4 “perm Bd yo hus Chat 9 can, worl, Ong wpe rt ckwiled. Qevaut te thauck mee et, ge ta ti pyilicdele, Sut a apts Kao, v4, teed woth defo ae! Atlaw bouk, Fi ae a b 2c Ube liam pis Mth Seat, a publrbiler, aesmid Lhe ite ony eee eee oe OS NN Ne Ys Gambling Termites Rock Collegiate Cage World NEW YORK, Dec. 26—Do you detect an odor? Do you smell something funny? Whether you smell it or int something’s beginning to stink, and it’s the bigtime gambling rackets which are moving in on amateur and, in particular, on college sports. A few weeks ago the University of Kansas basketball coach, 'Dr. Forrest C, »Phog« Allen, popped off again—this time about gamblers who, ‘have become a threat to college athletics. Specifically, Allen pointed to the case of the Utah coach, Vadal Peterson, who was accosted in his hotel room = = just before a Madison Square Garden (NCAA tournament) game last spring, and asked: »How much will it cost m2 to have you see fo 1t that your boys lose to Dartmouth?< Pe- e terson slammed the door. Allen offered fans th er information, without laying him- self open to libel, about two college athletes who already had sold out to pro- -fessional gam- blers for a price. Lastly, Allen sug- gested that there’s a scandal in the making that will make the Black Sox mess in baseball look like a penny pickpocket affair. Mostly, what Allen was talking about was Madison Square Garden, where the biggest basketball business in America is being carried on every winter by impressario Ned Irish. Hun- dreds of thousands of dollars change hands on results of Garden games and wherever there’s that much money in- volved, somebody’s going to be ap- proached. mea iia Irish has made an effort to run gamblers out of the Garden, but the fact is if he stamped them out, he Garden_basketball c¢ wd. ot ati those 17,000 ‘people were at the Garden the other night because Muhlenberg or St. Francis were dear to their hearts. They were there for the same reason they go to horse races and that ain’t to watch nags ruh. The hardest question to answer about such gambling is »So what?« It's true gambling leaves a bad stench on any game. Landis did a good job keep- ing baseball divorced from rackets, and it might be a good idea if oe attacked the problem of wiping tamblers — athleti¢s = ee woe *PHOG’ ALLEN Gopher Cagers Nip Nebraskans InOvertime Tilt LINCOLN, Neb., Dec. 26—Minne- sota’s Gophers defeated Nebraska, 55-54, in an overtime basketball game that won’t be topped in suspense for a | Minnesota led, 21-20, at the half and |Nebraska’s Jim Strahan scored six |straight points as the regulation time |ran out. | Bob Hahn, Cornhusker forward, | scored a goal and Clarence Hermensen, | Gopher center, tied it on a long heave. |Bob Costello’s foul put Nebraska |}ahead momentarily, then Buzzy Lehr- man sank two free throws for Minne- sota. With seconds left, Costello blew a foul shot that would have tied the game. Hermensen was high for the night with 27 points. Kansas U. got off to a fine start in Big Six competition with a 63-40 vic- tory over Kansas State. Coach Phog Allen’s Jayhawkers were paced by Moffett, who netted 25 points, It was a rough game, K. U. committing a {fouls, K. S. 19. Set shots that hit their mark in she second half gave Great Lakes a 60-47 basketball. victory over Purdue here. ‘Luke Majorki and Dick McGuire hit the net from all angles to stifle a Boilermaker threat midway in the j}second half. Paul Hoffman of Purdue was the outstanding performer on the | -ourt. | In New York, DePaul’s veteran |}»Blue Devils« defeated Long Island } University, 74-47, racking up the |season’s highest basketball score at Madison Square Garden. : In the first game of the double- header, St, John’s of Brooklyn downed Puerto Rico University, 41-35.. The Blackbirds held George Mikan, 'DePaul’s six-foot, seven-inch center, [to 14 pcints, his lowest total of the |season, but the rest of the Illinois |team took up the scoring slack. | Iowa’s flashy scoring machine snap- |ped Notre Dame’s winning streak and made it five triumphs in a row by | |whipping the Irish, 63-46. Vince | Boryla, Irish ace, led the scorers with Walter Kell scored 21 points to pace | Michigan’s Wolverines to a 38-33 vic- |tory over Wyoming for their seventh | straight victory. Mey. Warren KY. Aide. He {oo th CHIC hele Dae Oe 47 cle par MX, MY, Denver, Colorado Merch 20, 1945 Dr, Robert Earl Allen University of Kansas Hospital Rose Dale, Kansas Dear Bobbys I started to write you a letter this morning to tell you thet I had written to Mr. C, E, MePride, the Sports Editor of the Kensas City Ster, Mr. Alston MeCarty, a former varsity pitcher of the University of Kansas back ~ in 1910, "ll and '12, stopped by the hotel and I was pre- vented from finishing your