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CONVENTION CTIAIRI.IAN :

JOHN R. SHAY(Hq.2Isu '46-t52)1129 sherrer Rd.,Glenvlew IL 50025Tel.312-724-5133

ooLit,tle things make life rea1ly rvorth-

rvhile. Life I'iember KENNY PATE (E 19th| 42-t 45) of 1205 SunseL, BurlingEon IA,felled rvith a stroke and prosLate problems."Your 24th Buddies" flourered him. Rutha/U/a ttBrorvniett then l{rote us -- aL shucks,vou read it lust as Bro\rnie wrote it3' ''!,Ihy am l-aLvays late and in a hurry?Life is hectic and fasL pace.

"Do appreciate your kindness. Thelovelv fibwer arrairse*enE last.ed almosta *onth. Rea1ly to[ching! es you geEolder things mean so much and life is soinEeresting and busy. Huh?

"Kenny is sIovly coming around. PuttersabouL, rvalks, visits and rests. Enjoys^Lalking. I'm usually rvith-him so I don'tset muEh accomolished. Ha!" ttHave had soire extra calls and cards!And Itm trying to acknowledge all (and Inever go into a formal letter anymore).t'Keniy talks of the Chicago reirnion. Isclose by us but have to see by August.

"Thanks for your concerrl and kindness.Aloha - Kenny aird Brownie PaEe."

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A couple had returned home late from aparty. As the wife prepared for bed, herhusband went i-nto the bathroom and cameback with Ewo aspirin and a glass of waEer.He handed them to her.,I.lhaEts this?rr she asked.ttfsl your headache.ttBut i dontt have one.ttt'AHA! Got,cha!"

Mrs. HOI'IARD LLIMSDEN, or Gladknow and love her, has asked us

IP-case youtve nev_el flown into OrHare,r11 want'to knour this.- A $;;;acularyou'Il want to t<nor^r this. A specEacularflurry of activity takes place- ever-y day*.u Ct,i:*gors^OtHate InEeriraliolgl Airpoic.at, Chicagors OtHaie Int,eriationalAbo,uE 125,000 passensers (40 miltAbo,uE 1251000 passengers (40 million ieryear) arrive daily from all points of- th,yeat) arrlve oar.ly from aII points ot theglobe and sweep through its long corri-dors,

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this litt,le item by way of saying"Thank you from a heavj, heart'r t6 all ofyou who extended sympathies at Lhe ti-meshe lost Donna. Glad said that. she justhasnrt yet found the strength to wrileeach and every one a personal note. Shewill in t,ime.

.Like exceptionally good ear.ing? t{hiIewe're togeth-er in mid--AugusE, you nrightwant to sneak over E,o t^Iheeling, nortf, ofOtHare -- about a 30 minute rfie fromSchaunburg. There your11 find LeFrancaj-s.one of Ehe finesL r-esraurant,s ii-TEEi6?[d.Itts on 269 South lutilwaukee Av.,Tel. 54L-7470. Itfs acknowledgid by thenaEionts top food critics as oie of'theworld's outstanding French restauranE,s.GERRY STEVENSONTs widow, Be1le, who willbe wiuh us at Schaumburs. stili lives inWheeling and sherll tetl-you all abouELeFrancais. In fact, Donna, her bear:t,ifuldaughter, once was a hosEess there.

J. FARRELL, widorvKav was an| 4O-1 43, is nory

Somerville I,lA.of our gangbefore l'ris

Heard from CATHERINEof our or,rn PIiIL FARII.ELL.Armlz jrlsr"e at SchoficldreLired aE 20 Josephine,IJe invited her to be on6just as rvas sainted Phil

making it the tusi-est,-airport ii the worldand che hub of the nation's air Eranspor-tation system -- the rrationts crossroids,

A litrle biE of trivia -- Didja knowthat Great Britain, which Lssued-Uhefirst postage stamp -- i-n 1840 -- hasnever never never printed lts name onany postage stamp it, has ever produced.0h welI, just choughE werd menLi-on it.

Schar-unburg, located about 15 minutesnorEhwest of OrHareris home to WoodfleldShopping Gent,er, Route 53 and Golf Road.One -of the,largest, indoor shopping mallsin the world, I.Ioodfield houses more than220 retailers, including Marshall Fieldrs,Lord & Taylor and Abercrombie & FiEch.When the workdayts over and iErs t,i-me fordinner, Barnrrs-Ribs, 444 M,aII Drive,serves- s6,uffiI6, hickory-smoked ribsin a relaxed atmosphere. At. Lou MalnaEits.I South Roselle Roid, the farEffnElftlEF-'pan pLzza and stuffed spinach bread.

- Some people leave without saying good-bye: Others say good-bye and tlke-f6reverEo leave.

untimely dsath.- Kay -- wetre proud tonave you aDoard.

BEETLE BAILEY By Mort WalkerY?tJ THINK I,,M.,U57AreeR-owzL'}€,ll2rxitl OLo AFIAY

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DANIEL H. BRANTLqY (H 2lsE) of Jesup, GA gave us rhis one.f.{e- jusE had to- use-it,, even Ehough itri'a fuZiv one. Afterall, i! yag_raken in the land of"rhe fuziy-iiiLi"i.- rii"-"part of H 21st. ert. Hollandia. wish ie *e"i *oi"-"i""=, -fItf"".As Jackie Mason says, ItSex is bad for o". -.-ior two --not so bad.rt

The National Order of BattlefieldCommissions is searching fcr mem-bers. Anyone who received a battle-field commission and is interested injoining the organization can receivehore information by contacting A.F.Warnecke, 191 6 Catawba St., Fayet-teville, NC 28303. Tel: 919-484-2890.

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UPCOMINGEVENTS

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iJe donrE, knorv, at. Lhis momenE, rvhetheror not theretll be anoLher issue-before::11aymbu.rg. ttight- nol, the Ereasury ishi tting bot.tom. 'n|'ry? Because adisLurbing number ir-ave yet Lo pay their$10.00 dues for the 1,e31 6,rt. iriOAO-Aug._ I,1987. - That's' purrinE it'righron the linei !

CHICAGOHave any interest in cleaning your

pond -- assuming you have one -I i:f rveedsand the like. JOHN KLUMP is wait.ing foryou at Schaumburg. He tells a fascinat.lngst,ory -- bought. some amur fish: thev eat -Ehe growEh.and clean up the pond. 'tCourse,if you dontE have a poird, foiget r{e everment.ioned iE.

TElililS,AilYoltE?U.S. military^alrcraft flew L5rB27trours.9"fi.,g FI-tS6 in support, of 'drug

interdicEion efforts, acciriding to uhEU.S. Mili.tary- PosEure StatemenE for Fy tg8,prepared by the Joint Staff.

Since 1981, when Ehe posse ConunitatisAct was clarified by P.L.97-86, U.S. mili-Eary forces have actively supp6rEed 1awentorcement agencies to the maximtrn exEent,possible consistenE with resource avail-ability and the needs of militarv preoared-ness. Assistance iircludes aeriai iurleil-lance, comrnuni-caEions and intelligencesupport, Eowing or escort.ine seiz6d ves-sels, and logist,ical and peisonnel assis-tance.

,*fS ""r, "Good thing -- because this is

ttNever see anything abouE nrv F 21st.buddies" sings villcsNT CAULFIELD, 66 wyo-ming, Syosset l{Y. Vinnie was in'the oirtfitfrom 10/5L to 9/52. lnle can't rvriEe what,we ainrt got, Vinnie. Hornr do you likethat for fracturing QE2rs English?

"Well, Charlie, how does it ,eel tobe back in civvies?,'

Plenty of free parking -- absoluEelyfree -- at the Hyat.t Regency Woodfield --50 feet from Lhe hotel door Eoo. Gofor it!

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AnoLher 5th RCT man writ,esabouE us -- HERMAN I'IILLIAI{S,Tobermory. Cincinnati OH. Ofwe ttrecrliuedtt him.

There is first class, non-stop trans-pgrEation wait.ing for you at OrHare towhisk you to the Hyatt-Regency lioodfie1d.The fare is $7.00. The Hyatt- Regencyi'Ioodfield Express makes scheduled stbpsgn the baggage (lorver) level of Eastern,United, TWA and Delta airlines.

Hours of operaE.ion from OrHare:

Thursdays pnd Fridays - every houron t.he hour

Saturdays - 9 a.m., 11 a.m.,I p.m., 3 p.m.

Hogrs of operat,ion from the Llvatt:

Sundays - 9 a.m., 11 a.m.,1p.m., 3 p.m., 5 p.m.

To reach them by telephonel call3 12- B 85- L234.

rviscom noE to hamstring those rvho rvill doLhe legrvork in preparing for the |EB

clambake by placing tI resEriction on themEhaE "Roo*- riue muit noE exceed $60.00tt --as r^,?as the case this year. A commiLteehas goL Lo have sonte reasonable laEiLudein a crucial matter such as this.

Pages on the floor of the Senate andHouse? l,/e hadnrt been reading much abouEEhem in recenE years -- nol since one ofEhe Massachusetts Congressrren got. emotion-ally involved with one of Lhem a few yearsback. A! any rate, RAYI'IOND E.DOi'INELLY JR.,(5th RCT) of I l{orth Fenrvick, ArlingLonVA, called us Lhe other evening. IE. wasobvious that lle had considerable experiencewiEh political hlashington, so-hre poppedEhe question. Seems thaE Ray's wife is incharge of the pages on the House floor --65 of them. They rotat,e Ehem..every 6months. Live in-a "dormitory" adjlcenu theSame Rayburn Building. Obviously they keepa closer watch on Ehose kids these days.Good thing. Incidentally our congressmanis sEill a congressnurn.

United and american airlines passengersdepart.ing from O'Llare must pay a $9.00-a-ticket surcharge to covcr the cost. of thecityrs jet fuel tax. This r,rent intoeffecc 6n ilay Isu. fhe surcharge isexpected to effecE 7.5 million passengersannually. Passengers on flights origina-ting in Chicago are subject to thesurcharge. What '.ve don't knol is irowEhey are treating round-Erip tickets, sayfrom llaltimore Eo Chica;.;o and reEurn,which Eicket ivill have been purclusedin Baltimore. Stay gunqd3

in, askingof 26L6course,

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On Iran...this fact seems t,o be lostin all of the hubbub:

SovieE designs on the MideasE are at.the heart, of Lhe rnatter. It, l-ras beeneyeing Iran for years and sees iEs chanceonce Khomeini goes to take advantage ofLurmoil, drive a wedge clear to Ehe IndianOcean.

Iran is THE ftey piece of real est,ate inthat part. of the wor1d...beEween Russiaand the Persian Gulf, the principal oil-shipping routes. Long borders abuttingthe Soviet Union, Afghanistan, Iraq andPakistan. A position from which Moscorocould int.imidaLe Arabs, Israel and others.

Keep this in mind as you watch what,rsgoing on Ehere...and here.

If ?! first. you donrt srrcceed,geE a bigger hanrner.

Taet: the arLhome when that|sthey were.

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Bumper St,ickers we've sPotted inrecenL rveeks:

Irm Ehe one your lloEher warned you about.

This is the earliest I've ever been late.

TrusE me, Irm a DocEor.

I eould use a litcle moral support. AlitEIe immoral supporE wouldn'E be badeither.A woman's place is in the mal1.

Lead me not into temptaEion; I can findit myself.

A peacock EhaL sits on its feathersis just anoEher EurkeY.

Just when I thought. I was winning Eherat race -- along come fasEer rats.

GeE even. Live long enough Eo be aproblem to your kids.

NoE all men are fools; some are bachelors.

It used to be wine, women and song. Nowitrs beer, the old lady, and TV.

Lifers a bitch -- and Ehen I married one.

I can't decide whether Lo commit suicideor gc bowling.

You dontt. know anything about a hTomanuntil you meet her in courE.

I know it. all; I just canft remember itall at once.

DonrL bother me now; the game is on.

Itfs been Monday all week.

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MeeE L 19thr s HOWARD W. CAI'{P of 430S.Stadium, Xenia, OI{. Howie was with usin t51-r52. NoLe the hand and Ehe ri-ng --just, like a i^Iest Point,er. Thanx forresponding Lo our request for a picEure,Hourard. He also sent a little for thekitty -- gratefully received. List.en tothis'as u6wie rvrot'e it,: "Just receiveda phone call from ALBERT BERRY ofCynthiana IC[. Got, A1 to sign up. He justgot his first issue of the Taro Leaf and1o and behqld my letter to you was there.He called me inrnediat,ely.

"on Ehe night of oct. 14th.r 1951 inN.Korea when I got, wor:nded, A1 wasBatallion Conrnander's jeep driver. Heloaded me into his jeep and drove mefrom Bn. Aid Station Eo l4ash Hospital.[.Ie were discharged together in 1952 andnever saw each other after that.

"Itve written to him and Irm makingplans to get Eogether with him.

"I'[r wife and I have already nradereservaEions at the HyaEE Regency for the14th and 15th of August. Albert saidMartin Wiglesworth was going and that, hesoes all the time to Ehe reunions.

"Itm reading a book abouE rlker andsee thaE he belonged Eo the l9th Regt,.in Texas back in Ehe twenties.ItAgain a srnall donation for_ someposta[e. Thanks, Howard Camp."

Great. letter, Howie.

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,,I'M GEI'ING A TITII'E IIREO OF SPAM, AREN'T YOU?"

lpeaking of srvimming, The HyaEt Resencvat, Schaumburg boasts oE'a heat'ed o"iJSor-pool and an indoor lap pool. And be sureEo give their saur-raa Lry. Therets alsoan exercise room, at,errific rvhirlpool-- and a joggiirgE.rack if any. of youare tnEo such -- yet,.

- Our HyaE.t ilegency?5-story hotel -- butFloor 2 is missing.find it. rvhen you [et,

They call it awe could only counE.You see if you canl-here.

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Rear windowit. is on thisone. RAY G.BARNES of506 W.Cleve-land, Marsh-field WI sendsus this one ofhirnself whenhe was D ofEhe 21sE at.Schofie 1dpre PearlHarbor.

SOUNDINGSPrexy WARREN AVERY has asked us t,o besure Eo include this Su.patrickrs Dav

lEory appearing in Che AElanEic Citv'sun$1I Press ---which we happily do'."Sor-ne g:+ys'11 do anythin!- Eo altracE,aEEentionr" quoEh one snickerer after thestory of Bill Dough-erEyrs SE.patrickrs Dayaccident brol<e in-The Press.The art.icle rvas about the Somers point

resident_who, in aEtempEing to festoon his .

second-floor apartmentr s bilcony withpPPropriat.e. green, slipped and 8e11,hanging -- head dorvn --- by a heel, untilrescued by quick-act.ing n'ei.3hbors'MarilynLarned and }like Srveenef .

. The speaker wgsr- of'course, kidding,because anyone_who- knorvs Dougherty haE'greaE respect, for him and his dramat,ic,acEion-packed background, rich ivith tw6-wars service Eo Uncle Sam after somestandout achievemenE.s in sports.

