Sunday Morning, December 13, 1942. LONGVIEW DAILY NEWS PAGE TWO Hitler's Road To'Glory Heavy Machine Guns On Yank Flying Fortresses Best Cannon In Sky Duels mm i jul mi 4" 1 Guy Thomas Evans Howard Dennis Wharton Ezra Lee Sutton Orestes Bert Nay Charles Aubrey Braihear Robert Roy Ogburn Wilson Clyde Moring William Lee Knighton. Jr. Charles Russell Harris Donnie Cox Raymond Roebuck B. Breland William Lonnie Peyton John Jackson Cheyne Paul Homer Hardy Earl Wayne Guye Ernest Fenton Wylie Houston Harper, Jr.
Floyd Dean IVatt George Manuel Castlllon Noah Haskell Davis Harvey Rouse Stokley Thomas Earl League William GaKe Bernard Eugene Barnes Wayne Gregory Millard, Jr. Barney Thomas Lovette William Fredrick Massey James Thomas Meadows Alford Wright Lowery, Jr. J. C. Davis John Edward Bussey Herbert William Emmel Nathan Raymond Hoffman George A.
Mcllvane Darrel Estes Havins John Paul Painter Thomas Jackson Moore Gabriel Norman Wright, Jr. Walter Franklin Duckworth-J. C. Smith Horace Leevoyed Bryan Rnv Leon Willcford C. H.
Willeford, Jr. Fred Gable Clayton Philip Domangue William Roy Pettey Norman William Bryant William Hurwitz Melvin Maxwell Young John Floyd Smith Curtis Carl Bruner R. C. Levacy, Jr. Charles Howard King, Jr.
Woodie Jackson Emmcl Carl Lee McLendnn William Warren Dean Jessie Lee White William Thomas Nelson, Jr. Truman Hugh Works Robert Turner Corts Grady Weldon McMahon I i Maa. -aaau. i By DONN SUTTON Editor of NEA Service U. BOMBER STATION, Britain.
Dec laughed when the first B-17 eat down on British airdrome. They said the couldn't take it that he would be tucker for the Fock Wulf 190 and the Messerschmitts, that the needed air cannon instead of those machine guns, that her bomb load wasn't heavy enough to make her useful In the European theater. But their laughter turned to cheers when the B-17 finally went into action, with American crews persuing American tactics, over France. And today the B-17, which you like to call the Flying Fortress, is a fair haired girl of the air wars over here. The B-17 has proved she can take It and give It There isn)t.
a man at thia field who wouldn't rather fly her across the Channel than fl. the larger British Lancasters and Stir a. mm a i i wt" yi Time after time flak from enemy ground guns and bullets from German fighters have riddled Flying Fortresses to an extent that probably would iave spelled disaster for any ABOVE: Hying Fortress crew members load amniunlllon into the hall turret of their plane. More effective than cannon, the .30 calibre machine guns are one of the prime and most surprising secrets of the Fortress' success. LEFT: The big B-17 can Uke it as well as dish It out A flyer points to some of the bullet holes In the plane after It returned from successful mission.
iy wT f-f other plane In the world; yet these aleek four-motored jobs have managed to come limping back over the cliffs of Dover to the shelter of friendly airdromes. A THOUSAND BULLET-HOLES Shaded by a demolished Nazi tank, this rave, topped by helmet and rude cross, about which hangs an Identification tag, marks the last resting place of a German desert soldier. on tank means it hat been completely "exterminated' and contains no explosives to act as "booby trap" for unwary allied soldiers. I saw badly battered Fort just Everything Welcome COL G. V.
EMERSON AND STAFF AND PERSONNEL OF HARMON GENERAL HOSPITAL We Are Glad to Have You as Residents of Our. City and Hope You Will Enjoy Your Stay! J.H. CAPLE A ml Men In Service The Following Gregg County Men Have Been Inducted Into the Armed Services Through Selective Service Board No. 1 In Longview water; Durwood Harrold Ward, Box 487, Gladewater; Vernon Lee Darby, Selman City; Willie Webster Thompson, New London; Benjamin Clinton Whitton. 204 Travis, Nacogdoches; John Whitfield Attaway, New London; Asa Leroy Endsley, Box 429, Gladewater; Glenn Gaines Preston, 1120 N.
Eighth, Longview; Raphael King, Route 2. Hallsville; Darnell King, Route 2, Hallsville; Kelly May-field Pitner, Route 1, Kilgore. Bennie Harold Beene, Route 4, Gilmer; Cotten Enloe Estcs, Karnack; Cecil Lamar Fountain, Overton; Aldo John Stiobl, 522 Murray, Alexandria, Hobart Daw, Route 1, Shelby-ville; William Herbert Heamsberger, Garrison; Nolan Grant Atchley, Gar-rinr Irvin Peeler -Thomson Nacogdoches; Wesley Evans Burnett Jr-Marshall; Earle Howard Cove, 700 Hunter, Kilgore; Earl Lindsey Bruner, Greggton; Odell Hill, Karnack; Bert Carlton, 300 S. Standish, Henderson; Timothy Henderson, Martin Street Kilgore; Timothy Earl Reese. Cotton Street Gladewater; Robert Theodore Childress, Route 3, Henderson; Joe Houston Wallace, Gilmer; Quinnie Myron Shaw, Route 5, Gilmer; Henry Arthur Spies, 141 Bialey, Nacogdoches; David Anderson Leroy, Route 2, Jefferson; Troy Taylor Flarity, Route 2, Jefferson; James Nowell Newton, 510 E.
