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VOL. 1 No. 43
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More than 1400 pounds of cloth
ing donated by military and civilian
personnel at Fort Hood will make
the cold winter months a little
more bearable in the tiny village
of Posan.ni Korea it was learned
here this week.
The clothing which was distri
buted in the I Corps sector by Lt.
Gen. Bruce C. Clarke command
ing general of Corps (Group)
and formerly commander of Fort
Hood and the 1st Armored Division
was collected during a spring Ko
rean Clothing Drive at Fort Hood.
'53 Chest Drive
Overshoots Goal
VFort Hood personnel smashed
lid off of the 1953 Fort Hood
est Drive goal this week with a
total of $52379.00 already contribu
ted to the Fund with every indica
tion that several thousand dollars
more will be 'tallied in the waning
days of the campaign.
The total of $52379.00 was reach
ed from figures compiled up to 12
o'clock Monday November 2. The
quota set for Fort Hood in the '53
Chest Drive was $50000.00.
As the drive heads into the last
days units are competing sharply
for the many incentive prizes be
ing offered in the military and
civilian categories for the best per
capita contributions.
Unit winners in the Chest Drive
will be notified individually by
Fund officials on the 9th or 10th
of November. Awards will be of
ficially made during half-time cer
emonies at the Armistice Day foot
ball game in Prichard Stadium No
vember 11.
Individual prizes will be deter
mined at that time also and prizes
given to those present. Individual
or unit winners not present to re
ceive their award may get them at
the time and location to be an
nounced at the game.
Lieutenant Herman Greathouse
assistant treasurer of the Drive
points out that the director of each
unit will decide the exact time of
conclusion in his organization.
He warned however that all
funds and unsold tickets may be
submitted to the Fund treasurer
it earlier than 1 p.m. on Novem-
5 and not later than 4 p.m.
on November 6.
Sill
Drive officials are expecting
many units with low per capita con
tributions at present to make their
bids for domination of their cate
gories with accelerated campaigns
in the final few days. Pronounced
changes in the standings may ap
pear when the final compilation is
made reports indicate.
A new leader emerged from the
field of contestants this week as A
Company 509th Tank Battalion
scored a zooming $22.25 capita per
man. Company 317th Tank Bat
talion former leader in Category
A fell to second place even though
increasing its per capita rating to
$17.64 from $15.07 of last week.
In the one week period A Com
pany 509th Tank Battalion more
than doubled its rating by jumping
from $11.11 to its present standing
of $22.25.
Battery 68th Armored Field
Artillery Battalion emerged as
leader in Category with a $7.79
average while Category leader
was Company 123d Armored
Ordnance Battalion with a $5.76
per capita figure. Headquarters
Company 1st Armored Division
with $3.91 average contribution was
heading Category D.
First second and third place
leaders in their respective categor
ies to date are: A—A Company
509th Tank Bn. $22.25 per man
Company 317th Tank Bn. $17.64
man 288th Signal Co. $12.50
Lt Gen. Clarke Corps (Group) CG with Korean recipients of Hood clothing.
Hood's Korean Clothes
Beat Winter's Arrival
Shortly after arriving at his new
command in Korea General Clarke
wrote his friends at Fort Hood
about the needy Korean people that
had been "more or less helplessly
caught in the war's back-wash."
Military and civilian personnel of
Fort Hood answered the call.
In a letter to General Farrand
then Commanding General of Fort
Hood and the 1st Armored Divi
sion General Clarke expressed
deep appreciation for the act of
charity by the people of Fort. Hood
and told of the bitter hardship en-
$7.79 per man Battery 2nd AAA
$6.71 per man Company 25th
AIB $6.19 per man C—C Com
pany 123rd Ord. $5.76 per man
Battery 2nd AAA $5.38 per man
H&S Company 25th AIB $3.76 per
man D—Headquarters Company
1st AD $3.91 per man H&S Com
pany 13th Tank Bn. $3.57 per
man H&S Company 702nd AIB
$2.98 per man.
At the end of the drive TV sets
will be awarded to the leader jn the
various categories along with inum-
erable other prizes which will go
to organizations and individuals.
Aemoeeil
"HERE I GO AGAIN."—Corporal H. Kesslar right of "C" Bat
tery 73rd AFA looks a bit skeptical as Pfc. Hubert E. Vincent of
"C" Company Division Trains takes his blood pressure to de
termine his qualifications as a donor. Don't be deceived by the
dubious look though Cpl. Kesslar has donated blood four times.
