Friday, January 14, 1944.
Page Ten
Theodore the Wolf
Camp Adair Sentry
They’ve Got a Word for It
The men from Co. H, 276th
Inf. have always been mighty
sharp when it came to mottoes,
slogans, etc. Their company bul
letin board proclaims: “Hold
Those Breastworks—or Bust!”
Now the outfit's mortar pla
toon has come up with a motto:
“A Boy’s Best Friend Is His
Mortar." A machine gunner in
vented it, although he can’t ex
plain why.
Theme song of the platoon is:
"He Says, ‘Mortar!’ He Say
'*** •» La^d ^> mm , 4Mi..».'a4 * C»*p N.w^m
Chief of Staff in
91st Scores with
New "Bazooka
now that were off —whatII you miss th most?"
One of Nation's
Best Chefs Cooks
For Co. H, 275th
When the men of Co. H. 275th
Inf., sit down to chow, they eat
food prepared under supervision
of one of the leading master chefs
of the nation, S Sgt. Warren T.
Davidson.
Sgt. Davidson, before becoming
mess sergeant at Co. H. catered to
the discriminating appetites of
«liners at such luxury hostelries as
the Winton in Cleveland, the Alex
andria in Los Angeles, the Mira
mar, Santa Monica. El Rancho, I.as
Vegas, the St. Anthony, San
tonio, the Fontenelle, Omaha,
others.
Aecustome«! to handling
quality foodstuffs, Sgt. Davidson
.gays, “The Army buys as good or
lietter food than any hotel or club
I ever worked in. Properly' pre
pared, there's no reason why the
food soldiers eat shouldn't be
equal to that served in the finest
hotel restaurants in America "
70TH HQ PROMOTES 10
Eight 70th Division HQ Detach
ment EM were promoted to higher
grades this week, as follows:
To T Sgt.. Maurice G. Sanders;
S/Sgt., Marvin C. liruein; Tec4,
Ernest E. Wampler; Tec5. Herbert
C. Marschner, Joseph M. Mehalko;
Pfc., Joseph W. Bailey, Eugene L.
Stiffler, Theodore W. Szafran.
MASTER CHEF
Colonel Joseph P. Donnovin,
Chief of Staff for the 91st Divi
sion, considerably embarrassed sev
eral “experts” on the famous “ba
zooka" last Friday as he sent a
"Oh. he goes to bed that way every night. He’s an ex-pole
rocket spinning through the target
vault champion!”
100 yards away in his very’ first at
tempt at firing the new weapon.
Although slightly scratched from It Was Only for One Day's Problem, But
the flash-back, the colonel laughed
it off.
"This is really a great weapon,”
he said, “and the role which it is
M Sgt. Mathew Gress of the ■ was nothing less than the official
playing and will continue to play in 316th Med. Bn. was just an ordin-
battalion commander.
this
_ war , cannot be overestimated."
, ,
| ary guy this week and just a little
Well, for one day anyway.
Several non-coms had previous- deflated, but it was a different
It all happened like this. Last
ly tried to hit the mark without. story jagt wwk whe„ M/ggt Gregg
success. The firing of the anti-tank_____________________________ ! Thursday, Gress, the sergeant ma-
rocket launcher is part of the regu-
, ,,,r,. ........__ r . . , . - jor of the medics, was at head-
lar training of the division. All I nflAUftT 1 A »1 n [ quarters busily writing a personal
i’letter when who should come up to
units are taking part in both fa- |
, him but the battalion commander,
miliariaation and record firing with I
i Lt. Col. Paul Breecher.
this weapon.
To Captain
9I«t Division : James B. ....
Sween* y. John
“Sergeant,” he said with a wry
W. Moehring. Veil L. .Tiles, Thurston T.
Taggart. Donnld S. Dreher,
Dreher. Roy L. Mos- j smile, “you’re the new battalion
k< p. Hal G^Sb-wart_and
Beech. I commander!”
