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1943-10-30

The Navyator v.1:27 1943-10-30

U.S. Naval Postgraduate School, Monterey, California

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VOL. I. No. 27 U. S. NAVY PRE-FLIGHT ScHOOL, DEL MONTE, CALIF. SATURDAy,~TOBE~30, 19~3

Thirteenth's Honor Quota of $50~OOO in War Bonds School Will Close ManIsM.R.Renfro Set for December 7 Drive Here When Nineteenth With 3.53 Mark Graduates, Jan. 8

Captain Steele has made known Each bond purchased on this

As its prize product of physical and mental excellence, the Four­teenth today presents Cadet Mac Randall Renfro, Los Angeles, as

the honor man in the graduat­ing battalion with a compos­ite grade of 3.53. Renfro is a graduate of Fair­fax High School and the Univer­sity of Califor-

T.~~,tl F ••• ,,,",b;" nia at Los An-.,bl,lie, geles.

Speakers at graduation today include Captain Steele, Lieut. Ongley and Lieut. Comdr. Fitz­hugh. The destinations of those be­ing detached: 140 to NAS, Hutch­inson, Kans., and 37 to NAS, Nor­man, Okla.

Runner-up to Renfro was Paul W. Stegman, Navyators' first string tackle from Hanston, Kans., who posted 3.47. Stegman posted the highest physical training grade, 3.91, barely edging out V. T. Lamb, Wichita, Kans., who had 3.90.

Renfro made the highest mark in ground training, posting 3.64. The Los Angeles cadet was fol­lowed by William J. Harper, Mo­line, Ill., with the mark of 3.46.

Highest in officer aptitude was Lauren B. Jones, Goodland, Kans., with 3.70 and second in this de­partment was Charles L. Stuart, Perry, Kans., with the grade of 3.60.

Of the forty-six members of the Fifteenth who depart with the Fourteenth, Kenneth B. Austin, New Rockford, N. D., and Wil­liam D. Farnsworth, Phoenix, Ariz., posted the highest composite grade with the mark of 3.46.

Farnsworth took top honors in ground trammg recording the mar~ of 3.62, followed by Earl M. Smith, Venice, Ca1., who had 3.58.

Austin was top man in physical training with 3.81, and close by were Carl H . Bailey, Ogden, Utah., and Robert L. Ekelund, Holly­wood, Ca1., who jointly posted grades of 3.64.

Tops in officer aptitude went to Charles A. Weeber, Jr., San An­tonio, Tex., who posted a mark of 3.40.

a directive issued by Secretary of occasion will bear the stamp of the Navy Frank Knox that the Navy Pearl Harbor Postmaster and will will commemorate the attack on be dated December 7, 1943, com­Pearl Harbor by a cash sale of memorating one of history's fate­bonds on or about December fu l days and ·one never to be for-7, 1943. gotten by America's fighting

The Navy's objective will be forces - particularly men of the the sale of $15,000,000 in War United States avy. Bonds. Remember to Remember Pearl

Del Monte's quota was orig- Harbor I inally set at $100,000. The im-minent closing of this station, which would leave only three bat­talions of cadets and a diminished officer and enlisted personnel aboard, however, has caused the Del Monte quota to be reduced to $50,000.

To reach this objective it will be necessary that the average officer purchase be a $100 bond, costing $75, and for all other personnel a $50 bond costing $37.50. It is to be emphasized that thes~

are average purchases only. Many will far exceed the average while a few will find it necessary to pur­chase less. The early notice of this occasion will make it easily possible for all aboard to parti­cipate.

Del Monte's support of the Navy's War Bond program has been consistently strong and it is expected that all hands will rally to make this final sale a fitting va led ictory.

FOURTEENTH IS 100% The 171 cadets of the Four­

teenth Battalion contributed $185.30 to the Monterey Penin­sula Community and War Chest. The Fourteenth regis­tered 100 percent of all cadets on board at time of drive, in­cluding those cadets who were graduated with the Thirteenth Battalion.

;rhe Fifteenth contributed $208 with 203 cadets partici­pating.

The total contributions to date from the Eleventh, Twelth, Thirteenth, Fourteenth and Fifteenth Battalions is $1,069.28.

All personnel aboard will be solicited next week. Officers will be asked to contribute on Monday at pay time. It is hoped that each officer will contribute a minimum of $2. Enlisted and civilian personnel will "be asked to give one dollar each.

