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Drive Safely
This Weekend
VOL. 13 NO. 28
A continuing program to collect
funds to support Army Emerg
ency Relief at Fort Hood still has
not reached the goal of $12500.
First Lieutenant Paul Kumler
Fort Hood savings officer says
that with only two weeks remain
ing in the annual drive contri
butions have slacked off after an
initial strong start. He hopes that
with one payday remaining be
fore the end of the drive soldiers
will make a final effort to raise
I the money which will be needed
'during the coming year.
Fund officials point out that
the $12500 goal is only 20 per
cent of the money actually dis*
Abilene Plans
Missile Bases
The first Nike Missile installa
tion in the Abilene area is planned
for construction in the near future
according to an announcement
made today by Major General W.
Paul Johnson Acting Commander
Fort Hood Texas and omman-
der of the 2d Armored Division
on behalf of the Commanding
General Fourth U.S. Army.
Reconnaissance for the selection
of the missile sites in the Abilene
area is expected to begin within
the next week or two.
The Nike sites will be located
surrounding the strategic area to
be defended and will be selected
on the basis of least distuption to
the local economy and community
choosing possible sites Army
officials emphasized the fact that
the Department of the Army pol
icy is to use the least amount of
land for the Nike installations.
9
Final determination of the
exact location will not be
made until all necessary sur
veys have been completed
and approved by the Depart
ment of the Army in Wash
ington. Only enough acreage
necessary to emplace operate
and administer the Nike sys-
xjtnd to afford adequate
^jjggfcfprotection will be ac
quired.
The proposed Nike installation
consists of 2 batteries each locat
ed 8 to 10 miles from the center
of the defended area. The missile
batteries will each occupy 2 par
cels of land approximately 1 mile
or 2 miles apart. Due to the com
plexity of the guided missile
equipment and the characteristics
of the guided missile radars rela
tively few locations are suitable
for sites.
The strongest possible defense
can be obtained only by careful
selection of the site from which
missiles are controlled and the
site from which they are launch
ed according to the Fourth
Region Air Force Commander.
Where possible the Nike sites
will be placed on Federal state
or county-owned lands in order to
hold purchase of private property
to an absolute minimum accord
ing to Army authorities.
A
ER Provides Relief
uring Emergencies
tributed last year. When each
dollar invested returns five
in benefits to soldiers in need
they emphasize that sound
reasoning demands generous
support of this fund.
Several examples of the sort
of aid given by AER have al
ready been printed in the Armor
ed Sentinel and there are hun
dreds of others which illustrate
the value of this program which
proves that the "Army takes care
of its own."
Many men stationed at Fort
Hood were here last year when
disastrous floods took lives and
destroyed property in this central
Texas area. One soldier whose
family lived in a mobile home
near Nolan Creek at that time lost
almost all his household items
and the home itself suffered ser
ious damage
Application to AER resulted in
the grant of sufficient money to
establish new quarters and obtain
immediate necessities.
With about 25000 men sta
tioned at Fort Hood it was
obvious to AER leaders that
if every individual contributed
50 cents the goal would be
reached. Some units however
have set their own goals some
what higher to offset the fail
ure of a few to donate.
One such unit is Headquarters
Company U.S. Army Garrison
where men are asked to contri
bute a dollar to AER. Represent
atives of the company said that
experience shows us many men
cannot or will not donate and
they accept their share of the re
sponsibility to offset shortages
thus created.
This year's drive ends Sep
tember 1 and Colonel Glenn
A Hawes III Corps adjutant
general and president of the
AER committee at Fort Hood
has reminded personnel here
that it is important to them
that the goal be reached.
School Physicals
Are Not Needed
"Many requests have been re
ceived at the Post Hospital in re
gard to physical examinations for
children prior to attending school
this fall. For the information of
parents concerned no physical ex
amination is required for attend
ance at schools within the Killeen
School System. They do require
diphteria immunization every two
years until the child reaches 10
years of age and smallpox vac
cination every seven years. These
immunizations and vaccinations
can be provided to dependent
children of military personnel at
the U. S. Army Hospital.
