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I believe in the United States of America,
as a government of the people' by the people,
for the people; whose just Powers are derivedfrom the consent of the governed: a democracy
in a republi c; o sovereign nation of manysovereign stat€s; a perfect union. one and
inseparable; estabiished uPon those principlesof freedom, equaliry, justice and humanity forwhich American patriots sacrificed their lives
and fortunes.I therefore believe it is my duty to my
country to love it, to support its constinrtion,
to obey its laws, to resPect its flag' and todefend it against all enemies.
24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XXVII NUMBER I
t973 - 1974
Twenty Fourth Infontry Division AssociotionPRESIDENT: VICE PRESIDENT: SEC.Y..TREAS..EDITOR:
lfublrt lrsry lrc Fraderick A.Iflln8 Kenrood RossLo@x, Ill. 61454 2619 Fort Scott Dr., 120 itaple Sl.,tel. 2t7-449-3478 ArlinSton, ya. 22202 Sprl.ntftetd, Hass.0Ll03
Tel.70l-684-62I1 Tel. aI3-713-3I94
CHAPIaIN: HB{BEnSHIP CHAIRUAN:Fr.ChrlslopherJ.BerIo 9!llimByrd1239 St.Ann St., 205 GeorSeloh Clr.,scranton, Pa. 18504 Ft. Smith, Ark. 72901Tel. 717-.)47-569I Tel. 501-545-5741
Ausust 7-8-9-10-l I' 1974clearuater Poinl, Hllton Inn
715 S, Culfview Blvd.,Clearwatcr Beach, FlorrCCONVENIIoN CHAIRMANT C.C. Hanlin
s82 Baypood Dr.,:iorth, Duncdin,tia. 3352qTcl - 8l l]-7ll-5O8O
Let's Put DownCrying Towel
One of Ehe newsmagazlnes recently quot,ed a presldenElal alde assa_ylng that, "Everytf,lng we touch tirrris to rmrdl" or words to thateffect. rt would segm Eo express our mood as a nat,lon these days.I'here ls a natlonal keenlng -ln
Ehe air, a lament for the days nflreneve-rythlng we Eouched turned t.o gold.
We seem to have made a lltany-of our troubles, a monoEoDous chant,permgaEes our- soclety: lnflatlon, taxat,ion, pollutlon, corrrrptlon,devaluatlon, tnvestl'ga!1on, assaislnatlon, -
ai legatlon i del lniuent,i,dro.pouts, $r-ugs, -rlproffa, rapes, utrgglngi; strfkes, floodsr earthlguateq, welfare ?!gse, ^corrsllgr frauii, fuei crlsls, shoddy ioods;carnbodla, -MrAs, ABlls, crAr- FBr, conspiracres, bugsi craffic"j.nsidirty movies, Jerry-brtrllt homei, ovei-crowdei sc[o6ls, recariedcars, and wat,ergaEe.. Llke Rodney Dangerfleld, we geE no respecE.Lord, how we plty usl
Thls self-staged wake ls dlsturblng because it is so untyplcalof Amerlcans. we have been ln worse Eroubre before, but neirlrbefore have we Eaken lt so hard. I{e are uot a stoli people. butnelther are we crybabies. Not until now, ehat is. 'The t,nrth of the natter is we really ilontE have that mrch tocry about.
. orr cggnt-ry has never been and never wilr be perfeet. we had avlolent blrth and have llved from crisls to crlsis ever slnce. rnthe process of growlng up, we invenEed a way of lrfe that, ls theenly of the rest of tf,e world.we cannot move to a bett,er place because there ls no bet,Eerplace. I.Ie- certalnry have no-abnopoly on natlonal trruuriiions,nor do we have even one probleu tiraE- is unlquely ours. As f;r
coumon problems, they are more aevere elsewtiere. Taxee areIllgl:: ln. Engrand and lnflat,lon ls worse. Ttre smog in peking lsdeadrier than it is lu Los Angeles. _cornrptlon ln-rtaly is i w"yof,ll.fe. Bugglng ts commonpllcc ln parrs.' rn Ehe jo"i6t-[nro",arr consuner gooda are ln short supply. viorence ln rreland na,leeour froatier days look tame. rsrall 'is
surrounded bv aruedenenles and her'cltlzene are Ehreatened ;br;J;- uffifo""-of chlldrenln dozens of countrles are always hungry. MlrllonJ ;;n;; !o toschool at all.
Ttrls ls all another way of saylng that we should put down thecgylps Eowel, stgp scourging ourielies, and rook aioind.--ihe restof the vorld mulit serEl6 f6r our probiens-i!r," rtaiil--we-dy oorP-" ."t the p-eak of our form but re ire nor farrint-"pa"tr--Itil.t.We have much to do and no tlme for broodlng.
The theme this year seemed Eo put usin mind of uhose precious Bobby Browning1 ines :
"Grow old along with me,the besE is vet Eo be".
And so it went f6r C.G.HANLIN (34th | 42-'45), Ann DUFF and ED HENRY, (Oiv,gq.'42-'45), as they stood on deck of our
cruise ship, awaiting cast off from theI^I.P. dock.^C.G. will-chair the'74 Conven-tion, nexE August, in - fasten thoseseat belt.s - Clearwater, FIa.
Eniov their firsE fiest.a did J0HN BOYCE(r' fgih"4l-'45), and Ehe boys, Brian andIienedict. Someone wanLed Johnnyrs addressrry 1173 Stone, Rahway' N.J.
Hopefully out of the VA hospital atFresno by Lhe Lime he reads this will beBILL PITCHER. Back home Eo Shafter, CaI.iE'Il be. Bilt was with the 34th from6/55 to L0/56. By the way, Bill, ,in caseyou're tooking for Division shoulder-patches,
we hlve about 30 left - $1.00each. Or you can write Luck Goldbergat A & N Trading, 7L4 12th St.'l{'tr"',lnlashington, D.C: He also has them'
IL's our ever-genial Chaplain, FT.CHRISJ. BERLO, (19th 'I+4-'46), on the W.P.boat
ride the Thursday evening of the party.Fr. Berlo was heard telling the one aboutEhe dad whose hippie son confessed, t'Pop,
Ifm in love with-L girl". "Thank God,you made the right decision", repliedEhe pater.
New address on UILTON SKELLY, (Dlv.Hq.r46-t48) : 455 ocean Ave. rBrooklynrN.Y.Hlssed you at W.P. r M118.
JIM HARTMAN, (724:utr ord), sends$5 fordues and $15 "as a contribuEion; keep upthe good work". Thank you, Jim. It washe w6o added a P.S. which went: "JusEtell them that all the great men ofhistory were shorL. Julius Ceasar wasshort. Napoleon was short. CliffordIrving was short - abouE $600,000."
Old friends t.ogether once again -which is what W.P. was all about. MIKERAFTER, (a :+ttr '4L-'44), with rhe beer:
They could have sailed right. on down toManhat.Ean and MG FRED IRVING, VIC BACKER,MG HARRY JONES, (Div.Fin. t42-'46), andTOM COMPERE, (Oiv. Ct '42-'45), wouldn'r
Convent,ion Chairrnan VIC BACKER, (A 34th'41-t 45), and that ever-present. eryingEowel, who did such a masLerful job inbringing it all Lo Pass. Vicrs RiLawas f,eavy on the helPing bit, too - awonderfui couple - Vic and Rita, that is -not Vic and Mike.
CHET and Gloria ANDREZAK, (Cn. 21st'43-t45), were at W.P. though we donttsee them'in any of our pictures. SorrylCheE was telling us about. the 6500 tonJerry "SeEo" which janrned a I89 eonfreighter in the waEefs jgst off Matsuyama.It wis a beauLiful body of water aroundthere - remember it? For thaL matLer,the whole Inland Sea was gorgeous. Agree?
have minded it a bit.. Harryras making hisfirst convention ever, with Gloria - areal doll. They're aE 8906 Captains Row,Alexandria, Va. Tom, of course, broughtwonderful E1ise, withouL whom a convenEionwould be pretty dul1.
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In this one:I{OODRUFF, (Div.
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Life of any party are DALLAS and PeggieDICK, (C 19th- ' 35-'45). They carne overto \rl.P. from New Cumberland, Pa. He rvasLelling a few of-us aE Ehe Thayer barabouE 6is cousin's boy who came home fromschool and said to hi-s father, "Daddy,how do trou f ind Ehe lorvesE conmondenominbior?" The faEher looked atthe kid, red faced, and shouted, "Haventtthelr 661rtd that. yeE? They were lookingfor thaL when I was in school".
