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RiverBoatCityWe've been down the Mississippi. Now is

the time to come up the Old Man River.Bend off a little to the East at Cairo andfollow the Ohio. On the other hand, if youare coming by car, it is on either 1-64or 1-65or 1-71 depending on which direction youare coming from.

The charge has been set, and the timefuse in place to start the official count-downfor the 43rd annual reunion of our worldfamous organization, "Merrill's Mar-auders. "

THE GALT HOUSE EAST, located in theheart of Louisville, Kentucky, will be ourtarget for this outstanding event.

The element of surprise, and the time ofarrival will play an important part in thesuccess of this mission. Come early!

Official starting date will be Friday,September 1, 2 and 3rd, 1989. The officialpackage deal, for a single occupancy, hasbeen set at $210.00, tax and gratuities in-ciuded. This price will include Friday andSaturday room charge, one continentalbreakfast on Friday morning, one sit-downdinner and entertainment on Friday eve-ning, one lunch on Saturday noon, two drinkcocktail on Saturday evening, one sit-downbanquet nd dancing, one load-up break-fast on S nday morning. The meals will betop gra e. PRIMB RIB on Saturday night,and C ICKEN BREAST "WELLINGTON"on E iday. The double occupany, has beenset at $293.00, tax and gratutities included.Meals and cocktails double as above.

Additional nights for rooms, $58.00, plus9.2 percent taxes.

Please remember, when you send in yourregistration forms, mention that you wishto be housed in the Galt House East as percontract. THE GALT HOUSE EAST "ALLSUITE" TOWER is a completely handi-capped coded facility and can offer 24 spe-cially handicapped coded rooms for at-tendees. These rooms contain a large kingsize bed, wet bar, and plenty of space.

A SPECIAL NOTE TO OUR READERS:We, the reunion committee, would like to

under-score the Fort Knox tour and me-morial service. We have scheduled a fullday at this military base, and are urging allMarauders to come early, and take part inwhat we think will be a memorable eventfor you and your families.

The Fort Knox tour will include a Fridaymorning continental breakfast, transporta-tion, musical interlude, address by the basecommander, memorial service, lunch atthe N.C.O. Club, tour of the base and

General Patton museum.A special registration form for this op-

tional trip is located in another section ofThe Burman News. The committee urgesall members to consider this very specialoffering.

See Registration Form on page 7.

OF INTEREST TO THE LADIES: Shop-ping in Louisville is fun, and exciting! Asyou look for a gift for that certain someone,you'll find it and be very pleased. Searchout that certain item or collectible. You'lldiscover it and be thrilled. Ladies, it is easyto move around Louisville and do the thingsyou want. Just outside the Galt House, youwill find a green colored "Tooner-VilleTrolley" which will take you on a twelveblock trip to the major hotels and shops.One such trip will be the multi-million dol-lar Louisville Galleria Shopping Complex.

- NextThere is no charge for this service, and, theschedule is usually on the hour.

AIR TRANSPORT AnON IN AND OUTOF LOUISVILLE: There are several air-lines servicing the city, such as AmericanAirlines, TWA, and Northwest, Piedmont,United and US Air.

CAB AND LIMOUSINE SERVICEFROM THE AIRPORT: The airport isabout 15 minutes from the Galt House(Yellow Cab) and limo service chargearound $10.00 per person.

PARKING AT THE GALT: Parking atthe Galt House is inside, and is Free.Additional parking for recreational vehi-cles and trailable boats (level surface, nohookups) beside the hotel on River Road. Alimited number of non-level inside the hotelparking spaces available. (Check with bellcaptain) .

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RESTAURANTS: The Galt House fea-tures several outstanding restaurants andlounges for your dining and drinking plea-sure. (Check on the specials and the buf-fets). The River Grill is located on thesecond floor of the Galt House, as is thefountain room. When only the finest diningwill do ...try the Flagship Restaurant. It'slocated on the 25th floor, overlooking theriver and fountain. It features a revolvingturntable with a spectacular view.

OPTIONAL TOURS BY TOURS PLUS:You will find several tours presented to ourreunion in another section of the BurmanNews. Many tours can be arranged to fityour needs as you arrive at the hotel.

KENTUCKY TRAVEL PACKETS: It isour intent as we collect the pre-registrynames, to forward them to the VisitorsBureau of Kentucky, so that they can for-ward to you, a Kentucky Travel Packet,giving you information on boating, campingand special attractions in the great state ofKentucky.

SPECIAL EVENTS AROUND THE HO-TEL: Usually on Labor Day weekend, andthis year is no exception, the city will spon-sor their Labor Extravaganza featuringspeakers, displays and booths of all sorts.This is a free event, and is just on the westside of the Galt House. (This is great for thekids, as well as all adults.)

REUNION COMMITTEE: We, of thereunion committee, want to encourage allour Burma counterparts. . . anyone whocontributed to our victory. . . Marauders,Mars Task Force, Engineers, 124th, Cav-alry, Medical Units, 5307th, 475 Infantry,and all others. We welcome you, and urgeall to register early.

+ + +The young lady answered an advertise-

ment for a typist to work for a weather fore-caster. She gave her typing speed as "Ap-proximately 60 words per minute with oc-casional gusts of 65to 70." She got the job.

LettersEDITOR

General Easterbrook was one of thebetter soldiers to emerge from the BurmaCampaign as well as being a fine gentle-man and a courageous leader. His passingwill be missed by all who knew him. JohnH. Lattin, Col 475/2/HQI CO, 878 Kings-way Circle, Lake Suzy, FL 33821-9794.

EDITORYes, I am a former member of the 5307th

and was with the original unit when it wasformed in India and walked into Burma tothe end at Myitkyina. I was a formermember of the 502nd MP Bn, assigned tothe HQ as the guard unit for General Mer-rill and Col. Hunter, etc. I was finallyevacuated with malaria, jungle sores onmy back and dysentery.

A former member of the HQ guard unit,William Shaeffer, died about 25 years ago.He committed suicide. He was wounded atMyitkyina when a shell flew him out of afox hole. He had all kinds of problems withmalaria, nightmares about the fighting,etc., and finally killed himself. He wasfrom Johnstown, Pa., but lived near me inPiscataway, Md., when he died. We bothwent home with the 502nd MP unit. Wewere one of the last to leave Burma and theLedo Road area. John A. Miller, 12209Galway Dr., Silver Springs, MD 20904,301-572-5472,5307/HQ/FWD.

EDITORI have a very close friend, who is like a

second father to me. His name is George W.Powell and he was in Merrill's Marauders.He attended your reunion for the first timethis past year. I am writing this letter forhim, because his wife and I know he'llnever write it.

In November, he went to the Pentagonand the Army presented him with a medaland some battle stars. His wife says, the

General (Brig. Gen. Brady) and George gotalking about Burma and the War and iwas brought up about George bein~wounded but never getting the PurplEHeart.

