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Hell on Wheels
Vol. 1, No. 6 — Second Armored Division — Wednesday, June 13, 1945
4 pages scanned

Names
• Aucker, Robert (T/Sgt — promoted in 14th FA enlisted ranks)
• Baker, William D. (S/Sgt — promoted in 14th FA enlisted ranks)
• Bargeman (referenced — batting .625 in 67th AR Softball League, top spot; Co. ‘G’)
• Barton, Walter (T/5 — S/Sgt Walter Baecker and T/5 Walter Barton assisted in evacuating two seriously wounded men under extremely heavy fire from burning tanks; DSC awarded; action 4 January 1945)
• Boatwright (referenced — 92nd FA batting .500 in 67th AR Softball League)
• Boles (referenced — replaced injured Pelletiers in Artillery Softball semi-finals)
• Brady, S. (T/5 — 14th FA promoted)
• Brogan, Patrick (Capt — Managing Editor, Hell on Wheels)
• Buell, Earl D. (T/Sgt — listed as OIC correspondents, 66th AR)
• Burgeman (Sgt — Co. ‘G’; batting leaders in 67th AR Softball League)
• Caldwell, John S. (Lt — 66th AR correspondent unit listing)
• Caniff, Milton (cartoonist — Male Call comic strip, creator of Terry and the Pirates)
• Carlson, Carlton (PFC — medic with Service Co of the 66th AR and Hell on Wheels cartoonist; back from seven-day furlough to UK; won paper’s cartoon contest; will continue to draw winners)
• Carter, James (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team; Records In 67th Broken)
• Cavaliere, Mike (T/5 — 41st Inf and Queens; selected as best bet by Division SSO for Second Armored All-Star; fullback at baseball; played in East-West All-Star game at San Francisco 1939; interviewed about future with horses; More On Horses column by Jay Cook)
• Chamberlain, Ewel D. (referenced — Blakely of the 702nd TD Bn and T/Sgt Ewel D. Chamberlain; DSC awarded for tank action)
• Charles (Prince of Belgium, Regent — signed the historic Fourragere decree in Brussels)
• Collins, Alvin (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Cook, Jay (professional name — contributor to Hell on Wheels; racing handicapper for mid-western newspapers; More On Horses column)
• Crean, Arthur B. (M/Sgt — Army Serial Number One; referenced from prior issue context)
• Dames, PFC (41st Inf unit correspondent listing)
• Darst, Dusty (referenced — Supply Bn pitcher; defeated Co. ‘H’ 41st Inf 7-3)
• Davis, H. (Anthony — 14th FA promoted)
• Donath (referenced — 880 yd run, 3:02; Div Arty track meet)
• Drippe, Franklin M. (Lt — Division Hq; organizing all-Division musical comedy under supervision of Division Special Service Officer)
• Dunlap (Lt — 14th FA; 100 yd dash, 625 in 100 yd dash; track meet)
• Dunlap (referenced — batting .592; 67th AR Softball League; Co. ‘G’)
• Farrell, Lt. (T/5 — 48th Med; unit correspondent listing)
• Florus, Lt. (T/5 — unit correspondent listing)
• Fruge, O’Grady (S/Sgt — Drill Hq; Muscular Time; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest Close Order Drill participant)
• Garcia, PFC Eugene (66th AR unit correspondent listing)
• Gardner, W. (Anthony — 14th FA promoted)
• Gibton, Carlton (PFC — medic with Service Co of the 66th AR; also listed as Carlson Gibson in masthead area)
• Gilbert (referenced — 440 yd dash, 100 yd; Div Arty track meet)
• Haller, Robert R. (S/Sgt — promoted in 14th FA enlisted ranks)
• Hayer (Sgt — Sylvan Tadivcharr; old barbecue man from Texas; prepared venison steak dinner; Venison Dinner)
• Hedden, Richard M. (T/5 — 92nd FA Bn; promoted)
• Henry, Anthony (T/5 — 14th FA promoted, S/Sgt)
• Herodotus (referenced — Book Review tells tale related by Herodotus of Lake Serbonis swallowing whole armies)
• Horpender (referenced — 880 yd run, 2’21 inches; Div Arty track meet)
