OCR Text |
Show v ' r f fNNU NNU . This Is the Army ! ( I A Acontr A contr b ti tion tlOn tton by the allold alltold all wid told tolder , old CT er castof cast castof 01 of Jrtinf Irung Irt ing Berlin Berlm Bnrltn s prat great lit 1 I it u $10 10 slo sl s $ ! o a u o at the theBroad , theBroad he heBroad Broad Broadray oy ray < i ay theater-lor theater lor theater-for for theater - lor lie tle tla tl e a army cir eTl en er ergeney ergene ergencyfud geney gene ) ' I f III fu II u d ) ) When one ol of the boys gave his hisregImental hisregimental hisregimental regImental pin pm to a girl she dem'lnd demlnd dem'ind demind dem'lnded dem'inded dennnded ' ' ed to knowhat know \ what \\hat hat the motto Volens Volenset Volenset Volcnset et Potens meant He ex explamed explatned explained plamed platned Willing W1l1mg and able ableShe ableShe ableThe TheShe She returned ] it t pronto33rd pronto The The33rd TheS3rd 33rd Armored Regiment Regunent at Camp CampPolk CampPolk CampPolk Polk call their tanks H tler tlcr tlerHearses tlcrHearses tierHearses Hearses The Yank of 1942 1942Isn 1942ian 1942isn Isn ian t called a doughboy He s sRed sRed sRed Red Legs There sa s a 50 Year YearOld YearOld YearOld Old Club at Camp Roberts The Themen Themen Themen men in m it are over 5O-all 5O all 50-all 50 50 - - all volunteens volun volunteers volunteers teers teens since smce Pearl Harbor-gomg Harbor gomg Harbor-going going Harbor - going m in mas inas inas as buck privates prlvatcs although many manyere manywere many-- many manynd were % ere former officers " " - - -nd nd and - non corns - Soldiers purchase lots of finger fingerlIall fingerpail fingernail lIall pail ; polish polish-but polish but - but not for their nailsIt nailsIt nails nailsIt It keeps their buttons shmy shiny shmyand shinyand shinyand tor for chlg chig chlgger chiggcr cbiggcr and ] is s the perfect remedy ger gcr bites At the Indio Indlo Desert DeserttralnlDg Deserttraining Deserttraining tralnlDg training center the lads are often oftenrationed oftenrationed oftenrationed rationed only one gallon of water waterdally waterdaily waterdaily dally daily for all purposes mcludmg including mcludmgdrlnkmg includingdrinking includingdrinking drlnkmg drinking washing washlDg bathing bathmg To con condluon condition condition dluon dition them tor for the real th ngContrary ng ngContrary Contrary to popular legend it Is Isagainst Isagamst isagainst against agamst Army regulations to give a asoldIer asoldier asoldier soldIer K . K . P duty as pun shmertAt shmertAt shmert shmertAt At Camp Barkeley the chap chapwho chapwho chapwho who instructs mstructs in m the art of jiu JltSU jtsu JltSUIS jtsuis jitsuis ] IS Harry Monmoto Morimoto an AmericanJapanese American AmericanJapanese AmericanJapanese Japanese In the Arm } nurses nursesare nursesare nursesare are known as Snowhltes Snow \ whites \\hltes hltes Sol Soldlers Soldeers Soldiers dlers deers insist mSlst that uniforms come m in monly inonly inonly only two sIzes-too sIzes too sizes - - too large and too toosmall toosmalL toosmall small . smalLPersonal Personal checks cannot be cashed cashedIn cashedin cashedin In the ArmylthOUt Army \ without \\lthOUt lthOUt the company companycommander companycommander companycommander commander s okay When Paul Paulthe Paulthe Paulthe the son of the late financier Andrew AndrewMellon AndrewMellon AndrewMellon Mellon went to the coat c o at Fort FortRiley FortRiley FortRiley Riley to get approval tor for a $100 100 $100check $100check 100check $100check $ check , , the c o 0 said ' ' This 'ThIS ] is s a apretty apretty apretty pretty big check cbeck for a private to towr2te towrite towrite wr2te write How do I know it is good ' ? It oughta be said Paul I Iown Iown Iown own the controlling controllmg interest m In the thebank thebank thebank thebankThe bank bankThe The Indians Indl3DS have supplied supphed more morevolnnteers morevolunteers morevolunteers volnnteers volunteers to the Army than any anyother anyother anyother other racial group When they theyfirst theyfirst theyfirst first learned of selective service servicethey servicethey servicethey they came to register with their ownweapons own ownweapons weapons \ eapons The a\ a average aerage \ erage sold er erdrInks erdrinks erdrinks drInks tour four cups of coffee a dayG dayG day dayG G W who fathers tathers the Our Flgbt Fight Flgbtmg Fighting Fighting mg ing Men MeQ Mep dep t in ill Collier Colter s calls the theU theU theU U S Armored Divis on the Anzers AnzersBecause AnzersBecause AnzersBecause Because they are the answers