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\TILLIAM DONALD SCHAEFER, MayorOFFICE OF THE MAYOR . CITY OF BALTIMORE

25O City Hall, B"lti-ore, Maryl".J 21202, (3Ot) 396-3100

Members of the 24th Infantry (Victory) Division Association

On behalf of the citizens of Baltimore, I welcome the 24thInfantry (Victory) Division Association for your August,1982 Convention.

I cannot think of a more appropriate venue for your con-vention than the birthplace of the Star Spangled Banner,and I hope you will find the time to visit our Flag Housewhere ttOl-d Glory" was sewn.

Among the many other attractions that Baltimore has to of-fer are our festive Harborplace, the Baltimore Aquarium,the U.S.F. Constellation which is the nationrs oldest Navyship continuously afloat, the Pride of Baltimore, an originalBaltimore Cripper ship, the t'ta@ciences andmany, many more. Whether your interests lie in the arts, inhistory, in sports, fine dining or just plain fun, Baltimoreoffers a diverse range of activities to meet every taste anddesire.

Our City stands ready to make you feel welcome while you areour guest. I know your visit will be a memorable one.

Sincerely,

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TARO LEAFVol. XXXV - No.6 1981-1982

The publication "ol, by and for those who served or now serye"the glorious United States 24th lnfantry Division, and publishedfrequently by the24th INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION whoseofficers are:

Preddenl:Dallas Dick - 1701 Bridge St.,New Cumberland, PA 'l7O7O . ..Te1.717-774-5600

Vlce PresldentChester A. Andrezak -3225 N. Natchez Ave.,Chicago, lL 60634 ...... Tel. 312-685-7965

Sec'y.-Treas.-EdltorKenwood Boss -'t20 Maple St.,Springfield, MA 01103

ConYentlon Chalrman:Joseph L Peyton - 1405 Belmore Gt.,Lutherville, MD 21093 . . Tel. 301-321-6448

Membershlp Ghalrman:Lee B. List - 1 15 Ronald Bd.,E. Peoria,|L61611 .....Te|.309-694-1681

Chaplaln:Joseph l. Peyton - 1405 Belmore Ct.,Lutherville, MD 21093 .. Te. 301-321-il48

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WILLIAM GREEN

Wars_ Fought Tigers TamedRevolutions Started Birs EmptiedAssassinations Plotted Virgins ConvirtedGovernments Run Mexican GoldUprisings Quelled Orgies Organized

Also Preach & Lead Singlng for Revlval Meetlngs

Thls one coorcB fron WALTER BIGE(Hq. co. let Bn. 21gt r5?-r54), of BR2,tioi 401, Gameron, Mo. B t'I was ronderlagtf you could help me. When we weut frooJapbu to Korea, we left our footlockers Ln a warehouae at Camp Schlmand lrere supposed to go back there toplck Ehem up. Instead my orders sentme dlrectly Eo Canp Drake and houetEherefore uv fooElocker t as left behlnd.I was wondeilng lf anyone would knowwhere thle stuff ls and lf lt could beretrleved. It contalned a caneratmany plctures and several personal ltem!."goy, they come acroEs thls'desk ln aLIaltes and shapes. Anyone got an ldeaas to how to ananer lflally?

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BILL GREEN, (K 21st. '48-'51), of1109 O'Conner, Monticello, Inc., hasretlred from the Monticello Pollce Dept.after 22 years. Was Chief of Police -with a sense of humor as this call-ingcard at,tests.

43 Plnec,rist, Port,laird, tqE t6-say r,hi8so we do: "the annual'reunlon/blnquetwill be held on the nlght of Tiresddy,13th July r82, during Etre Natlonal "Conventlon of the Amerlcan EK-Prleonersof l{ar Inc., Ln Golorado Sprlngs CO. Theaffair w111 be heLd at the- I'GoId DustrClubr_210 East Ctmeron, Colorado SprLngs,CO. The entlre club has been reserired -for ex-Klmchl eaters wlth a llve westerarband, open bar - pay as you go. Reserrra-!_l_o!q! 910.00 per person and payable lnADVANCE. Chal:rman Jerry Franeois,Fotrntallr GOr ls att,emptlng to get theKorean Goverzrment, to sponsor thls event.Should thls happen your moaey w111 berefunded at the convent,ion. - Tlcketsw111 be available at Ehe KOREA desk atthe coaventlon center. When maklngreserrration, lndicate lf you will needtransportat,lon to the club -- about 3miles frm convention cenEer. Makeall checks payable to TTKOREAN NIGIITITand send Eoc Korean Nlght, ConventionL982, PO Box 517, FounEati.r CO 809L7.Speclal l-nquLrles can be made by sendlnga self-addressed, stamped envelbpe toShorty. tl

There lt is, Shorty, just as youwroEe lt. We are lntrtgued bv one biEof chutzpah_.- You appar6nt,ly -are trylngEo get the Korean govemment t,o footthe b111. Rote of ruck!: !

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Members writeTWo leEters were received relative Eo

an ltem, a couple of issues .ago, aboutthe concenEraEion of the wesE coastpeople of Japanese background follor.rlngPearl Harbor.

I^IroEe BILL PENCE, (24:'t, Med. Bn.,3/52 - 3/54), of 372 Morris Dr., Fairborr5OH 453242t'I highly disagree with your suatementregardin[ J-apanes- persons. Theq_e peopleweie Ameiican cieizens mostly. They evenhad some volunEeer for service duringWorld War II. They served in Pacific &Europe. Senator D-an Inouye from Hawaiiis proud of his heritage and as aAmerican Citizen.

"I think you had betEer retract yourstaEement as it was Lhrough the persis-tance of the Japanese American CiEizenLeague that. the Executive Order-allowingAmeiican Citizens (Germans, Ital-ian orany naEionaliEy) to be placed inCohcentraEion camps during hostilitiesif deemed so by Ehe president; thisorder was finally rescinded by Congress.

"You have a vety narrol^r view to thinkiL was beneficial Eo our country toplace in concenLration camp itt's owncitizens and take all their holdingse'flffig only what they could carry andnever reimburse them for their losses.Sounds like NAZI Germany and the Jews.

Did we noE fight, for freedom for alland not privileged few.

"Regards.'WILLIAM L. PENCE.t'P.S. You could be nexE for Concentra-ti-on Camp. I'

Wrote BoB SILVERS, (oiv.ttq. .le'C)243 S. Rockingham Av., Los Angeles' CA90049:t'I sure as hell hope you were usingthe editorial twet in your defense ofExecutive Order 9066 because I can hardlybelieve there are many AssociaEion mem-bers, let alone many Americans, whocould find the rationale to agree withvour statement..' "No, Ken, I think a quick reading ofthe Constitution and the Bill of Right'swould tell you thaE Japanese-Americansare enEiEled to exactly the same rightsas Polish-Americans, Irish-Americans andall other Americans.

"And please excuse my cynicism, butdontt you think that economics (excusedby hysieria) dictated Ehe move? Ididn.| t see a lot of people give back tothe American internees tsheir homes,businesses and farmland...t'God forbid our wonderful countrygets inEo a war with Po1and and Israel-and the goverrlment comes for the Poles

and Jews. lrihof s next?t'Yes, Ken, Irm disaPPoinEed in-YoursEaLement. i r,vould hope all Americansrvould be.

