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Fort Meade Post
Volume III, Number 40 / Friday, November 5, 1943
Fort George G. Meade, Maryland
12 pages scanned

Names
• Alexander, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Ali, Sgt. Arthur — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Arbe — mentioned in 5th AGF Regiment
• Armstrong, Lt. Col. Herbert L. — appointed farm supervisor, post farm expansion
• Bakos, John — mentioned in promotions
• Bailey, Capt. Walter L. — 93rd General Hospital blood drive
• Benevides, General Jose Vasquez — head of Peru’s Military School, visiting Fort Meade with Col. Stokely
• Bird, Aldine — Baltimore Post staff, arranged 1322nd Armistice dance
• Blanton, Corp. — 707th conduct medal
• Bonner, Capt. Andy L. — new chaplain from Camp Pickett, Va.; formerly tenant, First Baptist Church, Phoenix City, Ala.
• Bowers, Glenn — Blue Network singer, Valley Players show
• Bratton, Col. Daniel — reelected president, Fort Meade Officers’ Mess
• Brown, Lt. Col. William A. — chair, AGF aviation cadet examining board
• Boyce, Pvt. William — master of ceremonies, AGF Cadet Variety Show
• Bramlett — 707th conduct medal
• Brubaker — mentioned in conduct awards
• Canales, Alice — hostess, Service Club bingo party
• Chatom — mentioned
• Ciprarone — 707th conduct medal
• Claiborne, Cpl. — 707th conduct medal
• Collins — 707th conduct medal
• Connelly, Capt. — conduct award
• Cox, L. Raymond — magic show, Valley Players
• Curbo, Mrs. Olga Law — director under leadership of, Monday night radio discussion group
• Cummings, Jimmy — music for AGO Girls Attend Dance
• Darthur — 707th conduct medal
• Davis, Pvt. John Donnelly — Washington Sacred Heart Choir, Belgian Embassy event
• De Thier, Jacques — first secretary, Belgian Embassy, welcomed by Cordell Hull
• Dougherty, Maj. Graham — formerly commanding officer, 30th Division; now provost marshal, London area
• Douglass, Pfc. S.A. — author, Viventi Paints Large Scale Terrain Maps article
• Duderstadt, William S. — 5th AGF Regiment air cadet
• Elmore, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Evans, Lt. Col. R. Hathaway — 300th Infantry, departed Fort Meade
• Fass, Corp. Irwin — enlisted, Aviation Cadet Department
• Ferguson, Lt. Lester J. — returned as officer, Special Service Unit Training Admin. School, Fort Meade; formerly popular tenor, Philadelphia Opera Company
• Fitzgerald, Corp. — 707th conduct medal
• Fletcher, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Fowler, Robert C. — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Fran, French — author, Greetings Military Friends poem
• Fremont, Lt. Leo — 1st Battalion conduct award
• French, Col. — mentioned in fund discussion
• Friend, Maj. Lester D. — post special service officer, coordinates off-duty courses
• Froede, Mrs. A.O. — appointed chairman, Chapel Guild nominations
• Glover, Corp. Robert W. — 3rd Regiment Chapel organ recitals
• Goldner, Tech. 4th Grade Leo — hypnosis article subject
• Good, Lt. — mentioned
• Graul, Lt. Col. William H. — AGF officer, discovered scrap iron and steel in post fields
• Grimstead, Angus — American Red Cross field director; died in sleep at home in Washington
• Grover, Lt. — medical officer, 1322nd Service Unit detachment
• Guilbault, Pvt. Joseph — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Hackett, Sgt. — 707th conduct medal
• Hafner, Corp. Les — author, AGF Soldiers Toast Future Freedom for Belgian People; Quiz Kid Talent article; Sam Freeman article
• Hass, Sgt. — mentioned
• Hayward, Gordon A. — Company B, 2nd Battalion, air cadet
• Heiman, Lt. Victor — post food supervisor, Third Service Command
• Hillsburg, Arthur — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Hillsbury, Lt. Allen E. — wrote Quiz Kid show, 5th AGF Regiment
• Hocking, Sgt. — 707th conduct medal
• Holmes — 707th conduct medal
• Horn — 707th conduct medal
• Hughs — 707th conduct medal
• Hull, Cordell — Secretary of State, mentioned in Belgian Embassy article
• Iansen, Maj. Philip — billeting officer mentioned in Officers’ Mess article
• Ingraham, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Jarrett, Pvt. Henry — author, Practice Grenades article; Bad Writing Holds Up Mail article
• Johnson, Sgt. — 707th conduct medal
• Johnson, Corp. L. — conduct award
• Jordan, Corp. — 707th conduct medal
• Katz, Corp. John — 5th AGF Regiment air cadet
• Katz, Pvt. Franz — 28th Special Service Company show
• Katz, Paul — mentioned in special service