letter, He brought me out here and very kindly permitted me to dictate a letter here. I told Mec that we had our tickets for the game for Saturday night, but we were desirous of playing golf Seturday afternoon in Kansas City, I asked him to make provisions if he would at Mission Hills or one of the other Country Clubs so we could play. I am to call him Saturday morning from Lawrence. I wanted you to know this so that you would feel that I had completed the detail as you had T am leaving here tomorrow afternoon st 3:50 for home. I had plenned to go to Topeka on the Union Pacific © and then double back to Emporia on the Santa Fe out of fopeka. The Union Pacific arrives too early, something like 5:30; so I plan to go on to Lawrence, teach my class, and then take the car and drive to Emporia for the Thursday night high school tournement, I may drive back to Lewrence fhursday night because I have the draft board meeting on Friday morning at 10:00, and then I could drive to Manhattan for Friday night for the high school banquet there, This is all detail, but you can count on my being in Lawrence, Kansas, Seturday morning, and we will drive up according to the plens that Mother has with you and Jean, I imagine you will get away from the hospitel about noon, but I will have the morning, Friday, so that we can start early in the afternoon for golf. Page two Mareh 20, 1945 My trip out here has not been availing of as much benefit as I had hoped, I will tell you about Yates when T see you, He is rather guneshy, and when Pralle spoke to him regarding an education he said he did not want to talk to anyone until after the tournament, I saw him play last night, and he is highly nervous and did not show up to great advantage. I think he knew, perhaps, that I was watching him and this acded to his nervousness, However, I do think that he has a lot of natural ability, His fundamentals are not of the best, but I think works better into the Iba System then in this system played ‘by Bum Browning, the coach from Oklahoma, The Phillips Team dribbles a lot--too mich in fact. They always bring the ball down from the back court by dribbling. A pass here and there would help immensely, There is no pivoting by the team, and with ell I was greatly disappointed in the type of ball played by these fellows. It is not finished by any manner and means, They get a group of individual stars, but the coaching is Poor se However, I think that on the whole the trip was profitable because I met Bob Southerland of the Pratt-Whitney, Clint wanagea, Sr» had written me abovt him, Southerland's father works at the Je Me Jenkins Music Company at Kansas City, and Clint desired that I step by and have luncheon with him and meet the father, Then, there is another boy, Lowther, who played on Andy MeDonalc's team at Springfield Teachers* College. He has had one year. lie is small but very fast, Personally, I have too many small men, We meed a few larger ones, but this Lowther couldn't do any herm te anyoxe even though he is small, Southerland is 6* 2" but eligible for the draft so that will do us no good for this next year, : I have written rather a lengthy commmnication, but having had the eppertunity of a very able secretary, I have taken aivantage of it. Hoping to see you and Jean and to meet your physician friend and his wife, I am Affectionately yours, ASKELL INSTITU’ LAWRENCE, KANSAS SOLON G. AYERS, SUPERINTENDENT March 20, 1945 Dr. Forrest C. Allen Director of Physical Education University of Kansas Lawrence, Kansas Dear Phog: "All Gaul was divided into three parts” and "So let it be with Caesar” and this letter. First, I think your plan for handling the Red Cross drive on the Hill was a very good one. Certainly the Navy should be able to get the money if any group can. If the Navy does as well on KU Hill as it did on Capitol Hill yesterday (another 33: billion), the Hed Cross won't have anything to worry about. Incidentally, the drive is looking good and we may exceed 340,000 by the end of the month. Second, I want to thank you for a very fine evening at the coun- try club. The entertainment was excelled only by the fine food. We were certainly glad to bring the boys out. Anytime we can be of service to you, do not fail to call on us. Third, we were certainly sorry to lose “Mitt”; but for his sake, ft am glad that he finally made the grade. He was so anxious to go and I am sure that it will be a good thing for him. I send highest regards. Sincerely yours, SGA:mw J27Y AAP Bas Unt pon Mate Ce ue Aagoeng Fo Ex PRE a Repig Ke Pane on Ok. Ot a ae ee ; . t 4 ! Sess $5 Pia ; “ & ? att ‘ Jee, fe , * : : \ Bete aa er ag : SON eanie at alee eit geiay We a are beri Meee Lidia t EAN Ge ct ele il ul ati z Lf AU cee dln ca aan iiey aia Sa) Gee