answersto answersto answersto to Hitler s Panzers A jeep IS ISalso isalso isalso also a nickname for a rookieField rookie rookieField Field Marshal Jllarshal Herman Goering skin skin s skin kin is JS Wemer Werner George Goermg Goering of the theU theU theU U S Army Can t wait walt watt be he besays hesays besays says to drop a bombon bomb on his rela relatlve relatlve relative tlve In our Army a private canprefer can canprefer canprefer prefer charges against agamst a colonel coloneland coloneland coloneland and ] if f a corporal sees a captam captain con conducting conducting conducting ducting h rfself mself rfisell m In a manner un unbecom unbecom unbecom becom ng fig an officer and * nd gentleman gentlemanhe gentlemanhe he guardhouse can have h m put in the guard guardhouse house The name for woolen woolenunderwear woolenunderwear woolenunderwear underwear ] is s superman drawersWhen drawers dra\\ers dra ers drawersWhen \ When a private at Randolph FIeld FIeldcomes Fieldcomes Fieldcomes comes to a non corn com with a com corn complamt cornplaint cornplaint plamt plaint he is banded handed a mourning mournmg bor bon bordered bondered bordered dered cardhlch card \ which \\hlch hlch whicb says Your tnals trials tnalsand trialsand trialsand and tribulations tnbulauons ha\ ha haw ha\e ha e hae \ e a broken my heart myheart They Tbey are unique I have nev never neven never er en heard of anything like them be before before before fore As proof of my deepest sym sympathy sympathy sympathy pathy I g g\e g e ge \e e se \ you thi5 thIs card whIch whIchent whicheat whichent ent eat ties tles you to one hour of condo condolence condolence condolence condolenceFort lence lenceFort Fort Kiley Riley s newspaper The TheGUidon TheGuidon TheGuidon GUidon has an advice to the love lovelorn lovelorb lorn lorb column . . , Betty Lou s gns gas It ItBetty ] itBetty t tBetty Betty Lou is the nom de plume fora for fora fora a pair of privates For every everyfighting everyfightmg everyflghtmg fightmg flghtmg man in m the Army there must muslbe mustbe be five other soldiers soldJers to teed feed clothe clotheand clotheand clotheand and supply him Unless a arookie arookie arookie rookie is smart he can be trapped trappedinto Into volunteering volunteermg tor for unpopular unpopularchor.s unpopularchoras unpopulaichor chor.s chors choras Armyconcerns . s The b g gag m in the Army concerns the sgt who approached approacheda a bunch ot of men at play and asked askedthem them it J if ! any were good at shorthanc shorthand shorthancA shorthandA A dozen newcomers anglmg angling anglingtor anglmgfor anglingfor for soft snaps eagerly ( stepped for forward forward orward ward Fine Fme said the sarge report sargereport to the kitchen we re short shortof shortof shorof of K.P KP . . s The phone numbe number numberof numberof ; of the Negro Enlisted Men s Service ServiciClub ServiceClub Club at Camp Bowie BO\\le BO le \ is oddly oddlenough ] enough-711 enough 711 oddlyenough711 - 711 711Army enough711Army derlslvclywhen derisivelywhen Army men always alwaY8 titter derlslvcly derisively derlsivcl : when in m the movies a sentry says There'The ThereThe Halt Haiti saysHalt saysHaiti ! Who Goes There ? ' ' ' The correct challenge is Haiti Haltl HaltWho HaitiWho HaltlWho Who s There ? A letter from froma tror a girl Is called a sugar report reportThere There ArmyEven s no tavont favont favorit sm am in the Army Arm ArmEven Even chaplains chaplams must undergo undergfive undergofive five weeks week * of ot training tralnmg at Fort Ben Beijanun Benjamm jamm Harnson Harrison Ind lad anaSoldiers ana anaSoldiers preferrctreatment preferredtreatment Soldiers do not rate preferred treatment over civilians They can cannot cannot cainot not buy shaving shavmg cream or toothpaste toothpasteat toothpasiat at their post exchanges without turn turnmg turning tur.ing turing . ' mg ing in a used tube At Camp CarrDav CampDav CampDay Dav Day s the mimeographed directIve directIvegIVen directivegiven direclngiven gIVen to men in m the B6th 16th 96th ! Coast Al Ant t I 1 Ilery 1lery lery Aitlery for ( ( for handling of the wire cablc cable cablcwmch cablewinch cabwmch wmch winch on army trucks ) warns that thatthe thatthe tbthe the apparatus is as temperamentas temperamcntalas temperamentalas temperamcntal temperamental as Greta Garbo and treat ng it care carItssly carelessly lessly is like asking askmg Lana Turner Turnerfcrub to toscrub toscrub scrub the kitchen Boor fioor floor The Themen Themen Tlmen men treat ] it t w th lh great affect on and andcare ajcare andcare care |