" S incere lv .ttBob silvers.ttThere was strange ironY in the fact

that both of these- letEers arrived onitr" fait.orrs desk on April 9th, t'he 40thannivergary of the American surrender onBataan. 40 years ago almost-to the veryhour, 76000 Americans and Filipinossurrendered Eo Japanese forcesr mosEu.i"" Lhen forc"d'iot,o Ehe "Death Marchr"with"more Ehan 22,000 of our men losingtheir lives along-the way. WhiLe thissurrender was ua[ing plate, the work ofroundine up the people of Japanese back-qround ilas'contiiruiirg aPace along t'heiest coast. Taken in it.s eonEext as toti-me, place and mood, it Peemed to thethen pinrers in charge to be a prudentand necessary move.

We were careful to avoid cormnent asto what was done, or was not done, forthose people follovring the atomizaEionof Hiroshima. We were talking only ofwhat was done in the weeks followl-ng thecatostrophe at Pearl Harbor and thelosing of Guam, Midrivay and the P.I.

That these people should have beenincarceraLed, we continue Lo Ehinkt'Yes." ThaE'they should have beenreleased in t45 -- and they were -- andthat they should have been properlycompensated for what Ehey had lost --and they were not -- is all part ofquite anoEher story -- a most unfortunateone. And as to that other story, thec,ompensalion one, iE just so happensEhat we had some rather strong emotionsthereconcerning. As a matEer of facL,we'11 confess to some deep involvement,moralityoise and, yes, do1lar:wise. Wehad a warm inEerest in one Yukue Hozakiwho worked for us as a secreLary, yes,a secretary, during some of ou-r'O0Odays in Kokura in t46-147. Yukue andher folks had returned to Japan fotlor,vingtheir release from TuIe. Thbvrd beenpicked up in the middle of thl nightfrom their home in Santa Barbara andescort,ed to the slarnrner where they satf or over 3 years. We went t,o bat f orher when the San Francisco lawyer, WayneCollins, announced that he was- bringiirga class action suit for and in behalf -of all of those poor people to try torestore them to sEatus quo. We joinedYukue in that suit -- and went deep int.othe pocket -- $1200 as we recall. -

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RICHARD B. SKENK, 1020 Skyoay Dr.,Lancaster, PA 17601.

AII of my besE to you and'With the note was enclosed

Thank you, Jack, thank you.

yours. "a tensPot.

ROSS PURSIFULL rold his docr.or rharhe couldnrt eat anything wiih salt orketchup. "Who told youl 'No ketch.rf2rrrthe doctor asked. ,,Uy Ary .f""""i;'-answered Ross.

$7An oLd man heard about some plLls that

would restore his youth. He boirght, abox, but. insEead o-f taking one eVery day,he swalloued the whole boxful one night--before golng to bed. Next morning t6efgqily had great difflcutty in wa[lng r,hegld man. At last he rubbe-d hls eyes."A11 right, all rightr" he grumbl'ed."I'11 geE up, but I wontE go to school.tt

Send your belated congrats toJohnny Cargonts sldeklcti na McMahon.A retlred Colone1 in the-Marlnes, he.snou commlssloned a Brlgadler Gen6ralln The Callfornla Nat16na1 Guard.

What ls the Ar.ury comlng to?

Apparently KEN FENTNER seems Eo bethe-only memb-er who has given anyserious thought. t,o where-we t ll c-onvene in'83. Ken is still pushing for NiagaraFalls. Wetre with you, Ken. you are oneman with the will and ambition to lookahead.

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And now a word from our VicePresident -

"It is with rmrch pride and a deePsense of humilify that I write these fewlines. I am honored to have beenchosen as your V.P. and I will strive inEhis capacity to assist our President,DALLAS DICI<,-to make our reunion inAueust a huee success.rsubsequeitly, I will be asking foryour diligence and cooperation 3o EhaEine may conLinue to plan our annualreuni'ons in the tratition of our pre-decessors.t'Thanks again; see you in BalEimore.t'

ChesEer A. Andrezak3225 N. Natchez Ave.,Ghicago, IL 60634

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AL TASSBENDER, (M fgrh from '4L-142),of Box 134, Ulster Park, NY was passingthrough our Eo\^In the other day and gaveus a much-appreciated call. We forgot toask him wheii: UlsLer Park is. Can't findit in my At,las.

One guy walks down Atlantic City piercounting the slots between the boards,ttone, trio, three, four, five..." Otherguy comes along and says, "H"y feIIa,whLt are you doing?" Fellcnr says''rcounting- the spaces between the boardsin the boardroalk." Other guy saystttCan I count with you?tt Fellcnp saystttSure.tt rr, six, sevenr eight, nine -...three hundred ninetv." A11 of a suddenthey both feIl off ihe end of the pierand- drowned. Moral: When yourre outof slits, youtre out of pier."

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MrLT JURY, (19rh & 24 MP t46-t47) lsoff eo South Africa for a 2 yeat hlt.chwith ElecEricity Supp1y Coruuission,Box 1091, Johannesburg. Milt retiredfrom the Mich. StaEe Police in r75 as aLt,. Then went to Mich. State U for hisBS and MA before becoming a professorat Delta College in Midland, Mich. Thenwith Consumers Power Co. of Mich. Whata career. Best of luck, Milt, as youbuil-d that twin reactor plant, inCape Town.

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TaeJon, South Korea, may rde start bygivlng lt to you just, ae it appeared lnthe Dae-jon Daily News of Dec. 22, 1981?More frm that way.

Tne news release read, as translated:t'At, 2 orclock p.m. at the groundacross from the outdoor musical gror:nd lnPornrnsan park wlth the governor ofChrungchrbngnando, Taej6n city major,other locaI government officlaLs of allgrade, and over 400 citlzens in atten-dance the rmvelling ceremony of Taejonol-d bat,tle monument was conducted. Onthis daEe at the ceremony, the governorMr. Yi and the mayor Mr. Sim made lauda-tory remarks. They ernphaslzed the impor-tance of the construction of the monumentto forever brlghtly reflect the featduring the old baEtle of Taejon, and tolet the monrunent serve future generationsas a constant remlnder of the NorthPuppets savage act and to lnstIII tn thehearts of Ehem the spirit of seekingpeace and the determinatlon Eo protecEthe fatherland. They further remarkedthat the i.ntentlon of the erection ofthe monument is to praLse the sacrlfl-cial spiriE of che herolc guners lngallant actlon, and to let the monumentserve as a llving grave that will recredeln Ehe heart, of people the anEi-corrnunLs-tie spirlt and their deterurination. On2 September the construction of themonument began by means of the expendi-ture of city operat,ion funds (GovernmentBudget) of 13210001000 won whleh enabledlts cornpletion. The whole area lnvolvedfor the monument is 11070 square pyongs.The helght of monument measures 12 feet,bfgh. -The helght of monument to MajorGeneral with 3 Korean War heroic sol-dlersclustered t,ogether 2.7 meters hlgh. Themonument was chiseLed by professor Kim,Sgng-hui of Seoul City University andthe epitaph wrltten by Ha, Sang-su,professor of Molsdon University. Also,the purpose of the Taejon Area OIdBatt.le Monument is t,o commemorate the3 day bloody fight and the feat, to defendby delaying actlon by Major General Deanand his 24th US Division against an over-ylgfming 2 enemy divisions durlng June 2t1950 Korean War. The photo of the monu-ment, and statue was taken during theunvelllng ceremony at the gror:nd, locatedopposite from the outdoor muslcal groundin Pormrnsan Park ln the afternoon of21 December 1981."