"It is planned to schedule physi
cal examinations for school chil
dren in mid-September for those
children who are military depen
dents and whose parents desire
same. The schedule will be an
nounced in the Post Daily Bulletin
at a later date."
ARKlFtJOMMENDATION RIBBON—At a ceremony in the of
fice of the Commanding General of the 2d Armored Division
Major General W. Paul Johnson Captain Alfred C. Nelson re
ceived the United States Army Commendation Ribbon with
Metal Pendant for his outstanding performance of duty with
the 15th Cavalry from 25 Feb 1956 to 28 July 1958. Captain
Nelson Is now a member of Headquarters and Headquarters
Company 3d Armored Division with duty as Assistant G-2.
In the background is 1st Lt. Tilford C. Creel aide-de-camp to
Joinson who read the citation. (Photo: Waffing)
One observer pointed out that
last year during the United Fund
drive the campaign slogan was
"Reward yourself give generous
ly." He then said that the slogan
could have been even more justly
have been used by AER.
The man who donates to AER
is truly rewarding himself be
cause he knows that every cent
contributed is used to bring finan
cial relief to soldiers in need
and there is always a chance that
the donor will become one of those
None of the money is used to cov
er operating expenses or to pay
salaries transportation or fees in
herent in most beneficial pro
grams.
Money donated to AER is
always used by soldiers and
when loans are repaid funds
can be used over and over
again to provide for temporary
emergency needs of others.
As the final days of the drive
appraoch Fort Hood soldiers are
reminded of the words which have
appeared on screens of post theat
ers recently: "Supported by your
gift AER gives aid in your
emergency."
2d AD Pistoleer
Takes 1st Place
In
22
Matches
Sergeant First Class James H.
McNally of Fort Hood's 2nd
Armored1 Division was a star
performer in the recently con
cluded pistol competition of the
Camp Perry Ohio National
Matches.
His 293-7X score in the .22
caliber NRA building fund
match secured first place for
him in the event and later
competition in the National
Trophy individual pistol
match earend the third and
final leg which qualified him
for the Distinguished Marks
man Badge.
"Legs" are awarded at Camp
Perry to shooters who fire scores
higher than those of ten percent
of enlisted1 service competitors in
the National Matches.
Three other members of the
Fourth Army Pistol Team earned
legs toward this coveted prize.
One First Lieutenant William
Turner Jr. of Fort Hood's 2nd
U. S. Army Missile Command
consistently distinguished himself
in the firing.
Other Fort Hood men who
placed in individual competi
tion at America's top marks
manship event include Second
Lieutenant Cecil L. Waliis 2nd
Armored Division and Master
Sergeant Stanford T. Bozeman
of the same unit.
Competition included interna
tional free pistol contests rapid
fire events and standard matches
with the .22 .38 and .45 caliber
pistols.
Selected Army shooters as
signed to the Army Advanced
Marksmanship Unit with
home base at Fort Benning
Ga. dominated much of the
competition. They won four of
the first places in interna
tional rapid fire matches.
In free pistol firing Navy
Torpedoman's Mate 1st Class
Gaspar P. Defino fired a brilliant
550-22X to break by two points
the previous record set by Army
Master Sergeant Heulet "Joe"
Benner in 1955.
On August 13 the U. S. Army
Grey team captured the .22
caliber championship. The 1958
National Rifle and Pistol Matches
began Aug. 7 and match officials
reported: that shooter participa
tion exceeded all expectations.
Many new records were
established one of which was
that for the first time in his
tory a. civilian won the na
tional individual pistol champ
ionship. James Clark of
Shreveport La. fired a 2598
out of a possible 2700 to win.
