No. 67 (or maybe no. 11 — who’s counting, anyway?) March 2006 the pooperscooper the latest scoop on the hottest poop for the West Point Class of ’67 . . . Unsurpassed! Tom Dyer Named a Distinguished Graduate of the Military Academy!

Stop the presses. It has just been announced tary Academy whose character, distinguished include seven graduates, including Tom. You (6 February) that our very own THOMAS service, and stature draw wholesome compari- can see a list of all the previous recipients of DYER, by the Grace of God, of USMA and the son to the qualities that West Point strives for, the award by going to the AOG website, Class of 1967, The AOG, South Florida, Michi- in keeping with its motto: “Duty, Honor, www.aogusma.org, and clicking on Awards. gan, and His Other Realms, President and Head Country.” With the purpose of identifying to The Distinguished Graduate Ceremony — of the Class, CASA, Chairman Emeritus, Em- the public and the Corps of Cadets the broad a parade, followed by lunch in the Cadet Mess peror, Defender of the Faith and Keeper of the national significance of West Point as one of — will take place on Tuesday, 23 May. Mark Coin, has been named a Distinguished Gradu- America’s cherished institutions, candidates for your calendars and plan on being here at The ate of the Military Academy. That’s right, the Distinguished Graduate Award will be Sacred Soil to cheer on our Tom. I can’t think Sports Fans, Tommy Boy finally made it to graduates of the United States Military Acad- of a better reason for a mini-reunion. the Pantheon of Super High Roller Roll Call emy who have demonstrated a strong interest Honors. I guess this makes him a High Roller in supporting West Point throughout their life- in Perpetuity. time. Tom, whose tenure as Chairman of the Needless to say, Tom joins a very illustri- AOG Board of Trustees ended on 31 Decem- ous group of graduates of West Point who have Thomas B. Dyer, ber, is being honored for a lifetime of achieve- been honored as Distinguished Graduates. Distinguished ment and service to West Point and the na- Since the award was established in 1992, 59 Graduate. tion. The criteria is as follows: The DISTIN- graduates have been named, and the list is a GUISHED GRADUATE AWARD is to be veritable Who’s Who of graduates alive at the given to graduates of the United States Mili- time of their selection. This year’s class will Joe Casey is Inducted into the Army Sports Hall of Fame

November 11, 2005, was a great day for the ber of the second group of former West Point Unsurpassed Class. At a black-tie gala at the athletes to be inducted into the Army Sports Waldorf Astoria in NYC, our own JOE Hall of Fame. This is an incredible honor for CASEY was inducted into the Army Sports Joe. Among his fellow inductees in Novem- Hall of Fame. I guess that makes it a great day ber were Dennis Michie, who started Army for the Casey clan, too. I first mentioned this football in 1890; Eric Tipton, legendary base- to the class in the High Roller Roll Call sec- ball and 150-football coach; Doug Kenna, QB tion of the September Assembly, but less than of the national champion 1944 football team half of you slugs subscribe to that rag, and and member of the College Football Hall of you’re all over 60 now and have probably for- Fame; and Joe Steffy, the only Army football gotten that bit of news, along with what you player to receive the Outland Trophy. Among had for breakfast this morning and where your those inducted in the first group of honorees Cenci, Krause, Casey, Hood, Wilby, Balkcom, and suppositories are. Joe was chosen as a mem- in 2004 was Joe’s old soccer coach, Joe Palone, Dempsey celebrate Joe’s induction. as well as Red Blaik, Doc Blanchard, Glen Davis, and Pete Dawkins, just to name a few. WALDEN, JACK BOYT, and me, since I got There was a great turnout of classmates who in free for being such a sterling fellow, and were willing to fork over the $500 per person probably a few I can’t remember. It was a great to see Joe get honored: TOM DYER, JIM evening. The next day, a football Saturday at BALKCOM, MIKE HOOD, RON West Point (we won!), there was an official NAPLES, BOB CENCI, PETE KRAUSE, unveiling of the honoree’s plaques in the WARREN DEMPSEY, BILL WILBY, JIM Kenna Hall of Army Sports in the Kimsey Athletic Center. Next time you’re at the Sa- COL Jim Knowlton, Deputy Athletic Director; Joe cred Soil make a point of visiting the Hall; it’s Casey; and LTG Bill Lennox, the Supe. a real treat. LOWREY’S LAMENTATIONS, DYER DOODLES, or Miscellaneous Gibberish from Freed or a Message from Tom Dyer, aka the No, you’re not dreaming, and you haven’t been Assembly Subscriptions transported to some parallel universe — ex- cept maybe for those folks who already exist Since we’re already on that subject allow me Class Prez in one, like DEWEY and LENZ. You really once again to bitch about your miserable per- are holding in your old, liver-spotted, wrinkled formance in this regard. Despite my carping What a joy it is to be writing this little note to little hands a new edition of the quarterly class and whining over the years, our readership has all of you. A Pooper Scooper. . . it seems like newsletter The Pooper Scooper. I must point steadily decreased. What is even more galling only yesterday since we received our last issue! out that when I was charged to do this chore is the fact that so many inferior classes do a There is way too much to introduce here many years ago (I think this idea was hatched much better job than we do; their readership, because the achievements of this wonderful in 1994 or ’95) no one bothered to define it appears, is much more loyal. Phooey. If you family continue to abound. What a remark- quarterly. It’s been three years since the last don’t like what I’m doing with the class notes, able collection of outstanding people! one of these literary road kills, and that’s a tell me. I can make them just as short and I gave FREED carte blanche to put what- quarter of 12 years, so I’m almost right on boring as you want them to be. But then many ever he wants in this newsletter. If you don’t track. Besides, I have spent the past three years of you may be saying they’re already that way. think that makes me more than a little ner- in intensive labor negotiations with the class What is particularly nettlesome to me is the vous, you’re nuts; dealing with Freed is always leadership regarding my compensation pack- AOG policy regarding how much space each fraught with suspense. However, I’m anxious age which, I must tell you, really sucks. scribe gets in the magazine. In the halcyon days to see what surprises he springs on us. A great deal has happened to/in the class of 10 and 20 years ago, I pretty much got what Please take the time to enjoy this issue, so since the last one of these hit the streets, so I wanted. That is no longer true; allocated space full of what makes the Class of ’67 special. I there’s a lot of catching up to do. Some of what is now directly proportional to class subscription can’t wait until we are all together again. you see in here has appeared in recent issues rates. May God continue to bless all of you. of Assembly, but since only 51% of you slugs Pretty soon I’m going to simply report the None shall Surpass! subscribe to that rag I’m repeating it for the news as follows: “I heard from a few people — TOM benefit of the cheap freebooters who don’t the past couple of months, and most of them subscribe, even though they don’t deserve it. are doing good, except for the ones who aren’t.” However, since I am filled with Christian love Won’t that be exciting? It will, however, give $33 a year for grades; $38 for parents of grade; for them, their penurious personalities not me a lot more time to devote to religious re- $50 for everyone else. IT’S STILL CHEAP withstanding, I want them to share in our joys treats. AT TWICE THE PRICE! and triumphs, trials and tribulations. To subscribe to Assembly, call 1-800-232- 7821, ext. 1625; fax 845-446-1695. Cost is 2 the pooperscooper LOWREY’S LAMENTATIONS continued

