Yank 1944aug25 PDF
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ITH,THE FIFTH ARMY IN ITALY—There are
three outfits that will remember the little
Tuscany town of Belvedere for a long
while to come. Two of them are the American
100th Infantry Battalion and the 442d Combat
Team, now spearheading the drive to the north.
The other is a German SS battalion, the rem-
nants of which are now spearheading a drive
toward Naples and the nearest PW camp.
Both the 100th Battalion and the 442d Combat
Team are composed of Japanese-Americans,
many of them from Hawaii. The 442d is a re-
cent arrival in Italy, but the 100th has been here
a long, long time. The men of the 100th went in
at Salerno and have since fought through almost
every major action from the Volturno to Rome.
In a battalion of 1,300 men they have more than
1,000 Purple Hearts.
The story of Belvedere really began after Rome
fell, when the 100th was pulled out of the line
and sent to bivouac in the pleasant countryside
just north of the city. There it joined the 442d.
It was a happy day for both outfits; most of the
lOOth's younger brothers, cousins and friends
were in the 442d and they hadn't seen each other
since shortly after Pearl Harbor, when the lOOth
left Hawaii for combat training in the U. S.
For tlyee days the brass hats left the two out-
fits alone. The kids of the 442d plied their older
brothers with questions of war. The older broth-
ers, like all combat men, dodged these questions
and asked questions of their own about Hawaii
and their families and girls. Together the outfits
visited Rome, buying souvenirs and baffling th&
T/Sgt. Ray J. Edwards, infantry observer with the 100th, talks over the battle with some of his friends.
Romans, who decided they must be Japanese
prisoners. It was impossible for them to believe
thai these were tough, loyal Americans.
After the three days the two outfits went to
work. Now'the men of the 100th began to answer
those questions; for 14 days they drilled the 442d.
sweating with the kids from morning to night,
cursing and pushing and ridiculing and encour-
Nt •. aging them, giving the final polish that makes a
man as much of a combat soldier as he can be
before combat. And in the evenings they would
sit around together and drink vino and sing their
soft Hawaiian songs.
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Pvt. Henry (Slim) Nakamora smiles happily as he rests his hands on his hard-working bazooka With this
bazooka, operating the two-man weapon by himself. Slim was able to knock out a German Pz KW IV tank.
weapons platoon to hold their fire until the Ger-
mans made a break, which sooner or later they
had to do. And they did. ""
Seventeen of their amphibious jeeps loaded
with Jerries swung out of an olive grove and
headed hell-bent for Sasseta. The three platoons
let them get onto the road and then let them
have it. All 17 jeeps were knocked out. Two light
machine guns manned by Sgt. K. Yoshimoto and
Sgt. Nakahara accounted for most of the damage,
and the riflemen picked off the Germans as they
ran from the jeeps.
Right after that, four German trucks filled
with men broke from the olive grove and tried
to swing around the knocked-out jeeps. The first
two made it, but the other two were stopped. Lt.
Boodry picked out one driver with his carbine,
and one of his riflemen got the other. The trucks
piled up in the middle of the road, blocking it
effectively and preventing any further German
escape. ' T h e next half-hour," says Pvt. Henry
(Slim) Nakamora, a bazookaman of the 2d Pla-
toon, "that valley was like a big box of chocolates
and us not knowing which piece to take first."
A battered Ol radio brings home and Hawaii closer.
The rest of the Germans rttreated to the grove
His Hawaiian dialect on the radio confuses Jerry.
and dug in. Sgt. Kobashagawa's platoon on top
of the hill picked off a few of them. The sergeant
town toward the valley. They fought from house was good and sore about not getting his mortar fired and hit the tank right in the belly. He re-
to hftuso arid then ducked over a ravine and support and kept calling for it, but the mortars loaded and hit it in the same place. The tank
down into the valley. The two squads encircling were needed somewhere else. Capt. Takahashi moved about 10 yards and blew up. The concus-
the town caught some of these Germans coming had decided to make a frontal attack on the sion knocked out Nakamora and killed Sgt.
out of the ravine. farmhouse with the 3d Platoon. The 1st Platoon Governagaji who was lying about 10 feet away.
When Kobashagawa's platoon assembled again was assigned to keep the Germans busy in the Two Germans started out of the tank, but Pfc.
at the edge of town, it ran into machine-gun fire grove, while the 2d Platoon was to knock off Nakana, working the BAR alone, got both of
from a German half-track located in front of one any snipers who might have come up the road on them before they were halfway out of the turret.
of the valley farmhouses. The platoon could also the platoon's flank. The captain also sent a r e - The weapons platoon on the slope took care of
hear the noise of a battle opening up to the right. quest back to battalion for more ammo. The sup- the half-track, knocking off its tread. The 2d Pla-
Kobashagawa decided to dig in and call for mor- ply was running low. toon had run out of ammunition and withdrawn;
tar support before jumping the farmhouse. When the Germans in the farmhouse saw the the weapons platoon had one box of machine-
3d Platoon moving toward them, they opened gun ammo left. Now the German rifle company
HE mortar support didn't come. The heavy-
T weapons platoon had discovered a nice reverse
slope and set up there to cover the road to S a s -
fire. The 3d returned the fire, aided by elements
of the 1st and 2d Platoons, and moved in and
around the farmhouse. There was a German half-
with the two machine guns started up the hill.
