Milford chronicle., 1951-08-10
Guard Praised By u. s..
Army Commander
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his arrival with the boom Of Is
guns. About half an hour later, 9
15-gun salute greeted the arrival
Of General Brooks.
Then there was an informal buf.
fet luncheon and later, the parade
and the presentation of the medals
and review Of the troops.
Others Reviewing Guard
In addition to Governor Carve
and General Brooks, others Wit
were in the reviewing group were
Lieutenant Governor Alexis /. du-
Point Bayard, Brigadier General
Joseph J. Scannell, adjutant gen
eral Of the state; Lieutenant Colo
mel George 1. Sylvester, u. S. Sen
ator John ]. Williams, u. S. Repre-
sentative ]. Caleb Boggs, Briga-
der General Louis A. RenfrOw, act
ing director of the nations Selee-
tive Service system.
Those who received from the
Governor the Conspicuous Service
Cross Of the State Of Delaware
We're; Mrs. Joseph Nj. Barsky, ST.,
on behalf of her late husband, Col
onel Barskys who served as a med
zeal officer with the Guard from
1921 to 1916; General Paul R. Ri
naTd, former adjutant general;
Colonel Raymond A. Lynch, state
medical Ofl6er; Lieutenant Colonel
Frank T. Lynch, commander Of the
Guards nOW-federalized 736th Gun
Battalion; Major Leonard L. Mill
er of the 736th, and Master Ser
geant Morton b. Bennett, who re-
Gently retired from the 736th after
80 years Of service.
Medals Of Military Merit went to
Captain Gordon L. CannOles, COM
handing officer of the 262nd Ord
nance Maintenance Company; Cap
tain Granville A. Hearn, Jr., com
manding Battery A, 945th Automat-
1e Weapons Battalion; First Ser
geant James B. Springer of the
1SSth Group Headquarters Battery;
and Sergeant First Glass Graham
Dagg of the 262nd.
A last minute addition to the
list of persons who received state
decorations at the ceremony was
Sergeant Thomas H. Harrington of
Battery G, 945th Automatic Weap-
ons Battalion, who was awarded
the Medal of Military Merit for his
work as a platoon sergeant during
the current firing training.
Band Congratulated
Both Governor Carvel and Gen
eral Brooks took time out person
ally to congratulate the Guards
band, whose personnel looked
very natty in their uniforms touch
cd with red chOkers and red facing
OF their music knapsacks.
General Brooks who had also
heard the band earlier at Fort
Miles said he had not come across
any Army band that played as we'll
or looked as well as the Delaware
outfit.
A feature of the afternoon was
the display of three fighter Jet
planes that rOared over the parade
gFOund-haying come down from
New Castle Airport. The planes
zoomed back and forth in close
formatiOn-as salute to the Della /
ware National Guard.
Among the visitors at the Gov
errors Day activities were: Lien
tenant Colonel Vernon B. Derrick
son, James w. w. Baker, State
Senator Curtis w. Steen, State
Senator Walter Handsberry, Paul
Podolsky, Joseph H. Martin, ].
Norris Robinson. Roy Eaton, Don
W. Martin, Colonel Edgar S. Stay
er. Harry Pack, DR.. Charles Levy.
Mr.. and Mrs. Saul Cohen, Harry
Jacobs, Michael Hendler, Colonel
William A. McWilliams, Judge and
Mrs. Francis A. Reardon, Lieuten-
ant Colonel William A. Spruance.
Lieutenant Colonel Sheldon Farm
UNI, Lieutenant Frank H. Stern.
Lewis Medkeff.
Master Sergeant Fred L. Manion,
Douglass Troll, Colonel Charles
Grahl, Lieutenant Colonel Harry
B. Van Solver, Colonel John P. Lee
Fevre, Colonel and Mrs. William !
Beri, Jr., Colonel Donald l.. Dut-
ton, Lieutenant Colonel William 3.
1ank.
Colonel Stanley A. Barsham. Col
mel August B. O'Connell, Colonel
George w. Dunn, Herbert B. War;
burton, State Senator Edwin R
Powell, Jr., Brigadier General Geo.
/. Schultz, former Master Sergeant
Paul L. Chopper, Mrs. Frank T.
lynch, Hyland George, Thomas 1,
5rand, DR.. James Beebe, Dir. Isaac
!. MacCollum, Samuel ]. Fox, Ros-
zoe N. Bennett.