The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 6, no. 2 (Mar., Apr. 1956)]

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GEORGIA WELCOMES
THE ADJUTANTS GENERAL ASSOCIATION OF THE UNITED STATES
Je(Jrgia, land (Jj (Jilt iJdight, Jlaven (Jj the blest, Jlere blf happlf dalf and night Peace entht(JJtes the breast. ve(Jrgia, Je(Jrgia dearest earth Underneath the blue, Clime that ever giveth birth '"((} the brave and true.
Roberl Loveman

THE

ADJUTANT

GENERAL'S

GOVERNOR MARVIN GR IFFIN

MESSAGE

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE J. HEA RN

Fellow Guardsme n:
This month we are privileged to have the Adjutants General Association of the United States hold its annual conference in Georgia for the first time .
To be convened at the Bon Air Hotel in Augusta 23 April, the 3-day meeting will mark only the third time these military leaders have selected to hold their yearly deliberations outside Washington, D. C.
As host State for the occasion, Georgia welcomes the distinguished visitors who represent the other 47 States, Hawaii, Alaska, Puerto Rico and the District of Columbia.
Major General Charles R. Fox, Adjutant General of West Virginia, is President of the Adjutants General Association. Ge neral Fox, a veteran of the 14th Air Force, has served as association president for the last three years.
The fact that this important co nference is being held in Georgia is indicative of the increased promin enc e of our State in the na,tional spotlight. With the recent establishment of Fort Gordon and Fort Stewart as permanentArmy installations, Georgia's importance as a military stronghold is in its ascendency.
General Fox has invite d a distinguished array of nationallyknown military leaders to address his association. The remarks th e se officers make will fo cus the attention of the Nation upon the Adjutants General Association and its temporary Georgia locale.
Therefore, as Adjutant General of Georgia, I would like to welcome my fellow Adjutants General to our State on behal f of our entire Army and Air Nationa l Guard. May their visit be a pleasant and profitable one.

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BgeGene Homer Flynn
Federally Recognized
Brigadier General Homer Flynn, Asst. Adjutant General of Georgia for Air, has received Federal Recognition in his rank. In a telegram from the Deputy Chief of Staff, Personnel Hqs, USAF, Gen. Flynn received this message: THE SECRETARY OF THE AIR FORCE DIRECTS l\IE TO INFORM YOU THAT THE PRESIDENT HAS THIS DATE NOMINATED YOU FOR APPOINTMENT AS A RESERVE OFFICER IN THE UNITED STATES AIR FORCE IN THE GRADE OF BRIGADIER GENERAL. MAY I ADD MY CONGRATULATIONS TO THOSE OF THE SECRETARY AND THE CHIEF OF STAFF.
General Flynn's federal rank became effective 5 December 1955.
General Flynn also received the following message from General Nathan Twining, Chief of Staff, U.S.

Brig. Gen. Homer Flynn
Air Force: "I wish to take this opportunity
to pass to you my personal congratlations on your recent promotion and to wish you continued success in your endeavors."

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Georgia's welcome salute to the Acllutants General Is depicted as a tribute to the association of officers who selected our State for the site of their 1956 convention. Story and ltlographical sketches begin on page
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MARCH, APRIL 1956

THIRTY-SIX additional paid drills for the 51 combat wings of the Aii National Guard and the Air Reserve will be authorized, probably quite soon. With 48 drills now authorized, this would bring the total numbeT of paid flying drills for these components to 84 per year, in addition to the regular 15 days' Summer training.
Approval of the plan to add the additional 36 drills was given by Assistant Defense Secretary Carter L. Burgess, in charge of Manpower, Personnel and Reserves.
The approval is contingent on the funds for such drills coming out of the money now available to the reserve components. The Air Staff is now studying the project and it is expected will shortly come up with a plan for the funding, after which actual orders for the extra drills will be issued.
PERTINENT PARAGRAPHS Army-Nav.y-Air Force I ournal
31 March 1956
Hurry-up issue of Army Greens is being discussed at the Capitol. Under the present schedule, Army men are authorized to wear the new uniform offduty, if they buy it themselves, beginning next September. First issues are not scheduled until September 1957, and then only on a one-for-each-man b.asis. Conversion to the new uniform will not be completed until September 1959.
Hitchhikers on Military Aircraft will not be able to collect travel allowances in the future. The nou: defunct Hoover Commission brought up the issue last summer when it reported that some Servicemen were being paid travel allowances and then hitching rides on military aircraft and pocketing the travel money. The Pentagon has taken the position that the six-cent-a-mile travel allowance shall not be paid when the Government furnishes transportation in kind on a Government plane either on a space-available basis or otherwise.

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ADJUTANTS GENERAL ASSN. U.S. SELECTS AUGUSTA FOR '56 MEET

Nationally-known Defense Officials To Join 52 AG's at Bon Air Hotel

Augusta will take on a new luster April 23-25 when a star-spangled arra y

of our Nation's military leaders descends upon our Georgia ci ty for th e an-

nual conference of the Adjutants General Association of the United States .

Major General Charles H. Fox, Adjutant General of West Virginia and president of the association, will head the contingent of Adjutants General from the 48 States, District of Columbia, llawaii, Alaska and Puerto Hico.
The occasion will mark the first time this association of National Guard officials has chosen Georgia for the location of their annual meeting and is only the third time they have met outside Washington, D. C. The three previous conferences were held in White Sui phur

of Au gusta, fashion show, luncheon and bridge parties for wives of some of the delegates. For the Adjutants General, he has prepared gift packages of products manufactured in Georgia . One of the highli ghts of the conference wilt be the an nua l State Dinner, Tuesday evening, April 24th. Governor Marvin Griffin will be the dinner speaker.
Located conveniently between the famous Aug usta National Golf Club, vacation home of Preside nt Eisenhower and scene of the Mas-

Springs , W. Virginia, in 1953, Sante

Fe, Ne w Mexico, in 1954 and again

Washington in 1955.

Major General George J. Hearn,

Adjutant General of Georgia, will

be hos t for the three-day event.

General Hearn has arranged a tour

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ters tournament, and downto wn Augusta, the l3o n Air llotel will be the site of the deliberations of th e Adjutants General. Afte r t he firs t day's mee ting on Monday, there will be a rece ption and dance for the delegation a nd guests.
Among the high-ranking defe nse and military officials scheduled to be speakers during the confere nce will be Major General Lewis B. Hershey, National Director of Selec ti ve Service; Honorable Reu ben B. Robertson, Jr., Deputy Secretary of De fense; Honorable Carter L. Burgess, Assistant Secretary of Defense for Manpower, P ersonnel and Reserve; General Williston 13. Palmer, Vice Chief of Staff, United States Army; Lieutenant General Charles B. Stone, III, Command ing Ge neral, Continental Air Command, Uni ted States Air Force; Major General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau; Major Gen era! Winston P. Wilson, Deputy Chie f, National Guard Bureau; Ma jor General Donald W. McGowan, Chief, Army Division, National Guard Bureau; and Brig. General James B. Burwell, Deputy for Operations for the Continenta l Air Command.
Officers invited to attend as guests include Major General Guy S. Meloy, Jr., Chief of Information and Education, Office of the Army Chi.ef of Staff; Major General Ph ilip
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MAJ. GEN. CHARLES It FOX
President, Adjutants General Assn. of United States

~lajor General Charles R. Fox, President, Adjutants GeneralsAssociation of the United States for the
nited States for the last three years, has been Adjutant General of West Virginia for the past 10
years. When he was appointed Adjutant
General, he became the first Air Force officer to lead a State's mil-
itary forces in this capacity, and became one of the nation's youngest men to hold that high office.
General Fox rose from the rank of private to that of commanding general of the National Guard organization he joined in 1930. He reorganized the West Virginia National Guard in 1946.
Sixteen months of General Fox's waratime service were spent in China where, as executive A-3 of the 14th Air Force, he served as principal staff officer under Major General Claire L. Chennault of the famed Flying Tigers. In this capacity he planned combat missions and directed the training of American and Chinese Air Force personnel.
His service has been continuou& in the active National Guard since the date of his enlistment on September 23, 1930. He was called to ~clive duty with the l50th Infantry In January 1941 and served with this unit at Camp Shelby, Miss., until December of that year when he left to attend flying school at Brooks Field, Texas. He was graduated as an aircraft observer.
He served as staff officer at

