Evening star., 1951-02-21


lst Covolry Division in Korea.
ization of specialists commanded
by 1t, Col. Oliver E. Deming, jr.,1
43, of 28l1-B South Abingdon
street, Arlington.
Organized in January, 1948, the
43Oth held biweekly training Ses-
sions at the Engineer Armory, $50
Maine avenue S.W., until last
August 10 when the battalion left
Washington for further train
ing and reasSignment."
The unit went to Camp Carson.
Colo. and then Camp Stoneman.
Calf, before leaving San Fran
cisco for the Orient January 4.
During its stay at Camp Carson
the 430th was supplemented by
filler" troops from the Midwest.
But it's leaders-22 of its Is COM
missoned officers and most of its
top-ranking enlisted men-re-
manned from the District area.
AS a heavy construction unit
the Washington group is trained
for building and repairing roads
and bridges. field Notifications,
warehouses, depots and other
facilities.
Mission Still Secret.
The 430th's mission, however,
still is a military secret. What
ever it is Col. Deming has conf
dence the battalion will come
through with flying colors.
1--WE may need more training as
a unit, but I don't know of any
one not confident that we'll do a
good job" Col. Deming declared.
I'VE figured it was going to be a
long pull and that we might just
as we'll get in it early"
Col Deming, native of Buff
falo. N. Y, was the organizer of
the 43Oth. A one-time Marine in
China, he led the battalion
through two summer encamp-
ments-at Fort Belvoir, Va. in
l948 and at Indiantown Gap, Pa.
in 1949.
During World War II, Col.
Deming rose from second lieu
tenant to major after receiving
a direct commission while work
ing for the district engineers Of
fee at Buffalo. He moved to
Washington in 1914. Following
the war. he joined the reserves
and went to work at the Penta-
gon as civilian. He was pro-
NOTED to lieutenant colonel in
May, 1949.
Second in command to Col.
Deming, and the groups executive
officer, is Capt. Fred j. Millican,
38, of Hybla Valley, Va. one of
about Is members of the battalion
who formerly worked as civilians
at the Army's Engineer Research
and Development Laboratory at
Fort Belvoir. ~
Two other officers also were en-
ployed previously at Fort Belvoir.
They are 1st 1t. j. Thomas Blair.
%. also of Hybla Valley, S-3
(operations) officer of the 430th,
and 1st 1t. Clarence w. Kitchens,
SO, of 154 William street, Alex
andria. Like Capt. Millican, both
are graduate engineers.
Pepco Well Represented.
The Potomac Electric Power Co,
also is we'll represented. At least
three former employees now are
with the 430th. They are Capt.
Melvin R. Chewing, 38. of 2614
Lee highway, Arlington, COM
mander of Company C; Capt.
Albert E. Donnelly, 81, of 1919
Twenty-third street Sc. So dn-
telligence) officer of the group,
and M/Sergt. Elmer Wintermoyer,
38, of 4345 Queens Chapel terrace
NE, Company c utility sergeant.
This is Capt. CheWnings Sec
ond trip to the Far East. He
spent two years in the Pacific
during World War II in Hawaii,
Saipan, OkinaWa and Korea. He
was assigned to an engineer group
which helped build the Commu-
nist-held Kimpo Airfield, near
Seoul, Korea. Sergt Wintermoyer
is a veteran of both the Pacific
and European theaters. spending
81 of his 49 months in the service
overseas. !,
The real veteran in the battalion
is M/Sergt. Joseph B. Darcy,
54, of 5000 Sixteenth avenue, Chill
lum Manor, Md. the units oldest
member. Sergt. Darcy, partner
in the construction firm of L. w.
Bernard g. Co., served with Gen.
Pershing during the latter's ex-
pedition into Mexico in 1916
and rose to the rank of major
during World War I while serving
in France with the 55th Pioneer
Infantry Battalion. He remained
in the commissioned reserves until
1888.
Enlisted as Private.
When World War II developed,
the Georgetown-born veteran en-
listed as a private. He was a first
sergeant when discharged. A
father of three children and also
a grandfather two times, Sergt.
Darcy currently is assigned to
Company B as a construction en-
glneer, a post which calls for a
warrant officers rating.
"I joined because I thought I
could be of some help teaching
these younger fellows" Sergt.
Darcy said.
One of these younger fellows is
Pvt. Robert L. White, II, of 4310
Baltimore avenue. Bladensburg,
Md.
Pvt. White, student at Bla-
High School until last
June, signed up, with his fathers
consent, just before the 430th was
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