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TARO LEAFVol. XXXI - No.2 1977 - 1978

The publication "of, by and for those who served" the gloriousUnited States 24th lnfantry Division, and published frequently bythe 24th INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION whose officers are:

Presldent:John E. KlumpR.R. #1, Guilford, lnd. 47022 .. Tel. 812-623-3279

Vlce Presldent:M'ichael J. Rafter3131 N. Keating Ave., Chicago, lll. 60641 . . . . . Tel. 312-283-1965

Sec'y.-Treas.-Edltor:Kenwood Ross120 Maple St., Springfield, Mass. 01 103 . . . . . . Tel. 413-733-3194

Chaplaln:Fr. Christopher J. Berlo1239 St. Ann St., Scranton, Pa.

Conventlon Chalrman:Col. Harry Rubin (USA Ret.)P.O. Box 774, Hinesville, Ga. 31313 . . . Tel. 912-876-3118

Membershlp Chalrman:Howard R. Lumsden167 Hickory St., Wood River, lll. 62095 .......Te|. 618-259-577'l

rsza Ann*r nlrnionFriday, August 4 and Saturday, August 5

Ramada lnn Savannah231 W. Boundary St., Savannah, Ga. 31410

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Association membership is open to anyone and everyone whowears or ever wore the Taro Leaf or served in any unit ever formally"attached" to the 24th lnfantry Division. Dues are $10.00 per annuminclusive of a subscription to the publication, Taro Leaf. LifeMembership - $100.00.

The Association is a strictly, non-military, non-rank, non-profitorganization of men and women who serve or once served togetherand desire only to keep alive the warm friendships formed in thatservice. We ask nothing and expect nothing, as an Association,from the White House, the Capitol or the Pentagon. We are as non-official as we can possibly be. Our sole purpose is to enjoy thepleasure of one another's company and good will, sharing the joysof this common bond.

Let's countour blessingsItr s so easy Eo take Ehe good things- in

life for grantLd. Have you p?used latelyto consid6r what you have to be thankfulfor?

You can be graEeful that Your re notsEarting new math or firsE-year LaEin.

That-Jody Powell didnrt try Eo planEa story on YOUI

That Bert Parks, like Xmas, comes butonce a yeat.

That Renee Richards doesn'E belong toyour club.' You can be thankful EhaE XaveriaHollander doesnr t live next door.

Rejoice thaE you didnr E name Yourdaughter ChastiEY

That running may be bad for your health.That drinking maY be good for lt.Give Lhanks ihac you couldn't afford to

buy anyEhing by Yves St.Laurent, even ifyou wanEed to.- That Liberace wontt make a comeback.

That. you donr E have a broEher with abeer named afEer him called "BilIy".

ThaE Anita Bryant has nothing againstheEerosexuals. YeEl

That. Amy CarEer isnt E ln your kidr sclass.

ThaE werve probablY had the last ofErin Fleming.

ThaE there is really such a person asJeanne Pf1ug.

That Donny and Marie may ouEgrow iE.-Be thankfi.rl that you haven'E been asked

Eo be a subject of a- Dewarr s Profile.That thlngs could be a lost worse.

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"Say Hello t,o PAUL CAIN' SAM SCHNEIDER-MAN, JoHN GooDRuM and al1 Item mey of the34th" writes LEWIS "Rick" RTCHTIGER, noh,an officer at the Lincoln Natlonal Bank lnChlcago. Thls gang were togeEhef on Leyte,CorreEidor, Mindanao, and Japan "underBugeye WilletEsrr. Are you llstenlngBuseve? We reca1l wiEh slee one ofBuEevets definit.ions. tt6 defined a loseras""L lady who puEs her bra on backwardsand it. fiEs".

Werve a hot one. We dontt knowwhether or not this is a "U.S. Army photo".Letrs say it is; we dontt want Erouble.More imp6rtantljr itrs the assumption ofcommand of the Army Readiness Region IIat Dix. IE's you know who on this end.On Donrs left is Lt.Gen.Jeffrey A.Smith'the First Army Conrnander and, on thefar end, it's Maj.Gen.William Krafft whowas leaving the job. Says Don, "Theassignment of working with Ehe Reservesis ifiportant to the Xrmy." You have ourevery good wish, Don.

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Wives of our 2nd Bn, 35Eh FA, wererecenEly engaged ln flrst.-hand actionduring L ceietony comtremorltln-g the firstofflclal artillery flring by the bat.ta-lion. The unlE was activated on June 14at Ft. Stewart along wlth Ehe 24thDivisionrs 2nd Brigade. Aft,er B.Gen.DONALD E. ROSENBLLI{ fired the firsEofficial round, Ehe artillery battalion,

-conrnanded by Lt.Col. JAl"lES YORK, -honoredthe wives with a demonsEration of t'heactual proeedure of steps taken duriqSfiring 6f ttre 105run howiEzer guns. Thewlves-were Ehen asslsted ln actuallyflring the weapons. In less Ehan onevear.-the 2nd Bn., 35th Field Artlllery,iras increased from a handful of soldiersEo a baEtalion of abouE 350 personnel.

Are you interested in obtainingMiliLary Insignia? You might ErYAl Littman, American Society of MilitaryInsignia Collectors, aL 253-15 Leeds 19"d,Little Neck, New York IL362. I,Irite himdirectly regarding inquiries and cost.

tfe're slck of readlng conElnulngreferences Eo Ehe Dnlghc Elsenhower-Kay Sr:nrnersby s6ga1a,

Wrlues BILL JTNGJOHAN, (X fgth '43-'45)as he becomes a Llfe Menber: "AbouEEhat earEhquake aE Hollandla, I not,lced3 dlstlncu shocks. It. happenedl"

Adm. Hyrnan G. Rlckover has.come outbacklng the double-dipping ban. 141,000reElred milltary, he says, are worklng asfederal clvllians. He makes no cotrurenton the facE thaE hls orm acElve duEYtour ls ln lts 55th year, and has beenextended to 1980. Sounds llke a Prettygood f irst dip t.o us.

ELMER MAY of 149 Grlswold, Youngstolm,Ohlo, ls looking for CHARLEY UULLIGAN,(13th Fleld). Anyone help here?

DEWEY PARSONS liked our suggestlon uhateach of us seek a little convention publl-clty ln his or her local paPer. Dewey wasable to geE abouE 15 llnes in the SantaAna (Callf .) Register. I{orked too. BOBLONGFELLO$I (52 F and Div.Arty.Hq. '52-'53)of L273L Poplar, Carden Grove, Ca1lf.,saw lt and wrote us. Bob was a one-tlmemember, dropped ouE somer*rere along theline and ls back agaln. Welcome home' Bob.Then RALPH L. KTSNER, (g rgrh 7/42-9/45),of 1801 S. Woodland, Santa Ana, alsospotEed lt and nrote ln. Ralph, _an oldJOE PEYTON buddy, wants to hear from any-one n'tro remembers hlm. How abouE startlngwith you, Joe Peyton? Thanks, DeweYParsons, for sEarting it. all. Dewey, byEhe wav. t,ells us that I in every 4Amerlclirs ls unbalanced. Adds h-e: *Thinkabout your 3 closest frlends. I-f Eheyseem 0.K.rthen youtre ln troub1e".

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ROBERT J. DUFF

PRESIDENT 1952- 1953EDTTOR 1957- 1961

We are 30,000 feeL over Grand Rapids, en rouLe to O'Hare - ED HENRY is 15 minutes,or I00 miles, ahead - likewise closing in on O'Hare. There we'11 be joined by"SPIKE'i OTDONNELL and GERRY STEVENSON-(and Belle) for an evening's drive souEh toDanville.

t.o BOB DUFFTs home for, on Sunday last,, November 13Eh, Bobrsmore, and he breathed his last. Bob is being buried on Lhe

We are making the trektired heart could take nomorrow.

