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Vol. 34, No. 4 70th Infantry Division Association PRESIDENTIS REPORT: LETIS CONGREGATE IN 1 78! "Meet Me In St. Louis - Louie" - SATURDAY, August 12, (Men) 9 am day (whenever the Bollingers get set) When! August 10, 11, 12 and 13. Why! to 11:30 am, members business meeting. through Saturday; but only at times, REUNION 1978. (Ladies) 8:15 am - 11:30 am "Visit when no group activities are in progress. Reunion schedule and activities will be Grants Farm" with Visitours, Inc. Ride Complimentary drinks and snacks provid as folows: the trackless train through the game pre ed. THURSDAY, August 10, registration, serve. Perhaps you will catch a glimpse of Strolling musicians will entertain dur renew fellowship, cocktails and Hor the deer, elk, antelope, or other animals ing the cocktail and dinner times, Friday doeuvres 5:30 pm - 6:30 pm. Evening that roam freely. Watch the animal and Saturday, and after dinner Friday. free for casual activity. shows, feed the animals in the contact Corsages for the ladies at Saturday ban FRIDAY, August 11, (Men) 9 am. to area, then off to the Bauernhof, where quet. noon, members business meeting. you can relax, have a free beer on An A 70th souvenir program and 70th (Ladies) 8:15am- 12:15 pm, "See Con heuser Busch and nuts to go with your souvenirs to all registrants. For those temporary Historic St. Louis" with Visi beer from VISITOURS. You will also members not making the European trip, tours, Inc.- Stops will include: have time to visit the Clydesdale Stables additional special 70th souvenirs will be Arch (Trip to top) and gift shop. given to you at time of registration. Museum of Westward Expansion Time permitting, we will pass Plaza All of the foregoing (except caslb-bar) Old Cathedral Frontenac and drive through some of the is included for a registration fee of $50 Missouri Botanical Gardens residential area. per person. This charge includes a compli Your sightseeing drive will take you Luncheon together 12:30 pm with mentary dinner for our German 6th over highways and main city streets. You speaker. Afternoon free for casual activi Mountain Division guests (27 coming) will see and hear about the St. Louis ty. and appropriate gifts. Riverfront, the Old Courthouse, site of 6:00pm, cocktail party (cash bar) A Sheraton-West Port Inn registration the famous Dred Scott Case, Union Sta 7:00 pm, Banquet form is included in this Trailblazer. Please tion and its 230' clock tower, Urig's Cave, 8:30 to 12 pm, dance to the music submit reservations to be received not Aloe Plaza with its beautiful Meeting of of Johnny Polzin, Big Band later than July 26th. Earlier the better, so the Waters Fountains, City Hall, Court Sounds and vocalist. I don't sweat so much. Please remember Buildings, Busch Memorial Stadium, SUNDAY, Augtfst 13, 9:00 am, Me to advise this writer if you are coming, home of Baseball and Football Cardinals. morial Services and departure. but staying at accommodations other The Eugene Field House, boyhood home A hospitality room will be open Thurs- than the Inn. of Eugene Field, author of children's (Continued on page 6) poems. Pet, Inc., Ralston Purina, Soulard Sheraton-West Port Inn Market, open air farmer's market dating back to 1779, and of course Anheuser 191 WESTPORT PLAZA, ST. LOUIS, MO. 63141-800-325-3535 Busch Brewery. Number You will have a guided tour of the Bo ONE PERSON TWO PERSONS tanical Gardens or you may browse on --- Single Room - 1 Oueen bed 0 0 your own. No trip would be complete to St. Louis without visiting our Forest --- Double Room - 2 double beds 0 0 Park, site of the 1904 World's Fair. Time --- Suites (if available) 1 King bed 0 0 permitting the zoo, Art Museum, Muny Confirmation Requested o Yes -- o No Opera, and Jefferson Memorial will be seen. Again, if time permits the return Guaranteed o trip will be via the inner-belt to Ladue Date arriving ______ 6 P.M. o Date departure-------- Road, out Ladue Road to 270 to Shera Name ______________________________ ton Hotel. For that St. Louis speciality licorice will be given out during the tour, compli Address---......,.