24TH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION voL. xxill NO. 2 t969- 1970

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The publication"of, by and for thosewho served or serve"the glorious 24thInfantry Division, andpublished frequentlyby the 24th InfantryDivis ion Assoc iation,whos e offi cers are :

Presldent:PauI A. Harris, Jr.38I7 Yanceyvllle Rd.,Greensboro, N.C,274Os

Vice President IPaul F. Wlsecup1741 Lanbury Dr.,Kettering, Ohio 45439

Vice President:Willian H. Muldoon643 Trapelo Rd.,Waltham, Ililass. 02154

Vice President:CSM Carroll J. GriffinDlv.SGM-Div.Hq.24th Infantry DivlslonFt.Riley, Kanaas 66442

Sec ry.-Treas.-Editor :Kenwood Ross120 Maple St.,Springf ieId, Itlass. OllO3

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A word about our cover. The desiqn wasdrawn by Ann Adans, a pollo patient. Anartist, she was 21 in 1950, when poll^struck. In an lron lung for 5 years. elowas resigned to a life as a vegetabJe.Then she was persuaded to slt up, first fora few mlnutes, then for an hour. Then shewas encouraged to try painting again -thls time by holding her brush between herteeth. Ten years after she was first putin an lron lung, she completed her firstdrawing. Then came the Christnas cardldea. Able only to use a few muscles inher nouth and neck, she has developed forherself a successful business. Ann Adamshas won a place of distinction for herselfin this vale of tears. She ls an inspira-tion to all who know her story. Writetoday enclosing three dollars for a box of25 cards, to Ann Adams, 3731 Coronado Road.Jacksonville, Fla. 32217. Let this Christ-mas take on an added meaning for yourself.

Riley Quickie: A Junlor 0fflcers ICouncil has been establ.ished to fosterretentlon of quality junior officers byproviding them wlth another means fovconmunicatlng wlth the commander and hisst3ff. It is made up of 10 representativesand 1O alternates from the najor Riley units.

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Over a pleasant breakfast, we werediscussing the Chase Park with attorneyJIM POSTMA, (2lst). Jim couldnrt believeit when we reported what the Mgr. had toldus: that the CP employed 11OO people.Jimts SaIIy and Rosalea seemed to enjoyalt of our annual foolishness.

FRED and Betty PUTZ, (21st t44-t461,asked us at St.Louis how we got conven-tion pictures for use in the Taro Leaf.ttJininettytr, we ejaculatedr ttthis bespeaksof a brouhaRa that we have to endure everyyear during the last part of August andthrough September and 0ctober. We canrtseem to dynamite them free for use in ourpagestr. Once again, we are in our annualstate of acute vertigo and we 9o to presswithout them. One year we are going toget to the bottom of this foolishness.That year, Youtll get those pictures.

The majority of veterans never sign anembership card in the professional organi-zations like the American Legion, or theothers. But somehow they do go out oftheir way to seek out their own outfit -the only one they knew well enough togripe about - and they still gripe - andIove it.

CARL and A11enewere happy to seeto the Chase Park.We envy you.

WILLM (L 34th t44-t461so many friends made it

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ANGELO STRADA, (2tst t44-146\, in making another pay-nent on his Life Membership while at st.Louis, reports-tn"i tn" Div.PistoI Tearo hia a successfulrrshoot out" inWichita recentlY.Lt.CoI. RICHARD B. STOLTZ, front Ieft, took the .22 CaL.slow Fire, Center Fire Aggregate and .45 cal.Timed Flre.S/Sgr. CHARLES MORGAN, front center, took top honors inthe-Marksnan CIass. Maj. JACK LUDWICK, front right, tooksecond place in the Shaipshooter Class. 2nd Lt.THOMASSPEAKMAiI, rear 1;;4, ,ton'tn" .45 CaI.Aggregate, S1!S!.-GUSTIN MAHELONA, second from rear left, won the .22 CaL'Center Fire, Sgt. EDWARD WILLIAMS, second from rear right,olaced firs! in tne Center and Slow Fire, Expert Class,ln.r srlsqt. WTLLIAM CHTSHAM, rear right, took the .22 CaL'Slow Fiie, Marksman Class. Kudos to your 9an9, andthanLs too to the Rlley I.0. for the photo.

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Real thrill it was to see Col. NICKSLOAN, (2lst), come into our banquet hal1.Nick was V[ashington-bound, in from thewest coast, and made St.Louis a stop-offplace, all ln order to be with us for afew mlnutes. He, a one-tine S-3, foundthe time to visit wlth JIM POSTMA, S-2(2lst), and BILL BYRD, Comn. 0. (2tst). ttrelast visit for the three was 24 years ago.This conversation went way back to VERBECK,WEBER, BROWNING, LlttIe Chun LEATHERMAN,CLIFFORD, LEAHY, ALLEN, AITKEN, MALONE,FARMER, ANDERSON, and you name then.

