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Camp Abbot, Ore., Jan. 1 5, 1944 Page Three ABBOT ENGINEER squad. Groups are rotated 1o give each squad both offens ve and defensive training. During the 14th week, an eight- hour period o f combat is he d. The task is to mop up isolat, <1 enemy units that have been by Teams participating in the passed. The men form comt at 1944 half of the Post’s basket patrols, wipe out a six-man pa ball tournament played opening trol and meet a 12-man squad contests this week. Here are the entrenched in foxh oles with ,t results: concealed machine gun. They Service Company defeated eliminate this threat and pio- Company A, 55th Battalion, 33 ceed to where they meet a sqm .1 to 8. of enemy soldiers which they Co. A, 56th Bn., defeated Co. attack and rout. As they ap B, 56th, 24 to 13. proach the end of the lane they The Medical Detachment see a house defended by enet >y squad odged out Co. C, 57th, 31 troops. Quickly they place rit'r- to 27. men so that every avenue T Co. A, 58th, handed the MP's escape is covered, and ft err a 53 to 17 drubbing. throw a grenade in the windc v, Co. C, 54th took Co. A, 54th, 27 finishing the work with bayo to 16. nets. In discussing cause and e / t t t of the training. Lt. P. T. Willefs o f the Training Division sa d. “Our only objective is to w n the war. Combat is the only way to win it. In our combat traini ig course we merely put togeth- r, as realistically as in battle, everything that has been lean - d about weapons, drill, patrol, ('is- cipline, fortifications and so in . By Pvt. Charles W. Ferguson That’s what the men will h; .*> training has been completed I’ o$t S ig n a l I’ huto L ab . to do when they meet the enei y, with a great number of men hav S/Sgt. Roy O. Ki ller, mess sergeant for Company C, V>th Battalion, is shown accepting a plaque so that's what we do here.” from Col. Frank S. Besson, ERTC commander, as a reward for having the outstanding mess at ing made good records. Pvt. Leonard Bergendorf of Camp Abbot. After making the award, the first of its kind here. Col. Besson announced that, due to the interest expressed by personnel of the Post in the food conservation program, three plaques the First platoon scored 116 will be awarded in the future instead of one. Units eligible are those o f the I Ith and 12th Groups points during the shooting of 25 and those under the Headquarters Commandant. LOCATION OF t H ArELk-' rounds of ammunition at the end 1’ ost ( haivfl, Rldtr. 208: I lt h (ip . cff the second week to become paced the cruiser to victory in BIH v". 1255 ; 12th (Ip. Chapel, lUdv. «'4; H oM litni MTV ic e s. Keel C r o ss Re« rea l.« ”* high man in the company, but many regattas, and in 1931 at Hall. many came close with well over the All-Fleet regatta at Panama JEWISH SERVICES 100 . his boat came in second only to Friday—7:30 p. m. Post Chanel Tryouts for the company the crew of the mighty USS i Bldg. 208). basketball team brought out West Virginia, a 35,000 ton bat- CATHOLIC SERVICES men from all platoons and creat tlewagon. Wilson was the home- Sunday -7:30 a. m. Red C u ss ed much enthusiasm. Several By Pvt. Max Katz his eyes glued to the eye piece tun king of the baseball squad Recreation Hall. Mass. Open <> practices have been held under tMedical Detachment) of the giant range-finders, W il and usually batted clean up on others besides hospital pci>» i- the coaching of Pvt. Abe Ran- the team which lost only to the nel. Confessions before ma-s. Squeezing off an M-l is a fat- son regulated the vertical ad kind, form er coach o f an inde USS Antares, the champion of pendent team in Dallas, Tex. cry from firing the eight inch justments of the ’big guns and the Scouting Force which later 9:00 a. m. and 6:30 p. m. Pest Watch out for the champions! rifles of a heavy cruiser’s main another seaman handled the in the season won the All-Fleet Chapel. Mass. Monday 5:15 p. m. Pc»t battery, but Pvt. Jack “ Major” horizontal adjustments. When trophy. Chapel. Mass. Christmas came a little late Wilson, Co. A 55th Bn., is mak the guns were on target, Wilson "Yes, on that day on Narra- Tuesday 5:13 jx m. lo s t for the men in this company. ing the transition. pressed a trigger which fired ganset Bay when I rowed stroke Wilson served a four-year the heavy turret guns. The Fire against the Antares, Wyoming Chapel. Mass. During the past week many Wednesday -5:15 p. m. Post packages have been received hitch in the U. S. Navy from Control Room also gave firing and Utah,” reminisces Wilson as which contained cakes, candies, 1929 to 1933 aboard the now data to the secondary batteries he lolls around in a red Medics