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.. ' --~- ~ I; .. 20,000 Circulation Vol. 2, No. 11 63D INFANTRY DIVISION, CAMP VAN DORN, MISS. August 26, 1944 "Gen. Ike" Thanks 255th For 4-Leaf Clovers That Put Hershey Discusses Luck on His Side in France Supreme Headquarters Discharge Prospect Alli ED E XPEDITIONAR.Y FOR.C~ Off,ce of the Supre",'• Commender 16June, l.944. Generals Commend-' -G-e·n-er-al-C-it-es-.! Draft Chieftain Field Work of Two Sergeant for S M w·11 Artillery Battalions Saving Buddy · ays · any I 1 Dear Colonel Tombaugh: Commendations of th<> 862d and· 0 /:"~~;·i':,':"~~:d/;:. :~-'.',\~: h~: ~ig~:~~ I Still Be Called , ning. ~g·t. \Villiam fletman, of I 86;{d F._ A., two of the Blood and; Brooklyn, '°'· Y., has; reeeived a Thank you for your letter and the clover Y.'il'fe Division's artille,-y batt/llions !',<'rsonal c_omm;ndation from _~l_aj. ! M Th M•11• M horseshoe. Will you please convey to all whkh haYe bt>en away from Camp (,<'n. Ln111s .K Hibbs, D1v1s1on: Ore On I IOn en • _ • • • • ! C',nnrnandPI'. / M B R I d b rank.a of the 255th Infantry NCO Club, also, \· an Dorn J)Hl't1c1pattng with olhPI" I Sgt. n,,tman wa,; (TPditPd with, oy e e e Q Se y to Sergeant r.Iajor Travis B. Harrington my unit,<, WPl'e J't'l'el\·ed this wePk b~·. saving tlw life nf S,1Sgt. ;r-.;ewton Fall of Germany Ma,i. <;Pn. Louis J<,. Hihhs. Divi- · 1-lawktn«, ot LanrPL BloomPr~-. deep appreciation for your very t bought f,.tl 1 sil)n Con1n1arHlf'r. and Brig. c;en. Tf•nn., ·whilf•· hnth n1pn wt_;,re partil· gift. I feel sure that your emblem will Ji~ .•l. :.\.fc(hn'\·, .OiYi~ion Artillerv ipating- in a platoon prohh)n1 or help us on the road to victory. Cornniathlf'I'. ~ , Co. K, :!:)4th lnf., in a J)i,·i:-:-;i"nn In an unromanticized fore · ~ tTpining- area during ITP tf•sts cast of the future prospects Tht> 862d parth-ipatt>d with thP '.Aug. S, of present soldiers and still X4lh lnf. Uh·. in a diYision tp,-; t j v\'itnP8HP8 ;.aicl a violent elPC'tl'i in J 11 \.1· at Camp Claibot'nP, Lil.· ,-al storm sprang up at about 1600 potential draftees, Maj. Gen. ... l'hf' >:ti:~d i-9 stationf'd tenlponirily I and thP nH·n of the platoon tl1rew- Lewis B. Hershey, national at Ft. ~ill. Okla .. ·where sinee .July the-111:-.Plvt>s to 1l1P gruunU as ligllt director of Selective Service, l !l it h;::i:-- heen :-wr,·in~ as "s<'hool, ning holts .struck nearby. Ont> rnan, troops·· in prohlPms at The Field Sgt }lawkins, failed to rise and last week predicted that be Artillt•ry ~ehool.li ,vas 1'0und unvonsclous. tween 1,000,000 and 2,000,000 Colonel Paul E. Tombaugh Tht> 863d was t<>rmed "a _first- _ Appeared Dead men would become eligible eln:-.:-: outfjt •i h:V :\1aj. Oen. Orlando I HFl'lHTI all indi('ations ~g-t. Haw- for release from the armed Headquarters 255th Infantry Wanl, comrnanclant of The Field' kins had suffered s11ffil-it>ntl.v from Camp Van Dorn Artillt>ry School, after he insperted, this Hl10f'k to appear dead," Gt>n. forces after the defeat of Mississippi the batt,ilion area and the soldiers; Hibbs' ktter of <'ommE'ndation said. Germany, and stated that the C'ornmnnded hv Lt. Col. -~lbt>rt s.: "As far as could he determined, draft would continue to draw Britt. · I his heart and pulse had stoppPd, • "lmrnrodiatel.v sensing tlw plight from 70,000 to 100,000 men •·1 !'Pally beliPve what 1 saw 18 uf ~gt. Hawkins, you went to his The four-leafed clovers of the 63d have been watching 1 a month from the country. over Gen. Dwight D. Eisenhower and his men in their on" of the h<>st. outfits that I have. aid and administien,d artifil'ial res s~en for a long- whilP, and I have, pi ration. BecausP of your pron1pt HowevPr, (~Pn. Hershpy's statt> ment ht>ld no immediatt> hopes for triumphal march across France-and this week the orig SPen a g:ood ._manr." Gen. Wat'rl 'and <:::~ffh:ient aid, ~gt. Hawkins an.v pa.rti,·ular group of rnen nor inators of the talisman received a very hand:,,ome acknowl wrof<>. "Col. Britt has; <l<>legated was revi\'erl. The instrudion you did it speeif.v when thP rPlease and phH·Pd responsibility th_rougll- i prPv-iousl,v ltarl rec<>ived as tati'ght edgement from his headquarters in France. would be c·onllnenced or ,·otwluded. out the, ecl1elon of c·onunand 111 such, h.v our Army in ad,ninistf•ring re The talisman, m,Hie 11p four-~---------------- or a wa~' a.s to insurn lwing· able to. liPf to suff<:'t'ers of shock had been A I most a Yt>ar will be <'Onsumt>d Je;,f fivt>-le'af an,1 six-1.