Four JAX AIR NEWS 12 July, 1945 ______m , 'H_ ; Badge of Honor J11fwJJ1 { S m1 ,: : Kditorlal Office e Office of Public Information, Room 221 :Nzews ondVieuus rornStation Administration Annex, Bldg. 954 , Telephone Extension' 8542 5 over the highly industrialized and militarized attack us. giant be careful," and remember, "It U better to liegaud Tokyo Plain. I In other words, these people give the impression that and you won't have to he careful." I it military training will constitute a kind of Maginot[ Line Curiously, these Navy Corsair, Hellcat I standing between the United States and its potential ene- and Avenger sorties have been meeting virtually mies-a line behind which we can all relax and pursue out- no Japanese aerial opposition. Does I normal peacetime occupations in comfort and security. this mean that, having knocked out Nippon'ssea false and dan- In the opinion of this newspaper, this is a based air power several months ago, we to gerous premise. Actually, it will take much more than mere Smite fur i'I Service. Chaplain L. M. Cole. land-based her airpower seriously having.had : I I male citizen of France knew how to take a rifle apart and put' :r ;Jim "Jl .' reduced during the battles surrounding the 1043-Oneial: Ohms eivlre Chaplain S.V.. Bell. miles how has decided to hoard it together again, how to march 30 a day, to pitcha "KINDIM; : ONES:, LIFE." conquest of Okinawa- tent. Unfortunately, this knowledge was of very little value Hid' ) Clulstl.in Science t'tlee8mlllChlll\ )(>1. for actual land- 11:W Seivlce al PBY Hangar aieu. Chaplain H. A. her airplanes use only against - when it came time to stop the paralyzing blows of the up-to-I 1'01 ter.1aalSertlce.. ings on her own territory or that of her nearest date, wellequippedVehrmacht.. It is also very questionable I Davidson. Men'i Ji. Christian. IA'lIluhoplaln L. W. the possessions. Undoubtedly largest just how valuable this type of knowledge would be, of itself, I (The regular Ihuimtjy evening Bible Study group will proportion of her aircraft i is now mobilized at the I meet In the Small Chapel\ ..l11tOt'ry: Ihunxluv.. This in the event robot bombs suddenly started to drop on New meeting I I. now under the leadership o( Chaplain H. whatever point Japanese strategists figure York, Chicago Washington.. I II Allison\ FoilerJ this next great blow will fall. I I That postwar military training for all male U. S. citizensis 'atholie Chapels Mutt!* H..d and lirniiaahaot Altan. Admiral IIal ey, in his strikes on Tokyo well-rounded o>.4O-M a.... of a necessary and desirable part a national . 0J-Man* and its environs, would like nothing better defense program, this newspaper would be the last to deny. i 0-UO' -Ma.t. than to have the Jap air force come up( and I 1100-1".1 But we also submit that this nation must not let itself beI nll'J-\u.\ fight. In the first place, he would almost that i :bri.tl>a !''I ine. Sertlvct M*tU K4 sad BirnUgkaM of such : lulled into a false sense security by believing Avraae. certainly give them a sound beating, and even I 1100-Small chapel. all defense need training would provide the answer to our . though the beating were only indecisive it I .alter Ur !'I.ialu' !o..U! Chapel, c.r.rr .t M..tli ..dKiriiilagliaDi. , Actually, military training is but one stone in the vast, high . would still serve to reduce that much more '1t Ii KUMutuat) meeting (Wednesday). wall of national security. .. .... I rwUh KrliUu !Nrrvlrrt' d fHUwkhlp\ i the airpower Japan could use against our itl5 Small : Muslin and Blimlngham, When all is said and done, there is no better defense: Friday: Chapel " I Maln.lde. next invasion against aggression than constant alertness. To keep us out i I Tuesday, nto-1: 1-Cha\Jllllnll'\ Office. NATTC. Japan gives every indication of having Tue.djv. J700-18.W: -Chaplaln'i OKke, Yellow Water, of future war, our diplomats must remain alert (by keeping IGS.Flut . l adopted the Kamikaze tactic as standard. If i I our foreign policy on a course commensurate with our world Thursday of each month 17(10-1 g.to.: Chaplain's 01- fk '. :SASS' Green Cute Spilngi. this is true, she apparently will be willing to ' power: and responsibility) our intelligence services must re- j Second Thuimlay uf each month, IGTO-ISCO.! Heading sacrifice her entire air force for one great I Room, NAAS" Ma) |sir t. at all times the intentions and decisive be'' main alert (by knowing war Thlid 'Ihumday ot each month 130O-16.TO.:; ) Chapel .JiOJC victory. But this attempt will of enemies scientists capacities our potential ) our must remain - more likely to come when the stakes are alert ahead at least abreastf (by keeping our weapons or ,highest-during an attempted invasion II the latest foreign developments), our military and indus- New BooksBooks than when it would only serve to halt an an- bombardment.All trial planners must remain alert (by being prepared at a mo- pertaining to the following fields have noying ment's notice to throw the entire U. S. into high war gear) : been> added to the Station Library this month. of this i is just another way of saying I remain alert RELIGION: and our people must (by being mentally and that the war with Japan isn't over yet, just philosophically acclimated to the idea of force as the Deltoid the Man by Ralph L. Woods. An anthology" because our Fleet can sail within a few miles I means I of Jesus! Christ. * of preserving our independence and liberty) \ .SOCIU (sCIKNCK; of Tokyo. It means we are winning it, but Within the whole pattern of national defense, military Building: America: Illustrated! Studies On Modern it doesn't mean it's won-that will only vital problems.! Each" study deals with some Important - training has its own, place. But let's not permit our- come through constant, continuing effort. aspect of our social!:; political, economic cultural - selves to regard it as a cure-all. Let's not build any Maginot[ Let's chickens or international aspect of American life. until not count our victory the unconditional surrender is hatched. Lined either on our borders or in our minds:: -they just won't Color and Democracy by William E. B. Du Bois. work. AKKONAl'TICS: : :' Aircraft Year Book for 1915. Edited by Howard !lingos. Guest Stars Quotable"The Aircraft Armament by Louis Bruehiss.FINK ';I AHTS-KKCKKATION'Creative When you get home you won't have much Navy's job in landings all over the world from Hands; An Introduction to Craft Techniques - left to remind you of the job you've done. North Africa, to Sicily, to Italy, to Normandy, and the southof by Dorotjiy Cox and Barbara W. Weis- You can't pin your ribbons on your business France, to Leyte, Luzon, Iwo Jima and Okinawa, has been mann An Invitation to Chess A Picture Guide to the suit Your friends will not merely to the troops ashore which is their first ; or your overalls. probably put job, Royal Game, by Irving Chernev and Kenneth quickly forget that you once wore bljie. but also to furnish continuous and plentiful gun and air support llarknews. Only you will remember what you have been until the i position is won and the installations of the j''The Brooklyn, Dodpers.. ly Frank Graham. through. After a while you will have only |I II Army Air Forces are adequate to provide air support. The LITKUATI'UK The Rose your inner realization of a job well done. Navy will continue to bear this dual responsibility as new Benet Poetry and of Norman Freedom Cou, edited ln.s. by William I l Hold fast to thai-Camp Parks} Log. I beachheads are opened) in the future."-Secretary Forresta) I tolls,of Melody,)ty, Emily Dickln.on.Page . j& _