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.

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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': cHe 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 wlas 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

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 s upply 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

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_,. .._____ �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.

The photo below is what has been identified (when it was published in 1945) as a wounded 7ID soldier being tended to by a group of US troops. I know this is a very long shot, but one can always hope. Mark Stevenson Tel: (707) 228-0106

I am writing fromKwajalein to ask if your Association can assist me with a research project I am working on, regarding a member of the7 thID in WWII,during Operation Flintlock.

I am researching the loss of CPT George W. Tyson (Flagstaff, AZ), who was serving with the 7th ID Field Artillery, operating off of the USS Minneapolis. On 01Feb44, he was flyingas an artillery spotter on a SOC-3A "Seagull" scout plane piloted by Ens. W.J. Sayers. when it was downed by friendlyfire.

My father, Wallace Stevenson is the soldier in glasses at l the back center holdingthe M 1 Garand. Kneeling at the head An example of of the wounded soldier is Edwin F. Carlson, Paul Whiteley aSOC-3A is at the soldier's knees with a palm frond inhis helmet, and "Seagull" at the foot of the stretcher is Don Gordon. I am 99.99% spotter plane. sure of my identification of these 4 men, and they seem to be frommy father'sunit.

I have only been able to identifythese 4 men and would like to see if I can identifythe others. I am hoping some of your Continued next pa ge ... ♦ P�ES The l-lourglass Winter 2018

"Seekers" from previous page ... President's Perspective from Page 1 ... At the time the planewas shot out of the air, it was reported After theparade, we had freetime to team up withnewfound that 1 of the crew attempted to bail out at a height of about friends,tour the city and visit the most welcoming business 250', but his parachute did not open. Neither body was owners you would ever expect to encounter. In other words, recovered. Interestingly, in 1966, Sayers' dog tags werefound we did a lot of shopping and sightseeing. on a Kwajalein beach and then returned to his mother. That afternoon, we relocated to a local park complete with The reason I am writing is thaf I am seeking a photo of him a covered pavilion and enjoyed a wonderfulcatered Bar-B­ for a report I'm writing for the Defense POW/MIA Q dinner. Later that afternoon, back at the hotel, we had a Accounting Agency. The surviving records of CPT Tyson gathering of all the veterans and were entertained firstwith do not include a photo of him, and he had no children or a slide presentation by our own Quartermaster, Dan siblings. Perhaps one of your members would happen to McPharlin, detailing the differentcamp locations on the have a photo of CPT Tyson, or a group photo in which he DMZ and· explaining the daily routine that he and his appears? Battalion participated in during his tour in Korea. Then we opened the meeting up forany veteran to share a story or Thanking you in advance forany assistance you may be able event that they experienced while in Korea. This provided to give me. some very good socializing. We told funny stories, sad stories, and educational stories forabout two hours. Everyone Dan Farnham seemed to really enjoy that time together and we went back to our rooms that evening feeling like we had just came in from thezone and were relieved to have shared another eventless night on the DMZ with our comrades.

Do You Remember... ? The next _morning, after a brier' morning muster in the MAJ Michael Peck, Jr. was conferenceroom to discuss business, everyone was freeto a WWII and Korean War tour the city, sit and socialize with other couples and relax veteran. He later returned to before heading home, feeling renewed. What a wonderful Korea in 1964-65, serving at event it was. I would encourage all of our members to reach Camp Casey with the 71h Inf out and find those opportunities in your area that might Div. provide a chance to spend time with other veterans in your area and share your feeling and experiences with them. He served in the G4 Section of Div Hq, and headed the 71D Thanks to all of you foryour service and forthe support you Command Maintenance give one another. Management Inspection Team from Sep64-Sep65. For Until next time, God bless you all. the performance of these duties he was awarded the Army Commendation Medal (ARCOM). His ribbons/decorations also indicatehe received iurPre�i}; 2 CIBs and was an Army aviator. He died on 23May18, at �.� the age of 94, proud of his military service until the end. Billy Kelly This photo was taken 04Jul16.

If you remember him, perhaps you could contact his son, Nothing is more responsible for the Chris Peck. "good old dcays" than a batlf mem0ry.

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How / Won The War! Chunky Sims' Korea - Part 4

Leaving Pork Chop Hill Anyway, back to being taken offPork Chop Hill. Whoever was in charge had us spread out about 25-30' apart and told us to "double time." That area was not under fire at the moment, but it was open, and could be seen by the Chinese. There was a sandbag bunker, with its entrance facing the hillside and, for some reason, I chose to pass next to the hillside. As I was passing the entrance, I looked inside.and saw an American soldier lying on his back, his leftside and face towards the door. The whole leftarm into the shoulder had been blown away - he was dead. I still have this picture Sims and Hall (holding the burp gun). in my head and I wonder about whether or not that was done Platoon Sgt Sims And Mohawks & Red Bandanas by a Chinese with a satchel charge the night before. We were taken to a place all set up with pup tents where They loaded us onto a truck and took us to the rear. It was they started rebuilding the company. About the second day, getting dark when we got to the staging area to rest, get I was told I would be a squad leader and promoted to cleaned up and, maybe, debriefed. There were big squad Corporal. On the fourth day, I was promoted to Sergeant tents set up, with blankets and cots. The next morning, I and made a Platoon SGT. Replacement men were brought was out of the tents early. A couple of guys told me they in, and I was given a chance to choose some ofthe guys for hearda river was nearby, and we were dirty, dusty and needed my platoon. There was an African-American, real big guy, a bath. We foundthe stream and jumped in. We stayed there maybe 6'4", built like a prize fighter,_ who talked a good forquite a while. line, so I chose him as my assistant. But, in the end, he didn't work out. When I got back to the area, a guy told me that they had come and taken roll call, and they had me listed as" missing• We were put in another place with a row of squad tents, in action" (MIA).I went to who I thought was in charge and about 12 men to thetent. They were bringing in new officers reported that I was present. He said he would take care ofit. and, I guess,finishing the rebuilding ofthe Company. I don't I wrote my mother and sister and told them I was okay, and remember who got it started, but the 13 guys that had that I was stationed so farto the rear I couldn't even hearthe survived Pork Chop Hill got together and gave each other big guns. I never heard anything else about the MIA thing. "Mohawk" haircuts and began wearing red bandanas. We were being "gung ho" I guess. Some ofthe new guys liked I had lost track with Hall and thought he may have been captured. I learnedjust the other day that my memory was at fault. I had gathered a. bunch of old photos that we had taken in Korea and foundHall in one ofthem. There fourof us, myself and Hall included, along with the burp gun. He · Sims shows off had made it off the hill with the burp gun - I sure don't his Mohawk know how! The river I mentioned is in the background. haircut. Another time we were loaded onto a truck and taken fora bath. There were big tents set up with real showers, maybe 20 of them. There were water heaters outside which was then pumped to the showers. This was great after spending about 2 months bathing out ofmy helmet or canteen cup! Continued on page 10 ...

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Attu: a Japanese Perspective

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Introduction by Mrs. Arlene Henson In going throughsome of his papers I foundthis "Extraction th My husband, Thomas D. Henson, served with Co A, 17 of Diary fromAttu." written by Japanese doctor N ebu Inf from 25Jan42-�9Oct45. He was a mortar gunner, 607. Tatsusucki who served during the Battle of Attu. Very He saw service in theAleutians, EasternMandates, Southern interesting. Philippines, and Ryukyus. He was wounded in one of the Aleene Henson battles, but didn't report it. PO Box 129 Mayflower,AR 72106 He'd said that his outfit was trained for the South Pacific, but ended up onAttu with summer clothes and it was several Nebu Tatsusucki was a doctor with the Japanese Imperial weeks before warmer clothes reached them. Army and was involved in the Battle ofAttu in May' 43. He graduated from a medical school in California in 1937 and I still have a grandson serving in the Army at Ft. Riley, KS received his license to practice medicine in California on and another served 8 years in the Army and is now in the 08Sep38. He was drafted into the Japanese Imperial Army National Guard serving as a drone pilot. on 10Jan41. • PAGE 8 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018

