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ASSOCIATION
WARMLY IWITES
EVERY MAN
WHO WEARS
OR EVER WORE
THE TARO LEAF
AND HIS FAMILY
TO JOIN
IN THE FESTIVITIES
OF ITS
27TH ANNUAL REUNION
AT PEORIA, ILI,INOIS
0N FRIDAY, SATTRDAY AI{D SIIIDAY,
AUGUST 15, 16 AND 17.
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24th INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION
VOLUME XXVIII NUMBER 3 1s,74@
TARO LEAFThe publication "of, by and for those who served" the
glorious 24th Infantry Division, and published frequentlyby the 24th Infantry Division Association, whose officersare:
President:MG Frederick A. lrving ...... Tel. 703-684-62112619 Fort Scott Drive, Arlington. Ynginia 22202Vice President:William M. Byrd .... Tel. 501-646-5743205 Georgetown Circle, Ft. Smith. Arkansas 7290,|
S e c'y. -Tre a s. - E d i to r :
Kenwood Ross ..., , Tel. 413-733-3194120 Maple Street, Springfield, Mass. 01103Chaptain:Fr. Christopher J. Berlo ...... Tel. 717-347-56911239 St. Ann Street, Scranton. Pa. 18504
Convention Chairman:Gerald R. Stevenson . Tel.312-537'0452168 Center Avenue, Wheeling, lllinois 60O9O
Convention Hotel:Peoria Hilton f el. 509-674-2121105 Main St., Peoria. 111.61602August 13-14-l 5-16-17, 1975
Association membership is open to anyone and everyonewho'ever wore the Taro Leaf. Dues are $5.00 per annuminclusive of a subscription to the publication.
The Association is a strictly non-profit, non-military,non-rank, nonsense organization of men who once servedtogether and desire only to keep alive the warm friendshipsformed in that service.
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felIed by a heart atEack. More news onthis as iue receive it. For noq'r theprayers of each of us should includeHarry.
Try to keep up with ChickED POIIIATOSKIE. He moved from Kaneohe,Hawaii to'Hayuard, Calif. and backagain to Kan-eohe. Last known it r"as45-3L4 Koa Kahiko St. again; same oldaddress.
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LEE LIST (B 21 f41-r44) ot E.Peoria,I11. and HAROLD ALDGNDER (B & Sv.I9 '40-r-45) of Harrisburg, I11., made the Aprilttrally" in Chicaeo which was sponsorldby Pait PresidenEs JMES "SpikE" oTD0NNELL,BOB DUFF and GERRY STEVENSON. TaroLeafers never gather together but whata memory gets twisEed and thrashed about,.LEE and HAROLD each recalled receivingextra compensation by the Dutch govern-te-n-Enase& upon one Lhird of their basepay for Ehe 5 months thev soent inHoilandia (Apri1-OcEober" 44). ToMCoMPERE stood there, listening ro it all,simply aghast.. He had never heard ofsuch a deal - nor had we. The wagersare out that Ehis matEer will be raisedagain when we meet nexE in Peoria.There are going to be hundreds asking ifit's t,oo laEe now Eo file a claim.Amsterdam, watch outl Lee incidentallybrought Cecelia and Hal brought Verble.They were a couple of charming ladies.
JusE some of the gals who helped tomake our Chicago "spEctacle" such ahowling success - Bess O'SULLMN'Phyl !'IATSON, Ginny LOIIERY, Mary SHAY,and Belle STEVENS0N. Special kudos goto Belle and Mary, Anne DUFF' Jo9 ANDRE'
and Beller s daughterr s molher-inllaw,Anne Loraas, foi thelr terrlflc contrlbu-tlons in making a delightful buffet evenmore wonderful-than advertlsed. Wer refor womants rrlibrr, all the way, eventhough a friend of ours i.s nix'ing it.Happens he went home the other afternoonand found hls wife l-ib-bing with another
Chief of Army Chaplains, Maj.Gen.GERI{ARDT W. HYATT anil Mrs.'Hyair visitedFt.Stewart and Hunter on April 11.Maj.Gen.Hyatt was on a lia-ison visi.t toencourage and lend support to thechaplain's program there. He briefedpost, personnel on Erends in chaplaincyleadership goals of the Chief o-f ChapiainsOfflce. He said he is very encouragedwith the program at FE.Steirart ana iiththe progre#-being made there. trl havestirring memories of my association withthe 24th Infantry Division", hj.Gen.llyat! told his listeners. As chapLainfor Task Force Smith, he was with- thefirst American Forces to fight in Korea.This task force was made up-of men ofthe lst Bn., 2lstr which was also creditedwith fighting the northem-most actionby an American unit in the Korean War.
Mrs. -Hyatt enjoyed a day visitinggpots of lnt,erest in Savannah and havinglunch at the Piratesr House. She hadprepared for her visit by reading aSavannah brochure and-an- early GEorglaHist,ory. She thrilled ro be 6n the-historic spots and ma:rrelled at, theloveIy architeeture, its preservat,ion andrest.oration. St. Paul r s Lutheran Church,acclaimed as Americars foremost exampleof modern Gouhic archit,ecture, and olherSavannah churches were of particulari-nterest to the visit,or. Samplingsouthern cooking for Che first t,imecaused Mrs. HyaEt Eo remark, "If I livedin Savannah, I wouldnrt bother t,o cook,Itd just eaL out every nighu." Needleisto say Gerhardt is an Association member.
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Norm Gnrenzner, of L2603 lJtristlingWind, CypressrTex. r77429, collects Post-marked envelopes. You t,hink your hobbyis kookie, waittll you hear this. HetSout to obtain an envelope acEuallymailed from every Army r:nlt in WW II.That is, if you have - or your wife has,al-l tied in blue - an envelope sent byvou from APO 24 this fellow would like6ne. He doesntt have one from our APO.Can anyone help him and get him off ourback?
Some spoilsports are saying EhatChattanooga Choo-ehoo jokes are only forpeople with one Erack minds. Wedisagree. We have one abouE that famousfronEiersman, Jim Bowie. Seems Ehat Jimheard that a cavalry captain hadaccused him of bad etiquett,e by using hisfamous Bowie knife ert the dinner tab1e.Jim was infuriated. Wich the aid of amarshall, he went to seek out, his accuser.At one point, in the search, the marshallspotted a cavalry gfficer. ftrrning toJim, he sang out: "Pardon me, Bowie, isttai the cafitain whots accused you?h
If the choo fits, herets anotherlA buyer from Saks Fifth Avenue waslooking over a new line of casualItalian footwaar. Wanting to verifythe priee of a stunning Indianmoccasin adaptaEion, she sang out:"Pardon me, boy, is this the Eag onGuccits Sioux -shoe?" WelI, theycantt all be gems. or as one oi ourreaders recenily wrote: t'Pardon me, OylIs this lhe rag'to turn for news t;?"'OoK.; it's all ov€lo
Past Prexy and Lifeflew in from Att.leboro,for the rrpicni,rctt as dii
Member, ED HENRYMass. to Chicagoyour Editor.
In our ttl-eytett issue, we carriedthe stor-v on thl night OSCAR MURPHY, andJrM 'rPick:l.es" HERRTNG, with the heLp ofJOHNNY PEREZ, raided the hor:se with thebeer. Pickles has wriEten rjs on thatstorv with thi-s:tti have iust received the number Ewoedition of lhe Taro Leaf and I mlst sayir broughE bac.k a lot of memorj.QS. . . .In answer to the questi-on of the gasstat,ion bei-ng there thirt:-y yeers ago,absolutely not. The 24th QM tnrck companywas headqirartered in Ehe cotner buildingcoming off the bridge.....AnoEher error Iplckei up was about-t,he house where thebeer was discovered. The fact is thatWARREN MANOR (now deceased) and myselffound this building fu.l.l of beer and sakion t.he outskirts of town. We later wentback wit-h transporta.tion Eo retrievesome of rhe spoils of war which ourCaptain Konig did not appreciater. r rOscar was at thac cime staEioned wi.th the24th QM. That same night he and I dugin behind stacks of K-raEions in fronEof the chrrrch with a 50 cal-. set up.That was rhe night the Japs pulJed offtheir banzai attack that came verv closeto them getting back across the biidge...As I recalI, there was a group of the3rd Eng. set up just across the bridge andwe ca.ught them in a cross fi.re and theywere wiped out.. o..Oscar at thls time wasa tri-m 180 l.bs. Periodically we keep intouch. The last time I saw him was atthe reunion at West Point.....Eleanor,Pamela, mv daughter, and vours trul-y,have just reErrrtred from a delightful visitt,o sunny Hawaii. Some things have changedand some have remained the s8.!Ir€o o r r.I couldnrE believe the changes at Schofield.It seems l.ike Times Square now with allthe new building going oflo o o..WelI enoughsaid for this t,ime except to say helloto any of the boys who were members ofttre 2Ltn QM from'inception Lo L94l+.,.,.Please find enclosed a. tenner to bring meup-to-date or beyond.tt Great report,Pickl-es. Thanks.
HULA DANCERS
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Dontt forget. Dress at our Peoriashindig - most informal - anything solong as you are comfortable -Hawaiian shirts and nnru-rm:us preferred -except that for our Saturday nightbanquet, we do expecE coats and ties -and gals all wrapped up nice and pretty.
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RUNNING TO TIRE
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Chupinski is inthe 9th Inf.Div. Here sheis pictured ata recentconrnand exercisein Texas andNew Mexico.Never sErw STIV-thing Like thtsrvearing aTaro Leaf.Lousv discrimina-tion, thatr swhat, it isl!l
Did you ever get tlre feeling yout regoing nbwtrere and you've arrlved already.
A couple of the natives who helpedEo keep things going at our Chicago"affaii" - JII'fiS rrs;ike" o'DoM.lELf andRAY KRESKY, (24Lh RLcn. | 42-t 45).
Happy Taro Leafers Three -BOB DUFF, (Div.Hq. t 42-'44).B.G.CALDIIELL, (24 Recn. t 42-t 44),(uhe B is for trBentleytt in case'vou donttknow) and ToM coxpERE; (Div...Hq. 142-1 45),at, the Chicago "minir6uniont'. ' Tom Eold-'us about I11. SEale Rep. DONALD E. DEUSTER,a Korea vet, who has ioined our ranks.You can reach him aE 5I0 t't.Lake St..,Itundelein,
- I11. $5 says her 1l ioin-usin Peoria in August. -
Werve got regiment.al crests coming outour ears. Take your pick - 19th, 21stor 34th - $3.55 per palr. Write theEdiEor. Likewise wlth decals of theshoulder path - 509 each. And if it]s areal, honlsu-uo-God shoulder patch y6uwant, we have the McCoy - $1.00 each -brand new - have never slept in a foxhole.
One thing werd like to hear about -one person rrrho ever won 59 from one ofthose never-ending Readerr s DigestSweepstakes.
