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■ J uim > H5, 1944 The Palisades C*mp Shnnka, IT. Y. Official publication of Ca.mp Shank*. N. Y„ an Ipatallation of the New YotV Port of Kmbarkatlon. Published Weekly by the 'Public Helationts Office, In .co-operation •4 ’ wltb- the 1 Special Service Office. In ■the Inter.est of the camp personnel. The Palieadee receive* Camp News paper Service material. Ilepubilca- tinnfbf credited mailer prohibited without permission of C.N.S., War Department. 205 K. 42d St.. N. Y. C. Col. Harrie D. W. Riley, TC Commanding Officer ADVISORY STAFF Capt. Bernard It. Kelly ................ .. .................... Pulillc Relations Otlicer ! Id. Col. 1 Iany 1,. Calvin U. Col. Wallace K. Wilsnir* Jd. Col. Allan O. Spitz Capt. Cal l W. Bibmah Reportorial Staff M/Sgt. George Bernstein ......... Kditor T/4 Kenneth C. Johnston ....... .. . . ....................... .....Managing Rjlitor T/4 Michael G. Sullivan. ...... News T/E Richard Reynolds.... ........ News T/5 Bariiara A. Hyrnian ......... News T/5 William Wehzel . ............ Cartoons Photographer T/4 Frank GrohlewsM Corresixiadeuls ^ Sports — S/Sgt. John I^owry. S*t Robert Goldstein Classification — M/Sgt. Maurice Heayn Offlcere — Capt. Bernard R. Kelly Hospital' — CpI. Thomas Mrltard TC — S/SgL Bernard WinStral. Sgt. Jack Kramer Finance — T/5 Philip Wlhn 1st Prov. Bn. — Cpl. X'ance P. Bethea 2d- PjOv. Bh.- T/Sgt. .Solomon D. Gainee QM— PTc K. J. Fat rell CMP No. 1 — T/5 .Morris Kagle CMP No 2 — Sgt. John T. Wilson Waca — Pfc l^ah Huber Operations — Pvt. Wilfrid Poast Ordnance —Sgt. I^eo Kllng Special Service — Pvt. Lester J.ewis CMP No. 2 8ffi4h Joseph OreenlMiward, Fvans and forty-one pistol packing boys joined our unit during the week fiom Cp Eilia, 111., and wete quite busy painting their helmets, belts, and leggins white to perform t+ieir duties as Guardpatrolmen. The boys are happy to have you fel lows, and hope that you will en joy your slay. Tile haselmll nine played a team In Pearl River on Sunday Personal Peekings QM Quips The heroes of the battle of Fort Slocum, Harris, Pi iscnntelli, Kamoie and Sedar, are the envy of the boys for the richness of their tans. Ah, well, the hard way One of the boys spends a lot of time in the PX, but they tell us Medicolumn Two old friends back last week were Cpl. Larry Lehman and Pfc Larry Menssen, both from school at Lawson General Hospital. Leh man a malted the Southern natives with his Brooklyn pronunciation of j the word “ soitlnly. ” . . . Anothei he doesn ’ t buy much. Wo under-| ^ r . etu, ne ^ *° camp Wiaa Sgt. stand, bub, we was young once- ' I erwin. Bill was on a trip out j besides, we like red hair, too. west and it is rumored he has lots Congrats for the eight men who have earned the right to wear the American Defense medal, particiL larly for M/Sgt. Byrne, and S/Sgt. \Haitik ” , who also wear the bronze jstar. of scalps, wampum and coyote bones stowed awdy in his foot locker as souvenirs of the safari. It has been reported that Pvt. Leroy Baker received no less than ten letters from the same girl on Q. For what kind of a wound awarded for the first wound and The \ThiK is the Armv Mr Cun ' That stands as an is the Purple Heart awarded? And an Oak Leaf Cluster for each suc- ilik ” iriek doesn't annl ’ v to out ,ecord ,n the . Medical : are civilians entitled to wear it'. ’ • seeding wound. Also eligible for jis tue\ aoesn t appl> to out Detachment . . . Pvt. George Mi- ty, Otis, who may be seen^ en-| cari> the 1>h u 030pne r and trumpet joying his .eisute in that oh-sq- p] avei - js the new helper with the mv#»lv - p «tfiTkArl - ttwmncrArl o o /> Vr .. . . - . lovely-\striped - a wninged beach Chair. You can have it, Gappy, we'll take an ordinary booby trap . . . A changed, but happy, man is Frank \Ace ” Long since his is always willing to air his views marriage. To quote Frank: “ No more women, no more beer for me. P.S. I've got no more money, either. ” But he doesn ’ t worry. Calling Dr. Killjoy! Report to A. The Purple Heart, established award of the Purple Heart are by ,Gen. George Washington dm- civilians wounded while serving ing the American Revolution and with the Army in action against revived by WD Geri. Orders No. 3. the enemy. 