Evening star., 1943-10-25

poral told us to %&3S |IW
make final Pvt. McLemors.
going-over Of the ground in front
of our barracks. Pick up anything
you see that isn't dirt" he said.
Pine needles, the littlest scraps Of
paper, just everything you lay your
eyes on" We got down on our
hands and knees and started
searching. After about 5 min
utes, the boy next to me rose up
to stretch his aching back and said,
"--! I wouldn't look this hard
for money
Said another dogface, on putting
on his CT shoes for the first time,
My old man was in the last war
and he told me how these shoes
would look. He said they'd look
just like I had kicked two cows
In the side and sawed of the
horns"
In the corner Of soldiers dog
tag there Is stamped letter show
Ing his religious faith. If he is a
Protestant, there Is P, If Catholic
a c, and an H If he Is Of the He
brew faith.
Wanted Lot Of Jumps.
One boy in our company saw
the P in the corner Of his dog tag
and Immediately assumed that hs
had been assigned to the para
troopers. He threw out his chest
an extra inch or two and asked an
officer If it were true that he got
extra pay for each jump he made.
On being told yes, he said, "Okay,
captain. Tell them to get me up
early and let me start jumping. I
need the dough. I figure I can
make 10 or Is jumps a day"
Then there is the true story about
the recruit who, while walking homo
from the PIX with a pint OF ice
cream in his hand, saluted an off,
Ger while holding the ice cream in
the saluting hand The officer
stopped the soldier and wanted to
know what kind Of Ice cream he was
carrying. Vanilla, sir" was the
answer. Gall right, soldier, but re.
member this-never salute With
chocolate ice cream in your hand.
won't tell you the recruits name
because he Is friend Of mine. In
fact, he lives in my house and u
married to my wife.
With 100000 men to take care
OF, don't suppose the Army has
the time to worry personally about
each individual soldier, but won-
der If it could be true coincidence
that all the short soldiers are a.
signed to upper hunks and all the
tall ones to lower bunks? This
means that the short ones, to make
their beds, have to hop around on
the rafters and bed rungs like fugi-
tives from a Tarzan picture, while
the long ones have to drape them
selves on the floor after the manner
OF pythons after six-course meal
to tighten their sheets and blankets,
have yet, to meet a tall soldier
with lower bunk, and vice versa
A Dash Of Paprika.
Being a soldier now, I would like
to ask those who contribute books
to our libraries to break down once
in while and give away a book
that a normal person would like to
read. Just because we are dog
faces doesn't mean thai we like to
while away our leisure hours read
ing such gems as Little Women,s
Tramping Through the Andes With
Mule and Family" famous North
Dakota Civil Trials" The History
Of the Steam Engine" and THE Art
OF Raf1la Basket Weaving"
You have so little time to read
the newspapers in the Army that
I heard private say that the chief
reason he wanted to get a three
day pass was so that he could ask
the civilians how the war was COM
ing along.
Overheard in the shower bath al
some raw-boned serial number
scrubbed at his clothes: boy, what
a wife I am going to make for some
gal when this war is over"
Note to Buddy de sylvia: I didn't
come out because I came here.
Thanks just the same.
The biggest bargain in the world
is the CT haircut. 1t costs the pri-
vate IS cents. In civilian life he
would pay nearly twice as much to
get one-tenth as much hair cut of.
just had CT haircut and tho
barber who did the job must BE-
a direct descendant Of one of the
Indians who participated In the
Custer massacre. 1t was all he
could do to refrain from giving a
war whoop, putting down his scissors
and clipper and giving me a scalp.
ing with a hatchet. At that, he
did the next thing to it. At the
moment, my head resembles 4
peeled hard-boiled egg with Just .
dash OF paprika on it.
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