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ruA[B( alua[il2hIE ITFANTRI DWISIOT lsSOCUIIff TOL. V ToYEIBER 1911 [0. 2
34TE CIVES ITS LIFE ETCETII{C
(Eat. Note: As Ee 8o to Prosa, a rePortdlrect froE The PontaSoB ha8 1t that tho54th ls no none. That belovsd outflt hagbeen redeslgnated the 14th Inf. !ogt. and--hes besn asilgnecl to th€ 25th Inf. Dlv. we
ere speechlesf. It ls wlth heavy heart-thatre mai<e thls report. Furthe:: detalle 1111b6 for:thconlng 1n our Decer[ber lssuo. Mean-rh1le we lntond to tel} sole of tbo washlnS-ton and Tokyo rbrassf Just rtrat le thlnl< --and lt lsntt goodt)
The 54th Infantry Reglnent Savc lts llfoln the ft6ht e8alnst Conmurrlst aSSrosnlon lnXorea. nittlfng vallantly, the reglnentstood rlth tho 24th Dlvlslon th):ough thoblttar dolaylng ectlons of July 1950r-but..was broken irp on August 51 to strcngthen theotheri two raRlments of the dlv1slon.
The flghtlng mon of the reglnent stayad-on ln Kor6a though no longer in the.nama ofthe 34th. Tho lst battaLloDr lJ4tb, becanethe 3rd battallon of the 19th ReSlnent andth6 3rd battallon, 54th, bocatlo tho zndbatteLlon of tho 21Et Reglment.
Always reedy for a flght, th6- 34th- nB81-nent wai on meneuvers ln Japan rhen th6North l(oroan lr1vadors struck with tho fuIIforce of thelr clrack, nusslan-oqulppeal alrry.Puulng up stakes ln'tho Dlddlo of thenlghtr-tho ro81lrent nov6d out of blvouacpoittions 1n i pou:r!.ng reln end beqan thelt6htntng-speed packln8 that put them ontroroan so11 July 2, 1950.
sDeedlna north is soon aa th€y debarkedfron'a hosiltal shlp at Pusan' the lstbattallon set up stop-gap defenses atChonan. At thls tlny 11ttl6 Korean totn*he:re the Amerlcan soldlers wore treatedxlth klndty curloslty, by the natlve Popule-tlon, tho ir4th Yas to f18ht the socond malordolavlnp actlon ln Korea.
rie itrst stand of Anerlcan forces atOsan had collaPsed beforo tho wavos ofiroops and tanrts descendlng flom the nort!.ne eiments of the tlny for:co at Ossn folLback through the 34th posttlonsr- the- menbraced themseLves for the blor they knox f,agconlng.
At-dusk on J\r1y ?' Connr:nlst fo"ces flrstappeared in long colur,rns befol:o the 1681-rlntal pogtttoni. Tho enory 9r9ln9d forrarcln trass ln a IYonta] essault behlnd tanks.The tanks pushod throuSh road-sldo gef-onses.No::th Kor.ean llfantry could not push tbroughour llno rhlch xas backed by heavy fl:re-pow€r.
Falung ln thelr frontal assaultr -thcenonv fonEes sEept aror:nd the ends of theshorf,-span dofenie }lno. In a doublo-env61-opmant iovement the nu6rlcally suporlorNbrth Xoreang cmp}otely surroundad tho tornof chonen.
A flghtlng ,lthdratal was tho.only chanceof survlval io:r the cut-off Anerlcan battal-lon. Fl8ht1n8 on a.LI aldos, ths li4th slotlycut lts iay through the rlng of enony forces.Ihe lone battallon lnfJ'tcted heavy 6no
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EDTTORIAL
uuch thougbt and effort x€nt lnto thelast lssue of our paper. al1 1a a bone f1d6effor:t to glve you r[ore of the klnd ofoete"taL rhlch you rant 1n a publlcatlon ofthls type.
Th6 enthuslestlc c@$€nts f:roE soEequarters lncluded nTorrlflcir'Superlori,ItBest yetn, et al. T"hese rere v6rry gretlfy-lng. The coolness thlch ca,!o 1!@ othe!quertors ras enough to force us to d:rop outbrov sonerhers betroen our chln atrd naval.
At any rate, g6nt1o!nen, tc tr:1eal.tllstakas? Yeg -- Lots of-th6!. RooD for
lnprovonent? 0f cotrrso -- end ,6rl:0 Solngto talre full edvantage of 1t.Yourp odlgorlar staff ras the flrst to
a6nse the shortccmlngs of the SopteEbonls8ue. Th€y rere notlcod bcfore the paporras metled.
We loake no snall blundols; ours ar6splasby, tt[rndorous arld scerrT, e}]. ln ono.But re offar no apology. tr€ onLy aasrrrc youof our untlltlng offort to proflt by the sx-perl6nce of the past to produco lnprovenentln the futuno. Wo ask you to stay tltb us!n theso oanly deys of olrr ad[1nlstratloD.
lleanrhlle, koep your comnents -- good orbad -- coElng. They rlll all bc takcn lntoaccount aa uo go to press titb futr:lc laaues.
AND NOW, AS EA8frrUoRE I,SED T0 SAY,I,ET US fi'Nlc TO TEE LIBNETTO I
ti{eJ. Earry L. trFlnancen Jonos (Dlv. Fln.Off. itafter Horard eDd before l€dSerroodn)ls golng back to school. Harry has be6nbusy ln th6 Pontagon for tlrc 1a8t for:r yoar!as Chlef of th6 Porronncl Dtvlslorl ln thcch16f of Financc Offlcc. Ear!.!r ba! aotasslgned h1tnself lnto a steat Job as i !tu-dont at Eervard UDly€nslty Scbool of BuslnestAdnlnlstfatlon. Good 1uck, Ealryt
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MILESTOITE|S IN COiIRADESHIP
Prevlous annual Conventlons of the Assocrl-tlon:
Aug. f948 - BCItlEore, ud.AuB. 1949 - lfer York, N. Y.Aug. 1950 - Chlcago, f11.A-ug. 1951 - Detrolt, lllch.
And uert yoarrs E6etr.ng la colunbuE, 0h1ox111 be tho best Conventloa y€t.
Ed Een:ly rho uoods no lntroductlon (non doeshls lovaly vlfo Dorotby tho ls as gr:aclous astho atlp of a danclng ravc) has sent us aserles of plcturos taken last srmuer InIllndsoe. Ev6r h6ar of the Pleco? Above lEshorn the li{1ntel Elsnentary School
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NOTES FROU THI] BATTLEFIELD
Wlth the 24th ovor Thero -- Ea!1 W.Petorson (Redrood C1ty, Callf.) and LarreaceBuzb€6 (Ruskln, A1a.) re::e warklng tbrough aroodod anoe one nlght returnLng to thelrunlti thelt Jeep h&d bloken dorn. Theyh€ard Konean volcos but pald no attenttonand procooaled on thelr ray. Tbe nert nora-lng they aakcd e Korean pollcoaan the n8!eof tha vlllego 1n the roods. They seneanazed to flnil tbat there ras no v111ag6thone. Tboy had by-passed a band of Suor-111as....... A squad of tEagor Baav6railmder dllectlon of John H. Fostc! (8110,T.E. ) encormtored a 1l.ve nlne fl€Id at apolnt rhor. our tanks ,ouId have to by-pas8a blorn up brldge. Th€y ttrerked th6 Elacsbefore enoy Eoltar.a forccd then to tithdlratI,Yhllo llrder covor, Fbster set off tho fus6srltb hl! tr-I. carl L. Easllck (Elllortrlch.)lcd the platoon f,1th h1B Elne detgctolp toa1fur1nat6 the Roalst blockado. Afto:r a1noBtoonplotlng tho Job, they rere plnnod dornby snall arEs f1r6. Eldoo Arekall andTsrr,leo Shlshldo held off the 6n@y tlthBARrs lmtl1 the tanks arrlveil. EalI to tboSral &l8ln6o:ps ( n39 contlnuoua y6er3 ovcr-seasrt)....... Don Fltzgeralal (Datrton, try.)leil all asaaul,t group 1n e Dlsslon to tako ahotly contogted v11leg6. Dosr says 'wc rercsurptlsod shortly aftsr yo trovoal out th6n rcrecolvod raall'o lnst:ructlons to proccoal lntothe vlllage; that othar €lelnent8 of ot8platoon rc::e rlready ln the tovn.r wbat Dondldnlt knor ras that the Reds rcr. ln hls,:.adio net. John Vaughn (tler York Clty) rhorar rith Dotr, adds iAbout halfray in ro bc-caDe lusplclorr.B. We checked ln on the radloat1d aftor p::opc:r ldentlflcatlon dlscovGredthat rc xcr6 ellolt ln tbelr Jars.( GroverLlalby (Brllllon, Wls.) voluntecred to coyorthe platoonts rlthd:ralra}. He uged h1g hel-rnet for e trlpotl and plnneil thetn dorn tl,thhls flre unttl hls pals baal rlthclrarn.Groycr laten atnor back to safety hlnself.Thatrs outsnallng ton, f€lIors....... Jo6Wl1klDson (Baftlrno:re, l!d.) speat 7 days bo-hlnd th€ enmy Il.nes. Eo res aeparatcd fronhls ooupany along tJlo traktoDg Rlvcr. Eor6nt north Lusteaal of golng south a! hcthought he ras dolng. le aLl knor hot tbatcan heppon. Eo dug 1E ln a desertcd vllJ,age.gholtly aftcr, so d1d s@e Reals. dhey leftth6 yltla8c oach nlgtrt anal letuflr6(l eachEorarlng. Eacb ntgbt aftor th6y toulal loevo,Joo rould go out and acrouDg€ for food. 0rlthe 7th alght, tho patrol alldnrt co|tre back!o b6 declded to nekr a dasb fo!. 1t. Eo d1dand guccessfully, too....
