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Hell on Wheels
Vol. 1, No. 28 — Second Armored Division — Friday, November 23, 1945
4 pages scanned

A fascinating issue that captures the Division in transition — being stripped down to 45-55 pointers as redeployment scatters men across Europe

Names
Anderson, William (Lt Col — 66th AR; unit correspondent listing)
Aranoff, Isidore (Pfc — 1st AIR; 26-year-old brunette pin-up contest entrant; weighs 108; wife of Pfc Joel Zanan, 92nd AFA)
Atkinson, Kay (Miss — Red Cross; sponsoring Amateur Night Contest at Olympia Theater Bad Orb; prizes for singers/dancers/instrumentalists)
Barter, Isabelle (sketch artist — has been drawing GIs likenesses throughout the Division; appearing tonight at Red Cross Club in Birstein; sketching on Sunday at Langenselboch; will sketch at Wachtersbach)
Bartleson, Margie (Miss — Red Cross girl; co-sponsoring Amateur Night Contest at Olympia Theater Bad Orb)
Birkhola (referenced — 67th AR basketball; batting average)
Bishop, Jean (Miss — Red Cross hostess; Joes Dance With Russian Dollies event at Sterbfritz; declared they had full programs for the evening of dancing)
Bonestell, J. (Staff Artist — Hell on Wheels; The Wheels comic)
Boros, Judith (pin-up contest entrant — 20 years old; five-three; weighs 116; lives in Grand Island, Neb.; five-six and brown haired; one of four sisters of Sgt Steve Boros, 67th AR, from Cleveland, Ohio)
Boros, Steve (Sgt — 67th AR; from Cleveland, Ohio; sister Judith entered pin-up contest)
Bracken, Dorothea (pin-up contest entrant — Cleveland artist and model; submitted by Sgt Dave Meehan, 67th AR; five, five; brown hair; green eyes; 21; lives in Tampa, Fla.; ping-pong expert; boyfriend is S/Sgt William Bracken, 66th AR)
Bracken, William (S/Sgt — 66th AR; boyfriend of Dorothea Bracken pin-up entrant)
Brhan, D. A. (T/4 — Maint Bn; boyfriend of pin-up entrant Gladys Brhan)
Brhan, Gladys (pin-up contest entrant — athletic type; tip-off from brother T/4 D.A. Brhan, Maint Bn; single; five-one; five-six; 118 lbs; from Lancaster, Wis.)
Burke, C. (Co. C 66th AR — left end; took scoring honors in Medics Clash; snagged two passes; paid dirt twice)
Burkle (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball team; five field goals, three fouls; 10 points top scorer)
Camillo (referenced — Div Arty basketball)
Campbell, Mary Lou (pin-up contest entrant — blonde; 100-pounder; from Kenosha, Wisconsin; girlfriend of Pfc Leon Vaudreuil, 17th Engr; blue-eyed)
Caniff, Milton (cartoonist — Male Call comic strip, creator of Terry and the Pirates)
Carson, Bill (Center — 191st Hq Sqd basketball; racked up six field goals and three fouls for 15 points; top scorer)
Cerbo, Tony (referenced — diminutive forward; Polar Bears basketball; scored two points)
Cohen (referenced — Hq Co basketball lineup; football grid)
Conlin (referenced — C Co football lineup; LT position)
Cornett, Robert (Pfc — 79th AFA; unit correspondent listing)
Cummings (referenced — Polar Bears basketball; Goldstein guards)
D’Ange, Michael (Cpl — 92nd AFA; girlfriend Vickie Angotti entered pin-up contest; secretary to Signal Corps colonel in Detroit)
Davis (referenced — Hq Co basketball; football grid lineup)
Deblois, Frank (Sgt — sports columnist; Old Bones Loses His Lost Race column)
Ehardt (referenced — Hq Co football grid lineup; RE position)
Eliopulas (referenced — Hq Co football grid lineup; LH position)
Ernst (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Exterminator (referenced — Old Bones real name; racehorse who exterminated everything; retired after six years; had 50 more races than any other American horse; won 1918 Derby at 01.30 dollars)
Forberger (referenced — Trains basketball lineup; F position)
Forman (referenced — 41st AIR basketball high scorer; 18 points, 9 field goals)
Fury, Kay (Miss — Red Cross hostess; Joes Dance With Russian Dollies at Sterbfritz; declared full programs for the evening)
Gann (referenced — Div Arty basketball)
Gann, Marvin (Lt Col — 14th AFA; CO of 66th AR; girlfriend Fredina Toole entered pin-up contest; sweetheart caption)
George (referenced — 41st AIR basketball; 22 points; top scorer)
Gillis (referenced — Div Arty basketball)
Goldman (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Goldstein (referenced — Polar Bears basketball; Goldstein guards)
Grubb, Jess (referenced — 92nd AFA; received word from brother Ted Grubb about discharge)
