Steve Thomas

Denny, You've summed it up nicely. Thank you. Steve Thomas

Forget about predictions. Focus on signals. Look back to see forward. Uncover patterns. Create a community. https://er.educause.edu/articles/2019/3/five-principles-for-thinking-like-a-futurist " At its best, futures thinking is not about predicting the future; rather, it is about engaging people in thinking deeply about complex issues, imagining new possibilities, connecting signals into larger patterns, connecting the past with the present and the future, and making better choices today." Does JFK's assassination tell us anything? Steve Thomas

Larry, An example of the "red tape" from the website you referenced... Extract from an unfinished personal memoir called Up From Cambria City by COL Basil J. Hobar, USA (Retired) September 18, 2013Bonita Springs, Florida “It took years for me to develop even an understanding of this array of organizations and units oriented on defeating the Soviet Union and its Warsaw Pact allies when they attacked. From the standpoint of 2ndLt Hobar soon to be on the “front” in Bamberg, the headquarters of 7thArmy and USAREUR might as well have been on the moon!” “All these layers of bureaucratic organization caused problems with each piling regulation upon regulation. The Headquarters of the Department of the Army (HQDA) in Washington issued Army Regulations (ARs) and other directives that governed every phase of every thing the Army did. General Inspections, called IGs, were mostly about how well you were following those regulations. Each major headquarters down the chain of command issued regulations on top of regulations creating an impenetrable bureaucratic lash up. This maze of regulations flummoxed those of us who had to try to carry them out. In an extreme case I might be tasked to do something and before I could act I would have to have available the AR, the USAREUR regulation, the 7thArmy regulation, the 5thCorps regulation or directive and the 3rdID regulation! This could drive a man to drink. Somehow we muddled through and the Army did a lot of things very well.” Steve Thomas

Larry, I always looked at it as a power struggle. Information is power and whoever controls the flow of information controls the power. The field commanders looked at it as who knows better how to respond to situations on the ground; them or the pencil-necked geeks back in Washington? I think you saw this played out in Vietnam over the next decade as command and control decisions more and more were being made in Washington rather than Saigon. The problem was that a lot of those front line generals were pushing for the use of tactical nuclear weapons. Some of those generals were even recommending that the use of "limited" nukes be left in the hands of front-line commanders, and that horrified Washington. Things could spiral out of control. I can just envision the arguments that went on in the DOD and wonder where Eisenhower stood on all this. I'll read the documents you referenced in your post. Steve Thomas

Larry, Intrude. Please. You've been keeping my feet grounded for a good dozen years or more. I think you're right about the Army ASA focus vs the Air Force or NSA focus. The Army's was more tactical. Something else that has kind of fascinated me... https://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?https&&&www.usarmygermany.com/Units/ASA%20Europe/USAREUR_ASAE.htm Quote: Webmaster Note: The 502nd ASA Group had been a TOE (Table of Organization and Equipment) unit while the 507th USASA Group was a TDA (Table of Distribution and Allowance) unit. The underlying reason for the redesignation was in the ASA having been forced to downsize in 1957 after a DoD decision that year to cut the Army's strength by 50,000 personnel. The ASA found itself unable to sustain the manning of its tactical TOE units. In order retain a support structure in the tactical commands, the TOE units were inactivated and replaced by units which were tailored specifically to the needs of their supported command (i.e. mission tailored). These new mission structured units were TDA (Table of Distribution and Allowance) units. The designations of these TDA units also differed from the TOE units they replaced. TOE units were designated as "ASA" whereas TDA units were titled "USASA." Whereas up to that point, the ASA's had been feeding their product direct to Washington, they were now required to report to the field commands - in this case, the majority of which was the 7th Army, which, if my memory serves me right, was headquartered in Nuremberg. A lot of the grunts grumbled about that. Too much red tape. Steve Thomas

