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Monday
)RI>S PUBLIC RELATIONS COMMITTEE: Meeting at
7:30 p.m. in Lounge B.
|HEELCHAIR RACQUETBALL: Participants will learn
how and have a chance to play at 3 p.m. in East Kyle.
IkRAELI CLUB-INTERNATIONAL STUDENT ASSO
CIATION : Lecture and discussion on Israel National Security
at 7:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
)RENSICS SOCIETY: Discuss upcoming tournaments and
banquet at 7 p.m. in 203 A&A.
•BATE SOCIETY: Discuss tournaments and banquet at 7
p.m. in 203 A&A.
kMU SAILING CLUB: The Coast Guard Auxiliary will be
giving an eight-week course on seamanship, the rules and reg
ulations, from 7:30 p.m. to9:30 p.m. in 104B Zachry. Everyone
is welcome.
jHE NEW) TAMU ONE-WHEELERS: A meeting for all
i people interested in unicyding will be at 4:30 p.m. in the Grove.
OTER-DAY SAINT STUDENT ASSOCIATION: A
| council meeting will be at noon at 100 Dexter in College Station.
(BERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL: Meeting at 7:30
p.m. in 200 Harrington.
kRP: There will be a seminar on unification ideology from 3:30
| p.m. to 5:30 p.m. in 421 of the Sterling C. Evans Library.
‘ IIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: There will be a study
I of the times between the old and the new testaments at 7 p.m. at
[the University Lutheran Chapel, 315 N. College Main.
kELI CLUB: Yaacov Heichal will speak on Middle East
[peace negotiations at 7:30 p.m. in 601 Rudder.
ILLEL JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION: Israeli
[Army Officer Yucor Heichal will speak at 7:30 p.m. in the
[center. This is an International Student Association event at the
[University.
(BERAL ARTS STUDENT COUNCIL: Meeting with the
[departmental club presidents at 7:30 p.m. in 200 Harrington
XJIE ALLEMANDERS: Class dance will be from 7 p.m. to 9
p.m. in the A&M United Methodist Church Fellowship Hall
1 The experienced dancing will be 9 p.m. to 10:30 p.m.
pTA BETA BETA: Dr. Chubbs, assistant professor at the
[University of Texas Health Sciences Center will speak at 7:30
|p.m. in 401 Rudder.
Tuesday
SC/OPAS: BerofTand Collaro, internationally acclaimed pian
[ists, will perform at 8 p.m. in Rudder Auditorium.
ITRAMURAL SPORTS CLUBS: There will be a meeting at
|6:30 p.m. in 164 E. Kyle.
pM-IEEE/CS: Robert Glass from Boeing Aerospace will speak
Ion computing projects that have failed at 7 p.m. in 102 Zachry
kRP: Program on Marxism and the church (in Spanish) will
[presented from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m. in 202 Harrington.
[UDENT DIETETICS ASSOCIATION: Discussion and
(planning of coming events at 6:30 p.m. in 126 Kleberg.
II ALPHA: Terry Tekyl will conduct a bible teaching at 7 p.m
fat the AH Faith’s Chapel. Retreat transportation scheduling will
lalso be discussed.
)D SCIENCE CLUB: Plans for the student section I.F.T
|will be discussed at the meeting in 127 Kleberg at 7 p.m.
iRONOM Y SOCIETY: Meeting to discuss Cotton Pageant at
|7:15 p.m. in 103 SCSE.
&C AGGIE CINEMA: “Whafs Up, Tiger Lily?” will be shown
|at 7:30 p.m. in 274 E. Kyle. Admission is $1.00.
kMU SAILING TEAM: Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 504 Rudder
LASS ’82: Meeting at 7:30 p.m. in 401 Rudder.
LdDLE & SIRLOIN CLUB: Business meeting at 7 p.m. in
1115 Kleberg.
IERICAN HUMAN ICS STUDENT ASSOCIATION
|“New Games” Seminar will be presented from 6 p.m. to 8 p.m.
fin DeWare Field House Basketball Court to learn about activi-
Unsung heroes relive glory
United Press International
LOS ANGELES — They cele
brate the anniversary each year
with a few drinks and dinner at a
small hotel, like so many old
grads of a very tough school.
But when the sun rose over
the South China Sea that Febru
ary day in 1945, many of them
thought it would be their last.
The paratroopers standing in
the doors of the low-flying C47s,
the American civilian prisoners
only 400 feet below them staring
at an ominous ditch outside the
wire — many of them expected
to be killed by the Japanese with
in hours, perhaps minutes.
Instead they played their
roles in an amazing operation,
cited by military textbooks to
this day as an example of how to
rescue civilians held prisoner by
an enemy power.
The men of the llth Air
borne Division did what the
would-be rescuers of American
hostages in Iran, and the com
mandos who raided Son Tay in
Vietnam failed to do a genera
tion later.
They pulled it off. They re
scued 2,146 civilians from a
Japanese prison camp. They did
it without a single casualty in the
raid itself.
