Ialt( /IIAF&?H INFANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIAIION vol. w ooToBER 19t2 NO. I

Paet secretar"rGi-EdIfor-oi- the TaroIraf,Bob fruff (Div Hq) was elected to thePr€sldency of the Assoclatlon to succeedKen Ro6a at the 5th 8mual buslness nootlngof ths Assoclatlon held on August 16th atthe Hotel Deshler-Waltlck In Colunbus'Oh1o.

Roscoe CLaxonre Nontnatlng Conoltteehad renomlnated tren for ths offlce for

And thatts luet ttre wfr-ft nas'frlendsithe charmlng laaly flet 1n to ColunbuE froEher hone on tho west coest antl quletly butefflc1€ntLy woa the wgrn affectlon of ev6r?Taro Laafer 1n the Buckeye clty. In presont-1ng to Mrs. Dear an honorary Llfe noEbershlP1n the Assocletlon'the flrBt mal only Buch aEeEbershlp to date'Ken Ross se1tl3 "Ana nov vecone to an especlally pleasart but nonethelesaaUfflcult part of our progre. The v€rylovel.y laaly wtroE we are about to bonor f1€x1n froE Callfornla to be with us a few houraa8o. In the short space of a fsu houa,allof us have coEe to lotou sonethlng of h€rchatE srd gr:aclousness. Unfortunat€1yreta tlne I1ke thls,ttrere 16 11ttIe that ce besaltl and ev6n 16sa thet calr b€ done to eaaethe pBlD of an achlng heert. Because our6ueat preferE 1t thet wayrre yllL nake nooentlon of what Is 1n hsr ud ou! h€artEedl nlnals. Sh6,1nc1denta1ly,18 the tlrst tosu6geet that she ls but one of marry of thepareDtE and wlves and. sweethearts of ourElBslng nea. She asks for no speclal favor,no spsclal eynpatt5r.rr In acceptln8 thstoken of nemb€rsh1p lD tha fom of a hanal-Iettsred, leather bounal certlf LcBte,Mr6. DesJa-or M1lalr6d es she lnslsta on balng ldlent-lfled wlthla ths Assoclatlon- Eado a brl€f,alncare statenent for herself md 1n bahalfof 811I. 'r'lhen lt wss over,therg was noqueatlon ln anyoners n1nd. but thet ournewest membsr was anA yould contlnue to b€ow nost loveal a.nal respected. We il€terrlflcalLy proud of ouraslvee for havlngventur€d the or1g1na1 suBgestloa that ourhonor Euest be lnvltad to com€ on toColuEbus for ths reunloniwe are even norEthr1lled by her orn unassuEln6 manner: byrhlch she proved'beyond e1I quastlon of adoubt,that she 1s'ln trer om wayrqulte asnuch of a soldler es the nan she 1ov€s srtdfor whon she walts.

another year but the norlnatlon vres

SratefullY decllned onthe theorT that thsre vasenough "h6nor and glorTwlthin the Assoclatlon' Ifour Yal1s that 1t canbe shared bY more thanone who ls more thanoagelvelY lnt6rested 1nbur futu-re. t'

Joe Peyton,outgolngSecretary'dec1lEed h1snomlnatlbn for reasons ofhealth,JaneE "splke"orDonnoll,the mlabl'ePast President YhoDreceded Ken Ross,dscllnsCirls nomlnatlon Just as and

for tho sams reason that llen decllned lt,and Roscoe B. Woodr:uff docllngd h1snomlnatlon for the sane offlce on th6 grounathat rrthe brass shoulal koep thelr flngorsout of thls Plerr.

In hlg rrPresldentrs Report" to thaconventloneers,prlor to tho slectlon of newofflcers,iGn cautlonedrraLatlv€ to theselectlon of offlcgrs for Lha naxt admln-lstratlon,wlth thes€ roralat rrMay I say lnpassln6,md wlth aI1 the nodesty at nycomud, that you can never hxow about theanount of tl.ne and energy whlch your offlcershave devotgal to tha effort of adnlnlsterlngthls organlzatlon durlng the pa6t t{elvemonths. I mantlon lt,not 1n any quest forXour plaudlts,but only 1n a bona fide effortto lnpress upon you a fact which may not bealtogether obvlous to you-the fact thatrlnelectlng our succsssors,you should eL6ctEen uho w111 contlnue wlth th16 free and.wl111nE axpendlture of tlne and efrort,andletrB put the cards on the tab1e,g4q-4949X,1n order to keep thls machlne rum1n6. Theraare anon8 you'EBn who ar€ r€ady'wlUln8 andable to work 1n your behalf for thocontinued growth end success of th18 unlt.I ba8 of you to reward tham wlth electlon toofflce. ?ass off your responslblllty 118ht1yand pernlt us to faU lnto wrong hands andre mlEht ees11v ultnes8 the sulclde of thlsorgmizatlon.tt-

On the basls of past performmce'therewaa no quoatlon ln the mlnds of the Benborsbut that Bob Duff was th€ 1o81ca1 contenderfor the off1c6 and ha waa awapt lnto theposltlon of your ner Prasldent unopposed. I{ef,lsh hln w€ll durlng h1s aatnlnlstratlon lnths yoar atraad.

Mrs. William Dean Wins Heails of Gonventioneers;Ghaplain Ghris Berlo lnaugurates lmpressive

Memorial Seruice; Bob Duff SucceedsKen Ross as Prexy

Fel' rea]-lze the tr,Eo rspresontod 1n thepneparatlon for the nev M€nor1al gervlc€whlcb yas pnessntBal at the Colwbus affalr.We have our om falthful Assoclatlon Chap-1aln,Fr. Chrt6 J. Berlorto thek. Once a6aln,we flnd oursglves lnd€bted to hln. It seougas thou8h nearly every tlme ther€ 1s a Sooddeetl lnvolved ln the runnlng of Aasoclatlonaffalra-and. r€ nodestly boast that thereheve been qulte a fer-Fr. B€r1o 1a 13some way and 1n sone mener lnvolfeal.

Last spr1n8'Chaplaln Berlo rras contacted'anal was askea lf he would conslder thepraparetlon of a ttd18n1fled csremony,worttly-irt irre otvlstoa and of the Assoclatlonrwhlchconcelvablv mlcht bacone tradltlonal wlth24th men wireneier and wherever they E18htofflclaLly convene".

In characterlstlc fashlon'Fr. Berloresponded Yl11lng1y and wholeheartedly.- Hewrole the entlre serrlsa whlctr hs hlnselfpresented at Columbus.- So lmpresseA are wo wlth lt ttrat we arocolnc to reproduce the wrltten servlce 1n afutuie lseue of the Taro Leef.

Regretfully, suf f lclent attentlon rasdlre;ted to bne partlcular feature of thessrvlce durln8 or after lts preseatatlon.Fr. Berlo had personally dlrected thewrltlng of a hindsonely bound teather bookcontalilng ttls names of the deceasad nenbergof the Dlils1on. T'lxe book ls a handletterealwork and, has been presented to the Assoc-latloa by chaplaln Berlo as lts pernanentorcoertv-. Henc€forth. the volu.me w111 beireient- ln the "p1ace of honor" at alliuture conventlong,rgunlonB and ass€Ebllegof the Assoclatton.

IARO '.EAF

The offlcla1 DagBzlac oyDoal aDd publlshodregule'rly bt th. 24th lafeutrT Dlyl;iotlAsaoolatlon ltt tho lntereata 6f aLI &en r,hohavo e€rred. and yho contlnue to scrvc the24tn IDfantrT Dlyl.lotr.

Eenrooal Rolr,Edltor

gubscrlptlotlt fr.a" *r y6arnifr€e tolsaooletlolr ncnberg.

Offlcerr of the As6ootatloa:

P:.651dentr Robert J. Drff161, Norttr Oek gtr€etDaE'l1Ie, f11

SEcretar?-Treaeuner,W1111a! A. gBvellP.O.Bor 258Blouatsto}ftt, FIa.

Chaplalns Capt. Chrlg J. Be}IoF1tz61@onB Aq, HospltelDenver, Colo.

ElBtorlenr Br1g. G€n. G. Stdrley Ue1oy.ft..Asgt. Comarratant,Tle InfanirrySchoolrFort Bennln8rce.

Chelroan, Uonberahlp CoDEltte. tJoaaph I. Peyton1r1 lI. Culver gtreetBaltlnor:er lrd.

EdltorrTero L€afttroEyood Rosa1187 Uala Str€otSprlD€f1ela, UasB.

Past t{atlonal Ple8ldent!,l,taj. G€n. Kenneth F. CraoerEdEund F. Hgru.JrRoss hrrsllull,e€g U. OrDonnell(etnrood Ross

IfEATHER UAN ilOREE ACAINST U3 YOU'RE GOODif you can solvo thic

in iurt I minute

Cut out thc throc roctalgularpleces b€loY. 906 lf you ceJf, nounttjra Jockeys oa ttre hoisear backsYlthout cuttlng or botrdlng tb€p1oc6s. It ce be aoDe.

