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GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA COM MANDER-in-CHIEF, GEORGIA NATIONAL GUARD

NEITHER THE LURE OF THE WILDERNESS NOR THE CALL OF THE WILD senc/s these men of Co. D, 560th Engineer_s into the wooc/s. Actually they ore assisting in projects at o state pork in south Georgia. In this photo, SP4' s Ronc/y Martin one/ Rolph Conyers corry o looc/ of lumber. More photos ore on page 3.
KEEPING CLOSE CONTACT WITH GEORGIA ARMY GUARD HELICOPTERS is MSgt. Mel Barrett (right photo) of the J59th Military Intelligence Company. MSgt. Barrett assisted in coordinating the arrival of then Gov. -elect George Busbee at the At/onto Civic Center for his inauguration on Jon . 14. The "workhorse" helicopter above is the croft that brought the new Governor one/ his wife to the center. Photos of other Guardsmen assisting in the inauguration ceremonies ore on pages 4 anc/ 5.

A MESSAGE FROM MAJ. GEN. BILLY M. JONES

My Fellow Guarclsmen:

It is an extreme pleasure to serve you as The Acljutant General. Having been a member of the mifitary family for more than 25 years, I am aware of the problems and rewards that come from serving in the National Guard.

Our Georgia National Guard has a history of dedication and service to the citizens of the Unitecl States ancl to all Georgians. We have always been ready to answer the call whether it be for foreign service or for assisting your neighbors in times of disaster. It is my aim to provide the necessary management in carrying on this tradition of service and to insure the readiness of the Georgia National Guard in performing its vital clefense mission.

I am privileged to serve you as State Adjutant General. I know that I can count on your best effort toward keeping the Georgia Guard ready to protect and serve the citizens of Georgia and the Unitecl States.

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OUR COVER
A portrait of George Dekle Busbee, Governor of Georgi a, makes up the cover of this edition of THE GUARDSMAN. His biography and photos of the January inauguaration appear on pages 4 and . S.

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The GEORGIA GUARDSMAN is a publication of the State of

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL Georgia, Department of Defense, Military Division. It is published

COL DOUGLAS EMBRY (GANG, RET)
INFORMATION OFFICER
CAPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR.
EDITOR

in the interest of the Georgia National Guard and distributed free to all members of Federally-recognized units of the Georgia Army and Air Nat ional Guard. The GUARDSMAN uses Armed Forces P ress Service, krmy News Features, Army News Photo Features and the National Guard Association of the United States Press

Service.

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BG BILLY M. JONES APPOINTED AG OF GEORGIA

Brigadier General Billy M. Jones was appointed The Adjutant General of Georgia 14 January 1975 by Governor George Busbee and promoted to the State rank of major general pending receipt of federal recognition. He was sworn in before the Georgia General Assembly on January 15 by Governor Busbee and now commands the 12,000-man Georgia National Guard.
General Jones was born in Sylvester, Georgia on January 3, 1925. He grew up in this South Georgia city and graduated from Sylvester High School. He attended Georgia Southwestern College from 1941 to 1942 and entered the Air Force in 1943. He graduated
from pilot training in 1944 at the age of 19 and served
on active duty until 1947 when he entered the University of Georgia School of Law. General Jones pa_:;;sed the State Bar Examination and was admitted to practice during his second year of Law School. He graduated in 1950 with a J.D. degree. He earned a BBA degree from Georgia State University in 1960 and graduated from the Industrial College of the Armed Forces in 1970.
General Jones was recalled to active duty during the Korean War and became a Special Agent, 4th District OSI, Washington, D.C. General Jones has been involved continuously in Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard activities since the Korean War.

After release from active duty in 1953, he was a civilian flying instructor training Air Force pilots at Spence Air Force Base , Moultrie, Georgia. He was a test pilot for Lockheed-Georgia Company and tested the B-47 , C-130, C-141, Jet-Star and the C-5 aircraft.
In 1965 he was assigned as Deputy Commander of the 116th Military Airlift Wing and on April 1, 1972 he was appointed Wing Commander. On April 4, 1973 the 116th Military Airlift Wing was converted to the 116th Tactical Fighter Wing. On 6 April 1973 he was federally rec c:gnized as a brigadier general, commanding the Air Guard ' s Fighter Wing.
(continued on bock page) Gen. Jones ond Gov. Busbee

BG H.C. West Is Asst. AG, Army

Brigadier General Holden C. West of Bolingbroke is the Georgia Army Guard's new Assistant Adjutant General. He was sworn in on January 15 by Governor George Busbee during a joint session of the Georgia House and Senate.
In this capacity General West will administer the activities of 9,400 Georgia Army National Guardsmen and Guardswomen. He serves under Major General Billy M. Jones who was appointed Adjutant General of Georgia by Governor Busbee.
General West currently commands the 48th Infantry Brigade (Mechanized), composed of 4,000 personnel, and headquartered in Macon.
General West enlisted in the 121 st Infantry of the Georgia Army National Guard on 16 January 1939 and enlisted in the US Marine Corps Reserve on March 1942 and was called to active duty on 1

July 1943. He was commissioned 2d LT 26 July 1944 and served in the Pacific Theater with the Marine Corps. He re-affiliated with the 121st Infantry, Georgia Army National Guard on 8 March 1948 and served as a staff officer on the Regimental staff.

