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ISSUE I X FEBRUARY,. 1 9 4 5 l.IILLBURN, N . J .

EDITORIAL STAFF
Editor *" • ' Assistant Editor
Mrs, Walter M, Taylor I.Irs. Carl Egner
Reporters Scribes
Mrs. R. F. Lay ton ~ Mrs. Charles F. Smith
M Dominick Bnfoi^^-mJio^a^? fclrs. Arthur 2. French
Mrs. J. J". Partington Hiss 1,1'a.ry A. Irwin
Mrs. 3. E. Spencer, J r . Mrs. F. 3 . Abbott
Mrs,. Coleman Burke

Circulation Manager P r i n t i n g Staff

Mrs, William G. Lup'ton, J r . l l r s . E. T. Burton
ICrs. George W. Gilman

A dilemma descended on the Scribes department when I.IARY IRWIN closed

her fuel-less home and moved t o Washington, D.C. to spend the remainder
of t h i s c h i l l y winter keeping house for her brother LT. D. ICING XR',7XNS
JR.?U.S.N.R., who i s stationed i n the Capitol City. . .leaving the two
remaining pen wielders aghast and agapq a is :rTATTL3 time" drew n i g h . . . .
However, u n t i l Miss I r w i n ' s welcome r e t u r n , her scribery has been a p t l y
taken over by MRS. F. 3Y3RZTT ABBOTT, whose husband i s LT. F. 3, ABBOTT,
attached t o the U.S.A.F. (whereabouts unknown at t h i s writing)...We
know y o u ' l l agree with us when we say that both the departed scribe and
her substitute deserve a hearty s h e e r * . . . . l o t ' s go!

GOSSIP HERS AMD TUERS

Well, here we go again boys, and t h e way w e ' r e a b l e t o s i t down t o
dash off each succeeding i s s u e facing a bigger and b e t t e r s t a c k of fan
mail throws u s i n t o a decided s t a t e of warm slow (combined with a s e v -
ere dash of t y p e w r i t e r ' a cra.ip).

The f i r s t envelope on top of tho p i l e c o n t a i n s a note of t h a n k s from

none other than PVT. TITIE LING 7/00 who t h i n k s h e ' s r a t h e r lucky t o be
f i g h t i n g over the "Battle of tho j3oardwalkn in A t l a n t i c C i t y . "here we
l i v e i n the super-dtiper h o t e l s and have e v e r y t h i n g so convenient and
cozy i t seoms moro l i k o a vacation t o mo t h a n t h e t e r r i b l e c o n d i t i o n s
which e x i s t in so many places over t h o world". P v t . Woo i s working in
Supply as a f l i g h t c l o r k and i s t r y i n g t o do h i s s n a i l p a r t i n the Army,
b u t , although h e ' s s t i l l a p r i v a t e and i s working h a r d , h i s u l t i m a t e
d e s i r e i s not to have only s t r i p e s on h i s sleove--V/oo wants b a r s on
his shoulders so ho can show h i s frionds i n l l i l l b u r n "what a l i t t l e
Chinaman can do in the U.S.Army". Woo sends "good luck t o a l l h i s
friends i n the sorvico a l l over the world".
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LT. ALBERT K. DHAO has changed his address from Short H i l l s ^ p
Santa Maria, Cal. Thanks for your thanks, AX, and in these days oT
cracking radiators and bursting pipes we wish we could join the Army
and go other places, too!

CPL. FRED BRO'.TN'S snazzy l e t t e r from Panama City, Fla. has us l i c k -

ing our chops with pride and as we a r e n ' t the shy type to take Fred's
words of praise in silence, w e ' l l hurriedly quote so you can see what
he says about us with your own eyes. ifI want to take t h i s chance t o
th^nk you for a l l the i n t e r e s t i n g hours you have provided me with by
sending "THE TATTLE. I t really is the most i n t e r e s t i n g piece of l i t -
erature I ha ve ever received. Tl t&nm, t h a t ' s rsa.lly good and we r e a l l y
wish you a l l kinds of top honors i n your Gunnery ochool, with shots
like the above you should be a n a t u r a l .

PVT. DICK WELLS writes from Camp Crowder, Mb'., but,, as he has d i s -
covered , the Army i s f u l l of s u r p r i s e s . Perhaps the next time he
sends us a flash i t will bs from a different address. Dick has taken
several week-end excursions and is happy t o havo f e r r o t t e d out a few
towns not out-numb or ed by tho Army. 5ven a l i t t l o c i v i l i a n glamour
has turnc-d up to brighten his days.

PVT. J0S3PI-I GOGLIA writos that ho can hang h i s ha t at Camp Hucker

for a pariod but h e ' s been to Now l.laxico for a while and says i t was
almost a vacation. Good luck, JOG, and thanks for taking time out to
thank us for kc oping you post 3d on '"'your frionds and fellow home
folks, 1 '
Holy Cats I On top of a l l our brazon boasting t h i s nodest V-lIail
l c t t o r from LT. ADRIAN B2DECKZR i s almost (but not quit a)- enough to
cause us t o pipe- down and follow his example..... Adrian uses
up most of ths shoot with his profuse thanks fos . '•'TO TATTLE, a l -
though issuo #5 h - s just caught up with' him, Adrian says ;iTIIS TATTLS
i s the only good reading h3 ' s had outside of Arr.vy- Manuals sinco ho got
to 'Tho Dark Continent'". Wo had a grand fight when wo landed, which
l a s t 3d three days and although -it was h at tho time, i t ' s fun to
look back on and t a l k about." Hop:, you don't have too much of that
kind of fun—or arc wo just sissios?
V/o'll "Koop 'em T a t t l i n g " as long as you koep sending those cheery
picture post cards, PVT. LLOYD C. SMITH, JR. Lloyd is already gorg-
eously sunburned at Draw Field near To:-tp;d, F l a . , but says ho'a a
A.S.'V.A.A.F. If that moons what we think i t dojs, i t ' s a l i e . You
will always be Dr^ari Boy Szttth to us, and you d o n ' t ,jvon havo to send
tho so pr omi sod orange s, o i t h e r .

LT. F. ARTHUR ILu/DTILLE, who used to t u r n on tho charm at tho

Short Hills A&P store i s now a t Sdinburg, I?d'i •~>a, using samo charm
to good advantage by running tho Army field liokory with five othor
l i e u t e n a n t s . Trying t o charm brjod out of ovoiiS i n pup t o n t s when
the mercury balks at 12 be-low zero, having i t appear good and t a s t y
enough to koop 200 hungry mon happy i s a tough assignment.

PVT. HUGE FITZSIll.'OUS changed h i s address to Camp l o r r y , 01-io, so

his January copy of our buglo just caught up with him. Eopo you find
some homo talent soon, but i n the ruoantimo, wo' 11 keep you posted.
H'ray—all Millburn's glamour g i r l s aro panting with oxcitomont at
the thought that '7ATSON SZTARIi i s duo for a furlough homo soon.
•7/atsdn i s now n& able a seaman as ho was a man-about-town i n the old
days, undergoing his "boot" t r a i n i n g a t tlio Great Lakss Naval Train-
ing Station. Excapt for getting used to tiio old 5 a.m. r i s i n g b o l l ,
7r tson i s an joy ing the hard work, because h e ' s lucky to have landod
with a group of pals who have plenty of fun. Ho s t i l l missos M i l l -
burn, howovor.

