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This plcture arrlved as we r^rere about t,o go to press. our first,planned cover was a lovely Japanese scene, familiar to all who served

ln Ehe '47-' 50 period. But our print,er shot. iE down as beingttimpossi.blet' Eo print.. Then came this, as hre say, from none other

than good friend, Maj.Gen. AUBREY S. NE'/il'{AN, with these warm wordsrI'Had this made from a print borrowed from PAUL AUSTIN afterSavannah. As you knour, Paul, ln the center, led the bayonet charge

at the liainit River brldge. HOI^IELL E. BARROI^I, on Ehe lefE, was

kllled abouE 25 - 30 yards from the waEerrs edge on LeyEe.

RUSSELL GAGE made the thlrd one in Ehis happy picture.r' Thank ycnr,

Red, for letEing us share thi-s one.

24th 9ntann1 DtuIio istl Aooarl.aliut,

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TARO LEAFVol. XXXVII - No. 3 1983-1 984

The publication "of, by and ,or those who served or now serve"the glorious United States 24th lnfantry Division, and publishedfrequently by the 24th lN FANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION whoseotficers are:

Presidenl:John B. Shay (21st'46-'52)1129 Shermer Rd., Glenview, lL 60025 .Tel. 312-724-5'133

Vice President:Raymond R. Kresky (24th Recon.'43-'46)25'19 W. Jerome Ave., Chicago, lL 60645 . . . . . . Tel. 312-764-7651

Sec'y.-Treas.-EditonKenwood Ross (Div. Hq.'44-'47)120 Maple St., Springfield, MA 01103 . . Office Tel. 413-733-3194

Home Tel.413-733-3531Convenlion Chairman:John E. Klump (E34th'45-'46)Rt. 1, Box 256, Guilford ,lN 47022 . . .. . Tel. 812-623-3279

Membership Chairman:Lee B. List (B21st'41-'44)115 Ronald Rd., E. Peoria, lL 61611.......... 'Te|.309-694-1681

Chaplain:Joseph l. Peyton (1gth'43-'45)1405 Belmore Ct., Lutherville, MD 21093 . ... . . Tel. 301-321-6448

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Association membership is open to anyone and everyone whowears or ever wore the Taro Leaf or served in any of its attachedunits. Dues are $10.00 per annum, inclusive of a subscription toTaro Leaf.

PERSONALMENTION

CHARLES P. GAZZARA, (E 21st r40-r45),of Box 718, HanrnonLon, NJ, is an "alsoran". He Eoo cont.ribut,ed Eo Ehe Shy Lr-unFund. Will we ever geL this one cleaneduP? ..er-

LYMAN and Maurine MILLER, (n 2lstf43-r45), of RE. 2, Parker, s.D.recently wenE a-visitin'. To OK Eospend Eime wiEh ALVIS ROCK, Ehen EoSeymour, MO Eo see STANFORD RHOADSand PAUL CARPENTER. Then to Peoria, ILto visiE LEE and Cecelia LIST.

LEDDY, (24 l'led. r43-'45), of.2033u""eilrt,l". San Pedro, Cal., wiuh JackU".erlft"", San Pedro, Ca

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MAOL GAUUttNot aLtt. How we dislike seeing Ehat

notaEion on a returned coPY of Taroieaf. Today it was on BILL SoLoMONrscoDv. Bilt- has been a faithful membersihte L976. Was lasE at L97 Garfield,Island Heights, NJ.

addins the noEe:-tiFrom the Leyte landlng;tir-i"-diained the last drop of etlylfio* o", 55 gal.drum in Taloma, Mindanao---ii"a-t" haid carry ir part waYr- when.lfU--nUSirLLr s Lank iroppLa through theLriag" -- a million unforgeEtablethilarious momenEs.

;mDon't forget to notify us if

you're changing your address!

Reports our ever--agressive MembershipChairman LEE LISTs "JusE recruitedRALPH A. GOFF, (r & R, '51-'54), of5901 Weber Rd., #3106, Corpus Christl,TX 78413. "Thirty years ago, Ra1phlived near Peoria and worked atCaLerpiller. At, the time I ran a gasstation and Ralph was one of mycustomers. I had no idea then thaE hewas a Taro Leafer. Small world.ttRight. you are, Lee.

VIVE IADIFFERENCE!

Christsmas card from-JACK -ald^Sophle

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Coh:mnist Wil1lam Safire has a weekly coh:mn in the New York Times

called "On Languagett and devoEed, not surprisingly, to the use of

In a recent issue, he devoted the entire colunn t.o the words forG.I.ts euphemlstically referred to as trhauling _", something we

seem to be speciallzing in in recent days. Try it, for size; you'll like it.

On longucAc By Williom Sofire

When President Reaganmade his decision to removetlle United States Marinesfrom their hooches at the Bei-nrt airport, he then laced an-other decision: what to calltlle action removing the Ma-rines from the action.

Not even the most cockeyedoptimist or euphoric euphe-mist would call the plannedoperation an advonce, but ltwould be unfair, or perhapstoo painfully pejoradve, tocall the disengagement a re-tredt. what were the Pr€si-dent's ehoices?

The difficulty ol lindtngnondiscouraging words torthe end ol a military aftair isnot nelv: When Gen. GeorgeMcClellan thought lt the bet-ter part of wisdom not to as-sault the Contederate de-fenses at Richmond in June of1862, he conducted what hecalled a "change of base."This official description ol themovement away from theenenny's capital received askeptical reception in theNorthern press.

The neutral term for turn-ing troops away from theenemy and moving themrearward is withdrawal, aword that preceded retreatby more than a century andwas first recorded tn a mill-tary context ln 1475: "Nonesuche were never sene with-drawers or fleers frome ba-tailes." Over the centuries,withdraw has gained in diSni-ty, separatlng ltseu furtherfrom the craven flee. Butwithd?awal is a word for neu-tral observers to use and maynot be Ie mot iuste for Partici-pants who want to Put a goodface on the move backward.

That's where redeployment

Never CclllRetreclt

comes in. Deploy, from theLatin desplicore, "to scat-ter," means to position forceson a wider frotti redeployoriginally meant to do thatagain when a new generalwanted to scatter his forces tohis own design. AlthoughBriush use spreads the actionover labor and material man-agement, American use ismainly military: The termwas tirst sighted in a Feb. 12,

1945, issue of Time magazine:"The new blueprint for U.S.redeployment calls for anarmy of 6,5@,000 men to de'feat Japan."

However, redeploymenthas gained a new connotationof "reassembling in a newposition farther from thefront." The Israelis used thateuphemism in lgtxl to de-scribe their movement oftrmps from close to the Bei-rut airport to a Position be.hind the Awali River. Accord-ingly, President Reaganchose that noun for his decision: "I have asked Secretaryof D€fense weinberger topresent to me a plan for rede,ployment of the Marines fromBeirut airport to their shipsoffshore. "

Since rePetition weakenseuphemisms, Mr' ReaSanneeded a synonym fot tede-ployment in his statement. Ina phrase submltted to him bYnational security adviserRobert McFarlane, a mili'tary man, he said: "Even be-fore the latest outbreak ofviolence, we had been consid'ering ways of reconcentrat-ingourforces. . .."

Reconcentrate does notmean "I have to think hardabout this again. " It is a verb

that has been in business formore than three centuries,meaninS "to bring together,"and for the past century hasalmost exclusively been applied to military affairs: "Heabandoned further attemptson Kintang," wrote ArchibaldForbes in 1884 about Gen.Charles George (Chinese)Gordon, "and on the 2tlth hadreconcentrated at Liyang."By choosing reconcentrate,Mr. Reagan sought to givethe impression that the forcewas just as effective but in adifferent place, out of harm's\rray.

This attempt made sense,especially in ltght of thePresident's dismissal as

"surrender" of HouseSpeaker Tip O'Neill's sugges-tion of a few days before thatthe Marines be moved toships offshore. He could alsohave chosen retrogrademovement; when I calledGen. Maxwell Taylor for sug-gestions about advances tothe rear, he said, "Off the toPof my head, the best I canthink of is retrograde, butthat's no good." He's riSht:As a verb, retrograde is in'transitive, often used to de-scribe the receding action of aglacier, and reaches too farfor a suitable euphemism.

In The New York Times,headline writers acceptedredeploy as a suitable de'scription of the move olAmericans, but preterr€dpulled out, a more neutralterm, to describe the removalof the British troops. Thewashington Post, searchingfor an accurate and neutralphrase to describe the with-drawal, aPtly headlined"U.S. Marines to Leave Leba-

nese Soil" - the land, not thearea.

