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By Cpl. “Dubby” Duboff
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Tfturyday, March 18.1943.
Johnson each of whom scored a across the country from the effete
commendable 181 out of a possible East to the rugged West, "Hank’s”
200 points. Other performances of train encountered one snow storm
note were turned in by Sgt. Ted after another. The mountain and
Haley and privates Wesley Good­ prairie states along the route of
ing and Ralph Wilkie in the over­ travel were buried in snow drifts.
all record firing, and by T/4 Jerry It wasn’t until Oregon was reached
| McNeil who scored 18 out of a pos- that the weather cleared and the
sible 20 bulls-eyes in the rapid fire temperature rose. This brief ac­
run.
count of “Hank’s" pdyssey might
To the evident interest and well be a strong talking point for
amusement of observers, a goodly Oregon Chambers of Commerce.
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number of "Maggie’s Red Draw­
ers,” the perennial red flag sym­
Letters from Corporal Wally
bolizing a complete miss of the tar­ Rawles, ex-Barraeks-Banterer, in­
get, appeared during the firing. dicate that the infantry school for
So many appeared in fact that O.C.S.
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students _ at ____
Fort ...
Benning.
camp economists remarked on the ■ . trrt'iK
Georgia,
is
not
for
the
old,
1». IS nvi xx>r iw viu, the
urt*
—¿—4. of
-Z heart. As
a
absence of rationing restrictions on *
anemic, or it-
the 4 faint
the use and display of Maggie’s one neither anemic or faint of
prominent under-garments. There heart, and ready to fight at the
may be shortages of other essen­ . drop of a hat if called oM, Wally
tial commodities but not of Mag 1 speaks with authority. Candidates
gies’ unmentionables. Isn’t that ’ at the school are required to under-
right, Sergeant Saul Blackman? i go a rigorous physical training as
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I well as a trying intellectual pro-
Back from a fifteen-day furlough | gram. The mortality rate on O.C.S.
to his home state, New Jersey, is candidates is high at the Georgia
the popular mail clerk of the de­ school, and we are not referring to
tachment, Pfc. Henry Medel. Ac­ the coffin trade. In his last letter.
cording to “Hank’s” reports. Camp Rawles reports that he is seriously
Adair isn’t such a bad place to considering a transfer to the Para­
come back to after all. All the way i troops for a much-needed rest.
The memory of the brave will
re on forever. “Sgt. York,” ‘The
ighting Sixty-ninth,” and “The
urderers Row of Headquarters
ompany,” led by Sgt. Lipscomb,
arpenter, and Gerity (the man,
ho I am told, got so excited over
s first drink (beer) at the new
on-Com Club, that he picked up
is lighted cigarette and munched
1 it for fully a minute, before he
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WHb
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allied that
the
“ nvni
heat was
on”
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id that it didn’t taste at ail like
« crunchy potato chips he bought
id put on the counter).
To get back to the story of the
lighting SCU,” words can hardly
c press the looks on their faces.
leir determination to throw the in-
sible enemy when they were
rnded rifles last week. Always on
le alert, these men would find an
taginary target and fire away,
at-tat-tat-tat, Boom, ‘Zing’, Bang,
mg out these guns on the range,
he men were out to make a show-
we
Ig. there was no stopping them
cor
aw. At last, after months of serv- :
rorc
e in the Army they were given |
IX Wi
ti opportunity to show what they i
ad
m do.
Indi
“Bring on the Japs,” yelled the
•ixicious looking Sgt. Gelbart, as
Ge
Maggie’s Drawers” full of holes. I
g*
e pulled a bloomer and shot
To those of you who do not under-
tand Army lingo, "Maggie’s draw­
’s” are what a soldiers shoots at,
hen missing the target complete-
’.) Sgt. Stewart was there, too.
)
nd we lioth agreed that shooting
Col tor a ten the hard way, even with
“ *marshong
mi
” dice was much easier
e t
stil than holding the full weight of this
* ex cannon in shooting position, ready
di for a round of five shots.
They were brave men from the
th
ian< bast, the west, and some from Cor­
rail vallis too, now gathered here at
tamp Adair, by act of their re-
1er;
Ipective
draft boards. You can’t
inti
eat men who never say die, men
t who would carry on even if they
cou •idn’t get any cranberry sauce with
ind Turkey Dinner, why if things get
»oo tough they can do without the j
■n
ver gravy, too. Yes—they would eat '
just the drum stick, or the white
e b
•r dark meat, dry, without any
f e
ati' trimmings if things get tough.,
these are the men of “Fighting
Headquarters,” men working in
the publications section, payroll,
■liscellaneous, classification, spec­
ial services and war bond sections.
They now all cry simultaniously.
•GIMME A GUN."
It Sgt. Black, music maestro,
writer, commentator, and after i
chow speaker. This soldier, a credit
to Camp Adair can just about do
everything, except—“roll his own.”
1er A buck private had to show him
Ge how to fold his soxies for last
ov week’s inspection. This column sug­
gests a new school for butterfin­
t
gered Non-Coms called “SIX LES­
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al SONS FROM MADAME LA ZON-
G A.” WOO’ WOO’.
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Military Police
Biggest event of the past week
was the first visit of the Military
Police Itetachment to the camp
rifle range. Over n four-day per-
i«l extending from Tuesday
through Friday, the entire detach­
ment membership was granted the
opportunity of exhibiting its col­
lective skill over the two hundred
yard target course. Approximately
half the company shot the course
or worked the target pits for the
first two days while the remainder
of the company performed similar­
ly for the last two days. Top per­
formances were turned in by S Sgt.
J -cph Holmes and Pfc. Roger
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The Military Police mess hall the Army expects of its potential
has a new master with the appoint- officers.
■ ment of T 4 Saleem Moghabghab
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Latrine rumors have it that the
as mess sergeant, replacing S /Sgt.
John Katzenmyer who recently Military Police Detachment is ’>e-
transferred to another camp. Mog­ i ing groomed for a ten mile hike tin­
habghab is perhaps best remem­ der full pack one of these bright
bered for the remarkable cuisines days. Watch those limited service
at the memorable Thanksgiving ' men start complaining iiliout sore
and Christmas Day banquets staged bunions and fallen arches. What am
in the M.P. mess hall. He super­ I saying? I’m limited service, too.
vised the preparation, cooking and
TO TRAIN WEATHER-EYES
serving of those epicurean master
Highlighting the growing im­
pieces. The Detachment has lost a
fine mess sergeant with the de­ I portance of weather forecasting it*
parture of Katzenmyer but it has I this war, the war department an­
gained an equally good one with nounces a new weather cadet train­
the appointment of Saleem Mog­ ing program. It will graduate mor®
habghab to the vacancy.
than 10.000 G.I. weathermen in the
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Successful appearances before learn their super-technical jobs if*
the Post Examining Board for Offi-' 27 colleges around the country plus
cers' Candidate School were made , the technical training command a
last week by Sergeant Ted Haley , own school at Grand Rapids, Mich,
and Corporal George Kohler of the' Their course is the longest and
Detachment. Haley listed as his > one of the toughest training hitches
initial preference the Corps of Mili- j in the army. The basic course last«
tary Police School at Fort Custer, , a full year after which they move
Michigan. Kohler gave as his first up to advanced schools for another
choice the Signal Corps School at eight months. More and more
Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Both trained meteorologists are needed
expressed willingness to go wher­ to keep the army air force's world
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