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The Third Division Front Line
Vol II — No 36 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | 8 June, 1946
8 pages scanned

Names
• Anderson, Mary (Cpl — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Special Troops)
• Apichello, Tony (2b — Blue Devils baseball team; listed in caption and batting averages; Special Troops)
• Arrowsmith (Player — 3d Army Hq; catched by Arrowsmith in effort to catch Watson in second game)
• Aulisio (Player — Divarty baseball; three hits in four times at bat; collected extra base hits; batting averages listed)
• Bagwell, Andrew (Player — 15th Inf baseball; twin bill coverage; batting averages listed)
• Barardus (Player — Blue Devils team; listed in caption photo)
• Barta (1b — 3d RD baseball; batting averages listed)
• Bear, E. (Lt Robert — L Co, 7th Regt; Platoon Leader for Patton Bridge honor guard)
• Beiber, Karl (Polizeichef — Grover Hesse; head of Polizeischule fur Hundewesen in Hofgeismar; organized canine police school Sept 1945)
• Block, David H. (Special Writer — author of ‘From Cover to Cover’ book review column)
• Boehm, Lt John (Lt — 3d Army; one of the Marne men at Central Division Invitational Track Meet)
• Bolling, Maj Gen A. R. (Maj Gen — Theater Chief of Special Services; not mentioned directly but division golf tourney referenced)
• Bosko, Harry (Player — Blue Devils team; listed in caption photo)
• Boyse (Player — 7th Inf baseball; batting averages listed)
• Brau de Bruin, Lt Col (Lt Col — Royal Engineers; commanded British troops at Patton Bridge dedication)
• Bucklin, John W. (Chaplain, 740th Bn — author of ‘Self Control’ Chapel Chats column)
• Calbo (Player — Divarty baseball; scored in seventh inning; batting average listed)
• Castrillo (Player — Divarty baseball; batting averages listed)
• Catacio, Tony (Player — Blue Devils; caption and batting averages; Special Troops)
• Chronic (Sgt — mentioned in Coast to Coast hospital item)
• Coles, James W. (Lt James — 1st Bn, 15th Inf; on behalf of Americans at Wildflecken Lager Polish memorial plaque)
• Cooper, Scott (Capt — 40th Finance Section; moving to civilian bank in Fulda)
• Dalves (Player — 3d Army Hq; batting averages listed)
• Davis (Cartoonist — creator of ‘Pardon My Dogface’ comic strip)
• Dawson, Alvin M. (M/Sgt, Chief Clerk, Div G-1 Section — subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’; 3d Division since May 1944; recently returned from 90-day reenlistment furlough in Phoenix, Arizona)
• Deal, Max (Player — Blue Devils; caption and batting averages; Special Troops)
• Deddisio, Ralph (Player — 30th Inf Marne Open golf entry)
• Donnelly, Martin (Lt Norman — Special Troops; Marne Open golf pairings; listed as 7th Inf)
• Dorsey, Tommy (Musician — referenced in Coast to Coast ‘And Where Is Major Bowes?’ item)
• Douglas, Lloyd (Writer — referenced in Coast to Coast item)
• Du Pont, Pierre (Prime Minister of Luxembourg — principal speaker at 3d Army Memorial Day ceremony; pointed out that American Army had liberated Luxembourg monarchy)
• Edson, Hallett D. (Col — CO, 15th Inf Regt; accompanied Parker on tour; accompanied on inspection tour of 39th FA)
• Elliott, J. Douglas (Lt — Div Hq; husband of pin-up queen Mrs. Marion Elliott)
• Elliott, J. Douglas (Reporter — author of ‘Lt Harris Sacrifices Life Directing Tank Fire’ CMH article and ‘New Plan Adopted To Cut Auto Deaths’)
• Elliott, Marion (Mrs — wife of Pfc J. Douglas Elliott of Div Hq; pin-up queen featured; U of Wisconsin ’45 grad; 5 ft 2.5 in, 120 lb; brown hair and eyes)
• Ellis, Craig (Detective Capt — Philadelphia; ordered two men to wear police uniforms in patrol car; referenced in Coast to Coast)
• Euphami, Lou (Player — Blue Devils; caption and batting averages; Special Troops; collected two hits to lead Special Troops hitting)
• Evanovich, George (Player — Blue Devils; caption photo; batting averages listed)
• Ewan, John E. (Major — Division Adjutant General; announced 784 fathers for redeployment)
• Fanulis (Player — 3d Army Hq; batting averages listed)
• Farrington, Johann K. (M/Sgt, 3d Division MP Co — 009123 K-9 Corps; Artesian Shepherd; joined Division in North Africa; on all four amphibious landings; wounded twice; PH, Silver Star, 128 points; going home; died in accident near master’s home)