• Kimmel, Charles — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Klein, Corp. Charles — mentioned
• Knapp, Lt. William C., Jr. — transportation officer, 93rd General Regiment; returned from furlough
• Koddy, Chaplain Charles M. — 3rd Regiment Chapel
• Krueger, Joseph — Baltimore, heard Chaplain Shoop speak in tribute to post
• Lacy — mentioned in basketball defaulters article
• Landis, Lt. Levi C. — formerly assistant to property officer, distribution officer for depot
• Lane, Lt. B. Joseph — assistant postal officer
• Lane, Mrs. Maurine Mitchell — chairman of Army Wives weekly meeting
• LeMaine, Jack — comedian, Valley Players show; former from Montreal
• Levine, Corp. — mentioned
• Lewis, Pvt. Leo — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Lichtenstein, Mort — Yale Drama School, dance director; produced By the Numbers show
• Lincoln, Pvt. Harold — Valley Players show
• Lindqvist, — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Lodge, Rep. — mentioned in Congress conference
• Lospa, Frank F. — 6th AGF Regiment conduct medal
• Loughry, Chief H.K. — manager, Fort Meade public phones
• Lospa, Corp. Frank F. — 6th AGF Regiment air cadet
• Luzinski, Corp. — mentioned
• MacArthur, Corp. — mentioned in simulated attack
• Mallon, Mrs. Francis B. — wife of Brig. Gen. F.B. Mallon; Chapel Guild guest of honor
• Mallon, Brig. Gen. F.B. — commanding general, AGF Depot; officers honored at dinner
• Mansfield, Corp. Elbert — mentioned
• Marcus, Pvt. — sick bay anecdote subject
• Marshall, Lt. — mentioned in Belgian Embassy article
• Martin, Pvt. Bernard F. — Company B, 18th Battalion, 8th AGF Regiment; died in hospital
• Matthews, Archie A. — mentioned in basketball
• Maxwell, Lt. — mentioned in distribution article
• Mays, Pvt. Jesse — lead man, village capture team No. 1
• McCann, Lt. — mentioned in article
• McCaskil, Danny — dancer-caricaturist, By the Numbers show
• McFarland and Brown — tumbling and acrobatic team, Valley Players show
• McMenny, Lt. Col. — battle inoculation officer, AGF staff, village fighting training
• McMillan, Corp. — mentioned
• Mendoza, Corp. — conduct award
• Meyer, Pfc. — author, Notes on the Sick, Lame and Lazy
• Miller, Corp. — mentioned
• Mitchell, Miss Nancy — vocalist, 3rd Regiment band
• Moffa, George — mentioned in 19th Battalion
• Montgomery, Lt. Laite L. — depot insurance officer
• Morris, Lt. Col. Frank — mentioned
• Mullhern — 707th conduct medal
• Murray, Lt. Charles P. — commanded village capture team, led final assault on Gestapo HQ
• Nelson, Lt. Col. M.A. — mentioned
• Nugent, Pvt. Daniel — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• O’Neill, Christopher — mentioned
• Overbrook, Corp. George A. — mentioned
• Palmer, Lt. E.M. — post property officer, leaving post for Air Corps; Nashville, Tenn., Nov. 22
• Pass, Corp. Irwin — enlisted Aviation Cadet Dept.
• Passanesi, Lt. Thomas — mentioned
• Pastore, Corp. — mentioned in article
• Patz, Corp. — mentioned
• Paust, Lt. Leon J. — 2nd Regiment special service officer; received new watch
• Perfater, M.C. — post finance officer, chicken dinner
• Petty, Sgt. Jack — Staff Sgt., 21, Liberator (B-24) bombing raids Sicily and North Africa; Air Medal
• Phillips, Sgt. — 13th Battalion conduct award
• Plunder, Mrs. Olga Law — director of Monday night radio discussion group, 4th AGF Regiment
• Plunder, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Porter — 707th conduct medal
• Pugh, Capt. Mary — commanding officer, WAC detachment, 1322nd Service Unit
• Rach — mentioned
• Rankin, Lt. Col. James W. — came to Fort Meade February 1941 as major with 176th Infantry; promoted to lieutenant colonel
• Reardon, FoXo — cartoonist, Pfc Bozo comic strip
• Riegler, Corp. August — Headquarters Detachment, 4th AGF Regiment; conducted village fighting course
• Rogers, Pvt. Herman — 5th AGF Regiment variety show; muffed question, did fan dance
• Rollini, Adrian — musician, Monday night show at Service Club 1
• Roy, Norman — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Rudisill, B.R. — named secretary-treasurer, Fort Meade Officers’ Mess
• Ruth, Mrs. — Army Wives Club
• Saul, Maj. Millard F. — post quartermaster
• Sayers, Glenn — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Schiller, Abe — 22nd Special Service Company, assistant to Capt. L.A. Foster
• Shawn, Lt. Col. Franklin D. — son killed in action, South Pacific; Colonel Shawn’s Son Dies in Action
• Shawn, Maj. Franklin S. — killed in action, South Pacific; attended Western High School, Washington, D.C.
