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CAMP ABBOT, OREGON
June 17, 1944
New Post Has
Swimmin'Hole
N'Everything
Facilities at
Ft. Lewis to
Be Expanded:
F o r those Camp Abbot GIs
who have been living in a state
of anticipation ever since they
heard th e first ru m o r of the
move to F o rt Lewis, the EN G I
N E ER conducted a survey this
week and can now report on the
entertainm ent to be found at the
W ashington camp.
In the first place, F o rt Lewis
is n ear several fair-size cities,
and ju st an hour from a large
one, Seattle. Tacoma and Olym
pia are each accessible fo r 35
cents a round trip. F irst Sgt.
Alvin P. Pridham of the Camp
Abbot MP detachm ent, one of
o u r inform ants, tells us th a t at
all of these places the inhabi
ta n ts do a g reat deal for service
men.
A m erican Lake, said to be a
ten-m inute w alk or a ten-cent
ride from the post, has a fine
beach, diving boards, and a near
by beer parlor.
On the N orth post, w here engi
neers will train, there is in addi
tion to the Service Club and Of
ficers Club, a “field house,” an
im m ense building suitable for
sp o rts events and entertainm ents
req u irin g extensive floor space,
such as dances.
The m ost glowing accounts,
however, are of th e m ain post,
approxim ately fo u r m iles dis
tant, w here in addition to fine
clubhouses there is a bowling al
ley, roller skating rink, gym na
sium , guest houses, and other
attractions.
An interesting institution a t the
post, described to us by F rank J.
Dunning, field director of the
local American Red Cross office,
is th e “hobby house.” Here, Mr.
Dunning said, a m an can pursue
alm ost any hobby, having access
to band saws, photographic
equipm ent, various musical in
strum ents, and m any other fa
cilities. He said th a t even the
professional services of a violin
in stru ctor are available.
53rd and 57th
Prepare Areas
Wichita, Kans. (C N S)—When
one inm ate of the city Jail re
ported the loss of his false teeth,
a jail-wide dragnet w as spread.
The choppers w ere recovered
Tirom th e mouth of a trusty.
The practical problem of ex
panding facilities of F o rt Lewis
N orth to accom modate many!
m ore engineers than Cam p Ab
bot has been training a t one
time, is providing field train in g
for the 53rd and 57th battalions,
first units to arriv e at th e new
post, M aj. Dan H. Griswold of
the T raining Division has an-;
nouncod.
The w ork includes construe--
tion of additional buildings and
roads, preparation of train in g
grounds, such as a floating ,
bridge area and demolition an d
demolition stru ctu re s areas, an d •
reproducing com bat lanes, ob
stacle courses, and other neces
sities for engineer training.
— P hoto by S ig n al C orps P h o to l.ab .
Meanwhile, M ajor G risw old
S h e ’s a g ra n d old f l a 'r a n d ‘.he’ll he w a v in g « h e n th e A rm y S e rv ic e F o r - s T r a in in g C e n te r o f said, training on this post is pro
C a m p A bbot is n o in..
> -m ind ail w h o V -hoi : I ni ilia t th e y a re n thi V h ito il S la te s o f A m e ri
ceeding as usual.
ca, th e lan d o f th e tre e . T ills p h o to g ra p h w a s ia K e n .it th e I n - r d r . t ccicnion.v in H e a d q u a rte rs
C ircle . In th e y e a r th a t h a s e la p se d sin c e th e n m a n y ol th e hoy* s o n stu n ling a t a tte n ti o n p ro b
a b ly h a v e g o n e o n to A nzio, N e w G u in e a , a n d C a e n .
Qen. Qilbreath
Takes Command
M a j.
G en.
F re d e ric k
G il
Col. hall's Son
Prisoner, Report
b r e a th y e s te rd a y a s s u m e d h is
n e w d u tie s a s c o m m a n d e r o f
th e A rm y S e rv ic e F o r c e s T r a in
in g ( 'e n t e r a t F o r t L ew is, a
Buv MORE
WAR BONDS
Official word from the In ter
national Red Cross was received
this week by Colonel L ester E.
Hall, executive officer a t F ort
Lewis, W ashington, that his son,
U n ite d P r e s s d is p a tc h r e p o r t Lt. L. W. Hall, is being held in
ed. I t s ta te d t h a t th e In itia l G erm any as a prisoner of war.