• Felkers (Player — 3d RD; batting averages; ranged a single to center field)
• Finlayson, Hugh (Lt, 3d Division Theater Officer — announced Stardust Variety Show program at Bad Wildungen; took Hillbilly Band to Herfa),
• Frank, John M. (Major — Special Troops golf entry in Marne Open)
• Freha, Frank (Pfc — Special Troops; Marne Open golf entry; listed as Minnesota)
• Fuller, William (T/5 — submitter of winning name ‘Holiday Inn’ for new Edersee rest camp)
• Galpert, Al (3d RD — listed in Marne Open golf pairings)
• Gambosi (Player — 3d Army Hq; batting averages listed)
• Geissel, Anton (Burgomeister of Russelsheim — congratulated Patton Bridge completion; recalled day Nazis blew up bridge in four places)
• Gessel, Anton (Player — Special Troops; Marne Open golf entry; Salt Lake City)
• Gremulist, Walter (35th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Divarty)
• Greth, Conrad Yorke (Pvt, 3d Signal — operating VHF carrier; one of five men on VHF carrier unit)
• Guter (20th Inf — listed in batting averages; 7th Regt area)
• Hammett, Dashiell (Author — ‘The Maltese Falcon’ reviewed in ‘From Cover to Cover’)
• Hanna, Rhodes (Pitcher — Blue Devils; caption photo; Special Troops; winning pitcher in second game against Divarty)
• Hargrave, T. (T — Div Hq Provost Marshal Section; subject of ‘Why I Reenlisted’ feature alongside Dawson; five dependents; before entering Army was attending school studying to be a writer)
• Harris, James L. (Lt, 7th Inf Regt — CMH recipient; 21st Marne CMH; sacrificed life directing tank fire near Vagney, France, 7 October 1944; severed leg; died before reaching medics)
• Heiner (30th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Hemingway, Ernest (Author — ‘Men Without Women’ reviewed in ‘From Cover to Cover’)
• Hitler, Adolf (Former Nazi leader — photo caption references his 1923 speech to Nazi Party in Rosenheim)
• Hudges, Gene (Player — Blue Devils; Special Troops; listed in photo caption as Hudges)
• Ivanovich, George (Player — Blue Devils team; listed in box score and photo caption; batting averages)
• Jacobelli, Lt W. (Lt — VHF Carrier operator; shown operating VHF Carrier unit)
• Keating, Frank A. (Maj Gen — exLightning CG, former CO of 78th Division; at 78th Div inactivation ceremony in Berlin 20 May)
• Kenedy (Player — 7th Inf; listed in batting averages)
• Kenyon, Theda (Author — ‘Black Dawn’ reviewed in ‘From Cover to Cover’)
• Keyes, Geoffrey (Lt Gen — 3d Army CG; principal speaker at Luxembourg Memorial Day ceremony; greeted 3d Division composite company)
• King, Ronald W. (Cpl — Div Hq Co; named as new 1st Lt and E Officer at 2d Bn 7th Regt; replacing Lt Dean C. Ziegleton; recently closed Cotton Baler Academy)
• Knappenberger (Player — Special Troops; Marne Open golf entry)
• Kovach, John (30th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Divarty)
• Kresner, Georg (Cpl, 2d Bn — named in Kassel area black market raid article from May 18 reference)
• Kulikowski (7th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Lanigan (3d RD — listed in batting averages)
• Lauterbach, Richard E. (Moscow correspondent — ‘These Are The Russians’ reviewed in ‘From Cover to Cover’; correspondent for Time and Life)
• Lemmo, Carmine (Pfc — vice-president, Pvts’ club, 7th Regt non-com club at Bad Salzschlirl)
• Liebel, Lester (Lt — Mannheim; one of the Marne men at Central Division Track Meet; run mile and hurdles respectively)
• Lyons (Player — 3d Army Hq; Dan Lyons; Special Troops; listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Grand Rapids, Michigan)
• Marsh, 1st Sgt (1st Sgt — club advisory officer, 7th Regt non-com club)
• Matchko, K. (3d Army Hq — listed in batting averages)
• Mathias, Wallace A. (Chief, SSO Section — gave three-day pass to Pfc Fuller for winning ‘Holiday Inn’ name)
• McAndrews (Player — 333d Engr; batting averages listed)
• McCallum (Pfc — referenced in reenlistment advertisement artwork)
• McClure, Helen A. (Miss — manager of Goof Off Inn roadside club on Kassel-Frankfurt Autobahn)
• McGee, Bob (Entertainer — ‘Bob McGee show’; Janie Schramm came from his show for ‘0559’ review referenced in prior issue)
• McKee, Joyce (Miss — pin-up queen, G Co, 7th Inf; from Atlanta, Georgia; blonde; blue eyes; weighs 100 lb; fond of outdoor sports; sister of Pfc William B. McKee)
