Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 19, No. 25, Ed. 1 Friday, September 29, 1961 Page: 1 of 18
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VOL. 19 NO. 25
Officers
Also Held
On Duty
Department of the Army has
taken another major step to build
up the Army in the face of cur
rent world situations by ordering
the involuntary extension of all
no re a is on a
warrant officers. Three major ex
ceptions were made in the order.
The announement dated Sept.
20 holds on active duty for one
additional year officers includ
ing OBI-H OBV-II and OBV-III
slated for release between Oct. 1
1961 and prior to July 1 1962.
The extension does not apply to
members of the Medical Dental
or Veterinary Corps however of
ficers procured for these corps
are subject to special Selective
Service call.
Extended officers who are now
serving in overseas commands
will not be returned to the United
States until completion of extend
ed tours or expiration of the in
voluntary extension whichever is
earlier.
In addition the Army an
nounced that requests for officer
and warrant officer retirements to
be effective on or after Nov. 1
1961 and submitted by other than
RA officers and warrant officers
who have been retained beyond
20 years may be deferred if those
requests are found to be contrary
to the best interests of the gov
ernment.
The action taken by the Army
closely follows the calling to ac
tive duty of two National Guard
divisions and more than 200
smaller units. Enlisted men who
were scheduled for release be
tween Oct 1 arid June 30 Were
informed earlier of a maximum
of four months extended service.
720th Marks
MP Corps
20th Birthday
A birthday celebration party
marking the 20th anniversary of
it a or a
held in the 720th Military Police
Bn. area Tuesday Sept. 26.
The highlight of the activities
was the cutting of a cake by Maj.
Gen. W. H. S. Wright post and
2d Armored Division commander.
E-5s and above proved their
£skill in baseball when they beat
the E-4s and below and in an
other game topped the battalion
officers.
Other events included tourna
ments in pinochle volleyball ta
ble tennis touch football and
horseshoes. A record playing ses
sion was conducted by the bat
talion communications sergeant
who acted as disc jockey.
Refreshments and a buffet style
meal were served.
Field and the public is invited to
attend. In case of inclement
weather the review will be held
at Theater No. 1 at 9 a.m.
Heading the list of retiring offi
cers are Cols. Buie Hess and Don
ald W. McRell. Col. Hess was Ad
jutant General Fort Hood and
Col. McRell the Post Finance Of
ficer.
Other Fort Hood officers re
tiring are Lt. Col. Arthie L.
Payne Headquarters 2d Armor
ed Division Maj. William J.
Weiring Fort Hood Non-Commis-
sioned Officers Academy Maj.
Frank R. Pfersoh Headquarters
2d Armored Division Maj. Eli
zabeth T. Reid United States
Army Hospital Maj. James K.
Sterling 502d Aviation Co. 2d
Armored Division Capt. James
R. Foster Headquarters United
States Army Garrison Capt.
wmm
1400 Troops Involved
Picture On Page 2
its capabilities in operating as a
well integrated and flexible
STRAC unit.
The primary objective of the ex
ercise was to see how efficiently
division and battalion CPs could
be displaced while maintaining
continuous operations.
Daring the
1st Armored
HEADQUARTERS
III CORPS
Over 1400 troops and 450 vehi- Killeen collecting the lion's share
cles representing every unit in the0f the money.
1st Armored Division took part
in the CPX.
previous week
Division units
were preoccupied with pre
parations for the vast tacti
cal exercise which took place
along the western edge of the
Fort Hood reservation.
35th Engineers To Conduct
Monthly Retirement Review
The 35th Engineer Group will
hold a retirement review this
morning for 10 officers and 13 en-
Ajsted men rounding out their ca
reers at Fort Hood. The review
is set for 9 a.m. at Sadowski
Warren E. Osbourn Headquar
ters United States Army Garri
son and CWO-3 Harry L. Haney
US Army Garrison.'
Sergeant Major Morris B. Helm
Hq. & Hq. Co. CCA 1st Armored
Division heads the list of retiring
enlisted men. Other 1st Armored
Division personnel are M-Sgt. Hol-
lis Butts Co. C 1st Cavalry and
M-Sgt. Edward Hopkins 501st
Aviation Co.
Second Armored Division retir
ees are 1st Sergeant Joseph H.
Metcalf Hq. Btry 14th Artillery
M-Sgt. Restituto Hernandez Co.
B 35th Armor and M-Sgt. Lon-
nie D. Moore Jr. Co. D 17th En
gineer Bn.
