The Sauk Centre herald., 1941-09-18
NeWs From
CAMP HAAN
ers Building

ftegLmcnJal HcauquarCerS Bull01ng
Staff Sergeant Mort Weeks. of
Regimental Headquarters Battery,
the jack-of-all-trades who can with
equal facility figure out a menu
for hundred men or handle a
pipe wrench with dexterity, recent
ly put his many-sided talents to
work last week when he installed
refrigeration outfit in Regiment
al Headquarters building. This new
unit Is attached to the drinking
fountain so now there is plenty of
|sparkling cold water for everyone.
BY Pvt r.. Holman
Seventeen enlisted men and one
officer of the 217th Regiment re-
turned Wednesday evening at 11:30
September 8, 1941, from a two and
one-half day trip to San Francisco,
Calf, where eight government veh-
icles Of the 217th were delivered
to the Port of Embarcation at
San Francisco for service with
other army units.
Captain Horace r. Goodhue, who
is attached to the 1st Battalion
Staff, was the officer in charge Of
the trip. The enlisted men of the
Regiment who accompanied him
on this convoy were: M/Sgt Arth-
ur Rosenwald, Sgt Lloyd Billman,
Pvt AL Berg, Pvt Kenneth Murphy
and Pvt William Brown, all of
RegtI Hq Btry; Pvt Alden Cox
and Sgt Roy Norstrom, of "a"
Btry; Pvt Clarence Vipond and
Pvt Sylvester Rebuck of &c" Btry;
Pvt John Skov, Hq Btry 1st Btln;
Pvt Vincent Noumeyer, &c" Btry;
Pvt Arvid Olson, Pvt Ralph An
dert and Pvt James Corecki, of
"B" Btry; Pvt Edward Curwood,
Medics; Pvt Robert McKeegan, of
IF" Btry, and Pat Farrell, "H'
Btry.
The convoy left Camp Haan Sum
day morning at 1000 August 30,
and reached Delano, Calf, at $50,
where they spent the night. The
citizens of Delano received them
with open arms; opened up the
school house for their use; heated
up water for showers, and extend
ed to the travel-tired soldiers a
most welcome hospitality. BY Mon
day evening the motor cavalcade
had reached Jan Jose where a new
ly-formed USO unit is given them
by locating accommodations for
the night and guiding them to
their destination. Traffic to San
Francisco, according to one of the
men, was dense as the troops re-
turning from the 4th Army maneu-
vers recently held in Washington
clogged up most of the main arter-
ial highways with their unending
lines of olive-drab trucks loaded
down with men and equipment.
At 500 Tuesday morning they
reached San Francisco, and i'm
mediately reported to Fort Mason
where their official business was
disposed of in very short time.
Later on a sight seeing bus was
chartered exclusively by the group
and the remainder of the day was
spent rifing around the city and
seeing the many famous sights
San Francisco had to offer. China
town was visited and every soldier
bought a few small oriental souv-
enirs. Other spots of interest in
the city were visited and before
the day of sight seeing was COM
pleted, they had viewed almost
every important building, park and
bridge that was of any Importance
in the whole city.
Leaving that evening at 7:30,
Los Angeles was reached the fol-
lowing morning at 500. All day
Wednesday was spent in that city
where another enjoyable day was
spent. While the soldiers of the
217th were there, National Let
ter Carriers Convention was being
held, and this gave the men an OPP
portunity to see the countless col
orful parades and to visit Pershing
where they stayed all day watch
ing the parades, bands and floats.
When the men returned late
Wednesday night, tired but happy,
they all reported the same thing,
an excellent time-so it is apparent
that business can very profitably
be combined with pleasure-with
neither suffering.