PAGE FIVE 353RD HISTORY
THE MEDICAL DETACHMENT RECEIVED THIRTY-FIVE FILLERS
FROM THE RECEPTION CENTERS FT. BENJAMIN HARRISON, INDIANA ON
THE 6TH AND STARTED THEIR BASIC TRAINING ON THE 8TH.
ENLISTED MEN FILLERS ARRIVED THROUGHOUT THE MONTH AS
FOLLOWS:
1ST - ONE FROM DAVID RANKIN TRADE SCHOOL, ST. LOUIS. MO.
2ND - ONE FROM ERTC, FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO.
2ND - ONE FROM AARTC, CAMP WALLACE, TEXAS
6TH - EIGHT FROM AARTC, CAMP WALLACE, TEXAS
6TH - ONE FROM BIRTC, CAMP ROBINSON, ARKANSAS
11TH = ELEVEN FROM BIRTC, CAMP ROBINSON, ARKANSAS
15TH = FOUR FROM ERTC, FT. LEONARD WOOD, MO.
17TH - THIRTY-FOUR FROM BIRTC, CAMP ROBERTS, CA.
18TH - NINETY-ONE FROM BIRTC, CAMP ROBINSON, ARKANSAS
18TH = ONE FROM RECEPTION CENTER PRESIDIO MONTEREY
ON THE 14TH CAPT. WILLIAM B. STELZENMULLER, REGIMENTAL
EXECUTIVE OFFICER WAS PROMOTED TO MAJOR.
ON THE 21ST THE 353RD WAS RELIEVED FROM THE 91ST
INFANTRY DIVISION AND ATTACHED TO SPECIAL TROOPS, IX CORPS,
FT. LEWIS, WASH.
ON THE 27TH CAPT. JOHN S. FULTON REPORTED FOR DUTY FROM
CAMP HOOD, TEXAS.
ON THE 26TH THE 1ST TRAINING COMPANY STARTED BASIC
TRAINING. THIS COMPANY WAS FOR TRAINING ONLY, PERSONNEL
REMAINED FOR ALL OTHER PURPOSES ASSIGNED TO THEIR ORIGINAL
COMPANIES.
UNIT STRENGTH: 38 OFFICERS - 334 ENLISTED MEN
OCTOBER 1942:
DURING THIS MONTH THE FOLLOWING LINE OFFICERS, ALL 2ND
LTS., REPORTED FROM OFFICERS CANDIDATE SCHOOL AT FT BELVOIR,
VA. BURRELL, YANTIS, CARROZZA, YAP, PODELWITZ, SMALL,
CHAPPELL, KRIEFSKI, DUNCAN, FINAUER, QUEHL & DARROW.
A REGIMENTAL WIDE CONTEST WAS CONDUCTED FOR A 353RD
NICKNAME. THE RECORDS DO NOT GIVE THE WINNER, BUT THE
BULLDOZERS WAS THE NAME SELECTED.
THE NAME APPEARED ON THE FOOTBALL TEAM’S JERSEYS FOR
OUR 1ST GAME WITH THE 241ST FIELD ARTILLERY ON THE 26TH
WHICH WE WON BY A SCORE OF 6 - 0. IT WAS PLAYED ON OUR HOME
FIELD WHICH WAS COVERED WITH SAWDUST TO ABSORB SOME OF THE
AGATE DESERT MUCK. THE STARTING LINE WAS: O’MALLEY, MAY,
BEEK, ARMSTRONG, HAYNES, VICKERS, HARPER - AVERAGING 181
LBS. A MAN. IN THE BACKFIELD WERE BURROWS, PETRI,
GOLDENBURG & WARNER - AVERAGING 179 LBS. A MAN. RESERVES
