Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 4, Ed. 1 Friday, May 5, 1961 Page: 1 of 14
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VOL. 19 NO. 4
i
First In Five Years
By JIM SCHEFTER
Fort Hood sat for a portrait
during Exercise Thunder Bolt.
Because of her unlady-like gross-
ness it took more than 200 nega
tives to capture all of her on
film but the results were ex
cellent.
The photography of the large
Army post was done—strangely
enough —by the Air Force. The
means of filming was by jet air
craft making reconnaisance runs
over iSie fort.
When the portrait was finish
ed Fort Hood had the first
chancc to look at herself in
more than five years the time
elapsed since the last com
plete photo coverage.
Custodian for the many indivi
dual picture making up the cov
erage is the 319th Military In
telligence Bn. It is their API's
To Open Next Year
Construction on the 800 new
Capehart housing units being built
here is "a little" behind sched
ule according to Stacy McKnight
resident engineer Galveston Dis
trict.
However the units are expected
to be completed on schedule
May 8 1962. Work began on the
quarters Sept. 30 1960.
Two areas are being used for
the homes. The first is an exten
sion to Patton Park and is bounded
by South Ave. on the north Hood
Road on the east and Highway
190 on the west. The area will
contain 100 new units.
The other 700 quarters are
under construction sout'- of
Highway 190 and are the first
Fort Hood units to be built
in that area. No name for the
new village has been selected.
Many units in Patton Park are
taking shape rapidly. Framework
has been erected and carpenters
API AT WORK—SFC Billie S. Neisler 319th Military Intelligence Bn. uses a stereoscope
to study pictures during work on Aerial Photo Interpretation. The gadget when used with two
photos of the same area gives a three-dimensional effect and interpreters are able to see depth as
well as other dimensions. The photos Neisler is studying are part of the aerial coverage of
Fort Hood that were shot during Exercise Thunder Bolt by the Air Force. (U.S. Army Photo by
SFC Greer.)
Ft. Hood Poses For Portrait
During Thunder Bolt Play
(Aerial Photo Interpreters) who
will go over the pictures to pick
out landmarks and provide de-
Proficiency Pay
Scores Listed
WASHINGTON (AFPS) Pro
ficiency pay qualification scores
(P-l) resulting from the Febru
ary testing sessions have been an
nounced by the Army for ['3 skill
levels in 27 MOSs. Approximately
6000 new pro-pay awards will re
sult from this testing.
The scores were listed in DA
Message 552546 and included those
for various skill levels in the fol
lowing mos. 204 246 353 356
357 358 403 424 433 444 512 521
522 523 563 571 572 573 621 624
634 679 701 722 732 744 and 917
BUSY AS BEES—A beehive of activity surrounds these Capehart housing units being built
In Patton Park. Framework for many of the un its like these is already up and carpenters
swarm over the maze of lumber as work continues. All units are expected to be completed by
May 8 1962. (U.S. Army Photo by Sgt. Pellam.)
New Capehart Construction
Going Up Map idly On Post
swarm over the shells like bees.
Each unit is erected on a con
crete pad acting as a foundation.
By Wednesday noon 325 slabs
had been laid. More are being
Property Sale
Slated Tuesday
The monthly Property Disposal
Retail Sale will be in Bldg. 4272
from 8 to 11 a.m. and 1 to 3
p.m. Tuesday May 9.
A large collection of clothing
gas cans water cans boots
tools books 55-gallon drums var
ious sized jacks intrenching tools
and a dinette set are available on
tailed terrain information.
Unlike a portrait of any other
lady these photos will be more
functional than beautiful.
One use for the detailed pic
tures is to help artillery units
spot targets and become ac
quainted with terrain before ac
tually entering their firing area.
Engineers will be able to
use the photos to pick out
construction sites for bridges
or other training projects.
The photos will provide train
ing for basic and advanced API's
Corrections on present maps of
Fort Hood can be made after a
thorough study of the lady's por
trait.
Above all the photographs will
provide an up-to-date ready re
ference for any unit that needs
information about local boondocks.
poured at the rate of 50 to 60
a week.
Cost of construction for the 800
quarter's is over $12500000 or
about $14600 per unit.
In a statement at ground
breaking ceremonies last fall
Maj. Gen. Edward G. Far-
rand Fort Hood and 2d Arm
ored Division commander
said that the added housing
will make the post "a more
complete more permanent and
more effective Army instal
lation."
