WINTER, 1989 - 70th Infantry Division Association

TRAILBLAZERLife roster growingThe short deadline for this issue andthe transfer of records to the new secretaryhas resulted in this short list ofnew Life Members. Even with only thisabbreviated roster, the total of 70thLifers has reached 334. With the nextissue, we hope to have all lists up todate.Latest names on the Life list are:Dan C. Guzman, Fullerton,California;Maurice U. Rainville, New Port Richy,Florida, andNorbert E. Stadler, Harrison, Ohio.***The 1989 Roster was scheduledfor mailing January 2. If you havenot received your copy by February1, please let Lou Hogerknow immediately.CHIEFS OF STAFF ...New officers of the Association, electedat the Nashville Reunion, are: (left toright) Top row: Paul Thirion, veep/Westand William Kiefriter, veep/East.· Front row: Neal Gibbs, presidentelect;Norman Johnson, president; CalvinJones, asst. sec-trez, and LouisHoger, secty-treasurer.The 1988 Nashville Reunion has indeed left those thatattended with many pleasant memories. There are now anumber of members that plan mini-reunions during the yearbetween our regular Association reunions. I am aware ofthree that are already beingplanned in 1989. I would appreciatereceiving news about allplanned mini-reunions. This is anideal way to keep in touch withour Association friends and is anencouragement to come to thenext Association Reunion- Nevada, 1990.I also note that we have a limited supply of sales items leftover from the Reunion and should you wish to purchase anyof these articles, they are mentioned in detail on one of thefollowing pages. Our Secy-Treas. Lou Hoger and AsstSecy-Treas. Calvin Jones are in charge.Floyd and Sharlene Freeman are again organizing a " Returnto Europe" trip this fall - September 21st throughOctober 6, 1989. Many of us have been on one or more oftheir trips . It is a trip that awakens many memories, anexcellent experience and sightseeing is breathtaking. Plansare to visit Germany, France and to include a three nightcruise on the Rhine River. Some time is also set aside to visitThe President's ReportNorman Johnsonone of the International cemeteries and also the area wherethe 70th Division was in Battle.The History Book has been an outstanding project,prompting a great big thank you to our Editor Ed Arnold andAssociate Editor and Photographer Chet Garstki for itscompletion after hundreds of hours on the "drawingBoard."On behalf of the officers, myself and our wives, we takethis opportunity to extend to all members, their wives andfamilies best wishes for 1989.Winter, 19893

Seems Like Old TimesBy Edmund C. ArnoldThis is being written on Halloween,another indicator of the horrific things thathave happened to the publication scheduleof this magazine. Even as I write, the lastissue (Fall '88) of this notable periodical isbeing folded and stapled at the printer.(It was mailed on November 2, just 32days late. Fortunately, many "TBs" gotsuper-service from the postal system. Ittook only 24 hours for my own copy totravel 2V2 miles to my home and only aweek to get 500 miles north to Syracuse,New York. This breaks all previous records.Hope yours arrived just aspromptly.)Please believe that it was not my faultwe are so askew. I did half the magazinebefore I left for the Nashville Reunion andyou'll notice how many pages were devotedto that soiree, and obviouslycouldn't be written ahead of time.Then the printer ran into some problems.Then I had to resume my customarytravel schedule which I had amputated allsummer to work on the History Book.The book lies in page-proof form on mydesk right now. I shall read proof on airplanes,in waiting rooms and in my hotel.This is the most laborious, painstaking andnerve-wracking of all the many processesin producing a book. But I'm sure you'llbe happy when it comes out (any daynow).*Good news!!!If you want extra copies of the book,there are a few available. According tothe "trade customs of printing", aprinter may deliver 10 percent fewer ormore than the order specifies. This isbecause that's the closest he can come toestimating spoilage factor. And in makinga book, there can be wastage on thepress, in the trimming, folding and sewingand in the combining of the bookitself with its cover - which has beenmanufactured at a distant point.So we have some extras. But it's firstcome-first-served.So if you want extracopies ... hubba-hubba!! Send 25bucks per copy to Lou Hoger (address atthe foot of page 2).*Speaking of The Book - which is allI've done for over a year. If you didn't getyour anecdote in on time, here's what youcan do. Send me "The War Story I WantTo Tell My Grandchildren". I'll print it in4the magazine. Then you cut it out andpaste it onto your Personal History page inThe Book.If you can possibly * typewrite yourmagazine contribution, I'd appreciate it.BUT ... I'll take it in any form at all. Anddon't worry about spelling or grammar.That's the editor's job. Just shoot 'em in tome.*After 35 years working for the federalgovernment, Patrick C. Lennahan,725th Field Artillery, retired as a cartographicengineer. He died June 23, 1987in University City, Missouri. He leaves hiswife Constance and two brothers.At least two Trailblazers * were happyabout the Presidential election. Gen. TedMataxis, 2nd Bn HQ/276, was a gear inthe Veterans for Bush committee in NorthCarolina. With Senator Strom Thurmondof South Carolina, Ted networked amongthe 683,000 veterans in the state.We're anxious to know whether anyother 70th men won local elections or wereactive in campaigns.That "Milwaukee*Journal" front pageon V -E Day that ran on page 9 of the lastissue was sent by Francis Diehn, C/882FA. I thank him as I do all you guys whosend me such interesting stuff. Rememberthat I have a pleasantly large backlog ofmaterial and I just can't guarantee whenyour contribution will see print. But itwill! It will!Two Distinguished*Unit Badges areamong the decorations won by Fred Bonsall,Jr. He was given the first one in theAleutian Campaign and the second for theWingen action.As a civilian he was engaged in agricultureand worked in a body shop. With hiswife Elizabeth he has four daughters. Hewas mayor of Delmar, Delaware for sixyears; chairman of the commissioners ofSussex County and director of NatiocokeMemorial Hospital.Having just completed * a Master Gardenercourse at Clemson University, JohnHaller, A/276, is assisting neighborhoodgardeners in Columbia, South Carolina,with their garden, plant and lawn prob-!ems. He and his wife Lillian (whosemaiden name was also Haller!) moveddown there five years ago after John retiredafter 35 years as a production andinventory control manager for a manufacturingcompany that makes portablepneumatic air tools for the automotiveindustry.