h Advocates for Harvard ROTC H Annual Newsletter Vol. XVI Supporting the Reserve Officer Training Corps Tri-Service units for students at – Winter 2019

Significant new ROTC initiative by Harvard

A step forward for ROTC at Harvard was approved by the new Harvard President Lawrence Bacow.

The Harvard ROTC directive cited below was released in London (UK) on 22 January 2019 at a Harvard alumni lunch where President Bacow spoke before attending the World Economic Forum in Davos. It is assumed that this new ROTC program will be coordinated by the Harvard University Development Office.

th Dr. Bacow became the 29 president of Harvard University on 1 July 2018 after serving as the President of Tufts for 10 years. Previously, he was on the MIT faculty for 24 years as a teacher, chancellor, faculty chair, and Professor of Environmental Studies. His parents immigrated to the USA after his mother had been liberated from Auschwitz by Russians and then walked 400 miles to her hometown to learn that her parents, grandparents and sister had not survived the Nazi concentration camps. After President Bacow graduated Harvard President Bacow from MIT, he earned 3 graduate degrees from Harvard (MPP-’76, JD-’76 & PhD-78).

USA = the HOME of the FREE, because of the BRAVE

ADVOCATES for HARVARD ROTC BOARD of DIRECTORS Captain Paul Everett. Mawn USN (Ret.) HC-63 Advocates for Harvard ROTC Chairman of the Board Alumni Advisory Committee The issues dealing with ROTC at Harvard in the past have been laced with politics, Colonel James Metcalf USAFR (Ret.) HC-67 myopia and misunderstanding. The Advocates for Harvard ROTC strongly believe that Captain Warren Schur Jr. USN (Ret.) HC-69 LCDR Erik Sand USN HC-07 Harvard should continue to recognize and promote the long tradition of military service Captain Nicole Unis USA HC-12 and related valor of Harvard Alumni as well as proactively promulgate the many LT Malcolm T. Hill, Jr. USNR (former) HC-59 benefits of such service that could accrue to motivated Harvard students, Harvard Webmaster: Dr. Michael Segal HC-76, MD, PhD College, our country and the world. To this end, our mission & goals are: Honorary Steering Committee General John E. Hyten USAF HC-81 VADM Phil Cullum USN (Ret.) HBS- 88 Mission Statement Major General William Rapp USA (Ret.) To promote diversity of opinion at Harvard and a climate of tolerance, Lt. General Tad J. Oelstrom USAF (Ret.) acceptance and support for those Harvard undergraduates who believe in duty, Brg.General Michael Wholley USMC (Ret) HC-66 RADM Ron Henderson Jr. USN (Ret) HC-76 honor and country as evidenced by their participation in the Army, Navy/Marine Captain Phil Keith USN (Ret) HC-68 Corps and Air Force ROTC Programs now based at MIT. LCDR Ted Roosevelt IV USNR HC-65; HBS-72 Senator Dan Sullivan (Col..- USMC) HC-87 Senator T. Cotton (Capt.-USA) HC-99; HLS -02 Goals CM*Tony Brown (Capt..-USA) HC-05; HLS92 CM*. Ron DeSantis (LT-USN) HLS-05 1. Pro-active outreach by Harvard College to admit ROTC prospects & military CM* S. Moulton (Capt. USMC) HC-01; HBS -07 veterans and build world class ROTC programs at Harvard LT George W. Strake Jr. USNR (former) HBS-61 2. Increase awareness, appreciation & participation in ROTC at Harvard CM* Scott Taylor (E-6 Navy SEAL) HES-13 Staff Sgt. Thomas Ridge USA (former) HC-67 3. Reinstitution of military history courses at Harvard CM* (former) Thomas Petri HC-62; HLS-65 4. Recognition of military service as the highest form of public service Dr. Harry R. Lewis (Harvard Professor) HC-68 5. Harvard’s pro-active promotion of the value & many benefits of military service CM* = US Congressman 6. Honor & recognize the military service of all Harvard graduates who served their ROTC Commanding Officers country all the way back to the founding of the American republic, especially Captain Michael Savageaux USN - NROTC those who made the supreme sacrifice Lt. Col. Sheryl “Double” Ott USAF -AFROTC Major David Stalker USA Army - ROTC

Freedom’s Source Advocate Newsletter Staff Editor in chief - Capt. Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) It is the soldier*, not the reporter, who has given us the freedom of the press Copy editor - Col. James Metcalf USAFR (Ret.) Copy editor - Carole Strong It is the soldier*, not the poet, who has given us freedom of speech Copy editor – June C. Carroll It is the soldier*, not campus organizer who has given us the freedom to demonstrate It is the soldier*, not the lawyer, who has given us the right to a fair trial Advocates for Harvard ROTC It is the soldier*, who salutes the flag, who serves under the flag, and whose coffin is …… Annual Newsletter * draped by the flag, who allows the protestor to burn the flag. Vol. XVI, February 2019 Were it not for the brave, there would be no land of the free! Published annually by: author: Father Denis E. O’Brien MM (former USMC sergeant & WWII combat veteran) The Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund, Inc. Note: soldier* = Airman, Marine, soldier & sailor c/o US Army ROTC, MIT Bldg. W-59-192, Harvard Presidential Postings 77 Avenue Harvard President Larry Bacow(MPP-1976, JD-1976 & PhD-1978) met in his office with Cambridge, MA 02139. Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) & Dr. Mickey Segal MD who summarized the “What, Why & How” of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC. In turn, Dr. Bacow expressed his strong Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund support for the ROTC programs at Harvard – Harvard Yard (18 December 2018) Send correspondence & tax- “From the outset of my presidency, I have believed that it is imperative that Harvard and the deductible donations to: military maintain a close relationship. Military service and sacrifice are an important part of Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund, P O Box 282, Weston, MA 02493 this University’s history - going back even before George Washington and his troops bivouacked on the hill just behind us and also used my office as a soldiers’ hospital. But Website: harvardrotcalumnifund.org more significantly, strong connections between Harvard and our armed forces are essential to Advocates for Harvard ROTC . Harvard’s and the nation’s present and future”. Web site: www.advocatesforrotc.org Harvard P resident Drew Faust – Harvard Military Commissioning in Cambridge (24 May 2018)

. "I am proud of the Harvard ROTC students who participate in the ROTC programs. Their work is America’s work”. Harvard President Larry Summers (PhD-1982) – Harvard Yard (February 2002)

