The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944 Page: 2 of 8
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The Camp Wolters Longhorn
‘Murphy’ Trains fils The Hard Way
Friday, August M, 1944
“These are the damnest things” once thought Murphy_
but not now, for a moment ago Murphy experienced a gas at-
tack but lucky for him the gas didn’t reach him.
Every soldier who has received his training in Camp Wol-
tetrs, has probably had his own individual way of rolling his
pack . . . the above example is a shade short (or long) of the
mihtary side but nevertheless it seems to satisfy “Murphy”
f “Aside from the fact it can conceal a lot
say^M^i^hy addS SrCatly t0 the shoulder comfort,”
The guy’s name is Sgt. A.
(Alosa) Aritonelli but to Wol-
te rites who have compassed
their way through the scenic
beauty of Dry Valley for the
past 14 months the name ®n his
tag i*s “Murphy.” «*>
His contribution to the war
effort is one that Wolters fight-
ng men in this camp, other
i VcntsptU
this camp,
‘amps and on battle fronts the
Murphy didn’t see any planes—but he knew they were
there—five had already left their mark—this one just went
“thud”. Murphy thinks the bombadier forgot to pull the pin
world over, will always remem
)er, ’cause he’s the guy that
:an’t do it right.
The scene is a make be-
lieve bivouac two miles south
of Florence, Italy, and Sgt.
S. L. Jackson has just re-
ceived the greatest blow to
his Army career. Murphy has
just been assigned to his
squad.
All other member of the
quad have pitched their tents,
ug their fox holes and finished
heir camouflaging . . . but
ot Murphy . . . Murphy is
ired. He can’t see any Ger-
lans, so as far as Murphy is
mcerned there are no Ger-
lans-around, thus we find Mur-
hy resting as the sergeant ap-
roaches.
For some time past Mur-
phy has checked his sergeant
)ff as a possible member of
the human race and his en-
trance on the scene disturbes
Vlurphy no end. But Murphy,
>nly an acting PFC after five
fears in the fighting forces,
las found that arguing with
he sergeant is a waste of
;ime.
Murphy, it appears, has been
p for several hours, eating his
mcentrated foods which he
carries in his watch pocket.
Now, Murphy has the same re-
spect for these concentrated
foods as he does for his ser-
geant. In a captured town a
few miles back Murphy had
managed to pilfer some foods
from one of the outlying groc-
ery stores, while the sergeant’s
back was turned, and these
Murphy had with him in his
five foot roll. In the absence
of the sergeant Murphy has un-
rolled his pack and is found
sitting in the middle of it eat-
ing celery when the sergeant
makes an unexpected return.
This brings the sergeant’s
wrath upon the head of poor
Murphy, who is told to get rid
of the food immediately.
Again the sergeant leaves
. . . again Murphy hunts for
a nice soft piece of soil to
tie to his back . . . but a
quick appearance of the ser-
geant, noticed in time by
Murphy, finds him camou-
flaging his tent . . . Murphy
is pleased with his work . . .
but the sergeant says no, so
in an attempt to impress up-
on Murphy the right way to
do it, the sergeant does it
himself, which surprising as
it may seem, does not hurt
Murphy’s feelings.
Again exit the sergeant and
igain prone goes Murphy . . .
)ut: not for long, as the air raid
siren shrieks and we find Mur-
phy searching frantically for
his gas mask, which earlier he
had thrown away in disgust.
At last he finds it . . . but
before he can remove the mask,
toilet paper, smoking tobacco,
green apples and bananas' must
come first. These removed,
Murphy grabs the mask and
with a yank fits the mask to
his face—only to find the end
of the tube dangling in the air
. . . the all clear signal is giv-
en, and lucky for Murphy the
gas didn’t reach him ... So
Murphy mysteriously still lives.