BiIl, on Army duty in Pear1 Harbor onQ".. 7, L94L, not only weat.hered El-reJapanes_e attack bgE then fought a1I throughf,/orld War II, including a do-en pacificlandings, followed by Eront-line servicein the Korean ir/ar, and never once suffereda scrat,ch -- except maybe from his Gilett.e.A11 of which is licrle but hisrory E.o him,a staff sergeant. with Co. I, 2lst Inf.Reg. in $,J II and as a platoon (master)sergeant. with Ehe same outfit. in Korea.

A footnote: On Oct.20r1984, he and 180surviving comrades gathered in the Pacificto mark the 40th anniversary of t.heirlandings on Leyte in the Philippines,marching on Ehe beach in review beforePresident, Ferdinand Marcos and Eop mili-tary brass. Then these vet,erans visitedBaguio City, sit.e of a reunion banquet.planned for the next day. But afterbedding dovrn for the nighc they had t.oflee their hotel which had been set afireby anEi-American radicals. In escapingthe flames Bill lost his clothing, *atch,money, decorat,ions, luggage, etc. -- hisescape efforEs hampered by the paralysisresult.ing from Ehe stroke he suffered in1978.

Bill was one of the best all-aroundaEhletes t.o come ouE of Holy Spirit. HighScho-ol, and a star in football, basket6all;Erack and baseball t,hrough the years L924-25/25-26/26-27. He larei playet wiEhseveral local clubs such as Shamrocks,Bellevue, Sylvania, Chelsea andSt,. llichael's and sparkled in both theAtlant,ic County and Atlantic CiEy leagues.In t.he Army, too, he earned headlines-withhis prowess as a baLsman and pitcher.

He wound up hi-s quarter-cenLury mili-Eary service- in Ehe middle I960sr- retiringas a top-kick.

-One day we shall burst, our bud of calmancl blossom inE.o full hysCeria.

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We receive all kinds of t'viewst' ornews releases. LaEely Ehere has been arash of such. Herers one from RALPH W.MELCHER, of 181 Dolomit.e, Colorado SpringsCO. Raiph doesnrt EelI us the source.IEts from the Cannoneer but that meanszilch to us. And as to poor DANIEL SIFFORDwe know only Ehat. hets in Oklahorna. We

happily rep?int Lhe news item. l,Ie hadto'trirtr th?: photo. Itrs a bit. dark.Yourve seen how hopeless nehTsPaPer photosare rviEh our offseL process. BuL in shegoes. Dan is sLanding in front of aiineup of hot^riEzers. -Anyone know Dan?-l^Ierd like Lo contacE him.

8B ,r" Connonccr, Aprit 23, t987

Coming into Chicago by train or bus?And wanni geL ouE Eo Lhe hotel? I{ererswhat you cin do -- Go ttsubu/aytt. Thesubroay station is Ehree blocks from eiEherthe Trailways or the Greyhound bus sEa-tions in the Loop. The subrnray sEat,ion islocated at. i^Iashington and Dearborrr. For$1.25r Eake either the A or B train toOrHare. The 25C is for a transfer.Disembark aE the Harlem Avenue station,the corner of Harlem and Higgins. TakeEhe 209 Bus to I'Ioodfield Shopping Centeracross Golf Road from the Hyatt. Courtesycars from the Hyatt pick up and drop offevery hour at }darshall Eields. I,Ialkiq8,

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dqys in cqptivityPOW endures 842

April, 19il - Daniel Sifford enlistd in the ArmyJune, 19il - Korcan War beganAugast, 19il - Sitfotd went to Korea with the %th Intan@

npfinA . Silfotd was Wen prisonerof-war (for 842 days)April, 1987 - POW Day commemoratd; Daniel Siffod rcflwts

'l\ /T ORE than ili|,600 American soldiers lost their lives in the.LVI Korean War. Death stalked Oklahoma resident Daniel Sifford,but he was determined not to die on foreign soil.

Sitford said will power and determination pulled him throueh."We got together and helped each other as best we could," heremembered.

One of our guys said to us, "All the strong ones will help the weakones. We're gonna take as many back home as we possibly can.,'

So, for 73 days, the stronger soldiers carried the weaker ones untilthey arrived at a POW camp at Chong Song, North Korea. Silford'sunit had been ovemrn. They were so outnumbered, the Americanshad lost the battle, he said.

TI{EY MARCHED day and night three or four weeks, during therainy season, from one place to anotler, he recalled. They were fedrice and barley.

"One time they gave us rice and weeds for ilil days in a row,"Silford said. "It wouldn't have been too bad ifthey'd have given usenough of it."

"lVe kept picking up others (on the trek) until we iad quite abunch," he related. "We carried our sick on stretchers. lVe musthave carried them a couple hundred miles."

At the POW camp, they had physicd haining every monring.Their job most days was to carry logs three miles down themountain.

"It was mosfly dead timber, partly for olu uae, mainly for tleirs,"Sifrord recalled. "Our rooms frosted over since we could build a flrconly one time a day."

SIFFORD ADVISES young soldiers today that if they're evercaptured, 'Do the best you can. Keep faith with your fellow manand try to help. D,on't give up - keep faith with your god and yourgovernment."

One day all the POltYs were taken to a group meeting."Another fellow and me were cmkine rice. so we didn't go to the

meeting," he said. "Aftemram, we heard all the hollering, crying,and screaming. As soon as the other PrOlYs were close enough, theyyelled to us, 'It's over, we're going home!"'

About a week latcr, they loaded us on trrcks - seemed like theyhauled us all over Korea, he said. Ttren, they boarded a tain going

to Freedom Village at P'anmuqjom eight miles behind the border."The day I was released, they had set up a tent right on the line

between South and North Korea," Siltord said. "The Chinese hadgiven the Americans a list of our names earlier."

An American first sergeant called out, "Daniel Sifrord" Hewalked inside the tent, and across the line.

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THE STUFFTHATS MADE OF DREAMS IRADEWIIIDS. Fl Paso, TX. I{is let,ter sEarts offrvith:,,"E. . Paso, The_Home Of Sun CityWeather -- El paso Averages Le'ssthan Four Days l,/ithouE SlnshinePer Year" 'Itr-s B0B I'IALONE Ealking. I{e has comebac\ "Eo the fold', end ir.Yi" thrilled. -Continues Rob: ,'Itve really lost urack

9.f "y9ryolg ?nd everyr.hing conllecred wiEhthe 24th Division. in trinsfers. movinsand other disturbances, I plum aia"-t-a-8my job. I.Ie, _most,ly Faye, [<eep in toucli-w:.tn some old comrades Lhrough Christmascards but, Lhatrs the size of"iE.

-. "A..Io!r_know, I stayed in tfie ermyafter hlll II. Was uransferred to Aruillenrand served an inEeresting and enjoyable30 years. I retired in IgZt and-s'etcled inEl Paso. The weather is good and thelivine is easv.tlrrf,en serving in Korea, I asked to beassigned Eo the 24th, However, they werein the procesg of being phased- outr'so Ihras sent to Ehe 2nd Infantnr Div. whereI served in the 38th FA Bn.t'

GreaE Lo have you back, Bob.

The first prinEoutfrom the Hyat.t. Regencyfolloving as being thereservat,ions:

Alvator, J.E.Ardrezak, GloriaArmour, DonaldBaker, TonyBarnett, LacyBoolcer, !/essBoyce, EansleyBradford, EdgarBrandesky, AlberECamp, HowardEnder, RoberLFrederick, JamesGiorgi, NelsonGreen, BillGrimsled, VirgilHanlin, C.G.Hardin, RobertHartley, PauI

(dat,ed Apr.15)Woodfield shows EhefirsE in line forHolderman, HenryJohnson, LesterKel1er, RichardKlump, JohnKniecik, ArthurLumsden, HowardOrDonnell, J.SpikePennington, JackRobinson, EdwardSchaaf, ValentineSchroeder, RoySeltsam, Albert.Shy, John R.Visser, HaroldVon Mohr, J.A.I'Jilson, GrantonWilson, HowardYou:g, Philip

IN ANY EVENTThis not.e from NELSON W. GIORGI (C 19rh19;0), of -1?g-0 S.Ocean, pompano Beach FL:"I would like to contact iormer membersof C 19th who served trnder CapE. Louis

Rocls^rerk from JuIy E,o Nov. of'1950. Ihave recently fouird out. that he livesin FE.I"auderdale. Irm sure that some ofthe former members would like to knq^r horrto _get in touch rvith him. Thanks again.,'- - tlgrre only Eoo happy Eo publish Eheseli-ttle memos. It goes lviEh Ehe territory.

shop aE our AugusE hotel.a_ real clipping. Go for

home before you come out,.

Avoid barber$9.00 a head --the $4.00 job aE

- CLARENCE "Bud" COLLETTE (S*r nCt'51--t52) of 507 E.Timber, Payson AZ, tipsus thaE, they rvant co buiid a-memoriil 'to Gen. h/alt,on H.Walker aE tl-re site wherehe was killed on l2/23/5O.

IT'SGOODNEWSWiEhouE any question, the first prize

must go to Dr. PHIL HOSTETTdR rvhoservonclei'ful sense of huntor is ;rs shinirrgbright, today as iE was when he suEuredChi;k wound's in ehe }lindanao jungle.WroEe Phil: ttRe whatts wrong wiEh thecover? LeL me EelI You. The Page isupside down, Ehatrs whaL- OnIy one 'A'i3 printed properly."' We s;rid |riies to the firsr' 10 tospot iE. WLtl in Ehey came -- by posEcard'bv lett.er (3 rvith postage due -- rhe litclemln in srav walE.zcd in with his handouE), U! c-aUte, ancl by Lelephone. Nota siirgl! carrier pige-on.l" thg-bunch.

HaEs off Lo Ehese ' !12 - ifL}zBOB JOHNSON TijD SHIELDS

Bonnie PENDARVIS BILL SAt'lDliRSOi'i(fOT FLOYD) SPIKE OIDONNELL

PO].,IAS T'ASULESHERB KINGSBURY

Sixtv-eieht others came fonvard --each with EEe correct solution -- buElate to claim one of the Prizes.

JOE CENGA

One of the "68 oLhers"TIGHE who sirnply sent indues:

TOI'1 KILFOYLE

was PAUL E.this with his

SEEl[\lI IHE LIIIIIIf Ma BelI would suop taking Eime and

ro.il f" iv-""a would stop inundating us

rlltt-*"iI assuri'.rg us EhaE- tirey are;;;i-b;;; Lrrey mi[rrt be abre Eo give us

a break on r-hLir rates' One ot govern-f,""i!*tigg"il-*itiakes ivas-to break thatii;;l"-fffiilv uP. ..Break AT&T uP andti!;""-"tt "eh3oled" nothing buti.,creas.d ratas- ever since'

HOWTOSURVIVE AREUNIONAdiust Your Toupee in Private andi(6-Youinoom Number to Yourself

The ensign rvas conducEing aa l^lorld War II battle ship forof EourisEs.

He stopped and pointed Lo aimbedded in the deck and wiEh avoice said, ttAnd this is rvhereconrnander 6f tfre ship fell.r'

"No rvonder, said one of thewomen. "I nearly tripped over

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t@u"%*Another late arrival rvas Lhis crypE'ic

message on a posEcard from Ehe always-funnaEle Tol'1 uFToN. It. read:tt0ne of the "at's is uPside

doln. Please send me a. correcEed coPY -- or a

Mars bar or wiraEever.tt[.Ie sent via UPS Eo UPTON a corrected

copy and a }l,ars bar. l'/e were all ouE ofirhatevers.

And riris good laugh from BILL IICKENNA:

"About thaE ri' in leaf. I just, thoughEour Ediror was Eurning ovel a new leaf...and hadntE quite finiihed." ForEunatelyfor us, we have a bunch of clowns in ourrnidst..' Thankfully we sing, "BrJ-ng onEhe clowns!t'

Our Lhanks Eo each for playing theqame.- rTwas fun.

Next Thursday night. - Bingo 7:30 p.m.

I'lembership Chairman BOR EI{DER has

=""r,rit"d. ai Life Member li73o, ALBEIIT J'TUii'aE, (l stn nct '5I-'54), of RD l,So" ZOit, Noxen, PA. We t'relconte-you, A1,with opeir arms -- but where, Sooci heavenstis Noxen?

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OUIEIPTEASE!In our last. issue.

we ttpet peevetdtt Ehe'use of smoked glasswindows in vehicles. Itevoked this Eitter outof RALPH BALESTRIERI(c e sv. 13r.h F. and19rh, LL/50-6/51).Ralphrs at, 41 Rose,Eaton I'{J. Sayeth Ralph:"Had a little'free tiireso thought I would sendan old forr^iard observerlssolut,ion for stopping a

car with smoked glass. Pull up behindsuspects car -- not too close. Draw .45pistol (.45 has int.imidat.ion factor). Takecover behind own car or door. Orderstr.cpect driver out of his car, usingpublic address system of car radio.-Orderdriver Eo open a1I doors. Order alLothers in suspect car ouE and all occu-pants t.o spreadeagle on groturd. Ifsuspect, car has r-ro hatchback, bloy a holein back window wit,h .45. That should alsobring ouE irnyone hiding below the seats.Keep them on the ground unt.il all havebeen ID'ed, and DL and regisEration checkmade over police radio. A few set.s ofdircied cloEhes and a couple of replacement,rear windorvs should geL them the message!

'fAnother tpet, peeiet. Lefc lane bai-diEs and the 'double nickel' on a highwaydesigned for 75 mph - r^rhile driving a cardesigned Lo cruise at, I00 mph, tiresrated for 130 mph, and driver qualified bytraining for over I00 mph. (Bet. you won'tprint Ehats. Everyone thinks for"wardobservers ate craLy anyway!)"

-Terrific, Ralphie, terrific -- andwe've prinLed uhe whole shebang. Love ya!

BEETLE BAILEYIlort. seems to continue to be t.roubled

wiLh some of his curvilinear lines --rrretre still in his support however.Don'E give up, l"lort.

"l rnppoto you hnr 1oo,ro c* of nalf,cnn.,,

FACTS YOUSHOULDKNOW

Report in from Annie Sue BARNES con-cerning CLAUD, (f Ztst, r4L-.45). Annie'sat Box 243, RL. 8, Fayetteville TN. Thelovely gal rvrites: t'Ciaud is sEill inthe Alvin C. York !led. CenEer in Murfrees-boro TN. He can|t, turn in bed but thenurses read his mail. She says they bothcry t.ogether when he receives-mail 'fromhis old buddies. Thanks a loE for themaiI. "

WhaE d'ya say -- eveqrone "takeand send a card to Claud. Letter22Ci posEcard -posr.age 14g. PreEtycheer-up stuf f , isn'E it.? Thanx.