Grubb, Ted (referenced — left 41st AIR on average discharge; figured combat days over; word received by brother Jess Grubb of 92nd AFA; they’d just begun)
Hale (referenced — 82nd Recon basketball)
Hammantren (referenced — Hq Co football grid lineup; QB position)
Harding (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; guard position)
Hillyard, Lt Col H. (Lt Col — 66th AR; made the presentation of Silver Star to Lt Col Henry Zein at informal ceremony in Polar Bear Area)
Holman, Capt. Robert J. (Capt — 66th AR; was stationed in Southern England during marshaling area on D-Day; later assigned to 90th Inf and served with that outfit during combat until the present time; New Chaplain for 66th AR)
Hukk, T6 Stringfellow (T6 — I and E correspondence course in Numerical Engineering; 442 years of overseas service aggregate; estimated Hell on Wheelers volunteered 10,6083 points total; 55 points and course in Numerical Engineering; if spent overseas would yield discharge in July 1959 at current ASR score)
Johnson, Cliff (referenced — 66th AR basketball; high scorer in second half; Polar Bears vs Trains)
Johnson, Pvt. (Fulda — South corner 51st Street and 5th Avenue New York where pennies fall from heaven; a kitten tips halves to passersby; usually exceeds 10 dollars a day)
Judd-Davis, Marianne (pin-up contest entrant — blue-eyed brunette; model, radio and stage actress; secretary to Signal Corps Colonel in Detroit; entered by Sgt Paul Toepp, 67th AR)
Kalch, Steven L. (Pfc — Div Hq; signed for one year enlistment; spending 90 days with wife in Neukielelheid, Holland; Re-Enlistments)
Karl, Frederick (1st Lt — 41st AIR; unit correspondent listing)
Kertein (referenced — Hq Co football grid lineup; LH position)
Klein, Lt. (unit correspondent listing — Rcn Co)
Lanau (referenced — 41st AIR basketball; four points)
Landau (referenced — 41st AIR basketball; points),
Lanfranconi (referenced — 82nd Recon basketball)
Leftwich, Lt. Gerard F. (Lt — 66th AR; unit correspondent listing)
Lieberman, Herman (Lt — Division SSO; postponed opening of GI Night Club in Bad Orb indefinitely)
Little, Sgt Jack (Sgt — 67th AR; unit correspondent listing)
Lumpy (PFC — mascot of 66th Regimental HQ Supply cavern; described as Supply room dog with two overseas stripes and hash mark; On The Ball column)
Lynch (referenced — Co. G 67th AR; batting in basketball standings reference)
Matula, Matty (guard — Pullman basketball team; fine defensive work; no-end handling; helped Trains defeat Polar Bears)
Maynard (referenced — Hq Co football grid lineup)
McMillan (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Meehan, Dave (Sgt — 67th AR; submitted Dorothea Bracken for pin-up contest)
Mendelson (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; guard position)
Merschel, Helen Marie (pin-up contest entrant — blonde; 24; secretary to Signal Corps Colonel in Detroit; entered by Sgt Paul Toepp 67th AR)
Mittendorf (referenced — Polar Bears basketball lineup)
Nathansen (Cpl Murray — unit correspondent listing)
Ostrowoski (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Padell (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup)
Pasybulo, George (Forward — Trains basketball team; racked up 20 points; paced Trains to victory over Polar Bears 42-20 at Gelnhausen; varsity used sparingly by Coach Frank Campo; score might have been higher)
Peper (referenced — C Co football grid lineup; FB position; Medics Clash)
Piacetelli (referenced — Div Arty basketball)
Piaskowski (referenced — Div Arty basketball)
Prehn, Kenneth (T/5 — Supply Bn; unit correspondent listing)
Raesner (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; LG position)
Rainer (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball team lineup)
Reinhard, Lt Wyon (Lt — Editor, Hell on Wheels)
Riddle, Samuel (referenced — owned Man o’ War; didn’t want Old Bones to race; lost control after the 1919 Derby win)
Robinson, Charles F. (Sgt — 66th AR; asked for Regular Army duty; led list of five who asked)
Robinson, Dale R. (M/Sgt — Photographers, Hell on Wheels staff)
Robinson, M/Sgt F. (M/Sgt — 67th AR; unit correspondent listing)
Ross (referenced — C Co Medics football; backs ran for one apiece)
Rubak (referenced — Polar Bears basketball lineup; scored no points)
Russell (referenced — 82nd Recon basketball; five points top scorer for 82nd)
Schmaker (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; LG position; tackle)
Scholl, T/S Robert (T/S — Managing Editor, Hell on Wheels)
Schulman (referenced — Trains basketball lineup)
