Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1957 Page: 1 of 10
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11 No. 3
ivision Ass'n Awards
Driver Graduates
Division packet trainees
honored by the 4th Armored
Association here Monday
ite A1 G. Laughinghouse
jny D 553rd Armored Infan-
Ittalion and Private Francis
Ite Company D 704th Tank
fon each received an en-
lighter decorated with the
lored crest and a year's
fption to Armor magazine
iduating first in their class
1th Armored Quartermaster
fn Driver's School last
re Laughinghouse received
|rds from Master Sergeant
Jackson operations ser-
the 510th Armored Infan-
ilion and vice-president of
Association at a special
in the company bivouac
|.te White received his
from Master Sergeant
^J. Norman operations
Division G-3 section
Jretary of the Associa-
a special ceremony at
|lth motor pool.
len now receiving six
)f basic advanced and
piing with the 4th Armored
3rd Armored Division in
were presented Letters
Fmendation from Major Gen-
ferdi B. Barnes division com
ber last month for becoming
graduates.
lyates White and Laughing-
according to the letter "ap-
Ithemselves in a willing and
[it manner bringing credit
imselves and their units."
leral Barnes further stated in
K.ter that their "achievement
an inspiration to those
?who
attend subsequent
"'hools."
'jiour course conducted by
|iartermaster includes in-
ind practice in motor
ie basic and intermedi
E. Whisnant President
Drt Hood Officers' Wives
lounced a basketball
ment show at the
^ere on Feb* 19 spon-
jorganization which
fction will be a top
I game between the
(Globetrotters and
ishingon Generals
lade up of cagers
flity and both are
fords for the past
J) top billing for
seven acts
jg with the
Wding a fine
yvening of en-
Parent
Held
sday
Nui-se has an-
»r series of Ex-
lasses will begin
fernoon January
meeting will be
Health Nurse's
in the Hospital
|[re given on
and cover
The speaker of
this new series
ts Palles. Chief
her speakers
sical thera
|ry nurse
iUi'se.
to-be are
alks.
\th
a series
Associa*
$ Army
will be
K)
[/{ion sells
service
influen-
is public
in the
|»g or
lully achieve
Lblic under-
1 With this in
les Army
1st and most
Lesses seeks
Imed public
1st oiifan
ate driving of ton ton and
2Vz ton trucks road marching
rules of the road field expedients
emergency roadside repairs and
driving with a towed load.
Honor grauates are^hosen on the
basis of neatness and military
bearing general military know
ledge and adjustment to and apti
tude for military description and
duties and aptitude and skill in
driving and maintaining military
wheel vehicles in addition to the
score received on a written exami
nation culminating the course.
Top-Graders No
Longer Need
Liberty Passes
Enlisted personnel in the two top
pay grades will no longer be re
quired to carry the Armed Forces
Liberty Pass (DD Form 345) with
the implementation of an important
revision in the Army's pass and
leave system.
According to Change 1 of AR
630-20 master sergeants and ser
geants first class may now use the
Department of Defense Identifica
tion Card (DD Form 2A) as a pass
in lieu of DD Form 345 during nor
mal off duty hours.
Personnel in the lower five pay
grades will continue to use DD
Form 345 when granted regular off
duty passes. Distance limitations or
special information in accordance
with local conditions may be in
dicated on the reverse side of the
Liberty Pass.
Department of the Army Form
31 will still be used by all enlisted
pay grades for special passes or
leave.
iobetrotters Entertainment
»oked By Officers' Wives
tertainment and fun for spec
tators.
Included in the intermission show
will be The Garmers famous
Trampolinists Bergmann and Bu-
kiet Table Tennis Duo Ray Hil-
bert a Hoopla Artist Benny Schirt-
zinger Batonist Jackie the world-
famed equilibrist Rudy Cardenas
Juggler and the Tong Brothers
Hand-balancing experts.
This is the thirtieth successive
season of star-spangled exploits for
the mighty Harlem Globetrotters
Basketball Team and Owner-Coach
Abe Sapersvein is seeing to it that
the anniversary isn't going un
noticed.
If anything he has set about
to make it tne of the biggest
years in the fcreat Negro quin
tet's history.
HAND BALANCER
?iln Cen-Tex
Troops
Salute
In a final salute to Brigadier
General Theodore T. King over
3500 Fort Hood troops paraded in
honor of the retiring Deputy III
Corps Commander here Saturday
morning.
General King who will officially
leave the Army on January 31
after 32 years of service reviewed
the marching units along with Ma-
Five years ago to celebrate the
team's twenty-fifth anniversary he
personally led them on a record-
breaking around-the-world jaunt
the first ever made by a basket
ball team. Now he's having his
men circle the globe in relay
fashion using three spearate units.
