1 10 8 https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/7046bcce75e3f70a7a22623b881285e7.pdf 4dfa9f9d46f19c71e39c752a0ee4db3f PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book Description An account of the resource The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book is a small collection consisting of one book that Dale used as a travel diary from 1932-1969. The book is a copy of Airman's World published by William Morrow in New York in 1933. Dale recorded all the flights she took throughout the pages of the book. She noted in the page margins the origins and destinations of her flights, occasionally recorded the date, and had the flight crews, including pilots and flight attendants (stewardesses), sign the pages. Because the earliest entries date to 1932 but the book was published in 1933, some of the entries may have been entered retroactively. Many of her flights originated in Seattle, Washington at Seattle-Tacoma International Airport, but many other locations are also recorded, especially cities on the West coast of the United States but also a few international locations. Not every flight entry includes the name of the airline flown, but among those recorded are Northwest Airlines, Pan American World Airways, United Airlines, and Western Airlines, among others. A few pieces of printed ephemera from various airlines and some photographs and clippings are affixed to some of the pages as well. Dale also underlined and made notes on some of the passages of text in the book. Digital Materials: The collection has been digitized in its entirety. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1932-1969 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dale, Ethyl Y. Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archives.museumofflight.org/repositories/2/resources/683">Guide to the Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book</a> Language A language of the resource English Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. The Museum of Flight Archives Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Permission to publish material from the Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book must be obtained from The Museum of Flight Archives. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book/The Museum of Flight Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982-02-11-A Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource [Travel diary of Ethyl Y. Dale] Description An account of the resource Travel diary of Ethyl Y. Dale, circa 1932-1969. Originally a copy of "Airman's World," published by William Morrow, New York, 1933. Dale added personal notes, photographs, and other ephemera to the book documenting her flights. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1933-1969 Subject The topic of the resource Dale, Ethyl Y. Western Airlines; United Airlines Seattle-Tacoma International Airport Scandinavian Airlines System Pan American World Airways, Inc Northwest Airlines Corporation Flight attendants Flight crews Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Dale, Ethyl Y. Morrow, William Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 book (227 pages) : illustrations ; 8 x 9 in Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource scrapbooks books diaries Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book (1982-02-11-A) Language A language of the resource English Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In copyright Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Ethyl Y. Dale Airman's World Annotated Book/The Museum of Flight Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1982-02-11-A_text_001 https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/11eb05b0d8939156790eba3a98ffaf7c.pdf 2b07bb55b780725d40569c5134edea95 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Subseries XI-H - Technical files, 1968-1976, undated Description An account of the resource Technical files, 1968-1976, undated Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2000-06-20, Subseries XI-H Mixed Materials For mass-digitized materials containing a mix of visual and textual items. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2000-06-20_container_083 Title A name given to the resource [William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, Box 98, Folder 3 - WPL journal about steam project and personal life, 1972-1976] Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers (2000-06-20), Box 98, Folder 3 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 Description An account of the resource Items from Box 98, Folder 3 of the William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers, 1972-1976. Contains a journal belonging to William P. Lear with handwritten entries related to his steam projects and personal life. Also included are nine loose pages of notes. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1972-1976 Subject The topic of the resource Lear Motors Corporation Steam-engines Lear, William P. (William Powell), 1902-1978 Extent The size or duration of the resource. 1 item Language A language of the resource English Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource notes (documents) diaries Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The William P. and Moya Olsen Lear Papers/The Museum of Flight Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In copyright https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/1fa09ecad8f7b74deb058b26e57b6d90.pdf f9a8f194f83d626c9743761a460c11dc PDF Text Text �� https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/a1b5b1e318d87cd828faf99068def168.pdf 74f51d523de44899ca3c9eda64a2547b PDF Text Text The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection The Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington [Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918] Source: The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection (2019-01-30), Box 1, Folder 1 Digital file identifier: 2019-01-30_text_001 Transcribed and reviewed by Museum of Flight staff and volunteers. © The Museum of Flight 2021 �Transcript page 2 [Handwritten diary, written in pencil in a ruled notebook with a mottled brown paper cover.] [Label affixed to front cover:] L C Gilmour [small drawing of airplane in upper right corner and wings in the upper left-handcorner] Can Inf [illegible] RAF Captured July 31st 1918 [page break] III 193 [page break] On the morning of July 31st I had just finished a tasty breakfast consisting of shredded wheat biscuits with cream, fried ham and eggs, marmalade, buttered toast and coffee, when my flight commander told us to jump into our machines as there happened to be a little excitement over the lines. I had my slacks on at the time, but rather than keep the rest waiting, I pulled my long flying boots over these put on my leather coat, climbed into my machine, and “suck in”. Contact a wave of the hand and opening of the throttle and fine adjustment and we were off. It was a beautiful sunny morning [page break] but unfortunately no clouds, which later would have proved invaluable to me. We were over the lines at between 10,000 & 12,000 feet and had patrolled from Bethune to a distance somewhat south of Lens. We had been out around one hour and a quarter, and although quite a way East so far had encountered no Huns We were going directly South and East of Lens when the flight turned completely around to the right going then straight North. I was flying on the outside right, and this complete change of direction left me a little [page break] behind. I put my nose down to regain my position, at the same time I spotted three machines flying above and across my flight commanders nose bound South fast. At first I mistook them for Bristols, and before I could decide exactly what they were two of them turned nose on for me at the same time openening [sic] fire. I could see plainly the long swish of smoke left in the trail of the fast approaching bullets, at the same time the two machines were gaining on me. I done my best by climbing turning �Transcript page 3 [page break] in different directions to out maneuver them, but unfortunately they seemed to have me at a sad disadvantage. To make things worse the rest of my flight did not seem to realize the position I was in for the last I saw of them they were flying peacefully along due North. When I fully realized that I could not escape the two machines, I turned my nose to the right intending to [gume? illegible] and fire a burst, but before I had finished my turn a burst from the enemy guns caught me in the petrol [page break] tank. I was immediately flooded in Petrol, it even got in behind my goggles and for a few seconds I could not see, after I seen my pressure tank was gone I turned on to gravity my engine sputtered a little but did not pick up. The one burst had done in both my tanks. During all this the bullets were coming like hailstones, penetrating the cock-pit of my machine, but none hitting me. I seen my only chance for escape with engine gone was to spin. I spun down 2000 feet came [page break] out, and my machine was hit again, even now I can often imagine I hear the ping ping as the bullets passed over my head. I immediately put my machine into another spin, coming out after another 3000 ft to find one of the enemy machines following me They were making certain wether [sic] lame duck or not I was not going to have a chance of escaping them. I could see the double tail-plane [sic] of my two pursuers (Since then I heard these [page break] machines were called Hanovarian [sic] I must admit they are quite fast for a two-seater) By this time my one pursuer opened up on me again. It was Providence alone that saved my life for never before have I realized what a rain of bullets were. I was dizzy from spinning and sick with fumes of petrol but once again I put my machine into a spin coming out only in time to land. Strange to say with the exception of making a mess of some [page break] German wireless wires and telegraph wires I made one of the best landings since I began flying. I know [sic] more than reached the ground than my machine was surrounded by soldiers, the majority had there [sic] rifles, and I expected them at any minute to open fire. They closed in on �Transcript page 4 me before I could alight from my machine, so my chances of burning same was nil besides in my spin I had lost my lighter somewhere in the [page break] bottom of cock pit. [sic] It takes some time to describe all this, but it all happened in a twinkling of the eye. Even when I finally climbed out of my machine I was still soaking in Petrol It was fortunate for me the machine did not light or I would have been burned in a second. An under officer and two soldiers marched me away from my machine over into a little stone house used as an orderly room. I found out that I came [page break] down by a little village called Estevelles, about six miles East of Lens. If the enemy had not given chase to me after doing in my engine, I would with luck have got over the lines. I have often thought of that, and regretted it could not have been so. I was kept in this little orderly room from about noon until 3:30.p.m. I was driven in some kind of a shaky cart a distance of about three or four miles on the way there I passed [page break] with in [sic] sight of my machine in the exact place I had landed. It made me feel sad to see it, and to know that never again during the war could I realize the excitement I daily had in it. From the second place I was taken by a sentry with revolver a distance of about five miles, which I had to walk in my flying boots. These latter were very comfortable for there [sic] specified work but walking along uneven roads they were very hard [page break] on my feet. After being interviewed by a divisional officer I was marched with a sentry to a place called Phelmagne (or something similar) here we took train for Lille. This was my first experience in being paraded around like a polar bear on a chain I was squeezed into a compartment supposed to hold about seven, but counting myself we had fourteen, besides the big pack of the German soldiers equipment. I felt relieved when at [page break] last we pulled into Lille station. A beautiful large depot it is too. Lille is the fifth largest city in France and before the war quite an important one. The platform was crowded with German soldiers, at that time I must admit that seeing so many almost made me feel downhearted �Transcript page 5 although I was doing my best to keep cheerful under all conditions. Marching away from the station with my guard I met quite a number of French [page break] civilians who had remained in there [sic] homes during the German advance of 1914. I got many a friendly simile in passing these people, and it helped a lot to cheer me up. I was marched from the station to the old French citadel. Here I was marched into a room, where I was searched. It was in this room that I wrote my first card home. When it arrived at its destination, so far I do not know. During all this time I had only [page break] a cup of tea at the place of my capture, and I certainly felt hungry. I was marched up an old flight of stairs inside a court yard to my cell. It was a small room with double barred windows looking out into the courtyard with the exception of an old table and five iron beds there was no other furniture of any kind in the room. When my sentry closed and locked the door it was nine o’ clock, I lay down on my bed and fell to sleep in my first night of captivity. [page break] My first night of being a prisoner of war will be always very vivid in my mind. Although so tired and weary I could not go to sleep. The whole night I gave myself up to thought. Thinking if I had only have done this or that I might still be free, besides my thoughts to keep me awake there was the never ceasing tread of armed guard outside of my cell. About eight o’ clock a German orderly brought me in some coffee. I will never forget my first taste of this. I believe it is made from acorns. At least [page break] I know it is a substitute for coffee and it is very poor stuff. At noon I had my first bowl of soup. I did not eat it the first day but on the second day I was not quite as particular. For nine days and nights I was alone in my prison room I spent the Anniversary of the 4th year of war there. Aug 4th 1918, and for the want of something to do I inscribed my name on the stone ledge of the window. During the time spent at Lille I was under the heaviest bombardment [page break] that I have yet witnessed. Three nights in succession our machines dropped bombs near Lille and this explosion of these combined with the noise of the Archie Batteries was deafening. After �Transcript page 6 being here days alone I was put into another room with two other officers I have never realized before what it was like to have someone to speak to. One of the officers was a chap by the name of Shell. He was in the same training squadron in England [ Page Break] as my self. [sic] The other officer was from the Infantry and had been captured during a day-light patrol. His name was Pearson. We were together only a few days before we were sent to Germany. Taking the train at Lille with our guards the afternoon of Aug. 12th. I remember before getting into the train I saw a number of British Tommy prisoners who were used by the Germans for carrying baggage etc. I told them to keep their spirits up as we were [page break] starting a big advance. We had a very uncomfortable journey to Karlsruhe. We rode all the way third and fourth class, and subjected to many insults by train officials, and German soldiers. We changed trains at a place called Saarbrucken and had to wait in a building filled with soldiers who were lying asleep all over the floor The three of us dropped off to sleep here, and while asleep we had [page break] three loaves of bread stolen. This meant quite a bit to us as our journey was taking three days. Passing in to [sic] Alsace & Lorraine we saw some very beautiful scenery such a contrast from Northern France which is nothing but a heap of ruins. Many a pretty little farm lay at dotted along the railroad line and everything seemed so peaceful. Arriving at Metz. We were taken into a lunch room adjoining the Station [page break] I sold my flying gloves for five marks, and bought us each some sausage and boiled string beans. This was the first thing resembling a meal I had had since my capture. We had changed trains at Metz and this necessitated a delay of about three hours, which we spent in a little room off the main waiting room. During our short stop at Metz we were enabled to note considerable damage done in the vicinity of the Depot by our bombing machines, and all along [page break] the line we observed numerous places that also had been visited by our night flyers. After a very tiresome journey we reached Karlsruhe on Sunday afternoon at 3 p.m. Leaving the station we �Transcript page 7 noticed where one wall had nearly collapsed by an explosion of one of our bombs the dropped the night before. We were marched from the station a distance of about one mile to an out of date Hotel used for an Officers Prison. On entenerin entering this we [page break] were put in separate rooms and for three days were all-alone, living on a small ration of German Black Bread and soup. On the third day I was taken before an Intelligent [sic] officer who tried his best to obtain information from me. I can here State that he learnt little for his trouble. The morning of the fourth day I received news that at 2.PM I would be taken with the other officers to a camp within the city limits of Karlsruhe. [page break] At 2 P.M [sic] we were duly marched to our new camp, and on entering it our spirits rose on account of seeing so many more British officers. Here we were all searched, our flying coat, boots, goggles etc were taken away from us In return I got a miserable illfitting [sic] pair of second hand boots three sizes to [sic] large After the searching was over we were shown to our rooms. These were cheaply fitted up, eight officers in a hut. When [page break] this was finished we were allowed to explore our new