-al' clovers: <litiona1-y Fo1Tes, ~)_J'iice of ~upreme get onlt>r out of the ehronic f'onfu- put into practice by you automati- in the mustering-out p1·oct>ss;, ac . ' , • . Cumrr1ande1·, it Ra1u: conling- to A rm.v e.stimates. Onl v JJl('kf'd by M ,::-;gt. 1 iavi,-; K. H:n·- "Dt>ar C'olonel 1\,mbaugh: sion of battle." c-ally.·• unne<:'ded men will b,· rf'leasl'd an;l ring-ton, 1G5lh Jnr. ~f•lgt"ant-Jtl::lJOr, 'l'lie battalion Is "a first-class Partially Paralyzed "Thank yo11 for ~ nur letter and the mann<•r of their selection has; in thP lrni·kyard <if his }10,ne jn outfit. nrganiu·<l, traint>d and dis- Rg-t. Hawkins was examin<>d at the clo,·er hor.ses!1<1t•. Will you stimulated many theories;. Two J•~ii:1;al,e-tl1, J~a., ·wc:L~ jntPndPd to ciplitH'd in suC'h a _way as to in- the rP;tin,ental tli8pt>nsary and then plea~e convey to all ranks of the viPwpoints are re-ported as to whil'h supple111t•11t 1he ~tn~·Ie fo11r-leaf "''"'" s11c,·ess in battl<>, ·• 1,p said. tal,Pn to ~tation Hospital, where ~~5th ~CO l'Iub, aJ;;c, to Sergeant mc,n should be mustc-red out first; clovPr that Gen. Ehf'llht)WPf' h.-1s as adding that "you should be proud 11_1e ren1airH''! for sPveral days ht-' one that seasoned men should be a pPt'mH nenl pa,·t or his; d<:'sk )<fa,lor Travis B. Harrington my of it." : fore returmng to dut.l'. His legs df'PJl apprp,eiatii)n for yo11r very kept because the Arm~· rwed,-; them, e,q11ipn1Pnt at his li....,,adq1wrtPr's. As had bPen partiall)· par;,lyzed by thcJ11ghtf11l gift. [ ft-Pl sure that Th<> 81,id, ('omnrnndPd hy Lt. ti,.- PIPc.'tric slwek. the' other that those longc•st a way you vvill havP note1i, tile tnlisrnan 1 from honw should bP the• first tu ~-nur ernblpm will h<•lp us on the ('qf. ,lan1p~ f-f. LightfcH~t, ':"'as en - j '·Yonr pn•senee of rnin<l and the aJ)p:-trPntly workt"d. ~lust to ,nake (Continued on Page 3) road to vh·tory.. pl1,'yed with buiil '1efens1yP and - a<·tion pf•t·forn1t·d b_v -_v·ou is con thf-" luek rnorf" se(•un-•, 1\-1 '~g·t. _Har .. Sinc·erel.,·. oft'ensive forces in the 84t-t1 Div.'s '. sidf'r<•d PXPniplary,'' (-:Pn. Hibbs ringt,)11 and fPllow- n1t:1nbf"t·s of the "DWIGHT D. test. It ,vas <_·01nnH-•ndPd b,v R1·ig. · wrotp :,:;gt. netrnan. "J <·oninH"'nd C'T Hlt1if' Soncon1 (·it,h shapt>"d it in (;Pn. A. H. Bolling, 84th Div, com- you for it. 1Tnclo11btedly vou WPt'e Anything from thf' hand of Gen. th~ forrn "of a hor-se:-.Jio..-•. n1ander. n10Ht responsible for tl;e ~aving of: T•:isenhowt>r in the-s•_' 1110,nentous '·The e-xc-PllPnt pf-'rformanC'e of the Jife of your eornradr•.'~ 63dlsFound (ten. Ei::•H~'nl1ower·:;; a<·knowlPdg;e days h, an histo,·ic doc·ument but ('(,I. 1'.tul ~~ thiH battalion in bnth the defensive ---- --·-----~--,-~- n1ent was Bf'nl tu ,·~oL ~111on1hHtn~::;h sent the original Ton1ba11gh, fornlPl' c·onHnandt>r of and offensive open,tiuns contributed DANCE FOR OFFICERS lett<>r back to M .,.,gL Harring·ton, the ~55th nf,w on tfii.1 y ovp1•spas, materially toward the rt>alistic ac- 1.'lte Uirls' Battalion of Bat,m 'Somewhere accompanier! hy this note: complishment of the test," Gen. will sponsor an informal danct> for and it earnP lnu·k to Can1J) Van "Dear ~ergeant: Dorn only aftf'r a devious trip Rolling wrote. "The wholeheartt>d officers stalioned at Cemp Van "The Pnelost>d leitPr arrived yes that took it three til!,s>s aeross the spirit of co-orwrn li••n displayed b,v Dorn n,·xt SaturdaJ' night, start In France~ t<>rday. SinC't> you ciid the work on oe<>a n. Addrt>ss,•d from the Su all offkers and enlisted personnel ing at 2100 at the Westdalt> Coun this matter, T thoug·t,t you should If you are speculating abou-t the preme l-leadquartel'~, Allied Expe- in this unit is to be commt>nded try Club, which is just of[ the (Continued on Page 7) highly." 1 Clay(.-ut road.