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Return tos24th Infantry DivisionKenwood Ross, Edltor120 !,Iaple St,reeESpringfleld, MA01r03
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vol,. D(xrv -N0.7 1980 - 1981
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TARO LEAFvol. xxxtv - No. 7 1980-1981
The publication "of, by and ror those who served or nowthe glorious United States 24th lnlantry Division, andlrequently by the 24th tNFANTRY DtVtStON ASSOCTATTONofficers are:
Presldent:Walter Cunningham - 2B2g Maryland Ave.,Baltimore, MD 21218 . .. Tel. 301-249-6191
Vlce Presldenl:Dallas Dick - 1701 Bridge St.,New Cumberland, PA 17OlO . ..Tel.71l-17,Sec'y.-Treas.-E dltor:Kenwood Ross - 120 Mapte St.,Springfield, MA 01103 . . Office Tel. 413-733-31
Home Tet. 4't3-739-95g1
Conventlon Chalrman:Howard R. Lumsden - i67 Hickory St.,Wood River, lL. 62095 .. Tet. 61&259-Stt1
Chaplain:Joseph l. Peyton1405 Belrnore Court, Lutherville, MD 21093
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Associat.ion membershlp is open Eoanyone and everyone \rho'$rears or everwore t,he Taro Leaf. Dues are $10 perallnum, inclusive of a subscrlption- to
]the publicaEion, Taro Leaf. '
Taro Leaf was founded in L947 byJames G. Falrbrother, iEs ftrst Elitor,over a cheap domesEic ale in Houllhant s01d Ale House.
A11 correspondence (manuscrlpts,subscriptions, t,hreaEenlng let,Lers,federal granEs, etc.) shouta be senE to120 lhple St., Springftetd, ltA 0tl03.
Publlshed remarkably without regard to9ex, life-style, race, color, creEd or(most. redundant,ly of all) nationalorigln.
The Division HtsEoryr covering 194I-1981, will be releasel iusE as soon astle Edltor, who is rrritlnS iE, canflnish it. Please bear with ihis poor,Eired old man a llctle blt loneer.' Th;cosE-: $29 per copy. OnIy memEers willDe allowed Eo purchase copies.
We have been walt,lng -- and waltlng-- apd waltlng -- for ieports from ouion-the-spot reporter8 coverlng thesEorles of 1) the death of Mai.Gen.CHARLES B. LYMAN, the one-t,lmE reeimentalcomEnder of the 21st, t42-144t aia Z)the ceremonles surrouildlng the'dedlca-tlon of the Maj.Gen. ROSCOE B. WOODRUFFtheatre at Ft.Stewart, honorlne ourone-time Dlvlslon Coniander, L1/44-LL/ 45.The arcalted reports have nol been forth-comlng. We sentence those concerned to10 stralght hours of t'My Mother The Carttrerrms. lbenty minuEec ago, our fat,and j.o11y-prlnter, Harry--[oienr- calied,pleading for this issue- t'todav" --because-t'the next three weeks'are golngto be klIlers, and I wanE to push Ehe -Taro Leaf through ahead of ali el8e.ttSo ahead of "aIL eIEe" goes Ehle lssuesans the "Lllr Lyman and- ttvlctoree,volleyball and vilvecapsl Woodruff '
sstorles -- along wlth our apologlesto the readerahlp.
-BOB JOHNSON, (.tgth, 34th & 21sc '51-'53)of Somerville, LIA, keeps finding newpfo-specEive members. A real ea[er beaver1ft_lljust one complainE. He tives au24.tlhipple Srreet.- He says he gecs mailaddressed to 242 Chipple 3r. and, 2r*Z ---Shipple St. Says if-iris eraa; schoolteacher finds out, about, iE she'l1 ralseI-. Says he always did have troubleln penmanship. Remember how they usedt.o make us do those up and down itrokes -and then the circles?- Wow, thaE wasumpteen years ago.
From ever-thought,ful l{aJ.Gen.AUBREY S.NEWMAN -- there rye go mentionlng one of -
generals again, darn lt -- comeE thlsone on Gen. Tmuyukl y*nashlta -- oops,a secoad onelll
Red tells us Ehat workers dleelns anlrrlgatlon proJeet uncovered $2IE mifiiorworth of gold antlques belleved Eo belhe legendary lforld War II 'rTreaeure ofYanashtEa" hldden by a Japanese general.
tJord of the flnd- brought thoutandsof reeldents armed wlth Ehovels andpicks lnto the area near the small farm-lng town-of San Mlguel in Surlgio-Oe1--Sur provlnce.
A Phlllpplnee natlonal pollce gookes-oan sald a bulldozer operator on thelrrlgatlon project uneirthed a nrnber ofantlque flgurlnea and statues made ofsolld go1d.
The spokesnan said consEructloncollpany offlclals Eheorized the coldenant,lques were parE of the fabled-rTrea-sure of Yrqashlta.tr Tales of the trea-sure have exlted Flliplno lmaglnationsslnce warrs end.
The stores have been perslsEent and.telI of a large horde of- loor cofiecieaP]r {3paT.se- Imperlal forces in Burma,Thalland-, Chlna and other Asian counl,rlcsdurlng Ehe war.
Ynmashlta was aaslgned corrnander of!lrq-:lapg"eee Imperlal-forces in therh:.lt-pplnes shorEly before it,s LiberaClonby Allled forces iir 1945.
Amerlcan forces captured, tried and
Blg:o the Japanese slnerat'rn-rite----
Please donrt fret tf therets nothlnco-n the program for everry nlnute of eveivdgy gt -St.Loule. The obJecr la Juet Eo'slt. tracf r relax, and slmfiIy eaJoy oneanother'a good company.
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^ Maj.,Gen. _JAMES I'. C0CHRAN, III,Commander of the 24Eh Infant,ry Di;ision(Mechanized) and Fort, St,ewart', hasannounced his retirement as of May 31st.
General Cochran is retiring af-ter 30years of military service. His overseastours included both Korea and Vietnam,where he served as a bat,talion conrnander.Among his stateside assignments wereChief of Staff of the 82nd AirborneDivision and Connnander of the First ROTCRegion.
He has been the Commander of theDivision and of Fort Stewart since Aug.3,L979. He has guided rhe division in lts'iniEial role in the Rapid DeploymentForce.
General Cochran int,ends tomanagement consulting firm incoming months.
He leaves Division with thewarmest good wishes from eachonce served.
organize aEhe
veryof us who
As we went Eo press, past president.LESTER L. WHEELER; and Dortie roo - ofcourse - were touring port.ugal. How weenvy you wonderful folks. -
Moved, ctoytffi'*, ro 308 sanraMargarita, San Clemente, CaI. Where havewe heard of that torrn before?
Another mover - Lt,.Col. JERRY SEYMOUR(Hq.Bt,qy. Triple Nlckel '50-r51 & 7rhFA aE Riley '59-f70), has moved totsox 1255, Alton, IL. Jerryrs ret,ired.He and Sandy have 6 - Holy Toledo! ! !Debbie, Stever @, Davld, Pana & Philip.Bring the whole gang to St.LouisrJerry.
LifE MCMb"' :g::il;ffi SMITTIWICK,(D 21 t43-t45), of Ponce de Leon, Mo.,writes:t'Would like to hear from anyone fromD 21st r43-r45. By the way, my idea ofthe l"iarines is:
MARINES -MINI, ARI,IY, REAR, INF, NEWS,
ECHELON SQ. 'lWe printrem just as we gettem; we
don'E always understand 'em, but, weprinE tem anyway.
Moved: DALE W. FIELDS, (C 19rh r43-'45), Ace Syndicate, his 6wri publicrelat.ions fi-rm, nor{, gets lts mait atN 5510 Bemis, Spokane, Washington.
Unable to fly in to SEewart for theWoodruf f memoriilizing ceremonies,Presidenr WALTER CUNNINGHAIVI cableil thisgracious noEe to the Division Conrnander:t'Dear General Cochran:
"The 24th Infantry DivlsionAssociation expresses our deep apprecla-tion to you ani The Deputy fn^staiiationConrnander_for your action- in designatingthe Fort Stewart main post theatei as amemorial to Ehe late Major GeneralROSCoE B. WOOIIRUFF. We feel thls is mostappropriate in honoring a superb soldierwho led us in some of our mo-st arduousoperat.ions in World War II. Col. HARRYRUBIN will represent the Association at.the Dedication Ceremony. BesE wishes toyou and_ all those eurrently serving inthe 24Eh Division.
WALTER CUNNINGHAM, President24th Infantry Division Associationil
- Thank you, _Wal1y, for speaking so welltor so many of us.
Our last issue cost $0.5g per copy t.oplil! and 90.52 per copy ro *iit. ii,"ri"_$1.10 to put the-copy iirto a *"*U"ri"-- -hand. Terrific arithmeric! i !Lousy economics!l! Got any ideas????
ERRATUI'I and EXCUSATIO. We donrtlgTT?IIy lry 19 correcr. our errors bycalling att,ention thereto in the next1ssue. Likewise as to apologies Eherefor.Being the writer, the task of alsoproofing your osrn copy is difficult underthe besE of condiEions. And this is alittle old one-horse outfit to begin -with. So be iE.. BuE one error ii thelast issue haunts us. Our caption toPHIL HOSTETTERTs picture of the signinviEing Ehe boys- to the brothel rEadthat it was in Kochi, Kyushu. Kochiwas in Shikoku. Hortr could we have hadsuch a lapse of memory? hTetre sorry.
