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Eight Ball News
Vol. I, No. 11 / Vilsbiburg, Bavaria / August 24, 1945
4 pages scanned

Names
• Aldoroty — enlisted, scored single before winning run
• Bird, 1/Sgt. — happiest man of week, morale boost from discharge news
• Brizer, Ben — star hitter, triple and homer for Service Co.
• Cavin, Lt. Col. — commanding officer, address at parade
• Daul — pitcher for D Company softball
• Edmonson — catcher, C Company; Division’s foremost catcher
• Einung, T/5 J. F. — editor, Eight Ball News
• Elders, ‘Speedy’ — catcher, Service Company; key defensive play
• Gansho — pitcher, Service Company softball
• Ginell, Bill — athletic director of week; boxing gloves incident
• Harper — pitcher, C Company softball
• Hill, Pvt. A. L. — staff artist, Eight Ball News
• Hoover, First Sgt. — C Company, volleyball advisor
• Kearney, Sgt. J. — reporter, Eight Ball News
• Kesteloot — single, C Company softball
• Kirkendall — double, C Company softball
• Lamarra — base runner, B Company softball
• Levy, Lt. — umpire, C vs. D softball game
• Lutz, Big — attempted triple-to-homer, Service Co. softball
• McGlamery, Capt. Thornton B. — S-3 Officer; featured in ‘Meet The Officers’
• McNally, Lt. — first gun fired by Baker Company in Normandy
• Meyers — opposing pitcher, 126th Ordnance softball
• Mills, Pvt. Gilbert — D Company; Switzerland trip; sad sack of week
• Molica — single, C Company softball; played barefoot
• Molica — single, C Company; barefoot on muddy infield
• Monkelbann — net player, C Company volleyball
• Phillips, Pvt. R. W. — reporter, Eight Ball News
• Prusinski, T/5 — pitcher, Battalion softball team; key win vs. 53rd
• Pugh — single, C Company softball
• Sadlon — double, C Company softball
• Schoonmaker — question of week; meets someone on the bridge
• Schornack — double, brought in winning run vs. 53rd
• Schriner, Allen — new hitter, Service Company softball
• Servant — triple, 126th Ordnance softball
• Shelton — third baseman, HQ softball; two hits
• Sihvonen, Cpl. T. W. — assistant editor, Eight Ball News
• Spencer, Mgr. — C Company volleyball manager
• Thompson — D Company volleyball, first 6 points
• Trenzi — pitcher for 53rd Armored Infantry softball
• Underwood, Lt. — Service Company commander; inspections
• Veltri, T/5 N. — staff artist, Eight Ball News
• Weishaur — double, C Company softball
• Wickman — pitcher, Headquarters Company softball
• Woodyard, T/5 Bill — C Company; dog ownership dispute with German woman
• Wurst, Margaret — pin-up contest first entry, wife of Pvt. Henry Wurst
• Wurst, Pvt. Henry — B Company; submitted first pin-up entry (wife Margaret)

Locations
• Auxon, France — combat action referenced in ‘A Year Ago’ sidebar
• Bern, Switzerland — city visited on Switzerland R&R tour
• Corbeilles, France — start of 37-mile dash in ‘A Year Ago’ sidebar
• Courtenay, France — destination of battalion dash in ‘A Year Ago’ sidebar
• England — Baker Company training; McGlamery’s promotion to Captain
• Frontenhausen, Germany — HQ vs. Dog Co. softball; veterinarian location
• Germany — occupation zone; venereal disease article context
• Lausanne, Switzerland — city visited on Switzerland R&R tour
• Normandy, France — Baker Company beach landing, July 13
• Reids, France — Division sector during combat, late July
• Rimsdorf, France — tank ‘Big Mike’ destroyed by directed fire, Dec. 1944
• Switzerland — R&R tour destination; 7-day visit by 13 men
• Velden, Germany — cinema screening location, Aug. 26–27
• Vilats Montona, Switzerland — city visited on Switzerland R&R tour
• Vilsbiburg, Bavaria — publication location; parade and sports venue

Units
• 126th Ordnance Battalion — softball opponent; beat Bn. team; lost to C Company
• 24th Engineers — defeated 8th Tank Bn. softball team
• 29th Division — McGlamery’s original National Guard unit
• 2nd Tank Battalion — sending regards; alerted for return home (9th Armored Division context)
• 35th Armored Regiment, 2nd Battalion — McGlamery’s early assignment at Pine Camp
• 4th Armored Division — parent division; band led parade; division context throughout
• 53rd Armored Infantry — defeated 1–0 by 8th Tank Bn. softball team, Aug. 23
• 66th Field Artillery — defeated 8th Tank Bn. softball team
• 8th Tank Battalion — subject unit; published newspaper at Vilsbiburg
• Baker Company, 8th Tank Battalion — McGlamery’s command; Normandy landing
• C Company (‘Clowns’), 8th Tank Battalion — softball and volleyball competitor
• D Company (‘Dog’), 8th Tank Battalion — softball and volleyball competitor
• Headquarters Company, 8th Tank Battalion — softball team; defeated D Company
• Service Company, 8th Tank Battalion — inspection improvements; softball wins
• Third Army — approval authority for Eight Ball News publication