Military Terms, Abbreviations, Acronyms 1 Thorns of a Rose 1, 2, 4 Did You Know: Stories from Air America 2, 3 Meet the Military: Auschwitz Volunteer 2

The Ride of Your Life (part 2) 3 code for “Lima Sites” which WWII Recruitment Poster 3 were covert sites of the Laotian Civil War in which the US military This Day in Military History 4 conducted clandestine operations

abbreviation used for the Rescue Combat Air Patrol, a fight- er force used to protect personnel On the evening of February 18, 1945, empty shelves as public clamors for more sailors and marines of Joint Expedi- on the ground and to conduct air merchandise; workers claim nightclub tionary Force (Task Force 51) are search and rescue operations curfew limits amusement spending. Does tuned in to the only radio program that sound like a people who want war? abbreviation for a series of that they are able to pick up easily so Who are supporting you as you carry on far out at sea. The music is American Soviet anti-aircraft guns used by your sacrificial attempts to carry on this and the most popular of that era. As useless war? Think it over Yankee broth- over 50 countries worldwide Connee Boswell finishes the last strains of “I Can’t Give You Anything ers - they do not want war and they are doing their best to let you know that they : This month’s terms came But Love,” another familiar voice are not behind you in this war. This is from the “Did You Know” article. comes over the airwaves with a mes- sage for the American Troops. the Voice of Truth. I will be with you Iva Toguri, mugshot, 1946 again tomorrow – those of you who are “Good Evening Yankees. This is your left to listen.” Japanese sister and the Voice of Truth that reaches out to you from the peacefulness of Japan. Today, as always At the time of this broadcast, the Japanese were with love, but also with sorrow. Sorrow because of what reeling from defeat after defeat. The Japanese Navy your superiors are making you do. Tomorrow morning was no longer a significant threat to the now power- they are making you to attempt the impossible; because ful United States Navy. The “island hopping” cam- paign of the Allied forces was pushing the Japanese it is impossible for you to dislodge our forces on Iwo Jima. forces back to Japan where the country was becom- I am filled with sadness because of the thousands of ing more and more isolated on an island surrounded Japanese soldiers who are waiting for you, safe in caves by its enemies. The American industrial complex and pillboxes where your bombs and shells cannot touch was in full gear turning out weapons and war ma- them. They are reluctantly waiting to slaughter you. chines at a lighting fast rate. In six months, this long They don’t want to slaughter you because they know war would finally be over. what you are about to do is not of your own choice. Tokyo Rose was a generic name given any of the They know, as I know, and you know, that you are mak- approximately dozen English-speaking females who ing the futile sacrifice for a people who sleep snug and served as DJs and broadcasted Japanese propagan- secure eleven thousand miles away - who have never da during World War II. The purpose of the broad- seen a grenade burst in an American’s stomach; and an casts was to disrupt the morale of American and American arm blown from an American shoulder - a other Allied forces fighting in the Pacific Theater. people who are not interested in the headlines you are Some of the females spoke English with a Japanese trying to make. They only want to make their own head- accent, while one, Iva Toguri, spoke perfect English, lines. Listen, Yankee brothers, to these headlines: five even to the point of knowing American jargon and thousand blood donors desert blood bank as Eisenhower common phrases. Beginning in 1943, Toguri was sweeps into the Rhineland; strike continues in critical war the primary voice associated with Tokyo Rose. industry; three year buying spree leaves retailers with CONTINUED ON PAGE 2

