Description
The Third Division Front Line
Vol II — No 41 | Bad Wildungen, Germany | 20 July, 1946 (ET Final Edition)
8 pages + 4-page ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement scanned
Names
• Abramowitz, Mayer (Lt, 3d Div Sp Troops — Division Jewish Chaplain; returned to Bad Wildungen after month’s compassionate furlough in Palestine; visited Holy Land 14 June; born Jerusalem 11 Dec 1919; lived in Tel Aviv until age 10; educated at Yeshiva College; ordained rabbi at Jewish Theological Seminar of America 13 July 1945)
• Adams, Lucien S. (S/Sgt, 30th Inf — CMH recipient; referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement as CMH winner in Vosges-Colmar struggle)
• Anderson, Jonathan W. (Maj Gen — commanded 3d Division from Alaska March 1943 to February 1944; deputy commander in ‘Panorama of Battle’)
• Armstrong (Player — 3d Division tennis doubles; defeated Lesnoak-Fox 6-2, 6-4, 6-4; then advanced to finals)
• Bailey (Athlete — England; won 100 and 200 meter races at Belgium TUSA meet; also relay)
• Barnes, Div G-4 (Lt Col B. Ramsey — ex-Div G-4; listed as officer at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• Barry-Worthington (Player — 3d Division tennis; Armstrong-Yarnell defeated 6-2, 6-4 in doubles)
• Bell, Eugene E. (Chaplain, 3d Bn, 15th Regt — author of ‘The Church In Germany Under Nazism’ column from prior issue continued; ‘Chapel Chats’)
• Boyle, Hal (Reporter — wrote ‘Inactivation Talk Arouses Publicity For Third In US’ article; AP reporter)
• Brisbane, Arthur (Athlete — third in 400 meter event at Belgium TUSA meet)
• Brown, Park (Capt — Marne golf foursome; 318 in tournament; completed top foursome to Paris)
• Brown, Thomas C. (T/5, 15th Inf — reporter; author of ‘Wounded 15th Lt Smashed Enemy Guns From Flaming M4’ CMH article)
• Bubas, Vic (Lt — 5th Army; creditable showing in field events at TUSA meet; fifth in broad jump; second in discus; 1.68 meters)
• Calder, Stanley (Lt, 181st Labor Supervision Group — won TUSA Golf Tournament at Fildalfing with total score of 302 for 72 holes; led Marne golf team to championship)
• Campbell, E. Simms (Cartoonist — ‘Cuties’ cartoon panel; registered US Patent Office cartoonist)
• Carnale, Miss Evelyn (of Yeadon, Pennsylvania — won ‘prettiest girl’ contest at Wildungen Red Cross Photo Contest)
• Clark, Henry (Athlete — Army; took national 100 meter international race in 11 seconds; only 1/10 of a second behind Laermans; also ran 5000 meter run placing sixth)
• Clark, Mark (Gen — named alongside General Eisenhower in ‘Inactivation Talk’ article; one of the two finest doughboy divisions)
• Conroy, T. Francis (T/4 — journalist; first Front Line editor; was front page tabloid devoted to picture of 7th Regt MPs at beginning)
• Cox, of Bambino All-Stars (player — referenced in batting averages from prior issue)
• D’Ambrosio, Tony (Athlete — Army; ran 300 in relay; kept time within a mere yard in the 200 meter closing stages)
• Daub, David L. (1st Lt, 3d Signal Co — Signal Company CO; best man at Widlungen wedding of Pfc Direnzo and Hilda Lugus; plan to requisition Signal EM club building)
• Davis, Red (Cartoonist — ‘Pardon My Dogface’ full-page comic strip; final edition; born Selma, Alabama May 1926; educated at Dallas Academy; entered Army November 1944; joined 36th Div April 1945; became 3d Division Front Line cartoonist 27 November 1945; returning to University of North Carolina)
• Devers, Jacob L. (Gen — Army Ground Forces commander; announced seven AGF caravans on tour)
• Direnzo, Peter (Pfc, 3d Signal Co — married Hilda Lugus, Estonian national, 7 July at Kaiserhof Hotel lobby; ceremony at 1830 by Lt Col Ralph J. Smith, 3d Div Chaplain)
• Dryden, W. H. Stud (Editor — ex-3d Div Chief of Staff; came editor in October 1945 for six months; his departure inspired the ‘Stardust’ Editor designation; ‘Yellow Journalism’ section)
• Edwards, Robert B. (Lt — Division I and E Office; announced 25 sets of phonograph records for sale at 13 dollars each; nine records cover 3d Div history)
• Eisenhower, Dwight D. (Gen — Chief of Staff; praised ASF war role; referenced in ‘World’s Biggest Supply Unit Folds’ article; also in ‘Inactivation Talk’ article alongside Gen Clark)
• Elliott, J. Douglas (Reporter/Author — wrote ‘German Linscheid Band Is Hep To American Jive’ article; also entered masthead as ‘Pfc J Douglas Elliott’)