Lt.CoI. Bruce GarneEt, comrnander ofthe nearby Camp Anes, represented theArmy at the- ceremoni-es, and thought,fullyfo::warded these pictures.

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Wrote Co1. Gainett to Maj.Gen. JOHN R.GALVIN:tt0n the 21st of December, I was askedEo partlcipate in a ceremony ln Taejonto dedlcate a memorial t,o Ehe 24th -Infantry Division and r:nveil a statueof MG William F. Dean. I4y partlcipationwas as senior US officer in Ehis area...

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Says General Galvln, in kindly for-warding the mat.erial Eo us:t'As-you can see from the plctures, ltseems to be qulte an impressive monument.I'm sure the 24th Infantry Divlslonveterans of Taejon wilL find this veryi.nterestj-ng and-wilL certainly appreciatethe remembrance best,oved by our Koreanfrlends and allles....We are very inter-ested in establishlng a rel-ationshtp wlEhthe mayor and city of Taejon. Conse-quently I have asked Major McNelIl tocontact LTC Garnett and inlt,late theprocess. Maybe you would want t,o lookinEo Ehe possibllity of having the cityof Taejon become a member of the Associa-tion, honorary or othenrise. MajorMcNeill will contact, you shorEly andprovide furEher help in working this one,depending on what the Assoclatlon thlnkswe- ought,- Eo do. "

So there you have it, the whole st.otyin a nutsheIl.

UntorEunately, the pictures carrieno capEionS -- but you'Il get the lde- I'ie slgna]le-d to Gen. Ga-Lvin, along

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with youi thanks, that perhaps anydecision from us coul-d wait for yoyourinput at Baltimore. Okay?

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Imelda Marcos oPenlng a $5 nllllonPhliloplne prosrotlbn 1n-NIIG in Aprll'Uanarihe fuinlture I moEher-qf -pearli;"kv; iiai[eII f,andbage, PlneaaP1eiiu"i-iiulecloths, w111 -how up lnd.oartrent stores- ln N.Y., Washlngton;e-il;t;n for a few weeke. No tuba

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Old lst Sgt. BERNIE BJORKMAN,(Sv. 19Eh r 42-'45) of N.Litt,le Rock,Ark. has retired. He and Nadine areproud grandparenEs.

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More grandparents: ANGELO andGenevieve MANTINI, (A 19Eh).

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Jolned and paid, in one quantr-rn..1eap,for a Llfe Memtershlp: CARL "Muley"MASON (n 3rd Sng. r4L-144), of Rt. Igox 21i42, Lone-Oak' 1I(. 26 years wlthGeneral M6tors (lC Delco Dlv.). MulgywanEs a Liet of A 3rd Eng. men. Donrthave one, Muley. We slnply donrt catalogthen that way -- but werll try to plckthem out. I^Ierll have a Dlreetory shortly.That w111 shfi | em.

SeE. JAIIES R.13th-F. t4L-t45)their 35th yearMay 31st. Card522 Euclid Ave.,

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Inlerve got monuments coming out ofour ears in this issue. Lt.Gen. JAI4ESB. VAUGHT signals Ehat the RepubJ.ic ofKorea goverrrment is erect.ing a new onein honor of the Korean War Veterans.He promises us details subsequenELy.

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2D - Savannah News-Preee, Sunday,Mareh 7, 1982

By MARCUS HOLLANDSpccial Arsignmerli Wriler

Some people are born to be doctors,some are born to be military leaders.

Maj. Gen. John Rodgers Galvin, com-mander-in-chief of the 24th InfantryDivision and the Fort Stewart-Huntercomplex, was torn between the two.

Soldiering won out.The S2-yearold Galvin, born in Med-

ford, Mass., frgures he sort of, "grew in-to the army."

At frrst medicine was his only goal.If anything, it was the Korean War

that turned his attention to the military.While United Nations forces, the NorthKoreans and Chinese spent the early1950s slugging it out and exchangingpositions north and south of the 3Bth par-allel, Galvin was in the pre-med program at Merrimack College.

"I surely wasn't hot on the Army atthat time. but I didn't want to get draft-ed so I joined the Massachusetts Nation-al Guard," Galvin recalled.

The Guard discovered his medicalbent and medic Galvin soon was touringthe state giving shots to members of theNational Guard.

"The Army began to grow on me . . . Irealized I liked it. I applied for one oftwo West Point positions open to theMassachusetts National Guard and gotit. It was a good chance for an excellenteducation. My father was a bricklayerand I knew he couldn't afford to give methe kind of education I could get at WestPoint." Galvin said.

The rest is history. He graduatedfrom the U.S. Military Academy with abachelor's degree in military scienceand began hisclimb up the ladder ofsuc-ce3s.

During 28 years in the military, Gal-vin has been. among other things. Eng-lish instructor at West Point, assistant tothe Secretary of the Army in Washingtonand commander of the lst Battalion. 8thCavalry, in Vietnam.

The class of'54. Galvin noted, hasproduced four division commanders andone astronaut - David Scott. who flewon the Gemini-Titan 6-A mission in 1966with Neil Armstrong and on the ApolleSaturn mission to the moon in 1971 withAlfred Worten and James Irwin.

Galvin's education didn't stop afterWest Point. He later earned a master'sdegree in English at Columbia Universi-ty and is a published author.

Military Leader Talks AboutHis Career arud the 24th

"Really," he said, his face reddeninga bit, "l'm just like the average person .

. . I can't keep my own bank accountstraight and I couldn't tell you right nowhow much money I earn."

"All that ( bank account and earn-ings ) means very little to me. What I getsatisfaction from is doing a job well . . .

and I think we ( the 24th Infantry t haveshown that we can do a job well here."

During a two-hour talk, Galvin cov-ered everything from the readiness ofhis division to the drug problems the Ar-my faces to the 24th's close relationshipwith its'roundout' division, the 48th Na-tional Guard Brigade of Georgia.

Here's what he had to say:

Q. In the latter part of'81, the 24thtrained in Egypt's desert. How did thelroops and the machinery perform? Areyou satisfied the 24th could give a goodaccount of itself if a limited war or pol-ice action became necessary in thatarea?

A. I think the troops performed mag-nificently. They were excited about theexercise. They were highly motivatedabout going. Anytime you get a soldier todo what he came in the army to do, he'shappy about it and those soldiers weredelighted. They went over there and didthe best job I can imagine. I'm very happy with them and I think it shows theirreadiness. I think it also shows thatwe're getting good quality troops now.

In terms of the equipment, we took350 pieces and a great deal of that washeavy track equipment. We nevcr hadmore than three vehicles down for main-tenance. which means that we kept a 99percent ready rate.

Q. Your unit is supposed to be thefirst in the world to be issued the"Ground Laser Locator-Designator -"Glid." Do you have them yet and arethey as deadly as the Army says?

A. We do not have them issued totroops now. They are in the process ofarriving. We have seen motion picturetapes of their use and it looks to me to bea very accurate weapon.

Q. How serious is the drug problem atFort Stewart-Hunter?

A. I have a drug problem at Stewart Iconsider to be serious because I thinkany problem with drugs in the Army is

serious. If you ask me to define in detailhow serious that would be, I should saythis - recreational usc of marijuanaand like substances is up around 50 per-cent or better ifyou say once a.monthmeans recreational use, higher than 50percent among younger soldiers. Use ofhard drugs is somewhere around the l0or 15 percent mark. This has an effect onunit readiness, although it is hard tomeasure.

