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~Orlandoto Host40th AnnualReunion,Aug.29-31

The Radisson Plaza Hotel, Orlando, willbe our headquarters for the landmark 40thanniversary of our Association. Situated indowntown Orlando, this newly built Radis-son is only 12 miles from Orlando Interna-tional Airport. The hotel is conveniently lo-cated just off Exit 42 (Ivanhoe Blvd) on In-terstate 4. Easily accessible from all inter-state highways (see map) in a worldfamous tourist center, it is only 25 minutesfrom Walt Disney World and Epcot Centerand many other attractions such as SeaWorld, Circus World, Cypress Gardents,etc. Kennedy Space Center is just 40minutes from our hotel.

The Radisson is a full-service hotel withexcellent accommodations; fine dining andentertainment; pool, sauna, whirlpool andsteam bath; two lighted tennis courts; ajogging trail around Lake Ivanhoe justacross from the hotel; 450 free 5-levelparking facility spaces; complimentarytransportation to-and-from the airport;shopping and outlet malls just minutesaway. Truly this is a superb vacationland.

Postage-paid reservation envelopes areenclosed. Please do not forget to includeyour full name and address when you sendin your deposit check or credit card num-ber so that your reservation can be individ-ually confirmed by return mail. All reser-vations made by August 11, 1986, will beguaranteed. Full refunds will be made forcancellations made up to 48 hours prior toyour arrival date. So don't delay! Pleasemail your postage-free reservations asearly as possible to: Radisson Hotel Orlan-do, 60So. Ivanhoe Blvd., Orlando, FL 32804.

There are two other Radisson hotels inthe Orlando vicinity (Radisson Maingateand Radisson Aquatic Center), so pleasenote carefully the directions to the Radis-son Plaza Orlando via Exit 42 (IvanhoeBlvd.) on Interstate 4.

The great one-of-a-kind tourist attractionyou should plan to visit is Walt Disney'sEpcot Center. Opened in October, 1982, it istwice as large as Disney's Magic World. Itis truly a unique experience to view theCenter's creative showmanship blendedwith dazzling new technologies. It is wellworth the price of admission and a once-in-a-lifetime adventure to explore its twotheme areas - Future World and WorldShowcase. These two areas combine spec-tacular corporate exhibits in communica-tions, transportation, energy, agriculture,technology and imagination with exoticcuisine, entertainment, scenic wonders andcultural attractions from 10 different coun-tries. And just recently one of the most

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amazing underseas exhibits ever has beenadded to the already extraordinary a ttrac-tions at Epcot. Now open to visitors is TheLiving Seas which has been described asthe largest underseas exhibit in the worldand the world's Sixth Ocean!

Because many Marauders may not beable to extend their reunion stay beyond thebasic weekend (Fri., Sat., Sun., August 29-30-31), we have arranged the Saturday pro-gram to provide as much open time as pos-sible for one-day visit to Epcot. Thus, anearly morning continental breakfast will be

. provided on Saturday so that those wishingto spend as much time at Epcot (open at 9a.m.) as possible on Saturday can do so.The rest of the weekend program will re-main unchanged with our traditional Fri-day evening sit-down dinner; (Saturdayearly A.M. continental breakfast); Satur-day evening cocktail party reception fol-lowed by a gala banquet dinner and dance;Sunday morning memorial service fol-lowed by brunch.

At Friday evening's dinner it is our inten-tion to poll our Marauder attendees as totheir preference for a Saturday afternoonmembership meeting versus an earlySunday morning meeting. We leave it toyou to decide whether you want Saturdayfree from breakfast until dinnertime to

visit Epcot and a meeting on Sunday A.M.or a meeting on Saturday afternoon.

We have arranged with Budget Rent ACar of Florida, for those who may wish torent a car or share the rental of a car, adiscount rate of $79 per week for an econ-omy size car with air conditioning and auto-matic. This rate applies only to pickups atand return to Orlando International Airportof rental cars. The enclosed Budget reser-vation cards may be used for this purpose ifyou so desire.

As you can see, our committee - NatalieMell, Charles Ketcham, Ralph Kouroyen,Kermit Bushur and Frank Russell - isanxious to make as many amenities avail-able to you as possible. We look forward tohelping you and your family and friendsenjoy a great reunion. So please makeevery effort to attend and come on down toFlorida and join in for the celebration ofour Marauder landmark 40th Annual Re-union. Any questions, please contact DaveHurwitt, 6108Rainbow Circle, Lake Worth,FL 33463. (305) 433-0365.

Sharingthe StoryNHPUM GA

EDITORIn Burma, in the Spring of 1944,followin~

a mission of our Battalion (2n Bn, 5307th;along with Khaki CT, behind enemy lines irthe Mogaung Valley to disrupt the enem~supply line at Inkangahtawng, we were informed that an enemy column was movin!North from Kamaing to block our escapEroute and endanger the left flank of alliecforces. This threat called for a forcedmarch of our Unit from Inkangahtawng upthe mountain to Auche.

The Orange CT of 3rd Bn, which was hellin reserve in the Nhpum Ga area, useesome of its units to block trails in the Auch(area, thereby protecting our withdrawaroute from Inkangahtawng. We arrived aAuche prior to the enemy advance, and thlfollowing day we were ordered to withdravto Nhpum Ga (several miles north) and tlestablish defense positions. The 3rd BICombat Teams withdrew to positions in reserve in Hsamshingyang, a short distancito the North.

As we were pulling out of Auche, the enemy opened up on us with artillery firlwhich was devastating because of our laclof cover and the spread of artillery shel

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fragments from tree bursts. Our Battalionestablished a defense perimeter at NhpumGa where for about two weeks we were en-circled by a Japanese Force three or fourtimes our size, and pounded by artilleryand mortar fire and buffeted by infantrycharges.

The Third Bn was employed to attack theenemy positions blocking the supply line toour Battalion. Aided by air superiority andair drops of supplies, we managed to holdoff the enemy until other friendly unitscame to our assistance.

The 1st and 3rd Battalions broke theenemy siege on Easter Sunday 1944.JamesK. Sanford, Compo Cmdr 5307/2/GCT.

Third Bn, Orange CT, I & R Platoon ActionsAs Told by Lt. Logan Weston

Lt. Co!. Beach, 3 Bn C 0, thru Major Lew,our Combat Team, C 0, dispatched my pla-toon to scout the route from Walabum thruNhpum Ga to Manpin. The companies ofthe combat team were to follow within 24hours. We had been informed that apossible enemy rear area force (regimen-tal support troops) were established Northof Kamaing about six miles South ofManpin. I had no knowledge at that timethat the rear echelon of the Japanese 18thDivision Headquarters was at Kamaing.