"Sorge, iusi becouse you boil some eggs in this woter, thot do€,not sotisfy the requirement for chicken soupt"
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Presldent WALTER CLJNNINGHAT'{r s firsEcall-to-mind on Brlg.Gen. LrIL LYMAN
upon learnlng of hls death was of asiene ln hls-tent at Hollandia inAueust of 144. Lyman had just beenawlrded his sEar -and Ehat, famous rumor(false of course) of a Getman surrenderhad sone tround the world, finallYskldiilng ln along Ehe azurg blue watersof Lake-Seatanl.- Lyman, who had come uPto Dlvlslon Hqs. orr' some kind of business,cavallerly passed off the news whenouestlone-d Lbouc iE with someEhing likedtrls: t'The reason, of course, is obvious.iii"v-tt.iia Ltt"t ryman has maile General."
BILL DAVIDSON lntercepEed the news ofthe passlng on of Brig.Gen. CHARLES B.LYMAN, regimenEal cormnander of the 21st.t43-t44, on April 15th, in West Chester,PA after a long illness. He was 92.
Servlces and burial were at ArlingtonNatlonal Cemetery.
Lyman and his brother, the lat.eGen. Albert LSrman, were Ehe firstHawaiians Eo become Army generals. Hewas one of three members of his familyto graduaEe from I,IesE Point, havingentered Ehe academy in 1909.
After the attack on Pearl Harbor, hebecame responsible for marEial law inEhe Hawallan Islands.
Later he parEicipat,ed in campaignsthroughout. the Pacific, including Luzonand Leyte and Hollandla.
At the surrender, he was a brigadiergeneral and combat conmander of the32nd Dlvision and parEieipaEed in Ehesignlng of the peace treaEy aE Baguio,Luzon.
He retlred ln 1945 to his horse farmln Chester County.
Lyman had a lifelong love of horses.Although an Infantry officer, helnstructed the cavalry school at Ft..RileRKan., before the war, trained with theU.S. Olvmoic Polo Team and was named"Father'oi Polo in the rnfantry" ln 1929for organizing the first infant,ry polotean uo defeal the cavalryts polo team.
He ls survlved by his wi-fe, a sonand two grandchildren.
AMERI.{AN, (D 21st. | 43-t 45), ofDrlve, Wethersfield, CT 051-09,to hear from any of hls oId- and as Dick says, ttl do mean
RAY PATTON made the trip to Californiaall the way from St. Pete, FL where he'smanaglng thc Begt West,errr North, 54thAve. N., aE I-275. Stop ln if you'rei-n tolrn, looklng for a motel. Ray wantsus Eo consider hls place for a convention.It,'s an ldea, Ray. -Send us your1 it,erature. _Sign on lawn: t'Divorce Sale -Ev6rything Eo go - including husband."
DICK83 Reedanxlousbuddlesroldr.fr
Herers a sad one - from SAI'1 GAROFOLAof Box 74, Vernon, I'Ia.:
"The reason for writ,ing this is inregard to JAMES COGSURN. I4y wife and Ivisited him recently at, his mountainhome in Tenn.ttl firsu met Cogburn in I'larch of r41on the rHunter Leg[ettr. I had left fromthe Brooklyn Navy Yard and Gogburn boardedat Charleston, S.C. 0n arrival aESchofield, we were both assigned t,o E 19thand we became good friends.
"In l-eb. '43, r left the Division,but Cogburn stayed with Easy Co. throughI^JW II and into the Korea where he wascaptured and then released after thewar. Menta11y, he has never fullyrecovered from this. In t53, he raninto a litt,le misforLune when a few ofthe mountain boys got involved in ashooting spree and a Deputy Shefiff gotcaught in the crossfire and was killed.For this, Cogburn served 20 years.
"My wife and I spoke to several peoplefrom the area who feel he received a bumdeal. Cogburn Lives all alone in hismountain shack. We found him to be amost gentle person. He doesnrt complain.No radio or TV. A11 he has to live foris just trying Eo survive, his dogswho live with him, and mosE of all, hismemories of Easy Company.
"Now if he c6uld ireai from some of hisold buddies, I know it would do wondersfor him. Address is: James Cogburn,RD ll1, Box 68, Huron, Tennesse6 38345."
Sam, werve put the word out and wetllhope Jim Cogburn will be flooded wlthwords of cheer. Our own is already onits way Eo him.
PP (Thatrs Past President)DICK LIGMAN, (3rd Eng.) of 442L N.Moni-tor, Chicago, reports ttkidney sEones -meaning he-has te*, or rathei had rem.
Okay, now Dlck?
RR, with his now famous guip, I'Irdrather be in Philadelphl-ar" has openedthe floodgates for a revival of theEerriflc one-Ilners of all--tlme. Like"Damn the torpedoesl full speed aheadrrlor "I onlv reiret that I have buc oneetc., etc....ltt or t'Give me liberty orgive me death.t' or our orrn l"lcAulif-fe'srNuts. " And ilon t t f orget Claude Raines,the urbane chief in Casablanca. for hlst'Round up the usual suspects.t'' NorW.C.Fields, wiEh gallorzs hunor for thehangman who asked him lf he had one lastrequesE,. Replied WCFs "Yes, Ird likeLo see Paris before I die. "
Then therers GabLets "Frankly, nrydear, I dontt give a damn." An-d'neverlose sight of Marllyn l"lonroe I s shorstopper when the reporter asked herwhat she slept. ln. With wide eyedinnocence, cime the reply, rrOne'litEledrop of French perfr:me. "
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Not,es for our columns come fromLr.Col. WALTER W. FMNCK, (24 qM 4/47-L2/49), and for sa.me we are grateful.WroEe WaLt from 3409 Portsmouth,Hopewe1l, Va.:- ttNice-t,o recelve the Taro Leaf andenjoyed readlng about some old buddles,especlally the ltems submlt,ted by nryold boss and st,111 great frlendCol. Jlm Ogletree. He was a great,Dlvlslon Quart,er:nraster and had thetOff Dr.rtvt handle of Uncle Jlm.
"I se-rved wlth the 24th QM Co. fromApril l947-December 1949 at Kashll andKokura, Japan. I would be happy tohear from the o1d gang; say Hello Eothem for me.
'tlSgt, RoberE Toler, 24th QM, Ret,iredon length of Servlce, several years ago,ls llvlng aE 9007 Pennrose l-ane, Llt,EleRock, Arkansas, 72205. Both Bob andwife, Gladys, are ln poor heaLth andwould welcome hearing from old friends.
"Deceaseds Major James B. Lavender,24th Divtsi-on Veterlnarian, CampKashli Japan and Kokura - L947-1950.ttDoct' was- Ln corrrmand of the monr:mental-task of cleaning up tthe rations messtleft by the I'Iarines aE Sasebo when theydepartLd. He dldntE kncnc the word'qirit' !
"Major Thomas M. Prlce, 24th QM1947-1950, aE Camp Kashii, Japan andKokura, Japan. Retired for Serviceconnected dlsabllity in 1952. DiedJr:ne 1979 ln VA Hospital, Minneapolls.Tom came to Ehe 24th vla North Afrlca;Anzlo Beach; IEaly, Normandy, France &Ger:rnany. General Patton would havebestow-ed hls htgh award of : tGoodSoldierr. ttis ilidow Margaret, residesaE 226 Grand, Wlnona, MlnnesoEa 55987.
"CWO George M. Rivenbark, 24Elr.Medics, retlred on length of service,llves--aE Rt. 1, Box 55, Burgaw, N.C.29425n.
Great report, Walt. Thanks agaln.
DoNALD sPArD oilorrr. in rhe '46-| 47 peri,od - that. would be- in Hakata,right Don? - $/anLs t.o hear from rnen heserved with. Don, which baLt,alion? Hada back injury and is anxious t.o hearfrom fellas who remember iE. There vouare Donl Oops, almost. forgoE - DontiaE Market St., Mifflinville, PA 18631.Hope this pulls for you, Don.
4""'h dodThe Boarding Kennel
"l wouldn't slayanywherc else."
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NICK LATAI,TISHEN, (B1gr,h | 4L-t 42),9f 3305 Belsford, BaLtimore, MD wrif,esrftDo wanE to say i.hat in the'last lagueI received, I discovered a fellow memberof Go. B-19th. I do enJoy the lsaueygry-rmrch. Enclosed ls-my dues. SorryI'm Late and wlll.-nory knoilr beEter. feLpup the fine work.r'
Nlce words, Nick. Thank you. Gladwe could help you meet an ol'd friend.That,'s the most rewardlng part of oureffort _
Do we wanE tee-shlrEs, wlth 24thDlvlslon emblazoned across the frontsof our hairy chests? Ah, that ls thequestlon put fonrard by JOHN E. CI-ARKof 316 Burmont, Drexel H111, Pa. Wepromlsed Johnny werd put the questlonout to you. By the way, Johnny, whatunlt were you ln?
Anxlous to make the December returnto Wahoo are the. FRED KLINGBAILTs, (L9thand 21st r40-r45), of 2L7 Llnwood,Stevens Point, Wls.
"Well, may I suggest we re-submit th' 'over-th'-top'idea for furlher critical consideration?"
BILL WILLMoT, (2lst. '44-'46), of 1530Venus, Merritt. I., FL, has an idea.Says he: "RegimenEa1 Crests make anexcellent decoration for Bolo Ties.Slmply cut. off or file off the clasp onthe back of the insignia and glue on(with epoxy) one of the double loopsthat are used Eo hold the neck cord andpresEo you have a beautlful Bolo tlethat pr6udly displays your regiment."Thank you, Bi1t. You never stsop comingup wiEh ideas. We appreciate it.
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Lt.Gen. EDI.IARD L. ROI.INY has beenappolnLed by RR as hls Chlef arms controlnegotlator.