*The Dog-Face SoldierI wouldn't give a beanTo be a fancy-pants Marine./' d rather be a dog-face soldier like I am.I wouldn't trade my old ODsFor all the Navy dungarees,'Cause/' m a walking pride of Uncle Sam.And all the posters that I readThey say that the Army builds men.So they're really tearing me downTo build me over again./' m just a dog-face soldierWitil a rifle on my shoulderAnd I eat a Kraut for breakfast every day.So feed me ammunition;/' m from the 70th Division!Your dogjace soldier boy is quite OK.This touching song was composed byGeorge Beckey, AT/275. He didn't sendalong the music but I'm sure you can findsome tune it fits.01' Eagle Eye Lou * Hoger, our secktrez,spotted this in the caption for thebayonet-fighting photo on page 5 of theSummer, '88 issue.It said that the men were wearing laceupleggings, a carryover from World WarI. Lou informs us that in the first big war,Gis wore wrap-around leggings, likekhaki bandages. He remembers that hisfather, who served with the 6th Field Artillery,brought his home after the war. Wewere correct though, hevvins be praised!,when we said that the laced leggings werereplaced - just before we went overseas- with the combat boot.It just occurred to * me: I wonder howmany 70th men had fathers in World WarI. My dad, married and with a family,apparently was not in the eligible agegroup. I had a passel of uncles, all youngerthan my father, who were in the service.Of course, the percentage of the malepopulation that was drafted in 1918 wasmuch, much smaller than the WW2numbers.70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

Morris Rowland, U276, and his wifeJean had their reservations for the Portlandmeeting and were looking forward so eagerly.Morris had only recently learnedabout the Association and become a member.The very morning they were to leave,he became ill. His condition worsened andin December, 1986, he passed away.Walden L. Christenson, 1st BnHQ/275 , had made Nashville reservations. But a 2-year battle with lung cancerended on July 30. His wife Barbara writes:"We had just been married when he went· into service and I followed him to CampWhite, Adair and Leonard Wood."Our Artillery section * marks three lossesby death. George Fitter, B/883 , diedAugust 3, '88 and Harry George, B/884,died in April. Another B Battery man ofthe 884th, George Elliott died in 1985.They were missed by the unusually largeturnout of artillerymen at Nashville.James McAndrew of Baker/884, madethis sad report.Spared a long, painful illness was AtticusOliver, AT/275. He passed onquickly after a heart attack on July 30,1987 , in his home in Commerce, Georgia.His widow Naomi says her one wishwould have been that they could haveattended the Reunion.His buddies in the 274th Medics will besad to learn that Robert Van Osdel died inApril, 1987. He had a long illness withbone cancer. His wife Ruth lives at 927 N.San Vincent Blvd ., Apt. 3-A, WestHollywood, California 90069, if you wantto drop her a note.With full military * honors Harold Lovitsch,AT/276, was laid to rest in Broadview,Illinois, June 22, '88 . " Harold wasolder than many of his buddies, thereforethey looked to him for guidance and a7th generationSgt/1st Class Edward Lane, our unofficialliaison with the new 70th Divisionin Michigan, missed the Nashville Reunionfor a good reason. He and his wifewere attending the graduation of theirdaughter from Army basic training at FortJackson, South Carolina.She is the seventh generation of thefamily to serve in the Army . Her greatgreat-great-greatgrandfather was with the81st New York Infantry in the Civil War.She's still going to high school and whenshe gets her diploma in the spring, she'llgo back for further training as a foodspecialist.Winter, 1989II MOVEMBEIU~$TRULYA VETERANS DAYNovember 11, 1945, was marked on thehigh seas by many Trailblazers whocame home on the USS LeJeune. Thisissue of the ship's newspaper noted thatit was the 14th Atlantic voyage that thetransport had made.fatherly image that he lovingly gave andand that they sought. We kept in contactwith many of his Army friends over theyears and attended several Reunions." Sorecalls his widow Valerie.Walter Cox, E/274, * has a couplethoughts after the Reunion. " Since several(grown) sons and daughters of membersattended the Reunion, I thought that now isthe time to allow them to become membersas 'Sons and Daughters of the Association'.'' (They can in effect do so now bybecoming Associate Members. -Ed.)"I don't believe we should meet moreoften than every two years. However, I seethe possibility that each state might have aconvention during the off year." (Somemembers said that the great turnout atNashville meant that they hardly saw somepeople except across the crowded hotellobby. -Ed.)" I wonder whether the dance after thebanquet is a little past us now . Maybe itshould be dropped. The banquet goes quitea while and many people want to visitafterward, not dance." (The dance floorseemed well occupied in Nashville and thealternative visiting is still possible andpopular. But what do you think aboutWally's suggestions?- Ed.)*Several ITilm-reunions, in addition tothe Nashville soiree, made happy occasionsfor Trailblazers last summer.For three days the conversation barelyslowed down for a little sleeping and alittle eating at Amana Colony, Iowa. Theoccasion was a mini-reunion of the 3rdBattalion Medics 6f the 276th - the fustsince the war ended.O.F. and Dee Jones, Clyde and RuthCraig, both ofHQ/76, and Jim and MargySatterlee, 3rd Battalion, met in Iowa, acentral point for them. Jim lives in St.Elmo, Illinois; Jonesy in Arcadia, Missouri,and Clyde in Troy, Michigan.Company B, 370th Medical Battalionmet in Bella Vista, Arkansas. Thirteenveterans attended and three more had to •cancel out the last minute. They had such agood time that they' 11 gather in May,1990, either in Bella Vista again or inFresno, California. Freeman Bishop is incharge and invites you to write him at: 312So. 3rd St., Arkansas City, Kansas 67208.How nice it is to * announce that MarySue, the wife of Donald "Charlie" Pencehas successfully sustained surgery for cancer.Although she faces an extended periodof therapy, her progress has beenexcellent.'Blazers who have * made the Return-to-Europe trip will remember Heinz Muller.He and his wife Alice were often in thewelcoming party when the plane landed inEurope. Now Floyd Freeman, U275, reportsthat Heinz died of congestive heartfailure on October 16. If you want to dropa note to Alice, her address is: BuchenbergerStrasse 42; 2800 Bremen, WestGermany.Take an o, cut it * at 6 o'clock, bend itinward at 3 o'clock- and you have an e.We did it a lot easier in the last issue- wejust hit the wrong key. The result: Wechanged Irwin C. Cone to "Cene" in theNew Members listing.We apologize. And to make sure no oneoverlooks this correction, we make it notonly here but in the New Members roster,too.MemorialWhat a wonderful gesture!Rita Gervais entered a LifeMembership in memory of herhusband Donald Gervais, G/274.He died on February 2, 1988.5

