The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 23, no. 1 (Jan.-Feb. 1973)]

January- February 1973
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BG Charlie F. Camp Retires

A Message from Mai. Gen. JOEL B. PARIS, III

My Fellow Guardsmen:
On February 28 , General Charlie F. Camp, Assistant AG for Army , retired from the Army National Guard. He has had a long a nd distinguished career in service to Georgia and the Nation. He has set an example in loyalty, professionalism, and diligence that we all should strive to emulate. I have worked closely with him for several years and I will personally miss his support and cooperation.
Gen. Camp's successor is Brigadier General Don Mees, formerly Director of Training for the Georgia Army National Guard. I am looking forward to working with him in continuing the outstanding achievements of the Georgia Army Guard.
On another note, I want to take this opportunity to publicly praise all the Guardsmen , Army and Air , who helped resolve many of the emergenc y situations created by January's ice storm in north Georgia and the snow storm which struck central Georgia in February. I know many of you worked long hours and in extreme cold to help restore power' and heat and to aid stranded motorists and residents. I have heard many words of praise from those persons that observed and were helped by Guardsmen during these critical times.
Such emergencies as these really prove the worth of the National Guard to the civilian community. Let's maintain our preparedness and show Georgians and the Nation that the Guard truly does "Belong".

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Vhe (ieorgia

OUR COVER
This is a charcoal sketch of BG Camp, who retired Feb. 28. (Story and photos on pages 3,4 & 5) . The sketch was dane by a fine orti st and Gen. Camp's successor, Col . Dan Mees.
INSIDE FRONT COVER The ice storm which hit north Georgia in January Ieft some beautiful seen ery in addition to the tremendous problems it brought on. This scene of Army Guard vehicles was captured on film by Cal . Doug Embry.

January - February 1973

HONORABLE JIMMY CARTER MAJ GEN JOEL B. PARIS, Ill COL DOUGLAS EMBRY (GANG , RET) CPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR.

GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA THE ADJUTANT GENERAL INFORMATION OFFICER EDITOR

A publication of the Deportment of Defense, Military Division, State of Georgia. Published in the interest of the Georgia National Guard and distributed free to members of the Notional Guard of Georgi a. The Guardsman uses AFP S material.

JAH - FEB 1973

US ARMY Reorganizes--

Army Advisor Structure to GUARD Revamped

WASHINGTON, D.C. (NGAUS) -- The system

The Georgia Army National Guard will lose

thtough which the Army provides support and training

approximately 45 of its 53 Active Army Advisor

assistance to the Army National Guard and Army

personnel before the end of 1973 as a result of the

Reserve will undergo a complete overhaul in the

Army reorganization, according to Governor Jimmy

next few months in an effort to increase combat

Carter, the Georgia Guartl s Commander-in-Chief.

readiness and training effectiveness.

Except for the loss of battalion and lower level

The present Advisor system will shrink drasti-

advisors, the Georgia National Guard will not be

cally. Most battalion-level advisors will disappear,

affected, he said. Some of the functions performed

and their training functions shifted to specialist

by the advisors will be taken over by a newly created

teams in nine new Army Readiness Regions (ARR).
* Guard/Reserve training and readiness will
become almost the sole mission of the three remain-
ing CONUS Army Headquarters (Third Army will

Ueadiness Assistance Group to be located at the Atlanta Army Depot.
Ma;or General Joel B. Paris, Ill, Adiutant General of Georgia, said "While the unit advisors

disappear in the reorganization), which will be

have been of great assistance to us in meeting our

divested of most of their other responsibilities.

tratntng obiectives for many years, Guard co'm-

Working under the Armies, still to be three-star

manders will continue to receive effective assistance

commands, the nine Readiness Region Headquarters

from Army resources under the Army Reorganization

will concentrate all of their attention on Guard/

plan.

Reserve support. They'll each have a staff of up to

"Our mutual goal," says General Paris, "is to

56 persons, headed by a Major General. Each ARR

produce the most combat ready Guard units in the

will have numerous support Groups, containing a

Nation's history. Over the next few years, an ever-

variety of specialist teams tailored to fill the Branch

increasing percentage of the total U.S. defense force

needs of Guard and Reserve units within their

will be in the Guard. This means the profession-

geographical area.

