THE 412 Gregory Av., W...~k.n. Pl.J. 07087 THE NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION Volume XXXIV Number 1 AlIOCiaiOn Du": $5.00.. y r - S1.50 will be.rlnl'ked o..v for M Ocofoil Jan-Feb 197!. REVISITS THE ARDENNES The skies of Belgium in winer are jus as gray oday as hey werehiry-fouryears ago when he unexpeced and horoughly planned Rundsed Offensive broke ou of he dark woods of he Schnee Eifel on he unsuspecing soldiers of he 106h Division near S. Vih bu he counryside oday is filled wih aracive, solidly buil new houses and he villages we knew so long ago are immaculaely clean and unbelievably prosperous. HEUNION IN FRIENDSHIP An enerprising Texas ravel agen creaed a rip o his region under he ile of a Reunion in Friendship which was o have had paricipans from boh sides of he line and in which wo ofhe principals were o have been our own General Wesmoreland, who was presen wih his charming wife Kisy and, from he oher side, he commander of he Fifh Panzer Army General Baron Hasso von Maneuffel who unforunaely passed on in lae Ocober nor did any oher German veerans ake par in he program. In any case, I fel ha his wa~oo good an 0pporuniy o pass up so I :;:~4'4".. arranged o join he group in ~':'!:~~i':x">:;:""'~~'~":'"'' Luxembourg and o come home h. from Brussels. The areas of m~ ineres o he 9h Division were' somewha removed from ha of ~"} many of he veerans who:/ comprised he our so in order o visi he Vich-Hurgen Monschau area I engaged a selfdrive car o have a more leisurely look a he errain for myself. MEMORY PLAYING Fj\LSE TRICKS I migh be well opoinoil1 ha while roads and direcions are well marked, memory has a way of playing false ricks and i is easy o ge urned around, if no acually los, when looking for some dimly recalled rack or farm. Also he days a his ime of year, Dec. 12-18, are very shor so ha ime for reverie is sricly limied. Never-he-Iess, wih he help of 8 Sars o Vicory and he volumes of he Office of he Chief of Miliary Hisory on he Seigfred Line and he Ardennes, i is quie easy o revisi any of he poins of ineres ha an individual migh wan o find. i: ~J':':: SIGNS OF WAR HAVE.DISAPPEARED In mos places he signs of war have disappeared and in some cases roads have been widenedor "recurved" so ha landmarks are no easily found, a case in poin being hegashof Peer Heinen in Muzenich, near Monschau, which was he 7h Infanry CP from December 19, 1944 o January 30, 1945, and which I found easily in 1956 bu could no be cerain of oday. Driving is easy alhough he evining rush hour is as frusraing in Leige as i is in.ourciiesandheabsence of an observed speed limi on he limied access high ways creaes some concerns, also here are many large rucks coupled o four-wheel railers ha we do no see here. The Michelin maps (1: 200,000 No's. 2 & 4) are invaluable alhough some place names are hard o find and racks on he map can be easily passed by on he ground. There are many blownup bunkers bu only a few dragons-eeh, he ones I saw being near Simmerah. The foress are being inensively logged over and heir cu imber.is being replaced by newly pianed conifers. id~~~:~~~:c:{ 47h Infanry C.P. a Vich. REVISIT EACH RE(iIMEN TALAREA I is no possible o revisi each Regimenal area as he fron he Division covered was so large bu I was able o go up he road Roegen-To-Zweifall ino Vich and hen ou o Mausbach, Gressenich and Schevenhue o see how hings look oday. The 47h CP sill sands solidly in he almos unchanged cener of Vich and he buchershop nex door is sill in busin~ss. Also he prosperous farm ha was Major Murphy's S-4 headquarers is easily locaed. Baered Schenhule is compleely rebuil; however, I could" {;Yninued on page 2 LiegeSepember 10,1944 own folks greeinghe Ninh. I.. Co. Charles Easburn, Boardman Lockwo~ andpappy Bradshaw. GifT Of THE SEA For Lauderdale 34h Reunion Sie. The Gal Ocean Mile Hoel For Lauderdale Gif of he Sea Wake up o an early dawn bursing across he sky. See he palm rees sway in he breeze. Hear he waves of he Ocean bounce on he beach. Caeh a glimpse ef he sea gulls diving for an early cach. Feas your eyes on Florida's foliage of lush flowers in brigh colors.... and hen, pinch yourself o be sure i's you - aking in all his beauy!... Vacaion ime. One, wo, hree weeks? Whaever - ime o unwind, relax, and ge in une wih naure. Enjoy every sound and sigh hrough all he fabulous faciliies For Lauderdale has o offer. Come for he waerways, he relaxing sun, and warm sandy beaches. You've chosen he righ spo. We've been dubbed he "Venice of America", ye we oudid Ialy's scenic ciy en o one wih our over-abundance of waerways. You'll love o see he sailboas cu he waves, he youh zoom by in moor boas, he early morning fisherman winding his way down sream for he cach... his alone could move you o relax and live. There's big game fishing jus off-shore in he Gulf Sream or fresh waer fishing close by in he Everglades. Available are renals from canoes o fishing yachs, along wih moor and sail boas. Come for he sun and swimming, scuba diving, waer s~{iing or jus o play in he waves... wach ou for he big ones, hey ake you by surprise. There are six miles of public sandy beaches. Warm Souheas winds assure summer comfor year round. DUES ARE DUE Dining Deligh Dining ou isa deligh. There's more han 200 gourme resaurans wih varied menus from Greek, Lebanese, Ialian, Polynesian, Chinese and Japanese, plus a profusion of fine French spos;f.'lf"rnvoraby-. priced. One can find small informal places where simple food is served and you can dine in beachwear. Or, you can seek ou he show places and dress in all your finery. Souvenir seekers can discover he special pleasure of window shopping in a ropical seing or in new enclosed Malls, open every evening. Exclusive shops abound. Browse or buy - anyhing from aniques, o he laes fashions. There are also small novely shops carrying unique gifs for friends. Exciing Things Exciing hings o do every day every nigh! Dance a a Disco see a Broadway play. In season, here's he Symphony, he Balle and Ar Museums all over own. A he oher exreme, parks ha offer lawn bowling, archery and shuffleboard faciliies wih organized coness. Gold Coas For Lauderdale is locaed in he hear of he Gold Coas. Our Inernaional Airpor services all pars of he USA wih major airlines. Car renals are a your command and local houses cover all areas of ineres. Wheher you seek he sand... he sun... he waer and fun... or simply come o enjoy our ropical weaher and view, here's no finer spo han F. Lauderdale One of America's favorie Vacaion Capials! reunilndaies Jull 28-28 Family Fun Family fun can mean picnics a nearby parks, canoeing, bicycling or a visi o Ocean World. Feaured here are alened porpoises, sea lions and sharks, keeping you in awe of heir anics. There's even a play pool where visiors young and old, can pe and feed he porpoises. You can ake a landslide our o hisoric sies. See he boanical displays in all heir naural beauy. Day or nigh, you can place your be a a parimuual spor and maybe win some money. All easy o reach by car or bus. We're also called he "Yaching Capial of he World". Sumpuous oceangoing yachs do he marinas as well as housands of boas owned by local residens. No o be missed, sigh-seeing cruises down he inracoasal Waerway and New River. Here you can focus your camera on he scenes ofourlush lagoons, inles, royal palms and islands as well as fabulous waerfron esaes...the..surrounding area of our C.P. has an ousanding number of aracions including many, many fine resaurans, ouris aracions, golf courses and deep sea fishing. There are four greyhound kennel clubs in he area and hey offer perimuual being. There are also horse racing racks wihin driving disance and he season is year long. If y'ou've never seen Jai-Lai, he world's fases game, his is your opporuniy wih wo fronons locaed wihin easy driving of our hoel. Boh offer parimuual being. Wha makes a reunion a reunion is o wrie o a buddy and ell him ha you plan o be a he 34h reunion. Apology Our regres for he mispelling )f Charles Maraldo's name in he las issue of he Ocofoil. Charlie is one of he old imers from E Company 47h Infanry and lives a 171 Bryson Avenue, Saen Island, N. Y. No only did we spell his name incorrecly in Mail Call bu also in Tip of he Ha for his mos generous donaion. As a maer of fac we'll have o do a lile more proof reading before we pu he paper ogeher-righ smack on he fron page-he headline for Harry Hermans presenaion of Division Colors o he Cherboroug Museum we mispelled Accomplished. Tip Of The Ha The Associaion is graeful o he following. members who 'remembered he Memorial Fund: Charles Maraldo Irv H. Terchak Paul Michell We salue you.
