December 10, 1955: The CAP Gets a Cartooning Lesson

Image via WikipediaOn this date, December 10, 1955, the Civil Air Patrol received praise from the USAF--and cartooning tips from the creator of "Terry and the Pirates."


From the Washington Post:

CAP Gets Pat on Back And Tips on Cartooning: "Top leaders of the Civil Air Patrol met in Washington yesterday and heard words of praise from Secretary of the Air Force Donald A. Quarles and got cartooning tips from artist Milton Caniff."

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February 10, 1958: Wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Learns to Fly with CAP

On this date in 1958, Time magazine reported that Rosina Quarles, wife of Deputy Secretary of Defense Donald Quarles, learned to fly in the Civil Air Patrol.

An excerpt from Time:

Credited with some 70 hours of flight time, slim Rosina Quarles, blue-yondering wife of the Deputy Secretary of Defense and grandma of seven, got her pilot's wings and second-looey bars in the Civil Air Patrol. Expecting her checkout as a CAP search pilot, Aviatrix Quarles owned up to one frustration: "I'd like to fly jets, but my husband won't let me."

Read more: http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,868252,00.html#ixzz0lEfsFFzQ

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July 5, 1953: UPI Reports 13 States Use CAP Flights to Catch Highway Speeders

On this date, the United Press International reported that 13 states were using Civil Air Patrol airplanes to help catch highway speeders.

An excerpt from the Milwaukee Sentinel:

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May 15, 1957: Ike Likes CAP, More or Less Says Racial Discrimination Bad

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On this date in 1957, President Dwight D. Eisenhower held a news conference and was asked about racial discrimination in the Civil Air Patrol.

An excerpt from his news conference from the American Presidency Project:

Q. Louis R. Lautier, National Negro Press Association: I have been requested to ask this question: Would you comment on the extent to which the Civil Air Patrol program is open to all the people without discrimination and, as an auxiliary of the Air Force, do you think it should seek recruits from all segments of the population?

THE PRESIDENT. Well, my contact with the Civil Air Patrol goes back to the beginning of World War II when I was Operations Officer of the War Department.

I found them a very splendid organization. They were completely a volunteer organization, but there was a law which provided that the Air Force in carrying out its missions could utilize this group which, so far as I know, was organized according to its own rules and under its own bylaws. And I think into those things the War Department, as it then was, at least, never inquired. I guess we thought it was none of our business.

Now, I do know at the present time the Air Force is allowed to give small amounts of time and, I believe, facilities to help these people in their training. Maybe to that extent you can say the Federal Government enters into this. But it is still a voluntary organization, and I think would have to determine its own rules for membership.

Now, for my part, as a personal thing, I believe that we hurt ourselves when, in military organizations, we try to discriminate among Americans in recruiting them. I believe that just as a matter of efficiency, it is better to use those that are capable of doing things strictly on merit and without such things as you were talking about.

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May 14, 1952: President Truman "Asks" the CAP for Its Help with Congress

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On this date, President Harry S. Truman addressed a Civil Air Patrol dinner put on for members of Congress and joked that he needed their help in getting some legislation passed through Capitol Hill.

An excerpt from the Truman Library: 

Now, I want to congratulate the Civil Air Patrol on the approach it is making to Congress by having this dinner. I don't know just what you want out of Congress, but I will say to you you are going at it the right way. In fact, I would like to make a deal with you. I would like to team up with you. I will help you get what you want from the Congress--although I haven't got very much influence with them these days-if you will help me get what I want. You know, I have a little trouble in that regard, sometimes. I have got some wonderful friends in the Congress who understand what the program is all about and who fight valiantly for it. But, you know, it is a terrific thing to get a Congress to work in a presidential election year. Nobody knows that better than I do.

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April 30, 1956: Most CAP Units Not Chartered

On this date in 1956, the Civil Air Patrol's national commander noted that less than a third of all CAP units were actually chartered.

An excerpt from CAP Charters Number History at TeamCAP:  

The National Commander, Maj Gen Agee, announced  out of 2300 units in CAP, only 685 units have been chartered as of 30 April 1956.

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April 24, 1952: CAP NHQ Establishes Regions

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On this date in 1952, the Civil Air Patrol National Headquarters designated regions for the organization.

An excerpt from General Orders Number 9 - 24 April 1952 via TeamCAP:

I.  DESIGNATION OF CIVIL AIR PATROL REGIONS. Announcement is made of the designation of Civil Air Patrol Regions as follows:
Northeast 1  Middle East 2  Great Lakes 3  Southeast 4  North Central 5  Southwest 6  Rocky Mountain 7  Western 8 

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April 21, 1950: Pittsburgh Press Reports CAP Planes to Participate in Mock Air Attack

On this date in 1950, the Pittsburgh Press reported that aircraft from the Civil Air Patrol would participate in a massive mock attack on Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania on April 22, 1950.

