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is 7 od lot k of a -rtd.iy-
lnng. In abilecii's C.inton
.1 lone soldier .ind threetit IcCInig girl sit iII .t booth.
They drank I. ks Outsidc, ip
.id dtown Pine Street, there
\5.1Sdtacl\ .i soldier in sight.
-en iles to the southwest,
in the breaiks of struh-covered
low-I\ ing hills, prisoners of
w \.i were tear intg down soiie if
ie- t.arpapcr .ind lunnhcr bhtt-
nitnts ' of (.inip irkeley
NIilcs and uiltsi of rows of pi'-
wood and shiplap b.irracks ,
v.irchouss, auxi1i.try luili mgs
stood st.irk I'ciitpty. (r.iss ilS-
cred p.ir.ide grounds. th rifle
r.upe over ni the .urve of the
hitls .is sIlent Sitoe the t.i h
\rmored Division ioved out
List Septembcr, troops have
rri k led . v.I \ , rom L .I Ctp
biarkcl-y ind. \binie, many
going overseas. On .pri Il the
' ,-.icre .timp hch had
behn the -ti.uIng ground for the
4th .ind th Inf.intr} Divi-
sionis andthe I h armored
Division .ind V iouls englnccr-
Ing, qluartcrin.iter and m cdt\,
Inatlve st.itus" ith I skel-
con st.ifl of .ihout 5,5 51'o-
diets.
To Iohnny \g, the ierry
little (.hrncse it in.igcr of the
( .ininl ( .ite, this spelled disas-
ter 'hinc the Ar\i Icft Ahi-
lenc, Johnn 's b uiC-ss 1.is de-
t re.;sc.!"I,' 1 .nd i'1 .ft- has
been I sing nion:-v every I.iy.
Cates have losed their doors
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"FOR RENT" SIGNS ARE OUT AGAIN
and Black's Cafe has hung out a
"for sale" sign.
In some drugstores business
has dropped 2.5% to Sol, . The
Waffle Shop has been laying off
waitresses. The Rite-Way
Cleaners wouldn't take orders
after Thursday in boom days
and hadn't advertised in over a
year. Now their ads are coming
back to the papers and they've
lost So% of their former busi-
ness. There used to be block-
long lines for movies, but now
Mary Bennett, a petite, dark-
eyed waitress looking for a job,
says, "Nowadays I go to the
movies and try to decide where
to sit. Where landlords and
ladies used to advertise "no
children," they now write
children welcome,' also
rent reasonable." In peak days
desperate home hunters offered
$- rewards with no takers,
and one Abilene lady roomer
paid her landlord Sob extra
every time she took a bath. To-
day "vacancy" signs are promi-
nently displayed and more than
a hundred apartments and 1,700
rooms are listed with Army as
available. People used to dread
going downtown because there
was no place to park. Now
there are plenty of parking
spaces on midtown streets.Though u..nuiment, clean-
ers, drugstores, cafes and land-
tlords arc hard hit, Abilenianshave found that t here is a bright
side to reconversion. Ihey re-
memnber that bright sunny day
in February 1941 when the first
on g olumns of ArmyV trucks
with units of the famed 4 th
Division rolled down Pine
Street. Abilne was not so big i
toni as agricilturally rch
*Lubbocs.k , her ne i ghbotr, but it
"'As .Itpretty good town of
" 2.'p.5.) friendlI, u ho>lesoi
West Tex~as souls who made
their living from oil id .agi-
culture n .id in garnient and
food factories. On Cypress
Street a bedroom with a slce -
ing porch and bath was adver-
tised for $.s uweeklV On A\i-
toria Street a furnished apart-
ment with telephone hills p. i
could .ilso he had for J . o .t
week. Strangers werebheerfully
hello-ed by townsfolk. Wait-
resses, cashiers .ind clerks suit-
ed and gave m..urteous sers ice.
But Camp Iiarkeley, with its
5t,cxx) soldiers, grew to he .tI-
mtst twitc as l.irge as tihe town.
