Ring Down That Service Flag Mother, Your Boy's in ASTR

As they trot around in motley civics, the members of the new Army (?) unit known as the ASTP reserve have built up quite a few little legends for their 17-year-old statures. The boys have really done themselves proud in the line of hacking around.

There was the snappy platoon leader in the Schiaprelli sports coat (He'd been to military academy) who said, "Column of files from the right, left file forward march" with the intrepidity of a seasoned Master Sergeant.

Or then there was the powerful platoon of five souls who ventured across Broadway, only after sending two men out to stop traffic. As the three doughty soldiers-to-be crossed the broad and treacherous way...Strong men wept.