70th Men Who Processed Louis Say 'Hi, Joe
THE
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Sgt. "King" Louis and Round-Table Discussion Yesterday Noon
T 3 Bob Ruskauff
Managing Editor
Camp Adair Sentry
Friday, October 29,1943.
Pape Twelve
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A dozen or so EM who put Joe
¿Louis through the processing at
Camp Upton came over to the
Service Club cafeteria yesterday as
the Bomber, lst/Sgt. Nicholson,
Sgt. Jimmy Edgar and Cpl. Jackie
Wilson were downing their ham an’
meal.
When told who the Trailblazers
were Louis looked up quickly:
“Is the boy who gave me those
shots hack at Upton here too? If
he is, I sure would like to see him
in a little while—back of this
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The autograph hunters were out
—they even seem to haunt Army
Posts—and we noticed on ours that
the Sgt. writes with a rather grace­
ful. light, rounded hand.
Somewhere along the way the
Bomber had bought a red rubber
liall. Cpl. Wilson cut it in two and
throughout the meal Tarnis toyed
with The halves, squeezing them to
limber those hands and fists which
have causer around $2,000.(.00
worth of damage to heavyweight
hopes through the years.
Waiting for the Odyssey to Al­ i
JUST LIKE OLI) Home Week was the informal bull session that greeted Sgt. Joseph LouL Farrow, “Joe Louis, to you.” «hen he
bany to begin yesterday, we for­
arrived at Camp Adair yesterday. Waiting to greet the Champ were 14 Trailblazer Non Coms «ho processed Joe «hen he came into
got to verify all our facts on one
lamp Upton as a brand new inductee two years ago. Gathered around the Brown Bomber at Service Club 1 are. left to right, front
of the top pheasant hunting stories
row, lst/Sgt. George Nicholson, Sgt. Phil Churnside. Louis, Cpl. Fd McDonnell. Cpl. Sam Unger, Cpl. Mike Berke. and T/Sgt. Louis
Luke. T/3 Bob Ruskauff sits with his back to the camera. Standing are Pvt. Jackie Wilson, Sgt. Gaetano Giorgianni, Cpl. Dick Miller
of the week. But we have it pretty
and Sgt. Ernie Sorenson.—Signal Corps-Trailblazer photo.
straight that:
lst/Sgt. George Jacobson of
QM and T Sgt. George Erickson
Tailor On Biceps; Shoe Fitter on 12-Ds
will have at least a few days of
strained relations after their trip
early in the week.
Hunting y’ know, was permitted
on the Post. So. the mighty nimrods
fared forth—with five shells.
They had a deal. The man who
By S Sgt. Edward J. Connors
fired the fifth shell, cleaned the
“
Glad
to
see
you again,” Sgt. Joe Louis Barrow remarked
gun.
A pheasant rose. T/Sgt. Erick­ to nine enlisted men of the Trailblazer Division yesterday |
son, who had the gun, hoisted it afternoon as he was finishing his lunch in the cafeteria of
and let go. The “chink” fell. They Service Club No. 1, warmly greet- •
ran forward and lo as they reached
No Deer! Lots of Discipline!
ing the group of non-coms who I
to grab it, the pheasant whirred I
With smoke still in the air and
changed him from a civilian to a
cut from under, and took off into I
75
men of the 275th Inf. waiting
soldier at Camp Upton, N.Y. nearly [
the air.
with itchy fingers on the firing
two years ago.
So T Sgt. Erickson, who still had
line, the form of an animal be­
The affable 29 yt ar-old ex-heavy­
the gun, fired again; and again;
gan
moving toward the targets.
weight champion of the world, now ;
and again. The pheasant flew on
Exclamations
filled the air:
on a boxing exhibition tour i
and upward to vanish in the serene
“
It
’
s
a
dog.
”
throughout the world-scattered U.
distance.
“No, it’s a horse.”
S. Army camps, stepped out of his
“Here, sergeant, you take the
But it proved to be a deer, a
well-known role of the silent, non- .
gun now,” quoth Erickson.
talkative idol, dominating the con- j solitary whitetailed deer walking
^'Like hell, I will, sergeant,”
versation among the group of 12 ' leisurely down the firing line.
roared top-kick Jake.
Not one shot was fired upon it.
soldiers at his table.
They trudged silently back to
That's what we call discipline.
For nearly an hour, Louis re- I
that haven of rest called (last
minisced with the former Camp j
week) the QM Barracks.
Upton soldiers, recalling amusing i Wilkes-Barre, Pa., and Cpl. James
incidents that happened when the Lockfort, Co. C, 274th Infantry,
present 70th Division soldiers tried Bronx, N.Y.
Five others in the Trailblazer Di- •
to fit the huge champion with reg­
ular-sized Army clothing equip­ i vision who were in the Camp Upton |
ment and« giving a resume of his consignment were unable to be pre­
sent. They are: Cpl. Americo Eder-
own life since they last saw him.