However, the biggest problem is alco-hol. Alcohol is the drug that I worryabout the most. The use of alcohol andtoleration of that use - or overuse - issomething that is difficult to fight. Thedebilitating effect on a military unit issomething I work against all the time.We have rehabiltation programs for peo-ple who have become alcoholics. It isworse than any othcr drug problem inthat off-duty use results in driving underthe influence.

I can't really say I have a lot,of prob,lems with on-duty use of alcohol, exceptthat people who are overusing alcoholcan't put fr-rrth their best day after a boutwith alcohol the night before. I think thisproblem is not by any means confined tothe military. The problem is a nation-wide problem of which I am one of thes]rmPtoms.

Q. Some of your troops recentlytrained at Fort Bliss, Texas, in arotherdesert-type gperation. How does desert-type t-raining in this country comparewith the same operation in Egypt?

A. As you know, deserts are varied.Fortunately, the areas around Fort Blissand western Texas and southern NewMexico and some of the areas of easternCalifornia and western Nevada have thesame variations southwest Asia has.

Q. The 24th Infantry Division haspar-participated in three major exercis-es since last August. Is this morethan most Army units? Is that be-cause the 24th is part of the RapidDeployment Force?

A. This is not more than other Ar-my uniis. The exercises the 24th hasbeen on are associated with the Rapid Deployment Force and we are theheavy division of the Rapid Deploy-memt Force. The light divisions arethe 10lst Air Mobile Division and the82nd Airborne. These exerciseshave come about because of the cre.

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ation of the Rapid DeploymentForce and the need for the threedivisions to work together. I havejust come from divisions in Ger-many where the level of exercise isabout the same.

Q. The United States recentlycame out with its first new tank inyears, the M-1. It was supposed to besuperior to anything the Russianshad and now there are doubts aboutthat. What are'your thoughts andwill Fort Stewart be getting any ofthese tanks?

A. I am absolutely delighted thatwe will be getting the M-1 in the fu-ture. I can't say the near future be-cause it's a couple of three yearsout. I think the M-l tank is a beauti-ful tank. I would love to have it to-day. I can't think of a single piece ofequipment, including my car, thatdoesn't have some problems. TheM-l tank is something that my sol-diers would love to get their handson. When we do,'we will be morecapable than we are even with theM-60A3 tank we now have. We arejust getting the A3 and we're happywith that. We will be even more hap-py with the capabilities of the M-1.

Q. The M{0A3 tank has just ar-rived here. They are the first suchtanks in the continental UnitedStates. How do they compare withwhat the Russians have and ho* dothey compare with the M-l? And,with our M{0A3 and lll-ls, can weexpect the bottom line to show that"our tanks can kill their tanks?"

A. First let me say that our tankscan kill their tanks, there's no ques-tion about that. In answer to thequestion about the .{3 compared tothe M-ls, the A3 is a developmentand product improvement of the M-60 series. The M-60 series has been avery good tank and will be well intothe future. I would expect that theM-60 would be around for manyyears and would be a highly capSletank. The new M-l Abrams tank isan even better tank.

Q. Can the military afford to buythe thousands of M-l tanks andBradley Fighting Vehicles it willtake to outfit the Army at prices thevehicles are costing - $1.E8 millionper BFV for instance?

A. Well, I have to speak to that asa division commander and not asthe Army chief of staff. I'm sure hewould have his opinion on this andmany other questions. My point ofview centers on Fort Stewart andthe Victory Division. I realize it isCongress that supports and Army.Whatever this country gives me tofight with, I'll fight with and I amconfident Congress can look at thethreat to this country and ean decidehow to meet that threat by givingme, the military leader, the things Ineed and the people that I need tofrght. I don't know big time ques-tions about money . . . whether theyneed to sacrifice tanks in order togive a pilot a better airplane. That'swhat they get paid to do. What I getpaid to do is take what they give meand work with that.

Q. Critics say the Rapid Deploy-ment force is a "paper tiger." Can itbe effective and, for example, if afight broke out in the Middle East,how long would it take the 2{th to

have enough men and equipment inthe area to meet thochallenge?

A. How long it would take us tomove anywhere would have to be aclassifrred question, a military se-cret, but the 24th is practicing togain a better capability to move ei-ther by sea or air or by ground towherever it is ordered to go. Rightnow, I have forces that have beenmoved to Fort Bragg and I have

done sea moves. I think tirere aresome things that need to be consi-dered here. First of all I don't thinka war would begin entirely by sur-prise. It hasn't been that way in thepast. We always knew somethingwas going to happen. We hoped itwouldn't, but we could see it com-ing If we have to fight again, Godforbid, I think wc ll see it coming.The national authorities will have achoice of moving to meet thatcontingency or not. If they decide tomove early, then the amount of timenecessary doesn't become as criti-cal. If they wait until later. thenthey have to make a choice of mov-ing by sea or by air. Tanks will fit inthe Air Force's aircraft like the C-5A. It will carry one or two tanks.The C-l4l stretch version will carrythree armored personnel carriers.It is possible - and simple multipli-cation will tell you, of course, howmany you would need - to move the24th Division entirely. or almost en-tirely, by air. So you know how longit takes an airplane to fly anywherein the world and you know how longit takes a ship to go anywhere, sofiguring on the same intangiblesthat I have, anyone can take a guessat how long it woul.l take to go wher-ever you would like to name.

Q. What is the future of the all-volutrteer Army? Can the militarymeet its needs without the draft?

A. The military has met its de-mands withoirt the draft. in bothquantity and quality. The quality olthe soldier now, with 80 percent highschool graduates, is higher than ithas ever been, even when we hadthe draft. So, as to whether or notthe draft is an efficient way of prov-iding people for the military serv-ice, I think that question has alreadybeen answered. Once again, I'mpart of an organization Congresshas said will have a volunteer Ar-my. I accept that decision.

Q. In your view, will continueddraft registration assist the mititaryin a practical way?

A. I wouldn't want to express apersonal view on that. I would rath-er ;ay that if the U.S. Congress feelsthat's the way to go, then I feelthat's the way to go.

e. How many divisions orequivalents does the Army havetoday? How many will the Armyhave in five years under presentplens?

A. The army has 24 divisions tn-day. eight of rhe 24 in the NatioiralGuard. Five years fronr today, asfar as I've been told. we will stillhave 24 divisions.

Q. lf war comes to Europe, willthe individual infantryman stillhave a part to play or will the com-bat be between Soviet armor andU.S. anti-tank guns and helicopters?

A. As far as I can see it in the fu-turc. there u'ill alu,ays be a require -

ment for Lht soldicr on.the ground totake oblcctives by ground attack onfoot.

Q. As things worsen in Poland,what are your lhoughts on thesituation'l Would the 24th play a rolein Poland if the situation explodedinto a conflict?

A. I hrrve'n<.r idea what role the24th would havc and I rhink thatquestion rvould better be answeredhigher. I couldn't touch that one.

Q. Is the Army stiil having trou-ble retaining senior NCOs? What isthe 24th's record on retaining seniorNCOs? lf higher than the Army as awhole, why?

A. The senior NCO runs the armyand we are having trouble. By trou-ble, I don't mean trouble with thetop grade, but with the senior mid-dle grade. such as the sergeant firstclass. The sergeant first class reallyruns the army, in many ways. Andhe is also the person who is having alot of difficulty in terms of his pay.my ability to provide him housinghere at Fort Stewart. my ability tomake surc his family has the kind oflife that you and I think his familyshould have.

