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For A Few Minutes
Nobody Said Anything..
The other day we got some very bad news and we
went out into the day room to talk it over with the fel
lows to see how they felt about it. A group of men were
shooting pool and we told them. A reliable source had
reported that more than 100 men and women in the Ac
ademic Regiment turned in their bonds last month. For
a few minutes nobody said anything. There was just
the sound of billiard balls clicking as everybody gave
the matter a thought Sgt. Joe Gatto, of C Company,
was the first to speak.
“That’s just about stabbing your fellow soldier in
the back,” he said. “J always like to remember what
my brother said when he came back from Tunisia with
only one leg. He said it will take bonds to win this war—
he wasn’t thinking about himself, mind you. although he
had reason to. He just insisted that everybody buy bonds
to get this war over w ith.”
Nobody looked up. Gatto chalked up his stick and
bent over to study the angle for the next shot.
“My bonds are staying put. And after the war they’re
going to get me a home for my wife and the baby that’s
due soon.”
"Government No Short Loon Agency''
“If a man buys a bond,” quietly added T. Sgt. Earl
Cain, of Headquarters, “there shouldn’t be anything in
the world that can get it away from him. Hell, the gov
ernment’s not operating any 90-day short loan agency.
One Tec 5 sank his ball and joined in on the talk
rather glumly.
“A couple of times,” he said, “I ve had to turn mine
in. Emergencies at home. I can tell you it hurt me
to have to do it. I hope 1 don’t ever have to do it again.
Down at headquarters the news wasn’t received too
happily either.
"If Left In The Fight Long Enough ... "
“Why, a person who signs up for bonds when every
body's looking and then cashes them in later is just a
show-off. It’s worse than that,” said PFC Lois Clark,
of WAC Two. “It’s like buying bootleg gasoline. That
gas might have saved somebody's life at the front. And
so would a bond, if it had been left in the fight long
enough.”
“A soldier needing money for an emegency should
cash in his bonds only as a last resort,” said Cpl. Ferris
Dobler, of Headquarters. “The government can’t make
plans on money that isn’t going to be there when it’s prom
ised. Why, just take Lend-Lease for example. That money
is helping our allies help us.”
Sgt. Danny Wolpin, personnel clerk for B Company,
really exploded.
"An Act Os Sabotage ..."
“That’s as great an act of sabotage as any that could
be hatched in Berlin! To put in for bonds, put the gov
ernment through all the paper w'ork of keeping records
of deductions and due dates, and then to turn right around
and cash them in—why, that shows no confidence in our
ability to win the war! Frankly, I think it’s a matter of
manliness and responsibility. We’re getting in some cases
20 times what some of our allies get paid every month.
And these men can’t even LEND some of that money to
the war effort!”
“Well,” explained Sgt. Madrid Albarelli, personnel
clerk of F Company, “some men stationed here are too far
away from the war to realize what they’re doing. When
they get to the front lines they’ll regret they ever cashed
in a single war stamp. They’ll buy bonds for KEEPS
then.”
The simplest and best suggestion of all came from
PFC Leo Zemke.
"People Who Borrowed It Can Be Trusted"
“When I get a bond through my payroll allotment,”
he said, “I just don’t think of it in terms of money any
more. I just forget about it. I’ve lent it out and the
people who borrowed it can be trusted.”
Zemke is only a PFC, but we found out that he was
n’t talking just for publication. The personnel office says
he buys a BOND a month through the payroll deduction
plan!
Well, that’s the voice of the people. It seems to be
the consensus of opinion that only a real emergency can
justify cashing in a bond while the war is still on. The
fleeting needs of the moment obviously don’t stack up
against the permanent values that are at stake in this war.
And still there is evidence that some unthinking individ
uals make it a practice to turn in their bortds as fast as
they get them.
If a guy welched on you in combat you’d feel right if
you called him to account for it. Let’s make it clear to
our barracks mates and pool-room partners and the guy
on the same detail with us that we don’t like people who
sign up for bonds and turn them in as a matter of course
whenever they have the slightest need for cash.
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you get rid c' vour friends!!"
By Cpl. Charles Schwalm
The P-6 Night Owl Division
lost one of its star cadremen for
a few days when Cpl. "Porker”
Urrutia left on furlough. With
the porker gone, Sgt. McKinley
“C. S.” Cook (the king of bunk
fatigue) has become the apple
of miserable Moe Galla’s eye.
Living is nine thing, but living
correctly is another factor that
we must consider. Cpl. Irving
Siegel’s philosophy on that is,
“Phooey. Get what you can out
life while you’re still kicking and
lively.” But does he? A tempt
ing morsel, a bottle of pickled
herring, was received by him
from home last week. Maybe
that’s the reason he displayed
a sour expression one day last
week. Good taste though (the
herring).
