The Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 1, No. 35, Ed. 1 Thursday, September 10, 1953 Page: 1 of 10

Tomorrow the various companies
will choose qualified representa­
tives to progress through battalion
competition to the major command
level contest which will be held
September 18.
At stake for the winner are a
cash award of $15.00 and a three-
day pass both to be personally pre­
sented by General Farrand. In ad­
dition the "Driver of the Month"
will be presented with a distinctive
pennant to be attached to his ve­
hicle. The pennant will be displayed
during the thirty-day period to de­
note the honor bestowed upon the
driver through superior driving and
maintenance accomplishments.
Each candidate for the "Driver
of the Month" award must meet
six basic requirements:
1. He must have his vehicle
clean lubricated and in top me­
chanical condition.
2. He must have no record of
delinquency reports.
3. He must have all of his perti­
nent vehicle records such as trip
tickets and scheduled maintenance
forms.
4. He'must make a satisfactory
score on a written examination
^jsertaining to driving.
^B.5. He must successfully pass a
^Pfactical driving test.
6. He must be the assigned driv­
er on the unit preventive mainten­
ance roster.
The drivers selected by each of
the major commands next week
will be instructed to drive his ve­
hicle to the parking lot behind
Building 3426 Division Ordnance
Office where he will report to the
chairman of the judging committee
Lt. Col. Oscar C. Tonetti by not
later than 0900 hours September
23. At this time the judging com­
mittee will select Fort Hood's best
driver from among the 1st Arm­
ored Division and 4005th ASU fin­
alists.
The winner will display the first
place pennant during the month
of October but then will relin­
quish it to the best driver award
winner among the two and a half
ton trucks and over class. The
November contest will be among
crews of full track and half track
vehicles with all members of the
winning crew participating.
In addition to the prizes to be
awarded the first place winner by
General Farrand each company
battalion and major command is
planning to offer various awards to
their own "best drivers."
SFC
Best Driver Contest
To Begin Tomorrow
Winner To Receive
:Cash. Flag And Pass
Drivers of all Army vehicles of capacity less than two and a half
tons were being winnowed out at platoon level today in the first
elimination of the Post-wide "Driver of the Month" contest launched
last week by Brig. Gen. Edward G. Farrand Commanding General
of the 1 st Armored Division and Fort Hood.
Dental Surgeon
Plans To Visit
Hood Services
PIO Maj Gen Walter Love
Chief of the Army Dental Corps
will arrive here Friday Septem­
ber 18 to inspect dental activities
at Fort Hood Department of the
Army announced. He will be ac­
companied by Col. Roger G. Miller
Fourth Army Dental Surgeon.
It will mark General Love's first
visit here since December 1951
according to Col. Joseph L. Ubl
Fort Hood Post Dental Surgeon.
''General Love is the dental offi­
cer under whose careful guidance
the Dental Corps has made note­
worthy progress and has main­
tained a high professional level"
Colonel Ubl stated.
General Love accepted the Told
Medal of the Pierre Fauchard Ac­
ademy for 1952 on behalf of ail
three services last February.
The medal named for a French
dentist who is known as the fath­
er of dentistry was given the De­
partment of Defense for "the un­
usual outstanding and disting­
uished service to the nation and
their profession" performed by
all of the armed forces dentists.
General Love will also visit
other military installations during
his tour of the Fourth Army area
according to Colonel Uhl.
Male Citadel Falls
A LITTLE AFTER-CLASS INSTRUCTION is often a good thing
ven for the best student. PFC. Mary Rinehart left listens atten­
tively as her instructor SFC Thomas Blackburn clears up a point
for Pvt. Halcon Fisk. (U.S. Army Photo by Ryan)
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VOL. 1 No. 35 FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY SEPT. 10 1953 •10 Pages
The body of Gen. Jonathan M.
Wainwright received a hero's
burial Tuesday morning in Arl­
ington National Cemetery among
the nation's honored dead.
