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Friday. August 27. 1942. Page Eight Camp Adair Sentrv Page Nine Friday, August 27, 1943. CAMP ADAIR'S NEWEST ORGANIZATION: IV CORPS PROVISIONAL REPLACEMENT TRAINING CENTER From Alaska and the Aleutians They Came to Teach at Adair Will Supply Replace ments to Corps Units This Is the PRTC Service Detachment Seasoned Cadre from Alaska Will Give Streamlined Basic FIRST ROW, left to right. T/4 Joseph Boyd. Cpl. Kenneth Hindman, T/5 Leroy H. Schilling. Sgt. Harry M. Waltz, Sgt. Edwin W. Binge, 175 Virgie A. Elza, Sgt. .James M. Slobaugh. S/Sgt. Claybourne Anderson. T/5s Dominic S. Ferrante. Pat L. Ewing. Jon H. Brown. Curtiss R. Scott, ( pl. Charles S. McGinnis, T/4 Robert W. Myers. S/Sgt. Robert D. Pettey, T/4 William Ashbrook. Pvt. Dan E. Kane. Ist/Sgt. Claude E. Matthews. Second row, left to right. lst/Sgt. Dominic Allessio, T/5 John J. Murphy,'S/Sgts. Burrned S. M:lam, Ralph E. Mears. John W. Cowthon. lst/Sgt. Bertrue M. Tilley. S/Sgt. Lawrence Sperandio, Sgt. ( laud S. Riley, S/Sgts. David C. McBroom. Edgell O. Skidmore. Robert S. Ragland. T/5 Millard W. (ole, Pvt. Mac Jennsen, S/Sgts. W. .Arnold Wilber, Edwin P. Morris. 1/5s John H. Brown. William C. Hornesby, S/Sgt. Edward H. Satterfield. Third row, left to right. S/Sgt. Edgie L. Keiser, lst/Sgt. Harry L. Deemer. S/Sgts. Albert M. Haberer, John F. Kelter. T/5 Oren E. Lindsey. T/4 George H. Ealey. S/Sgts. Leroy A. Mulsse, Curtis L. Withers. Sgt. Forrest W. Wisdom. S/Sgts. Robert E. Conn. Robert J. Hardman, James I). Coleman, Charles E. Rockwell. T/4 Meltan J. Mahan. S/Sgt. Gerald V. Shahan. T/5s Chester Harryman. Ernest C. Grider. Pack row. left to right. Cpls. Charles W. Dews, Robert B. O’Connell, T/4 Troy I). Quinn. Col. Walter B. Severson, S/Sgts. Claude A. Lynch, Robert I). Kennedy. John T. Allison. lst/Se-t. Thurman F. Clendinnin, S/Sgts. L. T. Riegel. William W. Crouch. T/4s Franklin W. Roberts. Bryant W. Japley. S/Sgts. Sherril M. Pumphrey. Roy A. Benda. Marion F. Taylor, Sgt. Gorden C. Pokorney, T/5 Quinton Criner. S/Sgts. Odia L. Musgrove, Jack Molt —Sentry photo. The IV Corps Provisional Re placement Training Center is a new name on the roster of organi- zations stationed at Camp Adair. What is it and what is its purpose? The PRTC was established pri marily for the purpose of provid ing replacements for the units now engaged in the vast IV Corps man euvers. Recruits will be received and given a streamlined 8-week course in basic infantry training as pre scribed by the War Department Mobilization Training Program. FORE.’ North Africa—During the final stages of the Tunisian campaign a Yank patrol was reconnoitering on w hat used to be a swark golf course. At one point they came upon a huge shell crater, beside which was a sign which read: “Please replace divots.” Maj. Riley Grad Of 'Point' in 30 In smaller groups and under the careful supervision of officer and non-commissioned officer person nel, all of whom are specialists in a particular phase of the work, re cruits will receive training equal to that received by men over a con siderably longer period of time. FIRST ROW, LEFT to right. Pvts. George Baker. Wetdey Richardson. Simon Geisinger. W illiam Granitz, Martin E. Leisey, T/5 John L. O’Brien. Pvts. Norman Poe. Arthur Collins. Eugene Frye. Howard Falgout. Center row, T/5 Daniel Webster. Pvts. Michael McAuliffe, John Meilis, 1/5 Anthony Mazur, Sgt. Lawrence Dunne. Pvts. Luc:i»n Tetrault. Richard M. Smith. Sgt. Robert W ikon. Pvts. James Hogge. John S. Halaby. Back row, 1 vts. Theodore Davis. Joe Bishop. Robert Zeibe, Leroy Nihlock, James Jennings. T/5 Andrew O’Coi nell, Pvts. Albert Kamp, Harold Abelson. Sgt. Charles Hanky.