PVT. ROBERT G-. THOMPSON, who seems to be zooming through the waters
around Ceiip Gordon, Ga, in an. outboard motor, was ma do a f u l l fledged
Engineer as a New Year's present. With lovo, but no k i s s e s , for h i s
Unclo Sambo, Bob says that not so long ago when lie was a taxpayer, he
wondered if TEE TATTLE was r e a l l y of i n t e r e s t to the men away from
home. "Your f i r s t copy has more than proven to ma i t s v a l u e . " The
very ideal As if our innocent l i t t l e effort affected the l o c a l t a x e s .
I t d o e s n ' t even lighten thorn, Bob, but t h a t ' s an i d e a . Vftiy not s t e e r
t h a t outboard motor towards the Newark Bay some fine week-end give u s ,
and your best g i r l , a t r e a t ?

And PVT. (TAKES ROGERS writes on flossy l e t t e r h e a d from F t . Myers,

F l a . , "yes, the Sunny South", t h a t t h e woather on the Gulf of Mexico
i s , "awful damp and foggy in the morning1'—Tssh - Tssh- Don't grouse so
much-FVT. ROGERS!
One of the nicest and most i n t e r e s t i n g l e t t e r s (such big, els or,
purty p r i n t i n g , too) comes from TONY DI IOHNO. Tony, who i s a S 2/c
at the Naval Training School, Butler University in I n d i a n a p o l i s , says
his new ''ship" i s very pleasant ard n i c e . ''Life i s n ' t f u l l of campus
cut-ups, co-eds, e t c , as University loads you to b e l i e v e " ; hard work,
mentally, according t o Tony, who i s studying t o be a Signalman. ' Al-
though Tony often j h a r n s for Now Jersey, which i s s t i l l ;!tho best S t a t e
in the Union", he says Indianapolis i s e groat c i t y for h o s p i t a l i t y .
Thanks loads, and as soon as you can got back to t h e B.3.I.T.U. w e ' l l
t r y our best to go Indiana one b e t t o r , Mr-. Boots.

CPL. FRANCIS F. WARD thinks the old homo s'tdto i s p r e t t y good, t o o ,

Millburn in particular* Frank ho s been going p l a c e s and having fun,
oven though h e ' s s t i l l a t F t . Konmouth, but t h o 45 miles might as well
bo a thousand as f a r as keeping t r a c k of the old gong, without THE
TATTLE, of course. He had d furlough back in November, and "got him-
self married" but won't t o l l , or forgets t o t o l l , h i s b r i d e ' s name.
Anyway, he and Mrs. 7ard spent a wook in Montroal and more people r e -
marked about his chevrons being upsido down; oven tho Canadian on-
l i stod men saluted him, which was fun but confusing.

ALFRED SCK7J3IZER S S/c proves he roods our breezy blurbs to the

b i t t e r end. Good old Al addresses us os lTHi > Toots 7 ', ovon though he
doesn't fool in hi$ heart t h a t i t ' s on appropriate beginning f o r a
l e t t e r . Your do-cision males us f o o l very lighth-ssrtod and s k i t t i s h
and we're glad you decided to ,,bs " d i f f e r o n t " . Of course, some of t h e
nanDs we could be colled a r c frightening t o mull over. Al i s at the
U.S. NAVAL TRAINING SCHOOL in Chicago and i s an Aviation Machinist
Mato, aftor completing boot t r a i n i n g a t Groat Lakes. (There's t h a t
old coupon #17 cropping up again!) Chicago Is cold but tho people are
warm, which sounds l i k e 2 nice balance, b e t t e r t h a n vice v e r s a , ^lso,
"Chicago i s a paradise for " s a i l o r s " . How about t r y i n g Millburn out
with that p r e t t y blue suit again soon, Seaman? (or should wo say,
••'Hate"?)
JOHN PICCUTTO burns us up by writing a line or tv;o fror.i tliana Boach.
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A complicated service address always baffles our feeble un-milit'ary *'
minds, but "flight" is one word we d_o understand. Maybe tho r e s t of
i t a l l i s Jack's l i s t of favorite telephone numbers. ; 'Hello, t h e r e "
yourself, John and use some more of that green ink soon.

S. 2/c ROCCO CARSLLA has written a newsy l o t t o r t o Dr. G20RGS.

DREHER which he kindly passed on to us, after answering p e r s o n a l l y . At
the l a s t writing our old pal Rocco was cooling h i s hoels "somewhere in
Brooklyn" waiting t o go to sea. No private rooms, we take i t , because
one of the many Carrellas was perked i n an Armory equipped with t r i p l e
decked bunks and too many loud speakers, which kept humming a l l day
long. Crowded too, but he doesn't seoni tc mind. Gook luck on the sea
t r i p , Rocco, and we're glad your molars arc standing up undor the
s t r a i n of Army (or is it Navy)food.

Good old CPL. L'CKSEVERl "Jo know you a r e n ' t thinking of u s , Jack,
but BoyI does your l e t t e r make us happy! Stationed at Camp Gordon-'
how about looking up Bob Thompson? -Jock treks to town ( t h a t ' s Augusta)
to. see some of the so-called peaches. "There i s n ' t a g i r l there who
can compare with tho ones in l.Iillburn." './hen Cpl. McKoovor came homo
on Q recent furlough ho also said he could have kissed tho ground, as
i t was r e a l d i r t (pulloaso) instead of a lot of sand and crab g r a s s .
(Remind us to stay away from Gordon). And write again, Jack.

MIDSHIP!IAN PAUL TEURSTON will gat his long awaited commission on

March 5th after four month's training in Chicago, However, Paul takos
exception to our merry crack in l o s t month's b l a s t about "90 day won-
dors". According t o Paul, in th^ l a s t s t r e t c h i t ' s a 90 day wonder if
anyono can stay that long without flunking out. He also w r i t e s , " I t ' s
for people like you - and your work and s p i r i t , that we're working and
fighting for- so keep up the good job - and tho home f i r e s burning -
'and w e ' l l do our p a r t . "

JOHNNY BRAY has already l o f t Bninbridge, Bad. for Norfolk, Va. whore
ho i s of the armed guard with a Navy gun crew aboard o merchant marine
ship. S 2/c Bray i s already hoping and pitying any submarine which
pokes i t s nose :.. bovo tho water, because t h e r e ' s a crack crew aboard,
Happy f i r i n g , Johnny, and ben voyage.
Another S2/c (U.S.N.T.S.) who i s happy and contented with his new
life i s HENRY MONACO. Hank i s in Korchocd, Ky. studying to be an
Slectrician.*s Kate, hard work but fun on tho s i d o . The no sir by town
of Lexington is everything southern h o s p i t a l i t y should bo, good food,
entertainment, ©well people, end generally opon house to service man.
Glad you like tho TATTLE, and d e n ' t give thoso college g i r l s too much
of your time, Th_ homo t a l e n t is waiting for you to come back fancy-
free.
Although ROCCO GIANNATTASIO claims h o ' s s i t t i n g on h i s bunk while
writing his l e t t e r , ho needn't apologize for tho penmanship. Better
than we could do under perfect conditions, Rocco, Ho feels at home
even though in Portlnnt, Oregon, as there is plenty of snow and cold
weather, but maybe i t ' s memories of Llary which keep him warm? Rocco
had a furlough recently, but what c e r t a i n blonde kept him too busy and
attentive to ollow him time for v i s i t i n g such things as t h e A.7/.V.S.
headquarters. You are forgiven but stop in next time you blow in town.

