GE D!tDlA DUAKDSMEH TO JtECElVE SPECIAL AUTO TAGS 
 
 :THE 
 
ADJUTANT 
 
GENERAL'S 
 
GOVERNOR HERMAN E. TALMADGE 
 
MESSAGE 
 
MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE J. HEARN 
 
Fellow Guardsmen: 
Since this will be the last edition of the Georgia Guardsman this year, I would like to take this opportunity to express the sincere thanks of the Governor and myself to all officers and men for having done such an outstanding job in making the Georgia National Guard one of the best in the nation. 
You have attained this record despite many difficulties which you have encountered. This is a tribute to you as citizen soldiers for your devotion to the defense of our state and notion. 
Speaking for the entire personnel of the Georgia Army and Air National Guard, I wish to express our deepest appreciation to Governor Herman T olmadge, as our Commander-in-Chief for the last six years, for hi s inspiring leadership and concern for each of us during war and peace. 
To our incoming Commander-in-Chief, Governor-Elect Morvin Griffin, we of the Georgia National Guard pledge our loyal support in the administration of Georgia's military forces and the defense of Georgia's heritage. 
In conclusion, I would like to wish each officer and enlisted man in the Georgia National Guard a happy and safe holiday season. 
 
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THE GEORGIA GUARDSmAn 
v;;i. 4 Nov, Dec 1954 No. 8 
/1. publication of the Deportment of Defense, Military Division, Stote of Georgia. Published in the Interest of the Georgia Notional Guard and distributed free to members of the Notional Guard of Georgia. The Guardsman receives /t.FPS material. AF P S I'I'Oteri ol appearing herein cannot be reprinted without written permission of Armed Forces Press Service, 641 Washington Street, New York 14, N.Y. 
COLONEL 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 Georgi a 
 
Major General George J, Hearn 
The Adjutant General 
 
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The opinions expressed in The Georgia Guardsman are 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 Office of the Adjutant General of Georgia. 
 
OUR COVER .. 
THE GEORGIA National Guard becomes lhe second organization in the State to 
be recognized by authorization of the 
General Assembly for its membership to have distinctive automobile license fags, See story elsewhere in this edition. 
NOV, DEC 1954 
 
Lts. Barker, Schoof, Anderson, and Young - Ready for Toke off. 
 
Savannah Officers Off to Pilot Schools 
 
Four young Air National Guard officers have left Savannah, enroute to 
 
Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, thence to various Air Force bases where 
 
they will receive jet pilot training. They are, Second Lieutenants Robert E. 
 
Barker, John D. Schaaf, Bobby D. Anderson, and Donald S. Young. All are 
 
members of Savannah's 158th Fighter Bomber Squadron, located at Travis 
 
Field. 
 
Lieutenant Barker, a native of 
 
Hoopeston, Illinois, graduated from having served as an enlisted man in 
 
Armstrong Junior College and was, the 158th. He is a member of Emory 
 
prior to his leaving Savannah, en- University's Chi Phi Fraternity. 
 
gaged in private law practice. He is 
 
All of these young men possess 
 
a member of the Junior Chamber of the necessary requirements for atten- 
 
Commerce, the Savannah Bar Asso- dance at pilot training under the Air 
 
ciation, Legal Aid Society, American National Guard's quota and have 
 
Society of International Law, and the been selected for flying training by 
 
Optimist International. 
 
the Secretary of the Air Force. After 
 
Lieutenant Schaaf, a Savannahian, reporting to Lackland Air Force 
 
graduated from Armstrong Junior Col- Base, the four potential pilots will 
 
lege and the University of Georgia, attend a 10-week U.S. Air Force 
 
and majored in Economics. He is a basic military course for officers. 
 
veteran of the U.S. Navy and is an Upon completing this course, the 
 
active member of the Knights of officers will report to various bases 
 
Columbus and B.P.O.E. No 78. 
 
for pilot training; with Lieutenants 
 
Lieutenant Anderson, also a Sa- Anderson and Schaaf reporting to 
 
vannahian, is a graduate of Bene- Malden Air Base, Missouri, Lt. 
 
Military School and Southern Tech- Barker reporting to Marana Air Base, 
 
nical Institute. While attending Arizona, and Lt. Young reporting to 
 
Benedictine, he was awarded Letters Stallings Air Base, North Carolina. 
 
for participating in football, baseball 
 
After completing pilot training, 
 
and basketball. He enlisted in the they will go through an intensive 
 
158th in April 1952. 
 
course of gunnery training. Upon 
 
Lieutenant Young, who was horn completion of gunnery, they will re- 
 
in Richwood, West Virginia, attended turn to Savannah and fly F-84 jets 
 
Benedictine Military School, Arm- of the 158th Fighter Bomber Squad- 
 
strong Junior College, and Emory ron at Travis Field. 
 
University, rna joring in Liberal Arts. 
 
The 158th is commanded by Major 
 
He received his commission after Donald H. Smith of Savannah. 
 
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Group of Georgia Delegates pose beside Miami's Bayfront Auditorium 
 
Georgia Officers Swell Attendance 
 
At Miami Conference of NG Assn. 
 
