The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 12, no. 4 (July, Aug. 1962)]

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THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S MESSAGE

HONORABLE ERNEST VANDIVER
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA

MAJ GEN GEORGE J. H E ARN
TH E ADJUTANT GEN E RA L

My Fellow Guardsmen:
The Georgia delegates to the 84th General Conference of the National Guard Association of the U. S. have returned after an eventful week in Denver.
Highlight of the convention was the address of our Commander-inChief to the 1,800 official delegates and guests. Governor Vand i'.ver, as Chairman of the National Guard Advisory Committee of the National Conference of Governors, gave a resounding renounciation of the Pentagon's proposed cutback in the ARNG. Then he announced that Secretary of Defense McNamara had agreed to a restudy of the proposed reductions. The standing ovation and sustained applause given our Chief Executive indicated the high esteem with which he is held by Guardsmen throughout the Nation. For his services, Governor Vandiver was presented the Association's Distinctive Service Medal by Major General William H. Harrison during ceremonies at the annual States Dinner.
A tour of the Air Force Academy at Colorado Springs was another highlight of the week. Part of the event included the presentation of state flags to the Academy. Brigadier General Homer Flynn presented our Georgia flag to a Gainesville cadet in the colorful ceremonies.
A distinguished array of speakers gave usan up-to-the-minute picture of our defense posture. Among them were General Herbert B. Powell, CG, Continental Army Command; Lt. Gen. Joe Kelly, CG, Military Air Transport Service; and Lt. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, National Director of Selective Service.
Out of the conference came many programs of importance which will be adequately reported in the National Guardsman magazine, but I would like to mention that the groundwork was laid for a Physical Fitness Program which will be a major effort of the Guard in the years ahead.

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OUR COVER ..
All historic event In Georgia history was recorded by thl s remarkable photo graph when the Nuclear Ship Savannah glided Into Its home port 22 August to be greeted by a 19-gun salute from com poslte batteries of the 1st Howitzer Ba"alion, I 18th Artillery. Governor Ernest Vandiver, on board the NS Sayannah, received the salute as the long-range vessel sailed up the Saannah River past hi storlc Fort Pulos kl. Capt. Arthur M. Glgnilliat, Jr. made the dramatic picture as the ship passed under one of the tubes of the baHalion' s I OSmm se If-propelled howitzers under the command of Capt. Em-
mett L Bridges,

6 Do1ate Blood
Six members of Hq Co, 4th Med Tic Bn, 108th Armor, from Americus donated blood to a maternity patient at the Sumpter County Hospital 16 July. The Guardsmen, all of whom gave tYPe 0-negative blood, were Sgt. Coy James, Jr., Sgt. James
R. Price, Sp5 Billy Welch, Sp5
Gayton Harbuck, Sp4 Bill Forre.st and Pfc Tommy Sheffield.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

Officers of the 102nd Signal Depot on active duty at Tobyhannar Pa., l-IS July are shown at Ft. Monmouth, N. J,, during a visit to the Army Signa Research and Development Laboratory II July. Front row, 1-r, are CWO James W. Hamilton, Maj.
Robert H. Hickman, Capt. Eugene E. Everitt, Lt. Col. James E. Sensenbrenner, .cOJ.
James E. Deadwyler, Lt. Col. Jack L Conrad, Maj. John W. Gillette, Lt. CQI. Walter B. Elliott, Jr. and Maj. Ben L. Upchurch. Back row, 1-r, ore Maj. Jack A. Arm strong, CWO lsmo Davis, CWO Norman Brock, Jr., Maj. Wilburn L. Waddell, Maj. Edward W. Westlake, Lt. Col. Clarence B. Irwin, Jr., Maj. John T. Harding, Captain
Richard B. Peacock, and CWO Frank J, Sikes,
Pocono Mts. Site of Signal Depot Camp

Airmen Honored
Two airmen of St. Simon's Radio Relay Squadron have been honored by being recommended as outstand ing airmen in competition with other subordinate squadrons of the 253rd Communications Group, Mass. ANG.
S/Sgt Jimmy L. Ransom was selected for the outstanding NCO Award for his job performance, leadership ability, military bearing, conduct and UTA attendance record. Lavish praise was heaped on S/Sgt Ransom for his energy and enthusi asm displayed during the accomplishment of his tasks as education technician.
A1C Robert W. Manor was described as being well-qualified for the "outstanding Airman of the Year" Award. As an electronic instructor, he was found to be most dependable, an industrious worker with "an aggressive and mature attitude toward his ANG career., In addition to his other qualities, AlC Manor has assumed additional responsibilities, including assistant relay site chief.
Both Ransom and Manor were warmly praised by Major General George J. Hearn, the Adjutant General, in letters of commendation upon their selection.

For their third year of ANACDUTRA at Tobyhanna, Pa., Atlanta's 102nd Signal Depot was located in the Pocono Mountains approximately 30 miles south of Scranton.
Tobyhanna's Signal Depot, which was home for the Georgians 115 July, is primarily civilian operated, and the military contingent is small. Personnel were assigned to their counterparts in the depot for on-the job training. This was supplemented by formal instruction by Tobyhanna personnel.
During their AD training the offi cers and warrant officers received a one-day tour of the United States Army Signal Supply Agency in Phil adelphia.
Another trip was made by the of ficers to the US Army Signal Corps Research and Development Labora tory at Fort Monmouth, N. J.
Battery Activated
Elberton now has three activated National Guard units with the or ganization July 12 of Service Bat tery, lst Howitzer Battalion, 214th Artillery. Capt. John S. Sherreffs was appointed battery commander but continues to serve as staff assistant to the battalion under Lt. Col. James E. Slaton of Augusta.

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GENERAL MERRITT ACCEPTS DIVISION FLAG FROM RETIRING COMMANDER, GEN. SNYDER

MAJOR GENERAL BENJAMIN F. MERRITT NEW 48TH ARMORED DIVISION COMMANDE R

GENERAL MERRITT IS NEW DIVISION COMMANDER

NIGHT PROBLEMS ADD STARK REALISM TO MANEUVERS

A"S 48TH ARMORED DIVISION TRAINS 22 JULY- 5 AUG.

