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The Third Division Front Line

Vol. II, No. 24 — Bad Wildungen, Germany — March 16, 1946

12 pages scanned (8-page newspaper + 4-page Monthly Magazine Supplement)

Names

• Brichta, Ira — Front Line Staff; author of ‘Killer Gets His’ manhunt story and ‘Mucklehead’ short story
• Sikorski, Joseph — alias Joseph Charke, alias Joseph Charkoski, alias Joseph Korski; former DP; wanted for prison breaks, jewel robberies, nine possible murders; killed by MP inspector at Friedberg railroad station
• Black, John L. — 2d Lt, 10th FA MP Platoon; led investigation team; alerted to close in on Sikorski during one-hour layover at Friedberg
• Wells, Howard B. — Capt; Division Provost Marshal; stated Sikorski’s methods were ‘desperate and daring’
• Drum, Russell L. — T/5; driver in Service Co, 7th Regt; believed record for regiment for miles driven without accident; drove 38,000 miles in slightly more than nine months
• Strong, Richard F. — Front Line Staff; author of Hitler/Schweinfurt eyewitness article
• Hitler, Adolf — eyewitness account of his only appearance in Schweinfurt, 1932; stoned by mob leaving the tent
• Ley, Richard — Dr; spoke in Schweinfurt town’s stadium in 1941 stating Hitler would return and be given honorary citizenship; he refused
• Dwan, John E. — Maj, Division Adjutant General; announced 438 Marnemen sent to 1st Armored Division
• Demeter, L. H. — Major, Division I and E Officer; biographical sketch subject; Harvard grad; studied at Harvard Graduate School; inducted as private 1941; Anti-Aircraft AAA Battery at Fort Jackson; joined 445th AAA Bn; joined 3d Division July 1945 as I and E Officer
• Burress, Withers A. — Maj Gen; commanded 100th Inf Div 13 November 1942 to 23 September 1945
• Brown, Tom — Front Line Staff; author of Fritzlar Air Base article
• Morris, John — Sgt, Able Btry, 9th Field Artillery; leads Divarty Dance Band; plays trumpet
• Hayden — A Btry, 39th FA; plays sax in Divarty band
• Olster, Charles (Chuck) — B Btry, 39th FA; pianist in Divarty band
• Herbert, MacArthur — manages sax section of Divarty band; manages clarinet on occasion
• Van Ashe, Fred — B Btry, 41st FA; trombonist in Divarty band
• Tabler, Ralph — A Btry, 39th FA; guitarist in Divarty band
• Kissinger, John — Divarty Hq; bass player in Divarty band
• Johnson, Glen — Pfc; library manager at Divarty Library in Darmstadt
• Kientzle, Berry M. — Capt, Div Hq; organized and sponsored Divarty Dance Band
• Wells, B. — Capt; Division Provost Marshal; 3d MP detachment withdrawn from Cologne, returned to Divarty Area
• Petruzzi, Frank — Capt; commanded K Co, 7th Inf for two days of the bloody Anzio action; wrote in Infantry Journal Feb issue; currently weapons school instructor at Fort Benning, Ga.