Election of Class Officers purposes: $2.5 million will be used to endow Since I last wrote we have had sev- a Distinguished Chair of Physics, allowing the eral articles published. JIM BRIERLY’s One of the most important things we do at Physics Department to hire, on a rotational was published in the February ’04 is- each class reunion is elect our class officers. basis, an outstanding professor/physicist from sue, DAVE HEWETT’s article in the Because we have a class reunion coming up around the country — or the world — to en- same issue of the Assembly, MIKE soon (see somewhere below for details), it’s hance the faculty of that obscure subject. The LASCHER’s in the June ’04 publica- time to start thinking about that, especially if Chair will be the known as the Class of 1967 tion and MIKE SANDS in the Octo- you think you want to be a class officer or Chair of Physics, and will be the envy of engi- ber ’05 issue. We still have thirteen Me- think you know of someone who should — neering schools everywhere. The other part of morial Articles to be completed. Drafts or shouldn’t — be a class officer. If you like the gift — $1.5 million — is for the Long have been prepared for (1) LARRY the current batch of officers, that’s fine; so far, Gray Line Endowment, which is what sup- MARLIN, (2) VERNON SAXON, none of them have indicated to me they want ports AOG operations. In return for this gift, and (3) MICHAEL PETERSON and to step down, no matter how many hints I the annual Class and Societies Leader Con- are in varying stages of final comple- drop them. And, of course, they’re all doing a ference hosted by the AOG at West Point will tion. simply fantastic job, etc., etc. forever be known as the Class of 1967 Lead- The following ten classmates are in You’ll hear more about this later. There’s ership Conference. need of an article to be completed. In plenty of time to ponder this, so no one ex- Okay, so we’re 20 months away from the parenthesis I have listed those classmates cept the truly anal among you need to start reunion; how are we doing in our fund drive? who are helping coordinate the article. building your platforms and raising campaign It’s a good news/bad news scenario. The good dollars just yet. Our class constitution does news is we raised $3,475,264.70, or almost 1. DAVE BISHOP (JEFF provide for a nominating committee, but I 87% of our goal. Note: raised means both cash MADSEN/BRUCE think it is headed in perpetuity by RAY received and pledges made. It only works if RICHARDSON) WINKEL, and he & SALLY are partying hard everyone pays their pledge — by the reunion. 2. DOUG GRAY (DICK on the government’s dime in London until this The bad news is that only 35% of the class GOODING/ JOE CASEY) summer. Officially it’s called a sabbatical, but has chosen to participate in this “class” gift. I 3. GARY HYDE (GERRY we all know what it really is. gotta tell you, sports fans, that really, really MISUREK) Because the chances of any of you actually stinks. Those who are participating, good on 4. BOB MENGERT (JIM SIKET) knowing who your current class officers are is you, mates. Pop up your scrawny little chests. 5. WAYNE SCHALTENBRAND practically nil, here’s the lineup: The rest of you — 65% of the whole friggin’ (HAP TRAINOR / brother) class! — Shame On You! You know who you 6. CHRIS PETTIT (ED President are. For our last class gift, $750,000 for the SULLIVAN/DAVE TOM DYER Herbert Hall Alumni Center, which we gave BLANCHARD/EMMETT Vice President at our 30th reunion, we had 64% participa- MAHLE) RANDY PAIS tion. I thought that was bad — but 35% is 7. DICK PLATT (DAN JINKS/ Asst VP for the Capital Region really pathetic. The chart on the next page is sister) MIKE YAP accurate as of 31 January 2006. You slugs in 8. ARNIE CANO (KEN Asst VPs for Family Affairs C-4, crank it back! Slam your sleazy gourds STRONG) CLAIRE SAXON in. 9. ED JORDAN (ED SULLIVAN) JEFF MADSEN Making a pledge is easy. Pick up the phone 10. LARRY IZZO (TOM WHITE/ Miserable Secretary and call BOB LENZ at 845-446-1535, or e- RANDY PAIS/MIKE BOB LENZ mail him at [email protected]; or contact SPINELLO) Treasurer/Sarbanes Oxley me at 845-446-1558 or cyber fart me at Compliance Officer [email protected]. Get off your dimes, CARL SAVORY has agreed to up- TOM PETRIE folks; let’s make this a true class gift from the date the Memorial Video that was Information Systems Officer Unsurpassed Class. shown at the 35th Reunion. If you re- JOHN JAMES member, this video captured the living Quidnunc/Rumor Monger/ Update on the Class Obituary Project spirit of each of our classmates who are Head of Propaganda no longer physically with us. They shall FREED LOWREY Here’s the most recent status, courtesy of always be with us in spirit and never to RANDY PAIS: be forgotten as long as a member of the 40th Reunion Gift Status Class of ’67 is present. ROB HERB has Dear Classmates, done an unbelievable job for the class During the business meeting at our last re- As we approach our 40th Class Re- in coordinating throughout the coun- union the class overwhelmingly voted in fa- union in the fall of 2007, I wanted to try the Surviving Family Member Pre- vor of our 40th reunion gift, a $4 million gift bring everyone up to date on the status that would be the largest class gift ever for the of the Class Memorial Article project for Military Academy. The gift is to serve two our deceased classmates. March 2006 3 LOWREY’S LAMENTATIONS continued The 40th Reunion is Right Around the Corner! CLASS OF 1967 | CADET COMPANY RANKING BY PERCENT PARTICIPATION | 1 JAN 00 – 31 JAN 06 Well, sort of. It’s close enough for you to mark Number your calendars, start going to the tanning sa- Cadet of Living Graduates Total given lon, start thinking about your wardrobe, and Company Graduates Participating Percent or pledged start your crash diets and accelerate your gym A-1 23 9 39% $522,778.67 schedules. There are even a couple of you folks B-1 19 9 47% $23,627.90 out there who, incredible as it seems, slept C-1 23 7 30% $14,283.00 through Biology 101 and need to start hunt- D-1 23 5 22% $57,535.00 ing for babysitters (we’ll have counseling avail- E-1 23 8 35% $13,756.11 able for you folks at the reunion). F-1 20 16 80% $831,076.32 The 40th reunion for the Unsurpassed Class of 1967 will be conducted at West Point A-2 22 7 32% $204,287.50 from Wednesday, 26 September, until Sun- B-2 23 9 39% $30,300.00 day, 30 September 2007. Your reunion com- C-2 21 8 38% $10,684.50 mittee of dedicated, selfless, energetic, vision- D-2 28 9 32% $229,970.35 ary, inspired — oh, wait, that was the 20th E-2 25 3 12% $32,020.00 reunion committee. Anyway, your committee F-2 19 7 37% $129,242.48 of over- worked, stressed out, insensitive, dis- credited old farts, under the flaccid chairman- A-3 20 6 30% $30,190.00 ship of BOB LENZ, is hard at work planning B-3 23 10 43% $337,356.57 what promises to be the very best reunion yet. C-3 23 12 52% $396,072.00 You really don’t want to miss it, even if ED D-3 24 6 25% $78,640.00 DEWEY shows up. E-3 22 6 27% $8,904.00 Here’s what we know so far: there will be a F-3 25 7 28% $26,272.30 home football game that weekend. However, we don’t know yet if it will be on Thursday A-4 23 9 39% $148,700.00 night, Friday night, or Saturday. The norm, B-4 16 8 50% $25,420.00 of course, is Saturday afternoon, and that’s C-4 23 4 17% $550.00 what the committee is basing its planning on D-4 25 14 56% $297,158.00 right now. However, because of West Point’s E-4 23 5 22% $7,560.00 TV contract with ESPN, the day of the game F-4 21 7 33% $6,580.00 could be changed as close as three months out, and the time of kickoff, if it’s a Saturday game, Friends of ’67 26 4 15% $12,300.00 could be changed as close as 12 days prior. Naturally, all of this has an effect on reunion TOTAL 563 195 35% $3,475,264.70 planning, and flexibility is very important, but that’s always been one of our greatest strengths, so whatever happens, we’ll deal with it. CLASS OBITUARY PROJECT (continued from p. 3) We’re going back to the same hotel we had last time (Woodcliff Lakes, NJ, Hilton). The sentations. The families of our deceased classmates have deeply appreciated this effort. schedule, which is still being developed, in- I remain hopeful that we can complete the thirteen pending Memorial Articles prior cludes those things we usually do at reunions to our 40th Reunion. This is something that we need to do for each of our classmates as — memorial service, Supe’s update, parade & it is extremely important to the family and the class. If you would like to help in finaliz- football game, class business meeting, etc., ing one of the pending articles, please contact me or the person listed by the classmate We’ll also have the fun and games — fishing whose article is pending. trip, golf tournament, tennis, shopping and Look forward to seeing you at our 40th Reunion. tours for family members on Thursday. We’re With best personal wishes, still working on the entertainment plans for — RANDY PAIS Friday and Saturday nights. There will be the 713-345-2520 (work) usual morning prayer meetings; as a counter- 281-363-2312 (home) point this time, I’m trying to get a room re- [email protected] served for political debate, so that finally all the righteous and indignant flaks who have While we are on this sad topic, it is my sad duty to report that TOM HEISLER’S wife frequently turned the class e-mail exchange SHARON finally lost her long, courageous battle with cancer and died on 25 January 2006. 6 She was buried in Illinois. Please keep Tom and his family in your thoughts and prayers. 4 the pooperscooper Bill Foley Makes the Largest Gift Ever to West Point!

Okay, sports fans, here’s another reason to be boards of JEA Inc. and Florida Rock about this is the fact that we’ll now have a proud of the great Class of 1967. Back in July Industries Inc. He lives with his wife perfect venue for our class tailgate luncheon our very own BILL & CAROL FOLEY made Carol and four children in Jacksonville, before the football game at our September the largest single gift ever to the Military Acad- Fla. “Bill and Carol Foley have stepped 2007 reunion. Maybe Bill will even provide emy. Here’s the text of the news release that forward to do something only a few wine from his two wineries for the reunion. announced their gift: could do,” West Point Superintendent You should remember from way back when, I Lt. Gen. William J. Lennox, Jr., said in told you that Bill owned two very successful A West Point alumnus has made the a statement. “Their love and respect for wineries — Foley Estate and LinCourt — in largest financial contribution to the the academy are demonstrated by this the Santa Barbara/Santa Inez area — where academy in its 203-year history, the As- remarkably generous gift. Generations the movie Sideways took place. His wines have sociation of Graduates announced. Bill of cadets will benefit from this tremen- gotten a lot of good press and are making their Foley, a member of the Class 1967, has dous facility.” mark in the wine world. Way to go, Bill; pop committed $15 million for completion it up. You done real good! By the way, let me of the Michie Stadium Athletic Com- This indoor practice facility, which will remind everyone that during the Bicentennial plex, an indoor athletic training facility enclose a full-sized football field, will be lo- Campaign for West Point, the Class of 1967 at West Point. Foley is chairman and cated on Howze Field, right next to Michie had far more Leadership Donors — gifts over CEO of Fidelity National Financial Stadium and The Holleder Center, home of $250,000 — than any other class, with a Corporation. He also serves on the Army basketball and hockey. What’s really cool total of 11. Unsurpassed!

