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VOL. 9 No. 32
CALTROP m the third in a se
ries of command post exercises
conducted on the Fort Hood reser
vation will send units of
in
Corps
and the First and Fourth Armored
Divisions to the field next week
for three days August 16 to 18.
With an overall objective to pre
pare participating units for Exer
cise SAGE BRUSH tentatively
scheduled for this fall the CAL
TROP series is designed to train
a at an a
staffs in terrain appreciation op
erational procedures staff integra
tion and coordination necessary in
full-scale operations.
Besides command and staff
units from both divisions sev
eral non-divisional units will
participate. These include the
Three other reserve quartermas
ter units from Texas and two
from Oklahoma are participating
with the 493rd in the fortnight
of training exercises. These are
the 867th QM Co. (Svc) of Aus
tin Tex. 910th QM Co. (Svc) of
Karnack Tex. 900th QM Co. (Sal
vage) of Gallena Park Tex. 860th
QM Co. (Pet. Sup.) of Madill
Okla. and the 353rd QM Co. (Pet.
Sup.) of Ponca City Okla.
Col. Nelson
Is Appointed
New Corps IG
Headquarters HI Corps announc
ed yesterday the appointment of
^Jol. Christian G. Nelson as Inspec-
Hr General.
^The new Inspector General
comes to Fort Hood with a wealth
of experience in his field. Previous
to his assignment at Corps Head
quarters Colonel Nelson served as
Inspector General for Eighth Army
in Korea.
A native of Brooklyn the Colonel
graduated from the United States
Military Academy in 1927. Detail
ed to the Signal Corps he attended
he pa O S a
Course in 1932-33. After graduating
he transferred to Field Artillery
and in 1935-36 attended the Battery
Officers Course at Ft. Sill Okla
homa.
At the start of WWII Colonel
Nelson served as staff officer in
Anti-Aircraft Regiments in the
states and early in 1942 was sent to
the southwest Pacific where he
served as a AAA Group Command
er. At the end of the war he was
in the Philippines.
In July 1951 Colonel Nelson was
transferred to Fifth Army Head
quarters in Chicago where for one
year he served as Assistant In
spector General Fifth Army and
then for two years as Chief of In
spections Division. Fifth Army. In
April 1954 the Colonel was trans
ferred to Korea where he first
served as Inspector General IX
Corps before being assigned In
jector General Eighth Army.
HrThe new Inspector General lives
with his wife Pearl and his wife's
mother Mrs. Grace Staplin at
McNair Village Quarters 150
Apartment 1.
A YOUNG PILOT TRIES OUT the controls of a helicopter. An interested group watches Johnny Ben
nett (second from left) as he takes a brief course of helicopter instruction from PFC Grant Rich
ardson (left) 58rd Signal Bn. The two young ladies in the helicopter are Beth and Nancy Rowton
and looking on at the right is John Bennett. They are part of a group of 38 boys and girls along with
their adult leaders from the 7th & James Baptist Church in Waco who made a visit to Fort Hood last
Saturday. Host unit for the visit was the 53rd Signal Bn. After looking at aircraft the group was
taken on a tour of the post an inspection of 53 rd Signal equipment lunch in one of the battalion
mess halls. In the afternoon they saw a baseball game and went swimming at pool No. 2.
(U.S. Army Photo by Traynham)
Caltrop III Is Scheduled
Next Week For Training
86th Ord Bn and the 336th
QM Bn.
The 1st Armd Div. commanded
by Maj. Gen. Robert L. Howze
will leave for the field one day
earlier on August 15 to set up
communications and make initial
maneuver preparations. IH Corps
and Fourth Armored Division units
will leave the next day.
First and Fourth Armored Di
vision troops will serve as reserve
units for IH Corps. Maj. Gen.
Thomas L. Harrold commands
or an or
Gen. John K. Waters is the 4th
Armd Div commanding general.
In the field III Corps will occupy
the Mayberry Park area in the
western portion of the reservation'.
The Fourth Armored will also go
Army Reserve Unit 493rd QM
Begins Summer Training Here
Members of the 493rd Quarter
master Depot Dallas unit of the
U. S. Army reserve began two
weeks of full-time soldiering this
week at Fort Hood. While here
they are being supported by the
Third Corps' 96th Quartermaster
Battalion.
