The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 26, no. 4 (July-Sept. 1976)]

LOOKING FOR A FULL HOUSE! Georgia Army National Guard recruiters ore seeking to fill up their armories throughout the State as "Operation Full House" begins a 108-day drive for enlistments. Appealing to young men and women to find out about the opportunities and benefits of National Guard membership, recruiters ore putting their cards on the table and ore talking to prospective applicants in the 66 Guard communities to fill present vacancies. Are you doing your part to make Full House a success?
lBOTH SIGNAL CO. GOES TO FT. GORDON Members of the 180th Signal Company, Covington, set up equipment and begin operations during their '76 A T. The 4,000-man 48th Brigade also performed its annual training at Ft. Stewart. Photos of the Brigade and other units begin on page 5.

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HONORABLE GEORGE BUSBEE
GOVERNOR OF GEORGIA
MAJ GEN BILLY M. JONES
THE ADJUTANT GENERAL
COL DOUGLAS EMBRY (GANG, RET)
INFORMATION OFFICER
CAPT RUFUS R. BARBER, JR.
EDITOR

OUR COVER
Guardsmen of Tifton's Co. C, 2nd Botta! ion, 121 st Infantry return from a training miss ion during AT at Ft. Stewart in July. It was hot and dusty during some of the most rigorous training ever for units of the 48th Brigade. Other pictures of Army Guard and Air Guard tra ining activities begin on page 5.
The GEORGIA GUARDSMAN is a publ icat ion of t he State of Georgia , Deportment of Defense, Mil itory Div i sian. It i s pub! i shed in the interest of the Georg ia National Guard and d i str ibuted fre e to all members of Federally-recogni zed un its of the Georg ia Army and Air National Guard. The GUARDSMAN uses Armed Forces Press Service, Army News Features, Army News Photo Features and the National Guard Assoc iat ion of the United States Press Service.

A MESSAGE FROM MAJ. GEN. BILLY M. JONES

My Fellow Guardsmen:

The Georgia Army Guorcl is now in the midst ol its most ambitious recruiting campaign, 'Operation Full House". The goal is JOB percent ol assigned
strength at the encl ol a JOB-clay period. J hove never
seen more enthusiasm ancl motivation toward the recruiting effort than has been exhibited thus lor in the drive. I am confident we will reach our goal.
General Gillette ancl I are encouraging this renewed emphasis on recruiting through the use of contagious enthusiasm. This means that we believe in the program oncl wont others to become infected with our enthusiasm oncl pass it on until all hove it. We ore giving personal attention to oil units who ore having recruiting problems or who desire some assistance in maintaining their
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olreocly high levels of manning. , Each ol my Headquarters staH ollicers oncl many ol their assistants are assigned several units ancl ore working with them to solve any recruiting problems they may have.
This approach to recruiting is the best one to have, both lor Army oncl Air Guardsmen. , It insures that the recruiter begins with o positive attitude that he con pass on to his prospect or to the Guardsmen thinking about reenlistment.
Be positive! That's the key. ,Unless you're trying to sell water to persons lost in the desert, there will always be the neecl lor the seller or recruiter to believe in his product belore he con convince others to buy it.

