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The Third Division Front Line
Vol II — No 32 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | May 11, 1946
8 pages scanned

Names
• Abramowitz, Mayer (Chaplain, Special Troops — author of ‘Mothers’ Day’ Chapel Chats column; officiated at Hungarian Jewish DP wedding at Homberg)
• Albright, Joe (T/Sgt — instrumental in building up 3d Division Band)
• Apechello, Tony (2nd Baseman — Special Troops nine; doubled down first base line in key game)
• Bagwell, Andrew (Pfc, 15th Regt — Catcher; identified in baseball photo caption)
• Barta (Player — Special Troops; walked in second inning, sacrificed to second)
• Block, David H. (Special Writer — author of ‘From Cover to Cover’ book review column)
• Bolling, A. R. (Maj Gen — Theater Chief of Special Services; authorized PX price increases)
• Boyce (Player — Special Troops; replaced McAndrews, pitched through sixth inning)
• Boyce, Westray (Col — director of WAC; quoted in CNS report about WAC departures)
• Boyse, Dick (Centerfielder — 15th Regt baseball team; identified in photo caption)
• Buchmiller (T/5 — Fulda Class 1 Depot, civilian bakery employee aiding bread production)
• Carfano, William B. (Pfc — reporter listed in masthead)
• Chaffin, Robert J. (Pfc, Division Artillery — staff reporter listed in masthead)
• Childress, Henry (Pfc — will manage Skyliner snack bar at Hersfeld Red Cross Club)
• Christan, Eldon H. (Pvt, 19th Infantry — posthumously awarded CMH for Valmontonpe ambush; sacrificed life to draw enemy fire)
• Clark, Betty Ann (Mrs — wife of T/5 Gerald H. Clark; pin-up queen, L Co, 35th Infantry; from Springdale, Arkansas)
• Clark, Gerald H. (T/5, 3d IDA Air Section — husband of pin-up queen)
• Davis (Cartoonist — creator of ‘Pardon My Dogface’ comic strip)
• Deal (Player — Special Troops; pitched Saturday game, gave up one run in first inning)
• DeMerc (Maj — 3d Bn, Dragon Regt; Regimental Commander of 7th Regt; decorated the company guidons)
• Digiovanni, Joseph (1st Sgt — 1st Bn, 15th Regt; both Bronze and Silver Stars unveiled at ceremony; award ceremony at Hammelburg Lager)
• Duncan, Jack M. (Lt Col, 2d Bn — CO of 2d Bn, 7th Regt; emphasized black market activities at VE Day battalion address)
• Eberly, Charles W. (Lt, 2d Lt — Labor Officer at 65th Sig Bn; husband of first dependent at Bad Orb)
• Eberly, Mrs. Charles W. (Mrs — first American dependent to reside in Fulda GI community; formerly of Freemont, Ohio)
• Edson, Hallett D. (Col — Regimental Commanding Officer, 15th Regt; led Organization Day circuit of companies; awarded Bronze and Silver Stars to Pfc Schein)
• Elliott, J. Douglas (Reporter — author of ‘Highway Patrols Make Big Effort’ and ‘Two Dragonmen Gave Lives’ articles)
• Eufami (Player — Special Troops; scored on error in third inning, tripled)
• Evanovich (Player — 3d Depot; Jones cf at bat)
• Fillier, Russell (T/4 — club manager, 3d Division HQ Embassy Club, assisted by T/5 Dale Wright)
• Foley (Player — Divarty baseball team; scored in seventh inning)
• Fritzlaer (Pfc — 7th Regt; hit in previous contest, noted in game story)
• Gambosi (Player — Special Troops; cf, 2 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 1 error)
• Gladwin, Jay (1st Lt — Public Relations Officer; listed in masthead)
• Glance, George (Ex-world doubles champion — table tennis exhibitor at Schmidt Gym; born in Hungary; came to America 1934)
• Göring, Hermann (Reichsmarschall — former Nazi; mineral water spring at Div HQ previously drawn for him at Wildungen)
• Gutter, Steve (Manager — Friscans baseball team; couldn’t miss hitting the ball in early season)
• Hanna (Pitcher — Special Troops; struck out 14 in five innings, pitched strong game at Heidelberg)
• Hardwick, Arthur R. (CWO — Director, 3d Division Band; faced turnover problem in July 1945; directed 500+ person concert)
• Hartom, Elbert H. (Lt Col — CO of 1st Bn, 7th Regt; spoke to men at Kultur Halle in Rotenberg at VE Day)
