VOLUME 4
FORMING RIFLE PISTOL TEAMS ~T CAM PEN
MONDAY, 25 FEBRUARY, 1946
"NO PLACE LIKE HOME"
Plans are being completed here for the formation of a Pendleton pistol and rifle team to enter competition in matches beginning arch 25. Named to captain and coach the team is Capt. Johnny Jennings, on.e of the Marine Corps' outstlanding snooters. Marine Training and Replacement Command, San Diego area, has been given a quota of 32 riflemen and 16 pistol competitors for the Western Division matches. Elimination tryouts will held March 24-30 for t his command and volunteers are being solicited. . The Western Division matches will be held at Marine Corps Base, 'San Diego, April 22-27; and the Marine Corps Rifle and Pistol Matches will be held at Marine Barracks, Quantico, Va., May 27 to June 1. . The Lauchheimer Trophy Award will be made upon completion of the Marine Corps .competitions. Organizations and camps eli'ble for the CamPen team include esides Pendleton, Fallbrook ME. NAD; Inyokern ME, NOTS; San Clemente Island MB, FTB; Seal Beach ME, NA & ND; Terminal It was a real homecoming for Island MB, NOB and MB, NDB, Corp Thomas C. Holland, Iwo NOB. Jima veteran, pictured above • embracing his wife as his "bud-
'EISENHOWER JACKETS' TABOO FOR MARINES 42 POINTERS LtCol E. R. Smoak, CamPen Provost Marshal, issued TO BE DISCHARGED a warning this week to men of this command, who have ON MARCH 1 or' are contemplating converting GI blouses or overcoats into "Eisenhower Battle Jackets." The Provost Marshal stated, it is illegal to alter government clothing in this way, and Such jackets are not recognized as a part of the Marine Uni. form. It is not in keeping with regulations for Marines to wear Such jackets when on liberty. Marines wearing such jackets on liberty will be arrested for not being in proper uniform, the Provost Marshal stated.
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It was announced by Area Headquarters this week that all personnel at CamPen eligible for discharge under the new Discharge Credit of 42 points will be discharged on Mat ch 1. All such personnel are being processed for Separation at the present time and will be discharged on the date the 42 Point Score becomes effective. Headquarters Marine Corps also announced that "inactive service is not credited in computation of service credit." Headquarters made this announcement
dies" lend "moral" support, as the USS Sarasota docked in San Diego last Tuesday with members of the 26th Marine Regiment.
LtCol Smoak New Camp Provost Marshal
26TH R:EGI ENT RETURNS ROM o PAC- DUTY It was quite a different sight for members of the 26th Marine Regiment, Fifth Marine Division, as they debarked from the USS SARASOTA, APA, at San Diego last Tuesday, February 19, on the anniversary of the invasion of Iwo Jima. Instead of Jap machine gunners waiting to cut them down, as it was at Iwo a year previous, the returning veterans were greeted by wives, :>.nd children, mothers and fathers, and lonesome .sweethearts. The arrival of last Tuesday's Marines made a total of 117,271 Marine Corps personnel to enter the San Diego port from the So Pac since October 1. This figure, though not large when compared to figures of the other services, is of creditable size when the comparative strength of the Marine Corps is considered. It reflects with credit the job done in returning combat Leathernecks to the states. Aboard the Sarasota was Col C. B. Graham of Batavia, N. Y., Regimental Commander, who led the men on the Iwo invasion and 23 officers and 554 enlisted men members of the 26th Regiment'~ Third Battalion, who have been on garrison duty at Peleliu in the Palaus. With the Sarasota's 262 tons of eqUipment and gear, the total of Marine Corps shipping tonnage to pass through the San Diego port since October 1, when the move home from the Pacific got underway in earnest, has reached 106,129 tons. The returning veterans were brought to camPen for processing and discharge.
LtCol Eustace R. Smoak has been named CamPen Provost Marshal replacing LtCol Daniel P. Closser, who was detached from this command for duty with FMF PAC. Col Smoak took over his new duties last week and in addition to serving as camp Provost Marshal he is also serving Despite the fact that emphasis as Area Provost Marshal. is on demobilization, 100 Ma_ rines signed up for another hitch following a request from Separ- in the Peace-Time Corps following their discharge here dUring ation Companies in regard to the past week. The Marines repersons, who were on an inactive enlisting varied in their choices status tor several months prior of length of duty, ranging from to entering an active duty status. 2 to 4 years.
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100 RE¡ENLIST