• Vogt, Arthur — ace German pianist; music director of Dragon SSO show ‘Crazy House’
• Sanders, Dothe — wrote lyrics for ‘I Said Goodbye’ song in show; S/Sgt
• Quarry, Bob — S/Sgt, 15th Inf Service Co; wrote lyrics for show songs
• Baker, Barry — produced Dragon SSO show
• Markowiese, Bob — master of ceremonies for Dragon SSO show
• Isabel — new performer in Dragon SSO show; dancing highlight
• Lau Engler, Mon — Dragon acrobatic dancing partner
• Bandi, Ivanoff — musical acrobatics in Dragon SSO show
• Maria — dancing partner of Prince Igor in Dragon SSO show
• Igor, Prince — dancing partner in Dragon SSO show; new dancing partner is Maria
• Fellis, Serge — performer in Dragon SSO show
• Nicoetta — acrobatics partner in Dragon SSO show
• Rosemary — dancing partner; Prince Igor’s former dancing partner
• Schmidt, William R. — Maj Gen, 3d Div CG; visited French Maj Gen Devinck at reception; returned visit at Marne Div HQ 10 Feb
• Devinck, Paul G. — French Maj Gen; 12th Infantry Division Commander; received Gen Schmidt at reception in Coblenz; visited Marne Div HQ 10 Feb
• Olson, Arlo I. — Capt, F Co, 15th Inf Regt; posthumous CMH; from Baton Rouge, Louisiana; 13-day sustained advance near Scaffa di Caiazzo, Italy, October 1943; 9th CMH for 3d Division; killed after advancing 150 yards on objective
• Chaffin, Robert J. — Front Line Staff; author of ‘Third Battle Heroes’ CMH Olson feature
• Abelson, J. — Lt, Baler 1st Bn Motor Officer; built motor pool garage
• Berger, Alfred — Front Line Staff; author of 9th FA and DP City features
• Taylor, Miss — 500 on hand; new Kassel Army Service Club told her of a club she had been in in the States
• Howell, Bill — helped recruit 500 men for Kassel Club grand opening; AFN Kassel broadcast of ‘Special Service Spotlight’
• McLean, John — helped recruit men for Kassel Club grand opening
• Bowlin, Ione Allen — Mrs; Director of Cotton Baler Club at Hersfeld; from Omaha, Nebraska
• Bates, W. C. — 1st Bn, 30th Inf; civilian insurance expert; lectured at Army Savings School at Heidelberg
• Apruzzese, Anthony J. — Maj, Division Insurance Officer; conducted Army Savings and Insurance School
• Dryden, William A. — S/Sgt; Front Line Managing Editor for six months; on way home to civilian life; formerly 725th FA Bn forward observer; became Managing Editor October; added monthly magazine and new features
• Banka, Casimir P. — Cpl, Cannon Co, 15th Inf; Silver Star
• Cummins, Lloyd A. — Sgt, Ass’t Provost Marshal, 15th Inf; Silver Star
• Covington, Ross L. — 2d Lt; Silver Star
• Politi, Frank J. — Capt, S-4, 15th Inf; Silver Star
• Skibell, Frank P. — Hq Co, 3d Inf Div; Silver Star
• Edwards, William T. — T/5, Hq Co, 15th Inf; 1st OLC to Silver Star
• Kerstin, Eugene M. — 2d Lt, Hq Co, 17th Inf; Bronze Star
• Morseth, Harris R. — Sgt, 2d Bn, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Ritter, Maurice A. — Cpl, ‘D’, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Shafer, Kenneth W. — Pfc, Co ‘K’, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Wilson, Arthur C. — Pfc, 30th Inf; Bronze Star
• Stupsky, Jack — Pfc, Co 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Ordell, T. — T/4; game hunter photographed near Reinhardshausen; from Div Hq
• Morgan, Richard — Pfc; game hunter near Reinhardshausen; killed approximately three miles south
• Wersing, Richard F. — Chaplain, 2d Bn, 7th Regt; described Vatican audience with Pope Pius XII to Front Line; described visit to Rome
• Pius XII — Pope; gave special audience to 350 Catholic Army Chaplains; gave Apostolic Blessing to each priest; extended special benediction to all military subjects
• Spellman, Cardinal — of New York; one of four American Cardinals received by Pope
• Glennon, Cardinal — of St. Louis; one of four American Cardinals; died 9 March in Ireland after elevation to College of Cardinals, age 84
