NOTE TO GENERAL WALTERS FROM NANCY

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• Publication Date: April 28, 1975
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Attached is some background info
on the Order of Lafayette. The dinner tonight
is Black Tie since you are sitting at the head
table.
Other awa rde e s tonight will be:
Congressman Robert W. Daniel, R. Va.
VAdm Joseph P. Moorer, USN
Mr. Dumitru Danielopol, political newswriter
formerly with Copley News Service
Location: Alexandria Room
Sheraton Park Hotel
Time: 6:30 cocktails
7:30 dinner
Nancy
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THE ORDER OF LAFAYETTE, INC.
A non-partisan, non-profit, hereditary organization
OFIICE OF THE PRESIDENT GENERAL
In Memoriam
PRESIDENT DWIGHT D. EISENHOWER
GENERAL OF THE ARMY DOUGLAS MacARTHUR
FLEET ADMIRAL CHESTER W. NIMITZ
Honorary Chairman
GENERAL OF THE ARMY OMAR N. BRADLEY
President General
ASA E. PHILLIPS, JR.
Presidents General Emeritus
COL. JAMES W. GERARD
COL. HAMILTON FISH
and Founder
Vice Presidents
BRIG. GEN. ROBERT H. BETTS
MAJ. GEN. ROBERT E. CONDON
ZOLTAN J. GROSZ
Judge Advocate
COL. HOWARD E. COX
Secretary
LT. COL. STEVEN KOVACH
Treasurer
PETER W. FOUNTAINE
Asst. Treasurer
COL. ROBERT L. ALBERTS
Surgeon General
COL. JESSE D. STARK
Historian and Vice President
LT. COL. GEORGE S. LEWIS
Sergeant-at-Arms
CAPT. RUBIN PERLMUTTER
Chaplains
MAJ. GEN. PATRICK J. RYAN
CAPT. JOSHUA L. GOLDBERG
COL. PATRICK B. FAY
LCDR. GILBERT DARLINGTON
Liaison Officers in Europe
COL. J. L. BONET-MAURY
COL. STANISLAS SZEWALSKI
April 16, 1975
Mr. Vernon Walters
Central Intelligence Agency
Langley, Virginia
Our Order has unanimously voted to award you its
Freedom Award medal at our Annual Banquet in Washington,
D. C. This will be on the evening of Monday, April twenty-
eighth, at the Sheraton Park Hotel. The reception com-
mences at half past six o'clock, and the dinner, at half past
seven o'clock._ The dinner will undoubtedly continue until half
past nine o'clock. We appreciate that you have numerous de-
mands upon your time, and if you cannot be with us during
all the evening, we should be happy if you were able to appear
anytime during the period mentioned. A partial list of former
recipients is enclosed. Mrs. Walters would, of course, be
most welcome also. We should appreciate a telephone call so
that we may prepare our program for the printer.
Hoping so much to have the pleasure and honor of
your company,
Sincerely yours,
AEP:JF
Enclosure
Asa E. Phillips, Jr.
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Adjoining Foyer
Black Tie
Decorations
1961
1965
1969
General of the Army
Col. Robert L. Alberts
Gen. W. C. Westmoreland
Douglas MacArthur
Mrs. C. Wesley Frame
Gen. Alfred C. Gruenther
Hon. Herbert Hoover
1-Ion, Walter H Judd
Gen. Thomas A. Lane
His Eminence
Madame Chiang Kai-Shck
Hon. Charlotte T. Reid
Francis Cardinal Spellman
I-Ion. Frank J. Lausche
Gcn. James A. Van Fleet
Hon. Hamilton Fish
Gcn Curtis Le May
lion. Luis Perre
Hon. Strom Thurmond
Cardinal Mindsrenty
Capt. Joshua Goldberg
Gen. Albert C. Wedemeyer
(in absentia)
Adm. A. Vernon Jannotta
Judge Harold R. Medina
I-ion. Otto E. Passman
Mr. DeWitt Wallace
Rev. Daniel A. Poling
lion, John J. Williams
George Sokolsky
Mr
The Unknown Soldier
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Miss Alexandra Tolstoy
1970
Hon. Martin B. McKncally
1966
Hon. John M. Ashbrook
Maj. Gen. Robert E. Condon
lion. William M. Colmer
Gen. Omar Bradley
Mr. Marx Lewis
1962
I-Ion. Barry Goldwater
Gen Graves B. Erskine
Hon. John L. McClellan
Mr. Thomas Gleason
Adm. George W. Anderson
Admiral H. G. Rickovcr
Mr. William F. Buckley, Jr.