A breakdown of the new units
shows that 150 will be two-bed
room 550 will be three-bedroom
a cash and carry basis. and 100 will be four-bedroom. Of
All sales are final and regula- these 478 will be assigned to en-
tions prohibit the acceptance of
personal checks.
All military and civilian person
nel at Fort Hood are eligible to
participate.
liste". men 222 to company grade
officers and 100 to field grade of
ficers.
Nearly 6000 Fort Hood families
BOW
live off-post.
Once again the wildlife thai in
habits North Fort Hood during
the fall-winter-spring seasons has
been chased out to make room
for summertime training of Na
tional Guard and Reserve units.
The main body of men in the
•37th Armor 2d Armored Division
joined a two-company advance
force Tuesday to continue the
vast preparations required to "set
up camp" for an estimated 8-
Col. Adams
He attended the Army War
College received a degree in
Applied Physics at the Uni
it of a if or a a
Mexican
Officers
To Visit
Distinguished visitors from sun
xi a iv at
Hood May 11 for a glance at this
central Texas post.
Nine Mexican general officers
who command zones and garrisons
adjoining the Fourth U. S. Army
portion of the United States Mexi
can border will set down at Fort
Hood airfield about 3:15 p.m.
Accompanied by Brig. Gen. Phil
ip H. Bethune U. S. Army attache
to Mexico their wives and aides-
de-camp the Mexican officers will
be greeted on arrival by an hon
or guard ceremony of CCA 1st
Armored Division and the 266th
Army Band.
Escort officer from Fort Hood
is Col. C. F. Mitchim 35th Engi
neer Group (Const.) commander.
Assistant escort officer and proj
ect officer is Lt. Francisco Diaz-
Estrella 1st Cav. CCA 1st Arm
ored Division.
Itinerary for the visit includes
a firepower demonstration May
12 conducted by CCA 1st Arm
ored Division at Tank Tables IV
and V.
Ordnance Unit
Activated Here
Needs Personnel
A new ordnance detachment
was born at Fort Hood May 3.
The 763d Ordnance Det. was
organized officially as CONUS
detachment assigned to Fourth
U. S. Army stationed at Fort
Hood and attached to the 185th
Ordnance Bn.
Authorized one Warrant Officer
two non-commissioned officers
and 26 enlisted men the unit's
primary mission is to augment
and assist the Fort Hood Ammo
Supply Point.
Organizing a unit on paper is
enly half the job. The other half
securing bodies to fill all slots
authorized is a different and more
difficult matter. Personnel have
been 'requisitioned to fill the
763d through the Fort Hood Ad
jutant General.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As of Friday Morning
May 5
Injuries 49
Fatalities 2
This Time
Last
fear
Injuries 36
Fatalities 3
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 5 1961
37th Takes Over
North Fort Hood
000 troops per division. The bat
talion will be site support unit
until early September.
Currently there are about
360 men in the unit but this
number is expected to be in
creased to 400 by June.
This week the men were fe
verishly putting North Fort Hood
into shape by cutting a near-
jungle of grass and weeds haul
ing necessary equipment out of
KB Command
Goes To Blis
Col. L. Dow Adams a 1938 grad
uate of the U. S. Military Acad
emy will be succeeded by a
classmate Col. Joseph C. Connell
as commanding officer of Killeen
Base next month.
Col. Adams who came to Kil
leen Base in July 1959 from Hq.
DASA in Washington D. C. has
been reassigned to Fort Bliss.
Angeles and
Command and
attended
General Staff
Col. Aclams
College. During World War II
he served in Germany with
the 528th FA Bn. which he
activated at Fort Hood in 1944
and deactivated at South Fort
Hood in 1945.
From 1948 to 1950 he com
manded the First Field Artillery
Observation Bn. at Fort Sill
Okla. and from 1950 to 1952 he
served in Turkey as Director of
Instruction of the Turkish Artil
lery School.
He also served with the Artil
lery Board at Fort Bragg N. C.
and Fort Sill. He later com
manded Division Artillery 1st Cav
Division in Japan and the 45h US
Missile Command in Korea.
Col. Connell a native of
N.Y. will arrive at Killeen
Base the latter part of May
from his present assignment in
Korea. He served with the
Eastern Defense Command
from 1942 to 1W4 and the
Western Defense Command
from 1944 to 1945.
He later served with the IG
section 8th U. S. Army in Japan
and was the Commanding Officer
24th AAA Group in Philadelphia.
