Activation of new aaa units - Air Defense Artillery

58 THE COAST ARTILLERY JOllRNAL Jllly-AllgllSt
~rcFarland. Robert R.• 59th AAA A \\. Bn., Ft.
Bliss. Tex.
~Ielanson. Joscph E .. Stu. Oct .. Hq. Fifth
Army. Chicago, Ill .. w/sta at Uni\"ersity of
\\'isc .. ~Iadison. \Visc.
~[oore. Rodne\'. 384th AAA Gun Bn., Ft. Bliss,
Tex ..
~Iunguia. Rafael V.. 59th AAA A\\" Bn" Ft.
Bliss. Tex.
Nix. James H .. 115th crc Det. Sixth Army.
Presidio of San Francisco. Calif.
Xoble. J. A .. Hq. First Army. Go\'ernors
Island. N. Y.
Palm. William J .. Detailed in Sp S.
Pitzer. Homer S.. 503rd Abn AA Bn., Ft.
Bragg. N. e.
Rasmussen. James A.. ' 112th CIC Oct. Fourth
Army. Ft. Sam Houston. Tex., w/sta at
EI Paso. Tex.
Rhode, R. H .. 3rd Armored Didsion. Ft. Knox,
Ky.
Richmond. ~[alcolm F .. 503rd Abn. AA Bn.,
Ft. Bragg, N. e.
Russo, Joseph. Stu. Det. Hq. Second Army,
Ft. Geo. G. ~reade. ~rd .. w/sta at University
of Virginia, Charlottes\'ille. Va.
Sheppard. Byron E .. Detailed in FA.
Snow. Frank G.. 112th crc Oct. Fourth Army.
Ft. Sam Hou;;ton. Tex.
Sto\"itski. e.. 267th AAA Group. Ft. Bliss,
Tex.
Strike. Clarence E .. US Army Caribbean.
Quarry Heights. CZ. ~Iailing Add: Casual
Officers Co. New Orleans Pers Center.
XOPE. Xew Orleans. La.
Vogt. Brady L.. 59th AAA A\\" Bn.. Ft. Bliss.
Tex.
Von Tongeln. \\'alter \\'., Stu. Oct. Arty.
Sch .. Ft. Sill. Okla.
Wardell, Patrick G.. Stu. Det. Hq. Sixth
Army. Presidio of San Francisco. Calif..
w/sta at Uni\'. of Southern Calif.. Los
Angeles. Cal.
\Vagner, Robert T .. Trfd to FA.
\Varing. Robert e.. crc Center. Camp Holabird.
~lan'land .
West. John 'L., 59th AAA A\\" Bn.. Ft. Bliss,
Tex.
\V~\'ant. \\'allace \V .. Stu. Oct. Art\". Sch., Ft.
S'il!. Okla ..
Woodbury. Joseph L.. Fifth Army 5610th
ASU, Fitsimmons GH. Dem'er. Colo.
Wright, F. B.. Fifth Army 5602d ASU. Kansas
City, Kansas.
SECOXD LIEUTEXAXTS
Betti. Adler P., US Army Caribbean. Quarry
Heights. CZ. ~railing Add: Casual Officers
Co, New Orleans Pers Center, NOPE. New
Orleans. La.
Carroll. Robert J .. US Army Caribbean.
Quarry Heights. CZ. ~railing Add: Casual
Officers Co. New Orleans Pers Center,
XOPE. Xew Orleans, La.
COMPANY COMMANDER
By Charles B. MacDonald
Charles B.. MacDonald came to the 2d Infantry Division as a replacement
company commander in September, 1944-and stayed with an infantry company
(with time out for a wound and evacuation) for the rest of the war. COM-
PANY COMMANDER is his story-and by the time you've finished it, the men
of Company I and Company G will be your friends, and winter warfare an old
experience of your own. But MacDonald can tell about his own story. In his
preface, he says ...
"The characters in this story are not pretty characters. They are not even heroic, if
lack of fear is a requisite for heroism. They are cold, dirty, rough, frightened, miserable
characters; GIs, Johnny Doughboys, dog faces, foots loggers, poor bloody infantry,
or as they like to call themselves, combat infantrymen. But they win wars.
"They are men from Companies I and G, 23d Infantry, but they might be men from
Companies A and K, 16th Infantry, or they might be men from Companies C and E,
254th Infantry, For their stories are relati\'ely the same. Some may have fought the
Germans longer than others, or some may ha\'e fought the Germans less. For all it
was an eternity.
"The characters in my story are not fictional, and any similarity between them and
persons living or dead is intentional, and some of them are dead,
". , . I am not the hero of my story.
"The heroes are the men from Companies I and G-the lead scouts, the riflemen,
the machine gunners, the messengers, the mortarmen .. Companies I and G are called
rifle companies. , . and when you call a company a rifle company, you are speaking of
the men who actually fight wars."
150/ 0 Discount If Yon Order From
The Coast Artillery Journal
Churchil. Lake G.. Jr .. Asgd to CAe.
De Weese, Robert E .. Jr .. Stu. Oct. AA &
G~I Br.. T AS. Ft. Bliss. Tex.
Ellingsen. Ralph J .. US Army Caribbean
Quarry Hei!!hts. CZ. ~Iailing Add: Casual
Officers Co. Cpo Stoneman Pers Center.
XOPE. Xe\\" Orleans. La.
Hanneke. Ignatius I-I.. Philippine- Ryukyu.
Command. ~ranila. PI. ~railing Add: Casual
Officers Co. Cp. Stoneman. Pers Center.
Pittsburg. California.
Hogan. Robert L.. Stu Det. AA & G~[ Rr.
TAS, Ft. Bliss. Tex.
Hollander. Bennett N., US Army Force'
. Antilles. San J lIan, P.R. ~railing Add:
Xew Orleans Pers Center. NOPE. Xe"
Orleans, La.
Jones. J. \\'esley. Stu Det. Ground Gen Sch..
Ft. Riley, Kans.
Lawrcnce. Franklvn F .. Stu Det, AA & G~I
Br. TAS, Ft. Bliss, Tex.
LO\'ett. Cloburn B.. US Army Caribbean. ~
Quarry Heights. CZ. ~Iailing Add: Casual
Officers Co. Xew Orleans Pers Center.
NOPE. New Orleans. La.
~rcClat1in. Frank L.. Stu Det. Ground Gen.
School. Ft. Riley. Kans.
Walker. Faris T .. US Army Caribbean.
Quarry Heights. CZ. ~Iailing Add: Casual
Officers Co. New Orleans Pers Center.
NOPE. New Orleans. La.
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