The Waterbury Democrat., 1943-09-24

WAVES, the WACs, the sPARS, the
WAAFS and the Marinettes. Seven
for the Army and Navy nurses,
eight for the ladies Of the Red
Gross. Nine for all the gals doing
civilian defense volunteer work and
not getting paid for 1t and 10 Is for
all the pin-up girls, bless enl, who
are keeping up the morale OF the
boys at the front.
Eleven Is for the jeep, the peep,
and seep. Twelve Is for . PIT boat,
i3 for q Norden bomb sight spelling
sudden death and bad luck to the
Japs and Nazis below. Fourteeen Is
for q radar and Is for q bazooRa.
Sixteen would be for the men OF
the Merchant Marine, II for q
welder, IS for q toolmaker, 10
for q pick and shovel man and 20
for ali the other men and maids
behind the men behind the guns, IN
GLIDING the boss.
Twenty-one is for blood plasma,
20 for the sulpha drugs, % for peni-
cillin, "a for all those shots they
give man to keep him from pick
ing up strange bugs in strange
places, and Is for such simple life
savers as q canteen Of water and
a cigaret.
PASS THE AMMUNITION
Twenty-six could be for a tank,
and ~ for q tank destroyer. Twenty
eight for a tommy gun, 20 for an
ack-ack, 80 for grenade, 81 for
a mortar, 80 for a IS or q 155, 80
for a block-buster, "a for q tin flsh,
IS for an incendiary, SO for smoke
screen, 81 for an anti-aircraft
searchlight, 50 for the biggest thing
that shoots, q 16-incher, 80 for a
camoutlage net to hide 1t, and 40 for
q telescope sight to help an expert
rifleman in the New Guinea jungles
pick on q fanatic Jap.
Forty-oue for Q Flying Fort, ~
for q Lightning, 43 for those new
secret planes coming OF the assem-
bly, line before the year Is out, ~
for the Nays new Hellcat, IS Tor
q Thunderbolt, 46 for . Commando
or q Constellation to carry the air.
borne paratroopers, ~ for the para
troopers themselves, 4e for their
happy landings and - for that all
purpose workhorse Of the air, the
DC-A.
Fifty for chow. Fifty-one for "
mail, So for the PIX, So for tin hat,
81 for clean socks, IS for q mobile
clothing and bath unit and shave.
Fifty-six for q bit Of leave now
and then, 81 for a slit trench that
saves a man when they're busting
about him close, SO for q raincoat
and boots when the skies turn inside
out and the mud Is deep, 80 Tor a
dry bed and q warm bed at night.
sixty for a tin can destroyer, 81
for q corvette, SO for q pig boat,
So for cruisers to avenge the Helena
and the Houston, "a for more BAT
tlewagons to carry on the tradi-
tions of the "X" which the Navy
has not profanely but affectionately
dubbed "the big bastard" Sixty
five for glorious fiat-tops like the
new Lex and the Hornet and the
Bataan and the Shangri-La to carry
the war right to Japan and free the
Philippines. sixty six for a Liberty
ship and 81 for a tanker and may
every convoy get through. Sixty
eight for a crashboat. Sixty nine
for a lifebelt and a raft and a quick
rescue when a mans luck goes back
on him.
FOR FREEDOM
Seventy to count out Hitler and
Hirohito and their whole lousy crew
Seventy lone to Hberate the Dutch,
the Poles, the Danes, the Morse, the
Slavs and the dispossessed and
prosecuted all over the world.
Seventy-two for the unsung heroic
millions martyred by military might.
Seventy-hree to mark the graves
Of those who gave their lives in bat
tie.
,iseventy-four for the widows and
children, the parents, the girls they
! leave behind to mourn and to re-
| member.
Seventy-five for the peacemakers,
to inherit the earth.