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Colo Jln nchl![I PurceLl (Dlv. Slg. o) lsbusy at UollDouth. Jljl ras one of the plo-noers ln tb,e Assoc. end dld nuch to get uagolng ln th6 days back on Tal@a B€ach andItatsuya:na, shlkoku, Japan. wrlt6 us often,nchr.En, re 6nJoy you! good latters.
WHAT DlD IT COST?
fn ou, last lssue, re pr@lBcd to coEPalathe costs of ou! Iast tro lasueB. Thcprtntod firly lssue, lncludlng tho EsqulrcSupplenant,'cost $ar25.OO. Tho photo-offsetSeptenber issue coct $154.o0. Itre coparl-son 1s not qulte felr, horeve!, lrlasEuch a!tbo S€pteDbe? lEsue ,as alono ln thlcs color!rhercas th6 July lgsue ras a str:el8ht blackand rhlte proposltlon.
werll glvc you nore d6tal]! on costs Iabh6 trext lssuo aftor terve had a chancc toEaln addltlonal experloncc tlth tbo Photo-offset proccse. Itl! ell 1D en offort tosp6nd your dollars nor€ cautlously and tlaclyand you can ]lomovc ny gall bladder lD thoroor:rl.ng 1f that lsntt the truth.
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SPATT AND GRAVY
wlth tho 24th 0v6! The::c -- Bofor:e thcullt ras so coDplotoly shot up as to r€qulnc1ts !6noval, f::on tJre ll.nc, tho 34th uodl'celcoDpany sa6 one of tho Eost decoratod nodl-ca1 unlts ln Koroa. Sgt. tillUlaJ[ Sandc:tforvaE cr6d1t6d by Capt. Robor:t St6vcn8, r.og1-[€ntaL suirgoon, rltb savlng sevcn rorrndcdnen fron celtaln dcath tturlng a heavyertlUory berrage near Yongsan. $lhlfe h1ga1d statloD res uJrdor lntonse artlllery fhc,Sandorfor adn1n1s tor€d llfe-savlng trcatnentto tha ca8ualtlee and evacuated thcB ovcr!dlfflcu].t lomtalnour terreln to a saferp1ac6. Lt. Jackls E. Edgar anil Sgt. Welt.rLonS (a San Antontan) rho ras 1n tho eldstatloa at the tiE6 voLrErtoetod to expo8chlnsolf and elslstoil ln plcklng up, tneatin6etld ovacuatlng tho roundoal. H€ also hclp6dto evacuate oncrgency oqulpuent and t[6d1ce1suppllos out of the danger Zono....... Lt.JaJnes Gay (24th Slg. Co.) says thet the rlrccrerg have the tougbost Jobs ln th6 SlgnalCorps. l{o onc r1l1 allsputc that, JlD. Jlt!Ifrltes lTheao Een hs,ve been snlp€d at attalshelled and have gon6 for days rlthout s1o6p.Whan necossary, theyrve slugged lt out ofthe hot spots f,ltb tho doughbolrs; yot tboyalrays got thel:r rlrea lald.n Sgt. BlachanPoter:son (a rlre cr6r chtsf rho ha1lB fr:@Burgat, l{.C. ) ras Iaylng ,1re to a :regi-r0ental C? rb6a h1s cler ran lnto a fl"oflght. Bleckle eays nive h1t tbe turf andtaltod. Aft6r th6 sh6111ng stopped, leevlnga gaplng hole ln our JeBp aDaI lulnlng ourrlro reel, f,6 stalted 1!r to ronk age1n. Wcftrelly ::eachcd the CP rhero rs roro pltrnealdorll for 3 deyr.n Cpl. B11L L1nsl.y(Teeneck, lI.J.) rar on a pole 50 f.at ln th.elr rhon tho sh€1ls started fetllng. 8111cleltrls an aII tlltro rocord for ctlEblng donr.JI!! Purc€Il rhon toLd ebout h1r succclrsotraln thc 24th Slgnal Co. b6an6d aLl ov6! analoald ni{hat dkl you expect?n....... Joc D.Pago (cushhg, okle.) arrd Don zlcres (TcrraAfta, W. Va.) rerc captutod by th6 Reds andsscapod. Jo6 says nllc Eust be tro of thoIuckieat guys la the 24th.n They rero on eraconns,lssance n6er tbo Iaktong Rlver rhonthey ran rEack lnto Reds rlth burp guns.Thoy thought thoy ro!:o South Koreana rmtl1tiey tted then up. Jos rrote l\-rrthe:r eaylngnwe at€at.d 1t out fo! bours unttl a flriflght broke out betrecn thc R€d6 and tbc24th necon. Co. In ttta confuilon, Joo andDon silp,ped eray. Jo6 sayr nTtr6 Rocoa.dldntt loror ro ,€ro there but 16 su!:c kn6rthey rcnc thoroi....... A1 Forrr (Lancas-ten, T6x. ) sar a houae novlng up e vlllagcstreet. H€ ropotrtod !.t to h1s crer cblef.Aftor tJ16 Jklppcr: ra8 celled 1n for e confor-6nc6, thoy docldeal to opon flre. Al sayrtrYou sbould hav6 se6n those C@[las n[o- rhoare d1d.n Sholrtly after AI taa sent bsckfr@ the J,lnc for a lrest perlod. Ee thouchtthat the lncldont nlght bavo boen tho reaioa.Latar ln a rotreat, hlo norta! crer lcft thabqso platc bchlnd. AI say! xyte dug ln ontho next bllL and usod a ate6L helaet. It
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Publlshod roguxarly by th6 *24th Infantry Dlvislon Assoclatlon ii
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CROSS FIBE
The 57th Dlvlslon V6t6nansA8soclatlon boasts of 9o0O nemb€r6(worletlt) Itrs annual aases$rentts $2.0O per year and lt puts outa fln6 quert6rly paper., nTtro 37tbDlv. Vet6rans Nots.n The nBuck-eyesrt t6r1 us thet they ar€ thelargest dlvlslonal assoclatlon.Congratulatlons I Th8lr headqua!-ters, lncldentalLy, ls 1101 Wsn-dotte Bu!.Idlng ln Co1urtrbu8, ohlo,Just across the street {!oE theDesblor lyalUck Eotel rhere retlIconvene next AuSust. Anyone knor-lng a ,Buckeyetr ,ho hasart Jolnealhls Assoc. lllght pass the \[ordalong. Theyr::e dolng the same forua....... the 5th Aruorod Dlv.has over 800 members. ]/!hatrg ttrono,they have a lady sccretary. Ion-morabers can rrlts hor, !trs. ClalrsE. vlstrous, at 8549 LoY7e11 St.,St. Louls....... The 81st Dlv.Assoc. gave u8 a nlce plug ln thdrIast rtwildcat Ners." rrUp to thernlnuterrt they callod us. Arl8ato,WIIaI cats. Yourre not aloing baallyolther. Llkg ourseLvos, they neodmenbers. I{av6 youP lrl4ll1dcattrbuddlos contact Janes E. CahaU,I{ote1 HlLlsboro, Ra1e18h, N. C.,,ho ls thelr Natrl. AdJt.......The nboys of Bunarr, tho 52nd Dlv.Assoc. advlses they have about161100 menbers. Zoitel The stat€of llilsconBln has Just deslgnatedhighway 32 nrnnlng north-souththrough the state as 'The 52nd.Dlvlslon Menor:la} Hlghway.tt Nof,theyr::e trylng to g6t the statesof llllsconsin and l,llchlgan to undeFurlte thel:r Dlvislon hlstory. tJls-consln pessod lt -- !,[1ch18an 1scxp€cted to noxt year. T'heyrre onthe ball. l,{o}e powor to you,fcllows:....... The 34th Dlv.Assoc. coesnit have a publlcatlonas yet. rfletr:e glvlng theu sotrtolnfomatlon about oun €xperlenceaon costs, etc. ln atr effolt toheJ.p then get Bol,ng. If you knorany 54th Dlv. boy8, hav€ thon,r:lte Junlor F. MlI16r, secry.,54th Inf. D1v. Assoc. at A:r8onn€Artory, Des Molnesr 9, fof,a.......
ldaJ. Dan ilccle].]en (Asst. Dlv.G-1) 1s wlth the ArIry Secul'1tyAgency ln washlngton.