THE OCTOFOIL \, ~~~~~~~~~~~_4a~..._ ~..., TN. OCTOflOlL ~ F un 412 G~IWY A"","" C...- N.J. 17117 Ai f Daniel QNL Naional Officers Board of Governors f OCefei A w... 0'"...lII4I r j FranciS K.Malfer Pr i...' 1979,. 14 Davenpor Sree Charles Koskie. Schiller Park, III., Worceser, Ma. 01610 George BakG, Bronx, N.Y., Francis Maher, Worceser, Ma. Vincen Guglielmino, 1s VP Pa DeCoiii, Philadelphia. Pa. f ': 14 Charles Sree Floral Park, N.Y. 11001 1980 f John Bonkowski, Deroi, Mlc.h. Elmer Wagner, 2nd VP Dave Gelman, Fores Hills, N.Y. 2833 Hochkiss Road Salvaore Trapani, Rockville. Md. Bay Ciy, MI. 4706 Paul Keller, Columbus, OhIo f Frank Ozar. Frankfor. III. Ralph Carci, 3rd VP 6324 Kilmer Sree 1981 Cheverly Manor, Md. 20785 Michael Deresh, Woodbridge. N.J. Charles JQnes, McLean, Va. Harrison Daysh William Bongiorno, Bedford, Ma. Judge Advocae Rober DeSandy. S. Clairshores, Mi., 4303 Carriage Cour Elias Hopkins, Feaserville. Pa. K Insingon, Md. 20795 Daniel Quinn, Secreary T ~. j:~~fsa~~~~~ reasurer ~;e~~=~. ~~~~~;0I7 f I Somerville, Ma. 02144 Bo~rd Member Emerius f", M~i Gen. Louis A. Craig (Re.) Honorary Member Emerius Rev. Edward Connors, Worceser, M~ss. The official publicaion of he Ninh Infanry OivisiO!', Associaion. Single COpy price is 25 cens per Issue or by mall S1. SO per year payable," advance when dues are paid. Dues are (SS) per year wih S1.SO of he (SS) ea~marked fo~ SIX & issues of The Oeofoil. Members should noify he Naional, Secreary. Daniel Quinn. 412 Gregory Ave. Weehawken. N.J. of any Change in address. Publis.hed six imes a year. July Augus. Sepember Oco & ber, November December. January February, March-April., May June by and for he members of he Ninh Infan ry Division Associaion. News iems. feaure sories. phoo graphs and ar maerial from members Will be appreciaed Every effor will be made o reurn phoographs and ar work in good condiion An exrac from he cerlfcae of Incorporaio~of he 9.h, Infanry DiviSion ASSOCiaion reads. "This ASSOCIaion IS formed by he officers and men of he 9h Infanry DIVISion In order o perpeuae he memory of heir fallen comrad~s. o preserve he espir de corps of he dlv,sl.on, o assis In promoing an everlasing world peace exclusively ~f means of I, educaional aciviies and o serve as an,nformalon bureau o former mem~r!fo of he 9h Infanry DiVision." COpy mus be received on or before he 10h of each ~onh o guaranee publicaion on he 20h Phoographs mu~ be ~ recelvea on or oeore he 5h day o publicaion monh.. \ Second Class Posage paid J Union Ciy. NJ. Auhorized as of Ocober 1.. 19~7. pubiicaion No' 4Q282C Volume XXXIV Number 1 Jan-Feb 1979- (._~~... ~~~-----~- _..' March 15h deadline nears for Scholarships THI MEMORIAL FUND Of THI 9TH INfANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION Sclolar""p 'nformalon The Memorial Fund of he Ninh Infanry Division Associaion was esablished by he members of he associaion o commemorae he memory of heir comrades who paid he supreme sacrifice in bale. As a par of his fund he associaion esablished a scholarship program. Scholarships are awarded each year o relaives of men ~h~ served in The Ninh Infanry Division. Each scholarship is for one year. ELIGIBILITY'FOR SCHOLARSHIP APPLICATION A person who wishes o apply for a scholarship mus be relaed o a man who served wih The Ninh Infanry Division. Children of former members of he division will be given firs consideraion, bu children of men killed in comba given firs preference. Applicans who are no children of former members of he division will no be considered unless no child of a former member qualifies. APPLICATION PROCEDURE The fo))owing procedures mus be fouowed by hose wishing o apply for he scholarships: 1. Send a leer of applicaion, wrien in exposiory form, o he chairman of he scholarshipcommiee saing he fo))owing: name, address, age, and sex of he applican; name, address. and occupaion of he applican'~ parens or guardians; he name and address of he secondary school he applican is aending or has aended and graduaed; he name and address of he college he applican expecs o aend; he vocaional goal of he applican; and he name of and degree of relaionship o a former member of he division. The uni and daes of service in he division of he former member mus be included. 2. A ranscrip of he applican's high school record mus be included wih he leer of applicaion. The ranscrip mus include a leas he firs seven semesers of he applican's record. 3. The applican mus have a counselor or principal of he high school. he or she is aending wrie a leer of recommendaion o he chairman of he scholarship commiee. 4. The applican mus ake he PSAT which is given every Ocober. The applican mus see ha he resuls of he PSAT are sen o he chairman of he scholarship commiee. These resuls may be included wih he high school ranscrip or sen o he chairman from he CoUege Enrance Examinaion Board. The SAT of he CEEB may be submied in lieu of he PSAT. 5. THE APPLICATION MUST BE SENT TO THE CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOLARSHIP COMMITTEE BY MARCH 15. Applicaions received afer March 15 will no be considered. 6. All applicans mus accep he decision of he Scholarship Commiee as final. 7. Informaion o deermine financial need will be requesed by he Scholarship Commiee afer he applicaions have been considered. 8. Recipiens of he scholarships may,pply.lor renewal of he scholarship each year. A copy of he suden's college grades. a financial saemen, and a leer requesing renewal of he scholarship should be sen o he chairman by March 15. 9. All applicaions mus be sen o: John J. Clouser. Scholarship Chairman. Ninh Infanry Division Associaion, 901 Graceland S.. Des Plaines. IJJinois 60016. ARDENNES Coninued from Pqe 1 find no one o whom I could alk or o show he picure of heir own in he Division Hisory. A few school children were in evidence bu i wasn' pracical o ge ino a discussion wih hem of evens which ook place so many years ago. The Monschau area has changed more han mosas he village aracs a lo of visiors and he economic level of he surrounding counryside is high. I ried o ge o Camp i Vogelsand bu i is miliary '; errain and here was. an exensive NATO meneuver in progress, in he Vich area also, so hings looked somewah as hey did in 1944-45 excep ha here was no snow and no enemy a his ime. TWO "OLD RELIABLES" The bus in which I found myself had Charles MacDonald, auhor of COMPANY COM MANDER and formerly Co. of I Co. 23rd Inf., 2nd Div. and who is now in he Office of he Chief of Miliary Hisory, in i, as well as General and Mrs. Wesmoreland so while Charley covered he salien feaures we wo "Old Reliables" had a grea ime alking of who was who hen and where hey are oday. We also had a young Briish hisorian whose moher was a Belgian from he viciniy of Elsenborn who is almos encyclopaedic in his knowledge of he evens and personaliies of he Ardennes Offensive. We reraced he pah of Kampfgruppe Peiper and heard again he sory of he 45 FA Obsn. BN and heir subsequen massacre near Malmedy; we alked of Von der Heyde and his surrender in Monschau; we sopped for brief services, a which Genreal Wesmoreland spoke, for he 106h Div. a heir memorial in S. Vih and for he 7h Armored Div. in Vielsalm and all in all had a memorable ~xercise in nosalgia. POTENTIAL