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VOL. 17 NO. 13
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BEST Robert House shown
here winning the mile run in
4:21.5 was chosen the outstand
ing athlete of the Fourth Army
Track and Field meet for the
second straight year. Besides
his victory in the mile he also
romped to wins in the three-
mile run and the two-mile
steeple-chase. (Story on page
six)
Colonel Pelosi
Goes To Fort
Geo. G. Meade
$
Col. John J. Pelosi former com-
ianding officer of the Fort Hood
ospital recently left Fort Hood
for a new assignment at Fort
George G. Meade Md.
Col. Pelosi served at Fort
Hood from August 1958 until
this week. During that time
he was commander of the
post hospital and post sur
geon.
fti addition to his duties at the
hospital Col. Pelosi was active in
Fort Hood Youth and Community
Activities and the American Medi
cal Association.
Before leaving Fort Hood for
his new assignment Pelosi was
presented'the Commendation Rib
bon with Metal Pendant (second
Bronze Oak Leaf Cluster) for "his
exceptional professional and ad
ministrative ability in the super
vision of the Post Surgeon's acti
vities and the operation of the
hospital."
He received this award from
Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler 2d
Armored Division and Fort Hood
commander who said:
"You've a very fine press
Col. Pelosi the word of mouth
recommendation of your pa
tients which is much the best
commendation any physician
can receive."
Col. Pelosi wh has served the
and Japan is a graduate of
Georgetown Medical School Wash
ington D. C.
15 Years Ago
^Outstanding Performance'
Sixty Fort Hood civilian em
ployes have been honored during
the last several days for "out
standing" performance of assign
ed duties or for suggestions that
have or will result in a saving of
money or improved working con
ditions.
The largest groups both in
sustained superior perform
ance and in suggestions are
employes of Post Ordnance.
Those receiving awards for sus
tained superior performance are:
Cecil F. Wheeler and Fred M.
Vance both of Killeen Doris L.
McBroom and Pink E. Ballard
Gatesville Colene C. Roberts
Oakalla Leonard R. Campbell
Adamsville Charles F. Marley
Jr. Florence and Lewis L.
Campbell Evant.
Post Ordnance employees who
^received cash or certificates for
Suggestions are:
Kenneth E. Wood and James S.
World Temple Morris C. Price
Florence George L. Sherwood
Copperas Cove Vaughn A. Grif
fin Lampasas Martha A. Mor
ris Gatesville and Anne B. Willi-
ford Everett R. Cockrell Laura
J. 'Scott and E. G. Hilliard all of
'Iron Deuce'
Begins Drive
At Normandy
(EDITOR'S NOTE: On the eve of the
15tli anniversary of the Allied invasion
of Europe the editors of the Armored
Sentinel deemed it appropriate to re
print the following exerpt from the
2d Armored Division's history spot
lighting the beginning of the "Hell on
Wheels" drive to Berlin.)
Under the division commander
Maj. Gen. Edward H. Brooks in
vasion preparations increased in
intensity throughout the spring of
1944.
As "D" day neared teamwork
and individi *.1 efficiency was
smoothed out and plans for the
Division landing were completed
under the strictest secrecy.
Waterproofing of vehicles was
completed and Division units
participated in feints from ports
along the shore designed to con
ceal details of the invasion.
Then during the latter part
of May units began to make
their final secret moves to
ports of embarkation along
Hood Firers
Doing Well
At Benning
Fort Hood rifle and pistol ex
perts who this year completely
dominated Fourth Army compe
tition are continuing to do well
at the all-Army matches at Fort
Benning according to early re
sults reaching Fort Hood.
Sgt. Thomas Blake of the
2d Armored Division won the
rapid fire pistol match in
early competition. He defeat
ed the fabulous M-Sgt. Huelet
"Joe" Benner of West Point
by four points.
Blake's performance was the
more remarkable in that he was
firing the international rapid fire
match for only the third time in
his life.
Another Fort Hood sharpshoot
er who won plaudits is Lt. Don
ald Shessler. He was second to
SFC Leonard Willis Fifth Army
in the 300 meter international
free rifle match with a score of
523-2X.
