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Jim Davis of Ranger Publicat,ion.s haspaid for the ad whichissue -- so when YouttToo Secrettt be sure,orrtr" a Taro Leafer.ino^r thac advertising
appears in thisoriler your copy ofto tell Ehem EhaE
We wanE him t.owith us "pu1ls."
TOP I}ECIIIIT
THE STORY OF THE BIGGEST
INVASION OF ALL TIMES
THE INVASION OF JAPAN
THE CODE NAMES O THE DATES O THE BEACHES O THE UNITS
WHO WOULD HAVE GONE, WHO WOULD HAVE DIED.
What the Japanese had waiting for us. From the American operational plans and f romthe statements of the Japanese. What it would have cost-to us and to the world.
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Mail to: Ranger PublicationsBox 1355DePt.Omaha, NE 68101
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AUGUST I+16, 1986 THE U.S. ARMY 24T}I INFANTRY DIVTSION ASSoCIATION, COMPRISED' VETERANS OF WORLD WAR N AND KOREA, WILL HOLD ITS ANNUAL CONVENTION IN LOS
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24TH TNFANTRY DIVISION HAS A UNIQUE HISTORY, HAVING BEEN THE FIRST U.S. DIVISIONI lN TwO MAJOR WARS . . . woRLD wAR U AND KOREA; AND
MARKS THE FIRST TIME TN THE ASS@I,ATION'S 4GYEAR HISTORY THAT ITS CONVENTION,ON THE WEST COAST, WTTH SEVERAL HUNDRED MEMBERS, ALONG WITH SPOUS$ AND
EXPECTED TO A' AND
MEMBERS oF THE 24TH INFANTRy DryrsroN AssocrATroN enp uviNc REMTNDERS oFOF THE AMERICAN PEOPLE TO FIGHT TO PRESERVE THE VALUES OF LIBERTY AND
WHICH WE ENJOY:
,T THE MAYOR AND THE CITY COL'NCIL HEREBY EXTEND A WARMINFANTRY DIVTSION ASSOCIATION WHO ARE ASSEMBLING IN
THIS CITY TO RENEW THE SPIRIT OF CAMARADERIE WHICH CARRIED THEM THROUCH BATTLE, AND DOHEREBY E)CRESS THEIR APPRECIATION FOR THE 24TH DIVISION CONTRIBUTION TO THE PRESERVATION
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1 HEREBY CERTTFY thlt rhc fotrlotn8ttolutlor tl. rdoptcd by thc C.auncil
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PBESIDEMs
WARREN G. AVERY(G21st '50-r52)836 Mlddletown Av.North Haven CT 06473TeI.203-239-3406
MEUBERSHIP CHAINMANs
ROBERT R. ENDER(H2lsr'42-'45)1854 El Paso IsneFullerton cA 92633Tel. 714-525-5860
If that special news item or picture,which you r.ranted to appear in this issuetdoesntt appearr blame- it on the myriadpictures wictr wtrich we were delwi:d justilavs afuer LA)( bv that valiant, trio ofph-otographers - DocEor PHIL HOSTEffiB,bomrE Nbntox and DoMrNGo "Mingo" vAsquEz.We are exceedingly grateful Eo You,gentlemen.
-From GEMLD cot LET (c19rh Korea)
of 9140 Brookshire. Downey CA comes Ehisrefreshing word: t'Just a- note Eo say Ihad a ball at, the get t,ogether in IA.Gou to see and meet a lot of nice peopLeand especially surprised Eo see againNELSON GIORGI, our medic fron C 198h.Thanks.tt
-The ',vav out of trouble is neveras sirnple'as the rvaY in.
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- Maxine_[!OGUE, CHARLIET-s delighrfulbgt!-eT_helf, doeg a "solo" with-the helpof Phil H. Th^atts-okay, Maxine; youwerentE alone for long.
Great to see Jeanet,te and hIALT pETERSagaln-afte-r all those years. They wereelat,ed with the news that the Steilartfolks did $600 worEh of business at Eheir"Los Angeles branch."
A Goldie Nort,on photo.
Back to Moscour is the American delega-Eion of 10 t,o press for new arms talks.Included among the 10 is our own Lt.Gen.EDI,IARD L. RCI.INEY, RRts ambassador and ar:msadvisor. Ed was WP r41. With the 92ndDiv. in ltaly, he was with the 2nd Div. inKorea. He llves at 1I-05 S. 23rd Rd.,Arlington VA. rlF
Wisdom is the reward you geL for alifetime of listening when you'd havepreferred to Ealk.
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Lt.Gen.DONALD E. ROSENBII'rM,USA, Bet.
(otv.Hg. t75-'77)111 Dombey Rd. rsavannah GA 31410-4106TeI.912-897-1200
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KENTJOOD ROSS(Dlv.Hq. t44-t47)120 Maole St..sorlncfleld t{A ottos-zzzgoiacE rel. 413-733-3194HooeTel. 413-733-3531'
@iJOSEPH I. PEf,TON(19rh r43-r45)1405 Belnore Ct.1Luthenrille MD 21093Tel.301-321-5448
To C.C. BOB EI{DER went, these regretsfrom a wonderful rnan, l'Iaj.Gen. FREDB,ICK A.IRVING:rDear Bob:
"Thank vou for vour letEer. Forseveral 'reasons i decided I had betternot make the reunion this yeat. Ikno^r you will have a greaL reunionand I will miss iE. BesE regards t,oour comrades.ftBest regardsr Fred.tt
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Glipped from the N.Y. Daily News, but we donrE believe it:
Truman lett Hiroshima decisionto l-star general, author saysHARRY TRUMAN knewabout research on the atomlcbomb before he became presl-dent and left the declslon touse the bomb against Hiro-ahlmato a one-star general, anauthor researching the blasthas reported,
"Truiran was told about thebomb by [Franklin] Rooseveltafterhe became vice president...[ButlTruman clalmed publlcly heknew nothlng untll he was presl-dent," sald Dan Kurzman, authorof "Day ol the Bomb: Countdownto Hlroshlma," which was pub-,llshed recently.
"The rlmple fact ls T?umannever made a declsion to use thebomb. The declslon was made forhlm" by the general who super-vlsed the Manhattan Project fortwo years, sald Kurzman.
Papers ln the Truman Llbraryln Mlssourl show Presldent Roo-sevelt told Truman told about thebombln 19{5, thenTruman denledlnhl! memolrs he had known any-thlng, Kurtzman said ln a recenttntervlew with The Herald.
Those papers and other rec-ords show authorlty for the bombproJect was handed over to BrlB:.Gen Leslte R. Groves, who Kurz-man called "the most powerfulman ln the world, lf not ln hlstory.
Groves '!ut the whole thlngtog:ether... made the declslon touse the bomb, chose Hlroshlmalor the target," sald Kurzma& 5?,a former reporter wlth The YYash-lnglon Post and NBC News.
'On Sundays, too?'
Brief word in ,i* ,rr. Mae EBERTtelling us abour her JOHNNy (c 34rh r41-'45)r of RU. 2, Box 54, Proctor I^MGO55.John has been in and out of the hosoital -heart - buE "is doing okay nour." Tikecare of him for us ELla Mhe; you will,wontt you?
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-.-----ss&?2"--..- ---*fVhZr--* {rt2.-'l see fones is back from furlough.'
One Perry T. Hall of 200-Dggglqs.Pkwy.lPikeville ft is a military buff. We'vebeen sending him items from time to time.He recenElv wrote us:
"I am sending a small check as a dona-tion Eo your fine organizaLion.t'If ybu can and have room Put in aolea to'vour members to send me any o1dback issires of the Taro Leaf they may nocwant to keep, including future-ones.So*" aiy I h6pe uo opei a gqall rmrseum andii any 't,f youi membeis could find it iniheir'hearts to conEribuLe someLhing, itwill be appreciated. lJe have severalthousand
-items at presenE -- cresEs,paLches, maPS, PhoEos, souveniers,-senrice jewelry, postcar9s -ot arqg campstpillow c6versr- 3carvesr books, uniEhiitories, poems' songs, -"e,y'-' anytEing*ifir"ty. - bur display of Nazi and JapiEems is very smal1 aL Present.ttMavbe soine of Your guys have onelittle'lEem they chn pait wiEh. Alsowould like persbnal stories of the rvaras rememberLd by your members. I havewritten over 400 feature sLories foro"*soaoers about our Vet,erans, and the*"is'*L have foughE. They are availableto vour otlanizaLion withouE any cogEsor 'obligatlons if you can use them. "-- D;-t;u have anything- you can send him?One of'vour rooms must be crowded with agallimaufry of things military which youcan spare.
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BEPREPARED,Okav. vou Signal men.. Here's someEhing
r'oi^i'ri,ot"il.-N&THRoP (24th sig. .7 /50';i;'i;-;i-n." gil -nosheim rN' Ee'sanxious to hear ito* qtty of you' Here! sthe wav Rov put iE: "I- keep reading thei"io tTeafr' eir5oying your interesting..;;;.;;;-i"a iih. Editing, while lookingfor j-tems concerning the-24t'h Sig'- fromii\o-:-i/st. As so6n as Korea broke ini'5b. I was one of a grouP of Signaloifi""r" ordered Lo Rorea ASAP'---iln"""a o" *v hll^I II division signal^.*p"ti".tce of three years i1 the 3rd SignarCo.. I was speedily Lssigned t'o the 24th5iii"i, joining- at- the Naktong.Riveriust before iE o"c"*"-t'f,e tbrldgehead' r
[i-it" company C.O. and as AssistsanEiji". sig"ai o-fficel, I had-an intimaEe;i;; ;f';perat.ion 'io-yo' from t'he NakLongil-in"-v"iu-ana many p-oints- between' So
i-t..p looking for others who shared uhe;;;-'i";;i""ti"g experielce of^that first'vear in Korea. ' Siitc.relY, LgloY]'--Hop. this gets you som'e mail, Roy'
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A11 the wav from KY -- a Kentuckian allthe way -- itt s AL SELTSAI'I, complete withwheelcirair. This f ella siirply wont t giveup. Phot.o by l'1. Vasquez.
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a molehill was " g"t estaEe agent.
BEN WAHLE (C :+rtr t^^^i II) of LL32Killarney, Burlingame CA, t.ips us thatPAUL AUSTINTs wife, Lynn, is-a super cook.Ben_and Peg paid a call on Paul and Lynnin Texas returning from Nero Orleanslast sunrner.
-Over 100 letters went out from LAX
to members enduring some travail assuringthem that they were in Ehe thoughts ofour revelers. e
$10.00 will gec you through Lo 8/87.
Goldie catchesPresidenE WARRENAVERY giving us afew words. ForEi-ter in re, svavi-Eer in modo.ResoIuEe in acEion,gentle in manner.He's gonna make agood one. By theway, you'I1 pardonus, won't you, ifwe crop theseoicEures? I^Iehontt, like to --buE space is aprime considera-Eion; Ehere arejust. so nnny ofthese pix.
In Japanese, in case you missed a tourin that wonderful land, rrKonnichiwa" isa friendly way of saying t'Hello.t,_^. 4l-a_g"--say-'Hellor' u6 Life Member ii67Z,TOM MURPHY of 51 South Shore, Holbrook,MA. He writes that hets anxious Lo renewold acquainEances. Here read some of hisletter vourself.^ "-I j6ined in_June r41-, A Go. 3rd Eng.At, the Eime of Pear1 Harbor was stat,i.oiedat Schofield. Not only am I a memberof Ehe 24th Division but am also a LifeMember of the PHSA. My wife and I areplanning Eo attend Ehe- PHSA 45rh reunion inDec.1986. Was discharged at Fort Devens in:IrIy t 45. If anyone r6members me I wouldbe more than happy to hear from you.The Life membership plate is beairtiful."
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GranLed, a turkey graces the ouEsidecover of this issue. We beg of you notto think any less of this month's effort.There may have been a few Eurkeys in thepast; but of this elephant.ine baby, wehope you will find it in your hearE Logive it at least a ,not bld.t'
Arenrt these photos dandies? Like thisone of thaL old 155 artillerv manHoWARD WAGNER. phil Host,errlr -- whyd-onrt you- give up medicio" and go intophotography?
-Donald Ogden St,ewart, the wriEer, hada son away at, prep school. When the boyreached the age of fourteen, St,et,vartwrote him Ehe-follo^ring let,ter: t'Dear son,now thaE you have reached the magic ageof fourteen, the time has come Lo teIlyou about, the bees and flor"rers. There is-a male and a female bee, although I havenrt,the slightest idea which is which. As forthe florers -- we geE ours from the PlazaFlorists, Inc. Well, that takes care ofEhaE. !{rite soon. Affect,ionately,Father. t' _
The road to success is allays underconst.ruct,ion.
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fi0ffi0l|llil..tt^ras at the business meet,ing, and we
were presiding, our presidents, incomingand outgoing, having shuffled off to CiEyHall to receive the honors of the citizensof LA according t,o the gospel of GoldieNorton. Bob Ender made a motion -- mosteveryone at our business meeEings sooner orIaLer makes a motion -- and came forr^rard,gifting us with an unbelievably-beautifulblack leather briefcase understood to be"from the membership.t' Bob made thepresenEation via a phoney raffle, callingon us Eo be the one to draw Ehe lucky nameout of his upside-down hat, brinrning withwhit.e slips. We obliged -- and Eo ourEotal embarrassmenL and chagrin found chat.the drawn name was our very own -- we whonever in our enEire life have won so muchas a Thanksgiving turkey. Stunned thatour own name had popped up -- and more,that ours was the verrr hand Ehat hadpopped it. "Fi-xed" the crowd might wellroar -- so nothing would do but, for EnderEo go dor^rn inEo Lhe masses and give someoneelse a crack aE it. As of the moment, thegift was stiII in its r,rrrapper, yeE Lo berevealed. Regretfully, in the excitemenEof the moment, we lost track of who nextreached inEo that hat.. Our apologies go t,ohim for it was he who pulled a tickeL whichalso proved t,o be ours. Quicker than youcan say Zamboango, the cat r^/as out of thebag -- those tickeLs were all slanted --and in our favor. It. was a "Fix.t' Bob,master showman that he is, had stagedthis dellghEful scenario. The joke -- andthe gift. -- was on us, by us, t,o us, wiLhus, and for us. Followed an on-the-spotfeeble efforL to express our thanks --falling far short of what we would haveliked to have said, or should have said.Now we come fouling off a second chance toput our innermosE thoughts into words, totell you of che sinceriEy of our grat.itude.Will you please settle for something likethis? A very deep appreciat,ion is ours.As for that. which all of this reallyrepresenEs, your own recognition of whatthese issues mean, youtve heard iL before;possibly iErs repeatable -- ttis a laborof love, truly. .Thank you, one and all.
Signed/ Your Editor.
