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Fort Meade Post
Volume III / Number 37 / Fort George G. Meade, Maryland / Friday, October 15, 1943
12 pages scanned

Names
• Amrine, Mike (Pvt.; campus humor columnist)
• Badoglio (Marshal; Italian government surrender announcement referenced)
• Bechtold, Charles A. (Fort Meade postmaster; planning early Christmas mail operations)
• Bently, Belford T. (Lt., of Company A, 47th Quartermaster Regiment; delivered invocation at Service Club dedication)
• Billett, Harold F. (Headquarters Detachment, 6th Regiment; listed among 25 AGF men qualifying for aviation cadet training)
• Blondell, Joan (actress; visited Fort Meade enlisted men’s mess hall for Rally Day)
• Borowy, Hank (mentioned in Western Front battle analogy)
• Bowen, Ms. (nationally known soprano soloist; performed at Rally Day services)
• Boyd, Ida W. (AGF senior hostess; at Fort Meade for 8 weeks)
• Bratton, Daniel (Col.; chairman of Officers’ Club board of directors)
• Buntrock, Walter F. (special service officer, 6th AGF Regiment; works with Vail)
• Burke, James T. (Pvt., Company A, 20th Infantry; George Washington’s sarcophagus visited on tour)
• Campbell, Thomas (mentioned in fireman call article)
• Carmine, Joseph (Mrs.; Ladies’ Guild representative)
• Carr, Mary (actress; mentioned in Shelton show history)
• Caven, Lt. Col. Donald W. (post engineer; member of Radio Station board)
• Chandler, Spurgeon (Gen.; mentioned in Western Front analogy)
• Clark, Richard (actor; mentioned in Shelton show history)
• Cleary, John (Sgt. Maj.; boxing show referee)
• Conover (Captain; assistant field director of Red Cross)
• Cummings, James (managing editor, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Custoo, Pvt. Clarence (Signal Corps photographer, credited with photos)
• Devan, Arthur S. (Rev.; General Commission on Army and Navy Chaplains director; Rally Day speaker)
• Di Censo, Olindo (Chief Warrant Officer; 14th AFG Band program director)
• Elliott, Simon B. (ship Liberty, launching visited by WAC and 101st soldiers)
• Fishbaugh, Ann (Lt.; member of 322nd Service Unit nursing staff; featured farewell article)
• Fitzgerald, James (Lt.; post scoutmaster, Treasure Island Boy Scout Council, Philadelphia)
• Fleissig, Ben (Lt.; post athletic officer, basketball league plans)
• Fonda, Henry (actor; mentioned in Shelton show history)
• Foster, Arthur B. (Mrs.; Ladies’ Guild representative at Post Chapel farm)
• Fouche, Lawrence E. (General; member of Radio Station board)
• Fouche, Lawrence E. (Lt. Col.; post signal officer and general supervisor of radio course)
• Fremont, Leo M. (Sgt., 2nd AGF Regiment special service office; Miss 7th Battalion event)
• Friend, Lester D. (Major, post special service officer; attending Service Club No. 4 dedication)
• Gareau, Montcalm (Quartermaster; oversees Italian POW laundry work)
• Glenobie, A. K. (T/4; author of 4th Regiment visitor hall article)
• Glenobie, A. K. (T/4; author)
• Gluesing, William A. (stage magician demonstrating electrical principles at Fort Meade)
• Grat, Marian (Pvt.; Schooldays photo caption)
• Hafner, Les (Corp.; byline author of articles in this issue)
• Hamilton, Nancy (collaborator with Shelton on Broadway, 1935)
• Harrison, William (Pvt., Company D, 25th Battalion, 7th AGF Regiment; tank driver photo)
• Haulman, James (Pfc.; Boy Scout program participant)
• Heermann, Robert (baritone; performer with 14th AGF Band at Theatre No. 3)
• Heyman, Edgar B. (Col., former commandant replaced by Major Moulton)
• Hobby, Oveta Culp (Col.; Director of Women’s Army Corps; message to WAC members)
• Hotchkiss, reference to — direction history of Shelton shows
• Howard, James F. (Chaplain; master of ceremonies at Service Club No. 4 reopening)
• Inauen, Joseph (Major; named C.O. of 1322nd Service Unit)
• Jacobs, Guy A. (Sergeant; 30-year Army veteran profiled in feature article)
• Jarrett, Henry (Pvt.; byline author of articles in this issue)
• Johnson, Frank A. (Pfc.; rector/editor, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Johnson, Fred S. A. (director of colored activities for the Baltimore U.S.O.)
