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McDonald on saluting
IX) YOU LOOK THE OFFICER STRAIGHT IN THE
EYE OK DOES YOUR MIND WANDER?
B» Sgt Ralph E Alkire
Last Saturday evening the Polo
Hunt Club was the scene of a
gala affair. The men of the Com
pany certainly backed the C O.
and First Sarge to make the
Company D party a great suc
cess.
The evening was started by a
dinner of fried chicken and all
the trimmings. . Everyone said
the chicken was really good so
the praises for that should go to
S Sgt. Galley and his boys.
After eating and drinking of a
few beers the dancing was ready
to begin. Music for the even
ing was supplied by the Regi
mental Dance Band which in
cluded our own Sgts. ‘Benny’
Velbeck, ‘Phil’ Sapienza and
‘Bob’ Torvend.
As the evening progressed a
number of humorous incidents
occurred:—
‘Grandpappy’ Harris showing
the young blades that he still
isn’t too old to do some rug cut
ting. Charley had his own date'
there too.
‘Shorty’ Slutsah and ‘Tall’
Ramsey teamed together to do a
few drills.
The ‘Old Man' (Lt Prasse)
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landing around the Orderly
Room with his tongue fairly
hanging out. He was Just wait
ing for someone to take him to
the party so he could go to work
on that chicken.
Homer Hall has originated a
new ‘Manual of Arms’ using a
beer bottle as a ‘piece’. What’s
this we hear about Homer ad
miring a WAC’s ribbon.
‘Hershey’ Manari refusing to
dance with that WAC Staff Ser
geant And after she had asked
him!
To make sure that everyone
had enough beer to satisfy their
thirst a member of WAC De
tachment No. 2 was behind the
bar The helpful little lady was
Tec 4 Martin.
‘Stroke’ Underwood was up to
| his old tricks again. What we'd
like to know is where did Stroke
learn those dance steps that he
uses. And another thing, was he
‘bucking’ Saturday night or just
being sociable?
A few of the masters at the
art of Jitterbugging were ‘Joe’
Giannicchi, ‘Phil’ Capella, and
‘Speed’ Giasone. Paul Galley
wasn’t doing so bad either.
There were plenty of dancing
partners present even for the
most bashful man of the Com
pany. We wish to take this op
portunity to thank all those
WACs that were present and sin
cerely hope each and everyone
of them had a nice time. Thanks
a lot, girls, for helping to make
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
By Cpl R A Bourque
Now that- we ha ye so many
men in the company, the chow
line is really something to sweat
out. Every morning after the
company is dismissed from rev
eille, about 50 men make a wild
dash for the mess hall. The fel
lows also have to sweat out a
line for mail call.
As the ASTP has moved out,
somebody started a rumor that
beer is being sold up here in the
PX It was a good idea as we
wouldn’t have to walk so far.
The bunks in the squad rooms
are closer together these days.
When Bowen comes in now af
ter lights are out, he has to
count the footlockers so he can
find his bunk, instead of looking
for it as he has done in the past,
j Shorty Scheel has to rely on
I matches since he has lost his
j cigarette lighter. That was quite
। a spectacle the other day with
; Shorty Scheel and his new mol
j ars. Several other fellows also
j have false teeth and they were
j comparing them to see who had
the best. Maybe swapping them,
who knows?
Pancho Perez is in the news
again. The other day while at
the dump on the trash detail, he
, decided to browse around inside
। the building which houses the
incinerator He has the appear
j ance of a Latin and was dressed
;in blue fatigues. There happen
:ed to be some PW’s who were
working there on detail. Some
lof them had left and the rest
j were with the guard. He turned
! around to see Perez standing a
' round idle. He said, “Hey you!
There's a lot of work for you to
do.” Perez replied, “Not me, I
speak American!” I thought you
j were a PW” replied the guard.
“Hell no!" replied Perez, getting
back to his own work!
our party such a success
One morning last week Sgt
Charley Harris stood an inspec-
tion (in ranks) with his hat on
backwards
For the past week M. Sgt Ed
wards has been visiting ‘Frogs'.
There is a little wonderment as
to why he has been making these
nightly visits. You puny fellows
should see the set of muscle build
ers S. Sgt. Carmon has. ‘Mus
cles’ says they are doing him a
lot of good but we haven’t no
ticed any additional muscles as
yet. Maybe they come after
the sixth lesson.
Sgt. Frank Burton received a
letter from his girl (one of
them) the other day and she
called him ‘Junior’. Another
nickname he has acquired re
cently is "Poncho’. Which do
you think we should call him?
‘Pop’ Melton, just back from
his furlough, says he had a
grand time and he is now ready
to get this mail situation straigh
tened out.
PVT. DWYER AT HER DESK IN REGIMENTAL HEAD
quarters. .Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry School->
WAC Dwyer Has Been
With Army Ten Years
The Army is nothing new to Pvt. Alice Winifred
Dwyer, of Stoughston, Mass., who has been drawing an
Army pay check for almost ten years. At the time of
Pearl Harbor she was secretary to the Assistant Chief of
Staff Supply Officer of the First Service Command.
During the early days of the war her office worked night
and day to supply the newly mobilized Army.
“We had to cheek on the status of the troops' supply before
sending them to the port of embarkation." she recalls. “(It was
thrilling work.”
Most of the Army officers under whom she worked are
now holding responsible supply posts overseas. One is on
General MacArthur's staff in Australia, while another is with
the Fifth Army in Italy. Gen. Brehon Somervell was one of
the many high officers she met before she went “officially” into
the Army, as a WAC, last November.
After taking her basics at Des Moines she wound up at Fort
Benning in January, and has been at work in regimental head
quarters in the sergeant-major's office ever since. She take*
down stenographic notes on all special courts-martial, and also
does some investigation work Hopes that some day she might
get back into G-4, although she likes her present job very much.
Her brother has just been commissioned a lieutenant in the
Marines.
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Co. A was in a madhouse dur
ing the latter part of the week.
New squadrooms, doubledecker
beds, you guessed it, a lot of
work for everyone, tin the midst
of this humdrum and noise, Cpl.
Koslowski was seen with foot
locker under one arm, and bed
ding under the other. How Steve
maneuvered through the hall
ways and doors is beyond us. A
few hours later, Cpl. Watts Clark
seeing Cpl. Andy Hicky atop one
of the doubledeckers, asked him,
“Are you getting jump pay yet
Thursday, March 23, 1944
Hickey?
j Our congratulations to Cpl.
George Wann and Sgt. Clarke
I Butcher, you guessed it, they
I were recently married We un
i derstand that Sgt. George Shel
by also expects to say his I do’s
in a few days. Best of luck to
them all, we suppose that they
will become new Shack-pappies.
The George W. Miller excurs
ion was a big success. To most
of us, the trip didn’t last long
enough. There was plenty of 3.2,
chicken ala Rush and dancing to
the music of Soddy Haines’ band
Cpls. Clark and Koslowski play
ed a few numbers on the guitar
and piano accompanied by the
band. Pvt. Root, our own Co.
A hep-cat and dancer, also en
tertained with some of his danc
ing routine.
