The Apache sentinel., 1944-03-10
406th Ordnance on Moneuvers

Rain! Rain go away, come back
duration day. If every time it rains
it rained pennies from heaven 1 be-
1ieve the people around here would
be millionarieS.
Tt has almost gotten to the place
In these swamps that it rams at
breakfast, dinner and supper Maybe
the rain-dropS are hungry.
Fox Holes: 1t is hard to dig a
good fox hole here There is so much
water around and the mushy mud
adds to the difficulty.
Many soldiers have started dig
ging their foxholes and stopped to
do something else only to find when
they returned that a foot of water
covered the bottom.
There have been cases when a
shovel full of clay was removed a
stream of water appeared.
However, when the time comes
when bullets will be greeting us from
the air, little thing like water will
not be the reason for not digging
the fox-holes little deeper
Rainy Night: When you have
plowed through the mud, after sup
per, to your little pup-tent, the dark
ness of night comes early.
The night appears early because
the dark spongy clouds, while the
rain falls, hide the shadows of the
distant evening sunlight
After you have reached your tent,
you throw i'll your mesS-kit and walk
around to see if the water is running
from the tent into the ditch that
you made to keep the water from
running inside. Then very carefully
you hang your rain coat in front of
YOU tent to keep the rain out while
sleeping. You crawl inside, flap the
rain-coat over the sides of your tent,
pull your blankets tightly up to and
around your neck and try to fall
asleep
AS you lay in your tent trying to
sleep, the raindrops remind you that
they have work to do by the pit-a-
patting sound on top of the tent.
You probably fall asleep and most
likely dream of the woman of your
choice or of some other soldiers
choice.
Later in the night you are awak-
ened by the still -patting sound
of the rain drops upon the tent.
You raise up in your tent feeling
around to find if any water has
leaked through; being careful not
to touch the top of the tent because
it will leak. After checking to find
that no water has, leaked through
and that no water has run inside
from the ditch around the tent. YOU
lay down again and pull the blankets
again up to and around your neck.
Then you turn over, draw yourself
close together hoping that morning
never comes when you must plow
through the mud to breakfast.
The Magic Beam
Each week the magic beam will
try to focus its light upon soldiers
whose conduct and work reflect a
good character.
This week the magic beam is To-
cused upon TfSgt. Alonzo Robinson
of Wilmington, Del. Sgt. Robinson,
a slow talking but very ambitious
young soldier, is only 20 years old
He was a junior majoring in archi-
tectural engineering at Delaware
State College in Dover, DEL, when
1nducted into the army, January %,
1943. After being inducted at Ft.
Dix, NJ, he was sent to Aberdeen
Proving Grounds, Mr., where his
basic training was given and course
IN light artillery He was sent to the
406th Ord. NM Co. at Fort Hua-
completed. When a course was open
chuca, Ariz., when his course was
for antiaircraft artillery, Sgt. Rob-
inson was chosen and sent back to
Aberdeen, Md. His favorite sports
are basketball and tennis.
When the war is over, Sgt. Robin
son plans to complete his course in
architectural engineering. And when
this course is completed, he wants
his first design to be a cozy little
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