Al stelrart (F2]) has been re-callod to actlve duty and h&s beonasslgnod to the Post Englneera atFor"t ord, Carlf. ft xas good toheari from you, A1.
Sgt. Ilarold NoIl (24 Slg.Co. -oct. r41 - Mey t441 has Justr.eturnad froa Korea after: servlng11 months rlth the znd Inf. D1v.fs nov ln Co. A, 5o3rd Slg.Svc.Ba.,Cp. Cooke, Ca1lf. Ho r!1t€s thath6rs happi to r.eJoln. We116happy to hav€ you back In the 48rs,Hano1al.
Louls C. crl1hl (19th) auccess-ful1y opo:rateg a fornaL f,ea)p stonaLn Yonl<e::s, N.Y. Top hats, rhltetles, can6s, end al.l the flxlnts.
George lll1donla (19th) ls nora I'blrd colonelrr and 1s flylngaround Fort Wlr11ms, Me. Ill,G60rge.
OLD SOLDIERS NEVER DTE
Does anyone knor the pt:esentshereabouts of lilaJors John Gahr orRobert Ual.on6, fotrtrerry rltb the24th Slgnal Co.? If so, x111 th€ycomr:nlcate rlth Ye Ealltolr, pleas6.Llkerlse as to Loren fryson, theR€d Cross representatlve at Dlv.Hq. during th€ days xhen he raatradlng kn1v6s rlth the lloros.
POOP ON PILL PUS}I{FNS
_ Doc EL.tI UarkoL (D Co. clcarlng,24 \ied.. ) 1s practlclng lntarnalEedlcl.ne (ls thst good, Doc?) lnNfC. Blll xas succeeded at Kochl,Shlkoku by Doc BllI llartln who hagopened olflceg at GIen Cor6, L.f.......Doc Warter Anderson (Dlv.veterlnarlan up untll Leyt6) 1spractlclng vetertnar:y medlclne andhas hls osn hospital at TacoEa,lvash....... Doc B1I1 Georgl (E:.Surgeon, 3rd Bn, 64th frot! NewGulnea to Shlkoku) ls practlclngngdlclne 1n h1s homo torn ofBuffalo, N.Y....... Doc Charlter1€rr1 (I5th F. Surgeon and C.O.ot 24t}: Med. 1n Jepan) ls practlc-glg !rod1c1n6_at ltoodsldc, L.f.,N.Y....... Lt. Col. Dlcli Sh:rui(Dlv. Surgeon) ls at tho U. S.ArEy llospltalr Ft. IaavenrorthrRans.
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UaJo!. Genoral Blackshea:r Il. Bryan, Jr., ontored thc allltarygervlce IloE Aleaantt?la, Loutllsne after graduatlon fron theUnlteal Statos Ii{l1ltary AoaAe6, on 14 June 1922. P!lo! to h1.ontrance at th6 Acadcny, Oeneral Bnyan tas en RoTC Cadet llc!!S6p 1918 to Nov 1918 at the Ylrglnla Ul1ltary IDttltutc. lrponhls eppolntment as 2d Lt llon the USUA ln th6 Ptolal Artl1lery, hae8sraod a bettery duty rlth the 15th PLeld Artlllery uttll At€1924. Durlng tho pe:rLod llon Sep 1924 to Dec 1924, hls dutleax6r€ that of Rocreatlon 0fftcer Eoadguertors 5d Coast Artlflory.The naxt tro aDd one balf years for8il hln dolnS nLgcellancousbattory duty rlth thc 18th FA follorlng rhlch he ra! AssistaDtFootball Coach et th€ USUA. He rag thcn agaln aaalgned to the18th FA for battery tluty fo? 6 nontha follorlng thlch h6 ;as
UAJoR GSNmAt BLACKSmAn l[. EAyAtr, JR.CadDaadLng e6nere1, 24tth Infa[ttT Dlvlsloa Bobby Treadray (2nd Br - 21st)
Just sent ln hls Eoney for rtanothchltch rlth tha Taro Leaf.t Thanx,Bobby.
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Also nox feces ln the Assoc.Doc 8111 Anderson (iletl. Det. 19thf:ron Sept. r45 - ![ar.r45) oflrlnneepolls, and Norrls Tlbbettg(C-34th frolr fatl of t44 - rlntorof t46) of Duv1l,Ie, Va. 1'Ielcon6aboard, nates ,
a8sigDed dutles as Instructor, AdJutant, and lilegs offlcer et tho Bob Earreth (724 orQ)1 l:rltes usLltlltary Acadery (tlou JuI 1928 to Aug 1952). Bo theu beca:oe a on statlonery of "Bsrroth Motor &Student-0ff1cor-at thc Flo1d Artt116!t SchooL, untlt Uay 1955, fnplenent 0o.r Ilnlonr Mo.tr Bob,bon ho assr:rned. the dutleg of a Conpany C@ailder, CCC. F!@ Uketl those J€eps so much that hetsSep 1955 to l{ar 1934, cenoral Brlranrs asslgnDont ias that of e sol.llng thern today.Bett6rlf oftlc€! rlth the lst FA. IIe then becae Footbrll CoachIlstrrrctor: at thc lISlrA ujltll Aug 1955, rhea ho bocartrs a Student ,r]+:H!ji-:iofflce! at ttte Corrand aDd Gcnoral Staff Co1lo86, for oDa yoer.Aftsa h18 copletl.on of tbe C8cGSC course, ha bacaEe an Instructor AnAelo Lo:rlo (724 Ord. firmet th€ Flold A!.tl1}erT School rh3r6 he romalned untll Juf 1939 oct. f44 - Jan. 146) dropped ln totb6n be tent to the Aray War Co11e8o. Ttr€ Goneral ras thcn Ken nossr offlce 1n Sprlngfleldaaslgned to tbG ceneral Staff, 1{a! DopartDent at WashlDgton e! Just as thls lssuo ras being rrputAls1ltant Chlef of Stefl, O-1, irlsc6llenous Branoh. Here he re- to bedn. Hets rorklng end llvingnalned untll 10 Feb 1942. E6 next arsuaod dutles tltb the ln Brooklyn. 52o stockton st. lsP:rovost Uanshal con€:raltr Offlce es Cblef of tha Alslns Dlvlr1oa, hls Apo. OL2-26-7451. Angelofor 10 nonths. For the porlod f:!@ 18 Doc 42 to 5 D6c 45, - had Just returned fron a holldayioDorial Br;ran rar Asslstant to tho P:rovost Uarshsl Gonoral, ltt dorn ln h1s old trone state of Li.ohargo of Prleonera of War and lr'llua:ry Pollce Actlon. On 5 Dcc AngoLo reports havlng net Hap1945, hc b6car!6 tbo Pnovost l[arsha]. G€neral, anal r€EalDsal ln tbat conkJ.ln (724 otd,.) the oth6] day.capaolty untlL 9 Apr 48. Els next asslgrnent ras that of Actlng Hap 1s ssillng Jewelry. HaprsProvost ltralsha1 ftortr 10 Apr 1948 to 22 Jutlo 48, at thlt tl:r€ ho address 1s 55 lilontgoneny St.,ra! a_Bslgned dutleg ln th6 Canal Zons aa Chlof of steff, t{ewbu"gh, N.y.Cerrr.beaa C@and., QUerlT Eelgbts, Calal Zone. Eo !.enalneal 1ntbc Carrel Zoao untll hls asslgmcnt to th6 Far East Comanal fot r#rt*r-.t?tlduty lD trorea as CcmEan(Ung conerp.l of th6 24th Infantry DlvlsloDon 12 Ja,r 1951.
Ihc GeneraL ls Earrled .nd hae four: chtldrsn: Blaoksbca! tf.I7I, 217 Robert E., l4;_Ja!e! E-., 10; and carln_a, 6. fl14 peran- Ed t{ell ls nor an attorioy xlthncnt hol!6 add!.ess la 3459 liaconb St., N.lr., Washln8toD, D.C., bhe f1m of llolmes, Ultchell-anclrbolre h1s-rlf6, Itl-rs. Catherlne.Eyaar_nor resl.deg. cm6lson ln .r,,tch1t6, Kans. Ed
Gono:re1-Bryal has rocelved the fo11or1!8 docoratlons attd nov6d over J]m Mlsiou::li tlkesetards: Dlstlngulshod Servicc Uodal, 1945i Army Ccmsndatlotr the better ctlmate 1n l(ansaa.Rr.bbon, 1946; AEellcs Dofcnsc M€da1i ADerIcs Caapalga lcde1,fml vlctorry ModaL; Onde! of tho Brltlsh Eplre rltb r:ar:I ofEonor:ery Ccmnanden, 1947i Crocr of llonch Leglon of Eonor, rankrf Ch€val1elr, 1947i Kon6ea So:rvlco Xsdal., 1951.
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SILVER STAR FON CC[,'!BAT BADGE
Perhaps you have notlced r:ocently thatsone soldlei's are rearlng sllver st'ars onthelr Cqttbat Infantryments Badgos.
