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The Third Division Front Line

Vol. II, No. 27 — Bad Wildungen, Germany — April 6, 1946

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Names

• Harmon, Ernest N. — Maj Gen; Commanding General of the new Constabulary force; braindchild of the 38,000-man occupation unit
• Karstetter, Allan B. — Pfc, Front Line Staff; author of Constabulary feature article
• Schmidt, William R. — Maj Gen, 3d Division CG; praised new Bad Wildungen Service Club at opening
• Bruner, George E. — Col, Div Chief of Staff; present at Service Club opening
• Wickersham, Dan L. — Maj, Div S-4; present at Service Club opening
• Binkley, Hubert L. — Lt, Div S-4; present at Service Club opening
• Blossom, Charles C. Jr. — CO Hq Company; present at Service Club opening
• Mobley, Dan A. — Lt; present at Service Club opening
• Holloway, J. — Lt; aide-de-camp to Gen Schmidt
• Hielebert, Margot — German movie actress; provided entertainment at Service Club opening
• Spurlock — Club Director; Service Club filled to capacity at opening
• Abernathy, Miss Pat — Chief Hostess; Army hostesses operating under her direction for GI Community Centers
• Browneller, F. K. — Capt, 7th Regt Regimental S-1; announced Fulda community preparations
• Abramowitz, Mayer — Chaplain, 3d Division Jewish Chaplain; to conduct Passover Seder services in Kassel
• Clem, Rhoman E. — Maj, 30th Regt S-2 Officer; Silver Star, Bronze Star, Purple Heart; veteran of Fedala landing; liaison during Kesselring surrender; sketch subject
• Kesselring, Albert — German Field Marshal; Clem established liaison behind enemy lines for his unconditional surrender; Clem led the party
• Truscott, Lucian K. — Lt Gen, 3d Army CG; letter of appreciation to Gen Schmidt for Division’s work during 7th Army inactivation
• Keyes, Geoffrey — Lt Gen; now acting as 3d Army Commander in absence of Truscott (wife ill)
• Blossom, Charles C. Jr. — Capt, CO Hq Company; received new Commendation Ribbon
• Baber, Donald L. — Capt, CO G Co, 30th Regt; received new Commendation Ribbon
• Brown, Kenneth W. — Capt; newly appointed Division Recruiting Officer; stated men discharged after May 12 1945 may reenlist
• Seifert, Leo C. — S/Sgt, Co L, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Bigley, Bruce — T/5, Hq Co 3d Div; Bronze Star
• Walsh, William B. — Capt, Provost Marshal, Hq 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Osowski, Francis — Pfc, Co A, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Moore, Felton H. — Capt, HQ 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Savois, Edward J. — Sgt, Sv Co, 15th Inf; Bronze Star
• Miller, Kenneth F. — Pfc, Hq 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Terefencko, Paul — T/4, Co 3d Inf Div; Bronze Star
• Hopper, Virgil D. — Pfc, Hq Co, 1st Bn, 15th Inf; 1st OLC to Bronze Star
• Bowersox, Charlotte H. — Pfc, Hq Div Arty; 1st OLC to Bronze Star
• Schein, Abraham B. — Pfc, Co A, 15th Inf; 1st OLC to Bronze Star
• Bourbon, Rollo P. — Col; recently took command of 115th Gen Hospital (now 386th Station Hospital) in Kassel
• Rac, Robert P. — Col; former Commanding Officer of 115th Gen Hospital
• Spymann, Walter D. — Col; Col Rac replaced him; commanding officer at time of hospital opening November 1945
• Rundstedt — German Field Marshal; sat in office where hospital was set up (former 9th Wehrkreise Kommando building)
• Nosek, Kenneth A. — Maj, 1st Bn CO, 15th Inf; attended grand opening dinner of new mess hall at Marburg
• Rhoman, Maj — referenced by name at dinner
• McFalls, Carroll Jr. — Maj, Regimental S-2; attended mess hall opening dinner