eaehcae hate eee aaa Gia et acynae amet Cat State be o Se eae St ae ta GRACO. SoM Sak pub is ee SAORI oe eg, Tene om Ae ny Rane ae SGR A cei) Nina Sarda te aks tai) =e Tg Capes te oe al ih sur: 5 Alcan an adams acese vias gis SI east aa Es fra pra pee MN ree ee TRRETTE pase ope a oe. 4.777. CAI. IM/ Boe aha OTOL Ye Pc” tags sd OTs ie, gr i | fe: ACIS al. “ a wre . as meg a7 a | A yee. ee elicseivansk ARR 1 oe eee ty S dann s fldg BOTS Res APo aoe VA | , ee S ae i Ai nw ’ \ 4 eae? oe | [ea sia _o i" op | ke ae - Sunday, February 25, 1945 SPORTS MAIL CALL: Clearing Up The Shoe Sizes; A Phog Allen Rooter Re ports By Pvt. MERRELL WHITTLESEY Staff Correspondent From the mailbag: In a rather technical but poignant manner, Lt. William H. Pendleton, USNR, has come through with an answer to one of the questions which stumped our Q-and-A department and was asked out loud in this space last week. The one on the size of Primo Carnera’s shoes, which is the su ject of a wacky wager by several GIs somewhere in Italy. Lt. Pendleton, a salesman for a} ¢ manufacturer of athletic goods be- fore the war, explains that Da Preem’s tootsies are fitted by di- mensions, not sizes, and he suggests ealling the whole thing off. On the technical side, the Lieu- tenant points out that the size of shoes varies according to manu- facturer’s lasts (a shoe form) and to put it mildly, Carnera wears an outsized last. The largest last in the city of Brockton, Mass., had to be built up to Primo’s size by tacking on pieces of leather and instead of giving it a size, as it was all out of proportion, they merely painted his name on it. We had samples for our distrib- utors to use in window displays and at that time it caused plenty of interest as the sports pages were iving Carnera a lot undue pub- icity at a time when boxing needed a champion,” the lieutenant writes, "put I can’t remember the dimen- sions.” Lt. Pendleton volunteered the in- |* formation that Babe Ruth and Ted Williams wore baseball shoes with ® size difference between the right and left foot. Probably explains why neither one of them ever bat- ted. .500. —_o-—_—— Im another item from a local APO, Set. Bernard W. Brown takes us to task for what he terms derog- atory remarks towards Phog Allen, the canny coach of Kansas Uni- versity basketball. Sgt. Brown comes up with what we think is a mas- terpiece of understatement in call- ing Allen’s views “somewhat for- ward edicts.” That’s not what sports pages have been calling them for @ good many years. ”Alien does not solicit publication of what you call his *popoffs.’ More often than not his opinions are sought by the press, not forced upon them. No journal is made to publish his ‘publicity seeking blasts,’ but his authoritative logic makes - them desired by the press and wel- comed by both the reading public and his contemporaries, with the exception of those with whom he is currently feuding,” the sergeant writes. And we might add that PHOG ALLEN the latter group is usually a large one. . Allen does not actually solicit publication of his usually radical views, no, but they are often so far off track they make news. For instance, a syndicated columnist wrote just a few days ago that Allen’s latest bellow was to suggest and turn down the ghost post as}. commissioner of an athletic asso- ciation that didn’t exist at a salary he proposed himself, 25,000 dollars a year. Phog Allen is a well-known and respected authority on basketball} and has a fine record at K. U., the}. sergeant points out, and he’s right on all three counts. Right ‘Bow they’re the best team in the Big Six this year. But Phog Allen has been ribbed on the sports pages for years and usually he’s asked for it. The sergeant’s little postscript "I’m not a K. U. alumnus,” is explanatory: K. U. alumni don’t mind what you say about Phog, just so you spell it A-L-L-E-N. They learned that from Phog himself. | THE STARS AND STRIPES ae Sete ee Pe ee eg | eR re ht ee Gt), Ae Kb ffrr J ak bons Ae tegny A Any eee a ee oe Al penal carts Bo mieh or tlige pray I Hoh re Pla frmmin” foX Pow “Cal sO Se - Ady L&T” ies nn BPO 8F¥ T0747 eye duly 7, 1945 Mr. & Mrs. ‘Ute Milton P. Allen, & Budy ~ #10 Prescott Street, Apt. #11 Cambridge, Mass. Dear Mit, Isabel, & @udy: I was delighted to get your dandy letter Isabel and your fine letter too judy. TI am awfully happy thet you had a nice trip and that you are not loaated so pleasantly. I will write a longer letter when Jayhawk Rebounds #17 is mailed the first part of the week. I just canted to let you — that TI io snwell your golf clubs | postpaid to you this morning and I sent your shoes, Mit, Parcel Post. The Express was $1.50 and the Parcel Post .42 I tried to find room in the corrugated box for the shoes but the golf clubs, golf