5ttpostagecheap

Another Life Mernber - lt73L - EhanksEo B0B ENDER is TAKESHI KUI,IAGAI (34tht46-t 50), a reEired electrical engineerresiding at 600 ry.Latham, Alexandria VA.Tski -- yes thatrs his nickname is anex-POt^J. 'tski ---do you pronounce it, skias in ski??? We're right proud Lo haveyou in the c1ub.

#t Lou.aeL,teo.FRO}TT A}'9 CET.ITER,,

IS E BIGGERIHATI A BREADBOX?In case you hadnrt noticed, wetre

partial to Mort Walker. Believe it ornot, he has 4 sons, also cartoonists:Brian 34, Morgan 29, Greg 36 and Neal 25.Through collecEive effort, they haverescued from obscurity the comic strip,Betty Boop and Fe1ix, appearing in 75newspapers worldwide. Pop's Bettle Baileyhas been running for 35 years.

THEBESIOFTHE

BESTNewsv letEer from ROSS PURSIT'ULL who

,rriL.i 'from 2879 Holiday Pines, Traverse6it"-i'lri-

-iStroughc good' healt'h rvould lasE

i;;4";;--- ia didn'E -- heart qtt'ack lastfair -- still undergoing all the proce-dures -- am continulng iork -- untsil Ehe

ao"i"t" make the conclu.sion-s -: hope tso

;;;-;;" .tt i, Chicago." That's badiEi"'I"a-iooa n.*i--r baa that yourreiii"i"e pr5bl"ms, Ross; gogd Ehat you'regonna-bL in Chicago. You've been awaytoo long.

Small Worldl'Je dontL mention each nerv Life I'Iember

as he joins. Perhaps rve should. I'fayberve lui11. Conrnents, anyone? Tennis,an)'one? Meantime here's an iE,em onLifer No. 702 -- RODNEY F. STOCK, JR.(fr.Co., 34th r55-r56), of 4551 AzaLea,Reno NV 89502. Rod sends us his cardwhich rve happily reproduce, even if wedon't understand all of it. Rod, honrabouE a squib on just rvhat yourre doing?The gang rvill be happy t,o learn. Mean-Lime we're oroud to welcome Rod to thet'Erite":

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As bubbly as a boEEle of Dom Perignonhras a letEer from MERRILL STRATTON(5th RCT t52-153), of 19 Bowman, WesE-borough I4A in which he told us how heenjoyE Taro Leaf, adding, "I have nocrieicism ro maki." HoIa iE rightthere, busEer; wetve goE a plaque foryou. Merrill, you've shoE us right uponEo Cloud 9. Thanks.

Historical Research / Site Locations(Great Basin Aree)

R. F. "ROD" STOCK'1551

Azalea Dr., Beno, NV 89502(7021 82i5574

Lire Mbr. Nevada Hist. SocietyLite Mbr. S. Dakota Hi!t. S:octety Ret. Dct. Sgt. Rono p.D.Lira Mbr. Doalh Velley'49€rs XNGH . E. Chmpus VltusLite Mb.. Votarans Fq.ign Wars Dir. - T.R.A.S.H., lnc.. ECV

Charler Membor Nevada Coral Wostcrno's lnt.Mbr. - ORE..CALIF. Trait Assoc.

BOB NOLAI.I (2lstt42-'45) of 205 S.BeEhany, I(ansas CitytKS, had Eo obtaina passporE phoEo sohe said to Ehe fellow,"Make Ewott - and herehe ls, just as hand-some as in days ofvore. Reason forihe passport photo?Bobts going to Francein AugusE, Boy voyagqBob. That's French forttwe're gonna miss youat Schar.rnburg. "

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Prexy, i^IARREN AVERY and C.C. BOB SHAYmet, at The Hyatt Regency in Apri1. Oneroom that. over*rhelmed ehem rva-s Confet.Ei.This club offers_unique high-energyenEerEainment using scaee-6f-the-iic soundand video equipmenE. Featuring a neon-underlit, dance floor and Ehree-free-standing bars. Audience participation andcrazy^promotions are an inEegral- part ofthe "ConfeEti Conceptt'. The-ultimat,ep?rUy.atmosphere is created by periodicblast.ing of the dance floor with cloudsof conf et.t.i.

An unbelievable Happy l{our on Thursdayand Friday -;_4_to 8 b:m. -- all you c"r'eaE -- and all FREE. Order one d-rinkand^they give you another one FREE.Don'E miss itl

Looking for pals -- lsf SgE. CECIL O.lOX (E 34th '41-'45, of 1508-Dunbar,Cay-ce SC. Cecil wriLes: ttlould esp. liket,o hear from any of che old br:nch whowere aE Ft,.Jackson before we went t,oWahoo and joi.ned the Dlvision.tt

Rev. ROBERT D. SAI^IYER (2tsr r49-r5I)ls Pastor of First Methodist, Church,Orlando FL and has written in for iifoon Schar:slburg. Hef s now a member.Use 5628 Tebbet.t,s, Or1ando, if you arewriEing Bob; that,rs his hoire.

Let,rs see if ,. ""]E-"void EhestamDede inLo our Saturday night banquet.L-eg,r-s walk in fike ladi""'""I'e"ntlemenEhis time. Some of our c"o,rd Et f"e,:C

i3t::r3: Ehough the/ hadnrt had a bite in

II'...tlasactvluax."

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.^.ItgggtFfyl HpNRy_c._upL'oLD (Hq. 3rd Bn.l9Eh'53-'54), Box 5097, fingsviile TX,has Ehe fLoor, so please sit-up andlist,en: "I dontt, i<now if any bf ttremembers are having trouble with the V.e.but if they are advise them that rhev cang_et, free help through The Disabled AinericanV-eterans, The_Veterans of Foreign Wars,The American Legion, or The Jewlsh War'Veterans. These organizations are notund.er-gov-ernmenE control and they are Ehereto.heln the veEerans. I have foirght ttreV.A. for years trying to get service-connected disabiliEy and had no luck at,all until I got the- DAV to help. Eachlime I would apply for compensit,ion, theV.A. would turn me down. the DAV t6ok itall the way to The Board of VeteranAppeals and Service-Connection was grantedretro-active Eo July 1983. Now I getmy medicalion- from the V.A. which f,e1psout considerably since I am retired ondisability since Oct,ober L97L.tl. Good -thilking, Henry; we are passing

the word. Give Miss flttie a hua for is.Print.ing bill-for_lasr issue (#S) _

??99 '"gi:E - sre:7.s0.--rh";;; ds['p",copy: It,'s as simple_as-A-B-C. },Iaiiing .

I?y 5, copies of Taio Leaf during utre ----tiscal-year costs considerably tore chanyour 910.00 dues.

- Latest word from NOEL I'UONESS (M 2lst.'_11)r -9f BoX 80, So.Stai nie.l NorthomeMN 56661: "Thank you for yorri .o.".*?!"y! my healrh.. h.ochesre'r or frayo-Cti.,i.couldn't, do muchi ryaype laEer on, some:glg:.y. for the lef r- l.g, llip a.,6 spir,.nay be i-n order. _We hear from Mary- E:r,rinonce in awhile. I served with Jim'inKorga and he was- the medic thac pat-hed meup -lefore I reached rhe field toipii"i."--'-

Werre pulling for you, Noet.They sav money-doesntt bring happinessbut I'i liice t,o tina-o"r-for-",isetf .

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Aueusr 13, 14, 15 16 - 1987HYarr ReeerucY Wooorlet-o

1800 East Golf RoadSchaumburg, Il I inois

- TENTATIVE PROGRA'il -

THURSDAY, AUGUST 13TH:

9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon / REGISTRATION . ""'Lower Level

9:00 a.m.- ? - 7 HoiptTALITY RooM . 'Lower Leve'l

iiio p.r.- 5:00 p.m. 7 CretSrnnTIoN . .....Lower Level

Open/LuNcH&DINNER....0nYourown

FRIDAY, AUGUST 14TH:g:00 a.m.-12:00 noon / REGISTRATION . .....Lower Leve'l

9:00 a.m.- 5:00 p.n. '/ HoSPITALITY ROOM ..Lower Leve'l

0pen / LUNCH '0n Your Own

iliO p.r.- 5:00 p.n. / REGISTRATION .... ..Lower Leve1

6:OO b.m.- 7:00 p.n. / COCKTAIL HOUR.. " " " " "?i:OO b.m.- 9:00 p.n. / SIT DOl.lN DINNER (Tickets Required) " " " "'?9:00b.m.-? / DANCING """?

SATURDAY, AUGUST 15TH:

9:00 a.m.- 1:00 P.m.9:00 a.m.- 5:00 P.m.

10:00 a.m.-11:30 a.m.

0pen6:00 p.m.- 7:00 P.m.7:00 p.m.- 9:00 P.m.9:00 p.m.- ?

/ REGISTRATION . -----Lower Level

/ HOSPITALITY ROOM -.Lower Leve'l

/ BUSINESS MEETING. ........?President Warren G. Avery, Presiding

/ LUNCH .0n Your Own

/ cocKTAIL HOUR.. ....... -. -?/ MEMORIAL SEVICE & BANQUET (T'ickets Required) ----.?/ DANCING. .....?

Music Provided by the 24th Division

SUNDAY, AUGUST 16TH:

8:00 a.m.-11:00 a.n. / CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST & AL0HAS """'?

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We know a meeEing doesnrt have Eo be big to be important. The imporEant. t.hing isEhaE our meeEing is going to be big and Ehe big t.hing is that. iE's going Eo be impor-EanE. Lot,s of brass'.viII honor us wich uheir presence -- Ehe Division Commander,CoI. LEI^IIS L. IIILLETT, Medal of Honor, John Toland, the distinguished author, .rnd aswe go to press, Lt,.Gen. Edward ilowny, t.he PresidenE.rs Advisor on Arms Cont.rol.. Did wesay "big"? Indeed! oia we say "irnportant."? You beE.

6)UEBHgB#+ REPOR--[ffi:ri$".'.#' ";; d*TranslaEed, iE means, ttThanks, BILL

SHOWEN for sending this one." We mean it,;Bil1is conEributions are consistently topgrade. Herers his laEest: ttFellow namedArty was checking ouE aE a grocery store.He happened Eo drop a dollar. The lady infront of hirn oicked it uo. Artv said.tThaLrs mine!r She said, 'Buu i've got itnow. t He began choking her; Ehe dollarfeII to Ehe floor. The guy behind himpicked it up. Arty began choking him. Thecommot.ion brought the manager. He grabbedt.he dollar bill and Arty started chokinghim. Police Eook ArEy away. The next. dayt,he paper headlined it.: Arty Chokes 3for a Dollar. t"

Don'8. call us; call Bill Showen.

l{ish we could welcome each new memberrvith a squib in our issue. There just.isntt. space for such. t/e do sEeal-an inclrt,o say 't^Ie1come" to CAROLL and DorothvROBBINS, (D 34r,h 8-5-50 ro 8-14-50)of Rt. 5, Box 190, Lr:mberton MS. CaroIIEook lead on 8-14-50, ergo his short"stay" wiEh D of che-34t6. Be sure Eomeet, LACY BATR.NETT at Schaumburg, Caroll.Hers rounding up all the 34thrErs.

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(E 19 Zlq+-LL/44) now aE 9 BristolNashua NH 03060.

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.IS C['R IBRO$T-}SIIGI RTDIO OPERArcR UP FOR PROI0IIION AGAIN?T

Good BrLL BRooME (r 2tsr r38-r40)of 15100 Dacosta, Detroit MI, worldEraveller uhat. he i.s - now planning onCosta Rica, Chile, Bangkok and Jakartaboy, you sure space 'em aparEsends us one wetve had beforeDOy, you sure sPace -em aParE, lJ]-rry --sends us one we've had before -- but welove it so, wetre runni-ng it again:

tet aparE, Billyad before -- but.

ttold mair sit.ting on a-park Senchcrying his heart out,. Approached byyoqlg man wanting to be of help.

"Old man said he was very happy.Life was good. Had a young rvj-fe whotreated him like a king. Their sex lifewas-,good. Enjoyed a very happy home life.ttYounq man- asked. rhrhi che- tears? I

"old tan replied, rCaArE rememberwhere I live. trt

Didia kn*r t'hat Ed Mcl'lahon, best knosnfor-t ii-fong stint on Johnny Cerson'sshor, ls a EG in the CaI. Alr NG?

Q: With hls-famous macho image, whaEwe-re John Wayne r s thought,s about-tfreliberatert woiran?

A: rrThey have a rlght Eo work wheneverthey want E'o'rr Ehe latE supersEar of thesllier screen sald. t'As long as,theY havedinner ready when You get home.'

BILL NICHoLS (198h and 21st 3/52-9/57),of 537 Alabama, Birmingham AL, get.s hisnew leg in AugusE. Says tramputation isnrtEhe end of the world -- wlll be jitt.er-bugging within a year -- maybe even doingEhe twlst.r'

Wanna be sure the babysitEer is watehingthe baby? Keep lt ln the refrigerat.or.

PLEASE ENCLOSEYOUR OLD LABEL

PLEASE NOTIFY US4 WEEKS IN ADVANCE

Addres (re*, it lor cM0s of dr6s) Apt No.

Freedom is the righc to be wrong,the right Eo do wrong.

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Letters, oh we get, letters; lot,s andloEs of letters. Wasnrt that. a Lune onthe one-time Perry Como Shon, some 75-80years ago?

Well werve recei-ved a letter -- thisone from EDDIE t'steady Eddiett ROBINSON.

Aw- shucks, whl tell you about. it? WhynoE share it with you?

Eddie writes:"Dec. 7, 1991 will be the 50th Anniver-

sa13/.Itltm a life member of the Pearl HarborSurvivorrs Assn.; they have Eheir meetingevery 5 years onOahu -- the next will beDec. 7, 1991 for about 1 week.

"Itd Iike to know whaE we inEend to do.Ird sure like it if rve had our annualmeeLins at that time and olace.

"thE 25th will have thlir r91 meeringon Oahu. You could get in Eouch withthem and find out the details.ttr91 is a few years away buE, Irmsure that it will take some early planningto brine it off.t'Shoild I bring this up at our annualmeeEins?

"I Eelieve Ehat the 24th and 25thshould work togeEher on Ehis for variousreasons, such as Eravel, hotels etc.Along with the P.H.S.A., for economicreasons.trsomething else on Ehat. Irm sure thatthe President of the U.S. would be morethan happy to be there Ehen as he rsould berunning for reelecEion the follorving Nov.

"weiI, rr11 close for norrr, awaitlngyour ans*er. A1oha, Steady'Eddie." -- To all of which your Editor has theeffrontery to respond like this:

Terrific idea, Eddie.Thanks for sEarting ttsomething.t'Thanks, too, for throvsing the ball t,o

our court.Wetre in close Eouch with che 25th;

Eheytre gung ho.By all means, bring it up aE Schaurnburg-

buE have someEhing concrete to offer in tsheway of charLer plane possibiliEies, hotelpo-ssibilities on Wahoo, possible itiner-aries while there, eEc., eEc. In oEherwords, think it through and come uP.-rvith asensible plan. We usEd Eo call iE- "goodold suaff-work." BetEer st.i1l, rvhy notcome up wiEh a poop sheeE -- have iL allin writing -- and pass ouE a coPY toevery member present. It'1I save time.