• McKee, William B. (Pfc, G Co — brother of pin-up queen Joyce McKee)
• McLish, Cal (Player — Blue Devils; Special Troops; caption photo and batting averages)
• McNeill, Maj Gen (Maj Gen — referenced at Mannheim track meet alongside Marne men)
• Middleton, James (Lt, 3d Army Hq — one of the Marne men at Central Division Track Meet; ran mile and hurdles)
• Mitten, Marvin (7th Inf Norm — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Vermont)
• Mober, Dan (Player — Special Troops; Marne Open golf pairings; Chicago)
• Moore, Howard (Lt — Kitzingen Air Base; stole the show at Central Division Invitational Track and Field Meet; broke Arizona state record for pole vault; first in pole vault, high jump, javelin throw, and 100 meter dash)
• Morite, Gordon (Player — 7th Inf; listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Grand Rapids, Michigan; played golf for 10 years)
• Mortimer, Bettie (Miss — pin-up queen, F Co, 15th Inf; from South Williamsport, Pennsylvania; sister of Pfc Karl F. Mortimer; brunette; brown hair and eyes)
• Mortimer, Karl F. (Pfc — brother of pin-up queen Bettie Mortimer, F Co, 15th Inf)
• Nasce, Mike (Player — Divarty; Rochester, N.Y.; listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Gene Silverman, 30th Inf; Chicago)
• Nicholai II (Czar of Russia — referenced in Darmstadt Russian Church article; built church for his mother; assassinated 1919)
• Nicholai II, Czar (Czar — referenced in context of Russische Kapelle history; married Alice, princess of Hesse)
• Orth, Don (Cpl, 30th Inf — brother of pin-up queen Miss Bettie; mentioned in caption)
• Padjen (15th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Palmer (7th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Parker, Edwin P. (Maj Gen — Marne CG; visited 15th Regt and 39th FA Bn; flew to Arty Hq; accompanied on tour by Col Edson; attended bridge dedication; attended 78th Div inactivation in Berlin; met by Brig Gen Townsley at Divarty)
• Patchen, William (Pvt — elected president of the Pvts’ club, 7th Regt non-com club at Bad Salzschlirl)
• Paulsen (Player — 3d RD; batting averages listed)
• Perez, Juan (30th Inf Regt — Spanish national; fled Spanish Morocco; fought with Marne Division through entire Italian campaign; wounded 88 times; seeking passage to the States; mascot role with 30th Regt)
• Pieczynski, Joe (Player — Blue Devils team; Special Troops; listed in caption photo)
• Pierce, Marshall (Pfc — killed outright in jeep accident on Wildungen-Marburg highway; man in vehicle T/5 Harry Wright also injured)
• Pohl (Player — Blue Devils; caption photo; batting averages listed)
• Pollitt (333d hurler — held 333d nine in check all through the game; one pitcher in 333d Engr loss to 7th Inf)
• Power (Pitcher — Balers; started both games against Arty; did not allow a hit until sixth inning in first game; was the theme of the second game)
• Prachal, Frank (Lt, Special Troops — one of the Marne men at Central Division Track Meet; formerly of University of Illinois)
• Recene (Player — 3d Army Hq; batting averages listed)
• Rhea, John I. (Chaplain, Acting — gave Invocation at Patton Bridge dedication ceremony; Constabulary HQ)
• Richardson (Player — 3d RD; batting averages listed)
• Ross, Tony (Player — Blue Devils; caption photo; Special Troops; batting averages)
• Rumsey, Claude (30th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Sylacauga, Alabama)
• Saito (Player — Special Troops; batting averages listed)
• Schackelford, William A. (Reporter — author of ‘Bow-Wows Study To Be Canine Cops’ article)
• Shaffer, J. D. (Lt, 30th Inf — listed as one of the former distance runners at Central Division Track Meet; formerly 3d Division Athletic Officer)
• Shaw (Player — Special Troops; Marne Open golf entry; Kitzringen and Giebelstat)
• Shirley (Player — 3d RD; batting averages listed)
• Silverman, Gene (30th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Chicago)
• Sinatra, Frank (Entertainer — referenced in Coast to Coast ‘And Where Is Major Bowes?’ item)
• Sixta (Lt — former Division Athletic Officer; returning to Rockaway, New York)
• Smith, John S. (Col — 1st Constabulary; honor guard at dependent train arrival; greeted wives and children)
