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October 24, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Six Dow Fielders reenlist: T/SGT Charles F. White, S/SGT Leo F. Kamler, M/SGT William F. Brockman, S/SGT Robert R. Whisler, PFC Charles E. Johnson, and SGT Ronald J. Brady.

The question "What do you regard as the cause or causes of the recent sharp increase in the number of automobile accidents?" is answered by Mrs. Frances Copolino, CPL John M. Skube, CPL James C. Cowles, Mrs. E. Earle Brown, and V.W. Lenfest.

We see a photo of barber CPL Joseph Camuto and a photograph of 1st LT Edward J. Bartlett, a participant in the first daylight raid on Berlin.
October 31, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

LT COL Edward J. Soulliere, the new director of Supply and Service, is profiled and pictured on Page One; T/SGT A.L. Thurston, S/SGT James Volz, CPL Victor Branca, SGT Harold B. Bender, and SGT Arthur Hennessey talk about their post war plans; Mrs. Alyce Connor and LT Joseph J. Marshall are shown in photographs at the base library; and Captain Robert C. Dubose looks quite sharp in his military uniform.
September 12, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Mary Jo Swan and PFC Peter Olander demonstrate a proper kissing stance; PVT Helen Ross is pictured with Geraldine, the skunk pet of SGT H.P. Puckett; LT Samuel L. Hinson gets promoted to Captain; three 1st SGTs, William Kelley, Grant F. Walsh, and Arthur G. Brickman get transferred off base; SGT Stanley Mikelk returns from Washington with valuable data; the 38th Aviation Squadron, a predominantly African American squadron, is featured on page 3, with over a dozen soldiers identified and photographed; and civilians Alice Conroy and Howard Graham are profiled on page 5.
September 19, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Soldiers and civilians written about and photographed in this issue include Captain Charles Horvath, Mr. Hobart H. Conover, First LT Merlin C. Benninger, CPL Jay C. Kemper, PFC Donna Purdie, SGT Lester F. Sorenson, PFC Odysseus A. Liakakes, Captain Claude M. Maer Jr., PFC Doris Ramer, and two-year old Sharon Lee Sherman, daughter of Aircraft Maintenance crew member A.C. Sherman.
September 26, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Three members, pictured and profiled, of the 135th AACS Squadron return to Dow Field after 14 months in Arctic. Each man had acquired an Eskimo name during his stay at the weather station on Baffin Island. The men were: T/SGT Allen R. Tepe, known as Oowukalak, translated as "Big Jowls"; CPL Aloysius B. Griffin, known as Polywatth i.e. "Big Ears"; and CPL James E. Kramer, Eegothwola, i.e. "Small Man with Glasses."

CPL William Zander is shown serving Rusty the dog a perhaps not dietetically appropriate Coca-Cola.

CPL John Dura, SGT Mario Sirabella, SGT Lowell E. Dahlberg, CPL Beatrice C. Vizena, and SGT Joseph C. Cooper weigh in on processing changes to the Dow Field Observer.

And dozens of civilian Dow Field workers are shown in a group photo.
September 5, 1945

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Page One provides a photograph of LT COL Edward F. Tindell, Captain Richard Boyd, 1st LT Robert Craven, the parents of a flyer, 1st LT Donald L. Huff, who was killed in action, 1st LT Arthur E. Bowel, and Captain Melvin G. Caldwell.

SGT Thomas J. Kelly, SGT Carroll Daugherty, SGT Joseph Jenyk, CPL William J. Murphy, and SGT Gerard Steltz discuss their post war plans.

