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As we made Ehls issue ready came t,he AP release out of Seoul reporEing

that t.he remains of an American soldier had been found by a policeoan "60 mlles

souEh of Seou1." The remains, ldencified by dogt,ags, were those of Master

Sergeant JOHN R. McINNIS, (3rd Bn., 21st), of Covington County, Mlss. John

had been one of our MIA. JIM PALtltlBO, of Port, Richey, Fla. was the one who

relayed t,he news to us, addlng the crypt.ic cornrnent., "It, cerEainly was a long

war for poor John." Jim has sald it oh so very welll ! I

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TARO LEAFVol. XXXV - No. I 1981-1982

The publication "of , by and for those who served or now serve,,the glorious United States 24th lnfantry Division, and publishedfrequently by the 24th INFANTRY DtVtStON ASSOCTATTON whoseofficers are:

Presldent:Dallas Dick - 1701 Bridge St.,New Cumberland, PA 17070 . ..Te1r.717-724-S6OO

Vlce Presldenl:Chester A. Andrezak - 3225 N. Natchez Ave.,Chicago, lL 60634 . .. .. . Tet. 912-685-7965

Sec'y.-Treas.-Edltor:Kenwood Ross - 120 Maple St.,Springf ield, MA 01 1 03 . . Off ice Tet. 413-733-31 94

Home Tel. 413-733-3531Conventlon Chalrman:Joseph L Peyton - 1405 Belmore Ct.,Lutherville, MD 21093 . . Tet. 301-321-644A

Membershlp Chalrman:Lee B. List - 1 15 Ronald Rd.,E.Peoria,lL61611..... Tet.309-694-1681

Chaplain:Joseph L Peyton - 1405 Belmore Ct.,Lutherville, MD 21093 .. Te. 301-321-6448

aaaAssociation membership is Open to anyone and everyone who

wears or ever wore the Taro Leaf or served in any o, its attachedunits. Dues are $10.00 per annum, inclusive of a subscription toour publication, Taro Leaf.

Target date for publication of "History of a Division, 1981-1982,,is the spring of 1982. Only Association members will be allowed topurchase copies. The price? Are you ready tor this one? 920 percopy. Closing date for orders - December 31, 1981.

"You'vc bGGn rrodcd to B Co for hro cookc ond o clork to bc nomed

loner."

The Dlvislon Corunander has thoueht-fully fo::roarded to us a few "EXCLUSM"plcLures taken of the recent RapidDeployment Force Exercise Bright Star82. Happil-y hre use these ln thls lssueEogeEher lrith his cover letEer. We aregratefuL to you, General Galvin.

EUGENE LEI.I, (13r,h rA, HQ. BTRY.),of 78 Vlctorla, Cheektowaga, N.Y., wasleavlng for the Pearl Harbor actlvltleswhen he wrote us about puEElng an adln "GramrI the PHSA magizine so that,we mlght, sollclt, poEentlal members. Aful1 page ad goes for $250 lor a slnglelssue. -ForgeL lE, Lew. WerLI try oneof those column lnch thlngs and seewhaE happens. Tharks for the idea, Lew.

better these days. Could have usedRlghE? US Arnry Photo by Capt,.STEVE

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Dear Ken:

I was glad to see that my letter to theinto the ]ast Taro Leaf. It was anotheral I enjoye d i t-1rmeimrensel"y.

association made itfine issue and we

I iust returned from Egypt and Rapid Deployrent Force ExerciseBright Star. The Victory soldiers perforred magnificentlythroughout and showed the world that the 24th can deploy itsequ'ipnent to the Middle East and operate it in the desert uponarriving there. The equiprnnt worked perfectly (99% readyrate!) and "Camp Victory" was a mode'l for all the other units.The Diyision's forces were primarily from the 2d Battalion(l"lechanized), 2'lst Infantry, along with the lst Brigade Head-quarters and a s'lice of corbat support and service supportunits. The desert is really nech and arnnr country andattacks of 40 kilonpters becare an average nnrning's effort.l.le enjoyed excellent Egyptian-Arprican relations and hadsevera1 days of joint operations. We were able to get a1lour so'ldiers to the pyramids and morale was sky highthroughout. For many of the troopers it was the trip ofa lifetirn. Got a lot of photos and will send you a coupleof "exclusives" for Taro Leaf.

Our final big operation before the holidays will be a jointexercise with a battalion from the B2d Airtorne DiviSionhere at Fort Stewart. Following Christmas, we'11 go intoa period of individual and small unit trafning that shouldIast through the spring.

Captain Steve Ritter, my PAO, also just returned fron Egyptand will soon be completing the historical smmary you andI discussed, covering recent division activities and actionsduring the Korean War. I am nronitoring its progress andwi1'l get it to you as soon as it's finished.

Hope this letter finds you we1'1. We're 1ook'ing forwardto the next Taro Leaf. Best wishes for the upcominghol i day seasoil--

Si ncerely,

JOHN R. GALVINMajor General,Cormandi ng

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Whlle we were setting this issu€ uD.December 7th came and pdssed us by.

Thousands of veterans, includlirg ahandful of our men, r^rere Joined by-theEourlst.s of today as they-all sto6dln Ehe quieE of bn ocean breeze atPearl. Harbor Eo pay trlbuEe Eo comradeslost.ttSomehow a number does not cornmunlcaiethe storyrt' Adm. James I'Iatklns said ln aspeech honoring the 2r280 who perishedin the dawn attack by the Japairese that,plunged the Unit,ed SEat,es into World WarII. ttNames and numbers fall miserablv t,oconrnunicaEe the humanlty of this p1lce,"said the corunander ln chief of chi U.S.Paciflc fleet. "The flrst lesson ofPearl Harbor ls thaE the cost of waris incalculable."

Watklns spoke Just after a moment ofsilence at 7:55 a.m. locaI Elme Monday(12:55 p.m. EST), colncldlng with the-start, of the attack exactly 40 yearsearlier on Sunday Dec. 7, L94L. Morethan Lr100 servlcemen were wounded and19 naval vessel-s and 188 U.S. alrcraftwere destroyed.

One by one, flocers were plucked fromwreaths and dropped lnEo the wat,ers ofthe harbor, fl.oat,lng above the wreckageof the bat,tleship USS Arlzona.

The cent,er of the cofimemorat,l-on wasthe USS Arizona MemoriaL, a gleamingwlit.e bulldlng that, st,raddles the shlp,whlch was left, where it, sank, in 38 feetof wat,er. The hull ls the flnal resElngplace for 11 177 seamen kllIed when aJapanese bomb hit the fonrard arrnunit,ionmagazlne and devastat,ed Ehe vessel lnfire and smoke.

"This memorial, the stories of themen who died, t.ell us that we must do allwe can to avold the kind of t.ragedy whichunfolded in Ehis harborr" Watkins -sald,

and the nation must aEtend t.o ltsrrmllltary strength, lndustrlal base,educaEional systems, patrioElsm andnatlonal wl11."

Four Phantom jeEs screamed overheadand a Naqy destroyer salled by wlth allhands on deck at, at,t.enEion ln dresswhites. A Marine Corps squad gave a21-gun salute from Ehe anchor key wherethe Arlzona was moored that day.

The memorials were the hlghllght, ofthe annual convent,ion of Ehe PearlHarbor Survivors Assoclat,lon, whlch wasaEtended by about, 3r000 veEeransstatloned on the lsland of Oahu the dayof the atEack.

