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"THE GLACIER PRIEST" ...

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Official Treasure Island publication distributed every Saturday without cost to -the
officers, enlisted personnel, and employees of Treasure Island. All communications and
contributions should be directed to The Editor, Welfare and Recreation Department,
Treasure Island, San Francisco, California. Phone: EXbrook 3931, Extension 69.
"March of Dimes"
COMMODORE R. W . CARY, USN With the "March of Dimes" cam~
Commander U. S. Naval Training and Distribution Center paign nearing its deadline, the en-
CLYDE F. BABB, Slc, USNR thusiastic respons~ of Treasure Is-
Editor land personnel is very much evi-
dent. It is believed by the Com-
Robert E. Johnson, Y3c - Rex N. Olsen, Y3c, As_sociate Editors
manding Officer of this naval es-
Carolyn N. Brown, Y2c, Waves Editor Robert H. Perez, Cox, Sports tablishment that the generous
, Sidney V. Smith, Y2c - Frederick Drimmer, SK3c, Reporters response by the men and women
(The Masthead uses Camp Newspaper Service Material) here to help raise funds for the
National Infantile Paralysis Foun-
TREASURE ISLAND, S. F., CALIF., SATURDAY, JANUARY 27, 1945 dation will reach a new high.
No official figures have been dis-
closed by the Staff Supply pfficer
EDITORIAL- in charge of the Island contribu-
tions but the coin containers which
have been adequately distributed to
activities on this base are being
rapidly filled to help increase the
funds which will be u·sed for the
A technical sergeant in an infantry division band stationed prevention and treatment of"polio." FATHER BERNARD HUBBARD, S. J., famous expl,oring priest, shown
in New Guinea writes in a letter to the editors of The Saturday * * * telling some -of his experiences in the Alaskan wilds to the patients at
the Treasure Island Hospital. Father Hubbard also showed pictures
Review of Literature: _ .. Navy "Human Minesweepers" taken on a recent trip to Yukon.
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As for that term "GI Joe," I doo't like it ecause in mo - couldn't clear a small boat channel
ern slang ~ "Joe" is a jerk, and we aren't all that. I have so that marines on the island could "Glacier Priest" ARMED GUARD
never met GI Joe in my company street but I have met former have ammunitions, the old mother Entertains Patients CENTER
of invention, necessity, gave a hand.
professors, scientists, musicians, and actors. GI Joe is a mili- Returning in their landing boat From their seats on the deck of
Father Bernard R. Hubbard, S.
tary fiction created by slick advertising men to sell more after a doubtful search for Jap J ., "The Glacier Priest" enthralled the Armed Guard Center's bar-
l mines, the squadron minesweeping the patients at Treasure Island racks corridor close to 1500 men
toothpaste or train travel. Why do the advertising co umns officer, Lt. Commander c. E. Howe; applaud acts by performers on the
Hospital last week when he told
lead civilians to believe we are a bunch of martyrs, home- mine disposal officer, Lt. J. w. them of his adventures in the Armed Guard Center's new port-
k 1 d ;> Grady and seabee carpenter, W. H. Alaskan wilds. able stage every week.
sic earners, an worse. . Acheson. volunt,eered to act as "hu- The 20 foot square stage was
We wish that sergeant had presented his evidence that the man minesweepers" and swim up "On one trip up there," Father devised by the ingenious Lt. (jg)
Hubbard recalled, "I was all set to
term "GI Joe" is the creation of the adverti~ing copywriters. and down the channel to make cer- ride in the general's plane. You William F. Keller, Welfare officer.
tain there were no mines. It is set up so that more Armed
Until he came along ·to plant a gnawing doubt in our mind we None was found. The ammunition know, it had soft chairs and rugs. Guard men are able to enjoy the
But a bomber pilot stepped up and
had innocently supposed that "GI Joe" was a term .th,at had come began to flow. shows than formerly when they
told me he had room for me in his
out of the service as naturally as "snafu" and "sad_ sack"-and However, it was later acknowl- plane. I consented. But I found out were performed in the lounge.
edged that swimming for mines has The stage consists of eight sec-
certainly no advertising copywriter can take credit for them. its assets. They didn't find any, that I had to ride where the nose tions that can be assembled or dis-
gunner usually rides."