• Hartstien, John (Bridegroom — Hungarian Jewish DP; married Eva Richter at Homberg; lost wife and children at Auschwitz cremation 4 July 1944)
• Heintzges, John A. (Col — 7th Regt CO; sent VE Day message to men of 7th Regt emphasizing maintenance of peace)
• Hitler, Adolf (Former Nazi leader — photo caption identifies Germans who admired him in Marburg)
• Holley, Henry E. (1st Lt — 7th Regt Special Service Officer; co-director of Skyliner Snack Bar at Hersfeld)
• Jarrett, Robert (Mr — War Department Motion Picture Branch representative; inspected ET movie facilities)
• Johnson, Herbert E. (Pfc, 19th Infantry — posthumously awarded CMH for Valmontonpe ambush; BAR man who walked toward enemy)
• Jones (Player — 3d Depot; cf, 4 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Kahn, Ida Van Lamonghton (Mrs — co-director of Skyliner Snack Bar at Hersfeld)
• Korf (Player — 3d Depot; wild pitch by McAndrews crossed third on way to score; charged with loss)
• Kramer (M/Sgt — reenlisted from Marburg Replacement Depot; in Army since 1921; subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ column)
• Lanigan (Player — Divarty; doubled in fourth inning, scored two runs)
• Latham, Arthur A. (1st Lt — 2d Bn, 30th Regt; Mothers’ Day illustrated card issued to men)
• Lewis (Player — Divarty; rallied five times in next three innings; scored in fourth)
• Lloyd (T/Sgt — instrumental in building up 3d Division Band)
• Lucier, Thomas E. (Reporter — author of ‘133-Year-Old 15th Regiment Celebrates Organization Day’ article)
• MacAndrews (Pitcher — 3d Depot; wild pitch led to score against Special Troops 9)
• MacAndrews (Player — Special Troops; was on base hit by McLish in fourth; replaced by Boyce)
• MacCarthy, Charles (Col — National President, Society of the Andes; former 3d Division member; Washington branch president)
• Maloney, Edward J. (Col — CO, 30th Regt; visited Bn sections on VE Day; men left to enjoy day per own inclinations)
• Mandrews, Ina Van (Mrs — with Mrs. Kahn co-directed Skyliner Snack Bar)
• McLish, Cal (Pitcher — Special Troops; sent to showers in fourth inning; followed in box by Deal and Boyce)
• McNarney, Joseph T. (Gen — Theater Commander, U.S. Forces European Theater; demanded impetus to theater discipline drive; visited 3d Div CP, inspected A Co, 30th Regt)
• Mendlowitz (Reporter — reporter listed in masthead for 30th Infantry)
• Mold, Eddie (Pfc — walked into Marburg Depot game in fourth inning)
• Mueller (UNRRA boxer — won three-round lightweight bout against Cotton Baler representative; bout was a draw overall)
• Murphy, Audie L. (Lt — CMH winner; attending Society of the Andes convention)
• Murphy, Lt Audie (Lt — CMH winner; Society of Andes member)
• Nikipin (Acrobat — one of two DP artists performing at Stardust variety show)
• O’Daniel, Mike (Maj Gen, 3d Division — visited convention of Society of the Andes at Virginia Beach to Berchtesgaden 11–13 July)
• Page, Robert (Lt Col, 1st En CO — led 1st Bn, 15th Regt at VE Day ceremony; CO of 1st Bn)
• Panneman (Pitcher — Special Troops; gave up one run in first inning of second series game)
• Paulsen (Player — 3d Depot; ss, 4 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 1 error)
• Phillips (Player — 3d Depot; 1f, 5 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• Piccardone (Pfc — civilian baker at Fulda Class 1 Depot bread operation)
• Pritcher, Miles (T/5 — civilian baker at Fulda Class 1 Depot)
• Rea, Mike (Umpire — identified in 15th Regt baseball photo caption)
• Reed, Harold C. (2nd Lt — Ass’t Public Relations Officer; listed in masthead)
• Reichardt, Caroline (Mrs — pin-up queen, Cannon Co, 7th Regt; wife of Pfc Thomas R. Reichardt; 25-year-old, from Lenox, Mass.; blonde)
• Reichardt, Thomas R. (Pfc, Cannon Co, 7th Regt — husband of pin-up queen of Cannon Co)
• Reynolds (Player — Marburg; singled home Paulsen to win game in ninth)
