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Front row,’ left to right'-2nd Lieut. William H. Solman, Bernarsville, N. J., Flight Officer Julius Littman, Highland Park, N. J.; Flight Officer Norris E. Holt, Carthage, Texas; 2nd. Lieut. Herman A. Shay, Bous-a*ton, O. Second row: left to right: Cpl. Robert G. McBryan, White Dear, Pa.; Cpl. Harley E. Bouwhuis, Kalamazoo, Mich.; Cpl. Alton R. Jorgenson, Montevideo, Minn.; Pfc. Verian W. Traver, Port Huron, Mich.; Pfc. Ulyssee G. Fayard, Bay St. Louis, Miss.
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Pfc. Ulysse G. Fayard, tail gunner, of New Orleans, La., will roon complete an intensive course in combat flying at the Alexandria Army Air Field, Alexandria, La., and in the near future he will go overseas to a combat area.
He is the member of a Flying
Fortress crew trained by the Second Army Air Force, which has the task at readying fbur-engine bomber crews for overseas duty.
Listed among the. instructprs at the Alexandria .A^my Air Field .are many officers-'-frhd enlisted men wlic have seen action in every theatre 1 of war. These veterans direct crews through training conditions that simulate actual combat stressing teamwork, formation flying and high ' altitude missions.	,
Pfc. Fayard graduated from high school in 1935, from Perkinston Junior College in 1937 and from St. Stanislaus College. He is the sr.n of Mr. Otto Fayard of 614 Metairie Road, New Orleans, La. His wife is the former Florence McCorkle of Edgewater Gulf Hotel, Edgewater Park, Miss. _
CHAS. (MANIE) SCHWARTZ, S 2|cj
Charles “Manie” Schwartz, S 2|cj . was home lor Christmas from Nor-; 'folk, Va. Everyone enjoyed his I i short leave, especially his parents,) ! wife and baby.	_i
CAPT. JOHN SCHIRO
Capt. John Schiro, son of Mr. and Mrs. August Schiro, ot this city has been in service over two years and ;is now somewhere in Italy. Picture : above shows him standing near the . famous leaning Tower of Pisa, in