Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1958 Page: 3 of 8
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Inday September 5 1958
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ORGANIZATION PICNIC—Lieutenant Colonel James F. Fewster
commanding officer of the 2d Quartermaster Battalion cuts a
cake bearing the battalion's crest and motto at the battalion
organization day picnic Aug. 31. Watching is Major James A. De-
Freest battalion executive officer. (Photo: Birch)
2d QM Holds 14th
Organization Day
The 2d Quartermaster Battalion
2d Armored Division celebrated
the fourteenth anniversary of its
istoric role in the World War
beration of Belgium by holding
organization day picnic at Fort
Hood Aug. 31.
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Joining more than 350 mem
bers of the battalion their wives
and children at post Swimming
Pool No. 2 were several high
ranking guests from the division.
Among the guests were Col
onel Howard Snyder assistant
2d Armored Division comman
der Lieutenant Colonel Lew
is D. Wilson assistant chief
of staff for logistics (G-4)
and Lieutenant Colonel Jos
eph P. Parker executive of
ficer of Division Trains.
Just before the chow line form
ed for a picnic banquet Lieuten
ant Colonel James F. Fewster
commanding officer of the 2d
Quartermaster Battalion halted
festivities to present a brief his
tory of the unit.
The colonel was introduced by
Major James A. DeFreest bat
talion executive officer.
The battalion was activated
Jan. 7 1941 at Fort Benning
Ga. as the Supply Battalion
Colonel Fewster said. It sup
ported the 2d Armored Divi
sion in its history-making ex
ploits in French Morocco Cas
ablanca Algeria Tunisia Si
cily England France Bel
gium and Holland.
On Sept. 2 1944 the battalion
rossed the borders of Belgium
assist in the division's mission
of liberation. Sept. 2 has been
chosen as organization day in
memory of that occasion. The ob
servance was moved ahead two
days this ye^r to take advantage
of the Labor Day weekend.
The battalion was deactivated
at Camp Hood Tex. in March
1946 and reactivated in Septem
ber two years later. It was re
designated the 2d Quartermaster
Battalion and was again assigned
to the 2d Armored Division.
In June 1951 the battalion re
turned to Germany as a member
of the NATO team. In addition
to supporting the division it par
ticipated in civic affairs and con
tinues today to support an orphan-
Pakistani Major
Visits Ft. Hood
Major Mak Humaiyun of the
Corps of Engineers Pakistani Ar
my was the guest speaker Tues
day evening at the monthly meet
ing of the Society of American
Military Engineers at the Fort
Hood Officers' Open Mess.
New officers were also elected
at the meeting.
Major Humiyun spoke of the
history of the Pakistani Army
and its Corps of Engineers.
He discussed differences be
tween engineer procedures in the
Pakistani Army and the U. S.
Army. He particularly emphasiz
ed differences in bridge construc
tion under combat conditions.
The newly elected officers of
the society are: president Co
lonel Menon W. Whitsitt com
manding officer 35th Engineer
Group 1st vice-president Co
lonel W. S. Shoemaker III
Corps Engineer officer 2d
vice-president Mr. Stacy Mc-
Knight resident engineer Gal
veston Engineer District.
Secretary Mr. Mark J. Nash
deputy post engineer treasurer
Mr. Joseph E. Boswell office en
gineer Fort Hood Resident Office
Corps of Engineers and assistant
secretary-treasurer Mr. Grant L.
Reddig mechanical engineer Post
Engineer Office.
A dinner preceded the business
meeting and the talk by Major
Humaiyun.
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Anniversary
Picnic Aug. 31
age at Bingen Germany.
"Those members of the bat
talion who are with us today
and those who have gone be
fore us can be proud of the
battalion's record" Colonel
Fewster said.
In both war and peace the
colonel added the battalion has
made good the words of its mot
to: "Help keep the battle fires
burning."
This motto and the battalion
crest were inscribeed on a large
cake which Colonel Fewster cut
with a military sabre.
In addition to the pinch
lunch the organization day
festivities included volleyball
softball horseshoes and swim
ming for battalion personnel.
The youngsters participated in
sack races three-legged races
wading and swimming competi
tions and a softball throw.
Prizes included cowboy hats and
candy.
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Colonel Pelosi
Is New CO Of
Ft. Hood USAH
Colonel John J. Pelosi is the
new commanding officer of the U.
S. Army Hospital Fort Hood. He
succeeds Lieutenant Colonel Ben
A. Rutledge who is now ser
ving as chief of the Surgical Ser
vice.
Colonel Pelosi received his Pre
Medical Certificate from Provi
dence College R. I. in 1929 and
was awarded the Bachelor of Phil
osophy degree from the same
school two years later. He entered
the Army in 1926 one year -after
he received his Doctor of Medi
cine degree from Georgetown Uni
versity in Washington D. C.
After initial training at the Army
Medical Field Service School Car
lisle Barracks Pa. Colonel Pel
osi began a series of assignments
both in this country and overseas.
His last assignment kas command
of the 30th Medical Group Lud-
wigsburg Germany.
While comanding the 30th
Medical Group Colonel Pel
osi headed one of the largest
joint Army Aviation-Medical
exercises held by the Seventh
US Army in Germany. The
The exercise concerned rescue
treatment of more than 2000
patients from a simulated
mass casualty area.
