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Show c THE SAMPLER 2 Friday, Jan. 29, 1982 Letter So the Editor Closer to home. General Koehlers by Doug Whey visit last week was capped with a very successful speaking engagement at the Hilton Hotel in Salt Lake City. The General made up for the skimpy dinner by 'serving up some fire and brimstone on the Russian threat. He held the attention of the lOOorso per-- sons in attendance by explaining how the Russians could control the. sea-lan- From out of the past come the hoof-bea- ts of the great horse . . . Im sorry, I got carried away. Carl (Money bags) Miller got a letter from someone out of the past. Remember Major George McAlpin? fie and the family retired to Washington State. Their one and only son is in the Air Force, married and a father. That makes Ole George a grandfather. I remember Kevin as a sharp young man getting his Eagle Scout award here at DPG. Speaking of George, did you realize that George Washington would have been 250 years old on the 22nd had he livedl And Franklin D. Roosevelt would have been 100 this month. Washington's ancestral name was Ilertbum, who became William of es by closing areas he called, Chokepoints.-- wish that more people could hear his talk. My congratulations to Ted OLsen and the Air Force Association for sponsoring the talk. This comes under the category of, Im proud to say. . . Within a couple of hours after that Air Florida airline crashed into the Potomac, members of the 464th Army Reserve Transportation Company of Alexandria, Virginia were on the scene with two amphibious boats. Some 20 members of the outfit stayed at the scene for days in temperatures that hovered around zero, helping with the recovery. TTiat wasnt all, r, there was a helicoptCT from Ft. drift boats from the Corps of I and that became Wessington, Washington. He had a grandmother about 5 times removed who married a man named Abel Makepeace. Now, there is a handle for you. Another item on the Father of our Country, that 1 wasnt aware of. Since he was the first President it would be safe to 'assume that his family had recently migrated to this side of the world a short time before. Wrong. Georges great grandfather migrated in 1659. 1 was saddened to hear that fire had so badly damaged the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park on the Hudson River. If you have been so fortunate as I have been to visit that beautiful estate, you would know why I was sorry to hear that news. I hope they can rebuild it. Both the President and Mrs. Roosevelt are buried on the grounds of the estate. Bel-voi- . Engineers, barges from FT. Belvoir, Military Police from Ft. McNair, and Command and Control Communications from the Military District of Washington. Here on Dugway there are a number of good people that are trying to put together a sports program for the youngsters on Post. They need help. You dont have to know much about sports, nor do you have to promise to devote much time, but I cant think of time better spent than to help the kids in sports. How about it? The Deseret Sampler Dear Editor, First let me say that I am a Military Policeman. I' have bear an MP for almost four years. The views I will be expressing will be my own and are not those of the Provost Marshals or necessarily that of any other MP stationed here at Dugway. 1 am writing this rebuttal to a letter printed in the January 15 Sampler. (Referring to the letter written by Mr. Charles Ming) Im not sure whether or not the author of that letter really doesnt mind being stopped by the MP patrol here at Dugway Proving Ground. He initiated the letter with great flattery and finished with a totally unfair term such as gestapo methods. I am sure that I am speaking for the rest, of the MPs here at Dugway by saing that the MPS do not tary Policemen died to terminate Hitlers sadistic rule over the German people. Basically, when an MP stops a motor vehicle law violator, its up to their discretion whether to cute the violator or to allow the violator to proceed with only a verbal warning. If I, as an MP receive undue verbal abuse, I would most likely cite the violator under the appropriate DPG regulation. On the other hand, if I receive a cordial attitude from the violator and the understanding that they realize what heshe did wrong, I would most likely not cite the. violator and allow them to proceed only with a verbal warning. This, of course, is when the violation is within the discretion of the MP. Unless the violation. is so gross appreciate being paralleled with the likes of that I haye to issue a citation, I will normally let Himmlers Gestapo, especially when so many Mili r not perfect.. We are not I realize that we MPs are we pretend to be. We do make above the law, nor do mistakes but we as MPs throughout the Army have an outstMiding reputation. and Operational Inspec-tio- n During our recent Surety 65th MP Platoon were the of (SOI) the soldiers of those that had DARCOM rated the highest in DARCOM being such a large been tested. With command this is quite an achievement. In conclusion, we as MPs want nothing more than to have a good rapport with the military and civilian communities here at Dugway. Please remember that tact, diplomacy and respect go both ways. Jon A. Underwood them off with a warning. ' By Joseph Biielna j 'i V Caging The Raven A former President of the United States,, a man who was forced to resign from office after scandals were uncovered in his Administration, is kidnapped by a group of Puerto Rican nationalists. .The new Administration is given a list of impossible demands times. Norris is a complex character who seeks to in- sure his survival by rational methods, and for the most part, emerges as a likeable and sympathetic individual. His captors are stereotypes of the usual terrorist, but their leader, a man named El Tiburon, is a? complex and as interesting as is Norris. The two of them have some of the most interesting conversations in recent political fiction, and the reader is drawn inexorably into the lives of this radical group. The new to obtain the release of the his President must decide whether predecessor is really worth rescuring, in light of the damage that could result from giving into the demands. The hosThe officials in the government who must decide with a comes the in meantime, Norris fate are, by and large, a craven and disup tage freedom. his win to desperate gamble agreeable lot, causing most readers to switch sympathies to the terrorists. One man, a disgraced FBI of The is That the premise Raven, by agent, is worth liking, however, and his efforts to loCaging William Heffeman, a darkly introspective novel that cate and free Norris give the novel its moments of aclooks at some of the seamier sides of current Ameri- tion. Caging The Raven is recommended for most can politics. It is easy to substitute Nixon for the fic- readers, especially those who enjoy political titious Edmund Norris, but the analogy is tricky at cliffhangers. ; - Evervthina We Had I doubt if there will ever be aMASH"-tvp- e program about Vietnam. That disturbing, disgusting exercise in futility had little to recommend it, We Had, especially in its lack of humor. Everything by Al Santoli, is a book that is as gritty as the war it talks about, but what makes this book different from the myriad of otehrs is the fact that it is an oral history, composed of the recollections of Vietnam veterans. Their comments are usually narrowminded and without much regard for broad issues, but scattered throughout the book are gems written by people who managed to see beyond the bars, and the hootch girls, and the personal discomforts. Doc (page 36) and My Men (page 110) are examples of introspective, intelligent writing that lifts this book above the others. Recommended, hut definitely not for enjoyment. The Deseret Sampler is published by the Transcript Bulletin Publishing Company of Tooele, Utah as a civilian enterprise in the interest of personnel at Dugway Proving Ground, Utah. Everything advertised in this publication must be made available for purchase, use, or patronage without regard to race, creed, color of national origin of the purchaser, user, or patron. A confirmed violation or rejection of this policy of equal opportunity by the advertiser will result in the refusal to print advertising from that source. 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