He Joined Army That Liberated His Home
by CPT J im Stewart, 124th PID

I 0 years old and spoke not a word of English when Georgia Army r ational Guardsmen pursued the fleeing Ge rman Army through his hom etown 1n Holland 32 years ago. Today p / 5 Peter Bardoul is a clerk in the same Guard he hailed as liberator in 1945 .
Bardoul, a senior clerk typist 1n Headquarter and Headquarter ompa ny of th e Georgia Army 1 ational Guard discovered the coincidence him elf while doing research for a peech .
Bardoul a lso found that it was Georgia Guardsmen who bivouacked at the farmhouse of his future wife in the waning da ys of World War II.
The Heerlen , etherlands native and his wife, uza nne , emig ra ted to the Un ited tares in 1956 . He wa drafted into the Army shortly thereafter and
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served in Germany before being discharged at Ft. Benning and moving to Atlanta where he joined the
ational Guard. "Finding this out after more than 30 years brings
back memories I thought were lost ," Bardoul said. He recalled long olive drab columns of the Guards-
men appearing in Heerlen almost overnight in their rush to the Rhine River and azi Germany just a scant three miles away.
"l thought of them a heroes," Bardoul said. "I didn't pea k any English , but quickly learned to say cigarette , chocolate , and chewing gum , well enough to be understood."
When the fightin g ebbed , the Georgia Guardsmen, part of the 30th Infantry Division , were posted around Heerlen for regrouping and training before joining the final assaults on the We t Wall.
Public schools 1n Heerlen (population 70, 000) were renamed a fter American cities in honor of the liberators. Bardoul attended "Philadelphia High
chool," he recalled. After the war, local farmers donated a large tract
of land for a memorial cemetery for American troops. early 8,000 grave still remain at the Margraten .S. Military emetery. ow a life insurance salesman when not fulfilling
his Guard duties , Bardoul said be contacted retired Lieutenant General Patrick eawright, who used to command the 197th Field Artillery Battalion , which was largely composed of Georgia Guardsmen serving in the 30th Divi ion.
The 30th "Old Hickory" Division , landed on tah Beach in early June 1944 for the assault on "Fortress Europe ." It later was involved in the Battle of the Bulge and made the hi toric linkup with Russian troops at the Elbe River at war's end.
eawright told Bardoul he remembered his hometown well. "I remember the town vividly because we were pulled back to practice around there in preparation for an assault on the West Wall," eawright said.
At the end of World War II, the 30th was sent to Ft. Jackson, S.C. and later disbanded.
"I have always been proud of my membership 1n the Guard," Bardoui said, "but learning this makes it something special."

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Revolutionary Militia Units Honored

Two historic Georgia Army ational Guard organizations from Savannah were honored by the ecretary
of the Army Sunday August 29 for having continuous
service for more than 200 years. Savannah's Headqua rters and Headquarters Battery,
118th Field Artillery Group, known historically as the "Chatham Artillery", and Service Battery , 2nd Battalion, 214th Field Artillery, recognized by the Department of the Army' s Center for Military History as the "Georgia Hussars", received certificate of

recognition as havi g lineage from the Revoluntionary War Era (1775-1 783) and before.
The ceremonies took place in Washington D.C. on the grounds of the Washington Monument. Army ational Guard units from 12 States and the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, plus one Regular Army unit, were honored by the Department of the Army.
Held in conjunction with the annual conference of the National Guard Association of the United States, the ceremonies were attended by The Adjutant General of Georgia, Major General. Billy M. Jones , and representatives of the historic commands.
Representing the Georgia Hussars , which has been recognized as the olde t Georgia command formed in 1736, are Captain Phillip R. Bell and First Sergeant William B. Summerlin.
The Chatham Artillery, which traces its lineage back to 175 1, was represented by Colonel Horace L.
Cheek, Jr. , group commander and First Sergeant Earl
G. Kirkley.
olorful uniforms of early. militia unit and Fife and Drum Corp music added to the ceremonies which featured a National Guard Association Heritage E nca mpment exhib'ltion using hi toric weapons and other military items .
tates honored beside Georgi-a are . ew ~ampshire Massachusetts, Rhode Island , onnecticut, ew York, Pennsylvania , Delaware , Maryland , We t Virginia, Virginia and outh Carolina.
Georgia has severa l other hi toric commands with Re volutionary War heritage , but they must prove continuity since the Revolution to qualify for recognition by th e Department of the Army. A few of Georgia's commands are actively pursuing this research and may receive such recognition in the future.

(Top) Gen. Jones accepts the bottle streamer and pi aques from Under Secretary of the Army Norman R. Augustine. (Lower left) Color guards and Guardsmen from the States being honored stand at attention. (Lower right) Gen. Jones and CSM James Stan I ey (right) head up the Georgia co lor guard and representoti ves of the State's historic units.