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TAKE aCTTCRCAREoF'lou A1 Aot[e
By llort Walker
We wpoEEed a noEice j'n an^army- PaPer
^"tirs'tor lerters from anY 24tt:.l{lFi;;;8"-;". it, *." from Ertre-s-t H' Bearssii-n"*--ei7l-o="eo"-House-CA' l'Ie respondedand while at I-N( came Ehis rePry'
Itl'fir broEher Jack H. Bearssr was afieuclnaiu-i"-tt" MP Platoon iluring-ryw II'H;-;i;d irit. zg, 1985. Amo-ng his effect's,ri"-"-pi"iriu "iUr* devoLed entirely tothose war exPeriences.ItI wanE tb send the albr-m to someonewher! iE *iii be mosts appreciated; ifoossible to someone who-iras in Ehe platoonli tt. time. Buc I will defer to Youri"an*u"i-*,a if necessary Ir11 send it to+;;:-'-f[.i.-aiE no strin'gs atEached to it"from this end.---i?r-ri""a-*it't Jack sevent'y years andtave-many-piiirrr"" but what' is in this
"fU.r, *ilf interest only 24Eh Division
;;;I";-i"a-u"i.,g a Tttr rnfan-try Divi'sion;;;il;t nrvielf , i jusu don't know Ehem'iii-i"""'-'thi; Lti"E has a niche somewhere
""J irri ippreciatE anything you..do'ttSincerliY, Ernest H. Bearss.''w;;;la-tt"-uoot arxiousLy' Will t'eLl
you more next issu.-
'The name of the game is firepower.
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Dues are due.Pleae do it dooday.
A couple of Sv. 19th buddies - ROGERHELLER and JOE PEYTON. Roge, itrs alwa;rssuch a joy just to talk with you. You'realways fulI of the most interesting ideas.And Joe, we talk with you on a weeklybasis, so involved are you witsh what werredoing. A Mingo photo.
a)- The attorrley said to his new cllent:'You want me t'o defend you. Have you gotanv monev?t' The ew said, ttNo sir, I -any money?tt The guy said, ttNo sir, Iaiirrr- oot no monev-- but I eots an 1986aihrt sot no monei.-but I-goE an IChryslEr caE.rr th6 lawyer-saidr. "'aihrt sot no monei.-but I-soE an 1986chryslEr caE.rr th6 lawyer-saidr- "Thatts-sood -- vou can raiseiet,ts se'e. iust whatof st,ealine?tt He sai
good -- you can raise money on EnaE -- t\,iet,ts se'e. iust what did thev accuse youof suealing?tt He said, ttA 1986 Chrysler- --- ll
JACK HEN' on Your left', and CHARLIEBEASLEYTon your -righg' 52nd-Field and34th Ini. rLspectiiely, as PhiL HosteEEerhas nicely framed them.
IDInteresEing note from GEORGE J. ARENS'
(Hq. 2lst | 43-'45), of L0L62- Stone Arch,Grass Valley, CA, now one of us after41 years: -
"Thank You for the Pastissles of Ehe Taro Leaf. I am enclosing alisc of names of former Hq. 2IsE memberswho served during m^/ II. I'lany of thisgroup get together ln August - SepLember6f ".r"iy yeai somewhere here on the westcoast. - I'expect some would be haPpy. Eo
ioin the 24tfi Div. Assn. I heard abouEiou through Roy Sorensen who lives initillsboro oRl'
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tlft;; ;;urrLiv or-u] vasquez'Great work Mingo.
--SG. krin C.th6
€)Werve been reading William Lindrs
new book, America Can Win, in which heargues thaE qTEEiE'ffitrikes withoutcoordinated ground atEacks merelyenrases the enermr without Erulv woundinehim." He says, "it violates tqalhiavelliYswise rule: Never do anv eneflry a smallinjury.t' Shades of chi: "Limited war"days of the early '50ts, eh what.?
Cuax crzoll (Hq. t42-'44) had seemed Eo
be exEincE when, like the coelacanth,he suddenly and unexpectedly appeared atI-N(. Great having y6u backl Mai -- yourvebeen gone t,oo long -- about 36 years as wefigure it.
a)IE was Slr James Barrie who said, 'tGodgives us memory that we may have roses
in December."And hundreds of us had December roses
ln mid-August -- i-n LAX.
a,One place where youtre sure to find
the perfect driver is in the back seat.
To ttanonymoustt Bob Ender and Joe McKeont*. *" or= ttt "ts for Ehe successful
""eio"tring of a couple of absolutelv-
;;:i;i;; lv'"n""t'iie-i"it- "r gif ts "d-ooriiir"a" dirring the-saturday night' banoueE'[i-56ilse-*""--Ert.";"o*p ruI.iv ifiri lled"*i"""i "f a magnificeirt z-piece set of
Ei;it ;s.lmiEar"l'til'r.llieE"g: i':tf ils'
toi.""t-oi the hand cuE lead crystali""i"t.t/tr-unbler seE. The t'otal valueoi-ct"".'two prizes easily exceeded $1500'llott iti-.heap^about our a-nonymous givers'
O'IAWRENCE A. DALEY (M 21 '41-145)
of Ag Sterling, Yonkers t{Y 10704tiecovertng s16w1y from heart attaek'
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F; rSo happ-y__Ehat the lovely daughters ofour own CHARLES and Jr:ne Ci.ARK, -whom we
_lo_qt qt Bagulo, were able to l6i" "J "rLAX along with Lheir husbands] ItIs - -Susan Gallant, on the left,, Manr Jo Davisgn-the right. Itrs Rick Callairc on theIeft, Mike Davis on the right.
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- Whi.le, at, major airports, the Inrnigra-tion DeparEment has fancy computers iit.owhich passport nr:rnbers and all Ehat arepunched...every night at, the Mexicanborder hundreds of people from everlmherecome inEo Ehe USA. - Itr s like a sieie.
Our thanks to BEN GROSS (19th t52-t54)of L232 June, Decatur, GA for-tt-ris one.Herers a part of his wonderful letter:
"I donYt know if Koji-do is sPelled----'iI donrt know if Koji-do is spelled
right.- I!-ry.i- the Island where ,g-gu?risht. It was the Islind where we guardedsoile 110r000 Ghinese prisoneEs:- It was-n ro5i-ilo Island. wheie the^follorilq_,funny"episode Look place. Since I can'trecail the names of- the Gorporal andGorporal and
, wilL noE try -tothe Company Conrnanderr- I- wilL-noE try.tname thlm,- hqrever, ii there is anybody,name them,oui-there'who can remember their names orcan add to this, P1ease do so.t'Here is what happened. one morning inthe fall of t53, thL-Co. Conrnander fromfeiaqu.rters Company called tEe Mot'or BooIreouestine a ieei aird driver for himselfiu'Hq.co.-(uqlco. was only. ab-ouE 300vardd from the Motor Pool. ) When the'Corooral on duty who ansurered the phoneinfbrmed the Caitain thats all the jeepstria U"..t dispatthed the Cornnander ordered:"Grab the first thing you can g-et you-r- ,.hands on and get over here on the double."With that the-Corporal grabbed an oldKorean A-Frame and strafped it' to his backand proceeded on foot t,-o-Hq.qo. Witshinminutes the Corporal reLurned at fuIIdouble speed to geE a truck that wasavailabll. Even-though the Captain wasnots amused, we all thoughE it was aboutthe fr:nnieit thing Ehat-ever happened-i-nour unit. This was confirmed over andover as the Corporal related Eo oEhersand nwself hovr he had never in his lifehad a, Itchewing outtt like what Ehe Go.Conrnander gave him that morning.
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This is our Colossal Jr:mbo Issue --the largest ever! Please take a peek atwhat iE costs to get this i-ssue Eo you viafLrst class mail. If you can find it inyour heart Eo scrape EogeEher a fewpennies and send them oa their way t,o ourtreasurer, it will help in large degree Eodefray some of this horrendous cost.Thank you very rmtch.
GROSS. sootted b\r Phil, knorv that"ArE'is'long, aira t,imi is fleeting,And our hearts, though sEout and brave,Sti11r-like muffled. drrrms, are beaEi-ngFuneral marches to t'he grave.Longfellorr s sobering Ehought.
Smiling Charlot,te HOFRIGHTER -- andiE's a mosE beautiful smile, Charlotte,says that HORACE HOGGATT likes to kindasllnk dorn inlo a comfortsable position.Horace says, ttcharlot,te ls rigirL.tt AndGoldie NorEon caught lt all just right.
JoAnn OTKEEFE, BIIJTs widoo, BILLDOUGHERTY and ROY SCHROEDER i-n someonetsroom. We think Roy ducked his glass whenhe saw Phil comine. Bill has t[at t'IcouldnrL care LesEt' look. JoAnn is justher sweet se1f, enjoying it, all.
-The paper of the 5th InfanEry DivisionAssoc. t,ells us about the Sixth beingreactivaEed last }4arch 24th aE Ft. Wain-wright. The regiments will be the 9th,17th and 501st Airborne. BUE Ehen wespot "the IlEh Field Art.illery" in thelisEing. We wish we knew what is goingon.
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The ttChristmas in August,t' business wentsmoothly -- and with reasonable speed, duein large part to the lovely daughters ofour gal Friday, Beverly Corris. Maria andJeanne added beauty Eo the scene by theirvery presence Ehroughout, the weekend, butespecially on Friday night when they brougttthe presents to the lucky ones right attheir tables.
Writes CREIGHToN BRYSoN (K 19th r44-
'46) of 1816 l.I.Friend1y, Greensboro NC,
"Doesntt seem like 41 years ago when wetolr. lavlns. tYou mean'itts over and ltveiunrivei? tH'
Host,etter caught CHARLIE BEAZLEY andPAUL rrswede" NELSON in a conEemplativemood.
We sure surprlsed LEE LIST with thatpresenEaEion of our hightest award, EheI'{A.r. GEN. WILLIAM JORDAN VERBECK Cup forduty beyond the call. Phot,o by P.H.
r-DFellolv by the name of Bather computed
the nurnber of puns found in Shakespearework -- 1062 plays on-rvords, Inany as badas the dvins Mercutio's descripEion ofhimself is Ha grave man.tt ugh.
Gen. COOLEY may not like this one.HOSTETTER -- and you can answer for it.Ffankly, we donrt- include this one becauseot any meanness. Rather we think it showsbeautifully the enthusiasm which Andy put,into that great speech he gave us.
At the Eime of thEarah Ferguson -Prince Andy wedding, one fashion fanaticwas heard to cackle, "She looks like acoar in curEains.
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;e-;;; hardworking cC BoB ENDER. GrauiasuiUi-"e.. Thank y6u to you bot'h' Goldie*""E" iou to know'thac that jacket is a6t"it'and whit.e prqduction, all t'he way'Kodachromes couliln't kill it.
Readers writeChewing over our quesEion, 'rComing to
Los Angeles?" Iike a wad of tobacco,DON MCHALE (Hq. 19r.h'39-'4L) of t2OgChickasarv, JupiEer, FL, answered thus:"Regretfully No. It was all of 40 andmore vears ago. Think of it. Remembertl"Iail'Cal1r I-tI got a letter, I got aleEter, you goE a --- poscdard! ! tSo be it. I woke up from a dream Ehisa.m. that was so real I could smell thepineapple fields and hear Ehe sounds ofSchofield Barracks. The rChicksr quadran-gle, Kollko1i Pass, standing guard,inspection, KP, fat.igue duty, thg dayroom,Lhe driIl and parade fie1d, the 'Rockr'all of a new soldier in Hawaii in 1939.I remember ttlat old gang of mine..rAloha -- Don.tt
Great nostalgia, Don, old friend.Thanks.
DOT{'TBE ST'RPRISED.RUSS PYLE (B e nq. lsr Bn. 34Eh t42-
r45) of 194 E.Greer, Newark, OH, confessesthac hetd been playing golf regularly for10 years with PETE MCMILLIN without knowi-nghe ias K of the 19th in Korea. PeEers at7885 Canyon, Hebron OH. Russ quickly goEPete inEo our club. Thanx Russ -- and
Putting a littlesplce in your life
Eratum, as Ehey say in LaEin. hlhen wegoof , rt,e really GOOF: hie menEioned in aiecent issue Ehat, up to then, St.Louishad been our farthesL rvest convenEion.BOB PERE brousht us uD short with thequestion: "WaE Hawaii'r65 a dream?" It wasa dream for us, Bob, rvhen tve wroLe EhatstaLement. The Honolulu party completelyescaped us. Our apologies.
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Overhead a brilliant observation aELAX. The Palestinian question was bei
-l.fonev isnrt, everything; but it surekeeps the children in touch'
-Ent.iced into the out,fit was "Doct'
moment. One mants position was Ehatfew opt,ions were lefL available to anembiEtered Arab world. Sad to saY,terrorism is one of uhe opEions. Thencame tshe clincher. "Perhaps fair Ereatmentof ehe Palest.inians mighE be the answerto ending Ehe horror."- WeII said, 8i11,even though you asked us noE to quoEe you.Therets m6riC in whaE you say. Denyingthe Palestinian issue could lead toglobal disaster.
IPAUL WISECUP tells the sEory about, a
cousin who served in a supply ship duringl^Il^I II. He recalls the time his shippulled into a small lagoon in uhe SouthPacific. There was a ship some distanceawav that flashed sisnals to Ehem.r'what did Lhey saf?" inquired thecaotain.
"'Th"v said Ehat, Ehis is a F.I.N.E..A.R. E.A:,'
The capEain shruggedr, t'Thatrs a strangemessage. -Who sent ifr Ehe JapaneseChambEr of Conrnerce?t'
As they came closer to Lhe other ship,another message was flashed.
The embarrassed signalman told thecaptain, "Itm afraid I made a qisEake...thit wai an M instead of an F."
LAX. The Palestinian question was beingtossed about and Ehei-r
-displacement andtossed about and Enel-r o].sPracement aconEinuing plight was Ehe iuem of. the
"A mine area!tt"Yes, sir. And there is more. They
the H.E.L.L. out ofsaid we should geEhere ! "
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LEO F. MCKEE (63rd F | 42-t 45) of 4456Cordoba Way, Ocean Hills CA. JOHN and JayWELCH are -responsible for recruitin-g Leoand Lilly. I.Ilices John: "Doc rvas thesurgeon ?or the 63rd FA Bn. from Hawaiiine6 uhe PI. He and I vacationed togetherrvhile at RockhampEon and we visit,ed themon our wav Eo Loirisville. He was theonly one to beat Tommy Lang in a chesstouinament we held over Ehere.
"I remember Doc became quite adepE atEhe operaEing Eable. SomeEimes averaged--3 cirtumcisions per day. ..Those guys reallysuffered in that climaEe."
(Ed.noce: Don'E know that anY of themembership will be inEerested ih Leo'sspecialEy^aE this late date - but wet11plt the ivord out -- just. in case.)
-- John also senL us this iEem ouE of EheCottonwood Falls KS paper as Leo retiredfrom practice and moved to CA. Here iE is:
Mey 31, 1986 will be the day thatmany Chase CountY residentsthought would never come to light.That's the day thst Dr. Leo McKeewill retire from his 40 Years ofmedical practice.
Dr. McKee snd his wife, Lillian'were honored last SrrndaY, MaY l8'with a reception held at the ChaseCounty Senior Center in CottonwoodFalls and a huge number of hispatients and lriends sttended theevent. Many of the people*ho cameto wish the McKee's well in theirretirement, u'ene*delivercd by Dr.McKee and some gecond generationdeliveries were also Present.Everyone haC a s:oiy to tell andmany "lives were saved," thanks toDr. McKee.
Dr. McKee came to Chase.Countyupon an invitation of Dr. A.E. Titus'a practicing physician, who desiredanother doctor for the countY. OnJune l, 1946, Dr. McKee began hispractice in an office over what is nowthe Historical Museum onBroadway StreeL He moved to hispresent office at Friend and PineStreets in March of 1950. .