Carol & Bill Foley. (photo by David Roth Photography)

March 2006 5 40TH REUNION (continued from p. 4) REAL CLASS HEROES into a battle royal can throw mud at each other We all know that there is something remark- WATERMAN . . . neither of whom can in person. I think it may be the best spectator able, something very special about our class. cook . . . flipping burgers for injured event of the reunion, not unlike Gladiator We are, after all, Unsurpassed! Other people soldiers; and PAUL HASEMAN . . . games. I’d love to have the hot dog and beer know it, too; many, many times I hear mem- not known for his map skills . . . deliv- concession for that show. bers of other classes — both older and younger ering meals to inpatients and you get a If you haven’t already received it, you — commenting on what a superb class ’67 is. glimpse of what Cause — Comfort for should be getting a very important mailing But even knowing all of this, I am frequently America’s Uniformed Services — is all from the reunion committee any day now. awestruck and dumbfounded by some of the about. Among other things it contains a survey. Please things I learn about our class family, especially Cause (www.cause-usa.org) got fill it out and send it back as quickly as pos- the way so many of you sacrifice for others, started in May 2003 with JOYCE sible, as your responses will have a significant and the tremendous impact you have for the DOHENY and DEBBIE WENNER impact on reunion planning. greater good. There have been a lot of won- (DICK WATERMAN’s better half) One of the really neat things about the last derful things written by a lot of real smart and taking underwear, socks, and T-shirts reunion was the wonderful turnout of surviv- literate people throughout history on the over to WRAMC so that wounded sol- ing family members (SFM) of deceased class- meaning of service to a cause greater than self. diers arriving from Iraq and Afghani- mates. This was due primarily to the incred- Please let me honor a few members of our class stan could have something to wear other ible work done by CLAIRE SAXON to find family who exemplify what service is all about. than hospital gowns. By the time the and reach out to these members of our class Army supply chain caught up to the family and get them involved with the class. CAUSE soldiers, Cause had already branched I’m happy to report that Claire is still very hard out and began focusing on the mission at it, and our SFM program is the envy of I don’t know how many of you are aware of that guides its activities today, namely, other classes. I’m also happy to report that this the incredible things a few classmates and their providing comfort items and opportu- time she will be joined in this effort by LYNN wives are doing for our wounded soldiers, but nities for recreation to injured soldiers HONEYCUTT. The two of them will be it’s a story everyone needs to know about. I’ll and their family members. working closely together on contacting SFMs let JOYCE DOHENY tell the story of their Recreation is a vital aspect of heal- and continuing the ongoing effort to update remarkable organization Cause in her own ing, so Cause reaches out to injured sol- contact info in preparation for the ’07 words. It’s an awesome tale . . . diers through programs and events that Reunion, with Lynn acting as primary con- put smiles on the faces of guys and gals tact point for all replies and questions. Picture BOB NOLAN . . . who doesn’t taking a long journey back to health. Mark your calendars! See you all there. know the first thing about flowers . . . Alone in a room, far from friends and lugging 500 plants over to Walter Reed family, life can look pretty grim and Army Medical Center (WRAMC) so devoid of joy to young soldiers dealing that psych ward patients and family with serious life-altering injuries. Cause members can plant them; and HART entices them with BBQs (serving 300– LAU . . . who doesn’t play cards . . . 400) and formal sit-down dinners (pre- dealing blackjack for amputees; and pared by some of DC’s leading cater- BEACH DOHENY and DICK ers) and delightfully raucous casino nights (where, for a little while, soldiers Dick Waterman flips burgers for wounded can forget about missing limbs or di- soldiers. minished capacity as they compete to win prizes); with stylists giving free hair- BBQ for wounded soldiers. See Dick Waterman, cuts; with gift packs for soldiers con- Hart Lau, and John Newton in the background. fined to hospital beds; and with a library of video games and DVDs, all to help them reconnect with one another and with the family members at their side. Many from the Class of ’67 have helped Cause by making donations and giving of their time. Although the day- to-day is handled by the wives (DEBBIE WENNER is president of Cause) class- mates lend their muscle when called upon:

Early on, BEACH DOHENY and Dick Waterman paved the way by meeting with General Kevin Kiley (now Surgeon 6 the pooperscooper more REAL CLASS HEROES

General of the Army) to explain what Cause wants to establish similar li- come in to help her pack big shipments, Cause hoped to accomplish. braries at Brooke Army Medical Cen- but frequently is in my office late at MIKE & DEBBIE KUSH have helped ter, at Landstuhl, and in the four VA night or on weekends, getting a ship- in numerous ways with Mike barbecu- trauma centers that serve the most se- ment ready. Becoming “certified” to be ing and Debbie managing the Cause verely injured soldiers. But this takes one of her packers is a singular honor phone line. money. It costs approximately $75,000 — she expects each package to be fully JOHN CALDWELL serves on the to set up a digital library and another packed and each item to arrive safely, Cause board $10,000 a year to run it (buy new me- in a neat and attractive manner. It’s no JUDY CALDWELL, JANE NEW- dia and replace damaged and/or lost surprise that I still am permitted to pack MAN, and JOYCE DOHENY are on items). only under close supervision. the planning committee for a Cause So, Class of ’67, let’s dig down deep What she sends depends upon fundraising gala that will take place on and fund a library or two or three. Some whom she is serving, and what time of May 20, 2006, at the Women in Mili- of us know first-hand what it means to year it is. Those soldiers and marines tary Service Memorial at Arlington. be young, injured, far from home, and who are more remotely deployed need JOHN KUSPA and MIKE YAP spear- struggling to figure out what the future more of the personal hygiene and food headed a campaign at SAIC, which might hold. Let’s make sure the guys and items than do those serving in areas made a generous donation. And when gals fighting this war know that the class where there are some PXs which they a young Army soldier at Bethesda did of ’67 (to quote the Cause motto) is can get to easily . . . easily being an op- not receive a computer because he was “here for those who are there for us.” erative word. One soldier told us that not a Marine, MIKE YAP found one If you are interested in helping out he was across a highway from a PX but for him. or in donating some much-needed cash, it took a troop movement to get to it BOB NOLAN inspired his sister, get in touch with BARBARA LAU at for security reasons. Between March and KATHLEEN, to raise thousands of Cause, P.O. Box 218, Herndon, VA October, she sends things for the mis- dollars for Cause and collect games for 20172. Online donations can be made erably hot summer and, between the the digital library. on our website: go to www.cause- end of October and the end of Febru- LARRY IZZO, JR., was the star attrac- usa.org and click on “Support ary, she and her friends send things that tion of a Cause meet-n-greet pizza party, Cause.” are appropriate for the cold. Chocolate posing for photos with the soldiers be- candy (my personal favorite nutritional fore joining his teammates for a tour of Care Packages for the Troops source) can only go during the cold the wards. months, for example. GEORGE & JANE NEWMAN and JOANNIE PARR has been performing he- My patients and other members of BARBARA & HART LAU are BBQ roic service for our deployed troops, as told the community have been really sup- and casino night regulars. by TOM in the following report: portive, with donations of comfort FREED LOWREY and JOYCE & items and cash. Some clubs, schools, BEACH DOHENY asked that dona- Thanks for asking about Joannie’s work. and individuals have made neck cool- tions be made to Cause in the obituar- I’m really proud of her involvement. ers for us to send for the summer heat, ies of their beloved parents. She began sending care packages to de- and have knitted or crocheted caps for ED & MARY SULLIVAN collected ployed troops at the very beginning of the winter cold. These are ongoing money and Mary donated design ser- the Iraqi War, in March 2002. She had projects because she needs so many and vices. two very close young grad friends who has to spend the entire year collecting RON & SUZANNE NAPLES totally were in that original group, and told them. With some assistance from her funded two barbecues. them before they deployed that she 86-year-old mother and a friend, would be sending them care packages, Joannie made 900 neck coolers for that Cause’s most ambitious project to and that they were to do with them as one battalion last year! date is a digital entertainment library their leadership felt best. It didn’t take She tries to be creative, with themed (C-DEL) coordinated by BARBARA long for her to acquire about 15 names boxes such as items for Super Bowl, LAU. Operating out of the Mologne of deployed troops. Today, she has about Halloween, Valentine’s Day, and vari- House, the library stocks audio books, 65 soldiers, marines, and airmen who ous other parties, to include — within DVDs, video games, and the equipment receive her packages and share them politically correct guidelines — religious needed to play them. Volunteer teams with their troops and buddies. At one holidays. Our older son helped us lo- keep the library open six days a week to time, she supported an entire battalion, cate 150 soccer balls and pumps, which the delight of soldiers and family mem- which had been transferred directly were a big hit for the troops and the bers grateful to have something to do from a tour in Korea to Iraq. She and local kids to whom they gave them. One other than watch TV during what can her friends also send personal hygiene of my patients hits all the garage sales be very long, often boring, periods of items to a major combat support hos- for Beanie Babies for the troops to pass recuperation that take a toll on soldiers pital. out. She’s very good at getting new ones and spouses. She has a select group of friends at a really good price. March 2006 7 still more REAL CLASS HEROES

