mess sergeant

He was then sent to Europe, where he volunteered for kitchen duty but ended up as a corpsman and a mess sergeant in Gen. George S. Patton’s army; he would forage for food once the troops had outpaced their supplies.

Moy, who served as a mess sergeant in the Pacific on New Caledonia, Guadalcanal and the Philippines, said while he’s also honored to be recognized, the award isn’t necessary.

Sylvester James Sr. was a Marine mess sergeant, boxer and, later in life, a self-made business success.

"According to the plaque fixed on the tree," the newspaper explains, "in 1898, an intoxicated British officer ordered the mess sergeant to arrest the tree as he thought that it was moving towards him. Since then, the tree has remained in chains."

McWatt was deeply impressed with Milo, who, to the amusement of Corporal Snark, his mess sergeant, was already buying eggs for seven cents apiece and selling them for five cents.