ENEMY ISNOFOOL The final reunion dinner or banque wih a menu of Belgian specialies was held in he new Palais des Congress in Liege and was very well done wih represenaives of he ciy, our Briish Allies, he American Miliary Cemeery, a German Hisorian who lives in Monschau and abou one hundred our paricipans. Afer oass o he Belgian Royal Family and he Presiden of he Unied Saes and brief commens by various digniaries, General Wesmoreland gave he principal address in which he poined ou ha our poenial enemy is no fool and respecs only srengh; ha we mus be vicorious in he firs encouner in conras o Winson Churchill's commen ha he Briish have ofen los every bale excep heir las one and mos imporan ha unless we can win he firs bale, and our enemy knows we can win i, our deerren will no work. BEAUTIFULLY MAINTAINED CEMETERIES.. I, is no given o everyone o make such a pilgrimage as his and he hear swells as one reviews he crosses in our beauifully mainained cemearies and salues he memory of comrades now gone. We can only be proud of he par he 9h Division played in wha we all were cerain was a jus cause and which occupied such an imporan par of our younger days. Boardman F. Lockwood (Ex-Hq. 47h Inf. Reg'.) 72 Glenwood Rd Wes Harford,Conn. 06107 REQUEST FOR ROOM RESERVATIONS FOR 9h INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION REUNION GALT OCEAN MILE HOTEL 32 GALT OCEAN DRIVE FORT LAUDERDALE, FLORIDA 33308. JULY 25-29, q REQUEST FOR SPACE IN SOUVENIR PROGRAM ; Co..,..y... Quarer Page $20.00 Eighh Page $10.00 r ~!NTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASS'N. :MEMBERSHIP APPUCAnON.u.a. ~ K n.n Quinn.,1'1..,. S.,.'.ry, 9dI Inf"lry DiYi.io U2 Cr ory Ave. WeellawkeD. :"'I.J. 07"17 ~.me I w a...ber of: B.Uery Enc-Iowd pl lind.iu... info Sree Addr.. RESERVATION CUT-OFF DATE: JULY 15, 1979 ) 1 PERSON $21.00 ARRIVALDATE ) 2 PERSONS - 1 ROOM $26.00 DEPARTURE DATE 3RD & 4TH PERSONS AT $3.00 per person addiional. Children under 12.sharing wih parens -})9 charge. Maximum 4 persons per room:~pleaseadd_~per'entsales TAX. SPECIAL CONVENTION RATES APPLY 3 DAYS BEFORE & AFTER CONVENTION DATES. NAMES OF OTHER PERSONS IN YOUR RESERVATION: NO. OF PERSONS TELEPHONE: 305-564-8581 PLEASE INCLUDE ONE NIGHT'S DEPOSIT W~kno~haaloofourmemberswillno be able o aend he reumon his summer bu a grea way o be remembered o your "old buddies" is o make sure your name appears in he Reunion' Journa.1. Raes sar a $2.00 for a booser (includes your name and um) up o a full page for $50.00. Try o be in he Journal. Full Page $50.00 Half Page $30.00 Boosers $2.00 (includes name and uni> Make checks payable o he 9h Inf. Div. Assn. Reunion and send all checks, money orders and copy o: Secreary Daniel Quinn 412 Gregory Avenue Weehawken, N.J. 07087 The own of Schevenhue, Germany where he 3rd Bn., 47h spen he monhs of Sepember hru November of 1944.,~i." o.ip up for ile 10UowiD.: Sni No.... lode S "." '_ ; "ep"di... 9111 Diy. Hepl.r Me..ber. per,ear... $00 0 TIa, Y..,.I.". :....'.13.00 C Un: MEMBERSHIP - _...... 50.00 C I..dif AuUllary Me.her, 2.00 Q ~ i ron.,iod Memorial ScholanlUp FUDd ~ deloioij Auomobile Ucea_ DIM.. _, ~ Comb. Roae M.p -... 601.. Inf.nry ljuiory _. PI~ p ~r..ua o ile lollowid. O'.p...:.SO =.50 ~.50 C. P..UI,.O' Valley 0 Gre.er Ne,., Yon 0 n 0 W..IuII... D.C. 0 N.w EqlalMl 0 MJclaipa 2 ow. 0 F.,ealeYilJe.Fo... B,... N.C. 0 ~ ~
Michigan Doings CHRISTMAS PARTY The Chrismas Pary on December he 9h in Garden Ciy, Mi. was ousanding among he Chaper evens. Our deep graiude o he Commiee of Don Lewis, Elmer Wagner and Floyd Hennessey and all hose who responded o heir appeal and conribued so generously in puing his Pary ogeher. I was a grea combined spiri of hose ha never were able o hos a Chaper even bu have decided o do somehing abou i. Our hanks again, o all of you. Even ou of his fine group here were some ha missed his big Special even. Elmer Wagner received a call earlier in he day ha his broher passed away afer losing a long bale wih cancer. Deep sympahy expressions were sen by he Chaper. Bill and Lucile Andrews couldn' manage ha long journey from Comsock Park wih he weaher so unpredicable and hey were missed. Rodger and Jennie Alsgaard were so much on he go wih heir daugher's wedding only abou a week away. (Our Congraulaions and Bes Wishes o he Newly-weds, Gilber & Marha whom we me in Angola, Ind.) Bob and Mac Cole can only make a Chaper doing when he ges a break from his job and i jus wasn' he case his ime, unforunaely. John and Thelma Obermiller also missed ou because of work. John is appoaching reiremen and Thelma was on her busy schedule a The Michigan House in Bay Ciy. However, here was a fine crowd a he Pary and we were pleased o see quie a few young people having a nice ime wih us. HELPING HAND The fine cooperaion made he even wha i was. Chuck Williams, San Guek and Tom Saunders came down in he afernoon o give he Commiee a helping hand in decoraing he hall and seing up he ables and chairs. Gene Reedy delivered he "Red Pop" early as usual and some of he "Guys" brough somehing for he bar which was appreciaed. San Guek voluneered o do he bar-ending and did a grea ~~. While Chairman, Don LeWIS was in charge of all he arrangemens, i was Helen who was responsible for ha delicious buffe. Some of he "Gals" added o he variey of good food wih heir favorie dishes. Shirley Guek, Lee Hennessey and Doris Williams were among hose who helped in he kichen. All his was really appreciaed.. Our hanks o Gmny McKibbin for encouraging Bob o come o he Pary alhough she was down wih he flu and resriced under docor's care. Bob brough his saxophone along and offered o join he Band for he nigh. His performance was all professional and we were reaed o he sweees music in own. Thanks a million, Bob and Ginny. Billie Marin se his camera down and we winessed ye anoher ' of his. fine alens. He joined Don LeWIS on he band-sand in singing he mos beauiful of all Chrismas Carols, "Silen Nigh". Their rendiion pu us in ha rue Holiday spori.... and here also was ime for laugher. Charloe Fox pu on a one "Gal" show wih her original, "Dance wih he veil". I was all in good fun and she presened he Treasury wih $1.14 in coins ha were ossed her way. Lucky for Chuck, here were no alen scous around. The fellows ook ime o call ha brief bu imporan Meeing o Order. In he excused absence of Pres. John Al Young, who had oher commimens and Vice Presidens, Bill Andrews and Rodger Alsgaard - i was Bob DeSandy who Chaired his Session and he did a very fine job. Firs, Fred Josey presened a complee Financial Saemen on he Michigan-Illinois Angola Ouing. He and Co-Chairman, Bill Andrews, (alhough no presen) were given a round of applause for a job well done. TOGUIDE THE CHAPTEH The Elecions followed and wih some declinaions and addiional nominaions, he following ha ve been chosen o guide he Chaper in 1979: Presiden, Leonard Kowalski: Firs V.P., Hodger Alsgaard: Second V.P., Charles Williams; Treasurer, Bob D'Sandy; Adjuan, Don Lewis; Chaplain, Floyd Hennessey; Secreary, John Bonkowski; Hisorian, Elmer Wagner. For hose ha may be wondering why I'm sill on he job, here is wha happened. Fred Josey offered o accep he nominaion for he Office of Secreary. However, in all honesy he made i clear ha his elecion would also mean he end of he News-Noes because, he had no way of duplicaing all hose copies. In he ligh of his, I've been asked o reconsider my resignaion for anoher year when someone will be able o coninue wih he Noes ha have been sared en years ago. Wih Fred's wihdrawal. I've been eleced for one more erm. Afer he Meeing, he nigh was sill young and he Band played on, for our dancing and lisening pleasure. There were many Guess in he crowd, including Charlie Meadows who came wih Barb and we were pleased o have hem. Charlie, whose wife passed away jus a few monhs ago was Bill's broher. Jim Dawson brough Edih wih him and i had been some ime since we've seen her. Edih hasn' been feeling oo well bu