H0WARD (and Glad) t-Ut'lSOeN, President. JOHN (and Hilda) KLUMP, and TOM COMPERE willjoin us at Danville.

We are at the end of a savage 15 monEhs of pain and suffering for Bob, the victim ofa disease which saw its onset during Lhe hours of our first. Savannah gaEhering. Sosudden was its coming that Bob and Ann surrendered themselves to Eheir fates andabruptly left us for a reLurn to Chicago where the experLs could put, him aright. BULarighr was not to be - and Bobrs medical course was a sLeadily degenerating gn9.Excruciating pain - agony - Bob faced it with sLoicism noneEheless. He could be brave,that littIe fellow - and was - in his lasL battle.

So now Ed - and Spike - and SLeve - and we - are preparing for a joinEure in a fewminutes to pay honor- Eo Bob - and to attempE Lo ease the feeling of loss which Ann andthe Danville folks now endure - Lhat feeling which each of us comes Lo know in time.

l^/ith the brilliance of the setting sun direcEly ahead reflecEed on Lhe wing to star-board, we find cause to recall that Ed, Spike, SLeve and we, have been down this roadbefore - noE once - not Ewice - yeah, many times - Logether.

In other days - and in fact, even in other lands, we have renewed this partnership -which sees us responding Lo tragedy - to loss - to death.

We are about to cross over Lake Michigan - but our mind wanders back to another d"y -a day in May, L945 at Talomo - on Mindanao - Lhat cemetery, that hastily cleared patch-of hi:mpland- where our honored dead from Lhat last campaign of l^lW II lie buried - Ed andSpike ind Steve and we - among oLhers to be sur€ - are here this time - to stand insilence - and in prayer as we-lay to rest one of Divisionrs all-time greats, JOCKCLIFFORD. Our hearLs are heavy as Jock goes Eo his reward.

It isntt easy to see a respected leader - a good friend - a loved man - rolled in aGI blanket - and lowered inLo a jungle land 101000 miles from home.

No, iLts never easy - but we are there -And then Lhere is Arlington - that November morning 13 years ago - almosE to Lhe day -

when we - and Bob Duff is Among our number on Ehis one - walk the last mile for fare-wells t.o BILL VERBECK - to join in that outpouring of love which says rrso long Bi11".Yes, Bob is there.

And there are oLher days - sad days - all too- OrHare is down there - and we'd like this to beline when we return home - and this rmrst make it.

Permit us only Lhe observaEion Lhat, at rnany of those t'farewellsr', Bob Duff wasfaithfutly among those presenL - so deeply etched into his heart was the 24th and hisowrr persoi'raI loie for "her" - and for eici'r who was ever in any way a part of "her".

numerous to set to paper on this flightfinished ere we Iand. There's a dead-

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Bob gave every inch of his fiber to Division. He was Ehatseriously, himself seriously, when it came to what had to beGoodenough, Hollandia, Leyte. Let there be no doubt - he was

And we, who knew and understood Bob best, knew Lhat this was so - knew thaL a size'able chunk of Bobrs life - a solid span of more than Ehree years had been devoLed toDivis ion.

way. He took his workdone in Hawaii, Australia,truly a corporaLion man.

And now Lhe descent into thaL conglomeration which is OrHare - within the bowels ofwhich we shall somehow find Ed - and Spike - and Steve - is fasE uPon us.

There is no joy in Ehis upcoming meeting - the journey south to Danville will be asad one - thoughr-wiLhout doubtr w€r each of us, shall make the effort to-speaklightly at some time along the way and remember the Lime when....Bob would want it thaEway.

Gerry will remember early '42, when hg was running the "!!X" mgss at. Div.Hqs.A brand'-soankins-new LieuEenant named Duff introduced hirnself as "Your new mess 0."and asked^ "What"do I do?" Gerry t'advised" that atl he need do was "JusL sign thesepapers once a d"y." Bob removeil himself from Gerryrs kitchen, but it was the beginningof a 35 year friendship.

Spike will temember Bobrs meticulousness. "No one was ever more precise' moreorder1y, more G.I. than Bob," Spike will say, reflecEing upon a warm association thathas gone betEer than a third of a century.

Ed will remember an effervescent Bob, forever darLing this way and that, alwayswith a mission - and this be so whether during their Division days EogeLher or inEhe days since, as Bob carved a career for himself as a consLruction man. Says Ed,"a top'notch builder of buildings - banks exclusively, mind you, in-his last few years -thaL ivas specializing, wasn't iL? Great feltowl Bob had more soul than a shoefactory." -Ed

meanE Ehis lasL in a kindly way; he wasn't t.rying Lo be funny.

And we'11 recall years of the closest of association with Bob - years when he editedthis paper and years- when we did - always war:m friendship marked the relaLionship -alway-s were we aware thaL after family - Ann and Bob Jr. - came Division in hisaffection and his devotion.

A few seconds are left to us before the writing desk goes up, Lhe seat belt isfastened - time left uo squeeze in a last but mosi significant facL about our goodfriend who seemed, in his-lasL years, to be unable to seLLle down. The facL, thehappy facL, was that, in Ann, B-ob had an anc.hor, a devoted gompanion, the force whosuitiinea him in his-troubleil hours. Here was Lhe perfect balince for his lion's heart.Bob needed Ann. Bob knew iL. Ann did not fail him.

A good man there, Bob Duff - inclined to be feisty, t,ough and abrasive at Limes,at least LhaErs what you'd think if you were caught in his cross fire - but underneaththat crust there was a heart of gold.

Wetre on our way, Bob, to say "Goodbye" - together - and in person.

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Mrs. ROBERT HANTZ of 39355 Drake Way,Fremont, Cal., wrlEes for Bob (A l-9thI0/4L-8/44), wtro is confined to bed withemphysema. She sends us a cllpping onJAMES GARNER, wtren he was plain JIMBLIMGARNER of Norman, Okla. servlng inthe NaEiona1 Guard when Korea broke out.He served 14 rrcnths as a dogface wlEh us,picking up a couple of Purple Hearts.Anyone know his unlt?

Missins -_ -r.#..-!;ven h1s wlrehim or heard

Life Member FRED WEHLE.doesnt t know. Anyone seen

of him?

JAMES "Tomny" THOMPSON, (21st | 42-t 45)of 511 Helms, Wtrarton, Tex., is sEillteaching at Wharton County Jr CoIlege.Is looking for Taro Leafers in Texas.Tonrny was talking about the absurdities insome of the government forms we are eachca1led upon Eo fill out from tlme to Eime.Tells of one applicatlon for a loansponsored by SBA. One quesEion on Ehe formreads: "How many employees do you havebroken dorcn by sex?" One llt.tle companypresident looklng for $ answered this:I'None, buE I've [oe 3 or 4 wiEh analcohol problem". You never change,Tonuny.

The word from Brig,Gen. C.D. "Tormy"LANG, (niv.Rrry. '42:'45): - ,'Happ1,reunion to all Taro Leaf rsl lalhen mysecond reLirement comes through I t Ii gett.o one of the get-togethers. My specialgreetings to the red legs from the 63rdFA Bn. and t.o the many others for whomI fiold a special and long-standing regard.Johnny - I don't. remembei that specificbeer/iuater incident with iu'i,ax, but Iwouldntt mind trying it again! BesL toall and herefs hopint ItII see some ofyou in person soon. Tornmy Langt'.As Socrat.es said , Tonnny, " I ' 1I drink tothat. "

Poet Rod lbKoen made headlines recentlyin proposing that. the FBI formallyinvest,igate Anita Bryant,'s anLi-gaycrusading group because more than 100churches contributed to it. His thesiswas that this involves the churches witha polit.ical organizaELon and he wantedtheir tax exempt status examined.Separation of church and state, you know.i^/e say O.K. Rod - and you tell the churchesstuffed with gays Lo keep ouE of thefight too.