Another lawyer made St.Louis: RAYMOND R.SMITH, (34th t44-145) of 3O N.LaSaIle,Chicago, and his lovely wife, couldnttunderstand why ROSS PURSIFULL, (34th),would miss a convention.

These were among the many who inhaledonce again the rose-pink vapors of senti-mentalism as the nilitary fraternal seasonreached its zenith in St.Louis in August.

Divisionnever reallyto the togais where theis much moreobj ective of

reunion is where oId soldlersdie. It is where arns yleLd

and laurels to eloquence. Itability to retell the battleimportant than the wartimesurviving 1t.

STU and MarJorie STILLWELL, (L 34th t44-1451, in watching the pictures thrown uponthe screen ln connection with Maj.Gen.LINTON BOATWRIGHTTs talk, connented rrltjust isnrt the Division that we knewrr. Andhe meant 1t only in a conpllnentary way.We were happy to see the Stillwells. Stuls the one who wlll drive 100 niles ln anykind of weather to attend a Detrolt Chaptermeeting.

We caught GEoRGE SUTTERBY, (L 2lst 143-1451, reading a newspaper one A.M. ln aChase Park Iobby. Sez George I ttf alwaysstart wlth the obits, skimnlng over themto make sure Irn not llsted, and then,having winnowed the theatrical, movie,book gossip, and sports, begin reading thepaper, as every enlightened coward doesnowadays, back to frontrr.

CHET and Geraldlne SWAP, (Div.Hq.t44-t46were inquiring as to the scrollsrtrCertifi-cates of Achieveroentrr awarded this year toBILL SANDERSON and HOWARD LUMSDEN. We cantell you folks that this has becone aninstitution with us starting years ago,ln ,52, at our Colunbus shindig to be pre-cise. The effort is to pay recognltlon toa couple of our boys each year. This yearJthe kudos went to B1II, Iong overdue forhis stint two years ago as Assoc. Prexy.eand to Lum, for his, and Gladrs, effortsln making St.Louis the success that lt was.

BILL MULDOON says he traveled 15OO nilesto find JOE REYNOLDS, (Ifth Art), who livesin Medford, Mass., just a stoners throwaway. Joe, a cop, was naking his firstconvention and brought the whole fanilyr.wife, Anne, and BilI, 9, and Maryellen, L4,for the merry making, Bill expressed him-self thus over being elected a Veep forthe new year, ttltts an honor I have covetedsecretly for several Iong years.tt

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The Color Guard at the banquet was ahandsome Rlley foursome: JOHN KENNETH LINK,(Div.Band t69), PHTLTP KTMBRoUGH, (Div.Hq.t68-I69), DNAIEL DEKORTE (HHC '69) ANdLARRY BECK, (HHc '69). It was a nlce show,fellas, and we are grateful to you. PhilKimbrough, a Richmond, Va. native, was over-heard tetling someone that ItNo unit I everserved with lan compare with the 24thrr.

Ever loyal to the railroads are BILLand Mary and Patsy MULDOON, (E19th t44-t45ltwho made the Boston to St.Louis trip, andreturn, by Penn CentraI. Frank1y, Bill,werd prefer to go by camel.

Hefty $ZS.OO contribution received fromMaj.Gen. AUBREY S. NEWMAN with the words:rrwhile I tm a Lif e Menber, I still have thefeeling that I havenrt contributed any-thing to the operation Iate1y.rr What aman! Red has had a little trouble withhis ticker. Medication has helped tocorrect what is wrong rrwithout the needfor surgical insertion of a pacemakerrt,for which our gratification. His grand-daughter is a Vassar junior now and hisson-in-Iaw is a Navy captain commanding adestroyer support ship in the Pacific.Stay healthy, Red; we want you around fora long, long time.

0verheard in the St.Louis katzenjammerswas the BILL BYRD story about the t43 nightthat Maj.Gen. AUBREY S. NEWMAN telephonedBiIl who was 24th Recon. 0.D. The placervas Goodenough. Red was asking for a tableand chairs to be brought to his tent" Bifladvised Red that it was nidnight and thathe would brinq them to his tent in the A.M.Replied Red, rtByrd, maybe you didntt under-stind....I want a table and chairs rat now,not tonorrowrr. Bill today admits theobvious: ttI delivered.rr

CSM GEORGE ODOM, (2nd Brig. 169), wasloud and clear in his happiness for havlngnade S.L. Believe it or not, in the earlyt4Ots, George served in the British Arny.Recently returned fron Vr4l , fre states that"the be;t outfit ln the whole army is theone I tm in at this momenti' Sorry Eloisecouldnrt make it, George.

Asked by ED HENRYIS Amanda what hethought of that new book, Itsenllity Setsrn Earlyrr, BERT LoWRY ( 19th | 42-t 45) ,answered : ttl don t t think much, and what I stuore, neither does my pediatricianrr. Theaward of the titte I'Loud nouth of theconventiontt gave everyone problems.Several were in the running. By a slightmargin, the prize went to Ton LOWRY,9-months o1d son of BERT and Ginny. Pre-cious baby there-€ver if he dld keep Bertand Ginny from making the boat trip.

