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TARO LEAFVo!. XXXlll - No.5 1979 - 1980

The publication "ol, by and lor thos6 who served or now serye"the glorious United States 24th lnfantry Division, and publishedlrequently by the 24th INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION whoseotficers are:

Presldenl:B.G. Lester L. Wheeler, USA Ret.2108 Stirrup Lane, Alexandria, VA 22308 .....Te|. 703-360-7597

Vlce Presldenl:Walter Cunningham2828 Maryland Ave., Baltimore, MO 21218....Te|. 301-243-6191

Sec'y.-Trear.-Edltor:Kenwood Ross120 Maple St., Springlield, MA. 0'l103..Otfice Tel. 4'13-733-3194

Home Tel. 413-733-3531

Chaplaln:Fr. Christopher J. Berlo, C.P.1239 St. Ann St., Scranton, PA. 18504 Tel. 7'17-347-5691

Membershlp Chalrman:Howard R. Lumsden167 Hickory St., Wood Biver, lL 62095 .......Tel. 6'18-259-5771

Convenllon Ghalrman:Victor Backer178 E. 73rd St., New York,

Conventlon Commlltee:Michael Mochak .'l 143 Walnut St., Springdale, PA 15144Charles E. McMichael . .. . .158 Freeport Road, Butler, PA 't6001

Dallas Dick 1701 Bridge St., New Cumberland, PA 17070Virgil W. Scott......291 1 Clayton Ave., Beaver Falls, PA 15010

Association membership ls open to anyone and everyone whowears or ever wore the Taro Leal or served in any unit ever formally"attached" to th6 24th lnrantry Division. Dues are $10.00 per annumlnclusive of a subscription to the publication, Taro Leaf.

The Division History covering 1941-1980 will be released just assoon as the Editer, who is writing it, can finish it. The cost - $20 percopy. Only members will be allowed to purchase copies.

1980 GonventlonAugurt 14 - 15 - 16 - 17, 1980

Plltsburgh, Pennsylvanlaoao

NY 10021 . .Office Tel. 212-535-9202Home Tel. 516-482-5055

YourTirncouple of facts abouL pittsburgh:

PopulaEion:Metropolitan L r976r64lCity of Pir,rsbursh 468.651Counr.y of Allegheny L;5L7,996Altitude:710 to 1,370 Feet

Average TemperaEure:_ .January :3of; July 75oFBridges in Allegheny- County:

I 700Pit.tsburgh DisEricE River TonnageShipped on the Allegheny, Monongahelaand Ohio Rivers

63,957 1724 Tons AnnuallyTime Zone:

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We carried an item in a recent issueabouE PETER FoSTrNr, (C a4 t44-'45), of323 Higdon, Mt.View, Calif., lookingfor WALT SMIGEL. BENNY MASHAY (D 19thf40-f43), of 32548 Knollwood, Warren,Mich., spotted Ehe item and went Eowork nrnning Walt down. A11 he hadwas that, WaLt was "somehrhere in Mich.t'-kinda like "somewhere in New Guinea".But Berury found WaIt at L3726 Spnrce,South Gate, Mich., and now WalE is -what-d'ya-know? - a member. Thanks,Benny. €

Inflation is affecting everything.In fact, by the time you read thisr-Bo Derek will be an 11, if not a L2.

We rans Ehe bell on ED and JaneSHTRLEY, (Z+rn Sig. '42-'44), burnobody answered. Why? They've movedLo 14529 rarorre:_Yldj?rhian, I11.

WALT KIJEK has Ehe act down fine;he noE only join; he ioins as a LifeMember. wir[ was c t9rtr '50-'51. Heand Dorcas are at 509 Laurel,Manchester, N.H.

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werve never t"*-.*ay from achallenge when iE comes to our senseof humoi. But rve spoEted Ehis carEoonio "-*g"zine

and its very point alluded.r". We"showed it to dozens of oEhers

".ra fot the most part, it felI flat with

tt"*-"" well. DoLs anyone l-lave a-Eheory

".-to- just what the point of it all is?

NOTICE TO ALL LIFE MEMBERS whohave vet to receive their mqmbership,f"i"". ttold it,, EanBr wontE.You;i;;;;i There his-beeir a serious break-hqsn in comnnrnicaEions once again -ior the third - and hoPefullY - thelait time. Werre getting Ehe businessoi pto..rting and eEching-and. dist'ributingoi 'tt" platEs over into-our hands andaie put,tins a stop Eo this fooli-shnessforthwith.- Kindly bear wiEh us just afittf" longer whiie we geE int'o highgear. Thank ,"""..__

"shorry" ESTABROOKT (q rg 6/48-7 /50)of. 43 Pin-ecrest, Portland, Me., writes:"I recently obtained a 19tb Regt.Crestand noted 3 stars on it. I alwaYsthoueht Ehere should be 4 sEarssymb6lic of the four greau wars in whichif," igttr had t,aken paiu. Any conrnent?r'

We could comment, ShortY, and wewill - but, first. letrs hear from aChick who might, come fonuard with hisorn version. ,/(z<-_

Itrs a darn shame that, after 200years, all the people who really know howto run the countnJ are too busy cuttinghair, or driving cabs, or tending bar.

For the benefit, of HoI,IARD BRUNo'(Hq. lst Bn 34Eh 6/45'4/46), of 2842N.liesert, Tucson, Lriz., who asked usEo print iE, our fiscal year_starEs onAugirst. first of each year. - .Dues forchE currenE vear ::trn Erom 8/L/79 to7/3L/80. Have you Paid Yours?Howard says: "If you are too big foryour briEthes, yoirtll be exposed inthe endt'. Sad but true, Howie.

CUIOUTYOURDREAMIilOThree Rivers Stadium (far lett) isthe home ol the Pittsburgh Pirates

and the Steelers. The lacility seats

5O,O0O peoPle and was Paid lorthrough the issuance of revenue

bonds bY thqgllY-qt

Infantrymen from BravoCompany, 2nd Battallon 21stInfant,ry, brave sub-freezlngtemperatures as Eheymaneuver throrrgh a snowlaced Land Navigation courseat Fort Drum, N.Y.1 priorto the start of EmpireGlacier r80 activities.The course crosses somerugged terrain, severalcreeks and open snocfields.It was approximately 2500meters, which seemsconsi-derably further inhealry cloEhes and througha fooE of snor. (U.S.Armyphoto by Larry Spruill).

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PITTSBURGH - Black andgold are the colors of this city.We know that from its cbam-pionship football and baseballteams. Otherwise, Pittsburghhas an image problem.

I asked the writer at the ad-piniag desk, "What do Youthlok of when you think ofPittsburgh?" After consider-able hmmnming, sheanswered, "Smokestacks." Thatpretty much sums it up: Pitt*burgh and steel go togethelasunequivocably as Detroit audautos.

To be sure, Pittsburgh wasonce a pretty gruDgy place, andtbe dirt aad grime of the nillshung over the valley in whichits rests. But no more. About 20years ago, PitBburgh scrubbeditself clean, and it hasn't stopped polishing yet.

Those who bave visited andlived there know that Pitteburgh is a rare gem of a citywell wortb a weekend or weet'sstay at any time of year. It'isrich in tradition and rich inbucks with a flourishingacademic and cultural atmo$phere.

AS DETROTT had its Fords andChryslers, Pittsburgh had -itsCarnegies and Mellons, who puttheir steel profits into banking.Today Pittsburgh's control ofilvested capital assets places itsecond only to New York lnflnancial power. It has moreoorporate beadquarters - 2j -thau any other city except NewYork and Chicago. it ranks fifth

in technical research anddevelopment.

0K, so much for credentials.But you can be sure that thepeople involved with all thatmotrey want quality in theircity life, and they have indeedcreated and nourished it.