,Mail CallI saw Peebles dieIn the Spring '88 issue "PlayingDead", by Walter Bogart, SV/276, istrue. I was in K/276 and Lt. Glenn Peebleswas 3rd Platoon CO. I saw him die.We were entering this town (north ofWingen) early in the morillng. I rememberit was some kind of sports arena where ithappened. Lt. Peebles, leading the platoon,opened the gate and the booby trapexploded- killing him instantly. He wasnot the only casualty I witnessed and Iconsider myself lucky. I enjoy The Trailblazerbut have a hard time convincing mytwo grown grandsons about the events.W. F. CarnathanK/276*I was there, tooRegarding Walter Bogart's article: Iwas on guard that night, walking the 300yards from the railroad trestle to the crossroadof Wingen just an hour before theattack that resulted in Lt. Peebles andCooke playing dead. About a week later Iwas with Lt. Peebles on patrol when hewas killed by a booby-trapped gate.The " Trailblazer" issues have broughtback many memories, most especially thenight of the attack on the Tower of Forbach.I look forward to the magazine. Iwould like very much to locate WilliamCriqui, 1/276. If anyone knows him,please write me at: 3970 Oaks ClubhouseDrive, Pompano Beach, Florida 33060.Larry Brandt11276*A good Oregon bookWhen discussing our ''Trailblazer"namewith a brother of mine, hetold me of a book which he thought wouldbe interesting to me. The book is: "TheCabin at the Trail's End" , by ShebaHargreaves.Most of the books and movies I haveseen in reference to the Oregon settlershave been about what was experienced bythem in getting to Oregon. This one ismostly about what life was like after arrivingin the Willamette Valley in November,1843 , with some flashbacks to happeningson the trail.6I live in Mesquite, Texas, and our librarydid not have the book and it was notavailable from any of the libraries in Dallasor the Metroplex area. The Mesquitelibrary did find it, after a few months, andgot it for me from the Siskiyou CountyFree Library, Yreka, California. The bookappeared to have been well used . I found itinteresting.Earl HargraveC/274*After the war •••I was a sheet metal worker before inductioninto the service, having worked at theNaval Shipyard in Bremerton, Washington,and for a Naval gun-relining plant atPocatello, Idaho. I was eligible for rehireto Morrison-Knudson, the largest constructioncompany in the world, but due tocircumstances I did not reapply for employmentwith them. I did start a newoccupation in accounting and office managementand worked in this area over 23years. I am presently employed at theCollege of Southern Idaho in their PhysicalPlant Department.Raymond OrrF/275*Homecoming scheduleI was S-1 of the 276th during combatand when the Division left the ETO. Fromletters to my family in 1945 I have drawnup this schedule: HQ/276 left Wetzlar,Germany on Sept. 3. In Camp St. Louis,Sept. 11-16. Camp Phillip Morris, Sept.22. Tidworth Barracks, England, Sept.30.Left Southampton, England, Oct. 4 andarrived in New York five days later on theQueen Elizabeth. From N.Y. I went toCamp Kilmer, N.J. and was discharged atIndiantown Gap, Pennsylvania. I don'trecall being a part of any deactivationceremony for the regiment or division.Franklin RetzkeHQ/276*Reunion too lateEn route to the Reunion, we stoppedover near Atlanta. I remembered that oneof our old platoon lived in that generalarea. Two calls for information and Itracked him down. Unfortunately ErnestSwain, E/274, had died in July 1987. Alsounfortunately he never learned about theAssociation. His wife said he would havebeen eager to join as he spoke so oftenabout his old 70th buddies.William "Don" DonofrioE/274*Service was fittingI wonder if anyone else at the MemorialService at Nashville thought as I did: If allthe emotions, doubts, anxieties and anguishexperienced by the people in thisroom during the many years of 1942-46could be measured and filtered into oneunit, the energy involved would be comparableto an atomic blast.I thought that it was a wonderful serviceand a fitting way to end a beautifulReunion.Charles LobsK/275*A 20-year plus man is Troy DeHart,AT/274. He joined the Army in 1940 andretired in 1963 when he was with the 5thAviation Bn, 5th Division, at Fort Carson,Colorado. He saw service in the Aleutiansbefore joining the 70th at Adair.He married Mary Ann Guelig in Fonddu Lac, Wisconsin and they have twosons. He owned his own business therebefore retirement.DOYLE, James J.242 Graff AvenueBronx, NY 10465U276Died April 26, 1988FISHER, William L.810 King Albert StreetAustin, TX 787 45Died October 15, 1988WATKINS, ClarenceKingsburg, CAF/274Died 1974WILLIAMS, Virgil C. (Poppy}Sv/275Died June 1988Taps70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

WE HONOR OUR OWN ...The highest accolade the Associationcan give is to name a fellow-member asan Outstanding Trailblazer. Theseseven of our comrades were so singledJeep bites manMy outfit, stationed at Boppard, Germany,was guarding one of the importantpontoon bridges across the Rhine. On AprilS,1945, a detail of ours was being takento the river in a jeep. The next thing I knewthe jeep was on top of me and I got my legbusted up pretty bad. I never did find outwhat happened as they took me right awayand I spent the next 16 months in hospitals.I would like to hear from anyone whoremembers me or anything about this incident.I joined the 70th as a replacement inthe Saarland after basic training at FortMcClelland, Alabama.After service I was a machinist and ruralletter carrier in Ohio.Chester RobinsonW276*Pays to advertiseOnce again I must tell you and your staffhow much I enjoy the 'Trailblazer' . It'stoo bad it isn't 20 or 24 pages instead of16.I placed an ad about the Reunion in alocal newspaper and that brought us a newmember, Fred Bruning, E/276. I realizethat one new member doesn't sound likemuch but it was certainly worth the effortof writing, typing and getting the notice inprint.When Fred called and said he didn'tknow of our Association and was so gladto hear of it, it made me feel good.Ed KrausF/274I was sitting, waiting while the brakeson my van were being fixed. I startedWinter, 1989out at the Nashville Reunion.From the left they are: Paul McCoy,Charles Munie, George Barten, Lee Miller,Louis Hoger, Karl Landstrom andEdward Hawes.