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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