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Welcome toThe New Members

Nine new members have joinedup since the last. report, and ahearty welcome is extended to allwhose names are listed below:

wn..LIAM P. CLIFFORD (MCo., GOth Inf.), 1748 North Shore,Chicago. llllnois.

JOSEPH LIPKA (MedIcal De­tachment, GOth Inf.), 1723 west18th Place, Chicago 8, Illinois.{Our sincere thanks to MICHAELROS (M Co., 60th Inf.), fo.r sign­ing up the above two new mem·bers. No word as yet from HENRYDAVID>.

Captaln JOHN W. Mn..LER (FCo., 60th Inf. >, Headquarters, 60thInfantry Regiment, 9th InfantryDivisIon, Fort Dix, New Jersey.

JOHN F. TUCCI (A Co., 60thInf.' , 104-21 37th Road, COrona68 New York.

Captain LAWRENCE P. CON­NORS (C II< Hq. Cos., 47th Inf.) ,Headquarters Company, 101st Air·borne Division, CamP Breck\nridge,Kentucky.

Colonel GRAYSON C. POWELL,USA, Ret'd. (Stalf Judge Advo­cate, 9th Div. Hqs.), SwainSboro,Georgia.

FRANK GONZOL (F Co., 47thInf.> , Route 2, Box 68-A, BoundBrook. New Jersey.

HOWARD J. CIRKL (E Co.,47th InfJ, 9 Stuyvesant Oval, NewYork 9, New York.

DAVID E. BOYD (G Co.. 60thInf.>, 812 Kentucky Ave., Cumber..land, Maryland.

tainment. This will really be some­thing to attend. Don't miss it.Plenty of good music and goodentertainment will be provlded.

Saturday morning will ~et underway with the Annual MemorialService and the afternoon has beenleft open for anything that cornelalong, such as sightseeing t~iPS,

base ball games, shows, shopmg,bull se~sions, or what have you.Just dQl1.'t forget to be back atThe Commodore Hotel in tlme torthe Annnual Banquet, scheduled UIstart promptly at 7 p.m.

The main spea,ker for this oc·casion will be General WILLIS D.CRITTENBERGER, CommandinlGeneral of The First United StatesArmy, who has promised to givea talk which will be of extremeinterest to all former members atthe 9th. Other entertainment wulbe provided during the Banquetfor your enjoyment, many of themin the form of surprises and whichcannot be divulged at this time.

If you miss this Reunion, don'tblame anyone except yourself. Youwill see your former friends thereby the hundreds, and they will beexpecting to see you there, sodon't disappoint them. Be there.remember-July 26th, 27th, 28th,Hotel Commodore, New York City.

709th OrdnanceAUBREY MOYER enjoys readinl

about the fellows he knew whileserving with the 47th and the709th" so perhaps some of youwould be interested in knowing eofew facts about Moyer since leav~ing the 9th. He is married andhas two boyS, Jimmy, three yearsold and Michael, ten months. Heis iiving on a farm, raising mostlywheat and cattle. He stlU findStime to do a little watch repair·ing and has taken up gunsmithingas' a hobby. Drop hIm a letter,addressed to RD 1, Ulysses. Kan.

Col. JEFFERSON D. CHn..DS iosUll out in Ferguson, Missouri,1223 North Florissant Road, andspends his spare time working ona 19-tOOl sailboat. (Probably get­ting ready to do a bit of llHuckle­berry Finning" on the old Missls·sippi. )

RAYMOND J. KENNEDY has anew address: 4754 Uberty Avenue,Pittsburgh 24, Pennsylvanla.

New Yorkers Are All Ready To GreetThe Members Of The 9th Division

As this edition of The Octofoilgoes to press, late news from NewYork indicates that all is In readi~

ness for the Sixth Annual Re·union of The 9th Infantry DivisiOn.

Final plans are completed, every­thing has been worked aut to thefinal detail in preparation for thisgala reunion and from all indica~

tions there should be. no excusefor anyone not having a good time.

Convention Starts on July 26thThe Conven tion wl1l get under

wayan Thursday. July 26th. Thisday will be highlighted by theAnnual Beer Party, starting at 9p.m. in The Hotel Commodore.

Friday. July 27th, will start offwith the meeting of the NationalBoard of Governors at 9 a.m., fol­lowed by a short business meet·ing of the entire membership,starting at 10 a.m. At this meet­ing the National President, DONCLARKE, will complete the ap­pointments to the various COh1~

mittees and after this morningbusiness session the Commltteeswill get together to discuss anyand all proposals and will comeup with their reports ¥d recom·mendatlons at the afternoon busi­ness session, scheduled to startpromptly at 2 p.m. At this time.the final business session of theConvention, all business matterswill be attended to in short odrer­(We Hope)-leaving as much timeas possible for your entertainmentand pleasures.

Friday evening Is the time setfor the annual dance and enter-

European Tour PlansUnder Consideration

In responie to a few talks withvarious members of the 9th In·lantry Division Association, yourNational Secretary has made aQreliminary investigation into theP'lSSibUitie3 of arranging for atour of Europe In order to retracesome of the ground which TheNinth Infantry Division gainedduring the last War.

You r Secretary realizes, ofcourse, that such a trIp will bean expensive one, however, fromhis talks and correspondence thereare some members who can afforduch a trip and who are Interested

In hearing about some of Ule de­taUs.

The round trip steamship faresto France, based upon departurefrom New York, are approximatelyas fellows:Round-Trip-Tourlst CIass_ $350.00Rround·Trip-Cabln Class _ $500.00Rround-Trip-Firat Class

$600.00 to $600.00The round·trlp air fares between

New Yo.rk and Paris during theSummer Season would be $700.00The round-trip air fare, leavingNew York after the first of sep­tember and returning before the1lrst ot July, would be $605.15.

A rather comfortable land ar­rangement could be made, cover­ing a major portion of the routecovered by the Division, includinghotel accommodations, meals andtransportation, for approximately$20.00 per day.

Basing such a trip on air travel,leaving New York after September1st and planning on a ten-day tourof selected spots at $20.00 per day.such a trip would cost approxi~

mately $800.00 for one person.In order that your Secretary

may have £ome actual shaw ofinterest in such an idea as this,a form Is provided on page twoand it is requested that those in~

divlduals who would be Interestedin making such a trip complete thisform and return it to the addressIndicated thereon. It would be ap-

r,reciated if such persons wouldndtcate any other ideas of their

own when sending in this form.In this manner, your secretarywill attempt to analyze your re­plies and make a further reportin The Octofoll at a later date.

New York ChapterOrder Of The Day

ATrENTION: ALL MEMBERSOF THE 9th INFANTRY DIVI­SION ASSOCIATION!

You are hereby notitled of theappointment at the following com.mittees to assist all of you attend~

log the 9th Division's Sixth AnnualReunion to be held at The HatelCommodore, July 26, 27, 28, 1951.

JOURNAL COMMITrEE: Co­Chairmen, HENRY CALDARQ andMIKE GATrO, assisted by DOMMIELE, ABE FEDER, VINCEGUGLELMINO, GEORGE GROSS­MAN, and Mr. SPENCER. Dutiesof the committee are as follows:To make all ar'cangements tor thepublication of a suItable programjournal complete with advertise­ments.

WELCOMING COMMITrEE:Chatrman: GEORGE GROSSMAN.Duties: To supervise the arrange­ments for the Thursday night beerparty.

FRIDAY MORNING BUSINESSSESSION: Chatrman, Doc STERN­LICHT. Duties: To welcome alldelegates to the meeting.

WOMEN'S HOSPITALITY COM­MITTEE: Honorary Chairman,Mrs. MAE SPENCER; Chairman,Miss GUGLIELMINO. Duties: Tosupervise the care and entertain­ment for the ladies.

FRIDAY AFTERNOON EVENTS:Chairman, ADOLPH WADALAV~

AGE. Duties: To take charge andarrange for the Friday afternoonevents.

FRIDAY NIGHT ENTERTAIN­MENT AND DANCE COMMIT­TEE:: Co - Chairmen, IRVINGFEINilEftG and CALVIN POLIVY,as-iSled by SAM KAZDOY, GEO.WHITNEY, ABE FEDER and EDEGAN. Duties: To supervise andarrange for all entertainment forthe Friday night dance.

MEMORIAL SERVICE COM­MITTEE: Honorary Chairman,Father ANTHONY F. DeLAURA;Co- Chairmen, VINCE GUGUEL­MINO and Doc SESLOWE. Duties:To arrange all particulars for theMemorIal Service to be held onSaturday morning.

SATURDAY AFTERNOONEVENTS: Co - Chaltmen, JIMBRUNO and GETZY SCHIEF.Duties: To conduct all activitiesfor the afternoon.

