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A Half-filled Album is like a Half Equipped Soldier
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Strong in the Strength of the Lord
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Even a Little Can Help a Lot - Now -- Buy U.S. War Stamps & Bonds
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This is Nazi Brutality
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December 21, 1942
Get PDFKnow 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\u27s basketball team, are shown in-game action (players include LT. Murray Hurowitz, PVT Albert Downing, M/SGT Frank Powlowski, and PVT Maurice Scott).https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1023/thumbnail.jp
July 20, 1942
Get PDFKnow 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\u27s statue Victory on the Norumbega Mall in downtown Bangor.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1047/thumbnail.jp
September 14, 1942
Get PDFColonel, Francis B. Valentine, new Dow Field base commander, is pictured and profiled on page one; we see a photo of Dow Field on the air, a broadcast of WLBZ Bangor -- CPL Marshall Clark is shown singing a solo; Know Your Commanders reveals Major Theodore E. Lilly, Captain Aaron W. Nelson, and Captain William K. Jordan; and Major Stuart A. Morgan is promoted to lieutenant colonel.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1109/thumbnail.jp
August 17, 1942
Get PDFKnow 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\u27s 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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1115/thumbnail.jp
December 28, 1942
Get PDFPromotes the upcoming appearance of comedian Jack Benny at the Bangor Opera House; announces the recent arrival on base of the Women\u27s 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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1025/thumbnail.jp
November 23, 1942
Get PDFSoldiers Captain Richard Mason Woolford and SGT James T. Campbell are profiled; Know Your Officers spotlights Captain Floyd L. Theobold and Captain Leslie C. Millard; and PVT Edward Kromm and CPL James Dearth of the football team are each a Dow Field\u27s Post Personality of the week.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1086/thumbnail.jp