• Hurst, Arthur W. (T/5 — Div. Hq unit correspondent listing)
• Johnson, Burpy (referenced — tripled in the fifth inning; 92nd over 14th Artillery Volleyball)
• Johnson, Pfc Willie (PFC — Co. ‘B’ 41st Inf; anticipating boxing program with Charles Atlas course of physical improvement; Five Chapters to Go)
• Jones (referenced — Mile run, 6.53; Div Arty track meet)
• Jones, L. (referenced — Broad jump; track and field meet winner)
• Jones, Stevenson (referenced — 100 yd dash; Div Arty track meet)
• Justin (referenced — High jump; 92nd FA; track meet)
• Kelly, Ralph (T/5 — unit correspondent listing, 14th FA)
• Kennedy, J. (Div. Hq. — unit correspondent listing)
• Kern, Charles ‘Doppel Karn’ (Sgt — Hq Co 2nd Bn 41st; quoted in POME verse)
• Khederian, Sarkis (referenced — 440 yd dash, 17′; Trains Hq track meet)
• Kirkpatrick, T. (T/5 — 14th FA promoted; also Guy T. Kirkpatrick, 14th FA)
• Kozak, Michael L. (Cpl — unit correspondent listing)
• Landis, Carol (Miss — Sugar Report photo; This is Carol Landis caption; pinup photo)
• Landry, Capt. (referenced — Broad jump; Div Arty track meet)
• LaPointe, Edward J. (T/5 — 14th FA promoted)
• Latus, Cpl. (Sgt. — Rcn Co 3rd Plat; Muscular Time; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest)
• Leftwich, Lt. Gerard F. (Lt — unit correspondent listing)
• Leonard, Capt. (referenced — Mile run, 4 minutes 30 seconds; Trains Hq track meet)
• Levy, Paul M. G. (War Correspondent — Combined Belgian Press; wrote Fourragere Decree article; Brussels May 22nd 1945)
• Loesich, Herbert (Pvt — Business Manager, Hell on Wheels)
• Logan, Robert L. (Lt — 14th FA promoted, T/Sgt)
• Lynch (referenced — batting .579; 67th AR Softball League; Co. ‘G’)
• Macaluso, Sgt. Howard C. (Sgt — 92nd FA unit correspondent listing)
• Martin, Pvt. (Dunham — ‘A’ Co; Muscular Time; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest)
• Mattingly (referenced — 220 yd dash; Div Arty track meet)
• McAdams, James E. (Capt — supervised construction of 1,152-foot bridge across the Rhine near Wesel, Germany; 17th Armored Engineer Bn project)
• McCaffrey, Tony (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Mecenach, L. M. G. (Cpl — ‘A’ Co; Muscular Time; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest participant Combat Race)
• Michael, Norman E. (T/5 — 92nd FA Bn; promoted)
• Mihen, Maj. (General Patton — referenced in 17th Engineers bridge article; addressing entire Division at Open Air Bowl at Ft. Benning 1942 began talk ‘When the 17th Engineers bridge the Rhine…’)
• Mills, Capt. John (Capt — News Editor, Hell on Wheels)
• Mishin (Major — 3rd Russian Army; awarded Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medal by Second Armored Division; Yanks Reds Swap Medals ceremony)
• Mundeler, Leo (M. — liberal representative for Brussels; Fourragere signing article)
• Murray, William J. (Sgt — Feature Editor, Hell on Wheels)
• Nathansen, Cpl. Murray (Cpl — unit correspondent listing)
• Newman, 100 yd Dash (T/4 — 14.7; Records In 67th Broken track meet)
• Nielsen, Walter R. (Capt — former University of Arizona and New York Giant football star; announced as Second Armored Division’s Athletic Officer; Nielsen in SSO; participated in East-West All-Star 1939 at San Francisco)
• Opala, Sgt. (Sgt — ‘A’ Co, T/4; Muscular Time 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest participant)
• Overgard, Emery R. (T/5 — 14th FA promoted; also Sgt. Sylvan Overgard member of 17th Engrs volleyball team and Venison Dinner team)
• Parker (referenced — Sgt. Pistol Assembly Race; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest)