Pleaset 1lrlll the one who took fromSuite 719 during the Sunday AM coffee andalohas the pair of prescription glassesplease return then to their rightful owner,HOWIE LUMSDEN ' 167 Hickory, Wood RiverrIIl.No questions will be asked. Just returnthe cheaters, pleaset Lum is running in-to walls around the house.

Pennsylvania faithfuls, CHARLESMcMICHAEL, (19th), and his He1en and son,Chuck, made S.L. Charley plays the roleof paterfamillas with considerable brio.

Once a Taronan, alwaYs a Taroman.Lt.CoI. JACK A. MERRIGAN, C.0. of 6th Bn.,67th Art., the sophisticated firstChaparral-Vutcan unit, which has now beenattached to Division at Ri1ey, was withDiv. in Korea. He and his wonderfr- wife,Barbara, were the first conventionarrivals from Riley.

Renlnding each other of the days whenIt was wine, women and song and adnittingthat today itts Metrical, sane oId woman,and Lawrence Welk.

ItThe nonkeys have no tails on Zamboango",so they singr-but over on the nain part ofthe lsland, near Taloma Beach, there nayyet be the nonkey naned Eleanor who oneiorning upped and started to run off withthe teith- bf artg.Gen. HUGH CORT, (Dlv.Arty.144-t461. Though it all happened 25 yearsago, Hugh was stlll able to regale hisSt.Louis listeners with the story, whilelovely Mltdred stood patlently by. Espe-cially tlckling about the story was thatTine Magazine, ln an issue of the daY,covered the story with a headllne thatwent ItEl eanor StLa lE General t s Teethrr .

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At our St.Louis tazz-tua-tazz, Sgt.MaJ.EDWARD M. DODGE, (S&T Bn. t66-t69) gaveWALTER CUNNINGHAM, (Div.Hq. t42-'451, arun for his money in the pipe snokingdepartnent. Ed and Norma who Ieft Kathleenand Deborah and WiIlian and Frederick athone, rrere equally jovial in the merry-naking. A lively pair, each pulled his orher oar in the fun department. WaltCunningham, on the other hand, continuesapace with his passionate avocation, thecollecting and cross-fertilization ofvarlous kinds of money. Itrs always grandfun when Walt makes this annual pilgrinage.

A welconing cerenony. was held at CavalryParade, Riley, on e/tO/Ae, for Maj.Gen.ROBERT R. LINVILL, the new Div. CG andRiley post conqander. Gen. Linvill came toRiley fron assignnent as C/5, Third Armyat McPherson. Born in Urbana, Ohio on9/5/13, he graduated from Ohio State U.in t35. As a reserve, he was called toduty in r40 and fought with the Ist ArnoredDiv. in North Africa and Italy going throughthe Joint BraziI - US Military Commissionin Rio de Janeiro. Back to the Arroy tiVarCollege, first as a student and then as aninstructor, and then the 82nd A/B Div.where he connanded the 504th Regt. Hebecame c/s of the 82nd in t57 then toKorea as.G-3, I Corps. 0n to Shafter asDeputy G/3, US Arny Pacific during t59-162.Back to the states to become asst. div.conmander of the 82nd and in t64 he becameC/5, XVIII Airborne Corps. Deputy CG ofthe ropes as a conpany commander, battalioncoqmander, regimental S-4 and Div. G-4.He returned to Knox as G-4 of the ArmoreCenter and then went to the Civil Affairssection in the Pentagon. C&GSC at Leaven-worth was next, graduating in t49, then tothe Basic Airborne Course, followed by atour as an instructor at Benning, thenDC/S of Benning. On to the Armea ForcesStaff College in ,52, then a year of study-ing Portuguese at the Army Language School,then to the Peace Force in the DominicanRepublic and Iater commander of the forcesthere. Then back to Rio as head of theUS delegation of the Joint Brazilian andUS. Military Commission and on to becomec/s, Third US Army in 12/68. Had enough?

EARL and Donna HERRIMAN, (24 QM r51-t53),reachable at R.1, Norborne, Mo., St.Louis rdit, as Earl expressed it,rrto outwit thebailiff and remain incommunicado for aspel1 from the tensions of existencerr.Werre mighty pleased that you folks nade itand, as for the bailiff, nay he never findyou o

Division Sargeant Major CARROLL J.GRIFFIN, (Div.Hq.), impressed everyone atthe Chase Park with his uncanny ability tobe everywhere and to know everything tothe end that rrpeak ef f iciencyrt in al1 coD-vention affairs would be the rrorder of thedayrt. Mildred, rrJacktsrrwife, is justlyproud.

Greetings were earthy. ttH"y, look who t shere - the best damned sniper this side ofYokohamart. Or rrHello, you olt horse. Yougraduated from Pusan U.e didnft you?rrAnd the o1 I horse drew a hearty laugh byinitating the deep voice of conmand,ItAt ease, you mentf.

