The White Falcon


The White Falcon - 27.01.1945, Blaðsíða 4

The White Falcon - 27.01.1945, Blaðsíða 4
*• THE WHITE FALCON is published weekly by and for the American Forces in Iceland, under supervision of Special Ser- vice Section, Iceland Base Command. Some material is supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, New York City, republication of which is prohibited without CINS approval. THE WHITE FALCON has been passed by the censor and may be mailed home for one-and-one-half cents. IBC Special Service Officer .Lt. Col. Lee F. Gilstrap Supervising Officer .......Lt. David Zinkoff Editor ....................Sgt. John Moran Associate Editor ..........Sgt. J. Gordon Farrell News Editor ...............Cpl. Robert Hill Staff Reporter ............Pvt. E. C. Gray AN EDITORIAL: Think it Over, Soldier If you're busy every night there’s no point in reading this. However, if you’re faced with a spare hour, or perhaps a spare half-hour, a few nights a week, maybe there is. If you are, you may find it worth your while to enroll in one of the correspondence courses offered by the Armed Forces Institute. (No, we’re not kidding!) Although almost all of us are sometimes inclined to think that the war will last another 50 years at least, chances are that the world will be at peace again before we’re so very much older. And when that time comes there won’t be many GIs who’ll want to stick around for their 30-year pensions. Yet, it isn’t likely that the civilian life we return to will be — immediately at least — quite the dream world currently being envisioned in so many crystal balls. Despite the mustering-out pay we’ll get and the bene- fits available under the G1 Bill of Rights, all realistic gropings into the future indicate that it'll be a world in which we’ll still have to work — and work hard — to gain security for ourselves and for our families. As always, the man who’s most skilled in his job will be the one whose services are most in demand. Maybe you’re already skilled in some trade or profession; mam/ soldiers are. But even if that is the case, the chances are that all of us will need a little “brushing up.” The Armed Forces Institute is no makeshift affair. Through it many of the nation’s lop colleges and uni- versities offer you the same opportunities for study that you’d get if you were a regularly-enrolled student on the campus. With few exceptions, the USAFI offers courses in every branch of learning — technical, commercial, scientific and cultural, and most of them cost but two dollars apiece- There’s a complete USAFI catalogue on hand at The White Falcon office. If you’'d like to consult it, stop in. If you'd like to have one for yourself, drop a note to: European Branch, USAFI- Headquarters; Services of Supply; European Theater of Operations; England. "Perseverance Will Carry Us Through/' German Newsmen Tell Nazi Homefroni Nazi radio commentators, while admitting that the situation on the Eastern Front is “very serious,” are nevertheless still detecting rays of light in what most of the rest of the world con- siders an impending German catastrophe. A Berlin commentator cit- ed the threat which faced Germany last summer when “the Western invaders broke through to Avranches and could not he stemmed, and when the Red Army broke into the central area of the Eastern Front.” “Our perseverance saved ns then and it will save us again,” he said. Other com- mentators are apparently hoping to quiet the fears on the German home front by claiming that reserves are being rushed up, defense lin- es are being formed, count- er-attacks are underway, and disengaging movements are proceeding according to plan. Berlin agreed with Mosc- ow on only one point: “This time the Soviets are out for a final decision.” Writing jn the Soviet Army newspaper, Red Star, Ilya Ehrenberg declared, “Berlin is still alive, hut it has not long to live.” “Meanest Man In Town!” Citizens in Omaha, Neb., say the meanest man in town is the unidentified low- life who swiped a steak from a local icebox and later sent hack the hone. GI PHOTO 07 THE WEEK STREET SCENE A carton of cigarettes and a free 8 X 10 enlargement this week go to Capt. E. A. Grabar stationed with the Medical Corps here for his photo of a street scene in. downtown Reykjavik. BROOKLYN SOLDIER WRITES PRIZE-WINNING ESSAY The following essay, written by Pvt. Iscidore Rubin of Brooklyn, N.Y., won first prize in a recently-con- cluded contest in the Mediterranean Theater on the subject: “What Victory Means To Me.” We thought you might like to read it- At the moment, it’s /difficult to think of victory as meaning anything but,an end to fear, to loneliness and death, and a chance to go back to pick up the strands of interrupted lives. Henceforth, each simple pleasure, each right we always took so lightly will take on rich meaning. We know what it cost to keep them, and we know too that we’ve really earned a share in them. But victory means much more. With victory we stand on the threshold of limitless- inventions and comforts. We possess the resources to extend our horizons in every field of endeavor and every aspect of human relations. However, ancient and stubborn enemies are still to be conquered. Enemies which must be overcome not by armies, but by minds and hearts and talents set wholly free- Such enemies are poverty, insecurity, prejudice, dis- unt-y. These too shall be conquered. For we have begun to think more deeply and more dynamically. And if we sweep aside untold obstacles to smash the most ruth- lessly efficient machine of destruction ever devised, surely we possess the vision and the practical genius to organize for peace, security, and a world designed lor living. Till now, many have ruled because of accident of birth or power of wealth. But throughout the world, the unfit, the weaklings, and the traitors are falling by the way- side; New leaders are rising from the people—those who never sold their heritage of courage, faith, and simple human dignity. With victory we shall have destroyed those who would have enslaved the world. Our sacrifices have been great, but we have won the. opportunity to emerge from the animal kingdom and enter the kingdom of man. 1 look forward to living in such a world. “NOTHING TO WGRkY ABOUT, THE DEPTH CHARGE CAN’T GO OFF”—BUT IT DID Hearing a buzzing sound behind him, the pilot of a combat cargo plane flying from India to China, investi- gated and found that the noise was coming from a depth charge which made up part of the cargo. Asked what to do, the plane’s home base replied:! “Nothing to worry about. Depth charge can’t go off.” But when the buzzing con- tinued, the pilot decided to act. Leaving the co-pilot to handle the plane, he opened the transport door and push- ed the depth charge over- board. It exploded almost! immedialelv. - Soon after, the ground radio called the plane again, j I “Mistake made on previous message,” said a voice. “Drop defective depth charge immediately. Explos- ion possible.” Newpaper Ads In Houston, Tex., Arc Oflering Babies For Sale In Houston, Tex., hundr- eds of babies are being ad- vertised for sale in the local newspapers. Mrs. Margaret Markle, probation officer here declared recently. She said that in one case a baby was sold for $132 and later resold for $216. Vets Getting Pensions At the close of 194-1, a to- tal of 208,510 veterans of i World War II were receiv- ■ ing pensions for service-con- | nected disabilities- NAZIS REMOVE DOG TAGS FROM AM. PWs, THEN THREATEN TO SHOOT THEM AS SPIES How treacherous an en- emy the German is may be gathered from a method which he is now employing to extract information from American prisoners-of-war. A CNS report stales that the Nazis firs), strip their cap- tives of all identification, including passes, dog tags and identification cards. I Then they set up an opening for an escape. When the Am- erican takes advantage of the opening, he is “tailed” arid recaptured before lie can reach his own lines. Then the Germans threaten to shoot him as a spy, unless he gives them the informa- tion they want.

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