Lt. Shessler also placed fifth
the All-Army competition in
the .22 caliber international free
rifle match with 537-4X. Winning
score in this match by Lt. Francis
C. Cash of Fifth Army was 550-
5X.
Another Fort Hood sergeant a
recent gain from Fort Polk
joined Sgt. Blake in winning over
Sgt. Benner. Sgt. Earl Priest took
the international free pistol match
at 50 meters with a 269.
Benner and Priest were
tied and the officials scurried
for the rule book. Priest had
nine "10's" to Benner's nine.
Benner pointed ruefully to a
6 in an a id
"Fourth Army did it again."
The All-Army matches are to
be completed this week.
60 Employees Honored
Receive Citations Cash
Killeen.
Post Transportation had eight
employees honored for sustained
superior performance. They are:
Virginia K. Wiley Lois A. Ban
ner Ophelia J. Tullius Elizabeth
G. Ennis and Margaret O. Armen-
to all of Killeen Henry O. Polk
and Elwin E. Madison Lampasas
and Edwin H. Rose Florence.
Employees of Post Trans
portation were second only to
those of Post Ordnance in the
number of adopted sugges
tions. Cash awards were pre
sented to:
James C. Haynes and Warren
H. Sultemeir Lampasas Lily M.
Martin Temple and Kenneth R.
Botkin Killeen.
Sustained superior performance
awards also were presented to:
Noel A. Spaulding Jean Hardin
and James C. Surber Killeen
Wilburn C. Dailey Florence and
Willie E. Gatlin Gatesville all of
Post Engineer.
Gladys W. Malina Temple
Maxine B. Housewright Nolan-
ville and Lilla F. McClure Kil
leen all of Finance and Account
ing. John L. Mercer Killeen and
Don W. Thompson and Harold E
the southern coast of England.
On June 2 1944 an advance
party including the advance Com
mand Post of CC "A" and a de
tachment from Division Head
quarters under command of Brig.
Gen. Maurice Rose boarded the
S. S. Charles Sumner. This party
crossed the English Channel with
the 9th Infantry Regiment and
the 2d Infantry Division and
landed on Omaha Beach June 7.
Meanwhile the Division was
loading on boats which were to
transport it to France in the
vicinity of Southampton and be
gan the final journey which was
to end in Berlin.
On June 8 the 2d Armored Di
vision embarked from England in
LST's and LCI's and by noon of
June 9 had arrived off the coast
of France. Leading elements land
ed on Omaha Beach immediately
and by midnight 86 officers 1581
enlisted men and their vehicles
had reached their initial assembly
area in France near the town of
Mosles.
In crossing one LST hit a float
ing mine and was sunk with the
loss of the lives of several men.
Vehicles aboard this LST were a
total loss.
In its moves to assembly areas
inland the Division encountered
little resistance other than haras
sing fire from enemy snipers.
By this time the forward
command post had established
contact with the commanding
general of the Fifth Corps
who immediately committed
the 3d Battalion of the 41st
Infantry Regiment to aid the
29th Infantry Division in secur
ing the Vire River bridgehead
near Auville sur le Vey.
By 5 p. m. on June 10 these
troops were in position in the
bridgehead and patrols of Recon
naissance Company 66th Armored
Regiment were sent out to estab
lish contact with friendly forces
on either flank.
Combat Command "B" under
Col. I. D. White (later Division
Commander) and Division Re
serve under Col. Sidney H. Hinds
were unloaded by June 12 and
moved inland to assembly areas
in the vicinity of LaMine Lemo-
lay and Littry Normandy.
Guided Missiles
Treated In TI
The Army's versatile arsen
al of guided missiles its
greatest deterrent to war will
be discussed in Troop Infor
mation sessions here next
week.
Discussion leaders will trace
the development of guided
missiles through history from
the earliest siege incendiaries
to today's surface-to-air Ni1
Hercules and surface-to-su.-
face Redstone.
