Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1942 — Page 5
BRITISH CALL HIN
‘THE TOUGH GUY
That's the Yank of the A. E. F. — Fit and Full of Fight.
By DONN SUTTON Times Special Writer SOMEWHERE IN NORTHERN IRELAND, July 30.—The American + doughboy on this doorstep to Europe has developed a healthy type of homesickness that bodes no good for the Schickelgruber set in Berlin. He's in a hell of a hurry to get onto that second front, teach the Nasties some old-fashioned man-
ners—and then go home to thel|i:
U. 8. A.
His proximity to scenes of action has filled the Yankee soldier over here with a fighting spirit that has to be seen and heard to be fully appreciatesd.
He's Fit and Tough
I've talked to him by the hundreds—this swell guy who will do the real fighting—as I've traveled in jeeps and peeps and staff cars
along ' the serpentine, dust-white |§ roads that wind fhrough Ulster’s|%
blue-green. mountains. . And I can report to his folks back home: He's fit. He's living well. He's seating well. He's working hard. Hes TOUGH. He's a SOLDIER. About a second front? Well, there's a stocky, curly-haired Private Clarence (Buzz) Bradley, antitank gunner, from Murphysboro, Ill. He has done a lot of pro boxing, has Buzz, and knows his way about a gridiron, too. If he could take our military strategists aside, as he did me, here’s -what he'd tell ‘em: “This war is just a big game without any rules. But offense is the best defense in any kind of scrap. You got to mix a lot in a fight—but don’t swing any wild ones. And don’t ever drop your arms—chat's bad. . . . And like in football, as long as you got the ball, the other guy can't win.”
Know and Like Their Jobs
Listen, too, to Private Harold J. Hoflman of Newark, N. J, a lean and lanky ritleman today but leader of a night-club Hawaiian band only yesterday: “We. came over here, and were going on to Berlin, with a song in our hearts—and this baby (he patted his Garand rifle) in our arms = We know the other fellow is a tough cookie, but light hearts are the stout hearts. My mother told me that.” And dark-haired, firm jawed Pfc. Lawrence Frost, one-time coal miner from Mystic, Pa., who swells out his chest until he nearly fills the door of his Nissen hut as he says: “Sure we waut to go home when the time is right. But just let us at ‘em first. Then we'll talk about going home!”
Spittin’ Image of His Dad
The doughboy of 1942 is the spittin’ image of his Dad who came » overseas, in less-well-fitting khaki, in 1917-18—a tough guy. In fact, that phrase, Tough Guy, has been picked up by British journalists and men-in-the-street as a pet description of these sturdy lads seen swaggering through Irish towns on leave and for the tin-hatted sentries who stand solidly and unbudging athwart the gates of American camps. There's a healthy vulgarity in the 1942 doughboy’s patter which any American Légionnaire wculd recognize. He's singing the World War I songs. He's talking the World War I soldier language. There is practically no new doughboy slang—except a five-letter word which, originating in the air forces, has swept like wildfire throughout the army. Translated into polite parlorese, this word means that “the situation is, as usual, . very confused.” Also, a doughboy never is ‘fed up” with his sergeant or
_ “Tough Guy,” the British have affectionately tagged him and his pals of the A. E. F. in Northen Ireland. He's Pfc. Lawrence Frost, one-time coal miner from Mystic, Pa. and he says: “ . .. just let us at ‘em. ....”
with his gil—he is “browned off.” The troops are getting strict dis-
cipline in large doses. But it's an American army-type discipline that sits particularly well with American guys. It's a paternal discipline in which the officers see to it, with a diligence perhaps not equaled in any other army in the world, that their men are as well fed and well housed as possible. “It's because we know our officers are looking after us that we eat up the discipline we're getting,” explained Sergt. John Brunette of St. Paul (He's chief of an artillery section, has one brother reported missing at Corregidor, and another brother in his own outfit here. “We're proud of ourselves as we've never been proud before. Whys we've got so we won't go into the village without our blouses on and our shoes shined. You never hear the word ‘morale’ around here. That's sissy talk.”
Every Outfit is Army's Best
Officers and men now have developed that fellowship which comes of being Americans together in a foreign land. A captain from Fort Dodge, Iowa, for instance, was a long-time track and football coach—and he’s training his splendid-looking infantrymen much as he might a college athletic team. Anoiher officer, who once was superintendent of a large Michigan factory, told me he views his outfit as if he were building a smooth-running industrial unit.
Well Fed, Not Pampered
Just as ‘the average American civilian is the besi-fed and most comfortably housed person in the world, so is the American soldier
‘made as comfortable as. possible in
his new overseas environment. This isn’t “pampering,” they insist; certainly there is no pampering of the doughboy when he’s in the field; he is given the “works” with supel-realism, as anyone who witnessed the recent U, S. army maneuvers here for the benefit of the King and Queen will testify. “Furthermore,” said one, officer, “we see no reason why the soldier shouldn't eat and live by American standards whenever it is possible. For in the not-too-distant tomorrow”—he held up a smallish box of concentrated rations—“this
may be his breakfast, lunch and
dinner combined in the field of action.”