we're glad ha hey came on his occasion o forge heir roubles and we hope ha i was an enjoyable evening for hem. Evere & Irene Tapp were enjoying he Pary and as you all know, Irene is he Naional Presiden of he Ladies Auxiliary. She'd be delighed o sign up any of you "Gals" who are no Members. "The Haons" reurned from Arizona no oo long ago and we were happy o hear ha Gerrie's moher is doing fine. Afer missing he las few Meeings, Ed and Marge Wisniewski made his one and i was good o see hem again. A Life Membership Card was presened o Ed, one of he fine Chrismas Gifs from his family. We also received dues from he following Members and our appreciaion for paying hem hrough he Chaper: Charley Fox, Raymond Schulz, Rodger Alsgaard, Arhur Lios, Joseph Boudreau and Rober Torren. re0iiii ~Ies joly 21-21 THE OCTOFOIL Back a he Pary, Bill and Dolores Zimmerman weren' doing any dancing bu hey were enjoying he music very much. Paula was wih hem and once again we called on her o draw he lucky ickes for boh of he Raffles. Charlie Meadows and Vi Sockford donaed some addiional prizes while Fred Josey was promoing he Regular Bole Drawing. The crowd responded generously wih 101 chances aken. There were 416 ickes sold. Our graiude o Nick Gorno, Dan Roman and Harry Bushey who have reurned heir subs in he name of he Chaper. To everyone who conribued in making his Raffle such a grea success, we wish o express our deepes appreciaion. The same o all of you who have aken he ime o reurn your compleed Quesionnaires. Many kind commens were included which we'll always cherish. This also goes for all he beauiful Chrismas cards ha we received. Recenly, we received a nice noe from Gerald Teachou. originally from Por Huron and now residing in California. He inquired abou Tom Saunders and Ernie Young and anyone who served in "F" Co. 60h. If you are one of hem, he'd be delighed o hear from you, a: Space 177, Anaheim Park, 311 N. Beach Blvd., Anaheim, California 92801. We also heard from Augie & Ann Aversa who moved from Livonia o Farmingon Hills and are now in Ausralia. Augie is on a new assignmen wih he Ford Moor Company and hey are enjoying i very much. The people in Melbourne rea hem very well and we're happy for hem. There is a chance ha we may mee hem in Augus when hey're expecing a home leave. In he meanime, our News Noes are no only going from Coas o Coas bu half way around he world. HEADING FOR HAWAII We're rushing hese Noes ou on his 2nd day of February because omorrow Rose and I along wih some of our good neighbors and friends will be heading for Hawaii. We'll ake a lile side rip o Las Vegas on he way back and God willing we will reurn in ime for ha Meeing on he 24h a Bob and Flo DeSandy's home. Mr. John Bonkowski 19941 Hickory Deroi, Michigan 48205 IT'S JUST A PIECE OF CLOTH Tha is all i is - jus a piece of cloh. Bu when a lile breeze comes along, i sirs and comes o life and fluers and snaps in he wind, all RED, AND WHITE, AND BLUE! And hen you realize ha no oher piece of cloh could be like i! I has your whole life wrapped up in i - he meals you ea; he ime you spend wih your family; he kind of hings your boy and girl learn a school; he srange and wonderful houghs you ge in church on Sunday. Those sars in i - hey make you feel as free as he sars in he wide deep nigh. And hose sripes - hey are bars of blood of any dicaor who would ry o change his way of life. Jus a piece of cloh, ha is all - unil you pu your soul ino i, and give i meaning. Then i is a symbol of libery, and decency, and fair-dealing for everyone. I is jus a piece of cloh unil we breahe life ino i; unil we make i sand for everyhing we believe in, and refuse o live wihou i. Auhor unknown' THE PAST IN REVIEW January Daes Worh Remembering 1941-3-Division placed on warime raining fooing of 44-hour week. 3-60h Infanry aacks Konzen, Germany. 6-Firs Bn. 39h Inf. capures German posiion a Rohe Mark, Germany. 1947 15-Deacivaion 1941-16-Firs selecees arrive from Camp Upon, chaperoned by Cap. Van H. Bond, 60h Infanry. 1944-19-General Mongomery visis he division, England. 19-2o-During severe blizzard Division begins follow-up of German wihdraw o he eas. 1941-20-Qne baery Div. Ary. parades in Roosevel's hird inaugural, Washingon. 1944-2o-Special services for Division held in Wincheser Cahedral, England. 1943-25-Remaining elemens of division arrive in Norh Africa. 29-0fficial end of German couner offensive in Ardennes. 30-60h Infanry capures Rohren; 47h capures Alzen, Germany. 1943-31-Movemen from Lyaue o Tlemcen, Norh Africa, begun. 31-60h Infanry capures Widdau, assised by concenraion of en baalions arillery; 39h Infanry capures heighs near Alzen. Lannon l:ompany 47h Infanry 3;r.d Plaoon Gun Secion shown a For Bragg wih heir new half racks shorly before going over-seas. Boom I-r Che Sg. Zajakowski. Tarheel Evans, second row - Bud Bascon, Foser. (oher wo members were no idenified) Picure sen by Bill Coen. A he firs res break afer he Rhine crossing a Remagen members of Company H47h Infanry's Morar Plaoon (Se~ond Secion) are shown: L-R Sanding Joe Burless, Ned Tramor, Lou Peinio, Dick "Cab;' Galloway, Paul Mai, Dick Rausek, Nick Romero, Willie polecek, Joe Milinazzo, John B~own. Kneeling - James Mason, AI Papai (who wen on o pich m he Big Leagues) Frank Fazio (very acive associaion member) and Paul Golobish. A woman called her laundry o repor ha she had received, in her bundle, six men's sox. "I'm no even married!" he cusomer proesed. "We're Las year a guy was caugh afer sealing my car. He pleaded insaniy. The jury ook one look a my car and acquied him! sorry" answered he helpful girl a he laundry. "We'll send a man ou righ away." Judge: You've been brough here for drinking. Drunk: Grea! Le's ge ~ared! When was he las ime you wroe a leer o our KaU Call Column?
THE OCTOFOll HE IS JUST AWAY! I canno and I will no say Tha he is dead-he is jus away! Wih a cheery smile and wave of he hand He has wandered ino an unknown land. And lef us dreaming how very fair I needs mus be since he lingers here. And you-oh, you, who he wildes yearn For he old-ime sep and he glad reurn. Think of him faring on, as dear In he love of There as he love of Here. Mild and genle as he was brave- When he sweees love of his life he gave. To simple hings: Where he violes grew, Blue as he eyes hey were likened o. The ouches of his hand have srayed As reverenly as his lips have prayed. When he lile brown hrush ha harshly chirped Was as dear o him as he mocking bird. And he piied as much as a man in pain A lile honey bee we wih rain. Think of him sill as he same, I say He is no dead-he is jus A WA Y! -James Whicomb Riley. Harry Melzer Company G 47h Inr Jackie Della Por' Hq Co. 47h Inr Ward Francis Perry 26h FA-AGO Sec Div IIq Andrew Grauer Co B 15h Engineers Carlon ('uris Co B 15h Engineers James A Gaddess Company G :l9h In. AI D'Cresengo Hq Company 47h Inr Carl Vanderley Can ('0 -Med :~9h Daniel Broderick Company I 60h Inf Inr.John,J. Michell Company II 47h Inr Huber Urban Company K 47h Inr Rober Ashworh 15h Engineers May hey res in peace. Remember hem in your prayers and (~ h'ir loved ones W(' offer our condolences. This is o inform you of he deah of my broher, Ward, also of he Ninh Division (in fac, he was in he 9h much longer han I) on January 15h. Ward joined he 9h a For Bragg in July 1941 ~nd was assigned o he 26h FA Bn. Laer, he was ransferred o ha AGO Secion a Division Headquarers where he served unil Augus 1945 a Ingolsad, Germany. Ward was proud of having served in he 9h and had a lo of good 'friends in he division. My regards o you and he secreary's secreary. Sincerely, Harold G. (Hal) Perry 3430 Gal Ocean Drive, Ap. 202 F. Lauderdale, FL 33308 lvlk~. DANIEL BRODERICK 470 N. Broadway Yonkers, N.Y. I am sorry I didn' drop a line a monh ago bu I have been very upse since my husband, and a member of he 9h Inf. Div. died. Dan died on Ocober 28h afer a long illness. He was always very proud of his membership and I wan o ake