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...Lieut. Barnett began to wish the trip were over. He hoped the sick dogs were all right. They had schistosomiasis, a tropical disease the Army needed to know more about. He had to deliver them to Walter Reed Hospital fast-the disease diminished in a temperate climate. As things were, it would be a social as well as a military pleasure to be rid of them...
ANIMALS Blaze's Trail Lieut. Herbert Barnett was as happy as a soldier could be. He was back in the U.S. last week after months in the South Pacific. His two dogs, nicely crated and tagged with their No. 1 priorities, were stowed away beside him on the plane. He lounged, watching the good earth below. Somebody said something about "royal pets." The Lieutenant turned. His fellow passengers were glaring at him. What could the matter be? The cold stares slid over him like a glacier...
...this war the American Y, under the able leadership of its genial National Secretary Eugene E. Barnett, operates some 450 USO clubs for servicemen, 60 for industrial workers. But most important is the Y.M.C.A.'s War Prisoners Aid, begun during the Civil War. In World War I this work helped 6,000,000 captives in 28 countries. Now, with World Committee General Secretary Tracy Strong as director (TIME, Oct. 19, 1942), the Y is doing better than ever among U.S. prisoners...
William G. Barnett of the V-12 Unit, was cited by the Chief of Naval Personnel in a letter dated April 27, it was learned Tuesday...
...stated in the citation, Barnett "performed creditable service as a member of the Armed Guard crew of a merchant vessel during action against the enemy while acting as part of the invasion fleet at Salerno, 11 to 17 September, 1943. Because of the repeated attacks throughout the six day period, the Navy Gun Crew maintained a constant vigilance, executing their duties with cool efficiency despite the continues danger from falling bombs, shrapnel and withering blasts of enemy machine-gun fire. Their accurate shellfire shot down three hostile bombers...