Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - July 20, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                July 1945 stars a1m0 r i jew Fici 171j Casci goes All out to put redeploy Aster leaves for Shang i by by James Padgitt base Thev came Over they in so tight that i Joe literacy had to breathe and exhale by the they were in a Liberty ship which took Many Long weeks to Cross the big p but going after three years of action in Italy the hundreds of going by air and  be of 8ervic6 that a grateful government by air the North african the rate of a month being whisked to the states in a Little matter of 27 Twenty seven hours  seem too hard to but just to make sure that those hours Whiz the North african at Divi Sion has gone All out on a pro Gram of passenger Wel fare and Why youll find a plane full of Happy gis crossing the at lactic every 15 there Given treatment accorded vips with no strings attached from the minute they climb aboard one of the Fleet of c54 sky masters at the vip treatment continues in at their Barracks bags and other Luggage Are checked through to la Guardia Airport and they pile into a spotless trans port which less than 60 minutes before had been checked for safety and equipped with every manner of recreation Al Gadget to while away the Monotony of air travel Over poker players heaven once Treyve left Morocco behind and the giant transport is winging its Way Over the Atlantic toward the by the Southern Over the Sahara to Ward the big base at the inevitable poker game the flight traffic clerk makes his first trip to the cupboard at the rear of the Cabin and brings out single and double game boards and an armful of playing cards and in the at sup plies everything but the folding the boys furnish and they use Brit ish and moroc algerian and tunisian the game sometimes will last from the minute they unbuckle their safety belts Over Morocco until the statue of Liberty Hoves into there not All poker players youll also find a rough of dominoes going on in one parches or Back Gammon in another and checkers or cribbage in still there Are always the chess fanatics and there taken into consideration when the plane is packed with its recreational equipment shortly before its Takeoff from Catablan All the Little luxuries All the the gis can drink hot eat sandwiches and nibble these items Are All supplied in abundance every tune a ship takes off with a plane Load of stateside bound some will be using the single and double game boards to write the letters they intend mailing the minute they enter la Guardia others will be catching up on the history Treyve made in the very latest news or will be flipping through or idly the latest others will just Roll up in a Blan tilt their Plush seats Hack a Little further and just dream about their All this makes for 27 very Fleet ing that what the men aboard the plane that Rush by in a so they can get Back to their their wives and the chocolate milk and everything else the re turn Home Means for streamlined Comfort just to make sure that those 57 hours pass As quickly and As safely As possible for the tens of thou Sands of european combat Vete rans who Are being redeployed homeward in a Fleet of c54 sky Treyve gone All out in an Effort to reach a goal of Stream lined efficiency and tops in Pas Senger Comfort and the department specifically set up to Render this service rejoices in the name of Fleet and its organization was in keep ing with the wish of the at commanding that rendering of the proper Standard of service to safety belts used s in the sky Masten a rigid tension test Hoitz left to r Robert and George the Fleet service department the big from Tail to checking All safety equipment and providing Comfort and recreation facilities for the 27hour flight to the passengers of the International routes of this command is one of our most important Respo Sibili the Powers that be made it Clear that for the thousands who would be routed via North no standards of Courtesy or efficiency of operation would be lowered even though it is a terrific Job calling for Speed and mass move the veterans were going to get the Best Comfort and safety and they were going to have a Good word to say about the on tap round the clock1 the Fleet service department Clicks hours a maintains a warehouse with tons and tons of supplies and equipment and daily services Between and 160 the latter figures include Carigo and mail aircraft flights and regularly scheduled passenger and cargo flights to five Fleet service had its beginning at the Casablanca at base with Byron of port former new England traffic manager of Twa and traffic manager of Lal american air who is now the divisions passenger service As Boss directly in charge of the air port department is Abraham Grenthal of new York who is aided by two officers and a staff of 107 military and civilian person the departments divided into two Comfort and passenger Robert Drane of May and David Mauel of Chicago head the Comfort Section and Faye Comingore of India Napolis Bosses the safety end of 60minute men usually Fleet service is Given at least an hour to get a plane ship shape for Treyve got the Job Down to such a Fine Art now that they even have time to spare have a game of checkers on an Odd set left Over from a re creation packet on a c54 or a Small scale caravan of trucks the familiar White Fleet service vehicle and even a por table water tank streaks across the runways to the plane slated for the safety armed with a Check stalls at the cockpit and works its Way Back they want to know if the dozens of pieces of safety equipment ranging from life rafts to Emer gency Hydraulic fluid Are on Board and in the passenger Comfort Section in the meantime has seen to it that inflight boxed lunches and jugs of Coffee and water Are on they also ascertain that theres a Blanket for each pass paper aerosol coat and that All the recreational equipment and food and drink supplies Are on the the jobs not exactly done in the allotted before periodic checks and inspections Are made of All safety fire oxygen and their 43 life saving carefully checked Over and a slip is attached giving inspection rats turned Back recently it was found that rats had gnawed their Way through the heavy folds of stored life raft and gobbled up the strips of packed away in a Small cardboard which is used As fishing bait by personnel forced Down at sea and taking to corrective action was taken the rafts were stored off the ground and rodent Poison was generously sprinkled Mound the hours Are spent periodically checking safety belts on All Treyve got a special piece of machinery which tests a Belt for 500 pounds of if the Belt Doest measure its junked and a new one is installed on the plane at that the department is very much on the Ball is evidenced in the frequent Gett Gethers when problems and suggestions for improvements Are brought up and threshed Fleet service is a new name in the North african division but its one Thall be with the at for the duration of the cur rent it Well Point the Way for service in Comfort and safety in the airlines of heroism in Italy wins dam Lor negro Wshington Vernon 25yearold negro in Fantry has been awarded the distinguished service Cross for killing five germans and killing or wounding four More while sin Glen Anderly knocking out three enemy machine gun nests and an observation the action occurred Neap via last april when he launched a Oneman assault against enemy positions which had been impeding the Advance of his Bat Baker is the third negro to receive the dec in this he is a native of Washington a total of War veterans of whom had disabilities were placed in jobs by the employment ser vice during feat Ift of More Active minded there Are and the by an hag 7