Q. Skipping to the medical field,is the Army still having trouble get-ting and keeping doctors? When thenew Fort Stewart hospital is com-pleted. will the 24th have the medi-cal personnel to properly man theunit?

A. We have right now the numberof doctors that an Army survey hastold us we should have - 26 doctors.When the new hospital opens. wewill have about the same number ofdoctors.

Q. How often does the 24th Infan:try Division get to work with the48th Armored Brigade of the Geor-gia National Guard. the third orround-out brigade of the division? Isit enough to ensure a smooth run-ning machine in case of anemergency? How ready is the 48th?

A. The relationship between theVictory Division and the 48th Bri-gade of Georgia is probably the bestrelationship in the Army today be-tween an active Arnry force and aNational Guard unit:

Q. As a veteran of Vietnam. doyou see sinrilarities between our in-volvement in El Salvador and ourinvolvement in Southeast Asia?

A. I don't want to touch El Salva-dor as a subject. because I am veryfar removed from thoughts of thai.My mission in the Rapid Deploy-ment Force is concerned with south-west Asia.

Q. What's the housing situationnow? Is Savannah meeting the de-mand . . . any re[t gouging? Howabout Hinesville? What's the fund-ing outlook firr military housing forenlisted men?

A. I think thr: builtlers in the areaand the realtors are entirely cooper-ative people. Nribodv is trying tohurt Army people. At the sametime. the housing situation is prettybad. I have 8.000 families and only2,000 on-post houses. so 6,0ffi of myfarrrilies always -- as they come andgo - have to find houses in the localarea. My officers and my key NCOs

- my leadership - are able to findhouses, but my sergeants and themarried soldiers are not - and to-day the Army is a married Armyand many of my most junior sol-diers are married.

These soldiers cannot find housesin the area. So they have their fami-lies living in Jacksonville or theyhave lelt them on the West Coastand they go home only on occasions,or they ale living in substandardhousing in the area. housing that Iwish they did not have to have. Thistakes a heavy toll on the morale ofthe unit. What I need is low-costhousing. This is exactly what is verydifficult for local builders. no mat-ter how cooperaiive they are, toprovide. Therefole. I have to havethe Arml' build rnore houses on postor I have to somilhow solve the prob-Iem. One way to d0 this would be tosubsidize in one way or another theprime ratt lbr soldiers who aretrJ"ing to get a house. Another waywould be fbr the [)epartment of De-fense to put sorne money into avariable housing allowance for sol-diers.

Q. Are there arry communityproblems that concern the military,particularly bccause of their effecton the post and its mission?

A. I have said, anitl fully believe,that the city of Savannah.and thesmall towns within a i0-mile radiusof Hunter and Stewart have been re-markably hospitable to the soldiers.Savannah, ofcourse, is a cosmopoli-tan town. It is very well accustomedto people coming and going. It hasbeen a great place for our soldiers.We have had some problems nowand then. but the overall picture isone of true honest cooperation and Ithink that I can say that the soldierslike Savannah and that Savannahseems to like the soldiers.

Q. l{hat do you see as the mostpressing problems facing the Hunt-er-Stewart complex in the immedi-ate future? Long range?

A. I think the Hunter-stewartcomplex is ideally suited for a divi-sion size force. especially a divisionthat needs to be deployed rapidly forall the reasons that we know so well.The Hunter airfield has an 11,000-foot runway, which will take anylarge aircraft. Port Savannah wiiltake the kind of shipping that weneed. Therefore, I think the problemis simply going to be continuing todevelop Fort Stewart and Huntei in-to the military base that, collective-ly. it needs to be. That, as far as Ican see, is going on very well nowand as you know. by 1987 we willhave put about one billon dollars ofnew money into these two basessince this buildup began.

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Q. Do you think the role of mili-tary units like tbose you commandwill change in the ftrture and if so,how?

A. The mission of the unit r{ill re-main the same, I believe. It will con-tinue to be a heavy division aimed atrapid deployment under orders of.the national authorities. The face ofthe division will change dramatical-ly as new equipment arrives. l[ewill be getting the M{0A3s and thenthe Abrams tank. We wiil be gettingthe Infantry Fighting Vehicle,which really changes dramaticallyinfantry small unit tactics. We willbe getting advanced helicopters andother equipment. But more impor-tant than that, we will be getting afine soldier, if things continue theway they are now with a very highpercent of high school schdol gradu-ates and a very high motivation tobe a soldier in the Army.

Q. Do Fort Stewart and Hunterneed any major facilities that havenot been approved yet? If so, whattype?

A. We have built up Fort Stewartwith new barracks and new mainte-nance shops and new motor poolsand theaters and commissary andmany things. But we have done thaton top of a road net that was built in1941. It is the old-fashioned checker-board road net, with many intersec-tions, many stop signs and much,much frustration. This road net wasbuilt for soldiers who didn't havecars, didn't even have bicycles. Now

every soldier has a car. I do nothave yet the kind of funding that Ineed to make more than minorchanges in the road net, but I amconfident that as we go into the fu-ture I will be able to convince thepowers that be to help me make abettermenf in that area.

Q. What are you writingnowadays?

A. I am forking on military subjects, mostly not things that arepublished outside the Army. One ofthese is an analysis of how heavYand light forces operate together.

Q. You worked under Gen. Alex-ander Haig while he was command-ing NATO forces in Europe. What'ryour opini" ' "'r .: man?

A. I worked under Gen. Haig acouple of times in the past and Icame to admire his tremendouseffectiveness as a ieader. All I cansay now is I wish him the best. Hehas a very, very critical job and Ipray he is able to do well for thecountry in it.

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A new book titled, "Steel Pots andGI Cans" by friend, Dick Crossett, isnow in production. IE is an illustraEedcollection of GI slang, nicknames andother Army jargon of WW II.

For free information about itr writeDick at: Barracks Bag Books, DepE. TLPost Office Box 5021, Louisville, KY40205. u___

BrLL DOUGHERTY, (l 21sr r50-r51)would like Eo hear from anvone in AbleCo. during that period. H-ers at ExtonRd. Apts., Afag. 1, Apt. 5, Somers Point,NJ. iiittrs an SFC (Retd). There it, is,BiIl, for every"::_

BOB GROGAN, of Cape Road, Mendon,MA puEs out a paper about the size of ourTaro Leaf and is intended for familyconsr:mption. He has a big family. Thisway, he gets ouE the news to each ofth-e gang, wherever he or she might, be atthe moment. Terrific idea. Bob.Congratulations I

Who's going .;G up and fireGeorge Steinbrenner?

When CHARLEY DYBDAHL ioins. he doesiE by becoming a Life Meirber.' Hets5-th RCT' Irem Co. fron 6/49 ro g/51.Charley's a Baker and he'and Ursula canbe reached at 100 poinE pleasant,91g"-Burnie, MD. Theyrll surely'makeBaltimore.

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WHERI' IS ROBERT E. MALIN? DALE W.FIELDS, (C tgttr) wanEs to knor whereBob Malin is. Malin was a medic wlthC Co. and one time bound up one ofDale I s wrist,s; broken bones. Thlsmedic could EelI the VA abouE thisincident which really happened, becausethey donrt bell-eve airyboif else in theCompany. Write t,o Fields at North 5510Bemls, Spokane, Washington 99208. Ifyou have Bob's present address andreally knoc that lt is currently correcE,you miry calL Fields, col1ecE, at (509)327-32L2.

