Newsletter of the Capital Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army

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Museum Receives $1Million Dollar Individual Challenge Gift Mr. and Mrs. Preston C. Caruthers come,” Caruthers said. “These are the which not only represented a way to of Arlington, Virginia, recently became reasons I support the project, and I am so earn a steady paycheck, but a way to see the first individual $1 million donors proud of the military and what they do.” water – something that had been largely to the National Museum of the United From humble beginnings, Preston absent from his life in the Dust Bowl. States Army Capital Campaign. “Pres” Caruthers knows what poverty Caruthers valued education even “We are extremely fortunate to have is. “I know the frustration of wanting an then in his life and credits the Navy Mr. and Mrs. Caruthers’ support of this education that you can’t have,” he said. for giving him the opportunity to fin- national landmark that will stimulate Knowing that any income would ish high school through correspondence visitors of all ages emotionally and intel- help his family’s situation, Caruthers classes at the United States Armed Forc- lectually, educate them on the Army’s continued to work before and after es Institute in Madison, Wisconsin. and the nation’s history and heritage, and school, working various jobs through- After leaving the Navy in 1946, Ca- create an aura of appreciation and respect out his teen years. In 1944, at the end ruthers moved to Washington, D.C. He for the service and sacrifice of our Sol- of his junior year of high school, he was was accepted into George Washington diers,” said BG Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. finally old enough to enlist in the Navy, continued on page 7 (USA-Ret.), Army Historical Foundation Executive Director, upon notification of the Caruthers’ challenge gift. “This remarkably generous chal- lenge gift to the National Army Muse- um is a testament to their longstanding support of education and their true pa- triotism,” Abrams added. A prominent business executive who has long advocated the importance of education and who possesses a deep appreciation for the selfless service and personal sacrifices of those in the mili- tary, Caruthers attributes the successes that he and his wife have enjoyed over the years to his own military experi- ence, which afforded him an education and a chance to see the world. “The Museum will stand as a testa- ment to the Army’s commitment to our country and its dedication to education, and as a tribute to the sacrifices that our brave Soldiers make for generations to Caruthers, one of Northern Virginia’s most prominent land developers, in his Arlington office.

Call To Duty VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2010 New Museum Support Center Up and Operational

The Office of the Chief of Mili- display throughout the National Army tary History’s Museum Support Center Museum’s galleries and exhibits.” (MSC)—a newly constructed 127,000 When artifacts from the central col- square foot facility designed for climate lection are identified or selected for exhib- and environmentally controlled storage it, Mroczkowski said there is ample envi- of 30,000 artifacts and 15,000 paintings ronmentally controlled space throughout and sketches from the Army art collec- the center to stage, prepare for exhibit, and tion—is now operational at Fort Bel- store the exhibit until the Museum is ready voir, Virginia. for that particular display. The center also houses research ar- The Center will also consolidate the chives, workspace for a Soldier artist- entire Museum Division and headquar- in-residence, a photo studio and lab, an ters staff under one roof and will provide exhibit workshop, and a classroom for a unique educational opportunity as a professional training of personnel oper- teaching hub for Army museum personnel ating the Army museum system which worldwide. By centralizing professional consists of over 60 Army field museums training within a state-of-the-art teaching worldwide, to include the system’s fu- gallery, the center staff can create com- MG Herrling examines communications equipment ture capstone, The National Museum of that arrived recently at the new MSC. parison teaching scenarios to illustrate the United States Army. display and lighting techniques that can “The Museum Support Center is up cal sequence for handling and account- be used to improve exhibits and galleries and operational, and it’s a thrill to see ability, from artifact acquisition to place- throughout the Army museum system. how this part of the plan for the Army ment in the collection area”—all of the “Developing the ability to recog- museum system has materialized,” said steps purposeful to the care of the artifact. nize the difference between something BG Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. (USA- “Our goal is to preserve every ar- that looks ‘good’ versus ‘great’ is what Ret.), Army Historical Foundation Ex- tifact, in as pristine condition as pos- we’re striving for,” explained Dr. Cure- ecutive Director, during a recent tour sible, as when it was made or found,” ton. “‘Great’ is what pulls in the visi- of the facility. “The center’s mission explained Dr. Charles Cureton, Director tor—then you engage them, and then is unique within the system, and it and of Army Museums. “We want to do ev- you educate.” those who operate it will be what even- erything we can to slow down deteriora- “The storyline and exhibits at the tually makes the National Museum tion so that 200 years from now it looks National Museum of the United States of the United States Army the unique just as it was intended.” Army will be great,” remarked Abrams; visitor destination we expect it to be,” Mroczkowski pointed out that while “engaging and educating is precisely Abrams added. the Army’s field museums such as the what the National Museum is all about.” According to Dennis Mroczkowski, National Infantry Museum at Fort Ben- As the capstone of the Army mu- Chief of the Collections Branch, the ning, the Frontier Army Museum at Fort seum system, the National Museum Army has never constructed a building Leavenworth, or the Quartermaster Mu- holds the unique mission to tell the all- like this before, and rarely is anything seum at Fort Lee will continue to retain encompassing story of the Army and the similar seen within the civilian museum and maintain their own collections and contributions made to our nation by the profession. “The design of the MSC carry out their specific missions, what American Soldier. was spearheaded by Mr. Walter Brad- is known as the Army’s entire central “There is a bigger story to the Army ford, a museum curator who spent much collection of micro-artifacts will be than fighting battles,” Mroczkowski em- of the past 20 years advancing the de- consolidated at the MSC. “We have all phasized, “the Army made many impor- sign of the facility and how it should op- uniforms, equipment, and other micro- tant contributions on the civilian side, erate,” he said. artifacts that were worn by, used by, or too, that are frequently overlooked, and “Mr. Bradford started with a blank accompanied Soldiers of all eras. Many the National Museum will tell the story page,” Mroczkowski continued. “He laid of these are never-before-seen items that of the great things the Army, as a whole, out an operating system following a logi- already have been identified for future has done.”