12May 25May Carrier-based plane flewover- firedat it. Air raids carried Naval gun firingaerial bombardment, trench warfare. The out frequently until 1 0:00am. American transports, about worst is yet to come. The enemy is constructing their 41, began landing at Hoppi Misake; 20 boats landed at positions. Massacre Bay. 26May 13May By naval gun firingit felt like theMisumi barracks blew up The US forceslanded at SheliadaiMassacre Bay. The enemy and things broke up tremendously. Consciousness becomes has advanced to the bottom ofMiimmiyama from Shikadai. vague. Looks like an awful mess from sand and pebbles Have engaged them. that came down from the roof. Will die for the cause of Imperial edict. 14May Our 2 submarine from Kiska assisting us have greatly 27May damaged 2 enemy ships. lLT Suyki died by shot fromrifle. Diarrhea continues. Pain is severe. Took everything- pills, Continuous flowof wounded in the fieldhospital. opium, morphine,then slept pretty well. Strafing planes,roof broke through. There is less than 1,000 left from more than 16May 2,000 troops. If Shitagate-dai is occupied by the enemy the fate of east arm is decided so we burned documents and prepared to 28May destroythe patients. The remaining ration,is for only..2 days. Our artillery has been completely destroyed. I wonder if commander 18May Yenegawa and some of the men are still living. 303 Bn has About 60 wounded came to the field hospital. I had to care been defeated. Yenegawa Bn is still _holding Unmanose. forall of them by myself all through the night. Continuous cases of suicide. Heard that they gave 400 shots of morphineto the severely wounded and killed them. Order 20May fromthe sector commander to move the fieldhospital to the The hard fightingof our 303nli3n in Massacre Bay is fierce; island but it was called off. and it is to our advantage. Have captured enemy weapons and have used them to fight.Mowed down 10 enemy closing 29May in under the fog. 5 of our men and 1 medical NCO died. Today at 2000 hours we assembled in frontof headquarters. The fieldhospital took part too. The last assault to be carried 21May out. All the patients in hospital were made to commit suicide. Was strafedwhen amputating a patient's arm. It is the first Only 33 yearsof living and I am to die here. I have no regrets. time since moving over to Chigahof Harbor that I went in "Bonzai" to the emperor. At 1800 took care of all the patients an air-raid shelter. with grenades.

22May Goodbye Matsue (brother), Kochan, Masachan, Mittichan. 0600 - air raid again. Strafing killed 1 medical man. Goodbye.

23May 17 friendly medium naval bombers destroyed a cruiser offshore. By naval gun firinga hit was scored on the pillar pole of tents for patients and the tent gave in and 2 died instantly. Translated 01Jun43 by a US G-2 officer at Massacre Valley on Attu.

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... Chunky Sims' Korea from page 7 the idea, but they were not allowed to do it. "Pest Control" In The Officer'sTent We were mostly just a bunch of kids and pretty playful.The There was a small tent next to mine was the Officer's tent. They had the side stream just below the flaps of the tent rolled up and we took an aerosol bug repellant can, like Raid, and took a bayonet and punctured the side of the can. We took it to the Officer's tent, pulled the bayonet out and tossed the can into their tent and ran. That can was spinning, hissing and spraying all over that The deer being cooked tent! The officerswere coming out the sides and the ends of in front of Sims' tent. their tent, running over each other. They never found out who did it. I sure didn't tell! It was a dirtystunt." getting acquainted.

Fresh Venison Then we moved to another site. By now we were a full company and they sent us to a new, I think it was the same place larger area. We lived in pup tents, and even had a kitchen where I first came to the 7th with plenty of food. I don't remember if there were three Infantry Division. They called it meals a day, but at least two. The kitchen was about a hundred a "blocking position," that was yards fromthe tents and had a small dirtroad going nearby. closer to the main line, out of One day, a bunch of us were standing in line waiting for sight of the enemy but still in chow when a small deer ran across the road. About five or range of their artillery. six of the guys opened fire- the deer didn't stand a chance! We took it back to our tents where some of the guys cleaned Milford "Chunky" Sims and skinned it. SGT, 3rd Pltn, Co E, 31 st Inf Rgt, 7th Inf Div They built a firepit with a spit in frontof my tent. The medic 274 N. HartfordSt. Sims bathing and doing was my tent buddy and h_e had a lot to do with cleaning and Chandler, AZ 85225 his laundry in the stream. cooking the deer. One of the Korean guys was anemic and 480-899-1430 took a piece of the raw lung and ate it. ..he said it was good forhim. Two of the cooks broughttwo pans of biscuits up Editor's note: The next installment will be more of and joined us. I don't remember how it turned out, but it "Chunky" Sims' combat memories.

The sign at the main entrance to Camp Casey circa 1970-71, when MG Hal Moore was the CG.

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Total New Members 2 "Beetle Bailey" Creator Dies _.,.All-• Mort Walker,the creator of Bailey in an Army uniform. Mr. Walker's comic strip "Beetle Bailey," a comic substituted barracks buddies fordorm mates, sergeants and strip about an Army private generals for professors, and the military bureaucracy for who malingered his way academic pronouncements. through seven decades at Camp Swampy to the In the first sketches showing consternation of his Beetle Bailey in uniform, he superiors and the delight of was taking an aptitude his fans, died on Saturday, test and he asked what 27Jan l 8, at his home in his specialty would be. Stamford, CT. He was 94. ''Not engineering. Not Beetle began its syndication cooking. Not driving," in 1950, with King Features. the Anny tester told him, Mort Walker working on a Mr. Walker said in 1984, "You have one outstanding Beetle in his normal Beetle Bailey comic. "Little did I know when I ability! Avoiding work!" "relaxing" pose. Photo: David Barsalou was draftedthat I was going to get almost four years The main character's war was of free research. The with the Army itself, and Army thoughtfully · sent though he was never me to a number of places promoted beyond so that my experiences private, he bested could be broadest," he the likes of the wrote. "I was a private, a tough but corporal, a sergeant and a ultimat ely lieutenant - and I was a endearing Sarge goof-up in every rank." Beetle, Sarge and Otto (officiallyOrvilleP.Snorkel) share a "cold one." and the bumbling Camp Mr. Walker began Swampy commander, Gen:·Amos T. Halftrack. drawing as a youngster and after hiscollege years sold cartoons to The And so it went through the Korean War, the Vietnam War 1111111 Saturday Evening Post " -.-i1W..-i1... lllll!l!l lll!ll!lllll!I!�' and wars in Iraq and Afghanistan . Brian Walker, Mort's son, about a lanky student at Rockview University named Spider. said that the strip will continue, and that he and his brother In 1950, amid the Korean War, Spider morphed into Beetle Greg had been working on it with their fatherfor decades.

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II From Your Treasurer II 11 Operating Statement II When I sat down to write this I couldn't think of anything 4/1/2018 through 9/30/2018 (Cash Basis) good to say. I remembered my Mother's advice, "If you can't INCOME say anything nice, don't say anythingat all!" I took a breath Donations Received:Booster 200.00 and searched forsome positives. TOTAL Donations Received 200.00 Dues:2015-17 50.00 How fortunate we are to have Jerry Piller as the Editor of Dues:2017-19 775.00 The Hourglass! He has, for i O years, provided this TOTAL Dues Income 825.00 Association with a quality newsletter filledwith information meaningfulto the membership. The job of assembling and Dues in Reserve:2019-21 150.00 editing all the material and photos is a mammoth job and Dues in Reserve:2021-23 50.00 we are most fortunateto have him. Of course, our Publisher, Dues in Reserve:2023-25 50.00 Frank Wadge, has been with us since 2001 and his support TOTAL Dues in Reserve 250.00 in the logistics of layout, printing and distribution of The TOTAL Quartermaster Sales 1,980.58 Hourglass cannot go unrecognized. These two gentlemen TOTAL INCOME $3,255.58 have been, and are, the glue that holds this organization together. EXPENSES Computer:Maintenance 45.00 TOTAL Computer 45.00 And it cannot go unmentioned ... the support of our Hourglass:Distribution .. 5443.17 Quartermaster, Dan McPharlin. He stepped up to the plate Hourglass :Postage 10.62 in the Fall of2013 and has been running our QM store like TOTAL Hourglass 5,453.79 a champion. He has keptthe inventory up to date and made TOTAL Merchandise Inventory 207.00 sure those who ordered the items available received them TOTAL Postage:Treasurer 15.70 promptly. He has also been a great recruiter reaching out to Quartermaster:Inventory Purchases 129 .49 those who served with the Division after the Korean War. Quartermaster:Postage 135.49 TOTAL Quartermaster 264.98 We also owe our thanks to Billy Kelly, Richard Patterson Travel:Executive Secty 88.48 and Joe Wietlisbach who allowed themselves to be TOTAL EXPENSES $6,074.95 "drafted" into the positions ofPresident, Vice President and Executive Secretary wh�n those positions became vacant Balance Sheet - As of 9/30/2018 ASSETS due to resignations. We are fortunate to have a full slate of Bank Accounts officers, all of whom, but me, served with the Division in Bank of America Checking 21,060.34 the 60's through the 90's. Certificate of Deposit 1,502.41 TOTAL Bank Accounts $22,562.75 With that said, as of this _writing, we have 401 members - 79 Petty Cash - Quartermaster 300.00 ofwhom are non-paying members: Associates (52), Active TOTAL Cash & Bank Accounts $22,862.75 duty (22), Honorary (2) & 3 courtesy/complimentary. We lost over 100 who failed to renew their membership after Credit Card Accounts the 2015-17 dues cycle. It is suspected that many of these B of A Corporate Credit Card -3.75 are WWII and Korean War veterans who have passed on to TOTAL Credit Card Accounts $ -3.75 the happy hunting grounds, but we were not notified. Doug Halbert LIABILITIES Pending Reimbursement 0.00 TOTAL LIABILITIES $ 0.00 Treasurer& Roster Manager TOTAL LIABILITIES & EQUITY $ 22,859.00 ♦ PAGE 13 The Hourglass Winter 2018

