Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, February 18,1943.
Il's A Great Life
SONG OF THE INFANTRY
Notes From a Soldier's Sketch Book
The Commandos are OK and the Rangers pretty
swell;
They’ll keep sluggin’ night and day, and fight
like triple hell.
The Marines are plenty game and paratroops are
tough;
When it comes to bein' rugged, those babies have
the stuff.
The kids who fly our planes and the boys who
sail our ships
Can dish it out or take it with a grim smile on
their lipa.
The hurrah of fame and glory rightly falls around
those guys
For they daily risk death boldly on the sea and
in the skies.
PUBLISHED EVERY THURSDAY
A weekly newspaper published for the military and civilian per-
fonnel of Camp Adair, Oregon, and circulated free to officers, soldiers
and civilians by written permission of the camp c •nmander.
Published by the Damp Adair Sentry, publisher. Box 347, Cor-
▼allis, Oregon. News matter pertaining to Camp Adair, furnished by
the Camp Public relations Office, is available for general release.
Editor and manager .....
...
Don C. Wilson
P. O. Address, Box 347, Corvallis, Oregon. Phone 8(55-M.
Subscription by mail $1.50 a year or $1 for six months.
Advertising rates upon request.
Address all communications to “Camp Adair
Corvallis, Oregon.”
Sentry, Box
347,
New« contributor« to this issue: Lt. George II. Godfrey,
Public Relations officer; T Sgt. E. A. Brown, associate director;
T'Sgt. R. L. Black, Sgt. Raymond C. Johnson, CpI. John J.
Gubelman, Pfc. Wallace Rawles, Pfc. Robert Ruskauff, Pvt. James
O’Connell, Pvt. Raymond M. Rogers.
Say, Joe, for just an average guy, you're shoot­
in off your face
ft ho are you? Seems I know you, but I don’t be­
lieve I place—
A DIFFERENT SLANT
Or don’t see me pushin forward under all that
dirt and sweat.
I’ve stood and held and suffered, fur that’s my
only game,
To take whatever conies my way and then dish
out the same;
To move forward, always punchin, and no matter
what the cost;
To hang on to what I’ve taken—if I don't the
battle's lost
Even though the circus aces an the reckless
Navy gob
Have slashed at Fritz and Tojo and generally
played hob.
Yes. Buddy, they forget me but don’t think I
give a damn
When we've smashed the Japs and Germans
they'll remember who I am.
“For when the whole thing’s over, and only
then they'H see
That I’m the guy who made it stick—the God­
damn Infantry.
EX-LAX
not too strong!
</ not too mild!
it’s just right!
s/
i, a prasulion. «»«»«b« di.tried-
Buddy, yes. you know me, though you gen­
erally forget,
- () C Gordon Strau .«. Fort Benning, Ga.
The most important transition the soldier must make
when he enters the army is one of spirit. For it is always
possible to pick out of a group of men the one who has been
wish them luck. — Leverett
a soldier long enough to acquire this inward attitude without
Portland Miss Waxes
Saltonstail.
which, no matter how well his ability qualifies him for his
Camp With Sgt. Perry
N ew York
particular duty, a man cannot rightfully lie said to be a
As governor of the state
Miss Bettie Hartbzerg. of Port­ a father with two sons and a son- i
soldier. The single word that best describes the real soldier’s
AMP
land, was squired around camp re­ in-law in the service, I send hearty I
attitude, whether he realizes it or not is UNSELFISHNESS.
cently, by Sgt. Orland ('. Perry of greetings and good wishes to our
OMMANDER’S
This word certainly didn’t characterize most inductees
the Sea Gull regiment, seems to soldiers at Camp Adair and pray
OLUMN
AZ'.Z* /< «
•»«•«
have
been sufficiently improved
in their civilian life. Perhaps competitive America excludes
o t «9
for their safe return after victory
with the Camp Adair installations,
this to some extent. Perhaps this is a good thing, for our
Camp
Adair
has ceme.*-Herbert H. Lehman.
. . called ‘Old Sol,’ this sort of thing has been known
and has permitted her burning de­
to go on for days. Other generations of Webfeet have survived
great industrial nation is, after all, built on the strivings of
Ohio
sire to write poetry to take over,
such an ordeal. Let us fake heart, men, and carry on in spite of it.”
Greetings from Ohio to our boys
the individual to get ahead, to do something better than the
with “A Salute to Camp Adair"
in Oregon. We are proud of you
next man, in effect to beat the other fellow out.
