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Camp Howze Howitzer
VOLUME 2
NUMBER 37
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Here Today,
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Camp Leads
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Lend-lease shipments of food
from the U. S. during the first
11 months of 1943 totaled ter
and a half billion pounds.
Record of
Howze Hiker
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16 months in Iceland, Pfc. Nor-
bert is in the South Pacific with
the Amphibious Engineers at New
Guinea, Lt. Terrance pilots a P-
38 fighter plane over Italy, En-
sign Edwin is an assistant gun-
nery officer on a destroyer es-
cort, Cpl. Ann is a WAC station-
ed at Camp Wheeler, Ga., and
Seaman Second Class Robert is a
student at the Navy quartermas-
ter school in Newport, R. I.
The Coleman family represent-
ative in the 411th left Iceland last
October with a cadre and since
his assignment here he has work-
ed in the S-3 Section.
Published Weekly By And For the Military Personnel of Camp Howze, TeYas.
CAMP HOWZE,. TEXAS, FRIDAY, APRIL 28, 1944.
seas installations.
Many soldiers. formerly sta-
tioned with the ASF branches
here have been transferred over-
Sun Never Sets on Family of Soldier
Now Stationed Here in Cactus Ranks
The sun never sets on the Cole-@--------------------:-------
The Army and Navy have 250,-
000 men who take specialized
training in colleges and universi-
ties.
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they had done in out-distancing
the entire Army in maintenance
work.
A 16-inch coast artillery gun
mount costs approximately $750,-
000, takes 47 days to make, and
requires 13 freight cars to move.
The average length of service
of a U. S. Marine Corps com-
mandant is slightly under ten
years.
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Mrs. Walter Lippmann, National Director of the
Service, Is Principal Speaker; Large Crowd Sees
Program at Station Hospital at Camp Howze
With Mrs. Walter Lippmann, national director of volunteer Nurse’s
Aide corps of the Red Cross and wife of the internationally famous
editor and columnist, as speaker, 45 Cooke county and Gainesville
women were capped at formal exercises held in the auditorium of
the Red Cross building at Camp Howze station hospital Wednesday
evening, marking the completion of their Nurse’s Aide training
course, •--——
Convoy Reunion
KINGSTON, Mass. — (CNS)— A
few minutes after Lt. Robert S.
Bailey of Kingston boarded the
ship which was to convoy him
to England, he discovered that
One Army chapel in a Pacific
jungle has mahogany furnishings
and bells fashioned from two 90
mm shells.
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Army Casualties
Now Total 145,082
Army casualties, as reported
through April 7, as announced
by Secretary of War Stimson,
total 145,082.
The casualties are as follows:
25,013 killed.
59,222 wounded.
32,048 missing.
28,799 prisoners.
Of the wounded 32,360 have
returned to duty.
Of the prisoners, 1,677 are re-
ported by the enemy to have died
in prison camps, most of these
in Japanese-occupied territory.
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Grenades which can be launch-
ed from the Army ordnance Gar-
and rifle include the anti-tank
grenade, the fragentation gre-
nade, and the old-time pineapple
hand grenade.
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Army Air Base
Control Goes to
Randolph Field
Field To Be Used for
Immediate Training
And Transient Craft
Control of the Gainesville
Army Air base was transferred
from the 3rd Air force to the
Central Flying Training command
at Randolph Field, Texas, accord-
ing to an announcement received
from the base today.
For administrative purposes the
local field will be under the sup-
ervision of Perrin field, at Sher-
man.
The exact utilization of the
base will be determined at a lat-
er date. Meantime, however, the
field will be used for immediate
training and for transient aircraft,
Maj. Ralph D. Eakin, command-
ing officer, said today.
Officials from Randolph field at
San Antonio and Will Rogers
field at Oklahoma City conferred
here Thursday.
No change in present personnel
is contemplated.
I NURSE 8 AIDES CAPPED WEDNESDAY—Members of both instructor; Capt. Lillian Ehlert, chief nurse, Camp Howze station
the day and evening classes of Red Cross volunteer Nurse’s Aides hospital where the Aides trained; Lt. Marcella Ducrest, station hos-
were capped at a formal ceremony Wednesday. Pictured with the pial instructor; Mrs. Irene Goslin, chairman ' "
candidates above are Mrs. Beatrice Siebel, chairman of volunteer committee,
services,, Cooke county chapter of the Red Cross, Mrs. C. L. Jackson.
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man family.
Six members of this Green Bay,
Wis., clan, including M-Sgt. Hugh
Coleman of 411th Infantry Regi-
ment Service Company, are in
the armed forces and their serv-
ice has scattered them to the four
corners of the globe.