Moving straight from hometown armories to remote field positions on the vast expanse of Fort Stewart acreage, the Combat Commands of the 48th Armored Division -- Georgia-Florida National Guard-- planted themselves unobtrusively beneath the thick foliage of pines and water oaks for five days of realistic maneuvers under simulated combat conditions.
While the other elements of the 8,500-man division set up communications and administrative functions in the main post area, the fatigue-clad Guardsmen of the Combat Commands camouflaged their gun positions, pup tents and armor with branches of water oak, netting and adroit use of mud.
Only the hollow pop of blank cartridges being fired in mock com bat revealed the location of infiltrating "aggressor" forces as the Guardsmen trained under a sweltering sun. Even at nightfall and on into the early hours of the morning the maneuvers continued with night problems adding stark realism to the "combat" operations.
Major General Maxwell C. Snyder, a fire-ball of energy as Division Commander, kept abreast of the field problems with frequent helicopter visits to the training areas. Not far behind were Brigadier General Benjamin F. Merritt, Assistant Division Commander, and Brigadier General Charles L. Davis, Division

Artillery Commander from Savannah, both of whom hovered close to the front "lines" to watch the progress of the attackers and defenders.
The major project during the first week's encampment was the tactical exercise performed by the 1200 Guardsmen of Combat Command B. The Georgia organization began moving out from their scattered posttlons deep inside the Fort Stewart reservation some nine miles east of Camp Oliver.
At twilight, the elemen'ts began converging on the main arteries leading to coordinates on a map some 36 miles from their bivouac area. Moving silently as ghosts, but blacked-out under maximum security, the tank battalions and armored rifle companies filtered onto the trails and roadways, creeping and inching their way through the blackness without lights at approximately five miles an hour. Seven hours later, as dawn approached, the efficient Guardsmen just as s ilently vanished into the underbrush and set up perimeter defenses and awaited probing action by the "enemy" forces kno n to be in the area.
Other high! ights included the rapid construction of a 60-ron-capacit y pontoon bridge by the 560th Engineer a ros s the Canoochee river. This highly succ essful projeer was followed by the traditional "dunking" of the company com-
manders involv d.

Along the artillery ranges, earth rumblings testified to the fi ring of behemoth 8-inch, atomic-c apa ble howitzers. These weapons, botb self-propelle4 and rowed, can hurl 250-pound high explosive proj ectiles up to 10 miles and drop them in the enemy's lap.
Climaxing the first week o f duty were the significant events of Governors's Day. Governor Ernest Vandiver, guest of honor for the o ccasion along with the Governor of Florida, made his traditional troop of the line, leading a convoy of brightly painted jeeps with other distinguished visitors on board.
Governor Vandiver praised the Guardsmen for their dedication a nd service, relaying the appreciation of all Georgia citizens for their sacrifices . In his brid address to the assembled Guardsmen, rhe Com mander-in-Chief pointed our that three battalions had recently been converted and reorganized, belying the claims of some Pentagon critic s of the Guard that the stares wanted to hold onto obsolete organizations.
The always inspiring revie w, which ended the day's formal events , was preceded by the colorfu 1changeof-command ceremonies. Major General Snyder, upon his retirement, relinquished his command to General Merritt, who formally rook over the division the middle Sunday. The popular general, a former Mayor of Macon and longtime Guardsman, had served as Ass istant Division Commande r sinc e 19 57.

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Lifting a 250-lb. shell to load it into their 8-inch howitlzer, members of Atlanta's C Boftery, 1st Rocket Howitizer
S:,.alion !79th Field Artillery. In the gun crew are SFC
Franklin 'Burger, Sp4 Jerry Williams, Sp4 Jimmy Wyatt, Sp4 John Jones and Sp4 Larry Beasley.

After a company officer of the 560th Engr Bn was ceremonious-
ly dunked, in honor of the completion of their 60-ton pontoon
bridge across the Canoochee, one of the sergeants doing the
shoving gets the same treatment crt the hands of his former buddy. It was the first time the talented engineers had completed this type bridge all the way across the fabled Canoo chee, so the baptismal event wos spontaneous and unrehearsed,

"We will have franks and beans for supper," these bivouaced members of Albany's B Company, 2nd Armored Rifle Battalion, avow. Shown inside a field mess truck are, L-R, SFC W. J.
Thornton, SpS Carl Jennings and Sp5 Weldon Hayes.

Bandmaster Loren B. Heard, Warrant Officer, conducts an impromtu rehearsal for SpS Kenneth Hunnicutt (left) and Sp6 Maxi me Goguen (center). The 48th Division bandsmen, all from Macon, carry their weapons and full combat gear on
bivouac but find time to serenade the "critters" in the woods.

L~II the comforts of home, while twenty miles from civilization, aptly demonstrated by Maj. Forrest L McKelvey (left) to Mt. Col. H. T. Clary (center) and Col. Edward J. Mackey. Maj.
cKelvey said his home-made wash and shave table is most useful on bivouac. Maj. McKelvey serves with Lt. Col. Clary, commander of the 2nd Medium Tank Battalion, Col.
Mackey is State Training Officer from Atlanta.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

This military vehicle is never left dirty overnight-at least not where there is water and a hose available and men like PFC Herbert Sheffield, left with helmet, and Sp5 Monroe Weldon to wash them. These Guardsmen, washing a 2%-ton truck, are members of Quitman's Company C, 2nd Armored Rifle Bat
talion, !21st Infantry.
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Above the muzzle of o 90 mm gun mounted on their M-48 tank, these members of Dawson's 4th Medium Tank Battal ion, 108 Armor, are left to right, PFC Don Bridges, Sgt. Wilbur Gamble,
SpS Herbert Majors and Sgt. Gerald Stokes.

Prepar ing an attack, these "aggressor" troops ore men of Douglasville's Troop B, 1st Reconnaissance Sq uadron.
Playing "the enemy" to give other Squadron units some mock warfare act ion are Sp4 Marvin Thompson, Sgt. Bobby Ja cks on,
left, and Sp4 John Baggett.

Getting rea dy to fire their 105 mm Howitizer, these members of A Battery, 2nd Howitizer Battalion, !18th Artillery, Jesup, rec eive instructions in the use of the firing lanyard. Guards men, from left to right, are Cpl Billy Miller, Sgt. Leroy Horton,
Lt. Ray Bowden and Sgt. Johnny Jones.

Guardsmen of Jackson's Troop A, 1st Reconnaissance Squo dron, learn to improvise ways of repairing a jeep while opera ting under simulated combat conditions. The men are (fr om left to right) PFC Murray Hollingsworth, Sp4 Raymond Wa ites, Sgt. James W. Barnes (stooping), and Sp4 Ed Ridgewa y.

" Whatever you do, don't put o lighted match right here," Warrant Officer James Hale, Hq Co, 560th Engineers, could be telling SFC Billy Flowers of the S60th's D Company, as they examine the nozzle of a gasoline truck hose.

Calhoun' s Hq Co, 2nd Med Tk Bn, keeps in touch with other units during mock battle by use of radio equipment. Guardsmen, lr, ore Sp4 F. L. Serri tt, Lt. Williard Lewis PFC Jimmy Brown, PFC Therrell Goswick and SpS Jack
Defoo r.