Murphy spies the sergeant
. . . the sergeant spies Murphy
and they both spie a dud, left
by the earlier air raid. The
sergeant tells . Murphy not to
jar the dud less it. go off, but
to tie a white cloth on a stake
above it so that others will be
warned of its presence . . . the
sergeant leaves. —
Murphy eyes the dud with
contempt ... it means work
for Murphy and Murphy does
not like work. Murphy gives
dud a couple of quick glances,
looks around to be sure the
sergeant is out of sight, hur-
riedly gives the dud a quick
kick . . . enter the sergeant
. . . Exit Murphy.
This ends the Murphy skit
which is presented by Sgt. An-
tonelli during' every cycle. It
is one of Wolters’ outstanding
training features which train-
ees- never forget.
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Germans in an attempt to slow down the fast moving Rus-
ahnvA ir1€S have. *?een. repelled in an attempted .counter drive
above Riga, resulting m the Russians moving ahead 14 miles
As shown on the above map.
p Air01/1 everyJront the enemy is feeling the results
ot Allied strength, in tne earlier stages of the war it
was the underbeaten nations of Europe who were fight-,
mg for the preservation of their immediate homeland.
Now the picture has changed —the Germans are now
fighting to protect, not their holdings, but Berlin—
and the same situation exists in Japan, Tokyo has had
the war brought home—and neither of them like it.
A resume of the latest reports finds: American
! £ro°ps on,the last 100 miles toward Paris—Guam Island
has been brought under American control—the Russians
still are advancing.
In a breakdown of the latest news: American
forces are found to have taken St. Malo and Le
*° tIle scene of many seiges during
the Middle Ages, is a city that has never been taken
before. Le Mans, an automobile man u fa curing
center is in full control of American forces and it is
know that American armored forces have advanced
beyond the city to a point within 85 miles of Paris.
In the advance beyond Le Mans the Americans are
encountering only light resistance. Germans report
that the Americans have pushed 23 miles past the city.
On the Caen front the Germans are again being
brought to respect the strength of Allied air forces as
their immense tank formations in and around this sector
are hourly targets of Allied planes. These armored
divisions, presumably drawn up for a large scale counter
attack remain practically helpless under these constant
aerial attacks.
In the Pacific, another of Japans innercircle de-
fenses took the count, when Guam passed into the
hand of the Americans. For the past 20 days the battle
for Guam has been hard fought and its fall to the
Amei leans adds another headache to the “would be
controllers of the world”—the Japs. The Americans
now having bases at Guam, Saipan and Tinian are in
excellent position to give Japan proper a taste of the
horror which she has delt out during the past three
years.
All German strength available seems to have
been thrown against the Russians in an attempt to
slow down the Reds constant advance—but the
Reds still march toward Berlin. Thoroughly alarm-
ed the Germans have drafted every ablebodied man
and woman to dig trenches against the imminent
entry of the Red army onto the holy soil of East
Prussia. Knowing this the Moscow radio in a
special broadcast this past week stated “All of the
Germans’ digging would do little good, Soviet troops
will advance farther and farther to the west until
they link with their Allies.”
. The m°st interesting story of the week comes from
1 arts, where thousands of German workers are making
futile attempts to leave the city. It has been disclosed
attempts to leave the city have beep proven almost
impossible due to aerial attacks, lack of transportation
and inner sabotage. The French seem extremely happy
with this situation as they know the Yanks are coming’ '
and a true French reception awaits them.
From the air 2,000 American bombers swooped
down upon Hitler s oil facilities in Germany, Hungary
and Yugoslavia causing terrific damages as they un-
ioaned 12,0u0 pound bombs on these areas. Other tar-
gets beai ing the brunt of this aerial attack, were Ger-
many s submarine bases, rail yards and important bridge
•junctions.
General Eisenhower, supreme commander of
the Allied forces has moved his headquarters to
Normandy which brings the command to the closest
possible contact with the Allies fast roBing of fens-
ive against the German army.
PJ L
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Eddins, Howard B. The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 7, Ed. 1 Friday, August 11, 1944, newspaper, August 11, 1944; Camp Wolters, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601183/m1/2/?q=%22Business%2C+Economics+and+Finance+-+Journalism%22: accessed July 9, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.