• Richter, Eva (Bride — Hungarian Jewish DP; survived Auschwitz Concentration Camp; married at Homberg; mother killed by Germans)
• Rossiter, George (Cpl — married English sweetheart Stella Fleming via telephone from Germany; from Pocatello, Idaho)
• Rusyla, Steve (Pvt — artist; drew the Biographical Sketch portrait of Lt J. D. Shaffer)
• Saito (Player — Special Troops; ss, 5 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Salet, Eugene (Lt Col, CO 34 Bn, 15th Infantry — Washington branch president of Society of the Andes; WWII veteran)
• Saxton (Player — Divarty; scored on Monk’s double in second; scored on overthrow to third in later inning)
• Schein, Abraham B. (Pfc — 26-year-old from the Bronx; awarded Bronze and Silver Stars by Col Edson for heroic conduct in January 1945; since left for the U.S.)
• Schmidt, William R. (Maj Gen — 3d Division CG; welcomed McNarney to 3d Div CP)
• Sexton, William T. (Col — outgoing Divarty CG; taken new position; replaced by Brig Gen Townsley)
• Shackelford, William A. (Reporter — author of ‘Made Music From Anzio To Germany’ article)
• Shaffer, J. D. (Lt, B Co, 30th Regt — subject of Biographical Sketch; cross country runner; placed 4th at Olympics Marathon tryout; applied for Regular Army commission; from Wofford College, SC)
• Skurvidis (Mr — Lithuanian UNRRA official; present at 30th Regt VE Day ceremony with DP delegation)
• Smith, Homer (Reporter — author of ‘Ancient City Of Heidelberg’ article)
• Steel, Harry S. (M/Sgt — bakery foreman, Fulda Class 1 Depot; stated bread production capability)
• Stikeman (Pfc — Marburg Replacement Depot; second sacker; Dragon nine; first pitch home run in ninth to start rally)
• Strong, Dick (Sports Editor — author of ‘Down By Center’ column)
• Tansey (Player — Special Troops; rf, 2 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• Tanzeer, Mr. (Civilian CIC — met George Glance in man-to-man table tennis match)
• Tiedman, Martha (Mrs — wife of Pfc Oswald Tiedman, Hq Co, 2d Bn, 7th Inf Regt; from Cleveland, Ohio; married 10 years; parents of 9-year-old boy)
• Tiedman, Oswald (Pfc, Hq Co, 2d Bn, 7th Inf Regt — husband of pin-up queen Mrs. Martha Tiedman)
• Townsley, Clarence P. (Brig Gen — new Divarty CG; arrived at Darmstadt to replace Col Sexton; addressed Divarty men on VE Day; previously president of Officers’ Interview Board of 3d Army in Heidelberg)
• Twidwell, Col (Col — host of American officers at banquet in 333d Engineers mess hall in Russelsheim after Opel Bridge rededication)
• Vandegrift, Gerald (Chain — led men in prayer at VE Day battalion assembly, 7th Regt)
• Vatovich (Player — 3d Depot; 2b, 3 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors; scored in second inning)
• Vetter (Pitcher — 3d Depot; XX-batted for Korf in 8th inning)
• Watts, James K. (Lt Col, CO Special Troops — delivered victory address on VE Day; urged men to ‘Let Your Deeds’ follow sacred trust of American people)
• Webster, John (M/Sgt — joined Army 1939; reenlisted; assigned to 3d Division; subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ column feature alongside Kramer)
• Willis (Player — Divarty; scored in sixth inning on Jones overthrow to third)
• Wilson (Player — Divarty; winning pitcher charged with loss against 333d Engr)
• Wright, Dale (T/5 — assisted club manager Russell Fillier at Division HQ Embassy Club)
• Yuran (Pitcher — Marburg; winning pitcher in comeback win over 333d Engr)

Locations
• Africa, Central — where three soldiers fought together before Saloon Bar encounter in ‘Three Men in New Suits’
• Allendorf, Germany — where Eva Richter stayed until freed by American forces in 1944
• Anzio, Italy — where 3d Division Band first saw duty; two CMH recipients from battle there
• Aschaffenburg, Germany — Red Cross Club service location listed in Soldier Services
• Augsburg, Germany — mentioned in Society of the Andes convention context
• Auschwitz Concentration Camp, Poland — where Eva Richter’s mother was killed by Germans; where bride spent time