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TEXANS DEDICATE MONUMENT TO GEORGIANS -(Top photo) Mrs . Lync/on Johnson cuts the ribbon officially c/ec/icating the monument in Albany, Texas in honor of the Georgia Battalion, a group of volunteers who were massacred by Mexican troops in the south Texas village of Goliac/ in 1836. BG Raymond Grant (right), Commander of the 48th Brigade of Macon, representee/ the Governor one/ the Georgia National Guarc/ at the June 24th ceremony. The monument was bui It after an agreement mac/e by Texas in 1857 to reimburse Georgia for arms one/ equipment lost by the Georgians in the conflict. The Georgia Legislature agreec/ to abolish the 3,000-c/ollar c/ebt if Texas woulc/ builc/ a monument to the slain volunteers who were commanc/ec/ by Col. , James Fannin. (Bottom photo) Chairmen of the Albany High School Bicentennial Committee unveil one of the six plaques at the base of the fountain telling the story of the Georgians' involvement with the Texas revolution.
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PISTOL TEAM PLACES THIRD -- The Georgia Army Guarc/' s Pistol Team placec/ thirc/ in the FORSCOM Region Match at Ft. Meoc/e, MD in April of this year. , Their specific event was the . 45 one/ . ~8 Caliber Centerfire Team Match . Pictured here ore the six members of the team. They ore (/-r, top to bot. ), P Sgt. Thomas Lane, Co. A, 1/ 108th Armor; MSgt. Billy Manning, HHC, 2/ 121 Infantry; SSgt. J.P. Wale/en, Det.
J, Co. B, 878th Eng.; PSgt. John Smith, 165th
Support Co.; PSgt. Donalc/ Wale/en, Det. l, Co. B, 878th one/ CPT James Mooc/y, HHC, 1/ 121 Infantry.
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(Photos I eft to right, top to bottom) (I) Two members of o mortar team set up their 4. 2 mortar. (2) MG Charles Ott (I), Army Director of the NGB, swears in Lt. Judith Williams, formerly of the MD Notional Guard, into the GoARNG at Ft. Stewart while Gen. Jon es looks on . ( 3) A Guardsman peers from his M-60 tonk on the range at Ft. Stewart . (4) Guardsmen string concertina wire while setting up a defensive perimeter in the field.
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( Photos left to right, top to bottom ) (1) Cooks prepare food for the men in the field. (2) Guardsmen of the 277th Ma intenance Company work on a vehicle during the unit's AT at Ft. Benn ing August . (3) Th is year's class of GMI Cadets pose for "their group photo. (4) The cadets receive instruction during th eir AT in Milledgev ille.

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(Photos left to right, top to bottom) (I) Gov. Busbee talks with infantrymen inside on APC. (2) The Governor also shores a light-hearted moment with some artillerymen of the 1st Bn, 230th Artillery. ( 3) Gen. Jones and newly appointed Asst. AG for Army Gen. Gillette look over operations at a fire control center. (4) MG Charles Ott, Army Director of the NGB, talks with a Guardsman during infantry training. (5) Rep. Joe T. Wood, Chairman of the House Defense and Veterans Affairs Committee (1), and

Speaker of the House Tom Murphy observe tonk firing of the 1st Battalion, 108th Armor. (6) Gen. Jones discusses training with on advisor from the 24th Division's 2nd Botto! ion, 19th Infantry at Ft. Stewart whi Ie CSM Homer Proctor looks on. (7) Maj. Gen. Maur ice Kendall (ctr foreground), Commander of Army Readiness Region IV, visits with infantry units of the Go. Army Guard. (8) Undersecretary of the Army Donald Brotzman finds out firsthand from Georgia Guardsmen what their training is like.