We force-marched through Nhpum Ga toSharaw arriving at dusk and decided to digin for the night rather than chance makingcontact with the enemY'~after dark. Thetrail from Nhpum to Sharaw ran down amountainous finger that cropped out intothe Mogaung Valley at Sharaw. The nextmorning at first light we continued to Man-pin. We were dug in by 1030hours and I senta half squad patrol to scout towardKamaing. The patrol made contact withan enemy patrol about one and a half milesSouth of our position. I ordered them backand prepared for an attack on my ambush.

I radioed battalion headquarters and sug-gested that they follow the trail I had takenfrom Nhpum to Sharaw, then proceed dueWest to establish a road block in the vicin-ity of Inkangawtawng on the enemy MainSupply Route leading to Walawbum.

It should be noted that the trail fromNhpum to Sharaw ran parallel to a trail DEATHS REPORTED RECENTLYrunning from Manpin to Warong down aparallel ridgeline (See attached map). Name and Hometown [Where Known], Organization, Where, When Deceased

Having seen the terrain, I decided that FRED BENDER, 100Husted Lane, Greenwich, CT06830;475/3/HQ/COMM. .when our road block on the M.S.R. was de- C. PATRICK CLANCY,7332GlenviewDr. West, Indianapolis, IN 46250. . . . . .tected by the enemy at Kamaing they S. R. RAY CLARIDGE, 1507W. Relation St., Safford, AZ 85546;5307/1;would try to block the battalion escape 475/1Muleskinner.................................................route at Sharaw. In the event this materia- WALTER HOLMSTROM,North Canton, OH; 5307/3/0CT . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .lized, I would attempt to divert their envel- ROBERT Y. HONDA,1717Ala WaiBlvd., Honolulu,HI ....................opment movement by displacing to succes- HOWARD S. KEELER, 8056th PI., Phenix City, AL 36867 .................sive delaying positions toward Warong CLIFFORD E. LIGHTHART, Merrill's Marauders. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .over the southernmost of the parallel JOSEPH MALONEY, Dayton, OH; 5307/3/0CT/RE . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .routes. WILLIAM A. McKEE,371643rd Ave. West, Bradenton, FL 33505-2341......

Our block at Manpin was hit within the ED NICHOLS,KIA Burma : .........hour. We held that day and night. The next M~NUEL E. RAYBORN,St. Louis,MO63116;5307/2/GCT ................day the battalion reached Sharaw, then, W. R. SCHELL,Evans Mills,NY 13637. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .proceeded West. At Sharaw, they dis- DANIELR.SISSON,Russelville,AR72801;5307 .........................

patched Lt. Smith with his platoon to \WILLIAM WA~, 6610Oakhurst Dr., Holiday, FL 33590;strengthen our block at Manpin. When - 5307.7I7RC CO;475/1/A CO. ....................................Smith arrived about mid-morning, the ALFRED WHEATON,Rt. 2, Jonesboro, IL 62952;5307/Engineers . . . . . .enemy had received reinforcements and JIMMIE N. YAMAGUCHI,5-Chome,17-14Higashi-Gotanda, Shinagawa-Ku,were in process of enveloping us from the Tokyo, Japan; 5307 Interpreter. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .South. Their main effort continued from theWest.

Since our position was fast becoming un-tenable and the enemy knee mortar bar-rages kept increasing, I sent Smith to thenext defensive terrain position towardWarong. Then just before dark, withdrewthrough Smith's position to the second de-fensive terrain. As we were preparing tovacate Manpin a knee mortar dud landedon my radio knocking it out of action butfailing to explode. I reached for the dudthinking to throw it away but Al Greer, myplatoon sergeant, yelled, warning me not todisturb it. Benny Silverman, my radio op-erator, Sgt. Greer and I jumped from ourfoxholes to a depression in the ground justin time to see the dud blow the radio intosmithereens. It turned out to be a delayeddetonation rather than a dud.

During this action, the last radio contactwe had with our combat team advised usthe road block had dug in on its objective atthe M.S.R. As we left Manpin, we tethereda mule that had nearly _been gutted by amortar burst to a jungle vine. Through thenight we could hear him braying andstomping around.

Under the cover of darkness that night asecond enemy force had worked throughthe jungle on the North of Manpin. This unitattached South at first light the next morn-ing. At the same time, the enemy to ourSouth attacked to the North. The two unitsof estimated company strength each firedpoint blank into each other in their frontalattacks. They evidently thought our posi-tion was still occupied, due to the disturb-an€e of.'our-wounded"'mule.

There was no way to estimate their casu-alties. By the next day at about noon, Smithhad been forced out of his block through mysecond delaying position. By now our squadsize patrol to Warong (to keep the backdoor open) reported enemy patrols workingas far North as Warong from another trailto the South. Smith and I agreed he shouldblock that trail to the South of Warong and Iwould continue delaying action to Warongon my trail by leap frogging squads. Wewere unable to report our situation tohigher headquarters. The enemy pursued

us as we displaced up the trail and timeafter time, when they were stopped on thetrail by our blocks, they worked around ourflanks usually by a double envelopmentaltactic. We held until the escape route ap-peared threatened then we displaced theforward squad to the next position towardWarong.

Two days later we and Smith went into aperimeter defense of Warong. Here wewere hit from the West and from the Southby a coodinated attack of two enemy units.We then began displacing by platoonsNorthward through Auche, Kauri andNhpum. While defending at Kauri welearned our battalion had accomplished itsmission at Inkangahtawng and had with.drawn over the northern parallel routethrough Sharaw, Nhpum to Hsamshing-yang.

We were ordered through the 2nd Batta-lion, now digging in at Nhpum, to join ourbattaliQn at Hsamshingyang. We had drawnenemy artillery fire from Warong all theway to our final block at Kauri. The enemyunits that had taken four days to drive useight miles were the same ones thatsurrounded the 2nd Battalion at Nhpumwithin 36 hours.

Because of our familiarity with theterrain we were required to spearhead thedrive from Hsamshingyang back to Nhpumfor five of the nine days fight to rescue thetrapped 2nd Battalion. We had been on theline for three days when Lt. Woomer, theBoomer, came up to our platoon position toregistet" his'close mortat"'1mpportfire.

- Logan Weston, Co!. AUS Ret.__nn_n__---

Correction of Statement in "ShockTroops" by David Knight. To put thematter straight, I would like to detail thecomplete situation.

My platoon, the Orange CT I & R, hadbeen attacking from Hsamshingyangsouthward toward Nhpum Ga for four days.We had gained all but about 100 yards of en-tering McGee's perimeter. My men were

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getting restless and this was to be my lastpush before being relieved.

