The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 22, no. 4 (Oct.-Dec. 1972)]

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My Fellow Guardsmen:
As we close out 1972 and usher in the New Year, let's reflect back on our achievements and failures during the year. We can learn much from what we accomplished and failed to accomplish, and we don't want to lose sight of those valuable experiences.
It is the task of the National Guard to back up the military power of the regular establ ishment. War can only be deterred by having a strong enough military force to preserve the peace; and the National Guard is a vital part of this strength. Today, we are being looked upon to carry an even greater share of our nation's defense, and it is even more important that every Guardsman does his share.
I want to congratulate each member of Georgia's National Guard for outstanding performance in 1972. Each of you has helped to project a better image of the Guard to the citizens of our State. In addition to our military training, much has been accomplished in beautifying the armories, making them available for more local activities, and assisting the general public in youth programs, etc. Our soldiers and airmen have a fine attitude and have worked diligently to accomplish the goals we had set for this past year. With your continued cooperation and dedication, we can look forward to a bigger and better year in 1973

THE GEO RGIA GUARDSMAN

VOL 22 OCT-DEC 1972 NO 4

A publ ication of the Department of Defense, Military 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.

Ga. Air Guard fighter aircraft of by-gone days fly in formation over the State. On the left ore F-86L's and th e right, P-47N's of WWII vinta ge.
F-100 S UPERSABRES ~LA TED FOR GA . AIR GUARD

HONORABLE JIMMY CARTER GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
MAJ GEN JOEL B. PARIS, Ill THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
COL DOUG EMBRY (GaANG, RET.) INFORMATION OFFICER
CPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR. EDITOR

After nearly twelve years flymg and supporting tra nsport aircraft, the Georgia Air National Guard's 11 6th Military Airlift Wing and 116th MA Gro up will be redes ignated the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing and Tactical Fight er Group effective in April 1973 and receive F-lOOD Super Sabre jet fighters.
The supersonic aircraft will replace the C-124 Douglas Globemasters which have been with the Air Guard since 1967 . The 165th MAG in Savannah will continue to fly the Globemasters

for at least another year and will come under the 137th Military Airlift Wing in Oklahoma Ci t y , Okla. To aid in the transition the new fighter unit will use T-33 jet trainer aircraft.
The Georgia Air Guard received its first transports , C-97 Stratofreighters , 1n June 1961. From 1946 to 1961, there were a variety of fighter and interceptor aircraft in the Air Guard arsenal, among them the F -86L Sabre jet, several versions of the F -84, F-51H Mustang and P-47N Thunderbolt.

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An F-lOOC, formerl y of th? New
Mex ico Air Guard, is parked in front of the Ga. Air Guard Hangar at Dobbins, AFB. The plane will be placed on displa y near the Dobbins main gate wh ere now is mounted an F-86 Sab re;et. The aircraft was sch eduled to be sent to the Air Force's "bone yard" at Davis-Monthan AFB, Arizona. In the upper right, is a T-33 which will be used to trai n pilots and aid them in th e transition to the supersonic F-lOOD's.

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The GUARD Goes to the Fai r

(TOP) MG Paris and Gino Nowell, Miss GMI, ride in the F oi r P orad e. In the cor with them is MSgt Wiley G. Cowart, USAF Recruiter, and his daughter, Rebecca. (CENTER) SP 4 Rick Almond of the 26Sth Engineers, gives Jimmy VanMeter of Cedartown some safety tips on the proper techniques of firing on air rifle at the GoARNG's B-B rifle rang e. (BOTTOM) Allen Huey of Decatur Iearns about the instrument p on el of a UHID helicopter at the Fair. With him is Warrant Officer Kerm it Selvig of the 159th Aviation

"Fa ir-goers" from all over th e Stat e on ce again the opportunity to view Na tional Guard exhi bits a t Atlanta's So utheastern Fair held September 28 thro ugh October 7. To begin the festi ve week a nd a half, Maj . Gen. Paris, the Adjutant General, rode in th e Fair Parade down Peachtree Street as one of the Honorary Grand Marshals . Ridin g with him was Regina Nowell, 'Mis s Georgia Militar);' Institut e" a nd "Miss Dub lin" 1972.
Army and Air Guard exhibits attracted thousands of visi tors at th e Fair Grounds a nd certainly captivated th e youngsters as they climbed over the huge M-48 Tank, Armor ed Personnel Carri er and 155mm Self-propell ed Howitzer. A UH-1 "Hu ey" h eli copter was also on display, but the curious were cautiously introduced to the ai rcraft because the he li copter doesn't have the "childproo f" characteristi cs of an M-48 Tank.
Sop hi sti cat ed radar and communi catio ns eqmpment were al so se t up a nd operated by units of the ANG .
T he Ga. NG 's "Daisy-Heddon Rifle Range" was al so a s tar attrac tion for th e bo ys and girls and also a few "big " boys. Th ere was a lways a backlog of s hoo ters waiting to show th eir prowess with the Daisy
88 rifl e.
Another exhibit and probab ly th e most important to the Guard was th e Recruiting Booth. Manned by both AR NG and ANG personn el, th e booth provided a trem endous s uppl y of in formation and li terature on the Gu'a rd's ac tiviti es , benefits and o bli gation s.

