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says Capt. Douglas Terrell, a Texas A&M graduate. Like manyother officers, he believes the Army has gone soft. "Not manypeople want to spend five days out here in the rain," Terrellsays. "In Europe, it's easy to instill pride; on the border theycan see the enemy. In the States, they see McDonald's."

Some of the 24th's shortcomings were all too obvious ata proficiency testing site I visited. There were about 30 differenttests, ranging from field-stripping ofweapons to identificationof friendly and enemy tanks. Only a few seemed to be doingvery well. At the radio-testing tent, one young soldier wastold to relay a message about an "enemy" tank position. Hecould barely read the printed message. At another post, tenphotographs of U.S. and Soviet armored vehicles were on dis-play. Anyone who had studied them in the handbook couldeasily have told them apart. Few soldiers I saw could do so."They kind of think of this as a milk-and-cookies affair-as just a game," complained Sgt. Louis Netterville. "Theyknow they're not being fired at."

Tant Warfare: When it comes to tank warfare, however,the 24th is in its element. At a live-firing exercise, a battalionof M-60A-l tanks maneuvered for hours in the hot Georgiasun and staged a deafening show ofstrength. It was the unit'sfirst full-scale live-firing exercise, and Lt. Col. Douglas Rogers,39, the commander, had some explicit orders for his mcn."I don't want 1,000-round bursts from the machine guns,"he barked, stabbing the air with a hunting knife. "That's themain lesson you will learn today: how much ammo it takesto do a simple job."

When the "battle" was over, Rogers assembled his menand read them out like acoach. The helicopter gun-ships had shot well but hov-ered too long. "I think youguys would have been dead,"he said. "We went to war to:day. But we took some casu-alties. We'd be lucky if wecame back with 50 or 6O percent. Those aren't good odds."

Later, driving back to head-quarters in an open jeep, Rog-ers sipped a Coke and said hewas satisfied. But he concededthere was plenty of room forimprovement before Oct. 1,

the division's target date forcompletion of RDF training.How would his men do in ac-tual r:cmbat? They would doOK, he said-"with a littleluck, a downhill slope and thewind at our back."

FIRST, THE BAD NEWS III

Ehe 7/L4/80 lssue of Newsweek, thoqghtfullyus by NATHAN F. MCCALL, of New Gasrle, pa.i

'We'd Have Problems'Along with the famed 82nd Airborne Division and the l1lst

Airmobile, the Army's 24th Infantry (Mechanized) is rrainingfor a spearhead role in the Rapid Deployment Force. Last week,Newswrex's Ron LaBrecque watched tanks and men of the24th at Fort Stewart, Ga., and Jiled this report:

In the cool of the moming, 300 young soldiers awaitedthe helicopters that would ferry them to a wooded landingzone-the starting point of a l5-mile training hike. "Howlong is this march gonna take?" one of them drawled. "Theygonna have a van along the way? I know I'm gonna fall out."A buddy snapped sarcastically: "They gonna have two Do-bermans, two rattlesnakes and two alligators for anybody whodrops out." When the choppers arrived, the soldiers dashedout to them awkwardly, and some were knocked off balanceby the prop wash of the rotor blades. Lt. Col. Gary Woodham,a 4l-year-old Vietnam veteran, watched critically. "Rightnow," he admitted, "we'd have some problems if we werecalled up."

The 24th Mechanized may be the weakest link in the RDF,but its problems can be found throughout the volunteer Army,and they raise serious questions about America's ability tofight. Shortages of equipment and maintenance failures plagueall branches of the armed forces. In a readiness test last week,only 23 of the 66 F-15 fighters at Langley Air Force Basein Virginia were found fit to fly combat missions; faulty equip-ment and inexperienced crewswere held to blame. Some tech- Live firing at Fort Stewart: Can they get it right?nical breakdowns are hair-rais-ing. Twice last month, U.S.strategic nuclear forces werescrambled when an air-defensecomputer malfunctioned andgave a false alarm of a Sovietmissile attack.

Gone Soft: Nearly 45 percent of the current crop of re-cruits are in the lowest mentalcategory the Army will accept,and only 38 p€r cent of theArmy's male recruits are high-school graduates. In some eliteunits, such as the 82nd Air-borne, a gung-ho spirit pre-vails. But officers and noncomsat Fort Stewart speak candidlyof their outfit's limitations."Our company ranges from theintelligent to the illiterate,"

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col. JrH OGLETBEE, (Dlv. QM 147-'50),

of 1007 Jackson, Tahlequah, Ok1a.where, Jln? - wrote the Edltor of thettuskogee - wherer Jln? - Dafly Phoenlx,and urloaded someEhlng off hls chesE.Jln asked us to reprlnt lt and we do,gLadly:- ttl-watched Ehe recent return of oneof our lranian hostages wlth shameand humlIlatIon. It was the same shameand hrmlllatlon that I felt when I sawour Vietnam Veterane belng leturnedhome tEhroueh the back door' andbearlng all-of the stlgna of defeat!A totai of 2,7OO,OO0 Aierlcan soldlerssenred; 3001000 were wounded; 751000were disabled; 57'000 dled! Nor someAmerlcans are ErlTlng to bulld aMemorlal to Eheee loyal Amerlcansoldlers. It w111 b-e near Ehe LlncolnMemorial in WashlngEon, D.C. Congresshas acreed Eo provlde the land for thlsMemorial, but the cost of erectlng EheMenorial muat be pald wlth conErlbutlonsfrom Amerlcans who feel that we methls llttle Eo Ehese dedlcaredDaErlots. ConErlbutlons are tax-ieducElble. Twenty dollars wlIIlnscribe the name of one VleEnamVeteran who gave hls llfe ln servlce t,ovou and vour country. The snallesttontrlbutlon should- at leasE be as mrchas the orlce of admlsslon Eo a JaneFonda mbvle! Please send contrlbutlonsto: Vletnam Veterans Meuorlal FundrInc.

P.O.Box 37 24}rWashlngEonrD.C. 20013. "In the nrme of the Assoclat,lon,

Jim, we sent a contribuEion. You dontEhavi to hlE us over the head wlth ashovel.

€-Back in the fold once again is JACOB

PAVLIK, (yttgtn r41-'45) of 26 Mason,ExeEer, P". Said Jake: t'Itts been alons Lime. Great Lo read Taro Leaf again.Sav-Hi co all of those great men of I'l ofthe IgLh for me." We did, Jake. By thewav. Jake is back in, thanks to the prod-aii,i or ALEX BRONSBERG, (9 3.9 Eng.) of76 Lackawanna, Swoyersville, Pa.

#,If you are sending in names and

addresses of o1d pals whom we might wrlEereference joining our little club,please don't bother if the addressesare of L945 or 1950 vintage. We arespinning our wheels and wasEing moneywhich is only going Lo the belovedpostal service. Those chaps areperfectly capable of screwing up themails by themselves. Let's us notcompound the felony by writing letEersto Luvs vou haven't heard from in35 |eLrs. IErs all an exercise infutiliEy. Besides it's raising cainwiLh the old arthritis. O.K.?

1979 - 1980

The publication "ol, by and for those who served or now serye',th€ glorious United States 24th lnfantry Division, and publishedfrequently by the 24th INFANTRY DIV|S|ON ASSOCTATTON whoseotficers are:

Presldent:B.G. Lester L. Whe6ler, USA Ret.2'108 Stirrup Lane, Alexandria, VA 22308 .....Te|. 703-360-7592

Vlce Presldenl:Walter Cunningham2828 Maryland Av€., Baltimore, MO 21218....Tet. 301-243-619'l

Sec'y..Treas.-Edllor:Kenwood Ross120 Mapre st.' sprinsrierd, MA. 0r r03.

8l.i! IEi. i]3_]33-313iMembarshlp Chalrman:Howard R. Lumsden167 Hickory St., Wood River, tL 62095 . . . .. . . Tet. 618_259-5771

AN D NOW

FOR THE GOOD NEWS ! ! I

We, the 24Eh Dlvlsion t'alunnl,' are

congregatlng at, Irvine, cal. next

Oct,. Ilth. d_..-- .}{y.-o"- Loy of "Thin Mant' fame says s"Nobody has Eo EelI me about, middlLage. ThaErs when the direcEor tellsylu t,o pgll in your stomach - and youalready have. t'

JoHN and crlilnussEt.l- (Rzlst '48-'50), of R4, BellfonEaine, 0hio, askswhen that. History is coming out. Soon,good friends, so'onl ! !

One who p.o*iilo be with us atIrvine is Lt.CoI. EDI^IARD J. VOSO(O 2tst | 39-'42), of Terrace I'iobileHomes, 1815 Sweetwater, Springt/alley, CaI. Looking forr,rard to it,Ed' *4

Is it reproduction furniEure youwant,? lry RAYMoND GUNN, (c & H 21-st. '51-'53; Div.- Hq. '59-'63), of 2501 Piedmont,Iuiarietta, Ga. Ray in joining reports,"Visited Stewart in June. Ve.ry enjoyabletime.t' ry" wonder, R.y, if you caught,i\ewsweekr s very unf lattering piece.

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Itrs retirement for Lt.Gen.WILLIAM B. CALDWELL, III. Leaving hislast, command, Fift.h Arnry at Ft.Sam,Bill now languishes at 7200 WarmSprings, Ga. Happy retirement days isour wish for this fine gentleman.

+Our good frlend HARRY ROBIN met hls

good friend RAY GUNN and norr good frlendRay ls our good friend and fellow memberof- this Assoc. Ray's at. 2501 PiedmonE,MariettEa, Ga. He had 2 hitches withus - one in Japan and Korea and one inGermany.

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- F-rlendshlp - and Ehat I s the nameot t,he Seme we play here ln thlsA6soc. We cantL d-eftne lt, buE weall-recognlze-lt, and treaiure lt, aswe did recenEly ln Ehe case ofAnwar Sadat and the late Shah. SadatsEood 10 feeE taII as he stood bv inhis frlendship for the Shah as hL waslald Eo hls rest. plt,lful Ehat nofo::ural. represenEatlon was made by_any- other corxrtry, lncludlng our own.We looked more thin a trlf1E Dettvand, as usual, exEremely unreiiabieas allles. Shoeklng thit the onlychaps wllllng to at,Eend the servlteswere ouEcasts like a former ktng ofGreece and a forner presldent ofEhe U.S. We would hite for ourfuneral t,o resemble a Lampoon of aloserts class reunlon. pbfftfcs!9rd1y nakes foul-reather frlends.Jfq*y C_arter_ cane out of lt looklngbad. What else ls new?

