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Thursday, March 30. 1944
TWO PROFILES
FROM CO. G
By Pvt. M Merlin
In case you happen to know
everyone, you will not be inter
ested in these biographical notes
on men picked at random from
G company: —
The first is Pvt Ralph H Rey
nolds, a newcomer to the Aca-
REYNOLDS
demic Re g i
ment with six
months of bat
tle experience
behind him
He’s 26 years
old, was born
and raised in
Brooks, Maine.
Attending high
school there,
worked for the
Black and Gay
Canners Com
pany before his induction im
the fall of 1941 Ralph took
his basic training at the Armored
Force Replacement Center at
Ft. Knox, Ky„ and in May of
1942 was with the first groups
going across. His outfit made
the initial landing at St Lue,
Algeria, and from then on saw
continuous action in the battle
for the Tapruie airport. Madjez
el-Bab, Ouseletta Valley, Mak
nassy, Sebetella, Kassarine Pass.
I El Guettar and Mateur. Pvt.
Reynolds was wounded twice by
machine gun fire and has been
hospitalized since June 1943.
Troop rotation has brought him
from the hospital to the range
office and he’s mighty glad to be
there.
Tec 4 Warren D. Harris hails
from Hammond, Ind. and was
til
HARRIS
born in the
middle of
World War No.
one, wh ic h
makes him a- .
bout 26. He(«
graduated a t
Hammond (
High School
an d attended
the American
Academy of Art in Chicago.
Harris was working in the com
mercial art field in Chicago be
fore induction three years ago
in April. After spendimg a year
at Camp Shelby, he went on
Louisiana maneuvers and has
been at the Repro Plant for the
past eighteen months. He has
been brushing up on trigonome
try thru the courtesy of the
I Army Institute and reads pro
fusely in his spare time W D
feels that the variety of art
work he does at the Reproduc
tion Plant will keep him in touch
with the field he intends to con
tinue in after the war. Many of
us envy his quiet calm, indus
trious attitude, brought on no
doubt to a great degree by a cer
tain someone in Indianapolis.
1
By Cpl. Bernie Langella
The boys of squadroom P-6
(the newly formed night owl
division) are all a-flutter over
Hazel. Ah, but who is Hazel?
Any information leading to her
capture will be appreciated
"Privvy” Pirrello and “Pork
er’’ Urruttia are Past masters at
the art of relaxation, closely fol
lowed by Sgt. Cook.
Joke of the week: Sgt Lou
Peltier looking for a comb and
brush.
Coming from the movies the
other night some of the boys
were discussing Fred Barrett
By Sgt. Ralph E Alkire
This week there comes a re
quest from Pvt. Doty. If any of
you have an old whistle to spare
he would like to have i . The ru
mor is that Ik is bucking for a
transfer to the MPs at least toat
is the impression some of th.
boy.: gut by the way he was di
recting traffic when he was on
' R<au juard” ' ist week
Sgt. Herb’ Craig is . b utting
another new pair of glasses
(shatterproof). Herb has one
pair after another broken and
says that his social life i> the
cause of all the trouble
In all of this knife making fad
that is sweeping the Company
the best idea comes from St.
“Stinky” Downs. He is putting
a coating of chocolate on (the
blade of the one he is making!
Why? “Just in case J run into
a guy big enough to make me
eat my own knife!”
Since the Patio Grill opened
P.F.C. "Hershey" Manari has
been going around with a wild
gleam in his eye. He seems to
be going for those ladies in uni
form in a big way. So ladies
please take it easy on our Ron
aldo.
S. Sgt Galley was told by a
WAC that he looked very nice
wearing that mustache (imagine
that). Os course he believes her
so he is doing a fine job of cul
tivation.
M. Sgt. Purdy is anxiously a
waiting his furlough The story
seems to be that someone finally
said 'Yes’. Another Leap Year
victim.
Not that we would call anyone
a jinx but for some reason or
other the Ramblers absolutely
refuse to take Cpl. Niedbala a
long with them as a witness for
any of their basketball games
Company B
Gets Exercise
By Climbing
Cpl R. O Behringer
Some of the boys in the comp
any have gone out for baseball
to get their exercise and still
others have taken up the sport
of horse shoe pitching but al
most every member of the comp
any have taken up the sjport of
climbing This time it is not
mountains the company is climb
ing, nor is it ladders. Instead
they are climbing on the second
floor of double deck beds. The
boys are having a grand time
getting used to living upstairs
and for the most part they seem
to be enjoying it To date no
one has tossed and turned so
much while sleeping that he has
rolled out of bed and fallen on
"He’s a good kid" said Muscles
Kafalas, “but he’s mad as a roos
ter ”
Did you ever hear Ala
bama Seale say "Where's the
B-r-o-o-m!” in that long drawn
out Southern drawl of his?
