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Keith L. Ware 2d Armored
Division assistant commander
received his first star Tuesday
Iternoon after the Senate's re-
cent confirmation of his projno-
^tioflto brigadier general.
9 Mrs. Ware and 15-year-old
Keith L. II each removed one of
the silver eagles frpm Colonel
Ware's shirt collar and replaced
it with the shiny new star of a
brigadier general to complete the
transformation from field grade
to general officer.
General Ware had been nom-
Sergeant Major
Buchanan Named
4A Top Soldier
Sgt. Maj. Clarence W. Buchan
an 2d Bn. 19th Artillery 1st Ar
mored Division recently selected
as Fort Hood's Soldier of the
Quarter has won the title of Out
standing Soldier of the Fourth
^U. S. Army.
Sgt. Maj. Buchanan was chosen
as tops among all his contem
poraries by Lt. Gen. Carl H.
Jark Fourth U.S. Army com
mander. This is the first time in
several years that a Fort Hood
representative has been named
as the top soldier in the Fourth
Army area.
The sergeant major entered
the Army in Oct. 1941 at Fort
Bragg N.C. He served with the
60th Infantry Bn. 9th Infantry
Division during
World War II
seeing action in
North Africa Si
cily and Europe
including the
Normandy inva
on a
promoted to E-9
in Nov. 1962
I and was re-
assgned to the
19th Artillery. BUCHANAN
Among his decorations the ser
geant major holds the Bronze
Star Medal Purple Heart Com
bat Infantryman Badge Presi
a it at on an he
Conduct Medal.
Sgt. Maj. Buchanan lives with
is if vi an
two children Ronald Lee 3 and
Kathy Lynn 2 at 202 Pather
Drive Killeen.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As of Friday Morning
May 3 1963
Injuries 57
Fatalities 10
This Time Last Year
Injuries 53
Fatalities 6
STAR CEREMONY Most of the family lends a hand to modify the uniform of Brig. Gen.
Keith L. Ware asistant 2d Armored Division commander Tuesday in ceremonies giving him his
.star as a new brigadier general. The promotion pinning ceremony in division headquarters was
performed' by Mrs. Ware and Keith Jr.
2d AD Assistant CG
Receives First Star
inated for the promotion by Presi
dent Kennedy early this year
when it was announced that be
would join the 2d Ap as assist
ant division commander
Tuesday's promotion cetembny
for the World War Medal of
Honor winner was held in Gener
al Burba's office. The ceremony
was attended by the division's
senior commanders and ranking
staff officers.
General Ware has served as
assistant division commander
since early February when he
filled the vacancy created by
General Burba's move from the
ADC position to the division cim-
mander slot.
Before coming to Fort Hood
he was executive to the chief of
staff United States Army Ele
ment Supreme Headquarters Al
lied Powers Europe (SHAPE).
General Ware a veteran of
Inspects Activities
more than 21 years of commis
sioned service began his military
career as an enlisted man in
1941. A year later he was com
missioned- a second lieutenant
after graduating from Officer
Candidate School _at Fort penn
ing Ga.
More military education came
later with his attendance at the
an an a S a
School The Armed Forces Staff
College and the National War
College.
In addition to the Medal of
Honor which General Ware won
in France in 1944 he also wears
the Silver Star the Bronze Star
and the Purple heart with oak
leaf cluster.
The new general and his wFe
Joyce live in Patton Park with
their three children Keith L. II
14 Pamela 12 and John who
is seven years old.
German General
Ends 2-Day Tour
The Chief of Armed Forces
federal Republic of Germany
said he was impressed with the
caliber effectiveness and train
ing of the men and equipment he
saw before he wound up his
The party was met on their
arrival at Fort Hood airfield
Tuesday evening by Maj. Gen.
Ralph E. Haines Jr. 1st Armor
ed Division commander who act
ed as principal host to the visit
ing party. The following morning
the general received a 19-g
honor guajrd salute by the 2D
Armored Division at the airfield.
The principal reasons for the
general's visit to U. S. installa
tions are as General Foertsch
said "to see the Pershing
weapons system at Cape Canav
eral and to observe mock battle
field operations and reconnais
sance. ."
General Foertsch. stated "I am
happy to come to Fort Hood to
see the III Corps and the 1st
and 2d armored divisions in ac
tion. I like to see the troops as
they train in the field.. .as a
real soldier my interest is with
the troops." He also expressed
his favorable opinion as to the
ability discipline and effective
ness of the troops he observed in
training problems.
fwo
day tour of Fort Hood activities
and operations Thursday morn
ing.
