Regimental mirror. (Fort Benning, Ga.) 1943-194?, April 27, 1944, Image 3

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Newspaper Page TextThursday, April 27, 1944 WAC II Puts On Brilliant Radio Show "Reporting as directed’’ mem bers of the WAC Detachment Two, The Infantry School, put on a brilliant variety show over the WRBL Army Hour last Sun day evening which included mu sic by the 176th Infantry band, songs by the detachment glee club, and reports on the activi ties of the WACs, featuring the personal appearance of Col. E P. Passailaigue, who praised the Woman’s Army Corps as “pa triotically and efficiently serving as soldiers of the Army of the United States.” “Yankee Doodle Girl’’, new Corps song written by Maj Me redith Willson, U.S.A., opened the show and was followed by remarks by Pvt. Rosalind Rcul ston, former Mutual network producer, who answered some questions frequently asked about the WAC. A letter from Pvt Genevieve Conner, former W Ac ademic who accepted a “bust” from staff sergeant to serve ov erseas, was then read over the air by Sgt. Dorothy Saxton, who succeeded Conner as secretary to Maj. Gen. C. H. Bonesteel, In fantry School commandant. “I’m really glad to be here,” Conner wrote; from England, “anyone who can come and doesn't is crazy.” After another medical inter ^^^KMude Pvt. Roulston described the ■^^detachment and the varied back ground of its members, after which Capt. Janet Nash, detach ment commander, read a mes sage from Maj. Gen. Bonesteel and introduced Col Passailaigue (for complete texts of both mes sages, see page 4). Members of the glee club who •"i —■ sang on the program were: Capt Janet E. Nash, Pfc. G R. Thomp son (Director), Tec 5 Frances Titus. Sgt. Alta Riffle, Pvt Rob erta Scheib, Tec 3 Dorothy Sax ton, Pfc. Satenick Ermoian, Pfc. Phyllis McClain. Tec sEvaFied elman, Pvt. Rosalind Roulston. Pfc. Alice Dwyer, Tec 5 Eleanor Scudder and Tec 5 Connie Goud zward. WAC II Performers Not Excited—Much By Pfc Kay Brown At last they gave us the air! Our detachment put on a show over the local Army Hour last Suoday at the 11th St. U.S.O. in Columbus, and although we prob ably shouldn’t say it, we thought we did quite well and feel pret ty smug about the whole thing We think Roz Roulston de serves a big hand and three rous ing cheers for writing, produc ing, and practically being the whole show. She really did a swell job! While we re passing out the bouquets, how about one for Thompson? She almost knocked herself out trying to whip the glee club into shape, and the finished product sounded pretty good. Those of us who hummed a long in the background and didn’t do any of the actual work really enjoyed the whole thing tremendously. We sang at the tops of our voices as we jiggled along in the G. I. taxi going to and from Columbus, and ate ourselves sick as we celebrated over a big chicken dinner after the show was over. One of the funnier incidents happened about half an hour af ter the show. Alice Dwyer, who swears she wasn’t in the least nervous or excited, said to Phil McClain, "Why didn’t we sing that ‘Yankee Doodle Girl' num ber? I like that one." And “Yankee Doodle Girl” was our opening number which Alice bellowed out just as lustily as any of us! MINI TE CHARTING OF THE PROGRESS OF THE ALLIES ON THE BATTLE FRONTS OF THE WORLD, kept up-to-date on the wall maps in the Academic Regiment Orientation Office, is daily attracting more and more Gls who drop in during free time to get a graphic view of the war. The South-European, Anglo-American front is on the map on the left—a permanent blue line shows the Axis Area as of April 12th, making it possible to determine the pres ent rate of advance by the new positions of the battle flags. Red cords extending out from Allied air bases show targets of heavy bombing raids. The middle map shows the Italian front in more detail, particularly for terrain. The Pacific theaters (right) are similarly marked with the April 12th Japanese area, battle flags and attack arrows. Two other walls of the Orientation Office show the French and Lowlands coasts, with three maps devoted to the Russian offen sives. One map in particular shows the