''owoits you

In our Auguet 1ssu6,as re Eentlonedelaeyhere 1n thls lssue,we ellpped up onpubllshlng General Fred Irvlugri ptciure. l{eactually ware not at fault on-thal one aB welld llp plctue on Fand. Th€ prlnter Betsthe "Maggl.e's drayerg" for thaL boaer." t{ey111 how€ver take flrst prlz€ for a fa11ur6to artlclpete 1n the caso of Ma-!. Gon. HemI. Hod.ea. Wlth prass tlne fa6i, ,pon ,",re"found oursel,vea ylthout h1s plcture. WepubllBh e group plctur6 here;lth whlchlncl-ud.e6 our onetlDg coEnend.errGenelal Hodea.fn that August lssuerys nade mentlon of thsfect that ye llked the cut of tsenrf Hode8'ohla. Seo yhat If€ Eealr?

O€neral Hod€s could not b€ {1tb us atColuEbus 1n person but he was wlth us lnsplrlt. We proudly reproduc€ hls latterbolou ln uhlch he conveyed to us h1s goodYlBh€s.

Ivl.i. Gen. Frad.ricl A. lrving

The Eost bltter dlsappolntEent of theConventlon vaa the la8t nlnut€ altlounceaentthat MaJ. Gen. Freal lrvln6 had been Yeatheredtn at tl6st Po1nt aJld oould not teke off foroo1uEbus. Tho fact 16 that,so ffiloua rerewe to t,olcome Fr€at back to 24th Sroud onceaga.lD,our yelconlng comlttee ras ectualLyln Baltln6 at thc colunbua Alrport Yhen th€aad neys dltl B81v€. In typlcal lrvln8pros€,th€ aeasa8e read.: t'R€6ret roathercond.ltloas pravent ily Jolnlng you lnColunbus. My thought6 of you todBy'a6 theyhave alraya be€n,aro foreDoat lu ny E!.naI.I€t us not for8etrho{6vsr,tho66 8a11ant loenyhon ye left behlnd for lt ls they wbo Saveus ylct,orles etl a tredltlon of vhlch ve arelustly proutt. God blsss you aId our 8r€atDlv161or1. Irrlng."

Ono reasonranong the manyrrw we wantEdto ses Fred !.n oolunbu8 yas that re Dl8lltapolo8lse 1n e faca-to-face ray for tbattraglc bluniler ln our August lssua whea tbeprlnte? forgot to lnclude hls plcturo 1uthat tro-pag6 Bproad vhlch re workod. aohar\al on. l{e calle<l hln on the talephoneet West Polnt rhen rt6 reallzed th&t theprlnter haat errad md s6 tr16d. to sxpressour regr€ts vla the altravea. Freal neatlytold us to "perlBh the thou8htrr. t{efalloal to obay tha or.Ier however. BecauBeye couldn't-say "'rle are truIy sorrT,FredrratColubu6,ye're taklng the llbsrtJr of eaylnglt her€ ln the pres€nca of the entlr€nenberehlp. il€ do re8ret the onlsstoE. Asthey say oa the gtreetrnlt couldn't bavehappened to a nlcer guy.tl

As for your not b6ln8 rrlth us 1DColunbusrtrrotlrlt goss rlthout ssylng thatyou Yere soroly nlssed..trGit thor

Fustesi . ..rrLast nonthrone of our reportera ln th€fleId. ya8 out- oD an lnportart asslgDEent and.could.n't E6t bsck to the gtata6 ln tlne forthe Conventlon. He d.l.at succeed. la gettini

however 1n gettlng thla Eesaare thro;rh to"u6. Ihat Western Utrloa can do anvttrim.Noy all werve got to do ls "aft ioi-trin"iocone boEe so that he can t€lI us rhat hecabled us. If yourm up on your French,nayDe you can tell uE. Herers tha yay 1tlooked. whea we roc61ved1t.

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IlerEra an lt€n you E18ht wmt. lhe As6oc.has coDe lnto possesslon of a 6[a1I 8upply ofsone beautlful satln-acetato escalF Eapa.Itra trvar surplue" stock so don't 5o thlnklngenythln8. We cee oDto lt accorallDg to th€book and we've got a bl}I of sale to prove1t. H6r€rs the pltch. They nake peac}lJrscarrras for th€ Llttle roroen. They covervarlous area6 1]1 tho Paclflc md. are ,aoallycolorlul thhg8. Nou re areart Eekrng a thl!d1n6 on the dl6al antl lf you alon't bellev€ u6,pleBse forgot tha whole thln€. tle're dolngthls beceugo wg Eloy a lot of you boys wlIIyet one or two and,efter ell,Yhat'B thlsA66oc1at1on for lf r€ cantt 1et you lE on aal6al now and thea? Mak€ your checka out tothe AsBoclatlon and nall then to66ther wlthyour order3 to Eon Rossrlr8? Maln StreettSprlngflel<lrMaeg. Please order bJr nunber.Th6 pllc€ lnc1uA€a the nalIlng costE. Heraar€ the naps ava11ab16:

c36 Csntrel Eagt Aela tl.ooc52 trorea'Japan'chlna 2.25c41 Mltrdoro 2.O0c42 li{lndlaneo 2.O0In csse yourre st1I1 wonderlnSrthose ar€

the cloth cirerts ugEtl by the rrFlt'Boys't wheDthey r6re thooplng 1t up ln the vl1d blueyoniler. Itr6y Just crmed. theE lnto thelrpockot6 ana then took off 1lke b18 bltds,Eothe gaylng goe8. t,{e repeet;th€1r usefuLnesEto you u11.1 probably b6 1tnlteat to soEe-thln8 lrhlch you caJI paaa on to the Blfe orBlr1frlentl. The laalles ln the Sang who hev6ilraaay seen then have goue daffy over ther0.ge16 closes NoveEber lBt. Do66 G1nb61 te1IMacy?

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rydl e rrd o.t .d hab'.&d. hr,Sa.FeEtDMld, I.rEktdrryrlodhtu."

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COMMANOANTCOMMANO ANO GENERAL STAFF COLLEGE

FORT LEAVENWORTH. XANSAs

_. lh. oculm of th. 5th lmual R.ulo! of tho 2AtbDlyl.toe lrlocterloo tnr yrer ]raar--iiiuil iifiir*rd tl. 0th.1 2lttrrr et tf,o cmntloa fr Colrtai.- .--

_ Hunr,.f iold Llle to tt tht. opportudhz to r.ry ailtla6t to rlt ,.llor.xb.r. of tn-iii.of.t-f.i--iry b.rt rtun r tc r p1..rut ru cwcjirrtr-i;"-A;-

PAJ,O I4AXOR gENDg GREETIXOS

Just ea tho ororal ra! Ysru1:rg uP etColunbu5,there arrlY€d 8 lessage froE yayorUanucL Aoebedo of ttro !funlclpeuty of PaIo,L6yt. ln thc Ropubllo of tlr. Phlllppltre!.Ma.uy of our EeEbera 1111 reEeEber "pe88llrgthroughi Pelo coDctlre Iat. 1l1 ootobor ofL944, H1! Honor the Mayor ruted tosena us a fey wotds of gr€etlDgs sad Ye arsd6u6hted to reprotluco the Ee6sage beLor.I'layor Acebedo,lrl a a€parate lettsr to yourEditor yrot.r nADerlca and tho Ph111ppb66arorl fBolrtrrla aoul! that strlys for tbeconsecutloD of alenocraoyrqnd nay tbelrpathyays be elueys streyn wlth Gotl'snunlflcenc€ as they trcait the cruclal alayEahead.. Pleege coEvey Ey yarEe6t 6rest1n83 toyour aesoclates,snd tell theE tbat thelnhabltmts of Palo,JO'OOo soula Ia all,canaot lor8et the sacrlflcss thet you,lu th€hectlc alayg of october 1944'and ther€aftet'renalereil 1n Bearch for th€ HolI Grel1 ofrlghtoous vlototyn. Thank you klntllyruayorAcebedo,and ye elo reproduclng Jrour DesBa86,end th€ photosraph6 rhlch you so thou8ht-ful1y s6at, for all of our neEber6 to 6eeeral take pl€asurs ln. BelloYe ua'Y€ shallnevsr for8et Pa16:

PRESIDENT SYNGMAN REIE

On your rlghtrue v6t!rproudlJr roprotlucq thethou8htful, consldorateEesaage of the HonorabloSynpan Rh.ee, Presldentof the R€publlc oftrorea who hlows uB welI.I{a ar€ exceedln8lygrateful to Mr. Rhee foraU that he has 8a1d touor !{ey your peopl€600n Eee the end of thlsterrlble slaughter.

Nk. to bd!. eodd uitb $ in bdl.

As myomf thc tom of Pal", a tow t{hcrc you sct thc Dom.ntu of frec-,lorr ln yru Liberatarlatr struggle'"o emanclpate Lhe iiliplnos ol a h'ciicc.,roch fiom thc fell clutch of tlrc Japs, I congratrrietc ya aU on i,hisyou mual reuion.