Editor’s Note: For the first time in no area with which he helped col- the history of the Patriot News, we lect weapons and disarm retreating are featuring someone who was in German troops in what became the the military service of a foreign prelude to the Vilna offensive. Dur- country. However, Witold Pilecki’s ing the Polish-Soviet War of 1919- The fifteenth of July 1965 was a story is so compelling that I need to 1920, Pilecki commanded a ZHP share it with this article adapted Scout section that was overrun by long time ago, but some things from the Jewish Virtual Library. the Bolsheviks. He later joined the Pilecki used a courier system that you never forget. regular Polish Army and fought in the Polish Resistance operated Witold Pilecki was a soldier of the I had been flying an H-34 for Air the Polish retreat from Kiev. On throughout occupied Europe to Second Polish Republic, the found- August 5, 1920, Pilec- channel the reports to the Allies. America, Inc., supplying outposts er of the Secret Polish in the Lima Site 36 area located ki joined the 211th Documents released from the Army Polish re- Uhlan Regiment and Polish Archives that provided de- about 20 miles north of the sistance group, and a fought in the Battle of tails of these reports again raised Plains des Jars in central Laos. member of the Home Warsaw and at Rudni- questions as to why the Allies, par- This outpost surrounded LS-36, a Army. He is now rec- ki Forest and took ticularly Winston Churchill, never heavily fortified key friendly posi- ognized as the only part in the liberation did anything to put an end to the known person to vol- tion with a 3,500 ft. airfield. of Wilno. atrocities being committed that unteer to be impris- they learned of so early in the war. Very late in the afternoon of 14 oned at the Auschwitz During World War II, July, I overheard a call from Res- concentration camp Pilecki smuggled him- Cap that an aircraft was down in during World War II. self into Auschwitz Sam Neua province near the under the false name Pilecki was born on Tomasz Serafinski in North Vietnamese border. I was May 13, 1901 in Kare- 1940 and began re- working alone just to the west lia, Russia where his cruiting members for and could reach the area in 15 family had been forcibly resettled an underground resistance group minutes. Had there been anoth- by Tsarist Russian authorities after that he organized into a coherent the suppression of Poland's January movement. He began sending infor- er of our helicopters nearby, I Uprising of 1863-1864. In 1910, would have attempted a pickup. mation about what was going on Pilecki moved with his family to inside the camp and confirming All rescue operations, however, Wilno (now Vilnius, Lithuania) that the Nazis were seeking the required two helicopters and solo where he joined the secret ZHP extermination of the Jews to Britain attempts were not permitted. Scouts organization. In 1918, dur- and the United States as early as ing World War I, Pilecki joined 1941. The next morning, I was told that Polish self-defense units in the Wil- CONTINUED NEXT MONTH two other Air America helos would handle the pick-up and to continue on my re-supply work for the LS-36 outposts. About an With her sultry voice and playful propaganda designed to play on the purpose of disseminating propagan- hour later, I was called and told tongue-in-cheek delivery, her care- worst fears of the listeners. The da. She refused these efforts until that I was now part of the rescue fully crafted comments were aimed following is from “Orphan Annie finally coerced in 1943, and she effort and to return to LS-36 for at attacking and disrupting the mo- (aka Tokyo Rose):” “Hello, bone- served as a DJ until the end of the full fuel. An earlier attempt at a rale of Allied servicemen, particular- heads. This is your favorite enemy, war. After the surrender of Japan, pickup had failed when a helo ly the Americans. She often called Ann. How are all you orphans of the Toguri was arrested and convicted had a hydraulic servo shot out herself “Orphan Annie” to identify Pacific? Are you enjoying yourselves of treason in 1949. The war was herself with those “poor men who while your wives and sweethearts are still fresh in the public memory and while it foolishly tried to cross have been abandoned by their coun- Toguri was considered by many to the Sam Neua highway that was try.” Her reports were many times running around with the 4F’s be the voice of Japan. She was con- crawling with 20mm, 37mm and unnervingly accurate by even nam- (disqualified from military service for victed and served six years of a ten- ZPU 14.5mm guns (ZPU-4 pic- ing ships, specific military units, and health reasons) in the States? How year sentence. Following prison, tured below). The well-protected individual servicemen. do you feel now when all your ships she continued to lobby for her inno- have been sunk by the Japanese Na- cence claiming that she had no highway curved south through The script of Tokyo Rose followed vy? How will you get home? Here’s choice but to participate or be seen Sam Neua to the enemy-help the same type of propaganda venue another record to remind you of as a spy and killed. In 1977, Presi- Plains Des Jars area and was a used by Germany with “Lord Haw- dent Gerald Ford pardoned Iva Togu- home.” major supply route from North Haw” and “Axis Sally.” The program ri; however, she was associated with used popular music of the era Vietnam. Prior to the war, Iva Toguri was born Tokyo Rose for the remainder of her and was also entertaining with to a Japanese/American family in life. skits and humor. The point was to Los Angeles. She went to Japan get the troops to listen. The prior to the war to care for an ailing songs or skits were used to aunt and was stranded in Japan make listeners think of when the war broke out. Because home or of a happier time. of her excellent English, she was The DJ would then interject recruited to act as a DJ with the CONTINUED ON PAGE 4