Larry, I don't mind you being a wet blanket. Reality checks are good. On the other hand... I don't think Ofstein was doing analysis. I think he he was doing intercepts though. How many people at that time knew we were intercepting Russian military traffic? From what I've read, the 507th took the raw data and shipped it to either Fort Meade or Vingt Hill Farms where it was decoded. As far as a job afterwards... How about this flight of fancy? I had been doing some reading on the 507th Army Security Agency Group in Germany in the 1950's and 60's. The soldiers talked about using IBM punch cards in their work. Several said that there was a job waiting for them at IBM when their hitch was over. (Source: Email from John O'Neil) (served in 1960) https://www.usarmygermany.com/Sont.htm?https&&&www.usarmygermany.com/Units/ASA%20Europe/USAREUR_ASAE.htm "My next duty station (after Vint Hill Farms) was with the 507th USASA Group (Field Army) at Heilbronn am Neckar. We had 4 -2½ ton trucks with expandable sides that held all our IBM equipment that ran off portable diesel generators (one per truck). Jim Campbell in his email said “(When I was in, no 206 had ever re-enlisted - IBM had a job ready for them when they got out.)” When I got out I went to the IBM office in San Francisco, showed them my diploma with TJ Watson’s signature and asked for a job, they asked me what I knew about computers, so I told them I’d seen one in Germany. I got the hint when they said ‘Goodbye, thanks for stopping in”. Ian Lloyd, Why the Texas Theatre? Jfk assassination forum http://www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=da10693a75f6fceb0ce372badd010bff&topic=1633.msg24228#msg24228 According to Ian Griggs' "No Case To Answer" (Johnny) Brewer mentions "2 IBM men" who he says he didn't actually know, but were in his shop when Oswald ducked into the doorway but, when Brewer came back to his shop, they had disappeared never to be seen again? Lee Farley, “Oswald's Escape Plan? Jfk assassination forum http://www.jfkassassinationforum.com/index.php?PHPSESSID=da10693a75f6fceb0ce372badd010bff&topic=3304.msg61982#msg61982 “The main reason I place suspicion on Brewer is because when Oswald first entered Hardy's Shoe Store, Brewer claims he was with two people that he had known for over a year. These two men, he says, worked for IBM. They were in the neighborhood and they popped in and were "killing time" and "lounging around." The Dallas Police didn't seek these individuals to find out who they were and what they saw. No one, it appears, was interested in them in the slightest. They just disappeared from existence. Brewer had an interview with British researcher Ian Griggs in 1996. Brewer brought up the two men who were in his store (who worked for IBM) and he stated that in his absence they "locked up" for him. Lo and behold, Brewer says that although he had known these men for over a year, and they regularly came into his store to "kill time" he couldn't remember either of their names.” Thomas Crigler told the FBI that he had "accidentally" met Dennis Ofstein on the street, and I wondered how that happened. Ofstein lived at 6015 Bryan Parkway in Dallas. That's over on the northeast side of Dallas. Crigler lived at 1705 McAdams in Oak Cliff. That's on the southwest part of town, about four blocks south of Illinois. The next major cross street to the west of 1705 McAdams is S. Hampton Rd. I mentioned that there were a couple of Sinclair stations in Dallas. One of them was: From the 1961 Dallas City Directory page 139 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806907/m1/473/ J H Sinclair Service Station (James H. Bland) 1023 S. Hampton Rd. This is roughly 2.5 miles W/SW of the Texas Theater. Thomas Crigler worked as an Army recruiter. There was a recruiting office on Illinois about one or two blocks from the Texas Theater and Brewer's Shoe store in Oak Cliff. A lot of the guys who worked in the ASA said that they were recruited into the Agency directly at the recruiting office, even before they went to boot camp. Ofstein himself told the WC, "Well, when I went in the service I was interested in radio--I was a disc jockey at the time, and the closest thing my recruiting sergeant said that I could get to radio would be possibly with the Army security agency, so I signed up, and after basic training I went to Fort Devens, Mass., and was held there on a temporary status while the agency determined what type training I should have..." How "accidental" was this meeting between Ofstein and Crigler. Sorry this is so long. Like I said, it was a flight of fancy. What can I say. I'm a Libra, and as an air sign, I spend 95% of my time out in space somewhere. Steve Thomas