(U.S. Army Photo by Ryan)
The October goal of 300 pints of
blood donated to the Red Cross
by Fort Hood and 1st Armored Di
vision personnel was exceeded this
week when a total of 333 pints of
blood was collected.
The blood was taken at the
monthly visit to Fort Hood of the
Bloodmobile unit from the Waco
Regional Blood Center. The 333
pints of blood raised to 4023 the
total amount of blood donated by
soldiers at Fort Hood since July
1952.
Volunteer donors for the Octo
ber drive reported to the blood
center all day Friday for physi
cal examinations by Army doc
tors after which the blood was
drawn by Red Cross nurses. The
Division Surgeon Office was the
coordinating agency for the Octo
ber drive.
A short rest period followed the
actual drawing of blood and re-
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W.Mm
dured by poorly-clad Koreans in
wintertime.
"I can assure you that the cloth
ing was greatly needed and highly
appreciated ... it will serve to
keep a great many indigent people
warm during the coming winter"
General Clarke asserted.
General Biddle newly arrived
Commanding General of Fort Hood
and the 1st Armored Division stat
ed today that he was proud of the
response made by military and
civilian personnel of his new com
mand in extending a generous
helping hand to less fortunate peo
ple.
The village of Posan-ni Korea
is located about 26 miles north of
Seoul just south of the 38th paral
lel. Four times the tides of war
have leveled its buildings and add
ed untold hardships to the pursuit
of living. In its population of 4700
there are approximately 1400
children.
During .the past winter months
the people have had to combat the
cold with make-shift clothes in
their stravv and clay thatched huts
according to I Corps news reports.
Chaplain (Major) Fred "J. Jewell
on duty in Korea said in a letter
of appreciation to personnel of Fort
Hood that the people who received
In civilian categories Group A is ihe""clothing"Vererin his "opinion"
headed by Civilian Personnel with
$10.00 per capita Group B—Head
quarters and Miscellaneous Sec
tions with $3.56 per capita and
Group C—Ordnance and Chemical
Sections with $1.62 per capita.
among the most needy in Korea
and that the gifts were gratefully
received.
A news dispatch from the war-
ravaged village following the first
distribution of the clothing put it
this way: "This year the warm
Texas personality has brought hope
and cheer as well as the much
needed clothing to combat winter's
rigors."
Donors Here Top Blood Quota
4023 Pints Given Since July '52
auxiliary headed by Mrs. M. L.
Goodrich.
The blood collected today will
be taken to the Regional Blood
Center in Waco for processing af
ter which it is distributed through
out the 22 county region. The
Waco blood center also supplies
the needs of hospitals throughout
the area fills Department of De
fense quotas and supplies blood
from which gamma globulin is
made for use in the fight against
polio.
Units which furnished blood do
nors in the October drive at Fort
Hood were: Division Artillery the
16th Armored Engineer Battalion
the 100th Tank Battalion the 505th
Signal Group the 4005th Enlisted
Detachment and 4005th Medical
Detachment.
Among those giving blood at the
center today was PFC Robert Wat-
freshments of punch coffee and:son of Bismark N. D. a mem-
cookies were served by the Fort iber of the 2nd AAA Battalion who
per man B—C Battery 68th AFA Hood Grey Ladies a Red Cross |like some of his buddies has been [amount of blood received
Hood Inspected
By DA IGTalks
With Post CG
Lieutenant General Daniel Noce
the Inspector General of the De
partment of the Army visited
Fort Hood yesterday inspected
various facilities and activities
here conferred with the command
ing general and departed for Fort
Sam Houston late in the afternoon.
The plane bearing General Noce
arrived at the 1st Armored Divis
ion Airstrip at 0930 where he was
greeted by Brigadier General Wil
liam S. Biddle Fort Hood and
1st Armored commander and dri
ven through McNair and Walker
Villages enroute to Division Head
quarters. After a short briefing
General Noce and party starleu
tour of the Post the first stop
being the 162nd Street Service club.
Other points visited during the
morning were the Transfer Point
4005th ASU Commissary barrack
and Day Room of Company
123d Armored Ordnance Mainten
ance Battalion and the NCO Aca
demy. They also stopped at the
new permanent barracks still un
der construction where the party
saw the work going forward be
fore returning to Division Head
quarters where a conference was
held before the visiting general
departed.