* Altogether, the new support structure will contain
about 500 more people than are presently encompassed in the Advisor structure. The Branch or

alism of our units has got to be maintained at a high level."
General Paris concluded, "Our Senior Army

Advisor, Colonel Edward Larsen, will continue to

function-oriented teams, along with mobile training

serve the Georgia Guard and will have other advisor

teams, will work closely with Guard/Reserve com-

personnel at Third Brigade, 30th Infantry Division,

manders to advise on training and to provide on-the-

Macon, 118th Field Artillery Group, Savannah, and

scene assistance where required.

at 265th Engineer Group, Atlanta. The 151 st Aviation

One of the chief advantages of the new system,

according to General Creighton W. Abrams, Army

Battalion advisors in Winder will be retained also."

Chief of Staff, IS that Guard/Reserve support

becomes the primary "dedicated" mission of numerous senior Army headquarters and commanders. This will help insure that Guard and Reserve needs receive greater emphasis and adequate resources to attain

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higher readiness levels.

The overhaul is part of a major realignment of

the top Army Command structure in CONUS. Two

new headquarters will appear, Force Command (FORSCOM) and Training & Doctrine Command (TRADOC), replacing the present Continental Army Command (CONARC). CONUS Army headquarters to remain in existence are the First, Fifth and Sixth, which will supervise all Reserve Component training activities under the general direction of FORSCOM. Individual and school training, for Guardsmen and

Reservists as well as the Active Army, will come under TRADOC.
A Reserve Forces Directorate also will be established at each Army installation to coordinate requests for assistance from Guard/Reserve elements and to encourage expansion of the close "mutual support" relationships being developed between like units of the Active Army and Reserve Components.

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

BG CAMP RETIRES

COL M EES TO BE NE W ASST AG

BG C ha rl ie F . Camp

Col. Donald E . Mees

Brigadier Ge ne ra l C ha rli e F. Ca mp, Assis ta nt Adjuta nt Ge ne ra l of Georg ia for th e Army a tiona l Gua rd , will re tire fr o m his c iv ili a n and milita ry pos itio ns Februa ry 28 , 1973 a ft e r more tha n 42 years se rvice to his Sta te a nd
arion. Colon e l Dona ld E. Mees of L awre nceville
will be a ppoi nte d by Go ve rnor Jimm y Carte r to ass ume Ge nera l Camp' s pos ition Marc h 1st , according to Ma jor Ge ne ra l Jo e l B . P a ris III , Adj uta nt Ge ne ra l o f Ge orgia.
Ge ne ra l Camp , 60, was e l evat e d to Adjuta nt Ge ne ral o f Geo rg i a from Jul y 1957 to J a nua ry 1959 as ma jor ge ne ra l. Upon re t ire me nt , he will be promot ed to th e Sta t e ra nk of lie ut ena nt general .
Ge ne ra l Camp e ntere d the a tiona l Gua rd in 1930 as a me mb er of the Mac h i ne Gun T ro op, 108th Cavalry, be tt er known as th e Gove rnor' s Ho rse Guard . In 1940 he was c ommi ss i one d a second lie ut ena nt a nd la ter served overseas i n the South P ac ific with the 101 s t Antiaircra ft Ar tille ry Batt a lion in ew Guin ea.
Hi s un it parti cipa te d in the Eas t Indies, Papua n, ew Guinea, a nd Luzon Campaigns ove r a 3Yz-year pe riod . Hi s orga niz a ti on was award ed th e Pres ide ntia l Unit C ita tion for comba t dut y pe rformed durin g the P ap ua n Campa ig n .
Aft e r th e war , he served as Ass is tant Unite d ta res Prop erty a nd Di s bur s ing Offi cer for th e Georg ia a tiona l Guard a nd in J a nu ary 1948 became Ass i s t a nt Adjuta nt Ge ne ra l of Georgia. In 1955, whe n th e military laws of Ge orgia we re rev ised, his title was changed to Ass is ta nt Adj uta nt Ge ne ra l fo r Ar my.
JAN - FEB 1973

