Volume I Number 12 • June 9, 1945
34th Division Track Meet
Will Be Held June 9
Meet Starts At 1300
Hours
SAVIGLIANO, ITALY, June
9 — The 34th Division track and field meet will be held at
1300 hours today at the stadium here, Capt. Ralph G. Thornton, Division
Special Service Athletic officer announces.
First and second place winners in all events will represent
the Division at the 5th Army meet in Milan on June 16-l8 and men who
qualify in that meet will reformed into a 5th Army team and be placed
on TD with the 5th Army to train for the theater-wide track and field
finals July 21.
Winners will be selected today in the following events:
100 and 200-meter dashes, 400, 800, 1,500 and 5,000-meter runs; the
3,000-meter road walk, 110-meter high and 200-meter low hurdles; shot
put, high jump, broad jump and a 1,600-meter medley relay.
Crittenberger
Commends 185
LOMBRIASCO, ITALY—Maj. Gen. Willis D. Crittenberger,
Commanding General IV Corps, commended the 185th Field Artillery Battalion
for outstanding performance of duty in a recent letter addressed to
L. t. Robert D. Offer, 185th Field Artillery Battalion Commander.
“During the period 17 February 1945 to 17 March
1945,'' the citation states, “the 185th Field Artillery Battalion,
under the command of Lt. Col. Robert D. Offer operating as a Corps
Artillery battalion, assisted in the support of two attacks by a mountain
division in an aggressive and highly effective manner, causing heavy
damage to the enemy. Its observers were habitually well forward, with
wire and radio communications maintained under heavy mortar and artillery
fire. Its fire direction center and batteries functioned smoothly,
quickly and accurately to give excellent counterbattery and reinforcing
fires in all situations from well organized positions. Its air OP's
operated aggressively and effectively for long periods daily, exposed
to enemy antiaircraft fire."
168TH’S DENTAL CLINIC AT
WORK
Photographed recently at the “Rainbow'' Regiment's
dental clinic are (left to right} T-5 Walter C. Gale, Portland, Ore.;
Capt. John C. Todd, Pittsburgh, PA.; Ma. Robert B. McCready, Chicago,
Ill.; Sgt. George W. Green (in chair) of Des Moines, Iowa; Capt. Howard
H. Gaul C hattanooga, Tenn.; 1st Lt. Ernest G. Regis, Lynn, Mass.;
Pfc. Robert H Voorhees (un chair) of Des Moines, lowa; T-5 George A.
Coulon, Cedarhurst, N.Y.; and T-4 Grant E. Bishop, Cedar Rapids, Iowa.
All are members of the 168th Infantry except Capt. Gault and T-4 Bishop
who are members of Co. D, 109th Medical Battalion.
135 OFFICER FELT 'UNCOMFORTABLE'
Being fired upon by the enemy is no new experience for
1st Lt. Ralph X. Clapp, of the 135th Infantry Regiment, but it was "the
oddest experience of my life to drive through two fully armed German
divisions without a shot being fired."
Lt. Clapp of Jamestown, N. Dak., recently drove from
Biella to Turin, Italy, and the territory he had to cover was filled
with two German divisions which had surrendered to the 134th Division.
However, they had not yet turned in their a.ms and were maintaining
roadblocks and patrols.
“The Germans looked surprised as we drove through," he
said. ”I suppose they felt uncomfortable to see us, but I felt
uncomfortable, too. Your normal reaction when you see an armed German
is to start shooting, but you had to remind yourself that the war in
Italy was over.
“The Germans were very polite and correct and
even gave us road directions. Their equipment and personal clothing
didn't look too good. I was amazed at the large amount of horse drawn
equipment. But they had a lot of motorized equipment, also, including
heavy artillery."
109th Med. Bn. Wins Plaque
VILLASTELLONE, ltaly— Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte,
34th Division Commander, presented the War Department Metorious Service
Unit Plaque to the 109th Medical Battalion, three Silver Star medals
and 12 Bronze Star medals to members of the Battalion recently at a
presentation ceremony here.
