Description
The Third Division Front Line
Vol II — No 33 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | May 18, 1946
8 pages scanned
Names
• Abramowitz, Mayer (Chaplain — Special Troops; officiated at Ukrainian DP anniversary; led prayer for war dead at VE Day service; mentioned in CMH article)
• Alward (Player — Friscans; catcher; scored on Pelkers’ hit in ninth inning)
• Anderson, Jb (3b — Divarty baseball; 3 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Apichello, Tony (2b — Special Troops baseball; 4 at bats, 2 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors; again the sparkplug of Special Troops)
• Aulisio (Player — Friscans; mato followed Swedler with a single to bring in run at Anzio)
• Bailing, Mary (Theater — one of the ‘Cats’ in ‘0559’ musical review; balladinger)
• Baker, H. (G-3 — 1st Corps; signed to G-4 of the 1st Corps)
• Barta (1b — Special Troops baseball; 4 at bats, 2 runs, 6 hits, 0 errors)
• Bietti, Nick (Pfc, Hq 4th FA Bn — boyfriend of pin-up queen Florence Florio)
• Binkley, H. (Maj — MP Co; present at VE Day service; commanding officer present)
• Birdsong, Emily (Miss — pin-up queen, M Co, 30th Regt; from Waverly, Virginia; friend of Pfc Philip R. Spencer; 5 ft 3 in, 125 lb)
• Block, David H. (Special Writer — author of ‘From Cover to Cover’ book review column)
• Boyse, Dick (rf — Friscans baseball; scored in seventh; tripled in fifth)
• Boyse, Westray (Col — WAC director; CNS report; Army releasing 2,000 doctors)
• Carnes, Donald R. (Lt Col — new CO of 2d Bn, 15th Regt; from Xenia, Ohio; replacing Lt Col Mitchell; formerly CO of 143rd AAA Gun Bn)
• Carpenter, T. E. (T/5 — Special Troops; player in ‘0559’ musical review)
• Carson, Jane (Miss — pin-up queen, Cannon Co, 7th Regt; from Jersey City, NJ; blue-eyed blonde; 19 years old; 5 ft 2 in)
• Catacio (cf — Special Troops baseball; 4 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• Chaffin, Robert J. (Pfc, Division Artillery — Divarty correspondent; author of ‘Reporter Interviews Genuine Dogfaced Soldier At Divarty’ article)
• Chaves, Elmo C. (M/Sgt — Maintenance Chief, 57th Regt; companion of M/Sgt Huboly in fatal truck accident)
• Chester, Milton R. (2nd Lt — replaced by Lt Prichard as 7th Regt Investigating Officer; deployed 4 May with 42 months service)
• Chips (K-9 dog — famous 3d Division Dog; veteran of eight campaigns; awarded Silver Star and Purple Heart; died at Pleasantville, NY veterinary hospital after redeployment)
• Clump, Emmett J. (1st Sgt, Div Hq Co — subject of ‘Div Hq Co 1st Sgt Is Pacific Veteran’ profile; 10 years Army; served with Gen MacArthur in Manila; from Jefferson Barracks, Missouri)
• Conrad (Manager — Divarty baseball team; three hit pitching behind which Divarty coasted)
• Cornyn, Norman (Writer — ‘On A Note Of Triumph’ adapted for VE Day by Special Troops Chaplain Abramowitz)
• Daniel, Horace C. (Lt Col — commander of two platoons of A Troop, 27th Constabulary Sqd, making preparations in Schweinfurt)
• Davis (Cartoonist — creator of ‘Pardon My Dogface’ comic strip; not appearing this issue)
• Day, Lorraine (Movie Star — well-known actress; photo ‘A Place In The Sun’; reclines in Hollywood sunshine)
• Deal (cf — Special Troops baseball; 4 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors; starting pitcher for Special Troops nine; only two hits; relieved by Saxton)
• Dresser (Player — 3d RD; outstanding hitter; getting four hits in seven innings; catching balls hit to second and was never in real trouble)
• Drozdiel, Leonard (Pfc, A Btry, 203 AAA Bn — boyfriend of pin-up queen Shirley Paulik)
• Dunn (ss — Divarty baseball; 4 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• Euphemi (Player — Friscans; tripled; also having a long double)
• Evanovich (c — Special Troops baseball; 3 at bats, 3 runs, 2 hits, 0 errors; scoring in second inning)
• Faber, Lars (135 lb — Marburg ARC boxing; fought in clinch-laden, foul-studded exhibition; first bout)
