The White Falcon - 14.03.1942, Side 1

Reykjavik, Iceland, Saturday, March lkth, I9k2.
Iceland Scene of Reunion
For 3 Brothers in Service
Vol. I, No. 25.
LOOKING
BACK AND FORWARD
(The White Falcon’s roving corre-
spondent being inquisitive of his
fellow soldiers wondered how many
of them were giving much thought
to the future and what most of
them were doing three years ago.
His results follow.)
Staff Sgt. Jo-
seph Ellis, 23,
Engineer corps,
whose home is
in Norfolk, Va.,
gives little
thought to the
future. He says
that three
years ago he
was in the
army; and,
looking three years hence, says,
“beats me.” He was a store clerk
before joining army.
Pvt. Lyle
O’Neil, 23, of
Pontiac, Mich.,
in the Artil-
lery, said that
1,094 days ago
he Was driving
a beer truck,
but that as to
the same num-
ber of days
hence he ex-
pected it would not be too unlikely
to find him still in Iceland.
Sgt. Robert
Kravs, 29, 6f
the Tank corps,
whose home is
m Cumberland,
Md., recalled
that three
years ago he
was a radio
technician, but
wasn’t sure he
was working
at it. Says three years from today
he expects to be fishing.
Pvt. Jesse
Moore, 22, of
Knox City,
Texas, who is
an MP soldier
here in Iceland,
recalled he was
working at a
filling station
in March, 1939,
and that ip
March, 1945, he
expect^ to serving in the army al-
though he’s not sure where.
Photos by Signal Corps.
Iceland last week was the
setting of a reunion for three
brothers who were together for
only, the second time in eight
years.
The brothers, Samuel, Henry
and Robert Teague, are all
members of Uncle Sam’s armed
forces. Samuel and Robert are
stationed with the army in Ice-
land and Henry who is 26 years
old, is a chief petty officer in the
navy. Samuel, 24, is a private
in the artillery and Robert, 28,
a staff sergeant in the infantry.
The Teague brothers had many
tales to exchange at their meet-
ing. Because, with the exception
of a short reunion last July, the
three had not been together
since" 1934 when they were at
home with their parents in Cin-
cinnati, Ohio.
Their reunion last week lasted
only four hours, but they dis-
cussed many subjects particul-
arly their father and mother.
Upon departing their one big
question was: “When and where
will the service bring us together
again?”
Sergeant Ends
30 Years Service
Nearly thirty years of faithful
service to his country—service
which took him to Russia, Eng-
land, France, Germany, Belg-
ium, Alaska, Mexico, Hawaii,
the Philippine Islands, Cuba and
Iceland—ended recently for
1st Sgt. Frank R^Westfall when
he sailed for the States with a
three month terminal furlough
and retirement as his reward.
Enlisting in 1910, Sgt. West-
fall wall have completed thirty
years on June 12. First Sgt.
with his present outfit for the
past four years, Sgt. Westfall
was also Bn, Sgt, Major when
he left Iceland.
One of the outstanding sold-
iers of his outfit, he received
many decorations from countr-
ies other than the United States
while serving in World War 1,
Excellent Entries
In Slogan Contest
From Latin to French the
slogans run. With scores of
entries being received in The
White Falcon’s slogan contest,
in which an appropriate slogan
for the Iceland Base Command
is being sought, many of the
participants are getting out
their foreign language books to
give an added feature to their
suggestions.
The majority of slogans are
exceptionally good and the jud-
ges together with Major General
Charles H. Bonesteel will find
their task none too easy in
selecting the winner who will
receive 100 kronur for his
suggestion.
Entries must be limited to six
words each with each entrant
submitting as many as three
slogans. The contest closes
April 1, and entries should be
mailed to the editor, The White
Falcon, thru message center.
Price: 25 aurar.
Troops to be Given
Leave in England
That long-dreamed of leave
to “other lands” became a pos-
sibility for men of the Iceland
Base Command this week when
it was announced that two
American officers and ten en-
listed men a month would be
given a months leave in Eng-
land.
Basis for selection will be “ex-
ceptional performance of duty”
and it was stressed that this
leave is to be considered as a
reward rather than a right. Men
chosen must have been in Ice-
land six months. The leave party
will travel to England on English
army leave boats and from the
port of debarkation to London
in leave trains. Men will be
quartered and rationed with
the American forces in London
at government expense, but will
he required to pay for their own
transportation and cany a mini-
mum of 20 pounds, Sterling, as
well as gas masks and steel
helmets.
This plan is the first attempt
to provide a change of scenery
for American forces in Iceland
since distance makes it impos-
sible to send men to America on
leave.
WARRING FRONTS
JAVA: — Reports on Japan-
ese landings in Java and New
Guinea vary up to 50,000
troops. Dutch colonial officials,
including Lt. Gov. Hubertusx
van Mook, have withdrawn to
Australia. The Dutch troops in
Java promise to fight to the
last man. The Japanese have
seized the Gulf of Huon on
Northern New Guinea and
bombed Port Moresby. Austral-
ian air squadrons battered en-
emy forces at Salamana and
Lae on the Northern coast of
New Guinea,
PHILIPPINES: General To-
moyuki Yamashita, Japan’s
most famous general, took
command in the Philippines re-
placing General Masabaru
Homma. General Homma’s
failure becomes increasingly
pronounced in the light of his
vast superiority in numbers.
Militarjr experts claim General
MacArthur’s major achieve-
ment to be his ability in frust-
rating Japanese plans for using
Manila as a safe harbor.
U.S. army officers recently
arrived in Northern India point
out that General Mac Arthur is
far from defeated and that he
could hold out for months in
the Corregidor Island fortress
in case his small army is ever
forced hack from Bataan Pen-
insula. The current story in the
Philippines is of Gen. MacArth-
ur’s utter unconcern about Jap-
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