Page Twelve
Camp Actair Sentry
Thursday, April 22, 1943.
The Shope of Things to Come
Photo Joe Gels
I
r s Snappinq Is Over;
h'-7!! Never See Dover;
Americans Saw fro That
Freddie'd Better Scat
There are stories today of both
“Photo Joe” and “Photo Fredie.”
Both these gentlemen, in case you
haven’t heard, aren’t gentlemen at
all. Photo Joe is the nickname used
by Yanks in India to describe high
flying Japanese reconnaissance
planes that come over to take pic­
tures. Photo Freddie is the Yank
nickname for his Axis cousins . . .
Naxi reconnaissance planes that do
the same job in Tunisia. When more
than one plane comes over . .. the
second is called Freddie Junior.
> There’s quite a yarn connected
with one particular Photo Joe in
India. He used to fly over a cer­
tain Yank base every day at tre­
mendous altitudes . . . and not only
take pictures. His radio was on
the same frequency as the Ameri­
can si ts so his favorite pastime
was to razz the Yanks in perfectly
good English. Day after day he’d
say little things like “Never mind
coming up for me, boys, stay on the
ground where you belong .. . etc.”
And the Americans couldn't do a
thing about it because at that time
they didn't have a pb ne on the field
which could climb fast enough to
get the Zero before he got away,
But one day they went to work on
a P-40, They stripped it down and
doctored up the engine with just
one purpose in mind ... to make
it climb. The next day Photo Joe
was over as usual . . . and as usual I
began tossing down his Japanese
razzberries. Lt. Charley Streit of '
Newburgh. N. Y’., jumped into the |
streamlined P-40 and streaked into
the air like a scared cat going up
a tree. There was no more sur-
prised Japanese pilot in the world
than that Photo Joe when he found
lead lazzbellies shoved right back
into his buck teeth. But he didn’t
have much time to be surprised be­
cause he was shot down in two
shakes of a rat’s tail.
,
;«x
i ou might think this pretty Miss (as Ion
insist,
her name is Ann Miller) is slightly ruffled at the thought of
anpenring before so many soldiers. As a matter of fact, Am is
merely showing lesson No. 2 in her tap dancing repertoire.
Remember seeing her in the movies.
Work During the Day
Play Games at Night
Sgt. Major Shames said that the
organization officers are firm be­
lievers in the well-known axiom
i "All Work and No Play Makes Jack
i a Dull Boy”; therefore they en-
j courage the tent city dwellers to
participate in sports.
Yes, Bivouac Is a Lot of Good Fun;
Or-Soldier's Work Is Never Done
By Cpl. Robt. C. C.aard
Well, well, back in from bivouac!
We really spent an enjoyable week
in the field. The entire Regiment
marched out Sunday morning, the
11th, and thus began our week “in
the open.” Hills, hills, and more
hills.! Trucks going this way and
that way with jeseps trailing along
in the dust.
After one of those 2l/i ton trucks
rolled by it took a full 30 minutes
before you could see your hand in
front of your face!
You can get the sweetest swing
music on those field sets . . . Good­
man and Dorsey direct from Chi­
cago! We can say one thing about
all this and that is it gets one back
to nature . . . flat on your back!
Call of Wild
We were assigned to mobil
P.X. . . . loaded (oh, many)
cases of 3.2 per cent and “coke”
. . . and up into the hills to dis-
tribute same. What with cases
tcppling down upon one’s head
(we rode in the back of the truck)
trying to keep the cash register
“on the beam” and juggling 500
pound pieces of ice wo really felt
actually heard “the call of the
wild”!
We had a nice bunk . . . private
rocm and al! with straw for a mat­ i
tress. Every time you happened to
ro!l the dust from the straw filled
the room It was a nice place . . .
the management was fine. At times
it got a little chilly but they would
send a large bear around every
30 minutes to hug you and keep
you warm! No one hollered . . .
thye were SCREAMING!
