American Legion Post 50 SAL 50 New York USA
| September 27, 2010 WVOX 1460 AM "Sons of the American Legion Radio Report" with Ken Kraetzer John Chuhran and Jack McGuirk Discussion of: Pelham Hall of Honor with CDR Juliane Gallina USN and Camille Geoghegan Olson |
The "Sons of the American Legion Radio Report" can be heard live on
WVOX 1460 AM in Westchester County and "Around the World" on
WVOX.com. The show is regularly held on every Monday from 2:30 to 3:00
PM.
The "West Point Football Report" also produced by Sons of the American
legion and WVOX Radio in New Rochelle, NY can be heard every Tuesday
night at 5:30 PM during the 2010 season. The show can be heard in
Westchester County New York on 1460 AM and "Worldwide" on the internet
on WVOX.com.
Sponsors are being sought for "The West Point Football Show", please
contact Ken Kraetzer at 914-450-9554 or kgk914@aol.com
The host of these programs is Kenneth G. Kraetzer, Commander of Sons of
the American Legion in Pelham, NY; Vice Commander for Westchester
County, and former Vice Commander for New York State.
The co-host on this segment was John Chuhran, a New Rochelle based PR
executive and Sons of the American Legion member. Joining the team is
Jack McQuirk from Squadron 50.
Shows are promoted on "Facebook", check page for Ken Kraetzer
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CDR Gallina at Annapolis in 1991
LTC Eli Page Howard in Vietnam in 1969
Pelham, NY - Five natives and residents of Pelham (NY) will be inducted into the Pelham Hall of
Honor at a ceremony to be held in Pelham Middle School October 1, 2010, at 7PM.
The Honorees are Rosemary Foley, Juliane Gallina, Lt. John Lance Geoghegan, Lt. Col. Eli
Page (“Tim”) Howard, Jr., and Sergeant William C. Zarnfaller.
“Without question, the stories of our five honorees this year meet the standard that they be
extraordinary,” comments program director, Kenneth Kraetzer. “We started this program so
that stories like these will be better known and remembered. These honorees are true role
models that we all can be proud of.”
Plaques bearing each honoree’s likeness and brief bio will be presented to the Pelham School
District for display in the High School with scheduled presenters to include NY State
Assemblyman Bob Castelli, Westchester Director of Veterans Services Vito Pinto, former NYS
Assemblyman Ron Tocci, representatives of both Morgan State University and Widener
University, and a representative of The Pelham Picture House.
The Pelham Hall of Honor Program Committee was established in September 2008 and
dedicated to honoring outstanding graduates of the Pelham school district and longtime
residents of Pelham. Nominations are open to the community, and voting members are
comprised of the program’s committee and representatives from various Pelham organizations.
Complete biographies and further information about the program can be found on the Program’
s Facebook page or at www.LegionPost50NY.com. Anyone with more information to contribute
on these honorees can contact Ken Kraetzer at 914-450-9554 or KGK914@aol.com.
The program is sponsored by the Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Florence Lahey Ollinger
USN Foundation. LCDR Lahey was a native of Pelham (NY) and graduate of Pelham Memorial
High School (1937). She studied for her RN at St. Vincent's Medical Center, was
commissioned an officer of the U.S. Navy in 1943, and served on active duty for 27 years. In
retirement she married Solomon Ollinger, taught at Salve Regina College (Newport, RI), and
was honored as a founding member of the Women's Military Memorial in Washington, D.C. She
died in 2007.
PELHAM HALL OF HONOR 2010 HONOREES
ROSEMARY FOLEY is a prize-winning Pelham playwright. She joined the Manor Club in 1995,
declared its theater a gem, and went to work on its rehabilitation. Calling herself an ''unofficial
drama angel,'' she wrote, directed and produced plays to be performed as fund-raisers. Her
''Frolics '97'' was based on the story of how the Manor Club became a women's club.
Rosemary has written over 70 plays for ''women who are no longer ingénues.'' Works by
Women chose her as one of the ten best women playwrights. Her plays have won awards and
been finalists in many festivals, and one, Oh, Promise Me, was produced as a film and
screened at the Big Apple Film Festival in NYC. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild,
Theatre Artists Workshop, and former member of Equity and the Screen Actors Guild.
JULIANE GALLINA was the first woman to be named brigade commander by the U.S. Naval
Academy (Annapolis, MD) in 1991, making her responsible for the daily military activity of the
academy’s 4,300 midshipmen and serving as chief liaison between them and academy officers.
Juliane was also the coxswain of the women’s crew team and a member of the track and
lacrosse teams while at the academy. She graduated with the class of 1992.
Post graduate degrees include an MS in Electrical Engineering from George Washington
University (2006) and an MS in Space Systems Operations from Naval Postgraduate School.
Her responsibilities include JRAC Seminar Leader at National Defense University, Deputy
Program Director at SSG, and Deputy Program Director at National Reconnaissance office.