Young Hall was "a co-pilot of
u n its
under
h is
com m and
a Flying F o rtress based in E ng
w o u ld lie th e e n tir e c o m p le
land. He was reported m issing ■
m e n ts o f C a m p A b b o t a n d last month.
t a m p A d a ir, O re g o n , a n d th e
Colonel Hall was form erly ex
m ed ic al
d e ta c h m e n ts
fro m ecutive officer at Camp Abbot.
C a m p G ra n t. Illin o is, a n d o th e r
p o s ts , a n d th a t u ltim a te ly S ig
n a l C o rp s a n d o t h e r tr a in in g
u n its w o u ld lie ad d ed .
T h e e n g in e e rs w ill c o n tin u e
t o lie u n d e r th e d ire c t c o m
m a n d o f Col. F . S. B e sso n , w h o
w ill h e c o m m a n d in g o ffic e r o f
th e E n g in e e r T r a in in g S e c tio n
o f th e A rm y S e rv ic e F o rc e s
T r a in in g C e n te r o f F o r t Io*wis.
T h is b u lb o u s-n o se d . big-bellied " F ly in g C i l f i i h ” ht th e I n lte d
S t a te s N a v y ’s ne w e s t a n d b ig g e s t c a rg o r a r r y i n g p lan e . B u ilt o f
s ta in h -s s s te c l. it h a s a lOO font v v in g sp re ad , tw o 1,00*1 h o rs e p o w e r
a ir o x d e d m o to rs , a n d c ro is e s a t I«.*» m ile s a n h o u r. It c a n em rry
10,1*00 p«nin<!x o f f r e ig h t *500 m ile s a n d h a s a m a x im u m ra n g e , w ith
s m a lle r load a n d a o x iN a ry g a s ta n k , o f ! ,i0 0 m ite s.
BONDS
T h e fo llo w in g th o u g h t w as
s u b m itte d b y M a j. A r t h u r
D a v id so n , c o -c h a irm a n o f th e
C a m p A bbot W a r bond c o u n
cil:
T h e re is a bond b e tw e e n u s
a n d o u r b ra v e f i g h t e r s
o v e r th e r e th a t c a n n o t lie.
b ro k e n — n o a in o u n t o f
m o n e y c a n b u y it. B ut th e r e
is a Imnd b e tw e e n th e m a n d
u s th a t c a n lie p u rc h a s e d .
T h e w ise old o w l is th e
sa le s m a n . G et y o u rs to d a y .
Two-Thirds Army
Overseas By End
Of Year Likely
More than 3,657,000 soldiers of
the United States arm y now .ire
deployed outside the continental
United States tn th eatres of op
erations throughout the world,
according to W ashington an
nouncements. This force rep re
sents 47 per cent of the to tal
stren g th of the arm y, and by the
end of 1944, the n u m b e r of
troops overseas will tie increased
to m ore than 5,000,000 men, ap
proxim ately two-thirds of total
strength.
Already the overseas force ox*
cceds by 1,571,<100 men the peak
(Continued on page 4)
Training Begins
T raining in use of the "walkie
talkie” made its bow a t the
ASFTC at Camp A b b o t this
week when a group of Engineer
soldiers from the 54th battalion
began studying operation of
portable radio equipm ent used
extensively in combat opera
tions overseas.
Instruction, in charge of Capt.
K erm it Lindell, Post Signal Of
ficer, included m aintenance of
radio contact b e t w e e n men
equipped w ith two 16 - pound
portable radio sets and a larg er
field o r vehicular radio unit set
up in th e 54th battalion drill
field. T rainees using the port
able units operated th eir sets
from various points within the
encam pm ent, and reported good
reception.
The portable set <SCR 511) is
described as a low power radio
receiver and tran sm itte r which
operates on eith er dry o r stor-
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P * * t S i g n a l P h o to
l.a b .
T h e C o rp s o f E n g in e e rs q u ic k ly a d o p t* — a n d im p ro v e s — a n y Id e a
o f m e rit. T h e a b o v e m e th o d of c ro s s in g a s tr e a m h a s b e e n list'd
by P a c ific isla n d n a tiv e s f o r c e n tu rie s . L in e s a r e th r o w n o v e r t r e e
lim b s, a n d th e fre e e n d s re g a in e d w ith th e a id o f a lo n g jad e . T h is
tr a i n i n g dev ice, e re c te d u n d e r th e s u p e rv is io n o f LL \ \ a r r e n !..
Meyer of < a m p A bbot, a s s is ts m e n in tie c o m in g s u r e H a d ed a n d
c o n fid e n t in p r e c a r io u s s itu a tio n s .
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