• Stevens, Charles A. — S/Sgt, Mess Sergeant; largely responsible for well-equipped kitchen of new Friscan Bn Hq mess hall
• Hubaly, Frank — M/Sgt; Motor Officer, Dragon Service Co; supervised jeep overhaul program
• Carozza, William P. — 1st Lt; Regt Motor Officer, Dragon 15th Regt; distributed new jeep policies
• Demers, Robert J. — Major, new CO of Dragon Regt 3d Bn; recently left 15th Regt S-3
• O’Connell, John — Lt; replaced by Demers as 15th Regt S-3; on TDY to States
• Heintges, John A. — Col, 7th Regt CO; wrote appreciation letter on behalf of Gen Keyes
• Evans, Ward V. — Professor, Chairman, Chemistry Dept, Northwestern University; spoke to Marne men on atomic bomb
• Cunningham, Floyd F. — Professor, Chairman, Chemistry Dept, Alabama State Teachers College; spoke on atomic bomb and global geography
• Kinsey, Wendell H. — Professor of Physics, University of Connecticut; spoke on atomic bomb construction and trial
• Dutko, John W. — Pfc, Co A, 3d Bn, 30th Inf; posthumous CMH for action 23 May 1944 near Ponte Rotto, Italy; from Homer City, Pennsylvania; 37th Marne CMH recipient
• McGarr, L. C. — Colonel; commanded regiment composed of men such as Dutko; declared ‘I am proud to command’
• Chaffin, Robert J. — Front Line Staff; author of ‘Third Battle Heroes’ CMH feature
• Baler (Cotton Baler dog) — mascot of Cotton Baler Regt (30th Inf); once German war dog; belonged to 7th Regt SS Lt; found as prisoner; retrained by 7th Regt; now 7th Regt CO personal property
• Keyes, Geoffrey — Lt Gen, 3d Army Commander (acting); wrote appreciation letter for 3d Division safe driving record
• Ruckert, Friedrich — noted German poet and linguist; monument in Schweinfurt market place; born near Coburg; died at Neuses near Coburg; subject of Lucier feature article
• Lucier, Thomas E. — Front Line Staff; author of Schweinfurt poet and Fulda Dom articles
• Volkershausen, Berthold von — Abbot; began construction of Eichhof fortress/monastery in 1370
• Abbot Berthold — abbot of Hersfeld Monastery; Burgomeister trapped in Eichhof during knights raid in 1420
• Ludwig von Buchau — Abbot; art patron who owned portraits of 59 predecessors; converted Eichhof to comfortable home; portraits later destroyed by bomb hit
• Boniface, St. — patron saint of Fulda Cathedral; murdered while preaching Gospel; tomb in cathedral sacristy
• Clement, Lawrence G. — Ast S-3, 7th Regt Hq; announced construction of Cotton Baler Baseball Field at Hersfeld; player-manager of team
• Schuster, Howard — newly appointed Regimental Athletic Officer; overseeing baseball season
• Clower, Floyd — Lt, Special Service Athletic Officer; overseeing Special Troops 9 baseball team
• McLish, Cal — S; Brooklyn pitcher candidate for Special Troops team
• Hanna — pitcher for Special Troops; pitched for Rochester in International League
• Davenport, Harold — pitcher; played four years Class A ball for Special Troops
• Pansey, Mike — Ohio State League pitcher candidate for Special Troops
• Piecrzynski, Joe — catcher candidate; played Class AA ball before service
• Damiani, L. B. — second base/catcher candidate; played baseball for Scranton
• Florentine, Mike — also after catcher position, Special Troops
• Catora — only third baseman candidate; played N Carolina State League
• Johnson, R. T. — second base candidate; played three years college ball
• Wohlgemuth, Bill — shortstop candidate; played Class D ball in New Mexico
• Johnson, Gene — short stop candidate; Class D ball in Iowa
• Speiser, Bob — third base contested by him; semi-pro ball