22, Feb. 1932, is awarded to mem- - s bers of the armed forces who ate Q. I have hoard that when we wounded in action agaibst an en- are discharged we will have our \the eva'r, polttiM,\and '\cuVreitt p 'm ^ * he »•. ** ^ direct •* “ »*• we keep our u..l- events . Pvt. John Aheat n, one ^ reS ^ ot ™ «•\ S et » \«»• s,,tt mail and is doing a good job. Anyone, with a yen tor discus-I sions should drop into Barrack SOS where Pfc Jim Dick, the orderly tales treatment by a medical offi cers. The Purple Heart itself is John of the stalwarts from mess, de clares that the bane of his life is the person who comes into chow Bulk warehouse; we ’ ve had hurry!at 25 after the hour when all the calls from Sgt. Harry I^agerman I tables are being cleaned up for th ’ '* that little round Frenchman who next meal. answers — sometimes-to the name j A fancy assortment of errors of Desjardins . . Those four sing- se nt the Detachment baseball team mg waiters from the beer garden down to a 9-2 defeat at the hands (any one they come across) flnd ; 0 f the MP No. 2 squad last week it easier to ffet transportation via a couole of n*w fa™* P m - at one of the churches the back door. ” dineup were Pf^Ty Father behind i Yom correspondent will be there t|M and its Wac girl friends the plate and Pvt. Jimmy Greene and wil1 be ab,e *° s ' ve ■ vou provided that the wound necessi- of civilian clothes. Is this true? CMP No. 1 A No. Persons honorably dis- chaiged may Keep one complete uniform, articles as listed in AR 615-40. Only enlisted personnel '-e- ceiving a discharge other than honorable (who are not entitled to This Saturday is D-Day for T/4 weat\ a uniform! aie issued civilian Richard Murphy. Hostilities will clothing. open'Mn South River, N. J., at 4:0*) -------- - ------------- t- - Finance Facts from the warehouses really took over the 76 House for its last big party. Under the direction of Ray Cavanaugh and Baldy Baldwin the fun was kept at its height. (Spec tators claim the party was a' great success. ) Here ’ s one idT the Itooks. Sgt, Bill Van Dyke, boss of Shoe ware- ir. center field. Officers Notes Sights About Shanks: Major John W. Kearney watching ; ’ em slice those steaks house, is using the expression: McNally munching a noonday \Baby needs a new pair of shoes\ j sandwich on his day as duty oftl- in hopes Mrs. V. will come through. ’ cer - • - • Capt. John Davis and Bill ’ s letters all go out with Spe- Capt. Binest I. Ireland looking cial Delivery stamps, which we °ver the TC detachment barracks . Lt. and Mrs. William D. Moll first-hand account of just how Sgt Murphy acts under fire. To him and his prospective bride, best of The Flionoe \commandos\ were out on the ride range' the last luck from hia friends and well- two weeks, and judging from ’ he wisher* back here in camp. scores. new group of finance ... .. snipers was born ... To 1st Sgt. Observation Post: Pfc Paul Pi uo- u ,. ... Helen Pasternak go all our best wjshes for a pleasant journey. The Sgt. has been transferred to Ft. ci, a veteran of the African cam paign, turned in an excellent score . Capt. James on the rifle range . . . Sgt. Harry o^Vethoroe^Ga hmw a