7th My Ti'me In The QM's Corner Sal Named Colonel's Orderly II ii When I was stationed at Camp Hovey with the 32nd Inf in In the middle of August my wifeand I attended The Korean 1956-57, one of our duties was to perform guard duty. In Defense Veterans reunion in Pigeon Forge, TN. This was my battalion we had a "challenge" at each guard duty tour. advertised in our summer 2018 Hourglass newsletter. A It wasn't that easy ... quartermaster table was set up in the hotel conferenceroom and $71. 00 of merchandise was sold. Since there were nine First you had to be picked to perform the challenge by the 7th InfantryDivision veterans in attendance there, I feltthe past orderly, then it went like this: sales were very good. Some of our previous newsletters were 1. Steel pot clean and helmet liner shined. Uniformbrass distributed there also. shined. 2. Had to be clean-shaven and a "regulation" haircut. After the reunion we traveled to Virginia to see my friend 3. Brass belt buckle had to be shined frontand back. who retired from the Army. He took us to Fort Lee where 4. Boots shined to a high gloss. we visited the Quartermaster Museum. The exhibits from 5. Uniformhad to be clean and pressed to perfection. World War I, World War II, Korean War, Vietnam War, Gulf 6. Rifleclean and be able to name the nomenclature of the War, and Afghanistan showed just how many supplies were rifle. needed and what the quartermaster corps was responsible 7. Be able to recite the chain of command from your for to supply the troops. It was just about everything you platoon sergeant all the way up to the President of the could think of, from beans to bullets. United States. From 01Mayl8 until 31Aug18, a total of 26 orders have Most of those challenged lost on the chain of command been filled and sent to our members. Keep those orders question, but not me! That's how I was able to be the coming in. If you would like so.me of our membership "Colonel's Orderly" for 3 consecutive guard tours. applicationsto pass along to prospective 7thInfantry Division Association members, contact me and I will ship them to The lieutenant-in-charge picked one of the soldiers to you. Remember it is only $25 for them to join this year until challenge the "Colonel's Orderly." If you could beat him, July 2019. then you became the new orderly and you challenged at the next guard duty tour. The next day the orderly reported to When you order by mail, please include your phone number the battalion commanderand rode in his jeep to inspect the so I can contact you if there are any questions about your troops. This was a great experience forme! order. We are not set up to take credit card orders, but you can send a check or use PayPal on our website when ordering This went on forthe next 3 guard tours and I was the order!y merchandise. If you have any questions feel freeto contact for 3 consecutive tours until they promoted me to Specialist me by email or phone. I am in the Pacifictime-zone, which 3rd Class (Sp3), at which time I no longer had to perform is three hours earlier than the Eastern time-zone. guard duty.The colonel couldn't believe I was there forthe rd 3 time, as he had never seen thathappen before.The orderly Dan McPharlin got a 3-day each time he was named "orderly", so I used my 3 passes to go south to Seoul and enjoyedmyself with some 8thArmy guys that were there. Quartermaster I wonder if anyone else has heard of this challenge? 102 Danvers Court Sal Martorano Oakley, CA 94561-5047 9655 Campi Drive Tel: (925) 308-4337 Lake Worth, FL 334_67 eMail:

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"Battle For lncheon" Operation Chromite Operation Chromite is a 2016 South Korean war drama the North Korean army command center in Inchon, filmdirected by John H. Lee and based on the real-lifeevents coordinated by Commander Lim Gye-jin, a protege of of the Battleof Inchon. It was released on 27Jull6 in South supreme leader Kim Il-sung. Their prime objective is to Korea. The Operation Chromite DVD release date was set determine the placement of North Korean defensesand the for24Janl 7. For one Korean War veteran, Chuck Wiley, the tactical characteristics of Inchon harbor, notorious forswift movie- was somewhat reministent of Clint Eastwood's currents and major tidal surges and secure a lighthouse Letters From IwoJima. crucial to the landing's success. The storyline is as follows: Immediately suspicious of Jang's The year is 1950, just a fewmonths after "inspection mission", Lim attempts to North Korean forces· have overrun most impede his comrade's investigation and of South Korea. Aftera UN coalition led orders his staff to monitor the new by the U.S. comes to the nation's aid, arrivals closely. The U.S. command General Douglas MacArthur devises a relays MacArthur's orders to obt�in secret plan to attack behind enemy lines navigation charts showing naval mine at the port city of Inchon. The risky placements in the harbor and prepare a stratagem is opposed by leaders of the strategy to assist the coalition forceswith other military branches, forcing landing an ·amphibious assault in a MacArthur to devise a clandestine narrow two-hour window between tides. operation to gather essential information When contacts within the local from within occupied Incheon by underground South Korean resistance coordinating a weeklong South Korean movement warnJang thattime is running spy operation known as X-Ray. out to successfullycomplete the mission, he pushes his group to extremes. The linchpin of this top-secret incursion Meanwhile in Tokyo, MacArthur is the c�ptain of South Korean Navy The carrier for the DVD, prepares Operation Chromite, an Special Forces, Jang Hak-soo and 7 featuring Liam Neeson as invasion forceof 75,000 UN troopsand members of the KLO (Korean Liaison GEN MacArthur. over 200 warships to imminently depart Office) unit disguise themselves as a forthe Korean Peninsula. North Korean inspection unit and infiltrate Crazy? Well, yeah! Not 7ID related, but it caught my eye! Paratroopers from the 91 st Cavalry Regt enter a 411•-.0T·1■ frozen lake near Setermoen, Norway,just 200 miles north of the Arctic Circle. In full uniform with ������illJequipment, they demonstrated their ability to stabilize their breathing, recover equipment then exit the water _ _ - and change into dry clothes under their own power. ...._ -. � Exercise Joint Viking was a multi-day, joint and combined arms exercise combining elements of the U.S. Army, U.S. Marine Corps, Royal Marines and Norwegian Army simulating high-intensity warfare in a winter environment. Photo: US Army

