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Camp Adair Page Two Thursday, December 3,1942. Subscription by mail $1.50 a year or $1 fol ix months. Advertising rates upon request. Address all communications to “Camp Adair Sentry, Box 317, Corvallis, Oregon." New contributors to this issue: Lt. George If Godfrey, Public Relations officer; S Sgt. E. A. Brown, n“x<-<-i:de director; S /Sgt. R. L. Black, Sgt. Henry Beckett, T I Itaynioid John son, Cpl. John J. Gubelinan. T 5 Bu t Sliandli i Pvt. Roliert Ruskauff. LETS BE SMART When two speeding railway-, trains pile into each other or a streamliner hurtles from the raiis tin ¡exulting wreckage is hard to forget. Huge steel cars are broken like soda crackers and rails are twisted like pretzels. Human laxiies are not that strong—it is Impo6«i&le to de cribe what is left of them. When a giant airliner plumets to earth it isn’t a pretty sight. The engines dig large craters in the ground—crater« that should serve as graves for the unfortunate humans. But they are not given thHt macabre care Instead arms and legs and torsos lie scattered over hundied of square yard«. It’s a tough job identifying bodies when the skulls are crushed and the faces burned. Sometimes a soldier’s dog tags help if they stay with the body. When an arsenal blows up the sight isn’t o gory a a rule. The velocity of the explosion dot away with the corpus delecti. They just check the dead (Torn the list of those who were working. But in airplane crashes, train wrecks and explosions those killed don’t suffer It's the few left horribly mauled but «till alive who endure physical torture. The greatest tragedy i« seen on the faces of wives and mothers in the lined faces of fathers who dare not cry and the iadde«t of all is the pitiful bewilderment as the «low realization dawns in the eyes of small children. Such shoer, stark murder might be your fault. Whispering a bit of information to the sweet voung thing acroHfl the table or to tell something knowingly to an admiring audience in a beer parlor; to silence argument with irrefutable facts just out of the feedbag that may lie the preview to murder. Sure it’s just an unrelated fact that mean nothing by itself. And how could it go further? The cute young thing doesn't know a Flying Fortress from a wheelbarrow and those fellows in the beer parlor couldn't pos-ibly know any thing about troop movements. But remember working a jig-saw puzzle. One small piece alone means nothing, but with two or th lee continuous pieces the pattern becomes mon* clear. I When you talk and Joe talks and Johnny adds his bit and Jack lets a word or two slip at the next junction, they may all add up to spell a journey's end. Those poHtera on billboards, those pleas ami orders from your government to quit talking about things military, aren't addressed to the guy in the next barrack -they’re addressed to you. Be «mart, soldier. Keep your mouth shut. 111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111* {MUTTERINGS or \N 01,1) TIMER Ily II. II. Tinnì iiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii i hi iiiiiii inn ti ni i it il it inn 111 un 11 ti 1111111 ti i ini i it Reports front the outside world indicate that some people are get ting silly about this war. Evidently the state of mind among soldiers, in camps and at the front, is more wholesome. Well it was in the other war That's natural. At home, and in their communities over the country, the people still struggle to live as they did be- fore we entered the war. Because the environment is the same, they find it difficult to grasp the »it uatIon as it really is. Here, all transplanted us w e re, and all conforming to a dis ciplille which in itself promotes both a healthy unity and a penci of mind which civilians cannot fitly I i II joy. We have II saner outlook We may not know whrte we’iv ing, hut at least we are on way. end This train of thought is prompted My by a hitter from my minister, the I tlilni Ri i. Dr. John Haynca Holmes, of the Community Church. New York Citi lie happen- to lie an extreme pacifist. whereas I think we should have been in this war from the time our enemies started on the warpath, but at least we are both at odd- with the i»olntioni.-t spn i which had no car- for th. i.