balls, and golf bag took up all the space. Last night I got home from the jayhawk Nibble about 9:00 o'clock. The Nibble is a little feed. and dance to weloone new students to the . University. By the time I packed the stuff, shined your shoes and shined Bob's it was 1:00 ofclock. You may find some difference in the looks of the shoes because I don't believe I ever saw a “Cornier" pair, mud and Country Club debris was securely fastened to them. I washed them off with soap — then gave them a good polishing. I did the same for Bob. I might ad@ that when I was a youngster at home there : was 6 of us and somehow I got the job of shining all the Allen's shoes every Saturday night for Sunday. You can see why I am very proficient in such a very fine ealiing. That is the way I got my start in life, and I am continueing it in the very same fine way. My prescription for young men is to take a box ui of Shinola with a very good shoe brush and apply a copious portion of the Shinola on the cleaned surface of the outraged shoe, with the use of a lot of elbow grease. Then put another coat on and a lot more of elbow grease. Then apply a coat of Shinole on that portion of the shoe between the sole and the upper leather. After you have done all this sprinkle a little bit of water on the shoe for lustre, polish again and then use a rag on the surface of the — dampened shoe. You will then have what you are about to receive in that Parcel Post package. ae don't keep old Grandpappy Allen shining shoes all his life, because already Grandmemmy and Grandpappy have gone to war by talking care of "Stormy" and Jill and all the other little Jacks and Jills that have come our Waye \ I had an ideal box for the golf clubs because three years ago I had sent my clubs to Kenneth Smith to have them cleaned and repaired. You remember on the shelf in the garage was a long corrugated box that I had saved for some purpose, and it was just for this purpose apparantly, that I saved it, because I don't know where I would have gotten a box that would have filled the — any better. Page «Z- : | . ‘ I ‘trust that you will have some good games, Mit, and I am happy that Isabel and Judy are enjoying their life at Boston. Boston is so full of tradition and many interesting things that it is an education in itself if you have a comfortable place of operations to work from and to go places. I put three pairs of athletic sox in the shoes, so you should have a | Heaven on earth with those clubs and your sand Don't perpetrate any miracles though, Mit. a You heard about St. Peter and 8t. Andrew didn’t you. Well, They had a game of golf. St. Peter told St. Andrew to d&ive off the #1 Teé. St. Andrew took a spoon and hit a long 200 Yd. shot which fell short of the green, but which bounced up on to the green and crazily fell into the cup. St. Peter took a #2 Iron and smashed it with all his might. It failed high in the air, and fell snugly on the green then trickled into the cup. Each made a hole-in-one. St. Andrew said to St. Peter, = let's cut out the miracles and play golf.” You may think, in your playing some of those tough courses ovind: Boston that you may get yourself into a lot of Hell, but it wont be like the - fellow who went to Pargatory and the Devil said to him, "I want to show you a beautiful Golf Course we have heres” He took him out and over the hill and the pilgrim's eyes fell on one of the most beautiful golf courses he had ever seon. "My", explained the Pilgriu, "this is marvelous." Then the Devel handed him a driver well balanced and one of the keenest clubs he had ever had a hold of. Then he handed him a tee. The Pilgrim's expectation and joy were unbounded. There the conversation haulted and the Pilgrim who couldn't wait any longer to play said, "Give me a ball", and the Devel said "That's the hell of it, there isn't any balls. I took occasion though, Mit, to see that the balls were safely encased ‘in your bags so you shouldn't have any trouble with the Devel. With all good wishes and affedtion, I am Sincerely, c.S. KREMER, PRESIDENT vw HARTFORD FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY ‘LIVE STOCK DEPARTMENT | | f 4. F WECUEEY Aer) ceca enact July 28, 1945. / 333 LIVE STOCK EXCHANGE BLDG. KANSAS CITY STOCK YARDS KANSAS CITY 15, Mo. Dear Phog: I received the June 25th copy of Jayhawk Re- bounds and read it thoroughly and with genuine pleasure. You have wielded a great influence in the development of so many of our fine young men. I contrast this with other sources of influence of the University. I am enclosing for your persual, as I know that you are interested, a pamphlet printed by the Navy Department in which they use the story of Warners Squadron for Industrial incentive distribution. With best persomal