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They May Have Played Heroes On The Screen .. ... but they were heroes in real life! Tom F.Noble, Willis, Texas Clark Gable - US Army Air Corps. B-17 gunner over Europe. These men are trueAmerican heroes. The served when their Charles Bronson - US Army Air Corps. B-29 gunner­ country needed them in WWII. Sadly, most of today's wounded in action. generation do not even recognize the names of these patriots Charles Durning - US Army. Landed at Normandy on D­ although I'm sure theY,- wil1 be familiar to our Oay. Shot multiple times awarded the Silver & BronzeStars membership. Of course we have Audie Murphy, who & 3 Purple Hearts. Survived Malmedy Massacre. became a Hollywood star as a result of his US Army service Charlton Heston - US Army Air Corps.Radio operator and but these were celebrities who went and served. Would aerial gunner on a B-25- Aleutians. someone please remind me again how many of Chuck Connors - US Army. Tank-warfare instructor. today's Hollywood elite, sports celebs, and politicians put Claude Akins - US Army. Signal Corps. - Burma and their careers on hold to enlist for service in Iraq or the Philippines. Afghanistan? Dale Robertson - US Army. Tank Commander in North Africa under Patton. Wounded twice. Battlefield The only one who even comes close was Pat Tillman, who Commission. turneddown a contract offerof $3 .6 million over three years Danny Aiello - US Army. Lied about his age to enlist at 16. from the Arizona Cardinals to enlist in the US Army Served three years. after Sept. 11, 2001. He served as a Ranger in Afghanistan, Dennis Weaver - US Navy. Pilot. where he died in 2004. But rather than being lauded forhis Denver Pyle - U� Navy. Wounded m the Battle choice and his decision to put his countrybefore his career, of Guadalcanal . Medically discharged. he was mocked and derided by many of his peers. Don Adams - US Marines. Wounded on Guadalcanal -then served as a Drill Instructor. My generation grew up watching, being entertained by and Don Knotts - US Army- PacificTheater. laughing with so many .of these fine people, never really Don Rickles - US Navy aboard USS Cyrene. knowing what they contributed to the war effort." Like Earl Holliman - US Navy. Lied about his age to millions of Americans during WWII, there was a job that enlist. Discharged aftera year when the Navy found out. needed doing, they didn't question, they went and did it, Ed McMahon - US Marines. Fighter Pilot. (Flew OE-1 Bird those that came home returnedto their now new normal life Dogs over Korea as well.) and carried on, very few ever saying what they did or saw. Eddie Albert - US Coast Guard. Bronze Star with Combat They took it as their "responsibility," their duty to Country, V for saving several Marines under heavy fire as pilot of a to protect & preserve our freedoms & way of life, not just landing craft during the invasion of Tarawa. for themselves but for all future generations to come. We EframZimbalist Jr. - US Army. Purple Heart fora severe are forever humbly in their debt. wound received at Huertgen Forest. Ernest Borgnine - US Navy. Gunners Mate 1c- destroyer Aldo Ray - US Navy. UDT frogman- Okinawa. USS Lamberton. IO years active duty. Discharged 1941- re­ Art Carney - US Army. Wounded on Normandy beach- D­ enlisted after Pearl Harbor. Day. Limped forthe rest of his life. Fess Parker - US Navy and US Marines. Booted frompilot Brian Keith - US Marines. Radioman/Gunnerin Dauntless trainingfor being too tall-joined Marines as a radio operator. dive-bombers. Forrest Tucker - US Army. Enlisted as a private - rose to Buddy Hackett - US Army anti-aircraft gunner. Lieutenant. Burgess Meredith - US Army Air Corps. Gene Autry - US Army Air Corps. Crewman on transports Cesar Romero - US Coast Guard. Coast Guard. thatferried supplies over "The Hump" in the China- Burma­ Participated in the invasions of Tinian and Saipan on the IndiaTheater. assault transport USS Cavalier. George Kennedy - US Army. Enlisted after Pearl Harbor -

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Northwest Guardian Final Edition - End of an Era Bud McKay, Northwest Guardian, 15Jun18(edited)

The JBLM Northwest Guardian came to an end l(Ll ND rA ...... ,_a....&•_!! .. • ' ;,: '(\; 1h ..t.. 1.1 A. \.1-\lVil' ' ' In,,...,_ Friday, June l 5 , after a 28-year run, with Volume !2!;E_� · rnt:1\.TrH----orc•c \•mg· r,I ;,;;::-.;:.-::::-□"I\ � 28, No. 24, produced by a civilian public affairsteam \__'Ol.!__ ,,...... , __ ...... _ ..�'L�U.D '11'1 IHI.. T, tA nwL."-t. JOH CA\lr U:'l.b __ __ �i ONE TACOMA CO. IS I lci,ming10 BailleWilh the Ba;;fict"]NEW SCIENCE TO AID from the JBLM Garrison and contractors from the OFFENDING SOLDIERS ALMOST -FORGOTTEN 1 -...u.-..r-4.wc.i..,P- ... �•<:...... ::, ,•• ,,.._., .. Q. ,.,, ... ''- ,_ o..&.-. Tacoma News Tribune. ._,"'-'•t-'T--tt.,...,....,_ ..,,.0..,1-r•a...... --c-8-.l.• C....-,)0-cC... ._-,Jc--. .,.... M.M r...... The first official base newspaper on JBLM was Trench and Camp, pub! ished 07Oct l9 I 7, by the Tacoma Tribune forCamp Lewis. Over the more than I 00 years on JBLM, the official base newspaper changed names a fewtimes, according to the Lewis Army Museum -The Bugle, The Fort Lewis Eagle, the Fort Lewis Ranger and, finally, the Northwest Guardian. Aside from a four-month break in l989 into 1990, a weekly base newspaper has been printed at Joint Base Lewis-McChord since 1917. Issue #2 of the Trench and Camp, which servedas the Camp �------Lewis newspaper from 07Oct1917 to 07Jun1918. It was

A preview of Northwest musicfestivals, x published by the Tacoma Tribune. . . .. - •· •· ...... s:>1"'8� Photo - Lewis Army Museum -°"""",._,From interns to doctors at Madigan,"'

The base newspaper with the longest run was the Fort Lewis Ranger, from 1958 to 1989. There was no base newspaper for fourmonths after Fort Lewis and I Corps lost the rights to call its own base newspaper the Ranger in a civil dispute 62nd AW Airmen prepare for the future with a civilian publisher over naming rights.

The JBLM Northwest Guardian came into existence 01 Feb90, with Volume 1, No. l, produced by a mostly military stafffrom I Corps Public Affairs along with civil service and contract civilian employees. That first issue 17earn l END OF AN ERA ;,g\J� coveted featured Soldiers returning from Operation Just Cause and medical the firstVi ewpoint editorial written by LTG Calvin Waller, �":-� badges the then I Corps commanding general. Since that firstissue, Only 6 pe,cent �-.,� completetasks military, civilian and contract journalistshave covered stories ... and taken photos from Operation Desert Shield to the ongoing Operation Inherent Resolve in Iraq.

Times have changed, and those times call foran online presence forJBLM stories and photos. They'll be on a new website called JBLM News - https://www.army.miUiblm.The site will be a The front page of the final issue of JBLM Northwest place holder forJBLM stories shared on JBLM social media Guardian,15Jun2018. accounts. ♦ PAGE 17 The Hourglass Winter 2018

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The 71D's Summer in Review One of our brigades recently participated in Exercise Rising Thunder 2018, another bilateral training event partnered with As the temperatures begin to drop our Japanese allies at the Yakima Training Center. Our and the leaves change with the combat aviation brigade supported exercise Rim of the beginnirfg of Fall in the Pacific Pacific 2018 (RIMPAC) in Hawaii. RIMPAC is the largest Northwest, I want to provide a maritime international exercise combining both allied brief update on the very busy nations and joint forces. summer forthe Soldiers of the 71h Inf Div. We are laser focused on The Division Artillery, in addition to supporting nearly all the readiness of our equipment, of the Stryker Bde's training events, honed their skills of our Soldiers, and our Families. I delivering accurate and timely fires by conducting am humbled daily by what I see certificationof firing Precision Guidance Munitions. Finally, in our formations at every level. the 81 st Stryker Bde (Washington Army National Guard) MG Willard Burleson Leaders are planning and conducted a successful warfighter exercise here at JBLM CG 710 conducting realistic training with where the Bde integrated under the 7'h ID Hqs to train on an emphasis on individual task proficiency and collective their wartime mission. unit training. Soldiers are performing exemplary and Family members continue to demonstrate tremendous resiliency. These are just a few of the examples of how the 71h Inf Div achieves and maintains global responsiveness and readiness. I can't think of another time throughout my career where It is an honor and privilege to be able to serve with the fine being prepared to support our Nation has been more relevant. Soldiers and civilians of the 7ID, JBLM and America's First We are prepared to fight tonight, if called. I have the utmost Corps. confidencein our team of military professionals as well as Trust In Me! our civilian teammates who work tirelessly every day to support our Soldiers and installations. Truly a team effort MG Willard Burleson, all around. 71h Infantry Division Commander

I'd like to highlight a few critical missions Bayonet Soldiers supported over the summer. Soldiers from Task Force Rugged, 14th Bde Engineer Bn, supported the National Interagency Fire Center fightthe Mendocino Fire Complex in California. The dedicated efforts of Task Force Rugged Soldiers helped both the State and Federal agencies contain one the largest wildfires in recent history. "Crazyhawk" UH-60 helicopter. 710 website. We have had brigades participate in emergency deployment In late August, C Co "Crazyhawks," of the 16th Combat readiness exercises by deploying to the National Training Avn Bde, conducted air assault operations at Yakima t st th Center to integrate with l si Bde, l s Inf Div. Additionally, Training Center, WA, with 1 Bo, 17 Inf "Buffaloes"from we've supported Yudh Abyhas 2018, a bilateral exercise with 2-2 Stryker Bde Combat Team, 21D, 71D. These training our Indian partners. exercises increase the readiness of aircrews as they support the groundforce comman der.