Pull out, the verb meaning"s(ricate," has been ln col-loquial use lor a century.Jack London's 190? use firstattached tlre term to the mili-tary: "While there, we metMcAvoy, Fish, Scotty andDavy, who had also pulledoutfrom the Army." The nounpullout is more exclusivelymilitary than the verb. Pull-out was later softened bY NewYork Times headltne writersto pullback, a word used lorsetbach as early as 1591, butmore recently used for mili-tary witurawal: The Balti-more News-Post commentedin 1951 that "those who thinkthe Red pullback is leadlngup to sorrething don't put somuch stock in the Reds' aban-donment of prepared de'fenses." A less well-knowntf,,rrn, exfiltmte, the oppositeol infiltrate, is used by com-manders who want to pull outof an area in a very quietway.

Angry hawks blazed awayat the President with dysphe-misms to counter his rede-ployment a,J.d reconcentra-tion. Cut andrun was a favor-ite, especially since Mr. Rea-gan had shown himsell fondof the phrase in attackingcritics the week before tlredecision to withdraw. TheAmerican Dictionary ofSlang's citation for this isfrom \rfill Henry's lgtl"Death of a Legend": "wedassn't stick here and wedassn't cut and run." Accord-ing to Farmer's and HenleY's"Slang and Its Analogues,"cut and run was "oriSinauynautical - to cut the cableond run before the wind. "

Equally harsh was the de-nunciation of the move as a"bug{ut." That word startedas a verb in the 1950's, prob'ably among hot rodders, andbecame associated with re-treat during the Korean War.In 1951, M. R. Johnson wrotein The New York Herald Tribune: "Commanding olficershated the word because ol thepsychological overtones of

deteatism. Men talked of'bug{ut gas' and 'bu8{utjeep6' and 'bug{ut routee.'They anticipated retreat andtheyprepa.red for it."

Let me not back off, tn thlsdiscussion, from the word re-treat. lt is rooted tn the Latln?etlalpte, "to draw back,"which makes it close etymclogical kin to withdra*,, al-though that verb has come toconnote less of a defeat. Butwhy do we say beat a retred?

That comes from the dnrm-beat at sunset that used tocall the roll and end tlP day,which was similar to the beatused to march troops to therear. Later, a Freochcavalrybugle caU, said to date backto the Cnrsades, was added tothe beattng of retreat.

"The ceremooy of 're-treat,'" explains WbitneySmith, secretary general olthe Internadoual Federationof Vexillological Associa-tions, "ls associated with thecustom of lowering the flag atthe end of the day. Tradition-ally and historicaUy," hesays, aware that those rwoadverbs do not mean thesame, "flags were flown onlYduring daylight by our mili-tary, although it has changedsince World War II."(Presumably the flag thatwaved thmugh the night inFrancis Scott Key's Poemshould have b€en lowered atdusk.) The linguisttc link be-tween the ceremony and thebattlefield retreat is ln thesense of retirement - origi-nally, retire from the field ofbattle, and now retire (fallout and disband) lrom theday's activities.

This exhaustive trleatmentof the argot of absquatulatlonwitl draw mail from irateG.I.'s who will point out thatthe operative term for retreatis how able (from the old phonetic-alphabet slgnilicationof haullng one's person), andfrom vexed logicians de'manding to know about Dr.Whitney's federation. A verdl-lologician is one who studiesflags, white and otherwise. I

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KEN MILLS, (t l9ttr), of Rt.3,Box 3048, Wayne, tl.Va., is trying Eolocace Sgt. .leSUS LORREL last believedto be a Texas Stat,e TrooPer based inEl Paso. Ideas, anYone?

Jennie Lou SMITH, good wife. ofNoRMAN K. s}'lrrH,-(iiq 3ia s"' '41-r4s)'l.ff" us Lhat Norm is now in;;:-v.;. ["*" i" st.James, Yo' rs ina wheel chair; ."ttii walk-alone' Would

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stepmyparlor:

RUSS DENNY, (c 21st '40-144), of250 S. Westwind, Melbourne, FL, i's at"if"'collecEor. Can't get ouE to doanv srwaDDins -- (btind in one eye -:whLelchiir, arEificial legs). So if""ri"" not,'".,y ["i""" out"there, heretslrour *"i. tei. him aL 305-242-0256'

A Word ofAppreciation

BOY g, BROWN, (A 19Eh ,39-142;G 2IsE t43-'44), of Von Orny, TX-(Tel. 5L2-523-L4L4), never 'fails tothrow in a lltEle extra when he oavs ^his dues. An appreciated gesturlr'Roy. ,

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PERSONAL MENTION

HUGH S. CROSSON, (H 21st, & Bn. E.O.t42-146), of L424 Avondale, Jackson-vi_119r FL is on hlg rrray Eo becomlnga Life Member - *534, in fact. you kno,the deal -- pay $20 a year for 5 years --and then, no more -- €v€E. And thatrsa deal.

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Our Yersifyingfriends

JOE CENGA (AT 19th '40-'44\, of206 Cent.erville, l,lA 02632, sent, us thisone writt.en by DON MCHALE, (Hq.Co.,'39-'41) of 1209 Chickasaw St.rJupiter,FL 33458. Don t.it.led iE "Row bv Ro,rr --In Memory of l4y Brother Soldieri":Softly ever softlyThe Eread of feet do go,The earth raised just slight.lyThe dead Row by Rovr

This unknown died fightingThis soldier died in hls sleep,But no mat,ter how they diedTheytre norr in deaEh, lts deep.Stop a minute and lisEenTo the quiet thaE means so much,FeeI che cold of Mother earEhAs she holds these men in her cluEch.Look at the cross before youAnd think of the men who lay'Think of the Widows and MoEhersThe ones back home who pray.These men and boys are layed in peaceAfter the bat.tle has receded'Yourl1 never know Ehe paln Ehey knewThe love and care they needed.Hotrr they died, wetll never kno^rOf theii pain3 and wounds, theyrre stillWhy should Ehey share their horror

with youWho w111 never know batEle nor kill.Thelr death was but a word to youOf how the battle raged,So look into the ground now fullOf the news you eagerly paged.

Look to the sky above youAnd pray to the men who have died,Pray t,heir ever peace by GodAs they walk in their place by His slde.Never leE the grass gror deepOn thelr little mound of earthtKeep Ehe memory of them freshThought of in deaEh, renewed by BirEh.

.AOVINTAGEOYEAR

FORoBURGUNDY"DON KNAPTON, (G 21st t45-t46), of

45 SylvesEer, Rochester, NY, writes us anice flowery letEer -- for which thanks,Don -- and then fotwards $130 fora t'Life Membership, a ccpy of tFollon Metand the resE for the kitly". Letts besure to exchange greetings at Cincinnat,i,Don -- and Angeline.

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We have a few copies of "Red"NEflI'!ANts "Follow Mer' jusE wait.lng fora ferr customers. These will be thelast. Hard cover edit,ion: $12.95and we pay the postage. SofE coveredislon $7.95 and here agaln we paythe postage. WhaE a great organizationthi-s is.

---Tank Commander of Tank 74 --

DON NESBTTT (D & C, 6rh Tk.Bn., '51-r52)writes from Box 120, Clarks Suirmit, pA.,that_he-td be pleased to hear from any6th Tank men. He and Wilma are planiringon Cincinnati.

Two subjects, if even slightlYmentioned in this paper, brirrg downletters around our head. One has to dowitl-r the qav "siLuation"; tlle other hasEo do r.ritir somethine \re cantt evenmention. one mernbei wrote, ttlf you everso much as menLion it again, I'rn pullingouL.tt LIas something that you used tosee on TV. The rcruns are going on llo\r.[,i'ait up. Itolc] iLl i"'e diCnrt mention iE.

Clf subj ect til, rve f ind tvriting aboutit abouL as excitinq as riffling thr:oughthe old familv ohoto album -- orr.vatching grass gror,7.

We mention it onty to keep youabreast of rvhat. t.he services at:e rtp Eothese days.

Seems that the )iavr,rs policy ofdisch-a.rgin3 homosexrrals i s beingchallenged in court as being unconstitu-Eional and reducinr a large segment ofthe population Lo second-class statils.

The policy te1ls hornosexuals thatttbecause of your sexual orj-entationr youare a lesser person and therefore notfit to serve this nationr" declaresSteol-ren Bom.se, a San Francisco lar,rr,re::representi-nq a petty off icer rvho rvasdischarged after nine years in the Nav.y.

James L. Drorrenburg, a linguist i-nKorr:an and a crypLcgrapher rvas di *rchargerlin April 1981. He lost a suit forreinstaternenl in U. S. Disrrict Cot.trt,and turned to t.he U.S. Court of Appeals.t'I li.ked nny job, I thought I rvas gccdat it and the'Nir.y'seemed Eo, alsor".-tirc3O-year-o1d Dronenburg said after Ehe.ourt sessi.on. "I Ii[.ed the life. Icar.rsed rrobody any t,rouble, atrd as sttch,I didntt. see'rvhy- I should be kicked ottt."

