The guardsman [Vol. 2, no. 3 (Mar. 1952)]

General Joseph B. Fraser
JVew
CommanJing
~eneral

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S
MESSAGE
Fe II ow Guardsmen: On March 1st I had the opportunity of issuing orders plaC:Iing one of
the nation's outstanding soldiers and gentlemen in command of the Georgia-Fionida 48th Infantry DiVIis,ion, 81'1ig. General Joseph B. Fraser, former 108th AAA Bl'ligade Commander who is now on active duty and will return to the Guard on May 1st.
This, of course, has come about as the result of the rotation of the command of the Div,iS;ion. Major General Joseph C. Hutchison ret,ires fr0q1 the Flol'!ido National Guard after many years of distinguished serV!ice. Our relationship has been a most pleasant one and J feel personally that Adjutant Genera I Mark Lance of F lol'lida and the entire Guard will miss his great leadership as a very active Guardsman.

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THE GUARDSmAn
Vol. 2 March, 1952 No.3

A publication of the Department of Defense, Military Division, Stahr of Georgia. Published In the Interest of the Georgia National Guard and distributed free to members of the National Guard of Georgia. The Guardsman uses AFPS material.

LT. COL. HOMER FLYNN Managing Director

CAPT. DOUGLAS EMBRY Editor

Publication and Editorial Office 935 E. Confederate Ave., S, E.
Atlanta, Georgia
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RETURNING AIRMEN of the Georgia Air National Guard are greeted by General Vandiver at Dobbins Air Force Bcise in February. Gathering around the General, the airmen freely discussed their active duty experiences and Inquired about the new Air National Guard units being activated at Dobbins. Shown in the photo are Ser-
geants Luellen, Gunter, Howard, Gen. Vandiver and Sgt. Roberts.

Honorable Herman E. Talmadge

Governor of Georgia

lew 8-lb Army Automatic Rifle Developed

Major General Ernest Vandiver
The Adjutant General

A new lightweight caliber .30 Army rifle was demonstrated at

Because of an immediate necessity to mass produce the M-l rifle,

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The opinions expressed in TIE GUARDSMAN are those of the Staff Writers of the publication and members of the Georgia. National Guard and do not necessarily re fleet any official views of the Adjutant General's Department of Georgia...

Aberdeen Proving Ground recently. This new rifle is as fully developed now as the M-1 (Garand) dfle was when it was adopted in 1~6. lt weighs about 8 pounds, while the M-1 weighs 9 3/ 4 pounds.
]n the hands of a skilled marksman, the M-l in semi-automatic fire can deliver 34 hits per minute on a man-size target at 100 yards. The new rifle can de liver 48 hits under the same conditions. For brief periods it will deliver full automatic

the Army will not at this time release its new rifle for production. While acknowledging the need for a weapon of the new type, there .is reluctance to exchange the proven reliability and effectiveness of the M-l lor the new features. ln addition to the advantage of already possessing the means for mass production of the M-1, large amounts of M-1 ammunition are on hand.
To improve the efficiency of our weapons, Ordnance has developed

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fire at machine gun rates. Including magazine changes .it has fired 100 rounds in one minute in tests.

for the new rifle a shorter and lighter cartridge, possessing the same "stopping" or wounding power as the present M-1 cartridge.

OUR MEW COMMANDING GENERAL of the 48th Infantry Division, Brigadier General Joseph B. Fraser of Hinesville, Ga., adorns The Guardsman's cover this month in recognition of his new appointment. Leved and respected by his fellow Guardsmen, General Fraser first iolned the National Guard in September 1920 as a member of Troop B of the Georgia Cavalry. A biographical sketch of General .Fraser also appears In this Issue.

The new one will penetrate the best steel helmet at ranges beyond 1,200 yards, and both sides of a truck body at half that range. The characteristics of the T-65 are comparable

to the standard U.S. cartridge

KEEP YOUR GUARD UP

listed .in the table of standard rifle cartridges of the world's major powers.-Report to the Army.