Back to a convenLion again after rmrchtoo lone an absence were BILL and LornaDA^VrDSOi\i, (niv.uq. '4I-'45). Don't dothat again, folks - Please.
DURMOND BIRD\'.IELL, rvho hails fromSearcy, Ark., has now retired from theArmy and settled in PorEerville, Calif. r.
the- land of his good rvife. Says flurmond,"It'11 be interesting to hear todayrsEeenagers tell their children what theyhad to do withouE.
Out.standingly brilliant were the twincustumes of BOBBY and Inez BRABHAI4,(oiv.uq. | 42-'45). Their Hawaiian dressfor the Friday night gathering was a"His and Hersr' thing - both units madefrom the same cloth-- and whaL a riot ofcolor this nice lit.tle couple made. Tnezis Deputy Audieor for SumEer County, S.C.
Thatrs MG ROSCOEcc LL/44-LL/4'),
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at t.he rail (upper left.). Tharf sRiEa Backer in the left foreground. It'sLife Member and Past Prexy JOE PEYTON,(Sv.19th '42-'45) staring at. us.
Gone To Hls Reward: TOU KUBIAKsuffered a nassivc atroke lact May 10thasd dled I days later.
Blissfully happy t.o be with us at VJ.P.were Life I'lember LE0N and Alice SI.IEM,(:atn '43-'45), out of Carthage, N.Y.Lovely couple, devoEed Lo the cause.I"lhat a pify that D/A can'E, sense thaL here
in Ehese Associations are some of the bestfriends Ehey can possibly have. D/Aapparently couldn't care less. And itrsa day when D/A needs every friend it canrnuster. Pity it. is - and has been for 1othese almost 30 years. The publicrelaEions department at the Pentagon rmrstbe run, i-n our view, by a bunch of bobbysoxers.
Out of Baker Company of the 6th MediumTk.Bn., during r50 and t51 comes newmember, retired S/Sgt. JII'! ST0RI.{ livingnear Benning at 6 StarlighL Court,Columbus, Ga. Says -Tim, now thal 18 yearolds can drink legally in Georgia, thebars are carrvins sisns that read"Bourbon and i,.laa"llaaH.
A jolly quintet:COMPERE, and HENRY,29 years after the
IRVING, BACKER, JONES,t.ogether again some
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LIerre way lat.e inthe 10/31l58 death ofDASHER, JR., Div. CGand Korea during | 52-apologies, please.
sadly reportingMaj.Gen.CHARLES L.
for a year in Japanr 53. br:r sincere
The silverplated porkchop for Ehepair moving most frequently goes Eo BOBand Mavis Pene, (r :+ 3/4L--Li/44), whohave jumped between N.Y., Hawaiir'Fla.,Ariz. and back again to Hawaii in Ehe last4 years.
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.Bu&o*e#en*Vie, sons of today, wa salute you -Yau, sons of an earlier day.
'r/e follow, close order, behind you, Where you have pointed the way.
Dled: CHARLES R. CONNOR (Hq.Co.r3rdEng. | 44-t 46) of Baltlmore, Md. Charllepassed away lasE Aug. 308h.
Dled: JOE SUZAN of Exeland, Wls.
Died: GEORGE M. CLoAK, (C 52 t42-t45),of Upper Darby, Pa. last Sept. 10th.
Dled: LINToN J. BUTTREY, (19th).
Dled: VERNON HAYDEN was kllled lastDec. 18th in an auEo aecldent ln Ft,.WorEh,Tex. IIls wldor lols wrote us, ttHow Iwish he nlght have lived to lcnor thatour y_ounggr-sonf David, has been acceptedfor lfest, Polut.
Jolned ls TREVIS SHEPARD, (C 34rh r50-t51), nanager of Shepardrs Automotlve lnAkroa, Ohlo. Trevls and Louise haveI.arry (20) and Barbara (14). Trevls wasdetached frou Ehe 2nd Dlv. ln Jtme of | 50and you all know ntry so we mntt belavor tt.He tells us that ntren Larry was 16, hewent out and seE two aational records inauto raclng; says that Barbara ls looklngfomard to dolng the same ln the rcmeu'sdlvlslon.
A news release out of West Polnt lnmld-ScpEenber reports that "The Sllence"or shunnlng of cadets rho vlolate thehonor code has been offlclally dlscoutlnuedby Ehe Cadet Hoaor Gonlttoo. 0f lt weghall say no Bore. lile were taken to taskfor knocking the utrole hrslness ln ourlast lssue.
Need you ask?IIooDRUFF, NEHMAN,go at that.
l{er 11 just say "IRVING,and LESTER" and leE lt
( lgr,h ' 35-'45) ,wlth: trAt lastafter operat,lon.aud Hawall.
Looklng exqulslEer*rlte-and blue numberone of our tovllest.PAUL wlth her.
ln a stunzrlng red-was Dorothy WISECUP,ThaErs Past Prery
DALLA,S and Peggy DIGK,postcarded us from l{ahoogot back. Peggy ls fiaeffiill3fi.
ror Maul, Lanai,
Taro Leaf keeps tabs on CHARLIE andGladys AIIDERSoNT- (Hq.Co. 6/42-8/45) whohave left New Mexico for 715 W.State,Llndsburg, I(ans.
Ft.Myers, FIa. rMay: Retlred Florldlansare JoE and'Venie'Bo[lNAK, (Dlv.Hq. r46-r48),at 1057 N.WaEemay, Ft. Myers, Fla. Overat Clearmont, 154 E. Leke Shore to beexact, are sood frleuds MARK and EIsaKREIDBERG, (Dlv.Hq. t46-t48). over atMerritt Island on 1125 CarrlEan areBILL and LYNN HINTERNHoFF, (Div.Hq. r45-t48). tswonderful Eo hear'fron thisellvely folks once agaln.
Guess it. had been 7 or 8 Years sincewe had laid eves on CoI. ROBERT DANIELS,(niv. Hq. '4t+'-'48) who flew up Lo I^I.P.from San Antonio. I^ltrat. a grand thrill itis to see Robin again. Guess we've hadthe privilege only about 6 or 7 timessincb we paited Division someEime inJune of | 47.
llannlng the reglstratlon desk areMrs. R1ta-BACKERT-Mrs. Beverly Corrls,a Secretaryts SeireEaryr and Mrs. AllceSA!{DERSON.
We must glveyou a few moreplcturec of theRecognitlonCeremony lasEMay 25Eh aEScofleld r*renthe DlvlslonColors wereretur:aed toScofleld. Wehave Ehem andfeel that theyunsE be used.
Itrs MGDonnelly P.Bolton andour ownAH KEE LEONG,wtro representedus r in thereviewlngieepu. NoEeLhe'"25x" onthe txr.rtper.
Thecolors passin revlew.
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Thls isthe post-lng ofthe colorsin CarterHal1.
LOSI: ART SNOW'Last known to be atReadlng, l'Iass., hls
Florlda slnce hls
"I{ash your hands" yelled Ehe sergeantto the orlvate.t'Both of ren?tt querled the prlvate.
ttNo", grlnly replled the sergeanlr..ttJust one. I wanna see how you do 1t".
Goae to Glory has Col. IRVIN,BISNOFF'70, of BradenEoir, F1-". .Irying.dled last,6;[.-4 in sar"soLa, he havlng-Ilved lnFlorlda slnce hls r55 retlrenenE afEer
(g rgrh F r40-'45).4 Govermor Drive,nall keePs comlng back.
BILL and Betty HOOD, out, in Oakland,Calif., send aloig dues and "You're doinga great job". Thanks klds.
IA!ilRENCE and Margle DALEY, (M 21 LL/LL-5/45), mnds lt 5 anii 5 as they told usthelr daughter had had twins a few monthsago. A11-o.K. Congrats to the ttGranpst'and to the new mother.
Itrs the Garden SEate now forDONALD and Jane WILLMOT' (fatU - Korea).Itr s now Box 312, Glen Gardner, N.J.They senE ln 5 for dues and 5 for ouriiut". - oon Eells abouE the hocastlnatort sClub'ln Glen Gardner; seems they havepostponed their a-nnual banqueE for theLhlrit tlme; sonethlng came uP.
