THE BATTALION
Thursday, November 7, 1968
College Station, Texas
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In Combat
Weston Recalls Thanksgivings
Thanksgiving 1968 will be a
bit different and much more re
laxed for religious activities co
ordinator than it was 18 years
ago on the Yalu River in North
Korea.
Recapturing that moment in
November 1950, retired Army
Col. Logan L. Weston recalled
“facing a Chinese division I had
previously helped train seven
years earlier as a member of
Merrill’s Marauders.”
A veteran of two wars, Wes
ton, YMCA general secretary
and religious activities coordina
tor here since Sept. 1, added, “Pm
still personally convinced that we
wouldn’t have the problem in the
Orient today had we spoken with
power in the early days of
Korea.”
Weston does not speak of his
military service, but the facts
point to a career of distinguished
service over 27 years of active
duty.
America’s declaration of war
in 1941 changed Weston’s life.
He was attending Transylvania
Theological School in Pennsyl
vania.
Drafted, Weston found himself
at Camp Shelby, Miss., and soon
on his way to the South Pacific
with the 37th Ohio Division.
He entered combat on Guadal
canal as a sergeant, later receiv
ing a field commission to second
lieutenant.
After his division had secured
the Solomon Islands, he volun
teered for a “dangerous and haz
ardous” mission assignment.
“I expected to make another
beachhead landing, but instead I
ended up in India with Merrill’s
Mauraders,” Weston recalled.
Commanding an intelligence
and reconnaissance platoon, he
penetrated Chinese-held positions
along the southern border of Fi-
bet, walking 1,300 miles before
capturing Myitkyina.
The military victory gave the
Army engineers the necessary
freedom of movement to con
struct the Stillwell Road from
India, across Burma and into
China which provided support for
air bases in China.
Wounded, Weston was returned
to the states and eventually dis
charged.
He returned to seminary to
pursue his earlier career, taking
a pastorate with the Methodist
Church to “work off a probation
period prior to ordination.”
Completing two full Confer
ence years, he “foresaw the pend
ing Korean Conflict and re-en
tered the Army, applying for the
Chaplaincy.”
“Regulations had changed since
I was discharged, and I could not
qualify,” he added. He was over
age and not yet ordained.
Assigned to Japan, again as
an infantry officer, his unit was
ordered to Korea and became the
second unit to arrive, nine days
after fighting started.
“It was a ‘police action,’ we
were told, and no one expected
to be gone more than 10' days or
two weeks,” he recalled.
“We packed what we could
into our duffle bags, and left
everything else in barracks, in
cluding our cars parked out
front,” he said.
“We thought they’d turn tail
and run,” he added. Weston
spent 13 months in Korea.
While there he received a Sil
ver Star for knocking out three
Russian-built tanks with a ba
zooka.
“It was our introduction to a
bazooka. It was the first time
we had seen one,” he said.
He also was credited with per
sonally killing 36 North Koreans
in another battle, being decorat
ed with the Distinguished Serv
ice Cross for his action.
He has received two Combat
Infantrymen’s Badges, four
Bronze Stars and four Purple
Hearts, in addition to a second
Silver Star and a Master Jump
Badge.
Bulletin Board
TONIGHT
Dallas Hometown Club will
meet at 7:30 p.m. in rooms 3-B
and 3-C of the MSC. All members
with tickets for Dallas Corps
party must turn in tickets and/or
money that night.
Weightlifting Club will hold an
intra-club competition meet at
7:30 p.m. in G. Rollie White Coli
seum weight room.
Orange County Hometown Club
will meet at 7:30 p.m. in the lobby
of the Academic Building.
Bell County Hometown Club
will meet immediately after yell
practice in room 205 of the Aca
demic Building.
PARKING
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cers and. students and security
officers,” he said.
“SO FAR MOST of the offend
ers have been off-campus resi
dents not associated with A&M,”
the security sergeant continued.
“In feome cases, because of the
alertness and quick action of
staff or students, we were able
to apprehend the people involved.”
“WE HAVE ACCOUNTED for
about 24 cases of theft on cam
pus and are running above 50
per cent in the number of cases
solved. This is above average for
most law enforcement agencies,”
he said.
“Often a lot of stolen material
is not recovered because it has
already been sold. Another thing
that handicaps recovery of stolen
articles is that serial numbers of
the items are not recorded by
owners. The saddest part is that
the merchandise can not be iden
tified positively,” he concluded.
Before retiring at Fort Sam
Houston, he spent three years in
the Pentagon, another three
years with Special Forces at Fort
Bragg, plus a tour of duty in
Laos and Thailand.
Weston feels things worked
out for the best for him, remark
ing, “I had opportunity to serve
and make a contribution.”
He feels he went places with
his men “that a chaplain could
not have gone,” ministering to
them when they needed it.
Although he was never com
missioned a chaplain, the infan
try colonel was ordained in 1953
by the Congregational Christian
Church in Columbus, Ga., while
on duty in the states.
Since then, he has always pas-
tored civilian churches in addi
tion to his Army duty.
He no longer pastors, but feels
his ministry will now be with
students seeking help through
counseling.
“My door is always open to
students—day or night,” he con
cluded.
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