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Record of Company 326, USNBelongs To Walter Makarykthenticated on (he back with smudged black ink from a poorly-placed rubber stamp telling about the high mor ale and combat readiness and efficiency of our men in the armed forces.This is very nice for con gressmen and mothers an of no interest whatsoever t the men whose stories havPVMJ( HAKL ! GREEN | Eaeh flag carried past the Training Command Hall ofTribune Staff Writer reviewing stand on Oct. 11. Fame.Rattle-scared veterans of 1962- graduation day. sym- The most important thing the Navy’s public relations bollzed 3 separate honor. The involved in getting a com-brigade on anv given dav will namcs of thr f,ags do not pany into the Hall of Fame be willing to furnish you with moan mufh unless you were is the paperwork. Nothing in a mimeographed bulletin au-'a mcrr|bor of a company that the Navy that is not done inenticated on the back with eithcr won or lost — them, triplicate happens. Walter ,If you won them, your Makaryk was the companyiJ name goes into certain record clerk. But do not kid your- ' books, gleaming company self, earhooks well-done »ith col- The joh of companv c)prk ,r Photography, and possibly is n0 sof, bmptt Ind daes oral, hometown newspapers nnt exempt }ou from Jn f you lost them, it only hurts thing. * tr a little while. , ... w .. . . . .. :~ ... ... VV alter Makaryk and the tlt;Company 326 won the bn- other mcn of his company h. am3?’, battalion flag. went through a period of re- a n fla£* the color com- crujt training that is not ex-1 an\ flag, the brigade effi- piainable to those who have k ciency flag the regimental not been through Jt andefficiency Flag, the brigade which cannot be compared to drill flag the battalion drill the physical, mental and emo- ~ flag, the brigade star flag, the tional pressure that might be regimental star flag. ^ hat jnr0ive(i m sav, loping along n, the all mean is that Com- after a lost basketball at a Pu | pany 326 then qualified for Fndav mqht Th0rnton Town- „ entrance into the Navy Be- ship hjgh school game., cruit Training Hall of tame. The men of Makaryk’s com- in j bo they carried that flag. pany went through it as a ,00' team. This, too, is not ex-The Hall of Fame Flag is piainable and teamwork in the supreme award that a re- the Navy is not at all like cruit company may win. It is forming a committee to study sta awarded to that company corporation advertising on within the brigade which, by the outside. The difference !n* earning the requisite number between teamwork in a com- ,n* l of flags, and by maintaining pany or the lack of it is in- ,hi |consistently high standards as stantaneously visible whether thi prescribed by the command, it is on the drill field, on in- a r satisfied the requirements for spection, or in running the ,et , , , , entrance into the Recruit obstacle course. 321been written and duly an--- __-wathentlcated at various levels P*ge * — ttn ritim \i — Sunday, February 21. IMS rigof the chain-of-command. ~ —----They spend their evenings drinking stale beer and playing cards on the floor of some smokey. white • tiledWALTER MAKARYKshower room after taps under a single burning light.In an gi\cn military installation across the country, young men sit on their haunches after taps have been blown on conventional warfare, some say. and play dice waiting for what they do1 not expect to happen and hoping the number of their release date will soon roll up. I To many of them the im- j mediate demands of training seem pointless.Walter Makaryk is 22 vears old He is from Markham He was a member of a company at Great Lakes Naval Training center that took every recruit training honor the Navy has to offer. That is not very important.What is important is that this all took place in peacetime The important thing about Walter Makaryk is that he is not so different from anyone else and that there are many like him and that he was a member of Company 32«. 1st Regiment. 11th Battalion. V S. Naval Training center. Great Lakes, which carried 12 flags of various colors across the wide parade-ground grass past the reviewing stand on graduation day, turning an eyes right toward G. E. Duckworth, Company Commander, and passing on to further assignments in the Navy, leaving Duckworth to turn his attention to other men and other matters.“I seen 'em come and I seenfoivho has accumulated enough time under Navy regulations to retain a hooked finger from hanging onto a coffee cup too long Companv 326 will stay in Duckworth s mind.
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Markham Tribune
Markham, Illinois, US
Sun, Feb 24, 1963
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