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(G3rd t t24t:n ora. ia+-t[5)l-orDesPlaines, I11., at our ChicaeohooEenarrny-.- Bob, in answer to-Uhequestion, "What do we wear whenf;;;ilI;t' r!"'ffI'a"a wirh ,'colo":I" f;LE?"Ene name ot the gam€o At Peoria, theboys.w111 wear biighr_panrs o,a-6"iitr""HawaLian shlrts foi ali acuivitie;;------except the Saturday night banquetsr'whenunrrorm or business suit, is in order.As for ,the gals, murrus are terri.fic -IoEs of color - dazzlLng - beaut,iful.And againr- for a1l actiilries ex-efi-ttebaBquetr lvhen cocktail dress ii in'order, it,'s wear what you like best.Tu:<edos? Evening dress6s? foreet ii.Just dress comforEably. But dome uoleoria. 'That r s Fhe important - it irr!. rtYourre right, Bob; thaii.----- -'
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RoIAND R. CLOLID (Sv.Co.19rh '42-t45)passed away last October. His dear wife,Eleanor, informed us on her Christmascard. ttwhiEey", as he was knorrrn to hisfriends, was born on Dec. 20, 1905. Heloved the soil. A lot of people wouldcall him a "hi1l-billy", but r'l^nrit,ey"was just a great gardener. Yeal ChicklWe don't mean to make a big job out ofthis, but Whitey was such a nice guy.He was a guy who never should have madethe ttbig onl" because of his age, but.he was Ehere doing his job like the restof us. And now he has [one to his reward.
JUAN GONZALESAND HIS TRAINED BEAR
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At the Chicago "circus" in APri-lr--Veeo and Membership Chairman BILL BYRD,(2fit. | 42-t 45), up- from FE. -Smi-th, Ark. r
was conrnenting to- IIAROLD ALEXANDER aboutthe fact that so many of our TaroLeafersr wives are able so completelyto join into our festivities as if theytheirselves had walked thaE dusty roadfrom Wahoo to Rockampton to Goodenough toHollandia and Biak to Leyte, Mindoro,Luzon and Mindanao !o Japan, Eo Korea,to Germany, to Riley, to exEinction andback agaiir t.o St,ewait. We-are blessedwiuh w6nderful gals and we're right proud.
Friendly words from Rev. WILLIAI'{ J.WALTER, in Yap, Caroline Islands 96943.Drop him a card.He writes: "watch for the December, L974,issue of the National Geographic! Itwill have a three-part story onPolynesia. The lst article, The Comingof Ehe Pollmesians, is by Kenneth Ernory.A few of the photographs illustraEingthis article were taken in my area.The 2nd article, WIND' I^trAVE, STAR AND BIRD,The Discovery of t.he Pacific, is byDgvid Lewis. This qrLicle is poorlywrit,ten. The man ualks about his olvnpersonal experience with ancient, naviga-tion. Thirteen of the fourEeen picturesillustrating this article were takenin my area. Asking why pictures Eakenin I'licronesia should be used in a sLoryabout Polynesia, I was told it. was becausethe central Carolines are t,he only onesleft where Ehe old ways of navigaEionand Ehe ancient. canoes are sEill in use.The 3rd art,icle, Problems in Paradise,by Mary and Laurence Rockerfeller dealsrviEh conserwaEion and pollution inPolynesia. I read through Lhe mock-up oiEhese arEicles and indicate<1. a fer,rcorrecLi.ons, especially of a misrepresen-tation. David Lewis rrad a picture ofhimself being tatooed on the left wrist.and underneaEh was Ehe caption: I'Considereda full-fledged mernber of the navigatorclan of PuluwaE in the Caroline Islands'
More out-of-towners made the Chicagottcelebration'r than did Chicagoans.Take for instance, Frances and CARROLLWHITE, (L 34th 142-t 44), who drove infrom Noblesville, Ind.
Lfi-^*A',ft-**E#+Dr. David Lewis receives LaLooes marlcingthis status." This is a misrepresentation.I and another l'licronesian have madervrit.t.en sLatelnents Lo that effect. APorpoise talooed on the thigh indicates anavigator, but not a t,atoo on Ehe "'rist.There will also be many many pai'-ings,typical of o1d Polynesia in this issue.Thbv are more auth6ntic t,hat, resend-dayphotographs and are very l.,rp--essive.these"albne make the is'sue buEsLanding."Thanks Bucky. irie spott.ed t'he arLiclesllooked 'for you. Diiln't recognize thepic you sent us. You look likeG.B.Shaw - and we mean Lhat as acompliment.
Confused about the organization of theDlvlslon? Waltr 11 you finlsh readingthis.
Secretary of the Army Howard H.Callaway announced on April 24th theaffiliation of two resen/e component (Rc)brlgades and one RC battalion with Ewoof the new regular Army divisionseffective May"I. Yepr'*"'re one of fem.
The affiliations are the 48th InfantryBrigade (Mechanized), Georgia ArmyNational Grrard and 2nd Battalion, 117thInfantry (Mechanized), Tennessee NationalGuard with uhe 24th Infantry Division atStewart, and the 256th Infant,ry Brigade,Louislana Natlonal Guard with the 5thInfantry Division (Mechanized), atPoIk. That's in La., you know.
In the affiliation program, reser/ecomponent, units are assist,ed by theactive Army to improve their readinessfor deployment. Some affiliat,ed uniE,s,as in Lhi's case, are designated "round-outtr units. A roundout uilc comple-ments an active Army dlvision and bringsit up to sEandard size. In essence, aresen/e component roundouts brigadebecomes a part of uhe regular Army unitat mobilization.
These RC brigades and battalionswill bring us and 5th Infantry Divisioneach up to nomal division structure ofthree brigades. The active Army androundout, units wil-l plan, train, and ifnecessary, go into combaE together.
The only other Army division with aroundout brigade is the 25th InfantryDivision in Hawaii. It has had aroundout brigade from the HawaiiArmy National Guard, the 29th InfantryBrigade, and a U.S. Arrny Rese:rre roundouE,battalion, the 1008h Battalion, 442dInfantry Regiment, since L973.
Just what effect this mish-rmrsh willhave on activating other units of the24th, we dontt know. The news releasecarefullv avoids the subiect.
As we'used E,o say, ttSNlAFU".
Eniov himself did JOHN OTSUIJ.MN.(34th-132-1 53), ar the Chicago "orgyr'.We've just checked our list and find noplcture of HOIJARD rrl.urnrr Lt MSDEN,(2tst & 19th t50-r51), who aLso'was there.Sorrlr Howard.
HANGING THE DALTON BOYS
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At Ehe Chicaeo "fiesta" -PAUL frJr." HARRiS, (G 2L .42-r 45), allthe way up from Wilmingt,on, N.C.,SAI,I cIiNEir,, (13rtr F 142-' a5), ati rne\ray up- from Largo, Fla., and DICK WATSON(19th '42-' 45) who, wieh the evergracious Phyllis, made it from Da1evll1e,Ind.
Word in from Life Member IAFAYETTE A.COGHRAN, (24 QM 5/4L to 5/45)r of 65Applet,on, BrockEon, Mass., is that hisbuddy, EUSTACIO CISNERO, passed awaylast Feb. 15. They called Custsacio"Bozo"i his brothei was Ehe BeancounterrsTop Kick.
At our Chicago "pow-wowfr - BOB SHAY,(21sr '4Q-' 5?) Ind brrr SaNDERSoN,(r fgth | 39-' 44), of Atrleboro, I'Iiss..
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Want a laugh? Some ent,erprislngLleutenants at FE.Bennlng has wrltt€rr usoHe has been cotrrnissloned Eo wrlt,e a"curreat history of certain r:nits ofthe 24th Divist6n.ft He doesntt say forwhom but hers trnlns to nrn down a-lineage of the rt2nd-Brigade" and of the"2d Bi, 13th Field e,rtiflerrr in Vietnarnrt.We dldnrt even knor the 13th had beenlhere, so well had ehe secret been kept.Imaglne the Ary writing us for tristory.Kindq gets you right here, doesn't it?ff. D/A doesn'g know, surely we dontt.
BOB NELSON sends us an applicationfor sTAt{LEy DUDA, (r rgrrr) ,- of 723 S.Van Buren, Wiloington, Del. They were hitby the same mortar shell on Mlndanao.You can't get any closer Ehan that,can you.
Maj.TR0Y YOUNG, our eager beavermembershlp ntan at, Stewart-sends us theap_pI_ication of Col. KENNETH and SallyLEVER. He's the lst Bde.Deputy BrigideCormander, w€rre proud t,o ripoit.
ttDues and donation" was what ALLENCOFFMAN, (tu 2tst '44-,45), wrote on hischeck. He and Gen are parents 3 t,lmes,grandparents 9 ti-mes. They run abowling alley in Cherokeer-Okla. Thanksfolks. Gen wrote us Ehat they hope toattend a reunion. How about 'peoria lnAugust?
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Since VII^I II, we have contributerl aborrt197 bil1i.on $- in ai.d ro-ro*"-ii5 nurions.we can'E be aII too- badl fool.i"hr mavbe -simple beyon<t a doubE, 6r.ri Uuai _ uo,
Our r75 Convention sit-e is The peori.aHilton, Peoria, I11. Our dates areFriday, Aug. 15 and Saturday, Arrg. 16,with ilepariures on Sunday, Aire , Y7 ,Beg": are $19,00 for sin-gles 5nd$24.00 for doubles and tiins.
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JACK and Mabel ANDERSON, (n rggn | 4o-t 44), of Kannapolis.' N.C. have a son justout of usAF after-+ vr". Jack'ir-ir.*y of the N.c. peari Harbor survivors Gang.
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'44-t4S), of 208 Etizabeth, San AntonlorTex.r aiked that, thls oessage be readat Cleanrater - and It was:
"Sorry I cantt be wlth you today andhear the- old stories nade more glamorousbv the Dassase of Eime. We couldn'tslt on irtttro[t thenl r hope so very mrchEhat there will be a good atEendance aEiiie"e assedblles to kEep the flres ofother davs klndled.- ttBell-eve me, L havenrt forgotten youtor the oanv otshers of the Old Divlsion.i[e passag-e of ti.ne nay dlo but not killthe -scenes of earlY daYs.ttTrv to keep in contact with as manyof the- old timlrs as posslble. We aresiaiterea to Ehe four'wlnds so i-t's harda;-a;;--As time races on, we ask, 'r -wonder what, happened Eo Old Joe Gish?'ldavbe too late- to f,ind hin but themetories are still Ehere.---'iin-all probability I wontt be able toattend futuie Reunlons sor qr comradesof the long ago and far-awayr I wishyou happiness-and satisfaction in youriecolliitioas of the proud 24ch Infant,ryDLvision.
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New member - CECIL LAI'I, (Hq.lst Bn.19th I 44-t 45), of 26 Fairfac,Cinnaminson, N.J.
Welcome aboard: PAUL and LoisHIGGiNS, (1st Bn. 21sc r44-146), ofUSASA 58 Augsburg, CMR 228'APO NY.Paul is a civilian with the Army afuer20 vrs. in Ehe brown suit. Retired int 65'. PauL and Lois have 3 - Ken 20,Mike 20 andrCharley 14.
