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Thursday, March 23, 1944 Lamarr Film Here Tonight Hedy Lamarr, one of Holly wood’s truly beautiful stars, is teamed with William Powell in "The Heavenly Body" showing at Main and No 8 Theaters to night. By Pvt M Merlin SYMPzXTHIES: To Tec 4 Joe Savard. He spent time chasing busses trying to get to Harmony Church so that he could visit the boys from the Academic, and wasted the afternoon and even ing trying to locate them. He was finally lucky enough to get a lift out of the area and came back to the barracks only to find the Harmony bunch holding a re union on his bed! The only ex clamation he made that's fit to print was, “Sacre bleu! Norn de Dieu! Merde!" HATS OFF To the little wo man from Eufaula, who intends to marry Tec 4 Harvey Glis son. that gallant, grammarless, garrulous, gallavantin’ GI from Georgia. She’s a little of black headed gal and the nuptials will be held in June (as soon as she finishes school). NOMINATION TO OBLIV ION: Anyone afraid to stick his neck out in this man's Army for principles he believes impor tant enough to die for but not to talk about. QUESTIONS: What are the characteristics of a fascist-mind ed person? What diu Hitler do for Germany? These and many more would be answered if ask ed of Lt. Parr at the orientation sessions. Latest information is that Tec 4 Harold Weiss, well known as an old member of Company G, is on his way overseas after studying under the A.S.T.P. Pro gram. Religious Services FRIDAY: Jewish Services: 7:30 p. m., Children’s school, corner Baltzell avenue and Lumpkin road, Main Post SUNDAY: Jewish Services: 9 a. m., Building 578fi. regi mental recreation hall, 6th ASTP area. Catholic Mass: 9:30 a. m., Theater No 2. General Service: 10:30 a m., Theater No 2. Holy Communion: Chaplain Reddick's office, 11:30 a. in. Post Movies This Week MAIN AND NO. « Thurs-Fri., 23-24: The Heav enly Body (William Powell, Hedy Lamarr). S«t., 25: Hi Good Lookin' (Harriet Hilliard. Eddie Quillan) and Oklahoma Raid ers (Tex Ritter). Sun.-Mon.. 26 27: Up In Arms (Danny Kaye. Dinah Shore). Tues., 28: Knick erbocker Holiday (Nelson Eddy, Constance Dowling). Wed., 29: Sweet Rosie O’Grady (Betty Grable. Robert Young) NO. 4 AND NO. 5 Thurs.-Fri., 23-34: Cover Girl (Rita Hayworth, Gene Kelly). Sat., 25: The Hour Before Dawn ( Franchot Tone, Veronica Lake). Sun., 26: The Navy Way (Rob ert Lowery, Jean Parker). Mon- Noonan Loaned To 7th AD For Orientation Talk The Academic Regiment s sys tem of including talks by enlis ted combat veterans in its orien tation program was on its way to adoption by the Seventh Ar mored Division this week when Lt. Harold E. Swan, the division’s orientation officer, asked Lt. John Mayer, Academic orientation officer, to “lend-lease” Ist Sgt Francis J Noonan to a confer ence of unit orientation officers. Sgt Noonan, veteran of Guad alcanal, has spoken on his bat tle experiences and his impres sions of the enemy during the weekly company meetings in the Academic Regiment devoted to discussions of the war “Lend-lease" has worked both ways with the Seventh Armored, according to Lt Mayer, who has used much of Lt Swan’s materi al and ideas in formulating his own orientation policies. D's Dine-Dance Helps Rambler Morale On Court The D Ramblers, despite a big evening of rambling, dining, dancing and merrymaking the previous night at their company party, chalked up win number eight at the expense of the POW Guards, Sunday afternoon, at the USO gym The score was 37 to 25 Phil Cappclla walked away with the scoring honors with five field goals, totaling ten points, as the D’s breezed to an easy win 4 By Cyl W Widman Since last week a contest has been going on in Headquarters Squad room for the most appro priate song. So far we have had three songs submitted. The com posers and their songs are: S. Sgt. Marcoux:— Our ranks are getting thinner and thinner and friendship dimmer and dim mer! Sgt. (Lenny the Lyric) Sum mers:—Empty beds in the old Squad room . Where do you roam tonight . . . Sgt Abbey Abberelli:—Let ’em go God bless them. We won't have to clothe or mess them.. . . The last to leave the old squad room were Pfc. Werner and Cpl. Block, who will be missed by all, Werner for his smiling face and REGIMENTAL MIRROR Tues.. 27-28: The Heavenly Body ( William Powell, Hedy Lamarr). Wed, Hi Gpod Lookin’ (Har riet Hilliard, Eddie Quillaiu and Oklahoma Raiders (Tex Ritter). NO. 9 AND NO, 11 Thurs., 23: uaay In The Dark (Ginger Rogers. Ray Milland). Fri., 24: Action In Arabia (George Sanders, Virginia Bruce). Sat., 25: It Happend To morrow (Dick Powell, Linda Darnell). Sun.