The softball champions from Squadron E are pictured. Soldiers are: T/SGT William Toles; CPL James Green, 1st LT Harold L. Little; PFC James Bright; 1st SGT Henry Trott; T/SGT Lester Grant; PFC Horace Cranford; PFC James Massey; S/SGT Clarence Riley; PFC Elmore Williams; S/SGT Joseph Brooks; CPL George McMullin; PFC Louis Brown; CPL Charles Monroe; PVT Charles Stuart; CPL William Mitchell; and PFC Orlando Hughes. Team members not pictured: PFC Fred Gaymond; PFC Harold Miller; PFC Forrest Harris, and PFC Edward Tedder.
October 13, 1944

Dow Field Observer, Bangor, Maine

The "Post Personality" features S/SGT Russell Swickard; "Know Your Officers" spotlights Captain Lewis W. Graham; PVT Johnny Alloca wowed a crowd as a fill-in boxer; and S/SGT Philip Stem said "I do" to WAC Ernestine Gerrathy.
December 20, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Who's Who of Enlisted Men" offers a peak into the life and mind of Corporal Leon Tarien; reported that four WACs (PFC Alice Womack, PFC Eileen O'Reilly, PFC Ruth Alger, and PFC Lillian Gottlieb) proudly sewed on their first stripes; Captain Elbert S. Stallard and S/SGT Earle M. Fennimore are shown hauling a Christmas tree for the base; and Major Lloyd S. Smith offers his pre-war history and his rules for operating the PX.
December 3, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Announces Dow Field as the new headquarters of a North Atlantic Division C-46 Curtiss Commando airline; and details at great lenght Dow Field personnel's role, in words and photographs, at Goose Bay in Labrador, at Frobisher Bay and other Baffinland posts, in Greenland, and beyond
February 29, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Officers" introduces LT Roy Simmons, Base Ordnance Officer; we also get to know S/SGT Irving Meltzer; and we witness a bayonet battle between M/SGT Matthew Skypek [or Skypeck; it is shown with both spellings] and SGT. Duane Hazle.
February 7, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

We get the scoop in words and photos about a recent Air Base Squadron party at the Bangor House; "Know Your Officers" provides a brief biography of Waterbury, Connecticut, native LT John J. Kennedy; and we meet CPL Albert Edward Korman, a base radio commentator, who, among other details, reveals how he met his wife and mentions his new baby daughter, Merle.
January 10, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Recounts a ceremony at Dow Field gym in which Captain Richard A. Yorke of Kingfield, Maine, is posthumously awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross and other awards; "Dow Field's Post Personality" spotlights PVT Lee Dalecky; and LT Lawrence Fitton is profiled in "Know Your Officers."
January 29, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

In "Know Your Officers" we are introduced to LT F. Robert Fox of New York City; and "Dow Field's Post Personality" profiles CPL Lee Scroggs.
January 3, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Alyce Connor, librarian, and Madeline Shaw, base hostess and party planner, smile on page 1; SGT Chester X. Jackson, a Newry, Maine, native talks about his role as base printer and the mystery of what the X stands for; and we see two photographs from the New Year's Eve party held at the USO club on Park Street, with attendees Frances Johnson, Carol Grotten, Inez Hachey, Dorothy Meehan, and Annette McCathy of Bangor, PVT John Scarbrough of McDonald, Ohio, PVT Donald Ferriss of Rutherford, New Jersey, SGT Joseph Huhm of Flushing, New York, Corporal John W. Karr of Chicago, PTV Jay Herbert Gassman of New York City, SGT Nancy Grant of Chicago, and Midshipman Bruce Sherwin of Edgewood, Rhode Island.
June 18, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

F/SGT Dean Grove recalls his time stationed in Hawaii; CPL Sheldon Rosenthal submits a full-page sketch in honor of Father's Day; we get two photographs of Colonel S.F. Landers and his wife; "Know Your Officers" presents Major John T. Pettee; and PFC Martin Hagopian provides the news of Unit No.4 and PFC Emil Salkay does so for Unit No.2.
June 5, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

