Pa$re Twelve
Friday, March 17, 1944.
The Name? Mary Ann Flaherty
I Latrine
Board of Strategy Ponders Problems
Timmons Just Adds to the General Confusion
By S/Sgt. Leonard Michelson
The latrine board of strategy
Timely Is Rosenberg
was in session as Timmons took
the floor. “This Fire and Move
'Umph' Description
t.vc 5 /W
ment is very simple. The rest of
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Of Boogie-W oogie Urge the Battalion gets into nice, com
fortable positions, pulls off a few
By Pvt. Paul Rosenberg
♦ There are a devil of a lot of
(shots and goes to sleep. This is
The blood is pounding to the called laying down on a base of
things that we don't have time for
drum vibrations of yesteryear. t fire. Co. B runs like hell around
in the Army (we insist on telling
Louder and louder this eerie beat ' the flank, and is supposed to sur-
ourselves), but one qf the things
continues as the ' voodoo doctor prise the enemy'.”
that most of us could do more of,
dances to this dark, mysterious,
is reading.
“I think that is very smart,"
jungle melody. Boom! Boom!
We don't mean the Sentry, for
Boom!—the chant makes one feel Ruppert, “it keeps the enemy gues-
we find on all-too-numerous occa
alive, causes the feet to move, the ing.”
sions that we have tucked in little
“Yeah,” said the Kansan, “he
heart to skip with excitement as
errors (such as mentioning 30
the rhythm increases. It is fascinat I gets himself set and guesses when
Junior Hostesses instead of 300 in
ing, this wild, barbaric music. It Timmons will fall at his feet ex
last week’s lead story) and adding
originates from the feelings of peo hausted.”
other little odds and ends that
ple. From their souls.
"Well, the general said we did a
might much better have been Ibft
Today one can hear the same good job on the last problem. We
out. These, it appears from all we
thrilling chant of the tom toms, took tfce objective,” said Ruppert.
have been able to gather, are the i
the low- whistling of the cymbols.
"He undoubtedly was anxious to
very thingx you choose to read.
But the atmosphere changes—in- eat lunch,” replied the Kansas Na
We do mean reading such as the
stead of the jungle, one hears this poleon. “A complete success! I got
three libraries on this Post pro
heart tugging beat at a swank killed three times.”
vide. I understand there are up
night spot. (Where, Paul? What
“How come?” asked Boulton.
wards of 25,000 volumes, including
night spot?—Ed.l It still is the
"I am dashing madly to the right,
most of latest and best works, in
music of a people trying to satis-
on
my hands and knees when Sgt.
fv their emotions. Now they have
these libraries—at Service Clubs 1
added the torrid, blasting trumpet.. Adair informs me I am in front of
and 2 and at Station Hospital.
the mellow, sentimental sax, the : his machine guns. I take a dip in
They are in all kinds and vari
sweet and hot 88's. And even though . the creek, and he radios that he
eties and of two particularly, none
WHEN SHE WAS BORN Christmas Eve 26 years ago at
sophisticated women and tuxedo-| has mortar fire on my head. And
of us could go too far wrong in
Astoria. Long Island. 't»as to a mother »hose maiden name »as
d
essed men (kid, where do you , then the umpire kills me with his
Moore and to a lather whose name was James Tracy Flaherty. Her
reading. That is (1) books that
spend
your passes?) are listening decisions.”
grandfolks came out of Dublin in the ’80s. But today Mary Ann
will broaden us on the war picture
and dancing to this strong, nerve
(now Mrs. T/Sgt. E. R. Bender), who has been 18 months at Adair
“So now the umpires are all
and (2) as long as we are here,
and is one of the Post "pioneers.” works at the Post Exchange
tingling. rhythm, man’s desire to wrong,” said Merrill, "Why?”
stories that tell us a little about
office. Her I’X job is to "pay the boys dividends"; that is. distribu
express himself musically has real
“We are firing so fast that Wag
tion of profits. So. in case your company tosses a free -uds party
this northwest country.
ly never changed.
ner’s rifle is smoking. What a bar
tonight in honor of the blessed evening, you can thank Mary inn.
Of the latter—while it is the,
rage! So the umpire hangs up the
usual policy of this column to re-1
red flag, meaning we are pinned
Gl
Gripes
frain from plugging and to keep
1 down. We run out of ammunition,
our fingers out of dikes —I would ( "11 hen a soldier leaves his home
By A. L. Kirby
so I holler ‘bang, bang.’ So he puts
like to go overboard in praise of a (a jj,, 1 earlier than necessary, in
Have you heard the tale of valor
up the blue flag, meaning we got
book on the northwest, written
X
That is whispered here and there?
order not to be late on return
fire superiority.”
How a horde of Western hombres
a friend of long acquaintance. This fr<)m fdr|ough. only to find that a
■ “Just the same the strategy is
is Nurd Jones' novel, “Swift Flows three-day extension had been re
Made the Heinies take the air?
good," observed Sgt. Wagner ju
the River."
How they faced the slug-fed Mausers,
ceived. one day late.
diciously.
Which they never learned to duck;
It may take up half of your two-
"Yeah,” said Timmons, “we are
With the war-cry of the plainsman,
<!ay pass to finish, for it is almost
j
so
busy running to the right, to the
“Powder River! I-et ’er Buck!"