Luck - travelers w Io Iild get
in the hotels carried their own
bags to their rooms. The cash-
icr at the Hickory Grill Cafe
never said Thank you. "When
a customer onte asked a sassy
waitress the tine of day, she
snapped back, 'This is not my
table." A servtce-st.tion at-
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Ilialso I'm glad to be able to get a
ccomfortable house to live in.'.
Says Mrs. Nena Perkins, a part-
nertin the N 1cr-Perkins Ready-
tTo-Weac~r, " .'e need to keep a
stiff upper lip. We are selling
more high-pri ced goods to
IsetdcIplliithle country who, now
hat the Army is gone, comle
here instead of going to Fort
Fort h and Dallas.'' Says J. 0.
Walker, manager of the local
offic of All Americ.an Bus
Lunes, Inc. whose business isoff
- ,, It's gone. Let's re.ilic
it s gone.'The rest of the towns
will get the same dose." How-
ard M. Iahun, business ruan-
ager of the A bilene Rrpor/<r
- i ..r, -adds I'l osophiitally, 'It
is fortunate that it happened to
us. It g.ave us a cha i C to plan
and ad just ahc.id of tine."
Part of that adjustment be-
gan shortly after the Army left.
The town's civic leaders were
cal ld to an emergec vmeetiig.
These founded Abilene Incor-
prated," raised Sjo,uoo and
hired an "industrial salesmn'"'
to get new industries for Abi-
lene and help industries alrcadv'
es.ihlished. Abilene Incorpo-
r.ited has alreadyy brought a
new planing mill to town.
There is still one sector of the
citizenry, however, which
%'iV: s the Arn 's departure
irom Aisene s ih uireited c
distress. Says blonde, winsoie
Virginia Shamlian, who re-
touches photos in T.tvlor's Stu-
dio business off o ;', , It's
hurting the female mor.ile more
than anything else. Sonie
't h.ad a date in two weeks
and thIt ain't good." Tall,
slender, h uie-eed Betty Gri-
sh.tni, 19, adds frankly, ' What
do I niss? I miss the soldiers. I
miss three or four d.ances a
week and six or seven dates.
Now I go to hen parties and
catch up on my bridge. I ,wo rk
.III d.i and ui to pl.iv at
night. Wh.it do they itc.in, this
is not a ghost town?" Facts and
figures be.tr the girls out. In
1940, S ii itiarriage licenses
were issued. In 1944 licenses
jun cd to 1,54. Said one male
observer, They cleaned out all
the old maids in town."
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Gen. Brewer's Prase
Presenting diploma to a class of
294 graduates from the 12th Armored Divi-
sion's Signal Communications school, NVd.
Gen. Carlos Brewer reminded them, "You as
radio operators are the nerve system of
the 12th Armored Division,"
Lt. Col. Carl H. Sturies, Division
Signal officer who presided at ceremonies
held in Theater No. 5 here, said that the
class represented the largest number of
graduates he'd ever seen together. "Appl
what you've learned and do what you've
been told to do," he advised them.
General Brewer, commanding general of
the 12th Armored Division. also said.
"Training in radio and signal opera-
tions is one of the important milestones
in the training which is to develop the
12th Armored Division until it is ready
for combat. While you men still have much
to learn, you now have a very good founda-
tion. Continue your progress as radio
operators and you'll become successful in
your assigned work with the 12th Armored
Division."
Stressing the importance of communi-
nations men in carrying on the war, he
said, 'If we fail in communications we
never will be able to exert our full pow-
er against the enemy in any given mission.
Let me congratulate you upon your gradua.
tion from the Communications school, but
let me again remind you that you are a
most important part of th- Division."
The Division Signal Communications
school was organized December 30 last.
Following a course of 16 weeks, 294 men
out of 333 in the school were graduated.
The first 15 men in the class who were
personally congratulated by General Brew-
er were:
Pfc. Roy L. Alley, Battery C, 495th
Armored Field Artillery; Cpl. Dwight C.
Chapman. Headquarters Battery, 495th Ar-
mored Field Artillery; T/4 Franklin L.
