The Georgia guardsman [Vol. 9, no. 1 (Jan., Feb. 1959)]

January- February, 1959

GOVERNOR ERNEST VANDIVER

THE ADJUTANT GENERAL'S MESSAGE

MAJOR GENERAL GEORGE J. HEARN

Fellow Guardsmen:
It is on honor and a privilege for me to be able to serve you again as Adjutant General of Georgia. As I assume the duties of my office, I wish to express my deep concern over the forthcoming reorgoni zotion of the Georgia Army National Guard.
The plan for reorganization has not, as yet, been presented to the State. However, I wont to assure you that before any Pentagon proposal is accepted and before any binding decisions ore reached, senior commanders will be consulted.
The strength quota for the Army Guard in Georgia remains at 8,886, and this figure will be retained within the framework of any new reorganization provided the minimum strength of 400,000 officers and men is maintained throughout the Army Guard.
It appears that the Deportment of Defense wi II make a renewed effort to reduce Army National Guard strength to 360,000, making it advisable that we actively continue to resist the proposal with fresh vigor and determination. I wont to assure you that my office will be unyeilding and energetic in the fight to maintain our present strength at 400,000 as guaranteed by the 85th Congress lost year.

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22 Ga. NG Units Are Superior

GUARDSMAN
Vol. 9 Jan, Feb 1959 No. 1
A publication of the Department of Defense, Military Division, State of Georgia. Published in the interest of the Georgia National Guard and distributed free to members of the National Guard of Georgia. The Guardsman receives AFPS material.
MAJOR DOUGLAS EMBRY Editor
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Atlanta 16, Georgia

The number of Georgia Army National Guard units making Superior on annual armory inspections in 1957 more than doubled in 1958 with an impressive 22 units getting the top rating. Ten units were Superior in '57.
The ratings were impressive throughout the state with only two units being Satisfactory. Low

strength was the main factor accounting for the lower rating. One hundred and five units were Excellent.
Many of the Superior units were repeating previous ratings in past years but several achieved Superior for the first time since their units were organized.
Superior units are as follows:

SNAFU

Hq & Hq Co, CC B, Macon Hq & Hq Co, CC C, Atlanta Co C, 163rd Tank Bn, Canton Co C, 48th Recon Bn, Griffin Co A, 122nd Armd Inf Bn, Atlanta Hq, Hq & Svc Co, 190th Tk Bn, Americus Med Det, 190th Tank Bn, Americus Hq & Hq Btry, 48th Armd Div Arty, Sav'h Hq & Hq Btry, 108th AAA Brigade, Winder Hq & Hq Btry, 250th AAA Bn, Augusta Btry A, 250th AAA Bn, Augusta Btry C, 250th AAA Bn, Thomson Co B, 160th Tank Bn, Sandersville Co C, 160th Tank Bn, Louisville Btry B, 118th Armd FA Bn, Savannah Btry A, 101st AAA Bn, Statesboro Btry C, 101st AAA Bn, Swainsboro Btry D, 101st AAA Bn, Waynesboro Btry A, 950th AAA Bn, Elberton Btry C, 950th AAA Bn, Toccoa Co A, 17lst Armd Inf Bn, Valdosta
48TH ARMD DIVISION

Honorable Ernest Vandiver
Governor of Georgia
Major General George J. Hearn
The Adjutant General
The opinions expressed in the Geor gia Guardsman are those of the Staff Writers of the Publication and mem hers of the Georgia National Guard and do not necessarily reflect any official views of the 0 ffice of the
Adjutant General of Georgia.
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Our Cover...
The ascendancy of Ernest Vandiver to the Governorship of Georgia is symbolized in this sketch of a missile. At the base he received his initial thrust in state government as Adjutant General. The second stage depicts him as Lt. Governor at the dedication af the Winder armory with Sen. Russell and Gen. Hearn. At the pinnacle of his career in state government he has launched a program of progress as Georgia's
Chief Executive and the Guard's Commander-in-Chief.

WINS 3RD ARMY CUP
AS BEST IN 5 STATES
For the second consecutive year the 48th Armored Division, GeorgiaFlorida National Guard, has won the Third U.S. Army Division trophy for being judged the best among the five divisions of the Guard in this area.
Lt. Gen. Clark L. Ruffner, CG of the Third Army, presented the trophy to Maj. Gen. Maxwell C. Snyder, division commander from Jacksonville, who accepted the award at the. annual training conference held at Fort McPherson, Ga., in November.
Twenty-one general officers attended the conference which convenes to plan training programs of the National Guard for forthcoming summer training periods.

