The White Falcon - 16.05.1942, Side 7

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Troop News From The Organizations
Just after receiving their certificates from Major General Charles H.
Bonesteel these new Infantry AO’s were lined up for presentation of
their arm bands. Front row (from left to right): Lt. Austin J. Triplett,
Commandant of the AO School, 1st Sgt. Francis V. Nichols, Staff Sgt.
Virgil E. Hanson, Staff Sgt. Anthony P. Markovitch, Sgts. Leslie C.
McAllen, Jerome M. Golempiewske, Jack C. High, Owen S. King, Robert
L. Willman, Staff Sgt. Raymond Shore, Sgt. Albert E. Bunce, and Lt.
Max G. Hensel. Second row: Corp. James A. Boula, Sgts. Robert E. Rip-
linger, Ralph Hauser, John H. Hauser, Henry C. Rybolt, Charles Van
Eman, Jack E. Korshak, William S. Daugherty, Romayne Stoddard, and
Eugene J. Notebaert. Third row: Sgt. Harold A. Bezazine, Corp. Ward
C. Deaton, Sgt. Rayl E. Armstrong, Corp. Ralph E. McDonnell, Sgts.
Wayne D. Van Ormer, Alville Tolbert, Frank Boik, and Raymond E. Judd.
Infautry
We are thinking of organizing
a Grand Society of Talkers (GS
T). Someone’s already nomin-
ated Pvt. Wlezian, the hoy from
Chicago; “And then the cops,
see. ...” “Then I looked at him,
see....” This spiel (says our
informant) usually starts as
follows: “I disagree with you
there.” From which point Wel-
sy will go on to lay down a
smoke screen of the first order.
Next door is G-man Krueger
(he got Diilinger) and in No. 8
is Pvt. Strong (“You can’t make
me a casualty, boys. I drive for
the Col.”). We could name some
more, but maybe we’d better
get a body-guard first.
Shorts: “A rolling stone
gathers no moss,” the sages say,
in which case our organization
must resemble Pvt. Angelo’s
bald pate. 1st Lt. John N. Acuff
Jr. has replaced 1st Lt. Page H.
Brownfield as Company Com-
mander. Pfc’s. Cass Jozwiak
and Churgo are now two big G.
I. corporals. Pfc’s. Crites and
Schrecongost received 4th Spec-
ialist Ratings. Sgt. “Keep Em
Rolling” Massey is cracking the
whip over his “Black Gang.”
Pvts. Woltman, Kimball, and
Shea have organized their, new
“Alpha Gripa” Frat. Pvt. Dolak
“plumbs” the plumbing in our
nifty shower house. Tech Sgts.
Stephans, Etley, and McAnley
are working hard and fast. 1st
Sgt. Bryant, Sgt. Wauls’ kitchen
crew does an excellent job keep-
ing our stomachs full. Pvt. Or-
cutt is having a tough time try-
ing to pitch woo via the mail
and still not reveal the art to the
mail censor; but, then every-
body is having a tough time try-
ing to pitch woo just any way.
We must not forget, many
thanks to 1st Lt. Max B. McCas-
lin for his work in making our
canteen possible.
Corp. Ralph A. Velk.
Congratulations to Pfc. James
T. Gordon on the fine form he
shows in swinging that pick.
Maybe working in the PX for
so long hasn’t taken any of that
good old Ohio spirit out of him.
If we could just find some way
to get Pvt. Mangus a longer
shovel handle, we would have
a good working team.
Changes in the organization
for the past week are as follows (
Sgt. Younkers to Mess Sgt. rel-
ieving Sgt. Jarris. Sgt. Banks
has recently taken over the sup-
ply Room, taking Sgt. Craig’s
place.
Corp. Lawrence J. McMackin.
It seems that all the fellows in
camp are going around sing-
ing a new theme song, “How
dry I am.” “Short Stuff” Kah-
lenbeck, the company fireman,
is worried over his girl since he
caught a fellow whispering
things into her ear.
