Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 18, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 9, 1960 Page: 2 of 10
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Editorial
Top Soldiers
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No payment for accured leave.
Repayment of reenlistment bonus.
No transportation allowance for dependents or shipment of house
hold goods beyond the port of debarkation.
Loss of civil service preference.
No federal reemployment benefits.
No reenlistment benefits in any military or public health service.
Loss of naturalization benefits.
No honorable discharge to show prospective civilian employers.
No mustering out pay. No G. I. Bill under current or future
laws.
A dishonorable discharge? A bad conduct discharge?
No this man received an undersirable discharge under the
provisions of AR 635-208.
How does it differ from a dishonorable or bad conduct discharge:
Basically in name only. The same benefits are forfeited.
The identical stigma is attached to the later life of the individual.
Its meaning is the same—the soldier was tested found wanting
and has received written notification that the government in
effect considers him a "second class" citizen now and in the
future.
In the period from Jan 1
to June 30 I960 Fort Hood adjudged
27 dishonorable and bad conduct discharges combined. Yet during
that same period 253 Fort Hood men left the service under the very
real stigma of an undesirable discharge.
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sent unit Sept. 7 of last year.
His previous assignment was
with the Fort Dix Pistol Team
from April to Sept. 1959.
Sgt. Estow presently resides at
914 W. Dean St. Killeen with his
wife and two children.
Sp-4 Hammond
There is a misconception here with regard to how much esum fledgling armor force.
dence is required to support a recommendation for elimination from
the service under the provisions of AR 635-208.
In the ordinary case all that is needed is for the company
battery or troop commander to furnish evidence of frequent inci
dents of a discreditable nature with civil or military authorities
which demonstrate that the indivdual cannot "cut the mustard"
wth regard to Army standards of discipline and cannot reason
ably be rehabilitated for further effective service.
There is no requirement that there be evidence of a certain
number of convictions by courts-martial or in fact that there be
any convictions by courts-martial as long as the above evidence is
present.
No man can claim present or future benefits of honorable service
if he did not render honorable service. The Army's mission is to re
main a ready steady bulwark of strength to assure survival of the
United States.
For those who cannot and do not measure up to set standards
there are no present or future benefits from the Army his country
or his fellow citizens when the criterion of eligibility is acceptable
and honorable military service.
CHOICE TRAILER SPACE
SP-4 Donald L Hammond who
won the honors for E-4 and below
is a training and operations clerk mgnts.
with the 649th SM.
He calls Carthage Mo. his
home where he entered the serv
ice July 16 1957 arriving at Fort
Hood in October of last year.
His previous assignment
brought him to the 6th Transpor-
lation Co. (Light Helicopter) in
Korea.
Specialist Hammond's military
training includes the School Bri
gade at Fort Bliss.
He is a graduate of Carthage
High School and is 22-years-old.
2d Lt. Robert C. H. Hildebrandt
has been assigned to Co. B 66th
Armor 2d Arfored Division as
a platoon leader.
Lt. Hildebrandt of Alfred N.
Y. recently completed the Armor
Officers' Orientation Course
Fort Knox.
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roan hills each generation of
the Army's arm of mounted
combat have added to the
pride that current members
have in serving in this
branch.
The predecessors of soldier?
of Armor made a place in
the past. They are proving
their worth today. There will
always be a need for the dis
tinctive contribution of Armor
in the future of our nation.
The Anmy Almnac explains
why Armor is essentially Cavalry
in tanks in a discussion of the
development of Armor during the
decade before World War II.
The Almanac says that accord
ing to the American military doc
trine of that time "the branch of
the Army which provided a swift
maneuvering element and which
could exploit a victory by shock
power was the Cavalry." Army
planners "believed that Armor
was destined to take its place.'
Exploits of Armor durinig World
War II proved them right.
Armored men horses and ve
hides have been used in combat
from Biblical times but the mod
ern tank is a British development
and was first used in combat
Sept. 15 1916. The British com
mitted 49 tanks in the Battle of
tiie Somme. Only nine of them
fulfilled their mission. Mechanical
failures stopped the rest. But it
was evident that they had helped
the attack and 378 of the new
weapons were used in the attack
on Cambrai Nov. 9 1917. Fol
lowed by six divisions of Infantry
they penetrated six miles in 12
hours and captures 7500 prison
ers and 120 guns.
The first American Tank Corps
was formed in January of 1918
and first saw action in reduction
of the St. Mihiel salient in Sep
tember of the same year.
Throughout World War I tanks
were used by" American British
French and German forces
about 90 engagements.
