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The Camp Wolters Longhorn
Friday, November 3, 1944
Commissary Cards
Not Bearing Date
Void December 1
All commissary cards cur-
rently in effect which are not
stamped: with an expiration date
will become void effective De-
cember 1, it has been announced
by Lt. Richard T. Raymond,
sales officer.
All cards must be brought
to the Commissary by military
personnel or their dependents
for stamping. The cards will
be valid for a period of four
months following the date of
issue.
Up to the present time it has
been the responsibility of com-
pany commanders to collect
commissary ■ cards when mili-
tary personnel are transferred.
The new system will relieve the
company commanders of this
duty, and will also, prevent un-
authorized persons from having,
commissary cards, since they
must be renewed every four
months.
Not only are commissary
sales restricted to military per-
sonnel and their dependents, but
the commissary cards are also
used as a pass to enter camp.
Therefore, it was pointed out,
the new system not only pre-
vents unauthorized sales, b^t is
also an internal security meas-
Separate weeks have been
designated for personnel of
tlie various units to bring the
cards to be dated, according to
the following schedule: Week
beginning October 30, 12tli
Regiment: week beginning
November 13, 11th Regi-
ment; week beginning No-
vember 20, 14th Regiment;
week beginning November 27,
all other units in camp.
Wolterite To Help
In War Loan Drive
T-5 Bob Levy, head of the
Camp Wolters Radio Section,
is leaving for Special Duty at
the Public Relations Office, Fort
Benning, G-a., where he will as-
sist in conducting the Sixth
War Loan Drive. Cpl. Levy
will return to Wolters the lat-
ter part of December.
Above—Twisting and turning like a huge snake on a glori-
ous drunk, Camp Wolters’ Burma Road provides 15 miles of
torturious, nerve-racking driving for those who would pilot
Uncle Sam’s motor vehicles. Designed to include every con-
ceivable type of highway nightmare, this vehicle obstacle
course will either make a driver or break him.
Top left—A view of some of the tracks of the 1000-inch
machine gun ranges. The three ranges, located in Zones 2 and
5 and near Area 6, boast a total of 190 tracks—accomodating
twice that many gunners. These ranges are also used for BAR
practice. \
Top right—To the Wolterites who have spent hours blast-
ing away at targets here, the Known Distance Range is a
familiar sight—to those trainees who haven’t, it soon will be.
GIs come here for their first firing practice.
Center left—The Finney Range—“Korean Grave Yard” to
you—where trainees fire at targets from unknown distances
of 200 to 500 yards. Also known as the “Transition Range”
because of its training use between known distance and field
firing, the range got its Asiatic name from the oriental prac-
tice of burying people above the ground with mounds of earth.
Center right—Elmhurst Park, government-built addition of
over 200 houses, is occupied by non-commissioned officers and
essential civilian personnel working at Camp Wolters. The
community is located about a mile and a half southwest of
Mineral Wells.
Lower left—The mock German village dots the landscape as
the cameraman flies over famous (or notorious) Hell’s Bot-
tom, where trainees get special training under simulated bat-
tle conditions. Along with village fighting, GIs learn squad
tactics, practice bayonet assault, crawl over the infiltration
course. They study booby traps and land mines, practice on
the grenade and obstacle courses, engage in close and platoon
combat, and learn to give battlefield first aid that may some-
day save their own lives or those of their buddies. Note Infil-
tration Course to the right of the village.
Lower right—The cameraman shoots Mineral Wells as the
plane breezes by at about 1000 feet. The building, in the cen-
ter is the Baker Hotel. (Signal Corps Photos.)
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WOLTERITE AND HIS FIVE BROTHERS
KILLED JAPS FROM BATAAN TO PELELIU
The story of Dobervich is the
story of six fighting Americans.
It tells of action in almost every
engagement against the Japs,
from the epic struggle for Ba-
taan—to the latest Marines
landing at Peleliu. It tells of
the March of Death in the Phil-
ippines, the landings at Saipan,
and the winning of Guadalcanal.
One of the six fighting
Dobervichs is Lt. Eli R. Dob-
ervich , 24, Ironton, Minn.,
Company Commander of Co.
B, 67th Battalion. Lt. Dob-
ervich was awarded the Com-
bat Infantryman badge at a
retreat ceremony held last
/week on Scott Hill.
Commissioned a second lieu-
tenant in the field at New Cale-
donia, Lt. Dobervich landed at
Guadalcanal with the America!
Division, Oct. 13, 1942. His unit
reinforced the Marines who
were being pressed by a ruth-
less enemy. He participated in
the Jap attack at Henderson
Field which swept across one
corner of the field until driven
back.
He and his men survived the
“hellish” night attacks of, Jap
naval craft when over 6,000
shells were thrown at the Amer-
icans by the Japs to dislodge
them from their holdings.
“When you look back at it,
those first three weeks on the
island were black,” declared
Lt. Dobervich. “But we were
confident as hell.
Others of the Dobervich clan
to fight the brutality of the
Japanese,-are: Major Michael,
Marines; Lt. Daniel, Army; Lt.
Sam, Marines; Ensign George,
Navy, and PFC Robert, a para-
trooper in New Guinea.
Major Michael Dobervich, who
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Lt. Eli R. Dobervich
was in the Marines assault at
Peleliu in the Palaus, is a sur-
vivor of the infamous “March
of Death,” which took place
after the Jap seizure of Ameri-
cans troops at Bataan. He was
a prisoner of the Japanese for
a year before he managed to
gain freedom. He made his way
to AustraUa, and was awarded
the Distinguished Service Cross
from the hands of General
Douglas MacArthur.
“Both my brother and the
general have scores to settle
with the Japs,” remarked Lt.
Dobervich.
Lt. Sam Dobervich partici-
pated in the Marines landings
at Kwajalien, Saipan, and Tin-
ian.
11TH REGIMENT
To staff sergeant: Janies V.
Tropea. To sergeant: Theodore
Costoff, Adolph J. Jarzab, Has-
us Castro, Andrew A. Chapes.
To technician fourth grade: Ce-
cil C. Marshall, Eric H. Benson.
To corporal: Russell K. Goss,
Boyce M. Taylor, Kenneth G,
Orr. To technician fifth grade:
James W. Monaker, Maurice E.
Smith, Samuel A. Zehra.
12TH REGIMENT
To sergeant: James D. Moran,
Harold W. McGinley, Albert D.
Walker, David J. Rintelman. To
corporal: Gilbert H. Wilson.
13TH REGIMENT
To corporal: Pete M. Nich-
olas.
HQ. CO., IRTC
To •technician fourth grade:
Jonathan C. Marshall, Nick V.
Schroeder, Samuel S. Ferdig
To corporal: Zygford R. Hara-
burda. To technician fifth grade:
Jack McNairy, Rector F. Mac-
Neill, Vernon E. Schrater, May-
nard A. Garfield, Alfonse D’An-
drea, Mathew J. Supreme, Jr.,
Jesse E. Pillow.
Wolters Glee Club
Featured In Town
The Camp Wolters Glee Club,
formerly known as the Wac-GI
Choir, appeared Tuesday night
at the opening of the Methodist
Convention at Convention Hall,
Mineral Wells. The selections
rung by the group were “The
Star Spangled Banner,” “The
Heavens Resound,” “Lovely Ap-
pear Over the Mountains,” and
“Now the Day Is Over.”
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Eddins, Howard B. The Longhorn (Camp Wolters, Tex.), Vol. 4, No. 19, Ed. 1 Friday, November 3, 1944, newspaper, November 3, 1944; Camp Wolters, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth601265/m1/4/: accessed June 13, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Boyce Ditto Public Library.