Winter - 70th Infantry Division Association

Members approveHistory Book"The Book" has been okayed andwork is well under way!"The Book" is the history of the70th Division which will be given toeach member in good standing whenit is published in late 1988. It is beingwritten and illustrated by Edmund Arnoldand Chester Garstki, editors of"The Trail blazer" magazine as farback as 1943.Balloting has been running about96 percent in favor of the project.Votes will be accepted until January 1but the margin is now so great that allconcerned have begun the project inhigh gear.The only opposition has been mild.Not a single man is against the book;a few, though, believe that somecharge ought to be made. Details willbe announced in the next issue onhow new and re-instated memberswill be able to buy the book at areduced price. Old members will beable to order extra copies at cost.That cost cannot be determined untilthe work is well under way. It mayeven be possible that members will beasked to pay for the postage to deliverthe book. That possibility is veryslim, however.Members were asked in the lastissue of the magazine to send inreminiscences of their Trailblazer experience,both in training and incombat. These should be typewritten,double-spaced, if at all possible.It can't be guaranteed that everyone of these submissions can besqueezed into the book. But any thatdon't get into the book will be publishedin the magazine.Such material should be sent immediatelyto Arnold.NO REST ROOM ...BUT PLENTY OF ROOM TO RESTAh, that precious moment when you can get off thatinfernal truck! Stretch legs! Breathe deep! This picture of aconvoy's rest stop was taken by John Krochka, 1/27 6. (Sowhy is the trailer in the lower left labelled "Sv/27 4"?No details are known of this scene. If you were there,please fill us in. The field jackets indicate that this wastaken during our Oregon stay. Absence of helmets showsthat it was not on a field exercise.K/27 4 holds Michigan reunion" Any history of the war that I couldwrite would only cover about 30 yardsaround my foxhole.'' So writes Bill ColemanK/274. He thinks that most in fa n­trymen would agree. That's why he' slooking forward to the 70th History Bookwhich will give him " the big picture." Orat least a bigger one.Bill and his K buddies had their sixthreun ion in Lansing, Michigan, an oldhome town of mine. ''It cost me two of my'Trailblazer' magazines ," he writes . " Igave them to two new men of CompanyK." We replaced those copies for Bill , ofcourse.If you want to show an old buddy justwhat the Association is doing, there's nobetter way than to send him a copy or twoof the magazine. Matter of fact, it's ourgreatest recruiting tool. Just send yourbuddy's name and address to AI Thomas ,seck-trez, address at foot of page 2. AI willbe happy to mail a sample copy. If anyother K men who are not members of theAssociation would like a look at the magazine,please do send in their names. That Kreunion had 67 people at their big banquet.One of its members, John Whelan, diedjust before that event.I T~AIL?}BLAIEREdmu nd C. A rnold3208 Hawthorne A ve .Richmond . V irg inia 23222INON -PROFITO RGANI ZA TIONU S POST A GETH IRD CLASShJPERM IT - 1310RIC HMON D V A