Zinsel, Headquarters Company, Maintenance
Battalion; P c. Charles V. Elliott, Bat-
tery B, 494th Armored Field Artillery;
T/5 Henry J. Figurski, Headquarters Com-
pany, 56th Armored Infantry Regiment; Pfo
W. A. Harron, B. Battery, 494th Armored
Field Artillery; Pvt. Leonard S. Lenig,
Headquarters, 1st Battalion, 56th Armored
Infantry Regiment; T/ Emanuel Mandelkern,
Division Headquarters Company; Pfc. Louis
R. Nazaretta, Battery A, 495th Armored
Field Artillery; sgt. William E. Paxton,
l52nd Armored Signal Compary; T/5 Joseph
J. Pawlcski, Headquarters Battery, 495th
Armored Field Artillery; Cpl. Lloyd B.
Robertson, Reconnaissance Company, 14 rd
Armored Regiment;T/4 Roger L. Theiser,
Headquarters Company, Maintenance Batta-
lion; Pfc. Robert E. Weber, Battery B,
494th Armored Field Artillery; Pfc. Mel-
vin E. Englehart. Headquarters Battery,
493rd Armored Field Artillery.
Medics dTanIers
Assistant driver is evacuated from tank by
Medical Detachment first-aid men, 44th Ar-
mored Regiment, 12th Armored Division, Oa-
sualty, being elevated from seat, will be
turned over so as to be in sitting posi-
tion on the litter as next step in oper-
etion. Left to right Cpl. Robert Good-
thunder (holding stretcher) Pvt. Sterling
Ratliff, Cpl. Glenn P. Jones, and Pvt. L.
D. Stroud.
(12th Armored Division PRO Photo)VOL. I, No 21 CAMP CAMPBELL
t1 -OAI 'i Y ToCAMP,
?. 116N' $FuNvAND LAUG/TERFOR 31A YRITA 11AYL/ORTH 8'o//ZR
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Pvt. Vernon Cansino, of the 5th Ar-
mored Infantry regiment, 12th Armorod Di-
vision, hopes to persuade his sister to
call at Camp Campbell the next time elia
goes on a War Bond Selling tour, and it's
a fairly safe .bet that the whole camp
wishes his success to a man. For his uls-
ter is the beauteous and talented Rita
Hayworth, whose image flashed on the War
Department theater screens has been the
cause of considerable mass palpitctions.
Young Cansino. ,ust 21, came back
from furlough a few days ago and he say.
that although he never found an opportune
moment to mention the Campbell trip to
Rita while he was home in Los Ar:gelee, ihe
thinks he might sell her the idea when she
finishes her current picture. Casino re-
ports that Hollywood le still a gay place.
especially. for a soldier home on furloug.
His most colorful memory is or a visit to
a circus with Rita, Orson elles, JosepA.
Cotton and a small squad of other celebri-
ties.
Although considerably overA.adwed by
his famed sister, Vernor. got his own share
of acting experience before his induction
at Tort MacArthur, San Pedro, Cal., last
November 5. His acting began in a small
way in high school plays, and there. contin-
uod in little theater groups and a few
pictures -
Vernon. no lens tHar, si.ter 'tita, ha.
plenty of family pr-c., Cn-e for t'xring to
the stage. His grand tatr h ed the post
of Royal Daxce *ster >i Spain under th.
late Alphonso XIII. hts fatrx, iuardo
Cansino, now doing war work a. ti.,Doufle
Aircraft pla-t in LA: . . was I -
ears a headliner in b-t'o vindevil,.
here. d in g a vSj*.t erI .h r.. .t with his
sister, I1i em, yern , *, -H-r, whoa,
saiden name was i.wor' : d.. ; - sx
starring Anu. Helda - other,, until c.
marriage
Vern:: has '1" , ^f , for hit
career after t o. r -'i,- .ro, t'jt t','
Axrswilt IbeIxed b, :ore h's -ry gue?.
. ere tt .
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CREASES ARE Our/
The special creases in military shirts
are taboo, at least for the duration of
the emergency the War Department announced
today. Laundry help shorta.s is the reason.
