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The publlcaElon "of, by and for those rho served or nowserve" the Unr.ted States 24th Infanrry Dlvtslon, and publlshedfrequently bt, the 24Eh INFANT&,Y DIvIsioN AssocIATIoN;hoseofflcers are!Presldent:friGEE?fTwat,son (E lgth '42-'45)RR 2 - Box 19, Dalevllle IN 47334. .......Tel. 3L7-378-3721Vice Presldent:ffi (c 21sE 150-'52)836 Mlddletorn Av., North Haven CT 06473........?e1. 203-239-3405Sec tv. -Treag. -Edltor !Rerrdo odX o r-s-IUIt;EEI' 4 4 - | 47 )120 Maple SE., Sprlngfield !,lA 01103-2278..,Off, Tel. 413-733-3194

Home Tel. 413-733-3531Chaolaln:J6:5i$E-T-PeyEon ( 19rh'43-'45)1405 Belmore Ct., Lutherville MD'21093.. .TeI. 30I-321-6448

IE was voted, at the annu€rl businessmeetlng at L-IV to give a Life Membershipto t'Ir. -LEE A. TELESCO, Consultant Inter-national RelaElons, San Mlguel CorPoraElon,PO Box 271, Manlla, Phillpplne Islands.

Lee was a key man in Manila at Ehe tlmeof the Baguio fire. He was the influenceon Philipplne Alr Lines by which --they setaside selts for our gang on the flrst,fllght home. For tshis and a host of othernicEties, the membershlp voted st'ronglyin favor of bringing him into-.our fold"We say, ttl.Ielcome aboard, Lee."

We "of the easEt' -- sounds like at'lasonic lodge, doesnrt it? who made Ehei.e,x-p"ity lil iune were gifted with Mexicant"c"'ur .lottNuy nosiNsoN"(c tgth '42-'45),oi-!Si'r sE., BrawIeY CA. we decided"..it.t using any

pitcurgs, Johnny --. but;;;;;;"-i.riirit irevert'heless -- and we'are grateful.

1985 - 1985

Perslan Gul"f and MlddLe East.In tshe lasE Bright SEar exercise i-n

1983, 7000 U.S. ErooPs staged maneuversln Sudan, Somaliar Oman and EgYPt.

Good friend GoL. JOHN MCNEILL has leftSt,ewarE after 3| years -- gone to CorrnandInformat,lon in the Pentagon. He and Cecileand the 3 chlldren leave SEerrart, withmany fond memories. He dld a lot for ourAssociation.

Ret,lred from GE aft,er 35 vears --ITERBERT KINGSBURY (C 34th '43-'45) of1368 EvergreenrSchnectady I,|Y.

Enjoying themselves at L IV -- Louiseand Judge GENNARO FISCHETTI. Judge, youridea on doing someEhing for the familiesof Ehose we lost at Baguio was noble --and wette gonna do something -- buE noE alottery!

At. L IV' Col. FRITZ WEBER andDON KNAPTON. Love Ehose colorful shirts;they helped to make Ehe party Lhe successwhich it was.

Lt.Col. ROBERT and Jo GerErude BARRY'(qu a75o:iz/So)' are nor^, aE ?10 w'Canal,iir* ii"iuo., ri'::so: (tet. 934-3870)

We just "worked" a list. of 224 POWfsof Kor6a davs. Mail return as I'noE at,"on I43. thltts worse than 5O%. Do us afavor, please. DonrL send us any moreliscs Ehat are 30 or so years old. Spareus Ehis ri-dlculous expense, not to mentioneffort in man hours.

Brtght Star r85, ln Augustr was EhelargesE mid-east, exercise ever. About9006 Amerlcan troops, lncluding 1000 fromDivision (elements from Dlv.Hq., lstBrlgade Hqs., a Eank battalion task forceand-Suppoit groups) t,ook Part,.

ThrLL preiloui Bright Star exerci.seshave been'he1d in the-area, beginnlng in1980. The series was deslgned Eo tralnU.S. troops ln desert, warfare and-Eo per-fect techiriques for the Rapld DeploymentForce, organtzed under Presldent Jlrruy -Gartei to-defend Western interests in the

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'plexl.DrcK wATsoN. Just why peyton, Nortof and watson arestanding escapes us.

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lodayrs trivla: Who pitched rhe lastperfect game in the majbr leagues?

Which came first, Che egg or the hen?PuzzLed a loU of prewar-men;But will someone ever live t,o tellWhich came first,, the whine or the shell?

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Out.going president RAY KRESKY Puts -iE 9" :h9 line to Lhe new

,,OId Man,, who f.ri*""fi has somettriirg of a doubting look. ThqGeneral would have been even more 5f a doubter had he atEended ourannual busi-ness ;;";i;; a few hours earlier. rt. 100ked like some-;iliil-"ilineerea't!-R;ipfi "na ati." Kramden wirh

a lot ofEd N6rton thrown in.

BACK\A/{RD AND FOR\A/{RD

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ries aE L-iV. One nice thingihau voutre noE afraid Eo geEio o.t,rPY Ehe best' of a frame'

Marv (l'lrs. )HELLMAN exchange pleasanL-

"Utirt'to,r= work,PHIL HOSTETTER' is

ifo".-irp and allow Your subjecEs

JACK and Eleanor FINN (34t'h r49-r50)havl moved from Roslindale Lo-2494 Stacena., pty*ouEh I'1A 02360. T!:vlt: in thecror,Its nest looking for OTIS BANNON and""Li.g Tech

Sgt. SADDLEBACK' Thoughts'anyone?

Those wonderful folks, JACK and ArleneHARDIN (24 MP '51-'53), - of^6083 Tiverton'fi;;;,'Columbus oHr IgL 888-3728'- haverJ"tuil"a HARRY w' BARBER of Centerburg'oH:^-iil;';-;11 we have on HarrY untilHarry rePorEs himself in'

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Phot,o courtesy of PHIL HOSTETTER, thlnight Memorial Banquet."company photographer.,'

It took a man Eo do this. At our L_IVbusiness meeLing, AL RIDGE, on one sideof the hall, asked for the speaker of themoment to stand up as he could not, hearhim.. The speaker was JERRY VON MOHR,confined t.o his wheelchair at, t,he opiositeside of the room. Of course, Al did^,rot -knovr -- or he never would have so spoken.AI is naturally cont.rite, his boobob havineDeen macle knor,en to him. A1 writ.esS ,'Ity":_ !|" biggest-misrake of my 1ife. M"yr apologlze publicly through- the Taro LeafEo {er-ry and to eveiT othel Taro Leafer.hle know both men -- intimately. W;--have every confidence that ttris iriff martE,ne end ot this -: tT them, and for us.

You Know yourre Getting OId When:You can make Ehe wrinkles'ut"t vo,, ""uin Ehe mirror disappear-j""-C-Uy'Eaking offyour glasses!HoMER E. DArL;-(; lerh ,50-,51) is

low_aE-375 Wallagq Av., frankiort Ky.Coutdnrr make L-Iv -- ;"ai;;t-iroblems -_and Frankfort was o"fy 5O-*i1.5 ahray.--__Retlred from CA "i.r 35 years --HERB and Erhel KINGSBURi (C ffih-.43_,45)of 1358 Evergreen, Schenect.ay-W.

. From SIDNEY ald Mqry. Jean MTHIS,,(L34 * Dly.nq. '46-.'+6>-.r rli5 u"i,rr,or.,,Waukesha WI, gom-es this, in speaking ofl-lV: "Enjoyed rhe Louisville' reuni6n,Dut feel we could have had more plannedEours of interest,. Too much idl! timestated by all part.ies! Keep us informedon California and its pricei. Would be agreat. Erip!"

l,Ie read you loud and clear, Sid.

,,.,.tr:ih"r_.or"r,-iloNK MoyER (19Eh | 4L_'+4,, rrom tsohragsr__Pa-!9 8ll E.-Bougain_viltea Av.. Tampa'rr. :jOfi:- ili". going,Frankie; you're no d.p;i--'

NELSoN H. cARB;R-?sth RGT ,52-,53), jusrmarried again and in the proceis got'tii---address all mixed up. SeL whai ii can doto you. Try the newlyweds at 2 Hili"ia",Foxboro I'1A.-BOB SML,. ?r 509-T. RidgemonE, peoria,IL wriEes, "Itm still readlng Ehe TaroLeaf from cover-Eo-cover--Ioofing for--

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PETER CROI{BIE, 339th Eng. broughtdelieht to everyone at one of our L-IVe"EhEii"e", coming in as you-know-who'Greac crowd Pleaser.

Earlv to bed and earlY to rise, is asure sign Youtre fed uP with TV'

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"Mesmerizing!"The Division Commander, Maj.Gen.

ANDREI^I L. COOLEY, honored us with hispresence aE L-IV and as you mighE haveguessed was the speaker -- the real 100%speaker -- there were lots of 5% speakerstoo -- at our Saturday night. MemorialBanquet.

There r^ras no copy of the speech avail-able for the report,ers follorrring thespeech -- or even before the speech --so we did the best we could in notingwhaE he said.

Herers what, our notes looked 1ike:GreetingTopicr 24Lh I.D.: Yesterday, Today and

Tomorrow40th Anniversary end of I^rW II --

almost Eo the day.World War II

FirsE t.o fight tradition begins8 killed schofield barracks, 7 Dec.4LShoE down 5 Japanese planes

Success in souEhwest PacificEarned division heriEage aE

at, Hollandi-a, Biak, LeyEe, Mindoro,Luzon and Mindanao.

Leyt.eV.ry hazardous operation because only

light, naval prot.ectionLanding aE Red Beach met heavy

Japanese resistanceCoI. Newman, "Get the hell off che

beach. Get up and get moving.Follcnr me.

Beachhead esEablished, then bloodycampaign of Leyte Valley.

Met and desEroyed the craci< t.roopsof Japanese First Imperial nivisionin Otmor Corridor.

Won dea_9ly batrles ar Breaknedk Ridgeand Kilay Ridge

Fought under Eerrible conditlons:Air sorEies, ttHellish Terraint,

constant rain, meager rations,sickness, snipers

78 Straight, days- of offensive combat(a record in S.W. pacific)Deeds of heroism r^rere conrnonplaceCost: 524 killed, 1785 wounded,

Japanese dead above 7250Earned Name .'VICToRYI' DIvIsIoN

Success in every campaignAcqrJired five campaign streamers

(Cent.ral Pacific, New Guinea. Levte._ Luqop, Southern Philippines)Earned Philippine Presidential Unit

CiEation.Division pride, espriE and symbolism

born because of great, soldiersDivision had 3 Medal of Honor

soldiers and 15 DistinguishedService Crosses

Koreattlgnoredt' war now geEtingrecognition.

