THE D]UTANT GENERAL'S
MESSAGE
FELLOW GUARDSMEN:
With our Air and Ground Units home from active duty we find our total strength at almost 7,000. Now that field training is over and we have returned to our home units, it is time for an a 11-out recruiting program to be initiated. In this message I am requesting each member of the Guard to put forth extra effort in reaching an all-time high in new enl.istments.
The Public Information Office will shortly forward to each unit new recruiting material. Let me urge each unit to call on your local High Schools and talk with the senior students who will be of age soon for Guard enlistment. I believe one of our greatest sources for new Guardsmen will be in this field.
I hope for each unit a continuing and successful recruiting period, and when 1953 summer encampment beg,ins, we will be at our
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Vol. 2 August, 1952 No. 8
A pubIication of the Deportment af Defense, Mi Iitary Division, State 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 959 E. Confederate Ave., S. E.
Atlanta, Georgia
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Honorable Herman E. Talmadge
Governor of Georgia
Major General Ernest Vandiver
The Adjutant General
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The opinions expressed in
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those of the Staff Writers of the publication and members of the Georgia National Guard and do not necessarily reflect any official views of the Adjutant General's Department of Georgia.
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THIS PHOTO-GALAXY is the only adeqUate method of portraying the activities of the Georgia Nat ional Guard during their maneuvers at Ft. McClellan this year. The infantry, artillery, tanks and engineers, constituting the main segments of our division, are pictured as they performed their duties. The ins ide pages present in more detail the functions of
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MARCHI NG WAS NOT the only legwork Guardsmen received at Ft. McClellan. Some of them managed to do some energetic fandongoes at their service club where they also received some choice refreshments and were entertained by professional singers and entertainers including Miss Anniston of 1952. Here the lively pace slowed sufficiently to allow the photographer to catch the troops in the swing of things. Capt. Johnson's Special Services did a fine job in arranging entertainme nt for the
Guardsmen.
Reimbursement Allowed 1 Unit Officer For Expenses at GaNG Assn Conf. Sun.
General Vandiver has authorized reimbursement from unit funds the expenses of one officer from each Georgia National Guard unit attending the annual conference of the National Guard Association of Georgia. One meal and auto expenses at 6 per mile are included in this authorization. It has been requested by Capt. Ben L. Kersey, secretary and treasurer, that other officers in each unit accompany the representative.
The meeting, to take place September 21 at 0900 in Macon's Volunteer Armory at 488 First Street, will feature discuss ions by General Vandiver, General Cunningham and the president of the Georgia Association, Lt. Col. John M. Hancock. The State Public Information Office will show a
these units. Lt. Levy Miller and Sgt John C. Findley, of Reidsville 's Co C, 560th Engineers, are ident ifiable in the upper right photo. Lower left shows the 1st Bn of the 121 st Infantry passing in review. Top left are Tanks of the 190th and lower right photo shows 105mm Howitzer of 118th
FA Bn firing.
color movie of scenes of the Antiaircraft and Infantry encampments.
Every officer of the air and ground units of the Georgia National Guard are requested to attend this important meeting. Now that most of our units have returned home it is hoped that the associati on can be brought up to full strength in membership in order to present a powerful organization capable of wielding considerable influence upon policies of legislative and executive bodies, with the purpose of sustaining the integrity of th~ National Guard.
Make your plans now to be lD Macon Sunday morning 21 Sept.
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GOAT DAY COMES
TO 48th RECON.
Captain Sidney Dell's LaGrange Light Guards 48th Reconnaissance Company is capitaliz ing on the outstanding publicity the unit received at summer camp this year. They have designated September 9th as G-Day (Goat Day). Each Guardsman had until then to bring in a recruit for the company. Members of the unit failing to bring in a man by that date will be penalized by "facing the prospect of keeping a large stinking billy goat until he gets a recruit." Capt. Dell explains that they are going down the line by rank, and nobody is excused from this hazardous requirement.
