T/Sgts. Richard N. Bosted and Bert A. Stapleton, two members of a pipeline unit, carry a section of pipe through a monsoon-drenched jungle area. |
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A newly-constructed Bailey Bridge - latest in military stream crossing equipment - replaces a temporary wooden structure over a stream on the Ledo Road in Burma. |
A G.I. operates a huge crane in swinging a span of steel bridge across a jungle stream. |
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A PROBLEM SOLVED
ATC BASE, ASSAM - Innerspring mattresses aren't normally found on bunks of G.I.'s stationed in the wilds of Assam, but QM here went all out to prepare a similar seducer-to-slumber for Pvt. James Mason, who works in the motor pool. It wasn't Mason's plight which touched QM, because its heart is just as tough as those of other QM departments. It was the plight of the G.I. cots that turned the trick. Mason weighs 332 pounds and three G.I. cots, in rapid succession, succumbed under the crushing weight as the big hunk of man tried vainly to relax. Their fate brought a cry of anguish from the lips of the bewildered QM. For a few nights thereafter, Mason was forced to recline, somewhat uncomfortably, on the floor until the C.O., the Service and Supply Officer and the Welding Department joined the QM boys in a huddle. They came up with a reinforced, hand-made "charpoy" manufactured from two-inch water pipe, welded together, with bands of rubber cut from discarded airplane inner tubes stretched across as springs. Now Mason relaxes in comfort, and each night as he sinks peacefully, if a bit noisily, into the arms of Morpheus, he offers thanksgiving blessings to his benefactors. |
G.I. PAINTS MURAL
ATC BASE, INDIA - Finishing touches on a chancel mural has marked completion of a chapel here. From a bare, empty basha, personnel at this India-China Division ATC base has whittled, hacked, hammered and painted the chapel, replete with mahogany altar and chancel mural. Sgt. Jay H. Bronson, of Wesleyville, Pa., spent a month of his spare time working on the mural, which consists of three Gothic windows, the center one containing a larger than life-size likeness of Christ. Bronson purchased all supplies used in the work of art in various parts of India, while on furlough. The painting, four by eight feet in size, was copied from a picture two and one-half by five inches in Bronson's prayer book. The mural was accomplished without the use of blacks. The darker shades were obtained by blending reds and blues. The artist, who works in the Communications section, dedicated the painting to his mother. The chapel seats 200 and also accommodates a choir of eight in the chancel. The 65 by 36 foot bamboo basha also houses the office of Chaplain Robert G. Patterson. Lack of supplies hampered activities of the chapel at first, but the staff got around the hymnal shortage by mimeographing copies of hymns used in services. Sgt Clarence W. King is chaplain's assistant, Sgt. Robert G. Campbell, of Bloomfield Hills, Mich., is pianist and choir director. |
Hobbie Tezpur, four-year-old mascot of the Burma Peacocks, reports to Capt. Charles A. Herzog, Group Engineering Officer, on his first day as an honorary sergeant. |
APO 487 (Dinjan, India) - When Cpl. Jack F. Hart came overseas five months ago for the second time in two years, he ran smack dab into his brother-in-law, T/Sgt. Horace Hicks, who generously awarded his relative with an appropriate welcome-to-Burma gift - one each, tent, tropical, fully furnished. Hart, who spent considerable time with the Air Force during the North Africa and Sicily campaigns, knew all along that his brother-in-law was "somewhere in CBI" with the Signal Corps, but it was luck, fate and the Army redistribution center that finally brought the two together in Burma. Their reunion was short-lived, however, for Hicks was soon moved to another base, leaving Hart behind, comfortably ensconced in his new tent. |
ASC BASE, BURMA - Realizing that "it's only human nature" for a man to jump into the nearest foxhole when an air raid alarm is sounded, members of the Burma Peacocks here at Myitkyina airstrip are now posting various "no trespassing" signs above their underground bedrooms. After living conditions in these small hideouts became too crowded occasionally with non-paying (i.e. non-digging) guests, the signs, reading "Private. Keep Out." and identifying the rightful owners, began popping up all over the vicinity. The action was also prompted by a 230-pound major, who plopped his tonnage into a foxhole one recent night and made a "human sandwich" of two earlier arrivals. |
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Pat O'Brien gets ready to hit one on the nose in a softball game at 14th AF HQ. O'Brien proved himself an athlete as well as an actor to the delight of a large G.I. crowd in a game which O'Brien pitched against Maj. Gen. Claire L. Chennault. |
The pitcher at the far right is two-star Chennault, who gets his rare moments of relaxation by playing softball with the G.I.'s. At bat is Pat O'Brien who was his mound opponent. The catcher is Brig. Gen. Edgar Glenn, Chief of Staff of the 14th. |
At the bat is Brig. Gen. Glenn, who swings a mean stick from the southpaw side of the plate. If this plate has been reversed and the general bats righthanded we present our apologies beforehand. No score was sent in so we assume the generals lost. |