Georgia National Guard delegates and guests- totaling 76 officers and 
 
warrant officers- gathered in Miami 18-21 October to swell the attendance 
 
at the 76th annual conference of the National Guard Association of the United 
 
States. It was the largest group of Georgia 
officers ever to attend such a meeting. 
Fired by the enthusiasm engendered at the Georgia Association meeting in Savannah in September, the Georgia officers laid aside their 
 
prompt dispatch. The list of distinguished speakers 
at the four-day conference looks like a military Who's Who and their oratory would fill several volumes of the Georgia Guardsman. However, we 'II attempt to sum up the high 
 
civilian pursuits for a few days and points of the key speakers and give 
 
journeyed to the fabulous "gold our readers a capsule report of the 
 
coast" of Florida where some 2,000 momentous decisions and pertinent 
 
other National Guard officers from phrases of the military leaders. 
 
throughout the United States, Alaska, 
 
General Walsh, reelected presi- 
 
Hawaii , Puerto Rico and the District dent of the NGA, in his annual re- 
 
of Columbia heard the outstanding port to the delegates reiterated that 
 
military leaders of our time discuss the National Guard is in the national 
 
the future of the nation's reserve defense system to stay and will not 
 
program . 
 
be amalgamated with the other re- 
 
Under the leadership of Major serve components. In support of this 
 
General George J, Hearn, the Geor- he cited figures to show that the 
 
gia delegates witnessed the colorful Army and Air National Guard is 
 
panorama of military protocol in the 62,952 greater than the total strength 
 
beautiful bay front auditorium in of all the other reserve components 
 
downtown Miami. What and who they combined. In his address General 
 
saw and heard made headlines Walsh was critical of defense plan- 
 
throughout the United States. Under ners who in the past have left the 
 
the capable direction of association Guard out of planning conferences 
 
president Major General Ellard A. which dealt with policies affecting 
 
Walsh, the routine business of the the Guard. 
 
association was expedited with 
 
The financial condition of the as- 
 
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sociation was revealed by fina nce committee chairmRn Major General Edward Sirois. Stating that the NGA was in "fine shape," he told the delegates that membership- the principle source of income - was 36,056 in 1954, the largest ever. It was only 68 short of 100%. 
Maj. Gen. Edgar C. Ericks on, NGB chief, stressed the importance of the "on site" AAA Guard battalion de. fense assignments and praised the adoption of the runway alert missions now being performed by the Air National Guard. 
Air Advisory committee chairman Brig. Gen. Chester Charles of New Jersey reported that the Air Guard is "capable of great expa nsion," and said 38 states have indicated a willingness to organize 66 add itional units. As of 1 September, General Charles said 54 of the 87 ANG squadrons are jet equipped, and nine more are programmed to be equipped with jets by 30 June 1955. 
It was officially revealed by Gen. Thomas D. White, vice chief of s taff of the AF, that all ANG figh ter units, including intercepter and fighter-bomber squadrons, will be assigned to the Air Defense C ommand at the start of any national emergency. These squadrons will then join the Tactical Air Command to holster our offensive power "when the worst of the threat to this country has decreased." 
At the annual banquet hel d the evening of October 20th, the de legates heard Maj. Gen. Lewis B. Hershey, Selective Service Director, say the armed forces, instead of getting excited about such things as MOS specialties, should pay more atte n tion to getting "hard core" officers and men who have three things - willingness, -dependability and the abil ity to "take it." At the same time he outlined his views on how ma npower should be divided and used, and said "we shouldn't he looking for a Reserve program- we've had one." Hershey said he is not in favor of making reserve service compulsory for veterans. They should be placed in a selectively-rather than an immediately- callable group , he said. 
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While the ears of the Georgia delegates rested from the 
 
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inson and ]ane Moore consented to pose with the hand- 
 
voluminous oratory at the convention, their eyes were some Guardsmen. At right Lt. Governor-Elect Ernest 
 
busy scrutinizing the esthetic assets of Miami Beach. Vandiver stands in front of a Dublin State Patrol cruiser Majors Paul Castleberry and Ralph Brow1t reluctantly which Capt. Ben Carr, left, brought to Miami as an of- 
 
approach two East Hartford, Conn., beauties above at ficial representative of the State Department of Public 
 
the coercion of the photographer. Evidently Dolores Rob- 
 
Safety. 
 
Other distinguished speakers included General Matthew Ridgeway, Army Chief of Staff, American Legion Commander Seaborn P. Collins, Asst. Secretary of the Army Hugh M. Milton II, and his deputy Franklin L. Orth, Gen. John E. Dalquist, chief 
 
Miami conference were: General Hearn, Maj. Gen. Ernest Vandiver, Maj. Gen. Joseph B. Fraser, Brig. Gen. Patl:ick E. Seawright, Col. Charlie F. Camp, Col. Sanders Camp, Col. B. M. Davey, Col. Charles L. L. Davis, Col. Homer Flynn, Col. 
 
gan, Col. Jack Johnson, Col. Benjamin F. Merritt, Col. Charles S. Thompson, Jr., Col. Robert L. Williams, Col. William B. Wrigley, Col. Philip A. Sykes, Lt. Col. William V. Crowley, Lt. Col. Edward J. Degutis, Lt. Col. Ernest Higgins, Lt. Col. 
 
of the Army Field Forces, and Maj. James C. Grizzard, Col. Roy W. HoGen. Robert G. Gard, deputy Com- 
 
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mander of Third Army, Florida's 
 
Senator Holland and Rep. Sikes. 
 
Two National Guard publications 
 
are in the works to educate the pub- 
 
lic, public officials, and all Guards- 
 
men on the history of our service and 
 
traditions. One, "Our Nation's Na- 
 
tional Guard," is a booklet now in 
 
production which is a forerunner to 
 
a more complete compilation of his- 
 
tory being prepared by a special 
 
committee. The latter publication will require two or more years of ex- 
 
tensive research and writing and is 
 
expected to run about 600 pages in 
 
length. Committee members include 
 
Gen. Walsh, Maj. Gen. E. J. Stack- 
 
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pole and Lt. Col. Allan Crist, execu- 
 
tive editor of the National Guardsman. 
Georgia Officers attending the 
 
Col. Charles Davis, Brig. Hearn, Maj. Gen. Joseph 
 
E. Seawright, Maj. Gen. George ]. Fraser and Col. B. F. Merritt talk between 
sessions. 
 
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6 Georgia Officers at PIO Conference 
 
Hear '55 Recruiting Program Outlined 
 
The future of the :'-<ational Guard lies in its recruits of today. 
 