• Fitzimmons, Dan (Lt — Mannheim; liaison officer from 9th Division; arrived during inactivation to facilitate transfers)
• Fox (Player — 3d Division tennis; Lesnoak-Fox doubles team; defeated in first match by Barry-Worthington; won first round singles)
• Garison, George (Sgt, 3d Signal Co — co-director of Signal EM club at Schutzenhaus; was awarded the Legion of Merit and Bronze Star alongside Barney)
• Garneau, Bob (Player — Army tennis; Armstrong-Yarnell partner; lost in finals of doubles tourney)
• Gladwin, Jay (1st Lt — Public Relations Officer; listed in masthead)
• Goecke, Hans (Musician — guitarist in Linscheid band; listed in band photo caption)
• Graham, Sidney L. (Pfc — mechanical supervisor listed in masthead)
• Gross, Henry (Athlete — Army; won 800 meter international race; feature of the day; turned in time of 2:00.6; also took only first day then sixth in 5000 meter run)
• Harrell, Ben (Col — ex-7th Regt Bn CO; listed among officers at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• Harris, James L. (Lt, 7th Inf — CMH; 26th Marne CMH for flaming M4 tank action; wounded in both legs by machine gun burst; continued leading platoon despite wounds; from Sauls de Vesoul, France 12 September 1944)
• Hatton, Grady (3rd Baseman — Cincinnati Reds; lifting Reds from NL cellar; top third sacker; cited in ‘After The Ball’ baseball column; hitting .406 average)
• Hoffman, Horst (Arranger — composed dance music for Linscheid band to write all their own arrangements; arranger for Linscheid orchestra)
• Hylsop, Alfred (T/5 — managing editor; listed in masthead; succeeded S/Sgt William A. Dryden; took over from T/5 Dwight B. Schear)
• Johnson, A. H. (Lt Col — ex-Div G-3; officer interested in RA service at Ft Benning)
• Johnson, Charles (Col — ex-3d Div Chief of Staff; listed among officers at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• Kappellar, Fritz (Musician — trombone in Linscheid band; listed in band photo caption)
• Karstetter, Allan B. (T/5 — associate editor; listed in masthead)
• Kasse, Hans (Musician — bass in Linscheid band; listed in band photo caption)
• Kesselring (Field Marshal — chose Marne outfit to surrender to; referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement)
• Kleiman (Player — 3d Division tennis; took second, 21-18; came back to take third game 21-16 against Thompson; match ended Thompson winning 22-20)
• Klump, Katheryn (Mrs, wife of 1st Sgt Emmett J. Klump — first family of Bad Wildungen GI families; moved to five-room brick house)
• Knott, Maurice F. (Chaplain, Hq, 30th Inf — author of ‘Successful Living’ Chapel Chats column)
• Lacey (Player — Blue Devils tennis; Army tournament early rounds; eliminated with Robert Spelcer by Armstrong-Yarnell)
• Laermans (Athlete — Belgium; won 100 and 200 meter races but by only 1/10 of a second over Clark; won relay)
• Lamprecht (Musician — cited in Linscheid band context; played at Red Cross party in Marburg)
• Lesnoak (Player — 3d Division tennis; 7th Regt; solo survivor in Army double elimination after Worthington, Lt Marne survivor; defeated in finals by Lt Col Kenneth C. Yarnell; dropped to losers bracket winning three matches before losing 6-1)
• Limprecht, the Division’s first PRO (Capt — succeeded by Lt Jay Gladwin who took over as Assistant Public Relations Officer in July)
• Linscheid, Werner (Musician/Director — directed German Linscheid Band; organized band after VE Day; started in Marburg; made arrangements with Capt Dan Mobley for SSO to play at Bad Wildungen Service Club; played at Red Cross party in Marburg; conductor standing in band photo)
• Littrell, G. (T/4 Wendell — Div Hq PX worker; married Miss Antonia Pawlack, Polish civilian; married 13 July at Bad Wildungen; ceremony by Capt Hughston R. Peyton; before 16 guests; wedding described)
• Lugus, Hilda (Bride — Estonian national; married Pfc Peter Direnzo 7 July at Kaiserhof Hotel, Bad Wildungen; maid of honor was her sister, Miss Lugus; bride given away by her father)
• Lutes, LeRoy (Lt Gen — second and last Acting Commanding General of ASF; traced history of ASF at inactivation ceremonies)
• Mahrer, Heiny (Musician — drummer in Linscheid band; listed in photo caption)