Graham Gatesville all of Post
Signal.
Rita G. Lecroy Florence Bon-
alyn G. Herrington Copperas
Cove and Pearl L. Hodges Kil
leen all of Post Adjutant General
section.
Others receiving the superior
performance award are:
Bobby L. Clayton Killeen Post
G-l Ruth E. Peden Killeen Post
Chemical Herman E. Richter
Killeen U. S. Army Hospital and
Barney Barrows Killeen Educa
tion Center.
Cash awards for suggestions
went to:
Alvie R. Hosman Killeen
Post Quartermaster Jack B.
Covington Lampasas and
Jay D. Busby Belton Prop
erty Disposal Lula A. Daude
Killeen Training Aids and
Phyllis M. Kirshner Killeen
Dental section.
Herbert M. Schaub Gatesville
Post Engineers Mariette G. Tay
lor Florence Virginia N. Buell
Killeen W. P. Mounce Killeen
and Lloyd Allen Belton Engineer
Field Maintenance. Betty A. East-
erwood Belton and Richard L.
Palmer Killeen Finance and Ac
counting.
At Retirement Ceremony
Lt. Col. Mary L. Gomez Army
Nurse Corps Fort Hood Hospital
last week received the Commen
dation Ribbon with Metal Pendant
for her service at Fort Hood from
April 1958 until her retirement
last week.
While at Fort Hood Col.
Gomez was responsible for
the professional and admini
strative operation of the nurs
ing service at the post hos
pital.
Having supervision over approx
imately 175 officers enlisted per
sonnel and civilians in a variety
of professional and sub-profession
al activities Col. Gomez handled
the task "with diplomacy self-
reliance effective leadership and
determination."
The citation went on: "Despite
Col. Diamantes
41st Infantry
Departed CO
Is Honored
Lt. Col. Thomas Diamantes who
until last week commanded the
1st ARB 41st Infantry 2d Ar
mored Division last Friday re
ceived a certificate of achieve
ment for his "planning direction
and supervision which contributed
materially to the consistently high
performance of the battalion."
Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheel
er 2d Armored Division and
Fort Hood commander made
the presentation in his office
at 2d Armored Division Head
quarters.
The certificate reads: "As the
result of foresight diligent effort
and personal supervision of the
carrying out of his plans the bat
talion received the highest rating
of any unit in Combat Command
A (2d Armored Division) in the
post command maintenance in
spection conducted in November
1958 and a superior rating in the
annual general inspection in Feb
ruary 1959."
78th Unit Rewarded
The permanent party personnel
of Hq Battery 1st Howitzer Bat
talion 78th Artillery recently qual
ified for a weekend pass for hav
ing no record of AWOL delin
quency reports or vehicular acci
dent reports for the previous
month. This is the second sue
cessive month they earned such
recognition. Hq. Battery is com
manded by Capt. Ben S. Jones.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 5 1959
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COMMENDATION RIBBON—Maj. Gen. Earle G. Wheeler 2d
Armored Division and Fort Hood commander presents the Com
mendation Ribbon with Metal Pendant to Lt. Col. Mary L.
Gomez Army Nurse Corps Fort Hood U.S. Army Hospital
Friday May 29. Col. Gomez was Chief of Nursing Service at
Fort Hood until her retirement last week.
Lt. Col. Gomez Receives
Commendation Ribbon
an excessive workload and short
age of personnel her personal ex
ample and constant emphasis on
improvement of inter-personnel
relationship resulted in high mo
rale in the nursing service staff
:and the highest standard of nurs
ing care which materially pro
moted the recovery of patients."
Col. Gomez earlier received a
letter from the Army Surgeon
General Maj. Gen. S. B. Hays
expressing "thanks and apprecia
tion for the many years of faithful
service you have performed with
the Army Medical Service."
Friendly Fred
The Auctioneer
Returning Here
Friendly Fred" Hinkley U. S.
Government auctioneer will re
turn to Fort Hood June 12 to auc
tion more than $700-thousand
worth of used military equipment
James C. Dillon Fort Hood prop
erty disposal agent has announc
ed.
