General Joseph C. Fegcm. Commanding General VOL. 2
MONDAY,7 FEBRUARY. 1944
WAR BONO DRIVE lN STRIDE HERE In the f;rst ~wo w".,ks of the ~th War Loan Drive, CamPen ~brineo reeordf<! more than 500 anplieations for allotments. with ••early 100 cash 8llies made dur_ ing the tirot nine day... During ene 90_rninuto peried, Ihe Art)·Bn, TC, purehased 95 !>ondo, and during the ume time the RdrDn !>ought 80 bends. The largest pu.-ehue to date ",as made by Rol>ert Drugger, ot Oceanside, e"'ilian beiler tender for the camp heating detaehment, who t<lnk.five $1000 !>onds. elll,t. ~1U'eus M. MeCallen, Re_ o;r..... tion Offieer, placed _ond fh'- lh~e '1000 bend., and Maj. '.....1 T. Crawford, PX Officer, third 10r two '1000 bonds. 80:\'0 AWARDlm The Wit trailer unit proved high!>' su""udul. Pvt. Marguerite J. Hensley, CoA, ..,Id nearly 100 bends, winning a $25 bond ,esenled by Capt, MeCallen as " reward for the mOlt &al.., WR'a On Ihe traHer detail in' cluded SgL Mary A. Gardner, COlI>. ~"nel' Armslrong, Corp, :\'aney Hun, Pfe. Jennie Kelly, Pre. Phl'Ws Shaw, and Corp. Virl':inia Payne. ~lajGen. J",eph C. Fegan, ceo ('<>mmended Capt. Donald No Carnemtr. PRO oN! War Bond Of· ficer, for 011oi'.ni~alion 01 Ihe
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A pennant \\ill ~n award"'l to the ~omp""y \lll.'Ch.~,inl':: the n,ost bonds during Ih~ drive whieh ends 15 Feb. On :Kl Jon., ",eml'e.n troop•• nynnr. and band ,Ieged a ~how in l)«anside. t<l highlight the eivil;en d.i'·e. -By Pfe. ~rarion O. 1Iilton.
Vi,it",·: Chuek MarUn, .ulhor or western fiction, left hi. OCean_ side rallch the other <l.y with ~II'$. Meetin and ealled on friend. in eamp, leaving some copies of hi~ fil'$t edition•. Marlin lives On a raneh wnere he has • bllOt hill _wesle.rn eemeteTy-in which he buries ali the villi.na he aho0t4 eff in his cowboy noveb an~l stories .. Pfe. Shirley M. An: del'$on ia the first WR to be tran!!ieTred trom CamPen S<>tno have Ihoir initials steneilcd on their nuto dllO.... bUI on~ Gyrene here goes one better· Front door of his Packard sedan bea ... the name J, J, Meynud, and rear door, L. L. North . . . MeJ. R. W. Day, no.... with the 5thDiv, u art di.....t<lr of 20th Century-Fox Studio in Hollywood, won several OOUI'$ for his akill _ 2dLt. David W, BY"'aleu, aide. de. .omp to the CG, Is of the B)'water.' Hereford Raneh, Ham· 'It<ln. Texas, whieh owns "Dusky Domino 804~077," a SIO,OOO 1,011. (Tum to PEN NOTES, Page 8)
LIBERTY This i. a reminder thai all Marines I':oing on liherty oUI'ide th.. Son Diego Aru mU9t hv.. p.s.~ea signed by thir eomp.ny ..Hieerl. "Hleer-in chnr~ or delmrlmcnt ~I. TIte. pMS form ",...t IIe<Ir the lime. liboert)· e.."'mene.... and ..xpires. alld Ihe <ill' or town Ih.. be~""r "ishu t .. ,·iait. Mar;nes "l~iling San Pedro, Long llueh Or I"", .\n1;el"'" or ~"Y pl• ..., boe)'ond fi(ty ",il"" of hi_ shIp or al.,hn. IllUst han pa...... in Iheir possoession.
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By 5g!. Charles V, King SomethinG ror nolhlng In the way of fru laundry ","""ire is avaflable for camPon peraonnel, Maj. R. L. Ayero. Jr., of Covington, Va.• poat laundry officer and Ole Moblla Laundry Sehool, annOUn~ upon ""mp~lion of the ht Separnte Lo<undry Platoon', prtparationl to operate Ille MarCorp.s firat mohile field Iau'ndl')' In hilltory, ....t up On tb~ e:ult YqJ, aho.... Of O'NeUi LIlke. Ayera disclOllC<l that the mOb'le unita can handl.. a weekly bu._i. nelS of 12,000 bundlea, W"Jghltlg By Pic, E. M, Dunne CQddllng of JllponzLs In .Amer· 4 ~ pounds each. Thla moblle laundry. now ;n Icon relocation cam!'*. particUlarly In face or neWly revealed Iralning prior to Shipping out, atroelous Ireatmenl of Yan!<ee con.lsla of four modern traIler priaonera of war under Ih.. Jap unita capable of turning out hordea. was bllter]y llCOred by rougll dry bundlel in two days Mra. Garnett Gardiner in a gra- or If.,$$. wlth the wUh aa etc"!n and at"rtltzea na (tOne by ~ny phi. addreaa at 12·T-l, Yrl. Garolner. a prisoner of civilian laundry. Laundry f9 limited to 20 piece" war. Is the wife of Dr. Gardiner. a I.ading phyalelan in Shanghai per bundle. becauaoe of a mack. before th" war and the man lng ayat.m. but a Marice «n who aaved th. life of J. B. Pow- $Cnd "" many bundles l1lI do..n, dlatingulahed n"WBP"perman. $Ired. when the latter was near dUth BRING A.VD CARRV Laundry mu.st be bro;;ght 10 .... th.. result of troeatment hy the trtl!lem by orpnl1AUon, sueh the Japa. as pl3looo or by barn.eks, an,l TULE LAKE nrr "If the authoritlea could only each dell~ry mUllt be ac""m_ panled by a TOIIter allowlng tI,.. ,"'" the treatment riven Ameri- number of bundlCll and numbe. ca.n prlllOnera in Japan and com- (>f plecea in each. pare It wllh tile trealment gtven Poer....",el may send any type the Jap' at s..eh campi as '!\lIe of v.'Ork deztlre<l. but nothing will Lake, they would aoon change be [ronf<!. tIlelr thinking;' &aId M .... Gard· The mobllo laundry consl.14 ot iner. "Over In Japan. ] hav" four trllll..u C-quipped with t!>e known of h\LIbn"'''' and wlvea jatest ""mmerel..1 maehinery. (lpto be ..,panted for 390 da)·"• •rating twp g_hour ahifta dally. witllo\Jt ever ""eing ead. other. IT\lm t<l LAtr.'1DRY, pase 3) withOut e~n being permitted to ""change notel. Ov..r 1,....... Ih" J"pa are ..,t up In comfortable Illtlo bungalo"... and llv.. off Ihe fat of the land, and hav.. mOrt !ittl.. Japa. It IJI unbelievable." SpeakIng of her trip home ahoo...~ the Griplholm. J>lro. Garcllner emphui2e.d th.. cruelly and ruthle$Slle~ of the Jal"'(Tum to !'IPS. Page 4)
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