Vol 64 No. 1 Taro LeafWinter 2010 2010 24th IDA Reunion Buffalo, New York, September 26—29 The Taro Leaf Vol. 64(1) Winter 2010 Page 2010 24th IDA Reunion Buffalo, New York, September 26—29 , 2010 Sunday September 26 to Wednesday Se 800-323-3331 for reservations. Informatio etc., not available for this edition; will be in April 2010 tions: ptember 29. Millennium Airport Hotel Contact: Sal Schillaci, 716-837-1635, union BRAT—Phone: 360 n for the registration forms, tours, -663-2521; email: [email protected] Leaf [email protected]. All ques- or the Re- . Page 2 Vol. 64(1) Winter 2010 The Taro Leaf ~~~ President’s Letter ~~~ As I write this it ing right at your front, never at your too, but across the valley there were is Christmas, back. no lights, only the occasional flare, and Donna and I some tracers and maybe some artil- But that’s where the similarities are back home lery or mortar blasts. We didn’t end. Here I can sit in front of a in Minnesota to know each other and didn’t see roaring fire and watch the snow- spend the holi- each other, but when we did see storm outside; in Korea I sat in a days with our someone we tried our best to kill frozen, unheated hole in the ground children and grandchildren. A them. They did the same. and tried my best to keep warm. storm is raging outside, and the Sometimes we got a bunker with We always stood freezing by the snow is flying and the wind is blow- logs on the top but always had a open hole so we could see them if ing. As I gaze out at the snow I am hole to the north so we could see they came to visit. We were deter- reminded of the similarities with out. mined to hold on to “their land” my 1951 Christmas in the moun- even at the risk of our lives. I say tains near Kumsong, North Korea Here I can look out over the lights their land because it was theirs and with Easy Co , 19th Infantry Regi- on my deck and see my neighbor’s we took it away from them two ment. Christmas lights twinkling through months before. Ironically, after the the trees. I know that if I trudge More than a foot of snow is on the truce, we gave it back to them any- through the snow to their house I ground, and it is below zero and the way. will be invited in for hot chocolate snow crunches under your feet as or a cup of coffee. Around the Christmas holidays we you walk. Snow is everywhere and were always expecting them to visit the wind always feels like it’s com- We had neighbors in North Korea (President’s Letter Continued on page 17) Call for Verbeck Award Nominations Association VP Sal He has selected the recipients: Dan Rickert, Keith Schillaci is seeking following as mem- Hagen and Tom Thiel to that list. member nomina- bers of this year’s Verbeck Guidelines: The Verbeck tions for the member Verbeck Award Com- Award is presented to that Asso- you think should be mittee: Gene Spicer, ciation member who best displays recognized with our Dan Rickert, Keith the ideals of Bill Verbeck–an un- Association’s prestig- Hagen and Tom abashed love for the Division and ious 2010 Verbeck Award. Thiel. its Association; a member who Schillaci says he would like to of- Contact Sal at: Salvatore Schillaci, most furthers the interests of the fer all members the opportunity to 59 Endicott Drive, Amherst, NY Association and the Division. nominate a member for the Ver- 14226-3323, ph: 716-837-1635. It is not intended to reward mere beck Award. So, please send Sal Past Verbeck Award recipients are popularity, but more to acknowl- your recommendation and a brief shown in the Taro Leaf, Vol. 61, edge hard work in helping to write-up on why you believe your Nos 3&4, Summer-Fall 2007, make the Association more suc- nominee deserves to be honored. page 49. Please add recent year’s cessful. ### The Taro Leaf Vol. 64(1) Winter 2010 Page 3 From Your Editor’s Computer by Tom J. Thiel Well, an- cid169.kwvachapters.org. It was a Lebanon, Desert Storm, and else- other Taro neat learning experience that I where the 24th has been after Ko- Leaf has plan to have take me to launch a rea. They are out there; I see come and similar Taro Leaf or 24th IDA them every day on the web! And gone, and effort. I comment a bit more on if you don’t think we need them, we are all this effort on page 16. just look at pages 6 and 7, and 39 three and 40! Then too I should remind you months older than when the last that the Association must