NAVAL AVIATION PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA C 0 M IIISSI'0 N E D May 23, 1942 Commander 0. 0. Xessing, U. S. Navy Commanding Officer Digitized by the Internet Archive in 2014 https://archive.org/details/navalaviationpreOOunit 37* NAVAL AVIATION ?RE*FLIGHT SCHOOL CHAPEL HILL, NORTH CAROLINA * Through the Bureau of Navigation (now knovm as the Bureau of Naval Personnel) the Bureau of Aeronautics has set up four Naval Aviation Pre-Flight Schools throughout the country: St. Mary's College in California, the western; University of Iowa, the mid- western; University of Georgia, the southern, and the University of North Carolina, the eastern. The primary function of these schools is to give prospective Naval Aviators the proper naval indoctrination and to give them a physical education course that will so strengthen their bodies and steel their nerves that they will be the most physically fit of any aviators in the world. The course will include military and academic programs as well as the physical training. When the school reaches its full strength, it will have nearly 1900 cadets, 200 officers and instructors, and 125 enlisted person- nel. The regiment of cadets is divided into six batallions of two companies each and will be under the command and direction of com- missioned officers from the regimental commander down to the pla- toon leaders. The course will include infantry drill and military tactics, seamanship, navigation, ordnance, first aid, and signals. The academic course includes mathematics, physics, and an intensive study in nomenclature and recognition of both allied and enemy planes and warships. There is also a course covering the essen- tials of Naval Service which will indoctrinate the cadets with the traditions of the Service ani American Naval and Military history. The phyiscal training program is the most strenuous and com- plete that has ever been undertaken by any college or organization in this country. The cadet will learn the eye and ear coordination that comes with football practice; he will experience the strain and bodily contact that goes with wrestling and boxing; he will at- tain the speed and the involuntary accuracy that is developed by basketball, soccer and tumbling; he will become proficient in sus- tained swimming and will be rounded cut with programs of cross country work and hard, manual labor. Supervised mass calisthenics will be part of the cadet's daily routine. The school, in all respects possible, is patterned after the U. S. Naval Academy, and the cadets will not only learn to receive and obey orders but will learn to properly give commands. The dis- cipline will be strict and each platoon of cadets will be carefully supervised by experienced officers. The school is complete with medical and dental and supply de- partments . There is a Chaplain assigned to the station, and vespers will be held every evening after dinner. Attendance at vespers is not compulsory; however, cadets must attend church every Sunday morning. The cadets will keep their own quarters in an orderly fashion and the Commanding and Executive officers will hold frequent in- I spections. While the discipline will be rigid and the work hard, *0 there are going to be no uninforcible regulations. The cadets are volunteers in a volunteer service and will be carefully supervised by young officers of their own type and calibre, and it will only ^> be one who is incorrigible who will not enter into the spirit of ^> the school to the maximum of his ability. T YiT 0 It is planned to instill into the cadets a love of country and the ideals of freedom and democracy that will better fit them to do the job that is ahead. His education will qualify him mentally, and his physical con- ditioning will give him the stamina to follow through. NAVAL RESERVE OFFICERS TRAINING CORPS This unit, comprised of students of the University, is headed by Captain W. S. Popham, United States iiavy, and is constituted as a regular department of the United States Naval Reserve. These young men study naval sciences and tactics in addition to their course at the University, and upon graduation are given commissions as Ensigns in the U. S. Naval Reserve. There are about 200 of them at the University and they are in- structed by a corps of five officers and some ten or more enlisted personnel. They have their own Armory, regular Navy rifles, an ord- nance drill room and a rifle range. They have a 4 inch Naval gun, fully equipped for training purposes. They study seamanship and na- vigation, communications and signals, and in the Summer, they actually go aboard ships along the coast