B/Gen. Jimmy Stewart
Mr. H. L. Hunt
Princess Catherine Caradja
Hon. James L. Buckley
Capt. Eddie Rickenbacker
Gen. Lewis Hershey
Mr. Henry Salvatori
Mr. Fulton Lewis, Jr.
I-Ion. Bourke I-Iickenloopcr
Mr. Spyros P. Skouras
Hon. Spruille Braden
Adm. Joseph J. Clark
Mr. Peter J. Brennan
Hon. Alvin M. Owsley
Mr's. Robert R. McCormick
Col. Jean-Louis Bonet-Maury
I-Ion. Frederic R. Coudert, Jr.
Mr. Arthur McDowell
lion. Charles Edison
Mrs. Claire Lee Chennault
1971
1967
Iion. Carl T. Curtis
1963
Hon
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Mon. Mark Hatfield
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Hon. Earl E. T. smith
John A
Volpe
lion
Lt. Geri. Willis D. Crittenberger
Mr. Robert M. Harris
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.
Gen. Lauris Norstad
Col. Curtis Dall
Brig. Gen John Thomas Taylor
Gen. Leon W. Johnson
Col, James W. Gerard
Mayor Kenneth Oka
Mr, William Loeb
Hon. George Murphy
Gen. Lucius D Clay
Hon. John Stennis
I-Ion. James A. Farley
Hon. Robert D. Murphy
lion. L. Mendel Rivers
Dr. Edward Teller
Mr. David Lawrence
Adm. Ben Moreell
Mr. George Schuyler
Hon. Kenneth B. Keating
[Ion. Robert Morris
Most Rev. Fulton J. Sheen
Baroness R. deMaiditch
1972
1964
Lt. Gen. Ira C. Eaker
Hon. Dwight D
Eisenhower
Hon. F. Edward Hebert
.
Gen. W. Anders
1968
Gen. Harold K. Johnson
Gcn. Mark Clark
lion. John D. Lodge
Mr. Wayne J. Thorburn
Hon. Clare Boothe Luce
Mon. Tibor Eckhardt
Hon. Henry J. Taylor
Dr. Bella V, Dodd
1973
Mr. John Wayne'
Col. Oliver J. Troster
I-Ion. Clifford P. Hansen
Rev. Dr. Norman Vincent Peale
Mr. James Jemail
lion. Richard 1-1. Ichord
Hon. Karl E. Mundt.
IIon. Frances P. Bolton
Mr. John M. Fisher
Hon. Thomas J. Dodd
Gen. Jacob L. Devers
Governor George C. Wallace
Hon. Michael A. Feighan
Gen. Nathan F. Twining
Admiral Thomas 11. Moorcr
Hon. Katharine St. George
Mr. Dan Smoot
I-Ion. Edward J. Gurney
Adm. Arlcigh Burke
Hon. Charles Lucet
Lt. Gen. William A. Knowlton
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 The Order of Lafayette
1958
T he Order of Lafayette was founded by The Honorable Hamilton Fish
in 1958.
