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About Camp Adair sentry. (Camp Adair, Or.) 1942-1944 | View Entire Issue (Oct. 22, 1943)
i % COMING UP SOON GI field sanitary installations highlighted in a graphic story, will e run in next week’s issue . . . tarry on with war bond allotment-, . . . mark it down: Joe Louis troupe at Field House, 7 p.m. next Thurs day . Camp Adair. Oregon, Friday, October 22, 1943. ., No. 27. $1.50 a Year by Mail ou/s Troupe On Post Thursday Tribute to Valor — Silver Star Given to Hero's Parents Launch Courses n Orientation Top Fight Show At Field House Four Negro Fighters In Champ's Troupe; Big Day for 740th Vital Series to Begin Soon; Places Soldier 'Closer to War Role' Sergeant Joe Louis and his three buddies—in all, four of the finest fighters you are likely to see to gether anywhere at one time—will come to Camp Adair next Thurs day for a big day of activity, which will be climaxed on Thursday eve ning with a fight show and exhibi tion bouts at Field House. i According to plans, as announced J yesterday by Lt. Walter E. Sind- linger, Post Athletic officer, the RECEIVING THE SILVER star from the hands of Col. Samuel I). Hays. Po«t Commander, in troupe is to arrive at Camp Adair Monday’s retreat ceremony on the Post is Mrs. John Thcrras Oleson of McMinnville, mother of Lt. some time Thursday morning. At John Oleson. The lieutenant was killed during the action in which his gallantry earned the trophy, in the noon they will be luncheon guests battle of Sanananda Point last January 18. Standing at the presentation are Maj. Tony C. Frank, I of the Post Special Service Officer, Post Salvage Officer, and Lt. Col. Eugene I. Foster, Post Executive Officer. Major Carl B. Forsman. From I until 2:30 p. m. they will visit at four wards of Station Hospital. Fitness Talks ▲ fl I • ■ ■ From 3 until 4:30 there will be a physical fitness talk and í^^<,theprimary"es¡ I demonstration at the Field s (1) Acquaint all troops with the By Cpl. Ben Hirschkowitz House. This will be open to all , reasons why we are in war, (2) to j Tiie gallantry of another Oregon boy, who fought beyond the call of duty and died I men—and especially invited are inform them accurately as to the' on the field of battle, was honored Monday at Camp Adair. groups brought by their COs or progress of war and (3) to estab-i Posthumously, the Silver Star medal, wa-< awarded to the parents of 2nd I.t. John Ole- I athletic officers. ..Bsh wfHreach. soldiera sense of son of McMinnville^ who -lost his*---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ! At night (the tentative time is e importance of his own personal life in action near Sanananda 2nd Lt., 41st Div. United States ored guests, were the mother and 7 p. m.), a short talk on physical Point, New Guinea, Jan. 18. The Army. ole. fitness will be followed by the father of the soldier hero. This will be done by including ceremony was brief, impressive. The presentation made to his fa Members of Lt. Oleson’s imme exhibition bouts. These in turn will For “gallantry in action” in an ther. Mr. John T. Oleson of Mc diate family present included his probably be followed by some bouts aily and weekly new’s reviews and operation near Sanananda Point, Minnville, Oregon, by Col. Samuel brothers Orville J. and Arlo T. between outstanding Post fighters. liscussions on the various phases . c In the exhibitions, the first will of war, traced to the beginning. New Guinea, during which he gave D. Hays, Post Commander, cli- Oleson and his sister, Mrs. Leona see Cpl. Walker Smith (better ^Questions will be brought up and ( his life, the Silver Star Medal, one maxed a formal retreat parade and Nelson. Also present was Miss Ce- fife, answered. A board of enlisted of the highest honors that his review in which all the troops of the celia Nissl of McMinnville, whom known as “Sugar Ray” Robinson, 5 |men will probably be picked to act I ¡country could bestow, was award- Service Command Unit participat- Lt. Oleson had planned to marry (Continued on page 6. column 1) in supervisory capacity. jin I ed posthumously to John E. Oleson, ed. Receiving the review, as hon- (Continued on Page 4. column Hi A vital orientation series with a |^hree-fold purpose, designed to get tl “ average soldier “close to his ®wwn war role,” will be