Division once again First'Task Force Smith

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Part, of T/2LsLz 2 tLfle comPanies,2 mortar Platoons, anEitankEeams' BaEEery of F.A. -orders-i5;;; ;t,e*-*ir.=" vou flnd them'r'

Engaged enemy aL Osan-540 taromLn vs. 4000 Infantryand 33 T-34 Russian Eanks ofNorth Korea

Fought bravely, absorbed heavy lossestslo,ved down enemY

Their delaying acEibn bought needed time'Division f-ougiit alone in first 3 weeks

of KoreaUniEs surrounded constantly and had

Eo carve or^rn hray outFought ttHuman Wavestt of Koreans

at Kum RiverA11 units, including MPrs, Signal

men, Engineers, etc. had somedirect, combat

.5O IT ANYONE rTEtS THEY'O IIKE TOwlsH THEY'D STTP OUT NOW.'CHATTENGE MY AUTHOTITY, I

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Taej on34th and 19th Inf. vs. two North

Korean DivisionsFew tanks for support, lovr anrnunitionHeld for Ewo days but. at nearly 30

percent. casualties2 Medal of Honor winners here.

Division sacrifices in firsL weeks ofKoreaLosE over 2400 men MIA and tons of

maLerialHad 55 consecut.ive days of combat,But quick deployment. and delaying

act.ion deprived North Koreansof victory

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Later Korean CombaL of DivisionCrossed 38th ParallelReached near Yalu RiverEngaged Chinese conrnunists

Unit Awards and Decorations:Earned 8 camPaign sLreamers

(includes UN defensive, CCFinEervention and 2nd Korean winter)

Awarded 3 Presidential Unit Citations(1 u.s., 2 RoK)

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Weapons and EquiPmenEi{oderirization- increases capabilicy

and equalizes numbersSoldier must be familiarizedHighIY Lechnical no\^l - computers 'lasersE*;;i;;: Ml Tank (Division to get)' MulciPle Launch Rocket

SYsEemToir I'tissi lesAPache and BlackhawkHelicoPters

Exercises-"-lf"i"-tealisEic Eo

Division Tomorrow -- Our Future HopesEven bett.er weaponry3

will get. increased firepower andefficiency

Improved logistics Support3compuLerizat Lon of syst.ems

Advanced training methods:electronic simulat,ion trainingcompuEerized evaluation of Eraining

Tomorrowrs soldier Eo advance ourHeriEage:Achieve continued victoriesProtect. this nat.ion

Challenges we face3Wor1d turmoilChanging t,echnologySoviet threat.

There you have iE in capsule form. youcan teIl from this staccaEb outline thathe covered our st,ory from beginning tot.oday and ended with a bold look iito thefuEure.

Tremendous speech, General Cooley.We salute you -- with pride.

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-North and South Koreansexchange visiE. basis. Lotexchanging lead as they didisn't it.

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are nohT 0n anbeEter than35 years ago,

Sad words from HENRY G. UPFOLD, (fgtfrr53-f54), of Box 5087, Kingsville TX:"I want.ed t,o join but have been hardpressed for money aE this t.ime. I amreEired on disability from the federalgovernment, si.nce Oct. 1971 with emphasemaand cystic disease of both lungs. I amErying to get, service connected on thisand that is the reason I put. an ad in DAVand VFW magazines. I wrote a letter toBob Johnson Eo thank him for the member-ship. It reaIly means a lot, Lo know thatthere are stiIl a lot of people whohaventt forgott.en what comradeship is allabouE. Thank you for the wonderful papersyou sent. They stireed a lot of oldforgot,Len memories. Keep up Ehe goodwork and tcod Bless Your. Needleis tosay, Hank is a member.

- yIC,and Velma REINICK, (F 34Eh t43-t44\ej }ff3.'iil:;,,1;::."1I ;;*li"li:ii:E--'our reunlons. Nothing could U. fartteifrom t,he t,rurh. s"ys'"i"Jr-,,ii the nexr,ole is one Ehe h/est-.coast, f ,ii Ue th;;;if I have to crawl." ttrai'; ;h. spiriE,Vic. See ya.

BrLL NrcHom Er sE 3/s2-slr;;,":;"537..A1abama, Birmingham AL writes:. "Finally g_or my lrtificial leg and amback in the Veterans hospital leirning Eouse iL. Ir11 be here foirr or five dafis--Eakine Eheraov.

"IYd love'to hear from any member ofthe Associat,ion.."I,Iy Life Membership plaEe arrived okayand I'm very proud of- it."Doris and I are planning a trip to

WashingEon, Virginii and Maryland. Weplan to look up Joe Peyton in'MD."BetEer cloie and glt ready Eo do some

walking. "Best luck with the leg, BiIl. Keep

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L-IV stands for our4th Louisville ConvenLion.And this is the Port sideof the banquet head Eable-- o! is it the sEar-board side? In whichPHIL HOSTETTER' our favor-ite phot.ograPher, caughLGarrith N0ntor, our Con-vention Chairmanr s ladY,Chaplain JOE PEYTON,Phvllis WATSON' our newftist, lady, LE.Gen.DoNALD noSsNsruM, whomevelr/one knovrs, and theguest of honor, uheDivision conunander,Mai.Gen. ANDREW L. COOLEY'Cr6at photograPhY, Phil'

NrcK MARASCO, (L 34th '43-'45), of22 Paper MilI St,., Honeoye Falls Ny L4472,has come onto a copy of "Chi-ldren ofYesterday" wiEh Lhe name Lt. BURL F.COURTNEY, L 21sL, on Ehe inside frontcover. IE cosE Nick $80.25. These bookhunters can ask for ouLrageous sums. Wehad one ask us for $100.00 for Ehe samebook. AnywaY Nick is readY Lo seIlif yourre j-nteresEed.

CoI. FRITZ WEBER,Helen SCOTTO, andKate WEBER at. L-IV.

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From MURIEL TINO, long faithful wifeor ilird,- oi rro cottag-e,-Jersey cit'y NJ.o*"" this report: "Mike is okay 99w'^ \ioff*ri"g reclnt hospi-Ealization (in Apr')'W.-""i"UiaEed our 40th wedding anrliversary;; i;;:-rgih;"- Hovv wonderfur vou'Ye-.9.eeT'Murilt, through these long years ot l{i-ke'sproblems. Werre Proud of You'

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one of Helen HOSTETTER,PaL GRUBE. Gosh, but wePhi 1.

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Didja know there are more than 200Japanese resEaurant.s in NYC. Ah so!And we thought. it was the cars t.hey weresending us.

BILL SANDERSON says,such a good memory forEook that Sam Carnegie

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JACK and Mary HELLMANare enjoying themselvesat L-IV. The Baguiopeople, you maY notice,had their own littlebadges Eo signal to theresE as to who theY were.And whaL a joy it was tohave Ehem Eogether atLouisville as well asto be with us. Whau theYhave been uhroughl

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Can I use my I'lasEer Card to PaY mY An American ast.ronauE was poised in hisVisa? capsule, ready

asked, "Hohr do"How would

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to be launched. A reportervou f ee 1? t'

y'ou feelrt' the asLronaut

He was a skilled linguist., a combaEveteran with a top-secret, clearance and animportant job helping improve the West,ernalliance. BuE the FBI says Lt..Col.Wayne G. Gillespie, arrested for allegedlygonspiring Eo sell arms Eo Iran, want.id Eo"t,ry somet.hlng else and earn some money."

Gillespie was one of six people tak-eninto cust,ody and charged with conspiringEo provide up to $75 million in missileland ot,her military equipment, to lran, inviolation of a ban imposed when theAyatollah Khomeinl's revoluEionary govern-ment ascended to p@rer in 1979.

The real shocker came i.n the fact. thatGillespie is West Point -- Class of '60.

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Mona and JACK BROI^IN at the Friday nightsit-down. AE the business meeting the nextd^y, the vot,e was decidedly against, anymore dinners like that. one. Next conven-tion chairman take noEe!

StarL each day *n " smile and get iEover with.'\OuTellUs

Comes back JOHNM-LEAHY, (K, Sv.r H,oX Ist, Bn. 21sr t4?-t44), of 30g ZaAa,'Vistp CA, after we returned his unsignedcheck Eo hi-m: t'Thought, Itd gotten overmy forgetfulness. You know-two things thathappen when you start getting old; -:you sEart forgett.ing -- and.].........r can'E seem Eo recall the second thing.ri

BG LES WHEELER ANd DiV. C/S COI. EUGENEDANIEL exchange pleasantries at L-IV.

P*p-". Sticker:- ff Coa want,ed me Eocook, why did He invenE resiaurants?14

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Itts front and center for HENRyzucHot^IsKl, (Hq.Br. 13th F .4O-t42), of739 Palma DeI Rio, Port Richey FL. His{ues are paid up but, he sends'in a gI0.0O"donaEion." Youfre great, Hank.

BETWEEN THE LINESWonderful BILL McKENNA (34th) of

970 Neilson, Albany CA, sends in his duesand I'a little extra for twine, staples,scotch tape...or just plain scotch."Thanks, Bill. You musE knou by now Ehatitrs California in '85. At our annualmeeEing, we really sEuck our neck ouE onthat one.

VIEWPOINTMoved Lo the BradenEon FL Life Care

CenEer have DICK and Martha "Marie"REINKE, (Med. Inspect. Div.Hq. t44-145).Marie suffered a sEroke in early '44 -'but, reports Dick, t'conLinues to improve --and now is able Eo do a litt,le Eraveling."Werre pulling for you good folks. Dick,by the way, suggesEs thaE we lump all theiEems on sickness over on one pager callingiE ttThe Sick Book.r' Great, Dick -- wetlltry it. As youtve noticed, Ehose itsemsare becornlng more numerous with eachpassing issue.

It's abargainED SMTGEL (A 34rh and r l9Eh, 8/50-7/5L)

of L4 Libertv Av.. Agawam I"1A, wrote in fora coDv of chL "Foilo; Met' book, "beforeyou iirn ouEr" he said. Ed got his copy.

Rodney Dangerf ;il;dmirs he's nor roobright. Says "It takes me an hour-and-ahalf to watch Sixtyllinutes.r'Sign on a display of girdles --ttline Tamers. tt

Louisville Chicks: Front-ELMER DICK(A 19th '35-r37) and Louise SMITH.Rear - Peggy and DALLAS DICK, (19th r35-'45), RICHARD LUM (19rh r24-t42), andROLAND SI"lrrH (n tgrtr '36- | 37 ) .

HELP!ffi' .,. , .-. -*-ii.------::-;-:*.

We've goE to find a beELer way Eo knowin advance who is coming to a reunion.And why? So we can do a better job ofplanniirg ahead, EhaErs why. How aboutiunnelling all-requesEs fbr hotel reserva-tions through Ehe ConvenEion Chairman?Itrs an idea.