JACK and Mary FINAN, (fgth) still havetheir wonderful sense of humor. Idarytells Jackrs friends "I don't wanE to sayhers out of shape, but how many oLher guyscan pull a muscle while typing? If shecould have seen the gals Jack knew inIlonolulu Business College, she wouldunderstand.

JOHN EADIE of 116 Namdac, Bay Shore,N.Y. writ,es: "You had an article on theearthquake we had in Dut,ch New Guinea,way back when. We were in the village ofSabron. It was pay day - I rememberbeeause Lhat night, a lot, of us were inthe mess tent shooting craps. f was inmy Eent alone, sitting on my "Beauty Rest"with my back to the entrance rvriting algLter to my sister by candle lighr.The cot starLed shaking. I yelled. Iturned around at the same time and I rvasstill alone. I Lhought. I was due for asect.ion 8 until I went over to the messtent where everyone was talking about, it..I was happy to find out it was only anearLhquake and noL me." We believe itnow, Johnny.

HOMER PRICE is on the road visit.ingPHSA Chapters in l"Iashington, Oregon andMontana. We missed you in Norfolk, Homer.

. HAROLD CYRUS, (l,t/Sgr. in Div.Chem.0.'42-'45) , oi 1001 lst-Ave. , Grand Rapids,Mich., has sent. in $100.00 and is now ourLife l'lember 1f2L6.

Great friend ROSCOE CI-AXON was atNorfolk looking a little rrmpled - as ifhe had just nrn through a car wash, with-out his car. He was telling everyonethe story about, Ehe modern-day Rip VanWinkle who feII asleep, woke up in theyear 2077, r:trshed imediately to a phoneand called his broker. Thev found hisportfolio and told him: "Yoirrre IBM stockis worth $50 million, your cM $52 oillionand Be11 Telepbong $26 million.r'The guy shoutsl "I'm rich! It, rich!"The opirrator breaks in: "Youtre t.irne isup - deposit, $1 million dollars for thenext thiee minuEes.r'

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The 91su Division ln Calif. publishes a paper and recenEly ran q page on our goodfrlend ROGER HELLER, (19th Inf.), of Oakland, Cal. Says Rogers: "Like some of ourJapanese enemy I have finally decided lforld War II is overl My retirement. daE,efrom US Army is SE.PaErlck's Day - which fits well the modern green uniform? MostimportanE, I've known a guy for 15 years and done business with him. Today I discoverhe was in Div. Hq. & Hq. 52d F.A., L95t+, and wanEs Eo join Ehe Association. Will youmail something t,o him so he can join? Hers DON BERING; 3255 Woodside Roadr'Woodside,CA.That artlcle we spoke of is reproduced here:

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ln February the 9lstDivisionwilllose one of its most colorful indivi-duals. LTC Roger K. Heller retiresafter 33 years ofactiveandReserveduty.

The genial mentor took time lastMUTA to remove his sun glassesand recount some of his thoughtsand recollections on his long career.

"There seemed to be more es-pirit d'corps. With onlY 120

officers and 35 EM's, there had tobe", he mused.

"Most of us had staYed in theReserves because on the way homefrom the Pacific aft6r World WarII the Navy transport sailors as-sured us that war wasabouttobreakout with Russia in EuroPe.

"We figured we had better keePour stripes just in case.

"We were in for the fun andcam-araderie of the organization," hecontinued. "Money certainly didn'tenter into it-we weren't even Paidfor summer camp."

LTC Heller entered the Army in1942. He served in World WarII as a sergeant in the l9th InfantryRegiment, 24th Infantry Division,participating in five campaigns andfour amphibious assault landings.

He transferred to the EnlistedReserve Corps, California-NevadaMilitary District in December of1945.

LTC Heller started his long as-sociation with the 91st Division in

ITC Heller remembers

the fun, the work

with o proud Division

By SSG Gary Thompson

March 1949 as a sergeant in the361st Infantry Regiment. UPongraduation from the UniversitY ofCalifornia at Berkeley in 1949 hereceived his commission.

Drills were held at the OaklandArmy Terminal on Thursday nightsfrom 8 to 10. Of his service as theofficer in charge of the HeavYMortar Company, LTC Heller re-calls:

"All we really did was swap warstories then. We were totallY un-prepared for our mission. MYmortar company never evenhadanYmortars.

"One of my comPatriots was LTCDouglas (now retired) who was incharge of a tank company.

"He only had one tank in hiscommand, but they drove that tankeverywhere around the Terminal,"he said with a twinkle in his deePset eyes.

"One time we had to get it toRichmond, but there were no roadsavailable, so we took it on thefreeway. We were hustling alongat a pretty good cliP.

"I remember a pick-uP chuggingalong in front of us. LTC Douglassounded the siren, and I have neverseen a driver get out of the waYquite so fast in my life!

"That's the way it was, a casualtype of Reserve organization," headded thoughtfully.

"The people that wanted to be in

the Reserves had to be crazy, orreally enjoy war stories.

"Even when we started gettingpaid in July of 1949, things didn'tchange. It still seemed like wewere all on laughing gas.

"When the Korean War started,they asked for volunteers. Andmost of us volunteered to stayhome."

"Things changed in 1955, he notedseriously. Obligated Reservists,unheard of in the past, began at-tending drills.

"The face of the Reservist beganto get more serious," he said.

"In the 'good ole days,' eventhough we weren't prepared, therewas a much deeper camaraderie.I guess it was easier in an infantrydivision, because everyone wassweating together-almost like thecamaraderie of Basic Training.

"When the Division became atraining unit, we ended uP withschool teachers in funny green uni-forms," he explained.

"They have a much higher levelof education, talent and skills. Isuspect there is a great deal lessfun, but we can certainly Performour mission any time, any place.

"We are far more ready thanever before."

LTC Heller held a wide varietyof command and staff positions withthe 36lst Regiment beforehetrans-ferred to Division staff in 1962as Staff Historian and Band Officer.

In 1967 he was reassigned asDivision G2. His division staffservice was interrupted when hetransferred to the 4th Bde in 1970as the Executive Officer.

In October 1973, he was re-assigned for a second tour as Divis-ion G2 and Staff Historian, where hewas instrumental in establishingthe Division Museum.

LTC Heller numbers among hisawards and decorations: the Com-bat Infantryman's Badge; theBronze Star with Oak Leaf CIus-ters; the Presidential Unit Cita-tion; the Philippines PresidentialUnit Citation; the Philippines Lib-eration Medal with four BronzeStars; and the Asiatic-Pacific Cam-paign Medal with Silver ServiceStar and Bronze Arrowhead.

He was associate professorattheUniversity of California at Davisbefore becoming a professorofhis-tory at San Jose State University.

0TTO KRONE, of 1804 Akron Ave.,MeEairie, La., ls deep in Ehe affairs of"The Military Order oi the hrrple HearE".Is looklng for new members out of ourqang. $5-per annum. Otto promises Eoinsier any- and all leEt,ers from peoplewho are iirterested. So you Purple HearEmen, go to it.

New energy-savings incinerator inaction in Ehe PenLagon. Burns 10 tonsof classified material daily. 10 tons?

Gruesome item, but,....Does anyoneremember Ehe name and uniE of Lhe manaL Sentani who was hunched in his foxholewhen the alleged alligator was said tohave come out of Ehe adjacent bog andeat.en him? The alligator Eracks wereclearly Lhere; the young man, after thatlast awful yelI was never found. Does anyone remember any part of that, story?

