The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 7, no. 2 (Mar., Apr. 1957)]

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S

GOVERNOR MARVIN GRIFF IN

MESSAGE

MAJOR GENERAL GEORG E J. HEARN

Fellow Guardsmen:
The time is rapidly approaching when we must pack up our bags and go to our respective summer encampments. Participating in these annual field training exercises is the highlight of our National Guard experiences each year.
Some of our Air Guardsmen will be on maneuvers in New England, but most of us will train in our home State at Ft. Stewart and Travi s Field. Where ver we go, it will behoove us all to display the max im um efficiency of which we are capable. The spotlight of public controversy has placed the National Guard in the focus of the public eye, and we are anxiou s to prove the readiness and proficiency of our Nat io nal Guard units.
We as indiv iduals, and banded together as a team, can do much to enhance the prestige of the Guard by our conduct at camp and off duty. We have received the support of the public, and our military mission has been endorsed by the majority of our nation's leaders. Now it is up to us to let the records show the value of our National Guard tra in ing program.
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GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN

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March, April 1957

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Our Cover...
Sli cing through the fleecy sky, Capt. Glenn H. Herd hurtles the cirus clouds In one of th e ANG' s new F-84F Thunder11.-.aks. Te st flying the new "F's" as they arrive, Capt. Herd, Director of Operations at Dobbins AFB, is rapidly bui lding up his time in the supersonic
jets.

MARCH, APRIL 1957

A delegation of officers from Hq, Ga ANG, visited Major George Smith's 202nd Communications Maintenance Squadron 20 January and found the unit loaded with radar and other commun ications sets the Air Force has sent them to be put in serviceable condition. Highly qualified technicians hove gained o valuable reputation for the 202nd, and they are rated high on the Air Force Team. The officers ore, left to right; Major Smith, Col. Harry Will Ingham, Col. Marion Clonts, Col. L.J. O'Collaghon, Copt. Eldridge Chester (Air Electronics Off of the 202nd) Col. Walter Aycock, Lt.
Col. William Manry and Col. Charles M. Ford.

Atlanta Officers Organizing Club

All officers in the Atlanta area , including those retired, active , inactive and reserve of all compo nents (Army, Navy, Air Force, Coast Guard, Public Hea lth) are invited to become members of the newly organized Officers Club of the Armed Forces, Inc.
Headed by Lt. General Alvin C. Gillem, USA Retired, the club already has 600 members who have started paying their initiation fees and advance dues.
A cocktail party , was held March 17th at the Cherokee Town and Country Club. Over 500 officers and guests attended, indicating the interest such a club has created in the Atlanta area. General Gillem spoke to the group and pointed out the advantages the club could offer. The former Third Army commander s aid approximately 1,000 members would be necessary to give the organization

the s tart it would need to succeed Officers representing all compon-
ents of the armed forces are on the boa rd of directors . The club, which already ha s its charter, will begin to function provided the minimum me mbership is attained by 1 May.
All officers interested in becoming affiliated with the club should take immediate action since efforts to obtain the minimum membership will be a ba ndoned after 1 Ma y if sufficient applications are not received. H the project is dropped, those who have contri buted to the club's organization will have their money refunded.
A tentative site for the proposed club has been chosen. Present plans call for a three story building, which will include a lounge, dance floor , bar , restaurant and dining rooms.
Applications may be obtained by contacting Colonel L.P . Storey, 650 Hurt Building, Atlanta, Ja. 1-1805, Ext. 201 .

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CURRENT ENLISTMENT POLICY OUTLINED

If you haven't heard "the word" by now, here is the recruiting and enlist-

ment policy agreed upon by Army and National Guard leaders at a House

Armed Services subcommittee hearing, which had the controversial subject

under study. Details of the program are con-
rained in a letter from the Adjutant

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General's Office to all unit comman-

ders, Army National Guard. Dated

14 March, the letter implements the

personnel procurement program in

Georgia.

Principal terms of the program are:
* Beginning 1 Jan '58, six months

active duty for training will be re-

quired of all new Guard recruits under age 18~. Originally, the Army

had ordered this requirement to go

into effect 1 April '57.
* Between 1 April '57 and the end

of this year, either 11 weeks or 6

months t~ining will be required of Guard recruits aged 17 - 18~. How-

ever, the 11 - weeks training must be completed by 1 Jan '58.
* Guard strength is to be main-
tained at approximately 400,000.
(This may be done, if necessary, by the Army granting early releases for those wanting to become affiliated with the Guard.)
* Six-month trainees enlisted under
age 18~; will have their obligations cut to three years of unit drill participation.
* Effective 1 April '57, all non-
prior service personnel in the age group 18~; to 25, enlisting for a
period of three years, must perform
six months active duty. Deferments may be allowed those individuals in high school; however, in no case
will the deferment exceed one year.
Individuals in this group will serve an additional 5~ years in ready reserve status.
* Those entering Guard service

more time before the six-month requirement goes into effect. However, we think we have something to sell now that we didn't have under the Army order.''
General Walsh said the new cut in Ready Reserve obligations may be a strong inducement to recruits under age 18~2. In the past, these Guardsmen were not required to undergo an initial training period with the Army, However, their participating obligation was 8 years originally, and under the recent order it was four and one-half years. The time is now reduced to three years.
"We now have a floor on Guard strength,'' said General \\'alsh, "and before we had only a ceiling." He pointed out that the Army has pledged to lend recruiting aid, allow the Guard to enlist obligated prior-service men, and as a "last resort" to give early releases to active duty

after 26 and up to 35 must take the personnel who volunteer for the

six months training if they have had Guard.

no prior service.

In addition, General Walsh said,

"Neither side got exactly what present indications are that a major-

they wanted," 1\lajor General Ellard A. Walsh, President of the National

ity of future Guard recruits may come from the 18~-25 age group. Men in

Guard Association of the United this category are enlisting at a

States, was quoted as saying by the faster clip since the Army opened

Army Times. "We would have liked_ the six-month program to all ages.

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Artillerymen Rescue
Driver in Distress
The age of chivalry is very much alive among personne1 of the National Guar.d. .A good. example of this hu manuanan tralt occured in Atlanta March 25th when two Guardsmen of Service Battery (naturally), 179th Armored Field Artillery Battalion came to the assistance of a lad; from Forest Park.
While riding down Moreland Avenue in their jeep, SFC Harold C. Davis and SFC Ronald L. Wilson observed a car weaving dangerously through the congested traffic. When the path of the car became too erratic for comfort, the artillerymen pulled up beside the driver, Mrs. Veronia Hesterlee. Mrs. He sterlee explained that she was given a series of shots for asthma at an Atlanta hospital, and she felt very badly. The Guardsmen offered to drive Mrs. Hesterlee to her mother's home at 101 Berry Street.
By asking if they could help, the Guardsmen possibly saved the lady from a serious accident, for she still had several miles to go. Recovering the next day, Mrs. Hesterlee lost no time in trying to find out who it was who had rescued her. All she could remember was that two soldiers had come to her aid. A call to the Atlanta General Depot at Conley did not help, but it was suggested that she call the National Guard. Our gifted switchboard operator, Mrs. Jerry Landrum, located the unit to which the Guardsmen belonged, and Mrs. Hesterlee was told the names of her Good Samaritans.
First Lieutenant Walter R. Acree, Battery D, 950 Antiaircraft Artillery Battalion, Toccoa, Georgia, has completed the Twenty Antiaircraft Artillery Series of the Extension Course Program offered by the U.S. Army Artillery and Guided Missile School at Fort Sill, Oklahoma. The completion of this Series represents over 162 hours of home study on the part of Lieutenant Acree.
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pt. John E. Hayes Saves Fellow Pilot Rescue Drama Above Georgia Clouds

(Flying on an Air Defense Command alert mission, one of our Georgia Air National Guard pilots executed a remarkable rescue of a fellow pilot in distress. The story,
as eloquently told by Atlanta Lournal Staff Writer John Pennington, describes the daring feat of Febuary 27th. The complex interception was so smoothly and efficiently performed, the pilot didn't think it newsworthy. Three
days later, it was front-page copy.)