Post .unit retirees are: From
Hq. & Hq. Co. Special Troops
M-Sgt. Prentice H. Day M-Sgt.
J. D. Goins M-Sgt Damian Mar
tinez and M-Sgt. Charles P.
Scholze.
From the hospital detachment
are M-Sgt. Lewis E. Brantley and
M-Sgt. Arthur D! Jenkins and
from the 513th Quartermaster Co.
is M-Sgt. Jeff D. Rodgers.
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PHANTOM CORPS THE OLD AND THE NEW Lt. Col. John R. Lane (Ret.) who was
III Corps G-2 when it was inactivated in the spring of 1959 and Col. John E. Wales III present
III Corps G-2 get together in front of ni Corns Headquarters Tuesday Sept. 26. Over 100
officers reported for duty with the III Corps on that day. Col. Lane is now a. Killeen business-
man. (U.S. Army Photo by SPC Dl^gett)"
Four-Day Field Exercise
Examines 1st AD Abilities
The 1st Armored Division be-] First armored division Sgt. Maj Aggressor Program provided sim-
gan an extensive four-day Com-J. Randal Johnson called it "the|ulated combat conditions such as
mand Post Exercise Monday dur
ing which the division examined experienced in some time."
most profitable training CCA has!gas attacks germ warfare and
nuclear blasts.
The. controllers completed their
also
Night movement was
stressed
The use of controllers employ
ing the Department of the Army
Soldiers Pay
In Fines
sddiers i(J $9 064 99
traffic fines local
tieg iri the
communi-
jast three months with
Average fine paid in 16 com
munities was $26.28. The highest
fine was $262 and the lowest was
BULLETIN
Combat Command was
again in the field this week
to complete the exercise des
cribed below. A report re
ceived at the ARMORED SEN
TINEL late Wednesday after
noon indicated that the exer
cise had been successfully
completed and that CCB has
seized their objective after
having been forced by Ag
gressors into a delaying ac
tion and withdrawal. Further
details were lacking.
Combat Command moved
to the field Wednesday and
Thursday of last week for a
24-hour command post exer
cise in which the headquar
ters sections of CCB the 50-
th Infantry 37th Armor and
15th Cavalry conducted an at
tack and a delaying action on
paper.
Only the actual troops were
States Army Garrison uapt. is M-sgt. jeii u. noagers. umy me aumai wcic mu mc amn jwnammei map in minutes it maj
role in the realistic exercise by
simulating the presence of both
enemy and friendly forces.
The outstanding advantage
of the controller system is the
extreme flexibility possible
in shaping the tactical en
vironment to the training
needs of the division.
A controller for example
might report that one or more
given pathological symptoms had
been observed in the men of a
particular battalion.
It is the responsibility of the
battalion leaders to decide not
"Seen added 5530184 to its ""'y significance of the syin-
coffcrs with Belton a poor second Ptoms whether for example
collecting $1478. Temple was the
only other city to run into four
figures charging soldiers $1068
for traffic violations. In all 345
fines were collected in Texas.
Lowest collections were reoprt-
ed from Lampasas where one
fine of $2C.50 was paid.
they seemed to be the symptoms
of a nerve-gas attack when the
attack occured and what the ap
propriate remedial actions would
be—but also to determine what
enemy unit would be likely to
make an attack at that parti
cular time and location.
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 29 1961
Exercise Tests CCB Skill
absent from the fast-moving
quick changing problem
dubbed "Operation Whirla
bout."
Situation maps were kept
up-to-the-minute operation or
ders were composed and dis
seminated and radios and
field phones were kept hot
with messages.
It was as close to realism
as one could get without real
troops and live ammunition.
When the 12th hour had pass
ed and a new day had ar
rived it took but one glance
at any one of the four hid
den posts to see that deter
mination is supreme in this
mission of becoming combat
ready in quick time.
Outside the S-2 and S-3 com
plexes the countryside was
dark and quiet. One had to
strain his eyes to pierce the
darkness and foliage which
hid the silent steel personnel
Most Officers
Report Monday
As the recently reactivated III Corps began to take shape
in building 9 on Fort Hood's Headquarters Avenue some 120
newly assigned officers began reporting for duty last Tuesday
morning.
Brig. Gen. John A. Beall who is the III Corps Chief of Staff
arrived at Fort Hood Wednesday morning. The III. Corps com
mander has not yet been desig-.
nated.
