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Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, Arpil 1. 1943.
Pagt Twelve
On the Beach at Swamp Adair
Lt*. Col. Robert McKay
Has Meteoric Advance
96th Div. Finance Officer Up
From Pvt. to Col. in 15 Years
Lt. < I. Robert B. McKay who
last month pinned his silver oak
have« on his shoulders can be
credited with making what is
probably the most meteoric rise in
rank in a limited time of any of-
finr in the 96th Infantry Division.
Today as division finance of­
ficer, he can look back with satis­
faction on the past 15 years which
have brought him from the plebian
simplicity < f the enlisted man to
his present position on the staff
of the commanding general. IDs
formula for success was «impie,
He simply listened and did what
he was told, studied in his spare
time, and took advantage of every
hreak I hat came his way.
He enlisted in the regular army
on Nov mber 25, 1928, and was
assigned to the Field Artillery.
Three m-mths later he transferred
to the finnnee section and forfeited
a sergeancy in order to qualify as
a -tudent for the -Army Finance
s<- hoid
IF WINTER COMES. CAN
SPRING GET HERE TOO?
One of the static sights from
north windows of Post Head­
quarters building for quite some
time has been the moving of the
four room building that once
housed Publications Office, be­
ing done by a moving detail un«
der CpI. (¿onstastine Von
Schaier. ' The • building is very-
small but is in 8 (eight) CCC
sections, entailing quite an en­
gineering problem, says CpI.
Von Schaier.
If it should happen to rain a
little it may be possible to float
the structure to wherever it is
going and that would be pretty­
smart. (Suggestion 61-B. from
Sentry’s suggestion dep't.)
Un-Immaculate Arabs!
Suf WAACS Are Gay
competitive examination!
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at W;r hinjft'HJ, D.C.
•if • h
in 1933 1 • was appointed staff ser- •
Col's. Son, T Sgt.
«nt. i *<• to tech sergeant in
1!» I.’.
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bls the rep-uhir '
Writes from N. Africa
uri nv tr: tile of Warrant Officer
(J ,.).
• Continued From Page 1)
It took a war for him to gain Arab men wearing GI barracks
advantage <>f a reserve commis- bags for pants.
*i< n. In 1940 he was ordered to
active duty ns a captain and
ported at Fort Bliss, Texas.
Upon his arrival at Camp Adair
In July, 1942, he was immediately
promottd to major and became a
lieutenant colonel on February 13,
1943.
Mrs. McKay and a 3-year-old
daughti r live- in Salem.
Second-Hand Dealers
Buy Victory Books
Unsuited for Army
The art editor heard I'
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that the
Pacific
beach)
moved
inland ______
to the ___
camp.
lie handed over this studious pose of Mary Howard, a motion picture actress b'gosh, and we printed it
before learning the art editor wa.« the victim of April Fool pranksters. We're not sorry we did, though.
"I'll bring back a souvenir.”
j Bosch, the boys received a royal
| reception. Chicken, biscuits, pie,
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I and all of the other side dishes that
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Camp Adair's Librarian Recommend
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Newest Books You'll Like to Read
f I Those big tough servicemen
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- turned out to be softies around all
By Mis* Doris Fickel
description of airplanes, parachutes of the youngsters who attended in
Librarian. Service (Tub I
and how they work.
, order to get a look at the army
Many new military books are be­
A little book which might keep uniforms. Before the evening was
ing added to the library and a dis­ you out of trouble is "The Soldier over, they were attempting square
play table of them has been set up and The Law" by McGomsey and dances accompanied by Gus Jahn
by Private John Stump. These Edwards.
on the piano accordian.
j book* are varied in subject matter
These and many more on the1 Jimmy Seykowy of the Timber
an Interior Decorator." an anony­
| and range from a ponderous tome army are in your libraries.
. Wolf Division appeared as a danc­
mous volume printed in 190.1, or
"Military Preventive Medicine” by­
ing K.P. Neddy Navarro of the
Come in and browse around.