During this drive, Major Lew, our com-bat team commander, had been hit andevacuated along with my BAR man, InmanAvery, who caught a sniper bullet in thechest. My two riflemen, Dan Carrigan fromChicago, and a second rifleman from theState of Wisconsin, whose name I cannotrecall, were killed by an enemy machinegun burst. I had b~en hit by grenade frag-ments in the left ankle. As we overran thisfinal enemy position - not two - but threeJapanese had been hiding in single spiderholes.

As my two point squads were fighting tothe South, the three Japanese almost simul-taneously raised their covers and beganaiming at my men from the rear. I have noregrets over the action I felt obligated totake at that time. It may have been possibleto take these men prisoner - an actionthat under the circumstances, I didn't evenconsider.

--=-~-~:_~_?gan Weston, OCT / I&R Plat. Ldr.

Howitzers Dropped from SkyRout Encircling Japs

By Sgt. William J. Anderson, as told toCharles Leavelle, news article from theKansas City Star in 1944. Provided byStrausburgh.Japs Charge in Dense Waves

All night we lay on the east bank of theInkangahtawng river and listened to thetrucks on the highway beyond as theymoved supplies to the Japs opposingGeneral Joseph W. Stilwell and his ChineseForces. Because of the large Jap force be-tween us and the road we had not been ableto get through and block it. Daylightshowed the Jap force had grown to alarm-ing proportions.

Without warning the Japs charged. Theycame in dense waves, making for B Bat-talion, west of the river, and for the riveritself in the hope of reaching us. The sunwas in their faces and they made excellenttargets.

How long their fanatical, suicidal chargescontinued I don't know. The slaughter wasequal to that at Walawbum. B Battaionalone was credited with killing severalhundred. How many we killed I can't say,but our guns mowed down wave after wave.

As at Walawbum, the attack ended sud-denly, and there was a brief lull. Thencame a salvo of heavy explosions that sentthe echoes rolling in the valley. The Japshad opened up with their heavy 90 mm mor-tars. B Battalion casualties soared. After avery few minutes they were calling upon usto help evacuate their wounded.Bombers to the Rescue

When our men stepped out into thestream the Japs started throwing in shells.Those of us who had waded out advanced ata low crouch with our heads just above thesurface. The shells screamed a foot or twoabove our bodies and sent up geysers ofsand along the shore. We were exposed toJ ap machine gun fire also and we wereordered back.

An emergency call was sent to our AirForce. Within a short time P-51 dive

bombers were arriving. But they couldn'tspot the Jap artillery which ceased firingthe instant the planes appeared. This gaveus a breathing spell.

The 90 mm mortar shells continued tocome over, but we didn't mind them somuch. The Air Force warned us two Japcolumns had crossed the Inkangahtawngabove and below us and were advancing inan encircling movement.

Col. McGee, with B Battalion, gave theorder to withdraw. We sent over two pla-toons to cover the retirement and B re-crossed with its wounded. Fifteen of theirmen had been killed and buried on the westbank. Eight more died during the tripacross or immediately afterward and wereburied on our side.

Of the remaining wounded some wereable to walk, six could sit on the availablehorses, and the remainder, about ten, hadto be carried on litters constructed of bam-boo and small branches.

B Battalion went ahead. We followed asrear guard and looked after the wounded.Planes Take Out Wounded

There was only one thing to do: Head forthe hills in the east to avoid being cut offfrom the other company of C Battalionwhich was waiting in the vicinity of NhpumGa Hill, 50 miles from the scene of ourbattle.

At the end of the second day, after cov-ering 20 miles, we found a large rice paddyand radioed for the Air Force to evacuateour wounded. This was done by Taylor andPiper Cubs. and. we continued to NhpumGa, completing the entire march in fivedays. We learned the Japs had begun to in-filtrate both North and South of the trail wehad followed.

On March 21, the southern Japs broughtup their artillery and opened fire from thesides of a high hill. Our camp, near the footof Nhpum Ga Hill, was out of their visionbut their 70 mm anti-aircraft shells fell withappalling havoc in the B Battalion.

The opening salvo killed ten men andwounded 15. The most serious cases werecarried down the hill in homemade littersand turned over to us. We carried them to arice paddy, then called in the Air Forceagain. These sturdy little ships and theirplucky pilots made trip after trip withoutincident, landing and taking off on terrainthat was nothing short of nightmarish.

We dug in around our new airfield andwaited for B to move down the hill and joinus. There was no point in their staying upthere like clay pigeons for the Jap guns.

Makings of a DisasterUnknown to us, however, Colonel McGee

had received orders to hold the hill 48hours, until Stilwell's Chinese could relievehim. There came the makings of a majordisaster.

The Japs North and South made junctionacross the hillside trail. B Battalion wastrapped. We were shut off with a wildernessof hills and jungles behind us. There was noword from A Battalion miles to the West,beyond the Inkangahtawang River.

On the third day we of C Battalion dis-covered the Nhpum Ga Hill trail betweenour air strip camp and B Battalion four andone-half miles up the slope, had been cut bythe Japanese. Sergeant Stanley Subanski,

of Grand Rapids, Michigan, was sent wi!15 men to find out how B Battalion w!faring.

Not knowing Colonel McGee had been 0dered to hold the hill for 48 hours, we we]pretty sore because they had made rmove to come down. Our patrol had coered two and one-half miles when thEwalked right into an ambush. Jap light arheavy machine guns opened up on boosides of the trail. How they failed to hit anbody I'll never know. The patrol duck€and one man was sent back to notify 01command.

When he had gone about a mile, Jap illchine guns pointing up the trail opened filon him. They had been there all the tinand had let the patrol pass. The scout welback with the news and the patrol head€for the air strip, cutting around the Jcguns.Battalion in Trap

B Battalion now was in one hell of a fiJap ground forces closed in on three sid.and their artillery methodically beg!lobbing in 70 mm shells with disastrous €fect. The next morning we were ordered 0'to clear the trail of J aps and rescue tIsurvivors of the other Battalion.

Though the trail led steadily upward,had a number of high points or humps arthe Japs had dug in atop each of these.brisk fight was necessary to take them. \\were in touch with B Battalion by radagain and we urged that they start do\\pushing the Japs from above while we toethem below:-

They were forced to reply that casualtihad run so high they could not do so albring out their wounded. Our planes suplied them with both food and water, frdumped without chutes in five gall.rubber bags. These struck with terrific ilpact and bounded wildly but never brokThe Japs were close to the B Battalion p€imeter and got the parachuted food that f.outside it.

Our company of C Battation was assignto guard the rice paddy-air strip. We €pected the Japs to launch a major attaupon us momentarily. They had 3,000 illand our company now numbered 125.

