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

\'\VESr POINT,', "CADErstt1SIT,WRIGHrFUlL,Jk ,elad1ln~lirlsefitea 'to.aid 'they'OUll.ge%'_ '_
» " : '~. -:." ) y.-',','" ," ", ',. femin 'generation of Patterson7ield
-,On!Ues1!ay,' JUne lSth; ....nhe first-of:l. ,in entertaining the'g,uests: ".,.",;.
",three groups ertr, S.~Militar;y'Acadeuw r. 'On Wednesdaymorniiig;:parties ,,!,ere,
cadets, consistillg'of aI1ProXllllS.telyl50 forgottenandt,he cadets,buclded'!i9V1Il.
ine~;arriTea at Wr1€litFie.ld •.D~on,," ~o the,serious.businesso~ ,attemptmg.
'OhJ.o,'for the .purpose of 'Oota1ning a t'.m ccncent rated-doses .to"cover the pran-
;'brief f~liarlzation'-course regarding' cipal :techn~caldevelopmelits in progress
~the funchons'and'activities of the MS..:. at .WrJ.ghtFJ.eld; ",.Busses,conveyedtliem
teriel Division; ~,This is the first in- the,appr0xi.J!late six miles from Patterso
lltance ofsuc:h a) course being incorpo- to Yh'i.egp,t,~J..eld,.'where.they wsre,welcC!m
rr!l.ted"inthejcurriculum of tlieMilitary ed an 'a bnef and'"informal;addressby,
Acadeuw,training. r' ,~,"-"." " .Colonelll.iller.,., J •••. ~ ,j" ',,', '.
The ?l'rangements for making thisop- • Colonel Miller'touched.briefly upon
. portunJ.tyavailable.tto the complete _ the problems confronting.the:Air;gDrps
class of 194 cadet svare as follows:' The , toda.v and upon the ,fact that; someof,
class,ifulnbering 450'cadets, was divid'- the cadetspresent.would undaubtedlybe i
ed;into three increments of 150 each.,' .Lnstrumental, in helping to solve them, .
, ,The first group left West,Point on Sat- He noted the fact that -poss'ibly for
urday, June 15th, for Langley Field ' . someof them it had been, theirfir~t-:.
Va:'cwhere,t~,cadets reiDainoo.unti i , ,fl1@:1t ~i?- warned them,not;to,be dis-
Tue~daY,.'YJ.sJ.tJ.ngthe N.A.C.A. labora~ . cour~ea. if the pl.easure had, ',. be.en "sometOTJ.esand
observing bombing.and g,un- what dampenedby air. sd.ckness, Thimornery
demonstrations. Ab9utnooll ~h~y. ously.he reviewed his 9V1Ile'xperiencein
departed for Patterson FJ.eld, .8!'rJ.v.Lng learnJ.ng to fly ,and srod'that J.t was•
. ,about 4:00p.m:' WednesdaYand Thursday sometime before he could feel, quite ;
.. m9rrtirigswere.give:t:l'9v~r,to the inspec- su;-e of I}ot bei~ as~ai:led byl,sgme,~
t ron of Matenel :DJ.vJ.sJ.on' laboratones,slJ.gllt hlnt ofal-rSJ.cmess. ,"lew 1
,w~th.s~cial.lectures ~ddemonstra- . 'llilo?s take as~on~ to get over. this
,hons of e,qw.pmentby Air Corps offi- . hcndi cap ~. I did, . he explained.. "bU.t,
cers , OnThu:rs~.afternoon they were get ov~r.ltI.did, andtodBy;! doubt.,if
..taken tot~ F~rfJ.eld.flir Depot at ' . there,J.s as tough'a,s~om~'m.the Air
e : Patterson FJ.ela.for simlar demonsbra- Corps. u ».: '" ., '". -'." ',;
'.tiona oOf a,ctivity.On Friday morning! ,The'program for Wright'Field "eridBdf
they.departed.'foI' West Point. ;, .with a. demonstration of, flyi~ Wednes~
._Transportation was accomplished'by l5davforenoon; the. cadets leaVJ.ngfor I ..
~'Armyc.,39 Transport airplaries •. each of, Patterson Field for a tour ,:of thershops
(which c~iedl0.cadets.and their~ug-;-. and'factories of the Air Depo~,imm~di~
@ge, besldes the crew. 'ThreeoffJ.cers atelyafter,.11IDch, ,The Matenel DJ.vi-
,on-i?-utyatt¥,Military .Acl'l.deuw. accom- .l.ston .was, delight~d;tohaVelasvisitors
tlanJ.ed~the'group, namely; Majors 'John . this fine 10,okinggroup of young .Ameri-
..t!, ,We,ikert; RObert w. Hatperand Cap-. cans" and,it is.lioped ~hat Such visits
,ta.l!lCharles ;F.,'Born,.':The return Ofthe are made an annual habJ.t. '. ~
group to West~J'oint on'Friday made/itl ",,'. ( --:-000-"- ~'. ~'
0;-. po.' hS,sible,for:,;the secondgroup,toboard. ", A-n'O'ME" -CO"IN':G:.,m 'WRI"~FIELD
the sametranswrts'on'Siitur