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S ta tio n H osp ital
P o p u la r P la tte r P a ra d e .
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S ervice C lub—O pen H ouse.
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MONDAY
S ervice C lub—G I M ovies, 8:30 p. m.
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TUESDAY
S ervice C lub— Bingo, 8:30 p. m.
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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.
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DOUBLE FEATURE PROGRAM
RIDERS -T0UCHCST WU0HS
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RITTER
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ANN SHERIDAN — DENNIS MORGAN
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Shine on Harvest Moon"
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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
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h fu m ed . '
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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
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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
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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
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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.