Our Air Force always responded whwe asked for strafing and dive bombingthe Nhpum Ga trail, but the leafy canoblocked their vision. They tried to loce'the Jap artillery, but it invariably ceasfiring when our planes appeared. Our 01cers asked by radio if the Air Force COtget field pieces to us. The reply was tI:two 75 mm pack howitzers woulddropped in pieces the next day.

Artillery Floats DownThe next day a cloud of red parachu1

drifted down over our air strip. In t,hours the howitzers had been assembland were ready. After a final inspectithey opened fire up the trail over the heaof our infantry men, who at first thou~the Japs had gotten behind them. We re~sured them by radio. Then, using thowalkie-talkies, they directed the artillefire into Jap emplacements.

The gunners eager leader, Staff Sergee'John A. (Red) Acker, Bessemer, Alaban

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was put out of action the second day whenhe went up in a Piper Cub to direct theirshots from the air. The plane crashed indense jungle about a mile from the camp,killing the pilot. Sgt. Acker was injured ser-iously, but his radio survived the crash andthrough it and pistol shot signals, hedirected rescuers to the crash scene.

On the third day the artillery menmounted their guns on mules and went acouple of miles up the trail and set up anew.Again directed by infantry walkie-talkies,they blasted the main Jap position out ofexistence.

Our company now was ordered to relievethe other C Battalion boys. We marched upthe trail two miles, then headed off to theNorth until we came abreast a smallstream. We ran into a pocket of Japs andtook a heavy toll of them, but they startedgetting some of us. Four of our boys werekilled outright and several wounded. Wedropped back to the stream.

But our thrust had served its purpose.The Japs recognized they were beingflanked. Our forces had broken their forcesin the middle. A patrol captured one of theirmessages stating a fresh American divi-sion had moved in and suggesting that theJap force holding the trail move out. Theyhad suspected a Division because of our ar-tillery, which generally doesn't move ex-cept with a Division.A,Battalion to R~scue

It was Thursday morning, April 6, thatour company of C Battalion had started upthe Nhpum Ga Hill trail to rescue BBattalion near the crest. Nothing happeneduntil we had gone several hundred yardspast our two 75 mm howitzers. We werespread out in a feeler movement, trying tolocate the Jap outposts.

Then it started. Nambu machine gunsopened up, accompanied by the pop-pop-ping of Arisaka rifles. It was brisk actionfor several minutes, then it stoppedabruptly as Jap skirmishes have a way ofdoing. In the sudden silence I heard Lt. TedHughes calling my name. "Come overhere, Bill," he said. "Sandy wants to seeyou." Something in his voice made me looksharply. He added, "It's probably too late."I saw Chaplain Thomas J. Barrett movingto the left. I followed knowing that myfriend, Sgt. Bob Sanders of Wisconsin,probably had gotten it bad. It was rightthrough the heart.

We carried him back a little and dug agrave while the others kept moving up thehill. Father Barrett said the burial service,the moving words fell from his lips with asort of solemn grandeur. When it wasended, Father Barrett started back up thehill to the thick of the fighting, unarmed,just as he always did.

All that day and most of Saturday we con-tinued the push up and down the fortifiedhumps that marked the steep trail. Wewere preceded by a thundering hell ofbursting 75's from our two howitzers. Theex-mule skinners that handled the guns didthemselves proud that day. The J aps beganmelting away. We advanced beneath treeswhose branches were festooned with Japlegs, torsos and arms.

As evening began falling, we dug in -and just in time. The Japs finished the daywith eight or 10 fanatical charges into ourguns. The trail ahead seemed packed withthem. And we slaughtered them. Ac-customed as I was to rapid firing, my wristand shoulder ached when it was over. Wesuffered almost no casualties during thisJap disaster.

Easter Sunday dawned bright and clear.We ate our rations and started pushingagain. The trail and the area were litteredwith dead.Japs of Giant Size

We marveled at the size of these corpses.I never have seen such big Japs. Many ofthem had been much taller than me and Istand over six feet. I had heard stories ofgiant Japs and had put them down to exag-gerated ideas men sometimes get in theheat of battle. But here they were.

In two hours we topped the last hump andreached what was left of B Battalion.

Out of 300 men, more than 100 werecasualties. The litter cases, with their ter-rible shell wounds came first. Then behindthem were men who had been blinded andwere being led along haltingly. The walk-ing wounded limped down, some of themleaning on each other.

There were neurosis cases which werethe worst of all. The entire area was per-vaded by the stench of death.

We supplied additional litter bearers andset up one of the howitzers at the top of thehill. The radio gave us the news we hadawaited for days. Our A Battalion was ap-proaching Nhpum Ga Hill. The Chinesewere close behind.

These were thrilling tidings, especiallyas A's lead scouts appeared about 20minutes later. But B Battalion's woundedwere our chief concern at the moment. Be-cause the cases were so many and soserious, the arriving Cub planes were ac-companied by larger ones that madedaring landings in our rice paddy. Out ofthem came surgeons and field operatingequipment. An open air operating roomwas set up canopied by our brilliantly col-ored supply parachutes, sewn together.About 100 Per Cent Wrong

Our two companies in C Battalion tookover the top of Nhpum Ga Hill while A Bat-talion spread out along the four and one-half miles of steep trail. When all thewounded had been taken out, the planesbegan evacuating a number of B Battaliondysentery and shock cases.

But despite our heavy losses, a sort oflight heartedness took hold of us. We hadbeen told our mission would last six to eightweeks. It had been nine since we started outfrom Ledo. This probably was the end of it,we figured. We were just about 100 per centwrong.

The big lesson learned from the reversesand losses at Inkangahtawng and NhpumGa was that timing had to be near perfect ifthe Marauders were to carry out effectivelythe missions Lt. Gen. Joseph W. Stilwellhad envisioned for us. The immense valueof the Marauders as a behind the lines forcehad been demonstrated at Walawbum.

At Inkangahtawng we were in too early,giving the Japs time to deal with us withtheir superior numbers, while Stilwell'sChinese still were too far off to be of any

help. The Nhpum Ga disaster to B Battalionfollowed. If the Japs had pressed their ad-vantage, we all could have been wiped out.

It was consoling to know that the toll wehad taken of the Japs was many timesgreater than our own losses, yet we had notsucceeded in accomplishing the task laidout for us; blocking of the Jap supply route.

We Got a Rude JoltThere were ten days or so of pleasurable

contemplation, then we got a rude jolt. Along strip of supply planes flew over,dropping shoes, new denims, replacementsfor jungle packs, and much ammunition.On April 24, we started pulling out - not forthe North but for the Southeast.