To find out the best method of enlisting men qualified to fill the ranks of the Guard, six officers of the Georgia \'ational Guard, representing Army and Air components, attended the annual Public Information Officer conference in 
 
Washington, D.C., 9 i\overnber. After hearing Lt. Col. James 
Deerin, Chief, Information Section, NGB, outline the national recruiting program for 19S5, the officers discussed among themselves the prob!ems and accomplishments of their States in the recruiting and publicity field. It was an enlightening session, highlighted by two films. One was a color movie film taken by the Ohio :.Jational Guard during one of its Air National Guard encamprnents. It was professionally produced and excellently done. A commercial sponsor hacked the film which ran 15 minutes at an estimated cost of $1,000.00 per minute. 
The second film showed what vast publicity was obtained by the Uu-reau in sponsoring the cross-country speed run of Col. \lilikan in an F-86 last January. Narrated by Major Coleman, Asst. to Col. Deerin, the film showed the popularity of the event from start to finish and de- 
picted the post-flight publicity ohtained by appearances of Col. [\lilikan on nationally televised pro- 
 
"Let's Go to Town." Col. Deerin 
 
said thousands of stations all over 
 
the country are using these musical 
 
discs featuring big name bands and 
 
singers. lie emphasized, however, 
 
that units in the vicinity of these 
 
stations are missing the benefit of 
 
that free publicity if they do not 
 
contact the station managers or 
 
program directors and ask that they 
 
use the name and location of their 
 
unit at the end of the program. 
 
Col. Deering said recruiting ma- 
 
terial in 1955 will he the same as 
 
issued this year except for a few minor changes. ~ew on the horizon 
 
is distribution of 4,000 platters of a 
 
National Guard jingle for disc 
 
jockeys. 
 
 
 
Those who like "Dragnet" and 
 
all that it means will want to hear 
 
the special recording put out by 
 
the Utah ::.lG. Their recruiting record 
 
on the Dragnet theme was hilarious 
 
and drew enthusiastic response from 
 
the P .l.O. delegates. In fact it's so good, the Bureau is considering 
 
distributing some copies to the 
 
States. Use of this recording is 
 
grams. Addresses by ~laj. Gen. b:dgar C. 
Erickson, Chief, NGU, and Brig. Gen. Winston P. Wilson, Chief, AF Div., NGB, emphasized the need for enlisting men w:th prior service. Veterans are needed, they said, to form a more experienced unit, giving the Guard hard-core battle-tested personnel in the event of an emer- 
 
still J=-.Illing them in wherever its used in Utah, lJeerin said. 
A fresh supply of recruiting rnaterial is coming into the Georgia Public Information Office and will be shipped out to all units in the near future. 
Georgia officers attending the conference were Colonel Homer Flynn, Lt. Col. Paul Innecken, Ma- 
 
gency  Col. Deering pointed out to the 
assembled officers from throughout the b:astern United States that television is the most challenging field for a public information officer. This medium, along with the old standby- the newspapers- commands an increasing proportion of our population's attention, he said. 
One of our best selling points in the program today is the radio show 
 
jor Robert T. Baird, Major Ralph Brown, Capt. Douglas Embry and Capt. O'Dell Scruggs. 
"Alimon~." said the sergeant, "is the 'pay-when-you-go' plan." 
l\fother: ''Daughter, before you get serious with Tom be sure he is ah\ays kind.'' 
Daughter: 'Oh, I'i'1 sure of that. mother. He told me .i ust the other da~ that he put his shirt on a horse that was scratched." 
 
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AR.iHED FORCES PLA.JV 
AN INVASION OP T.J1 
~ashington (AFPS). Plans for ' 
television service, to be added ta. 
s . the existing Armed Forces Pre 0 
an d 1t)ad"w erv1ces are now undss 
c,onsideration b~ the Office of Arm:~ 
I< orces lnformatwn and Education. ~one of the Services have stated 
anything definite hut the :\rmy and Air Force are reported to be consid. ering the establishment of several stations. The Air Force is consider. ing four stations overseas or in re. mote areas, as is the Army. 
The plan calls for stations to be 
established only in remote areas and would call for a pool of resources by all Services whenever possible. When and if commercial TV came into these "remote" areas the Armed Forces stations would go out of business, the tentative plan outlined. 
Jackson Guards Enjoy 
Menu of Fish & Bull 
Company A, 121st Infantry at Jacks on, recently enjoyed a delight ful fish supper (the kind that slept in Jackson Lake the night before) prepared by the cooks of the unit. The men and officers consumed an unusual amount of catfish, as can be vouched for by the \less Steward. The bull session was enjoyed al most as much as the supper. 
Ole Brer Rabbit had better go in hiding as plans are now under way for a rabbit stew, with hull sessions pitched in for good measure. 
Company A boasts one of the most family-like Company's in Georgia~ the nation. They have eleven sets of brothers. They are: 
Lts. Francis M. and William A. Holston; Lt. Wesley J. and PFC Bobby A. Miller; :Vl/Sgt Winfred A. 
and Cpl Ellis P. Cook; M/Sgt Ralph 
L. and Pvt Charles W. Harper; WSgt Carlton and Sgt Guy Thompson; SFC 
Farris L. and Cpl Melvin L. \lcCoy; Sgt Norhet and Cpl James C. Gil 
bert; Sgts Wilburn P. and Jack H. Hidgeway; Cpl Wilbur J. and PFC 
Wallace G. McWaters; Cpls Wilbur H. and Olin C. Singley; PFC James W. and Pvt Robert F. Moore. 
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G OFFICERS GET ATOMIC TRAINING 
 
The United States Army will give 
 
.uenIietsctoefd 
 
officers of major the Nfatwo nalG uard 
 
tactical 
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tr~mmg 
 
. tomic war are operatwns, 1t was 
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an unced by Major General Edgar C. 
&~c0kson, Chief of the National 
 
Guard I3ureau. eed for the specialized training 
 
was established during recent Army 
 
ercises, General Erickson said. 
 