. Werre printing this for JIM ERWIN(ArI'121st '50- r 51), -of Box 608, MarongoValley, Calif. Jim wrote it ind wetieusing it just. as he wrote it:

"Dear Gimlet, lst Bn 21st,You with a Big A_. you know, the

one that gor hir I'{aI 1951 - Bu1ierwent in one cheek and split the other.And left a good medic with a hole inhis helmet, and stilI laughing aEthe sight, I saw when I came t,o -O, How I would like to know yourname - HeIp, anyone knor,y him?

James Errrrin'l

Today's Fascinating Facts JinrnyCarter is the first PresidenE born ina hospital.

A11 38 previous PresidenEs wereborn t'aE hbme.t'

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COl. BILi.BIGGERSTAFF (3+ttr & 19thand Dlv. AG r4I-r43), of St.pet,ers-burg, !1a., promlsed'to oake our nextgaEherlng. Says he-rs glvestlng hln-selt of several pesky "cmlttEes and!I1ogr" and wi1l' surirfy

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!-hosg present, next ELme we oeet.ThaE's good nerrs, Bllly.

"Goodbye, ,"EF ls wirliamManchesterts "Memolr of the paclflcWar".

He had been there bcfore, as ayoung marlne ln the paclflc in World

War II. He went, Ehere agaln, morcthan-30 years laEer, Eo iceapturc,verify and enalyzc what, he hid 1eirncdln en cxperlencc thrt had contlnucdt,o heunt hls life. He ls WlllhnMenchcsEcrr -a flrst-ratc wrlter, as hleliography of Douglas MacArthur(American Cecsar) and hls other bookshave et,Eested, and Ehls memolr ls etrlsterpiecc of lEs kind.

IE's e mcmoir, hc st,resscs, tnd noEe hist,ory. -But !E lrg Ehc quillty of enepic, covcring the full swecp of ictlonln Ehe Paclflc as the flchtlitq Ean sawIt, and llved lt, - from rf,e ptrlltoolnesand New Gulnea Eo Iwo Jlma and, 'finally,Oklnaca. Manehester rrltes wllh the.eye an{ ear -of a skllled nllltaryhlst,orlan, descrlbinc the battlei tnabsorblng detall.

But, he has also wrlEt,en an lntenselvpersonal F9ok. Manchester not, onlydlstllle hls oa experlences on th'ebattlefleld; Ilke a- good noveIlsB,he brlngs 16 llfe a ilch ga1lery 6fpeople.

llhat Jameg Jones dld so well lnflct,lon, evoklng the character of menat rar ln thelr strength and ln thelrrnrlnerablllty, Dlancheiter has achlevedhere lu the llteraEure of facE.

Bead lt lf you can.

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JOHN MACNIDER, of 3301 Yorba Linda,Fullerton, Cal., wrote in3

"Have been procrastinating onchecking on the Association for years.It's abouE time I got on the stick. Isaw your address in the legionmagazine.

"Would you please let me know whatthe yearly dues are and if there is ahistory, or histories of the 24thcovering t,he Korean War, where theycan be obEained.

"IE doesntt really seem that it hasbeen thirty years almost t.o the day sinceI joined HV MORT C0. 19th above theNakEong River. I was a squad leaderand F.O.

"During our part in the PusanPerimet.er defense, I was evacuated t,r.japan, rejoining the rest, in NorEhKorga the day after Thanksgiving.

"RighE off the top of ny head, thenames I can recall are Capt . CrozLer,Lt.Tankersley (C1ass of '50 West Point),Sgt. Lev, and HildebrandE. who alwaysseemed to be my unlucky radio opr.Col. Ned Moore, Regt'1.C.0., alsohappened t,o have been chief of staff frommy WV II out.fit (101 ABN)-

"ReEi-red ln '54 as a M SgE and in'65 during the buildup in Vietnam I tooka miliEary leave of absence from myjob with the SEate of Arizona andreturned to active duty. The Army, intheir infinite wisdom, sent me backfor another tour in Korea so I wasthere agaln from '65-166. I returned toEhe ReEired list in '67.t'I moved to California in June of '70and have been here since.

"Hope you can put me ln touch withsome of my former buddies".

Good letEer, John. By the way,John ls nor^, a yt::.

LT.COI. GEORGE "BOb'' SCOTT(Hq. co. 34th '42-'45), of 3oo1 N 43rd,Waco, Tex., want,s to be sure r^rereceived his cont.rlbut,ions for EheHisEory. I^fe did, Bob; theyrLl belncluded. .-

FE.Stewart/Hunter AAFrGa. June 26:Soldier from E Co., 3rd Eng. Bn. direcEsCH 54 skycrane helicopt.er into positionon the Ogeechee River with a 22- foolbay of ribbon bridge. (U.S.Arnryphotograph by Eric Hulsizer)

-- A word or, "ffg-from Bett,e Davis:"OId age is juit Iomething where youwake up one morning and suddenly -you've- got, it. "

-a. Change of address: ROy L. FROST(4L29 Elmland Drive, ApE.tt6),from Topeka, Kans. to i8 Chape1,Bella Vista, Ark.

Note f rom LEi,rl RICHTIGER who j oinedI 34th on LeyEe as a LE. was wiEhPAUL CAIN on Corregidor. Then became3rd Bn S-2 with "Bugeye" WILLETTS onMlndoro and Mindanao. Rick wants to beremembered Eo PAUL CAIN, DICK SEAVER,SAM SCHNEIDERMAN and JACKIE SCHOLLER.

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_ .Ft,..Stewart/Hunter AAlr Ga., June 25: 3rd Ebg. Bn. Echo Company (FloatBrtdge) held thelr tralnlng exercise at Kl-ngs Ferry, Rlchmona Hffi on TueTuesday.held thelr tralnlng exercise at Kl-ngs Ferry,

Echo Company put togeEh6r their ribbon biidge oir the Ogeechee River.

Seven sections or bayq of the bridge were airlifted to Kings Ferry fromFt. St,ewart. with two CH 54 sky clane hellcopt,ers from the 1150ch Geo-r:gia ArnryNat,ional Guard. After these 22 fooL bays wlre dropped into the riverl membe'rs-of Echo Company wlth Ehe use of bridge Lrect.ion (pbwer) boats maneuveied thebays lnt,o posltion to make a raft or bridge.

, SoPg bay-s of the bridge were brought. to Kings Ferry by bridge transporEers(truck). The transporEers were backed part-way int,o the'riveri As eath baywas released from the t.ransporEer it automatically opened into a rafE. Thesebays were maneuvered into position by boat and ho-oked t.ogether to make a raft.

The raf t was backed up t-o the river bank wher e a 25 ton low boy with abulldozer was drl-ven onto the raft along with a bridge t.ransporter. TherafE was then moved out into the river.- The raft ha; the caiabliiiy o--U.iogmaneuvered across the river with vehlcles loaded on it,

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We are ln recelpt of a letler froma young lady ln Tacloban. We'll notusL her name nor w111 we use Ehe nameof the Lleutenant whom she ldentlfles(hets not on our records, lncldenEallytbut, he uray be one of ours. AnYoneinterested ln more lnfortatlon cancontact the Edltor. The letter went,and we elve lt, to vou as Ehe younglady, wfio slgns heiself ae a I'M1s-",wrote lt:t'It mlght surprlse you Eo recelvea letter from a stranger far acrossthe sea. You knor Slr, I happened toknorr vour nnme as the Edltor ln thetTaro'Leafr. I an glad to know that youwelcome lnqulries r-gardlng old buddleswho have not been heard slnce the endof World War II.

''!|e11. I asl referrlng to a msn named1g. ------- (----) ----:- and jusE IIkevou he ls a US t{orld War II VeEeran who6ae here ln the Phlllpplnes durlngthe Llberatlon tlme. IE so happenedthat I am hls daughter, a souvenlr ofrrar. Unlucklly, rry mother dled when Iwas youns and iid to say I could onlYr"cail a-ve::v shallq, ltformat,lon abbuEmv father. lftrat I onlv knqr ls hisnlme and hls headquartLr whlle stlIl lnthe Phlls. and thit was ln "PAWING-PALo'LEf,TE". Sad t,o say agaLn Ehat' all nyefforts ln search -for hlm were all afallure due to lack of lnfotmatlon.Just a few weeks ago, I have recelveda reolv from the US Armv Records Centerat St.Louis, Mlasourl, iequestlng Be toaccomollsh a form for further lnforma-tlon ibout uy father and thatrs why Ihad to reseaich from magazlnes or fromany source that, may lead to anlnformatlon about hlm.

"Slr, lf lt, would not be of greatdisturbince on your Patt, please-helpme regardlng this matter. I would bevery grateful for whatever favor youcould clve me.

"Mai I extend ny thanks for readlngchlg lltter and plLase may I hear fromyou soon.t'-

We have an$rered slmply that we wouldtry to help her. How far beYond thlewe go wltl be controlled by !!e natureof Ehe response Ergcel"", lf anY.

As the monareh in "The Kind and I"was given Eo saying, "I" a puzzlement".The puzzle now is, simply statedt"Who- knows that JOHN BOLES (D 21stt44-'a5) had malarla and a back lnjuryat Sarangani?" Johnny says hets beenfighcing the VA for 25 years and is"tired". He has had a heart aEEackand is now toEally disabted. Hers at4111 NI^/ 37th, Miami, Fla., in case youcan help him. The whole thing is apuzz lement.

What Russia needs is a Ralph Nader -someone to recall the defectors.

The 9th Infantry DivisionAssociation struck paydirt at thelrWashlngton reunion last July. Theywere visit.ed by the President whocame over to their hotel to award theirLt.CoI. M,att Urban the Medal ofHonor. Urban had been recormnendedfor the award ln f45 but - you've got it-Army lost the papers. Urban-only heardabout the reconrnendation in '78 andmade inquiry. InvesEigaEion revealedthe record and the President decldedto make Ehe award. Normally recornrnenda-tions must be made within Ewo years ofthe action. In this case, the evenEsoccurred in the surnrner of | 44 LnFrance. The press gave no coverageto the problem of how and why things gotscrewed up. G

Jim and Patricia SEBRING (Z+tq.ft.fn7/5L-L/52) are at 1316 Omaha, Bel efon-taine. Ohio. Thev have a restaurant thereso if yourre ever passing Ehrough and arein the mood for a chicken divan, drop inlSays Jim: "Did you know that M"gy's hasmoie employees than the tiny AfritannaEion of Nauru has citizens? And Nauru,with 6700 people, has the same votingDo$rer in the U.S" as China or Russia ortr,. usa." Adds Jim, "Maybe,Macyrs oughtEo join Ehe United Nations."