-t of the world. “Just a word about the feeling of hate fur our enenm-, and th. teaching of thi* hate,” will. Di Holme- ”1 am getting a bit h « u the hate spirit la going to Io« ¡trace. however we may wi war, and it aeema to he grow I agree with you In all you about atrocitie» committed on women and children, ami old folk ami prisoners, as reported by I hind Stowe and other» These a th» atrocities of war, and th make me sick, and the per;a-tra tot* should be punished "But when hatred of whole pt< i* urged and taught. I volt, fi pl oples xr No Comment PEARL IIARBOR (December 7, 1911) Bi Gail Cleland. Lt. Col.. Chaplain 'Tis a quiet night, and the first faint light O’er the eastern sky is creeping, While the motor's roll of the Dawn Patrol (H t the ocean waste is sweeping. At Hickam Field and at Wheeler Field, A hundred planes are lasting. While the shadowy tips of the dull grey ships, Pearl Harbor's waves are cresting. In the barracks deep, where the soldiers sleep, No whisper of "Battle Stations”, For nil have heard we have pledged our word At the Peace Negotiations. But the seeming hush of the night wind's rush Is fanciful more than real. For the listening ears of a sentry hears The whirr of an airplane’s wheel! With nerves that are tense, he is quick to sense The threat of approaching danger; So he hurries alone to a telephone, Reporting n hostile stranger. i But the officer’s mind, too trustfully kind, lx closed to the caution needed, "That motor’s drone was, of course, our own!" And the warning goes unheeded. r “A nation’s word above the board", Is American tradition; So the troops sleep on, in the quiet dawn, With never a mild suspicion. But now up high in the morning sky, The Japanese planes arc soaring; The swelling sound has shaken the ground. And the whirr becomes a roaring. Then swooping low, the treacherous foe Has struck at a friendly nation There's a blinding flash, and a thund'rous crash! There’s death and devastation! And down within thnt awful din, Men’s voices arc heard replying. From blasted walls come rasping calls Of the wounded and the dying. From smoke and noise. American boys Conic stumbling into the open, Where the rat-tat tat of the Japanese "Gat" Leaves bodies maimed and broken. • onb Ern to H There is bursting shell and a fiery hell For our planes that arc not flying; There are submarine guns and torpedo runs For our ships at anchor lying. >• I’ E N. was n v qui a- present * had to i-l to moli li I he The American troops, in various groups. Have set np their stout defenses; Mid the Japs hnvt paid for the scon' they made Under cover of vain pretenses. ith their blood-stained hands, in the Axis lands. They are boasting a victory won; But of shameful deeds. as History rrads. No baser was ever done. Over ground made nil by the blood of our deml, On their hallowed graves, we swore That the craven attack by a stab in the buck, Should darken the earth no more. United at last, with dissension past, America answers the roll; We have entered the Fight for Truth and Right! Pearl Harbor has found our SOI L! wealth. Our first concerti is to win the war and then we mu»t estab- liih stieh a peace that nggiession will be unsafe for the aggrrs- or If possible, we must do that without penalising the innocent. But. in any ease, it must be done. To the Editor In your last Sentry issue for Although tevlorvil the Camp Adair, we have noted th* I and op- attached item ... being a filler... we military how come?? and listen. Don of the Utilities and Maintenance - vision cannot stand for the Navy ) ards rei unl. as w» have one chap here who drives One Hundred and I n,-li< tlt?> mil, eaih »lay to tfu and conic to work, as well ■» bring ing POUR iw sscngvrs with him and we think that ts some revvrxl. for besides doing his eight hours on the Camp he drives four hours each day ... and he is over sixty ¡rears of age Believe it or not? Let’s see if there Is any better record, as «r feel he deserve» a TIN medal. His name is tamis Hord.