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...wits in the battalion is working on a treatise entitled, "Mistaken identify, or the Greyhound drivers get shoulder boards," but any similarity between this literary effort and a current Alnav is to be denied...
Bigger Guns? The need for more heavy artillery - main U.S. reliance in Italy has been on the 105-mm. howitzer (standard field gun of World War II) and on 155s for heavier work - is illustrated by the comment of one veteran battalion commander on the Cassino front : "The effectiveness of artillery on the offense in this country has been negligible since the Germans are so obviously well...
Annapolis man who came up from the ranks--that's Lt., (jg) A.H. Kerr, Jr., battalion commander of the senior class...
...spring a young man's fancy-- ain't he? This week's fancies were diverted somewhat by the first trickle of mid-term exam grades, but the battalion stood ready to the man to pounce joyfully on the first green blade of grass. Signs that balmier days are in the offing are found in the profusion of khakis...
Gone but not forgotten: Lt. Charlie, of course, and gifts of advice ... J. Anton and pointed cynicism ... weeks free from 1600 meetings ... Hanson's iteration and re-iteration ... snow ... 6c airmail stamps ... meat on Wednesday ... student club singsongs ... Herilhy's "fawn the battalion" ... Kolker and "my name is Marvin J." ... And the case of champagne to: Lt. Beckham, attaining the senile age of 24 come 18 April ... Student Club Saturday night struggles ... Webb, Van Housen, Hope, Bergen, et al, for getting things done ... Captain MacIntosh for our 13-day leave ... and those one hundred iron men on their...