In 1953 Ge neral Camp was presented the Dis tinc tive Service Medal , Geo rgia' highest award , a nd in 197 1, he was the firs t Georgia Gua rd re cipie nt o f the Army ' s Meritoriu Service Me da l.
Ge nera l Camp res ides with his wife. Wilma , a t 1998 Tuxedo Ave nu e, in Atlanta . T he ir son , Leonard, is a lso a ational Guardsman.
Co lon e l Mees , who has serv e d a s the Arm y Guard' s Direc tor of Training s inc e 1960, first joined t he Gua rd in 1937, as a memb er of th e Mac hine Gun T roop , 108th Cava lry . Call ed t o ac tive d ut y in 1941 , he was commis sioned a second lieutenant anp was sent overseas in 1942 with th e 101 s t Antiairc raft Artill ery Battalion, earning three battle stars and the Pres ide nt ial Unit C ita t ion .
Re joining the Guard a fter the war, Colon el Mees purs ued a c iv ilia n occ upat ion as a heati ng and a ir cond iti oning engi neer a nd in 1955 became th e P ubl ic Info rma t ion Officer for t he Georgia a tional Guard .
In 195 7, he became Exec utive Officer of th e Guard be fore ass uming his present position in Oc tob er , 1960. Colone l Mees was the f irst Comma nda nt o f th e Geo rgia Mili t ary In stitute, th e Nationa l Guard officer candidate school ac tivated in 1960 .
Colone l Mees is a rec ipient of Georgia' s highes t decora tion , the Dis tinctive Service Meda l , i n 1968 a nd in 1971 recei ved t he Arm y Comme nda tion Medal. He resides a t Rt. 4, L awre nceville, wi th his wi fe Rosemary. They have five c hildr en. T heir oldes t son , Don, Jr., i s a c a ptai n in th e Gua rd , serving a a medical off ice r .
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Standing with the AG of Georgia, MG S. Ernest Vandiver and other officers of the Armed Forces, Gen. Camp observes Gov. Hermon Talmadge sign on Armed Forces Day proclamation in
the early SO's.

GEN. CAMP: A i \OK AT
HIS YEARS OF

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In 1971 BG Camp paid a visit to the Alternate Command during field training at Savannah Municipal Airport. The unit was training with the !51st Aviation Battalion. With Gen . Camp is BG A. W. McKenna, present! y commander of the 122nd Suppa rt Center( RAO), GoARNG.

During Morvin

MG Camp confers with then Deputy Di rector of Ci vi l De fense , Jock Grantham( right). On the I eft is Col . Roy Rob inette, Deputy AG. Di recti y behind Gen . Camp i s Lt. Co l. Don Me e s.

BG Camp parti cipates in the crowning of Miss Grey Bonnet in late SO's. Bet ween the t wo young ladies i s MG G eo rge Hearn .

Col . Tommy Thompson, former Senior Army Advisor, presents Ge n. Camp with the Army Meritorious Service Medal in 1971. T hi s medal was the first ever awarded to a Georgia Army Notional Guardsman.

In the early 60's, MG George Hearn presented Gen. Camp with a certificate for twenty years of State service.

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

JAN FEB 1973

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GUARD LENDS A HAND DURING ICY CRISIS

The ill~ returned to Geo rgia a nd
the southeas t in early January rendering homes and businesses without power and signaling a chilly call for aid from th e Georgia ational Guard. The sleet a nd fre ez ing rain fe ll over the north Georgia area for two days wi th the ic y coveri ng clinging for almost a week to everything exposed; especially trees and powerlines.
As Adj utant General a nd State Director of Civil Defense , Maj. Gen. Joel B. Paris, III s upervised the efforts of the Guard and Civil Defense in helping to supply emergency power during what was judged as th e wo rst ice storm in more than a decade in Georgia.
General Paris coordinated his plans with Governor ] immy Carte r , who had ordered the full resources of Civil Defense and Na tional Gua rd components read ily available to assist 1n th e emergency.
Through a joint effort of the Guard and State Civi l Defense , 27 ge nerators s uppl ied power for s uch places as the Atlanta Youth Deve lopment Ce nter (Dept. of Human Resources) , PeachtreePar_kwood Hospital , City of Douglasville, Ga. Dept. of Public Safety, City of Dalton , City of Washington, and Hi Roc k Shores Convalescent Hom e 1n Co nyers.
In addition to ge ne rators from th e Army Gua rd , ! 65th Mag and 224 th Mobil e Communications Squadron (St. Simons); the 129th Tactical Control Squadron at Kennesaw a lso furnished two large power plants .
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Emergency generato-rs from Savannah ore off loaded at Dobbins. The generato rs were flown in by the 165th MAG, GoANG.
Georgia Army Not ional Guardsmen prepare a generator for use in the Atl onto area. The men ore SPC Harold A. Gonn, and SP 4 Lou i s Samples, both of Smyrna.
Mr. A . L. Goll er, B usiness Manager fo r the Atlanta Youth Developm ent C en ter, and a Guard sman check a generator placed at one of the dormi to ries a t t he C e n te r t o provide heat and li ght. App roximately 70 girls were housed in t!"le !:>ui l ding.
THE GEORGI A GUARDSMAN