Mr. and Mrs. Jerry J. Coleman
know that when they turn on
their radio a new broadcast from
any theater of operations will
have a personal interest for them,
because one of their children will
be there.
In addition to M-Sgt, Hugh,
who, as the first to enlist spent
Camp Howze leads in the per-
sonnel conversion plan of the
Eighth Service Command.
Lt. Col. Grover G. Goodrich,
camp personnel officer, said yes-
terday that Camp Howze on
March 31 reached the goal of 60
per cent civilian employes for
Station Complement, leaving a
total of 40 per cent soldiers in ;
the ASF strength here.
This plan, according to Col.
Goodrich, releases as many .sol-
diers to active duty as replace-
ments can be found for. It has
been often pointed out that in
many cases a civilian can do a
soldier’s work in. this country, but
hardly ever can civilians be found
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as - dier’s nostalgia for home, say the
;' SECOND ANNIVERSARY—The 809th Tank Destroyer Battalion home front is letting him down,
celebrated its second anniversary of activation here Saturday with or contain remarks designed to
a reView at which Col. Mathews, commanding officer of the 18th arouse suspicion between the al-
TD Group, presented Maj. Frederic H. Poor, acting CO of the bat- 5 lied troops.
talion, the outfit’s battle colors.—(Signal Corps Photo.). ______, 1 ■ ....... ......
He congratulated Maj. L. P.
Livingston, officer in charge of
the combined maintenance shops, to substitute for soldiers in over-
and his personnel for the work
M-Sgt. Robert V. Cross, T-Sgt. Charles W. Grif-
fith, T-Sgt. Melvin E. Bloyd, and T-Sgt. David K.
Cohee. Center row( left to right): S-Sgt. Charles
W. Wilson, F-Sgt. Hubert H. Jenkins, Sgt. Leroy
Ledford and T-Sgt. Julius A. Kosior. Back row
(left to right): S-Sgt. Brady Webb, Lt. William E.
McColgin, S-Sgt. Walter Dadzala and T-3 James
E. Soukenik.' S-Sgt. Cecil M. Williams, also, a
member of the cadre, is absent from the picture.
Big Chief no like Howze hiker
who beat ’im!
That must have been what
Pfc. Clarence Blackcloud of the
20th Armored Division at Camp.
Campbell, Ky., thought when he
saw the publicity Pfc. Louis. A.
Ables, Co. C, 140th Infantry Reg- *
iment here, received in the Army
Times and YANK as a result of
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solidated shop in order to cut
down on administrative paper
work. Before that time, each unit
of the Army maintained its own
machine shop facilities. Colonel
Kroepsch said that this combining
of shops eliminated duplication of
work and greatly reduced the op-
erating costs.
m printed instructions to advance
. toward Japanese troops, wave a
g white flag, and “strap your gun
h, over your left shoulder.” At the
J । bottom, in both Japanese and
g l English, appear the words “Sing
B ' for Peace, Pray for Peace.”
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Headquarters
Party at Lake
Men of Camp Howze Head-
quarters will be treated to a bar-
becue this evening at the
North Lake, Capt. Andrew,
Moses, detachment commander,
announced.
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MRS. WALTER LIPPMANN
Nurse’s Aides Chief
Yarrington; Misses Florence En-
dres, Patricia Wicks, and Dorothy
Winstead.
Night Class
Mmes. Lorna Hamm Case, Gen-
eva Huffaker, Gerry Murrell,
Oral Lee Platt and Florene Sim-
mons; Misses Helen Blake, Sue
Chalmers, Marion Chapman, Lou-
ise Conley, Eva Wayne Duggan,
Chloe Gardner, Juanita and No-
wasa Helm, Rebecca Lewis, Mary
Dale Marshall, Ida Nutting, Lillie
Richardson andGrace Roberts.
AROUND THE WORLD TO CAMP HOWZE—
Magellanites could well be the name of the above
group, cadre of the 379th Ord Med Auto Maint
Co, newly arrived at Howze. The unit has seen
service in India, where they assembled vehicles
and did maintenance work on equipment used on
the Ledo Road. Their travels have taken them to
Africa, India and Australia, entailed crossing the
equator four times and completely encircling the
globe. The men are (left to right) front row:
before Ables beat it. Then the
Indian got mad, went to work
and really put on the speed—to
make it in four hours, 47 min-
utes, beating Ables by 1212 min-
utes.
Another man also crossed the
finish line in the new trial, mak-
ing his march in four hours and
52 minutes. He is Pvt. Bill Ras-
mussen, star football center.
Ables will not be able to make
a return attempt to top this 'rec-
ord in Howze, as he is headed
overseas, POR.
