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we opened the new basketball season
last Monday against Operations and un
fortunately the scoreboarddid not light
up in our favor. One Marine from Brook
lyn, a spectator at the game, came back
to the Barracks with a distorted look
of anger and an exclamation of "We wuz
robbed." At any rate,three or possibly
four members of our team were deemed
capable enough to play on the All-Sta
tion team, lance Corporals John LLOBGA
and Bobbie BOYIAN & EFC Dallas FERGUSON
and possibly RFC Otis HAHR ISON have been
chosen to play withthe Station team and
we feel sure they will show they are
worthy of the honor.
Sometimes around the Barracks, sea
stories get to he pretty tall and in
variably the subject gets around to the
professions held in civilian life. Mar
ine Barracks personnel have the back
ground for some tall story—telling in
that respect, for among the troops are
e*-farmhands, filling station attendants,
newsboys, stockboys, and cooks (though
no one who was a cook works in that cap
acity in the service), besides various
and sundry jobs suchas a porter, caddy,
pool table racker, bartender, and an
usher. Even a sheep-shearer, a house
mover, a psychologist, and a cowboy. One
Marine peddled newspapers at the Marine
Recruit Depot in San Diego for five years
and still decided he'd brave the rough
boot camp he'd been observing as a civ
ilian.
Unity and cooperation are bywords for
the Marine Corps and it is sometimes
hard to train so many different types
of men for a common goal, but it sure
makes for an intehlsting atmosphere and
some real tall tales told in nightly
bull sessions.
I type these items into place
and find at "bottom uneven space
This problem never seems to stop
So next week I*m going to start at the
With a new president for Am
erica and two stars recently
added to our national colors,
it might be an opportune time
to review some points about
our‘American Flag* The Flag
-represents the living country^
and is considered as aliving thing* The
reason that it is always displayed on
the right is that the right arm is the
sword arm; i.e,, the point of danger;
hence, the right is the place of honor*
The National Flag is never festooned,
tied in a how or fashioned into a rosette.
Bunting of red, white, should he used
for these decorations.
The National Ensign in any position
helow the peak (the top of the mast) is
technically in the half-mast position*
However, the normal position for half
mast is halfway between the peak and the
foot of the mast. National Ensigns are M
authorized in three sizes: the Storm ^
Flag (5*X9j«), Post Flag (10*X19»), and
the Garrison Flag (20,X38I flown on Sun
days and Holidays), On Adak, only the
Storm and Post Flags are used due to the
had weather.
The only Flag to fly above the National
Colors is the church pennant; and that
only during divine services. On each
occassion that the Flag is displayed, it
is afforded the place of honor and ex
tensive care is taken that due respect
he given it and that it not he allowed
to touch the deck. It is every service
mans duty to guard and respect our liv
ing National Colors and let no country
or organization mar or destroy the Flag
or the "United States for which it
stands*"
bottom and work my way to the top