500 pages of aidid type. But for a
left, and around in circles that we
strong, glowing piece of fiction
In my mind I see them wading
lost the Cannon Co., the Medics,
that still pictures with detailed ac
Through the gaping maws of Hell,
and everybody except me."
curacy the earlier days of the
Through the hail of flying bullets
“And where were you?” asked
brawny northwest, it’s hard to
Poison gas and bursting shell;
Boulton.
brat.
Now again I hear the challenge,
"I am in n place whety the ar
I
What is more, being a flagrant
That old cry of Western pluck.
tillery, the mortars and Co. A are
example of what we were talking
High above the noise of hattie,
using me for a target.”
about we only got around to read
"Powder River! Let ’er Buck!"
“Look, if you can plan it better
ing "Swift Flows the River” three
you
’ll be a general in no time.”
Once a Royal Irish Lancer
weeks ago, although it lias been
said
Wagner, “Or I suppose you
Who had watched them in the fight
out for al>out six years. May we
can?"
From the first gray streak of dawning
hereby apologize to Nard Jones,
“Certainly I can,” replied the
'Til the hush of falling night,
who at our last knowledge was n
Junction
City genius. "In this mod
Said in awe and admiration
naval lieutenant, ahd say that the
ern war we use Psychology. It's
To
a
listening
Cannuck,
least we can do is to buy the book
simple—lay down a terrific base of
"Faith, they went through hell a yellin'
when and if we ever get to making
fire,
then shoot off a flare. Firing
Powder River! Let ’er Buck!”*
money again That is a promise,
ceases and nothing happens. Do
air.
Spectre death rode there beside them
this a few times antFyou drive the
On his grim, ill-favored steed.
enemy crazy. This is called ner
Gazing on each mangled body
vous warfare.”
THKVT I. GET HIM ) FT!
With a grin of ghoulish greed.
"Well, maybe you’re right, but
Seattle (CNS) lawrence
But they faced the apparition.
in combat we'll have our timing
del-son enlisted in the Army the
There amid the mud and muck.
perfect and things won't get con
day after Pearl Haibor. He report
Laughed and hollered, “Ride 'em, Cowboy,
fused. You’ll see.”
ed for duty the following April 1 For thit perfectly understand
Powder River! Let ’er Buck!"
The Kansan nodded his head,
and was discharged immediately able gripe» Pvt. John Brugliera. Co.
"The 275th will run to the right,
lawausu of a missing trigger fin K, 362nd Inf.. wins this week’s $2.
l isten soldier, here’s a moral,
creep to the left and push the
ger. Drafted last July, he was dis j To make it more understandable.
Which Is worth your while to keep.
r
enemy
all over Germany. Then do
I
Pvt.
Brugliera's
home
is
in
Brock
charged again for the same rea
’Tin the punch that won the struggle
you know what will happen?”
son. Last week he received his mus ton, Mass.
Over there across the deep.
"What?” asked Boulton.
ter out check and in the same mail
If the cards seem stacked against you
“The newspapers will say the
a letter from his draft board, re
Camouflage blinds the enemy!
f»o not whine or curse your luck.
i
Marines
have scored another glor
classifying him in 1A. The finger Place supplies to blend with natur
Re a soldier, grin and tell theai.
ious victory, and that the Infantry
al backgrounds.
is still missing.
"Powder River! Let ’er Buck!"
was also there.”
♦
Powder River
Won't Quit 'Until It's Over!'
By S Sgt. Edward Conner»
“I’m not going to quit until it’s over. I don’t care if the [point of service in the Trailblazer
| Division or in Camp Adair. Sgt
d - - - thing takes 20 years!”
This is the firm and patriotic conviction of a 55-year-old i Newport has no intention of retir
Trailblazer staff sergeant wh o* 1
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completed thirty-one-and-one-half
"1 have had several nephew a
years in the Army last Friday
killed in this war already, and 1
S Sgt Vlyssew 8. Newport of want to get in to help get this
the 70th Division Provision Train thing over,” he said, voicing his
ing Centra, who saw fifteen months desire to move against either
of overseas service in World War I, enemy in any capacity to help win
is firmly convinced of the part he his xes-siud war.
should play in World War II.
The oldest professional «oMier la
as a professional soldier.
One of the best shots in the
I nited States. Sgt. Newport
holds medals for his efficiency
on the ..1» light machine gun. pis
tol. H XR. and the 0.1 rifle.
He enlisted in the Army from his
ing. although he could have drifted, home in Winona, Tenn., in 1912,
back into the so-called peaceful serving continuously except for ♦ Imagine Hitler's feeling of fu
civilian life 18 months ago
five days between enlistments. He tility after someone made the crack
served in various parts of the coon, i that Goering is the worst person m
Enviable Record
He hold« probabh one of the . try. Mexico and the Panama Canal ¡Germany!
m<»t enviable records in the Zone .as well as IS months over ♦ Tojo gave the people of Japan a
V. S. Array, never having been seas with the 90th Division in the pep talk the other day and told
late fra any formation. absent or last war. seeing Action in the St. them to “perlt up” - just as well
loving any trrae fra infraction of Mihiel and the Meuse-Argonne they are expecting company, no
the rates during bis lang career battles.
doubt.