United States Military Academy West Point - Howitzer Yearbook (West Point, NY)

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iilliljfoi ' ,teili2. ' . hws - ' ' , all the i!»ck coovoy ? l«k. It TO . at. Cops ' n killer clashed frequently on the battlehelJ; when we arose one brisk morning at 0130 to pitch shelter tents to the right, we realized which instinct had won . . . Held under battlefield conditions, these maneuvers made the war abroad more real at home. The line is busy. M -M Take a break ' s ov ■ «is .- ' . i. fi Vi ' a m 25 mr « r

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PleJxe Ma4 jei44jie U. . . . In August we abandoned drillfield for battlefield and went on maneuvers, realiz- ing for the forty-eighth time since our ar- rival just how underpaid we were. It was a one day trip, even in those times, all the wav up to Pine Camp — part of us traveling by train and the other by truck convoy with a swap fcr the trip back. It was inevitable that we would spend the rest of the year boning the stocks on our new Garands. For four days a continuous prob- lem was fought, with us performing minor tasks in the infantry since — as plebes — we were the GI ' s who established bridge- heads and plodded forward with the sup- port of upperclass artillery, engineers and aircraft. The Reds gained a tactical vic- tory at the battle of Leraysville, but pulled a strategic retreat across the Black River, hotly pursued bv the Blue Forces. As a result, we spent four davs with little sleep and, because of the loss of the food trucks, no food — added to long hours of marching and fighting. Snifter and his )eep solved the food problem, however, and added a poopsheet critique for good measure. Quickly we were mortized and spent a valuable three days with the Fourth Armored Division with experience enhanced a hundredfold and a potent dis- play of firepower with the real stud. The instincts of the soldier and of the cadet What ' s cookin ' ? Whistle, mister. Holdin ' the fort. 24 MMSi ■a

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1st Row — Col. W. E. Morrison, Brig. Gen. George Honnen, Maj. Gen. F. B. Wilby, Col. R. G. Alexander, Col. C. L. Fenton • 2nd Row— Col. B. W. Bartlett, Col. L. C. Leonard, Col. H. Jones, Col. T. D. Stamps, Col. O. J. Gatschell, Col. C. W. West, Col. C. F. Schlatter • 3rd Row— Col. L. S. Smith, Col. H. Beukema, Col. C. E. Wheat, Col. W. B. Mcister. Brig. Gen. George Honnen Col. R. G. Alexander CBOII When the days had dwindled to two hundred seventy and a butt and the Corps had turned from training to instruction, we found before us a new and potent factor; generally — academics; especially — the Academic Board. At the time of our initial meeting, we knew little of the Board, its members, or its functions although we were ac- quainted with section room procedure. We soon learned that the Board consisted of the Superintendent, his Adjutant, and the various heads of the fourteen departments including the Commandant of Cadets in his capacitv as head of the Depart- ment of Tactics. Col. Wm. E. Morrison 26