The General suggested we write to yoU!newsletter and have you get something irabout this. That all George needs is tW(witnesses to that day when he was woundecand that they would verify it with these tW(witnesses. If the witnesses would write t(George's address, we can get the letter tcthe Pentagon since we live so close to itGeorge W. Powell, 206 W. Cameron RdFalls Church, VA 22046, 703-534-6405530TI2/Green CT, Wounded April 7,1944at Nhpum Ga, Burma. By Larry Danielshis friend.

EDITORI am writing in the hope that you can hell

me in my search for information about m:uncle who was killed in the 5307th. From information given me by my mother, he wa:SI Sgt. Clarence J. Bruneau, 6904202Following the attack on Pearl Harbor, hire-enlisted at Bennington, Vermont. Fothe next three years, he was in thlHawaiian Islands. He was then in Guadalcanal and New Guinea. He was an ExperSharpshooter and in October 1943, volunteered for the outfit that turned out to be thl5307th. From this point my information iiskimpy except that he was a member 0Company K, 5307th and was killed 01March 4, 1944,while fighting in the vicinit~ofNdin~~Burma. Lwouldlike_toknowoanybody who knows anything about hi!service. Thank you for your help in thi!matter. Michael Brunelle, 228Stebbens St.Chicopee, MA 01020.

EDITORI'd be proud to become a member of thi!

association. I was a member of th{OSS-Det. 101in the CBI. The Kachin peoplE

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were our salvation. After our war, Presi-dent Truman ordered our disbandment.Since I had been a Penna State trooperbefore the war, I was assigned to Judge Ad-vocate General Dept. in the Southwest Pa-cific War Crimes Division. After dischargeon March 17, 1946, I returned to the StatePolice, retiring from there in 1963.I servedall over the CBI, our main office was inNew Delhi, Assam, India; Burma, Kun-ming, China. We were 100 men and 2,500Kachin natives. We were divided into twowhite men (one a radio operator) and 100Kachin natives. Those guys won the battlefor us.

Our first duty was to remain anonymousas we lived among our enemy. Learningfrom our Kachin people the enemy weak-nesses, harassing them, getting at theirsupplies, dodging in and out, keeping theenemy off balance.

Our actions were sudden, deadly. Weworked to build up an element of surprisethat irritated the enemy. We had a widerange of clandestine operations, uprisings,propaganda, escape and evasions. We op-erated not only in the jungle of Burma butin towns, cities, ports and rice paddies.

Beside the Kachin people helping us,there was a group of Naga Hills HeadHunters with us. As we moved thru thejungles of Burma, they would be waitingalong the trails and join with us. We wereas far as 200 miles behind the Jap lines.

Julia Childs, formerly Williams, of theTV gourmet cooking programs, was ourone and only file clerk in our Calcuttaoffice. We had no battalions, no platoons,and I guess we could be classified asCombat Teams, as we answered to no oneand got the job assigned to us, done.

We were with you guys at Myitkyina butwere too busy to say, "Hi." We had a fewairplanes, Pipers, Wacos and Stearmans,known as L-1, L-5, and L-10s. The Britishgave us some on the Midnite RequisitionSystem.

As you know we had to be anonymous butI correspond with one of our Kachin guides,Harry Hengshoon. He is now living inFountain Valley, CA 92708.Ding hoa. FrankSchramko, 1711 Goucher St., Johnstown,PA 15905,OSS-101.

EDITORI would like to contact members of the

31stQM PK TR. I was a horse shoer for thistroop. We became part of the 5307 inJanuary 1944 at Deogarh Training Camp.Lester Hollenback, 2301 No. NormandyBlvd., Deltona, FL 32725.

EDITORA buddy of mine has passed away. He

was wounded the day the Japs zeroed in onthe 37mm gun. I don't remember the exactday but I think it was around the 20th ofJune, 1944. He got shrapnel from head tofoot on the left side, plus one piece of shrap-nel went thru his helmet and landed on hisbushy head of hair but didn't do anydamage. I had his helmet put on thestretcher with him, having a hole the size of

a golf ball. Of the ten of us from this areawho were together for three years, only fiveof us are left. Walter Clemmer, 60 AlanLane D-6, Quakertown, PA 18951-1165,5307/236/ A Co.

EDITORA special thanks for the copies of the

BURMAN NEWS. They were just great! Ithas been many years since I've seen orheard names, i.e. Myitkyina, Lashio,Bhamo, Tonkwa, Camp Landis, 20th Gen,etc. With the passage of so many years, it'shard to recollect many names, however,some do come to mind, Virgil Boesken,Cinn, OH; Charles Hart, Cleveland, OH;Chet Martin, Oakland, CA; Cleo Hicks,Gainesville, GA. Our company had a fan-tastic 1st sergeant. At this point my mind isblank as to his name - do hope I can recallit soon. He not only was a great soldier but agood friend. I was part of a group that vol-unteered. out of the 97 Infantry Division,leaving from Ft. Leonard Wood, Missouri.We became part of the group that landed atMyitkyina airstrip. We were told to loadour rifles while still on board the plane. Aswe disembarked, we ran to the side of theairstrip and replaced those men of Mer-rill's Marauders who were in their foxholes.As a 19-year-old, an impression has lastedon my mind of the soldier I replaced.He looked old, drawn and weary. We ex-changed greetings and he seemed happyto see his replacement. I didn't realize atthat point in time, but I had just becomepart of a great outfit of WW II. My recollec-tion was that I was in 5307/ Co. E, 2nd Bn,and later we became 475/ Co. E. I was 111stgunner, Light Machine Gun. John J.Lupetin, T / 5, 19 Mohegan Rd., Ossining,NY 10562.

EDITORI will try and fill you in on my time as a

Marauder. I was a volunteer from the SWPacific (Guadalcanal). At the time I volun-teered, I was in the 164th Infantry, and wewere on Fiji Island (rest area). From Fiji,we went to Australia, where we met therest of the group, and of course, from therewent to India and Burma.

I was in the 3rd Bn, Orange Columnunder Major Lew. I had a mule on which wecarried mortar ammo. I have lost memoryof the names of the men in my platoon. Iwas in First Platoon, 4th Squad. I waswith the Marauders from the beginninguntil the latter part of May, 1944.We had theairfield at Myitkyina. I got typhus, malaria,yellow jaundice and dysentery. All at thesame time! I flew out to the 20th GH inLedo, India, and I was out for 18 days.During that time I went from 187 to 120pounds during that 18-day period. In August1944, I was returned to Topeka, Kansas, toguard German POW's. I still weighed 120pounds when discharged in August 1945.