Fu11y paid up as a Life Member is //84'CHARLEY- tiitnlutt,

- (r ztst ' 42-' 45) , of1507 Ruby, Hannibal MO. CharleY, andBetEy Eoo, turn righE around and send inanot'her $20 "for slamps and such."Yourre precious people, Charles and Betty.

"Tell th' ol' man I'm sittin' up wit' two sick friends."

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Upset.? Us? No. Not when ChaplainLt.Col. EVERETT and Nancy REHM (34thB/52-2/54), of N.3817 Calispel, Spokane,WA send me their dues. We will expectyou folks Eo make our California reunion.$ gratefully received, Chaplain.

YOU'RETTDDTNG!

No, werre not. Werve lost theservices of that, wonder of wonderr Member-ship Chairman LEE LIST, after 4 fiuirfuiyears. We can never express our graEitudeadequately. But, Lee has quit. N6w weneed the helping hand of each of you.Please send in the name and address ofjust one non-member. Wetll do the rest,Thanx.

UP$ilT?

No, we werentt, on Lhe alert.. Wervebeen calling WILSON T. DREGER III!!-Jfst '55-'57) a Colonel. pardon us,BilI is a BG Ret. Sorry rbouL thaL, Bill,down t,here at 120 Mariet.ta, AElanta GA.General, we salute you -- and thank youfor t.he dues.

JOHNI'IY POI./ERS (19th,42-44) of4 Kittredge, Peabody l.{A, in paying hisdues, threw in a "Iit,t.Ie ext,ra for decalsfor my car." Terrific idea, Johnny.IEr1l catsch a few:)r:"., wait, and see.

Brig.Gen. FREDERICK A. SMITH, JR.,(5th RCT '53-'54), has retired as Deanof the Academic Board, US },lilitaryAcademy from t74 t.o r85.

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Great news from Stewart. Theyrve askedus to post. this notice on insi-gnia. Weare happy Eo oblige. Here goess

If you would like t.o puqchase miniaEureCombaE' Infantry Badges aia/or miniaEureMedals, please do the following:Call IRA- Green (The Company that, makesthem) at 1-800-253-5303

orWriEe Eo:

Military Clothing Sales StoreBuilding 1004, McFarland Av.,Fort StewarL GA 31314

Te1. 9L2-7 67 -837 2Please specify exacEly what you would likeand/or what order you'd like Ehe Medalsin.

Several people asked us aE Louisvillehow Eo get such iEems as Taro Leafjewelry, sLickpins, etc. The Divisionwill be opening a gifE shop in Ehe Museumin late October. As soon as a price listis available, the G-5 has promised to sendit, t,o your EdiEor who w111 publish it.

Several quesLions arose at. Louisvilleon 5eh Tank and 6th RCT CresEs. PhlllipsMilitary Surplus has promised Eo send us aprice list., which we'11 get, to you.

A Louisville pair - Julia and ALTON_HALSO, (Sv. 19Eh r 4O-.45) of Rt..4, Box 3gg,Kinst.on NC 28501. Poor A1 has beenlhggugh serious stomach surgery. We weredelight.ed that you boch could be with us.

GUY E. SHEPPARD, SR. (A 21sT RCT,t44-t41) has changed his address.Now it's Rt. 1, Box 80A, Haslet, TX 76052.

TOM UPTON (Div.E-q_-r 42-t 44), of4 Dartmouth, Forest Hills I'[Y 11375,recovering nicely from surgery. We arethankful.

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The SANDERSONTs (stl,t and Alice) andthe HARRIS's (JUNIOR and Lessie) at EheFriday night dinner. One fact emergedfrom our annual meeting -- thaE we wantno more - lrraus.

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DWTGHT JAl,lES, (n 21st t4}'t42), ofBox 773, Delta, GO, writes a note ofappreciation for the T.L. r..for which ourtirlnts, Dwlght. He adds, "Seems like along wirile 6ack, but the magazine bringsbac[. lot.s of memories."

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Wanna buy a house? VA has L8000 ofthem -- all- single families. They areunj-ts whieh VA Ead Lo repurchase fromconunercial lenders because veEerans livingin them couldntt meeE the mortgage Pay-ments. They are in every state althoughmost are in- the GreaE Lakes and souEtwestareas.

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And the name didfor RICHARD LUM, onROCK." He saw EDSONf41-f 44), a buddy ofhe hadnrt seen since

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and_gi-ve them an int,erior.tt It gaveshelter t.o many of our wounded ii r44.

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Interaction is whaE is called for inthis report. Werre giving it Ehe spacebecause- the folks behind it were rathershorE-sheeEed at L-IV. They didntE geE afull -- and fair hearing.

The AssociaLion has not, in iEs 40 yearhisEory, become acEively involved in"causei.t' It has lusu been an unofficialmatter of policy. ihatts all. This mightrnake an excePtlon.

From Ehe gathering of che Task ForceSmith men in-Colombus, Ohio, last' July 5th,on Ehe 35uh anniversary of TFS's conunit-menL Lo baEEle, a telegram was sent Eo RRand we wanE Eo cuL You in on the story'The cable wenL3t'The Honorable Ronald ReagantPresident of rhe United SEaLesThe White Housel,Jashington DC 20500

"Dear Mr. PresidenE:"28 surviving members of the 405 Infantry-men and the I34 ArEillerymen who made upTask Force SmiEh, Ehe firsr uniE senE toi;;;"- uv President Truman on June 30, 1950have juit. assembled to conrnemoraEe Ehe35th Lnniversary of the first groundengagement of the Korean War. ['le werep=6"t Ehen and we are ProPd nor'r to haveLeen in Ehe vanguard of the U.S. efforEsto stop the New Cormnunist aggressionsspear-headed bY Eerrorists.t'Task Force SmiLh was able to-slow Eheonifaught, of the North Koreanrs armoredaEEack"of a force 50 times its own size'It, failed eo halc Ehe aEtack because ouroicifrrffv undersized, seven year oId 2'35I;;i-;;;i i".t"r launcher (blzoota) wouldnot oeneErate the 16 year old tank wei"""h. IE has been kirown by Ehe U'S' ArmyEhroughout, this weapon's lif e t'hat itwould-not kill the tanks of it's day, yetswe were sent to war wiEh it'. We are sureiieiiaent Truman did not knonr how badlI;;-;;;. equipped when we were committ'ed't'The infant.ry stiIl does not have a weaPonin the fronE'line rifle compani-es of itsfigtt-i"iantry divisions that wiIl ki11 a*oE"i" soviet- Eank. We find Ehis disgrace-iui ana an unfilling monument for Ehe meno"i r.gi*enE losE in its first^days inKorea. We want you Eo kno'r Ehis so ygY -*iri "ot. conuniE

?orces believing, as didPresidenE Truman, thac uhey are prope-rry!q"ipp"a for a figtrting mission and thatifr"y'iiifr be anyt[ing other Ehan a Eokensacrifice.

t'General William E. DePtry, the recentlyreEired four-sEar command of the army'sTraining and DocErine Conrnand (TRADOC) usedEhe June 1985 issue of Army Magazine todiscuss some elementss of Ehe disaster EhaEis awaiting the light infancry when it, nexEconfronEs Lanks. He quoEes General Gavin,Lhe wartime cofitrnander of the 82nd AirborneDivision, tsadr corments abouE our olrn

baZooka 6eing overrun seven years afterhe knew the weapon had no value. Gavinhimself discussls Ehe rsad experiencer ofburying paratrooPer who- thad pieces ofbazookas- ground up in thern by Eanks asthey were-crushed. I

"General Depuy cit,es Ehe heroism of oneof our lieutenanus, Ollie Connurs, who goE22 f:uLj-l.e bazooka hit,s on Ehe Eanks t'hat'overran us. He knmrs thaE tthe same oftshe weapons developmenE conmunit'yt hasto be 'tailed out with the only currency(available), Ehe lives of brave Eroops."dnfortunaEely, heroism is a scarce andfleet.ing cominodity and we would not sacri-fice it merely to keep incompeEent weaPonsdevelooers in- business. General Depuy(and wL) expect that twe will be faced,inevitably, wiEh a rerun of Task ForceSmithr if-we do not 'think Ehrough thisoroblem now and move with sPeed toresolve iE. tt'We urge you in Ehe name of our -departedcomradEs to require Ehe army and ourdefense industry Eo correct Ehis disgrace-ful siuuaEion now. We do not want other

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American soldiers to face tanks in 1985with the equivalent of what we had in 1950,nearly bare hands, and a weapon that couldonly annoy the enenryrs tankers by scrath-ing their paint. This situaEion needscorrecting now, noE at the leisure of theweapons developers."Slncerely, respectfully, and faithfully,Billy McGarEhy, First, Sergeant, US Army(Retired) Represent,ing Ehe Present andPast. Members of Task Force Smith,2881 North Star Rd., Columbus OH 4322L.'l

And, of course, yout 11 ask, ttWhatwas the reply?"

It came about 30 days later in the formof a lett,er Eo Bi1ly from Col. Thomas M.Devanney, Chief, Missiles and Air DefenseSysEem Division, Office of the Deputy C/Sfor R & D. It went.:

"Thank you for your lett.er of JuIy 12,1985, t,o President Reagan concerning EhecriticaliEy of having effective equipmentin combat. Your letter was not onlyinformat.ive, but, aISo reminds us that wemust ever be aware of our shortcomings inthe past, to insure we do not, allow them tohappen again. You have good reason t.o beproud of your association with Task ForceSmiEh in Korea. Its exploiEs and contri-butions in that action are well knovn inmilitary history.

"Youi concern thaE our infantrymenshould be equipped with weapons which willdo the job is one of the areas which theleadership and management of the Army must.consttrrtly give priority. Our pot.entialadversaryrs capabitity to challenge ourforces is t,remendous. He has made signi-ficant advancemenLs in the past decade.Todayts SovieE tanks are bigger, faster,more sophisticat,ed, and more survivablethan any wetve seen during ot.her periodsin hisEory. The tremendous number oftanks in the WARSAW Pact forces dictat,ethat. we develop weapons which are effectiveand.-survivable, yet, affordable.

