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8 The Texas Compatriot
PRESIDENT-ELECT FLOYD'S
SCHEDULE
To assist Chapter Presidents and others in planning, the
following schedule of President Elect Floyd as of May 1993
is provided:25 May 93
27 May 93
12-17 Jun 93
26 Jun 93
14 Jul 93
27 Jul 93
7-8 Aug 93
24-25 Sep 93
12 Oct 93
14 Oct 93
13-14 Nov 93
19 Feb 94
4-5 Mar 94
11-13 Mar 94
17 Mar 94
March 94Visit Paul Revere Chapter, Beaumont
Visit Ft. Bend County Chapter, Richmond
Attend NSSAR National Congress, Phoenix
Visit Bernard Galvez Chapter, Galveston
Visit Houston Chapter, Houston
Visit Capt. William Barron Chapter, Tyler
Attend TXSSAR Board of Managers
Meeting, Kerrville
Attend Trustees Meeting, Louisville
Visit New Braunfels Chapter, New Braunfels
Visit San Antonio Chapter, San Antonio
Attend TXSSAR Board of Managers
Meeting, El Paso
Visit Patrick Henry Chapter, Austin
Attend Trustees Meeting, Louisville
Attend TXSSAR State Convention, Killeen
Visit Edmund Terrell Chapter, Sherman
Install officers, Plano Chapter, PlanoPATRIOT'S MEDAL
The Patriot's Medal is the highest award given for
service at the chapter or state level. This recognition is
given to an individual only once. Recipients of the Patriot's
Medal are compatriots who have rendered long, faithful, and
outstanding service at the state or chapter levels.
Any member of the TXSSAR may offer a recommend-
ation of one who should receive this medal. The recom-
mendation must be in writing and must be submitted tot he
Patriot's Medal Committee Chairman NOT LATER THAN
November 1, 1993. The members of this committee will
meet at the November Board of Managers meeting in El
Paso to determine who shall be the recipients for 1993-94.
The TXSSAR may award four Patriot Medals, because
a state is authorized one medal for every 500 members it
has. Please give this award your most serious considera-
tion, and submit your recommendation(s) to the committee
chairman:
David Yeilding, Ph.D.
1614 Antelope Trail
Harker Heights, TX 76543
MY BRUSH WITH HISTORY
December 7, 1941, was a day that I remember well. It
was the day that got the United States into the Second
World War.
I was a young boy living in Little Rock, Arkansas, and
my younger brothers and I had gone to a Sunday afternoonmovie. When we got out, the newspaper vendors were
shouting "EXTRA, EXTRA - READ ALL ABOUT IT -- JAPS
BOMB PEARL HARBOR." We caught the streetcar and
everyone was talking about the attack and how the U. S.
would respond. When we got home, our Mother and Father
were all glued to the radio, listening to all the reports. They
were anxiously waiting for us, but were disappointed that we
had not bought a paper. I guess we were too excited and
just wanted to get home.
I probably learned more about geography and warfare in
the next four years than in all the time before or since. This
was My Brush With History. --- Robert B. Smith, Jr.
On December 7, 1941, I was in my car driving to my
home and heard the news of the Japanese attack on Pearl
Harbor. I was stunned by the news and knew it would affect
me as I held a reserve commission as 2nd Lieutenant in
Field Artillery in the United States Army. This was a
traumatic period for my wife and me as we had just two
days before buried our infant daughter.
President Roosevelt's speech was carried on all
stations. Anger against the Japanese was expressed
everywhere.
It was some weeks before I received orders to report to
Fort Sam Houston in San Antonio for physicals. An incident
occurred when I was driving to San Antonio. I stopped to
assist at a disabled car driven by several men. They were
two doctors going to San Antonio to give physicals to
personnel. I took one doctor with me while the other
remained with the car. The one with me joked that for my
help in getting him to his station, that he would find me OK
or unfit in the physical, either way I wished.
Getting organized for a full-scale war was a hectic
period. I received my first orders from Warner-Robbins
Base in Georgia. I was first assigned to Fort Sill, then
reassigned to a base in North Dakota for military police
duty, and then, in 1942, given orders to report to Lowry
Field, Denver, Colorado. Special Orders, effective July 20,
1942--I was assigned to duty with the Army Air Forces. This
was seven months to the day from Pearl Harbor, since my
orders were dated July 7, 1942.
The commitment of the American people during these
first hectic months was a total effort. Confused while striving
for efficient organization, every person did all that was
asked. That point I want to emphasize.
I left Houston from the Union Station. In those days, the
railroad was the prime means of transportation. There was
quite a group of us bound for service. Most were young
men; boys, really. Few were in uniform. I was one of the
few. Everything naturally was crowded and confusing for
myself and I am sure for most of the others as all said
goodbye to family and other loved ones. But it was apparent
to all the passengers who we were and a great sense of
desire to help us was shown. I was in uniform and looked,
as I was, older than most of these men; the passengers
might have thought that I was in charge, which I was not, ofr4 <'~ 2, - _
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