Itts a small world - werve knownBOB DEARNESS for vears because he worksin the building where our office islocaLed, had hid many cups- of coffeewith hiir during breaks before,- one dayin talkine. arilv was mentioned and theusual foli6wed -- 'rWhat outfit' were youwith? etc., etc.rr It develoPed thathere was a Taro Leafer - a 34th man inKorea - right in our back Yard and wedidntt evei know it. Is Bob a membernow? Yourd betEer believe itl
New people heard from - JOHN BONTJE,(a fgtfr'Jaian and Korea 1950, of Box222. Larchwood.Iowa. - DICK FOSDICK,(Ho.Btrv. 63rd'F I^ll^I II) of Box 45,I'{awi116, Mich. - IVAN HALL, (R 6. sv.2lst '4L-t 44), of 105 Linco1n, Brewster,Ohio. Each has been invit.ed to bewith us in Peoria, You can bet.
JACK LEDDY, in conrnenting on therecent death of CoI. LEE L. HASSELTINE,writes: "I wonder how many of us havethought: tGee, I wish I had checked himout and paid a brief social call when Iwas in his area a few years backr - Iwonder. He was really some guy - 1001hilarious sEories about him - not onederogatory.rt l,'Ietve asked Jack for a fewof the sEories for reprinting.
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Rappe1llng, thatrs what they ca1L lt'Could'i,re do ii today, old t.Iw Ii guYs?Set,s. DANNY HARGER LNd SALVATORE AUELLINAUEtn of 2/L9Eh, shout down from above.Come to tirtnt 6r tt, dFa sergeanE evershout up? And lest we forgetr-it's aUS Arnflphoco. Thanks US ArnrYl
"llhy donrE you?" asks Maj.Gen.LIVING'SToN N. tAYLoR, (Div.Aruy...t 42-t 45),of 45 Niuhi, Honolulu, Hawaii. "Wltydonrt, vou hive a convention in Hawaii?"We didi Llv:r - in 165. But weere ready'to gg back again. How about it gang?Livlf's family is there too by Ehe way -his wife, all of his 3 children and hissrandchildren. How fortunate, Li',rv.igain -.wer11 get there yetl!- Rightnow, it, I s Peoria come August.
Grin and bear lt was Lhe advlse toh/t. DONALD SERVICK, B Co., 2nd Bn,19th on his first rappel at Stewart. We
ask 1 Sgt. CHARLES T:- SIZEMORE whothoughtfully sent ln uhe plcturer-.'iHow"come siker ls in the- 2nd Bn?"Ttr"l'11 slow.him down for a bit? Itrsa US Atmy photo by the way.'Wtro else?
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We are happy to welcome into the clubGimlet JOHN D. ROPER of 240 Bayslde,Arcata, Calif. Johnny was with usfrom f43 -'45. As a'newcomer, John,youtd have fun if you were to make oneof our get-Eogethers. tIe meet inPeoria in mld-August. Yourd be mostwelcome.
It looks Ilke our 1976 conventlonslt,e ls Savannah, Ga. ail Fort StewarE.For now, we rmrst concentraEe on Peoria,I11. and Aug. 15, 16 and 17 of thlsyear - L975. See you there.r
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"Any possibility of ever having aconvenlibn in Las fegas?" asks J0ENNYROBINSON, d '42-'45 Chick, of. 667 Gilman'Brawley, Calif. Yes, if thatts where themembership wants to go. These coDV€n-t.ion siEes involve, or should involve, somesensible prior planning as to where thesite is, whaE's there after we get there,how we get therel and what, its faciliEiesare. Regretfuliy, for years, we havebeen inclined Eo pick a tomr firsE andthen, and only then, give any considera-tion to the importanL points. Johnny -get your facts and figures in onLas Vegas and we'11 publish them. Thatway, we might get a few members to thinkfirst and vote last and Las Vegas justmight get the nod. Trouble is, ourthinking abouE this imporEant subjece isusually restricted to convenEion dayswith nobody having really marshalled theessential facts.
The 5th U.S. Inf. RegE. Assoc.meet,s JuLy 27 at the Legion Post inScarboro, Maine. For info, BOB WESTONis the one to see. Hers aE Bo>i 2351in South Port1and, Maine.
Recent,ly Polly FIlilAN, lovely daqghterof JACK and Mary, on a teaching missionwlth a group of teachers to Japan, TapeltHong Kong and Australia' stopped over intton6lu1u-for 24 hours. It wlrir Pollyrsfirst trlp to Watroo. tJho wae there toneet her? Shy LLIM, of course.
EDTIIN and Ellzabeth GHAPIAN who had2 vears rlth Able of the 19th have lolnedoui ranks. Theyrre at 2214 l{roel.eyr'Savannatrr Ga.
BILL voSS, (ltttr Field |42-t 45), of402 N.Lancaster, Margate, N.J., hasretired from-banking (VP of lst NaE.ofSouth Jeriey). WriEes Margaret, tVeenjoy a velT quiec life after 30 yearsin the bank. Remember - old bankersnever die, they just lose interest."
Slckenlng to behold - the llkes ofVlctor Marchettl, the former hlgh-leveIGIA bov wtro kisses-and-tells all in"the c-IA and the cult of Int,elligence.rl
In the club 1S DICK TIMMERMEYERpresently wlth the' lst Bde. at HunterAmy Alrfield, Savaanatr, Ga.
Bill Jary, Editor of the 36th Inf.ttTexastt Div. Assoc., has become a fastfriend - is pushing us in his copy. llewant Eo do the same for him. If you knowa 36th man and he needs to be made awareof the Div.Assoc., please give him BilltsD€lrn€o His address is Box 1816, Ft.Worth,Tex. Wrote Bill recently: "hlas delightedto find a division with a slick magazine.Have contact with 34th and 45th, butneighter one have rm:ch more than periodicnewsletEers. Yours is the most ambiEiousI have found so far. Our press :rrn is2500. We use the overs for recnriting.The 36uh is oId, and I am sure Ehere arethousands of stravs out there in theboondocks, but hre'cantt seem t,o ::trn f emdown. Some, just, donft care. Since36th is mostly TDUNS, we find now thatafter 30 years, the out. of state boys aremore active, att,end our reunion in largeattendance, and their enthusiasm isrewarding. Your time permitting,please let me hear from you, and tell- memore about the 24th, (giirce U guys werein the Pacific, we don't know too nnrchabout what, where and when).ttNice report, Bil1.
I{e have been asked to speak for allTaro Leafers of the great sEate ofIlllnois and to request the pleasure ofyour coupany at our anntral reunlon,Frlday, Aug. 15 to Snnday, Aug. L7at the Peorla Hllton Hotel' 105 Main St.'Peorla, I11. 61602.
The gang Is Jolnlng togeEher ln naklngevery poaslble effort to assure Ehat thisyear's reunion ls the largest, andbegt ever.
tJerll have the complete reunlon progranin a forthcoming issue.
Most members will recall CoI. WendellW.Fertigr the Mindanao guerriL[aconrnander. At Pearl Harbor Eime, he wassuperint,endent of a large iron mine onthe island. He lefu that job to join theAtmy. ttre rest of the hisLorv we-know.The-book,
ttThey Fought Alone"', by JohhKeaEs was abouE him and his exploits wiUhthe guerri-Ilastt. Following thL war, hecame home, only to be sent. to Korea,finally leaving the army ln t55 to becomea mlnlng consultant in Colo. WeLl thestory ends now for on March 24t,}:^,CoI. Fertig breathed his last atLakewood, Colo. May he rest in peace.
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(Ed.note: EolLowing our wonderful returrr to Palo last fall, The Palo ltunlclpalCouncil meE Eo pass Resol.ution 58 by whlch the Taro Leaf becomes an integral parEof the Town's Oiflcial seal. We ar-e humbly proud).
UUNIoIPAL COUNCTL AT UiIl SESSToN I{ALL CN NoVE{BER 8, 1974
PRESE{T:Hon. Gemeniano P. Porti]IoHon. Lino 8. D.rilLongHon. Filomeno D. PlirnacoHon. Nqrma C. RicafortHon. Adriang V. NoPri{on. 'Urbano Ii. Pefled.aIIon. Cataline C. Canaleja
ABS$ITIHon. Corrrelio P. IrionteioHon. Basilie e. I[agnoHon. SoLedad P. liendiol'a
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WHEREhST on October 20, 1944t the beaches of Pa)-or Leyt'e rasswamed. with liberating foroes of the 24th Infantry Divj"sion, r"rho
inched their way to the town of Pato, Leyte api.nst the suicj'dalforces of the Japanese lrnperial tr'orcesl
WIIEREAS, the peopLe of Pa1o, through 156 Pa1-o &huticipal Cotl-ci1 wou1d. wlih not to forget the heroio deeds of the msnbers ofthe 24th Infantry Division durlng the Li-beration of Leyte, parti-cularly the mrrnicipality of Palo, Leytel
WHEREI\S, ir1 recognition to the vaunted and. triunphant actionsof the mernbers of the 24th lnfantry Divi.sion an everlasting moment
be set for their honorl
NOli fflrrRE!-OlGl, on inotj.on of oounc1lor &rdlong, duly seconded
by Councilor Noprr be it,
RESOLVED, as it is hereby resolved, by the lrlunicipal counci]j-n sessicn asianbledl to inolud'e, as it hereby i,,cluilest in theOfficial Seal of the Municipality of Palo, Leyte, the tbro Leaf,sJmbl of the 24th Infantry Division, as part and parcel of theofficial eeall
iiE$oLVED -rlLiTHER, that constrltation with historical authori-ties be sougbt rn the'redesign.ing of the 0ffici.aL seal of themunic:.paf it! of Pa1o, Leyte, -which will i,olude the laro Leafl
IiESOLVED FINALLY. that copies of this resolution be furnieheilttfre ffwenty Fourth Infa.ntry Division rissociation, through is Seore-
tarJr-lheagurer, A11y. Kenwood Ross, 129 Maple St., Springfieldlli""-". Ot tlO, uSrr, t-he Direotor, HistoricaL Commissinn, I'Ia'nila, theProvilcial. 0overnor, Ibcloban City, and tlie Munioipal treasurertPa1o, Leyte, for thiir information and' appropriate action'
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Thls ls a US Army photograph. Givethe credlt first, $Ie say, and stay outof the Guard House. Thls ls the Ft.Stewart BicenEennial- Color Guard. Fromleft, itrs Speclalist, 4 LARRY TUCK,Sergeant NORRIS BURNS, Sergeant LAIIRENCEHAMILTON, Prlvate JAI,IES CAI'{PBELL andPrivate RANDY WILBORN. Wtren nor:mal dutywith Headouarters-Headouarters Companv.lst Brigade, 24!h rnfaritry "vietorirrt '
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Divlsion, doesn't take precedence overtheir time, these men represent the posEin parades and ceremonies comnemoratingthe-Armv and the Nationfs blrth. Butthe fIaL has 50 stars, not 13, and thisis Ft.StewarE not Tayiorrs Creek. rr!{hen
iE comes t,o colors y6utre calking abouta very serious rnatter. If that flagwere L,o be captured or touch the ground,the whole guaia would be in deep Erouble,"explalns Sgt. RAFAEL LOPEZ, who headsup- the team. The senior member of uhepirrty carrles Ehe NaEional Flag. 0"1his iight is an armed guard, armed wiEha replica of The Brown Bess rmrsket. Asoldier carrles the Armyr s colors andanother the brigade banner. They areflanked bv vet a.nother euard. The menpractice 'foi about threE hours a week,carryingard dispLaying Ehe colors.There's a sta.rtlng five and substitutesttCoachtt Lopez drills the others rrnder theguida.nce o? rleLd Manua-l ?.2-5, 'rupdated'lto lSth CenEurv Standards. There havebeen some chan[es in 200 years in thedispl.ay of the'flag. ttoui men rmrstcarry thel-r nnrskets ln their hands,readtr for use, if necessaryrtt reportsSgt.'Lopez, ttunlike sling -arms as weaponsare cariled todav." The suard will beused in place of- ttnormaLtr-post, ColorGuards ln ceremonies du::ing the bicen-tennial era.