his opporuniy of wishing you all he very bes in he coming year. MRS. HARRY MELTZER 34-35 76h Sree Jackson Hgs., N.Y. 11372 Graefully acknowledgin& and hanking you for your kind expression of sympahy. The New York Chaper los wo members in January, Harry Melzer and Jackie Della Pore former members of he 47h Infanry. The members of he Chaper were able o aend he funeral service for Harry bu because of he shor noice and snow sorm could no aend he funeral for Jackie. Jackie had recenly moved up-sae New York afer selling his business in Brooklyn. Back in our days in For Bragg he was known as one of he "Dead End Kids" of Headquarers Company. He had almos made i hrough he War when he was hi and los a leg, a he las days in Germany. Harry a former Presiden of he Chaper was one of he old imers from he days in Bragg and served wih Company G 47h Infanry. He aended his las meeing in November of las year and alhough no feeling oo wei he was in his usual good spiris. I cerainly came as a shock when we received a call ha he had passed away. We shall miss hem. I was sorry o hear abou Harry Melzer. I surely would have aended he funeral had I been informed. In fac we were neighbors when we were growing up in he Souh Bronx (Tiffanny & Beck Ss.) His broher Carl and I were he bes of friends when we were children. Harry and I sared ogeher a For Bragg in 1941. Sincerely, Manny Schonfeld 2875 Sedgwick Ave. Bronx, N.Y. 10468 TlCIVeling down road 01 hisory This is an aricle wrien by he lae Ernie Pyle in 1943. I appeared in he Infanry Journal of ha year. ARTICLES FROM INFANTRY JOURNAL by ERNIE PYLE SOLDIER This war is no likely o see more accurae reporing han he daily columns Ernie Pyle has been sending back from Tunis. The friendly bu keeneyed observaion ha has marked his roving work is he Saes during he pas few years is o be found in everyhing he has wrien abou he war. Back a few weeks ago, when he againis he Tunis Naxis was jus gaining momenum, Pyle wroe a number of hings abou he Ground Forces and how hey operaed. Wha he said showed ha he was righ up where he could see how a good hard bale is fough. INFANTRY IN COMBAT Here is one of his repors on Infanry in comba: "We're now wih an Infanry oufi ha has baled ceaselessly for four days and nighs. "This norhern warfare has been in he lllpunains. You don' ride much any more. I is walking and climbing and crawling counry. The mounains aren' big bu hey are consan. They are largely reeless. They are easy o defend and bier o ake. Bu we are aking hem. "The Germans lie on he back slope of every slope of every ridge, deeply dug ino fox holes. In fron of hem he fields and pasures are hideous wih housands of hidden mines. The forward slopes are lef open, unenaned, and if he Americans ried o scale hese slopes hey would be murdered wholesale in an inferno of machine-gun crossfire plus morars and grenades. PULVERIZING THE ENEMY "Consequenly we don' do i ha way. We have fallen back o he old warfare of firs pulverizing he enemy wih arillery, hen sweeping around he ends of he hill wih infanry and aking hem from he sides and behind. "I've wrien before how he big guns crack and roar almos consanly hruou he day and nigh. They lay a screen ahead of our roops. By magnificen shooing hey drop shells on he back slopes. By means of shells imed o burs a few fee from he ground, hey ge he Germans even in heir fox holes. Our roops have found ha he Germans dig fox holes down and hen under, rying o ge cover from he shell burss ha shower deah from above. Our arillery has really been sensaional... So severely wounded during World War II ha he was discharged from he Army wo years before he war's end, Rober Ashworh now lies peacefully a res in Arlingon Naional Cemeery. Mr. Ashworh, V.F.W. Naional Veerans Service Direcor since 1974 and in poor healh for several years, died unexpecedly Aug. 24, while aending he 79h Naional Convenion in Dallas. He was 60. He was wounded a Gafsa, Tunisia, by a German mine as he was helping clear a minefield as a member of he 9h Infanry Division's 15h Engineers. UNBEUEVABLECAULDRON OF FIRE "All he guns in anyone secor can be cenered o shoo a one spo. And when we lay he whole business on a German hill he whole slope seems o erup. I becomes an unbelievable cauldron of fire and smoke and dir. Veeran German soldiers say hey have never been hru anyhing like i. "Now o he Infanry - he God- damned infanry, as hey like o call hemselves. LEARN TO LIVE "I love he infanry because hey are he underdogs. They are he mud-rain-fros-andwind boys. They have no comfors and hey even learn o live wihou he necessiies. And in he end hey are he guys ha wars can' be won wihou. "I wish you could see jus one of he ineradicable picures I have in my mind oday. In his paricular picure I sm siing among clumps of sword-grass on a seep and rocky hillside ha we have jus aken. We are looking ou over a vas rolling counry o he rear. "A narrow pah comes like a ribbon over a hill miles away, down a long slope, across a creek, up a slope and over anoher hill. "All along he lengh of his ribbon here is now a hin line of men. For four days and nighs hey have fough hard, eaen lile, washed none, and slep hardly a all. Their nighs have been sleepless and miserable wih he crash of arillery. "The men are walking. They are 50 fee apar, for dispersal. Their walk is slow, for hey are dead weary, as you can ell even when you look a hem from behind. Every line and sag of heir bodies speaks heir inhuman exhausion. "On heir shoulders and backs hey carry heavy seel ripods, machine-gun barrels, leaden boxes of ammuniion. Their fee seem o sink ino he ground from he overload hey are bearing. "They don' slouch. I is he errible deliberaion of each sep ha spells ou heir appaling iredness. Their faces are black and unshaven. They are young men, bu he grime and whiskers and exhausion make hem look middleaged. SIMPLE EXPRESSION "In heir eyes, as hey pass is no hared, no exciemen, no despair, no he onic of heir vicory - here is jus he simple expression of being here as ho hey had been here doing his forever, and nohing else. "The line moves on, bu i never ends. All afernoon men keep coming round he hill and vanishing evenually over he horizon. I is one long, ired line of anlike men. TOO TIRED "There is an agony in your hear and you almos feel ashamed o look a hem. They are jus guys from Broadway and Main sree, bu you wouldn' remember hem. They are oo far away now. They are oo ired. Their world can never be known o you, bu if you could see hem jus once, jus for an insan, you would know ha no maer how hard people work back home hey are no keeping pace wih hese infanrymen Tunisia." You can' wrie ha kind of reporing unless you're up in he figh yourself, and work overime a waching and learning jus how he ground roops do heir suff on oday's war. While waching a movie on TV - a rerun of Paon recalled he days in Sicily when he General addressed he roops o apologize for he slapping inciden a a hospial. We car almos hear him saying "I know I am a S.O.B. bu I'm no he only S.O.B. in his man's Army", ec... The following leer is a reprin of he message he sen o General Eddy on November 10, 1943, when he "Old Reliables" lef Sicily for England. HEADQUARTERS SEVENTH ARMY APO 758 U.S. Army 10 November, 1943 Major General M.S. Eddy Headquarers 9h Infanry Division APO NO.9 My dear General Eddy: Please accep for yourself and pass od a an appropriae ime o your gallan officers and men my deep appreciaion of heir splendid service and my regre ha you are leaving. Le us hope ha i is only emporary. During more han eigheen monhs i has been my good forune o serve wih he 9h Division and never in ha ime has our associaion been oher han pleasan, and ofen i has been glorious. Over he surf-orn, bullewinnowed beaches of Morocco, across he dusy plains and serile mounains of Tunisia, from Tebessa o Bizere, and here in Sicily from Licaa o Messina, he 9h Division has ever been in he forefron of vicory. I has creaed for iself a ~ahless fame. My sinceres hope is ha when nex I have he privilege of going ino bale, I shall see he insignia of he 9h Division in he vanguard. Wih affecionae regards o all of you, I am, Mos sincerely, G.S. PATrON JR., Lieu. General, U.S. Army, Commanding. Kasserine Pass, Tunisia, March ]943. Company M's 8] Morar and crew, 39h Infanry.
