Camp Adair Sentry
Thursday, May 6, 1943.
Post Sentry Dogs Emerge From Basic
Page Three
Tough, And Ready Warriors
«KÜM B
Men's Best Friend Aids In War Effort;
Learns All Tricks Of Dog-Soldiering!
Pictured above are four of the K-9 dogs o’ "ar who, together with the civilian
guards, help protect the vital installations at Camp Adair.
In the upper left hand corner Pfc. Frederickson is looking on as the “Duchess.”
an airdale-shepherd, leaps the hurdle. The “Duchess,” besides being queen of the
kennel, is also the best trained dog in the K-9 abod.
In the upper right hand corner, Pfc. Joe Harrison hangs onto the leash of Ajax,
a Great Dane, «ho consumes a mere pittance of 8 lbs of horse meat per day and at
the present moment is mad enough to swallow Pfc. Wm. Frederickson body and all.
In the lower left Pfc. Harrison shows off Dirk, a well trained Doberman Pinscher
who watches his every move and executes commands on the split second.
The lower right pictures “Baldy.” king of the kennels. He’s an Asiatic Husky
and one of the best trained male dogs on the post.
They Can Climb, Do
Hurdles; And Obey!
Offers Soldiers
University Training
Revision of erquirements for ad-
nission to Army Specialized Traili­
ng Program were announced this
veek by T 5 Wesley Shepherd, in
barge jfcf this department at Post
Headquarters.
Men rejected because of failure
to pass the ASTP test a few weeks
By Pvt. Harry Klissner
ago will be reconsidered in the
(Photos by T 5 Joe Booth, Post Signal Corps)
Do you want to meet some “dog-gone” good Americans? jight of the new directive.
Thcyre tough Yankee fighters, who have gone through their
Requirements
basic training at this Post. Then meet the Sentry dogs of ASTP field selection boards may
Camp Adair—in other words the complement of the K-9 now recommend fpr training, en­
Kennel Corps.
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listed men with a score qf 115 or
Now at this post for some months,*
better on the Army General Classi­
the dogs have completed their basic emoon.and work a 10 hour stretch, fication test. Candidates who have
training which, in this instance, is They then are off for a day.
not passed their twenty-aeeond
to equip them to aid the civilian
Assisting in handling the dogs • birthday on the date of-recommend-
guards in thoir important Post du­ are Pfcs. Joe Harrison, William ation must be high school gradu-
; Frederickson; Pvts. Russel Hager-(ates or
equivalent, and must
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and
Wes
Goodwin.
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ave
raore than two years
As Sgt. Nick Paolucci, non-com
in change of the kennels says, they in training, feeding, and grooming of college work-unless their college
are an outfit ready to give a “rip­ the animals.
work included:
One year of college z physics, or
ping” reception to anybody. But
From observation, the smartest
let’s look over our famed “K-9 dog of the lot is a shepherd air­ one year of college * mathematics,
Corps,” note their training habits, dale bitch who answers to the or three college psychology courses,
their schedule of work — their name of Duchess, queer. of the or a fluent speaking knowledge of
personalities:
kennels. ,‘Baldy”an Asiatic Hus­ a foreign language.
Dogs Prove Valuable Aids to
Post Guards in Sentry Duty
Early to Rise
Sgt. Paolucci said that the dogs
go to work at 4 o’clock in the aft- i
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Timber Wolf MPs
And What They Did
When you recite the accomplish- fied the first time; 28 shot ex -
ments of the MPs of the Timber eight made sharpshooter. Tneir
Wolf Division you arc really get- names follow and, as long as v e’re
ting into something, sized both going to be big about it, here
for achievement records and and. the Sentry’s congratulations:
soldiers to match ’em.
Those with scores over 200
As revealed from the records by [ G. Eades, 210; G. Lewis, 209;
Major R. M. Criswell, Provost Mar- Johnson 205; H. Bossert and
shall, the platoon averages 6 feet | Leseuer both 204; T. Riggle 203;
in height, 175 pounds in weight. i and the following with 201: E. H.
Most of the members are former i Floyd, Glen White, and D. Poulson.
highway patrolmen and metropoli­
J Iu the 199’s are Lewis Jones and
tan policemen. With this to go on
| H. Caldwell, Five men made 198.
they—
| They are Edward Berger, H. War-
1. Received the highest grade in
■ ren, J. Mancuso, G. Davis, and J.
the Motor Vehicle Inspection in this
Hogsette. P. Rodgers was the only
army corps.
one
to make a score of 197.
2. Uniformly made satisfactory
In the 196 class are also five men
or better on the basic training test
consisting of Joseph Deitz, Grant
of this corps.
3. Won highest percentage in Denton, W. Peters, Harry Gourley,
qualification on the range. Of 80 and T. Ovaska. C. Kendall made 195
men who fired, 99 per cent quali- in this rifle competition.
r
had at least a year’s work in col-1 The British Eighth Army has
lege. They must not have had more been using a water pump made in
than three years of college unless , Columbia, Ohio, and at one desert
ky is king of the group.
they
have a fluent spaking knowl- well one of these pumps was op-
Over 22
edge
of one modern foreign lan-, crated almost continuously fdr
Men Who have passed their
And so there are m«ny other in­
| three months.
continued on page 11, column 2 twenty-secoud birthday must have guagc.