Rusk, Marshall; Alvin Lee Ennis, Gladewater. Willie Daniel Young, Jefferson; David Samuel Young, Jefferson; Claud Alphas Burnett, Route 4, Gilmer; James Henry Bradford, Gladewater; Eugene Carl Raborn, Karnack; Walter Pace Hurst Longview; Wel-don Frank Frazier, Kilgore; Leslie Wilbert McMahon 900 W. Burleson, Marshall: Louis Paul Williams, Route 2, Kilgore; Haskell Ralph Briggs, Carthage; R. C. Daniels, Chirene; R.
B. Miines, Clayton; Riven Lawrence Goodwin, 208 Haywood, Nacogdoches; Raymond William Spen cer, 230O N. Franklin, Marshall; Cal-vil Coolidge Johnagin, Route 5, Gilmer; Billy Leon Tinkle, Longview; Marion Chadwick Young, Route 3, Carthage, Land devoted by American communities to public parks has increased 46 per cent since 1927. in from a mission the other after noon. A wing was unbelievably crumpled-up and a sergeant had counted over a thousand holes In the ship's fuselage.
One shell hole was so large that the crew had been planning to use it as parachute exit if it became necessary to abandon the craft But even more important the fir-big power of the B-17 has confounded one-time critics of the big Boeing plane. The thirteen .00 caliber machine guns which she carries have proved superior to air cannon. These Brownings fire faster, have more rounds of ammunition. A German 190 will disintegrate in mid-air nearly as fast from the Impact of heavy machine gun bullets as from a shell. -The B41 stUl Js jiot.
the equal of the heavy British Lancaster as a bomb-carrier. For normal night raids the Lancaster loads about eight tons of bombs, the Fortress considerably less. But as a daytime precision bomber, the Fort has proved a perfect complement to the R.AT.'s gigantic night bombers. The Fort is said to be a bit more maneuverable than the' Lancaster though, with equally light bomb loads, their cruising speeds are about the same 180 miles sn hour. On gun power as on strength of construction, the Fortress is considered to be the better plane.
The Lancaster carries caliber .130 guns which lob instead of drive a bullet and it cannot open fire until a German fighter has approached dangerously Millard Wells Manning J. D. Mayfield Joseph Henry Alotto -Thurman Proth Collins WHOLESALE TOBACCO CO. Thone 1021. 212 South St.
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FIRST MODELS VULNERABLE Early criticism of the B-17's developed from the unhappy performance of seven of the big American ships over Boulogne in 1941. Five of those seven were shot down in flames while trying high altitude bombing from 30,000 feet. In fairness to those early Forts, they were flown by British crews, unfamiliar with the niceties of Amer lean big planes. They also were under-gunned. At that time there I were no caliber JO Brownings in 4he tail of the plane, so it was extremely vulnerable when attacked from the rear.
Later B-17E's overcame this fault just as now the bomb capacity of the new Boeings is being increased to match or nearly match the Lan caster and the new German Heinkels. if for everybody smart, practi laaau ion U.S. Navy Volunteers The Following Men Have Enlisted In the U. S. Navy, Naval Reserve and Naval Air Corps Through the Longview Recruiting Office Since May 1, 1942.
YOU'LL FIND IT AT cal, useful gifts that will be sincerely appreciated on Christmas morn. We've too many to list here come in and let us show you our complete LON(VltWS MOST COMHtrt SUBUklkN DKUCr SlOkt 740 5aGR66N5T. Troy Mearl Frasier, Gladewater; Jack Stirman McGinnis, Route 4, Longview; Earl Junior Willerton, Route 4, Longview; Richard Lamar Wilburn, Route 2, Gladewater; L. D. Wallace, Route 1, Longview; Harold Lynwood Martin, 2U2 Boring.
Long-view; James Pasco Gibbs, 219 East Kay, Kilgore; Salviner Ocie Williams, 4184 West Pacific, Gladewater; David Lee Green, 602 W. Upshur, Glade- 241 242 QOtlOSj Fom time immemorial, war and the progress of surgery and medicine have gone forward hand in hand. In the emergency of the dressing station and the field and base hospitals, life-saving measures of historic importance have been devised. Out of pain has grown surcease, and often the wounds of war have brought new life, new hope, to the populations of the 'world. It is in large part with this thought that Longview and its citizenry will observe the dedication of the great Harmon Hospital here.
The City is honored to be the site of this impressive federal institution. But beyond that is the producer realization that Longview is to be identified with the aims and purposes of the hospital, and with what it ultimately will achieve in science and humanitarianism. Some day, American veterans, wounded in this war, will again go their free and unhampered way about the world because of the healing servics they found at Harmon Hospital here in Longview -some who might not have lived but for what this institution was able to do in their behalf others who might have lived under grave handicaps that were ultimately removed by the skill of Harmon surgeons. The honor fsr Longview, therefore, lies not alone in being the appointed site for Harmon Hospital, but rather in the opportunity to be identified with the magnificent purposes for which it was built and the great contributions to humanity which it certainly must make. Our Appreciation to The Contractors and Engineers on Harmon General for a good job well done.
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