Studen ts tour the i nsi de of a gian t C - 124 Dougla s Glob em ast er.

Earthquake Vi ctims Aided By
Ga Air Gu ard

CHATHAM COUNTY STUDENTS TOUR
16Sth AIRCRAFT AND FACILITIES
The 165th Military Airlift Group, ANG , was host to three segments of the Program of Education and Career Exploration program of Chatham County during the week of 8 January 197 3.
The program, sponsored by the Chatham County Board of Education, consists of Junior High School Seniors selected by their teachers. The purpose of this program , conducted by Mr. Sandy Sanders , is to visit different installations and businesses in order that the students may observe multiple career fields. This aids the s tudents in future selection of vocations and professions.
The first group , consisted of 13 students from Groves High School, Garden City, Ga. The second group , was 12 students from Sophronia Thompkins High School, Savannah. The last group was 13 students from Scott Junior High School , Savannah . All the ~roups were accompanied by Mr. Sanders and MSg t James H. Sheley , 16 5th CAMRO tour conductor and advisor.
Highlights of the tour was the C-124 aircraft flight simulator where the students could feel some of the sensations of flight and observe the funccwns of a crew during flight .
Also included on the tours was a v1s1t to the interior of a C-124 aircraft; the Airborne Communications and Navigation Section; the Propulsion Branch , consisting of the engine and propeller shops; plus a visit to Maintenance Control, the nerve center of the maintenance function. Also provided w~s a demonstration of crash fire fighting procedu res.
JAN - FEB 1973

The victims of the Dec e mbe r earthquake that struck Manag ua , the capital city of Nicaragua, have received tremendous amounts of aid from this arion. As its share of the relief effort to the ravaged city, the Georgia ANG ' s I 6 5th MAG airlifted a 30,000 pound crane in one of its C- 124 transports.
The Cl24 Douglas Globemas ter, under the command of Captain J a mes V. ottol i , t ook off from the Sa va nnah airport 4 January, for Gulfport, Mississippi where the crane was loaded aboard the giant cargo plane. The C124 stopped off at Howard AFB, Panama Canal Zone, before flying into Managua, landing there the afternoon of 5 January.
The Georgia crewmen off loaded the crane a nd offered to transport back to Ft. Hood, Texas , a 24 ,000pound water-filtration truck. Shortly before dark they took off for Gray Army Air Field, Kilene , Texas and arrived about 4 a.m. Saturday. The crew rested there and then flew back to Savannah, arriving at approximately 1 a .m. 7 January.
They saw little of the destruction m Managua. The airport appeared comparatively undamaged. One crewman ta lked to a fuel truck operator who said his wood and tin residence was caved in by the earthquake and his family was buried, but unhurt, in the rubble.
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ANG's 202d Saves USAF $$,$$$
Macon's 202d El Sq., GaA G, has recently saved the Air Force nearly $400,000.
The savings was accomplished through work which the Guard Unit completed for the Air Force Reparable Program. Technicians at the 202d overhauled 5 vans containing the A I TRC-115 system. The complex TRC-115 is a mobile van containing highly sophisticated communications equipment.
Each van co.st the Air Force in the vicinity of $87,000. Had the Air Force contracted for the repair of the equipment, the tab would have soared well over $400,000.
The Georgia Guardsmen, of the 202d, eager to prove their worth to the Aerospace Team, accepted the repair responsibilities. To date, three of th e vans are again serviceable and in the process of being returned to the Air Force inventory. The remaining two units are 90% complete.
The final tab for the Air Guard efforts was not $400,000 as had been originally quoted. It wasn't even $200,000 . The final bill will amount to roughly $30,000, a considerable savings to the Air Force.
This particular effort at saving money for the Air Force is not a first for the 202d under the Reparable Program. In the pastk the 202d has done similar repair work on other types of equipment.
MSGT CHARLES A. NESMITH , GAANG