• Laracey, Melvin — third base contested; semi-pro ball
• Pannemann, Ray — outfield for Special Troops
• Sarna, Joe — outfield candidate; high school ball Bronx
• Smith, Ed — pitcher, Philadelphia sandlot ball
• Marchildon, Phil — big Canadian pitcher; won 17 games for Philadelphia Athletics; member Royal Canadian Air Force; paid 6000 dollars by Athletics; asked for 20,000
• Beasley, Eddie — Division golf tournament manager; searching for suitable course
• Jaffe, Robert — Pfc, 15th Regt; Division tennis champion (singles/doubles)
• Deam, William T. — T/5; Division tennis champion
• Linzon, James L. — 2d Lt; tournament director, regimental boxing tourney for 7th Regt
• Labrushinsky, Leonard A. — Hq Co squad; hard-hitting 165-pound middleweight for Balers boxing
• Gonzales, James L. — T/5, Regt Hq Co; team of ten boxers from Hq for Cotton Baler tourney
• Elliott, Mildred A. — Mrs; wife of Sgt Howard C. Elliott; Pin-Up Queen of Btry B, 10th FA Bn; from St. Louis, Mo.; 5’6″, 128 lb.
• Elliott, Howard C. — Sgt; husband of pin-up Mildred Elliott; awaiting redeployment
• Wallace, Myrtice — Mrs; wife of S/Sgt Sim R. Wallace, H Co 30th Inf; from Jacksonville, Fla.; blonde, blue-eyed, 125 lb.
• Wallace, Sim R. — S/Sgt, H Co, 30th Inf; husband of pin-up Myrtice Wallace
• Tribble, Audrey — Miss; from sunny California; 18-year-old; blue eyes; friend of Sgt John W. Schlumbohn, Co E 25th Inf
• Schlumbohn, John W. — Sgt, Co E, 25th Inf; friend of pin-up Audrey Tribble
• Mistler, Virginia — Miss; of Appleton City, Mo.; sister of Pfc Billy Mistler, Div HQ G-4 Section; blonde, blue eyes, 122 lb., 5’8″
• Mistler, Billy — Pfc, Div HQ G-4 Section; brother of pin-up Virginia Mistler
• Garber, Rosalind — Mrs; wife of T/5 Max Garber, Co G, 30th Inf; brown hair and eyes; from New York City
• Garber, Max — T/5, Co G, 30th Inf; husband of pin-up Rosalind Garber
• Reed, Donna — Miss; star of ‘They Were Expendable’; book review column photo; to appear in ‘Ziegfeld Follies of 1946’
• Keeler, Kay — columnist; author of ‘Spring Fever’ feature on Page 7
• Block, David H. — Special Writer; ‘From Cover to Cover’ book review column
• White, Richard — author of ‘Black Boy’ reviewed by Block; boyhood biography
• Lane, Rose Wilder — author of ‘Free Land’ reviewed by Block; Dakota frontier novel
• Fisher, Dorothy Canfield — author of note in ‘Black Boy’
• Davis, R. — Cartoonist; ‘Pardon My Dogface’ full-page cartoon strip on page 8
• Olenic — artist; ‘Pencil Pastime’ puzzle cartoon page 7
• Frazier, Durward L. — 25 years old; from Dureau, Calif; had marriage annulled after returning from Alaska fishing trip; Superior Judge John D. Foley asked how long he was gone fishing
• Foley, John D. — Superior Judge; asked Frazier how long he was gone fishing; granted annulment
• Sargent, Hugh H. — Lt Col, Ass’t C of S G-2; publication supervisor
• Gladwin, Harold C. — 1st Lt; Public Relations Officer
• Carter, J. — 2d Lt; Ass’t Public Relations Officer
• Frederick, J. — T/5; Public Relations Officer
• Hyslop, Alfred — Pfc; News Editor
• Spinka, Raleigh J. — T/5; Section Chief
• Canter, Frederick J. — Managing Editor
• Davis, William B. — Pfc; Cartoonist
• Chaffin, Robert J. — Pfc; Sports Editor and article author
• Strong, Dick — T/5; Sports Editor (Down by the Center column)
• Mendilower, Larry — Pfc; 30th Infantry staff reporter
• Lauser, Thomas E. — Pfc; 15th Infantry staff reporter
• Hamilton, Allan B. — Pfc; Division Artillery staff
• Began, Stan — Pfc; News Staff Reporter
• Perkavich, S. — Sgt; Staff Photographer
• Abend, Hallet — author of ‘Pacific Charter’ reviewed by Block; Far East correspondent

