Camp Adair Sentry
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Friday, January 21, 1944.
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Non-Coms Solve the Problem
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Before and After — 200 Pounds of Dynamite
SGT. RICHARD PIERCE of the 361st Inf. explains the route
of the first mission that his squad will undertake on their three-day
patrol to Pfc. Connie McNeill and Pvt. Harold Hansill. The men
P*t.rql
«ill be entirely on their own for three days with Sgt. Pierce in
charge.
NCOs Direct Squad
On 361st Problems
GAS RATIONS CUT
Beginning this week, gasoline
allotments for passenger auto
mobiles are being cut, accord
ing to the ride-sharing arrange
ments of the owner, it has been
“Sergeant, your azimuth read
ing is 183 degrees: you have
announced by the Benton Coun
316th Eng., 91 st Div. Photo
your instructions; you will be on
ty War Price and Ration Board.
TONS OF ROCK and debris (left) form a fountain against the sky as 200 pounds of explosive
your own for the next three days.
Reductions have been necessi
blast a road block for the 316th Engrs. in a recent demolition problem. The earth flew more than
300 feet into the air. At right. Sgts. Edmund Wasielewaki and John H. Gonzales examine the crater
Are there any questions? Very
tated by the faet that civilian
left by the explosioh. It was 30 feet in diameter and over 12 feet deep.
well, the squad is in your hands; j consumption of gas for Decem
move out.”
ber exceeded supply allocation
With this order the second t for the Pacific coast by 15,000
squad, second platoon of Co. C, barrels a day.
361st Inf., started out on their I
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three-day squad tactics problem'
with only non-coms in command.
For four weeks the 361st has!
There was a deafening explosion, ment, and the 15-foot-deep hole is
The 70th Division’s weekly radio
been going out on overnight bivou
a roar, as tons of rock, mud and just about the most effective block
program,
“
Oregon
’
s
Own,
”
broad-
acs, training men in night recon
Added to his other duties Capt.
debris hurtled hundreds of feet known.
naissance, scouting and patrolling. George W. Scott, Post Rail and cast from camp over KEN and into the air. The 316th Engrs. over
It took five 40-pound charge-
Now this experience is being put Transportation officer, has asxunicd KOAC, will move to a now time 400 feet away, took cover Iwhind
buried five feet in the ground tt
beginning
Thursday,
Feb.
3.
On
to test by the three-day problems , duty as supervising officer of the
trees and stone-.
do the job.
that date, and each Thursday there
that are currently being ron in the Post Motor Pool.
Giant clots of mud crashed earth
The closest that any perMMi c<tul<.
after,
the
half-hour
program
will
regiment.
Capt. Scott, who came to his
ward, close to the rugged engineers approach was over 400 feet, and
go
on
the
air
at
8:30
p.
m.
NCOs la Charge
Camp Adair duty from Boise Bar
who always stay as near to the even then the concussion and fall
From beginning to end the racks, is experienced in the work
Last of the Monday night pro action as possible.
ing earth were dangerous.
problems are handled entirely by and at his former post was in | grams will be broadcast from Club
When it was all over, a yawning
Besides making road blocks, the
NCOs. The only officers present charge of the Motor Vehicle Oper-| 2 at 8:30 p. nt., Jan. 24.
30-foot crater stood in the center demolition experts also failed giant
Along
with
fine
musical
enter
are the umpires attached to the ator’s Course, set up to tram driv-1
of the road. Another in the new
enemy forces that wet up the ers of the Ninth Service Command. tainment featuring the band and 1 series of demolition problems cur trees. One 75-foot maple, foui
rhumba band of the 70th, the inter rently being conducted by the 91st feet in diameter, was literally brok-
problems.
These “three-day missions
GUESS SHE TIRED OF HIM esting story of an impromptu show | Division engineers had been com en in half by the impact of eight
Mocks of TNT exploding simul
Washington (CNS)—Mrs. Olive staged while on a recent sojourn | pleted successfully. The road was
without resupply” test the ini-
taneously.
tiative, resourcefulness, and Tomey, 14, won a divorce from her in the field will be told.
effectively blocked against the
While the hazardous work in dt ■
Plans for the broadcast on Feb. | movement of any motorized equip
imagination of the squad lead sailor husband, Delbert E. Tomey,
molition requires expert training,
ers to the utmost. Not only do 22, whom she wed a year ago in an 3 call for a fine array of Trail- ment.
they have to solve the tactical elopement. She is the youngest blazer talent.
i Thia was the mission, the con- the 316th Engrs. boast a crack out
problems that are presented, bat person ever to win a divorce in
■ struction of a road block that would fit. There is no special demolition
Buy
War
Bonds!
they must see to the care and Washington.
1 halt any type of wheeled equip- crew. Every man in the battalion
is trained thoroughly in every
feeding of their men for the en
phase of the work.
tire mission.
Sister Sends Last Message to Brother as
i Destruction of bridges, road
“C” rations are used at ail times,
building, blasting pill boxes, laying
but the problem of water is ever
mines and a dozen other typical
present. The squad leaders must
engineer operations call for the
choose bivouac areas each night,
It’s all right to ask Major Leo
Last week the Major was hard white design created much com > professional use of explosives.
keeping in mind that they are op
That’s where these engineers shine.
erating in enemy territory at ali Silverman, Trailblazer G-4, for a at work getting supplies for the ment.
Most
apropos
was
that
of
two
match,
but
for
the
love
of
pete.
170th
when
Pvt.
Abe
Rosenblum
“Just give us a chance,” one
times.
[don’t help yourself to a folder of 'walked in and handed him the book men in a subway who asked Rosen private remarked as he crimped
When in trouble or need, see matches from Kenney General Hos- tof matches. The Major looked, blum. "Is that thing on your shoul the end of a blasting cap, “and wt
yyur chaplain or go to the Ameri- | pita I, Memphis, Tenn. They are a looked again, and finally on sug der something special for Christ will blow Japan right back into the
Sea.”
can Red Crocs.
I treasured souvenir.
_______ gestion of the private of Alble mas?”
Battery, 8B4th FA, looked inside.
There was a scribbled note from
Match Book That Traveled from New York
All Started by TrmHdanr Shoulder Patch
his sister, Lt. Beatrice Silverman of
the- Army Nurse Cat ps, who “
“on her way” from some
POE.
¡'Oregon's Own'
Will Move Into
Capt.Scott Named Thursday Spot
Motor Pool Officer
316th Engrs. Bust'Em
With Dynamite, TNT
70th Insignia Stirs Things in NYC
She was just entering the Latin
| Quarter in New York City as Ros-
j blum was coming out. She recog-
|nized the Trailblazer shoulder
patch, asked him if he was sta
tioned at Adair and asked him to
take the message to her brother
who treasures it now as his last
word from his sister.
That shoulder patch got Pvt.
Rosenblum involved in many a con
versation. Few Trailblazers hav
TraiTbiatrr Photo ing had furloughs since the 70th
was organized, and the insignia
MAJ LEO H SILVERMAN. AC of 8. G-4. 74th DtjMou.
not yet appearing in compilations |
reads the message hia sinter wrote on the inside of match book
7hich Pvt. 4 B. Rosenblum. Btry. A. 8*4th FA, brought back to 1 of patches, the red, green and
Adair after his furlough in New 1 ork City.
Trallblaier T*hnt >
THIS MAT( II KOOK from Kenney General Hanpital
brought a last message to Maj. Mo II. Siheriaan from his sister,
l.t. Beatrice Siherman. INC (picture aho<e), ju>¿ before she walled
from New York City for overseas duty.
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