P.F.C. FREDERICK H. ivIIELKE writes from Camp Grubor, Okla. t h a t ho

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was surprised to see the write-up about him in the l a s t i s s u o . Don't
worry about your kid brother taking your place as Pop's A-I holpor,
Fred, The way things aro popping around" horo now with below zero
woathor we could a l l use twenty kid brothers and a dozen "Pops". Hope
that 30 mile trek camo off without too many t i r e d dogs a t the. and of
the t r a i l .

/ Fred met SGT. LEWIS BUFO, also'of Camp Grubor, Low says th^y seem
/ to havo forgotten the definition of the word "furlough-". He looked i t
/ up in Webster's to make sure and then showed i t to his C O . , but the
stony-hearted follow said i t was a 'misprint. G>heor up, Lew, and we
I a l l hope i t won't bo another six months bofore wo see you again. G-lad j
your "chow i s satisfactory". Ours i s t h a t , and uniquo, t o o . LATE
\ FLASHJ Soo furloughs.

PVT. ED* PRESSLER, who i s with the Army Air Corps at Jofferson
Barracks, Uo., picks valuable time out of the a i r to thank us for
both THE TATTLE and his present. Many thanks, p r e s s , old boy.

A nifty note from LT. ( j . g . ) E. M. F3NNER, who has one of those. ..

secret "south Pacific area" addresses. He's dovm in the wilds of some
place, and so far h a s n ' t mot any alumnus of H.E.S. Glad you enjoy
catching up on the gossip, Lt. Fennor (just what does the E» M. stand
for?) and we hope nothing prevents the future copies-from reaching .you.

Soooo, S l / c ANTHONY O'CONS was a touch seasick the f i r s t day he

went boat riding, eh? I t couldn't be a guilty conscience t h a t upset
you, could i t , Tony? None' of our business, but-a l i t t l e bird t e l l s us
you don't write home often enough. Be a good boy and if your flood
of l e t t e r s to the loved ones doesn't s e t t l e the tummy,- w e ' l l take i t
a l l back and ship a carload of Mother S i l l s .

PVT. NICHOLAS LIARCKSTTA, who is vacationing in Africa at present,

has big plans for the future of himself and irillburn. Nicky may be
back soon, (so he. says) but he's.had so much experience doing h i s own
washing, he's thinking of s t a r t i n g a laundry, come the paaco.

The CAIVANO brothers, SGT, JOSEPH and PVT. KENNEEH, arc playing
hide and go seek with each other i n Africo. Haybe t h e y ' l l run into
Nicky during one of the games (or something)* '.-. .

PVTi FRANK L.1ARCKETTA writes that i t i s 14 degrees below in South

Dakota4 ' Sissy stuff, Frank, Ivlillburn can do as well a s tha t any
morning l a t e l y . The Marcketta boys ore c e r t a i n l y t r y i n g out a l l c l i -
mates. . ;

CPL. JOS. POIICARPI0 i s attending A r t i l l e r y Mechanic School at

Camp Perry, Ohio. Maybe you don't know our mutual p a l , P v t . Hugh
Fitzsimmons, Joe, or do.you?

PVT. ALBERT DANTE i s a lucky b i r d , and so aro CPL. ANTHONY BONELLI

and PVT* ANTHONY CAIVANO. Al d r i l l s ovary night i n Elizabeth, N . J . ,
while the l a s t two boys are also near onough t o got home o f t e n .

The family of PVT. JOS. FIOLA sond love and g r e e t i n g s t o him and,
hope h e ' s received t h o i r l e t t e r s by now. How about w r i t i n g oftener
to thorn, and us, Joe, so wo can t r y to guess where you are?
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A captain, no l o s s , is hoping THE TATTLE w i l l keep on reaching him".

EDWARD LEVINS i s busy from 8 a.m. to 10 p.m. (what no 5 o'clock buglo,
Ed?), but s t i l l finds a moment t c writo, so shaae on you PVT. FIOLA.

PVT. ROCCO MARCANTONIO says Florida i s b e a u t i f u l (you're t o l l i n g

us!) but evidently ho s t i l l has a warm spot for K i l l b u r n . Anyway,
Rocco says, "One's own homo i s a c a s t l e . 7 '

PVT. LAWR1NC1 SUT3RA i s a lucky bird as far a s picking nico loca-

tions. Larry has completed a course :b£ i n s t r u c t i o n of f i g h t e r a i r -
craft and received his diploma in Colorado. Now h e ' s stationed at
Hammer Field, Gal., which sounds nico, t o o . Maybe tho SUT3RA boys
thrive in a warm temperature, because PVT. JAMES is doing p o s t a l do-
t a i l duty in Africa.

ANTHONY MAUCIONE i s down at Ft. "/ashington, Ed. working hard in tho

Adj. General's School. Do you remember t o take an apple to your
teacher, Tony?

CPL. JAMBS GROSSO who i s in England writes ho l i k e s i t and every-

thing i s apparently tops, cheerio, or what-have-you, but givo him good
old Mi l i b urn. Attaboy, Jimmy.

P.F.C. JOSEPH KANE seems tc be a chip off the old block, or should
we say, just another t i n k l e of the b e l l ? Either ono i s sour humor be-
cause what we r e a l l y want to say is t h a t Jce i s t a k i n g up telephone
work, a natural considering h e ' s tho apple of Mr. and Mrs. Kane's eyes,
who a ro both with tho N.J. Dell Telephone Co.

I t won't belong before the Navy discovers tho hidden t a l e n t of

CHARLES HARRY LYON* Charlie recently switched to a Navy blue romper
s u i t and, in case you don't recognize him in i t , n o ' s the former drum-
mer in t h e Millburn H.S. Band,

Those CHALIF boys scorn tc bo g e t t i n g around. LT. A1.:OS i s t a k i n g a

courso in Air Transport Command a t LaGuardia F i e l d , and h i s b r o t h e r ,
LT. ED7ARD L. i s teaching i n Infantry Rupieebmont a t Camp Croft, S.C.

