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The Hourglass The Hourglass The Semi-Annual Newsletter of the 7th InfantryDivision Association Winter 2018 A 7th Infantry Division Association President's Perspective 2102 Newton Dr. 1 II Killeen TX 76549-1164 1 Greetings comrades, http://7ida.us/ I hope t�s newsletter findsyou and your , ...-� family doing well. I know a lot of you i' ,- J In this issue ... 1i probably have been watching the 2. Korean Defense Veterans Reunion Photos current events with respect to our 5. Seekers Page President's visit with the North Korean 7. How /Won The War! __ President and the President of South 8. Attu: a Japanese Perspective Korea. We all probably have strong, and mixed feelings 12. New Member List 13. From Your Treasurer about the current events. But let's try to keep in mind that a 13. Operating Statement lot has changed over the years and we, the general public, 14. My Time In The 71h don't have all the factsthat our·elected officialsdo, so we'll 14. QM's Corner hope that the decisions they make will turn out for the 17. Northwest Guardian Final Edition - End of an Era betterment of all concerned. Let's just keep these people 18. The Quartermaster's Store who are affected by the events in the region as well as the 20. Today's 71D elected officials making the calls, in our prayers. 21. Task Force Rugged Fight California Fires! 22. Courage Ready Readiness Exercise 23. Lightning Strike 18 Conducted Our Quartermaster, Dan McPharlin, myself, and several 24. Lancers Train in Subterranean Operations other 7th Division Association members attended the fifth 24. Medics Compete For Best in Pacific annual "Korean DefenseVeterans" Reunion this past August 25. 17th FA Bde Trained in Idaho in Pigeon Forge, TN. This gathering is unlike most reunions 26. U.S. Marines Start Bayonet Focus in that there was no formal dinner, no scheduled excursions, 27. NCOs Trained in-Marksmanship and no formal guest speakers. You can see photographs 28. WWI Memorial Design Unveiled 29. North Koreans Slay 4 on DMZ taken during the event on our color pages 2 & 34. 30. How /Won The War! 32. The Frozen Chosen We arrived in Pigeon Forge Friday afternoon and, after 32. Editor's Perspective registering for the event and socializing with new found 33. Membership Status friends for a couple of hours, we retreated to a local th 33. 7 IDA Booster Club restaurantfor dinner and some more socializing. 33. 71b IDA Governing Council 34. He Gave All The town Pigeon Forge hosts a parade for veterans every 34. Final Taps year at this time. We were able to participate in it again this 35. Korean DefenseVeterans Reunion Photos year. Thanks to a local organization, "Antique Military 36. The Hourglass Staff Vehicles Club," we had a ¾ ton military truck for our veterans, who choose not to WALK the parade route, to ride in. We were amazed at the amount of patriotic Publisl1et,b \f supporters in Pigeon Forge, civilians and merchants. 6ARPCUSTOM N&WS&.en'P saw,a www.garponline.com ♦ [email protected] Continued on Page 6 ... PAGE 2 ♦ Korean Defense Veterans Reunion Photos Photos courtesy of Dan McPharlin, QM Pigeon Forge, TN, 16-19Aug18 Dan McPharlin standing beside the ¾-ton truck for 71DA Secretary those who Joe Weitlisbach could not and 71DA Member walk the Roger Cook. parade route. 71D flag proudly displayed. Dan McPharlin, followed by Glenn Odberg, marching in the arade. PAGE 2 ♦ . The Hourglass Winter 2018 I I We Get Letters II t a t a a n a a I'd like o sh re he service of my�� -4. POSJ': Hec w s rried dow by medic nd at Joseph Cucurul lo nt t t t at a f her, th from 7 spe he nex week or wo MASH t Co, 17 Regt, ;: TH a t t t t ta 7Brooklynth NY, wi h I b se, hen sen o he Army Hospi l ID from 1952-53. He was severely ::i in Osaka, J apan for almost 3 months wounded by mortar fire on Pork Chop until returning home to my mother Hill in the Chorwon Valley on 01Apr53, that summer. At the hospital he was after spending 4 months on t hat vi-sited by a Colonel who told him he mo.untain. He once told me the trenches lwas ucky he was hit since the Red Army were their bedroom, kitchen, bathroom later overran the hill and took out most GEN and morgue. of the remaining troops. Mark Cl ark's wife, Renie, also visited the troops there and awarded him his Purple Heart. Cucurullo on tu t t i a leave in To his good for ne, he wen on o l ve u i nt a at a September, f ll l fe u il he p ssed in 2013, ge i a a t 1952. 