Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1953 Page: 1 of 12
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VOL 1 No. 29
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Among awards and decorations
the general wears are the Distin
Two Colonels
Retire After
Long Service
(PIO)—Two Army Colonels with
long and colorful careers in the
fe^vice will retire at Fort Hood
thiJr' week.
They are Col. John W. Faulds.
former post comptroller of Fort
Hood and Lt. Col. Joseph W.
Massaro previously Fort Hood
Post Exchange officer.
Colonel Faulds began his Army
career as a first lieutenant in the
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Reserve Corps Headquarters 1st
Military Area. San Ai tonio Texas.
He was called to active service as
a major in 1941. He has been
awarded the following decorations
during his many years of service:
American Defense Medal. Ameri
can Campaign Me'a). World War
Army Commendation R'bbon.
II Victory Medal Armed Forces
Reserve Medal.
Lt Col. Massaro began his serv
ice in the Army in June. 1921 upon
graduation from the United States
Military Academy. He is th?
holder of the Amc-ncan Defense
Medal Americart Campaign Mod
el. European-African-Middle East
ern Campaign Medal the World
War II Victory Medal Army ol
Occupation Medal (Germany)
rmy of Occupation Medal (Jap-
n) Korean Service Medal United
Nations Service Meedal anJ the
Medal of Metz.
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MAJ GEN L. L. DOAN commander of Fort Hood and the 1st AD inspects a crack Honor Guard
minutes before he left Fort Hood by car to begin the trip to Germany where he will assume com
mand of the 2nd AD. Men chosen for the honor guard were members of the 1st Tank. (U.S. Army
Photo by Franz)
GeneralBiddle To
Command Hood
(PIO)—Brig. Gen. William
S.
Biddle will arrive here sometime in
September to take command of Fort Hood and the 1st AD it was an
nounced last week by Brig. Gen. Edward G. Farrand present com
mander.
General Biddle will come here from th.e Military Assistance Division
European Command to take over the post recently vacated by Maj. Ger.
L. Doan who has been rea:
signed as commander of the 2d
AD in Europe.
A 1923 graduate of the United
States Military Academy Gener
al Biddle is also a graduate of
the Command and General Staff
School and the National War Col
lege. He was given the rank of
brigadier general in the Army of
the United States on August 15
1949. and 1 lie same rank in the
Regular Army on April 13 1950.
He commanded the Amphibious
Training Center United Kingdom
in 1942 before being named to
head the 13th Cav Group (Mech
anized) the unit he led in the
United States and in Europe in
1943 45. In 1945 he became as
sistant commander of the 102d Inf
Div in Europe.
General Biddle was a delegate
to the Five Power Conference in
London in 1948 49 and deputy
director of the Military Advisory
Program (Joint American Military
Advisory Group) in London in 1949.
guished Service Medal Silver Star
Legion of Merit and Bronze Star
Medal.
A Star Rising
Colonel Burger
Up For General
New Arrivals
Co1
General Doan
Saluted On
Departure
(PIO) A thirteen-gun salute
signalled the departure Monday
of Ma.j Gen L. L. Doan former
commander of Fort Hood and the
1st AD for a new assignment in
Europe as the 1st Armored band
played appropriate music.
Following the inspection of an
honor guard which had assem
bled near his quarters on the
Post General Doan departed ac
companied to the Main entrance
by the jeep-mounted band. He
will take a short leave prior to
going to Europe where he will
command the 2d AD.
CoJ. Vonna F. Burger. 1st AD Artillery commander has been
nominated for promotion to the rank of brigadier general accoiding
to a telegram received here early this week from the Depaitment of
Army.
The Telegram addressed to Colonel Burger read: "President has
submitted to senate nomination for your appointment as brigadier
general Army of the United States."
(Senate approval is required before any promotions to general
officer ranks can be made in the Army).
Colonel Burger arrived at Fort Hood early in June to take ovei
command of Divarty. He replaced Brig. Gen. Alfred K. Kastner who
has been transferred to the Far East to be commanding geneial of
the Central Command Army Forces Far East.
He came to Fort Hood after spending 49 months with the Allied
Military Government in the Free Territory of Trieste.
A veteran of 29 years military service Colonel Burger graduat
ed from the United States Military Academy in 1924. He is a
native of Lawrence Mich.
During World War II Colonel Burger served in the European
Theater and took part in the Ardennes Rhineland and Cential
European campaigns.
He holds the Silver Star Legion of Merit and Bronze Stan
Divarty Command
Spots Now Filled
PIO All Divarty battalion
commander spots have now been
Vonna F. Burger
commander said
ision artillery
today.