• Mooney, Cardinal — of Detroit; one of four American Cardinals received by Pope
• Stritch, Cardinal — of Chicago; one of four American Cardinals received by Pope
• Spellman, Cardinal — wartime Military Vicar to Catholic Chaplains; acted as host at Chaplains banquet at Grand Hotel in Rome
• Von Galen, Cardinal — of Munster; publicly withstood assaults of Hitlerism; condemned to death by Nazi government; death sentence not carried out due to his moral weight
• Mark, General Clark — principal speaker at banquet for American Cardinals held at Grand Hotel in Rome
• Karstetter, Allan B. — Front Line Staff; author of Hanover-Saxony-Hesse boundary article
• Philip of Hesse — Duke; broke from papal influence; became Lutheran; exiled to Holland; all Hessians did penance; all church members changed denomination
• London, Harriet K. — Mrs; pin-up subject; of Chicago; husband 1st Lt Joseph G. London left 3d Division for States; social worker; brown hair, hazel eyes
• London, Joseph G. — 1st Lt; left 3d Division for States on way to civilian life; husband of pin-up Harriet London
• Georgieff, Dorothy — Mrs; Pin-Up Queen of 3d Div Investigation Section; 22, brunette, 5’5″, 122 lb.; lives in Baltimore, Md.; husband Sgt James A. Georgieff (nickname ‘Spooky’)
• Georgieff, James A. — Sgt; husband of pin-up Dorothy Georgieff; says wife ‘always haunts him’
• Alexander, Frances C. — Mrs; of Statesville, North Carolina; alluring Southern Belle; husband top-kick in B Co, 15th; 22 years old, 5’5″
• Oakley, Opal — Miss; blonde, blue-eyed; of Middletown, Ohio; 18 years old; pin-up subject; brother is Cpl James Oakley of 7th Inf Personnel Section
• Oakley, James — Cpl, Personnel Section, 7th Inf; brother of pin-up Opal Oakley
• Ida — freshman at University of Alabama; from Tampa, Florida; 18, 5’3″; pin-up subject mentioned in caption
• Block, David H. — Special Writer; ‘Cover to Cover’ book review column
• Thurber, James — cartoonist for popular magazines; book ‘The Thurber Carnival’ reviewed by Block; analyzed by London Times
• Davis, Clyde Brion — author of ‘The Rebellion of Leo McGuire,’ burglar confession novel reviewed by Block
• Cronin, A. J. — novelist; ‘The Keys of the Kingdom’ and ‘The Citadel’ mentioned by Block as recommended reading
• Strong, Dick — Front Line Sports Writer; ‘Down the Center’ column
• Lyons, Danny — Front Line Sports Writer; ‘Sports Slants’ column
• Sixta, John — Lt; took over as 3d Division Athletic Officer; announced with Lt Leo Murphy
• Murphy, Leo — Lt; co-took over Athletic Officers role for 3d Division
• Stevens, Robert G. — Maj; removed from athletic scene and on way home
• Ryan, James C. — Capt; removed from athletic scene and on way home
• Hamilton, Tom — Capt; formally took over Navy football team; had three-hour interview with players
• Dempsey, Jack — Navy’s new head coach; mid-die star 20 years ago; met the press in three-hour interview; salary reportedly 10,000–100,000 dollars annually
• Pasqual, Gerado — Italian; sent threat to Baseball Commissioner Happy Chandler about Mexican league raids
• Chandler, Happy — Baseball Commissioner; received threat about Mexican league
• De Las Cruz, Tomas — raiding party grabbed him for Reds
• Ortiz, Roberto — raiding party grabbed him for Senators
• Carrasquel, Alex — raiding party grabbed for Senators
• Gardella, Danny — raiding party grabbed for Giants
• Hernandez, Chico — raiding party grabbed for Cubs
• Olmo, Luis — raiding party grabbed for Dodgers
• Stirnweiss, Snuffy — second baseman, NY Yankees; led American League in batting last year; offered 15,000 salary but signed for 18,000
• Gordon, Joe — returned to Yankees from Army; Stirnweiss would find another position
• Cochrane, Freddy — boxer; Zivic brought suit to recover 25 percent of Cochrane’s winnings
• Zivic, Fritzy — boxer; brought suit against Cochrane to recover 25 percent of ring earnings since Cochrane lost title; engineered by Mike Jacobs