-Mon., Passage To Marseille (Humphrey Bogart, Michele Morgan). Tues., 23: Hi Good Lookin' (Harriet Hilliard, Eddie Quillan) and Oklahoma Raiders (Tex Ritter) Wed.. 29: Cover Girl (Rita Hayworth. Gene Kelly) Chaplain Shows Film On "Prodigal Son" Continuing his presentation of religious films, Capt Glenn S. Reddick, regimental chap lain, has announced that on Tuesday evening at 7:30 and 9:30 Benning personnel are invited to see another program of shows, including “The Prod igal Son," at the mess hall of the 23rd Co , 4th Bn„ Ist STR Patio Beer Garden To Reopen Saturday Reopening of the Patio Grill and the outdoor entertainment "spots" at Exchanges 27 and 47 has been set for March 25th by Lt Col H E. McGaffey, post exchange office of Fort Benning. The Patio, an open-air garden with benches, tables and chairs and colorful umbrellas, proved last summer to be one of the most popular places for enlisted men and their guests to spend the evening Beer, soft drinks, candy and refreshments will be on sale again this year, accord ing to the announcement, while the Tuesday and Thursday con certs by dance orchestras will also be continued as soon as the weather permits Blue Devils Swamp POW Guards 46-22 The Co A Blue Devils contiri tied on their unbeaten way as they wrought havoc on the POW Guards at the 9th St USO Thursday night The score of the massacre was 46-22 and the "Blues" were much better than the score indicates Every man had a hand in the scoring. numerous love letters and Cpl Block for his concert violin. It seems that Pfc. Thompson, Pvt. Sigler and Sgt Frateschi missed their calling in the ser vice. We noticed them on the boat ride last week and it seems that they would have made good gobs the way they stayed around the boilers or could it have been because the chicken and beer were located near there'.’ It seems that Pvt. (I can't un derstand Italian) Strenz is hav ing his hands full with the PWs but don’t give up, Strenz. even Brady learned to understand and talk Italian! The way the Headquarters boys call at the* regin* ntal post office one would think they knew someone that could write. Could be. Sgt. Marcoux swears that his "Babes", as he calls her, writes him nightly but he hasn’t receiv ed any letters . don’t give up Sarge, maybe the bridge is out or perhaps she is sending it by pony express! Sweet- Rosie O'Grady—Wednesday BETTY GRABLE AS SHE APPEARS IN 20TH CEN tury-Fox’ fun-filled recollections of the days when “Sweet Rosie O’Grady" was sung, hummed, whistled—or murder ed—by every barber shop quartette in the country. Com ing to the Main Theater Wednesday, “Sweet Rosie O’Grady” is the story of a singer who is the toast of New York. Vet Jap Fighters Praise Infiltration Course Training (Continued from Page 1) similar training for the fact that they were not "trigger happy" when they went into action NOT “TRIGGER HAPPY" “Our outfit had the distinc tion of being the only unit that did not fire a shot the first night it went into the lines." Cole says "Our training had taught us the need for listening and identify ing sounds before firing The infiltration course had helped us get accustomed to battle sounds and made us patient we didn’t fire until we knew what we were firing at." Another part of the Ameri cans'training that comes in han dy in Jap-fighting, according to Ross and Cole, is the use of the rifle butt BUTT SURPRISES JAPS “Why, the Jap doesn't use the butt of his rifle at. all." Cole said, as if he still couldn't be lieve it “They were surprised when they would lunge at us with a bayonet and get a butt stroke in return.” Cole, a printer in civilian life, has now been assigned to the Reproduction Plant of The In fantry School He was inducted into federal service with a Na tional Guard combat engineers outfit over three years ago. While he was stationed in New Caledonia he was transferred to a special mobile reconnaissance squadron, which landed on Guadalcanal in December, 1942. Cole commanded a machine gun section all through the action. Academic Deacons Ist Sgt. O. L. Green of Com pany F and Tech. Sgt. W E Joiner of E Company were a mong the group of six deacons ordained at Benning Park Bap tist Church Sunday afternoon PAGE FIVE SUTTON COMMENDED FOR SCORE ON .57 (Continued from Page 1) the general wrote, referring to Sutton's nine recorded possibles with the smaller, older gun 'Your excellent marksmanship with the antitank weapons re flects high credit upon the Mor tar and Antitank Group of the Academic Department and will certainly be an inspiration *to the students of The Infantry School." Sgt Sutton, who was a pipe fitter by trade before he enlisted over two years ago, is an assist ant instructor in Weapons, where Col J F Strain is Chief of Section. His wife and family re side at 8 Murray street, Newark, N. J leaving in April for the Fiji Is lands, where he was transferred to the Infantry before being sent back to the States last autumn Ross, a farmer in Newbern, Tenn , was drafted over two years ago, and joined a regiment which served in most of the ma jor islands in the Pacific. En route to Guadalcanal the task force was attacked by torpedo planes. JAPS SHOT DOWN “Six out of eight were shot down." Ross recalls simply. Com ing to the 'Canal after the battle was over, the regiment pulled guard duty, unloaded ships, and trained for the occupation of New Georgia. Landing on a small island off the mainland, Ross' unit was bombed on the Fourth of July. Two days later they joined bat tle with the Japs on the main land, and Ross was in the thick of the fighting for two weeks before he got “knocked out.” PURPLE HEART “I don’t know what it was that got me," he says, “There was so much stuff flying around, you could never tell.” He was awarded the Purple Heart in October, at Fort Thomas, Ky., and has been assigned for duty with the range section of The Infantry School
