Camp Adair Sentry
Friday, October 1,1943.
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Tip No:1; Sn°ppy So,ute
For Mailing
Moiling Xmas Mark of Good Soldier — Here's How!
Packages Oversea
DO NOT “Look for Indians,” or act like your hand is a sunshade,
SGT. RAYMOND A. IHME
Guadalcanal Veteran
Discharged from Army
Sgt. Ihme Wearer of
Purple Heart Medal
By Cpl. Ben Hirschkowitz
Awarded the Purple Heart medal
for wounds received in action
against the Japs on Guadalcanal,
Ex-Tirnber Wolf, Sgt. Raymond A.
Ihme, was honorably discharged
last week.
Still imbedded in his knee are
bits of shrapnel from a Japanese
mortar shell, a vivid reminder of
the bitter fighting waged in the
early stages of the Guadalcanal
campaign.
Called to the colors with the
161th Inf. of the North Dakota
National Guard in Feb. of 1941,
Sgt. Ihme received additional train-
ing at Camp Claiborne, La., and
the regiment proceeded to the
Solomons via New Caledonia. The
commanding officer was Colonel
Bryant E. Moore, now a Brigadier
General and the Assistant Division
Commander of the Timber Wolf
Division.
On Guadalcanal, Sgt. Ihme par­
ticipated ir. extensive jungle patrol
activity and was with the force
that held Henderson Field despite
repeated Japanese efforts to re­
capture the vital air base. His regi­
ment was the first army unit to
join with the Marines, heroes of
the initial phases of the battle.
He was wounded on Nov. 26,
1942, and his return to the U. S.
is an odyssey in itself. By boat and
plane he was removed from the
Solomons via the New Hebrides
Islands, New Zealand, New Cale­
donia, the Fiji Islands to Letter-
man General Hospital in San Fran­
cisco and then to Kennedy General
Hospital in Memphis for additional
treatment.
Thought sufficiently recovered to
resume active duty, he was as­
signed to the Timber Wolf Division
at the request of General Moore.
The intensive training, however,
was more than the injured leg
could stand and Sgt. Ihme, duly
honored, returns to civilian life.
.The War Department has desig­
nated October 15 as the deadline
to the Christmas mailing period
for sending packages to soldiers|
and sailors serving overseas.
No written requests from the
men in the service are required to
mail Christmas packages.
The weight limit on each package
will be fi.e pounds. The length of
each package is limited to 15 inches
and the total dimensions, length
plus girth, must not exceed 36
inches.
Only one package will be accept­
ed from any individual or concern. I
No perishable articles may be sent
and the sending of fragile articles ,
is not recommended.
by placing the hand over the right eye, or by twisting your head
down to your hand.
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND
SMARTLY until the tip of your
forefinger (index finger) touches
the lower part of the cap, above
and slightly to the right of your
right eye. Keep your thumb and
fingers extended and joined, palm
down, hand and wrist straight.
Keep your upper arpi horizontal,
and the forearm inclined to a 45
degree angle. Turn your head and
eyes toward the person you are
Saluting. Drop the arm smartly to the side and turn your head and
eyes to the front on the completion of the salute.—By The Training
Branch.
For the big War Bonck rally in
Albany last Friday, entertainment
from Camp Adair was on hand to
boost the sales of bonds.
The show, arranged through Chet
Wheeler of KWIL, Albany, and
Mrs. Margaret Blodgett, director
of club 1, included Pvt. Frawk
Brousek, 276th Infantry. Trail­
blazers, accordionist; Pvt. Billy
Gravetter, of library 1 staff, sing­
er; Pvt. Harry Anderson. 274th
Infantry, 70th, ukulele novelties;
Cpl. Fordyce Waldo, Hqs. 70th
Division, vocals, accompanied by
Pvt. Kenneth Burns; and Pvt. Joe
Campo, guitarist.
Ratings Announced by
Colonel Gibson, CO
Twenty-nine promotions among
I EM in the 274th Infantry, Trail­
blazer Division, have been an­
nounced by Col. Thomas R. Gibson,
j Regimental Commander.
Raised to the rank of staff sgt.
were Sgts. Virgil C. Schwerdfeger,
Hq. Tnd Bn., and Robert N. Wolf,
Co. B.
To be sergeant: Cpl. William
Kneipp, Co. C; T/4 Jess T. Vega,
Co. M; T/5 Howard J. Lenerz,
725th FA Opens Social Program With Big Show Med. Det.; Cpls. James C. Wilson,
|Co. A; Willard J. D. Lilly, Co. B;
The 725th Field Artillery Bat-. the audience, military march songs i T/5 Robert W. Linker, Hq. 2nd
I talion inaugurated its social pro- • intermingled with popular swing Bn.
Red Cross Helps Our
*gram for its enlisted men at their and hillbilly tunes.
Named to become corporals were
Prisoners Overseas
“The Shooting of Dan McGrew”
Recreation Hall last Thursday
Pfcs. Jee Kazmarczyk, Co. M;
I night.
was dramatically put over by Pvt.
Charles R. Richardson. Co. I; Or­
First shipment of relief supplies ! Pvt. Arthur M. Schiller of Serv- O’Leary.
rin G. Veeneman, Co. I; Pvt. Rus­
from an American VV est Coast ice Battery whipped together a
Miss June Powell, outstanding
sel E. Arnold, Co. F; Pfc. Joseph
port via Russian styjps to the Port varied and entertaining program hula-hula dancer, with an accom-
I W. Feeley, 1st Bn. Hq.; and Pvt.
