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VOL. 9 No. 19
Maj. General Thomas L. Har-
rold Commanding Officer of HI
Corps awarded the Fourth Army
Area Rifle and Pistol Team cham
pionship trophies to the rifle and
pistol teams of the First Armored
Division at a banquet Saturday
evening May 6.
The warads were made at the
III Corps Sports Arena and cli
maxed the five-day Fourth Army
Area Rifle and Pistol Champion
ship matches. General Harrold
also awarded the individual rifle
championship trophy to PFC De
laine Roberts also a member of
the First Armored Division.
General Harrold was guest
speaker at the banquet and told
the teams that individual marks-
jnanship has not been stressed
lough. He said that fact was
(lade clear in Korea. He told the
jams that the Fourth Army
^'matches not only developed com
petitive spirit but they were also
good training for the individual
soldier.
ma
The First Armored's pistol team
number one sparked by some
go in a
Smith last year's pistol stars
scored a total of 2226 points to
edge the Fort Bliss team number
one out of the championship by 60
points. The rifle team racked up
2018 points beating Fort Sill's
number one by six points. PFC
Roberts scored 240 points to win
the individual championship in the
rifle matches. The Fort Hood
teams have now won top honors in
the Fourth Army matches for two
years in succession.
Chaffee Winner
Maj. Lloyd Hummert of Camp
Chaffee Ark. won the individual
pistol championship with 287
points. Rifle team number one
from Camp Chaffee won third
place in the rifle matches with 2007
points while Camp Chaffee Pistol
team number one took third place
in the pistol matches with 2161
points.
Members of the First Armored
Division teams were Rifle Team
on a in
Roberts 123rd AOB 1-Lt. Otis Hig-
ginbottom 16th AEB M-Sgt. Clar
7 0 1 A I a
Katterhenrich 68th AFA: Cpl.
(Reprinted courtesy of the Fort
Worth Star-Telegram.) -v
By HARLEY PERSHING
Star-Telegram Writer
YUCCA FLAT Nev. May 5
Armor only three-eighths of an
inch thick doesn't sound like much
protection against the shock roar
and blast of a mighty atomic deto
nation.
But it was enough for the 160
sun-tanned hardened soldiers of
the Fourth Armored Division at
Fort Hood who sat in their ar
mored personnel carriers at dawn
Thursday 3900 yards from the
spot where the device was fired.
They crouched inside their ve
hicle and rode out the blast that
rocked and bounced the 41800-
pound carries.
Minutes later they roared into
the swirling hurricane of smoke
sand rock and dust as eager as
school boys watching a circus
train unload.
Nerve-Wracking
This was military history for the
en of the APCs and the M-48-
tton tanks that made up an ar-
or as or ha he
first maneuver using the atomic
detonation as a "weapon" for a
tactical movement.
jrie
The tanks and APCs swung to-
HAPPY WINNERS in the Fourth Army Pistol Matches are the members of the First Armored Di
vision team number one. Another First Armored team made it a clean sweep by taking the Fourth
Army Rifle team championship. (Photos of the rifle winners were not available at press time). The
victors are First Lt. John S. Moffitt M-Sgt. Harold J. Brown SFC Aubrey E. Smith Cpl. Edward
L. Benoit SFC James R. Posey PFC Gunther Doyen M-Sgt. Clyde T. Messer SFC Edward R. Lemelle
Sgt. Donald J. Koerner Sgt. William L. Reed and PFC Jacque B. Peters. (U.S. Army Photo by Dell)
1st Armored Marksmen Take
4th Army Rifle Pistol Trophies
Robert Sherman 16th AEB PFC
James Fairchild 91st AFA Cpl.
Charles Schlieden 2nd AAA Pvt.
Charles Montello 81st Ren Pvt.
John Deatley 91st AFA PFC Ed
ward Bates 16th AEB Capt. Wil
liam Bernard 25th AIB. Rifle team
number two: M-Sgt. Lee Howard
1st Tk Bn PFC Winston Under
wood 1st Trans BN SFC R. H.
Biles 27th AFA Cpl. John Hooks
634th AIB Sgt. Bobby Phillips
1 0 0 N A a
1st Tk BN SFC C. D. Sisk 702nd
Thirty Italian officers including
Maj. General Camillo Costamagna
commanding general of Mantova
Division will visit Fort Hood May
4th Armored
Takes Honors
At Academy
Two Fourth Armored Division
men graduated with top honors
Friday morning from the III Corps
Academy.