FRANK RETMEL, (L3+ttr | 42-t 45), of 59High, Montrose, Pi., is trylng Eg.g-eE thewold- ouu to ali Love men of the 34th thattheytre meeting Oct. 3 and 4 at Great

A quick quip from Suzanne Somerswho says: "Hindsight is whaE, a womanshould- have before wearing jeans.tt

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"Thot's lhe trouble wilh thc pcronncl in thir botlery: No movingports!"

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BOB JOHNSON spott,ed an ltem in theDAV magazine rea-ling:

"Koiea, 1950: no| a. Mi1ler,530 N.Miller Ave. rStatesville, N.C.28677, would Ilke t.o hear from Capt.Johnson or anyone who was with Co.K,19th Regt., 24Eh Div., who rememberihlm belng wounded on Hill 300.

hle're running Ehe item, too, forROY MILLER.

--^ .The Pen_tagon was so high on "The BlgRed One", -Lee MarvinIs WI.I-II thriller,"Ehat lt offered Eo send a bat.talion oithe lst Inf . t,o march at Cannes topubliclze the movie. plans were goinggreat whgn the French goverrrment 6uttEdin wiEh tTe donrt. want-any uniformedAmerlcan t,roops marching -on

French::11." Funny, they werEn't saying that..+u years ago.

- J.w..'rlr1"_ffia*, (19Eh t42-,4s),of

_ Box- 4539, Fl.orence, - S. C. ) sends in' 'a Ilttle donatlon. eratefuliv

acknonledged. He-E;lls us tlrat athis 40th Clemson reunion he saw THOMAS C."Buck" BREAZEALE and i.g. ioNes. Billygs. C0 _of M Co. , and EO of the 3rd Bn. ,l9th. Buck was CO of Tank Co. andJ.B. was 3rd Bn 53 and then 3rd Bn CObefore he moved up t,o Div. Hqs."Great, reuniontt rlports Bifl. -

Convenienrly located directly across from the OrangeCounty Airport, in the center of livine,s newest commerciialcomplex, Douglas plaza, and near the Universiry of Californiaat Irvine. Three major freeways are just minutes away.

. Enjoy all the specracular Souihern California irtractionsnear the new Registry. Like ocean beaches, Disneyland, Marine-land, Knott's Berry Farm, Anaheim Stadium, N.*pon iiit,tHarbor, Lion Country Safari, and Catalina Excursion Cruises.

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TOM UPTON caught our obit in arecent, issue on HARRy JONES and wrotethat iE reminded him of a sE,ory and ihenllTlfylly proceeded ro ser ii'ro paperror aII ot us. It. wenE:

"Harry Lee Jones was a Lieutenant. intno-se-days. I was his tentmat,e then..Back i_n Camp Caves in Aust,ralia.I kept. telling t.he guy rsomeEhins bis isgging on, Jonesie'. Itd sav. 's5me-"tlilg real.big, and you and'i, cobber,w9'fe missing it'. But he paid me no'mind. Jonesie seldom did. -He'd

keeodoing- what he.had Eo do, saying, -'i-t5ffyour.Uppll we-'re g-oing io h.vE'tfre onfyone in this whole-U.S. of A. Army: nor?l?!!"=, 91",, r. r.eII ygu. ' nna-rr6 ra-'tJ"pctolng.what he had to do. And I keptcheering_him on, /et, all the-ti_meknowing ful1 wetl- Ehat ," ,"."-missingsomething, something. big, .".i bia-----*]I_" " ,",r, or something. But, youKnow, maybe we did miss it, whaE,Lver ity.":, and maybe we'Il regrei it. But. oneE,nlng we didn ' t mis s , _

by gad. We had ,Jonesie pnq I, Ehe onty'cIasi FLooR TiNT:.n che whole U.S. of A. Arnry, we didjOr-maybe_it was t,he Eime we-tuilt the:llX PEEF. AND wrNE cooLrNG cnvi in rnerry KocKhampt.on sun, alongside andunderneath the beautiful glass floorjOr maybe it, was anot,her oE ori whole_some projects. Anyway, it, was a tovelywar, whaE I remember 'of it..',I./onderful sE.orv, Tom, as only you couldwrite it. '

_Final payment, on his Life Membershioin from DoN CLARK, (B tgrh ,51_'52),

oF78 Draper, l,Iarner-Robins, Ga. ttanisr-Don. -Don, by the way, yrants us toexplain the plan in these pages - lt,fspay 920.00 a year for each'oE 5 vears -9100.00 in all - and binsor you,ie a,Irlfe Member. Good suggeEtioir, Don.We did it, see.

I 8800 MacArthur BoulevardIrvine, California 927 I 5

Telephone: 1 | 4 /7 52-8'777

FascinaLing leEEer in from Maj.Gen.I'IED D. MOORE, USA Ret. ' now aE 3239Juniper Lane, Falls Church, Va. We

sive iE to vou in fuIl:" t'M.yb" y-ou have this - if not, Ihooe Ehat vou can use it.'"In Lhe'fall of 1950 I senL anofficer from Korea to JaPan to getXmas cards for everv man in the ouEfit.The f oldable kind s-o that thry could writea letter on it. I was getLing letEersthaE the folks aE home were not hearingfrom their soldiers. This was under-sLandable since we were rarely out ofaction.ttone card got sent to someone atLife I'Iagazine-wiEh the enclosed resu1Eon the Editorial page on Feb.5,1951.r'

With Lhe letter came this item,

EDITORIALS

A IARD TRO]T I(OREA

The card was from Korea, and it was

late in arriving. On the oirtside was

;the regimental shield and id-e'tifi'

inside 'conveyed'

,f-or a Merry Christmae snd aillew Year-From t}e Officers

from the ediuorial page of Ehe Feb. 5, \1951 issue of Life Magazine.-

A quick one-liner from Ehe Great One,Jackie Gleason, who says: "l"ly ideaof exercise is to eat, faster."

Brig.Gen. HENRY DOCTOR, JR. (rieht)left Fort Stewart for his new assign-ment as Director of Personnel Trainingand Forces DevelopmenE, U.S.ArnYMaterial DevelopmenL and ReadlnessConrnand, in Aleiandria, Va. On June 2nd,he left his position as AssistantDivision Cominander (Maneuvers) of the24th Tnfant.ry Divislon (Mechanized),which he assumed in June, L979.Brig.Gen. GEORGE R. STOTSER (left)replaced Doct,or as ADC.

Men of the Nineteenth luf1r!{iIn reply we cannot very weII wislih" o&J".,

"r,d men of the 19th Bdthe officers and men of the 19th &jdi

iment a happy I95I, for wh Lnifliithey are not going to have a haPpy year. Not a happY start of theyear, anyhow. They ale going So

hare -o.. fighting.. and killing ariddying for their country. And the;are going to have it vithout muchthanks from their country oi noticqin the press. Theirs is the kind ofRegular Army out6t which gets the

.mean jobs, and little else besi{i,Just a so-so out6t with a homestrqnsort of fellow (Colonel Ned Mqo{dof Guthrie Center, Iowa) for a com'mander. The tgth has been gettingmean iobs since the 6rst week of thewar, and not ma4y-oltlre P€llsaofficers who fitst:w6it into battleare Ieft now. No, there isnlt much iosay about or to the 19th Regiment.Eicept this. from the hoart-Go'dbless you and keep you. Oth6*maYwia the laurels. Y.x,r win the rOSg

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Helpl Helpl Helpl ROLLAND PIERREof 2801 East. 15th, Indianapolis, Ind.wriEess r'I have a great, nled t,6 getin touch with anv tFersonneltespecially tOffiters' who were withHQs Co. - lst, BaEt., 21st Inf. onOcE. 15, 1951. My name aE thaE t,imewas CPL. ROLLAND LEE PtryEAR, US 55 111 43.US 55 111 43I. I had the name legallychanged for tpersonalr reasons inJanuary of '52."

There you are, Rol1and. About.changing from Puyear t,o Pierre, wedon't. know as we blame you. Hopeyou geE a response on your plea forhelpl

Out. of Salem, N.H., comes wordfrom WALTER CHORLEY, (19th). He'saE 14 Spring St. He and the liEtlelady are the parenEs of 4 andgrandparents to Jason, 10, andKara, 5. Son, Richard, shown here,is wiEh Ehe you-know-wha!rstat.ioned at Brunswick, Maine,Naval Air Station.

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GERALD STEVENSCN, (24Eh I'IP & Div.Hq.t40-144) tells us he and Belle are veryromantic. Says, ttWe wontL ever argueexcept by cand1elight."

GRANT e,cNE ofTo-x-251, Newporu,N.Y. heard about our Assoc., and wroteusr saylng:

"I served wlth the Division in Koreaat the outbreak of the conflict, and wastold-by my company clerk Ehat they weredrawing up a Divlslon hlstory. I- dtdnot pay any money Eo hlm, but. the clerktook my name and address and said it,probably wouldn't be done for some timeand that. we would be notifled when itwas ready for publication. There werequite a few signed up. Irve neverreceived any not,lce, but jusE latelyI found the address of Ehe Division-andwrote them at Fort, Stewart.. The PubllcAffairs 0fflcer, Clarence S. Sandersgave me your address Eo see lf youcould help me out,. There was aiso ashort. movie made called flhe First, FortyDays' which had shoEs of the 34th Divl--sion. I think the Government banned itfrom being shown ln the U.S. for atime. tr "

Of course we ansr^rered GranE saylngthat wetd had so many letters aboirt EhathlsEory -"Danger Forrrard" - which wentto press ln 1954 and shortlv became'out_ of- print" that kre are incorporatingiE, Iock, stock and barrel into ouro^rn hlst,ory to be published as soon asyour Edlt,or can finlsh it.. As t,o thefilm, thatrs a new one on us; we'lltry t.o run t.hat rumor dovrn and willget back on it.