Dare rrre put this issue to bed withoutan expression of gratitude to that perma-nent toastmaster, TOM COMPERE, (Div.Hq.142-145), whose lovely Eilse seems to havesuch a thoroughly good tine at each of ourfun fests, whl1e Tom sweats out gettingready with what hers going to say on theSaturday night rostrum. Before it all getsunderway, Tom is as panicky as a tenor witha fishbone in his throat. Come Saturdayeve, all is serene and Ton holds forth inthe best tradition of George Jessel -without the uniform.

0verheard: W.L. BROOME, (21st t38-t431,explaining, in a Chase Park elevator, whata 24th Division gentleman is; he ts a itmanwho opens a bottle of whisky and throwsaway the cork.rr

Convention ilwidovrrr was hlilma KASSAK,while 0TT0, (34th 145-t46t, lived it upvtith the boys. Says ltJilna: rrMy f avoritedog is the St.Bernard; I like a dog thatcan ho td its liquor.rr

The Life !{ernber UTATSoNS (RICHARD andPhylIis) of the 19th lt42-t45) of the 19thIeft us in St.Louis to take off forColorado before returning home to Indiana.

ttltts the normalcy of the situation thatnakes it interesting. Wetre alI normal peo-ple without a chip on a single shoulder'r.Impresued by the appearance of our conV€n-tion people was Life Merober JOHN KLUUP(34th) as he so stated to us one norningin one of the lobbies. And his perfectlyIovely Hilda joined in the appraisal witha precious comnent of her own which went:"And there isn t t a hippie in the crowd -everyone ls clean shaven and has a decenthaircut.rr And on the subject of goodgroomlng, charming Hilda is an authority;she owns her own beauty shop.

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Banquet head table: (PortHarris, Lucille Boatwright,BOATVIRIGHT and DON WILLIAMS.

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Barbara Matteson, LessieCort, Maj.Gen.LINT0N S.

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RiIey Quickie: Lt.Co1. KENNETH B.AUSTINhas assumed command of the 3rd Eng.rreplac-ing Lt.Col. JAMES S. SIBLEY.

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Riley Quickie: It's retirement forCom.S9t.Uaj. LESLIE J. WALKER, (Oiv.Rrt.).In '44, it-was first Bragg, then West Pointbefore the Triple Nickle Bn. in Korea, thenHawaii, and then back to Korea. Next onROTC detail, then Germany, Hood and Korea.More Hook, more Germany, more Hood, thenSil.1, followed by V/N before joining Div.in t68. Howrs that for an army career?Les and Naomi and their 4 - Cynthia 14,John 12, Mike 6, and Karen 4 - will hangthelr hats at 10I Sandy Circle, Chambers-burg, Pa. HaPpY daYs, fo1ks.

Riley Quickie: Stephen E. Coye, stepsonof CoI. DONALD D. BRIDENBAUGH, C0 of Div.Art. is the recipient of a scholarship fromthe Sons of the Ist Inf.Div. ScholarshlpFund. The award is presented to sons ofmen ki Iled in VrlN. His f ather, Lt.Co1.RODGER H. COYE, was killed in r66 whilewith the lst Inf.Div. The 13-yt.old ispresently a student at the Jr.H.S. on thepos t.

Riley Quickie: Hospitalized ,by acci-dents: 59t. MICHAEL M. MOUNCE, (.4, 2nd Bn.,34th rnf:), Pfc. RONALD E. GRoVES, (24thSig.), and-Sp.4 JOSE BRITO, (Sv.By,13th Art.)

Riley Quickie: Just assigned to Hq. andA Co . , 724th Ord . Bn . , has been I,s t Sgt .ALaA i. HAYES, just back from V/N.

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To PAUL HARRIS,Gladys Lumsden,

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- Free trip to the AUSA meeting in Viashingtonfor sp.4 WILLIAM R. STRICKLIN, (Co.B, 24thlUga._B?.), in mid October. He was sponsored by.l the Ri l ey Chapter o f the AUSA .

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Banquet head table:EIise Compere, HOWARDCARROLL J. GRIFFIN.

Riley Quickie: In Augsburg, 3rd Bn.,70th Armor, has a new C.O. - Lt.CoI.CONRADJ. GRZYBOWSKI replacing Lt.CoI. ROSS F.MAYFIELD, JR., "ho goffi, VII Corps.

Riley Quickie: Itts the Army Commenda-tion MedaJ., First OLC, to Staf f Sgt.Maj.JAMES ZLIKE, of the Support Command foimeritorious service in Div.Hq., I.G. section.

recapture vanished glory and lost youth _and whatrs wrong with that? Itrs i goodidea was the feeling of merrymakers,"JOE and Kathleen CONOyER, (:ia enq,r42-t45)

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Welcome General - Maj.Gen.ROBERT R. LINVILL (rightrear), new comnanding general of Fort Riley and the24th Infantry Dlvision, troops the line at his wel-coning cerernony accompanied by Lt. Co1. THOMASGI0I0SA (front), comnander of the troops, and Lt.Gen.V.P. MOCK (feft rear), commanding general of FifthU.S. Army.