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSM AN

More than 1,000 senior officers of the Air National Guard from 50 States and Puerto Rico met November 29th at the Royal Coach Hotel in Atlanta for their annual Air National Guard Commanders' Conference.
Governor Jimmy Carter and MG Paris, the Adjutant General, welcomed the delegates on the first morning for the three-day meeting.
More than 125 general officers were included in the group , with Major General I.G. Brown, Director of the Air National Guard, as host. Also present were Dr. Theodore Marrs , Assistant Secretary of Defense for Re serve Affairs , who spoke briefly to the gathering on Friday and MG F .S. Greenlief, C hief of the National Guard Bureau. Henry W. McMillan, Florida NG and newly-elected President of the NGAUS , also was on hand to present several awards.
At the conference the Air Guardsmen planned their training activities for the coming year and examined ways to increase their operational readiness . The Air Guardsmen have U.S.A.F. missions under the Tactical Air Command , Military Airlift Command, Air Defense Command and others.

AN G Command ers Meet i n Atlan ta
MG PARIS GREETS 1,000 DEL EGATES

GOV. CARTER ADDRESSES COMMANDERS

AIR POLI C E, COMMUNI CATORS KEE P VIGI L

T RANSP OR T AT ION CREW DI SPATCHES V EHICLES
OCT - DEC 1972

COL BI LLY JON E S, L T COL TOM SAFFOL D AT RE CEPTI ON
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DOMESTIC ACTION:

Me n of the GoARNG ' s 110th Maintenance Battal ion in Atlanta unload toy s at the Fulton County Deportment of Family and Ch ildren's Services (Division of Children and Youth). The toys were purchas e d from money donated by th e JayC e es Empty Stock i ng Fund drive. The men from the 110t h, (L-R) SPS Larry Mauld in, SP4 Roy L e athers, and SSgt Tommy Ennis, loaded the toys at the downto wn headquarters of th e ESF and delivered them to th e Depo rtme nt in ea rl y December.

THE KEY I S COMMUNITY I NVOLV EM E

Who he lp s turn an old railroad depot into a museum, driv es an armored personnel carrier, assists in th e construction of a 30-acre rec reation site, fli es world-wide missions in giant air transports , participates in "Special Olympi c Games for Exceptional Children", fires a I55mm Self-propelled howitzer and provides much needed blood to a young boy with hemophilia?
Answer: Georgia National Guardsmen. In the past six-month period from March till September, Georgia Guardsmen supported the activiti es of more than 63,000 Geo rgians . This upport covered the areas of education and training, health and medical, recreation, transportation, loan of equipment and use of facilities. In providing this support, there were more than I I ,OOO vo lunt eer and duty man-days expended. In Forsyth, Georgia members of the Headquart ers and Hq Detachment, l76th Military P oli ce Battalion and the I 79th MP Company aided in the res toration of the old Southern Railway Depot adjacent to Tift College. Th e now restored building will be used as a museum. The building was about to be torn down when the Woman's Club of Forsyth rece ived permission from th e Railroad to resto re the stru cture. Be caus e many changes had been made to th e building over the years, it was nece ssary to tear away much of th e modifications in o rder to begin restoration.
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Fifteen Guardsmen from the Forsyth units using th e units tools and a 2\1, ton truck, remo ved old wall and flooring, cleaned up the area and haul ed away the debris.
In Columbus, a 30-acre rec reation site is under constru ction with the help of De ta chment I , Comp any C of th e 560th Engineer Battalion (Combat). The re are 38 Guardsmen working on the project pl us one IO-ton truck tracto r, one 20-ton dozer, on e road grader, one 2\1,-ton truck, twelve 5-ton dump trucks, one Frontend loader and several chain saws. The city of Columbus provided one dozer, one grader,
Gua rd sm e n from Co A(-) 1st Bn(M) 121st lnf ai d in the assembl ing and in s tallation of playground equip ment at the K e nn y Askew Memo ria l Pa rk t hree mi l es sout heast of Canton , Georgia.
THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