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*Know Your GuarJ Bureau Chiefs*

Maj. Gen. Raymond H. Fleming Chief, National Guard Bureau
Major General Raymond H. Fleming has been Acting Chief of the Bureau since September, 1950. His nomination to a four year term as Chief of the National Guard Bureau was recently confirmed by the Senate.
General Fleming was born in Waxahachie, Texas, July 5, 1889. After he was graduated from Trinity University, he enlisted as a private in the Louisiana National Guard .in May, 1916.
His first service was in the Mexican Border dispute. After being mustered out of the Battalion Washington Artillery as a noncommissioned officer on February 28, 1917, he received a second lieutenant commission on April 9, 1917, .in the same battalion. Later the Washington Artillery was expanded to a regiment and redesignated the 14lst Field Artillery. As Captain, Field Artillery, General Fleming commanded Battery D of the 14lst during its entire service overseas during World War I.
After demobilization on May 19, 1919, General Fleming organized and commanded Battery A, 141st
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Brig. Gen. William H. Abendroth
Chief, NCB for Army
Brigadier General William H. Abendroth, was born December 24, 1895 in Fort Meade, South Dakota. He joined the Idaho National Guard at the age of 18 and was assigned to an infantry unit in Boise, Idaho. As a member of that 1Jnit, and later with the corps of engineers, he saw federal RP.rvice during the Mexican Border Campaign and World War I. He was mustered out of the service in March 1919.
In 1927 he was commissioned a second lieutenant of . the Idaho National Guard and assigned to the 116th Cavalry Regiment. He was promoted to Captain in 1929. In 1940 he was assigned as adjutant of the 183rd Field Artillery and transferred to the Idaho state staff in 1941.
Inducted into federal service in 1941, he was assigned as assistant adjutant general of the IX Army Corps and, later, commandant 'of the corps' officer training school. Subsequently he was named as provost marshal for the corps and in that position served with the corps in the central and southwest Pacific. In federal service he was
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Major General Earl T. Ricks Chief, NCB for Air
Earl T. Ricks was born in West Point, Mississippi, in 1908. He enlisted as a private in the 154th Observation Squadron of the Arkansas National Guard March 13, 1940. He was commissioned a second lieutenant April 7, 1940, and entered Federal active duty as a pilot on September 16, 1940, with the 154th Observation Squadron.
In August, 1941, General Ricks was transferred to the 17th Bomb Group. Later he served as commanding officer of the Air Transport Command at Miami (Florida) Air Base, prior to a tour of duty a,s the commanding officer of Payne Field at Cairo, Egypt.
In June, 1944, General Ricks became deputy commander of the Southwest Pacific Wing of Air Transport Command. While serving in the Pacific theater, he piloted the plane that carried the Japanese surrender party from the island of Ie Shima to Manila to receive the surrender terms.
Following his discharge from the military service in October, 1945, General Ricks became mayor of Hot Springs, Arkansas. He was appoint-
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Brigadier General Joseph B. Fraser, former Commanding General of the 108th AAA Brigade, has. been named by General Vandiver to be the new Commaooing General of the 48th Infantry Division, Georgia-Florida National

Guard. General Fraser, a native of Hinesville, Georgia, assumed command 1
March 1952 upon the retirement of Major General Joseph C. Hutchison of Fl<I"ida. It is expected, however, that it will be May before Gen. Fraser will return to Georgia from active. duty with brigade headquarters now located in
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania.

Known and loved by his Guardsmen as a Christian Soldier, General Fraser is without qualification the most highly respected National Guardsman in Georgia. There has been evident in the character of brigade Guardsmen a deep pride aoo loyalty to their commanding general that can only be engendered by a man of General Fraser's
stature. He was born in the little town of
Hinesville, . Georgia, forty miles below Savannah 15 July 1895, and received his education at Bradwell Institute in Hinesville and the University of Georgia.
He entered military service as a private in Troop B, First Georgia Cavalry soon after the outbreak of World War I. He was promoted to Second Lieutenant in July 1918. He served in France from April 1918 to April 1919 with 129th Field Artillery, 35th Division.
General Fraser assisted in re<I"gaDizmg Troop B, Georgia Cavalry in September 1920. He was promoted to Captain and served as Troop Commander from May 1921 until promoted to Major in September 1927. In 1935 he was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel and promoted to Colonel, commanding the 108th Cavalry Regiment, in June 1936.
Again he entered Federal service in February 1941, commanding l01st Coast Artillery Battalion, former Ga. National Guard. He

