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Show km a G miPB, "Wl;rvc- ic SEpms t or&r DESERET TEST CENTER Ft. Douglas, Ut 84113 Vol. 1 No. 25 DPG Gets New Chaplain Vietnam Vet Father Hart Last July, two Catholic chaplains met in the jungles of Vietnam at a place called Tay Xinh. CPT Patrick Adkins, who was leaving the war tom land, was telling Maj Edward Hart alxtut his new as- signment in a place ill Utah called Dugway Proving Ground. Father Ilart listened cordially, though one cant help hut think that perhaps his thoughts may have centered around the tragedies of war he was filially seeing first hand. Yet now, just one year later. Father Adkins is luck in Vietnam and Dugway has a new Catholic chaplain, Fa- ther Edward Hart. A native of St. Johns Bury, Vt., Father Hart has served in the Army since 1961. After his initial assignment at Ft Monmouth, N.J., the New England priest got his first look at Europe. He was stationed in France between 1962 and 1965. tour in Next came an Alaska and one year of working with liasic trainees at Ft. Ord, Calif., before joining the 25th DiI enjoyed vision in Vietnam. working with the basic trainees, he said in a distinct New England tone. I got satisfaction at being able to lie helpful to the boys. And what is it like for a Catholic priest in Vietnam? "Well, Dugway s new chaplain said with a smile, we average alxiut 6 nights a week in the field. As 2nd Brigade chaplain, needless to say, Father Ilart did a lot of traveling among the troops. I honestly believe the guys are doing a tremendous job over there. You know, he quickly added, I never saw such a closeness and . cooperation among the troopsoe-forewas an Their inspiration to me. Military chaplains aren't exactly exempted from the action either. In working with the men they are constantly in danger. We were caught in a buttle at the Canilmdian Ixrrder just before I th 90-61- 6, waiver. The claim must have arisen out of an erroneous payment of pay occurring on or after July 1, I960, except that waiver action may not lie taken more than three years after discovery of the erroneous payment or Dugway, Ut 84022 Friday, August 1, 1969 SUver Star, DFC Go to Avn Captain Aviations CPT Charles T. Daily swept the lions dure of awards given at last weeks retreat parade as the CBR detachment captured the honors as the best marching unit of the parade. CPT Daily has just arrived at Dugway from the Republic of Vietnam, where he earned die Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star with oak leaf cluster, and the Air Medal with V device ands three oak leaf clusters. CPT Daily also received die Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with Gold Star, that nations equivalent of the Medal of Honor. Reviewing officer for the parade was COL Eugene Them, commandant of the CBR Weapons Orientation Course. COL Them, assisted by SSM Eugene Mackle of the CBRWOC, presented the awards. LTC Thomas C. Lodge of the CBRWOC was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with V device for his actions while assigned to HHC, l5th Inf. in the Republic of Vietnam. The l5th is an element of the 25th New Catholic chaplain here Div. Tropic Lightning. LTC Lodge also received to his native Vermont, Father Hart a Certificate of Achievement for left, he noted. The Catholic pulled no punches. I missed the his work at Dugway with the of as lie a to thought priest Green Mountains, but Utah has a prefers rather than a Theologian, said he lot of beauty too, especially with believes the church is in a period her mountains and desert. I am of transition. Theology, we must very interested in seeing more of rememlier, is progressive, he said. this state. A skiing enthusiast, the How about these changes in new chaplain also enjoys golf, the church? Im very pleased with reading and music. They tell me there are some nice ski resorts in them, he said. People are parthe state, he noted. ticipating more now, and Catholics Father Hart concluded that he are developing a better underwas looking forward to his stay of standing their faith. here and hoped it would lie a When asked to compare Utah fruitful one. Youth Activities Council in a ceremony held in the commanders office earlier in the week. viewing officer officiating at the retirement was COL Eugene Them, MAJ Locke's comMrs. Marilyn Conley, wife manding officer for the past of SP4 Robert Conley, deceas- year. ed, attended the parade to MAJ Locke had served 26 receive the medals awarded years in the Marine Corps prior posthumously to her husband. to retirement. SP4 Thi. U.S. Navy's 12th Naval Conley was awarded the Bronze Star Medal with "V District Band from San Frandevice and first oak leaf cluster cisco provided