The "Battle of Del Monte," raging since last February 4, when the First Battalion came aboard, is scheduled to become history next January 8, with the gradua­tion of the Nineteenth. The an­nouncement Monday by Lieut. Com dr, Fitzhugh, executive offi­cer, that no more cadets would be sent here for training confirmed the scuttlebutt prevalent here the past three months that this school would cease operations "around the first of the year."

A wire from the Navy Depart­ment Saturday informed Captain Steele that no additional cadets would be sent here and that the school would be officially decom­missioned about February IS, more than a month after the graduation of the last battalion aboard-the Nineteenth. The wire also stated the Bureau was studying the pos­sibilities of converting the property to other use by the Navy.

If decommissioned February IS, the school will have been officially a part of the Navy twelve months and two days. From February 13, when the commissioning cere­monies were held, until the decom­missioning, a total of 4,045 cadets will have been graduated to pri­mary flight training, assuming all cadets now aboard will graduate.

THE SEAGULLS, Sporta Program boxing champions for the fall Beason, were undefeated in six starts. The team, kneeling, left to right: Tucker, Abrams. Felz, Marrote, Kaspar, Wahl-

berg, Belcher and Stoaka. Standing} left to ~~ MendenhaD, Glaab, Weller, Barna, andreaa, Underwood, coach; Hank, Meline, Woodward, HlIgbea.

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Vol. I, No. 27 Saturday, October 10, 1'4) Published every Saturday for the personnel of

the United States N.TY Prc-Flight School, Del Monte, Calif .• at DO c:rpe:nsc to the Navy.

CAPTAIN GEOat:;E W . STEELE, USN ( Ret . ) Co", ... "Ji", Officer

lnUT. COMOIt.. GEoacE D. FITZHUCH, USNR Exu.Utlt Dffiar

LIEUT . W. D. P .... ,TNU. USNR ,.blic R.,I.t;o,u OffiC'rr

The Sense Of Belonging By CHA.PLAIN 'WU,It.EN l. WOLF

L IFE'S grimmest tragedy is the consciousness. sudden or gradual. which may come. to

an individual that he does not be­long. That is to say, the feeling arrives that a man does not fit into the picture. It is the type of

thing which is

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THE KINGFISHERS football squad, tutored by Ens. Baer, were undefeated in six starts while winning the grid title for the fall season in the Sports Program. The squad, front row, left to right: Gloetzner, Spalding, Jordahl, Gillespie, McGee. Middle row, left to right: Tufts, James, Votanek, McDaniel, Thurston, Van Deraa. Rear row, left to right: Norton, Farrell, Nattress, Reufro, Sanders, O'Rourke, Maloney, Hunt, Ens. Baer.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30, 1943

TODAY Aboard

Movie - "Holy Matrimony," Monty Wooley, Gracie Fields. Showings at 1620 and 1910 for cadets and 2100 for officers, Ship's Company and guests.

Ashore 2000 - Water Polo, Navyators

vs. Olympic Club, San Francisco. State Theater-"Her's to Hold,"

Deanna Durbin, Joseph Cotton. Carmel Theater - "Hangmen

Also Die," Brian Donlevy, Anna Lee.

so pointedly de- ' Ad . I B km scribed in the nura uc aster Five Officers Get

Change-of-duty

TOMORROW Aboard

Movie - "Princess O'Rourke," Olivia De Haviland, Robert Cum­mings, Charles Coburn. Showings at 1310 and 1500 for cadets. Offi­cers and Ship's Company attend 1500 showing only.

the story. "The Would Strip Foes Man Without a Of All Air Power

Five of the 243 officers aboard received orders this week and eight others have been notified they soon wll1 be on t,he move. Heading Cor­pus Christi way are Lieut. Jenne. Lieut. (jg) Bailey, Ens. Palm­burg, Lieut. (jg) Strong and Lieut. (jg) Taylor.

Country." When a man

is doing his job, accepting re­sponsibilities and loyalties:

CHAPLAIN '!VOLP then he realizes that he is a part of that environ­ment in which he ' is working. When a job is shirked, when a trust is violated, then the result will be a feeling of being outside the scheme of things. The man will be ridiculed or ostracized de­pending on the size of his error.

Since this situation does arise, and since we are engaged in a total war, then it is important for us to think on such a thing. We should ask ourselves: "Do I be­long?"