• Jacobs, Mike — boxing promoter; engineered Zivic deal
• Schmeling, Max — boxer; wants crack at heavyweight title again
• Braddock, Max — ‘Brown Bomber’; took light heavyweight title from aging Irishman in 1937
• Burston, Lew — fight promoter and boxing agent; signed British heavyweight Bruce Woodcock to fight US winner at Madison Square Garden 13 May
• Woodcock, Bruce — British heavyweight champion; signed by Burston to fight US winner
• Dreyfuss, Barney — former owner of Pittsburgh Pirates; so close with his money that the diner tried to mold in his face on Barney’s jeans; asked for raise and didn’t get it
• Waner, Paul — never bothered to bunt; rated 380 batting average; most valuable player in loop
• Klupchek, George — standout from King Co basketball; dropped first game of USFET tournament but Miller scored 17 points with 12
• Miller — scored 17 points for King Co in USFET tourney loss against 7th Inf
• Flosi, Tony — star player and captain of Kingsmen; has spinal growth; forced to withdraw immediately
• McGraw, John — speedy reserve guard of King Co five; to fill Flosi’s position
• Marchildon, Phil — big Canadian pitcher; discussed briefly
• Condon, Pauline — Richmond, Va; divorced husband for hitting her with his artificial leg
• Humphries, Bert — Director, UNRRA Team 518; directed clearing of Germans from Cornberg and setting up of Ukrainian DP city; responsible for accomplishments at Cornberg
• Goering, Herman — designed layout of Cornberg as model German workers community in 1940
• Sargent, Hugh H. — Lt Col, 1st Lt Jay Gladwin; publication supervisor
• Gladwin, Harold C. — 1st Lt; Public Relations Officer
• Reed, Harold C. — 2d Lt; Ass’t Public Relations Officer
• Cantor, Frederick J. — T/5; Managing Editor
• Brolsma, Robert — Pfc; Associate Editor
• Hyslop, Alfred C. — Pfc; News Editor
• Rosenberg, Don — Sgt; Photo Editor; Berlin Monthly Magazine photos
• Davis, William B. — Pfc; Cartoonist
• Spinks, Raleigh J. — Pfc; Photo Staff
• Chaffin, Robert J. — Pfc; General News Staff Reporter
• Strong, R. E. — Pfc; News Staff Reporter
• Lyons, Daniel H. — Pfc; Sports Staff Reporter
• Mendilower, Larry — Pfc; 30th Infantry staff
• Stieglitz, Murray — Pfc; 30th Infantry staff
• Bush Hondalas — Pfc; Mechanical Staff
• Brown, Thomas C. — Pfc; 7th Infantry staff
• Lauser, Thomas E. — Pfc; 15th Infantry staff
• Berger, Alfred — Pfc; Division Artillery and DP City staff
• Perkavich, Anthony — T/5; Staff Photographer
• Shugar, Herbert — former Front Line Staff Writer; author of Berlin Monthly Magazine article
• Mydland, D. B. — Chaplain, 7th Inf Regt; author of ‘Chapel Chats’ on humility

Locations

• Bad Wildungen, Germany — Division HQ; golf course located here; 3d Div area
• Kassel, Germany — 30th Infantry ruined city feature (Monthly Magazine); Woolworth store in rubble; 115th Gen Hospital; new Army Service Club opening; 500 men on hand; AFN Kassel station; Ukrainian DPs assembled here before Cornberg
• Fritzlar, Germany — Fritzlar Army Air Base; 366th Fighter Group stationed here; about 10 miles from Division HQ; may become European Air Transport Service Terminal
• Darmstadt, Germany — Divarty Dance Band performs at Divarty EM Club; Divarty Library; 3d MP detachment withdrawn from Cologne returned here
• Hersfeld, Germany — 7th Inf Regt area; Cotton Baler Club grand opening; game hunting near Reinhardshausen south of here; K Co Baler Anzio article
• Cologne, Germany — 3d MP Detachment had been operating here; withdrawn and returned to Divarty area
• Heidelberg, Germany — Army Savings School location; 7th Army inactivation planned here
• Friedberg, Germany — Sikorski killer shot at railroad station during one-hour layover; 10th FA MP Platoon alerted here
• Frankfurt, Germany — USFET Basketball AG Section; theater athletic office; USFET Class B tournament; 18-hole golf course layout available
