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About Regimental mirror. (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1943-194? | View Entire Issue (March 16, 1944)
Thursday, March 16, 1944 THE SIGN OF WELCOME HANGS OVER THE EN trance to the Presbyterian Service Center at Eleventh street and First avenue, in Columbus, where soldiers spend many pleasant hours on weekends off. (Cut courtesy In dustrial Index). Presbyterian S. C. Has Recreation Hall One of the leading organizations in the establishment of recreation facilities for servicemen and women in Co lumbus is the First Presbyterian Church, which has con verted its basement at Eleventh street and First avenue into a large recreation room for soldiers and WACs from Fort Benning. Ping-pong, checker, card and writing tables, with modernistic lounge furniture arranged in in timate group patterns, provide comfortable opportunity for en joying off-duty hours, particu larly on weekends, when the Center is open full-time. Re freshments are often provided by the hostesses, who are headed by Mrs. Ellen Worrall, of the congregation. Sandwiches, cof fee and tea are served to sol diers and their families every Sunday at 6:30 p. m. immed iately after the vesper service. About 75 persons are usually present, and more are welcome, according to the Rev. John Cal vin Reid, pastor The Center was established with several thousand dollars contributed by various Presby terian agencies. The Defense Service Council of the Presby terian Church, with its head quarters in Richmond. Va., in vested SISOO. Mr. and Mrs. E R. Underwood, of Elizabeth. N. J. bought the furniture, which is bright, cheerfully modern in color and design. The congre gation has borne all the other expenses incurred in the upkeep of the Center, and has provided volunteer workers to act as hostesses. Every month the Center en gages a prominent clergyman from the Northern Presbyterian Church, who acts as a ‘‘civilian chaplain” during his stay in Co lumbus and Benning. He pre sides as host of the center, ac cepts preaching engagements at the post, and calls upon Gls and WACs in the hospital and at their homes. One of these vis iting ministers was so pleased with the work of the Center that he bought the electric sign which hangs outside as a public invi tation to all personnel of the armed forces and their families r . By Sgt Ralph E. Alkire Some of the highlights of Sun day’s session on infiltration Course: — Sgt. 'Phil' Cappella got cut and scratched quite a bit on the barbed wire trying to win a beer. Sgt. O A Smith was so ex hausted, after doing all that crawling, that he fell flat when making the bayonet charge. It's a good thing those dummies weren’t real. Sgt. Exstein says he would rather put up with the School any day than go through any thing like that again. Harry must have had a date for he was plenty burned up when he came back to the barracks All of the participants of that expedition were well covered with mud. A few items of no importance at all:— Recently you may have notic ed “Pretty Boy” Roach around the barracks. He has sent the Mrs. home for they are expect ing an important event the lat ter part of the summer. Sgt. “Stinky” Downs has quite a time with all kinds of watches. Last week he had a lady’s wrist watch. Sgt. Newt Wyatt said it belonged to a WAC. Ask Newt how he knows whose watch it was. S. Sgt. "El Rash” Van Horn was a little late reporting back from his weekend pass. He said he had been led astray but the belief is that he just wanted to help Franks and Koester keep an eye on the barracks in the evening REGIMENTAL MIRROR Knock Out Or Be Knocked Out-Culver (Continued from Page 1) days on the left flank getting the whole business from Jerry tanks, bombing, strafing, and in fantry attacks. At El Guettar. late in March, Culver was part of the regiment that held up nine panzer divisions in the hills. When relieved, they went toGaf sa, where they felt the beginning of the end for the Nazis, who started their full retreat toward Tunis. The last big phase of the campaign was the grim battle at Hill 609 “We were