A global war demands total efficiency of all concerned. That efficiency is not forthcoming if one has developed into being the fifth wheel on a wagon. A fifth wheel is of little value when the wheels of war are beginning to grind out a victory.

If somewhere along the line a duty is changed, or a naval ac­tivity is altered, one should find no ' time for developing this senseless feeling of unimport­ance. Somewhere along the line is the job for us to do. We will be given the opportunity to do it.

In a recent book entitled, "The Battle for the Solomons," written by Ira Wolfert, one reads an in­teresting summation for such thinking: "It seems to me that Americans, without really being conscious of it, are fiercely proud of being Americans. They seem to be aware instinctively that they are a mixture of all the peoples in the world-well nourished, athletic, free to think, less frustrated and so better integrated than others.

And with this ' subconscious realization cornea the conviction that nothing 0.1 earth can keep an American from doing a job he knows he really has to do.

Germany and Japan should be forever stripped of all aviation, commercial or military, as a safe­guard to the peace of the future . Rear Admiral Elliott Buckmaster, USN, Chief of Naval Air Primary Training, said in a Navy Day ad­dress \"1 ednesday.

Admiral Buckmaster. who com­manded the aircraft carrier Y ork­town in the battles of the Coral Sea and Midway in 1942 and who has directed the Navy's far-flung primary air training program for more than a year predicted "a long, hard bitter fight" before the United Nations reach Berlin and Tokyo.

"The year which lies ahead will not be an easy one, because the present conflict dwarfs all wars which the world has ever known. There is no Question but that we are in for a long hard war. Nobody knows when Germany will sur­render-but we do know that it will only be after months of bitter. bloody struggle. The path to Tokyo, likewise. will have to be blasted by our ships and planes and the cost in casualties will be heavy," he said.

Ashore State The ate r - ",Stormy

Weather," Lena Horne, Bill Rob­inson.

Carmel Theater - "Bataan," Robert Taylor, Thomas Mitchell.

l400-Dancing, Mission Ranch, Carmel.

Moved from Athletics to Mili­tary in personnel changes this week were -Lieut. (jg) Kinnan, FRIDAY Lieut. (jg) Edwards and Ens. 1900 - Happy Hour, featuring Hines. Ens. Wyatt was transferred Navyator Orchestra, Bali Room. from Military to Athletics; Lieut. COMING MOVIES (jg) Scull from Athletics to I Saturday - "Johnny Com e Ship's Service; Ens. Clayton from Lately," James Cagney, Grace Ship's Service to Athl~tics; and George. Lieut. (jg) Kernan from gunnery Sunday-"We've Never Been to the Nineteenth Battalion. Licked," Richard Quine, Anne

Gwyne.

Record Bond Sales A new record was set in Sep­

tember by Navy personnel in the purchase of War Savings Bonds. the total sales of $30,477,763 ex­ceeding those of any previous month since the Navy War Bond program was inaugurated in Oc­tober, 1941. The previous high mark was set in July, 1943, when purchases amounted to $27,783.065.

Chaplain Commends Fourteenth's Choirmen

Chaplain Wolf and Craig Nel­son. Sp(W)lc, choir director, thank the following men of the Fourteenth Battalion for their participation in the cadet choir:

Wolcott P. Brock, Bryce Church­ill, Oliver D. Droege, Earl F . Godfrey, Horton E. Goss, William J. Harper, Richard E. Hicks, Warren L. Hillard. William T. Hockensmith, Claude B. Johnson, Lawren B. Jones, Henry O. Jor­dahl Jr., Vernon T. Lamb, Wil­liam M. McDaniel, Ralph W. Meyer, Jack F . Misner, Elmer R. Nelson, William L. Patterson, Robert L. Paul, Edward 1. Scha­lon, George E. Stephens Jr., Jack Waterman, Ted C. Whited CIi-ford R. Williamson. '

THE A VJ!:NGJ!:R8, coached by En •• Palmber" won the basket­ball champlonship for the faU season with six vlctoriea and no de­feats. The team, front row, left to right: Waters Loebig, Drake l)~tt and bb. Rear row, left to right: J. F. Allen 'Smith Bradford' Forter, La ever, G. D. Allen, Ayers. " ,

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SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30,1943 mE NAVY ATOR

THE SEAGULL track equad compiled the most impressive record of any squadron in the fall Sporta Program season by winning the champion­ship with twelve victories and no defeats. The squad, front row, left to right: Mortimer, Heaton, Keithcart, Leitner, DeSmet, Sauve, West, Hazen.