• Reinhardshausen, Germany — game hunting three miles south; near Bad Wildungen; 3d Signal Co radio school
• Coblenz, Germany — French 12th Infantry Division reception for Gen Schmidt; once seat of American occupation force after World War I
• Cornberg, Germany — 5 miles northeast of Sontra in 7th Regt area; Ukrainian DP City; designed by Goering 1940; George Co, 7th Regt cleared Germans in 48 hours; UNRRA Team 518
• Hannover, Germany — article on American-Russian-British occupation zone boundary lines; Saxony-Hesse boundary meeting point; GIs stand guard at border
• Eichenberg, Germany — just outside; roadblock at border of three occupation zones; 3-man guard from 3d Bn, 30th Inf
• Berlin, Germany — Monthly Magazine Supplement feature; Berlin 1946 described; Tiergarten; Brandenburger Gate; former Reichstag; Autobahn; Kurfurstendamm; Russian war memorial; New Scala Theatre; Reichschancellery; Russian zone largest
• Babenhausen, Germany — 9th FA present location; carrying out occupation duties
• Scaffa di Caiazzo, Italy — location of Capt Olson’s CMH action, 13 October 1943
• San Felice, Italy — near location of Olson’s advance
• Anzio, Italy — K Co, 7th Inf two days of bloody action; Cape Petruzzi article in Infantry Journal
• Bettwiller, France — 15th Inf troops shown moving into Reich; having had extensive training
• Utweller, Germany — south of Bettwiller; troops marched to Reich from here
• Normandy, France — 100th Inf Div joined 8th Infantry Division Artillery there; Normandy invasion
• Bitche, France — cracking of German winter defense line; 100th Div action December 1944
• Heilbronn, Germany — battle of long 100th Div; one of strongest Maginot forts nearby
• Simmersdorf, Germany — between Bitche and Heilbronn; 100th Div action
• Schoenau, Germany — 100th Div action en route to Heidelberg
• Hoheikirkel, Germany — 100th Div action
• Zweibrucken, Germany — 100th Div crossed Siegfried line here
• Hornbach, Germany — 18 March 1945; 100th Div fired record 2,429 rounds
• Strasbourg, France — 100th Div entered after liberation of that area
• Stuttgart, Germany — 100th Div encircled and captured Stuttgart
• Volcturno River, Italy — 9th FA outflanked Naples; built road five miles long for six tin guns
• Migrano River, Italy — 9th FA area near Volcturno
• Naples, Italy — 9th FA outflanked; landed Salerno 9 November 1942
• Salerno, Italy — 9th FA landing 9 November 1942
• Casablanca, French Morocco — 9th FA idyllic Hawaii-like peace time before landing; Casablanca described as screaming dawn
• Fedala, French Morocco — 9th FA loaded for combat at Norfolk, Virginia, October 1942; landed Fedala at 0400 on gray Sunday morning 8 November 1942
• Berchtesgaden, Germany — 9th FA followed through to end here; final campaign objective
• Nuremberg, Germany — 9th FA final campaign; fired 3-shell volleys in 58 seconds
• Rome, Italy — Chaplain Wersing’s description of Vatican visit; Pope Pius XII special audience; Cardinals banquet at Grand Hotel; Cardinal Spellman Military Vicar described visit
• Schweinfurt, Germany — eyewitness account of Hitler’s only visit 1932; ball-bearing industry hub; Swedish-owned SKF plant operating
• Cornberg, Germany — Ukrainian DP City (also listed above)
• Witzenhausen, Germany — on American-Russian-British zone boundary; 3-man guard post; 30th Inf Regt area
• Hanover, Germany — occupation zone boundary article; Americans occupy Saxony here; population mostly Lutheran Catholic
• Sachsen (Saxony), Germany — American-occupied zone at Hanover boundary
• Hesse, Germany — land of professional soldiers; boundaries described
• Poland (Ukrainian territories) — former home of Cornberg DP Ukrainians; now Soviet Republic of Ukraine