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NTRY th Task Force Rugged Fight �tp. o,�� Soldiers from 14 Bde Engr Bn, 71D were tasked to � � support the NIFC by the Department of Defense to C a l I"f Orn1a• F"Ires. I ·· i assist the assets already on the ground. Before th X Photos: SGT Uriah Walker, 5 Mobile PublicAffairs fl .::; \i) entering the burn area, every Soldier received Det. � � � * personal protective equipment and3 days ofwildland � !Ii firefighter training. In addition to the training, each In August, more than 200 Soldiers.from Joint Base Lewis- active-duty fire crew is led by two professional firefighters. McChord were assigned to the Mendicino Complex Fire in northern California in support of the National Interagency Fire Center (NIFC) wildland firefightingefforts . ...

A CH-4 7 Chinook helicopter drops thousandsof gallons of water during firefighting efforts in California. US Army photo.

Soldiers of the 2nd Stryker Bde Combat Team, check out their newly issued firefighting protective equipment for the fire suppression mission, 09Aug18, at JBLM. Photo - LTC Roger Cabiness II, 71D PIO.

The Mendocino National Forest terrain proved to be challenging even for Task Force Rugged Soldiers assigned to 14th Bde Engr Bn. The active-duty crew, supervised by two professional firefighter crew bosses, was tasked with cold trailing and mopping up hot spots Task Force Rugged Soldiers, assigned to 14th Bde Engr in the black area of the Mendocino Complex Fire. Bn at JBLM, dug out a hot spot, 14Aug18 Continued on page 23 ...

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��\).NTRYo,v. During Courage Ready 18-02, Soldiers fromCharger Courage Ready Readiness 1 th � �� Co, 1 ' Bn, 5 Inf Regt deployed with little notice Exercise 'Y from Fort Wainwright, AK to JBLM, to test their MAJ Sonie Munson i � ability to rapidly deploy, fight and win alongside Photos - SSG Kenneth Pawlak fl Soldier's from the 71D's 2nd Stryker Bde Combat i' ri, fi Courage Really18-02 was an Emergency Deployment Team.

Readiness Exercise (EDRE) condy.cted to challenge and test a unit's abilities to rapidly deploy, improve tactical proficiency,and improve unit cohesion. With readiness being the Army's number one priority, JBLM units regularly conduct short and no notice EDREs.

Soldiers with 4th Bn, 23 Inf, 2nd Stryker Bde Combat Team, 21D, 71D and Charger Co, 1 st Bn, 5th Inf Regt, 1 st Stryker Bde Combat Team, 25th Inf from Fort Wainwright, AK, penetrate extensive protective obstacles of the opposition forces. Soldiers with 4th Bn, 23rd Inf, 2nd StrykerBde Combat "Courage Ready 18-02 clearly demonstrates that the l '1 Team, 21D, 71D and Charger Co, 1 st Bn, 5th Inf Regt; Stryker Bde Combat Team, 25th Inf Div and my unit, the 1st Stryker Bde Combat Team, 25th Inf Div from Fort Lancer Brigade are trained and ready to deploy, fight, and Wainwright, AK search for opposition forces in close win wherever our leadership requires us," said the terrain on 07 Aug18. Commander of 2-2 SBCT COL Jay Miseli. "This challenging and critical training event proves that readiness is our number one priority."

Successfulexecution of an EDRE takes a total team effort. It demonstrates the benefits of maintaining and enhancing interoperability, trust and partnership between DOD, interagency, state and local officials. 7th IDA's Secure Website Our website, www.7ida.us, is now using the secure "https" protocol. This will make our personal information more secure from outside sources trying to obtain any personal A radio telephone operator assists a fellow RTO from informationfrom our membership files.It will also end any 4th Bn, 23rd Inf, 2nd Stryker Bde Combat Team move to "This site is not secure" messages you may have gotten avoid enemy counterattacks. when going to our site.

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Lightning Strike 18 --���NTRY o1v. ••• "Rugged" continued from page 21 � � Conducted � � J:. A For at least one Lancer Brigade Soldier, wild.land SSG Michael Armstrong fl @ fires are something of a way of life, PVT Antonio ri, � grew up in Whittier, CA and had More than 280 United States and Smgapore. service. & � Rodriguez• . . . . . expenence d th e 1e c ar asso c· t e d w1·th nearby San members tramed together to enhance mteroperab1hty m ' ' ia . Bernar d mo w1 ldl and firres. urb an operat10ns dunng . Exercrse . L. 1g. h tmng . o'tr,C( 'k e 18 he ld at Joint Base Lewis-McChord from 16-24Aprl8. Soldiers assigned to the 4th Bn, 23rd Inf Regt, 2nd Bde, 2nd Inf Div, 71Dand the2 nd Singapore InfRegt, participated in the 22nd iteration of the annual exercise betweenthe two nations.

Brian Hicks, US Forest Service, walks a fire line, Soldiers with 2nd Singapore Inf Regt radio in their 24Aug18, that had been dug into the Mendocino position while securing a building during the National Forest mountainside by Tas.kForce Rugged combined field training exercise portion of Lightning Soldiers. This proverbial "line in the sand" is meant to Strike 18 at JBLM, 22Apr18. be the containment line that the wildland fire will not This iteration of Exercise Lightning Strike 18 featured cross, preventing further spread of the California's fire complex operational scenarios strengthening interoperability between the two units. The exercise consisted of a series of They worked their firstday, 13Aug18, constructing debris events, including operating Stryker assault vehicles, an barriers,clearing road-side brush and cutting lines to prevent integrated battalion assault and military op_erations in urban the spread of the wild.landfires burning in the area. Soldiers terrain. spent the day in the Mendocino National Forest working through smoke, falling ash and heat, practicing the skills A lot of time was spent learninghow both militaries employ needed to be safe and successful on a wildland frre. their different tactics, techniques and procedures on the From the medics to the heavy �quipment operators, each battlefield. and every Soldier appeared eager and willing to learnand become a valuable asset to the frrecontainment efforts.The 3-day accelerated training progtam included blocks of instruction on fire behavior, personal safety, tool familiariza!ion and use, reading weather signs and communication. • ♦ PAGE 23 The Hourglass Winter 2018 Todav�s 7/D

NTRv Lancers Train in ��� o,�.r. Medics Compete For Best in Subterranean Operations "� �-z. p ac1·t 1c· SSG Michael Armstrong ; Flavia Hulsey (Regional Health Command Pacific) � Photos by Ryan Graham, US Army, Madigan d i fi Soldiers from the2 n Bde, 2nd Inf Div, 71D, withthe '1 ri1 Medical Center assistance of the Anny's Maneuver Center of Excellence, completed a 5-day exercise fOcused on subterranean "MEDIC!" Few words elicit such a response on operations at a remote underground facilityin Washington, the battlefield as a call for a medic. 14-18May. The subterranean operational environment continues to be one that is complex and can create significant challenges for today's Soldier. Given population trends, future adversaries are expected to operate in dense urban terrain; areas of dense population and closely packed infrastructures,to include subterranean features.