PAGE 2 Call To Duty VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2010 Raises Awareness of Museum

In June 2010, Scancarelli’s Gasoline Alley story line fea- tured the Registry. (Courtesy of Tribune Media Services, Inc.)

Jim Scancarelli is the writer-artist From Charlotte, , individual Soldier’s role in ensuring the behind the popular syndicated comic Scancarelli says he is from a creative many freedoms enjoyed in the United strip, Gasoline Alley. In January 2010, family of artists, musicians, and enter- States. His father and uncles, all Italian Jim ran a seven-week series of panels tainers. He joined the Navy after high immigrants, had an overwhelming sense followed by a one-week series in June school to fulfill his military obligation. of pride in the freedoms and opportuni- 2010 in which Skeezix Wallet, the com- Scancarelli emerged from the Navy ties presented to them in the United States ic’s main character and an Army vet- with an enormous sense of patriotism that, according to Scancarelli, many peo- eran, promoted the National Museum of and a new take on a childhood memory ple take for granted. He learned through the United States Army and the Registry of his uncle going off to WW II. his father that “we’ve got it good and don’t of the American Soldier, respectively. “That day at the train station, every- even know it,” he said. The response was explosive – the Na- one was crying, hugging, and kissing. Scancarelli is proud to be in partnership tional Army Museum saw an incredible It was very emotional and painful,” he with such a patriotic effort as the Museum. spike in donations and Registry entries, reminisced. “It wasn’t until after my time “I believe that without a complete under- and a near 30 percent increase in web site in the Navy that I was mature enough to standing of history, future generations will traffic during the first week alone. look back and understand the sacrifice have nothing to go on. You have to under- “Immediately following the launch that service men and women make.” stand the past to be able to go forward into of the Museum-themed Gasoline Alley Today, he thanks every WW II vet- the future,” Scancarelli said. “The National story line, donations poured in,” said eran he meets, because “without their sac- Museum of the United States Army will Dick Couture, the Capital Campaign’s rifices – whether it was peeling potatoes ensure that visitors learn about the impor- Deputy Executive Director of Donor or fighting on the front line – we wouldn’t tance of the Army’s place in American his- Marketing. “Through our partnership be where we are now. I wouldn’t be doing tory. This Museum will be for America.” with Jim Scancarelli and Gasoline Alley, what I’m doing now,” Scancarelli said. we are able to reach a wider audience Scancarelli began his creative of people who otherwise might not have career freelancing slide art illustra- heard of the National Army Museum tions for magazines until the advent and its goal of honoring the sacrifice and of computers put him out of busi- brave history of our Soldiers.” ness. In 1979, he met , To broaden awareness of the Mu- then writer-artist of Gasoline Alley, seum even further, Scancarelli has also and began working as his assistant. provided his artwork for use in the Cam- When Moores passed away in 1986, paign’s donor marketing mailings. Scancarelli took over the strip. He “Jim’s commitment, compassion, realized that he could share his pa- and support are inspiring, and we are triotism and bring attention to the forever grateful for the opportunity military through Gasoline Alley. to increase Museum visibility in this According to Scancarelli, the Scancarelli has produced Gasoline Alley since 1986. unique way,” Couture emphasized. Museum will remind visitors of the (Photo courtesy of Jim Scancarelli)