2 ROTC unit overview and activities over the last year

Army ROTC Paul Revere Battalion NROTC Old Ironsides Battalion AFROTC Detachment 365 By Lt. Col. Sheryl Ott USAF By Major David J. Stalker. USA By Captain Michael Savageaux USN In the Fall of 2018, Air Force ROTC For the 2018 Fall Academic semester, 76 Having relieved in June of 2018, I Detachment 365 welcomed four new Cadets were enrolled in the Army ROTC couldn’t be happier to be back in my freshman cadets from Harvard. We have program with 19 Cadets from Harvard. home state as the Director of Naval experienced steady interest in our program We have seen a significant increase in the Science at Harvard as well as the since the formal recognition of Air Force number of Cadets participating from Commanding Officer of the Boston ROTC at Harvard in 2016 and now boast a Harvard and anticipate growth of about 2- Naval ROTC Consortium including: 3 cadets per year. Harvard, MIT, Tufts, BU, BC and total enrollment of an even dozen Harvard

cadets. With the support of the Harvard The Army’s Paul Revere ROTC Battalion Northeastern. In this role, I have the ROTC Alumni Fund, we expanded our continues to produce professional, chance to serve with the extremely presence at Visitas with events such as educated, and capable leaders. This talented midshipmen and staff. Our drone competitions and student socials. As semester, Cadets planned and executed an incoming freshmen from Harvard last fall last year, these events were critical in orientation event that included an eight- were welcomed into our “Old Ironsides” convincing admitted students to enroll into mile competition across Cambridge and Battalion. Their initial orientation at Air Force ROTC. Boston focusing on unit/city history and Newport Naval Station (RI) included: basic military skills. In the fall, the Cadets Five days of military indoctrination in physical training, drill, damage control This past spring, Harvard cadet, Peter trained at Fort Devens (MA) as well as a Hartnett, as just a junior, helped to lead the situational exercise at the Upton Paintball and customs. Our Midshipmen continue to compete well nationally for their Cadet Wing as the Detachment 365 Vice Center (MA). In addition, the Cadets Commander, for a very successful term. were able to participate in a mentorship desired service assignment and for special programs and all of our seniors When he commissions in May, he’ll be our event at Harvard hosted by Dr. Gerald nd received their top choice for service first USAF Harvard 2 LT in two years. Chan, called “Vets and Cadets.” This He’ll be heading off to pilot training in the event paired senior Harvard and assignment! One Harvard student was selected from the College Program into fall. Two of our four juniors are also Cambridge fellows with a couple cadets to hoping to soon hear their selection for pilot help mentor this path into the profession an Advanced Standing Status and will be commissioned this spring along with our training. They both had the opportunity to of officership. experience AF flying training first-hand on two other seniors. In addition, our Spring 2019 Battalion Commander is a Harvard a trip out to Sheppard AFB last spring. Cadet Grace Chao, one of our current senior Harvard cadets, was recently senior and a future submarine officer. Increased awareness of the NROTC This fall we had a fantastic opportunity to recognized as a Top 10 % Distinguished host General John Hyten USAF (Harvard Military Graduate which places her among mission at Harvard continued over the last year with numerous events including AFROTC ’81 alum) and current the elite of the national Cadet Order of STRATCOM Commander in an open Merit rankings. She was selected (by midshipman and cadet participation in uniform such as at the Veterans Day discussion forum – an incredible choice) to commission as a Field Artillery experience. Additionally, Detachment 365 officer. Our other senior Harvard Cadet, ceremony. Currently, 12 midshipmen from Harvard are pursuing Navy or cadets continue to earn national Alannah O’Brien, earned an Educational recognition as the #2/147 AFROTC Dets Delay position as she was selected to Marine Corps commissions via NROTC. We continue to interview prospects & in CGPA average and #4 in physical attend medical school at Michigan and fitness test score average. begin her path to become an Army Doctor. strive to increase the quantity of Harvard undergraduates participating in NROTC. We look forward to the amazing things For lots of pictures, updates and cadet We urge all Advocates for Harvard our Cadets continue to achieve as they spotlights, check out their Instagram at: ROTC to attend the Harvard joint prepare to be commissioned officers.. https://www.instagram.com/mitafrotc/?hl=en commissioning ceremony in the Harvard or Yard on Wednesday, 29 May 2019.

3 Details see: https://army-rotc.mit.edu/ Details see: http://nrotc.mit.edu/ Details see: http://afrotc.mit.edu/

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Harvard contribution to America’s wars By Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) . 1. American War for Independence B ased on available records, 899 Harvard men served on active military duty during the American Revolution. However diversity seems to have always been a characteristic in Cambridge since 22% of these Harvard combatants (i.e. 199) were Tories serving in the British Army or local Loyalist regiments fighting fellow Americans. As a work in progress, the Advocates have to date identified 222 Harvard alumni who fought for independence from the then mighty British Empire, which represents a meaningful sample of almost 33% of the total 700 war veterans from Harvard in the Continental armed forces. As to be expected, 80% of these Crimson veterans were from Massachusetts with 9% from New Hampshire, 7 % from Connecticut and 4% from elsewhere. Furthermore, 91% of the above noted 222 patriots were soldiers serving in state militias or the Continental Army, including one Harvard alumnus who later became a traitor to the Continental Army. Of the other Continental veterans in the sample collected to date, 5 served in the Navy (including 3 surgeons), 13 sailed aboard Continental Privateer ships plus one Harvard alumnus was Killed in Action while serving as one of the total 131 officers in Continental Marine Corps. (note: A few years after the start of the War for Independence, the Continental Forces had only 65 Navy ships but almost 1,700 Privateers sailing under a Letter of Marque from the Continental Congress. However, the British Royal Navy had 340 ships plus many more British privateers than the Americans). Among the Harvard Continental soldiers identified by the Advocates to date were: 42 field grade officers (i.e. 18 generals, 11 colonels and 13 lieutenant colonels), 68 junior officers and 9 enlisted as well as 92 medical doctors (32% of the total) & 26 chaplains (12% of the total). In the initial battles of the American Revolution, there were 32 Harvard Minutemen at Lexington or Concord in April 1775 and 2 months later 22 Crimson warriors served in the battle of Bunker Hill. During the arduous 6 year fight of the American Revolutionary War, at least 25 Harvard graduates died while on active duty with the Continental military of which 28% were Killed in Action, 16% died as Prisoners of War and 56% perished from diseases or accidents.

Among the 18 flag officers from Harvard serving in the Continental Army or local militias, a few illustrative notable generals were:

Major Gen. Artemas Ward Major Gen. John Hancock Major Gen. Joseph Warren Brig. Gen. Alexander Scammell

Continental Army (HC-1748) MA Militia (HC-1754) MA Militia (HC-1759) Continental Army (H-1769)

nd • General Washington’s 2 • Successful merchant • Sons of Liberty member • According to Gen.

in command trader • President of the MA Washington, the funniest

• Helped convert the • One of the wealthiest men Provincial Congress general in the Continental

assembled militia units in the American colonies • Directed W. Dawes & Army

into the Continental Army in 1764 Paul Revere to warn • Wounded in NY

• Signer of Declaration of Hancock and John Adams • At Valley Forge (PA) • DeFacto Massachusetts Independence in Lexington about the • (MA) governor Executioner of British spy • approaching Brit troops • Elected to MA House President of US Congress Major John André • • Representative to the US • Treasurer of Harvard Older brother of Surgeon • Battles: Siege of Boston, Fort Congress • Governor of MA. (Major equivalent) John William& Mary (NH), • Battles: Concord, Bunker • Battles: Newport (RI) Warren of the Continental Trenton (NJ), Princeton (NJ), Hill, Siege of Boston & Army (HC-1771) who Invasion of Canada, Long New York City. founded Harvard Medical Island (NY), Saratoga (NY), School Freeman’s Farm (NY), Bemis Harvard Hall of Heroes internet access • B attles : Lexington, Height (NY), Kings Bridge Read the bios of over 350 Crimson warriors with Concord, Siege of Boston (NY) & Yorktown (VA) photos where available by clicking the following: & Bunker Hill where he where he was Killed in 1. Advocates for Harvard ROTC website was Killed in Action Action (www.advocatesforrotc.org) 2. Harvard Group in 4th box on the left 3. Hall of Heroes in one of the center boxes.