I think I had the only mule in theMarauders that was named after a Majorin the Army. My mule I named after MajorPetito. My mule when I first got him, hewas very ornery and I thought he could beclassed with Major Petito. Although bothmellowed, so neither one was as ornery aswhen we first went into Burma. I sure wishI had known about the Marauder reunionsearlier. Ray R. Nelson, Box 84, Estelline,SD 57234,5307/3/0CT /1/4.

EDITOREnclosed you will find a large photo of the

platoon leaders of the 1st Bn, 5307th,Merrill's Marauders. My officer was 1st Lt.Harris. I had given my patch to someone topaint on a wall at the VFW - neverreturned. .

The only name I can recall is Joe Bisson-nette from Rhode Island. Hank Pirone. We

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Here are the latest additions to our assembly. Remember them?

WILLIAM H. CLAPP, 15 Oakwood, Bradenton, FL 34208,813-747-8953,5307/HQ/CP/COMM;475/HQ/COMM

RANDALL COLVIN,252 Flesher Dr., Ellisville, MO 63011,612 FA/C BatteryHENRY D. DANNER, 219 W. Maple, Ave., Mocksville, NC 27028, 5307/2/BCT/E CO/LW MGJACK L. GOFF, 313 Warren St., Manchester, TN 37355,5307/3GARY P. HAMILTON,3311Kingsley Dr., Bloomington, IN 47401,Ranger 75/2/ A/WPNSRICHARD C. KEARNEY, 11 Terrace Gdns, Meriden, CT 06450,203-238-0161,5307/2/G;

475/2/G/81 MRTRS/lst GunnerCLARENCE KINDRICK, 2588Honeysickle Way, Rt. 4, Springfield, MO65802,

5307/3/33 QMPK TR; 475/33 QMPK TRGEORGE F. RICHER, P.O. Box 278, US Soldiers & Airman Home, Washington, DC 20317,

5307/1/HQ; 475/2/HQ/I&R PlatoonROBERT P. ROSE, P.O. Box 2066, Vincennes, IN 47591,812-882-2678,5307/2/E/LMG;

475/2/E/LMGOTIS W. SEWARD, 3426Memorial St., Alexandria, VA 22306,703-768-0673,475/3/K Co.RICHARD O. STEWART JR., 17 Clarendon Rd., Savannah, GA 31410,897-3733,RangerCHARLES J. STORMONT,150 Bonneau Rd., Sonoma, CA 95476,938-5633,612/B BATT;

475/2/HQ/FWD OBSPRESTON STROHSAHL,555 No. Pantano Rd., #218, Tucson, AZ 85710,602-298-0959,

71st LIAISON SQUADRONJAMES R. TRUELL, 9516Farmview Ct., Fairfax, VA 22032,5307/1/WCT/A CO; 475/2/F CO.EARL VAN METER, P.O. Box 226, Cabin, WV 26855,5307/1/A Co., 304-257-4623BEN H. WARREN, P.O. Box 85, Jackson, AL 36545,71 Liaison SquadronJOHN E. WHITELEY, 4046Howard St., Hobart, IN 46342,219-942-0678,5307;475

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Burma Road near Lungling. Then travelelon to Viaguan near Dali, where we saw thlend of the war. Charles Nowlin, Vet. Off.475j 3,799 Skyland Ave., Panama City, FI32401.

EDITORThere is a picture of Rene Genest in th~

November issue of the NEWS. Everyon~would have changed a lot in 43 years, butcan't see anything in that picture to remin<me of the big French Canadian I knew. Itook two MP's to put him in jail in CalcuttaHe also was in Panama in '42. Ralph WPollock, Rd. 1, Box 1494, Mt. Union, P.A17066, 5307j 1jWCT j B CO jMG SEC.

EDITORReceived your card asking for my serial

number 6893584. I am still in business,Going on 42 years in the sandblastingbusiness. I guess I am too damn stubborn tcgive up.

I sure had a wonderful life. I met the best.I fought with the best and I also think manytimes the best yet, were the ones we lef1behind to make this all possible.

5307th Composite Unit [Prov.], Blue Combat Team, I & R Platoon; Phil Morrissey, Sidney Savitt, I do not know if you have John Sukup onRobert Landis, first man KIA in Burma. your records. He was 1st Scout, I&R, Is1

Bn,Red CombafTeam. I would like his ad.dress if he is still living (ED: So would we;have nothing on him.)

(As I was told) (Editor: I can hear a lot of After Myitkyina fell, I went to the righ1AMENSfromcoasttocoast!) flank where it started. I was in that fire

I sure would like to see some of the fight when the Jap patrol walked right up tcfellows. Gregory G. Resch, S j Sgt. us. Well, anyway, I wound up with 8 years,5307jljRCT, 637 Warsaw St., Menasha, 9 months and 14 days. I enjoyed it all,WL54952. - - ~&f. SgLCharles Yinge~dLCavalry:, Ft.

Myers, VA, 14th Info Panama, 5307th and475th and Discharge, 3205 E. Market St.,Apt. L-l, York, PA 17402.EDITOR

It is many months since the Charlotte Re.union and I still marvel over the fact that Imet nine guys I hadn't seen in 44 years. Iparticularly have fond memories of CharlesDennehy, of Yonkers, NY, our Medic. Notonly did he give me first aid when I waswounded at Tonkwa; but, much earlier, atMyitkyina. I vividly recall him screamingbehind us to help him gather the woundedso he could give them first aid. I rememberthe scene well. It was an open field and wewere on the run, chasing the J aps before us.They had abandoned their holes as we ap-proached. We chased them, stopping everyso often to get down on one knee, take aimand fire. The Japs did the same thing asthey retreated, stopping quickly to fire atus. Our men were dropping all over thefield and poor Dennehy couldn't keep upwith us. When we heard him yell for help,several of us stopped, looked back, and sawthe impossible task facing him. Manybodies, almost two dozen, I figure, weresprawled about. "Moe" (Maurice) Ronan,of Nutley, NJ, and I were content that theattack was now a rout and the worst wasover, responded to Dennehy's call. On thedouble, we rushed back, grabbed a stretch-er and repeatedly ran forward and back,bringing the wounded to Dennehy. Onevery young guy I'll never forget. As welifted him onto the stretcher, he beggedMoe and me, "Please don't let me die!" He

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were all from the 14th Infantry M Co., FortWilliam D. Davis. I had gone to CampCar~on, Colorado (mules). Then to Cali-fornia on the-Monterey =- on to-Australia,Melbourne. Then to Bombay. Train toKutkai, India, where we trained on rivercrossing and watching for our mules. I canremember Khaki. I was in charge of the81mm mortar mules. We moved forward onthe Ledo Road. The Engineers were fromBangor, Maine. I had a friend in the Engi-neers, William Beyer. He left us two yearsago to the Promised Land. Our first en-counter was at Walawbum. From there wehad to march 35 miles over mountains tohelp out one of the companies pinned downon a hill. It was called Maggot Hill. 'Twas agood name for it! They lost all their mulesand machine guns. They encountered theJap Marines. I can remember they openedfire on us. A few bullets had gone thru myfatigue jacket. From the Maggot Hill to thebig air strip at Myitkyina. We dug in alongthe Irrawaddy River. As we were digging,the American Air Force was straffingacross the river. Some of their bullets hitour area.