The Meritorious Service Unit Plaque was awarded the
Battalion for superior performance of duty in the accomplishment of
exceptionally difficult tasks in the Italian campaign during the period
Jan. 1, 1944 to Feb. 29, 1944. Capt. Jesse L. Saar, Co. D, of Donnellson,
lowa, received the plaque in behalf of the organization.
Earn Silver Star Medals
Silver Star medals for gallantry in action on July 1,1944,
in Italy were earned by T-5 Charles E. Gray, Springfield, Tenn.; Pfc.
Gaetano J. Mistretta, Winchester, Mass., and Pvt. James E. Stone, Franklin,
Pa., all of Co. C.
Bronze Star medals for heroic achievement in action
were awarded Pfcs. Richard R. Alexander, Detroit, Mich., and Walter
L. Lisenby, Greensboro, N. Car., and Pvt. Laird F. Showers, Bellefonte,
Pa., all of Co. A; Capt. William W. Abrums, Trinidad, Colo., and 1st
Sgt. John E. Christensen, Newell, Iowa, both of Co. B.
Capt. James C. LeFon, Richmond, Va., of Co. D, and Pfc. Iman A. Scott,
of Valliant, Okla., 109th Med. Bn.
Win Bronze Star Medals
For meritorious service in combat S-Sgt. Donald H. Keller,
Martinsburg, W. Va., and Sgt. John F. Koerner, Baltimore, Md., both
of Co. A, won Bronze Star medals.
For meritorious service in support of combat operations Bronze Star medals
were presented to T-5 Henry Stanley Durda, Co. C, of Minneapolis, Minn.;
Capt.Erwin [X] Zolt, Hq. and Hq. Det. ofJer[sey] City N.J., and [M]XXXXXX
Shepherd, Hq. XXXXXXXXXXXXXIowa.
ARMY PLANNING HUGE PROGRAM
With the surrender of Germany the Army is preparing
to inaugurate one of the most elaborate educational and recreational
programs in history in the Mediterranean, European and other inactive
theaters. The program has this 2-fold purpose:
1. To bolster mililary discipline and morale by means
of athletic competitions, musical, theatrical and motion picture
entertainments, library services, arts and crafts (hobbies) groups,
and social events.
2. To prepare soldiers for their eventual return to
civilian life by making available expanded educational opportunities
at all levels.
Under War Department Readjustment Regulalions, as soon
as necessary work in inactive theaters is completed, personnel in the
theaters will be required to participate in either the Educational
or the Athletic and Recreation program, but will not be prohibited
by regulations from participating in both.
The minimum objeclives of the Education Program will
be to important, so far as praXXX MXXX than the equivale XXXXXXXX general
education to all military personnel who have not received such education
previously and one or more useful vocational or professional skills
or basic education leading toward such skills.
Following the close of hostilities in Europe, the commanders
of all inactive theaters, departments and defense commands outside
the continental U.S. were directed to cause all training programs,
except for units to be transferred to other theaters, to be revised
for the purpose of including the maximum amount of education "consistent
with the performance of and training for current and projected military
duties.”
The theater commanders were directed to arrange for
such of the following types of schools and instruction as in their
judgment were necessary in view of educational requirements and available
facilities:
1. Unit schools serving units of 1000 men or less
(battalion leve]) and including, so far as possible, vocational training
(including supervised on-the-job assignments) general education up
to and including the 2nd year of college, and literacy training.
2. Technical schools established in or near installations
of the technical services or locations where similar facilities are
available and including specialized vocational training (including
supervised on-the-job assignments) for which equipment and instructor
personnel are not available in unit schools.
3. Courses of study in civilian Colleges or universities
at which arrangements can be made to provide instructionat collegeand
universitylevel to qualifiedmilitary personnel.
4. Army university study centers in civilian colleges
or universities or localities where suitable, facilities are available
to provide general, pre-professional, and professional courses to
qualified military personnel at college and university level.