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HEUBEN B. ROBERTSON, JH.
Deputy Secretary of Defense
l'vlr. Robertson was nominated to be Deputy Secretary of Defense by President Eisenhower on July 12, 1955, confirmed by the Senate July 22nd and sworn into office August 5, 1955.
Born in Ashe ville, N. C., he attended Asheville elementary schools and graduated from Yale University and Sheffield Scientific School where he graduated in 1930 with a 13. S. degree in Chemical Engineering.
Joining the Champion Paper and Fibre Company in 1930, he rose to President and Member of the Board of Directors by 1950.
In 1942, Mr. aobertson was called to Washington, D. C. to serve on the \V ar Production Board. Commissioned a Captain in the Army in 1943, he served as control officer for ~he Fourth Service Command in Atlanta, and, after a tour with headquarters, Army Service Forces in Washington, D. C., returned to Atlanta as Direc-
Headquarters, Third Air Support Command in Birmingham, Ala., until his assignment to the Flying Tiger outfit.
Upon his return to the United States, he was assigned to duty with the Assistant Chief of Air Staff planning board in Washington, D. C., where he was the monitoring officer for Chinese Air Force programs.
Gener.tl Fox was appointed Adjutant General of West Virginia in October, 1946, by former Governor Clarence W. Meadows, reappointed to the post in 1949 by former Governor Okey L. Patterson, and again appointed in 1953 by Governor William C. Marland.
General Fox is also a member of the executive council of the National Guard Association of the Unted States.

tor of Operations Division Fourth Service Command Heclamation Center with the rank of Lt. Colonel.
In 1950 he was appointed by the President to the Wage Stabilization Board, and in 1953 he became ViceChairman of the Business Advisory Council to the Secretary of Commerce. He was leader of a team of businessmen appointed by President Eisenhower and Director of Mutual Security, Harold E. Stassen, to evaluate our Mutual Security Program in Germany. More recently, he has been Vice-Chairman of the Committee on Business Organization of the Department of Defense.
MAJ. GEN. LEWIS B. HERSHEY Director of Selective Service
General Hershey was born in Indiana in 1893. Enlisting as a private in the Indiana National Guard in 1911; he began the military career which saw him rise steadily through the ranks to National Director of Selective Service.
As an officer during World War I, he served in the AEF. In 1920 he was commissioned in the Regular Army as an artillery officer.
General Hershey's connection with Selective Service began in 1936 when he became Secretary and Executive Officer of the joint Army and Navy Sel Svc Committee, charged
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GENERAL HERSHEY with studyin g and plannin g for manpower procurement in the event of a national emergency.
The committee, composed of some 100 Heserve Officers, drew up a plan for a National headquarters as well as for State Headquarters. Under General l!ershey's guidance, the Selective Service was a smoothfunctioning or ganization by the time the nationwide draft system was inaugurated September 16, 1940. Under the direction of General Jlershey, more than 16 million men were registered on Oct 16th of that year.
The System was credited with the induction of 16 million men before the act expired in 1947. The boards had registered and classified more than 40 million men, including as high as 406,000 men a month through its 6442 boards.
Shortly after the Selective Service Law expired, President Truman saw the necessity of some form of compulsory enlistment and called for reenactment of the Iaw which Congress subsequently passed June 24, 1948. General Hershey again was appointed Director.
General Hershey is a graduate of the Cort1mand and General Staff School and the Army War College.
He was awarded the Distinguished Service Medal January 21, 1946 by President Truman and received the Navy DSM on May 3rd of that year.
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GENERAL WILLISTO N 13. P ALMEH VICE CHIEF OF STAFF, UNITED STATES ARMY
General Palmer, in his position as Vice Chief of Staff of the Army, is a four-star general. Born in Chicago, he graduated from the U.S. Military Academy in 1919, the Command and General Staff School in 1937 and the Army War College in 1939.
During World War II, he was Commanding General of the VII Corps Artillery in the Normandy invasion, the capture of Cherbourg, the St. Lo breakthrough, the battles at Mortain, Mons, Liege, Aachen and Cologne; also in the Battle of the Dulge, the encirclement of the Hhur and the drive across Germany to the Elbe iUver.
In 1946, he founded the Army Information School at Carlisi e 13arracks, Pa. He was Director of Logistics for the European Command in 1949.
In November 1949, he took command of the 82nd Airborne Division at Ft. Bragg, N.C. and a year later switched to command the 2nd Armored Division at Fort Hood, Texas. He took the 2nd Armored Division to Germany in July 1951, then was
LT. GEN. CHARLES B. STONE C/G, Continental Air Command
General Stone was born in Fort McPherson, Georgia, in 1904 and graduated from the United States Military Academy June 14, 1927.
lle was ordered to Fort Sam Houston, Texas for duty with the Ninth Infantry later that year. Thereafter, he attended Air Corps flying schools at Brooks and Kelly Fields in Texas, graduating in March, 1930.
General Stone's next assignment was with the 11th 13omb Sq at Rockwell Field, Calif. Tours of duty with the Air CorpsTechnical School, 64th Service Sq and 31st Domb Sq followed. g_is career as a pilot included duty at llamilton Field, Calif., as operations and engineering officer; commander of the 70th Service

transferred to Korea in December as Commanding General X Corps.
In December 1952, General Palmer be came the Assistant Chief of Staff, G4, for the Army and on September 13, 1954, became the first Deputy Chief of Staff for Logistics. He attained his present position on 1 May 1955.
General Palmer has been awarded the Distinguished Service Medal twice, the Legion of Merit, the Silver Star, the Bronze Star Medal and the Air Medal. His brother is Lt. General Charles D. Palmer.
Squadron there and as Army airmail pilot at Oakland, Calif.
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GEH ERAL STONE

General Stone served at Luke
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Field as chief of the Su pp Iy Branch f the Air Service Command. In

February 1943, he served with Headquarters, Army Air Force~, until he

was assigned to the Chma-Burma-

India theater. In January 1944, General Stone

was chief of staff of the Eastern Air

Command, under General Strate meyer,

and went to China from Burma in

june 1945 to organize the new AAF

Jlq there. In August of that year he

became commanding general of the

14th Air Force until the Flying Ti-

gers' deactivation in December 1945.

In February 1946, he commanded

the 2nd AF at Colorado Springs after which he became deputy commander and chief of staff of the Air Defense Command, Mitchell AFB, N.Y. In Oct. 1947 he was named Director of Maintenance and Supply at WrightPatterson AFB. In 1950 he became associated with the Office of the Deputy Chief of Staff for Material, becomin g special asst. to the Deputy C/S, Comptroller in July, 1951. On July 28th, he was appointed Deputy, C/S, Comptroller, of the Air Force.
He has become Continental Air Commander in recent months upon the retirement of Lt. Gen. Johnson.
General Stone holds the Distinguished Service Medal, Legion of Merit, Distinguished Flying Cross, Bronze Star Medal with Oak Leaf Cluster and Army Commendation B.ibbon. He has received several foreign decorations and is rated a Command Pilot. He was former director of the Air Force Aid Society.

this special assignment with the Chinese Nationalist Forces, General Erickson was awarded the Legion of Merit, the Bronze Star Medal, and in addition he was honored by the National Government of the Republic of China.
Up on his return from overseas in 1946, General Erickson received a special assignment as Board -Member of the Army Discharge Review Board in St. Louis, Missouri, and in 1947 was assigned to the National Guard Bureau. From September 1950 to October 1951, he was Acting Chief, Army Division of the National Guard Bureau. He was appointed Chief of the National Guard Bureau in June 1953.