General Rorny was a member of thetean that helped negotlat,e the strat,eglc-arms treaty slgned ln Vlenna tlro year!ago. He laEer retlred from Ehe servlccto campalgn against it, argulng that thetreaty gave the SovieE Unlon an unfalradvantage over the UniEed StaEes ln Eelusof "heaiy missilesl and the so-calledBackfird bourber.
A White House announcement sald thatGeneral Ronny would be speclal repre-sentatlve an'd chlef negotiator "fbr almsconErol and disarmamenE negotiatlonsrrla t,itle that, could theoretically puE hlnin charge not, only of fuEure st-rateglcarms LimitaElon negotiations with EheRussi-ans but also EaLks on reduclngmedfum-range nuclear mlsslles ln Europe.
Rorny served as a battallon cormnnderin World lJar II and as a regimenEalcorrnander ln Ehe Korean War. He waslat,er asslsEant. divlsion cosrnander ofthe 82d Alrborne, coumander of the24th Infantry Divlsion in West Ger:nanyand comnander of I Corps in Korea.
As a staff officer, he helped planthe anphlblous landlng at Inchon ln theKorean War, served wlth the Joint Chlefsof Staff, and was the chlef loglstlclanfor the Aray ln Europe. He set up a teamto tesL and evaluate counter lnsurgencyin Vietnam and was deputy chief ofresearch and development at the-Pentagon.
A good part, of General Rorrny's careerhas been in quasl-diplomatlc postsln Europe, where he has been DeputyChief of Staff of the European Cmaand,deputy chafuman of the North AE1antlcTrLaty Organizatlon's MllitaryCorunittee ln Brussels, and the repre-sentatlve of the Jolnt Chiefs of Staff
Herets one from SAMUEL W. NEI,II'IAN, of5413 l^ake Llndenwood, Waco, TX 76710.ttA few years befoie I{1./ iI before the24th Dlvislon was so named, it was theHawallan Dlvision. I was a memberfron 1932 t,o 1934.- -
ttl -aa t,tying Eo locaEe one of my
frlends of rny younger days who servedwlEh me at Schofield in -r33 and '34. It,ls Just posslble that there are membersof the Association who may have knownuy frlend of long ago. C-ould you run aquery rnrch llke the following:
Schofleld Barracks, 1933-1934.SAII{UEL I.I. NEI^II'{AN, 5413 Lake LindenwoodDrlve, Waco, TX ls trying Eo locateROBERT E. BLAKE with whom he servedln HQ HAI.IAIIAII DMSION 1933-1934.Appreclate any knorrledge of hiswhereabouts.t'I losE track of Bobbv Blake earlv in
I.J[I II. One of our old-time muEual fiiendsbelleves Ehat Bobby was killed ln Franceshortly after the llormandy invasion.ttl i.rent t,o the Paclf ic'in the surtrnerof '42 - Nen Gulnea and P.I., and camehome ln r45.
rrThanklng--you for your courtesy inEhls matterlt'-
There lt, ls Saur; anything for aNewman! ! !
_DICK REINKE, (Otv. Hq. | 44-'46), of
7015-9ch Ave., Bradenton, FL, sends usthls one:
If good glrls go to Heaven,And bad girls go Eo HelI,Where do prost.itutes go?To the Virgin Islandsto be recycled.
to the talks onthe limitatlon ofsErategic armswlth the Sovlet,Unlon from 1973t,o 1979.
As a scholar,he earnedbachelor's degresfrom Johns Hofl<lnsin Baltimore andthe l4llitary Aca-denry aE WestPoinE, two mas-terr s degreesfrom Yale, and adocEorate lninternatlonalrelations atAmerican Univer-siEy ln Washlng-ton in 1977.
We're trying hard to keep this a familypaper, Dick, and here you run this kind ofstuff in on us. Does Marie know youtreout peddling pornographic IiE,eraLure?Hell, we don't even have a pornograph.
General Bomy was bor:n ln Ba1t,lmoreon Aprll 3, 1917. Hls father rras aPollsh rumlgrant who had llved underRusslan rul.e and been forced to speakRusslan lnstead of Po1lsh. As a boy,Edward worked for his father on con-strue-tion jobs, chlpplng cement from bricke.That grind, sald a friend, taught, hlmthrlst, and patlence.
After his graduatlon from West Polntln 1941, he -e3i1"d Mary Rita Leyko.They have fl-ve grorn chlldren, Marcla,Peter, PauL, Mlchael and Grayson, whols called John and ls a roek-and-rollmuslclan.
General Rorny plays golf buE shooEeln the high 90's. A frlend saya he playsthe harmonlca bet,t,er and has b-een knornEo call up senators and sergeants ontheir blrthdavs to serenade them wlth"H"ppy Birthdly."
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"Everything r s flne ln l(ansas Cityt' -tscuse irs, w6 mean ttColonlal Hts., -Va.--that I s rilht nexL Eo Peteq-slu1g andFt,.Lee. Anwrav LINDY RADCLIFF livesih"r". He'i a szna 6/49 - 7/5L andhis street, 18 608 Dover Lane. Llndymarrled Kvung ln Korea. What we starEedto say wai tf,at LlndY ls on hls waY cobecoming a Llfe Member.
KEN FENTNER favors the NiagaraH11;; ior our t82 convenElon sfte, 3
Ufocts away from the falLs - 101. r99Ts,ifr" fargest ln the area. In fact It's;i;;"I-;E; onry one of a size caPabre ofhandllng our crowd.
At KeysEone Race Track,ln l,[ray, Ehey ran a GeneralLyman Handlcap ln honor ofbrother.
LOUIS HALDEI,,ANN, r:niE uncertain, of627 Fairview, Wis., reporEs in faith-fuLly wlth dues. He speaks of a groupmeeting ln Wllllamsburg, Iorra, last.July. -TeII us about iE, Lou. Who wasthere? Any plctures?
Llfe l,lember BOB CHALUPA' (Hq. 3rdBn. 21st, '45-t46), of 9541 S. 89th'Palos Hi1ls, IL, spott,ed CHRISTIAT'IMARTIN t s name aird plcture ln our lastIssue. These folki vislted ln r50;thev hope to Isee them and other oldiiilnas-ln St.Louls ln AugusE,. werrecounttng on you Eo be there Bob; besure to brlng Rlta.
In case youtre new at St.Louls, dontt,be bashful.- Step fornard, and Press Eheflesh -- wlth anyone and everyone. In5 mlnutes, lttIl be llke old tlmes allover agaln.
RAYMOND and Peggy ANDRUS, (L 34rh'43-'46) of 11843-E[rrgess, whirtler, GA.,report ln.wlEh dues. WeII, Peggy does;Ray doesnrt Ilke t,o wrlt,e. - HeYs alumberman, foreman of Ehe largest yardand mill ln So.CaI., and lumbEruren, weknor dontt like to wrlEe.
-_ - DoN cuBBrsor\,FF' tt+L-t4z), r3r1Weber, Clea::vrat.er, FL, suggests aDirectory of Members. Werie done oneevery 3 or 4 years. IEts an exDensiveundert,aking. That I s why we havln't doneit more often. Werll a-o it again soon,Don.
in PA, lateCharles B.our departed
My mother-in-law is a dear. Iwish the hunting season were on.
" . . . And in front of tlrc cntirc bollcry I rhout d, 'l'm or olog for wordrl' . . . Thcy riortrd chcrringl"
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- :'An- glad Harry rubln wag able to go.If he had not be-en able to qo. that -would have poeed a real dll;Ei for me.
"I had aiready flgured out what toBay -- no long apeech or eulogy, lustrecound ny knowledge through s-eveialllttLe lncldenta of the klnd of offlcer,gcntlenan, soldier and -- behlnd thatEruff ext6rlor -- a klrdand frlendly oanl
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Mal-.Gen. AUBREY S. NEIIMAN very mtrchwanted to represent the Assoclation atthe Woodnrff ceremoales at Stoart butwas held back by hlg trtlcker problemttwhlch acts up oir hlm no and then. AsRed wrote:t'I had called Stewart and reportedthat I would represent, the Assollatlon.
"I had also irrltten }hi.Gen.Gochran --a Datter of prot,ocol -- t;lllnc hlo Iwould arrlve- at the theatre afEer lunch.so a8 to cause no trouble ---6?l-n6:F'partlclpate Ia the planned program foreol. Woilruff (the Generaf i s&r) --as that would take the llght anay fromhlm ln gome deqree.
"Then I wenE dorntwn and got caughtln a booby trap trafflc gltuaElon ---andgot a-tlcket,. Thls wae a most r:nsettllngexperlence, and probably wag ln eomemeasure the spark that bet ln motlon rypast tlcker troubl€ -- a8 had happened-whea I tur:ned back ln Alaska en i6ute tothe Phll.lppiaea. No paln, Juet aEatter of dlfflculty ln breithlng,aeed for orrygen -- 80 travel nrled
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JACK NEDERFIEID, (Hq. 19th). ofBt: I, BgT_ 155, Weetfleld, pa., 1G950,wrlEesl "Ttranks t,o JOE pBfTON I traa a'call from TOI{Y CA,SSAI.TASSIMA ln Seneca
!il*lr'l;{n',3lir51fi "Igo,LTi.: #:$I.The last I saw of elther of ttrin wat whenthey ellpped hone from New GuLnea. Surewas good to hear from then ngaln. tstetrtwrltes that he is havlng eerlous troublewlth his Ieg. I- thlnk i fero prayers areln order. He agked for lnforilationabout t'Rocktt Flynn and "Tony SorieelH.I wonder lf anyone can help.
There arentt too many nimes of people1.