All military personnel attending schools under the Army
Education Program will be issued indivisual certificates showing the
courses attended (including supervised job assignments), total hours
of attendance per course and grades upon completion of courses. Such
nforrmation also will be entered on the Soldiers' Qualification Card
and Officers' and Warrant Officers' Qualification Card.
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Sketch drawn by T-4 Andrew [X] DeFrancesco, of
Garwood, N.J., [168]th Inf. Regt. |
BULL, STRICTLY!
Aw, Come On!
Half the war's finito;
Give up, Hirohito?
• • •
Via Memoria
The long wait for that flrst hetter from home . . .
The chilly African nights . . . The Krauts' lewd propaganda leaflets
. . . "I have brodur ina Boston". . . Our pale faces when
we broke out of the beachead, after two months of only night movement
. . . italy's autumnal mud . . . "Ich bin not a Hitler” .
. . The sad-eyed mules.
• • •
Headline Hunting
27th Division Combs Northern Okinawa..—Headline.
Getting into the Japs' hair, no doubt.
• • •
Schmeling in Circulation.—Picture Caption. But
can he go a round?
• • •
50,000 GIs to Fly Homeward Monthly.—Headline.
So long birds!
• • •
At Your Own Risk
S-Sgt. Morris M Rolston, 133rd Infantry, wants to know
whether a soldler with two or more fogies could be called an “old
fogy.”
• • •
Could Be!
“Two down and one to go." Who—me?
• • •
Recommended
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cocoa . . . War Bonds . . . Swimming . . . Bicycling... Contributing
to thls column . . . War Bonds.
—Pfc. Joseph Hoffmann 133rd Inf.
Regt.
GENERAL TATE LEAVES 34TH
Brig. Gen. Foster J. Tate, of Eunice, La., former 34th
Division Artillery Commanding General, has been selected as Commanding
General of the Ulliversity Training Command near Rome, Italy.
New 34th Division Artillery Commander is Col. Ellis V. Williamson, of
Louisville, Ky.
Key Officers Return to U.S.
Among the large number of personnel returning to the
United States under the Army's redeployment policy are Lt. Col. Mark
T. Martin, Jr., 34th Division G-3, of Des Moines, lowa; Lt. Col. Joel
J. Padgett, of Walterboro, S.C., excecutive officer of the 168th Infantry
Regiment; Lt. Col. Roger M. Minkel, Fort Dodge, Iowa, commanding officer
of the 109th Medical Battalion; Chaplain (Maj.) Warren R. Hall, Jr.,
Special Troops chaplain, of Corsicana. Texas, and Lt. Col. Frank L.
Barrois, Division finance officer, of Bew Orleans, La.
New Division G 3 is Maj. Warren C. Chapman, of Nevada
City, Calif.; Division Finance officer is Capt. Earl E. Olson, of Duluth,
Minn., and Maj. Loyd K. Shepherd, of Des Moines, lowa, has been named
109th Medical Battalion commanding officer.
General Sherman is Acting C.G.
RACCONIGI, ltaly— Brig. Gen. Harry B. Sherman
of Livonia, N.Y., assistant Division Commander, is acting 34th Division
commander in the temporary absence of Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte.WITH
THE 34TH DIVISION By Pfc. Jerome Lipsky, Co. H. 135th Inf. Regt.
The Krauts Are Out
The Krauts are out, but there's still plenty to be done
here in Europe. Nobody has suggested that we just walk off on V-E day
and let our enemies get ready to try again.
The United States, Great Britain, USSR, and France will
provide armies of occupation for Germany under a Central Commission
in Berlin. For Germay there'll be "complete" occupation;
destruction of the Nazi party, laws and institutions; disarmament and
breaking up of all German armed forces; disbandment of the German general
staff; control or elimination of war production industry; punishment
of war crimlnals and reparations in kind. For Austria there will be
complete separation from Germany.
Soldiers of the army of occupation may well find themselves
hunting down fugitive Nazis, gathering evidence against war criminals,
helping disarm returning soldiers, dismantling synthetic oil plants
or pulling sentry to enforce the curfew.