B-et.ter, better still -- send us Ehepoop sheeE and wetll publish it in thenext issue -- for every member to evaluaEe.

"Date of rank?"

(fr,r/r/fffl,When you leave the hot,el, ga1s, and

walk across the street to The tr'JoodfieldMall, Ehe very first store yourll meet.is -- rvho else? -- Marshall Fieldrs;one of the biggies.

';ihatrs it? It.rs theHyatt Regency iriooclfieldnot at lJoodfield. I'IeetI'lopefully, yes !

lobby of the-- aL Schaumburg --ya there?

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Our cover picEure feaEures the Division monumenL on Pomunsan Mountain near Taejon'Ir was rhoughufuiiy-r.*r"ia"a co-"s-by Col. ARTH1R M. -CLARKE' USA Ret', of 1401

Lindenwood, !-r.coliins Co. err'wfs c,e";;;i siil osAN's junior aide at Ehe time ofBill's capture, having joined Oi"isi."--i"-i+g-i.r.J"pr.,. -Subsequentlv he was assignedLo Ehe 52nd Fierd. He reEired i;;-iil.-er*y i;-''rl;-iiis last. itatioir, curiouslyenough, being Ft.St.ewart.

From here ""r'our""cenEereofd spreadt'iq all Artrs -- lust as he sent it

Oh, by the way] i.t.-""-i";iil yLr-iLt--t""jon- comes 6uc "Daejon" overWouldnt t y(ju know.

GraLeful .r. -r.,

ArEhur -- exceedingly so -- for Ehis wonderful memenEo.

to us.Lhere.

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l'1r. Kenwood RossEditor, TARO LEAF24th Infantry Division Association120 Maple Streetspringfield, Ir{A 01103-2278

Dear Ken,

During our recent visit to Korea to see our son, od 22 April,maae i special trip to Taejon in order to see the place that24thlnfairtry Division had a huge battle on 20 JuIy 1950'

I was surprised at the recovery and growth of the area. Taejon,which was almost leveled as a result of the fighting, has beencompletely rebuitt and is now an industrial city of about 8501000p"o-pt"! There are almost no signs left, of the war having beenthere.

We learned that the people of Taejon had erected some monuments tothe 24th Division, io of course, we had to go see them' Onpomunsan Mountain, in Pomunsan Park just south of Taejon, we

found two monuments. One is indicated as being the UN Monument andthe other is the 24th Infantry Division Monument. We madephotographs of both and of the inscriptions-on them. Since we haveiome -home, we have copied the inscriptions using magnifyingglasses. I might add that the inscriptions are in both Korean and6nglish. The day we were there, there were many school childrenneir the monument on a field trip from their classes. Some of thechildren are in the picture of the 24th Infantry DivisionMonument.

I am inclosing copies of the pictures of these monuments togetherwith the inscriptions on each. If you wish to use them in the TARO

LEAF, feel free to do so. Also, if you wish to take them to the24Lin Infantry Division Reunion in Schaumburg, and display them,feel free to do that also. I am sure that there are former membersof the Division that climbed Pomunsan Mountain in leaving Taejonthat would be pleased to see that, the area in which they foughthas been made iito a park with monuments to their action in Korea.

Copies of the picEures and inscriptions _ have been sent to MajorLaLy Barnett and I am also sending copies to lvlrs. William F. Deanand her daughter, June.

Sincerely yours,

CIarke19 49 -1 951

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24th Div

SUMMARY OF THE DAEJON BATTLE

BEHOLD THIS PLACE IS WHERE UNITED NATIONS TROOPS, HAVING COME TO ADISTANT FOREIGN LAND, FACED THE ENEMY AND FOUGHT WAVING THEUNITED NATIONS FLAG. THEY HAVE DEPARTED, BUT THIS ACHIEVEI{ENT WILLEVER SHINE BRIGHTLY HERE.

THE RED KOREA, WHICH STARTED THE WAR ON JUNE 25, 1950, SWEPT LIKEA TIDE OVER THIS LAND AND DYED IT RED. AT THIS TIII{E THOSE APOSTLESOF PEACE, THE UNITED STATES 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION, WERE THE FIRSTTO ENTER THE WAR IN ORDER TO PROTECT SOUTH KOREA. MAJOR GENERALWILLIAM F. DEAN, COIT,IMANDING OFFICER OF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISIoN,ESTABLISHED HIS OPERATIONAL HEADQUARTERS AT DAEJON AND SET UP ADELAYING ACTION TO SLOW THE ADVANCE SOUTHWARD OF THE NORTH KOREANTROOPS PENDING THE ARRIVAL OF THE MAIN F'ORCE OF THE UNITED STATESEIGHTH ARMY. THIS FIRST LINE OF DEFENSE OF THE DELAYING ACTION WASPLANNED F'OR PYONGTAEK-ANSONG. A SECOND LINE OF DEFENSE FORCHARYONG MOUNTAINS AT THE VICINITY OF CHONAN AREA AND A THIRDLINE OF DEFENSE WAS PLANNED FOR THE KEUM RIVER. BUT SII{ITH COIT,IPANYOF THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION WAS DEFEATED BY ?HE NORTH KOREANTROOPS AT JOCARYONG WHICH SPEARHEADED BY TANKS, PUSHED SOUTHWARDLIKE AN ANGRY TIDE, AND CN JULY I6TH THE KEUM RIVER DEFENSE LINEWAS BROKEN. THEN THE 24TH INFANIRY DIVISION SET UP A FINAL DEFENSEPOSITION AT DAEJON AND MADE PREPARATIONS FOR PUSHING BACK THEENEMY ADVANCE. SEEING THIS THE NORTH KOREANS BOASTED, "IF WE JUSTCAPTURE DAEJON, THE RESISTANCE OF THE REPUBLIC OF KOREA ARMY ANDTHE UNITED NATIONS TROOPS WILL COLLAPSE.'' AS THEY SPEARHEADEDTHEIR ATTACK WITH THE ELITE IO6TH TANK DIVISION, FLANKED ON EITHERSIDE BY THE 3D AND 4TH INFANTRY DIVISIONS, OUR SOLDIERS ENGAGEDTHE ENEI.IY IN BLOODY BATTLE.

IN PARTICULAR, I\,IAJOR GENERAL DEAN, COMMANDER OF THE 24TH INFANTRYDIVISION, STOOD IN THE FRONT LINES LEADING THE UNITED NATIONSTROOPS AND WHEN NORTH KOREAN TANKS ENTERED DAEJON CITY LIMITS, HEFIRED A 3.5 ROCKET GUN AND PERSONALLY KNOCKED OUT A NORTH KOREANTANK, THUS GIVING A BOOST TO THE DROOPING SPIRITS OF HIS TROOPS.BUT IT WAS NOT POSSIBLE TO STOP THE NORTH KOREANS WITH THEIRSUPERIOR STRENGTH IN NUMBERS. ON JULY 2OTH THE UNITED STATES 24THINFANTRY DIVISION AT LAST WITHDREW FROM DAEJON, RETREATED TO THENAKTONG RIVER AND PREPARED FOR A RALLY. BY I',IEANS OF THIS BATTLE INDAEJON, THE DIVISION RENDERED GREAT SERVICE TOWARD THEESTABLISHMENT OF A NEW BATTLE LINE AND IN TWO DAYS OF FIGHTING, ITACHIEVED THE I'TILITARY RESULTS OF I\,IANY HUNDREDS OF ENEMY SOLDIERSKILLED AND 15 TANKS AND 2I CANNONS DESTROYED. ON THE OTHER HAND,THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION SUFFERED THE LARGEST NUMBER OF HIGHRANKING OFFICERS SINCE THE CIVIL WAR AND ITS COMII{ANDER, MAJORGENERAL DEAN, AFTER BREAKING OUR OF THE ENCIRCLEMENT RETREATEDSOUTH TOTNARD KEUMSAN BUT MET WITH THE MISFORTUNE OF BECOMINGMISSING 1N ACTION.

HOWEVER, WITH THE SUCCESS OF GENERAL MACARTHURIS STRATEGY IN THEHISTORICAL INCHON LANDING, THE SOUTH KOREAN AND UNITED NATIONSTROOPS DEFENDING THE NAKTONG RIVER BATTLE LINE TOGETHER INITIATEDA GENERAL OFFENSIVE. THEN THE 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION SEEKINGREVENGE FOR ITS EARLIER BITTER. DEFEAT, RUSHED INTO THE VANGUARDAND CRUSHED THE ENEMY FORCE DEFENDING DAEJON. SO ON SEPTEMBER 25THOUR LOVELY DAEJON WAS RECAPTURED, THE TIDE OF FREEDOI,I AGAINOVERFLOWED HER BROAD PLAIN AND IT WAS AS THOUGH THE HILLS ANDSTREAMS WERE SHOUTING IILONG LIVE KOREA! " NOW THE SOUND OF GUNFIREHAS CEASED, PIGEONS ARE ON THE WING AND WILD FLOWERS BLOOMBEAUTIFULLY ON THIS HILL WHERE WE ARE ERECTING THIS MONUMENT TOPRESERVE FOREVER THE RECORD OF THE COMRADSHIP OF THE 24TH INFANTRYDIVISION IN THIS BLOOD BOUGHT MILITARY ACHIEVEMENT. THE UNITEDSTATES 24TH INFANTRY DIVISION--ITS NAME SHALL SHINE GLORIOUSLY FORA THOUSAND YEARS!

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Another view of OUR monumenE.Photo by Col. Arthur M. Clarke

t.he f ronEKorean and

MONUMENT INSCRIPTION

ON THIS BRIGHT HILL WHERE FREEDOIT,TIS SUNLIGHT SHINES,THIS T{ONUMENT TO GLORY STANDS SUBLII',IE.

oN JUNE 25, 1950,THE DAY THE RED HORDESWEPT DOWN LIKE AN ANGRY TIDE,YOU, THE UNITED STATES 24TH INFANTRY DIVISIONLIFTING HIGH THE UNITED NATIONS FLAG,CAME TO OUR DEFENSE IN THE NAME OF FREEDOM.FIGHTING TO THE DEATH ON DAEJONIS BROAD PLAIN,YOUR BLOOD, INDEED, WAS SHED UPON THIS GROUND,BUT STILL REVERBERATES THE BATTLE CRY YOU RAISED.

APOSTLES OF FREEDOIT'ISTANDARD-BEARERS FOR PEACEUPON THE HEARTS OF OUR COUNTRYI'{ENYOUR NAME IS DEEPLY ENGRAVED!

Note: Both the "summary of the Daejon Battle" and theInscription" are on separate bronze plaques behind the

"Ivlonumentstatue onin bothface of the granite pylon, and are written

in English.

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INSCRIPTION ON THE UN MONUMENT AT TAEJON

TO THE HEROS OF THE DAEJON BATTLE. FREEDOM ISAND THE LIFEBLOOD OF HIS SOUL. ETERNAL PEACESACRED IDEAL OF MAN. HERE WAS WRITTEN A PAGE OFOF THE UNITED NATIONS, IN ITS EFFORTS TO DEFENDI'OR MANKIND.

A LOFTY AI}4 OF MANIS ANOTHER EQUALLYTHE GLORIOUS STORYFREEDOM AND PEACE

THE COMMUNIST ARMY WHICH LAUNCHED A TREMENDOUS INVASION INTO THEFREE SOUTH AT THE DAWN OF JUNE 25, 1950, CONTINUED ITS ADVANCEAFTER OCCUPYING SEOUL. AS FREE NATIONS OF THE UNITED NATIONS RACEIN REPELLING THE AGGRESSOERS, THE 24TH US DIVISION==THE VANGUARDOF THE UN FORCES==FIRST ENGAGED THE ENEMY AT OSAN ON JULY 5.

THE ENEMY FINALLY SURROUNDED AND ATTACKED DAEJON ON JULY 17. THE24TH DIVISION, OUTNUT,IBERED, STAGED A FURIOUS DEFENSE WHICH LASTEDFOR 20 (sic) DAYS UNTIL ITS COMMANDING GENERAL, MAJ GEN WILLIAM F.DEAN, WAS MISSING IN ACTION WHILE COMIT,IANDING THE BATTLE AT THEFRONT.

THIS HUMBLE MONUMENT ISDIVISION IN DEFENSE OF

MARCH 31, 1959

DEDICATED TO THE HEROIC ACTION OF THE 24THFREEDOM AND PEACE.

THE I2O2ND ENG CONSTRUCTION GROUP

A view of the OTHER monumeot. --Ehe U.N. I'{onument at Pomunsan Park.No one asked us -- but we like ours best..

Photo by CoI. Arthur M.Clarke

Gosh, oh golly gee, Art; hoqr can weever thank you for your thoughtfulness?

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m88ffi$Mr8$[EffiffiHeilrd from once again afEer an absence

of 12 vears -- BILL SCnrvo (t'tea.DeL.34tht44-14:6), of. 4120 Shore Dr.r.Lorain, OH.

I{hat a j oy to renewthis contact. Listen

"As Eo myself, I enlisEed quite youngteven to the- point of fudging q lit'ule on#-"n.-(trov times have c6an[ed.) I joinediir"-7+ttr on LeyEe and went Lhrough wit'hthem Eo occupation duty at !1,aE-suy3ma: ..Shikoku, befbre being shipped back t+ithmalaria'after the atibrine (remember usfiitf. yellov peoP1e)rvore of f :- I'Y sEinLin th.e Medical Corps got me ott the roeaof being a docEor and I switched toiournalism insEead. Thatrs been iE sincei graduat.ed in r5O from the U. of Pitt's-bursh.---Fi-*." proud of my old outfit, the-34th,and I remember well such places as KilayRidge, Zig Zag Pass, Cemetery HilJ.'cotXbito,-ForE Pikit, Davao and the like.

"I loit. many good friends there andsEored up many mEmories Ird like torekindle. I'Ih-o can forgeE Ehe tuba juiceand the tMabuhavt and tVictory, Joe, twociearetEes . t A'ird, of course, I wouldli[e to forgeE my occupaEion duty --running Ehe pro station at the-tooE otc.iitra"no*. ^ThaErs one I didnrt tell nry

a"ushLer when she asked, rt^Ihat did you doin Ehe war, Daddy? |

BEETTE BAIIEY

',r recall Plorrissey -TanY, 1n1ny t'imgsr --,orit,i.i*i6i."- r"i-nis'dia*' in combaL' on':;i;ileta-oi i"-i"i[-""t"'

- He wourd

;';i[;";-,0f,it"""i-]"t"p-'r P"P:r he could

ii;;; mn mg", -backs bf envelopes' scraps

of packag" *="ppii;;; ;Lc,' -oft'-ent'imes r

wouid see him nunc[ed over his.Pqpgr Py --tt!'iig[t oi " """are

or a hooded rantern''"-"i;-q;oque-vale. There was a T11,:-r. ,t"ff ndt' look upon his likes agarn'

"Where the hell has the ti-me gone?