• McFadden, Raymond (2nd Lt, Div PX Officer — gave the bride away at T/4 Littrell’s wedding)
• McNarney (Gen — Theater Commander; referenced in prior issues; orders about German girls; German girl policy under MPs referenced)
• Miller, Margery (Central Press Sports Writer — author of ‘Sports Fallacy’ column about women’s softball)
• Mobley, Dan (Capt — former SSO; made arrangements for Linscheid orchestra to play at Bad Wildungen Service Club; ‘Capt Dan Mobley’)
• Montgomery, John D. (Lt — Kalamazoo, Michigan; launched five-year plan to dedicate Hiroshima as world peace city)
• Moody, James (Pvt, 703d Ord Co — drowned at Edersee 7 July while rowing; home in Dallas, Georgia; capsized row boat made of aviation gas tanks)
• Morgan, Roland (Athlete — Army; ran 300 in relay; kept pace in closing stages of 200 meter event)
• Mueller, Maj Leo (Maj — director of sport and training at Garmisch Recreational Center; announced mountain climbing program)
• Murphy, Audie L. (Lt, 15th Inf — most decorated soldier in WWII; achieved CMH; Platoon Leader; from Farmersville, Texas; wounded atop turret of smoldering tank destroyer; manned .50 caliber machine gun to repel enemy; first medic ever to win CMH; photographed alongside CMH citation)
• O’Conner, A. O. (Col — ex-7th Regt Bn CO; listed among officers at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• O’Daniel, John W. (Maj Gen — ‘Iron Mike’; former 3d Div CG; now commandant of Infantry School at Fort Benning; interested in re-uniting 3d Div RA veterans; visited units at Bad Wildungen and 1st and 3d Constab Bde and Service Club; inspected men including 91st Constab Sqd)
• Pagnotti, Albert (Sgt — companion of Pvt Moody at Edersee; also drowned while attempting rescue; went into water about 150 yards off shore; rescue attempts failed)
• Parker, Edwin P. (Maj Gen — Marne CG; division departing ET as cadre; his message on front page; flying to Nurnberg to begin preparations for 3d Army championship)
• Patton, George S. (Gen — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ context; 3d Army commander during Colmar Pocket operations)
• Pawlack, Antonia (Miss — Polish civilian; married T/4 Wendell G. Littrell, Div Hq PX worker, 13 July at Bad Wildungen; ceremony by Capt Peyton; bride wore a simple Polish dress)
• Perkins, John C. (Maj — Division Signal Officer; subject of Biographical Sketch; left West Kentucky University June 1941; served with 3d Div on three continents and eight countries; 30th Commo Officer through French Morocco into Algeria and Tunisia; ETO ribbon eight battle stars; promoted 30th Regt HQ Co Commander Jan 1945; now Division Signal Officer)
• Peyton, Hughston R. (Capt — chaplain; performed ceremony for Littrell-Pawlack wedding; before 16 guests at Bad Wildungen)
• Pez, Herman (Musician — guitar in Linscheid band; listed in photo caption)
• Philip, Maj Gen (Maj Gen — referenced as one of those who came to inspect divisions; gave speech about ‘Well done’)
• Poland, Fred (T/5 — assistant editor; listed in masthead for prior issues)
• Romney, Kenneth (Sergeant-at-Arms — US House of Representatives; carried the official mace to Congress session; mace described in article)
• Ross, Peter (Pfc, 1st Constab Regt — drowned at Edersee 7 July while rowing; companion of Pvt Moody; capsized row boat)
• Rosson (Lt Col — 30th Inf departure referenced; Col Rosson listed in prior 30th Inf staff changes)
• Rupert, Conrad (1st Div — golf; 157; listed from prior issue in Army tourney at Tutzing)
• Schear, Dwight B. (T/5 — Division’s first actual Front Line editor in Kassel; handed leadership to T/5 Hylsop; Associate Editor listed in masthead)
• Schroewangen, Hans (Musician — bass drum in Linscheid band; listed in photo caption)
• Schwartz, Gerald (Reporter — author of ‘Calder Wins TUSA Golf Meet’ and ‘3d Army All Stars Back From Belgium Train For Nurnberg’ articles)
• Seeger, Harry (Musician — pianist in Linscheid band; listed in band photo caption)
• Shephard, W. P. (ex-Asst Div CG — listed among officers at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• Sherman, Gen (Gen — famous Civil War march; referenced in ‘Inactivation Talk’ article in context of Army glory)
• Sinell, Frank J. (Lt Col — ex-7th Regt Bn CO; listed among officers at Ft Benning interested in RA veterans)
