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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (April 29, 1943)
------------------------------ , FROM TENT CITY by t _____ Thursday, April 29,1943. Page Twelve Pvt. Thomas J. O’Hara 1 'Stars and Stripes' Tunisia's 'Sentry' When We Get Our Bars We Intend to Remember Just How This Goes It has been a long time since Among the outfits here at Camp we have heard of such a slicker! Adair the outfits here at Camp All of the female personnel at »■- Adair that little has been said about Post Headquarters were recently are a group of young men fatously taken advantage of it seems, and in known i's the Magnificent Delous- the following manner: ers . . . the Sterilization and Bath A certain Lt., promoted to Cap Platoon attached ot the Quarter tain, went to each girl (in turn, master Battalion in Tent City, we hope) and had the lovely crea south of 10th St., South & E street. ture pin on his bars, at same time Warfare, as touted by these val collecting a kiss for this rare privi iant knights, is a matter dealing lege. with combat in microscosmic mea The girls obliged (as girls will). surements. But each lass in her naive inno The enemy most familiar to these cence thought SHE WAS THE champions of carnage is the com- ONLY ONE! Amt when the truth will out (girls get together you mno cootie, or body 1-u-e. know!) Wow! The body 1-u-e is an indescrib How Babylon tottered. ably minute organism that seeks What a line this captain must contact with other-wise occupied possess. humanity. No wonder this captain was pro My first meeting with the Steril moted. ization and Bath Platoon was at Camp Bonneville, eighteen miles northwest of Vancouver Barracks. ously, each man being given This encounter was in a non-pro- eight minute ration of water. Two fessional manner, At the time I weeks ago the entire platoon moved was taking my basic training with out to bivouac area. A total of 370 a railhead company. The platoon, men were showered within three which was stationed in the same hours. Incidentally, Lt. Wm. DuFresne area, was also engulfed in that states that any organization here agonizing process. A few rods distant from oui •it Camp Adair, desirous of using tents lurked a solitary PX whose this Sterilization & Bath unit for major attraction was an ancienth either the sterilization of clothing, decrepit piar.o. Through the night, bedding or webbing equirment of borne by the winds, would come their enlisted p< rsonnel,, or the the strains of a fighting song — bathing of their men while engaged When pretty Troy Flowers dressed up (?) for thi- picture n field training may make neces incessant-repetitious stirring . . . it was intended to give a plug for the store that sells beautiful furs. When she discovered that the Sentry never carries commercial ad I sary arrangements by contacting We are the QM Corps. vertising it was too late for her to doff the coat. Tough luck, soldier. Know what we are fighting for. C. E. Wolff (WOJG), Personnel ■ We fight on land and on the sea. Officer, at extension 2162. of tonsils. She was back at work » I To help speed victory. ♦ t two days later and feels fine. You I Every Germ-ination in every na I In This Column t I can’t keep a good girl down. I tion I by • I I by Better watch out I I Cpl. Robert C. Gaard • By all reports, the civilian “back I T 5 John E. Sheehan I When we shout i I I QM | home” have taken an even keener “STERILIZATION” i » Here’s a tip to you men leaving We’re prepared for attack ¡interest in their boys than most You may present Or any sort of tricks. | Four months ago, , the Medical1 of us realize. Cpl. John Vincent on furlough! “STERILIZATION.” your furlough papers at your home Detachment at the Station Hospital j Graham submitted to us a letter I was extremely surprised when, town gas rationing board and re had their last dance. Once more, from his former employees, the over four weeks later, I again en ceive a gallon or two to put in on Thursday, May 6, we shall have ' M. Seller Co., giving him all the countered my friends of yesterday; dad’s car and thereby having the the use of the Red Cross Building j news of the company and what this time here in Camp Adair. I old buggy available to whip around for another. From the hours of ( fine work they are doing for the immediately visited their encamp on your dates ... so says Tz4 Co 2000 ’til 2330 we shall have with war effort. It sure makes a fellow ment (an integral part of Tent lombo. Thanks for the “info", Sarg; us 75 of the most beautiful, lus feel good to know that he isn’t City) and was warmly greeted by it's nice to know! cious, exquisite hostesses Oregon forgotten by the gang back home. the CO, Lt. William DuFresne. In ♦ « <s <: »:« has to offer—plus a twelve piece company with the Lieut, and T/Sgt. Pvt. Duboff relates the following swing band, headline entertain We have a lot of promotions to Robert Harth, who kindly consent tale: “I have a pain in my ab ment. and refreshments that really report for this week. To Staff ed to act as guides and instructors, domen," said the rookie to the army refresh. The female civilian em Sergeant: William Sodja and Ru I was privileged to behold a dem- ployees in the hospital and their dolph Gross. To Technician Third doctor. onstration of Bathing and Sterili- “Young man,” replied the medi ! guests are invited, and the wives Grade: John Walsh, Leo Beaudre- zation in action. 