Every morning we would wake
up, set the “table,” and have a bot­
tle of coke for breakfast, topped
off with a pint of ice cream for •
dessert. Lunch . . . what lunch ?
We didn’t have any!
We would ride by in our “mobile
P.X.” and see the fellas flappin’
their jaws over their mess gear . . .
we don’t know whether there was
food in them or not. We heard them
singing, “Only Make Believe.”
The civilians were the one who
took it hard. We noticed one civil­
ian driving by in a car and when
he saw oxe of the soldiers sitting
down with a heaping dish of food,
he jammed on his car brakes, ran
over and offered to pay $2.00 for a
piece of meat!
Pretty. Pretty Flower!
The men were quite good at
camouflage. They were told to
camouflage everything . . . in­
eluding themselves. One lad in
Company “E” did just lhat. He
camouflaged his tent with poison
oak and, believe me, after 24
hours you couldn’t tell which
was the ten, the poison oak, or
the soldier!
All in all, the bivouac did prove
the men in our regiment can take
it and dish it out! They proved
themselves quite capable in the
art of soldiering. It gave us a
touch of what we should expect, and
proved not only to the officers in
command but to the men themselves
that we do have a darn good bunch
of well-trained well-organized sol­
diers!
Kern Tice, Now Sgt.
Sticks to His Ideals
Gets Stripes by V/ork
Colonel McCoy,
Governor, Speak
He came to Camp Adair as a
I green kid. Yes he was married and
Soldiers tramping along the high­
very much a homesick lad. One
way—where? At Camp Adair, of
thing that was very evident about
Among Addresses to
—
, course, in the vicinity of Post Head-
him
was
that
he
didn
’
t
mind
to
A number of boys who make
Feature Opening on
j quarters. Each man has a shiny
regular trips to Portland have work. He watched others get rat­
. mess kit under his arm and marches
ings while he was pushed aside.
Sunday of Splendid
I in a military manner. Who are found a new USO. It’s Mother Some of them probably didn’t even I
Margaret
Larkin
’
s
home.
Invited
these men?—Members of thriving
USO Unit at Salem
have stripes coming to them when
by Emmett, her son, who is also
tent city!
compared with the work he had
What is their purpose at Camp a soldier at Camp Adair, at least done.
I Col. Gordon McCoy and Governor
Orientation Closes
Adair? Sgt. Major Shames in two soldiers come to the house each
Everyone
was
saying:
“
See
it
’
s
Earl Snell will be among the prin­
charge of personnel informs us that week.
As Gen. Cook Gives
not how hard you work in the army cipal speakers at the formal open­
the men have multiple duties. The ' Among those welcomed to the but how much you apple-polish.”
ing of the Salem USO Sunday, at
Address on Radio
l boys are rugged and when not on Larkin domicile are Pfc. Vicent
He didn’t believe it. He was still 3 p. m. The USO is located at
I bivouac, work in warehouses, laun- Newman and Supply Sgt. Joe trying and doing his best. Today
The orientation course, which has
.357 Court St., corner of Court and
■ dry outfits, and refrigeration units. Trout.
he is a Sgt. His name is Sgt. Kern Commercial. EM. one and all, are
been aired over radio station KOAC
Pfc. Newman enjoys the com-
The group which passes Post
Tice.
during the past sixteen weeks, was
invited.
, Headquarters every morning is part pany of Marion White, a flashy
Sgt. Tice’s wife can well be proud | Col. William S. Barker is in
brought to a close Tuesday, April
of the warehouse crew. At noon the redhead with blue eyes, He says I of her husband’s stripes. He made
20th, when General Cook delivered
cooks and k.p.’s come out by means that she could make the toughest them the hard way, but he can charge of the dedication service.
an address on “The Mission of the
Following this ceremony will be
man weaken.
of truck to serve chow.
hold his head up in pride.
American Soldier in the Timber I
“Open House” from 3-5 under the
Wolf Division.
auspices of the Salvation Army.