• Small, Collie (War Correspondent — wrote ‘Third-Tops in Honors’ in Saturday Evening Post; Wrote in ‘Third Fight’ article about Colmar Pocket)
• Smith, Ralph J. (Lt Col, 3d Div Chaplain — performed Catholic ceremony for Direnzo-Lugus wedding at 1830; guests adjourned to Kaiserhof main dining room; before 65 guests)
• Somervell, Brehon B. (Gen — wartime ASF Commanding General; inactivation of ASF was the most notable administrative change affecting War Department in Washington)
• Spelcer, Robert (Pfc, 3d Div Hq — Blue Devils tennis; eliminated with Lacey by Armstrong-Yarnell in early rounds)
• Spinks, Raleigh J. (Pfc — Photo Editor listed in masthead)
• Strong, Dick (T/5, Sports Editor — ‘After The Ball’ baseball column; transferred away from Front Line as noted in prior issue; listed in masthead for last time)
• Taylor, Maxwell (Gen — referenced alongside 3d Division as one of finest doughboy divisions in ‘Inactivation Talk’ article — actually Collie Small’s article referenced Taylor)
• Theuer, Don (Player — Sp Tr ping pong; Thompson defeated 21-18, 21-19, 21-13; won in straight games 21-9, 21-7 and 21-16, 21-16 respectively)
• Thompson, Bill (T/5 — EM champion of Bad Wildungen; won ping pong tournament defeating Fritzlar Air Base champion; defeated Frank Poland in finals; Thompson was command of Special Troops ping pong team in four games of three-out-of-five match against TUSA officers)
• Tominac, John (Lt, I Co, 15th Inf — CMH recipient; 26th Marne CMH; 12 September 1944 near Saulx de Vesoul, France; vaulted onto abandoned flaming M4 tank; fought way to .50 caliber machine gun; wounded in shoulder by ricocheting shell; manned gun; captured 60 German dead)
• Vail, R. M. (Brig Gen — Adjutant General of the Pennsylvania National Guard; received orders for reorganization of all National Guard divisions)
• Van Pigman (Player — listed in Marne golf tourney alongside Willie Brown; tied at 162)
• Vogel, Kurt (Musician — guitar in Linscheid band; listed in band photo caption)
• Walker, Dixie (Player — leading NL majors with .368 average; 10 RBIs NL; Detroit club added on waivers; went to Dodgers; ‘People’s Choice’)
• Whaline (Player — Army golf; pressed Calder by 5 strokes coming from behind; overall score 1272 shading the Ninth linksmen by two strokes)
• Williams (Maj — referenced as one of the Silver Star recipients alongside Clem, Pier)
• Woodle, Max (Athlete — Army; finished fifth in 110 meter high hurdles at TUSA meet; winning time 15.0 seconds outclassed Army experts)
• Wright, Orville (Aviation pioneer — reference to Kitty Hawk find at Smithsonian; built and flew first plane)
• Wright, Wilbur (Aviation pioneer — reference to Kitty Hawk find at Smithsonian; built and flew first plane)
• Yarnell, Kenneth C. (Lt Col — won 3d Division tennis doubles tournament with Armstrong; defeated Lesnoak 6-1 in finals; defeating Barry-Worthington 6-2, 6-4)
Locations
• Alaska — where Maj Gen Anderson commanded 3d Division from March 1943 to February 1944
• Anzio, Italy — 3d Division landing; referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement; Schauer CMH action
• Augsburg, Germany — destination of 9th Inf Div; one of destinations for transferred men
• Austria — referenced in masthead; 3d Division occupation duty in Austria after Nurnberg
• Bad Wildungen, Germany — publication city; Division HQ; new Embassy Club terrace; Red Cross Photo Contest; Signal EM Club at Schutzenhaus; Direnzo-Lugus wedding at Kaiserhof Hotel; Littrell-Pawlack wedding; pool; departure point for homebound cadre
• Belgium — site of TUSA Track and Field Meet; Laermans won international races; 3d Army all-stars participated; England also competed
• Berchtesgaden, Germany — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ campaign map; Hitler’s lair captured
• Besancon, France — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ campaign map; also Harris CMH area
• Bizerte, Tunisia — referenced on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ campaign map
• Bremerhaven, Germany — port of embarkation for homebound division cadre; men reporting to 3d Replacement Depot at Major Port of Bremerhaven
• Casablanca, Morocco — referenced on campaign map as starting point of 3d Division trek
• Central Europe — eighth campaign star; final deployment sector to US occupation force
