News Letter 1940 Jul-Dec - Air Force Historical Studies Office

FUNERAL OFGENERAL ROBINS
The funeral of the late Brigadier
General Augustine W. Robins, Whowas'
in commandof the Air Corps Training
Center, was held at the Arlington.lfational
Cemetery onfhe afternoon of
Thurs~. June 20, 1940. The honorary
pallb.e.~~rs were his classmates of the
U.S. Mllltary Acad~.
General Rr>binsdiec. suddenly at his
quarters at Randolph Field. ell SundaJr,
June 16th. Just a few hours before
his death he had attended a dance giVEn
by a Flying Cadet battalion. and he'
appeared to be in good health. ,
Funeral services were held in the
~>ndolPh Field Post Chapel'on June
l?th. Pallbearers at the Randolph
Field servi'ces were Colonels John B.
Brooks, CommandingOfficer of Randolph
Field; :&twinB. LYQn,'Assistant Commandant,
Randolph Field; Henry J.F.
Miller, CommandingOfficer of Duncan
Field; Lieut. Colonels Thomas'iV.Hastey,
FLAG RAISINGONMacDILL FIELD
ppesent on this occasion' From5;000
to 7,000 persons attended the exercises,
Interesting speeches were delivered"
by the BaseCommandillgOfficer, Colonel
.Clarence L. Tinker; GOvernorHcr1-1aI¥L. of
.Florida and Ex-Gowrnor .Carlton.,~;T!).,e
public,iistened with interest,~de~ite.
the terrific heat' to 'which.they,.y(~r~.11
exposed. ' . '.";.._.,....
:An exhibition, given by the ~uElks'!,'.61
Tampa,.constituted a history'of' all:.~"~ ..
:previous United States flB@ and'"lell:4:';,
J.ng up to the pr~sent, day. flag that,:-;.~'~•
have been flown 1Il the t1iutedStates".,o
The entire showwas in charge of':the:.'::,-:::
"Elks," and they performed asP1eillii.d:;~
job_9fprE,lsenting the first flag}p~~([;
MacD~llFleld. ''"~,; "-'ll\ r
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SUMMER SCHOOL lIT HAMILTON FIEUiIO,!'l
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The school for Hamilton Fi~ld'Jnilst~
ed men, conducted by various :publiC;nZ""
school authorities of the Staoe'of- ,: l-A
Executive Officer of -ths Air Corps California~.Division of Adult Education.
Train~n Oent erj- \~alter H. 'Reid, of Bureau of Trade and Industrial EdUc1\;;;::"~
Randol Field; and ,Fabian L. Pratt. t Ion , Marin Junior College, and-Univer.,.,
Medi Corps. Commanding' Officer of sity,ofCalifornia. offered its .~er~
the School of Aviation Medicine, session at Hamilton.Field on Jun:eOl?tlf~
Randolph Field.' , Contrary to all expectations thatJ'~_1-+
--000-- " soldiers would not want to attend 'class':"
\ es during the summer months, :tpe :eIlri>l].':-:-
"WINGSOVER AMERICA" RADIO BROADCASrment
was over two hundred. . c. ".; ~''-'':
.o" ,' ~_' c_;- j_.- Classes 'being' offered ~ncl1?rle"Min7.~'F;
According to the NewsLetterCOrres- tary Correspondence, NaVlgahon, Eri~' '
pendent from Hamilton Field Calif .• lish, History, Civics; and courses inc.,.
Lieut. Arthur V. Jones, Pubi ic Rela- Mathematics from arithmetic to cal,culus.
tions Officer conducting the radio
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;; ..;.f~r.!:iu
program wWingsOver America." was
scheduled to' broadcast from the Air
, PERFECT PROOF : :Z,l.~;.l .6
r • Co:rllsExhibit at the Golden Gate Exoo-
J ..."r:t:CfIS
si hon on,Treasure I sland on June 27th.
and that this program. the seventh of
the series, promised to be very interesting..
Lieut. Jones was to be ?-Ssisted
by'Lleut. W.R. Stark.,!,who lS m
charge of the Hamilton ]'ield detachment
stationed at Treasure Island for
the duration of the Pai.r , Lieut.
Stark-reports that steat' interest is
evidenced by the FaJ.r visitors in the
B-17B "Flying Fortress" which is on
displa;y, also in an aerial mosaic of
the San Francisco Bay area, flown and
laid by the 88th Reconnaissance Squadron
of Hamilton Field.
--000---
. The tens~ ?-tmosp~re t!?at. prev'!rif~:.;,~
an the Admlnlstratlon Buildlng at.,rom.,..!
dolph Field, Texas, with everyone.'wor,k",
ing at top speed to keep pace With :the-swift
l!I0Vlngevents of the acceleritedo1
expansion program, was shattered the-c;;i".
other daY by loud and prolonged gales~,~
o~ laughter from the Secretary',s .of'--:[_,.
flce. . "':~~'"""
Investigation revealed that an'aPP.'li~;;
cant was unable to furnish the requlroo,
birth certificate With his appliCatioiV~
for appointment as a Flying Cadet:)fqw:';;:.
ever I he had the presence Of mi~d:tG:;;';
submit a duly notiarf sed affldaVlt ,at.,.,);,.,.."
testing to the correct date of hi$"-~T"'~ _
birth. It read as follows: -"I certi:: s '!
fy that I was present at the birth ',or;;.-.
John Doe. June I? • 1918, at Homet6wn;'~;':'~
The Squadrons of the 29th BombardmentTexas." . ' r ':~'-:'~.'1
Group, GHQAir Force. were on Suz;1daY, It was signed by his mother.. '"~.~;.'''Si.~
June 16th, called upon for the fust ---000--- :. '~" i.iJ.Fl vI
flag raising.oI,l I-mcDill Field. TaJ!1pa, '. ... ... ~I)i;~Ib
Fla. Many c~hzens of Tampa, haVlng Fust Id eut . ElVln F. Maughan; "Air_L:l"~
never wi~nessed a flag. rai siI,lg, visit- Corps; was promoted to Captain,-"Wi,t!J,'ri.tl;
ed the held for the fust tlme to be rank from June 18, 1940._~;;t eriT
. . -12- ,,' V-8499. X.C.
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