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Guardsmen Find Lost Boys, Battle Fire.,

Supply Water and Search for Fisherman

In Series of Recent Emergency Missions

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Temporarily lost in a Twiggs County swamp, a 12-year-old Georgia boy was found by Macon National Guardsmen and other volunteer searchers who discovered the youth wandering aimlessly in the woods near Huber, Ga. The boy, Patrick McNair, a student at Macon's Belleview School, became the object of an all-night search November 1-2 when he decided to chase animals.
Left by a railroad sidetrack by three of his uncles, the boy lost his direction after he ventured too far into the thick underbrush. When his uncles returned for him at sundown, he had disappeared. When he was found the next morning, he was apparently in good shape- just hungry, judging from the quantity of doughnuts and cookies he consumed after his rescue.

were brought in to expand the search which was directed by Lieutenant Colonel William V. Crowley, battalion commander, and Capt. Joseph R. Blandford, Co C commander.
Probing the creek and swamp area, the Guardsmen used boats and floodlights after dark, continuing their search until midnight. Meals were served to the men in the armory where they stayed overnight. At 7 a.m. the next morning patrols were assigned to cover the creek banks and to retrace areas covered by other rescue agencies.
At approximately 11: 18 a.m. Sp2 Wayne E. \\ asden and Sp3 Robert L. Clements discovered the victim in dense underbrush on an island near where he was presumed to have fallen from the bridge. The fall was fatal.

search after Battery D was alerted and called out. Capt. Paul Stone battery commander, said Glisson and Quick located the 15-year-old boys only three hours after the Guardsmen began searching for them. The boys had abandoned their boat and were camping overnight on the island.
Parents of one of the boys, apparently speaking the sentiments of all the parents, said: "We want to express our sincere appreciation to every person who had any part in the search for our boys and to everyone who offered prayers for their safety. To every citizen, to the police department, to the National Guard, we thank you and we pray that God will bless you for your kindness and concern."
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Enterprising engineers of H/S Co, 560th Armd Engr Bn, of Columbus were called on to supply water to residents of Danielsville, Ga., early in November when the city water supply failed. M/Sgt Lee H. Rlanchard loaded up his water-filtering equipment Nov 4 and began pumping water to the stranded community by 2 a.m. Nov 5. Sgt. Blanchard and Quinton Carroll of the State Maintenance Shop in Atlanta were relieved on Nov 15 after the city's new well was completed.
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Louisville Guardsmen of Co C, 160th Tank Battalion, were alerted Sunday, Dec 14, when local authorities requested the Guard's help in locating a man believed lost in a swamp near the armory. The man, identified as Robert Watkins, was seen last on a nearby bridge the previous day.
Initially, two officers and 35 men were called out but more Guardsmen

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When an explosion rocked the town of Blackshear at 2:15 a.m., Dec 17, Mayor S.A. Geiger asked that Guardsmen be stationed in the area to prevent the looting of some 15 to 20 stores whose front windows had been blown out. Thirteen Waycross Guardsmen of H/S Co, 17lst Armd Inf Bn, were on the scene within 40 minutes after the AdjutalH General notified Capt. Norman L. Gillis of the emergency. After keeping watch throughout the night, the Guardsmen were relieved by the local merchants and Blackshear police.
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Three teen-age boys lost in a Briar Creek swamp near Waynesboro were rescued December 27 by a search party of Guardsmen from Battery D, 101st AAA Bn. The trio-Amos Smith, Everett Ellison and Andrew Cates- were found on a small island in the swamp by Lt. Ed Glisson and Byron Quick, a former Guardsman.
Some 30 Guardsmen joined in the

The well-exf rcised water pumping and purification system of Columbus' 560th Armored Engineer Battalion was brought into service again early in January when a team of Guardsmen from Columbus and Atlanta set up the operation in Mansfield, Ga.
Some 440 residents of the commu nity were without water after a new well pump plunged 437 feet to the bottom of the town well. Notified of the emergency, former Adjutant General Charlie F. Camp, with the concurrence of the Governor, dispatched the Guardsmen to the scene.
Within 24 hours after the town's water system failed, resident's were being furnished limited supplies of water by the National Guardsmen.
On the scene were State Civil Defense Operations Officer Jack Grantham, who supervised the emer gency installation, Sgt. Howard Hardy of the 560th Engineers, SFC Frank Barnes and Sp2C James Carroll, both of Atlanta's 201st Ordnance Co.
Pipes were laid from a local pond 1,000 feet to city water mains.
~fayor A. Etheridge Hays said the

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LT. COL. HOLDEN C. WEST COMMANDS 162nd TANK BN REPLACING LT. COL. ANDREW McKENNA, NEW CC B EXEC

Macon's 162nd Tank Battalion has a new commanding officer. He is Lieu-

1Ceonla.nMt cCKoelnonnaelhHasolbdeeenn

C. West who named execu

r.epl tive

ace.s Lt off1cer

. Col. Andrew W. McKe of Combat Command B.

nna.

In the shuffle, Captain James J.

Greienning

was off

named operations icer of the battaI1' 0n

and an d

uraomoted to maJ. or.

P Colonel Roy W. Hogan, in making

of the 121st's service company and
when the l21st was designated part o f the armored dl' V.lsl.on, he was
named executive officer of the 162nd

he announcement, said other changes Tank Battalion.

:nvolved the assignment of. Major Joseph C. Genone as execuuve officer of the battalion and the assign-

ment of Major Robert Truitt of Albany to the post of supply officer for

CC B. Col. Hogan , CC B commander, said

Col. McKenna replaced Lt. Col. Harry Lutz of Albany, who retired Nov. 20.
Colonel West first served with the

Georgia National Guard as a member

of Co C, l2lst lnf Regt, prior to WW

11. In 1942 he enlisted in the Marine Corps and was later commissioned a

econd lieutenant. As a member of the Fleet Marine

Force, he participated in the invasions of Iwo Jima and Okinawa. Dis-

charged in 1946, he accepted a com-

mission in the 121st Inf Regt, Ga

ARNG. In 1948 he assumed command

LT. COL. ANDREW McKENNA

EMERGENCIES - Continued
"response to our need from state agencies was most gratifying, not only in the assistance rendered, but in evidence of the fine spirit of concern which assures us that Mansfield, nor any other community, ever faces 01 catastrophy alone."
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A contingent of Guardsmen from Elberton units of the 950th AAA Battalion were directed to aid in the search for a lost fisherman in the Clark Hill Reservoir ne~r Lincolnton in December . The victim, identified as the principal of the Greensboro High School, was not found while the Guardsmen were on duty during the first two days of the search and the mission was called off. The victims' body was discovered early in January in a spot near where his boat was reported seen.