--------------Tel: ----------- ments of Visitours, Inc. City State Zip Friday afternoon, be at ease. Cocktails Company or group attending 6:00pm-7:00pm (cash bar), dinner to ROOMS WILL NOT BE: HELD gether, 7:00 pm -after dinner a short film AFTER 6:00P.M. UNLESS about St. Louis, fun and games and light GUARANTEED OR ACCOMPA music until 9 :00 pm. NIED BY A DEPOSIT. A word (or two) from the Editor is published four times a year by the 70th Infantry I I Division Association, for members and friends of the Association. In our edition of December, 1977, we published an appeal from a new member, Earl McDuffie, of Hammond, La., seeking to determine if anyone from 275th Regimental Vol. 34, No.4 MAY 1978 H.Q. or attached Medics, could supply verification of his Medical problems originating with an injury while a member of a previous Field Artillery Battalion. Apparently, we drew a blank in this instance. Earl recently phoned me to report that Association officers: he had no response from any of our readers. In a further attempt to refresh some old re collections·, see the small photo on page 8, showing two 70th G.I.'s in a typical post President combat photo. The one on the right, is McDuffie. The other party is unidentified. Earl Orville F. Ellis can't recall his name, but he is the same one with whom Earl had the fight, while aboard 92SS Birch Tree Lane a convoy truck ...(see letter published in Dec. 77 edition). St. Louis,MO 63126 Do either of these faces appear familiar to anybody out there in Trailblazer-Land? If so, get in touch with Earl McDuffie. Vice President· East * Fred J. Cassidy * * * • * • • * * * • * * * * * As a relatively recent recruit of this Organization, I had no role to play in the forma 17813 Vinyard Lane lities of chartering the association, or whatever steps were taken to establish the group. Derwood, MD 20855 Recently, while attending a weekly meeting of our local Boy Scout troop, I took a mo ment to read this following excerpt from the original Congressional Charter, HR-755, Vice President · West approved 6/15/16. It has been hanging on the wall for years, and I never took time to Charles L. Horton read it. ---"That the purpose of this Corporation shall be to promote through organi 6071 Hawkins Road zation and cooperation with other agencies, the ability of boys to do things for them St. Louis, MO 63129 selves and others; to train them in Scoutcraft, and to teach them Patriotism, Courage, Self-reliance and kindred virtues, using the methods which are now in common use by Secretary-Treasurer Boy Scouts." Merritt Dick Some one who must have had a hand in composition of Army Training Manuals, 2801 Osborn Road most likely read that same HR-755 .....the philosophies it expounds, sounds remarkab Topeka, Kansas 66614 ly parallel to what we all experienced in basic training. How well we learned what was pounded into us, probably had more than a little to do with the fact that you are here Assistant Sect.· Treas. today, reading this. Karl S. Landstrom One of the latest activities in which the Scouts of Washington County, Maryland are 510 N. Edison St. participating, is the KAY Campaign ..."KEEP AMERICA VOTING". It has been deter Arlington, VA 22203 mined locally, that almost 48% of the eligible voters in this county, have not taken the trouble to qualify themselves to vote, by becoming registered ...and only about 30% of the REGISTERED voters, take the trouble to exercise their privelege! It is a poor re Chaplain cord, but I wonder if it doesn't repeat itself where YOU live? Within this past year, Trailblazer conducted a poll, to fmd the reaction to a proposed Alex C. Johnson increase in dues. No big deal - but the fact is that only 72; of our total membership, 142 N. Olive St. took the trouble to respond. The Editor is not suggesting that some of you should have Hoffman Estates, IL 60172 voted negatively - in fact, the vote was 72 to 0 - and I'm glad that nobody voted "NO" ...your dues are what keep this paper published. The message is, that if any of Historian you are part of the assumed 48% of citizens where you live, who do not bother to exer Dr. Eugene J. Petersen cise your right at the ballot-box, you deserve exactly what you get. 39580 Tyler Road I don't care WHO you vote for -just get out there and vote! Most of you spent Beeleville, Michigan 48111 about three years of your lives, helping to preserve and defend the system under which we live. Don't sell it short. How can we encourage the upcoming generation to pertici pate in their civic responsibilities, if we don't do it ourselves? Editorially Speaking Frank J. Moran, Jr. Editor: GET A NEW MEMBER IN 1978 I Name Frank J. Moran, Jr. 2447 Jefferson Blvd. Wife Hagerstown, Md. 21740 Street Address ............................ City State uReader Update" ZIP Code (Please) To assist us in getting the paper to you Company (Battery) Batallion Regiment as soon as possible, after it comes off the Decoration or other information press, would you please send us: your name and wife's name, full address and zip code, Company Batallion or Regiment, Decora Mail to: tions or other information and mail to: 70th Division Association Frank J .