"The Army has- recognized the need for afamily of _anti-armor iyst.ems useable bydismounted as well as mounted infantry.Our current TOW and DRAGON (Heavy and-Medium) sysEems have been productimproved to accommodaEe the threat of themodern battlefield. They are effectiveagainst a multitude of armored vehicleswhich we expect. t,o face in battle. Toinsure our forces are capable of meetingfuture threat developments, Ehe Army is-now.deve.loping a medium range, manp-ortableanti-t.ank weapon system known as theAAWS-M. (Advanced Ant.i-t,ank Weapon System-Medium) which will be used by dismoirntedinfantrymen. AAWS-M is one of the highestpriority systems within the Army. It"hasstrong Congressional support. Witt ttissystem, the soldier will have a greatlyimproved capability Eo engage and def.Ltboth present and future enemy armor. We

"Hey, sarge, it mast be spring-yoursa\are's bloomin'!"

believe the t.echnical challenge to be abig..one, but. one which is achfevable.^

t'once {ga1n, thank yo" io.-your concern.Be assured that maximum effort'i" Ueing----'placed on the development of a" i*pio"Ea'tank kilter' for rhl i;i";;.y.

Needless Eo say, the reply did notsatisfy Billy or bihers of'his 8an8rincluding CAitL F. BERNARD.Carl came Eo L-IV prepared Eo make astatement at our businesi meeting .o"_-cerning.the matt,er, but the chaof of thataffair (ir went Lo'2 hour"-i"--f""gih :_--

should have r,aken less rhan-60'*ii"-C"r)T?g.-i.. impossible for CarI ro give us'arr t,hat he had on his mind. Hid he goneEhe disEance, wetd aIl have-missed outon Ehe Memorial-Banquet. AE

"r,y ,"c",l"rgls a slighrfy adiiai"a ""r"ion ofuart's conments:_ t'We are all Eoo old and beat-up nov Eodo the thines we once did for our country,Ilgi,t for iE or, "-io""ii" i"iriefietd.Tl"T:_i= a fight righr ior, r,or"r"r, which.,.:,1::._1s-importanr. We can and should,:::"_:! mus! geE involved in rhis fighrror we can make a difference. This"is thetrtffi

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"He's tlte best grenade throuer in the company.',

"The U.S. Army does noE now have anant,i-t.ank weapon for the front line infan-try Ehat, will acEually kill a tank. TheArmy has a historical record of acquiringweapons that. are Eoo small to kill Eanks,and it will continue this if somethingis not done about it. The people who willpay for this folly are the same ones whoalways pay, Ehe fronE line infant.ry' notthe peace-time, Tear echelon types whodecide what soldiers geL to fight with.

"Wish thosc guys at thcpeacc conlcrente uouldhurry it uP, m)'lcct trcgcttin' cold."

"l'lost of you from Ehe big war did nothave Eo learn because Ehe Japanese did nothave heavy tanks.

"In 1943, one of uhe designers of the2.36 rocket launcher (bazooka) resignedfrom his position in the U.S. Army becausei-t had decided to make Ehe bazooka Eoosmall to kiII German tanks. General Gavinfrom Ehe 82nd Airborne Division was inSiciIy burying parachutisEs with bit.s ofEhe bazooka ground up in Eheir bodies whenthe messages from the War Departmentarrived warning him thaE it would notkill tanks. The troops in Europe had afatl-back position. They captured Panzer-fausts from the Germans and then usedthese against t.heir tanks. The Russiansdid Ehe same thing as they had nothingthat worked against. the German tankseither.

"Task Force Smith and the rest of theDivision took t,hat same undersized bazookato Korea that. had failed the infantry inWW II. It was as worLhless to us, as iEhad been to them. Contrary Eo Lhe foulstories t.hat circulated immediaLely afterthe first batEles of t soft and unpreparedoccupation troops' thaE could not beat afourth rate army like Uhat of North Korea,we fought like hell at OSAN on the 5th ofJuIy. The official history says that oneof our 2nd Lts, Ollie Connors from Tupelo,Mississippi goE 22 hits with the 2.36rocket launcher on the Soviet T-34 tanksas they passed Ehrough us withouE stoppinganyt.hihg. 2/ It Jansen Cox of Woodlawn,Viiginia and one oEher lieuLenant hadabouE the same number of hits wiEh thesame 'non-results. I People who will do

what Connors and Cox didr pop at tanks from20 yards away in the hope of finding a softspot, are a scarce resource and theydeserve weapons EhaE work. By the way,about 20 percent of us who were in theregiment aE that time were l^lw II off icersand enlisted men and we knew somethingabouE fighting.

"t/e pulled off t.he hill in a prettyragged order about five hours later,afEer Ehe Nort.h Korean t.anks rumbledunperturbed through us and their infantryhad moved around behind us. The bulk ofour survivors made it back to the 34chlate thaE day. Their stories had gottenpretty wild by then and no one in the34th had any doubts abouE what was goingto happen when the Eanks goE to them. Therest oi Ehe story is PrettY sad. Theregiment pulled out in a panic before itfof,ghe. those soldiers didn't fail; ourAmeiican weapons had failed Lo stop theSoviet made tanks. The 34th RegimenE hadthe same weapons and rumor did the rest.Their justifiable lack of faich in anorgani2ation that had put them in an

"Well, sir, that dcPcnds.lusr where is the stoc\adelocatcd'?"

impossible combaE situaEion brought onthL mosE contagious of all t.he diseases,panic. They caught it.; iE is still avail-;ffi and tbday'i Army is especiallysusceotible to it since it still lacks the'immunization' of being equipped witheffective anti-tank weapons.

"The North Koreans took ouE one of theDivisionrs batEalions each time they hitone for the nexE week. The warrior spiritand exhileration that comes with winningkept Lhem moving. The loser's spirit. thatcomes wiEh retreating and the suddenrealizatim that one's rveapons are worth-less had Ehe opposiEe effect on us.ttAn overrun outfit loses its woundedand its equipment. Abandoning the woundedis disgrace enough in itself. The effecEon Ehe Eroops that do get away is perman-enE. They know Ehe same thing can andwill happen to t.hem, and they will runrather than st.and and f ight. I am not

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exaggeraEing' al'Id you know iE. - The FrenchAnn|"coltapied in the spring of r40 fromthe same disease, Ehe inability to st'optanks, rumor' and Ehen panic. Tl're VieE-namese Army came apart 10 years -ago fromthe same sickness. A senior officer nowsr:rving in the US Army concluded thac ifthe Cu6ans had as few as l-hree modernEanks at Grenada in '83, those Eanks wouldhave run out of U.S. troops to shoot atbefore they ran ouE of ammuniti-on.

"We goE- the 3.5 inch rockeE launcher inmid-July. We eventually became Eankhunters, brrt the damage had been done byEhen. The North Koreans were high andwinning. We were nol-. The Len days-be--tween our first fight and Ehe arrival ofthe 3.5 marked Ehe Division. The temporarylack of a t.ank killer had a striking effecton the U.S. position in Asia and it near-Iy killed off the Division.

"The present. day Soviet, tanks are asinvulnerible Eo th-e Army's front-Iineinfantry anti-tank weapons as Ehe GermanTigers and the Soviet T-34s were Eo thebazookas of their day. Our present situa-Eion has this hisEory:

"The Army developed and acquired ashorE, light, inaccuraEe, and non-letha1anti-tank rocket called the LAW in theearly '60ts. It. was so vulnerable torough handling and exposure Eo damp weatherthat. they had t.o rotate the stocks in thehands of the Eroops in Vietnam. Its firstuse againsE tanks was in defending aSpecial Forces camp in Lang Vey. It failed.

"General Westmoreland sent samples oft,he Soviet Rocket Propelled Grenade (RPG-7)'an updaLed tknock-offr of the tlt\i II Panzer-faust, back Eo the States in 167 andrequested that copies be made and sentbaCk to him. 15 years and a half/billion

dollars laEer, Lhe Army was forced by theCongress Eo give gp on the copying jirbbecause it wouldn't work. ThL-weip6n EharresulEed, the VIPER, wouldnrt kitl-Soviettanks, but. that. is not why it was dropped.The VIPER program was killed primarily'because its cost had grown belond reaion,that is from 978 each at contiact. awardt.ime to more than $1000 each for a non-

working weapon jusE seven years laEer."Today, the Army is choosing beEween

acquiring a heavier-Ehan-desired Swedishweapon and a slight.ly improved version ofthe LAW that should have been abandonedin the laEe r60s buE remains in Ehe inven-Eory because it is perhaps rbeEEer Ehannothing.' NeiEher will kiIl a modernSovieE tank, and the infant.ryuran wit,heiEher of these will be as bare today asour regiment.s were in r50.

"The f milit.ary-industrial complex It,hat President Eisenhower warned us aboutdoesntt. bother me. I am not even enragedby $600 toilet seats and $500 ash trays.I am hopping mad, however, abouE not havinga weapon for our front line infanLry that.will kill the enemyrs Eank.

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served company weapon, Ehe t.ank-killingroeket launcher, and t.he grenades,although the LAl,/ we tried Eo replace in the60rs could do t.he grenades job. The newEuropean grenades weigh a pound and arealmost as efficient,, and a loE cheaper,than the LAW.

"Is there a soluEion? What should theArmy do? I believe Ehe Army can have itboth ways. That is, Ehe Army can have alight weight infantryman' s anEi-Eanksystem Ehat can really kill tanks, and beinexpensive enough Eo be bought in suffi-cient quantit.ies. The key is to look aEthe rifle companyrs anti-tank defense asa sysLem rather than a single weapon. Ipropose Ehat the company defend itself asdo the Europeans:

"A very lighE, cheap, easy Eo use,throwaway, proliferable weapon, even arifle grenade, fully capable againsL thevast array of non-tank targets such asBMPs, SP Arty, other vehicles, and no lessimportant.ly, hasLy forEifications, bunkers,buildings and the like.

"A .g}g1!5!y cheap, ,egsy to_ use, throwaway, one-rian portable (though heaviert.han the above ) , true tank ki ller.

"A crew served weapon like the Europeansuse EhaL will kill a tank about as far asthe eye can asffi it is not one of orrrs.

"The firsL Ewo weapons should be effec-tive out to abouE 400 yards. The tank-killer may weigh Ehree Eimes more than thelight.er mulEi-purpose weapon, about 20pounds versus six or seven pounds. Theweapons should be issued on a mission basisin proportion Eo the exisEing Ehreat. -Mygueis is that. for the typical light infan-Ery operaEion, Ehe mi-x would be 10 t-o 20pe-rcent 'Eank killers' and 80 to 90 percentmultipurpose weapons.

"This- concept allows the light infant.ryto have both lethatity against ma-in battletanks and the high, sustained, multi-shot.firepower of a very light, greatly pro-liferat.ed weapon.ttl^Ihat can we do?

"We can help the Army revise iEsprioriLies. Ws need use each communicationmedium we can find to EeIl Ehem to acquirea weapon for the infantry Lhat will killtanks. Itrs not money that is lacking.We could damned near buy enough of theworking European anti-tank weapons rightoff rheir producEion lines to supply ourfront-line infantry for the price of tenof t.he Army's new helicopEers, or five ofthe Air Forcets new fighter planes, or aquarEer of one of the N.r"y's new destroy-ers. We can pay for these wiLh some ofthe money saved from not buying a Eurkeyyou have heard lots about recently, theDIVAD (now abandoned).