But is Pittsburgh any fun?Yeq, of course, and what's niceis that the city is compact aDdeasy to move around in - especially if you like to shop. Pitts-burgb is one of the few citiesthat has three majordepartment stores'in its dow[-town. The largest, Kaufmann's,covers two full city blocks withits eight stories. While it's notSaks, it is oae of the best of itsgenre - the au-Purpose, au-price store. Dedicated browserscould spend a day or two tbere.

Pittsburgh is located on adelta of land in the valleYwhere the Monangahela andAllegheuy rivers join to formthe Ohio River - hence itsmouiker, the Golden Triangle.Of course, it sprawls. ThreeRivers Stadium, bome of the Pi-rates and Steelers, is just acrossthe Allegheny, and Mt. Wasb-ington overlooks the city froEacross the "Mon,"

The cityJs newest rtlracdonand shopping mecca ls StadonSquare, a redevelopmentproJect at the base of Mt. Wash-iugton. Here, an ornate. audonoe bustling traiD station wasconverted to the Grand Con-course restaurad't by Detroit'sChuck Muer in 197t. An adjolning warehouse houses .theFreight House Shopa whichopened this past October.

TO GET TO stadon squarefrom downtown, junp pn thesmitbfield street bus or trolley$es, they still have streetcars)and ride across the bridge.Walking is posslbte and Oerdisample parking for 50 cents Icat.

Tty to gst to thc Grand Concourse in midafternoon, botween the lunch and dlnnercrowds. Dou't bother eating -you can get practically thq samemetru at Charley's Rar Bar ttthe Hotel PoDtchartrain lndowntown Detroit' completewtth Cbarley's Chowder. Rath-er, pause here to gape and gasp.

Tbe Pittsbur8h and Late EricRailroad statioD was begun in1898 and completed iD 1901. InIts beyday, pass€ngers from 76daily scheduled trains rushed

tcmss its mosaic tile floors,It was bere tbat all trtins left

for separation points duqiugtwo rpofld wart. Por nadves, ltis ricb in nemories, aad oaecan overbean "I can t?memberwhen I used to work in the city

We would rush across t[cbridge and ruD through tbttdoor and down thoee steps aadout onto the plaform. Bvery.body was hefe - from the richto millworhe$, Everybody rodethe train."

The main waiting room -lavish with marble, polishedbronze and carved woodworl

- is now t[e mah rriniag p64The vaulted ceiling of stainedglass, darkened during theblackouts of World War II, hasbeen bcraped clean and backllgbted. Many of tbe orlginalbenches are in use as banquettes. Globe lighs provide asoft glow. Be sure to wall to thcupper level to eqpy the overalleffect.

Tbe outside plaforn bubeen enclosed and converted tothe River Rmm, where diaerscan see the xtater and thebridge and cheer for the occ*,sional freight traiD that pas86.Wbat was once the ladics'

I n Pitt s bur gh . . . i1itri $;t{;:$*:;li$;'flJliii:''Coilinu.d fronr Prso tc - mostly red brick with live nowers 1957 at Ehe ex-JaPanese Kashll Airwaitin! room is a. private dining anagreineryhangingfrompotso1 Annnrnit,lon Depot, ntll, occuPl-ed by thearea.'lte terminal's laggage roon thesecondtivet.Soneof thestories 24th DQM, located near Fukuoka, Japan.hasbecometbeGandyDancerSaloon are located in co'verted railroad part, of [,he operations bulldin! hadgBd0l{elBar,agoodllacetos!9p cars. And rerminal.type wooden tni..-offtce ioo*s in a rovr - Etre QUfor a drink and maybe lunch until 3 benchesabouud.p.n, wheg the ptac9. inexplicably If lookingandspendtngnateybu on one end; Class III offlce In theilcesunulthespm.dinlerbour. nunsry, criu, uit at the origin l mlddle; message cenEer and mail room

uueisanfiziUuonroiitlgtt" ;fi?'J'S$":iHordogs,Tequilalunc. on the other end, and- a1l,c.onlrecteduon-renoviui,n-rto sptenoid r+ lii'iiiiriicu.*"Cenarorgouti wlth lnside doors. The 24th Divislonsults. Oistomers have rciponded ac- nalrJ

- IG-LTC SCHULZ - wlth two members of thecordlqgly,soreservadonsareamust. rw.:-r-^^-. aL- IG t,eam, and the Divlsion QM LTC CLYDEruJEiii'ia concoune is ooen for tF rHE WEATHER is decent' Srab t ,ENNINGTON were in-t["-qM ,jff ic" ioir,gtuncU* on wiiAays and fof dinner breatl of. fresh air 8nd take in a

from S ro lt p.m., r."raiii,iii"i Uiouo"rrie*oitniqityuyhgadlgg over the annual' IG inspecEion report'p.:n. to nidnigrht, Frirlays;fi $;r: &to.n ,!. purung roi ai til *1 I was 1n the middle of f ice checkinE eoaldays.

uu*'lsr- wrsniogtonioclinelHere,ftniculars shlpmenE charts when a loud f cr

TbeFretgDtHoustShopsnextdoor cre€p -up and down the cliffside shonered.my. chart wlth wood spllntersuiiertAiii worth youi d;;;t";. ^.J.ty'.fryTloutes

or rD at 2s cen* s and a bullet buzzgd Past ny e3r andir you aiiiite snqifring.-rnirJ-G throw. (Fartherdowntherlver,the slapped through the iloor tb the QMrst"folt;typi."tslif ittneuuncn. Duquesne.Inclineoperateswhen-qll offite. I sai a bullet hole in the wal'nislthioirilttntorneSeriNiessi' *ne3.rs thow upr) 4t th9 to! of .Yt i"-iioit of me.

- it-ci*" from the ma'l[is,-"-n.r. Winnie ine p*n, iuO- lVashingon are Christopher's and I*dington and Misha, tt. ooI?rI#i uonCti"

"itne "ity'iuest - ana room' There was shouting and aunfortunate Otyrnpic ,ri,li"iiii nostlxpeusive-restaurant$ scuffling noLse from t'he QM's office'court.samprernenonenatiiaie"'ai

-stauoi quare continues to gtrw. Fearing. Ehe.worst, r dashe9--!-g- the doorBolan,s, which has u".i p-iii"g Asecoad wirebouse is beingieno and looked inslde: Col. PENNTNGTON satDoutrdsonpittsbursn"rsf;26-y";irl vatedJor more shopg and a cooting behlnd hls desk wlth a dazed lo-okra-ndfitr*;lifi;hffi"iauB"o,isu"p *!99lit'ltrygnginarefullished the IG team was on Ehe floor behlndspeciarizingiianuqueswitnlrioi' dining car' The Gateway Clipper Ehe divan on which they had-been slttlng,ilitb.r.: or tni'ftlorenouse Gal. boats, which provide -river cruises ;;a ;' them shouif"i: "Th"yrre af.err"ies,"[idn;ffersoriginarart.g_e lll]g]:f#1:rt[fl\:["fiili; "", :: Eii;t ;;; olrr-ro sqr up,,---."uwoiib.o.n offers prit-itlt*"in".: ally eipecied to dock here. Wbile usr -- Lrrev "= ;t: !Li;"--*l'1No o,,"yourself natural *mA ru.ni'ti"r!]lii tUii Urig.oo*g complex is the citv's t'he gr:ard