• Faucher, Oliver J. (Lt Col — former 3d Division officer; died at General Hospital at Hot Springs, Arkansas; awarded Bronze Star; from Wichita, Kansas; member of 137th Inf Regt 1940; assigned to 3d Division at Anzio)
• Flach, Herbert (Player — Special Troops musical review actor; three men who fought together in ‘Three Men in New Suits’)
• Fleming, Stella (England — English sweetheart of Cpl Rossiter; referenced in context of international marriages)
• Florio, Florence (Miss — pin-up queen, C Co, 15th Regt; from New York City; friend of Pfc Nick Bietti; 5 ft 4 in, 120 lb; blue eyes; brunette)
• Frank Match (Player — Friscans; blasted a homer in ninth inning)
• Galvo (Player — 3d RD; slammed home run over left field fence in fifth inning to complete comeback)
• Gayer (Pitcher — 3d Depot; issued seven bases on balls at inopportune times; replaced by John Andrews)
• Goofy (K-9 dog — Divarty mascot; South France-born; African and Italian parentage disputed; carried ashore in pocket of GI jacket; ‘combat veteran’; affectionately called ‘Grease Ball’ by the men; currently at Divarty HQ)
• Granata, Mary (Mrs — Cicero, Illinois; attended mass in Sunday finery barefoot in fulfillment of vow to show thankfulness for loved one’s return from Army)
• Grindstaff (1st Sgt, C Co, 15th Infantry — subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ feature; from Hollywood, California; served with 15th Regt; deployed to Pacific; after Army worked in Hollywood)
• Guchet, George E. (Capt — commandant of NCO School; graduated first class of 3d Division Non-Commissioned Officers’ School at Reinhardshausen)
• Hanna (Pitcher — Special Troops; struck out 14 in five innings again; won against 333d Engr; relieved by Watson)
• Harper, Leon (Capt — working out with Miami University football team at time of induction; planning to return to school when released)
• Heck, Cal (p — Divarty baseball; 3 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors; pitching first five innings was superb)
• Heiner (Player — 3d Depot; cashed Richardson’s single in seventh inning for a run)
• Huboly, Frank (M/Sgt, 15th Regt — Motor Sergeant; killed in truck accident at Wurzburg; 17 years army service; from Bulger, Pennsylvania; veteran of China service; previously at 352nd Ordnance)
• Ivanovich, Frank (Pfc — Umpire at Heidelberg game between 3d Army Hq and Dragons; in opening game photo)
• Jones (rf — 3d Depot baseball; 4 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Kenyon (Player — 3d Depot; base on balls in seventh; scored to make game 4–2)
• Keyes, Geoffrey (Lt Gen — 3d Army Commander; absent; Schmidt acting as 3d Army commander in absence of Keyes)
• Kuckcenis, John H. (Lt — new Division Athletic Officer replacing Lt Sixta; from Rockaway, New York; served in 3d Bn, 7th Regt; assigned to Division Athletic Office after 41 months service)
• Kulcowski (Player — Friscans; crossed the rubber in first contest by more than supplied the winning margin)
• Labda (Player — Friscans; single in seventh in first game allowed Aulisio to score)
• Lanigan (Player — 3d Depot; walked; loading bases in big inning of comeback)
• Larham, A. T. (1st Lt — 2d Bn, 30th Infantry; referenced in context of Mothers’ Day card)
• Latham, H. (Maj — Hq Co, 2d Bn, 30th Regt; organized raiding party of 2d Bn MPs in Kassel black market raid)
• Lewis (Player — Divarty baseball; scored in fourth inning)
• Lindsey (ANS — Memphis, Tennessee; Lena Feral; first birth-controller was Onan; mentioned in Chaplain’s sex talk column)
• Lopshire (Player — 3d Depot; walked in initial frame loading bases for big inning)
• MacArthur, Douglas (Gen — Pacific Commander; Clump served on his Security Guard in Manila; highly regarded by Clump)
• MacHaffie (Player — 3d RD; assisted and Tramelli aided in the fourth run with a single)
• Mahious, Tophie (Pfc — boyfriend of pin-up queen Florence Florio; submitted her photograph)
• Mallette, Lester B. (Capt — headed greeting party convoy for Frankfurt-bound GI dependents)