From there we moved back to an RRarea. That's when I left the group. I hadtaken a young man to the First Aid Station,with a bug in his ear. And they put a tempstick in my mouth. I was running a fever,so, the docs put a tag on me and I had toreport back to my CO. I had to walk twomiles to the air strip, in the rain. As I wasnearing the air strip, a Jap plane came inand dropped a bomb on the strip. I flew outlater to the 20th General Hospital.

I was processed, shown to my bunk, saton the bunk and passed out for one month. Ihad scrub typhus, high fever, etc. I am notsupposed to go back to that area any more.

EDITORI joined the 475j 3 Bn from an L-5 just

below Bhamo in plenty of time for theTonkwa show. I was fresh from the Statesand spent my first day in the field with the475th. In the States, I had run a veterinarystation hospital and for one short time didsecond echelon veterinary care for the124th Cavalry when they still had horses.Later the regiment left and only "G" Troopstayed. John Randolph, author of "Mars-men in Burma" was at one time loaned tome by the 124th as a clerk. Darwin Lee andJohn Yatson were T j 3's in my 3rd Bn Vet-erinary Section. Both had been in theMarauders. Down at Kutkai, when the475th left for China, I sent them with the Bnexpecting to join them soon. This neverhappened.

Sure would like to have a copy of thephoto "Dead Mule Gulch." My corporal'sand my "hole" was the closest to the picketline. The second night after we occupied thehill, out of 22 animals picketed, 20 werekilled and I had to destroy another. The sur-vivor was a little horse belonging to a G-2officer whose name I can't recall. Thehorse's name was Penny!

I know Ken Gumaer. I met him on thetrek to China and he was with the Chinesethen. Ken contracted anthrax on ourjourney and was treated with some of thefirst penicillin used in our theater. We didnot go to China over the Ledo Road withthe mules. We went over the Stilwell Road,a more northerly route and came intoChina near Tengchung and got on the

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was bleeding profusely from a hole in hisright side. As we were running back withhim, his head suddenly fell back over thetop of the stretcher. His mouth was wideopenand his eyes, open, were staring. Werealized that he had died, so we quicklydumped him on to the ground, and rushedforward again for another living woundedguy,- .

This scene, believe me, is as clear in mymind today, as it was the day it happened.My only regret is "dumping" that youngman's body. But you have to do those thingsin the heat of a battle. You try to save thewounded who are still alive. John Scheifele,10 Colonial Club Rd, Apt. 302, BoyntonBeach, FL 33435, 5307/J/I/3 Platoon;475/31 1/3.

EDITORI departed the US on the USS GENERAL

BUTNER, on or about April 23, 1944, andarrived in Bombay, India, about May 21,1944.From there to Ramgarh via Indiantrain (five days). I was at Ramgarh a littlebetter than one day and then on a plane toMyitkyina, arriving about May 30th.

I was assigned to 53071 2nd Bn, Co. E,Machine Gun Section (air-cooled, .30 cali-ber), With me were Timothy Condo (Plains,FA) and a man whose last name wasStoddard (ED; Arthur G.?) (I believe hewasfrom Massachusetts.)

After a few days at the airfield, wemoved toward the front and stopped at a"railhead." Some of the Old Galahads werelocated there but left the next day. We werethere about ten days and then moved to thefront. CO. E occupied the left side of theroad but one squad of machine guns joinedthe Engineers who were on the right andthenext day Co. E moved over and relievedtheEngineers.

We stayed basically in this area until theendof July. I even remember the Air Forcebombing for us.

Co. E was pulled off the line in prepara-tionfor the final drive to Mitch and we weresent to clear reported J aps from a villageand spent most of the night in a leech-in-fested swamp. As a result of this patrol, Ideveloped jungle rot and deeply infected ul-cers and was evacuated to the 69th SH atMargherita, Assam, about August 5, 1944.

I spent 55days in the hospital and at Din-jan and then returned to Burma (CampLandis) and was re-assigned to Co. E, 2ndBn,Hq Platoon, Machine Gun Section. Butitwas now the 475th Infantry.

I spent the period, Oct. '44 thru February'45,in this company and then transferred toHq.Co., 2nd Bn, I & R Plat, as a BAR man.I was with this platoon when the 475th wasshipped to China and Hq. Co. was located atKweiyang.

Some of the men whom I remember werewith me were Timothy Condo, Plains, PA;Walter Travis, Kalamazoo, MI; Batcheler(Robert L, PFC?), OH; S-Sgt. Richardson,Hometown Unknown, later 1st Sgt. Co. E.

Incidentally, in the book, "Merrill's Mar-auders" published by Turner Publishing, Ioelieve the picture on page 2 is mis-labeled

as it is a picture of the machine gun squad Iwas in. I can identify some of the people,the man feeding the MG is me, firing thegun T. Condo, with the telescope sight onthe .03 is Walter Travis and the man withthe knit hat is S-Sgt. Richardson. The dateis correct. We had caught a Jap patrolgoing in and out of a lightly wooded areathat day.

One other thing, in the BURMAN NEWSwas a letter from a Col. Murano, Japanese56th Div., in which he mentioned the "roadblock on the Burma Road and losing sometanks to an ambush." I was on thatambush.

Since writing to you, I have had severealletters. One from the 2nd Bn Sgt. Major. Heasked if I remembered the 1st Sgt. of E CO.before Richardson. It was 1st Sgt. Clancy.He had been classified for limited duty butwent anyway and was commissioned in theAGC just before we went into China. He hada law degree. The Sgt. Major also men-tioned the 1st Sgt. in HQ CO. McNally.Followed by T-Sgt. Toomey from Bostonand I believe he was promoted to First inChina. Robert P. Rose, P.O. Box 2066, Vin-cennes, IN 47591,812-488-3517,530712/E/LMG; 475/2/E/LMG.

EDITORAfter doing a little checking, I find that

the 1st Platoon, I Co., 475th. Here is a list ofthe 1st Platoon as I have it in my notebookwhich I carried throughout the campaign.T-Sgt. Browning, S-Sgt. Oakman, Coppens,Van Allen, Thebeau, Rodolari. 1st Squad-Norbes, Plato, Nickel, Johnson, Berna.rdi,VenGunton, McKissick, Griffith. 2nd Squad- Dye, Snell, Spiker, Wallace, Crivellone,McKenzie, Barrera, Cross. 3rd Squad -

Critcher, Deshaies, Maurey, Denman,Dorsch, Crowley, Skinner, Barbour, Kidd,Gill. Weapons - Bundrick, Hazelwood,Birkback, Gonzales, Ayers, Choat, Noesky,Deerman, Martin, Moran, Mason. SanfordHead, Plat. Ldr., 475/3/1/1, P.O. Box5097,Athens, GA 30604.

