Camp Adair Sentry
Page Five
Thursday, March 18, 1943.
By
: Ffc. Foo, First Sino-American Soldier
i At Adair, Sets Fine Example for EM
Contrary to public opinion. Bill
“old nuu>” Shnelwert DID NOT
“ghost write" either Washington s
Inaugural Speech or Lincoln’s Get
tysburg Address, although, we re
sure he was around in those days!
the Count! Relax!
Biggest little soldier at the Sta I Fong, equals big and Foo trans-
tion Hosp Italy is PFC Chin Fong 1 luted in English makes Chin Fong
Foo, five feet and one-half inch j Foo an old, big, rich man.
| Said Chin, “Sometimes I have to
from the good earth. He was born
i laugh when I hear the boys squawk.
in Canton, China, in 1909.
' My wife and son are still in Can
hat makes Chin big is that ton.” He hasn’t heard from them
there is nothing too great for him in seven months.
to do. His bunk, and the area
Chin graduated from high school
around it could serve as a model in Canton, came to the U.S. and
for any soldier to follow.
became a citizen. In 1936 he re
On June 25, 1942, Chin was the turned to marry, a ceremony which
first Chinese-American soldier at lasted three days and in which over
Camp Adair, and may be remem one thousand neighbors attended.
bered for his dignified and grace Then returning to the States and
ful movements on the crushed his “home town” San Francisco,
stone drill field at Tent. City.
after the necessary passage of
At the Hospital his first job time, he was informed that a son
was in the detachment mess, but was born, which he named Sock
the ovens were too high, and the Foot!. Though it cannot be trans
From left to right we have Sgt. Hamilton, T 3 Johnson and
pots (20 gal.), too large, so he lated word for word, the name
Sgt. Lorch enjoying a few peaceful moments far from details in
was assigned to the officer’s quar means “natural goodness.”
z
the Q.M. 191 l’s Day Room. Don't get the idea only non-coms are
ters where he is now working.
Chin follows the war news close
admitted to the QM's pride and joy. It's because the photographer
came during the day time, »hen all good privates are at work.
Asked if he liked his present job, ly and with us cheered the recent
Next Q. M. picture, if there is one. we promise will have Powers
Chin replied, ‘Til do anything the report that over 2,500,000 Japanese
Models in it. instead of Powerless Models.—Signal Corps photo.
Army asks me to, and I’ll do as killed, wounded or missing in
well as I can.”
China, who will never have the
he has, for the week end?”
you there!
Chin, in Chinese, means old, opportunity of shooting at us.
As we prepare to send in this
! With the Medics
“little bit of dirt,”—your editor’s
substitute takes over. Cpl. Sheehan
!
by
is in the hospital with the measles!
T 5 John E. Sheehan
Too bad, Jackie—hope you’re out
QM
t soon!
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The rains came—and went—we
Last minute item of interest—
hope! Anyway, all our plans for Sgt. Harry Until, from the S/Ma-
outdoor recreation are progressing jor’s Office finally got his orders
in a big way. Cpls. Eugene Abbate at the last minute Monday morn
and Charlie Shelton from the Sick ing and was on the train that eve
and Wounded Office and Pvt. Vic ning headed for QM Officer Can
Guiterrez from the Dental Clinic didate Schoo) at Camp Lee, Vir
are doing much to get the boys ginia. You really deserve it, Har
out behind the barracks in the eve ry—nice going!
ning for some baseball practice.
Don’t think for a minute that they
aren’t shaping up—they really
look good!
“QUOTES and QUERIES”
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MSgt. Joe DeBruyne, T/Sgt. Pfc. F. Smith—Sgt. M. Gaines
k
Pat Durkin, S/Sgt. Johnny Schae
Spring
is close the sun WAS out
fer. and Sgt. Harry Unell are our
So there’s no need to sit and pout
greatest golf enthusiasts. You will
see them almost any Sunday af “Quotes and Queries” someday
MUST end
ternoon on the course at the Cor
Why not read this til! then-
vallis Count«? Chib. Johnny and
Friend (?)
Pat are really good—Joe and Har
ry are coming right along. Stick to
it boys—maybe by next year Besides the Sentry’s pages are be
ing cut
you'll be able to give the pros a
Which might help them escape
little eonipet’tion!
this rut
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But till that day arrives, you
Incidentally, Pat just received
clowns
his other arc last week. He has
Read below and continue your
been with us for about three
frowns.
months. Before that he put in a
long stretch “somewhere in Alas
Prominent among the early “ar
ka.” When you ask him the com
parison, his only comment is, rivals” for the chow line, is Pfc.