Florlda slnce hls '55 retlrenenE atEerserring 28. He waq tnrl-ed ln Arllngton.serrinc 28. He was turled 1n ArrlngEon.If the-commity mlsses hlm, we wlll uisshio nore. and tirat gives us aE least a damreallzation of how urch Evellm w111 mlsshl.n.
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AfEer the W.P.banquet - W4LT CLTNNINGHAU,Billy VERBECK, ROBERT "ROBIN" DANIELS,Rlta and VIC BACKER, aad Billy VERBECKT sprecious wlfe Joyce rgtro found out that Ehlswat.er bed buslness ls a leaky klnd of thlng.
Orla Mccarthy and SPIKE OTDONNELL onEhe t{.P. boaE rlde. Orla and Hac McCarthyare the good frleads of DIGK and PhllWATSON. lthy do we ptrt LE thaE way. Orlaand }lac are Ehe goods frlends of everyoneprivileged to ueet Ehem. They're aterrlflc couple. In thls one, Orla lskeeping Splke conpany durlug one rockyportion of the rlde.
odd, but nobody seemed to raise aneyebrow when Judge Sirica handed out those20 and 30 year sentences to first offenseburglary offenders in an effort. to pressurethem to beEray confidences and thus t,rampleon the Eighth Amendment ("Excessive bail-shalI noE be required, nor excessive finesimposed, lgr cruel and unusual punishmentsinf l icted" ) . Think about t.hat.
On from Jennings, Mo. came LEO L.CREAMER, (c 2tst), to w.p. and it cerEain-Iv was a delieht to see him asain. Wet6ta teo and ile'll t.e1l you tfrat we canttpossibly mention everyone who attendedt,his, one of our best, geE-togethers.
Llfe Menber - Past Prcsldent - WilltanJordan Verbeck Bowl Awardee JOE PEY[OI{,on the rlght, congratulat.es Llfe Member -Past Presldent VIC BAGXER who has Justbeen named as Ehe t73-t 74 awardee 6f theIIILLIAI{ JORDAN VERBECK Bowl. Vic wasconpletely surprlsed - and overwheloed.Speechless, nas he - and Ehatrs golng sone.
_Rgtlrlng Prcxy RED NETTMAN wlrh Glnnyand BERT LOIIERY, our neu prcsldent. and'FlrsE Lady.
LAFE and Doris. COCHRAN, (Z+ ett ,4L-r 45),finally made-another convent,ionr' after - "missing the last nine. Lafe was saddened_by-Ehe news of Joe-E.- Brownts passing.Lafe recalled to mind the E.ime Joevisit.ed Division on Mindoro, iust beforethe jump E,o Mindanao.
.._HAp and Sally CONKLIN, (lzq ora. '44_',11) t. made \^1. P.. , t.hough we, re worry we9l9n'! geq rmrch chance t,o ralk wiEL rhem.Likewise for Life Member ANGELO and l,faiy-L0RIO, another 724Lht 34.
Happy West Polnt couple - Anne and PastPre:cy BOB DUPF. Bob ras talklng about,that'word t'Japtt wtrlch, as hc rai told atthe tlme of the Wilson-Inouyc Chapter ofthe Watergate saga, ls a preJoratlvc teruresented by any Japanese cit,lzen or personof Japanese descenE. Saya Bob, "Golly gee,I didn't know that".
Recovering nlcely from nrpturc<l discsureerv ls ALBERT SELTSAI'{ dom Ehere inDaniirie, ry. Just "Route 4", lf you get-well-cari him. [Ie rasn't uP to sntlffi*ren tre-*"C ai w.P. althougir you wouldnrtknow lE ln thls onc of Al and Ttrelua.Thatrs C.
JOHIWY FARRELL (21st t42-t45), has taksuhlg oath ss dlrector of probatlon for Baltl-Eore Gormty. 011glna11y-appolnted la r46,Jolmny left ln '52 to practlcg lau andserye ln the eounty soilcltorrs offlce.Ttrea back to probatlon rork ln r57. Nlcework, John.
JIU PARKER, wherc art thou? We have anluqulry froq GEBRY and Loulse CHOATE,(Zist 143-'45), of Cartenrllle, I11.'Gerr? reupped after a 17 year absence.Ttrey're ln lnsurance, Bltnnlnous Casualty.thebc good folks wrlte "I{ould llke tolocate-Jlu PARKER, (tt-Zlst '44-t 45),last known to be la Eoporlar Va. Norecord herc, Gerry; let's try the gang.
Itts a Vlce Presldcncy of Kohlcr Co.,Kohler, Iilis.r for SAI{ H. DAVIS, (13th f| 42-t 46) and we are rlght proud.
A payment on hls Llfe Menbershlp fromELVrH'CiUrr,, (r Ztst '42-t45), of 'Rlchmond, Va. Thanks Elvln, and say helloto l{argaret. Elvln delivers the malldora thcre. Elvla says he has slckness 1nthe falllIy. Nothlng serlous, we hopc.
- Couldnrt W.P. tt.but JIM DUPAW,(sv. 34rh 1/53-?/54)r. of Rut.land,'vr.,sent a ruessage tBlllt' and Ellen werebtrlldlng a ner pharmacy, thelr second.It ought to be doue by now "8111tt. TelIus how does a guy naned Jln get nlcknamed8111? Better Ehan belng called "Sue"though, lsnrt lt?
TARO LEAF net GEORGE B. GRACE iaClearwater, Fla. recenE1y. He wasHaJ.Gen. ['RED IRVING's alde de camp atone point ln hls busy ary career.
Enjoying the basket supper on the W.P.boat rlde were VIC BACX,ER, SAI{ GILNER'BERT LOWERY, TOU COI.{PERE and BOB DUFF.
EARL and Jacky LE$IIS,(gatrr L0/42-LL/45), of32640 Ohlo, Livoula, Mlch.sent a tcm spot. Mcmbereclnee '52. Wondcrful folksEhese two. Jaclcyr eterrlfic, Earl. She toldus about tthe Xcrox peoplelatroducing a aGw copier...a neY eoplcr. o. r oE nGYeopiaf ... o8 EG'Y Copler. .. .a iew copicr." Loied lt,Jackey.
lle get all klnde offunt,erestlng uail. -Fron ROYand Jcrrl fARcf,, (C 21att43-t45), of Bt,. 3, Box 860,Sequlm, Wash.,we gcE nicerords about our own efforts;Jerrl cspeclally llkes ourcovers so this one we'vededlcated Eo our #1 admirer.
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We told you that, Bllly looks just llkehls Dad as we knev hln arrd Ehat's hlsuother, Peggy VERBEGX, EhoroughlyenJoylng the W.P. parEy. We're so gladthat this lovely famlly eould be wlth usfor our firnnaking.
I^ler 11 reproduce anything typed whichyou send in to us. Herers what you cando to he1p. Type on plain white paperusing single spacing. There's no limitas to vertical length. However, pleaselimit your horizontal spacing Eo no morechan 6'li spaces (+ inctrei). ThaL way, wecan set it up just as you give iE to us.Thanks.
Taro Leaf salutes new member, 2nd LL.GE0RGE W. BERGNER of the l1ch Field(Sv. Btry) in Korea, 6/53-LL/54. GeorgiemeE another 24th'er at his reserve camplast sunrner. Name and address, please,George, and werll t.ry to sign him on.
A neighbor of ours, one Joachim Hagopianis the busEer who was expelled fromWest Point, then sued for reinsLat,ement,and won. He was heaved for allegedlybeing "slovenly and uncouth'r, eta., et,c.A11 of that aside. I^Ihat rankles us isthat, after winning his case, he had theguts to say he didn't. know whether or noLhe wanted a military life. "I haven't,got my whole life set. on the militaryy€t", he told a local reporLer. If hersnot sure, whalt s he doing up Ehere takingup space? He's keeping out a good manwho might have his "whole life set on themiliEary". And you and we are footinghis bili. \^le s"y "Healre him out agaiiand this time make it stick.rl
It was on Leyte. Ttre vlslEor to AbleCo. Med. Bn. Clea-rlug Statlon ras lookingat a munded Ctrlck.
"I,Ililen are you coing to send Ehis manhone?" he asktd oE ttre nedlcal sergeant.
.. .f,: H*:":tt"g hone; he's goin[ uactttBack to the front. hrt hers ln awful
ghaDe.t'hYegtt, replled the sergeant, ttand he
thinks he knows wtro done i.E."