Dr. McKee is a native.of SiouxCity, Iowa. He was born MaY 27,191?, the son of S.M. and JuliaMcKee. His mother also resides inCottonwood Falls now. .,ri,
He attended high rhml in KansasCity, Ks.. and grsdr.telsd frcm K.U.Medical School in 1939. He'met hisbride, Lillian Leonard,'., whileinterning at Elizabeth .GeneralHospital in Elizabeth, NJ. Lillianwas working as a registered nurse.They wed in 1941 and three monthslater, Dr. McKee entered the U.S.Army where he serrred three iearsoverseas. He received his dischargein 1946.
The McKee's have two sons'
Leonard John rvho lives in EmPoriawith his wife, Terri, and their twodaucht€rs, Lenae end l*ah; andLvlJCv, who lives in DowneY, Cal.,with his wife, Mary, and their twosons, Jeff and Jake. The McKee's,umn retirement, Plan to move toCalifornia where they will be neartheir son, LYle.
Besides losing Dr.. MeKee's'medical practice, the communitywill be losing him as an activecommunity leader. In ' Previousyears, he has been a member of thepresbytBrian Chur.ch; held mrnyrcivic jobs such as citY council
-"-Ui., mayor, president of the'Cottonwood Fg.lls Chambbr ofCommerce, charter membershiP ofthe Lions Club and held ieverzloifices at both St. Mary'r- andNewman Memorial HoePitels iqEmporia. He was appointed CountyCoroner in 1963. He was also'aFederal Aviation'Adririnistr8tionPhysician and had been a Sants Fedoctor.
When the Cottonwood FallsChamber of Commerce be1onorganizing the festivities for thercception for tlreMcKce's, they werclhterest€d in hearing stories of hisexperiences throughout his 40 yesrsof practice, They found tlret he was every unrlfieh. rrrn, not wiehing totelk about himgell, but anyone whodoctored 'with Dr. McKee canundergtsnd this. . In the programriresented to the peopte whoettended Sundriy'g reception wes aduote:'thst had been heard'frommany of. Dr. McKee's formerpatients "He listens-he reallyllrtens and he cares. You're riotjustam{mbef-yort're l,perron.,,.' -'
Ee dld listen and he did carc andmgnr. of his potienr* witl nevcrforget , him. The Chase CounWcomrnunity wish him and his wifehappiness in thiir retiremenl butthey will be deepb missed!
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At, first glance, these four
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A bit, of poet.ry -- which we liked --and wriEEen by Haran R. Martin of che83rd Inf.Div. Assoc.
F'ACE TO FACE
When I Shaue Each MomingAs I Look In The Miror I See,A Pleasant Loohing Gentleman
Who Looks A Lot Lihe Me,
Then I Giue HimA Big SmiteAnd He Smiles At Me Too.
I Can Hardly Wait EachMorningJust To See What He Will Do.
As I Get Out Of Bed This MorningI Wonder If My Look Alike Is There.
Yes He Most Certainly IsBrushing His Teeth And Combing His Hair.
Nou I Didn't Shaue This MorningI'ue Wondered All Day If He'll Be,
Gone By Tomarrow Moming,Or Will He Be Waiting There For Me.
So As I Looh Into The MirrorYes He's There, He's Not Gone.
I Wonder If I Could Shaue One MorningIf I Was There All Alone.
I Hope This Will Neuer HappenAnd He WillNeuer Leaue His place.
I Wouldn't Know What To Do Each MorningIf We Didn't Meet Face To Face.
At, first glance, Ehese four picEuresappear Eo be just patterns of black andyhi!" splot,ches. BuE Ehey acEually conhidden images. ^ Can you spot them?-
"In t,esEs Itve coird".c;rd, oniy about10 percent of the people tested touldrecognize any of the hidden imagesrt'Dr. RuperE Sheldrake. author of the
credit JAI.{ES rr5pi16'r OTDONNELL withthe rthat Year Was-That?,' game.
Are you ready?1. When Ehe Dallas Cowboys beat the
Miami Dolphins in the Super Borsl?
2. When Democratic headquarters aEthe l,Iat,ergaEe were broken into?
3. When Governor George l,IalLace wasshot,?
4. llhen Nixon defeated McGovern by alandslide?
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!Jh9o Mark Spit,z won 7 Olyrnpicmedals.
;e' r.i"J"5ii"il'I ^.r Lif e.Take some t.ime to study these pictures
before looking for the an'swers elbevsherein thls issue.
--JIM ZIMMERMAN (Serv. Co. 5th RCT,
| 52-' S:) of 452 Bluff, AIEon IL, ends arecenL warm noEe to us with this:
"So what if yourre dining in a swankyrestaurant when you notice your zipper isopen, and afEer having correcEed Ehesituit,ionr you stand up and find you'vecaught your Eie in your fly.. ...
i(eep Smiling!"a;
Itrs Eric Philip' a new grandson forDON and LoIa LUEDTi<,S (:+Ln r4B-'50), ofRR I, Box 5, Arcadia NB. The lit.tlefe116r.r is the second son of son, A1an,
recognr_ze any ot t,he hiclclen images,Dr. RuperE Sheldrake. author of uhelle rr^--'.-! ---- - -c , tL a7
and Deb and they live in De1aware.Notice how we sPell out the state.you hate those 2 letter sYmbols for'stites? Postal Service efficiency!Maybe EhaErs why it Eakes longer toyour mail these daYs.
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GIGreatest one liner of all Eime.W.C. Fields, when asked hor.r he likedchildren, answered the inevitable:
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L.G. HICKS writ,es in. By Ehe rvay, heEold us once EhaE L.G. was his given name -just initials. Sez he, "I was E[e youngestof 9 and they had run out of names."Sounds like -an L 34th man ( | 40-'44),doesntt. he? Anyvay L.G. writ,es: "Mangoes to the doctor. Doctor asks, tWhat,tsirong with you?t M4., says,tI canttremember very weII.' Phone riirgs. Dr.answers; Ealks about trvo minuEes. Hangsup phone and turns to patient and asksagain, rhlhaE is your problem?' PatienEanswers, rlnlhaE problem? t "
ANS!ilERS To Spike orDoNNELLrs rwhat yearWas ttrat,?rr '
1. Lg72 4. Lg722. L972 5. L9723. Lg72
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OANSWERS TO HIDDEN PICTURES
Here are Ehe answers to the fourpuzzlest
Number 1: a woman in old-fashionedclothing and hat; Number 2z a bearded manwearing a fur hat.; Number 3: a cowboyridilg a pony, and Nr:rnber 4z a danciirgcouple.
The pictures are nor easier to seebecause shading has been added to bringout Ehe deEails and eyes have been drainfor some of the figur-es.
In a recenE issue, we used DON
GOTTSCHALLTs phoEo of some of uhe men ofcl"re 5th RCT. It was as clear as mudbuE we used it anyway wiEhout identifica-tion of the boys involved. Now comesDAVE ECKERT, o? nO 4, Box 5LZA, Halifax,PA t.o tell us who theY are for whichwe say thanks, Dave.
Rehdtem and weep:Back row: Jim Easter, Charles SEarring,ffiffierber, Harold Visser, Jack FraEus,Jim Zinunerman, Lauren Hallgren, Bob Brandcn,FremonE Ice, Harold Alberle and DaveEckerL.Front row: Herman Mclawhorn, Johnffir-Joe PaEton, Bob Hardin,Don GotEschall, Dick Lewis and Guy See.
-Nothing like a good line! ! Wervereceived this one five different times inEhe IasE few months - frsn members inreferring to the Life }lembership program.It went each t,ime something along theselines3 "Itm so old I donrt even buy greenbananas anymore." l.Je loved it eveily-t,ime.
ITDues are due.Please do it dooday.
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nllariberr thev sa1d, nfrom mor:ntalnrhen nrist eleers.n
The others rould staYWarrning by an irorl, drlnklne hot tea
lJhat renained aeross the shrouded bayskeleton, ashes
I had tc see.
The dirnb was steePThe path, covered u'ith an icy crust
crr.mched with each bite of mv boot.The silent forest waited. f was aIone.
l4orninq flashed through brittle pinesHigh above branches swaYed
swept the sky for davlieht.
The wind chilled. Blood st1l1 lean!'1tfu1 stirrings fron shallow qraves
in lost \''isaran Eroves.
IIp, aro'and a rockY t,w'istA wood-b1ock orint:
On a distant o"akr a vel1ed sutpushos off, floats free
And I wcmder how it was that. nomi-ng, herein the Peace of the mountaina breath away.
Not alone. At first, almost hiddenA peasant cottaqe, t.he old wonan, cloaked itl qrey
Standine bent, clutchinq a banboo staff.
f stonned, tried to bowclrrmsy u"ith rraek and riflestarunered, rKo-nee-chee-wshrrt good day
It nas all f hnew.
f ualted, fumbled in my Jacket pocketLooked down at her
sti11 bowed, hunchedher fingers trenbllng around the stlck
She relsed her head, her eYesSaid nothlng, elouded, saw nothing
Not the rnlttened hand reachlng outto offer her the candYa plece of choeoLate
It ras all I had.
Only in California. We walked ouL onCentsury one a.m., the Crowne Plaza backeduD on Centurar. and what did we see -- allih ttre t.ime it Eakes to down one beer:
a man in a leisure suiL (rememberthem?) wearing a gold earring
a panhandler wearing a l.Ialkman
two people in ttHands Across America"T-shl-rts -- and what a flop that was
a sidewalk vendor wiEh cartons andwares being deli-vered Eo his sPotby limousine
Whoever said that IA was dull in Augusts?
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Pluckiest guy ats our show -- IriIJIM ERWIN having a few words with you-knovr-who. Jinnry, having-his problemswith the Big Cr voured he'd make LU( --and Eurekal he did -- with Ehat gaLlanElit,t,le gaI, Mary, right by his side aILEhe way. Watta pair! i
.lim is at, PO ilox 608, Morongo ValleyCA 92256 - Tel. 7L4-363-7348.
.pOur fiscal runs from B/L/86 ro 8/L/87.$10.00 will cover it,.
OThe _Baguio Survivors, 60 strong,
managed to get off inEo a corner for af-riendly little dinner parEy a1I oftheir own.ThpAnd
mist srirledT went doun the rrotrntaln.
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BrLL DOUTLLETTE, SR. (A 6r.h Tk. r50-r51)of 55 Downinc. Concord NH rvrites thaE hehas "strorg i"ulings for Ehe 24thr" andgoes on Eo prove it. by becomirrg a Lifei'lember and throrsing iir an extra few "forthe kiEty." Bill lost. Bill Jr. in ttiam.
A I'larine, he rvas KIA on L/29/69 - age 18.i,irites his Dads "IE \r3S d Eremendous loss -and still is. I lost my son. I love rnycountry. God knols my heart. I wantfor my child::en that Ehey not lose a senseof pride in t.his counEry like so manyouhbrs have. " I"loving rvords, ili11.
BH<-br#*what. shape are you in? This puzzle
exercises your visualspaEial orienEationskiIIs -- ident.ifying objecLs with differ-ent forms in various positions. As quicklyas you can, circle the objects thaE arealiice in this illustration. Harder Ehan itIooks, isnr t it.? As Ted Turner- says, "IfI only had a Iit.t.le humiliuy, I'd beperf ect
_,Wanna picEure of any wartime ship you
sailed on? U.S. Nava1 Inst,itute, to whichwe belong, has a library of 2501000 photos.They give us a 25% discount as hre're amember. Give us your ship name and yearaboard and wer1l brder foi you. Photosare $8.00 each.
\HARRY MAYS and ART KEMP whom we sur-
orised bv telline Ehem of our units whichirere in tNam. Hive tried for over I0years Lo run those rumors down. FinallyLoE our hands on a "vietnam order ofEattle." which uniEs were Ehere?llth Field - lst Bn., 2nd Bn., 6th Bn.,and 7rh Bn. -- 13th Field - 2nd Bn. r3rd Bn. and 7th Bn. -- 52nd Art. Grp: -5th Inf., lst, Bn. -- 21st Inf. - 3rd Bn.and 4Eh Bn. Surprised?
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Nice words from DON and Nancy PHILLIPS,h RCT Korea)r. of 1040 N.Daisy,ington MI: "Enjoy Taro Leaf very much.
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And so, with great reluctance, we tookleave of LA (remember the old Kirkpatricktravelogues?) to go again another day,Deo volente, to Chicago.
IErs our newlyweds. As they used tosay it in Rome, it's BILL MULDOON et uxme-aning "and wife.tt But, we do iE our way -itrs Nancy MULDOON and Phil, you did a nicejob with this pair. The bandage? No gag.Slight accidenL the day before thesewonderful folks left, for LN(. Nothingserious
POW Medal being readied for serviceoeople and next of kin. It bears Ehei*"1" of an easle surrounded by barbed wire
"oa"Uavotet polnt,s. The obverse side
,'iff-pi""ia.'" space for the rec5-pientrsname with the inscription, "For honorablei"r"iiE while a prisbner of war." will bereadv bv June of- r87. D.O.D. estimatesIilt''mo're than 142'000 were Eaken captivein l^ll{ 1, W II, Korean War and VietnamWar, aE least iTrOOO of whom died incapt,ivity
-We took aadmitt,ed to3 wanted toMember.
. secret poll at, I3X. 9 membersbeing in love with Vanna White.make her an honorary Life
-Now therers a best-seller about J.R.Ewing -- itrs t.itled "Creep in Ehe Heart
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Resretfullvcab le? "oeepli,Leyte wound hastrio. but. in rmrRed' NEl"n'{AN. t'
received aE LN( was LhisregreE delayed problem fromforced cancellation myheart, Ir11 be Ehere. -
T). PosE.carded-by ED and Laura WILSON,( z+rrr ltp | 47 -' 50) , of. L827 s. 5rh,St.Charles IL, as they camped along theMississippi River in the rain. Writethey, "wlrre soaking wet."
-No statement.s will go ouE.Yout 11 knour if your"dues are unpaid.
PHIL HOSTETTER, who took this beauty,asked us Eo be sure Eo sneak this one in ofTOM COMPERE and DICK WATSON in the rearand Ehat busy camerarnan, GIL HEABERLIN inthe foreground. Happy t,o oblige, Phil.
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Germany, yes, even France, all have asystem of r:nj-versal mlLitary service.Buts us?
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General and flag officer total withinthe DOD is 1073 as seL by the Senatse --412 general officers in Ehe Army, 343 inthe Air Force, 65 in the Marine Corps and253 admirals in Ehe Navy.
-Pity the poor fatmers. The Feds areonly plying but $30 billion for farm aiditii's i.Li." But is anyone askir.rgr-'t{ha-t'sr^rrons with the system? We don't hear himif hE is. Not oilv that but consider whathas been paid to the fa::ners since the daysof FDR. And Ehe beat goes on.
-JOE and Charlot,te HOFRICHTER cam up tous at IAX with a beautiful $50.00 conEri-b.rtion. You were (are) grand people,Joe and CharloLte.
J-We need dues $ Eo keeP this busLnessrunning. Thanx.
Updatereceived was this cable in the
our IAX festiviEies:
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ED FITZGERALD (B 21st,24th t{P \2/46'4/515,-ii-Sz- oi".ola, Deir Park l'lY called'r;;a'2 other Deer Pirk men with time ins-o-i-th" 21sE. Rather they found him's"oit"a the decal on his^c-ar-windshield'nEIi-i6r-i'ieccio-(s zt"t '46':!7) ,of --rZ5-W.Eishth and JOHN J. TAYLOR (B 2lstI 53-' 5a)l ot 178 Burlington.
lrrFor these. we are indebced to CARL
CONNER (3rd Eng. t41), of 1025 Center,Mableton GA.ttThe onlv wav a woman cana man is wh'en hLts an infant.
