The Key West Citizen Newspaper, April 9, 1943, Page 6

PAGE SIX THE ARMY'S SECOND-STRING SOLDIERS DOING JOB WELL By JOHN GROVER AP Features writer CAMP CAMPBELL, Ky., -¥.—Seven hundred miles is a long way to go fora iaugh, but the mere idea of Gus—my fat friend of 20 year’s newspapering—in a uniform | “was too hilarious to resist. I visioned Gus.as some sort of; ing center, Training foy ay khaki-cover¢@) Taji Mahal, so I}éervice is a full time job. came for a gag, I ed instead. Te ae Bi inundated n lhird have re-eme ‘ej. "Bei thibke nothing of- Avatkingt Thanks? to a TET ey errant I qanyremem- “ber when ‘he'd wait until somebody | else went through to aveid turning a revolving door. * Suddenly I, realized that Gus and half a million or so like him are one of the sified for “Imited service” on in- duction. This means non-combat- ant service, “LS” men keep the} Army going. biggest untold} stories in the nation. Gus was clas-! petals The limited service | suys who do the necessary dirty April’ work don’t get the credit they’re ned. Without chem the’ fighting ces wouldn’t be the crack out- its they are. * “Housekeepers” t |. This camp is a tank corps trajng! i | ‘VOr, minute, the tankmen must de training a mingte iar zee f mM battle. ited, service’ ; men, these tank« tt ters will be fighting months ahead of any ysehedule otherwise possible, be- ause the LS gang does the’ camp sekeeping.” “You can compare the station complement to the public utilities; nd munici servies that keep: ta city going,” says Col. Guy wW.; | Chipman, camp commandant. | “This is a military city, and the! {fighting forces in training could’ VF port, utilities, Police and Services, garbage collection and rhealth departments staffed and ; Serviced by limited service sol- diers.” There's more grunt than glam- our in limited service. At Camp Campbell, all the limited service troops are under the Service of Supply. Any military man will tell you that the SOS is what keeps the air and ground forces going. The limited service troops here dirty work THE KEY WEST CITIZEN fire; are working soldiers. They ser-| They repair ; Whole physical plant of the camp, vice the fighting units in training. Food that goes up to the company cooks is hauled and tallied by"LS troops. They do all the cler administrative chores of the proper. They furnish the KI tails, the station cooks and bakers, the post military pc force. It's the limited service ¢omple- ment which services the transport and armament used in training the fighting units. They do the heavy, in the d | p| 7 - lations that forbids sending limit- | form these task. warehouses. ' and maintain the! brackets. A missing finger kept ’' him out of active service. “Corky” was a Louisville department store | buyer, who'd Jost an eye. Bill Ed- 36, married, was a coal Now he’s in the message center dispatcher’s office. Red Stricker, 24, merried, was a New York and Cleveland sales engi neer. He’s a pany clerk now John Istvan, former N. C. State and perform its vital ser from garbage collection to hos technical assistance. There's nothing in Army re: miston, ed service soldiers overseas to per-} miner. I met a typical cross-sect the limited service tre are Ben Shaw and “C Cor- in, the company bankers. Ben as a New York importing firm! of oT The Spring and Easter Patade Starts Here! CATCH EVERY EYE ON (EASTER 1 executive, in the upper income football great, is fice locat “These diers,” sa Medical Corp: and toes dicaps don’t k forming impx Every With These - AMAZING VALUES "Ss LEE | ‘< y B ; . 3 Good appearance is assured in one of F ENTER = our new Dresses and other pretty things | dh ba Ih aioe 0 Jb en ‘Phone ay we are showing for Spring and Easter We Close Watlons thoredare st pus at 1 p.m.' i Wear. They’re styled —right to the minute . . , . they’re made for many | SMART HOUSEWIVES | ARE BUYING seasoi’s wear. 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