THE OCTOFOIL NEW YORK CHAPTER ELECTS OFFICERS FOR 1979 On November 4, 1978 he New York Chaper held nominaions for officers for 1979. As per usual procedure a nominaing commiee was seleced by lo~ery. On he nominaing commiee were he following: Alfred Orlei, Al Seeley, George Bako, Vincen Guglielmino and Chairman William Klauz. The nominaing commiee came up wih he following slae: Presiden Alfred Orlei; 1s Vice Presiden - James Hayes; 2nd Vice Presiden - Alfred Seeley; Secreary - Arhur R. Schmid; Treasurer - Irving Feinberg; Judge Advocae Daniel Quinn; Chaplain George Apar; and Sergean-aarms - George Bako. The following members were nominaed from he floor o serve on he Chaper Board of Governors: John Parisi. 39h Infanry Regimen; Nicholas Palega, 47h Infanry Regimen; Mahew McCormack, 60h Infanry Regimen; Arhur R. Schmid, Special Troops, and James Harouunian, Division Arillery. Remaining on he Board of Governors were Frank Fazio; 47h Infanry Regimen; Edward Robin, 60h Infanry Regimen; and Hyman Seslowe, Special Troops. Usual Fine Job On January 5, 1979 we had Insallaion of Officers. George Apar was he insalling officer. He did his usual fine job. Firs. he discharged he ou-going officers. Each officer was asked o sand and was given a round of applause. Then he insalled he in-coming officers saring wih he members on he Board of Governors and going up hejine foir new Presiden. Alfred Orlei. Each officer was again asked o sand and go a round of applause. George is a maser of ad libbing, and when i came ime for him o insall himself as Chaplain he had a few remarks o make. Before insalling Alfred Orlei as Presiden he called him o he dais. George said ha Al was a hard worker for he Chaper, and he fel ha Al would do a good job as Presiden. He hen officially insalled Al and handed him he gavel. Al hanked he membership for elecing him and said he would ry o do his bes. George again called for more use of he alens of he members of he Board of Governors. Arhur R. Schmid Secreary And my Docor was amazed o discover I had a disease ha hadn' been around for almos a cenury. Turned ou I caugh i from a magazine in his waiing room <:*,~ To "B" (47h.) or n() o "B". - William S. said i firs, bu now we're saying i - "here's jes goa be a loa you "BECO" boys ou here an' we're anxious a hear frum ya + yer whereabous 'n happenings." Now for sarers- REMEMBER????? Roland Whiehorse, he Kiawa Kid? - Well, Roland and June presenly live ou in Elgin, Okla. where he is employed in a civilian capaciy wih he Army a F. Sill, ells us he's pu hree of heir "purposes" hrough college - o dae! - Al "Limey" Faulconbridge, recenly reired and long ime residen of Monclair, N.J. ells us he and Vickie plan heir "reiremen living" in California, where wo of heir four children have been living. - Ernie Crowder, our "Mess Sergean" who wears an honorary "Brown Gravy ribbon wih hree mushroom clusers" in appreciaion for a job well done by he men he served - his culinary skills added gourme ouches "o food where mediocriy oo ofen prevailed - hus i's no surprise o learn Ernie operaes his own resauran in Raleigh, N.C. drop in and enjoy a Crowder seak and a side order of fond recollecions! - er black-eye peas 'n gris? - nach! Ernie and Inez reside locally, have a married daugher, and can be reached a P.O. Box 14031. "Wherefore Ar Thou" - And now o quoe he "bard" - "Wherefore ar hou, Romeo's?" - our search for good buddies wih whom we've los conac. - John and Ann O'Donnell, formerly of Pisburgh, Pa. we know you're ou here in Ohio - bu where? - Joe and Edih Podany, are you sill ou here in cool. cooler, cold, coldes Minneapolis? - sop shivering and muer louder, we can' hear you, Joe. - Jim Thompson, our las "ad" on you was down in ha lovely suburb of Washingon, D.C. - namely, Silver Springs, Md. -????? We plan o coninue our "All abou "B" wih news idbis, addresses ec. - bu we'll need your co-operaion - remember! I's "your" column so keep us informed and w& 11 pass i on o he oher "lovers"'. Ar Senzel 179 Salem Road, Wesbury, N. Y.. 11590 Pa J. Morano 2208 Lincoln Way, Eas Chambersburg, Pa. 17201. Ar Senzel sends his sho from back in 1949-a he Pisburgh reunion. Taken in Luke Savages rear yard in McKeespor, Pa., 1 r Joe Messcavage, Pa Morano, Dan Quinn, and Ar. Those were he days when Company 8 47h had a large urnou a h> reunions. mail call Coninued from page 6 CO K47h Inf E. B. (RED)THOMPSON P.O Box 132 Niles, Michigan 49102 Jus a few words o ell everyone how much we enjoyed he reunion in Philly and looking 'forward o For Lauderdale. 9h Div. reunion. My wife and I mee ~u:1n and Frances Mrugala. Joim was wih K Co 47h. Mr. & Mrs. William Canales. Bill was ou of K Co 47h. We had a nice ime and hope o see hem all in For Lauderdale in July. I have some sad news o repor. Mrs. Huber Urban old me her husband passed away Jully 22nd 1978. _ Herb was wih K Co 47h, L Urban was a good soldier and leader. I served under him ill we were boh wounded. We were sen back o England. Tha was1944 or 45 and he las ime I saw L Urban. We had been wriing he las few years oeachoher. I know he guys whowere in D Co 47h abou his ime remember L. Urban and always will. Our deepes sympahy o his wife Lucelle and family. See you in July. IIq Co 2nd Bn 47h ANTHONY BOLOGNESE 144 Ludingon Sree Buffalo, N.Y. 14206 I wish o express my hanks for sending me Louie Simone's address. I's hard o believe ha afer 33 years, Louie sill resides a 111 Morimer Sree in Dumore, Pa. (18152) I sen him a copy of he Ocofoil and am hopeful ha I can convince him o aend our nex reunion in Florida. I wan o ask anoher favor. Would you send me he las known addresses of John Rooks and Tony Vallone (2nd Bn) Rooks was in our wire crew and Vallone was a radioman. Regards o all. Ediors- noe: The secreary supplied Tony wih heir addresses and hope hey are of some help as boh were very old addresses. Co's A I} and IIqs 1s 8n 60h Inf JOHN K. MOORE 3506-14h S. W. Bradenon, Fla. :~3505 Reading he laes issue of THE OCTOFOIL, which arrived his P.M., I was reminded ha once again ha ime for yearly dues has arrived. Las year I negleced ha fac, unil finally he day came when my face was caused o be as red as was he ink used in he address. Alhough I seldom find a name used which I can remember, ye he evens recalled and he names ha are menioned, and he memories which he reading revives, - all serve o keep he spiri and he pride in he Glorious Ninh srong and eernal. To you, Dan, and o hose who help you in geing ou his paper mus go he credi for furnishing, for mixing, and for supplying he binder ha keeps all our individual members cemened ogeher in our one srong and vibran Associaion. I am sure ha all members join me in my hanks o you for, "A Job Well Done". Healh and circumsances permiing I will surely see you in For Lauderdale in July. DUES ARE DUE Co E 60h Inf CHARLES SNYDER 597 Riverside Drive Bale Creek, Mich. 49015 Well is ime I go on he ball and renewed my Associaion dues again. Enclosed find check for 3yrs.1 sure don' wish o ge one ofhose Ocofoils wih he red leers. Alhough I don' ofen see anybody's name ha I remember, I is always wih grea care and expecaions ha I read he "MAIL CALL". In he Nov-Dec issue I noed a :eer from Arhur R. Lougher from Waverly New York. He menioned several people ha '",ere in he oufi while I was here, Ocober 4h 1944 o May 1945. I don' recall Mr. Lougher a his ime, bu maybe if he were o menion where he was injured i migh recall somehing ha I migh be of help wih. I seems ha during he ime I was in he oufi, i was a ime of grea change in personnel. I know ha I was in he oufi abou 2 weeks and I was