"i--foot in my file and-ffnd a leEterrro*-yJi-d"t.a'i'.u - t+, t975. Thatrsa dozen Years ago.- -t-twhat'was it"Dr-rgout Doug said aE EhaE

last. I'Iest, PoinE aPPearance(

rThe shadows are lengtheninS::'I-iecall Ehe words oE that oldbarracks room balIad,;rora-sorai.i" never die"

""ttOr words Eo thaE effecL't'ni atv rate' the most imporEant wor<is

n. "ilt!'i.tf -;ri"iy,hooor,

- 9b*]t5v' ' ' 'worai the men of th6 24th lived bY'."---it. purPose o! mry-letEer is Eo Eouch

basei "nh "icertain if there-is sti1l a

zz.E[-oi"ision nssoii"Lio". rf so, rrdlike Eo get back inEo it'--'-npf."E. t.c me know what is happening'In the threescore years I have n&7 llved'i"h;;; *"i-.,o uettlr men Ehan those who

*"i. ttt" Taro Leaf .""--Wn"[-" terriiic letter' Thanks Bilt'

Rain, sleet, snow maY not deter thepost office but just leave out a zip codeand they're comPletelY helPless.

t.o Bill as he remi-nisces3 ttone man inoart,icular I rememberis Caot. GECRGEI"IORRISSEY, }D, CO Ofthe Medical Detach-ment, lst Bn. 34thInf., under whom Irvas proud Eo serve.lle wis a real hero anda man who contributedmuch to my educaEion,rvell-bein'g and Proba-b1v survival as a com-bat medic and comPanYaid man with the 34th(Co. C, lsE Bn. andI,Ied.Det/tlQ co. lstBn. ).

w{l 00 Yo! OE6RAO?YOURSELF AR,OUNO AER?

?ECTTf 6IR,L5 AR,EA 9IME A ?OZEN

HERE,6 A @UARTER.60 6er ,\AE TWO

OOZEN", . . Do you weltt onlon3 on youL or nol?"

A ferv "vitally interested partiesfrmet, in late April, at the Hyat.t Regencyirloodfield, in Schaumburg, to check onConvention Chairman JOHN "Bobt' SHAy andAssistant C.C. I"Iary SHAY, on the far left.Also in the shot, 1. Lo r., LtlN GIORGI,Prory WARREI'I AVERY, HOI,JARD and GladysLUI,ISDEN. Each report.ed "A11 A.O.K.r'

'YOU',nE ONI,Y OVEISEAS 19 'IAONTHS?

WHAr',s lr [ll(E EAcx lNIHE SIAIES?" -set. Cho.lc' P.or'on

No t,ours -- Iro museums -- nO boat

il'nLlh';,liTn:=3Hl;, Hi::il3r3,1. "o|g?:,trlps. pur.g-ang obi.iousty is p-er-tect,ly cont,ent wlth just siEt,iirg arbundenjoylng one anotherrs company.

JOHN WELCH(0:ra F "underTOMI'IY LANG|',of 627 MonteciEorNapa GA, respondedto our request fora phoEo of eachmember -- or r{asit, you, Jay, whoanswered the call?Anynray, thanx tothe Welch family,John & Jay.See you in August!

TO PRE.REGISTER Seen on a burnper sticker --I I literate?Writ.e for free booklet.

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Your 11 approach our hotel via Ehisroad. Looks- like a 4-story building,doesnrt it? l.Irong! ttrey have first,third, fourth and fifth floors -- nosecond fIoor. You figure iE ouL.

The kind of a leEEer we love to receives"f ieiently read in the May 1987 i'ssue ofcfie-Retirei Officer Ehat there is to be arerurion of the Division and 5th RCT. I

"*-itrt.r"st,ing in atEendiry- tt t-s retmion

i" i *as a meilber of the 5Eh RCT, 555 FABn. (tripte Nlckel) when the- rmi-t wasstationei aE Schofield and shipped out -*i[t tt. unituo Korea in AugusE 1950. Iwas ttre Bat.talion CormnunicaLions and RadarOfficer and later the BatEalion Exec'f am looting fonrard to Ehe rer.rnion and*."Cirrg wiufi the fellorrrs. Hopefully, it'will be a sood EurnouE.----'iYours

Eruly, JOHN J. DEROSAT-LE.CoI', ,,e.rtv.. ReE.. 9ii S.Aldine, Park Ridge' - IL."

iouttt be most. welcome, Johnny. It'sa grand br:nch of guYs and dolls.

Remember R.H.I.P.? Well at theHyatu Regency in August, Lherer 11 be noR.H.I. P.

Dine in BagueEEes r,rhich featuresConEinental C[isine for lunch and dinnerand also open for an exquisite SundayBrunch. Cil:rnpet.s, an infozmal, fullserve restaurlnt, overlooks the poolcourtyard. The GonfetEi Nighcclub fea-tures a varieEy of entertai-nmenEtcockEails and hors dtoeuvres.

Our Hyatt RegencY Woodfield-has479 euest rooms. Cbnre on and fill oneof tEm up in nrid-August -- Please?

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rslTE sErECTIONTWetre giving you Ehe ent,ireEy of a

recent leEt,er from EDWARD "steady Eddie"ROB.INSON (fgttr) of 605 Truman, B-osron t"IA:

"Being a life member of th6 PHSA, Iwas made Ehe chairman of the loca1 chaoterf or.,our rer:ni-on in Oahu in 1991 (Dec.7).

"I undersEand that the 25th Aisn. wi1lbe having their reunion aE the same timeon Oahu.ttBetween you and me, I think it wouldbe a good idea for us to also have ourreunion at. that time and place.ttYoutve been talking oi having ourreunion other than during August-for thepast, couple of years. 1991 would be aperfeeE t.ime to'have it in December.

"I believe it would be wonderful if the24th and 25th Infantry Division Associa-tions could ggt together with Ehe PHSA forthaE reunion."

Aloha, Steady Eddie. Terrific idea!Bring it up at Schaumburg in AugusE.

Too much of a good t.hing is wonderful.-- Mae West.

- ED- HENRY says he goes to convenLionstor the same reason lemmings t.hrow them-selves into the sea -- beciuse it feelsso good after yourve crawled for hoursover Ehe stones on the beach. Werre noEsure we understand this one but, wetveknown Ed for 43 years -- and hers never

Werre not, so t"a *t :: we pay anaverage 9f. 2L cents_a gallon iir [asolinetaxes, wbile in Italyr-drivers mist shellg"!. $l.5gi-France chiiges $f. Zg; Grea----Britain, $f.oa; and WeEr cermanli, gS-ienrs.

Tl" y9""g rnan ar, lhe parry said ro theI:"ffil.:i:;;i,,',"Sil:

":ioi"r+, :r*ltr-i;" il;

nohr -- Here comes my hus6and.,tThe lady aora-ttGrr"r agent she wasinterested- in raki,rs ;_;;i; I?Iund rheworld. The man saici, ,,I-is'ien, -ladv. ,itf,the shape of - che *oria..toa"yr-'"rry-t3rrii"^'you go someplace else?r'

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Let us make youriob a litfle easlen

;,,Thile Co1.Eo a PatrioLEhe Patriot.

i{arrv Summe:rs \'.ls aE SEetvart tl re oLher day, hc,.port.r on his days rvith the Division' t{ere's-o6.riorr"ry, r'/e triiirr< enough of it Lo "give iL a

found a moment to conrnenthol iE lookeid in Print inpage. tt

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Summers remembers 24th II)Dtd,i

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A veteran of 38 Years trtthe Armv, Col. (Ret.) HarryG. Surnmers, has Proudmemories about hts servlcewlth the 24th InfantryDM-sion ln JaPan and Korea.Durtng his sPeech at themembershlp diruter meet-fng of the Coastal EmPlreCliapter of the .{.ssoctatlonof the Unlted States ArrnY'Srrmmers reflected on some

'. of hs exPerlences wtth the'divlslon.

"In 1951, asasergeant, Inwer ln my wtldest dreamsever believed that I'd bebackhere lnthe 24th Infan-try Diviston as a retlredcolonel of Infantry,'Summers sard. 'My careerambitlon was to make techsergeant. Everythxrg abwethat was pure gravy and tn a

, sense that ls reallytrue. Itls'a great honor to be heretonight to address thtsdlsttngutshed goup.'

Summers Jolned the24th whlle It was statlonedln Japan. He was l]t thehospttal. recoverrng from astomach operatlon, whenNorth Korea lnvaded SouthKorea.

'They went through thewards marldng weryone IItfor duty and returnhg them:to thelr unlts. They told usabout the lrrvaston and thatthe Untted Stateswas gomgto lntervene. The 24thInfantry Divlslon foundItself thrown into thebreach.

'I was ayoungcorporal lna tank company wrth M-24tanks. TSmmguns. Mo$ofthe senlor NCOs hadWorldWar II experlence havlnglfought wlth Patton. We hadJust come oII a very orten-sive tralntng program and

all the storles you hearabout ho'ar soft and unpre-pared the divlslonwas wereuntrue.' Surnmers sald.

"My platoon selgeant. lnone ofthe flrst engagementsof the war, put 12 roundstnto a T-34 and watchedthem bounce. Our flrstammunlUon resuPPly wastraxrtrg arrrmu iltlon whlchmeant that tfyou were fLlngat I,OOO yards, you had toset your stghts at 2,OOOyards,- Summers added."Not surprlslngtywe lost theentlre company in the Ilrstweek of the war.

'The upslde of that wasthe 6th Tank Battallon fromFort Hood deploylng toIbrea rrlth brand new M-zl6tanks. My platoon sergeantwent up on the lrne wnhthat M-46, put one roundtnto a T-34 and llfted the,rlght track slx feet off the:ground. Another rouodcardedthe turret away, andihe came back convlnced henow had somethx€ to ftghtthe war wtth.'

Summers said that hewas very proud of htsservlce wlth the 24th andt}tat he thought lt was theflncst dMston to flght tnKorea. He noted that thedMston took lts Iumps lnthe bat0e for the PusanPerlmeter..\IIe had lost the 34th

' Reglinent. The dlvlstoncorynarder and most of thedMsion headquarten unltshad been surrounded andcaptured at Taegu,' theretlred colonel sald.. "The34th came back *rlt}t 17olllcers and 34 enltsted leftln the reglment.

'We had Agap tn t}te ltnethat had to be plugged andthe srd E4glffi Battalron

formed a task iorce ,rnderCol. Heyser. EverybodY tnthe dtrriston that couldwalk- tankers wlthout tanks'trtple-A PeoPle wlthouttriDle-A, dlvtslon headquar- ,

ters clerks. and ewrybodYthat could put one foot lnfront of the other - waltplaced tn the taskforce andpluggled lnto the ltne.'

The former enllsted mansald that the task force wasatop a hlll. He remarkedthat the temPeratureseemed to be about I4Odegrees and water suPPlYwas about three mtlesaway.

The 9th Infantry IInallYgot therc from Fort lrwls. Aloud-mouthed lleutenantwas glvtng us a lot of hurrahabout our belrlg unable tohold the llne. About one-halfhour later lltter bearerswere corhtng down the htlland here was the lleutenanton the lltter.

'One ofthe troops askedwhat was the matter wtththe [eutenant and rf he hadbeen hlt. The litter bearerresponded that he was nothlt but that he had pa*sedlout frorn heat e<haustlorL'.Surnmers sald.

Strmmers noted that themoral of all thls was the factthat h^rtce tn lts htstory thcl24th has been there at th+ivery beglranlng. The slrochof

-the people at PGSI:Harbor and those tn fr{s':Force Smtth and the tIvF-jsion follow-on tnto Koreawas great.

"But thls ls somethlngyou as members of the 24thInfantry Dlvlston must treprepared for,' Spmmercrernlnded the soldlers lrntheaudtence.

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Questions,some answers

Herets a good quesEion. your answerswill be appreciat,ed -- and werll printsome of them in these pages. The'quesEionis: Do t'hre," by some t<ind of mentai svm-nasEics, claim- credit for t'somett parEici-paEion in-'Nam by virtue of the rlspectiverecords of these units?:Ist. Bn., 5th Inf.@ation Hawaii

arrived rNam 1-19-66depart,ed tNam 4-30-71served with the 2nd Brigade,

25Eh Inf.Div.3rd Bn., 21su Inf.@ion FE.Devens

arrived rNam 8-25-66depart,ed rNam 8-23-72served with.the 196Eh Inf.Brigade

8/66 - L/6eserrred wiEh the Americal (23rd) Oiv.

2/09-LL/7Lserved with the 196th Inf.Brigade

L2/7L - 8/72was the last U.S.Arm1r ground combat

battall-on to leave 'Nam.4th Bn., 21sE Inf.@ionHawaiiarrived tNa;rr- 4/L4/68

departed rNam 6-28-71served with l1Eh Inf.Brigade

4/68-L/6ese::ved with the American Div.

2/6e-6/7Llst Bn.. llth Artillenr (105 nun towed)

prevl_ous sEaE,lon .r'E.Kileyirrived rNam 1-1-57deparEed rNam 8-L4-69assigned 9th Inf.Div.

2nd Bn. IIth Artillenr (tSS nrn toured)prevlous sE,aE,1on .E t,.uampDellirrived rNam 12-13-66departed tNam 1-1-72assigned II Field Force rNam Art.assigned Task Force Oregon

6th Bn. llth Art,illerv,,(10I.nrn tq,yed)prevlous sEaE,ron Hal.al-].arrived rNam 12-20-67departed rNam 9-L9-7Lassigned 1Ith Inf .BrigadelaEer assigned 23rd Inf.Div. Remember,

oictures forNeinl Black

7th Bn, llth Artillerv (105 nrn torved)

irrived rNam 4-29-65deparEed rUam 12-B-70assigned 25th Inf.Div.

2nd Bn. 13th Art.illenr (105 nrn corved)

arrived 'Nam 10-30-55deparEed rNam 3-16-70assigned 23rd Art.Grp.of II Fie1d

Force

depart.ed tNam 12- 8-70assigned 25th Inf.Div.

7th Bn.. 13th Artillerv (tOS nun towed)prevlous sEaE,lon .F't. Irrdinarrived rNam 10-28-56deparEed rNam 10-I2-7Oassigned 41sE Art.Grp.

I Fie1d Force52nd ArE. Grouo (FA,)

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previous statlon Ft.SiIlarrived rNam 6-L7-66deparEed rttam 5-30-71

Not,e that not one of these uniEs waslisted in Ehe "VieEnam Order of Batt,Iet'as coming from the Divi-sion.