where they gain practical Naval expe- rience . Captain Popham is the Commandant of the Naval Reserve Officers Training Corps at the University of No. Carolina. He was graduated from the Naval Academy in the class of 1914. He holds the Mexican Service Campaign Medal and the V r orld War Medal with the Overseas Clasp and is a veteran of the Navy Submarine service. His most re- cent sea command was as commander of a division of destroyers in the Pacific late in 1941. He represents the Commandant of the Sixth Na- val District at today's exercises. CAROLINA VOLUNTEER TRAINING CORPS This organization is part of the Military Review and is under the command of Colonel W. A. Raborg, U. S. Army, Retired. The C.V.T.C. is an entirely voluntary organization that was incorporated within the student body of the University of North Carolina to take the place of an R.O.T.C. unit which does not exist. The boys furnish their own uni- forms and march and drill on their own time, and in the past few months have obtained a marked degree of perfection. The spirit of these boys exemplifies that of the American youth who is looking forward to the day when he will become a member of the regular armed forces of this country. THREE COMMANDER 0. 0. KESSING, U. S. NAVY * Commanding Officer. From Indiana, age 51. Graduate of Annapolis in 1914. Prominent in athletics while a midshipman, having participated in boxing, wrestiling, and football. In the late 20' s was the first graduate manager of athletics at the United States Naval Academy. During 32 years in the naval service, has had a long and distin- guished career, having spent more than 22 years at sea. Commander Kessing has served in every sea of the to rid, his last command being a Navy Transport on the Asiatic station. He holds the following medals: Mexican 1914, World 'Tar with overseas Clasp, Haitian Campaign, and China Service. Commander Kessing \ is married and has three sons, the eldest of whom enlisted in the Army on December 8th. It evolves upon Commander Kessing, as the Commanding Officer of the Naval Aviation Pre-Flight School, to operate this station and head up the large organization of military, academic, and physical instructors ■who will train the^future commissioned naval aviators. Commander Kessing has been/prime movery in the setting up of the four Naval Aviation Pre-Flight Schools and inspected more than sixty colleges and Universities before the final selec- tions were made. LIEUT. JOHN P. GRAFF, U. S. NAVY (RETIRED) - Executive Officer. From Pennsylvania, 45 years old. Graduated from Annapolis in 1919, Class of 1920. Rowed on the Intercollegiate Champion Navy Crew in 1919. Was retired in 1924 due to disability incurred in line of duty. In private life was employed by the Standard Oil Company of Pennsylvania and was recalled to active service in March 1942. LIEUT. WILLIAM C. CLARK - Graduated from Annapolis, Class of 1935. Was a famous football halfback and punter of the Naval Academy during the middle 30' s. In private life he was an executive of the Chevrolet Motor Company in Minneapolis, Minnesota, and his military status in the Pre-Flight School is Aide to the Executive Officer. ENSIGN L. S. MURPHY - from San Francisco, California. Graduate of Yale University and is the First Lieutenant of the Pre-Flight School. LIEUT. C0MDR. B. H. MICOU - Supply Corps. 45 years old, hails from Detroit, Michigan. Graduate of Cornell, Class of 1917. Veteran of the first World War, transport service. Was an Insurance Company Executive. FOUR DR. JESSE G. WRIGHT, LIEUT. COMDR. , MEDICAL CORPS, U. S. WAVY - 16 years service, having spent his recent years as a Flight Surgeon aboard Naval Aircraft Carriers. Dr. Wright is head of the medical department of the Pre-Flight School. LIEUT. COMDR. GEORGE CLARK, USNR, *- the well-known "Potsy" Clark of amateur and professional athletic fame, graduate of Illinois University, head football coach of several universities, coach of three -world champion professional football clubs and director of athletics for the State of Michigan School System. Lieutenant Commander Clark is a World War Veteran of the A. E. F. and played on the Championship A. E. F. team. He hails from Grand Rapids, Michigan, and at the present time, although a Democrat, is being run for the U. S. Congress on a Popular Combined Party Ticket. He is being transferred from the NAVAL AVIATION PRE-FLIGHT SCHOOL, Chapel Hill, N.C., to the NAVAL AIR STATION, Pensacola, Florida, which is the biggest athletic director's job in the country. LIEUT. COMDR. HARVEY J. HARMON - heading up the Athletic Department of the Pre-Flight School. A graduate of the University of Pennsylvania where he was well known as an athlete and later coach. His recent coaching assignment was at Rutgers University. LIEUT. COMDR. JOHN PHILLIP SABO - well known football coach at Yale University. 