"GI Joe" is not difficult to dissect. ? GI," of course, is "Gov- but they did find five , abandoned assembled in 30 minutes. Tony
-- gun emplacements and a case of "Well," Father Hubbard con- Santora, BMlc, and Joe Moffett,
ernment Issue," a phrase that, according to Colonel Colby's saki. tinued, "we took off, and just be- GM3c take charge of erecting the
"Army Talk" has come into the service since the last war. "Joe" * * * fore we arrived at our destina,;lion, stage each Friday for the Red
the pilot suddenly shot the plane Cross shows and for any other
as you know, is the new fellow in your company or squad whose Nazi " Ham" Actors up to 10,000 feet. One of the oil• entertainers who come to the
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name you d on't yet kn ow; or t at store eeper rom GSK h In an attempt to infiltrate Fifth lines on the motors had brokin, Center. There is talk that the stage
t at you Army lines, Nazi patrols dressed
and the pilot wanted to get into an
crowded against in the line at one of Treasure Island's movies, in British winter uniforms were will be used as a boxing ring in the
altitude that would freeze the oil near future.
or met on a lonely dangerous jungle track in New Guinea. (In discovered by alert raiding parties so it wouldn't catch on fire. When According to Russ Kantor, Cox,
which tangled with the "ham" act-
some outfits he is, or used to be called "Mac" but "Joe" is pre- ors and destroyed the German we were directly over the field, he who emcees all the performances,
shoved the ship's nose down, and entertainment will be provided as
ferred.) Until someone can show us differently that's our ex- patrol, according to reports. we fell like a plummet. He straight- often as it can be obtained. The
planation for the genesis of "GI Joe" and no advertising writer * * * ened the plane out before landing, shows are staged between 1200 and
Sherman Was Right, eh Japs? and we must have bounced a full 1300. Topping off the Friday Red
can touch it. On bloody Leyte Island, the Jap- city block before finally stopping.
Cross shows the Grey Ladies serve
A newspap~rman friend of ours op.ce informally expressed anese found a great deal of truth I felt like a rubber ball, bouncing cookies and cake to all hands.
the opinion that "GI Joe" was a "won_'· derful phrase that com- in Sherman's st atement-"War is around in that cage on the nose of A Wedding ...
hell." the bomber."
pletely expresses the utter anonymity"io·f the service man in the According to reports from Gen- Father Hubbard showed pictures Married quietly at Treasure Is-
army or navy." A veteran of the last {var· and a kindly humane eral MacArthur's Headquarters, the of his travels in Alaska. He ex- land's chapel January 19 at 1600
were Lt.
Commander Charles
, battle of Leyte has cost Japan plained that he wanted to intro-
man, he could see nothing derogatory in "GI Joe." To him "GI , men. Stanley Fisk, Armed G u a r d
68 839 duce American physical training to
Joe" is a term that any man in th~ service can be proud of and * * * the Eskimo for body building. The Center's ·Chartered Transport Pool
Liaison officer, and Phyllis Kosak
find refuge in. And that would include the former professors, A Little Miracle of War northern natives are easy victims of Ashland, Wis. Best man was Lt.
to tuberculosis. With the introduc-
. scientists, musicians, and actors as well as any former jerks that Yes, miracles can happen. Navy tion of the American physical Commander Peter F. Kane, at-
Seabee H. A. Thompson, MM2c, tached to Armed Guard Pacific,
may now be in the service. We write "former jerks" in the same was assigned to a heavy barge that training program, "The Glacier and Miss Marie B. Farrell of San
Priest" and his helpers were hope-
spirit and _for the same reason that the sergeant wrote "former was lightering ammunition to a Francisco was maid of· honor. Lt.
unit of the Third Fleet during re- ful they would be able to arrest C. H. Foltz, Armed Guard Center's
prof essors, scientists .. . " Every last one of us now in uniform cent action in the Pacific. After the terrible disease. '
Chaplain performed the ceremony.