A/C VM. NIXON BATI2.IAN is now in mpfor classman a t Ilaxwell F i e l d , Ala,

while RALPH BO'TN, JR. has passod h i s advanced f l y i n g and i s j u s t next
door in Georgia, a t Moody F i e l d . Two cadots have j u s t f i n i s h e d t h e i r
courses HOWARD P. HULS230SCH at Chapel H i l l , BARRY LC K3E at Peru, I n d .
7/hen l a s t hoard from Toward was onrouto to Texas, Harry t o Ponsacola,
Hope they both followed tho advice t h a t CORP. 7/ALT3R EINOK bogged us
to pass on to you boys. "Never", scys he, "rido tho Southern R.R.
I t T s always l a t e . TAKE A BUS". I t sounds as though /falter spoke from
tho h e a r t . No AV/OL t r o u b l e , wo hope.

Though May 1st i s a long way off, t h e r e seems t o bo plenty of mov-

ing around. CPL. JOSEPH BENK2TT has moved back from California and i s
plugging away hard at OCS eft Fort Hdnmcuth, Cadet CLIFT C01RNWALL,
whoso parents v i s i t e d him tho week of Fob. 8th', has finished his course
at Grosse l i e , Mich, end is on his way to F l o r i d a .

PVT. LOUIS P. EOOD i s back from Denver, and hr s moved to New York,
while taking some s p e c i a l work a t tho Sporry Gyroscope School in Brook-
lyn. Sounds tough t o us, but understand i t ' s c h i l d ' s play t o Louis.
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H3Ri:AN RUDOLPH, PETTY OFFICER 2 / C made one of the n i c e s t moves
we've heard of. Ho did so well i n photographic s c h o o l i n F l o r i d a
was second h i g h e s t in his c l a s s t h a t ho was given his choice of new
s t a t i o n s . Boing a l o y a l Now JV.rsoyite, he picked Lakohurst, and i s
now a b l e to get home ever;' other week-end. Nice going, Herman.
But, as f o r as movers' go, we givo the p r i z e to TVT. L3',7I3 CUSAM)'.
who had a date t o ploy checkers i n F l o r i d a , and i n t h e midst of jump&ug
ing a king found himself moved to Lowry F i e l d , Col. I
Plenty of O.C.S. m a t e r i a l i n Millburn, from what wo h o a r . CPL. DON4
AID F. COOPER has a p p l i e d for O.C.S. ord. says i t ' s s t i l l in t h e l a p of
the gods. Don has boon t r a i n i n g r o o k i e s a t Camp C l a i b o r n e . V/e hope
h e ' s well on t h e way up by now. CPL. THUR3 J". ANDERSON i s t r a i n i n g for
Warrant Officer a t Camp Davis, N.C., and GL3NN VAN WAGENSN has j u s t
finished h i s basic t r a i n i n g and h a s gono on t o s p e c i a l t r a i n i n g i n a
school of Army Finance and Bookkeeping a t F t . S u s t i s , Va, LT. ED. W.
CARRINGTON has a l s o f i n i s h e d t r a i n i n g i n F l o r i d a and i s now a t Blythe ,
Csrl. Keep i t up, boys.

AQ t h i n k PVT. LIA.RVTN IH'.'/IN G3RSH3N F3LL rsust bo earning a Ph.D. i n

K.P. Hp w r i t e s t h a t he had 14 hours of r o u t i n e E . P . , followed by 13
hours (the next day) for t a l k i n g i n t h e r a n k s ! Bet when he g e t s home
h e ' l l lay i n a supply of paper p l a t e s .
Among those lucky ones who- get home o c c a s i o n a l l y a r c FV] '. iSDGAR
TH0?.!AS, JR. Who comos up from Maryland when he can. STAFF SGT. JALSS
H. EOOLSY leaves h i s d u t i e s as v i c e - p r e s i d e n t of the Non-Con. O f f i c e r s '
Club at Fort Dix for an infrequent t r i p homo. LT. COML.IAI-TDZR HARRY
VAND3RF0RD i s i n 7/ashington s e r v i n g i n t h e Office of J o i n t {Army and
Navy) New Weapons Committoo under the J o i n t Chiefs of S t a f f , but h i s
family aro luc'ky onbtigh t o have him homo every o t h e r week-end.
Though they d o n ' t got bock t o M i l l b u r n , both 3ITSIGN ALBERT LI3Y3R, JR.
and CPL. JOHN H0N1Y a r e able t o have t h e i r wives with thom. Tho son-
ior Meyers o r e on t h e i r way to V i r g i n i a to v i s i t the Ensign and his
wife The Honeys hod a g l o r i o u s week-end e a r l y i n February. The
Corporal got his f i r s t pass i n ages, and he and tho l i t t l e wife went
s k i i n g i n the Rockies, lucky dogs.
Among those absent and i n p a r t s foroifm ore P . F . C . F . F . ASSMAN, who
w r i t e s , from an tlnspocifijd address that Xraas packages arc s t i l l a r r i v -
ing, and s t i l l welcome-? P.F.C. TEOKAS 2 . 3ABC0CK has soon more movie
s t a r s i n Africa t h a n he over sow on Millburn Avonuo. Kay F r a n c i s ,
Carole Landis, K i t z i o Kay f a i r and Uortha Ray he. vo a l l been over t o
cheer up the boys, Ho a l s o gives tho Rod Cross Canteen a big h a n d , - -
says he e a t s t h e r e whemevor ho g e t s a chance t o go to town. SGT.
RAYMOND H. HAPWARD i s aJ t t e n d i n g school i n 3ngLand--wo d o n ' t know whore
o r what k i n d . Hope h 11 w r i t e us f u r t h e r d e t a i l s (vjith one eye on
tho censor, of c o u r s e . )
Well t h a t ' s about a l l for now, except t h a t r-VT. ZDGAR H. GU3TAFS0N
i s Master of Arms i n choree o f 65 boys (some muscle, 2&l) PVT. H.CM3R
A. .MARSHALL i s at Camp Rucker; CKARL3S C. DZ2D2OKER he s r e c e n t l y e n t e r -
ed tho s e r v i c e , j o i n i n g h i s two b r o t h o r s , LT. ADRIAN and PVT. GEORGE;
and SGT. JAK23 M. is us that'nb< i s " f u l l of f i g h t " and
" r a r i n g t o go". Just by way of a p a t on tho back, before.we c o l l a p s e
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completely, we'd l i k e t o add t h a t a f t e r a tough f e r r y hop from jael:-"'

s o n v i l l e t o Newport, LT. ( j . g . ) JOHN R. B35RUINGHAM j j g t h i s f a m i l y a t
t h e Hotel Commodore f o r a few h o u r s , and was kind enough t o se.y tl?.at '
THE TATTLE was one t h i n g h e always r e a d : O.K., p a l s , you send" a s t h e
news—we'll p r i n t i t . '

THINGS WE MISS—SUPPLY YOUR OWN MUSIC

FIRST--that go od. home-made bread- PVT. SAL GABRIELS used t o d e l i v e r

and, SECOND, t h e welcoming smile of PYT. ROCGO HARCANTONIO--you know,
M i l l b u r n T h e a t e r ' s former a s s i s t a n t manager, who always found t i m e t o
glad-hand even t h e d u l l e s t c u s t o m e r s .