not re- You say you like the Taro Leaf. issue hit our mailbox. lax in its effort to find a Taro Leaf That it is the glue that holds the In that three months I have be- Editor. My commitment to stay Association together. come another year older, 81, and on for a while was limited to a But the Taro Leaf, and other As- have encountered difficulties dic- year. With this issue I will have sociation activities do not happen tating more medical tests. But completed half that tour of duty. by themselves. They take skill then we all have those. And I feel that the Association sets and energies that us old Also in those three months, I has not made the concerted effort codgers no longer possess. have produced my first web site. necessary to bring to our ranks Let’s do something about it now! This was for my local KWVA more younger Taro Leafers. Tomorrow may be too late! tjt Chapter, http:// Those who served in Germany, Taro Leaf Editor Needed Contact Mel Frederick or Sal Schillaci 507-455-1639 or 716-837-1635 Page 4 Vol. 64(1) Winter 2010 The Taro Leaf The Taro Leaf TAPS Medical Detachment in Korea Association Members during 1951 -1952. Interment at Arlington National Cemetery. He Jasper D. Blow, Jr., CORRECTION In is survived by his wife, Mrs. The Taro Leaf, Vol. 62(2) incorrectly reported Ethelene Ladany, 15311 Beaver- that Jasper D. Blow, Jr., Life Member - #2011, brook Ct. Apt 1F, Silver Spring, "C" Company, 19th Infantry, had passed away. I Ladany MD 20906-1310. am pleased to report that on Nov. 28, 2009, I spoke to Mr. and Mrs. Blow and they are very Lloyd Robert McCandlish, 82, of Bre- much alive and well. If you should wish to wel- men, OH passed away Dec. 13, come Jasper and Maryellen back they can be 2009 in his home. Life Member reached at: 1550 Gant Rd., Scottsboro, AL 35769- 604, Lloyd served with the 21st In- 3507, 256-259-6873, [email protected]. The fantry Regiment in Korea and was Taro Leaf sincerely regrets this significant error. a member of Task Force Smith. In- TJT ED. terment Dec. 17, 2009 in Grand- McCandlish view Cemetery. He is survived by Richard H. Chatley, 81, passed away in his wife, Mrs. Mary McCandlish, 112 S. Broad St., Nunda, NY. Richard served in the 21st Infantry Bremen, OH 43107-9712. Regiment in Korea. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. Janet Chatley, 8360 Short Tract Rd., Nunda, Orland E. Moncrief, 19th Infantry WWII, NY, 14517-9771. died Oct. 22, 2009. His is survived by his daugh- ter, Linda M. Pitts, 9505 Blom Blvd., Shreveport, Pomas B. Fasules, Life# 108, 3rd Engi- LA 71118. neer WWII died in 1988. Lucy Fasules, 426 Mar- garet Dr., Fairborn, OH 45324. Niels Eldon Mortensen, age 83, of Roose- velt, UT, died Apr. 30, 2009 at the Uintah Basin Victor Martin Gloe, 87, of Hermann, MO, Medical Center in Roosevelt. Life member #1187, passed away Tuesday, Aug. 11, 2009 at Frene Val- Niels served in WWII and Japan with the 19th ley Health Center, Hermann, MO. Association Infantry Regiment. His last known address Life Member 371, Victor served with the 21st In- was: 268 S. State #38 Apt 15, Roosevelt, UT fantry Regiment in the Philippines and Japan, 84066-2915. and was the recipient of the Bronze Star. He is survived by Lillian Gloe, and four children. Burial Carl H. Oeder, Life # 1362, 724th Ord WWII at St. Martin's Cemetery, Starkenburg, MO, with died Sep. 11, 2001. Survived by his son, Richard full military honors. Mrs. Lillian Gloe, 1034 Jef- C. Oeder, 2236 E. Armand St., Lake Charles, LA ferson St., Hermann, MO, 65041-1260. 70611. William D. Ladany, of Silver Spring, for- Glenn L. Osborn, 96, of Portland, OR, merly of Rockville, MD, passed away on Friday, passed away Jan. 8, 2010. Glenn was born in Dec. 11, 2009. Bill was a S/SGT assigned to Head- (Continued on page 6) quarters, 3rd Combat Engineer Battalion, The Taro Leaf Vol. 64(1) Winter 2010 Page 5 The Taro Leaf TAPS (Continued from page 5) and (5) children. Ms. Myra Rosengrant, 880 Belle Road, Red Lion, PA 17356-9046. Cando, N.D., and served in the 34th Regiment, 81, of Babylon L.I., NY, died 24th Infantry Division stationed in Australia and Richard Solat, the Philippines in WWII. Glenn was preceded in Nov. 4, 2009 of lung cancer. Associa- death by his wife, Win Osborn. tion life member 1760, Richard served with the Division in Korea and Japan William Harold Oslin, 86, of Muskogee, with the 26th AAA from Jul.