The reservists are being tested
both as supply technicians and as
fighting men. Their packed agenda
includes on- the-job training in
supply techniques weapons firing
and a strenuous overnight field
problem. The first week of the
units' annual encampment will be
climaxed by an inspection and full-
dress parade.
Results of the encampment will
be used to develop better training
plans for the reservists who meet
once each week at their home
stations. Col. W. N. McKinney
Dallas moving and storage firm
executive commands the 493rd
accountants and heads of their own
Civilian occupations of the re
servists range from school teach
ers clerks and truck drivers to
accountants and head of their own
businesses.$
Inks Lake Victim Saved
By Dwaine Buck Blitz
A recent Armored Sentinel story
credited PFC Joseph Blitz 4005th
with reviving a drowning victim
at Inks Lake by artificial respira
tion. The story neglected to say
the victim was pulled out of the
water by SP 3 Dwaine Buck St.
Paul Minn. of the First Armored
[Division Artillery's S-2 (Intelli
gence) section.
As PFC Blitz says "I wouldn't
have been able to do much reviv
ing if Buck hadn't gone into the
water and brought him out."
to the west. "Old Ironsides" will
initially head for the eastern sec
tion of the reservation and will as
os it on or re
south and east boundary and Cow
house creek on the other side.
With the arrival of all par
ticipating units at their posi
tions the 'paper war' will be
gin.
Corps will be holding a line
of defense east of the Colorado
river. Elements of two aggressor
rifle corps the 21st and the 27th
will be on the attack and rein
or by he el of
aggressor 6th Armored Corps and
the Seventh Mechanized Corps.
The First and the Fourth Ar-
mored Divisions will be behind the
acutal line of combat at the out
set.
The CALTROP series of exer
cises is being conducted on a con
tinuation basis. Closing situations
of one exercise provide the start
ing point for future maneuvers
CALTROP I followed directly be
hind CALTROP I but the present
exercise had a 60-hour delay for
integration of replacements recon
naissance and refueling. This pre
vents unnecessary waste of time
when first arriving in the field.
The initial CALTROP command
post exercise (CPX) was similar
to an older one Clover Leaf I
held last December. The First Ar
mored Division did not participate
in CALTROP I but was represent
ed by an umpire group. The First
will have taken part in the follow
ing two exercises however with
full strength in both personnel and
equipment.
In portions of the second
CALTROP exercise the 1st
Armored had elements along
the Colorado river. They began
to advance seizing an objec
tive in the vicinity of San Sa
ba but were hit heavily by
aggressor armor and mechan
ized units. They then withdrew
across the Colorado into units
of friendly infantry divisions.
Under plans for CALTROP IH
a an a re so
will possess atomic capabilities.
These were also used in CALTROP
II.
As in the previous CPX's one
representative ATFA Corps and
one representative Field Army
Support Brigade will also partici
pate along with appropriate ele
ments of one representative a rj
force of 15 wings.
Quadruple Belton Pipeline
Removed By 61st Engr. Bn.
The Fort Hood quadruple pipeline from Belton Reservoir to Fort
Hood's filter plant which was opened just a year and nine days ago is
being removed this week by Fort Hood personnel.
According to Maj. James Smejkal Rear Detachment Commander
of the 35th Engineer Group the
removal of the pipes will be com
pleted in 10 days.
The pipeline which allowed 2-
000000 gallons of water a day
to flow to Fort Hood during the
long drouth period last year has
well served its purpose. Laid in
record time of ten days last year
by members of the 35th Engineer
Group the eight and a half mile
long quadruple pipeline provided
the necessary water for Fort
Hood and surrounding commun
ities.
The four six-inch pipelines
started being removed from their
resting place Monday August
1 by members of the same unit
Company B 61st Engineer Bat
talion that laid it last year.
Providing trucks and men to
load the pipes are elements of
the Fourth Armored Division's
four artillery battalions—the
22nd 66th 94th and the 197th.
The work is being carried out
under the direct supervision of
Major Smejkal and Chief War-
rent Officer Marion M. Philpot
construction engineer for Company
B.