One of them already has toured
Europe and the Middle East win
ning all 98 games played in 21 coun
tries last summer and another at
the same time sweeping through
to 63 triumphs in 17 countries of
South America Central America
and some of the islands of the
Caribbean area.
A third unit is completing the
swing this fall and winter taking
in Australia and New Zealand
some of the other islands of the
Pacific and moving into the Far
East.
Finest In History
On the home front too Saper-
stein is making sure that the an
niversary is being properly observ
ed. He has placed in domestic com
petition what he considers one of
the finest teams in Globetrotter
history. And the supporting acts
feaured in the between-the-halves
floor show are the finest assembl-.
3d
from all points of the globe.
^ne of the secrets of the Globe-
troturs jong success is the fact
that thv presentation always looks
so fresh. js evident again this
year with ne. faceS(
curity and help preserve world I technicians are performing the tre-
peace. While its soldiers stand mendous atomic age job of re-
guard at strategically located bas- search and development.
es around the world the Army's' Although the Army is not fight-
Retired Officers Visit Here
Twenty-eight retired Army offi- and on "Gyroscope" plans for thr.
unit. $
Fort Hood officers explained l'i0
new concept and organization of
the Army for Atomic warfare
cers from central and northeastern
Texas were briefed here Tuesday
on recent Army developments and
changes.
After lunching with the com
manding general and other Corps
and Division officers they were
briefed on developments in the
Regju^-^^^ -^'jbentation pro-
^H^iges in the
pro-
new
stunts
in the players ^omedy repertoire
and new artists ^je added floor
show.
Assuring an interes«.ng
game
Atmowl Irntiml
FORT HOOD TEXAS THURSDAY JANUARY 17 1957
BRIGADIER GENERAL THEODORE T. KING (front row center) retiring III Corps Deputy Com
mander reviewed more than 8500 Fort Hood troops at a farewell parade in his honor here. Stand
ing with the General are Major General William N. Gillmore left Fort Hood and III Corps Com
mander and Major Gen. Verdi B. Barnes (right) Commander of the 4th Armored Division. In the
second row are Brigadier General Thomas J. Sands (left) III Corps Artillery Commander and Brig
adier General George W. Coolidge IH Corps Chief of Staff. General King has completed 32 years of
Army service. (U. S. Army Photo)
Parade In Final
To General King
jor General William N. Gillmore
Post and III Corps Commander
Major General Verdi B. Barnes
TV Reunites
Refug ee And
Cousin Here
A young Hungarian refugee
couple was united with a cousin
stationed here via network televi
sion last Friday.
Captain Matyas Relle General
Surgeon with the Fort Hood Hospi
tal Surgical Service was contacted
by the National Broadcasting
Company and friends within an
hour after his cousin Mr. Karoly
Gomolyka a Hungarian refugee
made an appearance on the net
work's "Home" show in New York.
The program was carried on
KCEN-TV in Temple.
Captain Relle's cousin landed in
the U.S. with his wife Christmas
Eve holding a faint hope of reach
ing either Captain Relle or his
brother Frank the only' relatives
he knew of in his new country.
The only information Mr. Gomoly
ka had to go on was that his
cousin whom he hadn't seen since
childhood was a doctor in the U.S.
Army.
After receiving detailed informa
tion about his cousin from the net
work Captain Relle through the
Red Cross forwarded to Mr. and
Mrs. Gomolyka at Camp Kilmer
New Jersey the name of a friend
in nearby Asbur Park who would
help them until other arrangements
could be made.
Saturday morning Captain Relle
was enabled by the Red Cross to
talk with his cousin over the tele
phone. He suggested that as soon
as the couple was released from
Camp Kilmer they contact Captain
Relle's brother a chemical engi
neer in Columbus Ohio who could
help them find a home perhaps
in Columbus where Mr. Gomolyka
a forester could find work.
Captain Relle who came to Fort
Hood last September from the Sier
ra Ordnance Depot in Herlong
California has a sister and mother
still in Hungary. Just recently he
received a card from them the
js
the fact that the Washii.Tton Qen_
erals are established am
outstanding traveling bas.
ie
f!tball first word .he had had from them
^entUinc
teams of the nation and are +u„
the start of the revolution
they were fine but they
worried about him."
on taking a fall out of the well-vsa..ing
nigh invincible Trotters.
•V-'
ny Assn. Seeks Support Of ^formed Public
ing orMPattlefields
pareJfto repel agg$v: *s
:nd
Colonel Richard H. Peter Post
Ordnance Oficer escort the group
through the Post Ordnance area
where a display of new Army ve-
hides and equipment was seen
After the briefing the retired oi^ j3 Peace
ficevs were taken on a guided foui^ Th^^sociation
of the r?ost£'[The
Jomrfmchiclp/f iliem
Commander of the 4th Armored
Division and members of both the
Corps and Division General Staff
Sections.