NATHANr 50-'51) ,

MCCALL, (I, L 34th, G 21sEof RD 6, Frew M111 Rd.,

Newcastle, PA, spot,Eed thls one. Thlnksthe chap on the rlght ls wearlng a

"Now THAT'S close oir ruPPortl"

Another cheerry note from Jav andJOHN WELCH, (63r- t4L-t44), of 627Monteclto, Napa, CA. Johnny sends lna hefty contrlbutlon toward postage.Jay says he'Il do that in lleu of thean-nual- ttAll You Can Drinktr bash onNew Yearts Eve. John says herlL besure to take ln Balt,imorl "lf there lsroom in Ehe car; Jay has already begun t,opack for the t,rip eist." The happypolnt ls that Jay and John w111 be wiEhus. Thatrll help to lnsure a wonderfulconventlon.

you-knor-what,. So-do we, NaEe,i

"Dear Mom-l ain'l sayin' it rains hard over here,bui when ya hafta iump in th' river l' dry ott..."

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DON CtBBISON, of 1311 Weber,Cleamater, FL, whose son DCC iII wentEo Egypt wlth. the Dlvlslon ln November,was the one who notified us of thedeath of Maj,Gen. NLJMA I,IATSON.

PAUL OUELLETTE, (c lgrh t4g-152), of53 Greenfield, Windsor Locks, CT, wint.sto knm what,ever became of Capt.Barr,his company corunander. We eet aguest,ion such as that at ledst once aweek. A11 we can do is put ouE thecall -- "0h Barr, where ire you?"We'Il see if he answers, paui.

In a recent issue of Arrry. a Daqewas devoted t,o "General.-0ffi6,er bhinges."Four of the group were ttourstt iLt.Gen. DONALD E. ROSENBLIjM, Div.Hq.:7_7_-'.29, l-r.Gen. HoI^IARD F. SroNn,

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'57-r58,.!!.9q.. JAMES B. VAUGHT;Dlv.Hq. r78-r79, and Maj.Gen. ELMER D.PENDLETON, JR., 21sE r54-r05.

* rr[iil"r.B':::i;"H:I.Pv,ftB'i,ilf;l'r.",.Ilgufe lE ouE? SgE. GREGORY BRIUMER ofL24i-}a MI Bn. ls sEaving. A rrlpod ,"ti"sa- go-oq mount, for the pirpose. boodthlnklng, Braumer. N6on! can match aG.I. when lt coures to lnventlon.

There simpLy lsntE the t,ime or meansEo acknowledge separately and privatelyEhe money contrlbut,lons bf so many,responsl-vely to our throwlng of thecrylng torsel ln the last, lssue. We weretruLy overrhelmed by the generosity ofthe membershlp. We are giat,eful, -

deeply graueful, for thls show ofsupport,. Our posEman is happy too.

ffitrt r,4'qrVS

"l'm. supposcd to turn you pcople into soldiers? The Army doesn'twont q drill sergeonl

- it wont3 o mogicion!"

GEN ERAL OFFICER CHANGES

G.n. D. R, Kclih LtG€rJ.il.BraDfromDCSBDAto donburg fromCG,DARCOM. REDCOMtoCG,

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Li. Gon. O. E.Rosgnblum tromocc, xvlt Abn.Corps & FB, toCG, Firsi U.S.Army.

Ll. Gon. H. F. Lt. con. J. B.Sione from CG, \hig,nfromoDogth tnf. Div., ro soPsiocc,cFADCG, TRAOOC. (BOruU.S.).

$,wMel. Gen. E. D, Lt.Gen.B.T.MltPendleion Jt. tdmyerfrom CG,from J4 to J3, WRAMC,IoTSG,REOCOM. USA.

Ll. G.n. J. V.il.ckmull fromCG, 101st Abn.Div. (Air Ass'lt),to CG, XvlllAbn.Corps & FB.

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We have the klnd per:nlsslon..of L. James Blndef, Edltor of "Arqzrtt to reproducethla.partlcular coh:mr tlEled "The Forrrard Edger",and wrltten ui iou-tn;;[;; Thlspartlcglar -on9 appeared ln the June 1981 lssuE ind we were anxl6ui to have you e;r;tlt -- for obvlous reasons. IE refers, of course, to Ehe Plttsburgh eatheilire. and irotth.e.St.r.-ouls.party. 8"9 was recoverlirg fron hls'pe8ky hlp probiif, aE atia-;ffi; rre rreremaklng-whoople under "the Arch." At aiy rat,e, we'are-graleiul to Edlt,or Blnder forhle alldf,lng us to use thls one.

Reu n ions: I*,: flf dil:,ffi:."*il1",,i:T:Times to ;l# ;:i,',:1T" ;l$ ;;LTJS,T:

RgCall :i:n .?ld to have shared the special

friendships, tor many years, at our an-

nual reunions. Last August, along with some 200 other"Taro Leafers," we registered in the Marriott Inn at Pitts-

burgh for our 1980 reunion.

That explains how a baker's dozen (ranginS in rank

from former teenage Pvt. ]unior Harris to our former

two-star division commander) happened to congregate in

a room Saturday afternoon, under the active manage-

ment of Vic Backer-a fomer first sergeant, naturally. As

a time-proved organizational procedure Vic directed dis-

tribution of liquid conversational lubricants, then initia-ted one of the reasons fo1 being at reunions, reminis-

cences."Spike," Vic said, "what is the story about you and

Junior drawing fire in that banana grove in Mindanao?""Yeah, I know the time you mean," and Spike tilted his

glass to improve his memory. "Thlt was after we got this

new lieutenant, fresh from the states-but I forget his

name.""Hell, his name don't matter," Junior said. "We can call

him Sledge.""Yeah," Spike agreed. "Anyway, Sledge crawls over to

me and says 'You and Harris move toward that banana

grove and draw fire.' "

"Well, I wasn't a sergeant any more-because of that

misunderstanding when I redistributed some Coca Colas

from our Army commander's plane. But I was still senior

to Iunior here so I said, 'Junior, go out there and drawfire."'

"Yeah, that's what Spike said," and Junior took a goodgulp from his can, then took over the after-action report."So I said, 'We been drawing too damn much fire already,

Spike. Besides, my mother wrote that she wanted to see

me again, and if I go out and draw fire in that bananagrove she won't ever see me again.'"

There was a contemplative pause as we sipped our li-quids, knowing Sledge would reevaluate his strategic plan

in the light of that logic. Then Junior looked at his beer,

shook it and said, "Hell, Vic, this can is empty."Of course, some reminiscences included more action-

like during an enemy night attack when Spike saw this big

lap loom up in the moonlight, and shot him; only thing

was the Jap was only wounded when he fell on top of Ju-nior in the next foxhole. For more details, come to our re-

union in St. Louis the last weekend in ]uly, 1981, so Spikeand Junior can brief you personally.

Unfortunately, most veterans have never attended their

unit reunions, thus have missed this experience in patrio-tism and friendship. ln "A Brotherhood That Binds the

Brave" (Anvv, March, 1959) I discussed attending myfirst reunion, more than ten years after the war. For un-counted thousands of veterans who have not attendedunit reunions here are some observations, gleaned fromsubsequent Taro Leaf reunions.

Most of those who attend our reunions are not career

soldiers, but veterans who serued in war then retumed tocivilian life. Many come back year after year, taking their

annual vacation at that time, and truly share this "friend-

ship like no other."

