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Graphic
Vol. 1, No. 9 — Bamberg, Germany — Saturday, August 18, 1945
6 pages scanned

Names
• Ablin, J. E. (1st Lt — promoted to Staff Sergeant, I & E; named in Local Infantry Combat Awards)
• Adams, John (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Adams, L. H. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Akins, Guy Jr. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Albanase, J. (T/Sgt — promoted in ratings unfrozen)
• Albrecht, T. K. (T/4 — Silver Star, Posthumous)
• Anderson, Co (Pfc — Bronze Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Andreatta, L. L. (1st Lt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Antablin, Charlie (Pfc — losing pitcher, T/Sgt. Bill Parlienchuck’s two base hit drove in three King Company runs)
• Arbanas, Bill (Sgt — Silver Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Archer, R. P. (Pfc — Company M tailor shop; in charge of staff of three civilian tailors from Bamberg, Oneida N.Y.)
• Averett, Norman A. (Pfc — Headquarters Company, 1st Battalion; operated bar and grill at Jonesville Country Club, Wisconsin; Your Reporter Is feature)
• Baer, Ruth (reference — Babe Ruth in 1926, baseball quiz answer)
• Barden, Cannon Co. (Pfc — mentioned in Company Gossip)
• Belton, P. (Pfc — batting average listed; also Silver Star, Co. I)
• Benton, Woodrow (Pvt — mentioned as higher pointer transferred)
• Birchard, Sgt. (referenced in music program organization)
• Blevins, R. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Bonham, Forrest (Pfc — painted plaque for Company I billet; pictured in photo)
• Bosworth, Edwin (T/5 — Company E, Company Gossip)
• Boyd, T. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, Posthumous, Co. I)
• Boyer, Charles (actor — appearing in ‘Swing On A Star’ at 16th Infantry Theatre)
• Brindle, William (Pfc — Division School, Co. B)
• Burdick (Pfc — stepped in for Manager Griffith for K Co basketball team; commendable fashion)
• Bussey, H. E. (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Byrne (referenced — 2d Platoon offense volleyball game)
• Calhoun (referenced — 2d Platoon offense volleyball game)
• Caniff, Milton (cartoonist — Male Call comic strip, creator of Terry and the Pirates, distributed by Camp Newspaper Service)
• Carey, Grant (actor — to play role originally assigned to Bogart in Dark Page film)
• Carroll, J. M. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Carter, J. P. (Cpl — letter received from Shrivenham, England under Army Educational Program)
• Carter, James L. (Pfc — painted plaque for Company I billet; pictured in photo)
• Carwithen, Walter M. Jr. (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Casco, Frank (T/Sgt — Silver Star, Co. I)
• Casella, Anthony (Sgt — Silver Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Chekas, Pfc (Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Chilek, M. C. (S/Sgt — Silver Star, Service Co)
• Coffey, John (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Collins, S. S. (1st Lt — batting average listed)
• Connelly, K. (Cpl — Bronze Star, Anti-Tank Co.)
• Constantn, who (S/Sgt — returning from England; spoke highly of Shrivenham)
• Cornish, Bob (reporting — 2nd Bn Company Gossip column)
• Coy, L. V. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Creaney, John (Pfc — Division School, Cannon Co.)
• Crowley, T. (Pfc — batting average listed)
• Cullen, R. H. (Cpt — Silver Star, Anti-Tank Co.)