' ca 1 Ist. Brendan,s crossings.rr';ii'r"fiil o.*qifi

"nu[to a6, it is certai;ly was Eit). st,111 fearful' r dashed inEo

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CRABTREE and Evelyn of Lpndon ^.19,I-.:9-^1:'LYreachedonfootare face white as a sheeE, sllghtIy

will supply you w1h uror.iii$id ll..t5:::?.rytcatbedralof Iearning Erembling, mouth. oPen' - starlng at the

il;ilffii,, toniio .nrii.i-r[i :1.9:-,u:,]:*ity of Pittsbursb, 8o f 1oor. H6 was Ehe- mail clerk andiruitspresCrveaincouruoiiiJr.rfie 9]-YTdliF,zoo,

aviary a.pd plang' i"siodfa" of a .45 cal. automatl-c plstolgl--'r,'m:irJ'*ilf}lU'll 3Ji,".'"*td:'i.tl?;,103.'Hi',! iFi"*"i:ll; m13"it"l:t":ug::ol**e",corree or tea and "'.i[]#:1 ,*:,r*rsi:#iTlt!'i'.ifi i3&"!x'r,l:t;':}3:::E;;}i::"!l}B6i ':"".makings for more. The Fre:Factory will do the same.speciarizesinroiqo."orr"ti""r"irilii. flfoltr^l:s:tarlvinHeinzHalland had ejected, anii slannned the round backAlwayschristmasisiusttuai--

"-"- you Gan see the world's largest pipe !n, -gnd -ryiuL his f inger on the trlgger -Even the pushcarts arl''unique. 3:qp*Elipes)atcarnegieMusic it'fired! . The poor Btv ygs- scared-Eo

snioy st<ites'will deck yoo rriT"r Hall'The-StePhenFosterMemorialis death. I hast,eired t6 teII hlm Ehat nothe roller rink. Ibe cr.."ed.i P-9-k}ry:-tDd there are always one rdas hurt. and he seemed to me1t.

fit**"rryg;l,;f***:t :{}iiflIT,il'iH'touo,gr.o,", --'-"'ih; 1ci"',"porL-wa"-i iear wall-

ptaythings.Itereisnucni^lj---- to mind. recall it's , *,iooi1 - 5ust banger! k9!g bther thlngs ' lE requlredThe decor is espe"i.uyloitucur" iit.G-atureti.t urs. EhaE the mall-cLerk receive one-hour

instructlon dally, for 7 days-1n-loadingthe pistoL, flrlirg i9, ceas'e-flrlng lttand irnloadlng, anii cleaningl After 7days, the Caftaln of the Dlvislon PlstolTe-am came Eo lhshii, and gave CPL.

A lot of touringcomes tightly pack-

aged in downtownPittsburgh.

PETERSEN his final exam requlred by theIG:

'Vhen the bullet passed chrough mYdoor lnto Ehe QMrs office, it PasseddirectLy over the IG's head and lodgedln the wall.

"T'his ls not intended to be funny. It,could have been fatal to someone. Butof all people - the IGl"

Good- st-ory, JffiJ EEanks.

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. New address for GABRIEL AYALA,(.r S+rtr t42-145). Try 1001 n.N"i*a"k,Monterey Park, Cal.

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AIan Alda, M.A.S.H.'s offbeatHawkeye Pierce went over Eo Fordham U.recently - hers an alumnus, class of 156.He spoke t.o a group of freshmen withwords which prove Ehat he isn't completelyoff beat. He told them a few things wethought youtd like to hear - or read -too. Among his words were these:

t'Someday, at some poinE in your lives,maybe years from non, a Iot. of you aregoing to look up from your work andwonder what's the point of it all.Yourll wonder horv much youtre reallygetting accomplished and hovs much it allmeans.

"It seems to me that your life willhave meaning when you can give meaningto it. Because no one else will givemeaning to your life. There isn't a jobor a title or a degree thaE has meaningin itself. And there isn't, a liquorthat will give meaning to your life - ora drug - or any type of sexual congresseither.

"Ird like Eo suggest to you, just incase you haven'E done it yet, that Ehiswould be a good time to find out whatyour values are - and then figure outhorr you're going to be able to live bythem. Knowing what you care about andthen devoting yourself to it. is justabouE the only way you're going Lo beable to have a sense of purpose in yourlife.

"Tlmes seem to have changed quite abit since the sixEies. In those dayseveryone was out on the sEreet.s. Butyou've come in ouE of the streeE. Theyiay youtre thinking more about your or^rncareers now than about marching.

By question raised by PAUL andHatrie FRITSCHE, Qa SLg. L/43-L0/45),of 49 15 Dover, Bear:nonE, Tex. Theyrrecoming eo Pittsburgh - but....theyare Houston Oiler and Dallas Corboyfans. They want a guarantee that,Terry Bradshaw w111 noE be ln Eo,rnover our weekend. Werre working oniE, kids. By the way, 4 24th Sig.couples met in Las Vegas last }4aich -the PAUL FRITSCHE| s, the BLJD pOEis,the CHARLES ABELEE'!, and rheAI,DEN HADIMONDTs. Grind reunion,they report,.

'\r7e11. if thatrs true, lhe funny thingthat it,rs possible that. you can do morcchange thiirgs than anyone could in

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excellence..." - And on family ... if You can love

the people you shar-e yolrr llves with -vour wives and your husbands and yourttrildrer, - and if you don't shortchangethem for a few bucks....if you can lovethe work vou do - and learn- the skill ofiE, the ait of it - and-'love Your arE'as Door as iE mav be...'t'If you can give full measure to Ehepeople irho pay iou for your ldork.. .' t'If you tair try not to lie'- try notEo cheat, try t,o ilo good just bY doingwell whaEever vou do...-'--frttL"-yo"

,irf have made a revolution."

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In which we ask you to join wiEh usin welcomine STANLEY and liariorieADOMNIK, (A-13rh F t37-t4}; e SZna rt40-144), of 224 E.Cay, Poir Richey,Fla., lnEo our excluslve soclety.Stan is reEired and he and Marge arellving it. up in Florida.

TOM ARETZ, (E & Hq.Co. 19th)r of15135 N.Maln, JacksonvilLer Fla., wasgolng to make a PHSA meetlng with6ta Suddv ALToN HALSO (Sv. Lgth) andhoped he-rd see JACK FINAN and CHARLEYMeIIRYDE there. Dld all you felloosmeet as planned? And did You share afew beLt-s of the grape? Tom addsthls one lIner: "Retirement is whenyou stop lylng about Your age and-start lylng about the house".

The Chutzp"t'-n "-ta for Aprll goes

to Lake Placid for even thlnking ofapplylng for the 1992 tlint,er Olymplcs.tttlt'wo[Id only give them 12- years toflgure out hcns to oPerate a bussyEtem. Not tlme eiough, we say. Tryf-or 2OL6, Lake Placid.

Lrc I{ALTER ffi*a*, 24th eM,retlred oa length of sernlcer ggw llvlngat 3409 Portsaouth St., HoPewell, VA23860. Ilally goE to the 24th DLvlslonvla the ETO. He was wlth Dlvlslon QMat Kashllp Japan, and Kokura Dlv QMSupp1y Polnt.

l,Iay the Convention Chairman offera toasE for the coming reunion i-nPittsburgh which he heard a long Eimeago and whose auEhorship is unknoHm tohim, buE it seems jusE Eoo appropriateto this occasion Eo ignore:

Herers to Ehe friends of our youthThough some werre bereft,

I,Iay the links Ehar are Iost. butEndear what are left.

Signals BOB LONGFELLOi,il' ofL273L Poplar, Garden e1ovgr-

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JACK FINAII suggests put,Elng the PostOffice Dept. in charge of the infla-tlon problem. They won'trsolve it, Jack

it :er:$: "theY sure as H--- will sloc

'1 . Ramada lnn2. Howard lohnson's3. Montour Motor lnn4. Hilton Airport5. Parkway Center lnn6. Conley's Motor lnn

7. Hospitality8. Holiday House9. Sheraton on the Mall

10. Howard .lohnson's11. Crossgates lnn1 2. Allison Park I nn

13. Redwood Motor lnn14. Quality lnn15. Holiday - R.l.D.C.16. Holiday lnn - Harmarville'l 7. Howard Johnson's - Oakland18. Sheraton North - McKnight

19. Holiday lnn - SewickleY20. Showcase West21. Showcase East22. Marriott lnn

CaI. :LZI )L F()pJ.iaf I \rallJElt vruvt, vq!. .