martial music for his courageous action with for the parade, as well as a the 196th Light Infantry Bri- concert the night liefore on gade in the Republic of Viet- Pioneer Day. nam. SP4 Conley also received Color unit for the parade, the Purple Heart for the wounds in honor of superior marching which subsequently led to his at the last parade, was the Comdeath. pany B marching dement of Company. The Army Commendation Headquarters In the final pass in review Medal was presented to SP5 which concluded the parade, the Akira Okazaki of HHC. While Navy band struck an interservice assigned to Dugway and Deseret note appropriate to DTC, an Test Center, SP5 Okazaki mainterservice command, by playterially contributed to a maAnchors Aweigh, the ing in US Marine jor scientific contribution Corps Hymn, as the field of gas chromatography. well as the Armys own song. In accordance with a special message from die Commandant of the US Marine Corps, MAJ Orville Locke who for die past two years has been die USMC representative for the CBRWOC, was formally retired from active military service. The ceremony was particularly meaningful since the re - HONOR UNIT Selected as honor unit far die next parade by virtue of their excellent marching is the CBRWOC commanded Troop Detachment, by CPT Bruce Wilcomb. New TECOM Comptroller Overpayment Waiver Okd by Civil Service Federal employees ply for waiver of payments of pay occurring error through administrative provided there is no indication of fault or lack of good faith on the part of the employee or other interested person. Public Law approved October 21, 1968, was enacted to provide for such waivers. Any significant unexplained increase that would require a reasonable man to make inprecludes ordinarily quiry Pt.:T Octolier 21, 1971, whichever is later. Pay includes salary, wages, compensation, premium compensation, payment for accumulated and accrued leave and severance pay. Under the act and implementing standards employing agencies are authorized to take waiver action in cases involving 9500 or less, and the Comptroller General is authorized to exercise waiver in all cases including those above 1500. A request for waiver of erroneous payment of pay may lie initiated by directing a request in writing for such action to the agency which made the erroneous payment. ' Following waiver action by the agency or the General Ac- - AMC Seventh Anniversary General F. J. Chetartk, Commanding General of tho Army Material Command, ka$ issued the following message on the occasion of the seventh anniversary of AMC. To all members of tie United States Army Materiel Command: marks Army Materiel Commands seventh birthday a major milestone in its history. The Commands dedicated response to our forest in Vietnam over the past four years will stand this work continues to receive our tall (a military history. Whli first priority effort, we are now in a pasture where we can our experience, refine our procedures, and develop new mrSwdobgfet for the difficult tasks which He ahead. Materiel Command will bo JTiis second generation Army tough, professional, confident, and alert It will be ready and able to prove through performance that it it the matter of the sciences distribution, and mainteof research, development, procurement, nance. As a can do organimNon, the Army Materiel Command will continue to write pages in military history of which we can be The con-sMa-te proud. (In the occasion of our seventh anniversary, I extend my and dedicated effort personal appreciation for your loyal support in the past I know 1 can rely on you to continue to meet whatever challenges the future may pose. F. J. Chetarek, General, United States Army, Commanding counting Office, as appropriate, must the employee apply within two years to the agency for refund of any amounts previously repaid. This information is contained in Comptroller Generals Bulletins 152040 and 158422, December 26, 1968, addressed to all agencies which forwarded the standards set" forth in 4 CFR 201, et seq.. Federal Register, Volume 33, No. 253, December 31, 1968. Inquiries relating to waiver of overpayment of pay should be directed to Richard H. Clark, Claims Division, U.S. General Accounting Office, Washington, D.C., Code 129, Extension Published by the Transcript-Bulleti- n Publishing Comin no way connectpany, Tooele, Utah, a private firm, ed with the Department of the Army. Opinions ex coast-to-coa- .sees st 'L SILVER STAR - COL Eugene Them, commandant of the CBRWOC, congratulates CPT Charles Daily after presenting him with the Silver Star, the Distinguished Flying Cross, the Bronze Star, the Air Medal with V device and three oak leaf clusters, as well as the Vietnamese Cross of