regards, Yours truly, . W. Abercrompie -- Ye U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE : 1944—O-—S68065 ' i : : 1 a A pee RS RNID EI This is the story of Torpedo Squadron Eight. A story of brave men, handicapped by. obsolete equip- ment. Brave Navy men flying to certain death against the enemy. aes, — ——" This is also the story of Torpedo Squadron Hight the Second, flying the newest and deadliest planes in the air, and the vengeance they exacted. This is, above all, a story for you men and women who build our Navy’s planes—Fighters, Bombers, Torpedo Planes and other Navy aircraft—and the thousands of vital parts that go into them. —s Thirty men left the carrier HORNET on the morning of June 4,1942. Thirty men, air-borne in under-armed, under-powered, old-style torpedo \ j planes. They were the best torpedo planes to be had in the South Pacific at that time, but they were hardly equal to the job they had todo. Their orders were to find and destroy the carriers in a Jap fleet reported en route to attack Midway. Of the thirty brave men who left the HORNET that morning, only one came back. f Tee SQUADRON | 8 had its beginning in Norfolk, Va., in the fall of 1941 when Lieutenant Commander John Charles Waldron was ordered to-organize a Torpedo Squadron. For equipment he had some Navy-built SBN’s, 9-year old planes, obsolete in design and performance. But they were all he had and in those days you worked with what you could get. His boys came to him fresh out of Navy training bases at Miami and Pensacola, the ink scarcely dry upon their diplomas. _ Waldron made them fly 4 hours every morning and 4 hours in the afternoon, then had them on duty 4 hours after that. He kept them in the air as much as he could; meanwhile he contin- uously *hammered into them the importance of their jobs. It was‘a frantic race against time and despite the difficulties which slowed them up, he managed to whip them into a smooth operating squadron. The ‘skipper,’ as they called Lieutenant Commander Waldron, treated them like a father and they, in turn, went ‘all out’ for him. They used to say of him that he had apparently been flying torpedo planes while the Wright Brothers were still “batting the breeze,’’ and when he yelled at them, ‘“‘Don’t sit there fat, dumb and happy! Do something!’ they really moved. There was far too little time and the boys of Tor- pedo 8, flying and working under consteént pressure, knewit. When the Japs hit Pearl Harbor on.Decem- ber 7, 1941, Ensign William R. Evans, known: to his squadron mates as ‘‘the Squire,’’ sat down and wrote a sober letter to his parents. 66 \ K } HAT A DAY... the incredulousness of it all gives each new announcement the unreality of a fairy tale. How can they have been so mad? Though I suppose we all have known it would come some time, there was always that inner small voice whispering, ‘No, we are too big, too rich, too powerful; this war is for some poor fools somewhere else; it will never touch us here.’ And then this noon that world fell apart. «|. . The public has come to think contemptuously of Japan. And that, I fear, is a fatal mistake—today has given evidence of that. This war will be more difficult than any war this country has ever fought. “Once more the whole world is afire. ..in the month approaching Christmas it seems bitterly ironical to mouth again the time-worn phrases concerning peace on earth—good will to men with so many millidns hard at work figuring out ways to reduce other millions to slavery or to death. “Let us hope tonight that people, big people, little people, all throughout this great country, have the faith to once again sacrifice for the things which we hold essential to life and hap- piness. Let us defend these principles to the last drop of blood 3..." Morning and evening following the Jap attack on Pearl Harbor the squadron spent long hours in the ready room of the U. S. S. HORNET awaiting the word that would send them into the air against the enemy. Afternoons, Skipper Waldron crammed them with tactical knowledge. They knew that when their chance for action came it might be their only chance. It was with this sober knowledge of what lay ahead that Radioman 3/c William F. Sawhill prepared a letter for his parents. A letter which, if he had returned, he would have never sent. 31 May 1942. Dear Mom, Dad, Don, and Mary: This letter will be mailed only if I do not get through battle which we expect to come off almost any hour. I am making a request that this be mailed as soon as possible after I fail. to return. As you know, I am the gunner and radioman in a plane and it is up to me to shoot first and best. I would not have it any different. I want you all to know that I am not in the least worried and Mom, you can be sure