By JOHN PENNINGTON Staff Reporter, The Atlanta Journal

A dramatic rendezvous seven miles above Atlanta has saved a jet fighter

plane from screaming wildly out of control into the local countryside.

An Atlanta pilot for the Georgia

Air National Guard, aided by the

WODders of the electronic age, ef-

fected the meeting high in the sky.

He was guided by radar to a fellow

pilot in distress, who was on the

yerge of bailing out and turning his

airplane loose to go where it might.

He led the lost pilot, wing tip to wing tip, to a safe landing at the

aearest open field.

The distressed airplane let down

with only five minutes of fuel re-

118ining.

The incident, revealed Friday,

happened Wednesday afternoon. The principals in the drama of the

CAPT. JOHN E. HAYES

aky were Capt. John E. Hayes of inoperative, accounting for his being

3700 S. Drew Valley Rd., N.E., a lost. He was nearing his last resort -

jet pilot for the Georgia Air Guard; bailout.

Capt. Wilbur H. Hendryx of the Ohio

Lt. Mazeika found Capt. Hendryx

Air Guard, and 1st Lt. William A. on a radar scope. At this point; Capt.

Mazeika of the 908th Aircraft Control Hayes, who was flying an "alert"

and Warning Squadron near Marietta, mission in an armed F84G, was

who was ground radar controller for diverted in the direction of Capt.

the air interception.

Hendryx.

During the late afternoon, when it was weating on tOwards sundown,

To futher t:orhplitate a ticklish situation, the troubled aircraft lost

the radar installation reedved word from a similar station in Chattanooga

contact with the ground station. The interception had to be made with

that an airplane in the Atlanta area only one aircraft, that of Capt. Hayes,

bad called "Mayday," the interna- responding to instructions.

tional signal for aircraft in distress.

Capt. Hayes found Capt. Hendryx

It was Capt. Hendryx in an F84 at 35,000 feet. He flew close by his

Thunderjet. He was totally lost. side, motioning with hands and

His fue 1 was running critically low. waggling wings that he had come to

A thick overcast separated him from help. He signaled that Capt. Hen-

the earth. His radio compass was dryx should follow. Capt. Hendryx

MARCH, APRIL 1957

Army Green Malces
De&ut J May 1957
The new Army green will be here to stay beginning in May -- at least the accessories will.
The change over date from the winter to the summer uniform for all members of the Georgia Army National Guard became effective 1 April '57.
During the month of April, the prescribed uniform will be khaki shirt and trousers, black shoes and socks, shade 3 belt with plain brass buckle, cotton garrison oc service cap shade 1, and shade 51 olive drab necktie (after duty hours and when off post).
The above summer duty uniform will not be worn by officers off post, except when performing an assigned duty, or traveling from residence to place of duty and return. Enlisted Guardsmen may wear the uniform off post, on and off duty, with necktie.
Officers and Warrant Officers of the Georgia Army National Guard will be required on 1 May '57 to wear the new green accessories with tropical, semi-dress and duty uniforms. They consist of the Army green cap shade 44, shade 46 shirt and black necktie. The shade 46 shirt will be worn only with a blouse, replacing the poplin shirt.
Enlisted personnel will not wear the green accessories.
responded. Capt. Hayes, with the Ohio Guards-
man flying on his wingtip, pointed the jets in the direction of Maxwell Field, Montgomery, Ala. The two pilots landed just before sundown, less than an hour from the time the interception began.
Capt. Hendryx didn't have enough fuel left to slosh in his tanks.
Fellow pilots said the success of the mission definitely saved Capt. Hendryx airplane, and possibly his life. Pilots do not relish the "nylon approach" to the ground. Where the airplane would have hit had it been abandoned, no one knows. The interception itself took place over southwest Atlanta.
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Compl.ete History of Georgia's Militia

The Times

Being Compiled by Retired Army Col.

s tands

serve- Ve terans. This edition of

More than two centuries ago the original elements of -the Georgia National

Guard were formed under the command of Geneqd James Oglethorpe, founder

of the Georgia Colony.

Since that time, there has not been, to our knowledge, any written re cord of

our early militia.
Now the early records are being dusted off, and the .saga of the Georgia minutemen and the present day organizations are being compiled in a comprehensive history of the Georgia Army and Air Nat-ional Guard.
Under the auspices of the National Guard Association of Georgia, Colone 1 Thomas J . ~loran, USA Retired, as been commissioned to sift out the information and compile the history into a single volume.
Colonel William B. Wrigley, Chairman, NG Assn. 's History Committee, arranged for Col. Moran's services through Dr. E.~l. Coulter, director of the University of Georgia's History Department.
Col. Moran, who already holds a

the 175 th, which was origina ll y or-
ganized in 177 4. Tentative plans call for th e com-
pilation of organizational militia data rather than the war records of each component. Tracing the combat records of each unit through the myraid of designations and redesignations were ruled none sse ntial by the historical committee when compared with the expensive and timeconsuming research it would neces-
sitate. Major General George J. Hearn,
The Adjutant General, has appoin.ted Col. Moran a special member of his staff to facilitate his gathering of
necessary information. The President of the National
Guard Association of Georgia, Col.

Times covers all phases f
0
Reserve and Guard programs, Defense Department policies to

personnel changes. Times feel;;. not ge ttt.ng _s uff.lC.lent news fromIt

smaller umt s . If your unit h potenti.a1 ne ws or feat ure storyas

Times wants it - and so does'

Georgia wee kly,

Guard.sman. T he Tirne ~ requue s fres h news

speed is essential. The '

Army Times, AGR V Edi tor, 2020

Stree t, N.W., Washington 5, D.C.

Wesley D. Willingham, said "I CCJito
sider it very fortunat e that we bae found this valuable connec tion wU.
the Unive rsity of Georgia . Havins man with a military bac kground ... National Guard experience to compile
our hi s tor y will assure us of dae
best possible authority to analyze
the wealth of material and render die
most accurate account of our historical heritage.''

Masters Degree in History from the

Unive rsity of Georgia, is studying

for his Doctors Degree and is under-

taking the compiling of the Georgia

milita ry history as his thesis. For

this extensive research, the associa-

tion has subsidized Col. ~loran's

expenses in the amount of $500 a

year. It is a nticipated the work will

require two years to complete.

The ma n who has been selected to

write the lege nd of our pioneer

militiamen graduated from the United

States ~lilitary Academy in 1928. Col. ~loran entered West Point

through the Maryland National Guard,

in which he served four years prior

to his appointment.

During World War II, he commanded

the 2nd Battalion, 36th Armored In-

fantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Divi-

sion of the 1st Army, under the com-

mand of Lt. Gen. Courtney B. Hodges. He compiled a to tal of 26 years

.
"" ~vu fN rJ l ~V IIWC h

comissioned service during his

Digging into the old documents and records which record

military career.

some of the history of the Georgia militia, Colonel Moran ,

His Maryland Guard service was

seated, and Colonel Wrigley select material to be used

with the 5th Maryland Infantry, now

in the writing of th e history of th e Georgia National Guard.