• Sola, Gerald C. (Maj — Kassel MG Officer; greeted dependent train arrivals; met wives and daughter)
• Spickermillo (Player — Special Troops; batting averages listed)
• Stack, John (Pianist — played at Bon Voyage farewell party at Goldbrick Gasthaus)
• Stickleman (15th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Strong, Dick (Sports Editor — author of ‘Down By Center’ column; golf course open announcement)
• Tansey, Mike (Player — Blue Devils; caption photo; Special Troops; batting averages)
• Tobey, Charles W. (Senator — New Hampshire, Republican; complained about two pounds of butter stolen from water cooler in office; referenced in ‘Melted Away’ Coast to Coast item)
• Townsley, Clarence P. (Brig Gen — Divarty CG; met new Marne CG Parker at Divarty after Parker’s tour)
• Tramelli (3d RD — listed in batting averages; aided MacHaffie in fourth run)
• Tucker, George (Pvt — one of five operating VHF carrier; shown in photo)
• Tumpany, Paul (740th Tk Bn — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Upper Darby, Pennsylvania)
• Vagney (Town — site of Harris CMH action; referenced in article)
• Van Benschoten, Harry (T/Sgt — president of non-com’s club at Bad Salzschlirl; 7th Regt)
• Vander Grunt (Player — 3d RD; batting averages listed)
• Vatovich (Player — 3d RD; batting averages listed)
• Walters, John (10th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Lake Idaho)
• Warren, Bob (Player — Blue Devils; Special Troops; caption photo)
• Watson, Ken (Pitcher — Blue Devils; Special Troops; caption photo and batting averages; went to mound when Troopers started to weaken)
• Wells, Howard B. (Capt — 3d Div Provost Marshal since December 1945; subject of Biographical Sketch; from Rumson, NJ; born 28 Oct 1918; battled Japanese Marines at Biak; saved drowning soldier at Waimea Beach, Hawaii; Bronze Star)
• Westbrook, Joel W. (Reporter — author of ‘Our Army IS Undemocratic’ article from Army Bureau of Public Relations survey)
• White, Anne Terry (Author — ‘Lost Worlds’ reviewed in ‘From Cover to Cover’)
• Whitner (Player — 7th Inf Marne Open golf entry; Los Angeles, California)
• Williams (30th Inf — listed in batting averages)
• Willis (Player — 333d Engr; allowed only three hits in the first contest; struck out eight; batting averages listed)
• Witner, Thomas (30th Inf — listed in Marne Open golf pairings; Los Angeles; Divarty; Dayton, Ohio; Special Troops; Boston, Massachusetts)
• Wright, Harry (T/5 — vehicle T/5 Harry Wright was badly injured in same jeep accident killing Pfc Marshall Pierce on Wildungen-Marburg highway)
• Yetovich (Player — Blue Devils; listed in box score; batting averages)
• Ziegelsen (Player — 3d Army Hq; batting averages listed)
• Ziegenheim, Otto (Pfc — Division Artillery section; magician; often seen at Red Cross; appeared at Bon Voyage farewell party to do card tricks and sleight-of-hand)
• Ziegleton, Dean C. (Lt — recently-appointed 7th Regt I and E Officer; replaced by Cpl King)

Locations
• Arolsen, Germany — Protestant Church service location listed in Soldier Services
• Aschaffenburg, Germany — Red Cross Club service listed
• Austria — referenced in masthead as 3d Division campaign theater
• Avellino, Italy — where Perez was evacuated to a military hospital after being wounded during Anzio
• Bad Homburg, Germany — site of Third Division Golf Tournament; men billeted here instead of Freiburg
• Bad Salzschlirt, Germany — location of Badsohn restaurant remodeled as new 7th Regt non-commissioned officers’ club; Cannon Co moved to
• Bad Wildungen, Germany — publication city; 3d Division HQ; Bon Voyage party at Goldbrick Gasthaus; VHF carrier located in German Post Office building
• Bari, Italy — where Perez tried to rejoin unit after being wounded; worked with AMG
• Bebra, Germany — Parish Church service listed; Cpl King named E Officer at 2d Bn 7th Regt here
• Belgium — site of Memorial Day services at Henri Chappelle and Margraten; Friscans traveled there with Band
• Bensheim, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Berlin, Germany — site of 78th Division inactivation ceremony 20 May; Parker attended
• Biak Island, New Guinea — where Capt Wells’ regiment landed and fought Japanese Marines
• Bordeaux, France — where Central Division Track team returned from, after competing in Belgium, Switzerland, French teams