Army Field Forces will conduct 
 
two types of special weapons train- 
 
iag courses to produce officers in 
 
command and s taff positions of a- 
 
tiona! Guard divis ions, separate reg- 
 
imental combat teams and armored 
 
cavalry regiments "capable of plan- 
 
ning and executing operations under 
 
conditions of atomic warfare." A one-week Special Weapons and 
 
Guided Missile Orientation . Course 
 
at The AAA and Guided Missile 
 
Branc h of The Artillery School at 
 
Fort Bliss, Texas , will orient the 
 
. ational Guard officers in the char- 
 
acteristics, effects and operational 
 
peculiarities of atomic weapons. 
 
Twenty-four one-week courses will he ava ilable to NG personnel at the 
 
'SS "NAT'L GUARD" AUTO TAGS SPOTLIGHT GA. GUARDSMEN 
 
Calendar year 1955 will find Georgia Guards men spotlighted in the public 
 
eye by the distinctive automobile license tags to be issue d to all eligible 
 
Guardsmen in Georgia. Provided at no extra cost to all 
members who apply through their commanding officers, the tags will be the standard size and identical to the one depicted on the cover this month except for the numerals. 
Guardsmen desiring complete informat ion on how to get their tags should c ontact their unit and ask to see State Dept. of Defense Circular No. 1, dated 22 September 1954. Payment should be made directly to your unit commanders who will con- 
 
solidate the funds and reimburse the State Dept. of Revenue. All applications should be for warded to the Revenue Dept. not later than 15 December. It is necessary that funds forwarded to the Revenue Dept. be in the form of one check or money order and should be the entire sum of the bulk applications. 
Individual fees a re based on the same car-weight classification a s regular licenses. H you are uncertain of your car weight, refer to your bill of sale or last year's applica- 
 
School during the current fiscal year tion to determine what your fee will 
 
be ginning on September 19. 
 
be. 
 
One eight-week course, beginning 
 
For your convenience, the follow- 
 
in early October, to train selected ing will serve as a guide: 
 
general staff level officers in the tactical employment and effects of atomic weapons will be given at the Command and General Staff College, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas. 
If warranted, a second eight-week course may be given at the College beginning in February, 1955. 
 
CLASS 
 
WEIGHT 
 
A 
 
1 to 2500 lbs 
 
D 
 
2501 to 3000 lbs 
 
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3001 to 3500 lbs 
 
J 
 
350 1 to 4000 lbs 
 
N 
 
4001 to 4500 lbs 
 
p 
 
4501 to 5000 lbs 
 
FEE 
$ 1.50 2.50 3.30 4.50 5.50 6.50 
 
AWARD PRESENTATIONS were featured at recent NG cere~nies honoring outstanding Georgia Guardsmen within the 
~"btd Infantry Regiment. At left, two awards were made at 
omaston 's Co K. The first was the Billy Andrews aword re~lved by Pfc James F. Hendricks as the Best Drilled Sold ier. .;_t Sfc William E. Simmons was selected to receive the Leon 
Neely award as the unit's Most Outstanding Soldier. At right, 
NO V, DEC 1954 
 
Lt. Col. James II. Allison, lst Bn C.O. and Capt. Lloyd C. 
Johnson, Co A Commander, make a sirnilar Leon McNeely award to Co A's outstanding soldier, Sgt Charles B. Smith. McNeely, a Thomaston jeweler in civilian life recently received his silver bar as lst Lt. in Co A ceremonies. The awards were gold 
wat ches. 
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1000 hours: Alert pilots Coleman and Compton being 1030 hours: Relaxing in the alert room, playing acey. briefed oninstrume ntlet-down procedures .by Major Smith. duecy, Captains Coleman and Hamilton wait for scramble, 
MDnEKH MlHUTEMEH DF THE All HATlDHAL GUA!D MAlHTAlH nAlLY GUAan DF SXlES ABOVE sAVAHHAB 
 
The minute man of the Revolutionary War wou ld be amazed at his present day counterpart who is guarding the skies of the United States. 
From the home of Savannah's !58th Fighter Bomber Squadron at Travis Field five modern minute men and their Thunderjets are ready at a moments notice to intercept and destroy, if necessary, any unidentified aircraft in this Southeastern area. Four of these five pilots are Savannah men, members of the l58th, and have volunteered for alert active duty. 
The present day minute men are volunteer citizen airmen of the Air National Guard. These modern guardians of the skies carry on the high ideals a nd traditions that characterized the first minute men. They differ only in the style of their uniuniform and type of weapons used. 
The Government of the United States and the armed forces recognized the need for a command primarily responsible for the defense of the United States. The Air Defense Command was organized, and , as a result, a chain of radar units have been placed around our country's 
 
perimeter. The radar units are on duty 24 hours a day, scanning the skies. H an unidentitied aircraft is spotted, its position is immediately relayed to a central control office. That office alerts the fighter squadron and a "scramble" buzzer is sounded. The pilots on alert scramble to a waiting "hot" plane. In a matter of minutes they are hurtling skyward hunting their prey. 
The pilot receives his specified course from the ground radar operator and is guided to the "bogey. " The ''bogey" is then identified and 
the mission ends. H the "bogey" 
should ever prove to be an enemy bomber, the fighter's guns would be charged and passes made on the aircraft until it was downed. 
Most of the pilots of the !58th are former Air Force and Navy pilots, veterans of combat missions in both World War II and the Korean conflict. They're directed by Major Donald H. Smith, the l58th commander, and Captain William A. Winburn, III, squadron operations officer. Captain Sheftall B. Coleman, Jr., Captain Phillips D. Hamilton, Lieutenant Arthur A. Manning, Captain William D. Compton, Atlanta, and Lieutenant Spencer A. Smith are the present 
 