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MARCH, APRIL 1951

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EST IN HISTORY

rgia NG Strength Soars to 12,105 February for a Net Gain of 380

8 burst of new enlistments, figures in FebruHy for the Army and Air National Guard to 12,105, topping the
total by 380. vast majority of these net nts - 370 to be exact - were the army side, the A G being to full stre ngth already. Gross nts, of course, were inuch taking care of attrition. Throughout the nation, strength es leaped upward. The National d recruited men for the Army's month training program at the of nearl y 200 a day for the first days of February and in th ;u

period signed up for the 6-month duty more than half the total number of Guardsmen put into the program in the previous 16 months.
The men were enlisted in a nationwide recruiting drive conducted during February in connection with the observance of the second annual National Guard Muster Day ;ver Washington's Birthday weekend.
In addition to 4,477 men enlisted for the s ix month program, Army National Guard units enlisted 3,370 men with prior military service. The Air National Guard enlisted a total of 1,727 new members, 1,139 of whom agreed to take the 11-week basic

training offered by the U.S. Air Force. The remainder were men with prior military service.
"The enlistment in such a short period of 9,574 men who are either veterans of active military service or who have agreed to take .active duty training is most encouraging," Major General Edgar C. Erickson, Chief of the National Guard Bureau stated, "and can be considered a good start in our drive to meet the requirements of the Department of Defense for greater mobilization readiness of the National Guard."
General Erickson said he had been assured by Adjutants General of the States and Territories that the effort to enlist men for the six months program will be continued.
Initial reports from the states on the February drive showed that of the 4,477 men enlisted for the six month service, 2,932 were under 18~ years of age and 1,545 were in the 18~ - 26 years age bracket.

The Georgia National G~ard's two bands were selected to
rvide mus ic during the dedication ceremonies of the new Th:"rtment of Public Safety building in Atlanta in February. D ci48th Armored Division Band, conducted by CWO Thomas sJOthark, ca me to Atlanta by bus from Macon. CWO John Love's hi AF Band, representing the Air Guard, joined the other .,:nted musicians in saluting Colonel W. C. Domini's new
ters. Located next to the State Department of Defense
lURCH, APRIL 1957

headquarters on the National Guard reservation, the $1 million dollar structure provides modern facilities for the State Patrol for the first time. The safety department was formally housed in the Old Soldiers Home to the rear of the new building. Governor Marvin Griffin, Lt. Gov. Ernest Vandiver, other state officials and members of the General Assembly were guests of the safety department as were General Hearn and several mem-
bers of his National Guard Staff.
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1957 Ricks Cross-Country Race to Feature Two Ga. Pilots & Dobbins AFB Refueling

Sonic zooms may resound around town this summer because two Georgia Air National Guard pilots will participate in the 4th annual Ricks Trophy Event - a coast-to-coast jet race designed to test the efficiency and capability of ANG pilots and ground crews.

This year, for the first time, Dobbins Air Force Base at Marietta will be a refueling point for the spectacular event which will feature the Air Guard's best pilots and crews.
Flying the swept-wing, supersonic F -8 4F Thunder streaks and its reconnaissance version, the RF -84F, twelve pilots representing each ANG squadron equipped with the swift aircraft will begin the contest tn Fresno, California, July 28th.
Stops enroute will be made at Tucson, Arizona; Dallas, Texas; Dobbins AFB and finally at Andrews AF B, Maryland, near Washington, D.C. Appropriate reception ceremon-

and the last aircraft should be off at 1605,
Governor Marvin Griffin is expected to we !come the pilots to Georgia. The Dobbins stopover will be the only one where pilots participating in the race will land at their home base. It will also mark the first time Washington has been selected as the final destination in the popular cross-country event.
The race was named for the late Major General Earl T. Ricks, former Chief of the National Guard Bureau's air division . The July contest will be the fourth annual Ricks Trophy Rac e .

and is

the Air usually

Forc timed

e

Ass ociati to coincid':

.~ .

the opening of t.he annual con ida fere~~c:
of the AF A. Thts year will also
0 th_e Golden (50th) Anniversary ~

Au Force. In 1907 military av t at._

w

as part of the The controll

eAd rmcoynSdiigtinoanlsCoofrp~

year's race _will plac e emphasis llpoa
the operauo~al capabilities of Plr-

tlctpants with regard to accurate

flight planning, naviga tion, high speed cruise contr ol a nd grouod crew effectiveness.

Each pilot will be allowed a back

up aircraft and pilot, and a squadroa

crew chief will be stationed at each
point enroute. Pilots and crews will

be recognized at an A F A banquet in

Washington July 30th, the first day of the AFA's annual conve ntion, to be held through August 4th.

ies will be held at Andrews when the victorious pilot arrives. All participating pilots will have a banquet in their honor in Washington.
Timing for the event will be on an

Two Georgia pilots have participated in the events in the past. Captains Glenn H. Herd and Benjamin B. Willia ms represented the Georgia ANG the first two years. Since

In charge of the arrange ments are Colonel John Blanchard , Major Billy Means and Major Jimmy Reed from the National Guard Bureau, a nd the AFA 1s represented by Mr. Edmund F.

elapsed-time basis from poimt to F-84F's were used in the 1956 com- Hogan. Captain Glenn H. Herd and

point. Timing will begin when the petition , Georgia was ineligible to Captain Charles Allen of the Georgia

jets begin to roll and end when the y participa te last year.

ANG will be air project officers.

fly by the control tower at the next

The Ricks Event is jointly spon- Capt. Charles Simpson wi ll be the

base . A mandatory 30-minute stop- sored by the National Guard Bureau ground project officer.

over at each refueling station will

facilitate adequate refueling time.

This ground time will not be counted.

The Georgia pilots, yet ta be

selected, will be members of the

128th and 158th Fighter Interceptor

Squadrons. To qualify to take part

in the event, they must have a total

of 500 jet hours, 100 hours in the

F -84F and be rated 2-1 pilots with

green instrument cards.

In connection with the race to

take place on a Sunday Open House

activities will be held by the ANG

units at Dobbins. Visitors will be

welcomed to view the jets as they

arrive and depart. Working on a close timing schedule, the pilots will be

Arranging details of the Ricks Event in Atlanta were,

spaced at 5-minute intervals on take-

l-r, Col. Blanchard, Col. Paris, Ed Hogan, Lt. Gov.

off. At Do lbins, the first aircraft should arrive at approxim: . ~t:ely 1425

Ernest Vandiver, Commander of the Georgia Wing of AFA, and Brig. Gen. Homer Flynn, deputy commander of the

EST. Departures will begin at 1505,

Georgia Wing.

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Paris Goes on AD Ramsden Moves Up

Joel B. Paris, Executive ll6th Fighter Interceptor

began a three-month tour of

. duty with the 14th AF at
~ve
obbins AF B, Ga., April 1st. There Col. Paris will begin a four
cr,rour with the Flying Tigers as
~isranr for the Air National Guard

cJ.o8Drehewh1o4thw,i l lr ebpel ag.cm. i n ga

Col. Orren tour at the

pentagon. p,tajor William P. Ramsden, Wing

Adjutanr, will be acting base detach

11Cftt commander .at Do?bins AFB, replacing Col. Pans, unul the return
fJl Colonel Bernard M. Davey, former iDg Commander who will resume
Ius duties with the Georgia Air
ational Guard in June. Capt. Robert
J. Tidwell, 116th ,Air Base Group,
will assume Major Ramsden's duties.