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-t . :r*et-Maj. Gen. Newman (center), then the newty appointed editor ol lhe 24th lnfantry Division publication Taro Leaf, is seen here at

the group's 1g55 reunion with letlow guest speakers (lef t to right): Lou TingleY, Louisville Chamber ol Commerce; Roscoe Claxon.

convention committee chaiman; Gov. Bert Combs and Tom Compere, master ol ceremonies.

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Our 24th Infantry Division Association has, over theyears, been sparked by these civilian-soldier veterans.

Junior Harris and Spike O'Donnell are both past presi-

dents. Others include two sergeants from my wartimeregiment, and a soldier from one company I commandedbefore the war, all later successful in business.

Officers are not discriminated against, however, as ourpast presidents also include officers of assorted ranksfrom our war years. While respect f or rank remains, thereis no "pulling rank"-except former Sgt. Spike O'Donnelllines up and counts off everybody-although Spikesometimes encountes ldse majest| from |unior and Vic.

One facet of such reunions is that you never know whowill remind you of some shared combat experience. Atantalizing mystery for me was the memory of regainingconsciousness as I was dragged down a ditch on a shelterhall, en route to the battalion aid station, and saw briefly(before losing consciousness again) the head of a man onthe edge of the ditch, who was bleeding from an ear. For33 years I wondered who he was and if he lived or died,until he attended the Norfolk reunion in 1977.

That was the first reunion for Charles Craw. We metagain in Pittsburgh, sharing the unique friendship of twosoldiers who, in a split second, had their lives radically al-tered by fragments of steel from the same enemy shell.

Variations in contacts are unlimited-like a conversa-tion at Pittsburth with Lester Wheeler. [.es was assistantG3 on the division staff at Hollandia in 1944 when I waschief of stAff. Now, in 1980, we shared an early breakfastin the Marriott and he lifted the veil from a little happen-ing in the New Guinea iungle.

"Chief," Les said, "l remember bringing you an actionpaper before breakfast in Hollandia. at your tent in ouriungle command post. You sat on your folding canvas cotand I on the folding chair, facing where your field jackethung on a nail in the tall stake iust outside the tent, whena zvz- ao three-foot snake crawled out of your field lacketpocket and flopped down on the ground. Remember,chief?"

"Sure," I said, "and I still wonder why you didn't kill itbefore it tot away."

After a pause and quiet smile Les countered, "Well,what I wonder is who put it there-because it seems un-likely the snake could have climbed that stake and foundthe pocket and got in there without help."

From 1944 to 1960 that idea had never occurred to me.But now-well, some ten years ago Ed Henry told me mycode name around division headquarters at the time was"that redheaded SOB" (except Ed did not use the abbrevi-ation). Also, that zoas a tall stake and-well, like Les

said...So much for personal contacts and reminiscences. The

high point and climax of our annual reunions is the ban-quet (sit-down dinner) on Saturday evening, especiallythe memorial service for members of the 24th Infantry Di-vision (and attached units) who died in battle or fromwounds.

When all are seated, our president announces, "Bring inthe colors!" to initiate the memorial service. A uniformedColor Guard then marches in with our national and divi-sion colors, and halts opposite a kind of improvised altar,which stands next to and opposite the center of the headtable and our president. On this altar there is a large

closed book, and on each side of the book a row'of three,tall unlighted candles.

Last year our newly elected chaplain, Iosepth I. Pey-ton, conducted the memorial service (written by our late,muchloved Father Christopher Berlo). which includesthese extracts:

. . . The friendshils ongendercd antong thosc uho fighttogether on the field of battle. risking tlrcir lites not onlyfor the cause for which they fight but also for one anolh-er. is dilferent from eoery otlrcr kind of friendshilt: clilfer-ent fronr the ties of flesh and blood. different from thc tiesof business association. different from the ties of socialacquaintance. Once cementcd, tlte military and conrbat

friendship lasts foret'er. Our galhering here today is proofthat it lasts beyond the grat'e.

. . . We nous light the tapers as sytnhols of their liuingmernory . . . upon this shrine use place the Honor Roll inuhich theirryames are inscribed. As each talter is lightedfor the oaious combat units, members Tsresenl lront lhalunit or group rise and stand in reuerence to lhe ntentoryof their fallen comrades.

. . , And grant, O God. insl:iration to thoso in uhosehands lie today the destinies of nations, that tlrcy ,nayneuer make a det-ision . . . uhich ntight be inimical tothose God-gioen rights of life, liberty and the yrait ofhappiness for which we hat'e lought and for which somany of our comrades laid doun tleir littes.

Finally, these comments:r As each of us stands during the memorial service, wc

are enveloped in memories of familiar names inscribed inthat closed book, and of sprawled silent figures whosenames we never knew. And this year (with the draft inmind) an added thought arrived unbidden: any nran whorefuses to answer the call to duty, to stand ready to fightfor his country when summoned, has no right to brcathethe free air over America that these men and othersfought and died for.

r Do not be misled by the reminisced by-play involv-ing funior, Spike and Sledge-there is a different andcloser soldier-to-soldier relationship in combat frorn thaton the peacetime drill field. And it varies with situationsand individuals. You must have shared it to understand,and reunions irovide the opportunity to again live to-gether your experiences, and maybe gild the lily a little irrretrospect.

Among ways to find out where and when your old unitwill hold its reunion next summer, look for notices pub-lished in military-related journals and bulletins.

r All reunions do not f ollow the same program, but allare based on the same fundamental foundaiion: patrio-tism, friendships and that special martial pride whichCeorge L. Skypeck had in mind when he penned these(extracted) words: "l was that which others did not wanttobe . . . I wentwhere others feared to go. . . and amproud of what I was. . . a soldier."

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Wetre maklng one more call forteleohone nr:mbErs so we can include Ehem

tn oirr forthcoming directory..B+r PH

Frrifin- (r'rea. 24t[ oiv.Artv-. | 4L't 42iZq Uea.'42), of 2925 Softwlnd TraiL,Ft,. Worthr''iex. r was aware and senthls 1o, ai weLl-as his units and tlme'iha"* Ralph. See you-in Baltimore. Andbe sure tb bring the 3 Year old twLnerandsons who llve ln W-ashingEon whereEheir Pop ls a mounted U.S. ParkpoLLceman.

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Sp5 PAUL HOLLEY mlxes the dough forhls 'famous tthomemadett biscults. -Hlsbaklng was so good on the exerclse thathe recelved an lmpact ARCOM for hlsefforts. When we get dorrn t,o Stewart,werre golng to look up HolLey and ask fora couple of those biscults. US AruyPhoto by Sp5 CI-ARK BROOKSTONE.

JOHN BONTJE of 409 Brorsn, LarctmoodtIowa, says hers "sEill-l-ooklng fori"voi," fiom A of the Lgch durlng '50."We-rre trylng for You, John-boY.

VINCE SUIL,I'{AN, 312 }larket, I{abasha,MN, wante to hear from men of Hq. 3rdna. 19th r42-r45.

Lt,.Gen.Rlchard H. ThomPson, theAruryrs deputy chlef of staff , asslgnedthe'case to -a study grouP. Its misslon:deEetmine why new camouflage fatlguesshrlnk after washing.

It could get Eo 6e a cosEly sltuatlon.The Ar:rry Ilready has bought 500'000

new unlforirs that -at $37.50 each costabout $19 mlllion. Long-range planscall for buylng hundreds of thousandsmore sets, wtrtctr are suPPosed to be wornboth ln girrison and on the fleld.