Relief Notices Go
To 1100 Officers
During November
Washington (AFPS) Approx
imately 1100 Army Reserve offi
cers in various grades will be no
tified during the first two weeks
of November of their release from
active duty.
This step is part of the current
program to meet reduced strength
ceilings. This group is in addition
to about 2000 other commissioned
Army Reservists who were noti
fied of their projected release ear
lier this month.
Because of the large number of
Reserve officers who have volun
tarily requested eaiiy release it
is expected that no additional in
voluntary releases will be neces
sary unless further strength reduc
tions are imposed on the Army.
In line with Army policy offi
cers being released will receive
at least three months prior notice
before being separated.
WINSOME Pfc. Viola Kilgore a
the 4005th WAC Detachment
smiles obligingly for the photo
grapher while giving the first of
14 pints of blood donated by
members of the WAC Detach
ment.
on the other end of the line. Wat
son was injured near Chunchon
Korea and was given several tran-
fusions in a field hospital there.
He figures he's evening the score.
Not many donors can claim
more practical experience than
Private James Moore also of the
2nd AAA of Iowa La. His dona
tion Friday marked the tenth pint
taken from him four at Fort
Hood. He becomes an automatic
member of a select nation-wide
group. Moore was given a lapel
pin to wear signifying the achieve
ment.
On the distaff side 15 volunteers
from the WAC Detachment at Fort
Hood were on hand to give blood.
The WAC's showed that field sold
iers have no priority when it com
es to community effort.
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY NOV. 5 1953
Officials directing the October
Fort Hood Red Cross drive term
ed the outcome successful andj the honor in August
were "highly pleased" by the
SHOWN ABOVE with Brigadier General William S. Biddle Com
manding General of Fort Hood and the 1st Armored Division are
(left) Master Sergeant Earl Gose of the 27th Armored Field Artil
lery Battalion and Sergeant First Class Cyril Provost (center) of
the 47th Armored Medical Battalion as they received letters of
appreciation in recognization of their long and faithful military
service in a retirement ceremony held in the General's office last
week.
Letters Of Appreciation To
Two First Armored Sergeants
Letters of appreciation in rec
ognization of long and faithful mil
itary service were presented to
two 1st Armored division sergeants
geants by Brigadier General Wil
liam S. Biddle Fort Hood and 1st
Armored division commanding
general in a retirement ceremony
in his office last week.
The sergeants Sgt. Earl
Gose of the 27th Armored Field
Artillery Battalion and SFC Cy
ril Provost 47th Armored Medical
Battalion are retiring after com
pleting 22 and 24 years service
respectively. They are both veter
ans of combat duty during World
War II in Europe and the Korean
conflict.
Besides his combat duty Ser
geant Gose has seen duty in Alaska
and various stateside posts. Ser
geant Provost in his long Army
career has seen service in Pana
ma Hawaii the Phillipines Ice
land and England along with his
combat duty.
Sergeant Gose plans to spend his
Chief Of AFF
Directs Increase
In Mine Warfare
The Chief of Army Field Forces
has directed that the time devoted
to mine warfare training be in
creased from eight hours to twelve
hours.
The eight-hour period was set up
during the Korean emergency and
it is now possible to increase the
training time devoted to this sub
ject. Experience in Korea showed
the need for additional instruction
in marking mine fields to avoid
losses from our own mines.
At Fort Hood the 1st Armored
Division has conducted a twelve-
hour mine warfare study program
since it entered its new training
phase last July.
The use of anti-personnel mines
was possible in the semi-stabilized
conditions prevailing in the latter
stages of the Korean fighting. Ex
tensive mine fields were a great
help in slowing the rush of Com
munist "wave" attacks. Should
these conditions ever prevail again
American troops will be well train
ed in the use of mines.
Communist troops made exten
sive use of "booby traps" in Ko
rea and the additional time devot
ed to mine training will enable
the soldier to recognize and avoid
such innocent-appearing devices.
The new mine warfare program
includes functioning arming and
disarming American allied and
enemy mines the employment of
land mines the types of mine
fields the use of anti-personnel
and anti-tank mines and familiri-
zation with booby traps.
4005 Enlisted Det
Cops Mess Award
irntmX
Full Program Set Wednesday
For Armistice Day Celebration
retirement with his wife Helen and
their two daughters Patsy and
Vickie at their Long Beach Calif-
plans to live in Hadley Falls Mas
sachusetts.