BILLY and Temko McCARTI{Y thoroughlyerijoyed themselves at I^I.P. Out ofWesterville, Ohio, Bill is financialofficer at. 0hio Dominican College inColumbus. We especially enjoyed meetingTerry, Bi1ly. She's a honey. A11 theway from KumamoEo. hlish we had a pictureof her for this issue. Bill chides usfor lousing up his sEory in a recentissue; sayS it goes thu-s: "Did you hearabout the new fool-proof deodorant? -you spray it on, then you disappear,and evervbodv wonders where the smellis coming from". o.K., so we repeaEourselves. Bill, by the way, was 21sEInf. '46-' 51 a Task Force SmiEh man.He wrices us:
"After r left. Division in | 51, Ibecame top-kick of a company in the 506thInfantry, 101st Airborne. From Ehere toOperations aE Stoneman for a few months,then to Camp Drake, Japan, as acLingReplacement Depot SergeanE Major. Fromt,here I volunteered for Special \tTarfareand ended up in a Unit. in Toklzo. I{orkedfor a few years in the propaganda end ofEhe operations, for the Voice of theUnited Nations Radio. Took part in theprisoner screening Eoward Ehe end of theKorean ldar as I speak, read and writeChinese. After Korea., spenL Eime atHo1abird, Meade, and Hood, (at1 in variousschools and Intelligence programs). ThenEo a propaganda unit in Okinawar s beauti-ful rock and sand. Worked over most ofeast and south Asia for four years, thenback to 0hio State University in the ROTCProgram for two years. SpenE a couple ofyears in Vietnam after that with a. breakit Knox (installaEion security). IreLired at Fort Hayes, Columbus, Ohio,in |67".
FRED and Sally BUAKS, (M 19rh '40-'44),Ehe parents of 9, tripped over from Erie,Pa., to make I.J.P. Fred noticed thatthey wouldnrt leE Be11a Abzug go toCorregidor while she was visiting inManila. Golly, if we'd only had her alongin '45, we could have sent her over andleft behind ED PoSTLETHhTAIT and rhe 3rdof the 34th. That would have been siegeenough.
GUS and Ginny CASCONE, (Uq.Oiv.Arty.'40-'45), drove-over to W.P. 'fromSa1 isbury, Mass. "I..louldnt t miss itt',said Gus. He was telling us about theword from Professor Pat.rick Quinn, deanof architecture aL Renssalaer Polytechnic:"If you can pronounce our name, youtreadmitted. Spell it, and we give you adegree". Told you we'd use it, Girs.
offlcer LEI{ AHNERT, (B 13rh F 143-'45),of the Penr Pollee Dept. was busy thlssprlng wlth Ehat skyJacker lncldent.Lots of overEiue on the road blocks,says Lew. Youtre telllng us, Lewlll
The naue of the game for PAUL rJr."HARRIS and GERRY STEVENSON on Ehe W.P.boat rlde.
GEORGE and Betty HLJNNICUTT, (A and Hq.& Hq. 21-st 4/49 - 6/5I), have reported in.George, a retired Major, is Registrar andDirector of Admissions aL Armstrong StateCo1lege, Savannah, Ga. These folks haveChris 25, Candance 19 and Cayce 10. Wesee nice alliteration Ehere, George -and Betty - all of which reminds us ofthe Southern gal who had quadruplit.s.She named them Eenie, Meanie, Minie andCharley. She didnrt want no moe.
BOB and Ursalawent to llawall ln
Recently honored by Catholic Charitieswas Rt.Rev.Msgr. CHARLES J. BRADY, (Ztst),for cornrmrnity service. Itts an annualaward for conrnitment in the area of civilrights and Christ.ian social concerrrs. Weare right proud of you, Msgr. Our thanksgo to JERRY VON MOHR who spotted therelease ouE in Kettering, 0hio. SaidJerry, "I know Fr. Brady is too humbleto tell you Ehis himself."
FRANK and Pauline MIKI,AS, (e Zlstr50 - t51), in BIue Islandr'I11., arelooking for M/Sgt. or Sfc. JOHN HOLLAI^IYout of Texas. John was first in CharleyCompany, wounded, returned Eo Able Company.Says Frank, "John rvas by far the finestleader I ever saw." Frank, by the way,served in lst Cav., 25th, 7th and lst.Marine Divisions, but signals, ttBuE It11always have a Eender spoi for the 24th".
KEN and Alice TARRANT, (e 6:ra t 5/42-8./45), celebrat.ed their 25th last Sept.28(tglZ). They have Linda (24), marribdwith 1 daughter, Ken Jr. (22), Holy CrossgraduaEe now a 2nd Lt. in USMC atfuantico, David (19) married lasE year,and Laura (I5), a t,enth grader. Thattsquite a family, Ken, over there in Quincy,Mass.
NELSON, (r 19rh 142-t45),Oct. for thelr 25th.
0dd, buL the publications crying forthe inrnediat.e publication of the Nixontapes are the very ones demanding anabbolute shield law to prot.ect foreverthe confident.iality of their reporEerslnotes. Think about that.
A fes nords froq our outtolngAssoclatlon PrcsldeDt, HG AUBREI S. NE[{I.{AF,of wtron we Yere all vcry proud.
ProudlyNEI${AN and
we hall two Dorothyts,IIIIEELER.
,_- it?p-py.!g gee Alice and EARL BRIDWELL,(H_19th '38-'42), a-t-I,,I.p. after missinga few. Medical p_roblems here but. they"seemed to be in Ehe best of spirits. -Aspa5] wa;_saying to the boys in rhe ThayerIobby, "Show me a galI blbdder suffererwho won't Eake his-medicine, and Ir11-s-how-
you ? man wiEh unmedicated gal1."You havenr t lost the t.ouch, Earll
,^. T-"pg. lof . Doc GEORGE E. UORRISSBI,llfth t42-145), out i.n Daveaporr, I6wa.Ellen seaE us the tragle newi th6t deatheane to George last Aprll 25th.
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A few banquet head table personalltles: Alma ZIERATH (r,vtro waated only !g_go_!gqei-theyrd been on the road for 6 weeks), MG HARRY JONES, Dorothy NE$IMAN, MG FRED ZIERATH(rili,
"tiyia east afEer attendlng h1;'40th reunion at'I{P mereiy to be-wlth us) andMG FRED IRVING.
A twenEv recelved fron Dr. WALTER J.sroPA, (x igttr | 42-t 45), of 9 N. Haln,Enf ield, Conn., ritrere he ls an optometrisE.Say Doc, how about lettlag us apply thatEoward a llfe membership? You know;20 a year for 5 years, Ehen no more ever.
Kllled lnstant,ly ln an auEo accidentwas VERNON HAYDB{ lZf st), of FE.I{orth,Tex. Ttrls was Dec. 18, 1971. Lols tellsus that David, thelr son, proudly carrleson the strong tradltlon of his father;he's ln hls 2nd year at West Polnt..
n", "ddr.ffis (JA Dlv.Hq.)Itre 712 N.Bundy, Los Ange1es. Wrltes Bob:"Please accept thls chec[ for $25.00 forone year's dues. You fellows reallyilEe-rve whatever help you can get f6ryour wonderful efforEs. And pleasp glveEd Henry a speclal hello'for ue. If lt.Eeans anythlng to hln he certalnly had avery poslLlve effect on a rather lncompe-tent court reporter r*ro only Erled hard."
}[ay we lntroduce Just-Jolned TJALTERand R6se cHRIsTTAI{soft, (c- gatu | 44-t 45 tand M 34th & B 21st '49-'51)? They'reat RR 1, Ctrristle Rd., Ladysntth, BC,Canada. They are poultry farmers. Sayswaltr"Itn lo-oklag 'for l.{rkE vol.cHKor laitknomr to be wlth the 34th at GanD Hower.Japaa and ln Korea". Walt, wetli do ouibeit to locate Hlke; he's irot a mesberby the ray.
Taro Leaf travels rlth TO't and PollyBAKE$IELL, (724 Ord. 143-:45), of Euron,Ohlo, ntr6 rade the Gaspe' this sutmer,droooine off alons thc way Priseillafor'her-last year at Golby (lilatenzllle,!le.). Ellzabeth at Calals, Me. for ateacf,lne asslsaneat thcre, and Jenniferat Dana-Hatt (Wellesly, llass.), Ieavlngoaly Po1ly aE houe vlth Ehe dog' cat andhor8G.
