Seventh Infantry Division - Yearbook (South Korea)

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the month of February. The Korean market was com- pleted and formally opened at Camp Casey and a Com- bat Leaders School was organized to provide two weeks of specialist training in Infantry branch skills for grad- uates of the I Corps NCO Academy. The Division also donated 852,977 to the March of Dimes and 542,166 to the Red Cross during the early months of the year. On April 19, the Division entered a formal twenty- week training cycle to prepare for the battalion firing tests. Battalions were rotated from their positions and tested one at a time, supported by a 105 mm artillery battery, a 4.2 mortar platoon, a tank platoon, an engi- neer platoon, an air control platoon and elements from service companies. The months of May and June were highlighted by almost continuous visits from VIPs. On 1 May, the Divi- sion assumed responsibility for conducting the orienta- tion tours of 8th Army installations by personnel of the Far East Air Force and the 7th US Fleet. By 30 June, over 100 Far East Air Force Officers had toured the Division in four two-day trips which included visits to an infantry defensive position, an infantry weapons and firing display and an armor demonstration, an inspection of a Fire Support Coordination Center, a visit to an artillery position and observation of the Air Control Team in action. On 18 May, Major General Edmund B. Sebree as- sumed command of the 7th Infantry Division relieving Major General Lionel C. McGarr, who assumed command of the United States Caribbean Army. The same day, Secretary of Defense Charles E. Wilson, Under Secretary of the Navy Thomas E. Gates, General John E. Hull, Far Eastern Commander, General Maxwell D. Taylor, 8th Army Commander, and Lt. Gen. Blackshear M. Bryan, I Corps Commander, all visited the Division and attended a briefing. Governor Fine of Pennsylvania, Governor Shivers of Texas and Governor Thornton of Colorado made a visit to the Division and ate dinner with I Company, 32nd Infantry Regiment, and enlisted representatives from their respective states. Throughout this period, the Division continued to assist the Korean people through participation in the Armed Forces Assistance to Korea Program. The ulti- mate goal of the AFAK program was, and still is, to provide assistance to the people of Korea in the rehabili- tation of their country. The Division constructed com- munity-type projects-buildings, schools and stores. As the program expands, more and more material will be AIR FORCE NAVY VISITS Air Force-Navy orientation visit.