Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 27, No. 45, Ed. 1 Friday, November 28, 1969 Page: 4 of 16
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What Is Americanism
The pages of history have claimed the wars of the
past that pulled an entire world into the flames of conflict.
Today we are engaged in a struggle of equal if less vio
lent proportions. Only in comparatively small areas have
Americans come into direct physical battle with the en
emy.
The battle that rages today is the battle for men's
minds and emotions and it may well decide the future of
the world. The weapons are ideas and images weapons
that have conquered countries and changed nations.
There are those who wish to convince the people of
the world that the American people are aggressors with
no respect for others and no interest in their welfare. They
are attempting to present to the world the image of Amer
icans as rude overbearing individuals who are interested
only in themselves.
If this image is accepted and believed our intentions
and goals—regardless of how good they may be are
worthless. We must be able to present the real image of
Americans as we believe ourselves to be the image of
friendly considerate people who are very much interest
ed in others and are willing to prove it.
This is a war of individual actions where one man or
a small group can unintentionally sell out his country by
careless or thoughtless acts. Now as never before is the
time when men must consider the result of their actions
and must take the time and perhaps patience to be friend
ly and considerate to show courtesy and concern to he
people in whose land we stay.
We have been given a heritage of courage will pow
er strength and faith. Let us as individuals live in such a
way that the world will.be illuminated not by the flames
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Coats Gets Canister
Maj. Gen. Wendall J. Coats
2nd Armd. Div. commander
was presented a Redeye missile-
firing canister by Lt. Col. Paul
F. Pearson DivArty com
mander Nov 15 following a
firing demonstration which the
general observed.
The demonstration held Nov.
14 exhibited the missile's pin
point accuracy aided by an in
ternal heat seeking system that
hunts down an air-borne target
by homing in on the target's
thermal emissions. The can-
nister will be on display in the
museum.
DivArty's demonstration of
the shoulder-fired is 1
a pa it re
division commander.
"The weapon opens up a new
field in ground to air defense"
at re a A
eliminating the need for costly
re vi a on
Redeye provides accurate and'
impressive firepower to the in
dividual soldier."
Pearson made the presen
tation on behalf of the DivArty
units that performed for the
general's visit.
"This will update the
iv is on a on is a
greatly balancing the heavy
equipment normally associated
with such decisive firepower'
Pearson stated.
Following the presentation
the general was introduced to
the four crew members who
had fired the missiles at the
demonstration.
The division commander paid
particular attention to the four
menes individual accounts of the
missle's performance.
"Watching the firing was
enlightening" Coats indicated
"You can't just cut loose into
the air and bring down a
target."
Coats then made a presen
tation of his own. To each of
he S
Czerneski 5th Bn. 14th Arty.
Spec. 4 Johnny Millington 1st
Bn. 3rd Arty. Spec. 4 Norman
W. Babcock 1st Bn. 78th Arty
and Spec. 4 Gilbert Riddle 6th
Bn. 92nd Arty. Coats present
ed a firing medal issued by
General Dynamics manufac
turer of the missile.
50%
AS MUCH AS
By SP4 ROD NORMAN
Information Specialist
CWO Carl Hess 55th Avn.
Bn. eased the helicopter's
skids closer to the turret of
the listing M-60 tank.
Wash from the revolving
rotor blades churned up swells
on the surface of Cowhouse
Creek bloated to flood pro
portions from recent heavy
rains.
The half-submerged tank
shifted lazily for a third time
as Hess settled his Huey
helicopter onto the turret.
Oct. 30 1969 will be a day
to re be or
members of Co. A 1st Bn.
66th Armor 2nd Armd. Div.
It rained in torrents that day.
SSgt. Angel L. Rivera the
tank commander had re
mained behind the rest of his
unit on its return from the
command post exercise in-
order to make minor repairs
on his tank.
His tank reached the Cow
house Creek crossing an hour
behind the rest of the unit.
"We had no way of knowing
that a flood had occurred
between the times of the
two crossings" said Rivera.
"We started across and then
it happened."
Water gushed into the
in a
drowning the steel giant in
midstream.
The tank although not
equipped with a fording kit
remained airtight long enough
for the men to climb out.
"Spec. 5 (James W.) Wooden
the driver had the hatch
closed" explained Rivera.
"As the tank began to fill with
water Pfc. Donald W. Frantz
the loader joined by Wooden
climbed out. I remained long
enough to try to contact some
one."
Maj. James Mayer 1st Bn.
executive officer arrived in
time to see the men scrambl
ing out of the tank. Mayer
made an emergency radio call
for assistance.
Airborne Hess heard the
distress call and immediately
flew to the site of the sub
merging tank. When he ar
Correspondence courses are
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are also language courses and
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re on
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program. Courses from USAFI
and cooperating schools are ob
tained by filling out necessary
application forms and paying
RAISE YOUR RIGHT HAND—Smiling because
of the unusual situation he is in Lt. Col. Carl W.
