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WRITERS' AND ARTISTS' CONTEST
ANNOUNCED FOR "INFANTRY DAY"
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VOL II
3rd Inf.,
Raiders
On Prof
Menu
The Third Infantry Old Guards,
managed by former Academic
coach Lt. Herb S. Moore, are
Sunday’s opponents for the bat
heavy Profs. The game is sche
duled for 1:30 o’clock at Gowdy
Field. Big Joe Dickinson, form
er Milwaukee Brewers (AA) ace
and star of last year’s Prof team,
is slated for the mound with
“Home Run" Herb Bremer back
of the plate.
Wednesday the Profs go Hinder
the arc lights of Gowdy ,Field at
7:30 p. m. to meet Les Peden's
tough Fourth Infantry Raiders in
the first night game of the year
This match should be the piece
de resistance of the week’s Prof
card. Rudolph Rundus, the long
boy with the long drawl, will
hurl for the Profs with Bremer
receiving, according to coach
Prasse.
The 3rd STR Rifles, a 'hot' fa
vorite of the dopesters to take the
TIS bunting, ran off with a 14-
2 decision over the Old Guard
Sunday. But such 3rd Infantry
stars as Ford, of Susquehanna;
Donnabedian, Rhode Island Stat
er; Finnerty, of the Kitty League
and George Adams, of Knox Col
lege can’t be expected to turn
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C, F Company
Men Qualify On
Sub-Machine Gun
Eighteen members of the Aca
d< nie Regiment have qualified
with the sub-machine gun, cal
ibre 45, M 3, during supplemen
tary target firing last week, it
has been announced by regimen
tal headquarters. Following are
the names of the men with the
scores fired:
COMPANY F: Expert: Sgt.
Ralph M. Wells, 90; Sgt. Frank
R. Kumse. 86
COMPANY C: Expert : T Sgt.
William J. Lee, 100; Sgt. Lloyd
M. Conner, 98; Sgt. Austin J.
Whitely, 98; T. Sgt. David Ma
thias, Jr., 92; Cpl. Edwin O’Bri
en, 90; Sgt. William F. Hanson,
90; Cpl. George H. Sherwood,
90; Cpl. George W. Reese, 88;
^Pfc John Heizer. 88; Sgt. Emer
_ eheu_D_-FmiTs?h, 87; M. Sgt.
Frank D.^MgyTr 87; Cpl. Marlin
j&WS'i'E S:
~-~Jqscur, 84^2 —Sgt. Willie Ellis,
Gunner: Pfc.
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FORT BENNING. GEORGIA. THURSDAY, APRIL 20, 1944
his buddies laughed in the face of the
Japs during the fight for New Georgia,
enjoys reading “Ten Escape From Tojo”
in the B Company day room, ^izotte,
was wounded by machine-gun bullets but
“got” five of the Japs in the M. G. nest.
। Official U. S. Army Signal Corps Photo *
Yanks Joke Even In Heat
Os Battle, Says Pacific Vet
“The Yanks' morale in the Pacific is very high," says
Pvt. Tenis C. Lizotte, of B Company, who is assigned to the
Academic Regiment after recovering from Wounds suffered
in the hattie for New Georgia.
“The men were always high-spirited—they would joke
even when they were wounded —-—- : . “ -
got to depend upon it—they
and being carried back on stret- , , . .
chers. Even in the heat of bat- would go to their rear during
tie the men would crack jokes ’’ the mortar barrage, and return
Once, for example, some bud- af J Cr ar '
dies of his were charging a ma- tdlery had sounded off But one
chine-gun nest. One American kmc *’ ur CO. caught them flat
grabbed for the Jap gun and "0,, „. . t „ .
yanked it out of the nest by the ' Hp called for ™ rtar a " d
barrel and swung it over, his we advanced right behind i. We
head shouting — went over a horse-shoe hill and
- “Anybody want a machine- therp - takin « c ° okin S a
* meal, were the Japs—they really
even when they were wounded
and being carried back on stret
chers. Even in the heat of bat
tle the men would crack jokes.”
Once, for example, some bud
dies of his were charging a ma
chine-gun nest. One American
grabbed for the Jap gun and
yanked it out of the nest by the
barrel and swung it over • his
head, shouting:—
■ “Anybody want a machine
gun!’’