LettersEDITOR

In the February issue of the Ex-CBIRoundup, we ran a "Merrill's Marauders"story on the Battle of Nhpum GA. A whileback we ran a similar story and we offeredfree copies to members of your group. Wewill be glad to make the offer again for thisissue. Dwight O. King, Editor, Ex-CElRoundup, P.O. Box 2665, La Habra, CA90631.

EDITORThe 8th Photo Recon Squadron (SW

Pacific) are having their annual reunion atthe Vicount Hotel in Orlando, Florida, Sep-tember 25 thru Sept. 29, 1986. Contact AndyKappel, 6406 Walnut, Kansas City, MO64113, Phone 816-363-0261.

EDITORI was 1st Sgt., 5307jOrange CT. Came

from 98th FA New Guinea. My home ad-dress is Centuria, WI. Haven't been theremuch lately. Spent time in Australia,Philippines, went back to Port Moresby,NG. Have a travel trailer. Won't be longhere in Winterhaven, CA. Dean K. Voltz,RR 1, Centuria, WI 54824.

EDITORAm working on my family history and

seeking information about my uncle, Rus-seil Glendon Wellman, corporal assigned toMM's. He was awarded the DSC for hero-ism. Would like to hear from anyone whoknew Russell. Hansel L. Haycox, 1878 So.Wilson Rd., Radcliff, KY 40160.EDITOR

As I think back, more names come tomind. So often only first names are remem-bered. Vallencourt, Sid Ore a and WilburMarkley were Machine Gun Sec. Sgts. Iheard after the war that Vallencourt waskilled in Korea. Roland Hunt, from St.Louis was promoted to S j Sgt. and tookover the section. I too was promoted fromPFC to S j Sgt., then to 2nd Lt. I wound upin China in an OSS paratroop team. JoeStanley and George Sawyer were gunnersin Markley's section. Lt. Dunlap com-manded mortars. Morton Pearson owns thePearson Piano Co. in Worcester, MA.Three others in Heavy Machine Guns wereFrenchy, Pete and an Indian called Chief.We had twin brothers, Carlos and CurtissMesser. Also, Ralph Fields from Alabama.Philip "Robie" Robinson,-A.7.5..1-HQ./_HW,Box 3757:Springfield, IL 62708.

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NhpumGa HillThis is Phifer Crawley, one of the old

boys. I was in Blue Combat Team. Well, Ido say it was some life in Burma. At thetime I did wish I could have been someplace else. I guess we all did. We did go thruHell.

But I will bet you big money that I hadsomething with me in Burma that no oneelse had with them. I had my big Uncle JoeCrawley with me. Joe was a big boy, about200 pounds. Joe and I went in the Army to-gether, stayed together all the way. I wouldsay it did help some. Boy, we did tie onsome good ones, you better believe it. Theycalled us Big Crawley and Little Crawley. Iwas 130 pounds.

Nhpum Ga Hill I will never forget. Imade one trip to the water hole which welater lost to the Japs. On my way to thewater hole, I jumped in a foxhole with Ray-mond Brown. Joe and I had known Brownsince Basic Training. We were at Trinidadfor a long time. I said, "Brown, have youseen Joe?" He said, "Joe is in the next fox-hole." I bet Joe had dug 20 ft. back in themountain. I saw Joe pretty often in Burma.

I hadn't heard from or seen Brown sincewe left India. But he came to see his cousinin Morgantown, North Carolina, last Sep-tember '84. Joe and I went down and spentmost of the day with him.

My foxhole buddy was William Rankin,from Greensboro, North Carolina. I wentdown and spent the day with Rankin in July1982.

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York, called me to say he was going to the39th Reunion. I have never been to one. Iwould like to come to one. But I could nevermake it. I still drive myoid truck. But justaround home. My nerves have gone to Hell.I would say all of us old boys have had ourbest days.

Just looking here. General Merrill died in1955. He must have been a young man.Maybe he had more worries than wethought. Colonel Hunter died in 1978. I dosay, you would have to hand it to old Hunterat Nhpum Ga Hill. I understand that theysaid we were goners. But Hunter justwouldn't take - no - for an answer. He didget us out. May God bless his soul. The oldDoc that kept us from going back into Myit-kytina. Doc Stelling, something like that. Iremember his speech very well. He saidthese men are in no shape to go back intocombat. I didn't intend to go back. I don'tknow what I would have done. Thank God itdidn't come to that. I believe that's whereCuomo said he went AWOL.

I think about it sometimes, to go back upthe Ledo Road thru Burma. If we went inpeace. It would be nice. But not the way wewent. I see over here, Capt. John Benfielddied in 1977. Capt. Benfield was my Com-pany Commander, K Co., in Trinidad. Hecalled three of us in just before we left Trin-idad. "I see you boys have no insurance. If Iwere you, I would take out some insurance,leave it to some of your loved ones. Just incase you get knocked off. Dailey, how aboutyou? " Dailey said, "I have no loved ones. Idon't even know who my mother is. I don'tknow who I am." Then Captain said,"Icorn, how about you'?" Icorn said, "I ama German. I haven't heard from my peoplein years. Don't know if they would get theinsurance if I did get knocked off." Capt.Benfield with a sad look on his face,"Crawley, do you know who you are?""Yes, I have a Mother and Father." WhichI made my insurance out to. I last sawCapt. Benfield at Myitkyina. I helped bringin a wounded boy. Capt. Benfield wasstanding there. I only got to say, "Hi, Capt.Benfield." Had to move on.

I could go on and on. But will close fornow. Hope everyone has a good time at theReunion. May God be with us until we meetagain.Phifer CrawleyRR 1, Box 482Morgantown, NC 28655

Officer's RowPRESIDENT - We would like to advisemembers that they can send their auto-bio-graphical information to the Turner Asso-ciates in Paducah, Kentucky, as indicatedin the brochure without having to order andpay for a copy of the book. Phil Piazza.EXECUTIVE SECRETARY - We haveundertaken a project to reproduce copies ofmaps of the Burma area that we were induring the India-Burma and Central Bur-ma campaigns. Art Wilson has donated thecost of having negatives made of the maps.We will use them in the future to add in-terest to our stories. We can also have18"x24" copies made for members whowish to order them from me. The cost will

be about $15 per copy. Let me know of youwishes. The new Directory of Members jat the printers. It will be available at thOrlando Reunion and also to those merrbers who send in a donation during the yeato cover costs.

We expect to print part of the 209th Ergineers Co. B Diary referring to their corrbat role at Myitkyina in the next, Noverrber issue. Members of the 209th and 236tEngineers who have personal recollectionto contribute, please send in. Ray Lyons.

