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HOLLYWOOD PIN~UP PARADE llllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll In fact he goes by the nickname MINE FORCE • • •
•=- Well one day Old Man was trying Mine ~orce personnel will be
"Old Man."
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to ride a Japanese bicycle along the .sorry to learn of the detachment of
bank of a little river where we our popular Assistant to Comman-
Lieutenant on camped. The ground was rough and der Mine Force, Lt. R. L. Meyer.
Okinawa Gets the bicycle had only one pedal and Lt, Meyer, assigned to the Seventh
Th.rill in Roy was having a struggle to keep Fleet, will soon be on his way. His
his bike upright. Just then an old career has been a long one with
Cleaning
Okinawan, bareheaded and dressed Mine Force and he has created
Fingernails
in a black kimona and carrying a many friends, many of whom are
dirty sack, walked through our lit- in the fleet at this time. Mr. Meyer
111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111111 tle camp. He wasn't supposed to be is a graduate of the University of
By ERNIE PYLE at large but it was none of our California !Uld a former NROTC
business and we didn't molest him. student.
OKINAWA (By Navy Radio).- He was bowing to everybody, As a replacement for Lt. Meyer
One morning after breakfast about right and left, as he passed. Then is Lt. · W. D. Allen. Lt. Allen has
a dozen of us were sitting on the he met Machine Gunner Sellers on just returned from several years
mat-covered floor of a little Okin- his one-pedaled bicycle. Roy was al~ of sea duty, most of which time was
awan house talking things over ready having his troubles. spent in European waters. Like Lt.
while sipping our coffee. Meyer, Lt. Allen is an ex-Califor-
A Bit Too Deeply
Our First Division Marine com- As he came abreast of the Oki- nian _and NR0TC student. Lt. Allen
pany had just moved in the night nawan, Roy bowed deeply over the participated in the Normandy In-
before and several days' accumu- handle bars, hit a rut, lost his bal- vasion and the Southern France
lation of grime covered everybody. ance and over he went. The Oki- operation. As the possessor of the
Suddenly Lieutenant (Bon.es) Car- nawan, with Oriental inscruta bility, Bronze Star and ·a former com-
stens stood up and said: returned the bow and never looked ma nd ing officer of a large fleet
back. minesweeper, Lt. Allen reports
"I cleaned my fingernails this
aboard with plenty of information
morning and it sure does feel good." We all , laughed our heads off.
and experience with which to tackle
And then my friend Bird Dog "Who's bowing to whom around his new tasks.
Clayton held his own begrimed here ? " we asked. Roy denied he had
Also lost to the ranks of the
hands out in front of him, looked at bowed first. But we knew better.
"Mine Force was Lt. (jg) I. M.
them a long time and said: After that he decided to give his Barnes. "Binnie" has been sent to
"If I was to go to dinner in Dal- old bicycle away to somebody less Charleston,. South Carolina, to the
las and lay them things up on a polite than himself. Frontier Base for further duty. We
white tablecloth I wonder what As our company was moving for- can guarantee the Charleston base
would happen?" ward one day and I looked down the that if they want any War Bonds,
line of closely packed Marines I
Bow L,ow to Americans or any dimes collected, he can do a
thought for a moment I was back
A good many of the Okinawa very efficient job with· their cam-
civilians, while wandering along the in Italy. paigns, in addition to his electrical
roadside, bow low to every Ameri- There for sure was Bill Mauldin's engineering ability.
HOW FAR IS UP?-lf it's filmdom's ladder of success, it's a long, long cartoon character of G. I. Joe- the
way. But shapely Diana Lewis, Metro Goldwyn Mayer's glamorous can they meet. Whether this is If our correspondents are correct,
starlet, should have litUe or n-o trouble rising among the galaxy of from fear or native courtesy I do solemn, bearded, dirty, drooping we will have to start taking some
faminine starlets. Wa.tch for her on the screen, mates,. she's easy on not know, but anyhow they do it . weary old man of the infantry. precautions for the general security
.the eyes. And the Americans, being Ameri-; This· character was Pfc. Urban of our new member of the Mine
cans, usually bow right back. Vachon of French - Canadian ex- Disposal Unit, Willis Allen, GMlc.