From 1954 to 1957 he was as
signed to Headquarters European
Command and attended the Arm
ed Forces Staff College in 1957
and 1958.
He also served on the staff and
Faculty of the Command and Gen
eral Staff College.
PM General
Tours Post
In Brief Visit
Maj. Gen. Ralph J. Butchers
Provost Marshal General United
States Army arrived at Fort
Hood Wednesday morning for a
brief visit.
Gen. Butchers former chief of
Staff of the 2d Armored Division
during WWII met with Maj. Gen.
Edward G. Farrand post and
2d Armored Division commander
and Col. Marion C. Miller Post
Provost Marshal. He then visited
the 720th MP Battalion where he
lunched with senior MPs and area
senior law enforcement officials.
Wednesday afternoon he toured
the stockade and met with Lt.
Col. R. A. Eicher 2d Armored
Division Provost Marshall. A visit
pos Provost Marshall this
to the 502d MP Company and
with the 720th MP
non-commis
sioned and commissioned officers
in the unit dayroom rounded out
the afternoon.
General Butchers was feted with
a reception and dinner in the Fort
Hood Officer's. Open Mess
Wednesday evening.
He left yesterday at 8 a.m. for
Austin and returned in the late
afternoon. Thursday evening he
met with Killeen civic leaders at a
rodeo barbecue.
establishing com-
storage and
munications.
Throughout the summer they
will be working as garrison
troops doing the jobs required
of headquarters personnel.
The battalion commander
Lt. Col. Charles H. Brown
will be Deputy Post Com
mander of North Fort Hood.
The 37 th will be supporting
scores of units but the major ones
scheduled to train at North Fort
Hood thi§ summer are the 90th
Infantry Division (Texas) which
arrives June 3 the 45th Infantry
Division (Oklahoma) the 49th
Armored Division (Texas) and
the 36th Infantry Division (Texas
Each of these units is ex
ited to train approximately 8-
men at North Fort—an es
timated 32000 National Guard
and Reserve soldiers over the
entire summer period. Some sep
arate units in the Fourth U. S.
Army area will be represented
here by as few as two to four
men.
Summer site support chores for
the 37th Armor will include pre
paring the camp site for reserve
component units provide for in
terior guard and the police of
the post facilities area establish
and operate the Officers' Field
Ration Mess provide vehicles
with drivers as required by the
Fourth U. S. Army Evaluation
Board and establish and operate
the pre-camp Food Service School
for Reserve Component units.
The All-Army and All-Air Force
Teams plus the Fort Benning
AMU Fourth US Army Fort Sam
Houston Caribbean Panama Ca
nal Zone Brooke Army Medical
Center and Lackland Air Force
Base squads are competing for
honors in the 17 match tourney.
An estimated 200 marksmen are
participating including some 40
civilians 1'iom Texas and Okla
homa.
WMh Fort Hood AMU spon
soring the three day shoot no
teams or individuals from Fort
Hood are entered.
Both military and civilian com
petitors are members of the Na
tional Rifle Association and Texas
State Rifle Association.
Matches commence at 7:30 a.m.
each day.
The schedule of matches is:
May 5 Matches Nrs. 1 and 2
the Dr. Gocdal Wooten four man
and two man team Trophy match
es.
Thunder Bolt in Retrospect
While the line battalions of
CCA 1st Armored Division were
crushing the Aggressor forces in
Exercise Thunder Bolt their di
vision train units were working
'round the clock.
Co. A 1st Quartermaster is
sued 860000 gallons of gas 128
tons of class A rations 25 tons
of rations and installed a
mobile bath unit which
utilized by 3169 men.
Rifle Match Scheduled Here
This Weekend By Post AMU
The Fort Hood Advanced
Marksmanship Unit is currently
playing host to three more days
of "whiz-bang" at Pilot Knob
Range D. the unit is sponsorin
the 41st Annual I-Iigh Power Rifle
Championship Tournament which
got underway at 7:30 a.m. today
and runs through Sunday.
May 6 Matches NR. 3 4
5 and 6 the Farren Brothers
Bausch and Lomb McNeal
and Koberson and McGee
Trophy matches.
May 7 Matches 7 through 17
the W. H. Orme-Johnson El Paso
Laredo Governor's Texas State
High Power Rifle Championship
Major Mulkey Albert and Ern
est Steves Homer Matthews and
N A Building Fund Trophy
match®?.
