Friday, June 18, 1943
ABBOT ENGINEER
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M ENGINEER
One-Time "Enemies" Are Best of Pals
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Officers Learn
" Ropes" From
T/Sgt.Deugaw
By Cpl. Harlan L Weeks
Veteran of the activation of
two Engineer Replacement Cen
ters and perhaps one of the few
enlisted men who know more
officers than any other enlisted
man is T/Sgt. Walter E. Deu-
gaw, sergeant major o f the Of
ficer Personnel section.
1st. Lieut. P. H. O’Brien..................... Director of S o cia l Service
. _ . _______ Deugaw enlist-
1st. Lieut. Wayne B. Leitzell 12th Group, Special Sr vice Officer
A
ed on Aug. 15,
2nd Lt. S. D. Hopkins......... 11th Group, Special Service Officer
. 1943 from his
STAFF
H H p
home In Nor-
Cpl. Morrie C. Guss..._........................................................Editor
W Z m * ■ folk. N - Y " E°-
T/4 George S. Fly..................... .............................. A ss’t. Editor
ing to Fort Bel-
Cpl. Pauline Cohn
.... .................................. ' ews Editor
vo' r where he
T/5 Richard Shearin.............................Features C r,hotography
took his basic
Sgt. Roy L. Rider............................... ..... ......
ports Editor
training
with
Pfc. Bob I lahn ........................... .....................
’ hotographer
V old Co. D of the
Cpl. Harlan L. Weeks......................... Hq. ERTC Correspondent
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Fifth Engineers
Aux. Henrietta Kirkpatrick......................................Circulation
officers were on opposite teams. Today, they re stationed at
• and later nam-
Photography and art work by Publications, Engineer Re
tam p Abbot as medical experts—and the best o ffrie n d s .ld .
oH c o m p a n y
placement Training Center, Camp Abbot, Oregon.
•Joseph J. Tuhy, left, and Lt. Edwin Ramsey. (ENGINEER
derk ’n-ansfef-
photo by Pfc. Bob Hahn.)___________________ ___________________ red to the cadre
T/Sgt. Deugaw f or Fort Leon
GIVE ABBOTMEN A LIFT
ferred to Service Command Unit ard Wood on April 1, 1941
Our very best people— those w earing the uniform of the
1973 from a motorized division when it was activated at Fort
"
United States— are riding with strangers these days. Glad
with which he served during the Belvoir, and soon promoted to
sergeant. On February 1,1942 he
and appreciative are they when asked to share your precious
Tennessee maneuvers and ma
won a “rocker” as staff sergeant
mileage to town or back towards Camp Abbot.
neuvers in the Arizona desert. and named sergeant major of
I f you are still rolling along in your car on treasured
He entered the army as an en the Personnel Officers section.
rubber and rationed gasoline, don’t stand on ceremony—
listed man and received his com He came to Fort Leonard Wood
stop and pick up your soldier-friends. Y ou ’ll feel better
as chief clerk of the records sec
mission in 1942.
about it and be doing your country a favor as well, fo r it | A Medical A d m in is tr a tiv e
tion in the same office. On May
; 1, 1942 he received his present
all goes to make the morale better and a better fighter fo r I Corps officer taken prisoner dur
I grade.
our country.
ing the Tennessee maneuvers
Deugaw ’s job is one of Impor
Chances are that you won’t see the “sign of the thumb.” j last year and one of his captors,
tance and he Is probably the first
It ’s contrary to army regulations. But the anxious glance a Medical Corps officer, encount
enlisted man any officer con
in your direction as you drive along the road is an eloquent ered one another for the second
tacts upon his arrival at this
i time recently— at the Station
appeal.
Stellar movie attractions are post. When an officer first re
Camps like Abbot are usually pretty fa r from town. Hospital at Camp Abbot.
booked at Bend’s two downtown ports for duty here he has to
In the fall of 1942, a medical theaters for the convenience and check in at the Personnel sec
H ighw ays are lonely and transportation not always avail
unit consisting of eight ambu
tion where Deugaw proceeds to
able these days. A missed bus may mean a spoiled even lances and 64 men in charge of enjoyment of Abbot personnel. show his the “ rojpes.”
At the Capitol, June 18, 19,
in g’s entertainment or broken appointment, or might Lt. Edwin Ramsey of the Medi "More the Merrier," cartoon and
Deugaw revealed that there
brin g a penalty in future liberty that you could prevent.
cal Administrative Corps was news; .June 20-22, "Happy-Go- are two other enlisted men o i ^
There’s another angle.