Paul, I think that Ofstein is one of the most under-researched figures in the JFK case. It seems like most people sort of gloss over the military unit designations that they run across. Crigler told the FBI that he and Ofstein were in the same unit; the 507th USASA Group, and people say, "Oh, that's nice" and move on, but I wondered, "What did the 507th do"? Well, it turns out that the 507th was Army Security Agency, and they were tasked with intercepting Russian and German military traffic over in Germany. Ofstein had been trained in the Russian language at the Monterey School of Languages. Ofstein was discharged in November of 1960 and after being trusted with the some of the highest military intelligence secrets our country possessed, he relocated to Dallas and went to work at a Sinclair gas station. At that point in his life he was married and had two children. So almost immediately after being discharged, he relocates to Dallas where he takes a job working in a gas station? There was a Sinclair station at From the 1961 Dallas City Directory page 139 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth806907/m1/473/ J H Sinclair Service Station (James H. Bland) 1023 S. Hampton Rd. This is roughly 2.5 miles W/SW of the Texas Theater. And, another one former Sinclair station 622 N Haskell Ave Dallas, TX. That's way out on the northwest side. (There was also a Sinclair Service Station at 1820 N. Beckley in Dallas) At 12:45 PM on November 22, 1963 Gene Andre Guinn, age 31 of 636 Lacewood was arrested along with the Joiners for picketing at the Dallas Trade Mart. Guinn was a member of the White Indignant Citizens Council. . Guinn was also suspected of printing the “Wanted For Treason” leaflets. DPD Archives Box 7, Folder# 7, Item# 18 http://jfk.ci.dallas.tx.us/box7.htm According to the Mary Ferrell Chronologies, “Guinn runs for political offices and seems to be a right winger” (He ran for City Council in 1965.) His address would be in Police District 84, which Officer Tippitt had been assigned in the past. This street is near O'Bannon street where Mrs. Stella Jacob lives. She formerly lived at 508 S. Marsalis and she works at the TSBD.” In a handwritten note to the Guinn citation, Ferrell adds, “He owned Sinclair Station, 1820 N. Beckley; member of hate group; did Rockwell's printing?”. After leaving the gas station business (smile), Ofstein goes to work for Jaggars-Chiles-Stovall, who, at the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, just happen to be interpreting maps for the US Army, some of which are in Russian. Like I said, I think Dennis Ofstein is under-researched. Steve Thomas

Paul, I was very skeptical about Dinkin until I realized that the widely accepted story of his account was based on a false identification of the unit he served with. Once I started digging into what his real unit, the 529th Ordnance actually did, I began to accept the idea that he could have been in a position to do what he said he did. Now, I can't prove one way or another that he intercepted radio transmissions hinting at or discussing JFK's assassination prior to the time it actually occurred, but he was where he said he was, and he was doing the kind of work he said he was doing. Steve Thomas

Paul, I don't think so. Ofstein was interviewed by FBI Agent, Kenneth Jackson on December 2, 1963. Jackson wrote up his Report on December 3, 1963. See CD 205 p. 472. https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10672#relPageId=475&tab=page Ofstein told the FBI of his having sought out Thomas Crigler because he was suspicious of Oswald when Oswald told him (Ofstein) that microdots could be “hidden under postage stamps and used in espionage operations”. Thomas H. Crigler was interviewed by FBI Agent Kenneth Jackson on December 6, 1963. (CD 205 p. 478). He told Jackson that he met Dennis Ofstein “accidentally" on the street outside the U.S. Army Recruiting Station sometime in August, 1963, and that they then went into the office. https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10672#relPageId=481&tab=page Something is not kosher here. Crigler told the FBI that Ofstein had approached him in August, 1963. That is about four to five months after Oswald had left JCS. If Ofstein was suspicious of Oswald, why would he wait five months to voice his suspicions? Ofstein said he was concerned about his future employment opportunities. Crigler said that he barely knew Odstein, yet, about a week after meeting Ofstein in August, he (Ofstein) had visited Crigler in his home, and that twice more he (Crigler) had visited Ofstein in his (Ofstein's) house. Something is not adding up here, but I don't know what it is. Steve Thomas