The high morale of the Yanks,
Lizotte believes, comes from their
good training and their ability to
think for themselves in the
toughest spots. Contrasting the
average American fighter with
the average Japanese soldier, he
says that the Japs seem to work
automatically, get panicky when
they lose their officers or when
their plan goes awry. This made
them rather grim fighters and
left them with almost no sense
of humor.
“They thought that we had a
one-track mind, too,” says Liz
otte, "and that we always used
the same patterns. Once we
sent over a mortar barrage,
then an artillery barrage, and
then the Infantry attacked.
When we advanced again we
used the same system. The Japs
ACADEMICS
SEE STARS
Academics “saw stars” this
week as many passenger cars
were observed on the post
with one or more stars dis
played front 'and rear. Natur
ally, it has been a week of
"saluting on sight,” and once
the word got around that
many General Officers were
here on visit all formations
looked just a bit snappier than
usual. Harry Stein, regimen
tal tailor, has even noted a
sharp upswing in business as
men brought in more uniforms
than usual to be cleaned and
pressed.
believed they were safe until
after the artillery came over!”
The American sense of humor
had a field day, Lizotte says
“Our lieutenant stood there
grinning at us, and we laughed
back as we attacked and took
the Japs prisoners.”
Once the Yanks caught on
how guillible the unthinking in
dividual Jap soldier really was,
they pulled the simplest of tricks
on the Nips and got away with
them. A platoon sergeant off on
the right of Lizotte's unit once
yelled out “Hey, we’re out of
ammunition!” The cry was tak
en up and passed loudly down
the line, with the desired re
sults:
“The Japs suddenly stood up
all over the place and charged,”
Lizotte says, as if he still can’t
believe it. “We just mowed them
down.
“They aren't afraid to die, but
they just don’t seem to learn,”
Lizotte sums it up. “They make
the same mistakes all the time.”
A projectionist in a movie
house in Lyndonville, Vt., be
fore the national emergency, Li
zotte entered Federal Service
with his National Guard outfit
three years ago. After more than
a year on maneuvers in the
States, his unit had intensive
jungle training in New Cale
donia, and then took a “grad
uate course” on Guadalcanal
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SIOO
BOND
PRIZES
Extensive plans for the ob
servance here on June 15th
of “Infantry Day,” to be cel
ebrated throughout the alli
ed world as a tribute to the
Doughboy, are now being de
veloped by Maj. Gen. C. H.
Bonesteel, Infantry School
Commandant, and include a
post-wide contest for writers
and artists. Although complete
details for Infantry Day will be
revealed later, announcement of
the contest has been made at this
early date so that contestants can
have ample time to “turn out the
finest products of which they are
capable," according to informa
tion from The Infantry School.
Two prizes of SIOO War Bonds
will be awarded to the enlisted
men or women submitting the
best contributions—one in the
field of written work (prose or
poetry) and one in the field of
art—on the theme of The Amer
ican Infantry and The American
Infantryman Although the con
test is sponsored by The Infan
try School, competition is open
to all enlisted men and women
stationed at Fort Benning.
A committee of judges, to be
announced shortly, will select
the winners and the SIOO bond
prizes will be awarded as part of
the Infantry Day ceremonies at
The Infantry School.
No limits have been placed on
the classification of the contribu
tions. Writers may contribute
fiction, dramas, essays, addresses
or any other suitable form of
prose or poetry Artists’ work
may be serious or humorous, but
the latter should be dealt with
carefully due to the nature of
the occasion. No limit has been
placed on the number of sepa
rate contributions by one indivi
dual.
Material for the contest should
be submitted to the “Infantry
Day Contest” at the Public Re
lations Office, The Infantry
School, and should reach that
office before midnight 31 May,
1944.
No. 31
Veterans Office
Opens On Post
For CDD Gls
A Veterans Administration
office has been opened in the
personnel section of the sta
tion hospital to assist military
personnel who receive medi
cal discharges from the Army,
post headquarters announced
this week.
“Military personnel dis
charged under any honorable
conditions have certain rights
under the law and they should
be referred to the Veteran’s Ad
ministration,” the announcement
declared. Services of the office
will include information regard
ing pensions, National Service
Life Insurance and allied mat
ters.
Under the supervision of Mr.
J. R. Walters, contact represen
tative of the Veterans Admin
istration, the new office will be
open from 8:30 to 5:30 each day
except Sunday.