"gg,plly rras wlth in lrour papersi UirtEnrough t,he years trany nases have becomeso famillar that I feLl as if I kncrthem. Keep up the good work.t,
- WIIJER MAGEL, (Hq. 3rd Bn. Zlst. t42-'45), of 7L4 Aeind,'Bur1lngt,on, Iora,sends us the name of KEN PATE, (E L9tht42-t45), also of Burllngton.- I(en lsnor ln. Adds Wllber: "Sure was nlce tosee the plcture on the cover of the laatlssue of our reunlon." Were happy topfln! lt, Wllber; only sorry 1r- tbok aIlttle tlme to get IE ln.
Dropped out of slght - C.G. andYqfjorle MYERS (52nd F. t4L-t46), of4700 Old Salem, Eaglewood, Ohlo.
- GC wasa Cormo. Sgt. wlth the 52nd. HeIl of a
cornrunLcator today. tfust have forgotall he ever learn-ed. Hls mall keelscomlng back.
Ltfe Menb""rnffi payabre g2o peryear for 5 years.
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The new Dlvlslon C.G.? l(new Yourdask. As of June Ist, lt becameMaj.Gen. JOHN R. GALVIN, fo:merlYasit. Deputy Chlef of Staff for Tralnlng'TRADOC.
Born May 13, 1929 ln Massachusettsthe was west Point r54.
Went to 65 Inf. r55-r55. Advlsor toGolomblan Armrr 156-r58. 101 Abn. Dlv.t58-160. TARS r51. l'1A Eng. colunbla 162,
Englleh Dept. WPMA t52-'65. Conurand &Geieral Staff CoIIege 166. Hq. Lst AlrCav. RVN t66-t67. O.Chlef of Info.DA r57. Ho. ACDC t70-75. C0 3 DISCOIiGermanv'75-'77. Consresslonal Surplust77-'7e. MGA l,lalnz '79-'80. DGST TRADoct 90.
We saytt{elc@ett to General Galvln.
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Talk about, fllIing uP a PicEure,set a glance at t'his-one, will YouEleaseT In Ehe usual lefE-to-rlghtitanner. it,ts Life Member JIMFnnpinicr, (E 34th 144-t45),
9FZirO-u"tei.e, lrl-inguon' Tex (trome of[tr" ni"g"rs), and t'f,e giant.gold o1duarman.".llcr'rtix, (e 5+ttr'43-'45),of 600-8. Oli-ve, Burbank, Cal.ilm and Loulse were ln Calif. thlsspring and called on Jack and Augustaf'or a-happY get Eogether.
Werre plaYlng the trlpa and toura lnThe costs are sLmP1or kev aL St.Louls.
orohlbitlve. Beeldeiiitrruitr"e. - geiiaes' more Ehan a fen o'"ri
"ar,q have clearly stated a genulne'""i g"ts have c1earlY
dlsllke for such.
BILL MULLINS, (C 13Eh r t42-'44) of3412 Logan Vlew, Baltlmore, Md., notlcedour lltEle ''GTH" In our last duee notlce.Asked lf lt meant t'Go to Hawatlrr. No,8111, but yourre hot.
A rettred porttseal! !11 yggt:) .ls noc one of'us -- JOE-BOCCHINOT (L 34thr41-t45), of L79 Kings, Madlsonr^N:J.Joe telii abouE the Elne the DlvlslonCormander came lnspectlng through. He
stoooed bv the man- sEandi-ng next Eo Joeina'isted h1m what, was the-job of theieelmental. comrander- The young soldler,obilouslv flusEered, b)-urted ouE, "S1r,it " cotohel can do just about arrythlnghe lranEs.t' _
LYMAN MILLER, (B 21st, r43-r45), ofParker, S.D., found Ehls one of hlnselfand SKROPITS,GRAZIER,JTLSON,COSTELLO,LEONARD,BARFIELD,PULLIAI.{and hlsnlbs lnthe veryfront -naEch. Hecanttrecall theothere.Says lt. wason Mindanaoln thestrnmer of| 45.
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Carrle WRIGHT, Jlm's beEter half sentin the final payment, on his Llfe Member-ship. Jlm was E-19, t43-t45, and he andCarrie are at Pea Ridge, Ark., so theyrllbe at St,.Louis. They say KEN PATE frbmBurlingEon, Iora dropped ln on EhemrecenEly. Say Ken w111 be at. St.LoulsEoo.
Be sure to step forreard at St.Louisand ext,end your war:ur weleome hand toVINCENTE SYDIONGCO. Hers coming all rheway from Jakarta, Indonesia. to-be withps. . Snobbery-he I 11 need llke DollyPart,on needs falsies.- - -rf_.we s tighE fro=frI6-Lr,lMsDEN,157 Hicko.ry-Streer, Wood Rlveri IL 62095,our erstwhlle membership chalrman, itls for the same reason tritlcs dlicuss theproduct,ion, not Ehe--play, when theyreview King Lear. Hin, foiny times can9ne- say ltrs the best play ever wrltten.We-knor Lr:m ls the best mlmbershlp king'wetve ever had. We expecE trim-t,o Uegreat. Hcrc many t,lmes can we say it?^ Ggr. (xer.) sau SIMS WALKER, 55, rhe
A_rmy's youngesE. four-st,ar .qeneial 6t thetime of his ret,iremenE in tgZS, has been1"199 superintendent. of Virginia MiliraryInstitute.
A decorated baEElefield veteran of theKorean and Vietnam wars, I./alker heldconrnand posEs with diplomatic involvementsdgli"e the laErer -srage of his 3}-yearmilitary career. FIe was promoted iofour-star rank in 1977 whln he was madecommander of liATOrs land-based forces inSoutheast Europe, the command from whichhe retired.
Before enEering West point,, Walker at-tended WII as a member of the-class of1945.
Walker received his commission in Eheinfantry upon graduaEion from West poinEin 1946. He complet.ed infanEry and air-borne Eraining and served with'the llthAbn.Div. in Japan before the outbreakof the Korean [^Iar.
In Korea he was a company conrnanderin the 24th Inf.Div. and- laier was anaide t.o Gen.Douglas MacArthur. In thedecade follouing the Korean war, Walkerserved in various staff and conmandpositions and as aide de-camD t,o Ehen-Arrny Chief of Staff Gen. Maxwell Taylor.During these years he graduated frofrr theComrnand and General StAff College andfrom the l,lational War College. -l-le holdsa masEerrs degree from Geor[e WashingionUniversity.
Walker returned to Korea in 1962 andserved for eight months rsith Ehe UnitedNations Conrnand U.S. Forces Koreabefore becoming secreEary of the JoinEUIrC/USFK staff in Seoul.- He lat,erserved as a bat,talion conrnander in Germary.In 1965 Walker was assigned t,o Vietnamwhere he became conunander 5f tfre Ist Inf .Divf s. 2d. Bde. A year lat,er he enteredHarvard University -Advanced ivianagemenEProgram and, in 1969, r^/on his fiist star
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and assignment as comrnanaanilFCaa;ts___at r^7est, Point. He remained at thet'iilitary Academy 9nti1 1971 when he becamecorrrnanding gelei:al of the 3d l;i.oi".r--"!i*$eUl, staying inthis conrnand unrilryl4 when he became U.S. Conrnander,BerIin.
Walker returned to the U.S. in 1975.qo_serve as CG, Forces Comd, FortI'lcPherson, Ga. Following his promotionto four-star rank, he waI assiined aicomrnander of Allied Land Force6 inSoutheast Europe.
The general- is married to the formerCharlotte Behrenberg. They have threechildren; two sonsr-both hl'est pointgraduates, and a diughter who is a seniorat Auburn UnlversiLyl
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BEN LEA, (13rh r i41-r45),Grove, Ore. Oh weIl, let'sag ttMlkett wrote lt:ttA llttle somethlng enclosed to helpwlth malllng at least my copy of theTaro Leaf for awhlle. Also an ldea thatI am already trying out. I placed anadd ln our local paper, Eugene, Oregon(1001000 Pop) telIlng of our organl-a-tlon and llstlng your address as contact,.You can get a pretty blg weekend ad forless than $10.00. If all meoberswould sprlng for a weekend ad lt wouldcover the count,ry. If they cantt hackthe cost, maybe a note tacked Eo thelocal credlt unlon bulLetln board orrsude Parlorr, or all two of lE, wouldcaEch the eye of a potentlal member.
''t,Ias schLduled tb make the last blaetat Pit,tsburgh along wlth RALPH PFISTERof Fr.Worthl also Y41-r45, but wound upgettlng a leg fused solld aft,er a woodsi.njury- so Ra1ph went alone and reportedone--heIl of a good Elme.
llemberof CottageprlnE It, just
"Thev saved me a Iec and I havedevelopLd a real good'Festus Shuffle'and Ralph and I are already talklng I
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and Raiph and I aie already talklng aboutSt,.Lou1s.ilAm pald up ln the dues departmentforever-and also ln advance for theHlsEorT. Canrt walt - but I w111 keepa llttle comlng lnt,o the stamP fr.rnd orlf vou have a fund for a member whoreaily needs a dues pa)rmenE occaslonallyuse lt there'
Mrke"Great heart there, Mlke. l'fuch thanks.
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wouldn't pul you in for o rocker? Well . . . Surprirel"
JOHNNY NEENAN, (5rh RCT '50-r52),of 2839 Parkwood, Toledo, Ohlo, spottedLuurrs ltem ln the DAV magazlne. Nonhers on hls way to a Llfe Membershlp.He and Ruth have 5 -- John, Brett, Peggy,Timothy and Mlchael. IErs great to haveyou folks aboard.
- TOM BAKEI.IELL, (724 Ord. t44-'45),has retlred frour New Departure - Geir.Motors. Ie dolne some hand eneravinsMotors. Ie dolng some hand engravinwork. Always knew Tom had skllls weMotors. Ie dolng some hand engravingIoTk: Alwayq knEw Tom had sklils we-hadnrt tappld yet,.