Pvt. Joseph F. Rapotek Cleve
land Ohio a member of Battery A
of the 22nd Armored Field Artil
lery Battalion finished in first
place with an average of 95.73.
Placing second in Non-commis
sioned Officers Class No. 61 was
PFC Robert J. Kurowski Pulaski
Wisconsin with an average of
95.50. Private Kurowski is a mem
ber of the Fourth Armored Division
band.
Brig. General George A. Rehm
assistant Division commander of
the First Armored Division was
the principal speaker at the grad
uation ceremonies.
^Fourth Armored Soldiers
Sit Out A-Blast In APCs
ward ground zero the spot where
the A-bomb was fired and then
raced up a near-by desert hill to
attack an imaginary enemy line
"torn open" by the A blast.
There were no casualties.
But: the anticipation anxiety and
waiting that preceded the detona
tion was as nerve wracking as
waiting for the first baptism of
fire in combat.
In Position at 5
This reporter rode in a carrier
under the command of Capt. Rol-
land R. McMillan commander of
Company C 510th Armored Infan
try Battalion the only newsman
to ride in a personnel carrier a
pa re it
heavily armored tanks.
The men went into position in
their carriers Wednesday at 5 p.m.
They ate cold combat rations for
supper and then took up a vigil
on the sage brush dotted desert
land used by the Atomic Energy
Commission to test its A devices.
At 4:30 a.m. 40 minutes before
the shot was fired the laughter
and talk between the men in the
carrier dwindled into nothingness.
A few minutes later Captain Mc
an 3 3 a a of
World War
n
began receiving his
instructions over the radio.
AIB Cpl. James Longley 702nd
AIB Lt. Col. Clifton Peters 25th
AIB Sgt. John Gibson 91st AFA
Sgt. William Polston 81st Rcon
Pistol team number one: SFC
Aubrey Smith 2nd AAA M-Sgt
Harold Brown 25th AIB M-Sgt
Clyde Messer 47th AMB 1-Lt.
John Moffitt 4th Tk BN SFC
James Posey 13th Tk BN Sgt
Donald Koerner 68th AFA SFC
Edward Lemelle 2nd AAA Sgt.
William Reed 25th Afe PFC
(See MARKSMEN" Page 2)
Italian Officers
To View Training
15-17 where they will observe train
ing activities of the First and
Fourth Armored Divisions.
At Fourth Armored Headquar
ters the visitors will be welcomed
by Maj. General Thomas J. H.
Trapnell Commanding General
and a brief history of the division
will be given by Col. Marion G.
Williams Division G-2.
Medical support available to an
armored division will be demon
strated in an exhibit of the 46th
Armored Medical Battalion with
Lt. Col. Phillip Traina Division
Surgeon who speaks fluent Italian
giving the explanation.
Helicopter Ride
Rides in helicopters and tanks
will be available for the visitors
following a demonstration of the
formation of tank infantry teams
by the 512th Armored Infantry Bat
talion.
The officers will have lunch in
the field with one of the units of
the First Armored Division. Fol
lowing lunch they will witness a
demonstration of tank and small
arms firing to include rocket
launcher and rifle. A tour of the
post in the H-19 helicopter will
complete the scheduled events.
Department of the Army Escorts
are Lt. Col. Thomas E. Chegin
tour director Capt. Peter Gordon
and Lt. Michael J. Francone as
sistant tour directors.
You sit there on a long wooden
bench staring at the ceiling" won
dering what you are doing there.
You could have gone to a deep
trench and sweated out the blast
with the assurance that others had
preceded you there and walked
away.
Captain McMillan then ordered
the men to face the rear of the
carrier crouch low cover their
eyes and wait.
His voice cracked a little sweat
popped out on his forehead as he
announced there were only 10 sec
onds to go.
"Here is the count down" he
called out and then in a slow voice
says:
"Five four three two one."
The carrier then rocked and roll
ed slightly as the earth moved
with the force of an earthquake.
Dust Boils Up
A light so blinding and bright
that you could see your finger-
bones through your tightly
closed eyelids stabbed through the
darkness inside the carrier.
