Dow Field Observer

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May 17, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Third WAAAC officer Iva L. Culbertson is pictured; "Dow Field's Post Personality" features PVT Adolph Hannes; and soldiers being promoted include: Stephen E. Lubich; William U. Whitney; Wallace P. Novak; Dan M. Shaw; Willian H. Maylen, Herbert I. Boo; Claud B. Speer; Doria Cardin; Edward H. Kromm.
May 24, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

The Observer celebrates its one year anniversary; "Dow Field's Post Personality" PVT Samuel J. Profeta combines music, boxing, poetry, and pitching; and "Know Your Officers: features LT George A. Ormiston and 1st LT Albert E. Bauer.
May 31, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

PFC David Kornhauser gets a fond farewell as he leaves Dow Field; CPL Bert Gawley provides the news from the Ordnance Department; S/SGT Paul J. Geden gives us the "Dow Field Diary"; and CPL Carl P. Hessing tells us the latest about the Finance Department.
May 3, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

CPL Sam Chimoff gets the star treatment in "Dow Field's Post Personality"; and LT Edward L. Mills is the officer we get to know in "Know Your Officers."
November 1, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Former heavy weight boxing champ Max Baer and his boxing brother Buddy Baer visit Dow Field; PVT Bob Loester is the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; and T-5 Jane Competillo may have found suitor.
November 15, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Some of Dow Field's soldiers paraded on Exchange Street to promote a benefit showing of "This Is the Army"; SGT Steve Swetenko and CPL Ken Bishop entertained on base; "Dow Field's Post Personality" profiles PVT Joseph Nyme; "Know Your Officers" presents Chaplain Harold R. Lutz; and CPL John Horodysky "seems to have lost that sparkling smile recently" (not specified why).
November 22, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Mr. James J. Milliner of Bangor is presented an Air Medal and Distinguished Flying Cross, awarded to his missing in action son James J. Milliner; S/SGT Stanley Schaffer, SGT Leroy Rodman, CPL Harold Lynton, and CPL Al Stone edged out WACS S/SGT Sue Friedrichs, SGT Beatrice Goldstein, PFC Shirley Hirschaut, and PFC Ginny Bonham in a trivia contest; PFC Alfred Paulini is the "Dow Field's Post Personality" of the week; and Captain Phillip J. Gilinson was promoted to Commanding Officer of the Base Weather Detachment.
November 29, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

PFC Toni Romano and CPL Gladys Hoffman have the table ready for the Thanksgiving rush in the WAC's Mess Hall; "Know Your Officers" introduces LT COL Bernhard T. Alm; "Dow Field's Post Personality" features S/SGT Stanley J. Schaffer; and CPL Ted Johns dishes the latest news from the Quartermaster.
November 8, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

SGT Shorty de Lorme is shown being toward over by visiting boxing greats Max and Buddy Baer; "Know Your Officers" profiles gym instructor LT Clarence H. Ortt of Newcomerstown, Ohio; CPL Maurince Bargonier dishes the news and gossip from the Signal Corps; and John Gildersleeve and Arvid Johnson were winners in base boxing bouts.
October 11, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" highlights the life of S/SGT Joseph Aloyisous Theodore Levy; promotions on base include Harold S. Linton, Irving N. Meltzer, and Emmett W. Heenan; and Fernande J. Marcotte completed her service at the dental clinic on base.
October 18, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" presents an extensive look at the life of PFC Jimmy Niles; Herb Finnell, Bob Howard, Warren Peryea, Jack Marcus, and Carl Farcus compete for the crown of Mr. Medic of 1943 -- an honor won by Mr. Finnell; and Violet Powers marries SGT Anges Bushey.
October 25, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

News from the Complement Squadron, written by Joseph P. McCartney, fills us in on the antics of 1st SGT John Wesolosky, CPL Danny Sabau, SGT Vince McGarry, LT Jack E. Wilkin, Captain William C. Jedd, and others.
October 4, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