"Have been buylng the Wor1d War IIserles of books publlshed by Time-by Time-Llfe,and recently- recilved volumL elt,itledtReturn to ihe Phlllpplnesr. IE seemsto me that the Tlme-Llfe book might

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to me that the Tlme-Llfe book mightto me that the Tlme-L1te Dook m].ghbe of real interesE to glrYs of the24th who were in the Phllippines.Several mentlons of the Dlvlsionand pictures which might be familiar.Enjoy each lssue of the Taro Leaf;espetialLy llke the idea of lncludingnews of Ehe current active Dlvlsion.T'hankslt' And thank you, Bob, forthe t,ip - and ftt" klnd words.

Spotted an it,em by Col. W.E.I,.IYRICK,of 9553 Wlndsor Lake Blvd., Columbl-a,S.C. Hers trylng Eo contact TaskForce Smith personnel. There you havelt gang. The rest ls up to you.

Strictly another soap operar thatfsall it is. Soap operas - you know thosedaytime melodramas with the over:rrrroughtsEorvlines which qo on forever and ever.welI, as to ttforeiertt, w€rre noE so sure.WetIi wager that rrFrom Here To EterltiEyrris yanked from your TV screen by Ehetime you read this. They made it NBC'scurrent night,t.ime passion play - anditrs pretEy sleazy. Can't. last. Thetitle and the Wahoo seEting are the onlylinks that this series has Eo JamesJonesr novel.

Remember that movie? Burt LancasEertthe brawny high minded "firsE" andDeborah KLrrr-the unloved majorrs wife.Remember their inrnortal cinemaEic momentwhen they abandoned diseretion and clungto each other while rolling around inlhe clover, 'scuse us, the surf?

This latesE hogwash ignores the soulof the book and hands us iEs flesh.Neither Barbara Hershey, the 1980 wife,nor William Devane, the 1980 first,bring a smidgen of LancasEerrs or Kerr'sclass to the-roles. It isntt even rdorthcomparing them. So we wontt.

The sordid stories wiEhin the storygo on and on.

For example, the Narry man finallygets the broad to sleep with him just asshe falIs for Ehe Narryr deserEer who'st,rying to Erack down his dead brotherby sleeping with Ehe local prostitutewho was his brotherts fiance. Hor,rr doyou like the story so far? Hey you,over there in the back row, wake upi

0h, to H--- 9t..BOB and Gladys TOLER, (24th QM r48-

'50) , of 9007 P'ennrose, 'Litt,Le [iockrArk. ,would love to hear from any of their oldTaro Leaf fri-ends. Nelther ls in thebest of health; letters would bewelcomed.

.._Ihe Senate Judiciary CounrltEee has

recomnended that, Congress aware $1milllon to ex-soldier, J.R. ItrorrmelL ofSpartanburg, S.C. because he was glvenLSD withouE hls knor.rledge as part, of anArrry drug experimenE. Unbelievable,lsn't 1t,? And alL the whlle Ehishassle has been given publiciEy, wetveyet t,o read ment,ion of the name of anyspeclfic parEy in the Arury who mlghthave been involved. And the wonderfulpress.which brlngs you all Ehe news

This was a viewpoinE rde spoEted in"The Orion Gallivanter", the'27thDivisionrs paper. It was so good we hadto steal it, for you. It was tit.ledt'Itm Fine" and wbnE like this:

There's nothlng whatever the mat-ter with me,

I'm just as healthy as I can be.

I have arthritis in both my knees

And when I talk, I talk n{th awheeze.

My pulse is weak and my blood lsthln

But I'm awfully well lor the shapeI'm ln.

My teeth wlll eventually have tocome out

And my dlet I hate to think about.

I'm overweight and I can't getthln,

But I'm awfully well lor the shapeI'm in.

Arch supporters I have for my feetOr I wouldn't be able to walk on

the street.Sleep is denied me night alter

night,And every morning I am qulte a

sight.My memory fails and my head's lu

a spin,

I'm practically llving on asplrin.But I'm awfully well for the shape

I'm ln.The moral ls, as thls tale I unfold,That for you and me who are grow-

in8 old-It's better to say "I'm flne" wlth

a SrlnThan to let anyone know the sbape

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"got up and went."But I really don't mind, when I

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VA ha6 just released some flgures.Ttre average age of nearly half of U.S.veterans ls 57.2 years. More than3.3 mllIlon veterans are already 65 yearsof age. The trend ls only beginnlng.Ttre ntsrber of veterans who are over 55w111 trlple ln the next 15 years.And non ior rhe bad news. l'T'hls wiLlcreate demands for medlcal servicesfor old age pat,lents beyo-nd anyEhingthe VA can today support". CurrentlyVA operates 172 hospitals, 22 ottu-patlent cllnlcs, 91 nurslng homesand 16 residences for chronic problems.Tennls anyone?

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CI^A,RENCE "Bud" COLLETTE (5rh RCTr51-t52), of 5 CatEail lane, Irvine,Cal., is sponsoring a west coastgathering of the clan for sometime thiscomlng October - ln Ehe Los Angelesarea. Details will be forthcomingin a future issue. Ittll be a ont-daygaEherlng on Oct. 11, 1980 aE theRegistry Hotel right, across the streetfrom the Orange CounEy AirporE, amere hop, sklp and a flutter over fromL.A. International.

BEN trMlke" LEA, (Uq. nrry. 13th Fr41-r45), of P.O.Box 307r Cottage Grove,Ore.; asks about the Price for ourforthcoming Hlstory. $?0 Per- copy' Mike.He also asls about- a Llfe Membership.Itts $100 or $20 paid durlng eaeh of5 years, Mlke. Mlke asks if anyoneretalls that Mlndanao night' when 5 Nipsattempted an infiltration of the 13th'sBn. nid Station radlo tent, Bn CP, andthe Piper Cub. They were really afterthe pline. 4 of th-em met, their maEch atthe lerimeter; one made it to the planewher-e he blew lt and hlmself lnt,o40-1I oieces. Mike would love to hearfrorn airyone who remembers thatexciting night.

- The History? 6 itrs coming -but gosh ltt.- sloru. -Wetre covering oneor two other bases as well in ttds-Iilr ole outfit, - and there are only

24 hours ir-r-a day. BesLdes wetre t'ryingEo earn a living - on the side - and-you all know what a tough tlme ourWashington pals are giving us on thatscore. - -Your -pat,ienee and undersEandingare soliciEed.

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Cheers - the hockey season is fastcoming to an end. For a few months nohTtwetll have no more of bashing eachotherrs heads in, plcklng ea-h otherrsmolars off the ice. Peace shall reignagain. a

Pittsburgh is a1ert, magnificentinspiring, original, enchanting,inEriguing, memorable, thrilllng,romantic, explorable, changing,mysEerious, magic, exotic, and on t.opof all that,marvelous. So says,MIKE MOCHAK'. Ue adds: "Come 'on overin August and see for yourself."

carch RAY PATTON (E 19r.h a/Sz-a/fiiA 21st, 8/5L-4/52), now at his newaddress: 5800 118th Place N., Largo,Fla. At last report, Ray was managingthe Best West,ertt MoEel at St.PeEe.Are you still, Ray?

GreaE lines rffi.rston churchl-Il' sdescripEion of Clement At.lee, hissuccessor as prime minister:"....a sheep in sheepts clothing.....".

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We thought that, OSCAR JUNKANS wouldhave had enough hiking. Not so saysthis o1d 2nd En 34th Eellcr,t (8/44-L2/45).Ihls is he and daughEer Cassandra. Theyhiked 500 miles of the Appalachian Trall-from Sprlnger ME., Ga. Eo Parisburgr Va.Adds Oscar, "I pLan Eo do some morehiking in ihe slring - probably aIone."What happened, Cassie? Had enough?