To Hawail way last May flew JAI{ES andBETEY CHAMPION,(a rsEh F 8/41 ro4/45). of 622 Euclld,ErlerPa. HeretsBetty standlng by afield Just, ouEsldeSchofield.- Bettyand Jlm had gone ovetto see daughter,Ellzabeth. and son-ln-law (Nival Alr)llvlng at Evia Beaeh.Jim cot over Lo seeschoEield. "tthatchangestt, wrltes he.Here's one of Jinwalklng acroas thelawn outslde of rhebarracks shere hewas statloned Justbefore P.H. Day.,And he aleo sends alongthe thlrd floor of that
another taken frombarracks.
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anv conversation between C.G.(r'garl'43J45). and Hot{ARD LU
One manr s idea of the peak of confuslon:conversation between C.G.HANLIN.IN,
(r- gArl'43J45), and HowARD LtMSDEN,(zrsr & rgrh '50-'51).
A flre in St.louls that destroyedcountless mllltary records w111 have noimpact, on the 13 milllon veEerans anddependents nov reeelvlng VA beneflts,accordlng to Donald E. Johnson, dlrectorof the Veterans Admlnistrat,lon.
The flre that brumed out of control formore Ehan a day at, the Natlona1 PersonnelRecords Ceater destroyed the flles ofhundreds of thousands of veterans. A VAspokesnan eald the loes would chleflyaffect those applylng for compensatlonuhose medlcal records were destroyed bythe flre.
However, the VA rculd have alternativeways to develop the compensatlon claims,Johnson sald. Ttrey would lnclude backupflles or affldavlts for nllltary conrades.
Records of uore than 32 nllllonveLerans, llving and dead, are kepE on acourputerLzed master file ln Washlngton.Slnce 1958, Ehe VA data processing cenEerat Austln, Tex., has malntalned flles ofthree mllllon veterans of the Vletnam war.Other VA flles are kept at its recordscenter i.n St.Louls some 10 mlles from thedisasErous flre, aE 57 reglonal VAofflces, 169 hospltals and two lnsurancecentera.
The flre ln Ehe Mllltary PersonnelRecords CenEer apparently started on theEop floor of the six-story butldlng thatcontalned the records of 56 nilllon per-sons. The top floor was used prlmarllyfor fllee more than 25 years o1d.
The Arnry records in the center operatedby the General Servlces Admlnlstratlonlncluded about flve nillion from thellorld War I era, abouE nlne mllllon fromWor1d War II and about slx mllllondocuments for those who served until thelate 1950s.
The GSA sald lt hoped to salvage fromthe flre-gutEed slxth floor a Eape anddlsc record retrlever sysEen r*rlch wouldaid ln dupllcating losE records.
Wrltes our old Chemlcal Offlcer ofKokura days, good frlend SAII IIMPHREY:"Please add uy volce to the mrltltudehowllng for a Callfornla rennion.t'l{e heai you, gangl
Taro Leafrs "Kltchea-Snooplng": Indlshes uslng lots of but.t,er and fats, alltt,le lemon Julce added w111 make themnore eaelly dlgestlble.. ..[itlen eooklnga roast, place-the contents of a packageof onlon soup ln the bottom of the panfor a dellclous gratry.....For dlfferent,pancakes, f-ry han, baeon, or balongatslleed thlnly, then pour pancake batterover the Eeat, fIlp, aad ser€. o. o o
I{hat other veterans publlcation glves ltsreaders so mtrch?
At. long lasE, a dellghtful let.t.er fromRUBEN SAROYAN, way out there tn Fresno,Callf. It gois: t'For Ehe ones Ehat doremember qre, I served in Cannon, 21st,then was "loaned ouEt' to the 19!h canrionfor Mlndoro. Returned Ln good conditionback to Service of the 2lst where Ibecame Regt. lfunltlon Sgt durlng Mlndanao.At the end of the war, I went lnto Japanas Regt. Supply Sgt. Lty expertences wereEEay, tut. I always have fond meuorles ofthe tlne BpenE on Goodenough. I dowlsh to be remembered to some of thosegreat Buyrsr LOU DUHAMEL, CHET ANDREZAK,STAI{ SKERHONT, LT.I.{ORGAI{ the shoemaker,MAURICE ZIKIN, LOU PoA{AK, JACK TERRISI,Just to nane a few. To brlng you up Eodate, I am now 52 and retlred 8 yearsago from groceries. Have spent mosE ofmy tlme sLnce ln charlty work wlth youthgroups such as the Scouts. My health lsfine and I have lost part of my halrEhrough Ehe fevers upon returnlng froothe Is1ands. If anyone wrltes Eo me, Iw111 answer them. My address ls 1353Palm Ave. rFresnorCallf. 93728. Goodluck to all and some day I expecE tosurprlse you guys aE a reunlon..ttThanks Rube.
R. to 1. at West Polnt. DICI( DIMOND(D lgth), "Plneapple" JACK FrNAt{ (Hq. &AT Cos 19), FRANK EDELEN (G 21st), PETESEMENOFF (Hq. 19th), and "Shy" DrCK LtMwho kept the Chlcks happy lu theRegluental Restaurant on Wahoo. Edelenand Flnan were t,ogether ln the same out,flLln NorLh Afrlca and ltaly. I{riEee Jackof Frank Edelen, "He was a tnrly greatcombat offleer".
One hoE August afternoon at, Scofield, atough Sergeant had been drllllng raw,awk$ard rec:nrlts untll the men were readyEo drop. A Gaptaln paused to eye thespectacle, and at that preclse nomenE anespeclally clumsy recruit dropped hlsrlfle. The Captaln called the eulprltout of line. ttllow longrt' he asked -
wlEherlngly, "have you been ln the Aruy?'lfire recrrrlt, with all the wearlness
and woe of the world wrlt, upon hlscount,enance, stanmered, rtA-i-al1 dayrslr.rt
Odd, buc in | 64, Senators Talmadge,Inouye and Ervin each voted 7 t.imes torestrict a congressional investigationinto uhe Bobby Baker monkey business.Think about that.
ALFRED and AlberLa MoNACO, (D lgth140-144), apologize for not making I{.P.0n1y live in Chester, Pa., too. Theyspend their spare time boaEing inChesapeake Bay. CalI her "ThE Three A1rs".A1 t.ells us that when his next doorneighborr s daughter f lunked history, theiraEe father said, "When I was your age,history was my easiest subject..rr rrBig-dealr"- sassed- the daughterl "Whe-n youwere my age, what had happened?"
Wonderful to see JACK and MarreDAVIES, (34th), aft,er so many years.They're at 5 l^Iinding Way, N.CaldwellrN.J.Jaci< tells us that irM I'Bill" DUPAhIT'(Sv. 34th 153-'54), who lives aL 64Watkins, Rutland, Vt., wanEs to hear frommen of Service, 34th. O.K. men, let,rshear it. It. reminded Jack of an oldtop kick of his who insisLed everytime inbellowing it out thusly: "O.K., you men,let ' s faI l ir-, il^"itl"heEical order,beginning with the Ars.
At Ehe banquet rostruE, ltrs MG ROSCOEB. I{OODRUFF looking only a llt,tle older,a lltEle slower, tnrt just. as eha:mlugand ffum as ever. ThaE's Red dlgestlngI{oodyrs words, uhich were few, tn tneanlngful.
llancy Perkins O'Nei1, helr to the$50 ullllon Kool-Ald fortrure, and narriadto onc Janes OtNcil for 20 yia. (5 klde),dlvorced hln ln Sacramento. Nancy haebcen ordcred to pay Jlmy $2500/uonthallmony, $30r000/yr. even Lf trs iomasrles,$1666/no. for llfe lf ahe goes flrst'a Ford Ttumderblrd, thc farlly houe,3000 shares of General Foods, ncoberohlpfur 2 count,qT elubs, $1751000 la llfelneureucc pollcles, custody of 2 song aodlnterests la 2 iavettuent eonpaalcs andgcveral brokerage accounts. Wetre forromeu's llb - but thle ls rldlculouc.
Past Prexy PAUL WISECUP has justdropped a "b-omb" to the shock oE gcLES IIIIEELER.