Gallantry with gold star. 1956. COL MULLEN PROVIN'C ABERDEEN William Md. Colonel GROUND, 4818. C.F. Mullen has lieen named Comptroller and Director of Prog- rams by the U.S. Annv Test and Evaluation Command at Alierdeen roving Ground, Md. He succeeds COL Roliert M. who served as comptroller from August 1966 until he retired last month. Prior to joining the Maryland headquarters, COL Mullen was ABERDEEN PROVING stationed in the Middle East with Md. Lieutenant the Joint U.S. Military Mission for GROUND, Colonel John C. Littlejohn now Aid to Turkey. He headed the heads the Air Defense Materiel Programs Management Control Testing Directorate of the U.S. Branch of the Army element in Ankara. Army Test and Evaluation ComIn his new post, COL Mullen mand, Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md. directs the financial management Mr. He replaces Alliert A. Evry who has lieen the acting director since March 1968. The air defense artilleryman comes to his present post from Ent Air Force Base, Colo where he was stationed far more than three years with the Army element of the Continental Air Defense Command. Currently, he is responsible for directing the command's test and. evaluation programs involving all types of weapons, weapon systems and allied equipment used for air defense In this connection, purposes. he supervises the activities of field elements of the command Littlejohn Air Defense Chief programs of the Test and Evaluation Command and its 15 subordinate elements. These are located and in a dozen states in Alaska and Panama. A native New Englander, the colonel is a resident of North Providence, R.I., where he was born in 1919, the son of Thomas J. Mullen of 37 Sacks St. He is a 1942 graduate of Providence College and holds an MBA degree awarded by the Babson Institute of Business Administration in COL Mullen began his military career during World War II. He served in an enlisted capacity from 1942 until 1944 when he was commissioned in the Quartermaster Corps at Camp Lee, Va. He was theater as a in the Asiatic-Pacifi- c war and officer the during supply later served in Japan with the Far East Command's GHQ. Postwar assignments included duty as assistant quartermaster of the Military District of Washing- toni thief of the Plans and Programs Branch 01 the Quartermaster Division, Headquarters, Commu-- P nications Zone, U.S. Anny Europe; and chief of the Finance and counting Division, Office of the Quartermaster General, Depart-her- e ment of the Army. COL Mullen was ap- pointed assistant to the Special Assistant for Project Management at Headquarters, U.S. Army Materiel Command. The following year he was ordered to Southeast Asia as quartermaster of the U.S. Army Support Command Vietnam. He began a four-yeassignment as comptroller of the U.S. Anny Natick Labs in Massachusetts in Scpteinlier 1964. Orders for Turkey followed in Julv 1968. ar - Mrs. Marilyn Conley, wife rf SP4 Robert Conley of Salt POSTHUMOUS AWARD Lake City, receives the Bronze Star Medal awarded posthumously to SP4 Conley. Making the presentation is COL Eugene Them, commandant of the CBRWOC. BOKig&igKHiaagBl DPG Blood Drive Since there is a severe blood shortage in this area of Utah, the personnel of Dugway Proving Ground, both military and civilian, are encouraged to which plan, conduct and report ticipate in Dugway 's Red Cross blood drawing to the tests. be held here August 14. COL Littlejohn earned his Each duty section will appoint their own coB.S. degree in 1948 at Hampto personally contact each member of his ordinator where ton Institute in Virginia Week-lon- g 1. tournaments section for pledge donations. It should be he majored in engineering and next week in archcry and ten- respective noted that nearly all of the hospitals in this part of mathematics. He has attended nis. numerous service schools while the state of Utah will receive this blood. 2. Swim meet Aug. 7 at 18(X). on active Army duty and is a The blood drive will be held at the Officers (Swimmers will also lie taking 1962 graduate of the Command Red Cross Swimming Tests dur- Open Mess between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. and General Staff College. Remember human blood cannot be manufacing next week's claw periods.) Bom in Oxford, N.C., the it must be given! Wouldn't it be great to tured colonel now makes his home reach a goal where no person dies from the lack of in Hawaii at 2621 Kamanaiki blood anywhere, at any time? HBCftKBBCTOCfiKBC Street in Honolulu. Youth Activities Program Final Events own pressed by publisher and writers herein are their and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department of the Army. 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