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*~naconda and Butte have just played hostto a masterful war show "Here's Your In-fantry!" which brought the battlefieldright to the ~smelter and mining cities andthe moral is: Buy more War Bonds!

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TH IS is the story, in words and pictures,of that great show, "Here's Your Infan-try!" The shows, which have been play-ing in key communities throughout Mon-tana, were given to stimulate the sale ofWar Bonds in the Seventh War LoanOrive.

So adequately have, the newspapersand radio covered these events that Cop-per Commando, your Labor-Managementnewspaper, prefers! to bring the accountof this thrilling event to you chiefly in theform of pictures.

The first show was held in Anacondaon June 11: During the day an exhibit ofwar materiel was held on the City Com-mons. It was attended by thousands ofinterested Anacondans, many of whomwere having their first actual look at ba- .zookas, .ftame throwers, mortars andother tools of war.'

Here we see two interesti ng groupsof youngsters in the pictures above. Atthe left, one of the Infantrymen is dem-onstrating how the famed bazooka is op-erated, while at the right one of theyoungsters is getting a lesson in machinegun tactics. During the course of the daya number of the Infantrymen, togetherwith members of the band from Moun-

tain Home, Idaho, made a trip throughthe Smelter and we see them below. 'Inthe center foreground of the picture at ~the left is Lieutenant Curtis Ivey, unitcommander, and the soldiers from thebattlefronts are surrounded by soldiersfrom the home front as they look at racks r

of copper anodes. Afthe right, the group 1watch the copper ladling at the con-verters. I

The crowd gathered early at the sta-dium; the band, under the direction ofChief Warrant Officer Frank A. Reed, ledthe parade from the Montana Hotel tothe stadium. Promptly at 8 :45 the per-formance began, with Lieutenant Ivey incommand on the field, Lieutenant FrankP. Fritz di recting the combat patrol andLieutenant E. H. Reams in the press boxdelivering the stirring and exciting com-mentary through theIoud speaker.' Thesame program was presented at Butte.

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Because the field was mined, it wasimpossible for your Copper Commando 1photographer to get close enough to ob-tain effective photographs, although wedid have a little better luck in Butte. On ~these two pages and the next one weshow you some of the highlights of"Here's Your Infantry!" in Anaconda,

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ANACONDA turned out in full force notonly during the day for the exhibit andfor the show at night but throughout thetime the 'boys in uniform were thei.rguests. Dr. W. L. Beal, chairman of thelocal arrangements committee, reported

that the Infantry outfit was most pleasedwith the arrangements for their ..visit andwas most enthusiastic about the recep-tion given them by Anacondans. The lo-cal committee has already expressed itsappreciation to the many local organiza-

tions and individuals who made the occa-sion so successful. Following the showon Monday evening, the American Cegionheld open house for the soldiers in theMontana Hotel. At midnight the outfitset forth for Butte for another show.

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THE crowd which turned out at MitchellStadium in Anaconda to witness "Here'sYour Infantry ," was large. a little chillybecause of the breeze. but very enthusi-astic. Your Copper Commando editorsand photographer moved among the

crowds and got several of the viewsshown on this page.

We were asked frequently about thenarrator of the program, whose boomingvoice swept the crowd right along. He isLieutenant E. H. (Ted) Reams, shown in

the center right picture on this page thirdfrom the left with one of the Infantry-men and committee members. Reamsearned the praise of every spectator. Fol- 'lowing the .show. the American Legionplayed host to the boys as shown below .

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WITNESSED by few but heard by manywas the crackling fifteen-minute broad-cast from station KGIR. Your editors andphotographer made the trip to the broad-casting station to see how the job wasdone and got an intimate close-up ofmuch of the equipment used at Anacondaand Butte in connection with the "Here'sYour Infantry!" show. Above, the minedetector is. described by LieutenantReams, while in the adjoining picture theM-l or Garand rifle is demonstrated. Be-. •

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low, our readers will recognize the ba-zooka and a machine gun in acti~n. Bothlight and heavy machine guns were used.A highlight of the affair was the return toButte of J. J. (jerry) Harrington, formerly'a Hill blacksmith and a member of the

"Victory Labor-Management ProductionCommittee which sponsored "Here'sYour lnfantrv!" in Butte. He is shownbelow operating a heavy machine _gun.·Jerry is now a business agent for theBlacksmiths' International Union.