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_ Orq aggresslve Membershlp Chal:manLEE LIST has been dolng wonders inaEtracting new blood int,o our group.But he's not mtrch when it, comei t.o-speIIlng. Insists on spelllng Taro wlthtwo "o"s.- The other day he was overheardto askl rrIB watenuorks -one word or isit separated by a hydrant?tl

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'n/e remember well one day tve werel'rost.ed by GERRY and Belle StEVft'iSoN atEheir comfortable Wheeling (tt) home.We rvere taken rvith a shrimp and lobsLersauce which Gerry served up and askedhirn if we corrld have E,he recipe. But.Gerry rep lied: t'I trn af ra j-d noL. Likeyou journalj-sts, I never reveal asauce. tt

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Hey, Weight Wat,chers, have you triedthe nerv Post Office Diet.? According to"Tire Peoplers Almanac /f3r" when you-licka posta€ae stampr you consume only one-tenth of one calorie... But at. thecurrent posEal rates, who can afford toeat t.hat good anymore?

- CLARENCE ,'Bud" COLLbTTE, (5th RCTr50-'53)r. of 6 Cattail, Irvine, ca,report.s t'retired from pac. T &'T andenjoying it."- He gave us these namesof former POWfs and they are nohr memberssJACK BROWNING, M 34rh,

Rt. 2, BrenE Lawn, Frankfort, Ky.

LLoYD I,i. PATE, K5810 Broad Oak

BILLY C. KNOWLES, (19rh),8300 Phillips Rd. SE, facoma, WA

DONNAL R. SMITH, (21st,),2804 Mc Comas Ave., Baltimore, MD

WILLIA}4 D. PETTY-JOHNP.O.Box 3383, Balt,imore, MD

19rh,Rd., Grovet,ovrn, GA

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These spotEed ln the DAV t'lagazlnelJAPAN, L946-47 - Dona1d Spald,

Mlffllnvllle, Pa. 18631, wants to hearfrom anvone who served with hlm in Co.B52nd F.A.B. and ln Hqtrs. ln southernJapan.

ARl,ff, 1940-45 - Kernlt, J. Farnscorth,155 West ttD" St., Fa1lon, Nev. 89405,needs to contact anyone who remembers hlmfrom both F Co. and 2nd Btn. HqErs.,21st Inf . Regt,. , 24t,t:. Inf .DIv.

AUSTRALIA, Nffi GUTNEA, L944-45 --Tornmle Harrison BryanE, Rte. 2, Box 492,DeFr:nlak Sprlngs, FL 32433t needs tocontact men of Ist Btn., 19th Regt.,24th Inf.Dlv., who remember when htsjeep was bl.orn up and 1st SgE. McTerc orMcQue was klIled by shrapnel inNew Gulnea, JuIy - OcE. L945; also aCapt. Stonewall Jackson, who wiEnessedhls lnjury whlle on guard duty atRockhampton, Australia, March- June 1944.

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A Memphis member sent, us this notewith his dues renewal form: ttPreviouscheck on joinE account is NG. Wife tookoff with the furniEurer--the car, the dogand cat, and all the $." Needless t,osay, hers still on our ro11, if not onthat of the little woman. Come on now,

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Mrs. Calabashr^wherever you are.

M.C. LEE LIST answered his telephone.The party had a "radiogramtt messagefor him. KERMIT FARNSWORTH was callingvia ham radio from Fal-Ion, Nev. Kermit.found a ham in Peoria, IL who found Lee.Kermit jusE wanted to pay his dues --so Lee got the reply message back to him.

"If we go anynohere, I certainly hopethe 24Eh Dlvisi-on goes wlth usr" saidComrnand Sergeant Major William T. Mixonof XVIII Aiiborne Corps, Fort Bragg, NC

recenEly whlle making an official visitThursdav to Fort StewarE.rrThe'24th is an extremely importantpart of the Rapid DeploymenE Force. Ifwe (82d or 101st, Airborne) jtrnp, we wantthe 24th coming Eoo. We can lasE sevendays on Ehe battlefield withouE supportfrbm the 24Lh, or at least some hearryarmor unitrt' said Mixon.

"I already knew the 24th was one ofthe beEter uniEs in the ArmY. FortStewart soldiers have good esprit decorps. This reflects back on the NCOs.The'NCOs have to be good or Ehere wonttbe good uroops.t

Mixon, with 34 years of acEive service,has more time in the U.S. Army than any.other active soldier, said ForE SEewart'sconrnand sergeant Major Latty Hampton.t'He has been on airborne sEatus for 34years and has made more Ehan 11500 staticiine jumpsr" he said.

GeLting his first r.lde on a tank,Mixon admitted he had "always been afraidof themrtt buE added he was impressed withthe crews and their attitudes.

He believes todayrs soldier is betEerthan even just a few years ago. Theprime reason today's..soldier is better,he said, is because t'we are geEElng amore patriotic soldier than jusE a coupleof years ago. If we can keeP gettingmen who believe ln the United StaEesr wecan make a good soLdier of him. If wedonrt have Ehat (patriotism) we can'tmake a good soldier of him regardless ofhis education."

Again referring t,o FoqE StewarErsrole"in RDF, Mixoi said "anytlme EheXVIII (Airborne) goes to the field asa Corps, the 24th will be a part of theEask force if the XVIII conrnander hashis way. If we are call-ed, the 24thhad better have iEs gear ready to go.If the 24th dldnrt have a mission, wewould create one for them. The 24th isthat important to us. t'

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Rovalties from Mai.Gen. AUBREY "Red"NE,^IMAI{rs book, t'foll&u Met' are comingour way. Watt,a manl I ! You can stil].procure your copy, in case you havenrtalready, by sending $14.95 for Lhe clothcover edition or $9.95 for the papercover edition to Presidio Press, Box892A, Novato, CA. Eamous for his leader-ship aE the liberaEior, lar.tding at. Leyt,ersRed Beach, 20 Oct.ober 1944 (the scenedepicted on the well-knoryn U.S. ArmyposEer), General Newman is equallyfamous for his col.r-rmn, "The FonpardEdgert'which has appeared in ArmyMagazine for over fifteen years. FollowMe is an organized selection of Newmanrssuccessful columns. It, is a rare combi-nation of recollections, anecdoEes, andincidents, all illustraE,ing methods oftraining; how to praise, to criti-cizeiwhen to laugh and when to growl; how togive orders and get the job donel how noLto bul iy; in short, how to cornrnand with-out losing the human Eouch. Every TaroLeafer should or^rn a copy.

PAUL and Lela NELSON, (G 2L, t4Z-145)of Forsyth, I'10 returned E.o Wahoo. Theysay t "Found t.hat. the Japs now own a lotof it. They couldn't fight for it sothey came back later and bought, it."They also say that they sLayed at LheNapualani HoLel on Waikiki -- 928/day.

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We thought rverd try a new ginniick.Let the next sheeE constitrrte a newsrelease whieh.we ask you to E,ear oute.nd fonvard to the Editor of yourlocal news sheet. He mav faII for itand print it. If he doe-sntt, at veryleast, let the records show that, wetried. We tried to slveeten the potyou'll note. We thought that byincluding a bit of Ehe N.ry, Air Forceand l"tarines, he migllt spring a bitsooner or faster. L/e threw in everyonebut the Coast Guard donrt you see. PoorCoast Guard. lnlonrt you give it- a go andsee if your Editor is a good guy or abad guy? Thanx. ._____+

Getting out a Directory -- arrd we are-- is tough enough -- but ye Gods, someof you keep moving. Today_iurs LifeMember FR.ANCIS H. HELLER, (Div.Arty.t42-147), nwt of 3419 Seminole,Lawrence, Kans. SEill aE the U. ofKansas Law School. Dean, if you please.Werre proud of you, Francis.

