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December 1995 Zo Alm/9( SECOND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION • EIGHTH AIR FORCE Volume 34 Number 4 Winter 1995 HOLIDAY RI-ILECTIONS BY ROB FISK (44TH BG) long about this time of the year, when and asked me what the hell I wanted. Then he I've finally got my one string of lights recognized me as one who had complimented May Ike strung on my front hedge, I think back to him on his griddle cakes a few days before. I Christmas of 1944. That really was a "lump in came away with two one-pound tins of bacon, Torck of my throat" period of my army life. two boxes of powdered eggs, and three cans That Christmas would be my third spent in of evaporated milk. Freedom Burn the service, and away from home. Our crew still Getting that Sibley stove in our barracks had a number of missions to complete before heated with our meager fuel supply was the Forever we would be rotated home for reassignment. real problem. Our copilot, Don Armstrong, Things were looking bleak and no one in our scrounged a couple of pails of coke from that barracks evidenced any open signs of the real "well guarded" depot that lay next to our quon- Christmas spirit. set. We soon had a fair cookin' fire blazing in Around the end of November, I began col- that stove. lecting that outer carton from "K" rations, the To the surprise of most, those powdered one that had been dipped in wax to save the eggs, prepared in a mess kit pan and scram- contents from water, I guess in case of ditching. bled with a bit of bacon fat and evaporated milk, I had noticed that those packed by the "Cracker was a real treat to our taste buds. Jack" company were more heavily coated with We lit the three candles in one of our win- wax than others. So I enlisted the aid of some dows,figuring the Luftwaffe would be too busy of my barracks mates and asked them to bring celebrating their own holiday to disturb us. back that part of their rations cartons from Someone tuned in some carols being broadcast the next few missions. by the Armed Forces Radio. Soon most of the Using what tools were at hand (my mess gang were just sitting, or lying on their bunks kit knife), I scraped off enough wax to form as their memories turned to thoughts of other three candles. Rolled by hand around wicks Christmases at home. When I was afraid the made from an unraveled shoelace, I ended up candles might be a sad reminder for some and with three candles about an inch thick by about began to pinch them out, they all asked me to five inches tall. leave them on as it reminded them of home. Late on Christmas Eve, I walked over to a I believe we all enjoyed observing that one mess hall and knocked on the locked kitchen Christmas eve as it was meant to be, at peace, door. One of the cooks cracked open the door if only for one night. • SEASON'S GREETINGS DIRECTORY SECOND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION HONORARY PRESIDENT JORDAN UTTAL 7824 Meadow Park Drive, Apt. 101, Dallas, TX 75230 OFFICERS President GEOFFREY G. GREGORY 3110 Sheridan, Garland, TX 75041 Executive Vice President NEAL SORENSEN 132 Peninsula Road, Medicine Lake, MN 55441 Vice President Membership EVELYN COHEN The official publication of 06-410 Delaire Landing Rd., Philadelphia, PA 19114 the Second Air Division Association Vice President Communications.... C.N (BUD) CHAMBERLAIN published quarterly by the 2ADA 769 Via Somonte, Palos Verdes Estates, CA 90274 Treasurer E. (BILL) NOTHSTEIN 40 Meadow Drive, Spencerport, NY 14559 Volume 34 Number 4 Winter 1995 Secretary and Director of Administrative Services DAVID G. PATTERSON 28 Squire Court, Alamo, CA 94507 2ADA Representative TABLE OF CONTENTS Board of Governors E.(BUD) KOORNDYK 5184 N. Quail Crest Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 President's Message 446th Bungay Bull GROUP VICE PRESIDENTS GEOFF GREGORY 3 AUD RISLEY 24 Headquarters RAY STRONG Vice President's Message The 448th Speaks 27514 320 Burlage Circle, Chapel Hill, NC NEAL SORENSEN 4 CATER LEE 17 44th Bomb Group H.C.(PETE) HENRY 164B Portland Lane, Jamesburg, NJ 08831 Report on the Memorial Trust 453rd Flame Leap 93rd Bomb Group ALFRED ASCH E. BUD KOORNDYK 5 JAY JEFFRIES 24 6205 Meadow Court, Rockville, MD 20852 The New Editor Speaks! 458th Bomb Group 389th Bomb Group FELIX LEETON RAY PYTEL 6 7325 Bonanza Place, Greenwell Springs, LA 70739 RICK ROKICKI 18 392nd Bomb Group OAK MACKEY Your Heritage League 466th Attlebridge Tales 6406 East Presidio Street, Mesa, AZ 85205 BILLY SHEELY JOHNSON 23 EARL WASSOM 10 445th Bomb Group RAY PYTEL PO. Box 484, Elkhom, WI 53121-0484 Bulletin Board 9 467th Poop from Group 446th Bomb Group AUD RISLEY Folded Wings 12 RALPH ELLIOTT 8 682 Slade Avenue, Elgin, IL 60120 448th Bomb Group CHARLES McBRIDE New Members 34 489th Notes 18 Seaview Dr. No. Rolling Hills Est., CA 90274 8AF Heritage Museum Grand Opening 20 RALPH BELWARD 7 453rd Bomb Group JAY JEFFRIES Ringmaster Reports 17161 Westport Drive, Huntington Beach, CA 92649 1994-1995 Financial Report 28 491st HAP CHANDLER 7 458th Bomb Group E.A.