Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1964 Page: 16 of 16
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2nd AD's 3rd Brigade Ends
Phase Three Annual Firing
The staccato chatter of small
arms fire was hevard for the
last time this year in the 3rd
Brigade 2nd Armored Divi
sion's training areas as the unit
finished phase three of annual
marksnVan qualification firing.
Taking top honors in the shoot
off were the members of the 1st
Bn. 50th Infantry in the M-14
rifle firing and in firing the
M-14 with tripod under fully
automatic setting.
Highest individual scorer in
the Brigade was Sgt. David B.
Majo (Cape Vin N.Y.) Co. C.
1st Bn.. 50th Infantry who
scored 226 points with the M-14
rifles. Co. of the infantry unit
once again walked off with
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honors in the automatic rifle
firing 'as Sp-4 William A. Ed
wards (Colbert. Ga.) and PFC
Hubert Howard (Whitesburg
Ky.) took team honors in the
Brigade.
The Dragons from the 2nd
Squadron 1st Cavalry walked
off wth the honors when the
results of the pistol firings were
computed. In this event they
took both first and second place.
Sp-5 Frank Vovk (Cleveland
Ohio) Troop and S-Sgt. Horst
Ad'am (Gresham Ore.) were
the sharpshooting cavalrymen
who did the job.
For the dragoons this year's
contest of small arms skill was
especially challenging since the
squadron was holding counter-
insurgency training tat the time
and the men had to be trucked
from the "war zone" to the test
ing area for each event.
Third and fourth place were
won by the 1st Bn. 66th Ar
mor and the 3d Bn. 66th Armor
respectively.
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to-hand combat and knows it is
possible to kill or seriously in
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blow at his elbow his upper
lip his instep or any of 23
other vulnerable parts of the
human body.
A twenty-minute introduction
to the Army self defense pro
gram followed by a three-hour
period of practical application
was presented to the infantry
men.
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Bn. 6th Infantry's hand-to-hand combat training.
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3rd Artillery Will
Undergo Annual Test
The self propelled 105 mm
howitzers of the 2nd Armored
Division's 1st Bn. 3rd Artil
lery will blast away at targets
during the units' annual Army
Training Texts Dec. 16 and 17.
The three batteries of the bat
talion will each start their test
in the dawn hours of both days.
During the commander's re
connaissance of the area is
unit will be given a "quick
shoot" mission. Afterwards the
battery will proceed to the lo
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test. It then fires more than
100 rounds at its target.
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2nd AD Commander Presents
Awards To Tank Gunners
It was the tankers' finest hour
Saturday morning as 2nd Ar
mored Division comm'ander
Maj. Gen. George R. Mather
presented awards for the Hell
on Wheels tiank gunnery pro
gram.
The first men to be honored
were the four members of the
winning tank crew in the annual
"shoot off."
The winning crew piloting a
tank from the 1st Bn. 66th Ar
mor bested tanks from all ar
mored battalions in the Hell
On Wheels division to capture
the coveted trophy.
S-Sgt. Frank Romero (Kil
leen Tex.) com'amnder of the
winning tank accepted the
"shoot off" trophy from the
commanding general. Indi
vidual awards were pres-
sented to the sergeant and the
three members of his crew PFC
Hugh P. Loggins (Clarksville
Ga.) Pvt. Jerry G. Dunn
(Clinton Ind.) and Pvt. Clar
ence W. L&ne (Bethesda Md.)
The winning tank fired a score
of 2055 of a possible 2400 points
to win the tank competition.
The final award given at the
ceremony was the division
crew qualification award. The
trophy is given e&ch year to
the abttalion in the 2nd Armor
ed Division that qualifies the
greatest percentage of tanks in
the annual gunnery program
a percentage of 84.4. Maj. Don
ald J. Pagel (Menasha Wise.)
acepted the trophy for his b'at-
talion.
The ceremony concluded with
men of the 3d Bn. 66th Armor
and 1st Bn. 66th Armor passing
in review before Gen. Mather.
Bolivar Rodriguez Rivera
2nd Bn. 50th Infantry 2nd Ar
mored Division has been pro
moted to First Sergeant.
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mor. Lt. Col. Robert E. Grif
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 22, No. 36, Ed. 1 Friday, December 11, 1964, newspaper, December 11, 1964; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254816/m1/16/: accessed July 7, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu.; crediting Casey Memorial Library.