In front of a GaANG C- 124 ore airmen of the I 16th Support Squadron's Traffic Manag eme nt Section and thirty boys from the Calvary Chi ldrens' Home in Smyrna and th e Postal House in Atlanta. The airm en gave the boys a tour of Dobb ins Air Force Ba se where the anxiou s yo uhgster s ate in the A i rm e ns ' Din i ng Hall a n d vi si ted ANG aircraft and th e giant C - SA. The project was in i tiated b y t he airmen of the TM sect ion. Th e sect io n is headed by MSgt La rr y P u ckett of Buford.

one cran e, n ecess ary fill-dirt and drainage ppm g. When comp l e t ed thi s area wi ll provid e rec reational , fac iliti es fo r yo uth on th e eas t side of th e City and it will be on e o f the large st rec reation are as ever co nst ru c t ~ d the re. De tachm ent 1 has been working on this proj ec t since Augus t , 1970 and will continu e 1 to aid in th e cons truction for app roximat ely two mo re
ye ars . In March, memb e rs of Headquarte r_s and Head-
quart ers Battery of th e 2nd Battalion, 214th Arti ll ery, Stat es bo ro, s uppo rted, with men and equipm ent, "Sp ec ial Ol ympic Gam es for Exce ptional Chi ldren. " The Gam es w ere s po nso red by t he Bullo ch Co unty Rec reation Departm ent and th e County Board of Edu cation. Chi l dren i n Sp ecial Edu catio n clas se s in th e schoo l s y st em parti cipa t ed in th e all-day event in States boro. Th e l oc al Guard unit furni s hed an am bul an ce, medic al ai dm en and s port sminded Guards men who ass i st ed wi th the v an o us games and
acti viti es . At th e Headquarters o f th e 3rd Brigade, 30th
Infant ry Di vi s ion in Maco n, members of th e Headquart ers Compan y and the Com pos i te Com pany have
undertaken a proj ec t to su pply bloo d to a yo un g boy who s uffers from hemophi li a. Th e boy is Earl Co llins of Hawkinsvi ll e. Hi s fami ly did no t have th e money to buy th e tremen dous amount s of bloo d nee ded when
the boy i s injured. Through th e effo rts o f MSg t I esse
T. King and S FC Franc i s Case, enough vo luntee rs {rom th e two Guard Com panies came forward to s up ply enough of th e life- sus tai ning fluid to kee p the boy' s bloo d bank fill ed.

The 202nd El ectrani cs Install at ian Squadron (GaANG) built and erected a flagpole for the Flint Recreation Pork in Warner Robins in the Spring of 1972. Here workers put the finishing touches on the new f1 agpol e.
Men of the I 16th Military Airlift Wing, GoANG, Dobbins give blood during a 1972 Red Cross Blood Drive at the Marietta base.

OCT - DEC 1972

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"Getcha 'Update' and 'Rebel Yell' right here! Read all about it!"
Update and Rebel Yell are
publications of the GaANG' s 165th Military Airlift Group and the 202nd Electronics Installation Squadron respectively. Although you won't see Air Guardsmen "hawking" the papers as the lead of this story implies , what you will discover is that they have no trouble finding their way into the hands of avid readers in the units .
In addit ion to the 165 th and 202nd, the 15 5th Tactical Control Group in Savahnah publishes a yet unname d publication . Edited by Sgt Eugene Willard, rhe first issue was Dec 72 .
"1 65 th Update" has bee n in publication about 6 months, a nd serves the me n who fl y and s upport the C-124 's at Travis Field near Savannah. CWO Robert W. Bazemore edits this pape r.
In Macon, the 202nd's paper , "The Rebel Yell", is edited by MSgt. Chuck NeSmith. The "Yell" has been published for al most three years . In addition to the "Ye ll" , the 202nd a l so publ ishes annually ~ calendar showing drill dates , Guard recruiting slogans and , above a ll , a pin-up for each quarter of the year.
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Lieutenant Col onel John W. Gi lle tte, Operations and Training Officer at the Georgia Army National Guard's 122nd Support Center and President-elect of the Hub of the South Chapter of the Association of the U.S. Army, rec eived the Vandiver Trophy November 5 as Georgia's 'Most Outstanding Guards-
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The trophy was presented by its donor , form er Governor S. Ernest Vandiver.
Col. Gille tte was c ite d for "formulation of me aningful training programs, constructive critiques and meticulous attention to detail" which res ulted in "marked improve ment in the training s t a tu s of t he command. "
T hi s past s umme r , Col. Gi ll ette was awarded th e State Distinc ti ve Service Medal by Governor J immy Carter .
Col. Gillette 1s Vi ce President a nd Di strict Manager of Commercial Plastics and Supply Corp. in Atlanta.