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JIt"l ERWIN, Box 608,CA, now at home -- inrecovering slolv -- but,please. Loves mail.

Morongo Valley,traction --sure. Card him

"Don't glve up now, kid, you got ano-hitter going."

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,{e asked Lt. Gen. .IAIV.IES B. VAUGHT ifhe could give us a reading on Lhe TaskForce SmiEh monument at Cian. i,Je knewhe was a busy man but we felt cert,ainthat he would oblige us in some way. Hesent his PAC to the sit,e and he caine baekwiEh the Di:.gsa"" shown here. Thankyou kindly, General Vaught. Come t,oEhink of it, this issue-is full of monu-ments. Maybe we can call iE a monumenEal1SSUe.

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Veterans of Aruy, N"oy, Alr Force and Marine units will be meeElng soon

Eo hash over o1d Eimes and remind one another as to how tthe" or ttEhey" won

Ehe war. Whlch war? Take your plck. Arqr personnel of the 24th Infant,ry

Dlvlsion wlLl meet. aE the BalElmore Hilton Hotel, Baltimore, MD on

August, 13 and 14. For lnformatlon, contact Lee List, 115 Rona1d Rd.,

East Peori-a, IL 51611. Nary personnel of the U.S.S. Essex meet in South Bend,

IN on June 23 - 26. For info::natlon, conEact B. Morgan, 3841 S.W. 29th Place,

Ocala, FL 32674. t Air Force personnel of the 3o5th Bomber Group (out of

Chelvestonr England ln l.lW II) will meet in Orlando, FL on Sept,ember 9 - L2.

For i-nfo::natlon, contact A. Millar, Box 757, Sanger, TX 76265. 4th DlvlsionMarines w111 meet on June 23 - 26 in Gincinnati, OH. For details, contact

P. Assom, 3422 BroLherton Rd., Cinclnnati, OH 45209.

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Army SSgt. Patricia Wadlington andher l,larine Corps counterpart join forceswith their piccolos during a jointArmy-1,{arine Corps band concert on Maui,Hawaii. The Fleet Marine Force Pacificband recently combined with the 25thInf.Div. band to perform in a dlsplay ofint,erservice harmony.

HORAClt arrd Monroko I,IcCLURE .(C arA ung. r 55- | 56), ot 22'/O Lohrer,Fairview, PA 16415, are seeing Eheirdaughter Ly<lia graduate as an RN frornVilIa Maria College Ehis spring.Horace says she wants to get sonreexperience in an IC unit fj.rst. AdcisHorace, "Shgrll. get experi.ence there --in a hurry. t' hle-agree, Horace.

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The headings in this issue? Are youwondering what. Lhey were all abour? Sitback. Re1ax. They are merely populartrademarks, 1ogos, and corporateidentity symbols. Yeah, but hov manycould you name? Go Lo the head of theclass if you got them all.

Joined, tharrks to I',1.C. LLE LIST:CLETE I'i. HIGHLAND,- (Sr,. Lgtn 4/45_g/46),of l.10 Highland, Newcastler r,Iy.

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lerEer from IRA DEI',OOR, (Spec.Serv. 0., Div.Hqr)r- of 1407 Kendglph,He and Vada have 2 sons, noirnie and Lariry, a!4 I daughter -. Kelley.(uff"y as she appeared in a loca1 paper.- Well herers the whole

DeFoor throws weightinto nqtionql rqnki ng

last year in the Columbus National Col- makes so shc can go to tournamcntr andlegiate. pay for lodging. -Shc

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Kerrev DeFoor has been throwing "'ffi;;::ir:il:il::t":"tllT:,ffi jflii:::":"""xr,"',:i:T'lHiIlT:;people since she was 13. 9n s-epi 12. She.said thc

^opcn *"s ttr- jou includes preparin! dicts ana hclpingThe Denton senior has bccn working last big competition until aiter the nirt "t ltt menus.out injudo clubs in Denton.forycars of_thetear.. Shc plans to graduatc in Dcccmbcrand has.worked her way into thc No. 5 "I trained hard this summer for the and said she wants to continuc com-spot in the nation' fcstival and the open," shc said. "l wcnt peting. "l evcntually *"r,t to work in aThis summer she was invited to thc toColoradoSpringsiora*r"toftr"in- irospitalasadietician,butfirstlwanttoNational sports Festival in Syracusc, ing-camp.. Now I'rn'just kecaing ir;h.p. io to california for somc judo training,,,New York, where she won a.bronzc and*orkingonteclinique."' lhesaid...Thcre,sagoodcoachthcrc.,,medal in the 123 pounds and undcr divi- DeFoor iorks ou_t two ,nights a week

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sion. She said the athletcs who comp€tc with the NT judo club, of rihich she i. "r. .orp"rable, but therc arc somcin the festival are the best in the naiion the president. She also trains with thc notable differences. ..Judo is a dis-in their sports. "The competition is Denion ctub onenight. *r"i "nJgois "iprinra

sport. There isn't any hootingevery year. exc-cpt-olympic ycar to to Dallas to an insiructor one nig-ht a oiholleringattournamints.iiepcoptlprepareathletcs.fo.rtheolympics. week. In the mornings shc runs to"helf havc a lot-of respect for ihc sport. It. "The bes eight in my division werc in- keep in shape. (udo) has more firiesse than wrcstling. Itvited," she said. "Therc is no judo com- licFoor must pay for most of hcr a-lso has a lot ort"crrniquc.;petition in the Olympics, but w€ got to trips. "Judo is an amateur.sport all thc Judo competitions' tatc placc oncompeteinthefestivalbecausethcrcwill way, we don't qct any financial sup- marked offni"ir, nfi"iings. To win,

be judo in the 1983 Pan-Am tour. My poit," she said. "-rhe juio club sends rie beFoor said, onc has to iain morcnext goal is to make the team for thc iometimes, but they just don't have the points than ", oppon"nt in tlrows, pin

Pan-Am tour'" funds." an opponcnt or win by submission ofthcPoints she received in othcr national DeFoor works part timc at westgat. oppon"nt. The mat is t9 fcct by 14 fecttournam-ents-qualified DeFoor for.thc Hospital as a nutrition technician.-she and players "r" finuiiria iiitriy tSrowfestival. Her best finish was second plact said she saves most or trr" moncy .rri oppon"nt, out ofthe boundary.

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Lots of nostalgia in these notes byBILL KEYES, (o Zfst. '39-'441, of 120VaIley CresE, lJethersfield, CT.:t'Have been readins with int.eresL. thearEicles concerning YCoclg Pager t that,rold Eimer. I He certainly was an out-standing charaeter. I had a noddingacquainEence with him.

"I had sergeanEs in Co. D, 21st, Inf.Regt,. who certainly looked much olderthan hlm. I remember Sgt. Coker, who hadwhiEe hair, and used to f111 the jacketof his 30 CI machine gun with wine whenwe went on 15 day maneuvers in peace-time. That water jackeE held seven pintsand he always had access to iE. He wouldjusE remove the cork, aE the fo::ward end,and Eap a glass or two.