Paet Presldent and Llfe MemberDON IIILLIAIIS says he has a nelehbor whoEells him "Itve-never been druik - buEIrve often been overserved.t'
(724 Ord. t44-'45),
Notlee ln VF1J I'lagazine ln name ofERWIN, Box 608, Moronso Valley. Cg-ngoJ. ERWIN, Box 608, Valley, Cal.
He's trying to locate "C5.AFeb. '51. HilI 1157 or Lt.Feb. r5i, Eill 1157 or Lt.
, 21sL Lleut.JAI.{ES B.I.lOt NT."
r;;K FMsrER. He,gVan Glesen, West, Rlchland,
Itfs a movenow at, 3950 W.Wash.
PasE presra"..]ilii-ilf e MemberBILL SATIDERSON t,eIls about the Irlshmanw!r9 saygr- "Before !e got marrled, mywife told me thaE llps that touch liquorwlLl never t,ouch hers, and I agreed ritttrher. She sEuck by her threaEr-and IrvesEuck by her Eoo -- haven't kissed herln 40 vears."
Nop a Llfer ls C.H. "Bronko"ATKINSON, (MP & 63rd F r41-f 45). He'sat 3800 S. Decatur, Las Vegas, Nev.Recelved a refund on a mutual fundDrosram ttsome fast Ealker sold me int64r so he joined our Llfe ranks.
JACK AI.TDERSON, ?6n | 4o-t 44) , ofIGnnapolls, N.C. offers a $25 rewardfor any lnfo on the whereabouEs ofsgr. JoHN DOHANTSH and/or BILL KOSTAI{SKI.Jack tells us he ls brlnglng Mabel toSt.Louis. That.fs great news. Brlng alitt,le of that North Carollna WhlteLlghtnlng too, Jack. That, was realgood at Savannah.
t'Your record is a dlsgraceful one,Patrick OrBrianr" Ehe Judge sald toEhe prisoner before hlm, "and there lsonlv- one explanatlon: alcohol, alcoholand'alcohol.tt Pat said, t'Itm gladto hear vou sav that vour honor, becauseeverybody else- says itts ny fauiE."
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JOHN R. RUSSELL, (A 2lsr r4g-'50). ofBellefontaine, Ohi6, says if youtre"vacaEioning in Mexico iir the ilear future,you might want Eo travel part. of thatcount,ry by car.
That,'s because the price of regulargas Ehere is 25-cents i gallon and trigtrtest sells at 30 cents'.Ole !
- Incidentally, J.R. caught our itemabouE remembering the door-Eo-doorphotographer wiuf, Ehe camera. The sameday-he caught,,a picEure of just such areIloe, operating in Bellefontaine, andhe sent iE Eo us. Here it is.
Nice words from GENE DISHMAI\ of the"24tt. Signalsr' -- aS the British wouldhave said it. Gene and Helen are at405..Sundo,trn, Noman, OK, and they writes
-xYesterday while-working my terriEoryspLling_ Induicrial John DeEre- to anyonewho would Listen Eo my st.ory, I got tothinklng about Paul Fiiusch-e rvho-paidmy dggs. About three weeks ago, i gota call from Ed Shirley. Prioi Lo t[arBud and Jo Poe calIed. Thanks to allfor all of this.ttHave sent in for our St.Louisreservations. Helen and I will be there.You should know me right off. No taller;little heavier; gray hair, sEill havesome; glasses; no hearing aid (Helensays_J need one). We wlll be drivingred Cherryr van with whit,e spare tire -cover with Oklahoma Sooners on it. Thelast might be the best aid. See you inSr. Loui;.'r
Wer1l meet you in St. Louis, Geneand Helen. _
In conventlon plannlng for r82, besure t,o asE, t'Is ttre trotEl wlthln'wa1klngdisEance of what,ever lt ls you wanE to bEsure t,o see. Start thlnkln! ln tems ofhlrlng buses for our crcrrd End we geE asnervous as a cat ln a roomful of rockinschalrs. Have you Eried hlrlng q-Duslately? Rates- are ast,ronomtcEt! ! !
Dueg: $I0 per annum - from Augustflret to August flrst,.
KEN FENTNER, (52F '52_'53), of1251 Smir,h, E.Amhersr, N.y:,'ias Ueendoing hls homewoi[. --fi"-';il'ooris r".,rus to convene in August ,AZ in-NiagaiaFa1ls, and theyrr-e Eomiog-to-it.Louisto give us rheir besr piEch. -i;i;--presentation is going to show that hehas worked hard durifig-it"--r""i r",months in order uo coile to -ur-get_
together preoared t-o Ealk """"iEfy aboutsomethlne- rhir ta" Ueen ,"ii^'ito"ghr, out.L9!'" coisider carerurfy"ifrit,-it"" has r,ooffer_-- and t"!'."- nou-iole-uri"ary-ioi-someplace like Oshkosh about-*[f.n- fi--qeverops not a single member in themeeting has one solitary piece--of infor_mation. Plan ahead, says'Ken -_ andhers doing jusE that.
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Dues ln from DON HIRSCHEY, (H Co.34th f4L-t45), of 602 Alexandria,Carthage, N.Y., along wlth:The 4 Hinges of Frlendshlp:
When you swear, $rear by your countqrtl'Ihen you 11e, Ile for a pretty woman,When you steal, steal away from bad
cqnPany,And when you drlnk, drlnk with us.
ED ROBTNSON, (19rh t4L-142), of590 Beech, l'tranchesEer, N.H. -- D€waddress, by the way -- w111 be at,St. Louls .
JAI'{ES "Splke" OTDONNELL says3"l{hen I got-marrled, I found out whathappines6 was - It was belng slngle."
Rates at, the St.Louls Stouffer for24th guests: $40 slngle -- $50 double.
FDDI)T3A()I(In Morristolrn, Tenn., burglars broke
into the Meadocvlew Middle Schoo1 but,t,ook only 10 lEems -- 10 wooded paddlesfrom tealherst desks.
A case of steal the rod and spare thechil-d.
In case youtre interested, wereAdolf Hitler alive, he'd be 91 years old.
ROY BUCHANAIiI, (A 19rh 156-157), ofRt. 3, Box 65, Bakersvllle, N.C., lstrylng to locate GARTH PRUE and NORMANGARLIC, both A 19th men ln Korea ln'56-r57. Any help out Ehere?
ELMER MAY, (unlt unknovrn), of149-_Grlswold, Youngstorm, Ohlo, writes:
"Read wlth interest your plans forour orrn trlp to l,Iahoo ln Deeember. Weare lnEerested. There are 4 couplesfrom our l,Iahonlng Valley Chapter- #5 PHSAwho would llke to be counted ln, shouldyou make arrangements. We have gone withFlt,zpatrlck Travel Agency before andwouLd like to flnd an alternaEe route.We w111 be waltlng to hear more.tt
Joan BONE, JIMts bet,ter haLf , (E 21st144-145), of 377 W1111s, Montlcello, Ark.,thlnks lt would be nice lf werd place theexplratlon date on the oalllng label.Anyone else? Jim and Joan have 3 -Jim, Jr., Jeffery and Rosemarle --and' tttwo' lovely -granddaughterg. tt Jlm ornsMontlcello Ah.mlntrm - alvrays dld havetrouble spelllng ah.rnlnum.
ru{oved: Life G +zzr, NEAL A. HUFF,(B 19th '40-'44). Itrs no ionger Clear-water, FL. Norv itrs Box 336, ilaldenrColo.Youtre in beauE,iful countryr'Neal. Bestwishes.
'foe,(ueLL
"lt's obout your will, sergeont. Good news ond bod news: you con
be buried in o militory cemelory, but you con't be pocked in
cosmoline."
Have tlme for a favorlte t'Redtt NEI{MANstonr? It soessttthen thEre was the prlvate ln uryflrst, company cmuand whose apPearancebelled his aslorous nature. A snallwlzened llttle man, almost cmpletelylIllterate, he was nevettheless ouchloved by all who knan hlm, for he wasloya1 aird friendly and always dld hlsmodest best.
"In fact hlg frlendllness wlth play-for-pay ladles lead to conEractlngtheli bccupatlonal hazard, gonorrhea.In due course the hospltal cured hlm --but he got lt agaln, and yet again.After he was dl-charged from the hospltalthe thlrd time, hi.s company cmlander(sy predecessor) started to dellver aieltirre on Ehe iesirablllty ofcontlnence -- or better sanitarymeagureg.tttl.lst,en, Romeorr his captaln began,r I tm gettlng damred tlred of you geEtlngvD.'t"Yes slr, CapEqlnr t was the feellngreplv. tI am toolttt^Thinksr Red; we needed that.
Long tlme no hear from old 'FlrgtttLEROY CnUCIUS, (A 24 Med. t43-t46).Herers why. He and Alys are not at40359 18th, Lubboc, Tex. Addltlonal toher artery problems, ALys went 1n forsurgery lbst Novenber. Cancer. Theyrvebeen ln a Llfe care center ln Lubboc.Now are golng home to Wlsconsln. We'IIlnclude the new address ln the nextlssue. Never surrender, Roy. Our warmwlghes go out to both of you frosr allof us.
