Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 30, No. 20, Ed. 1 Friday, June 4, 1971 Page: 1 of 20
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VOL. 30 NO. 20
Brig. Gen. John K. Singlaub
MASSTER chief of staff was
presented the Meritiorious
Service Medal by Lt. Gen.
Beverley E. Powell III Corps
and Ft. Hood commander in
a ceremony held here Friday
May 28.
The medal presented during
By R. HAGMAN
The stateside GI may have
easy duty but occasionally he
suffers frustration caused by
the changeless requirements
of his daily routine. Both DoD
and the women of Clarke Col
lege came to this realization
some time this spring. As a
result the" inen at Fts.
jfw 7. ljamin Harrison"
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GIVEN NORMAL LIFE You wouldn't be
lieve by looking at these three young men that they
all have a serious problem. David Brown (top) and
Curt Johnson (left) are hemophiliacs while Mike
Lemons (bottom) has a kidney disease. They can do
a farewell review for Singlaub
who will go to the Pentagon
to the Office of the Assistant
Chief of Staff for Personnel
was for his service while at
A S S E ha
associated with the MASSTER
program since January 1970.
During the review elements
College Women Sing At Mess Halls Motor Pools
Leonard Wood Hood Polk
Sam Houston Wolters Sill
Riley and Leavenworth should
be a little happier either now
or in the next few weeks. At
the very least these men will
be a little more credulous
When the Army promises in-
novation. ...
*T Last week Ft. Hood was a
"brighter place for many Who
The Coffee House Theater
today consists of fourteen
women and four men. The
women are Clarke College
if a
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Girl Scouts Boy Scouts Teen Club members
Special Services personnel and Rod and Gun Club
guides and assistants will coordinate their efforts
in a Ft. Hood clean-up day June 5.
The Girl and Boy Scouts have volunteered
to clean up the recreation and picnic area near
the housing areas Camp Finlayson Camp Ar
rowhead Gray Lake Mayberry Park Pershing
Lake the creek between Venable Village and
Pershing Park the lakes east of Montague Village
and the picnic area on House Creek near the West
Range Road.
The Teen Club has selected the Belton Lake
Singlaub Honored Before Leaving
of the 163rd MI Bn. the 4th
Bde. of the 1st Cav. Div. and
the 57th Sig. Bn. provided
the honor guard. Aircraft
from both the 55th Avn. Bn.
and the 1st Cav. Div. passed
he ad in on or of
departing general.
In addition to the honor guard
were able to see and hear
the Clarke College Coffee
House Theater perform at the
post service club and in bat
talion mess halls and motor
pools in both divisions.
just about anything every other young man of their
age would want to do because of the efforts of Dar
nall Army Hospital laboratory personnel such as
Mrs. Charles Pemberton and Spec 5 Terry Rhines
(right). (U.S. Army photo by Austin H. Oliver)
Tomorrow Begins
Clean-Up On Hood
ARMORED SENTINEL
Published in the interest of the personnel of Fort Hood
FORT HOOD TEXAS FRIDAY JUNE 4 1971
six parachutists from the Ft.
Hood Sport Parachute Club put
on a sky diving demonstration.
The 1st Cav. Div. Band provided
the music and played "Gary
Owen" the Cav song in honor
of Singlaub.
Among the 400 people in at
tendance were Mrs. Beverley E.
'Coffee House Theater' Stops Here ToSing
students at either the
University of Dubuque or
Loras College in Dubuque
Iowa.
Coffee House '71 presents
folk songs instrumental
sing-alongs and a very good
"Laugh-In" gag routine and
under the auspices ofthe DoD
the Coffee House S Theater
Group is spending a |juod part
of this summer touring the
mid-American Army posts.
For Clarke College the Cof
fee House idea originated in
1964 when the Defense Depart
ment and the USO in coopera
tion with the American Educa
tional Theater Association
asked the college to form an
a in to
perform military 'oases.
Twenty years ago these
three young men would have
had a real problem. Today
they can live an almost
normal life. The Blood Bank
at Darnall Army Hospital sup
plies blood to David Curt and
Mike in order that they may
life their lives to the fullest
extent.
David Brown and Curt
Johnson are hemophiliacs and
Michael Lemons has a kidney
disease. From time to time
a re
transfusions provided both by
donors here at Ft. Hood and
at Ft. Knox Kentucky center
for the Army's blood research.