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Editor’s Note: This is a continuation game. A benefactor from the War even Army´s lopsided loss to Navy of where we left off last month. College ponied up 100 seats to the could deflate the group’s rollicking game (on the 50-yard line) and mood. Afterward, it was back to the Through the Army War College lunch in a hospitality suite. train and yet another gourmet Foundation, of which he is a trustee, meal (heroes get hungry, says Lev- At any rate, I elected to take Bennett met with Walter Reed´s And corporate donors filled, for free in) before returning to Walter Reed commanding general, who loved the and without asking for publicity, off for the pickup with only and Bethesda. “The day was spec- half a fuel load. My copilot idea [of bringing soldiers from Wal- goodie bags for attendees: From tacular,” says Levin. “It was all was new to Air America and ter Reid and Bethesda to the annual Woolrich, stadium blankets. From about these kids. It was awesome Army-Navy football game in a luxury Wal-Mart, digital cameras. From to be part of it.” was unfamiliar with rescue train]. But Bennett had some Nikon, field glasses. From GEAR, operations and the local area. ground rules first, all designed to down jackets. There was booty not The most poignant moment for the The pickup zone was at about keep the focus on the troops alone: just for the soldiers, but for their Levins was when 11 Marines No press on the trip, lest the sol- guests, too, since each was allowed hugged them goodbye, then sang 4,000 ft and a hover with a full diers´ day of pampering devolve to bring a friend or family member. them the Marine Hymn on the plat- load of fuel would have been into a media circus. No politicians form at Union Station. “One of the impossible at that altitude. I The Marines, though, declined the either, because, says Bennett, “I guys was blind, but he said, ‘I can’t elected to come in from north- didn´t want some idiot making this offer. “They voted not to take guests see you, but man, you must be … with them, so they could take more west of Sam Neua, turning trip into a campaign photo op.” And beautiful!’” says Bennett. “I got a east to approach from the no Pentagon suits on board, other- Marines,” says Levin, choking up at lump so big in my throat, I couldn’t wise the soldiers would be too busy the memory. Bennett is an emotion- even answer him.” It’s been three north, avoiding the highway. al guy, so he was worried about how saluting superiors to relax. weeks, but the Levins and their Another Air America helicopter he would react to meeting the 88 guests are still feeling the day’s The general agreed to the condi- troops and guests at D.C.´s Union accompanied me along with love. “My Christmas came early,” an Air Force Jolly Green helo. tions, and Bennett realized he had a Station, where the trip originated. says Levin, who is Jewish and who Immediately upon entering the problem on his hands. “I had to ac- Some GIs were missing limbs. Oth- loves the Christmas season. “I can’t tually make this thing happen,” he ers were wheelchair-bound or ac- describe the feeling in the air.” rescue area, we picked up our laughs. companied by medical personnel overhead escort of T-28s flown for the day. “They made it easy to Maybe it was hope. As one guest by other Air America crews. Over the next months, he recruited be with them,” wrote in a owners of 15 other sumptuous rail he says. thank-you Within moments I spotted Lt cars from around the country (these “They were note to Ben- Don Eaton on a ridgeline. Be- people tend to know each other) all smiles on nett and Vivi- fore I was able to start in for into lending their vehicles for the the ride to an, “The fond the pickup, I was told to hold day. The name of their temporary Philly. Not an memories off until a positive ID could be train? The Liberty Limited. ounce of self- generated made. A T-28 then flew low pity from any last Saturday Amtrak volunteered to transport the over his head while I circled cars to D.C., where they’d be cou- of them. will sustain pled together for the round-trip ride They’re so full us all, what- around to approach the pickup to Philly, then back to their owners of life and ever the fu- area. I just touched lightly on later. determina- ture may the tall grass-covered ridge tion.” bring.” and was off as soon as Eaton Conrail offered to service the Liberty while it was in Philly. And SEPTA At the stadi- God bless the was on board. From him, we drivers would bus the disabled sol- um, the troops Levins. And tried to discover the location of diers 200 yards from the train to reveled in the Left/Center: the Levins, receiving bless the Eaton’s downed pilot, Lt Don Lincoln Financial Field, for the game, recalls Semper Fidelis Award in 2014 troops, every Boecker (pictured below). All Bennett. Not one. we could find out was that he was nearby. As we circled the area, some red smoke drifted up from a The noted artist who created this National Academy of Design, the high stand of jungle about a famous Army Air Forces Recruiting Ranger Collection, the U.S. Naval mile west of the spot where Patriotic Poster with the heading Academy at Annapolis, the War we found Eaton. The two other text O'er the Ramparts We Watch, Department, the National Head- taken from the lyrics our our na- quarters of the American Red helos hovered in the area, but tional anthem the "Star Spangled Cross, the Walter Reed Army Hos- couldn’t spot the pilot. Banner" was noteworthy American pital in Washington, D.C. , the U.S. artist Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer (1897 Department of State in Washing- -1982); Jes Wilhelm Schlaikjer ton, the Nelson Gallery, Kansas attained national recognition as an City, the University of Indiana, the artist, becoming and Academician Marine Corps School of Quantico, of the National Academy of De- Va., the Federal Reserve Bank of sign. His works are represented in Kansas City, and many other public the permanent exhibitions of the buildings and. private collections.