It may not be easy duty, and it may take quite a while.
We are determined that the ideas and the men that caused this war shall
not cause another. We are determined that, this time, no German or
Austrian paperhanger is going to have any illusion that the German
army was not defeated. Every German, every Austrian, will see ample
evidence of that defeat.
On the other hand, while it may delay going home, occupation
duty is nothing like freezing in a fox hole or facing 88's. Neither
is it a life sentence.
— I. and E.
News Material Wanted
THE RED BULLETIN is your Division newspaper and your
suggestions and material are always welcome. If you have stories, letters,
poems, cartoons, sketches or photographs for use in the newspaper,
send them by Message Center Relations SecXXXXXXXXX Inf. Div. (Fwd.)
PRAYER FOR
THE WEEK
O God, since the need of confidence and faith is within
us, and they are inescapable, we will not try to escape from them.
Grant thal we live adventurously, heroically, yet triumphantly, in days
of war as well as in days of peace.
Grant courage, faith, inward stability to our comrades in arms that they
may be equal lo the tasks of tlle hour.
Grant to our loved ones across the sea the benediction of Thy Presence
always.
Through Jesus Christ,our Lord,. Amen
— Wilbur J. Kerr
Chaplain, (Capt.)
133rd lnf. Regt.
The Red Bulletin
Combat newspaper of the 34th “Red Bull" Infantry Division.
Published under supervision of A.C. of S, G-1.
Editor: 1st Lt. Harrison Harding, Public
Relations Officer. Reporters: Pfc. George Molnar, 133rd Inf. Regt.;
Pfc. Elmer 0. Fehlhaber, 135th Inf. Regt.; Pfc. John S. Wellington,
168th Inf. Regt.; T-5 Nathan S. Levy, 34th Div. Arty. Secretary: Pfc.
Anthony F. Cacciutti. Photographer: Pfc. John J. Ling. Printers: Pfc.
Miichael Guman, Pfc. Raymond L. Bailey, Pfc. Raymond H. Dietz. THE
RED BULLETIN is published weekly in the field in Italy by and for the
men and officers of the 34th Infantry Division, United States Army.
Address all communications to THE RED BULLETIN, 34th Infantry Division,
APO-34, United States Army. Member of Camp Newspaper Service, New York
City, N. Y. Contents may be sent through the mail. No subscriptions
accepted.
VOL. 1—NO. 12
June 9, 1945
WITH THE
34TH DIVISION
By Pfc. Jerome Lipsky, Co. H. 135th Inf. Regt.
You Can Keep 'Em Laughing?
THEN
Special Service Wants You!
To all of you fellows who were the LIFE OF THE PARTY
back home:
Special Service is scouting for "talent." Surely,
there are some of you who sing, dance, impersonate, do some sort of
specialty or novelty act—tricks with cards, ropes, rabbits, etc.;
or mayhe you're a comedian or you'd like to take part in some 34th
Division musical comedy shows. It's quite true fellows—we all
can't be Mickey Rooney's—but we can sure give it a try. Special
Service can use just about anything in the field of entertainment.
In the next few days a Special Service questionnaire
will be handed you by your own organization. With your cooperation
Special Service can promise bigger and better entertainment programs.
Fill out the questlonaire and enter the 34th Division's
Search for Talent contest.
34th Division
Men Visit Swiss-Italian Border
133rd Infantrymen are greeted by Swiss
guards at the Swiss-Italianborder in the Lake Como area.(APS Photos
by Phillips)
1st Lt. Brien Harned, Pittsburg, Tenn., is beingheartily
welcomed by a Swiss guard, Cpl. Bernaseoni, at the Swiss-Italian border
in the Lake Como area. Lt. Harned is a member of Cannon Co., 133rd
Inf. Regt.
Award Ceremonies Are Taking The
Spotlight
135th Inf.
Regt.
SAN REMO, Italy— A calm Medlterranean sea by the resort town of
San Remo on the Italian Riviera provided tlle setting for a recent decoration
ceremony of the 135th Regimental Combat Team.
