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Show MP's Must Keep Eyes on Air as Well as Ground 'l UNITED STATES ARMY HEADQUARTERS, HEAD-QUARTERS, NORTH AFRICA Aid to the duties of United States army's overseas military police, that of keeping, alert for enemy com- ;mamdo-type raids and parachute assaults. as-saults. : Lieut. Gen. George S. Patton, commander com-mander of the Seventh army, is one officer who has charged his MPs specifically with guarding his headquarters head-quarters against such infiltration (tactics; and it means that the MP must keep an eye not only on the ground but at the same time one on the air. Such duties would qualify him, when he comes marching home, for air and ground traffic work for keeping autos in their proper lanes and, simultaneously, seeing that flivver fliv-ver planes and helicopters don't encroach en-croach on earth-bound vehicles. : In general, the combat MP Is chiefly charged with seeing that organizations or-ganizations reach the right pre-bat-tle points, that roads are clear and that troops understand where mine fields are laid. They direct, thus, military traffic, but at the same time they must be a friend, mentor and guide to the individual soldier. ' Most glamour surrounds the combat com-bat MP when dignitaries visit his particular area. They guard the headquarters of all high officers and when such personages as the president pres-ident of the United States, the king ,of England, Winston Churchill or 'others visit these headquarters, the MP is charged with their safety. ; It takes big men, well qualified, well educated, intelligent and resourceful re-sourceful to do the Job. The mili-itery mili-itery police are just that , Girdled for War 1 GENESEO, ILL. Add wartime make-it-do devices: Ira Wert, filling station attendant, vulcanized a gir-; gir-; die to the satisfaction of his customer. |