The Apache sentinel., 1944-01-21
= Trucking with the ON. =
+ News from SSOth ON. Truck Co. *
= BY PVT. JOHN H. WALLACE X
y and FREDERICK FoRDE y

39Oth a very cheerful Yuletide
Inere were many presents received
from nome weren't there, Pvt. Aaron
WoodS). He also had in his no.
session few CT gifts for six of our
men. These gifts came in the form
OF promotions in rank and thev
were received by Cpl. David john
son. Formerly OF the 828th Tank De-
Stroyers Battalion, who halls from
Jacksonville, Fla. He was promoted
TO sergeant Pics. Arthur Grey. Jr..
OF New York, James L. Whitsett, of
PlttSburgh, Pa, John w. Hester, of
Louisville, KY, and James Massey
OF Chicago, ILL.,, each through their
outstanding ability to soldier earned
Tor themselves an elevation in rank
TO that OF corporal. Good work, men.
your gain will serve as a perfect
example to the rest of the men, and
will show the result of consistent
soldering.
Along with the happy tidings that
invariably come with the Yuletide
Holidays, sorrow also found its place
in the 39Gth. Some of our men were
sick in the hospital They are Pics.
Kenneth Earle of New York, Eugene
Hilyard of st. Paul, MINI, Pvt.
Robert Daniels of Kansas City, Mo.
The wishes of the Company are for
their speedy recovery To further
complicate the Yuletide HOLIDAYS,
PvtS. Wilbert Davis of New York
and Floyd Barnes of Chicago, Ill.
were speeding home on an emer-
gency furlough to be with their
wives when their presence were
needed most. Pvt. Barnes has now
returned and much to our joy, his
wife is well on the road to recovery.
Pvt. Davis his not yet returned. but
it is the wish of every man in the
Company that his wife, who in
cidentally was unanimously chosen
sweetheart of the 390th,s will be
his presence find Inspiration enough
TO also Start her ON the road to re-
Ecoyery
E To further advance the training
given us, the company went on a
125-mile road march, last Thursday.
The march proved not only success
+ full but also educational. The route
of march carried us across a part of
Arizona that had Pvts. Pies Droop-
err Draper and (Bogue) Carter,
writing poetry for about two days
afterwards. Stopping somewhere on
the highway to allow the chow truck
to catch up with us, the C. O. held
a contest between the three platoons
to see which could set up a Air
Ground Communication Panel the
quickest and most accurately. Well,
Cpl. James Massey and his Third
Platoon of ((acting privates) proved
to be the winners. Stumbling into
second place by nose was Cpl.
John Hester and his First Platoon
of (Boy Scouts. Last but not least
was Cpl. James Whitsett and his
Second Platoon of (crack ON SOL
diers). (The nicknames given in the
above sentences were not made up
by your reporter and they are from
sources unknown. Now can I STAY
in the company Continuing on
our way after dinner the convoy
passed through the ancient town of
Tombstone, and it wasn't until we
had gone all the way through it
were we able to convince Pvt.
("Snafu Sgt" Kelly Johnson that
all the bad men that used to roam
in this town were dead and that he
could leave his so cal. machine gun
and come and watch the scenery
Pvt. Rudy Haynesworth and Benny
Fulton kinda slid down in their
seats until we had cleared the bad
town. But not because they were
expecting anything to happen COR
we're they).
After the lights went out and he
was lying comfortably in bed GER
tain member of the company
thought aloud, 81 know the fact
that the photographers on the old
post happen to be two lovely ladies
has had nothing to do with Sgt.
Vernon Washington and S/Sgt. M.
C. Rivers having had almost 20 dol
lars worth of pictures taken last
week Cor did it,. Cpl. Massey really
gets sharp every evening after re-
treat, primping in front of the mir
ror for hours at time, and polish
ing his shoes, combing his hair, etc.
Could he be in love? Is Pvt. (Sawed
Off Thomas really receiving mail
from a certain fem back in Fort
Worth? Last but not least why does
the First Sergeant start drooling
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