Middle East Stars and Stripes (Newspaper) - August 3, 1945, Cairo, Egypt                                August by pvt Dave Finley it was a big Day at Field in fast it was a big Day in every Cornet of the Globe for members of the United states army air who yesterday celebrated the thirty eighth anniversary of the founding of that great which had played such an important role in the defeat of Ger and today is playing an even greater part in the decisive Battle of the John Payne the air transport commands Hub to the far played Host to British and american officials from the Cairo representatives of diplomatic and military allies in the Middle were greeted by the base John the acts famous heavy duty transport became the Center of aah when hundreds of invited guests crowded close to pore Over the internal Workings and soak up the latest details on its operational live show is feature a live show As the Opportunity was afforded these visitors to watch a typical Landing first with the resultant Scurry and systematized routine of diem in the sweltering heat of the desert fascinated who largely had never visited Payne trudged from plane to plane on the steaming of parking area from 1630 to hours of heat intent on this display of Ameri can engineering Genius guests wandered through the rows of parked planes carefully labelled with army horse and so the c47 was of also the and the As Well As sundry other items of typical aah life raft popular life raft collected a faithful the follow me Bright yellow and packed with radio squeezed the usual number of ohs and crash ambulances All got their share of a tug or a Cletrac roared around the every so lending the proper background music to the scene when the Thunder of arriving and departing planes faded three 46s were lined up As the Central one was cargo the second was completely outfitted As a Hospital with litters in place for and the third ship was being repaired by an unusually energetic group of who May or May not have done the spark plunge any but who put on a Good show at any the Plush c54 was our luxury such As that appeals to our some Holiday atmosphere the whole affair had quite a Holiday when the noise of planes and tugs quieted the strains of martial music produced by the 561st aah band were easily a Siz Able plaque was clustered around the bandstand All through the be no by Over 300 people had made the these guests were selected by the american legation in and were supplemented by the personal guests of officers and enlisted men stationed at after they had satisfied their the High ranking diplomatic and military visitors recuperated from the two hour sunny sojourn in the commanding offi cers less celebrated guests found refreshments waiting for in the briefing room of the passenger the Celebration ended As dark Ness at least a few of the 300 guests left Payne Field know ing More about the transport air plane and the acts position in this world now Wear aah Patch Newi Yob i August James Allen signed an order creating the division of aeronautics of the United states army to study the flying machine Ana the possibility of adapting it to military the Oivi sons original personnel comprised one Captain and two enlisted now with the 38th approaching the United states army air forces Nave More than you officer is and Xmas tar 111 tins War their aircraft have More Ian tons of Domus on the and me organizations Liene Rai of the army Henry has mat an even greater Load of destruction will be loosed on japanese targets in a single the usiaaf1 contributed signally to the defeat of while they Are still to maximum strengthen the Pacific they Are spearheading the assaults Winich will result in the defeat of these achievements Are doubly significant when it is realized that in 1938 the army had Only about planes and ranked about seventh among the nations of the world in military even at the time of the japanese attack on Pearl Harbor most american air strength was on though an expansion program was Well be As Arnold has pointed out Germany required 10 years to create her Luftwaffe we were required to build our air Force in and to fight with it in four Corners of the world at the same How Well the building was carried out is demonstrated the air forces these accomplishments Are the result of unflagging efforts not alone of the pilots and air crewmen flying Iii dirty weather and through intense flak to report Mission accomplish they Are to the work of planning men and women on production to the scientists in Many to mechanics working at All hours in All climates and to military and civil Ian personnel scattered Over the world seeing that men and mate rial get to the right spot at the right time in Good two new Uso units on african circuit two comparatively new Uso units Are touring for the in the North african service one is headlined by a popular vaudeville Cynda Glenn the other is the with Ruth Hughes worlds table Tennis miss Glenn has Long been a Vau Deville and night club a Lively redhead with a pack of impersonations and with her in its got or unit 559 As Uso labels Are the dancing harmonizes Noble and killer and dancer Audrey sharing the pingpong table with Champ Ruth Aarons is Chuck the Canadian puppeteer Ann Modeller Jimmy Tapster Lois Ster Ner and Squeezebox Maestro Harold Freeman Complete the Rac buy More War Bonds j 5 f r j Hafiz Afifi chairman of the Bank mind and miss Raffes a Jaunt Acron rubber tired cat which b rowing a c47 into parking one of the most popular on Hie Field was a completely equipped Hospital Here Mohamed Rushdi director general of the civil Avia Tion has just inspected the plane with John Brec Cen of Lilienthal Tjio Whf out at by a delayed via Back it has been Learned that Alfred c formerly of bad been discredited As a i representative during the ses Sions of the san Francisco conf the action resulted from letter to the american veterans commit signed by seven1 amet enlisted men who bad snipped overseas with Lilienthal an who de the appointment on the grounds that Lilienthal is not i Soldier and definitely j least Way qualified to or look after our Intel testing Bave the Benefit of four Weeka on a troop transport Lilien Thal 00 a basis of judgment when we made our but the was not Jong underway in Cen we realized the necessity for hauling his ashes out of Frisco we purple heart among amet decorations eleven men Bave recently been honoured with awards by seven received the legion of Rit for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of out standing services in toe Middle Percy for services from May 1944 to 45 capt Harvey Mossawir for services from july 44 to 44 Chester for ser vices from july 42 to april 46 Winifred for ser Vilces from May 43 to sept 43 Ernest l for ser vices from 43 to March 43 Carl for services from 42 to May 44 and Harvey for services from May 44 april the soldiers medal goes William Masingill for saving the lives of two italians near Asmara last april the Bronze Star goes to John Payne and Robert Rusch for meritorious achieve ment in the Middle East from 15 sept 43 to 27 both served with the 903rd signal after the aah band got in the Hotshot outfit from took Over and favored the visitors and permanent guests with some smooth photos by Payne Field no water for 63 years Joseph la who had tasted no water for 63 is ice water that he drank in 1882 upon his arrival Here from Russia made him be chose i tic an occasional Glass of milk or the purple i heart is John an can for wounds received in action against an enemy of the United states october dec for Monk Meyer Manila it col amay All american Back in was awarded to Gui bed service far out Jap pillboxes on