NoEes in passing: TOM COMPERE saltshis grapefruiE. Says he has a grapefruiLevery morning of his life.

FRANK ALLO (I 21st r4l-r44) asks for aroster of Assoc. members. We hope topublish one shortly, Frank, as asupplemenE to one of our issues.

"l don't core if yoo ore going into hclicoptcr hoining -

gctrid of tfiot hotl"

Nlce seE of glossy, black and wtrit,ephotos of Korea scenes for our HlsEoryhave been sent in by C.A. "Bud" COLLETTE.Do you have any you want included ln theHisEory?

Edlt.lng has lEs compensatio-ns. We

received i beautiful handbag from oldfriend ANICETO I'Buddy" FAROLA, Chief ofPolice at MallEa Davao Del Sur onMindanao. Yourre a wonder, BuddY.

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C.A. Bud CoLLETTE (5t,h RCT '51.'52), of LaCrescenta,.Cal. 'stopped in aE enrneit, Idaho recently t6 visit 3n old friend.iiiSIi-c";k ;"e-;i-io their cemereiy Eo see rrris. says Bud:,,!,Ihen I saw this grave marker of our Comrade, it gave me a IumP

in the Ehroat. HE was just 19. I wasn'E even in the Army when

t" *"" killed. i.o"" diaft,ed and my first-day in the Army Y?9-9 Jan. 51. I arrived in Korea aroui:d the 3rd-week of June 1951

i ild'*t-iZta uiit'hday there on Nov. 25, 1951.''

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Maj. BRUCE MAULDIN is CO of Troop B, 2ndSquadron of the 9th Cavalryt al HunterA:rmy Airf leld. He is also' Bill Mauldinr sscn . !bj. Mauldin was born ln 1943 lnPhoenlx, Arlz. Hls flrst tt o yearsspanned a Eime EhaE saw hls father, Ehentn trts early 20rs trudglng up theIcallan boot and on lnto France, movlngwith and lnrnortalizlng the "dogfaees"trrlllle and Joe.

Wlllle and Joe, llke all groundpounders of all wars, had to put up wlthover offlcious offlcers, mud, dlrt,,Iack of sleep, terrlble chow and grlndlngcombat.

But Bill tlauldln found humor ln lE,enough humor Eo Eake a soldierrs mlndoff the agonies of war for a few briefmomenEs. His humor rras sometlmeslrreverent, but it was always right cothe point.

Norr, some 30 years, 12 books andthree hrlltzer Prlzes later, BillMauldln ls syndlcated in 300 papers inthe U.S. and around the world as anedltorial carEoonist.

He makes hls home ln Santa Fe, N.M.,btrt malncalns an office ln Chleago.At presenE he ls worklng on a book wiEhone of the last great hrorld tlar IIgenerals st.ill allve: Omar Bradley.

Brlce Mauldln grew up ln Californla,PorEerville, and marrled his hlgh schoolsweethearE, the former Judy Hester. TheMauldin's Ilve right on Hunter A::nyAlrfield and have three chlldren:Mlchelle, L4, Bmce, 13 and James, 5.

Major Mauldln entered the Aruy asan enllsted man ln 0ctober of 1951.He became a Warrant Offlcer ln 1964 andserved the flrst of his two tours lnVleEnam - at Ehat time with the 52ndAvlation as llft and attack helicopEerpilcit.

It was durlng Ehls Eour that hedeclded to make the regular A:my acareer and he began work towards acomnission.

Major lfuuldln was comnlssloned anlnfant,ry gecond lleutenant in 1966 atFt.Rucket, Ala., whlle serving aslnstrucEor ln the Hellcopter Instrument,Fllght Course. He weat back to Vletnamln 1957 and corunanded an aviatlonplatoon ln the 2nd Brlgade of the lstAlr Cavalry. He also served as Alde-de-Camp to !{ajor General John J.Tolson andMajor General George I. Forsythe,Dlvlslon cormanders.

From 1959 to 1971, Ja.Mauldin, then acapEaln, served as the Avlation offLcerand al so an avlat.lon platoon corunanderln the 8th Infantry Dlvlslon Artillery,Ge:many; and as the comandlng officerof an artllIery battery tn the 8th. InJune of 1973 he graduat,ed from AubrurnUnlverslty wlth a bachelor's degree inAeronautlcal Englneerlng.

From JuIy of L973 to JuIy 1975, herras a brigade aviation offlcer andavlatlon platoon corrnander with the197th Infantry Brigade at Ft.Bennlng,Ga.

In the surner of L975 he conrnandedTroop A, 15th Cavalry, at Benning, andthen in October 1976 returned Eo Auburnwtrere he completed work on hls mastert sin Soviet Forelgn and Military Policy.He graduated surma cum laude and receiveda Pi Kappa Phi Key.

Maj.tlauldin states that hls "dad" lsthe artlst. ln the family. I like towrit,e ln my spare time, mostly artlcleson natlonal security and aerospacet'.He ls a conEributing editor to Air FacEsmagazine.

Maj.Mauldin asked for hls assignmentto the 2nd of the 9th.ttWhlle at. Benningr w€ used to comedown to StewarE for trainlng and I llkedwtrat. I sartr," states the major. t'The 24thjust seemed Eo--be a real comer, booming,groing, viEal ,t' he said.

"The al-r cavalry epiEomlzes Ehecomblned armsrt' Mairldi-n sald, ttlt combinesthe roles of infantry, armor and artlllerywiEh the spirlt. and mob'lllty of cavalry.We are brlnglng two new arrnored cavalryunits on llne and that l-s a tremendouslychallenging job. It gives you a realsense of sat.isfaction t,o natch a new unitgrow from paper into men wtro are well-Erained and disciolined.

"ThaErs rrihat tbdayts Army is abouEr"conchldes Major Brrrce Mauldin.

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Veep MIKE RAFTER recovering ni9-91y----from surserv....Short note from IVO OTEY,Div. I.G: '46-'47. l/ants to be rememberedto ELMER VAN ZANT, HOWARD LEDGERWOOD,DAVID DILLARD and OLIVER TRECHTER....LEI\I "Rick" RICHTIGER, are officer at Lheiincoln Nat'1. Bk. iri chicago, who joinedI of the 34th under PAUL CAIN onCorregidor and I'Iindanao, and who wasBn. SI2 under "Bugeye" WILLETTS askedLo be remembered to Paul, BugeYe,SAM SCHNEIDERI'IAN and JOHN GOODRUM.

One of Lhe West Point Sreats, ontheir athleEic fields, was Col. RussellPotLer Reeder, Jr., USA Ret.

As a Cadet, Red Reeder droP-kickedfield goals and captained the baseballteam. "In 1928 he 6att,ed .413 in springtraining with the New York Giants-r -butwhen JoEn McGraw offered to sign him for$5,500 he couldn't bring himself toreiign hj-s new corrnission as secondlieuEenant, which paid $L,7L6. When heconrnanded the 12th RegimenE of EheFourth Infantry Division in the Normandyinvasion in L944, a shell burst cost himhis Ieft. leg, but he reLurned to WesLPoint as a iegimental conrnander of Cadets.("It11 take hlm in a wheelchair," wroteGeneral George Honnen, Conrnandant ofCadets ) .

A fivorite West Point storY is theone about Red Reeder and his good friend,the late Toots Shor.