The dogfaces didn't know what they were going
to do, but they hadn't counted on Nakana with
seta. The platoon was about to open up on some track there, with two Germans working its m a - his BAR. Nakana waited until the Germans were
Germans trying to make a get-away when the chine gun. Cpl. Toshio Mizuzawa, who had within 50 yards, then knocked out the four J e r -
point squad of the 2d Platoon, preceding the plopped a rifle grenade into the back seat of a ries carrying the two machine guns. The rest of
weapons platoon, arrived at the edge of the hill jeep earlier in the day, scored another basket the rifle company hightailed it back to th^ olive
and practically ran into the four German 155s when he dropped one into the half-track and ren- . grove. The counterattack was over.
that had been firing on the 442d and its flank dered it highly ineffective.
battalion. The Germans had just moved into this This was enough for the occupants of the FTER that the 100th mopped up. B Company
new position and were preparing to fire.
They never did. Lt. Boodry, commanding the
farmhouse. They came out with their hands up.
One of the prisoners spoke English and asked
A
J called it a day; A Company moved through
and chased the retreating Germans cmong the
platoon, had Cpl. Hidenobu Hiyane, communica- Lt. Johnston about his platoon: "These men are olive groves and up and down the ravines. When
tions man, get the weapons platoon on the radio. Mongolians, yes?" B Company took stock they found they had one
Cpl. Hiyane contacted T/Sgt. M^ Nakahara and "Mongolians, hell," the lieutenant said. "Hasn't box of ammo left in the company. It was now
3ave him the essential data. Their conversa- Hitler told you? These are Japanese. Japan has 1600 hours.
tion must have sounded terrifying if any Ger- surrendered and is fighting on our side now." In the valley of Belvedere lay 84 dead Ger-
mans were listening—it was conducted in a per- The German was a little skeptical until three mans; headed for the rear were 32 prisoners and
sonal code, combining Hawaiian dialect with J a p - of the dogfaces gathered around and solemnly 29 wounded Jerries. By 1900 hours A Company
anese and American slang. intoned: "Tojo no good. Hitler no good. Roose- had accounted for 26 more German dead, 18 pris-
The plan worked all right. While Lt. Boodry velt good. Banzai!" That convinced him. \ opers and 9 wounded. The box score on Jerry
and his platoon moved in on the German Ijattery equipment was 13 motorcycles, 19 jeeps, 7 trucks.
with carbines and Mis, the weapons platoon cut 2 half-tracks, 1 PzKW IV tank, 1 SP gun, 2 anti-
GT. KoBASHAGAVVA had Seen the Germans r e -
loose with its mortars. In five minutes 18 Ger-
mans had been killed and all four of the 155s were S forming in the olive grove and had spotted
a PzKW IV tank there. He relayed this informa-
tank guns, 4 155-mms, 1 radio CP and 1 battalion
CP with 20 telephones.
out of action. tion to Capt. Takahashi, who didn't exactly rel- The 100th lost one man and had eight wounded.
The Gerrnans knew they were encircled now ish the idea of running into a tank with so little The next morning the outfit was relieved. It
and tried to make a break up the main road t o - ammo. The captain sent an urgent call for A bivouacked that day with the 442d. There was a
ward Sasseta. Capt. Takahashi ordered the 3d Company and ordered the -3d Platooon back to lot of razzing between the two outfits.
Platoon to move up and cover the flank of the the reverse slope to join the weapons platoon, After a couple of days both of them went back
2d Platoon. He told both rifle platoons and the leaving a patrol to scout the area. The patrol into the line.
consisted of Sgt. A, Governagaji and Pfc. Tan-
Like GIs everywhere, the 100th relaxes with poker. eyshi Nakana, working as a BAR team, and Pvt. Pfc. Nakana cleaning his favorite weapon, a BAR.
Nakamora with his bazooka. Snipers tried to get
them but were silenced by Lt. Boodry and a squad
from his platoon. Boodry shot one sniper out of a
tree from 150 yards with his carbine. "He fell
out of a tree and just looked at me as if he was
surprised." Boodry says. "I was surprised, too.
I didn't think a carbine was accurate at that dis-
tance. I moved in a little closer and hit him four
more times."
Then the German counterattack started. The
tank rolled out of the olive grove and started up
the slope. It was followed by a half-track, and
behind that were some soldiers with two light
machine guns and what was left of a rifle com-
pany. Sgt. Governagaji of the patrol crawled
over to Pvt. Nakamora and asked him if he
wanted to take a crack at the tank with his
bazooka.
"Yeah," said Pvt. Nakamora, who is a man of
few words.
Sgt. Governagaji nodded and started to crawl
back to his position. On the way he was hit by a
slug from the tank. Then the tank bounced into
view about 15 yards from Nakamora. He aimed,
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d i s p l a y s one of the leaflets. sian w h o responded to leaflet. to come over to Allies. He is blindfolded w h i l e in the A l l i e d zone.
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thev locate G e r m a n positions on a m a p f o r American.officers a n d noncolns. going on in the w o r l d . Sgt. Kenny introduces them to a copy of Y A N K .
Yanks Train Brazilian
By Sgt. JOHN HAY
YANK Staff Correspondent
ANAMA — "Awright. let's break it up and
P speak English "
Pvt. Clinton Carney of Los Angeles, Calif.,
was holding the morning English lesson for Bra-
zilian air force officers.
