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

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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

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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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