One of her biggest costs has been for senting these to the family members of our 5 July 03 : Judy & I (and our grand- postage. She takes a full Suburban load deceased classmates, but I doubt any of you daughter) stopped by CAROL of packed boxes to the post office every really appreciate the scope of this effort. You HEWETT’s home in McKinney, week and has already shipped well in need to understand just how much of their TX, on our way back to Cheyenne. excess of 43,000 pounds to Iraq, Af- time, energy and treasure Rob & Judy have BARRY & PAM NICKERSON and ghanistan, and even Liberia by priority committed to this labor of love. I asked Rob Carol’s brother and sister-in-law (I mail. Fortunately, our West Point Soci- to give me a full report; here’s his input: believe) also were there. ety of Greater Houston has allowed 21 July 03 : DAVE ELLIS (ex-’67) folks to send tax-deductible donations To date, Surviving Family Members of set up a get-together with GEORGE through them to help cover the postage 25 classmates have received plaques. I PERKINS’ family outside of San costs. Because all of the rest of her costs currently have a plaque at my daughter’s Antonio, TX. I don’t have access to are out of her pocket, she has become house in Orange, TX, for BEN his e-mail, but I believe that quite a popular customer at Target, Wal- RODRIGUEZ’s widow, JOANNE MONTY MEIGS, GLYNN HALE, Mart, and Costco. I love my wife. Beat RESH; BOB WYSOCKI has one for and JOHN GOODNOW (with Navy! — TOM FRANK HILL’s brother, TONY; and spouses, I think) also were there. RAY JONES has one for AL 22 Jul 03 : Although we weren’t able Disabled Sports USA ETHERIDGE’s widow, SUSAN SEA- to get in touch with LARRY & MAN. TOM MURPHY should be re- TERRY IZZO while we were in The Fat Daddy continues to do great things ceiving plaques today for JIM ADAMS’ Texas, I sent him a plaque before we for our wounded/handicapped soldiers sister, PATTI LONG; WAYNE left for Redstone, MT, and I sent through the auspices of his organization, Dis- SCHALTENBRAND’s brother (RAY); JOANNIE PARR the inscription to abled Sports USA. Back on 24 September and DAVE BISHOP’s widow, place at the bottom of the plaque DOUG PRINGLE contacted me to tell me FRANCES. Tom will be lining up pre- (not sure if she’s been able to do that he and his organization had just com- sentations for those three SFMs with that). pleted a four-day sports rehab camp in Cali- other classmates in the Atlanta area in 22 Jul 03 : Judy & I, along with our fornia for amputees injured in Iraq. Other the near future. I have one more crest older granddaughter, headed for chapters of his or- ready for framing and am finishing up Redstone, MT, to spend a few days ganization are do- another today or tomorrow, but I’d like with MIKE NATHE’s family. Mike’s ing the same to have more finished before I send out mom, SARALDA, along with his around the country. another email for some other area of the brother, KENT, were wonderful Because many country. hosts and made us feel like we were classmates contrib- Our 35th reunion started the recog- part of Mike’s family. ute to Doug’s great nition program with plaques being pre- 27 Jul 03 : GREG CRAWFORD organization, he sented in memory of DON DIETZ, met with MIKE PARR’s mother and wanted to thank DON DWIGGINS, ROGER FUL- brother in Fort Worth, TX. Al- everyone for help- KERSON, JACK GRAZIANO, MIKE though he’d been out of touch with ing make his work LASCHER, KARL MILLS, and VERN them for 25 years or so, I think he’ll possible. Doug “Fat Daddy” SAXON. Although Judy & I weren’t keep meeting with them anytime he In December, Pringle of Disabled Sports able to attend some of the presentations returns to Texas. his organization USA. in 2003, the list below, with dates and 1 Aug 03 : I believe that LARRY hosted 65 soldiers classmates I’m aware of who were in- IZZO presented a plaque to RAY and Marines disabled in Iraq at a week-long volved, should provide a fairly compre- (IGGY) ENNERS’ SFMs at the training and rehabilitation event in hensive summary of what’s happened dedication that was held at West Breckenridge, CO. The purpose of the event, since the reunion. Point. which teaches amputees to ski and do other 9 Aug 03 : On our way back to Fort neat things, was to instill in them the attitude, 23 March 03 : PHIL & JOY Wayne, IN, to drop off our grand- “If I can do this, I can do anything.” Doug KINNEY and Judy and I met with daughter, we stopped by Omaha, says that a good number of disabled Vietnam ELLIS GREENE’s son ARI NE, to have dinner with ED vets were on hand as well. HARRISON in Denver, CO. JORDAN’s widow, JAN, and to Pop it up, Doug; you’re Unsurpassed! 1 July 03 : HOBIE & RITA present her a plaque in memory of PILLSBURY hosted a get-together Ed. Surviving Family Member Plaques at their home in Sugarland, TX, for 27 Sep 03 : The DC group had their TOM EMERSON’s sister annual get-together and presented Anyone who reads Assembly knows about the CAMILLE CUNNINGHAM. plaques to Ron Frazer and JACK great work that ROB & JUDY HERB have Others who attended were JOHN KELLY’s SFMs. I don’t have any par- done over the past four years making plaques MURRELL, DAVE ELLIS (ex-’67), ticulars on who attended but I re- of wood burnings of our class crest and pre- CAROLYN NAHAS, and us. member dropping off the plaques at 8 the pooperscooper and still even more REAL CLASS HEROES

CLAIRE SAXON’s just before Hur- 5 Nov 05 : JIM WARNER and Izzo’s Karaoke for the Troops ricane Isabelle hit the area. I also had DEAN RISSEEUW met with RICK dinner with GERRY & PAT BICKFORD’s family in New Ha- We all know that “Little” Larry IZZO, LARRY NATHE during that TDY and gave ven, CT, at TERRY PHELAN’s & TERRY’s son, is a force to be reckoned with Gerry one of our class coins. (RICK’s sister’s) home. Although on the football field as the NFL New England 12 Oct 03 : DEAN RISSEEUW met Terry had some reservations initially, Patriot’s Pro-Bowler special teams captain. But with GARY CARLSON’s family in I think, based on a note that Dean he’s also a great friend of the Army and our New Hampshire, I believe, for a pre- sent after the presentation, that Jim magnificent soldiers. In March of last year sentation. I don’t have too many par- and Dean did a wonderful job reach- Larry visited our troops in Afghanistan and ticulars, but I believe, based on an ing out to Rick’s family. Iraq, as well as the wounded troops at Walter e-mail I recall seeing from Dean, that Reed Medical Center and, moved by what he it was a very moving presentation. JEFF MADSEN also met with saw and the sacrifices being made by our sol- 29 Nov 03 : Judy & I went to the ROGER FULKERSON’s sister, diers, he vowed to find some way to help our Kansas City, KS, suburbs for presen- AMY HATFIELD, and presented troops and their families. As reported in the tations in memory of MIKE her the plaque that I promised her Boston Globe: PETERSON and DAN NEU- the last night of the reunion (she ap- BURGER. We stayed with KIRK & parently didn’t attend the other Izzo thought of those different lives that LYN ALFORD and had a nice lun- days). I’d have to check back to get a intersected so briefly with those of the cheon with Mike’s brother and sis- date on that presentation. soldiers, and he came up with a plan. “I ter and Dan’s widow and daughter just kept thinking, ‘I’ve got to do some- along with their families. Kirk lined Although we haven’t done much thing,’” Izzo said. “Everywhere we went, up the get-together with Mike’s fam- with the SFM program during the past the guys kept saying, ‘Don’t forget us ily, and RICH KIPER, although he two years, I think that I can get the re- over here.’ We got young kids losing couldn’t attend, set things up with maining 23 plaques completed within their lives and families here at home SUSAN (NEUBURGER) MUR- the next few months so that the rest of losing their loved ones. There had to be PHY. Susan’s husband, DON the presentations can be done before our something I could do.” What he came (USMA ’66); BILL EGGERING & next reunion. I still need information up with was an effort to raise money his wife; and JOHN GOODNOW updates from CLAIRE SAXON, but I’ll for charities that help those grieving (I don’t remember if his wife was keep bugging her on a regular basis so families. But how do you raise money? there) also were able to attend. that I can get a plan together for differ- How do you have an impact? Anyone 30 May 04 : We met with MIKE ent areas of the country. FYI, even old ever think of Karaoke Night with the SANDS’ family at Fort Logan Na- farts like us need some closure. That’s Stars? “I wanted to come up with a dif- tional Cemetery for a moving pre- why we do what we do. ferent idea, so my wife and I came up sentation, and then went to PHIL with a karaoke event,” Izzo said. “We’re & JOY KINNEY’s home for an in- Thanks not only to ROB & JUDY, but going to get as many celebrities as we formal get-together. Classmates who also to all those classmates and family mem- can to come and do it. We’ll sell tickets were able to attend included TOM bers who have helped them with the presen- through TicketMaster. You can just buy COKER (he did the presentation), tation. You are all Unsurpassed! one to watch or you can purchase a CARROL HOWARD, GORDY RANKIN, and, of course, PHIL KINNEY. ARI (GREENE) HARRISON also attended. ART SANDS (USMA ’68) sent me a note later and said that the get-together provided the whole family with some closure. 29 April 05 : TOM THORNTON lined up a get-together with JOHN CORLEY’s family in Columbia, SC (Tom did the presentation, not me). Other classmates who attended (along with spouses) were us, JOE JACKSON, JIM SAINE, and BILL DONOHUE. We received a really nice thank-you note from Mrs. Corley when we returned to Chey- Bill Donohue, Tom Thornton, Jim Saine, Joe Jackson, and Rob Herb present one of Rob’s plaques to John enne. Corley’s mother. March 2006 9 the last of the REAL CLASS HEROES

package that will let you sing with a “Karaoke with the Stars” that Larry put on at able to raise more than $200k for our celebrity. A lot of my teammates will be the Avalon Club in Boston on 24 October was military charities . . . We sold the place there and, hopefully, other celebrities. a huge success, thanks in no small part to class- out and gave the fans what they came We’re going to have an auction to go mates. Forty-four members of our class con- to see, athletes making fools of them- with it.” tributed $28,500 to help sponsor the event. selves! I really appreciate all the support Here’s “Little” Larry’s report: we received from the Class of ’67. I am What I’m really happy to report is that our trying to put together a video of the classmate ED BECK suggested that we try to Freed, the karaoke event was a huge suc- night to send out to all the donors. be the largest single sponsor of this event. cess. Thanks to you and the West Point Needless to say, the Unsurpassed Class rose to crew, along with our other sponsors and Well done, everyone who participated. the occasion. The benefit performance the fans who bought tickets, we were

