GI Jimmy Valentine at SF Could Crack a Safe
A humorous Army Times column recalls Sgt. Sidney Radner known as GI Jimmy Valentine who wowed crowds with card tricks and ambidexterity. He left before a rumored safe cracking at the 78th Base Unit, with the depot in Oklahoma City likely to receive the safe.
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GI Jimmy Valentine
Sgt
Sidney Radner
Thomases
Soldier Talent
Radner
78Th
Robert Kuhl
Air Corps
Oklahoma City
Freedom-Plus Verse Calls for Unity and Brotherhood
A patriotic poem urges readers to unite beyond caste color creed and clan. It champions overcoming petty hates, working together, and serving God’s purpose to build a better world through brotherhood and unity.
After Christmas Cash for War Bonds
The piece urges GIs and readers to turn after Christmas cash into War Bonds to hasten victory. It argues cash gifts to troops and ongoing bond purchases reduce Christmas in uniform and speed the end of the war.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Santa Claus
Wilbur
Mehitabel
The Good Germans Quote War Image From DNB Dispatch
A DNB report dated October 2 1944 presents a German infantryman’s letter to his mother portraying war as necessary for the Reich’s spiritual development. He says the menace must rise toward annihilation to purify German spirit and that war is life’s supreme law, suggesting the conflict may advance mankind beyond a century of peace.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
DNB
Reich
The Ancient Master Sergeant’s Lesson to a Pfc
A poem by CPL M L Lore Exacts depicts an old master sergeant explaining army rank and struggle. The aged sergeant recalls years of hard work for promotions while noting the changing army. He urges the private to value his path though his frustration remains evident.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Cpl. M. Lore
Texacts
Sorg
Be Eager as New Year Resolution on Mor gan Good Housekeeping Plan
A military paper muses on adopting eagerness, praising Lt Col Homer Morgan's Good Housekeeping program at Sheppard Field. It notes mops turned into wigs for soldier shows, urges a full inventory, and imagines eager soldiers resisting litter with dedicated trash chute bins at pocket height.
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John Fryer
Homer L. Morgan
Good Housekeeping
Morgan
Texacts
Sheppard Field
Wykert
Willess
Hitler quote cited on depopulation plan precedes war
The record recalls Adolf Hitler’s controversial remark about depopulating racial units as part of a preservation mission. Also noted is an Army vignette describing Cpl. George Reisling of Fort Benning planning retirement after 30 years without a day off and his disciplined routines.
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Daily Times
Texacts
Police Gazette
Army
Alaska
New York
Kodiak Bear
John Keats
Billy Minsky
Adolf Hitler
Hermann Rauschning
Danzig
Benning
CNS
George Reisling
4Th Infantry
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James C. Tippett
Robert Benchley
Freedom
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