SoldlErs began comPlainlng oft'excessive shrlnklngt'- soon after theybeean receiving the-unifo::ms in Oetober,arf,ry supply ofEiclals said.

trooli irere then given qPeciallaundering lnstructlons and told they

-couLd drai replacements for shlrEs andil;;; -riiictt-[,"d been rendered unusable."' These were temporar!' measures. TheArmv sald lt will- Eake "correctiveaction" after the cause ls ldentlfied.

Gen. Edrrard C. MeYer, ArmY chlef ofsEaff, approved the new camouflageunlfoim mbre than Ewo years ago as Partof hts campalgn to proinote greater dashand spirlt- in the ranks.

Intended to repLace the present drabgreen utlllty fat-lgues, the new uniformIs 50% cottoir and 50% nylon and ls setoff bv a ranqer-sEvle camouflage haEinste'ad of t6dayr s- baseball-styIe cap.We wonder lf itl s Ehe one shorn ln theEgypt pictures ln Ehls lssue.

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A state exnqlner stopped aE t small-tom bank and found the place deserted.Flnally he looked ln the back room, andthere sat the ent,lre staff of fourplaylng poker. To teach them a les8on,the bank exanlner Erlpped the burglaralarm. The card-playlng bankers didn'tmove a Eflrscle. But the bartender acrossthe st,reet came over wlth four beers.

ENOS TORSCH, (L 34r,h r41-r45), of5363 Hlgturay M 55, Lachlne, Mlch.,didn'E llke our "shrunken Taro Leaf."Nelther dld we, Enos. Enos, by the wayls one of our newesE Llfe Memb-ers. Here*464. Another cmplalnt fror Enos --that History. It,r-s comlng, Enos,it's coming.

Just Jolnedc BOB BEAVER, a retlredLt.Col. He and Jaequellne are at 390Mountaln Home, lJoode1de, GA. Was 52nd F.Bn. C.O. at Hollandla. Juet heard aboutusr thanks to PAUL and Aleta FRASER.

This Ghapparal mlsslle ls on lts way.Launched by the 5-52nd Alr DefenseArElLlery unlt.. US Arory Photo byCapt. STEVE RITTER.

News ln from FRED STOLL. (GO 21st| 46-t 48) in 1906 Hercules,'C6loradoSprlngs. Fred made two trips to thehospltal Ehls year -- gall bladder inAprll -- prostate in October. See,no secreEs wlth us. Thatrs onee lirthe spring, once ln the fall, Fred.Tt_,?t's spreading them out nlcely.AlI AOK nors. The St,ollrs celebtatedthelr 50th -- yes 60th -- weddingannlversary last November 25. Fiomall of us,-10,000 cheers Eo the Stolils.

^ IEMATT HARP, (M :'4th ,44_,45; C 24 Med r4!),:f !yo$,-I9r", wrltes wttir ;'serarrl we cannarclly crecipher. wg thlnk he wants the niclma,es9-f tr" reglments. Tty Glnlets fo:r ttre 21st,Chicks for the 19th, ?nd Oragons-io"'tfr" f+iir.I"'* f_1-oundering on i nane io" tfre-ltf, nCU.Sorry, Heman.

JOHN KLtIl{p has the green llchr fromMayo CLinlc. Hlp surgErv a ciEatsuccess. Walklng wlcf,out a Eane. Mavohad htm in on a 5ooo mlre cn--kui ""2'-sald, 'Te'Il see..you rn 5 iliri fo" "progress repo-rt." -_That's great news,Johnnyr - Eurekal Nen address for Jof,nand Hilda. T* B!: lr-Bgx 25G,-cuiiiora,rN 47022. re1'. aii-ois:5it6l-'

Llfe Member KEN and Brornle pATE,(E 19r,h t42-145) of 1205 Sun-et,Burllngt,on, IA, recently vtsltei AEntand Ginny LOI{ERY. Thls- gave Bert, achance to shor, off hls boat.

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A recent study lndlcates Ehat manyteen-agers are opposed to sex educatlonln the schoole. They say lt's a plot byparents and educators to make EhesubJect dull and unlnEeresElng.

Itre a emallworld. Throughour pagesBIIJ EARLEY,(25rh AAA '49-r51)of 25 Ke1ly,Hamden, CT, foundBACIL STEED.(24th Recn. I49- t51)dom ln Glenelg,South AusEralla.Or Bacll foundBlIt. Wetre notsure whlch way lEwent. The happypolnt, ls thattheytre nor lncoumunlcaEion.Yea, 8111:!:Yea, Bacltl ! ! Baltlmore 1r. eugust? Itts a promlse

from DAVID STANLEY, (H & H Go. L9thr51-r52), of 495 Maln, Ft,.Lee, NJ.

Sgt. VICTOR BUTLER, (A 2nd - 70th Arnor) ls at attentlon, about torecelve an ARCOM for his outstandlng work during Brlght Star 82. Theword is that the 24th left lts mark ln the deserts of Egypt.US Aruy Photo by Sp 5 CLARK BROOKSTONE.

Hoping to be in Baltimore in Augustis sailoY-vAlERro, (E 19rh '42-145);of 51 Vlrginia, WaEerloo, N.Y.

Membership Chairman LEE LIST hasioined up EDI.IARD and ltary KLEHAMER'(r s+ttr r41-r45), of. 2o4 carpenter,Glassboro, N.J. and ROY SCHROEDER,(L 34Eh '43-146), of Box 585,Bacllff, TX.

Sootliehtts on Veronoica Lake.Remeinber ihen she r+as official-ly requestedUv Uncte Sam Lo change her famous- peek-a-b'oo hairsuvle? Seems gals everywherewere copyiirg the long-style 'do, but . .it. probiem"was many-of Ehem were workingarouird machinery in- defense plantsr an9It.ir tresses kLpt getting cAught in themachinery.

" For Pete's soke, Morgorel, will you let me leod? No one "1,.

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Ever strave with your hat on? One of our bovsdld. Notice the cahouflaglng on the fatleuei.'US Army, Phoro by Gapr. STEVE-RITTER. nemEmUei ttregE-ory about the chap who wrote home from Kokuia.Asked his wife to sLnd him 950 ,rfot tazor bliaesand stuff .rr Answered wife:'"Hereti Sr.5o iJ"-ir,"tazor bLades; the stuffrs here at home.',

- You know how, in baseball, the thlrdbgse- coach relay-s the lnstrui,tions tothe batters and- Uase runn;;;-;h"o"gli-"_system of sign language. a vaifeti ofpnyslcal gesEuresr. lncludlng, of c'ourse,itii!*tfii iri.x:fi;"tH;i*i;*ry, ;'etc. ).

And to prevent, Ehe gpposiEion frostlj:tl.ig Ehg-,slens ; ; "i5;;;-is-usr:arryemproyed. This gesture _t the tugglniof the be1t, for-insEi"c" -l--irecedes:.T.1:cygl sign by smr-e prreariangedntrmDer of- gestures. The-baEEer Eimolv,rgnore.s the bogus signs, wai.ts for ttrtrKey, Ehe bona ftde sigpal that follorus.- so here we go w-lth"'rb;ni,--"tate thepitchr' "hiE aiayr'- -Jt..

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Takeyour plck.

JACK FINAN, (IgEh. .35_t42)- of7s8 E.r,rhitakei r,liir,-'n"i!+ili,,i,..., sendsus membershios for euOs .lOEf,liOii,(Ar leEh ' 4O'-.44), o?-aoi-rg'il; springI?p:llgr rpjsE i'ostrn, -p;h;'C;",

Iii:;Sl I "ioH i "1"$o1*'lSXIuS I'3lllT, ;,0

Stea1 on the next thrors slgnals thecoach.