More Guardsmen were in demand in January when a fire broke out at the Byromville Grammar School near Montezuma. The blaze was discovered about 7:30p.m., and an immediate plea for help was sent to the Montezuma Fire Department and the local National Guard unit, Co D, 162nd Tank Bn.
The Guardsmen, under the command of Capt. Lincoln M. Hicks, were contacted at 7:50, and within eight minutes two trucks carrying 18 men were on the way. Within 15 minutes after the call, the entire Guard unit was enroute to the scene of the fire.
Although the Guardsmen reached the school in the shortest possible time, they were unable to help prevent the total loss of the building. However, the volunteer Guardsmen did prevent the fire from spreading by extinguishing grass fires. They also assisted in directing traffic.

The first unit of the Guard Col. McKenna joined was Co C, 121st In, back in 1936. He entered active duty in 1940 with the 121st and was commissioned a 2nd/ Lt shortly afterwards.
LT. COL. HOLDEN C. WEST He served overseas with the 83rd Infantry Division in the ETO and participated in five major campaigns: Normandy, Southern France, Huertgen Forest, Northern France and the Battle of Luxemberg. For his service he was awarded the Silver Star, Purple Heart with Oak Leaf cluster and the Combat Infantryman's Badge. In 1945 when he was discharged, he helped reorganize the Georgia National Guard. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in 1951, Col. McKenna was named commanding officer of the first battalion of the 121st Infantry. When the unit was redesignated 162nd Tank Battalion, he continued to serve as its commander. Colonel McKenna was recently reelected to the State Legislature as a representa tive from Bibb County. It is his fourth term in this office.
And there's the woman who c:ure d her hus band of his " I ha ve to w ork late at the offi ce" routin e b y a s king him if sh e cou ld riP pend on it?

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MAJ. GEN . GEORGE J. HEARN

BRIG. GEN. CHARLIE F. CAMP

GEN. HEARN REAPPOINTED ADJ. GEN.

GEN'S CHARLIE CAMP, HOMER FLYNN

NAMED ASST. AG'S BY GOVERNOR

Governor Ernest Vandiver has appointed General George J. Hearn, Com-

manding General of the 108th AAA Brigade, Adjutant General of Georgia.

General Hearn was initially appointed Adjutant General by Governor Herman

. ,Talmadge June 21, 1954. He was reappointed January 5,1955, and served

until July of 1957. General Hearn succeeds Major
General Charlie F. Camp who has been appointed Assistant Adjutant Gene ral for Army NG by Governor Vandiver. General Camp, who will revert to the rank of brigadier general, served as Adjutant General from July of 1957 to January 13, 1959.
Returning as Assistant Adjutant General for Air is Brigadier General Homer R. Flynn, who was reappointed to this post by Governor Vandiver. General Flynn replaced Brigadier General James C. Grizzard who held the position of Assistant Adjutant General for Air for the last year and a half.
All three appointments became effective January 13, 1959.

Remaining an officer in the unit during the period of re-designation to ,the Coast Artillery Corps, he was inducted into active federal service November 24, 1940, in the grade of captain, commanding Battery B, 214th Coast Artillery Corps, Antiaircraft.
Honorably discharged March 9, 1946, in the grade of colonel, he was temporarily assigned to the Army Reserves, and, upon reactivation of the Georgia National Guard, became Executive Officer of the 108th AAA Brigade.
tie was called back into federal service shortly after the Korean crisis arose. Returning to Georgia upon his release from federal service, he was named to command the Brigade with the rank of brigadier general.

General Hearn, a native of Monroe,

has been a Georgia National Guards-

General Camp has had a long and

man since July of 1925 when he first distinguished career in the military

joined the Howitzer Company, 12lst forces of his State and Nation, his

Infantry Regiment. Serving in every service going back 29 years to 1930

enlisted grade through first sergeant, at which time he enlisted as a pri-

he was commissioned a second lieu- vate in the Machine Gun Troop, 108th

tenant February 19, 1932.