Savannah " Apprec i a tes" GUA RD

"National Guard Appreciation Week" in Savannah was proclaimed by John P. Rousakis, Mayor of Savannah, on October 9. The proclamation kicked off a week of recruiting activities in the Savannah area. The Adjutant General, MG Pari s, spoke to a group of civic , business a nd religious leaders during the we e k and also appeared on loca l televis ion with Col. Creighton L.

Rhodes, Commander of the 155th Tactical Control Group, GaA NG , Savannah.
Major Michael G. Chapman, State Recruiting and Retention Officer, le d a more direct attack on the recruiting effort by heading a team that visited Armstrong State Co ll ege , Savannah Ar ea Vocational and Technical School and Georgia Southern College in Stat esboro.
THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

MG MCMILLAN ELECTED NGAUS PRESIDENT

Col. Jones and Lt. Col. Berry dis play the NGAUS P laqu e .
116TH MAG
RECEIVES FLYING
UNIT AWARD
T he 116 th Mi litary Airlift Group , GaANG, a t Dobbins, AFB in Ma rie tta has bee n awa rde d the Dis ting uis he d F l ying Uni t Award of the Nationa l Guard Associa tion of the United States . T he award was prese nte d to Col. Billy J ones , 11 6 th Milita ry Airlift Wi ng Comma nde r , b y Ge n . Horace M. Wade, USAF Vi ce C hief of Sta ff a t the 94th Ge neral Confe rence at San F ra nc i s co in Se pte mber.
At a nother awards cer emon y c onduc t ed durin g the 11 6th MAG's monthl y tra wwg asse mbly , C ol. J ones presented the plaque to Lt. Col. Wi ll iam M. Berry, 11 6 t h MAG Comma nde r.
In se lecting the winning units, the Air Nationa l Guard Awards Board cons ide red s uch face ts of operations as aircraft accident rate, operationa l readiness, adverse cond itions beyond the control of the un it s a nd out s t a nd ing accomr-li s hme nt s d uring the fi scal year 197 2.
OCT - DEC 1972

Major General Henry W. McMillan, the Adjutant General of Flor i da, heads up the new offi cers of the National Guard Association of the United States, elected and installed at its recent 94th General Conference at San Franc i sco, California.
General McMiilan will se rve as President of the Association for a t wo year term. He formerly commanded the 51st Infantry Division, and has served as Chairman of the Army Reserve Forces Pol icy Committee and President of The Adjutants General Associat ion.
Elected as Vic e-President, Major General Duane L . Corning, Adjutant General of South Dakota, has s e rved in the Army National Guard, on active duty as a Navy flyer in World War II, and with the Air National Guard.
Colonel Karl N. Smith, Chief of

Staff of the Lou isiana Arm y N ational Guard, w a s cho sen t o b e the Se cretary o f the A ssoc iation, Co lonel Smith has long been ac tive in the N ational Guard Association a ffairs having served on numerous committees and has been prominen t in military, religious and civic affairs in N ew O rleans,
The new . T reas ur er is Colo nel R i chard A , Mi ll er, deputy commander of the 4 1st I n fa ntry Brigade, Oregon Nat ional Guard, H e is Principal of the David Dougla s Hi gh School in Portland, Oregon,
The National Guard Association of the Unite d Stat es is dedicated to maintaining our de fense forces, to i nclude th e Nat ional Guard as a strong well-trained componen t under the Total Force Concept.