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Bailey, was the captain.
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Combined maintenance shops in
this camp were called the most
efficient in the United States by
Lt. Col. Karl A. Kroepsch, of the
War Department Maintenance di-
vision in Washington, on an in-
spection tour here Thursday.
Speaking to all of the military
and civilian personnel working in
the shops which do all the camp’s
repair work on thousands of ve-
hicles, guns and war instruments,
Col. Kroepsch said that these
shops had turned out more work
for the number of man hours put
in than any other installation.
“Most inspections are made to
try to find the cause for ineffi-
ciency or to find something
wrong,” he siad. “This inspection
is a pleasure, since I’m looking
for the reason you are so good.”
Col. Kroepsch has been direct-
ing this work since September 17,
1943, when all of the Army’s re-
pair work was placed in one con-
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Are Vets Now
From December 1, 1941, to
January 31, 1944, there have been
1,058,000 enlisted men separated
from the Army for all causes.
Of this total, 844,000 were giv-
en honorable discharges, exclu-
sive of discharges to accept com-
missions, but including 196,000
who were discharged because
they were over 38 years of age.
Of the remaining 648,000 hon-
orable discharges, the majority
were for physical and mental dis- ,
ability. Others included in the
648,000 remainder were minors,
men discharged as key men in
industry, volunteer officer candi-
date failures, and those who
joined other branches of' the
armed services.
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Wichita, Kansas, last year.
Nurse’s Aides trained to admin-
ister the Kenny treatment work-
ed incessantly, relieving over-
worked regular nurses for tasks
requiring more medical and tech-
nical skill.
Complete list of names of both
classes capped at the ceremonies
includes the following:
Day Class .
Mmes. Jane Baldus, Shirley
Besse, Elizabeth Bishop, Mae
Bowman, Anne Brand, Alice
Campbell, Maudie Cooke, Martha
Daly, Laura Fette, Theresa Fisch,
Jo 'Gaston, Marie Gecas, Lois
Glenn, Anna Hellman, Nellie
Johns, Frances Kinard, Velma
Liedtke, Ruth Lohbauer, Verna
Lull, Ruth Moore, Dorothea Rob-
ill,"Lola Tilley, Sara Trone, Lois
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25 mile road march which beat
the radian’s record.
, WORLDWWE FIGH’TING FAMLY —M-Sgt .iugh Coleman, "2 months
411th Infantry, is showing T-5 James Nelson, where one of his - '
brothers is now doing his fighting. Three of his brothers are now
in actual combat. Hugh himself is only recently returned from Ice-
land.—(Signal Corps Photo.)
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. The latest USO-Camp show to
come here will be a program es-
pecially designed to suit the
wishes of the GI showgoer. i
The “Brazilian Nites” will play
here tonight in the outdoor thea-
ter* between Lincoln and Poolk
avenues at 7th street, at 8 p. m.
and tomorrow night in the out-
door theater in the 103d Division
area at the same time. In case of
inclement weather, tonight’s per-
formance will be in Theater Two
and tomorrow night’s show in
Theater Four. There will also
be a performance in the Red
Cross auditorium tomorrow aft-
ernoon at 3:30.
“Brazilian Nites” is studded
with grade A talent with the
south-of-the-border swing. A fast
moving variety show it offers the
best of South American dancing,
harmony and novelty. Here is a
chance for our men to see a jam-
packed 70 minutes of rich di-
vertissement with the distinctive
good neighbor touch.
Foran Sisters and Tom—M. C.,
comedy magic and dancing.
Johnny . Rodriguez trio—Steel
guitars and fiery song.
Malcovia Ruiz—Dances frdm
the South.
Gracie Scott—Brazilian Bomb-
shell and song.
Jose Guiu—Pianist and musi-
cal conductor.
Rolando—Pantomime artist.
Admission will be free, as us-
ual.
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been returned to the other
branches of the services or sent
into tactical uits now on duty
in this country.
at the small hospital there and
worked in relays day and night q
until the nine seriously injured 4 v L
men were out of danger. I
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the Pretzel Benders on hand to ..
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GI Hotel Band
Plays NCO Club
NCOs of Station Complement
will dance to the hotel music of
the 265th Army Band’s eight
piece orchestra tomorrow night.