"The lieutenant asks the meaning of 'It's no
skin off my nose,' " Carney began. "Well, that's
colloquial—slang. It means, 'That doesn't bother
me.' Get it?"
And again:- "No, captain. You cannot say: 'I
have not money.' Say: 'I have no money.'"
The class was being held at a fighter-squadron
base in a lonely area in Panama, where Brazilian
officers and men were going through an intensive
three-month course taught by Americans. They
were the first squadron to get that kind of train-
ing, and war was their destination. They knew
they had a tough job ahead, for Brazil would soon
be sending an expeditionary force to Europe.
The men of the Brazilian and American squad-
rons, in spite of the handicap of language, had
learned to work, eat and live together. It didn't
take long to get the difference in their ways of
life ironed out. There were a few things for the
Yanks to learn, such as Brazilian army regula-
tions and insignia, but the training was being downward. They discovered that the Brazilians When we visited the airfield, a flight of planes
done from the American end a n d in English as preferred coke and orange pop to beer at the non- was getting ready to take off while other P-40s
much as possible. All of the officers and most of coms' club, that they liked their chicken stewed wheeled in overhead. In the control tower the
the men were members of the regular a r m y when instead of fried and their rice fried instead of Brazilian officer in charge was giving take-off in-
they came up from Brazil. Some of them had r e - boiled. Both squadrons ate at the same tables and structions. Four American and six Brazilian non-
ceived a month of special training and indoctrina- shared the same chow. coms were going over flight schedules, looking at
tion in t h e States. The Brazilians, for their part, came to know the landing gear through field glasses as the planes
When the Panama period of training began, meaning of that dread phrase: "Report to the came over the field and checking the modulation
every Brazilian slated to become a combat pilot, mess sergeant at 0630 on the days assigned above." of the transmitters. Sgt. Lee Brooks of Chicago,
mechanic, mess sergeant or clerk had a trained In Portuguese, it's "Apresentar-se ao Cabo do m., NCO in charge of the tower, was working
American to teach him the job. They worked side Rancho at 6:30 horas nos dias designados," but it smoothly with 2d Sgt. Sergipe J. Valente, who
by side, and as the weeks went by and the Brazil- still means KP. had learned his own job well and now made sure
ians learned to handle the job by themselves, the Outside the orderly room there were two bul- that the other Brazilians did theirs.
Yanks turned from being teachers to being super- letin boards with notices tacked up in t ^ o lan- In the ordnance shops, the motor pool, the han-
visors, until finally the Brazilians were function- guages that meant the same thing. Inside there gars, it was much the same story. The Brazilians
ing on their own. were two first sergeants—A. H. Catowski of Tren- had benefited by North American efficiency and
As they worked together, t h e squadrons got to ton, N. J., and Jota Brasileiro of Rio de Janeiro, ingenuity, but they were good pupils and had
know each other better. The American GIs learned Brazil. They meant the same thing, too. You can learned to do things well. Now these officers and
the Brazilian ranks—pfc, corporal, third sergeant, get restricted in any language. men of Brazil's first combat squadron were get-
second sergeant and first sergeant, designated ting ready to take over. They would give a good
by one to five stripes with points extending account of themselves.
Haggler
IGERIA, AFRICA—If T/Sgt. Rudy Massara's old
N boss back in that New York shop where he
used to sell draperies knew what Rudy is doing
here, he'd probably turn an apoplectic red and
scare out his very posh customers.
Rudy talks to a king every day now and is
responsible for Yanks in his camp enjoying T-
bone steak, fresh chicken and fresh eggs. It came
about this way:
One day the mess sergeant fell sick. Cooks
were bellowing for food but the cupboards were
bare. The mess officer had set a high standard,
because in the jungle food is about all a guy can
look forward to. He didn't want to hammer open
K rations or fall back on Spam. Rudy, who had
been studying the difficult Hausa language of the
natives for 10 months, asked for a try at doing
the marketing.
Two hours later Rudy sent back for three
trucks, and soon they clattered into camp,
humped with food. From that day Rudy has been
the fair-haired boy. Now it's his regular assign-
Virgin Islanders Get Their Greetings ment to haggle with the natives in the open mar-
ket. If he figures one is trying to cheat him he
By Sgt. DONALD COOKE January 1944 '.ha* tiic system for induction had splutters to the king of the market. Usually he
been wtn'ked ^mt. By March draft bt)ards were gets an apology and the food at a reasonable
YANK Staff Correspondent ready to operate. In .'\pril. Superintendent of Edu- price.
cation C. Frederick. Dixon, in charge of Selective
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T. THOMAS, VIRGIN ISLANDS — In the quiet The native hawkers know the GI merchant,
streets of Charlotte Amalie and in the Service under Gov. Charles Harwood. was ready call him by name and respect his shrewdness
drowsy hamlets that nestle among the to call up the first registrants. in driving a bargain. Rudy pays 8 cents a pound
mountains on St. Croix, war seemed far away. The first group of V.I. draftees left for the re- for beef, including T-bone steak; 16 cents each
The Virgin Islanders, who are U. S. citizens, ception center in Puerto Rico early in July. By for hens; 12 cents for a rooster; 10 cents a dozen
watched military construction projects spring that time 149 men from St. Thomas and 62 from for fresh eggs.
up, but they could not feel any personal kinship St. Croix had entered the service as volunteers. His campmates ai-e convinced Rudy should be
to the armed forces sent to protect their homes. There are about 3,600 registrants in the Virgin awarded the Legion of Something-or-Other, es-
The law had omitted Virgin Islanders from Se- Islands, and though the population is small, offi- pecially if there is any truth in that old business
lective Service. cials here do not believe Selective Service will about an army marching on its stomach.