Cavalry, Georgia National Guard. He

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advanced through the various grades of the enlisted ranks, and in 1940 was commissioned a second lieutenant. His unit was redesignated as the 101st Coast Artillery Battalion (AA), and was ordered into fe deral service in February 1941.
In February, 1942, after a one year tour of duty at Camp Stewart, he departed for overseas service in the South Pacific. As a member of the 101st AAA (AW) Bn, he participated in the East Indies, Papuan , New Guinea, and Luzon Campaigns, over a 3~ year period. His organi zation was awarded the Presidential Unit Citation in combat.
Returning to the United States on June 26, 1945, General Camp s erved as Personnel Officer at the Antiaircraft Artillery Center, Fore Bliss, Texas, and later, in the Personnel Center, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas .
At the termination of World, War II, he reverted to a reserve status, returned to Adanta and was appoint ed Assistant U. S. Property and Disbursing Officer for the Georgia National Guard, which office he held until January, 1948.
On January 14, 1948, he was appointed to the position of Assistant Adjutant General of Georgia, and served in this capacity until F ebruary, 1955, at which time the military laws of Georgia were revised. He was then appointed to the position Assistant Adjutant General for Ar my and promoted to rank of brigadier general.
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GENERAl FLYNN ...
General Flynn's military career began in May (}f 194~ when he enlisted in the Army Au Corps. Commissioned a year later, he had service as a Provost Marshal and an instructor in the Provost Marshal General's School. Honorably dis-
charged as a captain after 51 months
of active duty, Captain Flynn helped reorganize the Georgia Air National
which he joined in October 1946.
After serving as Intelligence,Quartermaster and Operations and Training Officer, he was promoted to

major in August of 1948 while serv-
ing as Provost Marshal. Major Flynn was appointed Public
Information Officer of the State Mili-
tary Department in November 1948
by former Major General Ernest Vandiver, then Adjutant General. Promoted to lieutenant colonel in
1951 and to full colonel in 1954,
Colonel Flynn continued serving in Public Information until his appoint-
ment as Assistant Adjutant General
for Air in January 1955. He served in this position until July of 1957
with the federally recognized rank of brigadier general.

Gov. Ernest Vandiver Assumes Office

With Background of Nat'l Guard Service

A man well known to all Georgia National Guardsmen when he served as Adjutant General has assumed the Office of the Governor of Georgia and Commander-in-Chief of the Georgia National Guard.
He is Governor Ernest Vandiver, 40-year-old native of Lavonia, Ga.
Having been appointed Adjutant
General in November of 1948 by for-
mer Governor Herman E. Talmadge, he served in that capacity for approximately six years, acheiving the federally recognized rank of major general in the Air National Guard, becoming the youngest individual to receive this honor. In addition to this duty, General Vandiver served as Director of Selective Service for Georgia and State Director of Civil Defense.

During his tenure of office as Adjutant General, he served as an active member of the powerful Legislature Committee of the National Guard Association of the United States and was one of seven members elected to the Executive Council of the Adjutants General Association of the United States. General Vandiver resigned as Adjutant General to campaign for the position of Lieutenant
Governor and in 1954 was elected to
the State's second highest office. Lieutenant Governor Vandiver was
elected Governor of Georgia in the
Democratic Primary of September 10, 1958, carrying 156 of the State's 159 counties and 400 of the 410 county
unit votes. His popular vote was the largest recorded in Georgia's history.

Lt. Governor Byrd Active Guardsman
An active member of the Georgia National Guard is the State's new Lieutenant Governor.
He is Major Garland T. Byrd, Staff Judge Advocate of Hq & Hq Det.
In the Democratic Primary election
of Sept. 10, 1958, Major Byrd received
the largest number of votes ever accorded a candidate for Lieutenant
Governor of Georgia. He carried 153 of the State's 159 Counties.
Sworn into office January 13, 1959,
as Lt. Governor, Major Byrd added another laure1 to his career. He won the coveted Silver Star Medal for a heroic mission in which he led a
small column of troops 50 miles be-
hind enemy lines during WW II. In this operation he confronted several hundred Germans and asked for their surrender in the village of Chateau Villi an.
When one of the Germans went beserk and started shooting at him and his interpreter, he dove for his discarded rifle and emptied three clips into the group before making his way back to safety. For this action, he won the Silver Star, the nation's second highest decoration for combat heroism.
Major Byrd joined the Georgia Na-
tional Guard in April of 1951, forfeit-
ing a monthly disability pension. He first entered active duty in October
of 1942 and received his commission in March of 1943.
Lt. Governor Byrd first entered political life as a representative to the General Assembly from Taylor
County in 1946, serving two terms.
During the administration of former Governor Herman E. Talmadge, he held several executive positions.

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ard's Commander-in-Chief

A THUNDERING 19-GUN SALUTE GREETS GEORGIA'S NEW GOVERNOR

THE NEW GOVERNOR IS ESCORTED FROM THE INAUGURAL PLATFORM

INAU~URAL PROGRAMS WERE DISTRIBUTED BY ATLANTA GUARDSMEN

THE AIR GUARD'S SJOTH AF

"HAIL TO THE CHIEF"

COMMANDANT ISENBERG & OLD GUARD HONOR NEW GOVERNOR AT BALL

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honor guards for Governor Vandiver

bert L. Ridgeway, Jr.

Uniformed Army and Air National and six F86 Sabrejets of the Georgia Squadron in tight formation over the

grams and cordoned off areas where when they escorted him from the in-

The Guardsmen had taken an ac

Guardsmen decorated the inaugural Air National Guard streaked over- Capitol dome.

officials and guests were seated. augural platform to his new office.

tive part in the inaugural ceremonies

scene January 13 when Governor head.

Musical salutes and other selec-

Thousands of Georgians swarmed

In charge of the overall program to honor their former Adjutant Gen-

Ernest Vandiver took office as the

Guardsmen of the 201st Ordnance tions came from the Air Guard's 5 30th

around the Capitol to get a glimpse was Maj. Gen. George J. Hearn who eral and new Commander-in-Chief,

Guard's Commander-in-Chief.