"rL isn't what ,t-*r. ""r"most husbands iErs the nr:rnberrepeats i-t. "
"ltu friend told 3 a*a he was going Eoset a,divorce because his wife hadn'tEpoken to him i-n three months. I wouldthint twice about thaE if l--were him, wivesii[. ttrt are hard to find.r'
Yourre Eerrlfic, Carl. Thaaks..-r-
WHM.E DOES IT GO?Foreign Aid; Israel, 93 BiLIion; EgypE,
$2.3 BilLion; Turkey, $794 Million;PakisEan, $565 Million; Greece, $501Million; Spain, $415 Million; Philippines'$378 Million; Portugal, $224 Million; and92 others such as South Korea, Jordan,Bangladesh, Chad, Sudan and Mozambique.Had enough?
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ttl send warm greeEings t,o the membersof Ehe 24th Infantrrf Division Associationas you meet for you? annual convenEion.
t'You have a proud tradition which goesback many years in the hist,ory of ourarmed fo-rc-es, and iE is a living testimonyLo your patriotism that you keep Ehisrec-ord aiive through youi annual meetings.
rtOur nation needs Eo be vigilant' and Lomaintain strong defensive forces Eo assuteour liberty and that of our allies aroundthe worldr- the besE way to do this is tomaintai.n our armed for-ces in readiness byrecruiLing and training the be-st men andwomen, and by giving them the bestequipment we can Provide.
ttAll Americans desire peacer and theLord knows how hard werve foughE. for itduring this century. The facE of thematEei is we rmrst fo more than wish forpeace. We have Lo tgork for it. I conrnendyou for your conEinued readiness to sel:veyour country.
ttEn5oy your convenLion, and God Bless
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Beaut,iful toasting ceremony introducedat our.banqy?t Ehis year. Tha scriptwent, like this:
l'trai.Gen. Andrew L. Cooley
Ladles and Gentlemen, I propose a toastto Ronald Reagan, our Presidentand Corcnander- in-Chief .
Response: To the President
Lt.Gen.Donald E. Rosenblunr
Ladies and Gent,lemen, I propose a t,oastto Ehe United States Army.
Response: To the Army
Richard C. Watson
I"adies and Gentlemen, I propose a toastto our departed comrades.
Response: To our comrades
Warren G. Averrr
Ladies and Gentlemen, I propose a t,oast,to the 24th Infantry Division.
Response: To the 24th InfantryDivision.
Robert R. Ender
Gentlemen: Seat your ladies.
Gentlemen, I propose a toast to Ehe ladies.
Response: To the ladies.
***tI\o4s beautiful, gentlemen.Letrs do iE again--next year.
- Wine, lncidentally, was by courtesy ofthat grand C.C., Bob Ender. -
r-Diogenes, the Greek philosopher, was
reported_to have been seen recently inParis. Two French gendarmes aporoiched theIampbearing, toga-girbed wise irin. ttDio-genes, what are you doing in Paris?t'
"Messieurs, I am looking for an honestman.t'
A few monEhs lat,er he was reported tohave appeared in London. Some Lobbiesthere asked him his business i-n London.The answer was the same: he was stillsearching for an honest man.
Smre t.i-me later he was reported to haveturned up in New York CiEv. -Tr^ro of thegiEyts finest stopped him in CenEral Park."I suppose you are in New York looking foran lonesL q!an?" one of the cops asked-him.ttl wasrtt replied Diogenes.^ ttbuE nowIrm lookiirg foi my lampf" '
Mayor Koch, take heed.
J0HN and Hllda KLLJMP made I-AX, only EoEurn around and go all Ehe way back tbRt. 1, Guilford IN 47022 (Bor 256).The tragic news came in over the wire thaLHilda's beloved sls!,er, Rose WorthingEon,had passed away. There was somethine of'adamper placed bn the friends of Johniyand Hilda -- and they are legion. Ro-se, awidow -- her husband predeceased her by8_years -- left. son, Joe, who many of irswill remember from Louisville whei:e he iswith the Police Department. there. Johnnyand Hilda have jusE called with therequesE that we-be sure to indicate inthese columns their gratitude for thevarious_ expfessions of love senE their wayfrom I.AX and elsewhere in Eheir momenE of-greaE loss. This we do herewith.
-Spot,ted on our LN( bullet.in board thisone from Maj. ROBERT D. BALL (Div.ArEy.LO/48-LL/49i 13r,h F. LL/49-4/5L), of '5008 119Lh SW, Tacoma WA. "Ret.ired after24 years service. Converted Mil ScienceDegree t,o a BEd and a MEd. Taught schoolin MA, NH and WA state. Retired fromFt. Steilacoom College in 1983. Divorcedmy first wife and married an armlr nurseat, FE. Bliss. Have 3 sons and ohe daught,erand 4 grandchlldren. My granddaughter jusEgraduated from high school. I served withPerry (PiloE D/A) in Ger. Saw Col.St,ratonat, Ft.Sill in the t50ts (He aiea this yearat LawEon and is buried at Si11). BG TomPerkins died a ntrnber of years ago.tt
(-A neighbor has the solution Eo the
t.omato worm problem. Cut, doun yourtornat,o planEs and the worms will starveto deaEh. (,
Much aware are we of problems inherentin overdosing these columns wiEh t,oo muchnews of sorr6w -- the ttbad newst' as theycall it. We sErlve for a balance with the"good newsrtt ever anxious t.o weight thesepages in favor of the laEEer.
But give it to you we must. HOI^IARD andG1adys LLIMSDEN failed t,o make LN( -- mrchEo their regreE. But more t,o Eheir regretis the horrifying reporE that Glad'sdaughter, Donna, is Ehe vicrim of adegeneraEing fighE with the Big C. TheLumsden's saw their duty -- and stayed homeEo be with Donna. Kudos to you both fordoing the rrbes! possible thiirg." Glad canbe reached at 167 Hickory St., Wood River'TL 62095 or telephone 6L8-259-5771 in caseyou want to go direcE with your amenities.
(I-No staEements will go out.Your 11 knor.v if your"aue" are unpaid.
!lWe conrnunicat.e with our bodies,
e-specially the hands. How many people,when asked to describe a corkstriwr'can doiL wiEhouE Ewirling their finger?
-It's no sin Eo be rich; itrs a ntiracle.
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More head table l-uminaries: DICK WATSON
f t""i"n io ineat out.? ), hj .Gen' FRED
ZiEil,ATE, I-aura ROSENBLUMT N9w- P1"*X.- -,
WARREN AvEny, ouEgoing First Laqy Phyl.WATSON, and Ehe Division Conrnancler maKlngiure that, someone is doing someEhing'Photo courEesy of Mingo Vasquez'
,,NOW WHAI WAS IHAI YOU WANITO TO IEII UT?"h,.ho.l S.ni.h at2.
WerIl make no apologies for this oneof ToasEmasEer TOM COMPERE not being incolor. It neednrt. be. That. jacket -- Lhereal thing -- is in black and whiEe. Weought to [now. Werve been looking aE lt,aE every convention since the r59-partyin Phil-adelphia. PhoEo by M. Vasquez.
Back in orr eoti'is KErrH PERKTNS(13th f r53-r55) of 2610 N.Greenwood,ArlingEon Heights, IL. _ Keith has beenbusy supporEing a couple of surgeons.Says hers got enough medical backgroundnoi^r to apply for an inter4ist residency.On to Chita-go, Keith; youtre all betteinowl thank fortr:ne. Be sure to bring ViwiEh you.
-. Phil-lppine President Corazon C. Aquinois trying Eo make peace with the Mosiemseccessionists in Mindanao. Give hercredit.. Poor gal. Shets got a line asIong-as a rainy week ready to see hertoppled.
Here we are dawdling in the in-betweens-and therers noE much Eo be said for them'5.r*n"= wontt quite let go; autumn hasarrived. but, onlY technicallY.---itr.-i"geEable'garden is t-raving a lasteapeliroailcing so-luxuriantly a few weeks;;;: iEis dowi to a few tomaEo PlantsuHal iust. wont E leE go.
We'all know folks who have "gone toseed." The metaphor is mercilgsslV
"ii"r"t,". Everything -gets a lietle
shabby at this time of Year..- it'r, lawn goes Eo seed and the banksatone-tte roidsides with their wildflowersIJIi.-"-ritt.i"-i"itered. Queen Anners lacefoo["-"i-ihougn itrs ready- for.Ehe laundry'
A few wild-flowers are hanging on',ttre eoldenrod, of course, and here and;ii;tE;if -vo"-io"t hard enough, vour 11find i piirk and white Bouncing BeE, asIovely is a June wedding. -And
someheath'er, as pretty as Li,z Taylor's eyes'
No it.rs hlre -- or i-s about to arrive --falI. The doldrums wonft last.
So we hunger for the tart-apPle tasteof the season.-- Before longrthe rlaples, hickories ando""r"ii-*ill Eiade thlir sunrnerts greenioi autunrr's red and gold.
Itrs time to cut ef,e kindlings and Eo
finish sEacking tshe firewood. Gotta beready. Go, sulmner, go.
Ahd werre going Eoo.l-
JOHNM HERBERT (tt tgttr '50-151)of 1604 CrescenE, Clifton Park IIY is deePinto the Korean War Veterans Assoc. He'dwelcome a membership from anyone eligible.Dues $10.00 a year.
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And, of course, the Eouch has to do withyou-know-what. It,ts dues time again. Ourygar runs from August firsE to Julythirty-first as you kno,v. If we have tosend buE statements at 22Q each, thattsa $275 - 285.00 expense which seems to usto be a h--- of a way to run a railroad.You knortr whether you o^re dues. It shouldnot take a statemenE to brush you up.Letrs save ttrat money and put it into abouE6 more pages in the next issue.
tThe American Airlines deal fell ehroueh.
It was to be a free Eicket. for every 50 "booked. We booked onIy 27 via M -- andwe ourselves had 4 of them. And Eherewas good reason for the shortfall. Mostf-olks, upon judicious inquiry, deterrninedthat AA wasn't responding t,o the codedrequesEs with its lowest rate. It was aracket. When they thought they had youhooked, they merely Eurned on the gas.I_{qppily, most of our people decided theydidn't need M and went, elsewhere for farmore favorable fares. We stat.ed at theannual meeEing what we thought. of thesystem. AA isn't alone, incidentally,in this kind of monkey business. They allplay Ehe game of holding out Ehe worm inEhe hope that your 11 make a grab for it.
-Erom ELMER 'rDgsty" RODES, (Div.Hq. t45-t46) of 3030 Hemloci< Lane, nodnote VAcomes $100 for a Life Membership and Sl00more for t'whatever.tt Says Dustjr, t'Somemay_remember me running hror:nd Div.Hq.9/25 in Mindanao and Jipan - E,iIl Juiy t46.I was the shortest Lt. in Div.Hq. (Sd.notes The runt, of the liEter.) 'No^, Itma partner in a consulting engineerinefi::ur in Roanoke. No plais yEt to reEire."Great tso hear from you, littte fe11a,and thanks for the hefty lift to our-kitty.(-
The woman hr.rrried home from her doctorrsappoi-ntment, devastated by the medicaLreport she had jusE received. When herhusband came in from work, she told him,rrDarling, the doctor said I have-onlytwelve more hours to live. So I'vedecided we should go to bed and makepassi-onaEe love throughout the night. Ho,rhoes that, sound. dearEst?"t'H.y, thatrs'fine for yourrt repliedher hui6andr - 'You donrt havi to let up inthe mortri-ng !'l
Wow wee! If you knour where Ehe summerwenE, please cali. In Ehe meantsimer-welcoml Lt.Gen. HERBERT R. TEMPLET JR.into the club. Hers Chief of the NationalGuard Bureau. I'Ias with us in Korea --sth RcT. A
Lt.Col. ED VOSO (D 21 '39-'42), of1815 Sweetwater, Spring Va1ley CA had sucha great time at LAX that he-went homeand wrote a check for $100 t'for assoc.fr:nds -- ro need to reply.t' At LA)<, therewas discussion about raising dues. Weargued against. Why? Voluntary contribu-tions seem to be enough to get us by.Name us another outfit Ehat ever gaveyou that kind of backtalk.
FWe need dues $ to keeP this businessrurrning. Thanx.
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Anyone who might recalL MINOR WHITEin Div. rG-Z Ln the P.I. t,imeframq isasked to contact, Ye Edit,or Pro11to.
This copy of a letter Eells why:
Princcton UnivcrsiN Dcp.tucat of An .od ArcheologyMccormicl Hrll, Primcton, N.w lc.kv 0tS{4(609) {52-37t1
EEU lt. noas,
I u a tEofeagor of ut od photographlc hl,story hcrG at prl,ncGton.t u-curcntly @trductiDg lc.quch on thc lif6 and rcrk of th. i4DrtutlDrlcan photogtraphlc Gtlst, l,llrc! rhltc rlp ati6d in 1975.
Uinor fhlta s6ryGd duing llolJd tl4 If in tllc 2ati Divllion. g6 rasa-l{latcr SEgeDt rcrktng ln th. diviaion hcadquators, c_2 Section. lDth. PhiupplDe!, ac. t h.vc be.n ln touch rtUi Lu*r of h1s Arry@Ilaaguos. lncluating Curtis p<kGat, rho kirdly grve r you aatalr?8a.Oth.ra I hava sIEI.n to, or Elttca, e. pre@; 6raves, Joha xi,ller,J@a ilIc, qd A.rtov !6blin.
I u interest.d in @llestrDnding ,ith uy oCheEs uho aight havetffi rihito elther on ,tawaii in 19ir2-43 (he tia Ue.. draftcd frotPortlaDd, Oregon ud tlaj,ned oD Harrll), or in AusEali., tfee cuLneaor in th€ PhiLippines aftqedd util hig release fro tf,. a_y f.Augst of l9{5. Curt,is p.ckud h.r told @ .bout 1ou forttrcoingrsulon In tugu8t aid ho suggcsted f Eite you in hoFa that you Dightba rbl. to lrquj.re ritjr those rtt nding it iny of th;o kncv xinortftIt€. tty rddrcla ta abovr qat t rculd relcd n.*iij ii_ _yor..By &trn uil I co Gk tJF stEcifj,q qu.stions tha! ioncern Ey reaeGch_
I cu ask one questloo tt thl'r tl&. Arcther !e Eaa sarylng lntlE 24tjr Dieislon (anii hG Ey h.vc bcetr lcEsigned after tJre Eayail,IElod), ud I u trtlng to Ee.ch nia slrciflcaity. f Uve onry nielalt !r.e - BIrc*Er. If eyona tnq tis fuff rpie .J @.nt aaa"eeeI rculd b€ vcry grat ful to h.a flo tha.
ttrank you.
Finaltv 'rg4gghE, him did JoHN BRoLrN,( Ztst ' 51--' 53) of Box 15, Hesperia CA.Jack went through Ft,. Ord with GIISERTCADENA of 3482 Redwing Trail, Bremerton WA.Finally locaEed Gil wf,o profasses "inEer-est" iir us. So now GiI is in. Welcomeaboard. Gil. Jack also brorrehu inAL BERITSTEIN (21st r51-'53) of 220 Stoney-brook. Fridlev MN and FORREST WACKER (21stt51-t5:)
"f 2e44 cerlLral, Bettendorf IA.Jack, yourre terrific. Thanx.