• Austria — 3d Division Band played in every kind of weather from Italy to Austria during war
• Bad Orb, Germany — location of Fulda GI community; site of first two American dependents
• Bad Wildungen, Germany — publication city; 3d Division HQ; Division Band concert location; Embassy Club
• Berchtesgaden, Germany — 3d Division band played there; Society of the Andes convention location
• Central Africa — where three soldiers fought together before Saloon Bar encounter in ‘Three Men in New Suits’
• Copenhagen, Denmark — fashionable restaurant scene described in ‘Kingdom By The Sea’ article
• Darmstadt, Germany — Divarty HQ; new Divarty CG arrived here; 39th FA parade ground for VE Day ceremony
• Dieburg, Germany — site of wet road accident on 5 May involving 2-ton and 1.5-ton trucks
• Driezdicze, Poland — Polish Repatriation Commission location; repatriates receiving identity papers and train passes
• England — English sweetheart of Cpl Rossiter; West Point curriculum changes referenced
• France — referenced in Shaffer biographical sketch; OCS in France; Switzerland Leave Center at Mulhouse
• Fulda, Germany — location of Class 1 Depot warehouse; 7th Regt consolidation; bakery operations; dispensary
• Hammelburg Lager (Hammelburg), Germany — entire 2d Bn presented to colonel; Bronze/Silver Stars unveiled; Dragon Regt Orientation Center stood at attention
• Heidelberg, Germany — 3d U.S. Army HQ; cultural center described; university founded 1386; Officers’ Interview Board location
• Hersfeld, Germany — location of civilian women evicted from communities; Cotton Baler field; new Skyliner Red Cross Snack Bar
• Homberg, Germany — site of Jewish DP wedding ceremony by Chaplain Abramowitz; home of 19th Engr Bn
• Hungary — home country of table tennis champion George Glance; birthplace of DP bride Eva Richter
• Italy — referenced throughout; site of war operations; Valmontonpe ambush location; Band followed 3d Division
• Kassel, Germany — Friscans returned to Kassel Sunday; highway patrol area; service locations listed
• Lithuania — home country of Mr. Skurvidis, UNRRA official at 30th Regt VE Day ceremony
• Lohr, Germany — 40th Regt recently moved from here; Wildflecken Array awaited Colonel’s arrival
• Marburg, Germany — 3d Replacement Depot; site of baseball game vs 333d Engr; Synagogue service location; highway patrol area
• Mellrichstadt, Germany — Protestant Church service listed; site of various Divarty capital activities; Tempkin Field location
• Morocco, French — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Mulhouse, France — Switzerland Leave Center location; charge added to tour costs
• Munich, Germany — 3d Army baseball tournament location
• Naples, Italy — referenced in context of Valmontonpe battle patrol and CMH narrative
• Netherlands — referenced in ‘Pole DPs Start Homeward’ article as destination of Polish DPs
• Pacific — referenced in CMH article context of prior Johnson/Christan service
• Philippines — where Townsley commanded an artillery battalion before joining 3d Division for Anzio landing
• Poland — destination of Polish DPs repatriating from Germany; Driezdicze reception camp location
• Reinbeck, Germany — site of ‘Boo Commando’ Vaessie’s heroic conduct for Bronze Star award
• Rome, Italy — referenced in Shaffer biographical sketch; Stadium where Lt Shaffer took fourth place in cross country
• Russelsheim, Germany — location of Opel Bridge rededication; 333d Engineers mess hall banquet
• Schweinfurt, Germany — Patton Stadium baseball location; service locations listed; highway patrol area; 2d Bn, 15th Regt at Hammelburg Lager
• Sicily, Italy — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Switzerland — referenced in leave tour cost increase article; tour goes through Basel and Goppingen
• Tunisia — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Valmontonpe, Italy — site of German ambush where Johnson and Christan earned posthumous CMH