There were some who protested. .Local news- cause any h^^-dship in industry or agriculture. - S g t . JACK DENTON SCOTT
papers came out strongly for extension of the law It may m fact help absorb unemployment. In- Y A N K Staff Correspondent
to this territory. In the forefront of the campaign duction of Virgin Islanders began at a time when
was Ariel Melchior, Negro editor of the Char- the boom in early war construction was Jaegin-
lotte Amalie Daily News. As early as 1940, his ning to slacken and when the Islands' popula-
editorials asked that his countrymen be given an tions were increasing as outside labor arrived.
equal opportunity to serve with other Americans. Some of the V.I. GIs found themselves in uni-
A few men who were able to find passage to form before they realized what was happening.
the States or to Puerto Rico enlisted within the In this happy corner of the world, speed is not
jurisdiction of the law but most of them went on the custom, and when the islanders reported
with their quiet island life. for their physicals, they had no idea that when
Then on Oct. 26, 1943, President Roosevelt Uncle Sam said "immediate induction," he meant
^gned a proclamation that brought a change to just that. As a result, Selective Service head-
St. Croix, St. John and St. Thomas. Selective quarters was besieged by telephone calls from
Service had come at last to the Virgin Islands. men who wanted toothbrushes, soap and razor
In November registration began. Proclama- blades so they could ship out within 24 hours.
tions and notices appeared in public places. The V.I. GIs are the only soldiers in the Army
newspapers ran extras. And in the streets of who go "overseas" virtually on the day of their
Charlotte Amalie, in the hamlets on St. Croix induction. The reception center for this area is
and St. John, knots of workers gathered about located in Puerto Rico, so the Virgin Islander can
the notices, read them aloud to one zuiother, usually count on taking a boat ride only a few
shouted to passing acquaintances. Through the hours after his acceptance into the service. Most
grapevine the word spread quickly into the hills. of the men of St. Thomas and St. Croix have
The machinery moved slowly. It was not until never left their home islands before; some have
not ventured beyond their immediate settlement.
The percentage of illiteracy here is low, and
less than 2 percent of the registrants have been
This Week's Cover rejected for this reason. Education began here
T HE man ot rest it Cpl. in early colonial days when Moravian religious
• Tkomai O ' N e a l , 2d Marine schools were established. Compulsory education
Division. .He is sitting in was established under Danish royal decree 10
front of his AM tank in the years before the first compulsory school-atten-
town of G a r a p a n on the dance law was enacted in the U. S.
island of Saipon after the
Japs hod been wiped otrt;
The only blot on the Virgin Islands' Selective
Tin roofs and signs provide Service program so far has been the failure of
some makeshift camouflage some draftees to report on the proper dates.
for the tonk. YANK'S Sgt. Usually this is not because of any lack of
Bill Young made the picture. patriotism or enthusiasm on the part of the na-
tives. Most- of the men simply didn't receive
PHOTO CREDITS. C>VM—Sft. Bill •^tmt. 2.3 4 4-p«ft. Btorw their "greetings," because they never looked for
Aarons. S—sit. Refl Kenny. 6—AAF. 7—Upper. Sat. D«n Ce«ke; their mail at General Delivery. In this corner of
lower, Siflnaf Cerps. ft~Spt. Dillen Ferris. 10—Sgt. Diek Hanley.
II—Cpl. Joe CunRlppkem. 12 & 13—Sit. Aaraes. 16—S(t. Kenny. the world, news is often passed by word of mouth
17—Left. Acme: r i ( M . YANK. IS—Uft. PRO, ATC. Miami. Fla.:
right, PRO. Bryan Field, Tex. 19—Upper left. Stwk Seneral and the islanders who live back in the hill coun-
Haspiui. s. C : upper rigfet. AAFTC. Uiiry FleU, Gate.: tenter
Fight, PRO, Camp Adair, Oreg.; lewer center, Signal Cerps, Camp try aren't used to mail service.
Kehler, Calif.: lewer right. PRO, Seatt Field. III. 20—United
Artist). 21—Upper left,- Parameunt Pietoret: upper center. General To meet this difficulty, the local draft boards
Amusement Corperatlen; lewer center, Iftth Century-Fex: upper use large blackboards. Whenever draft notices are
right. Columhia Pictures. 23—Upper, Sgt. Aarens; lewer. Sgt.
Bob Ghio. being sent out, the blackboards carry warnings:
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Plenty of American soldiers and
marines have "fought the battle
of Queens Street," resting up in
New Zealand after combat.
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HRISTCHUKCH. NEVV ZEALANO—Tens of thou-
sands of American ifoops have visited New
Zealand, forgetting the war and just en-
joying themseives in this handsome, good-
hearted country of? close to the end of nowhere
When we visited New Zealand, a division w-as
here on rest leave aftet many months of service
2.000 miles away m the Solomon Islands. There
was also a stream of combat crews on nine-day
breaks from the an war "up north '
The reaction of the division troops after the
townless tropica! island? was typical. "For the
fifst two days." said one GI. "we just stood on
the corners with our mouths open " Some went
up to the buildings and felt them Others luxu-
riously rubbed their shoes on the sidewalks of
Queens Street. Auckland s main drag. The New
Zealanders call them "'footpaths." but to these
GIs they were the first sidewalks in a year.