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(Photos left to right, top to bottom) (I) 848th Engineers move a floating bridge into place. (2) With the bridge anchored, equipment is shuttled across the river. (3) 1st Lt. John Paulk of Cordele's infantry unit talks on the radio during platoon training at Ft. Stewart. (4) A Guardsman of the 848th Engineers maneuvers his portion of the floating bridge with the outboard motor. (S) A member of

the I 48th Support Battalion heads for the bath point his unit has set up for brigade units in the field. (6) A platoon leader watches one of his squads move Ia the training area. (7) Meal time presents no problem for an infantryman as long as he has a can of C-rats and o "P-38". (8) Decked out in local foliage, this Guardsman moves out with his squad during a training exercise.

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(Photos left to right, top to bottom) (1) A 50 caliber machinegun mounted atop a lSSmm self-propelled howitzer points toward other howitzers of the 1st Battalion, 230th Art illery on the range at Ft. Stewart. (2) Guardsmen pass the ammo to the gun crews. (3) A "redl eg" talks with the fire control center before a firing mission. (4) Guardsmen dig a p it to bury Ie fto ve r charges from howitzer rounds. (5) A tonk

crew of the I st Battal ion, 108th Armor stops activity to replenish its ammo supply while on the range. (6) M-60 tanks stand ready with the i r crews to commence firing practice. (7) An infantryman tokes aim from his defensive pos ition. (8) A squad of infantrymen move into pos ition to beg in a firing exe rcise.

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LEGISLATORS VISIT ARMY AND AIR NG UNITS -- Members of the Georgia General Assembly pose for a photo before
boarding the ANG C-130 aircraft for Ft.
Stewart to observe units during their annual training. The legislators received a briefing and tour of the ll6th T F Wing's facilities at Dobbins before traveling to Ft. Stewart to visit with the Guardsmen and women of the 48th Brigade.

GEORGIA'S 130'S AND CREWS IN SOLID SHIELD 76 -Approximately 3,000 Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve people, including personnel from the 165th Tactical Air/ ift Group in Savannah, joined in Solid Shield '76, last spring's largest readiness dri II. The massive exercise began May 9. More than 50,000 persons from all branches of the military were involved Active duty and reserve forces aircraft airlanded more

than 3,500 personnel and 2,500 tons of cargo during the two-week operation. In addition, the airlifters air dropped more than 1200 troops and 120 tons of cargo. These photos show activities of the 165th during its participrrtion. (Left) Equipment is loaded aboard the C-130. (Top right) A Hercules comes in low over the drop zone. (Bottom right) The pilot and crew bring this C-130 to a stop after a drop mission.

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48TH BDE AWARDS -- At the enc/ of the July summer training period for the 48th Brigade, awards were presentee/ to 19 inc/ivicluals one/ units. SFC James H. Stamey, Calhoun received the Georgia Commendation Medal while CPT William Thielemann accepted the Armor Leadership Aware/ lor his unit, Troop E, 348th Cavalry. The other aware/ winners received recognition for their recruiting efforts in the GaARNG. Those inc/ivicluals ore CPT Lorry Bacon, 1Sgt. George Poole, MSgt. Sidney Pitts, MSgt. Billy Manning, SFC Stanley Hammond, SFC Carson Shattuck, SFC Carroll McDonalc/, SFC Raymond Spine/fer, SFC Clinton Crooms, SSgt. John Chance, one/ Sgt. Tommy Youmans. Other units receiving recruiting awards ore Troop E, 348th Cav; Service Battery, 1/ 230th Arty; Battery B, 1/ 230th Arty; Det. 1, Battery B, Jl230th Arty; HC, 2/ 121st lnf; one/ Det. 1, Co. C, l / 12lst In f.
NEW MP BADGE -- PFC Dennis G. Howard, l90th MP Company, proudly wears the new MP badge which replaces the brassard for garrison law enforcement duty in the Class A uniform. The brassard will be worn only with field one/ work uniforms. The badge has three distinctive components with the shield itself representing defense. The eagle is the traditional symbol for alertness and vigilance, the armament crest is a rep/ ica of the crest on the Deportment of the Army Seal with the military police streamer across the bottom. The new badge carries a serial number one/ the Roman numeral MDCCLXXVIII, the year the Provost Corps was established by Congress.