?he Phiiip;,ines rn Een.ral 4d thc iom of ialc of {hlch I il lts hwbfehayor in jarticul"r, oifers lro'r no gu.Flcns but ihe laurcl ol I gratof'dana ufaai.g remsLrance. r-ou set thc relBrts of freedgm, e(l by yourlee.ls vou hive widcned thc areas of l-1bel'tv. peoring lnto horizons ofilee.ls y6q hive widcned thc areas of l-1bel'ty, peoring lnto horizons of+-i're, vigil?nt thai the boon whlch we ha'l puchased at eo dear a ccst

thr i'len ?!' th. 2/ ih Assoclatlon:

hilL not bc ir. va1n.

'l:;re ha; seen no catharsis in the nuiunr'1tJ, of cu intcrest; and t'h't,hi! come serye orLly to cet0cnt th. ties of frice'lshiP t,h^t bin'l

th pe6plcs, to rivet thc boois of affectix tha'" li;rk tu:itrlcans and

111,inos ali. Cn this day cf you mnual reunlon, nay you be corrsclcuiio lmer fact ihat ihe Filil)i-r1o5, Frtlcularl]' the ,rcolle 'f;aio

:oruro'. forget.yotl---the taok you acccnplLshed, not unllke t,h. feat of;isyphus, in llbernting ue from ihe helnous Japs 3nd }.helr atrocit'lca,ihe l-nense setvicc you rerderedr an'l 6bovc a11., ihe {leep-scat'c'l '!'Arc-e !!re[se scjvlcc y'ru arl, vrrv ,'ivr v"

;; th:l; ilberty 13 a pri.zcr: irsoesslon amng F1li)inos ]n'l that ''hef'are :til1 llcn uio k!ls, how to dle foa 1t.

'!1. uorld tolay statil st the brink of a cruciar pr'glI'ice' ldeol-ogleslreh in a rdgir,y i,.pact-----ole er.rbod;rlrg the Liucollian precept' that

urrl-er fod non-arl .qual al1,J 'ihat goverorents lerive theiJ cxlstence froFtlie eonsent of tlr! governod; the othe., a 3r'ecd th.,t 1s lliletricnllyollD;e'l to it. '!mcr!'ca, as i-a thc past, i: ai t he vanJ'rnl o-l' the foF'3r'an'i ttre lnilipfines eilDusbg ihe c'eed oi iilerica, 1coks up to he!', znd

ltth the ?hlllpplncs, the whol.e frec acrld, that, tutrcrica-urtrcalhi:r.eedontE sroni-,agafui at thls crilicai peric(i of the worldr; hlsiory,to sally forth ln a crus3de lot lib€rty. -iay sho ar)t faller ln o'rr ufr si enption !

?hru the colm of tho "?.'{lO LE,"l'r thercfore, I gr'ei ycu;nen of Lhe 2l+th

rnfantry (vi-sLory)Sivtsion, ed oodspeed to 1'oq "11, on thP altar of

freedon, lLbcrty anrl huian.iLY.

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RECOGNITION I'ORWORK 08 PSTTON

AND IIENEI(

A nar lmovatlonwas lDtooduceal atcolunbus thls year1n the presentatloaof CertlflcateE ofApproclatlon toEenbers of theAE6oc1etlon rho,bypast lErfomanceand by denonstratedloyalty to thoAa6ocletloa, Yereconsldored to beespeclaLly d6servlngo, rocelvlng thesetestlEonlala of theEretltudo of thoEoEberahlp. Notb€cause they vereconaldsred to b6 th€only tuo EeEbers

yorttrv of the honor,but lD a alnsore effort to evold th€appeaiance of e Yho1eaale dlBtrlbutloa of th€ p1aqu66'on1Jr twoweie prasenteat thls yeer'md thase Yent to PaEt Pr€5ldentEd Hei:qf enal PaEt geiretary Joe P€ytoD. Joe Bnd &l are plcture'labove ai th€ rostruD aB the presentatlone Yer6 belng Eade. fh€sc;ntlIy clad nblBculttr bshlnd Joe ls not a nenbor of the club.

SYNGMAN RHEE

FRESIOENT OF THE REPUELIC OF XOREA

August 15, 1952

rMembers of the Twenty-Fourth Infantry (vict'ory) Division

Association:

It is with pleasure and deep affectlon that I send you

greetings as you convene for your annual convention in

Columbus, Ohio. Every nenber of l/our gallart Division is

my coarade-in-arus and a close friend of every Korean' h'e

wi1l never forget how, during our darkest hours in JuJ-y,

1950, you calne Lo our aid to assist us in steming the

brutal aggression of the Cormunisli hordes' You ilere the

first .Anerican Dlvision to reach the front-llnes of our

battle for democracy against F-ed Imperialim' During the

long, hard days of fighting which followed, the officers

and men ol the Twenty-Fourth Dlvision fought with speciac-

ular bravery and greatr ulLimate success' General Dean'

your valiant Comander and my great personal friend' uag

lost at Taeion but we are happy to learal that he is still

a1ive, though in our enemyrs \{ar prisonerst camP' Thelr

contributions Co the cause of collective security wil-I

shine Lhroughoul, aLl the coning years'

On thj.s day' lugust 1!th, the Republic of Korea com-

nemoraLes the 4th Annlversary of its founding' You have

a direct' personal share in our celebrations lodayt for

without your aid. and assi.stance the independence of (orea

might !{e11 have been erased by the bloody hands of the

Communists. Also' on tlis dayr we are commemorating

the 7th Anniversary of Lhe victory over Japant to which

you coniribuLed so heavily in Austratia, New Gulnea' the

Philippine Islands, and in Japan itself' I m well

aware of vour glorious pasl and am sure that an even

brighter future Lies in siore for you'

I{y only re6reL ls that f an unable to be in Colmbus'

Ohio, with you today. I should like to be able 1'o go up

to each one of vou gallant soldiers, shake your hands,

and personally thank you for your sacrifices for my

people ancl lhe cause of the Uni.ted llations' My thoughts

and my heart are with you today. I pray to God thai your

sacrifices wil-I not have been made ln vain, and that long

before your 1913 convention meets, Korea wiLl- once again

be a united, independenL nation and that the Comunist

foes will have been taught that aggression against the

Free iiorld cannot pay. God bless you all'r'

In friendship and gratitude, I a.n

Sincerely yours' m

[,,, rne.^,,i.fu"-lJl)/(

(Ed.. note) tllth thls lssus,ve ar€ -->,

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EMEASSY OF ME PHILIPPINESWASEINGrcN

6 rul,y 1952

lLy deat Ur.

f aE s€oillBg you trer6{1th tho nessago whlchyou asked me to gsnd through you to the Assoolatlonof tb6 2/+th Infantry Dlvlslon.

I nust thank you for th6 opportunlty yougav6 fle to glest such a glaat arra, of gallantc cnraalos -ln-arrtrs .

iflth 6vety goodl ulsh, I leroaln

trenwood Rogs, Esq.Pr es lilent

24th Infantry Dlvlslon1387 Ua1tr Straet

Sprlngf i6Id, Massachusetts

lte fou-onbg Eoth6rsroul6 1lle to lrear froEyou lf Jrou ku6r tbelraong,Yho are UIA or arePot{'s :l{ra.J.P.Anbear816 N.18 st.EBca.haba,Mlch.(soa-Donalal lnbeau2lat )

MrE.EtbeI &xtlr€Ys106 Norti St.Gloversvlll€, N.I.( gon-Chas.Andr€wa2Ist )

MrB. l{aybe11 CoxBor 82,Eave1ock St.LlDcolr, liebr.(eoa-Iaoaard Cox 21st)

ldrs. Coldle Corll]r47f9 Ioul61aneSt. Iouls,11.Mo.(soa-Pau1 Con1ln 19th)

I!{16.B.l{.HaJmett7111 Woorl 3t.,

(Ed. Notes Therera the letter above,and. herereA,Ebaesedor Ronulo'B negsa8c belorr. It help6 noend to r6a11ze that rroutgideretr,putlculanlynenberB of forelgn natlona'arle sb].e to tak6 pen-tn-hsnd eA addreEa e few klnda YorilB In thed1r.6ot1on ot the D1v1glon we alL lovo so Ye1I.We arg gratefirl,Mr. Anbassador'for thls .expr€sBlon of appreclatlon and gooatwlll.)

Fr.oE lelt to rLgbt'Ua8aret P€yton'thePeyton'r kld s

r, Marc Cboulnanlr B.G. Catdwe11,BonnlB Ca1duell, Jo€ Pejrton, ard BettyFesnsk.

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ln th€ P€r6on ofBufot{ GoftrJr.EvetT Sootl Y18h,klds.

