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VOL. 22 NO. 23
Brig. Gen. Zais
EM Personnel
Director Visits
0 Brig. Gen. Melvin Zais direc
tor oT the Enlisted Personnel
Directorate Office of Personnel
Operations at Department of
the Army arrived at Fort Hood
Thursday morning on a two-day
courtesy visit.
Accompanied by Col. James
C. Donaghey and Lt. Col. Karl
W. Volk-the general presented
a Department of the Army-lev-
el orientation on the enlisted
personnel management pro
gram. The orientations included
both future trends and problems
^inherent to the program.
The conference was broken
down into two sessions in order
to reach the largest percentage
of officers and senior non-com
missioned officers and was held
at Theater No. 1.
The first session was for com
pany commanders personnel
officers and non-commissioned
officers grades E-7 through E-
9.
The second session was for
senior commanders and staff
officers down to and including
battalion commanders.
General Zais was greeted
^with a 11-gun salute and honor
guard provided by the 2d Ar
mored Division in front of post
headquarters Thursday morn
ing.
In addition to the orienta
tions the general's itenerary
included a visit with Brig. Gen.
Edward C. Dunn III Corps and
Fort Hood chief of staff and a
dutch treat luncheon at the Fort
Hood Officers' Open Mess.
General Zais was met at the
Fort Hood airfield by Col.
Charles A. Deason III Corps
and Fort Hood G-l and escort
ed to the conferences.
A platoon from Co. A 1st Bn.
®41st Infantry and a platoon
from Company B 1st Bn. 67th
A or is he
guard and was commanded by
Lt. John F. Sweeney.
The 1st Armored Division's
4th Bn. 3rd Artillery scored a
first when it conducted a suc
cessful joint training exercise
with the United States Air
Force last Friday.
This was the first joint train
ing exercise in the history of
the Armed Forces that involved
the use of heavy artillery and
.fighter jets. After the exer-
*cise is fully evaluated similiar
"shoots" will be conducted by
other military units throughout
the Unired States.
The components of the exer
cise were Air Force F-100 Su
per Sabre Fighter Jets from
Cannon Air Force Base N.M.
and 105mm-SP Howitzers from
Batteries A and C 4th Batta
lion 3rd Artillery.
The call for fire was controll
ed from the outpost on Trap-
nell Point. When the Air Liai
son Officer Capt. Paul R.
Schaffer Jr. reported that his
aircraft were over the area the
first artillery fire mission be
gan.
Projectiles containing red
smoke were exploded in the tar
get area so that the jet fighters
could zero in on their target.
The salute battery was pro
vided by Battery C 1st Bn.
3d Artillery commanded by Lt.
Berra L. Birrcher. Color bear
ers and color guard were pro
vided by the 502d Military Po
lice Company.
Music was provided by the
2d Armored Division band un
der the direction of CWO Wil
fred Hureau.
General Zais departed Fort
Hood Airfield at 8 a.m. Fri
day.
Army Adopts
2 New Coats
For Soldiers
WASHINGTON (ANF) The
Department of the Army has
announced the adoption of two
new items of the service uni
form. The garments are a new
Army green overcoat and an
Army green raincoat. These are
two much-needed items to en
hance the comfort and appear
ance of the soldier and are com
patible with the new Army green
uniform for year-round use and
the present green winter uniform
The raincoat will be issued
to enlistees and inductees on
July 11966 and the overcoat on
July 1 1967. The mandatory
date for the new rainco.at is July
1 1969 and July 1 1970 for the
overcoat.
The Army green overcoat will
replace the present officer's
taupe overcoat and the enlisted
man's coton field coat. The pres
ent enlisted man's coat was de
signed to be worn in the field or
with the service uniform.
The new overcoat is of belted
trenchcoat design with a wool
gabardine shell and a removable
light wool liner.
3d Artillery Conducts
Exercise With A.
F.
After the aircraft made their
first bombing run the artillery
engaged the target once more
while the aircraft made con
tinuous strafing runs over the
target.
The artillery was then shifted
to a second target approximate
ly 2000 yards away and fired
upon it at one minute intervals.
The concept of this operation is
to have continuous fire on two
different targets at the same
time.