An informal awards ceremony
will be held May 7 on the ranges
and spectators are invited to at
tend.
Forty-eight members of the
All Army Advanced Marks
manship Unit Rifle Team are
competing in the tourney. The
group is headed by Maj. Ray-
nold S. Dobak and is on a 24
day tour as a warmup for the
All Army Matches at Fort
Benning this summer and
the National Matches at Camp
Perry Oliio.
During the tour the group will
compete the Arizona State High
Power Matches at Phoenix the
matches here the Lackland Air
Force Matches and the San An
tonio Big Bore Rifle matches.
as
HEADING FOR HOME Over 2000 vehicles from CCA 1st
Armored Division rumbled across this 160 foot bridge on the
last day of Exercise Thunder Bolt. Built entirely at night by Co.
AND AWAY WE GO—Pvt. Marvin D. Edwards and Pvt. Juan M. Leon of the 37th Armor
2d Armored Division secure the tail gate on the last truck carrying the "odds and ends" of
the 37th Armor from Fort Hood's cantonments area to North Fort Hood. The 37th is northbound
for summer-duty as site support for National Guard units. (U.S. Army Photo By Leonberger)
Exercise Tested Flexabilitv
Of All
fO!d
Co. A 16th Engineer Bn. puri
fied and issued 102000 gallons of
water cleared off obstacles on
roads with a tractor totaling four
miles bridged over 750 feet with
the AVLB bridged 38 feet of dry
gap and 141 feet of floating bridge.
They also detonated 2300
pounds of TNT charges 140
shaped charges and 475 crater-
ing charges.
Co. B 123d Ordnance re
paired 38 track and 35 wheeled
vehicles. Last year during
Exercise Big Thrust they re
paired i.55 vehicles which in
dicates a considerable im
provement in CCA's combat
readiness.
Six tons of ammunition flown
in to CCA were used during the
exercise.
An effective role of the huge
maneuver was played by Co. B
317th Army Security Agency Det.
from Fort Bragg.
Commanded by Lt. Chas. B.
Eichelberger the unit was divided
into three teams. Two of these
were attached to the 1st and 13th
Cavalry using the new M-113 AP
and the third moved about in a
three-quarter-ton truck attached
to the 6th Infantry.
Integrated with CCA's G-2 sec
tion and battalion S-2 sections
the ASA men are all trained as
paratroopers.
Maj. Richard True G-2 for
CCA commended the ASA
members. "They were a great
help to us throughout the ex
ercise" he said "and we
certainly would like to have
them back next year."
Battery A 6th Artillery re
ceived a new officer two days
after the exercise began. Lt.
Arthur C. Rogers had just ar
rived from the Artillery School
at Fort Sill.
Being his first large-scale man
euver Lt. Rogers was quite im
pressed with the speed and ac
tivity of the problem
Comparing towed artillery (which
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Ironsides9 Units
he trained with at Fort Sill) to
self-propelled artillery of CCA
Lt. Rogers said: '"There's a con
siderable difference in the two
types. Self-propelled artillery is
much faster in getting prepared
to shoot move and communi
cate."
He was also greatly impressed
with Btry. A's quick preparation
to fire and said their reconnais
sance selection and occupation of
position was excellent.
After a day and half with
Btry. A Lt. Rogers was as
signed to Troop A 12th Cav
alry for the remainder of the
exercise as a forward ob
server.
(See EXERCISE Page 2)
Tankers Become
Cowboys Daring
Thunder Bolt
Round up time on the range
has taken a new turn one that
would even make old time cattle
men sit up in their saddles to
take notice.
During Exercise Thunder Bolt
Co. D 1st Cavalry CCA 1st Arm
ored Division had the mission o5
securing a drop zone near Ante
lope Mound prior to the aerial re-
supply of 18 tons of ammunition
for the attacking combat com
mand.
On reaching the drop zone the
tankers came upon several hun
dred cattle munching on the
sparce Fort Hood vegetation.
The ever-aggressive Tankers un
der the command of Capt. Wilbur
T. Whitehead made a quick esti
mate of the situation and attacked
the livestock using an inverted
wedge formation of M-48 tanks.
The men of Co. quickly
cleared the range without the loss
of a single cow or tank mounted
A 1st 16th Engineer Bn. the command completed the crossing
to six hours. (U. S. Army Photo by Sp-4 Hammond)
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