Monday Gen. Wainwright lay
in state in the trophy room of
the white marble amphitheater
behind the tomb of the Unknown
Soldier who was the only other
U. S. fighting man to be so
honored.
The body was dressed in win­
ter uniform of "pinks and
greens." Above the left jacket
was a tier of ribbons represent­
ing his medals and decorations.
One was the Medal of Honor
awarded for his valiant defense
at Corregidor in World War II.
General Farrand
Reveals Post-Wide
Essay Competition
In line with the 'Driver of the
Month" contest announced this
week by Brig. Gen. Edward G.
Farrand final rules for a Prevent­
ive Maintenance Essay Contest
were also disclosed.
The essay contest will open Sept.
20 1953 and close midnight Oct.
19. Subject matter for the essay
will cover any of the phases of
preventive maintenance as applied
to supplies equipment and material
of all services. The essay may be
general or specific depending on
the contestant.
First place winner will receive
a $15.00 cash prize and a three-
I day pass. A $10.00 cash prize and a
two-day pass wil be given to the
author of the second best essay.
The third place winner will be giv­
en $5.00 in cash and a one-day pass.
Contestants should turn their es­
says in to the unit TI&E officers
who will turn them over to the
judging committee. All the essays
from all over the post will be in
joint competition. There will be no
battalion or major command elimi­
nation as in the "Driver of the
Month" contest.
Complete details of the contest
may be obtained from the unit
commanders of the various organi­
zations.
Two WAC Coeds
Enter Academy
School bells are tolling the "back to work" theme throughout
the nation this week but at the 1st Armored Division's NCO Academy
there is an optimistic tone in the ring. The reason is obvious. The
school's gone coed.
For the first time in the Academy's history WAC's are being
carried on the rolls. PFC Mary Rinehart and Pvt. Halcon Fisk are now
enrolled in the Clerical Course and
are undergoing typing exercises
and form letter studies just like
hundreds of males once did in the
days when the Academy was an
all-men place of study.
And not only have the women ent­
ered one of Fort Hood's last male
citadels they are quickly master­
ing the techniques of the NCO
Academy. Private First Class
Rinehart is one of the top members
in her class of 64 giving the mas­
culine gender another challenge in
the age-old battle of the sexes.
Until these two trail-blazers ent­
ered the Academy there had been
no provision here at Fort Hood
for formal schooling of clerk-typ­
ists of the 4005th WAC Detachment.
Private Fisk who works in the
Post Provost Marshal's Office re­
cently entered the Army from her
home in Indianapolis Indiana. Pri­
vate First Class Rinehart is from
Richland Center. Wisconsin.
91st AFA Bn. Ups
Soldiers' Deposits
(PIO)—Men of the 91st (AFA)
Bn. 1st Armored Division put not
just 100 per cent more money in
Soldiers Savings in August than
in July—but 400 per cent more.
In July the 91st totaled $345
in Soldiers Savings.
During August their strength
increased 30 per cent. On payday
in August the 91st put $1295 in
Soldiers Savings.
"C" Battery led the savings. Of
73 men assigned to the battery
61 deposited for 83 per cent
participation.
Of the battalion as a whole 45
per cent put money in the savings
program.
•Port Hood Welcomes 505th Signal Group
Corporal Manzer's death also
ended the Safety Office's hope for
a deathless holiday weekend rec­
ord for the entire year. There
were no fatalities over the Me­
morial Day or Fourth of July
weekends.
Corporal Manzer entered the
Army Feb. 12 1952. Except for
time spent at school at Brooke
Army Medical Center he has been
stationed here since June 23
1952.
New Academy CO
Extends Welcome
To New Students
In his first day of graduation
and welcoming exercises this
week as the new Assistant Com­
mandant of the NCO Academy
Lt. Col. Donald P. Boyer welcom­
ed some 90 students who will make
up classes for five courses at the
Academy.