Examining the job which lies
ahead at Fort Hood Colonel Pelosi
emphasized preventive mediciijp
in the form of sanitation prompt
treatment of sickness and elimi
nation of safety hazards.
SOPi
Colonel Pelosi his wife Helen
and children John and Monica
now live at 30 Circle Drive Walk
er Village Fort Hood. His daugh
ters Donna and Tonia are soph
omore and freshman respectively
at Salve Regina College Newport
R. I.
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as a lookout barked so loud that
neighbors called the police. They
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KILLEEN
THE ARMORED SENTINEL FORT HOOD TEXAS
PROMOTION—The silver leaves of a lieutenant colonel are pin
ned on Warne R. Parker by Major General W. Paul Johnson 2d
Armored Division commanding general. Lieutenant Colonel
Parker whose promotion was announced Saturday will continue
his present duties as secretary to Major General William S.
Biddle III Corps and Fort Hood Commander. (Photo: Walling)
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Lt Green Gets
Captain Bars
Albert F. Green Commanding
Officer Co. A 720th MP Bn. was
promoted to captain August 19.
The 29-year-old officer first
entered the Army in 1947 and
was discharged in 1950. He
returned in 1951 graduated
from OCS in 1952 and was
integrated as a Regular Army
Officer a little more than a
year ago.
From Stroughton Mass. where
he attended school and where his
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Four Second Lts
Make 1st Lt Bars
Four officers in the 2d United
States Army Missile Command
(Medium) are now wearing the
bars of first lieutenant as a re
sult of recent promotions.
The newly promoted officers are
John H. Culver 73d Ordnance
Battalion Herman Cortez 20th
Quartermaster Company Robert
W. Sharkey 2d Missile Battalion
32d Artillery and Melvin L.
Wuest 1st Missile Battalion 81st
Artillery.
Lieutenant Wuest now
serves as leader of the first
launching platoon in the Mis
sile Command's Corporal bat
talion. A graduate of the Unit
ed States Military Academy
West Point N.Y. he Attended
Dayton High School Dayton
Ky. He and his wife Anita
are residents of Killeen.
A support platoon commander
in the 32d Artillery Lieutenant
Sharkey attended St. John High
School St. John N.B. Canada.
Prior to his entry into the Army
he was employed by a steel corp
oration in Sault Saint Marie On
tario Canada.
Lieutenant Culver a grad
uate of Cornell University has
been assigned to the Missile
Command since December
1957. Previously he served
with the 126th Ordnance Batta
lion 4th Armored Division at
Fort Hood. His present duties
are those of assistant opera
tions officer in the 73d Ord
nance Battalion.
A member of the Missile Com
mand since the units earliest days
Lieutenant Cortez currently serves
as platoon leader in the Quarter
master Company. He is a grad
uate of Harlingen High School
Harlingen Tex. and the Univer
sity of Texas. Since entering the
Army in February 1957 he has
attended the Quartermaster
School Fort Lee Va. Lieutenant
Cortez and his wife Carole are
residents of Temple.
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Master Sergeant John R. Red-
dick Operations Sergeant for the
2d Medium Tank Battalion 35th
Armor entered the military serv
ice on 24 February 1941 taking
his training with the 7th Infantry
of the 2d Infantry Division at
Fort Lewis Washington. He com
pleted his advanced training at
Camp Elliott Fort Ord and Camp
Hunter Liggett all in California.
Sergeant Reddick an Army
man's soldier saw combat
with the 7th Infantry Regi
ment in North Africa during
November 1942 and May 1943
and in Sicily during July 1943.
Still with the 7th he moved
up to Italy participating in the
action against the Nazis
forces from September 1943
through July 1944 and then in
France in August 1944 remain
ing until his return to the
United States in March 1945.
It was during his European tour
that Sergeant Reddick earned his
Combat Infantryman's Badge.
Following the end of World War
II he pursued his first love the
Infantry and was attending the
NCO Heavy Weapons Course at
Fort Benning Georgia when the
Korean conflict started and con
sequently served with the 38th In
fantry Regiment until July 1951
when he was assigned to the
UNRC. He was returned to the
United States in September 1951.
As a soldier Sergeant Reddick
has had the opportunity to per
form a varied amount of jobs
from squad leader to first ser
geant. In addition he has been a
member of the 33d Infantry Divi
sion of the Illinois National Guard
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Advisory Group and an instructor
at the 2d Armored Division's NCO
Academy located at Baumholder
Germany.
In the profession of a soldier
Sergeant Reddick stated "One
does not have to be a mastermind
or genius to perform diligently
and conscientiously for the service
and his country."
In the outstanding perform
ance of service rendered by
Sergeant Reddick he has
been awarded the Bronze Star
Medal the Purple Heart the
Good Conduct Medal Combat
Infantryman's Badge and
such campaign ribbons as the
European Theater Korean ac
tion ribbons National De
fense American Theater and
American Defense and the
Distinguished Unit Emblem
the Presidential Unit Citation
as well as the Korean Presi
dential Unit Citation.
A family man Sergeant Red
dick is a professional soldier and
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family and country in any other
line of endeavor outside of the
Army. I have a deep feeling of
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 13, No. 30, Ed. 1 Friday, September 5, 1958, newspaper, September 5, 1958; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254548/m1/3/: accessed July 4, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.