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WRITERS' AND ARTISTS' CONTEST ANNOUNCED FOR "INFANTRY DAY" —; — - OF GA. ÜBfc'RIES A VH n WITHDRAWN a R E GIM I RRO ItW (JvllUH' > OF 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 (Continued on Page 6) 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. EavPartF^Hansen. 69 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 (Continued on Page 5) 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.