Retlred Major EVERT HOFFI,IAN, (D &Hq. lse Bn. lgttr rcg-'51), of grornMllLs, N.J. ls plannlng, together wlEhBoot,s, to Make Ba1tlmore. Evert tellsus about the gal who took the pil} wlthpolluEed water. Norr she's three monthssEagnant.

Bunt; iErs the only way out.

Not so wlth RAY ROLEY, (M 21st r51-'52), of 5995 Deerfleld,'Milford, N.H.,who glves thls one along wlth a bld tohear fro-m any M 21st men out there. Hesays lE'g from Rodney Dangerfleld: "Atmy age, all the numbers ln nv 1lt,Eleblack book are doct,ors.r' -

If at flrst you dontt succeed --go uuch for skydlving.

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And lf you have any stampe whlch youno longer are collectlng, please rememberEhEt, CALVIN E. GARRETTT-ofHanover, PA, collects them.totally dlsabled.

Bunt toward 3rd baee.

Life Member FRANK and laura MOYER,sl::l-:41::44), .of cre"" G;e;;,}!,nraEa,.PA, -made Hawall last suttraer.Laura enJoy-ed it lunengel)rr even rhough1n a wheelchalr. Great, eiriritr- f^auri] -

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- So BILL FARVER, (3rd Eng. t46), ofCasevlllef Ylctr., -spotrga Etrf s siin-onan optometrlsEts do6r: frContact, uE foi

Hlt away.Spotted thts ltem in the November

lssue of the DAV magazlner21st Inf . Regt,. ,-24Eh. Div.. I.TWII -

-J-une 18-20, L982. Badland MoLel,Medorar-_N.D. _ Contact, Wllbur Vanier VorsgHague, N.D. 58542

.D9""-gratefulLy received from BOBand Mav_is_PERE, (i 34rh ,4L-14it.-if,""are at HeIeIua St., tJalanae, Hawaii.-,

SEolen from the Tiqre-s Magazine: Todaythere are more than 48 bandE in theU.S. Army.

Hlt anay! Br:nt, lt,ts our only ehance.

An Emory Unlverslty professor hasconducted a rtudy of recenE mllltaryrecrulEs ln an effort to producecrlterla for determlnlng whlch recrultsare most llkely Eo succeed ln EhemlIltary llfe and whlch are Ilkely tofalI.

Buslness professor Edgar W. Leonardsald these flndlngs are belng reflecEedln recent mlllfary recrultlng messagesln the medla. By assesslng aEt,lEudes,lnt,erests and oplnlone of good prospects,recrulEers can better target thelradvertlsing to attract recrults morellke1y Eo succeed.

Dr. Leonard dlscovered Ehat successfulrecruits generally seek adventure,camaraderle, ego enhancementr a chance toEravel, and take prlde ln thelr abllities,leadershlp capaclty, and potentlal forsuccess. He sald that pollt,lcalextremlsm and deep rel.tglous fundamen-tallsm are traits more cormon amongunsuccessful recrulEs than successful

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PSST: Alan Bean, thewalk on the moon, ls norlandscapes.

Pass lE on.

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Maj.Gen. FRED R. ZIERATH' of7402 eoral Lane, SI,I, Tacoma, WA 98498'(21sr, 19th, Dlv.Hq. r41-r45), hasbroughE lnto our club' DON ARGHERT(Hq.-& Hq. Co. 34Lh t42-'45), of802 Vlolet Meadow, Tacoma, Wash.Thank you, Fred, and welcome aboard,Don; where have you been fot 40 years.40 years? Ye Gods.

From BILL BRASWEIL, (B 19rh t44-145),of 5200 Eg1age, Jacksonvil1e, !'L, co*ei'the signal: "Men may die buE'Eheregiment llves on -- but I knew wecannot allon the Taro Leaf to dle.t'{i.9.wof99l 8111. We weren't advocatingdeath, Bllly -- only that the postmanhas a sErangle hold on us and we needa little ext.ra heLp. The resDonse wasbeautlful, Bi1ly, fiom your gobd selfand a hundred br so ouhers.-

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away on thls one. Mrs. planas

Hlt may. ThaErs our slgn on thlsone today.

Keeplng track of who has and whohasn't hle Ltfe Membershlp plate trasproven t,o be the most dlfflcult -- lfnot Bost lmposslbl" -- part of our Job.Too many flngers ln the ple. The platels lssued upon payment ln full of the$100. Iblce sre've eirculated lett,ersto all Llfe Members for repl.les asto whether they have or have notrecelved their p1at,e. Poor response!T\rice wefve askld Ehroueh Taro Leaffor a slgnal if one's pIaEe has stiIlnot been recelved. In today's mallcomes one response from one pald up inr77, another 'from one pald ui tq t78,advlslng us of non-receipt. Itrs astrange busLness, wlth us looklng llkethe class dunce. Okay, once overllghtly -- for the r:npteenth t,lme. Ifyou have not yet recelved your plaEe,w111 you kindly slgnal?

"You'll do-lor hand-to-hand combat."

Exlled Charlto Planas, former headof the Flllplno Chamber ilf Comerce. savsthat her comtry ls on the verge of'anatlonal revolution.She says the revolutlonanr New

People'a {rqy 19-_rgpi-dly gaiirlng rhesuppe_rE of the Flllplno p-ople.

"Therets an args strulg1l golng onr"satd Ms. Planas. t'Itts oily a-natEer 6ftlme before there w111 be i natlonalrevolutlon. tt

The maln reasons for unrest ln thePhlllpplnes-are wLdespread poverty andthe oppresslve pollclls of ?resldLnrFerdlnand Marcoi, Ms. planas sald.. "Today, El.e g6vernment ls pu-iingtoo much emphasls on export qiratas Im-qo.sed.b[ -t-t" World Bank- (to..]ielp pay offdebts)r" Ms. Planas said. ttThe'rlsirttls Ehat whlle more people are worklngon the land, the Fl1lpinos have the -lowest calorlc lntake- ln Asla. EvenS6errgh !t-,C Cryp (gross natlonal product)le steadlly lncreasing, 78 percentof our children are malnour-1shed."

She puts the blame solely on theshoulders of Ehe United States.t'The U.S. government, says Russla andCuba are really behlnd the- armsescalatlon and oppression ln thePhlllpplnesrt' Msi,- planas sald. "But it,sreally the U.S. government thatts behlndlt. The U.S. does not reallze thestruggle ls for justlce and humanrights." Wouldnrt you know it,j

Ms. Planas said it ls tlme for theUnlEed States to respect the self-determlnaElon of -the- Flllplno people. Wethought we already had.

A buslnes$roman and attorney,Ms. Planas was lmprisoned ln thePhlllpplnes for 14 months because ofher polltical bellefs.

She ls ln the midst of a threg-/earspeaklng tour ln Ehe Unlted States,drumrlng up supporE for recognlti.onof the pllght of the Flllplno people.

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BDNOZGHR

Take a walk, lf you can.

- Ng, not NINO DE GREGORIO, (AT 34tht44-146), of 38 Hlgh, Wapplirgdra Falls,N.Y.-, who knoos of our love for slgns.Sends us thls one ln the wlndoc of-the fabrlc store: t'Itrs always sew flneEo see you.tt Thanks, Nlno. -

Hlt may, Reggle.