This is the second time during
the last several months that Hink
ley has conducted such an auction
at Fort Hood.
Among the items to be sold
to civilian bidders are more
than 12000 articles of cloth
ing almost 2000 pairs of
boots and shoes and 2200
shelter halves.
Seven half-track trucks a road
roller and three earth scrapers
are included in the heavy equip
ment. Three automobiles three
electric fork lifts and five trucks
also will be sold.
About six tons of hand tools 13-
000 ammunition boxes and 2700
five-gallon water and gas cans
are available.
All of the equipment is used
and no longer needed by the
Army. It may be inspected at the
property disposal grounds Bldg.
4275 at Fort Hood from 7:30 until
11 a.m. and from 1 until 4 p.m.
Mondays through Fridays.
Bids must be made at the
sale site in person. Military
personnel on active duty ci
vilian employees of military
departments and members of
families of such persons are
ineligible.
A bid deposit of 20 per cent
must be made the day of the sale.
Further information concerning
the sale is available at the Fort
Hood Property Disposal Office
Bldg. 4289 or telephone Killeen
Texas MErcury 42131 Extension
43216 or 34223.
He Should Have
'Stood In Bed'
According to the MP blot
ter there are days a man
should stay in bed.
Last Sunday morning M-Sgt.
Martin Dages of Hq. Co.
Fort Hood NCO Academy
went fishing in Cowhouse
Creek.
He noticed a fire in the
area and managed to put it
out after it had burned about
half an acre. It was hot work.
Then he checked in with the
fire station to report the in
cident fainted from exhaus
tion and broke his arm when
he fell. W
mttwl
Killeen Base
Retires Two
At Ceremony
Capt. Rovert V. Finlayson as
sistant director supply division
and CWO Roger A. Freeman of-
ficer-in-charge of the quarters fur
niture warehouse were retired
from the Army during a retreat
parade at Killeen Base last week.
Capt. Finlayson well-known in
the central Texas area for his
work with the Boy Scouts en
tered the Army in October 1936
as a private with Troop A Third
Calvary.
During World War II he
served with the famous
Merrill's Marauders in the
China Burma India theater
and traveled 1000 miles on
foot through the North Burma
jungle in 1944-45. He received
a direct commission in 1944.
Capt. and Mrs. Finlayson and
their daughter Barbara left Kil
leen Base following the ceremon
ies for Little Rock Ark. where
they will make their home.
CWO Freeman a veteran of
more than 24 years of service
entered the Army at Fort Sill
Okla. in 1934. He was appointed
warrant officer while serving in
England in 1944.
He made the D-day landing in
France during World War II and
served with the G-4 section IX
Corps in Korea.
CWO Freeman graduated from
McCall Creek High School Mc-
Call Creek Miss and attend
ed Tyler Commercial College in
TYyler Tex. Before coming to
Killeen Base CWO Freeman
served with Headquarters Fort
Clayton Canal Zone. He is a
member of Lodge No. 37 F. &
A.M. Hopkinsville Ky.
CITED CWO Donald F. John
son director of the 266th Army
Band until his retirement last
week has received a certificate
of achievement from Maj. Gen.
Earle G. Wheeler 2d Armored
Division and Fort Hood com
mander for "carrying on re
peatedly in the face of critical
shortages." In addition to di
recting the band CWO Johnson
a a a iv os is
latest work was "The Phantom
Corps" dedicated to the now
inactivated III Corps.
KB Soldier Gets
Third SOM Nod
For the second time in two
months and for the third time
since December Sp-4 Ronald
Wells SW Co. A was selected
"Soldier of the Month" at Killeen
Base.
For winning the award Sp-4
Wells was feted at a recent lunch
eon of the Killeen Kiwanis Club
and'
received a $15.00 check from
Col. Walter A. Shaw former Kil
leen Base commander.
Sp-4 Wells an outstanding sol
dier at Killeen Base entered the
Army in September 1957" and re
ceived his basic training at Fort
Gordon Ga. He received advanc
ed training at Sandia Base Albu
querque N. M. before being as
signed to Killeen Base in March
1958.
