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»TE LIBRA O BUY BONDS! 2, No. 40.__________ Friday, January 21. 1944. 'No, She Isn't Buying Bonds . . . * $1.50 a Year by Mail DSC to Sgt. McCarthy At Review Tomorrow His country’s way of saying “Thanks” to Sgt. Kevin A. Mc Carthy for saving the Jives of 18 Vfarir.es on Guadalcanal, will come in the form of the formal presenta tion of the Distinguished Service Cross tomorrow afternoon before a review of the 91st Division. Sgt. McCarthy, a soft-spoken soldier not much over five feet six i inches, was awarded this second highest honor possible in the ’’nited States Army for his exhi ntion of extraordinary heroism in i the battle for Guadalcanal. Eighteen leathernecks had been caught in a withering cross fire between a Jap machine gun nest and Jap riflemen. Disregarded Own Life Sgt. McCarthy, with utter dis regard for his own life, drove a Bren gun carrier into the thick of the heavy firing three separ ate times to rescue the men. Each time, though under a con tinuous pounding by the enemy, he was forced to load the exhausted Marines onto the currier by him self. Y’et, despite everything, he SHE ISN’T BUYING WAR BONDS. Not . One» the fields of her homeland glistened with accomplished his mission without golden grain, were green witii trees. There «ere buildings, tidy and neat. The acres she knew were loss to himself or any Marines. not as broad, nor as rich, as the acres we have known. The home she knew «as not as large, nor as modernly equipped. as the homes most of us have known. But her tragedy might have been ours. The National Anthem will fol It could still be ours. It can start to become ours the moment all-out effort stops on the home front. low. and then the War Department And we are all part of the "home front.” whether we are civilian or in military service. We are citation authorizing the awnrd will part of it until the very moment that we begin to prosecute the tremendous duty of this «ar on Refunds Due Many I be read. The medal will be pinned some other shore. To carry onr load in th" Fourth " ar Loan drive means we must do one thing—buv war bonds and »ar stamps with every dollar and with every dime. This unman can perhaps be excused On '42 Over-Payments on by General Livesay. personally. for not buying bonds. We cannot. The time for the review is 1400. On the stand for the presentation Quick, Henry, the aspirin! The Ides of March are approaching and and the division review will be Sgt. to some GO millions of American I McCarthy’s parents, Mr. and Mrs. » taxpayers they bring the biggest j McCarthy of Vancouver. Wash. headaches of the year, INCOME Story Made Life, Yank TAX? This year, more than ever, The reports on Sgt. McCar one has to be a mathematical gen thy’« exploits hit both Life and Brigadier General Raymond E. S.‘ I “In combat, troops can’t fire a ius to wrestle around with the In Yank magazines, but actual Williamson, just returned from 23 GENERAL come Tax form. months service in the South Pa ! presentation of the award was I few rounds and then quit . . . Even the so called simplified never made. Hailing from James cific, has been assigned to the they gotta fire more!” individual form 1010A will pose town. North Dakota. McCarthy 91st Division as assistant division Witn this mine. «nd know a problem for most taxpayers, served in the South Pacific commander. He replaces Brigadier ing also that every war bond what with multiplications of .0375 Theater for 17 months, including General William E. Crist who left purchase,; ¡s another investment in and other four decimal figures Australia and the Solomon and the division recently. the safest stock out today—United which have to be computed in ar- Fiji Islands in his tour of duty. A graduate of West Point and a States stock—the military of Camp i riving at the Victory Tax. The citation by the War Depart veteran of both world wars, Gen. Adair, and the civilian employees ment wax ull-out in pruise of the While practically every GI, as Williamson brings to the division here, entered Tuesday into the lUontinueii on page 4. column 21 I heroic action of Sgt. McCarthy. a wealth of experience. He has Fourth War Loan drive. served in Australia. New Cale Throughout the Post the drive donia. the New’ Hebrides and the Heroism Rewarded; Gets DSC will be conducted on a competitive Solomons. basis. And throughout the Post, A lieutenant colonel at the time, judging from the speed with which Gen. Williamson left with the fam purchases began to zoom, it ap ous A merical Division for the peared the huge drive will go South Pacific in January. 1942. strongly over the top by the closing The division, under the command date, February 29. of Major General Alexander Patch, Three-way Offensive was the first task force to leave As far as the Post is concerned, for the Pacific Area following the Camp Adair’s phase of the drive attack on Pearl Harbor. will be a three-pronged offensive: He served with the division for Members of the Army Service 11 months while it occupied New' Forces will coordinate their drive Caledonia. Then in November. under direction of Major Earl F. 1942, he was placed in charge of Armstrong, Post Chemical War all shipping to the forward area in December and joined the 91st fare Officer, who has been appoint from the Port of Noumea. ed Post War Bond officer for the Division Friday. His next assignment in Febru campaign. Yesterday afternoon Gen. Williamson was graduated ary of the following year was to Major Armstrong met with ail key organise a port at Espiritun Santo, from West Point just in time to personnel to clarify points of con an advanced base in the New- leave with the AEF in the first duct in the drive. Hebrides. In June he left for Guad- world war. He served with the In the Trailblazer division, whose alcanal and Tulagi where he was I 82nd Division in France and saw war bond officer is Lt. Shelby D. engaged in a special mission. .action in the Aisne-Marne, San Dukes, Gia and officers will aspire He returned to the United States I (Continued on page 4, column 4.) to reach a quota of |133.063. This sum is over and above all current allotments and outright bond pur chases. Monitored by Tec4 John Stump General William G. Livesay has BATTLES RAGED IN INCREASING INTENSITY’ on all fronts assumed personal direction of the in the world this week, while strategy was laid and rumors were rife drive in the 91st division, which has pledged to lioost present allotments of bigger things to come .... FINAL ALLIED PLANS FOR THE INVASION of Europe were ■ la..itinued on Page 4. column Si pushed forward with the appointment of Lt. Gen. Omar Bradley as senior commander of the American ground forces on the second front* “It isn’t the individual, ....Gen. Eisenhower conferred with King George, presumably for a or the Army an a whole, but discussion of second front plans .... A flurry over rumors that Britain the everlasting teamwork Corp« had been discussing a separate peace with Germany was quelled with of every bloomin’ soul.”— HIS COOL, HEROIC action at Guadalcanal saved the live« Moscow newspapers publishing British denials .... Russians were Rudyard Kipling. of 1* Marines. For this feat Sgt. Kevin McCarthy. Mlat Inf., will reported considering the eastern frontier settled, claiming a portion Buy War Bond.«! receive the IH»tingui«hed Service t rows from the hands of Major (Continued on Page 2, Columns 3 and 4) (.eneral William G. Livesay at review tomorrow. Free Help for GIs On '43 Income Tax Gen. Williamson New 4th Bond Drive 91st Asst. Commander In Lusty Start The World This Week
