Twenty Statesville Boys
Billeted at Fort Bragg
Fort Bragg — Chaplain (Capt.)
Conrad J. Loftus, Catholic chaplain
of the 82nd Airborne Division’s 1st
Brigade, was talking recently to
Father Allen Foran, OFM, the pas
tor of St. Pius X parish in States
ville, when Father Foran,
mentioned that a group of boys
from his parish had been guests of
the U. S. Marines at Camp Lejune
last year. Not one to be outdone
by the Marines, Chaplain Loftus
set about to arrange with the Ft.
Bragg Youth Activities Center for
a group of 20 boys from Father
Foran’s parish to visit the U.S.
Army at Ft. Bragg.
The boys, aged 7 through 14, ar
PARACHUTE PACKING DEMONSTRATION -
Cowley of the 82nd Airborne Division packs £
for the benefit of twenty young visitors from
— (Photo by Hollingsworth)
- Pfc. James W.
T-10 parachute
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rived at Ft. Bragg on a lnursaay
and were billeted at the Post Per
sonell Center. To keep track of
his charges, ChapL-’n Loftus di
vided them into two platoons and
assigned a commanding officer,
Danny McCurdy, age 14.
Up at 6:00 and in bed at 10:30,
sleeping in barracks and eating in
an Army mess hall, the boys lived
like soldiers, almost. For one
thing soldiers don’t usually try
and see how many people can get
in a pile on top of one individual,
and for another, they don’t make
a beeline for the candy counter
when they enter a PX.
Chaplain Loftus’ assistant, Spe
cialist Four Israel Pina, stayed in
the boy’s barracks Thursday night;
Friday morning he was heard
mumbling about a lack of sleep.
Friday and Saturday nights Chap
lain Loftus took barracks duty and
patrolled the aisles until the boys
went to sleep.
After they arrived the boys were
taken to Normandy Drop Zone on
Ft. Bragg to watch parachute
jumps. Friday, they toured the
82nd Airborne Division’s para
chute packing shed, visited the
82nd Museum and toured Pope
Air Force Base which is located at
Bragg.
At the 82nd Museum the boys
received a lecture on the divi
sion’s history and were shown tro
phies captured during World War
II. Afterwards they were turned
loose to wander around the muse
um.
Saturday, Chaplain Loftus herd
ed them into Lee Field House on
post to go swimming. A Sky Div
ing demonstration which they were
scheduled to watch had been
rained out Saturday night one
platoon went to see “How the
West Was Won” and the other
went roller skating.
The boys attended Chaplain Lof
tus’ 11:00 Mass Sunday morning;
two of them served as altar boys
and several others helped set up
the altar and pass out prayer
books.
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By Father Cranor F. Graves
When I wrote last week, I hadn’t finished readme
Pope Paul’s Encyclical, “His Church.”
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“And before speaking, it is necessary to listen, not only
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teachers of men, we must make ourselves their brothers.
“The spirit of dialogue is friendship and even more, is
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Thank you, Lord, for Pope Paul, for his wisdom in
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One final wise word from the Holy Father: “For the
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stripes upside down, collar insignia
on their hats and hat insignia on
their collars,, and with a few stor
ies to take home, the boys depart
ed for Statesville.
Chaplain Loftus said he went
home and “enjoyed the quiet.”
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