These lads will chat about halted and captured by an “en Lucky” in technicolor, “ This Is the post who have the s a n ^ B
things that will make you even more proud of the men who emy" armored battalion which America" short. Popeye cartoon, record as he does in the activate
tion of the two ERTC posts.
pack our guns. D on’t ask them about guns, or troop move had parked beside a Tennessee news; June 23,26, "Slightly Dan
Degaw, when asked what he
road during a blackout. Attached gerous,” science short, news.
ments, or their outfits, or anything of military importance. to the battalion was Lt. Joseph
At the Tower, June 18-19, “ Air has as hobbies, said that he had
They’ll freeze up on you if you do, and rightly so. But J. Tuby of the Medical Corps. Raid Wardens,” “ Captive Wild none in particular except to have
they’ll generally be interesting to talk to about their home Both officers are now assigned Woman,” 3 Stooge c o m e d y , as much fun as he can out of the
towns, their girls, their families, and the humorous and to Camp Abbot, Lieutenant Ram news; June 20-21, “ Tennessee army and still do a good job of
work.
tellable incidents that happen in A rm y life at Camp Abbot. sey as commander of a new de- Johnson," “ Taxi, Mister,” news;
(Editor's^ Note: TM h is the fonrth of a
1 tachment at the hospital and •June 22-23, “ Shepherd of the series
of interviews to acquaint the en-
Y ou ’ll enjoy the southern draw l of the Texan and A la Lieutenant Tuby as one of the
Hills,” “ Silent Witness,” shorts; listed personnel with the “ kev” sergeant
bamans and the Oxford accent o f the Bostonian. From hospital’s medical officers.
majors at ( amp Abbot. Others will follow
June 24-26, “ Mr. Big,” “ Two each weak.)
your conversations you’ll come to recognize again those
Lieutenant Ramsey was trans Weeks to Live,” and news.
qualities that make a man an American, whether he’s a
“ Dutchman” from Eastern Pennsylvania or a “ Swede”
from Seattle. That’s just one of the things that Hitler just
can’t understand.
Captor" and
"Prisoner"
On Duty Here
Bend Theaters
Announce Bills
Gen. Abbot's Daughter
Congratulates Personnel
will come out in spite of every
(Editor’s Note: This letter was written
plication at Willets Point, N. Y.,
Miss Marion L. Abhot, daughter of
thing you can do about it. It may j by
Brig. Gen. Henry L. Abbot, famed soldier- to which the West Point cadets
burst right in the soldier’s face ' engineer, for whom this ramp is .named. assigned to the Corps of Engin
to his shame and sorrow and She received the first isoe of the Abbot eers were sent on graduating; he
E N G IN E E R and will continue on our
great loss. You can’t hurt the ! mailing
list as Honorary Subscriber No. always followed their careers.
truth, but hiding of the truth i 1.)
There is one slight correction
23 Berkeley St.
will be a disaster. "Sin has many
Cambridge, Mass. I should like to make to the
tools,” said Oliver Wendell Holm
paper. The date of General Ab
Tell the Chaplain;
es, "But a lie is the handle that ! Lt. P. H. O'Brien,
bot’s birthday was not the 12th
Relations Officer,
Tell it in Time; Tell the Truth fits them all.” This sentence Public
but the 13th of August. He used
states the unvarnished fact that Camp Abbot, Ore.
(\\ niton hy M b j . W ill in m H. A nd re w .
to say that it was easy to re
Font t implant. Tamp Abbot, at the * u r - you can’t get away with even a My Dear Lt. O’Brien:-
frention of Maj. I.loyd V . Harmon. I*oat little shading. Tell the truth.
I assure you that my two member "his birthday because
Chaplain, ( amp Adair. Oregon.)
Your Chaplain will keep your nieces and myself were very the figures were reversed—Aug
confidence. He cannot be made much pleased and interested by ust 13, 1831.
T E L L IT TO THE CH AP to swear any confidence given receiving your letter and the
I would willingly lend, if you
five first copies of the Abbot could make any use of it, a
L A IN ! The Chaplains are right him on the witness stand.
here to tell all they know about
Officers, as well as enlisted i ENGINEER which you kindly photograph of my father taken
what the soldier wants to know, men, have their problems too. In I sent me.
in the Civil War. You have a
and to get the information quick most cast's the Chaplain is al- j Let me thank you for myself very fine picture oi him on your
ly lo r him if they do not have it ready known to the officers as a i and for the other members of title page, and I should not think
on hand. The Chaplain is an ex man who is a good friend to all i my family to whom I am send of suggesting this instead. But
ing the copies, except mine.
cellent listener. He is never too men.
a glimpse of him sometime in
busy to listen to any kind of
Tell it to the Chaplain; tell it , I shall appreciate it if you will his old uniform might bring him
story, to listen to any trouble, in time; and above all tell the keep my name on your mailing nearer to the boys who are get
list. It is a bright paper and full ting to serve our country now
big or little, if it concerns the truth.
of information.
as he served it all through the
soldier.
That this very large and inter Civil War.