A word from Billy.Graham, who says:ttl wonder what t,odav t s vor_,.rn"igeneration will be LbIe'to EeIl theirchildren they did without,?r,

Meet a Bepputrlo - all Ableof the 19th nen.Look ae thouchthey'd Just Eeenparbolled ln thehot, _ springs,don't they?Fromt rors - leftHAROLD DE CHIARA(CantonrOhlo)and MANUELALVARADO (Seaslde,Cal. - whosupplled theplcture) andbaek row, left,and rLshE.EfCmnil oArr(Nen York,N.y. ).The t,lne? -clrca r48.

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An elderly couple go dorn to the ol.dschoolhouse on their 50th weddingannl-versary to recall the days whenthey were childhood sweethearts. Theylook at the little old desk where hecarved her lnit,ials and where he used toput, her hair in the inlqrell. On Eheirway home, a Federal Reserve truck racesdown the street and money falls out,.The woman picks up the money, but theEruck keeps going. The husband says,"Give it. back." She says, "Finderskeepers.t' The next day- two FBI menshoi, up at the house. - "Did anyone hereflnd monev that feII off a FederalReserve tiuck?" one asks. The wife saysno. But the husband says. "She lying.She found the money - it'6 upstaiis.nShe savs. ttHets seirile - donrt mindhim."'T6ey say to the husband, "TeII usthe story ?ron the beginni-ng."- He says,ttMy wlfe'and I were comtng home fromschooI...tt One FBI man slys to theother, "Let's g_eE euE of hLre!"

ELLIS H. REED, (r tgrh r5o-'52), of805 Morris Turnpike, Short Hills, N.J.,is Erying to locate his buddy,RAY.MOND W. ROUX- Anv ideas?-

JoE CALDWELL, (D 24th Ued. L0/44-7/45), of 3 A McBee Apts., Greenville,S.C. Wrote the DAV l,tragazlne about hisold Dlvision and Ehey put him inEouch with BOB J0HNSON (19, 84 & 213/5L - L2/53) of 24 l,lhippli,Somerville, !,!4, who put hin in touchwith us. You guessed iE; Joe's nowa member.

-A surprise for DELMAR BERRESFORD,(F fgth 141-'45) of 428 Insurance,Beaver, Pa. Good wife Shirley giftedDe1 with a Llfe Menbership for[somet,ime beEween our 35t[r weddinganniversarv in Januarv and his birEhdavin March".' Howrs that for faithfulnesS?

Ernieperpetualromances

Berry, Pasedena, CaI., defines abachelor as "a guy whoseall go of f wir,hoir,- a hl-r,ch. "4

"I threw a grenade into the air; it fell to earth I know not where'"

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2104 Moss, North e Rock, Ark.LasE June 17th. Hor^rie upped andmarried Mary (he didn't'llve us l'IaryrslasE name - anyway you're Mary Cullinsncmr, Mary - and thaE's good enoughfor us).- You both have Ehe warm goodwishes of each of us. That,'s Hmrie'sbroEher A1 on rhe left. He came allthe way over from HousEon Eo be Horie t sbest man. Even though a groom, Ho^riefinds time Eo ask, "Anyone know where-abouts of PHIL ,:ft, an Indiana boY?"

The Putdown of rhe Year award goesposthumously to Tallulah Bankhead, whoonce asked arch-riva1 BeEte Davis:

"Daaaaahling, lf you ever become amother, may I have one of your puppies?t'

One Edwin Marsh had an item inEhe American Legion mag that he was look-ing for men of Co.M 34th during | 42-'44. We responded. It develops that itwasn't Ed but his brother. He doesn'tname his brother who was KIA on Ll-17-44on LeyEe. Canrt understand why thebrotherts name has Lo remain such asecreE. We're working on iE. StayLuned. _

10lst. A/B Div.Assoc. hre over 3500members. _

Down in Kit.ty Haw\, N.C., Lhere's aclub calling itself "lvran Will Never FIySociety." Itrs a group dedicated Lothe motto, "Birds Ify;'men drink". TheyinsisE that powered flight is impossibleand meet once a year on the Dec. 17thanniversary of the Wright Brothers'flight. Lo do what- they do best - drink.

As the litt1e old winemaker used Eogrumble, "If Irve rqld you once, I'veEoId you two onces." Perhaps we didmenEibn earlier that. the 12th Arm'd.Div. Assoc. has 3714 members, up 1020from a year earlier. What, are Eheydoing EhaE werre noE doing?

"rf you aor,'aTnk about the future,yor, ""tilot have one." (Galsworthy)

"IEts never EooCULLINS, (D 3rd En

We cantt glve over all Ehe ftrnspace to Rodney DangerfleLd. HennyYoungoan has to get a break Eoo.Try these:

lly grandson, 22 years old, keepscomolalnlnc abouE headaches. I'vetolb hlm 1Uo0 tlmeg, 'lhr.Z, when yougeE out of bed, lErs feet flrst.

tty grandson rras so ugly when he wasborn, the doctor slapped hls moEher.

A doctor gave a man slx monthe tollve...he couldn'E pay hls b111... sothe doctor gave hlm anorher slx monEhs.

My wlfe Sadle Just had plastlcsurgery - I cuE up her credlt cards.

l'fy wlfe ls a ltght eater. As soonas lt's llghe, she starts eatlng.

Llke "ro"*Io"-roM RHEM (g garh| 44- | 45), of 345 1

- Carne s , lGmphl s ,Tenn., aends ln hls $I0 f or h-ls annualdues. Thanks Tom. Dolng lt thls way,

autonaElc-llke, saves us the expenseand time lnvolved ln sendlng outnotlces.

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PAUL FRASER, (52 F t4]-t44), of?0!?7 Malnllne, Bend, Ore;1 thoughr-fql1y senE along _news of the pasilngof FMNK SAYRS,-(19th '42-'45).Sald Paul, "Frank was loved by allthose prlvlleged co_know hlm.r'

Nlce words and deeds fromAL FASSBENDER, (M lgEh '4L-r42), ofBox 134, Ulster Park, N.Y. He gaveus a pat on Ehe back for our efEortsbut, more lmportant,Iy, he sent a fewext,ra $ along wlth hls dues to helpmeet these ----r- expenses. Thank-you, A1. -:

CoI. SYDNEY SOGARD, (Oiv.Uq. '48-'51)of 3980 Conrnander, Columbus, Ga

'iiii.'i -;ri.i;ile-i; ih; i-;;i"i;;; Lear'

where SH0RTY ESTABRO0K quesEioned thesLars on the 19th Sig. Crest. So Iwill st,ick my nose in and offer whatI have in my records. The 19th Chickspart.icipated in four (4) wars:

1. Civil War2. War with Spain (Puerto Rico)3. l^n^I II (24th liv. in Pacif ic)4. Korean War

They were ca1led upon t.o serve withthe 18th Div. However the war endedbefore Eh.ey could get into it,. Thiswas WW I.h'

Thanks, Syd, for sticking your noseinto it. The morj_:le merrier.

- Nor Jolued: JOE BELONOS, (B 19rh'40-t43), -of 64 Brornell, Prdvidence,R.I. Joe's a Llfer ln the PH SurvlvorsGroup.

ELMER and MareareE PETERSON(I 19rh & C 21sr-t4}-'42), of 741 N.95Eh, Seatt,le, Wash., sent along Ehesetvo pi.ctures.

guard on

LE I s Elmer,Peterson, andplctures back

Jerri Marcy, MargareERav. Elmer wanEs theseso uerve gotta be careful.

rx LrKEr, RrEr,rUrSf ftRr'ir"+bHd oiv igoN . I wlNT

ro E c Lq-Tq_r41,.8. nT{R t t{ rtlE

ItrB the laEe Col. RAY l"tARCY'whose obltuary appears ln thls lssueand Elmer at Ray's home in Sequlm.

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GLARENGE "Bud" CoLLETTE ls the lnsplraulonal

genius who conErived the ldea of a weEt coasE

gaEherlng of "old" Taro Leaf€t3 - of llll II or

Korea vlntage ot'"' sPots ln between' Beach

hlm at #5 catrall Lane' Irvlne' CEI" lf you

want oore info' Bud's wlth Pacific Tel" buts

re ask Ehat' you not call him collecE' Bud

hroself *"" "i'n Ehe 5Eh RcT to r51 and r52t

but he asks us to sEress that t'hls geE-EogeEher

ls for evervone who ever wore the Taro Leaf'

IErII be noEhlng earEh-shauterlng as a

conventlon - rather lttU be Just a qulet'

subdued' "oa p"""tful meetlng where old

frlends 'fff g"ttter for a chance to rehash

old tlmer *t; a blE of elbow-bendlng on Ehe

o"t:;" davs are &rlndrlns down' Be sure t

save thls ParElcular occaslon for a chance Eo

be wich sooe old buddles once nore'

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Writ,es RAY HARDI, another G of the2-1st, man, from 10288 Dacey, St.Louis,Y". t- _ "I_sarl your ltem on- our frlendiFred L. Gray, who applled for aCombat Infairtrymans'badge. Tell hlmnot Eo feel tob bad beciuse I had thesame problem. When I was in thehospital ln the Phllippines, I wasgiven the Purple Heart'and awardedthe Bronze SEar, which Ehey dld not,have. I was never given the CombatInf. Badge by t,he Army and alwayswant,ed it. A few years ago, "Sbike,,0TDoNNELL ralked mL into isklne'for18. Letters went back and forEhbetween the Record Center and me. Tomake a long story short, they sent methe Bronze Star but. said I wis notentiEled to Ehe Combat Inf. Badge.Hor you can be wounded in combaE andh3ve. the Purple HearE and cantt getthe badge beats me."

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_ An- obsequious f9n kepE interrupt.ingDean Martinrs drinking.- For the iirsE10 minutes he was only a pesE. Aft,erthat he became annoyiirg. -Finally,

hesaid, "I think you're Ehe sreatest -what, else can I- say?" Deai suggesEed,'You can say goodby""...Dean siys,"It. was a w-omIn whb drove me t.o aifnt -and I never even thanked her."

Youngman says: "I didnrt reportof ny credit cards, because

stole them was spending lesswife.

Good grlef! TaIk about. overklLl:Hollyrood is now working on 4 differenEfllms on Ehe Ilfe of MacArthur.

Bacheror, " r"ff ho berieves he lsent,itled t,o life, llberEy and thehapplness of pursuit.