The Yanks filled their ears with the delicious
sounds of the city with its streetcars and busses.
They stared at the girls, the old folks and the
little children. Some Yanks soaked themselves
under hot showers, their first real baths after
months of cold ones out of gasoline drums. Others
had their shoes shined. rode in elevators and
sniffed with delight the odor of tar on sunny
pavements (coral roads have no smell).
Still others hit the Queens Street hamburger
shops, killed three or four and left with a bagful.
Hamburgers are one Americanism that New Zea-
land has adopted in a big way. Hot dogs, how-
ever, are-still unknown. When T-4 Joe Reilly J r .
of Bristol. Conn., divisional athletic director, told
a New Zealand sportsman that he had to get hot
dogs for a field day. the Kiwi looked blank for a
moment and then grinned. "Hot dogs." he said.
"Oh, you mean hamburgers, don't you?"
Milk shakes were once few and far between, or wa? of! on a honey-
even though this is a leading dairying country, moon trip Special Service
but now the visitors found milk bars everywhere would get more coupons
—with all the milk shakes, straight milk, ice for hirt.
cream and banana splits an American could con- Requests toi extra gas
sume. After a jungle year of powdered and evapo- for marriage trips were
rated milk, the real kind ran neck and neck with quite frequent. In the II
beer as the favorite GI drink months the Marines were
There was no shortage of beer either, so a little in Wellington before in-
pub-crawling was part of many GI schedules. vading Tarawa, there were
New Zealand beer is so much heavier it makes 600 to 800 marriages, and in
the States-side brew look anemic. Bottled beer the first two weeks after the division we wert fanner soutn you go in New Zealand, the colde
comes in quarts with reached New Zealand, there were 23 m a i - it gets. North Island, on which Auckland ano
GI chow in New Zealand seemed so good to naiit applications. In a number of cases, tne sol- Wellington are located, has a climate like that o
Cpl. Jack String of Upper Darby. Pa., that he diers had met the giris on the division's previous San Francisco, cool in winter (July and August
said "a guy's a damn fooi not to stay in camp visit to the country and the two had correspond- but never snowy. South Island, whose prmcipa
and eat." Besides fresh tomatoes and lettuce, a ed through the New Georgia campaigi: city IS Christchurch, has winter skiing
quart of milk per man per day and undehy- Such practices as sending "posies woitti a quir' Golf got a heavy play from the GIs althoug:
drated eggs once a week, there was all the lee ($3.30)." taking cabs, getting the best reserveo golf balls were very scarce. The clubs chipped ir.
cream you could eat. from one to four or mort- seats at the movies and hitting Auckland's nu- b few. ''Two bob six " (40 cents) was the ver)
times weekly. The Navy in Auckland's Domain merous American-style night clubs riavt made liu leasonable fee on commerciai courses, whil'
Park undoubtedly held the record—ice cream 14 average oeat-up GI a glamorous ctiaracler in th< many private clubs welcomed GIs as guests. Ten-
times a week with pie an«l cake. iot> eye> of many New Zealand girls. This i> pas- nis was another favorite. Three pence (pro-
Casuals, such as the an crews, could suit them- ticulariy so among those in their late ieens>. mos* nounced "thruppence" and worth a nickel) wa-
selves about staying in a camp or taking off to of whom are in the tnroes of the jitterbug craze the commercial charge for a half hour and man-,
hotels or private residences. The people of New and ardent tans o! Artit Snaw', private courts were free.
Zealand-7-in the cities, on the farms and on t h t About 30.000 New Zealand girls volunleerec. With all this. New Zealand has more. Toe opt-'
great sheep ranches tor "stations")—opened It) serve as dance partners and dates for GI.'-. season on deer is year round, and m some place-
their homes to thousands of American service- While we were there. Auckland had tour or five deer are so numerous a bounty is paid tor kilimt
men. And, since the currency exchange is in an free dances a night, and mere were picnics. ha\ them. There are so many millions of rabbits tiia
American's favor, hotel bills were small—$1.65 ride.s steak fries and oeacn parties. The nigrr. they "spray out in front of you like flyinjd fisr
to $3 a day, meals included. d u o s migh: as well nave Oeen States-side—riii-,. Forty o: 50 miles outside Wellington therr is
The Special Service camp at Western Springs, swings and noisy. Dances at AucKlands Towi- wild-pig shooting and, although ammunitioi
five minutes from downtown Auckland, seemed Hall gijve GIs the added fun of learning local stocks are low. many a GI spent his whole tur-
like a yardbird's dream. There was no clean- favorites like the spot dance and Monte Cario loug!i hunting them as a change from Jap.-,
ing and no KP. and you: beds were made for Fisning IS legendary: trout Jiave hit 27 pouna.-
you. There was a Red Clus^ cafeteria instead OT tin- leas' oi New Zealand's joys are u.-
of a mess hall and a oar wtieri you could get
beer or sodas. There were tennis and badminton
N climate and sports facilities. Compared witn
the coral fields on which Reilly ran his softbali.
