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ABBOT ENGINEER Page Fo^* Camp Abbot, Ore., Jan. 29, 1944 STUM PED?? Many ASTP Men Overseas Left NSC Colleges Good Conduct Medal Awarded To 25 Soldiers uüiv^rsitiéç and t ~jp. 2cwS'?T"i DCliC r.tr. Service Com- d v a r io r . of the rr-i T raining Pro- "> r«sporj Sprv .cf F o r--' Utah, it r*?v*afed tha S j CO tra.r-tr^ ^ .. oo have c .«■• joents tnrougcotit toe O r . rrand totals nearly i ' > v r j * r : I- iiitw a n t Coloosi » ir.g Division head. ir. h. ? report to G eneral McCoach. The report was submitted .r. connection with the rec ce t re* a l i g n m e n t oi Headquarters N.nth Service Contmaad based upon the changing nee*is of the war effort. Reorganization of headquarters resulted in the Army Spec;j..zed Training Divis ion. formerly the Army Special •zed Training Branch, being placed under the command o f the I > rector of Military Training. The ASTV estimated produc tion schedule in this Command calls for a graduation class turn over of 2000 trainees monthly by June 1, this year. The National rate o f graduates will exceed 10.000 by that time. Trainees, who are enrolled in language, engineering and sev eral professional field subject courses, are selected through competitive examination a n d only soldiers with the highest qualifications and abilities are eligible for admission for special ized training Available to a r«pted trair.ee> are 17 different ; area and lang- uage courses, sex- engmeering courses as well as fessional field sul from 9 to mon* The soldi", s w* tAbllsht?J At r ' b 25 is spent in lectu 6 in physical trai military' training A survey of a r.t graduated frcm A r m v Specialized Train Program showed that manv serving in responsiole over assign- ments in • t ions Oth highly spec Army Se:v Engineers. Samt i KIOjSALVAGE. I'm» 2>gna. Lnoio Lab. I? > a rt ■'arioas to know why we ran the picture of the. stump, see the next page and find out. A;.* Forces and other branches of the service. The primary arm. of the AST Program, is to tram soldiers for the ingest duties they are cap- a.i> of performing in. specialized fields v .'.ere the Army has great est needs. SHOULD W E? Trainees Taught Vital Role Camouflage Plays “I would a- soon enter battle without arms as without camouflage." The speaker was Gen. G. P. Summerall. former chief of -taff of the United States Army, but the statement reflects perfectly the attitude of the Camp Abbot Training Division towards this important battle activity. Should we complain of the little things Concealment, often thought to ------------------------------------------------- When the Boys are giving so be the chief object o f camou able from the real thing. much? Maj. Nichols maintains camou flage. is only a part of its work. Should we complain of rationing. flage is nothing but good com Maj.Paul L. Nichols, in charge of The like of this, and such? mon sense. In an air war such the Pioneer Section o f training. as this one, he explains, the Should we complain while the explained as important as hid- avoidance of regularity in form Boys out there iag military strength and activ ity and shadow, and the careful Are crawling through mud and is the job of making the enemy matching of color and texture rain. se*» what is desired. with the terrain becomes a mat With bodies wounded, bleeding For example, the Chinese, no ter of survival. and torn. toriously short o f equipment. Chief camouflage officer. Capt. To make the world free again? have again and again built William F. Marcuson. Jr., learn- dummy trucks and planes to ed a lot about techniques from Should we complain while the draw enemy fire and tie up actual battle service in Australia Boys in the skv •roops ar.d arms The Germans, and New Guinea. He came di- earlier in the war. built dummy reetly from the Pacific area to airfields all over the Low Coun- Camp Abbot. *: ies to draw the bombs of the Other members of the training RAF, and for a long time were cadre also are well qualified for very saccessful. their assignment. S Sgt. Don L. The two-fold job of camou- Dunkiee was an instructor in flage is taught to the trainees interior decorating at New York t three different periods University before joining the basic training. During my. ar.d T Sgt. Nicholas Stecco m third w ,• -k. recruits spend and Pfc. Franz \V. Roppenecker half day in the field rigging are graduates of the camouflage fo x h o le with, entrenching tools school at Ft. Belvoir. Virginia. and learning to conceal the scene ________________ dier Boy of their excavations. This train Melrose Park, Pa. (CNS> The W ith a bullet riddled side ing is consolidated with field for Union Society for the Detection Looks up at his commander tifications. of Horse Thieves and the Recov With a grin that's grinning The next week, the engineer ery of Stolen Property cancelled wide? trainees are shown how to fold its annual meeting when it dis and use camouflage nets. They covered that there weren't any Should we complain o f any- weave nets with vari-colored gar horse thieves around any more thing lands to meet the reeds o f a par- and that all the town's horses When we think what our Boys problem. Then they apply were working. go through? their learning practically by drap I couldn't utter a single word. ing trucks and erecting a flat- I'd be too ashamed, wouldn't top over a machine gun nest. Weaving nets is a regular en By Irene Elizabeth Sutton. gineer job the otherarms usual ly receiving nets already woven to match the terrain. Pittsburgh 'CN Si -Sitting in In the eighth week, the men the living room of his home. spend a whole day in the forti Clarence Zeise heard a woman fications area. Here they lay out scream. He dashed into the and camouflage an entire posi street and found that the woman tion — m a c h i n e gun emplace was his 35-year-old wife. She ments. foxholes, and flat-tops. was sitting on a man. "He grab At this time, the men are bed my purse and slugged me." shown a special exhibit — a she explained. "Then I guess I museum o f camouflage, in a lost my temper " sense. They are marched down a wired-off lane where they pass San Antonio, Tex iCNS A dummy trucks, mock airplanes, local newspaper recently ran this a c l e v e r l y contrived hollow- advertisement: "W ill swap sev stump. shaped to accommodate ■x. eral pairs o f nylon hose for one an observer, and rocks made of But Sir1 I m i i r » f d you baby b u g g y " burlap and wire, indistniguish- Twenty-five Camp Abbot sol- diers received the Good Conduct Medal i ribbon until after the war), and two members of the Wac Company were given the Women's Army Corps Service Medal at a retreat parade by the 57th Engineer Training Bat talion Tuesday. Col. Frank S. Besson. ERTC commander, pre sented the awards. The service medal, awarded for honorable service in the WAAC and subsequent enlist ment in the WAC, was present ed to Lt. Helen Martin, theatre .fficer, and Cpl. Claire V. Beech er. Enlisted men who received the Good Conduct Medal are T Sgt. Benjamin Fedezyszyn, T Sgt. Glenn E. Lachenmyer, S Sgt. Francis C. Barter, S Sgt. J B. Gatlin and Sgt. Donald F. Owen band', all of Service Company; S Sgts. Thomas G. Simerlink, Stanley A. Likwartz, Davis W. Mosby. Robert J. Fackler and Gilbert Chamberlain, all of Sup ply Company; S Sgt. Gilmer S. Mustain, Supplemental Train ing Company; Sgt. Sneed VV. Curlee, Casual Company; S Sgt. James C. Childers and Cpl. Ed gar D. Loar, Medical Detach ment; 1st Sgt. Gerald W. Wel don. Co. B. 51st Battalion; Sgt. Kirby G. Schibner, Co. B. 52nd Bn.; Sgt. Otto J. Bohn. Co. C, 52nd Bn.: 1st Sgt. Ralph G. Rothwell, Co. C, 53rd Bn.; Sgt. Vincent G. Ryan, Co. C, 54th Bn.; Sgt. Lewis C. Mauzy, Co. B. 55th Bn.; Cpl. Albert J. Di Frank. Headquarters Detach ment, 12th Group; S Sgt. Ray mond E. Thomas. Co. A. 56th Bn.; Sgt. Herman Fischer. Co. C. 57th Bn.; S Sgt. Denny J. Bellucci, Co. C, 58th Bn., and S Sgt. Thomas L. Hall, Co. A, 59th Bn. Group's Writing Room Is Popular The 11th Group Reading and Writing Room, located in the former Group Library Building which was opened as an experi ment, is rapidly proving to be one of the most popular re treats on the Post. Quiet atmosphere, homey fur niture. handy writing desks and new Abbot stationery make this the perfect answer to a hard day’s training. The 54th Bn., which is primarily responsible for the maintenance of the room, is receiving the gratitude of the entire group. By Sgt. Jerry Goodfarb Hq Det. 11th ET Group San Francisco tCNS)—A SI.- 500,000 suit for Infringement of patent was held up by the U. S. marshal here because the plain tiff's complaint failed to include an extra dime for the marshal's car fan*.