served overseas in the Pacific Theatre from February 1942 to May 191.3. Later he commanded the 23rd AAA Group in the European Theatre from February 1944 to the end of the war. He was released from Federal service in December 191.5.
General Fraser organized the 108th AAA Brigade, Georgia National Guard and was promoted to Brigadier General in May 1947. Called hack into the Federal service with the Brigade in August 1950, General Fraser took with him the 178th Operations Detachment commanded by Major Harry T. Dickie and the 101st and 250th AAA Gun Battalions.
His outstanding decorations include': Legion of Merit w/Oak Leaf Cluster, Bronze Star Medal, French Legion of Honor, French Croix de Guerre and British Oak Leaf Emblem.
In civilian life General Fraser is President, Fraser Lumber Company, Inc. and Fraser Bros. Inc., both of Hinesville, Ga. and also President of the Hilton Head Company, which has extensive interests on Hilton Head Island, South Carolina.
His outstanding civic accomplishments include: Trustee and past President of the Board of Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina; Member of Liberty County Board of Education for fifteen years; Charter member, Hinesville Lions Club and Liberty County

Congratulations to the staff of the "Mourning Gazette," a mimeographed publication of the 118th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron, former Air National Guardsmen from Savannah.
Edited by Warren H. Hathaway, the Gazette contains interesting chit-chat, poems, cartoons, jokes and a weekly message from Lt. Stagg, squadron Chaplain.
It is evident that the Gazette is a popular morale booster from the response in the "Letter to the Editorr column.
"It is the traditional policy of this country to rely for national security largely upon the readiness and willingness of its citizens to mobilize rapidly as armed forces in the event of a national emergency. The Army places its first reliance upon its civilian components, the National Guard of the United States and the Organized Reserve Corps." AR 135-230.
Chamber of Commerce; member of National Council, Boy Scouts of America and past President of Coastal Empire Council, Boy Scouts of America; Awarded Silver Beaver Award in 1946; Elder in the Presbyterian Church and past President of the Laymen of the Southern Presbyterian Church, U.S.
General Fraser is married and in addition to his wife has two sons, J. B. Fraser, Jr., who is a member of the firm of Fraser Lumber Company, and Charles E. Fraser, a student in Yale Law School; also one grandson, J.B. Fraser, ill.
It is with pride and devotion that we welcome home to Georgia our new Commanding General, 48th Infantry Division, Georgia-Florida National Guard- General Joseph B. Fraser.

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lt!Tit,llliMIT~.t.IUI.Illllll
. DESTINED GUARDSMEN-It's no guen as to the future of these youngsters with the Georgia National Guard. Already they have developed an esplrit cle corps that Is Is sometimes hard to find even in the ranks. The youngsters proudi.Y demonstrated the functions of the massive .SO calibre machine gun mock-up at a recent open house of Service Company of the 121st Infantry In Macon. They are. (left to right) Wayne Bittick son of Warrant Officer and Mrs. Isaac Bittick, Gary Dent, son of First Lleute~ant and Mrs. Rueben Dent, (Lieutenant Dent is company commander) and Jimmy Mclendon, son of First Lieutenant and Mrs. James Mclendon.-Photo byLt. Dan Bullarcl.
MY HOW THEY SHINEI-Mrs. Cari Williams gave her husband, Sergeant Flr.st Clan Carl Williams a thorough questioning as to how he could get Service Company's mess gear so shiny while she has to hold a soup ladle over his head In getting him to help her w lth the dishes at home. The questioning c~me during the recent ?pen house held by the company in Ma con. Pssst, If you wont tell. . .Mrs. Williams helped shine those canteens. -Photo by Lt. Dan Bu/larcl.

GUARDSMEN FAiYIILIES OBSERVE Greaseless Covering

MACON'S SVC. CO 121ST INFANTRY Replaces Rille Coat

DURING UNIT' S O:PEN HOUSE TOUR

By Lt. Dan Bullard

and friends of these Guardsmen. It

A new greaseless pack for r.ifles has been standardized by the Ordnance Corps and will soon

Never let it be said that Georgia

is such festivities as these tliat replace the coatings of heavy

Guardsmen are not proud of their

create a more understanding bond grease preservatives which have

individual unit. For example only a

between the National Guard and the been used in the past. The new

few weeks back Service Company

public. At these programs they may pack can be peeled off and the

of the 12lst Infantry Regiment in

observe how their tax dollars are weapon made ready for use in a

Macon held an open house at their

being used by the National Guard matter of seconds, whereas the

home to show their own folks along

in helping build a stronger United former packing greases required

with interested outsiders just how their company operates.

