JAP LINES IN CBI AIR RAIDS KANDY Oct. 26 - No important change is reported in the general situation on the Chin Hills and Arakan fronts, says today's SEAC communique. Air - Ammunition dumps and enemy positions on the Arakan front were bombed yesterday by aircraft of Eastern Air Command. On October 24 attacks on communications destroyed or damaged engine sheds, locomotives, rolling stock, railway lines and bridges. Widespread damage to enemy communications was inflicted by U.S. Mitchells of Eastern Air Command on October 24. They caused a large explosion and left fires burning at Monywa, main rail base for Japanese supplies along the lower Chindwin where the waterfront and other targets were bombed. Further east they attacked the railway between Maymyt and Lashio, wrecking locomotives, rolling stock and installations and destroying a bridge south of Hsumhsai. U.S. Thunderbolts fired a gasoline dump and damaged warehouses, rolling stock and bashas in the Meza area. nbsp; Delayed reports from the North Burma front show that the Tenth Air Force Thunderbolts on Sunday and Monday knocked out four bridges and for the second successive day hit a bivouac area south of Indaw on the Mogaung-Mandalay railway. |
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Just in case you never saw a wooden Indian here are the Skp Caps, members of the baggage wallas' Local No. 1 at an ATC Base, APO 882, India. Sky Caps insisted on being posed like this. P.S. They accept tips. (ATC photo)
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"All aboard for Burma and China" might well be the battle-cry of an Assam Air Depot of the Northern Area Service Command from which originate the operational supplies for fighting air squadrons in those countries. At this "Grand Central of aircraft supply," the work of hundreds of Air Force and SOS supply technicians and agencies comes to a head, and sinews of war are issued, monitored to need by GI "expressman" before being turned over to ATC and other pilots for delivery. The following pictures tell a flash story of improvisation in the tea gardens of lush Assam. |
THE TEA LEAVES DIDN'T PREDICT A former tea 'factory' from which Air Service Command supplies are monitored, is now the scene of more activity than its builders even dreamed possible. |
WHITTLERS Assamese laborers cutting bamboo thongs for light wrapping of crates and boxes. |
YANKEE IMPROVISATION S/Sgt. Thomas H. Andrews of Leavenworth, Kan., checking on stocks kept in home-made tin bins. |
STATESIDE MOTORIST'S DREAM There is not a nail in this tire storage basha which is made of bamboo and tarpauli9n. |
MAZE OF TUBES AND TANKS The collection of tubes and tanks was once an Italian air-cooled ice machine. It was converted into a water-cooled unit by T/Sgt. Charles E. Hankes (back of block mold). At left is Hankes' helper, Pfc. John Luchitz. Plant makes ice for Valley hospitals and storage of film and medical stock. (ASC photos) |
Luxurious EM Club Opened At ATC Base ATC BASE, INDIA - Personnel of this India China Division ATC base had "fun for free" the other night at a celebration attendant to the formal opening of the new Enlisted Men's Club. There was plenty of cold beer and "coke" on the house and the boys munched sandwiches at the club for supper - the mess hall was closed. Lt. Col. Charlie F. Skannal, station CO, and Maj. Russell B. Langley, executive officer, in brief speeches, turned the club over to the enlisted men, and Lt. N. Robert Wellens, special service officer and "father" of the project, helped officiate at the house-warming. The base orchestra, the Skyline Patrol, furnished the music. The club is housed in a large brick building with the first floor given over to lounging and writing facilities and a snack bar on the second floor. |
Hallowe'en Dance On Monday At Rec Center Amidst Jack-O-Lanterns, witches, black cats, corn stalks and all the traditional trimmings, the ARC will officially open its Fall dancing season with an open-air Hallowe'en dance on Monday, October 30th, at the new Army recreational center at 3 Outram Street. Elaborate plans are under way to make the occasion a huge success. Admission to the dance will be, as usual, by invitation only, and invitations to the affair have been sent out to eight of the local Army installations. Girls interested in attending the dance may secure an invitation by calling the American Red Cross, Cal. 6250, and one will be mailed promptly. Refreshments will be served at the dance. Music will be supplied by the 'Jive Bombers.' On Tuesday evening, October 31st, a Hallowe'en Spook Party will be held in the game rooms of the Burra Club. All the usual games will be held, and pumpkin pie and coffee is promised. |
After years of conversing together over their radio telephones, Major Frank Breen, San Jose, California (left) and S/Sgt. Pat Gould, Minneapolis, Minn. (right) finally met face to face at a local General Hospital. (Signal Corps photo) |