The Iiavy cites an insrruction fron:the SecreLary of the i\avy rrzhich retluiresthe separat.ion of hosrosexuals from theservic-e becausc ttthe presence of sucha mernber (of the liar,y) in a rnilitaryenvironrnerrt seriously impairs combatreadiness, efficiency, security andmora le. tt

lJilliam G. Co1e, a Just.ice Departmentlaivyer representing the iiavy, arguesthaL Navy personnel live in closequarters, thaL they often are teenagers,and thaL the presence of hornosexuals int.he service rnight hurt recruitingefforts. _

To grow old ls to pass from passLonto compasslon.

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PhilippinesREUNION FOR PEACE

Dear Assoclatlon Member,

October 20th, 1984 w111 mark the 40th Anniversary of theIeyte Landing and the Phillppine Liberatlon.

To commemorate thls hlstorlc event, nany members of the24th Dlvision Assoclatlon wL11 return to the Phllippines in Octoberto trace their footsteps of yesteryear urrder the rlnlque Phlltppinet'Reunion for Peacefl Prograrn.

Enclosed is a detalled brochtrre outlining the dal1yitlnerary, costs, arrC other pertlnent facts of the tour. The tripis vLrtually all-inclusive. Thls means that except for your alrfare to the west Coast and any shopplng you may do, there w111 beIltt1e to pay above and beyond the publlshed rates.

Many have expressed a desire to vlsit Hong Kong ard/orto stopover ln Hawail after completing the tour of the Philipplnes.To fuIflll those requests, 4-nlght 5-day optional trips to bothdestlnatj-ons have been aranged, at mlnlmal costs. Regretfally,travel to Mlndanao sti11 presents securlty rlsks that preclude avlslt to that fsland.

Drre to economlc conditlons ln the Phtllppines, this, lnall probablllty, will be the Last opportunity for U.S. Veterans toaval1 themselves of the benefits accorded them tnder the rReunion

for Peace'r Program. It has become increaslngly difficult for theFiltptno people and thelr Government to undenrrite the costs of thespeclal air fares, hotel discounts, receptlve services, and hostedfunctlons which are an integral part of thls Veteransr program.

Many of us who wore the Taro Ieaf Patchr together withspouses, family, and friends, look fonrard to thls I'SentlnentalJounney" and we cordlally lnvite you to join us.

1718 Blrd Dog Court

Ioveland Chlo 45140

PHoNE 313- 677-0267

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Herers a fearless foursome of K 21st--1945 vintage. L. to r., what else?BASIL DONOVAN, of Englewood, FL,VINCE VELI-A of Buffalo, NY (Vincesupplied the phoEo -- thanksrVin),ELVrN GREEK, of Richmond, vA, andLOUIS PAULATOR of Satellite Beach, FL.Good looking bunch, arent t. t'heY?

As moderaEor of che polit.ical debatebeLween the Mondale eE al hopefuls,Donahue was up past. his bedtime.

Membership Chffinan LEE LIST .proudlysignals thaE son, Dan, at. Pat.A/F Basein FL, has been promoEed t.o M/SgE.Congrat.s, Dan. _

Edit,ing this lit,t.le PaPer is liketrvins Eo-dance at a disco -- no maEEerwhlt ile do, we rub somebody the wrongwav.

SovieE submarines as well as surfacewarships are nor, based aE Cam Ranh Bay,and thb installaEions Ehere are admin-istered entirely by Soviet personnel.Thereby theyrve- cl-osed the ring arourdChina irittr hir and naval bases. And inthe larger field of world straEegy,they are no^, in posiEion to strike wesE-,ar'd totorrd the Strait of Malacca andthe tankers passing therethrough -en routeEo Japan. Iir the event of a confronta-tlon in the Persian GuIf area' theirsubs, cruisers and destroyers can operatein the norEhern Indian Ocean under aircover from 6 expanded and modernizedairfields in Aflhanist.an. And nor fortshe good news. €

BOB and Mavis PERE, (I 34, 3/4L'L2/44), are now at 9441 Navajo Pt. rSun Lakes, AZ 85224, having moved backfrom Wahoo after 16 Years wiEh theBarbers Pt.. NAS Supply. While st.illon "The Rock" they were visiEed byW.T. SOLOMON, lasE seen in r44. SoIi-s now at 639 Nakomi Dr., LexingEon,KY 40503. Bob reminds us Ehat So1 \^/as

an ace pitcher taking his Eeam righE upto Ehe legimental championshipr GreaLmemoriesr-Bob, Mavis -- and So1.

Friend in NYC reports that hisgr-ndson recently took a police exam.One of the forms he had to fill outca1led for a race designation of "b1ack,llispanic or other". So E.he white nran hasnow been reduced to t'othertt.

Looks like FRr\NCIS L. BLAIR,(D lgth '21-'30), of 11000 Coronado,I.iorongo Valle1', CA' rnay be one-of ourolr1esi metnbers -- or more ni cely' st;.rLr:d,one of the ttearliestrt t<t have served ina divisional unit. lirank has b1:ei] '1r.1

ainpuLee since tOL

Found at r'ast: JAI1ES L. I'IALLEY.Lif e iuierr:ber iiL22, "missing in acL.ion"since 1978. Jimts nol'/ aL .3ox --:01,

Krribbs Road, Pascoag, fr.I 02851. Thelesson about "nctification of changeof addresst' i,s obvious.

-ALFRED and I'iae SL)US;\, (3rd Lng.

f 41- i 45), of. 361 -Z irroodlar.vnr, iionolulu,nadc the i{oIy La;rd and southerlr Litrrr pef "ii f"t t, {'i*'ortderf ul[y insp ired" isthe quole.

The Honol,rrrils. For decades theydominated nearly every facet of fsland1ife. The names still prevail but theyare noE as influenEial as they oncewere. Can you name them? Horv about.{lexander & Baldwin, Amfac, Castle andCooke, C. Brewer & Co., and Theo. H.Davies? Add a big 6rh -- DillinghamCorp. -- if you want to.

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named Joe, who's expecting a callu'ho calls herself Koibito?"

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Been looking for a Taro Leaf beforenohr, have you? We could have gone topress 7 weeks qgo -- but. we're hurEingfor money. Werre Erying not Eo cutinEo our reserve; t,haE's seL aside forthe History expense which is upcomingshortly. And our operatlng fund simplycan't stand the luxury of 7 or 8 issuesEhis year. Don't forlet. Werve gotover 550 Life Members now and Ehevdon't pay the annual dues. So Ehlre's$5500 right there that isn'L cominginLo our treasury each year. tNuf sed?Charitable conEributions are coming insIowly. More willingly accepted. Ifeveryone were to throrr in an extrafiver, we could geE back to 7 or 8issues.

YES'SAND NO'S

We wrote about ttDelta Force" in ourlast issue. It's Col.Charlie A.Beckr.rith's version of the failed rescuemission into Iran. One little partcontinues to gnaw at our vitals. AtDesert One, t.he luck began t.o run out.Helicopters arrived late; then not allare f lyable, eEc., eEc. Beclq^rith decideshe must aborE Ehe mission. Gen.JIMVAUGHT asks him to consider going onbut with fewer helicopters. Charlieangrily refuses. And then comes thisshocker -- Charlie tells his readersEhaE, if Vaught had ordered him Eo goon from Desert One with only 5 heli-copEers, he would not have done so buE -geE ready - would have feigned radioproblems, preLending he could noE heart.he order. Can you believe it? But.then maybe we could believe anythlng.This is the bird who was pushing ArmyChiefs of Staff around for awhile.

RALPH R. and Mit,zi BALESTRIERI'(c 13rh F r50-t51) of 41 Roser--EaEon,NJ, conEribute Eo our growing "Vocabu-Lan;", for whlch our Ehanks:Doughfoot, )ffi:l;il;'i"' "'inrant'ryTin can...... ....M-4 TankDeathErap . ... .. ..M--3 Light TankJeep. ..... ..\/Z Eon Weapon- Carrier (old soldier)Peep. ..L/4 t.on GP (old

soldier and Armor)Seep...... ..Amphibious PeepJeep. ..Recruit (44th Div.

& Ft.Dix)Six by six.. .....Gergo Truck,

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heatrry. . . .and a half......

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Blow it out your B Bag....Self-explanaEory

Incorning mail.. ........Incomlffia"Ooutgoing mail. . . . . . . . . .*.g:tlir.OA nice war:m day.. o.. ...u"0;Irl"?3oili*Get TS Card punched....See the Chaplain

We canrt accept that t'buck stopshere" plea of RR onthe Beirut debite.We are relying on these military leadersto protect. our people and counEry. Thiscover up is not acceptable. Let'ssEop finding excuses for the blundersand put the blame right where it,belongs.