LT. JOHN (“JACK”) LANCE GEOGHEGAN, US Army, grew up in Pelham the only son of John J.
and Camille D. Geoghegan. He was a 1959 graduate of Iona Prep and Brigade Commander
(Class of 1963) at Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University). He married Barbara
Weathers Geoghegan on June 13, 1964, and they travelled to Tanzania to work as
missionaries with Catholic Relief Services. It was there that Jack earned a Master's Degree in
International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Daughter Camille was born June 8, 1965, and John was deployed to Vietnam August 18,
1965. He was killed November 15, 1965, attempting to rescue one of his men. The incident
was described in the book “We Were Soldiers Once …and Young,” by Harold Moore and
Joseph Galloway. The movie by the same name was released in 2002, with Chris Klein
portraying Jack, and Keri Russell portraying Barbara. His funeral mass was held at St.
Catherine's Church in Pelham, and he was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Danbury (CT).
LT. COL. ELI PAGE “TIM” HOWARD, JR., US Army, was an outstanding multi-sport athlete at
PMHS (Class of 1946), where he co-captained the undefeated 1945 PMHS football team.
“Tim” served in the U.S. Marine Corps and then joined his Pelham friend and teammate,
Eugene “Dippy” Evans, at Morgan State College in Baltimore (MD). He was quarterback and
co-captain of Morgan’s 1949 National Champions, a four year letterman in both basketball and
football, and named the first Cadet Commander in one of the first ROTC programs conducted
at an African-American institution.
The son of a WWI veteran, Tim went on to be commissioned an Army officer, and served in
Vietnam where he was named Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 196th Light Infantry
Brigade during his second tour of duty. His helicopter was shot down on August 19, 1969
during a battle so fierce it took U.S. forces five days to fight their way to the crash site. There
were no survivors. Lt. Col. Howard, Jr., is interred at section 39 of Arlington National Cemetery
near the gravesite of his father. He is honored on panel 19W row 68 of the Vietnam Wall, and
was named to the Morgan State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
SERGEANT WILLIAM C. ZARNFALLER, US Army, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Zarnfaller
of 747 Pelhamdale Avenue, was a football, basketball player and track performer at PMHS
(Class of 1943).
Enlisting in the U.S. Army, assigned to the 99th Division, called the "Battle Babies" because
their average age ranged from 18 to 20. He was sent overseas in August of 1944, one of a
group of men picked for their expertise in all kinds of arms. He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross for actions resulting in the capture of 67 Nazis and the killing of seven others
near Ellingen, Germany. The DSC is the Army's second highest award for courage, after the
Medal of Honor, and was personally presented by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Upon returning
to the States after the war, he attended Columbia University and New York University Law
School, was a member of the Westchester Bar Association, past master of Winyah Masonic
Lodge in Pelham, and chaplain of Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion. In addition to the
DSC, he was awarded the Silver Star, American Service Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He died at age 57 on October 23, 1981, and is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.
Honor at a ceremony to be held in Pelham Middle School October 1, 2010, at 7PM.
The Honorees are Rosemary Foley, Juliane Gallina, Lt. John Lance Geoghegan, Lt. Col. Eli
Page (“Tim”) Howard, Jr., and Sergeant William C. Zarnfaller.
“Without question, the stories of our five honorees this year meet the standard that they be
extraordinary,” comments program director, Kenneth Kraetzer. “We started this program so
that stories like these will be better known and remembered. These honorees are true role
models that we all can be proud of.”
Plaques bearing each honoree’s likeness and brief bio will be presented to the Pelham School
District for display in the High School with scheduled presenters to include NY State
Assemblyman Bob Castelli, Westchester Director of Veterans Services Vito Pinto, former NYS
Assemblyman Ron Tocci, representatives of both Morgan State University and Widener
University, and a representative of The Pelham Picture House.
The Pelham Hall of Honor Program Committee was established in September 2008 and
dedicated to honoring outstanding graduates of the Pelham school district and longtime
residents of Pelham. Nominations are open to the community, and voting members are
comprised of the program’s committee and representatives from various Pelham organizations.
Complete biographies and further information about the program can be found on the Program’
s Facebook page or at www.LegionPost50NY.com. Anyone with more information to contribute
on these honorees can contact Ken Kraetzer at 914-450-9554 or KGK914@aol.com.
The program is sponsored by the Lieutenant Commander (LCDR) Florence Lahey Ollinger
USN Foundation. LCDR Lahey was a native of Pelham (NY) and graduate of Pelham Memorial
High School (1937). She studied for her RN at St. Vincent's Medical Center, was
commissioned an officer of the U.S. Navy in 1943, and served on active duty for 27 years. In
retirement she married Solomon Ollinger, taught at Salve Regina College (Newport, RI), and
was honored as a founding member of the Women's Military Memorial in Washington, D.C. She
died in 2007.