AN AERIAL PHOTO of div isi on headquarters at Ft. McClellan shows the picturesque layout of the area. Hq is in the center foreground, and the view is northward. Nestled in the hills of eastern Alabama, this vast chemical warfa re center is capable
of absorbing 30,000 troops.
Take this copy
HOME
Let your folks :
See OUR Camp
FIR ING THE 105MM Howitzer is not all lanyard pulling. Bores ighting,- as done here by members of Btry A, 11Bth FA Bn of Savannah, is essential in calibrating the accuracy of the wea pon. The Guardsmen ore, left to right, Sgt James C. Scarborough, M/ Sgt Hugh W. Cates, Sgt Carol L. Smith and s/Sgt Cleveland W. White. Surveying teams ore also used in
arranging and seH ing up the gun emplacements.
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OILIN G A TANK PART on the firing range, members of the 48th Reconnaissance Company of La Grange, prepare to get their weapon in firing order. Housing the powerful 7Smm gun and .SO calibre machine guns, the Sherman tank pocks a potent wallop. Left to right, these Guardsme n are, Sgt Leroy Wadsworth, SFC Johnny King, Pvt Richard Hyde, and Pvt
Robert Daughtry.
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ts THERE
A TIME when heavy machinery and bulldozers
must be replaced with thick muscle. Such is the case in
building a timber bridge where close quarters and , accurate
tolerances are necessary. Standing in ankle-deep water and
lifting a giant beam, these three members of the 560th Engi-
neer Combat battalion of Columbus exert some of that muscle 1
deep in the hills of Alabama outside Ft. McClellan where the
ive duty.
MEMBERS OF THE 48th Division Artillery examine a charvof 10Smm ammunition on the firing range at Ft . McClellan, Ala., where these Savannah Guardsmen were in charge of an ammunition detail. The powder charge contains explosives of varying combustion which facilitates the proper expulsion and ejection of the projectile from the muzzle of the howitzer.
201ST ORDNANCE Guardsmen of the Artillery Section take a manometer test of a 1OSmm Howitzer in their shop at Ft. McClellan where they were in charge of maintaining the Artillery weapons of the 48th Infantry Division. Members of the unit included in the photo are, top, left to right, Sgt Herman Glass, SFC R. C. Stewart, SFC Robert L Hall, Section Chief, Cpl Carl L. Herst, Sgt William B. Roberts, Pvt Jerry B. Gowan, and, bottom, Cpl Lloyd Coursey, Pvt Felton
C. Argo and Sgt B. A. Walker.
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INSPECTING THE FUSE of a 155m"'. H-itzer shell - the firing range at Ft. McClellan, Major General Joseph B. Fraser, Commanding General of the 48th Division, and Major General Ernest Vandiver, Adjutant General of Georgia, get some interesting data from M/Sgt David Warren, Battery C of the 179th Field Artillery Battalion of Atlanta. Gen. Fraser and and Gen. Vandiver spent much of their time at summer camp at the distant ranges of the division where they watched their
Guardsmen on maneuvers at close range.
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A DEMOLITIONS CLASS in the art of setting the proper fuse and charges is being conducted here by Lt. Levy Miller, Co C, 560th Engineers, Reidsville. These expert technicians, besides being able to construct bridges, handle the dangerous task of setting off powerful demolitions . These classes toke place in the field prior to
detonating the explosives. In civilian life Lt. Miller is a Georgia State Patrolman.
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The recruit complained to the
sergeant that he had a splinter in his finger. "You should have
had more sense," was the harsh comment, "than to scratch your
head."
PREPARING TO LAUNCH a pontoon foot br idge across a lake at Ft. McClellan are these members of Company B, 560th Engineers, of Douglas. Lt. T homa s C. Cliett, righ\, supervises the procedure while hi s master sergeant demonstrates the function of t he Iink rods to two new members of the company. The talented engineers ore capable of setting off demolitions, building bridges of all kinds and purifying water supplies.
