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»f ■\ ’ r New Officers Assigned — See Page 2 ■ s< Vefs May Buy War Goods — See Page 4 VOL 3, NO. 12 Issued Weekly at Camp Shanks, N. Y. Friday, July 27, 1945 DETACHMENT 2,4200 SCU, CITED Major Davis Gone By T/4 BICHARD E. REYNOLDS Major John Davis, Chief of the post ’ s Train iiig Division since early June of this year and former commanding offi cer of the old T.C. Detachment, this week left Camp Shanks to assume his new duties with the 9222 TSU-TC Officers Transport Det. at NYPE. Succeeding Maj. Davis as the Training Division head is Maj. Francis H-. Neaton, a four-year vet eran of the nation ’ s top military academy. West Point, and, until his recent appointment, AWOD Control Officer and Officer in charge of the program to improve the appearan ce, _ m ilitary co u tie 8 y , discipline, and morale of personnel of this post. 4 member of the cadre, which opened Camp Shanks, Jan. 4. 1943, Maj. Da.vis served the Army and this post in three major capacities during the past two-and-one-half years-r-as Assistant Post Adjutant, as CO of the post's largest Station Complement Detachment and; firfal- ly, as Chief of the, Training Di vision. Left Here Wednesday Maj. Davis “ cleared the post ’ Tuesday and left for Port Wednes-J . day to join the group of Army men who sail the seas aboard transports bearing America ’ s fighting ‘ might nearer and nearer the Wi'ithing Sun. Familiar with the Army and its men, and well-liked by both en listed men and officers of'this post, Maj. Nealoti is ably-equipped to ac cept the responsibility of his new assignment. Also one of this campls cadre of® ficers, Maj. Nealpn set up the Chemical Warfare Service Division here. It was under his supervi sion and guidance that the hun dreds of thousands of fighting men processed here received' the proper chemical war-fare equipment. MERITORIOUS UNIT I ’ LAQUE: 1st Lt. Herbert S. VVolfson, OO of Technical Service Co., shows 1st Sgt. Hugh F. Ferry and the orderly room crew orders awarding the Meritorious Unit Plaque to Det. 2, 4200 SCU. All enlisted personnel of the detachment are members of Technical Services Co. Looking at the order are. left to right. Pfc Milton Ginsberg, Topkick Ferry, Lt. Wolfson, Cpl. William J. Prelsner and Cpl. Francis E. Crowley. ° U. S. Army Photo Shanks GIs Win Plaque By T/4 MICHAEL G. SUI,LIVAN Impressive new honors for Camp Shanks were received this week with the announce ment that Detachment 2, 4200 SCU, has been awarded the Meritorious Service Unit Plaque. The unit, all of whose en listed personnel are members of the Technical Services Co. under the : . provisional Station Complement setup, is the third organization on post to cit e d -by\ h ig he r head- ~ quarters for outstanding achievement. Detachment 2, 4200 SCU, con- 'tains all of the otlicera, Waes and en listed men assigned here by Second Service Command. Included dre the personnel on duty in the m Take Manila The Army Is trying nil sorts of novel methods to raise the number of Jups taken prisoner. In the Philippines, the 32nd Division offered a bonus for anyone who brought in a live Jap. The bonus Was a case of. beer, a three-day pass to Ma nila with two days travel time, and jeep transportation to, from, and within the city. This scheme seems to be catching on. T/Sgt. Willie Brown, of DeWitt, Arkansas, has brought in so many Nips lately, he' figures he has spent more time in Manila recently than with his platoon. T C Will Observe 3rd Anniversary By CPL. EDDIE COHEN .- .Another birthday will be reached Tuesday, July 31, by the Transportation Corps, husky prodigy of World War II. Three years old, TC stands proudly in the Army hanks with such venerable branches of services as Chaplaiq Corps, Medi cal Corps and Judge Advocate G e n e r a 1 Department, or- Battlefield Waif, Stowaway With 2nd Div., Comes Here By S/SGT. KENNETH C. JOHNSTON The big parade of Camp Shanks publicity in the nation ’ s press was highlighted for the past week with the up-and-down fortunes of a 12- year-old Polish war orphan. Little Joseph Paremba made his appearance on the Camp Shanks scene a week ago tonight as a stowaway aboard the “ Marine Panther\ with returning veterans of the hard-fighting 2nd Infahtry Division who \adopted ” the ^*ftTOe- front waif while blasting their way through' the Reich. Joe's mother had been beateh to death by German SS troops, his father was likewise believed mur dered, and he himself had been a slave laborer in Germany when the 2nd. found him near Frankenhaus- \ en, western Germany. He \joined up ” promptly with Battery C, 38th F A.