Red stopped in at Tootsr resLaurant onedav and Tobts greeEed him with, "Yourfriend, General Omar Bradley was just-here and h7e were talking abouE you. Hesaid Ehat if vou hadnrt been wounded,vou wouldtve 6een a three-sEar general."' A few months later, Red stoPPed inagainand this time Toots greeted himwIch, "Say, Red, I was tqlking with omarBradiev a66ut vou only Ehe oLher day.nrad s6id if y6u hadnlL caughE Lhatwound on Nomindy, you would have surelymade your two-stbrs."

A ironth or so later, Red meL Toots onPark Avenue and Toots said, "I wastalking wiEh Bradley the other night onthe teiephone. He happened to mention

"o". Thinks youtre gi-eat. Says you'dirave been a oire-star-general if you hadn'ttaken thaL sEeel on NormandY".- T; which Red replied, "If-you donftmind, Toots, Itd rather not discuss itanymore.tt

Dog ComPanY Gimlets be warned'EDWAID J.-VOSO, who was a member ofthat illustrious grouP in its saladdays BPH and for awhile thereafter,is- trying Lo organize a- small g9!:-iogetlrerl You dan reach Ed ac 1815Sw6etwaEer Rd., SPring ValleYrCol'92077.

BOB HARDTN, 15rh RCT 7/50-2/5L),of 27000 S.W. L42 Ave., Naranja, FIa.,has a daughter who makes up tee shirt.sfor all kinds of groups. She'Il makethem for us at $3.00 each. Anycormnents ? Pro? Or Con?

Another retired oosLal service felIowhas joined us - RoSb wrsELY, (M 19th '51),of 207 E. Mineral, HoL Springs, Ark.

"Just whot do yov rupporc ihir meons?"

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Medal of Honor recipient, Mdster Ser-geant Charles B. Morrls of the 24th ln-fantry Division's 2nd Battalion, 19th ln-fantry, flrst crossed paths with the 24thDivision in March 1954 when, as part ofan Honor Guard, he welcomed thg Divi-sion back to Japan from their duty inKorea.

Entering the Army in Septemberi952, Morris helped to lay out the Demil-itarized Zone in Korea which still standsat the hard-won 38th Parallel, an lnter-nationally Yecognized boundary referredto as the DMZ.

Charlie Morris got out of the Army in1954 but reenlisted in 1961 with the82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg,N.C.

Reassigned in '1963 to Ft. Kobbe,Canal Zone, and the 3/508th Airbornelnfantry Battalion, Canal Sector, he wasthere during the Riot of Panama in '1964

before reioining the 82nd ABN in theU.S.

ln October, that-same year, SergeantYork, the World War I hero who all alonehad killed 25 and captured over 100 ofthe enemy, died. Sergeant Morris wasone of the hand-picked Guard of Honorat the funeral - not dreaming that threeyears late, he, like Sgt. York, would wearthe Medal ol Honor.

Sgt. Morris served on many specialmissions throughout the world, includingthe American Expedition into the Domini-can Republic to help quell the rebellionand bring peace to that country, and aidto the civilians. Thanks to cross-trainino,Sgt. Morris was able to render medicalhelp to the populace, sulfering from alack of medical facilities,

He deployed with the 2/503rd Bat-talion, 173rd Airborne Brigade, to Viet-nam in January 1966, participating in anumber of actions including the one onJune 29 for whlch Morris later receivedthe natlon's highest award, the Medal ofHonor.

Sergeant Morris and about 40 menwere seni to search for two enemy regi-

ments - approximately 2,0fi) men. Theyfound the base wfiich had one battalionrelnlorced by heavy weapons and by per-sonnel from the remainder of the two-regiment base.

He deployed his squad and continuedthe reconnaisance alone, crawllng un-knowingly to within 20 yards of a gunnerwho fired at him and wounded him ln the

chest. Morris killed the gunner and,crawling within feet of the machinegun,hurled a grenade that killed the rest ofthe crew.

ln pain and bleeding, the sergeantcontinued reconnaisance, destroyingeverything nearby, then managed to re.join his platoon which came under in-tense fire from both sides and the front,sustaining additional casualties.

Badly outnumbered, the platoon couldhave withdrawn but elected to stay, wil-ling to losemore or all rather than aban-don their wounded buddies there.

The platoon beat off five attacksthroughout the day and suffered nume-rous casualties. MSgt. Morris credits theample time he spent learning to do hisiob with enabling him that day to serveas platoon leader, squad leader, ser-geant, rifleman, radio operator and, sincethe platoon lost its medic earlier, in thatcapacily as well.

"lt was the young soldlers who werethe heroes that day," Sgt Morris empha-tically declared. "l had spent lots of timelearning to do a iob and I did it."

It is for this reason that MSgt. Morrlsregards the medal of Honor with a highstate o, reverence; in his eyes it repre-sents something far bigger than self -the team effort of soldiers who lay theirall on the line for their fellows and fortheir country.

The Medal of Honor holder muststrive to be far above a mere soldier,MSgt. Morris feels. "To bring discrediton the Medal is to bring discredit on theentire United States," he said.

Sgt. Morris returned to the malnlandin 1967 and hiS native state, Virginia,declared Jan. 14 "Sergeant Morris Day,"with appropriate ceremonles includingbest wlshes from President Lyndon B.Johnson and Vice President Hubert H.Humphrey, as well as parades anddinners.

Assigned in November 1967 to the82nd Airborne Division, Ft. Bragg, N.C.,Morris received notice to report to theWhite House. There President Johnsonand the Army Chief of Staff, GeneralHarold K. Johnson presented him theMedal of Honor and orders for limitedduty to regain his strength.

Sgt. Morris returned to full duty andregular missions in July 1974. He at-tended the Sergeant Major Academy atFt. Bliss, Tex., and came to Ft. Ste\rartin January two years ago.

Since then he has been operationssergeant of the 2nd Battalion, 19th ln-fantry, helping rebuild that Civil War-eraunit, inactive since 1970, into a modernday fightlng force - an assignment heconsiders a challenging one.

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SergeantGERALD L. MAYNAR,D(in uniform)allows B Bat,Eery,lst Battalion,35th FieldArtillery depen-dents to get somehands-on timewiLh the 105nrnHowitzer. Lookingon are Mrs.Georgeanne Marine,wife of BrigadierGeneral GEORGEMARINE, assis-tanE conmnnder,and Mrs. BettyKickl ighter(exLreme right,),wife of COL0NELCLAUDE KICKLIGHTER,Division Artil-lerv conrnander.(US'ermy Photoby Sp.5 LarrySchlosser).

Aboard inflatable assaulE boats insEeadof cheir cusEomary jeeps, "Rock RECON'I' t'heReconnaissance PILtoon of the newlyactivated Combat SupporE Company, 3rd Bn'-fiitr fnf., conquereil morettran g0 mlles ofEhe Oeeechee River recenEly in a 3-dayAdvenEure Training exerclse. Beginningthe Erek on FE.St6wartrs easEern border,the platoon sPent the f lrst.- day pract'lcing

"qrratic skllli such as small boat rlgging,

srirvival swimnlng, rope bridging' routereconnaissance, bridge classificat,lon andothir conventlonal plaEoon mlsslons.AdvenEure Tralning is an exerclse no unl-Ecorunander should 6verlookr" accordlng toIst Lt. DWIGHT J. DAVIS, the Platoonleader. trln additlon to practiclng somevery useful skil1s, Adventure Trainlng

""n'do a lot for unit morale and spirlEr"

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came as the platoon irrived aE OssabawSound on the'Atlantlc Ocean,r' sEated Eheplatoon sergeanE, SFC SERGIO MARCIAS.t'Ttere were-5-fooE waves crashing ln frontof the boats." he continued. "IE was areal challenge." The plaEoon arrlvedsafely on an-uninhabitLd island near thesound- and seE up to pracEice survlvaliootfrrg. The tilp wis Ehe end result ofs".rerai weeks of |lannlng and coordinatlon'"Rock Reconnerst' Staff SergeanE JIMI'{YIIHITEKER, Sergeant GREGG KROLICKI andSergeanE'BOB MCKAIN were the projecE NCOs

for the oPeraEion.