Last year member of the 35th
Group laid the pipeline from the
Dam to the filter plant near Nolan-
ville. Working on a round-the-
clock 24-hour schedule the pipe
line was finished in 10 days. In
all 37 boxcars of valves fittings
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY AUGUST 11 1955
4th AD Plans To Send
Top Soldiers To NYC
A proposed plan to send Soldier
of the Month winners in the Fourth
Armored Division to the Division
Association convention in New
York next summer is now being
studied.
It is contemplated that each win
ner of the division-wide monthly
contest an enlisted man select
ed for his soldierly qualities will
attend the convention on an ex
pense-free trip. Next year's meet
ing site is the Statler Hotel in New
York City.
The idea follows the announce
ment of last week that the As
sociation approved admission of
present members of the Fourth
Armored. Chartering of local
chapters will be on battalion level.
Further 'plans for the New York
trip for the Soldier of the Month
winner arg pending on the suc
cess of the Association member
ship drive.
Division headquarters will ap
point certain individuals of
ficers and enlisted men to head
membership campaigns and di
rect battaiam organization ac
tivities. Later when the battal
ions have sufficient membership
The First Armored Division is
currently playing host to 620 of
ficers and enlisted men of the
4162nd Army Reserve Service Unit
here for their two-week summer
Killeen Public
Schools To
Open Sept. 1
Student registration at Killeen
public schools for this fall will
begin August 15 and last through
the 18th.
Registration hours will be from
8-12 a. m. and 2-4 p. m.
All six-year old pupils must pre
sent birth certificates.
Pupils entering Killeen schools
for the first time should present
vaccination certificates for small
pox and diptheria.
The registration schedule is as
follows:
HIGH SCHOOL
Ionday August 15—all seniors
lors.
Tuesday August 16—all juniors.
Wednesday August 17—all soph
omores
Thursday August 18—all fresh
men.
JUNIOR HIGH SCHOOL
Monday August 15—all 8th
grade pupils.
Tuesday AugCfst 16 all 7th
grade pupils.
ELEMENTARY SCHOOLS
Monday August 15—all first
grade pupils.
Tuesday August 16—all second
grade pupils.
Wednesday August 17—all 3rd
and 4th grade pupils.
Thursday August 18—all 5th and
6th grade pupils.
School will officially open on
September 1st.
and pipes were delivered to the
men on the job.
On July 20 of last year the
first pump was installed at the
Intake point just below Belton
Dam. Another needed booster
pump was installed later dur
ing the week at a high point
along the route of the filter
plant.
The quadruple pipeline com
pleted July 31 with ceremonies
held at the filter plant in Still-
house Hollow offered relief for
Fort Hood and nearby commun
ities. When the valve was opened
by former Fort Hood commander
Lt. Gen. Hobart R. Gay an ad
ditional 2000000 gallons per day
were alloted to the city of Kil
leen giving a total of 1200000
gallons per day to the populace
of that city. Nearby Copperas
Cove was given an additional 30-
000 gallons a day.
each until will elect its own
officers.
Actual enrolling of new members
will begin September 1 upon ap
proval by the Association of the
charter and proposed organiza
tion of the active division.
Army Surgeon
General Visits
Ft. Hood Today
Maj. Gen. Silas B. Hays Surgeon
General U. S. Army will arrive
at Fort Hood today at 9:30 a.m. for
a visit to the U. S. Army Hospital
here.
He will be accompanied by Brig.
Gen. L. H. Ginn Fourth Army Sur
geon. They will be met at the
Fort Hood Airfield by Col. James
D. Gardner hospital commander.
General Hays will meet infor
mally with medical officers and
nurses at the hospital and make a
brief inspection of medical facili
ties.
After lunch he and General Ginn
will leave for Camp Chaffee.
620 Reserve Officers And Men
Take Training In USAR School
session Aug. 7 to 21 as part
of the United States Army Re
serve School annual training pro
gram. The men represent five
southwestern states.
Serving as the supporting unit
for the reservists the First Arm
ored is furnishing everything from
compasses to machine guns from
quartermaster ordnance and sig
nal supply centers plus equip
ment from divisional units.