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r 
1032 hours: Ready to taxi to ta ke-off 
alert pilots. Captain Compton is a member of the !28th Fighter Squad ron at Dobbins AFB. 
The people of Savannah and the surrounding areas may take pride in the fact that their own citiz en sol diers, in the !58th Fighter Bomber Squadron, are upholding the tradi tions and the spirit of the first min ute men who voluntarily left their farms, their businesses and private lives to defend their right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of hap piness. 
 
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NOV, DEC 19SA 
 
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1030 hours : Scramble signal has sounded and the alert pilots are on their way, racing to their "hot" F-84's. 
 
1030 ~ hours: Starting engine with crew chief, Captain Hamilton "revs up" f -35 General Electric engine with 
5600 pounds thrust at take-off. 
 
1033 hours: Airborne, recewmg intercept instructions, course and altitude, they're on their way to intercept the 
enemy. 
 
Captain Sheftall B. Coleman, Jr., World War II Ace, a !58th flight leader and a veteran of II year.s Air Force experience, relaxes with wife, Sarah, and three children. 
 
THE GRAPEVINE 
The LaGrange High School Football team attended the annual 
Thanksgiving Day classic in Atlanta-the Georgia Tech-Georgia freshman game -through the courtesy of the 48th Reconnaissance Company, At a recent drill, the officers and men volunteered to peel off 
IS.()() out of their quarterly pay 
checks to finance the event. The 
 
remainder of the money collected will be used by the generous Guardsmen to give a Christmas party for all children living in the vicinity of the company's new armory. 
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The Army Times reports that "the possibility that the National Guard's 48th Infantry Division will be converted to armor was rumored" around the Pentagon in early December. H a conversion of the Georgia-Florida 
 
Division should go through, the change would make the 48th the sixth divisional outfit in the Guard's armored group. There are four at the present time- California's 40th, Texas' 49th, New Jersey' s 50th and Tennessee's 30th. New York's 27th is slated to be converted next. The conversions and possible conversions reflect the Army's own trend toward making armor the center of gravity of the combat force, for which mobility is the keynote. 
 
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Miami Convention 
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Paul E. lnnecken, Lt. Col. William H. Kelly, Lt. Col. Andrew W. McKenna, Lt. Col. Donald E. Mees, Lt. Col. Creighton Rhodes, Lt. Col. Albert J, Twiggs, Lt. Col. F. N. Walker, Lt. Col. John Wallis, Lt. Col. Wesley D. Willingham, Maj. Robert Baird, Maj. Ralph Brown, Maj. Richard Carr, Maj. Paul Castleberry, Maj. Jack Conrad, Maj. Phillip Colman, Maj. Hiram J, Honea, Maj. Lee 0. Jones, Maj . Harry L. Matthews, Maj. William P. Ramsden, Maj. 
James E. Slaton, Maj. Thomas L. 
Weller, Maj . Rollins C. Snelling, Capt. Joseph R. Dyson, Capt. Richard H. Drollinger, Capt. Douglas Embry, Capt. Walter B. Garr, Capt. Raymond E. Grant, Capt. Marvin G. Hawkins, Capt. James H. Hulsey, Capt. Ben L. Kersey, Capt. J, E . McGowen, Capt. Hollis W. Pope, Capt. Woodrow Reeves, Capt. O'Dell J, Scruggs, Capt. John A. Suder, Jr., Capt. Linthal D. Turner, Capt. Issac S. Williams, Lt. Jack W. Bentley, Lt. Jack W. Bentley, Lt. John N. Bittick, Lt. James R. Hewell, Jr., Lt. Joseph E . Ingles by, Lt. Walter Meeks, Jr., Lt . John H. Roy, Lt. 
 
Camp Dates Set lor '55: Division Retur111 
To McClellan, AAA Brigade to Stewart 
Plans for the 1955 summe r encampments of the Army units of the Geor . 
Nationa l Guard were revealed in a meeting of five State Adjutants Gene~ 
and other National Guard officials at Third Army 4-5 November. Results of the confe renc e, attended by Major General George J. Hearn and 
Col. Charlie F. Camp, indicated the following: The 48th Infantry Division, Georgia-Flori~a National Guard, l~ss Georgia'a 
190th Tank Bn, 48th Reconn Co and the regmental tank compames will go to Ft. McClellan, Ala., for ma.neuvers 14-28-A ugust 1955. 
The 190th Tank Battalion, 48th Reconnaissance Company and Ta nk co,.. panies of the 121st and 122nd Infantry Regiments will go to Camp St ewart 24 Jul y -17 August. 
The l08th AAA Brigade and supporting units will train at Camp Stewart 3-17 July, accompanied by Hq and Hq Detachment and the 201st Ordnance Co mpany. 
Co B, 878th Aviation Engineer Bn will go to Camp Shelby, Miss ., Z0-24. July. 
Pre-camp Conferences will be held at Ft. McClellan on 8 January and at Camp Stewart on 22 January. 
 