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COMBAT FIELD RATIONS were issued to members of the 179th Field Artillery Battalion of Atlanta on the firing range at Ft. McClellan where the unit had the ir 155mm Howitzer gun emplacements. Consuming the tasty rations are these members of Battery C: (left to right) T / Sgt Virgil A. Martin, Cpl Richard
H. Murphey, Pvt. William Mauldin and Cpl Jerry Howard.
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DESSERT FOR GUARDSMEN on summer maneuvers at Ft. McClellan was not a rarity by any means. Here two unidenti fled chefs prepare another delicious morsel for the hungry hoards that stampeded through their kitchen in search of tasty nutrition in the farm of palatable ingredients known
commonly as food.
ARTILLERYMEN OF Battery A, 118th Field Artillery Bn of Savannah, get set to pull the lanyard on one of their 10 Smm Howitzers. The shock of the concussion c.an be minimized by stopping up the ears and holding the mouth open. This Is
another scene at Ft. McClellan, August 1952.
Manpower- Chief Topic at Meeting
Of U.S. Adjutants General Assn.
The future of the National Guard largely depends on legislation that will
insure its manpower supply, members of the Adjutants General Association
were warned in February.
The AGs were warned that under existing laws the Organized Reserve Corps would probably receive the great majority of men who have reserve obligations to fulfill upon discharge from active Army service.
Under present law, the reserve
committee, had advised him the Guard plan would be considered in connection with the pending Reserve Act, and not with the UMT bill.
Draft Director Lewis B. Hershey told the guardsmen that the greatest danger to a successful military
obligation of a UMT trainee would training plan is hie ker ing within
be seven-and-one-half years. The the military services.
AGA was urged to support a plan
"I'm not afraid of our opponents
whereby men completing a six-
(to UMT), they've done their
month UMT period could discharge damndest," he said. "Just save us
their reserve obligation by serving from ourselves."
a normal three-year enlistment in
Hershey said that within five
the Guard.
years, every "reasonably able"
Maj. Gen. Ellard A. Walsh,
male should have had military
president of the National Guard traming followed up by weekly
Association, told the conference compulsory drill periods.
that Sen. Russell (D) Ga., chairman
Other non-Guard speakers heard
of the Senate Armed Services
during the three-day meeting in-
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eluded Gen. J, Lawton Collins, Army Chief of Staff, who gave the Guardsmen an off-the-record address; Gen. Nathan F. Twining, Air Force Vice Chief of Staff, and Donald R. Wilson, national commander of the American Legion.
The Legion commander favored the plan for Guard service after UMT training, saying it would be "wrong to let men float around in an amorphous reserve." He said the Legion supported the threeyear plan, or one that would accomplish the same thing in four years of Guard service.
Gen. Twining said Air Forces plans envision a greatly increased Air National Guard, both in numbers of personnel and equipment. He added that plans for release of Air Guard Units to state control were adequate to expedite their return.
Guard manpower problems aren't confined to the future, the AGs were informed by Maj. Gen. William H. Harrison, Jr. of Massachusetts, President of the AGA.
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COVINGTON'S HEAVY MORTAR Company of the 122nd Infantry exhibited expert marksmanship on the firing range at Ft. McClellan where this gun crew gets set for firing o round with their 4.2" chemical mortar. Silhouetted against the distant horizon, the white phospherous explosions constituted one of the most impressive sights of the encampment. Holding the sight in the foreground is Ora L. Aaron, while s / Sgt Daniel E. Sammons, left, prepares to let go of the projectile. S/ Sgt James C. Henry and Pfc Benny R. Newkirk face to the rear to ovoid the shock waves.
~I!eorgta 'J 9ightin' 48th
COLUMNS OF DUST trail the slee k ~1ks of the 190th Tank Battalion as they practice maneuvers on the driving ro ng111 the hills of east Alabama. Canteen cups were drained early in the day and refilltlos the tough Guardsmen gave their rugged tanks a rough workout crashing throu gh ckets, sca ling hills and spanning ravines.