BANQUET COMMITrEE: Co­Chairmen, STAN COHEN and DocSESLOWE. DutI.. , To make IInecessary arrangements for theSaturday night banquet.

SPEAKERS COMMITTEE:Chairman, DICK STOREY. Duties:To take care ot aU, details respect­ing the selection of speakers andto pro.vide for their weU~being In·cident to their stay at the con·vention.

REGISTRATION COMMITrEE:Chairman, HAROLD PEPPER.Duties: To make necessary ar­rangements for the registering ofall members attending the conven­tion.

MEMORIAL RAFFLE COMMIT­TEE: Chairman, F. GOLUB.Duties: To supervise the rafllearrangements.

All seating arrangements for theannual banquet will be handledby the New York Board of Gov­ernors.

These orders are now official.Plans have been made to. makethis year's convention the finestpossible. All members ot theGreater New York Chapter havegiven pledges of real sacrifice to­wards seeing that your stay inNew York wlll be the most mem·orable of your life. The best facill­ties are at your dlspo<:::al. The bestentertainment will be provided.The Chapter has covered everyconceivable angle-and those guyscan wark the angles, too--and theNew York Convention Bureau islending their full support to thisoccasion.

So, if you want to have a goodtime-a really wonderful time­come to New York on July 26,27, 28th. 1951. The Sixth AnnualConvention of The 9th InfantryDivIsion Association.

THE NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION

vision Commander of the 9th Di.vision.

At the pre:ent time, Colonel VanHouten is the Commanding Officerof the RanRer Training center, lo­cated at Fort Benning, Georgia,and from all reports he is doinga most outstanding job in thiscapacity.

During a recent visit wil.h MajorGeneral LOUIS A. CRAIG, yourOctofoU Editor mentioned thename of Colonel Van Houten andGeneral Craig remarked at thatt:me that It wouldn't be long be.fore Col. Van Houten would be­come a General.

Our very best wishes and con.gratulations to you, C'.eneral VANHOUTEN, and may :rour STARScontinue to grow in number.

InclUded in the same promotionlist appears the name of ANDREWT. McNAMARA, who was wellacquainted with the 9th Divisionduring World War II days. ColonelMcNamara was the Quartermasterfor second Carps during the Afri.can and Sicilian Campaigns, andlater on he became the FirstArmy Quartermaster and servedin that capacity until the end ofthe War in Germany.

899th T.O. Bn.CHARLES F. CRAWFORD <Hqs.

Co.>, has recently purchased anew home at 708 \Vest MiddleStreet. Hanover, Pa., where he isliving w:th his wife and son, Bobby,who Is four and a half years old.Charlie is working with the localPower and Light Company, in thegarage department, and would likevery much to see any former 9thDivision men who happen to getup around Hanover.

ALBERT D. BRADLEY wouldlike to hear from you fellows.Write to h'm at Route 2, Jersey.ville, Illinois.

A few address changes:ROBERT S. PATTERSON, 1133

::\1 StrPet. Lincoln. Nebraska.ALFRED P. EVAN (Ist Lt. C

Co.>, Hq. & Hq. Co., 172nd Intan.try Regiment, 93rd Infantry Divi­sion, camp Pickett, Vi.rginia.

CARL R. ROSS, Bo." 444, Pilts­burgh, Kansas.

HENRY RICKERT, Clinton, Con­llOdicut.

WASHINGTON (13), D. C. (P. O. Box 1704)

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Attention·· .Please Help - - -

U anyone remembers Pvt. AL­BERT O. KLINGBEIL, a memberof C Company, 60th Infantry, whowas killed in action on septem­ber 25, 1944, please contact hisbrother, Mr. HOWARD M. KLING­BEIL, who lives at Bottineau.North Dakota, or ALFRED KONG­SLIE, of Upham, North Dakota.

AI took his bas~c training atCamp Fannin, Texas, in January,1944 . He was in Belgium on Sep­tember 11, 1944, and met his deathon the 25th of September.

This is a most urgent appealand if anyone knows anything con­cerning the death of AI, or knewhim beforehand, please do yourpart and contact either his broth­er or AI Kongslle.

President Truman NominateSCol. Van Houten For Promotion

On July 11, 1951, PresidentTruman nominated more than 50Army colonels for promotion tothe temporary rank of brigadiergeneral.

Of special imporlance is thename of Colonel JOHN G. VANHOUTEN, whose name appears onthis list, which has been referredby the Senate to its Armed serv­Ices Committee for approval.

Colonel Van Houten was wn10 Macon, Georgia on March 11,1904. He is a graduate of theUniversity of Georgia. receivinghis degree with the Class of 1926.Hs is also a graduate of The ArmyWar College, Command and Gen­eral Staff College and the Infan­try School.

He was promoted to the tem­porary rank of Colonel on Feb­ruary 18, 1943. and received hispermanent date of rank on August1, 1950. Colonel Van Houten isthe holder of the Silver Star, TheLegion of Merit and The BronzeStar Medal. with Oak Leaf Cluster.

Colonel Van Houten will long beremembered by men of the 60thInfantry for his excellent leader­ship as Commanding Officer of theRegiment, a position he held fromOctober, 1944, until the end of thewar In Germany. For a shortperiod of time, prior to his de­parture from the Division, ColonelVan Houten was the AssIstant Di-

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RAYMOND A. VALLIERE (Capt.Hqs.• 47th), is the second secre­tary of the United States Embassyat Balboa, canal Zone. Addresahim at Box 2016 in Balboa.

HERBERT E. OLSEN (G Co.>,wrote In last January giving UJhis present address, and also catch·ing up on his membership. Herbis now living at 389 HighlandAvenue, Randolph, Massachusettes.His brother-In-law (name un..known) is a fonner member ofthe 9th Division. (Has he joinedup at yet!)

PETER J. IMBESI (H Co.),sends In his 1951 dues togetherwith the hope that our Associa·tion will grow stronger and bet..ter, as organizations such as oursare needed for making a strongerbond of brotherhood. Pete hopesto see many of his Army friendsat the New York COnvention. IDsspare time and probably a gooddeal of other valuable time istaken up with his duties as a mem·ber of the Board of Education, apost to which he was elected bythe people of the fah: town ofLyndhurst, New Jersey. Pete livesat 214 Mountain Way in Lynd"hurst.

Sgt. CLYDE R. FORD (T/Sgt.,A-T Co.), re-e'Jllisted last July, ayear ago, for an indefinite periodand plans on making the full 30years provided Uncle ~m agree.with the Idea. For the past fiveyears, Clyde has been stationed inFort Worth doing work on thegiant B-J6·s. It hasn't been aneasy job but still much betterthan dodging mortars, artillery,etc. Several months ago Clydemade a trip back to the carolinaland spent a night with GEORGEBEAVER In Gaffney, S. C. Georgeis working with an electric com..pany in Gaffney. (George hasn'tcome acro.~s with his '51 dues asyet). In Charlotte, N. C., Clydemet up with FRANK MORRIS,who served with Div. Arty., andwho is sweating out the possibilityof being called to active duty,Frank is active in the Navy Re.­serve. (Frank isn't a member ofthe Association. Can you persuadehim to join?) Around Christmastime, Clyde receives a lot of cardsand nates from you fellows andthey are really appreciated. Dur.ing the past year he has madeseveral triPs up to Possum King·dom Lake to try his fishing luck.also to visit with EDGAR NEW­MAN. who works on the dam andWho knows just where all ot thebig ones are. (How about seeingWhat you can do to sign Edgarup as a member?> Incidentally,here's Clyde's address- Addresshim as M/Sgt. at 4820 StevensStreet, Fort Worth 14, Texas. Nooil wells, nor additions to thefamily.

JACOB LESSOFF (C Co.>, of270 Linden Street, Pittsfield, Mas..sachu~etts, sends in a report stat·ing that he is in good health, thesame goes for his wife and daugh'"ter, who is nigh onto three anda half years old by now and abundle of joy and energy.