• Burstadt, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Central America — pyramids mentioned in ‘Lost Worlds’ book review
• Cologne, Germany — location of Patton Bridge (George S. Patton Bridge) spanning Rhine; dedication ceremony 12 June
• Darmstadt, Germany — Divarty HQ; Russische Kapelle article; service locations listed; Parker visited
• Dehn, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Edersee, Germany — location of new ‘Holiday Inn’ HQ Camp rest camp opening
• Egypt — referenced in ‘Lost Worlds’ book review regarding pyramids
• Erbach, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Eschwege, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• France — site of Maxwell CMH (Besancon), Harris CMH (Vagney), and Harris unit operations
• Freiburg, Germany — where men had previously planned to stay; now billeted in Bad Homburg instead
• Fulda, Germany — 7th Regt consolidation area; 40th Finance Section moving to civilian bank; two EM clubs opened for non-coms and Pvts
• Germany — theater of occupation; all major stories set here
• Giessen, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Greece — ancient Greek cities referenced in ‘Lost Worlds’ book review
• Hammelburg Lager, Germany — home of the 3d Bn, home of Polish Displaced Persons; site of Polish memorial plaque dedication
• Hammelburg, Germany — regimental headquarters of 15th Inf where Parker visited
• Hammelburg, Germany — service locations listed; 10th Engr Chapel; Red Cross Building
• Henri Chappelle, Belgium — site of American cemetery; 17,665 American graves; Memorial Day ceremony attended by Friscans and Band
• Herfa, Germany — location of Hillbilly Band after traveling from Bad Wildungen
• Hersfeld, Germany — 57th Field Hospital, Patients’ Day Room service listed; Baler 3d Bn HQ two EM clubs opened
• Hofgeismar, Germany — Red Cross Bldg service listed; location of Polizeischule fur Hundewesen (Police Dog School)
• Holland — referenced in Wells’ combat experience; Dutch people struck theme of Memorial Day in Margraten speech
• Italy — referenced throughout; Perez fought with Marne Division; Wells in Pacific/European context
• Kassel, Germany — 30th Regt finds cash in black market raid; service locations listed
• Kitzingen, Germany — site of Kitzingen Air Base; location of Central Division Invitational Track Meet; also accident location
• Limburg, Germany — Pallottiner Church service listed
• Lohr, Germany — Roth Westen Airport Catholic Church service listed
• Luxembourg — country liberated by American Army; Pierre Du Pont spoke at ceremony; Grand Duchess present
• Luxembourg City, Luxembourg — site of 3d Army Memorial Day ceremony; Luxembourg Military Cemetery; 7,000 dead buried there
• Mannheim, Germany — site of 3d Army Mannheim track meet 14 June; to represent Third Division
• Margraten, Holland — American cemetery; site of Memorial Day ceremony; 17,965 graves; Dutch people attended
• Marseilles, France — where Perez received a pass to reach Germany; also where Harris unit was redeployed after VE Day
• Mellrichstadt, Germany — Protestant Church service listed; Osheim Protestant Church also listed
• Morocco, French — where Juan Perez’s unit (30th Regt) moved after Tunisia; training location
• Naples, Italy — referenced in context of Harris and Perez service
• New Guinea — where 1st Sgt Clump was sent as infantry replacement; where Capt Wells was rerouted to Hollandia to restage
• North Africa — where Farrington (K-9 dog) joined the Division; where Perez fought with Marne Division
• Oujda, France — French province town where Perez discovered American forces had invaded North Africa only a few weeks before
• Pacific — referenced in context of Wells and Clump service
• Patton Bridge, Cologne, Germany — George S. Patton Bridge over Rhine; dedication ceremony 12 June; built by English Army Engineers; originally blown up by German engineers at Remagen
• Philippines — where Wells’ regiment was sent after retraining in Hollandia; Manila invasion planned
• Remagen, Germany — site of Rhine River crossing; where 3d Army walked across the Patton Bridge (Rhine River here)
• Rhine River, Germany — Patton Bridge location spanning Rhine between Russelsheim and Florscheim