• Davis, Lippy Durocher (referenced humorously in sports column for being ejected from a game)
• De Gaulle, Charles (General — commuted death sentence of Marshal Petain; Paris Aug. 17 dispatch)
• Debrava, A. (1st Bn — batting average listed)
• Demogenes, J. A. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• DePoto, Al (Sgt — sports columnist, The Inside Corner)
• Dougherty, C. (Pfc — batting average listed)
• Drake, Sgt. (mentioned in music program company gossip)
• Dunap, Lt. Richard (Fox Company’s Lt. — won ETO tennis championships play-offs at Wimbledon; member of 3rd Army team)
• Dunne, Irene (actress — appearing in ‘Together Again’ at 16th Infantry Theatre)
• Durham, Walter (Pfc — Division School, Co. B)
• Edwards, 3b (Pfc — batting average listed)
• Eicholtz, Sgt. (Hq Co 1st Bn — division baseball results)
• Elliot, Wendell (referenced — among men going to Japan and etc., Company Gossip)
• Ellison, Lieut. (expected to have Battalion Level Schools open next week)
• Engstrom, Milton B. (Pfc — Division School, Co. A)
• Erawi, D. (1st Lt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Esther (wife of Pfc Norman Averett — hails from Salem, N.J.; living in Baltimore, Maryland)
• Eufraio, S/Sgt. (recently returned from Paris; Company Gossip reported he had good time on pass)
• Fazzino, Victor (Sgt — Silver Star, Co. K)
• Fetter, Harold (S/Sgt — Division School, Co. C, 5/Sgt.)
• Flynn, T/3 G. A. (Silver Star, Hq Co, Med Det)
• Forman, Lewis (T/Sgt — promoted in Local Infantry Combat Awards)
• Fraccia, S. (Sgt — Special Service artist; art contest judge)
• Freeman, Pfc (promoted — ratings unfrozen, Medical Det.)
• Frieder, Frank J. (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Fuller, Samuel Michael (author — The Dark Page, novel reviewed; formerly reporter for New York Comet; later corporal with 16th Infantry)
• Galli, Co. M. (Pvt — Bronze Star, Co. M)
• Galton, Lawrence N. (Sgt — Tiger Tale about 23rd Fighter Group’s 300 vs 16 planes story)
• Garry, James (Pfc — 2nd Bn Company Gossip)
• George, John (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Gibbs, R. (Pfc — Division School, Co. L)
• Glagola, Pfc (Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, Hq Co, 1st Bn)
• Glaser, George (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Glosser, William (T/5 — Company E, Company Gossip)
• Golden, J. G. (Pfc — Silver Star, Cannon Co.)
• Gonzales, James (Pfc — 2nd Bn Company Gossip)
• Gorham, Lt. Robert (congratulating Carter on plaque work; Company I photo caption)
• Graham, Sgt. (mentioned with Drake in music program Company Gossip)
• Graham, Shorty (Tec 5 — mentioned for melodious tenor voice in music program)
• Griffith (Manager — recuperating from second degree burns; Burdick stepped in for K Co basketball)
• Grimes, T/S G. A. (Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Haer, Philip (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Hale, Avery (three-year-old daughter of couple in New York — quoted on going to New York, from ‘News from Home’ column)
• Haner, Phillip (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Hanssen, Theodore A. (Pfc — art contest judge, Third Grade)
• Hardline, Stewart (referenced — 2d Platoon offense volleyball game)
• Harriet, Mary (Cpl — Service Co.)
• Harris, Harry N. (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Haug, C. (Pfc — batting average listed; also Bronze Star, Anti-Tank Co.)
• Hellman, Emma J. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Henritze, T/Sgt. R. A. (Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Henry, Mrs. Christine B. (mother of Pvt. Robert T. Henry; from Greenville, Mississippi; CMH to be presented to her)
• Henry, Robert T. (Pvt — Congressional Medal of Honor awarded posthumously; Company B; fell mortally wounded at Luchem, Germany last winter; from Greenville, Mississippi)
• Hirohito (Emperor of Japan — issued cease-fire order after MacArthur’s criticism of delay)
• Hitler (referenced — editorial on War Criminals and VD)
• Hodgkins, S. G. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Hollender, Sidney (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Holmes (referenced in Company Gossip as one of three men still waiting to go home)
• Holten, M. H. (Capt — Silver Star, Service Co.)
• Horton, W. H. (T/3 — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Houek, M. E. (Pfc — Bronze Star, all of Hq Co, 2nd Bn)
• Houston, George (playing double solitaire with wife when intruder entered home — ‘News from Home’ Greenwich, Conn.)
