See pages 38-39 for additional card details The Official Magazine of the 101st Airborne Division Association WINTER 2013 www.facebook.com/101stAirborneDivisionAssociation www.twitter.com/101stABNDIVASSN 1 THE SCREAMING EAGLE MAGAZINE WINTER 2013 THE SCREAMING EAGLE MAGAZINE WINTER 2013 a kid with a machine gun It was December of nineteen and forty four The enemy starts across the field The seventeenth to be exact, White snow capes frustrate our aim, When the hungry, tired soldiers did pour “Lieutenant, Goddamit, they’re coming on” From off the trucks with their packs Are we just playing a game? And told to dig a hole in the frozen ground. Not yet, Not yet, Not yet, says he. And the wind blows blinding swirls of snow. And It was cold cold cold. The wind blew through their summer clothes The machinegun Kid hears not the din And feet froze through and through, Waiting only for word or plan, But these were Paratroopers all His thoughts exploding again and again And given a job to do. Would the Kid become a man ? No weather was going to stop these boys. He sets his sights at 400 yards and squints through the peep hole. And we waited waited waited And the figures get larger as they come on and on. We checked and checked and checked our guns Our fingers stiff and sore, Now! Now! Now! the command, The enemy was near we knew, hoarsely thru the noise, Get ready, sight that bore. My gun erupts , I grin and shout, And curse Put a round in the chamber, and click it home. traverse and curse. My fear is gone replaced by joy, And we stamped and stamped and stamped our feet. As I watch the figures fall, They crumble into lifeless crud, And snow turns red with blood. The experienced calmly lit a butt And cupped it in their hand, Now the enemy Falters, Stops, and Turns Back. The young kid with the machine gun Just hoped that he could stand. They all gave him the “thumbs” up, “you’ll No victory cries or shouts of glee as we all turn around, make it little man”. And view the bodies of OUR boys lying on the ground. Oh the cost the cost, of that days’ work, And you force a smile while your mouth runs dry. lies heavily on the brow, The mighty Airborne One O One is less in numbers now. But we stopped them cold ; Though odds of 7to1, No Nazi The fog and mist begin to rise Boot Ever Entered Bastogne ! Daylight comes at last, Stirrings from the other side And the Machine Gun Kid had indeed become a MAN. Artillery comes whizzing past. Not yet, says the Lieutenant, not yet, not yet. We seek no praise for what we did, We had no gloves and our fingers were Only realization of our losses, sticking to the triggers. We ask for honor, respect and prayers For the brave men ‘neath rows of crosses. And then the sound we dreaded most Vincent J Speranza The clank of treads and wheel, “H” Co. 501 PIR The eighty-eight grinds to a halt 101st Airborne Div. And the tanks belch red-hot steel. Bastogne 1944-45 Fear begins to clutch the heart. Reprint By Written And you shiver a little and blame the cold. Permission Only. [email protected] * This poem was recited at the reunion in Portland 2 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 a kid with a machine gun TABLE OF CONTENTS A Kid with a Machine Gun IFC 101ST Association President’s Message 2 The enemy starts across the field Executive Secretary/Treasurer’s National HQ Update 3 White snow capes frustrate our aim, MG McConville’s Message 4 “Lieutenant, Goddamit, they’re coming on” Screaming Eagles Foundation President’s Message 5 Are we just playing a game? Association Officers & Screaming Eagles Foundation Officers and Trustees 6 Not yet, Not yet, Not yet, says he. The Bulletin Board 7 And the wind blows blinding swirls of snow. Chaplain’s Corner 8 Association Members in Support of JROTC by Tom Dorsey 9 Double Eagles 10-11 New Recruits 12 The machinegun Kid hears not the din Membership Form/Magazine Survey 13-14 Waiting only for word or plan, Scholarship Committee Letter/Scholarship Thank You’s 15-17 His thoughts exploding again and again Scholarship Applications 18-19 Would the Kid become a man ? From Over There by Jan Coolen 20-21 He sets his sights at 400 yards and squints Snowbird Reunion Forms 22-25 through the peep hole. “Old Abe” Fought Here First by Randy Whitehead & Barry Hana 26-27 Eagles Who Have Soared 28-29 And the figures get larger as they come on and on. Currahees Carry on Legacy by CPT Walter Gradzik 30 Chapter News 31-48 101st Airborne Division 69th Annual Reunion Forms 49-52 Now! Now! Now! the command, Joliet Man was among ‘Band of Brothers’ by Frank Perconte 53 hoarsely thru the noise, NFS Reunion by Wayne P. St. Louis 54 My gun erupts , I grin and shout, And curse Extra! Extra! 