The young soldier a native
Auxier Ky. graduated from Auj
ier High School and was the hon
graduate of the III Corps Ni
academy at Fort Hood last No!
embes.
49th Armored Division
Begins Training Here
North Fort Pace
Hits High Gear
With the 332d General Hospital
of New Orleans already here and
the 49th Armored Division of Tex
as scheduled to arrive Sunday
annual active duty training for
Reservists and National Guards
men will be in full swing by next
week and will continue through
August.
The program began three
months ago when the 75th Man
euver Area Command of Hous
ton and Shreveport completed
Col. Rutledge
Col. Rutledge
Gets Ribbon
Lt. Col. Ben A. Rutledge Medi
cal Corps Fort Hood Hospital
last week received the Army
Commendation Ribbon with Metal
Pendant for his service at Fort
Hood from June 1957 until last
month.
Col. Rutledge was Chief of the
Surgical Service at Fort Hood.
Not restricting his activities to
surgery Col. Rutledge instructed
young doctors assigned to his
service for training in surgery
and orthopedics.
As to his work at the Fort Hood
hospital the citation read: "Co
lonel Rutledge's personal atten
tion and efforts resulted in the
highest standards of surgical
treatment and care."
In addition to his duties at the
hospital Col. Rutledge was an
active supporter of post Youth
and Community Activities having
served as president of the Ath
letic Council and chairman of the
Boy Scout Committee.
Another project that the colonel
took up was the welfare of the
polio patients and crippled chil
dren of the Gonzales Warm
Springs Foundation.
Col. Rutledge has been assign
ed new duties in Japan.
Cast Announced
For 'Rainmaker'
Casting for the next Fort Hood
Little Theater production "The
Rainmaker" was completed ear
ly this week.
Fort Hood personnel featur
ed in the three act comedy
are: Sue Lambert as Lizzie
and Rick Branda as Star-
buck.
Lizzie's father and two brothers
are played respectively by Wil-
a S to W
liams and Frank Hedrick while
the Sheriff is played by Jim Mar
tin and his Deputy File by Eu
gene Gelke.
Rehearsals are now in progress
for the production at Building
3403 the former Brigade Avenue
Service Club. Production is slated
for July 8-11.
Ira Sanders director of "The
Rainmaker" says that backstage
personnel are still needed. Any
one interested in working on the
production should stop hv during
rehearsals.
The Fort
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their annual training in conjunc
tion with Exercise Clover Leaf
Ili a command post exercise
held here.
By summer's end approxi
mately 26000 Guardsmen and
Reservists will have trained
at Fort Hood and North Fort
Hood.
This includes the 36th Infantry
Division Texas National Guard
and the 45th Infantry Division
Oklahoma National Guard in
addition to the 49th.
All of the divisions will be at
North Fort. Most of the smaller
units such as the 332d General
Hospital will train at the main
post with a comparable Regular
Army unit.
For example the 372d Finance
Disbursing Section of Lake
Charles La. scheduled to arrive
Sunday will be supported during
their training by Fort Hood's 108th
Finance Disbursing Section.
In addition to Reservists and
Guardsmen the post will host
about 1500 ROTC cadets for six
weeks of training beginning later
this month.
The 49th (Lone Star) Armored
Division's arrival Sunday will
begin its 12th annual encamp
ment.
The more than 7500 officers
and men of the division are from
55 Texas towns and cities.
During their two weeks at
North Fort Hood they will
concentrate on practical ap
plication of the military skills
they have studied and practic
ed during their weekly train
ing periods.
Their schedule of combat train
ing calls for practice and qualifi
cation firing with pistol carbine
rifle rocket launcher and ma
chine gun.
The artillery and tank units of
the division will have the oppor
tunity to fire their "big guns.'
Infantry units will practice attack
missions on the tank-infantry
combat course.
Similar schedules will be follow
ed by the two other divisions and
smaller units scheduled to train
here.