Wounded Guardsman Saved by NG Blood
Fellow National Guardsmen have been credited with saving the life of Private John Hathaway, a member of Eatonton's Co C, 16lst Tank Bat tal ion.
Accidentally wounding himself in January when the shotgun he was hunting with discharged as he was climbing an embankment, Pvt. Hath '!way was given first aid by a school companion while another summoned help.
Sheriff John R. Walton, made two quick trips to Miledgeville, one to get Dr. Wallace Gibson, surgeon at Milledgeville State Hospital, and the other to obtain blood.
Sheriff Walton attributed action of the National Guard and the State Highway Patrol and police at the stare hospital for saving the Guards man's life.
From the Eatonton unit the follow ing Guardsmen contributed blood to Pvt. Hathaway; SFC Larry Manley, SP2 Milton Vining and Pfc Marvin Wallace, all of Eatonton, and SFC Hugh E. Dawkins of Madison.

Colonel Thompson as he is today and as he stood in front of his lethal B-25 in the wilds of Burma in 1944.

Col. Thompson Wears Command Wings

Command Pilot wings - the highest rating an Air Force pilot can achieve

- have been pinned on the blouse of Colonel Charles S. Thompson, United

States Property and Fiscal Officer for Georgia.

The veteran pilot was a charter

inember of the first Georgia Air Na- to 120 hours a month and exceeded

tional Guard Squadron, the 128th

1

,

I

0 bservauon Squadron, which was

the limitation consistently. He holds two Distinguished Flying

activated at Candler Field, Atlanta, Crosses, five Air Medals and a Com

1 May 1941. Since that time, Col. Ittenda ddh Ribbon. The latter he

Thompson has served 15 years as a achieved for expertly transfering

rated officer and compiled 330d hours Hydraulic fiuid in flight to another

flying time to more than qualify him B-25 wt1ich needed some of the fluid

for the coveted wings.

to get its gear down. Two tours in

He has flown approximately 20 CBI and the South American tour gave

different types of aircraft during his him a total of 2"6 months overseas.

flying career. The majority of his

Even though much of his time has

combat missions were in the China been spent in conventional aircraft,

Burma-India Theater during WW II.

he has checked out in the T-33 jet

After flying anti-submarine patrols trainer. Taking for granted Col.

in the early part of the war with the Thompson's flying prowess in con-

redesignated 128th Obs Sq, Colonel ventional aircraft, one of the Air

Thompson was sent by General Hap Guards flying training supervisors

Arnold on a special mission to South said the colonel could handle the jet

America. Flying along the chain of better than the C-47."

Antilles Islands, he devoted nine

And now it looks like the colonel

months to testing the effectiveness of the new 75mm guns against sub marines. The 75's were mounted in the noses of the B-25' s.

will be adding number 21 to the list of aircraft he has flown. He has begun to qualify himself for flying the latest Air National Guard jet - the F-84F

After returning to the States for Thunderstreak.

three months, he was sent to the

Well, the command pilot wings

CBI theater. There he commanded the have a wreath around the star above

8lst Bomb Squadron of the 12 Bomb the shield between the wings. Maybe

Group, flying B25's and B-26's.

the next step will be to add a halo.

The colonel, now 42, logged 1,040 If. so, we're sure Colonel Tho!Jlpson

tactical hours. Part of his time he could not log, since he was limited

wtll be among those eligible for the additional honor.

MARCH, APRIL 1957

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New Swept-Wing Thunderstreaks
Being Mastered by Ga ANG Pilots

Full Complement of Jets
Anticipated by 30 June

When Major General George J. Hearn, The Adjutant General, announced on

January 19th that he was grounding the Georgia Air National Guard's fleet of

60 F 84D T hunderjets until the obsolete airc raft could be replaced, no one

anticipated the rapid sequence of events that resulted in the first F-84F

Thunderstreak being delivered within 28 days.

The prompt action of the Georgia

General Asse mbly in investigating the matter a nd the personal intere st of Congressman Vinson and Senator

almost daily at Dobbins Air Force Base, Marietta, and Travis F ield, Savannah. Several pilots already

Russell culminated in the hurtling of have been checked out in the Repub

many obstacles which would have lie-built aircraft.

ordinarily delayed action several

Transition programs for pilots

months .

from the 128th and 158th Fighter

Today the newly modified , low Interceptor Squadrons have begun,

time supersonic jets are arriving and it is anticipated all of the pilots

Republic representatives assist Col. Joel B. Paris in getting ready for his first flight in the F-84F at Dobbins 11 March. Paris was the first AN G pilot
in the state to be checked out in the "F."
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will be checked out erior to the e nd of the Air Guard summer enc a mpment July 14th.
First to take the high-performance jet into the air at Dobbins was Colonel Joel B. Paris , executive officer of the 116th Fighter Inter ceptor Wing. Briefed thoroughly on the normal and emergency procedures by a 14th Air Force instructor pilot and Republic Aircraft Technical Representative John Frank, Col. Paris was strapped in for his inaugu ral flight March 11.
Followed closely by his c heck pilot in a T-33, Col. Paris put the powerful craft through its paces and whistled in for a landing 55 min utes after take-off. "It felt a little sen sitive at first," E:ol. Paris revealed, "but after I got the feel of it , it was a mighty sweet-flying machine."
Colonel Ralph G. Kuhn, Command er, 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing, in a letter to Brigadier General Homer Flynn, Assistant Adjutant General for air, wrote: "Please accept the appreciation of the officers and airmen of the 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing for your generous effort during our recent tactical air craft problem. Your personal support in the matter has done much to fur ther the progress of this organization. I assure you that your confidence in the Wing's ability to properly utilize the F -84F will be fully justified."
Three pi lots were sent to Luke AFB, Arizona, to receive their transition training in the Thunder streaks. These included Major P hilip
MARCH, _APRIL 1957

Gene ral llearn shows House Speaker Marvin Moate and Speaker Pro-Tem Ben Jes ~ up a model of the F-84F the
day the first full-scale jet arrived at Dobbins AFB.

Captain Phillips Hamilton of Savannah's jet fighter squadron steps into the cockpit of the swept-wing "F" for his initial ride at Travis
Field.

Colman, Commander of the 158th, Clyde Knipfer, and Lt. George
The F-8 4F' s capabilities exceed .-iderably the performance of the F-840. The "F" is the swept-wing wrsion of the older "D'~ Originally clesigned to be the F -96, the "F" relliaed the "84" designation only because considerable money could be
ed by the government in contracanl expenditures.
Powered by the J65 Curtiss Wright 111rbo jet engine, the "F" developes ,200 pound s of thrust. Unique in ItS construction is the stabilator, a ingle-surface elevator that moves by hydraulic action. This is the same type control utilized on the F -104 built by Lockheed.
The "F" is a versatile aircraft.
k is cap able of in-flight refueling llld can carry four different types of
txtemal fuel tanks, depending on the llission to be accomplished, It utilizes a combustion-type starter and llquid oxygen. With wings angling back at 40 degrees, the "F" preltnts a streamlined appearance from all angles.
The Guard is getting the late IIOdels using the hydraulic-tandem system for actuating the control surface s. The stick is spring-loaded to Unulate the fee.l of airpressure on
the control s. Airspeed is read on an

new indicator in terms of percent of . Mach, above the 200 Knot indication.
It cruises at .78 Mach, approximately 600 miles an hour at sea level. Supersonic speed to which the "F" .is limited is 1.2 Mach. While it will not exceed the speed of sound in level flight, the "F" goes through the barrier in a dive and retains its stable characteristics.
Cost of each aircraft was not disclosed, but i.s was estimated to approach $750,000, give or take a couple of hundred thousand. To conserve

the costly Thunderstreaks, the jets are equipped with drag chutes - an emergency item that will slow the aircraft by 40% if the pilot feels he . has landed too 'hot."
Fifty Thunderstreaks_are scheduled for delivery by June 30th. When the last one arrives and gets its accep tance check, Georgia will once again have a fleet of first-line aircraft capable of accomplishing the vital air defense mission its Air National Guard squadrons are committed to perform .