Company manned the guns under the AF Band under the direction of CWO

of the ceremonies.

coordinated the activities of the Governor Ernest Vandiver, and had

Two seventy-five milimeter can- direction of Major Ralph Brown while John Love.

Air Guardsmen of the 116th Air Guardsmen. In charge of seating ar

witnessed an active Guardsmen, Ma-

non roared out a 19-gun salute as Capt. Charles H. Allen led jet pilots

Other Guardsmen from Atlanta's

Police Squadron under the command rangements on the platform were Lt.

jor Garland T. Byrd, assume the

the swearing-in ceremonies ended of the 128th Fighter Interceptor army units distributed inaugural pro

of Capt. Lawrence A. Schnall were Col. Paul E. Innecken and Lt. Her- office of Lt. Governor of Georgia.

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Engineers of Lavonia's Co B demonstrated they were no amateurs when it comes to construction. Lt's Beasley and Lovett, foreground, supervised the erection of this building for Air Notional Guardsmen at Travis. This was one of two barracks con-
structed at Travis by the engineers.

A team of 878th engineers from Atlanta's Hq and Svc Co emplace drainage pipe as part of their practical training exercises at Travis. In the group ore Specialists Thomes, Williams, Wilbanks, Garner and Nix, Sergeants Steel, Huff and Browning,
and Lieutenant Parker.

878th Engineer Battalion Gives Travis a Face-lifting

Whe n the Army National Guard's 878th Engineer Battalion (Heavy Con-

struction) departed from its field training at Travis Field in August, they

left the Air National Guard facility with a face-lifting tha t has been classed

as amazing by every critical observer.

The talented engineers, commanded by Lt. Col. Earl Bodron, bulldozed

* Installation of 800 feet of 15-

their way through two intensive inch storm sewer and the construc-

weeks of training, August 17-31, and tion of 8 catch basins. Civilian labor

scraped together the plaudits of costs for this project would have

many official admirers for their efforts.

been $3, 174. 14 .
* Grading and compaction of 6475

Composed of companies from At- square yards of parking area. Area

lanta, Lawrenceville and Lavonia, was covered with four inches of

the 878th, an old SCARWAF organi- crushed stone with double asphalt

zation, was "back home" when they treatment. Civilian labor costs on

arrived at Travis for the first time this project would have been $ 11 ,

since 1950. Projects selected for the training

367.12.
* Clearing and grubbing of 500 X

period required extensive pre-plan- 1500 yards of undergrowth at the end

ning and were considered necessary of runway. Civilian labor costs for

for flying safety, relief of congested this project would have been $8,448.

parking a reas for civilian vehicles, health and welfare of personnel and

00.
* Construction of two concrete

soil conservation.

buildings, 20 feet X 96 feet, for use

After assignment of projects to as barracks. Both buildings were

the line companies, the skilled and completed with the exception of the

the unskilled alike tackled the jobs inner partitions, plumbing, and elec-

with a keen sense of teamwork. As trical wiring. Civilian labor costs

the end of the training perit>d ap- for this project would have been

proached, the versatile engineers worked overtime to complete pro-

$7,650.90.
* Clearing and grubbing of five

jects not previously scheduled for acres of heavily wooded undergrowth

completion.

at the end of runway. Civilian labor

After an intensive two-week tour, costs for this project would have

the 878th could boast of these accomplishments:

been $2,640.00.
* Clearing and grubbing of seven

acres of swampy, heavily wooded undergrowth at the end of runway. Civilian l abor costs for this project would have been $4,200.00.
* Repair of a timber bridge at the
end of runway. Civilian labor costs on thi s project 'would have been $245.75 .
* Excavated, graded, and com-
pacted an area for the construction of a retaining wall. Poured 300 feet of concrete for wall footings. Civi lian labor costs for this project would have been $250.00.
In addition to performing the actual mission that the unit would be assigned in the event of mobilization, this type of construction training saved the government approximately $38,000 in labor costs, as well as providing the Permanent Field Training Site with needed repairs and additional facilities.
During the field training period the battalion proved to be self-supporting by operating all of the required functions of a post. This included operation of a 600-man consolidated messhall, operation of a complete communications network equipped with both Bell Telephone military equipment, security guards, motor pool, etc. There were no ocher units or higher headquarters in attendance at the field training site during the 878th's training period.

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"Savannah Volunteers" Reorganize After 36 Yrs


1959 Summer Camp Dates

The first meeting of the historic Savannah Volunteer Guards Inc. in 36 years was held at the Bull Street Armory January 12 to rejuvenate the colorful, 156-year-old military organ-
ization. Two hundred enthusiastic Savan-
nahians attended the gathering, the first since 1923, and elected Maj. Gen. R. H. Mayer president.
Many members of the 118th Armored Field Artillery Battalion, Ga. ARNG, were voted into membership. The 118th is the present-day National Guard unit whose lineage coincides with the Savannah Volun-
teers. The historic command honored Ma-
jor George C. Heyward, the oldest living commander of the Guards, and praised him for his efforts during the past few months in perfecting plans for the reorganization.
One of the purposes of the meeting was to put the Guards, owners of property valued in excess of $100, 000, back on the corporate track. Trustees, elected at a meeting in Fort Jackson, S. C. , in 1942, were discharged with the thanks of the military command.
Besides General Mayer, other officers elected included Lt. Col. William G. Haupt, vice-president; William R. Gignilliat, secretary; Major Waynard W. Hickox, treasurer; and Lt. Gen. Patrick E. Seawright, historian.
Major Heyward, who enlisted in the Guards back in 1904, was among eight named to the board of directors. The others were Col. Alphonse T. Husey, Arthur Wilson, Jr., and Col. Paul H. Googe, representing veteran members, and Henry J. Kennedy, William A. Baker, Young A. Beall and Joseph G. Martin, representing active members.
The Savannah Volunteers had service in the War of 1812, the War Between the States, Spanish-American War, Mexican Border clash, and World Wars I and II.
The revived spirit of the Guards was in evidence at the meeting at which famous Chatham Artillery punch was served.