PAGE 3 he National Museum of the United States Army’s Your Story… Your Army… Your Museum exhibit drew over T4,000 visitors at the recent 2010 AUSA Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C. A steady stream of Soldiers, Army veterans, groups of military spouses, AUSA chapter members, and defense contractors attending the three-day event took time to visit the exhibit to learn more about the National Army Museum to be built at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. Exhibit Attr a c t s T h o u s a n d s at A u s A E x p o In addition, members of Christopher Chadbourne & Associates’ exhibit de- sign team unveiled a rough cut cardboard model of two of the Museum’s major galleries—Fighting for the Nation and The Army and Society—during a special Museum update for the Sergeant Major of the Army’s Board of Directors, a se- lect group of Command Sergeants Major who assist the Army’s three- and four-star commanders and who are involved in the command chain of every individual Sol- dier in the active Army, Army National Beth Schultz talks with Family Readiness Group members AUSA attendees review a rough cut cardboard model by Guard, and Army Reserve. about taking information back to their post. Christopher Chadbourne & Associates. Susan Smullen, The Army Histori- cal Foundation’s Deputy Director of Communications who oversaw man- ning of the exhibit, noted that this year’s personal accounts reflecting the Army’s families, giving us an opportunity to choice location adjacent to three of the seven core values. answer their questions and gather feed- Museum’s corporate sponsors—Ray- “This year we decided to combine back or ideas they might offer. It also theon, ITT, and Oshkosh Defense—pro- the Museum’s central theme—Soldiers’ served as the tangible, show-and-tell, vided a heavy traffic path and high vis- stories—with matching artifacts and backdrop that helps us explain the pur- ibility for this year’s display. artwork to simulate the type of gallery pose, theme, and the overall planned “And the fact that we featured infor- experience the Museum is expected to layout of the Museum to members of mation on the Registry of the American illicit—to engage visitors’ imagina- the general public who toured the ex- Soldier and the coming availability of tions and curiosity and immerse them position,” noted Beth Schultz, Director the 2011 Army commemorative coins in Army history,” noted Hubans. “The of Grassroots Development. helped us engage and inform our visi- reactions and comments from exhibit “This has been a good stop,” said tors,” Smullen said. visitors indicate we succeeded in doing Ms. Andrea Young, Family Readiness Designed by the Army Historical that,” she added. Support Assistant to the Commander of Foundation’s Jamie Hubans and Randy AUSA’s annual meeting at the Wal- the 3rd Infantry Division’s 3rd Brigade Yasenchak and sponsored by the Na- ter E. Washington Convention Center is at Fort Benning, Georgia , after visit- tional Museum of the United States considered a prime venue for increasing ing the exhibit. “I’ll be passing this Army Project Office at Fort Belvoir, the awareness and updating the Army fam- information on about the Museum, the 20’ x 30’ exhibit featured rare artifacts, ily and others on Museum progress. registry, and the commemorative coins reproductions of selected paintings from “The exhibit not only put us in front to spouses and others when I return to the Army Art Collection, and Soldiers’ of Soldiers of all components and their Fort Benning.”

PAGE 4 Call To Duty VOLUME 5 ISSUE 4 DECEMBER 2010 Exhibit Attr a c t s T h o u s a n d s at A u s A E x p o

BG Abrams fields questions during a special briefing for a select group of Sergeants Major.

AUSA attendees review a rough cut cardboard model by Christopher Chadbourne & Associates.

This year’s exhibit featured Soldiers’ stories with complementing artifacts and selections from the Army Art Collection.