Fall InHere are the latest additions to our assembl

Remember them?JAMES M. COWAN, Covilla Park, Dickson, T

37055 - 5307;124thCASIMER F. CYTRYNOMICZ, 1122 E. Cent

St., Mahanoy City, PA 17948 - 5307/21Engineers/ A/3/1

HENRY H. GOSHO, 2828 Wakefield Dr., BImont, CA 94002- 5307/Interpreter

JOHN GOODBODY, 123 Worrilow St., Liwood, PA 19061- 5307/209/C/3

THOMAS J. HEWLETT. 12096N 75th SLongmont: CO 80501 - 5307/209/B/3/3

EDSON W. KEITH JR. "WHITEY," 59 TITimbers, RFD, White River Jct., VT 0500

LOUIS J. McAFEE, P.O. Box 413, Baxt,Springs, KS 66713- 475th

W. F. MICHAL, 5004 Woodrow Ave., GalvestoTX 77550- 5307th

RICHARD R. PERL. P.O. Box 102, PauldinOH 45879 - 5307/2/GCT

PAUL S. PERSHING, 330 East Slingluff AvlDover, OH 44622- 5307/209/B/3/3

CHARLES A. STEFL, 250 So. Ocean Blv(Apt. 4E, Boca Raton, FL 33432 - 5307/2091Combat Engineers, Co. B-CO

BEN SUGETA, 1843 West 42nd Pl., L,Angeles, CA 90062 - 5307/2/GCT/I&R/Iterpreter

DEAN K. VOLTZ, RR 1, Centuria, WI 548245307/3/0CT/1st Sgt.

CLARENCE WIEGERT, 1014!}Carolynne DJSt. Louis, MO 63128 - 5307/236 Enginee

EMORY "JACK" WILCOX, 313 East St., Midie bourne, WV 26249 - 5307/lIHf475/1/HQ.

+ + +After the worker fell into the beer vat:

the brewery and drowned, someone sai"Poor fellow never had a chance." .wouldn't say that," said a co-worker. "1-got out twice to go the the bathroom befO!he died."

+ + +Radio Talk: First Voice- Our radar hI

you on a collision course with us. Y(should alter course 10 degrees South.

Second Voice - We have you on 01radar. Suggest you alter course 10degrelNorth.

First Voice - We have Admiral GOQiman aboard. Strongly suggest you bear:degrees South. This is a Battleship.

Second Voice - This is Seaman Farnworth. Still suggest you bear 10 degrelNorth. This is a Lighthouse.

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Insanity is hereditary. You can getfrom your children.

TheBurman News Page Seven

POSSIBLE SOURCES FORVERIFICATION OF MILITARY SERVICE

County Court House (if separation or dis-charge papers were recorded.)

State unemployment compensation offi-cer (if a claim for unemployment compen-sation was ever filed.)

State Bonus Office (if a bonus was paid).U.S. Civil Service Commission, Bureau of

Retirement and Insurance (if retired fromFederal employment).

Any employer (Federal, State, County,or private) to whom a record of militaryservice was furnished).

Nearest VA Regional Office (if a claimfor VA benefits of any kind was ever filed).

State Adjutants General (if any servicewas performed in the National Guard).

Social Security Administration (if claimfor Old Age Survivor's or Disability insur-ance benefits has been filed and the serviceinvolved was from September 7, 1939, topresent).

Railroad Retirement Board (if a claimfor railroad retirement and Survivor'sbenefits was filed).

- Provided by Bob Hektor

SPECIAL ORDER NO.9Hq. 5332 Bde. [Prov.]

APO 487, 18 Aug. 1944(Continued from last issue)

Second Company [continued]PfcSamuel I. Ross - 565Pvt. Ernest W. Dalin - 729Pvt.Joseph T. Didier - 745Pvt. Walter R. Duane - 504Pvt. Lewis A. Dzieziec - 761Pvt. Don C. Feiler - 604Pvt. Sol Friedman - 565Pvt. Joseph Ganci - 504Pvt. Danny Giancola - 604Pvt. Harold J. Griffin - 521Pvt. Richard J. Grimes - 604Pvt. James Hall - 754Pvt. Stephen K. Heselton - 745Pvt. Henry G. Hesse - 729Pvt. J ohny Humphrey - 745Pvt.Robert W. Hunsinger - 745Pvt.A. L. Jennings - 565Pvt. Merele F. Johnson - 565Pvt. Willard E. Johnston - 745

3rd Company\1/Sgt. John O. Perelli - 542l!Sgt. Vincent A. Manikas - 585r/sgt. George S. Rose - 651r/sgt. Frank Russell - 651r/sgt. Harold Shoemaker - 651r/sgt. Richard R. Sepezak - 821r/sgt. James V. Tussy - 651r/sgt. Horace S. Wightman - 653r/sgt. Malcolm D. Williams - 651r/sgt. Floyd A. Weeshnik - 651,/Sgt. Salvatore F. Rapisarda - 652,/Sgt. Jay T. Reese - 653,/Sgt. Clifford A. Rhoades - 6523/Sgt. George G. Robertson - 653,/Sgt. Henry T. Sanborn Jr. - 821,/Sgt. Joe T. Sayler - 652,/Sgt. Frederich N. Schneider - 653,/Sgt. Herbert L. Smith - 050,/Sgt. Timothy F. Soule - 6533/Sgt. Edward H. Stine - 543,/Sgt. Anton J. Tagel- 821,/Sgt. Arthur F. Tripp - 821