560TH COMBAT ENGINEERS of the Georgia National Guard exhibit the speed with which they construct a Hmber bridge over a ravine at Ft. McCie II an. In the bockground a bulldozer levels the approaches while in the foreground Guardsmen lift and all i gn the heavy timber beams onto the found at ion. The staccatto of the air hammer pounds large spikes into the beams as the bridge rapidly takes shape under the skillful hands of the engineers : The 560th is commanded by Lt. Col. Ernest W.
Higgins of Columbus.
Jn/antrg ~iviJion .AtaneuverJ at 9t. .AtcClellan
Rugged Georgia Guardsmen of the 48th Infantry Division, bronzed by the sun and heat of a sweltering 15-day encampment, have returned to their units throughout the state with a concentration of practical knowledge gained at Ft. McClellan, Alabama.
Having been sit.uated in the same buildings as last year, the Guardsmen's problems of orientation were quickly solved and over 5,000 officers and men of the Georgia National Guard began their intensive training.
By Monday of the first week a
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hum of steady activity produced training schedules, bulletins, and a generous supply of oil for the wheels of progress.
In short order the men were out in the field firing M-1's, tanks, howitzers and recoilless rifles. Cooks were turning out savory meals both at camp. and in field kitchens. The 48th Division Band was kept busy leading units in review. The signal and communications Guardsmen strung hundreds of miles of wire. Liaison pilots zoomed their small craft over the area making mail drops and recon-
naissance missions. During leisure hours, Guardsmen
swam, fished, golfed, and visited the post exchanges. Shortly after camp began, mail from home started flowing in.
Convoys of trucks pulled weapons and heavy equipment into field positions. Surveyors lined off firing positions. Heavily-muscled Guardsmen chopped their way into thickets and set up command posts and cleared areas for bivouac.
Guard officers briefed their men on their missions, giving inspiring leadership by working closely with
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the Guardsmen. General and staff officers frequently visited the units, watching the engineers erect bridges, tankmen and artillerymen fire on distant targets, and observing the powerful tanks on the driving ranges.
On 2 August Governor's Day was held, and the entire Division passed in review before Governor Herman Talmadge, Major General Ernest Vandiver, and Major General Joseph B. Fraser, 48thDivision commander. It was Governor Talmadge's fifth consecutive visit of his Georgia Guardsmen at summer camp. Our
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determined Commander in Chief, suffering from a throat infection, landed through thick cloud layers which prevented Florida's Governor Fuller Warren from landing. In a stirring speech he praised his troops and their fine record and after trooping the line in a jeep, the Governor presented medals and trophies to our outstanding National Guardsmen.
Drilled, trained, tired and strained, our energetic officers and men exa~ted the full measure of their two-week encampment. General Fraser, in speaking to the entire
division composed of both Georgia and Florida units, thanked them for their efforts and praised them for their deeds.
It was obvious to all Guardsmen of the Division that the success of their training was enhanced by the great leadership and the respect our Guardsmen have for General Fraser. It was his first camp as 48th Division commander, but General Fraser's guiding hand was evident throughout the Division, accounting, in large measure, for the success of the 1952 Division encampment.
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EDITORIAL
A FATHER WANTS TRAINING TO BE AS TOUGH AND REAL AS WAR ITSELF
20lst Ordnance Gets "Superior"
'By HAROLD MARTIN From the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, January 20, 1952.
Reprinted by permission.
As this is written the Congress is debating the Universal Military Training Act. I hope they pass it. But what I hope above all else is that when they put it into effect; they won't forget what it's for. I hope they will spend most of that all-too-short six months in actually teaching the trainees how to survive in battle, how to kill the enemy while suffering as little damage as possible to themselves.