The units in the full-scale review
represented Post III Corps and the
4th Armored Division. They were
commanded by Colonel Marion M.
Brown Commander of the Divi
sion's Combat Command "C."
Participating were the 35th En
gineer Group 86th Ordnance Bat
talion 51st512th and 553d Armored
Infantry Battalions 24th Armored
Engineer Battalion the WAC De
tachment and other supporting un
its. The 41h Armored Aviation Com
pany conducted a fly-by in ligh't
aircraft after the last unit had
passed the reviewing party.
Reception
Following the parade a recep
tion was held in honor of General
King at the Main Officers' Club.
Monday morning he was giv
en an eleven-gun salute as he
passed through an honor guard
upon departing this post. The
firing battery was composed
of artillerymen of "A" Bat
tery 22nd AFA and the color
guard was from III Corps. In
the honor guard were troops
from the 508th Tank Bn 553d
AIB and 25th Recon Bn all
under the command of Lieut.
John F. Passafiume of the 508th.
The general will be officially
retired from active duty the
last day of this month.
General King first came to Fort
Hood as Commander of the 1st
Armored Division's CC"A" in
1952. After service in the Far East
he returned here as III Corps Chief
of Staff. He was assistant Com
mander of the 4th Armored during
Exercise Sage Brush in the Fall
of 1955 and became Deputy Corps
Commander in September 1956.
Army Histories
Are Now Available
WASHINGTON (A S) The
second volume of the Army's his
torical series on the Korean con
flict "Korea 1951-1953" is now
available.
Companion volume to "Korea
1950" the new book relates the
roles played by all the services
and armed forces of other nations
until the Armistice. It may be pur
chased for $2.50 from the Superin
tendent of Documents Govern
ment Printing Office Washington
25 D. C.
pre*
dial p. Moreover this
edw the severest test i.«j
h^if ever undergone. It mu
itsj presence at key places "v^.
'though its large scale develc^T\^ere
nS
ican public why the Army
like the other Armed Services
needs manpower appropria
tions skilled technicians and
public support.
a*
lent program stop aggression be- £sSpf the Association will be es-
fore it starts.
However an American by na
ture and tradition is basically
a person who continually asks
"how" and "why" to a phenome
non of a military buildup and com
bat readiness in peacetime. Public
reaction against military prep
ness priortp Pearl Harbor
pically American and/mat
'in
peopl
a
A 4th Armored Division soldier
Private First Class Albert E. Her-
ron 21 saved the lives of two
elderly people who were trapped
in a burning house near here last
Wednesday.
The elderly couple Mrs. J. F.
Richards who is bedridden and
her husband who is partially blind
were pulled to safety early Wednes
day morning when their house
caught fire from an undetermined
source and Private Herron broke
in to rescue them. Their home was
at 812 East Spring in Belton.
Individual awards will be present
ed to the participants shooting see
Changes In Driver
License Laws
Changes pertaining to vehicle
driving licenses in various states
as differing from the regulations
printed on page nine of this paper
last week have come to light and
are reprinted here for the informa
tion of personnel concerned.
The drivers license renewal is
not required of military personnel
from California Colorado Oregon
and Montana. In the previous issue
a renewal of the license was speci
fied. Renewal by military personel
is required in Illinois Massachu
setts Mississippi Pennsylvania
South Carolina and Tennessee con
trary to the information contained
in the paper last week.
Other changes point out that in
Georgia the drivers license is per
manent for veterans only and in
West Virginia it is issued for a
period of three years instead
four as previously reported.
chap-
igd. It will be one of many
yiizations throughout the
lalN^se j0b it will be to
picture down to the
^entraK.
Fort
Hood
-nemWv Army's voice
?^°^ivc hfjjnow
jae
Key men for the 1st 3rd and 4th
Armored Divisions are now being
trained here in the Ordnance School
of the III Corps Academy. '.V
Some 104 students mostly packet
trainees of the 4th Armored Divi
sion destined for the 3rd Armored
in Germany are enrolled in the
track mechanics course of the
school conducted by Chief Warrant
Officer Willie A. Toman.
are
Jf sub-
A* A- -Aciz
The five-week course v'l ending
Soldier Credited With Savi]
Lives Of Elderly Belton Coi
Selection Of Rifle Team
Gets Under Way At Post
Selection of the 4th Armored Di
vision small bore rifl£ team got
underway this month wit' battalion
teams to have been picked by
January 16.
Battalion teams will compete in
major command contests to pick
major command teams. Major
command teams will compete to
select the Division team which will
consist of 10 men to compete in
Fourth Army matches.
