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Page Two ABBOT ENGINEER Friday, May 28, 1943 ÂBB0T ENGINEER Awarded Purple Heart Sgf Butters Published Every Friday ’ « n * ■ A weekly newspaper published by and for the military personnel of Camp Abbot, Oregon, under supervision of the Post Special Service branch. All editorial matter pertaining to Camp Abb t is available for general release and reprint in other publications. All articles , «present personal opinions and are not official news unless specifically credited to the War Department. All editorial matter should be directed to the “ Abbot Engineer," Post Head­ quarters, Camp Abbot, Oregon. Copies of this official post new paper distributed free to camp personnel. Sub­ scription to the public, by mail: 50 cents for three months; six months, $1; one year. The ENGINEER receives material supplied by Camp Newspaper Service, War MP Awarded Honor Dep’t., 205 E. 42nd St.., N. Y. C. Credited material may not be republished without permission from Camp Newspaper Service. For Bravery in African Battle by Gen. McNair 1st. Lieut P. H. O’Brien........ ............. Director of Special Service 1st. Lieut. Wayne B. Leitzell. 12th Group, Special Service Officer A husk y, dauntless Camp 2nd Lt. S. D. Hopkins........ 11th Group, Special Service Officer S T A F F Allied military policeman—23- PFC. Morrle C. Guss........... „............... .............................Editor year-old Sgt. Deryl E. Butters— T/4 George S. Fly................................................ Ass’t. Editor is entitled to wear the “ Order of T/5 Richard Shearin.... ......................... Features & Photography Military Merit—the Badge of the T/5 Roy L. Rider........................................... Sports Editor Purple Heart”—second oldest Cpi. Pauline Cohn ........................ ....W AAC I V : Correspondent decoration for valor in the world. Cpl. Harlan Weeks .............................Hq. ERTC Correspondent The enlisted soldier, former Aux. Henrietta Kirkpatrick ................. .................„...Circulation Photography and art work by Publications, Engineer Re­ resident of Maynard, Iowa, was placement Training Center, Camp Abbot, Oregon. awarded the Purple Heart on Dec. 8, 1942, at Walter Reed hos­ pital in Washington, D. C. while WHY THE WAAC’S ARE HERE recuperating from severe bums PROUD SOLDIER—The contagions smile belongs to Sgt. Deryl E. and shrapnel wounds suffered The W A A C ’s are coming not merely to release men for Butters, attached to the MP branch, SCU 1973, shown in Walter E “in African waters when his the fighting fronts; they are improving on their jobs. They Reed hospital, Washington, D. C., after being awarded the Purple ship was torpedoed.” appear to thrive on the diet of administrative detail and Heart for "bravery in the African « amoaign.” The attractive Army Oddly enough, the officer who technical duties, the same “paper work” which stifled men Nurse pauses to offer her congratulations. He was hospitalized from pinned the decoration on his G. Nov. 26, 1942 to Feb. 4, 1943— (U. S. Army P h o t o . ) _____________ hungry for action. I. pajamas, Lt. Gen. Lesley .1. McNair, chief of the Army With proper training and experience they are check­ Ground Forces, was recently ing superchargers and clearing fuel lines of our fighters awarded the medal for bravery and bombers. They become photo lab technicians, weather Veteran Pastor Blisters Wept As in the North African campaign. observers, medical technicians and cryptographers. “That was the happiest mo­ The list could go on at length but it is enough to state ment of my life,” the Abbot sol­ that the present expected use of women covers 142 different dier says. “Gen. McNair asked job titles, and these are exclusive of officers. Arrives for Duty Choppers Slashed me when I would be able to re­ turn to duty and I told him “as Many of the jobs are new . as new and unique as Veteran of 22 years as a pas­ The sharp ring of steel . soon ‘as my bums were healed’.’* this U. S. Army. Women must be trained for them, just tor in various Massachussetts the crackle of pine chips as they Sgt. Butters “sweated it out” as were men before the women’s corps was started _____cities,_ Chaplain___ ................. (1st Lieut.).......... flew from the bark of pine trees,! in the hospital until last Feb. 4, On the other hand, many of the jobs parallel those which David i. segerstrom became the sounded in the area west o f > hen was transferred to .women have held down for many years in industry and in “skyHnLo pilot” assignednseiming to,♦/-* ERTCITOTr1 riftev i l l a rangesninirac lastluct Sunday.Klliulav. at aboUt five weekscirri ago. V the professions. And the women who come into