Col. Kenneth R. Spillman Den
ton Tex. the group command
ant addressed the men at the
opening session. Maj. Gen. Robert
L. Howze 1st AD commander
welcomed the reservists and prom
ised complete cooperation from
"Old Ironsides."
With two-thirds of the year's
training accomplished in the two
weeks of active training the re
servists face a rugged schedule
totaling 17 different classes in six
Army branches.
Instructon in weapon familiar
ization preventative maintenance
and map reading will be stressed
along with technical engineering
and communication problems.
Although the 4162nd ARSU has
its headquarters in Fort Worth
its members journey from as far
north as Tulsa Okla. and as far
east as New Orleans La. for
these summer sessions.
Branch directors present for the
course of instruction include Lt.
Col. Wesley R. Brown Hous
to a A
Ft. Worth Maj. Robert L. Allen
Ft. Worth Maj. Fred E. Barnes
Denton Tex. Maj. Carl W. Zieg-
ler Weatherford Tex. and Maj.
Sidney J. Laughlin of Dallas.
In their respective home re
Work Started On New NCO
Housing Project For Hood
MASTER SERGEANT PANTELLIS HARRISIS bade farewell to
his commander Lt. Col. Frederick Trombley who heads the 126th
Armored Ordnance Battalion of the 4th Armored Division as he
retired from the Army after more than twenty years service last
week. (U.S. Army Photo by Graf)
Ass't Army Secretary
Milton Visits Hood
A 17-gun salute greeted Honor
able Hugh M. Milton
n
100th Tk Bn Tops
Soldiers Deposit
TTT
Assistant
Secretary of the Army at an Honor
Guard ceremony at III Corps Head
quarters yesterday morning.
Mr. Milton accompanied by
Major General Thomas L. Harrold
serve units the officer-students
attend 24 meetings each year. En
listed men fill the necessary
clerical and administrtive needs.
Staff members and their assist
ants must attend 48 meetings year
ly dividing their time between
lecturing showing training films
and giving demonstrations plus
preparing instruction programs
for future classes.
Staff members attending the
current training cycle include Lt.
Col. Luther E. Koch Ft. Worth
as is an an an a
Wayne H. Lowrence Denton
Tex. secretary Maj. Henry G.
Creel Jr. S-3 (operations) of
ficer also of Denton and Maj.
Billy J. Bunch Ft. Worth supply
officer.
The 100th Tank Bn. had 100 per
cent participation in the 1st Armd.
Div's Soldiers Deposit and savings
program this month.
Under the command erf Maj.
Jesse J. Cole Johnson City Tenn.
the "Old Ironsides" unit gained
complete support from all four
companies plus the medical de
tachment.
Hqs and Svc Co. has contributed
100 per cent support to the sav
ings program for the past two
months under the command of
Capt. Norbert Voegele. Selected
as the 100th Tank's honor Com
pany this month its members have
also incurred no accidents or de
linquency reports over the same
period.
IJPS-A-DAISY—Members of Company B Slst Engineers battalion above cart away another section of
Fort Hood's quadruple pipeline which brought ail additional 2280000 gallons of water a day to the
bie Central Texas military reservation Killeen and Copperas Cove during last yearns drought. The
DiDeline from Belton reservoir to Fort Hood's filter plant opened just a year and nine days ago has
been replaced by the intake structure at Belton dam is now being removed. The job is expected to
take about 10 days. (U.S. Army Photo)
Corps and Fort Hood command
er and Capt. Leon D. Christopher
Honor Guard commander inspect
ed the Honor Guard from the First
Armored Division's 702d Armored
Infantry Battalion and 4th Tank
Battalion. After the ceremony Mr.
Milton received a briefing at Corps
Headquarters by General Harrold
and members of the HI Corps staff.
Following the briefing Mr. Mil
ton left for North Fort Hood where
he inspected the 45th Infantry Di
vision (National Guard).
Music for the ceremony was
played by the First Armored Di
vision Band led by Chief Warrant
Officer John R. Parrott. Captain
Robert L. Jobe Commanding Of
ficer "C" Battery 27th Armored
Field Artillery Battalion com
manded the Honor Firing Battery.
Mr. Milton's arrival at Fort
Hood was delayed until a late hour
Tuesday night because of severe
rain and wind storms in the area.