T E L L THE C H A PLA IN IN
esting camp for training Engin
With heartfelt good wishes to
TIM E! Most troubles grow with NEW G. I. RADIO SHOW
time. Why wait? Tell the Chap
A new Army radio program eers bears my father’s name, Camp Abbot, its officers and
lain early, and in most cases the entitled "Enough--and on Time" i gratifies us all deeply. I think it trainees, not forgetting the Ab
trouble can be attended to before win be presented over the Blue | is the memorial he would have bot ENGINEER.
Marion L. Abbot
it gets big. Some soldiers have j Network from 1930 to 8000 Sat-1 preferred to any other. He was
been told that they must bear urday, June 29. Lieutenant Gen in command of the School of Ap Memorial Day, 1943.
their problems alone and not eral Somervell will speak on the
bother anybody about them. opening program. Producing the
Furnishings Bought for
This is the wrong advice. Tell show are the Technical Informa
Camp Abbot's 4 Chapels
the Chaplain and tell him in tion Division. Army Service For- ,
Religious accoutrements for
time.
ces, and the Radio Branch, War j
; Camp Abbot chapels were pur
ABOVE A L L T E L L THE Department Bureau of Public 1
chased by Maj. William A. An
TRU TH! Truth is like steam. It Relations.
JEWISH SERVICES
•Jewish Services will be held drew, post chaplain and Lt. Lt.
Vernon C. Cooley, assistant, re
Friday, June 18, at I960.
cently in Portland. Enroute they
CATHOLIC SERVICES
( athoMc Services will be held visited Camp Adair on an in
spection tour of their chapels
at 0900 Sunday, June 20. Confes
and also the Vancouver Bar
sions will he heard before Mass. r a c k s Chapel in Portland.
The Abhot ENGINEER can be sent to the home front for
13 weeks at a cost of 50 cents, oc 26 weeks for $1. If you wish
Sources of supply for furnish
PROTESTANT SERVICES
the ENGINEER sent home, fill out this blank, enclose money
Protestant Services will be ings and equipment for the Post
and forward via Messags Center or V. S. mails to: Abbot
held on Sunday, June 20 at 1000. Chapel and three auxiliary
ENGINEER, Public Relations Office, Camp Abbot, Oregon.
GENERAL SERVICE FOR .'2nd chapels were covered and ritual
supplies for Protestant. Catholic
J \GR. TNG. BTN.
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General Services will be held and Jew ish services will be pro
for the .V2nd Training; Battalion cured although many materials
have been presented to Camp
Address
at 1834 Sunday, June 20.
Abbot as gifts by religious and
generous-minded people whom
C it y --- ----------------- ---- ----- State
VI I sFRM CES W IIX BE the Chaplains met while on their
HELD IN THE POST CHAPEL. trip.
The Chaplain’s
COLUMN
C A M P ABBO T
C H U R C H RITES
ABBOT
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SUBSCRIPTION
FO R BETTER O R
VERSE
“ BALLAD IN K EY OF G”
This is th« non* of a G.I. mu«r ^
Lumbering along in his G.I. ffhoeu
Sang to a sort of G.I. tune
tinder the G.I. Oregon moon.
G.I’ b loaded with G.I. clothes,
G.I’ra tired of G.I. verbose
G. hon. I ’m such of G.I. Hotue—
And, oh my darling, G. I. ni issue.
G.I. long for a G.I. pass
Far away from the dusty G.I. grass.
I’m so darned tired of G.I. whirls
With the usual crop of G.I. girls.
G.I. adore you, darling mine,
(G .I’m tired of G.I. rhyme).
Hut, G .I’m happy and I’ll tell you why;
Ours is a love that is not G.I.
Pvt. Seymor Goldston,
ERTC Message Center.
51st Trainees'
Exclusive Jig
With Col. Frank S. Besson,
post commander, leading the
“ rookie line,” trainees of the 51st
Engr. Tng. Bn. and nearly 100
WAACs danced to the superb
rhythms of S Sgt. Jack Hayes’
ERTC band last Tuesday night
at the All-Purpose rec hall in the
first battalion jig ever sponsored
at Abbot.
That the recruits enjoyed the
rug cutting was attested by their
contagious grins and aching
tootsies when the band sounded
off with their closing theme
9ong.
The affair was strictly for the
trainees, with nary a non-com in
the house. Matter of fact, two
husky greenies stood guard at
the entrance to give any dance-
minded striper the thumbs down
sign.
Highlighting the event was
formation of a “ rookie line,’*
similar to the conga "snake,” in
which everyone on hand took
part.
W AAC EXCHANGE SERVICE
All members of the W AAC
Section will be permitted to
make purchases at the Officers'
Exchange, Building T-215 on
Headquarters avenue. The ex
change is open from 1600 to
2000 daily.