camp. I met quite a few people I knew before and was invited out to tea How delighted I was to once again drink real English tea, the first for nearly three weeks. The taste still lingers. The officers at this camp were quite comfortable The huts were not very clean, but the grounds were very comfortable. Long rows of trees, and oceans of fresh air. What a contrast from being caged up like a bird. [page break] The following day I drew emergency rations from the British Help Committee. These consisted of a little cheese, tea, Bully Beef, dripping and biscuits. I never appreciated food before as I did then or since. In this camp besides a library we were fortunate in having two billiard tables, and a little theater as well as Church on Sunday. It was through this camp that all British officers passed before proceeding to a permanent camp. During my stay here I met quite a [page break] number of friends besides making new ones. The German rations were insufficient to feed one, but with the emergency rations from the Red Cross we were able to exist quite comfortable. I �Transcript page 8 used to have my potatoes and carrots when I got them and mix them up with Bully Beef, make a pie crust of crumbled biscuits, and send it to the cook house, in this way I usually had three meat pies a week. We had two roll calls. [page break] one at 10 am and one at 9 P.M. During the day we had lots of time at our disposal. About half the camp consisted of about 150 British officers the rest were French and Italian. While at Karlsruhe I met a French officer who was kind enough to give me lessons in his language Each day we put in an hour together. I was getting on quite well when the time came for me to be moving on to another camp. On many different occasions [page break] while I was there, Karlsruhe was visited by our machines Long before they reached us, the sirens gave the warning of the air raid. You could hear the people in the streets running for shelter and shouting “Flieger come Flieger come! Then for about an hour all would be quite [sic], Strut cars and all traffic was stopped. One after noon [sic] we counted nine machines right over our head at a height of about 12000 feet. We also saw German machines [page break] going up after them, but they always managed to stay a safe distance from them. During raids the German officers always made us go inside, it was not for our safety but for fear of our cheering. Which we did at every opportunity. I remained at Karlsruhe from Aug 16th until Sept 17th, when thirty Flying officers including myself were marched to the station under an armed escort taking the [page break] train for Landshut in Bavaria. During this trip I was fortunate enough to travel in a second class carriage, the first time since my capture. We had an uneventful trip, but the morning of the 18th while still enroute [sic] we were at one point able to see quite clearly the peaks of the Alps in Switzerland. The distance we did not know, be we all felt that the least chance in escape and we would do our best to get to Switzerland and freedom. [page break] �Transcript page 9 About 3 P.M. we pulled into Munich, the capital of Bavaria. Here we left the train and had some refreshment consisting of the usual Hun Soup although it really was a little better than we usually got. We left Munich about 5 P.M. arriving at Landshut at nine o’ clock. Here we were formed in fours counted at least ten times, and marched off to the camp. During our journey we were led [page break] to believe that we were going to a permanent camp, imagine our disappointment when we arrived there to find nothing but a collection of small huts surrounded by Barbed wire with sentries on every side with fixed Bayonets & load rifles. We were all huddled into one of these huts like so many sheep and every one [sic] of us tired out. We had to sleep all night on [page break] Straw ticks, but were even glad of these In the morning we were searched in turn all our cloths, uniform underwear in fact every stitch of our own was taken away from us, in return we were given underwear nearly in rags made of linen cotton, also a blue suit with strips up the back like a convict. We were a sorry looking crowd when we were all [page break] equipped, we were taken to another hut with thirty beds in it. We were here allotted each a bed. After leaving Karlsruhe we felt this change very much. The food was bad an [sic] very little of it. Meat once a week if we were lucky. We were in this part of the camp for a week, and during this time we were inoculated five times and vaccinated once. [page break] One thing I will admit. The German Doctor was very good, but the rest of the German officials were very mean. The commandant was a Prussian and of the caste in the dye breed. (Since the Armistice I have heard he was put under arrest. [page break] [Back cover made of mottled brown paper.] � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box: 1, Folder: 1 - Prisoner of war account of Lionel Cherry Gilmour -- personal diary, 1918 Description An account of the resource Prisoner of war account of Lionel Cherry Gilmour -- personal diary, 1918 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019-01-30, Box: One , Folder: 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2019-01-30_text_001 2019-01-30_text_001_transcription Title A name given to the resource [Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918] Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection/The Museum of Flight Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Gilmour, Lionel Cherry, 1891-1973 Description An account of the resource Prisoner-of-war diary written by Royal Air Force serviceman Lionel Cherry Gilmour, circa 1918. Describes the circumstances of his shoot-down over France on July 31, 1918 and documents his first few weeks as a POW in various German camps, including the camp at Karlsruhe, Germany. 37 handwritten pages. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Subject The topic of the resource Gilmour, Lionel Cherry, 1891-1973 World War, 1914-1918 Great Britain. Royal Air Force Prisoners of war Air pilots, Military Prisoner-of-war camps Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918 circa Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant France Germany Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Lionel Cherry Gilmour World War I Collection (2019-01-30), Box 1, Folder 1 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/21c32b6887a84389ec02c779489d0833.pdf 88366292437710fc9608a864ecf2208e PDF Text Text The Harold W. Zipp Collection The Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington [Travel diary entries written by Harold W. Zipp, July 20 to August 15, 1945] Source: The Harold W. Zipp Collection/The Museum of Flight (1992-11-12), Box 1, Folder 5 Digital file identifier: 1992-11-12_text_001 Transcribed and reviewed by Museum of Flight staff and volunteers. © The Museum of Flight 2020 Friday July 20. Left witchita [sic] at 4:35 P.M. Airplane about 4:30 min late. Arrived in L.A. about 10⁵⁵ P.W.T. Airplane holding there for Maintenance so didn’t leave there until about 11⁵⁵. Arrived in S.F. at 1⁵⁵ A.M. Hotel reservations screwed up because Beucke’s office failed to wire and ask that rooms be held – Had requested this be done before leaving Wichita. We were able to get a single room with double bed. Saturday July 21 Met Wood and Carlson who gave me additional information on arrangements for departure. Alexander brought our orders and passports down. Army will pick us up at 920 AM to take us to Hamilton Field. Spent the day in Frisco, looked around town bought a few miscellaneous [page break] items – a paint box for Steve, pullman slippers etc. We all ate lunch and dinner at Joe Kelly’s Sunday July 22 Wood arranged with Capt. Knighton to have a ATC car pick us up at the hotel at 9:30 this A.M. to take me out to Hamilton Field at San Rafiel (sp).? We were taken to the Boat Control office for our indoctrination in the processing procedure. The set up for handling personnel is quite efficient. We received a schedule for the whole day and this was followed exactly (see schedule sheet) Includes items of: Orientation Meeting @ 1315 Personal Affairs 1530 Flight Surgeon 1045 Supply 1100 Medical briefing 1415 Postal [commence?] [page break] All items completed on schedule except we hit a snag at the Personal Affairs office due to an irregularity in our orders. We were supposed to be issued an A.G.O. pass but because of some fueding [sic] between ATSC and A.G.O. Lt. Bayles says they had orders not to issue A.G.O. passed on any orders except from the A.G. Therefore ATSC could no order A.G.O. passes for us. This item had to be cleared before we could complete out schedule. Normally we would have to stay on the post once we start the processing but we purposely left out baggage at the hotel because we had so much of it and we didn’t know what we’d run into – we were correct! They suggested we go back to S.F. and stay at the Hotel until we got cleared. [page break] While we were eating lunch I thot [sic] I saw Maj. Holton at the counter. I was sure it was he so I went over and asked him – it was – He was on his way to Dallas and had just arrived from the Pacific area. He was to return to Wichita but said he just had word that the MWD had closed. After finishing up our processing for the day I got a cigarette ration card from the Sargeant [sic] and purchased my weeks supply of cigarettes – 6 packages. When we leave we can get another card which we entitle us to buy one carton, which is supposed to hold us until we arrive at our destination. To return to S.F. we took the shuttle bus up to the main gate and then walked about 2 blocks up to the main highway where we [page break] were to catch a Greyhound bus into S.F. We were dressed in Civilian clothes of course, with our Musette Bag on our shoulder. – we joined all the rest of the GI’s waiting for a ride into town. After a 45 min wait in the sun, we got the bus but had to stand up all the way into S.F. We were all plenty tired, dusty and dirty when we arrived back at the hotel. Went to Bernstein’s Fish Grotto for dinner. Monday July 23 Lysle called [Pappy or Poppy?] Crews to see if he could help us get out A.G.O. passes straightened out. He found out that Col (?) Butler at Wright Field was having a little fued [sic] on with the boys at Hamilton and they seemed to be making an issue of our case. [Pappy or Poppy] called again and advised [page break] us to go ahead with out [sic] the A.G.O. – Later Lysle talked to Lt. Boyle at Hamilton who also suggested we go ahead, so on that basis we made arrangements to move out to the field tomorrow and finish our check and processing. We’re to leave the ATC office tomorrow at 820 AM. Tuesday July 24 Got up at 600 A.M. – Breakfast at 700, checked out of the hotel at 730 and got a cab to take our baggage to the A.T.C. office at 318 Stockton. The bus left at 830 and we arrived at Hamilton Field at 930 AM. Checked in at the Port Control office to get assigned to quarters. We were assigned Beds [sic] in the visiting officers [sic] quarters – Barracks #630, bed #82. All the rest of the fellows were assigned beds in the same barracks. We then checked back at the Port Control office [page break] [Text in top right corner:] 12 hrs to Hawaii 4 H to [Johnston? Illegible] 7 “ to [Guad? Illegible] 7-8 [Quat? illegible] to Guam and subsequently with the Personal Affairs office to find out the results of the check on our A.G.O. Pass. We were advised that it would take some time to clear so we should go ahead with out [sic] them. If we need such passes the [sic] can be issued in the theater. – Ate lunch at the restaurant in the New Terminal Building. We then returned to the Barracks and got into our uniform. Later we went down to the Clothing Store and I bought a pair of shoes, new coat, 6 handkerchiefs, 6 shorts and a kit for shaving supplies – checked in at 644 for alert notice but our names were not on the list. Had dinner in officer mess at 530. – Spent rest of evening walking around and sitting in Barracks. Saw Wayne Le Ray at P.O.E this morning. He was scheduled to leave for So. Pacific. He is [page break] a top Gunner on B-29. Wednesday July 25 Spent first nite [sic] on post at visting [sic] officers quarters. I had an upper bunk. There were fellows coming and going all nite [sic]. One must acquire the knack of sleeping under difficult conditions. However I didn’t do so badly. Got up about about [sic] 0715. Took a shower shaved – by using the electric light above my bunk. Ate breakfast at the officers mess – had scrambled egg, bacon, toast milk – coffee and Rice Krispee [sic]. Went Down to port control to check in and fill out some forms which they apparently lost in our final processing The captain check on our possible departure time and advised that we wouldn’t need to stand the 1000 alert but we might possibly be on the 1400 alert. John Alexander [page break] And Snodgrass were listed on the 1000 alert – so maybe we’ll be up soon. Went over to the Store and bought a pair of dress shoes and Cash a travelers [sic] check at the Bank of America. Spent the rest of the morning in our quarters shining shoes, rearranging our equipment to try and stay with in [sic] the weight limit. I’m allowed 55# [pounds] personal baggage and when I weighed in last nite [sic] my bag and musette bag weighted 56.5 – and I had on my heavy shoes. I’ll be a little more over weight if I put my heavy shoes in my bag and wear the light ones – Guess Ill [sic] wear the heavy ones. Capt. Grimes – my bunkmate told me last nite [sic] we could by orchids in Hawaii and have them mailed back to the states -- will try to get one off to Pauline [page break] We all went swimming at the officer’s club this afternoon. It has been so hot that a swim really felt good. We stayed as long as we could and still stand the 1600 alert Alexander and Snodgrass were listed on the 1000 alert as was Capt. Grimes who had the bunk under me – Our names were not on the 1600 list so we’ll probably here [sic] another couple of days, altho [sic] the Capt at the P.O.E. told us we might be listed on the 1000 alert Thursday 26th Came back to the barracks after the 1600 alert – Still hot! Had dinner about 1830. Walked down to the telephone exchange with Brown who waited to call Wichita He tried last nite [sic] but didn’t want to stand in line for a couple of hours – but he decided to stick it out this [page break] [Half-page drawing of a bunk bed. A radiator is on floor on the left with an open window above. Below that is a half-page drawing of a barracks building. Building appears on short posts, with one door on short side, and a row of windows with door in the center on the long side. Door in the center of the short side appears to have a small staircase leading up to it.] [page break] time. We left him there and decided to go over to the New Terminal building to see Alexander and Snodgrass off at 2215. This gave us a preview of what we were in for. They didn’t have time to ship out their civilian clothes. Once they started there the line and briefing they lost no time. Fortunately we were there and took their packages down to the express office for them. Bought 6 pkgs of cigts on Carlsons [sic] ration card. When we are alerted we turn in our junk ration card and get a white one which will entitle us to 1 carton which is supposed to last us on the way over. After we returned from the terminal we went up to the BOQ # 64A while Lysle placed a long distance call to seattle [sic]. We got back to the barracks about 2400 [page break] Thursday July 26 [by at? Illegible words] 0730 this morning and breakfast at officers mess at 0830. Worked on my field shoes until 1000 trying to limber them up at the ankle. Went up to stand the 1000 alert. The lists were not posted until about 1030 – Eureka! Our names were on this morning which means we’ll probably leave tonite [sic] the same time Alexander and Snodgrass left last nite [sic] – and on the same trip no (31). We reported to Port Control immediately and signed up for the 50¢ box lunch and signed the list. Since our Medical exam was more than 48 hours old we had to have a recheck. The check amounted to cursory look at our threat with a GI flash lite [sic]. Turned in our pink cigt. ration card for a white one and bought [page break] a carton of cigts which I’m sending home. Returned to the barracks to pack up “once and for all.” I’ve been “messing” with the stuff ever since we arrived. But now that I know were going and have a definite time set I can definitely fix up the packages to send home. I’ve just completed that little job so now I’m ready to eat lunch again. About the best thing we’ve done here is eat. They have good food in the mess. The prices run from 50 to 60 cents for dinner and 45 to 55 for breakfast and lunch. We get great quantities of it. Just a comparison to a $2.00 dinner at Omar Kahyyams (spelling). Had lunch and then “hit the sack” for awhile About 1400 we took our excess baggage down to the express office and shipped it back to Pauline. Had 20# [pounds] which cost $2.07. After [page break] that was finished we went up to the officers club for a swim. Again I enjoyed it – stayed in longer this time and tried to soak up some sun shine. Its [sic] 1727 now and were back at the barracks. Just happened to think that Fletch said that (who ever [sic] he talked to last nite [sic] – Mildred do you suppose?) they told him that we lost the Navy bid. I’m sorry to hear that because that apparently leaves us out of the Navy business now. Under stand [sic] our bid was too high – I was afraid of that – but couldn’t do much about the price! Brown is trying to talk us into getting dinner. All in favor but waiting on Carlson [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Thursday 26 July – Hamilton Field We reported in at the Port Control office at the scheduled time, 1915 and were advised to report with over baggage at 2015. Caught the shuttle bus back to the barracks to pack our things for the last time. We had had them packed for a day or more, so when the truck arrived about 20 minutes early we all ready except putting on our shirts. We usually took off our shirts and trousers when we got in the barracks because during the day it was always hot. We loaded all our bags into the truck and took our bedding back to BOQ and paid for our quarters - 50¢! At the terminal building we unloaded again and weighed in our baggage. I was about 1.5 pounds over weight but it went by okay. We carried our new coat and jacket and wore our field shoes together with our pistol belt, knife, canteen, and first aid kid. After we all [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] had finished weighing in Mitch and I sent telegrams back home advising we were on our way. Mitch took them down to the telegraph office. All passengers on trip 31 were requested to attend the Briefing. This was a sound picture which gave us instructions on what to do in case it became necessary to ditch the airplane- the proper way to wear and operate the “May [sic] West”, how to brace your self [sic] for the landing – the exit – use of life raft – radio rations etc etc. There were a group of Wacs going with us – 21 passengers in all with 8 civilian tech reps – 6 or 7 Wacs and the rest G.I.’s including a Captain, Lt. a Wac Maj and Capt. After the briefing we were given our May [sic] Wests and then taken to our plane, a C-54E called the “Plush” type. It is the regular airline type with upholstered seats [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] and all that goes with it. After we were on board the Flight Service Corporal gave us final instructions about when to wear the Mae West – on take off and landing when to smoke – when to use the use the [sic] toilet etc etc. Finally at 2226 we taxied out and took off. It was a clear – moonlite [sic] night and after the light of Hamilton field and surrounding towns were left behind it was just black below – but after we were out a ways I noticed we were on top of an overcast and the clouds were white in the moonlight. This flight was to last approx. 