller was deTached Tor duTy elsewhere in November 1944, and replaced by Commander F. Richard Williams, ChC, ' USNR. CAPTAIN THURNTIJN C. MILLER, USN The Chaplains DeparTmenT mainTains, aT The AviaTion CaaleT RegimenT HeadquarTers, a full Time Chaplain who is available To assisT cadeTs in Their spiriTual, welfare and recreaTional needs aT all Times. The CadeT Church Service performed by The Chaplain each Sunday in The STaTion Chapel offers a compleTe program of worship service for cadeTs of all faiThs. The Chaplain is a source of help in many difficulT siTuaTions and counsels wiTh The cadeTs in Their religious and personal maTTers. He also conducTs TamiliarizaTicn lecTures for boTh The indocTrinaTion and graduaTion cadeTs and cooperaTes wiTh AviaTion Cadet A. J. Lindsay has a Man To Man Talk wiTh Chap- lain Kuykendall

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AlThough The scope of The Medical DeporT- menT includes The physical welfare of The enTire personnel of The Naval Air SToTicn, The prcb- lems reloTive To The AvioTion Training program are considered To be of primary imporTonce. The efficiency of The codeTs and Their fiTness for flying are given careful sTudy. CodeTs hove Their cwn sick boy IccoTed in The CodeT RegimenT HeodquorTers. There, They become ocquoinTed wiTh The flighT surgeon cr psychologisT wiTh whom They can discuss any problem which is offecTing Their flighT Training. CerTain codeTs may be referred To The Main Dispensary for special sTudy or To The HospiToI, where major TreonenTs are given. The edu- coTionol cmd prevenTive ospecTs of AvioTion Medicine are sTressed so ThGT The fuTure Novol AvioTors will be able To keep Themselves 0T maximum efficiency. CAPTAIN J. R. POPPEN, USN SENIOR MEDICAL OFFICER, NAVAL AIR STATION VIATHTN MEDICINE LT. R. S. Pebley, Med- ical Corps, FlighT Sur- geon, Aviation Cadet RegimenT LT. TigT K. J. Perkins, Psychiatrist, Aviation Cadet Regiment