The new students are enrolled
in the unit supply course the
message center course automo­
tive small arms and track me­
chanics courses. In addition to
attending opening ceremonies Lt.
Col. Boyer addressed and present­
ed diplomas to honor graduates
of Class No. 15 Auto Mechanics
and Class No. 10 Message Cen­
ter.
Honor graduates among the 23
graduating students in the Auto
Mechanics Course were Pvt.
Joseph J. Bauman A Co. 702nd
AIB and second place went to
Pvt. Joe S. Travis Co. B 81st
Recon. Bn.
In the Message Center Course
top honors of 20 graduating stu­
dents went to Pvt. Larry H. Ben­
son Hq. Company 47th Med. Bn.
second place went to Pvt. Gor­
don H. Sauers 509th Tank Bn.
In other graduations Maj.
George G. Kinzler Division Quar­
termaster Supply Officer address­
ed and presented diplomas to the
Unit Supply Course No. 16. Top
honors of 36 graduating students
went to Pvt. George E. Morris
108th Finance Section second
place went to SFC Donald R. Pat­
terson Hq. & Svc. Company
181st Recon. Bn.
JUST A LITTLE MATTER but many little matters like issuing linens and bedding eventually consti­
tute an efficient organization. Not long after the 505th Signal Group arrived at Fort Hood from
California early Tuesday morning they were receiving linens and bedding. Pfc. Theodore Talsma of
the 505th's 303rd Signal Bn. draws necessary items from acting 6upply sergeant Sfc. David Navarro
while others wait their turn. (U.S. Army Photo by Russell.)
Labor Day Weekend
Mars Safety Record
Hopes for a death-free Labor Day weekend here at Fort Hood
were dashed early Sunday morning on the Pennsylvania Turnpike
near Somerset Pa. Cpl. Darrel F. Manzer 22 Co. 47th AMB was
enroute to his home in West Bridgewater Mass. when he was killed
in an automobile accident.
Corporal Manzer's death brings
Fort Hood's total number of
vehicle fatalities for the year to
13 as compared to 19 for the same
period last year.
The only other serious mar to
the safety record here was the
injury of Pvt. Valentine Steinbach
A Batry 2nd AAA inflicted while
a passenger in an automobile
damaged near Hillsboro Tex. His
injuries were not reported as
serious.
There was a total of six minor
accidents involving Fort Hood per
sonnel reported over the three-
day weekend according to the
Post Traffic Investigation Office.
None of these traffic-mishaps in­
volved injury and only small
amount of property damage re­
sulted.
M/SGT. AUBREY C. NORCROSS
of Co 102nd AIB receives the
First Oak-Leaf Cluster with Let­
ter "V" device for the Bronze
Star Medal from Colonel Roy W.
Cole Jr. commanding officer of
CCB. Moments later Col. Cole
pinned the Bronze Star Medal on
WOJG Harry C. Grindrod (back­
ground) for meritorious service
against an armed enemy. (U.S.
Army Photo by Kuritzky).
Medals Go
To CCB Men
At Parade
PIO At a battalion review of
the 702nd AIB a Bronze Star Med­
al and a First Bronze Oakleaf
Cluster with letter "V" device were
presented to two members of CCB
1st Armored Division by Colonel
Roy W. Cole Jr. commanding of­
ficer of CC"B."
The First Oak-Leaf cluster for
the Bronze Star Medal with let­
ter "V" device for heroic achiev-
ment was awarded MSgt Aubrey
C. Norcross for his action while
assigned as a platoon sergeant of
a rescue platoon of the 7th Infant­
ry Division in Korea. The plat­
oon was engaged after moving up
to a fireswept area where enemy
forces had inflicted casualties am­
ong the friendly troops.
"Upon arriving at the main line
of resistance Sergeant Norcross
immediately organized litter teams
and personaally carried several
men down the hill to safety. The
heroic actions of Sergeant Nor­
cross reflect great credit on him­
self and the military service."