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iYOU can't tell the r nfantryman that thewar is anywhere near over! On these twopages are actual combat scenes, freshly

released by the U. S. Army Signal Corps,showing how the equipment displayedwith the "Here's Your Infantry!" show is

put to use on Pacific battlefronts. Thereis no holding back on the part of the In-fantrymen in this war. . \

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ON the opposite page we see plenty ofevidence that the Infantry isn't lyingdown on its job. Note the look of deter-mination on the face of the sergeant atthe upper left as he begins to heave a gre-nade at a Jap emplacement. The big pic-

ture on the opposite page shows Infan-trymen pausing while a flame throwerdisposes of a Jap pillbox. Infantryme";are lying low as a Jap machine gun grazedthe area, while in the adjoining picture onthe opposite page a two-man team moves

up a rocket gun. On this page we s~e thefamed flame thrower and bazooka- in ac-tion against the Japs. These two piecesof equipment were given a real workoutat Anaconda and Butte, and the crowdsthrilled with excitement at the attack.

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, THE Butte showing of "Here's Your In-fantry!" drew a record crowd also--thosein a position to know have declared it oneof the largest -gatherings ever seen jnButte.

Here, at the top of the page, is oneof the few shots your editors were able toget of the actual fighting scenes. Asthose who witnessed the show in Ana-conda and Butte will quickly recognize, itis the finale of the flame-throwing at-tack which climaxed this great show.Early in the afternoon, the band, underthe direction of Chief Warrant OfficerReed, marched to. the Murray Motorbuilding where the static exhibit of warequipment had been set up. Here hun-dreds of Butteites, including many young-sters, gathered to see the materiel dis-played. One of the scenes is shown belowat the right where the Infantryman is ex-plaining the M-l or Garand rifle. In the

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foreground, on the table, are bazookashells.

The show was divided into two parts.The fi rst portion was given over to de-scribing the uniform and equipment ofthe Infantryman, told in terms of cost.The second portion was devoted to re-en-acting an attack on a Japanese pillbox.Here, as in Anaconda; the spectators wit-nessed this great demonstration providedby thirty-nine combat-trained veteransfrom all theatres of war. The field hadbeen turned into a jungle battlefield. Inthe simulated attack on the pillbox, virtu-ally every form of combat wasIllustratedand practically every piece of Infantryequipment trotted out to do its stuff. Asthe men crept forward to take the pillboxout of action, the crowd grew more andmore tense with excitement. The flamethrowers were the payoff. The flameswere spectacular and the heat intense.

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Here on fhis page we show you otherviews of the group which flocked into theMurray Motor building to see the staticexhibit. There at the left above is agroup of interested spectators listeningto a description of equipment (see jf youcan find Butte's great bandmaster, SamTreloar, in the back row). In the pictureat the right the crowd has moved over tosee how a flame thrower is opereted-v-theInfantryman in the rear is explaining thehandling of this piece of deadly equip-ment.

Some idea of the immensity of thecrowd may be obtained by studying thepicture at the right, which was takenfrom the press box. Note the peoplestanding at the end of the stadium andlined along the back wall. On the fieldwas city fire fighting equipment, 'pro-vided by the fire department, as well asan ambulance in case of accident, Butnothing happened except the grippingdrama out on the field itself, which heldthe crowd spellbound throughout the

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Crowd Views "IHERE are more views of some of the in-terested thousands who, like the Ana-condans the evening before, flocked tothe stadium to take in this great. warshow. Shown on this page also are anumber of tbe men of the combat teamflanked by officials of the Silver Bow WarFinance Committee and of the city policedepartment. Both in Anaconda and atButte the sheriffs' offices, the fire depart-ments and th~ pol ice forces worked withgreat efficiency to handle the crowds andprovide for the safety of spectators.

As at Anaconda the evening before,the Infantrymen, together with the mem-bers of the band, were guests of the localAmerican Legion posts. Fraternal organi-zations in both communities threw openthei r doors to the servicemen and the In-fantrymen all reported an excellent recep-tion on all sides.

The Butte Miners' Union, which washolding a dance at Columbia Gardens onSunday evening to mark Miners' UnionDay. invited the entire delegation andmany of the men attended. On Tuesdayseveral of the boys made a trip under-ground.

In Anaconda, the show was spon-sored by the local War Bond Drive Com-mittee with R. J. Daniels as county chair-man and Dr. Beal in charge of local ar-rangements. In Butte the affair wassponsored by the Victory Labor-Manage-ment Production Committee. The sub-committee in charge of local arrange-ments was composed of John F. Bird.chairman, representing the Electricians of ~the AFL; Bert Riley of the Butte Miners'Union. CIO; John Cavanaugh. represent-ing the Engineers, CIO; Dave Reese,Butte Miners' Union. and Gene Hogan ofthe Anaconda Copper Mining Company.The sub-committee worked in coopera-tion with W. J. (Bill) McMahon, laborcommissioner for the Anaconda Com-- .pany and secretary of the Labor-Manage-ment Committee in Butte.

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AS Copper Commando went to press withthis special issue devoted to the "Here'sYour lnfarrtrv!" show in Anaconda andButte, the two counties of Deer Lodgeand Silver Bow were slugging it out fortop honors in Bond sales. Needless tosay, this good-natured rivalry has helped"keep the record of both communities high.