General Friedrich Albert
Foertsch's tour here ranged from
formal receptions to observing
vehicle repairs in the Director of
Maintenance repair shops.
General Foertsch's visit here
was part of a 14-day tour of U.S
Army and Air Force installations
along with high-level con
ferences all sponsored by ihe
ha an of he S in
Chiefs of Staff. He was accom
panied on his tour here by Brig.
Gen. Heinz P. Huekelheim mili
tary attache German embassy
Col. Hellmuth Roth Lt. Col
Hans Poeppel aide to the gen
eral and Lt. Col. El am W.
Wright Jr. U. S. Army tour
director.
The party went to III Corps
and Fort Hood headquarters
early Wednesday and received a
briefing by Brig. Gen. Frank S.
(See GERMAN Page 2)
The 74th annual meeting of the
U. S. Armor Association opened
at this giant tank warfare cen
ter Thursday.
Registration desks set up in
the main sports arena—the con
ference headquarters bristled
with activity all day long as top
ranking civilian and military au
thorities from all over the nation
checked in for the three-day con
vention.
Gen. Earle G. Wheeler U. S.
Army chief of staff is to deliver
the main address to the confer
ence at 11:30 a.m. Friday at con
ference headquarters. "Success in
the 60's" is the subject of his
speech to the association.
General Wheeler was due
aboard an Air Force C-140 Jet-
star at 9:30 a. m. Friday at Gray
AFB.
The conference is designed to
focus on the present and future
A full mounted brigade review
and a massive firepctfverdemon-
stration will be presented May
3 by two 1st' Armored Division
brigades as! highlights of the
74th Annual meeting of the United
States Armor Conference.
The review mounted by Old
Ironsides' 1st Brigade and led
by Col. Charles E. Hollis 1st
Brigade commander will pass the
reviewing stands erected at North
Avenue located at the northern
boundary of the Fort Hood garri
son area.
More than 400 vehicles from
the armored vehicle launched
bridge to the armored personnel
carrier will take part in the re
view for dignitaries attending
the conference. Starting at 8:30
a.m. it will be the first mounted
review to be held by the divi
sion since last year's Old Iron
sides reactivation ceremonies.
Keynoted during the review will
by the combat-ready status and
flexibility of a ROAD brigade.
Designed to represent a tactical
task force made up of the typi
cal ROAD brigade organization'
the 1st Brigade will include in
the review all of its support and
attached elements. These will be
units of the 6th Artillery 73d
Artillery 2d Artillery 47th Med
ical Bn. 501st Supply and Trans
port Bn. and the 141st Signal
Bn.
Following the review the 3d
Brigade's 2d Bn. 13th Armor
supported by all the weapons
available to today's blitz-strike
reenforced tank battalion will
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MASSED COLORS The 1st Armored Division's jeep-mounted colors and band proved to be
one of the most popular of entries during the Battle of Flowers parade in the 68th annual Fiesta
San Antonio last week. Fifty-nine flags were carried on 31 jeeps to provide a colorful and impres
sive color guard which along with the band and S touthearted Men cihorus partcppted major
events of the Fiesta. (Photo courtesy San Antonio Light).
74th Annual Convention Modern Armor Role
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY MAY 3 1963
status of armor with discussions
speeches and graphic demonstra
tions of modern might and mobil
ity.
Gen. (ret.) Bruce C. Clarke
president of the Armor Associa
tion arrived late Thursday morn
ing. General Clarke will conduct
the association's annual business
meeting at 4:05 p.m. Friday at
Theater No.l. At the business
session a message from President
John F. Kennedy will be read to
the conferees by General Clarke.
A plane carrying Gen. John K.
Waters U. S. Continental Army
commander was scheduled to ar
rive early Friday at Gray AFB.
All three generals Wheeler
Clarke and Waters—have served
in command positions at Fort
Hood. General Wheeler command
ed the 2d Armored Division here
from October 1958 to March
1960- and also assumed command
Review ower
conduct an impi-es^ivp "Armor in-
the Attack'' demonstration. The
event will take place at Trap-
nell Point located in the east-
em sector of the Fort Hood res
ervation.
Attacking a hastily prepared de
fensive enemy position the task
force will be supported by air
cavalry Air. Force fighters and
three division artillery battalions.
