The Military Order of the World Wars GREATER BOSTON CHAPTER P.O. BOX 290102 BOSTON, MASSACHUSETTS 02129 FEBRUARY 2017 MEETING NOTICE AND JANUARY BULLETIN OFFICERS: Next Meeting:: Tuesday, 7 February 2016 Chapter Commander LCDR David W. Graham, USN (Ret.) [email protected]; [email protected]; TIME: 1200 Social (Half Hour) Sr. Vice Commander 1220 Select Seats CAPT Paul E. Mawn, USN (Ret.) 1230 Call to Order 2nd Vice Commander, 2LTJason A. Sokolov, USA,( Fmr) (also Asst. Adjutant and Chapter Bulletin Editor & PLACE: Union Oyster House Publisher) [email protected]; 41 Union Street Finance Officer Boston, MA LTC Walter G. Opanasets, USA, ( Ret.) [email protected] m; Parcel 7 Garage Asst. F/O CAPT Paul P. Daley, USN (Ret.) Congress Street, Boston, MA Adjutant (1/2 block from restaurant) COL (MA) Lawrence A. Willwerth, USA, Ret.) ($3.00 validated by restaurant cashier) [email protected]. Webmaster RESERVATIONS: Not Required CPT William J. Maloney, USA ( Fmr) COST: $35.00 [email protected]; Judge Advocate CAPT John F. Carey, USN SPEAKERS: [email protected]. Directions to Union Oyster Tuesday, 7 Feb: BG Leonid Kondratiuk, Dir. Marshal House, 41 Union Street, Boston, Historical Services, Mass. National Guard. MA – Tel. (617) 227-2750 COL James R. Littleton, USA, ( Ret.) We also expect LTC Sheryl Ott, USAF of Immediate Past Commander Public Transportation by the LTC Frederick J. Maguire, USA, ( Ret.) “T” is approximately one block MIT, Cadet Dayannara Munoz, CPT Emily [email protected]. from the restaurant if you use Hannenberg, USA and Cadet Hailey Webster, Agenda: either the Haymarket Square all of MIT, to join us. or Government Center 1200-1230 Social Half Hour Tuesday, 7 March: COL Raoul Acala, USA 1220 Select Seats Stations: Haymarket Square 1230 Call to Order, Invocation and moment Station services the Green and (Ret.), author and authority on national of silence for deceased companions, pledge Orange lines. Government security issues of al7egiance, recitation of MOWW Preamble Center Station services the Tuesday, 4 April: TBA Green and Blue lines. Welcome by Chapter Commander, Tuesday, 2 May: TBA Introduction of Guests ,Minutes of Last If you are driving: The Parcel 7 Meeting, Reports by Commander, Adjutant, Garage is about a half block Tuesday, 13 June: TBA Finance Officer, and Committees from the restaurant on Congress Street. Be sure to have your Old and New Business Region I Website: www.region-1-moww.org Introduction of Speaker and adjournment. parking ticket validated. With Remarks: RSVPs requested for lunch validation, the cost is $3.00 for up to 3 hours. The Union Oyster National Website: www.militaryorder.net head count to [email protected]. House cashier validates tickets. Note your food selection: Entrée: For orientation purposes note tenderloin tips or pan-seared haddock. that Faneuil Hall is one block from the restaurant Soup: chowder or soup of the day. If you are unable to RSVP, don’t let that stop you from joining us. OUR CHAPTER’S 98th YEAR 1 1747552_1 Among the perpetual members of our Chapter, from left: General of the Armies John J. Pershing, Major General George S. Patton, Lieutenant General L. Scott Rice, Adjutant General of Massachusetts and Director of the Air National Guard, President John F. Kennedy, Governor andSenator Leverett Saltonstall, former Chapter Commander and Acting Adjutant General of the Massachusetts National Guard, Brigadier General John H. Sherburne MEETINGS AND SPEAKERS Tuesday, 7 February: We are honored to have BG Leonid E. Kondratiuk, USA (Ret.) as our speaker. A Boston native and graduate of the Citadel, BG Kondratiuk is the Director of Historical Services in the Massachusetts Adjutant General’s Office, is a prolific author on military subjects, and is well-known to many companions. He will speak on Massachusetts during World War I including the 26th Infantry Division, Army and Navy installations, military and naval recruiting, and related topics. Since the centennial of the entry of the United States in World War I is April of 2017, this should be a very interesting subject. We also expect to have with us LTC Sheryl “Double” Ott, USAF, the Commander of Detachment 365 and Professor of Air Science at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. LTC Ott’s unit was recently recognized as the best AFROTC unit in the nation. A full profile of Detachment 365 appeared in last month’s bulletin. With her will be Cadet Dayannara Munoz, an MIT student in her fifth year in chemical engineering. Cadet Munoz will be commissioned this year and begin active service as an aircraft maintenance officer. Last year she was the Cadet Wing Commander and led the Regional conclave of the Arnold Air Society. We also expect Assisstant Professor of Military Science, CPT Emily Hannenberg USA, of the Army ROTC program at MIT who will also bring Cadet Hailey Webster, ’17 who will be commissioned in the Military Intelligence Corps this spring. CPT Hannenberg is also pictured above. Tuesday, 7 March: Companion, author and distinguished