Thomas J. Sellers, WO Leland A. 13ell, WO Herbert R. Bridges, WO 
James L. Deal, WO Robert L. Floyd, 
WO Dupree Hendrix, WO William T. Johnson, Jr., WO Neal M. Merritt, WO Heber M. Quinney, WO Herbert L. Ridgeway, WO D. C. Rhodes, WO Vandon L. Smith and WO William G. Tarrant. 
Wives who accompanied their husbands to Miami were: Mrs. Joseph B. 
 
Fraser, Mrs. Patrick E. Seawright, 
Mrs. B. M. Davey, Mrs. Charles L. Davis, Mrs. James C. Grizzard, Mrs. 
Philip A. Sykes, Mrs. Lee 0. Jones and Mrs. Vandon L. Smith. 
Drivers and crew chiefs in cluded 
M/Sgt Edward W. Ball, M/Sgt Mar- 
quis Metts, M/Sgt Aaron B. Robert, 
M/Sgt Woodrow E. Robert, M/Sgt Lamar J, Rose, T/Sgt Les lie W. 
Dushane and Sgt. L. C. Gilbert. 
 
202ND COMMUNICATIONS MAINTENANCE SQ REACHES TOP STRENGTH The 202nd Comm and Maint Sq, Ga. ANG, located at Cochran Field, Macon, recently reached its recruiting goal of 100% authorized strength of 94 airmen. Through the aggres si ve efforts of the unit commander, Major George E. Smith, and his Staff, all vacancie s have been filled with highly qualified personnel. Major Smith hos estab- 
lished a waiting list of qualified applicants for enlistment as vacancies occur. 
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MACON NG AUXILIARY ladies present Bibb County Polio chairman Le wi s Wil son with $445.80 they collec te d by sponsoring a square dance. Mrs. An drew McKenna, president of the Macon No tional Guard Auxiliary, and Mrs. Spencer Llorens, center, Auxiliary socia l chaif' man, handed over the money dur i.ng the emergency March of Dimes ca mpaign. Such a generous contribution by wives of Georgia National Guard personne I re fleets great credit upon our component. 
NOV, DE C 1954 
 
 THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN 
 
coMMANDER-IN-CHIEF OF GEORGIA NG 
 
FOR NEXT FOUR YEARS TO BE FORMER GUARDSMAN, AG, GOV. MARVIN GRIFFIN 
 
former Adjutant General and present Lieutenant Governor Jfarvin Griffin 
 
will be the Georgia National Guard's next Commander in Chief as Governor 
 
of Georgia. 
Governor ,\Jarvin Griffin will be inaugurated at the State Capitol in Atlanta 
 
sJ"~ue,wairyllllctehleabtrawtehitchhe 
 
time perhaps the largest parade in the history occasion. National Guard equipment, weapons, 
 
of the floats 
 
; troops and an Air National Guard jet fly over will make up a large portion 
 
of the parade. 
At the same time, former Adjutant General Ernest Vandiver will be sworn 
 
. as Lieutenant Governor of Georgia. Both Griffin and Vandiver won over"'helming victories in the September Democratic Primary. We are extremely 
 
fortunate in having these outstanding Georgians as our highest State officials in view of the (act they were both Adjutants General and have thorough 
 
imuwledge of the National Guard activities of our State. 
 
t The 
Chaplain's Corner 
 
By MAJOR HERMAN IHLEY 
950 AAA AW Bn 
 
COURAGE TO LOOK AHEAD 
Paul, who was influenced by the military life of the Roman Empire, wrote the Ephesian Christians: "Finally, my brethren, be strong in the Lord and in the power of his might Wherefore, take unto you the whole armor of God." If we follow his wide counsel, we wi II receive courage ond strength to look ahead. 
This looking ahead is related intimately with faith, hope, and love. It discovers its basis in all three. In fact it is impossible to have any of the three without courage. 
God-inspired courage lifts the soul from despair. It looks beyond the burdoned present to the victorious future. The clouds of grief are changed to high and holy resolves, weakness becomes a strength, compromises are transformed into convictions, cowardice merges into confidence, selfishness gives way to unselfishness. 
Members of the Georgia National Guard must exercise courage in the face of dangers now threatening our way of life -complacency, isolation, pagan communism, materialism, and false fronts designed to lull us into supposed security. The whole armor of God must be put on if we are to have the courage to match the challenge of this critic a I hour in world hi story. 
"Courage, brother! do not stumble, Though thy path be dark as night; There's a star to guide the humble: 
Trust in God and do right." 
 
Recruits May Get AD 
Recruits in the National Guard could voluntarily take eight we~ks of full-time basic training with the United States Army under a plan now being prepared, the Department of the Army announced. 
In order to speed up the progress of National Guard recruits towards trammg as specialists, i\ational Guard privates without previous basic training would be enrolled in an eight -week basic training school at Army training centers, according to :\1ajor General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau. Enrollment would be in the same manner as Guardsmen who now can take some 200 specialized courses lasting from three weeks to nine. months in the Army School System. Trainees would be entitled to full military pay while taking the basic training course. 
It is expected that the majority of National Guardsmen applying for the basic training school would be high school or college students who would attend during the summer months. 
General Erickson has requested the Adjutants General of the States and Territories to determine the approximate number of Guardsmen who would be likely to take the training during the period January l, 1955 through June 30, 1956, prior to submission of the proposed program to the De partme nt of the Army. If attendance requests warrant it, the program would be continued indefinitely. 
The Air National Guard already has a similar program. Air National Guard recruits may apply for a llweek basic training course with the United States Air Force. 
 