Lt Col Robert O. Van Horn is
Ihe 2nd AAA commander. Lt. Col.jvarty since Co onel
Reporting to Division Artillery
last week was Lt. Col. Carl M.
Poston who became command
ing officer of the 68th AFA. He
came from the Command and Gen
eral Staff College at Fort Leav
enworth Kansas.
Lt. Col Lorene F. Stone remains
commanding officer of the 73rd
AFA. He commanded the 73rd dur
ing the period when the battalion
was involved in replacement train
ing.
Col Carl W. Miller is expected
soon to begin his duty as executive
officer of Division Artillery. He
was a member of a mission in
Iran before coming to the 1st AD.
Lt. Col. Warren J. Green who
has been executive officer for Di-
Silas R. Langlois retains his po- June will become artillery's
sition as CO of the 91st AFA.
Lt Col Albert D. Schutz who
came from Panama and has just
assumed command of the 27th
AFA.
burger amy-
training and plans officer.
Price Of Gas
Goes Up At PX
According to a statement re
leased by Maj. Rockwell A.
a vi s Fort Hood Post Ex
change Officer the price of
gasoline at the Fort Hood PX
Service Station has been in
creased one half cent per gal-
Ion.
Starting last Monday July 27
the cost of gasoline at the Hood
Road-37th Street Station in
creased to 24 cents per gallon
for Regular and 26 cents per
gallon for Ethyl
Amwl mirnl
The Abilene Tex. detachment
of the 4005th ORASU a component
of Fort Hood's station complement
arrived on the post Sunday to begin
a two-week stay.
For the first time in the unit's
history enlisted men accompanied
the unit. Until a few months ago
the organization had been compos
ed strictly of officer personnel.
This is the third straight sum
mer for the detachment to train
at Hood. And there is a distinc-
live feature about the detachment
its commanding officer Lt. Col.
Carl E. Gatlin is also mayor of
Abilene a city of around 55000.
Personnel of the reserve unit
will undergo on the job train
ing with the various sections which
comprise the Post's station com
plement. The Abilenians will train
in almost every department from
the military police to the quarter
master offices.
Three enlisted men all various
grades of sergeants made the
trip out of 13 assigned to the or
ganization. Others have been on
active duty only recently and were
not required to take summer train
ing this year.
Twenty seven officers from Abi
lene and the surrounding towns al
so are here with the detachment.
Lieutenant Colonel Gatlin is a
veteran of more than 20 years re
serve service and served as his
torian with G-A Douglas Mac-
Arthur's Far East headquarters
during the latter part of World War
II.
Ration Section
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY JULY 30 1953
Division Training
Cycle Will Begin
Here Next Month
The truce in Korea is not expected to cause any radical change in
the plans for the buld-up of the 1st AD and Fort Hood according to
Brig. Gen. Edward G. Farrand 1st AD and Post commander.
"Our plans have not changed because of the truce in Korea. If any
thing. we will work harder now" the general stated.
Announcement of the signing of a truce in Korea came Sunday
night and the fighting actually stopped early Monday morning.
Present plans call for the build
ing of the 1st AD into a combat
ready armored striking force. Al
ready a personnel build up is
underway at Fort Hood.
The actual acreage of the Post
is being increased also. With con-
Abilene Group
Of4005th ORC
ASU At Hood
Feeding Troops
Big Job At NFH
NFH PIO Hungry soldiers
are usually unconcerned regard
ing the source of their food. They
down their chow wash off their
trays leave the mess hall and go
about their business. Yet they
might appreciate their meals more
ihcy were aware of the tre
if
mendous amount of planning and
work it takes to "feed the troops."
At North Fort Hood WOJG Ral
ph L. Jackson and a staff of four
enlisted men have been toiling all
summer long seeing to it that the
different National Guard and Or
ganized Reserve units and the 100th
Tank Battalion lone Regular Ar
my outfit supporting them get
the rations they need.
Mr. Jackson head of food ser
vice and ration breakdown here
is assigned to tlie 100th Tank but
is responsible for distributing ra
tions not only to his outfit but
also to the other units training
here.
The 100th Tank Mr. Jackson ex
plained receives its rations from
us after we secure them from di
vision. However he added post
furnished rations for the guard
units. Briefly this is the pro
cedure he outlined:
The units submit their strength
and ration requests to Mr. Jack-
gressional approval of a proposed
expansion acquisition of over 50-
ppp acres of new land began.