55 traverse and curse. National Capital Area Chapter Memorial Day Weekend Forms 56-57 My fear is gone replaced by joy, Spokane VA renamed for Medal of Honor recipients by Kip Hill 58-59 As I watch the figures fall, 101 Club Members 61 They crumble into lifeless crud, Corporate Sponsors 62-66 And snow turns red with blood. Association Governors 67 Committees 68 Now the enemy Falters, Stops, and Turns Back. Association Chapter Listings 69-70 Foundation Funds 71 Donation Form and Support Report 72 No victory cries or shouts of glee as we all turn around, Association Funds 73 And view the bodies of OUR boys lying on the ground. Monument Pavers 74-75 Oh the cost the cost, of that days’ work, American Wounded Heroes Gold Classic by Roxanne and Tim Danielsen 76 lies heavily on the brow, Battlefield Angel 77 The mighty Airborne One O One is less in numbers now. But we stopped them cold ; Though odds of 7to1, No Nazi ON THE COVER Boot Ever Entered Bastogne ! The 101st Airborne Division Association is an organization And the Machine Gun Kid had indeed become a MAN. of military personnel and veterans, we have from time to time an opportunity to provide additional benefits to our members. We are pleased to announce an exciting We seek no praise for what we did, new relationship between the 101st Airborne Division Only realization of our losses, and USAA. USAA Bank is now the exclusive credit card provider for The 101st Airborne Division. Available We ask for honor, respect and prayers from both American Express Card® and MasterCard®, For the brave men ‘neath rows of crosses. the 101st Airborne Division USAA Rewards Credit Card gives our members an easy way to support 101st Vincent J Speranza Airborne Division with everyday purchases. USAA Bank “H” Co. 501 PIR See pages 38-39 for additi onal card details is dedicated to serving the military community as well 101st Airborne Div. T he Offi cial Ma g a wwzinwweww o..tffaw tchiette be 1or .0oc1kos.mcto /Am1ir0 /b11os0rt1nAseBt AND iiDrvbIiVsoiAronSneS ADNsivsioscioian tiA osnsocia ti on WINTER 2013 aDsiv hiseilopnin Ags msoackiaeti ito ena. s Sieere t poa sguepsp 3o8r-t3 t9h efo 1r0 m1sotr eA idrbetoarinlse. Bastogne 1944-45 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 11 Articles appearing in The Screaming Eagle do not necessarily reflect the views or opinions of the staff, officers, or Reprint By Written members of the 101st Airborne Division Association. Additionally, the Association does not make any warranties Permission Only. or endorsements as to the accuracy and truth of the advertisements appearing in this publication. Manuscripts, [email protected] photographs, slides and drawings are submitted at the contributor’s risk. All materials will be kept in the Associa- tion archives unless requested otherwise. The staff reserves the right to edit all submissions for clarity and to meet space constraints. The staff has the right to refuse any article or advertisement submitted for inclusion in * This poem was recited at the reunion in Portland The Screaming Eagle. Your opinions and suggestions are encouraged and appreciated. We want to hear from you! 1 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE CHANGES YOU WILL SEE IN THE COMING YEAR. throughout the country. In late October the chairman of the board Joe Alexander WEBSITE. and myself met Executive Secretary Wayne St. Louis for the Army 10K in Fellow Screaming Eagles, as many of you are aware the Washington DC. While there we met with the Vice Chief current web site was not at a standard that we were of Staff, General John Campbell. You’re Vice President Jim proud of so I have instituted a complete re-write and Shamblen, Joe Alexander and myself visited Walter Reed upgrading of the web site. Our new web site will be user Army Hospital to visit the wounded, lunch with them and friendly and much easier to navigate with better features get an update from Col. Bob Seitz (ret) and MSG Anthony and presentation for bring our members the news. The Barnes on the treatment process. The association association has taken the domain back and will have presented a recognition letter and plague to MSG Barnes total control of all functions and operations. We have for his dedication as LNO at Walter Reed and his devotion a new web master that is highly qualified to take care to helping the wounded troops rehabilitate. of changes and additions quickly and efficiently. We We must do more to help the wounded so I am asking will also have a secure database that will make it much every member to give whatever you can to the association easier to meet the needs of our membership. You will to support these wounded troops with everyday needs. see the new Web Site up and running within the next 30 An example is one double amputee having a specially days or sooner as we continue the upgrading process. designed heavy duty vehicle to meet his needs. Driving BOARD OF GOVERNORS (BOG). costs him $ 25 per day just to get back and forth to Walter Your board of governors have approved a lifetime digital Reed and university for studies, so please give what you membership of $ 101 which includes digital access to can to take care of the everyday costs for these soldiers. Screaming Eagle Magazine in the member’s only area of I have never met a person with more determination to the web site. Any digital member can pay a yearly fee of assist the troops than Col. Bob Seitz who is an everyday $ 10 per year for a mailed hard copy of Screaming Eagle fixture at Water Reed. Magazine if he or she desires. The $ 10 per year fee may Our troops are also at Brooke Army Medical Center with a great team of members, like COL Harold Fleischer, III be adjusted dependent upon the cost of postal fees. The (RET) as well as the major VA hospitals and the needs are intent of the new lifetime membership is to allow those who more urgent as this current war winds down. want to go paperless too do so while reducing the expense of publishing additional hard copies. This does not affect 2014 SNOWBIRD REGISTRATION, any of the yearly memberships or the current lifetime FEBRUARY 5-9 TAMPA, FLORIDA members. We realize a hard copy of SEM is a cherished I am encouraging all our members to register for snowbird item that many look forward to four times per year. and get in your registrations as soon as possible. Our reunion will be at the all new Tampa Westshore Marriott UNIT STORE. and from what I have heard from the reunion committee Electronic presentation of the Associations Unit Store will we will have a great new site for Eagles to gather. also be improved to feature some of our better selling UNTIL WE MEET AGAIN items and to improve on line sales as we move through the next 6 months to get it done. I am working with Mike Tilden and the Finance Chairman to work through the best ways to improve the electronic store. Some of the new Jim Keeton items will be features in the Screaming Eagle Store Section President, 101st Airborne Division Association of the magazine for those who like to order by phone. SUPPORTING OUR WOUNDED WARRIORS. On a serious note we as screaming eagles need to do more for our wounded warriors that are recuperating 2 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 NATIONAL HQ UPDATE As I’m writing what will be my make everything easier and better, thank you team, you last article as the Executive Secretary and have taught me so much. I’ve learned that when you get Treasurer of the 101st Airborne Division turned on to this great organization and its history and get Association I have mixed feelings about my decision. My so excited about talking about it that your blood pressure plan is to continue to serve in different roles and hope that goes up and you will surely be called a used car salesman. this will not be the last time you hear or see me in the pages I took that as a compliment even if it wasn’t meant to of our Screaming Eagle magazine. Before I continue I want be. I learned that it’s not one individual who makes this to thank God for blessing me with so many gifts in my life. organization so great. It’s when you have special people Although Veterans Day has passed when you are who are dedicated and have names like, Jim, John, Bill, reading this article I want to pass on what was going on AJ, Bruce, Larry, Becky, Linda, CK, Eddie, Mike, Buddy, Joe, during the writing of it. The week before the Holiday Rick, Lloyd, Terry, David, Allen, Debbie and so many, many weekend I spent the day preparing for the upcoming more so if I missed you, it’s not because I forgot what you Veterans Day weekend events and I found myself thinking have done, it is more because I’ve been told I talk too much about what this weekend is about for me and for all and my articles are too long. With all those names listed Veterans. The weekend is celebrated once a year across and so many I have not, just know, if they are on your team the country to recognize those who have sacrificed for what you will accomplish anything and everything because they we know is important. President John F. Kennedy once are truly a part of the solution. For all I’ve learned I have said that “A Nation reveals itself not only by the people to say thank you, thank you all, thank you for helping me it produces, but also by the people it Honors, the people enjoy coming to work every day. Thank you for making the it Remembers.” Veterans Day is about remembering, past three years truly something I will remember always. celebrating and thanking all Veterans who served their I look forward to seeing you all and sharing at Snowbird country. Over the past three years I found myself in a and Grand Rapids, all that means to be a Screaming Eagle. special position because the Executive Secretary has