Eugene Dinkin served with the 529th Ordnance Company. In his work with the 529th, Dinkin had a Top Security clearance. There is a record of a 529th Ordnance Company. They were part of the 71st Ordnance Group, and were based in Massweiler, Germany.European Theater Ordnance Units & Activities, 1945 – 1989 https&&&www.usarmygermany.com/Units/Ordnance/USAREUR_Ordnance%20Troop%20List.htm The 529th Ordnance Co. was stationed in Massweiler, Germany as part of the 71st. Ordnance Group, and did do nuclear weapons assembly work under the Advanced Weapons Support Command (AWSCOM) which was activated in March, 1959. There were crytographic operators working with those units in the 71st who held Top Secret clearances. On December 6, 1963 Thomas Crigler was interviewed by the FBI. He said that he met (Dennis) Ofstein “accidentally” on the street. Ofstein worked with Lee Oswald at Jaggars-Chiles-Stoval. ...he knew Ofstein from about June, 1960 to December, 1960 purely as another person attached to the same unit with him. He said that he had never become socially or well acquainted with Ofstein at that time. He said the caption of their group was the 507th USASA Group, Heilbron, West Germany.” That's US Army Security Agency, and the town is actually spelled Heilbronn. See FBI interview of Crigler December 6, 1963: CD 205 p. 478 https://maryferrell.org/showDoc.html?docId=10672#relPageId=481&tab=page Robert E. Jones testimony before the HSCA page 7: https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/hsca/unpub_testimony/Jones_4-20-78/html/jones_0007a.htm The three of them are doing military intelligence work in Germany at roughly the same time in 1960. The distance from Massweiler on the west to Nuremberg on the east is roughly 200 miles. Very interesting. Steve Thomas

Keyvan, If you were the original poster, you can also edit the title of your thread. Just click and hold the title for a second or two. It will then let you edit it. I learned that the hard way myself. *grin* Steve Thomas