I of Vladivostok, for American mill- from the ranks, of the new men who panying
and pianist,
„ singer
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> was William V. Hughes, Co. F.
tary and civilian prisoners of war recently
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arrived at n
Camp
the
surprise guest feature of the
Nine men from the Medical De­
held in the Far East, will be mov­
Those who participated in the evening.
tachment
were raised to T/3:
ing soon, the American Red Cross show were: Pvts. Herman Gach, ‘ A motion picture, “Her Uncle
has announced. The relief sup­ jiving M. C.; Marcell L. Sarff. Sam,” ! starring Barbara Stanwyck Sgts. Floyd Dirksen, Joseph Kohn,
plies will be reshipped from Vladi­ piano accordionist; Elmer E. Thom­ and Robert Young, preceded the Leonard Klosner, Charles Slagle,
(John Tomic, T/4s Russell A. An­
vostok for distribution to all Far as and Raymond McGill, harmonica stage show.
The entire entertainment was dersen, Robert D. Cody, Herman E.
Eastern points where American artists; Daniel J. O’Leary, elocu­
civilians and military men and tionist; Reginald F. Sargeant and accomplished through the efforts Miller and George H. Davis.
Promoted to T/4 were T/5s Har-
women are held in prison camps. Marvin J. Whittier, guitarists; and supervision of Lt. Bob Carson.
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old
E. Kelly, Myron B. Meehan,
Two hundred thousands war food Anthony J. Leone, dancer; Irving
parcels, plus $250,000 worth of Sacks, pianist, and the following
Cpl. Martin Fogel. Miami Reach Wallace E. Erlandsen, Emil Ya-
medicines and a large quantity of quartette: Pvts. Berger, Kiel, Stev­ golf pro, won the Enlisted Men’s roma, all of the Med. Det., and Pvt.
military and civilian clothing and enson and Linore.
I golf tournament at Ft. Hancock, Harry R. Brushingham, Co. D.
Raised to T/5 was Pvt. Harry
comfort articles will be sent in the
While the jumping, jiving M. C. N. J., last week with a two round
I Clarquist, Service Co.
first shipments.
boogie- a oogied into the hearts of score of 146.
'Good Cartoonist Could Go Slap-happy Here'; Quoting Of Course; Read Tale Below!
“Stop it . . . stop it . . . that’s not the
training film! It’s tonight’s feature!”
AND THAT IS the comment
of Cpl. Edward J. McDonnell,
former New York cartoonist, now
a member of the Trailblazer Divi­
sion. To your right and left in
this lay-out are Cpl. McDonnell’s
conceptions of typical Army
humor, which, according to the
story we got. can be picked up
during any 10 minutes of a GI’s
life. This Sentry photo shows the
corporal at (you guessed it) a
drawing board.
Trailblazer, Ex-NY Cartoonist, Finds
Division Artists in
Albany Bond Rally
274th Infantry Regt
Promotes Twenty-nine
Cartoon Stuff Aplenty
By S/Sgt. Edw. J. Connors
“A good cartoonist could go slap-happy in his delight over the
wealth of material here,” observed Cpl. Edward J. McConnell, former
New York City cartoonist this week.
“The only things that keep him from getting that way are that
there aren’t enough hours in the day to do the work and he can’t get
around enough to see everything,” he continued.
Cpl. McDonnell, frequent contributor to Collier’s, Saturday Eve­
ning Post, and for the last ten years the creator and author of “Policy
Pete” of the New York Daily Mirror, claims he has plenty to do cap­
turing the antics of the group of soldiers to which he is assigned, Head­
quarters Company of the Trailblazer Division.
10 Years of Boners in 10 Minutes
“Now what would I do with a whole division, or a camp! Even
a very small group of GI’s can pull more natural boners in ten
minutes in camp than they could in ten years in civilian life.
Their humor is spontaneous and their antics are unrehearsed;
therefore, it makes the best humor,” he explained.
‘ Hey surge—tell Private Smith to be a
little more careful with that bayonet!”
The amiable Irish New Yorker, recently of Camp Upton, N. Y.,
knows whereof he speaks when it comes to the Army and the average
GI. He enlisted in December, 1940, going to Fort McLellan, zMa., for a
year and then to Camp Upton, until he was assigned to the 70th Divi­
sion two weeks ago.
Was Under Famed Cartoonists
He was under the famous wings of such great artists as Windsor
McKay, Percy Crosby, creator of “Skippy,” Bill Holman who blames
“Smokey Stover” for all the difficulties he gets into, and Bob Brincker­
hoff, the not-so-mixed-up daddy of "l>i»rie Mary Mix-up.”
Cpl. McDonnell, who says he taught himself how to eat with his
left hand while in the kindergarten age so that he could draw with his
right hand, worked along with these famous cartoonists for several
years in the art department of the New York Herald Tribune.
He attended the Associated Art Studios of New York City
for four years, free-lanciug in various fields of cartooning and art.
work during this time. He illustrated subjects for Wall Street Journals
contributed regularly for four years to “Our Navy,” official publica­
tion of the U. S. Navy, before volunteering for the Army.
Although he works long hours at a stretch and sometimes far
into the night on a particular subject, Cpl. McDonnell tried to explain
away l.w talents by saying that he decided to make comic art a career,
“because it was better than working, anyway.”
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