St« wart and Fred B. Be
To First Lieutenant
Piet Division: Ernest L. Fieberling.
Sgt. Gress picked himself up off
John P. McDonnell, Bernard -I. Sheeler.
Charles W. Rnhlfer, Leslie E. Griffiths. ! the floor and with an incredulous
Charles W. O'Donnell and John A. Vol-
lo«>k in his face said, “Yes, sir, any
kol-c r.
Toth Division: Stanley A. Williams and
thing you say, sir,” and gulped.
Lloyd J. Ogren.
To Technical Sergeant
At a special retreat formation on i 363rd Inf;
“In fact,” the colonel went on,
Arthur P. Merrick.
To Sergeant
January 7, forty drivers and me
.
“
the
whole battalion is going to
th Inf: Albert J. Fiddler, Normen
chanics of Hq. Btry., 346th FA Bn., K 2 74
Phillips. Dario S. Rolle, WiPiam F. be run by the non-commissioned
Robert E. Conner. Roman R. Wra-
were presented drivers and mechan Cooley,
bek
Rr.y Bearce,
Pearce, Forrest
Forrest L. Rambo, , officers this afternoon on that aid
.1, Williams
ics medals by 1st Lt. Lemuel E. William I., Fletcher, Bruce J.
station problem. The officers are
and Fiank K. Bolthie.
Walters, CO of the unit.
To Corporal
going to stand by and be the um
Inf: Frank J. Serressenuc. Doug
The medals were presented for las 2 74th
9 Panel.
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... Jensen . Louis
•
pires.”
Z.
K.
M R» cnir-r. George L. Rartee, Sanford
proficiency in performance of their D.
And as a matter of record, the
_________
______
Buster,
Wilbur
A. ___________
Schroeder. _____
Basil
duties of driving and maintenance P. Bigham. Anthony Slagno. Herbert J. non-coms did run the difficult man
Dent. Leonard G. Hepler, John W. Hovey.
work.
Michael P. Maniaci. Paul C. Briggs. euver scheduled for the afternoon.
The entire personnel of the bat Nicholas P. Metrovi- h Theophilus M. Sgt. Gress was battalion command-
Schnell Vincent I’. Valicento, Frank L.
tery. officers and enlisted men, Segel. Burt V Allen. .1. Park. F. Morgan, !er. S/Sgt. David Summers was the
A. Scott. P. Meyers. P. Alford. M, Young.
were present at the ceremony.
N. Htlesw\«»ky. R. Ebeu, E. Wot th and . executive officer, Tec5 Thomas
H. Trier.
Willis was S-l; Cpl. Willard Bow
To Technician Fifth Grade
I
274th Inf: Clair V Palmer. Leonard
F. Harn’*«!!. James T. Mullikin. Charle« man. S-2; Tec5 Harold Franzen.
F. Foulon. Rudolph ...
A. Paitrek, Harold S-3; and lst/Sgt. Stephen Miretti,
W Cuckler. , Charles C. Thomas, Charles
D. Spark, Ernest W. Brook, tiervase I. S-4. Pfc. Albinas Kiskis was Motor
Stolock, •lohn
-lohn «I.
J. Binek,
Binek. Jr ... __
Robert
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W
Sparks. Ji I ih \ Smallden. .loh» G. Root. Officer.
Joseph I.. Pieviti. Robert If. Ki-k^dden. |
The companies were commanded
Theofil Ttengert. Loyd D. Cook. Ivan A.
Bold rev md -lohn K. Baird.
by lst/Sgt. Lemuel Turley, Co. A;
To Privat« Firat Class
Why infantrymen are called
Hilbert Lieke, Co. B;
74th rhf: D. S. Shook, (J.
C. J. Shive’y. Ist’Sgt.
“dogfaces" will be one of the secrets it Sutherland. C. Zawialak,
Zauislitk. E. Ortega.
