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S t r e a m lin e d O fficial ca m p new spaper, published w eekly in th e in te re s ts o f th e p erso n n el o f C am p A bbot, O regon, u n d e r supervision o f th e S pecial S ervice O fficer. News m a tte r p e rta in in g to C am p A bbot is fu rn ish e d by th e P u b lic R e la tio n s B ran c h an d is av a ilab le fo r g e n e ra l re le a se W ritte n c o n trib u tio n s, a r t w ork an d p h o to g ra p h s a r e solicited a n d should be directed to th e P ublic R elatio n s B ran c h , P o et HUya. A n n ex , B ldg. 202. Telephone K xt-8. T he A BBOT E N G IN E E R receives m a te ria l sup p lied by C am p N ew spaper S ervice, W ar D ep 't., 205 E. 42nd S t., N ew Y ork, N . Y. C red ited m a te ria l m ay n ot be republished w ith o u t p e rm b io n of C am p N ew sp a p er Service. D istrib u ted fre e to ca m p p ersonnel. S u b sc rip tio n r a t e to p u blic, by m a il: 50 c e n ts fo r th re e m o n th s ; s ix m onths, (1 .0 0 ; one yea r, $1.50. Abbot ’n Around E n te rta in m e n t On a n d O ff th e P o s t fo r th e C om ing W eek SATURDAY S ervice Club. S ta tio n H osp ital P o p u la r P la tte r P a ra d e . SUNDAY S ervice C lub—O pen H ouse. S tatio n H osp ital O pen H ouse. MONDAY S ervice C lub—G I M ovies, 8:30 p. m. S ta tio n H o sp ita l—O pen F o ru m conducted b y B end K iw an is Club. TUESDAY S ervice C lub— Bingo, 8:30 p. m. S tatio n H osp ital 'H is B u tle r’s S is te r,” R ed C ross A u d ito riu m , 6:30 p. m. WEDNESDAY S tatio n H osp ital -Circus. Service C lub F o rm a l D ance. THURSDAY S ta tio n H ospital K haki K ap ers. B end USO—Bingo, 8 p. m . M usic A p p reciatio n , 9 p. m . F R I D A Y S ervice C lub—"R ecord Y o u r V oice” se ssio n ; B rid g e L esso n s | S ta tio n H o sp ital “O rc h e stra W ives.” CAMP ABBOT THEATRE PROGRAM (Clip and Save) TONIGHT — SATURDAY DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM RIDERS -T0UCHCST WU0HS c lo th in g on w ild - h o r t * m a ta I TEX RITTER SUNDAY - MONDAY ANN SHERIDAN — DENNIS MORGAN in Shine on Harvest Moon" ALSO— RKO PATHE NEWS ----- WEDNESDAY------ TUESDAY f m e ndS H C sr Cam p A b b o t, O re ., A pril 8, 1944 ABBO T ENG INEER Page Two m u sic a i COBURN "KfUeAenitAan W h fu m ed . ' I CONSfuttE • DOWLING BOB HOPE DOROTHY LAMOUR in "They Got Me Covered" Also — "WINGED TARGETS" 'STRUGGLE FOR LIFE* Also— "Shoeshine Boy" "Champions of Justice" THURSDAY • FRIDAY “S lick a s a to rp ed o and ju st as d e a d ly ” is how publicity m en d escrib e A nn F red erick , VIG.M cu tie. All w e can say is—it w ould be a lovely w ay to die. Abbot Face! W o n d er w h y th a t Valley F o rg e c h a ra c te r in th e G I pos te r sits on a log in a snow sto rm , holding a cold-cut on a forked stic k o v er a fire an d looking like h e w ished he w as som e place e lse ? A fo rm atio n is j sta n d in g re tre a t a b o u t a h u n d red y a rd s off, b u t do you th in k h e ’ll sta n d u p an d p re se n t a rm s? H ell no! T h e g u y ’s ju s t plain lazy. BREEZES FROM BESSON Go ahead and scream your head off. Grip and moan until even you get tired of it, yourself. Yeah, you’re right. Training is tough . . . tough as hell. Sure, you get tired. Your bones ache, your feet hurt. And maybe you’re getting short-changed on sleep. But listen, brother, other guys tire training hard, too. And I don t mean your buddies. I mean Germans . . . big, husky guys like us. They’re not overlooking anv angles. If an idea is good, they grab it— and use it. This war is “all out.’’ Anything goes. And get this: you have to be good when you get over there. The better you are, the better chance you 11 have. American casualties in this war have been low. That’s bacause we don’t believe in squandering human lives like the Japs and Germans. The men running this army know we can win without doing that. But they also know our men must be well-trained. That’s largely up to you. It’s your life, brother. You have the equipment, the instruc tors, everything you need to learn. The one man at Camp Abbot charged with the tre mendous responsibility of teaching you the difficult busi ness of fighting a war is. naturally, one who knows that business. He knows it from A to Z. If he didn’t—he wouldn’t be here. Most of us have been in this thing for a few months. He’s been in it for many years. His name is Col. Frank S. Besson. In addition to the multitude of training ideas which the Colonel has put into practice here— ideas which have no doubt already saved lives—the Commanding Officer publishes a daily message in a box on the front page of the Daily Information Bulletin. The boys refer to them as “Breezes from Besson.’’ Well, it’s an ill wind that blows no good. Some of these “breezes” are packed with good, solid advice. Some are useful hints on how to make a hard job easier, some spike idle rumors, and others are to compliment good work. Sometimes they make news announcements, but always, in the background, there is one continuous, ham mering thought: “Learn to be a good soldier.” Col. Besson’s message in the DIB is a minor part, to be sure. But any advice you can get, any trick you can learn, might be worth a lot, someday—and soon. a tta in the aw ard. B-52 basketball team w as off to a fine s ta rt M onday night, tro u n cing th e ir neighbors, C-52. Jo rg en so n and Q uintana w ere high sco rers fo r the hom e team , w ith a good deal of help com ing from Cpls. Gibson and N esset. P vt. M addox w as th e key m an H e m u s t have m issed e arly fo r a good m any points. L eading chow . T h e re ’s a m essh all a th e ir opponents w ith 9 points a t sto n e ’s th ro w to th e rig h t, b u t , th e half, o u r boys held the o th e r fo r som e s tra n g e reaso n , th e team down w ith th ree points c h a ra c te r p re fe rs to e a t o u t in d u rin g th e second half. F in al th e sto rm . M aybe h e's eccen score: 43 to 18. tric. W ell, all rig h t, th e n —he's h u n g ry . B ut he m u s t know by M em bers of B-52 w ere pleased now you d o n ’t h a v e to cook to learn fro m a T exan last w eek cold-cuts. th a t su lfa d ru g s a re m ined in T h a t’s so m e fire. H e’s built larg e qu an tities in T exas. A t it on th e w ro n g side of th e log, le a st the m edical corps w o rries so sm o k e w ill blow rig h t sm ack a re over as long as T exas is an in h is k isse r. I t ’s a good fire, ally of th e USA. b u t n o t h o t en o u g h to m elt th e snow u n d e r it. C ould it be possible th a t th e ; m an is on g u a rd d u ty ? Hope not. If a n e n em y sco u t show s u p it'll be ju s t too h ad —fo r th e V alley F o rg e r. H is g u n m uzzle Co. C finished th e ir sixth w eek is stu ffe d good and tig h t w ith of tra in in g w ith a m oving p ro r a g s —b u t w a i t , th a t's not g ram . M any happy hom es w ere en o u g h . T h e ra g s a re lash ed bro k en up; th e seventh w eek dow n nice an d sec u re w ith w ill be sp en t h u n tin g fo r m is s tro n g cord. It w ill ta k e th e placed articles. p o o r g u y a t le a st fiftee n m in T h e la rg e st event of the w eek u te s to u n tie it in th is cold w as a night