Lancer Soldiers of 2nd �de, 2nd Inf Div, 71D prepare to clear a corridor during subterranean op erations training, 17May18. US Army photo. These areas may be a part of future battlefields, where US forcescould expect to encounter an enemy seeking to exploit underground utility structures and sewers to maneuver. PFC Adam Pohovey, Madigan Army Medical Center Armed with combat experiencein dense population areas completes tactical combat casualty care as part of the in Iraq and Syria, as well as the caves of Afghanistan, the 2018 Pacific Best Medic. mobile training team's instructors shared their collective The PacificBest Medic Competition, held 07-10Augl8 at knowledge with the Lancers to assist them in their training. JBLM, was hosted by the Regional Health Command-Pacific in coordination with JBLM-based units including I Corps, th rd Beginning with classroom lessons, equipment 7 Infantry Division, 593 Expeditionary Sustainment familiarization,and hands-on instructionsby members of Command and Madigan Army Medical Center as a joint the Subterranean Operations Mobile Training T�ams, the Medical Command, and Forces Command effort. Competitors came fromWashington,Alaska, Hawaii, Japan Continued on page 27 ... and Korea to compete. The competition included an array PAGE 24 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018 Today's 7/D

TRY oftraining exercises and combatlifesaving techniques, ��r,.N o,� 17th FA Bde Trained in Idaho including a physical fitnesstest, water survi al est, _ � � t" .J>� SGT Jacob Kohrs 17th Field Arty Bde Public wntten test, forceon forcecombat, land nav1gat1on, v, ' • ,:o. �A Affairs . htter run and prolonged fieldcare, s ess shoot d n: � fl @ obstacle course, and ruck march. This challengmg � � ,h " ty b . • '(I� ri, � e Th 17 F1eId Ar Bde, a su ord ma te umt· f o th e event was open to a11 active· d uty, Reserve an d Nat10na1 . . . ?ID, set out at th e begmnmg · · o f Apn -1 on th e hmore t an Guard medical personnel who hav� the xpert F eld Med cal . E i i 550 -mi1 etr ek to O rear h d C omb a t rammgT · · C en t erm· Idah o. B a d 0oe or th e C om b M at edi ca lBa d' 0oe. . . ,...,,..�� The month-long trammg, that ended 29Apr, was to stress the brigade's systems from logistics, maintenance, communications and the overall firing processes, among others.

SFCAdam Pohovey, Madigan Army Medical

scenario.

A Soldier from 256th Signal Co, 308th Bde Supt Bn, 17th FA Bde, 7ID, pulls security at the Orchard Combat Training Center, ID, 14Apr18. Photo: 17th FA Bde PIO. With the highest score of all competitors, SGT Samuel Arnold, 520th Medical Co, 62nd Medical Bde, was named While in Idaho, the brigade looked within to ensure internal th 2018 Pacific Best Medic. The runner up with the second processes worked at the lowest levels. The 17 FA Bde is th highest score was SSG Andrew Hardin, 520 Medical Co, the Force Field Arty Hq for I Corps, and the brigade could 62nd Medical Bde. The 7thInfDiv's winner was SPC Ulysses deploy at any time to combat aggression. This exercise gave Dubon, of the 2nd Stryker Bde Combat Team, and the runner the "Thunderbolt" Soldiers the confidencein their equipment th up was lLT David McKeon, of the 296 Bde Support Bn. and their ability to sustain through limited logistic These men, along with the other unit winners at this capabilities. competition, will go on to compete in CSM Jack L. Clark Jr. Best Medic Competition, the all- Army Best Medic While at Orchard Combat Training Center, 308th Bde Supt t competition, a 72-hour competition in September at Camp Bn and p Bn, 94th FA, two of the three battalions under Bullis, TX. 17 thFA Bde, were given an externalevaluation by the brigade to ensure that both battalions are certifiedand ready to deploy to support contingency operations. Part of the evaluation The ultimate winners are individuals whose lives will be th saved by these medics, and medics like them, when on the was to see how well 308 BSB was able to take on several battlefieldin austere environments. auxiliary unfts. .. Continued next page ... ♦ PAGE 25 The Hourglass Winter 2018 Today's 7/D

01 U .s. Marines Start Bayonet ���NTRY ¥/.s-. SGT Evan Bunnell, with the 1 SI ANGLICO, said it is Focus t \ a rare occurrence when the unit is able to partnerin • . . X l an exercise of this magnitude. "The Army is vastly SSG Ken eth Pawlak, 7 th Infantry D1v1s1on _ � G @ larger than the us Marine Corps, and talcesgetting Public Affairs 1.§) D used to." DuringExercise Bayonet Focus 18-02,jointoperationstook ' a., place at Fort Hunter Liggett, CA, as 60 U.S. Marinesperfonned "We were working in the fires section in processing fire th essential tasks forthe 7 Inf Div's bnit exercise success. missions to help shape the battlefield for 1 si Bde, so they could learn the differentsteps on how to process and clear fire missions to provide accurate fires for the lower echelons," said SGT John Vincent Paet, a fire control noncommissioned officer from the 7ID. "It's good to see how others operate (who) have similar jobs as you do in a different branch, where you can see the similarities. This helps build stronger bonds within the different branches of the military,by working together in training exercises." The headquarters platoon of 1• 1 ANGLICO from Camp Pendleton, Calif.,supported Task Force Ghost, not only with fires support but also with logistics, fuel, food, and communications during this validation exercise. The Marines' support also helped to build and sustain readiness. Marines from the 1 st ANGLICO set up a communications satellite during the exercise. Marines were not only building and sustaining their shared understanding of each other's capabilities but also ensuring st Marines fromthe 1 Air Naval Gunfire LiaisonCompany that Task Force Ghost is ready forits April NTC rotation 1 (ANGLICO), 1• Marine Expeditionary Force, perfonned and readiness forany mission. in a variety of roles between 27Jan-16Feb, enabling the l51 Bde, 2nd Inf Div of the 7th Inf Div to certify the Stryker ..."Idaho" from previous page. Brigade's individual and collective task readiness and rd proficiencyin preparation.the National Training Center/Fort 308th BSB controlled the operational movements of 63 Irwin Decisive Action Training Exercise 18-06, in April. Ordnance Co, 513th Transportation Co and elements of 56th Mobile Med Bn, all belonging to the 593rd Exped "Exercise Bayonet Focus provided 1st ANGLICO a unique SustainmentCommand. The 1-94 FA had a slightly different opportunity to conduct our primaryliaison mission in a large type of integrationduring the exercise. The 16th Combat Avn scale, division-sized exercise," said LTC Michael Hays, Bde has been working with the 171h FA Bde to integrate the 1 si ANGLICO commander. "It allowed us to fully communication systems to allow rocket artillery support integrateour small teams the division, brigade, battalion and during combat operations. During the live-fireportion, they company levels, and facilitate fire support planning and were able to receive targeting infonnationfrom two AH-64 execution at all echelons of command." "(This) allowed the Apache helicopters and send rockets into the designated 7ID the opportunityto integrate Marines into their staff,"he impact area after receiving thecommand. said. "Exercise Bayonet Focus provided us an excellent opportunity to learn the best practices for integration, After the training, both new operations and old processes, interoperability and the passing of information.In any future the Soldiers of 17th FA Bde moved back home feelingmore conflict, the strength of the US Armed Forces is our ability confident in themselves, their equipment and in their to work together as one large joint team," Hays said. ffilSSlOn. PAGE 26 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018 Today's 7/D

��r,.NTRY 0,i-: During mid-rangemarksmanship, students shoot at 600 NC Os Trained in -- �

SFC Jamel Russell, an instructor with the Marksman Master Trainer Course, observes Soldiers qualifying An instructor with the Marksman Master Trainer Course on the known distance range. reviews a target with a student. Photo: SSG Samuel Photo: SGT Margaret Jochmanncorr. Northrup. The course concludes with unit training management. 1 st The course, instructed by a mobile training team from Students are taught planning management and techniques th Bn, 29 Inf Regt, Fort Benning, GA, is a 5-week program to maximize unit resources to produce quality marksmanship designed to train NCOs a:s marksmanship trainers. These training. NCOs will then take these technical skills back to their units to help coordinate and develop marksmanship training for ... "Subterranean" continued from page 24. Soldiers. Lancers were ready to use what they learned to fight in an actual subterranean environment. The course has four phases: basic rifle marksmanship; midrange marksmanship; short range marksmanship; and With the size and scope of the facility, a typical squad or unit training management. platoon element cannot move and clear a building that immense effectivelyor efficientlyas they would a house or Basic rifle marksmanship exposes students to Army building. Company-sized elements, equipped with weapons, marksmanship doctrineand discusses the concepts that have ballistic shields, night vision goggles and breaching tools changed, said SSG Matthew Dickensheets, an instructor moved around the underground facility relying on with the MMTC. Students are taught to become better communication, training and initiative. Combat engineers marksmen, but the focusis on developing teaching skills to and InfantrySoldiers fromacross the brigade trainedtogether produce master trainers. By the second week students are as a single unit, breaching the facility and moving down, peer coaching one another. floor-by-floor,clearing vast corridors and large rooms. • ♦ PAGE 27 The Hourglass Winter 2018

WWI Memorial Design Unveiled VFW Magazine, May & Sept. 2018 and POLITICO, May 2018

The design for the WWI Memorial was displayed to the The design finally got its official approval on 29Jull 8. It public in Washington, DC on 21Febl8. The sculpture was was to have been dedicated on 11Nov2018 - the 100th designed by Sabin Howard, and is called "A Soldier's anniversary of the end of WWI, but it was not to be. Now it Journey."The design shows the passage of time from when may open in 2021. the men went from home, to battle and �en returned home again. The Memorial is going to be placed in Pershing Park, about I block southeast of theWh ite House. The site, which had fallen into a state of disrepair, will be revitalized with the new sculpture and incorporating parts of the original park.