Gossip: letting the chat out of Ehebag.

MOVI NG?

From LOU and Eileen BROl,lN.(g e sv. 34th | 4o-t 44), of 205 w.Delaware, Vlnlta, Okla., comes this one-of son G"ry, in-law Audrey and grandboy Gregory. Of course the grandfolksare-right proud. Bett,er stiLI, Garyat 27 has just become one of theChase Manhattants youngest V.P. ts.Nice going, all.

June 5th wenE by ln our local paperswithouE so much as a ment,ion of D-Day.

A word o. "*rr,r?'* Lauren Bacarl,who says: "The really frightening thingabout rniddle age is the kno,rzledge thatyour11 eventuaily ouLgrow iE."

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Hennythe losswhoeverthan my '

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We hope you will RUN - NOT I.IALK -to the Reglst,ry Hotel in lrvine, Callf .come next SaEurday, OcEober lIth -Frlday, Oct. 10th lf you run Ehe daybefore.

PuE on your New Balances, Nlkes, orAdldas, or even your highheeledsneakers and dash over Eo The Registryfor the appolnted hour. They are openand are extremely enEhuslastlc aboutwelcomlng you Eo their exclt,lng hoEel.

Should you be in trainlng for yournexE Marathon, their restauranE w111 beopen, ldeal for carbo-loading.

Plenty of room on Ehe outsidefor your own Jogging Erack for yourdallv aerobics.

fi ftrs resE and relaxaElon Ehatyou wanE, Ehe sleeplng accorurodationsbre comfortable, spacious and graciouslyappoint,ed with r.rnique Eouches ofsoutherrl CaI. elegance.

In Ehe short, and the long runr theyare our choice for our gathering of oldTaro Leafers. Thelr staff promisesto go the dlstance Eo please us.

We hope Eo see you-runnlng EheRegist,ry rray - and lt,'s not, many daysoff either.

Werre noE quiEe cerEain as of Ehiswriting as Eo who of Ehe naEionalheadquart.ers will be aE our OcEober wesEcoasE fiest,a. God willing, your Editorwill be. :

Someone has asked us to publishthe names of our Prexies and their yearsof office. Happilyr we comply:

*CramerHenryPursifullO

rDonnellRoss

'kDuf fBackerPeytonClaxonCompereHanlin

,cPurce 11Ligman

,rVerbeck:kCiangi,€iIner

S EevensonSandersont^/i 11iamsHarrisMuldoonWisecupNewmanLowryIrvingByrdLumsdenKlumpRafEerWheeler

:kDeceased

We cantt understand how PresidentCarter is doing so well in the polls whenthe country is in such a mess. It's likethe Captain of the Titanic being namedSailor of the Year.

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4*{"Yeah, I heard you say, 'As you were.'How wuz I?"

It lsn'ts ofEen somebody succeeds insllenclng Muhasmed Ali, but, a quick-wltted alrline stewardess accomplishedjust that during Ehls exchange at. thestart, of a recents flight from lJashlngt.on'D.C. Eo New York:

Stewardess: Mr. Ali, please fastenyour seat belt.- Alt: Superman dontt need no seatbelt.

SEewardess: Superman dontt need nop1ane, either.

''Rctircmcnt won l b. o lronllron fcr thr rrrgGontbrcn prcporing for it for yrcrrl

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Spealters'BureauOur own Gen. VOLNff F. WARNER, (t Ztst '50-'51), Conrnander of the U.S.Arny Readiness

Comland, headquartered at !,IacDlll AFB, FIa. was making a statement, just as we weregolng to presa. We want,ed to lnclude it, in this issue. He asserEed that the nat,ionehould noE only resllme Ehe draft but, should also regulre two years of nat,ional servlcefor all young men and rromen.

General Warner, the senlor field conunander for Ehe nat,ionts ground combat EacEicalalr forces, also crltlclzed whaE he called "st.rat,egy by budget.r' 1, which he saidpolltlcaL and mllltary leaders planned milltary forces on the basis of cost ratherthan mlsslon.

Both the recumpElon of the draft and the alleged absence of an overall strategy havebecome focal polnt,s ln the wldenlng naElonal debat.e over Ehe mlllEary posture of theUnlt,ed States.

General Warner was Ehe second Eop officer ln recent weeks Eo publlcly advocat,e areturrl t,o the drafE. Adm. Thomas B. Halnrard, Chlef of Naval 0peratlons, broke withthe CarEer AdmlnisEraElon when he contended that, the volunt,eer force was not workingand that. a draft was needed to f111 the ranks.

But General Warner, ln an inEervlew on this base, next door Eo Tampa, went beyondAdniral Halmard's posltion, ln which only those men needed ln the milltary servlceswould be drafted. The general said he thought, thaE young people should serve to giveEhem a aense of corrnitment to the nat,lon and iEs lnstiEutions.

He conEended that Ehe younger generaEionrs lack of identity with Ehe natlon "frighE-ens met'and ascribed lt. tb thi experiences of VieEnam, Wat,erg-ate, Ehe JusElceDepartmentrs r:ndercover lnvestigat,ion of alleged corrupElon of Government offlclalsand the currenE conEroversy over BiIIy Cart,er's ties Lo Ehe Llbyan Government.

General Wartrer sald that young men and \f,omen should serve in Ehe mllltary serviceor ln other agencles of the Government, for two years in retur-n for "thelr blrthrlghtln thls cor:ntryr" and added, "The_-problem wlth the Arury today is not the people in it,but, Ehe people who are not, in i-t."

The general conceded Ehat. the naEionrs polltical, mlIltary, business and academlcleaders nlght have failed to lnsplre or moElvaEe the younger generaElon t,o a corurit-ment, to the nation, buE he argued that. a naEional service program could overcome thaE.

Preeldent CarEer, who ordered the resumpt,ion of draft reglstrat.lon Ehat, began Ewoweeks ago, has said he hopes that a revlval of the draft can be avoided. RonaldReagan, the Republl.can Presidential nomlnee, has said he opposes reglsEraElon or draftln peaeetlme. RepresenEatlve John B. Anderson, the lndependent candidaEe for thePresldencl, has taken a simllar positlon.

The const,ituEionallty of Ehe current draft reglsEraElon law ls being considered byEhe Supreme CourE. In Congress, some members of the SenaEe and House Armed ServLcesGormlEt,ees have suggesEed a reEurn Eo the draft,.

On the quesEion of "sEretegy by budget,r" General Warner was critlcal of what heEermed Ehe "benlgn neglect" of the armed forces slnce Ehe end of the VieEnam War andsald lt had caused a decllne in Amerlcan milltary manpower and equlpment..

The general asserEed thac the nation was in danger of "falllng int.o the--trap ofsubstltutlng a soldlerts courage for our inepEness in provlding ftrepohrer."

He also said the armed forces needed more money for Eralnlng so that they couldretal-n the lessons learned in World War II, Korea'and Vletnam,-and sEressed'that,field officers needed constanc t,ralning because "rrars are won-and lost at thebattallon level - or at least, battles are."

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No need for help for ED MCCOOL(n rsrn - B/46-9/4i), of Box 23,Tuckerman, Ark-. _ Here, y€tll 1ei. yousee for yourself . Herets how he itrrit.esUS: ttJusE a not.e to let. you know I rmgeEting the 'Taro Leafr'and it, is thehighlight of the day - My only regreE isthat. I have missed 3omething ieal-goodfor over 30 vears -

_ "I would -probably never had heardif I had not, come across a little

request. by you, in either a V.F.W. orThe. American Lggion magazine - wanLingto hear from those who-served in the -24Lh.

"I am now very proud t.o carry amembership card of t,he associaEion andbe associaEed and numbered once againwith Ehose who now serve or who hiveserved in the glorious 24th Inf.Div."I stilI proudly display the 'TaroLeaf I shoulder patih albng-with ot.herson my V.F.W. cap - and I will be forevergrateful for the group of men who serveas officers and siaff- of the 24th Div.Assoc. keepilg iE alive and bringing t.ome jgy and pleasure which comes iit[Ehe 'Taro Leaf'- ^_ "My son who is now serving with the101st Inf. at Ft.. Campbell. -He sentme a copy of tlnfantrjrr with an articleabout the 24th. It sive a verv briefhistory of the divislon as weli as what.it is doing now at Ft..Stewart,. It alsohad a picture of 4 members of Ehe 2ndBn 19th Inf. Reg., rThe Rock ofChicanragua ' , my-oid outf it.. "

-.Terrlflcl i Dues ln from HANKECoNSTANTTNO, (C Ztsr '43-,45), of4204 Staatz, youngsr@n, Ohi;: and heEhrorrs ln a hefty-"exEra for itamps,etc." Very considerat,e, Hank; weare grat,eful. Hank and Edtth'have 3 -Karen, Sharon and Darren. TaIk abouEalllteration - meet, the alliEeratingConstantlno t s.

Frlend of ours in t,own here answeredhis doorbell and found a rnan with agun and a noEe saylng he was a deaf-mut,eTuggeT. Says frlend: "Irmedlately IIooked on the brlght side. I toliuryself , !-At least-he wontt tite ttregEereo | . "

fs Vruon!llruom!

Make all the noise you want,. We haveanother "g"ir" - BURNEiT M. TABoR,(F 34rh - L/44 - 2/45), of Box 50,Crossville, Tenn-., cgmes in through Ehegood efforts of "Bud" COLLETTE, wf,onever sEops working for us.

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"Mokes you wonder if they reolly woni our suggestions."

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DRIEFIn brief , !€'re get,ting mail

returned on Ehese Life Members. We'lIgive you-the last known address on each,and ask for your help in locat,ing them:FRED WEHLE,

1732 Whitestone, CrofLon, Md.FRANCIS HARREL,

3315 S.Gate, Alexandria, Va.DONALD CUNNINGHAM,

5113 Camden, MAdison, Wis.JA},IES MALLEY,

244 Collins, tl,artford, CTJERRY WoRTHEN,

40I S.State, Bellingham, Wash.GEORGE GREEN,

1301 l,larkeE, E.St.Louis, I1I.ELMER SHAW,

Box 102, WhiEmore Lake, Mich.