• Patton, George S. (Gen — then Division Commander; addressed entire Division at Open Air Bowl at Ft. Benning Ga. in June of 1942; began talk ‘When the 17th Engineers bridge the Rhine…’; 17th Engineers article)
• Peebles, Arthur F. Jr. (1st Lt — 67th AR; DSC awarded posthumously; successful breaching and defense of Siegfried Line 3-6 October 1944)
• Pelletier, Elmer (referenced — pitched almost perfect ball game, gave up one scratch hit and passing two men; Artillery Softball)
• Perry, Lt. (referenced — 100 yd dash; 14th FA; track meet)
• Plate, Richard A. (Maj — 2 AD Division SSO; announced Nielsen as new Athletic Officer)
• Prehn, Kenneth W. (T/5 — Supply Bn; promoted)
• Reynolds (referenced — Broad jump; 14th FA; track meet)
• Rhode, Doug (referenced — 220 yd Low Hurdles, 27.7 sec; Records In 67th Broken track meet)
• Roberts, Russell F. (Sgt — 66th AR; unit correspondent listing)
• Rosenbaum, Arthur (1st Sgt — 41st Inf; unit correspondent listing)
• Russell, T/Sgt. (Carbine Assembly Race; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest)
• Sandes, PFC E. (67th AR unit correspondent listing)
• Schweppe (referenced — 220 yd dash; Trains Hq track meet)
• Sellers, Harley A. (T/5 — 14th FA promoted, S/Sgt)
• Sheets, Robert (Sgt — former member of 66th Armored Regiment; FRO for Hell on Wheels for two years; feature editor; left for States with 104 points; Sheets Gone Too)
• Simpson, G. W. (Gen — Western Front; letter from Los Angeles to 2nd Armored Division; Orchids to APO)
• Smith, Jerome F. (Sgt — Trains HQ; won mile run in Trains Hq track meet 4.30)
• Smith, Major Jerome F. (Maj — new Division SSO; announced by Maj. Richard A. Plate; Division SSO)
• Smith, Wendell (1/Sgt — member of 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Stevenson (referenced — 100 yd dash; Div Arty track meet; Trains Hq track meet)
• Storey, T/5 (Rcn Co 3rd Plat; Muscular Time; 702nd TD Military Gymnasia Contest)
• Stulz, Harry (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team; Records In 67th Broken)
• Tadivcharr, Sylvan (Sgt — Venison Dinner hunter from 14th FA)
• Tarnanski (referenced — 440 yd dash, 1.05; Div Arty track meet)
• Tice, James (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Torborg, Ray (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team; Records In 67th Broken)
• Trice, James (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Troupe, Donald (member — 17th Engrs volleyball team)
• Watts (referenced — 220 yd dash; 92nd FA; track meet)
• Weiss (referenced — 120 yd hurdle; Trains Hq track meet; representing Co. A)
• Westlake, Richard (T/Sgt — 67th AR; unit correspondent listing)
• Williams (referenced — High jump; Trains Hq track meet)
• Wilson (referenced — Div Arty track meet)

Locations
• Albert Canal, Belgium — 17th Armored Engineer Bn built 180-foot span over Albert Canal near Hasselt, Belgium on 14 September
• Belgium — Fourragere decree signed by Regent Charles in Brussels; Division cited as first liberating troops to enter Belgium and first to halt stampeding von Rundstedt offensive in Ardennes; 16 Russian Army officers awarded medals at Div Hq
• Brussels, Belgium — Prince Charles signed historic Fourragere document; Paul M. G. Levy war correspondent dateline; Levy article reprinted in Belgian papers
• Canne, Belgium — Albert Canal 160-foot span built with help of 246th Engr Bn
• Dortmund-Ems Canal, Germany — 17th Engr companies ‘A’ and ‘B’ built 144-foot treadway on 30 March
• Elbe River, Germany — two companies of 17th Engrs laid 384 feet of bridge across gap; south of Magdeburg
• England — Carlton Gibton/Carlson on seven-day furlough to UK