The memorial sculpture, designed by M�. Howard. So, afternearly 100 years since the end of a war in which nearly 5 millionAmericans served, and 116,000 died, there will be a new WWI memorial in Washington honoring their sacrifice. Below left, the now-empty sunken pool in Pershing Park as it looks today. At right, an October 2017 rendering of the proposed ,,,,__ _, , �>lt�__t!:?l bronze wall that would sit behind the refilled pool. Photo - M. Scott Mahaskey/POLITICO; A close-up of the marked section of the memorial sculpture. courtesy of WWI Centennial Commission.

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North Koreans Slay 4 on DMZ America's Hunters Stars & Stripes, 20Oct69 - Pretty Amazing! "Four Americans were killed in a North Korean broad­ Submitted by Casey Stengel daylight ambush Saturday morning [ 18Oct69] as they drove Hunting - it's not just a way to fill the freezer.. .ifs also a their light trucknear the southern boundary of the DMZ, a matter of national security. United Nations Command spokesman announced in Seoul, Saturday night. "'� � • The four...were killed at 10:30am Saturday when an unknown number of North Koreans opened firewith small arms and hand grenades on their small truck in an undisclosed area of the "front line."

Other UN troops rushed to the scene and began an A blogger added up the deer license sales in just a handful "immediate" sweep of the area, but the spokesman did not of states and arrived at a striking conclusion: There were say ... whether any trace of the infiltratorshad been found. over 600,000 hunters this season in the state of The spokesman called it an "unprovoked attack," but did Wisconsin... allow me to restate that number: 600,000! not identify exactly where it took place. The [casualties] were returning to their unit after performing equipment During those months, Wisconsin's hunters became the 8th maintenance at a UN guard post near the southern DMZ largest army in the world. That's II}premen under arms than boundary. in Iran. More than France and Germany combined. These men, deployed in to the woods of a single American state, The report did not say whether the Americans were armed Wisconsin, to hunt with firearms, and no one was killed! or returnedfire, but disclosed that the fourbodies were found still in the vehicle." That number pales in comparison to the 750,000 who hunted Editor's note: Their platoon leader, LT Eugene the woods of Pennsylvania and Michigan's 700,000 hunters, Young, related that there was no white flag flying on· all of whom returned home safely. the truck that day, as had been reported in the media. The victims were later identified as SSG James Toss in a quarter million hunters in West Virginia, and it Grissinger, Sp4 Charles Taylor, Jr., Sp4 Jack Morris literally establishes the fact that the hunters of those four and PFC William Grimes, members of C Co, 1 st Bn, states alone would comprise the largest army in the world. 32nd Inf. All were reported to have been shot through And then add in the total number of hunters in the other 46 the head after being riddled by small arms fire and states. It's millions more. The point? America will forever grenade fragments. Young related that the small arms be safefrom foreign invasion with that kind of home-grown were 9mm "grease guns." firepower! That's why all enemies, foreign and domestic, want to see us disarmed. Grimes was actually assigned to the arms room in an attempt to keep him safe, but he caught a ride with the Overall it's true, so if we disregard the assumption that truck that day to go up to the DMZ. huntersdon't possess the same skills as soldiers, the question would stilJ remain ... what force of 2 million would want to Young remained in the Army and retired as a LTC. face 30 million, 40 million, or 50-million armed citizens? You can contact him at: Just food for thought, when the next call for gun control 609 531-5244 spews out of peoples' mouths. For the sake of our freedom, we must never allow gun control or the confiscationof guns. nd 45 Nottingham Way The 2 Amendment guarantees citizens the right to bear Mt Holly, NJ 08060 arms and that right "shall not be infringed." • ♦ PAGE 29 The Hourglass Winter 2018

How / Won The War! a relatively small plot of real estate about 240 meters high and located just to the right of my outpost. I was startled to Alan Lertzman, Korea, 1953-54 hear loud speakers and bugles blowing frommy outpost. I --� I've been reading, with could see that Porkchopwas being attacked by what seemed personal and direct interest, like the entire Chinese army, with waves of troops. experiences of 7th Infantry veterans during the Korean In perfect English, the Chinese were on their loud speakers War. So, the following is an telling the troops on Porkchop to surrender or, if not, "you account of my brief are all going to die." I found the Chinese to be almost experiencein that conflict. inhumanand was shocked at how fanatical they were.

I arrived in Korea in There have been books describing this attack on Parkchop March' 5 3 after being however, as a witnessto the battles, all I can say is that what commissioned as a 2LT at the I could see frommy outpostwas brutal, close-quarter, hand­ Anti-Aircraft Artillery to-hand fighting,and it was an indescribable hell. After only School at Ft. Bliss, TX. 5 days, 243 of the defenders were killed, 916 wound, and 9 However, when I arrived in captured- 163 of thedead werenever recovered. The Chinese LT Lertzman in Korea Korea I was told that I was had over 1500 dead, 400 wounded and, frommy outpost, I shortly after the armistice not needed to shoot down could see dead bodies of Chinese troops stacked 2 and 3 was signed. enemy planes because they deep in thetrenches. had all been shot down. Instead I was told that I was needed as an artilleryforward Shortly after the Porkchop battle, my FO team was observer (FO). Evidently there was a shortage of FOs reassigned to a radar station to track incoming shelling from because of casualties. When I explained that I had no the Chinese. We would then report these locations to our experience as a FO, I was told I would get "on the job own artillery so' they could return fire.' training." On 11Jul53, the defenders were ordered to abandon I was attached to a platoon of the 7ID facing a hill called Porkchop because they were no match forthe massive attacks Old Baldy. Fortunately, I was assigned a sergeant who was by the Chinese. The Chinese occupied the position just weeks experienced and he taught me the duties of a FO. I had a before an armistice was signed. team consisting of a sergeant and a radio man. Without them, I would've been just another inexperienced FO. So there I I'm gratefulfor my good fortune in Korea, which was just was, with absolutely no previous combat experience plain old good luck: (1) - the Chinese attacked Porkchop expected by the infantry guys to provide artillery support and not my location, and (2) - barely 72 hours before the forthem when and where they might need it (which turned armistice was signed, the Chinese attacked my former out to be almost everynight and sometimes during the day). outpost, where the defenderswere caught by surprise and The Chinese routinelymade their probes and assaults at night my replacement was a casualty. so we slept mostly on top of our sleeping bags rather than inside for fear of being surprised. For the past several years I've been a member of a veteran's group that visits local high schools at "Living History Day'' Old Baldy was occupied by the Chinese and, as a result of 5 events. The mission is to keep a part of American history battles forcontrol of the hill, not a tree was leftstanding. I alive by letting the younger generation learn about the took these photos with a Kodak Brownie camera from my courage and sacrificesof Americans in previous wars. When "Westview" outpost beforeand afterdirecting artillery fire I meet with high school students now, at these events, I'm on enemy positions. asked if I ever killed anyone. I have to be careful when I answer: I tell them I never pulled a trigger, but I gave On the nightof06Jul53, the Chinese attacked Porkchop Hill, coordinates of suspected enemy positions to my radio

PAGE 30 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018 operator, with the command to "fire for effect." I have no idea of how many Chinese became casualties, or how many American lives were saved, as a result of me performing my duties.

Old Baldy as seen from the FO's outpost. Note the sandbags in place to absorb incoming enemy fire.