Jack made inquiry in his letterfor tlIe address of WILLIAMMIHALIC and our :files still showhim to be living at 237 Penn St.,Verona, Pennsylvania. (Wondel'why he isn't paying his dues!)Jack brings up a good point inthat many members when writln&'letters in to The OctofoU fail tostate their former outfit, whichmakes it difficult sometimes toproperly Identify the Individual.SBdlj' enough, the Association'Srecords do not show the outfit Inmany cases, therefore, when suchletters are mentioned in the paperthey are listed under the column"Units Unknown,"

SIDNEY ZlNDER (G Co.), wrotein from 2085 Orleans Street, Bal·tlmore 31. Maryland. Sid servedwith G Company from 1944 to1946, the only home he knew inthe Army, except for his 17 weeksof basic training, which was moreor less like an orphange. Hepromised himself that when hereeeived his dIscharge from theservice that he would not workfor two years. That was one prom·ise he fUlfilled. In 1948 he enteredthe Federal service and is now em"ployed by the Department of TheArmy at the Baltimore Signal De·pot on a job which has to dowith supplying the Army withauthorized TIO & Equipment, alsokeeping Signal officers happy (.hard thIng to. do), Sid occassional..Iy has to visit various post, campaand stations along the East Coast,principally to dlscuss supply prob­lems and on his :first visit to FortDlx, as he approached the PostAdjutant's Office he saw a largesign. readlnl!', "Fort Dlx. NewJersey, Home of The 9th InfantryDivision." Just like old homeweek. Fortunately, or unfortun..ately. Sid isn't married as yet, butis working hard to accomplish themarried. state. At Christmas time,cards are received from JOSEPlJ(M 0 E) ZIGO and RICHARD

andThereLELAK of 239 Papular Street,Coverdale, Pennsylvania.

Mrs. ERNEST BOOTH writes Inthe news concerning her husband.Ernie is a carpenter by trade andis presently working on the newsuper highway that crosses NewJersey from New York to Penn·sylvania. The Booths have recent·ly pulochased a large home in Mt.Holly, and they have a seven-year·Old daughter. Joyce. Their addressis: 232 Rutland Avenue, Mount1I011y, New Jersey. Drop Ernie aline. He'll be glad to hear fromyou.

LESTER E. CAMPEN (Sgt. BCo.), has a new address-Box 8,Roanoke, illinois. His very nicewife wrote in last February atwhich time she mentioned thatLester's father was quite 111 andwe hope that he has recovered bythis time. Les is helping his broth·er build a house, and after thatone is finished they hope to startbuilding one for themselves. Also,a new addition to the family isscheduled to arrive this month.Les is still working as a plumber.He has received many cards atChristmas time from you fellowsand would like to hear {rom more.Drop in if you get down his way.

BENJAMIN R. TROWER writesin from 57 Corto Road, Arcadia,CalUornia, where he is in the oilbusiness. (Not as an awner,though). The Trowers recenU~purchased a new home In Arcadia,which is located near beautifulsanta Anita Park. They have onechiJd and by now should .haveanother, due last April. They seecaptain CLAUDE GILLESPIErather frequently. He was formerCO of C Company. Ben wouldlike to hear from some of youD Company fello.ws.

WILLIAM H. MacDONALD hasmoved to the Greenlawn TrailerPark, RFD I, Florence, Kentucky.Bill was in F Company.

CHARLES VELLEMA wrote Inlast February and his letter men­tions that the weather is reallysomething. Plent of snow and cold.(Wish we had some now). Charlieleft L Company in 1945 and wentback to the farm, located on Route2, Waupun, Wisconsin. T~e familyincludes two. children, Claire Ellen,lour, and Dennis Charle~, age two.Charlie sees HERBY STRUCK andhis family once or twice each Sum­mer. Herb is a former L Com­pany man. He also saw PETE, whowas one of L Company's cooks.How about some of you other LCompany men. Drop Charlie anote and compare notes.

OTIS E. BUMGARNER of Route1 Radnor Ohio, is working a 281­a~re far~ near Delaware, Ohio.Otis served with C Company andwould like to hear from some ofyouse guys. He is a married man,very much so, with a nine-year~old

son by the name of Carl Eugene.D Company is heard from

through the efforts of FRANCISBRUSIC of 53 Tuttle Street, Wal­lington New Jersey. Fran will be...in Nev:. York for the conventionand hopes to see many D Com­pany men there. By this time heshould be a proud father of eithera future GI or Wac. The eventwas to take place in June. Definiteconftnnation has not been received.

Capt. WILLIAM H. HORAN (1stLt. M Co.). is now over in Japan.He received his orders last Decem­ber. However. if you write to him,send your letters to his home at103 Campus Drive, Apt. 2, Snyder21, New York, and they wilI beforwarded.

JESS A NUNN (1st Lt., lst. Bn.Hqs.), is living at 1907 Hazel Ave­nue, Salem, Oregon, and his work·ing hours are spent in operating agrocery store in Salem. Two chil­dren, Carol. three years old, andJanet, 15 months, keep him prettybusy in his spare time. However,he sUll has time to take an activepart as Company Commander ofHq. Co., 1st Bn., 162nd InfantryReg't of the 41st Infantry Division.His Battalion CO is none otherthan Colonel ALLGOOD, who was1st Bn. CO of the 47th in Germany.His Battalion has the largest en­listment and the highest efficiencyrating in the 41st Division. Inclvllian life, Col. Allgood is a pub­lic accountant, and works out ofSalem. His home is in Dallas,Oregon. (Wonder it you can getJim to pay his 1951 dues?) Jess'letters also mentions that LARRYO'KEEFE (AT Co'>, Is In SanJO'"e as a special agent for theMassachusetts Bonding Company.Jess would like nothing better thanto attend the New York Conven­tion. However, the distance is abit too great to travel in the timeallo.wed.

STANLEY J. RACZOWSKI (MCo.). halls from 1832 East 29th St.,Tacoma, Washington. Stan worksfor the Columbia Breweries inTacoma, making and bottling thebeer, also helping to consume someof it. Still a single man, and nooil wells as yet. Last Fall he madehis usual trip into the Cascadesand bagged a nice 200-pound buck.

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Detroit ChapterJOE CASEY, the acting Secre­

tary of The Greater Detroit Chap­ter, sends in the following itemrelative to the Birthday celebra·tion of the City ot Detroit.

The City of Detroit is havinga Birthday, the celebration of 250years of growth ,and of growing­pains. Our Chapter here is onlyabout four years old, and can notyet be expected to have attainedas great a size.

Many of our active membershere are unable to attend meet·lngs as regularly as in the past,probably because of participationinthe Birthday Party Plans. OurChapter has no plans to erect aMemorial Bulldln$' in honor of aurBuddies, much as we might feelthat they deserve a visible andendurin$t' Memorial.

Our City has grown from asmall log enclosure around a Fort,to a Great City of industry, andcommerce, and progress. OurChapter Is growing, with the In·dustry of a few active Members,practically no commerce beingneeded or required, and the hopeof progress yet to come.

So, after o\Jr City has blownout all 250 candles on our BIrth·day Cake, may the wish come true,that more Members of our Chap.ter can Ilttend more Chapter Meet·Ings, so that more of U$ maymeet more of Us at the Meetingsof men who served our Countryin the Ninth Intantry Division.

Death of Former 60thMember Reported

A recent leter from Mrs. TROYSLEEP infonned us of the deathof her son, FLOYD, who was kill­ed in an automobile accident onJuly 3. 1949.

Floyd served with the 60th In·fantry. and prior to. the time ofhis death he was living at Bed­ford. Iowa. No further details areavailable.

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DONALD M. CLARKE, PresldentJOSEPH A. McKENZIE, First Vice-President

FRANK OZART, Second Vlce·Prelldent!>R. HYMAN SESLOWE, Third VIce-PresIdentCHARLES O. TINGLEY, secretary-Treasurer

P. O. Box 1704. Wub1n.KtoD 13, D. C.THOMAS J. GENTRY, Jr., Judp Advocate

BOARD OF GOVERNORSLT. GEN. MANTON S. EDDY, Emeritus Board Member

DONALD M. CLARKE RICHARD C. STOREYALBERT E. BRUCHAC J. ROBaRT BROGANREV. EDWARD CONNORS CALVIN POLIVYJ. GUY McCORMICK WILLIAM MAUSERJOHN J. CLOUSER HAROLD SMITHPAUL S. PLUNKETT JOE CASEYWALTER J. MAHON HENRY GOUDrEClU

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Local Chapter NewsDistrict of Columbia Chap. Marines and Airmen's Club. This

. . Club is sponsored by The Woman'sAt the June ~eeting of the DIS- Army and Navy League, a group

trict of Columbia Chapter, an elec- composed of the wives of Army,tion o.f officers was held and the Navy, Marine and Alr Force offl­followmg successful candidates cers. The work done by this or­were duly sworn into office. ganization is outstanding in the

Major DANIEL W. HANCOCK City of Washlngton. The clubwas elected the new president, house affords excellent facilitiesSUcceeding JOHN W. O'DONNELL. to service men who come to Wash-

HARRISON J. DAYSH w~ ington on leave. SI~ping accom­elected Vice-President, succeeding modations are furnished at a nomi­Major Hancock and ANTHONY nal fee and recreational affairs,(TONY) J. CHACONAS has taken such as sightseeing tours, dances,over the :financial and secretarial etc., are arranged for the enter.duties, succeeding CALVIN E. tainment of the men during theirWHITAKER. stay in the City. Excellent club

Calvin Whitaker :finds himself room facilities are available, In­back in OD's these days, having cluding television, card games, asbeen called back from the reserves, well as as a well-stocked librarymuch to his disatlslaction. Cal for those who care to relax andhas not been active in the reserves enjoy a good book. The club alsofor several years and last year he maintains an excellent snack barsent in his resignation and the which serves meals at a very loWpapers were in the /lmill" when cost.the Korean action broke out and The D. C. Chapter arranged sev.ot course, all reserve appointments eral months ago to sponsor thewere immediately frozen at that cost of mAintaining a bed in thetime and consequently Cal found Club. During the ceremonies heldhimself "stuck." on Armed Forces Day, the Club

JOHN O'DONNELL represented very cordIally acknowledged thethe D. C. Chapter at the Open Chapter's action by presenting toHouse on Armed Forces Day, May Mr. O'Donnell a certUicate of ap·19th, held at the SoldIers, Sailors, preciation.