Seconds later an ear-splitting
explosion rocked the carrier.
Your ears ring your hat bounces
off your head.
A cloud of dust worse than any
(See A-BLAST Page 2)
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY MAY 12 1955
III Corps Divisions
To Display Strength
The biggest "open house" in the
history of Fort Hood will take
place on Saturday May 21 when
the entire post will put out the
welcome sign to civilian visitors
from the Central Texas area in
observance of Armed Forces Day.
Final plans for the event—t he
sixth in a series initiated by the
Department of Defense in 1950
are moving toward completion and
will involve the combined efforts
of Corps troops and elements
of the Fourth and First Armored
Divisions.
A meeting of Texas Chapter 18.
Army and Navy Legion of Valor
will be a highlight of the observ
ance on May 21.
Medal of Honor
Members of this organization
are those who have been awarded
the Congressional Medal of Honor
the Distinguished Service Cross or
the Navy Cross. During their two-
day visit they will participate In
all Armed Forces Day activities on
the post hold an election of offi
cers on May 21 and attend a spe
cial memorial service for deceased
members on May 22. They will also
be entertained at a luncheon a
dinner party and a dance at the
Officers club.
ROTC students from colleges in
the Central Texas Area will also
be guests of Fort Hood on Armed
Forces Day.
A III Corps review at 10:30 a.m.
on the main parade ground will
start the Armed Forces Day ac
tivities at Fort Hood. Maj. Gen.
Thomas L. Harrold III Corps
commander will be reviewing of
ficer and Brig. Gen. John K. Wa
ters Fourth Armored Division as
sistant commander will serve as
commander of troops at the pa
rade.
Armor Displays
A static display of armored di
vision equipment will be set up by
the First Armored Division and a
similar display of non divisional
equipment will be supervised by
the 35th Engineer Group.
At 2:30 p.m. the HI Corps Avia
tion Section will put on an Army
Rhodes Scholar
Serves 4th AD
By TED STANTON
One of the nation's outstanding
young scholai's is now serving as
an information and education ad
visor in the Fourth Armored Di
vision.
Cpl. Frederick W. Freya Rhodes
Scholar from Cleveland O. and
holder of a Master's degree from
Oxford University in England does
research work and conducts brief
ings on current events in the Di
vision Information and Education
Section.
Rhodes Scholarships providing
for two years of graduate study
at Oxford annually go to 32 of the
top college students in the United
States.
Academic Standard
The scholarships are given on
the basis of academic work lead
ership and athletics. They were
originally set up in 1904 to develop
ad in it a in A a a
Germany and to foster better un
an in be he
large powers. They are now
limited to Englishmen and Ameri
cans.
Frey was graduated from West
ern Reserve University in Cleve
land in 1951. He received his de
gree summa cum laude was a
member of Phi Beta Kappa the
national honorary scholastic fra
ternity and played regularly on
the varsity baseball team.
Frey concentrated in the field of
political science at both Western
Reserve and Oxford's Balliol col
lege. At Balliol steeped in the
traditions of 700 years of educat
ing his course covered political
science economics and philosophy.
He also played on the college
basketball team's starting iv e
which defeated the'British Olympic
basketball team in an exhibition
game.
Tells Feelings
Commenting on his work at Bal
liol the corporal said:
"The atmosphere there is far
different than any I had expe
rienced before. I feel that the two
years spent in study and travel-
on a six months study six months
travel basis—were extremely valu
able and opened up almost unlimit
ed opportunities for me."
The money provided by the
|scholarship coming from the
aircraft capabilities show at the
Fort Hood Army Airfield.
An "open house" will be held
throughout the day by six com
pany-size units putting mess halls
barracks and day rooms on dis
play. Also open to the public will
be all swimming pools libraries
service clubs and chapels.
At 3 p.m. the day's activities
will be topped off by an Army
league baseball game. Citizens of
all Central Texas communities are
cordially invited to visit Fort Hood
and take a close-up look at their
Army.
First Armored
Airmen Back
From Exercises
Two months of intensive train
ing in two important Army exer
cises ended Sunday for 31 officers
and men of the First Armored Di
vision's Combat Aviation company.
The "Old Ironsides" airmen set
down at the Fort Hood Airfield at
6:30 p.m.