JOE LAtilcONE, (B 21st r48-t51), ofBox 82893, San Dlego, GA, ls anotherTask Force Smith uran now wiEh us.Joers wlth the Postal Servlce; aowetll have to watch what we say aboutthelr lousy servlce.

w"Uh, Scrgoont, rir . . , I bclieve I'vc mode o big mistoke. lf ir's ollthc some lii'you, I bclieve l'll iust resign."

Thls remote conErolled plane lvas a EargeE for Amerlcan and EgypEianai-r defense personnel who took part tn the llve fire exerclse. Don'tt"*, rt"t thly used for a_t'Maggiets drawers." Word ls Ehat our men

i."""a ,"fi wittr itetr Vulcan-ieapons systems. US A::ny Photo bySp5 JIM DAVIS. Thank You, Jlm.

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IErs a Dlvlsion convoy, t"tttorrt a*Ut.I9"-d,Eo Wahlaw?, or.Sentlirlr_or Jaro, ;;

And lE could be along theDavao, or TaeJon, or !I[nlch.lt's the road out of Alexandrlasuch sand. US Ar:ry photo by

or Rlley, or Htiresvilte. oitv-t[f"-iti"to_Calro. Never before has Divlslon sCenSp5 JIM DAVIS.

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Here we are checklng out a Sovlet gasAmerican and Egvptlan -oldlers, each hadthi-other's eq[-l[ment. US Arry Phot'o by

mask. In the tralnlng betweena eood chance Eo check ouESp-5 CLARK BROOKSTONE.

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you.

Caught a recent Nattopal Geographlclten -- Ehe 5 most beautlful harborsof the world -- San tranclsco, Hong KongtSydney, Rlo de Janlero, and Capetorn.Cfur gang trad passed through at least,two of them -- San f'ranelseo and Sydney.And certalnlv some of our nrlnber hadsarr Hong ron! for a thlrd. Werve tradthe happy chance to gaze uPon some greatnaEural-wondere -- mountalasr lakes,etc. But for the maglc nature and oanhave achleved worklng together, nothlngcan beat the dlscovery of the great,harbore of the world. And whlle on EhesubJect, wetd add a selectlon of ouroliln -- our favorlte harbor, wherenature had d----- llttle help from man,wa8 the harbor of Mllne Bay. Orr shlpsanchorlnc direcElv adlacent the shore-Ilne madE a stght- nev6r Eo be forgotEen.

"You are a membo? ol lhc armed torces,are you not?"

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Werre well lnt,o the 2nd generatlon.For inetance, DON and Mary CUBBISON, JR.(B 52nd F t4l-t42), are reElred aE1311 Weber, ClearwaLer, FL. Ttrey remem-ber the months of boredom ln the plne-apple ftelds above Wal1ua. Back atSchofleld, sllt trenches were dug lnthelr fronE yard and thelr tlro kldslearned to put on gas masks and dlvelnto the trenchee. Nor one of those kldsls Gorurand Sgt. Maj. of the lst Brlgade.Read thl-s: Frldey, Mrr.27, l9tl PATRIOT __Pry4i.-

Reqdiness is morethan owordThe Rapid Deployment Force RDF is still a relatively new pro-

gram. It has brought about some changes to the way d warmight be fought in the near future. The basic question still. re-mains, will it work?

CSM Donald Cubbison is a career soldier. He comes from along line of outstanding soldiers in his family. His father is aretired Col. and both of his grandfathers were carecr men. Onegrandlather achieved the rank of Mej. Gen. while the otherretired as a Coloncl.

Because of this military background the 45 year old Cubbisonwas raised to be a soldier. In his 28 years of service to his coun-try, Cubbison has worked his way up from the bottom. Hestarted his military career in 1954 in New Cumberland, Pa. as aPrivate assigned to the Army Security Agency. He worked in thisfield for ll years until 1965 when as an SFC he was senr to Viet.nam.

For the Chattanboga, Tenn., native this meant assignment tothe 25th Inf. Div, lt was here that he acted as a special assistantto the commanding general in the Pacification Program. Thisunit worked under the supervision of the Military AssistanceCommand in Cu Chi-Vietnam. Specifically the program's func-tion was to pacify the countryside, while lending medical andeducational assistancE to its peoplc.

ln 1969 Cubbison achieved the rank of lst Sgt. .vhile assignedro a unit in Munich, Germany. His next assignment brought himto Fort Campbell, Ky. While at Campbell in 1974 he was againpromoted this time to Command Sergeant Major where he tookover that position for the 2-l7th Cav. He remained there untilre-assignment to Weisbaden, .Germany in 1971 , There he was thesenior enlisted man for the 4th Bde., 4th Inf. Div.

Cubbison stayed there until July 1979 when he took over asCommand Sergeant Major of the 3rd tnf. Div. headquartered inWurzburg, Germany. It is this assignmenr which gavi Cubbisonthe full view of the top level direction involved with the divisionwhose soldiers are tasked with defending the West Germanborder, it is from this expericnce on the "frontlinc" tlrat wewill be drawing upon in the comparison of training and its.rela-tion to RDF raining and mission.

When comparing the training missions between the 24th lnf.Div. (Mech) and those of a division in Europe, a number of dif-ferences pop up. Transportation problems for units in Europeare small compired to those confronting units in the states. Thisis especially true when trying to move a division with 15,00troops and equipment half way around the world should theneed arise.

As part of the RDF, the 24th lnf. Div. maintains a task forceconsisting of one battalion with support units required to beready to deploy within 24 hours of notification. This would bethe case whether they were leaving out of Hunter, the port ofSavannah or even Charleston Air Force Base. This task force aspart of the assault team would have with it at least one companyof each of the combat arms elemenrs, plus additional supportunits.

Cubbison has bcen lst bde's CSIvI since September of lastyear. Since then his brigade has been ttre ..RJaay-Arigade;; fortwo of the divisions Emergency Deployment [Jain"r, Exercises(EDRE). As such he has seen it..irti, *ort. ff. has alsohglp.a ou.l in idenrifying and evaluatint rfr. pioiiems, to helpwith possible solutions ro them.

. Cubbison, when questioned on the RD!. mission. described itl,*.I?;l:1" .g.n:.p!. of the.RDF i,

" eood;;;. rhe bieeii,mrung lador wi[ be the availability of aircraft and vesse'litog.l::to our area of responsibility. -Each

time we-trave taa anEt.lKE we have goilen better at it. I'd like to go through the en_tirc process to see how ir works. Of courseitrilain proUtemwith this kind of an erercise is the high .*i,;;

"JaLa Cubbison.

CSt Doneld Cubblson.So while the Rapid Deployment Force is still undergoing many

changes, it continues to move forward. The key lo its successwill depend on the conrriburions of the 24rh lnf. Div.. (lvlcch)and others like it. For CSM Donald Cubbison it will be a jobnot easily completed. "We're making progressr but rvc've stillgot a long way to go."

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We delighE ln sharlng wlth you some of our malL. For example, herersone from Korea. Incldentally, General Vaught assuned hls comtrand lastSeptember 25th in ceremonles at Camp RED CLOUD.

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PAUL OUELLETTE, (198h r50) of53 Greenfleld, Wlndeor Locks, CT has

ias a 25th oivJJ ULEEU!-9IS, EarlsCV! !V9E9t vr

Jolned through hts sonr -Jlm. Jlnwas a 25th Dlv. man3 he's now wltli hi's ngq wlth the

Spotted ln VFLI Magazine: CIIEN R.GEDDES-, (724 Otd. t44) of Red Eagle,Pawhuska, OK, anxlout to conEact-:loHN GOSSTCK, WTLLIAI'{ LUGANBILL,NICKLOS TIIRBUICH and VAL ASTERIA.Werll see lf thls litt,lq plug helps any,Ouen. Surely someone of bur-gang-Eust-knor* aE least one of these buEters.