"ThLn wE had sgt. ttBloopt' Bishop,another old timer, who would have had aforty-eight, inch ihest,, if it hadn'Ebeen belorrr his belE. But he was a good

But. he wasntt; he jusE tried to comparediseipline beiween-the Germany a-rnry andthe Airerican army. He praised them fortheir discipllne- and their dedicatlonin folloping orders.

"One night, I had been visiting mY

old Co. Dr-sitting in the supply room,listening to Tornmy Dorsey and -GlenMiller records, when a Eremendousexplosion occurred. Naturall-I we allheidea back to our outfits. It wasnine orclock at night, and as I washitchhiking back to Tent CitY-, whosiopped anE picked me up, *i!! the jgeprsblatkout lights on, Major He1fers. Hesaid (in thE black-out) 'Is that youSet. Keyes?r My rePlY was, rIt woundsfite triltr alt,itirde boinuing, Sir. I

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Cityr t we found ouE that, t'he order hadbee-n eiven Eo Eake all weapons awayfrom Ehe rlsland drafteesr' confine EhemEo their tenEs, have guards patrol thecompany streeti, and Lhe orders were thatif iny- rlslanderr shoned his face out-side bf his tent, shoot him. These werethe kids we had been training for weeks.The nicest kids youtd ever want to meet.They would go home to Hono191u, orwhe-rever, r6turn Sunday nightr and- bringme the mosts succulanE Japanese dishes.

"I did noE agree with- t'his. I hadlearrred Eo know Ehese kids of the islands.ih"v *"r" mainly Japanese (in ancestry).But'I will tell you this! They were allas American as apple Pie.t'irle learned that an accident hadoccurred at Wheeler Fle1d. It seems thatEhev were loading' or EransPorting athoirsand pound borirb and iE accidentallyexploded and killed manY men.''\rlell I can telL you we felt, prettyashamed of ourseLves the next morninghaving Eo face our young friends whoI am iure were deePIY hurt bY thetreatment thev had received.-- i'As you kn'ow, these- samg tlslandfboys weirt on to joln the 445th CombatTeLm and became Lhe most decoratedunit in EuroPe. One of them from thebig lsland, (cantt recalL hls name,buE he was the son of a Kahuna, ornative doctor) was killed in a torpedo-ins of the local island ship that wentbeEween Ehe ls1ands. I got, to knortr himwe11.t\,Ie11, as you have gathered;I wroEethis leEter with the purpose of sharingiE wiEh readers of the Taro Leaf, aswell as my buddy ,lohn T. BradY (CO C2lst Inf.- Regt.)."

And print-it, we dldr 8i11, justas you wrote it. Nice memories.Thanks, BilI.

all of Ehem.ttYes, weEimers, andthem, Eo seethe rDraft. r

ttThaE was when we received collegegrads, college professors, rodeo corrr-bovs -- you name theml- "I remember Tim Molloy, who had beentCo^rboy of the Yearr t at Pendleton,Oregon, the year before he was drafEed.He was rKing of the Cowboys. r When hecame into the anry, he was out of hlselement and had Eo take orders from usyoung sergenats. He played the gamethoush.

"Then we had Professor BLack fromHarvard. He was an English professorand spoke six languages. After hisrbasi-c trainlngr r I Lhink he wound up asan inEerpreter for some divislon inEurope.

"i remember the Elme I was on rde-tached servicer up at rTent Cityr (upperPost) training the drafEees from thestaLes. We had Major Helfers as ourC.O. He was quit,e an individual. Thearrny had him investigated, becausethey thought. he was a Nazi sympathizer.

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Werve had a wonderful story for thisissue. IE was a report, dated lastItay 30Eh, from DALE W. FIELDS, (C 19th143-145), of North 5510 Bemis, Spokane,Itlash. It arrived too late for our lasLissue -- and iL just had to be used,someLirne. Your11 understand why in afew seconds. 'I'he report went for 3 pageEDale was bursting with joy. We'vereduced ius lengLh somewh-at. BuL herersDale t s message:

"LasL night, at 6 p.m., ArL Cossairt,my optician, came by to give me by nervreading glasses. He put Ehem on me. Ipicked up a piece of typewriLtenmaLerial and read the ent,ire piece. Bythen, tears were sEreaming down my faceand I hugged ArL. Pearl came in and Ihugged her and we did everything butdance around.t'Dr. Alan l,lackay, the ophthalmol-ogist,operaLed on my right eye in February andEook out a caLatact the size of a babylima bean.t'I have no peripheral vision, soitfs doubtful that. I will ever drive acar again.t'tsut I want.ed you wonderful people toknow whaL Jesus Christ has done for meand this family. He has given me vision.

"Some time last night Pear1 told mesomeEhing that she has kept inside herbrain since the operaLion, but never toldanyone. Thank heaven for Lhat. Fo1low-ing the operation, she asked Dr. Mackayhorv things went. He said thaL they wenEvery wel1. And Ehen she asked whatchance I had to see this and LhaL wheneverything healed. And Dr. I'lackay askedher if she wanLed it st,raigtrt.. She toldhim she rvanLed it as st.raight as he couldgive it to her. And Dr. liackay said,'It, is doubtful that, Dale will ever haveenougb vision to do more than walkaround. t

t'But many of you, many, have sentprayers Lo Jesus Christ. and asked Him Eolet me have enough eyesight that. I couldread. And Jesus has answered EhoseDravers.' {'I"nrt iE wonderful to be a Christianand to know the por^/er of prayer?

"My greatest personal thanks to eachof you who prayed to Jesus Christ that Iwould see again. And Fte has let me notonly see, but to see to read. And thatis the qreaEest of all.t'NexE week I get my distance glasses.How nice it will be Lo see Ehe posies allaround Lhe house and especially- in theback yard. And I will be able to seethe various birds and bugs and goodnessknows what, all. Right now I am actingas if I were given a new toy and only

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f ,iff-U"-5'9 years old and tfe 't.oy' I.["""-U.." givi:n by Jesus- Christ EhroughDr. Alan }tickay is the ability to see toread.- "if any of you getti!8 Ehis letterlive-near' Spok2rner-consider Df ' Magkayas the greatest eye surgeon Ehere is initi" p.It of the tountry. olq 9octorh.r" io Spokane said you-would have tono-to-S""'Francisco t'o find anyone equalEo or. I'lackay.

"As I I'ay on Lhe operating table,Dr. l(ackay took ahold of my right handand the anaesthesiologist took ahold ofnry left hand, and everyone who wash-elping in the operation made a circleand took ahold of hands. And thenDr. I,lackay said one of the most powerfuland rvonderful prayers I have ever heard.It was absolut.elv beautiful. And thenEhe anaesthesiol-ogisE said, t Dale, don t tyou need a little aLt?' And she clappedthe cone over my nose and I passed outuntil some Lime after the operation.

"May the Lord, Jesus Christ, be withDr. Albn }(ackay and help him in all hisoperations and'everyLhing that he does.-

"Some of you may know that I was blindfor more than Ewo and a half years. Itwas no fun, but Julia Pearl and Kenyonand Samuel made it tolerable. To teIIthe truth the three of them were wonder-ful.t'God bless each and every one of youand thank you for reading this letterthat makes me so hapPy Eo send You.t'We are still ready for any of youwho wanE to enjoy a wonderful inlandnorthwest vacaLion. Try us and see.t'AIl my love,

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