Two sections of aircraft left
Fort Hood on March 10 to lend
air support to ground units par
pa in in E is S
Board" and "Desert Rock VI."
"Surf Board" held on the west
coast comprised both land and
amphibious operations. "D
Rock" staged on the sands of Ne
vada tested new combat tactics on
an atomic battlefield.
Thirteen officers and men of the
aviation company still remain at
the "Desert Rock" test site.
Participation of the "Old Iron
sides" Division's aviation company
was under the direction of Lieuten
ant Colonel Jack Blohm Aiken
S. C. Division aviation officer.
Men of the company headed for
the big tests with their plane en
gines still warm from an active
role in the combat command phase
of Exercise "Blue Bolt" held at
Fort Hood during the latter part
of February.
estate of Cecil Rhodes British dip
lomat and owner of the Kimberley
diamond mine in Africa may be
used to travel in England and Eu
rope when the school is not in ses
sion. Fred took advantage of this
to spend much of his free time on
the continent.
He has received a fellowship to
study at Princeton University in
its Department of Politic." this fall.
When formal schooling is through
he plans to teach at college level.
I and E Man
With the Army he has spent
much of his time doing just that.
He served as an instructor in each
of the four courses the I and E
section ran covering the tech
niques of leading discussions and
also handled weekly classes given
to I and E men throughout the di
vision.
Recently he appeared on a tele
vi on pa el it
men in the section to help explain
the aims of the division I and E
program.
The Clevelander who received
I on a at on in N
York City's Newtown High school
was married just before entering
the army and now lives with his
wife in Belton Tex. where she
teaches in the local school.
Fort Hood Preparing For Biggest
Armed Forces Day Ever Held Here
Effective last Friday May 6
Fort Hood personnel were notified
by Etl Corps Headquarters of the
limited restrictions against the use
of water at Fort Hood. However
on in or re on re
into force.
The lack of rainfall and expan
sion of Killeen was listed as the
main cause fo water rationing in
Killeen which started there Mon
day May 9.
Lawn Watering
Killeen's restricted water ration
ing restricts the use of water for
lawn watering and for air condi*
tioning units. The new system al
lows lawn watering twice a week.
It prohibits the use of air-condition
er without recirculating pumps
and other excessive use of water.
The following restrictions at Fort
III Corps HQ
Schedules Field
Exercise Friday
III Corps Headquarters will
move into the field Friday at 1
p.m. and establish a training bivou
ac in the Mayberry Park area of
the reservation according to an
announcement Monday by Corps
G-3.
Purpose of the training exercise
which will last 24 hours is to set
up and occupy a field-type com
mand post. It is a preliminary to
CPX CALTROP to be conducted
by III Corps on the Fort Hood
reservation in three increments
tentatively scheduled in late June
July and August.
Corps elements participating in
tomorrow's exercise will be Hq and
Hq Company and Hq and Hq Bat
tery III Corps Artillery.
BRIG GENERAL W. PAUL JOHNSON (left) III Corps Chief of
Staff'presents a wooden key which is symbolic of the "open door"
Dolicv for all religious denominations at the newly opened Post
stockade Chapel to Chaplain (Capt.) Charles W. Fogleman (cen
ter) 720th Military Police Bn. Standing by is Chaplain (1st. Lt.)
Joseph D. Herzog 46th Engineer Bn. who has already received
ihis key. The ceremonies celebrating the opening of the new chapel
rere held last Sunday morning. (U.S. Army Phto by Treadway).
THREE TOP SAFETY SLOGAN" contest winners pose with Maj. General Thomas L. Harrold (left) III
Corps and Fort Hood commanding general and Maj. General William S. Biddle (right) First Arm
ored Division commanding general. Standing from left to right are: PFC Harry E. Stull 81st Re-
connaisance Battalion First Armored Division who won $15 with "Better to be dead sure than sura
dead Sgt. Herman E. Davis 510th Armored Infantry Battalion Fourth Armored Division who
won $10 with "The saddest words you ever say I though I had the right of way and SFC Edward
Yulo 510 Armored Infantry Battalion Fourth Armored Division with "Take a life you never forget
it save a life and you'll never regret it.