AND THE SCU BAND PLAYED ON!
Beginning May 11, a new series
Black, Hammes Bring
The Salem unit is under the
of orientation programs, produced
(Ed. Note: Something never before known (we hope) in the annals
direction of Adjutant and Mrs. C.
by the Division Special Service Of­ of an Army Post occurred Tuesday when the SCU band, under T Sgt. Bands for Club Show
H. Thomas.
fice, will be broadcast over KOAC. Bob Black, rose out of the mists of dawn to complement (or supple­
After the dedication ceremony,
Sgt. Bob Black and his band fur­
These shows will devote themselves ment) the visit of a captain from the medical detachment, on one of
gruests will be entertained by the
to presenting the highlights of the those inspection tours which are so contributory to the well-being of nished- the music for the cabaret
Salem Hostess League.
dance at Service Club 2 last Sat-
week’s current war news.
an Army post. Any soldier will know of what we speak, whether or
Preceding the dedication, there
urday night.
not they understand the poetic (?) tribute which follows):
will
be a band concert from 2:30
On the same program were Lt.
Army Men Overdo It;
to
3
p. m.
John Hammes and his hill-billy
It was cold in the barracks and colder without,
I With Gov. Snell and Col. McCoy,
band. Members of the group are
Looies Take Beating
But the boys griped around in the nude;
Sgts. Burgan, Shea, Wans, and Pvt. dedicatory speakers will be Major
Because, as it happened, the word had gone out
11. M. Doughton, Salem, and Rev.
De
Peal.
A feature in the Clovis Compass,
That the EM would soon be “reviewed.”
an army paper edited at the Clovis (
Other numbers on the program W. I. Williams, president of the
Headquarters Company waited and shivered,
were imitations by S/Sgt. Baccieri ministerial union.
Air Ease in New Mexico, states |
And trusted that all would be all as all seemed;
and a skit called “The Doctor Takes
that:
When
suddenly,
lo!.
all
the
brittle
air
quivered
a
Life.”
Pfc. Rhane D’Angelis, Fetrow Gets Stripe
“Shavetail,” nickname of Army
and
Pvt.
Henry
took part in this.
To
music
the
like
of
which
no
one
had
dreamed.
second lieutenants, originally re­
Pvt. Navarre tapped for the Sat­ After Making Trip
ferred to an unbroken mule or
T Sgt. Bob Black and his SCU band,
urday “Nighters.”
“jackass,” according to the dic­
Those early-arising ones, wooing the muse,
Just a few short weeks ago El-
tionary of American English now
Were helping the Company make a big stand
w wit. .ho me as a private
Mo untoinee rs» S/erte -
in preparation at the University of
To the soul-stirring strains of “Those Wang Wang Blues.”
to
see
his
wife
who had given birth
Chicago.
Regimental Field Day
to a baby boy. His pride must
From Barrack to Barrack they followed the “doc,”
The dictionary, which is author­
I have swelled as he returned to
The music grew wild as the Wild Prince of Igor
ity on such matters, says the term
May
8
has
been
announced
as
camp. The boys of his company
And the EM ha ¿scarcely got over the shock,
originated with the Army and was
the
date
for
the
Mountaineer
Field
claim that he has always been a
When the band swung with joy into “Hold That Tiger.”
applied to mules because their tails
Day.
I hard worker, but he even stepped
are smooth down to the tufted tip.
But the company thrilled as the Swingsters played on,
A complete program will be pub­ up his tempo after the emergency
It later was applied to the second
While the EM stood inspection in three-quarter time
lished in the next issue of “The furlough. The other day his ef­
lieutenants because of their al­
Histoyr was made on this chill Tuesday dawn.
Mountain Ear,” edited by Lt. Rob­ forts were rewarded. He is now a
leged stubbornness.
ert W. Saunders, CCO.
Now the Sentry has set it to rhyme.
Pfc.
.
'<
!
Mother Larkin Treats
Soldiers in Portland
i