JOHN| 52-t 531is thisChapter.

and lovely Bess OTSULLIVAN, (34th, Eade our cotillion. Johnnyyearts prexy of our Chicago

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Over to St.Louis from Kansas caneCHARLES BEST, (A 19th t44-t46), who paid$5.00 for dues, threw in another fiver forthe kitty, and then introduced his brandnew bridge, the very loveIy Marle. Charley,you never looked happier; werre righttickled for you. Equally happy at being on"our honeymoonrr were ALBERT and JannieSELTSAM, (34th t41-r45). ttThis gang isnttgrowing older; it ts growing youngertt. Suchwere the sentiments of Riley boys, BILLCAMP, (HHC), ANd RAY CARRINGTON, (19th),who seened to enjoy poking fun at our n€w-lyweds. The good spirit with which thefolks accepted the boisterous anticsheightened the aura of naughtiness.

Proud that they have made every one ofour conventions are MICHAEL and AliceMOCHAK (19th Inf. t42-145).

WALT PETERS, (19th), acolyte at thell{emorial Service preceding the Banquet,and Jeannette, are happy that Kansas isthe r7O convention site. That news actedon WaIt like digitalls on George Jessel.HerIl be handling the details on that one

ttwetre not an organization with a causeunless the cause is merely to maintainthe friendships that exist among all menwho ever wore the Taro Leafrr. It was JOEPEYTON, ( Igth Inf . t 43-t 45') , talking inthe Chase Park lobby to an interestedgroup of Riley rnen. Joe looked good; ifit wasnrt for the bald spot, he could passfor a man of 51. AII of that aside, Joetsrenarks sums it up fairly weII. V[etrenot out to remake society - or to destroyit. Wetre not looking for a thing. Werrenot selling anything. Werre just a bunchof people who appreciate the militaryexperience and who are grateful for theprivilege of keeping In touch with thosewith whom we share this common bond.

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ItSt.Louis t parks are unbelievably wel lkeptrr was the consensus of Life MenberJOE PEYTON (fgth) and your Editor whorrtook 5rr one morning for a drive throughForest Park across the street fron theChase Park. Added Joe, ttl tve never seenanything Iike 1t for cleanliness, noteven on an Army postrr. It was a delight-fuIIy refreshing place to see.

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PULLS RAFT - A 24 fL.bridge erection boat Pulls anexpedient foot bridge raftacioss Tuttle Creek Reservoirduring field exercises bYCo.E, third Eng. Bn. Theraft was constructed bY asquad from Co.E in 30 minutes.

Riley Quickie: Retirement for CoI.HOWARDD. BAILLETT who was lastIy special assis-ta'nt to the CG . A dire ct appo intmen t as a2nd Lt. in '39, he served as C0 of Co.A,21st, and E.O.2nd Bn.,21st from t4l-144.Howard and Marilynn and 3 sons , Jeffrey,Timothy and Thomas have moved to Oshkosh,Wis. where Howard will be with the Univ.of Wis.

Riley Quickie: SP.6 LEON 0TNEAL honoredwith an OLC to his Arroy Commendation Medalproving that culinary ability can get yousomewhere.

Riley Quickie: Maj.Gen.R0BERT R. LINUILL,Div.CG, Iaid the presidential wreath atthe gravesite of the late President DWIGHTD. EISENHOWER, (fStn Inf.), at Abilene onOct. 14th.

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And there had to be at least one herewho would reopen the argument as to thedifference in the sounds of artillery she1lsttcoming in'r and rrgoing out " . Whi ch on ewent "whee-up"? And which one wentrrwhee-ooptt? A11 were agreed on at least onething - that until you learned the differ-ence, the smart money is on him who hitsthe ground. RAY HARDI, who lives in St.Louis, was one of those who knew the dif-ference and was busy explaining it to hisloveIy wife, Audrey.

To call the pattern ofItnostalgicrr would be likeSt.Peter,s as ttroomytt orrrmoisttr; of course it wasSID and Mary Jean MATHES,t46-r48), who were there,

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Lake Huron asnostalgic. And(34th and Div.Hq.thought so too.

Ri ley Quickie: Itrs automatic dataprocessing for the Division, the first inthe U.S. to enter the program. They areusing a Unlvac 1005. May their powernever be cut off.

MG ROBERT R. LINVILL (r19ht),Fort Ri1ey, checks out the redeYelst Bn. Igth Inf.

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The new Division C/S, Co1. JACK F. MATTESoN and his lovely lady, Barbara, thoroughlyenjoyed St.Louis. West Point ,46, he served with the llth Airborne in Japan and Ken-tuiky, then a tour at Knox before goiyrg to the 2nd Arnored in Gernany. Back to theStates for a tour and then up to A1aska in 157. Then C&GSC followed by a Masters atGeorgia Tech. Then to V/N, and back to the Division as C0 of the Division Support Com-nand, followed by the stint as C/S in which we wish him well. The Mattesonrs have 4 -Lenice, Jack, Jim and Terry.