MNSSACE OI GN.i. CARIOS P. ROMI'LO'ETII],IPPIM AMBA,SSADOR TO THE T'NITED sTAlES AND

PERIIANII,IT PEILIPTINE DELEGATE TO THE I'NITM NATIONS,TO Tffi 24tb ]Ntr'ANTRY DIVISION ASSOCIATION

I an bappy tadsed to avall nysal.f of thls o?poltmlty

to srtond ,r!r :tost c)r1l3I fsli?tt3t1o13 ro bAe 2/ita

rrfaatx"' ')lvlslon \ssoclatlm now holdlog lt's 1952 Coaveltior

i:1 Colu,trbus, ohlo,

idth tfl6 ga11atrt nenbers of thls .tssoclatlon I sharo

the dsathless rte,lory of ar epic atru331s ajaillst EiIe ff,rJes

of i3rktross uareeshed by 3o 131obre eflonj' itr NiIe rast 'ar'

I rggari thslo as couadas-1n-3r,[3, 3]]d tIre liL1.9ir1o

?eople, I so su.rer ull1 always ramember nlth 3ratittrda

thelr oontrle[iior to lhs liberstioa of iile ?hLlupio€s

ud. to th6 prsssrvatlol of denocracy and freadortr in our

part of ths globe.

It ls wel} for us wbo went thxoirgh the trl&13 411d.

suii6Tlrlgs of bho l3st war to re[e[ber tlle bc]]rls of

cormon Ioyalty and servlcs that bi.nil lls, for ths way of

1i.fe whlch ws fo'rght 1ro preserve is sgain 6ilreai;er13l

{1ih dsstru3tiofl, end le 'raj' again hsve to stuaa up to be

counted io iis doferlss. Thls goe's !c slrf,, tllri ir3?lJr-rill lever ]s g33r1ra as lc ]J J3 aa,, brl'oe of rlen l]f,:J

a3gresslve iss1tra3 lpor :rciir:r, :11 Llrlb r:ri:.iLLi rJ

vi.3Ll:,r,ro, alf,ra liu,l sver J,3f cle, ,is b1e price ol libexty.

,llasb.lngton, D.C.? $Iv 1952.

ryow:: ..(Ea. NotetThls l8sue Youltln't be coEPlete'vare we to oBlt lrob1lcatlon of Sts'6ilii"i:-"i-""s"itl siro rs "tlr:. Hl"to"l*J

THE INFAffiFY 'CH@L

orTIcE oi ,HE aaalfa(l corraxoamFotl EElllxo. oHeta

12 Augu6t 1952

tt shcerest resr€tg that t slll not be able tct ,lti. vo, 1n Cotuius . Ilappy Enorles of last . .

ve*ts c-oventlon Eke re ddbly sortT tlrat .I- cu'lL tn"re to Joln in the splentlld fellovshlD theTuenty-Fourth Dlvlslon lnspires'

we E@bers of the Vlctory DlvistoD hee a- Iotto be Drofd of, being ldentifled wlth one of the

ii.""t-iis,nti"e @tfits ta tho Ltrited stat€s ,flry'

Ibw a grcd tlne at what I hope 18 tho-blggestad b€st conentlon yet. lay I recomd erectloof a n* Eietoris!

Plsse sqy nlbLlon srd g1r !g best Yldbes

to all.Sbcer€1y,

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. It is a pleasue -for re to address ihe renbers of the2lrtb Iafutry Dlvision Assciatlon on the occasion of JDuNationat Convention.

CfucrcUees of us have pl&ed the 2l+th InfetryDivisiou ia the first ].ine of fire at t,he sbrt of t,hliNationrs16! tlo codl:Lcts. MaSr of you, f m flre, sau the siarb ofWo+d tls II at Pesl Hilbor.. Sore rine yeus later, ln JufJ/1!!0, otber sldi€rs of the 2lrth InfatriDivision #re ruhedlrcn J4ru to f,orea s the first Uaited States Arrry troqrs tobEttle the co@j.sta there.

- .. -Tbu",,*r nade qr fask Force litrlth--s urrderstrengthbettalLon of about l€O ren. Reiaforoed by a battery ofuLillary, they hsld off the advece of Rid colws- fornpa_ly + srC a IaIt precioc hous before being overrheLred b1r two Korea corui.st dluisiou. The Jouae.detemiction, ed stdlI of these ren typify otirer fcltsof tbe 2lrth Infatry Divislou rhose actl-on in l(orea is sdd.-ing to a brilliar$ Ecord achieved in the paci$.c duing'vlorld 1lr II.

- I sahte you veteres of ihe Victory Divj.sion. youhave seryed in the best iradj.tions of the Unlted States Arny.Iou contribution to the llatiolrs &fense riIL 1ong be re_re[bered.

Sincerel-y,

h^Jl /,2,^.4- Frank Pace, Jr.(,/S€arettrlr of the .AnEr

Inclualetl enong the several plctures of Palorl€yto,P.I. vhlchrere sent to us for publlcatloa by ths Mayor of Palo yas thlsone ehowlag the Palo Cathedral Blshopllc of Pa1o. 'de weLl,nenenber lt as a clv11lan refu8e alurlng the Palo llberatlon and1at6r as ths slte of onE of our evacuatlon hospltal8. lhewhole etEo6phere,as reflocted 1n thls happy plcturerls obvlouslybrlghter and, che6r1er. May 1t tsEaln go forever norel(Ea. not6-Is that a "Jeepu'r wg seg ln th€ foregrountl? Hoy aboutthet,Ur. Mayor? Whose?)

Roecoe B. rriloodyrr Woodruff,who can andshould be litent1fl;at as the rrPath€r of theAssoclatlontr,he havi.ng g1v6n lt 1ts blrthln the BuEEer ol 1945 on the beach at ToloBa,Mlntlmso,P.I. fler, up fron hlB CP at Polkwhere he connands X1I Corp6. Not only d1d hecoEe h1oslf but he brouBht with h1n ap1meIoad. of Polksters."(No pun lntenaled).

We plature the Oen€ra1 above as h9addresged. the assenbled. gatherlng. that aalls ln thls one too. We tualrx't r€al1ze thatahe nlght bo a source of enbarrassmont to usuntl1 116 rec€1ved. the coEploted. plcturea. Ifyou fllld youpself ln ne€d of s explenatlon,General,Just Bay the word,and H6rIl vrltsItyrE. ilqsd.yn our bgst poealble aote ofexplmatloD.

Genaral Woodru.ff tlckleal h1s audlence aBhe told of an exp6rlenc6 rscently yhen h€was d.rLvlng hla ovn car doyD Flfth Avenus lnl{YC recently. He prouatly carrleg one ofthoss Taro Iaaf decala on hls rr1ndshr.6l.d aJratlt yas recognlzad by a truckdrlver es thetso vehlclas stoppetl slde by sldo for e r€dtrefflc llght. The tnrcker studled 1t fora noEeDtrthoD bur6t forth 1n sn1les and.belloueaLrpolntlna to hlEsetf, trtventy flretreglnentl l{hat werc you?rr "D1vlg1oi1headqu-arters" wae Woodyrs reply,and by thattlEe,the gre€n 118ht ln front of theE-ard.honklng homs behlnd theD a€med a6renlnderB..that the reunlon wea ov€r mal theyhad, best rrnltrr.

"But",li the ceneralrs word.s,"therg y€usr6,tvo of ua,1n th6 h€et of the Ielreatclty of the worldrwho,for s brlef moneit,xerg carrleal eyay t$61"o thousand. n1I€s. fhet1s the Justlflcatloa for thlE socletyitokeop a11v6 those aBsoclatloDs rhlch reforn€d yhlle rorklng togetJrer ln the 24th.rl

U€ ars gratelul to yourwoody,for nekln8th€ trek to Colulbus snd 16Dd1na us yourpre3erlce. And, yhen you rsach retlrement fulthe not too dl8tant future,you kloy thatyou y111 hBv€ the Aood. y16hes for a loDred hapDy tenure li your nleat aselgnneit,.We hop6 mtl trust that as a r€tlroal-oftlcerPy t!9 tlE€ of ou! n€rt 6€t-to6eti€rr1t ylltbe all the nore Eary ed po6B1b1. for you toass€nbIe ulth us agal.u aDil agah. Red.uoeal toa tar vorras,"U€ thlat you're topg! rrrl

^Throu€hout !!e-pest y€ar,dur1n6 yhlch tlEe ye have enJoyeA the ploesaatesslgED€llt of odltrrg thls UttI€ npoop sheetn,we have reliiously rlfralnealtron 1nJ.ct1Eg our orn plctur. theFlEto. tfe york lt l.a noi at ion6 laatbut yltb raluctaDce-for 6ood ehd obvloys nea6o!1. Iioyev€r re d!,d ia.nt youto,seerraldln8 fro!, L€ft to lr.ghtrour klDit and ootr.ld,erate lroatrcoloEelIlolle. G. PauuLu,chlc? of thc ohlo uultd? Dlst!1ct,uartrtr8. ril,u.! r.Dae,nrtha &toclatlonra CoDveutloa Gqestrth€- chatl[lDg itrg. Uarfe feufffa.ourhoetesr,eDd. 1.! tho lar oor!€rrtho vart aoee of petrpoDdtcularltyraoar otirertha,a the leeoclatlo's fsltJrfuL Roeool Clarou. Roacoo rauted.-i copr ;i thlsplctura to tak baol to Sterpltrg cr:ou!it,4r. fhatr ye Bakeit ht-E lf Li yar6,o1ng to bfrv. lt put b the paper therr,h- ropllodt rghuck.Eo. Irn.lutgotpg to Dar! lt euld eon6 the folt!. Ue itoatt have a papcr". Or]tv ilrcyatrbefor. r. g.t off th6 lubject a.nd. 1E caa6 yourre latereited,thla-pictur.ey8s tatoa 8t th. Columbus Alryort Just aftaer Mia. D€m haa lstd;at froi her