PAGE 5 Museu m Atrium a Colorful Reflection of Army History

The service and sacrifice of over 30 are as iconic a manifes- million American men and women who tation of the personal have worn the Army uniform during role our Soldiers have over 180 campaigns will be uniquely re- played in Army history flected in a majestic spectrum of color as they are an indelible high above the atrium of the National symbol of the signifi- Museum of the United States Army. cant engagements em- Suspended horizontally and spaced broidered on the cam- over several stories, oversized glass rep- paign streamers that licas of the 21 multi-colored campaign hang from the Army’s streamers currently authorized for dis- flag,” said Judson E. play on the Army flag will be clearly Bennett, Project Direc- visible to visitors inside the Museum as tor for the Museum. well as those approaching from outside “For Army veterans, Conceptual rendering by Skidmore Owings & Merrill at a distance. this colorful spectrum Displayed as colored glass fins filter- will be a powerful symbol of the Army’s performed meritoriously.” This tradi- ing exterior light, the streamers will rep- continual defense of our nation, and for tion evolved in complex but fascinat- resent chronologically the major battles all visitors, the streamers will create a ing fashion during the Army’s 235-year fought by the Army from independence memorable entrance to the Museum,” storied history—including an Executive to the present, and provide a kaleidoscop- Bennett added. Order by President Eisenhower estab- ic display of color designed to generate According to John B. Wilson, au- lishing the Army flag, which was un- immediate memories among Army vet- thor of the booklet U.S. Army Campaign veiled on June 14, 1956, and several erans and serving Soldiers. They will be Streamers: Colors of Courage since decisions to retroactively add, delete, able to match the streamers to whichever 1775, campaign streamers date back to or rename certain campaigns over the service ribbons they earned and were the early 1860s when “the War Depart- years. Today, the Army flag is festooned authorized to wear among their other ment instructed all regiments and batter- with 21 distinctly identifiable major bat- awards and decorations. ies to inscribe on their colors or guidons tle streamers representing the Army’s “The Army’s campaign streamers the names of battles in which they had 181 authorized individual campaigns. The 1814 Society Members Gather For Annual Event

Members of the Capital Campaign for the National Museum of the United States Army’s The 1814 Society from as far west as Nevada and as far south as Georgia attended the 2010 annual event on November 5th at The Army and Navy Club in Washington, DC. The high point of the evening was a special presentation on Museum progress by BG Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. (USA-Ret.), Army Historical Foundation Executive Director. Group activities continued on Saturday and Sunday with a historic tour of the Yorktown battlefield and the Fort Monroe Casemate Museum. For more information on

BG Creighton W. Abrams, Jr. (USA –Ret.), Ms. Karen Theobald Conlin, Civilian Aide to The 1814 Society, contact Beth Schultz at Beth. the Secretary of the Army (Central Virginia), and Mr. Sean Conlin. [email protected] or (703) 879-0006.

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University and changed his major re- ing the public about the contributions of the lenge other donors to continue their own peatedly, eventually realizing his pas- military as a key objective of the National support of the Museum. This Fall a letter sion for business. Army Museum. “Education is so empow- will go to all current Founding Sponsors In 1950, after four years of build- ering,” Caruthers said. “I live by the ‘Give letting them know Mr. Caruthers will ing houses part-time for his brother-in- a man a fish, he’ll eat for a day. Teach a man use his gift to match each membership law, an entrepreneur in the construction to fish, he’ll eat for a lifetime’ model.” renewal donation dollar for dollar. business, Caruthers left college to form “I believe Mr. Caruthers’ long- Rachel Hartmann, Director of Major his own small construction company. It standing penchant for education will and Planned Gifts for the National Mu- was in this business that Caruthers built be well-satisfied by the emphasis Mu- seum of the United States Army Capi- his fortune. seum planners are placing on various tal Campaign said, “Mr. and Mrs. Ca- As his wealth grew, so did his pas- Geography, Science, Technology, En- ruthers’ challenge gift will catalyze ad- sion for philanthropy. gineering, and Math (G-STEM) pro- ditional support to build this landmark “From my childhood I gained an un- grams that will engage students of all institution so we, the American people, derstanding of need and finding ways to ages and their teachers not only in the can honor the fourteen generations of help,” Caruthers said. Over the years, he state-of-the-art education pavilion, but Soldiers who have shaped America’s held onto the value of education. He has also be integrated throughout the vari- history. This gift is an important fund- sat as chairman of the Arlington County ous galleries and exhibits,” said Carol raising initiative to help build a Museum School Board, is a former president of the Harlow, the Capital Campaign’s Depu- that will engage, educate, honor and in- Virginia State Board of Education, and ty Executive Director. spire. As Mr. Caruthers said to me, ‘it recently had a building named for him at As to continuing to empower people, [making my gift a challenge to others] Marymount University. He views educat- Mr. Caruthers is using his gift to chal- just makes good business sense.’”

I nternational Association of Machinists and Aerospace Workers Shows Support for Museum