Doc. ED PLOWM,AN, ( lgtht44-t 46), was movingaround St.Louis groupstelling how Col. JAMES E.TOWNES, JR., former Div.c/5, Itsigned outil atRilev last June 1lth andhead6a for V/N. Townes,an old lOth Mt.Dlv. manin WW II, also servedwith the 5th Arnd. and25th and 7th Inf.Divs.before coming to theBest Division of ThemA11 in Aug. of '67,where he first command-ed 2nd Brig. and then be-came C/S in JuIy of 168.

Hawaiian shirts werevery much 'rClass Arr dur-ing most of the conven-tion hours . The rrwi Id-est hues of purplerr awardgoes this year to DARRELLMILLER, (E 19th r50-t5I),much to the embarrassmentof Mariel The trlargestnumber of differentshirts wornrt award goesonce again to Life Mem-ber and Past PresidentJAMES "Spike" o-DoNNELL,(C-Ztst | 42-t 46) , whowas observed wearing 13different outfits overthe 3 day span. Spikeoxidized some of the galswlth envyrconing in, seem: n9 y every our, w

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CARL and Peggy TAYLOR, (860 Av.Eng.t43-146), were two of the St.Louis gangwho understood the reasoning behind goingto Kansas in t7O. The 24th may be rrmoth-balledtt one of these days. Just as Dodhas put the axe to the 9th, the 24th runsthe risk of going the way of aII flesh.We all want to see her and to be with heronce again.

CHARLEY and Betty TEWELL, (L 2lst 142-'451 , brought with them a photo from thelast Chicago convention, with which hethought he might blacknail HOWIE LUMSDEN.Lum reacted as though he had just finisheda long cold drink of sauerkraut juice.

You saw double when a couple of 7241hOrd. nen stepped up to the Chase Parkregistration desk. It was BERNARD andJosephine TH0MAS and OCIE and Ima TURNBOUGHwho came in together and more or lessremained together as they waltzed amongthe gang. Ordnance was also represented,by the way, with Life Member PAT and LuCIANGI, BOB and Josephine ANDRE, LifeMember, ROSCOE CLAXON, CHARLES itcus'r andHelen SCHOENE, ELLSW0RTH and Pauline MILLS,and DELLMAR and Laura Jo BABB, each buzzingnew found Rl1ey friends concerning t69equipnent.

Just two nore years before retirementf or Co1. URBAN and Hazel I'Jackierr THR0M(34th and Div.Hq.). So wonderful to seethose precious folks again. Urb has theway the years are slipping by in theirflbet faihion aI1 siz-ed up. He says t'theyleave an impressive residue of silver inthe hair and none whatever in the pocket.rlWord of honor, Urb, youtre catching on.

r'24th fashlon platett was JOrlN TRINCA(C2lst) who dazzled the Chase Park tenantswith his clothes. Not wild or outlandish;we throw him our subriqut only in a sincere,complimentary way. You simply looked twiceeach time Johnny would come down sportinga new outfit.

With us at nearly every party-time werePAUL and Dottie WISECUP (f :+tir t44-146)and itrs always pleasant to spend a fewhours again with this perfectly charmingcouple. They left us to go fishing inCanada.

The Thursday night hospltallty hoursponsored by the ladies was a delightfullytasty spread. We owe much to Gladys (tvtrs.HOWARD LUMSDEN (2lst), Lessie (Mrs. PAUL)HARRIS (c zrst), Mary (Mrs. JoHN) SHAY(21st ) and Alice (tvtr3. wILLIAM) SANDERSoN,(F 19th) for their successful effort.

JOHN ROGERS, (2Ist 143-145) our ex rnesssergeant out of Little Rock, showed every-one at S.L. that his own cooking agreeswith him. Little heftyrJohnny. Nowretired, he serves sheriffrs papers onLittle Rockers.

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One blt of innocent horseplay went a1-rnost unobserved as BILL SANDERSON (F 19tht4o- t45), played I'Golng to markettr pushingGERRY STEVENSON (Hq.co. Div. '41-'45), lnan A & P cart down one of the Chase Parkcorridors one early A.M. Alice and Bellewere not entirely pleased but each kepther familial patience.

Most conventlon repeaters couldnrtbelieve their eyes when they saw how Alice(Mrs. WILLIAM) SANDERSON (F19th) hasslimmed down. AIicer you never lookedlovelier.

CHARLES L. BRIGANCE, (19th f49-r5l),in naking our St.Louis bivouac, considersthat we are livtng in interesting times,which put him in mind of the one that goes:rrcod and the soldier we adore,

In tine of war, not before,When danger is passed,All things righted,

God is forgotten ' .And the soldier slighted.rrHow true, Charley, how very true! Only anass, and a knavish one at that, would havethe temerity to dlspute that.