42 years old, is a Lieutenant Commander, U. S. Naval Reserve, and is heading up the mass exercise calisthenics for the Pre-Flight School. LIEUT. DON GEORGE - 36 years old, graduate of Michigan in 1929. Became a professional wrestler in 1930. Won the Worlds Title the same year. Competed in every state in the Union aid in 23 foreign countries. Hails from Buffalo, New York, and is Head Coach in Hand- to-hand competition in the physical training Pre-Flight program. LIEUT. JOHN H. VAUGHT - All -Amor ican Guard at Texas Christian, 1932. One of the football coaches for this Naval Training Station and a Company Commander of Cadets. LIEUT. WILBUR B. DAVIS - from Bozeman, Montana, a lawyer by profession and before his enlistment in the Navy was with the firm of Gessdorff, Swain and Wood in New York City. Is a Battalion Commander ai d an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. FIVE LIEUTENANT RICHARD H. ROBINSON is a grai-ate of Princeton. In private 1 he specialized in the financial reorganization of railroads as an employe of a large investment company in r all Street.. LIEUTENANT DONALD P. CHALMERS is from East Orange, New Jersey. He is a nationally famous swimmer. He will coach swimming and water polo at the ^'re-Flight School. He is a company commander. LIEUTENANT JOHN J. BOYD is a graduate of Temple University where he was and All-America guard in 1934. He was a life guard for several years on the New Jersey coast, where he has more than 500 rescues to his credit. LIEUTENANT JOHN LI. STOCKER is a lawyer. He was graduated from Perm State College where he was prominent in athletics. He is a company commander and an instructor in Nomenclature m. d Recognition. LIEUTENANT GEORGE F. NEGRONI was intercollegiate boxing champion in 1934. He will coach boxing and hand to hand combat. He is a company commander. LIEUTENANT ETLLIAM P. PATTERSON is from Chicago. He graduated from Yale Lav; School and practiced law in Dayton, Ohio before entering the Service. He is a battalion commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. LIEUTENANT ROGER T». "ALSK is a graduate of Boston College. He has been prominent in athletics in New England for the past seven years. r« has been particularly successful as a high school football coach. LIEUTENANT NEIL DANIELS is from "est Virginia. He is a graduate of Davis Elkins and of Duke University Law School. He practiced law in North Carolina. He is a Company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. LIEUTENANT RAYMOND A. SNYDER is a graduate of Ashland College in Ohio. He has been in the physical education department at Columbia University. He holds a Senior Life S a ving certificate and is an accredited American Red Cross Life Saving Instructor. LIEUTENANT VINCENT C. TOMPKINS is a Battalion Commander and an in- structor in Nomenclature and Recognition. He Is agraduate Civil En- gineer. LIEUTENANT JOHN ABRAES is from Philadelphia. He was an all-around athlete at Swarthmore College, He is a Company Commander. LIEUTENANT ROBERT D. ROBINSON is from Massachusetts. He is a ve-- teran of the first E'orld Ear, U.S. Army. He has had ten years service in the U.S. Marine Corps Reserve and is assigned to the Pre-Flight School as a Drill-master. LIEUTENANT ED" 'IN E". GREENE is from Massachusetts. He is a Company Commander and Sports Program baseball coach. LIEUTENANT JAMES P. MO RAN is from Boston. He was All-Eastern guard at Holy Cross in 1934-35. He played for two years with the Boston Red- skins. He is a Company C ommander and a Sports Program athletic coach. SIX LIEUT. W ILBERT R. AUGUSTIN - Lieutenant U. S. Naval Reserve, a Company Commander and will coach gymnastics and tumbling in the Pre-Flight School program. LIEUT . JOHN C. RE ID - from Washington, D. C. Graduate of Oberlin College, practiced law in Washington. Is a Company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. LIEUT. JOSEPH M. HEWLETT - was the Intercollegiate champion all-around athlete in 1S3S. He went to school at Temple University and is in the military and athletic program of the Pre-Flight School. LIEUT. F. L. GILLESPIE - is a construction engineer from M.I.T. aid for several years was well up in the National Intercollegiate championship race in squash and tennis. Was the head tennis coach at Amherst College for seven years. LIEUT. ELLIS W. GOODMAN - 30 years old, from Winston-Salem, North Carolina, ".as in the Ice and Coal business in r .'inston-Salem