States. They find they are welcomed to attend any drill meeting of the

about 3 hours of hard labor to remove.

Commanded by First Lieutenant Reuben Dent the company really

Guard and find the boys busy with their assignments and training."

The new preservative pack consists of a:n outer layer of cotton

broke out their "Sunday Best" to

The 12lst commander added, scrim, a center layer of plastic-

make an impression on the 80

"We are planning more of these coated aluminum foil, and an inner

guests that attended the demonstra

occasions withi~ the Grey Bonnet sheet of kraft paper coated with a

tion and festivities.

Regiment to give every boy's special chemical. The chemical is

First the company held a forma-

family an opportunity to see how a volatile compound known as VGI,

tion to give an .idea what the "Fust

he spends his drill nights learning volatile corrosion inhibitor. When

.Sarg" means when he bellows "Fall
1n "
Following the formation the

new skills, building a stronger character and developing a self confidence that will better equip

the weapon has been heat-sealed . in its almost airproof and waterproof laminated bag, the VCI

group witnessed lectures on the

him for the professional world. performs its unique function. Its

M-1 rifle and .50 calibre machine

These programs show t hat the vapor& permeate the pack and form

gun which featured a demonstration

National Guard is not training for an invisible film which protects

with a .50 calibre machine gun

fighting all the time, but that great every metal surface, including those

mock-up conducted by three of the

deal of the time is spent developing surfaces formerly .inaccessible to

company's youngest recruits

better men for the community."

greases.-Report to the Army.

(better known as mas cots).

Tours through the Armory were

conducted by First Lieutenant

James McLendon, CWO Joe Carlisle,

Second Lieutenant William Peacock,

CWO Isaac Bittick and WO Joe Clark. D~ing the tour, the com-

pany's mission and purpose within

the Grey Bonnet Regiment was

told. The group visited the arms

room where each type of weapon

and its purpose was explained.

Also visited was the supply room

.where gear was stored in such a

manner it would make an .inspecting

officer's eyes shine w.ith pride.

Following the tour of the armory

the guests were feted with hot

coffee and doughnuts prepared liy

the company cooks.

Colonel Roy W. Hogan, command-

ing officer of the 12lst, said, fol-

lowing the open house, "1 am

proud to not only see the men take such an interest in planning these programs, but to also see the

MOM AND POP TAKE AN INTEREST IN GUARD-During the recent open house of Service Company of the 121st Infantry in Macon, First Sergeant Hugh D. Baker explained the basic nomenclature of the M-1 rifle to his folk >O, Mr. and Mrs. D. L.

wonderful attendence of families

Baker.-Photo by Lt. Don Bu/larcl.

Sic Thurman Proctor :Has Best Dive Supply And Orderly Room
Judged to be the neatest supply room among the Special Troops of the 48th Infantry Division, is that of Headquarters Detachment, 48th Infantry Division.
Maintained by SFC Thurman T. Proctor, the Supply Sergeant, the supply room is in the final competition foe the Vandiver Trophy.
Many extra hours have been devoted to the Supply Room by SFC Proctor. Working eight f)lll hours as a lineman for the Georgia Power Company during the day left little time for the supply room, so SFC Proctor worked manynights getting his supply room in shape for the competition. Significant in the supply room is the arrangement of the clothuig. Each shirt is folded exactly the same size, with trousers and field jackets using the same pattern. A person taking inventory of the supply room can stand in the center of the room and count every item without moving anything from the shelves.
For a long period of time, SFC Proctor has devoted all his spare time and every week-end to the supply room. Many nights, he stayed until after midnight, and then awoke early the next morning to give a full day's work to his civilian employment. SFC Proctor is a combat veteran, having served in the European Theatre during World War TI as a lineman with the Signal Corps
The man didn't say a word when they ran over his cat with a steamroller- just stood there with a long puss.
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The editor's hair has gone astray; His fingertips grow sore, Yet some so-and-so is bound to say': " I've heard that joke before."

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Holders of NSLI

t The
Chaplain's Corner

By HERMAN IHLE Y
Chaplain 950th AAA Gun Bn

Eligible for Dividend
About five million holders of National Service Life Insurance will be eligible for the $200,000,000 biitial regular dividend recently announced by the Veterans Administration.

EASTER

Does death destroy all of life? Easter Sunday answers with a positive "No". Paganism says, "Yes". The Christian Faith declares that death is not the end.