Grouped around the table were esto, AT Co., 276th Infantry, New
It must have been nervousness— 1st Sgt. George Nicholson, former Haven. Conn., Cpl. Maurice Jaffie,
Last week Camp Adair’s first sparring partner who fought with Co. K. 275th Infantry, Bronx, N.Y.,
two feminine truck drivers went to Louis in the main exhibition bout Cpl. Henry Mauer, Co. E. 275th In­
MEASl RING I HAT FAMOUS Joe Louis’ right is Sgt.
work, and how! Now they believe at the Field House last night, Pvt. fantry, Brooklyn, N.Y., and T/5
Gaetano Giorgianni. who went through the same process when the
the old song, called “Everything George “Jackie” Wilson, former Richard Stanton, 1st Bn. Hq. Co..
champ first was fitted with GIs at Camp Upton. Smiling Dick
Miller asks if Army hiking had expanded Joe’s feet. Both non­
world’s welterweight champion who 274th Infantry.
Happens to Me.”
coms,
since transferred to the 70th Div., helped Louis recall those
fought
with
“
Sugar
”
Ray
Robinson
They recalled Louis’ arrival with
It happened, to be exact, last
days
almost
two years ago.—Signal Corps-Trailblazer photo.
Friday morning and it had to hap­ in the-first bout last evening, and Promoter Mike Jacobs in an im­
pen—plague take it—just outside the group of Trailblazers. Robin­ mense sedan in January, 1942, step­
When Louis presented his dyna­ Fort Riley several months ago to
the office of Capt. Gilbert A. son, known in the Army as Cpl. ping out of the car and assuming
Walker
Smith,
was
enjoying
a
the role of Private Barrow. one of miting left arm for his first Army start on his present boxing tour.
Waite, the Post Adjutant. The
many thousands who were handled shot of typhus serum, the attend­
Louis, they recalled, was placed
captain was shocked out of almost much-needed sleep at the time.
The
70th
Division
soldiers
who
by
these
men
before
and
after
ant
cracked,
“
Joe,
here
’
s
one
jab
on
the suspense list for three
a week's work when — bingo —
assembled
for
the
reunion
are:
Louis
’
induction.
you
won't
be
able
to
return.
”
weeks, waiting for a size 44 extra
smack! You might have guessed it.
T/5 Edward J. McDonnell, 70th Div.
He was the idol of Company L.
“Well,” Joe cracked right back long blouse to complete his uniform
The Post Engineers ton-and-a-
Hq. Det. of Queens, Long Island, ••hose softball team he organized good-humoredly,
“you’d
better and several other items that had
half truck, driven by Wanda Mc-
N.Y., Cpl. Richard S. Miller, Co. and played on. Although he was make it a good one then.”
I to be broadened before he could
Poil and in process of unloading a
L, 274th Infantry, Queen’s, Long very generous to all of his buddies,
Louis spent more than three wear them.
few specks of coal at Post Head­
Island, T/5 Sam M. Unger, 1st Bn. buying them cigarettes and various months at Camp Upton, where he
Some of the Trailblazers meas­
quarters, had just delivered a solar Hq. 274th Infantry, New York City,
essentials when they were broke, he was probably the best-liked soldier ured and outfitted him, while
plexis to the fresh, pretty, new Sgt. Michael Berke, Co. L, 274th sought no favors, the Trailblazers
there, the Trailblazers said, moving others made out his various records
trellis which the Post Adjutant Infantry, Lancaster, Pa., and T/ recalled. He was just another GI
on from there to Fort Dix. From
caused to have built last summer Sgt. Lewis M. Luke, Hq. Co., 70th and he expected to be treated that went to Broadway and the Special and insurance. None of them were
connected with his actual training
as part of the Post beautification Div.. Syracuse, N.Y.
way.
Service Office, from where he be­ at Camp Upton, they said.
program. .
Also present were T/4 Ernest R.
He served on all the details every gan his boxing exhibition tour and
Louis left shortly after his ex­
And almost nobody is sorrier Sorensen, Hq. & Service Co. 270th private is handed after his first where he won his corporal’s stripes.
hibition bout last night for Camp
about it all than the poor reporter • Engr. Bn., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sgt. brush with military life, holding
Louis completed his basic train­ White, Ore., where he and his
from the Sentry who heard about Gaetano Giorgianni, Co. D., 370th down positions on yardbird and KP ing in the Army cavalry center at
group of fistic champions will per­
it. Oh yeah? Stories like that just ■ Med. Bn., Brooklyn, N.Y., Sgt. Phil- details, accepting and doing them Fort Riley, Kansas, riding the
form at an exhibition there this
don't happen to everybody.
j lip Churnside, Hq. Co. 70th Div., with his usual good nature.
horses he loves so well. He left evening.
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