Georgia Army National Guard units will again use the East Georgia military reservation of Fort Stewart for summer training in 1959.
Dates for the encampments of the 48th Armored Division and the non-divi sional units were agreed upon at the annual conference of National Guard and reserve commanders at Fort McPherson, Ga., in November.
Non-divisional units from Georgia- the 108th AAA Brigade and the 160th Armor Group - are scheduled to maneuver at Stewart from 19 July to 2 August.
The 48th Armored Division, Georgia-Florida National Guard, will have its annual encampment from 9 to 23 August.
Two other Army Guard units will be heading for "foreign soil" this summer instead of camping with their parent organization, the 108th AAA Brigade. Washington's 214th AAA Group and Savannah's 178th Operations Detachment will forsake Fort Stewart for the Norfolk (Va.) Army Air Base where they will train with active Army units 19 July - 2 August.
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Major units of the Georgia Air National Guard will return to Travis Field in Savannah this July for their t wo weeks of annual training. Squadrons and the headquarters of the 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing based at Dobbins Air Force Base will join with the components of the 165th Fighter Group (Air Defense) at Travis Field 5 July- 19 July.
The Wing's fighter squadrons, the 128th and 158th, will be equipped with the F86L Sabrejet. Most of the 86's have already arrived to replace the F84's formerly flown by the Georgia pilots.
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Kentucky-bound will be the Air Guard's aircraft control and warning units. Both the 117th AC&W Flight of Savannah and the 129th AC&W Squadron of Dobbins AFB will beam their radar antennas across Kentucky skies from 11-25 July. The 117th will set up their operation at Fort Campbell and the l29th will be located at Camp Breckenridge.
Air Guardsmen from Macon's 202nd Communications Maintenance Squadron, based at Cochran Field, will remain in the Macon area for their summer encampment 11-25 July.
Making its annual trek northward will be St. Simons' 224th Radio Relay Squadron which is tentatively scheduled to set up its antennas at Roslyn AF Station, New York, 18 July through 1 August.

Savannah Volunteer Guards renew acquaintences at the organizational meeting. They are, 1-r, Brig. Gen. Paul H. Googe, Maj. Gen. Richard H. Mayer, Lt. Col. Wm. G. Haupt and Col. Wm. R.
Gignilliat.

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LEADS ROCKET TEAM TO BULL 'S-EYE

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REFERENCE MANUAL FOR ADMIN. ASSTS. PUBLISHED BY AGO
A guide for National Guard Administrative assistants has been published by the Adjutant General's Office to give new administrators a ready reference in making out the myraid of reports necessary to properly process enlisted men's records.
The "Reference Manual for Admimstrative Assistants" currently being distributed to all Army Guard units in Georgia will standardize the procedures in completing the necessary forms required by regulations.
Entries on forms, which in some instancies are governed by 10 - 15 regulations and directives, have been clearly outlined, and examples of correct entries have been illustrated on sample forms contained in the 71page manual.
It is believed that this is the first such guide for Guard administrators published in any state.
The manual, which lists regulations containing information necessary to complete various forms and reports correctly, is designed to give new or inexperienced administrators a central source of reference data, to clarify conflicting data and to provide correct examples as a guide.
To further assist administrators, the manual was put together chronologically in the order in which enlisted personnel records are normally prepared. Each form or record illustrated is described by separate paragraphs under the following headings: References, General, Preparation of Form, Disposition and Maintenance of Form.
The voluminous research necessary to compile the data for this manual was performed by staff assistants and administrative technicians.

It was the Senior Air Force Advisor for the Georgia Air National Guard who topped all records to shoot a perfect score recently in the U. S. Air Force Weapons Meet at Tyndall AFB, Florida.
Acting as Team Captain for Florida AFNG' s 125th Fighter Interceptor Group, Colonel Robert E. Dawson scored a bull's-eye everytime as he guided his F 86 Sabre Jet within range of the drone targets high over the Gulf of Mexico.
Colonel Dawson, firing the Mighty Mouse 2.75 inch rockets, registered hits in all of his six passes at the targets for an unbeatable perfect score. For his achievement, the 38year-old jet pilot received the Richard I. Bong team trophy and the Team Captain Trophy from Lt. Gen. Dean C. Strother, Deputy Chief of Staff for Operations, Air Defense Command.
"Operation William Tell," as the meet was called, also featured teams flying the F 102 and F89 type aircraft. It was the sixth annual ADC gunnery contest.
Col. Dawson, advisor to Georgia's 116th Fighter Interceptor Wing (parent unit of the 125th Gp) resides in Atlanta. He has been the Georgia Air Guard's AF advisor since June, 1956.
ARTY OFFICERS SHIFT
Recent changes in the staff of the 48th Armored Division Artillery in Savannah include the appointment of Capt. Andrew A. Fountain as assistant S-2, counter-mortar intelligence. Capt. Fountain had commanded the headquarters battery since October 1948.
Capt. Fountain served as operations sergeant for the 30th Infantry Division Artillery in the ETO during WW II.
Succeeding him as battery commander is First Lieutenant William H. McLendon who served as Hq Btry communications and executive officer since 1951. Lt. McLendon was a Marine during WW II and joined the Guard in 1950.

