Camp Adair Sentry Sgt.McNcimara Is Army z0M Timer Page Three Thursday, March 11,1943, 13 '6th Div. Veteran Was First With "Hoss7 Cavalry in East By <pl. Paul R. Kalman. Jr. j hiel Drive and Salient when the Last year on T November ’ ‘ - ____ Germans -______ tried to _ blast ___ | 26th desperate I nst Sergeant John J. McNamara 1 their tormentors away with a final of the 96th Divis ion Troop was 53 , barrage before beginning their re- years old; he doesn't look a day l treat. over 35 and swears that he feels I Sergeant McNamara and other even younger. I mounted soldiers stayed with their The hoss cavalry was his choice . horses throughout the attack and when he signed up at New Ro , quieted the panicky animals while chelle, N.Y,, in 1913. Possibly it | shells plowed up the dirt all around Was the exceptionally active life of , them. riding day in and day out for over t Following a 6 month stay in Lux- 20 years that put his body in the I emburg after the Armistic Ser- splendid physical condition that i geant McNamara came back home embraces him to this day. and re-enlisted in the 16th Cavalry By the end of his first week in at Brownsville, Texas. He lost his the army the young rookie learned (sergeancy, of course, but had his that horses were much different j stripes right back on his sleeves critters than the lathes and presses six months later. that he had familiarized himself I In 1922 the 16th was disbanded with during four years apprentice I and he went to the 4th Cavalry, ship in a machine shop. staying with that outfit until he His stiff new cavalry boots be came to Camp Adair last summer. gan to buff at the sides from the He has some definite ideas about rub of stirrup straps and his face , the army—ideas that only 29 years took on a ruddy glow, the effect i of military life can develop. One of of a torrid Texas sun. His day be ; these is that the hoss cavalry will gan at 5 a.m. and ended shortly eventually show its importance in before noon. Quite soft, the ser- thia war. geant commented, having the whole j “There are many places in the afternoon to one’s self but we were desert and in other areas where inclined to be a bit skeptical about mechanized and armored columns this after hearing the work that can't operate,” he opines. “Horse he accomplished during the morn borne light artillery and other ing hours. mounted cavalry units can get After breakfast and physical around on terrain that would be drill he mounted his charge and almost u„„„ov impossible to cope with ....... by -j practiced cavalry maneuvers forj ____ other _______ methods. . That’s whgQ when the three hours when he returned to »horse will come back into his the stables, unsaddled the horse, ’rightful glory.” and cooled off the animal with an ( The sergeant also believes that hoirr s slow walk. Then he d curry fhe Model 1943 Doughboy is twice and feed the horse and himself. as tough as the 1918 version be- A skirmish with a group of cause soldiering that he gets in Mexican baditos near Mission, Tex- | training is twice as hard and that as, on the Rio Grande gave him his food, equipment and officers’ his first taste of fire. are twice as good. Realizing that they had been i The conversation ended there as caught in an ambush. Mac and his the sergeant excused himself to column dismounted and shot it out turn out his troop for retreat. with the guerrillas. When the smoke cleared away a half hour later, 80 Mexican bodies dotted the Sofl of Camp Worker Texas landscape while only one Wins Hero Citation American soldier required medi cal care. The proudest mother in this j In November of 1917, Sergeant McNamara was divorced from the , Camp is Mrs. Erma Byington—' cavalry temporarily and went over- [ and the Camp is just as proud of seas with a horse drawn ammuni-' her. tion train serving the 19th, 20th I Mrs. Byington has two sons in and 21st Artillery Battalions which ' the service, one overseas, the other were attached to the 5th Division. I in San Diego, California. Three weeks after he landed in j The other day Mrs. Byington ar France he became self appointed rived for work at the Station Hos veterinarian to a score or more pital at the usual time—6 a.m. French horses. Before starting her round of He described the decrepit ani chores, she took time to read a let mals as being “half gassed ar.d so ter, informing her that her son worn out from trips to the front Cpl. Byington made numerous trips that they were hardly fit for any as flight navigator, under extreme- , thing but the glue factory. Many times we had to cut the ly hazardous conditions in an air-1 craft having no defensive arma-, sicker ones out of harness and the rider would mount the caisson and ( merit to supply combatant forces | ride there for the remainder of the and evacuate the wounded from the I combat area in the South Pacific. trip.” After reading the letter, Mrs. The 5th entered its first major Byington went on with her work encounter with an offensive in the I in the ward. spring of 1918. Rain came down in torrents and turned the French j Yes, Camp Adair is as proud of j Mrs. Byington as Mrs. Byington is highways into a sea of sticky, of her sons. clinging mud that bogged down the American advance to the Ah. Death. Old Stinger point where horses, guns and cais York. Pa. (CN8)—After 35 years sons moved along at a snail's pace. At night when artillery fire was of careful planning, the funeral of at it« lowest ebb. the ammunition Howard S. Thoma* has been held train was busiest. Horses were al just as he wanted it following lowed to rest during the daylight his recent death. He made his hours but as soon as darkness own coffin of $4 worth of cherry came they were harnessed to the wood and exhibited it in his bar caissons and began the ail night ber shop. He carved his own tomb trek to the front lines bringing up stone complete with all inscrip supplies of fresh ammunition to tions — except the date of hi« aeatn. He chose pallbearers and the big gun». The 5th received its most ter outlived four of his six original , rific bombardment in the St, Mi- .elections. Bingo! ¡Army’s 'Who’s Who' To Appear in Yank day Beware of Ides of March; Income Tax Deadline On Monday, income tax rears its ugly head. Better file that 1 return, soldier. i Any single person thnt earned more than 5566 last year must file an income tax return by March 15; any married person must, if he earned more than $1,200. likewise I must file. All servicemen below the grade of a commissioned officer receive I a specific deduction of $250 -for single meji and $300 for married men and heads of families. If you’re a married man and seperat- ed from your wife or family be cause of military service, you’re still the boss! Income tax blanks may be pro cured from the Judge Advocate’s office at Post Headquarters. Publication Lists Names of War Heroes An exclusive “Who’s Who” of Army war heroes, with the names of more than a thousand enlisted men decorated for bravery in ac tion since Pearl Harbor, will begin to appear in the March 26th issue of YANK, The Army Weekly, which goes on sale for servicemen all over the country March 19th. Such a list of war heroes has never been published before. 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