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IErs an RPV, Thatrs Remot.ely Pilot-ed Vehicle for those of you rrnflmiliarwith military acron)rms. The Iitt,lelafvgle being developed for the Army byTeledyne Ryan Aeronautical, will weighno more than I20 pounds, f1-y aE speedsbetween 75 and 120 knots and do itsthing at approximately 2r000 feetaltitude. And what i-s its "t,hing?" -Kamikaze missions, su::rzeillancer anti-helicopter defense, damage assessment,electronic countemeasures, counter-countetmeasures, counter-counter-counter-countermeasures .
Donrt forget, - we have tem - thereglmental ciescs - the real thing - foreaEh of Ehe 19th, 21st asrd 34th -while they last - $3.55 a pair - wetllmail rem the day we get your order -the Dosta1 authorities mav louse it
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Faithful RoY BELL, (Dlv.Hq. '45-t 47),of 205 State, ElLzabethtown, Ky., writesus: "Six monihs before you ian'the storyof the medal being presented by thePhtlippine Government, I saw a bit in theArmy Times and wrote with documentation.Ttre answer came back in f lve months.ttso sorry we are out of medaLs. If weever strl-ke any more you wilL get o[€.ttWha-t reaction d1d oEhers receive?(Ed.note - None). tlouLd you be lnterestedin a story with a print of a JapaneseLieutenant polnting out the last locationof the Japanese 100th Division onMindanao? My asslgnmenE was as Air-GroundLiaison (C-:-Air).- As units needed closeair-support, it was my job to arrangefor proper aircraft, with the properarmament, to do the speclflc job.-Some-tlmes when the aircraft arrived, Ehetarget had already been neutralized. Itsbecame my job to have an altertratemission as they did not go back to baseloaded. My spare tlme was spent ln G-2workLng over Alr Corps photos looking fortargets and going to the prisonerLnlerrogation teams wluh (uestLons forprisoners on the results of air-strikesln certain areas and where vit-alinstallations ma-y be located. They calledme one day and said that they ha.d a JapLt who kn6w where the 100th bi-v.Hq. wailocated. I asked if he could identifyit from the air and would he be willingto go up and ooint it out? The answerwas-ttYeitt. I-arranged for the Marinesto fly him to Zamboanga Eo brief Lhepilots there. About this tsime, a Lifephotographer named Dtrncan got wi-nd ofwhat was going on. He asked GAYLORDHATHAWAY, the G-2, for permission towrlte the stonr. Hathaway told him O.K.
'Thot public rclotions fcllow doorn't misr o trick, doo hrtt"
as long as the Japanese lieutenanEs namewas not used. Well, Duncan broke thetrust and the story hit Time as lrell- asfltany nelrspapers throughout Ehe US r^rlththe name of- the Jap ln bold typel ttrepicture and name o^f the Jap afireared onthe cover of TIME. Hathaway, fearlng theLieutenant mighE receLve harsh treatmentwhen he returned to Japan, asked that hebe held in PCff canrp ln the Phllippinesuntll things ln hls homeland cooled off.After we had been in Japan a year,DivLsion recelved a message asklng whatto do with this ll-eutenani. Everyonewas belng shipped back to Japan but theyhad no authority t,o release hlm. Themessage klcked around and someoneflnally remembered that I had knowledgeof lt and asked me what to do wlth hlm.We told them to ship him home. They did.I flew ln the plane with him when heErLed to poinc out the location of his HQ.He got air sick and had to be returned toLlbby, bett,er remembered as CLAKON airdromeoutslde of Davao. The control Eower wasRoscoer s puptent bulLt upon si.x bananaboxes. Remember lt? (Ed.note - weremember lt well-). At Libby, we had thetr:ust of hlm as we had no guards on hlm.He was allowed to go to the edge ofthe field and Lle down ln the tall grass.He was so weak from being alr sick, hecouldnrt have hurt anyone. We1l, hewas i.n the grass, whlle we were across Ehefiel-d from hlm. Some soldlers walklngaround the field stumbled across him andturned whitc with frieht. One of themscrearned out. ttHere is a Jap.t'We ran to the aid of the Jao. [Ie wasabout to be kIlled.rr Great sEory, Roy.Deep thanks.
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Letter in from Pfc. WILLIAI'I M.EDDY,now at Ft.Campbell and it reads: ttTttisweekend a group of us guys were talkingabout t,he Army in general when thesubject of hair came up. After dis-cussing the guys in Getmany who have lettheir hair grow long, a question came tomind that has been bugging me - Why canwomen in the Army have hair down uotheir waist as long as they have iE upduring duEy hours and guys have to haveshort hair? Is this equal opportuniEyin the Army?" We wouldn't touch that one,BiIl, with a 13 foot pole. Besides' ourpersonal emotions on hair are alreadyfairly well known arnong the membership.Thev dan be said in 2 liEt1e words:rrcu't ittt.
ttus Army-photo", Ioutre supposed tosav everv t.ime - everv single time' mindyoir. 0.k., o.K., Gerhr Foid, we hiar youlitrs Men of B/2nd/Igth rappelling. Onemisht ouen/: are thev uoing up orcoiling'aowir? Careful. -Som6onl's liabIeto bop you.
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"There goes sick call!"
After 197 billtons in forelgn aid -slace WW II - a sum equlvalent Eo morethan 40% of the current national debt -there are signs wetre golug to slow ltall dowa. About tlme, we say.
SP4 MICHAEL INGRAIT, B Co. 2,d Bn/L9Eh,looking iust a wee bit sea sick, isbeeinnini his descent from Ehat helicopter.ItYs a uS lrmy photo. Reminds us of theBragg paratrooper who made a dro iastmonEh wearlng his sneakers. Tl' foolforgot to wear his leather bc,.;s.Naturally when he landed, he bounced rightback up;-he was wearing tirose sneakers,donft, v6u see? Down h6 came a second time,and balk up he bounced again. A thirdtime, and a third bounce. And a fourthand a flfch etc. Every time he landed,he bounced right back up. lJtrat did theyfinally do; did rve hear someone saY?
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The Army is testing an experimental8-whee.l-ed vehicle known as the "Tirri.st,er".The double-bodied vehicle, designed tocross rough terrain at high speeds,is being put. t.hrough its paces byMASSTER (ivlodern Army Selected SysLemsTest EvaluaEion and Review Agency) at,Fort, Hood, Tex. Part, of Ehe t\,vister'smobility comes from a special yoke thatallows the ilvo parts of its body tobend in the middle, plus a suspensionsyst.em Ehat allows each wheel- to moveindependently over obstacles. It ispowered by uwo 8-cylinder, 440-cubic-inch engines. The civilian firm t,hatdesigned and built the Tvister foreseesEhe vehicle as a scouL car or primemover.
From E,he pen of our Veep BILL BYRDwho makes sense in what. he saysr 1retproves that her s a lousy poeti
Are you an active member,the kind thaE would be missed,
or are you jusr cont.ented,that your name is on the list?
Do you at.tend the meeEingsand mingle with the flock,
or do you stay at homeand criticize and knock?
Do you take an acLive partto help the work along,
or are you saEisfied to be the kindthat just belongs?
Do you ever go to visita member who is sick,
or leave the work for just a fewand complain abouE the clique?
Therets quite a program schedriledthat I'm sure vou heard about,
And I'd appreciatL it very rmrchif you'11 all come and help me out.
So come t.o the meetings oftenand helo with head and hearE
Donr t be jirst. an act,ive memberbut t,ake an active part,.
Think this over memberyou know right, from wrong
Are YOU an active member? -o?-?[o you' just belong,
Did you hear the one about thePolish Race Car Driver that madeeleven pit stops, one for gasolLne andten for directions?
JITTERBUG DANCING WITH A SQUARE
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The 2d Armored t'Hell on ltrheels'r isnow the Arrnyr s largest division. IErecently act,ivaE,ed a fourth brigade.The addieional 3,800-man unit. willallow the division to keep ies normalthree-brigade structure at, Fort Hood,Tex. , while deploying the fourt,h uniuto Europe.
Too bad male chauvinists, ArmyROTC has survived its third year offema-]-e part.icipation. And this yearapproximately 400 female cadets wil-1take part in basic and advanced ca.mptraining. Cadets of boEh genders willaLEend E,he same camps and participat,ein the same training t,o the ext,entpossible. This action is consistentwith ROTC objectives t,o prepare fuEureofficers with a general knowledge ofmilicary skiIIs regardless of branchassignment, and with Army policy pro-hibiting use of women in combat.
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We sav 'fielcome aboard" t,o PAUL andA1meta cAsH, (Ist Bde), of 205 Faire,Savanurah, Ga.
"I m very proud of the 80th ArmyBand, proud to b€ in it, and I can'tthink of any other job in the Armyor civilisn life that I would ratherhave," exclaims Staff SergeantDewey H. Anderson, trumpet s€ctionleader.
The 80th Amy Bandredesignated the 24th Infantry
Division Band on Oct. 21, .is a unit of20 soldiers that performs withdedication md diligence, rain ordrine, dey or night. It raises manyslutes, instills lumps in throets,brings hands a6oss hearts, removeshats, sounds attention, restores prideand faith, and brings tears to manyeyes as it plays tlle national anthem,the Amy song and other patrioticprcces.
Despite the loss of an outstandingband leader, Chief Warrant OfficerAnthony R. Bacca, who rrcentlyretired, the unit continues to stephigh in striving for perfection. CW4Bacca's successor is Master SergeantAlbert L. lrwis, enlisted band leader,a veteran of over 19 yeag experiencein music md a epable bandEonductor.
The 80th Army Band goes back to1927. The 3lst $oast Artillery Band,52d Coast Artillery Band and 80thArmy Ground Forces Band are oneand the same, and they evolved intothe 80th Army Band in 1947.
The band seryed in Germany andat Ft. Dix prior to befuig reactivatedat Ft. Stewart in May of 1955. ln1958 the unit was transt'o[ed toHunter Amy Airtield and returnedto Ft. Stewilt h 1973.
The 80th Army Band has sewedFt. Stewat-Hunter installation foralmost 20 years and ha.s been onvaried assignments in many otherparts of the United States.
