PENNANT PARADE
Vol.
III, NO. 2 28 Oct.
1945
4th
day
at
sea
PENNANT'S PROGRESS
The most popular spot on the
ship since yesterday has been
hatch No. 3, upper deck (near the
library) where the chart showing
our daily progress toward HOME is posted.
Through the gracious cooperation
of the Skipper and the First Mate,
the flag marker will be moved each
day showing the "Pennant" position
as of noon that day.
Apart from the discomfort of the
troops and discontinuance of
"deck games" topside,
the bad
weather we are having now is not
hampering our voyage in the least.
We are maintaining our speed and
course and as "Admiral Farragut"
Colburn said, damn the torpedoes,
full speed ahead. [Referring to the 1943 movie The More the Merrier in which actor Charles Coburn repeatedly says Admiral Farragut's famous quote. This was the movie currently being shown on the ship, according to the schedule in the previous issue. - Ed.]
LATEST FOOTBALL SCORES
[Some of the scores are incorrect. For these, the actual scores, as found on Wikipedia and other sources online, are shown in brackets. In the Partial Scores section, brackets show the final scores. - Ed.]
East:
Yale 18 - Cornell 7
Army 48 -
Duke 13
Navy 14 - Penn 7
Princeton 14 - Rutgers 6
Holy Cross 21 - Colgate 0
Bucknell 26 - Lafayette 2
Midwest:
Northwestern 26 - Purdue 14
Notre Dame 40 - Iowa 0 [Notre Dame 56 - Iowa 0]
Michigan State 1 - Marquette 13 [Michigan State 13 - Marquette 13]
South:
Alabama 28 - Georgia 14
PARTIAL SCORES:
Tenn. 20 - Villanova 0 (3rd period) [Tenn. 33 - Villanova 2]
Illinois 0 - Michigan 0 (3rd period) [Michigan 19 - Illinois 0]
Ohio State 13 - Minnesota 7 (3rd) [Ohio State 20 - Minnesota 7]
Temple 6 - Pitt 0 (3rd) [Temple 6 - Pitt 0]
Rice 7 - Texas 0 (1st) [Rice 7 - Texas 6]
Baylor 7 - Texas A&M 0 (half) [Texas A&M 19 - Baylor 13]
Oklahoma 14 - Kansas 13 (half) [Oklahoma 41 - Kansas 13]
West Coast and finals will be in
tomorrow's Pennant.
ABOUT THE DRAFT
Many city newspapers today
voiced their opinions about the President's recommendations for
keeping a peacetime army of
conscripted young men. The San Francisco Chronicle objected almost wholly to this bill that it
would be alright if it did not
interfere with the schooling of
these young men between ages of
18 and 21 and that it would be a
great aid to morale, but not so
much to education. It went on to
say that there is a great need for national safety, but this
should be taken care of without
the necessity of having peacetime conscription and this should
be put before Congress
to figure out. [Wikipedia: “The World War II draft operated from 1940 until 1946 when further inductions were suspended, and its legislative authorization expired without further extension by Congress in 1947.”]
INDO-CHINA UNREST
Heavy attacks still continue
on Indian troops in Indo-China
and it was reported that French
and some British troops opened
fire on Indians and Chinese crowds
when a grenade exploded among
some of their guarding forces
.
YANKS RELIEVED IN CHINA
In central China it was reported that Chinese troops and civilian forces have come at last to
relieve U.S. Marine forces of
their duties. Very shortly all Marines, including those in north China, will also be relieved from their duties and returned to American bases.
Many of these men are
now eligible for discharge also
on the new fifty-point discharge
rate which will go into effect on
the first day of December.
STAFF
Editor.............Len Stringfield
Artist.............R.E. Doyle
Sports Editor......William O'Brien
Feature Writers....John A. Polomski
Roy K. Dumas
Richard Berlow
Mimeographer.......Jimmy Lucci
Trans. CO...Capt. Richard Gimpel
Master......Capt. George Hansen
Trans. Sv.
Off....Lt. Leonard Miskit
VAST STORES OF LOOT DISCOVERED
Five and one half million dollars'
worth of currency, jewels and radium
were dug up from debris in Japan.
This loot was said to have be sent
to Japan by the Nazi regime in
Germany for safe keeping and it is
also said that this loot was formerly
stolen
property on part of Nazis.
ABOUT THE SHIP
The U.S. Army Transport Pennant
was built in Germany in 1937. It
served in the Danish Merchant Marine under the name Grete Mærsk
as a fast freighter and carried at the most twelve passengers.
In 1941 when the United States
entered the war, the Grete Mærsk was taken over by the Navy and converted to an Army transport and
fitted to carry some 1,500 men.
About ten of the highest-ranking members of the Danish crew
chose to remain and are still
with the ship. They include the
Skipper, the First and Second Mates,
engineers, etc. For the most part,
though, the crew members are Americans serving with the Merchant
Marine, all old timers at the game.
During the war the "Pennant"
made sixteen round trips in the Pacific and has been in every major
campaign and in nearly every wartime port in the Asiatic-Pacific theatre. A very lucky ship, she has
never had an incident mar her record in this time, which, if you ask me,
calls for
hearty congratulations to her
fine crew.
*LOST
AND FOUND*
FOUND:
Dog tags (name) Boyd G. Bralley [Boyd Grover Bralley? - Ed.]
Knife, w/key and chain
Owners report to Troop Office and identify
the above listed items.
OFFICIAL NOTICES
Anyone aboard who is a liberated prisoner of war, an escaped
prisoner of war or an evader,
or
who has personal knowledge of
Japanese atrocities report to
the Troop Office immediately.
The importation into the United
States of birds, pets, or any
plumage of birds of the parrot
family is prohibited by Federal
Law.
Barber equipment is available
in the Troop Office. Company
Commanders may obtain this equip
ment for use by enlisted men.
Anyone who is a barber is
requested to see his Company Commander, so that all troops may
debark with a neat haircut.
NOTICE
The show schedule will be changed as follows:
1st Company ------ 1930
2nd & 3rd Co.'s --- 2130
U.S. ASKED TO MEDIATE
An appeal was made by the
government of Indonesia to the
United States as a mediator between the Dutch and Javanese for
a reconstruction of a new world
order and lasting peace in the Pacific. The Javanese representatives stated that this could
not possibly be done if their
people are still held under international rule.
PHILIPPINE AID
In a conference with the press, Pres. Harry Truman announced that all hospital equipment, food of any kind, trucks and material [meaning matériel? - Ed.]
that are now in the Philippines
should be transferred to the Philippine people to aid them
in reconstruction of their cities.
This the President said should
be managed without charge to the Philippines. He asked that
this be
done before the next meeting
of the commonwealth.
100,000 STRIKERS RETURN TO JOBS
At home in the U.S. more than
one hundred thousand men and
women workers who have been striking are gradually returning
their jobs.
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