TEXAS STATE GUARD by William C. Wilkes and Mary M. Standifer https://tshaonline.org/handbook/online/articles/qqt01 In the 1950s the Signal Corps of the TSGRC embraced 500 radio stations statewide. These provided valuable communications assistance to civil authorities and the Red Cross in times of natural disaster. In 1961, during the Berlin Wall crisis, the Forty-ninth Armored Division and other nondivisional units of the Texas National Guard were called into federal service for a year, leaving seventy-one National Guard armories vacant. The oversight of these armories was consigned to 148 officers and 365 enlisted men in the TSGRC, who were called to active duty and formed into seventy-one Texas State Guard Security Units. The guardsmen served in this capacity until August 10, 1962, when they resumed their TSGRC status. In 1965 the Texas legislature abolished the TSGRC and reestablished the Texas State Guard, with Maj. Gen. John L. Thompson, Jr., as commanding general. Facebook posting by an unknown author. https://www.facebook.com/TexasStateGuard/posts/1576889535692221 “How about a little bit of HISTORY of the Texas State Guard? With the advent of the Cold War, The Texas State Guard Reserve Corps (TSGRC) was given additional duties — those specific to statewide radio communications and civil defense. By 1951, the TSGRC had 50 fixed radio stations and over 100 automobiles throughout the state – almost all were funded at the personal expense of the operators and heavily used during many natural disasters. With the federalization of the Texas National Guard during the Berlin Crisis in 1961, 71 Texas National Guard Armories were left vacant and a great amount of state property unprotected. To address this, elements of the TSGRC were organized as Texas State Guard Security Units. These units were assigned to the 49th Armored Division and the 11014th Transportation Company, manning their respective armories until these units were returned to their state mission one year later.” So, was it 50 stations, or 500 stations? Statement by Colonel John W. Mayo, Chairman of City-County Civil Defense and Disaster Commission at the Dedication of the Emergency Operations Center at Fair Park. http://www.civildefensemuseum.com/fallout/docs/may241961a.jpg This Statement appeared on the Civil Defense and Disaster Commission letter head co-signed by Boise Smith, WRR transmitter Building at Fair Park. WRR was a city-owned radio station. In the Batchelor's Exhibit CE5002 https://www.history-matters.com/archive/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh19/pdf/WH19_Batchelor_Ex_5002.pdf Boise Smith is listed as a Deputy Chief of Police (along with Lumpkin, Stevenson and Batchelor) and as the Director of the Civil Defense and Disaster Commission. As such, he reported directly to Curry. Boise Smith was also linked the 4150th ARSU Army Reserve Training School in Dallas. See this statement by Mayo decrying the artists being displayed at the Art Museum http://washingtonbabylon.com/bunker-command-center-jfk-assassination-merely-worlds-interesting-basement/ "In March of 1955, Col. John W. Mayo, commander of the Dallas Metropolitan Post No. 581 of the American Legion, sent a communication to the Trustees of the Art Museum decrying many of the Museum’s policies and saying that the Post objected ‘to the Museum patronizing and supporting artists … whose political beliefs are dedicated to destroying our way of life." In this same website, it says, " An online exhibit by the Dallas City Hall provides the following historical summary of WRR, the station-of-choice for Dallas-Fort Worth highbrows since 1964, when it switched to an all classical format. Until the departments had their own internal support, WRR supplied and maintained all radio equipment for Police, Fire, Park and Recreation, Water, Public Works, and the former Health Department. At its peak it furnished dispatching services for Dallas County, Cockrell Hill Police Department, and private ambulance services (in the days before 911). WRR discontinued these adjunct services in 1969." Steve Thomas

Paul, It might not make it false, but the flip side is that the truth of the 488th existence cannot be proven just because Crichton said so. http://jfkcountercoup2.blogspot.com/2014/03/acsi-assistant-chief-of-staff-for.html “Brandy served the 1959 session of his annual active duty at the Pentagon in the Office of the Army Chief of Staff, Intelligence (ACSI), working under his first ACSI “Big Brother,” Colonel Bob Roth, in the Collection Division….This duty marked his change from Mobilization Reserve to a career over the next eighteen years of working directly for ACSI, sometimes on active duty, and at other times, after retirement, on a strictly unpaid and voluntary basis. Over that time, the officer to whom he reported at ACSI would change almost every two years. In the ACSI office, continuity was provided by Mrs. Dorothe K. Matlack, a long-time civil servant and chief of the Exploitation Section of the Assistant Chief of Staff-Intelligence (ACSI-CX). Dorothe (pronounced Dorothy) personally knew Brandy and other officers who worked to supply a continuing stream of good quality “humanit,” or human intelligence. Brandy could continue the work of “eyes and ears” that he had begun under Ridgway, knowing that his “Big Brother” in Washington, whoever he would be over time, would receive his reports and that they would at least be considered and reviewed properly. Brandy’s standard operating procedure was to contact only one officer, his “Big Brother” from ACSI, thus protecting himself from possible exposure…” The author of this Countercoup web site really ought to do a better job citing his sources, and giving credit where credit is due. “Meanwhile, he kept in touch with Colonel William Rose at the Pentagon office of the Assistant Chief of Staff-Intelligence. Rose arranged for Brandy to be assigned for training on weekend duties to the 488th Strategic Intelligence Team in Dallas. He contributed to a study of the capability of the Soviet oil fields, working with oil and mining engineer Colonel Jack Crichton, MI and U.S. Army, ret., who was later to explore the oil and gas reserves in the former Soviet Union during the 1990s….” Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco, 1999. p. 158: https://books.google.com/books?id=QLdqgDsVio4C&pg=PA158&lpg=PA158&dq=%22Assistant+Chief+of+Staff+Intelligence%22+Rose&source=bl&ots=_PHl-3whdc&sig=ACfU3U1NwgRrYsqjepWNuegmhCGoRLP3IQ&hl=en&sa=X&ved=2ahUKEwjJrtWDmZDhAhWm2YMKHQ9NBTAQ6AEwAnoECAkQAQ#v=onepage&q=%22Assistant%20Chief%20of%20Staff%20Intelligence%22%20Rose&f=false So, was the 488th a Military Intelligence Detachment, or a Strategic Intelligence Team? There is no such thing as a “Strategic Intelligence Team”; at least so far as I have ever seen. I had no idea that this book cost so much. Brandy, Our Man in Acapulco. Used copies run from $700 to over $1,300.00 on Amazon. https://www.amazon.com/gp/offer-listing/1574410695/ref=sr_1_1_olp?keywords=9781574410693&linkCode=qs&qid=1553067737&s=books&sr=1-1 My impression is that the Assistant Chief of Staff's office was passing the buck in order to get rid of him. Brandstetter contacted Rose for a job, and Rose told him to call Matlock. Matlock told him to call Sam Kail, and Kail suggested he call Crichton. “humanint”? “Big Brother”? “Contacting only one officer to protect himself from possible exposure”? With no paper trail to back it up? To me, that's no better than just plain gossip. As I've said to you before: I've never seen a single piece of paper, of any kind, with the 488th's name on it; and, I've never read someone ever claiming to belong to it. Until that happens, I will remain skeptical. Steve Thomas