Middle row, left to right: Hertzberg, Wallace, Kirk, Morgan, Banning, Simonson, Romankie­wicz, Yaun. Rear row, left to right: Larson, Smith, Fagen, Mercer, Woodward, Walen, Lieut. (jg) Schley, coach.

Navyators Beat U.S.F. 34-0, UCLA Next On Schedule

The Navyators, 34 to 0 victors over the University of San Fran­cisco last Sunday, have a vacant spot on the schedule this weekend and Monday will begin prepara­tions for the meeting wit h U.C.L.A. at Los Angeles Satur­day.

In winning their fourth game in five starts, the Kernmen experi­enced little trouble with the scrap­ping but out-classed Dons of U.S.F. With their running attack stymied by the Navyator linemen, the Dons tossed 39 passes, com­pleted 13 and had six intercepted -three of which resulted in Navy touchdowns.

,The first Navyator tally cli­maxed a , 54-yard drive after· Bill Draper's 67-yard touchdown run had been cancelled because he was detected stepping out-of­bounds on his own 46. Jack Kirby, Sherman Olmstead and Draper took turns picking up yardage in the drive with one Kirby to Frank Whigham pass accounting for 25 yards. Olmstead scored on a plunge at center and the kick was missed.

Two minutes later Draper. the Navyator game captain, was touch­down bound again and this time he

wasn't called back. He took a Don pass and tracked 55 yards to pay dirt and then kicked the point to give his team a 13 to 0 lead at the end of the first period.

In the second stanza, after being stalled a foot from the goal, the Navyators struck Quickly by air with Tobin tossing a 28-yard aerial to Rohr for the tally. Herr­man made it 20 to 0, the score at the halftime intermission.

Rohr scratched again in period No.3 when he swiped a Don pass and traveled 45 yards to score. Draper kicked the point and Coach Kern inserted a new team for the kickoff. On the first play after re­ceiving the ball, the Dons tossed another pass that resulted in an­other Navyator tally. Parker Hal1 raced 41 yards for the counter and Jim McDonald booted the point to end the scoring for the afternoon.

The statistics: Navy

Fint down. ___ , Yard. ,.ined ru.bin' ____ 126 Vard. lost ru.hiDI _______ .... Pasta attempted ______ 12 P.,se. completed ______ 4 Yard. by pilla .. _ 71 Intercepted pana _____ 6 Y ltd. interception. rcturncd __ 114 Punt ins anralc ... Yard. lo,t, penahia . _ _ ___ 4G

J-3 Wins Platoon Drill

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J-3, under the command of M. H . King, won the Seventeenth's platoon drill competition this week with 1-3 second and I-I third.

Water Polo Squad Into Action Tonight

Lieut. J . R. Smith's ' varsity water polo team makes its debuit of the season tonight in San Fran­cisco against the strong Olympic Club s~uad.

The starting lineup includes Bill Holford, 17'- J - I, Hutchinson, Kans., left forward ; Ric h a r d Downs, l6-G-2, Whittier, Cal., right forward ; Vergil Kepford, l8-L-2, Des Moines, Ia., center for­ward ; John Remsberg, 17-1-1 , Huntington Beach, Cal., center back; William Hil1, IS-K-2, West Englewood, N. J. , left guard ; Ed­ward McCarthy, Ip-H.l, Brooklyn. N. Y., right guard ; and Walter Kehnert, l6-G-i, Sandusky, 0 ., goal.

Avengers On Top As Fall Sports Program Closes

Pouring it on and scoring 60~ points in the final week of the fall Sports Program competition, the Avenger squadron left no doubt as to the champion. The Avenger team remained undefeated in bas­ketball and won eleven out of twelve soccer games in the 6-week period.

The Dauntless squadron scored 47~ points in the final week to take second place in the weekly standing. Third spot was taken by the Seagulls with 40 points. The Seagul1s maintained their un­blemished records in track and boxing, winning twelve track meets and six boxing matches.

In the final and cumulative standings the Avenger team tallied 282 points taking first place by a comfortable· margin. S how i n g power in the stretch drive, the dar­ing Dauntless squad jumped a notch placing themselves in place with a total of 244~ points. The Kingfishers continued on the down grade, scoring but 30~ points in the crucial week and emerged as holders of third place. Close by in fourth position were the Seagulls with 2370 points.