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P ractic ing how to fire a .Bazooka a re PFC Larry Benton and SpS Herbert Jone s. Both are members of Thomas ville's B Company, 4th Medium Ta nk
Battalion, IOSth Armor.
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DSM's, Trophies
He 1 or Guar dsmen
A Macon Lieutenant Colonel. and Americus Sergeant recewed
Georgia's bighest m'Jl''tary adU:ard Governor Ernest Van wer
fto"' 28 at Governor's Day cere
J,ord,Yu,es for the 48th Armored Divi
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It'00 troops of the Georgia-Florida Division watched the proceedings.
Governor Vandiver and Florida Governor Parris Bryant revie wed the Division as part of a program that lllso included the transfer of the 4 th's command from Florida to
Georgia. Major General Maxwell C. Snyder
of Jacksonville formally retired, ,.,ing the command over to Briga tlie r General Benjamin F. Merritt of Macon. General Merritt's assumption of command and promotion to Major General became effective July 29.
Governor Vandiver presented Distinctive Service Medals, the State's high est military award, to Lieutenant Colonel James Edward Preston, Jr., of Macon, now Division l11s(lector General, and 1st Sergeant Grover C. Deriso, Jr., of Americus' Headquarters and Headquarters Com p11ny, 4th Me dium Tank Battalion, lOBth Armor.
Lieutenant Colonel Preston was honored for his work as S-3 officer, Combat Command B, a position he held while holding a major's rank.
Sergeant Deriso was cited for meritorious and distinctive service during the past 6~ years, during which time his company has won several awards.
Unit awards went to Marietta's Troop D, 1st Reconnaissance Squa dron 108th Armor, Macon's Head quarters and Headquarters Company, Combat Co mmand B, and the Ameri cus He adquarters unit.
Brigadier General Charlie F. Camp, Assistant Adjutant General of Georgia, presented the Adjutant General's T rop hy for Small Bore Rifle competition to Captain Charles II. Oliver, Jr., commander, Dawson's Com pany A, 4th Medium Tank Bat talion, 1OBth Armor.
Captain Oliver received the award
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Governor Vandiver presents the Di s tinctive Service Medal to Lt. Col. James Edward Preston Jr. of Macon, now In spector General, 48th Armored Division. Lt. Col. Preston was honored for his work as S-3 officer, Combat Command B, a position he assumed Jan. 1, 1958 while holding a major's rank. He planned staff schools, published training notes, formulated SOP's prepared complete and exhaustive checklists for training in spections and became proficient in
CB.R warfare.
Capt. Wi II iam E. Nance, commander of Marietta's Troop D. 1st Reconnaissance Squadron, receives the Governor s Trophy for training proficiency. It is presented to him by Governor Vandiver.
Brig General Charlie F. Camp, presents the Adjutant General's Trophy for Small Bore Rifle competition to Sgt. George W. Pittman, Dawson's Company A, 4th
Medium Tank Battalion.
for his company's rifle team which compiled a high score of 1,326 points. Team members are Sergeant George W. Pittman, SP5 Gerald W. Wilkerson, SSG Ray fl. Smith, Ser geant Billy IV. Brightwell and Pla toon Sergeant Cranford Y. Turner
Captain Robert L. Souther, com mander of the Macon Headquarters Company, received from General Camp the Eisenhower Trophy for the calender year, 1961. The trophy goes each year to the most out

First Sgt. Grover C. Deriso Jr., Hq & Hq Co, 4th Med Tk Bn, Americus, receives the DSM from Gov. Vandiver for exceptionally meritorious and dist inc
tive service from 1958 to 1962.
Brig. General Charlie F. Camp, Assist ant AG, presents the Eisenhower Trophy for the calendar year, 1961, to the commander of the most outstanding Army unit in the Georgia National Guard for that year. Capt. Robert L. So uther, commander of Macon's Hq & Hq Co,
CC B, receives the award.
Capt. Robert L. LeSueur, Jr. , comman-
der, Americus' Hq Co, 4th Medium Tank Battalion, 108th Armor, receives for his unit the Adjutant General's Trophy for the best supply and adminis tration in 1962. General Camp, presents
the award.
standing Army unit in the Georgia National Guard.
General Camp presented the Adjutant General's Trophy for the best supply and administration in 1962 to Captain Robert L. LeSueur, Jr., company commander, Americus' Headquarters Company.
The Marietta Troop captured the Governor's Trophy for training pro ficiency. Governor Vandiver made the presentation to the unit's com mander, Captain IVillil m E. Nance.
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Gliding gracefully through the sky, a C-97 of the I 28th Air Transport Squadron wends its methodical way along the air lanes, accomplishing one of the many missions required of it
during the Wing's summer training period.

Spraying a portion of the I 16th Air Transport Wi ng's C-97

aircraft, airmen of the I 16th Consolidated Aircr aft Main.

tenance Squadron get the ocean-spanning transport ready for

its next mission. Keeping the plane's aluminum cl ean and

gleaming is strictly second-story work most of t he ti me

judging from the height of its empenage.

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Wingmen Gear Guard TransportsFor Worldwide MATS Missions

With their eyes on remote areas of the globe, hitherto Georgia-bound members of the Air National Guard's 116th Air Transport Wing are busily gearing their organization for worldwide missions.
On active duty for 15 days at Dobbins Air Force Base, July 8-22, some 900 officers and men from the Atlanta area manned their squadrons with a high degree of pro fessionalism. Reorganized from an air defense role to that of air transport April 1, 1961, the wing has been getting crews and support personnel ready for global jaunts in the 128th Air Transport Squadron's C97F Stratofreighters.
The former jet fighter pilots have rapidly adapted their flying talents .to the four-engined, long range Boeing transport, and many of the crews have made several Caribbean flights to Panama and Puerto Rico.
Flights to Europe have been scheduled on a regular basis smce the first of the year, With the Georgia pilots guiding their aircraft into such exotic bases at Lajes Field, Azores; Mildenhall RAF Base, Suffolk, England; Chateauroux Air Base, France; Torrejon AFB, Madrid, Spain; Rheinmain AB, Frankfurt, Germany; Harmon AFB, Newfovnd-
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land; and Kindley AFB, Bermuda. A flight departed the first Sun-
day from Dobbins for Dover, Del., to start off the two-week training with an overseas mission hitting many of these bases. Eventually, flights to South America, .Africa and Asia will be made by the Guard crews.
Preparations for the global missions, flown under the jurisdiction of the Military Air Transport Service, took on an international atmosphere at Dobbins AFB as the Guardsmen engaged in their annual summer training under the command of Brig. Gen. Bernard M. Davey.
Crew members were issued international immunization shot records by the wing medics after they received the needle treatment at the dispensary. All personnel on flight status have special passports that permit them to land in all the countries regularly visited by the Eastern Transport Air Force.
The hauling of cargo in the giant Stratofreighter has been one of the prime missions of the Air Guardsmen for the Military Air Transport Service. But the versatile airmen can now handle litter patients aboard the C97s. Qualified flight nurses and medical attendants of the 128th

