The Keesler field news., 1942-02-04
From
A.. M.
to
IN.

Imagine yourself sitting
peacefully at a typewriter.
You poke a few KEYS, and a
few words pour forth The
doy is one OF peace. The sun
shining. the breeze watts
Mrough the Spanish Moss
hen suddenly, and without
notice. into the Public Rela-
0ons Office bsrges a gentle
IN, well-striped on either
IN, toting a gun and clamor-
Where's the editorf"
Well. imagine Ii. and you can
r(1dily understand why a pane
glass and screen were nearly
1EDken IN a certain soldiers at
I6apt TO ny through a window
W1ich peeks just over his desk.
The afternoon Of which We
hive mentioned vas one OF last
Wrek's most pleasant The visitor
WnD Master Sergeant, Harold =.
6Iner. by name AND, by the way.
~ this same Master Sergeant,
harold z. Sinner, who was the first
6nlisted man permanently assiEn-
- 10 Keesler Field. to arrive here
he tells US.
AND. by the way. Sergeant
D1ner answers all the arguments
~ battles which seem 70 have
6e11n raging around our mail box
and window these days
eoueerninE the first persons 10 ar
~ NJ Keesler Field last Summer.
oergeant Sinner, the afternoon in
otl6stion, after letting us know
thot the piece he was toting wasn't
- be aimed at even one soul in
tho Public Relations Office, came
through with the information that
a. The twelfth day Of June, f94i,
~ ambled into a restaurant in
Hfloxi upon his arrival from Chan
Ut Field. The Sergeant ordered
neal, and while he was eating.
n walked the then Captain
NOW Lieutenant Colonel Sam
u1l A. Mundell.
Master Sergeant sinner report
~ Tor duty, SIR" bArked the Ser
Gonnt ~ he swallowed . drink OF
eollee and history was made.
Well, you're the first man here
fpf duty. and the first Sergeant,
- finish your meal and let's get
- work. answered the officer
md mess history was made for
hofo was Keesler Fields first en-
Ho)nd mess, eaten in a Biloxi res
toufsnt.
bet Of the matter n. n you
1t more mcss history. Keesler
old'x second MESS Hail. was .
kfe In Biloxi. where men Of the
IA. Squadron. 69th Air Base
Group ate when they first arrived
here.
Old Tent City, In Naval Reserve
Park, the first quarters Of enlisted
hen here? Not actually, II you lis
, IN TO the Master Sergeant Sinner
Dved In . nearby tourist cabin
burt. During the early days he
sed 70 drop out 70 the Field" and
.atch the folks play golf on what
J now A street, busiest Keesler
Field highway.
A little farther south workmen
we're busy painting sign, which
WAS to read: "KESSLER FIELD"
Recall those doubles" days,
when we were wondering If ii was
double Ep or double 81?
When the business for usual"
gkign for Keesler Field was hung
bout, finally, in the "old" days,
Headquarters Of the first con.in-
gent was at the old Biloxi Armory
Snear the L. & N. depot, present To-
|eation OF the temporary USO Re-
creation Center. II was there that
Post Headquarters, Air Corps Sup
ply, Station Technical Inspector,
Civilian Employment Office and
Hq. Squadron, 69th Air Base
Group, were situated.
But back 10 the araument
II seems that Master Sergeant
Sinner constituted the first troop
movement here even though he
reported In quite an unorthodox
manner, over . plate Of bean soup.
In answer 70 the first ones who
were here" Of Sub Depot, who
wrote 70 this column last week.
and the ONO and 31eth boys, II
seems that Master Sergeant Sinner
10 riding high. risht now.
According TO his reports, a few
days after ne reported at Biloxi,
the convoy headed by Lieutenant
Psaltis pulled in, and then was
followed by few men from ONO,
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