PELHAM HALL OF HONOR 2010 HONOREES
ROSEMARY FOLEY is a prize-winning Pelham playwright. She joined the Manor Club in 1995,
declared its theater a gem, and went to work on its rehabilitation. Calling herself an ''unofficial
drama angel,'' she wrote, directed and produced plays to be performed as fund-raisers. Her
''Frolics '97'' was based on the story of how the Manor Club became a women's club.
Rosemary has written over 70 plays for ''women who are no longer ingénues.'' Works by
Women chose her as one of the ten best women playwrights. Her plays have won awards and
been finalists in many festivals, and one, Oh, Promise Me, was produced as a film and
screened at the Big Apple Film Festival in NYC. She is a member of the Dramatists Guild,
Theatre Artists Workshop, and former member of Equity and the Screen Actors Guild.
JULIANE GALLINA was the first woman to be named brigade commander by the U.S. Naval
Academy (Annapolis, MD) in 1991, making her responsible for the daily military activity of the
academy’s 4,300 midshipmen and serving as chief liaison between them and academy officers.
Juliane was also the coxswain of the women’s crew team and a member of the track and
lacrosse teams while at the academy. She graduated with the class of 1992.
Post graduate degrees include an MS in Electrical Engineering from George Washington
University (2006) and an MS in Space Systems Operations from Naval Postgraduate School.
Her responsibilities include JRAC Seminar Leader at National Defense University, Deputy
Program Director at SSG, and Deputy Program Director at National Reconnaissance office.
LT. JOHN (“JACK”) LANCE GEOGHEGAN, US Army, grew up in Pelham the only son of John J.
and Camille D. Geoghegan. He was a 1959 graduate of Iona Prep and Brigade Commander
(Class of 1963) at Pennsylvania Military College (now Widener University). He married Barbara
Weathers Geoghegan on June 13, 1964, and they travelled to Tanzania to work as
missionaries with Catholic Relief Services. It was there that Jack earned a Master's Degree in
International Relations from the University of Pennsylvania.
Daughter Camille was born June 8, 1965, and John was deployed to Vietnam August 18,
1965. He was killed November 15, 1965, attempting to rescue one of his men. The incident
was described in the book “We Were Soldiers Once …and Young,” by Harold Moore and
Joseph Galloway. The movie by the same name was released in 2002, with Chris Klein
portraying Jack, and Keri Russell portraying Barbara. His funeral mass was held at St.
Catherine's Church in Pelham, and he was buried at St. Mary's Cemetery in Danbury (CT).
LT. COL. ELI PAGE “TIM” HOWARD, JR., US Army, was an outstanding multi-sport athlete at
PMHS (Class of 1946), where he co-captained the undefeated 1945 PMHS football team.
“Tim” served in the U.S. Marine Corps and then joined his Pelham friend and teammate,
Eugene “Dippy” Evans, at Morgan State College in Baltimore (MD). He was quarterback and
co-captain of Morgan’s 1949 National Champions, a four year letterman in both basketball and
football, and named the first Cadet Commander in one of the first ROTC programs conducted
at an African-American institution.
The son of a WWI veteran, Tim went on to be commissioned an Army officer, and served in
Vietnam where he was named Commander of the 3rd Battalion of the 196th Light Infantry
Brigade during his second tour of duty. His helicopter was shot down on August 19, 1969
during a battle so fierce it took U.S. forces five days to fight their way to the crash site. There
were no survivors. Lt. Col. Howard, Jr., is interred at section 39 of Arlington National Cemetery
near the gravesite of his father. He is honored on panel 19W row 68 of the Vietnam Wall, and
was named to the Morgan State Athletic Hall of Fame in 1974.
SERGEANT WILLIAM C. ZARNFALLER, US Army, the son of Mr. and Mrs. William C. Zarnfaller
of 747 Pelhamdale Avenue, was a football, basketball player and track performer at PMHS
(Class of 1943).
Enlisting in the U.S. Army, assigned to the 99th Division, called the "Battle Babies" because
their average age ranged from 18 to 20. He was sent overseas in August of 1944, one of a
group of men picked for their expertise in all kinds of arms. He was awarded the Distinguished
Service Cross for actions resulting in the capture of 67 Nazis and the killing of seven others
near Ellingen, Germany. The DSC is the Army's second highest award for courage, after the
Medal of Honor, and was personally presented by Gen. George S. Patton, Jr. Upon returning
to the States after the war, he attended Columbia University and New York University Law
School, was a member of the Westchester Bar Association, past master of Winyah Masonic
Lodge in Pelham, and chaplain of Pelham Post 50 of the American Legion. In addition to the
DSC, he was awarded the Silver Star, American Service Medal, and the Purple Heart.
He died at age 57 on October 23, 1981, and is survived by his wife, a son and daughter.
Rosemary Foley
1944 Pelham Memorial High School Football team