Season It With One of the Marines I know got traction, who comes from Laconia, Security from females is what we
Man of· War Bowler mixed up in one of these little bow- N. H. He has a brother, William, are referring to, in this case. It
Salt, But Keep J-oe MiHer, gr-eat kegler who ing incidents the other day. He is fighting in Germany. seems that Allen is known as the
Pfc. Roy Sellers, a machine gunner
has bowled 23 perfect games, Urban is such a perfect ringer "Italian Lover" as ~ result of his
It Courteous w ill appear at Treasure Island, from Amelia, 0 . for Mauldin's soldier that I asked many and varied experiences while
Roy is married and has a little
"Let your speech be always with April 30. _ girl two-years-old. He used to be a the regimental photographer to in Italy. It has been reliably re-
grace, seasoned with salt, that ye Bowling alley No. 2 will be machinist at the Cincinnati Milling take a picture of him and it has ported that "Don Giovanni" Allen
site of his first exhibition at spent his liberty hours inside mine
may know how ye ought to answer Machine Co. He played semi-pro been sent back to the States. May-
1000. Alley No. 1 will be his next cases-this being the only safe ·re-
every man."-Cor. 4:6. ball, too. be you've seen it. If you have, you
stop at 1400 and Ye.rba Buena treat he could find from the Italian
Season it with salt, sailor, but
at 1700. When Roy has a beard he looks can prove to any dissenters that girls who were continually after
try to keep that indefinable thing
just like a tramp in a stage play. soldiers do too look like Mauldin him. How many "battle stars,"
called "courtesy," with you at all He is only 27, but looks much older. makes them look.
times. Courtesy is bred into some thing, the sailor who learns a little Allen?
and learned by others but never graciousness now, and tries to be
does it consist of mere lip service. civil and polite, will not grow into CROSS-WORD
A "yes, sir," can be given in such a crusty, crabbed, boorish, old goat,
a manner and tone that it will raise thoroughly disliked by his neigh- ACROSS DOWN
the hackles on the most thick-skin- bors. 1-Dolt 1- Venemous snake
ned person in this man's Navy. The No, sir, the polite fellow is not 4---Withered 2- Title of respect
rude and surly sailor gets absolute- a sissy! If you will take the trouble 8- Banner 3- Word forming
ly no place and is a constant source to look around, you will notice that, 12- Small drink 4- Thorny
13~0pposite of cons
of trouble and annoyance to his usually, the higher the rank, the 14-Light dress fabric 5-Irish Gaelic
shipmates - both superiors and more consideration and regard for 6- Fish eggs
15-Presuppositions 7- Perfumes
those in his . charge. He doesn't the amenities of living. This is not 17-Upon 8- Scoffs
really enjoy himself in spite of always the case but the blunt and 18-Solitary 9-Make a loan
19-Evaded 10--Poker stake
loud protestations that "I really churlish fellow soon learns that he 21-Silliness 11-Righteous
read that guy off ... " and, is gen- is a foul ball in the game of life 23-Small biting insect 16-Shed
24---0utlet 20--Put
erally considered an insensitive and whether ranked, rated, or or-
25-Conclusive 21-Festival
lout. At small cost to himself- dinary enlisted man, gets himself 29-X 22-Bovine animals
a slight matter of consideration to squared away. 30--Pronged · 23- Civet
31-Wire measure 25-Compasses
his mates, and a bit of deference As Emerson said, "Life is not so
32- Imprints 2- Divulged .
to rank- all hands would be much short but ther~ is always time for 34-Imitates 27- Emulated
happier and peaceful. And another courtesy." 35-Alighted 28-0therwise
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