This poet today embrace» more the result:
L 77.7775^7
i Gen. Lear Wants Soldier
and the fine job you are doing. It
But the Army? Our whole effort as a fighting force
different fields of recreational ac­ To the tail end of creation
w ill be our earnest desire to make
Like This; Don't We All? tivity than any civilian community In a valley, north of nothin’
depend« of course on each one of us doing a best which is
you proud of Ohio when you re­
______
' j of (he same population in the Nestled in the heart of nowhere
constantly getting better, But it tlepentls even more on
turn.
—John W. Brickx'r.
.The kind of soldier that Gen. Ben , world. As the camp has grown from
Here I found it—Camp Adair!
Note: These are among the ear­
our efforts to see that the fellow next to us knows as much
Lear, ( ommanding General of the ! n qU¡t,t rural community to a thriv-
lier letters received.
Forty-two
as we do, doe« his duty equally well, This means active help
Second
Army, wants to see i ing, efficient military metropolis, An MP met me at the gate.
NAVY’S LOSS . . . Anthony Ar­
governors have already written in
throughout his command, accord­ so ha* grown the lighter side of
on our part, a genuine willingness to lend time anti effort—
Said I, “I came to see my date.”
thur Christian is the Army’s most
1942 and 1913. Watch for your gov­
ing to remarks reprinted in the soldiers in training—theatres, gym­ A pass was issued with a grin.
unselfishness in short.
expensive xoldiet;. When he ap­
ernor’s letter.
Army and Navy Register:
Next
thing,
Oh
boy!
I
was
in!
nasium*, handball and basketball
The old soldier realizes this, instinctively. You can tell. peared before his New York City
Perfects himself in the use of courts, football and baseball fields,
He wants the younger soldier to do things the right way, and draft board he was listed as single,
Casually rubbernecked around.
every weapon he has access to;
service club* and guest houses.
he’s willing to spend hours of his spare lime in giving extra no dependents, said not a word
What a color to paint a town!
Tests
his
endurance
by
courting
I
In our cities and towns from
help to the rookie. Imagine a successful business man ex­ whi n he ivu classified 1 A Private hardship and difficult missions;
Some dyspeptic artist's dream
Optometrist
Maine
to
California
there
is
always
( hristinn has a wife and eleven
Miles and miles of OG green!
plaining. in effect giving away, the methods and knowledge children and now the Army must
Keeps military information to a potential danger that recreation­
Ball Bldg., Corvallis. Oregon
that have brought him success to a young ambitious man. pay him $11)0 a month (private’s himself;
Office Phone 470
al facilities may be curtailed should
They don't say “Hi, there!" merely
Is never too tired on duty;
It isn’t done. The young man might get to know as much vage plus $14'1 for dependents).
the fortunes of war demand it. As
“Halt!”
Taken care of equipment on I a matter of fact, in many sections
Drawing more money than a first
as the instructor.
For driving fast. It's not my
which
lives
may
depend;
of the country various war-time
fault
Why this complete change of attitude that characterizes lieutenant (and twice as much as
Regards men of the other :
exigencies, such as transportation, That thirty-five is top around
he was getting on relief), he also
the army that must characterizes our army if we’re to win
vices
as
comrades
of
the
si
have made entertainment a luxury
gels rations and lodging. Harried
My town. But not in camp, I
the victory that must be ours? The simple enough reason Mrs. Christian wants the 38 year American team;
not to be thought of until peace
found.
Does at least his full share on
of course is—that if the fellow next to us doesn’t know his old to get a discharge anyway.
comes.
/
.. . From TIME magazine. team and is ready to lend a ha
job as well as man can know it—our own life may be the
On the other hand, thi* post, the The name for truck, I think, is
Being Continuing In Form, a Farmers
Turns a deaf ear to anti-Ameri­
autos. >bi!e insurance policy is sold
"jeep”
same as every other military post,
price. Officers and non-coms have been selected as such,
can propaganda, slurs and insinu­
And “chow” just mean« it’s time I only nee—thereafter it renews Ly
i* planning an ever increasing ex­
not because they are better men, but because they are sup- Modern Methods...
mail. like life insurance. This elimi­
In the Service Club they met, i ation*;
to eat;
pnnsion in these fields. This is not
nates repeated sales etost paid yearly
]M>setl to know more about the business of soldiering. Because
Cultivates initiative, cunning and
felt
quite
nervous,
being
guvs'
i
Romeo nml Juliet;
lor
ordinary insurance.
favoritism, nor in any way an I
they are liest equipped to teach and see that the ¡non under
Of a hundred soldier - in a "mess."