MAJ. GEN. EDGAR C. ERICKSON, Chief, National Guard Bureau
Major General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau, was born at Worcester, Massachusetts, July 18, 1896. General Erickso? began his military career as a Pnvate in the National Guard in April 1914, enlisting in Company "H" of the 2nd Massachusetts InInfantry. He progressed through all
MARCH, APRIL 1956

enlisted ranks before the United States entered World War I and was commissioned a Second Lieutenant of Infantry in 1917, receiving his promotion to First Lieutenant in 1918.
General Erickson rose to the rank of Brigadier General and Comma.nder of the 52nd Infantry Brigade prior to his appointment as the Adjutant General of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, an office he held from January 1939 to June 1942. From this office he accepted a demotion to the rank of Colonel to go on active military duty in World War II with the Infantry.
A certificate of Merit from the President of the United States was received by General Erickson for service as State Director, Selective Service for Massachusetts from September 1940 to June 30, 1942.
General Erickson saw service in the Mexican Border Campaign in 1916, and in World War I he served with the 26th Infantry Division in France during 1917 and 1918. During World War II, he served in combat and in various other capacities with the Chinese Army in the Chinese Combat Command. In recognition of his outstanding service in

MAJOR GEN. WINSTON P. WILSON Deputy Chief, National Guard Bureau
A veteran National Guardsman since May 1929, General Wilson was born in Arkadelphia, Arkansas ll Nov 1911. His initial service was as an airplane mechanic with the 154th Observation Squadron, Arkansas National Guard. After graduation from Hendrix College, General Wilson pursued flight training and received his CAA pilot's license in 1936 and commercial license in 1940.
That year, in July, he was commissioned 2nd Lieutenant and rated
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GENERAL WILSON
an Aircraft Observer after completing a 9-month cadet course. In September of 1941 he was promoted to 1st Lt. in the Air Corps. After Pearl Harbor, he left Ft. Sill, Oklahoma with the 154th Obs Sq and moved to Eglin Field, Fla., where he particpated in anti-submarine patrols until Feb 1942.
Later he was assigned to Hq, Army Air Corps in Washington, where he was rated a service pilot in May 1943. That year he was named Chief, Tactical Reconnaissance Branch, AAF, and promoted to Major.
In 1944 and 1955, General Wilson served as Commander, 16th Photo Recon Sqdn, which prepared maps of South America, Alaska and the U.S.; Liaison Officer, Far East Air Forces; as a Lt. Col. he became Asst. Air Photo Off, Hq, FEAF, stationed in the Philippines; and on 1 January 1956 he was made Chief,
MAJ. GEN. DONALD W. McGOWAN CHIEF, ARMY DIVISION, NGB
General McGowan, Commanding General of the New Jersey National Guard's 50th Infantry Division, assumed the duties as Chief, Army Division, NGB, on 1 November 1955, succeeding Maj. Gen. William H. Abendroth.
General McGowan commanded the 102nd (Essex Troop) Cavalry Regiment for three and one-half years in World War II, leading it in the D-Day assault on the Normandy beachhead. He served as provost marshal, Normandy Base ~tion, from September 1944, until he returned to this country in September 1945.
On separation from active service he resumed his pre-war duties as Deputy Adjutant General of the New Jersey National Guard. He was assigned to organize and command Combat Command ''B" of the 50th Armored Division in October, 1946, and two years later was made Division commander.
General McGowan began his military career by enlisting in the New Jersey National Guard in 1916 and

Recon Unit, A-3 PACOUSA, with split Hq in Tokyo and Manila.
Separated from federal service in July 1946, Genera l Wilson rejoined the Arkansas Air National Guard and served with the 154th Fi ghter Squadron as Air Operations and Training Officer.
Ordered to active duty with the National Guard Bureau 25 Sept 1950, General Wilson was promoted. to Colonel in May 1951 and on 1 July 1953 became Chief, Air Force Division, NGl3. Federal recognition as a Brig. Gen. was effective 21 January 1954, and on 3 May 1955 he became a Major General simultaneously with his promotion to Deputy 01ief, NGl3.
Geperal Wilson has approximately 3,000 hours military flyin g time and is rated as a Senior Pilot. His combat and service awards include the Philippine Liberation, Asiatic-Pacific and American Defense Ribbons with one bronze star each, and the Japanese Occupation Ribbon.
served for six months in the Mexican Border Campaign. In World War I he went overseas with the ll4th Regiment, 29th Infantry Division, and saw action in the Meuse-Argonne Campaign.
General McGowan, a native ot Orange, New Jersey, is sec of National Guard Association, and vice president of the United States Armor Association.

BRIG. GE N. JAMES B. BURWELL DEPUTY FOil OPERATIONS
CONTINENTAL AIR COMMAND

General Burwell, who was appointed to his present position in December, 1950, was born in Tarboro,N.C.in 1902. He attended high school in Charlotte, N.C., after which he entered the U.S. Military Academy from which he graduated in June 1926.

Awarded his wings at Kelly Field,

Texas, in July, 1927, he was as-

signed to the 43rd School Sqdn at

that base and later was transferre d

to the 3rd Pursuit Sqdn at Clark

Field, P.I.

Shortly after the outbreak of World

War II, the General assumed com-

mand of the AAF Navigatipn School

at Hondo, Texas, in April, 1942.

Three months later, General Burwell

was appointed chief of the AAF

13 ranch of the G-3 Division, War De-

partment General Staff, where he re-

mained until March, 1945, when he

was assigned es chief of plans an d

c hief of staff for the Army Air For-

ces in the Mediterranean Theater.

Returning to the States in January

1946, he joined the faculty of th e

Air University at Maxwell Field and

subsequently became Asst. Com-

mandant and Chief of the Organiza-

tional Division of the Air Command

and Staff School.

Prior to as-

suming his present duties, he was

commander of the 30th Air Division

at Selfridge AFB.

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World-famed Third Army conti.nues Role
Of Leadership Under Lt Gen T.F. Hickey

THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

Com&at Record Under Gen. Patton Matched &y Efficiency in Training

The story of the Third Army of the United States is one that revolves

around three important factors in its history: 1- its combat and occupation

duty on foreign soil, 2- its colorful and capable commanding generals and

3 _the headquarters of its domain.

Gaining world-wide fame under Day stood triumphant on the soil of

the leadership of Lt. General George Czechoslovakia and Austria. The

S. Patton when he swept through Third bowled through so fast that it

Germany in the latter stages of World frequently ran off its operation maps.

War II, the Third Army has continued to embellish the annals of our mili-

l'he rlrive took 281 days, more than a million and a quarter German

tary lore with outstanding accom- prisoners, 81,000 square miles of

plishments in occupational and train- enemy territory, 12,000 enemy cities

ing functions.

and towns. But it hadn't come eas-

\Vi th present headquarters at Ft. ily. Third Army casualties were

McPherson, Georgia, the Third Army 160,692. Its men won 19 Congres-

is now under the command of Lt. sional Medals of Honor, 291 Distin-

General Thomas F. Hickey.

guished Service Crosses, 4, 990

Third was activated at Chaumont, Silver Stars -all awarded for excep-

France, 7 November 1918, under Ma- tional gallantry in action.

jor General Joseph T. Dickman. Fol-

During the war, a total of 40 U.S.,

lowing the surrender of the German and 1 foreign, Divisions were as-

Army it was assigned . to occupa- signed to Third Army for varying

tional duty on the Rhine.

periods.

The Third Army reverted to an in-

After the war, the Third reverted

active status in July 1919 but was to its original role, an occupational

reactivated on 9 August 1932 as a force in Germany, under Generals

part of this country's National De- Patton, Truscott, Keys and Harmon.

fense Plan.

In February, 1947, the Third Army

In early 1944 the Third moved to returned to its southern home in At-

the European Theatre of Operations lanta under Lt. Gen. 0. W. Griswold,

where it was met (in England) by its where it became operational at Fort

new commander, Lt. Gen. George S. McPherson. Lt. Generals Alvan C.

Patton, Jr.

Gillem, Jr., John R. Hodge and A.