-Old age i9 when you first realize

oEher people's faults are no worse Ehanyour Grn. Edgar A. Shoaff

ALBERT C. sna;;sxy, Vererans ServiceOff-icer in Corpus Christi, TX, writes:

"Perhaps you can answer this for me.In WW I the infantryman called himselfa doughboy, in our war he called himselfa dogface, and in Vietnam he calledhimself a grunt. WhaL did he call him-self in the Korean Conflict. For Ehelife of me I cannot recall or rememberwhat he calIed himself, if anything."Okay, out there. Let's hear it! Shoutit as if you had a pair, as they used tosay.

"Who's brushin' ,ntt tcctlr2"

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Inspecting the troops -- the Division CG and the Associa-tion Plexy. -Chet .says, of his presidency, t'It was a great],ear and i'm humbly grateful to the membershio for hel-ping tomake iE so." And we liked you Eoo, Chet.

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BILLY and Minie JOHNSON (C ard nng.f48-'51), of. 2416 Kimberlyr. Fayetteville,NC, had [noi. ourn copy of'"Foliow Me".Then wroEe in for another for daughEer,Julie, who is a sPecialist 4th labEechnician at Bragg. Julie had read itand wanted her owi-copy, ttTo make me abetter so1dier." Says it gives her somepositive ideas for handling connnonbveryday situations. We forwarded t.hebook- via "Red" and he gave it a specialinscription for Julie.- Shers going-to.Germany in December. Best wishes, Julie.

When yourre over the hill, youpick up shells.

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Change of AddressChange of venue fcr: DAN CAVANAUGI-I,

( 34th, Igth '48- r 51). Try Ll9); East 3rd,,{eston, tzi.V.

SHORTS 'N OVERS

Rerluests in for new address ofLt . Cen. JOIIN R. GALVIN. I t ' sLt.Gen. John R. Galvin, USA,Ccr,rnander, VII Corps, USI\EUR,APO r*ew York 09107.

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Iloveci: IJILL TATI1AN, ( 19th ' 44-t 46) .

Itr s 3()E t. Franklin, i{aterLown, b/I-

H0ltsll0AltltNew member EDI^IARD J. ATKINS, (l3th F

'49-t51), of L6O2 Homann, Lacey, WA, isanxious to locat.e NL/SgL. JAMES BUTLER,who lived in OK. Anyone recognize thename.

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Now Ehat the holidays have passedand August really isn'E that. far away,I ho1>e you are planning, as am I, atrip Eo Cincinnat.i to :ncet once againwith old and new Taro Leafers.

Words from our Convention Ch,a.irman,John Klump, are that plans are goingahe;rd and the Netherland PLaza HoLeIis gearing up to f ill our needs. Every-one should enjoy being in the middleof the newly-renovat.ed <lowntown atea,not to ment.ion a newly-renovatedcaravansary. Itm not sure Ehat. I knowwhat. that is, so Itm planning onCincinnati if for no oEher reason thanto find out.

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Meet HAROLD r\^iild Hossf' JoNES, on theleftrof course, FRAt'lK KOZISEK' in themlddie, and DEAN BURTON' (a11 D 21st men)ln front of !,Iild Hoss's home aL 4602N.42nd, Ornaha, Neb.

New1y joined liiitruro Life Member --#548 -- is BILL KELLAR of 810 W. 6th,Trut,h or Consequences, M{. Yep, thatrsrighr, "Truth or Consequences". Billwas Hq.Btry. 52nd F '40-'45 -- alsoBtry A 13th F and Sv.Btry 52nd. AddsBiti: "Would love to heai from anyonewho remembers me." "Truth or Conse-quences?'r Are you putting us on, Bill?

-a memoryJAMES M. HUFF, (n Ztsr t40-t44),

of Box 121, Madison Hts. lVAl tells ust,hat, aE, a recent ceremony in the Co.HW.Va. Nat,Guard in Ronceverte, W.VA.,a bronze bust of Col. THOI,IAS E.CLIFFORD,JR. of RonceverEe was unveiled. Herersa poor picture of it. The bust was

sculpEured in waxby Luther E.Kramer, Jr.,Roncevert,e morti-cian.

Kramer, studiedsculpturing at EheCincinnat,i Schoo1of Embalmingwhere he won theschool award forEhe same. He andColonel Cliffordwere closefriends. Aft,er thewax figure wascomplet,ed i-E wascast in bronzeand finished inanEique copper.It is mounted ona black walnuEbase.

The bust was unveiled by Mrs. T.E.Clifford, mother of the lat.e officer.

Col. Clifford, a native of RonceverEe,atEended Ronceverte schools and wasgraduated from Greenbrier Milicary Schoolin 1932 enEering the Unit.ed Stat.es Mili-tary Academy aL West Point. the same yearand graduating in 1936. He was staEionedaE Schofield Barracks when the attack wasmade on Pearl Harbor and was promoLed EoEhe rank of full colonel after his val-orous achievements during the Leytecampaign.

He was killed June 24, 1945 whilepersonally leading his conrnand, the l9th,in mopping-up act.ion on Mindanao justdays before the cessaLion of hostiliLies.

The body of Colonel Clifford wasreturned to Ronceverte this spring andwas placed in Riverview cemetery.

checl(0ut- Do you_ have the "hoEs" for a tripback t.o the P.I. next fall? -- for the40ch anniversary of our "ReEurntt?Do you think Ma-rcos will be there towelcome you? Or Imelda? The lastpicture we sar{ of them had them eachlooking a- little haggard.

If you're interested in the Erip,call JOE HOFRICHTER, Te1. 5L3-677 -0267 .Hers at 1718 Bird D6g Court, Loveland,oH 45140.

women lo,r" tn.ffi things in rife.Men.

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Good friend, BOB JOHNSON, (19th, 21sL & 34th, '51-'53), of 24 l.Ihipple, Somer-ville, W 02L44, clipped Lhis out of the l1/14th BosEon Globe:

Brotherly love:A I-man hattle

fect. Then, largely wtth the help of former cen-Enessman ChrGtopher Dodd' now a US Senator'te g.ir,.d access to old Army records 6ndlearied that his brother dld not dle ln l950hrtwas a prisoner ofwar ln Korea untll 1953.

Through those records, Dumas learned the,,am." oi'th.e. former Amerlcan prlsonere ofwar in North Korea. Dumas contacted ttrcrn'and they atl knew and remembered Roger D(rmas. They satd they had been wtth hlm lnNorth KorLan Prlson Camp 5 on the Yalu Rlver.

Dumas contlnued hls one-man crusade' Thcletters to the Prestdent. the trtps to Washlng$on'the button-hollqg of congresslonal membdbwent on. He wa;ted the Army to change hl8brother's status from mlsstng ln actlon to pilroner of war.

Thc rnrrcr frora CdlforalaHe eventually recelved a letter from a Janres

Hawklns of Callfornla, who had read about.Dr'mas' search ln a newspaper story. Hawklrigwrote that he was ln Prtson Camp 5 wtth RogcrDumas. Hawklns wrote, "l knew hlm well. May-be I shouldn't let you go orr thlnklng that htrssttll alive. But tn Aprtl of 1953, he was ln vcrvpoor condltion." He sald Dumas had dyscntery.was sufferlng from starvatlon and couldn't gptoff the flmr.

Hawkins wrote that young Roger Dum.s.aPparently had dled tn the night because hls bodyirad been removed by the next mornlng. TIGPOWs were released after an armlstlce wassigned July 27, 1953. Robert Dumas sald theNorth Koreans did not release a man lf he waeln very poor phystcal c'ondltlon because tt wouldhave had a negatlve propaganda effect.

"l know now what happened to my broth€r."Dumas sald the other afternoon at hts homehere. "He died ln Prlson 5 ln North Korea Jt,tstbefore the Amerlcan prlsoners of war were 16leased.l' He belteves hls brother's body ls burledat the site of Prtson Camp 5. He has a mapdfthe camp wtth three sectlons deslgnated as aburtal ground.

He said offtcial Army records that have benreleased sug4est that 389 Amerlcan prlsonersdfwar may have been left ln Korca after the ar'mlstice was stgned. He sald the governmctitmay have accepted an end to the war at th? cx'pense of those servlcemen.

Dumas sald the posstbllity that the govern-ment was wltholdlng lnformatlon was support'ed by one-page data sheets on the 389 mlsstngmen that were released by the Justlce Depart'ment. The sheets were classlfled when wrlttcntn 1954.

with the Army

They were based on the debrteftng of hu-n-dreds of released prlsoners of war, and lntclll-gence reports. Accordlng to Dumas, his broth'er's data states, "a sourct states subJect was lnP.O.W. Camp No. 5." A s€parate governmentdocument names three repatriated soldters whogave similar tnformatlon about Dumas.