Anothei popular way of forgetting the war wa-
lo hire out as a farmhand. When the New Zealanc
Land Girls, who wear very short shorts, couldn
courts, a golf course and a swimming pool. Dales volleyball and basketball leagues on New Geoi - cope with the bumper crop of beans, peas, caboagi
were permitted at all these places gia, the grass fields and wooden indoor couris o< and cauliflower at the Pukekohe government gai
Uniforms in need of cleaning and pressing couia New Zealand seemed like a dream. Track evenl'^ dens last Christmas (the season's first harves:
be swapped at Special Service toi fresh one.s like dashes, relays and jumps had been out of tii< GIs rallied round in fine form
Automobiles were scarce, but Special Service question in the heat of the Tropics, but then Beton going south, many a GI changec m.-
helped line them up. Rentals were about the same were plenty of entries for the regimental ano jungle sun-tans for ODs, borrowing then; froi;
as in the States. S4 a day. Tne gasoline ration divisional field days Reilly arranged here the Special Service supply. To a man whose bloor
was only five gallons a week, since all gas must New Zealand is about as far south o1 Int nas been thinned by the Tropics it feeis muc-
be shipped in from the States, but if a GI was Equator as the Slates aie north of il. so t h t sect- cooler in New Zealand than it does to the few GI,-
taking a drive down to the hoi springs at Rolorua sons are about the same, thougn in reverse. Ttu iucky enough to be permanently stationed he:-.
PAGf e
Many GI^ enjoyed most of al! gelling out in tne -Vew Zealanders are not above a pun even in
countryside and meeting thf New Zoalanders. The their store signs. An Auckland butcher has the
Yanks learned that a dairyman is a "cow cocky," front of his shop covered with a giant sign:
a tow car is a "break-down wagon." a thrill iS' a "Delighted to Meat You." Another sign brazenly
"buzz." a hot argument is ''a fair dinkum go," and proclaims: "Renown Coal—the Hot Favorite."
to travel fast is "to go flat out." Everything that New Zealanders admittedly take life easy and
Ls the real MeCoy is "dinkum," and the sheep declare that as a result they are as good at 50 as
auctioneer in Christchurch will interrupt his. at 30. An example of the leisurely tempo is the
.semi-intelligible chant of "18 bob, 18 bob, 18'2. sign in the window of a Queens Street oculist.
one sovereign" to draw the lips back from the Instead of the American "Closed Saturdays," it
strong teeth of a sheep and cry ''a dinkum mouth!" reads: "We beg to intimate that this establishment
will not be open Saturdays."
LMOST every house in the country has a red
A I metal roof, with here and there a green or
orange one. War cut off the supply of green and
New Zealanders, in turn, are amused by
American fondness for superlatives. Neither a
university student nor a kindergarten teacher in
orange, leaving red practically unchallenged. Christchurch knew that it is the world's most
Most dwellings are one-story bungalows with southerly city of 150,000 population; what's more,
three to five rooms, and the residential sections of they thought it comical that anyone should,care.
Auckland, Wellington and Christchurch could be New Zealanders just go to work, come home, see
set down in the small towns of northern New View of Old Parliament Building at Wellington, N. Z. a movie Saturday and maybe Wednesday, indulge
Jersey, southern Illinois or west Texas without
seeming out of place. in some sport, and that's about all. They don't
has been flagged down as he pedaled along the worry about where they are in the world.
Americans note that plumbing fixtures aren't Avon in Christchurch and offered an unwrapped
up to American standards. Hotels have communal When two American soldiers came bowling
half-loaf by a New Zealander. Dining in the rail- down the right-hand side of the road, the New
bathrooms and even the better Christchurch sub- road lunchroom at Frankton Junction, you will
urban homes are apt to have outhouses. Zealander with me chuckled: "Ha, ha, that "Vank!
get a loaf of bread, a bread board and a knife so Back in the States again!" But this time the laugh
To coffee-minded Americans the tea situation you can cut only as much as you intend to eat.
looms large. The Auckland-Wellington express. wasn't on the GIs, for they pulled up beside two
New Zealanders are much more democratic beautiful automobiling damsels in distress—on.
best train in the country, stops four times in the than Americans, even though they are fondly
afternoon and evening for tea, and no matter how the right side of the highway. "Oh," the New
loyal to their British king. When four first-class Zealander admitted, "that's different."
fast you sprint for the station waiting room, the passengers on the Auckland-Wellington train
New Zealand passengers are always four deep asked the conductor for glasses, he told them he For all the chuckles. New Zealanders have
ahead of you, ordering tea and meat pies. could find glasses all right, provided there was adopted many American ways. Facing the digni-
Despite this fondness for tea. New Zealand is some beer in it for him, too. Inviting himself to fied Old World Cathedral Square in Christchurch
undoubtedly one of the few places in the world the party, he explained that he was a CDD from is a tearoom that advertises "New American
where you are likely to be invited for tea and the Middle East and proceeded to entertain with Novelty—Hot Waffles with Syrup or Honey."
then be served everything but tea—a full course New Zealand jokes. Samples:
dinner of mutton, potatoes and pudding, for in-
stance. The evening meal is called tea even if no
tea is actually served.
