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Thursday, April 20, 1944
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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.
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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
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“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.”
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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.