I read with some distress the outline of the procedures they seem to he planning to put into effect. They are going to increase the number of chaplains, which is all right. I have no objections to that. But they are also going to do a lot of "compulsory character guidance" in lectures that will cover, the reports say, such fields as "sex education, marriage and family life, religion, moral principles, citizenship and 'responsibility'," whatever that means. Superimposed on that course of training will he an information and education program similar to the one now in effect hut improved.
As th'e father of a teen-age son, in the not too remote past I have seen what happens to other men's sons when they go into battle well educatedin civics but poorly trained in the use of their weapons. I am considerably disturbed by the above. A man can he as great an authority on sex as Dr. Kinsey, he can know all there is to know about how to live happily in the bonds of matrimony, he can he as devout a Christian as St. Francis of Assisi, hut if he can't hit wlat he shoots at, if he -can't take advantage of cover, if he hasn't the physical stamina to endure the hardships of life in the field, he is going to get killed. UMT, as I see it should not attempt to take the place of the church, the home, or the school. It should train soldiers.
When my hoy's time comes to report for this training I know what I want them to do for him. I want them to put a pack on his hack and a pair of shoes that fit him on his feet, and I want them to march him and march him until he can go 20 miles in a day, up hill and down through woods and over rocks and streams, in heat and cold, until there is not an ounce of fat or soft muscle on him.
I want them to teach him about grenades and I want him to learn how to use a bayonet for the grenade and the bayonet will he the weapons that win the fight for him in the last minutes when men come face to face and the weak and unskilled ones die. I want them to teach him how to use the bazooka and the multiple rocket launcher. I want them to teach him to shoot a 105 cannon and a 155 rifle. I want them to teach him how to take off across unfamiliar country with a map and a compass and go where he's told to go and come hack again.
And when he's learned all he can learn as an individual I want them to work him in the field as a member of a squad for with that small unit he is going to live or die in battle. I want him to kriow all there is to know about maintaining communications, by hand signal, whistle, flare and voice, within his own little unit, and all there is to know about keeping in communication with larger units by field phone and radio. And I want them to teach him that the man who fails to take care of delicate communications equipment is a fool who may cause his whole outfit to he destroyed.
I want them to teach him these things, not in the classroom, in lectures, no matter how efficient they may he in theory hut out in the field. And I
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The National Guard Training lnspe ction Report for the period Zl July to 10 August gives a rating of Superior to the 201st Ordnance MM Company. This unit .received a rating of 39 scoring points out of a possible 40. It hQ.d a hundred percent attendance record. One hundred percent rating was given for command J:Jtaff and technical experience. Capt. Ralph Brown, his officers and men, were coinmended by Brig. Gen. William A. Cunningham, Deputy Adjutant General, for this superior permance of duty.
"It says if my grades don't pick up I'll be drafted!"
"Find your own seat, soldier ... and don't call me 'Mac' ..."
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J22nd lnl Chaplains Reach Full Strength
By Rev. Roy Pettway
The 122nd Infantry has, for the first time, its full authorized complement of chaplains. Major Frank Gilmore, of Shallman, Ga., (Methodist); is Regimental Chaplain; and is assisted by Capt. Luther R. Pettway, of Atlanta (Episcopal), and Capt. Avery Graves, of Calhoun, Ga. (Baptist). The 122nd is the only regiment in tdh 48th Division to have the full complement of Chaplains.
During the encampment at Fort McClellan, the 122nd had recordbreaking attendance at Chapel services on 3 August. Episcopal Mass was celebrated at 0800, with six present. Roman Catholic personnel were transported to Mass at 0830. Sunday School was conducted at 0900 by Chaplain Graves. The General Service was conducted at 0930 by Chaplain Pettway, with preaching by Chaplain Gilmore.
At the General Service, the Chapel was completely filled, including the balcony, with over 300 present, including the Commanding General, Major General Joseph B. Fraser; the Adjutant General of Georgia, Major General Ernest Vandiver; and the Commanding Officer, Col. Roy E. Norvell; and other top-ranking officers.