• Hubiak, Michael (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Hurlalas, Sgt. J. S. (Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Interlandi, Frank (Pfc — Cartoonist, Graphic staff; art contest judge)
• Interlandi, Frank (Pfc — listed as Cartoonist on Editorial Staff box)
• Jamison, Clem (Lieutenant Colonel — head coach; postponed football tryouts due to rain)
• Jarrell, J. E. (1st/Sgt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Jenkins, Edward (2–6, 6–3 — defeated in ETO tennis championship play-offs at Wimbledon by Lt. Dunlap)
• Johnson, Sgt. W. E. (Silver Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Johnston, 3b (batting average listed)
• Johnston, Bob (referenced — quick base advance in 16th vs 1st Engineers game)
• Kieger (Pitcher — 16th Infantry; near-perfect game vs 18th Infantry; allowed one hit; also listed in batting averages)
• Kincaid (referenced — 2d Platoon offense volleyball game)
• Kisler, Robert (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Kistler, Robert F. (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Knox, Brody (Pfc — Co. M; hitting Company L team in softball; scored winning run after error)
• Krasness, Julius (Pfc — Medical Det; Division School)
• Kyle, R. E. (Sgt — Silver Star, Service Co)
• Kzuskowski, Richard A. (1st Lt — art contest judge, Regimental Athletic Officer)
• L. Co. (Pfc — bronze star division citation)
• Ladd, Ann (actress — appearing in ‘Now Tomorrow’ at 16th Infantry Theatre)
• Landis, Carole (actress — Twentieth Century Fox; pin-up photo for Graphic; nominated Miss Landis pin-up queen of the 16th)
• Lanzeri, Jim (referenced — baseball quiz; Tony Lazzeri holds A.L. record with 11 RBI; struck out Tony Lazzeri with bases loaded in 1926 World Series)
• Lazzeri, Tony (referenced — baseball quiz; holds A.L. record for RBI in one season; struck out by Haines in 1926 World Series)
• Lefty Belton (referenced — hitting accounting for most runs against 1st Engineers)
• Leonardi, Paul (1st Lt — Bronze Star, Med Det)
• Leroux, Larry (Technician Fourth Grade — Headquarters Company, 2d Battalion; collected wager on war end prediction; predicting dates for discharge)
• Littleford (referenced — opened inning by walking; quick base advance)
• Littleford, Pfc (batting average listed; also listed in division baseball results)
• Long, Brown (Pvt — mentioned as higher pointer transferred; sent to 99th)
• Long, Felton (Pvt — mentioned as higher pointer transferred)
• Lorando, S. C. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. B)
• Lorca, F. W. (Sgt — Bronze Star, Co. A)
• Loveday, Arthur (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Lumsden, member of new men added to regiment (Company Gossip)
• Lupo, Wesley H. (Pfc — Division School, Co. A)
• Lycan, R. (T/Sgt — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Lycas, John (Capt — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Lytle, W. H. (T/3 — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• MacArthur, Douglas A. (General — named by President Truman to head occupation forces; issued cease-fire order; ordered plenipotentiaries to receive surrender instructions; lashed out at Emperor Hirohito for unnecessary delay)
• Martinelli, Co. I (Pfc — Bronze Star)
• Martinez, Co. E (Pfc — Bronze Star)
• Mathews, Carole (actress — Columbia; lounges in play suit; autographs pin-up for Graphic; called ‘one of Columbia’s newest stars’)
• McCallum, William (Sgt. — mentioned with Drake and Graham in music program Company Gossip)
• McCormack, T. R. (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, Hq Co, 2nd Bn.)
• McDermott, T. J. (Pfc — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• McGill, Samuel T. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, Posthumous, Co. I)
• McHone, Wayne E. (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• McKelvey (Pfc — spent three days admiring the sights and the Mademoiselles in Gay Paree)
• McMenamin, J. (Pfc — Division School, Co. B)
• Mellon, William C. (Pvt — Sports Editor, The Graphic)
• Mercer, J. S. (Sgt — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Michaud, S/Sgt. J. S. (Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Mikliasz, A. G. (Sgt — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, 16th Inf.)
• Miles, William R. (Master Sergeant — completing 18th year with 16th Infantry Regiment; oldest member of regiment; machine gunner with Company D; Silver and Distinguished Service Cross; Purple Heart and Cluster; Bronze Star; enlisted in Regular Army in 1927)
• Mills, S/Sgt. (Hq Co — won furlough to Rome; on 13th for seven days in Sunny Italy)
• Minnich, E. (T/5 — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Moll, Jr. (1st Lt — Silver Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn.)
