The Glasgow courier. [volume] (Glasgow, Mont.) 1913-current, 1943-08-05
Learning at Orlando

"long to be remembered
Learning at Orlando
To Orlando is brought all the
knowledge hard won in actual COM
bat. There, the best brains of the
air forces teach officers and men
the latest in aerial tactics. The
first part of the training is in the
classroom. Then the squadron goes
to the field for simulated battle
conditions. Bombing missions such
as crews will find over Europe or
Asia are duplicated in every de-
tail.
On completion of this phase, a
most important one, the squadron
returned to a western field to be-
gin intensive training and pick up
its ground echelon and remainder
of the personnel. The ground ech-
elon. while others were at Orlando,
was getting a heavy workout Of its
own in many fields that make a
good soldier, from arms practice
to c~ross-country hikes.
When air and ground groups fin
ally met, intense training followed.
New men arrived almost daily. La
ter transfer to other fields came,
with more instruction and more
training-and more bomber crews.
Recently, the entire squadron was
was moved to the Glasgow airbase
to begin its final phase of train
ing for combat duty.
Commander in Combat Zone
Flying in the combat zone will
be no new experience for Capt. 1.
w E1ua11n6 nnNnaandin nffinnr
of the bombardment squadron and
a Montanan. AS a captain with Pan
American Always he flew gasoline
nault's AVG Flying Tiger" group
in China-and supplies got through,
even during the monsoon period.
Captain Eveland flew in India,
Burma, over the Himalayas to
Atlantic.
Eveland graduated from Montana
State university and then became
a flying cadet at Randolph and KEEL
ly fields, winning his wings at KEEL
ly in May, 1910.
Experience followed as a pilot
and operations officer, until his fly
ing with Pan-American. He has
served as a squadron commander
since returning to the United States.
Best remembered by him are some
tropical eXperiences-the times
when mess was in open-work
matched hutS. Breakfast and din
ner weren't bad, he recalls, but the
noon meal vas a bit of a trial;
then he could clearly see the var
iouS forms of equatorial insect life
dropped from the thatch in
to the food below.
Veteran military man of the
squadron is Maj. Albert E. Bars,
who has been in service 81 years,
including all of World War l. He
is a resident OF Jacksonville, Fla.
He first enlisted in the First Flor
ida infantry of the national guard
Sept. 5, 1905. He served with the
national guard until 1917, becom-
ing a captain, when he resigned
to accept a commission in the Of
ficers' reserve corps.
As captain of infantry, he trained
for a year with the 82nd division
Camp Gordon, Atlanta, Ga, and
hen was assigned as a professor of
and military tactics at AL
abama Polytechnic institute in Au-
ourn, Ala, where he remained I'M
September, 1919. He was out of
the army for a year, but returned
the Florida national guard i'll
800 and served until indicted in
% active federal service Nov. rs.
$40. He completed the command
md staff course of the infantry
school at Fort Benning, Ga, then
vas battalion executive at a Flor
da camp until his transfer to the
Iir corps Jan. l, 1912.
Idahoan Is Officer
Operations officer is Capt. James
1. Foster ~, a native of Mullan,
IDAHO. He got his wings and COM
at Mather field, Sacrament
o. Calf.
First Lieut.. Wilfred Dorfman of
BROOKLYN. N. Y, is squadron sur
con. After receiving his bachelor
f science degree at New York I'M
he graduated from Belle
Medical school in 1884. He had
ED a reserve commission before
eng called to active duty.
Squadron navigator is Lieut.. j. j.
asagrande of Richfield. Conn, who
eceived his wings and commission
/ the AAF navigatorS' school. Lieut..
homas L. Cameron is squadron
ombardier. After receiving his
ings. he attended gunnery school
t Las Vegas, Nevada.
Two Jobs fall to Lieut.. R. l.. Met
en- as squadron adjutant and also
| charge of its mess. His home
in Hutchinson. KanS.. and he
a graduate of the officers candi-
ate school at Miami Beach, Fla.
Directs Intelligence |
Heading the intelligence section :
Lieut.. Gordon r. Closway, FORM
Winona, Mimi, newspaperman.
e also graduated from the AAF