Steve Sachs the Former "NG"

When I published the article on February 5th about the heritage of the 225th, our friend Steve Sachs sent me an email about his time at the University of Alabama.  He asked me to publish it on this blog......

I was in an asterisk [*] National Guard unit in collage.  The * was a designation that we were a recently converted unit from all (cld).  I painted the beds of 2 1/2 trucks every Monday night.  We did not clean or prep the beds, just painted over the dirt and old paint.  George Corley Wallace was our governor (Alabama).  We were federalized for two months so he could not use the Guard to prevent integration of the University of Alabama.  This was a good deal for our unit, we did not do anything.  We did get paid for the time we were federalized!  This was in 1962-63.  Many years later, Governor Wallace went to the largest Black Church in Montgomery, Alabama.  He was not invited, but when he wheeled himself down the aisle, there was a dead silence.  He apologized to the congregation and all Alabama.  I don't that there was a single person that didn't tear up.