Col. Norvell offered a beautiful loving cup to the Company having the highest percentage of personnel present. Co. L was the winner, with 80 percent of its personnel present; but there were a number of other Companies also which had a high percentage of their personnel present. The services were conducted with dignity and traditional beauty, and Chaplain Gilmore preached a notable and inspiring sermon on the topic "Which Way America?"
The Chapel services by no means constituted all the work of the Olaplains. The Citizenship and Morality Instructions of the Army's
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COL. CHARLES M. FORD, JR., former commander of the 216th Air Base Gp of the Georgia Air National Guard, is shoWn in Kunsan, Korea, where he now commands the 3rd ABG. Col. Ford, right, is congratulating A/ 2c Donald M. Fob: far being named "airmen of the month." In the background are Lt. Clarence E. Olsen and Lt.
Col. Thomas P. Neary, 3rd ABG Executive Officer.
official Character Guidance Program are a regular part of Army training and instruction, and they have been included in the training program of the 122nd Infantry. The addition of of this part of the Army's training program has caused much favorable comment, both by the personnel receiving the training, and also by the Regimental officers. Each of the three Chaplains was assigned one battalion and two provisional units, and gave the Citizenship and Morality Instructions to his units. These instructions were given to some groups in the Chapel, to others in Mess Halls after supper, and to others at other places.
One unique program was conducted by one of the Chaplains. Some 15 to 18 boys were present at Camp with their fathers, and a program of observation and recreation was arranged for such of them as wished to participate. The boys had great fun playing on the Obstacle Courses at the Fort, watching rifle firing, re-coilless rifle firing, mortar and grenade firing, and other activities. Some of them had the thrill of riding in a Tank.
Almost every day, such boys as wished to go were taken to the swimming pool, either at the enlisted men's pool, or at the officers' club. And so these "future Guardsmen" were spared the boredom of sitting around Camp with nothing much to do, and greatly enjoyed their experience.
The Chaplains were continually taking part in the activities of the men of the Regiment, visiting one unit after another, in the bivouac area and in the trammg programs in the Camp and on the range. And there was the usual amount of counselling, hospital calls, and the like. Chaplain Gilmore addressed the Regiment at the orientation formation held on the first day of Camp.
122nd Infantry Chaplains are not inactive during the rest of the year. They attend drills each week, and do such work as there is to be done. In the six Atlanta Companies, a regular program of Citizenship and Morality Instructions by the Chaplain is part of the training schedule, nad there are plans to extend this area of instruction to other units as well.
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t The
Chaplain's Corner
By Cecil W. Carpenter
Chaplain 48th Div. Arty.
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Capt. Cecil W. Carpenter Chaplain, 48th Div. Arty.
Waynesboro Unit Seeks 81 Recruits
Waynesboro's Battery D, 101st Antiaircraft Battalion, with 81 vacancies in their unit, has begun looking around for outstanding young men of that city to fill a variety of positions. Vacancies exist in practically all grades and a number of technical classifications.
The unit, only recently rettrned from 21 months federal duty, now has the following men who joined the battery from overseas assignments: 1st Lt William F. Story, 1st Lt James 0. J. Taylor Jr., WOJG Harvey L. Sapp, SFC Eldred C. Mixon and Cpl Herbert Quick.
Recent promotions announced by commanding officer, Capt Paul S. Stoile,"went to SFC Tracy M. Carter, SFC Audrey W. Daniel, Sgt Thomas E. Hillis, and Pvt-2's L. Edenfield, Robert P. Flanders and Dennie L. Johns.
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Widow at seance: "Is that you, Harry?"
Ghost: "Yes.'' "Are you happier than you were with me?" ' Much happier." "Heaven must be a beautiful place." "I'm not in heaven."