• Monaco, John (S/Sgt — Silver Star, all of Med Det)
• Morace (Pfc — Brown; Division School Co. B)
• Morton, W. H. (T/3 — Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Mylas, Morris (Pfc — Buffalo, N.Y.; reported as art contest judge)
• Nester, T/5 F. E. (Silver Star, all of Co. I)
• Novak, 2b (batting average listed)
• O’Regan, L. (Pfc — Silver Star, Co. I)
• Oldfield, S. (S/Sgt. Barney — pictured in Item Company photo; painted plaque)
• Packman, Willard (Pfc — Division School, K Co.; also a graduate of instructor’s school at battalion in preparation for teaching a course)
• Parker, J. D. (taking over the Basic class while Lt. Ellison is in hospital)
• Parlienchuck, Bill (T/Sgt — losing pitcher drive in three King Company runs in third inning)
• Paul, Howard E. (Sgt — Division School, Co. A)
• Pearson, Daniel (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Pekari, Julius J. (Pfc — Medical Det; Division School)
• Pelari, Julius (Pfc — Medical Det; Division School)
• Penny, Co. M (Cpl — Silver Star, Co. M.)
• Perkinson, Charles M. (Sgt — Division School, Co. L)
• Petain, Henri Philippe (Marshal — death sentence commuted by General de Gaulle; convicted traitor; permitted to join 89-year-old husband at internment)
• Peterlreund, Herbert (Lt — Supervising Editor, The Graphic)
• Polley, Charles W. (T/4 — Division School, Cannon Co.)
• Porsia, P. F. (Sgt — Bronze Star, Co. L)
• Price, J. (Pfc — Silver Star, Co. I)
• Priest, Gilbert L. (Pfc — Weekly Book Review columnist)
• Pryor, all of Co. E (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star)
• Pullen (Pfc — spent three days admiring the sights and the Mademoiselles in Gay Paree)
• Quaranto, Sgt. (referenced in music program company gossip)
• Ray, A. (Pfc — Oak Leaf Cluster to Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Reichmann, Andrew (Pfc — Cpl. K. — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Rhodes, Herbert (District Judge — Omaha; referenced in ‘News from Home’ via prior issue)
• Riechers, Richard G. (Pfc — Division School, Hq Co, 2nd Bn)
• Robey, C. C. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Co. I)
• Robinson, Edward G. (actor — to direct ‘Dark Page’ film with Humphrey Bogart)
• Rokowski, Leo (Pfc — Silver Star, Co. M)
• Ross, Charles G. (President Truman’s Press Secretary — referenced from prior issue context)
• Rowley, A. (1st Lt — Silver Star, Hq Co, all of Co.)
• Rudomski, Pfc (Silver Star, Co. M)
• Runge, Delmar E. (S/Sgt — Division School, Co. L)
• Ryan, Pfc — E. F. (Silver Star, Cannon Co.)
• Rychwalski, Joseph A. (T/Sgt — Silver Star, Hq Co, all of Co.)
• Sage, N. (Pfc — Division School, 3rd Bn)
• Salvi, Arno (Pfc — Division School, K Co.)
• Sampter, Kenneth (Lt — Executive Officer, Company I; designed plaque; pictured in photo)
• Sansone (cartoonist — The Wolf comic strip, distributed by Camp Newspaper Service)
• Sebald, 1b (batting average listed)
• Seibold, 1b (batting average listed)
• Seltzer, Bob (Pfc — K Co; Company Gossip)
• Semler, M. (S/Sgt — Division School, Co. A?)
• Shacofsky, J. L. (member of new men added to regiment; Company Gossip)
• Silvius, Co. H (T/C R. C. — Silver Star, Co. H)
• Siniotsky, Michael (S/Sgt — Division School, Co. L)
• Sloan, Al (Sgt — Sports Editor, The Graphic)
• Smeck, Russ (musician — operated bar at Jonesville Country Club; Pfc Averett’s reference)
• Smith, Frank H. (Pfc — Manager, The Graphic)
• Steinfeld, Howard E. (Pfc — Division School, K Co.)