Judging from the smile alone, it must have been a mighty smooth flight for Col. Paris as he comes in from his first flight in the "F" and is congratulated by Mr. John
Frank, Republic tech rep.

IIARCH, APRIL 7957

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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN
2nd Stanza of Emmett Plunkett Saga
Hitting a Baseball Diamond is Sometimes Harder Than Hitting a Baseball, Col. Plunkett Proved

They don't allow you to make a parachute jump these days at any time

The intrepid colonel also tried

when the surface wind exceeds 15 mph. But long before those CAA rules and regulations were in effec~, a boy called Buddy Plunkett poised briefly for a

the free-fall delayed-jump record the National Air Races at Cleve

final drift calculation when flying over Jacksonville, Florida. He was trying in 1929.

to parachute inside a ball park in the teeth of a 45 mile-an-hour bluster.

He and three other contea

You have heard of him before - and you probably will again.

~oarded a cab_in plane early one - . ,

He is Lt. Colonel Emmett L. Plunkett,. The Georgia National Guard's

There was only one tree in the

mg and. cli~bed until the pl
wouldn't clim~ anymore. At 23,000

State Maintenance Officer. In the park, and it was strategically placed feet, all three Jumped. J umpingat

January-February edition of The in front of the signboards. Emmett altitude without oxygen, Emmett

Georgia Guardsman we described was fortunate enough to hit in the blood had _thinned pl_umetting dowa,

some of his exploits as a wing-'walker protective branches and suf_fered only he felt hke he might faint. Ilia

and stunt man with flying circuses. minor cuts and bruises.

senses reeled; he couldn't estU...

During his barnstorming days in the

This wasn't the only time Emmett his height. Just before he thaapc

late twenties and early thirties, his got the worst of a windy landing. he would lose consciousness,

favorite tricks involved the parachute. He became adept at delayed openings

One day he descended upon the airpo~t at Indianapblis in another 40-plus

pulled the ripcord. Soon he realized he had not set a

and spot jumping and eventually mile-ari-hour wind. This time he was record; he was still too high. " -

accumulated 497 jumps - and he's being drug helplessly and painfully he hinded minutes late r, he fowacl
not through yet. But that's another across the concrete runway when that he had suffered a nos e bleed aa.l

story.

an inspired motocyclist came to his was still weak. The instrument ca

That day over Jacksonville, Em- rescue . The cyclist chased him down his belt indicated he had fa llen 13,800

mett was the main attraction at the and drove his vehicle into the can- feet, some 2,000 feet under the record.

opening of the baseball season. He opy, collapsing the chute before His jumping mates had similar dif.

was to throw out the first ball as he Emmett was thoroughly skinned.

ficulties, and the altitude record

desended in his chute. The specta-

tors. didn't count on the guster that

was blowing at a whistling clip

across the eastern seaboard and

over the crowded stadium.

Not wanting to disappoint the

customers, Emmett decided to take

a chance. He ordered his pilot to

drop down from 900 to 600 feet to

lessen his chances of being blown

out of the park. When the plane reach-

ed the altitude and position Emmett

wanted, he dove overboard. His chu.te popped open, but n~t in a

vertical positiOn. The stiff wind

caused the billowing canopy to ride

almost horizontal with him. Being

pulled through the air at such an

angle , he felt he would miss the

park in spite of his careful timing.

He didn't have a chance to get the ball out of his pocket as he sped by the grandstand, and the ballplayers gaped as he headed for the center field fence.

Performing a risky headstand between the guy-wires of a Stearman, Colonel Plunkett would release his handhold on the precarious perch and brace himself against the air
pressure.

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MARCH, APRIL. 1957

iataCt for anoth.er yea.r.

.

doing hts wing-walking

uystwanidreins,g

on his headf betwe.en swinging rom wtng

8 axle like an agile cat, Emmett

vary his routine. He would get

rip on the wing struts and the gpilot to do some aero bau.es.

ouldn't remember the exact num-

c but the colone I said he had per-

the wing through hundreds of

':.d loops, braced against the

of air that smashed across his

pet monkey Emmett owned gave 1110re trouble than pleasure as he
from town to town during his
years as an aerialist. day, the monkey slipped its
which was attached to a in his hotel room. When
returned, the room was ranand he couldn't catch that
for anything. finally the monkey came to roost
the overhead fan . Seeing his
Emmett sneaked over and the switch. The monkey was tacious, but centrifugal force fin-
Illy flung him into the wall, and
Eamett made the capture. One day Emmett decided that his
801lkey would like to make a parachute jump. He rigged a special linle chute for him and tested it lhoroughly. The day for the monk's iaitial jump, the creature committed lllicide. All went well, as Emmett tells it, until the chimp saw the canopy over his head. He was de send-
ing in a normal manner at Gunter Field near Montgomery when the tragedy occured. The monkey's curiosity killed him. He started climbing up the risers of the chute 1D get to the fascinating canopy above. When he did this, he spilled
the chute, tangled the cords and
clashed to earth.
Emmett met Lindbergat Americus, Georgia, one day when the famous
"Llndy" was getting his first ship
ready to fly. Lindberg assembled ~ old World War I jenny and made bi.s first solo flight from Souther Fteld. Emmett confirmed that the COwageous "Lone Eagle" was as thy as he was brave.

Inspecting the dri ver'sl?atch on one of the M-47 tanks for which he is responsible, Colonel Plunkett maintains a close watch on the millions of dollars worth of NG
equipment he maintains.

Emmett also knew other great pioneers of the flying age such as Jimmy Doolittle , Rosco Turner, Dick ~I e rrill and Wiley Post.
His stunts were so spectacular, Emmett came to the attention of the movie producers in Holl ywood. He was hired to make two movies and appeared as the parachutist in "Legion of the Condemned" and "Lilac Time." He was a stand-in for the stars and had to land close enough to the camera to make a good picture but far enough away so that he could not be recognized.
When war threatened our country, Emmett was among the first to volunteer. As a mechanic at Candler field in 1941, he helped organize the first Air National Guard squadron in Georgia, the 128th Observation Sqdn, commanded by Major George G. Finch - now CG of the 14th Air Force. Emmett stayed with the organization when it was called into federal service. LatH he went to England. There, as a captain, he was maintenance officer of the 109th Tactical Reconnaissance Squadron, a P-51 outfit. Prior to the invasion of Europe, he gave demonstration jumps for the pilots and continued the practice after he moved into France, Belgium and Germany.
Emmett volunteered for three combat missions and later was on the scene the second day after the liber-

ation of the Buchenwald prison camp and saw the horrors that were perpetrated there.
While based at Eschwege, Germany, he went on a scouting mission that took him to the marshalling yards. There, in a round-house, he found an abandoned switch engine and several freight cars full of needed supplies.
Emmett managed to recharge the batteries and "crank up" the massive diesel. He maneuvered it out of the yard and eventually had his valuable cargo trailing behind. He drove it over a spur line and into his airfield bound-
ary. The train served as a personal conveyance for Emmett and his airmen, and they used it for several hunting and fishing expeditions.
Col. Plunkett has maintenance responsibility for about $150 million worth of federal property used by the Georgia National Guard. He shoulders this task like you might expect he would - with the skill and ability that have been his trademark.
He's not through jumping yet, he says. He's expecting to break the 500 mark, and we hope to be around when he does. So if you see Col. Plunkett around your unit or his headquarters at the United States Property and Fiscal Office, don't be surprised if you don't recognize him. It's just hard for any of us to imagine
that anyone could crowd that much adventure into one lifetime.

