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Vol. IX. ICELAND, Saturday, October 6, 19b5. \ No. 3.

Pictured above on the left are: Tec 4 George Jordaneck of Chicago and Tec 5 Rubin Osherofsky of Brooklyn, who repair clothing in the
QM tailor shop. Both men learned their trade in the Army. In the center are: Tec 4 Fred Katzenstein and Sgt. Jean Gregoire. They are from
New York “City and both were bakers in civilian life. On the right in the shoe repair shop are: Tec 5 John Ancona of Rockford, Ill., Tec 4
Chas. Manzi of New York City and Tec 5 Henry De Pasquale of Greensburg, Pa. All three men were shoemakers in the good old civilian days.
Survival In America, Or “What To
V j
Do When In A Strange Country.”
It would seem that the
Marines in the Pacific are
as vague about that far dist-
ant land, America, as the GIs
here are, for an intelligence
section of a Marine flying
squadron has published a
pamphlet — patterned after
the various armed forces
pocket guides — entitled
“Survival in America.”
Since the information
might help any homegoing
GI, we’re passing it on to you
for use when this time com-
es: “The following instruc-
tions are based on reports
from Marine pilots who have
landed in America and suc-
cessfully returned to their
TO HAVE OR NOT TO
HAVE XMAS PACKAGES
SENT TO YOU HERE
The WHITE FALCON re-
eived the following state-
ment regarding the receipt
of Christmas^ packages:
Any military personnel
not eligible for discharge
under current age groups or
Adjusted Service Rating
Score groups should arrange
to have their Christmas pac-
kages mailed to them at
they' present address.
If a change of address does
occur, he certain to send
change-of-address or mail-
suspension notices without
delay when a change of as-
signment is ordered.
The mailing period for
Christmas packages that do
not require a request will be
concluded 15 October.
bases in the Pacific. Under
the present procedure it is
considered possible, al-
though remotely so, that
some of this squadron’s per-
sonnel at some future date
may also land in this theat-
re. (Editor’s Note: Ain’t it
the truth?). In this event the
information contained here-
in may prove valuable.”
“In lieu of maps, survivors
in America carry small black
hooks in which are listed
names arid addresses of
friendly forces, who, if prop-
erty approached, will afford
the distressed Marines shelt-
er, food, drink and the other
essentials until he can escape
successfully hack to the Pac-
ific.
“America has just conclud-
ed a war and necessarily suf-
fers a shortage of certain
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Communion Marks Last
GI Service In Reykjavik
Tomorrow, Sunday, 7
October, Base Chaplain E.
L. Story, Jr., will conduct
the last Protestant service
to he held in the State
Church for members of
the armed forces in
Reykjavik.
In commemoration of
World Wide Communion
Sunday, a special com-
munion service will be
held. Everyone is invited
to attend the service
which begins at 1930
hours.
GEN. WAINWRIGHT
NEW HEAD OF EDC
General Jonathan Wain-
wright, hero of Corregidor,
has been appointed the new
Chief of the Eastern Defense
Command. He succeeds Lt.
Gen. George Grunert, who
retired recently.
General Wainwright ar-
rived in the United States
several weeks ago after be-
ing held a prisoner by the
Japanese for three years. He
is the1 highest ranking offic-
er of the U.S. Forcbs to be
captured by the enemy.
During his visit to Wash-
ington D.C., Gen. Wain-
wright was awarded the
Congressional Medal of Hon-
or by Pres. Truman.
The Iceland Base Com-
mand, which is a part of the
Eastern Defense Command,
is now under the jurisdiction
of Gen. Wainwright.
SOLDIERS DISCUSS
NEED FOR RELIGION
IN POSTWAR WORLD
At the Camp Livingston
Inf. Training Center 46 basic
trainees, take time out twice
a month from their job of
learning death and destruc-
tion to meet and discuss
plans to serve God in a world
of peace.
The men attending the
meetings have one desire in
common — to enter the min-
istry upon completion- of
their military service. Most
of them had decided on the
ministry as a vocation before
the war and could have
claimed exemption from the
service as ministerial stud-
ents. Instead they chose in-
duction, feeling they could
serve their generation best
in the future if they served
with it in the present.
7be Way We WaAk ~fke ClotkeA
In the laundry at Camp Davis we see Pfc. Axel Bow-
man of Brooklyn, who was a musician in civilian life
and Pfc. Ed Orwig of Pottsville, Pa., who repaired shoes
before coming into the Army. They are taking clothes
from the machine which extracts 80 per cent of the
water by centrifugal force. On the right removing clothes
from a hashing machine is Pfc. A1 Santella of Fairmont,
W.Va., who was a riveter before entering the service. ■
Quartermaster,
The Housekeeper
Of The U.S. Army
In the court of Old King
Cole, one found the butcher,
the baker and the candle-
stick maker. But in the Uni-
ted States Army, the Quart-
ermaster Corps provides all
these functions and more.
As the “Housekeeper of
the Army” the Quartermast-
er Corps has one of the most
important missions per-
formed in the Armed Forces.
The Corps must assure the
successful operation of the
Army by efficiently and ec-
onomically providing food,
clothing, equipment, motor
and animal-drawn tran-
sportation and mainten-
ance. and similar services.
In this Command the unit
assigned to do this tremen-
dous job is the 509th Quart-
ermaster Service Co., locat-
ed at Camp Davis, together
with its Property Office and
Subsistence Rations and Sal-
es Commissary located at
Stengle Depot.
Anyone seeing, for the
first time, the many various
activities carried on by the
509th is amazed. In one bu-
ilding the large ice cream
and ice making machinery
is housed. This plant suppJi-*
es gll the mess halls on the
Island. The Clothing and
Exchange warehouse has a
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Big, New Contest!
Here it is! Just the con-
test you’ve been waiting
for. Turn to page 3 for
full details.
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