Each year the Order presents a Freedom Award to prominent individu-
als for their fight against Communism. Among those who have received the Free-
dom Award are President Herbert Hoover, His Eminence Francis Cardinal
Spellman, United States Senator Strom Thurmond, Mr. H. L. Hunt, Mrs. Claire
Lee Chennault, The Most Reverend Fulton J. Sheen, General Mark Clark, The
Honorable Clare Boothe Luce, United States Senator Barry Goldwater, The
Honorable Katharine St. George, Mr. William F. Buckley, Jr., Mrs. Robert
R. McCormick, General William C. Westmoreland, General Graves B. Erskine,
United States Senator James L. Buckley, General of the Army Douglas
MacArthur, General of the Army Omar N. Bradley, President Dwight D.
Eisenhower, Mr. Jimmy Stewart, Captain Eddie Rickenbacker, The Honorable
Charles Lucet, General A. C. Wedemeyer, and Admiral Chester W. Nimitz.
To maintain mutual understanding and cooperation between the United States
and France.
To uphold and defend the ideals of justice, freedom, democracy and peace,
for which we fought in two World Wars.
To unite the destinies of both our Republics in defense of a free world, realizing
that any weakening of our traditional friendship would help World Communism
and jeopardize the survival of Free Nations.
MEMBERSHIP REQUIREMENTS
Regular Members
All Commissioned Officers of the United States Armed Forces, male or female,
who served in France during World War 1, or in France or French possessions
during World War II are eligible for membership in The Order of Lafayette.
American Officers who served in France during World War I with The
Lafayette Escadrille Flying Corps, The American Field Service, The French
Foreign Legion, or with our Allies, are eligible for membership.
Any Officer of the United States Armed Forces participating in an invasion
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The Hereditary Societies
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
GILBERT DARLINGTON
Chaplains
COLONEL J. L. BONET-MAURY
Liaison Officer in Europe
LIEUTENANT JOSEPH ARNER
COLONEL WILLETJ. BAIRD
COLONEL PELHAM ST. GEORGE BISSELL, III
MR. JOHN G. BUCKLEY
COLONEL LAURENCE ELIOT BUNKER
MAJOR JOHN CALKINS
CAPTAIN JAMES H. R. CROMWELL
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER
F. ROGER DOWNEY
LIEUTENANT HOWARD EALES
COLONEL WILLIAM O. ELZAY
COLONEL WILLIAM J. FAUSNAUGHT
COLONEL EDWARD R. FINCH, JR.
MR. PETER W. FOUNTAINE
LIEUTENANT HENRY FORSTER
MR. WILLIAM L. FORT
COLONEL LOUIS H. FROHMAN
MAJOR GENERAL CHARLES H. GRAHL
COLONEL STEDMAN S. HANKS
COLONEL EDWIN J. HARRINGTON
COLONEL H. HARDING ISAACSON
COLONEL GEORGES ITTEL
LIEUTENANT COMMANDER JAMES JEMAIL
COLONEL EDWIN E. KEATLEY
LIEUTENANT THOMAS J. KELLY
COLONEL DANIEL J. KERN
MR. JEAN U. KOREE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
HOWARD U. KREMER
COLONEL CLAIRE B. LAIRD
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
JAMES D. LANDAUER
LIEUTENANT COLONEL LOUIS LEFEVRE, JR.
CAPTAIN THOMAS A. LEWIS
CAPTAIN FITZHUGH McMASTER
COLONEL ELZIE KEMP MOORE
COLONEL EUGENE E. MYERS
CAPTAIN TERRY N. NELSON
COLONEL T. H. NIXON
LIEUTENANT JAMES F. O'NEIL.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
'EDWARD M. PERKINS
MR. WILLIAM Y. PRYOR
MAJOR HARRY E. RADCLIFFE
LIEUTENANT COLONEL JOHN K. RINALDI
DR. EDWARD C. ROZANSKI
CAPTAIN PAUL A. SHACKLEFORD, JR.