Roger Ert Holloway is prepar
ing for the coming softball seas
on in no uncertain fashion. Rog
er Ert is an established umpire.
If you ask “Maggotthead” Ca
sey about his life in Greenpernt,
Brooklyn, he will tell you that
as long as Rick Ancotia isn't
there it will always be "da most
beautiful spot on oith."
Cpl Wells is back from fur
lough and he is of the opinion
that although Washington is a
fairly decent place- it still doesn’t
compare to Columbus.
Cpls. Tarbutton and Friend
have a lot in common. In fact, as
"Porker” Urruttia confides to
me, “They’re next!”
REGIMENTAL MIRROR
OLD ARMY MAN INSPECTS/
WAC Gl WITHOUT LOOKING!
M Sgt Clifford Brown, supply
sergeant-major of the Academic
Regiment, has been a good sol
dier for 29 years, but the other
day he balked at an order and
shirked his duty.
The executive officer told
Brown that since the supply of
ficer was on detached service,
Brown would have to inspect the
equipment of several WACs who
were being shipped
"You mean I have to lift up
each little—-doogad and—exam
ine it—sir’’” Brown inquired re
spectfully
“That's right,” the major said.
"No sir," muttered the blush
ing sergeant, "no sir, I can’t do
500 Million Smokes
Still To Be Grubbed
A typical order placed re
cently by the Quartermaster
Corps, the Army Exchange
Service's purchasing agent, to
stock Army Post Exchanges
throughout the world included
533,622,000 packages of cigar
ettes, 11,331,000 packages of
pipe tobacco and 5,168,000
plugs of chewing tobacco. To
satisfy the Army’s sweet tooth,
the Quartermasters purchased
35,338000 candy bars, while
697,000 spools of khaki thread
were purchased to sew on the
Army's buttons and 277,000
toothbrushes were bought
200 On River
Excursion Trip
About 200 persons were on
board the George W Miller, riv
er excursion steamer, when she
sailed up the Chattahoochee
Friday evening to celebrate the
big bond-buying average made
by A and Headquarters Com
panics during the Fourth Loan
drive Plenty of chicken, beer,
soft-drinks and other refresh
ments were the chief attraction
on the lower deck while dancing
and a floor show to the music of
Sgt. “Soddy” Haines’ jazz band
made the upper deck look like an
old-fashioned showboat. Cpl. Mel
Allen was master of ceremonies
the floor
Everyone in the edmpany
seems to be enjoying the Orien
tation lectures. When an officer
gives a speech the boys give
their undivided attention and
many comments can be heard
following the lectures. Which
shows that each lecture hats
much food for thought and that
the lectures are accomplishing
what they set out to do. The
movies that have been shown
so far in this series of lectures
have been interesting and in
structional.
Jf an outsider had been around
last Monday night he would have
seen a great deal of activity.
The boys living on the third
floor had a lot of fun moving
from the squad room in Comp
any B area to a larger squad
room in Company A area. Each
fellow made several trips back
and forth to carry all his equip
ment to his new area
Look once again and make
sure that the first day of April
on your calendar has a big red
circle around it - And then re
member that that is the day for
the big company party at the
Polo Hunt Club. Dancing to the
music of the Academic Regiment
orchestra! Food by Sgt. Frost
and Company! Drinkd! Come
and bring your wife! Come and
bring your girl friend! All are
assured a good time. Remember
the date — April Ist, and the
place—Polo Hunt Club.
The major scratched his head.
"Maybe the WAC captain
could inspect the equipment, sir,
and I could check it off without
looking."
"All right.” granted the ma
jor. "do it that way."
An hour later the supply ser
geant-major was on his way in
to the WAC barracks with Capt.
Mary K Moynahan, command
ing officer of WAC Detachment
One. The Infantry School, but at
the door he balked again.
“That’s all right, ma'am, you
can check it, I’ll take your word
for it.” He stood outside during
the inspection, red to the ears.