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An MSSl Sheridan Tank of the AI ask a Army National Guard is offloaded at Sitka, Alaska from a GaANG C124 of th e 165th MAG Savannah. Two of the massi v e vehicles were flown from Anchorage to Sitka in two fl ights e arl y in September, The 124' s a/ so flew cargo to AKARNG un its at Bethel, Alaska.
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PROMOTIONS
ARMY NATIONAL GUARD
COL
GRANT, Raymond Eugene
LTC
GRAINGER, Millard Frank LEWIS, Robert O'Neal
MAJ
ANDERSON, Guy William BROOKS, William Richard DAVID, Harold Lamar FREEMAN, William Joseph Jr HASTY, Charles Ransom SLOAN, William George
CPT
BACON, Larry Dubber1y BRAMBLETT, Theron Pink BREEDLOVE , Henry Ezekiel CORE , F loyd Blair DeWITT , Wiley Monroe J r DICKENS, Winburn Jackson EDENFIELD, James Burl EXLEY, Preston Grady GODDARD, Bruce T JOHNSON, Walter Butler MITCHELL, Samuel S III McLENDON, Ronald Lee MOHN, Lawrence William Jr MOODY, James Lawrence PERRY, Jackie Lamar PETTIGREW, Billie Lewis PLUNKETT, Hansel Bernard SMITH, Joel William III SMITH, Marvin Douglas TIJRNER, Vernon Powell
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RETIREMENTS

NAME

ORGANIZATION

RETIRED RA NK

DUNCAN, Lyman C., Jr HAWKINS, Marvin G. PETIT, James W., Jr EMBRY, Douglas HOWARD, Jack, L. PIERCE, Jack, T. MASSEY, Herman K. , J r GRIFFIN, Donald E.

HQ,GaANG GaARNG HQ , G a A N G HQ, GaANG HHD, GaARNG 128th MAS, GaANG 116th Comm Flt, GaANG HQ, ll230th Arty

BG BG BG COL COL COL LTC MAJ

ROBERSON, Carl S.

1/ 108th Armor

PSG

VICKERS , James R.

2/ 121 lnf

PSG

HOLZENDORF, Oscar K., Jr 1/ 214th Arty

SFC

HUDGINS, Severnia A.

190th MP Co

SFC

SHIVER, William F .

I79th MP Co

SFC

SMITH, Rex

2/ 214th Arty

SFC

GUSSON, George L.

1/ 214 Arty

SSG

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BIRKY, Robert Kent BURDICK, Charles Russell BURTON, Ed Keaton FOSTER, Roy Guylus, Ill KELLY, Charles Maurice MANLY, Robert Charles MARTIN, Vernon Dee MASON, James Laurie MILLER, Kenneth Mount PITTMAN , Garry Claud SMITH, DeSaussure Dugas III WELCH, Ronald Saxton ZIMMERMANN, Walter Herbert
CW4
BRITT, Jack Dempsey CARROLL, Warren Opal SMITH, Robert Calvin SORRELLS, Marshall Hamilton
CW3
AKIN, Carlos Wendell
CW2
BLAIR, Jolin Howard STEWART, Billy Futch

AIR NATIONAL GUA RD
COL
SUDER, John A. J r
LTC
KING, William R. TAYLOR, Charles W. Jr
MAJ
HAMILTON, Christine J .K.
CPT
CORISH, Walter C. DOZIER, Robert Fenton FREE, Verner H. GRAVES, Michael W. MIKKELSEN, Scott A. MOODY, Wallace M. WlLUAMS, Joseph David Jr
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ACTON, James C. ROGERS, Thomas F. SHEPPARD, Charles M. WEBER, Joseph R.
THE GEORGIA GU ARDSMAN

Yvonne Huff, on employee at Worner Robins AFB near Macon, tries her hand at the draft-
ing table at headquarters of the 202nd Electronics Installation Squadron, GoANG. Obviously, it doesn't toke a draftsman to notice the best angle or view in this situation.

An equal opportunity outfit.
The Guard belongs.

DEPARTM ENT OF T HE ARMY OFFIC E OF THE ADJ UTA NT GENE RAL P.O . BOX 48 39 ATLA NTA , GE ORGIA 30302
OFFIC IAL BUSINE SS

POST AG E AND F EES P AID DE PART MEN T OF TH E ARMY
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Cadets of the Georgia Military Institute presented their annual Christmas party to the Children at the Middle Georgia Campus of Human Resorces Saturday night Dec. 16. Georgia Military Institute (GMI) is the state officer candidate school for the Georgia Army National Guard with school located at Milledgeville, Georgia. As an annual project of each class the Cadets of GMI bring toys and refreshments to the children at the Hospital here at Milledgeville, Ga. The . cadets represent all parts of Georgia and obtained most of the gifts from businesses in and around their ho,me town for the children at the hospital. The program was under the Chairmanship of Cadet Lawrence Todd of Macon, Ga. (Left) lst Lt. William E. Watts, Tact. Officer of GMI assists youngster with new toy while OCS Cadet Joseph Collins looks on. (Right) A GMI Cadet plays the piano with one of the children.