There was no danger of any
of the aircraft being hit by the
artillery fire. The minimum or
bit of the aircraft was 2500 feet
and the maximum height of the
artillery trajectory was 1900
feet.
Commenting on the success
ful joint exercise Maj. Ernest
H. Joyner the Acting Battalion
commander of the 4th Batta
lion 3rd Artillery said: "All
the targets were destroyed by
combined action of the jets and
artillery proving that the Unit
ed States Air Force and heavy
artillery of the Army can work
hand in hand during a combat
situation".
CHANGE OF COMMAND—Maj. Gen. George R. Mather takes command
of the 2d Armored Division in honor guard cerejnonies behind division head
quarters. General Mather troops the line accompanied by Brig. Gen. Robert H.
Safford assistant division commander for maneuver elements. General Saf-
ford commanded the honor guard that welcomed the new commander
Noncom Has
Coffee With
President
M-Sgt. Richard E. Grigsby
had coffee with the President
the other day.
Sergeant Grigsby who is now
S-4 sergeant of the 2d Armored
Division's 2d Brigade received
word while in Germany that he
should stop off in Washington
enroute to his new assignment
at Fort Hood.
The word came from an old
a
Valenti who is now Special As
sistant to the President. Grigsby
and Valenti were classmates at
Sam Houston High School in
Houston in 1935.
Their sophomore English
teacher was Lyndon B. Johnson.
Valenti had planned the stop
in Washington as a reunion be
tween Grigsby and his former
teacher who is now Comman
der-in-Chief and President of the
United States.
Upon arriving in Washington
Grigsby and his wife Marie
and their teen-aged daughter
Katherine were whisked away
to the White House. There they
shared a pot of coffer: with the
President and "talked over old
times."
Sergeant Grigsby came to the
2d Armored Division from the
Military Advisory and Assis
tance Group in Germany where
he was a logistics advisor in
the Army Section.
He is a cousin of John Nance
Garner another famous Texas
politician who once served as
re id of he it
States while Franklin D. Roose
velt was President.
Hood's AUSA
Membership Up
249.4 Per Cent
The Association of the United
States Army (AUSA) acclaimed
in its recent membership letter
that the Central Texas- Fort
Hood chapter of the AUSA has
increased its membership by
249.4 per cent from July '63
to July '64.
The Central Texas-Fort Hood
chapter of the AUSA Mr. Edgar
H. Rhode president and Mr.
Oliver L. Franklin secretary is
rapidly becoming the largest
AUSA group in the nation and
has received national publicity
from the Washington office for
its membership recruitment.
AUSA us now larger than its
Air Force and Navy equivilants.
Maj. Gen. George R. Mather
"happy to be back in Texas and
with the famed 2d Armored Di
vision" returned to the Hell On
Wheels division Friday as its
commander.
General Mather took over the
helm of the division in cere
monies behind division head
quarters.
General Mather addressing
he as a a
and Fort Hood dignitaries at the
assumption of command cere
mony praised Fort Hood in gen
eral and the 2d Armored Divi
sion in particular.
'This assumption of command
#/.
The demonstration was in the
form of a field training exer
cise. All previous flights of the
unmanned aircraft have been
conducted under test condi
tions supervised by technicians
and engineers from the United
States Army Test and Evalu
ation Command and the vari
our system contractors. The
"Overseer" is one of the high
priority systems selected for
special handling under the proj
ect manager concept of the
commanding general of the
United States Army Material
Command.
Because of an armored di
vision's high maneuverability
it is imperative that friendly
2d AD Welcomes
Maj. Gen. Mather
ceremony is a particularly
meaningful and emotional exer-
pience for me because it renews
my old acquaintance with Hell
On Wheels" General Mather
said.
"It also means another wel
come assignment in the great
state of Texas for Mrs. Mather
and me" he said.
"My compliments go out to
a S a or
Robert H. Safford assistant di
vision commander) and to the
rest of the 2d Armored Division
for these ceremonies and to the
distinguished visitors from the
civilian community" the new
commanding general said.
A coffee was given at the 2d
Armored Division Transporta
tion Office after the ceremonies
for General Mather to meet the
assembled guests.
Lt. Gen. Harvey H. Fischer
III Corps and Fort Hood com
mander and 1st Armored Divi
sion commander Maj. Gen Har
vey J. Jablonsky welcomed their
new colleague in the ceremonies.