- and he works in the heating department Why not come over Mime time and see some of us guys We mir ht have some interesting <iopr for you M»rv power to your efforts on the &entrv ASK FOR YOUR COPY OF WARDS BIO • Editor ami manager Don C Wilson _____ P. 0. Address, Box 847, Corvallis, Oregon. Phom 845 M TO DO YOUR ' Published by the Camp Adair Sentry, publisher, Box 347, Cor vallis, Oregon. News matter pertaining to Camp Adair, fumi-hed by the Camp Public relations Office, is available for general relense. THIS IS THE 1942 WAY a» J ** A « bed for tl civil m . r- Sonnel of Camp Adair, Oregon, and cir< iilntid fr ■ • , soldi. - ■nd civilians by written permission of th«* camp commander. < Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY A* It's A Great Life one of the group. Pvt. Theodore Johnson. Went to Flandreau. South Dakota. Pvt. Baltes was really a worried man for several days when his traveling money didn’t arrive AMP from home. His countenance light OMMANDERS ed up when he discovered that the OLUMN telegraph company had accidentally delayed his lucre and promptly Camp Adair made up for this neglect. Eight new enlisted men arrived at Adair recently to swell the ranks Now is the time to remember, not' of our Depot Co. The new arrivals bo much Pearl Harbor, as the state , who came from Camp Grant. Illi- of the nation on December 7th, I nois, were Pvts. Seymour Fienberg, 1941, when the Japan-se attacked James Kennedy, Richard Lindberg, there. And now is the time to Stephen Meskis, Theophilus Grif think about how far we have gone fith, William Medrow. Barney. Job as a nation since then, and to be Whydrow. At present they are go proud. ing through the basic training. Proud and also solemn, in the Supply Sgt. William Trout is our light of the world’s trust and ex general handy man. Besides see pectation, for the reports whfch ing to it that the men are properly travelers bring home should call outfitted, he cuts hair, and runs out all of the hidden virtues that errands for the boys. Trout will Americans possess. They say, gladly buy a nickel pir.g pong ball these returned travelers, that noth or a bar of Life Buoy soap if the i ing. among the stricken or strug P. X. is out or doesn’t handle it. gling peoples they visited, so im No favor one can ask is too big or pressed them as did the universal too snntll for him. Assisting him faith in the U. 8. A. is Corporal Richard Von Wald who Perhaps ip some mysterious way will do anything in his power for ive have drawn strength from that the men. very fact. Human nature has a j Another person in the supply way of rising to emergencies, of room is our mail man, Pfc. Walter growing under the burden of res j Stellmach. Daily he trudges back ponsibility, and this may apply to a | and forth betw’een the post office nation as well as to a man. Cer and the company area picking up tainly no one of any spiritual dig and delivering letters. Stellmach nity can fail to be touched by’ signs ' takes a real interest in his work. that other people believe in him He'll wrap packages for the boys and keep on hoping because they in his spare time merely for good are sure that he will come to their will when he opens the mail win dow twice daily; he's the. most aid. Well, we have come to their aid, popular man in camp. Twenty-eight have signed up for and if we were rlow alsiut it earlier, and began fighting only when we I basketball. Several practice games ' 1 the Field were attacked, we certainly have *lave played Jn have shown an speeded up amazingly within the 1 Mouse. . Those ----- that ----- — Precise information must'be I interest in the sport are Corporals year. 1 ____ ' _____ withheld, of course, for military ' KalPh bee, Alva Kinkade. Russell reasons, hut all of us know that I Barry, Ronal Brock. Richard Von American fighting i men .......... hav<- _... Wald, Lute Defrieze, Connie Cron- crossed both oceans and are up ■ in; Pfes. George Bass, Norman I I Olson, Theodore Riech, Homer holding, on every continent and on the islands of the sea. the old Boone, Melven Gamble. Rex Red- | American tradition of grim hero house, Albert Burzlaff, Kern Tice, ism and a vitality unmatched any Robert Fleming, Roger Hufenus; and Pvts. Berthold Butz. Noel Nox where. Pierre Oubre, Marvin Rikansrud We also know that old camps Richard Gross, Ernest Van Lim have been enlarged and new camps burgh, Bill Liddall, Jim «Currie have been built and filled with James Dismuke, and Jim Kennedy. fresh divisions now in training. We Private Lowell Wylie is consid know that the war industries have ered the brainiest or luckiest check grown enormously and that by de er player here. He wins on the j grees all other activity is subordi average of two out of three games. ' nated to the winning of- the war. With the keen competition at hand, We know that even the most selfish he is really