CaIl your History, "Men of- the TaroLeaf" suteests OTT0 KRONE. We jusEmieht. OEEo. Thanks. Name not Yetf lialiy decided upon. ott.o- sllpped. onein on irs about thl lady talklng Eo herlandscaper. r'Wtrat would you suggestolantini in a clav spoE on a rocky ledgeth"t seEs verv littlL rain and a hot

"ii"rfioo" sun?", she asked. 'rfd

suggesE a nlce flag po1e" Ehe landscaperreplied

"We've been toking turns giving you the- needle-,-.Sir . ' ' don't wont

one guy lo hove oll the fun!!"

GreaE actr. BOB HARDIN sends ln duesfor-".",-mE*U"t CARLOS DEESON .(tgttr)'oi-zAiOt Sw 152 Ave., HomesLead, Fla',a;rl;; being sick and unable to work'

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The thoughE occurs that we don't haveEo waiL unt,il next August (at Savannah)to get some input on the part, of thegeneral membership as to where they wantto meet in August of L979. A survey isproposed to get the feel for the indivi-dual preferences for locaEions for futurereunions - in 1979 and thereafuer as wellas preferences for Ehe time of the year inwhich to hold reunions in 1979 andthereafEer.

Discussions have been held on theadvisabiliEy and wisdom of surveying thetotal membership for an expression ofpreferences on various possible reunionlocations as well as the time of Ehe yearin which to hold reuni-ons.

The results of the membership surveywill be published in a future issue beforeSavannah.

There are L2O7 members of the Associa-tion eligible to participate in thissurvey. It, is of such vital imporEanceto the future of the Association, thateach and every member should consider itan obligation to express an opinion sothat the deliberating bodies at EheSavannah Reunion will have ful1 and com-plete information at hand when the deci-sions are rnade. This is definitely notsomething to set aside. Your viewpointsand preferences are just as important asany member's. In order for this surveyto be truly representat.ive of what,Association members wanE in the fuEure,everyone mnrsE take part.

You are urged to give it some seriousthought. before writing in your choiceson the survey form. While there is nofirm deadline set forth in the voEing,it is suggested that you make your choicesas soon as possible, before Lhe surveyfor-r geLs misplaced or losL.

REUNION SURVEY FOR 1979 AND THEREAFTER

Part I - PREFERENCES FOR RETNION LOCATIONSFOR 1979 and LATER

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Did you know "Buffalo Bill" Cody wasawarded-a Medal of Honor and then had itrescinded, along with 911 others in 1917?0r that, over 2501000 hrrple HearEs wereawarded during Ehe Korean War? Did youknow that the Purple Heart was estab-lished by General George I'Iashilgton ir.rL782? So wriEes Diane Makar of Division'sPRO. Hi Diane.

She continues - LE.Co1. ETRIC P.GARTI,IAN - Etric??? - the Div.A.G. made lthis business Eo know these facts andvoh:mes of oEhers concerning awards,medals and citaEions during his assigrmentat, the Pentagon from '55 to '70.- Qu"iogthis time, Gartman was the Chief of uheArmy Awards Program and advisor to EheArmv decorations board.t'rt wa" my job to brief the President,Secretary of the A*y, SecretarY ofDefense hnd Chief of Staff on Ehe qualifi-cations necessary for various awardsrt'says GarLman. Ha recalls, "Presi-dentJohnson used Eo ask a Iot, of questionsand I had Eo [<now Ehe anst ers. Johnsonmotivated me by the quesEions he asked."

As a result, GarEman, Ehen s nqjorlspent long hours in the historicalaichives in Washington. He would sEartwith a book and follow various leads tooLher books and sources. According toGarEman, it took almost a full year tocompile the inforseti-on on awards andmedals that he still uses, to somedegree, on hi-s job here as A.G.

The original Rrrple Heart was a piece ofpurple material cut in a hearE-shape andworn over the left breast. IE wasstarted by General George Washington in1782 and was the first, and until tbeCivll War, the only award used by theU.S. Arny. The Purple Heart lras presentedtnoE only Eo Ehose wounded in action as itis today, but for singularly meritoriousaction.

GarEman, in his research, turned upthe names of the first. three soldiers tobe presenEed wiEh the Heart: SergeantDaniel Bissel of the 2d Coancct.icutRegiment; Sergeant, Daniel Brown of the 5thConnecticut Regiment and Sergeant ElijahChurchill of the 2d Continental Dragoons,ConnecEicut Regiment.

After Ehe RevoluEionary War, the Orderof the Purple Heart fell into disuse. It

remained so until 1932 when it, wasreinsEituEed on the 200th anniversary ofGeorge Washingt,on' s birthday.

The colonelrs research showed that theMedal of Honor was adopted when AbrahastLincoln signed a JoinE Resolution ofCongress in 1862. At first the award,to be given for gallantry in action andother "soldier-like qr:alities during the.presenE insurrectionr" was given Lonon-corrtrlissioned officers and privates.In 1853, the provision was made toinclude officers.

Soon it became apparent that manyawards, the Medal of Honor among them,were being given upon the request of therecipient. In 1915, a board of fiveretired generals rrere appointed by theSecretary of War to investigaEe theawarding of the so-caIled CongressionalMedal of Honor.

The board finished lts review aftereight monEhs and by that time hadstri.cken 911 narnes from the records.Aroong these were "Baffalo Bill" Codyand Dr. t'Iary Walker, the only wonanawarded the Medal of Honor. RecenEly,the kin of Mary Walker battled to have herrrame put, back in the records. They won.

We'Ii add on6 thing here Ehat neitherEtric nor Diane may know - that the lateGeorge Nee, faEher of our own JOE NEE,(Div] G3 and Rec. o. t45-'47), was arecioient

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the firct round lounchcd goa3 to the forthcst point. The fuzcsctling. is.chonged f_or-eoch succe$iva round. As o reluh, by vorying the spocing, o polh is cleorcdthrqth. tio ficH. lAfldirrgo€e, src lndiretqAio n4qruJ '

A new electronic fuse is being developed for Armyr s Surface - Launched Fuel AirExplosive System for breaching mine fields and clearing booby traps.

SLUFAE is mounted on the M-548 tracked cargo carrier and has a range of up to 1000meters. It has 30 launch tubes and a fire conErol system able to flre from - one to 30parachut.e-deployed rounds per launch sequence.

The SLUFAE roundemploys a rocket with afuel-air explosive war-head consisting of liquidpropylene oxide, a vola-t.ile hydrocarbon. ThedestrucEive power that.can be obt,ained with anFAE charge is considera-bly greater Ehan a TNTcharge of the same size.

UnIike most explosives,FAE weapons do not needEo carry oxldlzlng agenEs.Inst.ead, fuel-air explo-sives reacE with the airtc form a hiehlv vola-tile "cloud""thit can bedetonated. The FAEeffect can detonate orneutralize a varieEy ofa antiEank and antiper-sonnel mines under landor shallow wat,er.

I{hite Oak beganworking on SLUFAE in1975 when Ehe Army neededa fuse Ehat could be seEquickly and remotely afterthe round had been loadedinto the launcher.

The new electronicfuse can be set remot.elywhile it is in the tube.The parachut.e can be set

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to deploy from one to 12 seconds after the launch Eo conErol warhead range. After theparachuEe opens and has slowed the round, a six-foot probe extends. Wtren the Eip ofthe probe hits the ground, Ehe FAE cloud deEonaEors are e-iected.