Wer1l be as curious as all get ouE asEo whether ygu think we ean saf , t'We

were in tNair" or "Some of our i:nits werein rNam. rl

You may fire when ready, gridly.Shoot away! !

MOFItlIBAGFiehtine words from JOHN CERNANSKY

[]e$;: l]-:'l?)-:I 11:.F1lr 9:ryeE!19th-r51-152) of 115 Main, Gonemaugh PA:I believe in the draft and the reaiiy

reserve -- a greaL education -- a greatexperience." -!,Iords dear to our heEr:t,John-boy, righu on!

3rd Bn.. 13th Artilled

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pleaserwhen you send usTaro Leaf. KodachEomes -and whites - Yes!

/frk'Mr. and Mrs. Kenny Pate, 1205 Sunset Avenue' will celebrate their

aoiii 'ainreiJiry

oct.'0. iLhnv ino "Brownie"' .were married oct' 6'

r6+0, in West Burlingron. They have resided in Burlington for 38% years'

iiiv'it, m" piients-ot two oiugnters, vicki.Renee'.Burlington' and Mrs'j"iii x", (Bruce) Edewaard,

-Bernalillo, N'M They also have one

granddaughter, Lisa Marie, Burlington'

Nervsprints frighEen us -bqq-bgre goes.This onl came Eo is from KENNETH andR;;[ "ii;;"i."-iate (E leth 6/42-B/4s)of BurlingEon IA 526OL. The caption^sDeaks foi it.self . Adds Ken in a P.S. -tithe 19th was a greaE unit to be with.n"d-".*"- g;a iifi"i along with-the bad."RiehE onr-Ken. Love theie "Before andeiEer" s6ous -- hope they come out goodlthevrre a liE.tle fhint tb start with.Ken'having prosEate problems along witha stroke Etriee monEhs ago. We're allpulling for you, Ken. l^Ietve alreadytlorvered Ken- and Brownie in your name.

i/ant something Lo make you feel old?As if you needed-such! Anlnvay, ALLENJOHNSOI{ (34ttr) of LOB27 PreviLali,Jackson CA rsriEes in telling us Ehe agesof his "childrenr' -- | 47 - l$ - 37 - 28"Fortv-seven?? t'Iowl A1 lefE uhe 34th onl,laho'o Lo so back Eo the r'48ts" in a cadre.ir,"i ,"" in t43. Wrote he: "Your Paperii venr informaEive but Irm reallYint,ere'sced in I.[J II.tr ThaErs one of ourproblems. A1, to sErike a happy balanceteEween Lhe 6ovs of llW II and the boysof Korea -- be'fore Ehey start, shooEingone another. Werre Erying, felIa, we'retrying, to keeP everybodY haPPY.tTainu Ez.

COMEWHAT'S SEE FOR YOURSELF!The PopulaEion InstiLgt'e-proj-ects.

*orld popirlauion at 5.1 billion by theend of- Ehe cenEury. Serious Query:Will the land be able to suPPorE such

A little brag is good for the souI.Herers r'rhere rve-let Jenny voN MOHR (AT 19Lh2/45-5/45) of 3846 Villanova, KeEEering OH

pop off. WriEes Jerry: "I jusE have Eoteil you about my daught.er, Beth. Shecurreirtly is carrying a 3.J* grade poinLaverage bt EasEern KenEucky UniversiEywhere she is a senior. She is going Eobe listed in American Colleges 'i'trlno'si,/ho for tt.e 86/87 Schoo1 Year. r Am I aoroud faEher? You better bet I am! !' t'BoEh the boys are also doing greaE.Paul is an account exec for a printingcompany and Jay is atsEending the localconrnunli-Ev collese taking music. I ama vel:r, iery foiuunat,e Eather."

And rvitlr, every righc to be, we wouldadd.

Good old BILL MCKENNA all the way overin Albanv CA for:nd FOREST DURWOOD MOORE

in Rt. L', Box 4704, Stoneville NC andinvited him in. Forest was Sgt,.Maj.IsE Bn. 34Eh 4/45-2/46. Writes he:ttRetired from b uextile firm in r85.Am now working as a security patrolofficer. So [lad Eo be a member, thanksto Bill McKenna."-- w"ii" happy youtre back on the t'team"too, Forest.

a number?

Hey, wanna know somethlng? LifeMember BOB FOUMAIN (Hq.Co. lsE Bn.2lst3/49-6/5L) is no longei aE 2579 Echo1sPlace in Macon GA. He and Florence havemoved t.o 1406 MapLewood Dr., still inldacon GA 31210.

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Nobody asked rle, but..

EOWARO ROWNY'There is a problem,

China for talks.

I"laj.Gen. EDI^/ARD L.ROI^INEY, arms controladvisor t.o the Presi-dent has indicat.ed adesire to join withus at, Schaumburg inAugust -- and w6tredelighred.

Ed went withSec. /Stat,e GeorgeShultz to Moscori inmid-April for onemore attempL toadvance the armscontrol issues --and then went on to

Mr. Gorbachev proposed eliminat.ing theshort-range missiles.

Rowny said Gorbachevts surprise offerto include short-range missil-es in theSoviet Unionrs earli6r proposal to elimin-at,e medium-range nuclear weapons fromEurope is an t'imporEant probiem" thatWashington will have to iliscuss with itsa1lies.

"There is a problem, because whileGorbachev did say l're would address shorE-range systems on a global basis, when weasked him for his posit,ion on where hewould reduce, he said he would reduce tozero i-n Europertt Rormy said.

"As-to whit'happen's in Asie is ambiguous.We donrt like that- ambiguityr" said Ro#ny,who Thursday briefed Japanese officials -'on the Shult.z talks and was scheduled tomeet wiEh South Korean officials vesterdav.

Roiynv said the Soviets have tta- monooolirttin shori-range hreapons, with |twell oveitt '100 lar:nchers and 500 to 600 missiles --including SS-23s, SS-22s and SS-12s.

He said 40 percent of Soviet short-fange missiles -- which have a range ofless than 600 miles -- are "poeentially:ii?:::g

against our Asian fri-ends and

Rorvny said the Unit,ed States also ispressing the Soviet. Union to accept theelimination of medium range nuclearmissiles in Asia as rvell as in Europe.

Doc DONALD CAMERON of 6766 SLafford,Mayfield Heights OH, wriE,ess "Two men whowere members of my medical section of the2nd Bn, 34th Inf. during i,/i^J II are:WILLIAM HANSLAK, 125 SouthworLh St.,Milford CT 06460 and ROBERT ERTEL,601 LafayeEte St., Port Orange FL 32011.BoEh would enjoy the last four issues ofthe Taro Leaf and both need some encouraqe-ment to go Eo Chicago Ehis surnmer."

The encouragement., we tried to give!

, Yoy figure it out. Lire canrt. iJela:T^.,-?::l_T"ch good in keeping up rvirh,t1y;s kaEzenjammeries r^rirh its ilnits.----tl:'-r_, give you .Ehe nels release; the iestis up to you. "I-I3rh FA inacri""I"ai---1-I4th FA- reacrivaEed,, *""--CfrL heaaiiie.The lsr Barralion, L4th riefa-A;ril1;r,rvas reacLivaLed in ceremonies rece;iit---,held at St.ewart. The baitaiion consistsof .Ehree eight-inch firine-UaiterieswrEh a t,otal 18 guns. The battalion willeventually be up-Eo 24 suns.

The lst Battalion, L4th iA ,a" consti_tuted Sept. 7, L927, - in the Reeular Arnrv

1: !"t:"ry +f. t4Lh Field Aruitlery, ein'erement ot 7th division. It wasactivated Dec.. I, L934 aE Riley. Theunit was inactivaE,ed on .lufy f, fg:6. ftwas again activat,ed on July- L7;L}4O aE--Benning, as an element of Lhe 2"a er*oreaDivision.The uniE was^reorganized and redesigna_ted Jan._8, _L942, as-Battery A, 14th '

Armored Field Artillery Battalion. IE was?g?+" 11o5sa1ized. and lede-signatea .luiy'r,*r?!, as Head_quarters and Headquarters-I?tlqry, Isr, Horvitzer BaEtaliori, I4thField {rliltery, an elemenr oi ltre inaArmored Division. On- JuIy B, 1963, iay?:, rsg":ienarea as Ehe l'sc Baccafion,I4th Fie1d Arrillery-?1rd on May 12, t6Ot,was_assigr_red_ ro the- l9gth Infailtry'niigai".Jrt ISb.^15r. 1969, rhe unir was as'signeE----to the 23rd InfanUry Division. In "N-ovember 1971 it_rva's again assigned t.oEhe 2nd Armored Divisi6n.

Are you bored Eo death yet? Therersmore.

The lst Bar,ralion, l3.rh Field Artitlery,nicknamed ttThe l.Jarriorsr,, wai inact.ivated"i,

"- sEirring ceremony au Stewart March 2.The Ist Bat.ta1ion, I3th Field Artillenr

was constituted June 3, 1916 in Chelegg-lgr Armlr as Battery A, I3th Field*:tltt:ry. It was orgini2ed on June I,!?Lt,a: !?mp Srewarr, Texas. As paru 6fthe 4Eh Division, the conrnand participatedin f ive campaigns during trrorld^ I,Iar Il'on l4arch 1, L92L, r,ha t3th FA wasa,"signed E-o the Hawaiian Division, thenthe 24th through the pacific._ .Or,.i.,g Eh.e Rorean hlar the 13th partici-pated In eight campaigns and receiiredthree decorationsl two awards of theRepublic of Korears presidential UnitCitation and the Distinguished UnitCitation.

The battalion was inactivat.ed with the24th Division Arrillery ar Fort. Rii;t K5-on April15, L970,On Nov.21, Lgl5r_the lst Bn.r13th FA

was reactivated at, Stewart, again asmember of the 24th Infantry Divisionrras feacE,1vated at, Ste$rart, again as amember of the 24th Infantry DivisionArtlLlenr.

".-__11. y.i:,:s morto is_'\.Iirhour Fear,Favor, or the Hope of Rewird.ti

Bat,tertr c, lst Bn.l3th FA rBattery c, Ist gn.13th-FA-remainedtsattery A. I3th FA. Botterv A i.eBsttery A is auutrif r.:L;"fr "il;"rEi

siS i!i'il""."'.,.Well Ehe 13th Lsnrt c'omnlpro] , o^i,o

as Battery A,Multiple--Lauil

weil the l3th lsn't c'c,mpret;lt-;;i,;.,re's a little parr of hE;-l;ft Eehin31

Therers a 1181e parr-oi-tE"-r"i'r BIiii"a.

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MemorieS. o o Relive and ReioiceWe donru know what we're doing wrong -

u.rt-'irrJa"nly mosE of -our zippers are;;f";i[- io' zLp. werre abogts Lo

iniEiate a campaign called "Pt?k to Ehe

Good Ole sut,tons i"a-s"itott l{oles'r'El"Iriui.io.,i-rirr be accepEed.' Fopg;;";;;-i;-b;i";;-co''gt"" bv rhanksgiving'

And vle arec'luoting from hisleEter, just ashe rvrote it:"Like your picEureidea. The haPPYeood looking6oup1e in Ehisone is DI']AINEand BeEEv LOESTil(L ztst, '' st) of226 lBth St.,Fond Du Lac I'II.Love it Dwaineand Bettl,. Love,too, that youtllsee us inSchaumburg.

Remember ehe good ole daYs whenu" ii"fi's monthl| bill consisued of asinele 6 x 3 she-et.? TodaY iE's morelikE a book. Not to menLion Eheio"i..". in raLes! Arent! you glad yournot.rn*ut,E broke up that dirEy, nastytfitttry combiner AT&T?

Mrs. ALBERT I'IINARIK, A1's widow,is Ervine to conEact some of the men oftir oia Sutfit - D 21st '45-'46. AI,."tt.a "Chicken" by those who liked himbest; he rvas the kid of D Company -- diedof cincer several years ago. Any DogCompany Gimlet. of -'45-'46 can conEacLI'rrs. Ilinarik aL 5216 Avenida OrienEe,Tarzana CA 91356. Ma BeIl will reachher for vou if vou dial 818-345-3245'l.Jouldn'E'it be -greaE if we could f loodher with calIs.

Between statues, plaques and oLhermemorialsr w€tre going nut,z. Today incomes a pitch for-a donaEion from theCeneral Fatton Memorial, Inc. Theyrreplanning a t'museumtt aE Lhe DeserE-TrainingCenter.- If you have an extra $500.00twriLe them at Chiriaco Summit CA 9220L-

Quot,ing ConvenEion Chairman BOB SHAYin predict,ing the rat.tle in the Schaumburglobby when a couple of old Eroopers lge _

each- other for she first Eime in 30-35-40yearss "The noise will cut Ehrough like aieaf-blower aE 7 orclock on a Sundaymorning.t' And we agreel

We had hoPed Lo be honored, atSchaumburg, with the Presence ofior,"nol"ii, the famoirs author, who is

"iiii"g a b6ok on Korea. He wanted to

".*"-.it to sit dorun for a couple of days

*itt orrt Korea men who could give it toiii* rii"t hand. We made the move of makinghim an honorary member. As he $/roEe us3i;i; i; an honoi to be an honorary memberof the 24th Division Association' I am

fooiirrg forruard Lo Lhe sEories -from yourmemberE which will help my readers geE-aUi."alt vision of what- realty wenE on invour forgotEen r.7ar."'- tt""-Eame uhe message of regret' Johntolana-".rr't' make Schaimburg and is send-i;-hi" assistant, Lewis Michelony, in[iE "i."a.

Lenis-fought' in Korea -- butas a Marine. Nonetheless, we'11 welcometim-riltt open arms -- and give him bothbarrels.

tle have o., caiGffr-il1 535 secreEariesof Siate. If Eha PresidenL must negotiate

""".r1 bargaining position-wiEh the 535,

it. i's obvlous tfiat he can'E negotiate any-tfii"n acceptable with our allies, much-Iess

""r'-3a".itlii.". If the cornmander in Chief

*"it ai""lose to the Congress -- and that*"""t ihe world, so good-are they withthe leak - the resEricLions our ErooPs,=" op"r"ting r:ndere then t'he failure ott[; ;'i;;io" i" practically assured beforeiL geEs undenvaY.

A woman who simPIY could noL resistnibbling candy, cakes, and other sweeEsbeLween-meals- finally got so faE LhaE adesperate remedy seemed caIIed for. Hersolution was Eo paste lnside her refrigera-tor door a pictuie of a lovely, slenderr-perfecEly birilt., unclad young-woman -- theideal fi-gure Eo which she rvould aspi-rethrough dieE,ing.

Th6 remindei worked like a charm. Inone monEh she losE fifueen pourrds. Un-forEunaEely, during the- same-period, herhusband pe-ered inside Ehe-refrigerator soofEen, hL gained eighteen!