Secretary, 9th Infantry Divi.iou Auociation

P. O. Bo" 1704, Wa.hington 13, D. C.

I am interested in the proposal of the Associa­tion to sponsor a tour of Europe, retracing some ofthe ground which the Ninth Infantry Division gaihedduring World War II.I would desire to make such a tour in 1952 _

1953 _1954 _

Later _

I would desire to travel by: Steamship _Air _

I could arrange to spend days in makingsuch a tour.

I would desire to travel in the following countries:England _

France _Belgium _Germany _

If you have any special place Which you desire tovisit, please indicate below.

Woud you be accompanied by any members of yourfamily? If so, please indicate the number. _

Please Print Your Name _Street Address _City State _

Unit designation while with the 9th Division _

The oftlcta1 pubUcatlon of the Ninth Infantry Division Auoclatlon withoffloetl located at 1001 "0" St., N. W., Washington, D. C. Telephone SHep­herd 4387. Single copy price of this pubtfcat10n Is 15 cents per IB8lHt or bymall, Jl.50 per year, payable in advance. Subllcrlben should not1ty UleWashington office prompUy of any change in address. ~

PubUlhed each month by and for the memben of the Ninth InfantryDivision Anoelatlon. News artJcles, feature .toriel, photographs or artmaterlaJ from members wID be welcomed and every ettort wtll be made toreturn photographic and art work in IOOd con4Jtlon. Pleue address aneommunkaUohl to The OctofoU, 120 Thayer Avenue, Sliver Sprlna, Maryland.

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VOLUME' JULY, 1151 NUMBER 7

"age TWO

THE OCTOFOI L(DICK) SCHLOSSARECK, bothformer G Company men, bothmarried now and each the proudfather at a daughter. (Wonder ifwe can get these two guys to paytheir dues?)

HARRY T. RAINEY (1st Lt., ECo.) I sends in good news from hishome at 638 Garden Road, Colum~bus, Ohio. A brand new son ar­rived last January 4th, who willmake life interesting for theirthree-yeAr-old daughter. The Rain.ey family expects a busy and in­teresting time during 1951. HarryIs in the advertising business.(Send in your photos of same ofthe E Company gang-if they areclear ones-and we'll be glad toput them in the paper).

ROBERT E. COLFLESH (Sgt. ECo.) • took off from Philadelphialast August and headed for LosAngeles to see a. bit of our Coun­try. On his way aut he stoppedoff to see some of his friends.In Paris, Illinois, Bob looked upR. E. <GENE} HIATT, an old ECompany man, and found thatGene had moved \0 Charles City,Illinois. Also found out that heis now a married man. (Nat amember of the Association. Sendus his address and we'll see whatwe can do). Out in Kansas City,Bob got in touch with H. W.KENNEY, who was just aboutready to go back into the Army.He and Mrs. Kenney showed Boba swell time while he was there.Out in California, Bob loaked upFRANK PETTY, still the sameold guy and none better. FrankIs doing swell as a cabinet maker.In Santa Arna, with the help ofthe telephone and a bit of goodluck, Bob was able to locate C. H.WELSH. He is doing ok as abutcher. (How about trying to getKenney on the ball with his '51dues. Also J\O record of C. H.Welsh as a member>. Bob is backIn Pennsylvania now. His addressIs: EUis Road, north at Lawrence,Upper Darby, and he wlll be atthe New York Convention withbells on.

ANTHONY J. BRIANYK (Hq.CO., 2nd Bn,), is living at 57 Bel.grove Drive, Kearney, New Jersey.

HARRY A. STEWART (S/Sgt.,M Ca.), sends in his '51 dues from34 Blueridge Avenue, Natrona,Pennsylvania. Harry and his wifenow have a nine~year-rild boy.This Summer,_ provided the Gov­E'rnment doesn't interfere, Harryplans on heading for New Jerseyway where he hopes to see someof the old gang. He also plans onbeing in New York far the con­vention.

Wojg WILLARD NORRIS (1stSgt., M Co.j, is with Hq. Co.,7th Infantry Division, APO 7, c/oPostmaster, San Francisco, Califor­nia. Bill sends in a negative replyas far as oil wells and childrenare concerned . If his present tourof duty in the land of tumble bugsand "honey buckets" continues, hestates that he will be forced toput off starting that family a lit.tIe longer. Some of his fellow­Texans have had remarkable luckat finding oil wells but no suchluck as far as Bill is concerned.Quoting dlreEtly from his letter,Bill states-"From my address youwill deduct that I am at the pres-­ent time In Korea. Strange as Itmay seem, this 'police action' hereis almost like the 'War' we foughtwith the 9th Division in Europe.I will state here and now, how­ever, that the NINTH DIVISIONJ5 the best outfit I have ever beena member of and I sUlI wear theOctofoil on my right shoultt"€r 'withpride. The wife who is at presentliVing down in the old home townof Huntsville, Texas, writes thatwe received many Christmas cardsfrom the aId gang in the 9th,andmany of them signed the cards Mr.and Mrs. AND CHILDREN. It Isnice to know thllt the old gang,making up for some of the trialsand tribulations they endured dur­ing the days of World War II,are now enjoying family life inthe best place on earth. Bestregards to everyone from yourfriend." (Signed) Willard Norris.

Capt. ALBERT E. HAINES, Jr.(lst Lt., G Co,), sends in his duesfrom Hqs., 7th Army, A. G. Sec­tion, APO 46, c/o Postmaster, NewYork, N. Y. He ment~ons r~ceiptof letters from DAVID LILLY andPAUL HELTON. Paul wrote tosay that he is back in OD's again,and also to say that an additionto the family recently arrived. Hegave his address at Fort Smith,Arkansas. Al sends his best to allof his friends and hopes that thefellows will keep their names inthe paper so that we can at leastknow where everyone is.

FRANK J. MACHEK writes infrom Pleasant Mount, Pennysl­vania, asking for some addressesfor the following fellows who werein H Company: BERT BUSH andKALMAN DONCESCS. Bert atllllives at 537 Shoop Avenue, Day­ton 7, Ohio. (Have tried to getBert to join the Association butso far, no luck). (A letter toKalman Doncescs, sent to 701Wood Stret, Bethlehem, Pennsyl­vania, brought no reply.) Are.

cent trip that Frank took paid offwith vtsits with CARL KRAUSE,CLARENCE DIT~L, JOHNSCULLY and BlLL DIVITO. Allof these fellows are reported asdoing fine.

Lt. THOMAS F. JONES (S/Sgt.,E Co,), is now serving with Com­pany B, 6th Infantry Regiment,APO 742, Postmaster, New York,N. Y. No oil wells as yet, norhas he made his fitst mil1ion.Tom reports that there are at least30 men in the 6th Infantry IWgi­ment who are wearing The Octo­foU, but he hasn't found one thathe knew --during the four yearsthat he spent with E and F Com­panies of the 47th. He reports thatCaptain L. V. SMITH, of the old60th is now the CO of serviceCompany, getting fat and lazy.(How about getting Smith to jointhe Association?) Tom hears fromCLAY'J1ON WAGGONER now andthen, his address is 823 Blaine St.•Holdrege, Nebraska. Clayton is amarried man with a very prettydaughter. (How about trying toget him to join the Association?~

(Both of these men have been con­tacted but no results· so far). Asfor some news about Tom's fam.ily-one son and one daughter.EUGENE MANN has been located.He is now Sgt. Eugene Mann,serving with the 4th Field Hos­pital, APO 301, c/o Postmaster,San Francisco, california. FEL.TON JONES has been located andhas joined the Association. Fel­ton lives on RFD 1, Alapaha,Georgia.