Gen. Beall was previously a
member of III Corps before its
inactivation in the spring of 1959.
He served as G1 and G3.
The general stated that he was
happy to be back at Fort Hood
and looks forward to seeing his
many friends in Killeen and sur
rounding areas. Gen. Beall will
be acting HI Corps commander
until the arrival of a designated
senior general officer.
Among those officers who re
ported for duty Tuesday was Col.
John E. Wales HI new III Corps
G2. He was met at the headquar
ters building by Lt. Col. (Ret.)
John R. Lane now a Killeen
businesman who was III Corps
G2 when it was inactivated.
The III Corps shoulder patch
is becoming evident as new
officers and enlisted men ar
rive each day..
-Js. -...iij-
Corps GI Col. Hec(y ft. Crosby
G3 And Col. Arthur M. Murray
is G4. Col. Murray was formerly
post G4 Fort Hood.
The Information Officer for
III Corps is Lt Col. Edward
H. Kyle former Fort Hood
Information Officer.
Other officers assigned to HI
Corps as of Wednesday and their
sections are:
OFFICE OF THE CG
Lt. Col. Wyndham H. Bammer
(See CORP Page 2)
Gen. Beall
Named Corps
Staff Chief
Brig. Gen. John Allen Beall
chief of staff of the newly reac
tivated III Corps arrived at Fort
Hood Wednesday. He will be act
ing commander of the corps un
til a corps commander is desig
nated.
A native Texas Gen. Beall was
born in Gilmer on May 23 1912
and was appointed to the United
States Military Academy from
Texas in 1931. He was graduated
and commissioned a second lieu
tenant of Infantry in 1935.
In December 1943 Gen.
Beall then a lieutenant col-
one] conducted the overseas
7 movement of the 702d Tank
Destroyer Battalion to Eng
land where his unit was at
tached to the 2d Armored
Division.
The battalion landed in Nor
mandy on June 12 1944 and re
mained with the 2d Armored Di
vision throughout five World War
IT combat campaigns in France
Belgium Holland Luxembourg
and Germany.
Gen. Beall served as 45th Infan-
(See GEN. BEALL Page 2)
FIRST CHECK Col. Frank Stepczyk left receives the first
donation to the 1961 United Fund drive in an informal cere
mony in the office of Maj. Gen. W. H. S. Wright right. The
drive kicked off last week. United Fund agencies in the area
will benefit from the drive. (U. S. Army Photo)
carriers standing quietly
back to back shrouded with
branches and connecting tarp.
But slip behind the draped
canvas and one finds himself
unbelievably in another world:
A world of bright lights diz
zying confusion amalgamated
noise. Two loudspeakers
throw out the words of two
different radio operators miles
a pa a os
sounds strike the eardrums in
a garble that puts the head
into a brainspin.
A sergeant pushes a pencil
across a yellow green-lined
tablet and somehow comes
up with a piece of raw intel
ligence on the enemy situa
tion. A PFC scribbles furiously
and captures the rush of
words from the other loud
speaker. In a matter of sec
onds the data is logged and
plotted on a current situation
map. In minutes it may be
Support The 1961 Fort Hood United Fund Drive
included in a new situation
report or operation order.
The 50th 37th and 15th had
the mission of rolling the ag
gressor back to enable the di
vision to seize Gatesville. The
exercise included an attack
a delaying action and a with
drawal.
Col. Everett A. Luckenbach
commander of CCB declared
during a critique following the
problem that he was well
pleased considering this was
the first of its type for CCB.
The most significant thing
about the whole exercise
aside from its realism was
the willingness on everyone's
part to change their estab
lished methods and operation
al procedures to conform with
current doctrine he said.
He further stated the exer
cise pointed out where im
provement is needed in per
sonnel utilization and organ
ization of the command posts.
Famed Phantom Corps
Returns To Fort Hood
The test begins when the pla
toon leader is alerted given a
mission time the platoon is to
leave and the helicopter pickup
point upon completion of the mis
sion.
Eight hours after the platoon is
alerted it must have completed
it's planning of routes and deter
mine what. supplies and the
amount of ammunition are needed
to complete the mission.
During the hours of darkness
the platoon infiltrates the enemy
lines. Aggressors in vehicles air
craft and on foot constantly at
tempt to locate and destroy the
patrol. The patrol must move at
night and hide during the day to
attempt from being detected.
The test is completed when the
platoon destroys the objective and
safely returns to the helicopter
pickup point.