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AIR GUARDSMEN IN JULY 4TH PARADE -- The 116th Tac Fighter Wing ancl subordinate units entered a float, a Color Guard one/ a Fife ancl Drum Trio in WSB Television's July the Fourth Parade in Atlanta. (Top photo) The float with the replica of the Minuteman Statue moves clown the parade route. (Lower left) The Fife ancl Drum trio from the 530th Air Guard Band plays a merry tune for the spectators. (Lower right) The color guard from the 116th Weapons Security Flight led the parade down famed Peachtree Street.
RECRUITING EFFORTS BRING COMMENDATIONS -SFC Jay W. Murdock(/), 159th Ml Company, was awardee/ the Georgia Commendation Medal in September. He was cited for "his demonstrated exceptional skill" while serving as a key member of a Georgia ARNG recruiting team. The East Point resident is a technical observer crew member on the OV-1 Mohawk. Sgt. Ben;amin Livesay (r), Co. C., 1st BaHalion 108th Armor at Dalton, also received the Georgia Commendation Medal in September. He was cited for his participation also as a key member of a recruiting team. Livesay is a resident of Dalton.

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TWENTY-SIX GRADUATE NCO ACADEMY -- Twentys ix members of the Georgia Army National Guard pose for the graduation photo after completeing the two-week 81 st Army Reserve Command NCO Academy at Ft. ' Jackson, SC, in August. With the Guardsmen are (far right) MG Billy M. ,Jones, AG of Georgia, one/ (far left) BG John Gillette, Asst. AG for Army. ( US Army photo )
ANG MEN IN BIBB COUNTY PISTOL MEET -- These Guardsmen of the J16th Tactical Fighter Wing at Dobbins porticipatecl in the .45 Caliber Pistol Competition sponsored by the Bibb County Sheriff's Association in Macon in July . TSgt. Robert Brantley (far right) won first place in the AA Team Match, Closs A lncliviclual Pistol Competition one/ the Shotgun Bullseye Competition . SSgt. Randall Long (third from right) took first place in Police Category B lncliviclual Match one/ the Class A Team Competition. The other members are (1-r) SMSgt. Thomas Dixon, MSgt. Horace Blount, Sgt. Michael Green one/ TSgt. Dwight Wright.

RECRUITER HONORED -- SMSGT. James W. Jordan (/), leacl recruiter for the Georgia Air Guard, is shown with Cobb County Chamber of Commerce president Freel Aiken, Lt. Col. M.D. Garrett, J16th Toe Fighter Wing Commander, one/ Stanley Kelley, chairman of the Chamber's military affairs committee. Jorc/on was named "Military Man of The Year" at the group's September Early Bircl breakfast meeting.

CAMOUFLAGE PROGRAM CONTINUES -- CW4 Jesse English, of the State Maintenance Office, watches one of the technicians at Atlanta's Combined Support Maintenance Shop put the final touches on a camouflage paint job for a quarter-ton truck. The program, which began this year, was halted for o short while because of problems with the paint. The program is now bock in full swing. Eventually, all tactical vehicles in the Ga. ARNG will be painted the camouflage scheme.

BACK TO THE "BASIC DAY~' -- Reminiscing under an elm tree that was just a sapling in 1941, SFC Robert
L. Floyd, Pine Mountain, Go., one/ member of Co. C,
560th Engineer Battalion, thinks about the clays when he spent his basic training here at Ft. Benning in the building behind him. , This summer, his National Guard unit was quartered in the same area at Ft. Benning one/ he again lived in the same building where he began his military career. (US Army Photo by Don Brower)

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348TH CAV GOES BACK TO HAYBURNERS -- This mounted color gu ard composed of members of Det. 1, 348th Cavalry parades through the main street in Newnan during that city's July 4th celebration. The riders are(/-~) Sgt.Jerald Jones, Sgt. Verne Manley , Sgt. Danny Beckon and Sgt. Barry Couch . The men bought their own hats and saddles and have already appeared in several parades.

