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VOL II
Reunion At The Columbus Railroad Station
£REAT WAS THE JOY AT THE COLUMBUS RAILROAD STATION LAST FRl
day afternoon when most of the 13 Mother’s Day guests arrived for a weekend stay at
Fort Benning. PFC Helen Berman, of WAC Detachment One (left) was first to greet her
mother, Mrs. Esther Berman, of Providence, R. I. Also present to welcome Mrs. Berman
were Mrs. Ethel Marquardt (second from right), who had arrived the day before, and her
son. C'pl. Richard Marquardt, of B Company. The Academic Regiment was the only outfit
to “win” two mothers for the celebration. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The Infantry
School.)
Regiment Enjoys
Mothers' Visit As
Reminder Os Home
A lot of morale shows have
come to Fort Benning since Hit
ler and Tojo made it necessary
for thousands of us to live and
work here. There have been
personal appearances by stars of
screen and radio, super-duper
sports shows by champs of sock
and grunt, real jive-and-leg en
tertainment by troupes of sing
ers and musicians. But the great
est morale show of all was the
visit to the post this week of
thirteen mothers of young uni
formed America.
What happened in the Aca
demic Regiment of The Infantry
School happened in all the ma
jor units represented in the con
tingent of visitors. To be tech
nical, Mrs. Ethel Marquardt is
the mother of Cpl. Richard G.
Marquardt, of B Company. And
Mrs. Esther Berman is the moth
er of PFC Helen Berman, of
WAC Detachment One, TIS. But
actually every member of the
Academic Regiment felt that his
mother was directly represent
ed. The reception given the
"folks from home” and the in
terest that followed them all ov
er the post was the sentiment of
soldiers who felt a strong re
minder of home and family and
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liked it.
Those who could not take di
rect part in the welcome follow
ed the newspaper accounts with
unbelievable personal interest.
The general reaction was one of
pride. Everybody, whether he
was just a “passing soldier” or
actually one of the demonstra
tors, wanted to show off and did.
We were proud of our work as
civilian-soldiers and we wanted
“our” mothers to be proud of
their children, to whom has been
entrusted the destruction of the
enemies of democracy.
Plans for the gala Mother’s
Day celebration were drawn up
three weeks ago. Drawings were
held in each major unit to select
mothers for the visit. The Aca
demic Regiment, in addition to
drawing Mrs. Marquardt was
lucky to win a second mother,
Mrs. Berman, when an extra
post-wide lottery was held to se
lect an additional mother-at
large.
Last Thursday the first Fort
Benning mother arrived—Mrs.
Marquardt stepped from a train
in Columbus after a four-and
half day trip from Seattle, Wash.
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FORT BENNING GEORGIA. THURSDAY, MAY 18, 1944
Guest Mother Visits Regimental Commander
THE FIRST MOTHER’S DAY GUEST TO ARRIVE AT FORT BENNING LAST
week was Mrs. Ethel Marquardt (second from left) who came all the way from Seattle,
Wash., to visit the Academic Regiment. As soon as she had been greeted by her son, Cpl.
Richard Marquardt, of B Company (left) and her daughter-in-law, Beth (right), Mrs.
Marquardt dropped in to see Col. E. P. Passailaigue (second from right) at regimental
headquarters. She expressed great interest in the colonel’s picture of General MacArth
ur, under whom the colonel served during the last'war. (Official U. S. Army Photo—The
Infantry School.)
4 More Contest
Prizes Announced
For Infantry Day!
New developments in Bennings plans for the ob
servance of Infantry Day came thick and fast this morning
after Secretary of War Henry L. Stimson officially desig
nated .him- 15th as the date for the nation-wide celebration
of the role of the Infantryman in the present war.
GI artists and writers, already hard at work for the
prizes to be awarded on Infan
try Day for the best literary
art works submitted <xn the
theme of the Infantryman, were
told this morning by Maj Gen.
C. H. Bonesteel that four more
prizes have been offered, bring
ing the total of bond prizes up
to six. In the post-wide contest
the prizes now stack up as fol
lows:
In the field of literature (any
suitable form): SIOO, SSO, and
$25 bond prizes, to be awarded
for the first, second and third
best entries by enlisted men and
women stationed at Benning.
In the field of art (any suit
able form): SIOO, SSO and $25
bond prizes, to be awarded for
the first, second and third best
entries by enlisted men or wom
en stationed at Benning.
The offer of an additional SSO
bond prize by the Academic Reg
iment for the best entry in any
form or medium by any member
of this regiment brings the total
list of prizes open to Academics
to seven bonds, or S4OO worth of
prizes.
General Bonesteel further
heightened interest in the post
wide contest by announcing a
distinguished board of judges
who will pass on all entries that
are submitted to the Public Re
lations Office, The Infantry
School, by midnight. May 31st.
Tiie board will be headed by
Brig. Gen. George H. Weems,
assistant commandant of The In.
fantry School, and consists of:
Mr Bryan Collier, editor, Co
lumbus Ledger - Enquirer; Mr.
W C Tucker, editor, Columbus
Enquirer; Col. Clifford Kersch
aw, Chief of Tactical Section,
TIS; Col Alfred E. McKenney.
Chief of General Section, TIS;
Col. Janies F Strain, Chief of
Weapons Section, TIS; and Maj.
William Cook. General Section,
TIS.
Simultaneously General Bone
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