Nothingto rememberelected.
Omakes it. harder for policicians' campaign promises than get,t.ing
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The pursuiE of happiness seems Eo beEhe chase of a lifeEime.
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G-Crossed the equator? Gone around the
world? -- And wanE, a cert,ificaEe to proveit, write us. U.S. Nava1 Inst,itute willi.ssue you one.
Unlet,tered cerEificate - $5.00.Custom-lettered certified - $10.50.Each certificate features fuII-color
illustrations, gold seal and rlbbon andmatching wallet card.
Order this way:Neptune - 11t' x 14" for crossing the
eqr:ator:Supply daEe and longitude
Golden Dragon - 11" x 14t' for crossingthe 180th Meridian
Again date and latitudeRound The World - 15" x 20" for going
around the worldSupply us with starting and
finishing dates.
-As opposed to the CIA top post, whichhas almost, looked llke a revolving doorjob in times pasE, the USSR leEs theirpeople reaIly learn their job.
The head man of the GRU, (which makesthe KGB look like the Gub Scouts) PeterIvashuti.n, has held that. posE since 1953.
-When a small boy or girl hands you afIat, gr:ndrop and you eat it,, you haveacqui-red that wonderful gift called tact.
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We receive a l-oE of letters like thisone from a 25th Div. man, Lt,.CoI.Bill Bar:mann of RD 1, Eox 188, Esperance,NY 12066. He writes: "I collect unithi-stories and have approximately 1500 inmy collect,ion. However, there are firElnymore in existence that, I would like toacquire. I also collect unit, phot,os,shoulder patches, unit cresEs, photoalbr:ms, menus and war souvenirs.
I am writing to requesE your assistance.If there is no objecEion, could you publlshthis in your nexE associaEion publicaEion.
Avid collector br4ging unit historiesfor personal collecEion. Highestprices paid for clean t.ight booksi.n fine condition. will pay veryfair price for books in good orbettei condition. AIso collectsshoulder patches, urtiE cresEs,unit phot,os, menus, and warsouvenirs.I appreciate any consi.deratlon and
assistihce that yoir can provide. Mahalo.rlHor,r can you turn doqrn a guy like that?
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Our President, WARREN AVERY wrote this before I3X, having just reEurnedfrom Washington where he had attended the reunion of the Korean War VeteransAssociaEion. Herers his complete report (ed.Note: This President, is golngto be a corker; look aL the completeness of his reporE. )
North H.v.n. Cono.Augult 2, 1.986
Dc$ fco:
I hlvc Just rcturned froo thc 2nd Annual f,Gunloq 8nd Uerlal. SGnlcGol th. fora8 l,rar Vaterans Asaocl.tloo, Inc., ln g.ahlngrotr, It.C. lt vravCry hprelalv. .!d touchlog. Tbe rcuoloa t8s h.ld at the gcstp.rl gotel.Do Saturdly cvaoi.ng, gucat lgeakerr et thc banquet rcrc Lt. GGo. l.ag,DGpt. of the Aroy lod Col. Loul! L. Xillctt, holdcr of rhe Coagrarlloulliedal of ltooor, oho seryed utth tbc 27rh Inf. te8. 25rh Dtv. 10 lorra. fhetbcu of hls specch vag Dhy ee fought 10 forc.; to L.ep En free, aod hol4rlcans uy be called on at aoother tr.4, to hclp EsLer co6trls, flthtof f agreeesorc gho uould t.ke .rsy thelr f r.ed@, aod th.t ua dld 11! tbauat lo f,.orea.
Sund.y: ee rcved out to Arlr.ngtoo C@trry at 9:3OAN uhcre ee llned up
m the atalrs lo flont of the Torb of thc Urbo6 Soldt.r. gc ctch uerc
8lv.n r ycllm Eu ehi.ch denoi.s Pe.ce. Ar L0:00A}t Lt. cco, Leng tnd IIorean Lt. Gcneral rcved foryard snd plsced . Eelth oo th! to!b. IEedls-tcly .fter th. Canadlatrs @ved for8rd tod dld thc aac. nrt t tblnL eas
thc oost lDpr.sslve part of th18 ccrc@ly Es th. .ppelrancc of 2 gl|tooEof the Ol,d G6rd uho rere heard urchlBg loBg b€forc thcy yerG lcaa colr.Dtup frd b.hlod the foEb. In Ey Dlnds eyc. I could vr.lullrc ell our dadcoDrsdeg archlng together up to eet u rnd to JolD 1B thG carc&try.I'l aure uny of us there thought along the ra@ lln€ becau!. .s I lootrdabout at the !eo, I sas Boy tearc rollldg doh f.c.s. A! th. Old Gurdcootlnued to Brch touards ua, you fi,rst sre th.lr h!t!. thcB rhouldera,lod th.n they serr .t sttentlor ,.n front of u! aod aa th. bugl.r roundcd
taps ue .11 pre.eoted arEs.
lre then @ved to the ADphlthestcr qod urch.d c.trtel.lslc follalsgour colors. tJe ..ch placcd our yello Eu. @ tbe b@k contslnlng the uts!of the 54,235 ADerlcsn d€rd and 8177 HIAtt. The Chapl,alo theo led ur ,.n
prayer to these ren. The Korcan Lt. C€neral then 6pol.e sod thanked us forthe sscrlflcc ue sll Mde for hls couDtry.
ttc then plckcd up thc ycllry Eu .od sent out lnto AEllnttoo lod
pllccd lt on thc Sravc of our cholce. lJe theD retumed to thc CP st tba
hotcl, aBd "refought" tbe ear ultb lhe follwtl8 @n of thc 24th!
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claud. "Bud't crlltDon Gottoch.llBud lLrpercuy E. Sce
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Sorry, but, wetre all ouE of"Follcnnr- Me"s, Maj.Gen. AUBREY "Red"NEWI'IAN's wonderful book on rrl-eader-shipi' repleLe rvith his real-lifeexamples. Every 24th home shouldhave one -- and vou can. if vouainrt. already doire it -- isr"Ethat horrifying? -- by sendingin this order blank t.o:Presidio Press, Box L764-2,
Novato, CA 94948.Please include 91.75 per book
for shipping and handling, up toa maximum of $2 .25 f.or Lwo ormore books.
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aWhat a strategist.!!fHats off Eo Lois ANDERSON, Tedrs wonderful wife. She sent inthe names of 9_prospects. ConfidenEially, Lois, thanks Eo you,
they're now all members.
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Told you the news media were crawlingall over'us. Herers a Hospitality Roomshot which the press was anxious Eo sho,r.Hostetter photo
ASAlthough Ehe U.S. Milit,ary Academy is
desiened Eo DreDare cadets for careers asoffiEers in the'Regular Army, nearly h41f--of each class Chae-graduated during L97O-75served less Ehan 10 years before leavingthe service.
A maior sEudy shows that, 30 percent,of the iglO-1980 West, Point, trailtrates hadleft, the service after six years (one yearafter their initial fi-ve-year obligaEion),and 48.1 percent were gone by t'heir 10uhyear.
A W.P. graduate costs Lhe taxPayersabout $175;000 accorrCing to the GAO.
I^Ihat I s wrong?
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.._:l IAnother greaE chapEer in our little
family -- Jean and VAL SCHAAF. Are theyenjoying Ehemselves? JusE look at thosesmilis.- Mr. HosteEterr 1;ou caught thiswonderful couple just right.
Macte virEute, BOB ENDER. Well done,Bob Ender. In eitery organizaEs-on, one willfind a few movers ahd shakers. Bob Enderis a mover and shaker. Here he is with
""oit.i ."g", beaver CLARENCE ttBud"
COLLETTE wf,o has jusE won one of thebeauEiful prizes, the cutsglass decanter.
aBILL SANDERSON, Ealking abouE terrorism
Eoday, argued thaE we people are rightlyfearful. -He t.ells abouu his neighbor whosaid Eo his wife, "Itm going out Eo Ehegarage. Cover me."
TMrs. Jane Weinberger, Casparrs lovely
better half, was an Army nurse for I0 yrs.
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ttYour Taro Leaf is whaE holds us Eogether.Here are some photos to help vou. I hope
Your coverage is slgr, Goldie.Here are some photos to help you.you can use a few. They may enco
ielp you. I hopemav encourase more,- h rr! -L!--eEJ--to go to Chicago next year." Mighty flne
woriis, Philrand Jane Alonzi, love1y
Thoughtful words by Dr. PHILIP HOSTETTERin fo:r^rarding llis convenEio! photos to- us:
worEs, Philrand Jane Aionzi, Love1y-daueht.er of Rita GalLant and ni-ece ofED HENRY thinks so too. Jane has--just
woriis, Phil,
opened one of the ttXmas in AugusEr-prizes.
The city wenE all ouE in extending itsofficial welcome to us. GOLDIE NORTONcaught this litt,Ie number puE on by alovely group of Korean gals. Unfortunatelnonly Goldie, DIGK WATSON and WARREN AVERYgoE to see it; it was down at, City HaIl.
Who else? Our ever-workins CC BOB ENDERwith the beautiful }daria Schn6ider, theCrourne PLazat s rep on the spot who helpedno end to make our stay Ehe-happy onethat it was. This is -a
Colaie^N6rEonspecial. And Maria, Ioutre somethingspeci-al, Eoo. (Err,
The Color Guard wiEh SgL. GRANT MOBLEYflew out from GA for our i{anquet. Herethey.are posing with Goldie viho getscredit. for the picture.
For Ehose who couldntt, show but wrot,e,we had your letters post.ed along one walLof our Hospitality Room. That room, bythe way, was the large t -- and mosEsuccessful ever. It,'s another of yourperfect shots, Goldie, thanks.
(-lActress Dina Merrill was teaching her
three-year-old 9aughter, Nina, to say herpravers. The child was rm-rmbling and herirother said, "I canrt hear you.
Nina looked solenrnly at her motherand replied, "I wasnrt'talking to you."
rTis said that. ;fqy Truman vras apunaholic. He once invited a couple ofcronies t,o Independence for some bf Bess,home cooking by noting I'Missouri lovescompanv." Ugh. ?
t86 - r87 annual dues are due.
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oi. "pilii no'stEitenr;; ffi1|}"*Fh:ll ;.Eheu fugaces labifeecfn[ Years glide bY.''
HOSTETTER took a^lot'-of hi9 spe9i11b"dei;;;-"oa *. donrt blame-Eim a bit'';ii;-ifi"-o"" or-sil,t, NAEGELE' we recall;il; ;iii ilr"i;"4-an arnbush on Romblon r'i[-.""Ui.d you t'o be wish us tshis sunrner'Bill; wetre haPPY Eo saY'
"YOU CAN AlwaYS TEtL THE GUYS WHO',Rt !I IgW-N Ol{ fuRtot'GH'
riiivi- lri rertx so- n'r]cx qurxr$ rHEY.rl rutxlxc. wrtre"
A THOUGHT TO THINK ABOUT:
Anyone who thinks thaE money cantt buyhappiiress has r-rever sent Eheir kids awayto stmer camol ,_
Back Eo Florida, this Eime at. 310026 Av., NorEh 25, St.Petersburg F!,have eone BOB and Connie I{ERRICK (Tk.19th'53-t54). Docs said "southland for Bob."Bob losE his brother in November and thenran inEo throat problcms. Ilas havingLrouble breathing. Says he's okay notv.Bob says he'd stsill like Eo meet strleoner'rho kn-evr him in IIASH in Kogudo after hebroke his leg F
A little knotrrledge ls a,dangerous thing.Thatrs why some people won't mess with it.
Helen HOSTETTER and Jackie I'IATHIS infront. JOE PEYTON and KERMIT BLANEYin rear. Credi-t P.H. for thls phoEo.Thanks, Phi l. ,r
Wants Eo hear from buddies. That,rsnev srivgNS (zatn Med. & K 19th r51-r52)of 837 Brentwood, Vallejo CA. Sez he:ni".Li.ioit..d it'the fairous oct. r51 push.Wounded LO/29 near, Kumsong. 3 monEhs inhosoital in Osaka."
On the flack the Editsor has beenreceivine. BLAKE PHILLIPS (F 19th t46-'47,'50-t51)"6f 5631 BriEannia, SarasoEa FL,writess'"You are receiving air bursts.JusE put on your helmeE aia aig deeper."
-lrWord has it thaE iE takes 14000 East,
German soldiers go guard the Berlln WalI.
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Herers another Mingo Vasquez photo.PP (for Past President WALLY CUNNINGHAM
made the presentation of tshe WILLIAM J.VERBECK AWARD. LasE yearts awardee,JOHN KLUI'{P had returnLd home (story else-where) so old dependable Wally-fiIled thegapr announcing that this yeaf's awardee[oli to LEE LIST who ggve gg f]ye. longfanEastic years as Membership Chairman.You earned iE, Lee.t;r
Justs have to mention one of the manYwonderful "Chri-sEmas in August" gifEs --because of uhe love and sinceriEy iEconveved. CeiI LIST, wife of LEE LIST'contribuEed a lovely hand-made afghanwhich was won by Alice SANDERSONT- wife ofWILLIAI"I SANDERSON, and instantly becameEhe emy of all who saw it.
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Head Tab1e Personalities -- 0uEgoing PPDICK WATSON, looking relieved (nd not.e:you were greatr Dick), Iovely Ann AVERY,our new FirsE kdy (looking a wee bitworried), and Lt.Gen. DONALD RoSENBLLIM,our new Crown Prince, (looking a liutlebit doubtful. Photo by Mingo Vasquez.Thanks Mingo. _
For many, an Army reunion is nothingshort of nirvana. Observed were men
It's all relaE,ive: lihen you look at.this pict.ure, you may see a tree rsithapplies -- or you may see a mother andchild. As your perception shift.s back andforthryou may be able t.o see both.
ground in reason for boilingthaE they were 24th'ers and
some unspeakably horribleof birch, predestined tso beto the lst Cava1ry.
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RecenElv r'.rrote LLOYD POTTERTON (n tgtfr'44)-;f"iri B;i;;*, Spooner wr: "Greetingsfrom Northern Wisconsin. I have jusE
"",n"f"i"a reading every word of Lhe last'i;H;-;f -r"i.-r-.Er. riranks again. Eo vou f o
i;;-; iou werr done. Disregard Ehe
"I*"r"i""ti. The arnry was EulI of them';;;il-i-;otit u" able'Lo meet You all ini;;-'A";"i"" it ii surr,ffiex. Looking forruardto ChiEago in I 87.--.'it;;; indeed tough Eo lose-a--g-ood-ancl-ioval friend likE RoY C' BROI^JN' Ifit"i-fr,.c him on the Reunion for Peace
i."i-t"-ihe Philippines in 1984' we
U"""*"-f"it frienil's and I visiued him a
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home is open to any Division people,no t-r.t
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- ttrrou'gh Northe-rn, i'J i scons in'""-"i-*iih vou E[e best' of luck for thecoming yeat'."