Aeromedical Evacuation Squadron are equipped to handle in- flight patients if the need arises.
The double-decked tran sport, which can carry up to 130 passengers, was utilized by the Air Guardsmen to transport several squadrons of AFR and ANG personnel to and from their training sites this summer.
To keep the crews at high levels of proficiency, a flight simulator has been installed at the Air Guard hangar. Electronically simul ating the flying characteristics of the C97, the realistic cockpit controls enable instructors to feed in simu lated emergencies to which the pilots and flight engineers must react swiftly.
Gen. Davey's 116th Air Trans port Wing includes three transport groups: The 116th Air Transport Group at Dobbins, the 165th, which was recently reorganized at Travis Field, Savannah, and the 166th at Wilmington, Dela.
Before the end of 1962, practically every Air Guard flight cre w
at Dobbins will have been to Europ e at least once, with the prospec t that fli gh ts will be made to other continents next year as the Georgians take over responsible missions of the Air Force in meeting its world-wide commitments.
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s/Sgt William J. Simonton, right, and Airman Ellington assist

t John p, Syribeys in performing a minor operation at the

firth USAF Dispensary. Business-like professionalism

h acterizes the duty performed by these Air Guardsmen as

c or

they keep Wing personnel in fighting trim.

A talented crew of competent flight nurses of the 128th Aero
Medical Evauation Flight practices treating a brother medic as part of their summer training. Lt. Martha Kavanaugh, left,
selects a pill while Lt. Margaret Mease and Capt. Bettye S. Saylor apply oxygen and check his pulse. It was found to be
a little high, naturally.

S30TH AF BAND OF THE ANG STRIKES TEMPO AS WING AIRMAN PARADE ON DOBBINS FLIGHT LINE
GENERAL DAVEY BRIEFS GOVERNOR, GENERAL HEARN AND OTHER VISITORS ON TRANSPORT WING'S MISSION
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Brig. Gen. Bernard M. Davey, Comman der of the I 16th Air Transport Wing (H) (Ga. A.N.G.), tries out the new under arm life preserver during survival train ing exercises at Lake Allatoona. This preserver is a new and improved version of the old "Mae West" type. Flight crews were required to jump from a dock and swim out to a lO-man life raft as part of their water survival indoctri-
nation this summer.
Governor's Day ceremonies were held by the Wing on 14 July with Governor Ernest Vandiver as guest of honor. The Governor and other guests were treated to a review on the flight line, a briefing on the Wing's mission and a luncheon. Prior to the review. Gov. Vandiver told the assembled Air Guardsmen that they were performing a vitally needed service in supporting the important air lift assignmen'ts cur rently being given the Georgia trans port Wing.
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GENERAL HEARN GREETS SIGNALMEN UPON THEIR RETURN
HAPPY GUARDSMEN GET SPECIAL GREETING FROM LOVED ONES
LT. COL. WICKERSHAM GREETED BY FAMILY AT BUSH FIELD 8

The only Georgia National Guard organization called to active duty by the President during the Berlin crisis of 1961 returned to Georgia soil August 9.
Flying by chartered aircraft into Augusta's Bush Field, the happy Guardsmen were greeted by equally happy members of their families. Tears of sadness in evidence last October at the Augusta railroad station wete replaced by tears of relief and joy as wives and parents hugged their khaki-clad Guardsmen.
Members of the lllth Sign al Battalion from Washington, Augusta, Sandersville, Louisville and Wayne sboro had been at Fort Meade, Md., since October 26, relieving a Reg ular Army signal battalion for du ty in Europe.
On the flight line with familie s of the Guardsmen was Major General
George J. Hearn, Georgia Adj utan t
General, who greeted the men a s they disembarked from the aircraft. In the general's hand for distribution to each Guardsman was a special citation, signed by Governor Ernest Vandiver. It commended the men for their loyalty and sacrifices made in the national interest.
Buses were waiting to take the demobilized Guardsmen direct to their hometowns where welcoming ceremonies were planned by local communities.
General Hearn spoke to his Guardsmen in welcome-home ceremonies at Louisville, Washington and Augusta, praising the men for their service on behalf of the Go vernor and the people of Georgia.
The battalion is commanded by Lt. Col. Erskine B. Wickersham of Washington.
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GH. HEARI'l PRAISES GUARD AND RESERVISTS AT AUGUSTA CEREMONIES
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CAPT. BUDDY OUZTS RECEIVES CITATION FROM GEN. HEARN CAPT. J. H. LEROY ACCEPTS CITATION FROM AUGUSTA MAYOR

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Explaining how they scored a direct hit on a radio controlled
aerial target, a gun crew of Eatonton's Battery C, Jrd Aute>o
matic Weapons Battalion, 214 Artillery, show their commandet"s a twin 40 MM shell casing similiar to that wi t h which the di rect hit was scored. Left to right, are, Lt. Col. Frank C.
Davis, Milledgeville, Battalion Commander, Brigadier Gen eral Jack G. Johnson, Canmander of the IOSth Air Defense Brigade, Staff Sgt. Dennis W. Knowles, Sp4s Jerry L. Sanders
and Dappa D. Smith.

Getting first-hand knowledge of the operati o n of th eir M-48 Patton Medium Tank, Guardsmen of Swainsboro's Company B 5th Med Tk Battalion, prepare for a driving lesson. St an ding'
left to right, are, Pfc Rodney D. Beckwo rth, SFC Earl P ayne' Sp4s Micheal K. Le onard and Thomas W. Smith, and Capt: John I. Bell. All of the Guardsmen are from Swainsboro except
Sp4 Smith who is a tank instructor from Sparta.