New Fathers Feted At Jewish Services Lt. Lionel Gilman of Detroit, and Pfc. Ned Edelman of Chicago, who both recently became fathers on the same day, will entertain Jewish servicemen, as well as a group of other friends, Friday night after the regular Jewish services at the Maghen David Synagogue. After the traditional Jewish custom, special prayers are said for newborn children, and Chaplain David Seligson will officiate for Lt. Gilman and Pfc. Edeleman on the occasion. Friends of both the men are invited to attend. |
Chaplain Seligson On ‘Chaplain’s Hour’ Capt. David J. Seligson, Jewish Chaplain, will be the guest speaker on the Chaplain's Hour on Suinday evening at 18:00 hours, it was announced by the program director at Station VU2ZU. Each week at this time VU2ZU presents the Chaplain's Hour, which is specifically aimed toward those in the hospitals, or in a position where religious services are not available. A guest speaker representing the various faiths is invited to speak each week, and a male choir supplies the musical background. Chaplain Seligson, who speaks this week, is the assistant Base Chaplain representing the Jewish faith. |
Latter Day Saints Meeting Next Week The Base Chaplain's office announced a meeting of all members of the Chuirch of Latter Day Saints next week. The conference will be held in the assembly tent at the Maidan camp, beginning on Saturday, Nov. 4th, at 2 p.m. Additional meetings will be held Sunday, Nov. 5th, at 10 a.m. and 2 p.m. in the tent, and at 7 p.m. in the mess hall at Hq. building. Mr. Ralph M. Davey of Chicago is now in the Theatre, and will be in charge of the conferences. |
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IN THE PHILIPPINES Unfurling in a stiff breeze, the flag of the United States floats over the flight deck of a Navy aircraft carrier. A watchful destroyer follows the curving wake of the carrier and a plane that has just landed can be seen on the deck. |
Third Week’s Play Brings Upsets In Softball Loops |
AMERICAN LEAGUE The rumor has reached this desk that the MPs won Sunday and are still tied for the top in the American League, but in the only two game scores that were turned in, the strong Pathfinders team, that lost a heart-breaker last week, got back in their winning stride and knocked off the Tigers 5-1, and the Rajah's murdered the Millers 11-0. NATIONAL LEAGUE In the National League, the Photo-Jo's maintained their undefeated stride when they scored seven runs in the first three innings to beat the Generals 8-4; the Tornadoes flattened the Brass Hats 15-0; the Flambombs spun the Rotators 7-3; and the Sea Mulers pushed around the Kids 10-6. TOLLLY LEAGUE Wild pitched ahutout ball (although that may sound like double-talk) and allowed only three hits as the Stevedores tamed the Wildcats 4-0 in the Tolly League. Only 22 batters faced Wild over the 7-inning route. In the other game in the four-team Tolly Loop, the Yankees beat the Porters 4-3. Lollar, the Yanklees pitcher, won his own game in the last half of the seventh with a single driving in the winning run. ALLIED LEAGUE In the Allied League, the leaders are still knotted up, as Sunday the Dozers continued to win beating the Redbirds 3-1, and the Stevedores bagged the Wildcats 14-4. The Ramblers bowed to the Guardians 4-1 and the Leafs McLean pitched his second shutout in three weeks as the Canadian boys subdued the Parkers 10-0. In the fifth game the Navy made it three losses in a row for the Sad Sacks when they trampled them 7-2. |
FEDERAL LEAGUE They renamed the Bush League the Federal League, but even the shearing of the apparently objectionable name didn't have any effect in making the scores come in. However the Bernath's are definitely in the league, for their score arrived for the third week. Scoring in every inning but the sixth, they rolled up 16 runs to beat the Dum Dums 16-0. Aronson Wins All-India Table Tennis BOMBAY - Herbert (Chubby) Aronson, touring exhibition table tennis star, became the new All-India Table Tennis champion when he beat V. R. Sivaraman, the Madras champion, in three straight games Saturday night in the finals of the men's single championships at Xavier College Hall in Bombay. Aronson had little trouble with the Madras paddleman, takingv him in straight games, 21-10, 21-12, and 21-10. Aronson combined with Nathan Steele in the finals of the men's double, but after winning the first two games, a great come-back by D. H. Kapadia (Bombay) and M. V. S. Vithal (Mysore) beat them out. Steele was erratic in the last three games as the Indian combine won 21-23, 16-21, 21-17, 21-11 and 21-19. |
BURMA HEAVIES En route to a railhead which supplies troops on the Burma front, three elephants plod along a muddy road. Pacyderm transportation and labor are used extensively on the jungle front. Tents made from dropped parachutes are in the background. |