New memberl AL REDONNET, (B 3rd Eng.),of 53 Nashua, E. Pepperell, MA.

Alr Force. He told-us hls ttfatherwould be pleaced to hear froo us.ttSo he dld. Non Paulr8 a member.

JOHNTIY BONTJE, (A 19Eh '50), of409 Brorn, Larclnrood, Iora, says heanxlous to hear from any of hle oldbuddles.

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"Sir, by ony chonce did you forget to put the uniform of the doy on the hoining schedule?"

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It elves us the katzenjamrnersthis iEsue cantE reach You beforeholldays are uPon You. That waYcould -extend to You \rarm Season'sci""ir"gs. our LPologies, Please,belng a llt,tle late.

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-- and no Sphlnx. Nor a slngle camel.RITTER.

Teamsork between Amerlcan and Egyptian soldters was a KeyuoEe ofBright Star 82. US Ar:ury Photo by ebpt. STEVE RITTER.

JOHN MORRISON, (D 21sE t4L-144), of54 Chelsea, Mt.Slna, N.y., sent oii forRedrs "Folio^, Me" inmediat,ely uponreading our pltch for same iir tist issue.Then, Johnny leErs us have it. with."What happeired to our Division book?"It's comlng, John, it,rs coming. Outln the sprl-ng. Werre doing our best.

.^-JOINED! _Yej.Gen. GERHARDT w. FryATT,(21st 8/50-7/5L) out of ConcordiaCollege, St.Paul, Minn., of whichlnstitutLon, General Hyitt is president.

RALPH and Jean HALEY, (24rh Sig.t42-t44), of 6405 Eagle'Crest,,CharloEt,e, N.C., comment,ing on thepicture--of "Bud" PoE in thE last issue,wroEe: "Only one thing puzzles us. Whiisn't, Bud g'ray-headedl br bald, liket,he resL of us?" Beats us, folks.

JOINED: DON and Margaret NARRAGON,(5th RCT r49-r51), of 4102 N.E. River-side, PendleEon, Ore. Donts ininsurance.

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_ Think you_mlght-be ln this-one? Not a chance. This ls Alexandrla,pgypt_in 1981r- feIla. We canrt make out Lhe br:mper marklng. Lookslike B 19 on the rlght, side. US Army Photo by Capt. STEVE-RITTER.You got around, SEeve.

Spotted in VFW M,agazlne I s ELLIS H.EEEg-, (F 19th '51), of 401 S. Evergreen,Woodbury, N.J. anxious to LocateRAYMOND W. ROUP. Anyone out there gotan idea?

Introducing Life Member i/1466. BOBDEFRAIN, (c 19 '50-r51), of 1538Granvll-Le, Los Angeles, steps right upwlth $110 - $100 for a Llfe-Memb-rshlpand $I0 for the kit,ty. WatEa guy.Thanks, Bob.

JERRY VON MOHR ran Lnt,o HOITIARD TATE,(21st 142-144), of 235 S.W. 3rd,Richmond, Ind., in the Dayton, 0hlo VAhospitaL. Now Howard's a member.Thanx Jerry.

FRAIIK WILCZAK, of 224 Shanley, CheekTmraga, N.Y, who was wiEh Dlvliion fnGermany_ ln '58-'59, ls roundlng up someof hls buddles tor us.

c.w. FRANKLIN, (B 1g 6,724 O7d,. '51),of Cedar Tree Faim, Ufffora, Ci, lik;;"the one about the ir_ishma",to-ioaked-hls keys ln hls car ,'and ft Coofi-trim-trr{o hours to geE his family ouE.r' DoesEnls signal a trend away from the polishJ okes?

Egypt, L981. Doesnrt, look tooCapt,. STEVE RIT"IER. Steve, letrsof Ehese phot.os, we haventt seen aYou aln't got dames!

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US Ar:unr Photo bvpleasel In all'iintt you got?

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Here our men are unravellng somecamouflgge. 'IE was a case of-tug andpull for the desert winds made tf,is klndof work that much more dlfflcult. USArmy Photo by Sp 5 CLARK BROOKSTONE.

BILL SHOWEN, (21s8 r41-r43; Recn.t43-144), of 1911 l'rancis, Waukesha, WI,sot afEer us. Seems we said in a recentIssrr" that the "vehicles were offloaded."Savs that when he played soldier, "weus'"d to disembark.r' i^Ie11,Bi1l' ourl^Iebster says EhaE Eo offload is tounload and-we think thaErs what we did.Those trucks didn'E geE off by themselves.Thev were loaded off or unloaded.Web'ster also says that Eo disembark is Eogo ashore out of a shiP or Eo removedareo to shore from on board a shiP.Now-youtve got us confused.

Chaplain JOE PEYTON suggesEs addingZios whenever we use an address in ourcobv. !.irst, leErs remind you of this-.-ilI'i""t-[o-itt" 'istreet, city and state"bit for obvious reasons. You mightsDot a name and decide then and Ehere Eo

dlop him a line -- ergo the supplied--datl. No,v comes the answer to Joe. We

can add Zi-:ps if You wish -- no bigproblem. We've iust felt Ehat Ehe usebf tn" address aione made some of thesenews items sorE of klutzy. Now to adda-lot, of digits along wit! !! will leadto a DaDer ihictr wiII" be filled withnumbels. Werll do it regardless of ourcomplaint if the hue and cry is loudenough.

GORDON RAI'IZ' (Hq. 19th | 42-t 45), ofR2, Box 3grHectorr MN, remembered togive us his t.elephone /f for our forth-Eoming directory. Gordonrs retired fromfarmiig. Is wiireering-with his wife and3 sons-in AZ. Says herd like to hearfrom any of his buddies. Adds Virginiain a P.'S. "Smile. It Eakes 72 musclesto from, only 14 to sml-Ie." Thanks, -Virginia, and- youtre Ealking to one ofthe-biggest frowners of all.

CARL I,IIPPERMAN, \724 Ord. L2/49-10/51), of Everett, WA, reports thathe's the head honcho of Ehe Am.Legionconvention for Washington next JuIy2L-24. The Red Lion in Bellevue willhost. Invites any of us in the areato drop in for a couple. Ihanx, Carl.

Good friend Maj.Gen. FRED R. ZIERATH,of 7402 Coral, 'facoma, WA, spotted thiso! a f ishing -boat last, sunrnei. Knowingof our love for Ehe foolish, someEimes-the ridiculous, he sent it in. ItwenES ttold salors never die,

They just get a little dinghy."Love it, f'red. Many thanks.

EARL J. COOPER, (D, lst Bn. Hq., Sv.?1"t '41-r45)r of 1544 Jermaln, Toiedo,OH, reports surgery on his you-knor-what. EarI doesn't say anytnlng on hlsrecovery go rde assume he's A-O-K.Probably_spelrding a lot of time standlngupr ehr Earl? Best wishes t,o you.

SANONto

"There's o loi of hulh in whol you lust soid."

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Our Question and Ansper Lady has onefor you today:

a l-Iy husband has had hls $101000G.I. llfe lnsulance pollcy for 40 years.Would lt be smart to cash t,his policy?