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One Flier Landed Plane With 72 Bullet and
Cannon Holes.
WASHINGTON, July 30 (U. PJ). —Second Lieut. William V. Brooks of Bigelow, Mo, marine fighter pilot in the battle of Midway, told yesterday - how two Japanese zero
fighters lured him into a battle even though his plane was badly damaged. Brooks, in an official Yeport. of
il enemy action at Midway island ‘| made public by the navy, said he 4| was going in to land when he saw 2ltwo planes
dog-fighting. He
changed course and started to help
il what hejbelieved was his friend, but
both planes turned and came at
{| him full throttle.
By the time he landed — with three of his four guns jammed—his plane was “damaged somewhat,
il having 72 bullet and cannon holes
in it, and I had a slight flesh wound on my left leg,” Brooks said. Among.,other hitherto unrevealed reports on the battle submitted by marine fliers and made public today were these:
Shoot Down 50 Dive Bombers Capt. Kirt Armistead, San Fran-
'| cisco, Cal.—His group attacked two
waves of approximately 45 enemy
ll bombers each. At least 50 enemy
dive bombers were shot. down by his
|| greatly outnumbered force, plus an t | unknown number of zero fighters.
Approaching one flight, he said he sped toward them at high speed, firing incendiaries. Two or three of these planes fell in flames. . His plane received three 20-mm. shells—one in the right wing gun, one in the left wing root tank and one in the engine cowling. He also received 20 rounds of 7.7 shot in the aileron, but managed to get away. , Capt. P. R. White, Brooklyn, N. Y. fighter pilot—“I made a long, fast above-side pass on (an enemy) plane. I believe I shot the pilot.”
Plane in Flames Drops Bombs
Second Lieut. H. Phillips, New Rochelle, N. Y., fighter pilot—"“During the action I saw a marine fighter cut across Eastern island to help another. - He was shot down by zero fighter. The pilot bailed out and two zeros strafed him about three times each.” Second Lieut. Elmer P. Thompson, Brooklyn, N. Y., dive bomber pilot—Maj. Benjamin Norris, Coronado, Cal, radioed his group to attack a battleship. Zero fighters were coming ‘in and anti-aircraft fire was terrific. -He released one: bomb at 500 feet, getting a direct hit on the stern. He flew at 50 feet to evade anti-aircraft’ fire and saw the battleship smoking, ringed with near misses, with one direct hit on the bow. .° On June 5, Capt. Richard E. Fleming of St. Paul, Minn. was leading the attack and was hit, going down in flames. He stayed in his dive and dropped his bomb at 500 feet. . The ship was left listing badly and smoking.”
Escapes, but Crashes
Second Lieut, Daniel L. Cummings, Dwight, Ill, dive bomber pilot—Five fighters concentrated on him, almost shooting his plane from under him. “I finally escaped through the clouds. My elevator controls were frozen and my instruments’ shot away. Five miles from Midway my gasoline gave out and I made a crash landing in: the water.” First Lieut. Danijel Iverson Jr., Columbia, S. C., dive bomber pilot— He dived from 1500 feet toward a carrier, followed by two enemy fighters The. carrier he hit had two rising suns on the flight deck. “My plane was hit several times by fighters. My throat mike cord was severed by a bullet and my hydraulic system’ was shot away. 1 had to land with one wheel up and my left wing was damaged.”
Recommended for Bravery
Second Lieut. Thomas F. Moore Jr., New York, dive bomber pilot —After dropping a bomb’ oh a carrier from 400 feet, severe concussion threw his plane out of control and he recovered 25 feet above the water. Fighters attacked immediately and his gunner, Pvt. Charles W. Huber, Buffalo, N. Y,, reported his guns jammed. Huber continued. aiming—keeping the Japs away. Later Huber was hit, no longer able to aim the gun, and the Japs closed in. Moore decided to make for the clouds. “My engine quit. I reached for the wobble pump (a pump which forces gasoline into the engine), but Pvt. Huber beat me to it and had it going. . ... I wish to recommend Pvt. Huber for bravery in action.”
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A hard time barn dance will be held tomorrow. night at Columbia park under the sponsorship of the July band of the Altar society of St. Catherine’s church. The grand march will begin at 9 o'clock. Mrs. Edward Trimpe and Mrs. Edward Gallagher are co-chair-men. - Assisting - them. are Mesdames Francis McCarthy, Arthur Jones, Ambrose Cook, Peter. Richter, Rudy Schepert, Carrie Oberting and Frank O’Brien.
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