he oldes man in he company mos of he ime. I was forunae along wih a.buddy from Wes Virginia. Ron Slough, o go all he way hrough wihou geing "Hi". I guess my faher being wounded or gassed, 4 imes in he firs war, go all hose wih our family name on hem. Of course, hose wih your name on hem could miss you if you kep your head and "bu" down, i was "o whom i migh concern" ha you really worried abou anyway. To ge back o Mr. Lougher, Sg Alvin Heaps from he firs plaoon ook over our plaoon a he Swamellman dams. he migh be able o help. The las leer I wroe you included a picure of "Heaps" being congraulaed on being eleced Presiden of he Grain Millers Naional Union (I hink). He migh be in New York somewhere. In closing for he benefi of hose who knew him "Tom: Dombroski" fro~ Cheyboyagan, Michigan passed away a couple of years ago. I wen up o see him, and phoned his wife, and she gave me he bad news. Tony was a fellow o say close o in comba, as he always gave a good accoun of himself. If anybody who served in he oufi during my Sin lives around Michigan please wrie. P.S. Is Bill Pinyo sillcrossin~ rivers and going he wrong way? Also, I suppose Jerry Una is sill living off he gambling winnings from "Manching" airfield. P.S. If Pee Drapean is sill kicking, keep his eyes open. If he sill lives in Lileon, N.H. I jus migh be up his way his summer. 15h ENGRS. MAURICE N. TOUGAS 111 Aena Sree Cenral Falls, R. I. 02863 I wan o bea he red ink his year, here are my dues for 1979. Again, I wish you and he Associaion he bes of everyhing for he New Year. Co. (' :l9h Inf. WALT SMITH 1035 Terrace Blvd. Trenon, N.J. 08618 Sorry, can' make i his year. Have some back rouble and hear rouble also. Try o make i for he January or February meeing. reuli II _ales jull 28-21 Co G 39h Inf ROBERT SMITH 134 Roger Avenue, Bellevue, Ohio 44811 Abou a year ago I sen a noice ha James A. Gaddess of Oil Ciy, Pa. had passed away bu have never seen any menion in he Ocofoil of same. Jim was sen home from Europe wih infeced fee and never regained his healh unil he ime of his deah. He was a member of he Associaion bu could no a end our reunions due o physical impairmens. I hope o a end he reunion in F. Lauderdale his coming July and may see you hen. Edior's noe: Sorry abou he slip up on he sad news of he deah of Jim Gaddess bu don' recall receiving he noice. Co M 60h Inf. JOHN ELICHKO 1504 Valley Rd. Rahway, N.J. 07065 Enclosed find check for years dues. George Brum had called me abou making he Philly reunion bu I was unable o go. Hope o make he nex one in Florida. Bes of all o all. Co 1\1 47h Inf FREDERICH J. FALG IANO 180 Van Corland. Park So Bronx, N.Y. Enclosed find my dues for 1979. I wan o wish you and your family and all he members of he Ninh a very Happy and Healhy holiday for all he years o come. ('0 K f;oh Inf PAUL MITCHELL :m Hallsdale Dr. Louisville, Ky. 40220 Enclosed find dues for hree years plus donaion o h(\ Memorial Fund. I'm sill an ou-paien a he V.A. Hospial here in Louisville. Have a fine ime a For Lauderdale. Would give anoher arm, if I had i, o be here. Co. B. 60h Inf. F. MC DERMOTT 315 Hazel S. Clifon, N.J. 07011 Sure miss he meeings. I sill work midnigh shif so i's impossible o aend meeings. Say hello o all he fellows for me. Keep up he good work. 9h Inf. HERR R.M.A. HIRST Gusav - Freyag Sr 6 6200 Wiesbaden Federal Republic of Germany Dear Herr Hirs: I am pleased o repor ha he Remagen Sone has arrived and is in he hands of he For Lewis Museum Curaor. The sone did, indeed, arrive hrough miliary hisorian channels. The curaor will provide he Chief, Miliary Hisory, Headquarers, Deparmen of he Army, wih he ex of capion maerial and a phoograph of he display in he early spring. I undersand copies will' be forwarded from HQDA o he Mayor of Remagen. Again, on behalf of he division commander, Major General Richard E. Cavazos, I express he hanks of all "Old Reliables" a For Lewis for he assisance you have provided in his projec. Warmes regards, DONALD G. MITCHELL Lieuenan Colonel, Infanry Public Affairs Officer P.S. And, o you Dan and your dear wife, as o all members of he Associaion - Merry Chrismas and a Blessed New Year. Scoy
(;0. G 39h Inf. CARLOS B. ESTEVA Box 968 Arecibo, Puero Rico 00612 I seems ha an error has been made wih my phone number, please correc as follows: (809) 878-3191 (Home Arecibo, P.RJ (809) 878-0078 (Business Arecibo, P.RJ (809) 723-0107 (Business - San Juan, P.R.) All of you ex 9h men are welcome o give me a call when in brigh and sunnv Puero Rico. The Land of Eernal Spring, and nex coming winer 4do no become a pale face come o Puero Rico and ge a real sunan, while sipping Ronrico Rum. If you are a golfer we have he bes Tren courses available in he world Cerromar Beach Golf &Tennis Club (I am he presiden of his one) and Dorado Beach Golf Course. Hasa la visa. Co. D39h EDWARD LEWIS 1841 S. 51s C. Cicero, Ill. 60650 Sorry I'm a lile lae wih my dues, bu wih he bad weaher we've been having here in he Midwes, I'm lae in caching up o all of my responsibiliies. Hoping he bes for all and good healh o everyone. Hope o see you in F. Lauderdale. 60h F.A. MICHAEL BISH 2504 Campbell Circle Wes Mifflin, Pa. 15122 Enclosed is a check for my dues for 127-3, Looking forward o seeing you in For Lauderdale. Co. M 60h In. HAROLD RISSUE R. 2 Box 342 Wauoma, Wise. 54982 Jus o le you know of my change in address. Afer 55 years I have lef Park Falls and now live in Wauoma, Wise. I j~s go home from he V.A. HospIal a Madison, Wise. I was here for 54 days. Firs hey ~ok a big sone from my lef kidney. Bu laer he kidney qui working so hey had o remove i. I los 30 Ibs. and am quie weak ye, bu oherwise I feel good. I hear from Phil Gilber quie regular. And I hope o ge over o see Allen Luce one of hese days. He only lives abou 20 miles away now. I would like o hear from some of he old Co. M 60h men. I enjoy he Ocofoil very much. Keep up he good work. Co. B 60h In. STEPHEN G. URBANYI 229 Three Meadows C. Perrysburg, Ohio 43551 I am enclosing a copy of my new address. I reired from he U.S. Posal Service las February and hen in Ocober I moved o my presen locaion. 3rd Bn. Hq. Co. 47h Inf. BENJAMIN KOVACS Silvermine Avenue Norwalk, Conn. 06850 Enclosed is a check for 3 years dues. Enjoyed he Reunion in Philly and also he memorial mass in Worceser. You are doing a grea job keeping hings going. Dan, if you have a Carl Becker's address or know if someone does send i along. Hoping o see yo~ all in For Lauderdale his year. Co. E. 47h JOE HASENFUS 7435 Irving Avenue Pennsauken, N.J. 08109 I never replied o your memo as he names of he men who served wih me wih "Easy Co." Raiders 47h Reg. so you can check o see if hey are members. I old Ar MacDougall a work - he is he "Phila Chaper" genleman whom you know, ha I would so advise you. 1. Cap. John Pey, Commanding Officer of Lile Rock Ark., one hell of a man, "alway~ in fron of us" wore a bea up anker jacke. No officer rank showing wih a ("M-One) slung over his shoulder and when he would call for "machine guns" forward and me in he 4h PIaoon machine guns and morars, I knew we had a problem. 2. Sg. Frank Averso, Lodi, N.J. 3. Sg. Jim Hinduran, Pisburgh, Pa. worked for Heinz soup. 4. Tony Prudene, Philadelphia, Pa. works for Phila Elecric Co. Our hird plaoon was headed by 1s L. Garner and Sg. Blum. Known as Blum's buchers and Garner's Gangsers and believe me hey did no fool around. They earned heir ile 100 imes over compared o "Blood and Gus" Paon and of course, Faher DiLaura our Caholic pries who I saw wearing a Hiler musache while we were advancing on ~ own.. Well, Dan, sorry o wrie his long winded leer bu I being "Irish" on my moher's side from a farm family in Coasville, Pa. Her Irish name is "Mullarkey" and wo of my uncles on he Philly, Police and Fire, wha can you expec. DANKA - Thanks. Co. D 47h FRED L. NICHOLS 2084 Draughone Sree Fayeeville, N.C. 28306 I'm sending my dues before hey come delinquen. I have already sen my deposi for my reservaion. I'm going o do my bes o be a he reunion. 