The blue, rectangular bad86 tlth l-ts.311-ver rusket ina stlvEr oak rrleath ls fanlllarto you; lts th6 plroudest enblen torn bysoIdlers.-
Tho b!'lulant, distlnctlve sllver star atthe lop of the badcora oak rr6ath may not beramfltir:. but tt t-I1s a story about thesoldler iho wuars 1t that deservas your ad-miratlon. It taoans he has been enga8ed lncLose combat rlth tho eneny ln both IIo::IcIlTar II and tho xar ln l(orca.
Front-l,lne medlcal nen vho served a)-ong-side the flghtlng lnfantrynen 1n both rarshavo been glven l1ntlar recognltlon-ln-theforrr of a illver star for thclr nedlcalbad8ee.
6f the Arrvts 21 El1ltarT badgesr thesetTo are prtzeil nogt h18h1y by soldlers.
the niln roason soldle::s deslre to ea:rnthe conbat lnfantryEan end neallcal badgaB 13that these tro shoi that they have been lnspots f,her€ the only thlng betneon then andtla enemv was tho front of thelr shlrt.
fhe n6wly-des18neC badges wlth the starsbepan to nai<e their appearanc€ 1n thls cou[-tr! as rotatlon of soldlers fi:om trorea gotrfirder way.
The combat lnfentl:Iman badge dates fron1943. Ii€mbers of lnfantry ::eglnents orsnallea unlts engaged ln actlve g:round flght'lnc are ellqibI€ for the docoratlon. InorEer to pr6vtde oquaflty of tleatmcnt fornadlcal c-orps personnel asstgned to such ln-fantrv tmlts ln cmbat. the nedlcal badSowas aithorlzed ln 1945. only Moallcal corpsEoubers of the lnfantry ccrtrbat clarslflca-tlon -- 1n f:ront-llne med1cal detachnentr --are eIlglbIe to r1n thls axard.
Offldere irlth a branch of se::vice otherthan lnfantry can nin tho cqnbat lnfantr]manbadne onlv uider speclal clrcutrstances. Theyare-requlied to have been ln actual comandof an infantry unlt of reSlmental slze orsaaller dunlng at least 50 days of cobat.
Cenoral ofilcors, although nany of thenron the award und6, roSulatlons 1n effectdur:lns World v"er If or: eerfi€d It before pro-rnottoi to genoral offlcer rank, nol arespeclllcalty p:rohlblted florr b€1n8- axardedt[re decoration. ft ls lntended on]y forlnfantry offlcers and non ,ho oltdlnarlly alrewlthin snall arms ,renge of the enetDy.
Rather than for a voluntear servlce o:lspeclal duty the tro combat arards are won lnthe flro of- battle by the nost lmportantsoldlers tn the Aruly -- the lnfantrymen andthe nedlcal uan at hls slde.
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(Copyrlght 1951 by vh811 Fbankrln Pertch IIIfr@ hLs book, 'Hers wo Go Agalnrt publlshedby Drell, Sloaa & Pearce, Inc., Ne, Tork,N. Y. Roprhted wlth the klnd p€!:rtrl8slonof the publlshe!)
Agaln xo acknowlodge our gratltudo to ![r.Partcb and to h1s publlshers for pelrd,ttlngus to reprint on6 of hls very laughablo car-toons.
The pubJ,lshers have arso puol1shod Gsnen-aI Ocorge C. Kenn6yts rrThe l{acAr.thur f trnoBtr
llhen tno n€n have Jo1n€d forces ln tlnsof dlfflculty and d6feat, and have togethert0et dengor, outfaced crl,tr.clsn, anal pushodas1d6 6very huEan obstacle on the hs.r:d roadback, thoy know €ach other. That adv€rs1ty1s the groat revearsr of chalraetor: h&s nevsrbeon nore convlnclngly denonstrated than lnthis book, the rntlmate portlalt of DowLasItracArthur by a nan rho stlarod defeat andvlctory ,lth hltu llm 1942 to 1945.
Today, xhen a reglng dlsput€ over Mac-Arthurts dl$nlssai conslrtrea the natlon,AjDe:tlcans want to knor, more aoout hlm than),egend, propBganda, and Jourl]aJ.lstrc sketcheacan aatlsfyo rThe !trecAlrthur I Knolrtf whoserrltlng rras begun long before the e,rents ofearly Aprll, 1951, thor€h lt enconpasseath€m, ls probably the flnst book to gotthrough the Eyth to the nan. The nllltarystrateglst, the nllltant statesman, th6colcmander:, the c@rade-1n-arms on tho battlefle1al on rolaxlng nlth frlendg -- a]l themany UacArthurs a):e hers, ln walnly humanyet p€notratr.ng storlos rvhlch are th6 stuffof hlstory and the keys to Vnderstendlng.
CHOTO I,IATAY I
Reedlng tho N. Y. Tl"mes one nornlng, KenRoss spott€d a storT ebout Cpl. Robert E.fans of N€wark, N.J. The Army eas a yearbehlnd ln paylng hlE due to the famllla!allotment snafu. Pronto, Ken dlspatchad alettor to Bob t€lung hlE that he was p6l3-sonel]'y paylng fo:r a yeerrs n€t[bershlp lntbe As€oc. for hlm. Ken rnote hln trAnyonewlth yor:r record srd tlth that snount oftIouble des€rves a lree rlde. lltelconeaboard.t Bob says evety tlne he goes to apay tab1e, he sees the saIle thlng: I'Pay toRob6rt Kane, CpI. - llothlng.r Bob hopes tog6t th6 mes8 cleared up by Chrlstnas. wotr€f,lth you, Bobl
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Bob B€rr6r dorn ln l[lchlte, Kans. thougbt-fullv sends us thls poeltr, vrltten by a
aoueirUoy ln l(o!6a. The irame of the soLdler,rogretfully, 18 utrhorrr.
TI{E OLD OI'TPOST(bY a soldlor in Ko:rea)
Itrls o1d outpost tonlSht ls 80 lonelyAs I sit and Look lnto ttle nlghtItre been Just Ilk€ thlg all over tho cour$tyAs xe xalt-for thm to c6le out and flght.
lilanv natlons hore are unltod togetherJolired as one to f18ht the lmpe:rlallsn bandilehtlnp CorEr.arlsts-ln all klnds of reath6,:so lt tdnrt splroad aLl over the ]end.
tliany UuOales re have lost ln XoreaMani others have been rounded and g€nt hone'Br.rt-we r11I carrY on the fl8ht as we pnomlsed
Though lt nay last loany months to cone.
T?re Unlt6d llatlons Oeneral !-ssonblyHas trled hard to settlo lt 1n a peaceful vayBut the [email protected] heve tuined dorn ever:y
off€,That 1s the reaaon re ar6 stllf here today.
Wo camo over: hele to flght egaLnstaggress lon
fhough some peopLe seer! to thlnk the oth€:Pray.
They call us a bllrlch of dlrty flghtlngbandlts
ltrou8h f,e try to n6ver thlnk of what they8ey.
Thls old Tano Leaf Dlvlslon 1s naklnghl story
Just as htstor:y tas mad€ ln tto rars before.We r1I1 flght to koep 1ts necord shlnln8,[!ay the 24th Dlvlslon be rernenbered
forevermor6.
SoBeday when thls af,f\rl war 19 over!'/6tlf 96 back to our loved ones and holre.w6rl1 not forget tho buddles that were left
hereSleeplng in a 8olall€rrs grave, all aLone.
Though re have a bloody battle to flghtw6 know what the outcome t111 beA lastlng peace tbrough al} the natlongAnd Aner:lca 1111 be forever free.
34TII INF. BEGT. ASSN. TO ASSIST 1'S
It ls comon Imowledg€ that the 34tb In-fantry has form€d lts orn Assn. Tnrough a!nutua]. mlsunderstanolnS, tholr tremoers dldnot becomo par:t of the Dlv. Assn., out thathas been r:ectlfled. Ttle unserflsh effortsof the Dlv. AEsn. Secry. Joseph 1. Peyton(19th) has croared erl obstacres, and theray 1s clear. for: the bettennenb 01 both or-ganizatlons.
Hard workln8 Joe took tlne off to go toNer Yo"k recently to attend tno S€ptemoorleotlng of tho 54th fnf. Regt. Assn. Whilothere, he dlscuased th€ dlffercncos of bothot"tanlzatlons and at?lved at e satlsfactoryconcluslon. The officors of th6 34th havoproElsed an extond€d drlv€ to brlng ltslarge t[emborshtp lnto the 24th Dlv. Assn.
IN l{EriroBY OF B0B ALLAN (54tb)
![rs. 'ltromas H. A]1an, 539 South Belmont.Wlchlta, Kans. rrot6 Joe Peyton recentlyencloslng a check 1n neEory of har son, Bob,xho f,as k1lled on lilndanoa. l[re. Arlantrrltes: ttPleage accep! thls check, keep ltand use lt. Bob rould have b€etr so lnte:r-ested ln all youtr:o dolng., Ihank you fronthe very bottoras of our hearts, I{rs. A.l"Ian.W111 frl€nds of Bob ,ho read thls dlop al1n€ to Irlrs. Allan?