Whatshouldldo?In case you have an extra ?2, YIY-:99
aroi^'"- f ir.' of good cheer, to -KEN RAYMICK
;:r[:l ii"'?xrlih,'il;."*l'lcl;.rt r,?4l'"iiir..-ir--lgii, which left- lris left sideLt"i"r-"a-ina ario affected h5-s speechUail:--lle have one sonr Keit'h-, who is5i-"'."="'.rl-i"a-i-gr",dson, who Ls 2>"
il"i,.[t-.":oy" uhe Taro Leai very rmrch's-iiiJ.i" ty r' Gv"tt " RaYmick. I'
The FE.SLewart Color Guard was terrific.A11 the way from Georgia for a few minuEesof work. ?ou were greaLr gang. DeePEhanks. And, of course, proudlyr-Eheycarried with chem t'he Division Colors.And we owe you Ehanks, General Cool,ey,for making it all possible. A M. Vasquez
We recent,ly intercepted a letEer to thenai[Ir-oi-A-.i Ti*"". 'Someone- had earlier;;;;-i"-; disiaraging leEEer about Ehe
iow-uEJ"t. clme 6ne-reply as follows:SAN ANTONIO, Texas - Col. Belcher' who wrote about
the POl[ medal in the Aug. I I issue, apparently never servedas a line offrcer in combai Most former POWs were takenin targe numbers as the result ofa blunder by higher com-mandlr a surprise enemy attack Americans captured at
Corregidor are a ease in point. The alternative was a dirty'useless death.
When the Germans blitzed at Kasserine Pass, CombatCommand A, lstArmored Division, was doubly decimated'The l68th Infantry, less one battalion not engaged, eeased
to exist as a unit. 0f40 offrcers in its 3d Battalion, all but onewere killed or caPtured.
Col. Thomas Diake, the regimental commander' and Lt'Col.John H. Van MietJr..3d Battalion commander, wereamongthose taken. As Drake said while interned at Oflag64, a &rman eamp forAmerican ground force oflicers,"Anyone who got close enough to the enemy to be cap-tured was close enought to be killed."
The POW medal is not a decoration, but a service medal'The latter are awarded for service in designated areas dur-ing specified periods oftime, just for being there Surgly'ttr6s6 wtro spent time in Japanese death camps or the HanoiHilton are as deserving ofreeognition as the GI whoserved in the Army ofOecupation ofGermany during theKorEan War.
To those who have long since stopped wearing the uni-form and ribbons, even to retiree functions' the POW servicemedal is meaningless except as a memento. But to any
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means ofrecognition amongthose who endured a uniqueexperience wf,ich cannot be shared oreven understood byanyone who wasn't there.
Those of you of late 1945 vint?gg--.- -"rr"-irr-wi11
'recaIl our C/S, Col. THOMAS D'Onefe'. Remember that order following[t. "io*ization
of Nagasaki: "Every manwill make a necktie by cut'ting uP a shirE-tail.il We were going into MaEsuyamawell dressed. e
The USA tras 220 people with dipl-omaticsEatsus in the USSR and the Soviets have490-;i ih. ""*. over here? Had enough?
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C.l. fa-u-"u?3rY.... StalN . . . . lt^Nor. . ..tlatIl.... warrAs. . .. ltcl( . . . ."
The banquet scenFwas faithilfi"'*impressive -- a subtle reminder that ourtrLditions are not tso be Eranrneled bymodern vulgariLies.a)
Over Ehe past 40 years, Ehe USA haspoured into the UN about l4-billiondollars. Had enough?
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The harshest sentence for espionagesince the electrocution of Julius andEthel Rosenberg -- a quarter cenLury ago --was handed dor^rn by a federal judge inSan Franclsco.
Beyond a $410'000 fine, convicted spyJerqr'l,Itritworth was sent,enced to 365 yearsin p-risonr with no possibility of parolefor'60 yeirs. If his currenl appeal fails-- as slems likely -- the 47-year-oldWhiEworth will die behind bars.
Thatrs as i.E should be.Reminds us of the one about the guY
who was meted out 125 years in the slanrner.
", ,fr! Judge, Ir11 never geE to the end
Replied the Judgel "Just do the bestyou cin."- Certainly Whitworthrs no Conununist,and he doesiltE seem Eo have been rm:ch ofa capitalist either -- au any rate, hesold- himself to Moscor.r very cheap.
A11 of which, in Ehe end, makes simPledeterrence the only point of the sentencepronounced in court. So that among theiuillions who work with classified informa-tion, any poor soul who qlgttt be tempEed,if only -foi a moment, will learn anuncomplicaEed less">
DON CUBBTSON, JR. (SZna Field '4L-142)of 1311 [.Ieber, Clea::uraEer FL, warms thecockles of our heart when he wriLes ofcockemania. Listen to Don. He makes moresense than the pointy heads along thePot,omac:ttl am greatly amused at the ArmytsregimenEal affiliati-on program. When the8000 colonels and sergeanti rnajor chosone of the 50 regiments to^ Qe in placeone of the 50 regiments to.be
The Marines of the 2nd Mari.ne Divisionmet in Orlando just abouL the t,ime wewere at, LAX.
Tempers flared when Capt. Saka Oba,ryho led the last Japanese troops tosurrender in hlorld War II, walked into thehotel lobby as a guest of former MarineCp1. Don Jooes.
While man1r ex-LeaEherrrecks were angrlrothers said they held no ill will Eowardtheir ex-eneflw.
oba, 7I, had led 350 civilians andsoldiers who fought from the rugged mor:n-Eain caves of Saipan for 18 monEhs afterthe American invasion of the wesEernPacific island in L944.
The force, which lived on snails andrations sEolen from the Americans, haddwindled Lo 46 by the Eime it surrenderedi-n Decembet L945', four monEhs after Japanrsr:nconditional surrender.
Oba said he was surprised by thebitt,erness he encountered.t'He couldntt believe iErrt said Jones,62, natt director of the U.S. Info::urationAgency foreign press cenEer in LosAnseles."We are using Ehis one without addingour oliTr conrnent.
_Clint. EasEwood will ptay a !,tarine Sgt.in upcoming "Heartbreak'Riige." pardoi
us. Skoshi problem. That EaEtle wasan Army effort,.
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in 1989 (three y6ars hence)'there'wiII bean average of 160 colonels/sergeantmajors per regiment. And imagine theregimental competition to win the popu-larity contests. Some may have 500colonels/sergeant nr,ajors, some only 50.H*r many GS-15 people will the Pentagonneed to keep the records up to date andinsure that a colonel of the unpity ninthis never ant *here near the umpity second.Cheers.'l
Cheers are right, Don, but fear not.Wer1l wager that-in 12 m6nths all of thisfoolishness will be forgotten.
-Army has been organizing and reorgani-z-
ing since '76 -- and we mean 1776. Youknour, of course, that a 2lst baLtalionis now at Schofield under the 25th flag.How do you like them apples?
HSend vour dues to:"z+ti rnf .Div.Assn."c/o Kenwood Ross120 }4aple St. rRoom 207Spf1d. MA 01103-2278
The only way to Iive haPPilY withpeople is to overlook their faults andadmire their virEues. WHERE ANYTHING ITXE
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The Task Force Smith 199nion was heldit coi*U"", OH in July rB5-:-- and we
"rrere;il";;:- n" jrr"t heard rfqq.I4fe Member
tli*,ud,ttl;u5:' *t1"1'?1.'q:3'i:li ii;'iltl"liit--"1'1""-oi *y *iy-to col:mbus oH
iIt-ui.-iask Force si"tittl- Reunion lasEiii"-I"a-*"" i.,.'irt'La-it' a-head on colli-!i"i, Iij-.ir"-wE"t-virginia rgrnpike and
i;;; -i; *ii" ." a reEult' - would like t'o
iiiii""rr" [it""[- cttief wyrick f or repre s ent-i;;-;il;'za[[- ""a
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iri?.;J-r"""="tl rt meanE an -awfur loE tome since I was hospit'alized during this'J;*;-;;;;.'Irv best t'o the- organization;i-"-bi;-terio-io-the memberE of Co' B
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* :l-:i;g ^g'ill :ff :."^:: "::I3: ",'fi :?l:*fl:t"'v!o!L!r.E ,5e,ve hadphoned her daughEer and saro, 'Y
:;;i;;-^-;;". frhen do You want me Lo bri!p1it-e a {py. n do you wanE me to bringtffi";ofi"Ifr''ttt.tI-i'"" '" pg"."e.aE the othei;;."-il;n her daugheur iigttea and said,ilrru^- u^l^ 14. tl'when hers 16. a The banquet t'aIk !y-ot-= h.ono5.guesE'
uailb'"n.-efrongll L. coOLEY, Ehe Divisione;#;e;r, ,.. a treaE for us a-.1-1' but;;;;;;;;io than for GARL BERNARD who
iIii"a"*"ih-rmrsiC in his words' . Especially*irrri"n-for Ehe cockles of his heart wereit;-'eefi.;ar'i critical conanents about the
"."f"*""t which we didntt have in that;iriI-'ilr*ei-of t50. Carl has- been cri'ss
"ro"'"i"* Lhe country singing Ehat song to
whomevei would lisEen.MrNGO VASQUEZ (t, Ztst, | 42-t 45) of
Box 553, Duait.e CA heard abouL us forthe firig time. Ten days laEer he becamefullv paid Life Member tl7o0- 17 dayslate'r ire was enjoying himself at' LAX.And 9 davs aftei ttraE he had camera shotsin our hinds. Like Ehis one of our guestof honor and banquets sPeaker, t'heDivision Conrnander, Maj.Gen. ANDREI'I L'COOLEY. -
Itfs all over when iErs over' So said.lonffi
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;iiri'"r-j+ ct.Ts"", ME.sinai NY' Tl"y
"i"i"a-z-L2-ig-zl'24-4L for us in the
fili'iort ioti"ry for over ? year' - 9qy"i;[";-ni.-ty-uid' s.t' of nr:inbeis' seldom
"*" ".r.t tlo".. .-Please inform- 111 9! my
;;i"i;; to quit.t' rt was a nobre effort,i;il-::-"ta uie're graueful to you for it'Would have been fun.
-JAI"IES l,I. MIMS (ffa pr Team 144-'45) of811 Lawson, Midland TX' is Eryilg-to locaEe
"r., fa*ilv'of one l'lAAS, KIA at' Palo.Sais Jim:- "As Eo Maas, Yes, I wish You*oirld see what the Taro Leaf mighE tsurn uP'Here is Ehe sEory. We meE on the USS
S"i-S"ip" going -overseas in July 1944' We
were aE a EeplacemenE Depot at Dabodura'ii"-r""-on guird duLy Eheie at a motor poolone nieht when a boa constrictor came
""ioii"tte road. A 6 x 5 truck ran over-iEilt-i; fi""iit iook a .45 sub to kill it!Then when I j-oined the 24th in OcE. 44'-Ti"" i"co him-again. He was ei-ther in thedefense plat.ooi or the M.P.s. On-Leyt'e,t. ,." oir guard on the bridge aE Palo,L + 2 or 3l the night. the JaPs- came inand shop ui che toin, and was killedih.r". ^ I thought he was from Fredericks-U,rin ix. or Kelrville TX, or somewhere initraE ar6a. I never knew any name buttMaas, I buE I guess iE could have beenMoss.' There w6s a fellor named Carterwho was one of our MPs, who told me howhe died.rt
Wetll see if we have rung a bell, Jim'Itr
t85-r87 annual dues are due'Sio.Oo will get You t'hroughEo 8/87.
GetEvsburs.F'ront iovs (kneeling 1. Eo r. ) LEE
ZATERSKT, ENSLEY BOYCE, EARL WTLSON'FRED KING.
Back rors (seanding I. to r.).LAS DICK. HOSIARD WILSON. LEODALI,AS DICK. HO}IARD LEO WAGGONER,uALLIa.) I/IVI\1 fivw.uv wl4vt!, uuv
JESSE FOSTER, JOE CENGA, FRANK SMITH,JOHN CARTER. HENRY I"ICCI.JMBIE.JOHN CARTER, HENRY I"ICCLJMBTE.
,e we were afitrnerresaE LAX, this group was it up at
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r-,lVord f rom JOi{NI.IY i"lUGIlES (C lgth '50-t53) in expressing regret at noL making
LA"\. Good r.rife, Thelma, has a heartproblem and that,rs r.;hy they had to stayat ,tet,,port Richey FL.
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When Kipling wrote of MandalayAnd flying fish and stuff,Of elephants and teakwood andOf living that is rough,He might have known his IndiaBut on my word - sad sack-He never saw this hopeless place -The Island of Biak.
Oh yes, we have the palm trees andThe coconuts galore,The lovely blue Pacific, too,To wash the coral shore,And natives by the score or so
Each in his filthy shack,But for the life of me, the DutchCan have their Island Biak.
I've dipped into the salty surf,I've wandered on the shore,I've seen the golden sunset whenThe blist'ring day was o'er;I've tasted of the tropics, butThere's something that they lackI have no hopes of finding onThe Island of Biak.
I've seen the South Sea movies ofSlim girls in gay sarongs,Who danced in silver moonlight toThe music of the gongs;I've seen the luscious Dotty bringHer errant lover back,But Crables are unheard of onThe Island of Biak.
Behold the dusky siren withFlat feet and kinky hair,The men attired in G-strings soiled,The kids with bottoms bare;Their mouths are stained with betel nut.Bright red against the black -'Tis these that we must live with onThe Island of Biak.
When hellish day has ended andThe night birds drive us nuts,When gnats and bugs and roaches playAt tag across our butts,Composed at last for slumber onThe hard and dusty sack,Oh, how our inmost being damnsThe Island of Biak.
-The police seem Eo be no longer caPableof enforcing traffic laws. Driversroutinely drive through red lights andsEop signs, making each of our cities moreand-more like a Central American republic.
JusE learned of o? "*i"tance --RENNE L. VERMONT (I 34rh ,44-t46) of9853 }4yron, Pico Rivera CA. Hers in noo!
Renne and Rachel have 3 sons. Hers apor^rer equipment mechanic.
Jackie MATHISmind posting forgrateful to you,cooperaEion.
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with all of u-s. Itsrs VICENTE SYDIONGCO,all the way from Tacloban. But joy of joys,this year he brought with him his absoluEe-Iy beaut.iful -- and charming -- daughter'Jov. We missed vou Indv buE vou senE apr'ecious and de light.ful' "alLe-rnaEet'.Good shoE. Phil. _
Inquiry in from GENE MCCORMICK, (ZAttrBattld Grbtp r61-r64 in }tunich), 6fBox 197, Glenwood NJ. And novr he's in.Welcome aboard, Gene. Calls us Ehettumbilical cord" to our beloved Division.Lovely way of putting it.
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nossNsiufi and Ellse and ToM C0MPERE. I'Ie
""tEh-HosTETTER Eo get a good closeup -of
r[]i-:i.t"E. Ana, Fnit, fo, did. ThankYou.
-At the business meeting, the nominationsrolled rhrough like Tennyson's brook --WARREN AVERY for PresidenE, Lt.Gen. DONALDROSENBLLTM for Veep and you knor* the resE.
r85 - r87 annual d= are due.
Division License Plgt'es: Forget Lhem'
st,eiirt-i"pott".it is "A11 out -- may
have some ,not. ti-t iew months.'' Wat'ch
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-More Ehan a ferv of us reqlized Ehe
ultimate -- we *"t fli'"beEh.Taylor' She
ii"-It"-crowne P].,aza's catering directorffi ;;;t-ui- "" lovelY as tshe realMcCoy. iiame PurPle eYes Eoo'
Rumor has it that the Headquarters aLSEewarE is being named for--Mqi.Gen'inmsRrcr a. IRVING, our w[I II Conrnander.A;a ,; are as happy'as clams aE high t'ide'
This closeup was just too nice to run aoink slio on. 'It,ts 6ur new President,fuannnu AVERY, just 7 hours into Ehe job -and doing niiely - and one of our favorites,Phyllis tatSONr- our retiring First, L"9y,lust Z hours ouE of the job -- and doingirarvelously. You snapped a beauty thisLime, Phil HostetEer.