“Uncle Steve” Bartas, a vet-
eran of the last war and now
doing his bit in this one, is still
showing the youngsters how to
do it. It seems he has two scores
to settle with the Germans, one
for taking over his country in
the first war and the other for
taking him away from the “Idle
Hour” at Fort Thomas, Kent-
ucky. Steve says he settled part
of the first grudge in the last
war but didn’t see enough
“Square Heads” to shoot where
their suspenders crossed.
Things we would like to
know: What Sgt. had a date
with what girl on what day, and
what platoon Sgt. refused him
a pass to keep said date? Who
hid a certain cook’s pants, then
set the alarm clock up two
hours ?
1st Sgt. E. A. Wall.
We welcome 1st Lt. Charles
J. Kobs to the unit. Several of
the boys remember him when
he was with us before.
Recent promotions were:
Corp. Cecil W. Kelley to Sgt. and
Pvt. Leonard Pettyjohn to Corp.
Pfc. William E. Dean and Pvt.
Karl S. Jeffries seem to have
taken up agriculture as a hobby.
Just look at the garden spot they
have made, next to the lawn
where you see those little red
tables and chairs. Maybe this is
their VICTORY GARDEN.
Sgt. Melvin E. Dinser.
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After convalescing in the
hospital, Pvt. John T. Williams
is once again back with us.
Seems ns though Pvt, Asbury
won most of the change around
these parts. He should start a
bank.
Sgt. William P. Lewis, our
Acting 1st Sgt., is doing an ex-
ceptionally excellent job of man-
aging his respective duties as
1st Sgt. We sincerely wish all
the success that becomes him in
his new capacity. Asked to ex-
press his opinion on the matter
and in simple words he savs,
“I’ll do my best.”
Corp. Higginbothom, our
former ping-pong champ, is now
really going in for the rugged
stuff such as boxing. Here’s
wishing him luck. We know he
will come through with the re-
feree on his side.
Corp. Winston A. Godbey.
Pfc. Oscar T. Riffe and Pvt.
Oscar S. Fraley are now work-
ing with the Hotshots; they are
callers for a Square Dance. Pfc.
Edward Wright is thinking very
seriously about trying to join
as a fiddler.
We are building ourselves a
very good out-door gymanisum.
We have a very nice Basketball
court, a volley ball court, and
also a well-built place to box,
with punching bag and every-
thing that goes with it.
Corp. Orland H. Parsons.
Being one of three brothers in
the services is what Sgt. Mills,
of Flat Lick, Kentucky, is bragg-
ing about.
Pvt. Caudill, of Detroit has the
proudest record. He has a bro-
ther in the Royal Canadian Air
Force, serving in His Majesty’s
Air Force.
Every so often you hear Corp.
Carpenter say, “I wonder where
my brother is.” He was in the
Navy the last Corp. Carpenter
heard. Here’s hoping he is O.K.
Two brothers in the same
Company completes our “frater-
nal” news; that is, Pfc. John D.
Fathergill and Pfc. Charlie L.
Fathergill.
Sgt. Green T. Mills Jr.
The unit is expected to have
some red hot basket-ball games
now that we have an outdoor
court. We have several out-
standing players; such as, Sgt.
Grissom, Pfc. Strong and Pvt.
Markers. The Sgt. of the
Guard went out the other night
to investigate some ununsual
noises and found Cook Testino
punching away on the punch-
ing bag; time, 2305 hours. Test-
ino said that he thought that it
was about 7:30. He had been
punching the thing since supper
time.
Pvt. J. Brown.
Air Corps
Our world premiere of “Tar-
zan’s New York Adventure” was
a big surprise to most of us. A
very pleasant surprise, I might
add. We hope that we will
he privileged to see more pictu-
res under the same policy.
Due to an unfortunate auto-
mobile accident, Corp. Charlie
Bradley is now recuperating in
the hospital. It’s a tough break
for Brad, but we know he’ll be
bouncing around soon again.
Jack Polychron distinguished
himself heroically, but he
ended up in the hospital for a
check-up. His actions are excee-
ded only by his modesty. He’s
quite a guy!
What red-haired corporal of
the gn*>rd i« hist crazy about his
new job? Ask Alex—then duck
fast.
Pvt. Russel Edsall.