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Thursday, April 20, 1944 2 K L Z wJ ^iiJ * By Cpl Charles Schwalm From all angles, Co. As in creased membership is notice able. The chow line is indeed overwhelming, or at least that's many a person s impression "Just like the old times,'' some one spoke up. “Class,” said one of the new men, as the milk and sugar was passed to him at his first time at chow. Some of the old regulars will be sweating out the chow line instead of waiting until they feel like eating. But then, this is the Army, where anything happens. With Cpl. Casey now a perm anent absentee from Co. A cir cles, the Brooklyn humor has also gone. Yes, many miss his presence in the daily gatherings •f the fellows. At last it’s happened' The wolf has taken a mate! Cpl. Ber nie Langella, long a Co. A play boy, has finally been tamed by a blonde Southern beauty. By tiie time this is printed, the wed ding will have taken place and another “A-Man” will be in the whirlpool of matrimony. What’s this friendly feud be tween Cpls. Hildreth and Clarke? It seems that Cpl. Hil dreth is trespassing on his bud dy’s domain, in regards to a cer tain third party, in a most com mon situation. Cpl. Hildreth has also recently had a visit from his two sisters en route home from Florida. The company baseball team has quite a collection of ears and noses Take notice sometime when the team has gathered for a bit of practice. Incidentally, why does every one say, “I can’t help it; that’s the way I am." A novel state ment. of course, but oh so dry. As usual, T. Sgt. Fyffe is do ing okay with his favorite, a WAC, of course. Sgt Halloran perhaps could use some much needed advice on marriage prep arations. Sgt. Shelby would be a very good advisor. I must make a correction an the last state ment on Shelby, and make it clear to all that he did take unto himself a bride. Pvt. Sikora has done the usual fine job of keeping in step with the operations of the supply room in the absence of Supply Sgt Harold Blank who was on furlough. HAVE YOU CHECKED WITH DRAFT BOARD? Houston, Tex. (CNS) —When a couple of prisoners escaped from the city jail, the warden sent a guard and two blood hounds after them He hasn’t seen the prisoners, the guard or the bloodhounds since. Male Call by Milton Caniff, creator of "Terry and the Pirates" Son Os The Bgach f DON'T LeT ALL THEM 5 YEAH- HITCH IVE ALWAYS V' WELL, SAY I MAP TO CO INTO THE \ 1/ THEN I COULD TOW~ YOU 7] ULI, UI.. IY-V' STRIFES ON OU HITCH ) WAS A SURTMAN.' ] WONDERED A WATER AFTER YOU-AND YOU I I BY THE CHIN OR THE HAIR ) ISgl OOTTA BE SMART FOOL YOU, MISS LACE! \ WENT AROUND J HOW TO < \ 0l?ABBEP ME AROUND THE NECK) \-BUT THE BEST WAV J T'EfE IN THE HE WAS A SANDPOUNDER I RESCUIN' SAVE A— LIKE THIS... - ' COAST OUACP.,. jaSSsSS IN THE COAST GUARD /PEOPLE -OR \ DROWNING ) VT TS k. v ajia^Sga^ BEFORE TH' NAVY TOOK/ SO IT SAID IN ) PERSON. IT OVER AN' MADE IT 5 THE PRE-WAR / WILL YOU I / V-jB /fZZX '• ’WHF S ' B RESPECTABLE. 1 j . NEWSREELS! A SHOW ME, / JS( r x) ilp- > ta admiral?/ /i y . amW Kt Iza" Cd 7 <| I 7\' id speak your hold by pushino \ MjBpWS “I" 71 ! tRg X±i " YOUR LAIN AND SLIPPING UNDER / f ^2^® ,T we arm... . — & \\ 7^ Ft mb WWI tllh.z i, 1 >*l^3 HittWii A lx.. ""'’M \ W - i NibrJWß \ I L ''<l w-C-V-l I>m b, CmiH b, C— if bwwHAn.ri 4 \ h I I ’I W * » HC WACADEMICS CELEBRATE FIRST BIRTHDAY AT BENNING Bp Sgt J S. Nadder To the average person the 10th of April was merely another date on the calendar; but to the WACs of the Harmony Church area it had a greater signifi cance. It was on that day just a year ago that they arrived at Fort Benning, Georgia. To most of the girls that day was a very important one, as Fort Benning was their first assignment in the field, after having completed ba sic training at Fort Oglethorpe, Georgia. Furthermore, the wel come received by this company was more than appreciated. The company, then about 100 strong, arrived at 10:30 p. m. After a rather tiresome trip, it was a re lief to find brand new barracks with beds painstakingly arrang ed and batli tubs with plenty of hot water To add to their bliss, the WACs were regaled to a taste-titillating dish of “donuts'n ’kawfee," served in an immac ulately clean mess hall, which had been prepared by Hq. Co. of the Student Training Brigade. It was a very happy group of girls that tumbled into their beds that night, happy because they knew that at last they were standing on the threshold of a new expe rience. It didn't take them very long to become acclimated to their new environment, as the Army per sonnel of Fort Benning afforded them a hearty welcome. Within a week’s time all the girls were assigned to specific jobs and took Spring Captures B Company Men By Cpl. R. O Behringer Last week we welcomed back several former Company B men, all members of the Sound Sec tion, who were transferred from Company H. We were very glad to see these men come back to the company—several of them have already joined our baseball team! With all the men we now have and all the new talent com ing in we should have a winning ball team this year And let's see some of the members of this company that do not play get out and root for the home team. Any outsider strooling around the area would certainly know that Spring had arrived Every night there is a beehive of acti vity in rear of the barracks. Horse shoes are flying back and forth and you can see Eddie Ho mar, “Hook” Russell, Roy Holt kamp, and others out there mak ing ringers one right after the other. Still more are out play ing soft ball. Cpl. Robert Shell is in charge of the team and is keeping his boys in shape by giv ing his men a work out every