In connection with the shows, twolocal speakers bridged the gap betweenthe fi rst and second parts of the Infantryshow. At Anaconda, a rousing appeal forWar Bond purchases was made duringthe intermission by J. B. C. Knight, Ana-conda attorney. He is shown at the upperleft with Lieutenant Reams standing be-hind him. In Butte the battle cry for WarBond sales was sounded by Eugene W.(Gene) Savage, associate director, Mon-tana's War Finance Committee. He isshown above in the booth at the press boxat Naranche Stadium.

At Anaconda, R. J. (Dick) Danielsof the Victory Labor-Management Pro-.duction Committee there and countychairman, acted as one of the hosts whenthe Infantry boys made a trip through theSmelter. In the small picture at the rightwe show him explaining how copper iscast into molds to Pfc. George R. Hunt.

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just back from nineteen busymonths inthe North Pacific theatre of war.

We ran across a funny one after theshow was finished in Butte--we wereable td get two Lester Bishops together,shown in the ceriter picture. That's StaffSergeant Lester Bishop shown at the left,a member of the "Here's Your Infantry!"team, as he shakes hands with LesterBishop at the right. Les, as many of ourreaders know, is a member of the VictoryLabor-Management Production Commit-tee in Butte and is on the staff of CopperCommando. The two boys talked thingsover and had an interesting time of it.

The human powerhouse behind thesuccessful Anaconda show was Dr. W. L.Beal. He is shown in the bottom picture .flanked by Bob Newcomb and Marg Sam-mons, editors of Copper Commando whohandled the publicity for bOth shows.

Space prevents your Labor-Manage-ment newspaper from thanlying all thoseorganizations and individuals which con-tributed mightily to the success of theperformance. We were asked by lieu-tenant Curtis Ivey, unit commander ofthis fine Infantry show, to extend thegrateful appreciation of the Infantry teamto all of those who contributed.

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*,YES,we'd better buy Bonds. We'd betterbuy all we can afford and some more thatwe can't.

For the purpose of the "Here's YourInfantry!" show was not to provideamusement. It was' not to give people agood time. It was designed to bring home,in dramatic and compelling fashion, thehorrors al1d dangers of actual combat. Itwas designed to show all of us here athome how fierce and frightening anenemy lies before us in the' Pacific.

•The cost of war is staggering. Lookat the expense involved in outfitting ourInfantry. Let us translate these items into

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terms of War Bonds and Stamps. One$'18.75 Bond will buy about thirteen steelhelmets: A pack, incl •.ding equipment,costs a few dollars more than an $18.75Bond. C and D rations cost a twenty-fivecent stamp each, and it takes a little morethan the cost of an $18.75 Bond to buythree pairs of boots.

. You saw those machine guns in ope~ation, but did you realize that each one ofthese light machine guns costs five $18. 7SBonds? Add a quarter to a $37.50 Bondand you can buy a bazooka.

The entire cost of equipping thesquad, including training, feeding and

clothing, up to the time the boys went intocombat, would reach over $7,500 in WarBonds.

As "Here's Your Infantry!" proved,'the American Infantryman is the bestequipped and best trained fighting man int", world. He is bringing to bear againstthe Japs,. even as you read this, all hisstrength and courage, for the day's ahead

.. are going to be plenty tough for our Infan-trymen. We here at home can't shoulder arifle and march off to war. But we can getsolidly behind the fighting man by givinghim all the equipment he needs to do thejob.

Let's all get in line and buy War Bonds!

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COPPER COMMANDO is the official newspaperof the Victory Labor-Management ProductionCommittees of the Anaconda Copper MiningCompany and its Union Representatives at Butte,Anaconda, Creat Falls and East Helena, Montana.It is issued every two weeks ••• COPPER COM-MANDO is headed by a joint committee fromLabor and Management, its policies are shaped byboth sides and are dictated by neither ••• COP-PER COMMANDO was established at the rec-ommendation of the War Department with theconcurrence of the War Production Board. Itseditors are Bob Newcomb and Marg Sammons;

• its safety editor is John L. Boardman; its chiefphotographer is' AI Cusdorf; its staff photogra-pher IS Les Bishop .•• Its Editorial Board consistsof: Denis McCarthy, CIO; John F. Bird, AFL; EdRenouard, ACM, from Butte: Dan Byrne, CIO;Joe Marick, AFL; C. A. Lemmon, ACM, fromAnaconda; Jack Clark. CIO; Herb Donaldson,AFL, and E. S. Bardwell, ACM, f,om Creat Falls •• • . COPPER COMMAN DO is mailed to the homeof every employee of ACM in the four locations-if you are not receiving your copy, advise COP-PER COMMANDO at 112 Hamilton Street,Butte, or better still, drop in and tell us. This isVol. 3, No. 22

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