ROBERT W. NICHOLES (DCo,), sends in his '51 dues andalso encloses a picture of hisdaughter, which is printed below.

Brenda Gail NichOles is ninemonths old now and growing fa~t.

She was named after Lt. GAIL E.GADBY of D Company, who waskilled in action. Bob would surelike to hear from you D Company~en and you can write to him atAhoskie, North Carolina, RFD 1.

OTTO R. SIROVY (C Co.), re­ports in from his home at 150Jackson Street, Jackson, Minne­sota. Otto is in the garage busi­nes:s, rebuilding and paintingwrecked cars, and he is keptmighty busy due to the large num­ber of wrecks out in his part ofthe country. In fact, he could usea couple of good body men. Otto'sfamily has grown to include threechildren ,one boy and two girls,and the fourth addition was ex­pected to arrive last April. Noconfirmation as yet. At Christmastime he hears from several of. hisfriends from out of C Company.However, some of them fail to in.clude their addresses so Otto hasn'tbeen able to acknowledge all ofthem. He received a eard recentlyfrom GEORGE SCHo/INAT andhis Wife, who live out in FryburgNorth Dakota, announcing the ar~rival last February of their secondson. (Wonder if you can getGeorge to join the Association1)

W. B. (BILL) LARSON was InWashington a few months ago.His new address is: Old ChesterRoad, Essex Fells, New Jersey.

ALTON LeDUC (C Co.), Is livingat 217 North Summit Street, Ypsi­lanti ,Michigan. A1 was a memberof the 9th for almost four yearsand spent his time with C Com.pany, going through seven cam­paigns with them. He owns anapartment-- building in Ypsilantiand is building some houses inbusiness for himself. His pianscalled for getting married 16stFebruary and then spending acouple of months in southernFlorida.

Sgt. RICHARD M. WILLIAMShas been stationed at Fort GeorgeG. Meade, Maryland, since last Sep­terber. Dick was in the reservesand was recalled to duty and sentto Meade to help with the induc­tion of the enlistees, et.c. His homeaddress is still First Street, EldredPennsylvania. A former 15th En:gineer man, W~LIAM R. KEN­SINGER, is statione<l at FortMeade, In the same outfit as Dick­Comp~ny E, 2053 ASU Rec. Center.

GERALD D. WIERE~GA (L Co.),lives at 1168 Port S};leldon Roadin Jenison, MIchigan, a:nd he worksfor Swift and Company, meat

packers, in Grand Rapids for thepast two and a halt years. Jerryhas been married for the pastseven years and they have onegirl, who Is two years old. Hehopes to see many of you fella"..sin New York for the convention.

GEORGE H. BAKER sends inhis dues from 1017 Riverside Ave­nue, Baltimore 30, Maryland.

The same for LEO M. HOU­WELING, Who lives at 19 Mt. ViewAvenue out In Mill Valley, Calif.

ANTHONY GATTUSO writes Infrom 1006 Pennline Street, Pauls­boro, New Jersey.

JACK W. SAFFORD (S/Sgt:r,is working for the NaVal Ord­nance Plant out in Indianapolis,Indiana, where he lives at 442North Forest Avenue. He hopesto get to New York for the con­vention.

PAUL G. DOHERTY was calledback into the Army last October,and is stationed in Berlin. Hisaddress is: Sfc. Paul G. Doherty,A Company, 6th Infantry Regi­ment, APO 742, c/o Postmaster,New York, N. Y. His home ad­dress is 1804 Lincoln Street, Wil­mington, Delaware.

ROBERT W. HERMAN (S/Sgt.,B Co.), is working for the Cham­pion Dish Washing Machine Com.pany, makers of dishwashers whichwere used by the Army. (Thesedishwashers never reached anyunits of the Division>. Bob livesat 1140 East ~th Street, Erie,Pennsylvania, and he hopes tomake the New York Convention.

Sgt. DONATO VlSCO Is still inthe Army, stationed in Germanywith the 223 Quartermaster Reel.and Maint. Company, APO 872,c/o Postmaster, New York, N. Y.He is in charge of a tent repairsection, supervising 40 Germanworkers, repairing the tents thatcome from allover the command.Congratulations to Don for his re­cent promotion to sergeant. Hisbest wishes are sent for a success­fUl convention.

DAVID E. GILLESPIE (llt Lt.K Co.), is the managing editor ofThe Gastonia Gazette, an after­noon daily located in the fine­combed yarn manUfacturing cityof Gastonia, North Carolina. WhenDave entered the service in 1942he was sports editor and returnedto the paper after his dischargein 1946, and was promoted to hispresent jo.b a short time later. Thepaper has a circulation of about19,000. Dave, as many of you willrecall, took over the job, after thefighting was over, of public rela.tions officer for the 47th, and hehad the responsibility of gettingout the weekly newspaper, andalso was editor of the regimentalhistory which was published inMun'ich. (Do you know wherethere are any more copies of thisbook. We sure could use a lotof them as many former 47th mendid not receive a copy), Pave ismarried and has two daughters,Lane, six, and Jessica, three. Notsa long ago K Company held areunion and Dave would like verymuch to get on the mailing listto receive future news of suchreunions. He recently had thepleasure of seeing one of the KCompany commanders In Atlanta,Capt. W. L. McWATERS. His bestregards to all of his friends, es­pecially the staff of The Raiderwhich labored so diligently atDachau. Address Dave in care ofThe Gastonia Gazette, Gastonia,North Carolina.

RALPH J. SMITH's address isBox 384, Red Bud, mlnols. Ralphis working lor the American Carand Foundry Company in St. Louis,Mis:souri. Not married as yet.

RICHARD W. PATRAW (I Co.),reports in from 1963 Reaney St.,St. Paul 6, Minnesota. Dick leftthe 47th via the hospital routes,stopping off in France, England,and then being sent to BushnellHospital out in Utah for final re­cuperation. He is back at worknow, driving for the St. PaulTerminal Warehouse.

HERBERT E. OLSEN'S namewas mentioned previously in thiscolumn. Some more news aboutHerb. He is an architecturaldraftsman, married and no chil­dren as yet.

Its a baby girl by the name ofNancy Jean, who recently arrivedto join the family of MAXINEand CORKIE KOLANDER (F Co.)They live in Brewster, Minn.

Another new artival for the fam·ilv of BETTY and"CHUCK HOR.TEN. Charles M., arrived lastMarch 17at 0944, weight, sixpounds, three ounces. Chuck waswith F Company and they nowliv<;! at Seven Pines National Ceme­tery, RFD 1, Box 5, Sandston, Va.

Still another new arrival-JOHNHANUSCIN sends in a birth an- ~nouncement for Steven Paul, bornlast January 21st. This makesnumber four now. One girl, 11years old, another girt, five yearsold, and Junior, who is two and ahalf. The old man hopes to seemany of his frIends at the NewYork Convention. The Hanuscinfamily lives in Richeyville, Penn­sylvania, Box 461.

July, 1051

Here are a few address changesfor men of the 47th:

KENNETH W. KLEPFER, 3845West Fullerton Ave., Chicago, m.

HAROLD L. EVERHART (Lt. DCo.> RR 1, Glenwood, Indlana.

GABRIEL L. KORMOS, 39 Dob­Un Street, Elmont, Long Island,New York.nue,ETAOIN RA RA RA RA AR

HAGUE M. O'QUINN (Med. Det.)615 S. E. 2nd Place, Gainsvllle,Florida.

Lt. Col. DEAN T. VANDER­HOFF (lst Bn.) RFD 2, LemonRoad, Falls Church, Virginia.

JOSEPH L. RAY (G Co.) 129South .J.,ondon street, Mt. Sterling,Ohio.

GORDON A. SCHNEIDER (HCo.) 42 16 76th Street, JacksonHeights, New York.

ARTHUR O. OSTENSON, Box135, Sharon, North Carolina.

JOHN MERSCHOFF, 54 FlorenceAvenue, Brooklyn 29, New York.

JACK N. SHINN (Lt. D Co.),Elrod Street, MUrfreesboro, Tenn.

WILLIAM F. MORKlLL, Rt. 2,Box 405, Kirkland, Washington.

MARTIN E. FLYNN, 6 NorthGlenwood Avenue, Baltimore 28,Maryland.

WILLIAM C. OTTO, 204 NorthAdams Street (Zilwaukee), Sagi­naw, Michigan.

Capt. WM. J. NICHOLSON (MCo.) Co. M, 102nd Inf. Inf. Div.,Camp Pickett, Va.