/'Cavalry began in earnest to
make the change to Armor in
1933 when the 1st Cavalry and
later the 13th were me
chanized and became the 2d
Cavalry Brigade. The Ar
mored Force as such dates
from July 1940. Brig. Gen.
Adna R. Chaffee was chief of
Success of German armor in
Poland France and Belgium
spurred the development of U. S.
Arihor and by the time the
United States entered World War
II the Army had five Armored
Division. By early 1944 there
were 15.
Armor was established as a
separate branch of the Army in
July 1950 and. Cavalry as a
separate branch was eliminated.
Employed in mass in the Eu
ropean Theater during World
War II Armor was "the most ef
fective weapon with which to ex
ploit success" according to the
Army Almanac.
Two of these "most effec
tive weapons" were Fort
Hood's Combat Command
A 1st Armored Division and
the 2d Armored Divison. Both
divisions were activated the
same day—July 15 1940—and
there are many similarities in
their World Wr II accomplish-
^?ombat Command A is the only
^part of the 1st Armored Divi
sion now active. It is unique
among armored combat com
mands in that it is a "vest pock
et" version of a full armored
at
Capt. Ernest F. Williams
formerly the commanding officer
of Co. D 66th Armor 2d
Armored Division is now the
battalion S-4.
division. It is tailored for its
Strategic Army Corps mission
and maintains itself in readiness
to move to any trouble spot in
the world on a few hours notice
and to be ready to fight when it
ets there
The "Hell on Wheels" 2d Ar
mored Division also is less than
a full divison. Although it re
tains its full organization and its
weapons its companies and bat
talions havs far fewer trained
men than would be needed for a
combat mission. Its current task
is training thousands of new sol
diers to fill the ranks of com
mands in the United States and
overseas. Many bf the men who
complete basic combat training
and advanced individual training
with the 2d Armored Division
later on the 3d and 4th Armored
Divisions in Germany.
Both the 2d Armored Division
and the "Old Ironsides" 1st Ar
mored Division hit the beaches
in North Africa in the American
invasion Nov. 8 1942. A year
later with Nazi resistance in
Africa destroyed both moved
north the 2d to invade Sicily in
July 1943 and the 2d to hit the
coast of Italy.
Old Ironsides fought to the
Rapido River and then was
pulled out to join the battle
in he Anzio beachhead. In
May of 1944 the division at
tacked toward Rome and a
tank from the 1st Armored
Division's 13th Armored Regi
ment may have been the first
Allied vehicle into Rome. The
1st then drove north to the
Appenines and the Arno River
valley. The spring they at
tacked and reached the Swiss
border isolating remnants of
the German forces in Italy.
After the war the 1st Armored
Division did occupation duty in
Germany before returning to the
United States for inactivation in
the spring of 1946. The division
was reactivated at Fort Hood in
the spring of 1951 to hdp meet
the threat posed by the Korean
War. It reached combat strength
by early 1952 and then was one
of the "defending units" in Ex
ercise Longhorn the largest man
euver to be held in the United
States in 10 years.
At Fort Polk La. after the
maneuver the division trained
thousands of new soldiers who
saw action in Korea.
In 1957 the 1st was again in
activated except for Combat Com
mand A which moved from Fort
Polk to Fort Hood in May 1959.
^AsTSrmor marks its 184th
stone Combat Command A of Old
Ironsides will be in the field a
part of its unending training to
be instantly ready for whatever
demands may be made upon
it as the principal Armor punch
of the Strategic Army corpse
After it had completed th£"*ue-
feat of the Germans in Sicily
including the elite Nazi Herman
Goering Panzer Division sailed
for the United Kingdom to pre
pare for D-Day in France.
In France the Iron Deuce
hit the St. Lo-Vire River line
and engaged elements of 14
enemy divisions. Tanks of the
division swept 90 miles across
France to the Seine in six
days. They then drove 60
Smiles in 36-hours from the
Somme River to become the
first AHied command to enter
Nazi-occupied Belgim.
When the Germans counterat
tacked to start the battle of the
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bulge the 2d Armored Division
raced 75 miles in a overnight
march to engage and destroy the
2d Panzer Division in the Celles
Pocket.
The 2d saw more action in the
crossing of the Rhine and the en
circlement of 350000 of the enemy
in the Ruhr industrial complx
and the advance on the Elbe Ri
ver. From the Rhine to the Elbe
Hell on Wheels overran 3000
square miles captured 45000
prisoners covered a road dis
tance of 250 miles and disposed
of huge stores of enemy supplies
and munitions.