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The "Westview" outpost outside the bunker afterthe armistice was signed 27 Jul53.

Old Baldy under attack by US artillery.

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The Frozen Chosen Editor's Perspective Anonymous II II Well, once again the Publisher and I have tried to provide On top ofOld Baldy, all covered with snow, you with an interesting newsletter. I hope that after reading In a half finishedBunker, sits a frozenF.O. it, you will have foundit to be just that. His hands they are shaking, his faceis pale, He's down in the comer, dodging incoming mail. I hate to sound like a broken record, but I really do need He cranked and he cranked on hi� old telephone, input from you members. The last couple of issues have He was trying to raise the S-3 at BO NE. been quite a challenge due to the lack of Letters, Seekers He tried and he tried, and this story I tell, and remembrance materials coming in. So, if you have He couldn't get BLASTER, nor could he get BELL. anything you would like to share with the membership, please send it to me. My contact information is shown on He cursed and he said, "This sure makes me sick," the back page of The Hourglass. "That rotating commo,just ain't on the stick." He reached forhis earphones, he turnedon his set, I just realized that this issue, my 21 •t, marks the 10th full This won't matter either, I'll make you a bet. year that I have been the Editor. Boy, time flies by! I must He called in forNINER but couldn't get through, have been doing something right, because I've only had 1 A Red Chinese Commo was broadcasting too. person take issue with my performancein all that time. That's "Where's the FL" he heard someone shout. not to say that there haven't been errors that needed "We need some good shooting, or we'll have to bug out." correcting - those pop up too. I ·just try to make sure that what's published is factual. Along thoselines, I had to rewrite He turnedup his volume, and finallygot BRUTE. the article about the World War I Memorial (page 28) at He sent in his Mission, but they wouldn't shoot. least 3 times as ·information changed., He called forhis Maker, to open the gate, The Chinese are coming, and NINERsaid, "Wait." I hope that your Summer went well and that Winter will not The firstRound was over, the second was lost. be too hard forthose of you who reside in areas that really The third hit BO NE CP, and that really cost. have Winter weather. I still remember my 2 Winters in Korea, Then he saw green flares, and hear whistles blow, and 2 more in Buffalo,NY. Now those places have Winter! As the Company Commander said, "It's time to go." I, along with the otherOfficers, ask that you please do your He looked from the Bunker, saw two Squads go past. best to find new members for our Association. Our QM, Turnedto his Recon, saying, "We will be last." Dan McPharlin, has been doing his part - signing up new He reached forhis Carbine, and rolled up his sack, members at JBLM and Pigeon Forge, TN recently. Saying, "I Sayonnara, and I ain'tcoming back."

I'm leavingOld Baldy, I'm going below. Lastly, I wish all of you a Happy Holiday Season, as you My days here are over, as a frozen FO . celebrate it in accordance with your heritage and beliefs. oO oO oO o Our country is truly E Pluribus Unum, and we all need to accept each other as an important part of the whole. Editor's Note: The units this forward observer was trying to contact are: BONE = 48th FA; BLASTER = 31st FA; BELL = 49th FA; NINER = IX Corps Arty; BRUTE = 57th FA. Jerry Piller This poem was first published in the 1991 issue of HourglassEditor The Hourglass. The author remains unknown. PAGE 32 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018

II 7th IDA Governing Council II Officers Name Term Billy Kelly President 2017- Richard A. Patterson Vice President 2017- Joseph Wietlisbach Executive Secretary 2017- Douglas J. Halbert � Treasurer 2005- Daniel J. McPharlin Quartermaster 2013- Jerry Piller Hourglass Editor 2009-

Governors George Boggs, Sr. 2007-2019 Henry E. Mills 2013-2019 Richard Hazelmyer 2005- Vilas "Sid" Morris 2007-2019 Ken Mattingly 2009- Richard Steinmetz 2005-

Membership Status The Editor is shown below wearing the officer's cap Monday, October 1, 2018 worn by his great-grandfather, Reinhold E. Piller, between 1893-96 when he was an officer in the Nebraska National Guard's 1st Regiment of Infantry. 2019 289 Associate 52 In 1909 he was promoted to the rank of Colonel and served as the aide-de-camp to 3 Nebraska Governors. 2021 26 Complimentary 1 2023 4 Courtesy 2 2025 2 Honorary 2 2027 2 Special 22

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Total Boosters: 3 The beard was grown specifically to match the one Total Received: $200.00 worn by his great-grandfather. ♦ PAGE 33 The Hourglass Winter 2018 Obituary II I I Final Taps II Richard Steinmetz, one of our WE REMEMBER THOSE WHO HAVE LEFT Association's Governors, passed OUR RANKS away 181ul2018, after a short illness. Organization Co/Bat. Date of Death 32nd Infantry Regiment He served in Korea, and was Murphy, Joseph E. A 7/26/2018 involve�in the Triangle Hill action and with the Div's Light Air section 17th Infantry Regiment & 32nd Infantry Regiment as a G-2 observer. He was awarded Tus key, Robert E. B & D 4/14/2018 theSilver Star forhis actions during G ov. St emme. t z t . . a O'Peratzon . Smac k , an d .receive d 4 57th Field Artillery Battalion the 2011 reunion in McClary, Duane R.(Buck) Hq 2018 A"rr Me d a 1 s iorc-. h'1s b com at fl'1g h ts B ranson, Mo , th e I as t . over enemy temtory.. He returne d reunion he a tten d e d . Ra dice, Gerard V. Service 10/2016 . from K orea Just aft er th e Arm. 1st1ce . was signed. Total 4 He Gave All PVT Charles H. Barker, age 18, was serving with Co K, 3rd Bn, 17th Inf Regt, 7th Inf Div on 04Jun53 near Sokkogae, Korea during the Battle of Pork Chop Hill maneuvered the remainder of the platoon to a vantage point He distinguished himself on higher ground.PVT Barker moved to an open areafiring with conspicuous gallantry his rifle and hurling grenades on the hostile positions. As and courage on that day. For enemy action increased in volume and intensity, mortar bis actions, he was awarded bursts fell onfriendly positions, ammunition was in critical the Medal of Honor supply, and the platoon was ordered to withdraw into a posthumously on 07Jun55. perimeter defense preparatory to moving back to the outpost. Voluntarily electing to cover the retrograde movement, he PFC Charles H. Barker, mos t like ly around the time gallantly maintained a defense and was last seen in close he_ compl eted basic hand-to-hand combat with the enemy. PVT Barker '.S' . His Medal of Honor unflinching courage, consummate devotion to duty, and training. citations reads: supreme sacrifice enabledthe patrol to complete the mission PFC Barker, a member of Company K, distinguishedhimself and effectan orderly withdrawal to friendly lines, reflecting by conspicuous gallantry and indomitable courage above lasting glory upon himselfand upholding the highest and beyond the call of duty in action against the enemy. traditions of the military service. While participating ain combat patrol engaged in screening an approach to "Pork-Chop Outpost, "PVTBarker and his He was last seen engaging Chinese soldiers in hand-to-hand companions surprised and engaged an enemy grozpdigging combat. Barkerwas initially listed as MIA, but a year later was emplacementson the slope. Totally unprepared, the hostile declared KIA and promoted to PFC on 04Jun54. His remains troops sought cover. After ordering PVT Barker and a were never recovered and he is listed on the "Wall of the comrade to lay down a base of fire, the patrol leader Missing" at Punchbowl Nat'l Cemetery, Honolulu, HI. PAGE 34 ♦ The Hourglass Winter 2018

Korean Defense Veterans Reunion Photos :---,,--�------Pigeon Forge, TN, 16-19Aug18

Billy Kelly set up this table to honor the "Missing in Action".

Karen & Glenn Odberg and Joe & Donna Weitlisbach. R to L- Dan McPharlin, Leon Sandifer, and Matthew Sandifer enjoying lunch. Nice shirts!

Dan McPharlin showed some of his DMZ slides. This is a slide of our President, Billy Kelly holding his modified M- 14, next to a pot-bellied stove. Dan McPharlin and attendee Dewey Flener . • ♦ PAGE 35 7th InfantryDivision Association NON PROFIT ORG. 308 Cortland Way U.S. POSTAGE Roswell, GA 30076-1381 PAID http://7ida.us/ San Bernadino, CA Permit No. 549

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