• Stewart, 1st Lt. E. W. (Silver Star, Co. K)
• Stewart, J. Sgt. (Silver Star)
• Strach (referenced — hit Belton for three safe blows in 16th vs 1st Engineers game)
• Szilichta, coach (coaching in division baseball; listed in photo caption)
• Tague, Wesley (Pfc — Division School, Co. C)
• Tapio, Co. L (Pfc — batting average listed)
• Taylor, George A. (Colonel — initially commanded regiment; Executive Officer Colonel Henry Cheadle succeeded him; now Brigadier General and Assistant Commander of 1st Division)
• Taylor, J. (Pfc — Bronze Star, Hq Co, 3rd Bn)
• Tegimeyer, Major C. A. (Regimental Surgeon and Post Exchange Officer — announced return bottles to PX office near 16th Headquarters)
• Thompson, E. A. (1st Sgt — Silver Star, Posthumous, Co. I)
• Timberlake, Co. I (T/5 — Silver Star)
• Trefackyo, Walt (Pfc — Division School, K Co.)
• Truman (President — named MacArthur to head occupation forces; referenced from prior issue)
• Uschak, 1f (batting average listed)
• Vitito, J. Orlino (Pfc — Bronze Star, Medical Det)
• Wambasgans, Bill (referenced — baseball quiz; Cleveland player unassisted triple play in 1920 World Series)
• Wanger, Walter (producer — brought Bogart to direct ‘Dark Page’)
• Weisberg, Annette (frenchwoman — instructor for German class in regiment; offered position as interpreter for MG in Nurnberg)
• Weissberg, J. (Pfc — Division School, Co. A)
• Whalen, James J. (author — Joe Developes Continental Air With Chocolate humor column)
• Wimmer, ss (batting average listed; also listed in division baseball photo caption)
• Winger, Russel (Pfc — pictured in Item Company photo; painted plaque)
• Wojeck (pitcher — 18th Infantry baseball team; near-perfect game against 16th; struck out by Kieger)
• Woodrow, Flynn (Pfc — Silver Star, Hq Co, Med Det)
• Wright, initial sacker (referenced — connected for a circuit wallop in the fifth inning)
• Young, P. (Pfc — batting average listed)
• Zellerline, Connie (frenchwoman — Annette Weisberg’s friend who had looked in suitcase of chocolate)
• Zerberline, member of new men (Company Gossip)
• Zukas, Walter (Pfc — Special Service Office; rifleman and ex-Topkick; wounded twice; Purple Heart and Cluster; Distinguished Service Cross; Bronze Star for heroic achievement; song Phantom Paradise written; songwriter; pianist by profession from New Jersey and New York)

Units
• 16th Infantry Regiment — publishing unit; leading Division Loop in baseball; various awards and promotions
• 17th Infantry — referenced in 16th Infantry Division Loop baseball results
• 18th Infantry — Wojeck pitched near-perfect game against 16th; Baseball Division results
• 1st Battalion, 16th Infantry — K Co basketball; Hq Co; various awards
• 1st Cavalry Division — Colonel George Taylor now Brigadier General and Assistant Commander
• 1st Engineers — beaten by 16th Infantry 10–2 in weekend baseball skirmish
• 1st Infantry Division — publishing regiment; Colonel George Taylor was executive officer
• 23rd Fighter Group — ‘Tiger Tale’ about painting noses of ships orange; 300 vs 16 planes story
• 26th Infantry — referenced in Division Baseball Results
• 2d Battalion, 16th Infantry — Leroux’s company; 3rd Battalion softball; various unit gossip
• 3rd Army — Lt. Dunlap’s team in ETO tennis; competed at Corps and Army tournament level
• 83d Division — Staff Sergeant Les Volkmer wrote lyrics to Pfc Zukas’s song Phantom Paradise
• R.A.F. (Royal Air Force) — referenced in Japology caption (‘Wings, RCAF’); maintained carrier pigeon program