. The Third's World War II baptism R. Bolling became the next comman-

1D battle carne in August, 1944, when ders.

it met the Nazi war machine at Av-

Today Third Army 1s commanded

ranches, burst the enemy line at St. by Lt. Gen. Thomas F. Hickey,

Lo and began its "end-run" across combat veteran of three wars- in

Eastern Europe.

Europe, the Pacific and Korea,

. Led by Patton's armored columns, where he was commanding general

It swept the entire Brittany Penin- of the IX Corps during the latter

sula and opened its ports, bridged the s.e~ne, liberated Metz, fought a

stages of the conflict. Today Third Army, with the lar-

magndtcent action in the "Jattle of gest military population of all con-

the Bulge," ruptured the Moselle- tinental armies, is headquarters

Saar Triangle, stormed across the to : Fort Benning, Georgia, 'cnown

llhine, seizeq Frankfurt and on VE as America's "most complete Army

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LT. GEN THOMAS F. HICKEY Commanding General, 3rd Army
post" with the Army's Infantry School, Infantry OCS and the Third Infantry Division; Fort Bragg, North Carolina, with headquarters of the XVIII Airborne Corps, the 82d Airborne Corps, the 82d Airborne Division, the 1st and 2d Logistical Commands and the Psychological Warfare Center; Fort Campbell, Kentucky, with the ll th Airborne Division; Fort Gordon, Georgia, housing a Rehabilitation Training Center and Disciplinary Barracks, Signal Training Center, Provost Marshal General Training Center and MP School; Fort Jackson, South Carolina, a site for the combat training of personnel under ~he Reserve Forces Act of 1955, and .)ne of the Army's largest combat Infantry Basic Training Centers; Fort McClellan, Alabama, with the Chemical Training Command and the Women's Army Corps Center; Fort Rucker, Alabama, home of the Army Aviation School; and Fort Stewart, Georgia, with the Third Army Antiaircraft Artillery and Tank Training Centers; 7 military districts; 23 Class II and III installations and 6S ROTC units (not including 36 other schools where military training is conducted).
The Army, composed of the 7 southeastern states of Alabama,
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Georgia, Mississippi, \f orth Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Florida and Fort Campbe II, Kentucky, covers more than 918,000 acres (an area greater than th e state of !thode Island). Its roads, runways and surfaced area mor e th a n equal a 4-lane highway from Atlanta to Los Angeles.
The Third U.S. Army, a major factor in America's defense picture and char ge d with a peacetime role of trainin g troops to fulfill the country's Na tional Defense miss ion, might as we II be called "one of th e South's leading industries."

LT. GE: N. TliO\lAS F.IIICK E Y, USA Commandin g Ge neral, Third Army
Biographical Sketch
'ihom as Francis llickey was born in South Uos ton, ~lassach usetts, April l, 1898. : :e enlisted as a priva te in th e 21st Rec ruitin g Company of the General Service Infantry in July, 1916, a nd was promoted to private first class and corporal. On November 27, 1917, he was commissioned a second lieutenant in the Cavalry Heserve and assigned to active duty.l!e received his Regular commission as a second lieutenant of Infantry July l, 1920, and was promoted to first lieutenant the same date.
In Janu ary, 1918, General Hicke y was assi gned to the 27th Division in France and went into combat with it on the 13ritish Front. lie was transferred to the 34lst Machine Gun Jattalion of the 89th Division, with which he fou ght in the Lucey Sector, St. Mihiel Offensive, Eudezin Sector, and the Meuse-Argone Offensive. After the Armistice, he was transferred to the Seventh Machine Gun Battalion of the American Forces in Germany. In February, 1921, he was assigned to the 23rd Infantry at Camp Travis, Texas.
General Hie key was transferred from the Infantry to the Field Artillery July 13, 1922, and that same month joined the 15th Field Artillery at Camp Travis. In September, 1924, he was transferred to the Second Field Artillery i3rigade at Fort Sam
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THIRD ARMY'S 24 op erational years are spanned on a scene showing the Third's armored units bowling through a burning German town in 1945. Maj. Gen. Joseph T. Dickman (lowe r le ft) was the Third's first commander in Germany in 191 9; Gen. GeorgeS . Patton,Jr., (ce nter) was its World War ll l eader in th e E uropean T heater; Lt. Ge n. Thomas F. Hickey (upper right) is its pres ent commanding ge neral. In the upper le ft is the Third Army flag and
in th e low e r right, th e well-k nown Third Army patch. (U.S. Army Photo)

Houston, Texas. A year later he entered th e Fie ld Artill ery School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. Upo n comp leti on of th e battery officers' co urse there in June, 1926, he became assistant secreta ry of th e sc hoo l and in July, 1928, he was appointed se~ retary.
In Jun e, 1929, General Hickey was assigned to Salem, Massachusetts, as a Fede ral instructor with the 102nd Field Artillery of the Massachusetts ationa l Guard. In May, 1933, he was' assigned to Civilian Conserva tion Corps duty at Fort Devens, \'lassachusetts. In :\ ovember, 1933, he res umed his duties as an instructor with the Massachusetts ational Guard. In October, 1934, he join ed th e Sixth Field Artillery a t Fort Hoyle, Maryland.
General "ilic key entered th e Command and General Staff Sc hool at Fort Leavenworth, Kans as , in August, 1937, a nd upon graduation in June, 1938 , bec a me post exchan ge officer at Fort ~ly er, Virginia. In

July, 1939, he was assigned to th e 16th Field Artillery at Fort :Vlyer. The followin g October he was transferred to the F ifth Division, with whic h he served fl t Fort McClellan, Alabama; Fort De nnin g, Georgia; Camp 3eaure gard, Louisiana; Fort Benjamin ll arrison, Indiana, and Shamrock, Wisconsin. While with the Fifth Division, he served successively as assistant G-3 and as
G-3.
In November, 1940, General Hickey became an instructor at the Command and General Staff School. In February, 1942, he was appointed assistant chief of staff operations, II Army Corps, Jacksonville, Florida. lie became chief of staff of the XI Corps, Chicago, Illinois, in July 1942. lie was named artillery commander, 42 nd Infantry Division, Camp Gruber, Oklahoma, in April 1943, and in September 1943, became artillery commander of the X Corps at that station. General Hickey went to the Southwest Pacific area with the X Corps in July 1944,
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becomin g chief of staff a month later, and partie ipatin g in th e Leyte campai gn. In January 19~5, he was amed artillery commander of the ;1st Infan tr y Division, with which he fou ght a t .\lorotal a nd durin g the
Wndanao ca mpaign. ' In Octobe r 1945 , General Hickey was appointed Deputy Director of Personne l, Army Service Forces. A year later he was assigned to Vienna , Austria, as chief of staff of U.S. Forces there.
In Au gus t, 1950, General i!ickey en ter ed the Infa ntry Center, Fort :Jennin g, Georgia, to take the basic a irborne course. Upon completing the course two months later, he as sumed command of the 82nd Airborne Uivision, Fort i3ra gg, North Carolina . In l<ebruary 1952, he was named comma nding ge neral of the XVIII Airborne Corps at Fort J ragg.

l-Ie became commanding general of the IX Corps in Korea in August 1953. The followin g Janua ry he was appointed deputy commanding genera l of U.S. Forces in th e Far East.
In Novembe r 1954, General Hickey was designated the comma ndi ng general IX Corps in J a pa n.
In June 1955 Gene ral l-1 ic key was appointed acting commandin g general of U.S. Army Forces, Far Eas t and E ighth Army. L a ter that month he was appointed commanding gene ral of the Third Army a t Fort McPherson, Georgia, with effective date August 1, 1955.
Ge neral !i icke y has been awarded the Distin guished Se rvic e Medal, the Silver Star, the Le gion of Me rit, the Air Me dal, the Army Commendation Hibbon, the Purple Heart, a nd the French Order of Palms.