Mixtu re of Botta lions Merge for Maneuve rs 12-26 August with 108 Air Defense Briga de Under the Command of B/G Jack Johnson

A Duke's mixture of artillery, en gineer, tank and howitzer battalions, along with attached signal, hospital and ordnance units added considerable variety to the training agenda of Brigadier General Jack G. John son's 108th Artillery Brigade.
General Johnson was making his first encampment as commanding general of the Brigade 12-26 Au gust when the multi-talented Guards men set up "housekeeping" at Fort Stewart.
Only Milledgeville's 3rd Auto matic Weapons Battalion and Wash ington's 5th Target Detachment were on the artillery firing range, where for many years the potent 90mm antiaircraft guns had thundered methodically throughout the two week encampment.
Instead of the big stick, it was the big shovel for former artillerymen from Statesboro's battalion. Bulldoziers, scrapers and graders were new and challenging behemoths to the men of the 265th Engineer Battalion. Judging from the smiJes on some of their faces, the old ar-
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tillerymen liked the throb of the powerful deisel engines under their control and seemed to quickly mas ter the metal monsters.
In addition to handling the heavy machinery, the flexible Guardsmen were checked out on the operation of the new water filtration equipment. Sitting beside the Canoochee River the compact van was used to purify the dark waters and convert it into drinkable H20 in an emergency.
Former Sparta tankers, now back into the armor business, were the prime reason why Guardsmen of Augusta's 5th Medium Tank Battal ion were whipped into shape so rapidly. Acting as instructors, the Spartans had the former ack-ack troops moving the M-4 g s around the driving ranges with considerable agility.
Elberton's Skysweeper Battalion became the 1st Howitzer Bn, 214th Arty, back in May, and by mid-Augwas hustling powerful 105mm sel~ propelled field artillery pieces across the Ft. Stewart landscape. With a newly acquired Service Bat

tery, the battalion moved over the sandy terrain with a high degree of professionalism.
Griffin's 117th Surgical Hospital, boasting a group of highly qual ified physicians, performed its vital role with its usual finesse. The sterile atmosphere of a temporary operating room in one of the new dining halls gave this observer a renewed re spect for the competence of the medics as they performed delicate surgery on one of their fellow Guardsmen.
You would think that the above conglomeration of troops wo ul d present an irregular appearance on the parade field, but such was no t the case on Governor's Day when Governor Ernest Vandiver reviewed the versatile Guardsmen. With re markable uniformity they marched past the reviewing stand with infantryman-like precision.
The Governor, in a brief address, congratulated the men on their successful conversion, calling attention to the fact that Georgia welcomes reorganization to mo re modern equipment within the present troop structure.
JULY, AUGUST I 962

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A In .40 mm self-propelled antiaircraft gun of Milledgeville's I tw lotoon, B Battery, 3rd Automatic Weapons Battalion is
':,:red for firing by left to right, Sgt. Wyatt E. Durden,
~.. Robert E. Moore, and Sgts. William H. Butter and James 0. Meeks.

A small boy's viewing delight is man-size work for these Guardsmen of Washington's 5th Target Detachment as they crank up one of their RCAT's for a su<lcidol flight down the
firing line.

A member of the 117th Surgical HosP.itol from Griffin is opera ted upon by Col. William R. Robinson, commander of the 117th, in a temporary operating room set up in a Fort Stewart dining hall. The fully equipped organization has a highly competent staff that performs its vital mission with a high degree of professionalism, Dr. Robinson is a highly regarded
Atlanta surgeon,

Discussing the operation of a D-4 Bulldozler, Guardsmen of Statesboro's Company A, 265 Engineer Battalion, stand astride the metal monster. Front row, left to right, ore Sgt. James R. Hotchkiss, Sp5 Robert K. Cooper, Sgt. Wolter V. Street, Sp4 Allen D. Beasley, and SpS Charles G. Blackb urn,
all of Statesboro. Back row, left to right, ore, Stoff Sgt. R. D. Dickey of Statesboro, and Sp4 Ernest C. Corter of Portal.

~lectronic maintenance equipment of Brunswick's 110 Signal ottalion, is operated by left to right, Pfc Dorell L Carver,
Sps Billy E. Godwin, and CWO George J, Bruce. All of the battalion's electronic equipment is brought to this section
for repairs.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

Multichannel telephone and teletype circuits, as used for a field army, ore manned by Guardsmen of Savannah's Company D, 110 Signal Battol ion. Operating the teletype tarrier ore, left to right, Specialists Fourth Closs Clyde W. Nease, and
Vernon E. Holmes, and Sgt Charles J, Towns.
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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN-------------------------------~

Cols Camp, Conn
Get PrizedDSM's
Colonel Sanders Camp, former executive officer of the 10Bth Artillery Brigade (Air Defense), was presented the State's highest medal 18 Aug when Governor Ernest Vandiver pinned on him the Distinctive Service Medal. The ceremony, which took place during annual Governor's Day Review, highlighted the end of the first week of the Brigade's two-week encampment, Col. Camp's citation read, in part: "Under his leadership, guidance and coord~ nation the Brigade Headquarters Staff bas been rated Superior for eight consecutive years by the Third United States Assistant ln spector General."
A second DSM was presented to Colonel Charles Conn, Senior Army Advisor to the National Guard from Atlanta, Col. Conn was cited for his "sound advice, keen interest and enthusiasm which have con tributed immensely to the achieve ment of an exceptionally high de gree of combat readiness evident in the units."
The Governor's Trophy, also awarded by Gov. Vandiver, was pre sented to Capt. Wynson L. Hope of Atlanta's 201st Ordnance Company. The 201st was iudged the best nondivisonal unit in the Guard in 1961 for proficiency in training.
Among the guests of the Brigade co mmander, Brig. Gen. Jack G. Johnson of Thomson, were Mai, Gen. George J. Hearn, State Adiutant General, and House Speaker George Smith of Swainsboro.

LT. COL. ALBERT J. TWIGGS, TROOP COMMANDER, SALUTES GEN . JOHNSON AFTER TROOPING THE LINE WITH GOVERNOR VANDI VER
COL. SANDERS CAMP DECORATED BY GOV. VANDIVER AS COL. CONN, GEN. JOHNSON WATCH DSM PRESENTATION
DSM PINNED ON COL. CONN BY GOVERNOR, CONGRATULATED BY GEN. HEARN

Plotting the position of the "enemy" and computing the range and azimuth for their Bishop artillery trainers, these Toccoa Guardsmen of Btry C, 1st How Bn, are, left to right, Lt. Randolph Reeves, Pfc Bobby Coker and SpS Thomas Steel.
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A new artillery unit, Elberton's Service Battery, 1st How Bn, is not composed of new personnel but these experien c ed Guardsmen from other batteries. Left to right are Capt. J ohn F. Shirreffs, First Sgt. Ralph Cordell, Sp 1 Ronald Edward s,
SpS Joel Seymore, a nd SFC J. D. Waters.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

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ges.Heads GMI

Col Gene L. Hodges, who

Lr. Assistant Commandant of

cb;eeoelrflso..uandMedilitianry1I9n6s0t'it

ute has

since b een

--ceo Commandant by Maj. Gen.
J Hearn. Col. Hodges re-
Q,l. Donald E. M~es, ":'ho cle.oCe full time to his ~u~1es

Scace Director of Tra1mng.
CoL Hodges, former s-_3 of the c;.. Bo, 214th Arty, 1s now a

.....- of Hq & Hq Det, Ga ARNG,

cecendy moved from his home

Swainsboro to Forest Park, Ga.