“Camp Adair is Utopia.” Congrat Murphy, of our Motor Pool. Now,
ulations on your new chevrons, he’s either using up valuable gas
“Durk”—we knew you could do it. by coming over in a truck, which
with the shortage .is treason or
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Sal Bonsignore, one of the “tent mutiny or arson or something; or
city” boys recently received his he's using illegal methods which, if
’second lewy liars. He attended continued, will call for the saliva
test, which they give to suspicious
Signal Corps School at Fort Mon»
moyth. New Jersey. Ooops—I mean acting horses. We apologize to the
horses for bringing a “dog” like
Sir!
Murph into their life, and we apolo
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gize to Murphy, for his knowing
T'Sgt. Ed Haskins, formerly
stationed at the hospital and now US.
at Pittsburgh, California, is taking
During the recent Officer’s soft-
as his wife Miss Gladys Jones, for
merly employed here at the Sales ball game, which incidentally, the
Commissary. They v ill be married QM Officers won. Major Brandt,
sometime thia week. May the QM's own “Bill Dickey,” was ad-
couple live in happy oblivion v»sed by one of his fellow officers
throughout their married life. to slide. Major Brandt, after tak
ing a look at Oregon’s “moist” soil,
Wow!
replied, Tm not interested in
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The Mess Department is bemoan ’picking up* any real estate to
ing the loss of two of its “good old night”
-tandby«"—T 3 Frank M. Bradler
While we're on that «object, we'd
and T i*gt Gden G. Gruenig. Frank
went to WaHa WaHa. Washington, like to ask Lt. Morgan, the man of
and Glen is on his way with a many jobs and titles. (Fuel Offi
cadre to Fort Lewis. Let’s hope cer, Salvage Officer, Ass’t. Reclam
lhere'H be no change in our chow, ation Officer, etc., and also third
t
af luck fellow» we eartam^r hasesaan on the WINNING team).
• vm we rent thoee ’chariey bur s es’
inisa yow»
QUARTERMASTER
We wonder what the 601 man
thinks of after waiting on line for
hour, he finds out the movie only
holds 600.
—
After trying various ways of
getting rid of ye editors, some wag
. got across to Lt. Brazclton, our
I Commanding Officer, the idea of
issuing rifles. Result is. this col
umn (if you could call it one) is
being written by the light thrown
by an old firefly in the dead of
night. (That explains the absence
j of any life in it.) Leading the
I “posse” are S, S Jones, T 3 John-
soni T/S Walker, Sgt. Corcoran,
and Cpl. Raimey. (Squad Leaders)'
If we don't lose too many men out
j on the range, the QM will in the
future be known as Junior Com
mando’s. If we do lose a lot the
QM in the future will be known aS
“The (Total) Lost Battalion.”
-i
If Pvt. James “Mad Mortician”
Since the recent liquor restric
tions, we suggest as a theme song Merrilees doesn’t stop being "the
for Adair, “Drink to me ONLY boogie-woogie washer woman” of
Barracks 103, by doing his own
with thine eyes.”
washing, the Post Laundry will
For the past two or three weeks start picketing him. (And if his .
both our regular readers (our wives price is right, we’ll throw him
and our relations) and our irregu some of our “dirty doing”).
lar readers, (“latrine loungers”)
will recall items « about a certain
All good columns print retrac- !
Sgt. Van and his doings in the QM tions, so, if we have nothing else in
Stables. Truth compels us to men common with a good column, (and
tion, he’s been transferred to the we don't!!) we will at least have a
QM Garbage Dump. Talk about retraction to our name. Said be
“out of the frying pan into the ing: That Dick Draper’s education
fire!” We beg you, G-Man, Van! ! al girl friend moved from Eugene.
Please!! go back to the STABLES, We apologize to her and Richard
no matter how the horses feel “The Lion-Hearted” Draper. That
about it. At least, WE could stand ONE didn’t!!
Just to keep our hand in the
rumor-killing business, we’d like
to “lay low” a story that’s bee*
making the rounds of the QM
grape-vine. Don’t you believe that
Sgt. Hank Di Benedictsis, STAND
ING guard on the QM Basketball
team and likewise in the Cold Stor
age, was so impressed by his recent
elevation to the three-stripe crowd,
that he tried to put chevrons o>
the basketball he practices with!
It’s not true!! — It was the ludí
he PLAYED with!
To help the Doctors down at the
Station Hospital diagnose the re
cent, very strunge stomach ailment
of Pvt. Vincent Amalitano, he of
the alphabet soup name, we men
tion the following: He was out
picking berries last Sunday . . .
Enough said!
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