NOV, DEC 1954 
 
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 THE GEORGIA GUARDSM AN -- - -- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -- - - 
 
Requirements For Membership In THE CORONARY CLUB 
 
I. Your job comes first; personal 
considerations are secondary. 2. Go to the office evenings, Satur- 
days, Sundays and holidays. 3. Take the brief case home on the 
evenings when you do not go to the office. This provides an opportunity to review completely all the troubles and worries of the 
day. 4. Never say NO to a request ; al- 
ways say YES. 5. Accept all invitations to meetings, 
banquets, committees, etc. 6. Do not eat a restful, relaxing 
meal-always plan a conference 
for the meal hour. 7. Fishing and hunting are a waste 
of money-you never bring back enough fish or game to justify the 
ex pen se . 8. It is a poor policy to take all the 
vacation time which is provided 
for you. 9. Golf, bowling, pool , billiards, 
cards, gardening, etc., are a waste 
of time. 10. Never delegate responsibility to 
others--<:arry the entire load at 
all times. 11. If your work calls for traveling, 
work all day and drive all night to make your appointment for the 
next morning. -A. S. K ettunen 
 
GREENSBORO, GEORGIA has been allocated a new unit of the Georgia National Guard. Company C, 286th Infantry Bn. will be formed in Greensboro as soon as ade. 
quote facilities are available. Shown making arrangements for the formatio n of the new unit_ are, seated, Mr. J. B. Dolvin, Dr. H. A. Thornton, Col. Charlie Cam p, Mayor H. G. Baymes, and Lt. Col. William V. Crowley. Standing are Robert L. Bos wel l, Major 
Beverly Hayes, CWO Jos~ph G. Strange and E. G. Adams. The unit is expecte d to b. 
activated soon after the first of the year. 
 
Golfer (far Gff in the rGugh): "Say, caddy, why do you keep 
looking at your watch?" Caddy: " It isn't a watch, sir; 
it's a compass." 
 
11Well,  yov at raveillel" 
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TO TAKE SPECIALIST COURSE- Five Guardsmen of the 230th Field Art illery Bo.talion have reported to the Artillery School, Fort Sill, Okla., and Aberdee n Proving ing Grounds, Md., to attend enlisted specialist courses. Shown above are Cp ls. Bobbr R. Foxworth and Russell Neesmith, boarding a plane for the journey to the a rtillery radio maintenance class and artillery vehicle maintenance supervision cla ss, respec tively. The others were Cpl. William T. Smith, attending light artillery re pair class, 
Fort Sill; Cpl. Robert L. Browning, wheel vehicle repair course, Aberdee n, a nd Sgt. Mar ion T . Perterf ield, artillery survey supervision class, Fort Sill. (Chatham ArtillerY 
Photo) 
NOV, DEC 19Sf 
 
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Co H, l2l Rifle Team Retains Possession 0 1Williams Trophy 
 
The R. C. Williams Trophy for 
 
Rifle Marksmanship was awarded to 
 
the Rifle Team of Company H, 121st 
 
Infantry by Lt. Col. Hugh B. Brooks, 
 
Commanding Officer of Headquarters, 
 
2nd Battalion. The award was made 
 
at a formation of the five companies 
 
comprising the Second Battalion, 
 
which includes the cities of Way- 
 
TIONAL T ROPHY WINNERS of Hq Hq Co, 1st Bn, 121st Infantry Regim e nt, ..._.,dly disp lay their trophy and me dals they ha ve just received from Governo r ToiiiCidge at Ft. McClellan. Winners of the 1953 Na tio na l Guard Bureau 's Rifl e Mifksmanshi p Trophy, marking them as the best rifle tea m among NG uni ts in the 
-"" for 1953, they are, left to right, Capt. J . S. Schell , Commanding Offi ce r, SFC p,...k E. Watts, Sgt Marion Moore (who accepted the medal for SFC Elmer Griffi n), 
Cpl Harold Davenport, M/ Sgt D. R. Leverett and M/Sgt Dan Thurston. 
 
cross, Valdosta, and Thomasville, including two units from Brunswick 
Master Sergeant Albert D. Kersey was Captain of the team. Other members of the team were Sergeant First Class Paul T. Girtman, Sergeant First Class Roy L. Spores, Sergeant 
 
Gray Bonnets Plug 
 
such feats as, Georgia State and regimental Championship 1951, 1952, 
 
Malcolm E. Seckinger, and Cpl Jean R. Vinson. Sgt Quinton L. Slaughter 
 
TargetsRelentlessly 
 
1953;fifth high team in the 1952 National Guard Bureau match; first place te am in the 1953 National 
 
was alternate for the team. The teams members individual med- 
 
When the Grey Bonnets of the Guard Bureau match; first place in als and awards are numerous. Team 
 
12lst Infantry Regiment of the Geor- 
si National Guard are not fighting 
wars, cleaning up after tornadoes 
 
the Third Army Area 1953; defeating all other Guard teams in the NRA Southe as tern Regional 1952 in Jac k- 
 
member SFC Frank E. Watts was high scorer in the nation in the 1953 National Guard Bureau match and 
 
..vedamaged their city, or engaging s onville, F lorida; and matc hes he - 2nd Lt. Harold W. Carlisle was high 
 
ia routine activities in their unit, 
tHy are practicing marksmanship. This is no news to ma ny of us llo have been present when Hq & 
8q Co, 1st Bn, of Macon, was pre- 
 
twee n the Gray Bonnets and a picked team from the Florida Guards me n. 
 
scorer in the Georgia State Championship match the same year. 
 
nted with their medals and tro- 
 
..iea in the pas t few years. 
 