CLASSMATES IN THE NEWS from Venus and men from Mars, he wrote, but military fliers are from the planet “Planet A.D.,” for Arrested De- Here are some tidbits about some Unsurpassed classmates who have recently made national head- velopment. He spares himself no em- lines because of their superior achievements. These guys all qualify for High Roller Roll Call honors. barrassment, recounting an evening when he approached the astronauts Mullane Publishes Another Book, Grabs Attention of the New York Times Sally Ride and Steven Hawley at a res- taurant as they dined with another In January MIKE MULLANE’s latest book, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of woman. “I walked over and said, ‘Hey, Riding Rockets: The Outrageous Tales of a Space a Space Shuttle Astronaut, he says he is Stevie, are you getting cookie recipes Shuttle Astronaut, hit book stores everywhere. trying to take the lessons he learned in from these girls?’” The other woman, Remembering Mike’s first book, a novel called a life of flight — including the harsh as it happened, was Jane Pauley, whom, Red Sky, and the page after page of sex scenes lessons of NASA’s deadly mistakes — he said, he did not recognize because (I was exhausted when I finished reading it!), and distill them into something that “she wasn’t in Aviation Week and Space I asked Mike if this new book has as much sex people can apply in their terrestrial lives. Technology magazine.” in it. His reply: “Sex, violence, disgusting hu- Self-deprecating humor fills Colonel Robert L. Gibson, nicknamed Hoot, mor, and some disgusting Company K-1 Mullane’s talks and his book, some of it who flew five shuttle missions, four as marching song lyrics . . . it’s got it all.” Hot unprintable here. He describes the chal- commander, and who read a manuscript damn, I can’t wait to read it. lenges of going to the bathroom in a of Colonel Mullane’s book before pub- The New York Times had a lot to say about zero-gravity environment in squirming lication, said, “A lot of this stuff has Mike’s new book. detail. The bath- never seen the light of day before.” Here’s some extracts of room is separated If there is one message that Colonel an article, written by from the crew’s Mullane says he wants to get across, it John Schwartz, that ap- cabin by only a cur- is that space travel can be made safer. peared in the Science tain. The shuttle toi- The designers of the shuttle were drunk Times section of the let, which uses a with the success of Apollo missions, he paper on 24 January: vacuum seal and air said, adding, “These guys thought they jets, is inevitably were gods.” They subjected the shuttle Motivational speak- messy. The suction astronauts to unnecessary risks, and ers usually deliver funnel for collecting those risks will remain as long as the platitudes that re- urine makes a loud shuttle continues to fly, he argues. semble the inspira- slurping noise. “I’d like to think that anybody who tional posters adver- In the book, reads my book in the future knows that tised in airline Colonel Mullane there are no gods,” he said. “The laws magazines. But explains — but does of physics don’t remember that you Colonel Mullane, not try to excuse — landed on the Moon.” who retired from the behavior of the the astronaut corps men who were mili- Meigs to Head Task Force in 1990 after three tary fliers in the as- trips on the shuttle, tronaut corps to- An article on the front page of the 6 February has a different goal. ward their female New York Times entitled “Pentagon Widens In his talks and counterparts. Program To Foil Bombings In Iraq” states that in a new book, Women may be our own MONTY MEIGS has been chosen 10 the pooperscooper CLASSMATES IN THE NEWS continued to head a task force to combat the problem of the world for the oil and gas sector for 2005. Kern Assumes Teaching Job at West Point improvised explosive devices (IEDs) in Iraq. That’s right, folks, the whole freakin’ world! Here are some excerpts from that article, writ- The 2004 winner was JP Morgan, so that PAUL KERN, who retired from active duty a ten by Eric Schmitt for the Times: ought to give you some idea of the circles Tom little more than a year ago as CG, Army Ma- runs and does business in. This is definitely teriel Command, now occupies the Chair of WASHINGTON, Feb. 5 — The Pen- worth High Roller Roll Call honors. The Advanced Technology in the Dept. of Civil tagon is tripling its spending, to about awards ceremony was conducted at the Na- and Mechanical Engineering here at West $3.5 billion this year, on a newly ex- tional Press Club in Washington, DC. Point. He is teaching a semester-long seminar panded effort to combat the rising num- Here’s the write-up from the magazine: on the subject of ber of increasingly powerful and sophis- technology de- ticated homemade bombs that are the Petrie Parkman rules the oil patch. The velopment and No. 1 killer of American troops in Iraq, Houston-based investment banking use in the mili- military officials say. boutique, which also has offices in Den- tary. According The move is a tacit acknowledgment ver and London, has advised on more to COL Kip that despite years of rising death tolls US oil and gas transactions than any Nygren, Head of from the devices, the response has not other investment bank. In December the Department been sufficiently focused or coordinated 2004 Petrie Parkman advised Denver- of Civil and Me- at the highest levels. And it comes in based Patina Oil & Gas on its acquisi- chanical Engi- Paul Kern at WP. addition to recent spending to get more tion by Noble Energy in a stock-swap neering, “Retired and better armor for troops and their transaction with a value of $3.2 billion. General Paul Kern is the single most knowl- vehicles, spurred by concerns expressed The firm advises clients on the sale or edgeable individual in the country today on by Congress and the American public. purchase of oil and gas assets in divesti- the subject of technology development and use Interviews with a dozen officials in ture transactions. It also advises debt- in the military.” Wow, that’s high praise in- Washington and Iraq detailed an inten- ors and creditors in a wide range of in- deed; I was Kip Nygren’s squad leader in A-4, sive effort on the overall project, which dustries in corporate restructuring trans- and he never says nice things like that about at one time was led by a one-star gen- actions. me. eral but was recently put under a retired Paul Kern has been associated with all four-star Army general, MONTGOM- Speaking of Tom Petrie, its DR. Petrie now, Army transformation efforts since 1996. He ERY C. MEIGS. thank you very much. In December Tom was served as the Military Deputy to the Assistant General Meigs’s organization, called granted an honorary Doctorate in Engineer- secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logis- the Joint Improvised Explosive Device ing from the Colorado School of Mines. Cool. tics, and Technology. Defeat Task Force, had its origins in a The seminar will ask cadets to apply what 12-person Army office in October Altshuler Awarded Rudder Medal they learned from the rest of their undergradu- 2003. The organization soon was el- ate courses to the kinds of problems faced by evated to a Pentagon office, and its bud- BUZ ALTSHULER, our last general officer the Army and introduce them to the realistic get grew to $1.2 billion last year from on active duty, received the MG James Earl process of acquiring things for the armed $600 million in 2004. The details of Rudder medal at the opening ceremony of the forces. this year’s budget are still being refined, annual AUSA Convention on Monday, 3 By the way, Paul is the second classmate to at about $3.5 billion, but senior offi- October. The award is given each year to the occupy a distinguished chair teaching position cials say they essentially have a blank reservist for outstanding contributions to the at The Womb. JOHN JAMES has been teach- check. “We will have the resources we advancement of AUSA’s goal of a seamless and ing information technology in the Department need to pursue the programs that we component-integrated Army. Pop it up, Buz, of Electrical Engineering and Computer Sys- need to pursue,” said Brig. Gen. Daniel you done good. Buz, a Reserve major general, tems as the Rick Adam Chair professor for B. Allyn of the Army, the task force’s has been on active duty longer than most guys the past 4 or 5 years. deputy director. General Allyn said the who retired from active duty. He still com- changes included creating a subordinate mands all of the Army’s Psy- organization in Iraq, called Task Force chological Operations and Troy, that would coordinate the activi- Civil Affairs forces, and is sta- ties of several existing but previously dis- tioned at Ft. Bragg, NC. By the parate military efforts. way, Buz also is our last class- mate still on jump status. Now, Petrie’s Company Receives Major Award that’s an accomplishment. Kudos to TOM PETRIE. In June 2005 his investment banking company, Petrie Parkman Buz Altzhuler receives the MG and Company, was chosen by Global Finan- James Earl Rudder Medal at the cial Magazine as the best investment bank in AUSA Convention in October. March 2006 11 CLASSMATES IN THE NEWS continued

Run for the Hills! ment team, it is a testament to our un- weapons planning and development yielding commitment to the Y-12 facil- programs. Included in his military deco- I just received a press release from GEORGE ity, employees and the DOE. I appreci- rations are a Silver Star and Bronze Star DIALS (10 February) announcing that he has ate the excellent job that Steve has done for Valor, awarded for combat opera- been named president and general manager for us during the interim.” tions in Viet Nam. for the government’s main contractor at the Mr. Dials has nearly three decades Mr. Dials earned an MS in nuclear Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, of experience in energy, with over 15 engineering from the Massachusetts TN. Heaven help us; Georgie’s gonna be in years focused on the nuclear industry. Institute of Technology (MIT); an MS charge of our WMD production. But do we His career has included operating a pri- in political science, also from MIT; and really have any WMDs? It’s my understand- vate hazardous waste disposal facility, a bachelor’s in engineering from the ing that George has finally perfected the and leading and licensing a low-level United States Military Academy, West nuclear hand grenade. radioactive waste treatment and storage Point. Here’s the full press release: facility as President and COO of Waste BWXT, headquartered in Lynch- Control Specialists, LLC. Also, he over- burg, VA, has a long history in nuclear BWXT names George Dials, BWXT saw all management and operations manufacturing and operations, both in Y-12 President and General Manager contractor design, engineering and sci- the DOE and at its unique, highly se- entific studies of the Yucca Mountain cure, privately owned and operated LYNCHBURG, VA. – BWX Technolo- Project as President and General Man- nuclear manufacturing and laboratory gies, Inc. (BWXT) has named George ager of TRW Environmental Safety Sys- facilities. Supplying the U.S. govern- E. Dials BWXT Y-12 President and tems Inc. In addition, Mr. Dials has ment and commercial clients with General Manager of the National served in management positions with nuclear products and services for more Nuclear Security Administration’s ICF Kaiser International, Inc., and, as than 50 years, BWXT has unparalleled (NNSA) Y-12 National Security Com- Manager of the Carlsbad Area Office experience in nuclear safeguards and se- plex in Oak Ridge, TN. Dials, who as- for the DOE, managed the Waste Iso- curity. BWXT is responsible for the op- sumes responsibility effective February lation Pilot Plant project and the Na- erations of the DOE’s National Nuclear 20, 2006, replaces Steve Liedle who was tional Transuranic Waste Program. He Security Administration’s Pantex Plant serving as Acting General Manager. also served as Assistant Manager of the in Texas and Y-12 National Security Liedle continues as the BWXT Y-12 Idaho Operations Office in Idaho Falls, Complex in Tennessee, along with Deputy General Manager. responsible for the Site Engineering and nuclear operations at the Idaho National “George brings the experience nec- Support Group. During a ten-year mili- Laboratory. essary to manage and operate this tary career, Mr. Dials served as an air- BWXT has more than 11,300 em- nuclear weapons complex,” said John borne, ranger infantry officer in Ger- ployees in 11 states and is a subsidiary A. Fees, President and Chief Operating many, Viet Nam, and Korea. Also, as of McDermott International, Inc. Officer (COO) for BWXT. “For more an Army nuclear weapons specialist, Mr. (NYSE: MDR). than five years, BWXT has had a posi- Dials was assigned as a Military Re- tive influence on Y-12’s operations. search Associate to the Los Alamos Na- Way to go, George; pop it up. Now, if you With George as part of our manage- tional Laboratory on Army nuclear could just learn how to fish . . .