EATING OUR OV/N 7ORDS DEFT

Blug g l u b i h e r e we a r e . . .gagging a g a i n , .munching up some more o f

our pen b l u n d e r i n g . . h a v i n g w r i t t e n t h r e e m i s - s t a t e m e n t s , l a s t i s s u e . . .
to wit,•
1) LT. HENRY KEEPERS i s n o t i n t h e U.S.Navy a t a l l . h i s L i e u t e n a n t
ranking i s an Army o n e . . .
2) We a l s o , i n our fumbling way, gave ..Walter Hinck t h e m i s - t i t l e of-
P . P . C . i n s t e a d of CORPORAL . . . p o s s i b l y w e ' r e t o o n e a r s i g h t e d ' t o have
espied t h e d o u b l e chevron from way back h e r e , C o r p o r a l H i n c k , . . s o ,
p l e a s e a c c e p t our a p o l o g i e s f o r t h i s and f o r m i s q u o t i n g you a s s a y i n g '
t h a t Army food was b e t t e r than t h e home v a r i e t y ( t h o u g h we s t i l l t h i n k ,
what w i t h r a - t i o n i n g , a t a l l . . t h i s could b e ? )
3) I t seems we a l s o woulfi. have you . b e l i e v e t h a t PVT. JAMES LAU.RINO
was " a t t e n d i n g r a d i o s c h o o l " ( s e e l a s t i s s u e ) . . b u t , he w r i t e s u s t h a t ,
i n view of h i s abysmal ignorance of r a d i o and r e l a t e d s u b j e c t s . . o u r
words were e i t h e r a case of mistaken i d e n t i t y , o r o l s e we wore t h e
v i c t i m s of a n over e n t h u s i a s t i c p r e s s a g e n t . t N i c e l y p u t , J a m e s , . . a l l
we can say (with our mouth f u l l of m a s t i c a t e d words) i s t h a t we hope
you d i d n ' t judge our r e p o r t s of your f o l l o w men t o be a s cockeyed a s
our s t a t e m e n t s about you wore*.ah w e l l . . o n l y t h r o e s t r i k e s a g a i n s t u s ,
i s a f a i r l y good pon-stumble a v e r a g e when you t h i n k of t h e v a s t , and
ever i n c r e a s i n g , number of s e r v i c e names t h a t f l u t t e r t h r o u g h o u r
fainty fingers.

SMALL 70RLD DEPT

SGT. IRVING PARTELOV/ spent Christmas on t h e h i g h s e a s . . r i s i n g a-
bovo sea s i c k n e s s (ugh! ) by p u t t i n g on an amateur show t o h e l p r a i s e
the s p i r i t s (and lower t h e cookies?) of o t h e r squoamy companions..
anyhow I r v i n g ' s tummy c o u l d n ' t have been t o o t u r b u l e n t , as he manag-.
ed t o on joy a Christmas chicken d i n n e r . , ? Shortly after arriving i n
A f r i c a , he met ELMER AD3IKAN, of Maple-woodi .a l a d he used t o s e e
every day, back home.
And, s t i l l i n t h e Dark Continent, S t a f f S g t . THEODORE KENUM w r i t e s
t h a t he r e c e n t l y mot LT. ADRIAN DEDECKER t h e r e . A l s o P.-F.C. THOMAS
BABCOCK i n t h e African T h e a t e r , t o l l s us t h a t 'he h a s met-an old f r i e n d
from Collingswood, I I , J , which was Tom's p r o - M i l l b u r n home-town.

I t c e r t a i n l y i s a small world whan two b r o t h e r s meet on f o r e i g n

s o i l , a s did t h e two Marine sons of P o l i c e S g t . Harold R. -Smith..some-
whoro in the pacific war zono,.HAROLD JR. as you r e c a l l , ' was wounded
and also cited* in the opening Solonons action..and- was he surprised
to eoe his younger brother CALVIN whom he hadn't seon sinco they were
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"separated a f t e r t h e i r Marine t r a i n i n g at P a r r i s Island.

PVT, FAERY LIC L7-1TE wrote h i s mother t o t e l l him moro about h e r s e l f
. . a s ho was p r e t t y well up on Killburn news..thanks t o mooting a cou-
ple of Ivlillburn boys (ho d i d n ' t say who?) out a t Jefferson Barracks,
Mo., who sharod t h e i r copy of the TATTLE with him.

In some undisclosed l o c a l o . .I'.I.S. STANZ2AL3 was out s t r o l l i n g , when,

ono of those "mechanized mustangs" (Jeep to you.' ) stopped t o "give him
a l i f t . . . a n d Lo.' the d r i v e r wns'nono other than BUDDY ARNSDOHFJ Nat-
u r a l l y they found l o t s to t a l k about..what with the good old d a y s . . . .
and whoro they had been and what they had soon s i n c e .

CPL. CARL "TILLIAtlS i s not the only l o c a l lad a t Camt) Hale, Col. as
he finds t h a t FRU) JOHNSON and BILL VAN ING3N are also^on the r o l l c a l l

STAN RUpiGER has j u s t boon sent to J,Iiami Beach, and f i n d s ho knows

at l e a s t oightoen Millburn boys t h e r e . . . I n f a c t ho is rooming with X 3 . 1
MASELLA JR.IJ

Hero i s more news about some of t h e af oromontionod 1 8 . . thanks t o a

l e t t e r from CPL. ROCCO FIOLA who s a y s t h a t P a t l l a s s c l l a ' s f a t h e r i n -
v i t e d him and Pat and t h e f o l l o w i n g boys t o a s p l e n d i d Sunday d i n n e r ,
on J a n . 3 r d . namely, JERRY ZITZ3LSBERGER, ROCCO"MANTABINO, JOHN
PICCIUTO, ERNEST FAENZA, TOM STEVENS, STAN RUDIGSR, DON COOPER,
ANTHONY D3S3SSA, ROCCO LARCANTONIO., and CARMEN MARCANTONIO; We
agroo with you, Soldier Rocco, i t was a mighty swell t h i n g for Mr. PAT
MASELLA, Senior, t o do,, and we're sure he must know how much you boys
appreciated h i s kindness. (and our thanks t o you, Rocco, for your con-
tinued aid i n keeping us posted.,.YIQ wore a l s o d e l i g h t e d t o hear that
your brother TITO FIOLA i s now in t h e Service, a t Camp Bowie, T e x a s . . .
Bravo F i o l a s i ; }

'Vords of p r a i s e for h i s Regimental Maintenance Offior (none o t h e r

than LT. RICHARD TITSON of U i l l b u r n l ) roach us from CPL. CIL.RL3S PRAIZ-
NER, in Los ^ n g o l o s . . .Charles penned his encomium by c a n d l e l i g h t , u s -
ing a b i t of board as a desk...and ho a l s o t o l d us t h a t ho has two
other brothers i n the servicej ono at Amarillo, Texas, and the other
somewhere i n NQW York.