way over on the left flank within sight of Mateur,” Culver says. "The whole Ger man army was in front of us. The Americans stormed the hill and held it for five hours, when we were forced to withdraw. Meanwhile another division was moving in with the French from Bizerte, and the British were sweeping in from Ferryville. Suddenly the whole campaign just fell through. By May 11th everything was quiet ” 7'he regiment went back to Oran for new training, and on the morning of July 9th took off for Sicily. Again Culver was in the first wave to land. The fol lowing morning, to their great surprise, the Nazis counterat tacked with 46 Mark VI tanks. "Our cannon company and field artillery accounted for 21 of them. We didn’t get many prisoners,” Culver recalls grim ly, “they were knocked out right in the tanks.” WALKED THRU SICILY From there on Culver’s unit went straight through to Messi na, “walking right up, driving them from one position to anoth er." For Sgt Culver, Messina was the end of his combat service. He went to the rear for treat ment of an illness sustained in the field, and by degrees he re turned to the States, and is now assigned to E Company. Academ ic Regiment. NAZI MORALE HIGH “Fellows going overseas must remember that German morale is very high," Culver says. "This is partly because they are trick ed by their leaders They nev er knew that other places had been taken by us. and never be lieved it. They insisted that New York and Chicago had been bombed!” No Comment NEWARK. N J (CNS A 300-pound pig was given to tho highest bi hier in a war bond auction bore The runner up got a picture of Frank Smatra .... ... , . «. ’ A . ' Cover Girl" At Post This Week H - "" Rita Hayworth, selected “The Sweetheart of Alcan" by the soldiers who built the Canada-Alaska military highway, is visited on the set of “Cover Girl" by Lieut. Jim Blackwelder of the Armv Engineers, who presented the citation and photographed Rita for the service men's newspaper. POST MOVIES THIS WEEK I MAIN AND NO. X 1 Thurs.-Fri.. 16-17: Pa. :igi- to I Marseille (Humphrey 80-a: I Michele Morgan). Sat.. 18 Ha! i Check Honey (Grace McDonald, I Leon Errol) and Two-Man Sub marine (Torn Neal. Ann Sav age). Sun. Mon., 19-20 Cover Girl (Rita Hayworth, Gene Kel- ly). Tues.. 21: The Hour Be fore Dawn (Franchot Tone. Ve ronica Lake). Wed.. 22: The I Navy Way (Robert Lowery, j Jean Parker). NO. 4 AND NO. 5 Thurs.-Fri.. 16-17: Lady In The Dark (Ginger Rogers. Ray Milland) Sat . 18: Action In Arabia (George Sanders. Vir ginia Bruce' Sun . 19: It Hap oed Tomorrow (Dick Powell, Linda Darnell Mon Tues . 20 21: Passage to Marseille (Hum phrr;. Bogart Micnole Morgan । PAGE FIVE Wed 22 Hat Cheek Honey । Grace McDonald. Leon Errol) > i Two Man Submarine (Tom Neal. Ann Savage). NO. 9 AND NO. 11 Thurs., 1(>: See Here, Private Hargrove (Robert Walker, Don na Reed). Fri., 17: Chip Off The Old Block (Donald O’Con nor, Peggy Ryan). Sat., 18: The Lady And The Monster (Rich ard Arlen. Eric Von Stroheim). Sun-Mon., 19-20: The Purple Heart (Dana Andrews, Richard Conte) Tues , 21: Hat Check Honey (Grace McDonald, Leon Errol) and Two-Man Submarine (Tom Neal, Ann Savage). Wed , 22: Lady In The Dark (Ginger Rogers. Ray Milland) Sutton Fires 200 With A-T (Continued from Page 1) pointed out in explaining the significance of the record score We just started firing the .57 last August, and it took until now to record a possible.” A pipe-fitter by trade in civili an lite. Sgt. Sutton hails from Newark. N J.. where his wife and family reside at 8 Murray street. He enlisted two years ago. at Ihe age of 22, took his basic training at Fort McClellan. Ala . and came to The Infantry Seiiool as a private in April. 1942. Assigned as an assistant instructor in Weapons, where Col J. F. Strain is Chief of Sec tion he rose to the rank of line sergeant in six months. A very popular gunner in the section, Sutton has frequently been a member of crack gun crews pho tographed for civilian publica tions. Hitler In Navy NEW YORK (CNS)—William Patrick Hitler, 32, a nephew of Adolf Hitler, has been accepted for service by the Navy