The Kingfisher team, regard­less of their poor showing in the final weeks of competition, still maintained their undefeated status in football.

The final standings: AYe-natu 2.2 Dauntless 2"'~ Kin,fis.hcr 241 ~ s..JUII 2)7Yz Wildcat 217 ~ Corsair UO

Mariner .-MY; Coronado ..... ~ Hdlcot III Vin.dicator 124 H.lldin, 122 \oS Cataliaa 'ZYz

PAGBFOVR

The Fourteenth Above Average In Final T estings

The outgoing Fourtenth failed to set any records but contained fewer sub-standard cadets than any other graduating battalion. All but seven were able to pass the five required tests, an excep­tionally low figure.

The best individual mark was made by R. E. Hicks, 14-C-2, Los Angeles, Calif., with . a physical fitness of 116, the second highest ever scored. C. R. Nattress, 14-C-2, Glendale, Calif., and M. C. Williams, 14-C-2, Milford, Ill., were high in the jump-reach with a m<j.rk of 30 inches, a mere two inches from the record.

J. L . Brown, 14-C-3, North Kansas City, Mo., did 47 push-ups to top this bracket. G. W. Brown, 14-D-l, Denver, Colo., · was high with 17 chins to his credit. C. A. Phillips, 14-D-l, Princeton, Ind., scampered the speed-agility course in 26.6 seconds, a near record time.

New Mates Aboard; Old Mates Leave

This week the medical depart­ment lost three members who were sent to San Francisco for further assignment: L. P. Jones, PhMlc, J. L. Noffsinger, PhM2c and W . G. Thompson, PhM2c.

Ten pharmacist's mates and hos­pital apprentices were received aboard.

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The Fourteenth's testing champions •.. Phillipa, Williams, G. W. Brown, Hicks, Nattress and J. L. Brown.

Mire Draws News Reel Of The Week

The artist that draws the News Reel of the Week is Cadet]. Mire, 16-H-l, from New Orleans, La.

D uri n g his spare moments (which are n ' t many) Mire ·t a k e s pen in hand to enter-tain the weekly CADET MIll!

readers of the TI>< N.",.'M', N"" Navyator. Upon A,ti"

graduating from high school, Mire won a scholarship to his home town art school, but he de­clined the offer and attended Tu­lane for two years previous to joining the V -5 program.

Fisher Tops Regiment On Obstacle Course

Joseph c. Fisher, 16-H-l, Mon­ticello, N. Y., and former Monti­cello High School ace athlete, re­corded the lowest time over the obstacle course last week in the very commend­able time of 2:44 seconds, eleven seconds off the record. The Fif­teenth had two members, E. N. Andrews,15-E-l, CADU FISH ..

N orth ~ 0 I I y - Rw", ob".d. cw, .... wood, Calif., and 2: 44 Slco.d,

A .. N. Long, 15-E-3, San Jose, Ca!if., tied for honors at the time of 2.53.

SATURDAY, OCTOBER 30,1943

E. R. Bergsma Leads The Eighteenth

Earl Richard Bergsma from Rock Valley, Iowa, has been ap­pointed cadet battalion commander of the Eighteenth. Bergsma is a graduate of Rock Valley High School where he lettered in bas­ketball and football.

The sub - bat­talion command­er is C. E. Leck­way, IS-L-l, To­ledo, Ohio, and the battalion ad­jutant is C. K. Simpson, IS-L-l, Dallas, Texas.

John William CADET B .. cs>u Anderson, K-l, Co",,,,,,""" of II>< Oklahoma City, E"b'u",b B.tt.l,o"

Okla., is in command of K. Com­pany and has H. C. Curlee, Mon­roe, N. c., as sub-commander and J. B. Sarratt as C.p.o. The platoon leaders are ]. H. Hoober, K-l, Lancastet, Pa., H. D. Petersen, K-2, Albion, Neb., and]. Gallanes, San Bernar<iino, Cal., K-3.

In charge of L Company is El­roy E. Parker, Hickman Hills, Mo., with W. R. Barton, Long Beach, CaL, as sub-commander and J. H. Binkley, Deming, N.M., as c.p.o. Th~ platoon leaders: W. G. Fuller, Dallas, Tex., L-l; F. C. Anderson, Kanapolis, Kans., L-2; and C. B. Stephens, Beverly Hills, Cal., L-3.

Cadets may wear service ribbons on blue service uniforms and also on khaki shirts whenever black ties are worn with the khaki uni­form.