"How do we do this? Get your Congress-man into the act.. Tell him what. thesituaEion is, remind him of the historyin Korea, and sug5;est that your support ofhim in '86 depends on the support he gives

to Lhe infant.ry today."There are noE Ewo sides t.o t.his

question. The issue is so simple that Iam shocked at. what the Army is doing. Itis Eime to break Lhe pat.t,ern. i^/e donrEneed to geL Eaken in by whisperings ofnew and secreE SovieE armors that, makes itimpossible to kill their tanks. We haven'thad an infantry anEi-tank weapon EhaEhas worked in the Last 42 years excepE fora brief period with the 3.5 rockeElauncher. I think the Association canhelp the Arnry understand they need revisetheir priorities, and we should. Thereare no military secrets revealed in any-thing Irve said. The Soviets know ourinfantry is helpless. Our soldiers arethe only ones Ehat don't know, and weneed fix this before they find ouL EheEerrible truth the bloody way rnembers ofthis Division did in '50."

Well, there it is, Carl.Now letts see if our members will run

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IEts here and there for CoI. MAX andMarjorie PITNEY, (I3th, 52nd & 63rd Field7/40-2/46). They were in Kansas, now hangit. up at 55 N.4Lh, Cocoa Beach FL. TheywriEe t,his newsy note:

"Sorry Eo be late with the dues and Eomiss the-reunion. Hopefully, Ifll be therenexE year.

"Havi-ng a reunion wiEh Paul Fraser,IieutenanE and captain in my artiIlerybattalion - 52d FA. Haven't seen oneanother since r45: Happily, Paul will bein Portland OR enrouEe to a urip Eo London,the same night my wife and I will be inPort.land for Ehe first time since beingstat.ioned Ehere Ln L941! Small wortdlt'BesE wi-shes. tt

Thanx for the good word, folks.

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Press around Labor Day weekend had afield day with the story Ehat. RR was anFBI info-rmer. To which'we ask, t'So what?t'

r rvrEl lYlr; ARE yOUWarm greeEings from Gen. JAMES B. andii*:;:":iru*!ft';.rt';:,rl""S.ll:ili:l::.

M OV I N G ?iE. I still work and have seveiEelling me where ro go and what Eo do. tUl Y U I IEnclosed $50.00 will cover dues for r85-r86-- puE the ext.ra il-.trS kit.cy. -Keep up akg US With

yOUt Y/you-r good work. A11 the best, Jim Vaught.,' VWatta man. We chanced Eo say t,o some-one at L-IV thaE we never met a- 24th Lorna -Leah DAVIDSONT -BIL-L! s^widow,:;Tf,:3:'":nitu:: ti:i:"r".- ii* is one 3::,t:"fi:;."]Tr'383;{ ""'n' 26r Barclav

AhhhhoooAhhhh...We do try to keep a lid on

too many people selling things atConvention time. And for the acknowledgedpurpose of not putting the bite on ourmembership too many t.imes and for Eoo manyreasons. But we are anxious tso letFt.SLewarE come in and set up iEs shopbecause its goods are good arrd Ehere is ademand. Lt.CoI. JII'I SIMPSON, Div. G-5,says they sold $1900 worth in one hour.

IT'S UP TOYOU!l^Jrites JOHN MCNEIL, SEewarE PO as he

leaves his assignment for the Pentagon:"It's been greaE knowing and working withyou. You guys are the-greatest, and I haEeleaving the 24th.'r WetlI keep in touch,John.

r.. 'iOdd. The baseball heros who went, to

Pittsburgh to blow Lhe whisLle on theirfellows went back to thelr respect.iveball parks Ehe nexE day for sEandingovations. RR 40 years ago named someof the Hollywood Conrnies to a CongressionalComrniELee and is hailed in some ediEorialsof the fourEh estaEe as a bum. Prot.ecEionof the boys of surtrner -- flo problem.Protection againsE those who would over-Eurn the'counEry -- noE a chance.

JoE and c1advJ6aisoN rsrite:"Aft.er Baguio, Gladys made up our mind

to completely live and enjoy life morethan ever. We always have enjoyed lifebut. we enjoy iE even more nod.tt

And we hope you get great. joy withwhat.rs left t.o you both. You're wunnerfulfolks

Another "Follow Me" is on iLs way toa buyer. BORIS T. GERGOFF' 7541 WindsorWoods, Canton MI, has ordered his copy.Not many left gang. $7.95 per. Goodseeing you in Louisville, Boris.

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142nd, Naranja, FL, is right Proud ofSrenaa. fnii ptucky gal was,a finalisEin the Miss Wheelchair Florida Pageantheld in Tampa, I'lemorial Day-weekend'Brenda was Lscorted by Sr.Airman DavidB;;;; oi lL.oitl Air i'orc" Base' Brendarscitation read: t'A Eruck slanrned inLothe bicvcle eighE year old Brenda wasiiainn Lnd lefE hei with a disability;GiGt-to cer"bral palsy. She conununi-;il;; stowty but, witl determination viautr"-"ii" f"irgr"i. "lpt"U"c. ltL

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"Li=onirit, -1= not. handicapped. Her

il;;i;;;; is contaseous. Srre wants Eo bep"il of everyEhingl whether it be a[,t"r"rt camp-out, i'work bee, or a fami'lyIlut"ii"*.' rn igaz and 1983 Ms' Clark:;;;L;e"in uhe handicaPPed orange Bowli".Ii"-e.uirisv Games. Since Ehen shenl"a""t"a frofrr Special Education classes;i-;;i[;idge Hi[h School 9nd-curTentrvi" "t honorlry mEmber

of the PathfinderCfuU of Homestead Seventh Day AdventistChurch. Because of her succ-ess in fund;;i;ft roi-tr,i= organization, Brenda hasU"""-"E*"d OuLstanding Ingatherer' Herf;;a ;"iaing work has-netEed the organLza-iio" o""t $iooO each year for the P?st.rrio. "."t".

In her f'ree time Ms' Clark;;;;"'"-;;iine t'hrough the woods with her;;;;i't;t-;"i"I"g as [usher' However' htf .*"i" t.UUy is i Uraird ngw nephew born Lhisp".C s.ptlmber. Brenda's favorite songi", ;r:."^" An Angel Good Morning ' '"

Moved:HERRING,sLaEe andLake PA.properLyto buildit.s highst.il1 be(3) ana

JIM ("Pickles") and Eleanor(24t]n'Ql4 '40-'45), have left NYmoved Eo RD 1, Box 323, BeachAdds Pickles: "We Purchased

sometime back and finallY decidedand leave the StaEe of NY and alltaxes and utititY bi1ls. We willwithin easv reach of our children

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No Worries No Job No ProsPects

JOE CENGA asked us Eo use an arEicleo" [i" ilaet,-criAR]-is LANG (Ar leth '41-;I+)l-of 31?i-n. 238 Place, carson cA'Wanlea Lo Joe, but it was too dark --;;;i;;'[-t.pt6arr.". AnYvaY, we'11 t'e11.rou what it'was about.

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^ rEis- company L of the 2rst (Korean days 6/50-6/5t) posing durlng their great meeting atSavannah, GA IasE April 12th - 14th.---1"-E-.*', seaEed 1. to r. - ZERA SPREADBOROUGH, DONALD "st,eady Eddiefi spREADBoRouGH, J9ELBERNARD' son of .9ffiL, JoE (MF) qlrrlrTll, Lp (pi*i") HENDERaolr,-broio-("uolt"i;) ru^q,nrrN, voLNEy("Little Fellovr") wnaxnn, and-THoMAb-i;;io-- . ";) onnrsoNsToK.lst row, standing - Deloris THIELT-warneiia'_IEr rhyllis-BURKE, Aydlt BERNARD, Bunny HARDY,Andrea DRErsoNSToK, Heren MARTTN, and Janice WARNER.---299- =*, standing__-_ Mary TOMPKINS, HARRY ("The Helmer,").roupxtxs, pHrL (A.p.c.) BURKE,BI'JD (short Round) HARDY, FBAM 1r9i9.1,1 iw,'nub-i (s;;;i:)-;iiawN,-6anil-(p".p:iiir,ri-il'd[freno,I{.J_. (tuite) THTEL, ennoio (niko) voiii:xlwe, iiucH BERNARD, son of cARL and rbvery friend whomHugh Broun wouldnrt. identify.

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sional leaders and the major veteransorganizaEions, donatlons for the construc-tion of a national Korean Veterans WarMemorial in Washington DC have been "disap-poinEingly lourr" says Ehe American BattleMonumenEs Conrnission.

t'We had expecEed !o receive thousandsof dollars in donaEions at, thls poinE, buEso far, wetve recelved less than $250r"an ABMC official said.

He said Ehe corrcnission needs aE least$5001000 t,o begin planning for the memor-ia1. t'As you can see, wetve got a longway to go."

Bills have been introduced in Ehe Houseand Senate giving the ABMC authoriEy tobuild a memorial here for Lhe 5.7 millionKorean War veterans.t'wetve made several attempts in recentyears to geE a Korean l.Iar memorialestablished. BuE each ti-me the efforE waskilled by the Office of Management, andBudget on budgetary grounds. With Congressexpressing strong supporE, we should getsomeuhing eseablished soonrt' he said.

Legislation being considered by theHouse VeEeranst Affalrs Conrnittee wouldleE the ABMC build the memorial withappropriaLed funds or private donations.The memorial, once builE, would beoperaEed by the Interior Department underthe legislation.

DonaEions for the Korean War Memorialshould be mailed Eo the Atnerican BattleMonumenEs Commission, WashingEon, D.C.2034L.

"Every contributor w111 recei.ve apersonal leLter from Ehe Conrnissionacknoruledging the donation and telling thedonor that the money will be reEurned inthe evenE Ehe memorial is not builEr"the official said.

Werve made a personal conEribution,and given a majority vote of Ehe member-ship wetd happily send a check in theAssociation name.

nothingHor abouE sendi-ng in some of your favor-

lEe Navy Eetms? ..Theyr11 bring backmemorle's. Like "Swelp.rs man your brooms.t'tiie "ttre smoking lam| is lighted." Irike-nequest permisslon tb lay alongside."Surely uhlrets a memot7 or Ewo in thatlast one.

JACK E. BROWN (St., E & F 34th 142''44)of Rt. 3 Lake Viking, Gal1at MO' rePortsshopping ln a mall in KC, weari!_q^hisTaro^ teif hat. LOUIS L. KENDRICKS saw itand came fon^rard for a conversaEion --tri-mself an old Taro Leafer. Lou "didntE-.t;;;-r; had a club or published a paper."Lou's in now. Is living at 304 N.Francis,Excelsior Springs MO. We welcome you in,Lou.

