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The Hourglass S s The Hourglass s The Semi-Annual Newsletter of the 7th Infantry Division Association Winter 2010 s 7th Infantry Division Association Comments from your 8048 Rose Terrace Largo, FL 33777-3020 President http://7ida.us/ It’s all set! The 2011 Reunion will be held Sep 29-Oct 2, 2011, in Branson, MO at In this issue... The Stone Castle Resort & Conference 2. We Get Letters Center. The Association has negotiated a 11. Seekers Pages special room rate of $79.99, double 13. Reunion Information 17. Treasurer’s Report occupancy. If you want to guarantee your 17. Operating Statement reservations, it’s never too early to start. 17. From Your Treasurer Be sure to tell the reservations person that 18. The Quartermaster’s Store th 20. Membership Application Form you will be attending the 7 Infantry Division Association 21. Editor’s Perspective reunion to get that rate. 22. My Time as a Lightfighter 23. Membership Status 1st VP Gene Richards and I, with our spouses Judy and 23. Recruiting Honor Roll 23. 7th IDA Governing Council Elaine, recently paid a site visit to Branson. We attended 23. Recruiting Count some shows and such, along with a tour of the Military 23. 7th IDA Booster Club Museum. It covers all wars, including uniforms and weapons, 24. New Member List 25. Presidential Unit Citations and has a nice gift shop. The room rates are the best in 26. Real Korean Veterans Branson, with the nicest rooms I have stayed in at any 27. Agent Orange Sprayed in Korea reunion. There will be a free hot and cold breakfast daily 27. From the Executive Secretary 28. Lawrence Cassidy - Bronze Star Hero for all members, along with live entertainment, from 6:00 29. Pork Chop Hill, Korea a.m. to 10:00 a.m. We have arranged for two tours on Friday, 31. Korean War 60th Anniversary September 30th. The tours will include the bus, a show, and 32. The 7th ID in WWII 34. Bill Mauldin Honored With Stamp dinner or lunch, which I’m sure everyone will enjoy. I 35. Final Taps personally think this will be one of the best reunions ever 36. Dues Status for the 7th IDA. 36. The Hourglass Staff For those members who fly to Branson, no longer do you have to fly into Springfield. Branson has a new airport three miles from the hotel, with several airlines from which to choose. The downside, we found, for those who fly to Branson is that there are no hotels offering free shuttle s service, and for the Association to arrange transportation would be prohibitively expensive. The cheapest way Published by available is to take a taxi to the hotel, and there is the choice GARP Custom Newsletter Service of several taxi companies. www.garponline.com u [email protected] Contined on Page 25. u s The Hourglass Winter 2010 s We Get Letters I was thrilled to receive the summer members of the 184th Inf Rgt. issue of The Hourglass. I’ve already read Especially welcome would be hearing it twice from cover to cover. from any members of Co L. I’m sorry to see that the Grand Ole George Walkup Carter 184th Inf Rgt seems to be being PO Box 1691 forgotten. I only saw 2 different Oceanside, CA 92051 mentions of the 184th in this last issue. One was a nice write up and picture of Editor’s note: Doug Halbert, Treasurer & Roster PVT James Duckworth, who served with Co Manger, checked and found that our Association still E, 2d Bn of the 184th. The other, sadly, has 33 members who served with the 184th Inf Rgt. was Alvin Elsea who was listed in the The 184th Inf remains part of the California National “Final Taps” section. Guard and elements of the unit were activated and deployed to Iraq in 2005-06 with the 3d Div and in 2008- I was on Leyte in 1944 with Co L, 184th 09 with the 81st Heavy Bde Combat Team. Elements of Inf where I received a Japanese bayonet the Rgt were also deployed to Kosovo with the 40th Div wound in the chest. Then, 4 months later in 2008. Domestically they were used in New Orleans on Okinawa, I received 6 bullet wounds in 2005 during the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina, while still with Co L. and in Operation Aero Shield for increased airport security at the San Jose Airport in 2006. Perhaps, with time, the Grand Ole 184th is being ID this crest? forgotten, but I am quite With respect to Dave Collins’ letter (p5 sure that should there be any of the Summer