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About this newspaper…
The newspaper was written by David Silvette and John Cornacchio.
John drew all the cover cartoon.
It began as a publication of Company B, called “The Bee Stinger”.
On June 4, 1945, it became a newspaper of the entire
Battalion, titled “Chains and Pains”,
and includes sections on each Company:
"Raising Cain In Able
Company”
“The Bee Stinger”
“A Horse On Charlie”
“Haitch and Ess”
I was completely unaware of the existence of this newspaper until
one day while searching the internet for information related to the
327th Engineers. I discovered that the Library of Virginia held
reprints of the newspaper in their archives. Wow! I consider it an
invaluable resource that should be readily available to anyone with an
interest in the 327th Engineer Combat Battalion, so I purchased
photocopies of the collection - 65 pages.
I wish to emphasize that the newspaper was typed on an old fashioned
typewriter of the era. Some sections are faint or faded. Others are
very dark. I have typed the index of names as they were spelled in
the newspaper, so please realize that names will be sometimes
misspelled.
You can contact me via email with any questions.
Laurie@327engineer.com
As always, we strongly encourage members of the 327th Engineers and
their families to share their memories, photos, and questions. Let’s
all do our part to preserve the history of the 327th Engineer Combat
Battalion!
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