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UT=Spott,ed in the t'IY Times Book SecEion:Fbr a Japanese publication commemora-

ting the surrender thaE ended World War II.oa"tn" American occupation of Japant I*o"fa appreciaLe hear-ing from anyone whottas colbi slides taken in Japan between1945 and 1950. ROBERT L. STEELE,i5o5 ++tt, st., NW, WashlngEon Dc 20007.

Word in from BILL WEIDLE (21st) of1095 Byberry, Cornwells Heights PA:"Patricia died 3 years ago. After 2 yearsI married again -- Eo Mary B." Wetre alittle late with the congraEs, BiIl' buEhere they are.

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Therefs a story within the story here.Start with this. It.f s a U.S. Army phot.obearing this indicia - L4432-D cWr4/8/5L-837A-USA -- and carried this legend:

"Released by the Chinese Corrnunists andreturned t.o the 24th Divtsion, theseAmerican soldiers, all members of the19th Infantry RegimenE, rest in the 24thDivision Medlcal Glearing Station. L-Eo-r:Pfc. Joe Wright, of San DiegorcA, Cpl. PaulCramer of Delaware Wat,er Gap, PA; andPvt. Robert L. Nash, of Rogersville, AL.8 Feb. 1951."

Therets more Eo the st,ory. Stay withus.

IE seems Ehat under date of Jan. 25,-1-9111 the AdjuEant General of the Arnry,Maj.Gen. Edrrrard F. Wit.sell wroEe Mr. hndMrs. Ernest Nash of Rogersville AL asfollmrs: (Werd have refroduced the letterbut it, is fairly well smudged. )

-"I regret, thaL I musE c6nfirm my recenttelegram in which you urere informed thatyour son, Private Robert. L. Nash ER53008120, Infantry, has been report.edT1:9i"g in action in Korea since 3 January1951.t'I knor^r Ehat added disEress is caused byfailure t.o receive more informat,ion ordetails. Therefore, I wish to assure yout.hat. at any time additional informatioir isreceived it wiIl be t,ransmiEEed Eo youwithout, delay.

"The Eerm- fmissing in act,ionr is usedonly t,o indicate that the whereabouEs orstaEus of an individual is not. inrnediatelyknorn. It is not, int,ended Eo convey Eheimpression E,hat the case is closed.- Iwish to emphasize that every effort, isexerLed eontinuously t.o clear up thestaEus of our personnel. Under bat,Elecondit,ions this is a difficult. task as youmust, readily realize. Experience hasshown that a number of persons reportedmissing -in act,ion are subsequentlyreporEed.as returned to duty or b'einghospiEalized for injuries.

"In order to relieve financial worry onEhe part.-of Che dependenEs of militar:ypersonnel being carriEd in a missing inaction stetus, Congress enact,ed legisla-tion which conEinues the pay, allcn^rancesand allotments of such persons until theirstaqus is definit.ely esEablished.t'Permit, me t.o extend Lo you my heart-felt sympathy during this p-eriod- ofuncertainty. "

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Stay with us; there's more E.o Ehissorry saga.

"This phot.o appeared in various state-side papers, for one, the San FranciscoChronicle of Friday, Mar. 9, 1951 withthis caption under Ehe photo (with thisleadoff credit line "US Army Photo viaAP wirephoto.r'):ttReleased Prisoners -- Robert, L. Nash,the soldier at the rlght, is 22 years oldand lucky to be alive. He and Ehe twoother Americans - Private First. ClassJoe WrighE of Yma, AZ and Corporal PaulCramer of Pennsylvania -- r^rere captured bythe Chinese, then released. Nash hasfrost-bite and several azm and leg wounds.An Alabama reservist, he was recalled lasEfall and capEured near Seoul on New Year'sDay. He ate two hotcakes at, a U.S. aidsEation the day this picEure was taken'five weeks lat.er, and "Ehey made mesick. Ird been living on rice and nothingelse.t' The Army flew him home later for afurlough aE his fatherrs farmr nearRogersville. He planned to "Play aroundwith the tractor -- and eaE pleanty ofSouthern fried chicken, with corn-bread.And if my moEherEable, Ir11 throwyard. t'

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RecenLly the Penn. Dept. of VeEeransAffairs addressed a leEter Eo us whichsaid (and we are abbreviating it in theinteresE of space):

'ntJe have a local veteran who wascaptured by the North Koreans in theKoiean War. This veEeranrs basic problemis for the U.S. Army Review Board,Washingt.on, D.C. Eo properly ident.ify himas a former P.O.W. of thaE period. Theveteran is PAUL S. CRAMER...We have anofficial U.S. Army photograph that showsthree P.O.W.'s of which one clearlydepicts Cramer at Ehe time of their releaseapproximately 11 February 1951.

"On the reverse of that photograph isan official sEaEement. by the army indica-t.ing all three had been members of the19th Inf.Regt. , 24Eh Division...ttHowever, the Army claims it cannotfind this veEeran on their P.O.W. rostersof the 24th Division..."

They are t.rying Eo locate JOE WRIGHT t.ohelp t,o subsEantiat,e the claim, theyhaving already located BoB NASH.

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Mondaysz 7-L2-L9-2L-24-40Wednesdays : 7 -L2-L9-4L-2L-24SaEurdays z 7 -12-L9-4L-2L-24t'-Johnny and Ginny, we luv ya -- andwe'11 keep our eye ouE 3 times every week.

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- well hardly. PAUL KEATING (F 13rh FA'35-'37, 24Eh Art,. r41-r45, Hq. 2nd Bn.1_1th- FA t37-'4L) 2905 Tempieron, LawEon,OK, has joined that exclusive ciub ofthose men who have gone the rout,e ofprostate surgery. We ourselves paidour dues a year and a half ago. - Ourgrogp is gro^ring, Paul. Glad t,o know thatyou're well along t.he road back. FeelsgreaE to have it behind you, doesnft it?No pun intended.

Didja knorrr ther"E*, a Gay vet.eransAssociat.ion? For our cormnenE, senda self-addressed postage paid returnenvelope.

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From CC and Willa HUTCHINS, (Hq. Z4L]n!ig, Hq. 34th r49- | 5I) of 5055 iri.ti"ro"y,Hernando FL comes a lovely $20.00 ctrettwith this note attached: ','xn itO.00 dues-$10.00 whatever. CC.,' youtre short andsweet, CC -- but, beaut,iful.

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You'11 recall that the Task ForceSmith (TFS) honored their or^rn 35chAnniversary last July 5th in Columbus, OH.These pix just arrived so here we go.D----- Ehe Kodachrotnes. lst Sgt. (ReE.)BILLY MCCARTHY and his lovely wife,Teruko, are talking wit,h Maj.Gen. Yoon Def ,milit.ary aEEache aE the Korean embassy.

__ 75 year o1d Col. FLOYD R. MARTIN,TFS Exec. Off. talks to the 75 friendsgathered there in fronE of him. Grandchap -- everybodyrs friend.

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werre going to gilrl Lhese TFS folksin on this one. LeErs go clockrise starE-ing wiEh Mrs. EZRA BURKE, Mrs. CARLBEINARD, CoI. CARL BERNARD (Co.Band Co.L)M Sgt.. EZRA "Red" BURKE, Sfc. HENRY "DusEy"RHODES, and one unident.ified gentleman.

Lt..Gen. Edward C. Pet.er 2d, CG of FourEhArnryr represent,ed the Sec. Army at Lhe TFSgathering. In Korea he was wiuh the 35thInf. of the 25th Div. during '52-'53. Hewas wiEh the 25t.h again in 157-'58. Werregonna use Lhis one but. we warn you --your 11 be sorry.

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Comparing their "clippingsil at TFSare KEN DIBBLE on the left' Co. B, and"Dusty" RHODES on Lhe right. Please donttbe t,oo rough on us if it. comes ouE alldark grey; Kodachromes are our nemesesin case you didnrt know.

rnteresti.,g ,,ilJ?om MILT and JoyJURY, (19th and 24th MP 146-'47), of'852 S.Hempst,ead Rd., Westerville OH 43081:

'rEnclosed is my check for dues with someextra for association business. Since IlasE wrote to you I haven't Eoo much Loreport. I have been promoEed Eo LheposiLion of Corporate Nuclear SecurityCoord. for American Electric Power ServiceCorp. here in Columbus, OH.t'The sunrner has gone so fast I cantt.believe it.

"Did have a nice holiday in England -Ireland. Love to travel and will be goingback t,o South Africa in early 1985.ttExcuse my handwriting. I am on thecouch recuperat.ing from an oId footballknee injury operation."

Wonderful reporE, Milt and Joy.Thanks.

What, do youof NOI.I?

BEETLE EAILEY

Looking tiny, butstanding tall at. theTFS gatf,ering. Itr s1st, Sgt.. BILLDOUGHERTY, lst Sgt.Co. A. Bill is 82;was a Gimlet atPearl Harbor.

Going clockrpise at, the TFS breakfastTeruko McCARTHY, col. BrLL I'chief" wYRrcK,C0 and PLat./Dr, C Co., lst Lt. CLIFFJOHNSON, Oprns. Sgt., Maj. JESSE MURGA,Co. C., and WILLIS ZILLI'IAN, Btry. A,52nd Fie1d.

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wrore col. EUGENE L. DANTEL, Div.c/s,following L-IV:

"FirsE, leE me thank you for a wonderfulEime aL Ehe ConvenEion in Louisville.Tom Nortof did a remarkable job in putt,ingEogether a really firsL-class affair' TheCoilrnanding General and all of our soldierswho attended were enEhusiastic abouE thewarm welcome they received, as well asthe oooortuniEv Eo serve.t'[^IL'were ve-ry impressed with Ehe WorldWar II and Korein Wir videoEapes you showedon Friday and Saturday. I! you can lendihem to irs for a short while, werd like t'oconv Ehem on 3/4'inch videoEape for usewithin the Division. They would help oursoldiers gain a beEter appreciaEion ofour heritsage.

"Againr-thank you for a very profession-al evEnt.' The robms were greaE' Ehe foodwas greaL, and the fellowqhiP-and camara-a"iiE were the greatest of a11."

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You can be Proud, Lee. DeeP thanksfrom each of us.

NewEon Mindw, atEorney and former FCCchalrman, on his study of Ehe legal systemsof four European countriess "In GgrmalYrunder Ehe Iaw everyEhirrg is prohibitedexcept Ehat, which is permit,ted. In France'undei the law everything is permittedexcept that which is prohibited.. In theSovllt, Union, everything is prohibit,ed'including that, which is permitted. And inItaly. under the law everyEhing is per-mittld, especiallY that which isprohibiEed. "

Seen any good bumper stickers lately?Send I em in. These were i-n the morningmail:

A womanr s Place is in the mall.