Talented GFs
Get Set For
TV Appearance
Military personnel who have
some entertainment talent will
have an opportunity Monday to win
an appearance on a New York tele
vision show.
"Talent Patrol" an all-military
talent show will be the objective
of acts such as male vocalists a
spiritual singing quintet comedi
ans and an organ soloist and sing
er which appeared on auditions
Tuesday and Wednesday.
W. T. Chichester soldier show
advisor to the Department of the
Army and his assistant Robert
Massell will conduct the Monday
night try-out at 8 p.m. at Theater
No. 2.
Mr. Chichester and Mr. Massell
will arrive at Fort Hood Monday
afternoon at 2:30.
The "Talent Patrol" show pre
sented in the interest of recruit
ing originates in the New York
studio of the American Broadcast
ing Company and is recorded on
film for distribution to television
stations throughout the United
States. Arleen Francis of radio's
"Blind Date" program is mistress
of ceremonies of the talent show.
At the conclusion of each "Tal
ent Patrol" program a winner is
selected. He or she is then the
guest of New York show business
for the next 48 hours.
Monday night's auditions at Fort
Hood will be sponsored by 1st Ar
mored Division Special Services.
Military personnel and civilian
personnel have been invited by
Special Services to attend.
Other auditions to be held in the
Fourth Army area include Fort
Sam Houston and Brooke Army
Medical Center Nov. 10 Fort
Bliss Nov. 12 and Fort Sill Nov.
17.
Gen. I. D. White
Inspects Training
During Post Visit
Lt. Gen. I. D. White Fourth
Army commander fend his party
arrived here last Thursday morn
ing for a daylong inspection tour
of Fort Hood ranges and instal
lations.
Accompanying General White on
the tour were General Biddle com
mander of Fort Hood and the 1st
Armored Division General Far
rand assistant Division command
er General Burger Division Ar
tillery commander Brig. Gen.
For the second month in a row
and for the second time of three
it has been awarded the October
Post mess hall award went to thejNuma A. Watson Fourth Army
4005th Enlisted Detachment. Chief of Staff and Brig. Gen. Rob-
Col. Ralph M. Neal Deputy Post ert L. Howze assistant command-
Commander presented the plaque
to Sgt. Odis D. Wiggins mess
steward of the hall last Saturday.
The Enlisted Detachment also
copped the award in September.
ant of the Armored School at Fort
Knox Ky.
Ranges and courses inspected
included the Individual Tank Com
bat Course Tank Infantry Com-
The 4005th WAC Detachment won bat Course Reconaissance Plat
oon Combat Course Sugar Loaf
Table VII Range and Jackson
Only Post mess halls are con
sidered for the award. Knob Mortar Range.
A stern warning against enter
ing the impact area on the Post
ranges has been issued by Capt.
Vincent DeGon Fort Hood Range
officer.
Captain DeGon who patrols the
firing ranges daily said he has
noted several violations recently
of a regulation which prohibits any
one military or civilian from en
tering the impact area without first
obtaining written permission from
his office.
Bounded by East Range South
Range and West Range roads the
impact area is the 'no man's
land" toward which all firing from
Fort Hood ranges is directed.
"Alive" during the day when
it is the target of light and heavy
weapons being fired on Fort Hood's
many ranges the area is equally
hazardous after firing has ceased
because it is littered with unex-
ploded "duds" which may explode
when moved or improperly hand
led Captain DeGon said.
'I've seen cowboys rounding up
cattle in areas where there was
firing going on" he said. We must'Pass *n
impress upon these people that
they are risking their lives by do
ing so."
He also warned against picking
up 'duds." They must be handled
by experts he stated who arrange
them in stacks and explode them.
CWO Ed J.Allen
Ends Army Days
In Death Tuesday
Chief Warrant Officer Edwin J.
Allen 55 died early Tuesday morn
ing at the Fort Hood Station Hos
pital of complications accompany
ing a stomach disorder. He had
entered the hospital on Oct. 13.
WO Allen was assigned as per
sonnel officer at North Fort Hood
during the recent replacement
training and was more recently
assigned to the 1st Armored Di
vision Adjutant General Section
and the 4005th Area Service Unit.
He is survived by his wife who
resides at 212 Central Avenue
Walker Village and a son who is
an officer in the United States
Air Force. At the time he entered
the service In 1916 his home was
in Brooklyn.