General Mather replaced Maj.
Gen. Edwin H. Burba as com
mander of the 2d Armored Divi
sion. General Burba was reas
signed to Korea where he will
become Chief Provisional Mili
tary Assistance Advisory Group.
General Safford commanded
the honor guard furnished by
Hell On Wheels' 2d Brigade. An
M-60 tank bedecked with flags
of the states of Texas and South
Dakota stood by as a 13-gun
salute was fired.
General Mather a native of
Watertown S. D. is a former
chief of staff of the 2d Armored
Division and of the Fourth U. S.
(See MATHER Page 3)
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FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY SEPTEMBER 11 1964
BRIEFING—On an orientation visit to Fort Sam Houston Sept. 4 for a
briefing on Fourth Army activities Brig. Gen. Edward C. Dunn left ill Corps
and Fort Hood Chief of Staff and Brig. Gen. Charles S. O'Malley Jr. right As
sistant Division Commander 1st Armored Division chat with Lt. Gen. Robert
W. Colglazier Jr. Fourth Army Commanding General. (U.S. Army Photo)
New Surveillance System
Tested At Yuma Arizona
The first flight of the "Over-.commanders have a constant
seer" MQM-58A Airborne Sur- source of reliable information
veillance System to be operat
ed by an Army crew took place
at Yuma Proving Ground on
Thursday. In attendance from
the 1st Armored Division were
Brig. Gen. E. C. D. Scherrer
assistant division commander
for maneuver elements Lt
Col. Van T. Barfoot Command
ing Officer of the 501st Avi
ation Bn. and Maj. Robin M.
Barrett Jr. of the 501st.
about enemy strongholds and
movements. This information
bust be gathered at a moment's
notice and the surveillance
system must be highly trans
portable. The "Overseer" sys
tem fills such a need.
The system includes a drone
aircraft which has a wingspan
of 13 feet a length of 16 feet
and carries a payload of 150
pounds. The engine develops 225
horsepower from four cylinders
running on aviation gasoline.
The drone is sent aloft from a
zero-length launcher by two
JATO (Jet Assisted Take Off)
bottles which have a thrust of
3000 pounds each. The vehicle
is accelerated to a speed of
180 knots in seven tenths of a
second by these bottles which
have a total burning time of
two seconds.
"Overseer" has uniquely in
tegrated guidance control and
navigation capabilities operat
ed from mobile ground sta
tions. Once over enemy terri
tory sensors relay what they
see" in relation to the air
craft's location to the ground
sensor terminal in near-real
time.
The information provided by
these sensors enables the com
mander to make timely de
cisions in influencing the tide
of battle.
The commander may control
the flight of the airborne ve
hide by a pre programmed
flight and-or by radio-direction.
Upon completion of its mis
sion the "Overseer" directs the
drone to a pre-selected recovery
area. When it arrives there a
radio signal opens a 67-foot pa-
achute. The parachute is the
slow-opening type allowing the
drone to level out and drop
belly-first. It lands upon three
Fort Hood Unit
Evacuates Path
Of Hurricane
Fort Hood's 88th Transporta
tion Company has been evacuat
ed from the reach of Hurricane
Dora on the Florida coast.
The 88th on Exercise Indian
River Three at Eglin AFB was
evacuated to Fort Rucker Ala
late Thursday morning from the
path of the hurricane.
No injuries were reported due
to either the hurricane or the
move to Fort Rucker.
FORT HOOD
Traffic Toll
As Of Friday Morning
September 11
Injuries 83
Fatalities
25
This Time Last Year
Injuries 107
Fatalities 22
struts projecting from the fuse
lage.
1st Armored Division soldiers
were given the opportunity to
examine "Overseer" in two dis
plays held recently. The first
was held in the field adjoining
1st AD Headquarters. The sec
ond display was set up at Fowl
er Field. The static display in
cluded the drone the M36C
Carrier the Control Center and
the Slave Control Center. The
system is under the Project
Management of Col. Daniel J?*
Gallagher.
by Company C 1st Bn. 46th
Infantry at Mayberry Park on
the southern edge of the Fort
Hood reservation. The concept
being demonstrated was one
proposed by the U. S. Army
Combat Development Command
at Fort McClellan Ala. and
employs mechanized flame
up in to a
platoons supporting infantry
and armor units.
