The White Falcon - 09.06.1945, Side 3

a
SOMBODY SNAFUS ORDERS —
PRIVATE JUMPS TO GENERAL
One of the most delightful
stories of the war was rec-
ently reported by Jerry Klutz
in his column in a Washing-
ton newspaper.
It concerns Gen. Brehon
B. Somervell, whom the late
President Boosevelt decided
to promote from the grade
of Major General to Lieuten-
ant General in recognition
of his accomplishments as
supply chief of the Army.
Somehow things became
“snafued” and the notice of
promotion was sent to a Pvt.
B.B. Somervell, “vacation-
ing” as a rear-rank dough-
boy on a South Sea Island.
When Pvt. Somervell proud-
ly presented his new creden-
tials to his officers, it is sus-
pected that his only concern
was where he could purc-
hase two sets of three stars
to pin on his fatigues and
perhaps which officer he
would chose to make the
“pinning.” It goes without
saying that his officers were
mystified and that they dec-
ided it was wiser to do noth-
ing about it.
Well, things finally moved
-UNRRA
(Continued from Page 1.)
These jobs are only open
to military personnel stati-
oned in the States who may
secure information directly
from Director of Personnel,
UNRRA, Headquarters, Du-
pont Circle Building, Wash-
ington, D.C., or by consult-
ing Memorandum No. 620—
45.
into high gear when Lt. Gen.
— pardon — when Pvt. B.B.
Somervell proudly wrote his
mother of the unexpected
promotion. His mother wrote
to the President, thanking
him for recognizing her
son’s abilities. “I know he
was a good hoy,” she said
in her letter to the White
House, “and I knew that you
would eventually give him
the job he deserves.”
That did it. The “snafu”
was quickly reversed by an
immediate investigatipn
and Lt. Gen. Somervell got
his three stars. Pvt. Somer-
vell? Oh, he is taking it out
on the Japs he still snipes at
somewhere in the Pacific.
-Jap War
Forty Percent Of Forces
Plan Return To Old Jobs
On the basis of present
plans, about two-fifths of
the men in the Army —• ap-
proximately 2,500,000 men
— plan to go back to their
old employers, a survey
made by the Information
and Education Div., Army
Service Forces, shows.
More than three-fourths
of all troops worked for an
employer before entering
the Army, but only two-
thirds plan to take jobs as
employes after discharge.
He Finds “She’s” A “He”
“She” turned out to he a
“he” dressed as a “she” and
the mistake cost Joseph De
Rosa, a truck driver, a $100
fine in Nutley, N.J.
(Continued from Page 1)
Japs might appear on th
surface insufficient “to in-
sure that preponderance
which brings victory swiftly
and with low casualties,” Jap-
anese forces were divided —
some in die .home islands,
some in the East Indies,
some in the Pacific islands —
and we plan to keep them
divided. Thus “we have the
opportunity to strike with
overwhelming power as soon
as we get our bases establish-
ed and our armies deploy-
ed.”
Combined War, Navy and
State Department informa-
tion reveals that no internal
collapse of Japan is expect-
ed.
Acting Secretary of State.
Joseph C. Grew, ambassa-
dor to Japan for ten years,
says:
“The Japanese will not
crack, even when eventual
defeat stares them in the
face. They will pull in their
belts another notch, reduce
rations from one bowl to
half a howl of rice and fight
on to the hitter end.”
by Sansonej
Cam* Ntwipiptr Scrvict
"Oh! I forgot to tell you- my sister was a guerrilla!"
Goes Home To Nip Nazis
Proving that there’s no
rest for the men in the Army,
Sgt. Jesse Combe returned
home to Ogden, Utah, after
33 months overseas. Combe’s
hopes for a peaceful fur-
lough were smashed to smit-
hereens when the first thing
he did was capture two es-
caped German POWs. His
mission, however, wasn’t
too difficult as the two Ger-
mans knocked at his door
and gave themselves up.
NAZI PLANE FINDS GRAVE HERE
spans To Wa
Air War On Japs
The total of American
air forces operating in the
Pacific will be raised to eight
when Lt. Gen. Jimmy Doo-
little’s Eighth USAAF is de-
ployed against the Japs.
Other air forces already
in operation against the en-
emy in the Pacific and Far
East include the 14th
(China); 10th (Burma-Ind-
ia); 5th and 13th Far East-
ern air forces in the South-
west Pacific, including the
Philippines); 7th (operating
1,500 miles to the west of
Hawaii from captured en-
emy territory); 11th (based
in the Aleutians), and the
20th (B-29s based in the Mar-
ianas and India).
Shown above is wreckage of a German plane brought down by the AAF over
Iceland. Swastika on wing is plainly seen and close scrutiny will reveal (center) a rough
map of Iceland and bars indicating missions over the Rock. Similar bars can be seen
to right denoting action over Norway (faint map upper right). Symbols under swastika
are believed to be a tally of balloons shot down by plane over Norway.
—Mazi Plane
(Continued from Page 1.)
1942; Lts. J. M. McNulty and
H. R. Stenge, P-38 pilots,
who bagged a JU 88 at Kleif-
arvatn on April 24,1943, and
Lts. J. M. Holly and W. E.
Bethea, who caused a Focke-
Wulfe to make a forced
landing ten miles east of
Grimsey (off Iceland’s
northern coast) on August 5,
1943.
The first German taken
prisoner in Iceland was the
wireless operator of the
plane shot down by Lts. Mc-
Nulty and Stengle. The
plane downed by Lts. Holly
and Beatliea yielded seven
prisoners.
As for the anti-submarine
campaign waged by Iceland-
based planes of the AAF, as
late as March 27, 1945 at-
tacks were made against U-
boats by P-47 pilots.
By One of Them.
The Sunday night supper
club at Club 23 is becoming
so successful that the man-
agement now contemplates
opening a second establish-
ment across the way. No-
body could remark, “What,
no stulkas!” last Sunday,
because there were ten Red
Cross girls — all at the same
time. Four of them didn’t
even have that funny look.
Alvarez says he feels a lot
more at home now that he
has been put on the detail
at Club 23. He is entirely re^
sponsible for our extremely
artistic table arrangement.
You see, he used to own a
restaurant hack in New
York.-
Sgt. Brown certainly was
snappy in that Red Cross
arm band last Monday night.
He looked as though he in-
tended to rush out and give
first aid to the wounded any
minute. Some one should ask
him why he doesn’t wear it
more often. On second
thought, maybe that would-
n’t be such a good idea----.
A lot of country cousins
were flocking into the city
this week. A little contrast
makes the country seem an
even nicer place in which to
live. But we wonder whether
Susan always travels hack
and forth in a Diamond T.
We hear, though, that she
prefers it to all other modes
of transportation.
Sgt. Hopper and his boys
are rapidly becoming full-
fledged commandoes. There
is nothing like those swing-
ing dog lag chains to identi-
fy a genuine culter-of-the-
rug. When bigger and better
chains are made, I guess the
Signal Corps will wear them!