At the banguet, outgoing PreeldeatuG AtBREy "Red" NEIIUAN was presentedwiEh a tsooento of hls sEesardshlp ln thefom of the two volune rork "WesL PolntAt1as of Anerlcan Wars". It rns lnscrlbedwith the more than 1300 oLguatures ofthe members of the AsaocLaLlon. tfrot,eRed Iat,er, "Tnrly I am prlvllegcd- t-oshare ln lhat spLclal frlcadshlp llke -noother ln the woild. Ttrose autographcdbooka 1111 be anoug ry most PrlzcdpoSseBslons. "
The lst Battalloa, 21st. Infantry(clntets) and the 3d Battallon, 13th Fle1dArt111er7 (ttre Ctansnan) are nor senrlngylth the 25th Infantry Dlvlslon atScofleId.
Busy making contacts wherever he couldat W.P. was Membership Chairman BILL BYRD(uq. 21st '42-'45), who was ending sueh ahappily successful year of recmiting.We missed Margaret aL our gathering, BilI.
On the Hudson Riverand Maj.Gen. FREDERICK
cmise, it's VivianA. IRVING, thanks
Lo Loretta RAFTER who did Lhe picturetaking and whose pictures many of thesein this issue are. Vivian.suffered amishap at. the Officerr s Club - felI downsome stairs - which frighEened us all fora spell. Plucky one that she is, however,she was back in Lop form for the Saturdaynight banqueL.
BOB and Jo ANDRE, (lZt+ Ora. & 63F ' 42-t45), kept, busy at, [.I.P.r contributingreDorts on Ehe well beine of Life MemberRAV KRESKY, (24th Recon."'42-'45), felledrecently by a heart atEack. Rayr s at2519 W.Jerome, Chicago, if you care togeL-well-card him. Ada uhe Andrers,'A card would go a long way here.t'
Thrilled were we to welcome TOM andMary BRODERICK, (ZArtr llea. '42-'44), roour satherine of Ehe c1an. Thev }ivet'3usE across"Ehe river and down'a piece"in Yonkers. Nine kiddos in Ehis family.itrowl Wtrich reminds us of the parentsof a 3 year old boy who were teaching thekid to smoke marijuana. Guess they wantedhim potty trained.
Life Member JERRY VON MOHR, (at fetn'45), who lost his lovely l4ary this pasLspring, made it to I{.P. nevertheless,bringing his Paul, Beth Anne and Jay.Iihat courage - and Jerry confined Eo awheel chair t.oo. The kids are wonderfulabout it all. Paul, who has his sightsseE on W.P., wants a Taro Leaf patch forhis jacket. He got. it, you can beE. Keepup the good fight, Jerry.
GI^IO Ret.ired ALToN HALSO, (rgrh r40-r45),now happily retired, has put us in touchwiEh another Chick, a neighbor, HERMAN B.STROUD, of Rt. 1, Box 20, Hubert, N.C.
Taro Leaf feels for JOHN and DorothyWTNGERTSI',IAN, ( Ztsr ' 42-' 45) . Winky hasbeen in for open heart surgery. Dottiesays, "He'_s nia tris ups and d6wns but isfine now." To make maEEers worse, hewas laid off because of his long absence.So things are rough. Chins up, John andWinky.
WALTER CI]NNINGHAI'{, (OiV. Hq. I 42.1 45),always a delight when we gather together,told all within earshot of the moviereviewer who wrote abouL the SEraEegicAir Corrnand herots wife who "chews f,im outfor spending t.oo rmrch time in the SAC."Indeed, puns are fun. The signs of apracticing paronomasian at work are easyto spot: the writer, like Walter, hunchedover his typewriter, chuckling Lo himself.Every wriEer worth his salt Lries to getone in now and then. Like the fellowwho called the book Peyt,on P1ace, a"peeping tomet', or the-one who wroLewhen the striking cemenE workerst uni-on"Lhrew in Lhe Er6wel" and who also wrote,when a Mafia squabble over prosLitutemoney proved that "Eoo many crooks spoilthe brotheI". Send in yours. [,Iet 11 use'em and make Walter sizzl-e.
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JOE McKEON, ED HENRY, JIM RUSSELL,BILL and Alice SANDERSON, Ann DUFF,BOB ANDRE and LLOYD McCANDLISH. Let himwho is without a kidney cast the firststone.
ADOLPH and BeaErice DAI"IISH (34Lh &19th r49-r5l) at W.P. told the one abouELhe eagle-eyed and considerate censor whoposted this notice on Lhe bulletin board:t'LeEE,er aE mail desk. Name on enveloperDoroLhyt. Name on letter rBeLtyt. -Check
wiuh me if I should mail it.tl
Itto a new address for Llfe !.lcnbcrERNEST CoMptON, (r-rttr 7 /40-7 /45).It's nor 31012 Palonlno SE., Warren,Mlch. I{e hopc you and RuEh eaa uakeCleamater, EmLe.
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TAR0 LEAF provesanything, includingKEN OLMR, (f 2lst
that it will printthis one of4/49-7 /5L), of
Tacoma, Wash.WriEes Ken:
"Retreadslyou used thisin describingmember or twobecause they wereon their secondgo arorrnd i-n combat.Like the fellowsaid. rI had lotsof experiencesoverseas, and someof them are Erue. r
I was with the 24thDiv.Hq. from about4/49 - 7/50, rhenlike a martyr Ivolunteered forCo. L 21st. My
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wroEe us, sendingalong a Een spot andtelling us that Gene'sheart just gave out;he died in his sleep.Back went the ten spotwlth words llke:
"You need lt perhapsmore than do we - thatts if I recall and Ido - that you have Sueand Paul and Margaretand Sa1ly and Peterand Mary Lou andTeresa and John andJoseph. Thatrs a bunchof mouths t,o feed.ThaE you had to wrlteas you do is our regreE.That Gene went peace-fullv is our cause forrell'ef .
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?{r ---J-z?r:rqt= I -I bud<iy waS kiiled inhis sleeping bag in Feb. t5i. I wasnft.The following month I had the company ofa hand grenade in my foxhole. Sure gota bang out of that onel Aft,er a briefst,ay of 3 months in the hospital in Kobe,I returned to L Co. and roEated home in7 /5L. I retired Ln L0/54. I an married.I^Iho isntt? Have two children, ages 12and 14. Live in beautiful green I,Iashlng-ton., Good report, Ken.
DellghtfulLorna and BILLAnn DUFF.
It was a proud JOSEPH I. PEYTON,(Sv. 19th | 42-t 45), former AssociatlonSecretary, Editor and Presldent and r 72recipienE of the WILLIAII JORDAI{ VERBECX,award, as he stepped up to the banquetrostnrn at W.P. and wlth a volce full ofemotLon announced the select,lon offormer Assoclat,ion Presldent VICTOR BACKER(A 34th t42-|45) as this yearrs reclplentof the coveted award. As Vlc steppedforward Eo accept the haadsome sllver bowlwhlch represents the award, IIILLIAI'{ J.VERBEGX, JR. also st,epped fomard to haudthe bowl t,o hls Mother, MTs.WILLIAII{ J.VERBECK, for presentaElon to Vlc. It,t as a touchlng cerelnony.
W.P. group - DICK Lul,I,, DAVIDSON and B0B and
\. Passed on:|' crxn PRzYBYszEI.IsKr, ofI Floral ParkrL.I. rN.Y. r' last Feb. 11. Mary
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DICK WATSON. SPIKE OIDONNELL ANdPAUL rtJR." HIRRIS ln a happy W.P. Eood.
A ronderful shot of the Nenman fanlly:Mrs. Stuart Strong, otherrtse Ellzabeth,Dorothy, Red, and Mrs. Glaiborne Bradlcjr,
We slnply couldnrt resist glvlng yououe more of BlIIy and hls l.lother, PeggyVERBECK at our tJ.P. gaEhering - and youyelI know wtry. Itrs wrltten all overthat face tsnrt lt. And Bllly, we cantEthlnk of a nlcer conpllment than JustEhaE.otherw-lse Nancy. _
In frontJULIUS JOSZ
The BILL SA!{DERSON weekend lnAtt,leboro, M4ss. e l{BS hlghlighted notonly by B1I1's lnpresslve lnstallatlonceremony and all thaE went wlth lt hrtalso by a clambake on the shores ofWarrrlci<, R.I. whereat JAMES ttsplkettOTDONNELL proudly lntroduced hls perfect
MG FRED ZIERATH wtro celebrated hls40th out. of tJest, Point in June graced thefirayer rooms wlth hls orurlpreseit graceand charm. A blt, older - a blt grayer -a bit handsomer - lt was a thrlll t6 haveyou and Alna wlth us, Fred.
frlend fromEvergreen, Colo.,Janet Driggs.Ja! rron qulckand easy andcomplete accepE.-ance by our gang.Spike had loadsof fun wlththat, one abouEthe Gimlet uhosays to hlselrl frlend:Hl.etts getnarrled orsomethlngt'.Rcplles theE ciir frlend:ttwe'11 get narrled or notf,lng."
of the Hotel Thayerand Ann DUFF.
t'Please flnd enclosed a check for$5.00 for another year's membershlp lpihe ftnesE organiziclon in the worid."Ttratrs Ehe short message of BILL WILLUOT'(21st | 44-t 46) fron down there onMerrltt Is1and, Fla. Short. but sweett8111.