12 hours before we would arrive at Hickham [sic] field in Hawaii. The Corporal gave each of us a blanket and it wasn’t long until most of the passengers were trying to sleep. I couldn’t sleep very well but did doze off for a few minutes at a time. The air was very smooth and if it wasn’t for the hum [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] of the engines you’d hardly know you were moving. The passengers started stirring about day break. The Corporal came along shortly and wanted to know if we would like to have some lunch – which we paid 50¢ for before leaving Hamilton field. The lunch consisted of a couple sandwiches, hard boiled eggs – potatoe [sic] salad – sliced peaches an orange and soup! – It was all rather day and I didnt [sic] eat the cheese sandwich or potatoe [sic] salad. The sun rise [sic] was beautiful as it came up over the big white cumulus clouds over which we were flying. Occasionally thru these clouds we could see the Pacific Ocean – very dark blue – About 0845 we began to see the Mountains and shore line of the islands and after circling for a few minutes to lose altitude we landed on Hickham Field at 0952 by my watch (PNT) [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] About 11.5 hours from Ham. Field to Hickham. In the passenger office we were advised that we would continue our flight to Guam in the same airplane and would deport in approx 1.5 hrs. We were given a ticket which permitted us to buy our breakfast in the officers mess. We decided to eat before taking a shower and shaving. They had waffles or hot cakes so I had waffles – glass fine apple juice and coffee. Our table had about ½ pound of butter on a plate. The first time I’ve seen butter in those quantities. After eating we took a shower and shaved. I tried to call Montieth McCormick but didn’t have much luck. The fleet record office confirmed the address but said I’d have to call the Red Cross to get in touch with him. I checked at passenger [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] service but they advised I’d better stand by because they might call our flight any time. I had to [personal? illegible] check at the Red Cross office they wouldn’t give me the info on the phone – so I wrote Monty a note and told him I’d try to see him on the way back. Our flight was finally called and at 10:45 we were on our way to Johnston Kwadjeline [sic] and Guam. We’ve now been out about 1.5 hours – and flying above an overcast. Up to this point we could see the pacific ocean [sic] below – a very dark blue color with a few white caps and later just “ripple” as they appear from this altitude. Landed at Johnston Island at 1430 Hawaii time which is about 1330 Johnson time. At any rate we left Hickham at 1045 so the elapsed time was 3 ho 45 min [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] At Johnston they told us we would have about 45 min for lunch. We we [sic] all taken over to the mess hall in a truck. We paid 20¢ for our meal which consisted of salmon loaf, potatoes, beans and tomatoes and corn, with orange juice and coffee, bread and butter. Johnston island is all coral about 1.5 to 2 miles long and 1 mile wide It has 2 parallel runways hangers, barracks etc – no trees. It was rather cool with a breeze blowing in from the ocean. Most of the fellows wear shorts and are very much tanned. Apparently no women on this island! It is a small spot in a big ocean. We have a couple of General on Board - but haven’t found out who they are. One is a B.G. and the other a Maj Gen (2 star) [page break] Sunday July 29. We landed at Kwadjelinn [sic] Island at 2219 (Johnston time) We again move our watches ahead. It was dark when we landed so I didn’t get to see much of the island from the air. We stopped long enough to get something to eat. The dinner was typical of what we’ll get from now on – a piece of beef – cubed beats [sic] and sweet potatoes, beans – hard tack – similar to a cracker – and coffee – This meal cost us 35¢. It was rather hot and [sultsy? Illegible] on Kwadjelinn [sic]. We waited at the A.T.C. terminal which was a Quonset hut – as was [sic] most of the huts on the island. We left Kwadjelinn [sic] at 2214. The flight to Guam was a little rough since we flew thru a number of Thunder storms. I was so tired that I didn’t have much trouble sleeping on that leg of the hop. We arrived at Guam at 0625 which was [page break] 0425 Guam time. We had to wait around in the terminal – a big wooden Hangar – for quite a while until our baggage was unloaded. A truck was waiting outside to take us over the the 90th airforce [sic] H.Q’s. Just as we were all ready to leave it started to rain – but that didn’t stop the driver from taking us to our destination – an open truck – so our baggage and our selves [sic] we drenched. I didn’t mind that but my B4 bag got wet and the dye got all over my shirts trousers – underwear etc – and it is there to stay – After we checked in to H.Q. we were sent over to a hut across the street and a negro soldier gave us some blankets and sent us to another hut which was to be our quarters while on Guam. By this time it was getting light so we lugged our baggage to the hut – We discovered [page break] that we had left Browns [sic] baggage on the truck – so it was some time later before he recovered it. Lysle walked around the block and came back with the news that he had found the officers mess shack – so when the place began to get aelive [sic] we strolled down and got in line and had our first meal on guam [sic]. We ran into one of the Boeing men in the mess shack and learned where the Boeing Hut was located. Dick Morgan showed up before long and in a short time we were on our way to meet some of the officers He took us over to see Col. Knowles and Col Warren (use to be at Wichita). They took us into the records room and showed us the operational records on the B29. When we finished there we went over to see Col. Don Coupland. He gave Dick his Jeep so we could [page break] go out to the 314 wing on the North East end of the Island. We learned the all wing had been on a raid over Japan the night before and were just returning We [sic] had seen a number of B-29 coming in when we went to breakfast. We drove out to the 314 wing H.Q. and met the Wichita men – Art Wolf, John Ludwa & Milt Rudell. Took a few picture at their place. They then joined us in their jeep and we drove all around the 314th wing field. We inspected a few battle damaged B-29s and one that had made a belly landing a short time back. One airplane had a damaged propeller blade on #2 engine. It had been hit with a 20mm shell and a big hole in the trailing edge of the blade was the result. The Engine had been feathered. Pieces of the shell had pierced the fuselage. This same airplane had a 20 mm. shell thru the leading edge [page break] of the aileron. Later in the afternoon we went in to talk to Col. Sheffield at the 314 Wing. We discussed the operation of the B-29s, their problems and the new changes going into the ship. Generally they are all very pleased with the B-29. They do not require very much maintenance. The engines still give a little trouble – valves and cylinders, electric prop governors and carburetion seem to be some of their big problems. They do very little repairing on installation of body sections and wing panels. If an airplane requires more than 4500 hrs to repair they survey it. War certainly is not an economical business especially to those of us who see airplanes and parts junked and realize the man hours that were required to make those parts. Col. Fredrick met us in the officers mess and asked us [page break] to come out to his quarters. We went out to the 314 Wing again and looked up Col Chadwell and went to the club for a drink. These officers have some way fine quarters and as a matter of fact they live very comfortably. They have built their own quarters from “acquired” materials. Monday July 30. Talked to Col Kitchens on air sea rescue problems on B-29s Lysle and Art have most of the information on what they are doing. All the Brass hats are here for a big “pow-wow” – Gen Spaatz, Doolittle, Wolf, LeMay etc. Spent the evening packaging our technical data. We put it on the production line basis. We made up a list of all the “receipiants.” [sic] After we finished we went down to the club for a coke. [page break] Tuesday July 31 Had an appointment with Col. Bill Irvine this morning at 0830. The following were present. Col. Irvine, Col Knowles, Col Worren, Col Copeland and the Boeing gang –Wood – Carlson Alexander, Snodgrass, Brown, Zipp and Morgan. Irvine gave us a long “talk” on what he is trying to do in the way of setting up a test section at each of the various possessions such as Guam, Alaska, India, China, Africa, South America. Their plan is to develop aircraft to operate in these areas under war time conditions. All results will be coordinated thru one source – probably Wright Field. Don Copeland is working up the program and gave us a draft of the proposal. He asked us for our suggestions – Lysle has the draft. Irvine told [page break] Fletcher that there are no visitors over here. Everybody has to work and he was going to see to it that they did. We kidded Mitch and Carlson about having to stay over here to help Bill – Irvine was very much interested in the photos of the external bomb rack instillation and the bomb dolly. I left the photos with him so he could show them to the “big shots”. Col. Copeland gave us a better picture of the program they have in mind – which is primarily a post war deal. I asked Copeland about the quality of instrumentation being installed in Wichita. Don said they definitely wanted the accuracy and asked that we continued our efforts. He also ask that we send him a list of the various instruments we [page break] are calibrating – the limits we use and the specification limits – Johnnie Alexander also wants a copy – Copeland arranged a trip for us up to Saipan and Tinnian on Saturday – to be gone for a week or more. Dick Morgan and Copeland are going along. Jack Morgan arranged for a weapons Carrier so we could drive down to the Naval air base. Lysle had to take a package to a friend of his down there – and Mitch and I wanted to see what ships were in the harbor – The Lexington was not in. Harold Clevenger is on the Lexington – The trip down was very interesting because we went thru a number of Native villages which were pretty well shot up during the invasion. I got some pictures at [Agauana? Illegible]. [page break] [Written in top margin:] Neko – soap – Parke-Davis Don Coupland – Correct spelling On the way back we stopped at the beach for a swim. Took some pictures at the beach. We moved out of the transient officers quarters to the 314th wing – 39th group to stay with Lt. Col. Frederick. Fletcher moved down to the 19th group to stay with Lt Col. Shadwell. These facilities are much better! Wednesday Aug 1 Frederick arranged for a weapons carrier to have us around today. Made a complete tour of the 314th wing with Frederick as a guide. Tonite [sic] is the big “night”. All the crews are preparing their ships for the raid – All the bombs are stacked up on the hand stands ready for loading. After dinner Frederick took us up on the hill at the take-off point to watch the [page break] [Written in top margin:] Strickland take off. The scheduled take off time is 1830. You could see activity all over the field about an hour & half before T.O. time. All the crews were moving from their quarters to the field. About 1820 the ships began to move out on the taxie [sic] strips and to the run way [sic]. This field has two parallel run ways [inserted above with an arrow: 7500 ft long] and three taxie [sic] strips. At 1830 the pathfinders took off and from then on one airplane took off at one minute intervals from each airport. For one hour and half we watch B-29s take off. We saw 3 airplanes scratch – that is, started take off but failed to get off for some reason or other. One airplane dumped its bombs about 60 miles out and one airplane ditched we didn’t get much info about the two ships but probably will later – One airplane backfired as the throttle were opened [page break] [Written in top margin:] P-25 – Service Center F apron and the engine caught fire – The fire trucks started after him but he got it out with his fire extinguisher and scratched the T.O.. When they scratch (at nite [sic]) they flash a red tail light to warn the airplane on end of run way not to T.O. until he has cleared the runway. It was a great thrill to watch above 180-190 airplanes take off in 1 ½ hrs time these ships were loaded to 135000-139000 pounds. [page break] [Written in top margin:] “Ernie Pyle” ship at Tinnian [sic] The 1000th airplane is there and is called “city of Boeing Wichita” (N. H. Frederick Jr.) assigned to the 39th wing – 314th Group – Special Duty – Night Test. Thursday Aug 2 Maj M. H. Stricklan says the 1000 Wichita airplane is on the field and event on the raid last nite [sic]. The airplane is No. P-25. Will get in touch with the P.R.O. and get the story – Frederick arranged for another weapons carrier so we could go over to the 315 wing. At the 315 wing we looked up Frank Sutton who took us down to see Col. Fulton but he was not in so we talked to his assistant Capt. Newman. The 315 wing is still being set up and they are not as far along with the completion of the field as the 314 Sutton says they only have about 125 airplanes, and all are from Bell. They have [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] had quite a bit of trouble with the bomb doors and one problem in particular is the hook up for salvo of bombs – They can’t salvo bombs unless the switch for the front and rear bomb door is on? We ate lunch at the 16th squadron mess. After lunch we went back to the 314 wing H.Q. to see if we could find Frederick. He wasn’t there so we went on over to the field to look up a Lt. Hoffstedar (?) who was to give us some dope on preventative engine inspection. We talked to the Lt. and a Capt. Pert who have us some very good info on the inspection procedures used on the line. We got a set of the forms used __________________ [page break] [Reverse side of rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Friday 3 Aug Decided to check out at the 314 wing and move back down to H.Q. so as to be on hand to catch the truck down the shuttle terminal at 0900. We are to go up to Tinian at 0915. We gathered up our equipment at Col. Chadwells and Fredericks and checked in at 20th H.Q. transient crew quarters – In the afternoon we went swimming for about an hour. [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Saturday 4 Aug. Left Guam at 1030 for Tinian Field up in a Curtiss C-46 – greatly over loaded at T.O. Met Orville Simpson who took us around to get lined up on quarters. Drove around the island and along the line. Inspected one airplane for corrosion which is very [illegible] on all parts of the airplanes especially steel parts. We checked in with Maj. Pittman who arranged for our quarters and appointments. Took quite a few pictures of general interest. We stopped at the beach and the fellows went swimming but I decided to stay out because my throat was giving me a little trouble. After dinner we went to the movie and saw “Sjonia [sic] Hennie”? After the movie the Boeing gang congregated in our tent. Orville Simpson, Joe Cramer, Gene Reynolds Taggert, Bachler? [written diagonally below:] Batchelor [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] [Handmade holes punches in top left and right corners. In top right corner is written: “Davies”] [halfway down right side of page is a rust stain in shape of a paperclip] Sunday Aug 5 Up at 0615, breakfast at 0700 – usual thing powdered eggs, bacon, coffee at 0800 Simpson and a driver with another jeep picked us up – went over to see Col. Tibbet [sic] and Bob Davidson. Col Tibbets showed us then the silver plate airplanes. His airplanes have all the latest including fuel injection engines, Curtiss props manifold fuel system. He is very enthused over the airplanes. From there we went up to see Gen Davies, but he was out so we talked to Col. Conner [Eve? Illegible] officer for 313 wing. After lunch Lysle, Orville and I went down to the Jap airplane dump and looked around took some pictures and then returned to the barracks to meet the rest of the gang. We then went down see Col. Greer Chief of Maintenance and [page break] supply at 58th wing. Lt. Col Brown in his office said they had been having prop governor trouble and that they had set the dump valve to release at 500 pound/[small square symbol] instead of 400 – and with this setting they only get 50 rpm over speed at T.O. – They know that this setting might give them trouble by having the props feather on T.O. (check into the reason) I looked up Don Christensen and had a talk with him and took a few pictures, just before he was to take off on a mission over Japan. Also met L.C. Durow who use [sic] to be in Dept 61 at Boeing. About 4:30 we all went down on the end of the run way at the 313 to watch the take off on a raid – got a few pictures – we walked back to the hut – had dinner (fried chicken) – then at 730 took in the movie and was in bed by 2115. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Monday Aug 6 Up again at 0600. Have space on the shuttle C46 to Saipan at 10:15. Dick arranged for a jeep to take us to the terminal. Turned in our blankets and drove down to the 313 wing to pick up some pictures from Maj Pittman. While we were there we saw a number of airplanes returning from the raid last nite [sic]. Saw one ship come in on three engines with wheels up and make a belly landing. He came in high and for a while we thot [sic] he was going off the runway. He ended up however on the extreme end. We rode the C-46 over to Saipan a 10 min ride, arriving at 1245. Registered in at the [adjaunt? Illegible] (A.G.) had lunch and then started out to see Gen O’Donnell. He had left word that he wanted to see us. I looked up W.C. Sweeny who is Ex. Off to O Donnell. Had a [sic] interesting chat with him. We also talked to Maj Grana. [page break] [Rust stain at top in shape of paperclip.] Sunday 5 Aug – See attached note – Monday 6 Aug See notes attached – We also talked to Maj Grana who is in charge of Maintenance for the wing. Gen O’Donnell suggested we go up and look at the repair shops and had Col Zoller show us there. Our impression of the 73 wing operations was very favorable they seemed to have things well organized and the men appeared to be very interested in their work and delighted in explaining the operation of each gadget – we saw some very ingenious gadgets made up from airplane parts such as an 18 ton hydraulic press made from a main B-29 oleo strut, and a actelyne [sic] cutting torch which was operated by an electric motor, tire presses etc. [page break] These shops are set up to and repair all equipment in the B-29. They even check and repair the fire control units, Radar equipment, Radar instruments, Auto pilot etc etc. They have a very good sheet metal shop and do quite a lot of repair on the empennage. They prefer to do wing repair with the wing on the airplane if it is possible because they don’t have the trouble of trying to match up attachment holes etc. They have a very efficient engine build up shop and are able to turn out from 12-15 engines per day. They also have a repair shop for dynafocal mounts – and operate it on a production line basis. Gen O’Donnell asked us to come over to his house at 600 - (1000) for a drink – I received a T.W.X. from Col Irvine in the afternoon [page break] asking that I report back to Guam by 1800 7 Aug. I had no idea what he wanted and was a little discusted [sic] because I had planned to spend at least 2 days on Saipan. H.Z.B. decided he was going back to Guam Tuesday noon and attempt [sic] to get orders set up to return to the states. Since I was to be in Guam by 1800 on Tuesday I made arrangements to take the same Currier [sic] ship back. We had a very enjoyable evening at Gen O’Donnell’s. He had a number of officers over – Col. “Cam” Sweeney his Executive Officer, Col Schaetzel who is in charge of all maintenance for the wing, and others. Col Sweeny is a friend of Verne Schroeder’s and was one of the fellows I had on my list to look up. After the drinks we had dinner and then went to the movie. We had a very interesting talk with ODonnell [sic] and [page break] it is apparent why they have such an efficient organization. He operates his command very democratically even to having weekly meetings with his non-coms – to give them an opportunity to sound off and express their opinions and ideas on the way things are going. O’Donnell is quite young and is very friendly – He provided quarters for us near his house and in general attempted to make our stay pleasant. [page break] Tuesday 7 Aug – Up again at 0600 breakfast at 0630. After breakfast we walked down along the beach and went into a few of the caves used by the Japs during the invasion – this particular beach was used as the invasion point. This beach is a very beautiful spot. I took a number of pictures along this spot. We had a date with Col Zoller at 0800 to finish looking over the shops. On the way up we stopped to look over a B-29 which had one of the landing gear struts fold up while he was landing down the run way. The right wing panel flap and #4 nacelle were damaged as well is the props. They were changing the outer panel. It was reported that the screw was about 6 inches from being fully extended – Why? [page break] Finished looking over the shops and returned to quarters to pack and then have lunch – at 1215 HZB and I caught the truck to the A.T.C terminal and by 1315 we were on our way back to Guam. We landed at Tinian to discharge and pick up passengers, and by 1430 we were back in Guam. Caught the truck back up to H.Q. and then checked in at Col. Irvine’s office to see what was up – I learned that he was having a cocktail party and watched the Boeing crowd present – oh Ham! – Here my stay on Saipan was cut short because of a cocktail party – however it worked out very well – HZB and I attended – Col Irvine asked us to have dinner with him – HZB had started negiotions [sic] to get back to the states and he now had his orders. Don [page break] Coupeland drove him down to the [paconity? illegible] office and he got lined up to leave at 0530. – so Don loaned me his jeep and I took Fletch and his baggage back to the A.T.C. depot. It was 2300 by the time I returned and hit the “sack” Big News today about the new bomb which was dropped on Japan yesterday. This is the bomb Col. Tibbits showed us the day before. I’ve only heard bits of the news broadcasts but everybody is talking about it – I’d like to know more about its details – but they are top secret. We did have an opportunity to look over the airplanes and the bomb rack installation. [page break] Wednesday 8 Aug Spent the morning around the barracks and finished bringing my notes up-to-date. Also washed some clothes while the sun was out hot and bright – I spread them out on the grass and on the leaves of a coconut tree out behind the barracks and it didn’t take long for them to dry. After lunch went down to the Rep, Office to make a copy of a rough draft proposal which Col. Coupland wanted us to read. One of the reps was going out to the 314th so I went along so I could check with Lt. Col. Frederick and Maj Strickler relative to the photos and stay on the 1000th Wichita Airplane. While out there I dropped over to take a look at the ship which had the nose section damaged in the taxiing accident. They had decided to repair [page break] the airplane instead of surveying it as was originally decided by Col. Des Islets. I had an opportunity to discuss their airplane with Col Coupland the other evening and mentioned that Col. Des Islets had planned to survey the airplane altho [sic] the man hours required to repair the damage was relatively small. This discussion may have had some influence on their decision to make the repair. We had roast beef and icecream for dinner this evening – really a treat. After dinner went to the show. Had a very good GI. Show on the stage – The picture was N.G. [page break] [Written in top margin:] Crozier Thursday Aug 9 ‘45 Went over to see Dr Crozier of the Statistical Analysis Group. He was particularly interested in the new fire extinguishing system to be installed in the B-29s. We discussed with him some of his slatistical [sic] data relative to the cause of crashes. Fires still are causing a big percentage of the loses [sic]. In fact operational loses are considerably more than combat losses – Incidentally it was reported today the the [sic] 314 wing lost an airplane over Tokio [sic] last night. Crozier says that the first 10 or 15 minutes after take off are the most critical and that fires – if they develop – will usually start with in [sic] that time. The air sea rescue group had a picture of the ditching of a B-29 which they showed to us. It is the only actual [page break] ditching they have been able to get. The pilot brought the ship in with the nose quite high and when it hit the water it made a terribly big splash. After the spray cleared it was observed that the fuselage was broken (jack knifed) aft of the rear pressure bulkhead. All crew members were rescued altho [sic] the pilots back was broken and one or two other members of the crew were injured. The crew were picked up by a rescue boat which the pilot sighted and landed close by. At 8:30 (1430) we went over to see Gen Giles and pay our respects. He discussed the B-29 with us but said they had no comments but favorable ones, to make on the airplane. He commented on some of the engine problems and reviewed the work he said Eric Nelson did at Oklahoma City to cool the engine. [page break] Friday 10 Aug Went out to the 314 this morning to see Maj Strickler relative to obtaining the story on the Wichita 1000th airplane. Finally found him in his new office in Quonset #33 near Service Center G. Strickler said he has been unable to get the photos because the airplane is still at Iwo Jima. He promised to get the dope and send it too [sic] me. While out there I took a picture of the [“damaged” has been erased] nose section on the ship which was damaged in the taxi accident. I also took a picture of the damage done by the explosion in a gas tank. Did some washing this afternoon. Went to the movie again this evening and I can say, undoubtedly it was the worst one so far – a murder mystery – went down to the club [page break] after the show for a coke Wrote Pauline a letter this evening so I dropped it in the mail box on the way back from the club – There has been a lot of speculation around here on the end of the war. The dropping of the atomic bombs and Russia entering the war has renewed the hope of all the fellows and you can get just any kind of bet you might want. We all returned to the barracks about 10:15. I crawled in my cot shortly there after [sic]. I was nearly asleep when we all heard quite a commotion down the street. Everybody got up to see what was going on. Soon we heard some one [sic] say that they had heard by short wave radio that Japan had surrendered. It was only a rumor to start with but later the radio announced that [page break] Japan had accepted the terms of surrender except that they wanted to keep their emperor. It wasn’t long until there was a general celebration but as a whole it was quite mild. Some of the boys passed the bottle around – the boys in the next barracks whooped it up a bit. We understood that at the 315 wing the celebration was a little more serious – the boys began to shoot off their carbines – and as a result 2 boys were shot. – I finally fell asleep – [page break] Saturday 11 Aug Woke up about 0600 this morning – everything back to normal and quiet. The conversation was not as patent as I thot [sic] it would be. We had a date with Col. Irvine at 0830 but when we checked in we found that he had been called to a meeting with Gen. Doolittle. Lysle, Alex and I walked down to the Air Depot to see Col. Carlson whom I met the other evening at Bill Irvines party. We found Col Irvine in his office about 1430 so we went in to talk to him. Again Bill did most of the talking. Said that the group of “brass hats” had spent about 30 minutes talking about the Boeing Company and their plans for the [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] future. He said it was quite a compliment to the Boeing Company. He said that the 8th Airforce was planning to go ahead even tho [sic] the war ends and in so doing will provide the Boeing Co with work after the war. I thanked Bill for the opportunity to be out here and to get around the islands. Went to see the Army G.I. show “this is the Army”. The show was held at the Agaña Bowl – which is up at the Navy base. It was an excellent show one of the best I’ve seen for some time! [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Sunday 12 Aug. Our orders finally came thru about 1100. While we were waiting around for them to show up we went over to [First? illegible] and to get our medical check. All it amounted to was filling out a slip and the medical officer signing it. I borrowed Don Couplands [sic] Jeep to go down to the A.T.C. terminal to check up on our priority. They told us we probably would get out this evening. We left our phone number and returned to the prefab to get our bags packed. Frank Manley and Ramsey arrived in Guam this morning. Took a few pictures of the boys and a few more around H.Q. Made up my currier [sic] pack and finished packing my bags. A Soldier stopped in at the prefab with a necklass [sic] he had made from shells. He wanted $2500 or 2 qts. liquor [page break] I gave him the 2 qts! It is a little hard to get use [sic] to the rate of exchange here in the islands. This fellow will probably sell those 2 qts for at least $5000. Art Wolf, John Ludwa, Milt Rudell came down to H.Q. and the whole gang of us at dinner at the Mess hall. Had Turkey mashed potatoes, green beans, dressing – on the whole – we have had good meals. Our transportation picked us up at 1930 and took us down to A.T.C terminal where we checked in our baggages [sic]. The ATC had called about 1500 and told us to report at 2000 for a departure at 2130. We were all aboard and taxiing out at exactly 2130 headed for Kawjalein [sic]. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] We left Johnston at 1427. The trip to Kwadjeline [sic] is about 8 hrs so we should arrive about 2230 [Johnsara? Illegible] time. We’ll wait and see what time it is there. Its 1938 by Johnston time. For the first in my life I’ve read a book in one Day! Cant say the book was too literary – title was “Suds in Your Eye” by Lasswell. Went up to the flight Deck (Cockpit) to see what makes this C54 tick. We were flying on Auto pilot at 8000 feet at 170 mph. indicated. Watched the navigator take a shot on the sun – read the radar etc etc and plot his position. The air is very smooth and the airplane very steady. The navigator is kept very busy checking his chart and tables. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Monday 13 Aug. Arrived at Kawjalelin [sic] at 0557 (0757 Kawjalein [sic] time) after being in the air 8 hrs and 17 min. While the ship was being refueled we all went over to the mess hall for breakfast. Had 2 fried eggs and a piece of spam, bread and coffee. Kawjalein [sic] is a very small island. When we made the trip out it was dark when we arrived at Kwajalein, so I had no idea how large it really was. There are a chain of small islands on this group which extend northward. Some of them have trees and vegetation, others just protrude than the water and possibly are awash during high tide. Kawjalein is hot and humid. It was hot the time we went thru [sic] at nite [sic]. We left Kwajlein [sic] at 0723 (0923) and are now on our way to Johnston - - Arrived at Johnston at 1548 G.T. There is 3 ½ hrs difference in time of Johnston so [page break] the actual time was 1918. We were taken over to the mess hall in an army truck. Dinner cost 20¢ and consisted of Soup, Rice and Chili Concarni [sic], Cabbage, Carrots, Coffee, grapefruit juice bread, butter and peaches. We were on Johnston about one hour. Johnston Island is small I would judge about 1 ½ miles long and ¾ miles wide. There are two runways which take up the full length of the island. It is primarily a navy base and as a result all the buildings and installations are very good – and painted. We found that all the navy installations are far better than the Army’s. This probably is accounted for by the fact that the Navy brings everything to the islands by boat and there for [sic] get first choice on the sites and equipment. Their buildings and quarters always look clean and neat – “ship shape” I’d would say. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Arrived at Hickham field at 2120 or 0150 Hickham time. Checked thru Customs, then went up stairs [sic] in terminal and took a shower and shaved. Our plane is to leave at 0700, the number is 7317. We have about a 5 hr layover – but can’t do anything because of the hour. I inquired about sending an orchid to Pauline, but was informed that there was no station or office at the terminal – would have to do that down town. So far I haven’t been able to get in touch with Montieth. (Pass Boat No 742 issued July 11 1946) Our ship for the return to Hamilton Field was a C-54A - (Bucket seat job) [page break] We got aboard about 0710 and was off at 0722 for about a 12 hr flight. Soon after T.O. many of the boys layed [sic] down on the floor and covered up with their blankets. Most of the fellows aboard were returning home – others were on emergency furlough. I tried to sleep sitting up but didn’t have much luck. It got pretty cool so most of us bundled up in our blankets – later they turned on the heat then we had to uncover again. Most of the boys were fairley [sic] talkative. I found that many of the fellows had been over seas 24 to 40 months. Time passed rather slowly but the air was very smooth which had a tendency to ease the situation. About 4 hrs out we were given our box lunch for which we (civilians) paid 50¢ [Oahu? Illegible]. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] We arrived at Hamilton field at 2152. We were taken to the debarkation room to fill out a few forms and to turn in our passports to the Customs inspector. This completed we arraigned for a truck to take us up to the B.OQ. We registered in and were assigned BOQ #615. This finished went over to the mess hall and had a big steak thus ending a long trip. We left Guam on Sunday lost a day and arrived on Monday! 