the One last note, please go to our new website honor of talking to Veterans almost daily. I remember because it is better than ever! You will be able to find how important Veterans are because you all have touched out all you need to know, about the Screaming Eagle. me in ways that I will never forget. Hearing stories that May God Bless you all. cement in my heart what I’ve always know, that I’ve stood on the shoulders of some great Americans who are an inspiration to those of us who take the time to listen. I would like to pass on my thanks to those of you who made this a rewarding position and truly something that I didn’t consider a job but an honor to be part ANNOUNCING of. I’ve made true friends and that lets me know our Wayne P. St. Louis mission statement in fact is not just words on a paper, MR. AND MRS. ST. LOUIS Executive Secretary that the camaraderie with people like Dino, Dutch and & Treasurer others is so worth it. I want to also mention some of the things I’ve learned while serving in this position for the past three years. First I’ve learned that the Red Sox are the best and this year we proved it. I had to get that in for all the Tampa fans who back in 2010 invited me down to a game that led me to take this position, thank you all. I want to thank Immediate Past President Pack for always being there during difficult times and for making a difference. Thank you for standing up for what is right and fighting the fight to make changes that needed to take place. Thanks to all those who continue to volunteer to lead and govern this great organization. I learned that RED shirt Friday means Remember Everyone Deployed and was started in Bill Balls neck of the woods. Also I’ve confirmed that having a great team is the key to success. Three years ago I thought I knew everything, because after all I had been a CSM and everyone knows CSMs know everything. Having Mike, Tonia, Mary, Chad, Nicolette and now Dana on it the team has proven to September 7th 2013 3 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 MAJOR GENERAL JAMES C. McCONVILLE Commanding General, 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) With another exciting and challenging month assisted by members of 1st Squadron, 61st Cavalry Regiment, past, your Screaming Eagles continue to fight the 1st Brigade, 203rd Afghan National Army Corps highlighted and win here in Afghanistan; honoring the their ability to employ direct and indirect fire and maneuver legacy of all who have gone before, accomplishing their mission with their own organic D30 122mm Howitzers, dismounted to advise and assist the Afghan National Security Forces to Infantry with mortars, and BM-12 107mm rocket launchers. defeat the enemies of Afghanistan as they secure their country Screaming Eagles of the 2nd Battalion, 506th Infantry and a better future for their children. The Summer Fighting Regiment, “White Currahee”, supported their partners in Season is near completion and the Screaming Eagle Soldiers the Afghan National Security Forces in establishing a new continue to accomplish a great deal through their efforts. program titled “Hero of Khowst”, a competition modeled In the 101st Airborne Division (AASLT) and Combined Joint on the Sergeant Audie Murphy Club. The inaugural “Hero Task Force – 101, winning matters. It matters because it is of Khowst” competition welcomed its first four members in what is required to secure a peaceful and prosperous future early October. Also, and as a further measure of the Afghan for the children of Afghanistan. It matters because it is what National Security Forces maintaining the lead, the Currahees ensures acts such as those committed against the International successfully transferred several combat outposts to Afghan Community on September 11, 2001 will never happen again. National Army units, while simultaneously relocating It matters because it is what is right and just for Afghanistan. the Currahee Brigade Headquarters from FOB Salerno, Winning is supporting the Afghan National Security Forces in Khost Province, to FOB Lightning in Paktiya Province. so they can secure their country; winning is ensuring that The 101st Sustainment Brigade “Lifeliners” are also charging transnational terrorists are not operationally effective in this into the winter months, prepared to ensure uninterrupted region; winning is setting conditions for credible elections sustainment operations continue through the inclement in 2014; winning is supporting constructive relationships weather season. Their part in this summer fighting season between Afghanistan and its neighbors; and winning is re- and the realignment and retrograde of our forces in Combined posturing our force and the Afghan National Security Forces Joint Task Force – 101 has been crucial to our success. for