1 of the EM will also put in an ap- ault, William Shrope and Jacob co, “officers have abdomens, serge A mobile, eleven ton tractor- , 1 pearance, we hope. Don t forget— Minkoff. To Technician Fourth ants have stomach; YOU have a trailer unit has been set up in the Thursday, May 6—3 V, hours of Grade: Fred Seigel. To Technician bellyache!" rear of a barracks, There, some X: X: <: ' gayety—from 2000 ’til 2330. Fourth Grade: John Miller and Sam forty mattresses were in the pro Bad news for all T 5’s in Service Posner. Congratulations, boys. cess of being sterilized. Company. Due to the number of Another bride — Ah, Spring — After a steam-pressure of 15-20 1 what is your mighty power? T/Sgt. Sgt. Angelo Calabrese from men on furlough all T '5’s will once pounds has been built up by an , Harland Jourdan of the Personnel Supply, who recently again pull K. P.! Shucks! We Medical efficiently functioning oil engine, ten mattresses were placed in a Office will become the husband of emerged I from the hospital after a thought we had just got away from wire cage which, in turn, was Miss Mamie Redding of Eugene, severe < eye operation is in our that. Oh, well, T 5 today; K. P. secured within the steam-chamber. 1 Oregon, on May 8. Miss Redding Special Duty with Headquarters tomorrow! _ With the Medics I ! J In about twenty minutes 1 the is employed at the Pacific Tele- mattresses were removed, thor- phone company in Eugene. Vt e’ll | miss you at night at the NCO Club cughly de-bacterialized. Under actual field conditions the Jourdan, but its for a good cause. S&B unit provides a completely ( ***««.* welcome service known as showers, j Miss Kay (Civilian Personnel Twelve men are bathed simultane- Office) Smith is now minus a pair Male Call Camp Adair Sentry News-Starved Yanks Have Neat Sheet From time to time, Mrs. Faye Wood'’ord of the Adjutant’s Office at Post Headquarters receives from her husband. Captain William H. Woodford, who is with the Field Artillery in Africa, copies of the “Stars and Stripes,” the doughboy’s overseas newspaper. Who knows, someday you may be reading it too, so here is a little inside info on what it is like. The paper is printed in tabloid form, costs two francs and con tains everything from soup to nuts. Cartoons, editorials, straight news from the U.S.A., and “Pin- Up" pictures of some of the more luscious movie sirens, comprise most of the paper. News From Home One of the best ideas in the whole paper is the page devoted to the news from home. They do their best to include an article about al most every state in the union. As you probably realize, newspapers are scarce in Tunisia. Our buddies over there would probably never know that the new pennies now coming out are coated with steel instead of copper, unless they read it in the “Stars And Stripes." As in almost all GI newspapers, there is a comic strip devoted to our voluptuous girl friend “Lace.” One of the most amazing fea tures in the paper is the French lesson. You know, French is the language most frequently used in North Africa and the paper is do ing it’s level best to teach the boys enough French so that they can get along. Another feature is called “Flashes From the Front.” This column contains little tid-bits from here and there on the African front. One of the best things, is the two whole pages devoted to sports. The boys over there are starved for sports’ news, and the paper does a wonderful job of eas ing that shortage. All in all, it’s a grand paper, and after all, what can you lose for two francs. An Apple Per Day Keeps Medics Away— Or, 'What! No Napkins?' “We’re so happy we could sing since we returned from our bivou ac,” says T/Sgt. Glenn Teal of the Ordnance Depot located at 2nd North and E. The T Sgt. reports that the group marched in before breakfast on an apple and a cup of coffee. Chow was served when the boys arrived in camp. “One of the enjoyable features on bivouacs," declares T/Sgt. Teal, “is listening to Pvt. Denny <: ÿ X: * Company. He will act as master Firrello while he toots his horn of ceremonies in connection with Strange thing now to pick up | during rout step marching and ten Rose Festival to be given the the telephone and have someone minute breaks.” first week in June. If any of you say, “Peanuts,” and you reply, have seen him in anv of our shows, ¡“YOU LOUSE!" Have vou done it In colonial America, the Puritans you know that he will help to make yet? If you haven’t, you don’t passed laws to keep shoes plain and it a smooth running performance, know what you’re missing! inexpensive. by Milton Caitiff, Creator of "Terry and the Pirates" Wearing Pinks, No Doubt