• Cisterna, Italy — referenced on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ campaign map near Anzio
• Colmar, France — Colmar Pocket; referenced throughout including ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement; Tominac CMH near Saulx de Vesoul
• Danube River, Germany — referenced on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ campaign map
• Edersee, Germany — ‘Holiday Inn’ rest camp; site of two drownings 7 July; Inn Schedule Changes article; buses from Bad Wildungen to Edersee
• England — athletes competed at Belgium TUSA meet; Kitty Hawk reference; Wright Brothers context
• Fildalfing, Germany — location of 3d Army Golf Tournament; Calder won TUSA Golf Meet here with 302 for 72 holes
• Fort Benning, Georgia — Infantry School location; O’Daniel commandant; officers interested in re-uniting RA veterans there
• France — site of Tominac and Harris CMH actions; Colmar Pocket; Southern France campaign; referenced throughout
• Frankfurt, Germany — 3d Army headquarters; Marne golf foursome proceeding to Paris after tourney
• Fritzlar, Germany — Fritzlar Air Base; location of ARC Club; ping pong tournament played here against Special Troops
• Garmisch, Germany — Garmisch Recreational Center; mountain climbing program; Maj Mueller announced
• Germany — theater of occupation; all main stories; division departing
• Heidelberg, Germany — where Special Services units would move or go; Linscheid orchestra potentially moving to Heidelberg
• Hiroshima, Japan — five-year plan to dedicate city to world peace; Lt Montgomery launched plan; population 172,600; rebuilding at 5,000 houses per month
• Holy Land (Palestine) — Chaplain Abramowitz visited on compassionate furlough; flew to Holy Land 14 June; arrived in Palestine on Friday 14 June
• Italy — referenced throughout in ‘Panorama of Battle’ campaign history; Sicily, Naples-Foggia, Rome-Arno campaigns
• Kaiserhof Hotel, Bad Wildungen — site of Direnzo-Lugus wedding 7 July
• Licata, Sicily — referenced on campaign map
• Lowell, Washington — home of Maj Rhoman E. Clem, Silver Star recipient
• Luxembourg — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’ context; 3d Army Memorial Day service from prior issue
• Marburg, Germany — where Linscheid organized band; played at Red Cross party there; Constab Presidio at Rothwesten; mine explosion near Motor Pool of 333d Engineers
• Marseilles, France — where 36th Division departed for US 27 November; Davis joined 3d Division then
• Meaux, France — referenced in context of First World War and ‘Three white stripes on blue’ symbolism
• Metz, France — referenced on ‘Panorama of Battle’ map (between Nancy and Metz)
• Meuse-Argonne, France — First World War operations referenced in ‘Farewell To Europe’ editorial
• Mic-Nano, Italy — referenced on campaign map
• Munich, Germany — referenced on campaign map; 3d Division drove through Munich
• Nancy, France — referenced on campaign map between Nancy and Metz
• Naples-Foggia, Italy — second campaign star on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ map
• Neu-Brisach, France — where blue-whiters seized Horburg; referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’
• Nurnberg, Germany — referenced on campaign map; Parker flying there to prepare for 3d Army championship; 3d Army track team training for Nurnberg championships
• Palermo, Sicily — referenced on campaign map
• Philippeville, Algeria — referenced on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ campaign map; 30th Infantry was awaiting jump-off at Tunisia
• Pont-A-Mousson, France — quiet area near Nancy and Metz where 3d Division last troops pulled back
• Rhine River, Germany — referenced on campaign map; Rhine crossing; Remagen crossing
• Rhineland — seventh campaign star; referenced throughout ‘Panorama of Battle’
• Rome-Arno, Italy — fourth campaign star; referenced on campaign map
• Rome, Italy — referenced on campaign map; Rome-Arno campaign star
• Rothwesten, Germany — Constab Presidio; Motor Pool location; mine explosion site near 333d Engineers Motor Pool
• Salerno, Italy — referenced on campaign map; 3d Division landing
• Salzburg, Austria — referenced on campaign map; end-point of 3d Division’s Austrian advance
• Sauls de Vesoul, France — site of Tominac CMH action 12 September 1944; also Harris CMH general area