(RICK) ROKICKI Attendees at Norwich 29 365 Mae Road, Glen Burnie, MD 21061 492nd Happy Warrior Happenings Attendees at Lexington 33 466th Bomb Group EARL WASSOM W.H. "BILL" BEASLEY 11 548 Brentwood Drive, Bowling Green, KY 42101-3773 48th Annual 2ADA Business Meeting 467th Bomb Group RALPH ELLIOTT 6000 Rafter Circle, Tucson, AZ 85713-4365 DAVID PATTERSON 30 ARTICLES 489th Bomb Group RALPH BELWARD 49th Annual Convention Information Greetings from the Friends of the Second 5780 Sandpipers Drive, Lakeland, FL 33809 EVELYN COHEN 35 Air Division Memorial 491st Bomb Group EC.(HAP) CHANDLER 18 Willow Glen, Atlanta, GA 30342 The PX Page 37 KEITH THOMAS 4 492nd Bomb Group W.H.(BILL) BEASLEY Letters 38 Our 2ADA Candlelighting Ceremony 1525 South Garfield Street, Denver, CO 80210-3022 JORDAN UTTAL 12 JOURNAL GROUP REPORTS News from Across the Pond Editor RAY PYTEL PO. Box 484, Elkhorn, WI 53121-0484 • Fax 414-723-7981 Division Headquarters DAVID HASTINGS 14 Tel 414-723-6381 RAY STRONG 15 We Are the Mustangs . HERITAGE LEAGUE 44th News Your Little Friends of World War II President BILLY SHEELY JOHNSON H.C. "PETE" HENRY 16 ROBERT E. KUHNERT 22 600 Sandhurst Drive, Petersburg, VA 23805 2ND AIR DIVISION MEMORIAL ROOM Open Letter to the 93rd Dick and His Crew FLOYD H. MABEE 13 Trust Librarian PHYLLIS DUBOIS EDWARD WILEN 26 Second Air Division Memorial Room 389th Green Dragon Flares 71 Ber Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR1 3AD, England What's in a Name? 27 FELIX LEEFON 9 TRUST BOARD OF GOVERNORS 14th Annual 2ADA Golf Tournament 27 MEMORIAL 392nd Bomb Group THOMAS C EATON, Chairman 3 Upper King Street, Norwich, Norfolk NR3 1RL, England OAK MACKEY 19 Kassel Mission Memorial Rededication DAVID J. HASTINGS, Vice Chairman 445th Bomb Group REG MINER 27 'Westering," Salhouse, Norwich, Norfolk NR13 6R0. England PYTEL 25 2AD Hero Bill Getz 40 ROBIN BERRINGTON RAY Receives 2nd DFC 24 Grosvenor Sq., London, W1A 1AE, England MRS. FRANCES DAVIES 57 Church Lane. Eaton. Norwich NR4 6NY, England THE SECOND AIR DIVISION ASSOCIATION traces its initial meeting to 1948 in Chicago, Illinois. It was organized ROGER A. FREEMAN as a nonprofit corporation in the State of Illinois on January 10, 1950. Members of the original Board of Directors were May's Barn, Dedham, Nr. Colchester, Essex, England CO7 6EW Second Air Division veterans Marilyn Fritz, Howard W. Moore, Jordan R. Uttal, and Percy C. Young. The association's FRANK W. GADBOIS purpose is to advocate and support an adequate, effective and efficient Army, Navy and Air Force at all times; to perpetu- Dept. of the A.F., RAF Mildenhall, Suffolk, England ate the friendships and memories of service together in the Second Air Division, 8th Air Force in England during World EDWARD 0. INMAN War II; to support financially, and in any other way, the Memorial Trust of the 2nd Air Division as represented by the 2nd Director of the Duxford Imperial War Museum Air Division Memorial Room of the Norwich Central Library; and to undertake such other activities as may from time to Duxiord Airfield, Cambridge CB2 40R, England time be deemed appropriate by the membership. ALFRED A. JENNER 15 Ransom Rd.. Norwich, Norfolk NR1 4AJ, England REGULAR (Voting) MEMBERSHIP in the association is limited to those personnel, military and civilian. American or PAUL R. KING British, who at any time served with the Headquarters organization of the 2nd Bomb Wing, 2nd Bomb Division or 2nd Noverre House, Norwich NR2 1RH. England Air Division during World War II and any person who served with any bomb group or fighter group or any other unit of E.(BUD) KOORNDYK the Second Air Division assigned or attached. Provisions are also made for Associate (Non-Voting) memberships. 5184 N. Quail Crest Drive, Grand Rapids, MI 49546 USA PROFESSOR HOWARD TEMPERLEY School of English and American Studies Please submit all material for publication to the editor by the 15th of December, March, June, or September. University of East Anglia, Norwich, NR4 77J, England We make every effort to mail your Journal within 45 days of the deadline listed above. Your receipt of the Journal will LT. COL WD WUEST be anywhere from one to four weeks later, depending on the U.S. Postal Service — especially your own post office. 14 St. Andrews Close, Hingham, Norfolk NR9 4JT, England 2 President's Message: Greetings From Texas! BY GEOFF GREGORY This article is the first I will use to keep in touch with you, our Phyllis DuBois, our trust members, in the year ahead.
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