COMMANDER REGINALD SINCLAIRE
COLONEL BRYON W. SKILLIN
COLONEL HERBERT J. SLINGO
CAPTAIN ROSS B. SPENCER
LIEUTENANT COLONEL T. V. SYMANSKI
COLONEL FRANK B. THOMPSON
COLONEL OLIVER J. TROSTER
CAPTAIN GENE TUNNEY
MAJOR JOHN J. WICKER, JR.
LIEUTENANT COLONEL
THOMAS L. WILLIAMSON
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The Hereditary Register of the United States . 1974
or flight within the coastal areas of France or French Possessions is eligible
for membership.
American enlisted men who served in France or French Possessions during
World War I or World War 11 but who were commissioned later are eligible.
Also, American non-commissioned officers of the French Foreign Legion.
All recipients of the Congressional Medal of Honor or the French Medaille
Militaire who served in France or French Possessions during World War I or
World War II shall be admitted as members without dues.
All sons and daughters of regular members are eligible for full membership
on reaching the age of twenty-one years.
A uxiliary Members
Auxiliary members shall be composed of any persons over twenty-one years
of age who agree with the principles, program and preamble of The Order of
Lafayette.
Honorary Members
The National Board of Directors is empowered to appoint Honorary Members
of The Order of Lafayette.
Address of the Headquarters
The Order of Lafayette
4 West 43rd Street
New York, New York 10036
Officers are elected annually and
serve until successor Is elected
GENERAL OF THE ARMY OMAR L. BRADLEY
Honorary Chairman
COLONEL JAMES W. GERARD
President General
THE HONORABLE HAMILTON FISH
President General Emeritus
MAJOR GENERAL ROBERT E. CONDON
BRIGADIER GENERAL ROBERT H. BETTS
COLONEL WILLIAM B. BRADLEY, JR.
THE HONORABLE DUDLEY DOUGHERTY
COMMODORE ASA E. PHILLIPS, JR.
COLONEL FRANK B. THOMPSON
COLONEL HOWARD E. COX
Judge Advocate
LIEUTENANT COLONEL STEVEN KOVACH
Secretary
LIEUTENANT THOMAS T. WEBBER
Treasurer
COLONEL ROBERT L. ALBERTS
Assistant Treasurer
COLONEL JESSE D. STARK
Surgeon General
LIEUTENANT COLONEL GEORGE S. LEWIS
Historian and Vice President
CAPTAIN RUBIN PERLMUTTER
Sergeant-at Arnis
MAJOR GENERAL PATRICK J. RYAN
COLONEL PATRICK B. FAY
CAPTAIN JOSHUA L. GOLDBERG
 ection 12 - VETERANS, HEREDITARY & PATRIOTIC ORGANIZATIONS
1errill's Marauders" was reactivated by the Army for
Presents awards annually. Publications: (1) Bulletin, 3
annual. Convention/ Meeting: annual - 1975 Aug. 31-
led); 1976 Aug. 29-31, (location undecided).
RS ASSOCIATION (World War II) (PHSA)
Phone: [phone]
John C. Berlier, Sec.-Treas.
i150. Staff: 1. Regional Groups: 8. Local Groups: 106.
d Forces stationed on or offshore the island of Oahu
i on Pearl Harbor, December 7, 1941. Fraternal and
norate that "day of infamy" and to honor the memory
:. Seeks to obtain proclamations from governors and
er 7th as "Pearl Harbor Remembrance Day." Con-
s to foster patriotism and show the value of American
grave markers to widows of members. Publications:
ly. Convention/ Meeting: biennial - always Dec. 7th.
V OF WORLD WAR II
Phone: [phone]
15 Charles C. Isely, Jr., Sec.
)0. Veterans of World War II who served with the
d arms in the Italian Campaign. (Not affiliated with
World War I.) Publications: (1) The Polar Bear
Membership Roster, biennial. Convention/ Meeting:
g. 6-8, Philadelphia, PA.