• Sicily, Italy — first landing campaign; Trapani, Palermo, Messina, Licata on campaign map
• Southern France — fifth campaign star on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ map; St. Tropez, Montelimar landings
• St. Mihiel, France — referenced in ‘Farewell To Europe’ editorial in context of First World War
• St. Tropez, France — 3d Division landed here in Southern France invasion
• Strasbourg, France — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’; 3d Division drove south of Strasbourg
• Tel Aviv, Palestine — where Chaplain Abramowitz lived until age 10
• Toulon, France — referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’; coastal fortifications wheeled inland to Marseilles
• Trapani, Sicily — referenced on campaign map
• Tunisia — second campaign; referenced on ‘Eight Stars To Glory’ campaign map; Philippeville, Bizerte
• Tutzing, Germany — TUSA Golf Tournament location; Calder won here; 72-hole match play
• Tyrolian Alps — referenced in ‘Farewell To Europe’ editorial
• Verdun, France — referenced in ‘Farewell To Europe’ editorial in First World War context
• Vesoul, France — tiny French village; Tominac platoon was to spearhead drive through village
• Vosges Mountains, France — site of Colmar Pocket struggle; ‘Panorama of Battle’ supplement focus
• Zweibrucken, Germany — referenced on campaign map at Rhineland star
Units
• 103d Tank Destroyer Battalion — referenced in context of wartime assignments
• 133d Engineers — Army track relay team
• 15th Infantry Regiment (Friscans) — Tominac CMH story; Murphy as most decorated soldier; Bell chaplain article; Boyce referenced
• 181st Labor Supervision Group — Calder’s unit; won TUSA golf tournament
• 1st Constabulary Brigade — receiving Division transfers; O’Daniel inspected; Keyes inspected remnants of Balers at Hersfeld
• 30th Infantry Regiment (Cotton Balers) — Clem Silver Star; final tabloid published; Knott chaplain column; Perkins as Commo Officer
• 333d Engineers — mine explosion near Motor Pool; three civilian workers killed and three wounded 14 July; clearing a pile of debris
• 36th Infantry Division (Texas) — Davis joined from 36th Div in April 1945; 36th left for Marseilles 27 November
• 3d Army — Geoffrey Keyes CG; golf tournament at Fildalfing; track and field meet; all-stars team at Belgium
• 3d Division (Marne Division) — ET Final Edition; departing as small cadre in August; 431 days in line; most decorated division in US Army; 38 CMH winners
• 3d Division Band — played throughout Europe; referenced in ‘Panorama of Battle’
• 3d Division Signal Company — Signal EM Club at Schutzenhaus; Perkins as Signal Officer; Direnzo wedding
• 3d Replacement Depot, Marburg — men reporting here on way out; base post office at Fulda all mail
• 703d Ordnance Company — unit of drowned Pvt Moody at Edersee
• 7th Infantry Regiment (Dragons) — Harris CMH story; Lesnoak tennis player; farewell editorial references
• 91st Constabulary Squadron — O’Daniel inspected these men in Hersfeld during visit
• 9th Infantry Division — referenced in context of officers receiving RA transfers
• Army Service Forces (ASF) — inactivated; world’s greatest military procurement and supply organization; 13.5 million military and civilian personnel at peak
• Cotton Baler Academy — referenced in prior issue context
• Division Artillery (Divarty) — referenced throughout; Perkins served as Commo Officer
• Front Line (newspaper) — ET Final Edition published; history of publication recounted; born in battle for France 25 October 1943; resumption in US foreseen
• German Linscheid Band — Werner Linscheid director; 16 members including pianist, drummer, trombone, guitar, bass; playing jive and popular American music for German and GI audiences; performing at Furstenhof, Embassy Club, Fritzlar ARC
• Panorama of Battle (supplement magazine) — four-page pictorial tribute to 3d Division’s combat history; eight campaign stars illustrated on map; published as final Front Line supplement
• Special Troops, 3d Division — Bambino All-Stars; ping pong team; track team; pool staff
• TUSA (Theater of the United States Army) — golf tournament at Fildalfing; track and field in Belgium; all-stars teams competing
• U.S. Constabulary — receiving bulk of 3d Division inactivation transfers