The mechanized flame throw
er is a combination of the M-113
armored personnel carrier al
ready in use throughout the di-
vision and a newly developed
flamethrower assembly which
includes air pressure tanks and
fuel tanks carried in the APC's
cargo compartment.
The demonstration showed the
use of the mechanized flame
thrower in support of defending
troops both during the day and
at S up or by A
Force fighter jets from England
Air Force Base in Alexandria
La. and a tank platoon from
the 1st Bn. 13th Armor infan
trymen of the 46th Infantry beat
off an aggressor attack and
then took up defensive posi
tions.
When aggressor forces at
a he on a
came within range of the flame
throwers all action was halted
and the aggressors moved out
of their positions and were re
placed by silhouette targets
clothed in combat uniforms. The
flame-throwers were then al
lowed to open fire on these tar-
gts to demonstrate their effect-
ivness.
A similar exercise was run
again after dark. This time the
en.emy was picked up on field
radar units and taken under
fire by infantrymen. Once again
the action was halted and sil
houette targets set up. After
firing an initial burst of flame
to illuminate the battle zone and
zero-in on their targets he
flamethrowers destroyed their
targets.
Among those present at the
Sept. 18-24 In Dallas
Three commanders and more
than 1000 men from Fort Hood
will represent the nation's
largest armor center at the 46th
annual American Legion Con
vention in Dallas Sept. 18-24.
Lt. Gen. Harvey H. Fischer
III Corps and Fort Hood com
mander Maj. Gen. Harvey J.
Jablonsky 1st Armored Di
vi on an an a
Gen. George R. Mather newly
assigned 2d Armored Division
commander will be on the
stand to review the largest pa
rade in the country Sept. 21.
The mammoth parade will
step off at 10 a.m. and is
expected to take between five
and six hours to pass the re
viewing stand.
The military contingents alone
which are scheduled to partici
pate and which include an im
pressive display of American
military might ranging from in
fantry units to missiles and rep
resentative of every branch of
the armed forces will take
more than an hour to pass in
review.
The massive Armored Vehi
cle Launched Bridge (AVLB)
from Fort Hood's 17th Engi
neer Bn. 2d Armored Division
and' an Honest John Rocket
complete with launching truck
and crew from the 1st Bn. 16th
Artillery will be on display for
convention goers.
Also the famed 1st Armored
Division's jeep mounted band
along with the entire 2d Bn.
46th Infantry will march in the
parade.
The Honest John and AVLB
will be on display in the Dallas
pa A it or
Sept. 24. After that the rocket
will return to Fort Hood while
New M-132 SP Flamethrower
Shown In Live-Fire Exercise
The new M-132 self propelled demonstration were Lt. Gen.
flamethrower latest in the Harvey H. Fischer III Corps
Army's arsenal of chemical
an(J Fort Hood commander and
a a re a on as
strated in a live-fire exercise at j0' Jablonsky 1st
Fort Hood recently by units of Armored Dmson commander
the 1st Armored Division and Brig. Gen. E. C. D. Scher-
Fort Hood's 22d Chemical Co. rer assistant division comman-
The test demonstration was**'^ i'D' !s theJlamethrow-
held in support ol an A my «r. ®aFle"
Training Test being conducted
F".cke'.01iIronsides
offlcer 18 the
chemical
dePuty
test
the bridge remains in Dallas
for the Texas State Fair later
in the month.
The jeet band is under the
direction of CWO Howard W.
Vivian while the marching in
fantry is commanded by Lt.
Col. Kindred Barlow.
In addition to the military un
its there will be representation
in the parade from each of the
50 states including floats bands
and all of the uniformed groups
which participate in the na
tional contests for bands drum
and bugle corps color guards
weapon are two pressure tanks
which hold air compressed to
3000 pounds per square inch
and two fuel tanks which hold
a total of 200 gallons of thick
ened flame fuel. The weapon
has a firing capability of over
30 seconds of steady flame or
intermittent bursts. Its range is
150 to 180 meters. A flame gun
and a 7.62 machine gun are
mounted side-by-side in the ve
hide commanders turret.
dlrec-
tor for the project.