Itts twin daughters for ANTHONY andLorraine FARo, (2Ist t42-145), and every-one at the St.Louis clanbake came to under-stand itras Tony ls justly proud.- Tonyhad to c6ne to our high jinks to find outthat he works for the City of Chicago urithPAT CIANGIts (724 Ord.), brother.

FRED WILLIAMS, (19th), in from RiIey,was standing at the bar telllng DICK YOUNG,( r:tn art. t49-t5l) : rf The only dame I knowwho listens to both sides of an argumentis my next-door neighbor.rr

ALLEN and Marie GARNER, (24th Cav.Recn.t42-144), found St.Louis pleasure inneeting agairr wrth BILL and Margaret BYRD,(21st and 24th Cav.Recn.). AI, a mailcarrier out of Peoria, I1I,, spotted anews item about us, so showed up withMarie, and werre right happy that they did.

SAM FINGER, (19th t42-t451, and hiswonderful Aide-de-canp, Minnie, wereattending their first convention. They camethereto with an immense inquietude. AsSam said, "To go to St.Louis was plainlythe cowardrs way, so Minnie and I adoptedit at once.t' Happy note; theytre glad theycame.

We may be a ttf ellowship of veteransrr butSAM GILNER, (13th Art. t4?-t45), seems tobe happiest when his sleeves are rolled uy,helping to make our monkeyshines run. sdminvariably gives out with the sort of t oy-ish twinkle Lon Chaney used to excel at,and then let ts you have it: trJust tell mc,what you want me to dott. You look goorl ,Sam; the ballooning has, stopped, provingthat it pays to avoid 5cIairs, Napoleons,petits fours, and strudel, which we allneed like a hole in the duodenun.

ttAlmost didntt make it at a11tr, saidJoE BADARACCo, (Hq.Co.Div.), as he wouludrop in to the Chase Park for a few minut"shere and there. Seerns that the cityemployees were giving the town fathers fitswith a strike threat and Joe urears the hatof President of the Board of Aldernen. Aswe left the fair city, word was that Joewas the rrgreat mediatorrr. Gossip anong usls that Joe is on his way to beconing thenext Mayor of St.Louis.

HEINZ and Rhoda GRATZ (G-2lst), greatfriends of JAMES t'SpikeI OtDoNNELL, mademerry in St.Louis. Heinz, one of ourearliest nenbers, was observed frequenttTto be musing over the past, his lower lipatremble with nosf,algia.

St.Louis is the hone ofGRIFFIN, (F 21st '51- t52),came over. They have two:Donna.

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Past Prexy C.G.HANLIN, (L34th), broughtson, Gordon, with him to our free-for-a11.Gordon certainty enjoyed that swinmingpoo1. C.G. just wasntt his usual jovialself this time around. He seemed to beworried, as if a caraway seed had lodgedin his teetn, or something. Cheeks up,C.U.; we like you better the way you were.

Conversation was aplenty. The lnitial talk usually concerned when we were last aIItogether under one roof. (During some of our last togetherness, we didntt have a roof,if yourlJ. recali). Recollection was the effort; the pinning down of the subject, thatelusive ball of mercury which is the ego, and which slips, slides, rolJ.s, splits andrecombines crazily as the conversationalist tries to contain it within his narrow vialof words. So it was for, 1. to r., Sa1ly Postma, Rosalea Postma, JIM POSTIIIA, (21st t43-,45), BILL CAMPr-(HHC now), DAN_DEKoRTE, (!ttc Now), LARRY BECK, (HHC now), Margaret Byrdand BILL BYRD, (24th Recn. and 21sl t42-145).

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Reappointed as Governor of the U.S.Soldiersr Home, Washington, D.C., is Gen.ALBERT WATSON II. Prior to his retirementa year ago, Gen.Vrjatson had been CG, USArmy, nyukus/IX Corps and High Conmissionerof the Ryukyu Islands.

Less than happy were ne to see LifeMember and Past President ROSCOE CLAXON,(724 Ord), who had Cadillacted over toour flap-dood1e, come walking in, beatinga tattoo on a cane. He looked like Col.Sanders with a couple of chickens in hispocket. But troubles didnrt stop Roscoefrom being his usual charming self lnhaving a happy word of greeting for justabout everyone. Roscoe was happy to meetGERALD and Dorothy EDUIARDS, (Supp.Conmand165-169). Gerryts old Kentucky home isnear Bowling Green. That was enough forRoscoe. Gerry ls retiring soon from rrthebest outf it in the US Armyrr.

Sgt.Maj.GERALD DAVIS, (lst Bde. t69),a 26 yeat veteran and retiring soon, madea mlghty fine appearance in the Chase Parkhalls and elevators. A Columbia, S.C.native, hers as fine a looking soldier aswe have ever seen. He and Ruby, whom heleft at Riley, have Gerald Jr., Yvonne,George, Gt"gory "nd G1"n..