Locations

• Bad Wildungen, Germany — Division HQ; new Service Club opened; radio school; site of golf course under consideration
• Kassel, Germany — 7th Regt HQ; 115th Gen Hospital (now 386th Station Hospital); Friscan square mile area; Passover Seder at Cafe Reis
• Fulda, Germany — planned 7th GI Community; site of historic Fulda Dom (cathedral); repair work under way
• Hersfeld, Germany — construction site of Cotton Baler Baseball Field; 7th Regt area; Eichhof fortress location
• Marburg, Germany — 3d Replacement Depot expanding; 1st Friscan Bn HQ new mess hall
• Schweinfurt, Germany — Ruckert monument in market place; Air Base mentioned; Dragon Service Co jeep overhaul at Fritzlar Ordnance
• Darmstadt, Germany — new Divarty EM Club ‘Rainbow Gardens’ opened; 3d Divarty HQ area
• Bamberg, Germany — 17th Reinforcement Depot; formation point for casual packets during redeployment
• Hofgesimar, Germany — First Constabulary HQ during organization phase
• Wuerzburg, Germany — 15th Regt HQ area; landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Alzenna-Mainfranken, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Aschaffenburg, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Obernburg, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Miltenberg, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Martheidehnfeld, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Lohr, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Gemunden, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Karlstadt, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Kitzingen, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Gerolshofen, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Hassfurth, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Ebern, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Hopheim-Mainfranken, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Koenigshofen, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Mellrichstadt, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Eustads-Salle, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Bruckenau, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Hammelburg, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Kissingen, Germany — landkreise in Marne occupation zone
• Fritzlar, Germany — location of 703d Ordnance; jeep overhaul point for Dragon Service Co
• Sternberg, Florida — location where Division golf team trains; card deck photo location
• Starnberg, Germany — 3d Army golf team training site
• Augsburg, Germany — Division golf singles/doubles representatives travel here for 3d Army tourney
• Munich, Germany — 3d Army tournament meet location
• Coburg, Germany — Ruckert spent youth here; father was manager of baronial estate
• Erlangen, Germany — Ruckert studied philosophy and philology at old Wurzburg University here
• Berlin, Germany — Ruckert became professor of oriental languages here; exerted influence until 1848
• Neuses near Coburg, Germany — where Ruckert died; location of his home
• Oberlauringen in Frankonia, Germany — where Ruckert was born
• Ponte Rotto, Italy — location of Pfc Dutko’s CMH action, 23 May 1944
• Fedala, French Morocco — landing location cited in Clem biographical sketch; August 1942
• Anzio, Italy — Clem was wounded here; referenced in biographical sketch
• Salzburg, Austria — location where Prince Louis and Kyra lived in Hitler’s private palace, Schloss Klessheim (referenced in April 20 issue)
• Namur, Belgium — 2d Reinforcement Depot; redeployment packets processed here 12 and 14 April
• 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
• England — 115th Gen Hospital Unit left the States in July 1944 for Harro-gate, England; treated 5000 cases there
• Atlanta, Georgia — Fourth Service Command HQ; leading in voluntary enlistments
• Dallas, Texas — Eighth Service Command HQ; runner-up in voluntary enlistments
• Governor’s Island, New York — Second Service Command HQ; 30,336 recruits
• Homer City, Pennsylvania — hometown of Pfc John W. Dutko, CMH recipient
• Wellington, New Zealand — port where ghost ship Jose Marelos arrived
• Manchuria, China — discussed in ‘Pacific Charter’ book review; Japanese agression leading to Pearl Harbor

Units

• 3d Infantry Division (“Marne Division”) — primary unit of publication; occupation duty in Germany; reassigned to 3d Army
• 7th Infantry Regiment (“Cotton Balers”) — Fulda community planning; Kassel clean-up; baseball park construction at Hersfeld; Baler dog mascot
• 15th Infantry Regiment (“Friscans” / “Dragon Company”) — 1st Bn new mess hall at Marburg; Motor Pool jeep overhaul; 3d Bn new CO Major Demers; band ‘Sentimentalists’
• 30th Infantry Regiment — Clem biographical sketch; Commendation Ribbon recipients; mess hall opening guests
• 41st Field Artillery Battalion — pin-up Elliott from Btry B; reenlistment statistics
• 10th Field Artillery Battalion — reenlistment statistics; award recipients
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics
• 39th Field Artillery Battalion — reenlistment statistics
• 10th Engineer Battalion — reenlistment statistics
• 3d Medical Battalion — reenlistment statistics
• Special Troops — baseball team being organized; 88 men in reenlistment count
• 115th General Hospital (redesignated 386th Station Hospital) — major article; converted from German Army administrative building in Kassel; under Col Bourbon
• Constabulary (“Lightning Bolt”) — major article; 38,000-man fast-moving occupation force being organized at Hofgesimar; under Maj Gen Harmon; equipped with light tanks, jeeps, motorcycles
• 17th Reinforcement Depot — Bamberg; receiving redeploying men into casual packets
• 2d Reinforcement Depot — Namur, Belgium; processing redeployment packets
• 7th Army — recently inactivated; 3d Division transferred to 3d Army
• 3d Army — now commanding 3d Division; Gen Truscott CG; Gen Keyes acting CG
• 203d AAA Battalion — attached to 15th Inf; redeploying through 3d Div AG
• 740th Tank Battalion — redeploying through 3d Div AG
• 221st AAA Battalion — attached, redeploying through 3d Div AG
• Cotton Baler Baseball Nine — 7th Regt baseball team; Cotton Baler Baseball Field being built at Hersfeld; managed by Lawrence Clement
• Special Troops Baseball Nine — being organized from Bad Wildungen; managed by Lt Floyd Clower; several pitchers and catchers named
• 3d Division Tennis Team — Pfc Jaffe and T/5 Deam as champions for Division tournament 28-30 June
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — new EM Club ‘Rainbow Gardens’ opened in Darmstadt; eight AA half-tracks transferred to Divarty from 203d AAA Bn
• 9th Wehrkreise Kommando — former German Army administrative HQ; building converted into 115th Gen Hospital in Kassel
• Royal Canadian Air Force — Phil Marchildon served as member; pitcher for Philadelphia Athletics