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From OTTO KRONE comes word on the4th star on Lhe 19th regimenLal crest..Sa1,s g1'r" 3 sEars originally were for theCivil l,Iar, Spanish-American I,rlar, and Wt{ I.After r45, a fourth sLar was added forI{l.J II. Sez Lhere should be a fifthstar for Korea. But ROGER HELI-ERrefutes that 4th star sEory. Says Roger:"Let me puL on my official hat - theystilL carry me as Historical Officer,91st Division. In answer to the questionabouL the 19Eh Infant.ry Crest - THERI AREONLY THREE STARSI No more was everapproved. Unfortunatellr some black-marketones made in Japan and by an un-namedNew York firm which the Offj-ce of iieraldrl,has black-1ist.ed.

Finally, the American Legion isproEesEing the sale of souvenirs on Navyproperty aE Pearl Harbor. The souvenirs-you guessed it - are "Made in Japan".

JACK ANDERSON writ.es that. he has somematerial for llay Kinderf s Divisionirluseum at StewarL. Jack is t,rying tolocare s/ser. JoHN DOHANTSH whb in'42-' 43 wai a squad leader in Lhe A 19thlst plat.oon. Anyone know? Jack tellsus about the college baskeE.ball playerwho. when asked whaE he was sLudvine.repiiecl "Itm a l"arrah Fawcet.t *"joril.Thanx Jack, we needed thaE.

i'JILilUil LIliD, Deputy City l.igr. ofilackensack, N.J. (B-24th f ied. '44-t 46),says: Jinrny Connor must be maturing -hasn'L thrown a tantrum for at leasttwo weeks

Back as a member - JOE BADARACCO.6237 Devonshire, SLrLouis, I'to. (Div:Hq.1.42::4_5). . Joe, 'you'II recalI

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i! St.Louis politics for years. But.list.en t.o what he now writes: ,'I supposeItm aging as is everyone. No morepolitics. Am thoroughly enjoying tife asa pract,ising at.t.orney and piivate citizen."We're glad you're back with us Joe.

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To Florida are the RUSSELL HAGERMANTs,Russ and Alice, (11F 145-t47). Once i-nIansing, Mich., iLts now Rt. 1, -Box 2008r-Ruskinl'Fla. Ross retired in r75 as a Col.afEer 34 years of service. Their one andonly, Dav-id, works for G.M. - makesO1d-smobites. I^Iould appreciate it, Dave,if yourd try Eo keep those prices down.

$10 for the Division History in fromDr. HANFORD RANTS, Principal of Gahr H.S.in Cerritos, Calif. Han was Sgt. 2nd Bn.Hq., 34th 143-'45. Thank you, Doc.

JACK FINAN writes our GaI Friday' whosets up all of Ehis: "Happiness is like aperfumi:. You can'L sprinkle a little on;ah;;; wiEhout gettin! some on yourself."We had Lo include Ehis

Kathleen PEYTON DuleY onYou were gorgeous, Kate.

Love EhaE mottodown I95 the othereast of Green Bay.

one. Itf sher wedding day.

We dontE want Eo start anY troublebut - if women are so smarE, how come theyalways dance backward?

We simply refuse to belleve Ehe recentconvicEion of Maj.Gen. EDWIN WALKER lnDallas for public lewdness ln propositlon-lng a policLman in a park lavatory. Ifwe-evei smelled a set up, we thlnk we cansmell one here - and Dallas is 1500 ml1esaway. Pltlful sEory there.

At an impromptu mock wedding inobservance of 25 years of wedded blissfor HOI'IARD and Glad LUMSDEN (last Oct.8thaL Wood River, I11.), J0HNI'TY TRINCA (inwhite) played the minisLer's part,HOWARD played himself - superbly -"Spike" played the irate father, completewith shotgun, and Glad got out the oldwedding golm (found Ehat iE fittedperfectly) and likewise played herself.

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BOB GROGAN ('39-'44), of Shrewsbury,Mass. , reports that. of his 5 sons, Skipis a Lt. of Inf. at Rucker, Ron had oneNavy hitch and goL out, Herb after a stintin V. is now going Eo OCS, Steve, aft.er13 months in V. has "more medals than therest of the family combined", and Bob ispresently in the Army in Gernany. Daugh-ter Linda "showed no interesE in affairsof uhe Dept. of Defense". Great record,Bob; one Lo be proud of.

These fellows made the HOWARD andGladys LLIMSDEN "25 years of marriageilcelebration the great suecess it was.15 Taro Leafers made it. CounE them.They are in left. t.o right, fashion:front. row - DON DOSSETT, CHARLEYYg9lETIiL the Guesr.of Honor, My HARDI,FRANK KUBA, JAI"IES O'DONNELL indGERRY LIEBER - back row - BENTLEYg{!,DryPl-!, qR4N- MENNEMEYER, LEO CREAr,,IER,B0B SHAY with both hands 6n borhshoulders of the Kine for a Davqg$l-Ey _!oac ,

-iii"" ia'E"i-ionN"ilifi{p,GERRY STEVENSON, JOHNNY TRINCA and'PAUL MYERS. Grand bunch. Terrificparty, Glad and Howard. Letis do itagain on your 50th.

One of the worst thoughts about Socia1Security is that members of Congress havenot and apparently will not put-themselvesunder it.

Itrs LifeMember /t168 -MOODY S?ARKS CROWE,officer of theCharlotte, N.C.DAV Chapter.Moody was recentlydecorated for14 years ofunselfish andvoluntarydevot.ion tovet.eran comrades.Poor Moody lostNelsie lastJanuary. Wereported thisLragedy in anearlier issue.

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I{hat Willle and Joe were Eo tbenllllons of "ground-pounders'l -rh9 sloggcdtheir wav acr6ss Eurbpe, Snuffy is Eo

their grindsons. Snu-ffy adnirably telIs.the reEI 1ife, day-to-dly sEory of Eoday'sttqramts. tt--nBil1 Mauldiu was always uy heror"-

states cartoonist Charles- PatEersou ofSaata Crrrz, Cal. "The biggest thriLl of,"-fife wa6 when I found ouu tre was left-hinded. too. MY only Probleu is, I - -do;ta 6ave a uai." ihE lanky, l9-year-oldorlvate assicned Eo the 3rd Battalion,igtf,. clai-ms-hers noE so utrch Snuffy'screaior as he is a rePorter of theiictionat soldi-er's tiials and trlbula-tioas.---t;io. is everybody in -the infantry rhohas ever had soiething done t-o theg'oi-tas done sooething-to sooebody,Patterson says. "Everytime I dr-aw a str1P,iou. ot five- guys wili come and claimIrve been spYing on them."--- Pattersoir- fiist met Snuffy duringbasic traiuing about a yg?r- ag-o' and whenhe first, arrived in the 19th' he wasiiir";1i-"ccuJea of being Joe by his s.quadleader. "I guess I gg a little bit"'patterson .*i["] u"[ i""ii everj'body?"---i; get Joe Suufiy's activiEies down onDaDer was a comunal project of PaEter-5Hi; pf"tooo. "I ju3t dartoon incidentsr-I." ioa tn" guys EeIl me abouE'- TE"Z

"or"-""lith tf,e'story Iines. All of Joes^rif"r" idventures aie real. They allactuailv happened to soDeone I know"'

Patt6rsoi-claims that the cartooucharacter Just bappened. .."I roke uP onemo::niaq and there he was."---dE slirtea, however, Ehe lrrepre-ssibleJoe was hard to Euru off. Patterson hadUeeu atarlng Snuffy episodes for aboutiwo-nonths Sefore they attracted t'heitteation of anyoae oirtside of his own2oa ptatooo. T{re Ft'.SEewart Patriot'-a-iJ.o"Ei"d Snuffy aad oade hlm a regular

Patterson explalus, "and since cartooningi-s such a na-rd fieid to break inEo, I'11orobablv end up teachiug art souewhere.'--I'i;;{s-piobiurv Ehe 5n1v real work r'11ever do in- the fiald.'