authority on national security issues, COL Raoul Henri Acala will be our speaker. RAOUL HENRI (ROY) ALCALA heads a consulting firm, Alcala Enterprises, which specializes in national security and foreign policy issues. He retired from the Army in 1991 after four years in charge of the Army Chief of Staff’s Assessment and Initiatives Group. As a White House Fellow during the Ford and Carter administrations, he served as a special assistant to the Federal Energy Administrator and to the President’s National Security Advisor. A graduate from the U.S. Military Academy, he holds masters degrees from Yale University in international relations and political science. His most recent publications include a policy paper for The Atlantic Council of the United 2 1747552_1 States: The United States, NATO, and Security Relations with Central and Eastern Europe; studies for the RAND Corporation, Los Alamos National Laboratory, and Science Applications International Corporation on military strategy, technology, doctrine, training, and force structure, and on Persian Gulf lessons learned. He is a Senior Fellow of Business Executives for National Security. Also: Tuesday, 4 April, Tuesday 2 May and Tuesday, 13 June: Speakers to be announced. All luncheon meetings will be at the Union Oyster House. Officers please note: the next staff meeeting is scheduled for 15 February at the Coast Guard Base Boston. Also importantly, our national commander, CINC COL Clay LeGrande, USA (Ret.) has indicated that he and Mrs. LeGrande will attend the Region I regional meeting on 3 June in company with Vice CINC LTC John Hollywood, USA (Ret.) and Mrs. Hollywood. This meeting, with Region I Commander LTC Dennis Christo, USA (Ret.), is an opportunity to join the leaders and companions of other New England chapters in relaxed discussions of the challenges facing the MOWW both locally and nationally. There will be detailed information circulated to all companions concerning the meeting later in the year. CHAPTER NOTES MG Bob Davenport Still Ailing. General Davenport, one of our most stalwart companions, continues to suffer the consequences of a stroke. According to BG Fred Lincoln, Bob was recovering and sent a message to the Chapter regretting what he saw as an inability to be with us for several months,, but then he slipped into a coma, although the stroke had been immediately recognized and treated. At left, General Davenport is shown with Al Mundo (on the right) at the December holiday party. Our thoughts, prayers and best wishes go to Bob in this difficulty, We hope to see him back at our meetings very soon. We regret to announce the passing of COL F. Gorham Brigham, Jr., USAR (Ret.) of West N, who died on 1 September, 2016, at the age of 101. COL Brigham, a descendant of a prominent family of the earliest Massachusetts settlors, was a graduate of Harvard College and the Harvard Business School, of which he was the oldest living graduate prior to his death. Universally described as a great gentleman of the old school and an icon of the banking community, COL Brigham was a familiar figure in the Boston financial world, spending his career as an executive at the old Boston Five Cents Savings Bank, and, after its acquisition by Citizens Bank, on the leadership staff of that bank until his retirement at the age of 90. He also served on the board of many corporations, approximately six hospitals, and many other charitable, historical and fraternal organizations, including the Museum of Fine Arts. He was especially proud of being a co- founder and board leader of the Carroll School for children who suffer from dyslexia and language comprehension difficulties, and was also active in Harvard alumni activities. Called to service in World War II, he served in the office of General George C. Marshall’s chief of staff, concluding his 3 1747552_1 service in the grade of Lieutenant Colonel. He received the Legion of Merit for his wartime service, and remained in the Army Reserves until 1967 when he retired in the grade of Colonel in the Finance Corps. COL Brigham was a member of this Chapter for many years, but very recently allowed his membership to lapse as he became less active. We send our condolences to his widow, Hester, to who he was married for 75 years, a daughter, two sons, their spouses, grandchildren and a great- grandchild. A son, Dana, predeceased him. Above: Chapter Commander LCDR Dave Graham Presides at the 3 January Meeting The Chapter Commander’s Corner: Our January meeting was another in a long line of successes. Harold Shaw made a terrific presentation on where the FBI stands today. In spite of some political hoopla on the national scene of the past few months, Harold presented a “no nonsense” picture of true professionalism attributed to the Boston office in which he is in charge! Hats off to our Chapter’s staff for pulling together a truly magnificent program! And while I am at it, please stay tuned - - - for we have pulled together an exceptional list of speakers as we head down the road.