There is no death! The stars go down To rise upon some other shore And bright in Heaven's jeweled crown They shine forevermore.

The payments-starting in March -will average $60 fo:r.: the majority of veteran and servicemen policy holders. The dividend will cover a 12-month period.
To be eligible, the policy holder must have paid premiums on the policy for any three or more months between the 1951 and 1952 anniversary dates of the policy. (AFPS)

Our comrades in arms have not died

Gen. Hodge Commend's Units In Letter to AG in vain. Their sacrifice, courage,
and bravery will never be forgotten.

The overseas divine service I

best remember was the one .we held Major General Ernest Vandiver, /r.

on Basilan Island in the Philippines The Adjutant General

on Easter Sunday, 1945. We had State of Georgia

come ashore the day before. Be- Post Office Box 4839

neath the hundreds of coconut trees Atlanta, Georgia

we J.rranged a glorious worship service. Both officers and men went

Dear General Vandiver:

to their duties, believing with Job,

In accordance with Section VII, NGR 44, the inclosed Army National

"I know my Redeemer liveth". We Guard Awards for Efficiency in Training are forwarded for distr.ibution to

had felt the power of the Resur- units of the National Guard of your State which attained a training index of

rected Christ.

2, 3 or 4 dar.ing 1951, as recorded in Training Inspection Report, NGR Form

As members of the Georgia 115.

National Guard at this Easter season, let us rededicate ourselves to those Christian principles which have made our state and nation gref!,t.
Death is not the end. Rather it is

I wish to extend my sincere congratulations to you and to th'e officers and enlisted men who demonstrated their proficiency in such a manner as to merit the attached certificates for their units. Your constant efforts to assure that National Guard units maintain the high standards of training so vital to the defense of our nation are indeed gratifying.

the beginning. It is moving from one

Commanders of the units which have earned these certificates are to be

level of existence to another. It is commended for their accomplishments, and I woultl appreciate your bringing

the door through which we go into the contents of this letteF to their attention.

the beyond. Easter declares that death has

Sincerely,

lost its sting and the grave its victory. "He is not here: for he is risen." "Because I live, ye shall live also."

Hq & Hq Det, GaNG Hq Co (Det), 48th lnl Dlv 48th MP Co CoG, J2Jst lnl Co L, J22nd lnl

JOHN R. HODGE Lieutenant General, USA Commanding

"The most important element of armies has always been men imbued with the will to win. And today the strength of nations is still measured by their ability to produce such men, although it depends more than ever before upon their ability simultaneously to provide the equipment with which men fight.
"Democracy, more than any other system of government, has the ability to produce these two essential elements. For under democracy, all citizens have a vested interest in our system of free enterprise which inspires the production of great peacetime abundance, and which, if we were threatened, could be converted to produce overwhelming quantities of the machines of war."-General]. Lawton Collins.

rlv Mortar Co, J22nd lnl Hq Stry, 48th Dlv Arty Hq & Hq Stry, 230th FA Sn
Svc Stry, 230th FA Sn Hq & Hq Stry, J79th FA Sn Stry A, J79th FA Sn Stry 8, J79th FA Sn Svc Stry, J79th FA Sn Med Det. J90th Tank Sn Hq & Hq Stry, 2l4th AAA Gp Hq & Hq Stry, 950th AAA AW Sn Med Det, 950th AAA AW Sn 2l6th RCAT Det 20lst Ord M Malnt Co

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AAA Gets Electro Aids
Distribution of special electronic gunnery training devices to National Guard antiaircraft units has been made. These devices, designed to train 40-mm gun crews, were developed for the Guard by the Office of Naval Research.
Utilizing a screen, projector, and photoelectric spot aimer, the trainer permits practical indoor gunnery training. It will help to produce expert crews through armory instruction. To date 140 of the devices have been distributed.
FLEMING
Field Artillery, the first Federally recognized unit of the Louisiana National Guard. He was later promoted to the grade of Major in May 1922 and lieutenant colonel in July 1925.
In July 1928, he was appointed the Adjutant General of Louisiana with the rank of Brigadier General, a position he held foc twenty years.
When General Fleming was appointed Brigadier General of the Line in 1940, he was placed in command of the 55th Cavalry Brigade of the 23rd Cavalry Division. He later assumed command of the 39th Division which he still retains. He was promoted to Major General, May 9, 1947.
General Fleming was designated as State Director of Selective Service of Louisiana on October 15, 1940. In September, 1948, he was appointed assistant to the Federal Directoc of Selective Service.
Following reorganization of the National Guard Bureau, General Fleming served as the first Chief of the Army Division until he was appointed Acting Chief of the National Guard Bureau on September 5, 1950.
General Fleming is a graduate of the Command and General Staff School and the Army War College.
His awards include the Distinguished Service Medal and the Army Commendation Ribbon.