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PFC Medordo J. Medino'f urol poinls out some of the detoit thot he put into the murot on thewoll of lst Bn, l4th FA heodquorters. (photo by ssgt. Naourice sutbr)Read tem and weep.This one will bring t,ears to thoseold eyes.

^Herers jusE how the patriot l,srote it:"'If this baEtalion is ever relocated,this walI goes with us. The new tennant,swill just have to build themselves a newgnerl said Lt.Col.James Gallivan, commander,lst.Battalion, 14Eh Field Artillery, while 'admiring the mural painted on the wiff i"battalion headquarters.

.'The_mural painted by pFC Medardo J.Medina-Duran, cannon crer\rman, took threedays to complet,e. Medina-Duran did allthe letterins freehand.t'rl knew h6 could draw but, he has out-done hirnself on this one, t said CSM DavidA. Jones. rWe shor,red hiir the wall and LhenhS-used his- imagination and creativity.This baEtalion goE more than we expec-tedas an end result. t

"Gallivan said l"Iedina-Duranr s conLri-buEion t,o Ehe battalion was even more thanwhat, appeared aE first glance. r[^Ie were1-13th FA. The 13r.h FA has a long andglorious lineage which we hrere proud tobe carrying on. Now we have beln react,i-vat,ed as 1-14th FA. It Eoo has a longproud heritage. 'rJhaL rve were is no moreand what we have to do now is to takepride and carry on the tradition of thei+rn ra. t '

"rThe pride we t.ook in the 13th FAmust be carried over and placed in thisnew unit. The accomplishments andIineage of the 13th FA are gone E,o us.Medina-Duran has helped us all Lake agiant st.ep in making this new unit of the14th FA proud. t^le Are using the mural tofurt,her the unit cohesion and pride thatwill make Ehis 14Eh FA unit as- proud asbef ore. r tt

And there goes the 13Eh Field.

I,Ie would like to have in our filesa decent. photo of each of our members --like this one of BILL KAELIN (5rh RCT)of 4610 Rut,land, Louisville Ki. Billisa past CO of American Legion Post 229 inLouisville. Says he wanEs to see usthere in r88 whLn Louisville hosts Ehef-.egi.on. - LletJ.l see, Bill -- and by the r,uay,thanks for the phoEo.

- From the lips of OTTO KRONE (19th r4B-'lr) or 41G ceirrrar, ieirlril i.s; -.o*"-these r'rords., some -piinful, some n6stiitic:"I have been advised by a team ofdoctors that. I have an inlurable diieaseof my inner ear. I liked Ehe wav thevbroke the news Eo me; I wontt dia froir it.buE I will die wirh ir. 'LabvrintfiEiEiii'is the name of the disease. i eet. verv'oad dLzzy spel1s and headaches Eiat i"'"tfor days. I do Eake medicat,ion and ithelps Some. I am not crying about it; weall get something sooner'or-Iater. SiiceI am house-bound, I have a lot of-time-tokill, so if any iomrades who served inthe 19th Infantry-Reg., lst Bn. betleenSept. r48 - Aug.- tSO-w6uta like to droo

m-e a Ii!e, I'd sure be glad Eo hear frbmthem. I will answer all letters.Especially anyone lvho rrras at the Kum RiverBattle JuJy -16, 1950. Thatrs where I gotshoE in the head._ trWould you print part or alI of thisIetter in the next issue of the Taro LeafKen? Thank you! Just call me old DizzyKrone now.. "Cou1d you tell me why a .L2 gauge

snoEgun was considered an unauLhoriiedweapon in Korea? Irve always wanted toko9y. He-ck if you- could kiil people rrritha flame-thrower, what is so bai aLoutbeiTg armed vrith an auto-Loading shotgun?tl

There you_are-, Ot,t,o, jusE as you.set i-t up. Re the shotgun question, itbeats the ---- out of u5.

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At,torney JIM POSTMA (21st t43-145), of808 MassachusetEs, Lawrence KS, recenElyaEtended a course - at Kansas U.titled tt]-787 - the Year of the Const,iEu-tiontt. And who was giving the course?None oEher than our very orrn arEillerymanFRANcrs H. HELLER (oiv.irry. t42-t47)'.

And what a record Francis has writtenfor himself.

His proper title is Roy A. RoberLsDistinguished Professor of I"aw andPolitical Science. He was the 1986reciplenE of the Chancellors Club GareerTeaching Aware. The awardz given by theI(ansas Oniversi-Ey Endowments Associationtrecognizes Heller for thircy-nine yearsof teaching- and research aE KU.

Francis-is the author and ediEor ofmore Ehan a dozen books and has publishedmore than 150 articles. Four of hisbooks address the presidency of Harry S.Truman. From l"lay r54 to Aulust '55r-Heller worked ir l(ansas City wiuh thefotmer president on both researching andwriting- Trumant s memoirs. Since' 58,he has-been a member of the board ofdirectors of the HarlT S. Trtrman LibraryInsEi-tute and since t62 has been theboardr s vice-presidenL.

He came to-KU in r48 as an assi.sEantprofessor of political science. Hebecame rvidely known for his adminisEra-Eive skills during terms as director ofthe Western Civilization Programr asso-ciate dean of the Gollege of Liberal Artsand Sciences, di-rector of the CollegeHonors Program, associate dean of facul-ties, and vice-chanceLlor for academicaffairs.

Hellerts career in teaching andresearch has brought him national andi.nternational recognition. He hasserved on staEer naLional-, and inter-naEional conrnittees and boards foracademic and professional organizati-onsin both law and political science.

A native of Austria, Heller became aU.S. cit,izen and se:rred in the Army fromt42 Eo t47 ar.d r51 to r53. He holdsdoctoraEes in law and political sciencefrom the UniversiEy of Virginia. Beforeioinine the KU faculey, he tawht aE theUniversiuy of Virginih and che Collegeof William and M,anr.

FRANCIS HELLER,'your friends of the24t7r. -- and they ar-e legion -- salute you.

And thank yoir, JIt"t POSTMA, for remlnd-ing us gf thi-s one more feather inFrancist cap.

T,TINFORD A. SHTLLING (r ztst. 5/49-6/5L)727 Spnrce St., Vlntson VA 24179 hascalleil us saying that lre has spotteda buddv -- tOuy-aAKER (K 21st, and L 21stin Japln before the war) Tony was a Pol'Ifrom iO/50-8/53, and is noq, aE 150 C1earkOak. Universal Citv TX 78148. And' of

"oris.. Ehatrs what wetre all abouc.So pleased EhaE we could bring two oldfriends EogeEher.

Off theAirDoEt,ie and PAUL I^IISECUP (L 34th | 44-t 46)

of L265 Kasa Mada, FE.l'Iyers, FL, wenEfrom I-AX, last. Aulust, -to

Wqho-o whereIt"" visiE,ed RTCHIRD LLIM and the souSArs,AL ind M,ae. Theytve been visiEed inFlorida by NIGK Lnd A1ice I'TARASCO'-CHnAleS ahd Florence MCMICHAEL, JIM andManr Lou HARTMAN, Alice and BILLSANbERSON and JOHN ANd HildA KLTMP.Sounds like a busY winEer for theseterrific foLks.

SOUNDINGSNerv address for Life Member 11347

I^ITLBERT "Shortv" ESTABROOK (A rgth6/48-7 /5O and 'beyond -- Shorty was aP-OI^I) -- hets norv- al 20702 EI Toro- Rd.-tEI toro CA. ShorEyts ,rp to his lvhatcha-macallits in affaiis involving EhereEurn or recovery of MIArs in Korea.He simply refuses Eo quit,.

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_^jl:i?ip?!?, !?E?r chaos if you. hir orHare on yourE,erm:-nal (called t.erminal one, the firsE one as youarrive by car) is-scheduled i6 open augu"[--iriit.From here on, you're on yo.r, om. c..E-iuc[i--

way to- Schar:mburg. Unitedrs new. -make th-e big circle when youtlere's the map United has luE out.

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-. _T!r:-other.day- we were standing aroundt.he intormation booth at Kennedy-in Ny.An. elderly German had just

"o*"'off tfristltg-ht. from Munich. He looked totally lostand bewildered. Hg was trying to get someinformation from rhg guy Ui:triia tnEcounEer. He said, "Was- sagst Du?rt Theguy said, "They lost 8-5.,'"

Pregious words in from BILL MCKENNAover there in AlbaTy C+i ,,I thought- theediEorial column, .Antidot,e-foi ti""so";9n the last Taro-Leaf cover was terrific.I sent, a c-opy to my

"o.r, ,ho'IeactresJ-yll9r_high,schooI. -Soon, perhaps rhevlrr.ues ot love and loyalty- assotiatedwirh oners counrry wili beao;e-iaihionaUfeagaln. -'

. Caugh_t._-- with our finger in the cookiejar. RALPH R. BALESTRIERI has beenlooking for Issue lf4 of. this present,series -- and rvrot,e us about it. Ourresponse -- there ainr t. no ll4 -- but --there were two issues called #3. -llilrhumiliat,ing goof. Apologies please.

_ -We spoke, in the last, issue. ofRed Bu-tE.ons theme on who ,tnevei got adinner". -Add these t.o his worraeifut on"_liners..."Amelia Earhart, *t" ""ia;-ti;;.=

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mind looking for me -- find nry G;"n;i::.never got a dinner. Steven SpielEeie,sm-other, who said Lo E.T. f I do;.4 ;;;E -where youtre from -- youtre here now andIpy'r. gonna, be barmit.zvah,d. r paul Revere,who wore nothing but-a raincoat,, and saidr'-rr witr f tash oil""-ir-u;-1;;;;"d Ewice ifby -sea-r -- none of them'"v"i-goc

" ai"""i.,'He keeps the gags^up Lg daEe, aaaing---

names in the news..- OnL of the most recentis. Oral Roberts, ,'who sai_d to tis conere_-gaEron, 'I'd appear before you in sac[-clot,h and ashes -- buE, I lo-ok bett,er in$700 suits' -- he never gor a diil;;."-'

Conversation overhead between a man anda woman sitt.ing beisde us (it was one ofthose.-3-seater jobs) in a recent flightfrom l{ashington t.o Springfield. The"mansays, "I just. got ouE of-prison. I didtwenty ygar-q for murdering nry wife wiEh ahacksaw.tt ttoh,tt she saysl ttioutresingle ! "

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3HARRY WHALEY' ouE of Box 27, Griffit'h-

ville. IRK (rve iike to use ARK for Arkan-i"ii ,. doniE care what the P.l'l. General

"""3, we dontu like to run the risk ofs.hditg Harryrs mail to AR for Arizona --see whit we inean?) -- well anyway, HarrywroEe usr saying3 "I read in one of t'hei""r"t that -somEone wanted to know whatiipp.nea Eo the 5t'h RCT. I joined the 5t'hi"'tSS early and sEaye{ with t'hem unEilt5s. we wehs home iir r54 with the RGT andt,ook the colors home. When we goE Eo

Ft.Lewis, WashingEon, Ehey deacEivaEed the;;iiil: 'r left Et. 6,rt,rit in June of tss

for discharge. I t'hink it was VieEnamb;""a, but iot' real posi-Ei-ve.abouE that'r'

Thank you Harry.--Nor,v let's tell youwhaE we k-now. Th-e lst Bn. of the 5thwent to rNam from Hawaii, arriving Etrereon Jan.I9r1966. It, served wiEh the 2ndBrieade oi the 25th. After 4 terriblerr".i". iE deparEed rNam on Apr. 30, 1971.fre doitt, know rvhaE happened Eo it then.Werre trying to find out. SEay tuned.

May we ask:have vou ever seen

" mori: infecEioussmi-le than thisone? - right' outof a NormanRoclc*el1 Painting.Itrs I'{ARION J.MORGAN over aE 1715Perryr Litt,le RockAR. -C 19uh, her{as a Poi.J 1/1/51-8/25/53. Hetssmiline because heis freE. Herer shis letter: "Thisis a picture ofthe man who sEoPPed

llorEh Korears advance on Pusan at' Chinjuon or abouE Aug. 1r 1950r after being

"""iE".a io thE 24Lh in irid-ocean in mid-

j;i;: -itti" picture rvas.made at PorLland,oR-'"t the Koiean Ex-PoWrs reunion lasteususU afEer you sent me the cap. I weariE ;iih piia.'.- tt" ladies thini< itrsorettv. 'In regard to Dumas, at Ehekoi.ii, Ex-POI^Iri rer:nion in Memphis infSa+. there were 5 men from C Co. and5-of'ri were from LE.Kraftcors plaEoont to-gJt, out on Nov. 4, 1950. We willria"""a reunion with mi:morial service atSi.io"i" !10 JuIy 23rd co 27th and hoPg-^i"itv-itr"re will be 8 or 10 men from C Co'

"it"irairle. It, feIE good Eo see Sgt'-

H;;h;;' Eicture in c[e last Taro Leaf' I

".?.i-t"Ew what happened t,o him. I wonder

if anvone knows rvhat haPPened toii.V.hot*^n or Sgt,. Earl after Ehey werecaotur.a on Jan.-1, 1951. EnclosedpfE"""-iind a ctrecf< for $20.00- for 1987-88bues and a new caP. I enjoY the TaroLeaf very much.'

,*:'$H: '8x"?l"il:E 3;Hlf ilrwahoofrJi.'io""" miss Ya, felra'

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1f4g7, in reporting a new address fromil"."o. Citv NV to-429 I^I.Hillsdale,5""-l"r"t"o 6.c, t'Have gone over your member-snip fist. and have noled a number ofp"i'"o""f horn blowing. Being no exceptionLo hot air, am submiLting the followingfor inclusion in fuEure revision'(iq. e Hq. Btry, 2nd Bn, I3t'h.FA 1933-1941'iq]st.y i:tu re's.,, L94l-1943)." rn Lhislittle club, Tony, lve encourage. every*"*U.t to biow his ovrn kazoo' The din issometimes deafening -- fun though' -Youriiiir" horn blowin[ didn't hurE a biE'

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Good BOB JOHNSON, of 24.irlhiPPle'So*Ii"iff" r'il OZf++; thoughtfully.""i""""ted us aE the funeral ofnnfisolr-il.-pa,cr.enu (sutr ttct), who diedlast. April 10th.

BILL KEYES, an old D2lst man himself '-received this- Ietter from BiIl KENNEDYTJR.of 2100 Trapani Circle, MontereY GA:I'I iusE wanted to drop you a line andsav Lh;E nry Father, '\ilila ilill" KENNEDY,oaised awai on l'larct:. 27, 1987. He wasiuffering ?rom cancer of the bones andliver.t'l.fy Dad ofEen talked of the reunionshe woirld go to -- and Ehe old friends hewould see-Ehere. When your letter andpicEures c6ln€ - he brought Ehem over Eoire and enjoyed showlng-me bis.Co.D gYys.He would 6ring in his-'GimleE' Sqgazineand shot^r me tf,e photsos -- recalling oldtimes.t'I hope you can make Ehe PfoPercati-ons.- He was so Proud Eo havewith vou all -- v6tt11 never knour.

t'G'od bless yoir and yours."