• Johnson, Julian (Capt.; accompanied Joan Blondell at Reception Center)
• Jones, Donald E. (Technician 5th Grade, Troop D; listed among 25 AGF aviation cadet candidates)
• Joyce, Donald R. (George A. Sapp mentioned alongside; post work)
• Kennedy, Charles E. (Chaplain; led Young People’s Group at Fort Meade)
• Kirk, Norman T. (Major General, Army Surgeon General; mentioned in Gray Ladies article)
• Kyser, Kay (bandsman; mentioned as example of Vail’s drawing subjects)
• Lane, Herbert B. (Lieutenant; assistant postal officer in Air Forces, stationed at Hampton Roads)
• Lanier, Max (Lt. Gen.; mentioned in Western Front baseball article)
• Lashley, H. E. (Lt.; supervises Italian POW laundry work)
• Lee, Pfc. Jackson (member of Radio Station board)
• Lehmann, Kurt (Lt.; German class teacher, Schooldays photo caption)
• Leonard, Roy (Cpl. 1st Squadron Headquarters, 101st Cavalry; crowned king of horseshoe pitchers)
• Lessin, Philip (Lt.; staff adviser, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Lewis, Herbert (Lt.; AGF new Boy Scout leader, Army Ground Force ranger officer)
• Light, John H. (Instructor, post special service branch radio course)
• Long, Lyle (Sgt.; attended Nerheim wedding)
• Lutz, Francis E. (Capt.; mentioned in Jacobs profile, brothers in RAF)
• Lutz, Paul (mentioned in Jacobs profile, brothers in RAF)
• Mallon, F. B. (Brig. Gen.; dance honor mentioned, wife present at post)
• Marchok, John (Pvt., Company D, 25th Battalion, 7th AGF Regiment; tank driver photo)
• McCarthy, Marius (Brig. Gen.; Yankee corps commander in Western Front baseball analogy)
• McCoy, Maj. Gen. (commanding general of 76th Infantry Division)
• McGrath, June (Lt.; WAC officer featured; 1322nd Service Unit WAC Detachment)
• McIndoe, James E. (Major; post life insurance and war bond officer)
• McKinley, Jay E. (First Sgt.; reporter, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• McLean, Margaret (Mrs.; Ladies’ Guild representative)
• Meredith, Burgess (actor; mentioned as former chorus boy for Shelton productions)
• Morton, Cooper (Gen.; mentioned in Western Front score)
• Moulton, F. A. (Major, newly appointed commandant of the Internal Security Training Center, Fort Meade)
• Mriglio, Charles S. (Mrs.; Ladies’ Guild representative)
• Murphy (mentioned in Western Front battle analogy)
• Nerheim, Lt. (post intelligence officer; married Miss Pollock)
• Newson, H. Dorsey (assistant field director of Red Cross at Fort Meade; article subject)
• Petry, William A. (Major; promoted to major of 100th General Hospital)
• Pitcher, Anton M. (listed among 25 AGF aviation cadet candidates)
• Pollock, Phyllis Jane (Miss; married Lt. Nerheim at Post Chapel)
• Raphan, Elmer (Sgt.; reporter, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Reckert, John (Sgt.; attended Nerheim wedding)
• Reinhard, Gen. F. (mentioned in 76th Division article)
• Reisler, Pvt. Bruno (credited with photo, Let ‘Er Go Boy)
• Reynolds, Fred C. (post chaplain; performed Nerheim wedding ceremony)
• Ritter, Karl (Sgt.; Schooldays photo caption)
• Robinson, Earl J. (Mrs.; attended Nerheim wedding)
• Robinson, Roger B. (Fire Chief; coordinating fire department response)
• Rockey, Martin J. (Pvt.; reporter, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Rollings, Joseph (Pvt.; reporter, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Roome, William J. (Sgt.; Company D, 19th Battalion, 5th Regiment, AGF Military Police)
• Russo, Marius (mentioned in Western Front battle analogy)
• Salerno, Al (Sgt.; byline author, war correspondent and boxing articles)
• Sapp, George A. (post forester; mentioned in farm season article)
• Schlaphohl, Leslie A. (Sgt., instructor, post special service branch radio course)
• Schoenectady, F. O. (Pvt.; mentioned in language instructor article)
• Scott, Edward M. (Pvt., of New York; killed by single bullet at firing range)
• Seiberling, Herman (Sgt.; reporter, 93rd General Hospital paper)
• Shelton, James (revue-author; writing Broadway-style show for AGF Theatre No. 4)
• Shien, Alexander (Pfc., Troop C, 101st Cavalry; table tennis champion)
• Silver, Richard (Tech. Sgt.; language instructor, extensive European background)
• Sindorf, Walter L. (Pvt., of Akron, Ohio; killed by same bullet at firing range)
• Sissala, Richard (Corp.; Schooldays photo caption)
• Soule, George (Pvt.; byline author of multiple articles in this issue)
• Staples, William J. (Lt., 1368th Service Unit; promoted to captain)
• Stewart, James (actor; mentioned in Shelton show history)
