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equipment is the main training OBJ
jective Of the operation. General
Jonathan M. Wainwright, COM
mahding the Fourth Army, has
been named overall commander for
planning the exercise.
Combat Command A Of the Sec
ond Armored Division, Camp Hood,
Tex, will be the principal ground
unit engaged. The maximum pos
sible participation Of National
Guard and Organized Reserve
headquarters units and personnel
will be sought.
THE 69TH: Organization Of the
Goth Infantry Division Association
now is under way. Veterans Of the
outfit, which fought in Europe, can
obtain membership in the associa-
ton or copy Of the divisions
history by writing to Maj. Cen
(Ret.) Emil +. Reinhardt, 400
Ridgemont Ave, San Antonio, Tex.
WANTED! Hostesses are de-
sired for enlisted mems clubs in
Germany. Applicants must have
the following qualifications: Age,
25 30 35; education, two years Of
college; experience, at least two
years Of supervision Of group rec
reation.
Applications can be submitted to
Lieut.. Col. William r. Ramsay,
Chief Of Army Recreatonal Serv-
ice, 4A-474, The Pentagon, Wash
ington 25. d. C.
TASKS: Secretary Of War Pat
terson remarked the other day:
eve have no tasks that compare in
toughness with the occupation jobs
in Japan and Germany. Constant
threat of famine, economic paral~
ysis, unemployment, re-sducation,
care of displaced persons, punish
ment of war criminals-these are
only some Of the manifold prob
lens. General Macarthur and
General Clay, with their capable
assistants, are handling them with
extraordinary ability"
LOST AND FOUND: The Army
runs worldwide lost-and-found
department, which centers in Kan
sas City, Mo. Personal effects Of
soldiers, ranging from pocketbooks
to jewelry, from pictures to came
ras. are returned to former mill
tary personnel who have lost some
thing or other on the far shores
beyond two oceans. And property
lost in this country, ranging from
pets to footlockers, also is re-
covered.
A great deal of money Ia ham
died, too. To date, $685., 1875 has
been restored to rightfuI owners.
The address Of this agency is:
Army Effects Bureau, sol Hard
esty Ave-, Kansas City 1, Mo.
TWO FLAGS: Both the United
States and Great Britain claim
Christmas Island, a 60,000-acre
atoll 1900 miles south of Hawaii.
The island is occupied by a resi-
dent British commissioner and his
family, who hoist the Union Jack
every day, and Is American SOL
diers. who raise the Stars and
Stripes into every mornings sun.
The representatives of the two
friendly powers visit back and
forth when they aren't busy at
their respective fac noIas
BELLS: One of the odd Jobs
done by the Army of Occupation
in Germany is the recovery of
church bells. Some 5,700 such
bells, removed from churches bv
the Nazis, who wanted the metal
for their war machine, were found
at Hamburg, in the British zone,
and now are being returned to
owner parishes in the American
zone.
BOOKS: The Army of Occupa-
ton in Japan wants books, in the
English language, for the Japan
ese. The books are intended to
plant the seed of democracy in the
soil where militarism has grown.
Where will the books come
from? The War Department and
the State Department hope they
will come out of YOUR library,
where you and your boy have
learned about democracy.
Inquiries concerning contribu-
tons may be addressed to: War
Department, Civil Affairs Division,
Attention: Chief, Reorientation
Branch, 4B861, Pentagon Building.