Behind him came Sergeant
Emil Heugatter and Lieutenant
Colonel William Hancock both
members of the U. S. Army Ad
vanced Markmanship Unit with
scores of 2591 and 2590 respec
tively.
Pistol shooting for 1958 is now
finished at Camp Perry and at
tention will be turned to high-
power rifle matches which begin
August 23. This will be the last
phase of the National Matches
and will end Sept. 6.
MOTORSTS were so annoyed
when a freight train blocked a
crossing in Bethlehem Pa. that
they released a coupling and
watched the train pull away min
us 20 ears.
Alien Service Wives may apply
for U.S. Citizenship after a resi
dence of three years in the United
States and six months in Texas.
If a wife is authorized to go over
seas with her husband the gov
ernment will waive all residence
requirements. There are other re
quirements which will not be waiv
ed.
To become a citizen an alien
has to pass a Federal test in
the history and government of
the United States. The Killeen
USO conducts citizenship clas
ses to teach the history and
2d AD Trainees
Leave Hood For
Germany Duties
A Germany-bound packet of
Second Armored Division trainees
leaves Fort Hood Sept. 6 for em
barkation at Savannah Ga.
Men who took their training
here in the 15th Cavalry 41st In
fantry and 3rd Artillery will be
transported from here by troop
train.
It is the first time Savannah
has been used as a port of em
barkation since World War II.
Another packet of trainees
left here Aug. 16 by train for
New York according to Cap
tain Carsten E. Fosmark of
ficer in charge of troop pro
cessing. The 628 men from
several Fort Hood training
units will spend about eight
days aboard the U. S. N. S.
Patch enroute to Germany.
They left New York Aug. 18.
Several groups of trainees have
left Fort Hood traveling by indi
vidual means but the balance of
the personnel will go in packets
by train. Some will go by airlift.
Of the more than 9000 men who
trained here in the Second Ar
mored Division all will be sent
to the Third Armored Division
with few exceptions.
THE CODE OF CONDUCT: The
introduction of "ideological" war
in Korea created a new training
requirement for the soldier says
ad a S on it
States Army at Fort Meade Md.
"The soldier must be trained to
use knowledge and information as
weapons Determined resist
ance to enemy BRAIN-WASHING
techniques is not only logical and
possible but is the only honorable
course of action open to an Amer
ican sMier."
Pri.lM.sd bv The Sales Circular Co. private firm. Opiftiott expieased by the publisher u.d writer herein are their own and are not to be considered an official expression by the Department ol the Army. The appearance ol advertisements In this Publication doe not constitute
aii indorsement by the Department of the Army of the products or services advertised.
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY AUGUST 22 1958
summ i YOUR en
GIVES IN
Bond News Of Importance
Holders of Series and Savings bonds may be interested
in the following statement Issued by the Treasury Department:
"Secretary of the Treasury Anderson today announced that
in order to afford the individuals (and fc^rsonal trust estates)
who have held Series and savings bonds originally issued
on and after September 1 1946 and which mature beginning
September 1 1958 for the full 12 years maturity an opportunity
to continue their investments in United States Savings Bonds
they will be permitted until further notice to reinvest the pro
ceeds as they mature in Series E or bonds without regard
to the annual limitation of $10000 (maturity value) for each
series.
"Those holders can purchase Series E or bonds or a
combination of both up to such denominational amounts as
the proceeds of their matured bonds will fully cover. This
can be accomplished by presenting the Series and
bonds to any Federal Reserve Bank or Branch.
"Series E or bonds so purchased will be dated as of the
first day of the months in which the matured Series or
bonds. are presented for payment. In order to preserve the
continuity of their investment holders of the maturing bonds
are urged to present them for exchange during the month in
which they mature.
"Holders other than individuals ad personal trust estates
will not be permitted to reinvest the proceeds of their maturing
Series or bonds outside of the limitation on holders for
Series E and bonds."