We like what Eric Hoffer, the formerrnigrant worker and longshoreman, now anauthor and commentator on contemporaryAmerica, recently told the InvestigationsSubcommittee of the Senate. Hoffer wastestifying about the need for strong-wi11edadministrators to counter the disorderssweeping the college campuses. He suggesteda system under which students would pursuetheir interests and take one finaL examina-tion after 4 years. A student vrho failed,he said, would get a certi.ficate stating:ttThis son-of-a-bitch isnrt good for any-thing." we like Hoffer.

JOHNNY and Violet PETERSON, (3rd Eng. 144''451, asked us in St.Louis if we were goingto use aIl of the photos snapped duringthe convention. We replied that werd useaII that came our way but that wetd nottry to name everyone. We made a bad goofin identification years ago, and we don?tdare run that risk a second time.

News out of the DON and Ruth BELL hor-rs e-hold - hers 63F and Div.G-3 Sect. from t4_i*r46 and theyrre at 1l-2C E.Davenport, Io.,taCity, Iowa. They have 5 so have found "abigger houser?. Dave 22 is out of the Navyand going to S.U.I. Marcia's 19, Caroliners18, Gary is 15 and Doug is lO. Ruth stillrecovering from a serious operation of ayear ago. Donrs still with S.U.I.

MIKE and Katherine BALASCHAK (a 2Ist),write us from 218 Green, Syracuse, N.y.Mike was with us at Pearl Harbor as a Co.ASgt.; then to AT Co. as a staff; then toSv.Co. as tvt/Sqt. Regimental Supply. l(aspermanently disabled and he is a memberwith our complimenis.

Reunion? Why do they come? For senti-ment mostly. The serious issues of the daare only lightly touched, Rather theycome for the uplift, to relive the daysof glory. Hers not there to see everybody;hers there especially to see the sma1lcircle that lived - and survived - in theadjoining hole

Membership in our Association - YOUR Association - is urgently solicited. It is opento anyone who wears - or ever wore - the Taro Leaf.

It functions as the vehicLe for keeping in contact with friends whom you will surelyone day come to see, if you clo not yet see, as being some of the finest friends youcould ever hope to have.

A SPECIAL WORD TO YOU GOOD FRIENDS AT RILEY

Service together in "the Pineapple Armyrt does something to people. Weit. vJe canrt-define it. So we sirintt try. Itts arrsomethingrrthat justthatrs all. Itts a simple heartwarming fact.

That this Association may grow - and better serve Taro Leafers, past,future - we beg of you your supPort now.

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Organized only to insure that "This thing catled Division and all the blood spilledin her name lvill never- be forgottenr', rve seek only to provide a means by which thefriendships forged under the iaro Leaf banner wilitrlast as long as life itselfrr.

l/{on I i, you j oin the .lsso ciation and the Fort Ri ley Chapter today?

CSII Carroll J. Griffin,Div. SGl,^ - Div.Ho.24th Infantry DivisionF*u.Ri1ey, I(ansas 66442

Count me in as a member of both the local chapter of the Association and of thenational organization as weIl ll-I-or which I enclose $2.00 for annual dueil'alL withthe understanding that raembership entitles me to a subscription to the Associationtspubli.cation, "Taio Leaf'r, and ali of the privileges of memterstiip in the 24th InfantryDivis ion Association.

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{or: think you've got troubles? Listento FLOYD EYLER (i & L 2Lst) out in Waynes-boro, Pa. In the last few months, frers had-l hemmcraging duodenal ulcers plus mumpsptus a bad kidney. He sold the gas station-after 37 years - unable to work. Cleovestais r.vith l'faynesboro Knitting. Says Floyd,"'donderf u1 people in our Iittle town. Theyrvgiven me 32 pints of blood.r' Werre pullingfor you , F Ioyd .

We warned you in our last issuenews of our August get-together inthe departure of Maj.Gen.LINT0N S,and the arrival of Maj.Gen.ROBERTwould spill over into this issue.couldnrt be helped.

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We got a note off to him.SAM UMPHREY, our one time chemical

officer (Japan r46-t48) is retiring fromhis long time civilian job in Eighth ArmyHqs. in Seoul to return to rFrisco wherehe is setting up Intrapac Corporation toengage in trading i.n Orlental items,hardrvare, industrial equipment, officemachines, optical goods, air conditioners,household items, etc., etc.). Sam tellsus that stock in the venture is available($1.0o per share). Write Sam at G-4Section, Hq. Eighth US Army, APO 'Frisco963OI, 1f you t re interested.

HERB WERKHEISER, ( I3th Art. ) of Bath, Pa.is looking for Sgt. ED. B. DOLBOW andSEIKO TOKUDO and RUSSELL TELLER, each ofI3th Sv. Btry. during t 5C-t 52. Can anyonehelp us? Herb advises that DICK "SIim"ZOTTERS, (tgtn t50-1521 is in the busbusiness in Allentown, Pa., that DAN WEAVER(A 52 Art. t50-152\ has a heavy truckingrepair business in Bethlehem, Pa. and thatBOB BOYLE (Sv. 13 Art. t50-152) is workingfor the city of Jacksonville, FIa.