GMI Class No. 2 has completed

;r:;;t:dmacely one half of the recourse. Applications _for

....,ument in Class No. 3, wh1ch
lleJla in February, are now being

.ccepced. Col. Hodges estimates

rover 100 applications for Class

3 will be processed within the

.at few months.

Sign in factory: "Anybody who ishes to attend the funeral of a nlative must tell the foreman of biJ department before 10:30 a.m. on the day of the game."

A man rushed excitedly into the smoking car of a train. "A lady bu just fainted in the next car," be cried. "Has anybody got any whiskey?'
Immediately several flasks appeared. He seized one, tilted it back, took a long drink and returned it, saying, "Thanks, it always did make me sick to see a lady faint."

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JULY, AUGUST 1962

More Lost to Peace than War

(A special report by the Georgia Department of Veterans Service)

The U. S. Department of Defense has advised the Georgia Department of Veterans Service that it has lost a total of 80,787 men during the "peace" periods since 1946, a num-
ber much greater than the losses of five U. S. wars all combined.
The statistics were gathered by the Georgia Department of Veterans Service to point out the great hazard
of serving in the modern "peacetime" military services and to justify the passage of a Peacetime GI Bill.
The 80,787 deaths occurred as a result of accidents, violence, instrumentalities of war, and from disease. They do not include any deaths attributable to the Korean War, which occurred during the postWorld War II period surveyed.
U. S. Army safety officers pointed out that the modem soldier faces many hazards not previously a part of military activity such as the
handling of nuclear weapons, parachuting from airplanes, and flight in jet aircraft. Substantial single losses, such as the 76 draftees killed in an airplane crash enroute to a training center last year, were not known in wars of the past.
The 80,787 fatal casualties, in fact, were more than twice the losses in the American Revolution, the War of 1812, the Mexican War, the Indian Wars, and the Spanish-American War all combined.
It .is also more than the some
54,000 deaths sustained by American forces in the Korean War, one of the nation's most bloody for its length and limited scope. It also exceeds the battle casualties of World War I.
When one considers the great recent strides in medical science and the number of lives it saves, the statistics become even more significant.
In the Mexican War and the Spanish-American War, for instance, five times as many men were lost to
disease as died of battle wounds. In the modern army, the situation is reversed. About 20% died of disease and 80% of accident or violence.
In accidents alone, the statistics indicate that the military during the

15-year period suffered as many non-

fatal injuries as all the armies of

the nation sustained non-fatal batde

wounds in all the wars combined,

about 1.2 million.

One of the major causes of both

deaths and non-fatal injuries was the

automobile. An Army safety report,

however, shows that some 45% of

of such accidents were caused by

servicemen falling asleep while

driving to or from their homes while

on leave, a natural part of a service-

man's activity as a result of modern

military service.

A break-down of the deaths in-

curred by the three branches of the

U. S. Armed Forces shows the

following:

Service

No. of Deaths

Army Air Force

33,797 23,876

Navy & Marines

23,114

Includes Air Force

1946-47 TOTAL 80,787

The deaths amount to an average

of 5,387 a year ot about 15 a day.

Other interesting facts among the

Defense Department figures are that

of each 100 men lost by the Air

Force, about 24 die in aircraft acci-

dents, 37 of disease, and 29 of other

causes such as violence.

The Navy stated that of 1,4 88lost

in 1960, 270 died of disease; 73 from

water transport; 383 from aviation;

506 in motor vehicles; and 24 from

"instrumentalities of war."

The Army, which did a sample

comparison of the Korean War period

with an equal peacetime period

(1954-57) showed 5,190 men killed in the period with 2,819 in auto acci-

dents, 400 in aviation, 230 from

machinery, 747 from instrumentalities

of war, 219 from poisonings, and 616

from miscellaneous causes. In the

equal Korean War period, exclusive

of battle casualties, deaths from all

causes were up one-third with deaths

from instrumentalities of war doubled.

Despite these losses, members of the armed forces no longer are

able tu purchase government insur-

ance. They pay the same income

taxes from their salaries as other

citizens, and receive virtually none

of the benefits which norm<&lly accrue

to wartime veterans.

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

NAME
Robert J. Alexander Warren M. Bailey John S. Cooper Paul B. Owensby Robert L. Franklin James W, Holcombe Napoleon J. Kecy, Jr Charles A. McWilliam George W. Jenkins Edward L. Houston Robert E. Boone
NAME

- - - GRADE

UNITS

Sdd ~dt4
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
COURSE

SCHOOL

A3C A3C A3C A3C A3C A3C SSgt Ale A3C A3C SSgt

128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 128th Aeromed Evac Flt 116th AT Wg

Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 Medical Preceptorship Evacuation Training-2 ABR 90230, Medical Service Specialist
ABR 90230, Medical Service Specialist ABR 90230, Medical Service Specialist ABR 90230, Medical Service Specialist
Routine Practical Instruction

Scott AFB, Ill. Scott AFB, Ill. Scott AFB, Ill, Scott AFB, Ill. Scott AFB, Ill, Scott AFB, Ill. Gunter AFB, Ala. Gunter AFB, Ala, Gunter AFB, Ala. Gunter AFB, Ala. Donaldson AFB, S.C.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD

GRADE UNITS

COURSE

SCHOOL

DATES
9 Jul 62 (12 wks) 9 Jul 62 (12 wks) 9 Jul 62 (12 wks) 9 Jul 62 (12 wks) 30 Jul 62 (12 wks) 30 Jul 62 (12 wks) 5 Sep 62 (10 wks) 5 Sep 62 (10 wks) 5 Sep 62 (10 wks) 5 Sep 62 (10 wks) 1 Sep 62 (30 days)
DATES

Robert D. Warren Thomas C. Tillman, Jr. James C. Williams Nunzio G. Pollina Turner T. Harris Wilbur R. Mathewa Edward R. Kelley James E. Pirkle James A. Hall Gamer B. Williams Marvin L. London Raymond J. Southers Earl Bodron Henry C. Driskell Hugh D. Smith Robert E. Cunningham

Maj Maj Capt. SP5 E-5 1st Lt SP5 E-5x Pvt E-2 Pvt E-2 2d Lt SP5 E-5 SSgt E-6 SgtE-5 Lt. Col, SFC E-7 SSgt E-6 1st Lt

Hq 878th Engr Bn

Engr Off Career Crs Ft. Belvoir, Va.