A newly hired conductor was so dumb that when
he was told to pour the passengers' tea h^ emptied
P ROBABLY some GIs will make New Zealand
their home after the war, and as one elderly
gentleinan on an Auckland tram volunteered:
two gallons out the window. The same bloke was "That's what we need—population. And you'd
In a New Zealand home you may be asked to asked by an American officer why shoes put out
sing around the piano in the evening. The songs to be shined came back one black and one brown. be the right stamp all right.''
are mostly American, with only an occasional "Blimey." he gasped, "that's the second time that's T-4 Lucien B. Tew of La Junta, Colo., driver for
happened today!" the colonel who is American military attache in
One of New Zealand's Wellington, has traveled 26,000 miles up and
fierce original settlers, a down New Zealand. For a long time Tew seriously
Maori, had a bayonet and thought of staying in this country, because so
was "chasing a Hun two- much of it was "just like home." Tew thinks now
thirds of the way across
Libya." A rabbit got in that he'll go back to the States after all. when
the way, and the German the war is over, but he predicts that many
kicked him. "Get out of American tourists will make peacetime visits to
the way, rabbit," he cried, the "Switzerland of the South Pacific."
"=jnd let a joker run who
can run."
A buffalo goes into oction on the beach at Numfor, The crew directs fire on Jap defenders who have dug themselves into the blasted rubble beyond the beach
•*w.;,-, ie:> «^s.ga!nst R u l e r ; *
I . • :• • ; U";,, - ; preuv •.;itlicuii \o bt
» •::; c':,- lb )U' 'hf etsrjirv—but ! believe vff
_,st t !' .v»bt 'li keep the peace.
''u }.••<::; tJeiTiian:- and Japs imply to me twn
' ;>;:i.. gidups -- the ruling policy makers and
VM glasses jf the pe'>ple The responsibility for
J^' ^ vxis .rimes lies ahmost completely m the hands
I if tlur foi-iner.
W-en we have won the war. we must prevent
a recurrence of Nazism and Japanese militarism.
The present leaders of Germany and Japan must
be removed by imprisonment or death.
The masses of the people in both countries were
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victims of either totalitarian propaganda or fear.
Just as the people were molded into following
9' i^ Nazi and militaristic beliefs, so they can be edu-
cated by democratic means to a decent philosophy
of life.
True, the educational process is long, but its
effect is genuine and lasting.
A Hospital in Italy —Pfc. P. CROLL
Modern 14 Points
ERE is a list of a modern 14 points for dealing
H with the enemy after the war:
1. Strip Germany of all the territory she has
conquered—Austria, Czechoslovakia, Alsace-Lor-
raine, the Polish Corridor and the rest.
,^ir«i(iHts 2. Give East Prussia and Silesia to Poland. This
would compensate for Russian desires in eastern
Poland.
3. Give Holstein to Denmark. It once belonged
to her.
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IlLi^L^ZiiZ^ l^fiof sfiou/d w e d o with
ie Germans and Japs after the war?
our weKtern ideals. Too. Russia has already shown 4. Give the left bank of the Rhine to France
Practice W h a t W e Preach many tendencies toward a liberal type of indus- and the Low Countries for their security against
Too Idealistic
- T - 5 ALVA E. ZIMMERMAN
again. Some will counter by saying that the Japa-
nese and Germans are suffering from a collective T HIS page of Gl opinion on important
issues of the day is a regular feature
mental disorder and must be dealt with in a of Y A N K . Our next two questions w i l l be
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MEHL'S VICTORY FEATURES < ^ "Fr^"^'
SPORTS:
By Sgt. JAMES P. O'NEILL
ALLIED OLYMPICS IN ROME
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F ORO D ' I T A L I A , R O M E — F i v e y e a r s ago when Italian ,L;nis handing out [jrograms. three d i ! -
things w e r e looking good for Hitler and ferent a r m y bands - A m e i i c a n , British, and
Mussolini, t h e t w o optimists sat at a table F r e n c h - played all sorts of music: and if >'ou L^^--'^
one d a y a n d began cutting t h e world into looked hard enough you could buy a bottle of
halves. Late in t h e afternoon, so t h e stoi > soda pop. an Italian version of Birely's
goes, Mussolini a n d Hitler began splitting up orangeade that didn't taste too bad if you
t h e world's leading events, a n d Hitler upon d r a n k it fast. In the crowd of 25.000. high up
Goering's insistence d e m a n d e d t h e Atlantu in the gallery, was a fastidious bleacherite
City B a t h i n g B e a u t y Contest. Mussolini, who with a swanky straw hat. This Roman w a s
at o n e time k n e w a nice g a m when he saw the envy of all GIs. They could hardly take
one, didn't give in without a struggle. Final- their eyes off his smartly thatched beany.
ly Hitler offered h i m t h e first p o s t - w a r Olym- The meet wasn't any Olympics, but consid-
pic games. ering that most of the athletes came right out
T h e n e x t morning Mussolini started to of the front lines and ran either barefooted
build himself t h e largest s t a d i u m in Europe. or in tennis shoes, it wasn't such a bad after-
and not long ago t h e g a r d e n e r s finished t r i m - noon. T w o o l d - t i m e r s tried their hand in t h e
ming t h e last green lawn. T h e first event has festivities. They were B a n k s McFadden, e x -
been held in t h e stadium b u t it wasn't the Clemson College track a n d football star w h o Ens Bill Bonthron (left) congratulates Walter Mehl
Mussolini-sponsored Olympics. It w a s tht later played pro football for the Brookl.yn
finals of t h e Allied Track a n d Field C h a m - Dodgers, and Walter Mehl, former 1.500- the other two. In team competition t h e North
pionships. And to add insult to injury, some- meter AAU champ from Wisconsin. African District, composed of Allied troops
one changed t h e n a m e from Mussolini Sta- McFadden, now a captain in a Special from Algiers to Tunis, won by 11V2 points
dium to Foro D'Italia. Service unit, managed to take third place in over its nearest rival, the Atlantic Base Sec-
It w a s a nice afternoon for a track meet. the broad j u m p . When Willie Steele went u p tion. T h e Fifth and Eighth Armies didn't fare
The w e a t h e r w a s w a r m ; t h e r e w e r e pretty and set the tape to 22 feet 2 inches, M c F a d - so well, though one of t h e brightest stars on
den said: "This is w h e r e I came in. I just the field w a s a Fifth A r m y dogface. Pfc.