Mlndmoa. 1951 -- Talona Beacb xhero the'rvlctony-Dlvtglonn tas moffr-clal'Iy rede818-nated the t'vollayberl Dlvlsloni. The beachlooks rlke a lttEler rssort P.Laco today.
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!111 ucKenna of Arbany, carlf. 1s hard atrork ag one of the neu Assoc. nveeps."
llvt!6n the dsclslon xas Eade to convens lncolunbus. ohlo 1n r52. Ken Roas lmediatelyrotlt to iork on pLans'for an Assoc. n0onfer-encen to be held on th€ l|lest Coast sonetlloeln Februarv or t arch of 1952 ln order toneat the eithuslastlc demands of the Ca.Ll-fornla, olegon Ittd llashlngton boys for rrsone
klnal of a get-together.riBI11 ttll serve as general' chalrman of
tho conf6r6nc€ and x111 be annor]ncln8 hlgcCtrmltte€s thor:'tly.
Pres. KeDr Seciy. Joe and Treas. 8111,111 be oa hind to help to nake the affalra guccesg.
Mo:re detalls ln next nonthfs lgsue.H6r€rs your chancer you western fellows.B1U. 1; scceptlns the chalmanshlp,
rrote li h1s whl;slcdr style saylng,rrrtm notqulte sule of t,y ablIlty as an organlzer,ilttrough I once rormdeal up a couple of menfor: a patro].'l
Ee adtt€al, rrvlerll do our be8t to arrange anoetlnp wheieat the nen can travcf onceacaln Ehose long. dusw tral}s at Hollandla,Aiangalang, Kllri Rldge, San Jose, catabeto,ulnt;l. and ttrat pl-ac€ wlth the cocoanut!and thir hot and col.d running Elce.t'
Flne work, Bi1r, and x6r1l seo you at theconference.
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DoNrT FoRGET S.S. NJ}IBERS
Your.l,l recall that ln the Sopt..lssuer-weann6unced a new contest. In each lssue ofiliaro Leaf" we w111 publr.sh flve Soclalsecr:rtty nubers. check these numberseealnst-vour own. If yourg appeers, an't youn6tlfv tire Secretary' you w11] roceive aconplinentary year n6mbershlp ln the Assoc.
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ouote from !daj. Gon. P' M' Rryenrs recentletter to Joe Poyton:------ttou can w6u be proud of the- rly
the Dlvlslon ls perfofinln8 l-ls.dug1os.,hor€. Never was lts luster brl8hler'"
We thlnk so too, Genel:a1 I
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Lt. co1. Fred stoll (Exec. 21st) ls etattJrturv-ana 11v1ng at 54
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;;;;;iil'fia. th"r" were lots of Grtnletsthere.
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Jos. Novosel (34th) fs operating a taver'l,rti-iis- utolrrur ln Roblnson, -r11' {g^"I:t"ln the other day offerlng to donate siru'uuil ;il; ;J;;;.-ii ,l'a teil h1m tho addressIi c^"Jlr-pi.ntz (p-s+th) rho was-xounded'october 27. 1944 on Leyte. Hupplly we wore;;i;-;;
"iirE". cecl]-'s address ls Hesston'
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SECRETARY VISITS 54TI{ INF. FEGT. ASSN'
On S€pt. 24, I95Ir Dlv. Assn. Secry',Jos'r- i."ioir itgtir) tr"i,ered to Nex York cltyior rris flrst vls1t to the 34th Inf. Regt'Assn. On ar'rlval. et the o18 cityr- our-sec-retury was Sreotsd oy mambers of the 34thl*"t." Tt" ifternoon'ras spont slghtseeing-,ana-eettrng better acqualnted w1th.l{"! YoIIclty; Tha 54th Assn. sponsoled a-dlnnor lnhon6r'of the Dlv. Secry. at the ??th DIv'Cluohouse. Aftor tna d1mer, tho secrotaryattendad the nonthly meetlng of the 54thA""t. Thore he gavi a rtttte talk to ltsr"roerr, and was-8lven a stsndlDg ovatlonefter lts conpretlon.
CARRYING ON TNADITIONS
wlth the 24th Over There -- When thalroverheated S?-mttr recollless rlfle b€8an torrbuckrr, tro zl.st so1d16rs wolghted 1t dormslth sandbags to koep lt flrln8 at attacklngReds. Gunner Cpl. Eldr:ldge DurEroodle analasslstant gunnor PFc Raynond Smook had setup thelr gun on a knoll when the Redsattacked. Ttrey pourod lound after: rorEdlnto th6 advanclng ranks. As th6 gr:rr gothottor, 1t bo nced e foot lnto the a1]: ateach nound but th6 Cqnmunlsts yere presslngso bard that the Gfrs couldntt affo"d tostop flrlng. They reroved th6 trlpod analplled sandbags on top of the weapon. ftstllL bucked soveral lnches fron the Bround.Pfc. Smook threw himself across the barrel.rDidnft do any goodr" he sald. rrshe sillIbounced. l'/hat a rlde trr ltJlth th€ tno stlIlshootlng, the en6my ravered and wlthdrew.cp1. Dunmoodle emerged fnon the engaSonentrlth a Ul,ack eyo from contact rlth the s18htof the bucklng 57....... on an srtl11ery-battered Xoroan htlI thore sj.ts an encamp-nent of spaced pup tents, ]andseaped paradegroEds and gravered paths. The front 11nesire only three or foul: mlles away a:xd yot 1nthe nldst of the rubbl6 of war 1s a weLl-ondered, wEIl-C1sclpl1ned leadershlp schoolcalled i'Llttle Wost Po1nt.' The trLlttlelvest Polnt of Xor€arr lnstructs tlo[-cotlsr hotofficers, on box to be good leaderE bosld€sbelng good so1dlelB. offlcet's of the SthRCT re::e arare that they had flrst-classcorbat loaders, but that nany dldnrt knol'hor to lead on the parade ground or 1n thecrassroom. ilaJ. Ernost H. Davls, 5d 81. C0,concelved thls partlcular school c@mandedby Lt. thomas S. Iflalker. The tr:ainlng cycleis tuo weeks long. Ehch day accounts for 18hours. r'l'Jo assu,ne they sleep the other slxrrsays sFc James Ray Fa::Ee!, Coffer, Kans., emembe:r of the tralnlng cad!6. rtllerro verygarrlson for e reagonril says capt. llarlandWagonhurst, trainlng advlser. rrAtEosphoreIs needed 1n thLs type trainlng. cleancrothes and ordor1y personal belonglngs allplay a psychol,o8lcal part ln helplng tbesoldler to dlsclpllne hlnself and others.'lThough ths pup tents are a rnoasured dlstancoapart and. oven th€ toothpaste has a certelnp1ace, the unlt ts noblIo. It can breakcaEp and s6t up on a half houtsrs not1ce.....
lrlndaroa, 1951 -- Natr.ona.L ElShray-1ooklngr6st at t{atlna Alrdrone (Just outside ofDavao.) !.4t. Apo 1n the backgroutld.
s/scr. Lous HAt{sEL, co. A, 34TH
Mrs. Nannle Hansel of P. 0. Box 165, !rt.Ve:pnon, I(y. r'ecently wrote to Roscoe claxon.)he 1s the mother of Louls HeJrseI (A, 34th)who ras kll1ed on l,eyt6 on Nov. 20, 1944.
Urs. Hansel sald that she had never heard.fron a slngle person of the 24th aftor Loulsras k11Ied. nAIl. I evor gotrrr she wrote,Itwas that telegrm.'l
Ken Ross hoard of thls and lmedlatelysent out 625 post cards to old nenbers ofCo. A of the 54th. Fo!:tunately hls ,:ecordsare such that thls could be don6. Kon toldrhat had, 'd? ,:atherp uhat had not, happenedand asked those rho renembered Louls tor::l-te h1s motho!. Mrs. HansoL sald "I wouldltke nothtng betten than to hear I?on theE.ri
wet1l trt to ropor:t to You ln tho noxtlssue what actlon these boys took.
Thls 1s the klnd of thlng thls Assoc. lsdoslgnod for.
?ARO LEAF NOT A MONTET.Y YET I
'qxls Novelrber lssuo is our flrst slnceth6 Septonbor lssue. heturns on new tnernber-shlps nede lt seem lnedvlsable to go to theexpenso of a:r October lssue. lVe are operat-lng on a pay-as-you-So po]lcy wlttr doflnlteplans for settlng aslde a reserve for flutc-tlons other thar the prlntlng of the paper.
Ttlere tlII be lssues ,.n December andJanuary. our hope ls to publlsh et feastnlno lssues thls year whlch at least rl11 bean lnprovetrent over the foul: lssues of ]estyea!. yle alo not yet prepared to com:nltoursolves to a roonthly edltlon. 1'16 plan to,however, as an lncrease Ln our nonber:shlpstrength pe:m1ts 1t.