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Retlred and stlll t'over there"L.L. SCHRAI{K who was CO of H Co.,fros 7/56 Eo L0/57. He's ar 8172Lenggrles, I{ackersberger Str. 4,just ln case you want to ask hlutany errands for you.
A study ln the grayl4g- o-f Anerlca.Itrs Brlc.Gca LESTER I{IIEELER' treatlagace with-defercace, aad lt,s PaeE Pre:<yRSSS PITBSIFULL 3gcinlsg thc tlde vlEh anod halr style - hrt, tf,e tldc le obblng'
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MG ROSCOE B.TOM COI.{PERE,
WOODRUFF, Ellseand Col. ROBERT J.
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Btlly VERBECK congratulates VICas reclplent. of the WILLIAU JORDANAward. Peggy Verbeck had just madepresenEatlon t,o Vic.
BILL BYRD of Fort Snlth, Ark., wasrecently elected Vice PresidenE of theArkansa-s Ret.lred Mllitary Assoclatlon.B111 ls our up-and-conlng MembershlpChafuman.
Hls primary project for ARMA Ehis yearis r,he Avngug- 0F FI.AGS at Ehe Fort SulthUS Nat.lonal Cemetery. Thls proJectrecently approved by the DepartmenE ofDefensel li- a plan iihereln the nexE ofkin of itt thobe veterans burled ln theNational CemeEery will donate Ehelrburial flags to this cotmtlEtee and theflags will-be flown every 20 feet' alongEhe-sEreeEs throughout Ehe cemeEery, onaooropriate holidivs. With Bill involved,ilrff^be a success-ful project.
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BrLL LOTTDEN (I 19rhr of the march lnfor CoI. t'Jocktt
Two to t*ron we are exceedlagly grateftrlfor our W.P. picEures - Belle and Pastii.n'GERRY STEVENSON. Others rhocontifUuted lnclude BOB and Anne D,UFF'
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Gathered on a dellghtful !{ew Englandauturur weekend, on the occasion of thelnstallation of BILL SAI{DERSON asComander of KnlghEs Templarr werekneellng, VIC BACKER, seated RED NEh,I'iANand BOB DUFF, standing GERRY STEVENSON'SPIKE 0iDO{NELL' }our EdiEor, ED HENRY'FRANK KAWA, DrCK WATSON, JR. HARRTS,TO.{ COUPERE, C.G.EANLIH, and BILL SAI{DERSON.
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LllM sent ln a tnrnch of plcErrres,uhlch wetre uslng ln this "reunlonHerers oae of DICK WATSON'
BILL SAI{DERSON, us, DICK LtM' SPIKEOTDONNELL and BILL KUSHINA. 8111 caneback agaln afEer being array a few years.rTwas ionderful seelng you agaLn, 8111.
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TAR0 LEAF lookstoward Wilmlngton, DeI .and sees JOHN C. IADD,now a recired Haiorbtrt once, Ln t47--t51, a member of Dog ofthe 19th. Jotrnny wanted info:maEion abouEjoining. PresEo, hers in. Johnny thlnksit,'s O.K. if they want, to rnake homose:nralltylegal; he just, d'oesn't wanE them to makelt eompulsory.
Canden, N.Y., May: Life MemberPRANKLIN SKINNER, (Sv. IIth Fleld 8/50-L0/5L), was ln the Syraeuse VA Hosp.recently rchen LAIJRB{CE SCAIA of Baldwins-vllle, N.Y., spott,ed hls pln. Larry, aGlnlet ln '50-'511 ls nov a memberof courge.
BILL HUGGINS, of 105 Park, DillonrS.C.pa Schafer Beer distrlbuEor, happllyreports that he persuaded RAY and JoanSTUBBS, (K 21st, LL/40-9/44), to join andsent along a flver to cover lE. Ray,a restaurant. Eanrager has Carolyn 23,Jeanne 20 and David 9.
Surgery for@4th f41-'44)t of 36 p-urnet, Llvlngston, N.J.Reports he, "Am dolng flne btrt rs,ouldlike to hear from someone in Lhe 34th".Go to lt, gang.
Chanee of venue for CoI. ROBERT H.MALoNE,-(C C A 21sr t42-t45). Lasr weknew Ace was rith the US l{llltary }llsslonto Liberia ln Monrovia. Does anyone havea better address on thle wonderful gny?
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JOE and Margaretannual extravaganza,
PEYTON enjoylng ouras always.
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SPIKE OTDONNELL and gals, Rlra MCKERand Beverly Corrls who gallantly uaruredthe W.P. regist,ration desk. Beverly inadditlon to-belng your Edltorrs setreEaryIs the very gal wtro puts all thls chaEterdown on paper.
DIFFEREXT FLAVORS
28 years ago,the Dlv.Cl-today a brusyttlghlandPark, I11.laryer -TOM CO{PEREwtro freelyadmlts thatttAll r knowabout moneymatt,ers lsthat, monevatters. tt-
ttstrlklng" was the consensus wtren l_Ecame Eo deserlbing Naney Bradley, RedNerraant s verT lov-Iy dairghter rfr6 nade icEo W.P. frou the Nenrport-Naly Base leavinghusband, Captain C.S.Bradley, USff behlnd "to mind the st,ore. The couple have sincemoved on Eo ltaly as their next, statlon.
CHARLEY and Lols McBRIDE, (Hq.'39-'42), of 633 Sprlng, Sairford,couldn't West Point it; they weremarrying off the second of thelrdaughters that weekend.
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llesE Point r 73 is now hlstory - goodhistory though - haPPY history too.NoneEhLless, -for an organization orlentedrmrch on hthat is past, the impefus mrst beever fonsard. By all that,'s holy, thegathering was a success - a smashing one -and there was general ggreement amongchose Dresent Ehau we "tlust do this moreof Eent" - and soon. Otr ranks are thinning.
In a quieE West PolnE cornerr PasEPrexies and Life Members ED HENRY andJAI'IES "Spike" OiDoNNELL meditaEed.Sadly do we report that on Sep!. 5th'Spikets beloved Mother, Anne O'Donnellpassed on after a long, Iingerlngterninal illness. Chln up, Spike.
Joined our rankg: Coil.FL0YD R. MAR?IN,Retrd., now aL 4706 Giason, Tucker, Ga.He was EO of Task Force Smlth and writes,in oart:t'You asked for rrames and addresses offo:mer members. I have lost conEact withmost of them, but, do exchange greet,ingsat. Chrlstmas with a few. Here are thenanes that come to mlnd:
Lt.Gol. No::Ean E.Anderson (ReC. )P.O.Box 92, Londonberrlr, Vt.
21st Inf. r49-r51
GoI. lfin. Stabb (net. )317 West Hamont Dr., PhoenixrArlz.85021
21st Inf" r49-r51
Lt.Col.Hervey J. LeBoeuf (Ret.)15 George St., Medford, Mass. 02155
3rd Eng. rattached to 21st Inf."Did you know the,t the present Chief ofChaplains, Major General Gerhart W. Hyatt,,is a fo:mer GimleE? He was one of theAsst RegEl Chaplains tn 1950-51 whlle inKorea aid was isslgned to my (lst) no agood part of that t,i.mer He just mlght bea good one to contact."
Thanks so very mrch F1oyd, and we dohope that you and Helen will be able tornake Clearwater.
"You lellows act like you never saw anybodylake a balh before."