gaining a reputation. and unimaginative citizens are Many remarks in regard to Ore learning the stern truth that life gon's heavy mist have been made, won’t be worth living unless we do but the one by Pfc. Edward Keating win and that only with victory can really sums up the feeling of a they resume the pursuits of peace. great number of soldiers. Think of these things and then Keating said: suddenly carry your mind back to “I wish sonic power would that day, in 1D4I. only last year, us the reason when a proposal to continue the Why the Navy isn't stationed drafting of men for defense was there: passed by a single Vote. By such Especially during the rainy sea sharp contrasts we may gain some son. notion of our astonishing progress. When it’s best known as Lake One more idea. On this date, Adair!" last year, we were half in the war Pfe. Kern Tice denies himself of it. The situation and half out many pleasures; so he can send was intolerable and unworthy of a more money home to his wife. If great people. Now that question is more would show that spirit of out of the way. We’re in, and we’re self-sacrifice, the war would be in all-out. Another question, that over in a short time. Pfc. Tice of whether we could win the war, washes his own clothes, doesn’t can be answered now. It has been smoke, and stays at home over the answered in Africa and in the Pa week end. He says that he really cific. A third question remains. doesn’t mind staying in camp be That question, fellow citiaens, and cause there arc so many things to officers and men of Camp Adair, is do here. up to us. The question is: How December I was set as the final long will it take? We know, all of day for entry into the ping ;><>ng us, that the answer depends on how tournament. Since the Oregon hard we work and fight. rains began, this game has been gaining a great deal of popularity Our Depot Co. is very fortunate hi having Pfe. Albert Burzlaff II. was a sign painter in civilian life and has certainly brightened our at quarters with his professional print, ing Our new Christmas Book pictures and de* scribes quality gifts for e^eryene on your list. Ask for your copy today. Make your selections comfortably at home . . . then call our catalog department and let ustake care of your Christmas shopping for you. Depot Co. Activities SPECIAL SERVICE FOR FIRST ST. SOUTH & E By Pvt. Hsrrj Klissner MAJOR DE DAKIS The Special Service Officer of the Timber Wolf Division is Major N. George DeDakis, who has been promoted from a captaincy, laist week The Sentry mistakenly re- ported that he had tieen promoted from major to lieutenant colonel. A gnat majority of the Depot Co. at First St South and E. cele brated Thanksgiving Day by eating a hearty meal in the mess hall. Un- <’.-r the capable supervision of M om Sgt Guy Blackmore, the permanunt K.P.’s consisting of Pfc. Benjamin Play in Corvallis Brown and Pvts. Irving Niccurn. Headed for Eden, a mystery- Fred Kelly. Merrill Anderson. comedy in three acts will be pre Franklin Brouhard, Alvin Drousth, sented by the seniors of Corvallis Myron Johnson. Thomas Johnson. high school in the school auditor Theodne Spier, and Homer Almond ium Friday night. Curtain at 7:30 set the tables in an attractive man p.m. Admission for soldiers is 35 ner and gave excellent service to cents. our men, theft wives, and girl friends. Those present with wives were Lt. Burnett. Lt. Conies. Corporal James Mitchell. Pfes. Edward Sil ver. Edward Cameron, Charles Browder; Pvts. Wm. Gray. Georgi' Carothers. Bill Liddell and James McGauhcy. • Ring* Sgt Harry Me Dona l<L Sgt. Carl • Locket.« Hughes, and Private OrriBe Tru- • Bracelets bey enlightened the spirit of the • Necklaces bovs by showing up with girl • Compacts friend*. • Manicure Four more men wviv fuibwigh bound this wwk Pfc Harry Fee —can be found in abuntl- • I ler left for We»t Virginia He has ance at— i six months of service Pfc. Price » i Evans and Pvt George Babes both ALBRO A TENBROOK » are Wisconsin boys. Evan» caught Jew etera • train for Madison and Baltes !8W W 1st. Alhtmv he Med f.. MsInSukw Th* fourth • O*w*sr»» • MEN AT CAMP ADAIR 5 Order any merchandise from our catalog and have it shipped home from the nearest warehouse. PORTLAND, ORE ALBANY. N. Y. FT. WORTH. TEX. KANSAS CITY, MO. ST. PAUL. MINN. ATLANTA. GA. OAKLAND. CALIF DENVER. COLO. Save Postage Save Money ¿ JLti Um