14 Aug Tuesday We left Hamilton field by Greyhound bus for San Francisco. Checked our bags at the bus depot and took a cab up to the Sir Francis Drake [page break] And tried to get a room. Being in uniform they told us to go down to 50 Post street and the army housing [illegible] would get us a room at some hotel. We registered and asked to get in at the Sir Francis Drake, but we ended up at the President – Not too much of a hotel, but a place to stay over nite [sic] since we all planned to leave on Wednesday – we had to pay $500 in advance in typical G. I. style As soon as we got settled Lysle called John Hanton and asked them to set up priorities for our trip home. Lysle decided to go out that same afternoon so Art and I were left to “hold the fort” I decided to get a hair cut – and while I was in the chair – Japans surrender was officially [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] announced. This was about 400 P.M. from then on the town was wild – and I mean wild – I have never seen anything like it. We ventured out of this hotel about 7:30 just in time to get into a restaurant before it closed – all places of business were either closing or closed. Paper floated down from the buildings. Some of the people were pouring water out of the windows onto the street – soaking every body [sic] below. Considerable damage was done to store fronts and windows. For blocks on Market Street in S.F. the glass windows were broken – The ambulances police patrols, and fire wagons were rushing from one place to another and their sirens added to the whistles, car horns [page break] and air raid sirens together with the shouting whistling and singing of the milling mob. It seemed that everybody on the street except us, had a bottle. The sailors were kissing every girl who came along the street. Many were out cold and were being held up by buddies or he was sprawled on the side walk or in a door way. Traffic was jammed but the street carts managed to move a little. All taxi cabs were called into the garage. At one place on Geary street we saw one sailor who had been hit by an automobile. He lay on the street where he fell with a crowd standing around him. Some of his buddies were looking after him until an ambulance arrived. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Art and I decided to take in a show so we went to see Leo Cornillis in the “Bad Man” – a stage play – It was very good and helped pass the evening. After the show we walked around for a while and then went back to the hotel – turning in about 1130 – A very dull way to celebrate! The noise didn’t subside until 400 AM. And I don’t think I got to sleep [Pre-printed text at the bottom of the paper:] ANOTHER FILLER PAD FOR THIS MEMORANDUM BOOK WILL BE SENT TO YOU WITHOUT CHARGE. JUST TEAR OUT THIS PAGE. FILL IN, AND MAIL TO THE LAIDLAW CO., INC. 16 WEST 60TH ST. ___________ NEW WORK, N.Y. NAME……………………………………………… POSITION………………………………………. COMPANY……………………………………… STREET……………………………………………. CITY………………………STATE………………. [page break] much before that either. 15 Aug – Wed. I called Jack at the plant to have him follow up on my priority. My plane to Wichita was to leave at 12:30 P.M. and I was supposed to report to TWA office about 1000 to get my ticket fixed up. Shower 900AM. Art and I decided we had better check out and try to catch a cab to take our bags to TWA and United. [page break] [Table written on page in landscape format:] STATION DATE GUAM TIME ELAP. TIME STATION TIME DIST. GUAM LV SUN 8/12/5 1130 GRT 2140 - KAWJALEIN KAWDJELINN AR 0557 0817 0757 1602 LV 0723 0116 0927 JOHNSTON AR SUN 8/12/45 1548 0825 1918 1629 LV 1652 0104 2022 HICKHAM AR MON 8/13/5 2120 0428 0150 819 LV 0252 0532 0722 HAMILTON AR 8/13 0252 1200 0952 [six groups of numbers and equations around the table add up time for the chart] [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page.] Guam Time Dest. Time LV. Guam 0 KWADJELINN JOHNSTON HICKHHAM HAMILTON [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page.] Red Cross Kit 1 – pkg Cigts. 1 – First Aid Text Book 1 – pad paper 1 – pkg envelopes 1 – Book – Mystery 1 shine Rag 1 pkg Life Savers 1 pencil 1 pr. shoe string 1 sewing kit with Razor blds - pins threads needles 1 soap box and soap 1 game set 1 bag [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Supply List furnished by Army 1. Musette Bag 1 Belt – Pistol 1. Canteen, Cup and Cover 1 pr Sun Glasses 1 Insecticide Powder 1 Anti chap Lip stick 1 First Aid Pouch 1 Insect Repellent 1 Carrying Strap 1 Halazone Tablet 1 First Aid Packet 1 Sulfadiazine Packet 1 Trench Knife & Case 1 Flash lite [page break] Friday Aug 3 Decided this morning to go back to the 20th H.Q. and stay at the transient officers quarters Friday evening so as to be on hand to catch the airplane up to Saipan. Frederick order out a weapons carrier and driver to have us around. We picked up Art and Mitch, loaded in our baggage and came back down to H.Q. and checked in at the barracks again. John Ludwa called after we arrived at the Boeing office and told us he’d like to have Mitch and me look over an airplane which had been damaged in a taxiing accident. The nose section had been damaged by the wing of another airplane and it was Col Des Islet’s decision to survey the whole airplane rather than repair it – since we didn’t have any Transportation I told John we’d check up on [page break] it when we returned from Saipan. After lunch we all decided to go down to the beach for a swim. We all loaded into the truck and headed for the beach – We we [sic] there for about 1 ½ hrs and as a result got a pretty good sunburn. After returning to the office I stopped in to see Col. Coupeland about getting tobacco to LeMay. Don asked Brown and me to come over to his place for a drink https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/a8efb029e02cf8f6c5f651b2d0786ee9.pdf cb5cf71abc6a05d1b5fe7ea7dd04b285 PDF Text Text The Harold W. Zipp Collection The Museum of Flight Seattle, Washington [Travel diary entries written by Harold W. Zipp, July 20 to August 15, 1945] Source: The Harold W. Zipp Collection (1992-11-12), Box 1, Folder 5 Digital file identifier: 1992-11-12_text_001 Transcribed and reviewed by Museum of Flight staff and volunteers. © The Museum of Flight 2020 �Transcript page 2 Friday July 20. Left witchita [sic] at 4:35 P.M. Airplane about 4:30 min late. Arrived in L.A. about 10⁵⁵ P.W.T. Airplane holding there for Maintenance so didn’t leave there until about 11⁵⁵. Arrived in S.F. at 1⁵⁵ A.M. Hotel reservations screwed up because Beucke’s office failed to wire and ask that rooms be held – Had requested this be done before leaving Wichita. We were able to get a single room with double bed. Saturday July 21 Met Wood and Carlson who gave me additional information on arrangements for departure. Alexander brought our orders and passports down. Army will pick us up at 920 AM to take us to Hamilton Field. Spent the day in Frisco, looked around town bought a few miscellaneous [page break] items – a paint box for Steve, pullman slippers etc. We all ate lunch and dinner at Joe Kelly’s Sunday July 22 Wood arranged with Capt. Knighton to have a ATC car pick us up at the hotel at 9:30 this A.M. to take me out to Hamilton Field at San Rafiel (sp).? We were taken to the Boat Control office for our indoctrination in the processing procedure. The set up for handling personnel is quite efficient. We received a schedule for the whole day and this was followed exactly (see schedule sheet) Includes items of: Orientation Meeting @ 1315 Personal Affairs 1530 Flight Surgeon 1045 Supply 1100 Medical briefing 1415 Postal [commence?] [page break] All items completed on schedule except we hit a snag at the Personal Affairs office due to an irregularity in our orders. We were supposed to be issued an A.G.O. pass but because of some fueding [sic] between ATSC and A.G.O. Lt. Bayles says they had orders not to issue A.G.O. passed on any orders except from the A.G. Therefore ATSC could no order A.G.O. passes for us. This item had to be cleared before we could complete out schedule. Normally we would have to stay on the post once we start the processing but we purposely left out baggage at the hotel �Transcript page 3 because we had so much of it and we didn’t know what we’d run into – we were correct! They suggested we go back to S.F. and stay at the Hotel until we got cleared. [page break] While we were eating lunch I thot [sic] I saw Maj. Holton at the counter. I was sure it was he so I went over and asked him – it was – He was on his way to Dallas and had just arrived from the Pacific area. He was to return to Wichita but said he just had word that the MWD had closed. After finishing up our processing for the day I got a cigarette ration card from the Sargeant [sic] and purchased my weeks supply of cigarettes – 6 packages. When we leave we can get another card which we entitle us to buy one carton, which is supposed to hold us until we arrive at our destination. To return to S.F. we took the shuttle bus up to the main gate and then walked about 2 blocks up to the main highway where we [page break] were to catch a Greyhound bus into S.F. We were dressed in Civilian clothes of course, with our Musette Bag on our shoulder. – we joined all the rest of the GI’s waiting for a ride into town. After a 45 min wait in the sun, we got the bus but had to stand up all the way into S.F. We were all plenty tired, dusty and dirty when we arrived back at the hotel. Went to Bernstein’s Fish Grotto for dinner. Monday July 23 Lysle called [Pappy or Poppy?] Crews to see if he could help us get out A.G.O. passes straightened out. He found out that Col (?) Butler at Wright Field was having a little fued [sic] on with the boys at Hamilton and they seemed to be making an issue of our case. [Pappy or Poppy] called again and advised [page break] us to go ahead with out [sic] the A.G.O. – Later Lysle talked to Lt. Boyle at Hamilton who also suggested we go ahead, so on that basis we made arrangements to move out to the field tomorrow and finish our check and processing. We’re to leave the ATC office tomorrow at 820 AM. Tuesday July 24 Got up at 600 A.M. – Breakfast at 700, checked out of the hotel at 730 and got a cab to take our baggage to the A.T.C. office at 318 Stockton. The bus left at 830 and we arrived at Hamilton Field at 930 AM. Checked in at the Port Control office to get assigned to quarters. We �Transcript page 4 were assigned Beds [sic] in the visiting officers [sic] quarters – Barracks #630, bed #82. All the rest of the fellows were assigned beds in the same barracks. We then checked back at the Port Control office [page break] [Text in top right corner:] 12 hrs to Hawaii 4 H to [Johnston? Illegible] 7 “ to [Guad? Illegible] 7-8 [Quat? illegible] to Guam and subsequently with the Personal Affairs office to find out the results of the check on our A.G.O. Pass. We were advised that it would take some time to clear so we should go ahead with out [sic] them. If we need such passes the [sic] can be issued in the theater. – Ate lunch at the restaurant in the New Terminal Building. We then returned to the Barracks and got into our uniform. Later we went down to the Clothing Store and I bought a pair of shoes, new coat, 6 handkerchiefs, 6 shorts and a kit for shaving supplies – checked in at 644 for alert notice but our names were not on the list. Had dinner in officer mess at 530. – Spent rest of evening walking around and sitting in Barracks. Saw Wayne Le Ray at P.O.E this morning. He was scheduled to leave for So. Pacific. He is [page break] a top Gunner on B-29. Wednesday July 25 Spent first nite [sic] on post at visting [sic] officers quarters. I had an upper bunk. There were fellows coming and going all nite [sic]. One must acquire the knack of sleeping under difficult conditions. However I didn’t do so badly. Got up about about [sic] 0715. Took a shower shaved – by using the electric light above my bunk. Ate breakfast at the officers mess – had scrambled egg, bacon, toast milk – coffee and Rice Krispee [sic]. Went Down to port control to check in and fill out some forms which they apparently lost in our final processing The captain check on our possible departure time and advised that we wouldn’t need to stand the 1000 alert but we might possibly be on the 1400 alert. John Alexander [page break] And Snodgrass were listed on the 1000 alert – so maybe we’ll be up soon. Went over to the Store and bought a pair of dress shoes and Cash a travelers [sic] check at the Bank of America. Spent �Transcript page 5 the rest of the morning in our quarters shining shoes, rearranging our equipment to try and stay with in [sic] the weight limit. I’m allowed 55# [pounds] personal baggage and when I weighed in last nite [sic] my bag and musette bag weighted 56.5 – and I had on my heavy shoes. I’ll be a little more over weight if I put my heavy shoes in my bag and wear the light ones – Guess Ill [sic] wear the heavy ones. Capt. Grimes – my bunkmate told me last nite [sic] we could by orchids in Hawaii and have them mailed back to the states -- will try to get one off to Pauline [page break] We all went swimming at the officer’s club this afternoon. It has been so hot that a swim really felt good. We stayed as long as we could and still stand the 1600 alert Alexander and Snodgrass were listed on the 1000 alert as was Capt. Grimes who had the bunk under me – Our names were not on the 1600 list so we’ll probably here [sic] another couple of days, altho [sic] the Capt at the P.O.E. told us we might be listed on the 1000 alert Thursday 26th Came back to the barracks after the 1600 alert – Still hot! Had dinner about 1830. Walked down to the telephone exchange with Brown who waited to call Wichita He tried last nite [sic] but didn’t want to stand in line for a couple of hours – but he decided to stick it out this [page break] [Half-page drawing of a bunk bed. A radiator is on floor on the left with an open window above. Below that is a half-page drawing of a barracks building. Building appears on short posts, with one door on short side, and a row of windows with door in the center on the long side. Door in the center of the short side appears to have a small staircase leading up to it.] [page break] time. We left him there and decided to go over to the New Terminal building to see Alexander and Snodgrass off at 2215. This gave us a preview of what we were in for. They didn’t have time to ship out their civilian clothes. Once they started there the line and briefing they lost no time. Fortunately we were there and took their packages down to the express office for them. Bought 6 pkgs of cigts on Carlsons [sic] ration card. When we are alerted we turn in our junk ration card and get a white one which will entitle us to 1 carton which is supposed to last us on the way over. After we returned from the terminal we went up to the BOQ # 64A while Lysle placed a long distance call to seattle [sic]. We got back to the barracks about 2400 [page break] Thursday July 26 �Transcript page 6 [by at? Illegible words] 0730 this morning and breakfast at officers mess at 0830. Worked on my field shoes until 1000 trying to limber them up at the ankle. Went up to stand the 1000 alert. The lists were not posted until about 1030 – Eureka! Our names were on this morning which means we’ll probably leave tonite [sic] the same time Alexander and Snodgrass left last nite [sic] – and on the same trip no (31). We reported to Port Control immediately and signed up for the 50¢ box lunch and signed the list. Since our Medical exam was more than 48 hours old we had to have a recheck. The check amounted to cursory look at our threat with a GI flash lite [sic]. Turned in our pink cigt. ration card for a white one and bought [page break] a carton of cigts which I’m sending home. Returned to the barracks to pack up “once and for all.” I’ve been “messing” with the stuff ever since we arrived. But now that I know were going and have a definite time set I can definitely fix up the packages to send home. I’ve just completed that little job so now I’m ready to eat lunch again. About the best thing we’ve done here is eat. They have good food in the mess. The prices run from 50 to 60 cents for dinner and 45 to 55 for breakfast and lunch. We get great quantities of it. Just a comparison to a $2.00 dinner at Omar Kahyyams (spelling). Had lunch and then “hit the sack” for awhile About 1400 we took our excess baggage down to the express office and shipped it back to Pauline. Had 20# [pounds] which cost $2.07. After [page break] that was finished we went up to the officers club for a swim. Again I enjoyed it – stayed in longer this time and tried to soak up some sun shine. Its [sic] 1727 now and were back at the barracks. Just happened to think that Fletch said that (who ever [sic] he talked to last nite [sic] – Mildred do you suppose?) they told him that we lost the Navy bid. I’m sorry to hear that because that apparently leaves us out of the Navy business now. Under stand [sic] our bid was too high – I was afraid of that – but couldn’t do much about the price! Brown is trying to talk us into getting dinner. All in favor but waiting on Carlson [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Thursday 26 July – Hamilton Field �Transcript page 7 We reported in at the Port Control office at the scheduled time, 1915 and were advised to report with over baggage at 2015. Caught the shuttle bus back to the barracks to pack our things for the last time. We had had them packed for a day or more, so when the truck arrived about 20 minutes early we all ready except putting on our shirts. We usually took off our shirts and trousers when we got in the barracks because during the day it was always hot. We loaded all our bags into the truck and took our bedding back to BOQ and paid for our quarters - 50¢! At the terminal building we unloaded again and weighed in our baggage. I was about 1.5 pounds over weight but it went by okay. We carried our new coat and jacket and wore our field shoes together with our pistol belt, knife, canteen, and first aid kid. After we all [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] had finished weighing in Mitch and I sent telegrams back home advising we were on our way. Mitch took them down to the telegraph office. All passengers on trip 31 were requested to attend the Briefing. This was a sound picture which gave us instructions on what to do in case it became necessary to ditch the airplane- the proper way to wear and operate the “May [sic] West”, how to brace your self [sic] for the landing – the exit – use of life raft – radio rations etc etc. There were a group of Wacs going with us – 21 passengers in all with 8 civilian tech reps – 6 or 7 Wacs and the rest G.I.’s including a Captain, Lt. a Wac Maj and Capt. After the briefing we were given our May [sic] Wests and then taken to our plane, a C54E called the “Plush” type. It is the regular airline type with upholstered seats [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] and all that goes with it. After we were on board the Flight Service Corporal gave us final instructions about when to wear the Mae West – on take off and landing when to smoke – when to use the use the [sic] toilet etc etc. Finally at 2226 we taxied out and took off. It was a clear – moonlite [sic] night and after the light of Hamilton field and surrounding towns were left behind it was just black below – but after we were out a ways I noticed we were on top of an overcast and the clouds were white in the moonlight. This flight was to last approx. 