~talking to another man who was waiting.Lo and behold! Another Trailblazer! Hehad never heard of the Association. He isCharles Wheeler, 1/275.Bill FisherAT/275*In our local library I recently came upona book, "Order of Battle U.S. Army­W.W.II" by Shelby Stanton.In the account of the 70th's activities, Inoted that the casualties we suffered wereconsiderable. We had 755 KIA and 2,713WIA, staggering numbers considering thetime our division was in combat.I also noted with some annoyance thatthe 45th Div's writeup included a statementthat the 45th had captured Wingen onJanuary 7th, 1945. Clearly untrue, since itwas the 2nd Bn/274 which recapturedWingen during the 6th and 7th of January,1945.Our Battalion was later recognized forthis effort with award of the Unit Citation.If memory serves me correct! y, units of the45th had been overrun by the Germansprior to the 2nd Bn's recapture ofWingen.Don't know if you were aware of any ofthe foregoing, but I don't recall seeing anyof it in previous "Trailblazers".W. Don DonofrioE/274Association records * have shown DonaldBowles in Sv Co/274/275/276. Nowhe sets the record straight:"I was in the cadre from the 91st Divisionas assistant Division Quartermaster.Ours was the oldest unit in the Trailblazers.I became Division QM and Lt.Col. in 1944 and went overseas - andcame back - as Division QM."The Christmas, * 1965, "Trailblazer"has been donated by Floyd Freeman,1/275, to our files. It consists of sevenlegal-size sheets of various colors, Hektographedin fading purple.Dwight Snell, Sv/275, did double dutyas editor and seck-trez of the Association.Among its new items is the story thatQuincy Scott, designer of the 70th shoulderpatch, had been killed in an auto accidentnear Portland. A veteran of WWl, hedid a special tour of duty just before PearlHarbor. He was staff artist for the Portland"Oregonian" when he designed the axeheademblem.Remember that famous * picture of the'Blazers taking a roadside rest stop? It ranin the Winter, '88 issue. A new member,Dan Guzman, 2nd Bn HQ/274, recognizedhimself, the guy alongside thetrailer, looking at the camera.Dan was in the cadre from the 91st. Herecalls, near Forbach, when he and Lt.Seibert went scrounging for parts from adisabled jeep and were chased away byGerman artillery fire. He also recalls, ashis happiest experience during service,going to the opera at Wiesbaden. "It wasgreat!" But even being sent home did notlessen the unhappiness of being separatedfrom his 70th buddies.Dan is a ceramic tile installer in Fullerton,California. He and his wife Lupehave four daughters.Instructing troops * at the Field ArtilleryReplacement Training Center at Fort Sill,Oklahoma, gave Paul Connell, A andB/884 FA, his happiest military experience.''There was great satisfaction inseeing brand-new recruits adapt to thetraining and leave as sharp soldiers," herecalls.Paul's civic activities are many: Optimists,Kiwanis, Retired Officers Association,Military Order of the Purple Heart,for instance. He's a member of the schoolboard at Yardley, Pennsylvania, and thejoint school board of Yardley, Mansfieldand Falls Township. He's also Shade TreeCommissioner of his town.Merle Coyle, K/275, * fought the wholeItalian Campaign before joining the 70th.He has retired from General Motors and isnow a gentleman farmer in DraytonPlains, Michigan. He's a past commanderof his V .F. W. post. He and his wife Marjoriehave two sons, two daughters and agrandchild.7

On February 23, before Saarbrucken,my squad was down to only eight men, allof them replacements. My BAR man wasDavid Storey of Littlefield, Texas, whohad been with me only two weeks. When Iwas wounded in both legs and evacuated,he took over as squad leader.About three months later, I was in themilitary hospital in Tacoma, Washington.I received a Jetter from Mr. and Mrs.Storey asking if I knew how David hadbeen killed. I had no knowledge of hisdeath. I wrote to our company clerk whotold me David and his squad were left as arear guard while the rest of the companywithdrew. The day after I was hit, thesquad was overrun and everyone waskilled. The Jetter to his parents was thehardest I ever had to write; we correspondedfor 20 years until they bothdied.At Halloran General Hospital in NewYork, where we were first taken, we weretold we could have anything we wanted.Every man in the group asked for the samething: A glass of milk. They gave each ofus a quart and I have never tasted anythingas good.James M. LarsonA/275The war Story I WantWhen the forward observer for our batterywas killed, a lieutenant came wherewe were guarding some 105s and asked fora volunteer to take over. No one volunteered,so he volunteered me. I carried thatdamn radio on my back until the warended. I didn't know anything about aradio, I was a machine gunner. I think Iought to get the Infantryman's Badge; Ispent all my time with the foot soldiers.One day I got a scratch-wound on myleg when the Germans opened up witheverything they had. I didn't report it,thinking it just a scratch. I was so scared Ididn't even bleed much. Thirty years laterI started having trouble with my knees. Ispent some time in the VA hospital in SanAntonio and there I found out that thatscratch left a piece of metal in my leg.They can't remove it because it's rightagainst the bone.Ciprian TrejoB/884I was one of 12 men taken prisoner onthe morning of Feb. 22, '45 on the SiegfriedLine at Saarbrucken. Our orders wereto attack several large buildings in thatarea."On the evening before, we were discoveredinfiltrating the enemy lines andwere fired upon by machine guns andautomatic weapons. We were ordered todig in. During the night the enemy broughtin tanks and a large number of infantry. Allhell broke loose at dawn! A short whilelater it was all over. I was held captive atStalag 5A about three weeks and thenmarched for about 70 days all told.Charles LochaA/275We were in reserve * behind the frontlines near Wingen. I was sleeping peacefullyon a hillside when I was awakened byheavy automatic firing. As I zipped openmy sleeping bag, I saw tracer bulletszooming over my head. How could theGermans attack us, I wondered, when wewere in Corps reserve, supposedly far behindthe front lines?That was my baptism of fire nearWingen, France. After the battle, with ourcompany down to half strength, we wereassigned to clear the area of scattered,starving Germans who were hiding in thewoods. Our orders were to take Hill1538.When we climbed to the top we wereheavily fired upon. We hit the dirt. Thenzeroed-in 88s hit us. Only 26 able-bodiedmen came off that hill.It was much happier on V-E Day. Wehad two treats - the end of the war andfive gallons of ice cream.Earlier in the day two of our boys werewalking down the street in Wetzlar. AGerman proprietor of a shop asked if theywere with Company C. When they saidyes, he gave them the ice cream. Wehoped the guys in Charlie Company neverfound out we had eaten their delicacy.John HallerA/276*Ammo bearers and other Gis who had totote heavy equipment carried the muchlightercarbines and 45 pistols. Not JamesBates, D/274; he had to lug an M-1 riflealong with ammo for a heavy .30 machinegun. But the Army had mercy on him; it70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

