Description

The Tracer

Vol. 1, No. 3 — Langen, Germany — Friday, September 28, 1945

4 pages scanned

Names

• Anderson, Duane E. (Pfc — Assistant Editor, The Tracer)
• Baker, Thomas A. (1st Sergeant — promoted in battalion)
• Barber, Anthony L. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Battiste, Philip E. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Bernhard, Hq (Cpl — promoted in battalion)
• Blakely, James D. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Brubaker, Renice L. (Medics — promoted in battalion)
• Buggia, Leo L. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Carrier, Richard (T/5 — promoted in battalion)
• Clark, John (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Cobb, Alton E. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Cohen, Alan (Pfc — musician, organizer of the Swingators jive band)
• Crankovich, Albert (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Cressman, Willis (T/3 — promoted in battalion, Medics)
• Dietrich, Harold C. (T/4 — promoted in battalion)
• Dinella, Donato D. (S/Sgt — replaced as I-E NCO, Headquarters Company)
• Dominick, William M. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Edins, Leonard C. (Charlie — promoted in battalion)
• Edmonds, James H. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Fay, John P. (T/Sgt — promoted in battalion, Hq)
• Fowler, Harvey H. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Franco, Francis J. (T/Sgt — promoted in battalion, Hq)
• Freed, Laura (ARC Clubmobile Section 5 — honored guest at Service Company party)
• Furheid, Enoch T. (Cpl — promoted in battalion)
• Ganulin, Hy (Pfc — Reporter, The Tracer; also promoted)
• Geller, Benjamin (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Gibson, James A. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Gonzales, Baker Fred D. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Grann, Red (Pfc — musician, organizer of the Swingators jive band)
• Green, Alfred D. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Gregor, Stephen (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Hanson, Thomas A. (Sgt — promoted in battalion, Able)
• Harrill, Martin L. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Hays, Hershel M. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Heine, Harry (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Herman, Fred Lacey (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Hewes, John C. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Hilkowitz, Norman J. (T/5 — Editor, The Tracer; sax and drum specialist)
• Himmelberger, John (Sgt — promoted in battalion; also tenor sax and clarinet in battalion orchestra)
• Hubbart, James D. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Justice, Harold B. (T/4 — promoted in battalion)
• Kessler, Samuel (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• La Coste, Frenchy (Sgt — Special Service NCO, Able Company)
• Lagpacan, Benjamin (Pfc — Assistant Editor, The Tracer)
• Lamour, Frank L. (Serv — promoted in battalion)
• Lytton, O. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Markowitz, Sidney (Pfc — studied French Language and Civilization at Grenoble)
• Marshall, Clyde P. (Charlie — promoted in battalion)
• McDowell, James B. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Merrill, Everett Hq (Cpl — promoted in battalion)
• Mihaly, Stephan F. (Serv — promoted in battalion)
• Miranda, Teresa V. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Monroe, H. Charles (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Morace, Louis A. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Moritz, Anthony M. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Mosser, John G. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Myers, William T. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Negrete, Paul (1st Sgt — promoted in battalion, Able)
• Nelson, Cornelius F. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Nunes, Angel D. (Baker — promoted in battalion)
• Parish, Edwin E. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Pyne, Gerald (Pfc — alto sax and clarinet, battalion orchestra)
• Roach, George A. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Rogers, James A. (Sgt — promoted in battalion)
• Rogers, T/5 Benjamin F. (Medics — commented on discharge/point plan)
• Saltz, Stuart (Serv — promoted in battalion)
• Schiller, George (Trombone — battalion orchestra)
• Schwartz, Roland (Pfc — Reporter, The Tracer)
• Shaktman, Sgt (Headquarters Company — returned from school in France)
• Shisler, Edward F. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Stallings, James D. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Stein, John D. (Pfc — Company B, attending Liberal Arts course at Army University Center)
• Stewart, Donald N. (Sgt — new I-E NCO, Headquarters Company)
• Stine, Floyd S. (Serv — promoted in battalion)
• Stolfel, Jerome (Chaplain — recipient of letter from Mrs. G.I. Joe)
• Strait, Edward A. (T/4 — promoted in battalion)
• Stroud, Rae (ARC Clubmobile Section 5 — honored guest at Service Company party)
• Sweet, Charlie S. (Charlie — promoted in battalion)
• Thompson, Ace (Green Devil fullback — football game at Darmstadt)
• Trombetta, Gaetano (Pfc — accordion, battalion orchestra)
• Tropeano, George C. (T/4 — Message Center; commented on discharge/point plan)
• Vidabel, Steve (Pfc — Baker Co; commented on discharge/point plan)
• Waller, Charles (Cpl — Hq Co, in charge of Military Gift Shop)
• Wenz, Earl G. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Wheeler, Ross W. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• White, Nolan F. (Hq — promoted in battalion)
• Wills, James W. (Able — promoted in battalion)
• Yost, Stanley M. (Sgt — Able Co; commented on discharge/point plan)
• Zerbe, Emmett B. De (Charlie — promoted in battalion)

Locations

• Darmstadt, Germany — site of football game between Green Devils and 100th Division
• Frankfurt, Germany — location of 5 and 10 cent store selling campaign ribbons; ARC group from Frankfurt
• Grenoble, France — where Pfc Markowitz studied French Language and Civilization
• Heidelberg, Germany — location of Seventh Army Headquarters
• Langen, Germany — home base of the 6th Armored Infantry Battalion; publication location
• Liverpool, England — University of Liverpool, one of three Liberal Arts course sites
• London, England — site of International Phonetics classes at School of African and Oriental Studies
• Michelbach, Germany — location of Able (Lost) Company, near French occupation zone border
• Oberammergau, Germany — location of I-E Staff Training school
• Offenbach, Germany — city with leather goods store visited by GIs and Gobs
• Rot Am See, Germany — former location of 6th Infantry Battalion (where ‘Tito’ mascot was)
• Shriwenham, England — location of Army University Center where Pfc Stein enrolled
• Swansea, Wales — Cardiff University and University of Wales, Liberal Arts course sites
• Wiesbaden, Germany — nearest Red Cross Club and theater to Able Company (30 km away)

Units

• 100th Division (Century Blue Devils) — football opponent at Darmstadt
• 13th Tankers — unit through which Able Company draws rations
• 36th Infantry Division — Category IV unit sending 280 low-point men to the 6th AIB
• 3rd Armored Division — sending 140 low-point men to the 6th AIB
• 47th Armored Medical Battalion — Able Company’s sick call unit
• 573rd A.A.A. — softball opponent; beat Charlie Company 2-1 at Eberstadt
• 6th Armored Infantry Battalion (6th AIB) — the publishing unit; featured throughout
• 7th Army — sent inspecting team to the battalion
• Blackhawks, 1st Armored Division Band — providing music at Service Company party
• First Armored — football team; lost to Green Devils 19-0

 

Leather goods store in Offenbach, Germany
The roving fotog: Ernest Michon, Benjamin F. Rogers, George C. Tropeano, Steve Vidabel, Stanley M. Yost, Hy Ganulin
Barbara Bates