ATT:IITICII AJI SCHOOI, C:IILDF'T}J I1.1 T}I-E:I1AIIIAIIA SC:I00L llrISTnICT. There w111 oe nowork ln the pineapplo fle-rd.s tonorros.
l[ar1yn Bandlor (19th) Detrolb, ls rla]rloaland has a boy and a 9111. Hels rorklng Inlha eng:ravlng departnent for Brlggs lnljetrol t.
George E. Pahrenkopf (2rst frcm Iab. 47to DIur. 49) Ls swlnglng along ylth us. HeIset 159 Felnont, Detrolt. iIe thoughtfullyencJ,osed somo nm6g of n€T prospects alongwlth his check. Many thanks, George.
Mlndanoa, 195i -- IplL Polnt. llvlll' you eYerfonSet t
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Taro .l,eaf6r:s as a glouf elther are thefastosb mov€rs on earth or Just donrt paythelr landlords. ll{hatever 1t ls, theproblem of keeplng up wlth the new addnessesls brlnglng gray halr to a fast baldlngSecretary before hls tlne. 010-11-7840
Here are a faw changes:
Georgo Chln (724 Ord. ) to 1526 lIth Ave.,Yr:ms,, Arl z .
Joe Gordon to 754 Scotland nd., Orange,New Jersey
Lesls UcMnney to f27 Hobblns Ave.,Nexlngton, Conn.
i'iaJ. l,'lartln E. Grlnor (24 Qil fron 12-41to 8-44) nou at Box I28,Pensacola, Fla.
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ON TO COLUIIBUS tUI'SHMI UUSfiEET
If vou havo eny Plctures thlch you rentlnclutt6cl tn the Divlslon Plcture Hlstory,rod< on xhlch 18 undonray, send th6m to Kennose- 138? Ualn st.. Springfleldr Maa!.iauei ther on the raar s1at68 thcroof so tbattrriruat bc returneil to you afte! they havegeried f,helr PurPose. Thle book I's fastboconlng a reittty. uoro atotellt ln thenext lssue.
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wl1tlan iBlecklctr tlccaaa (19th) Passedarev on Feb. 5. 195f. Elackle r1]1 berernlmbered f:r'oi the conparry ngnokerln onoahu. He ras for:tetly flom Ellzabeth, N.J.,marrled on rotatlon furlough, and settledln Turlock. Callf. after sepsratlon fr6selvlcc. Ee rent through the rough stuff ofI{v'I II only to tako tho rrton countn llth16uler1a. Our deepost gynpathlos toElacklers famlly
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Space Llnltatlons dlalnrt PorElt us to-mentlon by nano all of those rho att€ndodth6 Detroit conventlon nor dld they nako 1tposslble folt uE to pay th6 respect that las-anal ls partlcularly due to Splko orDonnefl(21) foi hls succegsfuJ- yoar as Assoclatlonireitaent and to Dlck Larson (Dlv.Hq.) ouruntlrlng Hlstorlen. Hebs off to thlsdovoteal palr of Tero f,6afers.
IIEI{BERSIIIP BOX SCORE
Herers the score alt of press tlne. Itlsa steadlly lrprovlng report. l{er Eeubersare Jolnlng dally so that oven as you rsadthls, th€ flgures 1111 have changed.
IttelobershlP as of 2-1-51 --- 491Mernbershtp as of 8-14-51 -- 947!,letrbelshtp eg of 10-20-51 - lO42
col. !,{tlton HaIe (Dlv. Fln. off.) coE-mands the Indlanapolls Sectlon of the AruyFlnance Cente:r and School.
Ttl6 Notr York Contral Rallloeal hasklndly loan€d us thls nap shorlng tb6lrsystei. Th6y ar'€ proud of lhe fact thetsir nany of tholr ltnes leed to 'Co1umbus.
Plons are undertay for naklng uPsoeclar cars of convontlonee:'s each ofrfrlch r11I leave St. Louls, Ch1ce8o,Detrolt, Boatonr N€t York, Phllade1pbr'eanal Bal,tlDore on Frlday, August 15, 1952to conve]:ge on Colunbus on Saturdayoornlng, August 16.
Eve:ry lnrilcatlon Polnts to tholargest and bsst conventton Yet.
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At D6trolt, souts effortB to rsvlve soEo of the tords (not to E€ntlon the tune) ofnlfhe Rock of Chlckaraaugan lore s@erhat futlle. That tt Bay not happen at Coluabus lnt52 or at San Franclsc5 (for thos€ rho go to tho lvest Coast r.eunlon th13 tintor)r xofurr118h hererlth the rords and. muslc. iry 1t out on your plano or hamonlca.
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ldlndalroa, r95I -- Talotla B6ech et1l1 rearlngs@e of thc acara of tho ra! actlv1ty.
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Jameg R. Jadson (65rd F) ls rlth J8nllonCoaI & Coke Co. 1n CroensburS, Pa.
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Itts eaglos for Col. J. H. Hodges, Jr.(IIth F) nor at Armed Forces staff Col1o8c,Norfolk, va. end Col. Dt18ht K. Fost6r(54th) nor at Al,loot'Jr, 7 l{lch. St., N.tlJ.,G:ranal Rapld!, U1ch. Flne buslno8s for ttorulghty flne fellors.
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Dean K. Enslrsh .(6srd F).Detrolt,. has_ 8 us ll;rt;:;"'lit;il"t1:ii:l.l':ii#'JrHll""b-oy 5 Iears old. Ilei-s a srltch.tender for Revlor Bd. He even lnvlt;d us'to drop 1n-oathe F.Y.C. ---Doan, that 1:, not.the b.oY. .,.tlrs. Sk.liey and the tf,o (one born ln-Japan)Dean lsnrt golng to make hln 89 tg^yolk_yttlls51f61.sn at'A1exandrle. litet-i1 do lt yet,hcts 8. D6an and Tony P::ocopplo (63rd-F) Ml1ton.Plttsburgh, both att6nd6d the Detlolt conven-tlon and rene dlBeppolntod ln not seelng any €Hr.;ir3r*nore of th€ old 65rd F getrg tbore.
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STANI S DTESS!.GE
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flnd out about things that we nevor neal-lzedhappened. ftn auna theyta6 all good lossons,( lauchter )
'Franl<Iy, I thlnk you nlssed s. bet hereln not havlng Splke get up here 1n thlsspotllght and telI you all about hlstroubles trlth Junlor Har::ls. May be youhavenrt hoard of Junlor but I heard abouthlm untll 4 otclock thls Eornlng. (Laughter)
nYou lsrow that the 24thrs record 1s aglorlout one. (Applause)
nTrherers no dlvlslon ln the !-rrny thatwll-1 ev6r appr:oach the 24thrs record. Irveconslderod the Ist Cavalry Dlvlslon when fsay that, too. (Applause)
'Ird J.1ke to terl you a 1ltt1e storyabout the Lst Cav. Do you remenber ln Julyr1950, the pubuclty they gob whsn they nadethelr anphlblous landlng at Pohangdmg?treII, th6 znd h:. of the lgth gr€eted themthere when thay calle ashore. tl'e had heldPohangdung for. about a week before they gotthere.r' (Lau€htor and sustained applause)
At thls polnt, General Moloy went lnto abrlef lepont on some of the honors th8 24thhas son for lts actlon 1n Korea. He de-scrlbed the collectlve honors (divlslon andunlt honors) end solre of the lndlvldualhonors iltrlch are fard]lar to us. He re-ferred parttcularly to the Dlvlslonts Prosl-dentlaL cltatlon end the Cltetlon from theEepubllc of Kor:ea. A slde remark that lnhls oplnlon 'rthe 19th RCT was the b€st lnthe dlvlslon" dldntt escape the cheers ofhi.s llsteners. Clmlots and Dragons acceptodthe boast wlth ro1xed enotlons and the ar-tLllerynen looked on wlth puzzlement. Stansqulmed out of lt wlth a fo11ow-up oplnlonthat the rtthree regiments are the best 1nthe Lr. S. Amy.rt l,lhat a dlplonatl No{ 16understand how he got to be a general..
Stan contlnued: 'I'Eut flgures and statlstlcs wlll never
tell of the courage and bravery of the nenof the 24th. Even hlstory books sll1 n6verterl the whole of the real storY.
trr,etrs lalk flrst a blt about Korea lt-self.ttThe te):raln cannot bo adequatoly de-scrtbed. ftts Just up and down. And thedown s1,ots are fllled wltb rlce paddtes sothey dontt do you much 8ood. The soldler8say thet rtwhen God wes creattng the world,He yras t1::ed by the tlne He got to l{orea soHe qult.r' That could be so.
tiThere have been occaslons over the::ewhen a corpany attack has been on a one Eanfront. rr
The speakor then wont lnto an lnterestlngend colorrUl descrlptlon of the torraln ttthpartlcufar emphasts upon the obstacles whlcheach of the terrain features presented toou! brothers sho wd€ th€ Taro Leaf agatnstthe }Iorth Korean and Chlnese Red.