Evidently these troops do not 
 
iatend to re linquish their t itle as 
 
111811-bore rifle cha mpions of the 
Slate. As you may have gues sed by the vague hints contained in the 
 
tnt paragraphs, they have won the 
title for the fourth consecutive time 
 
2lat March. 
 
In the May edition of the National 
 
Guardsman it was reported that a 
 
Tennesse e Nationa l Guard unit has 
 
~on more rifle marksma nship awards ~ compe tition tha n any other Na- 
 
tional Guard company in the nation . 
 
1\e Gray Bonnets refute th is claim 
 
llld counter with the following fa cts : 
 
~laT,h.1e0 
 
Gray Bonnets troph ies and 
 
cla im 11 0 medfour cert ificates 
 
Vtctory. These awards represent 
 
MEMBERS OF TWO WINNING T EAMS, Fulton High School football team and the Georgia National Guard, show how they charged the opposition this season on the gridirons in the vicinity of Atlan ta. Lt. Bill Rauchenberg, right, watches five of his medics of the 122nd Infantry's Medical Compa ny as they prepared for a crucial game. On the li ne, le ft to right, are Pvt Richard Moore, Pfc Troy Jackson and Cpl Roy Jackson (twins), while in the backfield are Cpl Donald Harris and Pfc Dan McEachern. Appropriate ly for their opponents, these charging Guardsmen are members of the ambulance secti on of the1r platoon. For the first time in the school's history,they partici- 
pated in a championship game, winning the southside title. 
 
OV, DEC 1954 
 
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 THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN ------------------------~----------------------------------------- 
 
ORDNANCE TRO UBLE SHOOTERS-Guards men of At- FUSE SETTING and timing on the 90mm antiaircraft gun 
 
lanta's 20lst Ordnance Company at Camp Stewart for is the most delicate procedure for a gun crew. Here Lt. 
 
their annual summer maneuvers gather around a 90mrr gun Col. Albert!. Twiggs makes sure these members of his 
 
at the motor pool. Commanded by lst Lt. John Plunkett, 250th AAA Gun Bn know the technique. They are, le ft to 
 
far left, the highly trained technicians kept the complica- right, Pvt D. S. Culpepper, Sgt A. G. Hanks and T/ Sgt 
 
ted ack-ack guns and radar systems operating for the 
 
V. W. Hall. 
 
LOBth AAA Brigade, also on maneuvers. Officers to Lt. 
 
Plunkett's left are. Lt. fohn Bowers and WO Dan Lambert. 
 
MONITORING RADIO calls in his mobile communications truck at Camp Stewart, Major (then Captain} f ack Sauls, left, observes Lt. Thomas ]. O'Hayer and SFC William Shepherd and Cpl. Phillip Russell operate the sets. Major Sauls commands the l78th Operations Detachment 
from Savannah. 
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GROCERIES FOR GUARDSMEN-Members of Atlanta's 20lst Ord Co clean their supply room shelves of large portions of food to serve their hungry Guardsmen and also the officers and men of Hq & Hq Det, Ga. NG. They are, 
left to right, Sfc A. T. Wooten, East Point, Sgt ]ames H. 
Lampkin, Hapeville, and CWO Olin Gillespie, Atlanta, Mess Officer of the 20lst Ord Co. 
NOV, DEC 1954 
 
 R GUARD RADARMEN-On a platform high above 1.-is Field, Lt. Col. Creighton Rhodes, pointing com- 
..,Jer of the I 17th Aircraft Warning and Control Flight, cts maintenance work on a radar rotor. The I 17th, a 
$arlonnah unit of the Georgia Air National Guard, is a tillJl part of the nation's air defense. Others in the pic- 
A/3C John Turner, Statesboro, standing, and 
S/Sgt Roger Fields, Savannah. 
 
AIR GUARD PILOT RIDDLES TARGET-Capt. lack P ierce, left, of Atlanta, s hows Lt. George Dunbar his target sheet depicting the 93 hits he scored on a towed panel target 50 miles out in the Atlantic at an altitude of 20,000 feet. Flying an F-84 Thunderjet, Capt. Pierce made the 93 hits out of a total of 120 shots with the nose guns. His percentage was 77.5, the highest scored at 
Travis during the encampment. 
 
TION ENGINEERS of Co B, 878th Avn Engr Bn, ~tclrin National Guard, lubricate one of their DA Cata- 
 
tlaTe".raacntonrus ailn 
 
front of the Atlanta armory where maneuvers 13-27 June. They are, 
 
they left 
 
--'- Sgt Willis R. Sims, Sgt Horace C. Browning, SFC 
 
H. Peeples and SFC Ronald D. Kee. The unit is 
 
commanded by lst Lt. Robert D. Warren. 
 
TANKMEN of the Georgia National Guard's Tank concentration Site at Camp Stewart repair a driving sprocket on the range. Taking part in the repairing of the giant gear are, left to right, Capt. Harold Smith, Fitzgerald, SFC 
Will Davis, Hinesville, Sgt ! ames Ross, Eastman, Cpl William Wade, Eastman, and Sgt Homer Smith, Hinesville. 
 
 Ga . Guardsmen Look Good--Swinging Guns, Partners or Am,.~ 
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AS THE THUNDERING 90mm guns of the 108th AAA Brigade, above belch forth their lethal punch in the early morning light a t Camp Stewart, we include a scene of these same Brigade Guardsmen at left as they set their sights on something besides RCATS. The dance , sponsored by Chap Ia in lhley 's 
 
Special Service, proved that these AAA gunners can traverst across the dance floor as smoothly as they guide the ir ack-ack guns when tracking a target. At right tanks of the 190th Tank Battalion, also on maneuvers at Camp Stewart, load up witll stacks of 75mm ammunition before firing near Glisson' s P