Chapel. Mass. 9:00 p. m. lH h fruits, nuts, tobacco, articles of battle-scarred but then new and helped spot for these small bath robe nursing a slight cold, Group Chapel. Study Club. Thursday 5:15 p. m. I ' d Clothihg, fountain pens and name heavy cruiser, the U. S. S. Salt er guns. we were ahead three lengths Chapel. Mass. bracelets. Needless to say, the Lake City. His station was in The "M ajor” claims that when when Friday — 7:00 a. m. l e s t edibles didn't last long. the Fire Control Room and W il he was in the navy, the concern Chapel. Mass. son’s duty was to regulate the o f the Captain of the ship upon Saturday— 6:30 to 9:00 p. ./). Those who haven't seen Com fire of the main turret batteries waking would be first Wilson, Post Chapel. Confessions. MORE ABOUT pany C’s miniature castle o f the of eight-inch guns and the dual and then the cruiser. For next PROTESTANT SEKV It EM Corps o f Engineers on the corner purpose five-inch rifles of the to the skipper, Wilson was, at Sunday 9:00 a. m. Red Cross o f 6th street and Warehouse secondary batteries. The Fire times, the most important man Recreation Hall. Services. 10 </0 avenue should make a special Control room is on the foremast, on board. Of course, these were a. m. Post Chapel. Services, 7.20 effort to see it. It is painted red high above the ship's superstruc the days on w h i c h intership tContinued from rage One) p. m. Post Chapel. Services. and white and mounted on a ture and from that vantage point smokers, baseball games, or a G B N f HAL B O H It ES huge tree stump. Under the often only the fire control crew big whaleboat regatta was to be is ahead. The squad must seize Sunday 5:15 p. m. 12th Gr< castle is written “ Essayons” could see the target which was held. For Seaman 1 /c Wilson it and deactivate demolitions on which is French for “ let us try.” hull down over the horizon. With was the heavyweight boxing it, fighting if necessary, and Chapel. General «Quarantir* ) Services for 59th Bn. On the stump in larger letters is champion o f the U. S. S. Salt then defend the structure until DENOMINATIONAL GROUP “ C-58.” the rear company moves up. use o f gas masks. This is one Lake City, the stroke o f the 8 I'.RX It M subject in which no one beefs ship's whaleboat crew, and the After thi{, the squad meets a Wednesday 7:00 p. in. IJiH IN GENERAL— The cake and about having too much drilling. clean up hitter on the baseball road block which it must seize Group Chapel. L. D. S. Services. coffee hit the spot out on the team, and the loyal crewmen and defend. Finally, as the last I huiadej 8 OP p. ns, I p h range last Saturday during the WEATHER REPORT—It isn’t from the skipper to the newest exercise in this first phase, the Group Chapel. Christian Scicrse brief intermission. C-58 pulled men are fired upon by a su apprentice seaman placed their Services. targets, kept score, supplied am exactly cold, but every night, the month’s pay upon their athletic perior force. They deploy, dig in munition and wore out 12 pairs hose pipe comes in the Second competitor. Although Pvt. W il and send a message to the rear •f Maggie’s drawers for A-57. platoon’s barracks and cuddles New Haven, Conn. (CNS) \ son does admit that at times his for reinforcement* and start up under the stove. Hello, Captain Zwick! janitor cleaning out the c c y stock did drop he was usually a shooting it out. During the ninth week, a film. courtroom at midnight foumij a VOCALISTIC— "Parlez vous” pretty good investment, for he GAS HOUSE BLUES—Casual "Baptism <<i Fire,’’ is show n and ionesome rnan sitting in the pi r- managed to win the heavy verses are very popular march ties were kept at a minimum the men are again formed into oner's dock. He had drawn a while going through the gas songs in this company because weight boxing championship of squads. The problem is one of three months jail sentence et_ 1- the First Division of the Scout chamber several days ago be each platoon uses them as a attack. Two squads attempt to ier in the day hut the bailiff I , d ing force for the Salt Lake City. medium to compliment (?) each cause of the cadre’s incessant As stroke of the whaleboat, he take a hill defended by one forgotten about his completely. drilling o f the platoons in the other. Play Begins in Post Cage Loop FOR OUTSTANDING MESS Notes From C-58 CHURCH RITES C ruiser’s Ex-Qunner Sivitches for M-l Combat Lanes Male Call > T m 1$ B COAAPANV . B EIN Ö T R A INE P IN COM BAT S E C U R IT Y _. A N P P R O T E C T IO N .) rx t u s * l a ce ... / by Milton Camff. creator of Terry and the Pirates ' I DON T SEE A A N Y B O D Y .' 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