+++A couple was seated at a restaurant table

for two when the man suddenly slid fromhis chair. A panicked waiter rushed overand said, "Madam, your husband is underthe table! "No, he's not," the woman re-plied. "My husband just walked in thedoor."

Sharingthe StoryIn a notebook belonging to 1st Sgt. Michael F.

Gabbett, 475/HQ Co., it shows that Col. Easter-brook took his share of guard duty in action inBurma.

GUARD 12/13/44COL. EASTERBROOK) 6 TO 8CPL. WOODS )-

COL.ORTH )T/5 AMOND )-

MAJ. LEONARD)SGT. TONNES )-

MR. DOYER )T/5 DARDEN )-

MAJ. NELSON)SGT. MAFFIA )-

LT. ROTHSCHILD)SGT. SHIRAR )-

502nd MP Bn VolunteersA list of the men who volunteered from the

MP's for the 5307th at Camp Deogarh, India,(Continued on page 6)

8 TO 10

10 TO 12

12 TO 2

2 TO 4

4 TO 6

PASS IN REVIEWDEATHS REPORTED RECENTLY

MAJ/GEN ERNEST F. EASTERBROOK, P.O. Box 50, Carmel, CA 93921, Commanding Officer,475th Infantry. Died of heart attack, February 19, 1989, at Monterey Community Hospital. Col.Easterbrook did attend the last Charlotte Reunion, enjoyed it and we appreciated his attendance. Itwas a pleasure to all to have him with us at that one time.

In addition to his service with us, Gen. Easterbrook served as CO of the 7th Infantry Regimentin Korea, Director of Army Aviation, Commander of Army Aviation Center, Camp Rucker, Ala-bama, Chief of US MIl Adv. Group, Thailand, and retired as Deputy Commanding General of the6th U.S. Army at the Presidio, San Francisco, California.

Name and Hometown [Where Known], Organization, Where, When DeceasedEDWARD L. BRAINARD, Landing Rd., Little River, SC 29566, 5307th Plat. Ldr. January 18, 1989TIMOTHY CONDO, Plains, PA, 5307/2/E/LMG; 475/2/E/LMG 1958DEAN CROMER, 239 So. Hartnett St., Ferguson, MO 63135, 5307/lIRCT . . . November 20, 1988VICTOR CZERWINSKI, Wausaw, WI 5307 1982CHESTER FARMER, 219 No. Morelock Rd., Morristown, TN 37814,

. 5307/1/RCTCOC/3PL.. """"'" """""""'" March 19, 1989

WILLIAM G. GRIGG, Gastonia, NC, 28052, 5307/Engineers September 1986FREDERICK R. JONES, 6565 Rockdale, Dearborn Hts., MI 48127, 313-565-5382,

5307/1; 475/2/S-2 March 16, 1989CHARLES H. KEELER, 1211 Delaware Ave., Bethlehem, PA 18015, Marauders. . November 1988JOHN KETCHUM, 651 First St., SE, Mason City, IA 50401, 475/HQ;

835 Signal Service Battalion , November 3, 1988FLOYD MAUNEY, Rt. 2, Box 7248, Bessemer, NC 28016, 5307/236 Engineers. February 12, 1989NORMAN PAGE, 118 Aspetuck Rd., New Milford, CT 06776, 5307/1/WCT; 475/1 . . March 21, 1989HENRY PARSONS, 1859 Cherokee St., Stockton, CA 95205, 5307/1/RCT;

475/1 December 18, 1988NICHOLAS S. PELESKY, 8 West St., Jennings, PA 15546, 5307/2/BCT/HW . December 30,1988CREIGHT SMITH, 46505 72nd St., Watervliet, MI 49098, 5307/2/0CT/E CO . . . . . . March 25,1989DEAN K. VOLTZ, RR 1, Centuria, WI 54824, 5307/3/0CT/lst Sergeant. . . . . . . November 6, 1988M. LEO WILLIAMS, Los Gatos, CA 95030, 5307, Youngest member of 5307th . September 12, 1988WILLIAM R. WAGNER, 3512 Ave. Montresor, Del Ray Beach, FL 33445, 5307/2/BCT/MED.

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and their original addresses. Help us out to findthem if you live in these towns!From Co. C:Lt. Eaton "Red" Miller, Hazard, KYS/Sgt. David Trogus*, Whitehall, OhioSgt. Paul D. Arbogast, Normal, ILSgt. Ray Hamilton, Alameda, CACpl. Ben Draper (Deceased), Cookeville, TNCpl. Harold J. Kohler, Allentown, PAPFC John L. Clark (Deceased), Sharon, PAPFC Walter R. Fatz, 128 Washington St.,

Milton, PAPFC Robert S. Hall*, 24 McNamara Ave.,

Binghamton, NY 13903PFC Charles L. Holowell*,

RD 1, Cochranton, P A 16314PFC Fred Ibell, Philadelphia, P APFC Amando I. Jiminez, Los Angeles, CAPFC Robert Jones Jr., 4725 Keith Ct.,

Colorado Springs, CO 80916PFC Frank W. Liska (Deceased), Avoca, PAPFC Louis J. Mihalic, Rt. 1, Box 266,

Mineral Point, P A 15942PFC John A. Miller*, 12209 Galway Dr.,

Silver Springs, MD 20904PFC Edward J. Myers*, 703 Newton Ave.,

Barrington, NJ 08007PFC Gerald Pena, Long Island, NYPFC Ashton E. PughPFC William H. Sheaffer (Deceased)

Johnstown, PAPFC Melvin Winik (Deceased), 111 No.

Kenwood Ave., Baltimore, MDPvt William F. McLinden (Deceased),

Fairmont, VAFrom Co. A:PFC Milton R. Zerbe, Rt. 4, Box 91.

Selinsgrove, PA 17870

*Means already on our rolls.

ROSTER OF475/3/1CO.From About Dec. '44 to Feb. '46

Company Comdr - Capt. James K. BlockerExecutive Officer - 1st Lt. GeneA. BeckerPlatoon Leaders - 1st Lt. James N. Apple-

gate, Walter W. Brechons, Sanford B. Head,Harry Malnack, Robert C. Newman, Ernest C.Patchet, William N. Payne.

1st Sgt. - Worth E. RectorTech Sgts. - Floyd F. Browning,Lyn W.