The chow line these days re
minds one of the 1932 bread line,
but like Abou Ben Adhem, Cpl.
George Heller leads all the rest.
The Roof Club (just another
name for the sun bathers of Co.
A) is indeed in full swing. On
a sunny day. under the cloudless
sky, the members repair to the
roof to acquire a bit of tan from
Mother Nature. Results—an in
numerable number of burnt tor
sos! Don’t go slapping anyone
on the back these summer
months, for you yourself may
be the victim sometime.
Ever since S. Sgt. Joe Tursi
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THURSDAY, MAY 11. 1944
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saw’ a motion picture depicting
Judgment Day, he has turned
over a new leaf.
Our Sgt, Bob Holloway has
just recently been called “Pop"
by his numerous friends or bud
dies. A baby girl has made her
entrance into the world under
the name of Holloway. He’s tru
ly a proud father as you may
notice.
If there are any donations to
this column that you wish to
make, please write them on a
piece of paper and drop them
into a box which will be placed
in the large dayroom. Remem
ber, this is Co. A’s column—your
column—and stories or news a
bout you or your buddies will be
highly appreciated.
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By Sgt. M. Kehoe
Company C softballers have
hit their stride and are in the
number one spot of the Academ
ic Softball League. Starting off
with a three game winning
streak, the lads are all set for
their next game, so you all get
out in the quartel and support
the team! If any of the new
fellows desire to play, get in
touch with Manager Sol Meltzn
er; since many of the regulars
are subject to POR, the team
will need a few replacements in
a couple of weeks.
Sgt. Alex Zuraw, before ship
ping out to Co. F. was the main-
Thursday, May 11, 1944
Guadalcanal Vets
Praise Malaria
Control Course
Two first sergeants who con
tracted malaria during the bit
ter struggle with the Japanese
on Guadalcanal voiced strong
praise this week for the malaria
control course now being taken
by all members of the Academic *
Regiment.
“This is a definite step in the
right direction,” said Ist Sgt
Lester W. Carlson, of F Com
pany, after he had attended the
first part of the course last Sun
day morning, which consisted of
a lecture and two motion pic
tures. “This will make our men
malaria conscious, and that’s
half the battle against the dis
ease.”
“On Guadalcanal we learned
the hard way,” remarked Ist
Sgt. Francis J. Noonan, of D
Company, “but these men have
the advantage of knowing what
they're up against before they
go ‘over.’ I hope that all our
men will take the proper pre
cautions when they go into com
bat. The information given in
this course should have impress
ed them sufficiently so that they
take atabrine and use the repel
lents as required.”
Sgts. Carlson and Noonan
served in the same regiment in
the Pacific and both are now un
der treatment here for recurrent
malaria. It may be years, they
say, before they are completely
free of the malady. They both
emphasize to their men that the
proper precautions, if followed
in the malarial combat zones,
may save soldiers 20 years of
misery with the disease.
D Company was the first Aca
demic Regiment unit to complete
the four-hour course last Sun
day. By May 21st all members
of the regiment will have com
pleted the control course, certifi
cation of which must appear on
their service records.
stay of the pitching staff and is
credited for the three wins. In
his place, Manager Sol Meltzner
and Pfc. G. Signorelli are split
ting the mound work, besides
taking care of first base and the
receiving end when not pitch
ing! Rounding out the infield
we have Cpl. Harry Burgess,
Pfc. Al Fedor, Pvts. Mike Ev
anovich and Ed Heenan. In the
outfield there’s the ball-hawk
squad composed of Cpl. Cullin
Mullins, Pvt. Howard Pratt, Pvt
Slim Anderson, and Tec 5 John
Montalbano. Let’s get out and
support the boys at their next
game and make it four in a
row!
Not through channels, we
heard that Tec 4 Bob Miller was
(censored, through channels.
—Ed.)
Will you know an Anopholes
mosquito when you see one now’’
Although not overjoyed about
the prospects of facing another
pass-less weekend, the boys of
Co. C are all set for the next
lecture on malaria control. They
can hardly wait for the shack
buses to pick them up? Over
heard at last Sunday’s lecture
was the well-spoken remark:
“These malaria control lectures
may be doing a lot of good for
the Army, but they’re sure
wrecking hell out of my love
life.”
Your columnist is still waiting
for someone of the new lads in
the company to come along and
say he desires to take over. Not
being very familiar with the
majority of the new men in the
company I feel it is an injustice
to keep on plugging the old reg
ulars in each week’s column.
Since I’m subject to POR, it
won’t be long before they catch
up with me, so if there is anyone
who wants to write get in touch
with the topkick and let it be
known.
