The Apache sentinel., 1944-12-01
THE HmH
negro ne soldier

IdHtfy DIVISION continued to win
laurels for its work upon the icy
slCres of the northern Italian
mountains. Last week, Gen. Mark
w. Clark, himself, praised the
whole combat element for its
fighting qualities and awarded
the outfit, IA in all.
Five Division soldiers were COM
missioned as second lieutenarEs
from the ranks of enlisted men
because of their demonstrated
ability to lead platoons under fire.
The men were T/Sgt. Frank
WhisOnant, (brOther of S/Sgt.
Lawrence WhisOnant of Fort Hua-
chuca) lst/Sgt. Gilbert BOOthe,
.T/Sgt. Williams Hicks, T/Sgt. JO-
seph w. Fry, and 1st/Sgt. Joseph
E. Bracy.
Negro artillery units and ar
mored battalions are fighting in
the midst of 1t Gen. Pattons
Third Army during the drive
which was launched last week
against the Siegfried line fortifi-
cations and also with 1t. Gen
Hodges First Army to the north
on the frontiers of Belgium.
The armOFed battalion fighting
with the Third Army went into
action alCng with the famed 26th
Yankee" Division east of Nancy,
France. The unit, the 761st tank
battalion, undergoing its baptism
of fire with its Sherman tanks,
broke through German defenses
and gained high ground northeast
of Nancy.
Ordnance ammunition units on
the Belgian border had to wipe
out a nest of crack German SS
troops in order to get their am
munition up to Gen. Hodges First
Army front lines in Belgium.
An AMP reporter in France
writes that mixed cOlOred and
white troops, under battle con-
ditiOns, are living and working to-
gether in unbelievable harmony.
In one of the quartermaster units
visited by the reporter, the COM
manding officer was reported TO
have told the reporter:
I'VE exercise justice in small
things and would avoid all cause
of offense, not by seeking merely
to please all but to give all their
due" re 4s -Natl-5
Rocket bombs have been used
against troops concentrated for
the Siegried line push; but as ter
rOr weapons, they have failed to
cause Decentralization and as de-
fensive aids, they have proven to
be inaccurate, so Negro mothers
need have no fear of this German
attempt to stop the Allies.
The 93rd Division continues
service as supply troops in the
Southwest Pacific, doing their un-
spectacular, but none-the-lesS he
roic work of building up reserves
of supplies with which to crush
the Japs. They work in the heat
and mud of the tropics and think
about what they can do to help
build a better world when they
leave the hell which they are un-
dergoing as their payment for the
opportunity to contribute toward
it's building.
AT HOME: S/Sgt.
Joe Louis, back in the U. S. after
many months of fighting eXhibi-
items for overseas troops, isn't TAX
ing any furlOugh for himself.
Travelling about from city to city
in the East, he is fighting any and
all cOmers in the interest of SELL
ing War Bonds. Isn't there a
medal of some kind that a CT JOe~
like the Barrow boy can get for
his work for his country?
The first three Negro women to
be admitted into the WAVES
were sworn in last week and re-
ported to the Naval Reserve Mid
shipments school at Northamp-
ton, Mass. for training. They were
Miss Jean A. Freeman, Of RoX-
bury, Mass, and Misses. Frances
Willis and Harriet Ida PickenS, OF
New York City. When the young
women complete their training
course, they will be commissioned
as officers.
Negro officers will be used in
the War Department Placement
Service for returning veterans, it
was disclosed last week, after the
matter Cf alleged discrimination
against returning Negro service
men by their draft boards was
,nY1hIioiva6 This optirn will he