Warren commandant Fourth U.S. Army JN.C.O.
Academy administers the oath of a commissioned
officer to CWO George J. Wright Trp. D 6th Sqdn.
1st Cav. 2nd Armd. Div. The direct commission to
first lieutenant took place while both officers were
rapelling a 120 foot cliff at the Ft. Hood Recondo
site. (U.S. Army Photo by Capt. Hoyt L. Gamblin)
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Pilot Rescues Tank Crew
Stranded In Flood Waters
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rived the three tank crewmen
were standing ankle deep in
the water. The tank was com
pletely submerged.
The area where the tank
had stalled was surrounded by
cliffs.
"The men were in danger
of drowning and the tank was
settling deeper and deeper"
noted Hess. "I decided there
By PFC. MARK COFFILL .small registration fees. USAFI's
The Ft. Hood Army Education fee is $5.25 per course for the
Center offers several different
educational programs for the
service man or woman.
These programs are designed
to provide each person with the
courses needed for completion
of high school diplomas or col
lege and university degrees.
The center open from 7:30
a.m. till 4:30 p.m. Monday
through Friday has education
advisors who assist and advise
personnel concerning education
programs course selection and
evaluation of previous civilian
and military education in terms
of academic credit.
first enrollment. Fees for
a in
schools depend on the school
and the course desired.
Along with correspondence
courses the center also offers
on-duty preparatory education
and off-duty typing classes.
On-duty classes provide
educational facilities to those
enlisted personnel who are
below the educational level
established by the Fourth U.S.
Army and outlined in current
Ft. Hood regulations.
Courses offered in this pro
gram are Review English and
vi A it
courses are each four weeks
long and meet daily Monday
through Friday.
Off-duty typing classes are
held four times a year and
classes last about eight weeks.
The next class begins Jan. 12
and will meet twice a week.
The college instruction pro
gram offered by the Education
Center is provided by Mary
Hardin-Baylor College and Cen
tral Texas College (CTC) with
evening courses available to
personnel at Ft. Hood.
Baylor classes are held at the
Education Center Bldg. 212
CTC classes are conducted at
the campus located just west
of the main gate.
The center also has a testing
service which administers the
High School General Education
Development Test along with
other tests for college end of
courses tests and various col
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Hess hovered chopper-
down to the stranded tankers
the Huey's rotors whirling on
ly a few feet from the ad
jacent cliffs and remained
stationary over the tank while
he re
scrambled aboard. The
crew was once again safely
on dry ground.
Maintenance
Awards
Presented
Co. C 1st Bn. 41st Inf. 2nd
Armd. Div. was awarded three
battalion best maintenance
awards Oct. 27 by Lt. Col. Miles
C. Vaughan battalion com
mander.
The awards included those
for the best armored personnel
carrier the best ton-and-a-
quarter truck and the best
mortar track awards.
The competition between com
panies inaugurated in Sep
tember by Vaughan to instill
pride in personnel and to pro
mote superior maintenance on
battalion vehicles.
Each winning vehicle displays
a banner embossed with "Best
1-41."
COMPENSATION
VA's new dependency and in
demnity compensation rates for
id of vi a
veterans who died on or after
Jan. 1 1957 of service-con
nected causes provide for pay
ment of $167 monthly for the
lowest ranking enlisted man.
This compares to an old rate
of $134.
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Promoted
Col Teddy B. Tunnell chief
of staff for 13th Spt. Bde. was
promoted to his present rank in
a ceremony held Nov. 19 at
brigade headquarters.
The silver eagles were pinned
to Tunnell's uniform by his wife
June and Lt. Gen. Beverley E.
Powell HI Corps and Ft. Hood
commander while Col. Paul F.
Roberts 13th Spt. Bde. com
mander pinned an "eagle" to
Tunnell's garrison cap.
Tunnell arrived at Ft. Hood
on July 23 after attending the
U.S. Army Management School
Ft. Belvoir Va. and assumed
the duties of chief of staff for
the 13th on Sept. 22.
Entering the Army in June
1944 Tunnell completed basic
training at Camp Wolters Tex.
and served for almost a year
as an enlisted man before enter
ing Infantry Officer Candidate
School. He was graduated from
Officer Candidate School in 1945
and commissioned an Infantry
second lieutenant.
a
assignments include a tour of
duty in the Republic of Vietnam
and several duty tours in
Europe. Among his stateside
assignments have been three
previous tours at Ft. Hood.
A 1941 graduate of Van Tex.
High School Tunnell graduated
he iv it of
Maryland in 1962 with a
bachelor of science degree in
military science.
Among the awards and
decorations he has received are
the Bronze Star Medal and the
Army Commendation Medal.
Col. and Mrs. Tunnell reside
near Killeen on Rt. 1.
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