Hq 4th Mdm Tk Bn, 108th Annor 148th Avn Co
Hq Co, 2d Med Tk Bn, 108th Annor Hq 2d How Bn, 118th Arty
Co A, 3rd Med Tk Bn, 108th Annor Hq Co 248th Sig Bn
Hq Co, 24 !lh Sig Bn

Assoc C&GSC Crs
Officer Rotary Wing Qualif Crs Inf OCS
FA Off Fam Crs
lnf ocs
Field Radio Repair Crs Field Radio Repair

Ft. Leavenworth, Kansas Camp Wolters, Texas Ft. Benning, Ga.
Ft. Sill, Okla
Ft. Benning, Ga.
Ft. Gordon, Ga.
Ft. Gordon, Ga.

148th Avn Co 201st Ord Co Hq Co 248th Sig Bn Co C, 878th Engr Bn

Off Rotary Wing Qual Crse Field Arty Repair Crse
Avn Electronic Equip Rep Crs Gen Sup Spec

Camp Wolters, Tex
Aberdeen Proving Grounds, Md Ft. Gordon, Ga.
Ft. Lee, Va.

Hq 878th Engr Bn

Asst in Ar Instal Div Washington, D. C.

Hq & Hq Co, 878th Engr Bn Engr Equip Maint Crse Ft. Belvoir, Va,

Co B, 878th Engr Bn

Gen Sup Specialist Crse Ft. Lee, Va.

Co C, 1/ 121st Ing

Off Fixed Wing Aviator Ft. Rucker, Va. Crse

1 Jul 62 (29 wks)
15 Aug 62 (18 wks) 5 Aug 62 (8 wks)
27 Jul 62 (9 wks)
31 Jul 62 (8 wks)
27 Jul 62 (9 wks) 24 Sep 62 (5 wks)
24 Aug 62 (9 wks) 30 Sep 62 (8 wks)
28 Sep 62 (7 wks)
21 Sep 62 (19 wks) 4 Sep 62 (4 wks) 20 Aug 62 (30 days)
24 Aug 62 (12 wks
28 Aug 62 (6 wks) 17 Aug 62 (38 wks)

Doctor: "The best way to enjoy

perfect health is to rise at five

every morning and take a cold

shower."

Patient: "What's the next best

way?"



Overheard in girls' dorm: "Men fall into three .categories .. . the rich, the handsome and the majority!"

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Cop: "Who killed him?" Lovely witness: "Search me."

Cop: "Business before pleasure."


"Mr. Jones, I want you to quit

smoking," said the psychiatrist.

"Would that help me?" asked

the troubled patient.

"No," the psychiatrist answered,

"but you re burning a hole in my

couch!"



The Veterans Administration advises veterans to think about changing their GI term insurance to ordinary insurance. Most WWII veterans are nearing their <lOth birthday, if not past it, and at that age term-insurance costs begin to rise sharply.

Misprint: A typographical error that makes a chump out of a champ.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

Promotions

Sue Saylor to Captain C. Hawkins, Jr. to Capt.

J). Robertson to Capt.
J Patsios to Lt. Col.
Flake to Capt.

tL Nix to Capt.

ilc:l-Rd.

Robinson
s. Gamble

to to

Capt. Capt.

R. Moor to Capt .
EF. Hamilton, Jr. to Capt. A. Blackmon, Jr. to Capt.
R. Atkinson, Jr. to Capt. ._a,err W. Bazemore, CW~, W-3

lara T. Chick, Jr. to MaJ .

Ue B. Griffin, Jr. to Capt.

Jek E. Ramsey, Jr. to Capt. J~b R. Sullivan to Capt.

)leaay L. Ramsey, Jr. to Capt.
J-e H. Hulsey to Lt. Col.

nomas R. Giblin to Maj.

ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
uaene E. Everett to Maj. Gaines D. Hendrix to Capt. Wilmot B. Ouzts to Maj. JKk W. Bentley to Capt. Richard L. Hanberry, Jr. to Maj. Joseph H. Bryant to Maj. Jes M. McLendon to Maj. Jllllles L. Deal to CWO, W-3 John A. Holloway to CWC, W-3 Robert H. Sprayberry to Maj. Guy W. Anderson to 1st Lt. Marvin Phillips to Capt. Rufus L. Bateman to Capt. Paul E. lnnecken to Col. ainto G. Gilstrap to Capt. Paul E. Spieks to 1st Lt John E. McGowan to Lt. Col. ffalliam G. Lewis to Maj. Carl A. Sherrod to 1st Lt. Dudley C. Ray to Capt. Norman B. Mathis to 1st Lt. John W. Walker to 1st Lt. I, C. Calhoun to 1st Lt. Robert L. Neal to Capt. Harmon A. Vedder to CWO, W-3 James E. Daniell to 1st Lt. Cecil L. Pearce to 1st Lt. E!to.n E. Baker to Capt. lilham E. Canady to Maj. James E. Preston, Jr. to Lt. Col. Frank C. Davis, Jr. to Lt. Col. Monroe W. Gay to CWO, W-3 Jesse C. English to CWO, W-3 J, B. Harrison to 1st Lt. John A. Marbert to 1st Lt.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

GEORGIA GUARDSMAN
- - - - - A p p o i n t m e n t s - - - --
AIR NATIONAL GUARD
Capt. Carroll B. Butler, l28th Air Transport Sq (H) Capt. Billy P. Minter, 165th Air Base Sq 2d Lt George M. McDowell, Jr, 129th AC&W Sq 1st Lt Harlan J. Quamme, 128th Air Transport Sq Maj. Cleveland J. Perkins, Jr., 116th Air Transport Gp 2d Lt Marlene Annette Leeder, 158th Aeromed Evac Flt 1st Lt Wilton 0. Garrett, 158th Air Transport Sq 1st Lt Richard S. Gamble, 128th Air Transport Sq Capt. Joshua H. Batchelder, 128th Air Transport Sq 1st Lt Thomas E. Gillespie, 158th Air Transport Sq Maj. Colin D. Anderson, 158th Air Transport Sq 2d Lt Leonard W. Eubanks, 129th AC&W Sq 2d Lt Robert Y. Duke, 129th AC&W Sq Capt. Herschel R. Reynolds, 16Sth Air Base Sq Capt. William J. Crowson, Jr., 158th Air Transport Sq
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
2d Lt Robert R. Fowler, III, Co B, 248th Sig Bn 2d Lt Thomas R. Williams, Jr., Hq Co, 26Sth Engr Bn 1st Lt John W. Shealy, Hq Co, 5th Mdm Tk Bn, 108th Armor 2d Lt Ronald F. Allen, Co A, 2d Armd Rifle Bn, 121st lnf 2d Lt Joseph B. Freeman, Jr., Co C, 560th Engr Bn CWO John B. Bradley, 148th Avn Co 1st Lt William M. Thompson, Co D, llOth Sig Bn CWO Samuel E. Dennard, 148th Avn Co 1st Lt Ernest D. Renfroe, Jr., Co E, S60th Engr Bn 2d Lt Bev H. Howard, Jr., Co E, S60th Engr Bn 2d Lt WilliamS. Jackson, H<t Co, 2nd Armd Rifle Bn, 121st In 1st Lt Lovick P. Suddath, III, Btry A, 1st How Bn 118th Arty 2d Lt Charles S. Thompson, Co A, 3rd Mdm Tk Bn, 108th Armor 2d Lt James L. Dunaway, CoB, 3d Mdm Tk Bn, 108th Armor