Capt. LEON SIEMINSKl, 1122nd ASU, Army Base, Boston, Mass.

JUDSON'o. BARRACK, Jr.. 1013North Jefferson, Arlington, Va.

J. B. MOBLEY, Star Route,Clovis, New Mexico.

Lt. Col. R. H. BRYANT, Hq.,7th Army, G-2 Section, APO 46,Postmaster, New York, N. Y.

EDWARD H. ALSTON, 2224Steele Road, Drexel Hill, Pennsyl­vania.

HERBERT C. KELLER, RFD 1,Box 733, Rahway, New Jersey.

ROBERT J. PASKVAN, 1137West Hillsdale, Lansing,Michigan.

E. BUFORD KING, Jr., Harda­way Hall, Mildand, Georgia.

ADRIAN B. TURLEY, Route 4,Mt. Sterling, Kentucky.

LLYOD G. FREITAG, 1022 AClara, Sheboygan, Wisconsin.

EDWARD T. DALY, 13 No. 7thStreet, Newark 7, New Jersey.

VICTOR AXELSEN, Rt. 2, Box6, Sparta, Wisconsin.

CLETIS H. BECKMAN, 143 OakStreet, Oakland, Maryland.rthK-ESSHRDLU MH M HMH H

JOHN S. LEVCHIK, 1437 Hiawa­tha Avenue, Hillside, New Jersey.

FLOYD A. ALLEN, 1451 ParkAvenue, Sanger, California.

EUlER R. CANNON, Route I,Bridgeville, Delaware.

RALPH T. WALKER, Box 825,Atascadero, California.

JOHN OBERMlLLER, Jr., 610North Walnut Street, Bay City,Michigan.

ALEXIS A. ST. ONGE, 99 BatesStreet, New Bedford, Mass.

JAMES B. HOLMAN, Route 4,Springfield, Tennessee.

H. T. HOWEll.., 317 29th Street,S. W., Mason City, Iowa.

DO:RlLAS SEVIGNY, 166 BatesStreet, New Bedford, Mass.

WARREN L. CAMPBELL, 2~2William Street, Buffalo, New York.

JOSEPH F. DEVEREUX, 5869Romaine Street, St. Louis 12, Mo.

VINCENT F. YOCKEL, 228 Con­gress Street, Jersey City 7, N. J.

HOWARD V. ELLIS, 382 Roy­croft Drive, .Rochester 21, N. Y.

ROBERT F. BYRNE, 535 Glad­stone Avenue, Trenton 9, NewJersey.

FRANK C. TOKA,RZ, 548 MainStreet, Torrington, Conn.

MATTHEW J. CAWLEY, 2306Cleveland Street, Bellmore, NewYork.

FRANK R. PISANI, 632 77thStreet, Niagara Falls, New York.

LESTER H. BUTLER, 25130Lake Shore BQulevard, Cleveland23, Ohio.

EDMOND J. HANNA, 16515Stockbridge Avenue, Cleveland 28,Ohio.

GOth InfantryJOHN E. WOLSKI (C Co.), Is

living at 226 Sherman Stt;'eet.Perth Amboy, New Jers:ey. Lastsummer he and his family visitedout on Long Island with a few CCompany men, including BILLKOWALSKI, TONY MATURA andJOE IANNOTTI, and hopes to seemany more at the New YorkConvention. .

JOSEPH BERNSTEIN (Anti­Tank Co.), wrote in to us severalmonths ago and announced thathe had taken the "big step" andplaced the wedding band on oneof. New York's native gals. He isstill trying to figure out why hewaited so long. Joe and Florencewill be at the New York Con­vention and are looking forwarp.to seeing many of you formerAnti-Tank men there. Since theirmarriage, they have been living intheir new home at 2390 DavidsonAvenue, Bronx 53, New York.

NATHAN E. BOSSOM was re­called into the Army severalmonths ago. His home address is:PO Box 295, Hartington, Texas.

Page THREE.

A letter from ERVIN M. RUE-·DEN, Route 2, Box 226, BlackCreek, Wisconsin, who sends inhis '51 dues with his thanks forthe work done towards keeping.the Association together. Ervinmissed the Chicago convention duE!'to the fact that his farming activi­ties keep him tied down prettymuch of the time. It is a difficultthing to get hired men to leavethe chores to. Not even any "lit­tle hired men" as yet. Their twolittle girls keep them busy though.

EUGENE POTTER, Jr. (C Co.),writes in his appeal to you tel·lows to drop a short note to TheOctofoll in order that he mightknow what's going on with yousince leaving the old outfit. Geneattended college after leaving the9th and obtained a BS degree. Heis now working in a New Yorkbank and is looking forward toseeing lots of his old friends atthe New York Convention. Hishorne address is: 14 EmwiltonPlace, Ossing, New York.

Captain JOHN W. MILLER'Sname will be found in the NEWMEMBER COLUMN on page one..John attended the 1st Annual Re­union held in New York City andever since that time has intendedjoining the Association, and we arevery happy that he is now a mem­ber.

John joined the 9th, CompanyF, 60th Infantry, in early Jan­uary, 1941, worked as a cook, lateras Mess sergeant and after the in­vasion of Africa became 1st Ser­geant of F Company, then underthe command of Captain ROBERTKRIZ and later Captain MATTURBANOWITZ (no.w MATT UR­BAN). Upon completion of theSicilian Campaign, John was ro­tated to the States and returnedoverseas in October, 1944, wascaptured during the Battle of TheBulge, released in April, 1945, a!lllseparated from the service in Sep­tember, 1945. He was recalled to'active duty in 1946, sent back tQlEurope and spent three years with!the United States Constabulary. Hereturned from Europe in 1950 andwas assigned to Headquarters, 60thInfantry at Fort Dix and is pres·ently the Regimental S-4. Johnwould like to hear from any andaU of you F Company men andhopes to' see many of you at theNew York Convention.

WAYNE J. LUCIA (AT Co.>,wrote in from 1417 North 5thStreet, Superior, Wisconsin, re­questing some addresses on RAY­MOND nOWELL, JAMES EL­MORE, TOIVO KYTO, WOOD­ROW BRYANT and JAMES ILL­INGSWORTH. Wayne is in needof help from these fellows in orderto establish a service connecteddisability claim.

AMBROSE C. STONICK (1st Lt.H & M Cos.), writes in from 91Bradley Avenue, East Haven,Connecticut. Still using "Go­Devil" stationery, too. His letter,like many others, helps to makethis job easier as witnessed byhis statement that The Octofoil isthe best liaison the men of the9th ever had. (Thanks for I'themthar" kiAd words).

WARREN H. DEITZ (G Co.>,wrote in sometime ago making in..quiry concerning his POW check.Hope it has arrived by now. War·ren is livin"g in Mechanicsburg,Pennsylvania, out on RFD 4.

JOHN S. BADURA sends In his1951 dues from way out san Fran­cisco way, 759 14th Avenue.

Rev. CHARLES M. SACCO (GCo.), was recently ordained to thePriesthood and 1s now assignedto St. Anthony's Church at 753Archie Street in Beaumont, Texas.

WAYNE M. MAYNARD (Sgt. G·Ca.), sends In his dues from Len­~re, Idaho, a new address.

JOHN K. MOORE (A Co.),wrote in several months ago ask­ing for some help in getting hisGI Insurance Dividend, and aftera bit of telephoning, etc., we Wereable to get the check on its wayto John, who showed his appre·ciatlon by sending in a donationto the Memorial Fund in Memoryof Sgt. BILL TIMMONS, who waskilled in action In Korea last year.John served with Sgt. "TIM" whenhe first reported to A Companyi(1. the woods outside of Zweifal.His letter goes on to say that "hewas a real soldier and a true non­com. I don't think they ever madethem any better. He had guts, hewas caol~headed when the goingwas toughest, and he looked afterl1is men. What more could any·one ask? Even after combat wasa thing of the past, and we wereexperiencing that fouled up per­iod when redeployment was turn­ing an army into a mob, he con­tinued to "soldier" in the exactestmeaning of the ward. "Tim" wasa friend, and I loved him as afriend who had accompanied methrough many a "rough spot." I'llmiss him ,and with all who servedwith him, I will never forget him."

John's home address is 19 De­Kalb Avenue, White Plains, NewYork.