Gen. West is sworn in.

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Engineers Take to the
Woods for Weekend Drill
REED BINGHAM STATE PARK near Adel, Ga. was the site of a ovember weekend drill for members of Co. D, 560th Engineers in Thomasville and Bainbridge. It wasn't exactly a picnic or Sunday outing , however. Instead , the men worked on several improvement projects. They built a s helter near the entrance to the nature trail and erected a foot bridge through the lowlying areas which allows the nature trail to extend deeper into the park area.
(Upper Left) Preparing another load of planks for the foot bridge ore {1-r) SPS John Eak i n, SP4 Frederick Gleaton, Jr., and SP4 Kenneth Godw in.
(Left) SP4 Billy Stubbs and SPS Herbert Smiley corry boards for the nature tra il bridge.

(Below) Sgt. Earnest Hooper, SP4 Donald Rehberg and SP4 Daniel Williamson work on the roof of the shelter.

(Above) Supports for the foot bridge ore loaded aboard a dolly.

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GEORGE BUSBEE SWORN IN
AS GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
4000 Persons Watch Atlanta Civic Center Inauguration
Georgia Army Guard cannons boomed a nineteengun salute as George Busbee was sworn in on January 14 as the new Governor of Georgia and the Commander-in-chief of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard. More than 4, 000 people crowded the Atlanta Civic Center to see this traditional ceremony and to hear Governor George Busbee speak of his plans and expectations for the next four years.
George Busbee was born on August 7, 1927 in Vienna, Dooly County, Ga. His grandfather, George Washington Busbee, an attorney, was the first Busbee to settle in the Vienna area. George's father , Perry Green Busbee was a farmer, housebuilder and mule trader. His mother was a descendant of the German Salzburgers who settled much of South Georgia.
Gov. Busbee attended Abraham Baldwin Agricultural College and Duke University.
After serving in the United States avy, he attended the University of Georgia and received a degree in business in 1949. That same year he married Mary Elizabeth Talbot of Ruston , Louisiana.
Gov. Busbee received his law degrel'! from the University of Georgia in 1952. He then moved to Albany, Ga. and opened a law office.
He won a seat in the Georgia House of Representatives in 1956 and was reelected for nine terms .
From 1963 to 1965 , George Busbee served as the Assistant Administration Floor Leader and as the Administration Floor Leader in 1966. In 1967, he served as the first Majority Leader of the House. He was reelected to that post continuously for three terms without opposition. In 1974, he was voted one of the most effective members of the House.
The Busbee's have two sons , Buz and J eff, and two daughters, Beth and Jan.

The I 16th Army Band and the 530th Air Force Band combined to provide music for the inaugural
ceremonies.
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(Above) Guardsmen acted as ushers in the Civic Center. (Above right) Memb ers of the !38th Medical Company stand by with an ambulance and medical assistance if needed. (Right) MP's of the !90th MP Company helped w ith security at the inauguration and the Inaugural Ball. (Below) Gov. Busbee addresses the crowd gathered at the Marriott Hotel for the Ball.

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THE "GOOD GUYS" VISIT WITH GUARDSMEN -- A Snappy Salute by young Rusty Haire of Dolton, Georgia climaxed a recent visit by the "Good Guys" to Dolton's "C" Company, 108th Armor. Shown "tonk touring" ore some of the Good Guys, on activity club sponsored by the Recreation Division of the Dolton Parks and Recreation Deportment. The special program includes more than 60 seven-year-old boys. The youngsters meet weekly for special activities, according to Superintendent of Recreation Charles