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ETERNAL UFE If we could put into a brief space the whole of the New Testament Gospel, a sentence of our Saviour's Prayer in the Garden would come near that goal. St. John records it in His Gospel, "this is life eternsl, that they might know Thee, the only True God, and Jesus Christ, whom Thou hast sent." Today we have a special offer presented to us all. What is it? Briefly, it is simply the offer of that eternal Life that St. John talks about. We have been told many, many times in the Holy Scriptures that every human being must face his Creator and Maker. On that great day every life will be judged whether it was good or bad, and the verdict pronounced on that life will be stric'tly enforced for eternity. Those who reject God will be consigned to Hell. But, by the Grace of God, those who believe in the Lord Jesus Christ will be allowed into Heaven. In Hell, according to Scriptures, there will be many people. There will be those who ignored the message of the Saviour by saying that it is unimportant and incidental. There will also be those who didn't expect to end up there because they felt because they had done the required things, God owed them a place in heaven regardless of the motives that prompted their actions. Today is not the first time that eternal Life has been offered to you. Countless numbers of times the urgent message of the Gospel has come to us urging us to repent of our sins and believe on the Lord Jesus Christ. This offer is not confined to just a select few. The "they" in that brief passage includes you and me. But this o(fer isn't for us alone. There are millions who haven't heard the Word of Life, in every part of the world, including this great country of ours. You may ask, "What business is it of mine?" It is most certainly your business. You who are exposed to the saving Gospel may witness the condemnation of thousands and be brought to the realization that, because of your neglect and carelessness, you lead to that condemnation. You had neglected your business. When Christ gave the Great Commission to the Apostles, He didn't expect the stock excuse that you and I give so often. What a predicament we would be in if our Saviour had told the Fath'er that He didn't have the time to come into the world to save sinners because He was too busy running His own business of operating the universe. What will vou do with this Special Free Offer?
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want them to keep him in the field for weeks, in the rain and the mud, the snow and the cold, and I want uim to miss hot meals for days on end. I want him to know wlat the ache and misery, the animal squalor of a front-line position is like so that he can stand up under the strain of being wet and cold and sleepless and staggering from fatigue- as he will have to stand up under it if he ever fights in a war.
And I hope the sociologists and the schoolteachers don't move in on UMT and take it over. I want his instructors to be combat veterans who have been in battle, who have proved their leadership, who have known wlat it is to shoot and to be shot at, to kill, and to be themselves wounded.
These may be harsh things for a man to wish for his son. But I love him and want him to come back from war alive, if he ever has to fight a war. And I know that the things I've named above, along with many others, are the things he'll need. to know if he is . going to survive. As for his moral character and his education, that's my responsibility, not the Army's. 1
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EXPLAIN ING THE SAFETY DEVICE S on the lSSmm Howitzer to Maj. Ge n. Ernest Vandiver, Ga. AG, on the firing range at Ft. McCiellan is Lt. Charles B. Bottom of A Battery . First Sgt Erford lvie, Btry C, appe ar s over th e bre ech mechanism of the potent weapon of the 17 9th F ie ld Art i llery Battalion
of Atlant a.
TANKMEN OF THE 190TH Tank Battalion go over a map of their area before going out on a problem. Tanks of the ' 190th ground up tons of dust on driving ranges and fired hundreds of rounds of ammunition at distant targets. These Guardsmen are members of Co B, Fitzge rald's unit, commanded by Capt. Harry Smith. (Photo by Cpl Hardy Owen)
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IT'S A SAD SACK of potatoes when you ' re s itting on the other end of spud peelers as eviden ced by th e expressions on these two members of Company B, 121 st Infantry Regiment, from Mont ezuma, Pfc Harold Parks, left, and Cpl Harold Stapleton reminisce here about the mode rn mechanical potato peelers rumored to be in existance in this atomic era. They claim th is experience is invaluable in mastering t~e art of peeling apples and oranges and in tri mming fingernails. This cozy sce ne took place during summe r camp. (Photo by Lt.
Jack Gilcrist.)