This statement was sent to Fort Hood's Finance Office by
Watrous H. Irons president of the Federals Reserve Bank at
Dallas Texas.
Killeen USO Course
Aids Alien Wives In
Getting Citizenship
government that is required.
These classes have been very
successful in the past and are
re
Immigration and Naturaliza
tion Service in San Antonio.
In addition to teaching indivi
dual consultation and assistance is
given regarding personal prob
lems in obtaining citizenship.
Classes will begin Wednesday
September 10 and continue one a
week until December 10th. There
will be two classes and students
can choose the class that is most
convenient for them. Wednesday
from 1:30 to 4:00 p.m. or Wednes
day from 7:00 p.m. to 9:30 pm.
In order to attend this Fall
class alien wives must regis
ter in person at the Killeen
USO Club beginning Monday
September 1st. No registra
tions will be accepted after
September 9th.
No tuition or fees are charged
for the course but there is a
charge of $5.00 to pay for text
books and materials which be
come the property of the student.
This is payable on registration.
SFC Receives
W0 Bars Here
A former sergeant first class in
the 73d Ordnance Battalion Sup
ply Group 2d U.S. Army Missile
Command recently received the
bars of the warrant officer at an
informal ceremony presided over
by Colonel Franklin G. Smith
commander of the Missile Com
mand.
Warrant Officer Robert E. Ed
wards' new duties will be as nu
clear weapons mechanical assem
bly technician or formerly section
chief of the warhead section in a
storage and issue platoon he pre
pared for his appointment by at
tending the Armed Forcees Spe
cial Weapons Project School at
Sandia Base N.M. in 1955 and
other service schools.
A native of North Carolina
Warrant Officer Edwards at
tended Sparta High School
Sparta N.C. He entered the
Army in January 1949 and
completed basic training at
Fort Jackson S.C.
Before his assignment to the
Missile Command in July 1957
he was assigned to the 501st Mili
tary Police Company Fort Polk
La.
With his wife Patricia and their
two-month-old daughter is a Re-
nee Warrant Officer Edwards
lican solclievt" I
CaptKochG-3
Named Aide
To Gen Meloy
Captain Harlan G. Koch has
beta named aide de camp to
Major General Guy S. Meloy
deputy commander for reserve
affairs Fourth U.S. Army.
Captain Koch who is now in
spector of training for the assist
ant division commander 2nd Ar
mored Division Fort Hood will
assume his new duties Aug. 28.
A 1943 graduate of Okla
homa Military Academy Cap
tain Koch was graduated in
1946 from the U.S. Military
Academy West Point.
He completed the basic course
at the Infantry School and was
graduated from the Parachute
School both at Fort Benning Ga.
in 1947.
Between 1947 and 1950 he was
a company commander of a rifle
company 6th Infantry Division
Korea a reconnaissance com
pany 24th Infantry Division Ja
pan and a heavy tank company
82d Airborne Division Fort Bragg
N.C.
He completed the Advanced Ar
mor Officers' Class Fort Knox
Ky. in 1952 and received a Mas
ters Degree in military geography
and geology from the University
of Illinois in 1953.
He completed the Strategic
Intelligence School in Wash
ington D. C. in 1953 then
served until 1954 in the Intel
ligence Division (G-2) in the
Pentagon.
Between 1954 and and 1956 he
was assistant Army Attache in
Bangkok Thailand.
Coming to Fort Hood in 1956
Captain Koch was company com
mander of Company D 508th
Tank Battalion later designated
the 2d Medium Tank Battalion
66th Armor.
In 1957 he became an assistant
operations and training officer
(G-3) in the 4th Armored Division
and later the 2d Armored Division.
Army Band To Tour
FORT MEADE Md. (ANS)
The U.S. Army Field Band leaves
here August 18 for a six-week
concert tour of 11 states from the
Great Lakes to the Pacific North
west. This is the band's first ma
jor concert swing through the U.S.
this year.