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In our last lasuerwE gave Jrou the speechof ,1n Batton et th6 1950 N.Y.Il6ralaI TrlbrrtleFonl,n. AIao on ths platfom ry1tb, Jln uasMarguerlte H1BB1n6 rho ne6t16 Do lntrod.uctloa.

lla are tetsIng the llberty of quotlng Pert.of hcr speeoh, elao for put?osog of thc t6-cori. Bcrc lt 1r3

rEvcry onc at rono tinc or othe!: Eekes a,:esh pronlse anil onr of the ,a6hcat of [ycarlae! lrar oeds a long tloe ago !,n trorea.IrD thc ftprt to edElt hot oftcn I doubtadtba yl,.tlon ol Ey .tateocnt: rI welkoa outof gcoul and I lntcnat to ralL bEck 1n.1 Idlit ralk out of gcoul, end I dLld hopc enal ln-tcnd to vElk beok ln. But D8n!r uorc thc theawhcn I aoubtcal I voultt 8o back unlcs. lt ,areea e prlroner-of-war.

rln the flush of tod.eyrs vlctorle! northof the para1lcl, tb.o3c tGrrlblo d.ry! lnEorca -- thc d.aj,s Just e hairrs brcadth rhortol ttefeet -- leeD unreaL &nd far aray to Eostpooplc. thlr ran has lrovedl lncr?dlbly festend tclcsoopcd Eeny draEet ln e lhort 6paoa.

iBut to n. thc Dost YlTlal ilayr rlLI el-rey! be the nlSbtDarlsh wesk8 In vhlch I rarmy oountry anil ny oountryEan naulcal entlhunUletcA by a rcgcttr-tag aray of govlct-4lrectcd. orlentalr uhoE wo hetl nlcknmeatgook; and e8-lEerkGil a. pushov.rs. And I thlrkttret tt ls fr:oro thesc day. of alcfeat thetAncrlca bas the nolt to 1carn.rl{c lcarnod for on6 thlng thet thc govlrt-dlrected ollentel ls e tirat-retc sold1cr.Hc har teneclty. Bc rtll ftght rlth one-flfthof the food, clothe! and transportatlon con-slAoreal .Bsentlel by tbc AEorlcens. And h.haa a vcry steady shootlng erE. L:enomborafter thr nor-fmouo battls of rNo-NancRldgcr on thc Nektong Rlver front hor a!{arln€ told nc ln en aggliloved tone of Yolo63tThose gook! crn drop thoac llot'tarr rlght lnyour. h1p pock.t.l UnfortunatclJ', on thatd.ay. thc gook6 yarc Jurt about that eccur:eta.lI rencmber thc eatonlshEent rlth vhlcb'our front-Llno offlccra found out vhet rtouah flght wc usre ln. l,ly thought. go r.ybaoi to July 4 -- th6 datc of the ftr:ltAdcrlcan skttnlsh tn f,orea. I recalI relklngon ttrat r&Iny Eornlng lnto the nudaty flea-lnfestcd. hut rhlch hcLa th6 battellon coE-nenA post. ALl wc had. ln tha Llne' lnclAont-e1ly, rcre txo half-strength Arerlcanbattiltonc. Althouah vc alldnrt knoY ttrthcrowere neerly stx encny dlvl8lons pushlng alovnon u6. On thet fatcful nornlng' Gcn. Berth,thcn as!lFtant comentler, strodo lnto our:hut wlth the new! that rRod tanks erc hsed-tng thls ray.r thc gencral addsd.s rCo1.gnlthr6 battallon on up eheaal 1. 8olng total(e them on. Itn oonfldent he can ho1d.Tho8c Eook6 ara 6olng to flnd out vhet ltlr1lkc to come up aga!.nst ADertcens. The Anorl'

front et the erpcn6o of Arla. If xc ooal.4r1., yc 1111 ultlnat.ly lose Europa rDJrr&y..,. ... Andt I yll1 ncver forEot hor 0o1. RsdAyre! of tho 34th Inf.ntr]r ReglDont, u.arJrend tlreA, askeA 6one ,leportera on thG fourttrdey of rar Hhat re had. heerd ebout rclnfo:rc6-Eents, ssylng, rI rag Just klntt of yond.enlngyhcther &ny Eoro Aeerlcans rcrc ooDlng end,,lf they rGre, yhether r. uoulal 6t111 b6around. to a6. theE rh6n thct got borc. I

rRueslon tn f,orcr thre, iloyn a chelleDgato the W.stern yorld. It 1e obvlous, I tblnt,thet y. et! ln a flght to th6 flnlBh sltbtotalltarlen coDDuntgE and that lt rlll andclthcr ln r8r or yh€n Bu6s!,e, thr.ough aUplo-Eetlc pressure, rctreets to ber oun borale4.NstureLly evcrybotty hopeE thet thG alcEocre-tlo natlons -- slth a allp].oucy that clcarlynust bc baokcd by grest arDcd Elght -- oenbrlng sbout thc llberatlon of that pert ofth. uorld noy grlppail by govlet lnperla1llE.But elther rolutlon tekes etred. strength. lf.heve felleat ln d.eallng rlth Russle rhcn rcvcrc res!. Thet 16 rhy I alonrt tblnk rc can6top amlng tl11 th6 ahordorn -- dlplonatlco! nllltaly -- has coBc. If thar! 16 a yer,I nent to ba sura of rrlnnlng ln the shortestpo861b1c Epacc of t1ue. Elgher taxea tnd[prepercalne66 ere b€tten than tho necd. forthet terrlb1. ollltery otder! rThese troopanu8t ho1d. at any cost.ti

to lcar.tr to rpply tho prtnolple6 of 31r-ground co-or{lnrtl,on vhlch rrorkail 60 beeutr'-fuUy ln the lets:r Phase8 of the rer.

rI vlv1at1y renenber ln those caril,y !tr.f-lngr hov a setEoent coYerlng nert to E? 11.1ttltoh on r roadaldt. bend aald foe11n81y Ylthireferenoc to ths .peedty Jet!3 rthy ttonrtIthoBc folloxc rt&y et 30,000 fc?t -- or gobrck to thc otllcersr olub?liBy tbe evcnlng of the flrst dey 0o1.Snlthis brttaLlon hed boen enctroLcd ana cutoff by thG Nor:th f,oreans. It saa ths flrst ofsccnlngly endlcsg flenklnA novarocnts. ftrcArcrtcine held out egalnst thlrty-to-oni odtlstlu thcy ran out of .nDunltlon. Then ttr.flrst of nenJr retreets began.

rBut the encmy Daale nlstake8, too. Gen.l,lecArthur says th8t lf the Rcds hed Jultknovn hoy llttle Yc hatl on hand, tbcy couldiravc plunged thelr tenks ltrelght througb toFucan. ttri kcy port on thc southee8t coast off,oree. Ttret eould hevo forced ur out ofNoree. But the Comunlsts' 8pp&fently dl8oon-certra by AEerlcerr suddcn entry lnto thower, yent Just cautlously cnough to glv-e- u!.ceicratcli nGeded tlne to r€1nforo6. l.Itrnd.eroattnatoA thoE, and., et flrstr they,verastlnated ut, ,. . .rlt rasnrt unttl Anerlcan foroes struokDrth of the 38tb tera:'].e]. that dlvr.aleal .[o!thna gouth tror6e that re reallzeil for suneihat tho CoEDunlgt! rere bent on a goorchod-rerth progran that YouLtt leeve thelr country,n ,lutna.r.fugt elx nlghts ago I yas 616cplng on th61ter h.1f ln a poteto patch Just south of'XonBXen€, tho North trorean caplteI, t lth b1grne-flva-flvc artll1ery 6uns boorolng ln nyrara. Jccplng to the flont that day wB hed

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assed. through acores of rulned. vr'l1ages,tylstea, burint-out ureoks. Thc dry Korean1111. oi1c. covereil ylth brlluant eutuDn folt'e€c t erc blackened. for acres by forest flreg.et ellght by alr end artl11ery flre.. Iteccned iatheitc thet the troreens uho hed 60

iiiii" ininra bc dcprlvea of even thetrshebby fltmsy hones. But the Retts steged &aerles of 6ne11-8cele but nasty delaylngactlons end these forced us to rout then outwlth e1I w. hed.. In tbe cholce betreen ruln-ed. v!,11e€ies or Anerlcan llvesr we choBe thorulnetl T1llage..

