Description
The Tracer
Vol. 1, No. 4 — Langen, Germany — Friday, October 5, 1945
4 pages scanned
Names
- Anderson, Duane E. (Pfc — Assistant Editor, The Tracer)
- Ashby, Edward (Pvt — Bn. I & E; commented on non-fraternization policy)
- Baillargeon (Pfc — Service Company; acted as waiter at ARC party; also served drinks at party)
- Battiste, Philip (Sgt — Company B; scored 354/380 in 7th Army Shoot-off, tied for 4th in carbine firing)
- Bullock (Pfc — Company B; participated in 7th Army Shoot-off)
- Cohen, Alan (Pfc — Reporter, The Tracer)
- Coty, Norbert (Pfc — Baker Company; Notre Dame basketball star, returned to battalion for coaching)
- Draffen, Charles (Sgt — Headquarters Company; transferred from 1st Armored/36th Infantry Division; announced winter garment availability)
- Edins, Leonard C. (Pfc — C Co; commented on non-fraternization policy)
- Evers, Thomas (Brigadier General — retired from Army; declined offer to return as bus conductor)
- Ganulin, Hy (Pfc — Reporter, The Tracer)
- Gregor (Cpl — Company B; participated in 7th Army Shoot-off)
- Gwara, Edward M. (Pvt — B Co; commented on non-fraternization policy)
- Herman (Sgt — Company B; participated in 7th Army Shoot-off)
- Hilkowitz, Norman J. (T/5 — Editor, The Tracer)
- Himmelberger, John (S/Sgt — Reporter, The Tracer)
- Huston, Park (Sgt — Reporter, The Tracer)
- Jones, Joe (Pvt — Battalion Special Service; performed one man floor show at ARC party)
- Lagpacan, Benjamin (Pfc — Assistant Editor, The Tracer)
- Luisetti, Hank (civilian reference — noted as predecessor to Stanford flash in basketball)
- Matlock (Pvt — Service Company; acted as waiter at ARC party)
- Roland, Schwartz (Pfc — Reporter, The Tracer)
- Samsing, Russell (Pfc — C Co; commented on non-fraternization policy)
- Shaktman, Al (Sgt — Hq Co; commented on non-fraternization policy)
- Stoffel, Jerome (Chaplain — authored Chaplain’s Message ‘Logistics’)
- Zendell, Frank (Pfc — A Co; commented on non-fraternization policy)
Locations
- Frankfurt, Germany — location of Red Cross Snack Bar and ‘Palm Gardens’ Red Cross Club for ETO soldiers
- French Riviera — location of Army Rest Center where Sgt. Battiste earned furlough for shooting score
- Heidelberg, Germany — location of 7th Army Headquarters Basketball Coaching School; Pfc Coty trained there
- London, England — dispatch origin of Brigadier General Evers job offer story (CNS)
- Mannheim, Germany — tentatively assigned as permanent occupation area for the 6th AIB
- Michelbach, Germany — Able Company had already moved billets here before Mannheim orders
- Rhine River, Germany — towns along it in Wiesbaden area vacated by 70th Division for the Sixth
- San Francisco, California (CNS) — origin of wire dispatch on Japanese sword ruling
- Santa Clara, California — location of Santa Clara University where Pfc Coty plans to study
- Switzerland — mentioned in letter as destination for GI furloughs
- Washington, D.C. (CNS) — origin of wire dispatch on civilian demand for K-Rations and Spam
- Wiesbaden, Germany — area recently vacated by 70th Division; proposed new billet area for the Sixth
Units
- 11th AIB — one of the units contributing men to the high-point transfer group
- 12th Armored Division — receiving high-point transfers from the 6th AIB; scheduled to embark for U.S.
- 14th AIB — one of the units contributing men to the high-point transfer group
- 3rd Reinforcement Depot — receiving high-point soldiers from the 6th AIB on September 23 and 29
- 47th Armored Medical Battalion — contributed men to high-point transfer group
- 56th AIB — C Company received 13 men from the 6th with scores of 70 points
- 65th Infantry Regiment — composed entirely of Puerto Rican citizens; soon to sail home
- 66th Armored Infantry Battalion — received transfers from the 6th AIB
- 6th Armored Infantry Battalion (6th AIB) — publishing unit; moving to Mannheim occupation area
- 70th Division — recently vacated Wiesbaden area towns now available for the Sixth’s billets
- 84th Infantry Division — unit to which the Sixth is now attached in Mannheim