Coupled with the announcement
that the truce would cause no
change in the plans at Fort Hood
came the revealation that troops
from installations over the country
that are now closing out are be
ginning to arrive at Fort Hood
and are being assigned to the var
ious companies of the Division
bringing them up to full strength.
CC "A" Has Begun
Advanced Cycle
In CC "A" the 1st Tank has al
ready begun advanced individual
training.
Dog Company started its cycle
Monday and Able Company began
Wednesday. Baker starts Aug. 3
and Charlie on Aug. 5.
The 4th Tank is scheduled for
Aug. 10 to begin advanced training
and Aug. 17 is the date for 13th
Tank.
The first phase of the build-up
of the 1st AD will get underway
Monday morning when the Divi
sion training cycle begins.
This will be the advanced indi
vidual training cycle. After advan
ced individual training is complet
ed unit training will begin and
then will come battalon combat
command and finally division train
ing cycles.
The men of Ihe rising 1st AD
have been gathered from posts
over the country overseas points
but the bulk of them came from
basic training here at Fort Hood
in either CC"B" or Reserve Com
mand.
Not only are new men arriv
ing at Fort Hood for the new cy
cle but also many new weapons
are now in use. The M-47 tank
is already standard equipment
throughout the 1st AD and in the
near future the new M-48s will
begin arriving.
Most of the organizations that
have been in a caretaker status
for the past few months have be
gun to open up again and as new
personnel arrive on the Post the
others will become active units in
the 1st AD.
sion or post. The rations are drawn
in bulk and broken down here ac
cording to the unit requisitions.
This job sometimes entails a great
deal of work. The meat comes in
carcasses and must be cut to the
nee(js 0f
the company mess halls
Perishables must be counted out
and sent on their way to insure
their freshness while such foods
as potatoes sugar salt canned
goods etc. must be meted out.
Mr. Jackson estimated that his
section has averaged well over
1000 rations a day since the re
serve units began training her in
June. A ration it may be noted
includes three meals for one man.
All rations of course must be
accounted for thus involving a lot
er
„ork. Mess officers
each q{ the unils estimate
Korean Truce Not Slated To
Change Expansion Build-Up
i'y
the Army establishment.
In anticipation of this stepped-
up influx of new personnel and
consequent regrowth of the division
Fort Hood has become a literal
bee-hive of clean-up squads moving
through the post in waves.
For Two Weeks
Over 1000 Men
Of 75th At NFH
NORTH FORT HOOD TEXAS—
Rain—the slow drizzling kind which
seems to plague all military out
fits greeted units of the 75th Inf
Div (Reserve) when they arrived
at North Fort Hood Sunday for
15 days of field training.
First to arrive was the 75th Inf
Band from Huntsville Texas. It
provided military music for the
other units totaling more than 1-
000 men as they arrived.
Brig. Gen. Whitfield Jack com
manding the 75th Div personally
welcomed each unit to camp. He
told members of the Band that
'We'll get this bad weather out
of the way early so that we can
get in a good two weeks of field
exercises."
Also on hand to witness the ar
rival of the troops were Brig Gen
E. G. Farrand commanding the
1st AD at Fort Hood and Brig.
Gen! C. H. ark from the Organi
zation and Training Division De
partment of the Army.
Following the arrival of the
Band units arrived at specified
intervals from southeast and cen
tral Texas and Louisiana. The
last groups to arrive came in
from New Orleans late Sunday
evening.
On Tuesday afternoon the en
tire division was gathered togeth
er to hear plans for the rest of
the camp.
At this assembly General Jack
Tuesday complimented men of the
75th Inf Div on the "swiftness
precision and military proficiency
with which you moved into posi
tion for training" as he spoke to
how
many rations they need. They som
times run into difficulty when in
trying to conserve they find
they find themselves caught short.
However Mr. Jackson solves such
problems by drawing what he
terms "emergency rations" from
post or division.
The ration breakdown staff is sur
prisingly small totaling besides
Mr. Jackson four enlisted men.
They are Cpl. Edwin Tucker PFC-
Elmer Coleman and Gerald Nis-
son's section which consolidates ita and Sgt William Goins who
them and sends them on to divi- {serves as ice man.
TOWED BY AN M4A3 tank one of the Army's new armored personnel carriers the M75 rolls off
a flat car upon arrival at Fort Hood as the re-building of the 1st ADs progresses. The M75 i»
the Army's most recent answer to the transportation problem of the foot soldier. (U.S. Army Photo
by Wiseman).
