The White Falcon - 31.01.1942, Blaðsíða 3

Troop Mews From The Organisations
Infantry
Our two foremost “Stulka
Chasers” are Private “Winkie”
Godbev and PFC Dewey Davis.
These two Iceland Romeos are
forever boasting that they are
dating good-looking girls, but
no one has ever seen any of
them. If I’m not mistaken that
is what is known as a myth.
Sgt. Jeffie Sanford has been
promoted to the grade of Staff
Sergeant. I take it for granted
that he knows it means for him
to set up the beer.
Corp. William .!. Anderson
has transferred to this unit. We
wish to extend our welcome
and best of luck to him from all
the men.
Corp. Arthur C. Waddell.
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Privates Willard Keene and
Willard Romans have been
promoted to the grade of Cor-
poral and Corporals Cax'rell E.
Wolford and Benjamin F.
Holiday have been promoted to
sergeant.
Private First Class Lindsey
Baker bas been admitted to the
hospital and Private Roscoe
Nfeaee has returned to the or-
ganization.
Lawrence J. McMackin.
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The first sergeant had an-
other birthday the other day
which makes him about 43
years young. Let’s hope he
lives another 43 years. Out
of the 43 years Skt. Poslik has
put 24 years in the U. S. army.
Green T. Mills, Jr.
Artillery
If the boys in the detachment
have noticed a!n increasing
number of red-haired boys in
the battery it’s not due to the
change of climate or weather.
They tell me the peroxide in-
dustry has been booming in
ReykjaVik recently. Corporal
Ramey of Headquarters Bat-
tery has an increasing number
of canine friends since his
hair took on a reddish tint.
(Heaven help him if they find
out he’s not a fire hydrant.)
Corp. Lee.
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We have a few promotions
made in the organization, Pvts.
Jordan and Plate were appoint-
ed Privates First Class. We
were welcomed into camp with
a big wind storm. Oh, yes, it
won’t he very long and First
Sergeant Schweitzer will not
have a tooth in his head. When
you are in Iceland do as the
Icelanders do. I believe First
Sergeant Schweitzer took that
too seriously.
Corp. Gable.
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Just listen to Clifton brag
about the swell time he’s had
on his furlough in the hospital.
No fooling we’re all glad to see
him back no duty. We always
miss a good man.
Corporal James L. Rush of
this unit is now in the hospital
with an injured leg. Wre hope
that he will recover soon and
return to the group.
Corp. Kelley.
Marines
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Corps League auxiliary. The
chief purpose was to look after
the interests of Marines in ser-
vice in particular. Immediate
plans were made for a dance
and a two-way broadcast to be
held on December 27tb.
“Due to tbe intervention of
our yellow brothers ( ?) which
resulted in the declaration of
war, it became apparent that
the broadcast would be inad-
ped.
visable and plans were drop-
“ . . . But we gave the dance
and cleared a neat sum which
had been advertised ‘for the
benefit of Marines in Iceland’.”
Mrs. Dixon asks tbe Marine
of the White Ficon staff for
advice on the disposition of
the money.
(Any Marine on the island
who has a suggestion for the ex-
penditure of this sum is invited
to communicate with News
Editor, White Falcon, at Bal-
durshagi Camp.)
Hdqtrs.
The Base Command Olympic
playoffs were completed last
week with the following men
dragging down top honors:
Checkers, PFC Clifton; Chess,
PFC Firlik; Table Tennis, Pvt.
Maple; Cribbage, Sgt. Coyne.
There was a fine turnout and
the losers as well as the win-
ners had a good time. Bou-
quets to Sgt. McKinstry, who
had a perfect score in the air-
plane identification contest and
walked away with first prizei
We’ll be around to help you
spend that ten dollars, Sarge.
Air Corps
Sight of the month—the En-
gineers tearing a hole in the
wall of their newly constructed
bath house— to get the boiler
in!!!
Pvt. Pete Kosyk says he
would like to be a flying ser-
geant—if they would let him
keep one foot on the ground!
- PFC Sam Senetto has so
much “spinach” on his chest
that he has been designated as
a fire hazard!
Staff Sgt. Mike Klimachusky
knew he would have good use
for those riding boots when he
ordered them from Sears Roe-
buck (there isn’t a better place
in the world to cache your beer
supply!)
Santy Claus was especially
good to First Lieutenant Bur-
ton McKenzie this year, when
lie left a baby girl at the Lieu-
tenant’s borne Christmas. Our
congratulations to the proud
father.
The boys in transportation
are trying to figure out just who
Pvt. Cavanaugh has been talk-
ing to in his sleep. He gets
such a bright smile on his face!
Master Sgt. Ben Roth finds
nothing new in Iceland. Sgt.
Roth was one of the army men
who accompanied Admiral
Byrd on an expedition to the
South Polar regions. Do they
have stulkas down there too,
Sergeant?
We notice the weather was
especially balmy, immediately
after Staff Sgt. Zappula was
promoted to Tech. Sgt. Pvts.
Blatt, Lesser, Roth and
Schwartz stepped up to First
and Fourth, and Pvt. Laub was
in the clouds with Buck Ser-
geancy!
It took three internes to hold
Master Sgt. Prast in bed at the
hospital when he heard that his
outfit was leaving for home.
Don’t worry, Sergeant, you
know we couldn’t leave witliout
you!
Pvt. John Everhard.
Quarter-
master
About the most disliked fel-
low in camp these days is the
company barber, since he re-
ceived orders that all men will
have military hair cuts. Cheer
up fellows, I’ll see if I can talk
the post exchange into doing
somehing.
PFC Hall has been painting
signs for the company, but
lately has changed his tactics
and is painting them in Ice-
landic. The first two words
of his latest masterpiece is
“Keep Out,” but whatever the
rest of it means is up to the
book.
The latest appointments in
this company go to Pvt. Pappas
and Pvt. Gardner who have
taken over the laundry and
tailor business, and so far are
doing a swell job.
Lt. Cormae F. O’Callaghan.
AirWarning
“Forty days of rain we had.
Forty freezing days; and now
they get Parkas.” Echoes of
the first echeloners this past
week! “Well, I guess they know
who needs them, don’t they,
fellas?”
Schlassim hears where our
boy, Happy Bob Hardy, is be-
ng shown around town by the
“man about town.” Well, I
guess somebody had to tell him
sooner or later.
Heard in the mess hall: “Ro-
thenberg get out ‘from under
that light—the glare hurts my
eyes.” But why he insists upon
staying with Couse and Zaricky
I don’t know. Guess it’s true
that “birds of no feathers flock
together.”
If anybody’s hut is too warm
or needs any “ventilating” just
call Corporal Wohl. I under-
stand lie’s an expert at ventilat-
ing “ceilings.”
Any strange noises you may
hear emanating from the mess
hall during the evening is not
chow. It is a Camp Hickam
show to be put on in the Fish
Shed theater as soon as the
force revue moves out. I know
it looks like Secton VIII ma-
terial to Schlassim’s amateur
eye, but it really looks good fel-
las, so keep up the good work,
Messrs. Goldberg, Conto and
Crockett.
Heartbreak: What fellow by
the name of Leonard Weiss
the fact that his girl back
dint o file fact that his girl back
in the States sent him wedding
bells? Schlassim excludes no
dirt.
Next week: “The Shining Ex-
ample” or “Rothenberg Under
the Light.”
Omar Schlassim