Hightower, George Mamula,Robert C. MorrisonStaff Sgts. - John H. Bundrick,Hurshell Har-

rison, WilliamA. Holt, John P. Horbes, Merle K.Kelly, Henry B. Kennedy, George E. Koppel,IvaI Maxwell, Henry Ockman, Maurice Ronan,Till G. Rosales, James R. Scott, Joseph Selesko,GondolfoP. Termini, James C. Warman, HaroldA. Morse, Elis A. Richardson, James E.Stevens, Mike C. Raueles, Arvil B. Monhollon.

Sgts - Robert Adams, Frank Battaglia,Richard M. Benfer, Frank M. Boyko, WilliamCantcher Jr., Elmit L. Cajangni, Charles E. Dil-lard, Floyd S. Due, George C. Green, Floyd T.Hazelwood, Elzie F. Joines, Charles H. Keeler,Robert L. Landis, Edward F. Lennon, Ted I.Lewis, Charles E. Little, George A. Mount, OtisRadford, James H. Stewart, Lester Vaughan,William H. Wise.

Tech. 4th Grade - Francis H. Foster.Corporals - Morton C. Glazer, George M.

Bunton, Ronald R. Clark.Tech. 5th Grade - William Belew Jr., Car-

melo A. Carmono, Jack Coats, George H. Eddy,Anthony L. Falcone, Robert G. Dorsch, VirgilHumfleet, Stanley Janas, Carl P. Logiudice,J. A. Marshall, WilliamR. Mohr.

Privates First Class - Quinton E. Anderson,Gerald R. Archambault, Lusa B. Ayres, FrankBailey, Raymond E. Bailey, Rance V. Banks,Robert F. Bard, Dale C. Bard, Jack T. Baxter,Joseph R. Bernardi, Roberto Berrela, Harry W.Birkbeck, Kelly R. Bradley, Clarence P. Brown,Edward Brown, Raymond J. Brown, Maurice E.Cavey, John D. Choat, Samuel D. Cicora, Corne-lius Clements, Roy Cocklum, Clinton C. Coos-well, Carl E. Coppens, Aubrey O. Creasy, An-thony F. Crivellone, Earl C. Cumper, Albert E.Cunning, Charles G. Curry, Robert E. Dasell,Carl F. Denman, Frederick J. Dashmes, WilliamC. Dineen, Kenneth E. Elliott, Carlo Ettippio,John Evanoss, Boyd M. Evans, Eliso A. Fernan-dez, Frank V. Ferreira, ElwoodL. Ferrer, Stan-ley I. Gemalo,

Paul J. Gentile, Alexander B. Gill, Rudy Gon-zales, Robert C. Greene, Gordon M. Griffith,John L. Gullette, Harold E. Hackman, Mose A.Hart, Joseph O. Hatcher, James F. Hendricks,Trent A. Henry, James A. Hatzel, John Holik,David K. Homra, WoodsonM. Hunter, James C.Inkrote, William W. Jinks, Robert L. Johnson,Edward J. Kasparek, Lee E. Ker~"etter, IrvingR. Klein, Kenneth O. Layson, Edward N. Manei,Morris Mason, Henry W. Maurcy,

Arnel E. McFadden, Edgar L. McKenzie,Daniel V. Miranda, Stanley J. Monroe, Jos. O.Moran, George W. Murnan, Robert J. Myers,John W. Nickel, Peter Norsky, Elipidio R.Ortega, Floyd F. Ortis, Frank A. Passerelli,Allen M. Phail, Stanley R. Plato, James Pol,Paul V. Posavad, Shelley W. Powers, Beonis A.Puzas, Howard E. Quadnow,Charles R. Robello,James W. Redding, Antone Rego, Donald B.Reichenbach, John W. Scheifele, Elvo Sel, Ro-bert V. Slaughterback, Leonard M. Seurer, IvanD. Sharp, Sam Short, Bert P. Skinner, Elmer L.Snell, Russell E. Sorrell, Carmen Sorrentino,Thomas J. Spiker, Edward J. Starkowski, Jos-eph O. Thebeau, Robert E. Van Allen, CharlesR. Yon Gunton, Lloyd T. Walden, Ralph Wal-lace, LeRoy M. Yienost, Andrew Zavoda, JohnW. Zeigler.

Privates - Dewitt C. Adams, Gene C.Alspach, Ray C. Arnholt, Fredrick C. Ashley,William R. Ausbuen, Dallas W. Ball, Harley J.Barker, Edward Bertrand, Albin J. Blackeney,Calvin Brady, Stanley H. Bragg, LeRoy C.Brawdy, Clarence A. Borkowsky, Joseph M.Cabral, Joseph L. Cacace, Rene H. Charland,Calvin O. Cobb, George E. Colescott, RaymondA. Comfort, George H. Comstock, Joseph E.Craig, Donald I. Cross, Robert J. Crowley,Frank D. Curcio, Franeis I. Daily, Harold C.David, Lewis H. Deerman, William J. Drake,Thomas J. Flaherty, Lawrence O. Guertin, Rich-ard W. Hale, WilliamJ. Harrison Jr., Marvin F.Hensley, Salvador Hernandez, Herman R. Hol-brook, Harry A. Jordan, Jesse L. Kidd, WalterA. King, John B. Koths, Chester J. Krupski,James A. Larrabee, James H. Lashvay, EdwardR. Latacz, Charlie Lawson, Edward G. Laycook,Lawrence Ledoux, Erwin Lochbrunner, Roy A.Lowery, Henry D. Manley, Joseph J. Manna,Wesley E. Marthers, Harry E. Mertin, WilliamT. Martin, Corliss E. Maxey, Louis J. McAfee,Patrick L. McCormick,Louis D. McGee,ErnestW. McKissick, Joe E. McMillion,Kenneth E.Mead, Stewart F. Meyerink, James C. Morris,Arthur L. Phillips, Michael E. Pinto, BenancioR. Quintero, Edward F. Quickenton, Floyd A.

Roy, Ernest J. Silva,August C. Thulien, EugeWeeks, Harry E. Witman.

Medics - 1st Platoon - Pvt. Gerald Rodola2nd platoon - T/5 Charles W. Dennehy; ~Platoon - PFC Thomas B. Gehan; 4th PlatoOIPvt. Fang Y. Wong; Attached to BN -Pvt. LOlD. McGee.