Contlnulng, he described the torrltl heatof the sun:le:r anal tho blttor colal of thosintor ln Korea. ft wes an enllghtenlng butsaddonlng d.oscrlptton.
nThe mlse::y of the country is pronounced,rrStan added. I'Eveny day was a plobrem offlndtng out ho$ to feed everyone ovar there.
'As for recreatlonar fac11ltleg, thelew6re none. Pe::hapg Itm not fall: tn thls. f,tearlze that the 24th fought arl through thelaclflc and ny wot:ld $rar II experlonco resllnnltod to Europe. But what struck me lnKor€a was that rhen a nan d1d havo a forDonsnts to hfunself there xas no place to goand there wer:e no protty 81rls to look at.t{y research on thls prcblen was a J-ltt.Le ln-completo, Ir1.} adnit (laught€r) but that tasmy generar funpresslon. I should hav€ hadSplke a1ong. (Laughtor)
I'I lm a llttle provoked ebout some of th€n6rrs rereases back hore. on6 f saw recentlyflas to ttre effect that the flrst troops overthere rerenrt any botter than e trooP of BoyScouts. Thatrs a bunch of bunk! (App1auseand cheers). we reret We had had a yearrsextenslve tralnlng bofore Korea. frd l,lketo dlsavow that r"1ght now. The z4th, aswe-Ll as the rest of the divlsLon had beenBolng through a serlous tralnlng cycler atldthenk God, thsy ail had.rr
Stan th€n speclflcally clted th6 t:alnlngprogram rhlch the l9th had been and ras lnthe procass of go!.ng through. Here lt rras,sbralght from the reglmental. sklppon hlmseLiIIe dl,d rauch to upset aome notlons that th6press had placeal ln our mLnds about thestandard of proflclency of our successors.The report, conlng flrst hand, was rscelv6drvith w1Id enthuslasm. l,lany agreed aft6r-ward that 1t was the trost detalled andthought provoklng account of those earlydays 1n l(orea that they had yet recelved..
Stan $ent on:rrThe fr,rst 40 days ln Korea wore nor€
rugged than you can posslbly lmaglne. f donot beri.eve there has been anythlng I1ko lt1n the hlstory of U. S. armod combat.trTh6 fLrst ftont that th6 Igtb had, analI knor that thls 1s also true of the 21st --ln fact lnltlally, f know the zlst was on eL1ttIe wlder front -- was 22 nlles. Putthat Ln your pLpe. 22 nlJ.es I And r€ onlyhad 2 batta.Llons. We only had 2 of the 3batterles of l1ght artl1lery whlch ile wer6supposed to have. Thls sas true of the 2lstand the 34th as seLl. Ttratrs a pretty goodslzed hunk of real estate for an BCT. Itwas true of the first 40 days -- excosslvgfrontages with mlnimr.m forces. It wes aflght of desperatton -- of de.raylng actlon.lverd get cut off and werd have to flgbt outxay out. It was that kind of a proposltlonover md ov6! and over.It'Ihe enemy forces inltlarl-y wsne goodforces. The North Koreans were welLequlpped. They were werJ- .].€d. They werew6lL tralned. And they uere pointed, frmsur€, for Just that partlcular operatlon.The Koreans now are not as well equlpped o::as treri -tgd. Theyrve suffer6d.. The smecan b6 said of the lnlital. Chlnese forces.They were good tr:oops, well leal and w61I€qulpped. But theyrvo sufferod as tlm€ he,sgone on. so we cen look to that as anacconpllsbIIent.ri\Ie ftnally got the uar settled dorn atthe Pusan porlneter wlth tha 25th, the lstCav., th6 ?th and the znd IYon the States.It wasntt any luxury force but they wereholdlng nonetheloas.
"Then ca&e the breakout at Pusan and theInchon landlng and the collapse of tho NorthI(orean army. Although lots of e.lements oflt wer6 by-pessed and had to be cleansd uPlater on. Solae of that clean up work wasDrettv sev6r6.-
"Tire 24th had the honol: -- snd dssorvedly-- of broaklng out of the Pusen perlmeter upthe o1d road to Taejon and of recapturlngTaejon. You lqtow da"n well that they wersone protty proud b\mch of boys when theywent back ln the"e.
nThen headlng fon the YaIu and the 21stgot as closo to 1t as anyone 1n the ElghthAnny dld -- about 14 mll-es from the bord€::.They went up on tho west; the lgth went upmore or: less through the nlddJ.e. Ttlo sthtras in resonve at that partlcular tine.
rrThls sas followed by th€ chlnese lnte::-ventlon and as General }lacArthul sald, wehaal a n6w rar on our hands. And back w6went, wlth the 24th dolng a tromendous shareof the rean guard actlon for the El8hth Arny.r.ire hold Seoul rblle th€ othel: elenents fedth"ough us and we tIore the ]ast elements outof S6ou1 and acr:oss the Han.
nBack and then formard agaln. Andthroughout lt a].l the 24th wasntt ln reservefor no:re than a seek or ton days. Thatts along tlne to be ln ccrrbat by any rulos.
nThe elemonts of the 24th have been aflre brlgade throughout. Dontt be mlsledtOu! eJ'enents moved alourrd Just as nuch asthe 2?!h Roglment Wolfhoundsr I cen tellyou.
rThetts a pretty fast r'6v1ew of th6 24thrspart ln l(orea.nRegrotfully, I nust sklp over the ac-tlons of the platoons, the squads and thelndlviduaLs. A1l of thol! flghts nade theover-alt record of the 24th the 81orlous onothat 1t ras. AU of ths lndlvlduels Ilk€Splkers playmate, Junlor llarrls, helped. toaake up lhe blg plctur6.
nThsl:. sto"les slL1 be told ln ou! !o-unlons ln ygars to cofi6 -- ln Columbus nextysar -- md ln years thereaft€lr. f donrtknor how tbeytll bo told but frt! sure
theytll be told and each story 1111 b6 eproud recltal by a man as to what h6 couLddo and dld when the chips wore down.
'rftrs hard to descrlbe the qua.i.ltles ofthat Ansrlcan soldler. frve comended hlmLn combat and I loow h1m. Ir11 never beab-Le to put lnto words my respect fo! thatlndlvldual. Ho goes through an axful Iot,lgenerarly wlth a sralle, an understandlng,and a senso of hurnor. that nakes you wonder.It mak6s you very proud end very hut[b.Le lnthe face of your responslbllltles to thatfel1ow soldl8r'.
ttAnd now vhat of tho future.nYou knovr sonethlng of tho problom ahaad.
You are soldlers and you know that lttsgoln8 to be a flght ln one way or another.'
Stan then wont on to t61I us v{hat we6hou1d be dolng about preparlng for thefuture.
H6 called on aach of us to re-evaluatothe worth of our lndlvidual efforts as cltl-zens. He charged us wlth the duty of soLf-analyzlng our parblclpatlon, what w€ aredolng ln connectlon wlth ow dutles md ob-llgatlons as cltlzens. Hs sever6ly scor:edthe generar attltude 1n th6 count?y ofrrl4tratts ln It for ne?tr I{o remlndeal us of .the need fo:'an arakening to a reallzatlonon the part of each lndlvldual as to h1sresponslblllbles of mselflsh devotlon toour country. Tlne efter tlme, he lvas d6-Iaysd in hls tark by the bursts of applauseas be rould tell us somethlng rhlch perhapBwe alleady kner but werentt dolng anythlngabout. Here wero words that were givlng usmuch to Uhlnk about through the rest of theConventlon and ln tho days thoreaftor:.
stan sr.urned 1t all up when h6 advlsedthat lf we dontt revlve that sp1rlt of dutyand loyarty to th6 flag, we mlght wlnd uprvlthout tho freodoms that w6 tark so gllblyabout.
one other bhlng he cautlonod us toappreclate lncluded a reellzatlcn of thefact thet we are world leaders and an effortto act accordtngly. Ills polnt f,as thatLndlvlduai,ly wo must contrlbute to thateffort of actlng successf\r}ly 1n the role ofrorld leaders.
Ha renlnded us, too, that we nay be llvingfo:r very many years to com6 wtth tho throatof an al1-out attack and ihat we should boprapar€d for that klnd of a llfo. I'We mayte 1lving,'t stan sa1d, t'not knowlnS whenltrs golng to strlke. That klnd of an exls-tence calls for strongth and courage andcotmon sense.tt
I,tlsloy went on to ihe f,lnd-up of hlsaddrass wlth those words:
nAs a corintry, evory declslon re nake I'nthe l\rture has got to be a ca"efullywelghed declslon. An lmPetuous solutlonnlght brlng dlsaster then and there. womuit be carofuL not to be sldet:racked byevery wl11-of-th6-wlsp that looks 11k6 aneasy way out of tho partlcular sltuatlon.Theie li no easy way out. 'p.et:i6 golng to b€ktdded lnto that frame of nlnd by the ene@ylf they can. 1'/€ canrt 1et conplacency spaLlour r:ndolng.I'Thls tr.ouble 1n Koxea ls not an acute,brlef attack of a ne$ dtseas6. Itrs acbronlc alhent that has 8ot to be cur€d andwerve got to cu:ae ib. lve ,onrt cure 1t lfro lessen our deternlnatlon, 1f fJo beconecomplacent, if we assrso a buslness-as-usuarattltude, or If we set up a c.Lanor to emas-cuLate our arnoed forces.
rtFo" the rest of thls evenlng, Ir(l I1keto suggest tbat ne go lnto mole lmpot'tantbuslness and poJ.lsh up on th€se stor!1es ofour om past experlences so that we cenlmprovo them BYen more.