You Save the Difference
He had no dough to pay the debt, aggressiveness of fighting spirit; attempt to show distinction bc-
| Seeks to understand, and ex­
them know as much as is humanly possible to absorb. A
National Std. non assessable policy.
So Romeo'd while Juli'ct.
tween civilian and army life. It i*
plain to others, the heritage it e’s
raise in grade is not essentially an honor or award for success.
merely that year* of observation i sat. and ihyly glanced about
fighting for;
To find them through, and filing
BORN
TIRED:
A
sergeant
hud
and (tudy have proved conclusively
It means added responsibility and every officer and non-com
Is proud of his ability to take
out!
70 men in In* platoon, und beciiu.se
that
recreation
is
a
necessary-
should'realize that.
No menu, sugar, dinner wine.
none of them was ns energetic ax hardships;
more than that—a vital part of a
Thus, selfishness in the army is out. Personal ambitions, the sergeant thought they should i Carries himself like a soldier on
The ■«•tew?—no question, i. was
soldier's training.
Disi. Mgr.. I’hone 8 LI
fine.
envy, bickering, backbiting are all out. Any man who indulges be. he thought of a plan which he 1 duty or off;
It is strictly up to the soldiet Mail call wasn’t quite so funny.
221 IV. 1st. Albany, Ore.
Is
courteous
to
civilians
and
re-
in these petty hangovers from civilian life is not a soldier. believed would cure them of their
a* an individual to take advantage
To get a letter from his honey
‘ spectful to his superiors;
Any outfit that is characterized by these traits is an outfit lazy habits.
of this nil-out effort to afford hint He'd give an arm. But his face
FARMERS AUTOMOBILE.
Is
thoughtful
of
his
buddies
and
“Men,” he said one morning. “I
•"'«'INSURANCE E«ch«n*>
relaxation. No one will order him
that has not yet learned to soldier. Our own life, our friend's
is sad.
have a nice, easy job for the laziest ■ .steers them away from trouble;
life, our victory depends on it. And when the individual man in the outfit. Will the laziest
C'mon, Gals! Writer's crump's
Does not expose himself to to attend a Friday night dance nt
not l>ad!
l venereal disease or the dangers of one of the service clubs. He will
soldier learns this lesson, this necessity indeed, he finds man please step forward?"
not be iHiirked absent if he fails to
1
drunkenness;
plenty of jiersonal reward, too. In the necessity of unselfish­
Instantly 09 men steppe^l for­
I* loyal—ilespite hell and high show up at one of the motion pic­ Asked a sentry where he wanted
ness he finds, for the first time in many cases, the feeling ward.
to go
water
—to his comrades, leaders ture theaters. All of these facilities
"Why don't you step to the front,
of strength and pride and dignity that cornea with helping
are
for
him
to
take
advantage
of
He
couldn't leave; 1 didn't know.
too?" the sergeant asked of the and country;
as he sees fit.
Eyes front, he paced, still grip­
someone else. He knows satisfaction because what he’«
“
Ismk
the
world
in
the
eye,"
remnining private.
ped his gun.
But the soldier should keep in
fighting for, what the man next to him is fighting for, is
"Too much trouble," wa* the j Gen. Ix'ar concludes. "You're the
best of our breed and you are mind the old axiom. “All work ami I : Thought 1. “The jerk! He's not
a cause worthy of the last ounce of effort. Few of us had reply.
much fun."
no play, etc." and make it a point
THE TOWKK, !Uinoi.<. | going to win."
something this worth while to strive for before. In these
to take part in thi* variety of
ways a man's army life can surpass anything else in his
relaxation. The rigorous and often The whole place has me much
DER It41.1 Al) VON 41)01.F
DAM YANKEE DEPT: At an
confused
experience.