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_ Ir:s JIM BRIERLEY, (_L 21sr t43_145),of 305- Glenn, Beckley, W.Va., and .or!699 g: P:f_.gytp.sy-of'jonxuy nocens ,
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309 S.Cedar, Lilrlettock, Ark. Sorry it Eook so l6ng toget-lt in, Johnny -- and Jim. fiaosEo..Johnny who al-so sends us thls:"I can read with rry bifocals
To ny dentures I rir resisnedI can drive wlth unr artf,rltisBuE, oh God! hors I'miss my mind."SEop. noraillii-fr a minure.Erratun. Correctlon. BOB N0IAN wasin Ehe cover picture ln our last issue.But he wasn't, Hq.Co. 3rd Bn 21st as wesaid. Bob was Hq.Co. 2nd Bn. We havelt from t42-t4sr_'Bob. Sorry. Bob, --and Catherine - Live-at 205- S. Bet6any,
Kansas Clty, Mo. Hers one of ouroldest Llfe Members - #8. He retlredfrom the Cotton Belt (Rock Island) ayear ago - Ehen rnade a tour throughGezmany, Austrla and Switzerland.- Thissurmer theyrre golng to ScoEland. Havea grand vacaEton, folks.
"Dcor, gucss whot? Junior is lcorning to counl.,,
HolIst).)At,t,I'The doctor warned me against,
drlnkingr" Harrigan rras teiline hisfriend HogarEy. -,Did he norr?"-..."Yes, he t,old me Itd have to limltme drinking to one a day -- right nowI'm up t,o January 5, 1998.rr -
FRAl.lK and Irene GORSKI, (1st Bn.l'led.21st t42-t45), have moved. Try them at2228 Terry Lane W., Broadview, IL.Frankie sent us the name of his o1dbuddy CARL E. JOHNSON, 510 Main, Batavia,IL, who has now Jolned. What Frankle didwas sent ln a money order to cover Carlas Garl ls having a dlfficult, tlme rightnord recovering from a medical problem.GreaE splrit there, Srankle. Thanks.
A federalstudent loanprogran, passedby Congress ln'65, is anotherdepresslnge:raaple of de-clining Dorallntegrlty ln fartoo oany areasof Aneriean Iife.It has helpedover 8 nlllloncollege students.Today there aremore than $4billlon worth ofloaae outstandlng,of whlch morethan $1 bllIlonls overdue forrePa)tEent. oneof the mostreprehensibletactles used bythe youthfuL rip-off artlets hasbeeu to fllepetltlons inbanknrptey aftergraduatlon.Nice klds.
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liberoted Yanks ;ii:-ilH:'lf '?*f#T,"",iT]?#'il'i,3,ll,Tfu
i5sil lf i:Steigerwalt, Slatington, Pa ; Pfc. James Walker, Riverside, N.J., and Sgt. Glen Ward, Yakima, Wash.,are anxious to inform relaf.ives of their safety. (AP wireph;to uio Tokao Railio)
Falthful corresDondenE BILL SHChIEN.(?lqt t4L-143; 2a5i. Recn. t43-t44), oi1911 Francls, Waukesha, Wls., sendi 2newspaper pictures wlth hls onn comentsas f o1lcffs:t'I read the last Taro Leaf and foundthe ltem on page 12 reguesE fromWILBERT R. ESTABROOKT--of Portland,requesE,lng a copy of "Life", May il,1953. No, I couldn't find that or anypictures from lt but I am eneloslng a-rotogravure picture publlshed ln aChicago Newspaper about 1950 or 1951of Mess Sgt. Ra1ph Kllpatrick, LgEh Inf.,afE,er he had rejolned -frlendly forces.He had been behind enemy llnei for 77days.
rrAnother newspaper plcture ofl-iberated Ameri-cans ls also incLuded butthis type of plcture seldom reprodueeswell and is also difficult Eo have anegative made from. I have beensuccessful- wlth. the rot,ogravure picEure.But thought, yourd be interested iinceEhe one picEure concerns the 19th, apart of the 24th durlng Ehe Korean War."
It hurts t,o lose touch wlth GEORGESTN'ILEY, (I 21st t44-t45). Mall toBelleroee, N.Y. ls comlng back to us.D----- shame too. George has been oneof us for over 32 years. George, whereare you?
At, St.Louis, Hawalianmuu-muus w111 be IN.
Another Gimlet has joined -B0B THIBoDEAU, of 516 106 St., FE.Lee,N.J. Was with Hv.Mort.Co.
- HOIIARD BRLJNO, (Hq. lst Bn. 34rh, r45-'!Q)-, of 3842 t'l.Oesdrt, Tucson, LcLz.,wlll sumrer ln the Adlrondacks. Saye-herll drop In on us for a blue platl.Itre a deil, Hocle.
Mall returned from F.E.Innkeeper for Hollday Inn,That's all rlght; rre neverHollday Inns arrynray.
^ ART SMITH, (D 34 ,45), of DallasCenter, Iowa, is interesled in war-monument lnscripElons. He sends us thlsone, for lnstance, which is lnscribed onthe monument to the Spartan dead at,the Batt1e of Thermopjrlae, 480 BC:
''TELL THE['{ IN LAGEDAEMoN, PASSERBY,
THAT HERE OBEDIENT TO THEIR LAI^IS
WE LIE.I'Says Art: t'King leonidas and his 300
men of Sparta were ordered to hold thePass- of ThermopyLae against the perslansat all costs. They were hopelesslv out-nr:mbered and the p-ass trad aiready 6eenEurned by the PersiansI findine inotherpatlnuay, hrt the SparEans died-to thelast man obeying oiders."
GUTHRIE,Helena, Ark.cared for Ehe
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shoulct make rl one ot the EAISTEnX \natron's pleasantest ar- m[I* :
ports belore long. The ter- fF+€i*oflo*o.minal consists ol a long usalR
ambert lnternational, 15 milesnorthw€st ol downtown St.
WESTLouis, has been under-going a revamping, which ocLTA -shoul., meke it one df the E STEnInation's pleasantest a'I-ports belore long. The ter-minal consists ol a longtour-domed building and ex- Ipanded concourses. The new luggagesystem is so efficient bags usually arewailing when you reach the carrousels.Soon, moving sidewalks will makeconneclions more convenienl.a Departurcs.{urbside-check lug-gage with most airlin€s (also free tive-minute parking on yellow level ol ad-iacent garage). Short-term garageparking directly across trom terminalmore expensive aller 24 hours thanlong-term ($3 a day) or valel parking($4.50 a day, plus $3 one-time charge).Buses to shellered long-term parkingevery ten minutes. Figure 15 to 20minutes parking to gate. For valetparking, leave car on departure rampacross lrom terminal doors.
LA]IIBERT ST. TOUIS!]TTERIIATIO]IAL
Lighted airport diagrams inside ter-minal. British Caledonian and Ozarkuse docks instead o, gates, with mo-torized transporters sometimes carry-ing passengers to planes.a Connectlonr-Allow 20 minulesbetween flights. Till moving sidewalksin, half a mile walk possible it connect-ing between TWA and Eastern.. lnte.nallonal lllght!-No curbsidechecking or baggage transfer to do-mestic llights. British Caledonian and
charters only international flights here(docks H and l).. Arlvals-Limos, buses, andcourtesy cars at lar right (Exit 7)as you leave baggage claim.Taxis at tar left. Limos to down-town hotels 6very hall hour ($3to $4) and to key points on w€stside of metro area ($5.10). Air-port Express to downtown busterminal (75 cents). Taxis to cen-ter city ($8 to $10).
a Food-At least two snack bars oneach concourse, plus restaurant andsnack bar at end ot terminal (all open6 a.m. to 10 p.m.).. Nearby lodglng!-Motel informa-tion boards in baggage claim (mostprices $40 to $50 double).o Emergencle3{all 2048 on cour-tesy phones. First aid station at westend ol lower level.o Detailed lnlormatlon-Robert F.
Case, Manager ot Public lnformation'St. Louis Airport Authority, Box 10212
Lambert Station, St. Louis, MO 63145contlnucd
REPUAUCTWA
Sure wish theyrd turn the llghtson; I wanna send in mY regisErationca;d t,o SEouffer's in St. Louis.
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In the greatest dlaplay of couragesluce Benedlct Arnold applled forveteransr beneflLs, be eure to brlngvour absolutelv wlldest and loudesEfianallan shlrti and Etrurtrurg to St.Louls.Allrs laformal, save for the Saturdaynlght banquet.- Then ltre "Unlforr Ar'or your bist, coektall ault (wiEh tle)or aress -- whlchever yourre wearlngEhese days.
HANFORD RANTS, (Hq. 34Eh 143-'45), of9330 Parrot,, -Dovney, 9a1., 19 lookln!for a copy of the "Fo1low-Metr posterstarring fou-knor-who ln technlcolor.Does anyone have an "extrart?
JAY WELCH says she doesn'E know that.she'11 make St. Louis. Something abouEhaving a parEner who doesn't know howto bef,ave-when 24th' ers geE together.Can't flgure it ouE Jay; put, JOHN on theline, wlll you please? Look forwardEo having you both at our cLrcus. Youtwo will certainly add grace and charma! our gathering. Not, that we'rehurting,.but. yqg cwo will^simply give usa nice liccle dlvidend. See ya.
This t,ime around, let's Ery t.o inject'a litrle saniEy lnto Ehe selecEion ofour t82 convention site. For instance,let,'s be sure of whaE the host hotel cando and will do for us before we makeour decision - and at whaE rates. ThenEoo, let's be sure we know wetve got aman close by who can run the show for us.Very imporEanE.
TO STLOUIS >
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Wanna have some fun? Wanna PlaY"Balloons"? Fill in the Ewo balloonsln chis picEure and send -it' in. Thebest onei will be printed in our nexEissue. A prize wiil be awarded forthe verv best.
rtfs JoHNNY ROGERS, (LzL'43-'45), of308 S. Gedar, Llt.Ete Rock., AR, taken byAL RIDGE (Band and F 21st) at Pittsburgh.Remember A1 for his drum roll as theyralsed the flag? SorrY the Picturesarent E beLEer.