How to help Harvard ROTC? • Talk to current & prospective Harvard students on the value of ROTC to themselves & our country.

• Assist as Advocate Point Man or Board member 4 • Contribute to the Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund!

Harvard contribution to America’s wars (continued)

2 . Civil War 1,813 Harvard alumni served on active duty during the Civil War. Based on Harvard Alumni records, 20% of these warriors were

Confederates who represented 38% of all Harvard alumni who died on active service during this conflict. Conversely 80% of Civil War combatants from Harvard fought for the Union but represented only 62% of Harvard alumni who died in that war. However, only 10% of all the Harvard alumni in the Union armed forces died on active duty of which 7 % were Killed in Action plus 3% died from accidents and disease. Among the Harvard Confederate casualties, 78% were Killed in Action and the balance died from accidents or disease, except one was murdered by a fellow soldier. Thus, Union military losses among Harvard alumni was only 8% compared with a 20% casualty rate for the Confederates soldiers from Harvard who were forced by the statutes of the Congress of the Southern

Confederacy to serve throughout the war, regardless of the terms of their enlistment or commission. On the other hand, the Union soldiers only had a short term service obligation, unless they re-enlisted or extended their commissions. Thus, Confederate combatants generally participated in more engagements & were exposed to more bullets plus the Confederates did not have the same quality and quantity of medical care as the Union troops.

Despite the availability of draft avoidance techniques during the Civil War such as foreign travel or by paying a $300 draft exemption readily available to most Yankee Brahmin families, many Harvard families willingly sacrificed their most precious assets (i.e. their children) to the Federal cause when war came. The best indication of Harvard’s commitment to the war is found in the high percentages of the eve-of-war graduating classes that served in the Union Armed Forces. In total, 1,456 Harvard alumni served in the Union forces including at least 13 generals plus 25 colonels & LT Colonels. The 117 Harvard Union casualties are forever memorialized by their picture and a brief biography on plaques in Memorial Hall near the Harvard Yard. The above total of Harvard alumni who died in the service of the Union include 3 Brigadier Generals, 6 Colonels, 12 LT Colonels and , 17 junior officers in the Army, 3 sergeants plus 3 Naval officers, including 2 Medical doctors. As expected, most of the Harvard alumni who died in the service of the Union were born and raised in the Northeastern states (e.g. 74% from Massachusetts). However, 9 Harvard alumni Union casualties were from the Mid-West including one from the border state of Missouri. None of these Harvard union casualties were from southern states.

Among the 357 Harvard alumni who served in the Confederate military were 21 generals of which 3 were killed in battle plus at least 20 Colonels & LT Colonels As might be expected, most of the Harvard alumni in the service of the Confederacy were born and raised in the southern states. However, 46 Harvard Confederates were from Border States (i.e. 21 from Tennessee, 9 from Missouri & 6 from Kentucky) and 23 were from Northern states, including 6 from Massachusetts & 2 from New Hampshire. Unfortunately due to current political correctness, nowhere on the Harvard Campus is there any recognition of the 71 Harvard warriors who died for their country which happened to be the Confederacy, including 55 Killed in Action.

3 . World War I During World War I, at least 11,319 Harvard men from almost every class from 1887 to 1921 served our country in the US or allied military. Many of these men were sent overseas to France of whom over 22 were awarded the Legion of Honor from France and 7 were recipients (including 2 earned in WWII). In addition during World War I, over 102 Harvard men were awarded 113 Distinguished Service Cross, Navy Cross or foreign comparable medals (i.e. the 2nd highest military medal for valor) and at least 23 of who m were killed in action. Furthermore, 34% of the pilots were Harvard alumni in the Lafayette Escadrille which was founded by

Norman Prince who had graduated from both Harvard College and Law School. Among the Harvard veterans of WWI, at least 6 served as flag officers (O7 to O11 generals & admirals) and 9 with the rank of O6 & O5 (i.e. Colonels & LT Colonels or Navy Captains &

Commanders). In total, 372 Harvard alumni died in the allied military during the “War to end all Wars” from 1914 to 1918, including 3 from Radcliffe College. During World War I, Harvard in effect became a government military school until the end of hostilities when the military training at Harvard was scaled back significantly. However, the Harvard Army ROTC was subsequently reconfigured to what was intended at the time to be a permanent training unit.

4. World War II After Pearl Harbor, Harvard went to war in a big way with almost 27,000 alumni serving in the armed services during World War II. By May 1942, there were 1,600 cadets and midshipmen in the Harvard ROTC and NROTC units. In addition, a secret electronics detection course started training over 2,000 military officers per year and an Army chaplain’s school was established in Harvard’s Busch Reisinger Museum which handled 330 chaplains per month. A brief summary of wartime footing efforts of the Harvard faculty included: • Invention of napalm & lightweight grenades by organic chemistry Professor Louis Fieser • Development of a nuclear bomb trigger by chemistry Professor George Kistiakowsky • Invention of “chaff” to dupe enemy radar & anti-air craft fire by astronomer professor Fred Whipple • Electro-acoustic Lab that invented fiberglass • Underwater Sound Lab which developed a bearing direction indicator for sonar & torpedoes • Development of the Marc 1 “automatic sequence-controlled calculator” which was a protocomputer used for ballistic tables and the Manhattan Project • Development of a particle accelerator cyclotron shipped to Los Alamos for the Manhattan Project 5

Meet the current ROTC Commanding Officers

Captain Michel Savageaux US Navy – Commanding Officer of NROTC at MIT (Old Ironsides NROTC Battalion)

Captain Savageaux was born in Grafton (MA) and graduated with high distinction from

Worcester Polytechnic Institute with a BS in Civil Engineering. After Nuclear Power School and the DIG prototype, he served on board USS Asheville (SSN 758) in a variety of division officer billets and deployed to the Western Pacific and Arabian Gulf. Following duty as

Navigator on board the USS Toledo (SSN 769) with deployments to the North Atlantic and the Caribbean, he became the Executive Officer of the USS Salt Lake City (SSN 716) and completed a Western Pacific Deployment and transited from San Diego (CA) to Portsmouth Naval Shipyard (VA) via the Arctic. From June 2009 to December 2012, he was the commanding officer of the USS Pittsburgh (SSN 720) which made two 6 month deployments in the North Atlantic, Mediterranean, and Arabian Gulf. During this time, SS 720 was awarded the Commander, Submarine Squadron 2 Battle “E”.

While not on sea duty, Captain Savageaux’s shore assignments have included: Torpedo & countermeasures project officer, Lead Planner for the US Southern Command, Deputy Director with Sub Squadron 2 for Expeditionary Counterterrorism Ops, Director of Training for NavSub School Groton (CT), Commanding Officer of the Officer Training Command - Newport (RI) until this year when he assumed command of the Boston Naval ROTC Consortium. Among several other unit and service awards, Captain Savageaux is entitled to wear the Legion of Merit, Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal (2 awards), Joint Commendation Medal, and the Navy Commendation Medal (5 awards).