• Martin, L. H. (T/5 — Special Troops; player in ‘0559’ musical review; chaplain’s assistant)
• Maxwell, Robert D. (T/5, 7th Inf Regt — CMH recipient; threw himself on grenade to save comrades in Besancon, France, 7 September 1944; wounded by grenade; awarded 18th Marne CMH)
• Maza (Player — 3d RD; ranged a single to center field allowing Felkers to best the respective pitching)
• McLish, Cal (1b — Special Troops baseball; 2 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit, 0 errors; six trips to plate)
• Menen (Girl dancer — performer at Stardust Variety Show; French or Hungarian)
• Meyers (c — Divarty baseball; 4 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Miller, Purvis (142 lb — UNRRA DP boxer; showed much improvement over his fight; out-hit by Steberson in exhibition bout)
• Mitchell (Lt Col — former CO of 2d Bn, 15th Regt; transferred to 14th Inf Regt; replaced by Lt Col Carnes)
• Monk (Player — Friscans; double that scored Saxton in second inning of second game)
• Munger, George (Cardinal hurler — ace pitcher; 3d Army Hq team; struck out 14; two-hit shutout against Special Troops; lost to 15th Inf 9–4)
• Nelms (rf — 3d Depot baseball; 3 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• O’Daniel, Mike (Maj Gen — former 3d Division CG; Friscans will form his guard at Memorial Day services in Tongress and Henri Chappelle)
• Panneman (Pitcher — Special Troops; turning in a sparkling performance; won 14–3 game against 333d Engr)
• Parker, Edwin P. (Maj Gen — new Marne CG; named as CG replacing Schmidt; was acting as 3d Army commander in absence of Keyes; formerly commanded 78th Division)
• Paulik, Shirley (Miss — pin-up queen, A Btry, 203 AAA Bn; from Dunkirk, New York; friend of Pfc Leonard Drozdiel; blonde, blue-eyed; 5 ft in height, weighs 110)
• Pelkers (Player — Friscans; hit on which Alward scored in ninth)
• Perine, Mary (Orchestra director — directed Symphonettes, 13-piece all-girl string ensemble; under contract to MGM; completed 3-month tour)
• Pollock, Elizabeth R. (WAAC Private — subject of ‘Yes, Ma’m! The Personal Papers Of A WAAC Private’; trained at Fort Des Moines)
• Popkins (T/3 — Friscans convoy to Frankfurt; S-2 Officer with greeting party)
• Porritt (1b — 3d Depot baseball; 0 at bats, 0 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Prichard, David H. (2nd Lt — newly named Investigating Officer, 7th Regt; replaced 2nd Lt Milton R. Chester; assumes task of three communities — Budingen, Schluechtern, Geinhausen; from Fort Benning, Georgia; home in Brooklyn, New York)
• Ratlas (Player — 3d Army Hq; slashed double to right center scoring Match in second inning)
• Richardson (Player — 3d Depot; singled in seventh for Heiner run)
• Root (lf — Special Troops baseball; 4 at bats, 2 runs, 0 hits, 0 errors; scored in second inning)
• Ross (ss — Special Troops baseball; 5 at bats, 2 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors; scored in second inning)
• Ryan, Chester (Pfc, C Co, 15th Infantry — reassigned from Cotton Baler Academy to C Co, 15th Infantry; formerly Cotton Baler Academy instructor)
• Sabatino, Ralph (Pfc — Friscans; hit first pitch of first inning for home run to start rally in third game; then flew out)
• Sargent, Hugh H. (Lt Col, AC of S G-2 — Division AC of S, G-2; spent five days at Leipzig fair; stated fair was ‘pleasantly whetting German appetite’ for things denied during war)
• Saxton (Player — Divarty and Friscans; scored in second inning on Monk’s double; Divarty pitcher in second game of series; starting pitcher in second game relieved by Jones)
• Schmidt, Bertram (Pfc, C Co, 15th Infantry — mentioned in ‘Why I Reenlisted’ by Grindstaff as officer he has been in army for)
• Schmidt, William R. (Maj Gen — outgoing Marne CG; relinquished command; new post as Chief of Staff, 3d Army; awarded Belgian Croix de Guerre by Belgian Minister of Defense; ‘General’s Parting Message’ on front page)