The decorations were presented by Maj.
Gen. Charles L. Bolte, commanding general of the 34th “Red Bull" Infantry
Division.
Those decorated from Company A were:
Bronze Stars: T-Sgt. William S. Emrich, Hebron, Md.; S-Sgts. Lawrence
Moberly, Wilmore, Ky., and Thomas E. Hammen, Kinsman, Ill.
Company B--
Oak Leaf' Cluster for Bronze Star: Pfc. James M. Anderson, Jr., North
Wilkesboro, N. Car.; Bronze Star: T-Sgt. Henderson C. Bowers, Lake
City, Ark.; S-Sgt. James A. Leach, West Palm Beach, Fla.; Sgt. French
Casebolt,Newport News, Va.; Pfcs. Robert [I.] Kaiser, Makwionago, Wis.;
Paul W. Bennett, Martinsburg, W.Va., and Carl M. Enburg, Hoffman, Minn.
Company C—
Bronze Star: S-Sgts. Walter J. [XXX]line, Freehold, N. J.; Charles [XXX]Govern,
Kaska, Pa.; Sgt. Edward J. McDonough, Woburn, Mass.; 'T-4 William J.
Glatzel, Norwood, Minn., and Pfc. Arthur F. Weese, Joliet, Ill.
Company D—
Legion of Merit: S-Sgt. John E. Culhane, Minneapolis, Minn., Silver Star:
Pfc. Edward C. Akers, Route 4, Rocky Mount, Va.; Bronze Star: 2nd Lt.
Frank E. Dup[u]y, Nogales, Ariz.; Ist Sgt. Ernest M. Flowers, Mobile,
Ala.; S-Sgt. Robert W. Hardimon, Rock Island, Texas; Sgt. Gerald A.Preiss,
Waseca, Minn., Pfc. Glenn C. Blouse, Wrightsville, Pa.
Company I—
Bronze Star: Pfc. Halden F. Turner, Mt. Vernon, Maine.
Company K- -
Silver Star: T-Sgts. Ole E. Evans, Dunseith, N. Dak., and JohnS. Sta[resimic],
Joliet, Ill. OakLeaf Clusterfor Bronze Star: 2ndLt. BernardC. Sellars,
Savanna, Ill.,Bronze Star: Sgt.Marino Falcone, Steelton, Pa.
Company L—
Bronze Star: S-Sgt. Glenn C.Steffan, Covington, Ky.,Sgt. Robert L. Boza,
Chicago, Ill.
Company M—
Bronze Star: S-Sgt. Henry M. McKiben, Gray, ala.; Pfc. BartonEdgin, Leachville,
Ark.
Anti-tank Company—
Bronze Star:1st Lt.Richard R. Fosburg, Galesburg, Ill.;1st Sgt. RandolphH.
Dahl, Minneapolis, Minn.; T-5 Harold E. Ballard,[XXXXXXXXXXXXXX]
[XXXXXXXXXXXXXXX] Lt. Lester A. [XXXXXXXXXXXXX][X]ensington, Pa.
Oak Leaf Cluster for Bronze Star: Pfc. Charles E. Hughes, Elkmont, Ala.
Medical Detachment, Third Battalion—
Soldier's Medal: Pfc. William R. Cooney, Girard, Ohio.
Medical Detachment, 135th Infantry—
Bronze Star: Pfc. Charles J. Bailey, Anthras, Tenn.
Headquarters Company, First Battalion—
Bronze Star: Ist Lt. George M. Johnston, Hartford, Conn.; Pfc. Bernard
S. Wisniewski, Cleveland, Ohio.
Headquarters Company, 135th Infantry—
Bronze Star: Capts. Donovan C. Griffin, Red Oak, lowa, and Edgar T. Adler,
Rocky Hill, Conn.; 1st Lt. Gustav A. Isaacson, Washington, D.C.; S-Sgt.
Fox D. Lockhart, Beaverton, Ala.
Battery A, 125th Field Artillery—
Silver Star: T-5 Norman Souza, Fairhaven, Mass.