Manufacturert s rep. BOB ENDER, retrodoes br.rslness as California t'lart' 110 E gt'hLos Angeles, signals "Thanks for keepingus cogether - and for all the hours, daystweeks-and months you put in for us - ltdoesnf t go unnotlted iror unappreclatedtt.Thanks Bob. Thanks too for glving us"the difference between rape and rapture?"- "salesrnanship!ll" We also unrsE givespace t,o Bobr s st,ory of the Pollsh fellowwirose elrl frlend wls called "TaDloca" -t"cuz inybody could uake her in i minuEe".
RoY L. FRoST, (n garn '43-'44), reporEsthat his wlfe is recovery-rapidly fromheart surgerry. Says they're Eravellingmore. Roy was hoping we'd Delta Queen itln '74. Sorry Roy; there was just toomuch of a chance that the boat wouldn'Eeven be nrnnlng next year.
As M.G. ROSCOE B. hIOODRUFF wrote usafter W.P. was hlstory. ttlt. was great, tosee so many of the old tlmers although,admltt,edlyr my contacts with them lnrecent years have not been rnany. I'hewar storles geE better with each passingyear. Some of Ehese with shich Ithought I was somewtrat fanlliar havegrown - have almost gotten out of hand.NoneEhelessr- Ehe tellers get a big klckout of them". You have tiit, lt on Ehetmtton, General Woody, and vhat, a grandthrill lt ras to have you back wlth usfor those few hours.
FRANCIS J. MUCCIO sent in $25.00 Cottkeep the rsolf from the doort'. Moose canbe reached at 72 OIde Stage Rd. rGlaston-tn ry, Conn. You were utrch talked aboutand rnuch mlssed at W.P., Moose. Andthanks for the boosE.
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TARO LEAF relcomes ln CHARLIE ROBINSON(7Zt+ oA 2/58-7/69), of columbus, Ga.Charlle was aleo Hq.Co. 19th from '58-062and was also in Easy Co. of Ehe Chlcksln Germany and aE Rlley. He and Johnnyeare now r-etired, Charlle wlth an 80%dlsabllity. Werre happy to have Ehesefolks ln bur club. Ctrarlle asks for aretlred menber roster. Charlle, ittsnhat we dontt have. But we do try tomentlon these retlred fellows in our coPYrone by one, as se cone onto the facEs.Wer1l have a dlrectotT out' hopefully
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In SepEemberGERRY SrbvnUSONiBILL SANDERSON,SPIKE OIDONNELLand your Editor-winged lt toDenver Eo payhomage toCoI.URBAN L.THR0M on theoccassLon ofhis retire-ment from theArmy.
a few of us - ED HENRY,
LES JOI{NSON.(x 2tst'50-r5i),proposes nrnningads in the personalcolumrs of our major papers announcingour next convention. Wonderful idea,Les, and wetre going to do lt - inmoderation. Such cosEs $, Les.
Arlington County, Va. had the highest.per capita income in the nat,ion lasE year.$5445, Census Bureau said. And MontgbmeryCounty, Md. a northern sub,trrb of Washine-ton ranked first among areas of more thin501000 poprlat,lon in median income of$16710. Kinda proves federal employeesare well paid, iloesn't, lt? Somehay'someone w111 llston to our 30 year oldbeef that the federal government itselfEust bear the great.est single responsi-bilIty for t.oday's inflatlon.
AdvenEltlous JAI{ES OTDONNELL (C Ztst),of Oak Park, I11., was simply everywtrereat W.P., telling one and all about how hisbarber glves him that modllke haircut.Says Splke, "He pats the halr dorm wlthon-e lait pat., gives me a kiss on eachcheek, and says tTtrattll be $8.50,pulleaset". Ttris ls Spike wlth beardedICI.{ GRADY, back after Eoo long an absence.Spike persuaded Tom Lo become a lifemember too.
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r74 Conventlon Chalrman C.G. HANLIN lst,rylng to round up the more than 50members living ln Florida for a get,-togethercome Saturday, December I at the HiltonIrur, Clearwater Beach. Itfs deslgnedto bring the Floridians together so thatour nexE conventlon at the same placenext August 7ch co llth will be a greaEersuccessl wrtEes C.G. "Ed Henry, ElttSanderson, Spike 0rDonnell, Ton Compere,Don Williams, Gerry Stevenson, BurELowery, Mike Rafter and Gen.Newman areplanning to meet with us SaEurdayDecember 1. I thought it, muld be realnice if all the Florlda members couldget Eogether that day with the fellowsflying i-n from all over the U.S.A. Anyof you wlshing to sEay overnight Iet, meknow and I will make reservaEion at Ehemotel. !.fy address ts 582 Baywood DriveNorth, Dunedln, Florida 33528 -Phone 733-5080." Thls is no closed deal;all aembers are cordlally lnviEed to joinin the day of fun. Let C.G. know if youcan make iE.
Methuen, Mass., Apr.: BILL "P"ppy"ttYNES, SuperinEendenE of the WaterCommisslon, wriEes us: "Enclosed is mycheck for my dues for Ehe ensuLng year.I have enjoyed reading Ehe tTaro-Leaft andonce in awhile, I come across a famlliarname from the 19th. tllll have to siE downand do a lircle writing for the Taro Leaf.There must be quice a few of che fellcwsfrom the 19th Inf. wtro would like Eo gettogether via its pages. I expecL Loretire ln June and I have have more timefor writ.lng. Itranks for keeping theorganlzaEion allve, Ken, even thoughthe 24th Infantry DlvisLon has passedinto history. Biil".You and Loulse ought Eo start planningnow on a weekend aE ClearwaEer afterthat. ret.irement, Bill.
"Flnd Lt,.JERRY WoRTHEN for me" pleadsLife Member JoHNM BOYCE, (r rgttr r41-'45).Johnny, with Lucllle, mending from abroken hip, hang their hats at. 1173SEone, Rahway, N.J. Jerrl' was in thesame company. Any ideas, anybody.
WriEe BOB and Constance GOLDTHWAIT,(Div.Hq. Fin.off.), aE Packard Hill,Ashburnham, Mass.: "Herets 10-you cantErun on 5 a year. Thanks for the greaEbtrlletlns all year." Real mrsic, Bob.
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Itrs a srnall worId. A dozcn or aoTaro Leafers are rhooplag lt up lactIdarch ln a Htreellng rastaurant. A largcTaro Leaf has been hung on the rall behladus jusE to let Ehe rest of the rerld tnouwtro we are. A chap and hls lady arceatlng at a Eable on the opposlte rlde ofEhe room. He spots the lnclgnla, kecpsturnLng around to look ar 1t agaln andagai.n. tle has seen that lnslgnla before -but wtren? - or where? FlnallyCARL B. CARLSON, of 1514 MlEchcll'Mt"Prospect, II1., screws--up enoughcourase and comes over. "h'ere you fellowsever it Davao?" he asks. "Affli'matlvet'was the reply. Seems he was wlth the295th JASCO aEtached to Divlsion rhllehis outfit was supporting us.
Sad noEe from KEI{ GRUBB, (ZA Sfg6/42 - 8/45), out in Indlanapolis.- Kenlost his beloved HarrieEE last Octoberafter 31 | years of marltal happlncss.HaE dled following a severe heart attack.Ttrey had no children. Ken is anxiougto hear from Taro Leafers. Hers aE339 Robton St. Orr sympathles go out toyou, Ken.
It was good t,o have them back at areunion afEer these many years. BILL andIrene SAVELL, Sv.l9th, rnade lt fronClearwaEer, Fla. (our- '74 convention clty)and brought lovely Lori and Pat wlth them.
Wintering in Roswell, N.Mex. isLeRoY R. CRUGIUS, 143-'46 First Sgt. ofAble Co. of uhe Med.Bn. Roy prculses uglots of help now Ehat he has retlred.And we krrow-he means it.; hers oneeager beaver. Roy by the way and Mal-orBRALLIAR were awarded Bronze Star Medalsfor their heroies around Davao dgringthat lousy spring and sumter of '45.
On Wahoo this sprins was MATT SLOI{IK(cn.19th Inf. t42-r44)-ot 3906 Belmonr,Chicago. l(att visited Schofleld andfound-in being a lst Bn. of che 19th alst Bn of the ZLsE, and Ehe 13Eh Fleld,all part of the 25th Dlv. He reportsthat Ehe Rock has been moved EoQuadrange F home of the 19th.
"Take your choico . . . you crn go todebrl! relocallon 3peclrll.l't rchoo! lor16 we€k3 or gerbage ,nan'a rchool lorone."
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