uHave Hospital
...Will Travel I ''
Motto of 117th
"Have Hospital - Will Travel." That's the way the calling card of Griffin's National Guard hospital unit should read, according to an article in the Griffin Daily News Magazine of November 22-23, 1958. The unit, the 117th Surgical Hospital, which was organized May 14, 1956, is beginning to flex its muscles with the addition of new equipment and staff personnel. Under the command of Lt. Col. Michael C. Tavenner, Chief of Surgery at the Dublin Veterans Hospital, the 60-bed mobile Army hospital unit can be used not only for military purposes but also in the event of civil disasters which may occur in the vicinity of Griffin. The mobile medics are so organized that they can take their hospital unit to the scene of a disaster if necessary. Surgical hospitals of this type are normally employed in the combat zone, being 100 percent mobile and capable of being established under tents. The Hospital unit as organized at present consists of the following: Hq Det, clerks, cooks, vehicles, barber, generator operator, drivers and equiprepairmen; pre-operative and shock treatment section, post-operation section, pharmacy, laboratory and X-ray section. The headquarters is located at the armory formerly occupied by Co C, 48th Recon Bn, just off the Zebulon Road.
NEW APC'S & 105 SP'S
READY FOR MANEUVERS
New equipment will be ready for Georgia Army Guardsmen when they arrive at Fort Stewart this summer. The Concentration Site has a new supply of armored personnel carriers, M-59' s, which are the new amphibious type. Also on hand are 20 additional 105mm self-propelled Howitzers.

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sLEEP WELL' THEME FEAlURED IN NGB

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New Guide to Bure11ucrese

DISPLAY MATERIAL Should Tickle Service Folk

"Sleep well tonight . . . your N a,;onal Guard is awake!" is the theme ofvolumes of recruiting material cur rently on distribution to National Guard units throughout the State.
In addition to this shipment units will receive attractive post cards, featuring the "Sleep Well" theme, in sufficient quantity to give individual Guardsmen two cards each.
Over a million of the post cards are being distributed to all states with the idea that Guardsmen could mail their friends a card and thus use the "buddy system" to promote their National Guard unit.
Under the general heading of "Pro ject Public Opinion" the goal of the Army and Air NG's publicity program this year will be prestige. Every piece of printed material and every radio and television show will be written and designed to build public confidence in and respect for the National Guard.
MILITARY EXEMPTION
NO LONGER APPLIES
TO STATE TAX FORMS
Members of the National Guard and all other Armed Forces are no longer eligible to claim the $1,500 military exemption on the State of Georgia income tax forms, according to a re cent opinion of the Attorney General. He held that the Act approved Feb 24, 1953, is no longer applicable.
That Act (Ga. Laws 1953, Jan-Feb, Sess., p. 187) provided that all per sons serving in the Armed Forces of the U.S. between 1 January 1950 and the termination of the Korean conflict should be allowed a deduction of $1,500 from their compensation for military service.
Referring to an Executive Order of the President of the U.S., which designated Jan. 31, 1955, as the date of cessation of combat in Korea, the Attorney General ruled that the deduction allowed servicemen terminated at that time.

Sacramento, t:alif. (Al'PS)-The war against gobbledygook goes on-in state government as in the armed services-with

daffy definitions as the ammunition to deflate fuzzy words and

phrases.
Certainly people in the service will appreciate the list compiled by Elzy Wright of the California Motor Vehicles Department. They might even think twice afterward before limiting their vocabulan with such old saws as:
It's in Process--So wrapped up in red tape that the situation is almost hopeless.
We'll Look into It-By the time the wheel makes a full turn, we assume that you'll have forgotten about it too.
Program-Any assignment that can't be completed by one phone call.
Expedite-To confound confusion with commotion.
Channels--The trail left b~ inter-office memos.
Coordinator-The guy who ha~ a desk between two expediters.
Consultant (or Expert)- Any ordinary guy with a briefcase more than 50 miles away from home.
Activate-To make carbons and add more names to the memo.
Implement a Program - Hire more people and expand the office.
Under Consideration - We're looking in the files for it.
Meeting-A mass mulling.

Conference - A place where conversation is substituted for the dreariness of labor and the loneliness of thought.
Negotiate-To seek a meeting of minds without a knocking together of heads.
Reorientation-Getting used to working again.
Reliable Source-The guy you just met.
Informed Source-The guy who told the guy you just met.
Unimpeachable Source - TJ1e guy who started the rumor originally.
Clarification - To fill in the background with so many detaib that the foreground goes under_ground.
We Are Making a Survey--We need more time to think of an answer.
Note and Initial-Let's spread the responsibility for this.
See Me, or Let's Discuss-Come down to my office, I'm lonesoml'.
We Will Advise You in Due Course-If we figure it out, we'll let you know.
Let's Get Together on This-I'm assuming you're as confused as I am.
Forwarded for Your Consideration-You hold the bag awhile.