'rlttr proud ard happy to be here. counton Ee and the r€st of the Korean veterans ofthe 24th to carry on the tredlttons you haveso reLl establlshed.
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Wluh thls. there rae a resoundlnt roar ofapproval.
BlIt Verbeck thankod stan ilol,oy on behelfof the Assoclatlon and rlth that the crowdsvlthdr.ev to the antoroons to go to rork onthose storles. 0u, heartf€It thenks to you,Gencle1 lleloy. You re?e greet I
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54TH GrVES I'IHAT AND WIrr
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ae nleslng ln action cB!6 out of th€ btJ.ls Tho Sovernlng body-conslsts of lts offl-[.
"]join"tn":,r outfft. Amertcan ahstrlkos cers ana a board of dlrectors f,hlch conslstg
IroopSd to tbc support of th6 reglnent- at of 10 members. The offlcels and dlrectol:sKonc'iu for th6 fl-r;t tlne ln Kor;a. The are electad each year by najorlty vote.z+ifi-neconnafsanco Ccrrpany Jolned the force All fomor nenbers of the 34th Inf. negt.for support. are lnvltsd to become actLv6 nembers of the--Th;'iGh; tanks of ths Recon could not 34th Assn. For ccnplete lnformatlonr^rrltestanA up [efore the hugc Russlan-lrado T-54rs to the 34th Inf. Regt.-Asl.r l1th Dlvlslonrfron tfri Con@unlstB atlacied the positlons. clubhouset 2e E.59th St.' New York Clty.Ev6rq Amerlcan tank sa3 knockod oirt and the Ttr€ offlcers and msrnbe::s of the.54tho"gliou;t ias ar:aer:ea to rlthdrar to south Assn. extend to each rnemboir of the Dlv.Assn.of"the Kua Rlver; an lnvltatlon to attend thelr meetlngs, anal
A gr€at tragedy stnuck th6 D1v1s1on south partlclPat€ ln thelr endeavors. You ar€of thE rlvo::. "fnilltrated North Ko::eans always welcome, and w111 bo treated as truegxept d.o*n out of the hllls and ovoDran the frlends'63"d F5.oId Artll1e"y. The 34th concentlatodlts strength to flght for the guns and men 'x-:ii*'*ri':iof the artluery battarl'on' The under-strength reglment was no natch for thg enomyforcoi armed wlth Amerlcan artlllery plecas.
Th6 noxt gerlant stand made oy tire two-battelLon re[lmant was in defense of theelty of TaoJon. Due to the shortago oftro6ps and Lhe large area only a 11ght1ymanned perlmete" could be set up erourd thec1ty.
itrerny artlltery bcnbardmants blasted Tas-ton tir"l,"ir. the night ""4
l"io the day of -'ithe attack on th6 vltai clty. Enemy tanks &l
gi;tffi:pgftaii;;;ii;,lifiik$": ffienemy 1n the flarllng st"eets of la€Jon.
Escaplng the brlck-wEL1 enoEy road blockssetupsouihofTaeJon,the34thJo1nedthee''..@w'24th ln tho frantlc rush to bolsteli weak mi !sws!s!t#*'*'"
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c"rtlfttfy have nY Petfrlsslon.ttaln1y have nY PetB1sslon."i.-ao"trrrnl llri worth sonethlng, G€nera1We do thlnk ltts worth somethlng, G-on
C"ar"r. we paltlcu1Brly value lt fn-t|3iii'ii-ir ii"'"otocJ. ri couos fYom a rbraggfr"tt;-riro has the adulratlon and rosP€ct of
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You it:-:, iever be forgotten, Ken, and as yougo folnaral ln Europe, our Prayer's and Sooc;lshes accoEPany You.
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3r!v6r curran (1lth F161d) who vas flownback fron Leyte to Percy Jones EospltaJ-,Cled at tha hosplter on Novemoer za, 1945.Our sympsthles 8o out to hls fanlly.
Jlm Csv. ol' Pox I54, Garflerd, Ga. (24si.o- r'r*-+-5u to 6-51) Just sent in hlsauEs. G.rad Yourre Daekr JIlr.
A WORD OI'I trI(ENil CRAMER
Juat prlor to l-6avlna f,lth h1s 43rd Dlvl-
"r"i-io"'i*ope. IlaJ. GEn. Kenneth Fox Cnsrner
;;;;"-; o noie'r.ritrve to the troubleg;ii;; h" went trrrowtr at Cerp Plckett lastsprlng and sDttrrlloPo
I(en wrote:;i--"i- aiipry appreclatlve of - your.
"6centlett6r-ana tire-urierstandlng nhlch-1t. re-itocts. Durlng th13 perlodr- one ot the nosEclallrYlng thlngs has boen th6 rosponss ori"i""a!-"itr, xh;E I hsv6.baen prevlous!Y-.sot-dlerLnE and tlthout I'moElng too nuch ol' lnooerticlfar clrcunstances lnvolYed are never-Ii,i,i"""-"Lrt.1n that te are ln tho rlght' ..i;;-i;;"-;;;iyzea the sltuatton propsrlv' Atihe uresont time we are nel'ther at rar norp"."i; rro*"u"r, tr6 Eust ln falrnoss to th6.iu""-ifno nan ivho comprlse the a:lrry 81v€- the!the- tralnlng Ehat t111 carry theE-throughmvthinc rhich nlght lle aheed. ft 13. mosE
i'iii'i"iiit i"n gonE of the peoplo back -hotne tocomorehond thls situatlonr but you and r hevtseeir nuch actlon and knor that 1t ls the onrywev ln vhlch to proceed. TlEe f,1rl, of
"oirr"u. conpletoly vlndlcate our proccctu?e'
-tn fuct. that has ln roarlty aJ-reatly occur':al6he re"6t1.rl Eo the Tlme !.lagazlne erticre t-asarf ft, tfr" dinectlon of sorldlflcatlon of thtoivfefon. Eors so tlts ever before. Al.rf,*ias ruirrze the unfalrness of clo artlclo!.n quest!.on, especlaliy ln vLer of ths-T e-oords of th6 varlous lnspectors f,no raiod;ur tralning as Eixcelfontr our admlnlatra--tlon as Exc;Ilent, and our overall sct1vltleln the same categorY.rr--- rvl ""tia
Ken for- poltlsslon to quote- froorhls lotter as 1t carrleal a messa8o shlcn-aJ'r:i-us r:naer:utand anal apprectate. He r€p116dtlf you feeL that ltrs f,orth anythin8, you
irij'"tLloi"H:: ;;:T:;i;:".'l"ll;"1"f;"tenilu}c flghtlng of correSlalo:t ln lTorld l[arII.
Heat and Eeterla plcrccd the aouls of thetnen ln tho rrndetrstretlgtb coDpsnlos. llhe - Ulndanoa I9S1 -- Dav.o Clty E LIensny cr:opt th:rough ttre sweaty stl1}ness ofensny cr:opt th:rough ttre sweaty stl1}ness of
blade to 6tad6 or: hand to-hmd. But the34th Regl!'ent held. 34TE REGT. ASSoC. DANCE
When the trvlctory' Dlvlslon bnoko tbozusarx Perloete! anal Eovod aorth the 54th 0n Saturday, November LO, 1951, the 34thBeglmant ras no long6r rlth lt. ttre Inen Inf. Regt.-Assoc. ulII hold thelr sth Annualreie thene, but the-riglraont as a unlt coultl Dance and Get-Together. The place wlII benot share the grory of Ylctotry. PoP JoEiS RAINBoI/ noOM at Secaucas, N.J.
nlv6 stl1I stuck togothor, le of tho s4ttlrn A large orchest a has been obtalned andsald on6 uan, nAnd re lcler 16 could b? proud thele I,lIl be free souvenlrs for ett. Aof the flehting rc had dono 1n Forea.i
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STTUATIOf, I{OilAL
Ar:e you movln8? Eavc you noved? Pleasenotlfy Joo feyton. ftts lEperatlve that re
groat tlme has besn prepared for those rhcettend.
AtI relabers of the 24th Dlvlslon andtheln frlends ars cordlnal.ly lnvltod torttend and Joln ln on the I\rn. Ttckets naybe obtalned by rrltlng to the 34th Inf.Regt. Assoc. at 28 East 39th st., Nef, York,N.Y. or thoy can bo bought at the door. The
keep up to dete on youlr xher:eabouts. Pleas6 prrlce is $2:OO p€1" per.s5n. Letrs suppo?thelp us, wonrt you? Thank you. thls effalr 1f xorre 1n th6 Nef, York area.
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