Tli!RD ARMY INS IGNIA
This wide ly known shoulder patch, which was worn by troops of the Third Army, under the c ommand of General George S. Patton, on its drive ac ros s Wes tern Europe in World iVar /1, is de rived from the mission to which the Third Army was originally assigned in World War I. The w hite "A" on a blue background, circled by a red " 0," stands for Arm y of Occupation. The Third Army held th e U. S. Zone on the l<.hine in Germany after the Armistice was signed on Novembe r
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Patton Hall, Third Army Headquarters

The st ory of the Third Army would not be complete without reference to its headquarters, Ft. Mc Pherson, a permanent post of the United States Army situated four miles southwest of Atlanta on Highway 29.
Fort McPherson was first established in 1867 on the present site ?Spelman College, a famous negro Institution in the South. After the War Between the States, the Third Military District was established i? Atl a nta to enforce Union regulations upon the conquered citizens.

In 1867, a camp was built on the site to house a ten-company garrison of infantry and cavalry. This camp was named McPherson Barracks in honor of General Birdseye McPherson, a Union commander killed in the famous Battle of Atlanta.
In 1889, buildings were erec ted a nd the post was occupied by the 4th Artillery. On May 4, 1889, General John A. Schofield, then Chief of Staff, named the pos t Fort McPherson, indicating a permanent Army installation.

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Durin g the Spanish-American War, Fort McPherson was a depot for the trainin g of the 29th U.S. Volunteers and was garrisoned by the 5th Infantry.
With the advent of World War I, the post became a base hospital, an officer's training school and an internment camp for 1,411 German prisoners of war.
From 1920 to 1924 and 1927 to 1934, Fort McPherso n served as He adquarters for the entire Fourth
Corps Area. In 1931 the base hos-
pital was greatl y e xpanded and for severa l years th e fort was noted prima ril y as a rehabilitation center.
With the passage of the Selective Service Act in 1940, activities at th e fort again expanded. Fort McPherson functioned as an induction and reception center where hundreds of men were processed daily, and at the close of hostilities thousands of soldiers were separated from the service at the fort.
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STORY OF FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE IS SAGA OF FAMED FLYING TIGERS

Georgia Air National Guard's

Major General George G. Finch Commands Present Tiger Lair

With fangs still bared for any eventuality, the Flyin g Ti gers of the 14th

Air Force have not been cat-nappin g durin g this relatively peaceful era.

Rather, it has been constantly vigilant in recent ye a rs throu ghout its far-

flung lair, which encompasses 12 Southern states .

Under the present command of

Major General George G. Finch,

well-known Georgian and organizer

of the Georgia Air National Guard,

the 14th AF has maintained the

traditions for which the Flying Ti-

gers are famed-setting high stan-

dards for efficiency in training as

well as in combat.

The 14th is the only active major

Air Force in the world today that

was actually activated under combat

conditions . This is only one of many

"firsts~ to be claimed by the "Old

Tigers" which boasted several

Georgia aces during their glorious

days of protecting the airways over

the Burma Hoad in China. One of

these aces was Brigadier General

Robert L. Scott, of Macon, who

served as Executive Officer to Ma-

MAJOR GEN. GEORGE G. FINCH

jor General Claire L. Chennault,

Commanding General, 14th AF

Commander of the Tigers, General

Scott was author of the best-selling

Born in Dade City, Florida, on

book, "God is My Co-Pilot," which

Aprilll, 1~2, General Finch joined

told of his expereinces as a wartime

the Air Force as an enlisted man in

flier in China.

1918. He remained in the Reserve

Since the days of General Chen-

Forces after World War I and saw

nault, the 14th AF has had a total

service as Commander of the 27th

of five Commanders, three of whom

Pursuit Squadror., First Pursuit

have been natives of Georgia. The

Group, at Se !fridge Field, Michigan.

present Commander, General Finch,

In 1940, the General bega n his long

of Atlanta, succeeded Major General

association with the Georgia Air

Charles E. Thomas, Jr. (retired),

National Guard when he assumed

also of Atlanta, on February 1,1955.

command of the 128th Observation

A law graduate of the University

Squadron, then stationed at Candler

of the University of Georgia and a

Field, Atlanta. In 1942 he became

member of the Georgia Bar Asso-

Commander of the 74th Reconnais-

ciation, General Finch is probably

sance Group.

best known to Georgians for pio-

Following service in World War II

neering for the Georgia Air National

as Assistant Operations Officer of

Guard.

the 9th Air Force, stationed in the

Middle East, General Finch returned to the States . In 1944 he assumed command of the Bartow Army Air Base at Bartow, Florida, and in 1945 was placed in command of the Army Air l3ase in Thomasville, Georgia.
In 1946, General Finch organized the 54th Fighter Wing, Georgia Air National Guard. The 54th was the first Air 'lational Guard Wing to be completely organized in the United States. Later, the General served as Chief of the Air Force Division, National Guard Bureau, in Washington, D.C., and as Deputy for Air National Guard Affairs at Headquarters Continental Air Command, Mitchel Air Force Base, New York.
In June, 1953, General Finch was sent to the Far East as the Senior Air Force member of the United Nations Truce Negotiations team in Korea, and as a result of his ou tstanding services was awarded the Legion of Merit.
When General Thomas retired as Commander of the 14th in January, 1955, General Finch was a popular choice as his successor because of his wide experience in Reserve and Air National Guard affairs. The 14th which moved to Robins Air Force Base, near Macon, in 1949, from Orlando, Florida, currently has as its mission the supervision of training of all Air Force Reserve and Air National Guard units in the 12 Southern states, which includes over 500 units.
The Air National Guard Wings in the 14th area are the ll6th Fighter Interceptor at Dobbins AFB, Marietta, Georgia, commanded by Colonel Bernard M. Davey; the 136th Fighter Interceptor, Love Field, Dallas, Texas, commanded by Colonel Cady R. Bullock; the 137th Fighter Interceptor, Will Rogers Field, Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, commanded by Colonel Edward G. Johnson; the ll7th Tactical Reconnaissance, Sumpter Smith ANG Base, Birmingham, Alabama, commanded by Brigadier General George R. Doster; and the ll8th Tactical Reconnaissance, Berry Field, Nashville, Tennessee, commanded by Colonel John H. Gibson.

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During his tour of duty at Ilead-
:uarters Hth AF, General Finch been active in expanding the
Raesserve and Air Na.ti.onal Guard
'ts under his supervision.
UDGeneral Finch is the first Air Na-

tional Guard Officer ever to com-

mand a major Air Fore~.

. .

Assisting General Fmch With his

dministrative duties are two vet-

:ran officers who served with him

in theold 128th Observation Squad-

ron at Candler Field and later at

Dobbins Air Force Base. They are

Colonel Aldo E. Garoni, of Atlanta,

now serving as the Fourteenth's

Chief of Staff, and Colonel Orren H.

Lane, Assistant for National Guard

Affairs. As Commander of one of the four

Continental Air Forces, General

Finch believes in "practicing what

he preaches " so to speak. Still an

active pilot, he makes it a policy to

personally visit as many Reserve

and Guard units as possible during

each fiscal year, making on-the-spot observations and lending guidance

and encouragement to his unit commanders.
One of the 14th AF's major achieve1oents under General Finch's direction has been its Flying Safety Program. As a result of improvements instituted by the Commander and his staff, the Fourteenth led all Continental Air Forces in flying safty at the end of the calendar year 1955. The Command finished the year with a record low rate of 25.3* for major aircraft accidents, lowest for ConAC 's four numbered Air Forces.
General Finch also conceived the idea of holding Board of Inquiry meetings at Headquarters, rather than sending teams of officers into the field. As a result, Headquarters 14th is now disposing of scores of such cases each year at a substantial saving to the taxpayers in travel costs.
Just as its forebears, the "Flying Tigers," became the first American flying unit to see service in Asia during World War II, the 14th Air

Force, in its current role of Reserve Forces administrator in the South, also can lay claim to many firsts.
*Major aircraft accident rate is de-
termined by multiplying the number
of accidents per 100,000 flying hours
and dividing by the hours flown.
At the end of December, 1955, the 14th ranked first in manning, percentage-wise, of all the ConAC Air Forces in Catagory A Reserve Units. It was second in the same catagory in the total number of officers and
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GEOGRAPHICAL LOCATION OF

14TH AIR FORCE RESERVE FORCES


N.MEX.