• Rotenburg, Germany — Castle Chapel service listed; Roth Westen Catholic Church listed
• Russelsheim, Germany — one end of Patton Bridge; Burgomeister Geissel spoke; Rhine bridge context
• Salerno, Italy — where Marne Division landed; Perez continued drive up peninsula
• Salzschlirt, Germany — location of Cannon Co Mess Hall and other services listed
• Schweinfurt, Germany — Regimental Headquarters 15th Inf; Parker visited during tour; St. Joseph’s Hospital service listed
• Sicily, Italy — referenced in masthead; where Chips (K-9) proved heroism; Perez fought there
• Southern France — where Perez went to work with AMG; where Harris unit operated
• Spain — where Juan Perez originally fled Fascist Spain; seeking to become US citizen
• Spanish Morocco — where Juan Perez was born; crossed border into French Morocco to avoid Spanish police
• Stalingrad, Russia — referenced in Russische Kapelle article; where Nikolai II was sent to Siberia and assassinated in 1919
• Tann, Germany — I Co Day Room service listed
• Tunisia — referenced in masthead and Perez service narrative
• Vagney, France — site of Lt Harris CMH action, 7 October 1944; German-occupied town
• Wildflecken, Germany — Catholic Church service listed; also Wildflecken Lager where Polish DP memorial plaque was dedicated
• Witzenhausen, Germany — Catholic Church service listed
• Wolfhagen, Germany — Red Cross Building service listed
• Wurzburg, Germany — Deutsch-Haus Church service listed
• Ziegenhain, Germany — Division Stockade service listed

Units
• 10th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• 15th Infantry Regiment (Friscans) — tops Division League; Band and Friscans at Belgian memorials; Parker visited; twin bill coverage; Perez Spanish vet story
• 17th Constabulary Squadron — referenced in context of displaced persons moving to Weiden
• 203rd AAA Battalion — referenced in Marne Open golf pairings (Carl Johnson, 203 AAA)
• 20th Infantry — referenced in batting averages section
• 30th Infantry Regiment (Cotton Balers) — CMH story for Maxwell; Balers Adopt New Concrete Stockade; Kassel black market raid; Perez 30th Regt mascot; stage props in Baler Salt Mines
• 33d Engineers (333d Engr) — baseball team; lost to Special Troops and 15th Inf; Angel’s Field Mannheim
• 39th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed; Parker flew to Arty HQ for inspection
• 3d Army — Geoffrey Keyes CG; principal speaker at Luxembourg Memorial Day; discipline drive continuing
• 3d Division (Marne Division) — main unit; Parker new CG; 784 fathers redeploying; Band at Belgian memorials
• 3d Division Band — played at Memorial Day services in Belgium; concert tours from Anzio to Germany
• 3d Replacement Depot — baseball team in Division League; defeated 333d Engr; beat Divarty
• 3d Signal Company — VHF Carrier unit profiled; five men operating 24 hours daily
• 40th Finance Section — moving to civilian bank in Fulda
• 41st Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• 438th Gas Supply Company — operating gas dump for Fulda GI Community
• 740th Tank Battalion — Paul Tumpany listed in Marne Open golf pairings
• 74th Division (84th Infantry Division) — referenced in Wells biographical sketch regarding Biak landing
• 78th Infantry Division — inactivated in Berlin 20 May; Maj Gen Keating was CG; Maj Gen Parker new Marne CG formerly commanded this unit
• 7th Infantry Regiment (Dragons) — new E Officer named; non-com and Pvt clubs opened in Fulda; Harris CMH story; 3d RD beat Arty 5-0
• 9th Field Artillery — reenlistment statistics listed
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — baseball team losing streak; Brig Gen Townsley met Parker; Marne Open golf entries
• Polizeischule fur Hundewesen, Hofgeismar — German Police Dog School; organized September 1945; Constab police dogs trained here
• Railsplitters (84th Infantry Division) — convention to be held in Washington 11–14 July; Maj Gen Bolling and Col Stack former Marne men invited
• Royal Engineers (British) — built Patton Bridge over Rhine; commanded by Lt Col Brau de Bruin
• Special Troops, 3d Division — baseball team Blue Devils; fourth place in Division League; Troopers Trample Divarty; Marne Open golf entries
• UNRRA — referenced in context of displaced persons repatriation; DP camps moving out of Schweinfurt