15 Engr. ED RICKERT 4121 Blanchan Avenue Brookfield, Ill. 60513 I's ha ime of he year again o send in my dues. I enjoy reading he Ocofoil. Plan on reiring from 38 years of service wih he R.R. he end of May, 1979. Enclosed please find a check for 1979 dues. Co. L 39h Inf. }4'LORYAN B. OSZUSCIK 1813 Ridgemoor Drive Michigan Ciy, Indiana 46360 Enclosed my check for hree years membership. Heard from wo fellows from he 39h Reg., unforunaely I didn' know hem. Sure would like o hear from anyone from L Company 39h Reg., ha. would remember me. They called me "Susie" and I carried a B-R. Acually I would like o hear from any 9h men from Indiana. No oo many of us I guess. Sure look forward o geing he Ocofoil. reiiiii daies JulY 21-21 THE OCTOFO'L C Co. 9h Medics BRUCE B. JOHNSTONE 100 Glenneslane Ap. 109 Dunedin, Fla. 33528 Enclosed is a check for my dues for he nex year. I was sorry we had o miss he rip o Worceser. From he way you describe he crowd ha aended, I'm sure a fine ime was had by all and wihou a doub and all hings being equal. he parish will invie us again nex year.. I sure do hope ha he reunion plans ha are in he making work ou well. If all are in good Qrder here we will ry and ake par. The las reunion we aended was in Philadelphia and ha was in he lae 40's and no o many Medics showed up, hen I go ino American Legion and ha kep us busy. I jus ried o call Michael Deresh, bu he operaor said she had no phone lised a ha address. He is going ino he same area ha we had looked over las spring. As I menioned in my las leer we make several rips o Por Richey from ime o ime. I's a oll call from here, bu when I was here a week ago I called Bill Muldoon. His wife answered. He had jus lef for he airpor wih some family ha had visied him. His wife sounded very nice over he phone. I old her all abou my calling and assured her I would call he nex ime we were in he area, and ha i was no necessary for hem o call long disance a his ime. If and when you ge o Por Richey you are on a direc roue via 19 So. o SR 580 o Dunedin so you had beer sop, bu we have some ime o work ha ou. Now, jus a bi of news from here. Today is he firs day since we have been here ha I feel comforable wih rousers and a spor shir on. I was 84 yeserday hen we had rain during he nigh, no oo much sun his A.M. abou 72 and good shor weaher bu jus now as I ake a check i's 48 ouside and 68 inside and ha's wha makes i prey hard o ge he Chrismas spiri wih weaher like ha. The sores are all decoraed up, music, carolers singing he S. Army keles are on he corners and he air condiioning is on in he sores and when we ge ready o ge he car I ask my wife, do you hink i has been snowing while we were in shopping? I's really grea, no boos, no ires o change o for ha, so afer ha long warm season i's paying off now, bu he raffic is picking up now ha he snow birds are arriving. Give our bes regards o Vio Splendorio and his wife and all he. res of he group. MRS. PAUL S. PLUNKETT 286 Zimpfer Sree Columbus, Ohio 43206 To all my dear friends of 9h Division, hello o all. I wan o hank he Ladies Auxiliary for he beauiful flower planer I received for my birhday, January 21s. I was a surprise and I love i. And many hanks o all my dear friends for he beauiful Chrismas cards I received. This pas Chrismas and Thanksgiving and for he pas 4'2 monhs have almos been a nighmare as my daugher is very ill and I ry and spend all he ime a he hospial ha my docor allows me. I love you all and hanks again for remembering. Maybe some day I will ge o aend he reunion. P.S. Dan, he Ocofoil is grea, keep me up on he 9h. THE 0 C T 0 F 0 I l 411 Gr~eo'y A~f' Wuhawken. N. J. ~70'7. 402820 s.c... CI_... 0Hf..u..~ Cly.lIf. J..."~" c. By. 60h F.A. Bn. GEORGE J. FURBER 11825 SW. 107 Ave. Miami, Fla. 33176 Sorry o have los ouch. I used o send a check each year o Union Ciy, New Jersey while residing in Norh Jersey, where are all he good guys in.he whie caps purchasing hem from? Merry Chrismas. Hope o see you all in F. Lauderdale. ('0. M :19h TONY CARMECI Old Minis ink Rd. Barryville, N.Y. 12719 Sill up here in he woods. All fine here and I hope he same for you and yours.. Haven' had much conac ~ih myoid buddies laely. As In years gone by, and I suspec mos are involved wih heir families and hen again quie a few have migraed o all pars of he counry. Good o read ha Tom Orband is enjoying good healh. Arie Clark was preparing o sell his home and move o Florida he las ime I saw him bu haven' received any addiional info. I've been moving around laely o all pars of he Eas and ruhfully I can' wai o ge home.. A his wriing, I have wo sons married, one on he verge and one playing i cool for now. The Division paper is sill very ineresing o read and I sill look forward o receiving same. I'm enclosing dues for 1979 and am sorry I can' do more for he associaion a his ime. Bes o all for he coming year. Hq. Co. 47h MAURICE E. MITCHELL 291 Islander Lane Hudson, Fl. 33568 Jus a line o le he Michigan bunch know ha I am a paien a he beauiful Bay Pine Ves Hospial a S. Pee. Bu wih a lile luck should be wih you maybe wice his coming year. The bes o all of he 9h. Coainaecl 011 Page 5 If you are planning on moving please noify he secreary of your new address. I wih save posage a nd keep you on he Oclofoil mailing lis. Jus hink of he inflaionary spiral as a giganic corkscrewand hen hink of yourself as he cork. Dead'inefor COpy ofhe nex issue of he OcofoD will be APRIL 20 h...oroc,..., '.'., IS YOUR OCTOFOIL Co, B 39h Inf. IRV H. TERCHAK 2559 So. 90h Sree Wes Allis, Wis. 53227 Jus reurned from Florida afer a 5 week rip, only o come back o his errible Wisconsin weaher. I cerainly hope he wors is over! Please find enclosed checks. One for he annual dues, and he oher for my annual Memorial Fund. Hope i will help. Please convey my bes o all of he gang from "B" Company-39h Infanry. Hope o see hem all a he annual Co B reunion in June. Kindes and personal regards. PS: Sorry I won' be able o aend he reunion in For Lauderdale as I'll be in Europe a he same ime. JOHN J. CLOUSER 901 GRACELAND STREET DES PLAINES, ILLINOIS 60016 ADDRESSED WITH PublicaiOllNo. TELL-TALE RED INK? Once again i is ha ime of he year when we remind you o check your membership card for "i! is now dues ime". If you have no already done so, please remi your dues a once in order o ~ave your ass.ociaion ime and expense of mailing ou dues noices and remmders. Like every hing else he cos of mail is "going up" bu if we all pich in we can help defray his expense. A limied budge keeps us from mailing he Ocofoil o hose who fall in he delinquen class. Send in your dues o h> Secreary's office. 412 Gregory Avenue. Weehawken, N.J. 07087. 9h Q.M. EVERETT TAPP 2030 Ann Arbor Trail Dearborn, Heighs, Mich 46127 A noe o mail o say "hello" and hope o see you in Florida come July 26h-28h. Come on down Q M and be couned. I was glad o see so many urn ou in Philadelphia. I was sorry we didn' make i o Worceser Memorial in November. I jus compleed anoher march down he aisle o he alar. January 13h wih he oldes daugher Paricia Ann who was married o Douglas CaIlaha~ a he Marha-Mary Chapel 10 Greenfield Village. I was a morning Wedding wih a breakfas and recepion a he Dearborn Inn. Paricia aended Fordson High School and Bob Jones Universiy and is employed wih Ford Moor Company for he pas en years. Douglas, Paricia's husband wa~ a.graduae of Michigan Umversiy of Michigan and is an aorney in Flin, Michigan area. David he lile fellow is abou grown-up. He is a Senior his year a Fordson High and All League wih he Fooball eam. We sure enjoyed heir Fooball Banque wih him a he end of he season. Bes regards. E?i~rs noe: A newspaper clipp10g wih Evere's leer reads: Dave Tapp, Fordson end: An all-league choice in he Grea Lakes Eigh, Tapp gr.abbed 15 passes for 250 yards his season. Noed for his speed he w~s also Fordson's op defe~sive end his year, accord1og o his coach.