IAARCH, APRIL 1957

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THE GEORGIA G U A R D S M A N - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

TOP 3 GRADE PROMOTIONS, ARMY & AIR NG

(All top-3 grade promotions to be published in the Georgia Guardsman should be compiled at unit level and sent to the Public Information Office not later than the 1st of
each even month.)

Hq, 48th Armd Div SFC Embry S. Toole Sp2 Paul R. Henderson Sp2 Ronald E. Cox Sp2 Hugh D. Gibson
Hq & Sv, 48th Recon Bn SFC Farris L. McCoy Sgt Joseph W. Caston Sgt Robert N. Reese Sp2 James C. Gilbert Sp2 Walter E. Price
Co A, 48th Recon Bn SFC Samuel A. Langford, Jr. SFC Jesse W. Milner SFC Jimmy R. Talley Sp2 Hugh E. Cornwell
Co B, 48th Recon Bn M/Sgt George E. Rainey SFC Luther T. Garner SFC Harry L. Phillips Sgt Thomas E. Hall Sp2 Robert D. Spinks
H/S Co, 121st AlB SFC Thomas J. Ledford Sgt Bobby D. Register
CoB, 121st AlB SFC Ralph H. Moore Sgt Allen J. Freeman Sgt Cody G. Allen Sgt William F. Griffin
Co C, 12lst AlB
SFC George W. Pharis
Med Det, 121st AlB Sp2 Robert E. L. Rhodes
Hq, 122nd AlB Sgt Patrick D. Wilson, Sr.
Co A, 122nd AlB SFC Billy Brumlow SFC Jeffry K. Hudgins SFC Marvin D. Smith Sgt Herman J. Cooper Sgt Hugh L. Lanier
Co D, 122nd AlB Sgt Jessie W. Sibley Sgt Howard D. Teal Sgt Joseph W. Thomas

Med Det, 122nd AlB Sp2 Thomas L. Word
Co A, 162nd Tank Bn SFC Ralph W. Fuller, Jr. SFC Ernest E. Tidwell Sp2 James A. Lee
Co C, 162nd Tank Bn Sp2 Henry A. Andrews, Jr.
Hq, 163rd Tank Bn
M/Sgt Acle E. Cook, Jr. M/Sgt Charlie C. Fox SFC Otto L. DeFoor SFC George S. Edwards SFC Roy M. Fox Sgt Charles A. Tate Sp2 Wayman H. Dutton
Co B, 163rd Tank Bn M/Sgt Raymond L. Jolly SFC Adam C. Schneider
Co C, 163rd Tank Bn SFC Green S. Haygood Sgt Jack E. Cline Sp2 Tilden P. Whitfield Sp2 Marion L. Key
Co D, 163rd Tank Bn SFC William E. Davis Sp2 J. B. Harrison Sp2 Charles E. Helton Sp2 James D. Mulkey Sp2 Howard E. Petty Sp2 Montie R. Robinson Sp2 George B. Ross Sp2 Hughie E. Ridley Sp2 Marvin E. Seay Sp2 Walter C. Sitton
H/S Co, 190th Tank Bn
SFC Johnnie R. Faglie Sgt William H. Entrekin, Jr. Sgt Robert P. Hines, Jr. Sp2 Burr W. Jennings Sp2 Alvin E. Johnson Sp2 Taurence E. Wellons, Jr.
Co A, 190th Tank Bn SFC Samuel A. Haupt Sgt James V. Wood Sp2 Henry F. Berryhill Sp2 Charles L. Studstill
Co B, 190th Tank Bn
SFC Orvil E. Thompson

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Co C, 190th Tank Bn M/Sgt John T. Kinard Sgt George B. Faircloth Sgt Bobby R. Walker Sp2 James R. Goodman Sp2 Jivis G. Hall Sp2 James E. Phillips Sp2 Henry E. Vaughn
H/S Co. 560th AEB Sp2 Richard L. Pope
Co B, 560th AEB Sp2 Lewis F. Bone
Co C, 560th AEB SFC Rufus L. Dasher SFC Willis Lanier SFC David J. Smith SFC Grady C. Waters Sp2 Hugh D. Blocker, Sr. Sp2 Calvin H. Boyett Sp2 Jesse E. Durrence Sp2 Wilton M. Foster Sp2 Benson V. Mock Sp2 Norman D. Mock Sp2 Billy A. O'Neal Sp2 William D. Smith
Co D, 560th AEB Sgt James H. Blackmon Sgt Dan C. Johnson Sp2 Harold E. Still Sp2 Noah F. Jinright Sp2 Kenneth H. Davidson
Co E, 560th AEB SFC James N. Mixon Sgt Alton R. Whitaker Sp2 Herman H. Sizemore Sp2 Lothar W. Wiechulla
Hq Btry, 108th AAA Brig SFC Thomas W. O'Kelly Spl Charles E. Ridge
Hq, lOlst AAA Bn M/Sgt Robert R. Hendrix SFC James H. Radcliffe Sgt Joe P. Johnston Sp2 Robert G. Thackston Sp2 Virgil K. Hdrville
Btry D, lOlst AAA Bn Sgt Charles L. Edenfield Sgt Jack L. Lively
Hq Btry, 250th AAA Bn Sgt Daniel E. Williams
Btry A, 250th AAA Bn Sgt Everette E. Morris

Btry B, 250th AAA Bn SFC Aaron W. O'N~ SFC Edward J. Hayden
Btry D, 250th AAA Bn M/Sgt William T. Webb M/Sgt Warren B. Smith SFC Claude J. Bearden
Btry A, 950th AAA Bn SFC Carl J. Mincey Sgt Horace L. Ravenson
Btry B, 950th AAA Bn M/Sgt Kenneth G. Thomaa SFC Roger M. Towler SFC Lyman M. Hughes Sp2 Billy 0. Addison
H/S Co, 144th AlB SFC Austin E. Roberson Sgt Benjamin T. Tiller
Co A, 144th AlB M/Sgt Robert C. Smith SFC William C. Lamb SFC Willis V. Minchew SFC Rufus Lovett Sgt Nathan Mosley Sp2 Jess W. Jacobs, Jr. Sp2 Cecil A. Morgan
Co C, 144th AlB M/Sgt Joe C. Dasher SFC James F. Moody Sgt Richard L. Dasher Sgt Charles T. Herndon Sgt Theron L. Moody
Co D, 144th AlB Sgt Donnis F. Kent
H/S Co, 171st AlB Sgt Melvin E. White
Co C, 171st AlB SFC Cecil H. Frederick Sgt Jesse J. Wood, Jr. Sgt Horrace C. Rowe Sgt W.E. Cromer Sgt Wayne F. Lawrence
117th AC&W Flight S/Sgt George A. Goodman S/Sgt James E. Jordan S/Sgt Jerry C. Price S/Sgt Wilton F. Roberson S/Sgt William R. Love S/Sgt John B. Zipperer A/lC Marion R. Hall, Jr. A/2C Laurie R. McKee A/2C Thomas L. Moody A/2C Peyton R. Smith
MARCH, APRIL 1951