the Army (jirect religious endeavors at t These sounds heralded the initial He n hjs three-stripes on April from these are extremely valuable. Their training and Camp Abbot. £ “ * * * of ,h« * “ * fB“ nymn 16 and is assigned to the B^nd ability on the broad average is superior to that of men Four weeks ag0 he was grad.I Woodchoppers society of Camp ^ of thp c£mp.s „n ita ry ^ holding down the same jobs, for they had to be good enough i uated from the Chaplains’ j Colonel and private alike, both llce' to break down the barrier that erroneously labeled so many The 225-pound, eagle-eyed shot School at Harvard University 1 rolled up their sleeves, and took is reticent in talking about his occupations a “ man’s job.” ............................. : and' Abbot isis“ his first assign- up pioneer tools in the society’s ¡en«. in the African cam­ Just as that barrier crumbles in civilian life under the ment. For the past three years campaign to salvage big timber „J ™ direct fir e o f superior ability, so it is collapsing in our he occupied a pastorate in the from behind the rifle ranges be- ...... n ,. j there Armed Forces. Wherever the W A A C ’s have gone on duty Union Congregational Church at . £re will be «m e to shot* the »h ey have done such a top-notch jo b that there are not A^ f e ’i r t i ^ l y delighted with was sounded many tones during “ f ^ R>rht now, enough available to meet the demand for their services. the a^iara™eof the camtl” the course of the afternoon, as s P'fnty of work to do And in the final analysis, that reaction is the proof of their chaplain Segerstrom said. “This »tees from 14 inch to 42 inch in Hl“ iL s,iiC success. I is. indeed. God’s country.” ? diameter crashed down. “There B u t t » U «.tided to wear the t He is a graduate from Boston , *s much unfinished work yet to ^ rP,e Heart 1 University; receiving a B. S. and be done,” said Lt. Col. C. G. ■ o : the fortit“ de he dis- M. A. His theological studies [ Kustner, the society’s ‘ ‘B u l l P j ? ^ ^ be was hurfed into a Biography of Abbot, Camp were pursued in North Park Dozer, today after scrutinizing grimy ocean at midnight and, de- Seminary, Chicago, and grad- the weeping blisters on his sPlte burns and wounds, swam | uate studies at the —University - of■ hands. 300 yards before being rescued. Founder, Begins in This Issue ; Chicago and Harvard Divinity Three WAACs stationed at Hitler’s rats can't beat Yanks i School, Cambridge, Mass. Camp Abbot were invited to at­ like Sgt. Batters and the thous­ Distinguished Army Engineer Visited Present tend the initial meeting, but they ands of American soldiers who bashfully declined the invitation are daubing the ex-third rate ERTC Site in 1855 While Making R. R. Survey to show up the basic member­ house-painter with brilliant Red, Phone Calls Now ship. White and Blue victories. This condensed biography of Brig. Gen. Henry Larcom Abbot, . , _ , . for whom America's newest Engineer Replacement Training M a d g F r o m A d DOT Center is named, is published for the enlightenment of all Camp 1 Abbot personnel. We are indebted to the publishers of the Diction­ Camp Abbot men wondering ary of American Biography for this authentic review, marking how they might transmit tele­ The Chaplain’s | Message Unit the first of two articles to appear in the Abbot ENGINEER. It phone messages to their fami­ Was on Sept. 2, 1855, while leading a detached party of Army En- lies, were offered these aids this ineers on one project of the ------------------------------------------ week. COLUMN Is Camps \ f’aeific Railroad Survey, Gen. * n , , , r ^ » t Here’s the procedure for plac­ Abbot camped on the hank of the K g n H U S C j TO fcfGT ing that long distance telephone >' tVschutes river which flows call: By Chaplain Vernon C. Cooley Nerve Center through the heart of the camp. ^ $20,000 Overhaul From 0800 to 1800 all person­ It it not an unknown fact that By CPL. HARLAN WEEKS al calls must be placed over the when people find themselves fa©-, ^Someone Miriiire once ___said that___ it bis HENRY LARCOM ABBOT | There was much rejoicing in pay station in the PX, Building ?d ^n*l1KraV‘T^ U'f ‘‘r' ,h“v .'urn hard'to jX ^ 'a n o f ttiTpeopto *Aug. 13, 1831—Oct. 1, 1927), i Bend’s USO—haven of all Ab- 755. ment » “ .hi T £ * the time but that toj£s* Arm y Engineer, was a descend-' hotmen — when news arrived From 1800 to 2000 officers what T/S •nt of George Abbot, who emi-1 that the Federal Works Admin- may place calls over o ffic ia l,,...foxholi^S: . und^iabie_ __ -p ^ f “b°UtHanson, " hatpost T-'Smessage " ilU»m center V‘ ftrated from England in 1640 and istration had recommended an phones providing they are col- ' V***.

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