The International Association of joys the distinction of being the first sonal interest in see- Machinists and Aerospace Workers (IA- group of union members to contribute to ing the Museum come MAW) recently showed their support our capital campaign, and we appreciate to fruition. His family for the National Museum of the United their collective generosity as much as immigrated to the United States Army in the form of a $125,000 we value the special spirit of patriotism States from Germany in 1730 and there donation over the course of five years. that has occasioned their contribution,” has been a Buffenbarger in every major Originally named The Order of Unit- he added. US conflict, most of them serving in the ed Machinists and Mechanical Engineers, IAMAW 13th International President United States Army. the IAMAW was formed in 1888 by 19 R. Thomas Buffenbarger added, “Our The IAMAW is a large organization, machinists in Atlanta, Georgia. Over the organization has a very large population representing 720,000 members across next two years membership grew to up of armed forces veterans and most of North America alone. Putting the issue to 40 locals and the organization changed them served in the Army.” He continued, of job loss on American radar and rais- its name to the National Association of “As the union that represents the largest ing wages of machinists and aerospace Machinists in 1889. In 1890, the name union in the defense industry, we make workers are among the many goals of changed to the International Association a lot of equipment and materials used by IAMAW as well as promoting the power of Machinists as locals in Canada and the armed forces. In honor of our mem- of the working individual. Mexico were established. bers who are veterans and in honor of The International Association of “This is a very special gift from a the armed forces and what they do, we Machinists and Aerospace Workers’ gift very special organization,” said MG thought it was an entirely appropriate places them in the Museum Campaign’s John P. Herrling (USA-Ret.), Campaign thing for us to contribute to the Museum.” Two-Star Circle of Distinction, reserved Executive Director. “The IAMAW en- Buffenbarger has an especially per- for donors of $100,000 - $249,000.

PAGE 7 WW II Army-Navy E Awards Honored Factories, Defense Workers While US troops were earning tal E within a yellow wreath American, Asiatic-Pacific, and/or Eu- of oak and laurel leaves on ropean-African-Middle Eastern Cam- a vertically divided blue and paign Medals during WW II, their ci- red background. ARMY vilian counterparts stateside were also appeared on the red back- being awarded the Army-Navy E Award ground and NAVY on the for their contributions to the war effort. blue background. Established in the early 20th century The employee award by the Navy as the Navy E Award to rec- was metal and had a capital E ognize superior service and later adapt- within a wreath of silver and ed for similar purposes by the Army as oak laurel leaves centered on Photograph courtesy of www.theliberator.be/. the Army A Award, the Army-Navy E five horizontal swallowtail Award was created in July 1942 when wings alternating in red/ the War and Navy departments discon- white/blue/white/red. tinued the separate service awards and Plants were nominated for the award awarded to Kenosha, Wisconsin plant issued a joint award to individual indus- by Army or Navy district procurement workers during WW II: trial plants that demonstrated outstand- officers who forwarded nominations “Great pride was taken by our fac- ing wartime production performance. through chiefs of their respective sup- tory workers in the knowledge that they The award consisted of a pennant ply services, or, in the case of the Army were helping the boys on the front lines for the plant and a lapel emblem and Air Forces, through the Commanding as many of them had family members certificate for all employees of the plant General of Materiel Command, to the and co-workers serving in the military. at the time the award was presented. Awards Board in Washington, D.C. for At the Nash plant, laborers cranked out The pennant was swallow-tailed, final decision. Army transport trailers, made Hamil- bordered in white, and included a capi- Excellence in quality and quantity ton Standard propellers and later even of production were the two main deter- Sikorsky helicopters.” THE ARMY HISTORICAL FOUNDATION minates in granting the awards. Other Meanwhile, the E pennants that flew PRESIDENT considerations included overcoming over the award-winning factories across GEN William W. Hartzog (USA-Ret.) production obstacles, avoiding work the country were a fluttering symbol of EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR BG Creighton W. Abrams (USA-Ret.) stoppages, beating production dead- patriotism in action. During WW II, the CAMPAIGN EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR lines, managing effectively, maintain- industrial mobilization included an esti- NATIONAL MUSEUM OF THE U.S. ARMY ing fair labor standards, and conserving mated 86,000 plants producing a wide MG John P. Herrling (USA-Ret.) critical and strategic materials. range of materiel for our fighting forces, DIRECTOR OF The lapel emblems were recog- yet a news release dated December 5, COMMUNICATIONS COL David R. Fabian (USA-Ret.) nized as the highest of home-front war 1945, the program’s termination date, DEPUTY DIRECTOR OF plant honors. The emblems became a reported that only 4,283—about 5%— COMMUNICATIONS particular source of pride to those who of the nation’s war production facilities Susan Fazakerley Smullen earned them, and presentation ceremo- earned the coveted award “for their role STAFF WRITER Ansa Edim nies were considered major events at the in defeat of the Axis Powers.” LAYOUT AND DESIGN local level. A recent article in the Keno- Today, the pennants and lapel em- Randy Yasenchak sha News (“Dedicated factory workers blems are museum pieces—nostalgic www.armyhistory.org earned coveted E awards,” October 21, reminders of a time when the entire na- 1-800-506-2672 2010) noted that nearly 5,000 pins were tion had a stake in the war effort.

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