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Vol. 1, No. 48.
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Camp Adair. Oregon. Thursday, March 18. 1943.
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SILVER STAR TO BRIGADIER GENERAL MOORE Gen. Cook Bestows
Award in Ceremony
Timber Wolves, For First Time,
Pass in Review Before Generals
.
By I’vt. Jim O’Connell
Award of the Silver Star, for gallantry in action, was
■ •’st Saturday conferred upon Brigadier General Bryant E.
foore. assistant commander, before the assembled Timber
'Volf division.
♦ Following award of the citation,
for General Moore’s gallantry in
action at Guadalcanal Nov. 23, the
entire Timber Wolf division passed
in review for the first time since
its last Sept. 15 activation- before
its commanding generals, Division
Essentials Go to
al Commander Major General Gil
bert R. Cook; General Moore and
So’diers Overseas
Brigadier General William C.
Post exchanges within the con- Dunckel, artillery commander.
Significantly, General Moore
nental limits of the United States
joins
both of the other Timber
■ive given up high priority rating
Wolf Division genersls as wear
n all items except for a limited
er of the Silver Star. General
st of those deemed essential to Cook and General Dunckel won
»aintain the morale of a soldier the award during World War I
n an Army post, the War Depart- in France.
The medal is the second won by
-tent announced. The purpose is
the Timber Wolf division. Sgt.
o save materials and transports-
Clarence D. Leach was last fait
ion.
conferred the Soldier’s Medal, for
Since it is necessary to get as bravery shown when a truck acci
any conveniences as possible to dently caught fire.
oldiers overseas, overseas post ex-
Impressive Ceremony
hanges will not be affected. Actu-
Saturday’s entire ceremony was
’ly, the soldiers within the conti- perhaps the most impressive seen
»ntal limits of the United States at this Post.
-e giving up their high rating on
The Silver Star award to Gen
■rtain items such as wrist watches, eral Moore, whose home is Ells
•shlights anil flashlight batter- worth, Maine, was by order of the
os so that the men who are in for- Commanding General, United
:gn lands may be assured of get States Army Forces in the South
ting these and similar items.
Pacific Area.
Not affected by the new ruling
At the time of the action Gen
ne candies, soft drinks, ice cream, eral Moore was a colonel, and took
'hewing gum, tobacco, certain toi an active part in the Guadalcanal
let articles and equipment cleaning campaign. The citation described
items, which are considered neces the action:
sary in the normal camp life of a
“An infantry battalion being re.
soldier in the U.S. Army.
lieved from a defensive position
Most drastically affected are ar was subjected to extremely heavy
ticles of clothing and accessories, and effective enemy fire by which
handkerchiefs, ties, coats, shirts the battalion commander had been
and underwear. This does not mean seriously wounded, and two of hia
that these items are not to be sold staff officers and a number of en
in the post exchanges, but merely listed men at the command post
that their priorities have been had been killed.”
(Continued on Page 10, Col. 5)
lowered.
"‘Xs Cede Priority
Manv 61 Items
*
f or gallantry
action at Guadalcanal. }>» atier General Bryant E. Moore, assistant commander
of the Timber Wolf Division. wa« presented with the 'iher -tar last Saturday amid imp’-c «iva
ceremonies. After presentation of the medal the enti e division passed in review before the General Staff.
Above is the limber Wolf Color Guard and General Moore. Public Relations photo.
This /$ For You and Me, Soldier!
“Just a minute there, Soldier!
Were YOU one of thos? 4,000 men? Did YOU receive some of that
$60.000.00? Well, if you aren't—and if you didn't—it’s a safe bet that
your buddy was. and did. If he didn’t, some soldier in your Company
or Battery did. At any rate, you know some one in your outfit who was
in that group, and who got part of that money.
“What am I talking about? I hoped yoq would ask that ques
tion. I’m talking about the 4.000 men in this camp—Camp Adair—
who have received assistance from the American Red Cross. I'm
telling you that the Red Cross Field Office (and don't pretend you
don’t know where it is!) here in our camp has put out $60.000.00 to
soldiers in emergency situations, since the camp started a few months
ago.
That's a lot'of money! And every cent of it went to help some of
you guys who were in an awful hurry to get home Tiecause some one
you loved very much was ill-—or had passed away.
Remember? Sure you do.
You remember when that telegram came. Y’ou recall the worry
and anxiety, how you sweated; you remember that sick feeling you had
inside! And you won’t ever forget the sincere gratitude you felt
that the Red Cross was here to assist you at such a time.
‘Sixty tho usand dollars!— used for emergi ncies ri icht here in Camp
Adair! Multi inly that bv all the earn ps of simile .« ixe in the United
States, and y<m pet some ideai of the 1imount of mone y needed to carry
on Just this-* ce pha?e of the Red Cro fs Program.
Army Day Just Ain't
In This Army
The Army will forego its us
ual method of celebrating Army
Day on April 6, this year. The
custom of sponsoring numerous
parades and large dinners on
that day cannot be reconciled
with the War Department's pol
icy of strict adherence to na
tional conservation policies in
transportation, fuel and food, it
has been announced. Likewise
the diversion of numerous units
from war-time tasks is incon
sistent with the present intensi
fied training program.
Couldn't This Also Have
Happened in Corvallis?
Mem phi«* -((’NS)- Tran per« in
a traveling ISO ah<»w «pent (he
night in jail here recently. The
unit Ms forced to «pend the nirht
in the lock-up because of a rri take
in
hotel reservations. Police xe^t
Investment In Humanity
And. ytt. some guy1* have rranned and cussed beciause they couldn’t out a request for all patrol ear« to
report available accommodation«.
ivr rot
the Red Cro * « fr.r
nw^ rpiiliz® «nd1 kn < that when None were f mnd. so the actor*»
Yeah, I said Mae! Most of
went to jail— and to h*d.
(Continued <>n page 10, column 3.)
Fashion Note: The Well-Dressed Nurse
• To Discard Prim Starched Gown for OD
The Fashion wires are buzzin*,
cousin, with news of the cheerful
new uniforms to be worn by Army
nurses. For these latest creations
are the joint inspiration of the
Quartermaster Corps and the
world's foremost de igners of wo
men's clothes.
The idlea was to combine the
hardheadled practicality of the
QM*« wit h the kind of line and
fabric th;at» make a girl look her
he«t. So your wc-ll-drei-sed Army
nume wil 1 discard her prim white
ptarehed uniform for a brown and
ite pin-striped seerwekar, for
rseas duty. Here at home a
brown uniform of the same design
as the present white, will be all the
vogue.
On the street the Nurses’ Corp«
will l>e bedecked in real OD’s . . ,
following the fabric and pattern
ideas used by all women in the
army. The nurses will, however,
have the benefit of that perpetual
female prerogative - - their hat*
will be for nurses alene.
And this tops it: For work in
theaters of < '»«»rations Army
nurse will swaddle themeelvea in
that olivi* drab herringbone that
you have in your own fatigues. It’s
a pood thing a man still has the
cigar to himself!