Family Tradition

Even civilian families no longer find it strange in "peacetime" to have their sons dispatched to the world's remote corners; for service families, the deep U.S. commitment in Southeast Asia is merely the renewal of a tradition. The sixth U.S. fighting man to die in the jungle war since last December, when U.S. "advisers" began to accompany Vietnamese forces into battle, was ist Lieut. William F. Train III, 24, West Pointer ('58) and son of Major General William Train, commandant of the Army War College at Carlisle Barracks, Pa. Lieut. Train was one of eight sons of U.S. generals now fighting in South Viet Nam.* The others:

> Colonel Frank B. Clay, 41, senior adviser to the Vietnamese 7th Division, who was slightly wounded last month when Viet Cong bullets ripped through the canopy of his helicopter. Father: General (ret.) Lucius D. Clay. World War II commander and lately President Kennedy's special adviser on Berlin.

> Colonel Robert Brewer, 43, an operations, training and planning officer. Father: Major General (ret.) Carlos Brewer, who taught military science at Purdue University.

> Major David Bolte, 36, who serves on the headquarters staff of General Paul Harkins, U.S. commander in South Viet Nam. Father: General (ret.) Charles Bolte, commander of the U.S. 34th Infantry Division in its sweep through Northern Italy during World War II (two uncles are generals, too).

> Major George S. Patton. 38. also on Harkins' staff. Father: the late George S. ("Blood and Guts") Patton.

> Major Archibald Arnold Jr., 39, who helps train Vietnamese Civil Guard self-defense units. Father: Major General (ret.) Archibald V. Arnold, formerly chief of planning and training of the Army Field Forces.

> Major Philip Harper, 37, adviser to a Vietnamese Ranger battalion. Father: Brigadier General fret.) Neal Harper, formerly deputy chief of the Army Dental Corps.

> Captain Craig Spence, 29, artillery officer to a Vietnamese Ranger camp. Father: Brigadier General (ret.) William Spence, a World War II artillery officer in the Philippines.

* In this year's graduating class of 601 at West Point, 123 cadets were the sons of past or present members of the armed forces.

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