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Inagine leaving that clown,Sir Anthony Blunt, the self-admittedspyr !o hang around England as theQueen'-s gwn art curator for 15 yearsafter being discovered. He was- one ofthe gang of 4-remember those fnrit,-cakes, Burgess and Maclean, andtheir palsy-walsy Kim Philby? -A nice kett.le of fishi Morb of rheartwork of the flaming liberals of fheworld.

A BETTERBREAKFOR YOU

Nice words in from CoI.LAURENCE T.AYRES, (C0 2nd Bn 19rh, G-3 SecE.'55-'56), of 3000 Susquehanna, Austin,Tex.- He says he's still waging warin "assisting CounEy Judges developcivil protection p1ans. He's PlanningOfficer for the state of Te:<as. WtraEhit hard though was his congraEulatlonson our effort followed by a t'but" -"but I search each issue'for news ofmen in Korea during 154-'55. Won'tthey join up?" And we answer you,Lurry, that they're hard to come byas members. It has been so since"Korea". -LeErs face iL; thosechaps don't have a very good tastein their mouths and anything thatsmacks of the military is forblddenfruit.

StteReport

fusr one laokis all it talq5.One look, they say, is all iE takes.

!,laybe you can take a look on thisone. Brand spankine new membersdB' sYdM, - f sT';d-ilie .

- ia6l"5oi :

o^f 32 Pelham, MarlEon, N.J. ls lookingfor BURTON B. CORNELL and LOUIS P.TERHAAR, neither of whom are members.Anyone got an dope?

fcddlng BelL Rtnglng EorCltoettYoutre in the Army now, youtre not

behind a pIough..." The lyrics do notsay it, but chances are you are notsingle eitherl Since the end of thedraft. more than six years ago, ehe all-volunLeer Army has become a forceIargely composed of poor, black, andmarried soldiers.

Sociologist Charles C. Moskos, Jr.analyzed official records and spent. twomonths int,erviewing t.roops. He foundthat the people now att.racted to Armyservice Eend Eo be poorly educated.They typically have little int,erest inpostponing marriage to pursue furthereducation or esEablish a career. Theresult: married enlisted men increasedfrom 36 percenE in 1965 to 57 percentin 1976, with mosE of the change comingafter the end of the draft.

Married life, combined wiEh Armysalaries that make iE possible fornearly one-third of single enlisEed mento rnaintain their own off-base aparL-menEs, has cont,ributed to an "ebbing ofbarracks lifer" says Moskos. It alsohas fostered a different kind ofmilitary with a "shockingly high"aEtrition rate.

New site it is for RALPH andFrances LANDRY, (I9th & MP r50-Itrs now Box 58, Maywood, CaI.a ret.ired chief warrant. in theForce. The Air Force? The AirRalph? ? ?

Any day, we hear from ED and IreneVASQUEZ, (A 3rd Eng. | 44-t 46') . of4949 Denny, N.Ho1lyuood, Cal., it.rs apleasure. Ed and Irene'are bick fromyi:i-t]1g r_e_latives in Germany. Gerurany?VA,SQUEZ? With relatives in Germany?O.K., if you say so Ed. Ed and Ir6nelvant a west coast convent,ion. Werretlying Eo lay the groundwork for suchrighL_ now. It, takes planning, folks,and thaE means t.ime. -you cailt, rush-a thing-like Ehar., if it is to be asuccess I I Stay tunedl I

'51) .Ralphr s

AirForce,

- -rtem out of ilr"gazlne, Ehoughr-lyfly sent, to us by BOB-JOHNSONs:4!h_INF.-REGI.,CO- F, Vlcror W. Moore,P.O.Box 2O2, YLrgle, Ky. 4L572, would-Iike Eo hear from men he served wlthfrom 1940 to 1945, especlalLv MlchaelPodinsky and Charles taffel.- Werretrylng for you, Vlct,or, we're trylng.

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Eniovable set, of noEes recelved fromcHARLES',"Blr1" MANNTNGER, (e C K 34th,Ho. & Hq. Co., 3rd Bn., 34th andHd. & Hd. Cos. gra Bn.and 2nd Bn. 2lsttziT-'sl) of 5009 LaMedera, EI Monte,

-Callf . -Bf f f was ref lect,lng on some of

hls Dlvislon days wLth some hlghllghtswhlch went, Ilke t'hls:

"Several days afEer out firsE fight atChonan, we hai wlthdrawn Eo the souEhand had lost aLI contact wlt'h the enemy.Thls slEr:atlon was resolved with theorder from General Dean to advance untilcontact was made with the enemy.

ttStaadlng along side t'he road- wlth ryboss, MaJoi Booni Seegerr -I Eook noEethat-the-jeep I was t,o rlde ln wouldconEaln a-drlver, Ehe l'Iajorr a Runner,and a Korean Lieutenant. (Int,erPreEer).Iuuredlat,ely behind was a HeadquartersConnno truci< wlth just, a drlver and aRadio operaEor. I suggest,ed to theMaior that, as long as-we were all goingin-the same dlrecElon, that, I might asweII rlde ln the 3/4 ton, where itwouldntt be so crowded.

"The ieep and Ehose in lt, were neverseen agiln'- thelr disappearancerenalnE a syst,ety t,o th-is-day. A foot-noEe to thli sto-ry - Maj . Seegers hadbeen a pllot ln Wi.I II and, aE-EhereauesE of his mother to get lnto aiafer branch of Service, had transferredto the ArEv.t'T'here aie manv stories I could 8e11,havlng served wlth the 24th as longas I dld."Mai. Seegers, havlng been ln the

Alr Forcer-hadnrE the fogglesE notion

""-to-"ta! " FuIl Fleld-InspecELonr was.Nevertheless, he ordered one for theflrst Saturdiy afEer he Eook over as S-3of the Reglmeirc. Ttre great, day arrived.The Eroopi were drawn up on the Paradesround at Camp Mqrer. Me and my littleiotebook rrere follorvlng along behind hlm.

t'Stoooinq in front of a Private, hesald, t3.r[.a.rt - Eake Ehls man's n€rme.fiis rrta".rEar ls not folded correcEly.'I could see that lt was correct, butwtro was I to qay. 'fEFPrivate-spoke up.tslr - the underrrear ls correcL .Looking down at Ehe rnan, the Major said,tPrivaEe, did I ask you a questlon?'rNo Slrr. twell, Ehen....why am IceEtlns an ansrcer? | He then proceededEo flnii everythlng hrrong buE the way hisghoe laces were tied.

If you would Ilke to knon hor^r the 34thgoE to- Korea, I can assure you that it,ias purely by accidenE.

"Sunday nlght., July 2nd - Irm aE homeln Sasebb - the wife ls putulng theklds to bed. Itve goE a quart, ofCanadlan Glub, which I'd been nurslngall day, and a good book. The Phonerings. 'Sergeant, geE ouE t,o camP.'twhat. for?t 'Never mind, Just come onout.' Irm Operatlons Sgc. for theregiment and when the wife asks what

the phone call ls all about, I teII herthat- I guess the Schedul-e for the weekls messed up. When I arrive, Ehe placeis toEal bedlam. Itrs Sunday, andevervone has either been at thePrivltes CIub, the Non-Coms Club or theOfficerrs Club all day so you can glresswhat thls means. No bne knors who hasthe keys to Ehe Anrno Caves. Everyoneis runnlng in nine direcElons at onceand in the midst of all this crazinesswe are Eold we are gol-ng Eo Korea andfor everyone to be sure and Pack aclean set of Class Ars, and a set ofBrass, because when these NorEh Koreansreallze that they're up against AmericanEroops, theyrll surrender, and theywanu u3 t,o have a nice set of Class A'sfor the Vlct,ory Parade in Seoul. Aswe rr:mble through Sasebo in the dark,headed for the docks, a huge signappears, hanging from Ehe railroadoverpass - 'HeIp Ehe AmericanscelebraEe their FourEh of JuIY...Aerial Dlsplaysl Fireworks! 'Foot races!Lit,t1e did-we- reaLLze horrz true all ofthese things would be in a few day-s tWe arrive at, the Dock - the only shipavallabIe is an IST glven to the Japaneseby the Naoy, and not a soul on boardcbuld speak English. As Ehe saYinggo"s, 'irle sailEd with the Tider.Halfway to Pusan a navy destroyer comesouE of- the dark and challenges ourshlp. 0f course, the Captain hollersbacL in Japanese, and si-nce the swabbiesdontt kncnr-Japanese from Korean, theydecide we are the enenY and try toram us. Having run this obsEacle,

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we arrlved in Pusan. Aft'er spending Ehenight in an open field, we loaded ourequipment and ourselves on a traln goingndrth, and I can assure you that lt wasnot a comforEing feeling to see the 34thheaded north, while what appeared to bethe entire South Korean Army headedsouEh. One sight, that I'11 never forget- a train passed us loaded with Koreansoldiers - the last ear was a flat carand land mines were stacked up in heapsall over the car, and a soldier wasstandlng at the rear, franticallYdropping mines off Ehe back end, beEweenEhe tracks, and I idly wondered justwhat the heII they were supposed EostoD. And so. hle wenE off lnEo bat.tle.

'As you have probably noted, I'm atwo-fingered typist, and rny fingershave a bad habit of gecting ahead ofmy braln, buE thought you mighE find alit,t,Ie humor in this noEe."

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I.Ie Eipped you Eo the fact thatNaElonal Enquirer called us fromFlorlda checking on -the how and whyof JIM GARNER eirned a pH in Korea.In ttRockford Flles", he was foreverbelng beaten up, slugged, mugged andzapped. Here's whaE he t,old BarbaraWalter - She would get into it, -on a recenE ABC special:

"Rlght ncnrr I tm'getting over aconcussion and a few stliches ln thehead and Irve goE a ruptured vertebra -a dlslntegrating disc -ln the neck. Igot three ln the lorer back. I havebroken three, four ribs, most knuckles,!oth- kneecaps - we were fighting EheNorth Koreans and I was golng s6uLh -I got shoE ln the rear end. -And, ofcourse, the knees - I got six lniisionsln them. The feeE? Tf,ey're iusthanging there. Irm constantlf ln pain.I have arthritls in ury back aird myknees and rry hands. i had ulcers'thisYlar - once an ulcer patient,, always anulcer patient. I get-depressed. Verry."

But Garner can stlll crack a goodline in splt,e of his troubles. tlhenWalters asked lf herd ever do a nudescene, he sald: t'Godr DOr I dontE dohorror- films. They couldntE sEand thescars. t'

"l don't know, doc. I think I've been in the field too much lotely."

