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Newspaper
Paris Post
Location
Paris, Idaho, United States of America
Date
Oct 28, 1943
Page
7
Marion Hargrove a former newspaper feature editor has joined the army and gone through Fort Bragg training. He recalls pre induction freedom and jokes about army life noting KP duties and kitchen work during the first weeks as a cook.
In Battery C, 13th Battalion, a cook recalls daily life on a training camp coastal bivouac. Buster Charnley jokes about his furlough and stripes while sergeants recount turnover, morale, and the transition from trainees to skilled cooks and soldiers. The narrator shares camp hardships, guards, and a surprising overnight guest in a pup tent.
Kathleen Norris urges women ages 21 to 44 to enlist in the WACs, describing benefits, training, housing, pay, and the chance to share wartime service with soldiers. She touts wife enlistment, opportunities to learn varied skills, and the appeal of uniform life as part of national effort during and after the war.
The appeal seeks women aged 21 to 44 to join the WAC and gain postwar job training, good pay with many noncommissioned officers earning 138 dollars monthly, no living expenses, superior food and clothing, and army medical care. It emphasizes WACs as proof of women's role in national and world events.
Barbara Bell Pattern No. 1821-B designed for sizes 6 8 10 12 and 14 years features a casual jumper with a set-in belt and ample pockets. The ad promotes a neat wardrobe staple for girls with a confident start.
A hawksbill sea turtle shows a shell formed by overlapping plates like a roof shingles. Its shell reaches about two feet in length with plates roughly six by twelve inches. Found in warmer Atlantic Pacific and Indian oceans.
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