Webb, himself a bottol ion staff officer for the 2nd Battalion of the 2l4th Artillery. Webb has also been elected Statewide Chairman for the Municipal-County Section of the Georgia Recreation and Pork Society, and he lauded the efforts of Notional Guard units all over the state, citing Dolton's cooperative efforts as on example of ways Georgia Guardsmen serve
their communities. Cpt. William A. Holland commands the Dalton armored unit, and lSGT Leland A. Bell, the unit AST, coordinated the afternoon "Good Guys"
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DISCOVERY OF CHUTE PACKING ERROR BRINGS REWARD TO CARTERSVILLE GUARDSMAN --
Specialist 5 Dewey H. Pritchett (r), Cartersville, and Major General Billy M. Jones, The Adjutant General
of Georgia, hold a model of on Army Notional Guard OV-1 Mohawk during awards ceremonies on January 21 at the Notional Guard Headquarters in Atlanta. SP5 Pritchett, a member of the l59th Military Intelligence Co., Dobbins AFB, Marietta, discovered on improperly pocked parachute on a Mohawk ejection seat lost fall. The parachute would hove hod a high probability of failure when used at low altitude. According to General Jones, SP5 Pritchett's alert-
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and their parachutes being repacked. The Adjutant General pointed out that this action may hove saved the lives of two Georgia Army Guardsmen who were forced to eject from their Mohawk near Winder in December. For his alertness, SP5 Pritchett received a Notional Guard Bureau Certificate of Commendation and a check for $350.00.
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WHO AM I?

by CPT Paul Sinor

I was born in the Spring of 1825. I was to be my city's Volunteer Militia. When the first shots were fired at me. I was less than a year old and serving in the Seminole War in Florida as Cpt. Semour's 1st Battalion Georgia Volunteers. For three months I watched the first taste of battle for my sons from Georgia.
For almost ten years I kept my local designation while being used for home defense. Then, in 1846, along with my sister units from Floyd County and Columbus, I was to see our friends fall in battle in a foreign country. This time it was ~fexico. I met men whose names I would see again as both friend and foe in the years to come, Lieutenants Robert E. Lee, George Meade, Jubal Early, P.G.E. Beauregard~ D.ll. Hill, C .S. Grant and Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson.
We returned from Vera Cruz thru :'\ew Orleans victorious in 1847.
In 1860 with the clouds of war again on the horizon, I was organized for the upcoming war as an Independent Volunteer Battalion.
~fy men were dressed in gray as we went to war for the third time. As we traveled north, we were joined by units from Griffin and Forsyth. We became the 2nd Battalion, Georgia Infantry. As in times past, we were to fight on what was to us foreign soil. We marched thru our own land to fight our enemy as close to his homeland as possible.
Our first challenge came during the Peninsula Campaign. We tasted victory at Fredericksburg and Chancellorsville. It was there we saw the cause we fought for begin to fall. I buried too many of my young men at Gettysburg. Along with the others, we laid dow[}o our arms at Appomattox.
We came home a defeated Army but not as defeated men.
I was not allowed rebirth until 1872. I was given the mission of home defense once again.
In 1898 my colors flew for the United States f-or a short period of time. However, I did not leave the country to fight in the Spanish American War.
In 1916, I was asked to help the people of Texas as they fought the threat of Mexican bandits. We returned to Georgia in March of 1917, but even as We returned, plans we_re being laid for our use in the Great War.
The trenches of Europe became our homes for two years. The words Marne, Lorraine, Champagne, and Argonne were added to my vocabulary.
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My name and designation was changed many times in the next thirty five years. When called to arms in 1940, I was assigned to a Division for the first time. For the next five years Battle Streamers from Normandy, Northern France, Rhineland, and Central Europe were attached to my already heavyladen colors.
I was not asked to serve in Korea or Viet Nam, but many of my men went on their own. In the years since my birth I have produced four stars, Russell, Hogan, McKenna, and West. I am now the largest Army National Guard unit in Georgia. Many names have been given me since those early days of 1825, but the one that I am the most proud of is the one I have today; HEADQUARTERS 48TH INFANTRY BRIGADE (M), GEORGIA ARMY NATIONAL GUARD.
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C-130 FLIES FIRST OFFICIAL MISSION