no matter what our former profession or station in life are now work got underway, and while the
soldiers regardless of what branch of the service we are in- -barge was tied up alongside the
' . . . . . . ship, a hurricane struck and three- Naval Housing
and that mcludes the former musician now playmg his mstru- foot waves began sweeping over Koch, Jones to
ment in an army band as he admits by signing his title as "ser- the barge. The craft heaved and Expenditure of $155,000 for con- Repeat Recital
geant" and not as a basson player or cymbalist. pitched, ~urli_ng Thom~son ove~- struction of a fifty family housing
board durmg its convuls10n. He hit project at Klamath Falls, Ore., in In San Francisco
The proud anonymity of the uniform demanded a name as the water directly between the connection with the naval auxiliary
proud and as anonymous as itself and got it in "GI Joe." Who barge and ship where one more air station there, was approved by Fresh from their triumphant
· "f ld • h • ;> heave of the barge would crush the Federal Housing Agency, ac- debut in the Sherrill Studi·o vocal
mum orm wou want lt ot erw1se. him instantly. But as he hit the cording to an Associated Press recital in Oakland, winsome Lois
water he fell across one of the dispatch from Washington, D. c.· Koch, Y3c, acclaimed mezzo-
(Statements and opinions herein are those of the writer and are not to mooring lines connecting the barge soprano, and James Allen Jones,
be construed as reflecting the views of the Navy Department.) and ship. Then when the heave MM3c, new baritone sensation, are
came, the barge pitched away from pacity ammunition, assault craft, rehearsing encores for their repeat-
Miss Moyne Mullin performed
Forty Perform several acrobatic feats that took the ship instead of against it. The plus all the supplies invading forces performance.
require. The sooner we get the stuff
mooring line snapped taut, and
The Sherrill Studio presentation
the audience's breath away. She
Here January 19 has just completed an entertain- Thompson went flying through the our men at sea and on the beach- is slated to get underway at 1600
heads want the quicker the Allied
air, completely over barge, _ and to
Charlie Baker's entertainers - ment tour of Navy stations in safet:}'. A few minutes later he was Forces will set up headquarters in Sunday evening at 685 Sutter
Street; San Francisco before a
fully 40 of them--came to Treasure Nevada and other parts of Cali- rescued. the Imperial Palace in Tokyo." capacity crowd of music lovers.
Island on Friday, January 19, to fornia. * * * * * * Some of America's best-loved
put on a show at Theatre No. 1 and Charlie Baker is president of the Nimitz's H. Q. in Tokyo? - Ship Figures Increase compositions will be rendered by
the hospital. Dancing Masters of California. Be- Fleet Admiral Chester W. Nimitz With the initial month of the New the two Treasure Island singers.
When the show was opened the fore Pearl Harbor he had a number has announced plans to set up head- Year nearing its end, the Navy De- They will include selections written
sailors began to sing, for the per- of dance studios, but since then he quarters at the gates of Japan. He partment discloses that 61,045 ships by such famous composers as Tos-
formers-at least the ladies among has devoted most of his time to said, "Now that we are closing in make up the U.S. Navy, the world's elli, Huhn, Schubert, Drigo, Handel,
them-were just as lovely as tal- working ih a shipyard and round- on the Jap homeland, bringing the largest, which incl·ude 1167 war- Verdi, Ronald, Herbert, Kern, Rom-
ented. Twelve were professional ing up troupes of performers to full force of our power to bear on ships, 54,026 landing craft, 23 bat- berg, Gershwin and Ponchielli.
entertainers, the rest juniors re- entertain servicemen.
their army and navy, more and tleships, 26 aircraft carriers, 60 es- Personnel of this naval installa-
cruited by Charlie in Oakland and
more equipment will be needed, cort carriers, 63 cruisers, 418 de- tion is invited to attend this gala
Richmond.
Send " THE MASTHEAD" Home such as rockets, LVT's, high ca- stroyers and 249 submarines. musical event.