Word is in from JESSE A. MLTRGA,(c ztst '50-'51), of 3510 Custis,Aususta. Ga. He wriEes:""Lis a squad leader with c 21stduring July 1950 and from Aug. !9 }lay1951 *as a platoon leader in A-21st.I remember an aEEack in Feb. or Mar.of 1951, on h111 1157. We starEedup the tritt at daybreak after artillerysoftening and no resistance wasencounteied unt.il laEe in Ehe after-noon after an arduous climb. I waswith the point, squad and the company .was all stretched ouE on the only pathup the hill. As we were apProachingtile cresE we spotted some tyellow snovr'left bv the Chinese enemY.

"Th-at bit of carelessness on theiroart out us more alert since it toldLs ttrly would be near and thau isexact.Ii as it Eurned out. We movedup quiLtly and surPrised 3. sry|lfbrie - w-e approached witshin 10 yardswhen we spotted each other. But wewere readv and they rvere not; withour M-lrs'and hand-grenades iE wasover in a minuEe. So Ehe word isiwatch out for the yellow snow. t"

As we ready ailr," for theprinEer, 30r000 demonstrators aremarchin! from the White House to theCapit.ol-in the cold and wind Eo protestarift registrations. And whors thereleading Ehe sho^r. You got it -Rev. wIlliam Sloan Carter. To theatrarrts of such as ttHell no, we wontE go,we wonru fieht. for Texaco" and toiigrrr such Is "Draft beerr- noE-me",30;000 of them put it, on the line.Belter slow dowir on the sabre ratEling,Jinury - least until we can geE ouracE Eogether. €

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LEO MCDONNELL, (24Lh QM r53-'55), of1715 Prospect, Scranton, Pa., sends usa flne it,em involvinc Gen. VOLNEY F.WARNER. Says Leo: t'Lnyone who has doneas rnrch as CoI. Walter Collins deserveshls pot at, the end of the rainbor. Seeyou -ln PEsbgh, God wtlIlngr'. Wereproduce the Col1lns artlcle and thepicture shorlng the honoree wlthianice Warner, -Volneyr s good wlfe.

"Collins ... refused all med-ical aid until he delivered hismessage," it said.

One of the men Collins car'ried to salety was Sgt. JoyceKilmer. But the poet, bestknown for "'Itees," was severely wounded in an attackon a German machine-gunnest. The former New YorkTimes reporter died of hiswounds.

"It was an inferno," Collinsrecalled in a recent inter'view. "I passed through onetown aud buildings were ex-olodins on everv block. Airrencf,man wit[ his legEblown ofl crawled from thewreckage of one building andbegged me to help him. I hadtime only to drag him oft tothe side."

Collins' delivery ofthe mes-sage was oedited with helpins his unit hang together.Donovon recommended theyourig soldier for the Disting-uished Service Cross.

But as the war raged on,anv trace of such a recom'mdndation disappeared. .Col-lins returtred to a career as afinaneier on Wall Street andin 1945 was awarded the Silv'er Star - one steP below theDistineuished Service Cross.

He rtrsisted, sending hun-dreds-of letters and badger'ins the Armv Board for Cor-reition oI Iriilitary Resorts.Finally last year, Collins lecated former fellow sniperEd Stubbs, wbo witnessed the1918 heroism.

Last September, the ArmYboard agr-eed !o uPgrade Col-lins' Silver Star to the Distin'guished Service Cross.

Hero of World Wor I

Finolly Gets CitotionPOMPANO BEACH, Fla.

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boy iu 1918, Walter Collinsdodged bombs and gas, risk-ed his life for others and car-ried mortally wounded poetJoyce Kilmer off the bat-tlefield. But he never got theheroism medal his comman-der recommended.

Now, after 62 years, the oldsoldier has won his toughestfight - he has convinced theU.S. Army to give him hisDistinguisherl Service Cross.Ihe Army's second.highestdecoration for bravery was tobe presented to him tonight atthe American Legion hallhere.

"I never forgot my cross,"says the 8l-yearold Collins.But he says it wasn't an easYvictorv.

An - l&yearold reservist

durins World War I. Collinswas aetivated and sent toErance as a sniper with the"Rainbow Division" ol theNew York National Guard.

On July 15, 1918, near Jon-chery, his unit was locked in a0ough fight with Germanforces. As mustard gas andbombs raked the battlefield,Collins volunteered to get amessage through to his com-mander, Maj. ll,illiam J."Wild Bif'Donovon.

"Although badly gassedand at one time knockeddown by tle concussion ofhigh explosive shells, Collinsrescued two wounded com-rades, carrying each in turnthrough the heavy bombard-ment," says the citation to beread tonight by Army Gen.Volney F. Warner, Florida'shighest ranking military off-icer.

The Eroubr" *ffi ord is thatthe future ain't whal it used Eo be.

KEN Hol.rzcl,Aw:a4 ord) of 438l,hrrElewood. Calimesa, Calif . r isthrine to iocate CoI. I'IANLoVE'nilSwdntH MTLLS, rvAN cACTUS and othersrememberlng him. Sorry tso rePorEr- Ken,ihat "whitEy" Manlove has- gone to hisieward. Elisworth Mills hangs hls hacat RFD 2, Perry, Iowa. We have noi."ai.tg 6n lvair'Cactus, -bu-t-the catrsout of-the bag; Ken is looklng forhim. Any ideas, gang?

Retired World War I veteran Cd. Walter Co!!ins, 81, grins broadly afterbeh6 awaded Distiryished Service Croes at Pompano 8each, fta. He sham hlrioy with fanice Warner, wife of Gen. Volney f. Warner, who prcsented the crossto Collim. The medal was awarded for deliraril6. m6sa8e to his commanderthrough dangercus terrain. (AP Laserphoto)

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One thine abouE I^IALT and PatriciaEGDoRF, (Zrit l/43 - L2/45), of 1339Prairie, Beloit, Wis., they give youthe naked Eruth. They made iE to NovaScotia in OcE. Hurried back because ofthe snow. Years agorWaIE complainedbecause he had 3 married daughters andno erandchildren. Came his now-famouslinE, "No grandchildren, buE then, whoh,anEs t.o tell every body you are sleepingwith grandma. Now 4 years laEer' WaItupdaEes his report. with3

"EveryEhing is going great for Patand I. Our one and only grandchild Tomis now 3 L/2 years old and the apple ofboth of our eyes. After having hadthree girls, it seems quiEe nice tohave another male around. - By Ehe way,sleeoine wiEh Grandma isn't half bad.In fict"itrs jusE great."

And we're aII tickled pink aboutthat, l^Jalt.. Thanks for keeping usposted

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latest mtrlti-media threat:,'TokyoRosert' radio star of l,Ior1d War IIr'rrowseeking to make her fortune in th6 bookbLz. Iva Toguri D'Aqulno, age 62 -was a Japanese-American UClA-graduatestranded in Tokyo wtren Ehe wai started,and forced to broadcast propaganda inEnglish Eo U.S. soldlers. eoivict,edof treason in 1949, she spent six yearsin-jail, -!"d her ciLizens[rip revoki:d,and -was f i4f ly pardoned by- presideniFord ln L977. But, Iva, now a gifE--shop ovmer in- Chicago, is still plentybit,ter over those years of non-ciEizeir-shipt and what many people deem theunfairness of her prosecut,ion (she wasthe only one of tnony "Roses" t,ried).So for the past few months, Ivars beendictating -her memoirs into a taperecorder for Chicato TV anchorman BillKurtis, whose authorized "Rose" blowill soon be shown to publishers bysuper-agent Bill Adler. Iva witldescibe her years of "living hell" inJapan, and maintain that hei seduct,ivebroadcast,s never really hurt the AlliedCalISe __

RoY FRoST, (B 34 from L/42-to/44),retiring from Kansas petroleum tirauiiriesCorrnitt,ee. Is mgving Eo Bella Vista,Ark.e and says, "I'lI trelp BILL BYRD'swing Hot, Sprlngs, Ark. iil rBI ifthat's what the gang votes for.t' Werregettiag interested in Hot Springs our-selves, Roy; it seems Eo be'Ehe-ONLysiEe anyone is trying Eo "sellt, as ofpresstime, all thanks to BILL BYRD.