• Schmius (Sgt, C Co, 15th Infantry — co-subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’; from New Mayne, Carolina; reassigned to C Co, 15th Infantry)
• Schramm, Janie Thompson (Miss — radio singer; acted as ‘knock-out blues singer’ and dancer in ‘0559’ review; originator of ‘0559’ review; from Bob McGee’s show)
• Schultz (Player — Friscans; scored on a two base hit by Guter in final game)
• Schwartz, Gerald (Reporter — author of ’15th Beats Army; Tops League’ article)
• Seav, F. P. (1st Lt — supply officer, Baler 1st Bn; director of Class III Depot for Fulda GI Community)
• Shirley (Player — 1b, 3d Depot baseball; 0 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Sixta (Lt — outgoing Division Athletic Officer; returning to home in Rockaway, New York after 41 months)
• Smith, Homer (Reporter — author of articles; listed in masthead)
• Smith, John (Col — CO of 1st Constabulary; on Frankfurt train with Friscans greeting party)
• Spencer, Philip R. (Pfc, M Co, 30th Regt — boyfriend of pin-up queen Emily Birdsong)
• Steberson (Boxer — UNRRA DP; 142 lb; showed much improvement over his fight of May 16; out-hit Purvis Miller; won second exhibition bout; also referenced in context of boxing coverage)
• Steel, S. (M/Sgt — Fulda Class 1 Depot bakery operations; cited in ‘Why I Reenlisted’ context)
• Streicher, Tom A. (1st Sgt, Hq Btry Divarty — subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’; four years overseas duty; enlisted from Hollywood; sent to Hawaii; discharged Marseilles April 1945; reenlisted; from New Mayne, North Carolina)
• Strong, Dick (Sports Editor — author of ‘Down By Center’ column; End Bostons win streak article)
• Swedler (Player — Friscans; based on Melvin’s single; scored in ninth)
• Tajen (Player — 3d Army Hq; 3d Army came back in third after Ratlas slashed double scoring Match)
• Talmit (Player — 3d Army Hq; triple by pinch-hitter Gambosi brought Munger home)
• Talsen (Player — Friscans; third double of game)
• Tammehill (1st Lt — addressed men at VE Day battalion assembly; CO of honor guard for Schmidt’s departure)
• Tansey (rf — Special Troops baseball; 0 at bats, 1 run, 0 hits, 0 errors)
• Tatrault, Helene (Miss — balladinger and swingstress; one of the ‘Cats’ in ‘0559’ musical review)
• Tramelli (Player — 3d RD; aided MacHaffie and scored on run in fourth run with a single)
• Trimble, Harold (Player — Friscans; drew a free ride to first in ninth inning; then scored)
• Vane, Emmeline (Miss — principal of school in ‘Yes, Ma’m!’ book; rested in tumbled heap backstage)
• Varras, Acrobats (Performers — comic act; performing at Stardust Variety Show)
• Vatovich (2b — 3d Depot baseball; 3 at bats, 0 runs, 1 hit, 0 errors)
• Watson (p — Special Troops baseball; 5 at bats, 1 run, 1 hit; relieved Hanna)
• Watts, James K. (Lt Col — CO Special Troops; author of VE Day congratulations speech to 3d Division; referenced in CMH article; ‘VE Day address’ reprinted page 6)
• Weston (Player — 3d RD; one of the Angel outfielders; making outstanding plays at center)
• Whitley (Player — Marburg ARC boxer; 145 lb; landed a right hook KO punch; left jab to jaw; underdog from Marburg who came out on top)
• Wicks, Bill (Marburg ARC boxer — 145 lb; experienced slugger; hit with chin for a round and a half; went down to boxing business with Kelly; decision against Whitley reversed to draw)
• Williamson (Player — 3d Army Hq; pinch-hitter double by Munger in eighth; Williamson walked after triple by Talmit)
• Wright (Player — Marburg ARC boxer; Ernie Wright; highly experienced slugger from Marburg ARC; all but teed with chin for a round; went down to boxing business with Kelly)
• Zbrezney (T/5 — Cotton Baler; co-editor; referenced in passing)
• Zeno, Tony (rf — 7th Regt HQ baseball; 142 lb; showed much improvement in boxing)
Locations
• Aschaffenburg, Germany — newly established DP camp receiving 2,000 Poles from Schweinfurt; Red Cross Club service listed