Adlem^tn wants to manage Pfc * _ ***' PjM Henry Lutek in the Friday eve-I we hear that Pfc ning boxing bouts in camp but ^ J '' t€ 1 Mahoneys wedding was Henry claims he ’ s not in shape . . . -' ,,>c ial event of the season in The firm of Abramowitz, Abramo- • We all wish yoti the witz * Chaleff is no longer. Pvt. b of luck, Pfc and iv ftj|,r»_Ma- Levine,' the think is good psychology. ____ _ _______ ___ , Don ’ t forget to drop a card to 8°i n g into Thgater No.. 1 . . . Lt. Bernard Chaleff is now associated honey and | -p/j F r ank Rigdon. now at Camp f-'dke H- O Reilly, new butgomaeter , v.'ith Special Service . . . Pvt. Man- counterp*rt of Yanks 'Sad Back . hi ought the bacon home by a 3-2 j^ee OCS. And wc were going to Area 2, looking over bis fief ... uei Fischer returned from hi* fur- looking around for an unfilled remind vou to write to Bob Kirsch Capt. Frank E. Pickelle up early lough a poorer but wiser man laundry quota again . . . Now that B..UO. Hospltnl, H,„ h. | r„. K.. d.Cd-d ^ , “ S 5.^ \ to mend his einngt wnvs H* eon- - - The boys played a sweti margin gK me - The meat ef the Deiwohment wish to eapreas their most thoughtful sympathy to Sgt. Walter Gomes . . Pfc Lope* claims if a barber would wait on his business to survive lie would soon pas* away from the rc eult of starvation . , . Pvt. Walter Boyd, since his madam and kid crotsed us and ,got well, nerve. Some ..ways. He con-; Feu.be, g w 2nd Prov* Bn* t venue !» 1 r« — - ill All th« entire KO ever reejover nis . Capt. Thomas E- ! Se h.rdone ^me sWrring < tants ^ a certain T/5? . . . Frayne celebrating his birthday *^th G|>| B< . tUna> • COI f. Why has 3/Sgt Major leiaxed time* . . . Cpl. Corbett, Pvt*. Hayes she was telling Cpl. Davidson larst , planning leaves . . . Lt William D. Thomas Edwards. Hyke, Heatn, Thursday when he took the train Kuhns crossing Avenue A and BiaeksioeW left for their fnr- -to Georgia. Many hap p y re tur ns. I Capt. V e rl - P, Jenkins laying sum- loughs during the week . . . Pvl. ' Cpi. Spen«-er Brown is back from ; lnfil plans. Willie Jackson hua gotten to be a an eventful 14-day furlough. . . . j The $32 Questions: What officer ■ egular hep cat in the city, he is Willie J. Hill has also returned i has taken up reading, in a big seen ‘ > quite often with a.new gal from 14 days in New Jersey. . . way? . . What officer, female. before Uncle Sam beckoned him. 4 « i^rney to Ft Slocum, looking healthier than ever. TC Tidbits Operations Witt, a strong smell of gun- ’ . _ . - , , powder on their checks the lads * ,w * r \ Falter: Sgt. G. Wang ter Week - Knd Flashes — The CO , Wedding bells will l ing so merrily has a hundred candle-power torch of TC ;l| . e swa o^ ei .j n „' a) , ove | doing some fancy rifle shooting on udlv encaged assisting the new for S/B«t. Hem v R. Green thi-r in her mitts? I _____ ‘ . ‘ ’ 0 sometiodv else'* tar»e« on the rifle men to adjust themselves to the month in New York. procedures of the organisation . . . Pfc Dewey Harris having a swi'.l t'ime in the wonderful town of Ny- ack . . . Cpi. Hughes rushing home tc take a copy of the Palisades to t - s • camp and iustlv so The sooi es 1 3 ® mebo< *- v elpP a target on the rifle Question: What officer P ' , . ‘ n h»ng». . . . T/5 A. Kaminer travel- '1 ’ he $#4 aZixr:^., •sr&txi-z | * can Ire seen anytime, with a differ- his return froni leave. ent one each time. . . . It has been exceeding the results of other sta- '* V ' ^ ^'* c k en heading for requested by Barrack 52-74 that not Gene Autry and thai there ,* his madam and friends, and sped- Sgt. Eubanks be notified that he is still a war going on. lying certain articles which :n- tion complement organixa (ions. directly, and