European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - September 21, 1945, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Life v j in the 37tw division shoulder Patch has a number of different but to men who have worn it through  of combat in the stands for a Long and Tough Job Only ended by the news of Lyl Bougainville was wet and cold you  print what we thought of a private by John Mcleod yank staff correspondent with the 37th the Benny Schlosser of a Rifleman in Charlie the 129th introduced in from he but dont hold that against the crack was Good for a laugh it always is in the Schlosserr self introduction and the laugh it brought give a clue to the tradition and spirit of the so called Buckeye you have to tack so called in front of the Buckeye be cause nowadays less than 20 percent of the division hails from you could put All of the outfits original National guardsmen in a couple of squad tents and still have room for a water Buffalo and a native kid to drive gis who have been in the division for a while sometimes Call it the Fried egg this is a commentary on the shoulder few of the men have Ever worn the but they do know that it looks like an Sunnyside inspired As much by the raw rubs the division has had As by the Patch Call themselves the flaming Button Only they dont say the Guys with grievances Point out that in the preliminary months of the when most out fits were training in relative cosiness in new zealand or the the 37th Drew i he after the new Georgia in Stead of a trip to new zealand or some such place for rest and they had a few weeks on after they shoved off for in the they made the lingayen Gulf then fought and hiked All the Way the Central Luzon Plain to the Gates of the 1st cavalry Riding trucks along roads secured by the dashed into Manila first and won the Black headlines say the men of the allege the 37th when the 33d division got itself stymied in the mountains of Luzon Aitt und the 37th pushed on through and liberated the town which used to be the islands summer arid the 33d got the Black headlines stole say the men of the 37th in its last the final one of the Philip the 37th hiked and fought 225 Miles up the Wagayen Valley toward the port of Aparri on Luzon Northern did the 37th hit Aparri first with the 37th Only two Days March away a battalion of Lith airborne cd Utiss dropped on the the 37ths Lead battalion want angry about it saved them some forced and another nickname for the not used much is the the four is stood for Beightler battling the reason it went out of of was that there Arent so Many genuine Ohio buckeyes around the place any Beightler is Robert Beightler pronounced Beetler of who activated the division with its original National guardsmen at Camp on and has been cd Ever Hes the Only original National guard commander still at the Helm of a although one Pacific division is pretty much like another As far As their tos and such things Are you get a different impression about each the Over All impression the 37th gives one of Power and seeing the 37th move toward a new front was like seeing Joe Louis step into the ring after the its a skilled division for a Tough its a heavyweight whether its the salesmanship of the general and his staff or whether its just the 37th seems to have had first priority from whatever corps or army to which its been attached As besides the divisions own none of which was Ever left there were Long Toms and 240 and there was always a battalion or More of you used to see separate Engineer Pon Tonbridge com dump truck you Seldom saw a 37th Man with the seat of his pants and there were few who didst have combat up with the Lead battalion weapons carriers came through with egg Sand Wiches and the mail got up every the division didst Start out in such a com self assured three months after its activation at Shelby it got in a Batch of selectee to fill it up to the strength of a full Square that treated some excitement and a Good bit of not knowing what was going then the division was in training and Maneu vers there were stove pipes for for 6x6s with signs Reading tank pasted on no one in the division was very privates made a less insurance and there want any later after the draft was extended and the men started talking of they we rent referring to just the soon after the War broke the division apparently was scheduled to go to it moved to Indiantown for staging and was filled up with the latest classes from the infantry training schools at Camp and Camp most of the first three graders in the 145th and 148th regiments seem to Hail from the Wolter Wheeler in april an Advance detail from the division sailed for its next presumed the division itself left san Francisco on May headed for new the 145th actually got to new zealand and spent six weeks but the rest of the division was diverted to the where the 145th subsequently rejoined confusion about destinations seemed to carry Over into the divisions internal the 146th regiment had been dropped when the division was at Fiji the division lost the 147th and gained the 129th formerly in the 33rd Illinois National then the 129th was sent to Garrison Espiritu Santo in the new while the 37th picked up the 161st act onetime 41st i National guard of the 25th for the new Georgia after the 161st reverted to the 25th division and the 129th came Back in time for the Bougainville Fox 148th has missed hardly a single scrap of the 37ths it is one of the seven units of the division to have won presidential like most other of the 37ths line it Doest have a single National guardsman and Only a handful of the first Ohio of those who sailed in there Are now 18 in the All 18 agree that the company Best time came during a month it spent at a Camp near auck new we had hikes by recalls George Rishel of and passes by Page 3