July 13, 1942

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. Dowhttps://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1045/thumbnail.jp

October 5, 1942

Know Your Officers showcases Captain Bernard L. Pelton, Captain Jack T. Donovan, and Captain Kenneth K. Mackey. There were four weddings on base: Vaughn Atlee Stevens to Mittie Sara Downs; Ralph Anion Birchfield to Elizabeth Brown Beal; Clemente Pinkney to Vernice Paige; and Bruce D. Underwood to Ethel Miley.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1092/thumbnail.jp

May 23, 1945

SGT George Barton makes with the needle and thread to sew on the new Dow Field insignia ; LT Grace Manning, a WAC commanding officer, is profiled; PFC Pisetzner Aaron, PFC Floyd W. Tidwell, PVT Mary Skillings, CPL Alfred Richardson, and SGT Joseph Milanesi answer the question of the fairness of the point system; CPL Lloyd McFarland marries PVT Alice Fillion at the Dow Field Chapel -- complete with a newlywed photo; and Page 5 displays photographs of various soldiers cleaning the facilities at the base. The cleaning soldiers include: SGT George Ciminera; SGT Dan Mailman McCarthy; CPL Harry Ticker Taker Tsucalas; S/SGT James Money Order Haffey; CPL William Photogenic Beattie; CPL Mason Burcham; SGT Edgar Marcotte; SGT John Clifford; CPL Norman Benning; CPL Edward Chell; CPL Lowell Dahlberg; and CPL Anthony Videtta.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1072/thumbnail.jp

May 6, 1944

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\u27s Post Personality of the week; and S/SGT Roland Schmidt claims the base\u27s 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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1068/thumbnail.jp

February 29, 1944

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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1034/thumbnail.jp

October 28, 1944

Soldiers name dropped in this issue include: PFC Otis Cavender, M/SGT Mike Cherneskie, and SGT T.F. Applebaum.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1102/thumbnail.jp

September 6, 1943

Dow Field\u27s 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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1105/thumbnail.jp

April 5, 1943

Includes a photograph of Dow Field\u27s 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.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1001/thumbnail.jp

April 4, 1945

Feature articles include promotion of a USO show by the Wilfred Mae Trio, features about 1st Lieutenant Armel H.C. Opp, PFC Vera Edwards, T/SGT. Irving N. Meltzer, and soldiers from away being asked about likes or dislikes about Maine.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1000/thumbnail.jp

March 22, 1943

Dow Field\u27s Post Personality is CPL Jack Eaves of Chelsea, Massachusetts; and Know Your Officers showcase Captain Richard N. Peale and LT David J. Barnett.https://digicom.bpl.lib.me.us/dowfieldobserver/1064/thumbnail.jp