12 hours before we would arrive at Hickham [sic] field in Hawaii. The Corporal gave each of us a blanket and it wasn’t long until most of the passengers were trying to sleep. I couldn’t sleep very well but did doze off for a few minutes at a time. The air was very smooth and if it wasn’t for the hum �Transcript page 8 [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] of the engines you’d hardly know you were moving. The passengers started stirring about day break. The Corporal came along shortly and wanted to know if we would like to have some lunch – which we paid 50¢ for before leaving Hamilton field. The lunch consisted of a couple sandwiches, hard boiled eggs – potatoe [sic] salad – sliced peaches an orange and soup! – It was all rather day and I didnt [sic] eat the cheese sandwich or potatoe [sic] salad. The sun rise [sic] was beautiful as it came up over the big white cumulus clouds over which we were flying. Occasionally thru these clouds we could see the Pacific Ocean – very dark blue – About 0845 we began to see the Mountains and shore line of the islands and after circling for a few minutes to lose altitude we landed on Hickham Field at 0952 by my watch (PNT) [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] About 11.5 hours from Ham. Field to Hickham. In the passenger office we were advised that we would continue our flight to Guam in the same airplane and would deport in approx 1.5 hrs. We were given a ticket which permitted us to buy our breakfast in the officers mess. We decided to eat before taking a shower and shaving. They had waffles or hot cakes so I had waffles – glass fine apple juice and coffee. Our table had about ½ pound of butter on a plate. The first time I’ve seen butter in those quantities. After eating we took a shower and shaved. I tried to call Montieth McCormick but didn’t have much luck. The fleet record office confirmed the address but said I’d have to call the Red Cross to get in touch with him. I checked at passenger [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] service but they advised I’d better stand by because they might call our flight any time. I had to [personal? illegible] check at the Red Cross office they wouldn’t give me the info on the phone – so I wrote Monty a note and told him I’d try to see him on the way back. Our flight was finally called and at 10:45 we were on our way to Johnston Kwadjeline [sic] and Guam. We’ve now been out about 1.5 hours – and flying above an overcast. Up to this point we could see the pacific ocean [sic] below – a very dark blue color with a few white caps and later just “ripple” as they appear from this altitude. �Transcript page 9 Landed at Johnston Island at 1430 Hawaii time which is about 1330 Johnson time. At any rate we left Hickham at 1045 so the elapsed time was 3 ho 45 min [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] At Johnston they told us we would have about 45 min for lunch. We we [sic] all taken over to the mess hall in a truck. We paid 20¢ for our meal which consisted of salmon loaf, potatoes, beans and tomatoes and corn, with orange juice and coffee, bread and butter. Johnston island is all coral about 1.5 to 2 miles long and 1 mile wide It has 2 parallel runways hangers, barracks etc – no trees. It was rather cool with a breeze blowing in from the ocean. Most of the fellows wear shorts and are very much tanned. Apparently no women on this island! It is a small spot in a big ocean. We have a couple of General on Board - but haven’t found out who they are. One is a B.G. and the other a Maj Gen (2 star) [page break] Sunday July 29. We landed at Kwadjelinn [sic] Island at 2219 (Johnston time) We again move our watches ahead. It was dark when we landed so I didn’t get to see much of the island from the air. We stopped long enough to get something to eat. The dinner was typical of what we’ll get from now on – a piece of beef – cubed beats [sic] and sweet potatoes, beans – hard tack – similar to a cracker – and coffee – This meal cost us 35¢. It was rather hot and [sultsy? Illegible] on Kwadjelinn [sic]. We waited at the A.T.C. terminal which was a Quonset hut – as was [sic] most of the huts on the island. We left Kwadjelinn [sic] at 2214. The flight to Guam was a little rough since we flew thru a number of Thunder storms. I was so tired that I didn’t have much trouble sleeping on that leg of the hop. We arrived at Guam at 0625 which was [page break] 0425 Guam time. We had to wait around in the terminal – a big wooden Hangar – for quite a while until our baggage was unloaded. A truck was waiting outside to take us over the the 90th airforce [sic] H.Q’s. Just as we were all ready to leave it started to rain – but that didn’t stop the driver from taking us to our destination – an open truck – so our baggage and our selves [sic] we drenched. I didn’t mind that but my B4 bag got wet and the dye got all over my shirts trousers – underwear etc – and it is there to stay – After we checked in to H.Q. we were sent over to a hut �Transcript page 10 across the street and a negro soldier gave us some blankets and sent us to another hut which was to be our quarters while on Guam. By this time it was getting light so we lugged our baggage to the hut – We discovered [page break] that we had left Browns [sic] baggage on the truck – so it was some time later before he recovered it. Lysle walked around the block and came back with the news that he had found the officers mess shack – so when the place began to get aelive [sic] we strolled down and got in line and had our first meal on guam [sic]. We ran into one of the Boeing men in the mess shack and learned where the Boeing Hut was located. Dick Morgan showed up before long and in a short time we were on our way to meet some of the officers He took us over to see Col. Knowles and Col Warren (use to be at Wichita). They took us into the records room and showed us the operational records on the B29. When we finished there we went over to see Col. Don Coupland. He gave Dick his Jeep so we could [page break] go out to the 314 wing on the North East end of the Island. We learned the all wing had been on a raid over Japan the night before and were just returning We [sic] had seen a number of B-29 coming in when we went to breakfast. We drove out to the 314 wing H.Q. and met the Wichita men – Art Wolf, John Ludwa & Milt Rudell. Took a few picture at their place. They then joined us in their jeep and we drove all around the 314th wing field. We inspected a few battle damaged B-29s and one that had made a belly landing a short time back. One airplane had a damaged propeller blade on #2 engine. It had been hit with a 20mm shell and a big hole in the trailing edge of the blade was the result. The Engine had been feathered. Pieces of the shell had pierced the fuselage. This same airplane had a 20 mm. shell thru the leading edge [page break] of the aileron. Later in the afternoon we went in to talk to Col. Sheffield at the 314 Wing. We discussed the operation of the B-29s, their problems and the new changes going into the ship. Generally they are all very pleased with the B-29. They do not require very much maintenance. The engines still give a little trouble – valves and cylinders, electric prop governors and carburetion seem to be some of their big problems. They do very little repairing on installation of body sections and wing panels. If an airplane requires more than 4500 hrs to repair they survey it. War certainly is not an economical business especially to those of us who see airplanes and parts junked and realize the man hours that were required to make those parts. Col. Fredrick met us in the officers mess and asked us �Transcript page 11 [page break] to come out to his quarters. We went out to the 314 Wing again and looked up Col Chadwell and went to the club for a drink. These officers have some way fine quarters and as a matter of fact they live very comfortably. They have built their own quarters from “acquired” materials. Monday July 30. Talked to Col Kitchens on air sea rescue problems on B-29s Lysle and Art have most of the information on what they are doing. All the Brass hats are here for a big “pow-wow” – Gen Spaatz, Doolittle, Wolf, LeMay etc. Spent the evening packaging our technical data. We put it on the production line basis. We made up a list of all the “receipiants.” [sic] After we finished we went down to the club for a coke. [page break] Tuesday July 31 Had an appointment with Col. Bill Irvine this morning at 0830. The following were present. Col. Irvine, Col Knowles, Col Worren, Col Copeland and the Boeing gang –Wood – Carlson Alexander, Snodgrass, Brown, Zipp and Morgan. Irvine gave us a long “talk” on what he is trying to do in the way of setting up a test section at each of the various possessions such as Guam, Alaska, India, China, Africa, South America. Their plan is to develop aircraft to operate in these areas under war time conditions. All results will be coordinated thru one source – probably Wright Field. Don Copeland is working up the program and gave us a draft of the proposal. He asked us for our suggestions – Lysle has the draft. Irvine told [page break] Fletcher that there are no visitors over here. Everybody has to work and he was going to see to it that they did. We kidded Mitch and Carlson about having to stay over here to help Bill – Irvine was very much interested in the photos of the external bomb rack instillation and the bomb dolly. I left the photos with him so he could show them to the “big shots”. Col. Copeland gave us a better picture of the program they have in mind – which is primarily a post war deal. I asked Copeland about the quality of instrumentation being installed in Wichita. Don said they definitely wanted the accuracy and asked that we continued our efforts. He also ask that we send him a list of the various instruments we [page break] �Transcript page 12 are calibrating – the limits we use and the specification limits – Johnnie Alexander also wants a copy – Copeland arranged a trip for us up to Saipan and Tinnian on Saturday – to be gone for a week or more. Dick Morgan and Copeland are going along. Jack Morgan arranged for a weapons Carrier so we could drive down to the Naval air base. Lysle had to take a package to a friend of his down there – and Mitch and I wanted to see what ships were in the harbor – The Lexington was not in. Harold Clevenger is on the Lexington – The trip down was very interesting because we went thru a number of Native villages which were pretty well shot up during the invasion. I got some pictures at [Agauana? Illegible]. [page break] [Written in top margin:] Neko – soap – Parke-Davis Don Coupland – Correct spelling On the way back we stopped at the beach for a swim. Took some pictures at the beach. We moved out of the transient officers quarters to the 314th wing – 39th group to stay with Lt. Col. Frederick. Fletcher moved down to the 19th group to stay with Lt Col. Shadwell. These facilities are much better! Wednesday Aug 1 Frederick arranged for a weapons carrier to have us around today. Made a complete tour of the 314th wing with Frederick as a guide. Tonite [sic] is the big “night”. All the crews are preparing their ships for the raid – All the bombs are stacked up on the hand stands ready for loading. After dinner Frederick took us up on the hill at the take-off point to watch the [page break] [Written in top margin:] Strickland take off. The scheduled take off time is 1830. You could see activity all over the field about an hour & half before T.O. time. All the crews were moving from their quarters to the field. About 1820 the ships began to move out on the taxie [sic] strips and to the run way [sic]. This field has two parallel run ways [inserted above with an arrow: 7500 ft long] and three taxie [sic] strips. At 1830 the pathfinders took off and from then on one airplane took off at one minute intervals from each airport. For one hour and half we watch B-29s take off. We saw 3 airplanes scratch – that is, started take off but failed to get off for some reason or other. One airplane dumped its bombs �Transcript page 13 about 60 miles out and one airplane ditched we didn’t get much info about the two ships but probably will later – One airplane backfired as the throttle were opened [page break] [Written in top margin:] P-25 – Service Center F apron and the engine caught fire – The fire trucks started after him but he got it out with his fire extinguisher and scratched the T.O.. When they scratch (at nite [sic]) they flash a red tail light to warn the airplane on end of run way not to T.O. until he has cleared the runway. It was a great thrill to watch above 180-190 airplanes take off in 1 ½ hrs time these ships were loaded to 135000-139000 pounds. [page break] [Written in top margin:] “Ernie Pyle” ship at Tinnian [sic] The 1000th airplane is there and is called “city of Boeing Wichita” (N. H. Frederick Jr.) assigned to the 39th wing – 314th Group – Special Duty – Night Test. Thursday Aug 2 Maj M. H. Stricklan says the 1000 Wichita airplane is on the field and event on the raid last nite [sic]. The airplane is No. P-25. Will get in touch with the P.R.O. and get the story – Frederick arranged for another weapons carrier so we could go over to the 315 wing. At the 315 wing we looked up Frank Sutton who took us down to see Col. Fulton but he was not in so we talked to his assistant Capt. Newman. The 315 wing is still being set up and they are not as far along with the completion of the field as the 314 Sutton says they only have about 125 airplanes, and all are from Bell. They have [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] had quite a bit of trouble with the bomb doors and one problem in particular is the hook up for salvo of bombs – They can’t salvo bombs unless the switch for the front and rear bomb door is on? We ate lunch at the 16th squadron mess. After lunch we went back to the 314 wing H.Q. to see if we could find Frederick. He wasn’t there so we went on over to the field to look up a Lt. Hoffstedar (?) who was to give us some dope on preventative engine inspection. We talked to the �Transcript page 14 Lt. and a Capt. Pert who have us some very good info on the inspection procedures used on the line. We got a set of the forms used __________________ [page break] [Reverse side of rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Friday 3 Aug Decided to check out at the 314 wing and move back down to H.Q. so as to be on hand to catch the truck down the shuttle terminal at 0900. We are to go up to Tinian at 0915. We gathered up our equipment at Col. Chadwells and Fredericks and checked in at 20th H.Q. transient crew quarters – In the afternoon we went swimming for about an hour. [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Saturday 4 Aug. Left Guam at 1030 for Tinian Field up in a Curtiss C-46 – greatly over loaded at T.O. Met Orville Simpson who took us around to get lined up on quarters. Drove around the island and along the line. Inspected one airplane for corrosion which is very [illegible] on all parts of the airplanes especially steel parts. We checked in with Maj. Pittman who arranged for our quarters and appointments. Took quite a few pictures of general interest. We stopped at the beach and the fellows went swimming but I decided to stay out because my throat was giving me a little trouble. After dinner we went to the movie and saw “Sjonia [sic] Hennie”? After the movie the Boeing gang congregated in our tent. Orville Simpson, Joe Cramer, Gene Reynolds Taggert, Bachler? [written diagonally below:] Batchelor [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] [Handmade holes punches in top left and right corners. In top right corner is written: “Davies”] [halfway down right side of page is a rust stain in shape of a paperclip] Sunday Aug 5 Up at 0615, breakfast at 0700 – usual thing powdered eggs, bacon, coffee at 0800 Simpson and a driver with another jeep picked us up – went over to see Col. Tibbet [sic] and Bob Davidson. Col Tibbets showed us then the silver plate airplanes. His airplanes have all the latest �Transcript page 15 including fuel injection engines, Curtiss props manifold fuel system. He is very enthused over the airplanes. From there we went up to see Gen Davies, but he was out so we talked to Col. Conner [Eve? Illegible] officer for 313 wing. After lunch Lysle, Orville and I went down to the Jap airplane dump and looked around took some pictures and then returned to the barracks to meet the rest of the gang. We then went down see Col. Greer Chief of Maintenance and [page break] supply at 58th wing. Lt. Col Brown in his office said they had been having prop governor trouble and that they had set the dump valve to release at 500 pound/[small square symbol] instead of 400 – and with this setting they only get 50 rpm over speed at T.O. – They know that this setting might give them trouble by having the props feather on T.O. (check into the reason) I looked up Don Christensen and had a talk with him and took a few pictures, just before he was to take off on a mission over Japan. Also met L.C. Durow who use [sic] to be in Dept 61 at Boeing. About 4:30 we all went down on the end of the run way at the 313 to watch the take off on a raid – got a few pictures – we walked back to the hut – had dinner (fried chicken) – then at 730 took in the movie and was in bed by 2115. