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There was a noticeable absence of dragging garters as the Review became a memory. Compliments are in order upon the fine appearance of the Battalion. Particular praise should be awarded to the following men: "Kelly" Hunt for his "sounding off"--We feared for a while that Kel was being made to recite the Constitution--Tom Gaines for marching without the aid of his Seeing Eye dog. Jack Frost says, "Gaines is the only man in the world whose Seeing Eye dog needs a Seeing Eye dog."--Bob "Pancho" Bisbe, for his gallant, well-concealed maneuver in removing one ambidextrous spider...
Late in February a U.S. battalion in Italy made a gallant and determined stand against the Germans from a cave on the rocky road that runs north from Anzio. Cut off from supplies and fighting for a week without replacements, the battalion, in the words of New York Herald Tribune Correspondent Homer Bigart, "withstood the cruelest pressure any American unit has been called upon to face in this...
Swinging into action for the first time this season the combined V-12 and NROTC battalion takes over Soldiers Field this afternoon at 4 o'clock. This will be the first chance that Captain C.H.J. Keppler, USN, has had to review the unit on the drill field...
Hank Haydel claims to be the only man in the Battalion who gets any sleep. He stays in every Saturday night...
...Form the Battalion" will start its career tomorrow morning when the new stripers will be announced. Just between us, let's speculate on Rehurek for Battalion Commander; Hoffman for Sub-Batt Commander, Bryan for Company 3 "Hep-ster," Wanvig to take over for Company 4, with Bergen and Harty for Company 3 Platoon Leaders, and Stallard and Moss for Company...