• French Morocco — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Tunisia — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Sicily — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Southern Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Anzio, Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Rome, Italy — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• France — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Austria — listed in publication masthead campaign ribbon
• Fort Benning, Georgia — where Capt Petruzzi is now at weapons school instructor
• Baton Rouge, Louisiana — hometown of Capt Arlo I. Olson, CMH recipient
• Hawaii — 9th FA activated at Schofield Barracks; idyllic peacetime described
• Fort Douglas, Arizona — 9th FA activated 6 August 1916
• Norfolk, Virginia — 9th FA loaded for combat here October 1942
• Washington D.C. — editor Dryden studied journalism at George Washington University two years; worked for Washington Post; International News Service

Units

• 3d Infantry Division (“Marne Division”) — primary unit; expanding occupation zone; 438 men transferred to 1st Armored Division
• 7th Infantry Regiment (“Cotton Balers”) — Fritzlar Air Base in area; K Co Anzio article; Cotton Baler Club opened at Hersfeld; Cornberg DP City in 7th Regt area (George Co cleared Germans)
• 15th Infantry Regiment (“Friscans” / “Dragon Company”) — Dragon SSO show ‘Crazy House’; Capt Olson CMH (F Co); boxing bouts by 30th Infantry Special Service; multiple award recipients
• 30th Infantry Regiment — boxing bouts feature; presented by 30th Inf Special Service; Eichenberg border guards (3d Bn, 30th Inf)
• 9th Field Artillery Battalion — major ‘Know Your Outfit’ feature; activated 1916 Fort Douglas; first motorized artillery regiment in world; from Fedala to Berchtesgaden; now at Babenhausen
• 10th Field Artillery Battalion — MP Platoon alerted at Friedberg to close in on Sikorski
• 39th Field Artillery Battalion — Divarty band members from A Btry
• 41st Field Artillery Battalion — Divarty band member from B Btry
• 3d Division Military Police Platoon — withdrawn from Cologne; returned to Divarty area; B Co of 124th MP Bn to relieve; Lt Wells commanding
• 124th Military Police Battalion — B Co to send detachment to relieve Marnemen
• 366th Fighter Group — stationed at Fritzlar Army Air Base; first fighter unit to enter Normandy after D-Day; now transitioning to peacetime occupation duties
• 1st Armored Division — received 438 Marnemen for carrier unit use; to clear Theater early April; 16th Armored Combat Engineer Bn at Kirchheim
• 100th Infantry Division (“Century Division” / “Blue Ridge Division”) — guest unit profile; activated 15 November 1942 Fort Jackson; slogan ‘The 100th Only Moves Forward’; campaigns: Bitche, Siegfried Line, Rhine, Stuttgart
• 445th AAA Battalion — Maj Demeter joined July 1942 as Personnel Officer; moved overseas February 1944; fought through Normandy with 8th Infantry Division Artillery
• 8th Infantry Division Artillery — 445th AAA Bn committed in direct support during Normandy
• XV Corps — 100th Div received commendation from CG XV Corps for help in destroying two German armies
• 6th Armored Division — 9th FA received great support from units of 6th Armored Division
• 10th Infantry Special Service — presented 10 German boxing matches at Montgomery Theater, Kassel
• UNRRA Team 518 — at Cornberg; Director Bert Humphries; cleared Germans, set up Ukrainian DP city
• 3d Division Baseball League — 6 teams: 7th, 15th, 30th Infantry, Divarty, Special Troops, 3d Army HQ Heidelberg; opening 4 May
• 7th Infantry King Co basketball team — dropped first game of USFET Class B Tournament to 7th Inf AG Section, 31 to 44
• USAFE Workshop Production — Dragon SSO ‘Crazy House’ show; touring 15th Regimental area
• Hesse-Nassau Cavalry Regiment 17 — referenced in historical context of 9th FA’s parent unit lineage
• Constabulary — referenced in context of occupation duties taking over from 7th Army