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Service Life (Also) Has Advantaaes
I Ills Is I hr first in u series of
articles to lie written for the
Oregon Daily Emerald this
term by u young mini from this
state now serving in the armed
lores. S Sgl. Frank J'leshnik
wrote us recently asking us if
we'd he interested in some re
ports from lairojK-—n kind of
til’s view of things. We en
couraged him to go ahead with
the idea and this is the first
result.
We’ll he hearing from him
again from time to time over
llie term—reports on Amer
ican soldiers in Europe, what
they’re doing and how people
react to them. And we think
you’ll find this article, and
those to come, well worth the
reading.
Centlemen:
Ah a male civilian in the 38 tr
’ —"e group, you can expect tc
■ Vc a notice in the near fu
.‘e, signed liy the pr< sident ol
the I 'nited.States, bearing greet
logs. Those of you who accepl
this notice and enter rnilitarj
life Hanging that the service if
VrnecesKury and something thai
Vill prove entirely disagreeable
will probably find it so.
If, cm the other hand, you nc
ccpt it as one of the duties ant
responsibilities lhat go with th<
iirivilege of being a citizen of the
_ njted States, and enter the ser
*e determined to make the mosi
•your time in uniform, you wil
very likely find that the benefit:
pud opportunities offered wil
jKjunl or even outweigh the few
disadvantages.
i For example: How many of
1 • you can afford two 15-day va
r cat ions in Europe each year?
i ’ The service offers you an op
j Lportunlty for just that.
-‘Under current regulations, a
1 Serviceman must spend a portior
|**f his service overseas—and that
‘Jj days furlough each year if
no’e than just a privilege; it:
t ( . our right. And there’s your op
oortunily. All you have to do i.
ike advantage of it.
7ough Part First
Ou entering the service, you’l
be sent to a basic training cen
Ur where you'll be instructed ir
f military life, discipline, custom;
I an 1 the traditions of your parti
rular branch of the armed forces
| Ar.d, of course, you'll march an<
march until you'll think you can'i
■ post ibly taka another step.
liusic training will lie the
toughest part of your military
service, but any able-bodied
the emerald's newest staffer writes
of 9>i< experience and responsibility
■ hum * •in mite it. (i (ini, ana
I’m rot particularly able-bod
ied).
Kasic training dosen’t last toe
long, though, and soon you’l
probably be w-nt to some techni
cal training school where you’l
learn to do the job you’ll have
during your service life. Aftei
that, a short assignment in thf
States, and then overseas. Don’1
worry, you’ll get a furlough are
a chance to spend a few days al
home before you go.
Once overseas, your off duty
hours aud furloughs may prove
to lie unforgettable experi
ences.
Alpine Vacations
In Europe, the U. S. govern
ment operates a recreation center
for troops at Garmisch and
Berthtesgaden (Hitler’s moun
tain retreat i in Germany, in the
heart of the Bavarian Alps. A
wirit r sports playground, the
year around! Government-operat
ed hotels charge about $1 per day
with meals for about 00' cents
each or you can stay and eat
at German-operated establish
ments for a slightly higher cost.
In England, servicemen can
travel by rail for one-third the
normal fare. Meals and hotel
accommodations are very reas
onable; a nice room in a private
hotel at a seaside resort town
will cost you about 20 shillings
($2.80), and that’s with four
meals Included. (The English
cat four meals a day—a very
good idea!)
In France, there’s Paris, with
all its interesting night life, and,
of course, the French Riviera, In
England, everything closes up by
11 p.m., but in Paris it seems to
be the other way around, espec
ially in the district of Pigalle.
Things don’t get lively until after
dark, and they don’t stop until
daybreak. Prices in France com
pare with Stateside, in a few
cases higher, in other lower, de
pending on the town.
Fast, Free Travel
Travel expenses aren’t much
of a problem in the service. Any
uniformed member of the armed
forces is entitled to travel on a
military aircraft, on a space
available basis.
All that a soldier, sailor or air
4eds Make Offer to Exchange
100 Disabled Prisoners Daily
Panmunjom, Korea C/P) — The
leds have offered to exchange 100
i.sabled war prisoners daily with
lie Allies.
That would mean the 600 they
uve promised to return would be
^changed within a span of six
ays. Included in the 600 probably
rould be no more than 125 Amer
ans.
The Reds told the Allies at Pan
iunjom, however, that they were
Mlling to take in exchange 500
risonera daily from the Allied
Ide. The Allies have said they
•-■uld give up 5,100 disabled North
ioreans and 700 Chinese.
The offer was made in amend
Xjllts proposed by the Reds to the
.llied nine-point plan for handling
'te mechanics of exchanging sick
wounded.