AUGUSTA ENGINEERS IN SPOTLIGHT-- (Top) William Christopher, one of the stars of TV's "M *A*S*H" series is shown with Guardsmen from Augusta's 878th Engineer Battalion. The Guardsmen set up a display of medical equipment and supplies along with a ;eep as part of a WRDW- TV promotion held at the Thunderbird Motel in Augusta. The Guardsmen are (1 -r) PVT Jose Ramos , PFC Chuck Ballas and Sgt. Richard Thorne. (Bottom) Cadet Charles Martin assists in carrying a mortar shell ol Civil War vintage into the Augusta-Richmond County Museum on June 12. CPT William Christman (behind) and SP4 Ben;amin Snyder also assisted in moving the nine shells, weighing 218 pounds each, to the museum.

ANG MEN IN "STINGER II" -- SMSgt. Joe Waldrop, 129th Tactical Control Flight at Kennesaw, assists a Colorado Air Guardsmen in repairing a generator during "Stinger II", an Army missile test exercise. The mission of the four 129th Air Guardsmen was to provide tracking and control for incoming aircraft and direct them to a bombing range. During these mock bombings, a Fort Carson, Colorado Army unit protected their battle positions with the Stinger, a new hand-held infrared missile now in its first phase of testing. The other men participating in the exercise were Richard H. Bratton, Sr. ,. James 0. Reed, Ill, and Roy A. Roberson, Jr. Col. Wm D. Mol , 12th AF Chief of Staff, praised the men of the 129th for their performance during the exercise.

Look What You Can Get Out of the Guard

Why should you stay in the Guard? Because you belong. And it's worth it to stay.
Think about it. Without you there would be no National Guard to back up our active armed forces in the event we 're called upon to meet state or federal emergencies. No National Guard to save lives or protect property should natural disasters and other emergencies strike your community.
The Guard is the most important part-time job in America. And if you leave, you 'll be tossing away some very important benefits, too.
Think some of them over and de-
cide: You 're earning good pay-extra
money that could be as much as 20% of your annual income. How will you replace it once you're
out? You already have a good start on
the promotion ladder. And your experience and longevity will enable you to be promoted
faster.

Many leadership positions you hold in the Guard can help you attain supervisory positions in your civilian job, too.
The close friends you 've made in the Guard share the same sense of responsibility as you do. And they're counting on you not to quit.
You 're part of the way to qualifying for a substantial government pension. There are other retirement benefits, too. Lots of them after you 've completed 20 years of creditable service.
If you stay in the Guard, it adds up to this: You keep improving your trade or
skill.
You keep working around some of the most advanced equipment available.
You keep earning extra income to help pay for the things you've always wanted .
You keep the opportunity to eSlrn even more through promotion and pay raises.

You keep proving your ability to accept responsibility.
You keep developing your leadership qualities.
You keep doing something different 39 days a year.
You keep your eligibility for inexpensive life insurance.
You keep the investment you 've already made in a government retirement plan .
You keep the close friendships you 've made in the Guard.
You keep enjoying the things you like about civilian life.
You keep helping your com munity in times of emergency .
You keep backing up your coun try's national defense. If you 're thinking about giving
up the Guard , think about all you 're giving up. Think about the money and other benefits you 'll be leaving . When you do, you 'll think about staying .
The National Guard is a good deal. For your country. For your community. And for you .

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CORRECTION . . . . .. .. . . . .. . . . . . . . In the last edition of the GUARDSMAN, I gave the wrong rank and misspelled the first nome of the photographer who made the composite photo used on the back cover . The c redit should have been given to MSGT NEIL BATES.
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