and a member of the Chamber of Commerce and Lions Club. Is a Company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. LIEUT. GLENN KILLINGER - from '".est Chester Teachers College. Was a Big League Baseball player with the New York Yankees and professional football player with the New York Giants. Former member of Walter Camp's Ail-American Football Team. LIEUT. R03ERT V. BRAWLEY - graduate of the University of North Carolina and the University of Virginia Law School. Practiced law in Winston-Salem, North Carolina. Is a Company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. LIEUT. ERNEST MBSSIKOMSR - head coach of basketball at Temple University in Philadelphia and one of the leading basketball players of recent years. LIEUT. THEODORE D. TIEKEN - from Chicago, Illinois. Graduate of Chicago University Law School, and in law practice specialized in corporation v.ork. Well kno?n in Boy Scout work. Is a Company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. SEVEN LIEUTENANT ARTHUR J. SMYTH is from Brooklyn, New York and Holy Cross College. He is a company Commander and an instructor in Nomenclature and Recognition. He was prominent in athletics in college and he was well known in business, holding a prominent position \vith the Manu- facturers Trust Company in New York. LIEUTENANT THOMAS CARRUTHERS has served as Director of Athletics at the University of Virginia for the pa st few years. His teams have opposed the varsity squads of the University of North Carolina. He will be Assistant Director of Athletics at the Pre-Flight School. LIEUTENANT DON KEPPLER is a graduate of Penn State. He played pro- fessional baseball for 10 years. He pitched an exhibition game a- gainst the Cincinnati Reds in 1930. This was the first night game ever played by a big league team. He is a Company Commander in the Pre-Flight School and works with the military tr.ck division of the sports program. ENSIGN ED ARD MACK is from Chicago. He was graduated from the Uni- versity of Michigan where he was butterfly brest stroke swimming cham- pion for three years. He has been in the Supply Corps for about six months and fills theduties of Disbursing Officer at the Pre-Fli ght School . ENSIGN GUS ZITRIDES is the former Eastern Intercollegiate boxing cham- pion and All-East football player from Dartmouth. He has served as Line Coach at Cornell University for the past two seasons. ENSIGN JOHN J. 3C0IT0M0S ceoms from Pittsburgh. He starred in ath- letics at Penn State during the middle thirties. He is a Platoon Commander at this school and a coach in the football sports program. ENSIGN ARRE1T CHIVER3 is the National Amateur ski jump champion from Dartmouth. Ho was on the United State ski team in 1936. He is a Platoon Commander and assistant instructor in the Pre-Flight School. ENSIGN RALPH CASEY is from the University of North Carolina. He is a Platoon Commander and a swimming instructor. ENSIGN FRANK J. O'HORa is from Scranton, Pennsylvania. He was an all- around athlete at Penn State. He is a physical instructor in this pro gram. ENSIGN JOHN . MEEHAH is a well-known all-around athlete from Massa- chusetts. He is a graduate of " illiams College. He is a platoon com- mander and a physical education instructor. ENSIGN JOHN J. DALY is from Jamaica Plain, Mass. He was foottall cap tain at \ illiams College. He is a platoon commander and a physical ed ucation instructor. ENSIGN JACK VER LEE is from Denver College where Eie was an all-around athlete and he has been a prominent high school basketball and base- ball coach on Long Island. ENSIGN IRVING S. TUTT is from iJarblehead, Mass. He will be a coach in baseball at the Pre-Flight school and a Platoon Commander in the military organization. ENSIGN BERNARD S. SCHIFFER is from New York. He wasgraduated from New York University where he was a basketball star. Ho has played pro- fessional basketball. He is a Platoon Commander. NOTE. The aforementioned men were on this station when this list was compiled. 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Two hundred and thirty- two cadets will start their courses here at the Pre-Flight School next Thursday. . . .The daily routine will keep the young men busy from 0530 (5:30 A.M. ) until 2130 (9:30 P.M.). . . .However, from 1800 (6:00 P.M.*. ) on the program is of a light nature. . . . Athletics are not planned for the sake of athletics but rather as a means to an end, the proper conditioning of all of the young men in the course. . . .These future flyers are al- ready fine physical specimens or they would not have passed the strict regulations governing acceptance into the Air Corps of the Navy. . . .