When the posEa1 folks wenE bananas wiEhtheir two letuer'abbreviaLions' Ehings wenEto H---; did you noticg? Quiqk -- does I'lAsEand f6r Mai-ne -- ot I'Lary1and -- orMassachuseEts -- and does MI stand forMichigan or Minnesota or Mississippi orMissouri?
The worst thine -- among mar5r' EhatJinrrv Carter gave us was the law aboutsturning right-on a red light -or a stoP-
"ign. "We Epent 75 years-Leaching people
whit, to do bn red, bn yeIlow, and on green-- and Ehen blew it all to I{--- with oneflick of a White House pen. Now you haveto be on your guard aE every inEersection'Thanks J.C.
-our fiscal runs from 8/L/85 r,o 8/L/87.$10.00 will cover it.
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ED FARMITR and PAUL NELSON are talkinesomething over. For Swede, itts "Bud" I-all the way, especially if youfre havingmore than one. A Hostett,er mast.erpiece.
When Bob Gibson *.?"o"h=ined in theBaseball HaIl of Famel Cincinnati Redsmanager PeEe Rose gave him the ultirnatecomolimenE.ttcibsonril said Rose, Ithas got to be Eheluckiest pitcher in baseball. He onlypitches on the days when the oEher teamdoesntE, score any- runs."
-!Why is iE t,hat. those who have somethinsEo say can't say iL, while t,hose who have"noLhing to say keep saying it?
BEETLE BATLEY By Mort Walkerhle admit t.o something of a fascination
wiEh the cartooning of Mort l,lalker. Herehe is with a stuffed Beetle Bailey.
Sociologist.s and cu1Lural historiansare ccrning Eo regard the funnies as anarchive of social patterns and change,as coflrmentaries on polit.ical and culturaltrends. Maybe so. A11 we knorv is Lhatwetre in love rvith l'liss Buxley and rve likefrom t,ime-Eo-Eime to gi-ve you a chance tosavor some of the fruits of our passion.
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'IIANY IIMES DO WE ITAVE IO IEII YOU TO IAKC OTT THAT
S|CN WHEN YOU COrvlt llol,tE FROrS WOIX?" -sgr. Douero' so.slcdi
rDJOHN PETE O'CONNELL (5Eh RCT '52-r53)
of Rt,. 1, Box 141, Cameron I'lO wants toknow how he can contacE some old buddies.EZ, John. Give us Eheir names and wer 11be ouE with feelers for you.
6ch rk.Bn."r""rl-Anyone got one hewnats Eo sive awav -- or sell? DURILMARTINDALE (C Ottr Tk.Bn. of course), of245 N.State, Caro MI is anxious to gethis hands on one. Also, herd like tohear from anyone who rvas at Pusan Camp II.
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Terrific, HosEetsEer,You caught, DON KNAPTON'and JOE PEYTON in this
simply Lerrific.VICENTE SYDIONGCO
friendly pose. $10.00 will get
'What did You say to him?'
-you Ehrough to 8/87.
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we have i.r"t ,"-""ited news on the lateANICETO t'Buady'r FAROLA who, at Lhe timeof his passing was Chief of Police atSto.Tomas Davao NorEa in the P.I. Buddywas a scouE for Ehe 21sL on the Lubangoperation and also on Mindanao. He diedon Nov. 20, 1984, accordj-ng Eo a cablefrom his widow, Rosa White Farola. Then,only Ehe other day, Buddyrs sisEer, TrinaFarolarwrote us, saying she had finallyfound our name and address. But Ehe poini s that Trina gave us the news thaL Buddyhad been killed. He was I'shot dead bvarmed men believed Eo be Nerv Peoplers-Army rebels in Mat.ina, Davao Clty. Farolawas-visiting a relative when three menarmed with .45 caliber pistols shot him.He died on Ehe spot wiEh two bullet woundin Ehe head and two in Ehe abdomen."
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Over the years, wetve tsried, wiEhconslderable- success, to sEay ouE of ourpictures. BuE herers a case where wewanted vou Eo see our old friend, URBAN
"suburbin Urban" THROM and our faithfulsal Fridav. Beverly Corris who bringsEhese issiri:s finaliy to pass. So what's aguy gonna do? Phil; you might have askedus Eo duck.
One ni.ce thing about PHIL HOSTETTER I swork. He geEs up close so You can seethose precious faces, like these of ALand Heien BRANDESKY. Alrs a very quieEchap; like the silenE one in Ehose Bartles& Jaymes conrnercials.
Here's a }ittr"G". of croubre inchis busv world. Whv not drop ELMER T.REDOIINET'a line or a card. Hers B 3rd Eng.and 19uhr9/45-Lo/46. A1, thatrs his nick-name, hairgs out at 5J Na3hr:a, Eas! PgpperellI.{A 0i437.- Parkinsonfs Disease. Don'texpect any reply; A1 has greats difficultygettint it down- on paper. NoEes or cardswill thrill him. Thanks.
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to lose several keys at, the same time.Advice for executives over 50: Keep anopen mind and a closed refrigerator.
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Herers a repeat. JOE HOFRICHTER andVAL SCHAAF appear in other picEures butgolly gee, ch-is one of HostetEerts issimpiy-so fantastic that we're gonnasneak it in. As you can see, Joe is aJack Daniels man. Good Easte, Joe --i-n your booze, i-n your lady, in everythingyou do.
FOne of our favoriEes of favoriEes,
Margaret PEYTON. Know an Edit.or shouldn'tsin[le out favoriEes -- but, gosh we'veknown this gal for -- shal1 we Lell rem,
Maggie, Ehe nurnber of years? You caughEEhat, precious smile, Phil. Thanks.
Kathv KNoX wrote "Bud" GoLLETTE t.oadvise him ttat, I'my husband, DONALD KNO)-('passed alay suddenly and very unexPectedly-on April 18ttr wtrite- in tlashington doingreseirch on Ehe second volume of theKorean War. IEs been a terrible shock tome and his family as Dona1d was in goodhealth and there was no warning.
"Voh-une II is going to be completed byanother autshorr hourever at this Eime Ido not knorrr who it will be. Don hadwriEten 2/3r s of it before he died but,it will still be a big project for thenew author.tt er86-t87 annual dues are due.
$10.00 will get you throughto 8/87.
Weeks before we asked a few members to
"oniiiurt,e a few prizes for our "christmasin AugusE" Fri-day- night act,ivity. We endeduo wiEh 81. Thahk you, conEributors; youribvaltv is showing.- And Ehanks, Phil,fo'r maiting this rEcord for posterity.
EllJe have some neat litt1e wallets-sized
1986-87 football schedules.Anyone interested in having one can
send L self-addressed postagelpaid (22C)envelope to Kenwood Ross, LzO MapleSt., Springfield MA 0LL03-2278 and we'11send i-t out via return rnail.
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GreaE letter from l4ary Alice DAVIS,RAYMONDTs wonderful bet.t-er or best half .Theyrre aE Box 272AAA, Woodland MS. Raywas'(A 24 Yled. t43-t45.) The other da|at the Legion Post in Calhoun City, Raywas awarded a Bronze Star and a GoodConducE -- abouL 41 years laLe. Rayrslearning Eo operat,e a computer in themaking of paEterns for Lhe chairs hiscompaiy mai<es. Adds Mary Alice: "He hasstarEed on computers so he has to leave allover again. I think he has some smartst,o do this at 67. Loves his work. ReallyI think hers better off working thanreEiring. Irm not expect.ing you Eo puE allthis in the paper. I just got carriedaway. rt '
Get carried away some more Mary Alice,we love iE. r,
Another Mingo Vasquez special. That,rsElise COMPERE feeking behiird Lhe speakerrssLand, TOM COMPERE, anxious to speak, andCC BOB ENDER, speaking.
Somewhere in tn?aistant DasL. hrementioned che litt,le Nip "koibitos.t'Responded EARSEL t'Ed" BONDS (Task ForceSmith) of 514 S.Main. Lovineton NM:"As I remember 'Michikot shE used to sav.'Why you come my house you no have moneiri t
"tI. love you payday. - L no love you youno nave monev.'ttBroke my'(16) year old heart.t'
Ours too, Ed.
And the Korea boys think they've had adirty deal. Think of the poor St.LouisCardinals. They knor^r what they like inarE, and they don'u like this -painting.rntj.tled simfly "The carr," iLrs apostimpressionistic, postseason renderingof umpire Don Denkinger's conEroversialcall in the sixth gaile of the r85 worldSeries. As any Missouri schoolkid couldrecite for you: Denkinger ruled the KansasCity Royals' Jorge Orta safe at. first;replays shoged he was out. The Royalssubsequently rallied and won Lhe game andthen Game 7. Cards fans remain convincedthe Series was sEolen.
Bill VonSeggern, a lawYer in GrandIsland, Neb., felt thar way and cornmis-sioned loca1 artist Bob Kerby to do thepainting. Aft.er Kerby capEured the awfulmoment on canvas, VonSeggern foundedBad Call Poster Co. and began sellingcopies of the work for $15 each. But theCalds, saying they wanted to puL the callbehind thi:m ind aiso claiming- trademarkinfringement, demanded that VonSeggernstop selling the posters.- VonSeggernr- whohas- sold moie than 500 of them, says hewon'E close up shop.
PSSI!PAUL CAIN (r SArrr t42-145), of Box
3LlLr.Champaign IL, makes a pret.ty heftycontribution to our kitry --- f or i^rtrich burdeep thanks, Paul - and Florence - whichent,itles him, we believe, to have includedin our pages, this litEle fable:-_.- "l'fy Uncle Pat, had a good Irish frj_end,Mike. They both worked at the local brerv-ery. One day, Mike fel1 into a vat, anddrowned. Pat. decided he should stop by andconsole the widow. She rras very grievi:aand wanted to knorr.r, rDid he havi: 5 goodand easy death? | PaE, being t,he genElemanthat he was, advised her Ehat he was surehe did, '...in fact., he got out and went.to t,he toilet. twice. ril
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Good friend RALPH I'IELCLIER ( ttt'ir F and63rd F t46-148), President of she 25uirInf.Assoc. -- &Dd one of our members too -thoushufully senE us Pages ouL ofii.pl. Lightning News, Ehe oivisionr spapbr at. Schofield. Chick.sr eat yourheirts ouE -- Part of t'Yog" is -atSchofield. DillnrE knor,rr EhaL, did you.Here,read Ehis: iltrffi
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September 20, 1863. On a field in north-western Georgia, 120,fl)0 Arnericans losttleir Lives along tJle banks of ttre Chicka-mauga Creek. It was called t}re bloodiestbattle of the Civil War, second in casualtiesonly to tlte battle of Gettysburg. Among thedead were soldiers from tlrc lst Battalion,l9thlnfantryRegiment.
Despite losing one third of their unit in thebattle, the l9th earned t}le reputation "TheRock of Chickamauga" for bravelystanding their ground on the battlefield,even under severe enemy fire. The reputa-tion has l,asted 125 years.
"I've been in the Army for 2l years," saidB Co., 1-19th Inf. lst Sgt. Joseph Seott, "andthis is one of tJle best crops of soldiers I'veseen. The soldier of tlte eighties wantsexcitement and challenge - it's good tosee."
Excitement and challenge have faced thebattalion soldiers each day for the past 10months. Aecording to battalion comrnanderLt. Col. Craiger C. Parker,.the regiment hasbeen at a double tirne since July 1985, whenthey deployed to Thailand for ExerciseCobra Gold.
Immediately following that, the battalionbegan to prepare for tleir light infantry re-organization. lVhile turning in equipmentand closing out the Combat Support Com-pany, tltey also ran the Conroy operationsfor units deploying to Japan.
Next, Bravo Company deployed to SubicBay, the Philippines, for a seven-weeksecurity mlssion. In January of this year,the battalion's leaders went to FortBenning, Ga., for tlte Light l-eaders Course.By t}te end of February, t}re battalion hadgone through t,l.e Tropic Lightning FightersCourse I and by the end of March, they hadfinished the second phase as well.
"Ttre Light Fighters courses were reallygood training," qil. Philip Corbo, B Co."It's always good to get away from garrisonlife and get back to what you're trained todo. Nobody like; getting up every day andlooking at the quad."
C!1. Ronald W. Brisbee agreed. "Themorale has defirtitely gone up," he said."The Light Fighters Course brought out theweaknesses and strong points of the bat-talion. It helped us understand each otherbetter."
The l-l9ttt recently handled ttre MCC mis-sion for deploying the division to Korea andalso redeploying them to Hawaii.
While busy completing training, deploy-ing and various other missions, the bat-talion made several significant achieve-ments.
The 1-19th is t}re only battalion in the divi-sion in whieh all companies have earned thesilver, gold and green streamers;
.they placed second overall as a battalionat the Division Organization Day last Oc-tober, despite having many of their soldiersin the Philippines;
.A Company won t}te flag football cham-pionships in December;
othe battalion won fiscal year '85 reenlist-ment awards in division and brigade com-petitions;
.the battalion has won the first and secondquarter frscal in division and brigade com-petitions;
.A Company was named tlte brigade com-pany of the quarter for the first quarter offiscal year'86;
.tle battalion Personnel and Administra-tion Center won their second PAC of Excel-Ience award from division;
.A Company has sponsored Christmasand Valentine's Day parties for the Area-wide Horizons Senior Citizens;
.Bravo and Charlie Corllpanies areinvolved with the ROTC prograrns at Waia-nae and Farrington High Schools, respec-tively"
For the past month, the battalion has beenmoving from E to F quad.
"There's some historical significance inthe move," said Maj. Christopher Leahy,the battaUon's executive officer. ..In 1g3l,when F Quad was completed, the l-l9thInfantry was the first to locate in the quad.
"The Rock has also been in quads C, K, Eand now back to F," he added.
The move has meant plenty of overtimefor the troops. Besides moving equipment,furniture, and everything else of irnpor-Lance, soldiers have been reconstructingoffices and painting everything that doesn'tmove Ught blue. Effi
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Just, let a smile be your r-unbrellatAnd your 11 get. a mouLhful of rain.
eFellars insomnia was so bad, he could
not even sleep when its was Lime to geL up'
-MEL and Naomi rEr-n (c rgtn | 42'' 45)or iio* 530, rot.a CiEy-oK, is trvine tolocate G 19th *". oi i'is ir'' eiry Eakers?
'IOur suggesEion: NexE time thaEPresident-fleagan and Czat Gorbachev meet;L-;-;,"*,it...:RR should say, "Tell youwhat: vou let out all tshe people Ehat wanEio l6ale Ehe USSR, and wet1l 1et out allitr.-p""pt. it"t wint to leave the USA.'.