'trorea eoteA as e klntl of lntcrnetlonelalrro clock reklng up Amsrlce to the dangerathat feced ber. wc all knor nov that Rueera,111 usc foroc of erma even lf 1t ts B chel-lcngc -- !,nalrectLy -- to the Unlted gtates.Russla st!:uck becauac 6he thought south tro-rea would be e pushore, end that the UnltedBtates rould not lntervene.

rTlre fact that Alerlce dld go to thG ataof tt6 f,orean aIIy hed glven a tretsendousboost to antl-Connunlst norale ln Aslr. Uany.Aslattc elenents rho Ycre oarefuLly Elttlngon th6 fence JuBt ln oase tha ConEunlstgshouLtl con€ out on top hevo nou plec€d thclnbets on our slalc. One need onLy ].ook at thcchangcd. po1lt1caI 8ltuatlon tn Japen to setthl6.

'Ocn, UecArthur has oftcn 8a1A that thcUnltett gtEtes nust bc prepereal to counterlConnunlrt thrurtB 1n A€14 rhcreYen they oc-cur. And I donlt see ho!r, aftolt Xoreer nanycen dlsagree wtth h1D.

rl{hat good vould lt do, for exanpl6, tovln 1n f,ore8, lf we lost Indo-Chlne? It lsBJr p€r8on&1 i,tefl that the Unlted gtates nustbi reaify ln Indo-Chlna B18o to glve all-out.14 agalnot thc Conmunlsts thcre €vcn lf, tnthe long run, lt requlrea the uta of Anerl-oen end other Unltcd Netlon8 troopa.

rrln (orea, ths Unlted gtstc6 fought ltsflrst ara€a 6ett1s slth the advenced guat{of the Comunlat vor].d. lhe battle ls 8t111on thenc end. 6l6exhere. And 6lnce Russta 1l.o geographlcally locetcd that tt hes e frontln lsla aB sell e! ln Europe, Ye ero euto-Eetlcelly tn e tyo-front rer Yhcther wc Ilkelt o, not. Ife cmnot gtlffen the Eurlopcan

Proudty,we presant to you John rrRedrl

Growdon md HenrT Byoru.n,ong tlne Co's of the6th Tak Bn. They ane a couple of gr6at guys.

oRGANTZATTON DAY, OCT.1, 1951

We glve thanks to the klnallY hmd orhands whlch brouBht lnto belag our beloved'Dlviston Just,olevgn yeus a8o.

We bow our heads 1n PraYer to thememoff of the sacred alead of the Dlvlslonof I'Io-rld War 11 and of tha troreen War. Weprav too for the safe and speedy return forttroie hudreds of our conradeg now Prlsonarsof War sonewhere behlnd. the ItCurtaln". Maythelr glorlous sacrlfLcss for the presBrv-atlon of our coutt'y be ever renenbered andrevered bv us a1I.

WE SqALL NOT FORGET :

Just as we are about to put thls lssuo tobed..word 1s fla6hed to us about Splkeo t Domell I s dar1n8' drmatlc' da8h1n8, departurefron the Deshler on the Monalay AM foUowlngthe conventlon. Spac6 wont-petult us to glva

"L" ttr" aleta118. ArSrway,wetd rather save ltLnd let Splke teu- you hlnself lf sal vh€n hepassee votE way...Eal HenrT flnauy pullettiom hIi Jap fiag fron tho wall of hls roon

"i {rr. oeslri"r ai tt:ooat on t'lonttay'au8. 18th

and that wes the s18n that the convantlon wasoff1cla11y over.

wG1I. you knoy hou far end hoY fast wcAnerlceig-were foroed to run. And Ye boganI-earnlns the bitte:: lessons of d'efcet on th'tflret rEln-soekea nontln€. It was JuEt northof the bettallon comand poat on e noutLl-dottcd Korean gravcyet{ that I uatcheA Anerl-can bazooka teims ln thelr flrst tusslc rlthgovlet T-34 tanka. Tlro nonstrous tanka reroestreddlc .one ralI treok6 heral by. IIUnever forget thc horror Ylth t hlch wt leY oultbazooke. iLash wlthout sffeot et thc blg Rc'tvshlcleo.lThat vag th? f!'rst tloe re tllscoverea horbed.1y rc neealcd blgger entl better antl-tankweapone. Nes-typa bazookes flnelly 8ot to th.Eorian front. oi courac, but thcy arrlvsd too18tc to !e"c'the 1!fc of such soldterr e!young Prlvatc ghaArlok vho ua6 ktlIed thor.that-uornlng ln thc pr:oocss of flnillng outhor lnterlor our reapond uerc.

rlrvc 6e1a lt Yas-e fest-novlng Yan. Ic1ltvlthtn e fev hours eftsr thc AuerLcan6 bcgsAlgglng 1n on tho6c red cley r1dge6 at^pvontoE and Olen ra Ycre strefeil for thofirst ttne by our orn Jct plsnes. Anal wo Ycrcotrafed at di.frerant polnts along tb" frontrlr tlEeo ln .r D^ny ttay.. It took soE. tlDc

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- .ThB_Mayor of &olnrra sent us thls plctureof the lzutsuya Dopartment Store md ii;---vlclnlty as 1t appears today. Renemberi-

Wc Bo enJoyed s r?port of onc of thclr ra-cent partleg rhlch eppearcd tn ,Ihc 34th In-fentry fnfor.nsrl, thclr arcellent llttlapaper:, thet werre !6pr:1nt1ng lt hcr. ln full!

'Thc evcntng dtarteal ylth buslnea8 enaithc on-conlng danco preptratlonr. Thc 6ltue-tlon 16 Btll1 up ln the a1r, but should. bacleerad. by thl! on coDlng necting. !he con-troverry, daeu ylth thc lolectlon of thcslte. our genlal Ar!1 Polantt has offored anetloquate !ra11, yhlch la lecklng onlJ, ln Lu.-trc. gonc rey 1t can bc alccorated end mAGpresentable, but Aonrt thlnk 1t 1111 do.other. 8ay, vlth a llttle labo! ye can bcproudt of 1t. .[11 agr:ee rc .hould benerltflnenolally and thls yould be thc drcldlngfactor. A oonr0lttc6 r11I dlBcuss 1t and hevca report by the litsr.oh Eeetlng, rhcn th6 neE-berehlp HlIl heyo to tlecttlr. After thc busl-nees l{aa d.lspensetl hrlth, thc letge ne[ber-thlp ye6 eugnented by an over flortng nuBbcnof guo6t8. A1 Bllenolo yas r6spon!1b1a for agreat nunber anA thay a1I re!? yclcouc. Asllght donatlon of four blts re8 lnculrea todcfray tb€ expenaeB of thc beer, chlps analpretzcls. Wc ned.o no uon€y but wa haal a Iotof fun end. tlld. not go thlnsty. A tro-hou:rahow ua. put on ylth all typeo of sltuatlon!snd gtorles. The conedy, pathoe6 and. drarnara6 equelly dlotrlbutcat end the beer end. eet!waro paceed out dunlng the Bovle8. Upon coa-pIctlon, tho gencrral qu?6tlon raa, uhan cenyc tlo lt egaln? ldho knou!? There 1s alyayst surprlee at our neetlnge. All thls yas Bealcpo.s1ble ur.th the abLe asslgtance of JohnnyCecl, Fretl Lager, and. SaD gnyd.or, ylthoutwho66 hc].p lt couldnrt bc po88lblc. ftlenkgfe1Iors, you sro eLrreya on hend. ,hon needed.Lotrs havc Eono of tbc fun. Uho tnovg yhet toexpect -- ro gct dosn end. be autprlaeil. r

Thatr6 a grcat gan€ up tbere eround NcyYork. lhcy suro knor hoy to pIey.

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At the rlsts of appearlng ungratefiLl lf ue dldnrtnent,lon-ltrve -shoy you Roscoe ClaxoD pt€8entlng to us,on behalt of the Aasocletloa,e beautlfully lngirlbealgaval as a oynbol of th6 Assocletlonrs aplreclatlonof ou Job as Prosldent tturlDg th€ yeer ilrlcl €natad 8tColubus. fheretg aot Euclr,to-Eay oiher thao ,tthen& yosttonce a6elD. DvoI'Jr nIluto of ttrat JrEeJ:r ras a plesaant-on€. As for 1ook1D6 at our plctule agela thli yesryouroDt have to becauaa,brotherryourve f,ad 1t fodthe'i8stt1Ee. ThekB age1D for beslDg rlth us throuahout the1asue.-we s€e the end of th. Ia6t Daao 1n 61Atrt aaawc doart obJect oIre 1ots. I{€rt noai,h]neaet ifra',. BesEelDB y..

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Presentlng aboveranother table atthe Colmbue gatherlng. Here you se6,ln the foregroundrJoe Badarecoo (Dlv Hq),and fron left.to rlght,Bert troenlg (24 .1M),Fraal Zlerath (19th),m u1d€antlfleal couple,we are ashmeal to adnlt,Fr. Chrls BerLo(lgth)rTom conper€ (Dlv Hq) md Tonrs aon.

