Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1963-04-14
by EVELYN M. DENT


vice Admiral Roy A. Gano
and his staff have issued a
.sWelcome Aboard" invitation
In honor of Rear Admiral
william Schuyler Post. jr.,
Deputy Commander and
Chief Of Staff, on April rs at
the Officers Club, Walter
Reed Army Medical Center.
= Admiral Post, holder Of the
Navy Cross and three gold
stars in lieu of further Navy
Cross awards, the Silver Star,
and the Legion Of Merit with
Combat ''V." and many other
decorations is sure Of a real
Navy "piped aboard"
3 Admiral and Mrs. Gano
with Admiral and Mrs. Post
will head the receiving line at
-'1he 7 to 9 o'clock party. Mr..
Harry H. Beattie is chairman
of arrangements.
= Assisting with the gala af-
fair are Mr.. Lane c. Kendall,
Mr.. George E. Hoffman,
Comdr. John L. Thorn, Mrs.
M. D. Milton and 1t. Robert
p. Hanson.
From command Of the
USS Gudgeon, when he won
The first Navy Cross, Admiral
Post has served in Turkey
and many other overseas as
SsignmentS. The family Is now
at home on Thirty-second
street. Their son Philip s.
Post Is teaching in Pennsyl-
wanna, and in the fall will
Join the faculty Of st. Adams
School for Boys. William
Schuyler Post III is a student
at California Western Col
4ege. and hopes to be home
for summer vacation.
Thirty one students at
lending the Foreign Associ-
ate Course at Fort Leaven-
worth, Kans., are due in
Washington with their tour
director April %, and will
stay at the Presidential Ho-
tel while in town.
Defense Guests
The students, here from IA
different countries, are the
guests Of the Department Of
Defense. The Army Deputy
Chief Of Staff for Operations
Mai. Gen. Harold K. john
son and Mrs. johnson will
be hosts at q reception April
% for the visitors in the Of
ficers Club, Fort Lesley j.
McNair.
The senior officer student
Is Mai. Gen. Kim Sangbok
of Korea. The group will
leave for West Point on April
Is and return to Fort Leav-
enworth April 81.
Gen. johnson, nominated
for his third star. came to
town three weeks ago from
Fort Leavenworth, where he
was commandant of the
Command and General Staff
College. He viii replace 1t.
Gen. Theodore w. Parker.
The Johnsons are pleased
TO be able TO entertain the
student visitors. since they
left Fort Leavenworth before
they could hold their usual
spring party for them. Their
son Robert is still at Ieaven-
worth finishing his junior
high school year.
Ellen johnson Is Q student
q st. Lawrence College, Cam
ION. N. Y, and son John Is
q junior at Kansas Uniyer-
sity. The family hopes to be
together FOR the summer va
cation.
Gen. and mrs. Parker win
leave early In May for q
months vacation before 60
ing to France where Gen.
Parker. who becomes q fun
general win replace Gen.
james =. Moore In June.
They win have quarters out
side Paris, near Gen. and
Mrs. Lyman L. Lemnitzer.
short visit
The Parkers win 60 TO
Minneapolis, MINI, TO visit
her mother Mrs. Thomas Hill
and then to Buffalo, N. Y.
for q short stay with his
mother. Mrs. Fred Parker.
They win visit their sons-in-
law and daughters, Mr.. and
Mrs. Thomas Guy Leslie, at
Cambridge. Mass. and It.
and Mrs. Frank O,Beirne, jr..
New London, Conn. They win
90 June to Duke University
IN Durham. N. c.. for the
graduation Of their daughter
Nina, affectionately known
as Teddy"
Miss Parker was sworn in
as q lieutenant In the Army
Nurse Corps Reserve by her
father at the beginning Of
the year. She has been par
ticipating In the Army Stu
dent Nurse Program at Duke.
= Another change at Fort
.Myer occurred with the de-
.parture OF 1t. Gen. and Mrs.
Russell L. Vittrup for Ger
many. and the arrival Of II.
Gen. and Mrs. James L. Rich
sardson from Hawaii at the
beQinnina OF April.
Gen. Richardson Is the new
deputy chief Of staff for
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