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NEWS
Vol. 2, No. 54
FORT DES MOINES. IOWA
October 28, 1944
COMPANY 21 " WINS
Orientation Center AWARD
The industry and ingenuity of
five members was responsible for
Co. 21's vanning the award "for
the best Orientation Center.
The Company received a beautiful
set of United Nations flags
complete with holder.
Orientation material wa s artistically displayed on bright
ye lid w bulletin boa rds with
green borders and the material
was captioned with black letters.
Within the arch of the center
display was the caption: "A
Thinking Soldier is a Better
Soldier." The Pallas Athene
head cornered each side of this
center display.
Arranged neatly around a table and on stands were books and
topical and current magazines,
Yank, and one of the nation's
leading newspapers. There were
also WD periodicals, such as
"Guadalcanal Diary," and "Our
Enemy Japan." Up-to-the-minte
maps were also on exhibit.
One bulletin board was devoted
to current clippings that had rehabilitation
been discussed in Orientation
classes. These clippings are
kept up to date and read in the
Wacs' leisure evening hours when
waiting f o r a telephone call in
the dayroom or sipping a cool
drink during a ten-minute break.
Reading Left to Right: Pvt. Lorraine Casper, Milwaukee, Wis."
Acting Cpl. Pearl Larson, Sioux City, Iowa; Pvt. Annabel!
Lundblad, Detroit, Mich.; Pvt. Allegre Maissa, Detroit, Mich.;'
and Pvt. Mary Jane Mottar, Edwardsville, 111.
One of their most interesting
displays was on "Reconversion—
The Job Ahead." One clipping
was captioned "What About Our
Japanese Americans."
Under "Shaping the Peace"
there were articles and books
on "US Foreign Policy" and "Know
Our Allies" taken from current
magazines and newspapers. Many
of the illustrations from magazines depicted some phase of
"Women at War," illustrated
with timely pictures of Wacs,
was of great interest. Each
week Allied women soldiers from
other countries are shown.
Other timely features were:
WHY WE " FIGHT " a nd the " Four
Freedoms, Opposite these was the
Axis and its counterpart of the
Four Freedoms.
Many visitors stopped at the
Army Quiz Bulletin Board captioned,""Test Your Knowledge."
A bulletin board with latest
Army cartoons lent variety to
the whole interesting picture,
Lt. Ruth Borgenicht, Orientation Officer of Co. 21, has
spent a great deal of time and
research on Orientation material.
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| Full-text transcript | NEWS Vol. 2, No. 54 FORT DES MOINES. IOWA October 28, 1944 COMPANY 21 " WINS Orientation Center AWARD The industry and ingenuity of five members was responsible for Co. 21's vanning the award "for the best Orientation Center. The Company received a beautiful set of United Nations flags complete with holder. Orientation material wa s artistically displayed on bright ye lid w bulletin boa rds with green borders and the material was captioned with black letters. Within the arch of the center display was the caption: "A Thinking Soldier is a Better Soldier." The Pallas Athene head cornered each side of this center display. Arranged neatly around a table and on stands were books and topical and current magazines, Yank, and one of the nation's leading newspapers. There were also WD periodicals, such as "Guadalcanal Diary," and "Our Enemy Japan." Up-to-the-minte maps were also on exhibit. One bulletin board was devoted to current clippings that had rehabilitation been discussed in Orientation classes. These clippings are kept up to date and read in the Wacs' leisure evening hours when waiting f o r a telephone call in the dayroom or sipping a cool drink during a ten-minute break. Reading Left to Right: Pvt. Lorraine Casper, Milwaukee, Wis." Acting Cpl. Pearl Larson, Sioux City, Iowa; Pvt. Annabel! Lundblad, Detroit, Mich.; Pvt. Allegre Maissa, Detroit, Mich.;' and Pvt. Mary Jane Mottar, Edwardsville, 111. One of their most interesting displays was on "Reconversion— The Job Ahead." One clipping was captioned "What About Our Japanese Americans." Under "Shaping the Peace" there were articles and books on "US Foreign Policy" and "Know Our Allies" taken from current magazines and newspapers. Many of the illustrations from magazines depicted some phase of "Women at War," illustrated with timely pictures of Wacs, was of great interest. Each week Allied women soldiers from other countries are shown. Other timely features were: WHY WE " FIGHT " a nd the " Four Freedoms, Opposite these was the Axis and its counterpart of the Four Freedoms. Many visitors stopped at the Army Quiz Bulletin Board captioned,""Test Your Knowledge." A bulletin board with latest Army cartoons lent variety to the whole interesting picture, Lt. Ruth Borgenicht, Orientation Officer of Co. 21, has spent a great deal of time and research on Orientation material. |