-Februarv talk: "You knov, I wouldnrtmind all this ice and sleet and sno^rind slush so rm:ch, if onIY iL cgme inilly, -rtt." ihe *.itt er is- nice. "
-Our cover for this issue? TheResolut,ion passed by tlle City of LosAngeles to honor us- and pre-s-ented EoPrEsidenEs DICK WATSON and WARREN AVERY
"L th. Citsy HaII by PresidenE- of LheCouncil Pat Russeli. Truly the reproduc-tion fails us as iE is a r-educEion byabouE half, in drab black and white. Theorieinal his Eo be seen to be appreciated;ittE a riou of colors and rmrch of t'heiallieraphv is black and gold and is;il;i; etsLatic. I'Ie're debating fomardingiu to'Stervart for safekeeping with t'hei."i of the Crown jewels.- Litt1e known isthat ouiet unassumine GOLDIE NORT0N wasresoorisible for Ehis-lit.t1e sideshow.Hati off to Goldie! I
{EOne parE of the COOLEY message aE
LAX was that we had Eo plaY a ParE inencouraging this defense preparednessbusiness. -And rile agree. BuL Ehi.s, too,we know -- in the first 5 years of RR,wetve spent $1.1 trillion on Lhe defensebudgeE.
EMort, Walker
Same curves.
Fello,rr complaining about hisresLaurant Eab being-too high. "$10.00for choooed liver? Whose liver was iE --racoccar i?" ;|+
The members aL I-AX, 'four publicrt'didnrt hesitate to tell us whaE they likeand dontt like, abouE our AssociaEion,iEs administraEion, iLs newsletters,iEs conventsions. As it should be. Remindsus of the rookie pitcher who complainedwhen 3 pitches Eo Rogers Hornsby werecalled bal1s. The uipire replii:d, ttYoung
man, when you pitch a strike, Mr. Hornsbywill leE you knotr." Our public lets usknow, and that, is good.
-In a MAX CIZON leEter, fgllovuing LAX'came Ehe thoughtful wordss "Bob-Endertwith the greaL help of his lovelYRobertsa, iiid a masterful job -- deserves--*r.fr-*oiu recognition thai he was shown."In a reply, we wroEe: t\.Ionderful seeingyou once again after 1o these many years.' ttThat gnder didnf t receive moreapplause than he did bothers usrto-o,--aithoueh Bob and RoberLa were Loo busy tonot.icei WerlI Ery to compensate for ourneglect in other i^rays. We should havedone sorneEhing there -- but wer too, werebusv.Itwetre going t.o try Eo makg a lucubra-Eion on it"in Ehe next issue.t'
Wetve worked hand-in-glove wit'h quitea few of our conventsion chairman over Ehemany years -- but never, neverr with cheeasL i'rith'which we were in Eune withBob Ender. The rmrsic was grand and EheproducE -- olLt days of EogeEhern€ss --irade Ln:< one of our best, if not Ehe best,all due t,o Bob, his gracious helpmate,RoberEa, and his aides-de-camp includingGoldie Norton, Bill Hanson, Jim ErwintJoe McKeon and Lhe oLhers who assuredlywill come down on us for Ehe omissi-ons.We wrote somewhere that every organizationneeds -- but, has few-movers and shakers.Of the heavyaeighEs we have knownr_ here-and in othe-r organizauions of which we haveknowledge, Ender is Ehe Mover & ShakerSupreme--- in a class all by himself.Think you, Bob. And as if he hadnrt, hadenough, hers now our Membership Chairman.Stay tuned. Iaralso draws another sEriP, Hi & Lois.
Hi & lois 7 ay rr,rOnf Wer-r<En and DtK BROWNE
cHtP WANTS To aEe A tAoVtE1ALLE7\NTTACK''2F TieuA qPrye'? AANK.TeLLeRs.ttlff'o RNreDiRx'
tT'g 50 stcKENtNoIT,LLSENO YOU AO THE
IN MEMORIAN4We have lost another good buddv --
LEO J. MCDONNELL (24Eh QM r53-t54), of1715 Prospect Av., Scranton PA 18505.Leo_passgd away in July 1985. A few weeksearller he had joined bur Life Memberranks. Josephine, his widow, nursed himIoyaIIy through his last, yeais of sickness.We have lost a wonderful inember.
,Willie T. Lewis (104A oak Hitl Dr.,
Wilkesboro NC 28697) has advised us oithe passing of her beloved HARRY G. LEI^IIS.Victim of a stroke, Harry had t,osit in achair all of Lhe time.
. From. his devot.a?i.r,a, BILL KEYES(D 21st) comes news of Lhe oassins ofRTCHARD "Dick" AI'{ERMAN (o zisr .+i-r+5)on last JuIy 25ch. Poor Dick had been-in failing health in a rest, home forhis last 3 yea-rs. 8i11, an army buddyand near neighbor in Lhe after-war years,was ever faithful to Dick, waEching- ouEfor him, proEecting him rvhen theytd cometogeLher to our reunions, and attendingto his wants and nee4s during his sadlydeclining years in EhaL place where noneof us want t.o end up -- a rest home.lrqvo, BilI Keyes for over 40 years ofdedicaEed loyaity.
DDonald Knox, the author of The Korean
I{ar - An Or41 History died lasE-A[[email protected] in tireprocess of r,rriEing the sequel Eo it whenhe died. He lived in San Diego and rvehad inviLed him Eo LtJ( ti-rat he mightpersonally int.erview more of our peoplefor his sequel. He had already includeclin his earlier book, our own, includingc.r"J. iiBillii I.IENI\TTNGER, u,cv ienilurt,I'JoRTON GOLDSTEIN, LEONAP.D I(ORGIE,PHTLTP DAY JR. , I{TLLIAI'I i.ryRrCK, CHARLUSPAYNE, I.JILLIAI'I CALDI.JELL, III, FRAIKTI{OLIPSON, JR., RoBERT I'lARPllR, THIIR}IANcossArRT, JR., l.iADE HERTTAGE, ROBERT DEI/S,HERSHIL ANDERSOI'I, D.q,NIEL CAVANAUGH, andI'JARREN AVERY
,Our hearEs go ouL to Mrs. JOHN R. SHAY
(Mary) in the recent loss of her saintedMother. Mary's at 1129 Shermer, Glenview,rL 60025
-JIM rREDERICK, (E 34th), of Arlington,TX, lost his youngest sisEer in Floridalast April.
President WARREN AUSTIN Eelephoned usthe news of the passing, on Julir 4th. ofWALTER C. CHRISTTAUSON-(C :+ttr ''44-t45and M 34th and H 21st '49-151. Hiswidow, Rose, whom we remember fromCincinnati '84 can be reached at RR 1,Christie Rd., Ladysmith BC Canada
Ghlonderfully warm words from CHARLIE
CARD (B 34r.h 'r 44-t 46) of I3l1 Hearhwood,Houston TX 77077), "Your death notice onTI{OMAS RHEM, Memphis, recalls a man rvhowas relatively old for combat...whowas revered, respected, and who hada mature gent.leness in his manner ofpushing and pulling us through some roughcombat days -- A Eru1y fine human being."
Beaut.ifully spoken -- or writEen --Charlie. thairk |ou! !
MRTrN E. I,,rUSKE?B Zlst 6/42-9/45)of 514 S.Gilman Av., Litchfield W,died Aug. 13, 1985 after a long bravefight. Wrote his widow, Evelyn: "Hisdistinguished military service wasfollowed by a successful career in farmingin LaMoure County, North Dakot,a. He lovedanimals, the land, and all gro^ring things.He was a quieE dignified man who maintairredhis erecL military bearing, was proud Eohave served his country. And was a tgoodsoldierr all his life.rr
Word has been Geived thatMARVTN J. SANDERS (O 3rd rng. r50-r51)of Thayer MO, passed away on June 20r1985.
Word has u"., f,?..ived from GeorgePapanic, Jr., advising us of the pa-ssingawav of his father. GEORGE "Keouiki"PAPirNIc, sR. (D 19lh | 4O-t 44). YoungGeorge would appreciaEe hearing fromanyone who knew his late Dad. 195 Morse-mere Av., Yonkers I'IY 10703, will reach him.
OWord has been received of Ehe passing
on of JAI.,IES E. FOLEY, JR. who served wiEhthe Division in West, Germany. Jim diedg1_Jqrne 9, 1986. He was living at20245 Derby, Detroit MI.
OSAI'{ BUFALINO (5rh RCT) of L2L7 Stoan,
Scranton PA made the LEO MCDONNELLfuneraL. Said the Association flonrersttwere beautiful .tt
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Died 25 September 1983 inWoshington, DC, oged 72 yeorc.
lnl!.m.nl: W..t Poinl Ccmcl.ty, WG.l Point, Ncw York
Wrlltrrt ALEXANDEn CuNNIxcmrr, IIIWrnrrv ALEXaNDER CuNxrxcmu III wasbom 10 May l9ll in Athens, Ceorgia. Hisfather, bom in Nashville, Tennessee, had beena fomer head fmtball mach at the Univer-sity of Georgia for eight years, then enteredthi: Regular Army during World War I, seruedwith distinction, retired as a colonel in 1946and subsequently served as assistant adiutantgeneral of Georgia. Bill's mother, Ada Ritterfrom Fairland, Oklahoma, died when he wastwo years old.
Bill attended high school in Athens, Gorgiaand Chattanooga, Tennessee. He enlisted inthe Regular Army as an infantryman in 1928,served two years as a soldier, attended theArmy West Point Preparatory School at FortMcPhenon, Ceorgia in 1929-30, and won acompetitive appointment to the United StatesMilitary Academy.
As a cadet Bill was well liked and respectedby all. Perhaps the most eloquent descriptionof Bill as a cadet, and one which describeshim throughout his life, is this excerpt fromthe 1934 HOWITZER: "There is branded onevery graduate a certain maturity beyondnormal years. In almost every case the naturalmanifestations are obvious-Bill is the exception. He has been the exception in every phaseof his cadetship-iovial, amiable, easy-going,and yet behind the lackadaisical mamer thatso constantly invites friendship there is apower to analyze Iogically and without preiu-dice. Bill's opinions are not quickly reached,ffxed nor faunted; consequently they aresought and respected." Bill treasured hiscadet yars and would tell you with a grinand a sparkle in his eyes that he was thebest qualiffed and experienced "area bird"of his era. He participated in several sportsincluding track and cross country. Perhapsthe accomplishment as a cadet of which hewas proudest was his selection for member-ship on the Honor Committee.
Bill's 6mt assignment was to the 3rd Bat-talion, 29th Infantry Regiment at Fort Sill,Oklahoma where he met, courted and in
1937 maried Madera (Deede) Maddux, hisbeloved wife of forty-six years. He next wasmoved to the Hawaiian Division where heserued at Schofield Barracks and the KilaueaMilitary Camp. In 1940 he was assigned tothe 16th Infantry Regiment, lst Infantry Di-vision at Fort Devens, Massachusetts wherehe began a long and close association withthe BIG RED ONE. After that he attendedthe Infantry School at Fort Benning, Georgia,graduating in 1942. From the school he wassent to Camp Blanding, Florida as battalioncommander of the lst Battalion, l6th InfantryRegiment, lst Infantry Division, then to Eng-land in August 1942 and thence to NorthAfrica. Here he led his battalion through thelandings and through the battle of El Cuettarin which he was severely wounded. After sixmonths of hospitalization, in September 1943,he was ordered from Walter Reed Hospitalto the Command and General Staff College,Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. Here he was theftrst instructor assigned who had World WarII combat experience.
Bill serued almost half of his commissionedseruice in the Paciffc and Far East areas. FromJanuary 1945 to February 1946 he servedon the loint staff of the Okinawa Island Com-mand 331, as assistant chief of stafi C-3 andparticipated in the Okinawa landings andoperations. Later, in f946-f947 he consecu-tively serued as assistant chief of staff G-4,Okinawa Base Command and as executiveofficer 24th Infanhy Regiment until Novem-ber 1947 when he was ordered to Washing-ton, DC and assigned for duty as chief ofthe Organization and Training Division inthe Office of the Deputy Chief of Stafi forOperations, Department of the Amy. He heldthis position during the period in which theArmy Field Forces were ieorganized. In lg49Bill was ordered to the Amed Forces StafiCollege in Norfolk, Virginia. After graduationhe reported to Fort Bragg, North Carolina forduty with the Army Air Support Board. Herehe was primarily responsible for organizingthe Army Air Support Center and co-authoredthe air-ground operational doctrine later usedin Korean operations.
In 1952 Bill was retumed to the PaciftcTheatre for duty with the Plans and Opera-tions Division, Joint Staff, Headquarters, Com-mander in Chief Paciffc Theatre. As CINC-PAC's plans and policy offcer, he participatedin the theatre operational planning during theperiod of the Indo-China conflict and theQuemoy crisis. He was also military coordi-nator for our many pacts with allied countriesincluding Anzus, Five Powers and SEATO.
His next move returned him to the IstInfantry Division at Fort Riley, Kansas wherehe successively served as commanding officer,l8th Infantry Regiment and division chief ofstaff. After promotion to brigadier general in1958 he was ordered to Korea where heserved consecutively as senior advisor to theRepublic of Korea Joint Stafi, assistant chiefof staff G-3, Headquarters Eighth Army andassistant division commander, lst CavalryDivision. Returning to the Zone of the Interiorin January 1960, Bill was appointed assistantcommandant of the Command and CeneralStaff College at Fort Leavenwoilh, Kansas.Upon promotion to maior general in 1961,he was ordered to Headquarters UnitedStates Amy Europe as deputy chief of staff,G-l in which capacity he serued until May196i8 when he was assigned as commandinggeneral, 24th Infantry Division in Augsburg,Gemany. Bill's ffnal assignment was as com-manding general, IV Corps in Birmingham,Alabama from which position he retired inr96€
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This obir apPeared in Assembly, t'he West' Point, ah:rnni magazine.
Bill's widely diversiffed assignments through-out his career spanned the full spectrum ofthe most exacting types of duties to be de-manded of an Army officer. His stafi experi-ences included general, ioint and combinedstafi assigrunents, whereas his command dutiesincluded all echelons of command from pla-toon leader through division and corps com-mander. His performance in service to hiscountry both in war and peace was ex-emplary and in keeping with the ideals of hisAlma Mater; Duty-Honor-Counky.
Any nanation of Bill Cunningham's life andmilitary service would not reflect an accuratepicture of the man without a few wordsconceming his personal hobbies, pursuits,characteristics md interests. He was devotedto his wife Deede and to their children. Hewas an enthusiastic sports advocate and par-ticipant. One of his favorite sports was tenniswhich he and Deede frequently played to-gether. He spent much of his spare timegardening, his specialty was roses, and he wesa goumet cook. Bill was an avid reader, par-ticularly of books on military history. He hada remarkable memory and was an expert ongenealogy. Bill was extremely proud of hisheritage and could quote dates, names, places,maniages, etc. ad inffnitum. Probabfy hismost pronounced characteristics were his won-derful sense of humor, his quick wit, and hisgreat empathy for the views and feelings ofothers. These attributes made him many ad-mirers and lifelong friends.
After retirement Bill held three civilianpositions; ffrst, assistant director of an engi-neering 6rm in Saigon; second, director, NewYork Transportation Authority; and third, di-rector of Lake Lanier Development in Gaines-ville, Georgia.
In 1974 Bill and Deede moved to Mathews,Virginia where they lived until Bill's death inSeptember 1988. '
Bill is suruived by his wife Madera(Deede) Maddux Cunningham who still re-sides in Mathews, Virginia; son William Alex-ander Cunningham IV who lives in Williams-burg, Virginia; and daughter Susan Madera,Mrs. W. T. Fleming, of Washington, DC; andthree grandchildren.
Classmates L.A.W. Jr. and W.H.C.
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