EXTENSIONS of REMARKS January 15, 1969 EXTENSIONS of REMARKS KENTUCKY's Looth ARMY RESERVE Now Stationed at Bowman Field-Traces Its MRS

934 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS January 15, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS KENTUCKY'S lOOTH ARMY RESERVE now stationed at Bowman Field-traces its MRS. NIXON TRAINING DIVISION CELEBRATES lineage back to the closing days of World 50TH ANNIVERSARY War I. The lOOth Division was formed on paper July 23, 1918. In October 1918, at Camp HON. CLIFFORD P. CASE Bowie, Texas, the first Centurymen were OF NEW JERSEY HON. WILLIAM 0. COWGER chosen and organization of the Headquarters IN THE SENATE OF THE UNITED STATES OF KENTUCKY & Headquarters Company began. But before Wednesday, January 15, 1969 IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES the unit was fully formed, the Armistice came, and on November 30th the lOOth was Mr. CASE. Mrs. Vera Glaser, of the Wednesday, January 15, 1969 demobilized, its hour to come in another North American Newspaper Alliance, has Mr. COWGER. Mr. Speaker, during war. In 1921, the Division was reconstituted as written a most interesting series of arti the congressional recess the largest a unit in the Organized Reserves, with head cles on Mrs. Richard Nixon, which I ask Army Reserve unit in the Bluegrass quarters in Wheeling. Its units included the to be printed in the RECORD. These arti State, the lOOth Division-Training 400th Infantry Regiment in Louisville, or cles were carried by many of the major celebrated the 50th anniversary of its ganized in 1922. dailies throughout the country, among Louisville headquarters which was On August 1, 1942, at Fort Jackson, S.C., others, by the Newark Star-Ledger in formed in the closing days of World the lOOth was reborn for combat and began my own State, the Baltimore Sun, Detroit War!. to ready itself for its place in history. News, Atlanta Constitution, San An Kentuckians are proud of the more Under command of Major General Withers tonio News, Oklahoma City Journal, A. Burress, the Century Division arrived in than 3,000 men who serve both their France in October, 1944. Less than a week Scranton Times, and the Hartford Cou country and their community as citizen after the lOOth's final elements arrived at rant. I know the readers of the RECORD soldiers. Many of them served during the front, the Division became the first Amer will enjoy this candid portrait of our the Berlin crisis in 1961 and 1962 when ican unit to crack the German winter defen new First Lady. President Kennedy called the "Century sive line near Raon l'Etape. Two weeks latet, There being no objection, the articles Division" to active duty for a year at the Century Division helped breach the Ger were ordered to be printed in the REC Fort Chaffee, Ark. man defenses in the Vosges Mountains. ORD, as follows: On New Year's Day, 1945, a smashing Ger Commanded by Maj. Gen. Ben J. But [From the Newark (N.J.) Star-Ledger, Dec. ler of Louisville, the division has 91 units man counterattack was aimed directly at the lOOth Division sector. For several days the 8, 1968] spread throughout the Commonwealth. thin lines of the lOOth Division were under THE REAL PAT NIXON: FROM HEARTBREAK TO 0 Veterans' Day, November 11, was heavy attack from three sides. GLITTERING TRIUMPH chosen as the 50th anniversary celebra But the lOOth Division, directly in the (By Vera Glaser) tion date so that the Centurymen could path of the German counteroffensive, was WASHINGTON.-The real life story of Pat pay tribute to World War I veterans in the only division on the entire Seventh Army Nixon, America's new First Lady, has every Louisville's American Legion parade. The front to hold its original ground. When the thing-suspense and intrigue, heartbreak lOOth Division transported the 50-year Nazi drive ended, the Century Division sec and triumph, the glitter of big names and veterans over the parade route in 20 jeeps tor protruded beyond the rest of the Amer historic events, a rags-to-riches angle, even with a special banner saluting the World ican front. a brush with death. War I warriors. Broadway, Louisville's In March, 1945, the lOOth shattered mili It is soap opera on the grand scale. But it tary tradition by capturing the heavily forti is also the American dream come true. main street and the parade route, was fied city of Bitche--the first time in 200 years redesignated as "Century Division Way" that the French city had fallen in combat. Millions of words have been written about the girl from a little Nevada mining town for Veterans' Day in a special proclama For their actions during 146 consecutive days in combat with enemy forces, Century who married the California grocer's son. But tion by Mayor Kenneth A. Schmied. Richard