The unit coyers are.s h Florida,the soutlern portion of SouthCrolina and all of eastern Georgia.After performing for the VicePresident of the United State3 inAdanta, Ga., during a Chamber ofCommerce Convention in May 1973,the l8-piece band thenprmeeded tola Grange, Ga. There they welcomedand entertained returning pdsonersof wa and were commended fortheir efforts.
Ten of the 20 men in the bandcomprise the company's combo,which is directed by SSG Anderson.The comtlo last played for recruitingpurposes at Disney World neatOrlanda, Fla., Sept. 18-19.
Atthough most of the unitlmembers have some backgroundexperbncc in music prior to enteringservice, r€gulation r€qutes sixmonths sttendance at the U.S. ArmyElement Amed Forms School ofMusic, located in Norfolk, Va.
Private First Class James E-Bilbrey, Jr., drgmmer, and one of thenewcomers to the unlt, says that hereally enjoys being a part of the 80thArmy Band. Some members of lheunit got out of the Amy and laterrelisted in order to rejoin the 80thAmy Bmd.
'This is the bcst organized unit onpost," commented Speciallst4 RobertL. Prkstley, trumpeter.
As the band continues under a newname, its past traditbn shouldpromise il .a bigger and even morecolorful futrue.
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New members - LARRY and Alice KERR,(Div.Hq. - Augsburg - l/59-3/6L), ofBox 265, Glennville, Ga. Larry'swith Civil Service, assigned to Ft.St.ewart.Herd love to hear from "iome of theqreatesE euvs in the world". Writesiarry, "I"wis ehinking that, if youaccelted members who did not serve duringwart-ime, it, and your Taro Leaf , andannual get-together could provide avenuesfor a few of us who have talked about. areunion of our unit for yearsr and at thesame time get, the association some newmembef,s. ean one ioin the association ifhe did noE serve d[ring wartime?" Wetold Larry that, anyone who ever wore theTaro Leaf could be a member.
Writes BOB GOLDTI{WAIT, (Div.Hq.Fin.Ofc), who until recenEly wasChairman of the Board of Fitchburg, I\dass.Savings Bank. He reEired last December Iand has gone to live at. L23L9 Esca]-a,San Diego, Calif. Good wishes, Bob -and aussi Connie." 'Course he's teachin' it-Wha'ia think?"
Welcome to the Club - DONAVON C. SMITH,(r Ztsr '51-'52), of 1513 47 w.,Birmingham, Ala. He and Eileen haveDon Jr. , L7, Eddie 15, Kenwan 13,Pamella 11 and Chad 8. Most interestingnames, Don. Werd love to meet that gan[.Don tells us that Eileen has the idealway of cooking the Ttranksgiving Eurkey."Simple", he Explains, "sEe co6ks it 'one -football game for every 15 pounds".
Now with us: BOB and Amanda LOZIER,(a Ztst '44-' 45), of RR 2, Mant,ero, I11. ,and PAUL and HatEie FRITSCHE, (24 Sig.'43-' 45), of 4915 Dover, BeaumontrTe*.lJelcome aboard, fol-ks. Bob tells theone about the woman at the zoo who isgrabbed by uhe gorilla. '\,Ihat shall Iio?tt, she'screats Eo her husband. t'Te1lhim you have a headache", advises hergallant swain.
FLETCHER and June HOLDERMAN, (L 21stt42-'45), of Perr1ruille, Ky., report, EhatFleEcher is still raising tobacco andcattle and Jr:ne is with Whirlpool. SonLarry is managing a financ€ co. inGreenville, S.C. and Norris, 17, has justfinished high school. FleEcher asked usto tell his favorite I'Iae $Jest story. Asl,lae told it, it went 3 rThe other nightI ran int,o my local preacher. He saidtl'dae, I pray6d for yiru last nightr. Isaid, 'You silly boy; you should havecallid' ". Than[<s , i'ieLch.
2nd LE. Mary Lou Follett and Pfc. JamesC.Johnson, the palsies who lived togeEherin Germany, have each quit the Army afterbeing aeni6a promotiond. "Harasse6",they-each said. Ho huml
We welcome GUS and Helen DARAS of108 Columbia, Coventry, R.I., int,o ourclub.
A Navy thatcould find itin its heart todecorate only 78of the 82 survi-ving members ofthe Pueblo crewwith medals andcitations ischi-cken. No awardfor Skipper LloydBucher, who sayshe understands.Nop 47, reEiredafter 28 serviceyears, he is onthe lecture circuittalkins mostlv on"whatti aignt'wLth Americar'. !,Ie like theBuy, even if the Navy doesnrtl Rememberguyr even rr Ene Navy ooesn'E; KememDerFelrl Harbor. Puc yburself in No Manr sland, call for help, and what would youdo - sink or swim?
I^Iord from Helen KEPLER' is that LOUIS(G 21 t42-' 45), has been making sickialls - stroke due to hardening of thearteries. Now he has Eo exercise everyday, no Eobacco, but ttbeer?
Yesr .Chin up, Lew. Card him aL 49 Anderson,Deferiet, N.Y.
lst, Inf.Div. soldiers who were KIAin V. will have a Washington memorialacknowledging their sacrifice. -Cbngresshas approved-a resolution grant'ingauthoi-ity to constt:tlct it. If memoryserves, Lheytve already goE one memorialin that town. They rmrst be doing some-Ehing right.
BILL and Pauline FLETCHER (22 AAA7/53-L2/54), of Newport, Ark., havejoined our ranks. Bill is es,peciallyinxlous to hear from AAA men of his era.
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BILL and Lorraine ALLEN, (G 21sr:.42-'44) , --casre - over f or our Chicago"sociable", w€tge happy to report,l Grand_c_ggple, And we'd show you PAUL and DottyWISEGUP, JOHN and Hilda KLLTMP, JOHNNYTRINCA, and CHET and Glorla AIIDREZAI(who likewise helped to make it so, exceptwe donrt have thbir pictures. Oriapologies, folks. We'lI make up for itin Peoria.
BERT and Ginny LOI{ERY, (19th | 42-t 45),from Lomaxr I11.; graced uhe Chicago"festi.val" with their presencer each ful1of scuttlebut,t as Eo what they have llned
The captlon says hefs rappelllng.To rappel- is to dbscend by means of arope passed under one thighl across thebodyr-and over Ehe opposlte shoulder.IE's a US Army photo.
Memo in from Life Member ED HENRYreadi-ng, "On Monday night, March 31,on the To TeIl The Tnrth program at7:30 p.m. on Channel 7, I recognized oneof the Ehree cont,estant,s, so-calledrimpostorsr, as BOBBY DEIIS. The game isto guess the real- person who represent.edhlmself to be a distributor of medicinalherbal poEions. It was not Bobby but,he did a fine iob in that, verv richwondepful Geor[ia accent.r Nice going,Bobbyl Are you and }darge going to makePeoria?
up for us in Peoria come AugusE.
"t remember when you Air Force guys lirst went inlo blueuniforms and everybody kidded you aboul lookin's like bus
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Tragic news out of the hor:s ehold ofLOUIS and Vio1a TACCHI, (E 34 5/44 to8/45), aE 6832 Bradley, St.Louis, Mo.Their 16 year o1d - their youngest boy -drowned while on an out,ing of hisclass au St.Vincent's Seminary aECape Girardeau, Mo. Our deep sympathieswent fo::rrard Eo Lou and Vicki, you canbet. Lou reports that the family isrecovering nicely from the shock.
Now one of us: JAI,IES E. MORRISON,(G 19th '56-'57), of 501 Windsor,Savannah, Ga. A civilian employee aEFt. St,ewart, Ji-m and Dorothy are theproud parenEs of Jennifer (iovely name),Johanna (lovely too) and Alane (dlsoloveIy).
Joined: JIM and Kat,ie BELL, (C 21st3/5L - 5/52), of L529 Ridge, E.SE.Louis,I11. Jim tells Ehe one about Ehe EwoMartians who landed on a deserEed sEreeEin St.Louis one 3 AM. They saw a hydranE.One walked over to it and said, "Take usto your Ieader." The oEher one said,"oh, don't t.alk to him; hets only a kid".Thanks Jim.
"One more word outta you about how valuable rain isas a natural resource an' you get it right in th'
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Now Jr. Vice Concnander of ClearingPost, 600 of The American Legion isCHESTER ANDREZAK, (Cn. 2L t/+4-'45), of3225 N.NaEchez, Chicago. And installedas AdiuEanr of Uhe same DosE wasRrcHAf,,D C. cOrNY (E 21 '45) of 3619 W 64,Chicago. Dick was Conrnander in r55. Andover in Spencer, Mass., WILFRED OTCOIN,(c ztst '42-'45 ), of 33 valley st., w€(c ztsr 'alley St., was\TJ ZIDI- +L- qJ
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installed as Chaplain of his A.L.post.WiL slips us the one about the guy inthe bar- every day ordering 2 martlnisat a Eime. The barEender asks him why2 aE a time. He answers, "1 is for mb;1 is for my buddy who was KIA in Nam."-One dav he-comes-in and orders onlv 1.rrwhy?rr'asks the bartender. ttoh, Itvestofped drinking", came the repLy.Thanks, Wil, we needed Ehat.
Itts t'Joinedtt for F.B. arrd VlvlaneDUBUC of 101 MarE,ln Dr.1 Savaonah, Ga.
We haoollv relcome lnto the foldGHABIJS irira Fannfe WHITE, (t aae), of133 Darbv Drive. Savaruratr. Ga. andRoBERT aira .lanei BAI'H (1 llde), of 130Cralg, Savannatrr Ga.
Old? She ean reoeuber Boston Blackler*ren he ras stlll Ilvlng In Provldence.
As that greaE phllosopher Casslus Clayonce sald: \ilhen ttrings look blackest,Just, send chen to the-1ar.nrdzy."
From 1. to r. ie's LEONARD and EllenHANSON, and Iona and JOHN PERM. ThePerrat s are at Minden, Nev. and theHansonrs are at, Elbow Lake, Minn. Theymet lasL May in I'Iontana.
H of the 34th is represented byPRESTON and Marilyn BURGER of Crystal-Lake, I11. Pres i^ras with us *on tO/t+0to 3/48; het s self employed in sueelfabricat,ion. They have 1, Brad, age 10.When we asked Pres how lhings were-going,he answered: "oh, I cantt. kick - I'vegoE rheumatism.tt LiEtle bit of humor,Ehere.
Now with us: CHARLES and Anne KOVACS,(Sv. 13rh F 5/40 - 3/43), of Lt72 ox-ford,Phoenixville, Pa, Charley was cadre'dback to Ehe USA and then ETO. Charleywas a man of many facets and "a11 of themttas t,he late Sam Goldwyn once said, "are::unning".
Gurrently Brigade E.O. ls PAUL N.YIIRCHAK, wtro, rlth Roaeoary, are theproud parent,s of Denlse, Georgee Donaldand Barbara.
Caot. EUGENE and Anne BRITI havetoinel our ranks. Theyrre at 102 CralgtSavannatr, Ga. Gene ls-with the Ist,Brlgader of cottrge.