launched ^Shortly on the Post, it was an- Bounced yesterday " through the Post Special Services office. H The program has been developed via a War Department request, it was revealed, aitnough details as to time and place of conducting the orientation series have not been completed. B In effect, the whole series is edicated upon the fact that most •ldiers arc not aware of the strate- T of war, nor of their own in- vidual importance in the entire program. Particular emphasis in the course will be levied on troops I Silver Star Medal Posthumously Awarded to Oregon Soldier-Hero I 6 Trailblazer MP Trained as ¡Training Director New Post Public Pvt. Relations Officer President's Bodyguard The man who stands guard at the door of the Zeigfeld Follies in New York City may be fortu nate, but Pvt. Louis P. Bell of the MP Platoon, 70th Division, was far more fortunate. Through the door of the Ziegfeld Follies pass many beautiful women, but through the gate of the White House in Washington, D. C., pass the world’s notables. Pvt. Bell is a Washingtonian through and through. Born not far from the Capitol on Nov. 21, 1909, he has always been in contact with important people. After finishing high school, Lou furthered his studies at Benjiimin Franklin Uni versity where he took accountancy and law. In 1936, he became a member of the Metropolitan Police of the District of Columbia, and worked with them for four years. During these four years he was detailed to the White House on several oc casions, and finally decided to transfer to the White House Guard. As a guard in the president’s Troubadour Goes I I He Writes Them! Does He Get 'em? Have you written home this home, it was necessary for ¡week? If not meet Pvt. William Bell to be very familiar with any I Ketchersid, who bats out a half one of prominence. He was or. New Post Public Relations Offi j dozen letters every every week-dav speaking terms not only with the cer is Capt. Douglas McKay, who and “at least 12 each Sunday.” president and his family, but also also holds down the position of , from the day-room of Co. 1, 275th with such well-known persons as Director of the Training Branch Regt. senators, representatives, the cab in the SCU 1911. Pvt. Ketchersid thinks he might inet members, and others read ! , Succeeding Capt. George H. God go professional and, if he does, about every day in the newspapers. frey, who this week transferred to will write only letters in the first While in his capacity as a G2 section of the 70th Division, three grades at price levels (1) for guard at the MJhite House, he had Capt. McKay is well qualified for ’girl friend’s family, (2) to gf aid many assignments with the Se his new responsibilities. ’ (8) “love letters that produce re cret Service. On one occasion. In civilian life the Captairf was sults," says reporter Pvt. Walt Lou was detailed to the British mayor of Salem, Ore., and was Werwath. Embassy while Prime Minister three times elected state senator The young Trailblazer neglected Churchill was stopping there. from Marion County.' , to mentioned whether all of the Lou claims that his biggest thrill Capt. McKay fought in the first SGT. NICK SANSONIA, Camp letters he now sends are answered came when he was assigned with World War and is a veteran of the Adair ’s “Singer oí Songs,” leaves —or just how many gf’s are in the Secret Service to Lee, Mass., the Army today. Story page 3. for over a period of two months, battle of the Meuse-Argonne. After cluded in the roster he does write. guarding Queen Wilhelmina and being an eye-witness to the Jap Crown Princess Juliana of the anese sneak attack on Pearl Har Netherlands. While there, he talked bor. he resigned his legislative ( with the Queen and Crown Princess,, office in order to return to active! f MonitoreC by T/l John Stump but what amazed and delighted duty. The allies were moving slowly but ever closer to their respective him most was the ability of the two goals — on the land and in the ar.-—over the world this week . . . . small princesses, three and four nd abo talk to the Dutch Secret In Italy, the Anglo-American [.th army completed the victory vears of age, daughters of Princess | Service men, who were nearby, ir (Continued on Page 2, Columns 3 and 4) Juliana, to talk to him in English Dutch. The World This Week