V The Reds proposed increasing
> number of security guards in
^ I Panmunjom area.
The Red amendments—confined
to details— also would remove the
restrictions the Allies wanted on
movement of convoys carrying the
prisoners from their camps to Pan
munjom.
The Reds also sought to delete
an Allied request for advance no
tification of where convoys would
make stops.
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man must do is to report to the
Flight Operations office at any
U.K. air force base, with sufficient
copies of his furlough orders, and
provided that a flight is going
his way with space available he's
got free and speedy transortation
to or near his destination.
Another good feature: you'll
have the opportunity to purchase
such as cameras, watches, and
other jewelry at the post exchange
for approximately half price. In
addition, once overseas you'll have
the opportunity to shop on the lo
cal market for ail sorts of items
ranging from Swiss watches and
French perfumes for the girl or
folks back home to an English
Jaguar or MG sports car for your
self (if you can afford it) —all of
which you can take home with you
tax free!
A Chance to Learn
Bev.t of all, if you’ll take ad
vantage of the opportunity,
you’ve got a wonderful chance
to observe the way of iifo in a
foreign country.
You'll have a chance to meet
people from nations other than
your own; see the things they do,
learn their language, and perhaps
why' they think and believe as
they do. When at last, you return
to the US again, perhaps you’ll
have a better understanding of the
world we livh in today and what
makes it tick.
Of course, you can name a lot
of disadvantages of service life,
such as not as much pay as you’d
be making as a civilian. But re
member, your pay in the service
is almost all clear spending
money—no food bills, nor rent
to pay.
You'll no doubt have a girl that
you'll be leaving behind—but if
she won't wait for you, she’s not
worth having anyway, is she? (No
slur intended on American girls—
they're tops.)
We Are Examples
A word of caution to those of
you wno will wind up in uniform
and stationed overseas: foreigners
judge the United States and all
Americans by those of us they see
in their own country.
Too many Americans when
overseas forget that the local
people are human, too, and that
their ways and customs are
much older than our own.
We tend to forget that the girl
we see walking down the street
is someone's sister, just like your
sister back home (or possibly the
wife of some other GI—you can’t
always tell Kuropeans by their
looks). And so we say, "How
much. Baby?" We see an old wom
an riding down the village street
on a bicycle, and it seems strange
to us to see a 50-year-old woman
on a bicycle and so we laugh. The
Europeans hear us—and resent it.
An American soldier riding
down the highway in a new car
after a few too many drinks hits
a Frenchman on a bicycle, se
verely injuring him—and next
day it's in all the Communist
newspapers, grossly exagerated.
And We Forget
We forget that the peoples of
Europe faced far greater hard
ships during the last war than we;
that many of them lost all their
worldly possessions—and we tend
to feel superior to them because
we can walk into a store and pur
chase things they can't afford to
buy.
Everything an American abroad
docs and says it noted closely by
the local population. Everything
we do out of place is good food
for the local Communist party’s
propaganda mill, and they make
the most of it.
So if and when you do come
overseas, r.o matter where you
may be, treat the people as you
would your friends and neigh
bors back home. American serv
icemen overseas are examples of
the products of democracy and
freedom. If by our careless ac
tions we make enemies for the
United States, at the same time
we give the Communists just the
foothold they are waiting for.
So, if the time comes when you
must wear a uniform, wear it
proudly; let your actions show the
people of the world that democ
racy teaches respect for the rights
and customs of others.
Sincerely,
Frank L. Pleshnik, S Sgt., USAF.
HOUSEMOTHER PLAN OUTLINED
1DC Prexy Stresses 'Consideration'
Tom Shepherd, Ir.ter-dorm coun
cil president, emphasized Wednes
day that:
1. The proposed housemother
plan for men's dorms is a consid
eration, not a program already de
cided upon.
2. There would be only one cen
tral housemother for John Straub
dormitory, not a housemother for
each hall, according to the plan.
Shepherd said that no action on
the idea would be taken by the
f
IDC until the men's dorms dis
cussed the plan and indicated their
position. The IDC, which will vote
on the plan Tuesday, is not acting
on its own, but on the opinions of
the individual dorms, he stressed.
The Straub housemother, Shep
herd said, would have living quar
ters off the main dining lounge,
and would not be affiliated with
any specific hall. She would serve
in an administrative capacity only;
any other jurisdiction would come
from the student themselves.
Discipline cases would be handl
ed as they are now, Shepherd ex
plained, by A. L. Ellingson, coun
selor for men, and .hall officers.
If the program were adopted,
it would not apply to the fresh
man Vets’ dormitories. It would
eliminate the present system of
counselors in dorms, and concen
trate student dorm authority in
hall officers.
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