Now Dumas ls awaitlng the federally ordercdhearing before the Army board' He sald addl-ttonal back pay and a POW penslon that hl.

tly Jeremiah V. MurphyGlobe Staff

CANTERBURY. Conn. - Robert Dumas hqsspent 33 years trylng to get through Army rtdtape to learn what happened to hls youngerbrother. who disappeared tn l95O while servtn€as an Army infantryman ln Korea.

The situation could near a legal cllmax at ahearing today. US Dlstrict Judge T. EmmltClarie ln Hartford has ordered the Army to er'ptain why it has not yet followed hts order'tohave the Board for the Correctlon of Mtlttary Records conduct a heartng on the status of P,vt.Rogbr Dumas.

Dumas wants the Army to acknowledgle evl-dence he says proves that hls brother was'aprisoner of war ln North Korea. The Army hirsrefused and contlnues to llst Roger hrmas as"missing in action, presumed dead."

Pfc. Roger Dumas was l9 years otd and serv'ing with the #tBt\,lslon, l9th Infantry, Co.'Gwhen the Chinese clme across the Yalu Rlverlnto North Korea in l95O and the battle rag;cd.The official word eventually came back to t}llsrural northeast Connecticut town that RogerDumas was missing in actlon.

f)umas' famlly eventually was sent anAmerican flag, a Purple Heart and a $IO,0OOinsurance check. The book on Pfc. Roger fhrmaswas close<i.

But Robert, now 53, was not sattsfled. If Rog-er had been killed, why wasn't hls body raturned? Why wasn't the Army able to glve somedetatl of his fate if he was mtsslng? Thelr latemother. Julla Drmas of nearby Platnfleld, dlcdin 1958. She asked Dumas to promtsc to contln-ue s€eklng information "and brtng htm backhome. dead or alive."

There were four Dumas sons. They hadgrown up ln nearby Plalnfleld, and all hadserved wlth the Army ln Korea at the sametlme. William, Theodore and Robert returncd.

Robert was l5 months older than RoSler, buthe said his mother had delayed tn startlng hlmin schools, so he and Roger would be ln thesame class. The bonds of frlendshfp and farnllywere tight.

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Through the years. Dumas has tried to ddter-mine his brother's fate. He has made 96 trlps toWashinglton to wade through red tape. He haswritten scores of Ietters and made thousandgoftelephone calls. He mortga8F hls house thrctlmes to pay for legal and travellng expens6.Dumas appeared l4 times before US Dlstrlct(-'ourts without an attorney: now he has one.

Dumas is marrled and the father of flve. Ftre

is retired from the Connectlcut TransportatlonDepartment on a dtsablllty after betng lnvolvedin a truck accldent. He ls a slender man, aver'age lretght, wlth thlnlng and graytng black hatr.He talks rapidly and uses hls hands to g€stuttand emphasize a potnt. He dcvotes almct all ofhls time to ftndlng out what happened to hrbrother.

Dumas ran lnto storrc walls untll the l97olwhen the Freedom of Informatlon Act tok Cf-

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The 7th Division aE Ord, will bereorganized in FY '85 as the first. ofseveral planned 10,023 man lightdivisions.

The new light. division will beorganized under the COHORT (Cohesion,Operational Readiness and Training)concept., meaning division element,s willorganize and remain Eogether for severalyears.

"We plan t,o freeze people in Lhe newlight division and not. roEaLe t.hem over-seas unt.il the division has been brought.up Eo desired combaE readiness levels,"sources said. Once it. is combat ready,units could begin rotating betweenCalifornia and Hawaii.

The division has been locaEed aE Ordsince December L974. It. has two acEiveArmy brigades and a acEive duty strengEhof abouE 12,I00 soldiers. The OregonNational Guard's 4lst. lnf.Bde and otherReserve Component element,s would round-ouE Lhe Div. in the event. of war ornaE.ional emergency.

The divlsion faced a bleak future in1981 because of Army budgeE problems."A plan was drawn which woulil havereduced division strength co about 5000soldiers. This caused great concern inthe local area because of E.he effect irwould have had on housing and business.Luckily, money was found in t,he budgett,o cont.inue t,he 7th Div. aE about itscurrenE sizer" an Ord official said.

The Army had pLanned to begin roEa-t.ing some 7th Div COHORT elements fromOrd to Hawaii and Korea during tshe nexEyear or two. These plans apparentlywill be changed because of the Armydecision to reorganize t,he 7th as alight division. Such a division couldbe rapidly lifted by 400 to 500 C-l4Is -abouE one-third fewer aircrafE EhanoE.her divisions reouire - t,o t.he PersianGulf and other world Erouble spot.s.

The lighr division to be organizedaE Ord will have a dismounted sErengEhof about. 5000 infanErymen. It willbe equipoed with lighE but. lethal wea-pons, have a smaller headquarters sEaff,more officers and NCOs Ehan other com-bat, organization of its si-ze, and becapable of fighting anywhere in theworld on short notsice.

-M,ai.Gen. GERHARDT W. I{YATT' (lst. Bn.,

2lst r50-'5I), is now Asst. to thePresident, LCMS, 1333 S.Kirkr^rood,St.Louis, MO. Gerhardt was PresidenEof Concordia College, St.Paul, MNbefore Ehis latesL move. lrlerre rightproud. We haventt had too many collegepresidents on our ro11s.

Why dontt nlghEt.ime joggers wearreflective means on their outer cloEhing?Why isnrt it, a law Ehat they so do?

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- At SIII, a couple of EDrs about Eo goaboard for the flight from Hunt,er toSLewarE3 ROBINSON on your left, andHENRY on your right. What else?

Of Special InterestRALPH DYER. (F 34rh .rrO),- of S.LIiIlow,

.C,ookeville, . Tenn., paid foi'trii rif.Membership in one-fLf f *""p-----SfOO-I.IatEa guyl

Adreamcometrue

FRANKIE KAWA,- (Cn. 21st t42_t44), of66 East Greenwii.h, -w.w"r-ictr-nf , hasfinally_Eaken-r.he-plunga -: i"e pur onthe veil. Hers abbuE Eo U.come Life

Member #535.

LEE Lrsr aipffihat, 3 Assoc. ,n€rr-bers reside in Chatsrrorth, IL --HAROLD ABERLE, RAYMOND DAVIS andRICHARD HABERKORN. Now ro findChat,sworth.

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VIC REINICK, (F1042 Dixie, HemeE,licity recenEly in

34Eh I 43-t 44), of.Cal., goE this pub-his homeEown paper:

&REMEMBERING A FRIEND - Victor Reinick looks over his Silver slor which he

received in World Wor li ofler being shot by o sniper. His commonding olficersoved hls life. On Jonuory 22, Reinick heord Irom lhot oflicer for the lirsl fimesince the incidenl occurred 38 yeors ogo. (Hemet News photo)

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Worldwar IIVetFindsManWho Saoedlfis Life

ByPEIERJ.WALLNERVictor Reinick Felnem-

bers lying on the oPenground with his right tegshattered by two stiPerbullet wound.s. othermen in his Amy platoonwere dead and about 45

Japanese soldiers loomedover his head.

As Reinick lay on hisback, playing'possum butholding a gun, the enemYwas within l0 feet, checkingthrough the casualties. Heexpected to die.

"I kept a finger on thetrigger and if they got anycloser, I figured I wottld'vetaken a few of them withme," said the 67-yearoldHemet resident.

Fortunately, the JaP-anese soldiers became dis-tracted, Reinick said. Twohours later, his companymounted a counter-

offensive on the tiny islandof Biak, pushing the enemyback a few yatd.s.

And then suddenly,quie0y, he heard the voiceof his commanding officer."Were there any sur-vivors?" he asked. Reinickresponded fiom under hishelmet.

Quickly, the commandingofficer, Paul Austin, popped

up from his cover, ran about15 yards, and whiskedReinick from tJte area.Other soldiers made a litterfrcm their uniforms andtransported him to an aidstation. He eventually wastransferred !o the UnitedStates and spent 30 montlsin a hospital recovering.

Reinick eventually recov-ered and now barely walkswith a limp. He says he waslucky. The shot hit tie nerve"so I didn't feel much pain"

and didn't hit an artery, "soI didn't bleed !o death."

But if it weren't forAustin, Reinick believes henever would have survived."The man is my hero," hesaid. "He saved my life."

Reinick never saw hishero after the incident. "Icontacted other guys fromthe eompany, checkedBureau of Records...other(war) rnagazines" but noluck.

Tlren he got 8 letterJanuary 22. It was fromAtrstin. He was alive andwell and living in FortSlorttr, Teras. "It was oneof the most tlrilling days ofmy life," R€inick said. "Iwas so excit€d, I raced tothe phone and called-"

It seems Austin had readone of Reinick's notices inthe Taro Leaf, a 2{th IrFfantry Division newsletter,andhad responded"

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"I wonderrd wt8t hadhappened to hint," he seid.