Tactical fighter aircraft from
the 47th Tactical Fighter Wing
at Cannon Air Force Base N.
M. will "fix" the enemy posi
tion with air-to-ground fire to en
able the direct support artillery
battalions to take up positions
from a march column.
Fire from both direct and
general support elements includ
ing direct support artillery and
Davy Crocketts firing simulated
nuclear charges will be used to
hold the enemy in position while
the' company teams of the task
force are deployed. Simulated nu
clear-carrying Davy Croketts
will also be employed to de
moralize the enemy in the event
of a counterattack.
The 13th Armor is to be re-
enforced by Co. A 2d Bn. 46th
Infantry the 4th Bn. 3d Artil
lery the 3d Bn. 19th Artillery
and the 1st Bn. 73d Artillery.
Col. George R. Mitchell 3d
Brigade commander in speak
ing of the exercise termed it
"the most comprehensive live-fire
demonstration of the attack com
prising the combined arms team
of armor infantry and artillery
(See 1st AD Page 2)
Gen. wheeler Heads List
Of
of III Corps and Foil Hood in
March 1959. General Clarke com
manded the 1st Armored Divi
sion and Fort Hood in 1951 and
General Waters was acting and
assistant commander of the 4th
Armored Division here in 1954
and 1955.
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Before a distinguished group of
spectators including Gen. Earle
G. Wheeler Army Chief of Staff
Combat Command of the 2d
Armored Division will present an
amphibious river crossing demon
stration Friday at 2:30 p.m. for
the members of the Armor As
sociation.
Capt. Tom L. Lindholm of the
37th Armor will welcome the
guests and give the main orien
tation of the problem.
Combat Command B as a part
of III Corps and the 2d Armored
Division has been ordered to at
tack across Cowhouse Creek and
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demonstration is in the afternoon
spectators will be asked to ima
gine that it is early in the morn
ing.
The demonstration will begin
with the crossing of the river in
assault boats by a platoon of in
fantry from Co. B 58th Infantry
Bn. This is to show how the en
tire 51st Infantry crossed the ri
ver at 1 a.m. that morning. While
they are crossing the river an H-
37 helicopter will fly a section
of the bridge to the opposite
shore illustrating how the bridge
could be assembled in rear areas
and flown to the front if neces
sary.
The 17th Engineers will build a
float bridge for the demonstra
tion. In actual combat it would
Also expected to attend this
weekend's meeting was Gen.
(ret.) I. D. White a former
commander of the Hell on Wheels
division and present honorary
vice president of the Armor As
sociation.
A DAY WITH OLD IRONSIDES—Tanks of thn-lst Armored Division's 1st Brigade pass in re
view during the recent "Day with Old Ironsides" celebration. The fully mounted review was con
structed as a typical ROAD Brigade task force complete with all its support elements. Over 400
vehicles from the monster armored vehicle launched bridge to the armored personnel carrier
took part in the review. Here tanks flying the state flags of many of the United States pass the
reviewing stands. (U. S. Army Photo by PFC AI Weishaar).
SWIMMING THROUGH—An "enemy" shell explodes near a 21-ton armored personnel carrier of
the 2d Armored Division as it "swims" across a creek in simulated combat conditions at Fort
Hood Ttexas. Combat Command performs the water crossing demonstration Friday as part of
the 74th annual conference of the U.S. Armor Association Thursday through Saturday. The M-59
APC is part of the 58th Infantry. (U. S. Army Photo by PFC Craven).
CCB Set For Amphib
Assault Demonstration
take only three to four hours for
them to erect a bridge the same
size capable of supporting tanks
and heavy equipment. The engi
neers will also use a raft to show
how heavy equipment could be
towed across the river until the
bridge is completed.
After the assault boats are
over a smoke screen will be laid
down by the 2d AD Chemical Sec
tion to enable the armored per
sonnel carriers of the 58th to
swim the river undetected. One
platoon of an armored cavalry
troop will cross the river with
the 58th to screen the left flank
of the combat command. This
platoon uses the new M-114 recon-
vehicle. Also used are several M-
113 personnel carriers by the 58th
Infantry.
During the swimming of the
tracked vehicles the 14th Artil
lery and the 3d Artillery will sup
ply air bursts to cover the infan
try. Later on in the demonstra
tion the artillery will supply time
on target fire for the infantry.
One platoon of infantry will fly
across the river in four H-34 heli
copters. The helicopters at no
time will fly higher than the hills
on the far side of the river. These
troops are brought in to strength
en the 51st Infantry which en
counters trouble in taking their
objective.