Sergeant Norcross is now with
Company 702nd AIB.
Awarded the Bronze Star Med­
al was WOJG Harry C. Grindrod
of A Company 702nd AIB. The
citation reads "He resourcefully
adapted himself to the rigors of
combat conditions and consistent­
ly responded in a praiseworthy
manner he was instrumental
in achieving recurring commen­
dations of superior in all phases
of operations in his company." The
Bronze Star was presented WOJG
Grindrod for meritorious servicc
while attached to Hqs. 45th Inf­
antry Division Korea.
27th AFA Stages
Review Plaques
Given To Units
FORT HOOD Sept. 8—Two mem­
bers of the 1st Armored Division
Artillery were awarded Certificates
of Achievement by Brigadier Gen­
eral Vonna F. Burger Division Ar­
tillery Commander in a review of
the 27th Armored Field Artillery
Battalion at Fort Hood. Saturday.
Presented with the certificates
were Master Sergeant Robert W.
Baylis supply sergeant of "B"
Battery and Master Sergeant
Joseph W. Morton Sergeant Major
of the 27th. The certificates were
awarded for superior performance
of duty in their respective jobs and
were signed by Brigadier General
Edward G. Farrand commanding
General of Fort Hood and the 1st
Armored Division.
Later at Division Artillery Head­
quarters General Burger awarded
plaques to Divarty units which had
been outstanding on inspections
during the month of August. The
plaques were awarded to "D"
Battery 2nd AAA Bn. Best Orderly
Room "A" Battery 91st AFA Bn.
Best Barracks Hq. Battery 91st
AFA Bn. Best Day Room Hq
Battery. Divarty Best Motor Pool
Hq Battery Divarty Best Supply
Room.
Car Dealer Knows
What Ad Says But--
PIO A Killeen car dealer will
tell yoii that it pays to advertise
—but to sell the advertised prod­
uct at the quoted price is some­
thing else.
His ad which appeared last week
in this newspaper brought a ter­
rific response from readers as it
appeared: "New 1953 Chevrolet
Tudor Sedan $17.25."
Airlines Bring
Two Battalions
To Texas Home
Personnel of the 505th Signal Group were setting up housekeeping
and getting organized in their Brigade Avenue quarters today after
their arrival at Fort Hood early Tuesday morning aboard chartered
commercial airliners.
First elements cf the group
boarded planes at Paso Robles
California near Camp San Luis
Obispo where trie unit was former
ly stationed at 1030 hours on
Labor Day and arrived at the
Temple Airport shortly before
midnight where waiting military
busses transported them to the
Post. The move was completed at
0530 hours Tuesday. A number of
personnel assigned to the group
are travelling by private vehicles
and all. were expected to arrive
here by today.
Upon arrival here the signal
men were served coffee and rolls
by personnel of the Fourth Army
Food Service School. First r? ic
ton to their new surroundings
was described by Lt. Col. William
Jennings executive officer of the
50fh as "enthusiastic about the
facilities here—they found things
here you do not have on other
posts."
Commanded by Col. Francis N
Miller the 505th is composed of
two Signal Battalions the 303rd
Theater Service Bn. and the
504th Service Bn. Colonel Miller
is a veteran of 26 years military
service having enlisted in the
National Guard as a private in
1922 and has gone up the ladder
from the start.
He assumed command of the
505th last April after having served
as signal officer of the XV Corps at
Camp Polk La. Prior to that as­
signment he served as signal of­
ficer of the 1st Cavalry Division
XXIV Corps and IX Corps in the
Far East returning to the States
in 1951.
The 303rd Signal Bn. is com­
manded by Maj. Edward C. Ver­
non and is composed of the 16th
Signal. Company (Radio. Relay-
VHF) 204th Signal Company and
A B. and C. companies. Maj.
Ralph A. Caswell is commander
of the 504th Signal Bn. which is
made up of four Radio Relay Ul­
tra High Frequencies Companies
—the 288th 526th 837th and 838th.