To Tell My Grandchildrendidn't give him any ammunition for therifle.''I was assigned to the 70th from arepple-depple in France in March, '45 asan 'MOS 745, replacement rifleman'. Divisionsaid I'd get bullets for my M-1 atRegiment. Regiment said I'd get 'em atBattalion, etc. I was assigned to a HeavyWeapons Company D, still with my bulletlessM-1. I had weighed 144 pounds butquickly got down to 132 and I had a problemhandling the rifle (plus a clip and twobandoliers that they finally gave me), anda backpack with three 20-pound boxes ofammo.*We set up in a concrete bunker (west ofPhilippsbourg), taking turns to keep thegun firing all night. I was sleeping whenwe were hit. I awoke just in time to seeKosko fly back from the gun; Gartzkerushed forward to get the gun in actionagain. How he kept from getting killed isbeyond me because the bullets werecoming in through an aperture. I caughtsome splinters. Almost immediatelyanother American gun opened up -whatbeautiful music! The fight was over as fastas it started. I knew we had to move thegun- but where?I took two riflemen with me to see if wecould find someone who knew what wasgoing on and with whom we could set up adefense. I headed to what I thought waseast, toward P-bourg. When I looked at amap, years later, I found I was going in theopposite direction.I ran into Joseph Kopy, 1st Platoon'sheavy machine gun section, and some ofhis men trying to find a way out of thecomplete German encirclement. But wewere taken prisoner.Roy Benda,D/275*(Editor's note: The horrors of his imprisonmentput grave psychological burdenson Benda for 40 years. He began toget relief when he found some old 70thbuddies and for the first time was able totalk about his travail.)*In July, 1945, after returning to my unitfrom a hospital, I received orders to take aWinter, 1989detachment back to the States to a reorganizingInfantry Division headed for thePacific Theater. It was to be in the finalassault on the homeland of Japan the nextspring.Our small group of less than two dozenarrived at the Tarreyton staging area outsideLeHavre along with about 2,000others, boarded the Central Falls Victoryfor a trip across the North Atlantic toNorfolk, Virginia. I do not believe I saw awave or swell less than 50 feet high thewhole trip. It was certainly no comparisonto the trip on the West Point to Marseilles.I picked up a bad skin rash from dirtybedding on the ship but within 30 daysafter we landed, V-J day ended the war.My transfer from the 70th influencedmy decision to not remain in the serviceand make a career of it. But I remainedwith the 4th Division until December,1945, when they transferred their fieldcommissionedofficers to the InfantrySchool at Fort Benning for additionaltraining.Raymond OrrF/276*A highlight of our crossing on the trip toMarseilles: As we passed Gibraltar, a Spitfireor Hurricane streaked at mast-heightacross the ship. A soldier next to mepointed toward Africa: "That's France"and, pointing to Spain, "that's England."I figured he'd do well in Europe.A small guy - he literally dragged thebutt of the BAR on the ground at LeonardWood- was always sounding off aboutwhat he was going to do to the dastardlyHuns once he got to the ETO. Loadeddown with his pack and gear, at Marseille,he yelled, "Lafayette, we are here!" andjumped into the lighter taking us to thedock. He skidded across the metal floor ofthe smaller craft, right into a bulkhead andwas hauled away in a stretcher with abroken leg.I left CP2 to go to a bistro in the city. Iwas talking with a Frenchman whensomeone started shooting at me. My companionsaid, "This isn't a German sniper;the shots were aimed at me. We are settlingscores."Those ''Resistance Fighters'' nevermissed a meal or a cigarette ration but werenever around when we needed local guidesfor a patrol or to point out where Germansympathizers might be living.As we travelled north by 40-and-8 nearLuneville there was a German corpse lyingnear the railroad embankment. I wonderwhy he was left there, boots and all; it hadbeen months since fighting in that area.Was he left there to impress us with theseriousness of the business at hand? Orwas it a dummy, for the same purpose? Ihoped the latter.Corning home on an Army transportfrom Bremerhaven, the first thing weheard directly from the States was:"Pepsi-Cola hits the spot!"Paul GartenmannB/275''There were three * of us who joined DogCompany. One was a guy who had beenwounded, had recovered and was returningto action. The first sergeantthought he ought to get a break and madehim a company runner with a jeep to drive."The other was a kid, just a week olderthan I. (He was born July 26, 1926, whichmakes him the fourth youngest Trailblazeron our rolls. Who was Jim's companionreplacement?/Ed.) I was drafted Sept. 8,'44 and turned 19 some 2 Y2 months afterV-E Day."I was so young I didn't shave once allthe while I was in combat and didn't have awhisker when we were pulled off the line.I shaved occasionally just to be one of theguys."After being transferred to the 3rd Divisionas a low-pointer, I enlisted in theAir Corps, had 45 days leave at home andwent back to Europe for two years ofOccupation duty.''Four Panzer tanks had taken shelterbehind a formidable stone house on theoutskirts of Forbach and were firing at us. Iwas a forward observer and was directingour fire upon them. Although I didn'trequest it, someone in rear headquarters(Continued on next page)Personaladditionsfor the70thHistoryBook9

WarStory(Continued)deemed the target important enough for"TOT"- that's "time on target" . Eachartillery piece within range of the targetfues in accordance with its distance fromthe target. Theoretically, all rounds hit atthe same time.Each gun - there must have been closeto a hundred- fired four rounds. Excitement!Noise! Dust! Smoke! Confusion!The tanks, well protected by the nowbatteredstone house, finally limped andlumbered off.Later I was wounded in the chest andarm by a sniper with a burp gun. He wasconcealed at the top of the railroad embankmenton the outskirts of Forbach.Paul ConnellA and B/884 FAAn interesting second * thought:" I thought at the time that my happiestmilitary experience was receiving my dischargeat Fort Meade, Maryland on May16, 1946," recalls Addison Smith,G/276."Thinking back, though, it could haveeasily been the transition from civilian tosoldier during basic training at Camp Fanning,Texas."He came to Florida and worked as amachinist until 1951 when he joined theAir Force and served in Korea. Then hewent to the 56th Air Command Wing inNorthern Thailand. He and his wife Loviehave a son and three grandkids.In Wingen-sur-Moder * at dusk on January6, 1945 , Company G/274 was victimof a vicious counterattack by the 60thMountain Division (Nord). The companywas split and I was able to get most of mymen back to the edge of town and safety.However, I had to leave 28 men behind,their fate unknown .After regrouping, I asked Col. WallaceCheves, my battalion CO, to allow me togo back immediately to recapture the lostground and to rejoin my men left there.The wise colonel ordered me to wait till 9o'clock the next morning. That was thelongest night of my life. Fortunately Iselected as a CP a house where a machinegun squad from Company H was set up.The gun was manned by Sgt Harold Klineand Hy Schorr, both older than this22-year-old lieutenant. Their counsel andkindness, along with the comfortingSouthern drawl of Col. Cheves, over theradio, helped me through the night.When G Company finally got the goaheadto attack, I believe we could havebusted through to Berlin. We got our 28buddies back and to this day I don't blushabout the big kiss and hug I hung on MarkEverett, Elbert Feaster, George Krummeand the other G men.Fred CassidyG/274Just before he entered * Germany withB/270 Engineers, Forrest Moore met hisbrother who was with the 8th ArmoredDivision. That was his most memorableexperience in the ETO.Forrest joined the 70th at Adair, a fewmiles from his Corvallis home. He wasengaged in farming and mining in Oregonafter the war. With his wife Alice, he hastwo daughters, a son and fivegrandchildren.A letter to Cannon * Company, 275:I often regretted that I attacked withoutreserve on January 2 at Philippsbourg. Itwas contrary to all my training but it wasthe only way I could carry out my objective.I could not assume that the units onmy left would fail to attack.The Krauts were not slow in jumpingthrough the gap on our left front. Thosefour companies were really out on a limb.Philippsbourg was a mess. There wasnothing between P-bourg and open countryexcept Cannon Company and the 275thCP. If Cannon had failed to hold, the CPcould have done little to save VI Corps HQand its several divisions from "seriousembarrassment.''But Cannon laid its guns down and blewaway that Kraut battalion to hell . That, andthat alone, gave me time to find sometanks and send them in with Col. JackMalloy. Time was gained to bring up the1st Battalion of 274 and regain theinitiative.It was a close call. The fact that youstayed in there and slugged it out for thosesix tough days without a casualty, earnedyou plenty that was never granted.Col. Albert MorganHQ/276It isn't often that * an infantryman winsthe Air Medal , but Theodore Heck, 3rdBn HQ/274, won the rare distinction onFebruary 18, 1945.His citation explains:" Lt. Heck, then Battalion S-1, directedhis battalion in the attack on PfaffenbergHill, an outpost of the Siegfried Line atSpichern, France, from a cub plane.''Communicating with the groundtroops by radio and through an artilleryliaison officer, Heck controlled themovement of the troops, pointing out theobjectives and disclosing the position ofsome hundred German troops.''The attack was successful with surprisinglylight casualties solely because ofthe lieutenant. Flying at about 1 ,000 feetand exposed to small-arms ftre of the enemy,he was able to alter the original planand point out new objectives to the men onthe ground. The battalion held the hill forthree days against two severe counterattacksand then moved forward in a 4-dayattack that stopped at the dragon's teeth atSaarbrucken."Heck was just as effective on theground. The next day he won the BronzeStar at Etzling. Learning from a Frenchmanthat there were some 10 Germans inthe basement of a house, the lieutenantwent in alone, disarmed and took the Germansprisoner.W estern 'Blazers plan mini-reunion10Plan ahead!A Western States Mini-Reunion will be held at BuenaPark, California, Saturday, March 4. Paul Thirion, VP/West; Doug Jeffery, F/275, and Floyd Freeman, U275, aremaking plans.They've whipped up a dandy package at the EmbassySuites Hotel which includes an overnight in a suite, breakfastcooked to your order, a 120-minute happy hour and aFellowship Room and a chicken dinner at Knott's BerryFarm. All this for only $112 per couple.Space is limited (remember Nashville!) so deadline forreservations is January 30. Send your check to FreemanTravel Service, 8959 California Ave. , South Gate, California90280.70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

GOODBYE, OREGON ...As the 70th moved from Camp Adair toFort Leonard Wood in 1944, one of thelast duties of Pfc Lloyd Fevurly, HQCo/70, was to remove the big axeheadfrom Division Headquarters and take italong to mark the Missouri nerve centerfor the Trailblazers.In January, Heck had won the SilverStar at Philippsbourg. Armed with a lightmachine gun, he led the attack on strongpositions, concentrating fire and throwinghand grenades. "His leadership and clearthinking inspired his men to such heightsthat the mission was successfully accomplishedwith surprising light casualties."While I was in * occupation in Lorch,Germany, my wife Rose Marie gave birthto twin sons, John and Walter, back in TheBronx. Some of the German civiliansthrew a party for me and I still have theposter they made for the occasion.Walter MosherH/274My wife's cousin, * who I met in October,1945 in Ludwigsburg, Germanywas a member of the Yolks Grenadierdivision. He was 45 at the time, and was inForbach, France, on the German side ofthe railroad tracks. It was interesting tohear his side of the battle.My wife during the war lived in Essen,but was transferred at 15 in '44 to SouthGermany because of the bombing in Essen.Her cousin owned a cafe in Ludwigsburg,and on top of that she was theonly L.D.S. Mormon I ever met in Germanyof all places. War indeed is strange.Gerald AdamietzB/274After fighting all month in the VosgesMountains, mostly in a situation where mystrong 3rd Platoon replaced all of C Com-Winter, 1989pany on the side of a steep mountain withthe Germans above us, we had a 15-milewithdrawal. My rifle platoon, a machinegun squad and anti-tank squad and Maj.Paul Durbin were selected to cover thepull-back. We had a truck and we were tostay at a major intersection to cover therear until daybreak.All the other 274th men walked all theway to straighten our main line.During the night, as we waited, listenedand talked very little, about 3:30 a.m.Durbin asked me if I didn' t see some lighton the horizon. I agreed. We gatheredeveryone together and boarded the truckand pulled out. It was a tense time andwould have been suicide if the Germanshad found out about the withdrawal.Walter CoxE/274Two wounds were * not sufficient to keepJohn Hildebrand, N274, out of actionfor very long. He was wounded at Philippsbourgin January, then at SpicherenHeights two months later. He survivedboth and was discharged in May, 1948.He was personnel director for AnaheimUnion High School in California and retiredin 