directly concerned him . . . Pfc John Urgehart riding around hi* Btiick sedan . . . Pfc Frank Walker chatting with three South -Carolina dames in the city ... A group of men from the De tachment sporting around in Pearl River. Wac - Knacks Note* About This and That : T/4 Ethel Jensen and T/5 Grace Kdel- mtiR having fun at Bear Mountain over the week-end . . . T/5 Evelyn. Alverson giving us the low-down on the invasion at Monday night ’ s Orientation class . , , Pvt. Grace Cottar reporting for duty in ’ he Wac Mess Hall . , Pfc 1 Gloria Fieas, an authority on the subjects of flat liras and raising kittens . . . Det. mem tiers going all *ut for the athletic side of life last Sunday and all out for liniment and muscle-conditioner Monday . . .The “ tree climbers of the 1st Pla toon porched in said platoon ’ s cherry tree really enjoying the little ted fruit . . . Cpi. Erma Largent, Pfc Betty Jean Gifford and Pvts. Monitn Greenwood and Eileen Wade out of the hospital and hack on duty. Welcome to the following new members pf the Detachment: T/Siit. Marian Laroee and Pvts. Lorraine Diggins, Lillian Mundor, Caroline Argent! and Dorothy Sillery. Farewell to T/5's Arlene Tail- man, Margaret Snider, Florence Kirk and Barbara Mahon and to Pfc Lillian Zwikler. Tire very best «f luck In your new assignments. I dancing clsas at the Tappan USO. The TC Detachment is und«i'- f Ion , Fort^^Urw^t..^ / J<’ 1 t,,8n k . „ • . , r n»m e det Slocum with a sun tan. gotng a number of reorganlzat.onU . . T/4 Koch w| . it , , , 0 changes with Capt. John Davis n thi|t certaif> at>nieone . the drivers seat, and Capt. Ein^st ^ Ireland as his right hand man <*«**Hen of the Week: Which of Among the changes already in , f- ® UI w «\= ’ s is carrying a secret torch feet, wc And Lt. Lawrence Vora- for wh,lt non-com? eck devoting his full time tp plans tnd training, Capt. Daniel Van Cleave as Supply Officer . . . Two well-liked and efficient men are our topkicks: 1st. Sgt. Bob Hause. and recently returned from overseas duty M/Sgt. Howard McKee, Cpl. Hurry BUur, formerly of our training staff, sends us his greetings from England and says that all out boys are t sally doing a standout job in thti current operations. Be4leve it or Not Dept.: Sgt. Bill GAGS By WAGS An optimist is a man who makes out a duty roster in ink. \What ’ s that big item on your expense account?\ \Oh. that ’ s the bill for my hotel. ” “ Well,- don ’ t buy any more Borak ’ s 162 on the range this week hotels.\ . . . High man to date is Pvt. L. ! ‘ _ . ‘ ‘ S2A ? m. ” !' TB ' ~ .J.oi.j.irc ,h<». 7 p — ini.* „hM, “ \..ythin* , , ___ _ ui _ ,. 8 „ _ ____ . lovely. 1 he soldier waa romqn- j ticaliy quiet. The lady broke the j spell. ' J \Dick dear, ’ ’ , she said softly, ‘ Van ! you drive with one hand? ” ' \Yes. kept him from a possible. Ordnance my sweet, ” he whispered Th, *«* A„„. All*Boy MW* ^ b .,,„ wiive ,yo^r dirty nose, it's running. 11 — i 'lai hhi While he was wa+c!»ing h!s hat that sailof stole hk giH l\ Team challenges all comers I T/4 Earl Edwin Kopp. j Keen; Through: the Keyhole: Pvt. Rosa; the Texaco' Fire Chief . . ! Pyt. Gonyea, with the Hart Shaft- ner and Marx suntans . . , PvL McGee, biqshingup on the French , , . T/Sgt. Thelin putting cotton in his shell-like ears at the anti- aiVcraft range . . ., Pvt, Fred Blough, who has six years of ex perience at his present job . . • j lap. Pfc Alfred \Duke\ BahutretU, who | .\No mother, I got bcie fiirt.'' goes in for art in a big way. | — Tin r ., • Mary has a little swing. It isn ’ t hard to find. Everywhere that Mary goes, ’ The swing Is right behind. — Chaffee Armodier ’ ‘ Mable, get off (hat I soldier ’ s It r ■A: . 1 i ,'V. ji ..... '\7 m-' i ' It , I