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4l AFRu WINGS 0ANG WINGS (i) ANG FLYING SQS, DETACHED AERIAL PORT SQS
J AFRn CONN 8 ELECTRONIC UNITS
.ANG C0MM 8 ELECTRONIC UNITS

I AFRn FLYING SQS, DETACHED *FOURTEENTH AIR FORCE HEADQUARTERS

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airmen assigned. In its administration of Air lle-
ser:ve Centers, th e 14th ranked second in tota l number of officers and airmen assigned to this program. It was exceeded only by the 1st AF, which embraces an area composed of the more populous Eas tern states.
The 14 th a lso had the best manned and trained Aerial Port Squadrons under the jurisdiction of ConAC. This was based on information furnished by the Tactical Air Command to which Aerial Port Squadrons in the 14th's area are attached.
Other catagories and programs in which th e Fourteenth led its sister Air Forces were in the number of re-

serve legal, medical and information service s flights now in activation. Despite the fact that it covers a wide geographic- the largest within ConAC- and thinly populated area, extending from North Carolina to New Mexico, the 14th also ranked second in reenlistments for Catagory A units with a percentage of 82.4.
On 10 March 1956, the 14th began its 13th year of operations with high hopes of carrying out its new mission by making its lleserve and A G Training Program the best in th e continental United States. (fit does that, General Finch and his staff will feel amply rewarded for tl.1eir efforts.

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It was like old times when these old friends of the Georgia Air NationaL Guard and Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force got together at Robins Air Force Base recently. Left to right: Colonel Orren fl. Lan e, Assistant for National Guard Affairs, Headquarters Fourteenth; Colonel B. M. Davey, Commander,
ll6th Fighte r-Interceptor Wing; Colonel James C. Grizzard, State Headquar-
ters Air National Guard; Major Gene ral George G. Finch (wearing Indian war bonnet), Commander Fourteenth Air Force; Colonel A. E. Garoni, Chief of Staff, Fourteenth Air Force and Lt Colonel Harry Willingham, ll6th FighterInt erceptor Wing. The war bonnet was a gift of Mayor Lyman Beard, of Musko-
gee, Oklahoma, who was among the honored guests. (Air Force Photo)
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COLONEL ORREN H. LANE Asst. for A:>I G Affairs, 14th A F
Colone l Orren H. Lane, who was born in Houston, Texas, 12 February 1912, began his military career as an enlisted man in th e Ge orgia National Guard. lle enl isled in th e 128th Observation Squadron whe n that unit was' act iva ted in 1941.
After several years in Ci vi! Aviation, he was rated pilot a nd commissio ned 2nd Lieutenant on 17 June 1941. He went on active du ty with the 128th as Aircraft Ma inte nance Officer in September 1941 and s ubse quently served as Commanding Officer of the 11th Tactic al Reconnaissa nce Squadron, the 33rd Photo Mapp in g Squadron and the 64 th Troop Carrier Squadron. His overseas service was in th e South Pacific.
Following World War II, Col onel L ane was separated from the service as a Lieutenant Colonel. Whe n the Air Na tional Guard of Georgia was reactivated, he served as C ommanders of the 128th Fighter Squa dron, the 216th Air Service Group and the ll6th Fighter Group. Colonel Lane was called to the National Guard Bureau in Septem ber 1949 for six months, followed by four years in Headquarters USAF.
He is present ly serving as Assistant fo r National Guard Affairs at Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force. He is a . jet pilot and has over twenty years flyin g experience. He is .a graduate of the Army Com mand and General Staff School, the Air Command and Staff School a nd the Air War Co ll ege.
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~lariett a . Uu~ing his four years the re, he re n ewe d hi s affili a ti on with the Georgia Air Na ti onal Guard, servi ng as Dire ctor of P ersonn el of th e 54th Fighter-I3omber Win g, th e n being organized by Ge neral F in ch. The 54th la ter bec a me th e first Air Nati ona l Guard win g to go i nto combat as a complete unit in th e F ar East.
Hecalled to a ctive duty in 1950 with the outbreak of hostilities in Korea, Colonel Garoni went to Japan in 1951 as a Lieutenant Colon el with the ll6 th Fi ghter- Bomber Win g, which had been reorganized from th e 54th. lle served a four-year tour in the Far Ea st, three years of whi ch

we re with the Joint Staff of the Far East and United Nations Commands under Generals Mark Clark, Maxwell Tay lor a nd John E. Hull. He returned to the States in May, 1955,to his pres ent a ssignment as Chief of Staff Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force.
Colone l Garoni, who resides in Warner Robins, received several awards for his service in the Far East. "ll1ese include the Legion of Merit, the Commendation Ribbon, United Nations and Korean Ribbons a nd the Distinguished Military Servic e Medal (ULchi), which was awarded him by the Republic of Korea.

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COLONEL ALDO E. GARONI Chief of Staff, Hq, 14th AF

Another Georgian who holds a highly responsible position at Headquarters Fourteenth Air Force is Colonel Aldo E. Garoni, the Chief of Staff under General George G. F'inch.
Like the General, Colonel Garoni was one of the pioneers in the development of the Georgia Air National Guard. Born in Atlanta, Colonel Garoni enlisted in the old 128th Observation Squadron, then located at Candler Field, in 1941. The l28th, commanded by General Finch - ~Ia jor F'in ch at the time -was the forerunner of the present ll6th Fighter-Interceptor Wing, which is commanded by Colonel B. M. Davey.
Colonel Garoni served with the 128th until April 1942, when he entered Officers Candidate School. Ile was graduated as a second lieutenant in July, 1942, and went overseas shortly afterwards. He saw service in Africa, Sicily and Italy during which he served with the Seventh and F'ifth Armies, He was with General George Patton's forces ~uring the amphibious assault landIngs in Sicily and was awarded the "Arrowhead" and five battle stars.
Emerging from World War II as a major in 1946, Colonel Garoni returned to civilian life as assistant manager of Radio Station \VFOl\1 in
M4RCH, APRIL 1956

ORIGINA L INSIGNIA OF TilE FL Y ING TIGERS The first banner or insignia of the Flying Tig ers is shown above as it is dis played at 14th A F headquarte rs at Robins A FB . Originally it was presente d to the 14th upon its activation in 1941 by a re presentative of Generalissimo Chiang Kai-Shek, head of the Chinese Gove rnment. The present insignia appears below as it was desi gned by Walt Disney. It shows a winged tiger springing out of a "V" for vic to-y. This i nsignia, which adorns the tail as semblies of all 14th AF aircraft, was prese nted to General Chennault whe n
the Flying Ti gers offi cially became the 14th AF in March, 1943.
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MUSTER DAY ACTIVITIES BRING IN 253 GA. ENLISTMENTS; 639 RECRUITED 1-22 FEBRUARY AS PUBLICITY PAYS OFF

10,539 Sign Up Throughout Nation For a Total of 20,918 During Drive

Images of the era of George Washin gton materialized into ta ng ible National

Guardsmen 22 February when the people of Georgia witnessed the transition

of 253 modern volunteers into modern "~linutemen."

Muster Day- a nationwide one-

..

day recruiting effort -spurred a

flurry of activity by units throu gh-

out the State and enticed prospe c-

tive recruits to their armories by a

variety of appealing means.

Many Guard outfits held Open

House ceremonies, parades, set up

weapons displays, exhibits and re-

cruiting booths. Some served re-

freshments and held dances. The

Atlanta units printed up 50,000

leaflets advertising their Open

House, dropped the leaflets from

L-19aircraft flying over the suburbs

of Atlanta and offered a donated TV

set as door prize.

Maj. Gen. George j. !learn, TAG,

and Brig. Gen. Charlie F. Camp,

Asst. AG, visited several units by

means of National Guard helicop-

ters, swooping over towns in Geor-

gia that had never witnessed "whir-

leybirds" before. Their unique mode

of transportation drew large crowds

to the armories and school grounds

where th.ey landed and greatly en-

hanced the publicity aspect of the

occaswn.