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Pfc. JAMES LUCAS (A Co.), Isanother former Go-Devil who isstill in the Army, stationed withHqs. & Hqs. Co., 500th InfantryRegiment, 1015t Airborne Divisionat Camp Breckinridge, Kentucky.Jim was one of those memberswhose address was not shown cor­rectly on our files, consequentlyhe never heard from the Associa­tion until he recently wrote to usadvising us of his present location.Cos,}, advises us of his new ad~

CHARLES H. BRAUER Ust Bn.)is up In New Jersey-38 EvergreenAvenue, Neptune CIty, BradleyBeach Postoffice. Charlie is CO of~o. I, 309th Infantry, 78th Divi":slon ORC, located in AshburyPark. His exec is Lt. JACK DON~OVAN, formerly with the 47th andlater with the 9th QuartermasterCompany.

FRANCIS E. HANSEN is out at2413 2 Avenue West, Seattle 99,Washington.

EDWARD E. CRONE has hadtwo ad~itl.ons to his family sincebeing discharged from the Armyback in 1946. James Thomas wasborn in 1947, ahd Carol Gene ar­rived in 1949. This makes a totalof four kids now. His oldest Son,Who is 18, wants to join the Navyand Ed suggests that it might helpchange his mind if some of yougu:ys would drop him a line andput him wls:e to the facts of life.Ed, incidentally, in case you haveforgotten, hails from G Company.He now lives at 1601 North TylerStreet in Little Rock, Arkansas. Ifanyone out Arkansas way is in.terested in starting a local chapterlet us hear from you. Ed for one'Is interested. "

Dr. CECIL P. DARGAY is outin Minnesota, 1302 second St., N.E.

LOUIS LENT (H Co.) is heardfrom via his very nice better half,who as you may recpll, hails fromWinchester. They have two chi1~

dren now, a boy four years old,and a gal who is two years of age.JbHN RUSSELL and h:s wife arefrequent visitors and they nowhave two children, Gary and Jean~

nie. Louis is working at the Rem­ington Arms Company as an elec­tric truck operator, and would bJglad' to hear from any and alLHis address: Canadarago Street'Richfiled Springs, New York. '

FRED J. BICKING, Jr. (MedicDet.> is located now in his newhome at 600 Barnes Avenue, Endi­cott, New York. Mr. and Mrs.Fred and Del are both membersof the Endicott Police Force.

MICHAEL SOGGA (S/Sgt.) isa home and industrial paintingcontractor with offices located at110 Williams Avenue, Jersey City,NlJw Jersey. Telephone, Delaware3-6139 for prompt service.

LEONARD L. BOYLE (A Co.) Is"running a farm out on Route 1.Harrah, Washington. No oil weilsas yet, but plenty of work gettingthe crops in and the cows milked.Takes plenty of pull. Len is mar­ried and they have one daughter,who bosses the family.

RICHARD J. BEAUMONT cEfCo.) is living on Main Street,North Reading, Mass., and has beenhaving trouDle receiving his Octo­foil in good shape. Lots of timesit arrives in a torn condition. Dropus a penny postcard anytime thathappens and we will gladly sendanother paper.

ROLAND E. POPE (Med. Det.)is now a Corparal, stationed overin Korea with the 1st BPO, APO971, PM, San Francisco, Calitornia.Since he has been over there hehas met a few former 9th Divisionmen, Including Sgt. DARIO GARD­ENS (39th>' He has seen all ofKorea, from one end to other­several times and each time it getsworse and he is looking forward togeJting back to the States.

Lt. WILLIAM P. POWLESS iswith Hqs. Co., 16th Infantry Regl·ment, 3rd Batta14on, APO 696, Post·master, New York-stationed overin Germany. He is Battalion MotorOfficer.

It's three o'clock in the morningnow-more next month).

WILLIAM S. BEASON, Route 3,Cullman, Alabama, has been hav~ing a struggle ever sInce gettingout of the 9th. For the past fouryears he has been under the Doc­tor's care and this has taken mostall of his money. He has beentrying to get a disability claimapproved. for the past five yearsbut the powers that be state hiscase is not service connected, andconsequently they offer no help.(If Ulere is anything that theAssociation could possibly do, dropus a line and give us all of thedetails and we'll try to see- whatcan be done. No harm in trying).WAR~EN E. BAKER is another

former 60th man who is fightingover in Korea. His address is:Sgt. Warren Baker, H&S Co., 2ndCombat Engineer Battalion, APO248, cl Postmaster, San Francisco,California.

CLAUD M. SIPE (K Co.), hasbuilt himself and family a newhome, located at Box 181, Clara­mont, North Carolina. The Sipeshave one son, four years old lastmonth.

THOMAS J. GLOSSON (E Co.),sends his best regards to "youaeguys" from 61-SO Linden Street,Brooklyn, New York.

JOHN McLEOD (L Cu.), is backin the Army again, this time outin Korea with H Company, 38thInfantry Regiment, APO 248, SanFrancisco, California. He has seenquite a few former 9th men outthataway, a Lt. GILLIEN from MCo., 60th, is one to be exact.John says that the Army has reallygone to hell and they could sureuse some officers like GeneralEDDY and Lt. Col. WILSON.

JOHN D. STOUDT (l Co.), isanother former 9th man Who isback in the Army. He is with the289th QM PetrI. Supply Co., 443QM Base Depot, located at FortLee, Virginia.

ARNOLD C. BOHLMEYER (DCo.), has a new address-Route 2,Bunker Hill, Illinois. Arnold isoperating a 300-acre farm. A newarrival in their family, anothergirl, who was born last October17th, named Karen Andriett~.

CECIL V. ROBERTSON (C Co )is living at 135 West E Stre~t'Lincoln ~, Nebraska, where he h~been dOIng work for the Govern­ment in connection with the grainbins. His letter requested address­e~ for other 9th men living out~lS way and such a list was sent10 order .that he might try to stirU;p some interest in the Associa­tion among the members livingout Nebraska way. (Conventionno~es were mailed to all of thevariOUs Veterans' Organizationsthis year and as far as we knowsuch notices were printed in th~var,ious magazines or other publi­catlOns of such organizations)

OLIVER D. BIXBY (A Co.),s~nds 10 his dues from 114 Har­rIson Avenue, Burlington, Iowa.. Captain JERRY M. SMITH, JI't,1S servmg over in Korea. Sendall mail to his home address: 516Stoner, Shreveport, Louisiana.

M/Sgt. JOSEPH J. CULP (Regt.Sgt.lMajor), is still keeping thingsstraight down at Fort Leslie J.McNair in Washington, D. C. Joeand his family occupy Quarters 31­B, located on the Post.

WILLARD WEAVER sends Inhis check for 1951 dues, and in­{ormation taken from the checkindicates that Bill is the "bigwheel" of the Adirondack Bever­ages, located in NorthVille, NewYork. The street address is 332Bridge Street.

MICHAEL J. PIKUL (I Co.), IsHving at 908 Champlin AvenueUtica, New York. '

BILL ZIMMERMAN (M Co.),sends in the following picturetaken last New Year's Eve. (Be­fore the pa'rty really got started)Bill ifi on the left, and that fel­low on the right is LEIGHTONSWEENEY, another M Companymember. (How about getting himto pay his dues. Things can't bethat tough), Bill's address is: 1512Abbottston Street, Baltimore 18,Maryland.

JOSEPH FILIPUTTI (E Co.),has a new address-208 CalumbusPlace ,Cliffside Park, New Jersey.

KEENE N. WILSON (Lt. Col.),is in the insurance game downin selma, Alabama, representingAmerica's leading insurance com­panies. He is in partnership withSigmund R. Sommers. Keene'shome address is: 220 Furnis, sel­ma, Alabama.

Sgt. ORVAL RIGGLEMAN (BCoJ, is back in the Army, sta­tioned at ~amp Breckinridge, Ken~tucky, With Company E, 50lstAbn. Bn., 101st Abn. Division.Orval got married in 1946 and theyhave one son, Terry, age threeand a half years, and a daugh~,

Janette, who is just seven monthsold.

Last March 19 was a very im­portant day in the I lives of Mr.and Mrs. WILLARD STONE ofRoute 1, Forreston, Illinois, as itmarked the arrival of their daugh·ter, Elaine Frances, weighting inat seven pounds, four and a halfounces.

MYLES F. BARTUSEK (! Co.),is living out on RFD 1, NewPrague, Minnesota, where he isworking as a mechanic with thelocal Ford and Mercury dealer.Last Fall, he was pleasantly sur­prised by a visit from Mr. andMrs. ANGELO DANZE fromWashington, D. C. (Danz~ isn't amember, although he has beencontacted, both by letter and tele­phone. Maybe a letter fr6m youcan do the trick). .

Two more former I Companymen are living in the vicinity ofWashington, D. C. EDWARD P.SHELTON, 428 North FayetteStreet, Alexandria. Virginia, andSAM CAUSEY, 37 East LindenStreet, also in Aiexandria. Bothhave been contacted but no re­sults as yet.