The basic components of the
FIRE POWER—A safety officer watches the
M-132 the latest in mechanized flamethrowers fire
its lethal load during a live-fire exercise and dem
onstration conoducted by units of the 1st Armored
Division and Fort Hood's 22d Chemical Company
at Mayberry Park recently. The demonstration was
held in support of an .Army Training Test (ATT)
being conducted by Company 2d Battalion 46th
Infantry and showed the destructive force the
mechanized flamethrower adds in support of infan
try and armor troops. Brigadier General E.C.D.
Scherrer assistant division commander for ma
neuver elements is the flamethrower test director.
(U.S. Army Photo by Gordon Patterson)
Hood Grid Debut
One Week Away
Page 10
Fort Hood Soldiers
Attend Convention
2d AD Air Force
Exchange Officers
The 2d Armored Division and
the 834th Air Division at Eng
land Air Force Base La. will
begin a unique officer exchange
program beginning in October.
The officers of the 2d Ar
mored Division and the 834th
will be immersed completely in
the life at the other unit dur
ing the one-month exchange
study program.
Six officers will be exchang
ed each month. A senior com
mand will be designated as host
unit each month. Air Force of
ficers visiting Hell On Wheels
will undergo training with the
division and will be invited to
participate in its social activa
tes.
The Air Force officers will be
issued a full complement of
gear necessary for field duty
in Hell On Wheels.
Three-day visits between the
two divisions' officers normal-
14 Pa«res
and weapons squads. The finest
marching musical and preci
on or in it of
American Legion will parade
before the citizens of Dallas.
Lt. Gen. Robert W. Colglazier
Fourth U. S. Army comman
der has been designated grand
marshal for the legion parade.
More than 40000 families
will attend the annual get-to
gether of former and active
duty military personnel plus a
glittering array of nationally-
known personalities including
Texas Governor John Connally.
ly will be conducted during
the first week of the month.
Maj. Gen. Edwin H. Burba
Hell On Wheels commander
when the exchange program
was firmed up called for the
Air Force officers to get a
representative sampling of
a in in in a a of
Iron Deuce's normal workday.
The commander of the 834th
Air Division laid down the same
criterion for the visting Hell On
Wheelsmen.
The visiting officers will be
invited to participate in live-
fire exercises traced vehicle
training and infantry training.
The 834th will provide air
transportation to and from Eng
land AFB for the exchanged
groups.
The Hell On Wheels month
ly contingent ordinarily will in
clude one company grade offi
cer from each senior command
and one additional company
grade or field grade officer
from a senior command.
Aviators of Hell On Wheels
will work closely with the visi
tors both in demonstraton and
explanation of the Army's use
and need for air support and
for transporting the visitors.
Circus Comes
To Fort Hood
Shades of the good old days!
The circus is coming to town.
Complete with thrills and chills
that can occur only under the
big top in the sawdust ring
the Clyde Beatty-Cole Brothers
Circus one of the largest cir
cuses still traveling the circuit
comes to Killeen Sunday Sep
tember 13 sponsored by the
newly organized Killeen Boys'
Club.
The circus which features
the great Clyde Beatty one of
the world's greatest animal
trainers. and Carla Wallenda
the queen of the high wire and
one of the members of the ill-
fated high wire act the Great
Wallendas will have one per
formance at 2 p.m. Sunday east
of the Holiday Terrace on West
Barron. Advance sale tickets
are available at the three Kil
leen banks several other
downtown Killeen merchants
and Saturday at the Fort Hood
Main Exchange. Price of the
tickets is $1.25 for children un
der 16 and $2.50 for adults. All
proceeds will go to secure a
building and equipment for the
Killeen Boys' Club.
New Flu Vaccine
Created By AMS
WASHINGTON (ANF) —As a
precaution against the possibil
it in a a
variety of the causative virus
the Army Medical Service* has
altered the composition of its
flu vaccine to include two re
cently isolated strains of in
fluenza virus.
The new strains were isolated
during recent outbreaks in Mary
land and Japan and will be sub
stituted for two strains which
have been in the vaccine for
years.
Administration of the
vaccine will commence for all
vi so el an
dependents in advance of he
1964-65 influenza season.
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