The soldiers will have to forgo the
familiar two creases in the front and on
the back of their shirts to comply with the
order which prohibits all creases.* * /CS
Si~cLw/SPEED
IN /EL9FjACAcSTA),TON
Hell Cate of the 12th Armored Division
will be protected by good steel plate when
they go into battle but casualties are
bound to happen, and a recent demonstration
put on by the 44th Armored regiment's Med-
ical detachment shows just how quiokry and
efficiently wounded men can be evacuated
from tanks.
Assisting in the demonstration were
S/Sgt. Joseph Glinka, Corp. Robert Good.
thunder, Pfcs. Donvan Woodmenay, Merold
Sticker, and James O'Shea, and Pyte. Ster-
ling Ratliff, L. D. Stroud, Glewn P. Jones
and Christopher A. Rotchinson, all of the
Medical detachment. 44th Armored regiment.
Methods used in evacuating casualties
from tanks, Capt. John V. Prout, officer
in charge, explained during the demonstra-
tion, differ according to whether enm.y
fire is taking place or is expected.P
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'WA/LL GOpfNAT FELD O/OUSE
PERFoR/MANCEa saFR
'fie l-i.Y-i--apoppin" when 'Hellia-
puppin" puj. at Ct mp CLapbell on June 17,
1F, and 1
This pr2..-ttiua of Olsen and John-,
Jo s riot .., r-vue has xilt Doulas nd
Ja' (i'.-''--a-r:J.) Leor.ari actitg the co-
medy r. i--sori canted % those two harem-
ccbrv-" Ar..t emi't.ans. Their stooges
circuinte, and th'y will probably be found
under the wets 'a in the rafters playing
their ranrs-.
'Helltsi..poin" will open its Cap
Caap4" d,:r asoat at the Field house on
Thursday e vints. June 1'.
It will be seen at Theater number 3'
on i i tt, ! '-n'w. Juno 12, and at Theater
nuntor 1, ->n .nt-rday even!i.:, June 19.
- J,"r'.r Mo Arno' Sen Berl--with-
out e-w i . th : iz..' fingers- who re-
cent:; starr.! in t'.- broaiway productions
st' '11 , A .1 r-' 5 C' Ftn." leaves
t.,.. !Cos ,te-e Door Canteen to re-Joir
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SPA R KS DR; VEAGA WNST
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Sparked by Corp. Floyd Yount, catcher
just returned from furlough, the Camp Camp-
bell baseball team, composed of 12th Arm-
ored Division players, hit the $'rna Air
Base nine last week at Smyrna, to win a 3
to 2 victory in ten innings.
The big catcher, ex-Toronto and Pitts-
burgh Pirate player, did double duty for
Corp. Jimy Reese's Caapbellites, stopping
the Smyrna men at the plate and hitting in
all three of the12th'. rns. In the sev-
enth he singled to score two runs, and in
the first half of the 10th inning, with the
score tied, he knocked a line drive home
run to center to give Campbell its 14th
victory in 15 games this season.
It was a tightly played contest all
the way, with both pitchers doing great
work in the pinches, leaving men stranded
on base almost evesy time.
Hostile fire naturally puts a crimp
in the medics' style, forcing them to move
the wounded men as speedily as possible,
without any particular regard to the nature
of- their injuries. First aid treatment
under such conditions mast be postponed for
the moment to be administered when th. man
has been moved a asf distance.
Evacuating a wounded soldier where no
enemy fire is encountered in another story.
First aid is given immediately and more
time can be taken in getting the man out of
the tank.
Under such conditions the medical men
mount the tank and estimate the extent of
wounds among any casualties. After first
aid has been administered inside the tank,
the medics work out a plan for removal
which will cause the least harm to the pa-
tient.
Before the casualty is removed, all
his excess clothing and equipment are got
rid of. If the vwud is in a lower ex-
tremity a three belt method of lifting is
used, so that all strain is placed en an
uninjured Hart of the body.by Milton Caniff. Creator of "Terry and the Pirates'
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.Except for the fact that nobody geti
hurt, there's little diff-rene bet-e-
the mock battle field which soldiers of
the 12th Armored Division are now going
through and the real thing.