Music by the now famous GI
swingsters will occupy the lime-
light from 8 to 2, Cpl. Don Mes-
nard, club manager, said. He
also pointed out that the club’s
culinary department would be
open; for those who feel the need
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women on being the first army । _
trained Nurse’s Aides in the state I
of .Texas, Mrs. Lippmann stressed <
the importance of training to the
community not only during war
time, but in peace time when |
emergencies arise and disasters
strike. She told of a recent in-
cident in a small town in Utah :
when a troop train was wrecked q
near the place. Nurse’s Aides . L
were on duty within 20 minutes
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COs Should Review
Citizenship Status
Of Men, WD Says
The policy of the War Depart-
ment that all non-citizens in the
Military service be given oppor-
tunity to apply and be consid-
ered for naturalization was re-
stated recently at both Washing-
ton and Dallas when the privi-
sions of WD Circular No. 193,
1943, were called to the atten-
tion of commanders concerned.
Information regarding natu-
ralization procedure may be ob-
tained by unit commanders at
Camp Howze from the Security
and Intelligence Division of the
camp.
The names of alien soldiers
who applied for naturalization at
some other post, before coming
to Camp Howze, should be re-
ported to the Security Division
for tracing in an effort to expe-
dite their admittance to citizen-
ship.
The director of the Security
and Intelligence Division has re-
quested that unit personnel offi-
cers review the citizenship status
of newly-arrived soldiers, and
that the provisions of the War
Department circular referred to
be complied with for all men
who are aliens.
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Destroyers
Arrive Here
The ranks of Camp Howze
combat units have been swelled |
with the arrival here of the 18th
Tank Destroyer group.
Consisting of Hq. and Hq. Co.
18th TD Group, the 611th, 652nd
and 809th Tank Destroyer Bat-
talions, the tank destroyers are
the wearers of the tank eating
panther and one of the Army’s
most colorful outfits.
The 18th TD Group, which has
been commanded by Colonel La-
fayette D. Mathews since its ac-
tivation on 17 April, 1943, has
been stationed at Camp Bowie
and Camp Hood in Texas, and at
Camp Joseph T. Robinson, Ar-
kansas and Camp Claiborne,
Louisiana. The Group Hq and
Hq. Co. completed two months of
training in the Louisiana ma-
neuver area prior to coming to
Camp Howze, where they were
joined by the three battalions
which now constitute the 18th
TD Group.
Colonel Mathews has a back-
ground of military service which
extends back to the time he was
an enlisted man serving with the
engineers on Corregidor, P. I., in
1915. In June 1917 he was com-
missioned a second lieutenant,
remaining in the Army until his
discharge as a captain in 1919.
In July 1919 he accepted a com-
mission as captain of Infantry in
the organied reserve corps, later ,
being promoted to the rank of
major. He was very active in
reserve affairs until ordered on
extended active duty. Upon ac-
tivation of the 807th Tank De-
stroyer Battalion he assumed
command of this unit where he
remained until activation of the
18th Tank Destroyer Group.
WELCOMES NEW BN.
The Group welcomes the 611th
Tank Destroyer Battalion, com-
manded by Major George C. Fo-
gle, which arrived in camp on
Thursday, 13 April, from Camp
Shelby, Mississippi. The ad-
vance party, commanded by Ma-
jor Stubbs, executive officer, ar-
rived here on 8 April.
The battalion moved to Camp
Bowie, Texas, in December, 1942,
where it filled its ranks with
men from the replacement train-
ing centers. The 611th is well
advanced in its training, having
spent two months in the Third
Army Maneuver area in Louisi-
ana. Major Fogle took command
of the 611th in Louisiana at the
end of the maneuver period just
prior to the return to Camp Rob-
inson, Arkansas. This was in
November of 1943. Major Fogle
was S-3 of the 1st TD Brigade.
Other staff officers are Lt.
Hiestand, S-1, Captain Hen-
dricks, S-2, Captain Phillips, S-3
and Captain McMahon S-4.
652nd TD HOLDS DANCE
The enlisted men of the 652nd
Tank Destroyer Battalion were
honored with a gala dance held
Monday night at the Polk Ave-
nue-9th Street recreation hall.
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Japs Distribute
Surrender Passes
WASHINGTON; April 27. -
Optimistic? Japanese have been
bombarding allied troops with
"surrender passes,” embellished
| with pornographib pictures and
| carrying the stipulation that one
|' pass is good for'any number of
| soldiers. '
| Copies of the passes were re-
I leased by the Office of War In-
, formation today along with other
| propaganda leaflets picked up at
| allied bases in the southwest Pa-
Medics Lead in
Officer League
The Station Complement Offi-
cer’s Softball leauge is being led
by the Medics of the Station hos-
pital combined team.
Standings of, the league as-of
April 26 are: .
Club— . W. L. Pct.
MAC-SNC-VC ______3 0 1.000
Headquarters _______3 1 .750
Dental Corps -____2 1 .667
PWs ----- „0 2 .000
Medical-Surgical'____0 3 .000
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