that I have been praying every day and am sure that I will see you "up there." Perhaps I have not always done the right thing. Only hope that you do not think too badly of my action. The best of luck to all of you and be seeing you when life will be much different, "up there." Be sure and remember I am only one of many and you are also only one of many. Love, BILL. So on the evening of June 3, 1942, the pilots of Torpedo Eight filed into the ready room of the HOR- NET where Skipper Waldron handed them a mime- ographed plan of attack. Jap forces had been sighted heading toward Midway. It looked as though the squadron would soon see the action for which it had trained. At the bottom of their attack sheets, the boys found a personal message from Skipper Waldron. = : UST A WORD to let you know that I feel we are ready. We have had a very short time to train, and we have worked under the most severe difficulties. But we have truly done the best humanly possible. I actually believe that under these conditions we are the best in the world. My greatest hope is that we encounter a favorable tactical situation, but if we don’t and the worst comes to the worst, I want each of us to do his utmost to destroy our enemies. If there is only one plane left to make the final run-in, I want that man to go in and get a hit. May God be with us all. Good luck, happy landings, and give ?em hell!”’ However, it was not until the next day after break- fast that they got their word to go. The teletype in the ready room tapped eut the message letter by letter ‘“E-N-E-M-Y N-A-V-A-L U-N-I-T-S S-I-G-H-T-E-D W-I-T-H-I-N S-T-R-I-K-I-N-G D-I-S-T-A-N-C-E E-X-P-E-C-T-E-D A gan T-I-M-E 0-9-0-0.. . L-O-O-K-S L-I-K-E T-H-I-S -§ I-T.” Skipper Waldron’s final words to the squadron were, ‘“‘Just follow me; I’ll take you to them.’’ ae eS | oS wae a ‘ Sool ‘ Eight went after the Japs. They lost contact with the other squadrons off the HORNET during the first hour, so when they finally topped the horizon and spotted the Jap warships moving away from Midway, they were completely alone. Breaking radio silence, they notified the HORNET .of the position and strength of the enemy, then dropped to torpedo- attack level. Skipper Waldron wiggled his wings, opened the throttle, and headed straight for the target, the squadron screaming after him. The sky swarmed with Zeros. Torpedo Eight had neither fighter cover nor accompanying dive-bombers to divert some of - the concentrated defensive fire from the Jap warships. The ; squadron hit the curtain of fire like a pine plank heading into a te i LyInc LOW beneath broken clouds, Torpedo Squadron buzz saw. Anti-aircraft bursts were searing faces and tearing off chunks of fuselage from the old planes but the Jap carriers were dead ahead, crowded with planes rearming and refueling. Torpedo Eight had a mission and nothing was going to stop them! The odds were heartbreaking. Plane after plane of the gallant squadron plummeted into the sea; yet the few who were left kept boring in, dropping their torpedoes at point blank range almost under the shadows of the carriers. In this way they made certain for the task force and for the Navy that the Japs’ air power was crippled from the start. One last plane dropped its torpedo, zoomed over the carrier, ‘then disappeared into the sea. Forty minutes later, dive- bombers from the HORNET arrived and pounded the confused Jap fleet into defeat. The following day, a PBY patrol plane swooped over the scene of the action and spotted a lone wounded flier floating in the oil slicks. He had watched the whole action from start to finish from beneath the shelter of a black seat cushion, a cushion held above his head to hide him from Jap strafing planes. They picked him up and flew him to Midway for hospitalization. His 29 squadron mates who ‘“‘did not make it back’’ were listed as ‘‘Missing in Action.” There were 30 empty places at a table in the ward- room as the officers of the HORNET filed in to breakfast. One of the empty places belonged to Ensign John P. Gray of Houston, Texas. When he failed to return after being reported missing in action, his mother wrote a letter to a high ranking officer in the Navy Department. «He was a good son, and a gentleman, and I am sure a fine officer. If we are to see him no more we can remember with pride that his was a good life, sacrificed for a cause, which I believe has God’s blessings. I have many happy memories of his courage and enthusiasm and knowing him as I did and the things for which he stood, can well believe that his last thought might have been, ‘I will open up a hole here and someone else will carry on.’’’ ... And they did carry on. Shortly after the Battle of Midway, a new Torpedo Eight Squadron came into being. This squadron, under the leader- ship of Lt. H. H. (Swede) Larsen, flew Grumman Avengers, aptly named, for they were the newest and deadliest torpedo planes in the arr. The Avengers added a new page in the history of Naval Aviation. The vengeance they exacted was sure and swift; a vengeance vividly described in a communique from Vice Admiral John McCain, USN, at that time Chief of the Bureau of Aeronautics, sent to the men and women who built the planes. uae AVENGER TORPEDO PLANES RECENTLY HELPED TO EXACT A LARGE MEASURE OF REVENGE FOR TORPEDO SQUADRON 8—THE GALLANT BAND OF NAVY FLIERS WIPED OUT ALMOST TO THE LAST MAN DUR- ING THE BATTLE OF MIDWAY. IN 14 ACTION PACKED WEEKS, A NEW GROUP WHICH INHERITED THE SQUADRON’S NAME HAS TAKEN AN AMAZINGLY HEAVY TOLL OF JAPANESE SHIPS. THEY TORPEDOED WAR- SHIPS AND AUXILIARY CRAFT AND WHEN CIRCUMSTANCES INTERFERED WITH THIS—THEIR NORMAL ACTIVITY—THEY TURNED THEIR AVENGERS INTO BOMBERS AND ASSAULTED SHIPS, SHORE INSTALLATIONS AND JAP TROOP CONCENTRATIONS. DURING THIS PERIOD THEY EXECUTED 40 ATTACK MISSIONS, 17 AGAINST GROUND TARGETS. FOURTEEN SHIPS WERE HIT WITH TORPEDOES, INCLUDING 2 AIRCRAFT CARRIERS, A BAT- TLESHIP, 5 HEAVY CRUISERS, 4 LIGHT CRUISERS, 1 DESTROYER AND 1 CARGO SHIP. THEY ALSO BOMBED A HEAVY CRUISER AND A LIGHT CRUISER. VENGEANCE HAS BEEN EXACTED BUT WE CANNOT REST ON OUR MACHINES OR ON QUR WEAPONS. WE MUST CONTINUE TO MEET OUR SCHEDULES: WORKING AND FIGHTING ‘TILL THE ENEMY HAS BEEN COMPLETELY CRUSHED. oe JOHN S. McCAIN, ABERCROMBIE, William Warner. Ensign, U. S. N. R. REAR ADMIRAL, USN, | CAMPBELL, George Marvin Lt. Gg), U. S. N, CREAMER, William Wilson Ensign, U. S. N. R. ELLISON, Harold John Ensign, U.S. N. R. EVANS, William Robinson Jr. Ensign, U. S. N. R. GAY, George H. Ensign, U.'S. IN: R. GRAY, John P. Ensign, U.S. N. R. KENYON, Henry Russell Jr. Ensign, U. S. N. R. ' MILES, Robert Bruce AP d/o. U.8. IN. MOORE, Raymond Austin ei ASN. | MOORE, Ulvert Mathew Ensign, U. S. N. R. | OWENS, James Charles Jr. | Bill: oN. TEATS, Grant Wayne Ensign, U.S. N. R. WALDRON, John Charles Lt. Comdr., U.S. N. WOODSON. Jeff Davis Lt: Gg), U. SN: BIBB, Ross Eugene Jr. . ARM 3/c, U.S. N. CALKINS, Max Arthur ARM 3/c, U. S. N. CLARK, Darwin L. ARM 2/c, U.S. N. CRESSY, Otway David Jr. ARM 2/c, U.S. N. DOBBS, Horace Franklin CRM, U.S.N. FIELD, George Arthur ARM 3/c, U. S. N. FISHER, Ronald Joseph : ARM 2/c, U.S. N. HUNTINGTON, Robert Kingsbury ARM 3/c, U.S. N. MAFFEI, Amelio ARM l/c, U.S. N. MARTIN, Hollis ARM 2/c, U.S. N. PETTRY, Tom Hartsel ARM I/c, U.S. N. PHELPS, Bernard Phillip ARM 1/c, U.S N: PICOU, Aswell Lovelace S 2/c..U. SN. POLSTON, Francis Samuel S$ -2/c,. U.S. N; SAWHILL, William Franklin ARM 3/c, U.S. N. “For extremely heroic and courageous performance in combat .. The loss of 29 lives, typifying valor, loyalty, and de- termination, was the price paid for Torpedo Squadron Kight’s vital contribution to the eventual success of our forces in this epic battle of the air.” ... from the Presidential Unit Citation awarded Torpedo Squadron 8, April 6, 1943 OFFICIAL NAVY PUBLICATION INDUSTRIAL‘ INCENTIVE DIVISION NAVY DEPARTMENT, WASHINGTON, D. C. ARMEL PROMOTED TO CAPTAIN U. S, NAVAL RESERVE word has been received that Comnander Tyle O. Armel, U.S.N»R. was. appointed to Captain in the United States Naval Rese. erve by the President on June 8, 1945 to rank from March 20, 1945. Captain Armel was recalled to active duty in July 1941 when the Reserve was mobilized, and has served continously at sea for the past four years, Captain Armel was first commissioned in World War I and after its conclusion remained in the Naval Reserve and has now com- pleted twenty-five years of Naval Service, In addition to the Victory Ribbon of 'forld War I, he wears the following ribbons ; American Defense with star; American Area; Asiatic-Pacific with two bronze stars; European-African with bronze’ star; the Philippine Liberation with bronze star and the Naval Reserve ribbon with star, Captain Armel's first 'Yorld Yar II service was in the Pacific where he participated in all the Aleutians operations at Adak, Anichitka, Atka, Attu and Kiska, He was then transferred to the Atlantic where he served as Executive Officer of an attack trans~ port in the Normandie invasion. In August 1944 he was ordered back to the Pacific and given command of a new attack transport, in which he participated in the Okinawa invasion, captain Armel's wife and three children reside at Lawrence, Kansas, where prior to the war he was the Executive of the Endowment esosdation of the University of Kansas. = 2 = Pe THE DURHAM HERALD-SUN, SUNDAY, AUGUST 12, 1945 ut er Butner Soldiers Given Chance To Keep Up Studies Maj. Frank Anneberg Has Charge Of 14 Classes Each Week Everyone has heard the saying, ‘the