Lieutenant Colonel Sheryl A. E. Ott US Air Force - Commanding Officer of AFROTC Det. 365 at MIT (Doolittle’s Raiders)

Lt. Col. Ott was commissioned as a Distinguished Graduate through Air Force ROTC at MIT

with a BS and Master of Engineering degrees in Computer Science and Engineering. Following graduation from Jet Pilot Training at Sheppard Air Force Base (TX), she was selected as an Instructor Pilot. Subsequently she flew the F-16 at Osan AB (Korea) as well as at Spangdahlem AB (Germany) followed by an assignment to Iraq as chief of safety for the 506 Air Expeditionary Group. Major Ott was then selected as an Olmsted Scholar for 2 years to study in Tunis (Tunisia) where she received her MBA. Her next billet was as the J3-O Air Operations Officer in USCENTCOM. Lt. Col. Ott is rated as a Command Pilot with over 2,200 hours flying the following aircraft: T-37B, T-38A, F-16C/D & MQ-1B. Her major military awards and decorations include: Defense Meritorious Service Medal, Meritorious Service Medal, Aerial Achievement Medal with 1 oak leaf cluster, Air Force Commendation Medal with two Oak Leaf clusters and the Joint Service Achievement Medal.

Major David Stalker US Army – Commanding Officer of Army ROTC at MIT (Paul Revere Battalion) Major David Stalker received a BS in Economics from the Military Academy and a MS in Building Construction from Georgia Tech. After his commissioning into the Engineer Branch, he served at Fort Stewart (GA) with the 11th Engineer Battalion, 3rd Infantry Division as a Platoon Leader, Executive Officer, Aide-de-Camp, and Battalion Plans Officer. He later transferred to the 3rd Training Brigade at Fort (MO) where he was a Battalion Operations Officer and then a Company Commander. During this command, he was deployed to Kosovo and later Kuwait and for a combat tour in Iraq during 2003. After leaving the service for 4 years to work in the engineering & construction industry, Major Stalker re- joined the Army on active duty in 2010. He was assigned overseas to the 54th Engineer Battalion, 18th Engineer Brigade as a Company Commander & Brigade Assistant Ops Officer nd in both Bamberg (Germany) and in Afghanistan for a 2 combat tour. After completing graduate school & the Command and General Staff College in 2013, he commanded a forward support team and later joined 1-2 Stryker Brigade Combat Team as the executive officer during which he was deployed to Eastern Europe. Major Stalker has earned the Bronze Star Medal with an Oak Leaf Cluster, the Meritorious Service Medal with four Oak Leaf Clusters, the Army Commendation Medal, the Army Achievement Medal with and Oak Leaf Cluster, the Air Assault Badge and the Airborne Badge as well as over a dozen various campaign and unit meritorious decorations.

6 Class Pointman Location Service Help!! Need Advocate point men & board members! 1945 Foster Boardman* New London, NH US A Over the last dozen years, several Harvard alumni have volunteered to support & 1949 Steve Little* Dover, MA US A help the Advocates for Harvard ROTC by serving as a Point Man for their Harvard 1951 David Owsley* New York , NY US AF class to assist in the mission and objectives of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC as 1953 David Silverman* Needham, MA US N shown on page 2 of this newsletter. The key to meeting these goals is directly 1954 Donald Farrar St. Helena , CA US A proportional to the number of Advocates members. Retention of our current level 1954 Arthur Levin* Greenfield, MA US MC of 2,600+ Advocate members is a challenge due to the unfortunate continuous 1954 Bob Jenkins* Carmel, CA US N reduction of our World War II veteran Advocate members.

1955 Clark McCarthy Indian Wells, CA US N A point man periodically “goes on point” to sign up new Advocates members. This 1957 Jonathan Keyes Concord, MA US N task is a fun and interesting task & the Advocate membership size is crucial to help 1958 Duane Wadsworth* Atherton, CA US A sustain and grow the level of ROTC participation at Harvard. An Advocate Board 1961 Richard Barthelmes* New York , NY US MC member should probably live in Eastern MA or the SE part of NH & agree to 1962 Capt. Warren Coulter USN (Ret.)* Hollis, NH US N attend a one hour Board meeting twice a year (i.e. late fall & early spring). In 1963 Capt. Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.)* S udbury, MA US N addition when possible, a Board member will proactively participate in various 1964 Capt. Richard Amberg USN (Ret.)* Washington, DC US N events related to Harvard cadets and midshipmen (e.g. the annual commissioning 1965 David Rocker* Key Biscayne, FL US N ceremony in the Harvard Yard). If you willing to assist in the resurgence of ROTC 1971 Tony Farrell* Oakland, CA US N at Harvard as point man or Advocate Board member, please phone or e-mail 1986 Bo Warburton* Las Vegas, NV US N Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) at: 978-443-9532 or [email protected]. 1988 John Striker* Rancho Santa Fe, US N Participation in this noble cause can be personally rewarding and need not take too * = signed a significant # of Advocate members much time & Captain Mawn will provide periodic guidance & sitreps .

Military ships & bases named for Harvard Alumni or Harvard

Namesake Harvard graduates have a long history as leaders both in

Ship /base Description/ years of service Harvard class the government as well as in the United States military. As noted to the left, 30 military ships or bases have been US Army named in honor of Harvard or Harvard graduates of whom Fort Leonard Wood Army Post (MO)/1918 to present HMS -1884 3 were Medal of Honor recipients (i.e. General Leonard Wood USA, Admiral Claud Jones USN and President Joint base Bolling Joint Base Ex AFB (DC)/ 1918 to present HC-1900/ HLS-1902 Teddy Roosevelt). 11 ships were named for 5 Presidents of the United States who were Harvard alumni (i.e. John US Navy Adams, Rutherford B. Hayes, , USS John Hancock Steam tug/1850 to 1856 HC-1754 Franklin D. Roosevelt & John F. Kennedy). The following USS Hancock (CVA 19) Essex class aircraft carrier/1964 to 1989 HC-1754 2 namesakes in the ship/ base list to the left were fighter USS John Hancock (DD 981) Spruance class destroyer/1976 to 2000 HC-1754 pilots: Colonel Raynal Bolling USA was awarded the USS John Adams (SSBN 620) Fleet ballistic missile submarine/ 1964 to 1989 HC-1755 Distinguished Service Medal and unfortunately was the 1st