• Wildflecken, Germany — where 6,000 Polish women prepared parade for 15th Regt VE Day celebration; Wildflecken Array mentioned
• Wildungen, Germany — mineral water spa; former Nazi gathering place; Division HQ Club location

Units
• 10th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 15th Infantry Regiment (Friscans) — 133rd Organization Day celebrated; VE Day with DP parade; baseball series vs Balers
• 19th Engineer Battalion — home of 19th Engr Bn at Homberg; site of Jewish DP wedding
• 19th Infantry Regiment — regiment of CMH recipients Pfc Johnson and Pfc Christan
• 1st Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment — CO Lt Col Hartom addressed men at Kultur Halle, Rotenberg on VE Day
• 2d Battalion, 15th Infantry Regiment — at Hammelburg Lager; Bronze and Silver Stars unveiled; issued Mothers’ Day illustrated card
• 2d Battalion, 7th Infantry Regiment — CO Lt Col Duncan emphasized black market activities; VE Day address
• 30th Infantry Regiment (Cotton Balers) — VE Day CO visit to Bn sections; UNRRA boxing; Biographical Sketch of Lt Shaffer
• 333d Engineer Regiment — baseball team defeated 7–6 by Special Troops 9 in open game; hosted banquet after Opel Bridge ceremony
• 35th Infantry — regiment of L Co pin-up queen’s husband
• 39th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed; VE Day ceremony at parade ground, Darmstadt
• 3d Army — HQ at Heidelberg; Keyes commanding; discipline crackdown ordered by McNarney
• 3d Division (Marne Division) — main unit of publication; VE Day first anniversary observed throughout
• 3d Division Band — concert at Bad Wildungen drawing 500+ Germans and GIs; history from Anzio to Germany
• 3d Division MP Company — doubling efforts to curb accident rate; patrolling roads with 504th MPs
• 3d Division Playboys — 3d Division entertainment unit; shows at Embassy Club at Bad Wildungen
• 3d Division, Special Troops — baseball team; VE Day ceremony at Darmstadt 39th FA parade ground
• 3d Replacement Depot, Marburg — baseball team defeated 333d Engr 8–2; home team at Angel’s Field
• 40th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 41st Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• 41st Field Artillery Regiment — Crawford L. Shaffer served as forward observer attached to this unit near Cassino
• 4289th QM RH Co — operating Fulda Class 1 Depot; 31 civilian laborers under Lt Henry West Jr.
• 4th Field Artillery — referenced in Townsley biographical sketch; unit he commanded at Philippines
• 504th Military Police — patrolling roads with 3d Division MPs to enforce traffic laws
• 66th Division — unit Townsley joined as Division Artillery Commander in War Department General Staff role
• 70th Division — men sent from 70th Division Band to replace discharged 3d Division Band members
• 7th Infantry Regiment (Dragons) — VE Day message from CO; CMH awards to Christan and Johnson; baseball coverage
• 91st Constabulary Squadron — followed arrival of civilian women in Hersfeld communities
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment box statistics listed
• Army Exchange Service — authorized PX price increases; now allowing Army posts to increase net worth/percentage
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — new CG Brig Gen Townsley arrived; baseball team beat Balers 9–6
• Fulda Class 1 Depot (4289th QM RH Co) — huge warehouse supplying 8,000 Balers, Constabs, and dependents; bakery producing 1,000 loaves daily
• Society of the Andes — veterans organization convention at Virginia Beach; many 3d Division veterans attending; Maj Gen O’Daniel to attend
• UNRRA (United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration) — Polish women’s parade for 15th Regt; boxing team vs Cotton Balers; Polish DPs repatriating
• WAC (Women’s Army Corps) — two contingents of about 300 each scheduled to leave ET; enlisted American wives to remain in service for overseas duty