As the last part of the bridge is
More than 40 general officers
including active duty National
Guard Army Reserve and re
tired had responded favorably to
invitations to he meeting from
conention host Lt. Gen. Thomas
W. Dunn III Corps and Fort
Hood commander. With the sev-
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being laid a Davy Crockett hea
vy weapons system will fire a
simulated nuclear warhead at an
enemy counter-attack.
Co. of the 37th Armor will
begin rolling across the bridge
just as soon as it is completed.
They will join with the 58th In
fantry to form tank-infantry teams
An armored vehicle launch bridge
is the second vehicle across the
float bridge in order to help the
tanks cross a ravine.
The demonstration will be end-
(See 2d AD Page 2)
"Nothing Can Go Wrong???" a
composite variety show of Fort
Hood's 1963 Entertainment Con
test wifiners will be presented
Friday night 7:30 p.m. at Thea-
er No. 1.
The show is the one which will
go to Fort Sill Okla. Sunday as
local entry in the Fourth Army
Entertainment Contest which will
select the winner from he Army
command. Also winners nthe six
different catagories and selected
acts will be chosen at Sill to
make up the annual Cloverleaf
Tour. Cloverleaf tours the tops
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en general officers at Fort Hooa
the number of generals in at
tendance could well be in the
50's and perhaps the largest con
centration of such high-ranking Ar
my officers in the history of this
armor installation.
Invited to the conference have
been general officers Armor As
sociation officers and evecutive
council members central Tex
as and Washington news corres
pondents industrial represen
tatives Army Scientific Advisory
Panel members and adjutants
general from the 15 states hav
ing armor units.
Following an early morning
breakfast Friday at the Fort
Hood Officers' Open Mess an
honor guard and mounted review
on North Avenue will officially
welcome the numerous distinguish
ed visitors.
Selected units from the 1st
and 2nd Armored divisions—after
weeks of preparation— were
scheduled to flex their steel-
plated muscles with demonstra
tions Friday. At 10 a.m. the 3rd
Brigade 1st AD was to kick
off a live-fire reconnaissance
and tank-infantry team attack at
TrapneH Point. The exercise will
be supported by Old Ironsides'
artillery firepower and Air Force
jet fighters from Cannon AFB
N. M.
At 2:30 p.m. the 2d AD moves
center stage when Combat Com
mand conducts an armored
amphibious demonstration on the
Cowhouse Creek. The military
problem will include construction
of a float bridge river crossing
by armored personnel carriers
helicopters lifting troops and
equipment into a battle area
Air Force jets flying close sup
port and river crossing by tank
elements.
After the association business
meeting a reception and ban
quet will be held Friday at 6
p.m. at the Fort Hood NCO
Open Mess after which the as
sociation executive council will
meet.
Fort Hood major commands
greeted the conferees Thursday
afternoon with open houses. Thurs
day evening the delgates were
the guest of Killeen resident
Roy J. Smith civilian aide to
the secretary of the Army for a
a be pa in
barbecue they attended the an
nual Killeen Rodeo.
This is the first time the as
sociation has met in the Lone
Star State home ofthe STRAC
1st and 2nd armored divisions
stationed at Fort Hood and the
49th Armored a Texas National
Guard division. All three division
commanders—Maj. Gen. Ralph E.
Haines Jr 1st AD Maj. Gen.
E in a 2 A a
Maj. Gen. Harley B. West of
Dallas 49th AD—are to attend.
Fort Leavenworth Kan. was
the scene of the first such an
nual meeting of the asociation.
On November 9 1885 a group
of progressive-minded cavalry of
ficers met there to discuss pro
fessional problems and to form
the U. S. Cavalry Association
parent unit of today's Armor
Association.
The conference will be con
cluded with a breakfast Saturday
morning at the Fort Hood Officers
'Open Mess.
Talent Winners To Appear
In 'Nothing Can Go Wrong'
in Fourth Army entertainment
throughout the Army area in
May.
The theme "Nothing Can Go
Wrong?? is of the automated
modern Army and will utilize a
set design of a fouled-up elec
tronic computer. Song and dance
routines (Nothing can go wrong?)
will be used for opening and clos
ing the show. All the first place
acts that played at the theater
last month have been re-rehearsed
and shaped into this representa
tion of Fort Hood's top talent.
Admission is free.
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