LT COL Thorne Deuel and Captain Raymond A. Dresher attend a ceremony dedicating the new gymnasium on the base; Captain Frank Comiskey celebrates 25 years of Army life; and Chaplain James Blakeney returns to Dow after 16 months service in Europe.
September 13, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" is CPL Ralph Woodall; "Know Your Officers" shines a light on Captain George Martin from Troy, New York; and PVT Samuel J. Profeta, SGT Johnny Levine, and WAC Louse Buckinger are among the entertainers at a Dow Field show.
September 20, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Officers" introduces Captain Raymond A. Drescher; CPL Bert Gawley gives us the news and musings from the Ordnance Department; and a long list of base promotions includes Geneva E. Mosgrave, Agnas C. Gustafson, Hannah M. Matlack, Lucille T. Bishop, Adna E. Dutton, Hazel D. Freeman, Dorothy Himmelsbach, Alvin J. Holstead, John H. Madar, Erwin F. Link, Evaristo Garcia, Quentin R. Randall, Henry A. Prussell, Francis M. Wasil, Nicholas J. Thereoulis, Joseph F. Bryja, and Edwin Langfelder.
September 27, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

We see a photograph of the interior of the Dow Field gymnasium; PVT Harold S. Lynton of the Law Department is the week's "Dow Field's Post Personality"; "Know Your Officers" shows us a sharp picture of Major Bernard Frazin; and Brigadier General Frank O.D. Hunter is named the new commander of the First Fighter Command.
September 6, 1943

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Dow Field's Post Personality" features SGT Al DeVincentis; "Know Your Officers" spotlights LT Elmer J. Watry; and John Reardon becomes the new director of the Dow Field U.S.O.
August 17, 1942

Dow Field Observer, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Commanders" introduces base surgeon Major Richard L. Bohannon and ear, nose, and throat specialist Major Robert L. McCollum; we see a photograph of Bangor's famed salmon pool; PVT John Belkovicz is regaled for his talents in three sports; and PVT Charles LaCourse returns to base from furlough with a baseball autographed by several former major league baseball players, including "Jumping" Joe Dugan.
August 10, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Includes brief biographies on Majors Robert Ford and Ormonde de Kay; a profile of PVT. John Scoco, a man who "clicks as a light classic tenor"; a lengthy list of promotions of men stationed on the base; and a telling of the tennis talents of PVT. Johnny Belkovicz.
August 24, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Dow Field hosts visitors Senator Harry S. Truman of Missouri, Senator Harley M. Kilgore of West Virginia, and Senator Ralph Owen Brewster of Maine; "Know Your Commanders" introduces Major John C. Wriston and Major William F. Fletcher; we learn of the promotion to major for Captain Edward H. Shotthafer; and we read that PVT. Joseph White of Quincy, Massachusetts, continues his post as city councilor of Quincy despite his distant military service.
August 31, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Announces the retirement of Master Sergeant Benjamin King, who had joined the Army in 1911; in "Know Your Commanders" we get to know Major Coburn A.L. Campbell and Captain A. Dewey Carter; and page two gets up up-to-date with all the news and gossip from the Weather Squadron, the Finance Department, the Air Base Squadron, and more.
December 21, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Officers" showcases Major Lorimer Earle Goodwin and Major Thorne Deuel; PFC Frank Saladino presents news and humor from the quartermaster; Private Ken Bishop, a master voice impressionist, is profiled; and members of the Dow Field Bombers, the base's basketball team, are shown in-game action (players include LT. Murray Hurowitz, PVT Albert Downing, M/SGT Frank Powlowski, and PVT Maurice Scott).
December 28, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Promotes the upcoming appearance of comedian Jack Benny at the Bangor Opera House; announces the recent arrival on base of the Women's Army Auxiliary Corps (WAAC members mentioned include Nina E.V. Donahue, Betty Branch, Arlenne H. Goodridge, Dorothy Papke, Helen Goodman, Lois Hartzell, Josephine Orneles, and J. Mary Bonnell); details the young life of PFC Frank Saladino; and introduces us to officers LT George Herbert Olson and First LT Mary B. Robinson.
July 13, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

Features a photo and brief profile of PVT Paul J. Geden; PVT Pearce Parkhurst also gets an extended write-up; and "Know Your Commanders" spotlights Major A.L. Dow
July 20, 1942

Dow Field Personnel, Bangor, Maine

"Know Your Commanders" introduces Major George Kantor; we see citations of heroism issued to PVT Harold V. Keahey and PVT Wilson S. Smart for assisting during an army air place crash at Dow Field on December 18, 1941; and we see a picture of Charles E.Tefft's statue Victory on the Norumbega Mall in downtown Bangor.