• Sherrill, Col. C.O. — mentioned in Stokely article
• Shoop, Chaplain Simon H. — Jewish services
• Simon, Lt. Elbert — mentioned
• Skinner, Cornelia Otis — actress, Theatre No. 3 performance, November 15; performing monologues
• Smith, Corp. — 5th AGF Regiment promotions
• Soule, Pvt. George — author, Film Shows How Loose Talk Ends in Torpedoed Convoy; AGF Practices War article
• Spellman, Corp. — 707th conduct award
• Stefanowski, Thomas A. — 357th Military Police Battalion, air cadet
• Steenberg, Lt. Leroy M. — medical supply officer, 93rd General Hospital; married Miss Maxine E. Forbord, St. Paul, Minn.
• Stokely, Col. Carlin C. — post commander; annual message; ASF inspection; mentioned throughout
• Sullivan, Lt. Hal — mentioned
• Taylor, Henry M. — post executive officer, 1322nd Service Unit
• Telander, Pfc. Russell — basketball; partner to Pvt. Henry Johnson
• Tesar, Corp. Gordon — community singing leader, Service Club
• Thompson, Pvt. W. — 1322nd training reference
• Thorington, Lt. M.G. — arrived Fort Meade; appointed assistant supply officer; formerly at American-South Africa Union; Signal Corps
• Trevithan, Lt. — special service officer; received new watch
• Viventi, Tech. Sgt. Richard F. — 3rd AGF Regiment S-3 office; creates large terrain maps like murals; born Smith’s Landing, Pa.; Wolters, Texas training
• Walsh, Corp. — mentioned in conduct
• Walton — basketball default
• Watson — 707th conduct medal
• Weddington — 707th conduct medal
• Weissman, Pvt. Dorothy — Poet’s Corner submission
• Welch, Corp. Frank L. — Company C, 13th Battalion; Air Corps accepted; 18 months in Army
• Wilkins, Sgt. J.B. — married Miss Sylvia Hackley, South Bend, Ind., October 18 in Rockville, Md.
• Wilson, Pvt. Henry — 13th Battalion, AGF Regiment
• Wilson, Maj. Henry M. — inspector of training, AGF, escorted Peruvian officers
• Wisler, Corp. — commanding officer, Spanish-speaking, Reception Center
• Woitner, Pvt. — 5th AGF Regiment variety show
• Yurdin, Clay — 28th Special Service Company show
• Zeman, Lt. Louis — quartermaster replacement training center at Camp Lee, Va.

Units
• 1st AGF Regiment — village fighting training; Lt. Fremont conduct award
• 1st Regiment Chapel — conduct awards
• 1322nd Service Unit — Armistice Dance; WAC Detachment; Pugh commanding; Wendell rank
• 2nd AGF Regiment — Lt. Knapp transportation officer; special service watches
• 3rd AGF Regiment — Viventi’s terrain maps; basketball defaulters
• 3rd Service Command — Heiman food supervisor; Col. Stokely post commander
• 4th AGF Regiment — village fighting course; Riegler; conduct medals
• 5th AGF Regiment — variety show; air cadet list; multiple mentions
• 5th Regiment — Rogers fan dance; multiple promotions
• 6th AGF Regiment — Hanukkah reference; Lospa conduct medal; Jewish services Chaplain Shoop
• 8th AGF Regiment — Martin death; Petty Air Medal
• 13th AGF Band — played Armistice dance
• 13th Battalion — conduct award
• 14th AGF Band — mentioned in event listing
• 18th Battalion — Martin, Company B
• 22nd Special Service Company — Schiller; mentioned
• 28th Special Service Company — 28 stages bond show at Indiantown Gap; Katz show
• 29th Division — Col. Wendell reference
• 30th Division — Dougherty former commander
• 34th Special Service Company — chicken dinner
• 93rd General Hospital — blood drive; medical promotions; Steenberg wedding
• 99th General Hospital — mentioned reference
• 103rd Ordnance Battalion — mentioned
• 104th Ordnance Company — mentioned
• 104th Service Unit — mentioned
• 176th Infantry — Rankin served as major
• 300th Infantry — Col. Evans departed
• 357th Military Police Battalion — Stefanowski air cadet
• 577th Engineer Battalion — basketball
• 600th Engineer Company — basketball
• 603rd Engineer Battalion — fire at motor pool
• 707th Military Police Battalion — 56 good conduct medals
• 713th Military Police Battalion — 354 good conduct awards
• AGF Depot — inspection; Mallon commanding general; various articles
• American Red Cross — Grimstead’s death; Belgian event; food program
• Chapel Guild — first fall meeting; Mallon guest of honor
• Headquarters Battalion — mentioned
• Headquarters Detachment — 4th AGF Regiment conduct
• National Press Club — reopens Saturday canteens
• Signal Corps — Thorington assigned; radio code training
• Special Service Unit Training Administration School — Ferguson returned
• WAC (Women’s Army Corps) — Pugh commanding; 1322nd; WAC physical therapy; WAC basketball