129th AC&W Commander Promoted

George J . Patsios, appointed commander of the 129th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron 1 July 1959, has been promoted to lieutenant colonel.
Lt Col Patsios' s military career began in April 1942 when he enlisted in the Army. Commissioned a year later in the Signal Corps, he served as a Radar Officer and Communications Officer. Honorably discharged as a First Lieutenant in November 1945, Lieutenant Patsios joined the Army Reserve. After sering four years as a Radar officer with the Army Reserve Corps, he joined the Illinois Air National Guard. Recalled to active duty 1 September 1951 Captain Patsios served as Communications and Crypto Security Officer until his release from active duty 31 August 1953.
Upon release from active duty

Captain Patsios reverted to the Illinois Air National Guard and after serving one year transferred tq: the Georgia Air National Guard as a communications-electronics offiter.
Promoted to Major 7 June 1958:, .he was assigned as Communications Electronics Staff Officer, the position he held until he was appointed commander, 1 July 1959.
Lt Col Patsios was awarded the Bronz Star for action in the European Theater of Operations 13 May 1945. He was graduated from the Georgia State College of Busin~ss Administration with a BBA in man agement in 1959, and is employed in a staff position by the American Telephone and Telegraph company.
Lt Col Patsios was promoted. to his current grade effective 21 July 1962.

IS

THE GEORGIA G U A R D S M A N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- -- - -

AIR NATIONAL GUARDSMEN
ATTENDING BASIC TRAINING
AT LACKLAND AFB, TEXAS.
AB Phillip R. Henderson AB Walter R. Tanner AB Dorsey M. Watson,Jr. AB George W. Bland AB Albert E. Daniels AB Walter T. Glisson AB Jerry T. Strickland AB James W. Blakely AB Thomas L. Durden A3C Ronald W. Habas AB Wayne D. Evans
AB Robert J. Pecenka
AB Richard E. Douberly AB Eugene P. Herren AB Lawrence W. McCauley AB Barry S. Goodman AB Odell J. Scruggs, Jr. AB Eugene H. Wilson AB JohnS. Davis AB Charles G. Tippins AB Joe K. Boyett AB Kenneth W. Bishop AB Frederic H. Fagnant
The wi'fe was crying so the husband asked, "What's the matter?"
"The dog ate the pie I made for you," she said, dabbing at a tear.
"Don't worry," the husband said soothingly. "I'll buy you an-
other dog."
Madge: "Was your friend shocked by the death of his mother-in...law?"
Marge: "Shocked? He was electrocuted!"

Lt. Col. Frank Davis
Takes Helm of 3rd AW
The new commander of Milledgeville's 3rd AW Bn is Lieutenant Colonel Frank Davis, former battalion staff assistant and executive officer. The battalion was formerly commanded by Lt. Col. James D. Teague and most recently by Major John McGowan, now a lieutenant colonel on the Brigade staff. Lt. Col. Davis has been a member of the Milledgeville Guard organization since Feb. 1949. He holds the bronze star and purple heart ribbons won during the Battle of the Bulge.
Major Guy Smith has been shifted to battalion executive officer and Major Albert S. Wilson has moved up to S-3.

Paul E. lnnec ken
Promoted to Col onel
Paul E. Innecken, veteran staff officer of the 108th Artillery Bri gade, has been promoted to full colonel as Brigade Executive Offi. cer in Winder.
With 21 years of military service to his credit, including active duty during World War II in the P acific and stateside service during the Korean Conflict, Colonel Innecken has been residing in Winder since 1952 when the Brigade was trans ferred from Savannah.
A graduate of the Command and General Staff College at Ft. L eaven worth, Kansas he replaced Colonel Sanders Camp of Monroe. Colonel Camp transferred to State Head quarters Deta chment, after many years of service with the Brigade.

Ground Broke for Armory at Historic Hinesville

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-~~oo-eAIK.I NG OF R:>PUL.ARITY I UNDER5TAND THE" MEN HAVE HUNG MY ~OTO IN
THE BARRACK6!'1
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Groundbreaking ceremonies were held June 15 at the Hinesville Armory grounds for the new $115,000.00 Armory building which will house the local National Guard unit, the 406th Ordnance Company.
Master of ceremonies for the occasion was Lt. General J. B. Fraser, (ret.}, former commander of the unit when it was a Cavalry organization and known as Troop B, 108 Cav. He pointed out to the gathering that the troop was one of the oldest in the Nation in continuous connection through the Liberty Independent Troop Corporation and which is presently headed by Sgt. Richard Ginter, of the 406th Ordnance Company, as president.
General Fraser said the organi zation helped during Oglethorpe's

time to protect the people from the Indians, and had participated in all major wars as a cavalr y un it with the exception of World War I when it served as a Signal Corps unit and when it was changed to Coast Artillery at the beginning of World War II.
Sergeant James R. Waite, 87 years, the oldest living member of the organization, lifted the fi rs t shovel of dirt for the beginning of the new building.
Sergeant Waite served a total of 33 years with the old cavalry troop . He attended the first National Guard encampment that was set up with funds by the State in June, 1890, for instruction of Georgia Militia. The first encampment wa s at Camp Richmond near Augusta.
JULY, AUGUST 1962

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He was out there

so you wouldn't have to be.

He walked a lonely post

while you slept.

the man
who

He knew cold when you were warm. He knew boredom when you were being entertained. He spooned up G.I. chow when you were feasting.

took

He is one of 150,000 men
your of the Reserve and National Guard who were called up a year ago

place

to let pop-off Khrushchev know he wasn't scaring anyone

no matter how hard he banged his shoe

on the desk

and no matter how many walls he built

in Berlin.

The man we mean is one of those

who were torn away from homes,

jobs and families

and who were ready to swap their lives

for yours.

Now they're coming home.

Shake one by the hand and tell him,

"Thanks, soldier, for

keeping up our guard!"