Units At Fort Hood
Build-Up For Cycle
Replacements from installations throughout the United States and overseas are beginning to arriv«
at Fort Hood and are bringing added strength to the 1st AD and haste to completion its current rebuild
ing phase.
Busses are arriving daily within the 501st Re pi. Co. are bearing combat veterans fresh from Korea
and thoroughly trained troops from various posts divisions and training sites representing all points
Buildings and grounds which
have stood silent and vacant since
the division began its replacement
training mission are now being
reopened dressed up and inhabit-
the assembled reservists in the
division training area at North
Fort Hood.
He then presented the command
er of the 1st AD General Far
rand who' spoke briefly welcom
ing the 75th to the training area
where what he described as "pro
bably the finest training area and
facilities in the United States to
day" is available for your use.
He said that when the reserve
unit returns for their encampment
next year the acreage now being
acquired in the Fort Hood expan
sion program would probably be
in use making possible the use of
larger caliber weapons.
The 75th Inf Div has launched
into an intensive schedule which
emphasizes individual arms and
overall proficiency as a soldier.
First week training for the 75th
will put heavy emphasis on indi
vidual weapons. The schedule in
cludes instruction and range firing
of the carbine pistol rifle LMG
50 cal MG 60- and 81-nim mor
tar and the 3.5 rocket launcher.
Other subjects to be covered are
individual tactics cover and con
cealment booby traps and field
fortifications.
The reserve unit's artillerymen
will be taking specialized training
in howitzer drill service of the
piece and similar subjects.
Assistant division commander of
the 75th is Col Eugene Maier of
Houston. The C-S Col Harold S.
Bibo. is also from Houston. G-l
is Maj Gordon Somers Houston
the G-2 is Lt Col Joe N. Frazer
Jr. of Wharton Texas.
THE NORTH FORT HOOD Rations Breakdown section fills re
quests of various units. Above VVOJG Ralph L. Jackson checks
over rations for 87th Ordinance making sure all food commodities
are meted out properly. From left to right members of his sec
tion are Cpl. Edwin Tucker Mr. Jackson PFC Elmer Coleman
Cpl. John Hodson and Sgt* William Goins.
—12 Pages
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ed as in former days when the
1st Armored was an up to stren
gth armored giant.
Selected as one of the few units
within the continental United Sta
tes slated for rebuilding the 1st
AD will benefit greatly by the re
cent economy move by Congress
in closing seven Army posts in
various areas.
Those selected for shut-down by
January 1 1954 were Camp
Breckenridge Ky. Camp Rucker
Aa. Camp Atterbury Ind. and
Camp Roberts and Camp Luis
Obispo Calif.
At least four divisions were af
fected in this reduction of active
posts with personnel in these
divisions to be transferred to other
state-side units and overseas of
which it is expected the 1st AD will
receive a goodly share.
With the recent graduation of
the final two companies of train
ees within CC"B" the 1st AD end
ed its eleventh month replacement
training mission and will now move
into the rebuilding phase with an
unobstructed intensity.
ORC Officer
Hurt In
Wreck
Jeep
Monday
PIO The condition of Lt Wil
liam J. Johnson of the 75th Inf
Div injured when a jeep in which
he was riding Monday afternoon
overturned was described today
by Fort Hood station hospital of
ficials as "good".
He is not on the critical list.
Lieutenant Johnson from Lake
Jackson Texas near Houston suf
fered back arm and neck brui
ses a fractured jaw and a possible
head injury when his jeep hit soft
dirt at the edge of the road and
overturned.
The accident occurred on West
Range Road 5*i miles north uf
South Fort Hood. No other vehicle
was involved.
The driver of the jeep Cpl Pat
rick A. Morton 4800 Collinwood
Fort Worth suffered only minor
scratches and was not admitted
to the hospital.
Both men are with the 75th Inf
Div now at North Fort Hood for
annual summer training.
PX Cafeteria
Begins Serving
Evening Meal
Maj. Rockwell Davis Fort
Hood Post Exchange officer
has released a notice stating
that Cafeteria 1 has begun serv
ing an evening meal from 4:30
to 8:30 p. m.
A La Carte and special or
ders include T-bone steaks-$l
chicken fried steak 75 cents
chicken in the basket 85 cents
and hamburger steak 75 cents
two cans of beer per-person
may also be served with. the
meals while the soda fountain
is also open for the convenience
of the customers.
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 29, Ed. 1 Thursday, July 30, 1953, newspaper, July 30, 1953; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254342/m1/1/: accessed May 5, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.