EDITORIAL

   It's probably true of every regiment that hits an American port of embarkation, and we're no exception. That is, the Idea that life in the army Is one greet big Joke, But the time always comes, such as now in our own case when, for the first time In an Army career, a man realizes that the score Is changing,
    We're talking about the deadly seriousness of what is happening and what will inevitably be. These words are not directed to O246AA [the regimental convoy ID] as a whole - the majority of the men are sane, rational. Rather, we're talking to that ever prevalent minority that never has but certainly should, at least at this stage of the game, begin thinking clearly. There's absolutely no excuse for a man to sneak a smoke when nobody's looking, or to foolishly roam a deck with an untied life preserver slung carelessly over a shoulder. It adds up to nothing mere than bad sense  for the perpetrator end poor psychology for the guy destined to live and fight alongside him.
   This is it.  The absolutely real thing. And the call to "get on the ball" isn't any longer a routine GI order. A man in an invasion barge once said, "Hey, they're shooting at usl" Let's not have anyone in O246AA pull a classic like that one.

 TITTER TATTER

A certain colonel in the first battalion: "What a helluva way to spend ten days of your life.!! ..... Lt. Shavitch finally came out of hibernation. Was recently seen at chow for the first time in 9 meals. ... Add shipboard chatter: Capt. Kline: "Have you subscribed to the Atlantic Monthly?" Maj. Shannon: "No, I make my contribution to the Atlantic Daily."

DRAFT BOARD BATTING 1000

   Selective-c Service is still batting a cool 1.000 In professional big league baseball circles. Among the latest to answer Uncle Sam's invitation are: Welker Cooper, Harry Wailer, Lou Klein and Jonny Hopp of the St. Louis Cardinals; Spud Chandler and Kong Kong Keller of the New York Yankees; Luke Appling of the Chicago White Sox; Dick Wakefield and Tommy Bridges of the Detroit Tigers; Mickey Witek of the New York Giants and Kirby Higbe of the Brooklyn Dodgers.