Some of them feel they never
did get the recognition they de
served. The rescue coincided
with the fall of Iwo Jima after an
epic battle. The most famous
pnoto of the war, showing
Marines raising the flag on Mt.
Suribachi, almost monopolized
the front pages: Airborne
‘angels.’
But for the men, women and
children they rescued, there was
never any chance they would be
forgotten. They were, and re
main, “the angels.”
The men of the llth Air
borne, particularly those who
took part in the rescue, have
kept in touch since the war. So
did many of the former prison
ers. Starting several years ago,
the two groups began holding a
joint reunion.
This year, more than 100 of
the 3,000 who were involved will
come from across the United
States for a dinner at the Con
estoga Inn in Anaheim, Calif.,
on Feb. 20.
“These guys are our heroes,”
said John Montessa of El Cerri
to, Calif., a former prisoner.
“They were willing to lay down
their lives for us, and it’s a thrill
ing experience for us to be able
to meet them again after all
these years.”
The story of the dramatic re
scue is recounted in interviews
with a number of the rescuers
and those they rescued with
additional information from
books, old newspaper clippings
and unpublished diaries and
manuscripts.
By Feb. 23, 1945, an average
of five prisoners a day died of
starvation in the crowded camp
at Los Banos. The survivors
scrabbled desperately for food,
eating grass and bugs.
Some of the prisoners sus
pected they were about to be ex
ecuted en masse. The Japanese
had dug an ominous-looking
trench outside the wire.
Machine guns had been placed
in position to sweep the roll call
area.
While Gen. Douglas MacAr-
thur’s troops were crushing the
last Japanese opposition in Man
ila, Japanese troops were killing
thousands of civilians there. The
rumor was widespread among
the internees that the Japanese
guards planned to massacre
them before retreating.
The prisoners were American
and European civilians trapped
by the Japanese conquest in
1942 and interned. Many of
them were missionaries.
Shortly after dawn on the day
of the |£scue, they heard the
roar of approaching airplanes, i
probably American. But that;
was becoming common in those ;
days. The guards had started;
beating those who looked up!
and waved.
Unknown to them, they were
minutes from deliverance. Some ;
of their rescuers were already;
only a few yards away.
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ATTENTION CLASS OF 1982
If you are interested in running for 1982 Class Agent, 1
please come by the Association of Former Students s
Office, visit with Pam Behling and pick up an application. |
The formal election will be held during the Senior Indue- =
tion Banquet, April 14 & 15, but applications must be |
picked up before Wednesday February 24, 1982.
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[ties to get youth active in organizations.
Wednesday
LXAS AGGIE MOTORCYCLE CLUB: Joe Fisher will
■speak at the meeting in 110 Military Science Building at 8:30
| p.m.
kMU ROADRUNNERS: Dr. Duane Lagan, A&M Team
iPhysician, will speak on “Common Runner’s Injuries” at 7 p.m
l in 267 G. Rollie White.
ILLEL JEWISH STUDENT FOUNDATION: Mrs
[Radinsky will speak at Hillel on “The Orthodox Women
1 Modern Day Society” at 7:30 p.m. Everyone is welcome.
iHEELCHAIR MAT WORK: Special guest Ann McGowan
] will speak at 3 p.m. in the Wrestling Room in G. Rollie White
|A.R.P.: Meeting in support of solidarity from 8 p.m. to 10 p.m
i in 202 Harrington.
)IE SCOUTS: Meeting to discuss cookie booth sales and
i other activities.
UNIVERSITY LUTHERAN CHAPEL: Candle service
1 meditation and communion at 10 p.m. in the University
1 Lutheran Chapel.
ISC AGGIE CINEMA: “Aguirre, the Wrath of God” will
I shown at 7:30 p.m. in Rudder Theatre.
Tower
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Sunday through Friday
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Top Floor of Tower Dining Room
Sandwich & Soup Mon. thru Fri.
$ 2 19 + Drink and tax
Open to the Public
“Quality Oriented,
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CONFERENCE ON
GLOBAL CONCERNS
DR. OWEN COOPER
Director, Mississippi Chemical Corporation
Past President, Southern Baptist Convention
GARY RAND
Singer, Composer
FEBRUARY 26 - 27, 1982
FIRST BAPTIST CHURCH Texas Avenue at 27th and 28th Streets Bryan, Texas
FRIDAY: 7:00 PM Convocation Dr. Owen Cooper, Gary Rand
SATURDAY: Symposiums 9:00 AM — 12:00 N
AGRICULTURE: Carl Ryther, Former Missionary to Bangaladesh, Director of World Hunger Relief Incorporated, Waco, TX
MEDICAL/DENTAL: Dr. Donald Meier, Associate Professor of Surgery, Southwestern Medical School, Dallas, Southern Baptist Missionary Appointee
VETERINARY: Dr. Stan Lee, Southern Baptist Missionary to Rwanda