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JAPAN-Traitorous to those who O 0 h shore. Then he sees that he's to
befriended her; sadistic in war; 5 00 Marines a Mont
mystic in Religion; fanatical in listen to a talk over a PA system. 1
Shintoism; whose policies .of con- Casual Company No. l, Marine That doesn't make him feel any '
quest have been outlawed by Barracks, Treasure Island, han- better because he figured that he'd
peace-loving nations. A great · left PA systems when he left his
power reduced to its lowest com- dles, efficiently and humanely, on
mon. denominator by pillaging an average of 5000 men a month ship.
militarists, imbibed with the lust returnin·g from the Pacific war, But the cigar-smoking, stocky
of .domination. according to an article by Ser- sergean ma3or who's making the
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,geant Norman Kuhne in the cur- talk knows ·a few tricks with a
rent issue of "The Leatherneck," mike. An ex-radio announcer and
Marine Corps magazine. e1it~ftaiRer who learned how to
Marine activities on Treasure gauge\:.iu9ience reaction on the
Island represent but a small grain vaudevi'l{e~circuit, Sgt. Maj. Cole-
of sand on a vast Navy beach, man sool? has his listeners con-
Sgt. Kuhne writes. With the ex- vinced that T. I. isn't such a bad
ception of a small guard and bar- place after all.
racks detachment, Corps op~ra- There are a few of the usual
tions are confined to two c~iia'.1 pre~iminaries and then Coleman
companies for the accommodation qtljcikly Kets to the part of his
of men in transit to and from the ,vrelcoming' address that brings
Pacific. Casual No. 2 handles cas- down the house. It goes something
ualties and prisoners. Casual No·. like this: .,
1 plays host to the great bulk of' ·itiberty Every Night
Marines moving through San "Men, liberty goes he·re at 1600.
Francisco. You rate it every night and it's
Traffic Eastbound Now up at 0750 the next morning. All
Casual Company No. 1 has been of your names will be on the lib-
operating since September, 1942, erty list today and you can, pick
.•,-su· t /~,>
and with few exceptions has han- Up::Y?,JJ liberty cards at the c_om-
dled all Marines returning to the pany office. at 1600. Men going to
A SUPERSTITIOUS people, Japs States by way of Frisco ·of ship- San Diego don't rate liberty, but
regard the fox as sacred; they ping out through that pdrf 'rn the they will bEl on their way within
built this huge idol in its likeness.
early days of its operations mos1; 24 hours."
of the traffic was headed toward The man who's homeward-
Want to Win 6 Grand? the Pacific. Today the',direction is bound generally has these things
reversed and outbound men make in mind: To get some greens and
Just Write a Book up a ·s111all portion,,.M those mov- ,dress shoes, to get his pay up to
ing through T . I. · .. elate, to pitch some liberty and be
New York_:Announcement was
made of the United Service Book : With the experience <?f handling on his way to where he's going.
on an average of 509.0 men a
Contest, open to past and present In the normal course of events
month (in peak month'~:.the num-
members of the armed forces of this takes about three days at
ber has gone to 9000)';" Casual No.
the United Nations, in which a 1 has developed it~-· job' into a T. I. First step is drawing gear,
$6000 cash prize will be awarded smooth working routine. To the which means clothing. That hap-
for the best book-length manu- men passing through Casual No. pens in the first couple of hours.
script, fiction or non-fiction, on 1 it's strictly an NCO show. That's "They take their time about
any subject received on or before because the commanding officer, clothes and you can get a good
June 30, 1946. The winner, whose Major Chester R. Milham, feels fit," a. Private First Class just
work will be published in six that the Marines passing through back from the Fifth Corps said.
languages, will also receive "And on three days a week those
the casual company will feel more
royalty and film rights. wo~en ( the A WVS) will sew on
·at ease if their contacts are with your chevrons and shoulder
If no entry is considered suffi- other enlisted men. A staff of nine patches free."
ciently worthy, the prize money NCO's, sparked by Sgt. Maj. 'Bill
will be divided into six fellowships Coleman, keep the wheels rolling lwo Flag-Raiser Handled
for deserving contestants. Thomas at high speed. Recently Casual No. 1 had the
job of moving out a platooff of
Y. Crowell Co., 432 4th Ave., New Sergeant Is Mike Artist
York 16, N. Y., one of the spon- When he hits T. I. and gets into dog handlers and their dogs. This
sors, will provide information and his first line the homeward-bound posed some real problem~ since a
couple of dogs were liberty hounds
entry forms. Marine is likely ,.to feel a little
and-when they were refused per-
mission to go ashore they . raised
plenty of hell generally.
' . The dog platoon was on T. I.
for about five days and every day
the dogs had to be exercised.
Shortly after the Iwo Jima op-
eration, Casual No. 1 had its real
"rush" assignment. That was to
get a man processed and on his •
way within 20 minutes. He was
Pfc Rene Gagnon, one of the men
who took part in the flag raising
on Suribachi and who had been
ordered back to Wasliington for
various official functions.
Men on Two Hours' Notice
During the day every man in
the casual company is on two
hours' notice to ship, out in the
direction that he is going. Conse-
quently, he has to stand by around
his barracks, take showers, write
letters, read letters or figure out
some new ways of killing time. If
he hasn't had the word to ship by
1600, he's free to take his liberty ..
When he;s ready to ship out. of
Casual No. 1, the average Marine
will have his clothing, pay and
other· records up to date. H~'ll
have orders to his home or new
station. And, while he will have·
seen few o.f the wheels go 'round
that make T. I. operate, he'll real-
ly be thankful that they turned
in high gear.

You haven't had a real hang-
NAGASAKI, MAJOR CITY of Kyushu, in the south·ernmost Jap· H l,ROH ITO, IDOL' OF SHINTOISM-Will popu.lar suffrage remove over until . you can't stand the
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home islands, was the second target o.f Atomic Bomb. This shipyard this last symbol of aggressive' Japan? Adm: Halsey has a new saddle
was leveled. for the white horse. noise made by the Bromo-Seltzet.