Machine guns chatter, mortars, artil
lery, and hand grenades explode not fa
from the men's ears, and strands of barbed
wire obstruct their course
It's all part of the battle Indoctri-
nation program, begun here on May 19 and
scheduled to last just a month. All offi-
cere and enlisted men are required to go
through the coarse, and 12th Armored Div-
iion units have been maing it at the
rate of abort four companies a day.
The men lireaup at one edge of the
field and advance at a signal from the
control officer in the observation tower.
Land mines sunk into the ground are expl-.
oded as they advance, and. the men fall
flat on their faces as the would to avoid
flying shrapnel under combat conditions.
fire crackers which explode with a sound
like grenades and mortar shells are tossed
into the field from the sides. When they
have advanced about 60 feet, the me reach
an area blocked by barbed wire, under
which they must crawl. Machine gun bullets
stream over this section of the field, a-
bout two feet above the crawling figures
of the men.
Typical reactions of 12th Armored Div
iaon men who have gone through the core
seems to be a complete lack of fear of the
flying machine gun bullets and the noiee
of the explosions. All agree that they
were too preoccupied with the task of nav-
igating across the wire-draped section of
the field on their backs to fiVe the bul-
lets a thought.
lext In the program will be a close
combat course, with figures popping sud-
denly from behind objects as the en move
forward, and after that a course in fight-
ing in cities.
BA/L DON BARRAGE
1 /OS /2 T&'TRA /N/NG
A practical demonstration of the val-
us of a balloon barrage in protecting
troops from air attack was given to 12th
Armored Division units, with three bal-
loons from Camp Tyson, Tenn., taking part.
The Camp Tyson balloons, operated by
two officers and 20 enlisted aen appeared
over a bivouac area occupied by the 12th
Armored Division Trains company, forming
a protective 'umbrella' against a simula-
ted attack staged by seven planes from the
Campbell Army Air base.
A short time later, when units began
moving out of the bivouac area, the bal-
loons assumed a protective formation above
a column of man on the road approximately
1000 yards long.
1. 3 and notes All places which
do not display that sign, 'APl'3O a w - A
PnoieitL OF CAMP CANPBE.L, KY., are off
limits.
Dunbar cave, a really fine vacation
Boot in this area - only 15 miles outside
Clarks-ville - is also 017 LIMITS. The
water supply, both for drinking and for
swiig.,doe not meet the Army sanitary
requirements. From all indication it will
not be cleared up this year. And Ibmouth
cave is still 100 miles away.Pr nnyrale state park, near Dawson
springs, Ky., about 20 miles beyond flop ims.
ville, IS available for swimming- however.
It is approved for military personnel, an
the park holds wonderful vacationnpl, bid.
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practice run
.dde rake(hd,"e Show Nere
Ace talent from the Hollywood "t
dios and '-he Broadway eP .go combined
get Army sorale at a new high when then
ect USO-Camp Show, "In the Groove," ca
sky-rocketing into the post for a three
night engagement. April 10th, May 1st a
)rd.
Reigning star of the proceedings w
the inimitable Lddie Bracken, star of t
current screen musical, "Happy Go Lucky
in which he was featured with Mary Marti
To Chester Fredericks, an acrobatic. ta
dancing comedian, highlighted his hoofi
with slides and falls that were breat
taking. He performed his hilarious tr
vesty on the gymnastic type of Jitterb
dancing, an act that has brought him fa
in the coast-to-coast night clubs.
Completely discarding all idea of t
ueual chorus "line," the Tip Top Grl
featured an assortment of acrobatic ian
and tine-step arrangements.
"In the Groove" played to full house.
at Theater Number c on Friday over.ing, Ap
ril 10th; Theater Number 1 on Saturyav ev
ening, May 1; and Theater N'tb-.r 'n
day evening. May 1. -iture On P-.- F.