From Santa Anna, ROY BUIISTZD writos t h a t ho nearly f o i l f l a t when

he discovered t h a t h i s Squadron Commander, CAPT, FRANK COFFIl'JT, a l s o
hailed from Millburn ( i n c i d e n t a l l y Roy, whom can wo contact l o c a l l y
for news of Ccipt. Coffman? His 'phono number hero has boon d i s c o n n e c t -
ed.) Roy also requests news of 3D L'J?FEY (yoo hool . * . 3 d , . .whore are
you?) and Bob Williams . . . . r o a d t h e next paragraph for the l a t e s t dope
on Smoothy WILLIAMS.....;,

'.•fading'through a sparkling set of d o u b l e - t a l k from CAPT, ROBERT

WILLIAL'S. ..v;e deciphered that he was WARD CARRINGTON for a short half
hour r e c e n t l y , while V/ord was g e t t i n g h i s B-17 r e f u e l e d . Bob. was glad
t o hea"r about SD ROFF and TOM OM ' AHONEY t o o . . . a n d ho t h r e a t e n s us t h a t
i f he "misse3 a single copy of the T a t t l e , Millburn w i l l suroly know
t h e r e ' s a war on"..,Eagle f e a t h e r s to you, mo l a d . . . a n d watch out for
those v e l v o t - h a n d - i n - t h e - i r o n - g a u n t l e t femalo r i v e t gunners, c-. ,-*•>»<,
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Additional mention of CAPT. FRANK COFFTAN roaches us from A/C
HAND LEY DICKINSON, out a t Santa 'Ana, in f a c t HANDLSY had Christmas
dinner at CATT. COFFMAN'S houso.. .HandIcy has seen Roy Bumsted t o o . . . .
and t o make the dizzy olo globo scorn even smaller, Handley's Wing
Commander i s none other than MAJOR SAMLIS, formerly of Glen AvenueM

I t ' s "Old homo woek" at Amorillo F i e l d , Toxas, according t o SALVA-

TORS SAMMARTINO, who w r i t e s t h a t MATT
' HSW RBINO and STANLEY YUKNIEWIEZ
aro among those p r e s e n t .

CARL SCE0EN3R S 2/c, a t Torpedo School, Groat Lakes, hopes t o b e -

como a torped'oman, 3/c Potty Officer, l i k e his f r i e n d , JOHNNY SULLIVAN,
and ho also t o l l s us t h a t HOV/ARD GUSTAFSON i s going through the boot
t r a i n i n g out t h e r e , . i n c i d e n t a l l y , C a r l ' s brother JOHN SCH0EN331, i s
attending Officers School at Aberdeen, Md....(Thanks for your nice i n -
formative l e t t e r , Carl, and l o t us know how you aro g e t t i n g along with
the s t e e l f i s h ' s deadly eggs.)

GOSSIP (P»S.)
Possib'y a f t e r having w r i t t e n the word " c o l l a p s e " one of t h e P r i n t -
ing Staff did j u s t t h a t , and, anyway, the following good gossip i s
what she missed.
•CPL* DONALD R, V/OODFORD„ who has been at Sea G i r t , has received
an 'a ppointment for merit to O.C.S. at Fort Eonnouth. ALLAN D. SNYDER,
who has boon overseas for ten long months, has returned homo and was
selected for O.C.S, He is now . at Miami Beach, F l o .

SILVER LINING.....

From somewhere on the big blue P a c i f i c , GEORGE B3CHTLE M.M. S/c has
written us a fine l e t t e r , .thanking us for- the TATTLE (especially the
news of Harold Smith). • .G«orge is south of tho Equator, and west of
the International Dat.Q.line, .and the wdathor ( ls sunny and hot (Oboy!)
. . i f a l l t h i s i s any cluo to h i s whereabouts '?? (anyhow t h e Navy cen-
sor saw f i t to pass that b i t of i n f o . ' . , so we a r e n ' t giving anything
cway) Tho food i s good, and George hopes cvory other Llillburn warrior
i s enjoying the same good health that ho is,.•••Reed TOO BAD TOPICS,
and judge for yourself.

HARRISON DODD writes us from tho Army Air F6.roos Technical School
in Chicago complimenting us on t h i s apology t o t h e "Fourth E s t a t e "
'Newspaper wor Id ) as ha says our TATTLE gives him something to look
forward t o , 'in -tho way of a f t e r school reading..and he informs us t h a t
he has plenty of stud;;, limited homework', and that tho school i s swell,
. . . Thanks for your cheery note, Pyt. Dodd I ! , . ' . . .

We gather t h a t you Air Technicians ore a happy l o t , because another

Air Corp t e c h n i c a l student, PVT. II. A. PASS3RELLL, at Gulf p o r t , M i s s . ,
writes tha't ho is working hard to become :ui aviation m e c h a n i c . . . .and
t h a t ho l i k o s i t fine' '(and our paper to o! ) . . d e s p i t e the good olo Miss-
i s s i p p i Mud •..which the government seems t o be d r a i n i n g into c o n t r o l .
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TARNISHED SILVER LINING DEPT,
CPL. DON DOOPER w r i t e s appreciatively of our news e f f o r t . . . b u t
groans s l i g h t l y , when'ho mentions the clime, t o down i n ths Kingfish .
St^to where, ho snys,."Onc day you frcozc t o d e a t h , and the next day
you simmer ditto"-. .Whew! sounds almost l i k e t h o s e tomporomontal H i l l s
. . . A p p a r e n t l y , Don h a s n ' t much f a i t h i n numbers e i t h e r , .be cause, a f t e r
studying for four months t o be a computer.. .he i s now a s s i g n e d t o an
"uncomputative" j o b . . .

From next door "Alabamy" wo hoar moro f r i g i d complaints from P v t .

E. POWERS (cheer up M i s t e r , . o u r thormometor has bec-n v a i n l y t r y i n g t o
climb up and k i s s z e r o , for the p a s t 24 hours! 11) . , P v t . S . P . f i n d s
i t quite a feat t o wedge h i s 6 ' 2 " l e n g t h , w e l l padded w i t h warm wool-
i e s i n t o a t i n y t e n t (pokingese?). . a l s o , the d e n t i s t i s g r a d u a l l y de~
p r i v i n g him of h i s canines and b i c u s p i d s , . a l l v e r y s a d . .

Another l e t t e r from Gulfport, Miss. (see S i l v e r Lining Dopt.) a l s o

mentions tho good old mud and swampland, . b u t , i n a l e s s c h e e r f u l v e i n ,
from P.F.C. STEVE V/ILSON.. . i t a l l sounds very d r e a r y . . l o n g hours of
K.P., or d i t c h d i g g i n g . . . l o n g walks t o and from school and chow, or
movies, .and_jUSng waits between time out for fun in New Orleans some
70 long miles away. .No wonder tho poor guy has a long face 11 Never-
t h e l e s s Stevo h a s n ' t l o s t his sense of humor a s he was one of tho sev-
e r a l cagey correspondents who addressed us as " T o o t s " . . . T h a n k s S t e v e ,
for the news on BOB CARVER'S m a r i t a l p l a n s . , a n d wo are saving a cozy
space i n some future "Cupid's Corner" for your cwn p e r s o n a l news,.do
t e l l us tho name of your " i n t e n d e d " . . . a l s o we have l i s t e d BUD KOSTER'S
promotion in BARS, STRIPES AND CHEVRONS.