—Sentrv Photo. Major Jasper J. Riley, Jr., IV Corps battalion commander, has had a varied military career. Just Over Service A member of the West Point class of 1930, Major Riley’s first Colonel Staff assignment was with the 29th Infantry at Fort Benning, Ga. Other assignments and stations Boasting a non-commissioned of include the following: 19th Infan- ficer cadre composed almost en Honorably retired after 31 years | try at Scofield Barracks, Hawaii; tirely of seasoned troops placed on of service and recalled to active ______ +----------------------------------------------------- ’ 4th Infantry at Fort Ord, Calif., Commanding Officer of the IV detached service Trom units in Alas and service at Fort Richardson, duty the following day’ is the unique with occasional fresh meat supple in 'Corps Provisional Replacement ka and the Aleutians and officer experience of S/Sgt. Harry Jen- j Alaska. mented, in some places, by native Training Center is Lt. Col. Paul personnel supplied by the Timber nings, IV Corps PRTC mess ser- Major Riley is a graduate of the bear and deer. R. Knight, with 26 years of Army Wolf Division, this new unit is geant. Infantry School and the 9th Corps Of 1 . ’ Having trouble because there ably staffed to fulfill the purpose service {o his credit. Having enlisted for the first Motor School. He has qualified as aren't enough girls to go around? Commissioned a 2nd Lieutenant for which it was created. time on Aug. 26, 1912, as a private i an expert with the rifle, pistol and FASSES NO TROUBLE Some of those boys hadn’t seen a Of the cadre, Lt. Col. Paul R. I in August,. 1917, he was assigned in the Coast Artillery, Sgt. Jen I i machine gun. woman, native or otherwise, for to the 77th Division, served over- Knight, commanding officer of the nings’ service has taken him from The particular pride of the IV as much as two years. ( PRTC, said: “I have never seen a , seas and returned with the unit. ! the Atlantic Coast to the Hawaiian ( rps PRTC is their non-ccmmis- In France Lt. Col. Knight parti better group in 26 years of service.” One of the men volunteered the Islands. i ned officer cadre. For supervision, administration cipated in four major engagements information that the only women he j ( The stations at which he served Drawn from our Alaskan out- saw in 14 months of service were} which included the Meuse-Argonne and supply the IV Corps Provis reads like a roster of U. S. Army ” sts, these men have experienced in the cast of a LTSO shew which and the Aisne offensives, as well ional Replacement Training Center , Posts. ficulties and hardships and are consisted of three women and two as serving in two defensive sectors is assigned to the Commanding Included are Fort Kamchameha, ONE HUNDRED AND ONE years is the total combined »re than ready to take anything men. Assisted by soldier talent ' in the south of France. He was General of the 70th Division. service of this group of nine non-coms, all of whom have served in near the entrance to Pearl Harbor; Major John M. Duffee, Executive t.'at Camp Adair has to offer. outposts beyond the continental limits of the United States. Their In order to concentrate on train wounded four times, awarded the and soldier music, an entertaining ■ Fort Hancock, N. J.; Fort Terry, Officer of the PRTC, was original- | rames and length of service, front row, left to right, lst/Sgts. Distinguished Service Cross, and ing. the Training Center has been Averaging 18 months of Alaskan show had been put together. N. Y.; Fort Barrancas, Fla.; Fort Claude E. Matthews, 7 years; Bertrue R. Tilley, 7 years; S/Sgts. ly commissioned in the National I relieved of much of its guard and emerged from World War I with service, these men represent many Morgan, Ala.; Fort McPherson, There is a note of irony in the Edgar L. Keiser. 7 years; Gehrhardt. 25 years. Rear row. Cpl. Guard in April, 1926. | STAFF OFFICERS OF the IV Corns PRTC p - p . lef» to service duties. These functions Walter B. Severson. 19 years; S/Sgt. William W. Crouch. 7 years; stations on islands with unpro- pass situation. In fact, for many the rank of captain. right, front row, Lts. Robert E. Baker, George S. Brookman. Ray He has been at Fort Benning lst/Sgts. Thurman F. Clendennin. 13 years; Harry L. Deims, 9 The years following the last war have been taken over by a unit of unceable names from the tip of up there, passes are no problem R. Donald. George E. Kaza. Back row, Capt. Fred G. Swartz Jr., and has engaged in extensive ma- ' years; Dominic Allessio. 7 years.