Schulz, George (Pic — Staff Writers, Hell on Wheels)
Selopper, Thomas (Cpl — Hq Co 3rd Bn; mentioned in Club 66 donut dugout caption for listening in at Gelnhausen bistro with Sgt Lewis Borentisch)
Seshir (referenced — Polar Bears basketball lineup)
Sestak, George (referenced — high scorer for 66th; Polar Bears basketball)
Sestik (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Shooter (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; guard position)
Shulman (referenced — Trains basketball lineup)
Shulz (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball lineup)
Simenek (referenced — C Co Medics football grid lineup; RG position)
Simpson, Gen. William H. (Gen — CG 9th Army; met with Gen. Ernest N. Harmon then CG of 2nd Armored; trouble brewed for Germans and shortly after the Roer River offensive was launched; photo caption)
Small, Jay (contributor — On The Ball column about 66th RHQ supply cavern mascot Lumpy)
Smiley (referenced — 41st AIR top scorer; 25 points, 12 field goals, 1 foul; high scorer in division basketball opener)
Spurgeon (referenced — Polar Bears basketball lineup)
Stanski (referenced — Polar Bears basketball lineup)
Stefki (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
T/Sgt Clem Dickson (referenced — 66th HQ; loudspeaker at 1st Three Graders bistro in Gelnhausen; terrible terpichorean feats earned nickname Clem the whirling dervish)
T/Sgt Stevenson (referenced — 41st AIR at Gelnhausen bistro)
Tatum, Robert J. (Capt — 66th AR; New Chaplain; recently stationed in Southern England; serving in 90th Inf during combat; from Palmerton, Georgia)
Toepp, Paul (Sgt — 67th AR; entered Helen Marie Merschel and Marianne Judd-Davis in pin-up contest; also evidently can’t choose which color hair is prettiest)
Toole, Fredina (pin-up contest entrant — 18-year-old blue-eyed brunette sweetheart of Lt Col Marvin Gann, 14th AFA; Dallas, Texas product)
Tramantara (referenced — substitution for C Co vs Hq Co football)
Travis (referenced — 191st Hq Sqd basketball)
Upshaw (referenced — Polar Bears basketball)
Vaudreuil, Leon (Pfc — 17th Engr; girlfriend Mary Lou Campbell entered pin-up contest)
Warda, Anne (pin-up contest entrant — auburn hair; black eyes; five, three; from Chicago; fiancee of Pfc Joel Zanan, 92nd AFA)
Wheeler (referenced — 82nd Recon basketball; four points)
Wynne, John D. (Lt Col — CCB; commanded task force cited for St. Lo breakthrough action in Normandy, night of July 29-30)
Yount (referenced — Trains basketball lineup; Eddie Yount game’s second highest scorer with total of eight; C position)
Zanan, Joel (Pfc — 92nd AFA; fiancee Anne Warda entered pin-up contest)
Zein, Henry (Lt Col — CO 3rd Bn, 66th AR; received Silver Star in informal ceremony in Polar Bear Area; Lt Col H. Hillyard made presentation)
Zolan, Joel (Pfc — 92nd AFA; fiancee Isidore Aranoff entered pin-up contest; same person as Zanan above)

Locations
Ardennes, Belgium/Germany — 1st Bn 41st AIR cited for action starting Christmas Day through Jan 16, 1945; braved bitter cold in sustained drive against strongly entrenched enemy positions; drove from Ciney, Belgium through Brazards, Conneux, Conjoux, Soiron, through Grandmenil and Odeigne on to Houffalize
Bad Orb, Germany — publication location of Hell on Wheels; Amateur Night Contest at Olympia Theater; GI Night Club postponed; Trench Mouth survey
Bielefeld, Germany — referenced in text as Rnkersfeld (near Bakersfield, Calif. reference by Lt Stevenson, freed from German prison camp near Lardernau)
Birstein, Germany — Isabelle Barter sketching at Red Cross Club tonight
Bremen, Germany — 29th Inf Div now located in Stuttgart; 45 Wheelers heading for 29th Inf Div at Bremen Enclave; 703rd TD Bn sailing from Bremen early next month
Ciney, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove from Ciney through Brazards during Ardennes citation action
Conneux, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove through Conjoux during Ardennes citation
France — Roer crossing preparations one year ago; fierce enemy resistance slowed CCA attack; 330th of the 183rd Infantry seized village of Barmen; final two days prepared for Roer crossing
Fulda, Germany — Div Arty basketball game at Gross Auheim Court Tuesday reference; area operations
Gelnhausen, Germany — Division Basketball League games held at Wilhelmstad Tuesday; Polar Bears vs Trains at Gelnhausen; Club 66 donut dugout for soldiers; bistro of 1st Three Graders