Matches are being held in the
Post small bore range in Building
52. All units of the Division are
participating in the matches using
.22 caliber rifles.
Selection of the Division
team should be complete by
February 15 to be ready for the
Fourth Army matches schedul
ed for March 10.
Permanent trophies and awards
will be presented to the highest
shooters in the final matches to
determine the Division team. A
team trophy will be presented to
the winning team in the final Divi
sion elimination match as well as
an individual trophy to the partici
pant shooting the highest score.
Herron was passing the house
early in the morning when he
noticed the house blazing. Seeing
no one around and realizing some
one might be in the house he stop
ped his car and ran inside sending
a friend to call the local fire de
partment.
Inside the house he found Mr.
Richards trying to get to his wife
to carry her out. Private Herron
picked up Mrs. Richards and car
ried her out of the house at the
same time leading Mr. Richards
to safety.
Major Wilson
To Head Div.
Aviation Here
A veteran of 14 years in Army
aviation Major Floyd C. Wilson
Jr. was named 4th Armored Divi
sion Aviation Officer here recent-j
ly. Major Wilson succeeds Captain
Robert H. Burrus former comman
der of the Division Aviation Com
pany who has been acting Aviation
Officer for the past few weeks
Major Wilson arrived here this
month from attending the eight-
week Instrument Refresher Course
at the Flight School Fort Rucker!
A a re vi us a A is
-j
an A vi at on O a a
ters U. S. Armed Forces Far I
East at Camp Zama Japan.
A holder of the Broiuiv Star
Air Medal with four Oak Leae.iy
Clusters and the Orown of Italy
decorations Major Wilson en
tered the service in September
1942. He received his commis
sion following graduation from
Officers Candidate School in
August 1943 and was awarded
his wings the following month.
Having completed some 178 com
bat missions he served as a for
ward observer with the 633rd Field
Artillery Battalion and the 5th
Army Headquarters in Italy during
World War II and with the 7th
Infantry Division and Eighth Army
Headquarters during the Korean
conflict.
Major Wilson has completed over
4000 flying hours and is qualified
to fly all types of Army aircraft
including the helicopter.
A native of Seattle Washington
Major Wilson lives with his wife
Mikell at 1910 Poage Street Kil-
leen.
of
Key Men Of Armor Train At Corps Academy
February 8 will produce men quali
fied to perform all organizational
maintenance for all types of track
ed vehicles from the 50-ton M-48
medium-gun tank to the 155-milli
meter self-propelled artillery piece.
Mr. Tomon's ordnance school al
so offers a 5-week course in wheel
mechanics producing qualified me
chanics for units at Fort Hood and
Fort Polk as well as instructing
packet trainees for the 3rd Armor
ed.
on
g\
He had barely
out of the blazing
roof collapsed.
Private Herron wi
mended by his c.omrna|
cer for the Soldiers
highest peacetime awarl
the Army it was learil
A native of Mangum 1
Herron is assigned to Hef
and Service Company
Armored Engineer Batf
has three years in the
year of which was spe|
where he was assignee
Combat Engineer Batj|
Mr. and Mrs. Riclj-a
fered slight burnyln tholl
Mrs. Richards'was taken tol
Hospital -in Belton for tra
of shoq.k". One hundred rlollaVs^
lost in the blaze money which
Richards had been saving in
mattress of her bed. There ws
ny insurance on the house.
the
ond and third high scores in
Division elimination match.
The firing is supervised by the
4th Armored Dvision G-3 section
wth awards and trophies coming
from 4th Armored Division Head
quarters.
PFC. HEKRON
Safety Awar
Goes To
Division Artillel
4th Armored Divis
for December at 1l
Conference here J]
or General Verdi
Armored Division'
made the presentatij
Safety Award for tfl
hicular accidents forj
went to the 25th Re
Battalion. The 404th
Company received tlj
winner of the sepaj
award.
Runnm^aup for t|
mand t^t-phy^xw|
mand
"A"
and^^®
for tUe battalions ^5th"TJ
22nd Armored '.Field- and for"
companies 50*th Heplacemer
Company and l^®3dquari.prs and
Headquarters Company Division
Trains.
The school further conc.mts a
small arms course producing
fied company armorers at tlj
of some 30 every
1
thn
capable of performing onj
tional maintenance on "ail"
small arms including the I\|
carbine pistol machine gl
machine gun rocket launclj
the 81-millimeter mortar.
sent class will graduate Jarl
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Armored Sentinel (Temple, Tex.), Vol. 11, No. 3, Ed. 1 Thursday, January 17, 1957, newspaper, January 17, 1957; Temple, Texas. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth254465/m1/1/?rotate=90: accessed April 30, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting Casey Memorial Library.