S/Sgt. Mitchell A. Tucker - 653S/Sgt. Raymond E. Tuggle - 652S/Sgt. Robert N. Tyler - 652S/Sgt. Marvin K. Vickrey - 533S/Sgt. Barney P. Wetzel- 653S/Sgt. Norwood D. Winter - 651S/Sgt. James H. Wright - 653T/3 Ernest W. Bires - 409T/3 Stephen Zalocha - 766Sgt. Robert L. Niehaus - 533Sgt. Robert D. Parsila - 729Sgt. Luther S. Player - 653Sgt. George W. Powell - 607Sgt. Andrew B. Pung - 653Sgt. Anthony J. Reis - 653Sgt. Harry G. Rucker - 607Sgt. Alexander A. Sawetska - 652Sgt. Richard B. Schaefer Jr. - 607Sgt. Charles F. Slusser - 653Sgt. Chester A. Stevens - 409Sgt. Herbert J. Taylor - 653Sgt. Sam Vutci - 653Sgt. Joseph E. Wasiewski - 542Sgt. Wilbur F. Watson - 533Sgt. Leslie R. Worsnop - 631Sgt. Irvin Wright - 605T/4 Roscoe H. Meeks - 607T/4 Lloyd C. Osborne - 766T/4 Alfred J. Swanger - 177T/4 Kent Ward - 060Cpl. Norman E. Rice - 653Cpl. Charles W. Roll - 504Cpl. George W. Shada - 252Cpl. Lee R. Shannon - 803Cpl. Francis J. Shaw - 368Cpl. Alvin T. Solomski - 653Cpl. Creight Smith - 653Cpl. Marvin C. Thaxton - 653Cpl. William L. VanMeter - 345Cpl. Carroll D. Walsh - 653Cpl. Willard F. Yardley - 675T/5 Ervin J. Pulshinski - 745T/5 Ernest W. Reid - 746T/5 Richard L. Reuter - 729T/5 Abran Redela - 745T/5 Edmund M. Ryan - 746T/5 Benjamin L. Sharrow - 745T/5 Albin Sokolnicki - 729T/5 Thomas E. Stage - 746T/5 Benjamin F. Stone - 746T/5 Edward D. Thorpe - 746T/5 James E. Vaughn - 746T/5 Thomas E. Wenner Jr. - 746T/5 Joseph A. Wenzel Jr. - 729T/5 Grady B. Whisenant - 745T/5 James E. Williams - 746Pic Elmer T. Sanders - 533Pic. Richard Salazar - 060Pic. Leonard M. Scimeca - 675Pic. Philip K. Schuster - 245Pic. Frank J. Secorn - 345Pic. Floyd L. Sherrer - 745Pic. Theodore R. Shillings - 409Pic. Evan M. Shufelt - 761Pic. Andy K. Slimp - 745Pic. Clarence T. Smith - 745Pic. Paul Safranko - 745Pic. Cleveland T. Storey - 565Pic. Stanley Subanski - 605Pic. Ralph C. Taylor - 746Pic. Carl A. Thomas - 745Pic. Real J. Turcette - 722Pic. Harry L. Van Leuven - 745Pic. Kenneth L. Waddell - 745Pic. Wesley G. Warner - 565Pic. Tom Webb - 745Pic. John J. Wendle - 746Pic. James D. Westerhausen - 745

Pic. William C. White - 340Pic. Donald T. Williams - 745Pic. James K. Wilson - 745Pic. James W. Withrow - 745Pic. Oscar J. Young Jr. - 746Pic. Wilbert L. Soule - 745Pic. Bill Teague - 745Pic. Michael Wensel - 603Pic. Arthur R. Foley - 745Pvt. John T. Kelly - 761Pvt. Delmar D. Larson - 522Pvt. Verbon U. Light - 521Pvt. Harold A. Lovely - 745Pvt. Delbert P. Lowe - 565Pvt. Floyd H. Luce Jr. - 695Pvt. Joseph C. Maloney - 745Pvt. William T. McGinnis - 340Pvt. Jacob N. Mierop - 565Pvt. Jackson E. Miller - 607Pvt. Delbert L. Mills - 745Pvt. Bernard T. Minnehan - 745Pvt. Thomas Murphy - 745Pvt. Claude H. Nicely - 245Pvt. William H. Panetta - 745Pvt. James T. Poindexter - 409Pvt. Manuel E. Rayborn - 561Pvt. James V. Rossi - 745Pvt. Clarence C. Salts - 745Pvt. Willard I. Sanders - 745Pvt. Edgar R. Schultz - 745Pvt. Robert L. Sheaks - 504Pvt. John F. Steenmeyer Jr. - 675Pvt. Pedro L. Villa - 745Pvt. Joseph A. Volpe - 721Pvt. Frank J. Weber - 729Pvt. Earl E. Williamson - 745Pvt. James L. Yaboni - 745Pvt. Joseph F. Medeiros - 745

Travel by rail is atzd. The QM will furnishnecessary Type uK" Rations. TDN TT 64-213 A212/50425 F 431-02 PCS. AUTHO: Radio CRA10710, Hq, USAF, CEl, APO 885.

11. CAPT. (CHAPLAIN) THOMAS I. LIG-GETT, ChC, 475th Infantry, is placed on DSwith US ARMY Rest Cp 1, APO 465. for a periodof 20 days including travel time, and WP ola 20Aug. 1944 fr this sta to APO 465, reporting uponarrival to the CO US Army Rest Cp 1 thereat.He will return to proper sta ola 9 Sep 1944.

12. Thy following named 0, 475th Infantry,are aptd official couriers for the 5332d Brigade(Prov).

2d Lt. Fred A. Cady - Inf2d Lt. Meredith Caldwell Jr. - Inf2d Lt Owen E. Seelye - Inf.2d Lt. Robert E. Shearer - Inf.Any available air transportation will be util-

ized for travel between Rear and ForwardEchelon, 533d Brigade.

13. 2d Lt. JAMES M. FAY, Infantry, on DSwith Hq & Hq Co. 5332d Brigade is ptd officialcourier for the 5332d Brigade.

14. The following named 0 & EM, 475thInfantry (organization indicated), WP FE 475thInfantry without delay, reporting upon arrivalto the CO, 475th Infantry for dy.1st. Lt. Frank J. O'Brien - Inf. Co. B2d Lt. Meredith Caldwell Jr. - In£. Hq. Co.Sgt. Isaac W. Ross - 565, Co. BSgt. Harold J. Weinberg - 675, Hq. Co., 1st BnT/5 Warren J. Miller Jr. - 565, Hq. Co., 1st Bn.Pfc George V. Ostrander - 050, Hq. Co., 1st Bn.Pic. Leslie Gump - 565, Co. APfc. Lewis W. Bliss - 745, Co. APfc. William E. Smith - 565, Co. BPic. John W. Thorkelson - 565, Co. BPic. Richard Gesner - 565, Co. A

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Pic. Frank Church - 504, Co. A

15. The following named EM, 475, Infantry(organizations indicated), WP FE 475th Infantrywithout delay, reporting upon arrival to the CO,475th, Infantry for dy.T/Sgt. Floyd Browning - 651, Co. IS/Sgt. Frank Yorke - 542, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.S/Sgt. Hurschell E. Harrison - 653, Co. IS/Sgt. Russell E. Dodge - 653, Co. LS/Sgt. Howard J. Hockett - 607, Co. ES/Sgt. Richard G. Langston - 653, Hq. Co.,