The men of Dow Field wished a happy 25th anniversary of Colonel S.F. Lander and his wife; F/SGT Thomas Joseph Shanley is the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; we see a photo and profile of Brigadier General Carl W. Connell; and we get a poem from CPL Archie Silver.
May 13, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Stanley Mikelk, Corporal Al Korman, PVT Julius F. Kenney Jr., and PTV Levin Weiss debate the question "Will Russia be a factor contributing to peace in the post-war world?"; Corporal Sheldon Rosenthal is profiled and pictured and his artwork dons the cover; and LT C.S. Ballinger is the officer we meet in "Know Your Officers."
May 30, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

The Dow Field Gremlins, a base musical group, "alternated between dishing out the jive and smooth sending" -- band members were: S/SGT Roland Schmidt, SGT Vincent C. Quinn, CPL Ferwick L. Gilroy, CPL James Tompkins, PFC Martin Hagopian, PVT Richard Swift, PVT Robert E. Washington, PVT Robert P. Sarzek, PVT Robert J. Moxley, PVT Spurgeon Illery, PVT Anthony Soyka, and PVT Lawrence Hatch.

"Dow Field's Post Personality" F/SGT Cyril Biros has amazing memory for first names.

"Know Your Officers" presents Captain Charles D. Horvath.

Sam Maurer and Bill Goodwin, civilian sheet metal workers at Dow, have to more inventions they hope will shorten the war.
May 6, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

CPL Ade Seidman defeated CPL Lee Daleckey in the Dow Field badminton tournament; "Know Your Officers" presents Captain Robert S. Wiggins; SGT Leo Schuchman is the "Dow Field's Post Personality" of the week; and S/SGT Roland Schmidt claims the base's band is taking shape, with members SGT Vincent Quinn, SGT Joseph Cooper, CPL James Thompkins, CPL George Evans, PFC Venerable McFarland, PVT Richard Swift, and PVT Oliver French.
November 29, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

We see a group photo of part of the personnel of General Mess who made the Thanksgiving dinner last week -- the men are: CPL Thomas Potter; PVT William Widhman; PVT Augustin Ramirez; PFT Gene Szczepanik; PFC Christopher Moran; PFC John F. Mesko; CPL Ernest Berge; PVT Phillip McGetrick Jr.; PVT Clarence Page; CPL Leo Mikolajezyk; PFC Thomas P. Sandle; SGT Thomas Diaz; S/SGT Irving Chazanoff; CPL J.W. Dodson and SGT Henry Oppy.

"Who's Who of Enlisted Men" profiles CPL John Kokinda; we meet LT Madeleine Proctor; and CPL Martin Hagopian shares the latest news of the base military police.
November 8, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

CPL Frank Higgins and PFC Mitchel Strange proudly display large deer they brought down on the base; others successfully getting a deer were PFC Otis Cavender, T/SGT Albert E. Weems, Major Joseph G. Moran, PVT Carl F. Wakefield, Captain Elbert Stallard Jr., and SGT David Gantt; Major Harry W. Largent and T/SGT William H. Toles Jr. are profiled; and costume contest winners at the Halloween party were Captain George H. Stone, CWO James R. Campbell, and COL Charles K. Martin.
October 28, 1944

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Soldiers name dropped in this issue include: PFC Otis Cavender, M/SGT Mike Cherneskie, and SGT T.F. Applebaum.
April 12, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Contains features and photographs on base officers Samuel T. Kaskin and William H. Waldron; an article about the film projectionist, Kenneth Bishop; and a recap of the Aviation Squadron Dance.
April 5, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Includes a photograph of Dow Field's Barn Dance Trio (Corporal Dorian Cardin -- on fiddle, PFC Bernard Velosky -- the singer, and Kurdyle -- guitarist), S/SGT Raymond Weeks won the costume contest at the dance, and features on officers Claude R. Willis and Isadore H. Hurowitz.
August 16, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Includes a brief article about Genevieve R. Marcus, the "first full fledged female mechanic" at Dow Field; in the "Know Your Officers" segment, we meet Captain Stuart Heard; and in "Civilian Slants," we learn of Bernard J. Noden, a civil engineer.