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Pickyl Piclcyl Pickyl B0B SILVERS(Div. JAG officer) of 243 S.Rockingham,L.A. rCal., caught our error in theTrechter oblt Ln our last issue. Thattswhere we said Div.Hq. was in Okayaura inFeb. t45 - should hdve read Feb.''46.Writ,es Bob: "ItlI be one of ghe wisegrrys to corrnent horlnhell- couLd DlvisionEe-adquarters be at Okayama in Feb. t45.I really think the Japanese would haveseriously objected and had I wound upEhere aE that, time I have a feellng that,I wouldnrt, be here now. Anlnray, thererdas no wav Ehat, ED HENRY would allonr anvof us in the JAG office to rprer invade-Japan tcause maybe he would have had tojoln us ln the fight and our offlce wasiertainlv more in"the rGreaE loverlthan fcr'eat fighterr caEegory.

"Back to your wrlEeup and what waslnt,erestlng were Ehe corments aboutColonel Ihomas D. Drake. Could youfill me in on the detail-s because Ir Eoo,had a serious run-in with'him (eventhough I was a lorly court reporter sgE)seveial ti-mes on behalf of G.I. rightsand he was very, very difflcult. I wasyoung and nalve enough to thlnk thatright was mighL and he d1d hls bestto disuade me of that, notion. That, wasi.n earty 146. Obvlously he did his bestto rlIe a lot of other people and Igotta ask what the ugly scenarlo wasthat was played out.

"Yes, i afu curious and could you besoeclflc about the dlfflcultles surround-iirg Col. Drake. Being an enllsted manItt certaln I was not-prllry to lnforma-tion available to offlcers. And cer-talnly W/O Henry was never one to betraya con-fldence and at that tlme, duringthe occupatLon, infornation about anofficer could have been consldered thaE.

"Do mr dues and curlosltv entitle met,o more information?"

We an*vered Bob, of eourse - bgt byway of a prlvate letter. It dldn'E seemorudent to rehash the whole stonr inthe Taro Leaf. Suppose lde save it forthe Hlstory? For now, leE us remlnd youof buE one story - the one about TalomoBeach when T.D.D. ordered each of us tomake a necktie out of a shirttalL sowerd look ttpropertt when we went t,oJapan. W111 you ever forget lt?

Budnick n"a "?t r wirh hls wifeand wents Eo the Turkish baths tosleam out. LaEer in the evenl-ng hedecided to phone home and maybeaoolosize. So he calIed her up.' ttHEllo, sweeEier" he said. -'Whatare vou naklnr for dinner?"tn[Ihat Irm rraklnt, you bum? Poison,thaEf s what, Irm makin. PoisonltTel1. in Ehat caser make onlyenough f6r one! Itm n6t, comin' home."

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Nice folksy little note fromVINCENT J. LAiIOCCo, (ttq. lsr Bn 21stt43-146), of 208 N.Beech, N.Massapequa,N.Y. Jim (he goes by Jim by the wayand not Vinnie) wri.tes:t'Enclosed ls a check for my duesand a little to boot. Ahlays enjoygetting ny Taro Leaf. IE's good to keepin Eouch wlth the past. I've beencorresponding with buddies from the24t}:^ for 34 years. Some of the guysI keep in touch wlth have thelr namesin the Taro Leaf. Enclosed ls a nelts-letter Irve been editing for the flredepartment for 15 years. It's gettlngbigger. I'1I- be retlring ln a coupleof years. I was a grandpa abouE 5years ago. A1.1 ny 4 chlldren aremarried or keeping company. I've onlybeen to one reunlon. The rest were toofar to travel. Sure hope they haveone on Long Island."

Jlm sent us a copy of his firedepartment, paper. It's terrific, Jim,just terrific.

Too we got a bit of a i{ry smileover thaE business of his klds beingttmarried or keeping companytt.

//r4rr'd7"Looking him stroight in the eye, I soid 'Coptoin Frimston,you're obsolulely wrong

- I'll bef my stripes on it."

TOM and Barb MURPHY, (D 19Eh r47-'48), of 3041 Gertrude, LaCrescenta,Cal., made "Taro Leaf" the drawee ontheir recent check for dues. Wedofift care, kids; we puE it through.Thanks.

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True bluer thatrs whaE EheY are.It's HAROLD ind Lorraine FRITZ' (g :+tttf40-r45), of 382 ChesEnut, Kearny, \.J.,shovring off an afghan, -the result ofhundreds of hours of effort. on thepart of Lorraine. Credit, Lorraineirith the idea. The bat,tle credltswere supplied by Hal - nlce going, Hal -big deal. IErs a wool knit measuring-beEter than 6 x 4. Theyrre bringlng itto Pittsburgh for a disposlEion as wesee fit, with proceedsr--if anyr to gotovrard itre uistory and "in memory ofthe men of B of the 34th. Great folks,yes?

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ANDY BOGCTA, (D 34r,h 3/al-6/a5) of,141 Erlanger, North Babylon, N.Y.1sends ln $100 for a Llfe Membershlp.Bogey as he was known t,o the gang sendsus"t[ris one of "hlmself" (on EherighE) taken at schofleld in r41.Wtro's that on flrst,, Bogey?

"The man who has begun to livemore seriously within begins to livemore seriously withouL."

(Pfrittippe Brooks)

WALTON L. JOHNSTON of the u.s. Army Conunissary- aE ForESt,ewait, receives a cerEificatse in recogniEig!--9f n19-:r yearsi"-iEa"r"i service iiom r"ra5.Gen. JAMES-F. COCHRAN III, !h"Di"i;i;;-Co*r,a"a"i.--Pinniig on Ehe Length of Service pin-i;'t;;itT"-;;; w;;de11. rhE awards wer6 P-resented recentslvai.i"g-."""*oii"" t"ra ?!-For.t sEewart. walE began workingioi tE" government in 1928, dhen he entered the 1l1y-1, --.-'^iohnsfon"is no sLranger to the Division, having served withus in World War II.-- il

"rra nis wiie, Rosa, live on oglethorpe Highway.ln

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Blg article in a recenL issue ofArmy fimes under the title, "Wtten GI JoeCan'E Read". The Ehrust: that the Armyhas a loE of men who are unable Eo readthe daily newspaper, much less the armymanuals. Worse: that. if these men arerequired Eo act in an emergency and useprinted rnaterial, Ehey may be a hazatd.-

How nulny are Ehere? Says the arEicle:"There are tens of thou'sands of

servicemembers like them, invisiblybonded by a conrnon handicaP - thedifficulty they have recognizing, PTo-nouncing and uirderstanding the Englishlanguage in prinE. They survive in ,r

the-military, as they did in civiliansociety, because reading is not arequirLment for survival. Nor i-s it, inmany cases, a requirement for jobs.

/'How effectivd will the miliEary'spoor readers be on the job? WilI theirhandicap burden others? Behind thedisheartening personal porEraiLs ofpoor readers-lie some cold sEatisticsand disturbing Erends abouL illiteracyand iEs impacL upon the armed forces.

"An 'iliit.erate t used Lo mean aperson who couldn't read and write hisor her name. BuE the meaning haschanged and so has the concePt. Todayteducltors speak of 'funcEional iIlit,er-ates' in describing adutts who can barelyread, wriLe or do simple arithmeEic.

"illiteracy, essenEiaIIY a socialproblem, has become a serious r- costlyind conLroversial manpower problem foruhe military.

"It is cbntroversial, since itfundamentally quesEions the quality- ofthe all-voluirueer force at a time whena reEurn Lo Lhe draft increasingly isbeing advocated. And it is serious andcosEIy because the services no longercan a'f f ord Lo downplay or ignore it.