Chaplains To Hold
Patriotic Service
On Armistice Day
A service devoted to the
theme of patriotism will be pre
sented at 7:00 p. m. Armistice
Day Nov. 11 in the 52nd Street
Chapel the Division Chaplains
Office has announced.
Chaplain Christian A. Lehne
Division Artillery Chaplain will
preside. Chaplain Harry R.
Hataway of Reserve Command
will bring the Armistice Day
message and Chaplain Francis
J. Redford of Combat Command
"A" will read the Scripture and
offer prayer.
Catholic Mass will be held at
0715 and 1800 hours at 50th
Street Chapel.
Jewish Services will be held
at 1900 hours in the 50th Street
Chapel.
Military and civilian person
nel of Fort Hood are urged to
attend the service of their faith
on Armistice Day.
Medical Men Host
For Nov. Formal
PIO—Medical and dental offi
cers of the post will sponsor a
formal dance at 8:30 p.m. Satur
day Nov. 7 at the Officers Club.
All officers of the post and their
guests aire invited to attend.
Reservations may be made in
advance by contacting the Offi
cers Club.
—10 Pages
Hood Doors Open
For Armistice Day
Fort Hood will open its doors to its civilian neighbors Wednesday
November 11 with a full program of Armistice Day activities and
a full dress 1st Armored Division parade scheduled.
Parents and guests of servicemen and residents of surrounding
communities are invited by Brigadier General William S. Biddle
commander of Fort Hood and the
1st Armored Division to take ad
vantage of the holiday open house
and visit this Central Texas post.
Stern Warning
Issued By Hood
Range Officer
Sharing the spotlight with the
dismounted review will be an
equipment display showing the
versatility of an armored division
and a football game matching the
Fort Hood Tankers against the
307th Military Police Battalion of
Fort Sam Houston.
Between halves of the game
which begins at 2 p.m. Fort Hood's
Chest Fund drive will be climaxed
with the announcement of award
winners in the campaign.
The parade will begin at 10 a.m.
at the Fort Hood Parade Ground
with General Biddle to review the
division for the first time since he
arrived here earlier this month to
take command of the post and
division.
Brigadier General Edward G.
Farrand assistant division com
mander will be Commander of
Troops for the review.
Generals Biddle and Farrand
will "troop the line" from a jeep
after which several distinguished
guests will be introduced by Gen
eral Biddle.
One Minute Of Silence
One minute of silence will be ob
served at 11 a.m. to commemorate
the holiday. All units of the 1st
Armored Division with their col*
ors and battle honors will the®
review
The equipment display at the
parade ground across Headquar
ters avenue from Theater No. 1
will give visitors an insight into
the complexity of the Division.
Tanks personnel carriers self-
propelled artillery and other equip
ment will be featured.
Parents and guests of soldiers
will be welcomed to Division unit
dining halls at noon. Following the
meal interest will turn toward
Prichard stadium for the game be
tween the Tankers and MPs.
Beginning at 7 p.m. six battalion
level basketball games will be
played in the field house at Hood
road and Headquarters avenue.
A full slate of holiday church
services will be conducted during
the day.
Accidents Slow
Over Week End
No serious traffic accidents or
injuries married the Halloween-
pay-day weekend of military in
stallation Fort Hood Safety Office
records showed in contrast to the
same periods year ago when three
soldiers lost their lives in high
way crashes.
Halloween pranks were of the
mild kind and due also to the
elaborate party held for the chil
dren on Halloween night by the
Dad's club no trouble developed
to plague the Military Police.
The most serious accident in
volving Fort Hood personnel oc
curred Sunday morning near No-
lanville on Highway 190 when the
vehicle driven by PFC Harold O'-
Keefe of Hq and Hq Company 1st
AD was in collision with one driv
en by Mrs. Ammalea Pullin of
Killeen. O'Keefe and Cpl. Philip
Gorman who was riding with him
were admitted to the Station Hospi
tal for treatment of minor injuries
and then were released. Mrs. Pul
lin was uninjured.
Coffee Grounds
Down The Drain?
Before long if everything goes
right Army cooks won't have to
bother with ladling coffee into the
urn and then having to worry
about coffee grounds settling into
the bottom of every man's cup.
And maybe no more bother with
placing egg shells in the urn eith
er.
The Army plans to experiment
with using instant coffee for a
period of six months at army posts
throughout the country. If the
troops like the instant better than
ground so it will be and the cof
fee grounds will go down the
drain. Failure means the cooks go
back to boiling ground coffee and
using egg shells again.
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