Hellcat News, Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1, June 22, 1944 Page: 3 of 8
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22 June, 1944
HELLCAT NEWS
Pag* 3
BOOK TALK
Gen Lucas Lauds Doughboy
Big news of the week is that
Camp Library No. 1 is air con-
ditioned, with the installation
being completed this week. So
this reading spot will be much
improved, as the fans employed
up to now were inadequate. So,
come in and cool off, get a good
book and perhaps read your home
town newspaper. The camp li-
brary is particularly handy to the
swimming pool (No. 1), so it is
suggested that you stop in after
a swim.
* * *
Going to Alaska? Of course
no one knows or "Quien sabe" as
our Spanish "amingos" say it.
Anyway it's a wise idea these
days to be prepared for anything
sd a new cataloging of cold wea-
ther material is in order. Camp
Library has just received "Artie
Manual" by Vilhjalmur Stefans-
son which appears to be a good
compilation on notes for the
Northland. Stefansson is a vet-
eran of adventuring in the Artie
and the writer of many books of
this region.
* * *
"Miracles Ahead!" by Norman
V. Carlisle and Frank B. Latham
is a picture of the happy days to
be after the war. Although they
are hard to believe, the many
things which science has in store
are really amazing.
* * *
And for the photo men there's
that new little volume "Micro-
filming" by Ralph De Sola. Very
familiar to all of us now is its
use in V-Mail, but that's only the
beginning. Microfilming appears
to be a new, fast developing field
or branch of photography, for
many practical uses for such are
appearing. This book discusses
the history, the modern methods
and advantages, with cameras be-
ing discussed and the technical
angles explained. It's as com-
plete a work on this as has so far
been presented, provided you
don't want something too techni-
cal.
3
Gnc*plautJ& Gosutesi
GABLE MAY QUIT ARMY
Hollywood (CNS)—Maj Clark
Gable soon will leave the Army
and return to civilian life, Holly-
wood has heard. Gable, who en-
listed in the AAF as a private in
1942, recently completed the over-
seas photographic mission to
which he was assigned.
Maj Gen John P. Lucas, deputy commander of the Fourth Army,
is shown here addressing Hellcat infantry battalions in the field on
Infantry Day. At the right is Maj Gen Carlos Brewer,. 12th Chief.
Fourth Army Chief
Speaks To Hellcats
Maj Gen John P. Lucas, deputy
commander of the Fourth Army,
told Hellcat doughboys in an In-
fantry Day address that battles
cannot be won by the firepower
developed by planes and artillery
alone but must be won by taking
and holding commanding ground
—-a feat which can be accom-
plished only with the bayonet.
General Lucas, who command-
ed the corps which established
the Anzio beachhead, spoke to
the Hellcat infantry battalions
during last week's field problem.
He and his staff members visited
the division during the problem.
"The bayonet is the symbol of
the doughboy and it was used
well in Italy, where Germans
always were occupying the
heights looking down the Amer-
ican throats. The infantry al-
ways drove them out and kept
driving forward," he asserted.
The infantryman has a tough
job, General Lucas pointed out.
He must master some 15 infantry
weapons to use when he meets
the enemy and it is a question of
kill or be killed.
Why do we conduct ourselves
as we do? Our training is an
important factor. So too is the
environment in which we live.
These two factors are important
but there is another much more
vital. It is the knowledge which
we have accumulated in our in-
tellect. We can not help but be
greatly influenced by our mind
since we are intellectual crea-
tures.
We have an obligation of con-
ducting ourselves according to the
moral standard of God. It is
imperative that we have a com-
prehensive knowledge of this
moral standard. By doing so our
actions will be much more cor-
rectly guided. Men, inform your-
selves of God and of the stand-
ard of life which he has designed
for us.
—Lloyd J. Fortin.
Chaplain (Capt)
GET GC MEDALS
One hundred and twenty-four
men of the 43rd Tank Battalion
have been awarded the good con-
duct medal. The number from
each company receiving the
medal: Hq and Hqs Co, 17; Serv-
ice Co, 15; A Co, 14; B Co, 15;
C Co, 33; D Co, 23; Med Det, 9.
Despite their contention that
their actions were "far from im-
moral," 15 Salt Lake City men
were convicted recently by a dis-
trict judge for practicing plural
marriage by living with 55 wom-
en not their legal wives.
Many Hellcats Get
Transfers To Infantry
A large number of Hellcats
have transferred to the Infantry
in the past few weeks. Although
the majority have been assigned
to one of the three infantry bat-
talions of the 12th, a few have
been assigned to other divisions
and camps.
In an interview after their
transfers, the majority of the men
stated that they made the request
for assignment in the Infantry
so that they might meet the
enemy at close quarters and in
hand to hand combat.
According to a recent War De-
partment regulation any man
wishing to transfer to the Infan-
try may do so by making a re-
quest through channels. Such a
request, however, does not mean
that the soldier will be sent over-
seas. It has also been announced
at division headquarters that as
far as it is practicable Hellcats
will be re-assigned within the di-
vision.
Four men have been trans-
ferred to an infantry division at
Camp Van Dorn, Mississippi.
They were Pvt Homer L. Bass
and Pvt John E. Dudley, Jr., A
Btry, 494th AFA Bn; S-Sgt Lo-
vell L. Craddock and Pfc Emil
M. Bourque, Division Hq Co.
Assigned to 12th
Men assigned to the 17th Ar-
mored Infantry Battalion were:
Tec 4 Thomas Musil, Div band;
Pvt Fred M. Foster, Div Hq Co;
Sgt Louis Bernardo, C Tr, Cpl
Richard D. Beard, F Co, 92nd Cav
Ren Sq; Pvt Edward G. Sailer,
Jr., C Co, 119th Engr Bn; Pvt
Robert E. Hogan and Pvt Ar-
mando Maetino, A Co, 714th Tk
Bn; Pvt Charles W. Hansen and
Pvt James E. Hardway, B Co,
714th Tk Bn.
To the 56th Armored Infantry
Battalion: Sgt Clyde D. Trolinger,
C Tr, 92nd Cav Ren Sq; Tec 4
John H. Gale, Hq Co, 119th Engr
Bn; Tec 5 Spencer Wigner, Sv
Btry, 495th AFA Bn; Pvt Ross R.
DeLack, B Co, Pvt Leonard F.
Chidboy, A Co, 714th Tk Bn.
To the 66th Armored Infantry
Battalion: Sgt Clyde P. Myhre, E
Tr, 92nd Cav Ren Sq; Cpl Hugh
G. Parish, A Btry, and Tec 5
Richard E. Hottel, Hq Btry, 493rd
AFA Bn; Pvt Orville H. Hatley,
C Btry, 493rd AFA Bn; Pvt Walt-
er J. Grabert, Hq Co, 714th Tk Bn.
C. M. Arslanian refused to get
excited when he couldn't rent a
house at Montclair, N. J. He
moved into a tree.
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United States. Army. Armored Division, 12th. Hellcat News, Vol. 2, No. 20, Ed. 1, June 22, 1944, newspaper, June 22, 1944; Tennessee. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth410657/m1/3/?q=12th%20Armored%20Memorial%20Museum: accessed April 25, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting The 12th Armored Division Memorial Museum.