"Weapons systems are more sophisti-.cated, ilanual-s Lo explain their operaEionand miintenance are more Lechnical,and work duties are more specialized.At the same Eime, the services arefacing stiffer competition in recrJritingbettei qualified enlistees to do theseiobs." "AlEhough the services have propor-tionately more high school greduaEeswithin their ranks than ever before,they are finding it. herder and harderto iEtracE recruits who can read andundersEand simple training maLerialswritEen aL grade school leveIs.

"According to DepartmenL of DefensesEatisEics, ibouE one in 20 of a1-Lrecruits - or about 19'000 a Year -are functionally illiterate, meaningthey read below-the 5.5 grade level, thestai"rdard used by the United Narions inmeasuring illiteracy worldwide.

"Even-more recruiEs and enlistedmembers - as many as one in three -are estimated to'read at less than juniorhigh school levels, a deficiency which

means they will have trouble reading andundersLaniling most milicary job, Erainingand field manuals.

"IronicalIy, many of the services'poor readers graduaEed from high school.In 1977, for insEance, the GeneralAccounting Office reported thaE as manyas 50 percent of recruiEs ident,ifiedfor remedial reading instruction werehigh school graduates.

"As part of overall job Eraining' t!r"servicei currently are spending more Lhan$16 million a yeai to teach recruits andother enlisted- members reading, writingand maEh - up to fifth Eo ninLh gradelevels.

"Technical, training and field manualsare being rewritten - down Eo as low assevenEh [rade leveI. More graphsr -charLs,picLures-and illustrations are used, -andin some cases the books resemble comicbooks. In one Armor manual, for example,a caveman hunLing a dinosaur showssoldiers how to 6apuure a tank. (Serviceofficials say the publications,arebeins rewritten to-make them clearer and*or""i.tt"resting to alI soldiers, notiusL for poor readers).- "Training methods also have beenmodified. Today, theory and generaliob background Lre downplayed; repetitiveiractice-sessions are stressed. Thereire fewer lectures, and more slideshows, movies and demonstraLions.

"In the A*y, for examPle, jobtraining is broken down into a seriesof simple Easks. Soldiers pracLice eachone individually unEil it is learned.Then they are tested on Eheir ability toperform bach task, rather than Eheir6vera11 knowledge of rhe job.

Sickening isn't it? This countrYspends 75 billion per year on education.And some of the pr6ducts can't read orwrite.

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Not for lone did we wresEle with the question, "Should Albert Gallant be euloglzedi" it"""-p"t""7".--ttr"t he never wore the Taro Leaf gave us no problem.

Nonetheless, the case of AI Gallant. was othernise singular. - Over the years, at ourrmrriad eatherins".-U" they maior conventions or minor geE-togethers, Ehe beach partigs;?-il;.;;il-;;;;eai"er oi giid"at.ions or bar mi-tzvahs-or ordinations or whatever other

"i.""" "rr"., a handful-of us'could and would invent as reason for coming togeEher, Al

was frequently among those present. He was truly accepted as one of-us - by some

il;"aif,li-*"gic - bEcause hL was the husband qf i wife'who was.Ehe sister of one of us

;;;;ibtt-" fIrif" "ii"i""a, bur what the heck!!l In any eventr jusElflcatlon indeed'f;i-aha;" words toa"v.- Ai'was, in a very unique and warin sense-r one of us.- andi[;ril;[iy ;j;y;a-hii place iri our spheie of -uhlngs.

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The night of his waking remains fresh in mlnd. IE was a tremendou-s outPouring ofaffectlon - one of the laigest in our memory, and wetve seen a few. Yesr -we-weret[;;;.- He had tiaveitea ifie distance a few years earlier to be, by ogr slde -in an hourof grief. We could do no less now - to honor him, to be with Ehose he loved besE.

Friends and family moved through the funeral honne in a flurty ot comings and golngs'

" .iicii"t *""s ;l;;ing i-n as insEinctively as does a herd in the field to surround astricken 6ember. It i; a time Eo be Eogether, Eo acknonrledge the lnevitable, to offercomfort, to deal somehou with t'he finality.

The rooms were filled to overflorlng - r^rith kinr friends, fellcn^r workersr-felLosp"riitio""i" in itre church he loved, and yes, Taro ieafers - all speaking well for theiepth and breadth of the affections Ehese-people had for A1.

And standing talL, in the very center of it allr_was_Rita, looklng sfgplf.Iovely..in trei tii.f, fiitt g6od Geoffrey', nor,v in his new r61e of man-of--tlre-family, by her slde,along with b6autifui daughters Citherine, Jane and Elizabethr- making one inordinat,elyproud that each member oE this precious family was his friend.

Alrs friends were there, their energy flow almost a Physical -supportr- as- theycon "r"ud in practicalitiei and questi6ls, hoping to.tiL i"gh-oEher Eo the here-and-nortrrLest one, so*Lhrr, go too far inio grief. They were just helping each oEher.

Some were with thinning hair, and thinning muscle mass. Whitehaired, sPa-re-framed,

=toop.a, -iralght, irailr"hardyr_they were-c6mposed in their handshakes and kisses'

;i;i;-i; it"ii"*oids, comfortiirfry simple in uheir-exprPssions of_symp"!P:. Some spokeirot at all. JusE a hand on the-a-rm. An arm around a shoulder. Every liEtle movementhad its meaning.

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Havlng shared, been part of, and been on the-peripl"ty-of so many griefs, so manyheartachEs and tiagediei, theii network of emotional involvement ?s a_gr-oup r{as woveni;;-aa;;e of layers, some encompassing long time associations-, closely-kni! at times,ilr; i;ilo,rsfy-atiactea at other'times-- all in-some way, somehow, connected to thatgood man, A1 'Ga1lant, now departed from this vale of tears.

There was no castlng about for effuslve reassurances or bolsteling ut,terances.ttrese-iofks had st"i-a"good and bad times, h?d fussed and reconciled, .rejoiced andalr"p"i""al-corioii.d "r,E

been comforted. -And

novr they were.here, ir-r the-solidness of;[;i;-kfi!trip,-in;i; friendship, thelr respect for A1. what a display of love andaffectlon.

No fear of being misunderstood when each asked a friend-, "Sad isntt it? And hovr

"r."ioii;- i;;it';";r;;;;-"Hw ai" yo" taking Ehis?" Tfiat each knew.--Nor, "Hour doii"'flIif" -ih;t

each knew too. nacu i.ras askin!, "Are you going Eo be all -right?"'f:i.fr-'ii"'trrnii"i ioi tt" assurance that the othEi had the sErength Eo 8eE chrough thishour of loss.

Sllences were not upsetting - words were not needed. Platitudes vrere not Eo bef"arEar--.ii".t." .rot tb be shlnned. Yes, life was different than one-might haveEip".iiar-U"i y"sr-*"ctr was good.- T=gg, th_ings in.generalr,and- some-in Partsicular,ao'"ot-"ir;t; i;ii oui wetl I or trappili. Wh6 would have Ehought life Ygrld hold so.i"y-"ti""it-fito""""", so many rrystlrils, so nr€Iny ironies? A hard world to under-stand - and why try?

Dear friends, wlth tendrils of memorles twined around 15-25-35 years,of offlces'afnnerir-gi"a.r"[1;;;; weddlngs, vacations, picnics, clambakes, home-s and hospi-tals.c"i"u"i"tE "t tt"-uiirt of s6 many dreams, ind mourners aE dreams that died ab-orning;ilil;;;;;-ai tt"-giorttr of new ho-pes, comiorEers in Ehe wake of failed undertakings,healers of hurts, bearers of love.

A dear one ls norc beyond all mlnlstrat,ions, all tears.

And life is for the llving. Friends indulge in no "I should havers" or "If I had itto ao-o"Ei'lr-.e.oEnizlng whaE an t4tidy arran[eme!! o{ ending-s and-b-eginnings, mishapsaoa-.fsurdeistandings, EangenEs and tui'nabouts, life ls; and how highly resistant toshaping and master P1ans.