USS John Adams 30 gun corvette/frigate/ 1799 to 1865 HC-1755 senior officer Killed in Action during World War I. & LT USS Adams 28 gun frigate/ 1779 to 1814 HC-1755 Joseph P. Kennedy USNR po sthumously received the USS Warren 28 gun schooner/ 1775 to 1776 HC-1759 Navy Cross for heroics during World War II. Captain USS Warren 36 gun frigate/1776 to 1779 HC-1759 Kermit Roosevelt USA, son of President Theodore USS Warren 20 gun sloop of war/1779 to 1801 HC-1759 nd Roosevelt, received the Military Cross as a result of his USS Warren 20 gun 2 class sloop of war gun/1825 to1863 HC-1759 valor while seconded with the British in the Middle East USS Warren (APA 53) Amphibious attack transport/ 1942 to 1946 HC-1759 during World War I. Charles Francis Adams III was the USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32)* Amphibious landing ship dock/1956 to 1989 HLS-1845 Secretary of the Navy. Page 4 of this newsletter provides USS Leonard Wood (APA 25) Amphibious attack transport/1941to 1946 HC-1884 background for Major Generals John Hancock as well as USS Charles F. Adams (DDG 2) Guided missile destroyer/1960 to 1992 HC-1888 for Joseph Warren who fought in both Lexington and USS Kermit Roosevelt (ARG 16) Engine repair ship/1945 to 1959 HC-1912 Concord and was Killed in Action at Bunker Hill. USS Claud Jones (DE 1033) Destroyer Escort/1959 to 1974 HGS 1913 Joseph’s brother John (H-1771) was the founder of USS Theodore Roosevelt Troop Transport /1906 to 1919 HC-1880

USS Theodore Roosevelt (SSBN 600) Fleet ballistic missile submarine/1954 to 1962 HC-1880 Harvard Med School. USS Theodore Roosevelt (CVN 71) Nuclear aircraft carrier.1986 to present HC-1880 All gave some and some gave all!

USS Franklin D. Roosevelt (CV 42) Aircraft carrier/1945 to 1977 HC-1904 2018/ 2019 Harvard ROTC headcount sitrep USS Roosevelt (DDG 80) Guided missile destroyer/2000 to present HC-1904 USS Joseph P. Kennedy (DD 850) Destroyer/1945 to 1973 HC-1938 Class/ROTC unit ARMY NAVY* US AF Σ USS John F. Kennedy (CV 67) Aircraft carrier/1968 to 2007 HC-1940 USS John F. Kennedy (CVN 67) Aircraft carrier/in construction for 2020 HC-1940 Freshman 9 1 4 14

USS Harvard Troop Transport/ 1898 only NA Sophomore 6 2 3 11 USS Harvard (ID1298) Troop Transport/1918 to 1920 NA USS Harvard (SP 209) Patrol boat/1917 to 1919 NA Junior 2 6 4 12 USS Harvard Troop transport/1945 only NA Senior 2 3 1 6

Total (Σ) 19 12 12 43 * USS Spiegel Grove (LSD 32) was named after the estate of st President Rutherford Hayes in Fremont (OH) and was also the 1 ship % full scholarship 79% 92% 100% 88% of Captain Paul E, Mawn USN (Ret.) 7 *No USMC middies currently at Harvard 7 CRIMSON Commissioning Ceremony - 2018

L to R: 2nd LT Dan Cord USA, 2nd LT Nat Williams USA, 2nd LT James Joyce USMC, 2nd LT Kevin Zhu USMC, Ensign Mike Haley USN, Ensign Phil Ramirez USN

Cambridge (MA) - 23 May 2018 Six Harvard seniors in the Harvard Yard were commissioned into the US military by the commanding officers of their ROTC units based at MIT. These new officers included: • 2nd LT Dan Cord US Army from Lombard (IL) received a Master of Arts degree in Middle Eastern Studies. He will serve as an intelligence office in Fort Devens (MA). Prior to entering Harvard, he was on active duty as Arabic Cryptologist Linguist with the rd 3 Special Forces Group (Airborne) at Fort Bragg (NC) with which he deployed to both Iraq and Afghanistan. • 2nd LT Nat Williams US Army is a native of Tujunga (CA). At Harvard, he majored in Government with a citation in Russian and nd was a writer for the Harvard Crimson who also worked at the WHRB radio station. 2 LT Williams was selected for the Army Corps of Engineers with orders to attend the Engineer Officer Basic Course at Fort Leonard Wood (MO). nd • 2 LT Kevin Zhu US Marine Corps of Boston (MA) was a Visual and Environmental Studies major. He was ordered to attend The Basic School in Quantico (VA) and will serve in one of the USMC ground components. • 2nd LT James Joyce US Marine Corps was raised in Milton (MA) and received his degree in Economics with a citation in French. As an undergraduate, he was a member of the varsity football, hockey and baseball teams as well as the Owl Club. Prior to joining the fleet as a Marine platoon commander, he will also end The Basic School in Quantico (VA). • Ensign Michael Haley US Navy of Weymouth (MA) is the son of a retired US Navy captain. He majored in Economics at Harvard with a minor in English. After the Naval Flight School at the Naval Air Station in Pensacola (FL), he will be a Naval aviator • Ensign Phillip Ramirez US Navy from State Center (IA) majored in Government with a minor in Economics. He was also selected to attend the Naval Flight School at Pensacola (FL) to earn his wings of gold as a Naval aviator.

Ensign Kirsten Anderson US Navy of Virginia Beach (VA) is was unable to attend the joint commissioning ceremony but was commissioned on 29 May 2018. At Harvard, she majored in physics and minored in East Asian Studies with a citation in Chinese. She also was a member of the Harvard Sailing Team which was competing out of state at the Collegiate National Sailing Championship races on the day of ROTC commissioning ceremony. She is the daughter of a Navy captain and her mother is a retired Army major. Ensign Anderson was selected for Submarine Duty and reported to Charleston (SC) for initial training and subsequently to the Naval Nuclear Power School in Goose Creek (SC).

8 Warriors in the Long Crimson Line of service to country Civil War Civil War Major William McKim HC-1852 Colonel Paul Revere HC-1852 st (20th Massachusetts Infantry) (1 Maryland Infantry) Paul was born in Boston (MA) Bill was born in Baltimore (MD) as the son of a very wealthy banker who was as the grandson of Paul Revere.

He joined the Union Army after a strong supporter of the Union. At the attack on Fort Sumter (SC) Harvard, Bill was president of the and was wounded in the Hasty Pudding Club and later taught Confederate victory at Balls school “Out West” for a few years. He Bluff where he was cited for: returned to Baltimore to enlist into a Confederate Army company in May “Demonstrated high character with cool and disciplined 1861with 6 other Harvard alumni from prominent wealthy Maryland families courage”. While forced to retreat to Maryland with his who all became commissioned Colonel Paul Revere USA Major William McKim CSA regiment, Paul was captured officers. His combat engagements by the Confederate Calvary and held as a prisoner of war in included: Cross Keys (VA), Cedar Run (VA), Gaines’ Mill (VA), Richmond (VA) for 4 months. Then Major Revere was selected Malvern Hill (VA), Seven Days Battle before Richmond (VA), 1st as part of a unique prisoner exchange when the Union & 2nd Manassas (aka Bull Run in VA), Cedar Mountain (aka government agreed to change the status of captured Confederate Slaughter Mountain in VA), Sharpsburg (aka Antietam in MD), blockage runners and sailors from pirates to that of prisoners of where he was severely wounded in both thighs. However, Bill war. Major Revere reported back to his regiment in time for the disregarded his medical officer’s advice to recuperate & went mounted into battle next day where he was Killed in Action during battle at Yorktown. After the battles at Fair Oaks & Seven Oaks, he was severely stricken with malaria which forced him again to May 1863 at Chancellorsville (VA). His division commander & briefly return to Boston for recuperation. A month later, he again fellow Marylander reported: "The chivalrous Duncan McKim, fell rejoined his regiment and was wounded in Antietam before while riding with conspicuous gallantry along the front of the line participating in the battle of Gettysburg where he was struck by while conducting reinforcements to repel the enemy. There was no a Confederate bullet on the 2nd day of the battle and then died 2 nobler man from our state". days later with knowledge of the Union victory. His combat engagements included: Balls Bluff (VA), Yorktown (VA), Fair Oaks (VA), Seven Oaks (VA), Antietam (MD) and finally Gettysburg (PA) – Killed in Action World War I World War II