—Sentry photo. found Lt. Col. Knight at different the Timber Wolf Division under Lt. Col. Paul R. Knight, Maj. John M. Duffie and Maj. Jasper J. the Aleutian chain to the Alaskan whatsoever for the simple reason 1 31-YEAR neuvers in Kansas, Minnesota and Kiley. — Sentry Photo. times with the 22nd Infantry at Captain E. J. Jessen. inland. that there just isn’t any place to | i Tennessee. Careful record of the progress Governor’s Island, N. Y., the In- Gripers at Camp Adair and go.. From August, 1941, until June, fantiy School at Fort Benning. of each soldier trained by the Folding t -ewhere might pay heed to just 1943, he was stationed in Alaska. Ga., the 19th Infantry at Scofie'd PRTC, covering every phase of in a few of the things that the boys I ---------------------------------- Military drivers must stop at all Barracks, Hawaii, and the 18th fantry training, will be kept and j - our northern outposts experi- “stop” signs and railroad cross GUEST LEAVES CAMP ADAIR Infantry at Fort Wadsworth, N. Y. the records will accompany each e. ings unless there is a civilian A feather weight folding can Miss Beverly Barry, secretary to I In 1941 ftnd 1942 Lt. Col. Knight man when he moves out to take Much of the food there is of the guard or an M.P. stationed at that opener slightly smaller than a ru I state supreme court judge Millard was back with the 77th Division at his place with a permanent unit. Typical of the men making up they’ never reached us. 7 .vdered and dehydrated variety point for traffic control purposes. zor blade has been developed by in Olympia, Wash., has returned ‘‘Then in November of 1942 we The 77th of Mascots of the IV Corps Provis the non-com cadre of the IV Corps the QM Corps to replace the famil Fort Jackson, S. C. to Washington after spending a received orders that we were to had been re ional Replacement Training Cen NO ROOMS FOR RENT PRTC is Sgt. James Stobaugh, of iar and hard-to-handle key now World War I fame week in Guest House 2 as the guest as Morning Rain" ter are two fearsome looking pedi in World W ar Portland, Ore. (CNS) — There’s , of Mrs. Margaret Blodgett, hostess. Houston, Tex., veteran of 6 years go farther west. We left the last supplied with cans of the army ra activated for service greed wolf hounds, the gift of Brig tions. of Army service, which includes of the month and had Thanksgiv II. From the 77th he moved on no room for drunks these days in adier General W. C. Dunckel, Tim ,23 months as an infantry com ing dinner on the boat. 104th Timber Wolf Division, HAWAIIAN RECORD the jail here. The new gadget weighs one fifth to the ber Wolf Division Artillery com “We arrived in Dutch Harbor Walter Masterson, former Wash munications sergeant in the far Police headquarters, depressed of an ounce and can be carried on a where he remained until ordered mander. in December, 1942. We left after north. present assignment. ington pitcher who is now hurling by overcrowded cells, sent this re keyring, with the cutting blade *° his With Alaska and the Aleutians a few days and proceeded to Adak.” . The dogs are 6 or 7 years old and. folded flat against the metal tort to cops requesting the paddy for a Naval base nine in Hawaii, On Adak, Sgt. Stobaugh’s unit completely in the possession of our despite their appearance, are handle. They wi.l be packed only You may send your family the wagon: “Sober them up and take pitched the first no-hit game in the forces, the story of one of the received intensive training in am gentle by nature. in packages of “K” and “C” ra Sentry. Subscription ratns: six care of them the best way you can. history of the Hawaiian League in men wrho was a participant in much phibious operations and took many | The jail is full.” a recent game in Honolulu. S/Sgt. Harry Jennings months, $1.00; a year, $1.50. They are husky animals and Lt. tions. of the activity is of particular in- conditioning hikes in preparation Ray R. Donald will attest to their for their next objective. , terest. pulling power. Sgt. Stobaugh’s story continues: Ga.; Fort Oglethorpe, Ga.; Fort I Leaving a west coast port in Taken out for a walk one eve “We went aboard a Marine Sam Houston, Tex.; Camp Bar- July, 1941, Sgt. Stobaugh’s unit