best fed, best equipped, best |paid and best trained, when peo- ple speak of today’s mighty Army that played a major role in the de- feat of Germany and is even now :|regrouping for the final cee ee ‘lof Japan. Today a fifth ‘best’ ‘|rapidly being recognized—that te :‘Ithe best informed. The tremendous job of keeping | -|the millions of GIs up-to-date on ‘|what’s going on in the world today is the work cut out for one of the Army’s newest divisions, the In- formation and Education Division. On Aug. 9, the I and E Division celebrated its first anniversary. When the Army started expand- ing to meet the crisis in 1940, the need for such an organization was noted but until November, 1943, only experimental work was ac- complished. On Nov. 10 however, it was established as the Morale Services Division. From that time on the I and E Division gradually improved until it became the | smooth running organization that it is today. Maj: Frank .J. Anneberg is the Post Information and Education of- ficer at Camp Butner. The local office operates an average of some 14 classes per week to the perma- nently assigned personnel, both of- ficers and enlisted men. A sepa- rate program by the education re- conditioning section under the di- ‘rection of the Surgeon General of- fice orients the patients of the Gen- ‘eral and: Convalescent Hospitals. Said Major Anneber, a veteran I and E officer who has handled this itype of assignment at Camp Davis tand the Asheville Redistribution 1 Station before coming here: “The |American soldier wants to know |why. They are eager to know |about discharges, the point system, postwar jobs, lend lease, what will |happen to Germany, the United Na-| {tions Charter, the GI Bill of Rights| and in the ' case of the veteran .| Fourth Division who will begin training here for the Pacific, their next foe, Japan. It’s our business to see that the average GI gets the right answer to any question ‘he may ask. Our Army has learn- jjed that an informed soldier is a .|better soldier.” Ueintic Banh Discussed. In | And E Class — Maj. Frank J. Anneberg, post I and E officer, discusses the latest sécret weapon untesened on tne Japs by the United States in an informal class held Wednesday afternoon. A brief outline explains the latest details to the group and then the soldiers get a chance to give their own opinions or ask questions on the subject. These men are members of the Station Complement Military Police Detachment. The major, in keeping up with the late news flashes, had as his main subject at a 4 P. M. class, the startling news that Russia had de- ‘ clared war on the Japs. (U, s. Army Signal Corps Photo.) |. General Eisenhower used all I and E forces at his command in preparing his veterans for the in- vasion of the Normandy coast. Each ‘|week. special articles were run in Yank which had a weekly circula- tion of 550,000 in the ETO. War- week, an orientation supplement was published every week in the U.S. Army daily, Stars and Stripes. | |The American Forces network and Armed Forces Radio Service pro- vided a series of programs covering *| pre-invasion material, pamphlets} s}were distributed about the enemy. Tips about German tricks by vet- erans who had fought them in Italy Jand North Africa were passed onto ‘invasion troops. As a result of the campaign came this statement from Gen. George C. Marshall: “From every portion of the line where our men were fight- ing came reports of aggressive ac-j) tion, skill and high morale dis- |played by the American soldier. Those engaging in their first com- bat carried themselves like veterans ‘lof experienced divisions. This probably was the most reassuring prospect to ourselves and the most depressing to our enemy.” A chaplain of an infantry regi- ment serving in Italy and Sicily made this comment on passing in- formation up to ‘the men in com- bat: “The lack of information and the resultant frustration is one of the biggest handicaps of morale.” Another important mission of the JI and E office is the U. S. Armed |Forces Institute, better known to GI’s over the world asthe “Fox- hole University’ USAFI (pro- nounced U-saf-ee) is the world’s} largest correspendence school. Sol- diers who lack but a year or so. of the school education have taken) courses and received their diplomas while fighting in the front lines. Many others have gained college credits all for the nominal fee of $2 for the first course. Others who wished to learn a new trade did so in their off-duty hours. -It has been shown that. the great-| est thing in maintaining morale is to keep the men informed. To this end, the Information and Education |Division of the Army has come a long way in convincing the GI that what they are doing is of impor- tance in winning the war. —————