82. I keep h s med ls on my desk nd o our family he will always be our hero. Roy Cari"o <[email protected]> Th rough my early experience with the overseas combat units, I found that in the Army much things can be had by barter, a a t a t i Cucurullo's s w s por r yed on he M*A*S*H telev sion ti t hand in the series. I some mes wonder if he writers of that show somehow heard about our Osaka escapades and incorporated them into their hospital. series. When I became Div. Photo Section Chief we were using a nearby stream to supply water for our film processing needs. Using photo copies (easily made in our dark u u a at t at Cucurullo room) of pin- p women pop l r h ti t a a after me, Be ty Gr ble, Lan Turner, etc., a t a i at a t t presenting s r d ng m eri l wi h the mo or pool him with the people. Purple a u a at a a t Heart, April I cq ired w er tr iler nd ¾- on t u t t t a 1953. r ck o ow i , which m de film processing much easier and better. Both Continued next page ... ♦ PAGE 3 The Hourglass We Get Letters continued Winter 2018 ... continued from previous page. Having made certain connections at were written off as "Korean combat losses" Division HQ, we would be warned in advance (KCL). This was for the exclusive use of of a pending I.G. Inspection (normally our 21-man Photo Section and we used it unannounced), and would then hook up the for bathing and other toiletry uses as illegal trailer to the equally illegal well. It was far better than the nearby ¾-ton truck and send them, along with trickling stream that would freeze up in the "extra" Jeep, down the road and out the winter and harbored who knew what of view until all was clear again. strange bacteria. I a'7so "arranged" for another Jeep for our unit in the same Our photo unit had a very large stainless fashion, so that we could deploy more steel pot-1 i ke container and a long­ photographers simultaneously when shafted electric mixer meant for mixing necessary. developing chemicals. By trading pin-ups with our commissary connections, we periodically ·"acquired" large tubs of ice cream and powdered mi 1 k "surplussed" from the Officer's mess. We would churn this into malts, which were a welcome addition in the hot summer months. Sometime early in 1954, the Army began changing uni forms from the WWII-era olive drab to a new green col or. The Quartermas-t;:er was i nstr:ucted to issue them first to the officers and then have them eventually trickle down to the ranks of the enlisted men. Yes, we also had friends there. As a result, our Photo Section had them before our officers. When questioned one day as to how that happened, I professed ignorance stating that I didn't know, but I had just accepted and distributed them when delivered. I am now convi need that the M*A'''S'"H writers were taking notes, because we were also the recipients of bottles of Shown here are Campell and John Cleary cutting the American booze on a somewhat regular birthday cake provided by the mess sergeant, along basis, from a source attached to the 7th with alcohol provided by an Ethiopian Bn. officer, who Division. Perhaps that is a story for provided the goodies for this birthday celebration. another day. Sam Rosenfeld Photo: SGT Samson Rosenfeld, Combat 6570 Kelvin Ave. Photographer. Canoga Park, CA 91306 PAGE 4 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018 _,. .. _____ �II�S=e e=k=er=s=P=ag=e�II ·-- During the Battle of Okinawa, there surviving WWII members who served in this particular was an engagement known as the .' engagement can help me identifythe other men in the photo. Battleof the Crags. It took place ,· A group photo taken at Deep Well Camp, near between 19-23Apr45, on the Schofield Barracks, Hawaii of Carlson, Whi teley, southern part of the island. It Earl Bi egler, Gordon, Stevenson and Nick st th involved troopsfroml Bn, 17 . D'Angelo, between 20Mar44 and 24May44. Inf and 3rd Bo, 184th Inf, both cbmponents of the 7ili Inf Div. Duringthe battle LIFE Magazinephotographer, W. Eugene Smith took quite a number of photographs. The group shot on the right includes my father,Wallace Stevenson. He was a forward observer with the 532nd Field Artillery, which was attached to the 7ID.
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