Hood Units To Train Play
For Week At Fort Crockett
A new rotation program of Fort first unit of approximately 600 sol-
Hood battalion-sized units to Fort diers moves to the Army installa-
Crockett for a week of training tion near Galveston for a one week
and recreation will begin when the I encampment soon after May 18 it
Water Shortage Calls
For Rationing System
Lack of rain has brought back
the annual problem for Fort Hood
and Central Texas—wate ration
ing.
Hood on the limited use of water
is mandatory and must be com
plied with by military personnel.
Military vehicle washing is re
stricted to one time per vehicle per
week.
Lawn sprinkling is restricted to
not to exceed two hours daily after
5 oc'lock.
Take Measures
It was pointed out by III Corps
Headquarters that stringent conser
vation measures will be followed.
These including:
The detection and immediate re
pair of all leaks.
Shutting off hoses when washing
vehicles during the time that the
water is not being applied to the
vehicle.
The use of brooms and shovels
to remove dirt from wash racks
and other surfaces rather than the
prolonged use of water from hoses.
Inspections will be made from
time to time to make sure regula
tions are being followed and to en
force conservation measures.
—14 P^es
was announced this week by
Corps Headquarters.
The first unit—which has not
been officially named yet—will be
followed during each week of the
summer and early fall by other
battalions from Fort Hood.
During the weekly encampments
at Fort Crockett each battalion se
lected to take part in the rotation
program will engage in training
activities in the morning but will
be free to devote their afternoons
and evenings to recreation.
Battalions going to the Gulf-coast
installation will be chosen by the
Commanding General of Fort
Hood after they have successfully
completed their current training
with sufficiently high standards to
a an he a in in a
Crockett.
Advance Party
Clearing the way for the new
program an advance party of con
struction engineers from the 35th
Engineer Group moved to Galves
ton last Friday to rehabilitate un
occupied barracks for the battal
ions to come. Consisting of volun
teers from each unit of the En
gineer Group the task force is
commanded by 2nd Lt. Bruce A.
Martin Company C 46th Engineer
Battalion.
Since the Fort Hood units will
live in barracks that are current
ly unoccupied there will be no
change in the use of Fort Crockett
by civilian and military personnel
already there.
1st Armored To Build
Division Trophy Room
Construction of a memorial to
the First Armored Division and a
trophy room to house athletic and
military honors won by Division
personnel is now underway at Fort
Hood.
Site of the new construction is on
Headquarters Avenue just across
from the Division Headquarters
building.
The work of building the struc
tures is being conducted by Com
pany of the First Armored Di
vision's 16th Armored Engineer
Battalion. Lt. Col. William H. Mc-
is he an of
16th Engineers.
The idea of the monument was
originated by Major General Wil
liam S. Biddle Division command
er who realized the need for a
memorial to honor the accomplish
ments of past and present mem
bers of the "Old Ironsides" Di
vision.
The monument will have the in
signia of the First Armored Di-
Neiv Volume Tells Story
Of Women9s Army Corps
WASHINGTON (AFPS) The
story of the Women's Army Corps
from its formation as the WAAC
in 1942 until its integration into the
regular Army in 1948 is told in the
latest volume in the historical se
ries on the Army's activities in
WWII.
The book titled The Women's
Army Corps was written by Mat-
tie E. Treadwell who served as
a WAC lieutenant colonel during
the period she describes and who
later worked as a historian in the
office of the Chief of Military His
tory.
vision on the top portion and a
map showing the route of the Di
vision's fighting during World War
II will be placed on the lower part
of the monument.
The trophy room will house the
many trophies won by the Division
and its units for military athletic
and other competitions. It will also
contain the coats of arms of the
Division's units and a brief history
of the units and their citations.
Completion date of the project
is
not known at this time but tenta
tive plans for a dedication cei'e-
mony on Memorial Day May 30
are being considered.
Pakistan Army
Officer To Study
4th AD Armor
The Fourth Armored Division
will act as hosts for Col. Barbar
Ihsanullah Armor School director
of the Pakistan Army starting
Monday.
Colonel Ihsanullah will be in the
Division two weeks to study train
ing in each of the three Combat
Commands and Division Artillery.
The G2 (intelligence) section of the
Division will conduct the tour. Spe
cial emphasis will be placed on
Armored equipment furnished Pak
istan by the United States.
The visit is sponsored by the
Military Advisory Assistance
Group
of
Pakistan.
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