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A quotation from the Quarter
master Reviews May-June issue
pays a special tribute to Negro
troops in an article written by
Lit. Col. G. G. Holcomb, who writes,
Their loyalty and their ability
to take it will never again be
questioned by any of us who have
seen them in action on the Anzio-
Nettuno beachheads . the way
they have done their assigned
tasks is evident in the fact that
the supply situation on this beach
head is considered to be superior
to any other our army has had in
actual combat"
It has been ascertained, to date,
that the quartermasters and port
battalion services outnumber the
other U. S. Negro units in the in
vasion However, the great work
which these outfits have perform
ed has elected praise from Maj.
Gen Frank Ross, commander of
the European theatre tranSporta-
ton corps.
From every hand reports of the
changing attitude of the British
toward the thousands of Ameri-
can troops stationed on the en-
vaSion island" reach us. Innate
courtesy and respect for the rights
of others has won for Negro troops
the growing admiration of the
British public.
HAPPENINGS AT HOME - Late,
but not too late, Alex "ThanieP
Monday, fromer slave, has had
a friend file his claim for a Civil
War pension 90 years of age, Mr.
Monday claims that he was a
slave on stock farm in Hale
County, Ala, when Lincoln's
Union Regiment swept through
that state. He states that the
soldiers took him to a stockade
where he cared for the horses and
that later he fought with the
regiment. He claims to have par
ticipated in battles in Ringo, Hale
and Jefferson counties, and to
have been grazed by bullet which
struck his head.
Two Negro civilians have won the
highest award given civilian en-
ployees by the war department,
the Exceptional Service Emblem.
They are Ernest Wheeler, laborer
at the Red River Ordnance Depot,
Texas, and Mrs. AlleSe G. Lee, en-
ployee at the Pine Bluff (Ark.)
Arsenal and Chemical Warfare
Service Plant. Mr.. Wheeler saved
the life of a mechnic who was
caught in gasoline engine eX-
plosion and Mrs. Lee also saved
the life of fellow employee who
was enveloped in flames. Both
reScues were accomplished at
great personal risk by the heroes.
Mrs. Kathleen w. David, last week,
received the Navy and Marine
Corps Medal, posthumously for
the bravery of her husband, Coast
Guard Messman Charles W. Dav-
i'd, Jr., of New York City, who died
of pneumonia after diving from
a coast guard cutter many times
in effecting the rescue of many
men from sinking transport YES
sci in near freezing temperature
of the Atlantic ocean. Rear Ad-
miral Stanley ". Parker, district
Coast Guard officer, made the
award in a simple ceremony at
Coast Guard headquarters.
1t. Clarence M Davenport,
West Point graduate who was re-
ported killed in action" with the
93rd Division in Bougainville, is
safe, reports from various news
papers indicate. An error in tele-
phonic communication led to re-
ports of the officers death.
Tangible appreciation for the help
that King-Pin Musician Pfc. jim
my Mundy has given the musi-
clans on the Post band was shown
after his birthday last week. Sun
day afternoon the price of a
$4,000 War Bond was donated to
him by the arrangers and writers