CLASS HAPPENINGS, or We’re Still Having Fun

There’s no question about it, even though we’re all over 60 now (except many, many of the wives, of course, some of whom, I’m told, haven’t seen the dark side of 50 yet) we still know how to celebrate, recreate, and have fun. Here’s a report of some of the class happenings this past year. Class of ’67 Winter Ski Reunion Cain family, ALTON & CAROLYN DONNELL, MAC & JANICE HARTLEY, LESLIE NELSON, TOM & JOANNIE Okay, this one is hot off the press, thanks to RICH ADAMS. Here’s PARR, Robert and Michelle Parr, FRED & MARION his report on the 8th annual ski reunion, held on February 1-6, 2006: SCHREMP, and BILL WILBY. Twelve inches of fresh snow greeted the gang on day one Thanks to ED DEWEY the organizer of this year’s event, Rich with more snow falling each day making for unbelievable ski- Adams who selected restaurants, the PARRS and DONNELLS ing. Following the Super Bowl, nominations were taken for the who hosted a “potluck dinner,” and the DEWEYS, annual coveted “Ed Dewey Purple Butt Award,” with this SCHREMPS, and BRIGADIERS who hosted the Super Bowl year’s clear winner being Fred Schremp, a noncombatant (non- party, a great time was had by all who attended the Class of ’67 skier), who slam-dunked the award with his sprawling head- Winter Reunion in Telluride, Colorado. Those attending were long trip/fall enroute to another glass of wine at the Parr’s pot- ED & JANET DEWEY, RICH & DEBBIE ADAMS, BILL & luck dinner. Miraculously, he hopped to his feet unfazed, though BJ BRIGADIER, MIKE & JEAN CAIN and members of the even then aware of his fate. He took the award like a man from 12 the pooperscooper CLASSMATE HAPPENINGS continued

Participants in the 2006 Highland Falls Ski Club Annual Debauch and Ski Adventure in Telluride, CO.

Bill Freccia shows his stuff on the fishing trip.

Fred Shremp is awarded the coveted “Purple Butt Award” by previous recipients Ed Dewey and Mike Cain.

two-time winner Mike Cain, with Ed Dewey presiding. ANNOUNCEMENT: Tom and Joannie Parr have graciously agreed to host the Class of ’67 Winter Reunion 2007 at The Canyon, Park City, Utah, and they intend to find and negotiate for facilities that will accommodate all attendees. As usual the dates will en- compass Super Bowl weekend. All class- mates and families that cherish class fel- lowship as well as the “white stuff” are warmly invited, and, as always, skiing is optional!

Great Adventure #4 This past July, the intrepid class fishing group participated in Great Adventure #4, the biennial class fishing trip and he-man exploit/ Ranger School Redux, where 25 or so of us get together at some exotic, remote, primitive locale to test our fly fishing expertise, hiking endurance, storytelling/BS erudition, and mostly to see how RANDY PAIS miraculously manages to outdo his previous pratfalls and contretemps. Amazingly, he never disappoints us. This year 21 studs participated: RICH ADAMS, JIM BALKCOM, ED BECK, TOM DYER, BILL FRECCIA, BILL The Class Ranger Platoon roughes it on the 2005 Great Adventure Biennial Fishing Trip in Montana. GONSER, GLYNN HALE, MIKE HOOD, That’s Dewey looking down over the group. March 2006 13 CLASSMATE HAPPENINGS continued

RAY JONES, CHAD KECK, CARL KRAFT, on the cold, hard ground, ate our meals out- class photo from the 1967 Howitzer. They FREED LOWREY, LLOYD MCMILLAN, side in the rain and survived hundreds of miles posed in front of the photo, in the same order JOE JACKSON, BOB MURRILL, RANDY of terrifying white water and horseback riding, as the original. Those lucky guys who partici- KINNARD, BARRY NICKERSON, MIKE we’ve become somewhat more civilized, and pated in this debauch were TOM PETRIE NORTON, RANDY PAIS, CARL SAVORY, the past two adventures have been spent in (host), RAY JONES, RAY WINKEL, DON and JOHN SEVERSON. However, this time some of the finest fishing lodges Montana has NELSON, ED SULLIVAN, VIC PANGLE, the award for most remarkably dubious to offer. This year we were at the Ruby Springs TOM CURTIS, JIM BALKCOM, TOM achievement goes to ED “PAPA” BECK, who, Lodge in Alder, MT, and we fished and floated THORNTON, KARL JACOBS, LLOYD while fly fishing for wily trout on Montana’s the Madison, Ruby, Big Hole, Jefferson and MCMILLAN, BOB KEENAN, DENNY Big Hole River managed to catch a dove in- Beaverhead Rivers. It was fabulous — so fabu- MIKALE, TERRY ATKINSON, DAVE stead. In flight, no less. I’m not making this lous, in fact, that we have reserved the same SNYDER, and RICK HAUSMAN. A grand up, folks. His fishing partner RANDY lodge for the next trip, in July ’07. time was had by all, and no fish or animals KINNARD provides the following eye wit- were harmed in the making of this adventure. ness report: F-1 Reunion on Petrie’s Colorado Ranch Izzo Room Dedicated Ed Beck was fly fishing, under the aus- On 25 September I received a three-page tere guidance of our guide, Steve, on the e-mail from Lloyd McMillan with a detailed The 23rd of April 2005 was a very special day Big Hole, out of the back end of the report on the F-1 reunion held this past week at West Point. More than 70 classmates and three-man boat . . . Ed sees a fish in the on TOM PETRIE’s beautiful 5,000-acre family members were on hand to dedicate a water and wants to cast to it, he starts ranch near Kremmling, CO. Some of the best room in the Kimsey Athletic Center, adjacent the false casting . . . He has his distance trout fishing and deer and elk hunting in the to Michie Stadium, to the memory of our now, the line goes behind Ed, and he state can be found on Elk Fork Ranch, but, fallen brother LARRY IZZO. In addition to punches the rod forward and releases from reading Lloyd’s account, it seems that classmates, virtually the entire Izzo family was the line so that it will travel to the tar- most of the activity centered around hydrau- on hand, including TERRY, Larry’s parents, get area and, before it hits the water, a lic exercises, particularly in the evenings. I’m all the kids, brother Lenny and sister dove flies down and gets in the line of surprised most of these guys even remember Rosemarie, nephews, nieces, grandkids — it flight of the fly (with hook), and Ed ac- being there — except RAY WINKEL, of was really a great turnout. We owe it all to cidentally nails the dove. Right in the course, who was in bed by 8 p.m. every night, Rosemarie, who came up with the idea of hon- chest! He’s caught a dove in mid-air. No- as is his usual custom. According to Lloyd’s oring Larry in such a special way, and then body, to my knowledge, has EVAH report, they did have a great time, with 16 of reached out to the class to help make it hap- done this before. (Well, maybe some- the 22 guys who reported to F-1 at the begin- pen. She gave a marvelous speech at the dedi- body did, but nobody in our group ever ning of Cow Year in attendance. One neat cation, recounting what it was like to grow up heard of it, including all 12 guides.) So thing they did was pose for a group photo, all with Larry as a brother (apparently, it was a the dove splashes/crashes into the river. posed in front of a huge blowup of the F-1 real hoot!). Larry’s son “Little Larry,” NFL pro- Ed appropriately asks the guide what should he do? And Steve the guide says, “Reel that sucker in!” Ed does. And Steve takes the hook out of the dove’s chest. He strokes the daylights back into the dove, caresses it for a while, gives it a kiss good-bye and then launches it back into the air and it flies off. Can you imagine the story the dove had that night at dinner with his fellow doves? “Hey, guys, you ain’t gonna believe what happened to me today . . .” So help me, God, this is all true.

Needless to say, Ed received one of the more prestigious awards at the awards celebration on the last night of the trip. I’m happy to report that after the first two of these adventures, where we slept in tents

The F-1 Crew, 40 years later, gathers on Tom Petrie’s Elkfork Ranch to compare hair lines.

14 the pooperscooper CLASSMATE HAPPENINGS continued bowler and Super Bowl champion, also made some stirring remarks about his dad and thank- Larry Izzo’s sister Rosemarie dedicates the ing everyone for being there. ED SULLIVAN Larry Izzo Room in the Kimsey Athletic Center at got the ceremony started on the right foot with West Point. a beautiful prayer, and TOM DYER did his usual superb job of greeting and thanking ev- eryone for showing up. One highlight of the ceremony was the reading of a beautiful poem written for the occasion by RICH ADAMS and dedicated to Izzo and all our lost class- mates (see p. 16). Not too many dry eyes in the house when it was read. JOHN HART did a marvelous job reading the poem, rescu- ing me from making a complete fool of my- self, something I do with alarming frequency.