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April 6, 1954: Two Maryland Aircrew Members Die During Search for Military Jet

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On this date in 1954, two members of the Maryland Wing of the Civil Air Patrol died while on asearch and rescue mission.

An excerpt from the Maryland Wing:

Capt. Anthony J. Synodinos, the mission pilot, and 1st Lt. Edward G. Conrad, the mission observer, were on a search and rescue mission on April 6, 1954 that stretched from Long Island, N.Y. to Langley Field, Va. for a missing T-33 military jet that was never found. They were both members of the East Baltimore Squadron and had been in the air for about an hour, searching the Upper Bay in heavy fog, when their open-cockpit Ryan PT-22 airplane crashed into the water at 1:05 p.m.

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April 4, 1950: Minnesota Wing's Disney "Gremlin" Patch Approved

On this date in 1950, the Minnesota Wing received approval for their "Gremlin" patch.

The origin of the patch stems from a failed Disney project during World War II.

An excerpt from incountry.us:

In a major show of patriotism, Walt Disney Productions had been creating hundreds of emblems for the American military during World War II. Shortly after Civil Air Patrol came under control and direction of the Army Air Forces, Minnesota Wing submitted a request to Disney for permission to use one of their Gremlins in an emblem. Major Horace E Read, Minnesota's second?/third? Wing Commander, announced in March 1943 that the folks at the Disney studios had agreed to get behind Minnesota Wing's request and design an emblem featuring a Gremlin.

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March 25, 1952: Nebraska Wing Patch Authorized

On this date in 1952, the Nebraska Wing of the Civil Air Patrol's first wing patch was approved.

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March 19, 1956: Time Reports New York Wing of CAP Uses "Right Living Kits"

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On this date in 1956, Time magazine reported that the New York Civil Air Patrol was one of a number of organizations to use the National Council of Churches' "Right Living Kits" to try to bring religious and ethical discussion into the work place.


An excerpt from Time:

Even before last week's TV plug, the kits had begun to catch on, and hundreds of laymen's groups, from the General Electric plant at Erie, Pa., to the New York Civil Air Patrol, to soldiers at Ft. Belvoir, Va., were discussing common, everyday problems of conduct. As a result of the TV promotion, the National Council's Department of the Church and Economic Life got a fat flood of requests for the kits, plans to distribute thousands by year's end.

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March 9, 1957: Pioneering Korean-American Journalist, Early Advocate for Hawaiian CAP Wing Dies in Plane Crash

On this date in 1957, Sarah Park, a 29 year old Korean-American journalist for the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, died in a plane crash while covering a tsunami warning off the Hawaiian cost.

Besides being a trail-blazing Korean-American and women journalist, Park learned to fly at an early age.  As a teenager in the early 1950s, she went to the mainland and lobbied CAP leaders to allow the American territory to have a CAP wing.

An excerpt from KoreAm:

Early on, young Sarah displayed a sense of courage and tenaciousness impressive even by today’s standards. According to the Honolulu Star-Bulletin, Park attended the Maret School in Washington, D.C., where she learned to fly a plane. She took her first solo flight at age 16. That same year, Park started lobbying to get a Civil Air Patrol Unit for Hawaii. According to one article, “To make an impression (and hide her age) she, in her own words, ‘put on a slinky black dress, lipstick and a floppy hat’ and went to New York City to see the top C.A.P. general and ask for a Hawaii unit.” The general told her Hawaii wasn’t eligible because it wasn’t a state. So, “As Brigadier General Earle Johnson told it later: ‘She practically camped on General Spaatz’s desk until he told someone to see about changing the rules to admit Hawaii.’”

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March 6, 1950: Time Reports on CAP's Lost Leopard Lookout in OKC

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On this date in 1950, Time magazine reported that the Civil Air Patrol was one of a number of search and rescue groups that joined the search for a leopard that escaped from the Oklahoma City Zoo.

An excerpt from Time:

By noon the next day it seemed that half the citizens in town were out on the roads northeast of the city to watch the hunt. A good many, armed to the teeth and accompanied by a rabble of house dogs, joined in the search. The skirmishing took on the look of a Guatemalan revolution. Civil Air Patrol planes flew low. Cops, zookeepers, deputy sheriffs, volunteer gunmen and a detachment of Marine reservists with M-i rifles and walkie-talkie radios scoured the scrub-oak thickets, flushing out rabbits, house cats, and, occasionally, each other.

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February 21, 1950: Maryland Wing's First Patch Approved

On this date in 1950, the Maryland Wing's patch was approved for wear.

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February 10, 1950: Massachusetts Wing's First Patch Approved

On this date in 1950, the Massachusetts Wing's first shoulder patch was approved.

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February 9, 1952: Delaware Wing's First Patch Design Authorized

On this date in 1952, the Delaware Wing of the Civil Air Patrol had its first wing patch authorized for wear.

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