If the init,lal reactioa of the Patriotreaders is any indication, however-, Joe-.Smrffv iust niv not want to puIl that old

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G.Gordon Liddy has written a goodarticle in Chic bemoaning lhe damagedone our lntelllgence people by ournaElonal "compulslon for publlc disclo-sure". Wtrlle we don'E think rm:ch ofLiddy's selecEion of a forum (itts aLarry "HusEler" Flynt publication andthe article ls sandwiched ln between acouple of sexually explicit photos ofwomen and some sexually orienEedcarloons), we do like ivhat he says._- "Schizophrenically," Mr. Llddy writes,ttwe enacE rsunshinet- iaws, reveaiingcrltical intelligence material Eovirtually anyone who wants t,o knowCongressional cormaittee staffs releasesensitl-ve classified lnformatlon;irresponsible news media, with thelmprimaEur of a judlciary in their Ehrail,dlsseminaEe miliEary and diplomaEicsecrets for friend and foe alike, whilea euphoric public, believing ln Ehe mediamlllenium, celebrates the rule of lawin internaElonal affairs.

"The resL of the world, more perceptlvethan we about, the true intentionl ofworld leaders, waEches without illusionEhe steppes of Russia where, as on theGerman plaln in 1938, row on row theDanzers grow.t'

M1._!f4dy-wrote that he disagreed withthe bellef of some Americans "thaE ourtroubles are the result of a vast con-spiracy." Instead, he believes that. 'rtheAmerican national character has acquireda tragic flaw," namely, the belief that"mants unalt.erable naturett can be, andalready has been, altered, with "blindgood will and optimism." This f1aw,he-suggesEs, will be the undoing of EheUnit,ed StaEes if the nation continues toact on iL.

To all of which we say "Amen". We dobelieve that Ehe "compul-sion" to disclosesecrets began with Eisenhowert s admissionof the U-2 overflight. It's been downhillall Ehe t{ay ever since.

From RAY MSZKOWSKI, (24th Med. Bn.| 47 -' 50 , dorirn in Taylor , Mich. , come sthis: "Often wonder if anyone remembersu/sgr. SEVERIN0 cARzA, rhi: band leaderof the Div.Band in Kokura. There is aspot. in my heart. for this guy; the wayhe led the band when thev played the"Col. Boogie I'I,arch" and lroiu he wouldalwalrs acknowledge me at the ball parkin I(okura by playing a Polka. Someother guys one must mention likeART SI,IALL, St,ewart of Club 24 (rememberEhat great, display of fireworks in frontof the Cliiford Theatre Ehat Artengineered). JOHN BAGLAMA, whom I haveLo Lhank for signing me up in the associa-tion, VIC HUNGERFORD for his marvelousTraining Sessions and others Eoo numerousto mention." Ray was President of EheBoard of the NCO CIub in Kokura duringthose days between Lhe wars.

PAUL MEYERS (13 Field '43-'45), iscommander of post /41308 of the VFI,J. Paulis rvith I"ionumental fnsurance in Alton.I1l.That t s Lucille with him. lli Lou'.

Now one of us is GEORGE W. RUTLEDGE,of 1104 N.Park, Bloomington, I11. wherehe and Kathryn now reside. George,di-sabled, is on his way to being a LifeMember. Was with the 5th RCT in Hawaiiand Korea. Was aid man with K Co. whenhe caught it at Sockchoa up in the tipin Nov. of '50.. Sally Buck, writing for FRED BUCK,(M 19th 4/4L-L2/44), out in Erie, Pa,said: "Enclosed is a check for Fredrslife membership. Since the children and Inever know what, to buy him, we decided onan early birthday gifL for him. Oursever boys are out. of school and on theirowrl now (four married but only two grand-children yeE, twin boys)."Wonderful gift, Sally. Thanks.

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Fearuring JoHNNY ROGERS (L 2! | 43-' 45),of 308 S.Ceiiar, Lit.tle Rock, Ark., onhls second and last reEiremenE day.n-actfng SS, Johnny s-ald Goodbye to thehrlaski-GounLy Sheriff' s DePt.

The Division Soldier of Ehe Year andNoncorunissioned Officer of the Year wereselecEed in mid-JulY.-

They are: Speciaiist, 4 JOHN J. POTTS,Soldtei of the- Year, a forward observerwlth Co.B, 2nd Bn, 21st, Inf .; aldSereeanE First Class JESS A. WATS0N,NCO"of Ehe Year, a platoon sergeanE lnCo.c, 2nd Bn., igth- Inf .Bd.ts wAs selectedSoldier of thi Year from a fleld of sixbv a six-member board of conrnand ser-sLanEs maior headed by Conunand SergeantMajor NATHANEL MCELROY, division andpoit CSU. T'he son of Mrs. Claudla Pottsbf Hinesville, Sp 4 PotEs resides Eherewith his wife, Sharon, and one child.The top NCO, SFC Wauson' was chosen thebest oi slx sergeants rePresent!8 majordlvlslon and PoIc coumands bY CMS

McEIroyr s boaid. The 34-year-old graduateof NCO'Acaderny and DrlII SergeanE Schoolis a I4-year Army veEeran. SFq WaEson lsEhe son 'of Ur. aira Mrs. Raymond KyIe Wat-son of SparEa, N.C. He lives on Po-st. .wlth hls'wlfe, EsEella, and Ehree chlldren'

The Soldiei of the Year and NCO of theYear each w111 receive a six-day HawaiianvacaEion for two, rfiich lncludes round-trlp airline Eickets, lodgings at theHalL Koa Armed Forces Recreatlon CenEerand expenses.

Cardlo-Dlal is a new comPuterlzedmeEhod thaE can tell patienEs how likelythev are to have a heirt attack wiEhintheir nexE eight years. Such informa-t.lon as age, 6lood pressure, cholesEerolIevel, and imoklng habits is fed intoa comiuter, whlch-wllI asslmilaEe thedata ind respond ln Ewo minutes, raEingEhe patienEri chances on a scale fromI t.o 100.

CHARI,EY JAUESON, (r O At 21sr I 44-t 45),of BrldgewaEer, Va., sat our item on thePhlllpplne award and wrote the Embassy lnWashlngEon. Ttrey referred hlm Eo

The AdjutanE General GHO AFPCamp General Emlllo AguinaldoQueion CiLy, Phlllppines.

First Lt.. Bob Reed, MP Co., 24th Inf.Div. is holding three reasons why his in-come Eax wont E be quite as rough as itcould have been. WtraE makes it triPlysweet ls EhaE the exempEions came nearEhe end of the year, on December 9. ThelieutenanErs wife, Jo, says she stillfinds triplets hard to believe. TheexempEioni - approprlately wearing Ja-ro -Leaf^ insignia -- arL:. AshIey, wh9 welghedin at foui pounds, 2t ounces; AIYson,four pounds, I ounce, and AmY, threepounds, 9 ounces.

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LES "Larry, oLDS, (Sr.19th |44-t46),of Canton, Ohio, reporEs that he devours"each Taro Leaf-frofu cover to covert'. We

Ilke that. Also we Ilke his P.S.:"Holding public ofice is like t.rying todaace in i nightclub. "No matEer whgE youdo, you rub sdmebody che wrong way."Same o1d sense of humor, Iarry.

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