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Brig.Gen. GEORGE R. STOTSER assumedduty as AssistanE Divislon Conmander(l'I,aneuver) of the Division on 2 June1980. General St,oEser was bornAprll 21-, 1935 in Lawrenceburg, Tenn.,and has more than 23 years of act.iveservice in the Army. He was appoint.edEo the rank of brigadier generalJune 1, 1979.

He was formerly assigned as DepuEyDirect.or, Operations, National tlilitaryConmand Center, G-3 OperaEions Direc-Eorate, OrganLzaEion of JoinE Chiefs ofStaff, WashlngEon, D.C. Prior to thathe served as AssistanE Director,Operatlons and Readiness DirecEorat.e,Office Deputy Chlef of Sraff forOperaEions and Plans, U.S.Army,WashlngtonrD.C. SEoEser ls a graduaEeof the Infantry School, Basic andAdvanced Courses, the Command and StaffCourse at the Naval War College andthe Unit,ed StaCes Army War College. Heholds a Bachelor of Science Degree inBlology and a Masters Degree in Educa-t.ion from Middle Tennessee StaEeUniversiEy, Murfreesboro, Tenn. Hehas earned the Silver Star, Legion ofMerlt, Bronze Star Medal, MeritoriousService Medal, Air Medals, ArmyConrnendation Medal wiLh two oak leafclusEers, CombaE InfanEryman Badge,Senior ParachuLisE Badge and Ranger Tab.

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WALT CUNNINGHAM Just called ln hissEorx/ of the Haturerllck Clock.

SLems as though Hans Schllmrel haddled; the nephews were gaEhered for thereading of the w111.

The room was quieE as the lanyerwas readlng lt aloud - "To my nephew,Rudy Hlrmel, I glve $1251000" - andRudy's eyes brlght,ened.t'To ,i, nephei, Ludnlg Hanrrner, rglve $1501000" - and Ludwig beamed allover.

Then came, ttAnd to Ey nephew,Fritz Krelner, I leave rry HauurerllckClockt' - and Frltzle's jaw dropped,almost to the floor.

Frltz plcked up hls clock andsEarted to walk home - most disconsolate.Why, oh why?

On the way, he stopped off at a bar,st,ill with the Harnrnerlick under hisarm. Drawlng hls beer, and notlclnghls obvlous depression, Ehe barEenderasked of hlm, t\{hatts the matter, Frttz,whatrs t,roubllng you?t' And Fritzleresponded by telllng hlm about belngcheated by hls late uncle, hor all he'dgoEten was this - Hamrerllckclock.t'A Hamrerlick. you say?" exclalmedthe barEender excltedlyr' "That's aHarurerlick? LeE me seL iE!"

Frltz handed hlm the cIock.'Y"p, thatrs a Harmerlick all rlght.

You know I knor somethlng about theseclocke myself; I was born ln Harurerllck.This ls tertalnly a Harmerllck - probablyworth a quarEer bf a mlIIion."

FrLtz almost feII off Ehe stool.tntJhat?t' he crled out."I said ltrs probably worth a quarter

of a mllllon, buE walE a mlnuEe . . .,and he sta116d for a few seconds. "BuEthis one doesn't go 'Tlck-Tock'; lt,iust, soes tTIck-TLck-Tlckf. There's nolTicklTockt. IE's probably worthless.Tell you whaE yourd'better- do; youtdbetEei go dorn to Stamford, ConnecElcuE'and see-Rudolf Yahn, probablY theworldrs besE repair:rran on Hasmerllcks.He'Il fix iE foi you, if anyone can."

So off Eo Stamford went FriEzie,seekins out Herr Yahn whom he found atwork it a lit.t.le back room full ofclocks, all going'Tlck-Tock-Tlck-Tocki.

Fritzle explained hls pllghE to EhelittIe German, hon hls Hamrerllckprobably wasn't worth anythlng becauseir onlv'went "Tlck-rlck-ttck-Ilck".

Her'r Yahn llstened, vety sympathetl-cally. Then he looked up at Frlt,ziehalf-assurlngly, half-consollngly, andsaid, "Oh don't you verry, sonny, ve hefvays of maklng iE Eock."

"rf you t.t,, il-ll.an idea in Lhisworld today, 8eE a committee working;;-ii." " (c.F.KiEtering)

"l roid, 'l'vc boo dolirlg dthircruil. fd toru -

why ir ityrou prcplo ncvcr inih?"'

)Mxssagx to all mxmbxrsXvxn Lhough our tYPxwritxr- is an

old modxl, iE works Quitx wxll xxcxpEfor onx kxy. Wx havx wishxd rnany-tinxs that- it, would work pxrfrxctly.Thxrx arx 45 kxys that function wxllxnoush. but iust onx not working makxsttrx diifxrxnix. Somxtimxs it sncmsrtrat ttris organization is som:<whaE likxour Lypxwritxr; noE all t'hx pxoplx ..-arx w'o'rking. i'ou say to yoursxlf , "Iam only oni pxrson. - I don't rnakx orbrxak i progiam," buE it doxs gak* adiffxrxntx Sxcausx an association Eobx xffxctsivx nxxds thx participationof xvxrv Dxrson rxlaLxd- to iE. So thxnxxt ti-ix^you think you 8EX^rroE nxxdxd';;*tb; aird say to Yoursxlf , "r'm akxv pxrson in oirr orlanizat'ion and amrr*i"^mrch nxxdxd." GxE thx m>cssagx?Tar6 Lxaf nxxds all t'hx hxlp it can gxt.

Erica Jong, whose Fear of FlYingshoured her appreelation for thlngslusty as weli-as Iitserary, is not abouEt,o disappoint next Eime out. Her up-coming novel, set in the 18t'h Century'Fannyl Being the True History of theAdveiruures 6f Fannv Hackabout-Jones, isdue in Aug. Wetve'learned that theheroine. Fannv. is inEroduced as(among 6ther tirings3 "a woman of theEown, a tart, a bawd, a wantonr abawdy-basket, a bird-of-the-game, a bltof stuff, a butEered bun, a cowr a-daughter-of Evet a EaY-EirI, a higb:-flyEr, a high-rolleir- a-hussy, a j111'a iudv. a iue, laced Erutton' llft-skirt,s,rrEnt' 6'toi"i merry legs, mlnx,- moll,moonlighter, morsel, mutEon-brokertnlght-Elrd, nightpiece, nymph ofdaikness, nymph of the pavemenE,pet,Elcoat, -ptttcup, plllor-maEe, Pllch-irlce, poielcllmber, prancer' qualIr.iluiet'mbuse and Queen.t' Yeah, thaErsi tot of woman. What else ls she?

"What men obcain too cheaP theY.esLeem too 1ittIe." (Thomas Paine)

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_LasE June Brig.cg!: HENRY DOCTORTJR.,lelcomed Brlg.Gen. cEoRGE R. ST0iaif,.;---'the new assistant dlvlsion commander'(maneuver), Eo the

-oi"i"io"]---rn"-ceremony lncluding an II gun salut,e washeld on Trent, Fleld. (U.5.Arury photoby John Mart,ln)..<

We.-Eold you about reading "A SoldlertsStory" by G-eneral of the Ariry Onar N.Bradley. We caught this on !g. 227. It,Eells the st,ory of why Mai.Gen. ROSCOE B.W0ODRUFF wag "ienE hoire" Erom the ETObefore he appeared at the Dlvlslon CPon LevEe.

"O?erlord", the No::urandy lnvaaion planwas ln the works and Bradley descrlbei ltthus I

'By reason of lcs early arrlval lnEngland, Gerow's V Corps

-feII helr t,othe Onaha assault. Indeed Gerow hadbeen working on a plan for assault slnceC0SSAC publlshed lt,s 0VERLORD out,Ilne.The two addlt,lonal corps with thelrlncumbent comnnders had been orderedby Devers from Ehe United States. VIICorps r:nder Major General Roscoe B.Woodruff was to dlrect the Utah assaultforce whlle XIX Corps under }lajor GeneralWi1lIs D. Crlttenberger would fo1lmGeron lnt,o Ooaha beach. Although OVER-LORD was to be Geroprs flrst, major combaEoperatlon, I had no qualms ln enErusEingOmah4 to hlm. Not only was he consci-enElous, self-confldent, and steady, buEhe was thoroughly schooLed ln Ehe OVER-LORD olan.

"H'orever, wlth Crlt,Eenberger andWoodruff boEh cuttlng thelr t.eeth on Ehesnme lnvaslon, Elsenhocer and I doubuedthe wlsdom of entrust,lng the enElre U.S.assault, to an lnexperlenced trlo. BothCrlttenberger and Woodruff had come EoEngldnd wlEh dlstlngulshed records; both

had been ruy long-tlme friends. Butnelther had as yet experienced combatcormand ln World War iI. Thls was myonly prejudice agalnst. them. Certaiirlv!.hey merit,ed tryouts and I would have 'been happy to have had elther or both ina sltuat,ion where the stakes were lessdecisive.t\Ihlle Eisenhorer and I were wornrinsover these reservations, GeneralM,arshall radloed SHAEF. There wereavailable in the UnlEed States twoseasoned division cormnanders, each with aPaciflc campalgn to hls credlt and eachcapable of taking a corps. He asked ifwe wanted them; we radioed that, we did.Thus CriEt,enberger and Woodruff weresacrlficed that, we mlght beEEer insuresuccess on the OVERL0RD landlng.Crlteenberger went, t,o Ita1y and Woodruffto the Paclflc. Each was subsequentlyglven a corps and both of them proved- ourepprehenslons complet,e ly unj ust-lf ied.They worked out magnlfitently ln combat,."

The two dlvision co"*ande-rs who weresenE t,o EngLand as replacement,s of coursewere MaJ.Gen. J. Lawt,on Collins, whoconmsnded the 25th at, Guadalcanal, andMaJ.Gen. Charles H.CorIetE, who cormnndedthe 7th at Kwajaleln. Colllns, ofcourse, went on to write hls om recordln Ehe ETO. CorleEE, on the other hand,assr:med comnand of the XIX Corps butwas hospltallzed in December o-f r44 wiEhan alIlng sEomach and returned t,o EheZI - remember EhaE one, "ZT"? Threelaps around Ehe track if you can't Erans-lat,e lt.