"I didn't know if he'd beenkilled or wounded or il bcrudeithome."

Austin made it home. Hetold Reinick he'd just retircd after 3l years withGeneral Telephone Co. lnFod Worti. Saving B€lnicfhad earned him the rail olcaptain and also the SilverStar.

Reinick himself hadearned the Silver Star forhelping to gain control of anairstrip on the tiny inslan{about l(tr miles west of NesGuinea.

Reinick erpects to vistthis hero later thlr mmtlad said they'll cmparcnemories d that rstytrrorld War tr mornfug 3tyeanraSo.

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From the files of JOHN T. BRADY(C Zlst '40-'43), of LOZ6 Charriers,McKees-Rocksr-14, come these 2. The topone, vintage 1940, is who? Come on and -

guessl I The bot.tom one is Jackrs newestgranddaughter. Meet HoIlie Beasock atage 8 months. Give up on the handsomecaptain? He was t.hen CO of Co.C oft.he Gimlet s at Schof ie ld. IE' sFRED ZIERATH, now a Maj.Gen.retired --and as handsome 44 years later as he wasin this 1940 shoL.

The good n"rr.T- goltv, r-here,senough bad nervs in this-issire -- thatFRANK_PESKO, ( 3rd Bn.t{q. , 34th | 4L_.45),of 5656 Plumer, DeEroi i,'III., ailingfor months, finally weni the distanceand turned hirnself- in to A1len park V.A.llosp. where surgery was performed --stomach. A1l okay now. - Terrificl I IThanks WALTER SMIGEL for cut.t-ing usin on this gossip.

_ FRANK sKTNNER,Gh F). of4706 Tenth, LM,-rel1s "r'if,il one ofthe toughest. E,hings about Aids is trvinpE.o convince vour farent.s that your;;'----a Flaitian.

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This appeared in Ehe January issueof "GRAM", the publication of the PHSAand we are right proud to sEeal iE:

ARMY DAYBy SERGEANT JACK J.

FINANSCHOFIELD BARRACKS

December the 7th came brightand clear.

And the boys on Oahu had nofear.

A day of rest and on pass wewill go,

But on their way was atreacherous foe.

Over the mountains they camewith a roar

To drop their bombs and starla war.

They hit Pearl Harbor withflaming guns.

Like a coward who strikes.then quickly runs.

Many an American died thatday,

So listen to what I have tosay,

In days to come let's do ourbest.

To avenge our boys who arenow at rest.

Here in my outfit we're roughand tough

And we'll never say we'vehad enough,

We mounl our trucks withplenty of speed,

Like we track a target with azero lead.

We work on jobs of everykind.

From a sandy beach to atimber-line.

We eat good chow and usegood tools.

And believe it or not we'renobody's fools.

We can blaze a trail or dig atrench.

And change a tire with only awrench,

We do our guard and we're onthe alert.

To prove to the enemy they'regoing to get hurt.

Our long-barreled guns toshoot straight and true,

And we quickly reload like agood gun-crew.

We throw hot steel throughthis tropical air.

And the slant-eyed Japs hadbetter beware.

We can fight in the rain, wecan fight in the sun.

As we know that ourjob hasgot to be done,

Freedom for all and Peace onthis earth.

And Americans again willprove their worth.

We'll fight to the end like theboys in Bataan.

And Remember Pearl Harborwill be our song,

The soldiers in khaki. thesailors in white.

Will show the Japs our stingand our bite.

In days to come Japan willremember

The price she paid for thatattack in December,

O'er the land of the free andthe home of the brave

Forever and ever Old Glorywill wave.

The fighting marines on Wakeand Guam

Fought long and fierce throughfire and bomb,

Remember our dead to you Isay,

As we offer our prayers onArmy Day.

Meet IIARRY POJ^IERS, ( lst |gt. ) ,CHARLIE HEYER, (EO, r,hen CO), andWARREN AVERY, all G2Ist, '50-r52.Terrific Ot"t"l:, **1

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thou$tsStatements that may not go down in

history, but will always be rememberedneverthe less :

- "Open wide, now, this isntt going tohurt a bit."

- "No need to put anything in wrilint,a handshate iitl seal Lhe deal."

- "It's easy to assembler. just followthe simpl-e directions." -

- "Please, Dad, It11 walk him and feedhim and train him and everything."

- '\^ie'11 make up that Eime between hereand Chicago."

- ttAnd now a brief message from oursponsors. "

- "Funding for this program will layno additional burden on the taxpayers."

- "It fits you like a glove. Ttlat bulgeaE the collar rvill work itself out."

- "of course Itll write Eo you everyday when I'm off at college."

- "You haventt changed a bit afEer allthese years. tt

- "MoEherts only st.aying for two weekslyou'11 hardly know she's in the house.

- "I goE the dope straighE from hishot walker, Soldier Blue is a surething in the sevenEh."

- "Your Honor, this will only take ami-nute. it

- t'Itm stopping off co have one drinkwith the-boys, so I'11 be a littlelat.e tonight. "

- "Of course IrIl always feel the sameway about youl the end of the suntrnervacation isn't the end of the world.

- t'You cantE go wrong with this liEtlenumber. They dontt build cars liket.hat. anymore.

- "He just left."

- ttHe hasnrt come in here tonight..rt

- ttHaven't seen him.t'

- t\niho? "

- "SLop bugging me; I know my capacity."

- "Our Tuesday night film will be backafEer these few"messages.t'

- "I know.a shortcuE that avoids thosebig Erucks on the Interstate.r'

- "Those front Eires are good foranoEher I0r000 miIes."

- "Ir11 iust have one more for the road,then wLI11 geE going."

- "I gotta see the end of this shov; Ican-do my homework in study PeriodEomorros morning., -

- "Your table will be ready in just afew minutes; why don't you wait inthe bar?"

- "I didnrE get up here Lo make aspeech. tt

- t'I\^ro can live as cheaply as one."

- "The mechanics are working 9n it now,so our flighe Eoday shouldn't bedelayed to6 long."-

- rrlr1l just shape it a bit and take alittle off the top.

- "The stsate troopers never paEro1 theseback roads."

- "You donit need a manufacEurertsguarantee; these models are practiallyiainEenance-free. rl

- "l^Iould I lie Eo you? TrusL me. "

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PHSATs "GRAM" -one of our o/\rn:

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Towels are peach color orwhite pastel with the logo atone end. The logo is dark blue,water blue and the bomb adark red. Towel size is 48" x26". Please send check ormoney order lo:

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That. trouble CoasE Guard is havingwith its gals aboard ships only helpsto prove our contenLion that it waswrong from the beginning. Likewiseas t6 admitt.ing t.hem to West Point et, aI.

Lr.Gen. JoHN;:ALVrN, vrr corpsCornmander, spoke recently at theStuttgart Chapter of the AUSA.

€I.Ioody Allen on life and death3 ,'Irm

not. afraid t.o die. I just. don't, wantEo be there when it ha[pens.t'

Didia ever geE Lhe feeling that, we'1Iprint Snything in this rag? JOHN andHitaa KLUMP recenElv hosEed BILL andAlice SANDERSON "down on Ehe farm" andtook Ehese shoEs to prove it. Bill isfeeding Ehe caLtle; Alice is peLtsingWilbur the favorite pig.

A greaL picture -- of Ewo_gr_eatpeople -- JESSE and DaisY FOSTER'(erg '40-'a3) of. 6608 Powhatan,Riverdale, W 20737. Jess looks welI.Savs the bv-oass was "a successrr.ChLers i

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J.W. SKIPPER sends us this one takenat Baltimore in Aug. of '82. A littlelate -- but. so whaE. L. to r.. iErsJF!!r (q zrsr), BAY FrEs (H 2rlt),MARCEL FoURNIER (tt Ztsr), K. KRAIIACHYK,(9"r,21sr),.HUGH cRosSoN; (n Ztsr),

".rdTOM GMDY-, (! 2lst). Sorry ro crop rhechap in the lower left. corner, but- hadt.o. Sp?cg problems. Hope this prints,Jess. Itrs a little dark.

'lt's okay. That's C Battery -

16"r're one of ours.'

PredicEion -- E.i'rat, bef ore we t rethrough with it, w€tlt all be broken upover Ehe way Ma Bel1 has been broken up.Darn shame. Great company. Greatservice for low cosE. As t,hey say inthe baseball wor1d, '\^Jait rt,ii nextyear! ! l "

Anyone know a LE.Col. DELBERT GATES?LrIe have a friend, not a 24thter, who istrying Eo locate him. If you can help,please drop a line Eo ye EdiEor.