• Bad Wildungen, Germany — publication city; 3d Division HQ; VE Day observed at Division Hq; NCO school at Reinhardshausen nearby
• Belfort Gap, France — referenced in context of Maxwell CMH action near Besancon
• Besancon, France — site of Maxwell CMH action, 7 September 1944; German-held town rapidly advancing upon
• Bruckenau, Germany — location of 27th Constabulary Sqd training for month and a half
• Brussels, Belgium — where Friscans’ Memorial Day group will go after Tongress and Henri Chappelle
• Budingen, Germany — one of three communities under Prichard as new Investigating Officer
• Cicero, Illinois — referenced only in Coast to Coast item (US location — excluded)
• Darmstadt, Germany — Divarty HQ; service locations listed in Soldier Services
• Denmark — referenced in ‘Kingdom By The Sea’ article context from previous issues
• Duisburg, Germany — one of two cities (with Bochum) in British zone where operating gang used phone company to move supplies
• England — referenced in context of international marriages and West Point item
• Erbach, Germany — Catholic Church service location listed
• Eschwege, Germany — Synagogue service and other service locations listed
• France — site of Maxwell CMH action; referenced throughout in war narrative context
• Frankenhausen, Germany — site where Nazi literature was unearthed; security raid conducted by L Co, 30th Regt
• Frankfurt, Germany — stop-off point for GI dependents trainload; Friscans greeted dependents at Kassel Bahnhof
• Geinhausen, Germany — one of three communities under Prichard as Investigating Officer
• Heidelberg, Germany — Patton Field; 3d Army Hq baseball team played Dragons 9–4; 3d Army HQ location
• Henri Chappelle, Belgium — site of American cemeteries where Friscans Memorial Day group will attend afternoon services
• Hersfeld, Germany — Cotton Baler Theater; ‘0559’ musical review performed 12 and 13 May; Skyliner Snack Bar at Red Cross Club; service locations listed
• Homberg, Germany — Catholic Church service listed; greeting party headquarters
• Italy — referenced in Goofy the dog’s origin (Southern France and Italian parentage)
• Kassel, Germany — Bahnhof where Friscans greeted GI dependents trainload; service locations listed
• Kitzingen, Germany — where accident vehicles were completely demolished; 352nd Ordnance location
• Leipzig, Germany — site of Industrial Fair held in USSR Zone; visited by 3d Division officer; described as occupied Leipzig with Soviet zone
• Liege, Belgium — where composite group will go along with Division on passes before proceeding to Tongress
• Lohr, Germany — Protestant Church service listed in Soldier Services
• Luxembourg — referenced as country having made requests for return of nationals from DP status
• Mallette (Convoy leader location — Frankfurt train convoy referenced)
• Manila, Philippines — where 1st Sgt Clump served on Gen. MacArthur’s Security Guard
• Marburg, Germany — ARC boxing club; Marburg ARC Boxers defeated Baler Squad; Synagogue service listed
• Mellrichstadt, Germany — Protestant Church service listed; Divarty capital activities
• Morocco, French — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• New Guinea — where 1st Sgt Clump was sent as infantry replacement after Manila
• Osheim, Germany — Protestant Church service listed
• Philippines — referenced in context of 1st Sgt Clump’s service with MacArthur
• Poland — nationality of most DPs being evacuated from Schweinfurt; 6,100 Poles moving to Weiden
• Rotenburg, Germany — Catholic Church service listed; 7th Regt HQ Co area
• Russelsheim, Germany — Catholic Church service listed; Opel Bridge context
• Schluechtern, Germany — one of three communities under Prichard as Investigating Officer
• Schweinfurt, Germany — 27th Constabulary Sqd moving in; 6,100 DPs being evacuated; memorial service for M/Sgt Huboly; Patton Stadium
• Sicily, Italy — referenced in masthead and in Chips K-9 dog narrative; where Chips proved his heroism