don't have the heart to ask these poor legs Willie Steele of San Diego, Calif,, who holds
of mine to go after that j u m p . " the National J u n i o r b r o a d - j u m p title at 25
T h e o t h e r old-timer, Lt. Mehl of t h e Navy, feet 7 inches. T h e California Negro easily
provided t h e climax to t h e meet and gave won the broad j u m p at 22 feet 2 inches a n d
one of t h e finest performances of t h e day in the high j u m p at 5 feet 10 inches.
winning t h e 1,500-meter race. T h e day b e - Pvt. Fred Sickinger, former M a n h a t t a n
my
,~7SL • • • • i i i i i i i i 11111 i fore h e had entered t h e 5,000-meter race b u t
was forced to drop out at t h e t h r e e - m i l e m a r k
College star from Astoria, N. Y., r a n one of
the best races of t h e d a y in w i n n i n g t h e 800-
'^^*^f*J!*''*V*",".' * because of a painful Charley horse. No one
^^ meter event. Sickinger, w h o won this same
expected Mehl to come back, especially w h e n race t w o y e a r s in succession in t h e Melrose
it w a s announced that he had been laid up Games at New York, got off badly a n d w a s
for t h r e e weeks prior t o ' t h e meet with a boxed in for most of t h e route. B u t h e stayed
pulled tendon in his right foot. B u t Mehl with t h e pack until t h e stretch, then steanved
baked his foot u n d e r a sun lamp all m o r n i n g in fast to w i n with plenty to spare. His time
ly.-^tv f^ ^ and decided to r u n . wasn't sensational, 2:05.2, b u t t h a t d i d n ' t
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The former Big Ten mile c h a m p broke
eighteenth in a field of 20, then quickly
w o r r y Fred. "With t w o days of t r a i n i n g , " h e
said, "I w a s lucky to b r e a k t h r e e minutes.
climbed up until he w a s challenging P e t t y Anyhow they told us we w e r e here to h a v e
Officer Guest, British mile ace, for t h e lead. fun, and today I had my share. I even forgot
Mehl held second place until t h e last lap b e - t h e w a r , almost."
i^r gan, then shot into t h e lead and finished eight
yards ahead of Guest. His time w a s 4:11.1.
T h e r e is at least one popular top kick in t h e
Allied armies after this meet. He is Sgt. Tahar
One of t h e first to c o n g r a t u l a t e Mehl w a s Ben Smain, an Arab in t h e F r e n c h A r m y ,
Ens. Bill Bonthron, t h e g r e a t Princeton miler, who c a p t u r e d t h e 5,000-meter event, lapping
who acted as field j u d g e of t h e meet. B o n - the entire field. T h e 40-year-old sergeant,
thron couldn't give Mehl enough praise. He with 15 years of a r m y life u n d e r his belt,
was especially interested in t h e time of t h e didn't think much of his victory. "With t h e
race. "'With little training, sneakers a n d a w a r , " he said sourly, " w h a t is so great about
bum foot this kid's time w a s plenty good. winning a foot r a c e ? " His buddies thought it
Though 4:11 isn't sensational, r e m e m b e r was great because they kissed him right out
Mehl h a s d o n e this route in 3:47.9," said of t h e stadium.
Bonthron, modestly neglecting to add that he
himself has r u n t h e distance in 3:48.8.
In 12 events of t h e d a y t h e Americans won Ofher pictures on pages 12 and 13.
Here's Capf. Banks Mcfadden at the broad jump pit. seven, t h e French took t h r e e a n d t h e British
SPORTS SERVICE RECORD western halfback star, with his second DFC,
after shooting down 16 J a p planes. . . . Wound-
ed in action: Maj. Connie Smythe, manager of the
Toronto Maple Leafs hockey team, during an
of the plane before the explosions and were enemy bombing attack in France. . . . Ordered
crouched in a ditch. . . . Pvt. Fritzie Zivic, the for induction: Jackie Callura, one-time NBA
ex-welterweight champ, is conducting a cam- featherweight champ, by the Army; Max Mar-
paign at Keesler Field, Miss,, to make the Arnij shall, slugging Cincinnati outfielder, by the
safe for physical fitness. "For one thing.' says Navy; outfielder Chet Ross and first baseman
Zivic. "we don't get enough calisthenics." Duck Max Macon, both of the Braves, by the Army.
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"WOUID YOU MIND NOT CRACKING THAT CHEWING GUM? IT MAKES
ME NERVOUS AS HELL." Sgt Frank Bmndt and Pfc. Archie Ellis
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