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Partaking of America's favorite sport was a wonderful change
from life in combat no matter whether you were a spectator or player.
The team appears to have been made up almost exclusively of enlisted
men. One officer stands at right, front row. All men are unidentified
except MSgt. James Brown Smylie (second from the right, next to the officer)
(courtesy Janet Smylie Hart)
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| After knocking off the First battalion spring Series
softball title, Headquarters Company's "Mighty Ten" is now gunning for the
regimentals crown. These are the players who took B Company to the tune
of 28 to 18 behind the pitching of Pfc. Albert Dutzy to clinch the preliminary
title. Front row, left to right: Pfc. Charles
Turley, Pfc. Clarence Black, Pfc. Joseph
Miasko, Pfc. James Jones, SSgt Raymond Pateracki, Pvt. Roy Tallent. Back row:
left to right: Pvt. Ed Wooten, Sgt. Robert Bennett, Pfc. Carleton Schaffer,
Pfc. Warren Good, T-4 Wilbur Hall, Dutzy and team manager Cpl. Larry Palmer.
(508th Regt. Photo.)
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Camouflage Dog?
The dog blends into the background and appears
to be in a game of "Fetch" as he has a stick in his mouth.
Bob Chisholm wrote that the dog was named "Gus' and that he "was the regimental
mascot and attended all of the 508's sporting events.
He was owned by 508'r Everett Allen and had his own coat on which were
displayed wings, the 82nd patch and the Red Devil patch.
Every time the 508th scored the loudest voice you could hear was the
bark of Gus.
There will still be some out there who will remember that fine specimen
of a Great Dane."
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