• France — Meulan, France 29 August; 703-foot bridge across Seine with Co. ‘C’; 82nd Engrs; Normandy to Magdeburg bridge construction summary
• Hasselt, Belgium — Sweating Out Hasselt photo; men on 72-hour pass await transportation at Division Rear
• Holland — Ohr, 384 feet of bridge by same companies south of Magdeburg
• Maastricht, Holland — Albert Canal 160-foot span over Albert Canal near Maastricht built 14 September
• Magdeburg, Germany — 17th Engrs bridge construction south of Magdeburg; Elbe bridge
• Meuse River, Germany — 600-foot span over Meuse at Maastricht, Holland, 14 September, with help of 246th Engr Bn
• Normandy, France — 17th Armored Engineer Bn bridging every river between Normandy and Magdeburg for 12 months; invasion reference
• Ohr, Germany (near Magdeburg) — 384 feet of bridge in vicinity of Ohr by same Elbe-area companies
• Rhine River, Germany — 1,152-foot bridge near Wesel, Germany in record time of seven hours on 24 March; Co. ‘E’ built it with 992nd Engrs assisting; Co. ‘C’ 17th Engrs 600-foot span over Rhine at Maastricht
• Roer River, Germany — 17th Engrs built 180-foot span over Roer River near Meulan, France (listed as Roer in article context); February 23 bridge across Roer
• San Francisco, California (referenced — pre-war) — Mike Cavaliere played in East-West All-Star game at San Francisco 1939
• Seine River, France — 703-foot bridge across Seine near Meulan France, 29 August, with Co. ‘C’, 82nd Engrs
• Siegfried Line, Germany — Lt Peebles’ DSC actions in successful breaching and defense of Siegfried Line 3-6 October 1944
• Wesel, Germany — 1,152-foot Rhine bridge finished in record seven hours on 24 March; Co. ‘E’ project with 992nd Engrs assisting
• Wolfenbüttel, Germany — Jessing Theater referenced as venue for Reserved for Powerhouse (prior issue)

Units
• 14th Field Artillery — track meet; promotions in enlisted ranks announced; softball and volleyball results
• 17th Armored Engineer Battalion — 17th Engineers Pave Way for 2nd Armored; 5,495 feet of treadway bridge constructed in Europe; Rhine bridge in record seven hours
• 195th AA Battalion — won Div Arty track and field meet; 37.5 points
• 246th Engineer Battalion — helped build Albert Canal spans and Maastricht bridge
• 3rd Russian Army — 16 Red Army officers awarded Legion of Merit and Bronze Star Medals by Second Armored at ceremony
• 41st Armored Infantry Regiment — unit correspondents; Cavaliere profile; Johnson boxing; Supply Bn defeated Co. H
• 633rd QM Laundry — wound-up of three-weeks schedule found at top of Division softball standings; left Division
• 66th Armored Regiment — unit correspondents; track records broken; Sheets Gone Too
• 67th Armored Regiment — Co. A emerged as Regimental Champion in track; softball league standings and heavy hitters
• 702nd Tank Destroyer Battalion — Military Gymnasia Contest; DSC awarded five men from Division including from 702nd; Blakely and Chamberlain tank actions
• 736th Tank Battalion — volleyball; Bridge Co. played against
• 82nd Reconnaissance — track meet; volleyball playoffs; 17th Engrs took honor in regimental playoffs
• 91st Evacuation Hospital — Evac lost four straight games to 17th Engrs in volleyball; Evac could take one game while losing four
• 92nd Field Artillery Battalion — semi-finals Artillery Softball Tournament; over 14th FA in volleyball; promotions; track meet
• 992nd Engineer Battalion — assisted Co. ‘E’ 17th Engrs with 1,152-foot Rhine bridge near Wesel
• Second Armored Division (‘Hell on Wheels’) — publishing unit; first foreign military unit to receive Belgian Fourragere; Belgium cited Division as first liberating troops and first to halt Ardennes offensive