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REUNION PROGRAM
FRIDAY. Auzust 15
8:00 A.M. Early Birds Reglstration - all day
Ft.Stewart Bar never eloses, especially a.s ltrs BYOL. BYOL and cheatthe house.
L2:00 A.M. Matsuyama Luncheon - Yourre on yotlr own.
1:00 P.M. Unit CPrs may well be seE up.
5:00 P.M. Corregidor Cocktails. BYOL.
7:30 p.M. Illinois Hospitallty Nlght - Ituslc and buffet. Drinklng natchlMaybe a boat ride.Suggestion: Hit Ehe sack in good time. Tomorrow is a busy one!Taps.
SATI.JRDAY. Auzust 15
3:30 A.M. Reveille. Tellrem to Go to HeIl. Go back to sleep.
Breakfast - Yourre on your own.
8:00 A.M. Registratlon - all day.
Taejon Bar open 23 hours per day. BYOL.
10:00 A.M. Annual Business MeeEing.
12:30 P.M. Alangalang B:rrneh. Do your own thlng. BYOL.
L:30 P.M. An afEernoon at a poolslde, under the umbrellas, if you wanE.
This hotel doesnrt have a pool.
6:00 P.M. Cocktail Hour. Be our guest,.
7:00 P.M. Memorial Se:rrice; Grand Banquetl Awards.
9:00 P,M. Dancing Under the Stars. BYOL.
Tattoo and Taps.
SLTNDAY. Ausust 17
8:00 A.M. Augsburg'b:rrnch.
10:00 A.M. Farewel-ls, Alohas.
See you next year:
Drive carefullyl- Schedule subject to change - and thatrs an understatementl
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Lt.Col. HARRY and Marie KI,EIN, of RE,. 1,Box 5I0, Camino de Manana, Tucson, ArLz.,operat,es t'The Wickup Museumtr devoted totirdian lore. Writ,ei he: "I enjoy EheTaro Leaf very nn:ch and look fo:roard toeach issue aluhough to daEe I have yetto see one name I recognize. This is not.too remarkable because I was not a memberof che 24tt:. for very long. Joined themin Korea in July of '54, conrnanded the24th Med.Bn. lJe then went to Sasebo andthen back to I(orea and I left, the Div.in spring of r55 to become E.O. of OsakaArmy Hospital. So my time wieh the 24thwas less than a year. I retired fromsenrice in EI Paso, Tex. as Chief ofPersonnel, Beaumont Army Hospital. As aMed.Se::uice Corp Officer, I sure had someunusual assignment,s to say the least,and while I am sure there just has E,o beothers, I have never met an MSC offieerwhose assignments were anyrhere similart,o mine. They are too long and complexEo go lnto here sufficient to say Iwouldn'E have missed my army career butI sure wouldnft want tb go Lhrough itagain. We came to Ariz. after reEiremenE.i.Ias born and raised in Maryland and was amember of the National Guard of thatsEaEe and enEered military service onacEive duty with the 29th Inf.Div. Aftergoing from Private to First, SergeanE inthat. Div., I was sent off to Officers'Candidate school against my desires andthen proceeded up the ranks in theconrnissioned ranks. We now have a smallprivate museum. We have many fine IndianRelics or items, both prehistoric andhist,oric, that not, t,oo many largemuseums can boast of. My wife and I both
st,arted collecting Indiair relics such asarrowheads and similar it.ems way backabouE 1915 and we have excavated Indiansit.es from upper New York Seate down thecoast Ehrough Kentucky and Tenn., andinland through the middle west and ouEhere in the south wesE. Consequentlyrmrch of our rnaE.erial we have fotndourselves, and each piece has a litElestory all iE.s orun. We are not. open tothe public as we do not want E,o be tieddown but we encourage and invite anyoneinterested to st.op in and see us. i'Iewill spend as nn:ch time as Ehey wantand explain our iLems if they desire andwanE Eo spend the t,ime. In these days ofrobbery and theft and personal harrn, ourplan of INVITATION ONLY also gives us someprot,ection by knowing who is coming andwhen. Well I have t,aken enough of yourt,ime. All the best \rith uhe Taro Leafand any member wanting to pay us a visitmay do so by rvriEing or giving us acaII. hle like Eo have a few days noticeif possible E,o make sure we rvi1I be homeand available for expect.ecl visitors. I^Iemake no charge for visit,ing the museum,just. asking visitors Eo sign our Guest,Book. Thanking you for your time and rritha1l the best E,o you and yours, I remai-n. "I,Ie set it up just as you rvrote it, llarry.Thanks a bunch.
Spare us some terrlflc Poscalexpeirse, wonrE you please?- If your duesfall due next August flrstl wotl'E yousend me your renewal check now andcut down appreclably ln our cosFs, _not, to nenlion work'Ioad. Thank you foryour undersEandi.ng.
U.S. a:ms sales last Year t,ot,alled$9.3 b1111on. W111 someone exPlalg tous Just what the H--- ls golng on here.
YOTI ARE CORDIALLY
IWITED TO OUR
PHANTASMAGORIA
IN PEORIA
FRIDAY, AUGUST 15,
SATURDAY, AUGUST 16,
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stNDAY, AUGUST 17.
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"He'll do onything to meet his quoto; ! knov, l'mrhis Mothcr!!"
To get there - Peoria that 1s-- you canflv vii Ozark Air Lines out, of O'Haie ona i"chedule as foll.ows:
To get out of Ehere - Peoria thaE is -you can flv via Ozark out, of GreaterPeoria Ai.riort on X schedules as foltows:
A complaint - from CHARLIE ROBINSONin Coh:mbus, Ga. Writes Charlie:
"I'm mad, disgust,ed, disappointed' andflat out P----- Off:: For the past twoyears EhaE I've been in the Associati.on,I have aruciously wait,ed for my copy ofthe tTaro Leaft. fn this tim6, I'have yetto open it and find anything in thereconcerning Division' s peacetime acEivit,ies.We did exist in Ehis t,ime tool I ana proudly.Irm proud to be in Ehe company of guys ofWW II and Korea; I was in Europe duringloth of thgse periods; but we of therPeacet,imer 24th are just as proud of ouraccomplishments as they 8r€oo.so give usa break and a shake too, O.K.? I'menclosing some rnaterial as proof of ourpxistence i.n peacetime. Please read i.t,and please return it.. These are mypersonal files. Hope you c€rn find some-thing newsworEhy herein."
!{e replied to thls blockbuster:"Dear Chirlie:'rNo oroblem."JusL feed us news on that era and wer 11give you coverage.wYou just arentE recognizing the obvious-Ehat peacetime soldiers have litEleinterest in us.trJusE to show you that, we mean business,we'll use your material in a forthcomingissue."Stay loose! And thanks-for writing.tr
Fbr space reasons, wetve got to iielayuse of Charley's material to lat.erissues. This one and the next are obvious-ly full. Boy, Charlie, when you sor:ndoff, you really sound off. We like ltthough. At least youtre reading us.
Texans Ehlnk-blg, and U.S. Rep.JaroesM.colllns (R) of t6it stare ls noexceptlon. Gollins proposes that oem-bers of Congress be livin a one per ceat,pay raise for every $2 billion tirev cancut, from the federll budget. As f6rthe chances of get,ting a proposal llkehis -enact,edr- Gongress isnrt ibout Eo glveup the pork barrel for a one Der cent,ralse now and then. As thlns3 are. thevcan get bigger ralses than tf,at anihang onto the good wtll of uhe folksbaek home, t,oo,
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On New Yearts Eve, the Giants Club ofPa1ol Leyte, officially turned over theconcrete l{aiting Shed v*rich Ehey hadsponsored. HerEts Ehe group at'theribbon cutt,ing ceremony. Fiom left torlght, we can spot, in the first rowlGiant Rlcardo Pichico, Giant, Aulin Sevilla,First_Glant, Elpidlo O. Monje; MayorCotaelio P. Moirtejo, GianE'nicario potente,ELpidlgrs wlfe Chin!, 2nd Gianr AmpelioM. Villacorte, Monsgr. Estan Abarco,Prodentlal Bank, !Igr. Liduvino Cayco,Mayor Montejo's wife Linda, CharmingSevilla, Giant Miyak Acebedo (our artistfrlend), John Tarmo, Col. SalvadorAcebedo, Qlant Tant,ong Aucnculs, andG1ant Sec'y. Bardlng Ortega. The shedis just in front of the public market andis recognized as a great achlevementfor the Giants. In forwarding thepicture, Elpidlo and Ching Monge signedoff wlth, "Please exEend our best andwarmest wishes to all members of the24t}r fox wtrich t e owe our desEiny asan lndependenE nat,ionrr.
ttUnbellevablet' i.s our word for theklss-and-Eell ty?es wtro once playedthe CIA-FBI game and rrow are bad-mouthingthe whole business.
Werre a wtrite rnale. Wetre cut froma genetic cloth wtrich glves- us nodliect iat,erest la any of the socialEovements which have bathed America inihe rhetoric of revolutlon. Wetre noEblack. Wetre not, Chlcano. Wetre-noEInaiai, fernale, gay' or g-f,ay. l'Ierveobsenr6d rnanv iovefoents' -have sharedthe eoals of'some. Yet, by birthr.-itwoulii seem that Ehe only "mlnorlty" webelong to is Ehe one without a movementto call its own.
Sudden Thougltl llhatever bgcane
of EveI Knievel?
It wouldntt be right not, toprint this 2nd ptcruie of theribbon cutting. These are impor-tant ceremonies for Ehese people.They all then adjourned to'th;lfunicipal Hall f6r a "social'r.ThaE,, of course, meant eat,ing,and we know full well whac tf,itmeant.
Japants high speed express Erain nowgoes beyond Okayamat,o Hakata, next doorEo Fukuoka, yout llremember. 658 milesout of Tokyo, theErip now takes 7hours give or Eake afew minutes. Topspeed is 150 mph;average speed includingsEops ls '95 mph. Thereare 111 turrneLs on theroute, the longesc ofwhich is the 11.7tunnel r:nder thestrait fromShi-monoseki co Moj1,the 2nd longests tr:nne1in uhe world.
Legalize Bingo; Keep Grandroa oif uhe
Streets.
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rt,ts ttHail fellows; well done" to ourvery active membership teams workingthis year under the very able leadershipof Veep BILL BYRD.
Since our Clea::rtrater gathering, ovef,240 new members have joined the Assoc.
Team 1, our Ft.Stewart cornmittee,under Maj.tlARRY YOLING, CoI.HARRY RUBIN,and CSM BOB NAIRHOS, has been mostactive and we owe each of them a debt ofdeep thanks.
But then we nust be grateful to eachof our Eeams.
Team 2, under HOWIE LUMSDEN,BERT LOIfRY, B0B ANDRE, JoHN oTSULLMN,FONDO FINLEY, LLOYD McCANDLISH andAL NAGY, has done yoeman se:lzice. HOI'IIEis a particular go-getter.