The proud 2d Armored Divi
sion was chosen to be the first
American unit to enter Berlin.
This was July 4 1944.
After the war the division re
turned to Fort Hood to rebuild
and retrain. It was for some
time America's only active ar
mored division. When the Korean
War began four battalions and
thousands of individuals of the di
vision went to Korea.
Less than a year later the
division went to Germany to be
come the "Mailed Fist of NATO
until returning to Fort Hood to
take up its training mission a
task that produces about 25000
trained fighting men each year
Sky Divers
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by Cpl. Dick Callahan 10 sec
onds S-Sgt. Arthur Bartlett 20
seconds and M-Sgt. Ed Rector
30 seconds.
In the skit portion of the
show jumpers will do barrel
rolls cartwheels one will
jump through a hula hoop
and another will ride down
on an auto tire.
About the only thing they don't
do is jump without a parachute.
'Chutists will reach speeds of
120 miles per hour during descent
and in some instances will land
while still moving at 30 m.p.h.
This is the firs) public demon
stration of the Fort Hood Club
which was organized in August
and now has 34 members. It will
be cancelled in case of rain or
less than a 2000-foot ceiling.
2d Lt. David H. Baum a re
cent graduate of the University of
Illinois and the Armor Officers'
Orientation Course has been as
signed as a platoon leader of
Co. B 66th Armor 2d Armored
Division.
Post Time I Dependents
(Continued from Page 1)
Two skits will be performed by
Fort Hood Little Theater mem
bers. They will be seen in a one
act play "Sergeant Santa Claus"
written especially for "Post
Time" by PFC's Leonard Heller
Ronald Salberg and Scott L. Brad
ley. The Little Theater is also
producing "My Mattithias"
Hannukah play as adapted by
Chaplain Lt. P. H. Levenson.
Also performing will be the Fort
Hood Choir making its first tele
vision appearance. The choir is
composed of 35 soldiers and de
pendents from Fort Hood. They
will sing several Christmas songs.
A film presentation of "Op
eration Rudolph" conducted by
the 50th Infantry 2d Armored
Division last Sunday will be
seen. "Operation Rudolph"
was a project involving over
50 children from the Round
Rock Children's home near
Austin.
Sp-4 Ron DeGregarrio Hq.
USAG will sing two light Christ
mas songs accompanied by the
Molano Quartet whose leader is
Sp-4 Joe A. Molano 266th Army
Band.
The program will be concluled
with a special Christmas story as
told by Chaplain (Capt.) C. L.
Burgreen.
Host for the show is PFC Charle
Bro'yles Hq. & Hq. Co. 2d Ar
mored Division.
"Post Time" is written and
produced by Sp4 Fred Anderson
Hq. USAG.
Capt. Max R. Stallcup is now
the battalion adjutant of the 66th
Armor 2d Armored Division.
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embarkation of CONUS or U.S
possessions to foreign countries
after Jan. 31 1961 ...
In answers to queries Army
officials said the message ap
plied to travel of civilian de
pendents for COUS or U.S.
possessions "including such
travel in connection with re
employment.
In other words if a civilian
employee comes home on reem
ployment leave with his family
they must remain stateside when
he goes back to his job over
seas provided they are not in
travel status by Jan. 31.
U. S. possessions in this instance
were said to be Alaska Hawaii
Canal Zone Marianas Marshall
Islands Midway Island Puerto
Rico Samoa and Virgin Islands.
Meantime the Air Force was
conducting a major commands
conference to formulate plans for
implementing the program.
Previously the Air Force
had said those people who
had authorizations from over
seas commands in the form of
concurrent travel approval or
an unaccompanied travel
order dated prior to Nov. 16
would be permitted to travel
overseas until Feb. 1.
The Navy said it is possible
some dependents may be sent
from the United States in cases
where it is desirable. Specifically
cited were cases of attache duty
embassy MAAG or diplomatic
areas.
The Navy said it would make
tour terminations some sponsors
returned before completion of nor
mal tours and Curtailment of
dependents proceeding overseas.
Hey there you lucky guys in CCA that
are spending this pre-Xmas vacation out in
the lovely wilds of Fort Hood we're
thinking about you. When you return come
see Stanley Weiss about those gifts to take
home for the men in your family. Buy your
self a suit... a topcoat... or a sportcoat on
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Joe F. Williamson of Gatesville.
Performance Award Certificates
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Friday December 9 1960
The HMS Muldovia a shi
transporting troops to Europe di
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German Boats on May 23
1918. A and Companies of the
58th Infantry lost 52 men in the
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and went into camp at Gettys
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