Two platoons are selected each
week for the exercise. The first
patrol was completed at 5:15 a.m.
Sept. 20 by the 1st platoon of
Company B.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As of Friday Morning
September 29
Injuries 95
Fatalities 11
This Time Last Year
Injuries 90
Fatalities 10
THE "BIG" GUN Cannoneers (left to right) Sp-4 Thomas L. Perkins Sgt. Jimmy Bryce
Cpl. Robert L. Perry and Sgt. Jeff Davis swab out the barrel on an eight-inch howitzer. Six hours
later the entire 73rd Artillery of CCA 1st Armored Division was alerted on exercise "Yellow
Ribbon" to test their mobility proficiency.
Israeli Officers
Tours 142d Sig.
The Chief of/the Israeli Defense Fort Hood hci visited several field
Forces' Signal School Lt. Col.
Zvi Elnatan was the guest of
the 142d Signal Bn. 2d Armored
Division recently.
Col. Elnatan arrived in the
United States last June to study
the newest concepts of signal
communication and equipment. At
'Golden Bar'
Checks Platoons
Of 6th Infantry
Operation "Golden Bar" de
signed to test the proficiency of a
dismounted platoon in action has
been initiated by the 6th Infan
try 1st Armored Division.
The 48-hour exercise gives the
rifle platoon an opportunity to
function as a team. Armored per
sonnel carriers are not used.
installations and expressed inter
est in the speed with which Sig
nal field equipment was set up
under simulated combat condi
tions. The 142d Signal Bn. Adjut
ant Capt. John K. Enoch acted
as escort officer.
The Israeli signalman noted
that he was impressed by the
technological advancement of the
U. S. Signal Corps and comment
ed on the friendliness and co-ope
ration extended to him by every
organization and individual that
he visited.
He began his tour of the
U. S. by attending the Asso
ciate Signal Officers' Ad
vanced Course at Fort Mon
mouth N. J.
His Fort Hood visit was part of
three-stop tour designed to fam-
iJ arize him with actual signal
corps field practice. His first stop
was with the 2d Marine Corps at
Camp Lejeune N. C. and after
leaving Fort Hood he'll spend a
few days with the 82d Airborne
Division at Fort Bragg N. C.
Col. Elnatan left Nazi Germany
for Palestine in 1938 and joined
a Holy Land settlement youth
group with which took small arms
training. He was fifteen at the
time.
In 1941 he enlisted in the
British Army's Palestinian
Infantry Unit which became
(See ISRAELI Page 2)
A 2d Armored Division sergeant
first class and a specialist four
from the 1st Armored Division
have been selected as Soldiers of
the Month for September.
SFC Marvin L. Ring Co. A
48th Medical Bn. placed first in
the post E-5 and above competi
tion. Presently a platoon ser
geant he entered the Army in
1951 and before coming to Fort
Hood was assigned to the 250th
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—18 Pages—
73d Artillery
Moves Rapidly
After Alerted
"Hie 73d Artillery 1st Armored
Division was alerted for a tacti
cal move-out last week. The bat
talion was ordered to make a-
black-out road march toward
North Fort Hood and establish an
assembly area.
The battalion reported 80 per
cent of its personnel present at
10 p.m. and with the next hour
was ready to move-out.
The first element of the road
march Btry. C left the motor
pool at 12:05 a.m. The battalion
arrived at its pre-designated area
set up operations and was await
ing orders from higher headquar
ters before the break of dawn.
With Brig. Gen. Roy Lassetter
Jr. CCA 1st AD commander as
a 7 3 A a
given three firing positions to oc
cupy. The battalion fired from
two of these positions with Gen.
Lassetter and his staff selecting
the targets.
Immediately following the fire
power maneuvers the unit under
went a thorough inspection by G-
3 inspection teams. The complete
is of or an at on it a
personal equipment was inspect
ed.
The battalion was the second
unit to use action firepower dur
ing a Yellow Ribbon alert.
SFC Ring Sp-4 Garcia
Named Soldiers Of Month
General Hospital at Fort Sam
Houston. SFC Ring graduated
from high school in the Philip
pine Islands. He resides with his
wife and daughter -in Killeen.
Sp-4 Ricardo Garcia Co. A 6th
Infantry was top man in the E-4
and below competition. A platoon
messenger he entered the Army
in 1955 and completed a tour in
Korea before being assigned to
Fort Hood.
Sp-4 GARCIA SFC RING
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