WAC MURO
JOINS TPS
By Pvt Jane R. Huteheson
Pvt Hortense Muro, a native
of San Antonio. Tex., will leave
WAC Detachment I, The Infan
try School, Harmony Church, on
April 2nd, to become a member
of the Parachute Schoo) Next
week she will start the five
weeks' course givein by the new
ly-formed Parachute Riggers and
Packers School for WACs here
at Fort Benning.
In 1941, Pvt. Muro graduated
from San Antonio high school
and worked in various stores as
a sales clerk It was not long,
however, before she decided to
take the three-months' . sheet
metal work training course giv
en at Kelly Field, Tex When her
course was completed she put
her knowledge to use as an air
plane mechanic sheetmetal work
er She used the micrometer to
determine thickness of metal, the
riveting machines to repair dam
aged wings and fuselages of
planes and also had the oppor
tunity to read and lay blueprints
necessary in building and repair
ing planes. Pvt. Muro also had
to do soldering ami had to learn
the various metals t sed im the
planes.
On October 13th, 1943, Pvt.
Muro joined the Woman's Army
Corps and took her basic train
ing at Fort Oglethorpe, Ga She
was then sent to Fort Benning
where she has been assigned to
the 2ml Battalion of the 3rd STR
as a clerk typist. Soon, howev
er. her mechanical ability and
her desire to do handwork led
her to the Parachute School
At the Parachute School Pvt.
Muro will learn everything there
is to know about chutes. She
will be taught maintenance and
repair of the parachutes, includ
ing the patching of canopies. The
sewing machines used in this
work will be taught, and the
WACs will not only know how to
use the machines but will be
able to take apart and reassem
ble them. The chutes to be
worked upon will be of both the
nylon and silk types.
Pvt Muro’s love of machines
and hand work didn’t start with
her duties at Kelly Field but go
back to the time she started
tinkering with the family’s car.
This however, is not her only ac
complishment as she is an excel
lent soft ball player and dancer.
11 Germans, 11 Rocks!
ITALY (CNS)—Capt. Anderson
Smith peeked into a cave and
yelled: "Is anybody there?"
“Yah,” two Germans replied,
walking out. Capt. Smith, un
armed, picked up two rocks. Out
came a third German and the
captain picked up another rock.
He had 11 rocks in his hands
when he marched his j captives
back to camp.
PAGE SEVEN
New Topkick
From Ordnance
Ist Sgt. John V. Brown, of
Waterloo, la., now under
studying the post of Ist Sgt.
Judson N. Boggs, Jr., of E
Company, Academic Regi
ment. comes to Fort Benning
with eight years’ service in the
Ordnance (Air Corps) and the
Infantry, including one enlist
ment spent in Panama
After purchasing his discharge
in 1939. Brown spent almost
four years as a beef grader in
Waterloo, reenlisting in Septem
ber, 1942, in the Ordnance At
first he drilled recruits, then
served as mess sergeant, and at
tended Army Administration
School at Savannah, 111., last
summer, earning his first aer
geant’s chevrons in August Hu
wife and two infant children
will join him in Columbus noon
(Official U S. Army photo Thn
Infantry School .)
Unauthorized Aid
In Fighting Fires
Will Be Checked
Non commissioned officers, of
fleers and MP fire details must
check unauthorized assistance or
interference by civilians or sol
diers with the fighting of siren
on the post, according to Gen
eral Order No. 12.
"The attention of all concern
ed," the order reads, “is directed
to the fact that the Fire Mar
shal has full authority over all
fire-fighting operations, and he
must not be interfered with in
any way.”
The order was partly occa
sioned by a recent report of the
Fin- Marshal which was quoted
in the order as follows:
“There was undue excite
ment and some hindrance to
the fire-fighting by over-zeal
ous officers and personnel in
trying to help and attempt
ing to open doors and break
windows, which might have
greatly retarded the efforts of
the fire fighting crew ”
While commendable in spirit,
the order points out, eagerness
to assist at fires might easily
disrupt the plans of the Fir ci
Marshal in combatting a con
flagration. and might also result
in unnecessary injury either to
firemen or the persons trying
to help.
Consequently, military police
detail at a fire will, under super
vision of the Fire Marshal or
his representative establish fire
lines and prevent passage within
those lines by other than reg
ular firemen. Officers and non
commissioned officers are also
enjoined, under the order, to
check any interferences or un
authorized assistance