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Over New r toocb MAWio
Eighty-four enlisted me, all of the
12th Armored Division have successfully
completed the course of study on dehydrat-
ed foods recently offered by the sub-Schoo
for Bakers and Cooks at Camp Campbell and
will soon share their knowledge of this
recently evolved form of food preparation
with the mess staffs of their various or-
ganisations.
Conducted entirely by lecture, the
core of study in dehydrated foods embra-
:es the basic principles of cooking as
well as the esentials of dehydration. This
form of cooking differs from the conven-
tional in that the preparation of the food
requires reconstitution or rehydration.
Foods that may be treated according
to the new method of preparation include
all food stuffs that may be peeled, cored,
pared, or sliced.
N/Sgt. Norman Schneider, instructor
at the school here, describes the new de-
hydrated method as 'the answer to a mes
attendant's dream.'
DQUQrs nSpCe5Lt. Gen. Jacob L. Devers, Chief of Ar-
mored Force, and several of his staff offi.
core arrived by plane this morning to in-
spect units of the 12th Armored Division
in training. General Devers was met at
the airport by Mj. Gem. Carlos Brewer,
Commanding General of the 12th Armored Di-
vision, and other high ranking officer of
the armored units stationed at Camp Camp-
boll.
the chief and his staff were escorted
to General Brewer's cottage on the post by
a guard of honor furnished by the 56th Ar-
mored Infantry regiment. The 44th Armored
regiment band played a spirited greeting
to the chief at the airport, while the
43rd Armored regiment band furnished a mu-
stoal background fo- the arrival at General
Brewer's cottage.
General Brewer entertained at a lun-
cheon in the division staff officers' mess.
which was attended by General Devers' party
and the commanding general and combat com-
manders of the 20th Armored Division.
Accompanied by General Brewer, General
Divers later inspected the training areas
of the 12th Armored Division. During the
afternoon General Dever, spoke to the re-
gimental and battalion commanders of the12th.9irw+ nr
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to otstanding among '. e!
now, the armed forces' is the w:-
.- of the 12th Armored Divise~r.1
e- tly ended Red Cross War p-n-
nd'cribed by J. M S-yth, er1-.r
field director of the Z r s
unit.
vas
he The 12th Armored i'! .
V. reports in his letter -of '-~w
n. written to Col. J. L. Ryan,
al chief of staff, contrituted
p- 6,10t.l, which is well above
rng donation of divisions in the i
h-
a- Singled out for partlc.is
ug were the l-.nd Signali c m .
-- Reconnaissance battalion. ?.e
pany made the beat shown, ra
in the division, every man Int
he making some contribution Iwar
Isl of $262.'0. The reconnaisar.:
ce led all other battalions !n
with a contribution of $' .2',
->ne dollar per man.
le 'This is a very excet'ni
p- Mr. Smyth said in his letter.
- gratulations have been exress,
l ly to the unit commanders. 'h.
the division seems to me to be
ing. The members of our sta:
appreciative of the spirit and
manif-sted throughout the 'IvO
as the generous contributions t
Fund. I am reporting the re o
12th Armored Division to Natio:s
quarters and feel sure it ..'.
nised as outstanding ano: tie
of the armed forces.
;l 5&" Paper Win
Merit CC( i
A Certificate of Merit tas
ded the 56th Armored Infartr a
weekly publication of tiis 1-:
Division unit, for par'.Iopari-
Camp Newspaper service contest.
tion in the contest. which lapt
.th, was open to all service :-^
in the United States and overse
Editor of the r'th Infantry
Track is T/5 Jack Rush of -Co n da-
Company. 2nd Battalion.
7.P romC
Richard C. Wells. Judge a.:
the 12th Armored Division, whc '
into the service while serving h
term as county Judge in Manhatt-
has been promoted to the ranx o
ant colonel, the War Department
Colonel Wells, a graduateo
Law college of Topeka, Kansas,
law several years in Manhattan b
ing office as county judge. Into
Army November 1, 1011, he serve
Second Cavalry Division at Fort
sag, and later with the Ninth A'
ion following its a tivetln :i
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