- Bn. helped the men dig fox holes, carried ammo under lire, won their love as well as several unoillcial decorations. Among them were a sharpshooter ’ s medal, ETO Ribbon and batle star, and a \Good Humor\ medal. Joe was smuggled aboard the “ Panther\ in a bafracks bag bdt convenientty \coiildn ’ t remember\ cans. Now I want to stay in the U. S. and go to school. ” As Immigration otflcials took Joe in tow, it looked as though his wish would come true. Men on . - ''-.uv Joe Parenilia ganized in the same month by the Continental Congress 170 years ago. Infant of the Army Service Forces, Transportation Corps today is one of the mightiest and most vital components of the greatest military machine in al! history. It is the moving force in logistics — the science of supplying troops in a global war — of “ gettin ’ there fustest with the moatest.\ Transportation accomplishments during the war, from Pearl Harbor to last month, were breath-taking. More than 7,000,000 troops trans ported to foreign theatres. More than 100,000,000 tons of cargo exported. Approximately 30,000,000 troops moved by rail in organized groups in the UniUxl States. A total value of approximately. $1,500,000 worth of supplies pro cured. The role of the Corps in the vic tory over Germany was an out standing one The battle of France, hung in the balance as Transpor- tajioh experts labored mightily to put the port of Cherbourg in op- ei-aticn. The job was done,, and in less than 11 months TC had op erated 20 ports and five \beach ports ” in that theatre. River of Supplies Truck transportation bridged the gap from newly-captured ports to the front and rail transportation Hollywood or Bust New York (CNS) — Dale Belmont, the sweater girl to end all sweater girls, has busted out in a new lawsuit. Dale, a night club singer, last winter sued a publishing firm for using her picture to advertise a book called \The'Complete Gi; to Bust Culture,\ nosv is sutnf producer for $50,( which GI did it. A laughing, hap- the ship had collected over $1,000 py, blonde boy about 4 foot 2 with | for him. Although the whole Bat- ( w „ plenty .of personality, he speaks' tery wanted to adbpt him. one man, Hollywood four languages including the fluent : Cpl. Lee Ritchey of Tulsa, a for- She's disappointed because the pro- U. S. he learned with the GIs. But, mer schoolteacher, had been chos- ! ducer, after signing for a picture as bgst fitteded for the job of : decided -he - could dq '* ' ' “ ' ‘‘ 'ample charms. said he, \I didn ’ t know how ignor ant I was until I talked., to Ameri- 4 fitt for the (Qettitttued on Page hour) without irresistible movement finished the job. The force of co-ordinated could not be halted. Appropriately enough for an an niversary, the Corps today is en-. gaged in the tremendous task of redeploying the troops and sup plies which smashed Germany for the final job ahead — Japan. Even younger in Army service than the infant prodigy, Camp Shanks has shared the enormous load which fell upon Transportation Corps and established its name in the history of World War II. From April. 1943, to April, 1945, a total of 1,220,384 were shipped from here, almost as many embarkations as (Continued on Page Two/ enlisted Finance Division, Public Relations Division, Signal Division, Special Services Division and Italian Serv ice Unit Administrative sections. SOme of the oHleore on autv vrHti these divisions and the Engineer- Utilities Division are also members of Detachment 2, 4200 SGU. Awarded by Major General Thomas A. Terry, Commanding General, Second Service Command, in General Orders No. 43, Detach ment 2, was cited in the fallowing manner: “ During the period I May 1944 to 31 January 1945, under ex ceptionally difficult circumstan ces, this Unit displayed outstand ing devotion to duty and dis charged in a superior manner its responsibilities in connection with Finance, Public Relations. Signal operations. Special Serv ices, Utilities and Italian Serv ice Unit administrative activi ties. At the same time it main tained a most commendable es- pirit de corps and high stand ard of discipline. The accom plishments of the Unit reflect great credit on the military serv ice and are worthy of emulation.'' Detachment 2, 4200 SCU was ac tivated on this post on Sept. 1, 1943. Capt. Elmer E. Okey, who was the CO of the TC Detachment at the time, was the first CO of the See- (Continued on Page Two! I ------ -- - ... '■.? . _ » 'fei-T 1 \'!* ' JpZyi, • y. Tv jr ' WHEN BOAT MEETS BOAT — -Greeting returning veterans when tlu*> step from their hoat onto Camp Shanks' Piermont Pier Is the familiar Camp Shanks Show Boat, bringing them the welcome jive as ’inn - J out by the post's 472nd ASF Baud-