Elom The

Can you help here? JEI'FERSON de RCAPPS, (Japan {. Korea '49-'51). Anyoneever heard of rhe guy? BACIL li. STEEDis trying-t.o locat.e him and needs help.Obviouslyi Bacil is li.vine in79 CenEury, Darurin, -- are you readyfor t.his? -- Australia, N.T. 5792.

AFTERTHOUGHTSWhile we were in Savannah, the wife of

a former member of Brit.ainrs intelli-gence network I1I-5 admitted she was aSoviet agent supervised by the same spycontroller as defectors Guy Burgess andDonald Maclean.

Jenifer Ilart, a retired historyprofessor at. Oxford University waslinlced with Soviet penetration of theEritish political establishment andsecurity services since the 1930s.

It was still unclear whether herhusband, a senior IlI-5 of f icial dr:ringLrorld l{ar II, knew of her recruitmentby the Soviets at Oxford in the late1930s.

Her husband, Professor Herbert llart,an j-nternationally respected lawauthority whom she r.".arried in 1941,worked alonqside Anthony Blunt in l1I-5.

BlunL rvas publicly unrnasked in 1979as a longtime Soviet agent and strippedof his knighfhood h'y rlueen lilizabeth,rvhori he h.rd served as arL zldviser.

The reports said }Irs. i{art r.zasunavailable f or cornment at her horne inOxford and that her husband, formerprincipal of Oxford's Braenose Collegewho marks his 76th birthda-v today,refused to Ealk to the pr:ei..

Why, oh why?

when your rti.iffigin to^flatteryou on how young you Iook, it's asure sign you're geEting oId.

Mark Twain

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..THE NIGHT ISSTILL YOUNG''

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First,the Good

NewsFrom our mail bag -- errt announce-

ment. forwarded by a proud father,JACK J. FINAN. It. looked like this:

EVERETT & WOIV1BLEAttorneys at Law

are pleased to announce that

TIII{OTHY I. FINAN

has become a partner in the firmto engage in the practice o[ law

under the name of

EVERETT, WOMBLE & FINAN

505F Spence AvenueP.O. Drawer 10809

Goldsboro, NC 27532919-778-6707

fanuary l, 1984

ELWOOD H. FOLTZ, (B 21 '50-'52), ofMt.Pleasanc Hills, ME.PleasanE Mills, PA17853, has presenEed a flag to theSpring Townlhip (ta) veterin's l'lemorialiir memory of hi-s fallen comrades. Elwoodta former- POW in North Korea, is Chaplainof his DAV chapter.

A man *r"" nffi a car and was dyingon the street. A crowd gaEhered. Aclergyman appeared, benE over the manana Iitea, I'Are you ready Eo-.accepE EheLord and denounce the Devil?"

The man, who is on his way ouEr. looksuo aE che 6.Iereyman and answlrs, "Sir, It[rir,t it's betELr that I don't anLagonizeanybody right now.t'

GOT ASECRET!

Lovely Veronica SHAY, daughter ofour President, BOB and his graciousmate, kry, became Mrs. David PhillipsIasts October 22nd. 24Eh'ers inattendance were the LLIMSDENTs (Howardand Gladys), t.he STEVENSONTs (cerryand Belle), and JAI'IES "Spike"OTDONNELL. As proud Dad, Bob, says,"IE must have been a wonderful daybecause Spike didnrt complain."

Swabbie .The same, on board a shiPFire aL wiIl.....The poor guy everyone

was gunning for onthe range

I'4aggiers Drawers...The one pair nobodywanted

From the p"., o?ffi*LrE P. cAZZARA,Box.718, Hammont,on, NJ, comes this:

"Sorry for the delay buE I alsowould like recognit.ion on the Shy LumFund. I understood that those noEment.ioned in the OcEober issue would getrecognit,ion in a following issue.

"See you in Cincinnati."This mess seerns to have no end.

SorryrCharlie, for the oversight.

WE'VE

toward our

low

And Now the Bad News

DON'T FORGETYOUR DUESARE NEEDED

llhal'sIhBad

JESSE FOSTER contributesgroling "DicLionary":Yardbird.....Lowest of the

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Ours the yearsr memorial store,Honored days and names we reckon,Days of comrades gone before,Lives LhaL speak and deeds that beckon.One in name, in honor one,Guard we well Lhe crown they won;ilhat they dreamed be ours to do,Hope t,heir hopes, and seal them t,rue.

From the hymn, "Rank By Rank AgainWe Standt'.

This tast.frTilwrirEen noce h,asreceived with a card just beforeChristmas. It came fiom DAVID L.STANLEY, (H C H lgrh, '51-'52). rrspeaks so beautifully for itsetf t.hat itneeds no further int.roduct.ion from us:"Dear Friends:

"f've taken this unusual method --for me -- of enclosing a note with nrycard. I know that some of Jovcets aidmy friend" qr"y not have heard- of Joycerspassing in September. She died aftlr along bout with brain cancer.

"Nevert.heless, her memories -- not. her9ug!\ -- or€ importanL norp rhrough Lheholidays and into Lhe New year, Iemember1"-I 99r her smile, her generosity, herfriendliness and her 1ove. Those arethe characteristics she exhibited notonly through the holiday season brrtthroughout t.he year. I believe thatshe would have us do the same. So,alEhough her presence is sorely miised,her ideas and beliefs are her lift.s uo-us Ehis Christmas, nexL year, and inthe future.t'while I intend to make nry permanent,home in the York area, rryr presentaddress is

60 E. Linden Ave.rApt.lA-,Englewood, NJ 07631:lla"To you, my Friends, a heartfelt,

"Happy Holidays. . . David.

RTCHARD W. LEEN, (H19 t45_t46),680 Surnrner SL., Abington, I'IA, dild atBrockt.on, l.IA, last, Oct. igth. Dick hadwritEen us only a few weeks beforeexpressing 5egret at not making SIII.He addedr ".I guess my cravel daysare over -- hearE trouble.tt

.. -Dgcegs"a, rnFo-EiusnAR (24rh sig.'42-' 4s), of 4I5 s.Mi;;;;ri]'di."".o=",OK. DaEe of deat,h uncertain. Mallreturned on 12-15-83 with that coi-,cold imprint. of some liEtte oiai"iai"eI-;t'i"Jla - deceased r2l8r8if:""

JOHNTIY MORRISiGporrs, sadly, r,hedecease of DOUBIAS KE?SERr'(D 2t's[).Doug passed on last Dec. 12t,h. Wrot,eJohnny: "He was the best. non-com I everknew, and he served his counEnr well.There are hundreds of Gimlet,s irho willremember him. tt

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JoHN r. BRADil;;, '. 4o-'43), of1026 Chartiers, McKees Rocks, PA, senEus Ehe "sad news of t.he passing ofmy o1d friend DOUG KEYSER (D 2lst. r40-'44)." Added John: "Doug was firsE rateall around." The obiE read like this:

Funeral for reEired Staff Sgt.DOUGLAS (Foxhole) KEYSER, 62, of. 24L3Ave. l I, who died in a ForE Sill hospiEalwas held in New Post. Chapel, Fort SiIl,wir.h Chaplain (Capr.) EIi D. Smith offi-ciating. Burial with full militaryhonors was in Post CemeEery.

Sgt. Keyser was born 4/8/2L, inBreckenridge, TX. He married LorraineHardwick 6/8/82, in Wichita Falls, TX.He retired 5/3L/52, after serving 20years in the U.S. Army. While sLationedin Hawaii with the 21sE InfantrT, 24thDivlsion Gimlet.s, he played on the Armyfootball team. He served in World WarII and Korea. He reEired from civilservice at Fort Sill in 1968. He was amember of American Legion Post No. 193,VFW Post No. 5263, the ForEy and EigheVoiure No. 1138, Pearl Harbor SurvivorsAssociaEion and' Retired Servicemenr sAssociation.

Survivors include his wife, of thehome; two daughters, Judy Not,tingham,2402 Redwood Lane, and Mary Sims, ForEWorth, ?X; a brother, Mage H. Keyser,2332 N 38th Place; and Ewo grandchildren.