A No. Veterans of World War Iand 1I and the Korean War were allcxcedto convert, thelr $10r000 servlcemantslife lnsurance coverage into equalamounts of term or whole life policiesat lqc premir:ms subsidiTed by thefederal government. IE's the bestbargain Ln llfe lnsurance youtlL fInd.Hang on to lt.

ttFor Chrlstmasr" a woman remarked toher frlend, "I got a vlslt from a jolly,bearded fellor with a great blg bagover hls shoulder. l'lv son came homefrom col-lege wiEh his'laundry."

Surgery on both feeE for ALTON HALSO,of Rt,. 4, Box 399, Kinston, N.C. Comlngalong, chankfully.

LOU and Vlckl TACCHI, (E 34 t43-.45),of 5832 Bradley, St.Louls, MO, have a "son.ln AusEin, II, qg theyrre plannlngt,g drop in on JIM FREDERICK in- ArLtngEonwhen they go dorn.

-Fortune-teller: rtou wlll--be poorand unhappy unEil you are 3O-t'-Cllent: ttAnd then?t'Fortune-te11er: I'Then yourlI getused to lt.tl

- EARL-MASON, (F 21_sr 'lS), of RE. 3,Box 1O05-, Gonzales, LA, trai' jolned ouiLlfe Member ranks.' eail fs iooting---For p chap he served with on-Mirra"i"oby the name of Ross. Thatrs the secondt,lme someone has been Looklng--or Ross.

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Think Ahead? GreaE idea! BuE we have to look back too. As usuaI, werreour pictures. Herers one jusL received showing "You-know-who'r at Lhe mike.AssuinpLion of Command Dayr-sept.ember 25Lh, aE..FE. George G-. Meade. The FirstConrnander was making what the program called "Remar\s". The genEleman at hiswas Lieut. Gen. M. eollier Ross, Deputy Connnander of US Army Forces Command,quartered at Ft. McPherson, Georgia.

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JTLIAN PROTOR VAN WINKLE, fotmerpresident of Sticzel-Weller Dlstlllery,Inc. now 01d Fltzgerald DisElllery, dledln Louisvllle, I(Y on Nov. 20th at age67.

Van Winkle, a graduaEe of WoodberryForest SchooL ln Virginia and PrlncetonUnlversity, jolned the staff of Stltzel-l^Ieller ln 1937. He served in varlousmanagement posltlons before becomlngpresident ln 1954. He reElred La L972and establlshed J.P. Van Wtnkle & Son,a firm that markets whlskey in com-memoratlve decanters. He had served aslEs presldent also.

Durlng World War II, Van Wlnkleserved as a captain and cormranded atank cmpany attached to the 24thInfantry Divlslon. He was awarded theSllver Star for gallanEry ln actlon Inthe Phlllppines.

Deceased: JOSEPH BRADY, of3742 W. Dickens, Chlcago, IL.

CARL E. JOHNSON, (lst Bn. Med. 21stt42-145) of 510 Maln, Batavia, IL, dledApr. 27, 1981. We are advlsed by hiswidow, M,arybelle. She advlses that hedied 2 days after his 72nd birthday.

...-Pi"{:_On_Aug._L7 at Camp Hill, p€r.,Mildred D. RUGGABER, rhe wife of9_Tig.c"". (Bqr, ) -;onu c. RUGGABER,(Div. G-4 t46-t48). Besides her husband,she is survived by a son, Robert F. andtwo grandchildren. Burial was inArlington National Cemet.ery. Our heartsgo out to I'Peanuts" and 8o6; they havelost a wonderful lady.

Deceasedr ARTHUR D. SMITH (K 34tht45), of Rt. 1., Dallas Center, IA.

Maj.Gen. NUI'IA A. WATSON, a U.S.Mllitary Academy graduate who servedin the infantry 35 years unt,il hisretiremenE, died November 18, 1981at the age of 82,

Gen. Watson was born on Sept.. 511899,in Salem, N.J., grew up in Teias, thenattended Cornell University one yearbefore enEering the U.S. MllitaryAcademy aE West Point, N.Y. He wasgraduat,ed a second lleuEenanL Ln 1922.

A colonel in World War II, he com-manded the l3th Infantry Reglment ofthe Eighth Divislon ln GermanytsHurtgen Forest area.

Gen.WaEson remalned in Italy whenhis division reEurned Eo the UnitedStates, then spent tto years back at,headquarters of the U.S. MilitaryAcademy before going t,o the I'ar East,Conrnand.

He landed with the Seventh Divisionat Inchon, Korea, in September 1950.

Gen.Watson was assistant corrnanderof the 24Eh Division in Korea beforebeing assigned as chief of staff for thelourth Army. His final assignmenE wasas cortrnanding general for the SouthernArea Conrnand ln Germany.

Hls decorations include the SilverStar with two Oak Leaf Clusters, Legionof Merit with Oak Leaf C1uster, ArmfConrnendation Ribbon, PurpIe Heart, andCombat Infantryman Badge.

Gen. Watson is surved by his wifeMildred; a daughter Sally Applin ofGlousEer, Va., five grandchildren andthree great grandchildren.

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Late arrival out of the ROy BROWNhousehold. Royrs G21st t43-t44 and hangshis haE at Box- I93, Von Or:nry, TX. Itwas all G of the Gimlet's at St,.Louisand reading from left to right, meetJA!,IES "Spike" o'DoNNELL, RoY, LoUIsKEPLER, LEO "Doc" CRAMER, and vtClOnHABEEB. The boys are crowding theright half of Ehe picture; Lhe boat waslist,ing.

ffiffi__-COLoN MANSFIELD, (K 19 ,38-,40), of]-S-pf w3ttgrr panama.iiry, ri, rhoufht_ryr*y 5ept q: supplied with news accounEsot Division in the RDF maneuver in Egypt.

If we dontt answer your letEer per-sonally, klndly forgive. We've beensimply swamped with mail. Some of itwe're answering vla these pages.

JOE SALE, (C 5t.h Tk. 8/50-L2/5L), of115 Platt, FayetteviLle, W.Va., istrying to reach anyone with the 6th Tk.in Korea. Joe was a M/Sgt. Ehen.Werll see what we can dol Joe. Rightnor^r werre not organized to answer youquickly. We're on the way t,o getEingout a Directory of Members with unit.s,Eimes, addresses, and t,e1. /fs. BepaEienE, please.

ffiLftf1-n_n_rlrlruAn appeals courE has upheld thwing Gum Co.'s exclusive right.

Three mqn were discussing savoirfaire. One said, "If I go fiome and findmy wlfe kissing anot,her man and say.tExcuse mer t tfiat ls savoir faire.l''

The second said, "Not quite. If Icome home dnd find'my wife kissinganother man and sayr 'Excuse me'-Iplease continue," that,ts savoir faire."

The thl::d said, !'If I come home andfind nry wif,e kissins anoEher man and Isal, tExcuse me -- [Iease conEinue, t andhe can conti-nue, that,rs savoir faire."

Then- th.ere ls lhe orre about, -the younglvoman who pas rralking through the i,roodswhen she heard a frog say: 'Kiss me andreleas € rn&-r from Ehis wicked spe11.t'So she beni dann and kissed him."

Inrnedifllely,, th6 frog turned into awrinkled o1ld man.. .The,girl gasped:t'But youtr'e suppoied to"turn"into ahandsome prlncel"'

"B-oyrt'tsneered the pldsEer, t'are lroua sucker for a f.alry, tale."

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