Visits to High Schools, the plac-

ing of posters and billboards, dis-

Plays in theater lobbies and other

esse ntial activities necessary for

the success of Muster Day enabled

units to reach a large potential of recruits. Newspapers and radio as well as generous portions of tele-

General view of the Atlanta armory bedecked with flags, displays and Guardsmen as final touches are put on the exhibits.

vision time contributed immeasur-

ably to the campaign designed to

were sworn in on Muster Day.

these programs is expected to re-

acquaint eligible young men with

A healthy increase of men in sult in an "over-the-top" ratin g for

the heritage of the National Guard

March indicates Georgia is still de- Georgia when recruiting goa ls a re

and its current advantages for ful-

rivin g benefits from the Mus ter Day evaluated against actual en! istme nts.

filling their military obligation.

activities. Units are following up

At any rate, few believe that Mus-

Some 639 were enlisted from 1

their initial contacts, continuing ter Day was not worth the effort,

February through the 22nd in Geor-

their visits to schools and otherwise and several Guardsmen have "cash-

gia. Nationwide, the Guard enlisted

perpetuating the pub! icity gained for-recruits" money they never had

20,918 in that time, 10,539 of which

during February. Dili gent pursuit of before.

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Fitzgerald Tankers, Travis Fi.eld Flyers Show Off Tanks and Jets

Guardsmen of Fitz gerald's CoB, l90th Tank Bn literally " went to town" with their campaign for recruits on Muster Day. Th es e energetic troops not only s e t up a billboard poster smack in the middle of towh, they brought a tank alon g complete with observation platform to re-

mind the prospec ts in th eir city what their unit has to offer in th e way of fighting poten tial. Fitz ge rald' s pre perations for Muster Day were typical of other uni ts throu ghou t th e State that h elped Geo rgia get into the to p
bracket of recruiting fo r th e day.

SEND US PHOTOS AND STORIES OF YOUR ACTIVITIES

Civil Air Patrol Ca dets were among the hundreds of gu_ests of the l58thFi ghterlnterceptorSquadron at Travis Fleld on Muster Day. On the le ft T/Sgt William[. Reese. ~ tanding next to the T- 33, shows the gro.upsome feature~ In the nose of the jet aircraft. R epeated visits of CAP to the l 58 th has been ben e ficial to both organi z ations.
MARCH, APRIL 1956

The best t estimonial -to that fact is depic ted in the next sc ene wh i ch shows T / Sgt Harold E. Wi ll ett watching as his son /larold, Jr. is s wo rn into the l 58th by WO Robert W. Bazemore. Such father-son and ANG-CAP alliances in the servi ce s trengthen th e bonds that tie our auxi liary
compo nents togeth er.
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Water point equipment of the 560th Engineers in Columbus was displayed in the middle of Broadway on Muster Day. At left, Col. Ernest Higgins, 560th Commander, explains the operation to two Columbus business execu-
tives as his Guardsmen handle a hose at right.

Hq & Btry A, 950th AAA Bn, had their radar equipment available for display in Elberton on Muster Day. Stan ding
by for demonstration purposes are Sgt. Albert Suttl es,
Cpl. ! ohn Goss and Sgt. James Williams.

N~l\ONAL 0UAR1> MUSTER DAY

As a follow-up to the recruiting efforts, WAGA radio in Atlanta devoted part of their 55-minute "Spin a Record" program to "salute" the National Guard. Local modets were obtained to ask seven Guardsmen about their branch of service. George Trent, WAGA announcer, also interviewed Major Douglas Embry, Asst PIO, about the salient points of the. Guard. Shown after the broadcast are l-r, M/Sgt Horace R. ,Buford, SP!2C John W. Walker, Ronald L. Wilson, models with announcer George Trent, SFC Scott Baxter, A/2C Ed Friend, SP !2C Calvin H. Robin-
son, and WO John Burke.

Major General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief, NCB, points to figures which show the number of new men enlisted in National Guard organizations of the States and Terri tories in the 22-day recruiting drive which ende d on GP.orge Washington's birthday. Being briefed are Major General Donald W. McGowan, Chief of Army Divis ion, NCB, and Col. Louie P. Turner, Executive, AF Div, NCB. Georgia had a belated report of 9 additional men
after the photo was taken.

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MUSTER DAY AT THE ATLANTA NATIONAL GUARD RESERVATION

General fleam takes off with Lt. ]ames H. Strickland by helicopter from NG headquarters on an aerial inspection
tour of units on Muster Day.

WO Brock, Major Conrad and Capt. Waddell demonstrate communications equipment of llq, Comba t Command C,
to an interested spectator.

IVO Edward L. Woodie shows T /Sgt Harold Gann and Edith Uuke, left, and WO Tom Gann and ferry Fain how
the l79th FA Bn uses their Howitzer trainer.

A full complement of signalmen were on hand to demonstrate their switchboards, field phones and teletypes of
the 48th Armored Signal Co.

Fitting tribute to the Guard was paid by Rich's Dept. store in Atlanta where a window display was arranged
by WO ]ames Yancey, Co B, l22nd AlB.
MAR CH, APRIL 1956

Recoilless rifles, bazookas and sniper scopes were displayed by . SFC William Hines, WO ]ames Yancey and
M/Sgt fohn llines of Co B, 122nd AlB.
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Cols Willingham, Teague, Brooks, Crowley & Lambright

Armored Gp. Holds 1st Staff Conference

13runswick was the scene of a staff assembly of the 160th Armored Group 10- 11 March when 45 officers and 22 staff non-coms gathered at our East-coast city for a weekend of classes and conferences.
For the first such joint assembly of the 160th, Lt. Col. Edwin G. Lambright, CO, 144th All3, arranged for the use of the 13runswick recreational building.
Colonel Wesley I). Wi Hingham, 160th Group Commander, led the discussions and supervised the conduct of the assembly. Among those present were his battalion commanders, Lt. Colonels Lambright, James D. Teague, William V. Crowley and

Hugh U. 13rooks.
In addition Lt. Col. Donald f:.
Mees, State PIO, and ~lajor Harold T. Smith, Tank Concentration Site Supervisor, attended the assembly.
However,all was not strictly business for the National Guardsmen, most of whom brought their wives. On Saturday evening a reception and dinner was held, offering an opportunity for the wives to become better acquainted.
Colonel Mees stated that the meeting was outstanding in the type instruction conducted and in the feeling of comradship which was clearly evident in the new armored group.

Separate Air Units to Invade North
Separate Air National Guard components will again journey northward this summer for their annual field training exercises. Georgia units that will invade the northern bastions of the Air Force are as follows:
129th AC&W Sq-7-21 July, Indiantown Gap, Pa; ll7th AC&W Flt-7 -21 July, llighlands, N.J. or Mitchell AFB, N.Y. 202nd Comm Maint Sq-21 July to 4 Aug, Griffis AFB, Rome, !V.Y. 224th N.adio Relay Sq- 18 Aug to 1 Sept, Otis AFB, Mass. The 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing will train at Travis Field, Savannah, 29 July -12 Aug, with the exception that the 158thFighter Interceptor Squadron will have their training at Congaree, S.C. The B78th Engineer Aviation Company of Atlanta will also train at Travis this year, even though they have now come under the control of the Army National Guard. The 224th Radio Relay Sq will be flown to their training site by the Regular Air Force. They will join their parent organization, the 253rd Communications Group with llq in Boston. The 224th will install and man a radio relay circuit between Otis and Grenier AFB, New !Iampshire. As previously announced, the 48th Armored Division will train at Fort Stewart, Ga. I -15 July. The IOBth AAA Brigade and the 160th Armored Group will also maneuver at Stewart from 22 July to 5 August.
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BUREAU CHIEF URGES 6-MONTHS TRAINING
In urging National Guard partici. pation in the Army's six months' basic training program, ~lajor Gen. era! Edgar C. Erickson, Chief, Na. tiona! Guard 13ureau, in recent talks to National Guard groups around the country, has pointed out the advan. tages of such training to the indi. viduals who participate, their units: and the National Guard as a whole.
Participation in this program, General Erickson stated, will certainly improve the overall training position of the Army National Guard, and there is no question of its value to a young man who has embarked on a career as a civilian-soldier.
He added: "Not only will this sixmonths' training fit a young Guardsman for promotion, but in many cases the specialized training he receives will help him in a civilian job. ~1any of the specialties taught in the Army, such as radio-telephone, auto mechanics, engineering and many others, have civilian counterparts."
The more men in a unit who have completed this basic training, the more advanced will become the over all training of the unit, the Guard Chief declared.
General Hearn has emphasized the importance of this phase of the program in several communications with unit commanders and desires that Georgia units push this 6months' training to the utmost.
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ARMY NG NOW CLAIMS VERSATILE 878TH ENGRS