Mrs. Donna l.Ialk, beloved daught.er ofour oh,n Mrs. HCIIJARb ("Gladys") LLIMSDEN,passed on on Tuesday, Feb. 24Lh, aftera long, lingering sickness.

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With sreaE sadness, we rePorL Ehe

a..."iL 6r ua3.Gen. BENJAI.IrN I': T+YL-oR'u5e-n"iir!a, 6n I'lay l5th' in his 75ch -year'----B;;jilin'Frank1in- Tayior, a retirede,rnrv m6ior general who laEer became awashittsEon Euslnessmanr died of cancer aE

Fairfal HospiEal.- --C.". Tayior se:rred -37 ygars in t'heernv-UifoiL-t" reEi-red in- r70 as chief of!i"ir-ii-;h"-u.5.At*v in Europe. From r72

ii;ii ias-h" was preildent, of- rnuerrrationalGeneral Industries, a holding companyconsisting of three industrial firms;;;;;i;E;E "it't' the rnternaEionar Bank ofWashineEon.--Si"E" '82, he had been President' ofthe Olmsted For:ndaEion, an- organizationifrat tuUsidizes postgraduat,e sEudy forcollege graduates.

e iesident of Mclean, VA., Gen'Taylorwas born in Washingt,on PA. He graduaEeclfrom WesE Point in '37.-- He serrred in the China-Burma-Indiatheaier durine World War II and in theWar DeparEmenEt s operations dj-vision'a,iier the war he sLrved in Getmany. He

was chief of staff of the I CorPs inKorea during the conflict Ehere. He Ehen

"ii."a"a -trE army War College in carlisle

PA.Gen.Tavlor laEer served in Germany as

assi.stanE division conunander of the Thirdi"i""in, Division, chief of staff of t'hevii u.s'. nrmy Corfs and then served us asour Dlvision- Corurander.

From t 63 to r 66 he was in I'IashingEonas director of the Army budget in theoific. of the Army comlEro1ler, theniEEurea to Europe- as chief of staff ofNATOTs Central ArnrY GrouP.

His marriage Eo Mary TaYlor ended indivorce.

Survi.vors include his wife, Sarah L'Kirkman Taylor of Mcl.ean; t-wo-dagghtersby his fir'st marriage, Linda T. Dru-strupo't et"*..rdria and J6an T. Moore of LakeOsweso OR: a stepdaughter, Sist,er El1enIkreia taylor of-Lipi Gityr-th-e Phil-i"pi"l": 'a sist'er, itoxanna T. Davis ofiiriu*ooa rl; six grandchildren, and agreats-grandchild.

we 6re grateful t'o DrcK LEl"iIs ' --ZOOO-Noiih"oaniel ll301, ArlingEon vA 2220L*ho t.pt"senEed us at the funeral'

Sad note in from JOSEPH T. DAIGLE,(24 Sip. t42-t45), of 4L9 Louisiana,iort, Rilen La 70767: "Just a noEe Eo letvou know that Eve1yn passed away on Eheiatn of April. She had been in a nursingfiome sincl tuay tg5. Sunday morning shewas having a litrle Erouble breathilg sothe home Eent her t,o the hospital. Sheoassed awav Tuesday..' "I, rryrsllf , am lett,ing a little- sErongereve::v dav buu- it ia very slour. I hoPet,o b'e ar'or-rnd for awhilg Yet.']

We wanE vou around for a rong "awhi'Iey€Ett, Joe. -Chin uP, sailor.

From ALBERT and Bet,ty DELAY (3rd Bn.,21st, r41-ra5) of Box 154, Tilden ILcomes Ehe sad news of the passing.oftheir sood friend, ROLLIN DUGGER (M 21st6/42-L2/45). AI and Beuty had visit.edwith Ro1li-n and Cora only last June attheir Shawnee Mission, KS home.

Deceased -- date uncertain --FRANK J. DEI-AURo (r :z+ttr r41-r43) of408 Parker, Hackensack NJ.

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- LE.cen. JOHN A. DABNEY.3f9er 52 years of a "moii'rolnE. Lane, Vero Beach FL.

.GimleE. C.O. 9/48-7/49. losttlappy and satisfying marriedhis beloved Janelife.r' Hers at

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-- and-happily we oblige. Anyoneour admirat.ion and respecE. Werre

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(To rise rrom the ranks to greater distinction)

WANTEDSEVERAL THOUSAND MEN WHO ARE ENTITLED TO BE MEMBERS OF THENATIONAL ORDER OF BATTLEFIELD COMMISSIONS ARE SOMEWHERE IN

THESE FIFTY STATES AND WE ARE TRYING TO LOCATE THEM IN ORDERTHAT THEY MAY JOIN WITH US IN OUR FRATERNAL ORDER.

WHILE YOU WERE A MEMBER OF AN LTNITED STATES ARMY OR TJNITEDSTATES MARINE CORPS T'NIT AND IN COMBAT DEMONSTATED SUCH

'ALOROR OUTSTANDING LEADERSHIP THAT YOU WERE COMMISSIONED ON THEBATTLEFIELD, YOU ARE ELIGIBLE FOR MEMBERSHIP IN THE NATIONALORDER OF BATTLEFIELD COMMISSIONS.

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pre:<v WARREN AVERY senE us this clipping ouE of uhe New Haven, cT.RegisEer'n.ei.lE?ilriilT';,ve r-rad Eo rearraig"-E[E'coT,rr,,ns .-rit.ur". The ait'ic]'e appeared as a

furr page "pr""dl= i.iE*".iriirl-i'dBir"i; ;irh^";;-ti*itations. Sorrrr 'boir-t t'hat,

BOB DUMAS. BOB DUI'IAS, as you ";;*i;;; is one or-o"i honorary memb'ers. Here goes

the artsicle -- hold onuo Your hats:

Pego 46 New Haven Register, Saturday' lYlay 23' 1987

By Jrmcr V. HeallonR.al.l.r St.ll

Self-styled diPlomat hoPes tolearn fate of his Gl brother

the United Nations force was able

to do.'- For ttre Past decades, Roben

Dumas has -been

asking the gov-

.-iii"t diffrcult if not impossibleiriiiiort about his brother'swhereabouts. In 1984' the ArmYi.iiiiiin.o Roger's status fromMIA ro prisonei of war. Even so'ii"u.n fjumas alleges to this da't*troiesate "coverup" has takctrolace.---ion.t Dumas last wrote hisfamiii on Nov. 3, 1950, saYing

cin. bougtus MacArthur told the

inli.a Nitions troops under his

"omminA the enemY was on the

iiir-i"o they would'be home forChristmas.---iio*et.t. China's foreign min'ister. Chou EnJai, was warnlng*asiiincton rePeatedly Chinawould ii'tervene if the T$year-oldUacnrttrur didn't break of hispursuit of the demoralized NorthKorean armY.

MacAnhur's lightly<lad troopsoenctrated North Korea's toreringlraet ana plunging canYons - andthJfrozen wasteland became one

of the gr"at.st natural traps in thehistorv of warfare.

It niO 33 divisions, 300'000Chinese Peasant riflemen who hadsliooed iilentlv across the Yalunivi:r in the starless nights of earlyNovember. Another 600,000 rein-forcements were Poised in a stag--

ini"tea on the Minchurian side ofthe river.

There wre sPoradic engagmentsand voung Dumas was last seen onNov.4, l05O bur it wasn't unril thedav after Thanksgiving that theuuir of the screaming riflemen inblue Mao jackets burst fromambush.

Thev shouted, l'GI, tonight Youdiel" amid the calls of buglers andihe sounds of cymbal-swingingbandsmen, and weren't inclined totake orisoners.

"Tirev had a cenain disPosition'Thev enioved seeing You go thehir,i ,"ay," Ed Reeves a Phoenix,nriz., missionary, recalled in a

1983 interview.

Bcfore the thaw devel-oocd in March betweenthe United States andNorth Korea, a retiredsign installer for the stateDeoanment of Transport-ati6n was negotiating wirhthe hermir kingdom of 18

million on his orn."I am haPPY the enemY

is talking They want tosenle," said Robert R.Dumas, 57, the self-stYleddiplomat from rural Can-terbury in easternConnecticut.

Roger DumaeWeekB b€lore caPture

Hc says things look more Prom-ising this Memorial DaY than everbetiire because he maY discoverwhat happened in the Korean Warto his brother, Roger A. Dumas.

"Let's senle the issue of the re-mains first and then we can sitdoln and talk about live Prisonersof war," Robert Dumas quotes a

diplomat saying during a three'hour meeting ar the Nonh Koreanmission in New York.

Roter Dumas was an l8-Year-old michine gunner wilh the 24thInfantry Division.

His brother has sPent Years try-ing to prove Roger Dumas was aprisoner of war.

Dumas said the DemocraticPeoPle's RePublicof Korea is morecooPerative suP'PosedlY because itdoesn't wanl thequestion of MIAs

. from the KoreanWar haunting the1988 summerOlYmPics'

North Koreawill co-hosr theOlYmPics with itsadversarial andmore Productiveneighbor, SouthKorea, a conces-sion the Interna-

tional Olympics Committee madeto avoid boYcons bY communtstbloc nations.

President Reagan in 1985termed Nonh Korea one of fiveoutlaw regime's along with lran,Libya, Cuba and Nicaragua, forsponsoring world terrorism, and in1979, the North Koreans cheeredIran when it took 52 Americanshostage and held them for 4zl4days.

Dumas said the Nonh Koreanstold him in September 1986, theirgovernment was ready to talkabout Korean War remains "rightnow if your country would ralk di-rectly to us instead of the UnitedNations."

While U.S. diPlomats now have

informal contacti with Nonh Ko-rean counterparts, Dumas saYs

questions left from the Ko,eanWar are not to be discussed.

So he has asked the North Kor-eans to invite him and a delegationof Korean War veterans for a visit.

He said these include WarrenAvery of Nonh Haven. Presidentof the 24th Infantry Division Asso-ciation, and ex-Marine FrankKerr, a Boston public relationsman, and co-founder ofthe ChosinFew, a group named for the binerwithdrawal from the Chosin Res-ervoir in the winter of 1950.

The lst Marine Division, forexample, clawed 78 miles in 17

days in sub-zero cold, fighting theChinese all the way to the sea.They took their dead and woundedwith them. which not every unit of

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Nice shoE of DAVE MURRAY in Ehe plaid,looking like he never met a calorie'hedldn't like, and DAN RICKERT, in thewhite. Dan thoughcfully sent us abeautiful plaque-showinl the Divisionpalch which he hdwhit,tled out, of wood.I_E'"- a 4andy; wetve hung it in our office.Thanks Dan.

Herers a great shoEof CAROLL ROBBINS ofRt,. 5, Box 190, Lumber-ton MS. Wish iL wasnrt,in color. Anyrray,Caroll has a irro6ie*and we t re anxious t,ohelp if we can. Shucks-- read Carollrs leEteryourself: t'Irm tryLngto locaEe a John A.Cameron who was with mein a machine gun squadof Co. D, 34th, on8/14/50. It is be-lieved he entered theArmy from Ohio, and waswith the unit in Japanbefore shipping to -

Korea. Have been incontacE with LacyBarnet.t and was in-formed thaE according

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ror 7 / 2/ 5o to e /L/sotiotli.$T]:t#53';::Cameron. We believe he was transferred t.otshe 19th or 21st Inf. I would love tocontact this good man to renerd an oldfriendship. Any information as Eo hiswhereabouEs wili be greatly appreciated.call me CoLLECT (601) 796-475b'.',

Hope you get a bite Caroll. If not,come back at us and wetll try usingbigger minnows.

And why not,? Itrs l. to r., LENlARIgurT,-' HARBy wiiuueN, iia-n&cy pARNcurrin Florida. ThaE boar in rtie baaig;;;;;---puzzles us. Where in FL? Anyway. Harrvand Frances were down, from w'.V.'lo--Fi-'for a vacat.ion -- and'neirv

"oa I."oParncut,t c€une a-visiEing tlrem in Orlando.$h, therets a clue. ttrlttJ-wtrere ttratbo3c i-s. They say lhey.tl ai.t-Ue in--Dcharmburg. Eureka!

GENNARo "Gerry',^FIsCHETTI (Sath | 43-r 45)of 42 Rose Court, SEgten tstana mV, "iy"'-''jl!:" dialysis rime.tr- w"ir!-ii.,"ing rhisdown.

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-ys maybc wetve got ?letenL camera and coming

o can give us a hand tolvardnat. say?

- Thisrll be a quick rundor'rn on newassiqrunents. ted him who belives we give;h;-F;Eis"- Eoo much attention skip th'iisone and go on to the carEoons.

LI.GCi. FREDERICK F. WOERNER JR.,.o*naoaing general. Sixth- Army, Presldiooi-S"o FrinEisco, CA, has been- nomirratedfor a fourth star and assignment as com-*"oa.= in chief, U.S. SouEhern ConnrandtOr:ar:rr Heights,

- PArreplaci-nge of coursetour vLql oin Gen. JOHN R. C4L-YIN.

Lt.GLn. H. NORMAN SCHWARZKOPF, conunan-dins seneral, I Corps, ForE Ler+is WAt-ti"-UE.., nominated to-become depqEy chiefof staff for operation and plans/Armysenior memberr- Military Staff ConrnitEee,United NacionS, the Pehtagon. There's amouthful.- -Mai.Gen. KENNETH C. LEUERT conunandinggeneril, 5th Infantry Division (l"leq|anized)Fo"i-poit LA has bee-n named cotrnanding

""".raf. Ar:nnr Infantry Center/comrnandanE,Er*y f"i"ttry Schoolr-Fort Benning GA'

BeEs are on Lhat itr 11 be asked againau S-traumburg. QuesEio! i-s raised each

;;";-;; t. *[v rve mail Taro Leaf via firsEtl"ss. Answets to improve the chances.f "o"t eeEting your copy. The P'0' servesi" i-u"a-.ia*pi.'of burL-aucracl/ aE work'II'" "

*"i"i"! of the abject^f-ailure ofi"a"r"f "rt"t[ri""".

Th6 P.o. ^is losing;;;;-t[an- 5i inirrion a dav -- $s00 millionfor the vear ended last SLpe' 30th' Doingii-ot]i-*ivl-crt" Taro Leaf hopefglly reachesvo".--a Iittle expensS-ver YeSr but morecertain.

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The HvaLt Resency l,Ioodfield - inscr,aumuuii-:- tE" 4'00 rooms buE theyrreinitially-blocking only 200 rooms for us.This figirre will Eo .rp in prop-ortion Eo

- rhe earlv reservaEions which they receivefrom us.- With Ehe hear4r August vacaLion/business travel in mind, laEecomers maybe taking a chance.

"Now that ya mention it, Joe, it does sound lilte tX

Patter of rain on a tin roof"'

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