Why should three such
no a ok in
need transfusions? In each
case there is a body defi
ciency. There are 13 factors
involved in the clotting of
blood. With hemophiliacs such
as David and Kurt Factor
8 is missing. Their blood is
simply not capable of clotting
by itself. Whenever David or
Curt are injured either in
ternally or externally they
must be closely examined to
make sure bleeding has not
started. If there is bleeding
then the hospital blood bank
must supply Cryoprecipitate
(a concentrated form of Fac
tor 8).
"All we need to do is go
to he a re it a
hospital if something hap
pens" states Mrs. Johnson
the wife of Lt. Col. William
D. Johnson and Curt's mother
"and receive a transfusion."
"Kurt can live a very normal
life". explains Mrs. Johnson.
By TOM BERNIKOWICZ
Three Ft. Hood servicemen
drownings in one month's time
have Maj. William Hawk of
the Post Safety Office looking
for some answers.
•"AH three of the drownings
occurred unsupervised
areas" said Hawk. "Two of
the three were chasing objects
(one an inflatable raft and
the other a boat) and two
of he at a it in
alcohol."
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shoreline from Curry Crossing to the west side
of the Special Services area.
Special Services personnel will concentrate on
the Belton Lake Recreation Area.
Rod and Gun Club hunting area officials
under the direction of John Hill have volunteered
to clean up around lakes and recreation points
within the hunting areas. The club will furnish
plastic garbage bags for all volunteers.
Any persons or groups interested in
participating should contact Red Tiner youth ac
tivities 5-5524 or Olen Miller director of
Dependent Youth Activities 5-3420.
Powell Maj. Gen. George P.
Seneff Jr. deputy commanding
general of MASSTER Maj. Gen.
James C. Smith 1st Cav Div.
commander and Brig. Gen.
Robert M. Shoemaker III Corps
and Ft. Hood chief of staff.
Singlaub a 28-year Army
veteran whose career includes
in the European Command.
Since then the group con
sisting of women only has
or in I a
Greenland and Labrador.
In December of 19 5 8
Clarke's Drama Department
was asked by Special Services
Army Entertainment Division
to 4tart a program in v-hich
thf/ciarkp students would give
"Yes" agrees Mrs. Brown the
mother of David and the wife
of Chap. (Capt.) Clyde G.
Brown "it's not like it was
at one time." "My brother
was a hemophiliac" recalls
Mrs. Brown "and all I
remember is the terror sur
rounding our home every time
he was bleeding."
At one time persons with
hemophilia were simply allow
ed to bleed until the wound
finally clotted. This is definite
ly not the case today.
With Cryoprecipitate made
re
as a a an
A general membership
meeting of the Central Texas-
Ft. Hood Chapter of the
Association of the U.S. Army
(AUSA) will be held Monday
at the Ft. Hood NCO Open
Mess.
Up to 1000 members are
expected to attend the meeting
which will feature Lt. Gen.
George V. Underwood Jr.
Fourth Army commanding
general as speaker.
The meeting will open with
a social hour at 6 p.m. with
Hawk believes there is some
misunderstanding by swim
mers as to the designation of
service in three wars was
recently cited for "professional
achievement" by the alumni
association of his alma
mater—UCLA.
The general has served for
20 months as director of plans
and evaluation and chief of staff
at MASSTER.
similar programs at stateside
military posts. The resulting
to he
House Theater entertainment
to many military posts and
hospitals in the central United
States.
The touring group's director
is Sister Mary Xavier Coens
BVM. She \6as the motivating
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Medicine Helps Boys Live
become normal boys. This
concentrate form of Factor 8
is not produced here at Ft.
Hood but is shipped from Ft.
Sam Houston and Ft. Knox
Kentucky.
Today much of the worry
surrounding the care of a
hemophiliac is gone. These
two boys can do just about
anything they want. "As a
matter of fact David tries
to do more than many of his
Mends" says Mrs. Brown.
"Once I was watching him
asking one of our neighbors
to take the training wheels
off his bicycle." Both mothers
AUSA To Hear
4A Head Speak
and the business meeting
following. Sid Weiser presi
dent of the Central Texas-Ft.
Hood AUSA Chapter will in
troduce Lt. Gen. Beverley E.
