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AERIAL SUPPLY
CONSIDERED
IMPORTANT
TALKEETNA, Alaska — The
importance of aerial supply for
troops engaged in an assault move
ment over the rugged terrain
found in this area of Alaska has
been demonstrated in maneuvers
now in progress north of here.
Troops of the Alaskan Depart
ment Provisional Training Unit,
using Snowshoes, have moved out
far in advance of their supply
hauling tractor trains, held up by
rivers only partially frozen despite
temperatures as low as 52 degrees
below zero.
Army planes are making regu
lar trips from Elmendorff Field,
near Anchorage, to drop boxes of
the Army’s “Ten-in-One” rations,
which .include everything from
soap and cigarettes to a variety of
food, to enable the strangely
garbed soldiers to continue their
advance.
It was found that the most sat
isfactory method is to drop sup
plies Without parachutes from a
low altitude. A few cans are
dented, but nothing has been
damaged so as to be unusable.
This, was first attempted from
a two-motored cargo plane, but a
slower‘single-motored cabin plane
was found more satisfactory and
is now being used. 2nd Lt. Charles
H. Bailey of Birmingham, Ala.,
pilot of one of these planes, said
the aerial supply system was
working out well.
A plan has been adopted to drop
rations at regular intervals in ad
vance of the main force. The
Alaska Scouts in the advance pa
trol gather the boxes together and
make a cache for the stores, which
are then picked up by soldiers of
the main force when they reach
that point.
The Scouts usually select a lake
on which the supplies are drop
ped. Flares and other signals
help the planes locate the points
at which supplies are to be drop
ped.
The troops have withstood the
extreme cold well thus far, with
only a few cases of mild frost bite.
Major Robert T. Bates of the Of
fice of the Quartermaster General.
Washington, D. C., said new types
of cold weather clothing had gen
erally proved most satisfactory
but that a few deficiencies had
been discovered. The new canvas
mukluks, with felt liners, are es
pecially satisfactory in an area
where foot gear always has been
a problem, he said.
Several soldiers suffering from
various ailments have been evac
uated by air. • .
One of the biggest morale boost
ers of the maneuvers is the daily
fresh bread, provided by a quar
termaster bakery detachment op
rating as a qprt of the maneuver
force at Talkeetna. A quarter
master laundry service is sched
uled to get under .way within the
next few days.
The rugged, heavily-wooded
i terrain of alternate ravines and
| riciges has made the problem of
j supply the biggest one faced by
the force. The big caterpillar
tractors, alter unsuccessful at
tempts to cross streams on cor
duroy-ice bridges, finally managed
to lord the Talkeetna river and at
last reports were attempting a
crossing of the Susitna river, sev
eral miles to the rear of the main
body of troops.
The war games, which will
carry the troops to Mt. McKinley
Park station, are scheduled to end
around March 1st.
ADDITIONAL
HONORS FOR
ARMY SCOUTS
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Additional
honors for the Alaskan Scouts
were annour^ed recently when a
detachment of the combat intel
ligence platoon was awarded a
battle honor citation by the War
Department for its port in the bat
tle of Attu.
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Captain Robert H. Thompson,
of Moccasin, Mont., led the detach
ment of 25 men who landed
northwest of Red Beach, Attu.
and covered the initial reconnais
sance of that beach. Thereafter. '
the unit served as a reconnaissance
and covering detachment for the
northern landing force "and con
tributed materially to the succe|p
of the operations.” the citation
said.
Another veteran unit of Alas
kan service, Company A. 4th In
fantry, also received battle hon
ors. The unit was cited for its at
tack of the precipitious peaks on
Fish Hook ridge overlooking
Chichagof c alley.
“Positions held by the Japanese
on these heights doipinated the
approaches to the valley,” the ci
tation said, "By determined action
on the part of the entire com
pany, the capture of these strate
gic points was accomplished, al
lowing the advance of the balance
of the attacking forces.”
Other units to receive battle
honors for their part in the bat
k of Attn were BaV.try Y "Ch
Coast Artillery <AA . for moving
howitzer.-.. with manpcv.tr a. one
ri g a Critical point in the Cftrv
;:n; ihe 7th Rie renaissance
Trcop, for assisting o erations of
the northern landing force.
Company B, 17th Infantry, for
disk.ft; ;ng Japanese from a preci
pitous hill and holding the height
against repeated counter-attacks:
Company F, 17th Infantry, for
neutralizing a system <f enemy
renches on ihe pass ber re Mas
sacre and Sar.'.nn valley- y mpd
:o hand combat: Compan .V I and
K, 32nd Infantry, for attacking
and seizing the upper plateau of
tine Bahia region in the ii ce o
heavy Jap resistance.
Company D. 50th Engineer
Regiment, for throwing back the
Jap counter-attack which was
aimed at vital installations in the
ear. The engineers threw up a
iefense which stopped the attack
within a few minutes, and then
rounter-at tacked, destroying some
10 of the enemy. Later, fighting
as infantry, the engineers cleared
:he enemy from a deep and rug
ged gorge northeast of Cold Moun
tain.
CARNIVAL
HELD FOR G-I s
HEADQUARTERS. ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — Soldier winter
sports teams, representing stations
from Nome to Attu. are on their
way to Fort Richardson for the
Alaskan Department's first Win*
ter Sports Carnival.
Highlight of the carnival,
chairmaned by Col. John M. Ham
ikon. is expected to be a hockey
match between teams from the
Canadian Army’s Pacific Com
mand and Fort Richardson.
Indoor and outdoor sports, to
include boxing, hockey, speed and
figure skating, slalom and cross
country skiing and snowshoe races
are on the program.
Plans are now being made to
bring two Hollywood actresses to
the carnival to present trophies
to the winning teams and ndi
viduals.
AWARD GIVEN
TCTOFFICER
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEPARTMENT — For "excep
tionally meritorious and distin
guished service” as intelligence
officer for the Alaskan Depart
ment during the critical period
irr.medaitely after Pearl Harbor
through tine final eviction of the
Japs from the Aleutians, Col.
Laurence V Castner has been
awarded the Distinguished Ser
vice Medal.
Colonel Castner, who served as
ass .-tant chief of staff for intel
ligence for the Alaskan Depart
ment from November, 1940, to
September, 1943. is known widely
as the organizer of the Alaskan
combat scouts, who made advance
! landings on all Aleutian islands
[occupied by American forces.
Colonel Castner, ‘demonstrated
[outstanding leadership and devo
j tion to duty,” the War Depart
j ment citation read. “He contrib
[ uted greatly to the success of op
erations to clear the enemy from
the Aleutians by organizing the
Alaskan Scouts.”
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