202ND GUARDSMEN RECEIVE AWARDS

A transcontinental flight in November from Savannah to Texas and then to California marked the first official mission of the 165th Tactical Airlift Group in it's new aircraft, the C-130 Hercules.
Traveling at nearly twice the speed of the now retired C-124 Globemasters, the camouflage-painted Hercules covered the 1950 nautical miles in six and one-half hours. The craft was piloted by Col. Glenn H. Herd and Major William P. Bland, Jr. with ten other crew members assigned to the flight.
The first stop in the mission was at Dyess AFB, Texas. The crew and aircraft provided logistical support to the Tactical Mobile Training Detachment there by delivering 15,000 pounds of cargo prior to departure to Van Nuys Air National Guard Base at Los Angeles.
The "E" version of the 130 assigned to the 165th can carry 45,000 pounds a distance of 2,050 nautical miles without refueling at a cruising speed of 290 knots. The Hercules can also carry 92 passengers or 62 combat-equipped troops. The C-130, designed for heavy payloads, short take-offs and even shorter landings, is used in several versions by 36 foreign countries and 13 commercial operators.
West Sworn In ( continuec/ from page 2)
On 1 November 1955, the 121st Infantry Regiment was redesignated as Combat Command B, 48th Armored Division and General West was assigned to a staff position. On 27 June 1952, General West was reassigned to tbe position of. Executive Officer, 162nd Tank Bn and assumed command of this unit on 25 November 1958 and was promoted to Lieutenant Colonel. The 162nd Tank. Bn was redesignated the 3d Medium Tank Bn, 1 08th Armor on 1 July 1959 and General West remained in command until 1 September 196'2 when he was reassigned as Executive Officer Combat Command B, 48th Armored Division. He assumed command of the 2d Brigade, 48th Armored Division on 7 Feb 1967 and was promoted to Colonel on the same date.
Upon reorganization of the National Guard on 1 January 1968, General West was assigned as Com-
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Two members of the 202nd Electronics Installation Squadron in Macon were presented awards in October, 1974 for their contributions to the units readiness and -recruiting efforts.
Lt. Col. Neal H. Rainwater was recipient of the Georgia Commendation Medal. He has been a member of the 202d since June 1959.
Col. Rainwater, assigned as Electronics Installations Officer since 1966, was cited for his leadership abilities ''which contributed greatly to the unit receiving the Outstanding Unit Award four times; 1967, 1968, 1969 and 1972."
Col. Rainwater retired on October 27, after more than thirty-one years service. During WWII he was a B -25 pilot; the latter years of the war he was assigned to Selman Field, Louisiana as a Pilot/Navigator instructor.
MSgt. James T. Sanders was awarded the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal for his recruiting services from November 1970 to March 1974. Sgt. Sanders has additional duty responsibilities a" recruiting and retention NCOIC for the Macon based ANG unit. He was recognized for his personal meetings with area officials to explain the local impact of his squadron and for giving lectures and demonstrations on the Air Guard. His efforts resulted in a "highly compatible, cohesive relationship between the 202nd and the Middle Georgia Community. Because of the effective counseling program by Sgt. Sanders, the 202nd has maintained an eighty-eight percent reenlistment nne."
mander of the 3d Brigade, 30th Infantry Division (Mech) GaARNG. On 8 Nov 1971 General West was assigned as Assistant Division Commander, 30th Infantry Division and 28 February 1973 he was federally recognized as brigadier general. He assumed command of the 48th Infantry Brigade 1 December 1973.
General West was a 1970 recipient of the State's highest award, the Georgia Distinctive Service Medal, and in 1971 was presented the Army Commendation Medal for "dynamic leadership, decisiveness, and outstanding personal influence" in accomplishing his Brigade's tactical training tasks.
General West resides in Bolingbroke with his wife and daughter. General and Mrs. West have four other children, all married.
General West has been a real estate broker for the past 27 years.
THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

DON'T BE FUEUSH.

Jones New AG (continued from page 2)
During his career, General Jones has flown over 40 type s of aircraft and has logged over 10 ,000 hours flyin g time . He is a C ommand Pilot a nd holds a civilian Air Transport Rating. His decorations include the Asiatic-Pacific Campaign Medal, American Campaig n Medal, World War II Victory Medal, Armed Forces Reserve Medal with Hourglass device , Vietnam Service Medal, National Defense Service Medal and th e Army Occupation Medal (Japan).
Ge neral Jones is Past President of the National Guard Association of Georgia and is lic ensed to practice law in all Federal and State courts.
He has three children, Jeffery, a C-130 pilot with Savannah's !65th TAGp; Jennifer and Sidney.

" Looks like another staff assistance visit."

Wife Joins Husband At 202nd

If your husband, who is in the Air Force , snares a good assignment , and you want to become involved in his work, how do you go about it?
Well , if your husband is an Air Force Technic al Advis or to the Air National Guard , and your name is Bettye Loveless , yo1,1 raise your right hand and join your husband's un it , the 202nd Electronics Installation Squadron o~n Macon.
Bettye 1s the wife of TSgt. David P . Loveless , who has recently been assigned as Technical Advisor to the 202nd.
Mrs . (SGT) Loveless is a former member of the Air Force. She was discharged from active duty in Greece and travel directly to Germany where she and Dave were married . Since the Loveless duo is military oriented , her entry into the Air Guard is really no great change in their life style.
"I s ort of miss.the military ," she says . "And since Dave is assigned to the Air Guard, I have an opportunity to get back in uniform."
Dave Loveless points out that this is the first time in their military careers that they have been stationed at the same location.

Dave and Bettye Loveless

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IT GAVE YOU: Extra Income Low Cost Insurance Education and Training Comradeship and Prestige IT CAN CONTINUE TO GIVE YOU: All the benefits above
PLUS Retirement Income Income for your Survivors An Opportunity to Train Others Further Promotions and Satisfaction
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