problem in scouting w e a th e r. H oly cats! W h at if he and patrolling. T he m en th in k p u lls th a t trig g e r! P vt. N elson of the F o u rth P la N ow ju s t w h a t could he be d o in g o u t th e r e ? M aybe h e's b u ck in g fo r a S ection V III—o r th e 1778 e q u iv alen t. P o o r GI Joe. W o n d er if Gen. W ash in g to n kn o w s h e 's o u t th ere. If he does, m a y b e th e g u y w ill g et h is Sec tion V III. Notes From C-5 2 toon should receive a citation. N elson w as so am bitious to suc ceed th a t, a lth o u g h the prob lem w as o v e r a t 2030, he re m ained o u t u n til m orning to avoid b eing c a p tu re d by the “enem y.” P v t. a re you buck in g ? L t. A n d rew s h a s announced th a t th e s e c o n d platoon has s ta rte d a ro u n d tab le discussion fo r each T h u rsd a y night. Topics of g e n e ra l in te re s t w ill be dis cussed a n d one topic fo r debate w ill be picked fo r each week. T his, w e th in k , is a swell idea and p re s e n ts a m ean s of letting o ff a little steam . Co. C h a s m o n ey on the line to back th e ir boy, P vt. Martinez, fig h tin g a t 158 pounds. . . . No rew ard is o ffered fo r informa tion lead in g to a r r e s t and con viction o f p a r ty w ho started the exp ressio n , “M y poor back” . . . R ew ard o ffe re d to p arty who can rem o v e expression, "My poor b a c k ” fro m th e vocabulary of th e C am p A bbottees. Cpl. M ed ar is pleased with stu d e n t cooks P v t. G a rre tt and M iltam o re w ho, w hen assigned to c u t u p a fo re q u a rte r of beef, produced w h a t th ey proudly re fe rre d to a s ten d erlo in steaks. P riv a te s, fo r y o u r inform ation, C om bat en g in e e rs a re trained to do th e im possible b u t is it neces s a ry to ta k e th is tra in in g into th e k itch en ? JOEL McCREA — MAUREEN O ’HARA IN "BUFFALO BILL ■ ■ Notes From B - 52 By P v t. A lfred M. I.u tin sk l P v t. P o p B en n ett h a s to keep in sh a p e by ru n n in g th e obstacle c o u rse on S u n d a y m o rn in g s be Pfc. M a rg a re t E. E lle r continued fore b re a k fa st since ta k in g th e d aily exercises p rescrib ed by on to L os A ngeles. T h e g irls, a ll m e m b e rs of th e P vt. (D o cto r) Jo e P a rk s. m edical d eta c h m e n t, w ill re tu rn Co. B-52 h a s w on thé plaque a t th e e x p ira tio n of th e a ssig n a w a rd e d fo r th e o u tsta n d in g m ent. c o m p an y in th e f ir s t six w eeks o f tra in in g . Good lead e rsh ip by P ass The ENG INEER To An o u r o ffic e rs a n d cadre, a tte n tiv e other Abtootman—He'll Appreci n e ss and p e rfo rm a n c e o f field ate It. p ro b lem s by tra in e e s helped us ALSO— RKO PATHE NEWS ARMY-NAVY SCREEN MAGAZINE Wacs Leave for Recruiting Job T h re e C am p Abbot W acs left y e ste rd a y fo r C alifo rn ia on a re c ru itin g a ssig n m e n t w hich will k e e p th em a w a y fro m th is s ta tio n fo r six ty (lavs. CpL F lo ren ce S ch m id t an d Pfc. A nna M. lirufi- d en w ent to S a n F rancisco, and ■ i!!!* !. train ees a re show n "ru n n in g " th e d eb ark atio n to " m th e D eschutes river. The tow er is c o n stru c te d to rep resen t t niHi seciion of a ship and flo ats on pontoons. S peedboats circle 1 to " T r ""«jrply to -ro u g h u p ” th e w ater, cau sin g th e stru c tu re p ttrh and heave in th e m an n er of a snip at sea. W hile th is i* p ro g ress, men load into sm all boats and m ak e fo r th e tow er, set u p th e side on rope ladders, m ak e th e ir w av acro ss, th en cli* dow n the o th e r side into boats an d head fo r th e shore.