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I l'tessage to the presldent of the Twenty-Fou.th Jnl.antry Divisj.on Assocl_I atlon aad the officers_ and l{en Attendtg trr" fili d""i."iiion and Reuio!I ar OorEhls, ohlo, August L5, 16, and l7thrI

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It-ls- a very great privilege for ne to selute aDd pay h@geto the nen of the 2/+th Irfaatry Dlyl;ion of tfre U.S, 1m.,. Iou ue thereal veterans of the (orean mi. fo-r, _ner-t to ,y *'"o.it"y-"r, yoavere the first ariyals after the Unlted N"tlooa, a.cfsion to opposeaggressive cmrls rith the oDlJr veapo! it viIl ever mAerstand _tri1ltarf,i force.

- You ue, of couse, Dot aIL on hand for thls reuion fornaqr of you lte buied Ln Korean soll, havug pafa tle suprme prtceHhlch braye Ee! alEys ue ready to pay 1! Gd]f-.i-i;;o, and decency.others of you brothers-ia-amsr- inci"ii,g yo* g"ff.nl-"o rnder, Ge!_eral Des, are prisoners of the barbartc ;; ";"ff.

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But the lDpact of ylu c@lng to Korea, the valor of you con_duct Hhlle-there, and the uuitlt a. of brave ana'lerofclctioas you tookpart iu Fj-IL b€ forerer raqbered ty the Koreil p.opi..- f knov thattbey joLn ne La thls salute as vell as the frop. tl.i'in-uetter day6 toc@e e$r of you f,1Il retm to ou faramy t.od as risltors rith youqives eud you chi-1dren. rE rhat event, i* ;;l;;-;iir receiyeuple evidence of or etema1 gratitude.

It Ls a rcDderfu-l cohcidence, I thlnk, that tle oDeaiEg daJ.

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8111 Byrd and hls very slncor€ Tlne & PlaceComlttee EoveA lnto Colmbus wlth ths vo!!rsage counBel that the convantlon dl]:ect theExscutlva Comlttes to nake the dacl81on asto thc tlne antl the place of th€ 1951Conventlon. Thls Has all for very Eoodcau66 as myono uho has been close to themanageEent durln6 tha last three or fouryeara laroHs. F1rstly,the Belectlon of theslte at least shoulal be basea upon the wlshesof the neJority of our nenbers ed not nerelythose yho are fortunats enough to be wlth us atconventlon tlnE. In tlnes paatrlt has been thefeellng that the selectlon of the succoedlng slte has been nade byttre nenb€rs prasent rrlthout alue regani to thg wlahes of thelr noreunfortunate brothers who could not attenal ths conventlon. Underthls setup for exanple'the conventloneers at Detrolt selectedColunbus for tho slte for the succeedlng year. NoY anyone wltha gooA arm can thror a stono froE Detrclt to Colunbus. Wel'Ialnost anysey. And rhat about the chaps llvln8 at dlstancesgr6s.ter than-5OO n116s-froE coluBbus'for axmple? You lmow thoinswer. They Just dlalnrt 8et thsre. In an effort to bethorouShly democratlcrth€ gug at Colubus votedrafterno 1lttle dlscusslon,to toss the ball to the entlremenber8hlD. You.the trenberg,now have 1t 1n your hands. Thanext questlons-are "l{here?t' and "l'J'hen?" the ballot belou 1s

Come Out tighting, BoysWe have had. so much fevorablo oonm€nt on

our plar of Ilst1ng ou neEber6 by state8 1nEucceedlng lssues that we're llstlng ourDelaware neBbers 1n thls lssue. Hei€ theyare !

IdAJ RICEARD IV. ARONSON (19th)244-D Thoras Drlvellouroe ParkwlLtr1ngton, 6, De].araro

EDWARD J. DI SITA (3a lagrs)1710 W 4th Strootwlldngton, Dslana!.

E0t&1s5 J. SUU,TVAN JB (21st)1425 N L!.nooln Street,W1r-rngtba, Delauata

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Dlck (724 0rt1) md Mary claser d.rovedown fron Mcoorob,O. to be wlth us atColmbus. Much to our regret,re were lustbusy that ue hardly bad tlne to say nH1" totheE. Dlck and Mary have 5 chlldren. Dlckmd hls Dad have a coment tlla fectory and.nake draln t11es for farmers. I'rary Ls thelatter xrlter 1n the fanl1y md keepa us 1ntouch wlth what Dlck ls do1n8. thmks,MarT.Dlck was one of the best Jeezu d.rlv€rs lnthe entlre D1v1s1on. tls loxoyiwe'ye rlddennany a n11e wlth h1m. See you next year,klds.

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submltted. for you as a meana by whlch you can gxpresssubmltted. for you as a meana bY whyourself on both_of these- lnport,mourself on both of these lnport,mt questlons. The only hltch1s thlBrthe po111ng of the membershlp ENDS OCTOBER f1st.So take a nlnute or two off,wl11 you please'and let us hlowwhere and when you wut the next Bet together to b€ ha1d.

uall your balLot to 8111 SareU,P.o.Box 263,tsIountstown,FIa.

t*tti*li+***'**l'*trtI**ltt** ii* frttr**+*+*+L*t{ +*+**** Dear B11I: **l* Here's Dy baIlot on the t5, It Convantlon. - **t

- t A6 tO t1ma.I'd l1ka to aee you *' * have lt tn (cheak one) June ( ), *

* July ( ),August ( ),saptenbsr ( ),. ** October ( ),November ( ),Decenber ( ) ***

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rumlng oast of CmPKoklrra ad throuah thehaart of the cLty. t{ereqret that the l1tt19gaita back ls turned.One of you nay kIoYhor.

Here ts our Eood frlena'Mayor Msuel-.o,"ei.ao.sr.,togEther wlth h1s wlfe'at theil;;;;;i ai'neE raactr,talo'I€vte whlch

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for sendln8 lt to u6.

Now you're of age.

You're full-fl edged citizens.

Now it's yom tm to pay with a littleof you time and some of you thoughtfor a lot of things you received when youwere growing up.

The lemt you cm do is to vote to helpkeep you comtry the way you wilt it,lest the children you're raising won't havethe ftmk, fre yem you have had.

Be sure, Young Voters, you're registered!Be sure, Young Voters, you vote! ,g

Hello, YoungVoters!

You've taken this country * you birth-place.

You toddled round and laughed mdgrew under the sushine skies of Liberty.

You fathen and mothes put you tobed each night with the confidence ofFredom, not in furtive fea.

You lemed in fre schools.

You played ball or skated or jumpedrope without a cae in the world.

Your stomach wre full, your clotheswere wsm, your roof wm sound.

You enjoyed privilege and plemue,movis md ffi, treata and trips like noother youth growing up in the world everdid before. r

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We prosent bslow,r6ad1ng fron left torlghtt !{rs. anal Mr. Mlchael Rafter (r4th),Urs. Robert Ro8ers,Ed. WlegneanrJohn Leahy,Vlc BackerrBob Rogers,louls getoro,analMrs. and I,Ir. Charlle Rod.mer,and. Russ PyIe.

FRONI ond CENIER xt{e would call your speclal attentlon to

the lela whlch the gals ue wearlng ln thovarlous plcturas ln thls lssue. Thsy yor€hongst-to-6ood.nass le1s trade up In H&ral1for us by Ah Kee Iaong (lra Bng) antl flownover to Colubus 1n tlEe to ba passed outtg the ladIea as the avenln8 festlvltlesgot und€tray. ftro mgn se waarlng lBls toobut werIl b-a honest wl.th you;the-men gotonly paper onag. -rle ero lndeed. grateful toAtr Kee Leong for the verTr efflclent nunerIn vhlch he handleal thLs proJect for u6.

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Josoph M. Desar€ of RD2,Gansevoort,N.Y..Bt€p-father.of Jmes E. Allan (zlgt) uho wagEI,A o':.].l/4/50 would Ilke to hear from anyof Jlmig buttdles a6 to what actuallyheppened. on that fataL day. Can ar5r memberwrlte to Mr. DeSare md glve hlm any help?

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Wa belleve that the buffet style of dlmer whlch was us€d at ColubuBand. {hlch 1s plctured ln the photograph above prcvad. to ba much norsacceptable thm the nora fomal banquet sty16 of dlnner. At least,thatsesmed to bg the cons€nsus,and wo tr1ed. to ask every s1n61e 669 61, 166BanB that stepped up to the s6ry1ce tab1e. Not only d1d each me take Justwhat lrs wtrrted but he took as nuch or es Ilttle of lt as he wanted. Now a6to prlce,lf your11 permlt us to tatk buslness for a monent,ws pald thehouge $4.78 p€r plata. one chap toltt us that the dlnner Just wasnrt worthnore than $2.00. Maybe Bo,althou8h the rnaJorlty seened to thlnk otherwlse.Our polnt ln nentlonlng lt at allrhoweverrlB slnply thls3so long as w6conv€ne ln expenslve hotelg ln 1arg6 cltles,ws can expect to pay top prlces.When you fll]- out that ba11ot over on the other Dego,bear 1t 1n n1nal,w111you plaaserend glve your convantlon comnlttea a break?'dhy not tread for aBmaller tofln 1n '5J,or beti"er stlIl,an lnn or a r€sort ln one of 1ts off-3eaaons. Yourre the Aoctor. Itts up to you.