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Monday Aug 6 Up again at 0600. Have space on the shuttle C46 to Saipan at 10:15. Dick arranged for a jeep to take us to the terminal. Turned in our blankets and drove down to the 313 wing to pick up some pictures from Maj Pittman. While we were there we saw a number of airplanes returning from the raid last nite [sic]. Saw one ship come in on three engines with wheels up and make a belly landing. He came in high and for a while we thot [sic] he was going off the runway. He ended up however on the extreme end. We rode the C-46 over to Saipan a 10 min ride, arriving at 1245. Registered in at the [adjaunt? Illegible] (A.G.) had lunch and then started out to see Gen O’Donnell. He had left word that he wanted to see us. I looked up W.C. Sweeny who is Ex. Off to O Donnell. Had a [sic] interesting chat with him. We also talked to Maj Grana. [page break] �Transcript page 16 [Rust stain at top in shape of paperclip.] Sunday 5 Aug – See attached note – Monday 6 Aug See notes attached – We also talked to Maj Grana who is in charge of Maintenance for the wing. Gen O’Donnell suggested we go up and look at the repair shops and had Col Zoller show us there. Our impression of the 73 wing operations was very favorable they seemed to have things well organized and the men appeared to be very interested in their work and delighted in explaining the operation of each gadget – we saw some very ingenious gadgets made up from airplane parts such as an 18 ton hydraulic press made from a main B-29 oleo strut, and a actelyne [sic] cutting torch which was operated by an electric motor, tire presses etc. [page break] These shops are set up to and repair all equipment in the B-29. They even check and repair the fire control units, Radar equipment, Radar instruments, Auto pilot etc etc. They have a very good sheet metal shop and do quite a lot of repair on the empennage. They prefer to do wing repair with the wing on the airplane if it is possible because they don’t have the trouble of trying to match up attachment holes etc. They have a very efficient engine build up shop and are able to turn out from 12-15 engines per day. They also have a repair shop for dynafocal mounts – and operate it on a production line basis. Gen O’Donnell asked us to come over to his house at 600 - (1000) for a drink – I received a T.W.X. from Col Irvine in the afternoon [page break] asking that I report back to Guam by 1800 7 Aug. I had no idea what he wanted and was a little discusted [sic] because I had planned to spend at least 2 days on Saipan. H.Z.B. decided he was going back to Guam Tuesday noon and attempt [sic] to get orders set up to return to the states. Since I was to be in Guam by 1800 on Tuesday I made arrangements to take the same Currier [sic] ship back. We had a very enjoyable evening at Gen O’Donnell’s. He had a number of officers over – Col. “Cam” Sweeney his Executive Officer, Col Schaetzel who is in charge of all maintenance for the wing, and others. Col Sweeny is a friend of Verne Schroeder’s and was one of the fellows I had on my list to look up. After the drinks we had dinner and then went to the movie. We had a very interesting talk with ODonnell [sic] and [page break] �Transcript page 17 it is apparent why they have such an efficient organization. He operates his command very democratically even to having weekly meetings with his non-coms – to give them an opportunity to sound off and express their opinions and ideas on the way things are going. O’Donnell is quite young and is very friendly – He provided quarters for us near his house and in general attempted to make our stay pleasant. [page break] Tuesday 7 Aug – Up again at 0600 breakfast at 0630. After breakfast we walked down along the beach and went into a few of the caves used by the Japs during the invasion – this particular beach was used as the invasion point. This beach is a very beautiful spot. I took a number of pictures along this spot. We had a date with Col Zoller at 0800 to finish looking over the shops. On the way up we stopped to look over a B-29 which had one of the landing gear struts fold up while he was landing down the run way. The right wing panel flap and #4 nacelle were damaged as well is the props. They were changing the outer panel. It was reported that the screw was about 6 inches from being fully extended – Why? [page break] Finished looking over the shops and returned to quarters to pack and then have lunch – at 1215 HZB and I caught the truck to the A.T.C terminal and by 1315 we were on our way back to Guam. We landed at Tinian to discharge and pick up passengers, and by 1430 we were back in Guam. Caught the truck back up to H.Q. and then checked in at Col. Irvine’s office to see what was up – I learned that he was having a cocktail party and watched the Boeing crowd present – oh Ham! – Here my stay on Saipan was cut short because of a cocktail party – however it worked out very well – HZB and I attended – Col Irvine asked us to have dinner with him – HZB had started negiotions [sic] to get back to the states and he now had his orders. Don [page break] Coupeland drove him down to the [paconity? illegible] office and he got lined up to leave at 0530. – so Don loaned me his jeep and I took Fletch and his baggage back to the A.T.C. depot. It was 2300 by the time I returned and hit the “sack” Big News today about the new bomb which was dropped on Japan yesterday. This is the bomb Col. Tibbits showed us the day before. I’ve only heard bits of the news broadcasts but �Transcript page 18 everybody is talking about it – I’d like to know more about its details – but they are top secret. We did have an opportunity to look over the airplanes and the bomb rack installation. [page break] Wednesday 8 Aug Spent the morning around the barracks and finished bringing my notes up-to-date. Also washed some clothes while the sun was out hot and bright – I spread them out on the grass and on the leaves of a coconut tree out behind the barracks and it didn’t take long for them to dry. After lunch went down to the Rep, Office to make a copy of a rough draft proposal which Col. Coupland wanted us to read. One of the reps was going out to the 314th so I went along so I could check with Lt. Col. Frederick and Maj Strickler relative to the photos and stay on the 1000th Wichita Airplane. While out there I dropped over to take a look at the ship which had the nose section damaged in the taxiing accident. They had decided to repair [page break] the airplane instead of surveying it as was originally decided by Col. Des Islets. I had an opportunity to discuss their airplane with Col Coupland the other evening and mentioned that Col. Des Islets had planned to survey the airplane altho [sic] the man hours required to repair the damage was relatively small. This discussion may have had some influence on their decision to make the repair. We had roast beef and icecream for dinner this evening – really a treat. After dinner went to the show. Had a very good GI. Show on the stage – The picture was N.G. [page break] [Written in top margin:] Crozier Thursday Aug 9 ‘45 Went over to see Dr Crozier of the Statistical Analysis Group. He was particularly interested in the new fire extinguishing system to be installed in the B-29s. We discussed with him some of his slatistical [sic] data relative to the cause of crashes. Fires still are causing a big percentage of the loses [sic]. In fact operational loses are considerably more than combat losses – Incidentally it was reported today the the [sic] 314 wing lost an airplane over Tokio [sic] last night. Crozier says that the first 10 or 15 minutes after take off are the most critical and that fires – if they develop – will usually start with in [sic] that time. �Transcript page 19 The air sea rescue group had a picture of the ditching of a B-29 which they showed to us. It is the only actual [page break] ditching they have been able to get. The pilot brought the ship in with the nose quite high and when it hit the water it made a terribly big splash. After the spray cleared it was observed that the fuselage was broken (jack knifed) aft of the rear pressure bulkhead. All crew members were rescued altho [sic] the pilots back was broken and one or two other members of the crew were injured. The crew were picked up by a rescue boat which the pilot sighted and landed close by. At 8:30 (1430) we went over to see Gen Giles and pay our respects. He discussed the B29 with us but said they had no comments but favorable ones, to make on the airplane. He commented on some of the engine problems and reviewed the work he said Eric Nelson did at Oklahoma City to cool the engine. [page break] Friday 10 Aug Went out to the 314 this morning to see Maj Strickler relative to obtaining the story on the Wichita 1000th airplane. Finally found him in his new office in Quonset #33 near Service Center G. Strickler said he has been unable to get the photos because the airplane is still at Iwo Jima. He promised to get the dope and send it too [sic] me. While out there I took a picture of the [“damaged” has been erased] nose section on the ship which was damaged in the taxi accident. I also took a picture of the damage done by the explosion in a gas tank. Did some washing this afternoon. Went to the movie again this evening and I can say, undoubtedly it was the worst one so far – a murder mystery – went down to the club [page break] after the show for a coke Wrote Pauline a letter this evening so I dropped it in the mail box on the way back from the club – There has been a lot of speculation around here on the end of the war. The dropping of the atomic bombs and Russia entering the war has renewed the hope of all the fellows and you can get just any kind of bet you might want. We all returned to the barracks about 10:15. I crawled in my cot shortly there after [sic]. I was nearly asleep when we all heard quite a commotion down the street. Everybody got up to see what was going on. Soon we heard some one [sic] say that they had heard by short wave radio that Japan had surrendered. It was only a rumor to start with but later the radio announced that [page break] �Transcript page 20 Japan had accepted the terms of surrender except that they wanted to keep their emperor. It wasn’t long until there was a general celebration but as a whole it was quite mild. Some of the boys passed the bottle around – the boys in the next barracks whooped it up a bit. We understood that at the 315 wing the celebration was a little more serious – the boys began to shoot off their carbines – and as a result 2 boys were shot. – I finally fell asleep – [page break] Saturday 11 Aug Woke up about 0600 this morning – everything back to normal and quiet. The conversation was not as patent as I thot [sic] it would be. We had a date with Col. Irvine at 0830 but when we checked in we found that he had been called to a meeting with Gen. Doolittle. Lysle, Alex and I walked down to the Air Depot to see Col. Carlson whom I met the other evening at Bill Irvines party. We found Col Irvine in his office about 1430 so we went in to talk to him. Again Bill did most of the talking. Said that the group of “brass hats” had spent about 30 minutes talking about the Boeing Company and their plans for the [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] future. He said it was quite a compliment to the Boeing Company. He said that the 8th Airforce was planning to go ahead even tho [sic] the war ends and in so doing will provide the Boeing Co with work after the war. I thanked Bill for the opportunity to be out here and to get around the islands. Went to see the Army G.I. show “this is the Army”. The show was held at the Agaña Bowl – which is up at the Navy base. It was an excellent show one of the best I’ve seen for some time! [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Sunday 12 Aug. Our orders finally came thru about 1100. While we were waiting around for them to show up we went over to [First? illegible] and to get our medical check. All it amounted to was filling out a �Transcript page 21 slip and the medical officer signing it. I borrowed Don Couplands [sic] Jeep to go down to the A.T.C. terminal to check up on our priority. They told us we probably would get out this evening. We left our phone number and returned to the prefab to get our bags packed. Frank Manley and Ramsey arrived in Guam this morning. Took a few pictures of the boys and a few more around H.Q. Made up my currier [sic] pack and finished packing my bags. A Soldier stopped in at the prefab with a necklass [sic] he had made from shells. He wanted $2500 or 2 qts. liquor [page break] I gave him the 2 qts! It is a little hard to get use [sic] to the rate of exchange here in the islands. This fellow will probably sell those 2 qts for at least $5000. Art Wolf, John Ludwa, Milt Rudell came down to H.Q. and the whole gang of us at dinner at the Mess hall. Had Turkey mashed potatoes, green beans, dressing – on the whole – we have had good meals. Our transportation picked us up at 1930 and took us down to A.T.C terminal where we checked in our baggages [sic]. The ATC had called about 1500 and told us to report at 2000 for a departure at 2130. We were all aboard and taxiing out at exactly 2130 headed for Kawjalein [sic]. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] We left Johnston at 1427. The trip to Kwadjeline [sic] is about 8 hrs so we should arrive about 2230 [Johnsara? Illegible] time. We’ll wait and see what time it is there. Its 1938 by Johnston time. For the first in my life I’ve read a book in one Day! Cant say the book was too literary – title was “Suds in Your Eye” by Lasswell. Went up to the flight Deck (Cockpit) to see what makes this C54 tick. We were flying on Auto pilot at 8000 feet at 170 mph. indicated. Watched the navigator take a shot on the sun – read the radar etc etc and plot his position. The air is very smooth and the airplane very steady. The navigator is kept very busy checking his chart and tables. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Monday 13 Aug. Arrived at Kawjalelin [sic] at 0557 (0757 Kawjalein [sic] time) after being in the air 8 hrs and 17 min. �Transcript page 22 While the ship was being refueled we all went over to the mess hall for breakfast. Had 2 fried eggs and a piece of spam, bread and coffee. Kawjalein [sic] is a very small island. When we made the trip out it was dark when we arrived at Kwajalein, so I had no idea how large it really was. There are a chain of small islands on this group which extend northward. Some of them have trees and vegetation, others just protrude than the water and possibly are awash during high tide. Kawjalein is hot and humid. It was hot the time we went thru [sic] at nite [sic]. We left Kwajlein [sic] at 0723 (0923) and are now on our way to Johnston - - Arrived at Johnston at 1548 G.T. There is 3 ½ hrs difference in time of Johnston so [page break] the actual time was 1918. We were taken over to the mess hall in an army truck. Dinner cost 20¢ and consisted of Soup, Rice and Chili Concarni [sic], Cabbage, Carrots, Coffee, grapefruit juice bread, butter and peaches. We were on Johnston about one hour. Johnston Island is small I would judge about 1 ½ miles long and ¾ miles wide. There are two runways which take up the full length of the island. It is primarily a navy base and as a result all the buildings and installations are very good – and painted. We found that all the navy installations are far better than the Army’s. This probably is accounted for by the fact that the Navy brings everything to the islands by boat and there for [sic] get first choice on the sites and equipment. Their buildings and quarters always look clean and neat – “ship shape” I’d would say. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Arrived at Hickham field at 2120 or 0150 Hickham time. Checked thru Customs, then went up stairs [sic] in terminal and took a shower and shaved. Our plane is to leave at 0700, the number is 7317. We have about a 5 hr layover – but can’t do anything because of the hour. I inquired about sending an orchid to Pauline, but was informed that there was no station or office at the terminal – would have to do that down town. So far I haven’t been able to get in touch with Montieth. (Pass Boat No 742 issued July 11 1946) Our ship for the return to Hamilton Field was a C-54A - (Bucket seat job) [page break] �Transcript page 23 We got aboard about 0710 and was off at 0722 for about a 12 hr flight. Soon after T.O. many of the boys layed [sic] down on the floor and covered up with their blankets. Most of the fellows aboard were returning home – others were on emergency furlough. I tried to sleep sitting up but didn’t have much luck. It got pretty cool so most of us bundled up in our blankets – later they turned on the heat then we had to uncover again. Most of the boys were fairley [sic] talkative. I found that many of the fellows had been over seas 24 to 40 months. Time passed rather slowly but the air was very smooth which had a tendency to ease the situation. About 4 hrs out we were given our box lunch for which we (civilians) paid 50¢ [Oahu? Illegible]. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] We arrived at Hamilton field at 2152. We were taken to the debarkation room to fill out a few forms and to turn in our passports to the Customs inspector. This completed we arraigned for a truck to take us up to the B.OQ. We registered in and were assigned BOQ #615. This finished went over to the mess hall and had a big steak thus ending a long trip. We left Guam on Sunday lost a day and arrived on Monday! 