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Forgive me if we throw in a l'lorE walker strip now- and then.we likE to keep a watch on him. we're checking on the curveshe imparts eo Lis gals. Hers been in trouble over thatbusinessr you may know.

Ever wond"t nl-*"ny KrA's we had in Nice nore rro*Gi. FowLER, ar 435IWW II? Budziak, Oscoda MI. It goesiTotal batt,le casua'ties.... ..70L2 "AfEer-43.years, it. ia great to get inTotal deaEhs "*o"t b;aai;

touch wit,h t,he past..casualties.... ..169I "r was a tcimleEr in D co. 2lsE

Total wounded and injured fot..-q. yeaT.in acLion ..5621 "[,Ihen I returned to Oahu the 21st. was

Died of wounds and injuries........315 leaving_s-o ] rya9-assigned Eo the 105thReturned to duEy. ..3266 Inf., 27Eh Inf.Div. I saw a IoL of combat.Total capEured and interned..........5 and got, ouE in July '45 I have neverTotal missing in action .. .11 forg_otEen the man of D 21st, -- names likeMissing and declared dead. ......1 ED VOSO' JAMES SMOLA, BILL KENNEDY'Missing and returned to duty........IO ED FARMER, BILL KEYES, JOHN E. BROWN, and

so many more. JAMES O, SMITH lives nearAn unbeatable ielord for understatement Ft. Hunter. r say him- last yegr. He

was -seE--by the newly-elect,ed president, puE me in touch wiEh the Taro Leaf . I

or rhe-unicea-uariohs Generl i,ssembly as :*r::i"?.l"; l:::"Y"*H.iltl"ii.!33;30,,o,.he opened the organizationr s 40Eh an'rriver-sary session in New york. 'Lri annlver- _r-am sorry r dldnrt, know abouE the 24th---frri-i]-i""i.."t Eo no one that the oi";,t;";;'o::f"l;; rime r was a ,cimlet,United Nations is in the midst. of a crisisr" was when I became a man.,,SAID Jamie de Pinies of Spain. ,'tt hai noi'lived up Eo the hopes vest.ed ln iE when it GreaE report, Max' Thanks!

was founded. ttrndeed iE hasn,L 1?d"i:eliiii: 'il,:'iffi itffll.tl";"?i.

- TgI BENDER (H. 2rsr- '42-'45),..or it'\o"lo7!9iiir olt,l':i05"il.:3t#:r:uttt*r,Pg*_-191?, San Mat.eo FL writesi'"I wonder Sonoro, Ca g53iO.if LULOFF of Sv.Co., 2lst,, is st.ill amons ' e" 'JJ'us' And Lt,. LEM? rtve lived in various" our tn Bend oR, on 20427 Mainline,areas of the state of Florida since 1951-- (t:i.-la::4iii) pAUL and nteta-rnasrn,the climaEe is more agreeable t.o me -- (szna r,4t-aal) write:mentarlv and physicatly -- so r feel berEer '--;Tot" iJ"rJii, (szna FA,43-,46) frewhere than in NJ. Mabuhay or shall I;t--- ouE for ".ri"ir -in.Aug._ John recentlyBest Luck?" .----7 - --r retired rrom-touisiani staie unrversity asEAR'EL E. BoND-s-' (Hq.co., rsr Bn. 2rsr i i:tiril"ii;;"6;,ollto1i.ft#rX"r3lle"F;a'49-'51), of 807 wesi eve. i, iovingtonr- ,43-145): We riaaea a lor of buII andNM, happily joins our ranks -- even-sends hoisted'" f"* iitt o.r"". Gordon lives inus the lygic9 t.o that old familiar tune:, Medford OR.r'm a Gimlet throu-gh and through. Phil-wiseq"", 5i"a Fa and ooi-ooyre, Bn.so if vou come to KumamoEo surgeon 5i;J'";e i"L.r-i[.e. -iulgeon wrrnyou ca' be a Gimler roo. r.he"r9rh i;i.- -Brings tears to Lhese old eyes, Ed. "Enclosed find a few bucks for thecastro is telriilTis Latin American cause' Paur"'

-counterParts how to solve Ehe debt crlsis BG PETER [^I. LASH, formerly ADC (Opera--- involving $soo billion glve-or take a tions) has been.,a*ed cG, Hditri.r'First€:r. -Castro says slmply, rDontE pay.,' ROTC itegion, Ft.Bragg NC.Nlce fe1low.

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Lovely PaEricia, wife of EVANS SYNDER(g zeth -AAA, t52-' 53) of 130 Iry, Red Lion,PA, thoughtfully writes: "Here is a checkfor dues and an extra $5.00 for postage.Evans was in the hospital with a backproblem for 10 days. He is st.ill off work.He is Eo return laEe in Sept..to see how itsoes." "W" both enjoy the Taro

[3?:I.f." are going tso Put

Co1. RICHARD and Ruth LAWSoN (Div. G-2and c/s r41-r45), of 104 N.wil1 scarlet,hlilliamsburg VA send along a terrificcheck of ttfinancial supporLtt and thesedelightful words:

"Ruth and I have just telephoned Fredand Vivian Irving to learn more abouELouisville. No doubt he explained why Icould not, Lravel there. Recently I haveadded another health problem to my lisEby a clumsy fall which broke my nose.-

"You mav be inEerested to know thatTom Wells (son of the former Hawaiian Dept.eeneral) who lives in Hawaii visited hereLast faII and took back to the 25thDivision Museum my original 1934 carEoon -the map of Schofield Barracks. T-o-mysurpribe it. has appeared as a doubl"--P.ggsorlad in the currLnt "Guide to SchofieldBarracks" annoEated as Eo the many changesLhere since 1934."

It was a greaE cartoon, Dick; wetregonna include iE in the History.

JusE betw""o ,il cRErcHToNBRYSON, (K lgth | 44-t 46), ofFriendly, Greensboro NC, are

"Most amazing casc, colonel. What stumpsus is hou he rcmoacd his helruer."

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Just called JESfs and Daisy FOSTER'(s tgrh r40-r43), of 6608 Po*hattan,Riverdale, MD - TeI. 301-459-0431 - toinquire of eheir health; they missed L-IV.Jess was hospitalized at conventsion timewhile they adjusted medicines. Okay ncnr --for whlch we offer thanks.

The polittcat-IJrt, whlch never missesa chance t,o at,tack the Unit.ed Stat,es andt,ry to burden us with a false sense ofgullt, had a massj-ve field day durlngthe cornmemoration of the aLomic bomblngof Hiroshima.

The left, would never think of conrnemora-Eing the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor,the Bataan Death March or the thousandsof American prisoners who died as slavelaborers in Japan.

What Ehey donrE wanE to admit is thatif there had been no attack on PearlHarbor there would have been no atomicbombs dropped.

Gossip columns refer Eo TaEum OtNealas John i{cEnroers "live-ln lover.t' Praytell, what is the dlfference between alive-in lover and a common-Iaw wife?

BG HoRAcE c. ffi,on has moved fromSt.ewarE to ADC-Sr USMCA, Kitzlngen,APO New York 09031.

What 5 letter word contains 4 personalpronouns in succession?

That word wlth the 4 personal pronounsin succession? Glve uP? IE's USHER.

Leaf and aremore in abouE

and Lois1816 W.right. when

thev write:"Mind goes back 40 years ago when weall had our fingers crossed, wondering if

they were going to call it 'quits'. ThankGod they did. A landing on Japan wouldhave been rough as we all kno^r.t'

We don't kno*Tout using this storybut werre soine to risk it. It comes fromROBERT "BoSby""BRABHAM, (Oiv.ttq. | 42-' 45)of Box 1001, Sumter SC. l{e senE it inalong with dues for HUGH A.MITCHELL'(2rsE & Div.Hq. t42-t43) of 2001 Palmyra,Albany GA. Hugh, by the way, is battlingcancer. Herets Ehe story, Hugh, and weprint it just. for you: "Hugh A. Mit.ehell(Maj.) Regimental Chaplain for the 2lsEand then was Ehe first Division Chaplainat Schofield Barracks. Gen. Irving at,Eend-ed service one Sunday and after Ehe servicehe wents into Chaplain Mitchell's office.On Ehe wall hung Ehe pictures of Ewo greaEmen, Gen. Douglas MacArthur and Maj.Gen.Frederick Irving. General Irvingrs picturewas hung above General MacArthur's.Ghaplain Mitchell was a Captain at thatEime. Within a few days, Chaplain Mitchellwas promoted to Major.r'

Fred Irving, will you please confirm?35

Donrt know why we used this headingfor this wonderful noEe from EDWARD M.WILSON (21st r47-r50)' of 1827 S. lth,Su.Charies IL. Ll,aybe iErs 'cuz hetsin our f'gallery." Here's what he wroteus recentlv:

"Itve been debat.ing if I should WriEethis.t'Dont t, print anything I say becauseI may not knolr what. I'm saying. I justgoE home from the hospital." "Same thing as Hubie Samm. TheytvegoE me on high blood pressure pills, heartpitfs and I Ehink sleePing Pills.- t'The reason Irm writing this now isthat I was laying in inEensive care wiEhnothing Lo do- buL think. I{y wif e _brought,me the-lasE issue of the Taro Leaf.

"God whaE a blessing in Ehere. I readabout Hubie and senE him a little note.

"I also read abouE somethlng to do withpicEures of the 24th. Aft.er all theseiears, I have Ewo left, one in Camp Woodtirith General Tony }lacAuliffe and anotherwith the honor guard aE the R.T.A. inKuamoEo, for another General. Irve trea-sured these picEures that. I have becauseiErs all I'vL gou left. What I'm askingis, do you wanE me Lo make copies ofthese and send them Eo you for the TaroLeaf?

"I know youtre busy, Ken,in a small note yes or no.I canf t wriEe.rr

MEETSOMEONEYOU COULD BRINGHOMETO MOTHER

An old WW II group wenE over toFrankfurt, Getmany, a f*t weeks ago for areunion wiEh some one-time enemies. Thlsdrew a lictle blood with one dame whowroEe this letter Eo the Edit.or of theI{t Daily News:t'As though it were of little consequencetyou buried on an inside page tr.ro paragraphsabout 25 U.S. World War II veterans andtheir wives who met former SS soldiers inFrankfurt, Germany, where they kissed,hugged and rdecided to continue theirdedades-long friendship.' One can assumethere wasn'E a Jew in thaE bunch. If Ihad my way, every one of Ehose Americanswould'be ?orced Eo sit. Ehrough a 9l hourdocumenEary called rshoahr (Hebrew forannihilat.ion). It t,ook 10 years to makeLhis incredible fiIm, and it Eears yourguLs ouE. It is sad and dishearteningLhat after 40 years wetve gone nowhere inour aEtempts Eo wipe ouE hatred, bigotryand anti-SemiLism. For nry money, thesepeople are a disgrace to America.Liriie F. Rosen.H

Quite right, Ms. Rosen, quiEe right.40 years have done little to ttwipe..ouEhatied, bigotry and anti-Semltisir." Yourvenomous let.ter proves it. Doubtlesslyyoutre one of Ehose who creaEed such astint when RR visited Bitburg. "Disgraceto Americat' are they? We suggest that,they were merely veterans with big enoughhearts Eo be able to forgive and forget.