JOSEPH H. MILLER (A Co.) of99 Gregory Avenue, Passaic, NewJersey, has written in for the ad­dress of Lt, BARTON, who poinedA Company in Cape de la Hague,Normandy. If you know his ad­dress, please let us know.

A few months ago a letter wasreceived from ROBERT R. HIG­GINS (Personnel Section), wholives down Memphis, Tennesseway-1799 Mignon Street, to beexact. Bob sent a copy of a letterreceived from JOHN B. FRID­LUND, also from the 60th Person­nel section, who has been doing abang-up job keeping the formerGOth Personnel men in touch witheach other. John lives at 5821W~st Iowa Street, Chicago Hghts.,Ill., and has taken over the taskof making the arrangements forthe reunions which take placeevery two years. The· next oneis scheduled to come off in 1952.Anyone who is interested in thesereunions should contact John andhe will see that you get all ofthe latest "poop," Incidentally,John has been teaching school forthe past two years in Berwyn, Ill.He and his wife live in Chicagowith their two·year-old daughter.

RAY DERENDA (D Co.) hasmoved to Washington, D, C., andlives at 1426 21st Street, N. W.,Wesley Hall. He is working overat The Pentagon in the Office ofThe 'Inspector General and hasbeen trying to find an address for1st Lt. COWHARD, who. was a DCompany platoon leader in 1944.Can anyone help out?

GILBERT W. TILTON is livingup in Buckfield, Maine ,operatinga general store, selling groceries,meats, gas and oil.

TOM D. LAMBERT is still inthe Army, seeing service over inGermany. However, his mall isstill going to hIs home address,632 Matthew Street, Peoria 6, TIl.

,ANDREW W. DAVIS Is locatedat 934 West Somerset Street, Phila­delphia, Pa., and sends his bestregards to his many friends.

Sgt. GEORGE T. BRANDON isstill in the Army and stationedwith B Company, 5th EngineerCombat Battalion, located at FortLewis, Washington.

JOHN L. OLEJNIK (Oiey) (DCo,) is working with the DodgeMain Plant of the Chrysler Cor­poration, located out in Detroit.His home address is 35401 MoundRoad, Warren, Michigan. He's amarried man now, with a futureUfoot~sIogger," now only threeyears old. His best regards to allof you felIows.

WILLIAM McDOUGALL (B Co.)received visits from JOHN WHITEand MEL PARKER last summer.Bill is living at 119 Grove Drive,Ashtaubula, Ohio.

ROBERT 1. VOSBURG has beenover in Korea for the past fivemonths. He is a "sarge" now andassigned to. the 2nd MP Escortand Guard Co. (Prov.), APO 301,c/o PM, San Francisco, California.His home address is still Route 2,Box 621. Hanford, California.

JULIUS REISMAN expects tosee Ii lot of you felIows in NewYork at the convention. He is liv­ing now at 740 East Gunhill Road,Bronx 61, New York.

MARSHALL W. POTTER (1stLt. 3rd Bn.) is now living at 915 JhAlabama Ave., West Palm Beach,Florida.

July, 1951

Captain DAVID R. PARKER(1st Lt., 60th Inf.), is now overin Korea with the 60th Signal Sv.Co., APO 301, San Francisco Cali-fornia. '

DON H. BUCKOUT, Jr., wrotein several months ago for a mapand a copy of the 60th History.So far we haven't been able toget him to pay his dues. His ad­dres:. is 1526 Evergreen Street,Rockford, Dlinois. Somebody pleasewrite to him and get him on theball.

SHAW W. JUE sends in his duesfrom 858 Washington Street, SanFrancisco, California.

JOHN P. QUIGLEY (C Co.),writes. in from 8 Clinton Street,Wappmgers Falls, New York,where he is working for the TrapRack Corporation, main offices lo­cated in New York City. Johnonly works nine months out ofthe year, due to the fact that hisparticular type of work is seasonal.Provided everything' goes ok hehopes to see you fellows in NewYork at the convention.

ALBERT M. MAZQCH got him­self married last Armistice Day,and his new address is 3 MapleStreet, Bridgeport, Ohio, His checkin payment of annual dues indi­cates that Al is the boss of theValley Home service Co., locatedat 863 National Road in Brid.ge­port. He expects to be in NewYork for the convention.

Orville would sure like to hearfrom you fellows, so get busy anddrop him a line.

WILLIAM SCHUCHMAN (ECo.), sends in his 1951 dues from1231 Sheridan Avenue, Bronx,New York. Bill is married andhas one son ,11 months old. Heexpects to see you all in New York.Write to him if you can't make it.

JOHN W. DOWNEY (L Co.), isheard from through the efforts ofhis wife, Rose. They live at 123Manning Avenue, Jersey City 4,New Jersey. The following pic­ture was taken last November12th at North Grafton, Mas~achu­

setts, where they attended FatherCONNOR'S 6th Annual MemorialMass. The picture included JohnJr., who celebrated his fourthbirthday on June 24th.

vania, where he lives with his wifeand two children, Richard, age fiveyears, and Alice, age two. Hopeto be able to see you all at theNew York Convention. If youcan't make it, drop him a line.

ORVILlE T. SCHUETTE (LCo.), can be addressed at Box 313,Cut Bank, Montana, where he isdoing a bit of faI·ming. He isoperating a six section ranchwhich' includes 2,500 acres of cUl~tivated soil and the rest· devotedto grazing. Consequently his timeis well taken care of. The Schu­ettes have one girl who is threeand a half, and they probably haveanother addition to the family bynow (a boy, of course) which ttieywere expectiJ?g last May. (We'llcatch up on these letters yet).

THE OCTOFOI L.pall_ FOUR

H1gdon would like to hear fromyou fellows out of the Mortar Pla­toon. Drop him a line.

JACOB M. GRIT (C Co.), sendsin the following picture showingPfc. NOLEN HENRY on the left,and Pfc. MERWIN SHUMWAY unthe right of the MEMORIALin Pfaffenhofen, Germany, October,1945.

Jake lives on Route 2, Byror.Center, Mlchigan, and works fnrthe Chesapeake & OhIo Railroad,doing welding work in the C&O'sPere Marquette District in GNn:JRapids, Michigan, and they ke~p

him on the ball just like back inthE: "Go-Devils" day. Attendingconventions is an impossibility withJake as the C&O hand out thevacation time to suit themselve,;:.However, that doesn't stop you fel­lows from dropping Jake a noteand keeping in touch with him.He is a married man now, Rndhas been for sometime as evidencedby their three-and-a-half-year-olddaughter, Carole Lynn. Their va~

cation plans included a trip toNorth CaroUna this spring, whereJake ho.ped to fino. SIMON RROEBUCK, who lives down aroun'iPlymouth on Route 1. (Our opolo­b"i~S for not taking care of thissooner:

A letter from the mother ofPfc. WALTER M. McELDUFF (LCo.), asks that you fellows couldreally give Mac some enjoyablemoments by sitting down and writ­Jng a letter to him. Send it air­mail tho.ugh, as the boats are stillslow. His present address is Com­pany M, 8th Cavalry Regiment, 1stCavalry Division, APO 201, c/oPC'c:;tmaster, San Francisco, Calif.

RAY PIFER sends in his duesfrom out Pittsburgh way, 409Fairywood Avenue. Ray was oneof the mainstays at the Pitts­burgh Convention. and expresseshis regrets at his inabllity of notbeing able to attend the comingNew York affair.

JOSEPH B. BANISAUCKAS (HCo,), is living at 1481 East 71stStreet, Cleveland, Ohio. Working12 hours a day keeps him tieddown most of the time, althoughhe and his wife do manage toget around in their new PontiacDeluxe job. (Thanks for the listof names).

GUY THOMAS (K Co.), is work­ing at Ingersoll-Rand in PaintedPost, New York. His home ad­dress is: RFD 1, Elkland, Pennsyl-

RIGDON H. STROUD was dis­'charged from H Company on July4, 1945, and has had his nose tothe grindstone ever since. Heopened up a hardware and ap­pliance business down in Louis­ville, Kentucky, doing business un­der the name of Town & CountryHardware, located on LaGrangeRoad. His home addl.·ess is 28J~

Whiteway, Louisville, K}'. Hs selltIn the following pictures, showinga few of the old H COJ'Ylpanygang, including BERT WHEELER,·WALLY O'NEILL, ALBERT A.PELTONEN, WILLIAM A. PERK­INS, ALVIN F. JANKOWSKI,BENNY GRUDZINSKI, DAVID M.SANNER, JOHN P. KARMBAGE,JAKE YURAN, JULIUS BORG­HESE.