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Signal Team
ps 7 Basketball
rophies in 3 Years
Expert marksmanship over the 3 years has earned for the ball team of the 48th Armored Company seven handsome Opposing teams received
coded messages from the signalthat they were in for stiff com-
1-utJiou - they received the informaAir Mail Special.
Coached and managed by CWO ~~&dall W. Stone, the talented team ._.ts several former professional
1811 college stars. Always in the
.,., bracket in Atlanta and Georgia,
- signal men were runners up in
t1ae 1957 State Class A Open Invita-
dooal Tournament. They were class
8 AAU champions in 1956 and run-
IUS up in the same class in 1955,
dae same year they won the Atlanta
championship. Captained this year by Sp 2 Ed
Cearley, the team entered the finals without him - due to his transfer to .-other state. Cearley, a 6ft. 7 in. lharpshooter, would have meant the difference between first and second place, Coach Stone reflected.
The first team was made up of Doug Foster, Univ. of Ga.; Bobby Duke, Detroit Vagabonds; Jim O'Donald, Auburn; John Carson,
ashington Redskins; and Joe Gomez, Univ. S.C.
Other members of the team were Lamar Gann, Howard Couch, Charles Smith, Jerry Strawn, James Thomas, James Ewing, Ray Fewer, Reginald Ballard, Donald Ballard and Gilbert
Adair.
Next year Coach Stone hopes to lave a sponsor for the team. So far,
be has contributed to the expenses of
the team while on the road. With the teputation of the Signal Company harpshooters, it shouldn't be difficult to obtain a sponsor who wants
to be on the winning side.
AU who doubt the validity of the ~~hies shown on this page are lllvued to come forward next year llld challenge the gifted Guardsmen
al the 48th Armored Signal Company.
*ARCf/, APRIL 1957

Signal Company Trophies
Separate ANG Sqs. Invade North,
Wing to Train at Travis Field
An invasion of the North by four components of the Georgia Air National Guard will be undertaken again this year to strengthen the nation's air de fen ses while the Guardsmen participate in their annual summer field training exercises. llowever, the main body of the Georgia Air Guard will receive its training again at Travis Field, Savannah.
Some 700 airmen, mostly highly skilled radar and communications technicians, will set up their complex network of electronic equipment in New York, New Hampshire and Massachusettes. The Guardsmen will work with regular Air Force and other Air Guard components assigned to the Air Defense Command.
*"'*
Savannah's 117th Aircraft Control and Warning Flight will train at Otis AFB, Mass. July 6 through 20. During the same period Atlanta's 129th Aircraft Control and Warning Squadron will be stationed at Fort Devens, Mass.
Macon's 202nd Communications Maintenance Squadron will be based at Griffis AFl3, Rome, N.Y. August 11 through 25, and Drunswick' s 224th Radio Relay Squadron will train at Grenier AFB, N.H., August 17 through 31.
The ma;or portion of Georgia's Air National Guard, composed of 1,600 officers and airmen of the 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing and Attached units, will begin its exercises at Travis Field June 30 for 15 days of active duty.
Pilots of Savannah's 158th Fighter Interceptor Squadron and the 128th squadron at Dobbins AFB will get a thorough indoctrination in their new F-84F Thunderstreaks while at Travis . A majority of the Guard's 100 pilots is expected to be "checked out" in the swept-wing, supersonic fighter be-
..... fore the encampment ends July 14.
As previously announced, over 9,500 Army National Guardsmen will train this summer at Fort Stewart, Georgia. From June 9 through 23, the 108th AAA Brigade, 160th Armor Group, 878th Engineer Construction Battalion, 201st Ordnance Company, and Headquarters and Headquarters Detachment are scheduled for maneuvers.
The largest component of the Guard, elements of Georgia's 48th Armored Division, will undergo its training with tanks and other heavy armored equipment at Fort Stewart June 30 to August 14. The Division is commanded by Ma;or General Patrick E. Seawright of Savannah.
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LT. COL. ROBERT T. BAIRD
Mai Robert T. Baird P1 romoted to Lt Col
Major Robert T. Baird, Jr., assis tant Adjutant General of the 48th Armored Division, has been promoted to Lieutenant Col. and assigned to the position of Division Finance Officer, with Federal Recognition to date from 3 January 1957.
Colonel Baird occupies. the fulltime position as Seaior Staff Assis tant to the Commanding General, 48th Armored Division, and has held this position continuously since '48.
Col. Baird is one of the original officers of Headquarters 48th lnfan try Division, and was one of the principal figures in the organization of the Division Headquarters after the close of World War II. He also was instrumental in the reorganiza tion of the National Guard Association of Georgia, having served as the first SecretaryTresurer of the Association after World War II.
Colonel Baird completed the Fifty Series, Army Extension Courses in 1952, and has attended the annual National Guard Division Refresher Course at the Command & General Staff College for five years. He also attended the Armor Officer Refresher Course at The Armored School in 1956.
Col. Baird served in the Army for five years during World War II, and was promoted to Captain, Infantry, while serving in the European Thea ter of Operations as a member of the 5th Infantry Division of General George S. Patton's famous Third United States Army.
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158th "Thunderstreak"
Is New Publication
Making its bow as the newest publication in the National Guard is the 158th Ficeptron THUNDERSTREAK, a classy little 6-page paper that is well illustrated and contains a variety of items about the equipment and personnel of the 158th Fighter Interceptor Squadron at Travis Field, Savannah. Edited by S/ Sgt Amos B. Fox, the publication has a staff of ten and is published by T / Sgt Robert G. Brewton, who prints the issues on a good grade of paper 6~ by 8 inches in size. The other staff members consist of three associate editors: Lt. Charles L. Burnsed, A/ 3C Leonard Guyer and A/ 3C Joseph W. Liles; a squadron advisor, Lt. John Sparkman; andreporters Fred Bevil, Wallis E. DeWitt, Richard Field, Jerry Muller and Chu-::k McPherson. Good Luck! You're off to a mighty good start.

WAYNESB ORO BTR y

TOPS IN GEORGIA FOR 3A NG TR OPHy

In addition to attaining a "S

1. 0r " rau.ng inspection,

on as

theu. annua reported in

lthearu~poerry.

Feb edition, Waynesboro's Batt::;

D, 101st AAA Bn, achieved tb

highest score tion for the

inThGiredorgUianiitnedcomStpate~l~

Army National Guard Training Tropb
ss.;; Only 2 .6 points out of first plac ~
the unit had a commendable

tally when the fin al statistics were
computed. Mississippi's 3656th Or

dnance Co won the Trophy for 1956

with 90.67.

Major General Crump Garvin

Deputy CG Third Army, commended

the Georgia unit, whic h is command-

ed by Capt. Paul Stone, "for their

attainment of the highest score in

(Georgia) in the competition."

A/ 2C Jack J. Drossopoulos, a member of the 8158th Replacement Tra ining Squadron, of Savannah, was named "Honor Student" while attending a jet eng ine mechanic course at Amarillo Air Force Base, Texas . Above Airman Drossopoulos is being congratulated by Major Sheftall B. Coleman, Jr. , air operations office r of the 8158th. While uttending the 15-weeks course, Airman Drossopoulos was indoctrinated on the fundamentals of mechanics, with emphasis on the maintenance and ins pe ction of single engine jet fighter aircraft currently in use in the Air Force and the Air National Guard. Airman Drossopoulos enlisted in the 158th Fighter Squadron at Travis Field on 18 October 1953 and, on 1 Febuary 1955, was transferred to the 8158th. Both Airman Drossopoulos and his father, M/ Sgt John A . Drossopoulos, ar e emp loyed al jet mechanics by the air technical detachment at Travis Field.
MARC H AP RIL 195T I

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.aps, and more maps are the keyword of exercise
Bravo at Fort Gordon, Ga. Getting in a plotting here are Lt. Col. DeWitt T. Frederick, G-2, Col. B.F. Merritt, Mayor of Macon and division commander; Lt. Col. Emory C. Smith, Macon,
and Lt. Col. Julius L. Gholson, Macon, lG. (48th PIO, U.S. Army Photo).