Team 3, including KENNY FENTNER,BILL WINCHELL, TED GEELHOED, DEAN I.(ETZ,DALIAS DICK, GUS CASCONE and ED ROBINSON,has done its share as well. Says Ken,ttThe encouragement given to each of theteam captains by Prexy FRED IRVINGhelped a l-ot to spur us on to greaternumbers. tt
Team 4, captained b)'TOM FARRIER, isserved bv IIAROLD ALHGNDER, B0B CHURCH,JoHNNY KLUMP, 'rPineapple" JACK FINAN,F.KUBA and LEO CREAI'IER, all red-hotson things 24th,
ED COLE, to rvhom we m-rst, throw extraspecial kudos, heads up the fifth teamof AL SELTSAfi, I^I.TURNER, B0B FOUNTAIN,CHARLEY ROBINS0N, J.WALLA,CE and MOODYCROW. Reports Byrd, "Everyone is aneager beairer".-RUCI(ER
FORD captains /46 made up ofR.FLAGG, GEoRGE GRACE, P.BIJRKE, il.SMrTHand BOB HARDIN. Each has done his partin soliciting over 1300 prospects sinceAugust.
No. 7 includes RUSS HAi.{PSON, C.HORNYAK,MNSFIELD, M.MACCOUL, JOHN I,IcKEON,MORNHINI^IEG and B.PEPPEL.
tTis a US Army photograph showingPvt. RICHARD KETT on the Ft.StewartrapelLing tower. Dick is B 2/I9. ThatrsBaker Co., 2nd Bn of the 19th for youold tLmers.
"l knew the ol' man was undemocraiic, but I didn,t thinkhe,d go lhis lar!,,
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Team 8 is captained by that hardest ofworkers DICK GOINY and,he has with himB0B ROGERS, BEN I'{ASHAY, BEN LENSKY,B0B KUHN and ALT0N HALSO.
24 years ago - note Ehe ttZ4tt - wemailed out 70r000 postcards invitingTaro Leafers into the Association. Weremember it, well because the postal ratewas 1C and was about to jump t,o 29 andwe pushed to get the 70,000 cards mailedin time. lie did but that's beside thepoinE. The real story is in the factthat the other day BILL FARVER, of4711 N.Caseville Rd., Caseville, Mich.,returned his card enclosing a checkand the note, ttl sure want, to jointr.Thatrs good news, BilL, but wh6re haveyou been for 24 years? Member Bill hasjoined, of course; a little slow, buta weLcomed member nonetheLess. Now iflve can get you and the Mrs. to come t,oPeoria, it'11 cap off the year. youtdbe most welcome, 8i11.
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Ttre A,nerisan Blcenterurlal. What'better tlme to search our hearts and mlnds,to look back to our countryr s beginnlngsand to aEsess the Eriurphs and thefai.lures? Some want to turn the anniver-sary into a self-congratulatory worship ofthe- Dast: oEhers wanE to use the occasionexclirsiv6lv as an actlvist tool. Bothapproaches are self-defeating. fireseailin are davs that try menti souls.tf,is ls the froment to 'seek out thecountnrr s phllosophical foundatlons.t{e hav6nrt'lost oir way. I,Ierve slmplybecome out-ilnbered bv those wtto woulddestrov all werve ealiled in these first2OO. itrey don't nEcessarlty know whatEhev want- exceDt, that thev irant to "tun1lt iround". Itrs tine foi that olnorityto become MinuLe Men once agaln and rldoureelves of the mrrderersr Ehepornographers, the dope pushersr theburglars, Ehe raplsts. ?urn aroundlndeed - and fast. And a complete turnaround ln the American politics of todaywouldntt, be a bad ldea elther.
It, was noE pageantry, but an extra-ordlnary qrality of thought, speech, andaction that ralsed the Foundlng Fathersabove the level of wtrat currently passesfor politics. The first 15 vears ofAoericars independence produ6ed a mostremarkable confluence of exeellence inpolltlcal and govetnmental theory andactlon. That the baslc system has with-stood our unscrupulous abuses andassaults of the last 15 years is a trl-bute to the preselence of the llkes ofI{ashington, Jefferson, Adamsr Hamlltonet al. Otrr celebration today ought, tobe a remlnder tshat our beglruring wasbased uDon an i.nsistence of an"arlstolracv of talenEtt raEher than ofprlvllege. - Each milestone along th-e-lourney-was, in theorye a gain in thenarch toward the goal of the greatestGood for even greater numbers. Soue-wtrere on that journeyr tte best of thlstras been swePt aslde. It's t,lme torecapture that quallty of statesuanshipand publlc serrrlce that start'ed usarigirt. We mrst, enter the thlrd centurywlth a deEerninat,ion to hatness thenationts taleDts, wealth and resourcesto the fornderlng buslness of buildinga dLcent society concetned rllh Protecllqgfor all of lts Lltlzens the rlghts to llfe,libertv and the pursuit of happinees -or all-else will-be meaningless andworthless. IE ls not too late.
Savannatr w111 soon be swamlag wlthAssoclat,ion memberg. Add Maj. TBOYand Sue YOUNG' of 155 Traynor, HrurterAAF.
BILL and Jane KOSHINA| s tfl.Ooy, Mark'
trr"*ii.-ilagtt Stout' just like his order
[i".ttiiil #r"soy'-Bitiv' Great 15ids'
Bill and Jane'
Just thought, wetd throw this one aboutthe prlce of the last lssue. For prlnE-ing itZ+ copies, our bilt was $752'.52.Thet's 66C per copy. Add to thatanother 249 just for postage in thenailing of each one.
Joined us has Capt. BILL BROOKSwho ls presently wlth HHC' lst Bde.
NORMAN and Mitzl FERGUSON, ofL3629 Rocklngham, Savannah, have Jolned.Norm was also wlth the 19th durlngr 55- t 56.
Heard from: I'ffRL and G1advs MaeBRowN, (ru 3zrrrr LL/44-Z/45), 6r f zOO e .WellsrPralrie du Chien, Wis. Myrlidentifies himself as r'Draft,ed is one ofRooseveltrs IB year olds". Fighting onLeyte, Luzon anh Corregidor, hE waswounded at Zig Zag Pass on 2-6-45,Recovering aE Hollandia, then FosterG.H. aE Jackson, and then Percy JonesG.H. at Battle Creek, Ilich. DischargedL2-L5-45. Now a Deputy Sheriff ofCrawford County, trrli!. '(rve needed anothersheriff in this outfit) - promises t,omake Peoria if he possibly can. you'11be glad you did, Myrl.
The Peoria Hilton? - jusL say"the corner of }ladison and I'lain.Telephone them, if yout re anxious -ir's 309-674-2L2L.
BILL DrELrA, (Div.Arr.y. '43-'45), of2100 Corlies, Neptune CityrN.J., inpaying his dues,'',ilii5""i;'ii;" staccat,ost.yle: "St,i11 pract.ising surgery -little heavier - som€ grey hair -baLding - hello Gen. IRVING - rememberthe day had to give him shots -regard's everyonE - BiIl."
HAROLD F. and Arlene DEJONG' rePortin from Box 195, Kellogg, Iowa where HaIis employed aE The MaYEag Co: He senEa buclc f6r a couple of Taro Leaf decalswhich we happily for:,varded. We hopeto see you folks aE Peorial be sureto bring LeneEa Jo.
Ozark Air Lines flies to Peori.a'About 7 flights a daY from and tso
Chicago.n
A ner 4-11nc cxpressray ln thc naklng aa a 2ro nlrc loncaTlgry connectiag Seou! and hrsan. Thi; sceac rhorg a ---evlrtagc !?orry re dlda'E catch the nara)20 nileg aouth efscoEl. PlcEure out of a recent Natloual Geographlc.
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Jolned - Gimlet ALFRED RIDGE, of18 Hamilton, Readville, Mass. A Bostonpollceman, Al was with the 21st band,then went to F co. Hers the father of10 kids. Record? Can anybody match him?Does anyone wanE to?
Good words from ERNIE and AnneSTANOVIC, 24th Med '43-t 45), out, at5111 Nan Linn, Willoughby, Ohio. Theywere off to San Pedro, Calif. to visitthe Med. Bn. CO JOHN F. LEDDY and hiswonderful wife Soohie. On their reEurn.Ernie under:vrent sirrgery (last Aug.30)for ulcers. Thev took 50% of hisstomach. Ernie 'says hets on the mend -and wetre happy.
Nice words from ED and Jane SHIRLEY,(24th Sig. '43-'44), of L547L Ridgeway,Markhanr, I11. They'd love to hearfrom anyone who remembers him. He easilyrecalls BUD POE, AL HAMI{OND, MORRIE KING,GENE DISHMAN, JOHNNY PORTER in OkIa.,PAUL FRITCHIE in Bear:mont, Tex.,Pop MEYERS, the old moEor sarge and laterWO, among oEhers. Suggests Ed: Why not,let the members in business put ads inEhe Taro Leaf; then tfe can make it,bigger and beEEer. Great idea, Ed.We'ie tried it, in the pasEl it hasnrtworked. Of Ed himself, he has two of thebest sports stores ln the Chicagoarea. Great report, Ed.
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. .Lt.Col. GORDON and Anselina ANDERSON.{?149 A:mor and Div. H q.--El 64:i / 6dt;-;i"'308 Gaines Mi1l, Hampton r'ya. r'ha;;signed up. Parents bf two, l6retti Z3and Donald 20, Gordon is Aimy retiredarc rs now an accountant.. He was XO of2_/40 Amor for a year, ihen--Div. G3.Great to have you-with us, Gordie andAnge.
Sad sr,ory from BOB LUHRSEN (ru tgrtr),who came t,o Clearwater from his Miarnihome. But let Bob ueIl it his way:"ALmos! made the Convention, but, notquite. Arrived in Clearwater with theintention of finally relaxing for nextEhree days. It just wasn'.E meant t,o be.Word came that my brother, Don, passedaway at his. residence in Moss Po-int,,(Pa-scagoula), Miss. He had previouilybeen employed as Controller of Inga113Shipbuilding Corporation for nineyears, and rras owner of National BusinessSerrrices Offices. He was age 62 andwas att,emptlng retireoent. Suffice it tosay, it was necessary that I Leaveinmediately, so te again packed andarrived jusE in t,ime for the Friday even-ing showing and Saturday funeral. -
Sopafter nearly 2000 miles of driving,you mighE say ttrat my vacation Eurnedint,o a nightmore. and verv emDEv feelinss.We will tiy agaiir next yelr."' fiIe'rei-ndeed sorry for you Bob.
RUSS HAMPSON, (21st, and 24 Sig. 8/4O-8/42 atd L/56-5/5i), of 6000 GreEnfi;Id,Ft..Worth, Tex. I and Doris, have 2youngsters - Pet.Eir age 22 atdGharlotte, age 24. Russ operatesrras a radio operator ln the 21sttime of Pearl. Hets now in realThrilled youtve joined usr Russ -welcome also to you, Doris.