IL was a tlme to saY ttFarewell".

Blessed are theY who came to helP.

It was, ln sum, a beautlful and heartwatmtng tribute to Ehis wonderful man,AlberE Ga1lant.

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There is a natural present lmpulse to droell on the flurny accomPlishments ofHARRY JONES, by list.ing a catalogue of past, events as though there were some way toquantify whaE he was all about.

Suffice to sav that, Harry Jones rose from a 24Eh Dlvlslon Second Lieutenant Eobecome Divisionrs-Finance Of?icer as a l4ajor, before turnlng to greener pastures ln awalk up the ladder of success to become the Finance Officer of the U.S. Aruqr.

Even though this is a sad moment andwe feel a personal lossr,we choose to remlndourselves of Ehe character of thls man. He was of a type who wouLd, flrst and last,,celebraEe life and the future, rather than mourn the past and death.

The news of Harry's passing c€rme Eo us vla ROBERT DAIIIELS and WALTER CIJNNINGHAM-'with both of whom Ha-rry and we served, a fact whlch in ltse1f gave us cause to thinkback over his life and its meaning.

He had all of the sparkling qualities: boundless good hrmror, endless optlmlsm andhope, and a spirit filled with compassi-oq and concern. He understood that- Joy lsesiential. Ha even was careful to- justlfy iE on the ground that ours is the only _

nation on earth to declare, officially, the pursult of happlness as a natlonal goal.

Even as we mourn his death, we celebrate because that would be what he would havewished us to do. We celebrate simply because such a man as Harry Jones was Elmong us.The joy of his memory will last far longer than the pain and sorry of his leaving.

How many times have we lived through Cunninghamrs telllng of hls favorlt,e HarryJones story?

It was Christmas eve in hot, hot Australia - the r43 ChrisEmas of course. By somemysterlous midnight requisitioning, most of the ingredienEs for a slngle rourrd of Tom& Jerryrs had been assembled by a Division Headquarters group which included Jone-s,Cunningham, and Ehree or four bthers, including one partlcularly obnoxious chap whoshall- remain nameless.

The concoction hTas properly mixed and cauElously portioned out to those present.as they were abouE to raise their glasses on high in a toast, to Chrlstrnas,JusE as they were abouE to raise their glasses on h

Mr. Obnoxious vo.red as hos a Tom & Jerry was just not a Tom & Jerry wLthout that extraadded touch, thaE sprinkle of nutmeg. Conversat,ion stalled mmentarily as Harry, say-ing nary a word, st.Lpped forr^rard, reached for Mr. Ots ah:ninum cup, relieved him ofsate, aird quietiy waiiced away thiough the tentrs door. Once outside, he reached dornoerrlgt qlts Ysls94, wslNss I

to the ground, scooped upto the ground, scooped up by hand a small bit of Aussi-e sand, and sprLnkled a fewspecks on the top of Ehe drink. St,epping back into the tent, Harry walked briskL'specks on the top of Ehe drink. St,epping back into the tent, Harry walked briskLytovsard the deEested one. St.ill without words, Harry returned to hlm hls biE of theseasonal grape. Mr. Ors chesE swelled; he brought Ehe brew to his lips, supped, andthen ahfd: "BesE Tom & Jerry Irve ever EasEed.' Score ll921- for Harry.

Thac a sense of humor is the lubricant of lifers machinery, HarrT Jones r.mderstoodfuI1 well. He knew lt to be a t,onic for mind and body, especlally for mlnds

atmosphere of war. in Hawaii. Australia. Goodenough,and

Gulnea,bodies snarled up in an atmosphere of war, i! Hawaiir- Austialia,bodies snarled up in an atmosphere of war, in Hawaiir- Austialia, Goodengugh, New Gulnethe Philippinesl Japan. "The best. ant,idote for anxiety and depression-r" he would say.It is a birbinesi as3et, certainly so when the business'is wdEo It lightens httrranburdens. Harryrs humor did preclsely thaE.

Harry Jones tatrght, us that ftrn can be the direct rouEe t,o a degree of serenityand cont,entment, even, or especially, in wartime.

Forgive us this soLe concentration oncounseling wiEh those we felt knac Harrythat Harry would have wanted Ehese words

the fr:n in Harry. We wrote thls only afterbest. We were unanimous in the sent,lmenEto come ouE this way.

Good humor is the heal-th of the soul; sadness ls lts poison. So belLeved HarryJones.

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JACK and Mary FINAN report to us with feeling Ehe deaEh, on Feb. 4th, ofGaptaln GERALD H. HINMAN, USA Ret. They wrote:'f'Ttrls great Chick served ln Schofieli Barracks from April 1934 to December L942.FlrsE assilgnment, in Go. "K" and later in Co. ICrr. From i'rivate to FirsE Sergeant to2nd Lleutenant. A natlve of Galesburg, I11. A::uy retirement on 30 November l-954.

"tro days before he passed away, Jerry sent, us coples of the 1980 Major LeagueSprlng Tralnlng Schedule - Grapefruit League. Last March on our baseball Eour ofFlorliia, we spenc an hour wlth Jerry and Mildred at their home. Zipper (nickname)picked bags of oranges from Ehelr trees and we had delicious orange julce duringour trlp and aLl the way into Tar Heel Land.

Jerry was Supply Sergeant of Co. K in 1939. Second Lt. JESSE MECHEM wasEx-Officer and KENNETH P. SLAGLE was Top Kick.

Some of you old-timers may be interested in the names of Ehe 1939 Co. Conunandersas follorss:' - d

Co. A - Capt,. Lundquist Co. L - Capt. Hawkins Co. H - 2nd Lt. WoodCo. B - Capt,. Graves Hq.Co.- Capt. Eddleman Co. K - Capt. HornerCo. C - Capt. Van Bibber Co. E - Capt. Bolduc Co. M - lsE Lt. RoyallCo. D - Capt. Johnson Co. f - Ca!t. Nervman Service Co. - Capt.Ne1sonCo. I - Capt. Ivins Co. G - Capt. Maclaughlinl.Ie hope Ehat, Jerry is with IRVIN & Evelyn BISNOFF, WOODY CHANDLER, JOHN FIRTKO,

and JOHN CHRISTOPHER in Ehe "Rock of Chickamauga" Heaven. I will always rememberhim by the following:t'The Loveliest"FleeE of Islands That, Lies Anchored in Any Ocean"

t'No . land in all the world has any deep, strong charm for me but,that one; no other land could so longingly and beseechingly haunt mesleeping and waking, Ehrough half a life-time, as that one has done.Other things leave me but it. avides; oEher things change buE it remainsthe same. For me, its balmy airs are always blolving, iEs sunmer seasflashlng ln the sun; the pulsing of iEs surf-beat ls in my ear; I cansee the shore; its remote sunrnits floating like islands above the cloudrackl I can feel the spirit of its woodland sollEudes; I can hear uheplash of its brooks; in my nostrils still lives the breaEh of flotrersthat, perished twenEy year-s ago."

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"Jerr7 and Mildred were married in Honolulu. During our Florl-da baseball t,ripnext oonthwe will extend our personal sympathy to Mildred. Shers at 1503 Mass.Av.rSt.Gloud, EL 32769. She lost a fine husband ahd a noLe/card to her will do much!.9-4elp her_T-grale. Jerry lras a great Taro Leaf Trooper. God Bless Him andMlldred. ALOHA.

Sadly, we report the death of Tula.wlfe of SPERO W. CALOS, (n 21st ,50-t51), of - 1151 Andover,

- Charlotte,N.-C. Tula passed away on Feb. 25thafter a several month's battle wlEhCancer. In Sperors words, t'Tula foughthard, long and strong, but, nor,l shewalks with God.t' In-your name, wemade a contributlon tb the Chailotteofflce of the AmerLcan Cancer SocLety.It was Sperors wlsh. We remember Tuiawell from Norfolk r77 arrd Lexlngton t79.

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