Powell III Corps and Ft. Hood
commander who in turn will
introduce Underwood.
The local AUSA is bidding
to become the top chapter in
the nation. During a recent
membership drive meeting
Powell expressed the opinion
that there is no reason that
the Central Texas-Ft. Hood
Drownings Re-emphasize
The drownings took place at
Belton and Stillhouse Lakes
both of which are maintained
by the Army Corps 0
Engineers Ft. Worth District.
The two Belton accidents oc
curred at Temple Lake Park
one on April 28 and the other
May 28 over the Memorial
Day Weekend. The Stillhouse
mishap took place May 26.
certain places as "recreation
areas." Maps of both lakes
prepared by the engineers
a ha a
designation does not mean
up vi on he
supervised swimming spot at
either lake is located at the
Belton Lake Recreation area.
The map legends contain this
entry: "Swimming areas are
unsupervised and do not have
lifeguards. Boating skiing and
fishing wll be done at your
own risk."
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SENTINEL SHORTS
PROTESTANT PARENTS may register their
children for Vacation Bible School June 7-18.
Registration forms are available at the Religious
Education Center Bldg. 443 at Dupas and Fisher
Streets during duty hours. Additional information
is available by calling 5-5546.
A LIST OF BABYSITTERS is presently
being compiled by Army Community Service.
Anyone interested in babysitting should con
tact ACS at 5-5504 or 5-3726.
Inside Story
Military personnel are cautioned to make
sure they have DD Form 1580 in their possession
when flying on commercial airlines. This form
is a requisite in order for military personnel to
get the ov y2 discount on air fare. For details
see page 19.
Social Notes ...... 6 Movies 16
Bookshelf 7 Sports 14 15
Passtime 10 Classified 19
believe very strongly their
sons need treatment no dif
ferent than any of their other
children. "When something
ha as re
Johnson "we all know what
to do." It is simply a matter
of having a transfusion of
Cryoprecipitate so that the
blood will clot.
In some cities around the
country it is not necessary
to even come into the hospital
for the transfusion. In
Chicago you can simply call
the Michael Reese Hospital
and the doctor prescribes the
dosage. The patient has the
Chapter should not be number
one.
According to Weiser "We're
just 300 short and I have little
doubt that we'll make it with
this membership drive. .We
think we have something
outstanding here at Ft. Hood."
The local chapter has moved
from third to second in the
national membership stan
dings. Ft. Benning Ga. and
Ft. Bragg N. C. have had
the largest memberships in
the past.
Temple Lake Park in no
way connected with the City
of Temple is the clearest ex
ample. The incidents there in
volved the raft and boat. Both
victims apparently allowed
their vessels become prey to
a prevailing off-shore wind
got too far from shore while
swimming in pursuit and then
lost control.
"Training equipment and
safety rules don't save lives"
reminds Hawk. "Its the people
themselves. It's only when
Cryoprecipitate on hand in his
home and is trained in either
transfusing himself or some
other member of his family
is trained giving him the
valuable clotting factor.
Michael Lemons has a pro
blem different than that of
Dave or Kurt. Mike has a
kidney disease and like Dave
an a so
transfusions from Darnall.
Because of the nature of
Mike's disease he needs to
have his blood filtered 30
hours each week. This filtering
process is performed by a kid
ney machine in Mike's home.
"It is a long process" states
Mike's father W03 Hoover C.
Lemons "but well worth any
effort because it enables Mike
to live a near normal life."
Periodically Mike receives a
fresh supply of blood from
Darnall. The special
or a
Mike needs is produced from
blood drawn and processed
here at Ft. Hood.
It is a never ending process
to keep Mike's blood free from
impurities. Someday in the
future Mike will have a kidney
transplant and the periodic
transfusions help to accustom
his body so it will not reject
the new kidney. Until the
an an is
some time off Mike must con
tend with the kidney machine.
In each of these three cases
jblood) donors and Darnall
laboratory personnel make it
possible for Dave Curt and
Mike to do the things any
boys want to do.
they combine these things
with their own common sense
that lives are saved."
Hawk can't ask that all Ft.
Hood personnel and their
dependents swim only at the
supervised beach at the Belton
a re at on A a
Facilities there couldn't take
the load. But he does ask that
everyone with an inclination
to swim in unsupervised areas
by aware that the risk is their
own.
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