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tes rua,rt, (24rh Mp 'So-5t), of5598 Cypress, Forest Park, Ga., wasthere and took this one shoring theTaejon t'l,assacre. If you don't kncxs what.iE represenEs, then you arentt up onyour hisEory. Thank you for seniling itto us, Les ___

_PHIL MURPI{Y, (Dlv.Hqs. '42-'45), of247 Soule, Wllbraha., MA, found aTlffany ad ln the New York Tlmes. HesenE lt, on wlth the noEe I t"IhLs shouldbe reproduced in evety good paper lnthe gountrT, startlng with the TaroLeaf". Weii, here g6es, phll. Thebody of the ad read:

IS U{TLATTON rHE REAL

- N9, it, is noE. Inflatlon is sinplythe inevitable, flnal resulE of ourfollies. What, then, are the realcauses of this national calamlty?

Here They Are:1. Spending exorbltant sums of

Eaxpayers' money urrrisely byour government.

2. Inhibltlng the inltlatlves ofthe people wlEh frust,rat.lngbureaucratic regulaElons.

3. Taxing savl-ngs and capltalformat.lon t,o death.

4. Tinkerlng wlth the economlcmachlnery with unsound panaceas.

5. Government programs which havecreat,ed crltlcal shortages ofessenEial mat.erlals and energy.

6. Givlng away bllllons of dollarst,o foreLgn governmenLs.

7. Forsaklng.our rellglous herltage,noE only ln our schools, buEeverlmhere, tbg", accentuat,ingcrlqgr- lnmorallty, greed and -self lshness.._

After all is said and done, therersmore said than done.

Ulews olOur Bemders

Herets cne view anyrray - itrs MIKEand sALLY^LM, (13rh F '4L_'45), ofBox. 307, C,)ttage Grove, Ore . , wittrEnerr dauglrEer Janet. and Jan,s newhusband Hul>bard Nims.

LOIJJD &CLEARIt was loud and clear from newlv-

jglned BILL CIMMINO, (K 34 '48-'51), of301 Hollbr9_okr Quincy, !IA. In writingabout the Christmas 3eason, he said: -"This irasn t t the t,ime of yiar when the3 mosE frequently used woids were'Peace on Earch'. This time around ithras rBat,teries not, includedrt'.

werve o."o t""il" book by E.J.IGhnt,itled The Blg Drink. It's the Coea-Colastory. Fascinating reading ---buE - .He says ttr,rE Coke did indeed "go towar" as Eh,: st,i-rring ads read in thosedays. Bot,E,ling plants were set up ln10 war zoni3s and several of the plantsmoved fomrrrd with the fronE Ii-nes.Is this Ehrr war we were in? He claisrsthat trBeEwr:en Pearl Harbor and V-5 [lay,GI's gulperl 10 billion drinks of Coke,3 billion of them bot,tled overseas".Suddenly, {ls we siE here reading thls,wonderment comes over us. Suddenly wecantt remernber seelng any Coca Colaanywhere br:tween Mi.lne Bay and TalooaBeach. IE occurs to us that, we sau ourfirst Cokes at Matsuvama ln the winterof r45. mr*, readin[ do you have onthis all-ilrportant subject?

TacE: 'Ihe aru of maklng guest,s feelaE home whrrn that,'s where you wlsh theyIrere.

The wealcer sex ls the stronger sexbecause of the weaknegs of the strongersex for thr: weaker sex.

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Stunned were I^Ie when Joan FARRIERwrote us of TOMrs passlng on lastJune 18th. Tom was 2+rh-Sig. '49-'51.Writing us from 1030 Unlon, Reading,Pa., Joan said: t'Tom was hospitalizedfor two weeks and one day, released ona Saturday and re-admitted thefollowing Monday, taking an unexpectedEurn for the worse. Monday they gavehim a 50-50 chance but by Tuesdaynight I held no hope. His liver failedand then his kidnep shut down. Ireceived a call at. 3:40 a.m. that hehad just "slipped away" aE 3:30 a.m.IE was very peaceful. I find comfortln Ehat he did not suffer lons. Heis now at peace with our son *l'Iike"who was killed by an auEomobile atas,e 4\ on 8- L2-5i ."- Born in Reading, Tom was.a son ofEhe late Irvin and Theresa (wolfe)Farrier.

He was employed as a special deputyin the Berks CounEy Shefiffs Office.

Surviving are his wife, Joan M.(Young) Farrierl two daughterslPatricia Impink, and Linda, wife ofRonald Eppihimer, boEh of Reading;Lwo grandchildren.

ALso a sisEer, Mrs. Virginia LuLz,and Ewo brothers: PeLer M. and PauIFarrier, all of Reading.

Came the inevitable closing of ourfile on good Tom Farrier, and wefound th6se words in Tomrs last letEerLo us:

"I think of the one thing that lwill never forgeE about mY servicewiEh the 24Lh.

"In my thoughts at this early -3:30a.m. hou-r, it f,as crossed my mind thatperhaps Ehere are only a few people ouEthere-who know Ehat after Inchon andDivislon reentered Taejonr we cameacross a church where Erenches had beendue. South Korean civi-lians werestindine wiEh Eheir hands tied behindtheir blcks. Thev had been coveredwiEh dirt, up to about Ehe groin andshot down.ttAlso on the floor of ghe churchbasement, theY were Piled three andfour deep. I had Photos- of thesethings birt lost them. Theref ore-, - I haveno pioof. It is one hell of a thingt.o remember. tt

Tom Farrier lived and relived hisbitter Korean experiences, over andover.

And now he is aE Peace.

IE was Geraldine MARCY who gave usthe t.ragic ner^/s of her beloved R0Y'spassing. Colone1 Roy, (C 2lst 143-t45)was "Pappy" Eo those-of us who knewand loved him besE. Jerri, writingfrom 206 T\uin View, Sequim, Wash.,wrote it. this way:

"My Roy died instant.ly, as he wasmaking a cup of coffee, Aug. 15, L979.I had a leEter from Bud Collet.teyesEerday telling about a reunionin California and I found a photo ofhim and his wife in Taro Leaf. I'veclipped it. I wrote Bud details ofRoyts life since retirement,. Ifsoineone can gain from Royrs efforts,iE will pleaie me. He whs no quitEer!

"I always read every Taro Leafbut wilL noE be renewing, Ken. Icannot geE involved ln it, when my manis no longer around to discuss it.You can understand.

"our Sequim (Str^rim) area is perfect.We built on a 50 ft.. bluff overlookingthe St.rait of Juan de Fuca. fiind or^breeze is always present. 68' Lo 72-is high temp. Snow faIls but seldomhits the ground.

"Today is pure fog right Eo thebluff -, but Ehe house and yard arein sunshine. There is a 5 mlle widestrip called the banana belt (whatelse?). I.Je are in it.

"LighEhouse is on end of the 6 mileIong natural spit. - 2 L/2 mlles out fromdeck.

"ME.St.Helents is 120 miles awayby Ehe crow. We, in Sequim' heard itblast off - ; sounded like Givil Warcannons - 5 blastsl but way off

"I had Royts ashes scattered at, Ehelighthouse area. The end of the sPiLhas lovely booming wave acEion, andwe loved to listen as we sEood inthe door way or on deck. Ee is vervnear me - (Ls I see it. )

-G, your Taro Leaf is qulEe an

operaEion of 1ove, and I want You toknow, we always EhoughE so. Roy wouldtalk abouffiFz4Eh, more than he wouldwrite about, it. Men jusL aren't, as arule, Ehe letEer writers that women are(or have to be).'

"Everyone Ehanks you for your worklI'm looking fffil E.o your book andit will be"our son's bi'rthday gift.

"I have BILL VERBECK's coPY of24th Dlv. book. If PeggY comes toEhe reunion, give her a-hug for me."

Werre noE forgetEing You, Jerri -and we understand PerfectIY.

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Deceased, date not certain:JAMES N. COLLOP, 5th RCT. Woundedat. Chingu, Sept. L7, 1950 andevacuated.

Deceased, *ilf rr,HAMMON, of 2L27 N.Pine,Ken was 13th Field.

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KENNETH W.Rosemead, CaI.

Deceased: 0n Jrme 2I, 1980, atY9ro, Ore., FBANK C. SAYRS, of'the19th Inf.

-Died, Feb. 28, 1980 - DALE W. ROBY,

beloved husband of Jan Roby, of1830 Idlewood Dr., East. Point, Ga.Dale was a reE,ired USA Captain, havingenlist.ed in '38 . In | 45-\ 46, he wasassigned to Gannon, 19ch and receiveda bat,Elefield corrnission on 5-28-45.Jn I 50- ' 51 , he was as s igned t.o C ,5th RCT. He was awarded the pH sevenEimes. n

We all join in ext.ending heartfeltsympaEhies Eo ANGELO G. ROMEO,(B 19th t4l--145), of 422L 19 way EasE,New Port Richey, Fla. in the loss ofhis beloved wife Margaret last,Feb.8th.

Bro. RAYMOND T. GOODSON, OSST, ofHoly Trinlty MonasE.ryr BalElmore, Md.died on June 10, 1980 ln V1cEorla, Tex.He was buried ln HoIy TrlnlEyMonasEery Cemet,ery in Plkesvllle, Md.Bro. Goodson waa a member of the 3rdEnglneers ln r52 and,r53.

From FLOYD E. EYLER (L 2lsr. t42-144),of 234 St,rick1er, Waynesboro, pEorcomes thlsl "4, UttlL noEe to teli youof the death of a former member of '24Eh Dlv.: Chester ylngst, a lst Lt,.L Co. 34th Inf . tte dled 4-lO-80aft,er a long lllness. He often told mehe was a friend of ED HENRyrs. Theyworked courEs mart,lal EogeEher ln 1945.He was also a venr good frlend andnelghbor of mlne.r' -(Ed.not,e: CheEYlngst, we regret. Eo report, was noEan Assoc. member. )

Died on .l,rrr" il.9792 aL Ft,.Edroard,N.Y. - JOHN J. SAVASTA who served l_nH of the 19th from |4L-'43. Johnnywas with us at. our West Polnt. gathLring.

A11 of ue w111 nlss Mllburn Stone,beloved Drrc Adrtrts of "Gunsmokett, who-dled last June llth aE age 75. Thecharacter of the gruff buc fatherlymedlc became almogt a real tdentltyas he pul,Led out the bullet,s frm thebaddles as well as the goodles.

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