Some of our most mixed-up troops finally have come unscrambled.
11te Georgia Air National Guard's Co i3, 878th Engineer Aviation Dattalion (SCAB. WAF), is now officially under the responsibility of the Army
\ationa I Guard . 'Ilte confusion abo1.1t these Guardsmen was most rampant when they would step out of an Air National t;uard vehicle, wearing Army clothing, and mount one of their red or yellow earth moving machines.
Effective 1 March, the engineers, while retaining their engineer aviation designation, swung their multi-purpose equipment and talents to Army National Guard control. It is contemplated that the unit will be redesignated and reorganized as an Engineer Battalion, Heavy Construction, at a later date.
Commanded by Capt. Robert D. Warren, Company 13 has a variety of equipment that can change the face of the horizon almost overnight. Highly qualified personnel are required to handle their complex earth-moving and paving machinery.
Among the versa tile engineers' inventoty are one or more cement mixers, tractors, bull dozers, scrapers, graders, packers, rollers, dump trucks, asphalt kettles, air compressor trucks, 10 and 25 ton trailers, cranes, welding and water tank trailers and a mobile steam cleaner.
This summer these engineers will have their first summer encampment with the ANG at Travis Field. One of their main tasks there will be to construct bridges across impassable ditches at the end of the main runway to facilitate rescue operations in the event of an aircraft accident near the boundaries of the airport.
The Guardsmen of Co I3 had the option of joining the ANG if they so desired; however, all have elected to maintain their allegiance to the engineer company- showing their loyalty to an interesting and worthwhile profession.
MARCH, APRIL 1956

Only a small portion of their equipment app ears in the background as Capt. Robert D. Warren discusses one of th eir pro jects with his permanent emp loyees. They are, l-r, Capt. Warren, M/Sgt John Lanier, SFC Robert Trollin ge r, SFC
Charles Sentell, Sgt. Olin Harmon and SFC Ronald Ke e.

"The Air Force's need for thousands of additional fl.e serve airmen to meet mobilization requirements is pointed up in newly compiled statistics. They show that of a total H.eserve strength in all cata gories of 298,000, about 147,000 are officers. Of the 151,000 airmen, only

400 are Mobilization Assignees (5050 officers); 108,600 airmen are not affiliated with specific units. THE AIH NATIO NAL GUARD pi cture is different; there are 57,400 airmen and 7050 officers in the 64,450-man ANG organiz a tion.' ' The Army-Navy-Air Force .lournal.

t The
Chaplain's Corner

By Chaplain Robert E. If. Peeples Hq, lOlst AAA Baualion

WHAT IS MAN?
The Psalmist asked, "What is man, that Thou art mindful of him? and the son of tnan, that Thou visitest him?" There are two answers to this question. One is that man is a product of the physical universe like other animals. The other is that man is the creation of God.
Let us look for a moment at the first answer. Schiller, eighteenth century philosopher, said, "Man originates in muck, makes muck, and in the end returns to muck." The determinist says that the average man has enough fat to make 20 bars of soap, enough iron to make 10 nails, enough carbon to make 900 lead pencils, and sufficient phosphorous to provide tips for BOO matches. The average man might be worth about $3.98 per hundred pounds.
But the second answer says, "So God created man in His own image." It was John, the beloved disciple, who wrote, "Now we are the sons of God." As Christians we know that we are not accidental collations of atoms. As God's children we say, "We ought," "We can," "We will."
Which answer will you accept? As sons of God we are made in His image with divine yearnings, capable of spiritual victories, with the possibility of
eternal fellowship with Him.
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ARMY UNIT TO FIRE THE REDSTONE MISSILE
Washington (AFPS)- The Army has announced activation of its first unit to fire the new Redstone ballistic missile.
Made up of experienced troops drawn from established army missile units, the cadre of the 217th FA ~lissile Un (Redstone) will begin assembling April 15 at Iledstone Arsenal, Huntsville, Ala.
Army Secretary Wilber Brucker said organization of the unit represents another step in the logical development of the Army's artillery missile weapon system.
Initially, the battalion's cadre will train at Redstone Arsenal where it will benefit from the scientific knowledge of the men who develop the missile.
The Redstone, recently unveiled by the Army, was developed under the supervision of Dr. Wernher von Braun, designer of the German V-2 rocket. Dr. von Uraun, now anAmerican citizen, is director of the Guided Missile Development Division of the Ordnance Corps.
OI'ERATION BLONDE
I JUST WANT A
CHANCE TO GET M'l MIND OF!= THE Mil-ITARY FOR
A WHILE'/
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Deadline for G.l. Bill Education Nears
Spring is now in the air, and with it comes new school terms in .nost o( our schools and universities in Georgia. World War II veterans are cautioned that this might be the last school quarter in which many of them will be able to complete their educational training under the original G.l. ~ill, inasmuch as July 25 marks the enJing deadline for educational training for all but a handfull of WW II veterans.
Korean veterans are also urged to look into the possibilities of furthering their education under the Korean G.I. bill and getting into training at once. Veterans seeking more information are urged to contact your local field o(. fice of the Department of Veterans Service for any advice and assistance in planning your educational program.

CALHOUN CAGE TEAM
IS GA. AAU WINNER
Guardsmen always have been noted for their ability to guard their community, state and nation in any emergency. However, in recent months, Georgia units have been gaining considerable recognition for their ability to guard another piece of property- in the form of a basketball hoop- in addition to gleaning laurels for their talent to score baskets as well as shoot bullseyes.
As a result of this extracurricular marksmanship with a basketball, Georgia National Guardsmen of Calhoun's Hq, Hq & Svc Co, l63rd Tank Un, have won the Georgia AAU Championship, defeating the Athens Uull pups 73-62 at the Sports Arena in Atlanta 23 February.
Star of the Calhoun team in the finals was Billy Bearden, who shot 26 points to lead the Guard quintet. Other members of the victorious team were Tolbert Defoor, Otto Defoor, Alton Defoor and Jimmy Walraven.

GUILTY!
Publishing a magazine is no picnic.
If we print jokes, troops say we
are silly; if we don't, they say we are too serious.
If we stick close to the office all
day, we ought to be out hunting interesting things to publish; if we go out and try to hustle, we ought to be on the job at the office.
If we don't accept contributions
of submitted material, we don't ap preciate genius, and if we do print them, the magazine is filled with junk.
If we edit the other fellow's
story, we are too critical; if we don't, we are asleep.
If we clip things from other pub-
lications, we're too lazy to write them; if we don't, we're stuck on our own stuff.
Now, like as not, some guy will say we swiped this from some other newspaper or magazine.*
*We did.
When a woman throws a fit it's usually a man who catches it.
Russian weather broadcast: "Tomorrow will be sunny. That's an order!"
The best way to kill time is to work it to death.
A canine's delight is in chasing a cat,
Or, at least, that's the popular notion.
Do dogfish, I wonder, put catfish to rout,
When they meet in the depths of the ocean?
MARCH, APRIL 1956

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It would take a fan as big as this to gen erate enough wind to blow a wolf whistle as loud as would be expected should PARAMOUNT'S
ANNE BAXTER stroll by tHe armory in this apparel. Speaking of fans, this photo should add at least 10,000 more to her long list of admirers, as all discriminating Geor-gi a Guardsmen must agree.
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