Helen SPAKE has not.ified us of thepassing of her beloved husband,ERNEST SPAKE, (C 3ra nng. '42-'45).I{elen is at 210 6th St.. S.W. ,Conover, NC 28613. One son, David,and Ewo grandchildren also survive.

chaplain Jos;; Margaret pEyroNrepresented us at. Arlington for theburial of JOHN D. "Red" MAYER, (F andS-3 2nd Bn. , 2lst, '42-'45). Red wtrssurunering in Daniel, WY and winteringin tloodbridge, VA. He leaves Veronica,t'Ronnie" Eo us, his widow, and 4 youngpeople, Jack Jr., Ed, I'Iary and BeEsy.As Joe reporEed it,:

"MargareE and I at,te:rcled Lhe funeralat ArlingEon on November 28. I hadpreviously had a call from t^Jalt.erCunningham. He told me he would sendyou the noEice in Ehe Baltimore paper.I did enjoy Redrs company with JohnnyFarrell when they used to have theEasEer Egg hunEs on Ehe Farrell Farmin Butler, I"lD. Our children were veryyoung at Ehe Linne, so you see how longiL has been.ttThe service and ceremonies wereimpressive. IE was my first..Eime toArlingt,on since Bill Verbeck's Funeral.well, -t,hey (the nrmy) did this one upreal good for Red Mayer. Margaret wasimpressed. She did not geE out of ourcar at. the cemetery, but did aEEendthe Yr,ass at ForE }4yer. IE started torain during Mass, so once Margaret gotinEo our car, she stayed. I did go Eot.he grave. Did not recognize anyoneother than Red's wife. I did go andcalked to her after the services. Sheinvit.ed me back for coffee, etc., but Icould not accept her invitat.ion onaccount of Margaret. So I did noE get,any information from her. I did Iearnthat. Red left Baltimore about L977 afterretiring from Ehe SociaI SecuriEyAdministrat.ion. Went ouE to Wyoming withhis son. They later moved to Colorado,and Red passed away after spending timein a military hospit"r th"rl."

Thank you, Joe and Margaret, forrepresenting each of us.

Only a few weeks earlier, Ronnie hadwritten us Ehis:

"John has been fighting a baEt.l-e withCancer since his first. surgery in 1978and as always Ehe disease seems Eo bewinning. That is why we couldntt makeiE Eo Savannah. We did visit. withBob Kilgore and his wife and Hugh Crossonand his wife while we were on our way tovisit relat.ives in Florida and JohncerEainly did enjoy Ealking over oldLimes with his fine buddies.

"Nothi-ng has to be published on hiscondition although John does knour whaLis going on. I call him John but Iguess his buddies of the 24th knew himas ttRedtt, hets one and the same.

ttS incere ly, Ronnie . tt

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BILL and Irene SAVELL report t.hattheir.grandson Jeffrey_(7 ylars of ige)was hit. by an automobile on Nov,_,mber 6thano passed arv.ry on n-ovember gth. Verysad. Part of Irenets noLe, tt...Ourlitt.le 7 -vear o1d grandsoni Jef irey,was hit, by a car Novernber 6th anct tif f"ahome by the Lord ori November gth. Godmust. ;r,-:ve needed-a very special angeland Ehis one will spread iove wherevertre goes..."

- Wben ALLYN MILLER, (A 2tsr & C lgrh' 42-'45), -of to7 Fik;, 'ii"rl^iJ.ii"r", ohio.rearned of rhe passin[ oi ni"-oiJ-iiiI"a],MIKE MOCHAK, he- innnediarelf iai down andwrote a pair of poems in his memory. Wecan do no less than share them wiii,-yo".They went.:

God has not, promised skies always blueor rose sErer^rn paths all our lifethrough,

But God sends the sunshine and Godsends the rain.

God has noE. promised joy without sorroh,,peace wiEhouE pain. -

But God has promisedGrace for Ehe t.ria1s,

help from above,Unfailing sympathy,

and undying love.+44

As the years-roll on and the days go by,Memories of loved ones never di'e.But in our spirit, they live yet,And we remember, when- others- forget.

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A little earlier, BOB KILGO hadwrit.ten us from his Darlington, SC lawoffice:

."Olu night I received a telephone cal,land the party on Ehe other end isked if'Diamond Easy, Come Inr meant anythinsto me. This turned out to be 'RLd,'Mayer. He and his beautiful wife wereon the east coast to attend the birt.h ofanother child, then to Florida to seeColoneI McGill, of E Company, 2lst.Red was our S-3 and holdbr oi otherpositions in Lhe first. battalion of rhe2lst. This was a great reunion afterthirEy-eight years. Red has two sonswho graduated from West Point. and adaughter who became a Capt.ain in t.heNurse's Corps. Red servld Ehe SociaLSecurity Administrat.ion as a HearingAtt.orney for many years before his -retirement and settling atop a mountainin Wyoming. He _had inieresting deepsnow pictures of his log resid6nce indthe- surrorlnding territofr, which must.be beauEiful. "

And now, itts all over for poor Red.

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This hearEwarming note from BarbaraDavidson JovreEt, Ehe love1y daught'erof our own, the laEe BILL DAVIDSON.Barbarars at RDl, Box 21, Swedesboro,NJ and she wriLes:ttl am wriEing for Mother and myself.This year is especially trying for usall, but Daddy's thoughEs and guidanceare in our hearts and mind. He wasalwavs a sreaE leader and I Ehink t'haEgreatness"is helping us through iE alL.He may noE be wlth us in bodY, but hisspirit consoles and comforEs us when weare dorsn.t'The memorles of love are in ourhearEs. We are all blessed wiLh }oveand goodness and should share Lhiswith-others throughouL the year as hedid.

"I send a plctureof my daughter at14 years. I remem-ber goLng to con-ventions at herage and I know Daddywould be proud ofher Eoo.t'God bless youand the membersof the 24c-h..

"Always,Lorna,Barbara

andfamily. "

\--CHARLEY HORNYAK, dorrn ln Seminole' FLt

reoorEed seeing BILL BIGGERSTAFF at aFeirl Harbor REmembrance Day lasE Dec.Tthaorvn fn St.PeEe. T\lo days lat'er, 8111was gone. Charl-ey sent irs thls obit outof tf,e SE.PeEersburg Tlmes:

Col. William H. Biggerstaff, active in community affaireCol. William H. Biggergtaff, active in

community affairs and retired from theArmy after 34 years'eervice, died Friday(Dec.9, 1983). He was 78.

A native of Montgomery County, Ga.,he came here in 1955 from Werhington,D.C., where he worked in the Pcntagon. Helived at 7515 13th Ave. N.

Col. Biggerstaff wae stationed atSchoefield Barracks, Hawaii, when theJapanese attacked Pearl Harbor. He was amember of the National Pearl HarborSurvivors Association 8nd the local cliapt€rin Pinellas County.

He was preeent at the aigning of thesurrender by the Japaneee on Sept.9, 1945.

He was a member of St. Vincent'sEpiscopal Church, life member of the Re-tired Officers Association. life member

COL. BIGGERSTAFF...diedFriday.

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;;jy";iifiiKt' h{;'fu:"fii;;'id"I"' ioiii'i"g, isome of the{r.ug',for.Cincinnati.. .And r ;

jrr"i t ""rd ftom iJick FINAN and he was theiorebearer @f-+.sorro.rful news about thepassins of fidnk HARTLTNE, my oId co inbo.n rEth. t/#lkner^, him as my firstofficer to. dbrvd, unfler on Aug. 1940.He was a lsE'LE.' in'Corrnand of Co.E andI remember him dn a good light. He wasa fine and decent' man. I'm so glad toh.avo farrna Him oh Feb. 1982 uo. inhave found liim on Feb. 1982 PP- in .,

JoppaEourner,;t0 and again in frrgusg 182 iin Baltlmorp, {,. , ,,t :Sad it is.to repof,t the death of

of New Orledns, lt-A. Johnnv'died on iFeb. 13th - tancer. " He ha8'written ius - rionly on Jan.'' 13th joining .rp ," ..Life Member''{* i/I:f.7 i,"and'-en(tosirrg Ehis :picture of E]'!e A+tf, Signal rogerhEr at :t,he Morrisonrin,Chicbso. He was :

telling us illi.at.luhat [rorp included' . 'i

GREENAI,IYER,:"0.4,y4' BEAIIDOIN and VIRGIL . I

as a finaf $islugu, l+,o incrtided:dues' rfor HARRELL:,GREYAI,IYER.'Johnny teavesMargaret "Pat", ihi r ,pidqru. thgy' had nochildren. $6-hnpy' sffved,as Div.iHq.

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emeritus of St. Petprsburg Betiid Ornqeo I ,. "'Club and Militery Order of Woild Wiie, ;member of the Westside Optinist C[t$,National-Sojourners, Optimie\.Inte.4h- t',tional and several other groupe.r ,'

Among many medals, he ro&i""d 1,h"Legion of Merit and the Bronze,$ar Me.lalwith Oak Leaf Cluster. ,"r . : . :

Survivors include hie wife.Qorothy; ason William A. Biggerstaff, Pin6llas P,iJt, ; .

and two grandsons, Mark W. ard Micha-el . .

The fa:nily will be at Kenfield Pagade^naAvenue Chapel,200Pasadena Ayb., from 2 ..1

to,l p.m. and 6 to 8 p.m. Mondirf Servigpswill be at 10 a.m. Tueeday at St;YincenJ's i '

Episcopal Church, 5,141 Ninth Aib. N, withCanon Walter P. Plumley officiating.'

C. Biggerstaff.

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