Captain Edward Grant HC-1906 1st LT Fred Harvey HC-1943 (307th Infantry, 7th Division) (1st battalion, 25th regiment, 4th Mar Div)

Eddie was born in Franklin (MA) Fred was born in Baltimore (MD). At where he completed his local high Harvard, he played varsity baseball & school plus Dean Academy before graduated cum laude. After college in Harvard where he was on the varsity the Marine Corps, he took part in the basketball & baseball teams. After following combat: Roi-Naurur, Tinian, & graduating from Harvard, Eddie Saipan where he was wounded & earned initially played Major League the Purple Heart & Navy Cross for baseball with the Cleveland Indians valor. His Navy Cross citation reads: and was later sent to the minor “For extraordinary heroism as platoon leagues, Eddie then went to Harvard commander of Company Alpha in action Law School. He returned to the against enemy Japanese forces during Captain Edward Grant USA st majors with the Philadelphia Phillies 1 LT Fred Harvey USMC the assault on Saipan, Marianas Islands rd as the starting 3 baseman & leadoff batter from 1908 to 1910. on 15 & 16 June 1944. Landing at the water’s edge with the initial He received his law degree from HLS before being traded to the assault waves in the face of devastating rifle and machine-gun fire, 1st Cincinnati Reds and then again to the New York Giants & played LT Harvey moved his platoon inland against fanatic enemy resistance to in 2 games of the 1913 World Series. In the 1916 season, Eddie establish the original point of disembarkation. When a Japanese officer left baseball & opened a law practice in Boston until he joined rushed at him swinging a sword, he parried the blow and killed the man st the Army as infantry captain in August 1917. He sailed in April with his carbine, Charging an enemy shell hole with his rifle jammed, 1 1918 for France & was in the following battles: Baccarat sector, LT Harvey courageously used his bayonet in hand to hand combat until the Aisne-Oisne Campaign, Vesle River & the Meuse-Argonne a Japanese grenade exploded in the vicinity, knocking off his helmet and offensive looking for the "Lost Battalions. In this search, an forcing him to take cover. Although wounded, he continued his heroic efforts & contributed directly to the success of our forces in taking this exploding shell & machine gun fire killed Eddie in October 1918 in the Argonne Forest near Verdun (France), which was less than fiercely defended Japanese stronghold, By his leadership, fighting spirit st a month from the cessation of hostilities. Eddie was the first & personal valor in the face of overwhelming odds, 1 LT Harvey Major League Baseball player Killed in Action in World War I. upheld the highest traditions of the United States Naval service”. 9

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Harvard honors heroic graduates of the US Army Harvard Chaplain School As noted on page 5, Harvard served as home for the US Army Chaplain School from 1942 to 1944. Almost 6,500 Catholic priests, Jewish rabbis and Protestant ministers were commissioned as Army junior officers and trained for 5 weeks to provide spiritual and emotional comfort as chaplains to the soldiers in their assigned mil itary units. In addition to counseling and learning military tradition, chaplain training also included long marches, chemical warfare defense, military law, first aid, military sanitation, and graves registration. In the first-year session at the chaplain school at Harvard were the following 4 clerical classmates: 1st LT George Fox USA (Methodist minister), 1st LT Alexander Goode USA (Jewish rabbi), 1st LT Clark Poling USA (Protestant Reformed minister) and 1st LT John Washington USA (Catholic priest) On 23 January 1943, all of these 4 chaplains got underway from New York embarked on a troop ship named the SS Dorchester which was sailing to Europe via Greenland in a 6 ship convoy (i.e. 3 small US Coast Guard cutters plus 3 merchant marine ships). The Dorchester had been a civilian passenger liner built in 1926 that displaced 5,649 tons with a length of 368 feet and a 52 foot beam and was originally designed to carry 314 civilian passengers. After Pearl Harbor, the ship was converted to a troop transport to carry 900 military passengers and crew with additional lifeboats, life rafts and newly installed guns manned by US Naval Guards (i.e. 3-inch gun forward, 4-inch gun aft, and four 20 mm guns). In the crucial battle of the

Atlantic, the Führer der Unterseeboote Kriegsmarine (i.e. submarine force of the German Navy in World War II under Admiral Karl Dönitz) was SS Dorchester assigned the key role of executing a maritime blockade of the UK and interdicting all material, personnel and supplies from Fortress America being shipped for use in the European theater of operation. To this end, the Dorchester was torpedoed after midnight on 3 February 1943 by the German U-boat U-223 under the command of Kaptänleutnant Karl Jüral Wächter who was a recipient of 2 Iron Crosses as well as the German Cross and the veteran of 5 war patrols and multiple previous kills. This attack destroyed the Dorchester’s electrical systems and boilers which resulted in a severe port list and caused the ship to sink in less than 30 minutes. During this time, the doomed ship had no lights or abandon ship signal, so the above four chaplains worked in the darkness to organize an orderly evacuation of those trapped in lower decks as well as to help men into lifeboats and distribute life jackets. When the supply of life jackets was depleted, the 4 chaplains heroically gave away their own life jackets to those who did not have one. As the ship sank by the bow, the 4 Chaplains linked arms, sang hymns and recited prayers. Some lifeboats capsized through overcrowding and other survivors in the water were so stiff from cold they could not even grasp the cargo nets on the rescue vessels. Furthermore, life jackets offered little protection from hypothermia which killed most men in the water which had a temperature of 34° F with an air temperature of 36° F. When additional rescue ships

arrived on the day after the Dorchester sank, hundreds of dead bodies were seen floating on the water buoyed up by their life jackets. Out of the total of 902 on board the Dorchester that departed New York, Kaptänleutnant Wächter