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Four AFNG Wings
Get Tactical Mission
The primary mission of four Air National Guard wings was changed from air defense to tactical fighter, effective November 10, 1958.
\\ ith this action, 12 Air Guard wings are now marked for assignment toT AC and 12 to ADC, although ADC continues to have first call on all but four Air Guard wings in event of an attack upon the U.S.
None of the four new ANG T AC wings is located in the South.
Transfer to T AC will require two major changes in readiness concepts. First, air crews who have been practicing high altitude intercept missions will now add air-to-ground rocketry, ground strafing, and tactical bombing to their mission capability. Second, each unit must be capable of rapid deployment from its home base to any point where it may be needed.
144th AlB Advisor
Honored with Watch
Lt. Col. James N. Lunsford, Jr., Regular Army Advisor to the 144th Armored Infantry Battalion in Brunswick, was honored upon the termination of his four-year tour of duty with the National Guard in December when he received an engraved watch from local Guardsmen 'in appreciation for the outstanding advisory services rendered to the units of the battalion."
At a surprise cocktail party and dinner December 17th, Col. Lunsford was cited by Lt. Col. Edwin G. Lambright, battalion commander, for "devotion to duty in willingness to exert every effort to advise guard leaders in the latest military tactics."
Following a five-month tour at the U.S. Army Command and General Staff College, Col. Lunsford will be transferred to the Panama Canal Zone. Major R. T. Hudson, advisor to the 17lst Armd Inf Bn in \\aycross, will take over his duties in Brunswick until Col. Lunsford's replacement is assigned.

54 Georgia Guardsmen Roll Up Sleeves

To Save Two Emory Heart Patients

Volunteer donations of fresh blood by National Guardsmen working on the Guard Reservation in Atlanta possibly saved the lives of two heart patients at the Emory University Hospital in recent months.
Emergency requests for help in October and December were answered enthusiastically py full-time Guardsmen many of whom have contributed to similar cases where large quantities of fresh blood were needed in a hurry.
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On October 15th, Mr. Charles Allen Ray of LaFayette was operated on by Emory surgeons for a heart lesion. A request from Mr. Hart S. Odom, District Director of the Walker County Health Department, to Adjutant General Charlie F. Camp had resulted in 32 Guardsmen rolling up their sieves to help.
Offering a pint of blood apiece were Frank H. Barnes, Thomas J. Bennett, Arleigh A. Black, Ralph Brown, James C. Butler, Eugene W. Cater, William H. Cheek, James L. Clark, Thomas H. Gann, Herman T. Glass, Thomas Kite, Floyd E. Pendley, Jack W. Underwood, William D.

n: Smith, \\. B. McArthur, Robert W
Kelly, Charles T. Ricketts, E. Underwood, Idas Summers, E. L. Woodie, Thomas F. Bohannon, Carlos Akin, Mel Cleaton, Calvin Cox, Olin
R. Harmon, Jerry Strawn, Ernest c.
Ray, Glenwood P. Baker, Keith D Dixon and Raymond L. Stansbury: Twenty-three pints were accepted.
The wife of Sergeant Shelby A. Lastinger of Quitman's Co D, 17Ist Armd Inf Bn, was another patient helped by local Atlanta Guardsmen. Suffering from a similar malady, she was offered blood Dec. 12 by 22 additional personnel.
They were Donald E. Mees, Joseph Strange, Robert Shelton, James Yancey, Jessie English, Billy Bruce, Calvin Bruce, James Bruce, Albert Cameron, Charles Clark, Clyde Curtis, William Drake, Henry Driskell, Mack Garrison, Wesley Gore, Charles Jenkins, William Roberts, William Stanbridge, Randall Stone, Charles Coffee, Robert Drollinger and L. C. Gilbert. Of the 24 Guardsmen checked, 18 donated to Mrs. Lastinger.
At last report both patients were recovering satisfactorily from their operations.

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1. He brushed his teeth twice a day with a nationally advertized tooth paste.
2. The doctor examined him twice a year.
3. He wore his rubbers when it rained. 4. He slept with the window open. 5. He stuck to a diet with plenty of fresh vegetables. 6. He relinquished his tonsils and traded in several worn out glands.
7. He golfed-but never more than 18 holes at a time. 8. He got at least eight hours sleep every night. 9. He never smoked, drank, nor lost his temper. 10. He did his daily dozen. 11. He was all set to live to be one hundred. The funeral will be held Wednesday. He is survived by
eighteen specialists, four health institutes, six gyms, and numerous manufacturers of health food and antiseptics.
He forgot God, lived as if this world was all, and is now with those who say, "the harvest is past, the summer is ended, and we are not saved."

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Guardsmen on night maneuvers at Fort Stewart this summer may wander from the pine-studded reservation and train their sniperscopes on the near-by beach if this is any indication of what they will find for a target. This wellfortified position is assumed by Joanna Barnes, a green-eyed, silver-blonde to be seen in Warner Bros.' "Home Before Dark." Since sniper-scopes rarely scan scenes like Joanna, she was floodlighted for your inspection.

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