Classmates gather for the dedication of the Larry Izzo Room in the Kimsey Athletic Center at West Point.

“Little” Larry Izzo talks about his dad at the Izzo Room dedication ceremony. Etch Your Name in Stone Bricks and pavers in front of Herbert Hall at West Point. Following is an extract of an article that ap- bricks and pavers to be or- peared in the January/February 2006 issue of dered. Assembly for the benefit of those 49% of you We have come to a point, who don’t subscribe, but who may want to however, where too many of see your name etched in stone. the current bricks and pav- ers are showing excessive wear The Association of Graduates initiated or damage. In some cases the its Herbert Alumni Center Brick and sidewalk snow plows have Paver Program in 1993 to help fund the chipped or marred the bricks initial construction and subsequent op- but, in most cases, normal eration and maintenance of Herbert foot traffic has simply worn Alumni Center. In return, donors to the the bricks or pavers to the program claimed a 4" x 8" brick or 8" x point where part of the in- 8" granite paver on which they could scription is unreadable. have their name and/or suitable mes- Again, in keeping with its sage inscribed. promise to donors, the AOG The initial campaign was very suc- has decided to replace all cur- cessful with more than 2,000 graduates, rent bricks and pavers. Like family members, friends, and corpora- last time, all class sections tions claiming bricks and pavers. The will be reopened. All replace- AOG’s promise to each donor was that ments for graduate bricks in the bricks and pavers would be prop- the Black Knight Section erly maintained for viewing and re- will be automatically moved placed when the bricks and pavers be- to the appropriate class sec- came excessively worn or damaged. In tion. Likewise, any new 1997 a second, brief subscription pe- riod was opened, allowing for additional March 2006 15 ETCH YOUR NAME IN STONE (continued from p. 16) THERE ARE POETS AMONG US

bricks ordered by graduates will be I started this little feature a couple of issues ago as a way to showcase some of the marvelous poetic placed in their class section. talent we have in the class. Unfortunately, it’s been so long since I last did this I don’t have many As the life cycle of the current bricks submissions to publish, and I’ve misplaced a lot of what I did have. I do, however, have a few poems and pavers was shorter than anticipated, that RICH ADAMS has penned, including his poem that was read during the dedication ceremony all replacement bricks and pavers will for the LARRY IZZO room in the Kimsey Athletic center last April. be ordered from a different manufac- turer. The new manufacturer engraves IN THEIR EYES Rich Adams ’67 the inscription much deeper than the current manufacturer, which should Ere cloaking Hudson mist gave birth to pensive early dawn give the bricks and pavers a significantly And warming sun imbued the day with color’s magic wand longer service life. As such, this may be Some walked the quiet of that time recalling what had been the last time that class sections will be When younger then, they too were called, a country to defend reopened for additional bricks! Graduates, widows, parents and So much the same, the sight and sound and scent upon the wind friends have several options depending Roused memory of former times, sweet chapters deep within on whether or not they currently have When first the Corps assembled there uncertain what to be a brick and/or paver: ’Til men of worth and men of faith saw clear its destiny If you have a brick and/or paver and want it replaced with no change to the Three hallowed words would cross their lips, a motto ever be inscription, don’t do anything — your The first was DUTY, selfless love, to serve a nation free brick and/or paver will be replaced at Then HONOR next, a guarding shield against the tempter’s sting no charge. And COUNTRY followed, filial trust, of which they’d often sing If you have a brick and/or paver and want to modify/change the inscription The river’s might, the circling hills, beneath God’s brilliant arch of your existing brick and/or paver, you Called forth to mind those harried times when they, too, formed to march need to order an edited brick and/or When shoes and brass were made to shine and belts the purest white paver at half price — $250 for a brick Were donned on black-trimmed coats of gray, beneath a dress hat bright and $750 for a paver. If you don’t have a brick and/or paver Behind them lay so much of life since first they wore the gray but now want to claim one or more, When light their step and clear their eye, they savored each new day you need to place an order for each new Those happy times of West Point years, when bonds for life were made brick and/or paver — $500 for a brick ’Til oaths were sworn and forth they went their mettle to be weighed or $1,500 for a paver. All orders for new or edited bricks Still on they walk on legs grown old, with eyes that strain to see and pavers must be received by 31 De- But gaining strength with every step infused by history cember 2006. All new and edited bricks By classmates gone whose deeds on earth live on in mind and heart and pavers will be laid in the patios and Remembered friends in marbled stone who bravely did their part walkways surrounding Herbert Alumni Center prior to 1 September 2007. What’s that they hear upon the plain, but sound of fife and drum Depending on the number of new As turn they all to join a class whose time to march has come bricks ordered, some class sections may And march they do with heads held high before the grateful throng be relocated — except the Class of 1959 And with them wait for freedom’s band to call the new guard on Section which will remain centered on the Class of 1959 Flagpole. The granite walls release their hold and free the waiting Corps All donations received from new and Young men and women marching forth to martial music score edited brick and/or paver orders will They pass the Line, their span of years, as eyes look right to see support the operation and maintenance And in their eyes catch full a glimpse of who they’ll one day be of Herbert Alumni Center and are fully tax-deductible. All sense a spirit in the air, a bond across the stage As eyes grow moist and hearts beat fast uniting all in age Okay, sports fans, there you have it. A great The young march off and leave the Plain, the stirring music dies opportunity to immortalize yourself, or per- But those who stay, inspired so, renew their life-long ties haps memorialize deceased classmates — most of whom do not have bricks or pavers (we’ve God grant them mercy in Your will, the Black and Gold and Gray got about 40 or so bricks in our class section To find a servant’s resting place when comes the final day right now). To place an order, call 845-446- With family, friends, The Long Gray Line, eternity to share 1554 and ask for an order form. Immortal life by heaven’s grace with all who gather there 16 the pooperscooper Back by popular demand, one of PAUL HASEMAN’s delightful stories of cadet life, back when men were men; cadets marched in four parades a week; the Hellcats included piccolo and flute players; women were our dates, not our classmates; and uniforms were made of wool thick enough to stop a caliber .50 round. Paul has greatly expanded his collection of cadet life stories, which will provide me with fodder for a very long time. He’s actually compiled all of these stories into an anthology. Look for these Mule Memories to be a regular feature in The Pooper Scooper; next time you see Paul, thank him for entertaining us all. TULIPS FOR OUR TAC In springtime, a young man’s fancy turns to the 49th Division. Piece of cake. We waited in been discriminating and picked only the best young ladies. This is surely true at West Point frenzied patience for taps at 2200 and, after giv- ones but it was dark so we just picked them but when damsels were in short supply some ing our “All Right” to the cadet Taps inspector, all. If we left any, it was purely an oversight. young men turned their thoughts to pranks. we began preparations. Black high-top tennis And it was no hand bouquet; we had an Pranks were a West Point institution but shoes, fatigues, shoe polish for facial camouflage, armload bouquet. There must have been a springtime’s fresh zest prodded agile minds to black gloves, and our patrolling caps from hundred tulips. (We left the daffodils!) higher planning levels. So there JIM SAINE Buckner RECONDO. We were ready in twenty Getting them back over was no problem and I sat Yearling year on the fourth floor of minutes but decided to wait until midnight to — there was a bench against the wall and it North Area’s 49th Division just finishing our avoid detection from anyone, including class- was easy handing the flowers up to Jim and homework at the 2130 “Release From Quar- mates, who might tell tales. We also decided to he then handed them down to me on the ters” (9:30 for those without 24-hour clock go up one floor and take the elevator (yes, there other side. Through the sally port, back memories.) A warm breeze was blowing in the was an elevator in the 49th Division) down to across the Area and sprinting up the stairs window and it set us to scheming. the “sinks.” The elevator was strictly forbidden — forget the damn elevator — to the 7th Now Captain Johnson was our hard-nosed for cadet use, but “in for penny, in for pound.” floor with Jim checking for any errant petals Tactical Officer in Company L-2. He wasn’t So we set our alarm clocks under our pillows that might betray us. Tulips enough to cover hard but fair; he was hard but hard without and grabbed some sleep before launching Op- Captain Johnson’s desk and more. Finally, the reputation as a real flamer like Major Bliss, eration Wandering Tulips. down the stairs to our room and gasping Major Adams, or Major Thurman. So we felt Waking up groggy an hour later and much safety. And then to discover how painful it is an urge to get his goat. It’s unfortunate that less inclined to daring-do, we nonetheless re- to get shoe polish off your face. But we had brilliance comes rarely — for some only once kindled the spirit of adventure and stole silently done it! in a lifetime and, in retrospect, it was indeed a up the stairs and entered the elevator. Having Yet in our excitement of success we both shame to have this stroke of genius wasted on lived with that elevator most of the year, it was knew in what was left of our minds’ wise ’ole Captain Johnson instead of something still a spine-tingling surprise how loud it recesses (having just frittered away the only worthwhile such as a stock market bonanza. sounded on its interminable midnight descent. brilliance we’d ever know) that if we told one Such is life. Patton could have been half way across France single soul, we would get caught so bad that Jim and I decided to give the good captain in the time it took that elevator to deposit us in we wouldn’t see the outside of Central Area a small present — a bouquet of spring blooms the basement. It probably took 30 seconds. for a year. We vowed silence and could only to grace his desk. This task would be made We exited the “sinks” and sneaked across imagine (gleefully) Captain Johnson’s initial easier because the 2nd Regiment Tac offices North Area to the shadowed protection of the surprise and subsequent horror when he dis- were just upstairs on the 5th through 8th floors north sally port. With the stealth of future Rang- covered the source of the tulips. of our 49th Division. But you’re thinking this ers, we sprinted across the street and did our A week later on the bottom of the Weekly idea does not sound all that ingenious and best imitation of going over the wall on the In- Quill Sheet posted outside the Orderly Room borders on wimpy. Well, not if the best source door Obstacle Course. Neither one of us made was this short hand-written note: “Thanks for spring blooms on all of West Point is the it. So Jim boosted me up and I lay on the wall for the flowers, fellas.” Even though several Supe’s garden! and leaned down to pull him up. There we sat of those craning their necks to read the Quill The Superintendent’s garden was sur- — two chilled skinny guys astride the wall won- Sheet asked what that meant, we weren’t tell- rounded by a seven-foot-high brick wall, but dering if our stroke of genius was really a stroke ing. it was just across the road from the north sally of stupidity. But down we went and began pick- But, oh, those tulips sure smelled sweet. port in North Area. Not twenty-five yards from ing tulips in the Supe’s Garden. We could have