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KyuBhu, Japan

RespectfulLy Yours,

4 }o,easr !952

I wlsh to aentt you a greetl-ng as I hear that the arurral reunloirof your A56oc1at1on is gofng to be held in August 1n Colunbus, ohlo'

It has alread.y been nore than two yearB slnce the Twenty-ForthDLvlslon left Xokui'a. The Dlvlslon has achleved dlsuLn€ulshedservlces through the occupatlon of Japan and conbats 1II Korean front'As have been t[e myor slrce your DlvlslonEs flrst statloned lnKokura, I together wlth cltlzens of Kokura, wlsh to express oursin"er6 apprEclatlon to you and all menbers of lrour Assoclatlon forcooDeratlons ln rehabllliatdon of Japan. Cltlzens of Kokura have agreat dea1l of frlentLly sentlnent toward's you.

AB one of Defeatllng Bases the clty of Kokua tras been p1ay1D€an lmportant role. Although we are seperated. across the Paclflc,therL are rro dlfferences bebween us 1n our rutual efforts to walk

on the road. whlch 1ead.s to ihe happlness of humn belngs. we areand wlII be strlvl,n€ ourselves to fulflll our nlaslon'

Several photograps corrcernlng the clty of Kokura are encloseilherewlth. !Ie- stall bL very happy lf they serve for Uhose nenberswho ever stayeA 1n Kokura to recollect the goo'I o1d days'

Wlshlr€ prosperlty of the Assoclallon and eood' luck of themenbers,

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Eal. Not6! For the nany convontlon plcturos-ln-thlsr"i"".ti" are lndebted io Major C'H'Hoover of 4J2il;;;'ii;a;,6oitintui,onio wh6,at the-ur51n5 of col'ii.c.i*rrrfi of Ft. Hayes Save up a saturdayIiii"""""-"r soti rn 'oraei to render us thls aasrst';;-;;;-;;";; [o-."pott that colunbus s1nplv abounds

"it[-i"irliri."re" wi:o are w11Ilng to JuEp 1n ard

oiictr wtren i call for help from a veteran's Sroup';;;h-"; ours,rs 6ounded. Thsk you'Malor Hoover'aihousand tInJsiyou too'col. PauIIln'

Ralph O. v*tg,har(ar"ii"rrJ'rrii;, niA or'poil's. rf ev of.vou.talow ervthlngiuJ"i' trr."" iada,w111 you pleass conmunlcate -Y1t'h

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"Ir"J"i-i". r"thei's I Mri. G:o.Berge, 6?4-J18t st " oakland' cal "il;:-ffi;;J-i. -6o*, r.. Helghts, dorbla, Kv', antt Mrs' AltoaVauahm? !hanks.nen.....Do lou tlte ttrts nunber of th6 Taro;;fffi; e-it-il';rii sone lirfomatlon that vou.Yould have

;iffi ;; i6ia? wJrri "atrt trt"t we dla put 1t together ln a

*tif +il'iii::'::'iieiy: til3, *Iii";.1',il'""I!'ia':1""i.::::;;i"'#:r;i"tor...l.C"i.-cin6g PerLz 1; the.,Pre'ldent or thei;:';;ilffi ;;;;i;;:-Mi;;t.-nnarea wada. ls "veep"'-Lt' J'H'Itunt ls SecretatY-Tret"uiJr,ana Lt' B'J'Alrbrose 1g PIo' We

;ffi i;";;-;iiii".."- *"i:'- ";' the chapter prosres ses'' "' oharuoiiii,,"id*iriii-(ii"t in wwII and Koiea) md now.at theniilrril"iiir"tii-iraiar.ne-cenier Just ser-It 1n.to us a souproof ney nenbershrpg. ftanl!,cilJiii"l ie wrltes,that hatsil"'rri"a-G the bamackg oi'trre ora IIth Tank 99'ptty: !9 ?"v"ffi;;; iil.-iiir."-iirJrs ,lri lmow Ju-gt where lt 1s' TeIl 'enItts on the way to ttasaueis--art'i" i it""a day oa the rarl8?''l6i,Ed,rJ'^;tiii'" iir.n...lltl. Gen. A'c'"cooper" smtth sent 1n

h1s reEreta Just bsfora'coivantfon tlne at not b61ng able to be

Iiiu'"8.-cl"i.i-r" "o" Doputv c.G' at Flfth Arny' we too wero

fiii li'";;i5[; ;; ;" rrav- r"ons had a spscla] warm spot ln ouriliit"-ro"*trtia sreat "oiarJi.-wt

krow ioo that wh11e the 24thil"iri"t-il rrrs rirst :.ove-trE belng Etrlctry e ermor nm froE;:+ ;;;k:;-'al t"r-m""t,-r'"na *'it hls'arrectlon ror ouii*r"iIi ria-i" r" ai"p-ioa-sJt.,rot' ue'r1 cor'ult on vou-not toiij.i"ii"ri"rsi, c""p.r. . . . .uoE F1ae6o1d. ( 19th )' res 1d1n8 lniiiir-io*-rr-i6u pi.."",co'ian't nitre lt to colubus ea he tas

"if.i"'.i""-i"6n-a coupr6-oi olrrat 'ons 9v?r .1! coral Gabrea'ti!"i";';8";'t;-""ti"ii"a wlttfone,he had to hava two'

llamk vou.Mr. Mavor.for thet renenbraJrce. Anat Juat to provethat Mlgoi Hanadl cine through wlth the Soods'we reproducabelor oire of h1a photographs. Itts a vlew.of G1n-ten-641 St.1n domtown Eokuri. Busy Ilttle place,l8n't lt. 'r{e wou}dn'tn01nd taklnI( & stroll alown G1n-tan-Aa1 tonlSht ourselvas.

HolEes G. Pau11ln'ColoneL to tho rest of the Amy but JuBtplaln "Holneatr to us,ln h18 capaclty as ch1€f.of- the 0h1ofiiii[";-Dr;artct mi,rurorflclally as our Host whl1e ln colubus'

"aart""Ls a waro word'of Yelcone to ttre conventlonoerg aa he

"i"64-uri."e itre flover-beaiecked shrlne of the Asgoclatlon' l{e

*ifi-""u-. iorget m<t we w111 elways bo 8rat6fu1. for tho kln'Ilyana-frtenaty eithualaan vhlch he gave to our varlous effort6durln8 our stay 1n hls clty.

We'ra proud of thls oDs. Thls 18 th€ color Guara fron Ft' HaJrea,ofrto wtrtctr'narched in at the be8lrm1ng of the buslness 6es61on and

"ri".a iigiafv at attentlon throig'hout-Chaplaln Belro I s l'lenor1a1

sJi"ic.." t'Ie"say that lt wae a flne a Color Guani as we heve evsrs-ln-"ny*trere,aira you cm quote uq: .11 the baclrSroun'l'you-r111 seeit.-r""-n""o"iatroir ftag ed l@edlataly 1n frcnt thereof 1s th€iiri"'in!"-

"pi"-wrrrctr was-pLaced the Booh of tha Doceaseal coate1nlng

tir-iii.""-ii--aii aiputei conradea of ths 24th. Tho cmd].es upotl;;; i;hrin;il -e-rt rip".e"nted one of the naJor ults of the comena

as Fr. Berlo call"ed off the nanes ot thg8e unltsrm€Ebers !!"ft9fJiooa'"p-i" fr""h.d sllence rrhlI€ gecretary- Joe. Peyton llShtod the

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by the tlne thls shot was te.ken. Terrlflcally Blad you Eede lt,Fred;

A table at the buffet alnn€!. Reedlng froE

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Bob Luther (f4th) of Athens,Pa. recsntlyrecelved, the Bronz€ Star M6dal froE gscry.of the Aruy Frank Pace for actloa a8alnstthe eneny ln New Gulnea ilhll-o assl8ned as aStaff g$t.,2nA Bn.,Meal. D6t.,J4th Itrf. Elghtyeare? Not baal,boy. Congretuletlona,Bob.Bett€r Late thm never.

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AdvartlBanent

The Heroic Strug6le of rrTagk Force Bnlthrl

trgeve!. Bloody Hours Thet Sevetttrorea"! ths eplc story told la REALfo:. the flrst tlEerof the fL:st hand-ful of Anerlcar grouxd troopgror.dered.lnto conbet ln Korea.

Of these n€n of th€ 24th Dlv1slon.REAL Eagazln€ Bays, t'Hlth thelr seven-hour. gorT Btaad on Heartbreak Hkhwav.Tesk Force SElth changed the petf,erD'-of the whole confllct and perbaps thecour6e of hlgtory.rl

4O6 nen agaln-st 2O,OOO onnr8hlnatroops. You'II rant to reaal lt;youYllyart to te1I all of your frlends about1t.

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