[News Script: Fort Hood] Page: 1 of 4
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FORT HOOD
It's not everyday you have to move a 50-ton tank
across a river, but if you evert have the problem
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don't despair. Just call on Company E of the.
Engineers. The Victoria troops, part of the Texas
National Guard's 49th Armored Division are experts
two-weeks'
in such matters. As part of the/intensive summer
training at North Fort Hood, the troops are given
the problem of getting themselves, along with their
this
equipment across/1nb span of water, without getting
wet. And with the help of the Engineers they carry
it off nicely. However, the operation is not as
easy as it might sound. It must be carried out as
if the position were under/ enemy observation.
careful
This necessitates u h planning on many parts.men
And as Jt and equipment are ferried across,other
men and more equipment wait their turn under cover
underbrush.
of nearby a mMED LS OF OFFICERS
Lt. Colonel Joe A. Spears of Waco, commander of the
second squadron of the 124th Cavalry watches the-MORE.
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WBAP-TV (Television station : Fort Worth, Tex.). [News Script: Fort Hood], script, July 22, 1965; (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metadc982567/m1/1/: accessed July 17, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting UNT Libraries Special Collections.