an enduring future, respectful of the partnership and Keeping the traditions of the Screaming Eagle Division, the friendship we have developed over these last 12 years. “Lifeliners” supported thousands of hours of combat patrols, Every Screaming Eagle, past and present, who has served in ensuring the safe and secure transport of critical equipment Afghanistan can be proud of the part they played. As a result as it is returned home to sustain our Army for the future. of their hard work and dedication the Afghan National Security As always, the “Lifeliners” take pride in being the “muscle Forces, the ANSF are becoming stronger, more powerful, and movement” behind the retrograde and redeployment more professional every day; they are defeating the enemies of mission. This past month proved exceptionally rewarding as their country, and they are securing their nation. With the advice “Lifeliner” Convoy Escort Teams maintained the offensive by and assistance of great American service men and women, the supporting the largest base closure and transfer to occur in Afghan National Security Forces are writing their own history. Regional Command – East to date, with the complete transfer As summer has turned to fall, we are now looking of FOB Sharana in Paktika Province to Afghan control. Over towards transitioning our efforts in support of the Afghan these next several months, as we continue to draw down National Security Forces in the winter “sustaining season”. the force and realign to support our enduring and resolute Sustaining the gains they made during this most recent mission here in Afghanistan, you can remain confident that fighting season, we remain committed and resolute; working the Soldiers of the 101st Sustainment Brigade will remain alongside the Afghan National Security Forces, assisting in a critical part of the mission, serving as the “Lifeline” improving the systems that will allow them to sustain their which we all rely upon to sustain the fight and support our security forces and maintain a sufficient level of security efforts to ensure the Afghans remain firmly in the lead. for continued economic growth, secure and credible I would also like to highlight that with winter comes the elections, and to serve as a stabilizing force for a more Holiday season. This means mail services will be at its secure Afghanistan and ultimately a safer world for us all. yearly peak. The Lifeliners’ postal personnel throughout We do all this while also conducting the critical mission of Afghanistan are ready for this year’s big holiday push. drawing down our troops, equipment and bases here in In closing, and with heavy heart, I ask that we honor our Afghanistan. When we first assumed responsibility here fallen Screaming Eagle this month. Staff Sergeant. Thomas in Regional Command – East, on March 14th, there were Allen Baysore Jr., 31, of Milton, Pennsylvania, was killed 58 bases throughout the region. Now, there are eleven by direct fire on Sept. 26th. Staff Sergeant Baysore bases and six facilities we call “assistance platforms” served as a squad leader with Charlie Company, 1st which allow for a smooth transition to Afghan control. Battalion, 506th Infantry Regiment, 4th Brigade Combat Although our numbers and our presence are reduced, our Team, 101st Airborne Division, Fort Campbell, Kentucky. commitment to our Afghan partners endures; and, enduring I thank you all for your continued support and in their own efforts, the 4th Brigade, “Currahees”, continue dedication to our Screaming Eagle family and to maintain pressure on the Enemies of Afghanistan through community. It is your untiring support that allows us a multi-pillared train, advise and assist approach while their to focus on accomplishing our critical mission here. Afghan National Security Force partners maintain the lead in offensive operations. A recent measure of success for the Air Assault! Afghan National Security Forces was the first-ever Afghan-led Jim McConville, 44E6 Artillery ‘Walk and Shoot’ held at Camp Parsa-Clark. Advised and 4 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 SCREAMING EAGLE FOUNDATION PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE HAPPY HOLIDAYS! to the young patriots of our Association’s veteran membership. That’s meeting a significant part of our Foundation mission. Thanks to Rick Lencioni, who completed his term as a It should resonate with our Association membership as well Foundation Trustee and welcome to Joe Alexander, who as our supporters. was selected by our Association as a Foundation Trustee. But our mission also includes strengthening our Foundation Thank you members for supporting our Screaming Eagles, with the addition of members with an enthus- iastic and wounded warriors, veterans and their families. positive attitude towards