C. J. HARRIS of Route 3, Box 90,Harrlsburg, AR, wanLs to hear from membersof Baker 6f ctre 19th. Letrs hear it outE,here for all you fellas of B Co.- DropC.J. a line, wbn't You P1ease? Thesmoking Ip*? 1:, Iishreal I I SweePersman your Droomsa..
We disllke menEionlng It but we must.If yop are a fully pald up Llfe Member($100), and have yet, to receive yourmembership plaEe, w111 you klndly Eipoff the Editor. The recordkeeping onthls one has been a sore point- foi sometime -- and regret,fully cont,inues so Eobe. The keeping of the record on who-heand who-hasn't. should be as simple asrunning a 2-eat fr:neraI. UnfortunatelyiE Eurns out, Eo be more screwed up Ehana Japanese fire drill -- and we waEchedenough of the lat,ter to knor whereof wespeak.
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Warm letter in from Col. FRED H. STOLL(Ztst '46-'48), of 1905 Hercules,Colorado Springs, CO. You picked abeautiful city to retire to Fred. Thanksfor thls picEure of the soldlers of the5th Royal Gurkha Rifles who relleved youand yoirr Gimlets at Okayama in June of'46.- Remember those knives they wore ontheir hips?
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Maj.Gen. FREDERICK A. IRVING wrote us:"Yest,erday I attended General rl,ilr
Lyman's funeral at. Arllnet,on.- "He was with the DlviEion when tE
rdas organLzed. For nearly 2 years hecormanded the 21st before- belirgpromoted Eo Brlg.Gen. at Hollandla andtransferred to Ehe 32nd as ADC.ItOn Leyte he headed a'reconnaissancepa-rEy of 32nd people preparing for thetakeover and I accompanled them t,oBreaknecF_Rldge. Thbre were dead Japsstrewn all over the ridge. Lyman saidhe was glad his o1d outElt hail rakencare of so many of them. Wlth BobSpraglnst 2nd iln. lgth cuttinc in onthe Jap east flank and Jock Cllffordrslst Bn. 34th enveloping the west flankfrom Kllay Rldge, the EiruaElon lookedgood for Ehe 32nd._ "FI" was the best athlete of his clase(I.IP '13).
"I first served wlth hlm ln t2O-)22at Bennine.
"I remEmber attendlng Ehe ftrneral ofhls older brother ln Hoiolulu in g/42.He was WP r09 and was Dept. Eneineer ofHawaii when he died.
"I thoughE thaE hls old comrades ofthe 24th might be lnt,eresEed ln someof thls.rlThank you, Fred - slncerely.
NErd
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-"l pride myself on knowing every one of my men personolly ondcolling eoch one by nome. Yournorn6 will be ,Four-Eyes'.;
BoB and Linda Tffi;EiU, (Hvt"t 21srr50-'51), of 6L6 106rh Sr., Fr. Lee, NJ,report Ehey wanE t,o make a convention butcan'E say when. Bob trucks from coast E,ocoasE. Timing will do lt Bob. Plan yourt.ime righE and truck right on in toSE. Louis. You'd be most. welcome.
Good to see ED FARMER agaln - aft,erabout 30 years. He came down t,o ourCalifornia party from 3450 Rgmstad,_SaIr Jose, CA. He's running iUeX TRADING,LTD., foreign trade boys. -Sells anythtng.
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Who? WhaE? When? Where? Take aguess before you read on. Says oldfairhfuL RoGER HELLER, (I9Eh), of 5557Thomag, Qakland, CA, in sending it tous: "It's the Administrative BufldingaE Hollandia. Also used by the Nips.Taken about. June in t44,"'Thanks,'Roger. Good picture too. You oughtasee some of these rve receive. Looklike they've been soaking in the Mindanaodeep for 1o these past 35 years.
TOM MURpHy, (K 19rh '51-'52), of 4391Yary, Eden, NY, noE only sells cars(lturphy Oldsmobile in Himburg, NY), bu!also has the hots for any picturesshowing the 1951 visit to the 19th ofGen. Ridgeway and V.P. Barkley. ThaE wasthe one where K of the 19th 96r t,hecltaLion for the batt.le aE Chip-0-Ri.Tom, in Ehe forefront Ehat dav, writ,ess"I rras one who had uhe citatl6n pinnedon his jacket. It would mean a loE tome if anyone-had any picEures of that,vlsit." -Tomts in their, of course.Small rvonder that he'd like a copy. Cananyone come to Tom's aid on this- irne?This requgs! is uni-que; Tom's not lookingfor an affidavit that, you know he washit, etc. etc. etc. - he just wants a-copy of a pict,ure which he may posslblybe in.
Hawaii in December? Not quite readyto announce the plan. Will put outa special issue shortly. Sorry for Ehedelay. _Ever wonder what cops do on their
days off? ED (and Anir and daught.er lGren)FTizcERALO (2tit. and 24th r'{p '46-'51),of 52 Osceola, Deer Park, NY, recentlywent to Montreal. They have a goodfriend there who is a Mont,real deEectivesergeant,. Ed is finishlng 26 years inlaw enforcement. In Mont,real, 5 cops whohad gone Eo a school together 10 yearsago had a reunion. AIl were former army -75th Div. 3rd Div., 45th Div., Princess-Pat,s, and one f iI o1d Gimlet and MP fromyou know whqt. TlFy gatner togetherannually. Great...
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Heard from for the first time:BrLL EARLEY, (26r,h AAA, '50 - r51) of25 Kelly, Hampden, CT and ART D. SMITH,(K 34r,h' I45-
' Lo) ,'of Rt,. I , Dar rasCenter, Iowa. Thanx men.
THAD LTLLY, (sA;'40-'44), ofRt. 1, Box L52, GrLfEon, NC, has becomeLlfe Member 11416. He paid in fulI.
course.A fortr:ne-te1ler offers to read your
face.You have too utrch
and not enoughcablnet.
The football coach, deject,ed becausehis teasr was loslng agaln, looked dornthe bench of substitutes and yelled,"AI1 rlght, Smlth, go ln ther-e andget feroclous!".
Smith iunoed uo wlth a start andcried, "Sire, Goath. WhaErs hls number?"
NOEL I.UONESS, (M 21st, '51), ofNortho_me, Mont.., spotted JIM- ERWINTsplug for Ehe Agsoc. ln the VmlMagazlne. So Noel wrote Jlm and JlmwroEe us and we wrote Noel - and vougueased lt, Noelts a member. Noels al.ogg-er and land developer. ThankgrNoel.Thanks, Jlm.
Wants to kno,r more about. us does JACKPROFITT,-(Dlv.Hg. f53-'54), of 1 Oakgrove,Irvine, CA. Werre iust, a grouD of mEnwho donrt want to 16se conEact^with eachother, Ehatrs alL Jack.
t'spiket' of DoNNELL, (G 2lst | 42-145) ,was recently complaining about the priceof the new smalI cars. The aut,o salesmanlooked at him and shrugged, '\rle11, if youhrant economy, you have to pay for i-t."
Contrlbuted by good frlend ROy BELL(Div.Hq .' 46-148)r-of EllzabeEhEorn, Ky. :
Your chlldren begln to look mlddleaged.Your mlnd makes contracts your body-
cantt meet.You lrror all the ansrf,ers, but nobody
asks you the quest,lons.You: favorlte part, of the newspaper ls
"25 Years Aeb Todav."Youtre 17 aroind the'neck, 42 around
the walst., and 95 aror:nd the golf
room ln the house,ln the medlelne
Your llttle black book contalns onlynames endlng in M.D....
Roy and Doris w111 be wlth us inSt.Louls. We last saw Roy 34 years agoln Kokrrra. _Salutatio! Thatfs how Jullus Caesar
would have said tt{elcomett were hewriting this instead of us. Either wayit's "Salutatl_oI to GEBRy SCHRoEDER, 'our newesE member. Hers E lgth froir6/42 to 9145. He and ldarguerlEe are at301 N. Ithica aE Chandlerl Ariz.Gerry's retired. Salutatio, Gerry!
Plumblng the depths: Slogan seen onthe side of a truck omed bv P & GPh.rmbers of Phlladelphla: r'A flushbeats a full ho@"."
Llfe Member 8OB PLEASAIiIT, (C 13r,h Ft41-'45) of 260 Barkley, Coir:nrbus, Ohlo,
whoop lt up until 99, anii then coast.
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Col. URBAN THROM, (34th & Dlv.Hq. t44-'47), of 994L E. Cornell, Denver, GO, paida visiE on Col. LUCIEN BOLDUG who is aEFitzsirmnons Army l,Ied. Center, Urbrs oldstamping ground before retirement. WritesUrb:
"I visited Lucien on the orthopedicward. He doesntE conrnunicate very weIl.He had had surgery on Ehe righE hip, buEhis doctor wasntt around aE, the time. Hehad hoped to be home by East,er, but it wasnot. t.o be. On the 18th I vislt,ed himagain on the orEho ward. He had beensEarted on a series of lV. ant,ibioEicsa/c of an infection in the right hiparea.
"This time I got Eo talk by phone withhis orthopedist.. Incidentally, Lucienis approaching 81 years. He has had ahip replacement, and has developed justabouE every compli-cation in the book,including a sEroke. His doctor indicatedthat he was not doing well, and theoutlook for hls recovery is bleak. Theinfection had not been responding totreatment. He uses a wheelchair fromt.ime t,o time, but. is'generally dorcn lnbed and getting lit.tle exercise. Thinkhe understood who I am, and that I wasbearing Ehe greetings of you and EheDivision Association membership, andwas clearly grateful."
Do you suppose hers nearer the track?{t any rare, JOHNNY BOLES, (D 2Lst t44-'45), has moved from Mlaml to 875 S.E.9th, Hlaleah, FL.
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"A ronger? Do you work ol Yellowsrone or Yo:omitc?"