• Stokely, Carlin C. (Col.; post commanding officer, mentioned in multiple articles)
• Strong, Henry Alvah (purchased property from Good-Will Industries; colored U.S.O. club)
• Taylor, Col. (told soldiers how well Service Club No. 4 looked)
• Taylor, Lt. Col. Henry M. (post executive officer; attending Service Club No. 4 dedication)
• Tecumseh, Andy (Technician 4th Grade; defeated Leonard for horseshoe title)
• Tesar, Joyce (song leader at Leonard Wood Street Club)
• Theed, C. L. (Lt., executive officer and senior instructor of the training center)
• Thompson, Donald W. (Major Samuel, post signal officer; member of Radio Station board)
• Vail, Corp. (cartoonist at post; profiled in ‘Just Name Your Subject’ article)
• Valentine, Lew (Corp., member of 38th Special Service Company; radio fame entertainer)
• Walters, James (Civil Service representative; job information contact)
• Wampler, Charles (Pvt., Company D, 25th Battalion, 7th AGF Regiment; tank driver photo)
• Warfa, Carl (Mr. and Mrs.; attended Nerheim wedding)
• Washington, George (historical figure; home visited by Ground Force group)
• Weissman, Dorothy (author of ‘Poet’s Corner’ poem)
• Williams, Irving (Warrant Officer; Schooldays photo caption)
• Wisler, Roy A. (Col.; accompanied Joan Blondell at Reception Center)
• Woodfolk, Evangeline (at the post for about a week as hostess)
• Zwaan, Henry C. (Corp.; language instructor, born in Chicago 1914, Dutch background)

Units
• 100th General Hospital — Major Petry promoted to major, training officer
• 101st Cavalry Regiment — horse show and war plant tour; horseshoe and table tennis championships
• 101st Field Artillery — Lt. Wisler’s unit (christened tank at ceremony, page 3)
• 1322nd Service Unit — home unit of Lt. McGrath (WAC Detachment) and Major Inauen (C.O.)
• 1350th Service Unit — unit to which 25 AGF aviation cadet candidates were attached
• 1368th Service Unit — home unit of Lt. Staples, promoted to captain
• 13th AGF Band — provided music for 5th Regiment dance
• 14th AGF Band — performing at Theatre No. 3; 38-piece band
• 17th Tank Battalion — Sgt. Jacobs served with after re-enlisting in 1923
• 27th Battalion, Company C — home unit of the two soldiers killed at firing range
• 29th Division — mentioned in context of construction boom at Fort Meade
• 38th Special Service Company — home unit of Corp. Valentine (radio entertainer)
• 3rd AGF Regiment — began dance series at Service Club No. 1
• 47th Quartermaster Regiment, Company A — home unit of Lt. Bently who gave invocation
• 4th Regiment — visitor hall project article; also 4th Battalion, 1st Regiment mentioned
• 54th Field Artillery Brigade — home unit of Headquarters Battery where Jacobs served
• 5th AGF Regiment — held first dance; also Ground Force Group bike tour to Mount Vernon
• 6th AGF Regiment — boxing show featured; home regiment of Walter Buntrock
• 702nd Military Police Battalion, Company A — arriving soldiers mentioned in training article
• 707th Sanitary Company — signed up 100% for bond purchase program
• 724th Medical Sanitary Company — offering rabbits for sale (classified ad)
• 76th Infantry Division — settled at Camp McCoy, Wisconsin; former Fort Meade unit
• 7th AGF Regiment — unit of anti-tank field piece photo soldier (page 1); also Company D, 25th Battalion
• 93rd General Hospital — published first issue of unit newspaper
• AGF Depot — home unit of several soldiers mentioned in aviation cadet list
• American League (baseball) — referenced in war correspondent baseball analogy for Western Front
• Army Force Replacement Depot — 91.9% bond enrollment noted
• Army Ground Forces (AGF) — primary command at Fort Meade; multiple subunits and activities throughout issue
• Chemical Warfare Service, Signal and Engineer Division of 1322nd Service Unit — bond program 100% participation
• Fallschirmjäger (German paratroopers) — referenced indirectly in RAF flyers book; combat operations in Europe
• General Service Command — bond enrollment mentioned
• Gray Ladies of Red Cross — volunteer group at Station Hospital, Fort Meade; new orientation graduates
• RAF (Royal Air Force) — brothers Lutz from Delaware serving; mentioned in book review on RAF flyers
• Signal Corps — photographer credits throughout issue (Pvt. Clarence Custoo)
• Third Service Command — headquartered in Baltimore; Major Moulton previously served there
• Virginia National Guard (107th Field Artillery Brigade) — Sgt. Jacobs served before WWII
• WAC (Women’s Army Corps) — multiple articles; Col. Hobby’s message; WAC Detachment 1322nd