HEADQUARTERS5307thCOMPOSITEUNIT IPROV]

APO 48724 July H

GENERAL ORDERS)

NUMBER 15)Award of Combat Infantryman Badge

Under the provisions of War Department (cular Number 186, dated 11 May 1944, a ComlInfantryman Badge is awarded for exemplaconduct in action against the enemy at NGeorgia, Solomon Islands, to the following:Capt. Clarence O. Burch, 0420084 Inf1st Lt. Logan E. Weston, 01795021 InfT/Sgt. Robert C. Mallory, 35016079 KS/Sgt. John L. CoIl, 35008582 HQS/Sgt. George W. Muller, 39678776 KS/Sgt. Salvadore F. Rapisarda, 35009154 H-2S/Sgt. Quentin L. Waite, 20508501Sgt. Donald P. Darsey, 34154552 H-3Sgt. Edward C. Kohler, 20506273Sgt. Richard Perl, 20504454Sgt. Wayne E. Russler, 16108224 KCpl Milton P. Ball, 34188651 KCpl Joseph W. Burris, 20506256Cpl Willie Boutin, 34155605 ET/5 John F. Allen, 35016145 IT/5 Marshall J. Fields, 35015393 HQT/5 Emery Jones, 18059808 H-3T/5 Charles J. Lettieri, 20130581 H-3T/5 Joseph E. Moriarty, 38240502 H-3T/5 Richard Shaner, 20504463 KPic Allen D. Cowart, 38171461 APfc Orville K. Elson, 20506738 KPfc Leonard C. Ginter, 35015292Pfc Ronald W. Knight, 13041214 H-3Pic Gordon E. OdIum, 20129511 H-OPic John G. Perry, 38128886Pfc Earl Rogers Jr., 34449430-FPfc William W. Ross, 38171482 H-3Pic Cleveland T. Storey, 14067365 H-3Pfc Joseph F. Sweeney, 20127086 H-3Pic Joseph F. Wojewnik, 36229821Pvt Danny Giancola, 35130897 IPvt Albert H. Kluver, 37195278Pvt Samuel B. McGee, 34330414 H-3Pvt Bernard O. Mienke, 37195524Pvt Titus W. Riner, 34330479 H-DPvt Robert L. Sheaks; 20506278

By order of Colonel HUNTITOM P. SEN:Capt, InfantrAdjutant

OFFICIAL:LLOYD P. KIRBY1st Lt., A G DAsst. Adjutant

It is suggested that the above list be kewith copies of GO No.3 for a more complelist of members of the 5307. Many of tmen listed above are not on the list in (No.3. No explanation available as to twhy's and why nots! RVL.

TheBurman News Page Seven

TheNativesWere FriendlyToe Story of Shadra, a Karen

Within ten days after I was assigned tothe 475/21 HQ as the Air Liaison Officer,at the time I was a First Lieutenant in theArmy Air Corps, this lad named Shadracame up to me and asked to go with the unitwhen it moved South.

He had been turned down by others thathehad asked but I believed his story and soI told him to come along. He was a KarenBurmese boy between 17 and 20 years ofage. He had heard rumors that theAmericans were going to move southtoward Mandalay. He was hoping to findhis sisters, who had been nurses with Dr.Gordon Seagraves Hospital, when the Jap-anese drove Gen. Stilwell and Seagravesoutof Central Burma.

Shadra's father, a minor tribal official ofthe Karen Tribe had been converted toChristianity by Baptist missionaries work-ingin the Central Irrawaddy River Valley.Thus it was that Shadra was a convertedChristian.

His military value was in his ability to.nterpret certain Shan dialects into ReadersDigestEnglish. In addition, he had somelair cutting nippers and could cut hair. So,thedecision was made to take him along asIn interpreter and he was assigned to my:atchall platoon. (Willis, did you have himm the Morning Report?)As we moved down the trail to outflank

he entrenched Japanese, he and I becameast friends. He felt it was his duty to take:are of me. So, in effect, I had a personal'bearer" during my assignment with Marsrask Force. He walked along with me asny native interpreter, while I was pickinghefood and ammuntion supply air drop 10-:ations.We pitched our bed rolls, side by side,

luddy system. Often we would talk forlours after night fall. I remember one,ccasion when I tried to explain to ShadraIboutthe heavens. As we gazed upward,1atching the vast panorama of the nightime sky, I explained the moon's reflected19ht,the blinking of some stars, the bright-ess of others, the clusters, and thealaxies, the great distances and the~eories of space and distance.Shadra would tell me about re-incarna-

Ionand occasionally in a village show mele Nat poles. To this day, I'm not surerhat that meant.I carried two of the burlap bags that the

1Ulefree fall grain came in. Shadra wouldometimes make me a cot using bamboo tolake a frame. No sleeping on the ground>rme.He would disappear into the mountain

Ingle and return with rice and an occa-lonal bird or egg or two. Of course, heooked it and on Thanksgiving he brought1a pheasant.On another occasion, I was able to ar-lUge a flight over the mountains into As-1m, India, to spend a night at a majormerican air base. Previously, all his life,e had walked or river boated when he

traveled. Now, he had flown and on the airbase, he rode several miles on trucks.

I had friends there and was able to getShadra to steal an air mattress from afriend of mine while I distracted him. Thisair mattress was an improvement over thecot. However, in one fire fight, I had to giveup my foxhole to a wounded boy and he diedon the mattress.

When we returned from India (whoamong you stole all that Carew's gin fromme as I slept beside the grain bags?),Shadra could not understand how far wehad gone and returned in only one day.

As we penetrated deeper into Burma, ourkinship grew. One time, he came up to meand said, "Lt. Harps, what does the word'grin' mean?" I said, "Where did you getthat word?" He showed me a ReadersDigest bit, which said, "I like a man whogrins when he fights!" Winston Churchill.

On the evening before the morning attackup Loi Kang Ridge and the spy had to beshot - (Oh! What a story!), I asked Shadrawhat was going on. He agreed the man shotwas a spy. The Kachin Levees shot the spy.

When we parted at Kutkai, he called measide and thanked me for all that I had donefor him. Actually, it was a case of all thathe had done for me. He put his left hand for-ward, palm up, an~ offered me all therubies in his hand. Ten or 15 of them. Irefused them, explaining I would get to goback to America which was reward enoughfor me. If I had it to do over again, I wouldhave taken one or two and thus showed myrespect for his generosity. Yes, I did weepwhen we parted. So did he.

As we parted, I made mental pianos tobring my friend to the USA. So, it was inlate 1946that I wrote to the U.S. Consul inMandalay inquiring about Saw Shadra. TheConsul located him in Myitkyina, NorthBurma. We exchanged letters. He, Shadrawas then, in 1948, married in a Christianceremony and was employed as Chief Ad-ministrator in the public schools in Myit-kyina. He had two sons and was interestedin obtaining U.S. magazines.

The Burmese Civil War interrupted ourcorrespondence and I have not heard fromhim since. A later effort thru a missionaryin North Burma went unanswered.JAMES A. HARPSP.O. Box 879Hot Springs Nat. Pk, AR 71902475/2/HQI ALO

Officer's RowPresident- Phil PiazzaAt our recent Board of Directors meeting

we agreed to erect ~ Memorial Plaque toLt. Col. Brian Sutton. Dave Hurwitt hasbeen in touch with his daughter to obtainneeded information.