Grandmenil, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove through Grandmenil and Odeigne during Ardennes citation
Hanau, Germany — DPs from area dancing partners for Turkey Trot; band played polkas and German tunes at Thanksgiving Eve dance in Langenselboch
Herborn, Germany — 703rd TD Bn at Herborn on Thanksgiving; first group of 95 EM with 60-64 ASR scores heading there
Hirschzell, Germany — 17th Engr Bn area (Church Services listing: 3rd Bn and Recon Co Protestant Church)
Hochsteadt, Germany — 82nd Rcn Bn church services Protestant Church
Houffalize, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove through to close Allied pocket during Ardennes citation
Langenselboch, Germany — Thanksgiving Eve dance at Langenselboch; Isabelle Barter sketching on Sunday; Artymen held Turkey Trot there
Lardernau, France — Lt Stevenson freed from German prison camp near Lardernau; met attractive Frenchwomen; made his escape
Mergentheim (Bad), Germany — German show No. 3 Schmidt Show featured at Maint Bn area last Tuesday and Wednesday
Normandy, France — task force cited for St. Lo breakthrough; night of July 29-30; during climax of St. Lo breakthrough; Roer crossing preparations one year ago tied to Normandy context
Odeigne, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove through Odeigne during Ardennes citation action
Oudtwater, Germany — CCB conducted maintenance operations in assembly area near Oudtwater in preparation for future operations (Roer crossing article 1944)
Roer River, Germany — Prep For Roer One Year Ago article; CCA attack; 183rd Infantry seized Barmen; final two days prepared crossing which was to come
Soiron, Belgium — 1st Bn 41st AIR drove through Soiron during Ardennes citation
Sterbfritz, Germany — Princess Red Cross Club gave first dance; 150 soldiers; 15 Russian girls from Fulda as guest; Joes Dance With Russian Dollies
Stuttgart, Germany — Century Division (100th Inf Div) now located in Stuttgart
Wachtersbach, Germany — Isabelle Barter will sketch at Wachtersbach on Sunday; church services Supply Bn Trains
Wilhelmstad, Germany — Division Basketball League at Wilhelmstad Tuesday

Units
100th Infantry Division (Century Division) — now located in Stuttgart; envisioning spending the Yule in U.S.
14th Field Artillery — unit correspondents; Toole pin-up entrant sweetheart of Lt Col Gann
17th Armored Engineer Battalion — Pfc Leon Vaudreuil; Mary Lou Campbell pin-up entrant girlfriend
183rd Infantry — 330th of the 183rd Infantry seized village of Barmen during Roer crossing preparations
191st Headquarters Squadron — Div Arty trimmed 191st 40-33 in non-league basketball
195th Anti-Aircraft Artillery (AA) — 195th AA wins track meet
1st Armored Division — referenced as where some low pointers are now being transferred; Category I
238th Engineer Battalion — part of task force cited with 41st AIR and 67th AR for Ardennes action
29th Infantry Division — 45 Wheelers heading for 29th Inf Div at Bremen Enclave
41st Armored Infantry Regiment (AIR) — cited for Presidential Unit Citation for Ardennes action; basketball season opener; smashed 82nd Recon 87-13
66th Armored Regiment — Club 66 donut dugout; Polar Bears basketball team; new chaplain; Silver Star ceremony; Regular Army enlistments; unit correspondents
67th Armored Regiment — unit correspondents; Boros/Meehan pin-up connection; track records; Bracken pin-up connection
703rd Tank Destroyer Battalion — 95 EM with scores 60-64 heading to Herborn on Thanksgiving; sailing from Bremen next month; cited for high military citation as task force of CCB commanded by Lt Col John D. Wynne
82nd Reconnaissance — smashed 87-13 by 41st AIR in season opener
84th Infantry Division — largest transfer (2,000 GIs) moving into 84th Inf Div ‘on or before’ Nov. 30
90th Infantry — Capt Tatum served with 90th Inf during combat before assignment as new 66th AR chaplain
92nd Field Artillery — unit correspondents; Aranoff and Warda pin-up connections; Jess Grubb reference
Ruprecht Unit (German show) — performing for Division; has been touring Germany
Schmidt Show No. 3 (German touring show) — variety show featuring German singers, dancers, and instrumentalists; played Maint Bn area; moving to Birstein for two-day performance for 67th AR; will conclude tour at Lagenselboch for 92nd AFA
Second Armored Division (‘Hell on Wheels’) — publishing unit; being stripped to 45-55 pointers only; low of 4,000 looms; redeployment scattering men to many units