Larry, Thanks, but the articles I cited were from 1964, when Crichton was running for Governor.

https://en.wiktionary.org Attributed to various military leaders, including Bernard Montgomery, Dwight Eisenhower and Douglas MacArthur, the quotation has existed in various forms since the Second World War but was fixed in its present form and popularized by the 1987 movie The Princess Bride. “Never fight a land war in Asia”. JFK understood history. Steve Thomas

B.A., The one thing I would caution about is that these newspapers are reading like a press release from somebody. For instance: Longview Texas. April 9, 1964: " Now with the rank of colonel, he is commanding officer of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, U. S. Army Reserve." Bryan, Texas. October 15, 1964: (Crichton) “is now Colonel and commanding officer 488th Military Intelligence Department, US Army Reserve”. The articles are six months apart, yet the wording is almost exactly the same. Are they coming from the same source? Steve Thomas

Jim, The one take-away that I took-away (hey, I like that line. I think I'll store it away somewhere), is that the CIA is not a monolith. It's not enough to say, "The CIA did this", or "The CIA did that". I don't think the author or authors of this position paper held the same world view as someone like a George Kennan. The other thing I came away with is the idea that the only thing constant in life is change. If the idea behind JFK's assassination was to maintain U.S. hegemony in the world, it didn't work. U.S. dominance in the world in the 1950's was not the same as the U.S. position in the world in the 1970's. The authors of this paper felt the same way. From page 20: The line about Coca Cola came from the paper itself. (See page 12) I think I agree with the authors when they said that smaller nation-states like Scandanavia, aligned together based on mutual self-interest seem to work the best. (see page 30). They are better able to cope with and adjust to rapidly changing conditions, where change is the only constant in life. I think our Founding Fathers had the right idea of a confederation or republic of states bound together by mutual self-interest. (I kind of like the idea of driving from North Dakota to South Dakota without needing a passport). I agree with you wholeheartedly that Richard Nixon could not have been elected without JFK, RFK and MLK having been eliminated first. But the gain was a short term one. Steve Thomas

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If JFK was assassinated because he was soft on Communism; and to maintain our dominance in world affairs vis a vis post World War II, did it succeed or fail? It all depends on whether you measure success by how many people drink Coca Cola. "The Soviet Union seems to have survived the Chech invasion very well indeed". Read the secret CIA World Situation Report given to Richard Nixon in 1970. https://www.muckrock.com/news/archives/2019/mar/13/cia-world-report-1970/ Steve Thomas