STRAC Posters
WASHINGTON (ANS) A new
STRAC poster stressing the mot
to "Skilled Tough Ready Around
the Clock" is flow being distri
buted Army-wide. The poster's
punch line is: S. Strategic
Army orps the immediate an
swer to limited war.
a
representative
Three rockets will be fired by
an amateur rocket group on the
Fort Hood military reservation
during the last week of August.
Fort Hood in keeping with
the Department of the Army's
policy of encouraging high
school and college students in
scientific study in the fields
of rockets and missiles will
supply equipment a firing
range and expert technical
knowledge in assisting the
amateur group.
Known as the Marion High
Rocket Research and Develop
ment Society the group consists
of six seniors from Marian High
School in Houston Tex. under the
supervision of the Science Depart
ment of the School.
This amateur group has suc
cessfully fired rockets to altitudes
of over 10000 feet. For the past
several months they have been
busy constructing and perfecting
the three rockets they will fire at
Fort Hood.
One of the rockets will carry a
radio transmitter to send a signal
from the rocket to the ground.
Another will be an attempt
at a two-stage rocket. Approxi
mately four feet in length it
will use a booster fuel known
as "Galcit 53" the same triple
base asphalt fuel that is used
by the military in JATO (Jet
Assistant Take Off) bottles
The rockets are tentatively slat-
QM Field Team
Here For Study
Of Food Menus
Food compatibility—what com
binations of food are liked best
by soldier diners here—is being
studied1 at Fort Hood by a tfeana
from the Quartermaster Field
Evaluation Agency of Fort Lee
Va.
The agency is part of the Quar
termaster Research and Develop
ment Command.
Second Lieutenant Henry
Johnson and four enlisted men
are currently distributing
questionnaires among troops
to ascertain what vegetables
they like with what meats
what main courses and many
other items concerned with
food consumption.
Their studies are conducted to
create menus more favorable
with the diners and to diminish
the amounts of waste caused by
dislike of the food served.
Lieutenant Johnson and his
group will question 1400 soldiers
at six meals during their stay
here. The study began Aug. 18
and will canvass 25 mess halls
before ending Sept. 12.
Similar surveys are being
conducted at Fort Dix N. J.
and at Fort Lewis Wash.
Results of the study will be sent
to the Menu Planning Board in
Chicago for evaluation. If any
changes are forthcoming they
will be included in the master
menus distributed monthly.
An example of such a change
is the scarcity of spinach on Army
menus. It was found to be out of
favor among Army and Air Force
personnel so it was dropped1.
VISITORS FROM PAKISTAN Lieutenant Colonel William W. Young left center Fort Hood
post engineer explains power equipment in the carpentry workshop to visiting officials from Pak
istan. From right they are: Syed Muzaffar Husain Rizvi undersecretary of the defense ministry
Ata Mohammed Malik assistant secretary of the defense ministry and Mohammad Ali Hasnain
of the Southeast Asia Treaty Organization. At
the gotitbwest Division Engineer's office Colonel Bobeit Moshen. {Photos
Students To Fire
Rockets At Hood
ed to be fired every other day be
ginning Aug. 25. Before the firings
every safety precaution known to
the group and Army experts will
be taken.
The group has set up a safety
checking procedure that starts
about two hours ahead of the act
ual firing time. This will include a
complete warning system in
cluding sirens and beacon lights.
In addition the Army is
supplying qualified technical
rocket experts to assist the
amateur group in assuring
that the rockets meet the rigid
safety requirements imposed
by the military on their own
rockets.
In further assisting the amateur
group Fort Hood is supplying ra
dar field tracking equipment. Fort
Hood will also make radio receiv
ing equipment available to the
group to attempt to pick up a
Fort Hood men and equipment
moved out late Thursday night
and quickly extinguished a grass
and brush fire near Flat Texas.
A detachment of 40 men from
the 61st Engineer Battalion two
bulldozers from the 104th Engi
neer Company and one from the
61st Engineer Battalion was dis
patched to the fire.