Issue), the hat that Dave Japanese survivors still alive was wearing clearly identified him as a who fought on either Leyte or Okinawa combat veteran of the Korean War - which th they have not forgotten the 184 Inf he was not. I’m not justifying the other Rgt! I have always been very proud to man’s behavior but before calling him a th have been a member of the 184 . “jerk” maybe you ought to look at it from his point of view. I would like to commend the staff of The Hourglass for putting out such a wonderful As cold as it may have been for Dave publication each and every issue. I wish sitting inside that Patton tank in January I could help but I’m 84 and, although 1954 - think of what it must have been still going, I’m not as strong as in like for the guy who was lying in a yesteryears. In appreciation I have frozen rice paddy in January 1953, bearing enclosed a check for $50. not only the cold but the brutal wind as well while being shot at. It’s possible th I have reason to believe that the 184 he may have a different point of view. was in Iraq at one time. Is there anyone out there that can tell me about what the Bob Love th 184 is currently doing? Morganville, NJ I would welcome any and all mail from Page 2 u s We Get Letters (cont.) The Hourglass s Winter 2010 Five members of the 31st Inf Rgt “Polar A local contractor Bears” decided it was time for the Korean donated all the vet to be recognized and donated this cement work, the 2 plaque. Charles Land and Leigh Whitbeck concrete benches both served with Co K, 31st Inf at the were from one of frozen Chosin, and are two of the few the local statuary that escaped. They were in the same platoon dealers, and the but didn’t know one another until they man from the met at one of the local VFWs in the late cemetery set the ’80s. Manuel Peralta served with M Co. plaque into the in 1951-52, and was also awarded the cement. One of the Silver Star. Thomas Murray served with local nurseries HQ Co, 1st Bn, 31st Inf in the 60s. Tom is provided the the one who arranged the $1000.00 donation memorial with 2 from a defunct Korean veteran’s arborvitae which association to the 7 th IDA as reported in Land and Whitbeck are quite big 13 the last issue of The Hourglass. And raise the colors years later. yours truly, Bob Heuerman, a BAR-tender from Charley Co, 31st Inf. I arranged for the dedication I was in Korea from May 51-April 52. We ceremonies. We all met Charles and Leigh thru the VFW, dedicated the plaque Tom and I met at the 1990 reunion of the to the City of 31st Inf at Ft. Sill, and Manny joined us Kingman on Veterans through an article we had put in the Day, 11Nov97. The local newspaper. Tom and I made an high school provided appointment with the local honcho of the 4 buglers, and one Parks Dept. in Kingman, AZ about putting of the local food up a memorial. There was an idle flag stores provided most pole available just looking for something of the flowers. to do. Grace Lutheran church provided a Heuerman salutes The Parks Dept. was very cooperative so pastor and soloist, the memorial we contacted the local cemetery’s man- and provided all the in-charge with our idea and gave him a spiritual participation. It was one of drawing and the wording of what we wanted. the most memorable times of my life. He sent it into his plaque provider and Another was in 1999 when we 5 Polar Bears it was completed. Please note that ALL hosted the reunion for the 31st Inf Assn, Korean and had a memorial service at our memorial. vets are included Pro Patria on this plaque, Bob Heuerman not just 31st Infantry the ’50- <[email protected] > 53 boys. u Page 3 s The Hourglass We Get Letters (cont.) Winter 2010 s I was a MOS 1505 ammo specialist, 105mm In May 2010 I visited the Oregon Korean War Memorial at Wilsonville, OR. Located at the Wilsonville Visitors Center just off I-5 at Wilsonville Rd. it is well kept and a beautiful place to spend a few hours. The photo on the right was taken by photographer M.O. Stevens in 2009, the others I took that day in May. Roy Drago Boardman, OR I arrived in Korea in May 1953 and was assigned to Battery C, 49th Field Artillery Battalion, 7th Inf Div. After a few days at the Battery’s firing position behind the Main Line of Resistance, I became a forward observer (FO) for King Co, 17th Inf Rgt.
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