Mackall Paratroopers To Meet Robins In Revenge Game Sunday
   Maxton - June 4.--- A revenge game that promises to be a battle to the finish is set for the Mid-State Cloth Mills park at Red Springs on Sunday at 3 o'clock when the 508th Parachute Infantry team at Camp Mackall meets the Flying Robins of the Laurinburg-Maxton Army Air Base and Red Springs.
   In the opening game of the season the Robins defeated the Paratroopers 6-5 in a 10-inning scrap.  The Infantrymen are out to square the count and a steaming encounter is in prospect.

[The Robesonian (Lumberton, North Carolina) · Fri, Jun 4, 1943 · Page 2] [PDF}

Pfc. David J. Phillips la now a member of the 508th Parachute Infantry In combat training at Camp Mackall, NC. His mother, Mrs. Henrietta Phillip, resides at 250 West 9th St. Pfc. Phillips Joined the army Oct. 24, 1942, and won his wings as a United States parachutist on March 5, 1943

[Fremont Tribune, Fremont, NE, 30 Jul 1943, Fri, Page 5]

Mackall Paratroop Robins
8-1 Sunday Team Licks Flying
By Tom Cope

   Red Springs.  June 8.  The 508th Parachute Inf. Regiment of Camp Mackall gained revenge for an earlier licking by defeating the flying Robins 8 to 1 here Sunday in a game that saw the Robins held to 7 hits by Lefty brewer former Charlotte Hornet and Washington Senator twirler.
  The Robins were guilty of faulty base running and made several errors in the field to contribute to their downfall.   Bledsoe and Watson, pitching for the Robins, allowed 10 hits.
   Next Sunday the Robins play the strong Marine team from Camp LeJeune in Robbins Park.  The Marine team composed of former professional players now in the Marine Corps will put a strong team on the field.
   Mackall -- 8 runs, 10 hits, 1 error.
   Robins -- 1 run, 7 hits, 5 errors
   Batteries:  Mackall Brewer and King
   Robins -- Bledsoe, Watson and Maus

[The Robesonian (Lumberton, North Carolina) · Wed, Jun 9, 1943 · Page 6] [PDF]

Camp Mackall Added
To USO Show List
   Processional entertainment for the regiment is now a reality.
   Camp Mackall has been placed on the U.S.O show list and in the future there is a definite [promise of a good deal of top-flight entertainment.  The first of these shows has already been scheduled (look for the date and place elsewhere in this publication.)  Future engagements will be announced in this paper.
   Watch for them.
[Devils Digest, 15 June 1943, Page 1]

Pvt William K. Jordan, Jr.
of the 508th Parachute Infantry, Camp Mackall, N.C., is spending a short furlough with his mother, Mrs. C. G. Stokes, 1022 Edison street.

[The Gazette and Daily (York, Pennsylvania) · Tue, Jun 29, 1943 · Page ]4] [PDF]

Brand To Carolina
(Special to the Bergen Evening Record)
   Camp Mackall, N. C, July 31 Staff Sergeant Robert S. Brand of 32 Tulip Street. Bergenfield. N. J. ; has been assigned here to the 508th Parachute Infantry for combat training. He Joined the Army June 13 last year and won his wings as a 'chutist September 21.

[The Record, Hackensack, NJ, 31 Jul 1943, Sat, Page 3]

Paratrooper Spending Furlough At Freeland

   Freeland --- Pvt. Howard Brent, 508th Parachute troops, Camp Mackall, N. C., is spending a furlough with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Brent.
   Following the Sunday School session in Mt. Zion Methodist church, Sunday, 10:15 a. m., there will be a family circle basket luncheon in the grove, near the Mt. Zion hall. At 9 a. m., there will be preaching by Rev. E. H, Porter.

Idle Gossip Sinks Ships!

[The York Daily Record, York, PA, 27 Aug 1943, Fri, Page 14]

Clifton (Bro) Ducote who is In the Parachute troop at Mackall, North Carolina, arrived Monday to spend a few days with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ben Ducote. Friends of Bro's were happy indeed to greet him.

[The Weekly News, Marksville, LA, 14 Aug 1943, Sat, Page 2]