• Southern France — birthplace of Goofy the Divarty mascot dog; Maxwell CMH area of operations
• Tongress, Belgium — where Friscans will remain until 30 May for Memorial Day services
• Tunisia — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Weiden, Germany — newly established DP camp in 1st Division area receiving Poles from Schweinfurt
• Wildflecken, Germany — Catholic Church service listed in Soldier Services
• Wittenhausen, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Wolfhagen, Germany — Red Cross Building service listed
• Wurzburg, Germany — site of fatal truck accident killing M/Sgt Huboly; 124th Evacuation Hospital location; Deutsch-Haus Church service listed
• Ziegenhain, Germany — Division Stockade service location listed
Units
• 100th Field Artillery — Townsley’s assignment at Madison Barracks before joining 3d Division
• 10th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• 137th Infantry Regiment — Lt Col Faucher was member when assigned to 3d Division at Anzio
• 143rd AAA Gun Battalion — former command of Lt Col Donald R. Carnes, new CO 2d Bn, 15th Regt
• 15th Infantry Regiment (Friscans) — tops Division League; greet dependents on Frankfurt train; Organization Day celebrated; beat 3d Army Hq; Chips K-9 dog story
• 19th Engineer Battalion — referenced in context of Homberg events
• 1st Constabulary (27th Constabulary Squadron) — moving into Schweinfurt as DPs move out; two platoons of A Troop making preparations
• 203rd AAA Battalion — unit of Pfc Leonard Drozdiel, boyfriend of pin-up queen Shirley Paulik
• 27th Constabulary Squadron — moving into Schweinfurt; DPs being evacuated; two platoons A Troop under Lt Col Daniel
• 30th Infantry Regiment (Cotton Balers) — CMH story for Maxwell; ‘0559’ musical review performed; new concrete stockade constructed; 2d Bn black market raid in Kassel
• 33d Engineers — lost to Special Troops 14-3; lost to 15th Inf; in Division League
• 352nd Ordnance — previous unit of M/Sgt Huboly before assignment to 15th Regt
• 39th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• 3d Army — Schmidt leaving Marne Division to become Chief of Staff; Parker named new CG; discipline crackdown underway
• 3d Division (Marne Division) — main unit; Schmidt departing; Parker named CG; VE Day observed
• 3d Division NCO School — graduated first cycle at Reinhardshausen under Capt Guchet; stresses smartness
• 3d Replacement Depot — baseball team; defeated 333d Engr 8-2; playing 15th Inf, Divarty, Special Troops in league
• 40th Finance Section — moving to civilian bank in Fulda under Capt Scott Cooper
• 41st Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• 438th Gas Supply Company — operating gas dump and coal stock-pile for Fulda GI Community
• 57th Infantry Regiment — M/Sgt Huboly and M/Sgt Chaves were of this regiment
• 78th Infantry Division — former command of new Marne CG Maj Gen Edwin P. Parker
• 7th Infantry Regiment (Dragons) — beat 3d Army Hq 9-4 at Heidelberg; lead Division League; new Investigating Officer named; Maxwell CMH story
• 86th Division Artillery — Townsley’s first assignment as Divarty CG next assignment after transfer from Paris
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• Cotton Baler Academy — former assignment of Pfc Chester Ryan before reassignment
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — new CG Brig Gen Townsley subject of Biographical Sketch; baseball team losing to Engr; mascot dog Goofy profiled
• Marburg American Red Cross Club — boxing team journeyed to Cotton Baler Gym 16 May; defeated Baler squad 3-0
• Special Troops, 3d Division — baseball team; ‘0559’ musical review performed; VE Day ceremony; NCO school
• Symphonettes — 13-piece all-girl string ensemble under contract to MGM; directed by Elsie Szedlacek; entertaining 3d Division troops at Bad Wildungen and Hersfeld
• UNRRA — DP repatriation from Schweinfurt; boxing team vs Balers; Ukrainian anniversary celebration at Cornberg DP Camp