Major Gen. Partick E. Seawright takes time during exercise Lucky Bravo to explain one of the map problems. Left to right are M/ Sgt. Francis G. Semken of Savannah, Hq and Hq battery, 48th Armored Division Artillery;
SFC Dennis f. Pounder of same battery; Maj. Gen. Sea-
wright, division commander; and Maj. Grady P. Hext, S-1, Division Artillery. (48th PIO , U.S. Army Photo.)

NG Division, AAA Get Luclcy Bravo Jest at Ft. Gordon
Lucky Bravo, held at Fort Gordon 1-3, was a two-way command map-type exercise which en-
-IDASSl~CI more than 1,800 men from National Guard and active of the Third United
33 officers of General partie ipated.
Ia way of explanation, it might be
that a two-way exercise is one which the aggressor enemy is
represented. For Lucky the aggressor was represented two National Guard Division the 30th Armored of Nashville, , and the 48th Armored of
Ga. Also particip1 ting was ac:leus of officers and men of the
AAA Brigade with headquarters Iinder.
Plans called for air-lifting a twoArmy deep into enemy-held
rtb~v. The commanders and staffs Reserve, National Guard and Army units, working closely , employed the latest mili-
t:chniques, doctrines, and pro-
for both offensive and -llter-n,ff~.ftsi ve actions. (48th PIO.)

Pushbutton Warfare Takes More Men

Instead of taking the human element out of flight, "pushbutton" warfare demands far more from man than does the operation of conventional aircraft, a missile company engineer said Tuesday.
Stanley A. Hall, head of the human factors staff of the Lockheed Missile Systems Division, told a visit-
ing group of Air Force physicians that "missiles present more human problems tha~ do their manned counterparts.''
"No Device small enough to place inside a missile has yet been developed than can perform with the capability of the human being,'' Hall said.
Speaking at the Lockheed missile plant in Van Nuys, Calif., Hall pointed out that, "In remotely humancontrolled missiles you lose the pilot's kinesthetic feedback (the 'feel' of a plane), the visual cues, the auditory patterns -- all the data and information for which no really effective substitute has yet been found.
"One Lockheed study showed 25 men required on the ground to take the place of the one man we took

out of the air.'' To remedy this, Hall said, Lock-
heed is "taking a new look at the human being as part of a functional system" and seeking ways to simplify command systems and improve information feedback from the missile in flight.
As one specific example of the work of this human factors staff, Hall showed the visiting Air Force physicians a new control panel devised for the Lockheed X-7A -- a cruise missile used to test various ramjet engines at supersonic speeds.
The new control panel, said Hall, makes it easier for the operator to control the swift "bird" and to determine how it is responding to his commands.
"Even in systems not involving direct human control of the missile in flight," said Hall, "the engineer still must deal with the human element.
"People still have to assemble the devices, inspect them, test them, adjust and maintain them. We at Lockheed know intuitively and from experience that there are definite limits to the amount of complexity a man can handle."
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THE GEORGIA GUARDSMAN------------------------------------------------------------------

When it comes to operating radio relay communications, airmen of the Georgia Air National Guard's 224th Radio Relay Squadron are among the best in the nation. The talented airmen, commanded by Major William A. Way, are shown here at their St. Simons lsl.and site setting up an antenna. They are, 1-r, Airmen

wo; Peyton M. Harrison, Harris T. Mincher, William H. Re ynolda
Hershel C. Buchan and Johnny M. Mullins. At rig ht, Major shows Colonels Marion Clonts and James C. Grizzard where his squadron will establish relay stations this su mmer while 011 maneuvers in New England. The visiting colonels are membera
of Headquarters, Georgia ANG .

SNAFU

Maj. Pooley Honored
By Chaplain's Assn.
Chaplain (Major) Robert C. Pooley, Jr., has been named an alternate delegate to the National Convention of the Military Chaplain's Association. Chaplain Pooley is Chaplain of the Air Guard's 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing. The Georgia association, meeting recently at the Ft. McPherson Officers Mess, had 36 members present.
Chaplain (Lt. Col.) William Golder, USA, executive secretary of the Military Chaplains Asso. was the guest speaker. President of the local chapter 1s Lt. Col. James May, USAR.

Another new officer has been elevated from the ranks of the 118th Armored Field Artillery Battal ion in Sa vann ah, Julian P. O'Brien has co mpleted the ten series extension course, passed It/a examinations and appo inted second lieutenant of artillery. He ha s been ass /gned as Reconnaissa nce and Survey Officer of Btry B, 118th A rmd F A Bn.
* * * Another highly qualified jet me chanic
has joined the ranks of the 158th Fighter Interceptor Squadron in Sava nnah. Having completed successfully the a ircraft mechanic jet engine course at Amarillo AFB, Texas, A/ 2C Wilton R. De nmark has been assigned to the aircraft ,noin tenance section of the squa dron. A irman Denmark, a graduate of Com mercial High School in Savannah, has been a me mber of the 158th for three and a ha If years.

''DO THEY PUT YOU ON K. P. VERY OFTEN'?"

A crowd gathered about the small boy who had just saved a playmate from an icy pond.
"You wonderful boy! " gushed one woman. "Tell us how you came to be so brave and dive in that water."
"I had to" said the hero bash fully. "He' was wearing my
skates."

The man being :tried for steal-

ing a car was told he could re-

quest a jury of his peers.

"What's peers?" he asked.

"Your equals, men of yourown

class," the judge explained.

"Oh no " ain't gonZ.:a

said the be tried

bpyr iasnoyn egr ~n"gI

of auto thieves."

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NEW THUNDERCHIEF-This is the first photo of the F-1 05 Thund erchief, new supersonic fighter-bomber. As design features , it has a long, cyl indrical fuselage, short, very thin , swept-back wings, the needle nose and a ventral fin on the bottom of the aft fuselage near the tail. The plane has been selected for
volume production.
MARCH, APRIL 1957

LORI NELSON

MAMIE VAN DOREN

~II Motional Guardsmen we have been firm believers in the
'-tltyofasoldier or airman to make quick, accurate decisions,
.. In this case, we must confess, we don't know which way lllrn. In order to make a fair appraisal of these curvaceous
Clltlea, however, we recommend that you see ''Untamed Youth,''

a Warner Bros. Production, in which they parade their charms and talents.... lf you think that's fair, we recommend you point out the advantages of the 11-weeks and 6-months programs to your buddies and bring in a "bumper" crop of youths- tamed or untamed. If they can keep in step doing the rock'n'roll, they
will make excellent cadence counters in our talented ranks.

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AM~RICi\

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Ac ~u i 3 iti~ns Div i 3io n The Uni ve rsity o f Geor gia Libra ries The University of Georgia Ath ens, Georg ia

Guards men Take Aim at Marksmanship Trophy

L t . C ol. J . Howa rd A ll ison, commanding officer of t he Georgia
Nat io nal Guard's 122nd Armored Infantry Botta( ion, observes the fir ing of his Guardsmen on the Ft. McClelland range as

they sharpen up their shooting eyes in preparation for the state wide marksmanship competit ion to be conducted at su mmer
ca mp t his year.