Headquarters Battery, 125th Field Artillery—
Bronze Star: T-1 Joseph W. Redding, Spencer, N. Car.
Artillery Battalions
LOMBRIASCO, Italy— Eleven men and
officers of the 34th Division were presented awards here at a formal
presentation ceremony and review recently.
Maj. Gen. Charles L. Bolte, 34th Division
commanding general presented the fourth, fifth and sixth Bronze Oak
Leaf Clusters to the Air Medal to 1st Lt. George M. Kovacs, 151st Field
Artillery Battalion, of Mount Vernon, N.Y., for metorious achievement
while participating in aerial flight as pilot, by performing 105 field
artillery observation sorties against the enemy in Italy.
Wins Two Bronze Stars
1st Lt. Leland B. Pyle, 185th Field Artillery
Battalion, of Carmi, Ill., was awarded the third Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster
to the Air Medal for meritorious achievement wllile participating in
aerial flight as pilot, by performing 35 field artillery observation
sorties against the enemy in Italy. Lt. Pyle is a second cousin of
the late Ernie Pyle.
Maj. William H. Francis, commanding officer
of the 151st F.A. Bn.,of Auburn, Ala., won the Bronze Star medal for
meritorious service in support of combat operations from Sept. 8, 1944
to Dec.2, 1944, and the Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star medal for
meritorious service in combat from Dec. 2, 1944 to May 7, 1945 in Italy.
Win Bronze Stars
For heroic achievement in action in ltaly,
the following 151st F.A. Bn. men were awarded the Bronze Star medal;
T-4 Malcolm E. King, Battery A, of Brackenridge, Pa., and T-4 Homer
C. Cromwell, Waverly, Kans.; Pfc. Edwin R. Drews, Delano, Minn., and
T-4 Richard J. Kelsey, Minneapolis, Minn., all of Battery B.
Awardees of the Bronze Star medal for meritorious
service in combat include 2nd Lt. Wells S. Marshall, Jr., and Maj.
Everett A. Thomas, both of the 151st F.A. Bn. and Minneapolis, Minn.;
S-Sgt. Robert G. Beegle, Service Battery, 185th F.A. Bn., of Racine,
Ohio, and Maj. Woodrow M. Smith, Hq., 34th Division Artillery, of Peru,
Ill.
Div. Headquaters
RACCONIGI, Italy—Maj. Gen. Charles
L. Bolte, 34th Division commanding general, presented awards to eight
rnembers of 34th Division Headquarters here at a formal presentation
ceremony recently.
Lt. Col. Stanley L. Burghardt, Division
Signal officer, of Watertown, S. Dak., received the Legion of Merit
medal for exceptionally meritorious conduct in the performance of outstanding
services in Italy from Jan. 1 to Aug. 1, 1944.
The Oak Leaf Cluster to the Bronze Star
medal was presented to Lt. Col. Edward W. Paulus, Division Surgeon,
of lowa City, Iowa, for meritorious service in support of combat operations
from Dec. 20, l944 to May 2, 1945.
Maj. Raymond Sobel, Division Medical Officer,
of Poughkeepsie, N.Y., was awarded the Bronze Star medal for heroic
achievement in action on Dec. 5,1943, in Italy.
For meritorious services in support of
combat operations, Bronze Star medals went to Lt.. Col. Dee M. White,
Division Adjutant General, of Marshalltown, lowa; Maj. Lester M. Brown,
Division Provost Marshal, of Aitkin, Minn.; Maj. H. Carl Kait, Division
AMG officer, of Chapel Hill, Atlantic Highlands, N.J.; Capt. Daniel
S. Stewart, Division Postal officer, of Kearny, N.J., and Pfc. Maurice
H. Flesher, G-1 Section,of Taylorville, Ill.
In winning the Legion of Merit Lt. Col.
Burghardt was cited for his technical knowledge, foresight, and ready
understanding of the signal problems throughout the 34th Infantry Division
which insured an unusually high standard of communications durlng combat
operations from Casslno to Leghorn.
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