The Merrill's Marauders Association hasmade a donation to the CO, 2nd Ranger Bn,Ft. Lewis, Washington, for a monument lo-cated in front of the 2nd Battalion Head-quarters. The stone will be granite, 18 x 30inches, with a bronze plaque engraved withthe names of the three Rangers killedduring Operation Urgent Fury in Granada.

Executive Secretary: We would like tocall everyone's attention to the letter con-cerning George Powell's visit to the Penta-gon and what he learned while there. Be-side his personal need for supporting wit-nesses, it would appear to provide ananswer to other men's gripes. We have hadan offer from a new member, JamesTruell, to help us in these matters.

Thanks for the support so many of yougave in looking up and finding the presentaddresses of those listed in "Lost, Strayedor Stolen." In most cases, it appears to be aproblem with postal address changes.

We have sent the first draft of the new Di-rectory to the printer. It will be ready, I amsure, for the Louisville Reunion. DaveQuaid and I are also busy working on thepublication of the book to contain FatherStuart's Notes, S1 Sgt. Anderson NewsClippings and GO No.3. It is quite likelythat it will also be available at that time.

We used to sing a marching song in theArmy to the effect - When I was young andin my prime, why I could come most anytime. But now I'm old and. . .. . . . . . . . . . .whatever it was. That applies to these re-unions, also. Don't put it off!

As I was putting the new Directory listinto print, I counted 1,397members and 189honorary members. Ray Lyons, ExecutiveSecretary and Editor, 11244 No. 33rd St.,Phoenix, AZ 85028-2722.

Historian: We have done some researchinto the matter of our War Dead left inBurma as a result of inquiries at the recentreunion. The names were picked at ran-dom. We tried to pick out a cross section ofplaces where our men died. Toomey was

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OPTIONAL FORT KNOX TRIPFRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1ST

7:00 a.m. -8:15 a.m.Continental Breakfast

8:30 a.m. - 3:00 p.m.Board buses for the Fort Knox presentation.

Musical interlude, address by the base com-mander. All Faiths memorial service, lunch atthe N.C.O. Club, tour of the base and GeneralPatton Museum.

The cost of the trip will be $12.00 per person,and is not included in the hotel package deal.

Name

Address

City State

Zip Code

Please reserve

the Fort Knox trip.

A check in the amount of $.

enclosed.

Make checks payable to Merrill's MaraudersReunion '89, and return to:

Philip B. Piazza, Route 3, Box 358,Timberlake 1, Seneca, SC 29678

Cut Off Date - August 15th

Tickets for me for

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OFFICER'S ROW. ..(Continued from page 7)

buried at one of the most remote places.Landis was the first man killed. We pickedone that was killed at Nhpum Ga. We havefound out from the American Battle Monu-ments Commission, Casimir Pulaski Bldg,Room 5127, 20 Massachusetts Ave. NW,Washington, DC 20314-0300the following:

PFC Robert W. Landis, KIA, Lanem Ga,is buried in a private cemetery in Ohio.

2nd Lt. William E. Thornton, KIA, Ink-angahtawng, is buried in a private ceme-tery in Mississippi.

PFC Darrell E. Avery, KIA, Inkangah-tawng, is buried in a private cemetery inMichigan.

CPL Louis Black, KIA, Nhpum Ga, isburied in a private cemetery in Pennsyl-vania.

PVT George Jerry, KIA, Nhpum Ga, andPFC William Toomey, KIA, Tingkrukawng,are buried in the National Memorial Ceme-tery of the PacifJc, Honolulu, Hawaii.

They also advised us that they consultedthe Department of the Army, U.S. TotalArmy Personnel Agency (TAPA), Attn:DAPC-PED-F, 2461Eisenhower Ave., Alex-andria, VA 22331-0482, to ascertain thisinformation. The complete Register ofWorld War II Dead maintained by that or-ganization revealed that following the war,by decision of next-of-kin, their remainswere repatriated to the United States andpermanently interred as shown above.David Quaid, P.O. Box 1617,Duxbury, MA02331.

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LOST, STRAYED OR SHANGHAIEDThe Feburary BURMAN NEWS for the

following people came back as "Undeliver-able." Do you know where they are or whathappened to them?

Everett L. Speer, P.O. Box 1065, HobeSound, FL 33455.

Leroy C. Brawdy, 1436Fourth Ave., Con-way, PA 15027.

Henry Amyotte, 1200 East 18th St.,Hastings, MN 55033.

Edward M. Constanty, 9401So. 79 Court,Hickory Hills, IL 50457.

William Holt, 2882 Clearwood St., Mem-phis, TN 38134.

Eugene F. Arnold, Lucas, OH 44843.Gerald L. Widoff, 157 W. 57th St., #500,

New York, NY 10019-2210.

HEY MEDICS

Editor: While on an internship in a localnursing home, I had the rare pleasure ofmeeting one of yours - JAMES GROVES,Meridian Nursing Home, 710 Julian Rd.,Salisbury, NC 28144.When I first went intoMr. Graves' room, the first thing I saw wastwo picture frames - one had a PurpleHeart, the other had a shoulder patch, Mer-rill's Marauders and the other medals. Iwas quite impressed. There sitting in awheel chair with one leg amputated andhands crippled by a rare type of arthritis,was a 73-year-old man. Very bright andalert, looking much younger than hisclaimed years. He was neatly dressed and

MERRILL'S MARAUDERSASSOCIATION, INC.RAYMOND V. LYONS

Editor11244 N. 33rd St.

Phoenix, AZ 85028-2723Forward & Address Correction

hair parted and combed in a military man-ner. Not long ago, he shared your news-paper with me. He said that his name hadbeen omitted from the list of Purple Heartrecipients. His family, who lives about 60miles away, rarely visits him but itseems he has accepted this. If possible,could you have some of the other Mar-auders, write to James? It would be goodfor him. Thank you. Joyce H. Perra, 1250Rock Grove Ch. Rd, Salisbury, NC 28144.(James Groves, 5307/1/WCT, P.O. Box927,710 Julian Rd., Salisbury, NC 28144.)

MORE REUNIONS

The Mountain Artillery Assn, mostly the612th and 613th FA Assn, are getting to-gether in September, the second weekendafter Labor Day, at the Stouffers ValleyForge Hotel, 480 No. Gulph Rd., King ofPrussia, PA 19406. (215-337-1800).They saythat the three M's are welcome. Mar-auders, Marsmen and Muleskinners. Theyhave been promised that an NG unit willbring around a 75mm pack artillery piece.The Reunion runs from 1700 Friday thrubreakfast on Monday. Room rate is $59 pernight per room. Further infor from W. B.Woodruff Jr., P.O. Box 515, Decatur, TX76234.

MARSMEN IN BURMAA lot of pushing going on to bring the re-

publication of this book into effect. Woodysays that present expectations are that itwill be in hand within a year. They will con-tact interested parties at that time.

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