LtCol Phillips D. Hamilton, Group Commander, gives the enlistment oath to the first WAF to join the Savannah based ]65th Military Airlift Group. She is Sergeant (Mrs.) Margie L . Davis of Bloomingdale, Georgia. Sgt Davis, who enlisted during the units November UTA, served with the United States Air Force for two years. She is morri ed to Jessie R. Davis, a recent retiree of the A; r Force. Other Air Guard units also hove enlisted WAF's. The 116th USAF Dispensary at Dobbi ns has SSgt Sylvia J. Welter and the Hq I 16th Military Airlift Wing has recruited Sgt Barbaro Fortenberry.

LT GE N H D RUSSELL

The organizer and former Commander of the 48th InJantry Division , Georgia-Florida Army ational G~ard, Lt Gen H. D. Ru ssell, died on 31 December 1972 at the age of 83- An eminent lawyer and author, Gen Russell was an outspoken advocate of the citizen s oldier, and he published the book , "The Purge of the 30th Division" in recognition of the
ational Guardsmen and other civilian component reserve men of World War II . During World War II , he was appointed as a member of the board to investigate the attack on Pearl Harbor.
LIEUTENANT GE E RAL RUSSELL entered the Georgia ational Guard as Captain of Infantry irf 1916, from the University of Georgia, where he was a Phi Beta Kappa and attained his AB and LLB Degrees. He served on active duty in th e Army from 20 June 1916 to 21 October 1919 , and was promoted to Major while overseas in the American Expeditionery Force. In 1921 he was appointed Colone l of
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Infantry, in command of the 121st Infantry Regiment, and held this position until 8 January 1923, when he was promoted to Brigadier General of the line, with command of the 59th Infantry Brigade. His military prowess havi ng been clearly established, he was promoted to Major General, 20 September 1932, at the age of 42, and placed in command of the 30th Infantry Division. The 30th Infantry Division, consisting of ational Guardsmen from Georgia , North Carolina, South Carolina , and Tennessee , was called to ac tive duty on 16 September 1940, and GENERAL RUSSELL continued as Division Commander until April 1942 . He then served on the War Departme nt Manpower Board. After World War II he organized the 48th Infantry Divis ion , GeorgiaFlorida Army 1ational Guard , and served as Di visiov Commander until his retirement on 5 February 1951He was promoted to Lieutenant General on the State Retired List , 6 February 1951.
THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

Lauro Thomas of Augusto odds 0 new twist to the classic "Beauty and the Beast" theme as she poses with this mossi ve JSSmm self-propelled howitzer of "B" Battery, l/ 214th Artillery, Thomson, Go. Miss Thomas represented "B" Battery in a beauty contest held at Ft. Stewart during AT72 and was finally chosen "Miss J/214th Artillery." (Photo by Sgt Sheldon Do vis, l/ 214th Information Sp eci ol i st)

What's Good For The Army Is Good for Douglas County

CWO Alfred B. Smith, Food Service Officer for the 265th Engr Gp, GaAR G, Atlanta, Georgia, took advantage of some of his military training and helped his county.
About two years ago Mr. Smith, while serving on the Grand Jury, was called upon by members of the Grand Jury who knew of his military experience to give their county school superintendent some ways to improve the food service program in the schools .
Based on his knowledge of the operation of the Army Menu System, Central Procurement

System, mess hall delivery of perishables and the head count basis for ordering rations , Mr. Smith suggested to the county school s uperinte nd e nt tha t these type principles be implemented in the schools .
During the most recent term of the Douglas County Grand Jury, on which Mr . Smith served, a routine study was made of the school lunchroom program. To his amazeme nt he discovered that virtually all the suggestions that had bee n made to the school s uperintendent two years earlier had been implemented.

Boyd's Barbs
"So, this is the new WAF uniform ... I don't like the chevron tattoos!"

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