672 of the crew members and military passengers died as a result of the torpedo attack by U-223 which was the worst single loss of American personnel of any American convoy during World War II (i.e. only 230 or 25% on board the Dorchester survived). On the other hand, 60% of all the German U-boats commissioned during World War II were lost in action resulting in the death of 28,000 of the 40,000 U-boat crewmen during World War II. Perhaps as poetic justice, Kaptänleutnant Wächter was one of those casualties when U- 223 was sunk a year later in the Mediterranean after being attacked by 4 British destroyers. . 75 years after the sinking of SS Dorchester, Harvard University and the Harvard Veterans Alumni Organization honored the heroism of the 4 chaplains with a memorial service on Veterans Day which included the unveiling of a plaque in Memorial Church. This tablet for the 4 Chaplains is located on the north wall of this sanctuary in the Harvard Yard and joins other memorials installed

over the past decade under the auspices of the HVAO, including the plaque for the 18 Medal of Honor recipients from Harvard which was also co-sponsored and researched by the Advocates for Harvard ROTC. Bronze Star recipient and HVAO director Colonel Everett Spain US Army (DBA - 2014 from HBS) described the lives and deaths of the 4 Chaplains who “passed life’s ultimate test”. The keynote address at this well attended assembly was delivered by Captain Arnold E. Resnicoff USN (Ret.) who previously was a rabbi on active duty in the US Navy Chaplain Corps. Rabbi Resnicoff stated that: “Military service for many people may not evoke ministry”. Based on

his experience, he stated that chaplains also help to strengthen the interfaith values that in turn strengthen the services as well as sailors, soldiers and Marines. The rabbi added: “In many ways, chaplains also bridge the gap between the civilian and military worlds which is a role of special 4 Chaplains plaque at Harvard importance today where so few citizens in our country now have direct ties to those in the armed forces”. 10 Harvard honors heroic graduates of the USA Harvard Chaplain School (cont.) The 4 chaplains

st st 1st LT George Fox USA 1st LT Alex Goode USA 1 LT Clark Poling USA 1 LT John Washington USA George Fox was born in 1900 Alexander Goode was born in Clark Poling was born in 1910, John Washington was born in Lewistown (PA) as the eldest of Brooklyn (NY) in 1911 as the in Columbus (OH) as the son of Newark (NJ) in 1908. After eight children. He left school to son of a Rabbi but he was raised an evangelical minister. Clark graduating from both high enlist in the Army in World War I in Washington (DC). He graduated from Yale Divinity school and college at Seton & served as a medic in France. graduated from Hebrew Union School in 1936 and was Hall, he entered a NJ diocesan He was awarded the Silver Star, College in 1937 as a reform ordained as a minister in the seminary in 1931 and 5 years Purple Heart & Croix de Guerre rabbi and 3 years later received Reformed Church in America. later was ordained a Catholic for bravery. After the war, he was his Ph.D. from Johns Hopkins At the start of World War II, priest. After serving at a few an itinerant preacher until 1934 University. After the attack on Clark entered the Army as a parishes in NJ, Father when he was ordained as a Pearl Harbor, he volunteered to chaplain as his father had done Washington received his Methodist minister after be appointed as an Army during World War I. After a appointment as a chaplain in the graduating from Wesleyan chaplain in July 1942 and later year on active duty in the States, shortly after University & Boston University was subsequently selected for he also reported to the Army Pearl Harbor. After several School of Theology. He returned the Chaplain School at Harvard. Chaplains School at Harvard. months with an Infantry division to active duty and served as an in MD, Father John entered the Army chaplain in July 1942. A Chaplains School at Harvard. few weeks later, his son Wyatt enlisted in the Marine Corps. Fiddler’s Green Military veteran newly elected to the Harvard Board of Overseers LTJG Michael R. Deland USNR (HC-63) Mike passed away on 8 January 2019. At Vice Admiral Philip Cullom USN was elected by Harvard, he was the NROTC Battalion Harvard alumni to the Harvard Board of Overseers. Commander and a resident of Eliot House This milestone is the 1st time in several decades that a and a member of both the Fly and Hasty military veteran has been chosen to serve for 6 years Pudding Clubs. LTJG Deland served onboard on this prestigious governing board for Harvard. the USS Frank Knox (DDR-742) which was VADM Cullom grew up in Illinois and graduated with homeported in Japan & deployed extensively distinction from the US Naval Academy as well as throughout WESTPAC, including off the with an MBA from Harvard Business School. He coast of Vietnam as well as in the Indian recently retired as the Deputy Chief of Naval Ocean and to East Africa. Operations & previously commanded 2 carrier Strike

After his release from active duty, Mike Groups as well as an Amphibious Squadron and the graduated from Boston College Law School USS Mitscher (DDG-57). VADM Cullom served twice and passed the MA bar. As the EPA in the White House & also had several Pentagon Administrator for New England, Mike was tours, including the CNO Executive Panel (OP-OOK). VADM Philip Cullom USN (Ret.)

the key mover in cleaning up the highly In his previous afloat tours as a surface warfare officer, VADM Cullom has served on polluted Boston Harbor. Despite a crippling the aircraft carrier USS Eisenhower (CVN 69), the frigate USS Jesse Brown (FF 1089) disability requiring a wheel chair, Mike was & cruisers USS Mobile Bay (CG-53) & USS Truxtun (CGN-35). VADM Cullom appointed as the Chairman of the Council on served in every combat theater of operation in the last 3 decades including: the Mid- Environmental Quality by President George East, the Med, the Adriatic, the Caribbean and the Western Pacific. Among his military H. W. Bush. In 2001, he left government awards are: The Distinguished Service Medal, Defense Superior Service Medal, service and became the chairman for the non- Legion of Merit and 27 other personal or unit citations. profit group National Organization on Disability and was the driving force for the The Advocates Board thanks all Advocates for their support of VADM Cullom. erection of a monument of President Franklin 11 D. Roosevelt sitting in a wheelchair. Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund needs your support The Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund, which publishes the annual newsletter of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC, depends on alumni and friends of Harvard ROTC for financial support. Our founders, Maj. Gen. Joseph Ambrose ’42 and Emil Fleischaker ’42, sent an annual letter of news and solicitation to about 200 “Harvard ROTC Alumni,” mainly from the 1930s and 1940s. Although the Advocates were originally independent of the Alumni Fund, when the Fund was incorporated in 2000 the Advocates became its fund-raising constituency. The Alumni Fund is a Section 501(c)(3) tax-exempt publicly supported charity. Officers are president Malcolm Hill ’59, clerk Arthur Levin ’54, and treasurer Col. James Metcalf ’67. Eugene Reilly ’42, Capt. Warren Coulter ’62, Capt. Warren Schur ’69, Brig. Gen. Oscar DePriest ’74, Rachel Miselman ’93, and Lt. Cdr. Erik Sand ’07 are directors. Principal activities of the Alumni Fund in addition to the newsletter are: • Harvard ROTC Alumni Awards (a book on military leadership or a related topic, custom bound, presented to two cadets or midshipmen in each service) • Harvard ROTC Aviation Award (certificate and cash stipend presented to one senior cadet or midshipman who is entering an aviation-related career field) • Commissioning ceremony in the Yard (invitations, programs, band, photographer, catered reception) • Support of the undergraduate Harvard ROTC Association, especially the interaction of cadets and midshipmen with mentors who are student veterans in the college and the graduate and professional schools • Activities to increase awareness of ROTC programs and increase the participation level among Harvard undergraduates Details of many of these activities are available through our web sites www.AdvocatesforROTC.org/Harvard and www.HarvardROTCAlumniFund.org. The activities described above require an annual budget of about $12,000, which will increase as the numbers of cadets and midshipmen increase. We have considered several ideas that would require additional funding. Please demonstrate your support of Harvard ROTC by sending a check, payable to “Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund,” to P.O. Box 282, Weston MA 02493. Donations are fully tax- deductible. We acknowledge our donors by name every five years in our newsletter. Our most generous donors receive our testimonial coin. If you are older than 70½ and have an IRA, you can donate directly from your IRA as part of your RMD, and your donation is excluded from your AGI. We are seeking a few new directors who will constitute the next generation of leadership of the Fund. The current directors believe that our support of Harvard ROTC is good for Harvard and good for our country. We have greatly enjoyed our interactions with the cadets and midshipmen, the staff members of the ROTC units, and one another, and we hope that others will feel drawn to share in this work and carry it forward. Time requirements range from about an hour 2 or 3 times per year for meetings to a few hours per week, depending on responsibilities and time of year. If you feel called to serve in such a role, please contact any of us either in person, through our web site, through the Harvard alumni directory, or by mail to the address above.

