SHOULD HOLD
RECORD
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKA
DEFENSE COMMAND—IstSgt.
James Kay. 43, should hold some
sort of a record for “overseas”
service.
Sergeant Kay -who. incidental
ly, is in Company “K” of an In
fantry unit, has been with the
Army in Alaska for eight and
one-half years, except for eight
months he spent at Fort George
Wright. Spokane, Wash., in 1938
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Soft-spoken, Sergeant Kay
conforms in no way to the gen
eral idea most people have of
the tough regular army tonkiek.
is from Adams, Mass., about
60 miles from Springfield, and
is single.
The sergeant arrived at Chil
koot Barracks on April 8, 1935,
when that was the largest, if not
the only, army garrison in Alas
ka. There were two companies
cf the 7th Infantry’ there at the
time, or about 250 men.
Army life in A ask a is differ
ent now than jt was in those
days of spare time, the soldiers
at Chilkoot Barracks devoted
much attention to bunk fatigue,
fishing and hunting. That’s the
order in which Sergeant Kay
put them.
The sergeant is & great one
for fishing, but looks on it from
* the standpoint of a culinary ex
pert rather than a sportsman.
But that’s not so strange, since
Sergeant Kay was for many
years a mess sergeant.
Although he used to get the
limit—40 fish it was in those
days—nearly every time he went
out it was not the big trout he
talked about.
“He used to fish for the little
ones,” he said. "About four
inches is the best size. You,
clean ’em. cook ’em in grease,
eat ’em like peanuts. Boy, are
they good!”
Food is the one subject upon
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which Sergeant Kay will wax
eloquent. They had a plentiful
supply of fresh foods in those
days, with boats coming from
the States about once a week.
“We had the best eating outfit
anyw’here on the West Coast."
he smiled, ‘‘and not bragging
either.”
Sergeant Kay served as mess
sergeant for an Alaskan Recruit
Training Detachment for a while.
Asked how the Eskimoes in the
Detachment liked the chow he
dished out, he said: “Well, they
went for pork chops in a big
way, but they missed that good
‘home cooked’ seal oil.”
He explained that most of the
Eskimoes have made white man’s
food part of their diet for many
years now and, although they
still are partial to some native
dishes, they are well acquainted
with most items of army fare.
Comparing his recent army ex
periences with those of the Chil
koot era, Sergeant Kay decided
that the. old days in Alaska could
not be termed “rough” in any
sense of the word. They had
steam-heated barracks as well as
good food and plenty of leisure.
The coldest weather he has ex
perienced in Alaska was only
last winter when the mercury
dipped to 35 degress below zero.
Unlike some regular army
men, Sergeant Kay holds the
citizen soldier in high regard.
“They make just as good sol
diers,” he said. “There’s no dif
ference between the selectee and
the regular army man."
With the exception of the
Aleutian Islands, the sergeant
has seen most of Alaska. He was
stationed at Sitka for five mon
ths, and has been in the Richard
son area for about two years.
He has had several furloughs,
all of them spent in Alaska.
He and another soldier once
took a two-month trip up the
Yukon river in a canvas canoe,
going all the way to Circle,
| northeast of Fairbanks.
Although he has been in the
I Army 15 years, Sergeant Kay
[plans to be a civilian after the
war is over, and will live in Al
aska.
‘‘Alaska is a good plase to live,
as a civilian,” he said. Asked
how he liked his one trip bafck
to the States in the past eight
years, he said “I was glad to get
back to Alaska.”
Sergeant Kay hasn’t deckled
where he will live in Alaska
after the war, but it will be
somewhere in the southeastern
part. “I’ll fish a little, hunt, and
live off the land,” he said.
AWARDS MADE
TO OFFICERS
HEADQUARTERS, ALASKAN
DEFENSE COMMAND—Award
of the Distinguished Flying Cross
to four officers of the 11th Air
Force for “extraordinary achieve
ment and heroism" in a low
level attack against Japanese
shipping in the Paramushiru
Straits Sept. 11 was announced
recently by Lt. Gen. Simon Boli
var Buckner, Jr.’s, ADC head
quarters.
Two of these officers, leaders
of the flight of medium timbers,
are listed as missing in action.
“The attack necessitated a long
over water flight in land-based
planes against well fortified en
emy positions,” their citations
noted. ‘‘Despite the fact that
the formation wras intercepted
by many enemy fighters, the at
tack ws pressed home with
marked degree of success and
severe losses inflicted on Jap
anese shipping. The courage and
aggressive spirit of these officers
| are in keeping with the finest
combat traditions of the Army
j Air Forces.” They are:
Capt. Gilbert N. Rheese, dep
uty flight commander, (Rt. No.
4) Ogden, Utah.
1st Lt. Albert W. Berecz,
flight leader, now missing in
action. His mother, Mrs. John
Berecz, lives at 480 East Wood-,
rod Ave. Columbus, O.
1st Lt. Quinton D. Standiford,
flight leader, now missing in ac
tion. His mother, Mrs. Edith
Standiford, lives at 811 West 24th
St., Vancouver, Wash.
1st Lt. Morgan I. Temple, flight
leader, 1601 Jones Ave., Nash
ville, Tenn.
LEWIS SONS VISIT
IN SEATTLE
Word was received bv Mr. and
Mrs. Norvin Lewis on the last
mail from their twin sons, Ser
geant Charles F. and Sergeant
Harry A. Lewis stating that they
- were spending their furlough in
i Seattle and that they wrere en
joying themselves. Both Charles
and Harrv enlisted in the United
States Army Air Corp at Los
Angeles, California on November
1, 1942 and were stationed at 1
Douglas, Arizona on a new field j
just opened where they have re- ’■
mained ever since. They are *i
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both attached to the same com- j,
pany and squadron and both J
have advanced Trom private to jj
sergeants in one year and both 4
were advanced at the same time, n
They spoke of meeting lots of
former Nomeites i n Seattle. ^
among whom were, Emma Kin- >
ny, the Chas. Lewis’, Charlotte ,
Paterson, Earl Modine and wife j
and thefr uncle, Faxa C. Lewis, 1
Louis Nashenwing, Duncan Me- 4
Lean, Albert Chagnon. Ralf Reat •)
and wife and numerous others. !j
They also mentioned meeting ]j
Chas. Griffin, vice president of j
Trick & Murray, who is well >j
known in Nome. They left Se
attle on December 10th on their
trip to their base at Douglas. 4
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to the railroad crisis as leaders of 4
fifteen non-operating railroad un- 4
ions numbering more than a mil- 3
lion workers, set December 30. at 3
6:00 a. m., for a nationwide strike. 3
Operation brotherhoods repre- 3
senting 350,000 already called a J
strike for the same date, and to- j 4
day they rejected the overtime 4
pay plan advanced by President •)
Roosevelt as a basis of settlement 1
in the wage dispute.
The non-operating union chiefs ,
said 98 percent of the member i
ship voted in favor of striking 4
for wage demands more than a h
month ago. ; j
The heads of the unions )
(clerks, shopmen, etc.) Tuesday ;
granted permission to the em- •
ployees to carry out the decision. ;
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