1986 after 35 years with schoolsystems, including 10 years at Middlebourne,Iowa, and then several Californiadistricts.He and his wife Marjorie June have ason, a daughter and a grandchild.Going to ASTP at * Brigham Young Universityin Provo, Utah, was a happy ep-isode in my military career. Much lesshappy was when I crawled over to myfriend in action in France after he had beenshot by a sniper. I found he was dead. Itsure hurt when I had to leave him as weretreated.Joseph R. Doyle1/275The war had just * ended and CannonCompany, 274, was in occupation atHahn, Germany: Population 150, about 14kilometers from Wiesbaden. Our softballteam challenged everyone around us andwe were undefeated,' ' recalls DannyMays, CN/274. "In later years I had fivecontracts with the Pittsburgh Pirates andplayed at Hornell, New York; Greenville,Alabama; Salisbury, North Carolina; NewIberia, Louisiana, and Hagerstown, Maryland."He is a life member of the Associationof Professional Baseball Players of Americaand assistant coach at Western MarylandCollege.Only days after discharge * in April, '46,Richard "Dick" Bagley, B/884, went towork in his family store in Machias,Maine. He later became owner and manager.''After working 60 to 70 hours a weekfor 15 years, I decided that wasn't the lifefor me.'' So he joined the staff of the localsavings bank and 25 years later retired asits president.Caught in the Air * Force riff of 1944 wasMaurice "Chink" Wisecarver, B/884.Drafted in '43, he took artillery basic andadvanced training, then was chosen to bean aviation cadet. When that program wasseverely curtailed, he joined the 70th atAdair.After the war he worked in the familymen's clothing business 36 years. Now hehas retired from the post office.11

ArchivesAll Trailblazers-especially those whohave joined recently- are invited to sendin material for these Archives. Tell whereand when you joined, and then left, theservice. What has been your post-war occupation?What's your wife's name andhow many children, or grandchildren, doyou have? What organizations have youbeen active in as a civilian?Describe your most scary, most interesting,most humorous, most astounding,most-anything military experience. Whatdecorations were you awarded? Civic officesand awards, elected positions andanything else that you think might interestyour old Army buddies.Armand Boucher, H/274, and his wifeIrene have been back to Europe six timesand one every trip travelled through Germany.In Wiesbaden, he and four otherGls operated the 274th Regimental EnlistedMen's Club.Armand is president of an electricalwire company in Muskegon, Michigan.The Bouchers have two daughters andthree grandkids.He may be the only * opera singer in theAssociation. But whether he's alone or hascompany, Donald Pentz, B/884, has animpressive musical hobby. He's a memberof three professional opera companies,Baltimore, Philadelphia Lyric Opera andPhilly Grand Opera. He was also a soloist,choir director and amateur actor in drama ·and musicals.He was one of the aviation cadets whocame to the 70th in their unhappy fall of'43. He had served in the Field Artillery,with ASTP in Indiana, Infantry, CombatEngineers, Army Air Corps and the paratroopsbefore becoming a 70th artilleryman.As a civilian he's a designer of electricalmerchanisms. His wife Betty presentedhim with a son and two daughters who inturn have produced three grandchildren.*Although Edwin Neill, C/275, wasmarried, the father of two sons and workingwith single men, he still received PresidentialGreetings from his draft board andwas sent to Adair.An equal surprise was when he movedto Leonard Wood- and found his wifeMarie was there ahead of him.12In Philipps bourg he was• temporarilyblinded by facial wounds and losing bloodfast. Sgt. John Mercy lived up to hisname; he came out under fire and got Ed tothe aid station in the church. He creditssurgeons at Vitell Hospital in Marseillesand Crile General in Cleveland with ''themost skillful job" he saw in service."Personnel psychologist" * is the interestingjob description that James Schmittowns. (Jim: We don't have your companyor regiment. Plz send!) So he's been headof employment for several major corporationsin San Diego, where he has threechildren and a grandchild.He joined the Trailblazers at Frankfurtand later went to the 3rd Division. He'sactive in the V.F.W., Elks, Eagles, Mooseand American Legion and is a member ofthe American Psychological Associationand the New York Academy of Sciences.Willie Prejean, * C/274, is rejoicing atmaking contact with old 70th buddies. Hejust hadn't known about the Association!But Willie maintained contact with themilitary as a civilian long after the snowshad melted at Wingen.He was a civilian training instructor forthe Army until he retired as a Civil ServiceGS-12. He served at Fort Lee in the Richmond,Virginia area from '51 to '65. In'66, '68 and '71 he travelled throughoutVietnam, Korea, Japan and Okinawa. Hevisited not only Army but Navy, Air Forceand Marine camps and often ran into hisformer students.He doen't think he can make the Nashvilleto-do but sends greetings to all his oldmates.A retired accounting * supervisor for theSt. Louis Metropolitan Sewer District,Horace Gibson, HQ/725 , remains activein his church and the Masonic order. Hewas a pre-Pearl Harbor member of the 30thField Artllery at Camp Roberts, California.He also served with the 9lst Divisionand the 80th Air Base Group of the AirForce.He has two "happiest experiences":Being discharged Dec. 24, 1945; beingdischarged August 1952. He and his wifeMargaret have a daughter.*In the cadre for the 70th MPs was JohnMcKenny, who's a new member of theAssociation. He was with the 7th ServiceCommand at Camp Crowder, Missouri,and then at Camp Roberts, California, andthe 508th MP Battalion. He'd like to hearfrom any old MP buddies. So drop him anote at 811 9th Street, New Brighton,Pennsylvania 15066. He's a funeral directorthere. He and his wife Betty have adaughter and three grandkids.*Arthur Plunk, Jr. L/276, attachesthree business cards to his Archives form.They show his service and promotions inthe Department of General Services of theState of California, where he rose to constructionsupervisor. He joined us at LeonardWood. With his wife Zula, he has threesons, a daughter and three grandchildren.They now live in Mountain Grove, Missouri.