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(919) 817-0706 [email protected] We as Christians are in a war ment. Think of Elijah - God used him Son to die on a cruel cross in our Joe Perez ([email protected]) against Satan and his forces. The to give a tremendous victory over place. Jesus willingly took our pun- Bible gives us clear evidence that the 450 prophets of Baal on Mount ishment so that through our belief Don King ([email protected]) the war has already been won and Carmel. Yet, when Jezebel threat- and trust in Him, we can stand be- Satan has been defeated. Yet one ened his life, the Bible tells us in I fore Him guiltless on that great day

of Satan’s greatest weapons is the Kings 19 that “He himself went a of judgement. He has also given us propaganda that he uses against us day’s journey into the wilderness, eternal life through the sacrifice of  Ashley Huskey - 7 making us feel that we are on the and came and sat down under a His Son Jesus Christ. When you feel  Albert Watkins - 10 losing end of daily spiritual warfare. juniper tree: and he requested for alone, remember not to fear be-  Seth Ingersoll - 11 His voice whispers to us in sultry himself that he might die; and said, cause “they that be with us are more  Sam Johnson - 21 tones, disrupting our confidence and It is enough; now, O Lord, take away than they that be with them.” When  Ruth Miller - 24 making us second-guess the victory my life; for I am not better than my you feel unhappy, remember that we already enjoy through the life, fathers.” Later Elijah complained, happiness, like this world, is tem-  Ed & Kristy Salerno - 4 death, burial and resurrection of our “and I, even I only, am left; and they poral and God has given you “joy Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. He seek my life to take it away.” In unspeakable and full of glory” which  Brian & Ivey Palmer - 17 uses clever ploys to gain Elijah’s state of loneliness is eternal. When you feel that your our attention, attacking and discouragement, God efforts for the Lord are useless or our trust in eternal secu- revealed to him that He unacceptable; remember that you rity and the promises had seven thousand in plant the seed, but the Lord of the that God has given us in Israel that had not bowed Harvest gives the increase. You can His Holy Word. Satan to Baal. In his despair, “be confident of this very thing, that wants us to feel alone, Elijah seemed to forget He which hath begun a good work in isolated, unproductive that God had used ravens you will perform it until the day of and defeated. He plays to bring him food; God Jesus Christ.” on our fears, planting had supernaturally kept seeds of doubt with lies Iva Toguri, 1977 the widow’s flask of oil Satan wants you to give up the fight. fabricated to sound like the truth. from running dry; He raised the wid- He places thorns along the way to Discouragement is what he wants ow’s son from the dead; and He had try to swallow up and choke the for each of us, because a discour- given him the victory over the proph- good seed planted in your life. He aged Christian is not effective or ets of Baal. In times of weakness, it wants to discourage you and make you feel as though you are already growing in the Lord. is easy to forget how far the Lord has brought you and how many vic- defeated. The father of lies will Remember, discouragement is noth- whisper deception at your weak tories He has given you over Satan. ing new. All of us face it in times moment. Remember, this war is when we are weary or when we let When you feel discouraged, it’s a almost over and the winner has al- our guard down. Some of the great- great time to think back to the victo- ready been decided. “Thanks be to est and most faithful men of the ries God has given you in your life. God, which giveth us the victory Bible struggled with discourage- First and foremost, He sent His only through our Lord Jesus Christ.”

Please continue to keep Ashley Huskey in preparing to deploy overseas in the next your prayers as doctors are treating her for few months. vasculitis over the next few Please also pray for Brian and Ivey Palmer months. Ashley is the daughter of as they minister to soldiers and families at Todd and Tammy Huskey; please pray Ft. McCoy, Wisconsin. that the treatments she is taking will ~ Colonel Martin completely stop the vascu- litis. Please keep Phil Wagher in Coming up Next Month: your prayers as he is experiencing  Meet the Military: Auschwitz Volunteer some health issues at this Witold Pilecki (part 2) time. Please keep Andrew Folz in your prayers as he is in Texas  A Thanksgiving Military Connection

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