Check out the Vincent Van Gogh, the Japan, and the Atelier des Lumieres Exposition videos. Now that's a Museum! https://www.atelier-lumieres.com/fr/lieu/histoire-atelier/videos#prettyPhoto Moderators. If you want to take this thread down, that's OK. I understand. Steve Thomas

Longview News-Journal from Longview, Texas April 9, 1964 page 5 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/186118616/ Crichton Blasts 'Police Power Bill During Visit Gets Award attributed widely to the oil and gas publications. Gov. George C. Wallace's heavy vote in the Wisconsin primary Tuesday showed that the people in the North as well as FORT WORTH ... Crichton of Dallas, unopposed candidate for governor, declared Shreveport. He is a committee chairman in the Dallas County Civil defense set up and holds - - publican leaders and others. Crichton said, ' He has been active in Republican circles in Dallas many years, and he occupies downtown offices as an Independent oil executive, and engineer. Crichton was educated at Byrd High School, Shreveport, and was awarded various petroleum and engineering degrees from Wichita Institute of Technology and SMU. His career as a geologist and engineer was interrupted by World War II, in which he served as a field artillery intelligence officer and special agent of the OSS. Now with the rank of colonel, he is commanding officer of the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, U. S. Army Reserve. Lubbock Avalanche-Journal from Lubbock, Texas · December 5, 1967 Page 16 https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/6092576/ What little is in that abstract reads: DALLAS (API — Col. Jack A.:, Crichton. commanding officer of) the 488th Military Intelligence Detachment, was awarded the Legion of Merit Monday night on' his retirement from the Army- Reserve after 30 years of service. The medal was presented in a ceremony by Col. Robert D. Of-; fer, commander of the VIII U.S. , Army Corps at Austin. An oil man and petroleum consultant, Crichton organized his Reserve unit in 1956 and has been its only commander. The award cited him for "exceptionally outstanding service" as commander and for the preparation of a series of military intelligence studies. (the name of the awarding colonel is garbled in the OCR rendering). Crichton also wrote a book entitled, The Republican-Democrat political campaigns in Texas in 1964 Author: Jack Crichton Publisher: [Texas] : J. Crichton, 2003. Edition/Format: Print book : English Database: WorldCat https://www.worldcat.org/search?q=au%3ACrichton%2C+Jack.&qt=hot_author Someday, I would like to read this book. Steve Thomas

Paul, Where did you see this? Do you have a url? Steve Thomas

No, Paul. The City of Dallas sold them some property on the E. Northwest Highway and they moved from their headquarters at Love Field. Steve Thomas

Colonel. B.B. Smith (B.B. Smith was also a Deputy Chief of Police of the Dallas P0lice Department and Director of the Civil Defense and Disaster Commission) https://www.aarclibrary.org/publib/jfk/wc/wcvols/wh19/pdf/WH19_Batchelor_Ex_5002.pdf It looks like the 4150th was housed at Love Field up until the City of Dallas donated property on the E. Northwest Hwy to it in 1956. Daily Palmer Rustler October 14, 1954 page 2 https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth782328/m1/2/ The 4992nd U.S. Army Reserve, Control Group (Reinforcement): https://www.globalsecurity.org/military/agency/army/usar-irr.htm "The Individual Ready Reserve (IRR) consists of soldiers assigned to control groups (Annual Training) and (Reinforcement). These different groups provide for the control and administration of soldiers not assigned to the Selected Reserve (TPU, IMA and AGR). Control group (Annual Training) consists of non-unit Ready Reserve soldiers with a training obligation. They may be assigned to units or required to perform other appropriate training deemed necessary by their career manager. These soldiers must take part in annual training when directed. Control Group (Reinforcement) consists of all other non-unit Ready Reserve soldiers not assigned to other control groups. They may, or may not have completed their military service obligation (MSO) and have no mandatory training requirements. Soldiers credited with three or more years of active duty and who have a remaining MSO are assigned to this Control Group." Steve Thomas