And we mean iE. Et"oo,", please,nerdcomers FRED and Eloise SHROYER.(Hq: lst Bn. 34th & D 3rd Eng. L/5G-5/57),of 107 S.Jackson, Stat,esboro, GA) JusEjoined. -W"t9-betEer explai!, Eloise, whyFred is in all caps and youtre in loner -case up above. We do iE Eo make Ehe namesof our men stand outs -- easier for othermembers to spot them as they read through.No int,enE to belittle you, Eloise.

AuEhor Oon Xnoxl-a- good friend of ours,is releasing the Korean War - Pusan t,oChosin on Nov. lst,. Or rather HarcourtBrace Jovanovich are releasing iE. But hehas a second volurne undenrray and asks lfwetll make his announcement concerning.Herers whaE he asked us to prinE:

For Ehe second volume of an oral historyof the Korean War which covers the periodbetween New Yearrs Day 1951 and July 1953I would appreciaEe hearing from vet,eranswho have anecdotes, human interest stories,diaries or let.t,ers. Please wriEe.

Donald Knox, 4661 Marlborough Dr.,t":rY cA e2115

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so just saySee I told you

Great leEtser. He signedEhis lit,t,le noEe:

Wer1l use the pix, Ed.

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,,ATI. RIGHI, MEN-}IEAD FOR COVER!"-rr.. f. O. H.Yitr

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INMEMORMSomeone at L-IV told us of the death of

Llfe Member #575' METRO KRAMARCHYK,H 21st r40-r45, of 715 23rd St., Waterv-liet, NY. We are shamed to say that wedontt remember who told us. Metro andEleanor were with us in CincinnaEi inA;;: ;i ie+ ana in Savannah in Aug. of '83,.r,E i, BalEimore in Aug. of '82. wonder-ful people. Besides his beloved Eleanor,Metrb ii survived bY his daughtersbonm SmiEh and ChrisEina Stamboly and byhis son, Andrew KramarchYk.

From MARron o]i'axnn, 108 s.Main,Box 408, Winchester KY, comes this EragicnoEe: t'JusE a shorE noEe to tell you ofthe death of GECIL CARR, 643 HeadIY,Lexington KY. I haue to telI you thatGecil-kllled himself. Cecil and I wereverv eood friends. We went in the ArmytogLt[er on 4th September 1941, tookbailc Eogether and- joined the 34th Inf.aE Ehe sime time. He wenE to Co. Dr It.o Co. A. I just could not believe itwhen I read lE in Ehe paper.r'

Words fail us on Ehis one. PerhaPswerd best, JusE say, "Thanks, Marion."

Died: Aug. L2, 1985. JOSEPH BERNA(53rd f 141-'45), of 171.2 Andover CE.,dklahoma City OK. He is survived by hisloving widow, Cay. Joe wrgEe us-only21 dals before his death: "I am in-my -40eh year of clerking for Pierce, Couch,Hendrickson, JohnsEon & BaYsinger,Lawyers in Oklahoma City -- Thought not alawyer, Irve been privileged to see a loEof things. The Taro Leaf remalns aboulevaid to an inEegral part of my Iife."And Joe meanE it. He will be sorelYmissed. Well done, Joe. Be thou atpeace. ._

From RUSSELL H. JONES, (Div.Uq. t41-r45)of Box 262, Averill Park NY, comes Ehissad noEe: "Perhaps you should know thaEa buddy of mine passed away 8/30/84. Wehad kept in touch over these many yearsand he had been lisEed in your directoryas a member:

ELVIE L. CRAYTON312 Goodrich Dr.,Warrensburg MO 64093.

From HEMAN HARP, (t'l g+ttr and C 24th Med.and C 24th Med. 144't45), of Rt. 2, Box42, Lanoni IA 50140, comes word of Ehepaising of hls beloved wlfe, De.lla, hisirife of 54 years. Sey" Heman, t'It was asudden heart attack."' Heman is slowlypicking himself up. Sayg lre was rec-entlyvisitea by Edrvln Marsh of Ravenna, NB whowanted to Ealk about his brother, BARTON B.MARSH. who was M 34th and was KIA on Leyt.ein Nov. t44 beEween Hill 1525 and the road-block on the Otmoc Road. Ah, Ed Marsh --norrr therets a man we admire. id pays duest.o Ehis AssociaEion so wetre proud toconsider him a member. Ed has sPent yearstrrylng Eo run down people who might remem-Uei trls brother and who might shed somelighE on his deaEh. Iort!9 a gentleman,Ed; See page 236 of "Children ofYesEerday. r'

CHARLES E. KAEFER (H 21, t4l-t45) of177 C1int.on, Cmrlesville NY, advises thaEBeEty JARGCX,ISKY called him t.o lnform himof the death of her beloved WILLIAI'I onSept,. Znd. Bill had been with us only Ewoweeks before at Louisville where he hadthoroughly enjoyed hlmself. Bill wasH 21st, and before his unEimely death hadlived aL 729 Yale Terr., Vineland NJ. Hisfriends share Billrs loss in the deepestpart of their hearEs where memories surfaceand the arrows of sadness sting and thenbecome warm and disappear, buE only for alittle while. We all have to be measuredby our friends and Bill stood wiEh thet,allesE

Violet TROMLEY has writEen in to adviseus of Ehe passing, on Aug. 2nd, of herbeloved JoHN, (u-Ztsr '8/4I-5/45). She isaE l0 Schofield Rd., SEafford Springs, CT.John is survived by his loving Violet, andEwo sons, Chief John M. Tromley USN andKevin and one daught.er, Mrs. SharonTromley OuelletEe. Violet has asked t,o becarried on our rolls and, of course, herwish is our conunand. He will be sorelymissed, but the spirit of his example ofgiving himself to help others will liveon.

Col. CHARLES E. OGLESBYis the obiE as lt appearedAssembly:

t***********r******l*i*******Charles Eugene OglesbyNO. r215l ctAss oF I 940

Died 24 December 1982 in North Folmouih,Mossochusetts, oged 68 yeors.

lnlermenl: Welt Point Cemelery, Wcst Point, New York

"Csucr Ocresnv nes left us and we are thepoorer for it. He dwelt among us and weare the richer for it. He enriched our livesby the way he lived his. That was persuasiveby its wholeheartedness. Chuck was neverluke warm; whatever he did, he did withdeep conviction, with thoroughness and withself-denying discipline. He had a rare sin-gleness of purpose."

Those were the opening words of a eulogygiven by a deu friend at a memorial servicefor Charles Eugene Oglesby, son of WilliamAlbert and Cordia Oglesby of Aurora, Mis-souri-

He was born on 27 October lgl4-thethird of nine children. After graduatingfrom high school in Aurora, Irlissouri in1932, he enlisted in the cavalry at Fort Riley,Kansas and two years Iater he made news!An Associated Press dispatch headline de-clared "NOW LAUCHS AT HIS PALS INBARRACKS AT FORT RILEY - PrivateOglesby Hitch Hikes to Washington, GetsWest Point Appointment, Hikes Back Again."

Soon after graduation from West Point,Chuck married Virginia Warren of Massa-chusetts. A son George William was born inAugust of 1941. Then in December of lg4lChuck left for wartime service overseas. Hetook part in the Hollandia invasion in NewCuinea, the invasion of Biak and waswounded in Luon. His Silver Star awardreads, "For gallantry in action at Zig Zag,Pass. Luzon, Philippine Islands, on 3 Febru-ary 1945. On this day a regimental combatteam launched an ofensive directed at ex-ceedingly strong enemy positions in Zig ZagPass. The enemy had command of the entirearea and could place mortar and artillery fireupon the advancing troops. Colonel Oglesby,battalion commander, was assigned the mis-sion of securing a hill upon which the enemywas strongly entrenched. The hill had to betaken at any cost. Realizing how this situa-tion would affect the morale of his troops,Colonel Oglesby personally led the attackin an endeavor to turn the left flank of theenemy. He constandy remained at the focalpoint of the attack and by his courageousleadership so inspired his men that they con-tinued time after time to assault the enemyand beat back a skong counterattack. On thefollowing morning he again personally ledthe attack and remained constantly in thevanguard, so skillfully directing and coordi-nating the advance that the oblective wasachieved. In accomplishing this mission Colo-nel Oglesby was seriously wounded and wasevacuated, but the undaunted courage andbrilliant leadership of this commander carriedhis troops through to a decisive victory."

After six months at Valley Forge and Cush-ing Ceneral Hospitals and six months onlimited duty, Chu& fought his way backinto the service.

Then came the happy days. He was as-signed to Benning as an instructor and inMay 1947 his semnd son, Steven, was born.In July of 1948 he became a student at theC&GSC at Fort Leavenworth and then itwas on to Fort Monroe for two and a halfyears.

Headquarters Allied Forces SouthernEurope in Naples, Italy was next but here

died Dec. 24rL982.in West, Pointrs

Here

Cnerurs Eucrur Ocr-rsnytragedy struck. Son Steven at age six, diedas a result of a fall. ft was more than Chuckcould bear so he requested a transfer.

From February 1954 to July 1955 he waswith Headquarters First Army at GovernorsIsland, New York with much temporary dutyrt Camp Drum. Therlin July 1955 he left forthe Amy War Colleg}. After graduation, hcwas assigned to West Point as Commanderof the 2nd Regiment of cadets. After threesatisfying and enjoyable years at West Point,Chuck prepared to go to Warsaw, Polandrvhere he would be the defense attache. Atthe Army Language School in Monterey,California, Chuck, who had failed French atWest Point, leamed Polish in just under ayear. There was another year in Washingtonfor orientation and then the challenging andexciting duty in Warsaw.

After returning from Poland he becamechief of stafi at Fort Jackson. Two years laterhe was off again. This time for attache dutyin New Delhi, India where once again heproudly represented his country.

The retirement years can be summed upby going back to the eulogy:

"In 1970 Chuck and Ginny retired to CapeCod and soon Chuck became in many waysactive in community affairs. He serued sev