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TENTATITE SCTIEDI'LE OF E-fEIITS
AUGUST 13-16, 1981
Ii,egistration
Hospltallty/Convivla Iit y
Registratlon
Hospitality/Convlviallty
*tour
it*fsu1
Rcgistratlon
lierbers Anursl Meeting
Iadies rbghlon Shor
Hosplta ltty,/Convlviailty
CocktalJ- tiour (Cash Bar)
Banquet & Danc5lg
Coffcc & Alohaa
Itan1el Boonc Roc
Daniel Boonc Roc
Iianlel Boorp Roo
rbniel Boonc Roon
rtsant ts Fan
Anheus.r-Busch Bncwery
Ibnlcl Boonc Roo
l{lasourl Roa
To Bc Annorurccd (SA)
Danlel Boorc Roo
lr'cst Asacnb\y Are
}fcrcna c[,{ls sourl Roos
To Be Announcc<l (fgA)
* I?tts lrlli bc a group tour. lastlng epproxlotely 3 hours includlng travel tLue(I4 nllcs) to and fra thc faru.
{* Brc}lry Is only t a{'lgs frcn Sbouffcrrs and plan to uee shuttle bus qlster astours arc not, scheduled at a speclflc tile therc ar they are aL ,lrantrs Fata.
Both tours are frec but lf the cost of bus transportatlon conLlnues to rlse Lteay be nccessary to charge $1.0O pcr psrson in order to stay ln the black.
In memoriam(Ed. notes Somehor^r, when it came to
CHARLES B. LYMAN, it seemed more fittingbetter than we. A Eelephone call to TOMus wlth these warm words.)
the business of writ,ing about Brig.Gen.that we should call upon one who knew him farUPTON was all Ehat was needed. Tom obliged
It was Friday, the thlrteenth of March, 1942 when I first met Colone1 Charles B.!y["r.- He was in connnand of the_A-rmyrs-portion of the defense of the Island of ]laui,T.H. Our unit was part of the 27th Divislon. The smoke was stilI bubblins up out ofthe sunken hulks at Pearl, when we lefE Oahu. And now lt was March. The Eol'onelrecelved our Party 3t his headquarters in Kahului. He made no bones about, beingrelieved by the.ql-ght of the hundreds of G.I. uniforms swarming off the inter-iElandsteamer. He said he wasn't sure hor long he, his sergeant l"laj6r, and their six-mandetall could have-.heId out against a determiired JapanEse at,taE,k.' "If the truth wereknornr" he said, "the Japs c6uld have taken us by itorr"."_-As Sergeant' Major of one of his new r:nits, I remember well holv severely he took usall to task over our early treatment of the iocal residents of ldaui. An'over-zealousttmoraLett officer had expropriated a local residence and had tried uo ai"po"""." .
=Iapanese-American famlly, t,o provlde recreational facilities. The air wis blue and aLot of butEs were rubbed raw while he-pointed out that we were not, an army of oceupa-Eion. He made sure that it was clearly understood that the slanted eyes ivere thosl of
Ameri-can citlzensr personar frlends of his family for decades.
-The grormd-rules the Colonel set up-lol us_on Maui made for some very fine publicrelatlons during rny stay ln that beautlful valIey paradlse.
I lost track of .CoLoneI Ly-ryn during our_mutual subsequent administ,rative rearrange-ments. In Australia, I was able to rener^l the acquaintance when I found him most. rec6p-Five of my-anathamatization of the Anopheles. As a resident of Ehe Paclfic islands, 'he was well aware of the character of the lowly mosquito. He became a most enthusi6stlcsgPPortgr of malaria disclpline. His enthusiaim madched my own. It ls my firm beliefthat, when you hqr" aworthy causer Iou just gotta glve lt-your best shot. Given theoutrageou-s d-epredatlons of the lor^rly mosquito-in that part bf the world, pittlng wlLsagainst the beast, was a most worthy cause.
And so iE came to pass, at Weaversdorp of fond(?) memory, where the 24th Divislont99k up- resldence prior to the jump-off to Leyte, that we iound the archetypal to beata-11 archetypal victlms of ELEPIIANTIASIS. It i'ras reaIly in Depapre, a few iniles east,that the case was found. Dr. Tom Broderlck found him.- It wai i native who probabty-detected the odor of medl-cine in the wind, and wandered in on Sick CalI. Dr. Tom's"C-ollectlng Station turned up all kinds of blzarre wierdies ln those days, buE this wasthe most bizarre:_ I. a famlly-type gazetEe, lEts hard to do fuIl justici to theexotic details of this patientrs ouEward signs.
As soon as we goE word at Headquarters, Mobl-ey and I jeeped to Company B, and thereiE was. I was reminded of the farmer who, at the sight of his first giraffe, saidtTtrere ainrE no such anlmuleltt But there is. And iE was there: -
Malarla dlscipllne in Division was excellent. But this call-ed for heroic efforts.We had to superi-mpose Aedes Egypti disclpline ON TOP of uhe Anopheline pressure. Theorder went oirE: t'Keep your sh-lit on -- bt all t,imeslr' The easi-est thing in the worldto do is lssue an order. Compliance is something eIse. To the long-suffering dogfacer_-thj-s constituted CRUEL AND UNIISUAL punishment. rshirts, jackeLs, sleeves-to-Ehe-;rist!"The only exceptions were, when bathing, and for sport,s, but then ONLY in open sun-llghted'areasl
Weaversdorp r^ras ln the Lake Sentani area -- adjacent to the three airport,s. TheDivlsion was surrounded by many non-Divisional units: Corps troops, Army Engineers,Navy ConstrucEion Battalibns (Sea Bees), and lots of Air Corps units. None were underDivision control. Many were outside Army jurisdict,ion.
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Lyman's 21st Infantry Regimeht was right next Eo an Alr Group Headquarters. The .
Coloirelts ohzn personal tent looked out upon a tree-shaded volley-ball court. The fly-boys vollied from dawn to sunset. Play was consEant, cont nuous, vocalr- ungeasing,
-Vo1ley-ball-uniform for both sportsman and spectator was: brown G.I. undershorts and
Had this sports-palace been in Lynanrs domain, Ehe C.O. of this sports-Palace wouldbe paying $100 fine-s for each and every infraction, multiplled by the number of lnfrac-tor's.' TEe'Colonel fumed! Consider troir ttris man must havl been tantalized.' AlL of 'hlsadult life he had knovsn of the horrors of the dread disease of elephanEiasls. Now,with the certainty that the bug was withln mosqui-to-flylng-dlstance and, requiring themost stricf compliance by his orrn people, here, under his very nose, but just, beyondhis reach, heedless people were exposing themselves to the unthinkable.
Alas, it happened: A hard hlt volley-baIl bounded ouE of Air Corps control. IntoArmy country it bounced and bounced and bounced and bounced. Then.it sklmnred up toresU at the- feet of the seated -camp stool seated -- observing, L'11 Ly_man.
A lithe, young, volley-baIler, clad only in G.I. undershorts and jungle boots,chased afti:r- the-baII. He came to a suddeh stop at the siehE of the Col-oriel's upralsedhand -- and sj-mulLaneously spoken conunand, that. "You must iear a shirt. in Army Cbuncry!"The young man came to attLnt-ion, said t'Yes, sirrt'about-faced, and ln Ehe strictesEmilicary manner, marched off.
In a moment, the young man returned. He was nov cLad, in addltion Eo Ehe bror.rnG.I. undershorts and- jun[le boots, in a dapperly-shaped officersr shirt, whlch hecould be observed hastily buttoning. He marched directly to the ball, stlll at theColonelrs feet, halted, stooped, retrieved the ball, and rose. He saluEed the Colone1,about-faced, and again in the same strict mi1lLary manner returned to Air Corps country,where he removed the shirE, tossed lt aside, and put the ball back into play.
The Colonel was still standing by his campstool. He hag-poPpqd- out o!-Ei..chalrwhen he saw EhaE the ball-retrieier-was wearlng, on Ehe collar of his tailflying shirt,a General's star. The bal1-retriever had been returni-ng the Colonel's salutel
IE was a comfort to read in the New York Times obltuary that. the Colonel hadr inthe passage of time, acquired his or,sn star and had-become Brlgadler General- CharLes B.Lymair. fE i-s my fond wish that wherever the good General encamPs, h9 may havejirrisdiction ovLr all he surveys, including juvenescent, whlffet, underagedI'lajor Generars'
Thomas F. upEon.
Llfe Member #101 ELVIN E. GREE(K 21st t42-t45), of 29L7 Emblem,R1chmond, Va., reports, wlth sadness,the passlng ersay of ED$IARD SNORTIATID;(K 21st '43-'46), ln Tolna, N.Dak.Ed left his wlfe, Aleda, trro sonq,.Ketth and Lee, and daughter, Loul-bE.
- Deceased: JAMES T. WHITLEY, (34th'-42-'4r)_._ A Decatsur, IL lawyei in the!!rm of Whitley, Suter & Mantusor Jlmdled Apr. 29rL98L. A Unlverslty ofArizona graduate, he earned his- lawdegree at the Universlty of Illinois.SurvLvlng are hls wifer- M,arJorie, hlsdaughters, Mary Willlams of-Bou1der,Colo. and Melissa Larson of Long Bedch,Cal.
Joe and Jlm and the gals soclalizedfrequently -- they n-t through Ehe Assoc.Joe and Jln had lunched iust 3 weeksbefore Jlm was hospltallZed and croeoedthe river. Joe, bi the way. has hls owntroubles. Has fo have hls- "blood dralnedabout every 5 weeks. Had trouble wlth \
hlacklng or1t.r' Says thatts been atopped.l{ell there's at lebst one blt of good-news ln thle lten, Joe. Thanke for thesad news on Jlm.