ABENDROTH

Col. Camp Returns

promoted to major in Nov. 1941, lieutenant colonel in 1942 and colonel in January 1946.
He was awarded the Legion of Merit for meritorious conduct in the performance of his duties as Provost Marshal and Headquarters Commandant for the IX Corps in Hawaii, the Philippines, Japan and the United States.
Following his separation from federal service in March 1946, General Abendroth was appointed director of Selective Service, Idaho state Headquarters. On Oct. 8, 1946 he was federally recognized as a Brigadier General of the Line and became Adjutant General for the State of Idaho.
On May 1, 1947 Gen. Abendroth was appointed secretary of the National Guard and Reserve Policy Board and returned to active duty in the Office of the Chief of Staff, U. S. Army. He remained in this position until he , was appointed Commanding General of the District of Columbia National Guard by President Truman on July 16, 1949. He was federally recognized for this. assignment August 12, 1949.
An expert marksman, the general has qualified in rigid army tests and holds expert's badges for firing the pistol, mounted and dismounted; the rifle, carbine and submachine gun.
General Abendroth's military education includes completion of courses at the Cavalry School, Fort Riley, Kansas, and the Chemical Warfare School in Edgewood Arsenal, Maryland. He is. also a graduate of Command and General Staff College, Class of 1947.
As a civilian, the general held positions as Purchasing Agent, Budget Directoc, and manager of the Rural electrification, Idaho Power Company.
He is married to Veda M. Abendroth. They have two sons, William H. Ill born August 26, 194.2 and Wesley W. born on July 9, 1950. Their home, near Washington, is at 315 South Ivy Place, Arlington, Va.

National Guard Headquarters is happy to announce that Col. Charlie F. Camp has recuperated from his recent hospitalization and is now back at work. Col. Camp, Assistant Adjutant' General of Georgia, is largely responsible for the smoothfunctioning Qf the administration of our Georgia Guard today.
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RICKS
ed Adjutant General of the State of Arkansas in January, 1949, and received his. Federal recognition as a brigadier general on Febru&ry 28, 1949. In October, 1950, he was named deputy chief of the National Guard Bureau and chief of the Air Force Division, National Guard Bureau. IJe was federally recognized as a major general with date of rank from March 7, 1951.
Among the decocations which General Ricks has been awarded are the Legion of Merit, Air Medal, Commendation Ribbon, American Defense Ribbon, Pacific t-heater ribbon with seven battle stars, European-African-Middle eastern campaign ribbon with two battle stars, South Philippine campaign ribbon and Luzon campaign ribbon.
General Ricks has been a flier for 26 years and received his first transport pilot's license in 1929. He is a rated pilot foc jet planes, single engine fighters and two and four engine bombers.
PROMOTIONS
He was promoted to first lieutenant February 4, 1941; to captain April 6, 1942; to major July 20, 1942; to lieutenant colonel April 8, 1943; to colonel April 26, 1944. He was appointed a brigadier general in the Air National Guard February 28, 1949, and was promoted to major general on April 11, 1951, with date of rank from March 7, 1951.

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State Hqrs Sends SS Rep. to 3A School

M/ Sgt. fohn M. Leavitt

M-Sgt John Leavitt, 20Jst RA Instructor, Leaves Alter Hitch

The Georgia National Guard will

lose one of its most picturesque

serge imt instructors 24 March when

M/ Sgt John M. Leavitt leaves the

environs of the 20lst Ord MM Co

for duty with the Ordnance section

of Third Army.

.

Sgt Leavitt, who weighs in the

vicinity of 285 pounds, is the

brother of famous Man Mountain

Dean, whose real name is Frank S. Leavitt.

Sgt. Leavitt's civilian occupation

was optician. A former member of

the New Jersey National Guard, he

joined the Army in December 1930

and has seen continuous service.

During WW IT, he was a CWO.