Nixon's slim blonde wife of 28 years The 11-man color guard, carrying an men received 6,125 individual heroism medals including three Medals of Honor. remains a bit mysterious and she likes it anniversary flag flown over our U.S. that way. Capitol together with the division colors After the war, in October 1946, the Division once again became part of the Organized She and her husband, the next President and the colors of each major subordinate Reserves-as the lOOth Airborne Division, of the United States, are intensely private unit, won the parade color guard trophy. with headquarters in Louisville. In 1959 it people, a trait they have passed on to their As former mayor at the time of their was redesignated the lOOth Training Division. daughters, Tricia and Julie. return from Fort Chaffee, and as the The lOOth served its second tour of active If Julie is shunning a chance to make his pre.sent U.S. Representative for many duty from September, 1961, to August, 1962, tory, not to mention television nem, by when it was the only Army Reserve Division marrying David Eisenhower in church in Louisville Centurymen, I am proud to stead of the White House less than a month salute these dedicated citizen-soldiers. called up by President John F. Kennedy in the Berlin Crisis. On that tour, the Century before the family moves in, she is behaving I submit the following article written Division activated Fort Chaffee, Arkansas, as her mother would wish. for the November 1968 issue of Louisville where it trained more than 30,000 soldiers. For Pat Nixon her daughter's wedding will magazine: The Commanding General then was Maj. be one of her last private experiencet before Last year Kentucky's famed lOOth Division, Gen. Dillman A. Rash, a former president of Jan. 20, when she becomes public property U.S. Army Reserve, celebrated its 25th anni the Louisville Area Chamber of Commerce. and the 50,000-watt floodlights roost per versary. Now it's already celebrating its 50th! President Kennedy expressed his apprecia manently on her doorstep. Has somebody flipped his military wig? tion to the lOOth in these words: Even before she moves into the nation's Nobody's flipped, and the Army hasn't " ... From the time when it was first most distinguished residence, Thelma "Pat" adopted a new-new math, but the Century alerted ... the Century Division has Ryan Nixon will have lived an extraordinary Division-made up of more than 3,000 citi achieved an exemplary record-one in which life. With her husband she has ridden a po zens-soldiers in 91 hometown units in every you may take great pride ... litical toboggan, speeding from crushing de feat to one of the greatest political come section of the Commonwealth-really is cele "The response and accomplishments of the brating its golden anniversary one year after Century Division have more than lived up to backs in the nation's history. its silver one. the reputation of the Division, and have been If her future is half as interesting as her The source of this apparent discrepancy is worthy of the fine tradition of the Army past, Pat-watchers should have plenty to to be found in a footnote to an important Reserve as a "citizen-soldier" emergency look forward to. page in American history-the World War I force ... No matter how she feels inside, the face Armistice, which came 50 years ago, on No "To you and to your families, and to the Pat Nixon turns to the world is calm and vember 11, 1918. communities from which you came, may I smiling. Her voice is low and cultivated. Last year's commemoration marked the say, as Commander-in-Chief, 'Well done!'" She is always ladylike. She once held a news formation of the lOOth Infantry Division for Today the Century Division, under com conference as a nurse bound up a sprained service in World War II. Few persons realize mand of Maj. Gen. Ben J. Butler, stand.S ankle. Her short, fluffy hairdo, lively brown that one unit of the lOOth-the Division ready to earn another "Well done" should it eyes and schoolgirl figure belie ha 55 yearS. Headquarters and Headquarters Company, once again be oalled to active duty. '8he looks fragile and protected. January 15, 1969 EXTENSIONS OF REMARKS 935 To family and friends she is something was criticized by Democrats as bad taste, it reer and looks back on it as "very boring. else--warm as toast but disciplined as a slide forced them eventually to arrange appear Those retakes can drive you mad." rule. The young 13choolmarm who made her ances for Mrs. Jacqueline Kennedy, whose After graduating college with honors (the own clothes and pressed her husband's pants reluctance to campaign that year was well same year Nixon was finishing Duke Uni in a garage apartment back in Whittier, known.

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