ning. the dogs espied another dog arrived in Kodiak late that month. Troop Carrier in the morning. That keley, Tex.; Camp Wolters, Tex.; in the field. Despite the fact that Long and arduous months were night the CO announced that our and Fort Leonard Wood. Mo. he is himself a 190-pounder, Lt. spent in building roads and im destination was Amchitka, and that Born and raised in Princeton, Donald found that restraint was j it was not known whether or not it Ind., Sgt. Jennings returned t > his proving their camp. futile. Portions of Sgt. Stobaugh’s st- ry was occupied by the Japs, but that home town for one week three .With»relative ease, the dogs pro- are reprinted exactly as he told it we could expect an attack at any’ years after his first enlistment. He •eeded to drag him all over the time. to the Sentry: hasn’t been back for the past 28 “At 1000 on the 12th of January, years. place. “After the attack on Pearl Har bor every one wanted to get into this year, the assault wave of our Sgt. Jennings is 61 years old and the fight, but it was no dice until battalion climbed over the rails came to Camp Adair about < ne later. At that time we doubled our nto the assault boats and we year ago with the orginal cadre outposts and played a game of started the invasion. By 1500 it was for the Timber Wolf Division. completed without a shot having watchful waiting. Lt. John C. Martin of the 172nd “Our Commanding Officer was :e»h fired. The whole movement Ord. Co. has succeeded Capt Lloyd Major Philip R. Dwyer, and under had been carried out under cover of our outposts, but egn n ern-ed L. Yohe as commanding officer o* I is direction we built and camou of fog with the utmost secrecy, a nJ no casualties. In all there was a the 28‘Jth Old. Co. (MM). flaged trails to all of the bays it was not until the evening of .lie total of 11 raids which can » d nly Capt. Yohe had been with the aicund the sector of the island 23rd that we saw our first J-.p minor damage and only about ♦hree company since April. He has been plane, though it was not the last. or four casualties. we were to defend. “One morning two black float “The most welcome sight I h ive transferred to another post. “ In June of 1942 the Japs hit LEFT TO RIGHT front row Its James S Mile.. I'-'id E- Bertram. Rav R. Donald. William B. Whitney. George G. Frookm.n. I HESE I'WO PEDIGREED wolfhounds are the IV Corps ever seen was a Jap Zero falling in type Zeros broke through the over- Dutch Harbor, and we thought we The men of the 289th extend Second row. Capts. Elmer H. Bauer James R. Wall Jr.. E. J- Maj. John M. Duffie. Lt. Col. Paul R. Knight Maj. Jasper J. PRTC mascota. They were the gift of Brigadier General W. C. flames after being shot down by east sky and dropped bombs in the Kiley, Capts. Herman W. Jones Fred G Swartz Jr. George F. laylor. Back row. Lts. Leroy O. Puckett. . cott D. Ha'jlnnd. Edw ard would get to see some action but hearty congratulations to both and Dunckel. Timbe»- '' <»lf * rt»Itoev G^fr’*”"' jt • . '..re*s, «. eorge K Grant Edwin's Tipple George E. Kaz », Donald B. Duncan. Leonard R. Donaldson. Orville E. ' Eugene the superb flying of our Army and harbor area, causing no damage. one of our P 40s in the last raid wish them the be. t of tuck on their with LC Ray R. Donald. Adjutant, and Lt. Col. Paul R. Knight, T. Me(a thy. ¡ h im s’ j. Edwords. Kmi" T. Upshaw Robert E. Knorr. Marlin L. Eubank. Fred K. Bouton. Chester Behrns. Robert E. Navy pilots turned them back and Then they returned to strafe one that was made on the isk nd.’ new assignments. Commanding Officer of the PRTC.—Sentry Photo. tr. l.o s W. Johnson. Harry E. ’Stewart.—Sentry photo. and His PRTC Proud of Cadre, Hardened Non-Coms Lt. Col. Knight, PRTC CO, Vet of War I, Wears DSC A Century of 31 Years Service & Mess-Sgt. Jen nings Still at It Gripers Camp Will Learn Lot From Tales Alaskan Hardships Maj. Duffee First Commissioned In National Guard VETERAN Dutch Harbor Veteran Tells Invasion Story Can Opener Irish Wolfhounds QMC's Latest Gadget Fitting Mascots For Tough PRTCs "Gentle the Timber Wolf Officers Detached for PRTC Lt. Martin Appointed Nev/ CO of 289th Ord.