His favorite hobby is photog-

raphy, but he is also talented at

art work, having contributed much

of his time designing wocthwhile

projects for the 201st. Sgt. Leavitt

will be missed by his other Guard

associates as well as Capt. Ralph

Brown's Ordnance Company.

Sgt. Leav itt has been commended

by Brig. Gen. William A. Cunning-

ham, Asst. Adjutant General of

Georgia, who wrote:

Capt. Richard D. Carr III, Selective Service Section of State Hq and Hq Det, is representing the Georgia National Guard at a twoweeks conference on selective service matters at Ft. McPherson, Georgia.
Capt. Carr says the purpose of bringing together the officers most directly concerned with training in the Selective Service sections of the National Guard and Reserve is to perfect by an exchange of ideas, methods and techniques the Selective Service Training in drill periods held for two hours each week. This conference is one of seven to be held in 1952 and the Units and Sections represented in this conference are from the States of Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Mississippi, South Carolina, Tennessee and the Territory of Puerto Rico.
"1t is with regret that your tour of duty as instructor with the Ge<rgia National Guard ends. During the three years and five months in which you have served with credit, you have rendered valuable service to the Guard.
"During the period of your service, our 20lst Ordnance MM Co. has grown from an inefficient and disocganized unit to one which has been annually rated as "Excellent" at both armory and field inspections. 1 give credit to you for the results attained. You have been diligent in the perfollilance of duty as an instructor, and it is my opinion, and that of the officers of the 20lst MM Co., that you are qualified _in a s~perior manner as an instructor.
"I express to you the appreciation of the Georgia National Guard for distinguished and conscientious services. With best wishes and cordial regards.
W. A. Cunningham Brig. Gen., GaNG Deputy Adjutant General

Capt. Edward Katz
State Guarcl Oflicer Recruits 12 for 20Jsf
Operating on all cylinders, the 20lst Ordnance MM Co, sparkpluged by Capt. Edward Katz, has continued to rake in the recruits.
During the ' last year, Capt. Katz has brought in 12 men to sign up with the 20lst. Katz is a member. of the Georgia State Guard, Headquarters administrative section and assigned to the 201st. He has taken great interest in his work and contributed freely of his time in the Guard's ~half.
Capt. Katz served four years overseas with a 5th Infantry Division Ordnance Company in Iceland and Europe as an enlisted man. He is now associated with ;Landau Brothers of Atlanta.
Lawyer: "Why didn't you scream as soon as he touched you?"
Old Maid: "How did .I know he was after my money?"
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"How many magazines does it take to fill a baby carriage?" a Georgia Tech statistics major was asked.
"Oh, one Mademoiselle, one Country Gentleman, a look, a few Liberties and Time," he replied.

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AMesstlffe to theAmerican Aople

YOUR ARME

ARE SHORT

30l000 PINTS OF BlOOD AMONTH !

KOREA broke upon us with the sudden surprise of a line squall over Kanaaa.
Again, as in virtually every generation since Ameri can blood bought freedom for thls country 175 years ago, American blood waa reddening a battlefield.
With one major difference, this time. Now, in Korea, 97 out of every 100 wounded Gl'e reaching the most forward hospitals ere being BBved. That's two more per hundred then were BBVed in World War II six more per hundred then in World War I.
That major difference, of course, is the use of piaama, derived from whole blood. Your blood.
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So swift waa the outbreak of war in Korea, thet there waa literally ,no time to appeal to the American people for life-giving blood.

To meet the emergency we drew upon our reserve .. blood reeervee carefully built up end hoarded eince the end of World War II.
But the arithmetic of defenee is simple ... danger. ously simple:
Your Armed Forces require 300,000 pints of blood a month. As of last August, it was coming in attirerail! of30,000 pintsa month.
With a drein like thet, how long can any reeerve last?
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Industry can produce the bombers, the munitione , but only you can give the blood. To date, there is na known substitute, chemical or otherwise, for the lifegiving blessing of your blood.
If you have given already, tell someone who baa

never given how little time and effort are required how painleee is the giving and how proud the knowledge thet he baa opened up his heart to heal a wound, to save the life of an American fighting to BBVe his!
Ifyou plan to give-then, in the nJune of a namelesa soldier, sailor, marine, airman-don't wait till it's too late ... GIVE NOW I
CALL YOUR RED CROSS TODAY!

What Happenedto That Pint ofBlood J6u Were Going to Give?

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DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE, STATE OF GEORGIA

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