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College of the Holy Cross CrossWorks The Octofoil Special Collections 1-1-1949 The Octofoil, January 1949 Ninth Infantry Division Association Follow this and additional works at: https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil Part of the Military and Veterans Studies Commons, Military History Commons, Social History Commons, and the United States History Commons Recommended Citation Ninth Infantry Division Association, "The Octofoil, January 1949" (1949). The Octofoil. 23. https://crossworks.holycross.edu/octofoil/23 This Newsletter is brought to you for free and open access by the Special Collections at CrossWorks. It has been accepted for inclusion in The Octofoil by an authorized administrator of CrossWorks. One Year, 60 cents NUMBER 1 THE NINTH INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION Single Copy, 10 cents WASHING'(ON (13), D. C. (P. O. Box 1104) JANUARY, 1949 GOOD SAMARI-TAN FINALLY LOCATED SHOlJLD AULD FORGOT? OCTOFOIL SECURES STATEMENT FROM TINGLEY AS TO HOW HE LOCATED EX-MEDIC-AND A STATEMENT FROM PILL-PUSHER WHO HELPED PAUL JACKSON. In answer to an inquiry from The Octofoil, Secretary Treasurer Tingley sent the following reply which is self explanatory and makes very interesting reading. Raymond S. Griffith's letter explaining his emotions when he met Paul Jackson at the Ralph Edward's radio broadcast fol lows the secretary's letter and Ray's letter is' also an all absorbing narrative. The letters follow: Mr. Paul S. Plunkett, Editor, Octofoil, next day I would leave them so 216 S. Grant Ave., Columbus, O. I could travel light. However, on Dear Paul: On Thursday, Oct. the day Paul was wounded I still 7 I received a long distance tele- had two blankets. I don't know phone call from Mr. Al PaschalL why I didn't leave them that day. produoction manager for Ralph I was glrad that I did not, the way Edwards' new r.adio show, "This things turned out. The day Paul Is Your L~fe." I was informed was wounded we pas'Sed through they h~d pIcked Paul E. Jackson the 78th and went on to Schmidt. as theIr guest f.or the first pro- We turned left and went down a gram to he broadc.ast -on Oct. 19. j gulch. I was right in the rear of Paul was formerly wi!h Co. A, our company and I heard flomeone 60th; and was.wounded In the ba~- yell. "medic." I started on the tIe of SchmIdt, Gel'man~.. y !!IS run. I didn't stumble over him ! ~o1-1ndg. result.e..d in f1aralys~ from, though. I gh:e him first aid and the warst down.. At the tIme ha I'bundle1l him up in the blankets. was wounded Paul told ~r. Pa~- The litter bearers didn't come, so e~all there was a ~ertaIn .medlc I moved him out of the clea:nng aId man who had pIcked hIm up I~r~d got him behind a tree I re from .the battlefield and R~d eared mained WIth ~hn'. all day. That f?r hIm thro~ghout the m~ht. u.n- !light _the litter bearers removed tIl he was able to be evacuated the him. I never expected to see him next day. Paul did not know who. again. the medic w~s and Mr. Pa~ch~ll But when I' didh~ ~ade me During a recent visit to Fort Benning, Georgia, the above photograph was made of Lt. Gen. was very anXIOUS ~o locate hIm ~n promise to go visit hint again. I Eddy and a group of mighty fine looking G. Ls-many who are former Ninth Division men. order that he mIght appear In may in July of 1949. Hollywood for the broadcast. 25 CALLS PICTURES COMING SOON ray Dues New Or Maurice Westrich TWO-BIT BARGAIN After making about 25 long Right after the Ralph Edwards' distance telephone calls I finally program there was quite a few You Will lIe Sorry Lives In Cincinnati FOR ONLY 25 CTS. located Rraymond S. Griffith, now pictures made. I am supposed to The year 1949 has almost ar Maurice H. Westrich, former Again Secretary Tingley ad living in Emporium, Pa., and de- get two ,of them. One group pic rived and still there are thous 60th Re'gt. man, is now living in vises The Octofoil that for 25c termined that Ray was the medic ture and one with Paul, hi::> Dad, a,nds of former Ninth Division Cincinnati, O. His street address he will mail postpaid a copy of who had saved Paul's life. Mr. Edwards and myself. If The men who profess an interest in is 4906 Cleves Warsaw Pk., Cin the 60th History. For another I notified Mr. Paschall that I Octofoil wants to borrow them I cinnati. had located his man and he