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LIAISON PILOTS AND MECHANICS of the 48th Division Artillery, Georgia National Guard, install a new fuel pump on on L-19 on the flight line at Ft. McClellan. Watching the procedure are 1st Lt. James H. Strickland, left, Divarty Operations Maintenance Supervisor, Capt. Charles Blitch, Divarty Air Officer, and 2nd Lt. Leo M. Copeland, Air Officer of the 118th FA Bn . Making the change at the bottom are, left to right, M/ Sgt Joseph B.. Kennedy, Sgt Rodney E. Lariscy, both of Divarty Hq, and Sgt A. A. Plott, 179th FA Bn of Atlanta. The Division Artillery, located in Savannah, is
equ ipped with L-19's, L-17's (Navion's) and L--16's.
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YOU DIDN'T KNOW IT, but these were the men yoo were counting most heavily upon during the final days of camp. Yes, this little group of officers and men constitute the finance section of the 48th Infantry Division headquarters. It was their responsibility to see to it that each Guardsman received his correct share of green lettuce known commonly as cash. Lt. Col. Charles R. Lanman, standing left, heads the section with WD F. G. Shellnutt and Lt. Fritz Albrecht as his assistants. All three are with Atlanta's C & S Bank. This was the first year the finance section has handled the ,;ummer camp payroll which dispensed over a half million dollars
to National Guard personnel at Ft. M-cClellan.
Vets Warned
To Get Copies
Of Discharge
Wash ington (AFPS)-T he Veterans Administration has advised all veterans to have photostatic or certified copies made of their original discharge or separation papers for use in applying fo.r veterans benefits.
Korean veterans will avoid delay in r eceiving their education and training ben efits if they have their separation papers copied before the original is sent to the Armed Services for mustering - out payments. Both sides of the document must be submitted in photostatic copies. The VA will accept photostats or certified copies of separation papers for most benefits. However, one exception is the VAguaranteed loans. To apply for these the veteran must present his original discharge or separation papers.
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(By Armed Forces Press Servi ee)
Mixed emotions-the feeling you get when you see your mother-in-law driving your new car over a cliff.
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Gate sentry: "Halt! Who's tht!re?"
Voice from the darkness: "You wouldn't know me-l just got here yesterday."
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One tried and true method of getting your wife home soon from an out-of-town vacation is to send her a copy of the local paper with one item clipped out.
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Chief: "Until you've seen my wife dance, you ain't seen nothin'. She dances like Ginger Rogers, Eleanor Powell and Betty Grable all put together."
Herb: "Edith is that good?" Chief: "No_She dances like she has six feet."
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A Park Avenue doctor's overdue bills now bear a sticker reading : ''Long time no fee ."
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Hubby : "It's strange, but the biggest idiots seem to marry the prettiest women."
Wife: "Flattery will get you nowhere."
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High heels were probably invented by a woman w h o had been kissed on the forehead.
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Proud mother, holding infant, tel>ls visitor : "H e's e ating solids now -keys, n ewspapers, pencils .. ."
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When a woman puts her arm out the car window to signal, the only .thing you're sure of is that the window is open.
"Been practicing /ow-level missions, lieutenant?"
AUGUST, 1952
1952 GOVERNOR'S DAY AT FT. McCLELLAN
Officers and Officials Salute the Colors from Reviewing Stand Gov. Talmadge, Gen. Fraser, Gen. Snyder Troop the Line
The Air National Guard also offers direct commissions in the rank of Second Lieutenant to eligible young men and the opportunity to take the regular one-year course of Pilot training as a student officer.
Applicants for this program must be members of a federally recognized Air National Guard unit, be 21 to 26lh years of age, single or married, and have completed at least 60 semester hours or 90 quarter hours leading to a degree at an accredited college or university.
Applicants must be able to meet physical and other USAF requirements for pilot training.
Call or Write 116Tti FIGHTER-INTERCEPTOR WING
Dobbins A F Base, Marietta, Go. Travis Field, Savannah, Ga.
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