U.S. NAVAL CHIEFS On the deck of a U.S. warship, Admiral Chester W. Nimitz, commander-in-chief of the U.S. Pacific Fleet confers with Admiral William F. Halsey, Jr., right, commander in the South Pacific. U.S. Naval forces are engaged in a mjor battle with the Japanese fleet. |
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PRIVATE FIRST CLASS Ance L. Yount, Okay, Oklahoma Theodore S. Bestfelt, Cincinnati, Ohio Edwin J. Mann, Evansville, Indiana Herve J. Marquis, Providence, Rhode Island Joseph E. Bogenschutz, Cincinnati, Ohio Carl H. Harnaday, Pearcy, Arkansas Otus M. Hopson, Altheimer, Arkansas PRIVATE TO TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE Clarence W. Baker, Newark, New Jersey Joseph L. Rogers, Jr., New York City, New York Paige A. King, Norfolk, Virginia Lois C. Stewart, Dallas, Texas Joe Ashmore, Los Angeles, California Isaac Walker, Miami, Florida Hamblen Ward, Jr., Canton, Mississippi Wilbur M. Roland, Jacksonville, Florida Albert W. Raynard, Magnolia, Delaware Ira Bolden, Cincinnati, Ohio Frank R. Brown, Beaver Falls, Pennsylvania Harold Brooks, Dayton , Ohio |
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Herbert C. Banks, Guion, Arkansas PRIVATE TO TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE PRIVATE FIRST CLASS TO TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE Robert Floyd Adams, Cincinnati, Ohio Granville Wood, Hedley, Texas Robert A. Dunn, Cleveland, Ohio PRIVATE FIRST CLASS TO CORPORAL Robert A. Falcon, Monrovia, California Wilbur D. Hortman, Sommerdale, Ohio Bob M. Higginbotham, Williford, Arkansas Paul Szrutt, Hammond, Indiana |
TO CORPORAL CORPORAL TO TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE TECHNICIAN FIFTH GRADE TO TECHNICIAN FOURTH GRADE David E. Laird, Sheldon, Illinois Ward A. Longsdon, Toledo, Ohio Verlin E. Ledbetter, Lawndale, California Robert E. Carter, Chicago, Illinois Thomas F. Cook, Checotah, Oklahoma Basil A. Hawkins, Jamaica L.I., New York CORPORAL TO SERGEANT Joseph E. Stedding, Baltimore, Maryland |
TURNABOUT IS FAIR PLAY Major Verl D. Luehring, left, CO of the celebrated Twin Dragons P-38 unit, pins a miniature P-38 on the breast pocket of Major General George E. Stratemeyer, Air Commander, EAC, in token of the latter's honorary membership in the Cragon's Den, aptly named ooficers' club of the squadron. Just before he received the pin, Gen. Stratemeyer had presented decorations to eight of the squadron's pilots, including Major Luiehring who received a Silver Star. (USAAF photo) |
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A GI IN CHUNGKING Under one of the arches in Chungking, China, as a part of the festivities of the "Double-Ten" (tenth day of the tenth month, on an anniversary of the founding of the Chinese Republic) a GI takes a picture of another soldier from American Army Headquarters. (Signal Corps. photo) |
WHOOPIE, CBI STYLE Liquid refreshment flowed freely last week as enlisted men at an India China Division ATC Base, celebrated the opening of their new recreation center. Sandwiches and beer or 'coke' took the place of a meal at the mess hall. Lef tto right are: Pvt. Bernard J. Santonocito, New York City; Pvt. James F. Boston, Roanoke, Va.; Pfc. Archie M. Welke, Woodlake, Neb. and Pvt. Michael W. Witucki, Buffalo, N.Y. (ATC photo) |
"FOR FAITHFUL SERVICE" Miss Annie Wah Lee, civilian nurse at American Army Headquarters in Chungking, being congratulated by Gen. Joseph W. Stilwell, Commanding General, USAF, CBI, following Miss Lee's decoration with the Award of thevEmblem for Civilian Service. Uncle Joe presented the award, which was "for satisfactory and faithful service to the United States Government during the period 13th April 1942 to 31st October 1944." (Signal Corps. photo) |
GIs AND SHOWFOLKS GIs at Camp H joined performers of the USO show 99 for this picture taken when the traveling unit played at the camp last week. (Signal Corps. photo) |
NAZI TRACTOR-JEEP American soldiers inspecting a tractor-jeep which the Germans were forced to abandon under the pressure of superior U.S. forces on the French peninsula. |
BASE SECTION CAPITAL First published photographs of the building occupied by the Headquarters, Base Section 2, Calcuuta, from which is directed the greatest single supply operation in CBI. Construction of the building began by an Indian concern, had to be abandoned with the outbreak of the war. Later, the Army completed the unfinished framework in record time. (Signal Corps. photo) |
HONORED AND SHIPPED T/Sgt. Elmore "Tex" Wenderoth of the Hq. CBI - Air Service Command was packed and ready to depart for Uncle Sugar Able when he was awarded the Bronze Star Medal for meritorious service. He originated a system of material control which expedited the flow of ordnance supplies to forward areas at critical times. A native of San Antonio, Wenderoth has spent 28 of his 30 months in khaki in the CBI Theatre. (CBI-ASC photo) |