12 Why I Support Harvard ROTC Military service – 3 lessons learned by Col. James Metcalf, USAFR (Ret.) – HC1967 by Captain Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) – HC 1963

When I graduated in 1967, the was nearing its My daughter is principal of a private school in Florida. I was peak as was the anti-war movement at Harvard and pleased when she convened a Veteran’s Day school assembly to elsewhere. Over 150 of my Harvard classmates went into convey 3 key lessons from military service based on the experience military service; some went to Southeast Asia, and two died of my son who is a former USMC officer & me. The 3 point there. I went to graduate school on a delay of active duty to response shown below was used in her address to her students: earn a doctorate in atmospheric physics and then to the Air Force Cambridge Research Laboratories at Hanscom Air 1. Leadership Force Base (MA) on active duty. When Harvard cut its ties Service in the US military for a few years or for a career is by far with ROTC in 1969 I felt that a key component of my the greatest crucible of leadership available to any qualified connection to Harvard had been severed. individual, especially as a commissioned junior officer but also for some who enlist and progress up in rank after boot camp. In both After separating from active duty I remained in the Reserve, cases, the prospective leaders received academic & on the job and in 1979 I was fortunate to get an assignment as a Reserve training to lead their units by getting things done through scientific program manager in the Air Force Office of subordinates who in many cases may be older, wiser and more Scientific Research at Bolling Air Force Base, D.C. A few technically competent. The basic role of military leaders is to years later, during a renovation, the Officers’ Club mounted a accomplish the mission and take care of your troops which display of documents and photographs relating to Col. Raynal includes putting others first. To this end, military leaders must lead Bolling, for whom the base was named. He was the first from the front and earn the respect and trust of both their seniors & high-ranking American officer killed in World War I, and I subordinates as well as learn time management such as the “75% was surprised to learn that he was a member of the Class of solution” (i.e. timely decision making) and the “Rule of 3” (i.e. 1900. Seeing an alumnus thus honored helped to restore my laser focus on 3 most important tasks). To accomplish the mission, sense of affiliation with Harvard, although I was troubled by military leaders especially in the US Marine Corps are encouraged the renewed opposition to ROTC at Harvard in the 1980s. In to: “Improvise, Adapt & Overcome”. The eventual payoff and 1990, I saw in Harvard Magazine a letter from Commander reward for those who are able to succeed as leaders is the obvious Richard Bennink ’38 in support of ROTC. Because of the pride of most in their unit and their ability to competently function key role of Harvard ROTC in both my military career and my and perform their mission as they have been trained. civilian career, I felt drawn to support the program. I wrote to CDR Bennink, and he referred me to Maj. Gen. Joseph 2. Commitment Ambrose ’42, who had established the Harvard ROTC In joining the military, one must swear an oath of office as well as Alumni Fund in 1984 to provide awards and support the allegiance to our country. This noble commitment often is on a 24 annual commissioning ceremony. I became a contributor to hour, 7 days a week basis with relatively low pay, possible high the Fund and a regular attendee at commissioning. Since risks, uncomfortable conditions, extensive travel with separation & then, my support of ROTC has been my principal sacrifices, especially for military families. As a Harvard graduate involvement with Harvard. Navy ensign, my paycheck was $222/ month for which I served on several overseas deployments, some as long as 8 months. With a military career almost entirely in science and Furthermore, all who serve on active duty in the military in effect scientific program management, I expected to advance no sign a blank check to Uncle Sam up to and possibly including their higher than lieutenant colonel. I was greatly surprised in own life. “All gave some and some gave all”. Military veterans 1991 to see my name on the list of colonel selectees. When I also often experience unique lifetime bonding that evolves among saw that a member of the Class of 1965 was also on the list, I a “Band of Brothers”. In Navy parlance: “A shipmate is a wondered if the selection board had a bias toward Harvard shipmate, regardless of rank, race, religion or home state”. In their graduates. That final piece of good luck in my military career twilight years, most veterans are proud to have answered the call to sealed my commitment to support ROTC at Harvard. When military service from our great country. As expressed by President the Alumni Fund was incorporated in 2000 I became its John F. Kennedy to the midshipmen at Annapolis just 3 months treasurer. I have found great satisfaction in my interactions before he was assassinated: with the cadets and midshipmen, the personnel of the ROTC “I can imagine no more rewarding career. units at MIT, and other alumni who support ROTC at And any man who may be asked in this century what he did to Harvard. As I near the end of my second decade as treasurer, make his life worthwhile, I am ready to relinquish the position to a dedicated successor. I think can respond with a great deal of satisfaction: I hope that other alumni who value their military training and I served in the United Stated Navy.” experience as I do will carry on the traditions that the founders and present directors of the Alumni Fund have 3. Integrity established and maintained. I hope to assist my successor It is expected that an officer in the US military will not lie and their and otherwise continue to support Harvard ROTC for many words are their bond. Thus, officers will take responsibility for more years. their actions including: “the Good, the Bad and the Ugly”. To this point, the standing captain’s night order for all officers of the deck underway driving US Navy ships is: “When in doubt, do the right thing!” Thus, Officers and senior enlisted must lead by example and be accountable for their efforts and results.

I am happy to report that my daughter’s speech to her school 13 assembly incorporating the above points was well received. 13 Join the Ranks to Support ROTC at Harvard

Dear Alumni, Alumnae, and Friends, The Advocates for Harvard ROTC are organized to broaden the base of support for the various ROTC programs for Harvard cadets and midshipmen. We invite all Harvard students, alumni, alumnae, faculty, employees, ROTC military staff and any other interested parties with a Harvard connection to join us as members of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC.

To sign up and add your moral support for ROTC at Harvard, please send your name, address, and graduation year to us either by e-mail or by mailing or faxing the contact information from below. All Advocates are encouraged to contribute to the Harvard ROTC Alumni Fund which is set up as a tax deductible charitable organization whose funds from the support of Harvard alumni and friends are used to publish and mail the annual Advocate newsletter as well as provide a variety of awards and networking activities for Harvard cadets and midshipmen.

The roster of the Advocates is only used to distribute our newsletters and to demonstrate the total number of alumni supporters of ROTC programs for Harvard students to the Harvard faculty and administration. The mission of the Advocates for Harvard ROTC is to assure the continuance of ROTC which provides unique opportunities for leadership development and service to country to gifted and patriotic Americans at Harvard College.

Sincerely,

Advocates for Harvard ROTC Capt. Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) c/o 11 Munnings Drive Capt. Paul E. Mawn USN (Ret.) H-63 Sudbury. MA 01776 Chairman, Advocates for Harvard ROTC

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