Officers and men of Fort Hood
have been busy for the last sever
al months to ensure that the post's
summer visi+ rs" can receive
maximum benefit from their an
nual active duty training without
losing time at administrative and
"housekeeping" tasks.
Baylor Prof Is
R0A Speaker
Maj. Billy Hinton AFR senior
vice president of the Texas De
partment Reserve Officers Asso
ciation will be a special guest
speaker at the June 16 meeting
of the Central Texas ROA Chap
ter at the Fort Hood Tex. of
ficers' club.
Maj. Hinton is a professor at
Baylor University Waco Tex.
and has been executive secretary
for the Texas Department ROA
for the last two years.
With Maj. Hinton will be Maj.
Bob Hammond also an officer
of the Texas Department.
The ROA Ladies who will join
ROA members for the social
part of the evening beginning
with cocktails at 6 p. m. and
dinner at 7 p. m. are cordially
invited to remain to hear the
speakers at 8 p. m.
SCUBA Diving
Session Slated
Capt. Edward S. Clarke Com
bat Command A 2d Armored Di
vision will demonstrate the prop
er use of skin diving equipment
tomorrow from 9 until 11 a.m.
at Condor Park in Killeen.
Capt. Clarke will explain and
demonstrate SCUBA (self-con
tained underwater breathing
aratus) with an emphasis
ty.
increasing number of
ig in skin diving
tive that every-
ie proper use
Safe equip-
often does
tween life
•ke said.
11 be free
persons
Flying Club
Calls Meeting
For Tuesday
A meeting for the organization
of a Fort Hood flying club will
be held in Bldg. 2831 Tuesday
June 9 at 7 p.m. Members of
the post who are interested in
flying are encouraged to attend
this meeting.
Authority for organization
of the club recently was re-
ceived from Fourth Army
Headquarters.
The new club .will have eight
aircraft at its disposal. Two of
the planes will be Navion type
the other six Piper Cub models.
Membership in the flying club
is open to all military personnel
their dependents and civilians
working on post who are paid by
appropriated or non-appropriated
funds.
The club welcomes any eligible
person wishing to learn to fly as
well as experienced flyers. For
the former instructors will be on
hand to give lessons at a nom
inal fee.
While offering an opportu
nity for people interested in
aviation to get together mem
bers of the new flying club
will also fly and learn avia
tion at rates well below those
normally charged elsewhere.
The idea of a military flying
club is not a new one. Military
flying clubs are at this time func
tioning at other Army installa
tions and with a good measure of
success.
New Aviation
Unit Arrives
At Fort Hood
A new Fort Hood unit about
35 officers and men arrived at
this Central Texas Army post
from Fort Benning Ga. this
week.
The new unit is the 18th Avia
tion Operating Detachment. It is
commanded by Capt. Joseph W.
Thompson.
Men of the unit are trained
and equipped to handle a
variety of Army aviation ope
rations. They can operate air
field control towers ground
equipment and are trained
for crash rescue operations.
Equipment of the unit includes
a flight operations control van.
This highly mobile van gives the
unit the capability of moving into
the field to control air activities
either for training or in actual
operations.
Saving Is Mark
Of Good Soldier
Officers and men of the Fort
Hood NCO Academy are among
the select group who consistently
keep their unit well above the
desirable 65 per cent participa
tion in the Savings Bond program.
Maj. Norman M. Bakke As
sistant Commandant who stresses
systematic saving as "a mark of
a good soldier" this week an
nounced that for the last year
an average of 72 per cent of the
men of the academy have regu
larly purchased bonds.
Capt. Elias A. Koontz Jr. is
insurance and savings officer of
the academy.
Hood Accidents
Week 1959
Automobile
Fatalities 0 11
Injuries 1 55
Accidents 5 93
Training
Fatalities ...... 0 1
Injuries 2 139
Others
Injuries 7 142
All injury statistics reported
here are taken from hospital
admittance cards. Vehicle ac
cidents include only those re
ported to the Fort Hood Mili
tary Police.
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