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Show THE RICH COUNTY REAPER, RANDOLPH, UTAH Teen Age Men Learn Leadership In Officers Training School Dont Be Shocked Its Horsemeat and So Tender! Americas young men of war are learning to be leaders while yet in their teens. These youths of 17, 18 and 19 are receiving valuable training, experience and physical conditioning as members of the Officers Candidate school at Fort Benning, Ga. By offering their service to the U. S. army at these ages they are following in the footsteps of many of our outstanding generals. The accompanying pictures, taken at Fort Benning, show typical scenes in the daily routines of the youths at the Officers Candidate school there. Above, candidate George R. Johnson of Sherrill, N. Y., takes a In picture at left a butcher examines horse carcasses hanging on hooks at Linden, N. J., which is about one hour from New York, the only town in the New York area that supplies horse meat. At present most of the meat goes to five zoos, but human consumption is in the offing. A horse steak is shown at upper right. It is claimed that this meat tastes like beef filet once a person gets over his scruples. Lower right: Ihe official government approved stamp is applied to cuts of horsemeat at the Linden plant. Battered Malta Still Stands bead through the sight on a .37 millimeter gun and aims it for firing. Left: Sergt. Marvin V, Carter, 19, of Live Oak, Fla., (in center) checks on the facility with which two candidates get through a barbed wire entanglement. Stronger Than Ever - Battered Malta, the stout little British stronghold in the Mediterranean, took everything the Axis had to offer, and can still go about its daily business. The enemy paid dearly for its almost daily attacks, however. At left is shown the shattered opera house in Malta. The people in the streets are British and American navy and merchantmen, soldiers and residents of the isle. Shown at right is a recent picture of Malta, the most bombed place in the world. Making Every Minute Count in Libya Here the officer candidates learn to shoot straight and fast. They are following a moving aerial target in the course of training in firing. anti-aircra- ft Mr. Five by Five A group of young officers (above ) study map reading and orientation by compass. Right: Sergt. Marvin Carter, an instructor at 19 . First aid is given to British soldiers of General Montgomerys eighth army as other members of the infantry thrust forward to dislodge a group of Nazis on the road to Tripoli, for which General Rommels dismembered Afrika Korps was heading. Ibis photo was radioed direct from Cairo to New York. After a national search, Clay Wodefense worker, mack, has turned up as Mr. Five by Five. He is five feet tall, and just five feet around the .waist. He is picGrace tured with.- singer-actres- s McDonald- (right), MAvr shows candidate David P. Lehman, 18, of Elk hart, Ind., the proper way to handle his rifle in a bayonet charge. , " |