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