It is expected that by the end
of the week offices of the 505th
will be open and functioning
normally and operation as a unit
will again be in full swing. Per­
sonnel of the Food Service School
here have been providing mess
facilities for the Signal units un­
til the normal operations are re­
sumed.
GED Tests Boosting
Army School Levels
PIO Fort Hood and 1st Arm­
ored Division personnel who have
not completed high school have an
excellent opportunity to take a maj­
or step toward increasing their
educational level by passing the
high school level GED (General
Educational Development) test.
Passage of the high school GED
test is accepted by the Army as
the equivalent of a high school
education and is also acceptable
by most states and a majority
of colleges and universities as equ­
al to a high school diploma ac­
cording to Captain E. E. Friedman
Division Information and Education
officer.
Also offered is the college level
GED test which the Army con­
siders as the equivalent of one
year of college education. It is ac­
ceptable for credits by many col­
leges and universities throughout
the country.
THE WHOLE DIVISION will be doing it soon as a part of its
rebuilding program. But the 91st AFA was one of the first units
to go into the field. In the mess tent of Headquarters Battery
Sgt. Charles Levitt (left) mess sergeant confers with a representa-
tiev of Division Food Services SFC Rosario Cici. Sgt. Cici rated
this mess the best of all 91st kitchens in the field. This kitchen
had never prepared a meal before and served its first food in the
field. In the background a. KP Pvt. Earl H. Heffelfinger stirs
potatoes cooking in the field range and two cooks work on the
day's meals.
COL. FRANCIS N. MILLER
Disaster Relief
To Be Taught
In Course Here
PIO Civil Defense represen­
tatives from at least 18 Texas com­
munities attended a three day
course in emergency mass feed­
ing procedures at Fort Hood this
week.
The course is sponsored by the
Federal Defense Administration
and is designed to teach mass feed­
ing methods in time of disaster
man made as in the case of
atomic attack and accidental or
natural such as the Texas City
oil fire and the Waco tornado.
Persons attending the course
conducted by the Fort Hood Food
Service School will in tui'n teach
the procedures they have learned
to Civil Defense workers in their
home communities.
Instruction is being given in water
purification waste disposal
sanitation foods to serve decon­
tamination methods and other pro­
cedures necessary in case of dis­
aster.
re re a
course include Borger San Angelo
Fort Worth Dallas. Austin Corpus
Christi Houston College Station
Beaumont Harlingen Tyler Lub­
bock Waco San Antonio Nacog­
doches Pecos Wichita Falls and
Odessa.
Persons wishing to take either
the high school or college GED
test are urged to contact their unit
I&E officer the Division TI & E
officer or call at the post Army
Education Center for advice and
enrollment.
The high school GED test made
up entirely of multiple choice ques­
tions consists of five sections
which may be taken all at one time
or separately. There is no time
limit on the test although the av­
erage time consufhed is two hours
on each of the five sections.
The sections include English com­
position social studies natural
science literature and mathemat­
ics.
The college level GED test con­
sists of the same sections with the
exception of mathematics. It may
be taken by persons who have com­
pleted high school or those who
have passed the high school GED
test.
DA Circular 68
Outlines Policies
For RA Separation
The subject of resignation from
the service by officers and war­
rant officers continues in the news
this week as a special bulletin
just released here at Fort Hood
states that "resignations based on
extreme compassionate reasons"
will continue to be accepted in
compliance with DA Circular 68.
It was also stated that resigna­
tions because of hardship national
health and safety are being con­
sidered at this time.
Those personnel without extreme
compassionate reasons must by
the effective date of acceptance
have fulfilled such requirements
as serving the required amount
of time as well as having satis­
fied any reserve qualifications.
Because of certain branch re­
quirements some officers will not
be able to receive immediate ap­
proval on their applications but
it is promised that these men will
be notified as soon as any favor­
able circumstances develop.