*Unhappy military experiences?"None!" says Hans Nollan, C/275. Hedoes remember the Battle of Philippsbourg,but as a "memorable" experience,not an unhappy one.Hans joined the 70th at Adair and afterhostilities served with the 3rd Division. Atool designer, he lives in Hillsdale, Michigan,with his wife Charlotte. They have ason and a daughter and a grandchild.Daniel Mays, Cannon/274, * couldn'tforget his 21st birthday if he wanted to. Hecelebrated it in Paris, France.He entered the Army in March, '43, andtook his basic with the 44th Division. Thenhe went to ASTP for pilot training and,like a couple thousand others, was bumpedinto the 70th at Adair.Danny had five minor league contractsin professional baseball with the PittsburghPirates. Now retired, he was adesign and tool-and-die maker with CaterpillarTractor Co.He married Dorothy Sterner in 1950 inGlen Rock, Pennsylvania, where they stilllive. They have three sons and two daughtersand three grandchildren.Danny is a Mason and Shriner, a lifemember of the Society of ProfessionalBaseball Players and has won the AmericanLegion Good Citizenship Award andthe Distinguished Service Award of theJaycees.*Stanley Muniz of the 370th MedicalBattalion joined the 'Blazers at Adair. Hestayed right in the health-care field as acivilian optician.His worst memory is the death of hisbest friend, shot while serving as a litterbearer.Stan and his wife Norma Jean havea son and grandson.70th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

New MembersNew members listed here includethose signed up in thepast five months. Deadline exigenciesprevented the listing ofthese new comrades in the Octoberissue.Changes of address listed onthis page include only thosemade after the deadline for the1989 Roster. All changes madebefore November 1, 1988,have been listed in the new Rosterwhich is scheduled to reachall members this month.***BALLARD, Orville E. (Julia)Rt. 2, Box 155ABurleson, TX 76028B/884 FABARNETI, W. l. (Eula)1050 Barnes S.E.Salem, OR 97306B/276BASEL, Ralph E. (Catherine)9589 NorborneRedford, Ml 48239B/276BASSAK, William F. (Nancy)2502 S. MeadowlarkSpringfield, MO 65807E/274BATES, James M. (Ma~orie)25 Whiton St., P.O. Box 283Windsor locks, CT 06096D/274BECKSTEAD, Douglas l. (Stella)1027 East 6160 SouthSalt lake City, UT 84121U276BERGREN, William W. (Carol)14204 N.E. 154th St.Brush Prairie, WA 98606B/276BERTINO, Eugene J. (Patricia)1420 John DriveSanta Rosa, CA 9540170 ReconBONSALL, Frank D. (E. Jane)Bi-State Blvd.Delmar, DE 19940H/274BOWLIN, Dale F. (Phyllis)6712 Montana laneVancouver, WA 98661C/883 FA14BRANHAM, Frederick W. (Dorothy)896 Sundberg Rd.Mahtowa, MN 55762BROWN, James F. (Jane)2804 Willoughby RoadBaltimore, MD 21234AT/274BRUNING, Fred C. (Pauline)945 liggett Blvd.Crestwood, MO 63126E/276BURROW, Edward B.2226 Highland Ave., N.Jackson, TN 38305570 SigBYERLEY, Floyd R.8017 Clover RidgeHouston, TX 77087HQ/2 Bn/274CALLAHAN, Thomas M. (Edda)310 N. Piedmont, #2Arlington, VA 22203A/883 FACARRINGTON, lee (Claudie)9553 Rufus Ave.Whittier, CA 90604HQ/882 FACASTRILLI, Michael A.33 Mullens laneBernardsville, NJ 07924H/275CONE, Irwin C. (Kathryn)3104 E. Weaver Placelittleton, CO 80121A/275CONNELL, Paul (Marie)513 Haverhill laneSafety Harbor, Fl 34695A/884 FACORWIN, Merlin E. (Joyce)Rt. 3, Box 30Quinter, KS 67752C/275COX, Frank D. (Alice)2540 Factory RoadAlbany, OH 45710M/276COYLE, Merle D. (Ma~orie)4080 AquarinaDrayton Plains, Ml 48020K/274DALY, Robert F. (Cieyone)P.O. Box 421Black Eagle, MT 59414D/276DAVIS, John C. (lucille)1600 B Thomes Ct.Wheaton, ll 60187CN/275DILLARD, Kenneth802 Chambers Dr.Bloomington, IN 47401K/274DOTIERWEICH, W. W. (Fran)4044 Hiawatha Dr.Knoxville, TN 37919A/275DOYLE, Joseph R. (Elizabeth)59 Aberdeen Circle #77leesburg, Fl 327881/275DRAKE, W. A. (Margaret)2916 N.W. 26thFt. Worth, TX 76106HQ/274EAGAN, leonard 0 . (lla Rae)Star Route, Box 42long Grove, OK 734431/274FARMER, Robert C. (Jean)725 Oakwood Rd.Hamilton, OH 45013C/276FARRIS, Roger E. (Marylane)7 460 Woodrow Wilson Dr.Hollywood, CA 90046G/275FERRANDINO, Rosario F.8346 Terra Grande Ave.Springfield, VA 22153?1275FISCHER, Fred M. (Beulah)13827-436th S.E.North Bend, WA 98045D/275FRIDLEY, Edwin12699 S. 25AAnna, OH 453021/275GARDNER, Stewart C. (Martha)4962 St. Rt. 41, NWWashington Ct. House, OH 43160HQ/274GIOLIVO, Anthony J. (Mary)139 CollegeSt. Charles, MO 63301E/275GREENWALT, William J. (Carolina)Espora 722, Acassuso (1941)Provincia de Buenos AiresRepublica ArgentinaC/276GUZMAN, Dan C. (lupe)607 HoustonFullerton, CA 92632HQ/2 Bn/274HALES, Fred269 W. Ross St.Troy, OH 45373275HALLER, John l. (lillian)505 Great North Rd.Columbia, SC 29223A/276HERBERT, Windom J., Jr.37236 Hwy. 74Geismar, LA 70734B/884 FAHEMPHILL, Fred E.Rt. 1, Box 96Altona, ll 614141/276HEPBURN, James W. (Inez)1115 E. Samford Ave.Auburn, Al 36830C/276HESS, Walter (Barbara)1211 Gulf of Mexico Dr.longboat Key, Fl 34228G/274HICKS, H. C.100 Pine Manor Rd.Charleston, WV 25311A/275JOHNSON, Edward E. (Vivian)602 Poplar Ave.Yukon, OK 73099SV/883 FAJOHNSON, Harry G. (Pearl)519 N. Halvorson St.Redwood Falls, MN 56283C/276KANUANUI, James H., Jr. (Susan)86-044 Alta St.Waianae, HI 96792M/276KAUFMAN, John P. (Florence)733 Peach St.l incoln, NE 68502HQ/882 FAKIRKPATRICK, Kenneth G. (Peggy)820 West 9th St.Marysville, OH 43040A/276KOPCYCH, Anthony (Bertha)48 Macomber St.Berkley, MA 02779B/276LAUGHLIN, Thomas G.3355 Univ. Blvd., W. #107Kensington, MD 20895E/27470th Division Assn TRAILBLAZER

LEVETON, Charles E. (Betty) PRIEST, Joseph F. (Rita) STAFFORD, Willie E. ASSOCIATE MEMBERS7321 Jean Drive 21133 S.E. lOth Ave. P.O. Box 263West Chester, OH 45069 Cape Coral, FL 33904 San Angelo, TX 76901 BONGRAS, Gerard?1276 G/274 F/274 3 Rue Du 18 EME Chasseur57600 ForbachLONER, John W. (Dorothy) PRIESTAP, JackS. {Virginia) STEINER, Harold A. (Dorothy) FRANCE2302 Roosevelt Ave. 22031 Center Rd. P.O. Box 2260Williamsport, PA 17701 Armada, Ml 48005 Murphy, ID 83650 DAVIS, Ms. Audrey E.A/274 1 BN HQ/275 1006 Lake Jessamine Dr.RATHKAMP, William H. (Gloria) Orlando, FL 32809MARTIN, Harry J. (Olive) 5950 Price Rood STEPHENSON, Kennard F., Jr.16709 Rustic Meadow Milford, OH 45150 6004 Northwood Dr. JUNG, HelmutDallas, TX 75248 Crestwood, KY 40014 Assweiler, Johnstrasse 8A/274 REED, Earl W. (Freda) E/276 D 6653 Blkieskastel19011 B DriveN. WEST GERMANYMASON, Leroy Marshall, Ml 49068 STEWART, Archie D.3049 Campbell St. 3603 E. Yacht Dr. MEAD, Lorraine A.Phoenix, AI.. 85106 RILEY, George E. (Geraldine) Long Beach, NC 28461 27 Bridge St.HQ/70

For SaleTrailblazer souvenir items thatwere on sale at the Nashville Reunionare now available by mail.Orders should be sent to LouHoger, 5825 Horton, Mission,Kansas 66202 with checks madeout to the 70th Division Association.Prices listed here includepostage.Ballpoint pens with Divisionpatch in the cap, $4.Insulated mugs with 'Blazerpatch, $2.50.Belt buckles, heavy metal with70th insigne, $7.50.License plate holders, metaland chrome, $3.75.Letterheads, 2-color, packs of50, $2.50.Envelopes, 2-color, packs of50, $2.50.Trailblazer seals, for letters, etc.,each .15.IEd m und C. Arnold3208 Hawthorne A ve.Richmo nd , Virg inia 23222N O N -PROFITO RG A NIZA TIONU S POST A GETHIR D CL A SSPER M IT - 13 10RIC HMON D V A .Forwarding and Return Postage Guaranteed and Address Correction requested