BARS, STRIPES AND CHEVRONS,

Due t o t h o over i n c r e a s i n g volume of our " s u b s c r i b e r s " ( i . e . t h o
growing group of l o o a l M i l l b u r n i t e s who have a n s w e r e d ' U n c l e Sam's c a l l )
,.wo have had t o i n d u l g e i n a b i t of word r a t i o n i n g , i n ' o r d e r t o keep
the page l i m i t p r o s c r i b e d by tho p o s t a l a u t h o r i t i e s . . . H e n c e , i n s t e a d
of i n d i v i d u a l remark's, . t h i s d e p a r t m e n t h e r e w i t h l i s t s a l l the c u r r e n t
promotions with a r o u s i n g cheer of p r a i s e for each and every one of
y o u . . a n d n e v e r l o t i t b e s a i d t h a t wo a r e n ' t j u s t l y proud of each name
in tho following r o s t o r l l *
Alexander, Samuel Sergeant Greenberg, Eugene,II- RM 3/c
Boub, Wm. Cha.s. Corporal G-nbriele, Sal Corporal
Bray, John 2/ c Herzog, Robt. C, Corporal
Cook, Rob e r t , •//. Horpors, Ri cha rd Ensign
Courson, Richard D.- Staff Sgt. Horrigal, John H. Corporal
Cicarono, Jos. Corporal Hi nek, './alter Corporal
Dognan, J a s . C. Pharm'st M; !to 3/cHallor, Ben. B. P.F.C.
Dedeckor, Adrian 1st Lt. Honey, John C. Corporal
DePalma, 7/arren F 3/c Kostor, Robt. B. 2nd L t .
Duotsch, J o s . J . J r . - Cpl. Tedh. Manchoo, R. 3 . 1st Lt.
D'Elia, Peter A. S/ 2/c Marcketta, Frank Corporal
Di Ionno, ^nthonyP.- S 2/c : Manfra, Erailio Corporal
Fooley, John P.F.C. LlcKoevor, John S. Corporal
Gray, Fred. M. * Sergeant Nelson, Goo. Fire'nl/c
P u r n e l l , Robert Corporal
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Praizner, Chas} J. - Corporal Sandor3, Howard P.F.C,
Rita, Lawrence - Corporal T o r b o r t , Vance VI. Ensign
Schimmol, \%l, B. - Captain V a n d o r b i l t , Vfci.R. Lt.
Salsburg, Carl C. - Sergeant 'Thittomoro, C.Davis Sergeant
Schweigor, Robert - 2/c M Wundorlich, 'Josloy Corporal
Schoenor, Carl - S 2/c YfiLlliams, C a r l ' . / . Toch Cpl.
Sanders, David - P.F.C.

ON TH5 FRONT...
From now on i t s 3NSIGN PRISCILLA D0UBL3DAY of t h e Navy Nurses Corps
, . . S n s i g n Doubleday i s the si s t a r of LT. ALAN D0UBL3DAY..in ca^Q you
h a v e n ' t guessed i t a l r e a d y .
We a n t i c i p a t e more news, i n t h i s " r u f f l e s Column" i n t h e n e a r fut-
u r e . . . w h a t with t h e A.7.V.S. t a k i n g over the l o c a l e n l i s t m e n t of
W.A.A.C.S and a i m

TW3ET TWEET...•
Pvt. CHARLES SUTTON is up on a l l t h e new s o n g s , because t h e boys
rend the a i r w i t h l u s t y s i n g i n g during d r i l l . . . a l l of which he l i k e s
very much,.and we can T t say we blame h i m . . . .