3dBn.S/Sgt. Joseph Seleske - 542,Co. ISgt. Richard F. Bates, 653, Co. LSgt. J. E. Christopher - 542, Co. LSgt. Walter F. Connelley - 653, Co. ESgt. Leslie R. Flatt - 651, Co. KSgt. Bert Huckins - 511,Co. LSgt. Everett E. Hudson - 504, Co. KSgt. Jay D. Lamb - 652, Co. KSgt. Samuel Maratto - 813, Co. KSgt. Edward 1. Mulberry - 745, Co. KSgt. George Mamula - 651, Co. ISgt. Steve E. Mazur - 653, Co. KSgt. Clinton T. Pedroni - 653, Co. FSgt. Lee Ridner - 653, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Sgt. Anthony J. Robillatto - 542, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.T/4 Primo F. Sereni - 824, Co. FT/4 Gordon P. Utz - 824, Co. LCp1. Bertram A. Druckerman - 653, Co. ICpl. James P. Hertz - 645, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Cp1. Everett C. Hunter - 653, Co. LCp1. Chester G. Martin, 653, Co. GCp1. Albert A. Ritenburg - 653, Co. GT/5 Lewis E. Powe - 607, Co. GPic. Andrew E. Acker - 745, Co. KPic. Patrick E. Anderson - 531, Co. KPic. Quinton E. Anderson - 675, Co. IPic. Rance Vogel Banks - 745, Co. IPic. Harold W. Blackeby - 746, Co. IPic. Kelly L. Bradley - 745, Co. IPic. Stanley H. Bragg - 746, Co. IPic. Dallas Brock - 746, Co. EPic. Alfonso Bruno - 745, Co. IPic. Arthur E. Byers - 746, Co. FPic. Thomas E. Calder - 504, Co. IPfc. Dominic A. Cavele - 745, Co. GPic. Albino A. Chavez, Jr. - 675, Co. EPic. Roy G. Cransone - 607, Co. GPfc. Charles W. Cruse - 745, Co. K

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Pic. Eugene Diannetti - 675, Co. LPic. Walter E. Dickinson - 531, Co. IPic. Gaetano S. D'Onofrio - 746, Co. IPic. George H. Eddy - 745, Co. IPic. Robert A. Emmett - 746, Co. FPic. Merrill G. Ewing - 745, Co. LPic. Joseph A. Ferrante - 745, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pic. Michael J. Finnefrock - 745, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pic. Anthony S. Firenze - 675, Co. EPic. Elwood L. Ferrer - 745, Co. IPic. Lawrence H. Gomme - 675, Co. IPic. Charles E. Gillingham - 345, Co. IPic. Henry E. Guilott - 745, Co. KPic. J. V. Hammack - 504, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pic. Floyd T. Hazelwood - 745, Co. IPic. Roscoe P. Hutchinson - 745, Co. IPic. James C. Inkrote - 751, Co. IPic. William W. Jinks - 745, Co. IPic. Albert J. Kapler - 746,Co. FPic. Charles H. Huffman - 745, Co. LPic. Gail T. Hunt - 603, Co. KPic. Harry T. Kline - 861, Med. Det., 2d Bn.Pic. Leonard 1. Kelakaowski - 675, Co. IPic. Paul E. Kelp Jr. - 745,Co. FPic. John M. Lakomec - 745, Co. LPic. Eugene O. LeRoy - 607, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pic. Norman L. Logan - 745, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pic. Arnell E. McFadden - 504, Co. IPic. Clifford A. McKibbin - 745, Co. IPic. Pasquale A. Neri - 607, Co. KPic. Henry Ockman - 604, Co. IPic. Stanley R. Plato - 745, Co. IPic. Dewey Pierson - 746, Co. FPic. Bronis A. Puzas - 745, Co. IPfc. Theron Raines - 521, Co. LPic. Vincent J. Reed - 745, Co. IPic. Bernard B. Savage - 409, Med. Det., 2d Bn.Pic. Starr Schermerhorn - 745, Co. GPfc. Ivan D. Sharp - 675, Co. IPic. William A. Shott - 745, Co. KPic. Garland B. Snedegar - 531, Co. IPic. Roy E. Sovie - 745, Co. IPic. Charles R. Story - 746, Co. KPfc. Richard W. Swanson - 675, Co. EPic. Russell L. Saylor - 861, Med. Det., 3d Bn.Pic. Milton A. Taylor - 409, Med. Det., 2d Bn.Pfc. Joseph D. Thomas - 745, Co. FPic. Raymond Tomlinson - 606, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Pic. Frank E. Turner - 745, Co. KPic. Lloyd T. Walden - 745, Co. I

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Address correction requested

Pic. Ernest R. Washer - 345, Co. KPic. Clyde K. Whisman - 531, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Pic. George H. Whitney - 745, Co. IPic. Kenneth R. White - 060, Co. IPic. Delmer R. Wise - 504, Co. KPic. Leroy S. Wright - 745, Co. LPic. Anthony J. Yashinski - 745, Co. LPic. Harry Wayne Birbeck - 745, Co. KPvt. Frank M. Breyer Jr. - 504, Co. FPvt. Arthur A. Brown - 761, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Pvt. Roy W. Brown - 504, Co. KPvt. Virgil E. Brown - 745, Co. FPvt. J. T. Cameron - 745, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pvt. Charles J. Campanella - 675, Co. IPvt. Gilbert F. Copper - 745, Co. GPvt. Nicoli Corob Jr. - 531, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Pvt. Matthew M. DeFrance - 745, Co. KPvt. Frederick J. Deshaies - 504, Co. IPvt. Lawrence A. Dillabough - 761, Hq. Co.,

3dBn.Pvt. Henry D. Dillon - 745, Co. KPvt. Joe W. Edmonds - 745, Co. LPvt. Eliseo A. Fernandez - 745, Co. IPvt. Robert E. Gibson - 504, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pvt. William E. Greer - 745, Co. LPvt. Simon Garza Jr. - 653, Co. GPvt. Presslie T. Hill - 745, Co. EPvt. August J. Hoch - 745, Co. GPvt. Herschel T. Hodge - 745, Co. GPvt. Robert H. Hubbs - 746, Co. LPvt. Johnnie V. Kidd - 677, Co. EPvt. Phillip J. LaRocco- 746, Co. GPvt. Wayne D. Leming - 746, Co. GPvt. Elmer R. Lewis - 746, Co. KPvt. Robert Maxwell - 745, Hq. Co., 3d Bn.Pvt. William B. McCafferty - 745, Hq. Co.,

2dBn.Pvt. Herman M. Miller - 745, Co. KPvt. Fred J. Mitchell - 745, Hq. Co., 2d Bn.Pvt. Allen Mondschein - 745, Hq. Co., 3d BrPvt. William S. Morrison - 745, Co. FPvt. James F. Nichols - 250, Med. Det., 2d IPvt. Woodrow W. Nimon - 504, Hq. Co., 3d IPvt. Grant G. O'Donnell - 745, Co. GPvt. William W. Phillips - 533, Hq. Co., 3d IPvt. Howard E. Quadnow - 745, Co. IPvt. Rene Rocha - 745, Co. FPvt. Richard E. Saine - 657, Med. Det., 2d ]Pvt. Gust F. Scalze - 745, Co. G

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