Communications support
was provided jby two radio
vans from the 165th Signal
Company 2d U.S. Army Mis
sile Command which main
tained constant contact be
tween the firefighters and
post.
An ambulance of the 418th Med
ical Company and three vehicles
from the 720th Military Police Bat
talion accompanied the convoy.
The operation was under the
command of Colonel Menon W.
Whitsitt commanding officer of
the 35th Engineer Group. Major
Ernest R. Lambert commanding
officer of the 61st Engineer Bat
talion assisted in directing the
operation.
An estimated 500 acres were
burned over in Thursday night's
fire.
A Cleveland driver whose li
cense was suspended for a traffic
violation returned to the same
court for another trial this time
on a jaywalking charge.
left
is their escort officer from
AER
REALLY
MEANS
YOU
—10 Pages
radio signal from the transmitting
rocket.
In addition to setting aside
its ranges during this week so
that the Houston group may
fire their rockets Fort Hood
is giving the group a place
to work on the rockets before
firing them.
A Fort Hood officer will conduct
the group on a tour of the post
which will emphasize the U. S.
Army rocket and missile activity
already being conducted hero.
Four members of the Marian
High Rocket Research and Deve
lopment Group are slated to make
the trip to Fort Hood for the en
tire week of firing. They are Beau
Bobbitt electronic department
head of the group Pat Nicosia
rocket construction head DeEd-
ward Greer fuel division head
and a fourth person not yet nam
ed.
RECRUITING 'BONUS' A three-day pass reward for his part
in the enlistment of a friend into the Army was given Private
Gene A. Brush of Battery A 78th Artillery by his commanding
officer Captain John W. Baker. The pass was by authority of a
newly instituted voluntary recruiting program of the Army.
(Photo: Sacher).
Hood Troops Fight
Crass Brush Fire
Recruiting Pays
With 3-Day Pass
Steering a service-minded friend
into the Army has paid off in the
form of a three-day pass for Pri
vate Gene A. Brush trainee of
Battery A 78th Artillery.
Under the new Volunteer Re
cruiter's Program (AR 601-218
June 24 1958) any serviceman on
leave who recruits an acceptable
applicant for enlistment is eligible
for a five-day extension on his
leave or a three-day pass when
he returns to his unit.
Private Brush 22 was
visiting his home in Lawr-
enceburg Ind. after finishing
his first eight weeks of basic
training here when he heard
of a friend who planned to
enter some branch of the
service.
Private Brush talked \to his
friend Chester Vickery of near
by Gilford Ind. and told him of
life in the Army and the basic
training he had just completed.
The friend decided it was the
Army for him and now its Private
Vickery as he undergoes basic
Infantry training.
Captain John W. Baker com
manding officer of Battery A pre
sented -Private Brush with his
pass Jivhich will be good from Fri
day to Sunday night.
A .letter recommending
Private^ anish. for the pass
came to Captain Baker from
Lieutenant Colonel R. H. Meul-
eners commanding officer of
the Army recruiting station
at Indianapolis.
Asked where he intended to
spend his off-duty days Private
Brush grinned and said "Gee I
don't know its the first three-day
pass I've had But I'll go some-
where."
Quick Action Halts
Fired Warehouse
Within an hour after notification
by automatic alarm last night the
Fort Hood Fire Department
brought under control a fire in
he os is a S a
Warehouse.
The alarm sounded at 6:20 p.m.
It was answered by the fire de
partment and guard personnel in
the warehouse area.
The principal loss was in
canned and packaged food
stuffs. The interior of the
warehouse suffered lesser
damages.
Preliminary investigation by
post officials places the initial esti
mate of damage to foodstuffs at
$50000 to $75000. Damage to the
building is estimated at $5000.
The cause of the fire has not
been determined. Investigation by
fort Hood officials is continuing.
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