DER DISS tl't’OI VIED
monotonous training for battle can
/
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CHANGE
C CERPTS
F PPTA |j
Dr. A. W. Marker
unnamed military post a board of
qu'zzing DCS aspirants
Im* devised n means of checking
the loyalty of soldiers from the
South. One candidate from Dixie
met the test superbly. When asked
what he would do if his native
state. Georgia, seceded from the |
Union his eye took on the gleam of
a man fighting a holy war. Saal I
he, "44'e got to finish this mir
,
first, Suh"
I
From 93ril lll.l'E
HF.I MFI Arizona
■.'in t iiiiiii umili mi il in U11 mi h t ni 11 nullit ni i iiiiiiiii 11 miiiiii h 111 mi 11111 ni i It officers
MUTTERINGS
OF AN
s
OLDTIMER =
By Henry Beckett
Ml HIIIIIIIIIHIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIinillllllllllllllllllltlllllllllHIIIIIIIIIHIHIIIIIIIIIIli ■
la w Lehr must have gone to war
along with Lucky Strike "Green."
Anyway, if lehr panics you. this
poem printed in the Ft. Riley
Guidon is sure to lay you right in
the aisles.
■V
Adolf sent hi" \ryan legions
Governors Island. N Y
My tl.en the meinbeis of the WAAC
Across dvr Ru"ian plain,
biggest surprise here i« the sol- lire bound up in the biggest cause
Zu conquer der lowlv Russians und
ilii r»' enth i-ui-m foi \\ \.\C~ At they will ever know They know
Mit glory komm home again.
Adair I was
„a- almost unaware of that no matter how monotonous
WAAG« « and the idea amused me. and matter-of-fact their particular
Dose heroes von Germany reached
But ut tin Recruiting Publicity join nuiy be. the) nil fit into the
dei Volga,
Bureau whin I am now. the girl« grand scheme of this war
I
nd
laid siine xu Schtalingradt.
1MMI
NE:
This
note
was
left
on
ar< much admired, partly Iweaiise
Nothing makes for contentment
thi' men arc in a better position «o much a« working at a job that n Chicago slot machine in a local Fur der lowlv. non-Aivan Ru«-iiif■-
Things ver really getting badt.
to know their importance 44 e put counts. These women are allied licer parlor:
"In case of an air raid, stand
out WAAC recruiting poster- and with the Army and it* high tradi
circular« and in making the draw tloa They are in partnership with next to this machine No one has Den somehow or odder. der pace
schlowed dow n,
ing« and writing the copy nil of | the aimed forces. Being partners ever hit it yet."
Der infineihlc Arvan« lehtopped
Us emphu-ixe the true significative
war. they will remain partner..
of the 44’A AU
So we arc thor in P< a<Tialay, in the grimmeat
SOMECHANGE In civilian life They dug in xu vait fur ih r w inti r
xu end.
mighty 44 4 AC con«ci<»u«
a
guv
who pick« up cigarette butts
of war*, they are learning in the
Ven
Schpring came der Hell votai
The value of the 44 AAC« is that WAAC the lesson of mutual de- is a bum. In the Army he’s just
imp.
they are taking the places of men pendeme and of mutual trust and bucking for sergeant.
on nib« Ishind the lm> thcivby hope When the war i* over, the
releasing such mill fot combat partnership will endure.
Sit.NS OF THE TIMES
V Aber dvr traitorous Ru^mn«
ihmblecrossrd
duty
Thus they arc helping to
(If you read the' foregoing para­ sergeant walked into the Service Dvr brafe boys von der Vaterland,
win th< war and to shorten the
Clvi>
library
the
other
day
rc-
graph on a poster, please Ixdivve
Dey schiarirci right in mitout vait-
war.
that I daln't steal from it. I mere­ qne-lmg information about hook«
ing fur schpring.
rv.iilahle on the strategy of hand-
Croaaing the islaiiil to chow, a ly wrote the poster copy )
Und attacked dvr Feuhnr's hand.
*i rgvant with svvvn year- in the
ling people .... Minutes later. a
Another Hovel experience here I»
service was holding forth on the
lieutenant called, asking
for: Dvr glorious German* hadt xu re­
the presence, on the path« I I ravel.
chi'im« of the 44 AAC«. He wa* I
"Methods of Torture."
treat
of u number of nurses, A few
trying to figure out why they are
THE I'OWEK. Ilhrnu.« In dvr Russian cold and «ehnow,
minutes ago I «aiutisi one wearing
I
so attractive. In his opinion they I
Und v> his« brafe boys didn't take
a captain's liars anil w
remi mied
•re the U-st looking female, at
The first Di«tingui*h«sl Flying
Schtalingrad.
of the Military Intelligence Offi­
large, nowadays.