night. Cpl. Belk. Sgt. Olson, REC; I MENTAL MIRROR on the task of orientating them selves to Army administration. However, it wasn't “all work and no play,” for they were constantly invited to dances and parties. Many happy memories linger on in the minds of these girls from their first few months at Fort Benning. As time wont on more girls joined the company. The next group arrived from Camp Polk, La., and took over the third pla toon of the company, soon ac quiring the,name of "Goon Pla toon". However, they soon prov ed that the platoon was goon in name only as they readily be came a part of the company, not only in work, but also in spirit. Even the intense heat of the Georgia summer couldn't lower the morale of the girls. With the fall came the holidays and then the company really took advan tage of its morale activities Thus the year rolled by. rich with many enjoyable expe riences and adventures which shall always be cherishd by all. TA commemorate the first an niversary, the company had a picnic at the Brigade Rest Camp on April 16th. This was quite a gala affair, for the cooks with their usual meticulous care and effort planned a lavish feast, and the entertainment committee un- der the supervision of Cpl. Geor gie Hanks, Pvt. Jane Hutchison and Cpl. Anne Cartlidge provid ed us with an ideal time Yanks Joke Even In Heat Os Battle (Continued from Page 1 > “We had guards posted on the Island all the time. Although the battle was over, occasional Jap snipers would still try to sneak, down and steal food. U sually they were so starved they just staggered into our lines and collapsed Our training contin ued on the exact sites of the bat tle. When we left for Rendova we felt we were prepared for anything. "We knew how good our train ing had been when we counted dead on botl\ sides after the first day's battle was over. Our com- Cpl. Shell are our outfielders; S Sgt. Mesaros is the catcher; Cpl Macintosh is playing second; Cpl Bozzo is holding third base; Cpl. DeStefano is the first sack er; Sgt. MacFarland is the short stop; Cpl Deßosa and Cpl. De- Cicco are the pitchers. With a combination like that we were sure to win—and win we did, to the tune of 12-4 over A Co., even with Langella on the mound for A! Post Movies This Week Main and No. 8 Vera Zorina appears in ‘'Fol low The Boys" at Theaters Main and No 8 tonight and Friday Thurs.-Fri., 20-21: Follow The Boys (George Raft, Vera Zo rina). Sat.. 22: Charlie Chan In The Chinese Cat (Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury) and Wyoming Hurricane (Russell Hayden) Sun -Mon.. Andy Hardy s Blonde Trouble (Mickey Rooney, Lewis Stone) Tues., 25: Moon Over Las Vegas (Anne Gwynne, Dav id Bruce). Wed.. 26: Girl In The Case (Edmund Lowe, Janis Car ter) No. 9 and No. 11 Thurs . 20: Meet The People (Dick Powell. Lucille Ball). Fri . 21: Ladies Courageous (Loretta Young, Geraldine Fitzgerald). Sat., 22: Jam Session (Ann Mil- ler, Jess Barker). Sun.-Mon., 23-24 Uncertain Glory (Errol Flynn, Paul Lukas). Tues., 25: Charlie Chan In The Chinese Cat (Sidney Toler, Joan Wood bury) and Wyoming Hurricane (Russel! Hayden). Wed.. 26 pany got 63 Japs and lost only three men." USES HELMET AS CLUB The hand-to-hand fighting made weapons out of everything One of Lizotte’s buddies swung at a Jap and cut his hand on the Jap's helmet—he got so sore he took off his own helmet and beat the Jap to death with it. When Rendova was cleared Lizotte’s company was relieved and em barked for New Georgia. They were there four days before the Japs finally found them! “They came looking for us every day. They’d form a line, blast away at our right or our left or any place where we were n’t Finally on the fourth day they really attacked us where we were! By this time we had tanks amd planes to help us and we just rolled forward at a good pace—2oo yards a day. you know, is a good pace in the jungle!” It was on his eighteenth day of action that Lizotte got the wounds that won him the Pur ple Heart. His unit was moving forward when they heard a ma chine-gun chatter. Someone had to go out and locate it, and Li zotte was one of the two men on the “detail.” PAGE FIVE No. 4 and No. 5 Thurs.-Fri., 20-21 Tampico (Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari). Sat., 22: Weird Womam (Lon Chaney. Anne Gwynne). Sun.. 23: in Old Oklahoma (John Wayne. Martha Scott). Mon.-Tues.. 24-25: Follow The Boys (George Raft, Vera Zori na). Wed., 26: Charlie Chan In The Chinese Cat (Sidney Toler, Joan Woodbury) and Wyoming Hurricane (Russell Hayden). "In Old Oklahoma" brings Martha Scott before movie go ers Monday and Tuesday nights at Theaters No 4 and No 5. Tampico (Edward G. Robinson, Lynn Bari) "We worked up for 75 yards or so, and then suddenly, off to the right, the foliage went down like a curtain—there was the gun. There was no time to aim so 1 fired from the hip and emp tied my clip into the nest. I dropped to the ground to reload, and I felt bullets going into my pack. Then my arm went numb. A bullet had entered my shoul der and went down into my chest. “It seemed like an eternity that I lay there. It was probably only five or ten minutes. Than the platoon moved up. Two men carried me back—l remember I was bleeding from the nose and mouth. They gave me mor phine." "Later, while I was in the hospital, one of the sergeants told me that I had gotten five Japs in the nest.” The enemy in Asia has a lot of faults as a fighter but he is no pushover, Lizotte warns He is crafty—“he can really hide out"—he is sneaky—"he can snoop around you at night, so near you you could touch him but can’t hear him”—and above all, says Lizotte, remember the Jap is willing to die, which counts in combat.