DCIATION WORLD WAR II (RBA WWII)
Phone: [phone]
Buckley E. Martin, Natl.Pres.
50*. Regional Groups: 8. Former members of the six
/ commando groups of World War II. (The First Bat-
irby's Rangers, named in honor of its commander,
>sociate membership is offered to World War II
mandos. "To promote Americanism, based on the
and Country;...to keep alive the mutual respect and
p based on the principles that prompted these men
;s during World War II." Maintains the Silver Star
nor Grove, Valley Forge, PA. Presents Gen. William
scholarship fund at Texas A /?, M University. Com-
)ard; POW and MIA; Scholarship; Youth Affairs.
lewsletter), 1-2/year; (2) Ranger Journal, biennial.
reunion - 1975 Aug., Des Moines, IA.
E VETERANS OF WORLD WAR II
Phone: [phone]
H.T. Vande Kerkhoff, Exec.Sec.
)00. Stale Groups: 69. Persons who served aboard
U.S. Navy submarines during World War II. "To perpetuate the memory of those
shipmates who gave their lives in submarine warfare," Mainains national
memorials at New London, CT, and at Pearl Harbor, HI; also maintains various
state memorials. Annually awards scholarships to sons or daughters of
members. Publications: Polaris, bimonthly. Affiliated with: Wives of U.S. Sub-
marine Veterans of World War II; Sons and Daughters of U.S. Submarine
Veterans of World War II (auxiliaries). Convention/ Meeting: annual - always Aug.
1975 Nashville, TN; 1976 Denver, CO.
* 10887 *
VETERANS OF PEARL HARBOR SOCIETY (World War II)
2639 Morning Sun Dr. Phone: [phone]
Fairborn, OH 45432 Louis A. Smelser, Pres.
Founded: 1964. Veterans (or their relatives) involved in a combat area of World
War It. Primary objective is to revisit World War II combat sites on a group
basis. Collects war artifacts and historical data for museums and memorials.
Convention/ Meeting: annual - always Dec. 7, Dayton, OH.
* 10888 *
MILITARY ORDER OF THE WORLD WARS (MOWW)
1100 17th St., N.W. Phone: [phone]
Washington, DC 20036 George E. Loikow, Off.Mgr.
Founded: 1919. State Groups: 31. Local Groups: 106. Commissioned officers of the
armed forces who served on active duty during World Wars I and II, and
Korean War, the Vietnam War, or the "Cold War." Committees: Chaplaincy;
Distinguished Service Award; Historical and Archives; Internal Security;
Leadership; National Defense; Patriotic Educational Program. Publications:
World Wars Officers Review. Formerly: (1921) American Officers of the Great
War. Convention/ Meeting: annual - always July-Aug. 1975 Chicago, IL; 1976
Philadelphia, PA.
* 10889 *
ORDER OF LAFAYETTE (Wertd Wars)
I o um is niversity
Four W. 43rd St. Phone: [phone]
New York, NY 10036 Col. James W. Gerard, Pres. Gen.
Officers who served in France during World War I and II. To strengthen the
traditional friendship of U.S. with France. Presents annual Freedom Award for
distinguished leadership in combating communism. Convention/ Meeting:
semiannual Freedom Award Dinner.
* 10890*
RETREADS (World Wars)
40-07 154th St. Phone: [phone]
Flushing, NY 11354 Elmer H. Braun, Asst.Natl. Adj.
Founded: 1947. Members: 1500. State Groups: 24. Local Groups: 43. Honor society
of veterans who served in the Armed Forces of the United States during both
World Wars I and II. Through Retreads Rehabilitation Fund furnishes artificial
arms, legs, eyes, etc., for veterans who cannot otherwise obtain them.
Contributes to Hospitalized Veterans Writing Project. Presents annual medal.
Publications: (1) Retreads Blowout, semiannual; (2) Roster of Officers, annual.
Convention/ Meeting: annual - always late Summer or early Fall.
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