Urn«« awarded U> an afftcce of thei
cer at Camp Adair, My desk was Indian Air Force was won by act-1 Poor Adolf vill nvfvr know.
"I guess they use soap," he sug
pcs ted, “instead of cosmetics. and in the same building as his office ing Wing Uonimai'.ier K. K. Ma-
Britain cash purchase« of essen­
•Iso they exercise in the open air and I rrmcml»er thè day when he junidar for couragv an example in
tial war items in the United State*
should
salute
Informed
u*
that
we
and keep regular hour»
That'«
the Burma canqiaigu.
have exceeded $74100.000,000, al­
why their ayaa sixiklv ami they nurse*,
most estuai to the cumulative value
"Sir,"
said
I,
“
u
it
ail
right
to
hav< such healthy-bmking akin."
response, but I gut a laugh.
of all la*nd-Ia*ase aid extended by
But I think there'* more to it wink at the game time? ’
Today I didn't wink. The dame the Unite«! States from March u.
than that The uniform helps and
"Nvw, Henry!" »w the major'* wax formidable.
UM I, to November .10, 194?
I
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Admiring eyes will approve the
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tering "LADY IN WAITING"
maternity dress. Right up to the
','vcry day" you can wear this self-
adjusting youthful mode. And,
of course, the flattering print and
dainty white removable dickie
washes beautifully in gentle LUX.
Sizes
12 to 20
,<g qj »
Others at 7.95
NOLAN'S
THIRD and MADISON
CORVALLIS
Except the Club, where I'm
not be avoided. He can avoid enjoy­
amused
ing himself if he so desires, but
By scores of uniform« < vepywher- .
common sense should tell him that
A girl's own Paradis. Cam;
comradeship, sports and several
Adair!
good deep belly laugh* at stated
intervals will do a lot to lessen
the tension of the hours and days
Your Governor
until he goes marching home again.
Greets You
W HEN?
I hear a lute like silver song,
Float on the morning air so free.
Clear, pure and sweet it flows along
In ec«ta«y, it seem* to me.
As men from every stat, in the
1 nution are now in service in ( amp
' Adair, the Sentry i« printing from
time
------ to
— time
...... ? excerps from greet -
I ing* of various governor« Watch
for your state leader's message
Silent 1 steal—and drawing near, The originals’of all me -age« and
A beauteous picture gaxe upon.
letter* arc on display in the Cor
A mother young with first born, vallis office of the Defense • Recrc-
dear.
ation committee. Just a«k for
I
Mr.
Clasps warm and close her infant Newton H. Carmen
son.
Oregon
1 am happy to join with i
And while the child, like crumpled ors of other <tate* in ext
flower.
greetings to their Army r
a
Lies, sleeping, smiling on her tamp Adair through the
breast.
Adair Sentry. I wart al« to
These word« her son bear*, in that a welcome on behalf of
hour;
' Adair's home state. Oregon
"Now life i« sweet now life is feel they have a reputatii ■■
bleAt."
hold for the hospitable and
otic W est. And in vw of t
of Camp Adair, the fine work thx
I <<<■ a maiden fair and young.
In life’s rose-tinted month of May. is being »cvompli-heil there, ami
Care free and joyous from her the friendly admiration we
tongue.
for Camp Adair men, thi« «h
Like bint-notes, falls her rounde­ be easy. It i* our pleasure
lay.
beyond the simple duty. May Vi
stay in Oregon be of high w
And as her rivals, on their wing* to yourselves and the nation, ai
Turn rar and eye. seek limb and thoroughly enjoyable to » you 1 ' ‘i
so'iaily—Earl Sn. il, Gox
rest
Governor.
Maaaaehu*c<ts
This sure and certain theme *he
Please cnnv*y greeting« of Co. .
sings.
“Now life i* sweet -now life is monwealth and my , '«m personal
he»t wtsbe« to Bay State two . at
best!"
Ctmp Adair We mi»< tn, n» .«q
— Ms H Ksi te
I
Ma/ze qwsi tücJzel cûunl!
Coin lx>x telephones operate a little
differently in different parts of the
country
Maybe those in camp here aren’t
quite like the ones you’ve been used
to at home.
It s a good rule, therefore, to read
the directions on the front of the coin
box before you deposit any money.
They re easy to follow—and we don't
w ant )\>u to lose your nickels.
’ AL HORN. CAMP TELEPHONE MANAGER
THE PACIFIC TELEPHONE AND TELEGRAPH COMPANY