March 2006 17 MISCELLANEOUS RAMBLINGS

Transitions And let us not forget Secretary of the Army to keep as many accurate statistics about the TOM WHITE, now back in the private sec- class as possible (though I have long since given Since the last one of these missives hit the street tor. up trying to stay abreast of all of BOB LENZ’s the number of classmates still on active duty We are, of course, getting to an age where and ED DEWEY’s many, many calamities). has dwindled to only three: the aforemen- more and more of the lucky among us will be One of the more meaningful bits of history I tioned MG BUZ ALTSHULER and COLO- able to hang it up for good and start enjoying want to capture accurately is the service of our NELs RAY WINKEL and WOODY HELD, those “golden years” I’ve always heard of. I class sons and daughters in combat. I know department heads at The Womb (Winkel, hope to get to enjoy that status someday, but quite of few of them have served tours in Iraq Physics and other Obscure Sciences; Held, for now, I’m still stuck in the “bronze years” and Afghanistan, as well as Bosnia and Kosovo, Foreign Languages). Buz will be retiring at the working my butt off every day. Phooey. but I don’t have a good accounting. Would end of April. When Winkel and Held both you please let me know if your children have retire they’ll be promoted to brigadier general, Class Sons and Daughters in Combat served in one of our combat zones, when, with which will increase our total number of gen- whom, and, if you don’t mind, any decora- eral and flag officers to 19, and the total num- I mention later in the Ball & Chain news that tions they have received — particularly Purple ber of stars to 39. Not too bad. EMMETT & BARBARA MAHLE’s son Hearts? The only one of these I am certain Those who’ve left active duty since the last Colin (VMI ’00) recently deployed to Iraq for about now is ALTON & CAROLYN Scooper include GENs TOM SCHWARTZ, his second tour. This piece of news about Colin DONNEL’s son Tyler, but I think there may MONTY MEIGS, and PAUL KERN, and reminds me that I need your help with some- be at least one other Purple Heart awarded to LTGs JOHN CALDWELL and ED SMITH. thing. As class quidnunc and historian, I try a class offspring. Thanks. WE MAY BE OLD FARTS, BUT WE’RE STILL LOOKING GOOD!

Well, some of us are. Here are some nice family photos I received with Christmas cards this past year. There will be a special prize — an 8x10 glossy photo of ED DEWEY’s Purple Butt Award– winning wound — for the first person to correctly identify the mystery couple. Dewey, you’re not eligible.

Janice & Mac Hartley.

The Balkcom clan, Christmas 2005.

Buz Altshuler and family, Christmas 2005. 18 the pooperscooper more GOOD-LOOKING OLD FARTS

Who are these people? Some of us are showing our age more than others.

The A-Man Clan, Christmas 2005: Tommy, Tom, Thomas, and Chuck.

Waldens, Heaths, Balkcoms, and Rivers celebrate Dave’s 60th Randy the Galloping Cowboy Pais and his family. (gasp!) birthday in Where’s your horse, Randy? December.

The Bob Lenz Family — Five grads.

The Dyer family — All of them!

March 2006 19 DEAD FISH FLICKS

Also back by popular demand, page after page of photos of folks showing off their prowess as hunter-gatherers, strutting their stuff and proving they’ve got what it takes to put a good meal on the table. It doesn’t get any better than this. One disappointment — TOM DYER recently went on a pheasant-murdering trip to Scotland. I was disappointed that I didn’t get any photos of him holding dead birds, but I did receive one photo of him and his fellow hunters, as you can see here.

Vicki Lowrey and guide with her beautiful rainbow, caught on Tom Petrie’s Colorado ranch. Think this was a big catch? The next day she married Freed.

Bob Wysocki and a very respectable eastern brook trout.

Bill Obley and guide with a Deschutes River rainbow.

Randy Condos shows off his catfish.

George Dials and a nice northern pike.

Marc Ducharme with one big honkin’ brown trout! Chad Keck admires his bait, an Oregon rainbow trout.

Freed Lowrey with Mark Hamilton and a lovely fall guide show off a hefty rainbow Big Horn River rainbow. trout. 20 the pooperscooper more DEAD FISH FLICKS

Freed with a pretty rainbow from Montana’s Big Horn River.

Joe Jackson and guide with a nice Montana rainbow from the Big Hole River. George Dials with a baby brook trout. That’s Pam laughing at him in the background. Bob Wysocki and Vicki Lowrey with a nice New York brown trout.

Freed Lowrey with a HUGE Montana brown. What a guy!

Dave Hale and a toothy barracuda.

Not to be outdone, Freed Lowrey also snagged a barracuda off the Florida coast.

Vicki Lowrey, fisherwoman extradordinaire, lands Vicki Lowrey lands two trout at once! What a another whopper brook trout. woman! March 2006 21 DEAD FISH FLICKS ad nauseum

Jack Wood and Bambi’s daddy, slaughtered on Tom Petrie’s ranch.

Glynn “Ranger” Hale and his son Ryan look for something to kill. I think they ended up going to Burger King.

Jack Wood with a lovely Wyoming antelope.

Vicki & Freed Lowrey with their new pet.

Ray Jones, Don Nelson, and Tom Petrie with some poor road kill on Tom’s ranch.

Rob Herb and a very nice Wyoming elk.

As the small band of bird gatherers sat Ray around cleaning their weapons, Tom Dyer Jones and made the mistake of looking at his club Aaron Coe straight on. with a day’s pillage, some nice pheasant Jack Wood and some endangered species he slaughtered murdered in Kenya. I think he traded some Army-Navy buttons with on Aaron’s the natives for them. Iowa farm.

22 the pooperscooper BALL & CHAIN, or Blood, Sweat, & Tears News

Back on 24 September, RAZOR & Freed & Vicki SUZANNE HEATH’s daughter Kelly mar- Lowrey’s wedding in ried Keith McCook at Lake Eden in Black Steamboat Springs, CO, Mountain, NC. As you can see from the July 2003. photo, the usual suspects were in attendance, making fools of themselves and running up Razor’s bar bill. Why don’t I ever get invited to these things? According to Razor, a grand Classmates help time was had by all. Kelly, you should recall, celebrate the wedding was a superb swimmer in college and is now a of Razor & Susan physical therapist. That’s good, because we’re Heath’s daughter Kelly all old farts now and her father probably needs to Keith McCook. lots of therapy, although I suspect more men- tal than physical. charming, exciting, EMMETT &BARBARA MAHLE’s son glamorous, humorous, Colin (VMI ’00) deployed to Iraq in early De- fun-loving, loquacious, cember. Colin, a CPT of INF, is the Asst Bn vibrant, vivacious, S-3 of a Mech Inf Bn in the 4th ID; he’s sched- delightful, multi- uled to take command of a company in May talented VICTORIA ’06. This will be Colin’s second tour in Iraq; BEST. All of that, and his first was as a Company XO in the 82nd. she’s a great cook, In the tentative Ball & Chain category, Colin makes the world’s best recently met the love of his life, 1LT Charlsey martini, enjoys good Myers (USMA ’03) at Ft. Hood. She’s the S-1 brown whiskey, and of the Special Troops Bn in the 4th ID, and loves to fly fish. Hot also will be deploying to Iraq in December. damn, it just doesn’t They were engaged last month and plan to be get any better than married in Kingsport, TN, upon their return. that! So, start making your plans now to attend the wedding. I’m sure they want all of us there. Here’s some more tentative Ball & Chain news: I got a save-the-date card announcing the pending nuptials of DAVE HALE’s son David the Younger to Miss Meghan McConvi on 1 July ’06, in Shaker Heights, OH. Make your travel plans now; we don’t want Dave to get away with a small bar bill. And, of course, since the last one of these was published, I got married to the beautiful, intelligent, brilliant, gorgeous, sexy, witty, EPILOGUE

Okay, sports fans, that’s it for this trash haul. Actually, this one is prob- I’ve said it before — this is your newsletter. If you want to see or put ably way too long — I know I lost DEWEY and LENZ by the third something in it, send it to me. Obviously, taste is not much of an issue! picture. That’s all my fault because it’s been so long since I’ve done one of Send me photos — ball & chain, families, dead fish and animals, or these things, there was just too much catching up to do. I suppose I could whatever else you want to subject your classmates to. have just published news and announcements of immediate importance, In the meantime, take care of yourselves, mes amis, subscribe to As- but what’s the fun of that? sembly, send a big check to the class gift fund, start getting in shape for the Look for the next one in June or July. I promise. (Note that I didn’t reunion, and BEAT NAVY! specify which year.) I’ll try to revive some other features, like Trivial Pur- And always, always keep our magnificent troops in your hearts and suit, Points to Ponder, more poetry, maybe some more dead fish and ani- prayers. They are the ones who are truly Unsurpassed! mal flicks, and, of course, PAUL HASEMAN’s delightful stories. Bibamus; moriendum est . . . — FREED

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