The SAR Magazine

NOV 2015

The SAR MAGAZINE is the official quarterly publication of the National Society of the Sons of the American Revolution published quarterly.

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National SAR Inspector General 2012-Present Elected VPG Rocky Mtn. District 2013 Elected member GWEF Board 8 years. Elected National Trustee 3 years. Elected National Alt. Trustee 3 yrs. Chairman: Council of VPGs, Public Service and Heroism Committee. V-Chair: GWEF, Magazine Committee Member: Anniv. of the 250th American Rev. War, Congress Planning, Council of State Presidents, Eagle Scout, GWEF Fund Raising, Library and Archives, History SAR Supporter: NSSAR Life Member, George Washington Fellow, CAAH Foundation Lamplighter Award, 1776 Society, Eagle Scout Fund, JROTC Fund, Rumbaugh Orations Fund, Knight Essay Fund, Friends of Library- Ben Franklin Subscriber AZ SAR President 2005, V-Pres. 2004, Sec/Treasurer 8 yrs., Chap. Pres. 2003, Vice Chair 2012 AZ Congress Planning SAR Awards Minuteman (Class of 2014), Patriot Medal, Distinguished Service Medals (State & Chapter), Merit. Service Medal (National, State, & Chapter), Roger Sherman (Gold, Silver, Bronze), Silver Samuel Adams Congress Medal, Silver Good Citizenship, Silver Council of State Presidents, Liberty Medal (w/8 oak leaf clusters -96 new members). Professional ~B.S. Public Administration ~M.A. Organizational Management ~M.Ed. Educational Leadership ~Certifed Public Manager ~Graduate FBI National Academy Retired Bureau Chief Pima County Sherif 's Department after 39 years (1500+ employees). At various times responsible for $110 million budget. Personal Married – Nancy Alter, 2 daughters, son-in-law and grandson both SAR. All are GWEF Fellows. Endorsements Atlantic Middle States Association, AZ SAR, CO SAR, GA SAR, NC SAR, NM SAR, and numerous chapter and individual endorsements. Please send endorsements to: PG Lindsey C. Brock lindsey.brock@comcast.net or 6532 Heckscher Drive Jacksonville, FL 32226 out of the water and sending shrapnel over our deck. Thirty- six American ships were sunk by kamikazes. About 5,000 sailors lost their lives. On April 16, 1945, my ship participated in the last major battle of WWII on the island of Ie Shima of the Ryukus Group. On April 17, 1945, I saw the famous WW11 war correspondent Ernie Pyle come ashore. He was killed by a Japanese sniper. On Aug. 6, 1945, the super fortress B-29 bomber Enola Gay dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, Japan. This brought the end of the most devastating war of all times. My ship was about 300 miles away when the bomb was dropped. The battleship Missouri was anchored in Tokyo Bay on Sept. 2, 1945, to accept the surrender of Japan. On Sept. 16, my ship was anchored in Tokyo Bay, Yokohama, Honshu, Japan, bringing American occupation troops and equipment to go ashore. On the way back to the United States when the war was over, the captain of our ship gave Seaweed to me to take home to Arkansas. Glen Newman, U.S. Army, 1967-1969 I was invited to join the Army in November of 1967 and stayed till the end of 1969. I went to basic training at Fort Knox then AIT, jungle warfare training at Fort Poke. I was then assigned to the 1/35, 25th Division, and then transferred to the 1/35 of the 4th Division. The last two months of my stay in The Republic of Vietnam were with MACV working out of a fre base called DU CO. The frst time I was wounded was in the hand by a bayonet; the second time was in the face and arms by shrapnel. I was then sent to NCO school and came in second in my class. I went back to my unit and a few weeks later I was shot for the third time. This last wound I obtained while I was leading a fve-man team in Cambodia and walked into a NVA unit. The boy who shot me was about 15 years old. He shot me in my right knee from a distance of about 9 feet and it dropped me to the ground. As I got up I found out I did not have use of my right leg. It was just before dusk and the fght was on. We dug in as best as we could and fought off the NVA until about dawn and then a second LURP team came to rescue. During the night I was shot fve more times and once more before help arrived at about dawn. I stayed in two hospitals in Vietnam then went to a hospital at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, for seven months. The frst fve months were in a body cast, crutches and then to two canes. Today, I use a cane or a wheelchair. I guess I did not get my sergeant stripes due to the short time before being shot and the paperwork arriving to me and leaving my unit. Would I change anything today? I guess not. Do I regret anything? Yes, I would give anything to have gotten my sergeant stripes. Warren M. Alter Candidate for TREASURER GENERAL 2016-2017 FALL 2015 11

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