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CLYDE and l,Iarie HARMON, (t9th C,Hq.Co., B and Sv.) of 1982 Bernice,San Jose, Cali-f ., have reported in.Is this a record? They report 5daughcers, 7 grandsons and--2 grand-daughters. "Al1 beautiful" says Speedwho-savs of himself that the arthriElsand emihasema rrhave just about got merr.Werre bulling for yo[, Speed, .id thanks,Eoo, for the hefty $10.00 contribution.One of the new postage stamps honors
a closely bunched field of Ehoroughbredsrounding the turn into the home sEretch.One can-onty hope that his mail willtravel that fast at any dist,ance up toa mil-e and a half .
We needed a chiropractor in our gangand norr \rerve goE onL. It's DT.JoSEPHcallfaLupo, (Z+"t'lp ard 19th '47-t49),of L80 MaplerWestburglN.Y. He sentalons an ixtia fiver-tso keep us going.Reooit,s that VINGE wEAvER of the MP'Pififfi ;i"-'islit*g passed awav in '5e
leaving Jean.and 2 af"gttt".l1: -Jo"Eerribly *'oo] [o-t'"it from any MPr s'
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JOLINNY ROSS, (c 2L 142-145), is President of theVillage of Hammond, Wis. Here's Johnny, circled,as Lhe local big shots break ground for a newnursing home.
\^Iord from hi. R. ttShort,yt'ESTABROOK, now of 43 Pine-crest, Portland, Me.:ltJust a short note to reportanother Taro Leafer, tr{ILLIAMBARTLETT , 206 Lirurmoore St. ,Hartford, Conn. 06114. !treruere cell mates in POhI Campin North Korea. Also wouldlike to arrange fot a bunchof the Camp ii5, Chong SongrNorth Korea G*grCompany 2,I believe, to get togeLher.l.Je never organized. Perhapsyou could inserE a plug andhave them drop me a note. Isee JESSE L. SIzE[',loRErs namein the Leaf but no address.He also was with us. It hasbeen over 20 years since ourrelease. Thani<s nuch. Shortvt'As for Jess Sizemoretsaddress, Shorty, LTy5907 Woodhaven, Jackson rMiss.l{e try to give an addresswith everv name. Sometimesrve fail. SorrylWanting to hear from old pals are
EUGENE and Elizabeth LEI,J, (13th Field7/t+0 - 9/44), of 78 Victoria, New YorkCity. Gene is a postal clerkl joined usafter visiting Oahu and Schofield lasEAugust. Adds Gene: "I am hoping to hearfrom any of my old friends". He alsotold us the one about, the Polish fellowwho ordered a pLzza. The wait.ress asked"Shall I cut it in 8 pieces or L2 pieces?"The reply: "Geer youti better cut it, in8 pieces; I don't think I can eaE 12".They can'E all be gems, Gene.
. On a kidney machine is CLYDE MILNER,(ttq. 1st,-Igth- 6/4O-9/45), of 65 Locusr,Oxford, Mass. Clyde and Lillian don't,get too far away, of course. He canst,iIl laugh however as he sends us theone about the Indian who opened a bar inN.Y. and charged $24.00 for a l\danhatt,an.
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They're joining up fast, down there atSavannatr. Recently added Eo our rollsare ARTIIUR and Stella IfILKERSON, of137 Traynor Ave.
One of the main reasons for thedepressi.on and inflation ls the fact,that too traly people are getting tootuucn money for doing tsoo little work.
- yej.HORACE and Alvilidia !,|cCASKILL-of I38 Traymor Ave.; Savannah, Ga.have joined us. -Horace was aiso wi.ththe 34th during '63:64, io-t"t"'rwicelrel-colle.
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Out of Friendship StaEe Bank - nicename for a bank, isirtt it? - buc itts inEriendship, Ind. - nice name for a townthelr isnr.t it? -'writes JII,I LEMON,(x 21sr 5/45 - LI/46). Jim is rhe-cashierthere. He and Pat have 3 children and2 granddaught,ers. Jim reminds us of Ehe2 fellows talking. llL sez: "Say, I seetheyr re lookj-ng Eor a new cashier downat, t,he bank." -ll2 sezz, "Whv t,hev iusthired one last week.', Repiies ilf! ',yeah.that.f s Ehe one theyrre tJ5tiin; i;;". ---"'That,rs a litle bit-of humoruE jusr threwin there.
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HONG KONG SUITSby
Gerald Stevenson
The EdiEor said "You write the sEoryr'.So-o-o-ol I !
We were at the baggage cl-aim at HongKongrs Kai Tak AirpoiE along with 200 orso others, all freshly arrived fromTaiwan. We were waitlng for a st,rangeconveyor belt to disgorge those 7 or 8bulky sulEcases we had been totlng aroundthe Orient,. OuE came boxes, bales,sat.chels, cartons, bed rolls, t:rrnks ofeverT descript,ion; buu no sigh of ourimpedimenta. I began to tremblel in theback of my mind, I couLd hear the facileexcuses of the crowd over at CathayPacific - sof,rfl but your bags had beendispatched in error to Singaporer orBombay; no effort would be spared t.o findEhem, but you nust, be patient,r it maytake a month before we'II get a report;besides the company's liability islimited as I'd have known had I but readthe fine print on the back of the ticket.
Then, just as I was beginning Eo fLzzlike a Seidlitz powder, our suitcasescatapulued onto Ehat moving belt; I threwmyself upon them, smothering them withkisses. The little Chinaman who calledhimself a customs inspector upon whosebench I fell, tapped my large bag,raised an eyebrow, and gave me that "What,'s-in-it?fr 1ooi.
I told him it contained clothing."open uptt, he said stonily. I com-
plied, and with outst,retched arm, hen:rmaged through every nook and cranny'visibly chagrined at finding no heroin.
"You intend Eo selI those cloEheshere? Are you an importer?", he asked,starins at, me fixedlv.
"Noie, just. wear lem", I answered."Yeir'Y6s". He closed the bag,
scrawled a chalk mark that saidttvisitort'. His expression, inscnrtablefEiI now, became more scnrtable.-- ttl take it your 11 be conducting nobusiness l*rile- vout re herett.
"Well I donrL knowr" I hesitated."Would it be okay with you people if rnyfriend and I buv- a couole of sui-t,s?"tWhy, of couiser my dear sirtt... Beaming,he whisked ouu a business card. "Here,look up my uncle, Stephen Shia, RelianceTailoring Company. He'11 treaE you right.The address is 100 Nathan Road. Finestworkmanship in Kowloontt.
I thanked him effusively and, o9ceaboard our cab Eo the Grand Hotel (mis-nomer), dropped the card out the window;life was complex enough wiEhout enEan-gling myself in a web of Chinese familyrelationships.
lJe conE,inued on t,o downt,own Kowloon,passing a g€rme of cricket in progress onEhe pitch of a loca1 cricket club, inEhe very shadow of the Bank of China -striking test,imony, if such were treeded,
to British sangfroid. The Empi"re tratS bedissolving like a wet paper bag,, utig sunmay be setting upon it, everyrherer'but,such amenities as cricket - and Zea andscones - lrere being observed Eo thevery end._ Safely ensconced in Ehe Grand, myfriends and I set about the next itbmon our agenda - those sui.ts. We stnrckout purposefully for Reliance. Oh,Ehere lras a side trip to a Japanesebath, but of that, leave us say no more,except to add that iu was TERRIFIC.
Miraculous Eo relate, we went righEto the shop, tucked arilay upstai.rs in anoffice building. Six Chinese busi.ness-men, whom I judged to be slaves of thepoPPy-seed ro11, were huddled overcoffee cups. We were obviously Ehe onlypatrons.
We were greeted like long lost cou-sins. First, drinks were se:lred. Then,would we be inEerested in any suits.Ken and I answered affirmaEively. Billand Ed proved chicken.
Bolus of cloth were pulled down by acouple of rhe elfish brothers; a coupleof more worked me over with measuremenEs.l\vo more had the Eapes around Ken.
A11 the while, they were talking -all- of them - at once. It was 3 in theafternoon. Can we come back chop-chopat 6 orclock this evening. "Pourquoi-?t'I asked in mv best pidsi-n Enelish.'rFor the fitling, dlar-sir."-
I was perplexed, butr-at the riskof sounding boastful, I handled theproblem deftly, with a minimrm of fuss.I couldn't help but preen myself. Facedwith like obst,acles in understanding theways and means of the Orientr atryordinary tourist would have thrown up hishands and guit.. I, skilled in the waysof Uhe EasE, met the challenge andtriumphed. 'tJel1,
maybe "tri[mphed" isa shade excessive and should be quali-fied. I replied, "Yes, Ir11 be back at6. rt
In actual fact, we four were back aEEhe appointed hour - slightly in ourcups - but nonetheless we were there.The fittings, a.midst more drinks - nosuits without drinks in Hong Kong -wenE, without incident - and we paid ourrespecti.ve tabs - and lflere on our wayfor some of the nightspots.
The garment arrived back homer some7 or 8 weeks after I myself returaed.Kenrs arrived as we11.-
Were Ehey catasEroPhic botches? Didthey resemble rnandarin coats of glazedblack cotton $rith stand-up collars youwouldnrE wear to a dogfight? Not onyour life. They fit. We're writ,ingback for reordeis. They may take sixmonths to arrive. Tell you whaE. IfEheyrre here by Peoria time, wet1l modelchertr for you at the Saturday night,banquet.
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Salutes to JOHN "Jack" BoIITJE(A 19th '50-f51), of 409 Brown,Larchwood, Iowa, who has just, ioined us.Jack was a PoW t'for a shoit, tiirer', he-s-ays._ We knew he was wounded on I/L/SL.How abouE nrnning over to peoria inmid-AugusE, Jack? It isnft far.
Word in from CoI. JOY and BobbetteVALLERY who have reEired Eo Fayetteville,N..C. Joy was 19th Inf . from 6/4L to8/45. He was CO of Co. M, CO of I Co.,Regt. S-4, E.O. of 3rd Bn. and EO oflsE Bn. Joy cantt make Peoria; has awedding in New England about, EhaE time.
Iu had been a long time - far toolong - since we had laid eyes on BILLand-Sherry LLEI^IELLYN, (34t[r | 44-' 46)who came over to our Chicago "clambakettfrom Western Springs, I11. MIKE andLoretta RAFTER, (A 34,'4I-'44), madethe 'rsoireett too but like a few othersmissed get,t,ing phototed to prove it..
Great fun at any gathering of the clanare Bess 0TSULLIVAN ind DICK"GOINY,(e 2tst '44-t45), shown trere,-ir, "o*"-what, sober moods, at our Chiiaeottcaravansaryt' in'April. - ------e-
Simply wonderful was it. uo have thathandsome couple, NICK and Kathryn SLOAN,(21st | 42-t 45),'sEop Eheir work'inHoopeston, I11. Eo make the trek toChicago wiuh their most aEtracEive younglady. They were a charming trio; eachpromised to try t,o repeat. the performanceat Peoria.
Oh, yes - we almost, forgot-. On thatbouncing parat,rooper up at Bragg whojurnped with his sneakgrs on. hlhat dld thevd-o; you ask? WeII, finally, they had toshooL him to keep him from- st,anring todeath.