position of each Russian army. Pictured above during a recent lunch hour are (left to right) ( pl. John Montalbano, of Brooklyn. N. Y., Company C man who works on the range; Sgt. Andrew P. Town send, of Brownwood, Tex., of Headquarters Company; Cpl. Charles F. Wurtz. Jr., of New York City, orientation clerk explaining a point on an Army Newsmap; studying the Burma situation is Pfc. Renaldo A. .Manari, of Swatara Station, Pa., a member of D Company overhead. The Orientation Office, headed by Lt. John Mayer, regimental orientation officer, is situated n ‘ar Company C in the main cuartel of the Academic Regiment of the Infantry School. (Official U. S. Army Photo The Infantry School.) WHERE ARE THE YANKS? Voqelkop r — Equator ' \«A* n0 ^ wan ° lo ,° “ C ^/^Sororig~^ ® . Miles _ Sarm. ' Admiralty . . * X— o K Bismarck Archipelago '^lreland IL ▼▼ z-xSepik xL . Rabaul Q. - NE-.NEW GUINEA - NETHERLANDS INDIES L • ’ kA ' A xw., । a l Cape Gloucester Y& b d >.-J& _ X,..-.- Trobriands Merauk^. D YV.\^"ABuna • Woodlark M ^Sui Pbrt • kv.-, Arafura Sea T Moresb > i Torres‘.Strait /w casteaux Is - v i •>> 3 Kokoda ' I <5 v . - Cape York/A: 5 \ . P I \ I Owen Stanley \ / I J Range Milne Bay r Darwin t r ^.*ll Gulfof ( f ' ' I Carpentaria / \ Coral Sea Birdum, Hj" AUST R'A^L/i A c&«W --• * X J 1 Nat ionol Geographic Society Ditfribuied by C N.S The capture of Hollandia < nor th-center coast of New Guinea above) this week not only seal ed the fate of approximately 60,000 Japs on the island but ended the once-serious threat of Japanese invasion of Australia from its northern neighbor is lands. Within a few hours after the capture of Hollandia by the Yanks the Dutch authorities set up a civil government. In ad dition to the Jap forces trapped between the new assault beach heads and Madang, 500 miles to the east, another estimated force REGIMENTAL MIRROR of 80,000 Nipponese troops is isolated om the islands of New Britain and New Ireland, where they might be allowed to "with er on the vine” while General MacArthur, apparently finished with island hopping, develops his new technique of large-scale encirclement. Early in April 300 planes were destroyed on the ground around Hollandia by the Army Fifth Air Force, accounting for the weak aerial resistance encountered when the three-pronged invasion was opened Destruction of an- other 100 planes by the Navy, also mainly on the ground, dur ing the invasion means that the campaign has been a stinging blow to Japanese air power even before the final losses in ground troops can be counted. Jap losses in this area to date have been heavy, but nothing in comparison to the huge cas ualty list that Hirohito will probably have to worry about in the next few weeks. 5000 Jap dead have been counted in New Britain, where the Japs have retreated up to Rabaul; PAGE THREE 61 Generals Here For Conference A three-day conference on In ! fantry. Artillery and Tank coop eration in combat was conclud ■ ed at The Infantry School Satur ! day and the visiting high-rank- I ing officers have departed for 1 their regular stations The conferences and demon strations were prepared by The Infantry School, The Field Artil lery School and The Armored Center at the direction of Lt. Gen. Lesley J. McNair, Com manding General of the Army Ground Forces, who attended the conclave on Thursday with members of his staff. In addition to General McNair, there were eight major generals and 52 brigadier generals in at tendance. Special demonstrations were presented by units of The Infan try School Troops Brigade, in cluding the 176th Infantry, the 25th Field Artillery Battalion and the 771st Tank Battalion. 3,000 dead Japs have been found on the Admiralty Islands, and 1100 were recorded on eastern New Guinea before the new drive opened. Although discovered more than 400 years ago, New Guinea has hardly been penetrated by the white man. The British and Dutch mined gold on the island before the war, but have never ventured far from the sight of the sea. The climate is describ ed as wet and sultry. (Material prepared by the Mirror in con junction with the orientation of ficer, Camp Newspaper Service, and the National Geographic So ciety. )