I. L. Smith. O. J Burnquist, J. J . Novak. S/Sgt. Wilborn Pickle, Co. C; and
disclosed on the January 17 edi J. G. Slocum. C. A. Massey. L.
T Austin. G. S/Sgt. Kossie McCord, Co. D.
SoDDonlt iter. S. J. Tolwinaki.
.... 8. S. Calla«.
tion of “Oregon's Own," the Trail 4».
The problem called for setting
W. Davis. C. W. Weaver. E. E. Free-
blazer radio broadcast at 8 p.m. man. V. Jon es, V. Howe». R Wright. N. S. up a battalion aid station, a collect
Madsen. F. .1, Bailey. D. C Qu err y. R. E.
over Stations KEX, Portland, and , Nick um. R. E. Week«. R K. Larson, X. “B ing station and a clearing station
’ It.man and J. E. Church.
KOAC. Corvallis.
I in support of two infantry regi
A distinct novelty, a brand new
TARAWA BOOM-TEE-AY'
ments holding the bank of the Wil
musical unit, makes its bow during
Tarawa (CNS)—Lt. Earl J. Wil lamette River against a fierce
the program a Trailblazer Dixie son of Washington stopped a na enemy attack.
land band of six members.
tive after the bloody battle of Betio,
The “officers of the day” re
Sgt. Mattie Carnevale, who di Tarawa Atoll, and asked him what sponded to their new role with
rects the rhumba band, will lead the he thought of the fight. Replied energy and initiative and succeed-
new unit.
the native: “Betio—boom, boom— ed in accomplishing their mission
good.”
like veterans.
M-Sgt. Takes Over Battalion in 91st
l
I KUflfflVl lUNw
Hq. Btry., 346th FA
Gives 40 Drivers,
Mechanics Medals
Trailblazer Photo
S/Sgt. Warren T. Davidson
H DAYS IN II MINUTES
A new record for furlough
processing is now claimed by the
275th Inf. personnel section.
Just 14 minutes after Pfc.
Henry M. Stackhouse of Co. M
walked into regimental HQ last
Thursday, he was on his way
home to Muncie, Kan., with an
emergency furlough in his hand.
As Sgt. Fowler slyly put it:
“He even had time to stop by
the barracks
teeth.”
Double Trouble for the Axis
"Dixieland" Band
New 70th Radio
Show Novelty
Push-Up Title at
Stake in 276th
NOT ONl.Y 1S this the oaly BAR team ia the 70tn Divi-
•ion—and probable in the »hole U. S. Army—4a «Mch the gunner
and assistant gunner are ideatical twiaa. bnt it happens to be the
crack Browning Automatic Rifle unit in the ÎTSth Inf. Pvts. Rai -
moad C. and Richard Ferre H. IR vear» nid and impossible to tell
apart. are gunner and asaintant gunner. respeetively ; Pvt Henni
Lawh«M> is ammunitimi hearer Uni of a pœsible 15* points, tbey
scoeed ÎÎ7. Thaï è»nY ail Richard h« aNo an expert on the R RR.
«ith 17* pointa, and hoth he and la»hua are «harpahooters en
the M l
Second chance
championship of
try is coming th
hundred EM of
physical efficicn
derway.
Tlatoons selecte«! at random are
running the tests, duplicating tests
taken in mid-basic.
The current spot check will indi
cate changes in proficiency devel
oped by the rigors of basic and
Tc-rr.
Good showings appeared in the
early reports on the first platoons
•ested. despite rain and mud which
lengthaneti times for the 300-yard
ma and the 100-yard pick-a-back.
Battalion Commander . . . For 1 Day Only, Though
M/SGT. MATTHEW GRESS, acting batulion co»»»»der
of the IlClh Med. Bn. for the day. receive» a »alate from hi»
“execative officer.” S/Sgt. David Sammer», darin gthe recent
battalion maneuvers. The enlisted men of the battalion took over
command for an after n aan while the officer» aland by and »aw
hos it "should" be done