our purposes. Our Board of Trustees, all volunteers, are drawn from the membership The below article is provided by Foundation Trustee, Doug of the 101st Airborne Division Association. The Association Bonnot: provides oversight responsibility for our Foundation by establishing term limits for the Foundation Board of By now our Association membership are aware of the Trustees. Each year, during the Association annual reunion, Named Scholarship program. This is an important one member of the board will complete his or her term initiative for the Screaming Eagle Foundation as of service and may be reelected or replaced by another we continue our planning for this new year. member that is approved by the Association Board of Governors. Term limits assure potential donors that our Our Association’s Constitution spells out its purpose as Screaming Eagle Foundation will not become static in their a fraternal organization to preserve the memory of those mission objectives and institutional initiatives. who have served, to support and enhance our fame and glory and strengthen the bonds of comradeship. If you have an interest in serving our soldiers and Screaming Eagle veterans as a volunteer member of the Board of The Screaming Eagle Foundation does not rely on Trustees, consider providing a brief description of your membership. We are not an organization that develops experience. The Foundation is especially interested in programs for a membership; we do not hold reunions. We volunteer with experience in investments, prior work with are a philanthropic organization with a specific mission to charitable organizations and their operations to include care for our soldiers and provide assistance to the heirs of solicitations, donor recognition, development programs our soldiers and veterans with whom we’ve served. and grant writing. Any Association member with a desire to assist in furthering our Foundation objectives will be The Named Scholarship program is important in this regard considered and will be a welcome addition to our dedicated because donors and potential donors support programs Board of Trustees. Thank you. that resonate with them and their personal interests. They favor the organizations that are financially sound and that put their donations to the stated purpose of the organizational goals. You can chart the financial stability of the Foundation on the following pages of this magazine and of previous issues of the Screaming Eagle magazine. Thomas K. Sewell   And, thanks to the Named Scholarship program, you can President of Trustees, Screaming Eagle Foundation expect to see a growing number of scholarships awarded YOUR FOUNDATION DONATION FUNDS HARD AT WORK! IMAGE LEFT TO RIGHT: November 25th, 2013, Dana Good, Mike Sherlock (Dover Crossing Kroger Grocery Manager) and Tonia St. Louis with donated Thanksgiving Baskets for 101 Screaming Eagle Active Duty soldiers & families. Items the Foundation donates to the Wounded Warriors of the 101st ABN DIV. Hat, t-shirt, sweats, shorts,flag with paint pen, and bag to hold it all. 5 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 101�� A���������� O�������  PRESIDENT    PARLIAMENTARIAN  Jim Keeton  Lance Ruck  Phone: 970‐482‐2624 Phone: 915‐565‐9741 [email protected] [email protected] VICE‐PRESIDENT  LEGAL ADVISOR  Jim Shamblen  Layne B. Jeffery  Phone: 757‐838‐5654 Phone: 920‐860‐6160 [email protected] ljeff[email protected]   EXECTIVE SECRETARY and TREASURER  LEGAL ADVISOR – EMERITUS  Wayne St. Louis  John Fatherree  Phone: (931) 431‐0199 Phone/Fax: 571‐312‐6196 Fax: (931) 431‐0195 [email protected] [email protected]    CHAPLAIN  CHAIRMAN OF THE BOARD  Bill Libby  Joe Alexander  Cell Phone: 325‐793‐4637 Phone: 865‐805‐3506 [email protected] [email protected]     IMMEDIATE PAST PRESIDENT  SERGEANT‐AT‐ARMS  Richard A. Pack  Jerry Gomes  Phone: 941‐722‐1330 Phone: 503‐668‐6127 [email protected] [email protected] S�������� E���� F��������� O������� � T�������    PRESIDENT  TRUSTEE  Tom Sewell  Doug Bonnot  Phone: 727‐726‐0260 423‐788‐3649 [email protected] sen�[email protected] EXECUTIVE DIRECTOR  TRUSTEE  Wayne St. Louis  Marv Vosburg  Phone: (931) 431‐0199 239‐995‐1651 Fax: (931) 431‐0195 [email protected] [email protected]  TRUSTEE  LEGAL ADVISOR  Joe Alexander  Layne B. Jeffery  Phone: 865‐805‐3506 Phone: 920‐860‐6160 [email protected] ljeff[email protected] TRUSTEE  FINANCIAL ADVISOR/RECORDING SECRETARY  Ester Colwell  Fred Ranck  931‐648‐0377 630‐665‐0024 [email protected] fredranck‐[email protected] 680  THE SCREAMING EAGLE MAGAZINE | FALL 2013  TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 **ATTENTION** LOOKING I am looking for any information on Ronald Wayne Jones, a member of Lima Company, 75 th Infantry of the 101st. He was killed in Quan Tri on Jan 11, 1970 in the Da