PARTS UNKNOWN
LT. JOHN G. STUBENVOLL b e f o r e d e p a r t i n g f r o m homeland shores, took
a special t r i p t o California for t h r e e weeks...we d o n ' t know what the
"Special" part was 'about, but we do know that the t r i p could not have
been'all business because he managed to kick the gong around Hollywood
almost ffvery n i g h t . . . a n d what's more...he thoroughly enjoyed .it( we
don't wonderli I),., .the other inhabitants of Pa,rts Unknown, who have
been brought to our a t t e n t i o n , are mentioned elsewhere in t h i s i s s u e .
INCIDENTAL NEWS....
Our s c u t t l e b u t t reporters, down N'Orleans way t e l l us that L t » j . g .
BILL RIDG37/AY U.S.N.R., recently won $15. on a b a n g t a i l named "Newark"
. . *. (V/e don't know whether i t was n o s t a l g i a , or j u s t p l a i n hunch t h a t
made B i l l lay his bet on that p a r t i c u l a r dobbin??)
Also, i f you see anything remotely resembling an oversized cocoon
up Ft. Schuyler w a y . . i t ' s probably LT FAIRFI3LD p . DAY. U.S.N.R., who
arrived up there,for an additional t r a i n i n g course, the day the mer-
cury took a frigid nose dive into sub zero s t r a t a . . .because, h e ' s done
nothing but write the l i t t l e woman. back home, t o send him q u a n t i t i e s
of long woolloy "you-know-whatstf ot cotera, AT ONCEJI
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-STOKK CLUB NEWS*.,
The ground may be pave,d with gold at Fort Knox, but LT. AND'MRS.
WM. COMSTOCK 2nd think they've gotten hold of something better! -
Young Vital. J3rd recently arrived there, and. incidentally was the first
baby to be born at the old Fort.
Though he's now an old man of three months, and doesn't properly
belong in our Stork Club department, we must mention the fact that
LT* AND MRS. ARTHUR B. SWEET'S young hopeful is going to have his
first visit from his grandma.* Mrs. Sv/eet is leaving for Miami Beach
to see son, daughter-in-law and grandson, and as it's her first
grandchild it will be a big thrill all around* ••
TOO BAD. OR. CLINICAL COMMENTS...
. Well, well, signs of spring - just like the first peepers and the
well known robinr we get our first reports of measles -
LT. WARREN C. ANSCHUETZ is one sufferer, and the brothers ©OYLE,
PVT. JAMES W. & PVT. RICHARD B., have both had it (them?). It
wouldn't be so strange for. both Doyles to come out in spots at once
except that James is at the Ca»ey Jones School in Newark and Richard
is at Fort Dix, Must be a case, of measle telepathy.'
The only broken bone reported is an elbow belonging to A/c JAMES
MQNRO. It. was plenty painful, but he is recovering.and is now-in
Ontario, California*
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Just like usual," the commpn cold has been 'running the gamut j ~
from PAUL WYCKOFF, E...M, 3/c who was hospitalized with a bad one, to
PVT. LEONARD D'ONOFRIQ who came down with pneumonia. He has been in
the hospital at Camp Rucker for a month j good luck, Leonard. Hope
you'll soon.be fit again. ,
CADET CALEB G. J3AZTER was stricken low wi"frh a bad case of bron-
chitisj he has recovered now, but due to his illness he missed out. .on
his pre-flight school training. However, he will join a class at
San Antonio and knowing Caleb we predict he'll catch"up with his
mates before you can say ker-ciiool
It's tough to.spend a furlough in bed; CORP. KENNETH S. BARSBY:and
LT. WM. S.-BAKER were both ill while home - but mayb© the attention
they got .made it not too toughj .visitors complete with calf's foot
jelly and hothouse..posies beat paths to their respective doors.
PETER CADENELLI was also at home when he took sick - but he had- to
go off to the hospital. However, he's had an extended furlough in
order to recuperate? hope it made up for his illness, and that he had
a chance to see all his friends* ?
Another bit of tough luck came CORP. VINCENT KANE'S way; h© had to
spend three weeks in the hospital all during the Christmas -holidays -
but he's back on duty now at Camp G-ruber.
SG-T. SAM ALEXANDER was hospitalized for three -weeks at Camp Myles
Standish, but we can vouch for the fact that he's in the pink now,
because he came in to see us at the office. Come again, Sam*
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A/C LAURENT DE CAMP has been in the infirmary at Maxwell ;
why not let us in on the details, Laurent? We*d appreciate a letter.
Our grapevine outfit tells us that PVT. GSO. E. SIMMS has had an
operation at Ryan Field, Arizona, but again we don't know the details;
can't you boys while away the hours with a note to A.WwV.S. Head-
quarters?
Speaking of operations, S/SGT. JOSEPH FORMICHELLI is recovering
from one on his nose at Barksdalo Field. How about a 'pise* of the
new profile, Joseph? Hear it's the envy of your palsl-
DONALD PIERS ON was laid up for ten days with an infected hand in -
of all places - St. Augustine, Florida. Infections are no fun, but
what a spot to recuperate inl Hope you make the most of-, it, Donald;
don't pick any lemons.
Just to show you that life on the homo front* has its little hazards
we'll have to tell you that PVT. JOHN EETALLAGK was hit by a taxi
during a visit to Now York. He is recovering at the Sheep-she ad Bay
Hospital and .will be out soon. Beware of those dimouts, boys!
Good luck, and don't forgot to write us,
CUPID'S CORNER...
The little fellow with the bow and arrow has slowed up <x- bit, tliis
month..•(gracious! .. aro they rationing his. darts too?)...However,
ho managed to find enough ammunition in his quiver for us to announce
the engagement of Air Cadet DANFORTH GEER, JR. to 1,HSS BARBARA
O'BRIEN, who, as you recall, is a former editor of the High School
"Millwhoel."
St. Rose of Lima. Church, on January 31st was the scene of tho
happy "I do-s" of MISS VERA REILLY, of Bloomfield, and PVT. FELIX A.
CARDONE. Felix's brother "Chick", of Mario's, acted as best man.
IN PERSON..*
•» We wish we had the spaco to;-give each of tho following loyal souls
an individual quip of appreciation (wo woro both delighted^and
flattered at your callsj••B.but, alas.ooowe have to koop our little
bugle down to a certain number of pages,«,«oSoooooo. • .all of you, who
are listed "below, please accept our most sincere thanks for your per-
sonal visits to the A.W.V.S. Office.,.oand wo hope, 'ere long, that
you all (meaning tho others tool) can see us again.«.permanently.
Maj • Eugene C. Hoinz;ingcr-~on routo from Detroit to Louisiana -
Camp Livingston ,
Lt. R. B. Ko'ster—received wings--on routo to Tampa, Fla.
Ensign Richard Horpers--cn route to St. Louis, Mo.
Corp. Alexander Philu—homo from Ft. Bonning
Peter A. D'Elia—-82/q.
Corp. ""alter Hinck--home from Richmond, Va,
Corp. Goo. A. Jacobus—homo from Myrtle Beach, S# C,
Corp. Robert Kent—homo from Camp Shelloy, Miss,
Sgt. Samuel Aloxanderr-homo from" Camp Iviylos Standish
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Pvt. Norman G-ray—home from Boston
f* 'PVfc# Arthur Pittenger---home from Camp Rucker
Pvt. Jos. Marclietta—home from Boca Raton Field, Fla,
Sgt. Lewis 'BufO"-home from Camp Gruber
LEAVES AND FURLOUGHS.. .
This list of happy home comers will make the rest o f you green with
&nvj (or purple with rage?) we know... ."but cheer upt *<> maybe the
not-so-lucky will have the good fortune soon, ,,,at ansr rate, the local
families were glad, for one reason or another, to have had all-too-
short visits from the following....
S-2/c Fred Leggett Pvt, Martin Kaspereen
Sgt. Christian W. Koster Corp. Vincent Masi
Lt. Robert Brooks Koster Pvt. Anthony Reino
Pvt. John R. Jacobus Corp. Albert Colandrea
Captain William B. Sh.eph.ard Joseph E t Miller
Pvt. John W. Woodward P. F. C. Michael Mallock
Corp, Walter Hinck P. F. C. Geo, McFadden.
Corp. Thure Anderson Sgt. Jno. Speransa
Tech. 5/c Alden Iline P. F, C, Dominic DeClassis
Sgt. Simpson Fruchtman Pvta laniro Matthew
Corp. Stuyvesant Bayard Corp* Lawrence Rita
Pvt. John Adsit Corp. Robert Kent
Wm. McMane Tech, Corpo Carl Warren Williams
Lt* Frank T. Henshaw BMl/c Palmer Herbert Whitlock
Ernest Wehmeyer a/c Pierce Cassedy Jr,
Pvt. Joseph Marcketta Fireman 1/c George Nelson
Sgt, Lewis Bufo ,,,

SPORT HIGHLIGHTS...
(Dimmed out by your fumbling scribe)
As'Madam Abbott is busy on another literary confection for this
sheet, and as press-time is breathing down our neck«3.we will try
to emulate your former efficient sportscaster "Grantiand Lomax Irwin"
though we" can see from here that we are waging a dismal struggle* •••
Anyhow. • • .Millburn High's quintet pushed Westfield to the court wall
with a score of 41-36 ^ last week.., oh.owev.er, since then, we regret
to inform you that they subsequently lost to Madison (despite a great
last quarter rally) - final score 36-41...oand we further weep to'
relate that, this week, Summit came down to'tiie local court, and
returned triumphant by 9 points, i.e. 29-38,
On the Alleys, it looks as though Casa Columbo still holds the'
"A" League team standing, with individual high scores by Wade 345,
and Stieve 256.«,3oln the "C" League, L Tavern holds the team stand-
ing with individual high scores by Ciullo 244, and Jackson 277
(WOWt that/s bowling U )
The only other sports now going on, in this neck of Joisey are
spasmodic bouts against ole man winter with a snow shovel.„P„and,
incidentally, 'nowadays we walk,, from necessity, as well as for sport..»
and like it It osVsoo In closing, we can only pray that your former
commentator will point her toes north Tere the baseball season starts,
otherwise we guarantee our "Copy" will have you be wjJ.de red I
(C'mon home, Mike t) . . .
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