14 Aug Tuesday We left Hamilton field by Greyhound bus for San Francisco. Checked our bags at the bus depot and took a cab up to the Sir Francis Drake [page break] And tried to get a room. Being in uniform they told us to go down to 50 Post street and the army housing [illegible] would get us a room at some hotel. We registered and asked to get in at the Sir Francis Drake, but we ended up at the President – Not too much of a hotel, but a place to stay over nite [sic] since we all planned to leave on Wednesday – we had to pay $500 in advance in typical G. I. style As soon as we got settled Lysle called John Hanton and asked them to set up priorities for our trip home. Lysle decided to go out that same afternoon so Art and I were left to “hold the fort” I decided to get a hair cut – and while I was in the chair – Japans surrender was officially [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] �Transcript page 24 announced. This was about 400 P.M. from then on the town was wild – and I mean wild – I have never seen anything like it. We ventured out of this hotel about 7:30 just in time to get into a restaurant before it closed – all places of business were either closing or closed. Paper floated down from the buildings. Some of the people were pouring water out of the windows onto the street – soaking every body [sic] below. Considerable damage was done to store fronts and windows. For blocks on Market Street in S.F. the glass windows were broken – The ambulances police patrols, and fire wagons were rushing from one place to another and their sirens added to the whistles, car horns [page break] and air raid sirens together with the shouting whistling and singing of the milling mob. It seemed that everybody on the street except us, had a bottle. The sailors were kissing every girl who came along the street. Many were out cold and were being held up by buddies or he was sprawled on the side walk or in a door way. Traffic was jammed but the street carts managed to move a little. All taxi cabs were called into the garage. At one place on Geary street we saw one sailor who had been hit by an automobile. He lay on the street where he fell with a crowd standing around him. Some of his buddies were looking after him until an ambulance arrived. [page break] [Graph paper with letterhead: “Yards of Satisfaction / SINCE 1905 / LAIDLAW AIRCRAFT CABIN UPHOLSTERY”] Art and I decided to take in a show so we went to see Leo Cornillis in the “Bad Man” – a stage play – It was very good and helped pass the evening. After the show we walked around for a while and then went back to the hotel – turning in about 1130 – A very dull way to celebrate! The noise didn’t subside until 400 AM. And I don’t think I got to sleep [Pre-printed text at the bottom of the paper:] ANOTHER FILLER PAD FOR THIS MEMORANDUM BOOK WILL BE SENT TO YOU WITHOUT CHARGE. JUST TEAR OUT THIS PAGE. FILL IN, AND MAIL TO THE LAIDLAW CO., INC. 16 WEST 60TH ST. ___________ NEW WORK, N.Y. NAME……………………………………………… POSITION………………………………………. COMPANY……………………………………… STREET……………………………………………. CITY………………………STATE………………. [page break] �Transcript page 25 much before that either. 15 Aug – Wed. I called Jack at the plant to have him follow up on my priority. My plane to Wichita was to leave at 12:30 P.M. and I was supposed to report to TWA office about 1000 to get my ticket fixed up. Shower 900AM. Art and I decided we had better check out and try to catch a cab to take our bags to TWA and United. [page break] [Table written on page in landscape format:] STATION DATE GUAM TIME ELAP. TIME GUAM 1130 GRT 2140 - 0557 LV SUN 8/12/5 KAWJALEIN AR KAWDJELINN LV JOHNSTON AR SUN 8/12/45 LV HICKHAM AR MON 8/13/5 LV HAMILTON AR 8/13 STATION TIME DIST. 0817 0757 1602 0723 0116 0927 1548 0825 1918 1652 0104 2022 2120 0428 0150 0252 0532 0722 0252 1200 0952 [six groups of numbers and equations around the table add up time for the chart] [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page.] Guam Time LV. Guam 0 Dest. Time 1629 819 �Transcript page 26 KWADJELINN JOHNSTON HICKHHAM HAMILTON [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page.] Red Cross Kit 1 – pkg Cigts. 1 – First Aid Text Book 1 – pad paper 1 – pkg envelopes 1 – Book – Mystery 1 shine Rag 1 pkg Life Savers 1 pencil 1 pr. shoe string 1 sewing kit with Razor blds - pins threads needles 1 soap box and soap 1 game set 1 bag [page break] [Rust mark in shape of paperclip at top center of page] Supply List furnished by Army 1. Musette Bag 1 Belt – Pistol 1. Canteen, Cup and Cover 1 pr Sun Glasses 1 Insecticide Powder 1 Anti chap Lip stick 1 First Aid Pouch 1 Insect Repellent 1 Carrying Strap �Transcript page 27 1 Halazone Tablet 1 First Aid Packet 1 Sulfadiazine Packet 1 Trench Knife & Case 1 Flash lite [page break] Friday Aug 3 Decided this morning to go back to the 20th H.Q. and stay at the transient officers quarters Friday evening so as to be on hand to catch the airplane up to Saipan. Frederick order out a weapons carrier and driver to have us around. We picked up Art and Mitch, loaded in our baggage and came back down to H.Q. and checked in at the barracks again. John Ludwa called after we arrived at the Boeing office and told us he’d like to have Mitch and me look over an airplane which had been damaged in a taxiing accident. The nose section had been damaged by the wing of another airplane and it was Col Des Islet’s decision to survey the whole airplane rather than repair it – since we didn’t have any Transportation I told John we’d check up on [page break] it when we returned from Saipan. After lunch we all decided to go down to the beach for a swim. We all loaded into the truck and headed for the beach – We we [sic] there for about 1 ½ hrs and as a result got a pretty good sunburn. After returning to the office I stopped in to see Col. Coupeland about getting tobacco to LeMay. Don asked Brown and me to come over to his place for a drink � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Harold W. Zipp Collection Description An account of the resource The Harold W. Zipp Collection documents Zipp's career at The Boeing Company in both Wichita, Kansas and Seattle, Washington with documents and photographs. The bulk of the collection relates to Zipp's tenure in Wichita before his transfer to Boeing in Seattle in 1952. Digitized Materials: The only item currently digitized from this collection is one of Zipp's travel diaries containing entries dated between July 20 to August 15, 1945. This 76-page diary recounts trips to airfields in California and the Western Pacific and describes meetings and social events with military officials and Boeing personnel. It also describes major wartime events that coincided with his trips, including the Nagaoka air raid and the atomic bombing of Hiroshima. Please note that materials on TMOF: Digital Collections are presented as historical objects and are unaltered and uncensored. See our <a href="https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/disclaimers-policies">Disclaimers and Policies</a> page for more information. Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zipp, Harold W., 1906-1991 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived <a href="https://archives.museumofflight.org/repositories/2/resources/37">Guide to the Harold W. Zipp Collection</a> Language A language of the resource English Rights Holder A person or organization owning or managing rights over the resource. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1945 Subject The topic of the resource Zipp, Harold W., 1906-1991 World War, 1939-1945 Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Zipp, Harold W., 1906-1991 Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Harold W. Zipp Collection/The Museum of Flight Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 1992-11-12_text_001 1992-11-12_text_001_transcription Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Harold W. Zipp Collection (1992-11-12), Box 1, Folder 5 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource In copyright https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/82ae6c0b954c1b02e710ec90a034351d.pdf 48b34e51d6246340e8cae924c2298a68 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box: 1, Folder: 2 - Diary of Ray M. Grimshaw, 1917-1919 Description An account of the resource Diary of Ray M. Grimshaw, 1917-1919 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2017-01-24, Box: One, Folder: 2 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2017-01-24_text_006 License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Materials were digitized as part of a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Digital files are made available under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND</a>. For commercial use, please inquire via our <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Research-Request">image/research request form</a>. Title A name given to the resource [Pocket diary belonging to Ray M. Grimshaw, 1917-1918] Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Ray M. and Leonard H. Grimshaw Collection/The Museum of Flight Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Grimshaw, Ray M., 1894-1969 Description An account of the resource Pocket diary belonging to Ray M. Grimshaw, 1917-1918. Details Grimshaw's enlistment in the United States Army Signal Corps and his time stationed in England and France. Most entries are brief, comprised of one or two lines, and focus on the daily life of a soldier, including guard duty, standing muster, drill exercises, travel details, and off-duty activities. A few pages have doodles, including one on the inside rear cover of the Signals Corps emblem (two crossed signal flags with a flaming torch at center) with "32nd Sqd'n" written underneath. Note that many entries are difficult to read due to age. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 United States. Army. Signal Corps Grimshaw, Ray M., 1894-1969 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1917-1918 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Ray M. and Leonard H. Grimshaw Collection (2017-01-24), Box 1, Folder 2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/2fa3bed24927c9e0ce54044fd8ff1271.pdf ab8df5c3be63d3690bf8cd7c8ce58716 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Folder: 2 - Original diary, 1918-1919 Description An account of the resource Original diary, 1918-1919 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2015-02-03, Folder: 2 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2015-02-03_text_001 Title A name given to the resource Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918 [Pocket diary by John Hess Shuman] Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Description An account of the resource Pocket diary, "Short notes on my Army life beginning Sept. 1, 1918" by John Hess Shuman, 1918-1919. Contains daily handwritten notes from August 30 to December 28, 1918. The narrative begins while Shuman is in transit to France and traces his experience on board ship to various quarantine and rest camps in south England and France, to his station near Latracey, France, then to Remorantin. He describes the rampant seasickness on his overseas journey; the beauty of the French countryside and various sightseeing; his work painting signs for the Latracey camp and tearing down German planes at Remorantin; incessant rain and mud, damp conditions, and often insufficient food; plane crashes, the death of a fellow serviceman the day before Thanksgiving; discussion of and disappointment in numerous rumors of going home post-war. The notes stop at December 28, 1918 on another doubted rumor of getting to go home, then pick back up after several blank pages with one more note from February 14, 1919 describing the details of getting a few days of leave approved. At this time Shuman is still stationed at Remorantin. Inside back cover of the diary includes a few names, some with their associated squadron numbers. Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. 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Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1919 Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant England France Subject The topic of the resource World War, 1914-1918 Shuman, John Hess, 1896-1972 Soldiers United States. Army. Air Service Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Shuman, John Hess, 1896-1972 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The John Hess Shuman Collection (2015-02-03), Folder 2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/d42a4ed849a1b945103c1af8ff4f26a3.pdf 2418f12f4da4d6fa6379b11ab390c071 PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Box: 1, Folder: 1 - Diary, 1914 Description An account of the resource Diary, 1914 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2014-06-04, Box: One, Folder: 1 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2014-06-04_text_001 License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Materials were digitized as part of a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Digital files are made available under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND</a>. For commercial use, please inquire via our <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Research-Request">image/research request form</a>. Title A name given to the resource [Pocket diary belonging to Wilbur D. Kenney, 1914] Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection/The Museum of Flight Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Kennedy, Wilbur D., 1893-1943 Description An account of the resource Pocket diary belonging to Wilbur D. Kenney, 1914. Includes daily handwritten notes from January to June on Kennedy's activities while living in Cedar Rapids, Iowa. Activities described are primarily school, work, and social outings. Includes identification information including Kennedy's address and various physical measurements, an account ledger with some notes, and an address book with three addresses. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Subject The topic of the resource Kennedy, Wilbur D., 1893-1943 Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1914 Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Wilbur D. Kennedy Collection (2014-06-04), Box 1, Folder 1 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States https://digitalcollections.museumofflight.org/files/original/4288543f81d53cc904aefe5684e6654d.pdf b52dbba4814415c4108cc9eb52c1576a PDF Text Text �� Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Folder: 2 - Diary, circa 1918-1919 Description An account of the resource Diary, circa 1918-1919 Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2014-02-15, Folder: 2 Text A resource consisting primarily of words for reading. Examples include books, letters, dissertations, poems, newspapers, articles, archives of mailing lists. Note that facsimiles or images of texts are still of the genre Text. Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Identifier An unambiguous reference to the resource within a given context 2014-02-15_text_004 License A legal document giving official permission to do something with the resource. Materials were digitized as part of a Digitizing Hidden Collections grant from the Council on Library and Information Resources (CLIR). Digital files are made available under <a href="https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/2.5/">Creative Commons license CC BY-NC-ND</a>. For commercial use, please inquire via our <a href="https://www.museumofflight.org/Collections-and-Research/Research-Request">image/research request form</a>. Title A name given to the resource [Pocket diary belonging to Samuel E. White, circa 1918-1919] Bibliographic Citation A bibliographic reference for the resource. Recommended practice is to include sufficient bibliographic detail to identify the resource as unambiguously as possible. The Samuel E. White Collection/The Museum of Flight Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource White, Samuel E. Description An account of the resource Pocket diary belonging to Samuel E. White, circa 1918-1919. Contains handwritten notes in ink and faded pencil documenting White's military training and service, with daily detailed entries. White's narrative begins with his enlistment in September 1917 at St. Louis, Missouri; to training in Missouri, Texas, and Nebraska and service at Kelly Field, Texas; and travel to and service in France as a balloon observer. White includes details such as men with whom he trained, traveled, shared tents, and played cards; interactions with convoys and submarines during the overseas journey; experiences of going up in balloons; descriptions of leisure activities and complaints about being delayed from the front; various incidents such as motorcycle and car crashes, an accidental shooting, a barracks fire, numerous air raids and gas alarms; work clearing wires, running telephone lines, supply runs, and balloon observation on the front. Daily entries end on November 22, 1918, with White still in the service and traveling around France by motorcycle. Additional content includes notes and diagrams on maps and line of fire; expenses; metric conversion values, and a pasted clipping about Captain Jacob L. Milligan becoming acting major of the 140th Missouri Infantry. Format The file format, physical medium, or dimensions of the resource diaries Subject The topic of the resource White, Samuel E. United States. Army. Air Service United States. Army. American Expeditionary Forces Soldiers World War, 1914-1918 Balloons Date A point or period of time associated with an event in the lifecycle of the resource 1918-1919 circa Coverage The spatial or temporal topic of the resource, the spatial applicability of the resource, or the jurisdiction under which the resource is relevant France Source A related resource from which the described resource is derived The Samuel E. White Collection (2014-02-15), Folder 2 Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource No copyright - United States