Krong Valley. My students are doing a research project to honor vets in our community.Please contact me at [email protected] 509 Windward Drive Chesapeake, VA 23320 R. Images submitted by Klaas van der Tempel , REMEMBER RED SHIRT Consul General. FRIDAYS! Klaas-vander.Tempel@ E. minbuza.nl Wear red on EVERYONE Fridays to Taken in Summer show your 1945, Austria support of D. your troops! DEPLOYED! **ATTENTION** LOOKING From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Subject: 2014 WWII Reunion Contact Request Good day to you, Sir. I’m writing to you in hopes that you may be able to put me into contact with an association of WWII veterans who may be attending commemoration ceremonies in June of 2014 at Utah Beach. My grandfather was a captain during D-Day and also served in Bastogne. I am a Delta Airlines employee and plan to take my parents to Normandy and Bastogne to honor my grandfather and to see the sites that he described to us all of our lives. My dad followed in his footsteps, in National Guard service and retired from the Michigan State Police in 1990. Any help that you can provide would be greatly appreciated. Best regards, Daniel Simmons, Ann Arbor, MI Cecil Lee Simmons was a policeman in Grand Rapids, MI before WW2. He had already served in the National Guard and became a Federalized paratroop officer after the war broke out. Entering Normandy as a Captain in command of H/502, ‘Big Cece’was later given command of Regimental HQ Company. He was soon promoted to Major, and returned to 3rd battalion as EXO. The 3rd battalion commander, LTC Cole had been killed and Major John P. Stopka had assumed command. On 14 January, 1945, Stopka was killed in the woods north of Bastogne and Simmons became the last commander of 3/502-the only 3rd battalion C.O. to survive WW2. After WW2, Simmons remained in the National Guard and attained the rank of Major General. During the 1967 ‘civil disturbance’ in Detroit, Simmons commanded all Michigan Guard forces in supressing the Riot. photo courtesy Madge Simmons. 7 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 TTHHEE SSCCRREEAAMMIINNGG EEAAGGLLEE MMAAGGAAZZIINNEE WWIINNTTEERR 22001133 ASSOCIATION MEMBERS IN SUPPORT OF JROTC Dyess Air Force Base eating lunch in the never before worn a uniform publicly Dining Hall at least one day each week. on the campus. They were wowed to see the jump wings on my chest and As the football season progressed, I the Screaming Eagle shoulder patch. helped plan the Military Appreciation Walking off the field with the new Day at the Stadium with actives and recruits, friends and acquaintances veterans and their families invited as stepped up to talk. Several mentioned guests of the University. But in the their family members who had Summer I had met a newly arrived served with various battalions of the RENEWING MEMORIES AND NCO from the local Army Recruiting 101st at some time. My eyes filled CREATING MORE Station and eventually the whole staff with tears as I spoke with one family which included one with a Screaming whose Special Forces son, one of my Returning from the great annual Eagle. He suggested that a swearing former students, had been killed in meeting of the Screaming Eagles in ceremony be included in the day’s Afghanistan in 2012; they had come in Portland, I began to look at my activities. The NCO also spoke with his to the game to celebrate the Military schedule for the Fall Semester here at colleagues from the other services. At Appreciation Day with other families. the University. The term again looked half time, a retired Navy Captain and busy with classes in Old Testament and I swore in 25 Army and Navy recruits In closing I remind all that we student advising. First day of classes on the 50 yard line. Dressed in their continue with the memories of our is always open to surprises with active service t-shirts, they were backed by times with the Screaming Eagle duty and veterans mixed in with the 10 Air Force officers and NCOs from units. For most of us, those moments younger traditional students. I was Dyess in their blues. The Captain and I will always be a significant part not surprised to have a Navy vet sitting went down the line of recruits shaking of our experience serving in our next to an Army vet; the Army vet hands and offering congratulations; military and defending our country. uses a cane due to his wounds from we were followed by the Air Force Afghanistan. And there were other personnel from the Base. What a veterans around. A group gathers on colorful and awe inspiring ceremony GOD BLESS YOU ALL the Library porch for coffee when the it was with families in the stands WHEREVER YOU MAY BE! weather is nice and regularly invites me clapping and calling out their names! to join them. 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