im- will be glad to loan them. the welfare of the Association two bits he will mail a copy of Thanks to Maurice The Octo mediately telephoned rI~ay and Right after the pictures were who have not paid their 1949 foil received a picture of Father Final Thrust. With the enclos made arrangements for hIm to fly made I was introduced to Mr. Ed. dues. The ordeal is aging Sec Timothy Andrysiak. It was made ure of an additional 25 cents to Hollywood. wards' wife and some fellow from retary Tingley most rapidly. in England, April, 1944, just as he will mail six of the Octofoil HURRY UP THE SHEET New Castle, Pa., introduced him- In the meantime arrangements self to me. Then we all went The funds of the Association the Father had finished a very im stickers for auto windshields. pressive mass. were made to hurry out the. No- over to the Atrplane Lounge in that are sorely needed are being The small fee charged mere vember issue of The Octofoil in the Hollywood Roosevelt Hotel used to send notices to men who ly covers the cost of packing order to notify the membership of and had a big dinner. I sat at should need no notice to pay Father Tim and mailing charges. the broadcast. The day after the the table with Paul and his wife. -PITTSBURGH IN '49- paper went to press I received a After dinner we waited for the '1949 dues. letter from Mr. Paschall inf,orm- rebroadcast of the program. There is not a former mem Ralton Speers and ing .me that due to the elections Mr. Paschall prais-ed the Ninth ber of the Ninth Division but Wife Enjoyed Book commg up on Nov. 2 they had de- Division Association and the War who is proud of the Associa cided to po.stpone the ~nitial Dept. every chance he got. Mr. and Mrs. Ralton M. Speers, tion and proud of the Ninth In br-o.adcast untIl Nov. 8. ThIS ex- On Nov. 10, Paul Jackson and 37 Buckingham Dr., Albany 3, plams the postp.onement. In send- his wife asked me to go with them fantry Division's enviable rec N. Y., both put their stamp -of ap mg out the notI~es ~or: 1949 dues to see some of his friends in Los ord-yet they imitate Nero as proval on the history. In a j.oint I added a postCrIpt gIvmg the new Angeles. I got the surprise of my he fiddled while RODle burned. letter dated Dec. 8, they both add: date for the broadcast. ~. life. There were five young· fel- Our copy of "8 Stars to Vic ~ay ~aw Had Ninth Division soldiers pro Before to Hollywood lrows there with their wives and tory" was received several weeks I talked WIth hIm and su~gest~d each fellow was sitting in a wheel crastinated and deferred action ago. May we add congrats to oth ~e make some notes. of h!s trIp chair. They -all seemed to be in in the hope some other Buddy ers for the stupendous job our m or~er that we m.Ight mclude good spirits. T-hey had all gath would carry more than his load, History Gommittee turned out. them m The OCtOfOIl. Attacped ered there at one fellow's house In sending his '49 dues in Ral note~ ~s the end of the war 'Would have hereto are the complIed to see Paul. After eating another ton pens this notation: It is an by Raymond. S. GrIffIth. big meal there we sat and talked, been much longer arriving and esteemed pleasure to be able to Smcerely fi~~~I d . d h d't . even the results of the war maintain and for so little) my CHARLES O. TINGLEY, mUSIC an a qUI e a mce might have been different. membership in the Association. Secretary-Treasurer, 9th Inf. N h d . d th t' I -PITTSBURGH IN '49- Div Assn ow a arrIve e Ime Listen fellows, the Ninth In .. dreaded-my parting with Paul fantry Division Association Jackson and his friends. I had LESSOFF WANTS TO THE LETTER bid everyone else goo-dbye but must carryon and on and on Emporium, Pa. Paul, and he followed me outside and as Gen. Craig says "Let the HEAR FROM CROSS Dec. 1, 1948. for that. We shook hands and he la man bury himself." J acob Lesrs'off, former Co. C, Dear Mr. Tingley: made me promise to visit him 47th man, lives at 270 Linden St., Before I left for the trip to Pay those DUES TODAY! again &ometime. I did not let on, Pittsfield, Mass. In writing to The Hollywod, Cal., to meet P,aul but I saw the tears rolling down -PITTSBURGH IN ·49- Octofoil Jake says he wants to get Jackson, I was telling my wife his cheeks and he sat there until Kuniansky Has Father Timothy Andrysiak, in touch with a former buddy about me covering Paul with Ger I was out of sight.