SP3 Montgomery
Scores Perfect
On BAR Firing
SP3 Lensia Montgomery Co "A"
512th AIB 4th Armd Div fired an
unusual score with a BAR recently
as he clipped 50 bullseyes out of
50 shots for a maximum of 250
points.
An informal check of the bat
talion office of the 512th showed
that no-one there including sev
eral soldiers with nearly 20 years
of service had ever heard of the
perfect score with a BAR.
Montgomery oddly enough Is
not a full-time BAR man as
he is a machine gunner with
the machine gun section of
Co "A."
He was firing at Pilot Knob "C"
range Fort Hood.
Specialist Montgomery is the son
of Gladys Epps Greenwood Mis
sissippi. He served with the 40th
Division in Korea for 18 months
before coming to Hood.
One soldier offered the side com
ment "He'd sure be a terror at a
turkey shoot wouldn't he?"
—14 Pages
Quarters For
200 Families
To Be Built
By JACK HOLDEN
Ground was broken just south of
McNair Village at Fort Hood last
week for an NCO housing project
to provide specially-engineered
quarters for 200 families it was
announced Monday by HI Corps
Headquarters.
The program will cost approxi
mately $2000000.
For the first time the Army is
providing houses designed especial
ly for the Southwest. Included in
the project are 46 single family
houses and 77 duplexes.
They are built of brick redwood
and colored cement asbestos pan
eling with a variety of styles in
side and outside. Completion date
for the last units is September
1956 and 54 units are scheduled
for completion in April 1956.
All homes are one story.
They are to be built with over
hanging eves and oriented gen
erally north and south to take
advantage of natural ventila
tion. Attics are all insulated
and each unit will have cen
tral heating.
The 200 units will include 103
three bedroom dwellings and 97
two-bedroom homes. They are to
be constructed similar to better
type civilian residences and 19 ex
terior-treatments will be employ
ed.
The housing will be so arranged
as to provide for the safety of
children. Most of the streets will
be dead end and will not carry
thru traffic. Trees shrubs and
grass will be included in land
scaping plans for the new NCO
area.
All rooms are designed for
iv in it he
have built-in wall ovens and
counter top ranges. A utility
room with plumbing and elec
trical connections for automat
ic washing machines is in
cluded the appliances them
selves to be provided by the
occupants.
An outside storage area with a
capacity of 500 cubic feet is to be
provided and each unit will have
a large walk-in closet in addition
to regular built-in closet and stor
age space.
A typical home will have a 12
by 17 foot living room. A family
room 10 by 15 which can double
as a dinnig room is included. The
master bedroom is 11 by 15 and"
the second bedroom 11 by 12. Units
ha re be
have a 9 by 10 room also. Kitch
ens are compact and 9 by 14 feet.
Post Quartermaster will furnish
all necessary housekeeping items
which will include bedroom living
room and family room furniture
and a refrigerator for the kitchen.
Electrical outlets for television and
re at a on it on in a
provided.
In the duplexes latest type
soundproofing will be wed to
seperate the two units.
The quarters are to be built in
four shifts. By April 195616 single
units and 38 duplex units are to
be finished. In May 1956 12 more
singles and 44 duplex units will be
ready. By July 1956 nine singles
and 36 duplex units are scheduled
for completion and by September
1956 the final nine single units and
36 duplex units will be ready for
occupancy.
Gen. Johnson
Offers Thanks
To Fort Hood
In a letter to the Fourth Army
Commander the commanding gen
eral of the 49th Armored Division
Texas National Guard Maj. Gen.
Albert S. Johnson thanked IH
Corps and Fort Hood for the sup
port given them recently.
In his letter General Johnson
said "The success of this train
ing period is attributable to a very
great extent to the fine training
facilities at Fort Hood and the
outstanding logistical and training
support supplied by the Corps.
Relationship between personnel
of HI Corps units and out di
vision at all levels was cordial
and cooperative."
In an endorsement to this let
ter Maj. Gen. Samuel T. Wil
liams Forth Army CG said
"Please accept my sincere con
gratulations and thanks for the
effective support provided the 49th
Armored Division which prompted
these favorable comments.
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