George C. Dunham, to the light but
"Egyptian Aesthetics,” "Famous
705th anti-tankers tap-danced for
helpful, "How to Get Along in the
Chateaux of France." or "The New
the crowd. Cpl. "Uncle” George
Army” by “Old Sarge."
York Digest for 19.14." sre exam­
Thirty Adair Soldiers
Simmons and his buddy. Pvt. Hum­
A
few
of
the
lawks
follow:
ples of the public'.* errors in selec­
phrey
Strickland, both of Head­
Served
Grand
Banquet
“The School of The Citizen Sold-
tion. Two hundred and fifty spot­
quarters Co., SCU 1911, showed the
dier
”
edited
by
Robert
A.
Griffin
less new volume* on trout fishing
By Pedee Women's Club rest of the gang how the square
j and R. M. Shaw. This book is,
were an outstanding example.
nance is done.
I adapted from the educational pro- J
Second hand book dealers re- j
I Thirty soldiers enjoyed a real--------------------------
(
gram
of
the
second
army
and
is
reived the juvenile, dated novels,
Restricting the use of iron and
i planned to fill the gaps in the feast at the Pedee Women’s club
dusty report*, and out-of-date
in
Monmouth
last
Saturday.
Ar-
steel
in wood furniture is saving
i
education
of
the
men
in
the
army.
technical book*. Receipts of
in two G.I. trucks at the about 22,000 tons of the metals for
The tank is playing an important riving
*
sale* immediately went to buy
I part in this war and there are many | invitation of Mrs, Eva Van den war use annually.
novel«, mysteries, westerns
■ book* on this subject in your li­
technical books popular with
braries. Among them are:
vice men.
"War on Wheels” by Kutz.
1 “Armies on Wheels" by Marshall
British "pig dubs’ of amateur
pig-raisers accounted for 7.000 ton* “Getting a l»anee with a Wack I and "Mechanized Might" by Ra-
i borg.
I
of bacon in IMS and provided
"Strategy at Singapore" by Su­
enough pig meat for 100 million dance for them most every night
and the poor girls are about dancer! gene H. Miller is a study made by­
breakfasts
to death.
the American Council on Public
"Well. I have to close and get on Affairs of the fall of Singapore.
Have ) on lay Sheep. Sir?
with «»me work Give my love to analysing the reasons for this ca­
Civilian* having property Ih»t and Beverely and tell Beverolv tastrophe.
Leaves WellsdaJe at 2:30 P.M. Saturday afternoon
around the post reservation, who that her big brother. Doug, will
"Infantry in Rattle" publicized
FOR THE RETIRN TRIP
have sh«*p grazing on same are bring her back some German sou­
by the Infantry Journal is a prac­
requested t* «end their name venir* as soon as the war is over."
Leaves I nion Station in Portland at 10:3® P M.
tical book on battlefield problem*.
ami aihlrvss to post headquar­
Your devoted son.
“Flight Training for the Army
Sunday Evening.
ters. This will help rang* )>er-
“Doug." ami Navy" by Captain Burr Ley-
asHinel in returning sheep who
. son. This is a manual for pilots
have gone A.W.O.L.—quite a
and aircraftsmen basest on the offi­
Three
tona
of
jewelry
die*,
or-
numcwr have twen doing to. it
«I inally coating over $250.000 were cial curricula of the Army Air
ha« lieen reported
tribu ted to the scrap drive.
Corp* and Naval Air Service. A
"We don’t have much entertain­
an occa-
Of the 4..r00»'(>') volumes col-' ment here and except for
of them
sional
picture
show
(most
lected io 1942 Vi-Tory Book Drive,
more than one half have lieen re­ are in French) there is nothing
through
jected. according to a statement much to do when you get
from the New York Public Library. work. Only recently a company of
l>ecause 'hev represented the type I WAAC’s arrived and it certainly
of rending material least wanted was good to see an American girl
D>r a change. There are so many
by men in the Armed forces.
Dull bmi s, worn liooks, and val­ ' soldiers around here that it makes
uable book« came under the three it as hard to get a date with one
heads that governed the rejections. of the WAAC’s as it would with
. Hedy Lamarr. Some outfit has a
Text» like "The Lives and Loves of.
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